#23, aired 2024-01-02 | GEOGRAPHY & A LITTLE MATH $200: "P" + a country that uses the ruble as its currency = this historic German realm Prussia |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | A EURO LEADER PASS $1600: Almost 40% of the people in this country say it has become less of a democracy under 4-term P.M. Viktor Orban Hungary |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | RICE PUDDING $2000: In 2008, Jens Stoltenberg, P.M. of this country, placed rice as the inaugural deposit in the Svalbard Seed Vault Norway |
#8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC SONG TITLES $1200: In a Grammy-winning hit, Jeannie C. Riley sang about "the day my mama socked it to" this school organization the "Harper Valley P.T.A." |
#8559, aired 2022-01-20 | BEFORE & AFTER TV $2000: Spooky HBO show with references to H.P.'s works, with Katharine McPhee along as the singing nanny Lovecraft Country Comfort |
#8288, aired 2020-11-25 | AUTHORS $1200: In 2020 HBO took us to the "Country" named for this author, as Black travelers face vile monsters like those in his fiction (H.P.) Lovecraft |
#8247, aired 2020-09-29 | ELECTION ODDITIES $600: In 1955 this country's P.M. Ngo Dinh Diem printed his ballots on lucky red paper & his opponent's ballot on unlucky green paper South Vietnam |
#8178, aired 2020-03-11 | PUT THAT SINGER'S NAME ON A POST OFFICE! $600: Buck Owens got P.O.ed in 2007 after 17 years hosting this country music show in which an animated donkey brayed the title Hee Haw |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | SCHOOL DAYS $200: (Norman Lear delivers the clue.) From the Latin for "citizen", it's the study of the rights & duties of citizens; I took it at P.S. 67 in New York & it would help our country if more kids studied it now civics |
#8064, aired 2019-10-03 | HUNDRED "P"ERCENT $600: In 2018 Bellerive Country Club hosted the 100th edition of this, one of golf's 4 major championships the PGA Championship |
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 | V.I.P.! V.I.P.! $800: In a wild plan in 1980, the CIA's Tony Mendez faked being a Canadian filmmaker to rescue 6 U.S. diplomats trapped in this country Iran |
#7918, aired 2019-01-30 | THE PRESIDENTS, OF COURSE $400: Vicente Fox was the first president of this country since 1929 not to represent the P.R.I. party Mexico |
#7857, aired 2018-11-06 | IN THE '90s $1000: A.P. journalist Terry Anderson was freed in 1991 after 2,454 days as a hostage of Hezbollah in this country Lebanon |
#7622, aired 2017-10-31 | FACTS & FIGURES $600: Japan has about 1,500 of these a year but the one at 2:46 P.M. March 11, 2011 was the country's largest ever an earthquake |
#7611, aired 2017-10-16 | CAUGHT $600: Jessica Lynch received a Bronze Star, Purple Heart & P.O.W. medal after being captured in this country Iraq |
#7609, aired 2017-10-12 | GEOGRA"P" $400: The Atacama Desert stretches south roughly from Chile's border with this country Peru |
#7544, aired 2017-06-01 | THIS IS 40 $800: Alexis Tsipras, leader of the radical left Syriza party, was elected P.M. of this country before his 41st birthday Greece |
#7411, aired 2016-11-28 | A SPELLING BEE $1000: Tagalog is a principal language of this country made up of more than 7,000 islands P-H-I-L-I-P-P-I-N-E-S |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | "E-S-P-N" $400: What those in Madrid call their country España |
#7157, aired 2015-10-27 | "P"s ON EARTH $400: The Atlantic islands known as the Azores belong to this country Portugal |
#7047, aired 2015-04-14 | R.I.P. $600: Paul Craft wrote many country music hits, including this one subtitled "Through The Goalposts Of Life" "Dropkick Me, Jesus" |
