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#9065, aired 2024-03-22NONFICTION $600: Members of the Osage Nation, Mollie Burkhart & her family are at the center of this bestseller Killers of the Flower Moon
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BEFORE & AFTER $800: Nation's capital newspaper-caused psychological pain following an event of actual or threatened bodily harm the Washington Post traumatic stress disorder
#9045, aired 2024-02-23TV COMEDY $1000: Jack & Chrissy are gone, but "Three's Company" lives as the nation's partygoers dress up like this character Mrs. Roper
#9044, aired 2024-02-22BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR $1600: The czar had to sign off in 1906 when this nation, not Russia, became Europe's first to grant women the right to vote Finland
#9043, aired 2024-02-21IT'S REIGNING MEN! $200: In a job that does not seem short of perks, the king of this nation hands each Nobel laureate a diploma & a medal annually Sweden
#9043, aired 2024-02-21IT'S REIGNING MEN! $600: A 1920 sovereign ordinance of this nation had the future Rainier III receive his mother's family name of Grimaldi Monaco
#9042, aired 2024-02-20BODIES OF WATER $1200: There's a Colorado River in the U.S. & another one in this South American nation where it flows across the Pampas Argentina
#9036, aired 2024-02-12GENIUS: MLK/X $400: (Kelvin Harrison Jr. presents the clue.) A 1964 speech delivered by Malcolm X after he left the Nation of Islam, stated his Black nationalist philosophy, & he spoke of the ballot or this deadly word bullet
#9033, aired 2024-02-07IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY $400: In February 1991 Iraqi forces began a retreat from this nation, ending the Persian Gulf War Kuwait
#9033, aired 2024-02-07IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY $800: Following a referendum, the strongly Catholic nation of Ireland made this action legal February 27, 1997 divorce
#9032, aired 2024-02-06THE 1970s $400: Making it the world's 6th nuclear power, in 1974 this nation set off its first atomic test, dubbed "Operation Smiling Buddha" India
#9029, aired 2024-02-01MOUNTAIN HIGH $800: Mount Pinatubo volcano erupted in this nation in 1991 for the first time in 600 years, producing a column of ash more than 20 miles high the Philippines
#9027, aired 2024-01-30AROUND THE WORLD $400: The Geneva Free Port, a giant warehouse complex in this nation, houses an estimated 1.2 million works of art Switzerland
#9023, aired 2024-01-24ISLAND COUNTRIES $5,000 (Daily Double): The national anthem of this small island nation says, "peacefully be, the kingdom and sultan" Brunei
#9022, aired 2024-01-23A "FAST" CATEGORY $800: This nonfiction work by Eric Schlosser is subtitled "The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" Fast Food Nation
#9020, aired 2024-01-19ASIAN CAPITAL CITIES $1200: The name of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of this nation, means "red hero" Mongolia
#9019, aired 2024-01-18AN "H" & "R" BLOCK $800: The legal money of a nation is said to be the "coin of the" this the realm
#9016, aired 2024-01-15AFRICAN CITIES $1600: Windhoek is the capital of this southwest African nation that gained independence in 1990 Namibia
#9015, aired 2024-01-12HISTORIC AMERICAN WOMEN $10,600 (Daily Double): She was the star of a 1903 vaudeville play titled "Hatchetation" Carrie Nation
#9014, aired 2024-01-11FORMER NAMES OF CAPITAL CITIES $1200: This former name of Kinshasa reflects its nation's history as a colony of the Belgian monarchy Leopoldville
#9009, aired 2024-01-04LANGUAGES & THEIR FORMS $1000: The Zealandic dialect is spoken in this country's capital, while Jutlandic is spoken in the continental part of the nation Denmark
#9006, aired 2024-01-01KNOW SEA $400: This peninsular nation is surrounded by 4 seas, including the Ligurian & the Tyrrhenian Italy
#9002, aired 2023-12-26LITERAL NATIONAL NAMES $1600: This Middle East nation is the "land of the Aryans" Iran
#9001, aired 2023-12-25AGES, EPOCHS & ERAS $400: The "Convict Era" of this nation's history spans 1788 to 1868, when some 160,000 prisoners were transported there Australia
#9001, aired 2023-12-25THE MANGER ZONE $800: "And when they were departed... the angel of the Lord" said take the child & his mom & "flee into" this present-day nation Egypt
#8997, aired 2023-12-19COUNTRIES INSIDE OTHER COUNTRY NAMES $1200: 2 of the 3 countries that carry the nation of Guinea within their own names (2 of) Papua New Guinea, Guinea-Bissau & Equatorial Guinea
#8997, aired 2023-12-19COUNTRIES INSIDE OTHER COUNTRY NAMES $1600: Inside the name of the most populous nation in Africa, you'll find this uranium-rich desert nation Niger (in Nigeria)
#8997, aired 2023-12-19COUNTRIES INSIDE OTHER COUNTRY NAMES $2000: This Arabian Peninsula nation's name can be found within the name of a European country with a Black Sea coast Oman (from Romania)
#8992, aired 2023-12-12SOUNDS KINDA "IFF"-Y $800: The first "T" in GATT, they're taxes one nation puts on goods imported from another Tariffs
#8989, aired 2023-12-07OKLAHOMA! $600: Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the tribal capital of this Native American nation Cherokee
#8988, aired 2023-12-06HOUSE PARTY $1000: In 1899 the first juvenile court in the nation was organized at this Chicago house co-founded by Jane Addams Hull House
#20, aired 2023-11-15THE SEARCH FOR FOREIGN LANDS $300: A popular spot for scuba diving, the bay of pigs is located on this island nation's southern coast Cuba
#20, aired 2023-11-15THE SEARCH FOR FOREIGN LANDS $500: Synonymous with "a faraway place", the much-maligned city of Timbuktu is located in this west African nation Mali
#8971, aired 2023-11-13THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE $800: In 1571 the Holy League defeated Ottoman naval forces in the Gulf of Patras off the coast of Lepanto in this current nation Greece
#8963, aired 2023-11-01RWANDA $1200: Rwanda & this neighboring nation were ruled by Belgium until 1962 Burundi
#19, aired 2023-11-01ENGLISH DIALECTS AND ACCENTS $1500: "Mi irie" is a proper response to the greeting "How yuh stay" in the patois of this island nation Jamaica
#8957, aired 2023-10-24COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA $400: The border between India & this nation includes the village of Wagah with its rival army parades performed there daily Pakistan
#8957, aired 2023-10-24COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA $700 (Daily Double): In 1967 India & this nation had a military clash along the border of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate & today a state China
#8957, aired 2023-10-24COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA $2000: In the northeast, India's Arunachal Pradesh state shares a border with this nation's Kachin state Myanmar (Burma)
#8950, aired 2023-10-13'ROUND MIDNIGHT $800: "Midnight's Children" by Salman Rushdie tells of the post-colonial era in this nation, where Rushdie was born India
#8948, aired 2023-10-11OTHER RED, WHITE & BLUE FLAGS $1600: From 1748 to 1814, this nation flew the Danish flag; it added a dark blue cross within the white cross on the red field in 1821 Norway
#8948, aired 2023-10-11OTHER RED, WHITE & BLUE FLAGS $2000: Britannica says the white disk on this landlocked Asian nation's flag seen here honors the Japanese Laos
#16, aired 2023-10-11DEMONYMS $400: Never to be confused with Cretins with an "I", Cretans with an "A" hail from this nation's largest island Greece
#8945, aired 2023-10-06IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SECEDE... $1600: In 2011 the south part of this northeast African nation became independent Sudan
#8944, aired 2023-10-05MADEIRA $1,000 (Daily Double): The Atlantic Ocean archipelago of Madeira is an autonomous region of this nation Portugal
#8944, aired 2023-10-05EX-SOVIET REPUBLICS $1200: When the ice from the last glacial age melted, the exposed lands of this northernmost Baltic nation turned green Estonia
#8944, aired 2023-10-05EX-SOVIET REPUBLICS $1600: The largest nation in Central Asia, this landlocked "stan" has abundant mineral & petroleum resources Kazakhstan
#8941, aired 2023-10-02NATIVE AMERICANS $200: A member of the Kaw Nation of Kansas, Charles Curtis, was vice president under this man from 1929 to 1933 Herbert Hoover
#8941, aired 2023-10-02SOUTH AFRICA $400: The urban complex of Soweto adjoins this metropolis of about 6 million, the nation's leading industrial & commercial city Johannesburg
#8940, aired 2023-09-29BACK TO SCHOOL $400: Econ: GDP, this, is the market value of all goods made within a nation's boundaries during a given period gross domestic product
#8940, aired 2023-09-29WORDS THAT END WITH "E" $600: The United Nation's IPCC stands for the Intergovernmental Panel on this phrase Climate Change
#8940, aired 2023-09-29COW COUNTRY $800: With more than 300 million including water buffalo, this nation leads the world in cattle & many there hold them sacred India
#8934, aired 2023-09-21WORLD SOCCER $200: Popular players from this nation over the years have included Bebeto, Marta & Fernandinho Brazil
#8934, aired 2023-09-21WORLD SOCCER $1000: Sporting number 7, this Portuguese soccer star helped his nation win the 2016 European Championship, its first major title Cristiano Ronaldo
#8931, aired 2023-09-18LATIN AMERICA $1200: Venezuela's second-most populous city, it's the center of the nation's oil industry & bears the name of the nearby lake Maracaibo
#8929, aired 2023-09-14SPEECHIFY"ING" $1600: Referring to the United States, JFK's Moon speech: "This nation's own scientific manpower is ____ every 12 years" doubling
#8927, aired 2023-09-12AFRICAN CAPITAL HAIKU $600: Same name of nation / Ah, shake shake shake... shake shake shake... / Say the J not D Djibouti
#8924, aired 2023-07-27WORLD CITIES $1600: The massive Lower Usuma Dam was completed in 1990 to bring drinking water to Abuja, about to become this nation's new capital Nigeria
#8923, aired 2023-07-26I'M BLUE $1000: The skinny on the flag of this South American nation is that the blue symbolizes the sky; while the white is for the snow on the Andes Chile
#8919, aired 2023-07-20THE DANUBE $2000: In 1991 this Danube nation S. of Ukraine became independent of Russia, modified its own name a bit & joined the U.N. the next year Moldova
#8917, aired 2023-07-18STARS ON THE NATION'S FLAG $200: The 12 stars on Uzbekistan's flag represent this group of 12, a reminder of the nation's history as a center of astrology the zodiac
#8917, aired 2023-07-18STARS ON THE NATION'S FLAG $400: In 1903 this Central Amer. country signed a treaty giving the U.S. control of a zone; it adopted a red, white & blue starry flag in 1904 Panama
#8917, aired 2023-07-18STARS ON THE NATION'S FLAG $600: In the center of the flag of Dominica are 10 lime green stars surrounding one of these raucous tropical avians native to that isle parrots
#8917, aired 2023-07-18STARS ON THE NATION'S FLAG $800: Like several of its neighbors, Papua New Guinea's flag has stars in the shape of this constellation the Southern Cross
#8917, aired 2023-07-18STARS ON THE NATION'S FLAG $1000: China's flag's 4 small stars stood for peasants, the petty bourgeoisie, patriotic capitalists & this manual labor class the proletariat
#8915, aired 2023-07-14MODERN FANTASY LIT $800: In P. Djèlí Clark's "Ring Shout", klansmen summon demons during a viewing of this 1915 D.W. Griffith film The Birth of a Nation
#8909, aired 2023-07-06GEOGRAPHIC ANAGRAMS $800: I love learning new dances, but traveling to this Pacific nation for the tango contest was too far Tonga (from tango)
#8909, aired 2023-07-06GEOGRAPHIC ANAGRAMS $2000: I just learned the reign of the Songhai empire in this West African nation ended in the 16th century Niger (from reign)
#8903, aired 2023-06-28PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WORDS $600: A principle of public international law regarding trade relations involves the most-favored this nation
#8903, aired 2023-06-28GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: The Tiger's Nest Monastery is in the Paro Valley, about 35 miles from Thimphu, the capital of this Himalayan nation Bhutan
#8902, aired 2023-06-27AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES $400: Founded in 1850 & the nation's oldest, the university of this most populous city has 74,000 students Sydney
#8900, aired 2023-06-23SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY $800: Portuguese is the official language of this resource-rich nation of southwest Africa Angola
#8891, aired 2023-06-12TROPIC OF CAPRICORN NATIONS $1000: After this landlocked nation won independence in 1811, its leader, "El Supremo", locked it off from the world for 26 years Paraguay
#8890, aired 2023-06-09AROUND THE WORLD $800: The 10th century Caliphate city of Medina Azahara in this European nation was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018 Spain
#8886, aired 2023-06-05"G"EOGRAPHY $600: This nation has coastlines on the Pacific Ocean & the Caribbean Sea Guatemala
#8883, aired 2023-05-318-LETTER WORDS $200: General term for the official monetary unit of a nation currency
#8883, aired 2023-05-31COUNTRIES IN SHORT $800: Elevate your game in this nation, "The Pyrenean Country" Andorra
#8882, aired 2023-05-30MOUNTAINS $800: Pico de Orizaba, the third-highest peak in North America, is an 18,400-foot dormant volcano in this nation Mexico
#8879, aired 2023-05-25EURO COINS $400: A Celtic harp adorns all the euro coins from this nation Ireland
#8879, aired 2023-05-25UP IN THE AIRLINE $800: This nation's airways went with Qsuite as the name of its business class Qatar Airways
#8879, aired 2023-05-25EURO COINS $1200: The image of an owl on this nation's 1-euro coin was copied from a 4-drachma coin from the 5th century B.C. Greece
#8879, aired 2023-05-25EURO COINS $2000: Designed by Josef Kaiser, the 1-euro coin seen here is issued by this nation Austria
#20, aired 2023-05-24THE GRAMMAR POLICE $800: You know you got a dangling this? Yeah, I saw it when you wrote, "Landing on the Moon, the nation erupted in cheers" participle (or modifier)
#8874, aired 2023-05-18FLAGS OF SPANISH-SPEAKING NATIONS $1200: This Caribbean island nation flies a flag featuring a cross & a Bible the Dominican Republic
#8870, aired 2023-05-12THIS 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADER... $2000: ...went by one name & didn't live to see the collapse of the Yugoslav nation he built Tito
#8869, aired 2023-05-11TRAVEL USA $600: Your evening tour of our nation's capital includes his memorial seen here Jefferson
#8869, aired 2023-05-11HISTORIC ERAS & AGES $600: Britannica says during this mostly 19th century era, "Britain was a powerful nation with a rich culture"; the past tense... ouch the Victorian
#8868, aired 2023-05-10WAY BACK IN THE 1900s $600: On Sept. 4, 1962 JFK warned the world--especially one part of the world--that no offensive weapons should be sent to this nation Cuba
#8868, aired 2023-05-10HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE $1000: A desert by the sea, Punta Gallinas, in this nation is the northernmost point in continental South America Colombia
#8867, aired 2023-05-09LESS-THAN-STELLAR SCIENTIFIC POETRY $200: Phat Albert had drive in 1905 / His theory, sweeping the nation / Mass & energy speaking, confidence peaking / Voila, this equation E = mc2
#3, aired 2023-05-09COLONIAL AMERICA $1600: King Philip's War, a bloody conflict between colonists & Native Americans in the 1670s, was led by Massasoit's son from this nation the Wampanoag Nation
#2, aired 2023-05-08WOMEN WRITERS $8,000 (Daily Double): Min Jin Lee's novel "Pachinko" follows generations of a Korean immigrant family overcoming bias in this other Asian nation Japan
#8864, aired 2023-05-04ABBRE-V-ATIONS $1600: .vu is the Internet country code for this nation of the southwestern Pacific formerly known as the New Hebrides Vanuatu
#8859, aired 2023-04-27WHERE THE "H" IS THAT? $400: The Buda Castle District is near the Danube in this nation Hungary
