#9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR $800: The ruler with this title was forced by the Young Turk rebels to recall parliament, which he'd suspended 30 years earlier the Ottoman sultan (emperor) |
#8977, aired 2023-11-21 | CHICKEN SOUP $1000: During the 16th c. Wojna Kokosza, or "Chicken War" in this country, rebels ate nearly all of the region's poultry Poland |
#8947, aired 2023-10-10 | BRANDO $2000: Johnny, leader of the Black Rebels The Wild One |
#7, aired 2023-05-12 | REVOLT-ING HISTORY $800: After 4 years of negotiations, in 2016 the government of this South American country made a peace deal with FARC rebels Colombia |
#8712, aired 2022-10-04 | CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: José Napoleón Duarte tried to end civil war in this country in the 1980s but pressure from rebels thwarted him El Salvador |
#8637, aired 2022-05-10 | COLLEGE SPORTS MASCOTS $800: UNLV's teams are the Rebels, but one of these sea creatures has been used as a mascot in honor of a former men's basketball coach a shark |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | A REIGN OF ERROR $200: The relentless execution of Protestant rebels earned this queen of England the nickname "Bloody" & the hatred of her people Mary |
#8573, aired 2022-02-09 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY & THE MOVIES $400: "Charlie Wilson's War" is about a Texas congressman's covert dealings to arm anti-soviet rebels fighting in this country Afghanistan |
#8450, aired 2021-07-23 | HISTORICAL NONFICTION $800: "American Rebels" recounts the Revolutionary roles of John Adams & this man famed for his big signature John Hancock |
#8446, aired 2021-07-19 | PODCASTS $400: Barack Obama & Bruce Springsteen teamed up for this podcast whose name means "rebels" & starts with the same 2 letters Renegades |
#8408, aired 2021-05-26 | THE CIVIL WAR $800: After this bloody 1862 battle, President Lincoln visited McClellan on the battlefield & urged him to pursue retreating rebels Antietam |
#8066, aired 2019-10-07 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: After secretly aiding the rebels for years, this nation openly aided the revolution in 1778 France |
#8062, aired 2019-10-01 | IND-ICC-TED! $800: The ICC issued an arrest warrant for this man in June 2011, but Libyan rebels closed the case in October (Muammar) Qaddafi |
#7909, aired 2019-01-17 | STATES & PROVINCES $1000: This southernmost Mexican state has seen plenty of unrest, such as from the Zapatista rebels Chiapas |
#7909, aired 2019-01-17 | THE WORLD THROUGH LITERATURE $2000: In "In the Time of Butterflies", rebels in this country pay the ultimate price for standing up to Trujillo the Dominican Republic |
#7901, aired 2019-01-07 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1600: During this conflict, 1936 to 1939, the nationalist rebels were led by Francisco Franco the Spanish Civil War |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | GOTTA RUN! $600: Greg Anthony & Larry Johnson led the Runnin' Rebels of this school to a 103-73 beatdown of Duke to win the Final Four in 1990 UNLV |
#7872, aired 2018-11-27 | BRIDGE BURNERS $400: The Union burned the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge to keep the rebels from advancing on Harrisburg in this state Pennsylvania |
#7595, aired 2017-09-22 | I'M NO ACQUITTER $800: George Jeffreys judged & executed scores of rebels in 1685 but died in this London locale when political winds shifted the Tower of London |
#7571, aired 2017-07-10 | FASCISM $800: On July 17, 1936 fascist rebels aka nationalists began the military uprising that started this 3-year conflict Spanish Civil War |
#7514, aired 2017-04-20 | MASTERS OF DISGUISE $1200: Mexicos Zapatista rebels disguised themselves with these cold-climate items ski masks |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) General Winfield Scott wanted to blockade the South in a siege-like fashion, control the Mississippi River & strangle the Rebels in his plan named for this South American serpent the Anaconda Plan |
#7344, aired 2016-07-14 | COLLEGE NEWSPAPERS $1,800 (Daily Double): The Rebel Yell (out West) University of Nevada-Las Vegas |
#7286, aired 2016-04-25 | CHICKEN SOUP $1000: During the 16th c. Wojina Kokosza, or "Poultry War" in this country, rebels ate nearly all of the region's chickens Poland |
#7228, aired 2016-02-03 | KNOW THY BIBLE $1600: Korah rebels against Aaron & this man Moses |
#7223, aired 2016-01-27 | "Z" WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): This eponymic word for Mexican rebels of the 1910s & their modern descendants Zapatistas |
