| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | ON THE MAP $400: This city is home to Norbulingka, the former summer palace of the Dalai Lama Lhasa (Tibet) |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | SCULPTURE $400: The shining surface of Anish Kapoor's "Cloud Gate", affectionately called "The Bean", reflects the skyline of this city's loop Chicago |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | ON THE MAP $4,200 (Daily Double): Tourists can swim in Devil's Pool adjacent to Livingstone Island & atop this natural wonder Victoria Falls |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | ON THE MAP $1200: This country's Zambezi River border with Zambia is only a few football fields long Botswana |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | ON THE MAP $2000: Lying between Italy's "heel" & "toe", the Gulf of Taranto is an inlet of this sea named for a nymph of Greek mythology the Ionian Sea |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | ON THE MAP $6,600 (Daily Double): The U.K.'s second most populous city, it lies in an industrial area near the geographic center of England Birmingham |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | WORDS ON THE MAP $400: It's a circle of the Earth that passes through both poles; the one through Greenwich is considered "prime" a meridian |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | WORDS ON THE MAP $800: On a National Weather Service map, T.S. indicates this possible precursor to a hurricane a tropical storm |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | SLOVENIA, BABY, SLOVENIA! $1500: Can't find Slovenia on a map? Look for the shape of this animal, which it's widely said to resemble a chicken |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | LET'S "T" UP THE MAP $1600: Home to the Kasbah Museum, this Moroccan port is on the Strait of Gibraltar, just 17 miles from southern Spain Tangier |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | LET'S "T" UP THE MAP $2000: Saddam Hussein was born near this city on the west bank of the Tigris in 1937 & was pulled out of the ground in its vicinity in 2003 Tikrit |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | CITIES & TOWNS $800: Highlighted on the map, it's been a major religious center for more than 1,000 years Canterbury |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | A EUROPEAN VACATION $400: Let's break out the map of Romania, if we head east out of Arad, we can hit Sinaia & Sulina on our way to this sea the Black Sea |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | "Y" ON THE MAP $600: Today it's the only country on the map whose name in English begins with Y Yemen |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | FIRE ISLAND $200 (Daily Double): On the map, Italy looks like it's giving the boot to this Mediterranean island, which was kicking around at 120 degrees in 2021 Sicily |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | WOMEN ON THE MAP $800: Located about 4 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, it's one of the few U.S. place names to have an apostrophe Martha's Vineyard |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | WOMEN ON THE MAP $1000: This capital of South Australia was named for the wife of Britain's King William IV Adelaide |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | THE MAP OF INDIA $800: "City of Dreams" is a nickname for this port on the Arabian Sea that's home to 20 million people Mumbai |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | THE MAP OF EUROPE $800: Founded as far back as the 7th century B.C., Constanta is one of Romania's main ports on this sea the Black Sea |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | OLD NAMES ON THE MAP $800: It was once known as the Zaire, but now it's this & it still carries more water than any river except the Amazon Congo |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | ON THE MAP OF AFRICA $800: To make the national government more accessible to all Nigerians, in 1991, Abuja replaced this city as Nigeria's capital Lagos |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $200: From 1963 to 1973 Florida's Cape Canaveral was known as this Cape Kennedy |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $400: Fort Christina became this, now Delaware's most populous city Wilmington |
| #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 |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $2,000 (Daily Double): The coastal town of Manchester, Massachusetts had these 3 words added to its name in 1989 by-the-Sea |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | ON THE MAP $400: This leading city of Northern Ireland is home to Queen's University Belfast |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | ON THE MAP $1200: It's the name of the capital of Alberta, Canada & also of a northern suburb of London Edmonton |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | ON THE MAP $1,600 (Daily Double): It's the only country that borders Venezuela & Ecuador Colombia |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | "BLACK" ON THE MAP $600: Old this river in Ireland, keep on rollin' across County Waterford's Drum Hills to the sea (River) Blackwater |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | "BLACK" ON THE MAP $1000: It's hard to believe Lake Lahontan once covered this Nevada desert area seen here in all its stark beauty Black Rock (Desert) |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | WHEN BAY IS ON THE MAP $1200: Hey, tiger, with a maximum depth of more than 15,000 feet, it's the bay seen here Bengal |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | MAGNA CARTOGRAPHY $800: Found in this country's Western Cape Province, the plateau basin known as Great Karoo may be listed as Groot Karoo on a local map South Africa |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | "A" IS FOR ASTRONOMICAL $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows map imagery of the Moon on the monitor.) Possibly caused by magnetized lava under the Moon's surface, lunar swirls are easy to spot because of a high one of these reflective ratios of light relative to the surrounding surface albedo |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | THE SANDWICH GENERATION $1000: Arby's says it put this sandwich filling on the map roast beef |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | SOVIET BLOC BUSTERS $1200: Tito, leader of this country that's no longer on the map, chafed against Stalin & pursued a policy of "nonalignment" Yugoslavia |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | LITERATURE ON THE MAP $800: Owen Wister's "The Virginian" is set in cattle country in this "Cowboy State" Wyoming |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | LITERATURE ON THE MAP $1200: This author based the novel "The Magic Mountain" on a trip to Davos, Switzerland to treat his wife's bronchitis Thomas Mann |
| #8268, aired 2020-10-28 | LITERATURE ON THE MAP $1600: Centennial, a suburb of Denver, is named for the title town in this man's 1974 novel "Centennial" (James) Michener |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | LAND "HO"! $1600: It's the state capital seen on the map here Hobart |
| #8122, aired 2019-12-24 | SANTA ON THE MAP $200: This Southwest U.S. state capital lies in the Northern Rio Grande Valley at about 7,000 feet above sea level Santa Fe |
| #8122, aired 2019-12-24 | SANTA ON THE MAP $800: At the S.E. tip of Italy, Santa Maria di Leuca has been called the "City Between Two Seas", the Ionian & this one to the north the Adriatic |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | ALLITERATION ON THE MAP $4,000 (Daily Double): Before 1910 the area that's home to the southern tip of Africa bore this name Cape Colony |
| #8065, aired 2019-10-04 | SAINTS ON THE MAP $400: It's where to go to groove to the Twin Cities Jazz Festival St. Paul |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | PHYSICS $5,800 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows two waves on the monitor.) In transverse waves, each particle moves perpendicular to the wave's direction; in this 12-letter type, reminiscent of lines on a map, each particle moves parallel to the wave longitudinal |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | "P"LACES ON THE MAP $400: There are 35-foot-tall replicas of Heinz ketchup bottles at Heinz Field in this U.S. city Pittsburgh |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | METEOROLOGY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows storms on a map.) In the north Atlantic & northeast Pacific, "hurricane" is the regional term; in the northwest Pacific, it's "typhoon", but in the south Pacific & Indian Ocean, this word is used, from Greek for "circle" a cyclone |
| #7994, aired 2019-05-16 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP $800: What's now the Iraqi town of Sadr City was previously named for this tyrant Saddam Hussein |