#8858, aired 2023-04-26A NATION OF VODKA BRANDS $400: Tito's the United States
#8858, aired 2023-04-26A NATION OF VODKA BRANDS $1000: Referring to a line of latitude that runs through it, 42 Below New Zealand
#8854, aired 2023-04-20GLOBETROTTING $800: Bollywood is a term for the film industry in India, while Nollywood refers to the film industry in this African nation Nigeria
#8853, aired 2023-04-19A BOX OF MATCHES $400: The first cricket international test match was played between the national teams of England & this faraway nation in 1877 Australia
#8853, aired 2023-04-19A EUROPEAN VACATION $1600: We'll take a castle tour of this nation, the northernmost of the 3 Baltic states; Narva's is an impressive one Estonia
#8852, aired 2023-04-18____ & ____ $600: Port of Spain is the capital of this Caribbean nation Trinidad & Tobago
#8852, aired 2023-04-18SECRETS OF THE ELEPHANTS $1000: This episode title is the common name of the biggest subspecies Loxodonta africana, & of the 27-nation landscape where it roams the savanna
#8849, aired 2023-04-13SECRETARIES OF STATE $400: Passionately pro-British, 1790s Sec. Timothy Pickering was fired after opposing efforts to end the "quasi-war" with this nation France
#8848, aired 2023-04-12OUR NATION OF IMMIGRATION $400: Famous Americans of this heritage include Barack Obama seen here on a visit to the old country Ireland
#8848, aired 2023-04-12OUR NATION OF IMMIGRATION $800: The first of many Chinese Americans in the laundry business was Wah Lee, who began washing 12 shirts for $5 in this city in 1851 San Francisco
#8848, aired 2023-04-12OUR NATION OF IMMIGRATION $1200: Among the few high-profile Beninese-Americans is this Oscar nominee for "In America" & "Blood Diamond" Djimon Hounsou
#8848, aired 2023-04-12OUR NATION OF IMMIGRATION $1600: A museum in Wausau, Wisconsin is devoted to the culture of this Laotian people who helped the U.S. & often came here the Hmong
#8848, aired 2023-04-12OUR NATION OF IMMIGRATION $2000: Mexican street food in L.A. includes the memelas & tlayudas of this southwestern state bordering Chiapas Oaxaca
#8847, aired 2023-04-11NO, PRIME MINISTER $2000: In 2014 this nation said no to PM Fredrik Reinfeldt & Stefan Lofven, running for the Riksdag for the 1st time, got the job Sweden
#8846, aired 2023-04-10THE NATION IN QUESTION $200: Berbers, the first to carpet the place; discovery of oil near the Algerian border in the late '50s a big plus; care for a sirte? Libya
#8846, aired 2023-04-10THE NATION IN QUESTION $400: The Sasanian Dynasty has a 400-year run; Reza Khan... Reza Khan, let me rock you, Reza Khan; ah ah, Ahmadinejad Iran
#8846, aired 2023-04-10THE NATION IN QUESTION $600: Long, narrow & on its own since 1818; neutral in World War I & part of II; valuing Valparaiso Chile
#8846, aired 2023-04-10THE NATION IN QUESTION $800: Established some boundaries in 1926; established a republic in 1967; you know what Amin? Uganda
#8846, aired 2023-04-10THE NATION IN QUESTION $1000: 30 years now free of rule from Prague; the ninth letter of the alphabet is DZ; ski the Tatras Slovakia
#8838, aired 2023-03-29EUROPEAN NATIONAL NICKNAMES $200: At different times in its history, this nation has been called Hibernia & the Celtic Tiger Ireland
#8838, aired 2023-03-29EUROPEAN NATIONAL NICKNAMES $1000: Due to its location, this small nation, a grand duchy, has been called the little fortress & the Gibraltar of the North Luxembourg
#8836, aired 2023-03-27THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $600: In 1916 operatives of this nation exploded the Black Tom munitions depot; the nearby statue was hit & public torch access ended Germany
#8833, aired 2023-03-221963 $400: At 1:00 P.M. on November 22, he was pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital, leaving the nation in mourning JFK
#8829, aired 2023-03-16THE LEADER BEFORE THE LEADER $400: Mackenzie King took over for Arthur Meighen who took over for King, who took over for Meighen leading this nation in the 1920s Canada
#8816, aired 2023-02-27THE GOLDEN AGE $1200: This nation's 17th century golden age included paintings of its maritime success; note the ship's red-, white- & blue-striped flag the Netherlands
#8812, aired 2023-02-21COLLEGE TOWNS $200: Go stargazing at the Morehead Planetarium, one of the nation's largest, in this 2-word North Carolina city Chapel Hill
#8812, aired 2023-02-21THE REST OF THE WORLD IN 2018 & '19 $1000: Turkish troops began 2018 with an offensive to take Kurdish territory in the north of this war-torn nation Syria
#8810, aired 2023-02-17IN THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION $200: Its preamble includes the "Chairman" who "in 1949, overthrew the rule of... bureaucratic capitalism" China
#8810, aired 2023-02-17IN THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION $400: "On its land, Moses grew up, the light of God appeared, and the message descended on Mount Sinai" Egypt
#8810, aired 2023-02-17IN THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION $600: About its flag: "Occupying one third of the white stripe is a green cedar tree with its top touching the upper red stripe" Lebanon
#8810, aired 2023-02-17IN THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION $800: "The capital of" this country "shall be Sarajevo" & judges have to retire at age 70 Bosnia and Herzegovina
#8810, aired 2023-02-17IN THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION $1000: Its territories "shall comprise... the provinces of Balochistan, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa..." Pakistan
#8806, aired 2023-02-13BREST, BUDAPEST & BUCHAREST $200: More than 15% of the people in this nation live in Budapest Hungary
#8806, aired 2023-02-13AIRPORTS NAMED FOR PEOPLE $800: Mother Teresa Airport doesn't serve Calcutta but Tirana, the capital of this nation Albania
#8802, aired 2023-02-07NUTS TO YOU! $1000: The Pará nut, aka this nation nut, is high in protein &, in non-edible news, its oil is used in shampoos & skin care products Brazil
#8800, aired 2023-02-03SECOND CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Bulawayo in this nation is home to State House, built by Cecil Rhodes Zimbabwe
#8795, aired 2023-01-27GEOGRAPHY $1200: 2/5 of this nation is made up of areas of land called polders that have been drained & reclaimed from the sea the Netherlands
#8792, aired 2023-01-24JANUARY IN RECENT HISTORY $2000: In 2009 Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned after the collapse of this European island nation's banking system Iceland
#8791, aired 2023-01-23HEY... WHERE'D YA GO? $1600: In 1913 Ambrose Bierce went to this nation during a revolution but soon disappeared; some say Bierce fell at the Siege of Ojinaga Mexico
#11, aired 2023-01-19A TRASHY CATEGORY $500: A 2012 first-in-the-nation Vermont law says scraps from home cooking may not go in regular trash but must become this compost
#8788, aired 2023-01-18KNOW YOUR BOUNDARIES $1600: After World War I, the Curzon Line was proposed as the boundary between Russia & this newly reconstituted nation Poland
#8787, aired 2023-01-17DURING THE LIZ TRUSS WEEKS $200: A N.Y. Times headline on Sept. 6, the day Truss became PM, read this nation's "nuclear plant... off line after shelling kindles blaze" Ukraine
#8784, aired 2023-01-12DICTATORS & TYRANTS $1000: Slobodan Milosevic, who had been the despotic leader of this nation, died in custody in 2006 while on trial for war crimes Serbia (Yugoslavia)
#8783, aired 2023-01-11THE EX-STATE CAPITAL $2000: Settled by Pennsylvania Dutch, this city has had many titles: county seat, state capital & on Sept. 27, 1777, our nation's capital Lancaster, Pennsylvania
#8782, aired 2023-01-10THE BOTTOM LINE $600: Sandburg finished a poem titled for this city, "player with railroads and freight handler to the nation" Chicago
#8780, aired 2023-01-06COLORFUL PEOPLE $200: This alternative rocker from Detroit mispronounced "Salvation Army" as a kid, leading to the title "Seven Nation Army" (Jack) White
#8777, aired 2023-01-03FUN WITH 21 $1200: The U.S. 21-gun salute is fired to honor our president, a visiting head of state or this symbol of our nation the flag
#8776, aired 2023-01-02HISTORY COMES ALIVE WITH ERIK LARSON $600: (Erik Larson presents the clue.) My book "The Splendid and the Vile", set during the early days of World War II, takes readers inside Chequers, this prime minister's country home where he figured out how to keep his family & his nation together Churchill
#8775, aired 2022-12-30U.S. TERRITORIES $400: A Pacific island group is divided into the independent nation called this & a U.S. territory called "American" this Samoa
#8775, aired 2022-12-30U.S. TERRITORIES $600: U.S. ownership of Navassa Island in the Caribbean is disputed by this nation that traces its claims back to France Haiti
#8773, aired 2022-12-28HERE COMES THE BRIBE $800: The 1798 XYZ Affair involved agents of this nation seeking bribes from the U.S. for preferential treatment in negotiations France
#8767, aired 2022-12-20SOUTH AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL $2000: Check out the gorgeous Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, the largest park in this nation & home to nearly 50 glaciers Chile
#8766, aired 2022-12-19CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ELSEWHERE $1000: North of Quezon City, San Fernando is the "Christmas Capital of" this nation, holding a Giant Lantern Festival in December the Philippines
#8764, aired 2022-12-15DUTCH TREAT $200: Until independence following World War II, this nation was known as the Dutch East Indies Indonesia
#8764, aired 2022-12-15DUTCH TREAT $400: The 12 provinces of the Netherlands include this southwest one that lends its name to a "New" nation of the South Pacific Zeeland
#8763, aired 2022-12-14CAPITAL CITY RIVERS $2000: Petroleum products have been sent downstream from Bamako, the capital of Mali, on this river with the name of a neighbor nation the Niger River
#8758, aired 2022-12-07ANGLES AMONG US $2,000 (Daily Double): At a 38-degree angle, or 78% gradient, Harakiri is the steepest ski slope in this nation of skiers Franz Klammer & Hermann Maier Austria
#8757, aired 2022-12-06THE SURPRISINGLY SUCCESSFUL LEAGUE OF NATIONS $1000: In 1921 the League averted war between Finland & this nation over control of the Åland Islands in the Gulf of Bothnia Sweden
#8757, aired 2022-12-06WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1200: The Kuril Islands extend south from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula to this nation that claims some of them Japan
#8754, aired 2022-12-01GEOGRAPHY $200: The Oosterscheldekering is one of several manmade barriers that help prevent this nation from flooding the Netherlands
#8754, aired 2022-12-01GEOGRAPHY $1000: Until independence in 1966, this African nation was a political protectorate under the name Bechuanaland Botswana
#8753, aired 2022-11-30OUR DIVIDED NATION $200: Cross the Continental Divide twice on the top of the Rockies byway in this state Colorado
#8753, aired 2022-11-30MOVIE TITLE FUN $400: The longest title of an Oscar-nominated film begins with his name & ends "Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" Borat
#8753, aired 2022-11-30OUR DIVIDED NATION $400: In Manhattan, 96th Street is the historic dividing line between the Upper East Side & East or Spanish this area Harlem
#8753, aired 2022-11-30OUR DIVIDED NATION $600: Designed by Golden Gate Bridge builder Joseph Strauss, Burnside Bridge, over the Willamette, divides this city's north from south Portland
#8753, aired 2022-11-30OUR DIVIDED NATION $800: Writer A.C. Greene said West this state begins at the Brazos River Texas
#8753, aired 2022-11-30OUR DIVIDED NATION $1,000 (Daily Double): Dole Street separates the Upper & Lower Campuses of this state university (University of) Hawaii
#8750, aired 2022-11-25OUR FLAG MEANS... $800: This shape moon on Singapore's flag symbolizes a young nation on the rise a crescent
#8749, aired 2022-11-24SIMPLY GORGES $2000: Black River Gorges National Park is in this Indian Ocean island nation where the dodo once lived Mauritius
#8747, aired 2022-11-22WHO LIVES IN... $400: This nation-state? The man originally named Jorge Mario Bergoglio Vatican City
#8747, aired 2022-11-22UNDER THE "C" $800: Central African Republic is on the southern border of this landlocked nation Chad
#8746, aired 2022-11-21BODIES OF WATER $2000: The island nation of Sao Tome & Principe is found in this gulf near the equator the Gulf of Guinea
#8744, aired 2022-11-17HEAD FOR THE HILLS $200: In legend, the Lia Fáil, or "Stone of Destiny", atop the Hill of Tara in this nation would roar at the touch of a rightful king Ireland
#8739, aired 2022-11-10SOMETHING THAT IS... $400: Green: The green on the flag of this nation is associated with Islam Saudi Arabia
#7, aired 2022-11-06FUN WITH FLAGS $200: The item in the center of this nation's flag is a wheel of law called the Ashoka Chakra India
#7, aired 2022-11-06FIRE ISLAND $500: 92 at Kilkenny Castle in 1887 was long considered the hottest temperature in this island nation Ireland
#8735, aired 2022-11-04GIVE US SOME DIRECTION $200: Initiated by the founder of the Joseon Dynasty, here is the beautiful Gyeongbokgung Palace in this nation South Korea
#8734, aired 2022-11-03NAME THAT BALKAN NATION $1200: Lake Bled is in the scenic Julian Alps of this republic Slovenia
#8733, aired 2022-11-02NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 100 CITIES, 5,000 IDEAS $1200: From the Sky Tower, you get a bird's-eye view of this New Zealand city that sounds like a nation for birds Auckland
#4, aired 2022-10-16HISTORIC HISTORY OF YESTERDAY: A LOOK BACK $600: In 2010 this nation paid off its war debt--that'd be its WWI debt--forking over the last 70 million euro in reparations Germany
#8719, aired 2022-10-13IS HISTORY $400: In 1988 Benazir Bhutto became the first woman elected to lead an Islamic nation--this one Pakistan
#3, aired 2022-10-091992 IN BOOKS: 30 YEARS AGO $300: In its 625 pages, James Michener's opus about this neighbor nation of the U.S. weaves in bullfighting & the Spanish conquest Mexico
#8713, aired 2022-10-05DAM: NATION $200: Oroville, the nation's tallest at 770 feet & impounding the same-named lake the U.S.
#8713, aired 2022-10-05DAM: NATION $600: Inguri, near the Caucasus Mountains, should be on your mind Georgia
#8713, aired 2022-10-05DAM: NATION $1000: Itaipú, generating 14,000 megawatts on the border of Paraguay & this Brazil
#8713, aired 2022-10-05DAM: NATION $1,800 (Daily Double): Dez, formerly Pahlavi, but things... changed Iran
#8709, aired 2022-09-29THE EX-COUNTRY $800: This Central European nation got divided into 2 new countries in 1993, each keeping half of the original name Czechoslovakia
#8707, aired 2022-09-27THE MAP OF INDIA $200: Named for a British lawyer, the Radcliffe Line dividing India from this nation was established in 1947 Pakistan
#8705, aired 2022-09-23INFRASTRUCTURE $800: At the Atlanta Airport, this tower where professionals help keep passengers safe stands 400 feet, the nation's tallest air traffic control
#8705, aired 2022-09-23IT'S ONLY "A" COUNTRY $3,000 (Daily Double): The Tropic of Capricorn passes through this Indian Ocean island nation about 300 mi. south of the capital, Antananarivo Madagascar
#8701, aired 2022-09-19A HUNGER FOR READING $600: Eric Schlosser's book about this "Nation" estimates that one in 8 workers in the U.S. has been employed by McDonald's Fast Food
#8699, aired 2022-09-15PARTY! $600: Check out Loy Krathong, the festival of lights, held in places like Chiang Mai & Ayutthaya in this nation Thailand
#8697, aired 2022-09-13EUROPEAN PLACES $800: From Arabic for "the west", the Algarve is a historic region of this nation bordering the Atlantic Ocean Portugal
#8694, aired 2022-07-28YOU CALL YOURSELF A FAN? $800: The "Junior Nation" drove up support for this NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr.