#7122, aired 2015-07-28 | HISTORY SINCE 1950 $600: More than 1,000 rebels captured during this 1961 invasion of Cuba were later freed in exchange for food & medicine Bay of Pigs |
#7118, aired 2015-07-22 | POTPOURRI $1600: Who are the Houthis? They're Shiite rebels who've booted the president of this Arabian Peninsula country Yemen |
#7072, aired 2015-05-19 | CHARLIE $800: In the 1980s Congressman Charlie Wilson secretly steered money to rebels fighting the USSR in this country Afghanistan |
#6941, aired 2014-11-17 | THE 19th CENTURY $1600: These "monthly" rebels of 1825 Russia rose up in protest over Nicholas I's assumption of the throne the Decembrists |
#6940, aired 2014-11-14 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: Zapatista rebels seized towns in this Mexican state in 1994, protesting possible economic damage from NAFTA Chiapas |
#6906, aired 2014-09-29 | HISTORICAL HAIKU $800: Civil War battle /
Pickett charges to ruin /
The rebels retreat (the Battle of) Gettysburg |
#6845, aired 2014-05-23 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: From the Latin for "rise up", it's one who rebels against an established government; today it's often used to mean "terrorist" insurgent |
#6844, aired 2014-05-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: On Oct. 3, 1993 rebels shot down 2 Blackhawk helicopters in this country; 18 U.S. soldiers were killed Somalia |
#6722, aired 2013-12-03 | AFRICAN LEADERS $1600: It's the first name of Nigerian president Jonathan, & it's what we wish him in battling Boko Haram rebels Goodluck |
#6640, aired 2013-06-28 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: In 1961 Algerians began training rebels from this West African colony who wanted independence from the Portuguese Angola |
#6378, aired 2012-05-16 | POLITICAL CINEMA $2000: In this 2007 film Tom Hanks played a Texas congressman who covertly aided Afghan rebels against the Soviets Charlie Wilson's War |
#6265, aired 2011-12-09 | THE WORLD PRESS $400: The Communist newspaper Granma was named for the yacht sailed from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 by rebels led by him Castro |
#6129, aired 2011-04-14 | THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS $400: Ingrid Betancourt's "Even Silence Has an End" recounts her 6 years of captivity in the jungles of this country Colombia |
#6118, aired 2011-03-30 | UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS $600: You could say these athletes at UNLV aren't "without a cause" the (Runnin') Rebels |
#6013, aired 2010-11-03 | OTHER CIVIL WARS $200: In the Peasant's War, fought mainly in this country, Martin Luther wanted the rebels treated "like mad dogs" Germany |
#6010, aired 2010-10-29 | ARMCHAIR GENERAL $200: If I'd been there in 1862, I'd have given a drink to this general who beat the rebels at Shiloh Grant |
#5952, aired 2010-06-29 | REBELS WITH A CAUSE $400: The 1606-07 Zebrzydowski Rebellion was an uprising of nobles against this country's king Poland |
#5952, aired 2010-06-29 | REBELS WITH A CAUSE $800: In the 1799 Fries Rebellion, Pennsylvania took up arms against a tax on this, including land & slaves property |
#5952, aired 2010-06-29 | REBELS WITH A CAUSE $1200: For 2 decades, Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has been the focal point of resistance to this country's ruling regime Burma |
#5952, aired 2010-06-29 | REBELS WITH A CAUSE $2,000 (Daily Double): The 17th & 18 century Jacobite Rebellions attempted to return this royal house to the British throne the House of Stuart |
#5952, aired 2010-06-29 | REBELS WITH A CAUSE $2000: Maoists known as the Shining Path have tried to overthrow this South American country's government Peru |
#5854, aired 2010-02-11 | POWER TO THE STUDENTS! $600: Led by Hans & Sophie Scholl, the White Rose was a group of student rebels fighting against fascism here in 1943 Germany |
#5793, aired 2009-11-18 | IN MY NETFLIX QUEUE $1600: This 2007 release in which Texas congressman Tom Hanks deals covertly with Afghan rebels Charlie Wilson's War |
#5657, aired 2009-03-24 | REBELLIONS: SHAYS' & WHISKEY $1000: Thousands of Whiskey Rebels marched to "The Point" in this Penn. city, but were persuaded not to burn the town Pittsburgh |
#5570, aired 2008-11-21 | HEROD'S LOST TOMB $2000: Evidence suggests a red one of these stone coffins, presumed Herod's, was smashed by rebels who hated Herod's legacy a sarcophagus |
#5520, aired 2008-09-12 | HISTORICAL NICKNAMES $1600: Occupational nickname of the Duke of Cumberland for harsh repression of Scots rebels in the 1740s "Butcher" |
#5516, aired 2008-09-08 | ONGOING MILITARY CONFLICTS $400: This country vs.