#6963, aired 2014-12-17 | WHAT A COUP! $2000: Suleyman Demirel's sixth term was cut short by a 1980 coup but he became P.M. again in 1991 in this country Turkey |
#6800, aired 2014-03-21 | FLYING INTO HISTORY $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.) Most of the more than 3,000 Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighters built during World War II were delivered as part of the lend-lease program to this country for use in what was called the Great Patriotic War the Soviet Union |
#6675, aired 2013-09-27 | HILLBILLY MUSIC $2000: Patriarch Alvin P., his wife Sara & sister-in-law Maybelle formed this first family of country music in the 1920s the Carters |
#6623, aired 2013-06-05 | WORLD "P"s $400: This South American country is landlocked but loaded with hydropowerful rivers Paraguay |
#6623, aired 2013-06-05 | WORLD "P"s $2,400 (Daily Double): World Book says this "is a small country...that has worldwide importance as a transportation center" Panama |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | "P" COUNTRY $400: The Andes cover about 25% of it Peru |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | "P" COUNTRY $800: An Islamic republic Pakistan |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | "P" COUNTRY $1200: Uses the euro as its currency Portugal |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | "P" COUNTRY $1600: Pacific land named for a 16th century king the Philippines |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | "P" COUNTRY $2000: It borders Belarus Poland |
#6355, aired 2012-04-13 | HARVARD ALUMNI $400: Benazir Bhutto (class of '73), the first female P.M. of this country, was known as "Pinky" during her Harvard days Pakistan |
#6296, aired 2012-01-23 | COUNTRY GROUPS $800: The PIIGS countries are European nations carrying heavy debt; the P & S are these southern neighbors Portugal & Spain |
#6283, aired 2012-01-04 | ODDITIES $1000: From 2007 to 2011 the president, V.P. & prime minister all had the same family name in this country of Indochina Vietnam |
#6206, aired 2011-09-19 | 28 IS GREAT $200: In September 1984 "Jeopardy!" began its run & P.W. Botha began a more modest 6 years as pres. of this country South Africa |
#5962, aired 2010-07-13 | THE FAMILY CIRCUS $3,000 (Daily Double): P.T. Barnum's famed conjoined twins, Chang & Eng were born in this country in 1811 Siam (Thailand accepted) |
#5678, aired 2009-04-22 | "IQ" TEST $2000: Maputo is the capital & largest city of this country Mozambique |
#5634, aired 2009-02-19 | DO NOT COLLECT $200 $1000: In 2008 this country's P.M. Nuri al-Maliki said the U.A.E. forgave its $7 billion debt; that's a lot to forgive Iraq |
#5628, aired 2009-02-11 | WHAT A COUNTRY! $400: Ex-P.M. P.W. Botha of this country was in wilderness when he died--not the political wilderness, an actual place South Africa |
#5529, aired 2008-09-25 | THE 20th CENTURY $2000: In May 1966 this small South American country became independent, with Forbes Burnham as its first P.M. Guyana |
#5475, aired 2008-05-30 | "P" COUNTRY $400: In the late 18th century it was divided among Prussia, Russia & Austria Poland |
#5475, aired 2008-05-30 | "P" COUNTRY $800: King Afonso I's 57-year reign from 1128-85 was an important factor in this country's independence from a larger neighbor Portugal |
#5475, aired 2008-05-30 | "P" COUNTRY $1200: It's the 3-word name for the eastern half of the island of New Guinea Papua New Guinea |
#5475, aired 2008-05-30 | "P" COUNTRY $2,000 (Daily Double): Its national unit of currency is the balboa Panama |
#5475, aired 2008-05-30 | "P" COUNTRY $2000: This nation has a city named for one of its first presidents, Manuel Luis Quezon the Philippines |