#8694, aired 2022-07-28GO IVth & RULE $2000: In the late 1500s, Henry IV of France converted to Catholicism to help unify his nation, & ruled as the first of this dynasty the Bourbons
#8690, aired 2022-07-22BOOKS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA $1200: 2 cousins vie for a noble lady's hand in "Castle Richmond" by Anthony Trollope, set in this nation during its 1840s famine Ireland
#8688, aired 2022-07-20PLEASE RISE FOR OUR NATIONAL... $600: Symbol of the USA itself: In 1950 the nation said, "I want you" to this finger-pointer Uncle Sam
#8688, aired 2022-07-20HISTORY $1600: During this 1870-71 war, Napoleon III was captured & eventually deposed & Paris fell to a neighboring nation's army the Franco-Prussian War
#8687, aired 2022-07-19INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL PARKS $1600: Urho Kekkonen National Park in this nation is illuminated in summer by the midnight sun Finland
#8680, aired 2022-07-08GONE EXTINCT $400: The largest avian ever, the elephant bird of this island nation off the east coast of Africa could reach 10 feet high & 1,000 pounds Madagascar
#8679, aired 2022-07-07"G"EOGRAPHY $1600: This nation on the border of Europe & Asia declared independence in 1991 Georgia
#8677, aired 2022-07-05ECONOMICS $1200: Hyperinflation ran rampant in this end-of-the-alphabet nation in 2009 when billions of its currency bought a loaf of bread Zimbabwe
#8675, aired 2022-07-01"X"s & "O"s $200: The formal act of adding territory to a nation, it happened to Hawaii in 1898 annexation
#8674, aired 2022-06-30"STAN" COUNTRIES $800: Identifying this nation seen here that became independent in 1991 should suit you to a "T"--don't pick the wrong one Turkmenistan
#8674, aired 2022-06-30"STAN" COUNTRIES $1000: Identifying this nation seen here that became independent in 1991 should suit you to a "T"--don't pick the wrong one Tajikistan
#8670, aired 2022-06-24SPIES LIKE THEM $1600: In 1951 electrical engineer Morton Sobell was tried along with this pair in the nation's first atom spy trial the Rosenbergs
#8665, aired 2022-06-17HISTORIC ALLIANCES $800: The Eight-Nation Alliance was formed to protect Western interests in this Asian nation during a 1900 uprising against foreigners China
#8662, aired 2022-06-14WELL, IT'S 5 FOR THE MONEY $1,000 (Daily Double): Oklahoma's Wilma Mankiller, the 1st female principal chief of this Native American nation, appeared on a U.S. quarter in 2022 the Cherokee
#8655, aired 2022-06-03ORANGES $400: William of Orange, who became British king in 1689, was stadtholder, or chief executive, of this other nation the Netherlands
#8653, aired 2022-06-01NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $1600: 2015: The National Dialogue Quartet, of this North African Arab Spring nation Tunisia
#8652, aired 2022-05-31IT ONLY BORDERS ONE COUNTRY $800: This European nation has been nicknamed "The Land of the 3 F's: Fado, Fatima & Futebol" Portugal
#8652, aired 2022-05-31IT ONLY BORDERS ONE COUNTRY $1600: The Islamic Sultanate of Brunei is in 2 parts, each of which borders only this nation, on the island of Borneo Malaysia
#8650, aired 2022-05-27EUROPE $2000: The ancient Roman name for this nation was Hibernia Ireland
#8648, aired 2022-05-25FUN WITH U.S. CITY FLAGS $1000: The unofficial flag of this very south Florida city bears the words "Conch Republic", a nation/state of mind set up in the area in 1982 Key West
#8648, aired 2022-05-25ROUGH NATIONAL ANTHEM LYRICS $2000: This nation sings of a nearby rival: "King Christian... his sword was hammering so hard... the Swedes' helmets & brains cracked" Denmark
#8647, aired 2022-05-24U.S. GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY $1200: When the U.S. annexed this republic in 1845, it added about 390,000 square miles to the nation's territory the Republic of Texas
#8644, aired 2022-05-19LET'S TAKE A WORLD TOUR $400: Heaviest of the parrots, the flightless kākāpō, of this Down Under island nation, can weigh up to nine pounds New Zealand
#8642, aired 2022-05-17INDIGENOUS PEOPLES $400: The Nation of the Tohono O'odham, whose name means this "people", is in the Sonoran one a desert
#8642, aired 2022-05-17COUNTRIES IN THE U.S. $2000: This city in Kansas that's just about the geographic center of the lower U.S. shares its name with a nation on the Mediterranean Lebanon
#8638, aired 2022-05-11GOING GLOBAL $2000: Nuku'alofa, the capital of this Pacific nation, was damaged by tsunami waves following a January 2022 volcanic eruption Tonga
#8637, aired 2022-05-10FROM SHE TO SHINING SHE $1,500 (Daily Double): Though indicted by Duterte's govt. in this nation, Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa said, "We are journalists &... will not be intimidated" the Philippines
#8637, aired 2022-05-10JAPANESE HISTORY $2000: By 1543 traders from this southern European nation had become the first Westerners to reach Japan Portugal
#8635, aired 2022-05-06MODERN ROYALTY $600: The residence of Hassanal Bolkiah, sultan of this nation on Borneo, cost hundreds of millions of dollars Brunei
#8631, aired 2022-05-02CONGRESS IN THE 19th CENTURY $400: A 24-7 Senate vote on Oct. 20, 1803 okayed ratification of a treaty that doubled the size of the nation by adding this territory Louisiana
#8631, aired 2022-05-02AROUND THE WORLD $2000: The nation's leading financial center, this northern Italian city is the capital of the Lombardy region Milan
#8631, aired 2022-05-02AROUND THE WORLD $3,000 (Daily Double): More than 20,000 acres & with at least 100 artesian springs, Al-Ahsa Oasis is this nation's largest natural oasis Saudi Arabia
#8630, aired 2022-04-29STATES' MOST POPULOUS CITIES $600: The biggest cities of these 2 states on opposite sides of the nation have the same name Maine & Oregon
#8626, aired 2022-04-25MANE-SPLAINING $800: Also found in South Australia, the fur seal named for this nation has a thick mane of long guard hairs New Zealand
#8625, aired 2022-04-22FLAGS OF FORMER COUNTRIES $800: Here's the flag of this former nation, where cities like Karl-Marx-Stadt once existed East Germany
#8625, aired 2022-04-22FLAGS OF FORMER COUNTRIES $1600: General Dương Văn Minh was the last president of this former nation, whose flag is seen here South Vietnam
#8621, aired 2022-04-18WORLD LEADERS $800: In 1937 this man took control of the Falange Española, soon to be the nation's only legal political party Franco
#8617, aired 2022-04-12AMAZON PRIME $600: Iquitos, the world's largest city that can't be reached by road, is on the Amazon in this nation on Chile's northern border Peru
#8617, aired 2022-04-12HALLS OF FAME $1600: This temperance advocate took in battered women at Hatchet Hall, her Arkansas home Carrie Nation
#8616, aired 2022-04-11A EUROPEAN CAPITAL TOUR $600: Completed in the 1490s, Nydegg Church is a landmark in this city, capital of both its nation & its same-named Canton Bern
#8611, aired 2022-04-04ASIAN MONARCHS $800: "From Emperor to Citizen" was the autobiography of Pu Yi, forced to abdicate in 1912 as the last monarch of this nation China
#8608, aired 2022-03-30HISTORICAL NONFICTION $1600: An escape from the horrors in this African nation in 1994 is laid out in "The Girl Who Smiled Beads" Rwanda
#8607, aired 2022-03-29AROUND THE WORLD $400: The highest spot from the center of the Earth is the top of Mount Chimborazo, near the equator in this nation Ecuador
#8607, aired 2022-03-29AROUND THE WORLD $800: It's surrounded by another nation, but this African kingdom is largely cut off from it by high mountain ranges Lesotho
#8607, aired 2022-03-29NATIONAL DAYS $1200: This nation celebrates the Grand Duke's birthday every June 23, even though no Grand Duke has been born on June 23 Luxembourg
#8604, aired 2022-03-24AUSTRIA'S BORDERS $400: This nation shares an official language with Austria & a 497-mile border, the longest for each Germany
#8604, aired 2022-03-24AUSTRIA'S BORDERS $800: The Burgenland wine region forms Austria's eastern border with this nation it was once joined with in an empire Hungary
#8601, aired 2022-03-214-LETTER COUNTRIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Sultan Haitham rules this nation on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula Oman
#8601, aired 2022-03-21SEISMIC ACTIVITY $2000: In 1960 an 8.1 quake that devastated Concepción in this South American nation was but a foreshock to a 9.5 event the next day Chile
#8598, aired 2022-03-16NATIONAL FLAGS $2000: This island nation's flag is the world's only national flag not to contain any of the colors red, white, or blue Jamaica
#8593, aired 2022-03-09IN RECENT NEWS $800: In 2021 Magdalena Andersson became the 1st female P.M. of this nation, quit after a few hours, then reclaimed the job days later Sweden
#8590, aired 2022-03-04BORDERING RUSSIA $400: "Gobi", as in its Gobi Desert, means "waterless place" in the language of this landlocked nation Mongolia
#8590, aired 2022-03-04BORDERING RUSSIA $1200: I've got this nation on the Black Sea on my mind, along with Mount Kazbek, an extinct volcano that's one of its highest points Georgia
#8587, aired 2022-03-01WITH GORGE $200: Estimated to be nearly 20,000' deep, the Kali Gandaki Gorge is in the Himalayas in this nation between China & India Nepal
#8586, aired 2022-02-28AROUND THE WORLD $800: The flag of this Southeast Asian nation of 103 million is seen here Vietnam
#8584, aired 2022-02-24BOOK OF THE YEAR $200: Gore Vidal's novel with this title follows the presidential election in the year of the nation's centennial 1876
#8583, aired 2022-02-23HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $600: Aviles Street in this Florida city claims the title of oldest street in the nation St. Augustine
#8581, aired 2022-02-21AROUND THE WORLD IN 50 SECONDS $400: In 2021 France lost about 7' of country after a farmer in this North Sea nation to the north moved a stone marker Belgium
#13, aired 2022-02-17THAT'S SHOW BIZ $1600: This woman hosts 2 different food-related shows: "Top Chef" & "Taste the Nation" Padma Lakshmi
#11, aired 2022-02-16AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Juba is the capital of this newest nation of Africa that seceded from its northern neighbor in 2011 South Sudan
#9, aired 2022-02-15A SEMESTER ABROAD $200: Sail from Tasman Bay & the South Island of this nation & swing around to the Bay of Plenty New Zealand
#8575, aired 2022-02-11I'M TOO SEXY: A LYRICAL POTPOURRI $1000: ... for this island nation whose largest freshwater lake is the 260-square-mile Biwa Japan
#6, aired 2022-02-10THE 1990s $600: In the late '90s civil war broke out between the Serbs & ethnic Albanians in what is now this self-declared independent nation Kosovo
#8573, aired 2022-02-09THE JUDGE OF THAT $1000: Makes sense that Texas leads the nation with more than 100 judges assigned to its 11 courts of this; California is second immigration courts
#3, aired 2022-02-09WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Hydra & Zakynthos are 2 of the around 200 inhabited islands of this European nation Greece
#8572, aired 2022-02-08THE LAST THOUSAND YEARS $600: In 1962 Eduardo Mondlane led FRELIMO, the movement for this African nation (the "Mo")'s independence from Portugal Mozambique
#2, aired 2022-02-08FUN WITH FLAGS $1600: The flag of this African nation depicts a mokorotlo, a Basotho hat Lesotho
#1, aired 2022-02-08BIO 101 $1000: Les Payne worked for 30 years on "The Dead are Arising", a 2020 bio of this man who joined & broke with the Nation of Islam Malcolm X
#8568, aired 2022-02-02THE LEADER IN BETWEEN $1600: She led a nation between Levi Eshkol & Yitzhak Rabin (Golda) Meir
#8567, aired 2022-02-014-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $600: The capital of this landlocked African nation is N'Djamena Chad
#8564, aired 2022-01-27FATHERS OF THE NATION $400: After becoming the first king of this Iberian nation in 1139, Afonso I freed it from Moorish control Portugal
#8564, aired 2022-01-27FATHERS OF THE NATION $800: He's also considered the liberator of Peru Bolívar
#8564, aired 2022-01-27FATHERS OF THE NATION $1200: Lee Kuan Yew was the first prime minister of this city-state & governed there for 30 years Singapore
#8564, aired 2022-01-27FATHERS OF THE NATION $1600: Patriotic poet Ilia Chavchavadze is revered as the "Uncrowned King" & "Father of" this nation in the Caucasus Mountains Georgia
#8564, aired 2022-01-27FATHERS OF THE NATION $2000: In 1957 Kwame Nkrumah led this West African nation to independence, one of the first to emerge from colonial control Ghana
#8559, aired 2022-01-20INTERNATIONAL MEN OF MYSTERY $400: Considered by some an incarnation of Allah, Wallace Fard, founder of the Nation of this, disappeared in 1934 Islam
#8559, aired 2022-01-20SOUTH ASIA $800: Gyanendra was the last king of this nation that abolished the monarchy & became a republic in 2008 Nepal
#8558, aired 2022-01-19WORLD LEADERS $800: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who became the first female president of this African nation, is related by marriage to funny lady Retta Liberia
#8556, aired 2022-01-17THE LAKE SHOW $800: Found in a volcanic crater & ringed by Mayan villages, Lake Atitlán is in the highlands of this nation Guatemala
#8552, aired 2022-01-11THE VICTORIAN ERA $800: The 1840s "Great Hunger" in this nation led to 1 million deaths & as many as 2 million more emigrating to other countries Ireland
#8550, aired 2022-01-07MOVE IT! $800: In the 1930s the 4th century Obelisk of Axum was taken to Italy, but in 2005 returned to this African nation & rebuilt there Ethiopia
#8548, aired 2022-01-05MY SINGLE JUST DROPPED $400: Perhaps a toast was not made when this woman married David Nation in 1874 & her single was back on the charts after a 1901 divorce Carrie Nation
#8548, aired 2022-01-05ISLANDS $1200: Carnival in this 5-letter Mediterranean island nation is celebrated with a sword dance called the parata Malta
#8546, aired 2022-01-031950s TELEVISION $1200: Nov. 7, 1954 was the premiere date for this show, CBS' answer to "Meet the Press" Face the Nation
#8545, aired 2021-12-31THE 21st CENTURY $400: Prompting swift condemnation, this Asian nation conducted its first nuclear test in 2006 North Korea
#8545, aired 2021-12-31DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY $1600: This nation is at the furthest end of the Malay archipelago: East ____ Timor
#8541, aired 2021-12-27GEOGRAPHY $800: Though others recognize the nation of Western Sahara, this kingdom of North Africa considers it part of its territory Morocco
#8538, aired 2021-12-22HOW GREEN WAS MY FLAG $800: In 1992 the flag of this South American nation was revised, but its big green background stayed Brazil
#8538, aired 2021-12-22HOW GREEN WAS MY FLAG $1000: Senegal's flag has a star; the starless but similarly striped one belongs to this 4-letter West African nation above Burkina Faso Mali
#8537, aired 2021-12-21SANTASIA $1600: Mr. C. is very busy island hopping in this nation in the Pacific; Leyte is just one of its more than 1,000 inhabited islands the Philippines
#8536, aired 2021-12-20SKIING AROUND THE WORLD $4,000 (Daily Double): Soldeu, El Tarter & Pas de la Casa are part of a big ski resort in this tiny European nation Andorra
#8529, aired 2021-12-09AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN $1000: Enjoy the days & knights of this nation in the Central Med composed of 5 islands including Cominotto Malta
#8523, aired 2021-12-01EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: Signed in this small northwest nation in 1985, the Schengen Agreement covers the free movement of peoples through the European Union Luxembourg
#8520, aired 2021-11-26U.S. RIVERS $400: The waterfront of Alexandria, Virginia is on this, also known as "The Nation's River" the Potomac
#8519, aired 2021-11-25WORLD HISTORY $800: With the USSR crumbling, this Baltic nation in 1990 became the first Soviet republic to declare independence Lithuania
#8505, aired 2021-11-05I GOT A STRAIT $800: The 1905 Battle of Tsushima Strait near Korea was a decisive victory for Japan over this nation Russia
#8505, aired 2021-11-05CLUBS $1000: A creative club in this nation, Mbari Mbayo gets its name partially from the Igbo language Nigeria
#8498, aired 2021-10-27THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $400: The Amazon rainforest makes up about 40% of the area of this nation larger than the area of the 48 contiguous U.S. states Brazil
#8498, aired 2021-10-27THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $1600: Jaguars & ocelots roam the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve in this Central American nation Costa Rica
#8496, aired 2021-10-25THE LANDLOCKED NATION $200: The Arabian Sea is 300 miles south of this often invaded but incredibly hard to conquer nation directly east of Iran Afghanistan
#8496, aired 2021-10-25THE LANDLOCKED NATION $400: "L" is for little, landlocked & these 2 tiny European nations separated by about 240 miles Liechtenstein & Luxembourg
#8496, aired 2021-10-25THE LANDLOCKED NATION $600: In 2021 this nation between Russia & Poland had a defecting Olympian & brought back an opposition reporter by diverting a plane Belarus
#8496, aired 2021-10-25THE LANDLOCKED NATION $1,000 (Daily Double): After WWI this Central European country broke away from a dual monarchy but lost about 2/3 of its land Hungary
#8496, aired 2021-10-25THE LANDLOCKED NATION $1000: The name of this nation with Mediterranean-accessible Libya on its northern border sounds like a James Spader '80s villain Chad