| #7994, aired 2019-05-16 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP $1200: This country's beautiful island of Santorini gets its name from the martyr Saint Irene Greece |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map of the Ohio River on the monitor.) The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 banned slavery north of the Ohio River, eventually making this major Ohio city a key first stop for many escaping slavery; it's now the home to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Cincinnati |
| #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 |
| #7854, aired 2018-11-01 | Q THE MAP $1000: 440 feet below sea level, the Qattara Depression in Egypt halted this field marshal's attack on British defenses in 1942 Rommel |
| #7843, aired 2018-10-17 | BALI, HI! $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) It's just a mile across the Bali Strait from Bali to this most politically and economically important island of Indonesia Java |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | THE HERO'S JOURNEY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Here is a map approximating the 3 years, 2 months, 14 days & 16 hours of running this title man does in a 1994 Oscar-winning film Forrest Gump |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: (Jimmy of Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Not to be confused with the gap of the same name, America's first national highway--and for many years, the main route west--was this road that extended from Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois Cumberland |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | LITERATURE ON THE MAP $400: In St. Petersburg it's not far from Raskolnikov's murder spree in this book to the bridge where he considers suicide Crime and Punishment |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | LITERATURE ON THE MAP $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of Chicago on the monitor.) In Chicago, there's a big economic difference between the mansion where Bigger Thomas worked & his family's apartment just a few blocks away in this novel Native Son |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | THE OLD COUNTRY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Put "A-S" in front of the name of a current country to get this ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia Assyria |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | "H" ON THE MAP $200: Osaka is on this island, as are Japan's largest lake & mountain Honshu |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | "H" ON THE MAP $400: The capital of South Holland province, it's the seat of the Netherlands' government The Hague |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | "H" ON THE MAP $800: The Minch is a channel separating Scotland's NW Highlands from this "Outer" island group the Hebrides |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | MUST SEA TV $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) A 2002 National Geographic special recounted the finding of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in this sea with the name of a Biblical king the Sea of Solomon (or the Solomon Sea) |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | FOUND MY PLACE IN THE BOOK $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) A Patricia Highsmith novel takes us all around Rome--here's where Freddie Miles is killed, & here, at the Europa hotel, is where this "Talented" title character hides out as Dickie Greenleaf the talented Mr. Ripley |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | ARRIBA ARUBA! $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) For much of the 20th century, one of the mainstays of Aruba's economy was the refining of oil from this big neighbor to the south Venezuela |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | THE MEDITERRANEAN $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) From the Italian port of Pescara to Dubrovnik in Croatia, it's about 200 miles across this arm of the Mediterranean the Adriatic |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | "L" ON THE MAP $800: Muhammad Ali & Hunter S. Thompson were born in this city Louisville |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | "L" ON THE MAP $2000: It's Italy's most populous region & a center of both agriculture and industry Lombardy |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | COME SAIL AWAY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) To show how ancient America's people could colonize Polynesia, in 1947 Thor Heyerdahl sailed 4300 miles in 101 days, on this raft, named for an Incan god Kon-Tiki |
| #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 |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | EAST ON THE MAP $600: It's home to Michigan State University East Lansing |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $2000: Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede in this Tennessee town is billed as "the most fun place to eat in the Smokies" Pigeon Forge |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | ELECTIONS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an electoral map on the monitor.) Shown in the Electoral College map here, this man would've won the presidency had he taken his home state of Tennessee's 11 votes, making Florida's 25 moot Al Gore |
| #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 |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | THE WORLD AT WAR $1,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animated map on the monitor.) In July 1943, this U.S. general's Seventh Army swept through western Sicily, then turned east to help Montgomery's British Eighth Patton |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | MORE THAN AN ATHLETE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Here's the 1980 Marathon of Hope run by this one-legged Canadian hero, who covered 3,339 miles in 143 days to support cancer research Terry Fox |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | MILITARY MEMORIES $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a battle map on the monitor.) On July 21, 1861, with Manassas Junction to the south, General McDowell's Union forces sent a decoy force & a flanking force toward Confederates at this waterway, which gave its name to the battle the Battle of Bull Run |
| #7380, aired 2016-10-14 | THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1818, the U.S. & Britain signed a treaty, making this line the border between the U.S. & Canada from Minnesota to the Rockies; it was later extended to the Pacific the 49th parallel |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | GEOGRAPHIC TERMS $200: In the bathroom it's a sink; on the map it's an area drained by a single river a basin |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | "U" ON THE MAP $400: In 1972 Ra's al Khaymah became the last of the 7 states to join this Middle Eastern country United Arab Emirates |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP $1600: This daughter of an Alaska governor is named for the Connecticut city that's home to ESPN Bristol Palin |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | JUDEAN HISTORY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Biblical Palestine was divided into two kingdoms--Israel in the north & Judea in the south, with this city that's still the main community of the Negev region as its southernmost town Beersheba |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | HISTORY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) A stop at Dr. Samuel Mudd's home, landing mistakenly in Maryland, & dying a few days later near Bowling Green were part of his ill-fated 1865 escape route John Wilkes Booth |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | DOCTORS WITHIN BORDERS $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a picture of a plane and a map of Australia on the monitor.) In Australia's remote areas, the Royal Flying Doctor Service has dozens of bases providing airborne care; the Alice Springs base serves nearly half a million square miles of this territory the Northern Territory |
| #7223, aired 2016-01-27 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 62,000 men in parallel corps columns covered up to 15 miles a day on their way to Savannah in this general's march to the sea Sherman |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) About 2,900 miles long, it's one of the few major rivers to cross the equator, and actually does so twice before emptying into the Atlantic the Congo |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Here's the Electoral College victory of this man; the only state he lost was Minnesota, by the slim margin of 49.72% to 49.54% (Ronald) Reagan |
