| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | ON THE OLD MAP $200: Called New Towne when Harvard College was established, the city soon got this name Cambridge |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $800: As part of a radio show promotion in 1950, the city of Hot Springs in this state renamed itself Truth or Consequences New Mexico |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $1000: To honor a society of Revolutionary War vets & a Roman citizen-soldier, Losantiville, Ohio was given this new name in 1790 Cincinnati |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | "P"LACES ON THE MAP $800: Confederation Bridge connects New Brunswick with this Canadian province Prince Edward Island |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On a map, New Zealand, Hawaii & Easter Island form the three corners of this roughly triangular region of Oceania that's noted for its many islands Polynesia |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | "H" ON THE MAP $1000: This rhymingly named New Jersey city is the seat of Bergen County Hackensack |
| #7663, aired 2017-12-27 | AROUND THE PACIFIC $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The belt stretching 25,000 miles from New Zealand through Japan and the Aleutian islands to South America is actually horseshoe-shaped, but best-known by this three-word description the Ring of Fire |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | JOURNALING JOURNEYERS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Leaving Sag Harbor on September 23, 1960, heading west across the U.S., and reaching Mississippi by December was this author with his dog; when he got back to New York, he got lost and had to ask for directions (John) Steinbeck |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | EAST ON THE MAP $400: East Cape is the easternmost mainland point on this island, the world's second largest New Guinea |
| #7541, aired 2017-05-29 | THE NEW "BLACK" $1000: A new 18th century fad of sea bathing to cure disease helped put this resort town of northwest England on the map Blackpool |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $400: This city in New York state is sometimes called "Nickel City" Buffalo |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $1200: This river rises in New Mexico & flows into the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona the Gila River |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | 1930s AMERICA $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a picture and a map on the monitor.) In July 1938, the aviator seen here was supposed to fly west from New York to California, but somehow ended up landing in Dublin, earning him this famous nickname "Wrong Way" Corrigan |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY $1,800 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In the 1700s, stretching from Labrador through Montreal and all the way down into what's now Louisiana, was the territory known as New this country New France |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | THE WAR OF 1812 $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map-like diagram on the monitor.) Using barricades of earthworks & cotton bales, he set a defensive line on Rodriguez Canal to defend New Orleans; in a half-hour of fighting on January 8, 1815, British causalities were over 2,000; Americans?--fewer than 100 (Andrew) Jackson |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | THIRD $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) His third voyage went around the Cape of Good Hope, past Australia & New Zealand, up to Vancouver island, then the Bering Sea, & the final stop for this captain was in Hawaii in 1779 Cook |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | HISTORY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) After World War I, this country gained new provinces, doubling its size; after World War II, it lost chunks in the northeast & southeast Romania |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | SPANISH HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) When the Armada was defeated in 1588, the Spanish Empire covered large areas of the New World; by 1825, only these two island possessions remained Cuba & Puerto Rico |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | ON THE OLD MAP $800: Called New Towne when Harvard college was established, the city soon got this name Cambridge |
| #6687, aired 2013-10-15 | OCEANIA $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a map of part of the South Pacific.) Port Moresby, on the Coral Sea, is the capital of this three-named country Papua New Guinea |
| #6642, aired 2013-07-02 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $800: Gillette stadium at 1 Patriot Place in this town is home to the New England Patriots Foxborough |
| #6642, aired 2013-07-02 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $1200: Slide mountain is the highest point in these mountains in southeastern New York known for their resorts the Catskills |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME DERIVATIONS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.) Of New York City's 5 boroughs, these two are named for real people; one a Swede, the other a royal the Bronx & Queens |
| #6165, aired 2011-06-03 | TV SHOWS ON THE MAP $2000: Melina Kanakaredes starred in this TV show whose title doubles as a New England capital Providence |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of New England on the monitor.) In May 1643, to discourage attacks by the Dutch & others, the United Colonies of New England was formed by 4 Puritan colonies: Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New Haven & this one Plymouth |
| #5983, aired 2010-09-22 | EXPLORERS OF THE NEW WORLD $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1792, when George Vancouver sailed up the west coast of North America & surveyed & named the Puget Sound for a shipmate, he named this mountain on the mainland for a rear admiral friend Mt. Rainier |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | WOMEN ON THE MAP $400: New Jersey's 4 largest cities in population are Newark, Jersey City, Paterson & her Elizabeth |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | THE NEW TESTAMENT $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On his fourth & final missionary journey, Saint Paul sailed from Caesarea to Crete & was then shipwrecked on this island the Bible calls Melita Malta |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE NEW WORLD $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Leaving Spain in August 1492, Columbus & his 90 men briefly stopped in these islands that had only recently become a Spanish possession the Canary Islands |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE NEW WORLD $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 34 days into crossing the Atlantic, Columbus quelled a small mutiny on October 10th; just 2 days later on October 12th, he changed history forever by coming ashore on the island he gave this holy name San Salvador |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE NEW WORLD $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 12 weeks after discovering the New World, the Santa Maria was wrecked on a reef off the north coast of this large island on Christmas Day Hispanola |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE NEW WORLD $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On the return journey, after becoming separated from the Pinta by a storm, the Nina made landfall back in the Old World in these islands on February 15, 1493 the Azores |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE NEW WORLD $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In April 1493 & amidst great pomp, Columbus announced the discovery of the New World to his patron, Queen Isabella, in this city Barcelona |