#8496, aired 2021-10-25FLAGGING INTEREST $1600: The constitution of this Himalayan nation gives very detailed instructions on how to draw its non-rectangular flag Nepal
#8492, aired 2021-10-19WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: Greek & Turkish are the principal languages of this Mediterranean island nation Cyprus
#8491, aired 2021-10-18FICTIONAL AFRICA $2,000 (Daily Double): Also known as the Golden City, Birnin Zana is the capital of this futuristic African nation Wakanda
#8489, aired 2021-10-14GEO TRIOS $2,200 (Daily Double): Brunei, Malaysia & this nation all have territory on the island of Borneo Indonesia
#8488, aired 2021-10-13DOUBLE-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1200: Catalan is the primary language of Catalonia & this small Pyrenees nation Andorra
#8482, aired 2021-10-05CANYONS $400: Cotahuasi Canyon in this Andean nation is more than 11,000' deep; it's a 7-hour hike down to the town of Quechualla at its bottom Peru
#8482, aired 2021-10-05THAT'S GRAND! $2,200 (Daily Double): The head of state of this small nation is Grand Duke Henri Luxembourg
#8479, aired 2021-09-30THE GEOGRAPHY $1200: The Levant is a Mediterranean region that includes this nation & its ports of Tyre & Sidon Lebanon
#8478, aired 2021-09-29THE NON-COASTAL U.S. $400: This state is the nation's least populous at just under 600,000 Wyoming
#8472, aired 2021-09-21ABDICATION NATION $400: In the 11th century Shirakawa abdicated his title as emperor of this country, but somehow held onto his power Japan
#8472, aired 2021-09-21ABDICATION NATION $800: Wilhelmina & Juliana abdicated rule of this country in the 20th century Netherlands
#8472, aired 2021-09-21ABDICATION NATION $1600: 13 years after abdicating the throne of this country in 1654, Christina attempted to become queen of Poland Sweden
#8472, aired 2021-09-21ABDICATION NATION $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1689 the English parliament announced that this king II abdicated; "was allowed to escape" is probably more accurate James II
#8470, aired 2021-09-17THE PEOPLE $400: The Tamil people can be found in India & on this island nation across the Palk Strait from India Sri Lanka
#8467, aired 2021-09-14CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITALS $1200: Belmopan, with a population about the capacity of Madison Square Garden, is the capital of this nation on the Caribbean Belize
#8466, aired 2021-09-13IS AN ISLAND $1000: Once called Mount Victoria, Tomanivi on Viti Levu is the highest point in this nation Fiji
#8465, aired 2021-08-13EVENTS OF THE 1850s $800: Later the model for a musical character, Buddhist scholar Mongkut was crowned King Rama IV of the nation then called this Siam
#8464, aired 2021-08-12CITY TRANSPORTATION $400: Named for their resemblance to coconuts, cocotaxis roam the cities of this Communist island nation Cuba
#8463, aired 2021-08-11COME OUT TO THE COAST $1000: The name of its capital translates to "Freetown" in this coastal nation highlighted here, independent from France since 1960 Gabon
#8459, aired 2021-08-05AROUND THE WORLD $1200: The spectacular Dynjandi waterfall is a highlight of the West Fjords Peninsula in this island nation Iceland
#8459, aired 2021-08-05AROUND THE WORLD $2000: Cotopaxi, meaning "shining peak", is an active volcano in this South American nation Ecuador
#8457, aired 2021-08-03AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $13,000 (Daily Double): Australia became its own nation January 1, 1901 as the this of Australia, a word implying union for everyone's good Commonwealth
#8453, aired 2021-07-28SITCOM EXITS $1000: After 5 years & 100 episodes of playing Amy on "Superstore", she departed, with the thanks (& name) of a grateful nation America Ferrera
#8452, aired 2021-07-27AT THE BEACH $1200: Big Major Cay in this multi-island nation near Florida is famous for its beach of swimming pigs Bahamas
#8449, aired 2021-07-22AROUND THE WORLD $200: Tuxtla Gutierrez is the capital city of Chiapas, the southernmost state in this nation Mexico
#8448, aired 2021-07-21EUROPEAN PENINSULAS $1600: Cape Apostolos Andreas is the easternmost part of this island nation's Karpaz Peninsula, which stretches towards Turkey Cyprus
#8444, aired 2021-07-15& AWAY WE GO! $200: We'll get sporty in this nation with a 1964 Olympic site at Innsbruck & a Formula 1 race at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg Austria
#8439, aired 2021-07-0821st CENTURY MONARCHIES $400: The monarchy of this Asian nation of 125 million has a legendary history dating back to the 7th century B.C. Japan
#8439, aired 2021-07-0821st CENTURY MONARCHIES $1600: Nelson Mandela helped restore the monarchy to this nation; Letsie III is currently its king Lesotho
#8435, aired 2021-07-02REALLY SIMILAR FLAGS $200: Australia has six stars, including a Commonwealth one; this island nation to the southeast, just four New Zealand
#8435, aired 2021-07-02REALLY SIMILAR FLAGS $600: The sea named for this nation separates it from Iceland more effectively than their flags, both with Danish roots Norway
#8435, aired 2021-07-02REALLY SIMILAR FLAGS $1000: Romania's flag dates to 1861; the flag of this 4-letter African nation dates to 1959, just before its independence from France Chad
#8432, aired 2021-06-29MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: This nation of the western part of the Balkan Peninsula sits opposite Italy on the Strait of Otranto Albania
#8432, aired 2021-06-29PAST LIVES $2000: In 1947 Fidel Castro joined an attempt to invade this nearby island nation & overthrow General Rafael Trujillo the Dominican Republic
#8427, aired 2021-06-22AROUND THE WORLD $1600: The Iguacu Falls extend for nearly 2 miles along the border between Brazil & this other nation Argentina
#8426, aired 2021-06-21A BRIEF HISTORY $400: Boris Fausto's "Concise History of" this nation covers 500 years, starting with the arrival of the Portuguese Brazil
#8424, aired 2021-06-17THE TERMS OF SERVICE $1200: She led Israel as the nation's 4th prime minister from 1969 to 1974 Golda Meir
#8422, aired 2021-06-15NAUTICAL WORDS & PHRASES $600: The right of "hot" this allows a nation to chase a boat from its own waters into the high seas pursuit
#8420, aired 2021-06-11GROUPS OF 12 $400: This nation is last alphabetically of the 12 independent mainland countries of South America Venezuela
#8414, aired 2021-06-03AMERICAN MONUMENTS AROUND THE WORLD $2000: This nation mainly of ethnic Albanians put up a statue of Pres. Clinton for helping it declare itself independent of Serbia Kosovo
#8413, aired 2021-06-02ISLANDS $1600: The names of the 2 main islands that make up this equatorial nation mean "St. Thomas & Prince" São Tomé and Príncipe
#8413, aired 2021-06-02EUROPEAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This nation that was formed at the end of World War I broke in 2 in 1993 Czechoslovakia
#8410, aired 2021-05-28GEOGRAPHY $200: Málaga & Murcia are 2 big cities in the southern part of this nation Spain
#8403, aired 2021-05-19AWARDS & HONORS $400: Created in 1930, the Order of him went to "Heroes of the Soviet Union" as the nation's highest civilian award Lenin
#8402, aired 2021-05-184 OF THE SAME LETTER $2000: Collective name for strategic measures taken by a nation to discourage hostile action by another deterrence
#8393, aired 2021-05-05AFRICAN CITIES $400: A 17th century fortress called the Kasbah des Oudaias overlooks this nation's capital, Rabat Morocco
#8393, aired 2021-05-05RELIGION $600: Like the one seen here, a stupa is a shrine of this religion, the majority faith of the nation of Cambodia Buddhism
#8393, aired 2021-05-05DEMONYMS $800: About 1/5 of the population of this nation is of Monegasque descent Monaco
#8392, aired 2021-05-04FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $800: First found in Nigeria in 1956, it's the nation's most important source of government revenue oil
#8390, aired 2021-04-302020 VISION $400: Taking a leap on Leap Day to support low-income people, this grand duchy became the first nation with free public transport Luxembourg
#8390, aired 2021-04-302020 VISION $1000: In August an estimated 100,000 demonstrators took to the streets to protest against Pres. Lukashenko of this nation Belarus
#8388, aired 2021-04-28WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT? $1000: The flag of this large Pacific island nation is mostly flown blue side up in times of peace & red side up in times of war the Philippines
#8385, aired 2021-04-23SKYSCRAPERS $1600: The Shard is the tallest building in this nation Great Britain
#8382, aired 2021-04-20ASIAN CITIES $1600: Dili is the capital of this nation that broke away from Indonesia in 1999 East Timor
#8380, aired 2021-04-16EUROPEAN GEO-GRAPHIC $1200: Vendsyssel-Thy & Funen are two of the more than 400 islands of this nation Denmark
#8375, aired 2021-04-09FLAG-POURRI $400: We state that we are neutral about the flag of this nation seen here Switzerland
#8369, aired 2021-04-01CURRENCIES $800: The currency of this nation of 59 million features wildlife commonly found there South Africa
#8366, aired 2021-03-29ASIA $800: This Asian nation's more than 17,000 islands include the Moluccas & the Greater Sundas Indonesia
#8363, aired 2021-03-24I LOVE A PARADE $1000: Traditionally, this country marches first in the Parade of Nations to open the Olympics Greece
#8363, aired 2021-03-24BODIES OF WATER FILED UNDER B $1600: Blommestein Lake is the largest reservoir in this South American nation Suriname
#8357, aired 2021-03-16TIME FOR AN APP $400: You can listen to your favorite music & DJs from across the nation on this app whose logo is seen here iHeartRadio
#8356, aired 2021-03-15NATION OF THE AIRLINES $200: Aegean Air Greece
#8356, aired 2021-03-15NATION OF THE AIRLINES $400: Edelweiss Air Switzerland
#8356, aired 2021-03-15NATION OF THE AIRLINES $600: Air Indus, K2 Airways Pakistan
#8356, aired 2021-03-15NATION OF THE AIRLINES $800: Canaryfly, Iberia Spain
#8356, aired 2021-03-15NATION OF THE AIRLINES $1000: Yeti Airlines, Buddha Air Nepal
#8345, aired 2021-02-26"ORIAL" $600: The latitude of this African nation is where it got its 2-word name Equatorial Guinea
#8342, aired 2021-02-23AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: Formerly French, this large nation has its main cities like Oran up near the Mediterranean & a vast, largely empty south Algeria
#8330, aired 2021-02-05ISLANDS $1600: Ruled by the Al Khalifa family since the 18th c., this island nation has a name from Arabic meaning "two seas" Bahrain
#8325, aired 2021-01-29AROUND THE CARIBBEAN $400: Major towns in this Caribbean nation include Jacmel, Pétion-Ville & Port-de-Paix Haiti
#8324, aired 2021-01-28THE 5 W's, HISTORICALLY $1000: Why... didn't this nation get more help rising up against its leader Pol Pot as 1 million died at the regime's hands between 1975 & 1979? Cambodia
#8322, aired 2021-01-26YOU CROSSED THE LINE $800: ...trekking south, exiting Egypt to cross into this nation that's almost twice as vast Sudan
#8319, aired 2021-01-21SHAPELY SPEECH $800: This 3-dimensional figure "of influence" refers to the range of one nation's control over foreign territory a sphere
#8312, aired 2021-01-12HEAVY MEDALS $400: 2016 recipients of this, our nation's highest civilian honor, included Frank Gehry & Diana Ross the Presidential Medal of Freedom
#8312, aired 2021-01-12A CATEGORY FOR FREE $1000: The port of Freetown is the largest city & capital of this nation of western Africa Sierra Leone
#8312, aired 2021-01-12NOTABLE WOMEN $1600: This temperance crusader gave lectures billed as "The Famous & Original Bar Room Smasher" Carrie Nation
#8302, aired 2020-12-1510-LETTER NATIONS $400: Including Yap, more than 600 islands make up "The Federated States of" this Pacific nation Micronesia
#8302, aired 2020-12-15AMERICAN HISTORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, PA.) According to affidavits from Betsy Ross's relatives, this famous man came into her shop in 1776 to ask Betsy to make a new flag for our nation George Washington
#8292, aired 2020-12-01AROUND THE WORLD $400: Named for the man whose ship visited the region in 1770, the Cook Strait separates the 2 main islands of this nation New Zealand
#8292, aired 2020-12-01FEELING BULLISH $400: John Bull is the personification of this nation England
#8286, aired 2020-11-23RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE $400: Yuri Andropov was head of this Soviet security agency before becoming the nation's leader in 1982--wonder how that happened? the KGB
#8281, aired 2020-11-16JEOPARDY! WORLD TOUR $2000: Head from Mongo to Koro Toro, then cross the northern border of this landlocked African nation into Libya... or maybe not Chad
#8279, aired 2020-11-125-LETTER COUNTRIES $600: In the 19th century, this Mideast nation fell under the control of the Al Thani Dynasty, which still rules there today Qatar
#8279, aired 2020-11-125-LETTER COUNTRIES $800: The rugged Mahabharat range of the Himalayas spans part of this landlocked Asian nation Nepal
#8278, aired 2020-11-11JOHN BROWN $1200: John Brown had respect for & a close friendship with this orator seen in "The Good Lord Bird" & played by Daveed Diggs "The conscience of the nation... must be roused." Frederick Douglass
#8278, aired 2020-11-11JOHN BROWN $2000: Ethan Hawke plays John Brown, who hoped to liberate all enslaved people, & Oct. 16, 1859 raided the arsenal in this town "I want them to know we just took over the nation's largest armory to free the enslaved people of this nation. That will be big news, I reckon." Harpers Ferry
#8274, aired 2020-11-05MUSIC VENUES $400: This home of the Rockettes is known as the "Showplace of the Nation" Radio City Music Hall
#8272, aired 2020-11-03AMERICAN NAMES $600: From 1985 to 1995 Wilma Mankiller was principal chief of this Native American nation based in Oklahoma the Cherokee
#8267, aired 2020-10-27SOUTH AMERICA $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) In existence only from 1819 to 1830, Simon Bolivar's Republic spanned the top of South America, incorporating what is now Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador and this nation, whose name echoes that of the republic Colombia
#8255, aired 2020-10-09HITTITES $400: The Hittites entered history in the 2nd millennium B.C. in Anatolia, today the Asian portion of this nation Turkey
#8253, aired 2020-10-07HISTORY $400: Known as the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma in 1974, the nation changed its name to this 15 years later Myanmar
#8251, aired 2020-10-05RADIO: THEN & NOW $400: SiriusXM channels include Met Opera Radio, Real Jazz & Hair Nation, devoted to hair bands of this decade the '80s
#8250, aired 2020-10-02WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME LATITUDE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) In Africa, the line of 10 degrees north latitude passes through 14 countries from Guinea to this sovereign nation Somalia
#8248, aired 2020-09-30SEEMED SO FAR AWAY $400: The Tagus River flows across this nation, the westernmost country in continental Europe Portugal
#8247, aired 2020-09-29ISLAND NATIONS $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Lush ecosystems off Africa's east coast have been fortified, partly thanks to one of the world's most resourceful environmental organizations, the Nature Conservancy, and its plan to restructure the debt of this nation the Seychelles
#8246, aired 2020-09-28COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: According to its website, this UC school is the most applied-to university in the nation; go Bruins! UCLA
#8241, aired 2020-09-21LIL NASDAQ "X" $800: This service features channels like Hip-Hop Nation, Ozzy's Boneyard & No Shoes Radio SiriusXM Radio
#8239, aired 2020-09-17ONE-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $800: You'll find the region called "U" in Pohnpei, one of the Federated States of this multi-island Pacific nation Micronesia
#8237, aired 2020-09-15THE SULTANS $800: Reigning in the early 1700s, Sultan Husayn was the last independent Safavid shah of this nation Persia
#8235, aired 2020-06-12TROOP-POURRI $2000: Although they come from this nation, more than 40,000 Gurkhas fight in the Indian army Nepal
#8233, aired 2020-06-10EMMA-NATION $200: In 2013 this actress turned down the title role in "Cinderella"--she was a different Disney heroine 4 years later Emma Watson
#8233, aired 2020-06-10EMMA-NATION $400: In 1919 the U.S. deported anarchist Emma Goldman to this country the Soviet Union
#8233, aired 2020-06-10EMMA-NATION $600: Diana Rigg's character on this show got her name from the "man appeal" or "M. appeal" the producers wanted The Avengers
#8233, aired 2020-06-10EMMA-NATION $800: In 1821 Emma Willard opened what's now the Emma Willard School; an early student was this daughter of Judge Daniel Cady Elizabeth Cady Stanton
#8233, aired 2020-06-10CATHOLIC NATIONS $1600: Around 35 million are Catholic in this African nation once called Zaire that gained its independence from Belgium in 1960 the Democratic Republic of Congo
#8229, aired 2020-06-04ASIA $200: The center of the nation's film industry, this city is also the capital of India's Maharashtra state Mumbai
#8227, aired 2020-06-02THE OLD UNIVERSITY TRY $400: Woof! & meow! & maybe even ribbit? This Ivy League U. in upstate New York awarded the nation's first doctorate of veterinary medicine Cornell