| #7156, aired 2015-10-26 | SEAS $800: George Takei said that Gene Roddenberry came up with his "Star Trek" character's name by seeing this sea on a map the Sulu Sea |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | LINES ON THE MAP $800: It's the only state whose borders, like with Montana to the north & Colorado to the south, are 4 straight lines Wyoming |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | LINES ON THE MAP $1600: Heading east, the equator passes through the Maldives, & the next nation it reaches is this other island one Indonesia |
| #7130, aired 2015-09-18 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a world map on a monitor.) The continent of Africa, as well as its surrounding oceanic crusts, are part of the African one of these rigid pieces that make up the Earth's surface continental plate |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | GETTING OFF THE GROUND $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Here's the route she took trying to fly around the world; in July 1937, she began the longest leg of the journey, 2,600 miles over open water to Howland Island; she never made it Amelia Earhart |
| #7114, aired 2015-07-16 | LET'S GO TO THE ISLANDS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Coral reefs grow best in warm water, so they're found mostly in tropical locales; one exception is this island, at 32 degrees north latitude, warmed by the Gulf Stream Bermuda |
| #7100, aired 2015-06-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a battle map on the monitor.) A June 25, 1876, battle map shows Sitting Bull's camp next to Major Reno's skirmish line, with the Indian encampment separated from Last Stand Hill to the north by this river Little Big Horn |
| #7093, aired 2015-06-17 | GOVERNMENT AGENCIES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Leaving Wall St. & heading to Washington D.C., a lawyer never has to go outside, as D.C.'s Union Station connects directly to this regulatory commission on F Street the SEC |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM $3,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an illustration and a map on the monitor.) In the 1800s, the giant bison herds that roamed North America were hunted almost to extinction; fortunately, in 1902, the U.S. Army brought 21 buffalo to this national park where they now number in the thousands Yellowstone National Park |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | "IN" BUSINESS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated map on the monitor.) A big U.S. company merges with a smaller foreign company then relocates its headquarters to that country in order to avoid some U.S. taxes in this controversial practice inversion |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On October 21, 1805, a combined fleet of 33 French & Spanish ships was defeated by the British in a famous naval battle off this sandy cape on Spain's southern coast Trafalgar |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | METEOROLOGY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animated weather map on the monitor.) It's the 2-word term for a transition zone between an advancing mass of higher temperature air & a retreating cooler one a warm front |
| #6975, aired 2015-01-02 | SORRY THE PLACE IS A MESS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows ruins and a map on the monitor.) 13th-century Whitby Abbey has been left a ruin by storms, neglect, the suppression of the monasteries &, of course, the German navy's shelling of this historic British county in 1914 Yorkshire |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SAX $1600: Raphael Ravenscroft's bluesy solo helped put this street on the map as a No. 2 hit for Gerry Rafferty Baker Street |
| #6930, aired 2014-10-31 | MEET YOUR ANCESTORS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Though it leads in relatively few counties, most in the Northeast, this European ancestry, shown in green, is the USA's second-most common at about 11% Irish |
| #6930, aired 2014-10-31 | MEET YOUR ANCESTORS $1,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Census Bureau map codes U.S. counties by the residents' most reported ancestry; most counties in Nebraska are coded as this, the most common U.S. ancestry from central Europe German |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows notes and a map on the monitor.) Union soldiers found Robert E. Lee's handwritten plans wrapped around three cigars & lying in a field east of Sharpsburg, Maryland, four days before this bloody 1862 battle Antietam |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | & THE CATEGORY OF GEOGRAPHY $2000: This Alaskan peninsula's name is a homophone for what you may need to spot it on a map Kenai |
| #6876, aired 2014-07-07 | CHINESE HISTORY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a portrait and a map on the monitor.) Huangdi won a great battle that consolidated his power among the tribes of the Huang He River, so it's fitting that he is referred to in English as the this emperor the Yellow Emperor |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | THAT'S SPOOKY $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 2013, a declassified CIA document showed a map with the name of this land parcel in the Mojave desert for the first time publicly; it was once used to test the U-2 spy plane (& who knows what else) Area 51 |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | OCEAN COMMOTION $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Atlantic Ocean's deepest point, at about 27,500 feet, is located in the trench bearing the name of this island Puerto Rico |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | ON THE MAP $200: It's the foreign country closest to the French cities of Lourdes & Bordeaux Spain |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | ON THE MAP $600: China's Mount Grosvenor was named for the longtime editor of this magazine National Geographic |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | WRIT IN WATER $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On September 2, 31 B.C., this man's fleet was fighting the Battle of Actium against Octavian's fleet; an opening in the lines allowed his girlfriend to slip away with her ships; he followed her, & all was lost Marc Anthony |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | POINTY ON THE MAP $1600: You'll reach the Seychelles if you keep going north from this island country's Cap d'Ambre Madagascar |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | GEOGRAPHER'S DICTIONARY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew displays a map on the monitor.) A small British military possession in Cyprus, Akrotiri, is an example of this--an area belonging to one nation inside another, from the French for "to enclose" an enclave |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | ON THE MAP $2000: This city on the Arabian Sea is the capital of Pakistan's sindh province Karachi |
| #6775, aired 2014-02-14 | U.S. CITIES $200: With a population of 104,000, this city indicated on the map is the smallest to boast an NFL franchise. Green Bay |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew displays a map of the U.S. on the monitor.) In 1952, the term "Solid South" referred to an area controlled by Democrats, even in this man's landslide win--the political map was very different back then Eisenhower |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | PRE-'80s HISTORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) By law, Roman generals couldn't lead forces out of their assigned province; Caesar's 49 B.C. crossing of this stream separating Cisalpine Gaul from Italy acted as a war declaration the Rubicon |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | ANCIENT ROME $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) An emperor's visit to Britain in 122 A.D. led to the building of this defensive barrier that remained effective for almost 300 years Hadrian's Wall |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | LET'S PLAY SOME GULF $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1906, Roald Amundsen entered the Beaufort Sea via the gulf now named for him as he became the first to sail all the way through this famous sea route the Northwest Passage |
| #6734, aired 2013-12-19 | MAP QUEST $200: Incorporated as a city in 1853, it's on the shores of Lake Winnebago b'gosh Oshkosh |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | STATE SHAPES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of the U.S. Central Atlantic states on the monitor.) These 2 men are famous for surveying Maryland's northern border, which became a symbolic dividing line, but they also laid out the state's eastern border with Delaware Mason & Dixon |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | ON THE MAP $600: It's the tiny country highlighted here El Salvador |
| #6708, aired 2013-11-13 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 2,000 years ago, under Tigran the Great, this country's empire stretched from the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea; today, it's one of the smallest countries on the Asian mainland Armenia |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | AROUND THE USA $1,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) As the U.S. expanded its territory westward,