| #5738, aired 2009-07-15 | THE GREAT STATE OF... $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map of the Northeast on the monitor.) The combined area of all the other New England states would fit inside this largest New England state Maine |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | FORMER NAMES ON THE MAP $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Most of the territory of the republic of New Granada became this modern-day country from which an isthmus became independent in 1903 Colombia |
| #5435, aired 2008-04-04 | FUN ON THE MAP $1000: A digitally enhanced map of these bodies of water in New York State shows you how they got this name the Finger Lakes |
| #4844, aired 2005-10-06 | ON THE BATTLEFIELD $3,500 (Daily Double): (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on a monitor.) A landing by Australian & New Zealand forces was driven back by future Turkish leader Ataturk in this WWI battle Gallipoli |
| #4686, aired 2005-01-10 | OLD NAMES ON THE MAP $1200: This Spanish port was once Carthago Nova, or "New Carthage" Cartagena |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | SPRINGS ON THE MAP $1000: This fashionable resort in the Adirondacks is the summer home of the New York City Ballet Saratoga Springs |
| #3322, aired 1999-02-02 | HISTORIC NAMES $500: Martin Waldseemuller's map of 1507 had 2 portraits on it; Ptolemy on the old world, & this man on the new Amerigo Vespucci |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | PINPOINTS ON THE MAP $800: Utica in this state chose its name in 1798 by drawing it out of a hat New York |
| #3137, aired 1998-03-31 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $100: It's New York State's "City of Good Neighbors", not its "City of Good Bison" Buffalo |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | SAINTS ON THE MAP $500: A new nation came into being October 27, 1979: this island & the Grenadines St. Vincent |
| #2633, aired 1996-01-31 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $200: In 1620 the Pilgrims first landed in the New World on this peninsula & that's no fish story Cape Cod |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | "SPRINGS" ON THE MAP $400: Once known for its casinos & springs, this city in eastern New York is now home to Skidmore College Saratoga Springs |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | "K" ON THE MAP $400: At 6,880 square miles, this Arab country is a little smaller than New Jersey Kuwait |
| #1603, aired 1991-07-17 | THE PILGRIMS $200: The Pilgrims weren't first to call their colony this; the name appears on Capt. Smith's 1614 New England map Plymouth |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | THE EARTH $1,000 (Daily Double): The new Robinson world map cuts the distortion of this island's size from +554% to +60% Greenland |
| #1064, aired 1989-03-30 | "O" ON THE MAP $800 (Daily Double): Term for that part of the globe which includes the Pacific islands, Australia & New Zealand Oceania |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | FOOD ON THE MAP $300: In contrast to the New England type, this soup doesn't use milk but is made with tomatoes Manhattan clam chowder |
| #961, aired 1988-11-07 | "NEW" ON THE MAP $100: Of all U.S. states beginning with "New", this one is alphabetically 1st New Hampshire |
| #961, aired 1988-11-07 | "NEW" ON THE MAP $200: A Canadian province, or the New Jersey home of Rutgers University New Brunswick |
| #961, aired 1988-11-07 | "NEW" ON THE MAP $300: In 1977 voters elected Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial the 1st black mayor of this city New Orleans |
| #961, aired 1988-11-07 | "NEW" ON THE MAP $500: This French territory in the South Seas is named for Scotland New Caledonia |
| #961, aired 1988-11-07 | "NEW" ON THE MAP $600 (Daily Double): This country, far from Holland, is named for a Dutch province New Zealand |
| #859, aired 1988-05-05 | "T" ON THE MAP $1000: This island country in the South Pacific is the only country in Polynesia still ruled by a king Tonga |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | "NEW" ON THE MAP $400: 2 species of bats are the only land mammals native to this isolated British commonwealth country New Zealand |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | "NEW" ON THE MAP $800: This Illinois village where Abraham Lincoln lived has been rebuilt & is now a state park New Salem |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | "NEW" ON THE MAP $1000: Australia's oldest state is this "new" one New South Wales |
| #805, aired 1988-02-19 | "NEW" ON THE MAP $2,200 (Daily Double): It's the 2nd-largest island in the world New Guinea |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $100: "There is a house in" this city "& it's called the rising sun" New Orleans |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $400: Though it's not their home, in 1967, the Bee Gees sang about this New England state Massachusetts |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP $100: Writing in the now-defunct New York Sun,
Francis Church told this girl, "Yes, there is a Santa Claus" Virginia |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP $600 (Daily Double): She learned songwriting in a class taught by Paul Simon in New York, not New Hampshire:
"I ain't tellin' tales, anybody else / Could repeat the things that I've heard / She's been talkin' sweet and it's on the street / How the girl's been spreadin' the word / Ahh, you should hurry, / You should let her know how you feel" Melissa Manchester |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $400 (Daily Double): 2 of the 5 specific places "Travelin' Man" Ricky Nelson had traveled to according to the song (2 of) Mexico, Alaska, Berlin, Hong Kong, and Waikiki, Hawaii |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $400: "Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, for you know" this state "will be your new home" Wyoming |
| #83, aired 1985-01-02 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $200: "Start spreading the news, I'm leaving" for there "New York, New York" |
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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Katie Gill, a sophomore from Jackson, Mississippi
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2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington
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\"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
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Grace Suh, a writer from New York, New York
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Season 20 player (2004-03-24).
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Naved Sheikh, an attorney from New York, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-01-19).
Name pronounced like "nah-VEED SHEEK".
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Jon Protas, a photo editor from New York, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-01-30).
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Erica Hersh, a health communications writer originally from South Orange, New Jersey
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Season 31 player (2014-09-17).
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Elizabeth Costello, an attorney and media sales rep originally from Mahopac, New York
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Season 21 player (2004-11-05). KJL game 67. Not to be confused...
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Judy Shulman, a school social worker from Goldens Bridge, New York
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Season 25 player (2009-04-01).
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