#8226, aired 2020-06-01NATIONS' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES $800: Italy's financial capital, this second city of the nation is also the center of its fashion & publishing industries Milan
#8226, aired 2020-06-01NATIONS' SECOND-LARGEST CITIES $1200: Its second city of Pusan is located at the southeast tip of this nation's peninsula South Korea
#8225, aired 2020-05-29SAILING THE 5 SEAS $1600: In 1822 a Russian navy captain named this sea off his nation's east coast for a Danish explorer the Bering Sea
#8222, aired 2020-05-26ACCORD $1000: The 1989 Taif Accord ended a long civil war between Muslims & Christians in this Mideast nation Lebanon
#8222, aired 2020-05-26WOMEN'S FIRSTS $1600: In 1988 she became the first woman in modern times to lead a majority Muslim nation--Pakistan Benazir Bhutto
#8216, aired 2020-05-18PLANT (ON) THE FLAG $200: One of the world's most recognizable, this nation's flag features a solitary maple leaf Canada
#8216, aired 2020-05-18NONFICTION $600: "The Fatal Shore" by Robert Hughes chronicles this nation's founding as a product of the British penal system Australia
#8207, aired 2020-04-21THE FIELD MARSHAL PLAN $1000: Field Marshal Carl Mannerheim led this nation in its 1939-40 "Winter War" with the Soviet Union Finland
#8200, aired 2020-04-10HEAD FOR THE HILLS $800: Cerro Bolivar rises more than 1,500 feet above the grasslands of the Guiana highlands in this South American nation Venezuela
#8199, aired 2020-04-09SPORTS HISTORY $600: This tournament was first contested in 1930 & won by host nation Uruguay, 4-2 over Argentina the World Cup
#8197, aired 2020-04-07OK BOOMER $400: Steve Case did OK, building AOL, short for this, into what was the nation's largest Internet service provider America Online
#8192, aired 2020-03-31ITS NEAREST NEIGHBOR NATION $1000: The Gambia Senegal
#8178, aired 2020-03-11ISLAND NATIONS $400: Called "the fairest isle that eyes have beheld" by Columbus, this island nation is the birthplace of Usain Bolt Jamaica
#8176, aired 2020-03-09HOW ABOUT DESERT? $600: Deserts of this country include the Great Sandy & the Great Victoria, the nation's largest Australia
#8173, aired 2020-03-04THE JEFFERSONIAN ERA $400: This addition to the nation during Jefferson's tenure included land that would end up being part of 15 states the Louisiana Purchase
#8172, aired 2020-03-03WATERFALLS $400: This island nation's largest waterfall, Dettifoss, is fed by the meltwaters of Vatnajokull Glacier Iceland
#8168, aired 2020-02-26ISLANDS OF AFRICA $600: Africa's westernmost nation is this island group whose name means "green cape" Cape Verde
#8168, aired 2020-02-26ISLANDS OF AFRICA $800: Named for a nephew of George Washington, Bushrod Island is home to the main port of this West African nation Liberia
#8163, aired 2020-02-19A DISASTER AREA $1200: The worst nuclear disaster until Chernobyl, 1957's Kyshtym explosion in this nation contaminated 9,000 square miles Russia
#8159, aired 2020-02-13THE HORN OF AFRICA $800: In 1993, this country broke away from Ethiopia to become the Horn's newest independent nation Eritrea
#8151, aired 2020-02-03TV NEWS SHOWS $1600: Margaret Brennan moderates this CBS weekend news show in which public affairs are debated by a panel of specialists Face the Nation
#8151, aired 2020-02-03THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR $1600: Under the reign of King Gustavus Adolphus, this Nordic nation established itself as a major military power in the war Sweden
#8151, aired 2020-02-03THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR $2,000 (Daily Double): The 1648 peace deal had Spain recognize the independence of this North Sea nation, ending both the Thirty & the Eighty Years' Wars the Netherlands
#8150, aired 2020-01-31@ $200: About 1,600 smaller islands surround the main one of this nation that's 90 miles south of Key West Cuba
#8144, aired 2020-01-23NATIONAL COATS OF ARMS $2000: The coat of arms of this nation of islands off Africa's east coast has only one shell down by the seashore, & it's a turtle the Seychelles
#8138, aired 2020-01-15U.S. REPRESENTATIVES $400: Deb Haaland of the Laguna Pueblo & Sharice Davids of the Ho-chunk Nation are the first women of this group in Congress indigenous women
#8138, aired 2020-01-15FAMOUS & HISTORIC WOMEN $1000: Time Magazine named Corazon Aquino, the first female president of this nation, 1986's woman of the year the Philippines
#2, aired 2020-01-07GEO-VERSE $200: "U" is this nation, "The" is not required; Kuchma was leader, but he's long retired Ukraine
#8131, aired 2020-01-06POTPOURRI $600: This 15-nation U.N. body is charged with the maintenance of international peace the Security Council
#8127, aired 2019-12-31BATTLE & HUM $1600: The White Stripes sang, "I'm gonna fight 'em off"; one of these "couldn't hold me back" the "Seven Nation Army"
#8119, aired 2019-12-19NATIVE AMERICANS: THE REALITY $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) Stick and ball games are common among many Native peoples, but the only nation with its own sports team on an international level is the Iroquois team, competing in this centuries-old sport lacrosse
#8115, aired 2019-12-13WORD WAR Z $400: Zywiec, a town in this Central European nation, is home to the Komorowski Castle Poland
#8113, aired 2019-12-11IN FULL $600: "Borat" is subtitled "Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of" this Kazakhstan
#8101, aired 2019-11-25SHOW ME THE MONEY! $400: The night of the 2016 U.S. election, the currency of this nation fell 12% to a record low against the dollar Mexico
#8098, aired 2019-11-20RACKET SPORTS $200: Matkot, Hebrew for "racquet", is the unofficial national sport of this nation, where it's being played in the photo Israel
#8098, aired 2019-11-20ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES $1200: Valletta, Malta was named for the grand master of the Knights Hospitaller after they survived a 1565 siege there by this empire the Ottoman Empire
#8098, aired 2019-11-20ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES $1600: With room for 7,000 worshippers, Al Fateh Mosque in Manama, capital of this island kingdom, is the nation's largest Bahrain
#8098, aired 2019-11-20ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES $2000: Founded in 1736 as a stopping place for ships between Europe and Asia, Port Louis is the capital of this island nation in the Indian Ocean Mauritius
#8098, aired 2019-11-20ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES $6,000 (Daily Double): Roseau, Dominica was burned by the French in 1805 & suffered near-total destruction by one of these in 1979 a hurricane
#8096, aired 2019-11-18RHYME TIME $800: It calls itself "the nation's leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace" Grubhub
#8095, aired 2019-11-15MOUNTAINS OF ASIA $600: Mount Apo is the highest peak in this Asian nation & its name means "grandfather" in Tagalog the Philippines
#8095, aired 2019-11-15MOUNTAINS OF ASIA $800: Reaching almost 15,000 feet, the Zagros Mountains stretch along the western border of this nation Iran
#8086, aired 2019-11-04ALLITERATION ON THE MAP $800: Juba is the capital city of this recently independent nation South Sudan
#8082, aired 2019-10-29COASTLINES $600: This nation's 2,100-mile coastline extends from the Gulf of Thailand to the Gulf of Tonkin Vietnam
#8082, aired 2019-10-29COASTLINES $800: This nation takes its name from the Latin Mare Erythraeum, meaning "Red Sea", the body of water the nation borders Eritrea
#8078, aired 2019-10-23DOWN IN AFRICA $800: "C" starts the name of this nation, highlighted here on the Gulf of Guinea Cameroon
#8077, aired 2019-10-22BRIDGES GALORE! $1200: Not far from Davos, this nation's Sunniberg Bridge is thin, so as not to obstruct the view Switzerland
#8076, aired 2019-10-21ACCENTS $400: A 2019 survey ranked this island nation as having the sexiest accent; nearby Australia ranked fifth New Zealand
#8072, aired 2019-10-15MINNESOTA...NICE $1000: The temperature falls in Minnesota, especially in these "Falls" that claim the title "Icebox of the Nation" International Falls
#8071, aired 2019-10-14AMERICAN POETS LAUREATE $2000: In 2019 Joy Harjo of the Muscogee Creek Nation of this state was named the first Native American poet laureate Oklahoma
#8066, aired 2019-10-07THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $400: After secretly aiding the rebels for years, this nation openly aided the revolution in 1778 France
#8065, aired 2019-10-04FEAT OF (HENRY) CLAY $800: Clay was one of the founders of the American Colonization Society, which helped create this African nation Liberia
#8058, aired 2019-09-25THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR $800: Algonquian-speaking peoples took France's side; this 6-nation confederacy was allied with the British Iroquois
#8052, aired 2019-09-17CENTER FOR THE INTREPID $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) At the center's dedication in 2007, this veteran & senator said, "The [Iraq] War", in which many of the soldiers & attendants were injured, had "divided" the nation, but not in its "admiration for you" (John) McCain
#8049, aired 2019-09-12THE NON-ADVERB "-LY" WORD $1200: 2 independent countries lie within the borders of this nation Italy
#8047, aired 2019-09-10RAINFORESTS $1600: With about 225 million acres of coverage, this Asian island nation is third to Brazil & the Congo in rainforest area Indonesia
#8043, aired 2019-07-24HISTORY BOOKS $1600: "Imperial Twilight" by Stephen Platt takes a look at the relations between Britain & this nation during the Opium Wars China
#8041, aired 2019-07-22A FUNERAL ORATION $800: Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary's funeral oration was given by Helen Clark, the prime minister of this nation New Zealand
#8041, aired 2019-07-22LET'S TALK ABOUT FLAGS $3,000 (Daily Double): Some have noted the often-seen mix-up of this nation's flag with the Red Cross emblem Switzerland
#8036, aired 2019-07-15ENCLAVES $800: On the island of Timor, Ambeno is separated from the rest of East Timor by this nation Indonesia
#8030, aired 2019-07-05NATIONAL $1600: At about 10,700 feet, this "Land of the Thunder Dragon" has the highest average elevation of any nation on Earth Bhutan
#8029, aired 2019-07-04FUJI $200: A cultural & spiritual symbol of its nation, Mt. Fuji appears on the Japanese banknote valued 1,000 of these yen
#8026, aired 2019-07-01HOMELAND $2,500 (Daily Double): The Sinhalese are the majority people of this island nation Sri Lanka
#8022, aired 2019-06-25HITMAKERS $2000: Known for tunes like "Don't Happen Twice", this country singer hit the album sales chart with "Live in No Shoes Nation" Kenny Chesney
#8017, aired 2019-06-18THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $1600: Port-au-Prince is the capital city of this nation on the island of Hispaniola Haiti
#8016, aired 2019-06-17VIRAL CHALLENGES $200: Police & fire departments across the nation are mouthing along to popular songs in these challenges lip synch challenges
#8014, aired 2019-06-13MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: Mexico's Baja Peninsula is separated from the nation's mainland by this body of water Gulf of California
#8013, aired 2019-06-12POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK $2000: This 2001 book about the American quick meal became a movie drama with Bobby Cannavale as a meatpacking plant supervisor Fast Food Nation
#8012, aired 2019-06-11RECENT CINEMA OF THE PAST $1000: Director Paul Greengrass dramatizes the 2011 attacks that killed 77 in this nation in "22 July" Norway
#8011, aired 2019-06-10AMERICAN INGENUITY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a device at the Mercer Museum.) In colonial America, practically every homestead had this device to turn apples into the nation's drink of choice, to the tune of 35 gallons per person per year a cider press
#8011, aired 2019-06-10WHO ARE THEY? $1200: Native American nation of Will Rogers the Cherokee
#8009, aired 2019-06-06MACAU $200: Macau was the last overseas territory of this European nation Portugal
#8007, aired 2019-06-04WE BORDER GERMANY $200: We're neutral on the subject of 15,000'-foot Dufourspitze in the Pennine Alps, this nation's highest peak Switzerland
#8007, aired 2019-06-04WE BORDER GERMANY $600: This nation reclaimed about 1/3 of its land from the sea by pumping out water, making new areas called polders the Netherlands
#8007, aired 2019-06-04WE BORDER GERMANY $1000: Outdoorsy vacationers enjoy the thinly populated Baltic Lakes region in the northern part of this nation Poland
#8007, aired 2019-06-04WE BORDER GERMANY $4,600 (Daily Double): A peninsula, 406 nearby islands & other possessions make up this nation Denmark
#8006, aired 2019-06-03POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY $1200: Samuel Pufendorf, he's your friend when things get rough & in 1673 said a nation needs this document; the USA's founders listened a Constitution
#8001, aired 2019-05-27NATIONAL FLAGS OF THE AMERICAS $600: A nutmeg seed adorns the flag of this island nation the U.S. invaded in 1983 Grenada
#8001, aired 2019-05-27NATIONAL FLAGS OF THE AMERICAS $800: A West Indies nation's flag has 2 stars--we don't know if one represents Nevis & the other, this St. Kitts
#7995, aired 2019-05-17THE 2010s $200: The arrest & torture of youths who had scrawled graffiti in Daraa in this nation triggered civil war there in March 2011 Syria
#7991, aired 2019-05-13TELL $200: Although he may be legendary, William Tell is one of the best-known heroes of this nation Switzerland
#7988, aired 2019-05-08THE ELEMENTS $200: Alcoa is the nation's largest producer of this element aluminum
#7987, aired 2019-05-07THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD $400: We were a multi-tasking nation--the first earth for the east- & westbound route was turned in this middle year of the Civil War 1863
#7987, aired 2019-05-07CENTRAL AMERICA $800: The city of Quetzaltenango in this nation is home to a large population of K'iche' people Guatemala
#7976, aired 2019-04-22NEW COUNTRY $800: A 24-year armed conflict led to the independence of this nation from South Africa in 1990 Namibia
#7976, aired 2019-04-22NEW COUNTRY $1600: Until 1994 the nation of Palau was part of this "small" Pacific island group Micronesia
#7976, aired 2019-04-22NEW COUNTRY $2000: Russia & China do not recognize the sovereignty of this Muslim majority nation that broke away from Serbia in 2008 Kosovo
#7976, aired 2019-04-22NEW COUNTRY $9,812 (Daily Double): The 2 Saudi-adjacent countries called this (Aden) & this (Sanaa) merged in 1990 to form a new nation North and South Yemen
#7969, aired 2019-04-11AROUND THE INDIAN OCEAN $400: In the 1840s this capital of the Indian Ocean nation of Seychelles was named for a British queen Victoria
#7968, aired 2019-04-10MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE & JOHN $800: In 1854 Navy officer Matthew Perry negotiated the first modern treaty between a Western nation & this country Japan
#7967, aired 2019-04-09ASIAN CITIES $400: A statue of a seated Genghis Khan graces an entrance to the government palace in Ulaanbaatar in this nation Mongolia
#7967, aired 2019-04-09ASIAN CITIES $1200: The only big city in a nation of small towns & villages, this Asian capital is located on the delta of the Chao Phraya River Bangkok
#7956, aired 2019-03-25LET'S HEAD NORTH $400: China is on the northern border of this 2-word peninsular nation, about 80% of which is covered by mountains North Korea
#7956, aired 2019-03-251960s AMERICA $1600: A May 1963 "Children's Crusade" helped civil rights as cops' treatment of kids in this Ala. city shocked the nation Birmingham
#7952, aired 2019-03-19THEY NAMED THE COLLEGE FOR ME! $1000: This university in Virginia is named for 2 men--one brought our nation together, one attempted to tear it apart Washington and Lee
#7946, aired 2019-03-11A COLONEL OF TRUTH $1000: A grad of Libya's military academy in 1965, this colonel was also commander in chief of the nation's armed forces Qaddafi
#7946, aired 2019-03-11CHANNEL SURFING $2000: Try surfing the coast of this island nation on the Mozambique Channel Madagascar
#7941, aired 2019-03-04EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: In 1976, after the parliament of this nation said having less than 5 grams of cannabis was legal, it was off to the "coffee shop" the Netherlands
#7941, aired 2019-03-04THE SEA'S THE LIMIT $2000: The north coast of this island nation lies on the Gulf of Mexico & the Atlantic; the south coast is on the Caribbean Cuba
#7941, aired 2019-03-04THE SEA'S THE LIMIT $3,800 (Daily Double): The northernmost part of this island nation ends in the Sea of Okhotsk Japan
#7939, aired 2019-02-28CITIES $1000: The resort city of Baguio was once the summer capital of this island nation the Philippines
#7938, aired 2019-02-27INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES $5,000 (Daily Double): The self-proclaimed Saharan Arab Democratic Republic disputes the territory of Western Sahara with this nation Morocco
#7935, aired 2019-02-22ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER $800: The act of betraying your nation & one who serves it as a state's representative treason & senator
#7929, aired 2019-02-14SPACE SCIENCE HISTORY $400: It was the first nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon, the Luna 2 the U.S.S.R.