this point moved from the east coast in 1776 to South Dakota in 1959 with the addition of Alaska & Hawaii geographic center |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | AROUND THE WORLD WITH MAGELLAN'S CREW $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Magellan left Spain on September 20, 1519; just 1 week later, he received a letter telling him of a mutinous plot while getting provisions in these islands the Canary Islands |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | AROUND THE WORLD WITH MAGELLAN'S CREW $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) After reaching South American waters, Magellan spent the winter of 1520 in Puerto San Julian, today in this southern region Patagonia |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | AROUND THE WORLD WITH MAGELLAN'S CREW $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The waterway that took the fleet into the Pacific is now named for Magellan, but because he was there on November 1, 1520, Magellan called it Todos los Santos, meaning this strait the Strait of All Saints |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | AROUND THE WORLD WITH MAGELLAN'S CREW $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Though Magellan gets the credit for the first around-the-world journey, he was killed midway through the voyage on the island of Mactan in what is now this republic the Philippines |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | AROUND THE WORLD WITH MAGELLAN'S CREW $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1522, after three years & 42,000 perilous miles, only one of the original ships and 18 of the more than 250 original crew made it back to this Spanish region Andalusia |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | WE PROTEST! $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) A 1930 march against Britain's salt tax spanning 240 miles from an ashram at Sabarmati to the town of Dandi on the Arabian Sea was a nonviolent protest led by this man Gandhi |
| #6655, aired 2013-07-19 | OLD NAMES ON THE MAP $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads the clue from Hanoi, Vietnam.) Built by August Henri Vildieu, Vietnam's Presidential Palace was originally the headquarters of the governor general of this now-defunct French region Indochina |
| #6642, aired 2013-07-02 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $400: This country's neighbors to the east include Iran, Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan Turkey |
| #6642, aired 2013-07-02 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $6,100 (Daily Double): In 1982 this archipelago off Africa's northwest coast became an autonomous region of Spain the Canary Islands |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | HISTORY'S ODDS & ENDS $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In Wyoming on July 18, as many turned right to the familiar route west, this 20-wagon party went left toward Fort Bridger & Hastings Cutoff; that did not end well the Donner party |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | ON THE MAP $200: It's the longest river in the world that flows mainly from south to north the Nile |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | ON THE MAP $400: It's the closest of the other continents to Antarctica South America |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | PONCE DE LEON & FLORIDA $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us an image of Ponce de Leon and a map of part of Florida.) Ponce de Leon is remembered on April 2, 2013, celebrated as the sighting of Florida's historic coast; he was between Cape Canaveral & this city, Florida's oldest, which wasn't founded until 52 years later St. Augustine |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | PONCE DE LEON & FLORIDA $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us the map of Ponce's travels further south on the Florida coast.) In need of fresh water, Ponce & his crew filled their barrels from springs on this island, just off the coast of what is now Miami Key Biscayne |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | PONCE DE LEON & FLORIDA $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us the map of Ponce de Leon's continuing voyage past the south end of Florida.) On June 21st, 1513 Ponce de Leon's ships arrived in this small island group where his men, needing food, caught the large turtles that gave the islands their name the Dry Tortugas |
| #6548, aired 2013-02-20 | ON THE MAP $400: This U.S. port is the largest city in its state Jacksonville |
| #6548, aired 2013-02-20 | ON THE MAP $1000: One of the world's newest countries, it gained its independence in 2002 East Timor |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | U.S. POLITICS $2,600 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a U.S. map on the monitor.) 1968 was the last time a third-party candidate captured a state; Nixon won 32 red states, Humphrey took 13 blues, & this independent won a block of five Southern states George Wallace |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | "K" ON THE MAP $800: Animal Planet's "Meerkat Manor" is set in this desert the Kalahari |
| #6463, aired 2012-10-24 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of the U.S. on the monitor.) In 1976, America was split straight down the middle; Jimmy Carter dominated the blue East, but the red West was solid for this man Ford |
| #6463, aired 2012-10-24 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map of the U.S. on the monitor.) The North & South were clearly divided in 1888, when Republican Benjamin Harrison lost the popular vote but edged out this incumbent in the Electoral College Grover Cleveland |
| #6381, aired 2012-05-21 | S'MOORS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Soon after most of the Iberian Peninsula was conquered by the Moors in the 8th century, the Spanish began regaining lost territory until around 1300 only this Moorish kingdom remained Granada |
| #6352, aired 2012-04-10 | 1850s AMERICA $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of the Southwest U.S. and northern Mexico on the monitor.) The U.S. wanted to build a railroad across the Southwest, but the land was too mountainous, so in 1853 flatter land for the railroad was purchased from Mexico by this U.S. minister Gadsden |
| #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 |
| #6323, aired 2012-02-29 | THE MIDDLE EAST $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The cities of Ramadi & Fallujah have given nightmares to U.S. troops engaged in this Sunni-majority province, Iraq's biggest in area Al Anbar |
| #6295, aired 2012-01-20 | "U-R" THERE $2,400 (Daily Double): As indicated on the map, they are South America's two smallest independent countries in area Uruguay & Suriname |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were spread out over three continents: 2 were in Africa, 3 in Asia, & the 2 in Europe were the Colossus of Rhodes & this other statue the Statue of Zeus (at Olympia) |
| #6245, aired 2011-11-11 | PUTTING CELEBRITIES ON THE MAP $800: Adding a letter to a "There's Something About Mary" star's name makes her more bankable in Yaounde Cameroon Diaz |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | MOVIES ON THE MAP $800: Robert Altman's 1975 movie about the music business Nashville |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | LANGUAGES $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of Africa on the monitor.) With around 180 million speakers worldwide, it's the official language of eight countries, including the five former European colonies highlighted here Portuguese |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1271, the Polos left Venice for China; when they couldn't find seaworthy ships in this town, that shared its name with a nearby strait, they continued their journey by land Hormuz |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Marco Polo was asked by Kublai Khan to make diplomatic trips to the far reaches of Khan's empire, perhaps making it as far as what is now this country Myanmar |
| #6165, aired 2011-06-03 | TV SHOWS ON THE MAP $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1985 the theme to this hip cop drama was tops on the Billboard charts Miami Vice |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Stretching from the Taurus Mountains in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, with its heart between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers, is this ancient region, home to the world's first cities Mesopotamia |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland was due largely to friction over a strip of land called the Polish Corridor; it was taken from Germany & awarded to Poland by the Versailles Treaty, giving Poland direct access to this sea the Baltic Sea |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The northwest angle belongs to the U.S., although it doesn't look that way; it's the only part of the lower 48 that extends miles north of this parallel of latitude the 49th parallel |