#5265, aired 2007-06-29 | I'M INTO WORLD "P"s $400: Districts in this country include Braga, Viana do Castelo & Lisboa Portugal |
#5211, aired 2007-04-16 | CHICKS RULE! $800: In the 1990s this Down Under island country has back-to-back female P.M.'s, Jenny Shipley & Helen Clark New Zealand |
#5210, aired 2007-04-13 | THE ANSWER LIES WITHIN $2000: The Andes pair with the Atacama Desert to produce this emotion in Chilean cross-country runners despair |
#5187, aired 2007-03-13 | "P"LACES ON THE MAP $600: Limpio, ah yes, a town you can clean up in, is a suburb of Asuncion in this country Paraguay |
#5014, aired 2006-06-01 | THERE WAS A FARMER $800: William Ferguson Massey, an Auckland-area farmer, advanced farm interests as this country's P.M. from 1912 to 1925 New Zealand |
#4986, aired 2006-04-24 | THAT IS SO "P.C." $600: In 1977 the U.S. signed a treaty to return control of this to its home country in 1999 the Panama Canal |
#4986, aired 2006-04-24 | THAT IS SO "P.C." $800: Hits by this female country singer who sadly died in a plane crash included "Walkin' After Midnight" Patsy Cline |
#4965, aired 2006-03-24 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $400: In 1961 this country's P.W. Botha assumed his first cabinet position--Minister of Coloured Affairs South Africa |
#4832, aired 2005-09-20 | WHAT HATH TODD WROUGHT? $400: Garfield Todd tried to reduce government racism as a 1950s P.M. of Southern Rhodesia, now this country Zimbabwe |
#4692, aired 2005-01-18 | FROM THE LATIN FOR... $1200: ..."native country", it's returning a refugee or P.O.W. to his homeland repatriating |
#4487, aired 2004-02-24 | FOOD CHAIN $400: P.F. Chang's is an upscale bistro specializing in the cuisine of this country China |
#4267, aired 2003-03-04 | 2 "P"s $2000: The Indiana World War Memorial has a bronze statue called this, Latin for "for one's country" Pro Patria |
#3895, aired 2001-07-06 | P IS FOR... $600: Perez de Cuellar, the former U.N. Secretary-Genarl who is now prime minister of this country Peru |
#3880, aired 2001-06-15 | "P"LACES $800: More than half the population of this country perished in an 1864-1870 war with Argentina, Brazil & Uruguay Paraguay |
#3874, aired 2001-06-07 | EUROPE $200: We have the White House; this country's P.M. has the Chigi Palace or Palazzo Chigi Italy |
#3832, aired 2001-04-10 | COUNTRY STARS $200: Not surprisingly her website lists as one of her favorite actresses her sister Ashley Wynonna Judd |
#3735, aired 2000-11-24 | R.I.P. IN ALABAMA $800: This country singing legend's tombstone reads, "Praise the Lord I Saw the Light" Hank Williams, Sr. |
#3729, aired 2000-11-16 | RATS! $800: The highly adaptable brown rat also has the name of this Scandinavian country Norway rat |
#3680, aired 2000-09-08 | MULTI-MILLION SELLING ALBUMS $500: She's the only woman in country music to have 2 albums sell over 10 million copies each Shania Twain |
#3569, aired 2000-02-24 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS $600: The Order of Leopold was established in 1832 in this European country Belgium |
#3369, aired 1999-04-08 | THE 1930s $1000: Tops in country music in the '30s were this family's A.P., Sara & Maybelle Carter family |
#3291, aired 1998-12-21 | DECK THE "HALL"s $300: Known as "The Storyteller", this country music legend wrote the mega-selling hit "Harper Valley P.T.A." Tom T. Hall |
#3232, aired 1998-09-29 | THEIR COUNTRY'S LAST MONARCH $100: P'u-Yi China |
#3081, aired 1998-01-12 | COUNTRY SINGERS $1000: Dwight Yoakam played a despicable dirtbag named Doyle in this Billy Bob Thornton film Sling Blade |
#2856, aired 1997-01-20 | LANGUAGES $300: Romansh is spoken in this country's canton of Graubunden Switzerland |
#2741, aired 1996-07-01 | 20th CENTURY BRITISH P.M.s $400: On September 3, 1939, he led the country into war (Neville) Chamberlain |