#7925, aired 2019-02-08ISLANDS $800: North Andros Island is the largest island of this nation 60 miles off the coast of Florida the Bahamas
#7919, aired 2019-01-31I GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING $1200: The valiha from this large African island nation is a tubular zither traditionally made from bamboo Madagascar
#7918, aired 2019-01-30THE PRESIDENTS, OF COURSE $600: In recent years Dilma Rousseff of Brazil & Cristina Kirchner of this neighboring nation left office under a cloud of scandal Argentina
#7918, aired 2019-01-30THE PRESIDENTS, OF COURSE $3,600 (Daily Double): Ex-candy factory owner Petro Poroshenko leads this nation dealing with Russia & rebellion in its east Ukraine
#7916, aired 2019-01-28WORLD LEADERS OF 2018 $1600: It's easy to spot this country's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović at the 2018 World Cup final--she's in her nation's colors Croatia
#7916, aired 2019-01-28GEOGRAPH"E" $1600: Kaliningrad is one of these territories for Russia, part of the nation, but not directly attached to it an exclave
#7914, aired 2019-01-24PEOPLE POWER $800: After a financial collapse in 2008, the "Pots & Pans Revolution" brought down the govt. of this north Atlantic nation Iceland
#7911, aired 2019-01-21FOREIGN MONEY $1200: This South American nation's dollar has the currency code GYD Guyana
#7910, aired 2019-01-18AFRICAN CAPITALS $600: The Indian Ocean seaport of Mogadishu is the capital of this nation Somalia
#7910, aired 2019-01-18AFRICAN CAPITALS $800: Upon the independence of this nation in 1962, Kampala replaced Entebbe as its capital Uganda
#7902, aired 2019-01-08WORLD OF WATER $800: This body of water could say to the nation of Bahrain, "We've got you completely surrounded" the Persian Gulf
#7899, aired 2019-01-03WHAT'S THAT SMELL? $1000: It's a freshly brewed cup of Blue Mountain coffee, the beans coming direct from this island nation Jamaica
#7897, aired 2019-01-01WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1869 the discovery of diamonds near what became the town of Kimberley in this nation led to quite a rush South Africa
#7896, aired 2018-12-31THE COUNTRY IN QUESTION $800: Cherry brandy gives the color to the cocktail seen named for this Asian nation Singapore
#7889, aired 2018-12-20STATE CONSTITUTIONS $3,200 (Daily Double): The 1868 constitution of Florida stipulated a seat in the state Senate & House for a member of this Indian nation the Seminole
#7888, aired 2018-12-19HIGHER EDUCATION $400: The 1960s antiwar movement that grew to cover the whole nation started at places like this Ca. school founded in 1868 Cal Berkeley
#7886, aired 2018-12-17EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITIES $400: This "Queen of the Danube" is found where the hills of western Hungary meet the nation's eastern plains Budapest
#7886, aired 2018-12-17EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITIES $800: If you like cold beet soup & stuffed potato dumplings, you vill enjoy Vilnius, the capital of this Baltic nation Lithuania
#7880, aired 2018-12-07WHAT A COUNTR"E" $800: A 1974 military coup deposed the last of this Africa nation's emperors Ethiopia
#7878, aired 2018-12-05REIGN, DEAR $800: In the 1960s this nation's future Queen Beatrix & her husband welcomed the first male heirs in the house of Orange since 1851 the Netherlands
#7873, aired 2018-11-28HERE COMES THE CAVALRY! $1600: In 1632 this nation's king Gustav II Adolf was killed leading a cavalry charge Sweden
#7869, aired 2018-11-22DAMS $1200: One of this nation's largest development projects in the 1960s, Dez Dam used to be called Pahlavi Dam Iran
#7867, aired 2018-11-20ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1990 this nation invaded Kuwait, its smaller neighbor to the south, sparking the first Persian Gulf War Iraq
#7867, aired 2018-11-20ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Cebu & Leyte are just two of the more than 7,000 islands that make up this Asian nation the Philippines
#7866, aired 2018-11-19FLAGS $800: The only country without a rectangular flag is this Himalayan nation Nepal
#7866, aired 2018-11-19FLAGS $2000: The motto "Hardships there are, but the land is green and the sun shineth" goes with the flag of this West Indies nation Jamaica
#7864, aired 2018-11-15EUROPEAN CAPITALS $1600: Built in the 1000s, the Golden Gate of Yaroslav the Wise is a bridge into the history of Kiev, capital of this nation Ukraine
#7862, aired 2018-11-13HISTORIAN'S GLOSSARY $1600: Adjective for the architecture of that era in a nation's history when it was under another land's control colonial
#7857, aired 2018-11-06WOMEN'S FIRSTS $2000: Vigdis Finnbogadottir of this nation, the world's 1st elected female president, served from 1980 to 1996 Iceland
#7834, aired 2018-10-04WORLD LAKES $800: Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile, is in this Horn of Africa nation Ethiopia
#7833, aired 2018-10-03NEW ENGLAND $1000: This state's House of Representatives includes seats for 3 nonvoting members, including 1 representing the Penobscot nation Maine
#7831, aired 2018-10-01AROUND THE CARIBBEAN $1200: You'll find Cockpit Country, named after a rooster fighting term, near Montego Bay in this nation Jamaica
#7830, aired 2018-09-28GO FOR THE GOLD $1200: To protect the nation's gold reserves, in the 1930s the U.S. bullion depository opened at this site Fort Knox
#7825, aired 2018-09-21COUNTRIES WITH FEWER THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE $800: Winter sports & duty-free shopping lure 8 million tourists a year to this 76,000-strong nation of the Pyrenees Andorra
#7825, aired 2018-09-21COUNTRIES WITH FEWER THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE $1600: The small African nation of Djibouti has a strategic location on this sea the Red Sea
#7821, aired 2018-09-17SPECIFIC GENERAL HISTORY $1600: In March 2018 this 3-star general advised the nation he'd no longer serve as national security advisor H.R. McMaster
#7821, aired 2018-09-17STRIPES ON THE FLAG $2000: Head toward central Asia & the far end of the alphabet to get to this former Soviet republic & now independent nation Uzbekistan
#7820, aired 2018-09-14MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $200: San Jose in this Central American nation is home to John F. Kennedy Park, memorializing his visit to the country in 1963 Costa Rica
#7819, aired 2018-09-13THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION $600: The "Nation" has learned that this, AKA fluoxetine, can be used to treat OCD & panic attacks Prozac
#7817, aired 2018-09-11"V"ACATION SPOTS $2000: Port-Vila is the capital city of this nation of the southwest Pacific that was the New Hebrides until 1980 Vanuatu
#7814, aired 2018-07-26ANTI UP $600: Giant coastal cliffs typify the South Pacific's Antipodes Islands, an outlying group belonging to this nation New Zealand
#7814, aired 2018-07-26IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1951 an airstrip was cut in the jungle near this nation's Mayan ruins of Tikal Guatemala
#7812, aired 2018-07-24NEO GEO $800: The 17,500 islands of what was once the Dutch East Indies are now this nation of 260 million Indonesia
#7809, aired 2018-07-19I READ THE NEWS TODAY $400: A 40% price jump in basic goods like eggs helped begin protests vs. the govt. on Dec. 28, 2017 in Mashhad in this nation Iran
#7807, aired 2018-07-17THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $200: The ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu is perched above the Urubamba River valley in this nation Peru
#7803, aired 2018-07-11OUR NATION'S CAPITAL BEFORE & AFTER $800: Government body that protects the great outdoors & brings color & fabric swatches for the indoors Department of Interior designers
#7803, aired 2018-07-11OUR NATION'S CAPITAL BEFORE & AFTER $1200: A 2-time Oscar-winning actor is honored by a 554-foot obelisk the Denzel Washington Monument
#7803, aired 2018-07-11OUR NATION'S CAPITAL BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Coffee maker with a plunger that holds briefings for journalists the French press secretary (or the French press room)
#7803, aired 2018-07-11OUR NATION'S CAPITAL BEFORE & AFTER $2000: A disaster-defying breakfast chain that serves pancake alternatives to 435 members the Waffle House of Representatives
#7801, aired 2018-07-09PLACES $400: UAE is short for this Mideast nation the United Arab Emirates
#7793, aired 2018-06-2715 MINUTES OF FAME $800: The Navy SEAL who wrote a book on killing Bin Laden also helped rescue a ship's captain from pirates of this nation Somalia
#7784, aired 2018-06-14PEOPLE OF THE WORLD $400: Javanese are the largest ethnic group of this nation Indonesia
#7783, aired 2018-06-13POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS BOOKS $800: "The Weapon Wizards" is a study of the strategies that have helped make this Mideast nation a high-tech superpower Israel
#7777, aired 2018-06-05THE RAMBO CONNECTION $800: General Rambo was one of the many warlords to plague this African nation under the rule of Charles Taylor Liberia
#7770, aired 2018-05-25BALKAN NATIONS $600: North of Greece, this nation occupies 2/5 of the historic region where Alexander began his triumphs Macedonia
#7765, aired 2018-05-18SOCCER $400: In 2016 Neymar led this nation to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in soccer Brazil
#7763, aired 2018-05-16FLAGS $2000: The blue triangle on the flag of this relatively new nation represents the Nile South Sudan
#7762, aired 2018-05-15MYSTERIES & THRILLERS $1600: Anne Hillerman continues dad Tony's series about cops of this Southwest nation in books like "Song of the Lion" Navajo
#7761, aired 2018-05-14SMALL COUNTRIES $1200: This Alpine nation is less than 20 miles long but has the longest one-word name in English Liechtenstein
#7761, aired 2018-05-14SMALL COUNTRIES $2000: More than 30 islands make up this Arab island nation in the Persian gulf Bahrain
#7759, aired 2018-05-10ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The Temple of Buddha's Tooth is found in this island nation off India Sri Lanka
#7759, aired 2018-05-10AN APPELLATION FOR THE TEACHER $2000: This 19th century educator became "the schoolmaster of the nation" for his "readers" that sold more than 100 million copies William McGuffey
#7755, aired 2018-05-04DOWN BY THE WATER $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) I'm at Mystic Seaport, the nation's leading maritime museum, located on 19 acres in this New England state Connecticut
#7755, aired 2018-05-04PRESIDENTS' ONE-SYLLABLE LAST NAMES $2000: He was elected in the nation's centennial year (Rutherford B.) Hayes
#7750, aired 2018-04-27HOUSE PARTY $1000: In 1899 the first juvenile court in the nation was organized at this Chicago house co-founded by Jane Addams Hull House
#7750, aired 2018-04-27LANDMARKS OF AFRICA $1200: One of the highest on the continent, the Maletsunyane Falls tumble 630 feet in this nation surrounded by South Africa Lesotho
#7749, aired 2018-04-26THE SEA SECTION $2000: A section of the Atlantic north of the North Sea borders this nation & is sometimes called its sea Norway
#7744, aired 2018-04-19YOU KIDS & YOUR MUSIC THESE DAYS $600: This band has gone nation wide singing, "Oo woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now, I been feelin' it since 1966, now" Portugal. The Man
#7743, aired 2018-04-18BARBARIANS AT THE GATES $400: Clovis I, founder of this present-day nation, led a barbarian army to victory over the last Roman governor of Gaul France
#7732, aired 2018-04-03"H" ON THE MAP $600: The name of this Central American nation is Spanish for "depths" Honduras
#7731, aired 2018-04-02OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT $1200: It's April 1865, and the nation turns to this new leader, spared by the failed nerve of Booth accomplice George Atzerodt Andrew Johnson
#7730, aired 2018-03-30EUROPEAN CITIES $200: On the Douro River, Porto lives up to its name in many ways, making & exporting the fine port wines of this nation Portugal
#7729, aired 2018-03-29BATTLES $2,000 (Daily Double): The December 2001 siege of Tora Bora took place in this nation Afghanistan
#7727, aired 2018-03-27ISLANDS $2000: Portuguese is widely spoken in Praia, the capital city of this island nation off the west coast of Africa Cape Verde
#7724, aired 2018-03-22SING A SONG OF $2000: In 1972 Joan Baez sang the "Song Of" this newly created South Asian nation Bangladesh
#7722, aired 2018-03-20BOOKS ABOUT ASIA $400: Spending 7 years in the hermit kingdom as a business executive helped Felix Abt write "A Capitalist in" this nation North Korea
#7718, aired 2018-03-14SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $2000: Fort Zeelandia in this nation's capital of Paramaribo was built to protect the Dutch West India Company Suriname
#7716, aired 2018-03-12THE LAKE SHOW $2000: In 1802 Matthew Flinders discovered the rather unusual-looking & very salty Lake Hillier in this nation Australia
#7712, aired 2018-03-06SLOVENIA & SLOVAKIA $200: Slovakia became a nation on Jan. 1, 1993 along with this one the Czech Republic
#7712, aired 2018-03-06INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1600: William Tubman Day, November 29, celebrates the birthday of this African nation's longest-serving president Liberia
#7710, aired 2018-03-02MYANMAR $200: This official language of Myanmar uses the old name of the nation Burmese
#7704, aired 2018-02-22AFRICA SINCE 1750 $1600: At 1896's Battle of Adwa, Menelik II, emperor of this nation, defeated an Italian army & kept the country independent Ethiopia
#7697, aired 2018-02-13PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $1200: In accepting his 1988 nomination, he called on govt. & the private sector to bring about "a kinder and gentler nation" George H.W. Bush
#7696, aired 2018-02-12ASPIRATIONAL NATIONS $2000: South Arabia on the Gulf of Aden is trying to free itself from this war-torn nation Yemen
#7695, aired 2018-02-09ISLAND NATIONS $800: 7 miles east of Venezuela is this island, the larger of the 2 that make up a nation Trinidad
#7695, aired 2018-02-09ISLAND NATIONS $1200: This capital of an island nation is at the extreme south of North Island Wellington
#7685, aired 2018-01-26DURING THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY $200: March 2016 saw Obama become the first sitting U.S. president in 80 years to visit this nation Cuba
#7676, aired 2018-01-15A WOOLLY CATEGORY $800: With about 25% of the global total, this commonwealth nation leads the world in wool production Australia
#7675, aired 2018-01-12OREGON $200: Giving refunds for glass & aluminum, Oregon's "Bottle Bill" of the 1970s was the first in the nation to encourage this recycling
#7667, aired 2018-01-02AFRICAN ISLANDS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of Africa.) The protected southwest remains mostly arid from January to March, when monsoons typically hit the east and northeast of this nation Madagascar
#7666, aired 2018-01-01FLAGS $1200: The flag seen here represents the nation-state led by this person Pope Francis
#7661, aired 2017-12-25ROSE $1600: Rose of Lima is not only the patron saint of Latin America but of this Asian island nation as well the Philippines
#7660, aired 2017-12-22AIRPORT CODES $800: Oh my God! The OMG belongs to Omega Airport in the Kavango region of this African nation Namibia
#7657, aired 2017-12-19AMERICAN HISTORY $200: The U.S. got involved in Vietnam by helping this nation try to regain control of its former colony France
#7655, aired 2017-12-15BEFORE THE EURO $800: Seen here is an example of the former currency of this European nation Italy
#7655, aired 2017-12-15BEFORE THE EURO $1000: Pre-Euro purchases in this nation required pesetas Spain
#7652, aired 2017-12-12EUROPEAN HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): Following a military coup, in the mid-1970s this nation granted independence to all of its colonies except Macau Portugal
#7650, aired 2017-12-08FOSSIL FUELS $400: The U.S. has produced the most oil in history, but this South American nation has the world's largest store Venezuela
#7642, aired 2017-11-28MADE IN THE USA $400: Stihl boasts "the best" one of these loud tools "made" & sends them from Virginia Beach to trim trees across the nation a chainsaw
#7640, aired 2017-11-24THE 300+ $1600: AL 333, AKA "the first family", is a group of hominid fossils found in Hadar in this Horn of Africa nation Ethiopia
#7638, aired 2017-11-22AROUND THE WORLD $1000: Oddly, the national dog of this Mediterranean island nation is the pharaoh hound & not the toy breed that's named for it Malta
#7634, aired 2017-11-16CURRENT EVENTS $400: An assembly elected in July in this S. American nation has moved to consolidate power and rewrite the constitution Venezuela
#7625, aired 2017-11-03IDIOMS, ANNOTATED $2,000 (Daily Double): Saying they raised "customers", Adam Smith called the English "a nation of" this profession shopkeepers
#7623, aired 2017-11-01OLD NATIONAL ANTHEMS $1,000 (Daily Double): Until 2003 this Middle East nation used "The Land Of Two Rivers" Iraq
#7623, aired 2017-11-01KEVIN $1200: A leading member of the Labor Party, Kevin Rudd was prime minister of this nation from 2007 to 2010 Australia
#7623, aired 2017-11-01OLD NATIONAL ANTHEMS $1600: In the 19th century this imperial nation used "Gott Erhalte Franz Den Kaiser", "God Save Emperor Francis" Austria
#7622, aired 2017-10-31VOLCANOES $1000: Almost a perfect cone, Mount Mayon on this largest Philippine island is the nation's most active volcano Luzon
#7615, aired 2017-10-20THE 20th CENTURY $1000: Forces of this nation held off Vietminh attacks at Dien Bien Phu for 56 days but finally surrendered on May 7, 1954 French forces
#7607, aired 2017-10-10EXPLORING THE WORLD $1000: (Sven Lindblad gives the clue.) The rule of thumb for explorers is to not approach wildlife too closely as they can become fearful & angry... but on a lucky day in this Scandinavian nation's Svalbard archipelago a small herd of walrus seemingly welcomed me Norway
#7606, aired 2017-10-09LAW SLAW $800: Louisiana's first-in-the-nation law making cop-killing a hate crime is known as these "lives matter" blue
#7602, aired 2017-10-03NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S MUST SEE PLACES FOR 2017 $1600: Now with tourist access to remote villages, this nation, PNG for short, on the world's second-largest island Papua New Guinea
#7598, aired 2017-09-27COUNTRIES WITH ONLY A's AS VOWELS $600: It's a multi-island nation off the Florida coast (OK, we're ignoring the "the") the Bahamas
#7598, aired 2017-09-27COUNTRIES WITH ONLY A's AS VOWELS $1000: The ninth-largest nation in area, historically, it's been part of different empires Kazakhstan
#7596, aired 2017-09-25LIBRA-RIANS $1600: In the film "The Birth of a Nation", Scorpio Nate Parker played this Libra, leader of a slave rebellion Nat Turner
#7592, aired 2017-09-19TRANSYLVANIA $400: Transylvania is a historical region located in what is today the central part of this nation Romania
#7590, aired 2017-09-15THE VIETNAM WAR $1000: Bringing a measure of healing to the nation, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened in this year, 7 years after the end of the war 1982