| #6133, aired 2011-04-20 | AT THE "END" $1000: From the Latin for "things to be read", it's a table explaining symbols on a map or chart a legend |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | FOOD WORDS & PHRASES $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of recent earthquakes around the San Andreas Fault on the monitor.) A Japanese seismologist saw a possible circular earthquake pattern that could build up to one very large quake, in the hole in what's called the Mogi this, like a bakery treat a doughnut |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | NATION STATION $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a picture and a map on the monitor.) Helping to overthrow Ethiopian dictator Mengistu in 1991 sparked a drive for independence here, & in 1993 it became Africa's newest independent republic Eritrea |
| #6127, aired 2011-04-12 | THE AUTOBAHN SOCIETY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) If you drive on A3 in Germany's extreme southeast, from Passau to Wurzburg, you've been in this geographically largest state the whole 3 hours Bavaria |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | FROM HERE TO THERE $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of Great Britain on the monitor.) Proverbially, to walk Great Britain end to end, go from John o' Groats in Scotland to Land's End in this county Cornwall |
| #6094, aired 2011-02-24 | U.S. HISTORY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Returning from their 1804 through 1805 expedition, these two men split up: one sought a shortcut from the mountains to the Missouri; the other explored the Yellowstone River Lewis & Clark |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | 4-LETTER COUNTRIES $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Landlocked & mostly made up of arid desert land, it's no wonder this country has been referred to as the Dead Heart of Africa Chad |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | FRENCH HISTORY $2,600 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) At one point in the Hundred Years War, England & its allies possessed about half of France; by war's end in 1453, however, the French had pushed England off the mainland, except for this port the port of Calais |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | ON THE AFRICAN MAP $400: The Blue & White Nile meet near this Sudanese city whose name means "elephant's trunk" Khartoum |
| #6042, aired 2010-12-14 | LANGUAGES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Of France's many languages, Breton, introduced by the Celts, & Gallo, developed from Latin, serve this coastal region Brittany |
| #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 |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | WOMEN ON THE MAP $600: It's the capital of South Australia & alphabetically first among the country's major cities Adelaide |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | WOMEN ON THE MAP $1000: Named for a Danish queen, it's the capital of the U. S. Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | ATOLLS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the screen.) In the 1930s, transoceanic air routes starting from Midway Island used tiny Wake Atoll as a perfect fuel base to complete the 2,800-mile trip to this U.S. island territory Guam |
| #5973, aired 2010-07-28 | SAINTS ON THE MAP $400: Once Scotland's ecclesiastical capital, this city is also a golfing mecca St. Andrews |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | IRAQ'S PROVINCES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of Iraq on the monitor.) Though Iraq already had 18 perfectly good provinces, Saddam wanted a 19th, & on August 28, 1990, declared this was it, leading to war Kuwait |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | IRAQ'S PROVINCES $2,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of Iraq on the monitor.) Sulaymaniyah Province, dominated by this ethnic group, is friendly ground for Americans--just don't get too close to Iran, as three hikers did in 2009 the Kurds |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | IRAQ'S PROVINCES $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of Iraq on the monitor.) Hilla Province was renamed as part of a program urging Iraqis to take pride in their ancient past; it became this, after the city of Nebuchadnezzar, whose ruins stand there Babylon |
| #5947, aired 2010-06-22 | CHINESE HISTORY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In October 1934, the Red Army retreated from Jiangxi; a year later, after crossing 18 mountain ranges, they arrived in Shaanxi, in a journey that's been called this the Long March |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | ON THE MAP $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden & the Indian Ocean form the eastern coast of the region seen here, known by this 3-word term the Horn of Africa |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | ON THE MAP $2,000 (Daily Double): The name of this South American capital is believed to come from Magellan's exclamation:
"I see a hill!" Montevideo |
| #5927, aired 2010-05-25 | THE MIDDLE OF SOMEWHERE $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) It's about equally far from the eastern as the western border & from the northern border as the southern coast to this second-largest Burmese city Mandalay |
| #5904, aired 2010-04-22 | COUNTRY ADD A LETTER $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.) Add a letter to the country that's highlighted & you get this word meaning "harmless" benign (for Benin) |
| #5882, aired 2010-03-23 | BODIES OF WATER $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1964, activity in this arm of the South China Sea led to increased U.S. troops in Vietnam the Gulf of Tonkin |
| #5877, aired 2010-03-16 | OUR GEOMETRIC WORLD $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In a 1986 confrontation, Libyan leader Khaddafi said no U.S. ships would be allowed past the mouth of the Gulf of Sidra, drawing what he called this 3-word phrase the Line of Death |
| #5835, aired 2010-01-15 | MAGAZINES ON THE WEB $1600: Let's map a way to this magazine's website where you can utilize its "Atlas Explorer" National Geographic |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | ON THE U.S. MAP $200: This state's Near Islands are the westernmost of the Aleutians Alaska |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | ON THE U.S. MAP $400: This "Silver State" has a state reptile, the desert tortoise Nevada |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | ON THE U.S. MAP $600: Pine Bluff & Arkadelphia are cities in this state Arkansas |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | ON THE U.S. MAP $800: Chiricahua National Monument & the Painted Desert are both features of this arid state Arizona |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | ON THE U.S. MAP $1000: Go figure--this state's name is derived from a Native American word meaning "father of the waters" Mississippi |
| #5771, aired 2009-10-19 | LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated weather map on the monitor.) A common weather pattern, bringing an abundance of warm, tropical moisture direct from Hawaii to the Pacific coast is popularly called this, like a 2008 comedy film the Pineapple Express |
| #5771, aired 2009-10-19 | LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $4,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated weather map on the monitor.) Named for the direction from which they come, much of our weather is carried across the United States & Canada by these dominant winds, between 30 & 60 degrees latitude westerlies |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | RUSSIAN TO THE BORDER $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The small Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, home to one of Russia's ice-free European ports, borders this Baltic state to the east Lithuania |
| #5593, aired 2008-12-24 | WE'RE MAP-HAPPY $2000: (A red shape zooms out of the sea on the map on the monitor as Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) Located in the Caribbean, this tiny island's shape inspired its unusual name, which is Latin for "eel" Anguilla |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | FIREFIGHTING $600: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a firefighting map diagram on the monitor.) Firefighters make a perimeter around a wildfire--much of it by digging; when you hear a fire is 80% this, it doesn't mean it's 80% put out, but 80% of the perimeter is in place contained |