Chechen rebels Russia |
#5239, aired 2007-05-24 | WAR STORIES $800: "Drums Along the Mohawk",
"Rebels and Redcoats" Revolutionary War |
#5124, aired 2006-12-14 | IN TEXAS $400: A group of about 155 rebels in Texas confronted by Mexican forces retreated into this stronghold February 23, 1836 the Alamo |
#4968, aired 2006-03-29 | BRANDO $500 (Daily Double): Johnny, leader of the Black Rebels The Wild One |
#4965, aired 2006-03-24 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER $1600: Nana Sahib was an important leader of these rebels in 1857 India the Sepoys |
#4867, aired 2005-11-08 | HE'S A REBEL $800: "Pickett's Charge" up Cemetery Ridge was the Rebels' last chance in this battle Gettysburg |
#4801, aired 2005-06-20 | URBAN $1200: In 930 A.D. Karmathian Muslim rebels stormed & destroyed this holy city, carrying off the sacred black stone Mecca |
#4723, aired 2005-03-02 | HINTS FROM HELOISE... TO ABELARD $200: "You teach and admonish rebels to no purpose, and in vain you cast pearls of divine eloquence before" these swine |
#4607, aired 2004-09-21 | WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL $1000: This intellectual known for his concept of the absurd classifies rebels into world deniers and world affirmers Albert Camus |
#4385, aired 2003-10-03 | PANCHO VILLAGE $1600: When the Mexican Revolution began, Villa joined the rebels against this dictator with the first name Porfirio Diaz |
#4367, aired 2003-09-09 | HEADLINE NEWS 1899 $800 (Daily Double): General Arthur MacArthur battles rebels in this Asian country the Philippines |
#4336, aired 2003-06-09 | FOLLOW THE LEADER $200: Alvaro Uribe became president of this S. Amer. country in 2002, vowing to get tough on rebels & drug traffickers Colombia |
#3840, aired 2001-04-20 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $600: The 3rd book in James Reasoner's Civil War saga is named for this Maryland battle the Rebels called Sharpsburg Antietam |
#3814, aired 2001-03-15 | JUST "ONE" MORE THING $400: This 1954 big screener was highlighted by Marlon Brando as the leader of the "Black Rebels" The Wild One |
#3740, aired 2000-12-01 | MEXICAN HISTORY $800: Who is that masked man? It's this subcommander of Zapatista rebels: Subcomandante Marcos |
#3688, aired 2000-09-20 | AFRICAN HOT SPOTS $1000: In the Congo he's battled rebels himself since overthrowing Mobutu in 1997 Laurent Kabila |
#3646, aired 2000-06-12 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY $300: Rebels took the post office in this city during their "rising" on Easter Monday, 1916 Dublin |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | REBELS WITH A CAUSE $100: In 1982 this former first lady opened her drug-treatment center Betty Ford |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | REBELS WITH A CAUSE $200: In 1971 this consumer advocate founded Public Citizen Ralph Nader |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | REBELS WITH A CAUSE $300: The Refugee Project, helping underprivileged children, is at the heart of this female former Fugee Lauryn Hill |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | REBELS WITH A CAUSE $400: This civil rights group was organized in Oakland in 1966 by Huey Newton & Bobby Seale Black Panthers |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | REBELS WITH A CAUSE $500: The Beastie Boys support the Milarepa Fund, which is trying to get this area free from China Tibet |
#3559, aired 2000-02-10 | ASIAN HISTORY $300: In 1992 rebels overthrew its government; one faction, the Taliban, now controls most of the country Afghanistan |
#2988, aired 1997-09-03 | WORLD CITIES $1000: In March 1997, rebels against the Mobutu regime captured Kisangani in this country Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
#2936, aired 1997-05-12 | THE 1960s $300: By mid-decade the black-clad beatniks evolved into these long-haired, love-happy rebels Hippies |
#2875, aired 1997-02-14 | THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION $600: Bush's first major foreign policy move was a deal with Congress on aid to these Nicaraguan rebels Contras |
#2818, aired 1996-11-27 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: On May 29, 1865, he issued a general amnesty for most rebels; the rich and those with high ranks weren't included Andrew Johnson |
#2548, aired 1995-10-04 | ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS $1000: Rebels using rockets, bazookas, grenades & rifles tried to kill this Chilean president in 1986 Pinochet |