#2570, aired 1995-11-03 | MIDDLE INITIAL C. $500: Tom T. Hall wrote this female country singer's 1968 hit "Harper valley P.T.A." Jeannie C. Riley |
#2464, aired 1995-04-27 | HISTORY $200: 38 years of LDP rule in this country ended when Morihiro Hosokawa became P.M. in 1993 Japan |
#2398, aired 1995-01-25 | P.M. $200: The day before his 40th birthday in 1979, Joe Clark became this country's prime minister Canada |
#2330, aired 1994-10-21 | HISTORY $200: P.W. Botha resigned as this country's president on August 14, 1989 South Africa |
#2314, aired 1994-09-29 | WORLD MAIL $600: The northernmost permanent P.O. is on the island of Spitsbergen, a possession of this country Norway |
#2098, aired 1993-10-20 | WORLD LEADERS $600: In 1989 this South African education minister succeeded P.W. Botha as the country's president De Klerk |
#2081, aired 1993-09-27 | 1990 $300: In August this country's president, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, kicked P.M. Benazir Bhutto out of office Pakistan |
#1983, aired 1993-03-31 | FASHION $100: Colorful patches called p'u-fang used to indicate the rank of officials in this country China |
#1913, aired 1992-12-23 | POLITICIANS $200: P.V. Narasimha Rao took over this country's Congress (I) party after Rajiv Gandhi's death India |
#1540, aired 1991-04-19 | THIRD WORLD $100: In 1990 P.M. V.P. Singh's plan to reserve government jobs for low castes caused protests in this country India |
#1489, aired 1991-02-07 | THE BONAPARTE FAMILY $800: P. Bonaparte's husband died in 1802 while trying to put down a revolt in this New World country Haiti |
#1457, aired 1990-12-25 | CHRISTMAS $100: At 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve in Norway, these peal all over the country church bells |
#1362, aired 1990-07-03 | HISTORY $100: Over 20 million people died in this country's T'ai-p'ing Rebellion from 1850-64 China |
#1336, aired 1990-05-28 | PRIME MINISTERS $800: David Lange, former P.M. of this island country, is famous for his anti-nuclear politics New Zealand |
#1317, aired 1990-05-01 | THINK TWICE $500: Most Chinese gooseberries are grown in this country New Zealand (AKA the Kiwi Fruit) |
#1312, aired 1990-04-24 | GOLDEN OLDIES $100: Country star Jeannie C. Riley's only hit on the pop charts; it was about a small town's P.T.A. "Harper Valley P.T.A." |
#1301, aired 1990-04-09 | WORLD LEADERS $1000: In 1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland became the 1st female P.M. of this Scandinavian country Norway |
#1215, aired 1989-12-08 | POLITICAL LEADERS $400: Country whose president is Mengistu Haile Mariam & whose p.m. is Fikre Selassie Wogderess Ethiopia |
#1007, aired 1989-01-10 | WOMEN $500: In 1960 Siramavo Bandaranaike of this island country became the world's 1st woman p.m. Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
#742, aired 1987-11-24 | FASHION HISTORY $100: The kimono was not originally Japanese but an adaptation of the p'ao, a robe from this country China |
#697, aired 1987-09-22 | EXPLORERS $200: Francisco Pizarro is known for conquering this country, whose name also starts with "P" Peru |
#441, aired 1986-05-19 | SPELLING $1000: Country currently ruled by Ferdinand Marcos P-H-I-L-I-P-P-I-N-E-S |
#347, aired 1986-01-07 | DOUBLE “P”s $1000: Besides Upper Volta, this island nation is the only other country to fit this category the Philippines |
#292, aired 1985-10-22 | ABBREVIATIONS $400: Some 2 million youngsters participate in these P.A.L. programs across the country the Police Athletic League |
#180, aired 1985-05-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: This Jeannie C. Riley hit sold 6 million records "The Harper Valley P.T.A." |