| #5536, aired 2008-10-06 | IT'S A BIT CHILE TODAY $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew points out Chile on a map.) Outside of its main land area, Chile also owns several islands, including this one way out in the South Pacific about 2300 miles away Easter Island |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | "I" ON THE WORLD $1000: (Jon of the Clue Crew points to a Southeast Asian region on a map on the monitor.) Once referring to a region controlled by France, today it's simply the name of this peninsula that includes Thailand, Cambodia & Vietnam Indochina |
| #5530, aired 2008-09-26 | NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew points out an area on a map.) It's North America's largest Pacific Coast island; the major city of the same name is not on it, but separated from it by straits Vancouver |
| #5530, aired 2008-09-26 | NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $1,600 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew points out a region on a map.) This region, whose name means it's at the foot of a mountain, is a plateau between the higher Appalachians & the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain Piedmont |
| #5459, aired 2008-05-08 | LET'S VISIT THE MIDEAST $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a map of the Middle East on the monitor.) In 1958 the spell of President Nasser's Pan-Arab Movement persuaded this country to join Egypt in the United Arab Republic Syria |
| #5426, aired 2008-03-24 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew indicates a map of the Western Mediterranean on the monitor.) From Vatican City, the world's smallest independent country, travel about 280 miles northwest & you'll reach this second-smallest country at less than 1 square mile in size Monaco |
| #5414, aired 2008-03-06 | ON THE U.S. MAP $400: Land o' Goshen! There's a city called Goshen in Elkhart County in this state Indiana |
| #5414, aired 2008-03-06 | ON THE U.S. MAP $800: Tuscola County is in Michigan; Tuscaloosa County is in this state Alabama |
| #5414, aired 2008-03-06 | ON THE U.S. MAP $1600: The Pearl & Hermes Atoll in this state is named for 2 ships wrecked there in 1822 Hawaii |
| #5414, aired 2008-03-06 | ON THE U.S. MAP $2,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) These two states on either side of the 36'30 line of latitude look a bit like mirror images of each other Virginia & North Carolina |
| #5414, aired 2008-03-06 | ON THE U.S. MAP $2000: It's the largest city in South Dakota that lies on the Big Sioux River Sioux Falls |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | "K" ON THE MAP $800: It's the nearest capital city to the peak of Mount Everest Kathmandu |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | "K" ON THE MAP $7,000 (Daily Double): It became a Caribbean capital in 1872 Kingston (Jamaica) |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | LET'S CONSULT THE MAP $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew displays a map on the monitor.) On this map, a star inside a circle represents these (national) capitals |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | LET'S CONSULT THE MAP $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew points out a map on the monitor.) On this map of Northwest Wyoming, dashed-line enclosures are used to designate national parks & these set-aside lands Indian reservations |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | LET'S CONSULT THE MAP $800: Malta was upset when it was left off the first maps appearing on these bank notes in 2002 euros |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | LET'S CONSULT THE MAP $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a rectangular world map on the monitor.) Because areas far from the equator are enlarged, Greenland is bigger than South America in the 16th century system of projection named for this man Mercator |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | "P"LACES ON THE MAP $200: On the Liberty Bell, this state's name is missing one of its "N"s Pennsylvania |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | "P"LACES ON THE MAP $1000: Home to Italy's second-oldest university, where Galileo & Fallopius taught Padua |
| #5103, aired 2006-11-15 | FUHGETTABOUDIT $400: Trying to locate this country just to the east of the old Berlin Wall on a map? Fuhgettaboudit! It's gone East Germany |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | OLD NAMES ON THE MAP $400: Wilmington in this U.S. state was once the site of the Swedish settlement of Christinahamn Delaware |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | IT'S ON THE MAP $200: It's the powerful democracy of more than 1,000 islands seen here Japan |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | IT'S ON THE MAP $400: The Spanish vanquished a native empire in this country in 1532 Peru |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | IT'S ON THE MAP $600: In thousands of years of history, this island seen here has been conquered & ruled by numerous empires & kings Cyprus |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | IT'S ON THE MAP $800: "Y" not give us the name of this republic? Yemen |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | IT'S ON THE MAP $1000: Twenty-million-strong border country of South Africa seen here Mozambique |
| #4933, aired 2006-02-08 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: This Asian nation seen here on the map has one of the world's largest populations India |
| #4861, aired 2005-10-31 | ON THE MAP $200: Hope there's enough gravy for this bicontinental nation Turkey |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | GOIN' MOBILE $400: S. Dak., Alaska, Wyo. &, obviously, Hawaii are the only 4 states not on this natl. train co.'s passenger route map Amtrak |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | ON THE MAP $1200: A U.S. county's equivalent of a capital, it's often shown on maps as a dot inside a circle the county seat |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | ON THE MAP $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew traces lines on a globe.) Two of these meet around the poles to form what's called a great circle around the Earth the meridians |
| #4822, aired 2005-07-19 | ON THE MAP $800 (Daily Double): The International Date Line is an imaginary line running roughly along this meridian of longitude 180 degrees |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | ON THE MAP $800: Mercator's 1569 map projection makes this island (840,000 sq. mi.) look bigger than Africa (11-1/2 million sq. mi.) Greenland |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | ON THE MAP $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers from behind a globe.) From the Greek for "beside each other", it's the geographic term for the line seen here a parallel (of latitude) |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | ON THE MAP $1600: On a map of the U.S., 1 of the 2 states that each border 8 other states Missouri (or Tennessee) |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | IT'S GENETIC $1200: The origin of the Human Genome Project lies in Alfred Sturtevant's 1913 map of the genes on one of these a chromosome |
| #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | THE 2004 ELECTIONS $200: On CNN's election map, it was the final color of Wyoming, Kansas & Alabama red |
| #4686, aired 2005-01-10 | OLD NAMES ON THE MAP $800: In 1946 the name of Podgorica was changed to this for Yugoslavia's leader; it was changed back in 1992 Titograd |
| #4686, aired 2005-01-10 | OLD NAMES ON THE MAP $2000: What's now Kaliningrade, Russia was the capital of East Prussia under this name meaning "King's Mountain" Königsberg |
| #4666, aired 2004-12-13 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP $200: He wrote the songs "There's No Business Like Show Business" & "White Christmas" Irving Berlin |
| #4666, aired 2004-12-13 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP $1000: This British-born actor has starred in "Cabaret", Logan's Run" & "Austin Powers" Michael York |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | I PUT YOU ON THE MAP $400: Rufus Putnam, named Marietta, Ohio in honor of this Frenchwoman, a pal of the U.S. during the Revolutionary War Marie Antoinette |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | I PUT YOU ON THE MAP $1200: Czar Peter the Great named this city for his wife, Yekaterina; later the last czar was executed there Yekaterinburg |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | LET'S VISIT AFRICA $6,000 (Daily Double): The country of Namibia was once known as this, & that's also where it is on the map South West Africa |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | SPRINGS ON THE MAP $200: This California resort's aerial tramway up Mt. San Jacinto has the world's largest rotating tramcars Palm Springs |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | SPRINGS ON THE MAP $400: This Australian town was named for a waterhole that was named for telegraph advocate Charles Todd's wife Alice Springs |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | SPRINGS ON THE MAP $800: The U.S. Olympic Training Center is located in this city in the foothills of the Rockies Colorado Springs |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | EAST ON THE MAP $600: Walter Ulbricht had his fingers in this country's strudel for over 20 years East Germany |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | EAST ON THE MAP $1000: As a geopolitical term it was coined in 1902 by U.S. Naval Officer Alfred Mahan to describe an Asian-African area the Middle East |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | THE FRENCH HAVE A(N ENGLISH) WORD FOR IT $200: To a Frenchman, it's a sphere on which a map of the Earth is depicted globe |