#2545, aired 1995-09-29 | ASIAN HISTORY $500: These rebels, or "holy warriors", fought Afghanistan's Soviet-backed government from 1978 to 1992 the mujahideen |
#2540, aired 1995-09-22 | FOREIGN COUNTRIES $800: The Tamil rebels are fighting to separate from this island nation Sri Lanka |
#2425, aired 1995-03-03 | HISTORY $200: The Black Stone, a sacred object in Islam, was stolen from this city by rebels in 930 & kept for 20 years Mecca |
#2296, aired 1994-09-05 | JULY 4, 1994 $300: The French declared a safe zone in this country after rebels took its capital of Kigali Rwanda |
#2067, aired 1993-09-07 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In the 1980s Nicaragua's Contra rebels established bases in this adjoining country to the north Honduras |
#1915, aired 1992-12-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: After this former gladiator died in battle, 6,000 of his rebels were crucified along the Appian Way Spartacus |
#1838, aired 1992-09-09 | RECENT EVENTS $400: In Jan. 1992 this Central American country's government & FMLN rebels signed a peace treaty El Salvador |
#1773, aired 1992-04-22 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: In Sept. 1990 this Liberian president was killed by rebels fighting to overthrow him Samuel K. Doe |
#1679, aired 1991-12-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: This university's basketball team is nicknamed the Runnin' Rebels the University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
#1588, aired 1991-06-26 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: The title year during which Mr. Charrington works as a member of the Thought Police catching rebels 1984 |
#1580, aired 1991-06-14 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In 1961 Syrian rebels put an end to this short-lived union of Egypt & Syria the United Arab Republic |
#1461, aired 1990-12-31 | "CAPTAIN"S $500: In Herman Wouk's book, "The Caine Mutiny", the crew rebels against this tyrant Captain Queeg |
#7, aired 1990-07-28 | 1979 $800: In January the Pol Pot regime was overthrown as this Cambodian city fell to rebels Phnom Penh |
#1332, aired 1990-05-22 | ANCIENT ROME $400: In 73 B.C. he escaped from a school for gladiators & gathered an army of 70,000 rebels Spartacus |
#1301, aired 1990-04-09 | WORLD LEADERS $600: Idi Amin served in the British action against this country's Mau Mau rebels in the 1950s Kenya |
#1215, aired 1989-12-08 | THE 20TH CENTURY $400: During the Easter Rebellion in 1916 a group of rebels declared this country a republic Ireland |
#1213, aired 1989-12-06 | BOOKS $800: "The Bastard", "The Rebels" & "The Seekers" are 3 books in this author's Kent Family Chronicles (John) Jakes |
#1080, aired 1989-04-21 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR $300: In Feb. 1775 Parliament said this colony was in rebellion, thus allowing the shooting of rebels on sight Massachusetts |
#1006, aired 1989-01-09 | HISTORY $200: An army of Chinese peasant rebels captures this imperial city in 1644 Peking |
#987, aired 1988-12-13 | DOCTORS & LAWYERS $1000: In '84 Dr. Bob Simon began an underground medical effort to aid the Mujahadeen rebels in this country Afghanistan |
#872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $800: In 1895, Pres. Cleveland asked U.S. citizens not to give aid to this island's rebels fighting against Spain Cuba |
#565, aired 1987-02-06 | "REBEL"s $800: This 1970 ABC series set in 1777 showed exploits of Pennsylvania's Yankee Doodle Society The Young Rebels |
#546, aired 1987-01-12 | THE 20TH CENTURY $1000: Manuel Quezon, 1st president of this nation, once fought with rebels against the U.S. Philippines |
#515, aired 1986-11-28 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: The Union often named battles after the nearest stream while the rebels named them after this the nearest town |
#494, aired 1986-10-30 | GEORGE WASHINGTON $400: Long before the Geneva Convention he insisted the British treat captured American officers as these, not criminals prisoners of war |
#462, aired 1986-09-16 | UNDECLARED WARS $200: In 1958, 14,300 Marines were sent to battle Moslem rebels in this land adjoining Israel Lebanon |
#447, aired 1986-05-27 | MOVIES $500: In his last film, he played himself, not Robin Hood, as an ally of Castro's rebels Errol Flynn |
#390, aired 1986-03-07 | HISTORY $200: It's said if Britain had won this war, it would have shown the Colonial rebels leniency the Revolutionary War |