#7589, aired 2017-09-14LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $1200: The world's Austronesian languages include Tagalog, Javanese & Malagasy, spoken mainly on this island nation Madagascar
#7583, aired 2017-07-26N*P*R $800: This small island nation is the largest port in southeast Asia Singapore
#7579, aired 2017-07-20OUR ANCIENT RELATIVES $1600: The oldest Homo sapiens fossils date from 195,000 years ago & were found in this Horn of Africa nation Ethiopia
#7577, aired 2017-07-18CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS $1200: Senator Lisa Murkowski of this state has a pipeline to the nation's energy needs & natural resources as well Alaska
#7575, aired 2017-07-14NATION STATE $200: Majority ANC party plagued by infighting; military deployed to keep Zimbabweans from coming over the border South Africa
#7575, aired 2017-07-14NATION STATE $400: Has border spats with Thailand, but fairly calm since Prince Norodom Sihamoni took over for his dad in 2004 Cambodia
#7573, aired 2017-07-12A PODCAST OF CHARACTERS $600: 80 years old, this former "Face the Nation" host is trying a new format with a podcast "About the News" Bob Schieffer
#7569, aired 2017-07-06COATS OF ARMS $400: This Asian island nation's coat of arms features the lion rampant of Spain & the American bald eagle the Philippines
#7560, aired 2017-06-23ORANGE $800: The Orange Revolution in this Eastern European nation in 2004 was a people's revolt against a tainted election Ukraine
#7560, aired 2017-06-23ORANGE $1000: One of the longest on the continent, the Orange River forms a border between Namibia & this nation South Africa
#7560, aired 2017-06-23THE KOREAN WAR $2000: Flown in from this nearby nation, American troops saw their first combat on July 5, 1950 Japan
#7555, aired 2017-06-16EAST ON THE MAP $200: This nation was once a province known as East Pakistan & before that, East Bengal Bangladesh
#7553, aired 2017-06-14"STAN" BY ME $400: The part of Kashmir administered b this nation includes K2 Pakistan
#7547, aired 2017-06-06THE 4th CENTURY $400: In 320 King Chandragupta I founded the Gupta empire mostly in what's now this nation India
#7538, aired 2017-05-24GEOGRAPHIC FORMATIONS $200: The triangular Deccan Plateau makes up most of the south of this nation, including Andhra Pradesh India
#7529, aired 2017-05-11THE SILENT MOVIE ERA $1200: 1915's "The Birth of a Nation" is controversial today, as it glorified this sheety group the Ku Klux Klan
#7527, aired 2017-05-09SOUTH AMERICA $800: With about 205 million, Brazil has the largest population in South America; this nation is second with about 47 million Colombia
#7526, aired 2017-05-0820th CENTURY AMERICA $600: In August 1992 the U.S. military began relief efforts in this African nation but soon got involved in interclan fighting Somalia
#7526, aired 2017-05-08THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE $2,000 (Daily Double): Johor Bahru, Malaysia is a bedroom community of this tiny island nation across the Johor Strait Singapore
#7522, aired 2017-05-02AND SO IT GOES $200: On an international vehicle sticker, "AND" is the country code for this nation Andorra
#7521, aired 2017-05-01AFRICAN HISTORY $400: The war for the independence of this nation from France lasted from 1954 to 1962 Algeria
#7517, aired 2017-04-25"D" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: This African nation was once called French Somaliland & then the French Territory of the Afars & Issas Djibouti
#7515, aired 2017-04-21ALMA MATERS $600: (I'm ABC News senior legal correspondent Sunny Hostin.) I received my law degree from this Indiana university that houses the oldest Roman Catholic law school in the nation Notre Dame
#7513, aired 2017-04-19THE COMMONWEALTH $800: 2.2 billion people reside in 52 member countries, alphabetically from Antigua & Barbuda to this African nation Zambia
#7510, aired 2017-04-14ROYAL OPERA HOUSE TITLES $400: It's the highest rank of a nation's diplomatic official sent to live abroad as a representative ambassador
#7509, aired 2017-04-13THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW $5,000 (Daily Double): Fugitives can run but they can't hide from this 190-member-nation organization founded in 1923 Interpol
#7507, aired 2017-04-11THE PEACE CORPS $400: The first group of 51 Peace Corps volunteers were sent to Accra in this African nation to serve as teachers Ghana
#7505, aired 2017-04-07HISTORIC AMERICANS $800: (I'm Chuck Todd.) Someone I would have loved to interview on "Meet the Press"' is this president who left office in 1861 & left the nation on the brink of civil war--where did it all go wrong? Buchanan
#7504, aired 2017-04-06MARITIME FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE $2000: The relative calm in this West African country after the fall of Charles Taylor has made it a popular F.O.C. nation once more Liberia
#7502, aired 2017-04-04OF THE REPUBLIC $400: This Central American nation is often called the "Crossroads of the World" Panama
#7502, aired 2017-04-04OF THE REPUBLIC $2000: Almost half the population of this 4-letter South Pacific nation is descended from laborers imported from India Fiji
#7496, aired 2017-03-27EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: King Charles XII of this nation was a boy military genius who won battles against Russia, Poland & Denmark in the 1700s Sweden
#7495, aired 2017-03-24OIL! $400: With over 250 billion barrels of crude reserves, this Mideast nation is the world's No. 1 oil exporter Saudi Arabia
#7495, aired 2017-03-24GREETINGS $400: In 2014 Maori leaders in this nation greeted the Duchess of Cambridge with the traditional hongi, touching noses New Zealand
#7490, aired 2017-03-17WOMEN IN HISTORY $1000: In 1903 she starred in the play "Hatchetation" & got the chance to smash a saloon in one scene Carry Nation
#7482, aired 2017-03-07A WATERY BORDER $2000: Cameroon & Gabon both border this Atlantic gulf that bears the name of another African nation the Gulf of Guinea
#7482, aired 2017-03-07A WATERY BORDER $3,000 (Daily Double): It's the largest nation in area that borders the Coral Sea Australia
#7476, aired 2017-02-27THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $400: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Guests at the opening ceremony for the museum included these men who trained in Alabama as part of this World War II group of aviators who escorted over 200 bombing missions with the loss of just a handful of bombers the Tuskegee Airmen
#7475, aired 2017-02-24THE 1970s $400: In 1979 the U.S. embassy in this nation was taken over & 66 Americans held hostage Iran
#7475, aired 2017-02-24COINS FROM EVERYWHERE $2000: Helvetia, the female personification of this nation, is depicted on its money Switzerland
#7468, aired 2017-02-15BIG ISLANDS $1200: It's the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea that's also an independent nation Cyprus
#7462, aired 2017-02-07CITIES $600: The song "Seven Nation Army" says, "I'm going to" this city, the most populous in Kansas Wichita
#7462, aired 2017-02-07IN THE FIRST PLACE $2000: This small Asian nation's independence day on May 20, 2002 made it the first new country of the 21st century East Timor
#7461, aired 2017-02-06NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $2000: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) The tape recorder was used by this man, whose ideas for black activism couldn't be contained by the Nation of Islam, leading to the sad correctness of his prediction in his autobiography that, "I, too, will die by violence" Malcolm X
#7445, aired 2017-01-13UP ON MT. LUSHMORE $400: Drunk for his 1865 inaugural as VP, he said, "I kiss this book in the face of my nation of the United States" & smooched a Bible (Andrew) Johnson
#7441, aired 2017-01-09AIRPORT $600: To accommodate big jets, a girder bridge helped extend the runway 4,000 feet at Madeira International on an island of this nation Portugal
#7441, aired 2017-01-09AIRPORT $1000: A bit longer than an aircraft carrier, 1,300 feet of runway awaits you on Saba, formerly in this nation's Antilles the Netherlands
#7438, aired 2017-01-04"V"ACATION SPOTS $1200: Brothers of the Sword merged with the Teutonic Knights & conquered this Baltic nation in the 13th century Latvia
#7434, aired 2016-12-29THE SOVIET UNION $200: On March 11, 1990 this nation became the first Soviet republic to declare independence & tanks soon rolled into Vilnius Lithuania
#7431, aired 2016-12-26GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES $400: The lowest point in both the western & southern hemispheres is Laguna del Carbon in this nation's Patagonia region Argentina
#7430, aired 2016-12-23IN THE HIGHEST $2000: This tiny nation on the Mediterranean has the world's highest life expectancy at 89.52 years; in the U.S., it's 79.68 Monaco
#7429, aired 2016-12-22OUT OF TOWN GUESTS $1,000 (Daily Double): We acknowledge uncle Abe, in from Botswana, & cousin Janet from the Nuweveld Range in this nation just below South Africa
#7426, aired 2016-12-19LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $400: After the 1993 secession of Eritrea, this other "E" nation became landlocked Ethiopia
#7426, aired 2016-12-19LANDLOCKED AFRICAN COUNTRIES $1600: Algeria is on the northern border of this 4-letter nation Mali
#7421, aired 2016-12-12ISLAND NATIONS $800 (Daily Double): Just like Greece, the Greek section of this Asian island nation in the Mediterranean has a Mount Olympus Cyprus
#7421, aired 2016-12-12ISLAND NATIONS $800: The majority of the citizens of Antananarivo, this nation's capital, are of Indonesian ancestry Madagascar
#7421, aired 2016-12-12ISLAND NATIONS $1000: On the flag of this Caribbean nation, diamonds make a "V" to represent its largest island St. Vincent and the Grenadines
#7416, aired 2016-12-05VOLCANOES $800: The northernmost active surface volcano is Beerenberg in the Nord Jan part of this nation's Jan Mayen island Norway
#7414, aired 2016-12-01JOEL $1600: From 2002 to 2010 he was chancellor of New York City's public school system, the nation's biggest (Joel) Klein
#7413, aired 2016-11-30THE ERIE CANAL $3,000 (Daily Double): With the success of the canal, in a few short years, NYC had replaced this city as the nation's no. 1 port Philadelphia
#7409, aired 2016-11-24GLORIA, GLORIA $2000: Time mag. called this attorney "one of the nation's most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes" Gloria Allred
#7408, aired 2016-11-23NONFICTION $3,000 (Daily Double): The subtitle of this memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel is "Young and Depressed in America" Prozac Nation
#7405, aired 2016-11-18"C" THE WORLD $1600: About 1/4 of this Central American country's land has been set aside as protected area for the nation's diverse wildlife Costa Rica
#7403, aired 2016-11-16DANCE WITH ME $1000: The samba is a dance of this largest South American nation Brazil
#7402, aired 2016-11-15LYRICS IN OTHER NATIONAL ANTHEMS $200: This nation sings, "Send her victorious, happy & glorious, long to reign over us" the United Kingdom
#7398, aired 2016-11-09BODIES OF WATER $1600: The Gulf of Mannar between India & this island nation is noted for its pearl banks & the sacred chank, a gastropod mollusk Sri Lanka
#7385, aired 2016-10-21A BLANK EXPRESSION $1000: Attributed to Napoleon: "the English are a nation of ____s" shopkeepers
#7384, aired 2016-10-20CITIES & TOWNS OF THE BIBLE $200: In Genesis 15 this man leaves the Euphrates city of Ur to found a new nation Abraham
#7381, aired 2016-10-17THE TROPIC OF CANCER $800: You'll find Tropic of Cancer Beach on one of the islands of this nation through which the line passes the Bahamas
#7372, aired 2016-10-04SALUTE THE RED, WHITE & BLUE $1000: The shield on this nation's flag was added in 1992 to make it different from the Russian tricolor flag Slovakia
#7370, aired 2016-09-30SWEEPING THE NATION $200: Janitor Richard Montañez found the American dream--while sweeping a Calif. Frito-Lay plant, he invented Flamin' Hot these Cheetos
#7370, aired 2016-09-30SWEEPING THE NATION $400: For years after its 1931 completion, its custodians turned on lights to make it look like the upper floors were in use the Empire State Building
#7370, aired 2016-09-30SWEEPING THE NATION $600: "Two hours of pushin' broom buys an 8-by-12 4-bit room" in this classic American song from Roger Miller "King Of The Road"
#7370, aired 2016-09-30SWEEPING THE NATION $800: No surprise--in 2016 the Labor Secy. met a tech firm janitor "who works in" this California area "but can't afford to live there" Silicon Valley
#7370, aired 2016-09-30SWEEPING THE NATION $1000: In the 1980s SEIU, this union, organized the first Justice for Janitors campaign in Pittsburgh Service Employees International Union
#7361, aired 2016-09-19WHAT A COUNTRY! $2000: Directors like Mungiu & Puiu have made this Balkan nation one of the centers of 21st century filmmaking Romania
#7357, aired 2016-09-13AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: In 1953 this Nation of Islam leader founded & was the minister of Boston Temple No. 11 Malcolm X
#7357, aired 2016-09-13SUDAN IMPACT $2000: In 1940 this nation's troops invaded Sudan from Ethiopia; they were kicked out in 1941 Italy
#7352, aired 2016-07-26EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES $200: A 7.8 earthquake in April 2016, centered in this nation on the west coast of South America, injured more than 2,500 Ecuador
#7342, aired 2016-07-12"BEN" THERE $1200: 3-nation group bordered by Germany to the east & France to the south Benelux
#7334, aired 2016-06-30HISTORIC NICKNAMES $600: Temperance leader: "The Lady with the Hatchet" Carrie Nation
#7330, aired 2016-06-24HUGE TRACTS "O" LAND $600: Britannica says in this Arabian Peninsula nation, "The sun is hot. It is worse when the wind blows; then it is like a furnace" Oman
#7330, aired 2016-06-24THE CRUSADES $800: In 1260 Mamluk forces from this African nation halted the advance of the Mongols in Palestine Egypt
#7327, aired 2016-06-21COUNTRIES WITH SHORT COASTLINES $2000: This nation's tiny shore on the Adriatic is bordered on either side by parts of Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina
#7326, aired 2016-06-20ISTHMUS BE YOUR LUCKY DAY $400: The isthmus of this nation is the narrowest part of the Americas Panama
#7321, aired 2016-06-13CAPITALS OF THE WEST INDIES $1200: Bridgetown is the capital of this "Birthplace of Rum", the easternmost nation in the West Indies Barbados
#7320, aired 2016-06-10HERE'S TO 50 GREAT YEARS $400: 1350: In the great battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer, an English fleet defeats one from this nation Spain
#7312, aired 2016-05-31GO HAMILTON FISH! $1000: Hamilton Fishes II, III & IV served in Congress; V owned this lefty magazine, the country's oldest political journal The Nation
#7310, aired 2016-05-27ALMOST FANATICAL DEVOTION $400: This satirist's "Nation" doesn't mind staying up for "The Late Show" Stephen Colbert
#7307, aired 2016-05-24MAY I QUOTE YOU? $2,000 (Daily Double): Jesse Jackson: "Our flag is red, white, and blue, but our nation is a" this rainbow
#7306, aired 2016-05-23THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION $400: In the 2013 winner "The Orphan Master's Son", young Pak Jun Do comes of age in this totalitarian nation North Korea
#7303, aired 2016-05-18STATE FACTS $400: (David Muir presents the clue.) Martha Raddatz & I moderated both Democratic & Republican 2016 primary debates; they took place in this state, the host of the nation's first primary New Hampshire
#7303, aired 2016-05-18LOUIS, LOUIS $800: Prior to becoming leader of the Nation of Islam, he was a Calypso singer Louis Farrakhan
#7301, aired 2016-05-16COUNTRY DISTINCTIONS $1200: More than 50 gold medals make this nation the leader in world curling championships for both men & women Canada
#7294, aired 2016-05-05INDEPENDENCE DAYS $800: It wasn't until 2005 that the Dutch recognized August 17, 1945 as the independence day for this Asian island nation Indonesia
#7284, aired 2016-04-21POPULAR WEBSITES $800: This satiric site: "EPA Urges Nation to Develop New Air Source" The Onion
#7281, aired 2016-04-18U.S. GOVERNORS $400: More recently a senator, Evan Bayh was 33 & the nation's youngest governor when he took office in this state in 1989 Indiana
#7276, aired 2016-04-11STATE SONG LYRICS $400: This state is "Birthplace of a mighty nation, keystone of the land" Pennsylvania
#7264, aired 2016-03-24NATIONAL ANTHEMS $2000: "Nashid as-Salaam as-Sultani" is the national anthem of this Middle Eastern nation Oman
#7262, aired 2016-03-22CAPTURE THE FLAG $1200: This nation covers 130,000 square miles of Nordic Europe Finland
#7261, aired 2016-03-21WORLD HOLIDAYS $1000: San Salvador Island in this West Indies archipelago nation honors Columbus' New World landfall on Discovery Day the Bahamas
#7259, aired 2016-03-17AMERICAN DIPLOMATS $400: Philip Bonsal was the last U.S. ambassador to this island nation before diplomatic ties were cut in 1961 Cuba
#7259, aired 2016-03-17WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $1000: Scandal in Male! The VP of this Asian nation of islands was busted in 2015 for trying to blow up the president on a speedboat the Maldives
#7257, aired 2016-03-15COUNTRY & TOWN $2000: Good Lord Almaty, a city name that may mean "father of apples", refers to the orchards in this nation Kazakhstan
#7256, aired 2016-03-14IT WAS 1916 $1,000 (Daily Double): In May U.S. Marines occupied this Caribbean nation following turmoil & popularized the game of baseball the Dominican Republic
#7254, aired 2016-03-102-WORD COUNTRIES $2,200 (Daily Double): July 9, 2011 is the world's most recently inaugurated new independence day, for this nation South Sudan
#7252, aired 2016-03-08ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES $800: The Rembrandts are annual film awards given out in this nation Holland (or the Netherlands)
#7250, aired 2016-03-04CELEBRITY ENTREPRENEURS $800: This rapper sold his stake in the Brooklyn Nets after opening his own sports agency, Roc Nation Sports Jay-Z
#7244, aired 2016-02-25THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS $1200: In May 1939, one month after ending its Civil War, this nation withdrew from the League Spain
#7238, aired 2016-02-17COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $2000: The main island of this Persian Gulf archipelago nation has many fresh springs for drinking & irrigation Bahrain
#7233, aired 2016-02-10SMALL COUNTRIES $1600: The tiny nation of San Marino is completely surrounded by this other European country Italy
#7227, aired 2016-02-02I NEED THE STRONG STUFF $1000: 9th century nobleman Robert the Strong was an ancestor of this nation's Capetian kings France
#7227, aired 2016-02-02GEOGRAPHIC ABBREV. $1000: BH: This nation, a former Yugoslav republic Bosnia and Herzegovina
#7213, aired 2016-01-13CUTS LIKE A KNIFE $800: On this nation's flag, a scimitar appears above a declaration called the Shahada Saudi Arabia
#7213, aired 2016-01-13BACK IN 2006 $1000: This president of Iran announced the nation had "joined the nuclear countries of the world" Ahmadinejad