| #4140, aired 2002-09-06 | SAINTS ON THE MAP $400: It's home to over a dozen golden arches of McDonald's & a 630-foot high single stainless steel arch St. Louis |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | NAMES ON THE MAP $400: It's the only U.S. state named for a president Washington |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | NAMES ON THE MAP $800: In 1991 Leningrad reverted to this name, after its founder's patron saint St. Petersburg |
| #3647, aired 2000-06-13 | SAINTS ON THE MAP $100: In the 19th century French choreographer Charles Didelot headed this Russian city's ballet company St. Petersburg |
| #3647, aired 2000-06-13 | SAINTS ON THE MAP $400: Careful, this dragon-slaying capital of Grenada is a possessive St. George's |
| #3564, aired 2000-02-17 | ON THE MAP $200: Not counting Antarctica, it's the continent that reaches the farthest south South America |
| #3530, aired 1999-12-31 | STARS ON THE MAP $100: Located on the Thames River, it's been Europe's largest city since around 1700 London |
| #3530, aired 1999-12-31 | STARS ON THE MAP $200: According to tradition, tossing a coin into this city's Trevi Fountain ensures a return visit Rome |
| #3530, aired 1999-12-31 | STARS ON THE MAP $300: This Costa Rican capital's international airport is named for 19th century hero Juan Santamaria San Jose |
| #3530, aired 1999-12-31 | STARS ON THE MAP $500 (Daily Double): In the 1980s Nicolae Ceausescu built this city's Palace of the People Bucharest, Romania |
| #3530, aired 1999-12-31 | STARS ON THE MAP $500: Sucre is Bolivia's judicial capital; this is the administrative capital La Paz |
| #3471, aired 1999-10-11 | ON THE MAP $400: This "colorful" branch of the Nile suppiles about two-thirds of the river's water Blue Nile |
| #3471, aired 1999-10-11 | ON THE MAP $600: Mainland Europe's only active volcano, it buried several Italian cities in 79 A.D. Mount Vesuvius |
| #3471, aired 1999-10-11 | ON THE MAP $1,000 (Daily Double): The Java or Sunda Trench contains this ocean's deepest point Indian Ocean |
| #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 |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | THE MAP OF EUROPE $200: Of Norway, Sweden & Denmark, this one is the largest in area Sweden |
| #3238, aired 1998-10-07 | ON THE MAP $200: In South America this Argentinian neighbor runs from about 20º S. latitude to 50º S. latitude Chile |
| #3238, aired 1998-10-07 | ON THE MAP $300: Covering about 40,000 square miles, it's the only country between Scotland & Greenland Iceland |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | PINPOINTS ON THE MAP $600: Once a whaling center, Edgartown is now a resort area on this Massachusetts island Martha's Vineyard |
| #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 |
| #3137, aired 1998-03-31 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $200: This North Carolina beach village with a 4-letter name really is all it's "quacked" up to be Duck |
| #3137, aired 1998-03-31 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $400: In other words, this vacation area in California's San Bernardino Mountains would be "Large Grizzly" Big Bear |
| #3111, aired 1998-02-23 | IT'LL END IN "TEER"s $1000: It's like a dictionary, only the entries are the names found on a map a gazetteer |
| #3056, aired 1997-12-08 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $400: On a road map the M in M1 or M2 stands for this Motorway |
| #3023, aired 1997-10-22 | ON THE MAP $1,000 (Daily Double): Nova Scotia's Lake Bras D'Or is a corruption of this name that now refers to a large part of Newfoundland Labrador |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | WOMEN ON THE MAP $200: We heard it through the grapevine that it's the largest island in Massachusetts Martha's Vineyard |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | WOMEN ON THE MAP $400: Formerly known as St. Thomas, this capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands had a sex change Charlotte Amalie |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | WOMEN ON THE MAP $600: Famous for its large parks & lush landscapes, it's Canada's "Garden City" Victoria, British Columbia |
| #2733, aired 1996-06-19 | "M" ON THE MAP $100: With a population of over 365,000, it's Minnesota's largest city Minneapolis |
| #2733, aired 1996-06-19 | "M" ON THE MAP $400: In June 1942 the U.S. won a decisive victory over the Japanese in this air & sea battle Midway |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | SAINTS ON THE MAP $100: This city's Arch is in the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in the National Park System St. Louis |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | SAINTS ON THE MAP $600 (Daily Double): This city's largest library, the Saltykov-Shchedrin Library, has over 25 million volumes St. Petersburg (Russia) |
| #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 |
| #2633, aired 1996-01-31 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $400: It's the Canadian partner of the American falls Horseshoe Falls |
| #2610, aired 1995-12-29 | "A" ON THE MAP $100: The afghani is this country's basic unit of currency Afghanistan |
| #2610, aired 1995-12-29 | "A" ON THE MAP $300: In area this north African country is the continent's second largest Algeria |
| #2569, aired 1995-11-02 | "Q" ON THE MAP $300: This city contains the birthplaces of the second & sixth U.S. presidents Quincy (Massachusetts) |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | "L"s ON THE MAP $100: World Book says this British city may have been named for the mythical Liver bird Liverpool |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | "L"s ON THE MAP $200: There's a monument to the great racehorse Man O' War in this city, Kentucky's second largest Lexington |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | "L"s ON THE MAP $300: Europeans were once banned from this Tibetan capital, which was known as "the Forbidden City" Lhasa |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | "L"s ON THE MAP $400: This city is the home of Bolivian Catholic University La Paz |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | "L"s ON THE MAP $500: Napoleon lost the 1813 Battle of this German city, which is also called the Battle of the Nations Leipzig |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | "L"s ON THE MAP $200: You'll find the National Museum of Peruvian Culture in this capital city Lima |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | "L"s ON THE MAP $400: In ancient times this French city was the capital of the Cenomani people; we'll race you there Le Mans |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | "L"s ON THE MAP $600: Livonian is a Uralic language spoken in the Livonia district of this country Latvia |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | "L"s ON THE MAP $800: Much of what is now this country was once the kingdom of Lan Xang, or "Land of a Million Elephants" Laos |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | "L"s ON THE MAP $1000: Chief Moshoeshoe I, who united the Basotho People, was one of this country's greatest leaders Lesotho |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | ART $400: In Edward Savage's "The Washington Family", Martha is pointing out this street on a map Pennsylvania Avenue |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | "SPRINGS" ON THE MAP $200: It's the chief town of the interior of Northern Territory, Australia Alice Springs |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | "SPRINGS" ON THE MAP $500: It's surrounded by the U.S. Air Force Academy, Fort Carson & Peterson Field Air Force Base Colorado Springs |
| #2060, aired 1993-07-16 | "H" ON THE MAP $300: This Central American country's railroads were built mainly to carry bananas Honduras |
| #2060, aired 1993-07-16 | "H" ON THE MAP $500: It's the cultural center of Bermuda as well as its capital Hamilton |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | "S" ON THE MAP $200: Gstaad, which lies on the northwest side of the Bernese Alps, is a ski resort in this country Switzerland |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | "S" ON THE MAP $400: To see the ruins of the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, you have to go to this country Syria |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | "S" ON THE MAP $600: Durban & East London are 2 of this country's chief ports South Africa |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | "S" ON THE MAP $800: Officially, this European country is a most serene Republic, La Serenissima Repubblica San Marino |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | "S" ON THE MAP $1000: Name shared by the largest city in Costa Rica & the seat of California's Santa Clara County San Jose |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | "T" ON THE MAP $200: Bay Street is the heart of this Canadian city's financial district Toronto |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | "K" ON THE MAP $300: One of the world's largest man-made lakes, it shares its name with a state (Lake) Kentucky |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | "K" ON THE MAP $500: This Japanese city was modeled on "Cha'ng-an", the T'ang Dynasty's Chinese capital Kyoto |
| #1721, aired 1992-02-10 | "T" ON THE MAP $200: Japan's National Science Museum is one of many attractions in Ueno Park in this city Tokyo |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | THE SEAS $400: The first attempt to map this was made in 1850 by the U.S. Navy officer Matthew Fontaine Maury the bottom on the sea |
| #1679, aired 1991-12-12 | AUSTRALIA $1000: If you put a map of Australia on a dart board this town would be in the bull's-eye Alice Springs |
| #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 |
| #1473, aired 1991-01-16 | "M"s ON THE MAP $100: Wisconsin's two largest cities are both M's, Milwaukee & this Madison |
| #1473, aired 1991-01-16 | "M"s ON THE MAP $200: The largest tributary of the Hudson River, it's named for an Indian tribe Mohawk |
| #1473, aired 1991-01-16 | "M"s ON THE MAP $300: It's the state Downeasters call home Maine |
| #1473, aired 1991-01-16 | "M"s ON THE MAP $400: Because it's so small in area, no passenger cars are allowed on this Michigan resort Island Mackinac Island |
| #1473, aired 1991-01-16 | "M"s ON THE MAP $500: This Swiss resort city on Lake Geneva hosts a famous international jazz festival Montreux |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | MAPS $800: It's the caption on a map that explains what each symbol means a legend |
| #1318, aired 1990-05-02 | WEST ON THE MAP $400: Gaston Caperton is this state's governor West Virginia |
| #1273, aired 1990-02-28 | "H" ON THE MAP $400: It's the southernmost & westernmost major city in the U.S. Honolulu, Hawaii |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | "S" ON THE MAP $100: It's bordered by Manitoba, Alberta, the Northwest Territories & the U.S. Saskatchewan |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | "S" ON THE MAP $200: 10 cities in the U.S. bear this name, the anglicized form of the Hebrew word "shalom" Salem |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | "S" ON THE MAP $300: A province in Spain, it was also the last name of a famous Spanish classical guitarist Segovia |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | "S" ON THE MAP $400: Lake Assad is a large reservoir created by a dam on the Euphrates River in this country Syria |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | "S" ON THE MAP $500: The Romans conquered this island in the 3rd century B.C. & made it their 1st province Sicily |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | NORTH ON THE MAP $100: North Rhine-Westphalia is this country's most populous state West Germany |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | NORTH ON THE MAP $200: Encyclopedia Americana says it's "located in the Arctic Ocean & usually covered by ice" North Pole |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | NORTH ON THE MAP $300: North Head is a promontory on the entrance to Port Jackson, this Australian city's harbor Sydney |
| #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 $600: The largest of the Ryukyu Islands, the U.S. still has bases on it Okinawa |
| #1037, aired 1989-02-21 | EUROPE $800: On a map, it's the sea you see just south of the Norwegian Sea the North Sea |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | FOOD ON THE MAP $400: Succotash ingredient from south of the border, Ecuador's that is Lima beans |
| #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 |
| #923, aired 1988-09-14 | "PORT"s ON THE MAP $200: In 1770 it replaced Cap-Haitien as the capital of Saint-Domingue, which is now Haiti Port-au-Prince |
| #923, aired 1988-09-14 | "PORT"s ON THE MAP $400: European country whose lavish 16th century style of architecture was known as "Manueline" Portugal |
| #923, aired 1988-09-14 | "PORT"s ON THE MAP $600: West Coast city called America's "City of Roses" Portland, Oregon |
| #923, aired 1988-09-14 | "PORT"s ON THE MAP $800: The construction of the Suez Canal resulted in the founding of this city Port Said |
| #923, aired 1988-09-14 | "PORT"s ON THE MAP $1000: This capital of Trinidad & Tobago was founded by Spanish settlers in the 1500s Port of Spain |
| #902, aired 1988-07-05 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $100: John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" sings the praises of this state West Virginia |
| #902, aired 1988-07-05 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $300: "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" & "Old Folks At Home" both misspell the name of this river the Suwannee |
| #902, aired 1988-07-05 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $500: Elton John wrote this song for Billie Jean King's tennis team, not our bicentennial "Philadelphia Freedom" |
| #859, aired 1988-05-05 | "T" ON THE MAP $400: Since 1578, it's been "Shroud City" Turin |
| #859, aired 1988-05-05 | "T" ON THE MAP $800: It's the largest of the Canary Islands Tenerife |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $100: This state's polka "started in Scranton" Pennsylvania |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $300: It's "down the way where the nights are gay & the sun shines daily on the mountaintop" Jamaica |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $500: It's where you'd find a red rose "growing in the street right up through the concrete" "Spanish Harlem" |
| #821, aired 1988-03-14 | "NORTH" ON THE MAP $200: For 364 days a year, it's where the "you are here" arrow points on Santa Claus' map North Pole |
| #821, aired 1988-03-14 | "NORTH" ON THE MAP $600: As far as we know, the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo is still there North Korea |
| #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 |
| #641, aired 1987-05-25 | WOOD ON THE MAP $100: Just ask Reggie Jackson, & he'll tell you the A's are from this city Oakland |
| #596, aired 1987-03-23 | SOVIET LEADERS $200: Robin Williams called the red spot on this man's head a map of Albania Gorbachev |
| #534, aired 1986-12-25 | MOVIES ON THE MAP $300: Terry Gilliam's 1985 totalitarian fantasy, it's not set in the country of its title Brazil |
| #530, aired 1986-12-19 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $300: In the musical "Oklahoma!", city where "They've gone about as fur as they c'n go" Kansas City |
| #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 |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $500: "Santa Lucia" takes place in this city's harbor Naples |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP $500: This actress, Mrs. Charles Bronson, sometimes appears in hubby's films Jill Ireland |
| #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 $200: It's where I'm sitting "just rolling along, just rolling along" on top of the world |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $300: Gerry & the Pacemakers ferry crossed this Liverpool river the Mersey |
| #427, aired 1986-04-29 | WEATHER $200: On a weather map of the Sahara, an "S" would stand for this in the air sand |
| #316, aired 1985-11-25 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $100: In Broadway's "Oklahoma!", everything was up to date in this town Kansas City |
| #316, aired 1985-11-25 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $200: Geographically named rock group that's named 16 of their albums after themselves Chicago |
| #316, aired 1985-11-25 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $300: "There's a pawnshop on a corner" in this city Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| #83, aired 1985-01-02 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $400: To John Denver it's "almost heaven" West Virginia |
| #83, aired 1985-01-02 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $600: Where Linda Ronstadt is "glad to be livin'" the U.S.A. |
| #83, aired 1985-01-02 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $800: Harry Belafonte's "Mathilda" took his money and ran there Venezuela |
| #83, aired 1985-01-02 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $1000: Roy Acuff's Indiana express the Wabash Cannonball |