#7209, aired 2016-01-07SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT! $200: About 80% of its people live on two out of the 700 coral islands that make up this nation the Bahamas
#7205, aired 2016-01-01JUST IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS $600: In 2015 Greece became the first developed nation to miss a payment to this lending institution in its 70-year history the IMF (the International Monetary Fund)
#7202, aired 2015-12-29ZIMBABWE $1600: It's the nation's capital Harare
#7196, aired 2015-12-21WORLD WAR I $3,200 (Daily Double): The Zimmerman Note encouraged this nation to ally with Germany, which promised to let it annex lost land in the U.S. Mexico
#7191, aired 2015-12-14STATE FIRSTS $600: The first commercial one of these in Pennsylvania & in the nation was tapped in Titusville in 1859 an oil well
#7189, aired 2015-12-10FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $2000: In 1985 this African nation officially changed its name to the French version Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
#7179, aired 2015-11-26GIVING THANKS $800: In May 2011 the President came to this Virginia community to give the CIA the thanks of a grateful nation Langley
#7179, aired 2015-11-26POLITICS, FOR SHORT $1000: Nobody gets a better deal is the actual meaning of MFN, short for this most favored nation
#7168, aired 2015-11-11MEDIEVAL LITERATURE $800: Our primary source for ancient Norse pagan beliefs is the Poetic Edda of this island nation Iceland
#7158, aired 2015-10-28NEO GEO $800: This Pacific island nation dropped the "Western" from its name & it's now just "the Independent State of" it Samoa
#7156, aired 2015-10-26A NATION OF NATIONAL LABS $800: This 2-word region of the country is on the name of a national lab in Richland, Washington Pacific Northwest
#7156, aired 2015-10-26A NATION OF NATIONAL LABS $1000: Brookhaven in New York has the Relativistic Heavy Ion this, an accelerator that smashes particles together Collider
#7154, aired 2015-10-22LINES ON THE MAP $1600: Heading east, the equator passes through the Maldives, & the next nation it reaches is this other island one Indonesia
#7154, aired 2015-10-22FRENCH LITERATURE $5,000 (Daily Double): One of the chief aims of this 1831 novel was to "inspire the nation with a love of its national architecture" The Hunchback of Notre Dame
#7143, aired 2015-10-07EUROPE $800: This tiny nation, one of the Low Countries, has Europe's highest GDP per capita Luxembourg
#7143, aired 2015-10-07ALBUM CUTS $1000: The White Stripes: "Seven Nation Army" & "You've Got Her In Your Pocket" Elephant
#7139, aired 2015-10-01SUPER BOWL MVP QBs $800: In 2010 this MVP QB said, "We played for our city... for the entire Gulf Coast region... for all the entire Who Dat Nation" (Drew) Brees
#7133, aired 2015-09-232015 ANNIVERSARIES $1000: Turning 150, this magazine has been abolitionist, feminist & environmentalist & is a beacon of the political left The Nation
#7132, aired 2015-09-22RAISE THE WHITE IN THE FLAG $1600: This small Mediterranean island nation flies a George cross on a white & red field Malta
#7131, aired 2015-09-21RED-LETTER DAY $800: On July 4, 1946 the United States granted full independence to this Asian nation, with Manuel Roxas becoming president the Philippines
#7128, aired 2015-09-16THE WEALTH OF NATIONS $400: With a per capita income of more than $100k, this Middle Eastern nation may someday be able to buy a "U" Qatar
#7123, aired 2015-07-29PRESIDENTS' SPEECHES: ONE WORD OFF $800: FDR: "In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good time" neighbor
#7123, aired 2015-07-29INDEPENDENCE DAYS $1,300 (Daily Double): On Sept. 21, 1981 this British colony became the last nation on the American mainland to gain independence Belize (or British Honduras)
#7119, aired 2015-07-23LITERARY SETTINGS $1600: The bubonic plague overwhelms the city of Oran in this North African nation in Albert Camus' "The Plague" Algeria
#7119, aired 2015-07-23LITERARY SETTINGS $2000: "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" tells the story of a 1714 bridge collapse & its investigation in this Latin American nation Peru
#7114, aired 2015-07-1620th CENTURY NAMES $1200: In 1995 this Nation of Islam leader organized & led the Million Man March in Washington, D.C. Louis Farrakhan
#7109, aired 2015-07-09OLYMPIANS $800: Losing to a countryman, Yohan Blake of this nation won silver in both the 100 meters & 200 meters in 2012 Jamaica
#7098, aired 2015-06-24ANAGRAMMED WORLD $200: The trees on this Mediterranean island nation are downright sprucy Cyprus (from sprucy)
#7096, aired 2015-06-22THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $200: Israel, Ireland, Italy Italy
#7096, aired 2015-06-22THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $400: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Saudi Arabia
#7096, aired 2015-06-22THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $600: Switzerland, Swaziland, Poland Poland
#7096, aired 2015-06-22THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $800: Central African Republic, North Korea, East Timor North Korea
#7096, aired 2015-06-22THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $1000: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina Serbia
#7093, aired 2015-06-17BETTER CALL SAUL $400: Better dial 972, the country code for this nation of which Saul was the first king Israel
#7088, aired 2015-06-10WESTERN HEMISPHERE RIVERS $400: The Hondo River provides much of the border between Mexico & this small Central American nation Belize
#7085, aired 2015-06-05THE GREAT DEPRESSION $1,000 (Daily Double): Across the nation, shantytowns appeared & were known derisively as these for the man many blamed for the Depression Hoovervilles
#7077, aired 2015-05-261960s QUOTATIONS $800: To this Nation of Islam man, "White conservatives aren't friends of the Negro either, but at least they don't... hide it" Malcolm X
#7075, aired 2015-05-22WORLD WAR I $1600: This British prime minister negotiated the Treaty of Versailles for his nation David Lloyd George
#7074, aired 2015-05-21PLACE NAMES $1600: This Southeast Asian island nation was named for a 16th century Spanish king the Philippines
#7072, aired 2015-05-19ETERNAL DAN NATION $800: Dan Aykroyd, before he crossed the streams Canada
#7072, aired 2015-05-19ETERNAL DAN NATION $1200: Longtime politician Daniel Akaka the United States
#7072, aired 2015-05-19ETERNAL DAN NATION $5,400 (Daily Double): Dan Jacobson, author of 1959's "The Zulu and the Zeide" South Africa
#7071, aired 2015-05-18LITERARY CITIES $1200: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Alexander McCall Smith's novels is in Gaborone, capital of this nation Botswana
#7070, aired 2015-05-15THAT'S SWELL $800: After half a century, this island nation & the U.S. are in talks to restore diplomatic relations Cuba
#7066, aired 2015-05-11GILLIGAN'S "I"LAND $1600: Fittingly, the national soccer team of this African nation is known as the Elephants the Ivory Coast
#7064, aired 2015-05-073 CHEERS FOR THE BLUE, GREEN & YELLOW $800: After a defeat by Uruguay in 1950, this nation's soccer team switched to its now-famous yellow jerseys Brazil
#7060, aired 2015-05-01WARSAW PACT ALUMNI NATIONS $400: This member nation hosted the 1955 meeting that produced the agreement Poland
#7058, aired 2015-04-29LARGE & IN CHARGE $1600: Tupou IV, king of this "friendly" South Pacific island nation from 1965 to 2006, tipped the scales at 440 pounds Tonga
#7055, aired 2015-04-24USS INTREPID $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) In the biggest naval engagement in history, in October 1944, the USS Intrepid played a key role in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Japan's desperate attempt to stop the U.S. invasion of this island nation it had conquered 2 years earlier the Philippines
#7054, aired 2015-04-23NONFICTION $2,000 (Daily Double): This critically acclaimed 2001 book begins with a look at "The Founding Fathers", starting with Carl Karcher Fast Food Nation
#7051, aired 2015-04-20OH, B-CITY IN AFRICA $800: The city of Bo is a metropolis of 150,000 in this West African nation with a name from Portuguese Sierra Leone
#7046, aired 2015-04-13'99 $1000: In 1999 this remote Himalayan kingdom became the last nation to get TV, when it was installed in Thimphu Bhutan
#7038, aired 2015-04-01KAZAKHSTAN $1200: Nursultan Nazarbayev, "Leader of the Nation", has been President since K-stan left the USSR in this year 1991
#7034, aired 2015-03-26THE STRAIT SCOOP $800: The Palk Strait separates India's Tamil Nadu state from this island nation Sri Lanka
#7021, aired 2015-03-09WHAT A COUNTRY! $1200: This Western Hemisphere country is the largest nation in area whose capital city's name begins with the same letter Brazil
#7019, aired 2015-03-05NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $2000: With the Oregon Trail & the Pony Express passing through the post, this Wyoming fort was the center of a nation moving west Fort Laramie
#7016, aired 2015-03-02CIA WORLD FACTOBOOK ABBREV. $400: FSU: Not Florida State University, but this "former" member of this defunct nation the Soviet Union
#7016, aired 2015-03-02IT BORDERS BRAZIL $600: The Atlantic & the Rio de la Plata, an estuary, are on this nation's southernmost border Uruguay
#7014, aired 2015-02-26GEOGRAPHIC SAINTS $2000: Control of this island nation of the east Caribbean changed hands many times before its 1979 independence St. Lucia
#7001, aired 2015-02-09SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $3,000 (Daily Double): This island nation with a directional name splits oil revenues with Australia, not its old master Indonesia East Timor
#7000, aired 2015-02-06AMERICANA $200: This TV show is celebrating its 25th season of bringing us the real-life fun & follies of our nation America's Funniest Home Videos
#6998, aired 2015-02-04"C"OUNTRIES $1000: This landlocked African nation is the fifth-largest in area on the continent but is sparsely populated Chad
#6992, aired 2015-01-27ISLAND FACTS $1200: It's not a stretch that Kiritimati, with the largest land area of any atoll, is in this Pacific nation Kiribati
#6991, aired 2015-01-26GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows three U.S. maps on the monitor.) On maps from 1920, 1976 & 2012 representing this 2-word system laid out in the Constitution, you can see the nation's political landscape change the Electoral College
#6991, aired 2015-01-26HOSPITALS $2000: For 2014-15 U.S. News & World Report ranked this Ohio facility as the nation's top cardiology & heart surgery hospital the Cleveland Clinic
#6989, aired 2015-01-22SPORTS SHORTS 2014 $200: This nation took home the most golds at the Sochi Olympics & didn't have to carry them far Russia
#6989, aired 2015-01-22ALL THINGS CONSIDERED $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 2011, an Arabic-speaking country lost part of its territory, & this nation, with Dinka as a dominant language, was born South Sudan
#6989, aired 2015-01-22COUNTRIES SMALLER THAN PUERTO RICO $1600: The more than 1,200 "islands" of this Pacific nation only add up to about 70 square miles the Marshall Islands
#6989, aired 2015-01-22COUNTRIES SMALLER THAN PUERTO RICO $2000: The Al-Khalifah royal family reigns in this island nation Bahrain
#6985, aired 2015-01-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1600: "Western" was attached to the name of this Pacific island nation when it gained independence in 1962 Samoa
#6982, aired 2015-01-13MINNESOTA $1000: The Mesabi Range helps Minnesota lead the nation in the production of this ore iron ore
#6970, aired 2014-12-263 DIMENSIONAL $1600: The 1805 Battle of Austerlitz was aka the "Battle of the 3 Emperors" as it had the armies of France, Austria & this imperial nation Russia
#6969, aired 2014-12-25OFFICIAL NATIONAL NAMES $600: The states of the Pacific nation of Micronesia are officially this adjective, meaning joined together federated
#6969, aired 2014-12-25OFFICIAL NATIONAL NAMES $800: You'll find the "Sultanate of" this nation in the Middle East Oman
#6961, aired 2014-12-15GO FOURTH BY NAME $1600: After Napoleon's army invaded this nation in 1807, its king Charles IV was forced to abdicate Spain
#6960, aired 2014-12-12WORLD LEADERS $600: This leader of the Likud Party is the first prime minister born after the founding of Israel as a nation Netanyahu
#6960, aired 2014-12-12STATE MOTTOES $800: Oregon's motto, "She flies with her own wings", refers to 1843 when it decided to break from both the U.S. & this nation Britain
#6951, aired 2014-12-01ISLANDS $1600: According to Hindu myth, a bridge once connected the Indian subcontinent to this island nation to the south Sri Lanka
#6951, aired 2014-12-01ISLANDS $2000: The primary port of entry for tourists in this Caribbean island nation is Sangster Airport near Montego Bay Jamaica
#6941, aired 2014-11-17BORDERING THE RED SEA $800: The Red Sea Boys are the soccer team of this African country, the most recently independent Red Sea nation Eritrea
#6940, aired 2014-11-14LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The 1881 addition of this region stretching south from Argentina's Colorado River expanded the nation's territory Patagonia
#6931, aired 2014-11-03AROUND AFRICA $2000: Governing for the Ottoman sultan, the khedive was the title of the ruler of this North African nation until 1914 Egypt
#6927, aired 2014-10-28THAT STARTED FROM THIS TROPIC PORT $1200: Puerto Plata in this nation on Hispaniola was founded under the direction of Christopher Columbus the Dominican Republic
#6927, aired 2014-10-28THAT STARTED FROM THIS TROPIC PORT $2000: Sugar, rum & molasses flow from Bridgetown, the capital & main port of this West Indies nation Barbados
#6925, aired 2014-10-24GEOGRAPHUN $1,200 (Daily Double): 7 mini-kingdoms make up this federated nation on the Persian Gulf the United Arab Emirates
#6921, aired 2014-10-20THE BALKANS $400: This nation's name reflects its long history as a province of an ancient empire Romania
#6921, aired 2014-10-20THE BALKANS $800: It's been a tough past few decades for this Balkan nation, the former leading Yugoslav republic Serbia
#6921, aired 2014-10-20THE BALKANS $1600: The northwesternmost Balkan nation, it shares an Alpine terrain with its neighbors Italy & Austria Slovenia
#6921, aired 2014-10-20THE BALKANS $2000: Part of several empires in history, this nation had a taste of independence in 1878 Montenegro
#6918, aired 2014-10-15SURROUNDED BY WATER $1000: More than 30 islands make up this small Arab nation surrounded by the waters of the Persian Gulf Bahrain
#6916, aired 2014-10-13INTERNATIONAL TRADE $2,000 (Daily Double): Per U.S. D.O.T. figures, this Central American nation has the largest registered merchant fleet in the world Panama
#6913, aired 2014-10-08BORDERING MISSOURI $2,000 (Daily Double): It has the smallest legislative branch in the nation, 49 senators Nebraska
#6911, aired 2014-10-06AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF SONGS $600: The White Stripes, mobilizing: "____ Nation Army" Seven
#6909, aired 2014-10-02ATLANTIC CITIES $3,000 (Daily Double): This South African city is often called "the mother city" because it was the first place in the nation settled by Europeans Cape Town
#6905, aired 2014-09-26WE LOVE "R" MUSIC $1000: Janet Jackson sang, "People of the world today, are we looking for a better way of life? We are part of" this the Rhythm Nation
#6898, aired 2014-09-17MILITARY FIRSTS $1600: The digger hat is synonymous with this nation's army, which first wore it in 1885 Australia
#6893, aired 2014-07-30IN THE DICTIONARY $600: Dating from the late 1970s, it means to subcontract services to another company, often in another nation outsource
#6893, aired 2014-07-30QUOTATIONS $800: It's the "here" in the 1863 line "Those who here gave their lives that that nation might live" Gettysburg
#6885, aired 2014-07-18SERIOUS TV $1200: This Sunday morning news show now hosted by Bob Schieffer premiered on CBS on Nov. 7, 1954 Face the Nation
#6882, aired 2014-07-15WHO WON THE WAR ANYWAY? $2000: South America's War of the Pacific ended in 1883 with this winning nation cutting off Bolivia from the sea Chile
#6881, aired 2014-07-14EXPOSÉS $1600: Subtitled "The Dark Side of the All-American Meal", this expose was made into a 2006 film Fast Food Nation
#6877, aired 2014-07-08GOOD TRY! $400: After beating the U.S. hockey team 10-3 on Feb. 9, 1980, the squad from this nation lost 4-3 in the Feb. 22 Olympic rematch the Soviet Union
#6876, aired 2014-07-07THE AUTHOR WRITES $2,000 (Daily Double): "Stephen Dedalus is my name, Ireland is my nation. Clongowes is my dwellingplace and heaven my expectation" James Joyce
#6875, aired 2014-07-04NEWBIES $800: Following the sudden "ill health" of Ri Yong Ho, this nation made Hyon Yong Chol its new military head in 2012 North Korea
#6874, aired 2014-07-03GLORY DAYS $1,000 (Daily Double): April 9 is Bataan Day, aka Day of Valor, on the Bataan Peninsula & in the rest of this nation the Philippines
#6872, aired 2014-07-01"P"LACES $2000: This teensy nation is part of the Caroline Islands group Palau
#6869, aired 2014-06-26DOUGH NATION $500 (Daily Double): Venezuela uses this monetary unit named for a 19th century national hero the bolivar
#6869, aired 2014-06-26DOUGH NATION $800: This name of the monetary unit of Kuwait comes from the Roman denarius dinar
#6869, aired 2014-06-26DOUGH NATION $2000: File this Guatemalan currency under "Q" quetzal
#6863, aired 2014-06-18WELCOME TO THE U.N. $600: 1974: This Asian nation, a few years after a famous "concert for" it Bangladesh
#6858, aired 2014-06-11THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET $600: A nation of one billion can't hold back this letter, the only one that's a country India
#6852, aired 2014-06-03HOSPITALS $400: The Maryland military medical center named for this man says it's "where the nation heals its heroes" Walter Reed
#6852, aired 2014-06-03SUN OF A BOOK $1200: Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns" explores the last 30 years in this Asian nation Afghanistan
#6850, aired 2014-05-30THE ROARING '20s $1,800 (Daily Double): In May 1926 President Coolidge sent U.S. marines into this nation to quell an uprising led by General Augusto Sandino Nicaragua
#6840, aired 2014-05-16NONFICTION $1200: "A Long Way Gone" is Ishmael Beah's memoir of being a boy soldier during the 1990s civil war in this African nation Sierra Leone
#6838, aired 2014-05-14WORLD LITERATURE $800: Inspiring the film "Rescue Dawn" was Dieter Dengler's "Escape from" this Indochinese nation Laos
#6837, aired 2014-05-13STATE FACTS $1600: Mississippi leads the nation in percentage of people using this program, officially "SNAP" the food stamp program
#6836, aired 2014-05-12OLYMPIC ATHLETES BEYOND THE GAMES $800: In 2007 Merlene Ottey, born in this island nation known for sprinters, ran an 11.64 100 meters... at age 47 Jamaica
#6833, aired 2014-05-07EUROPEAN RULERS $800: In 2004 Prince Alois was entrusted by his father with the day-to-day governing of this small European nation Liechtenstein
#6832, aired 2014-05-06WEATHER $1200: In November 2013 typhoon Haiyan swept through this Asian nation, killing thousands the Phillipines
#6831, aired 2014-05-05AFRICAN CAPITALS $1600: On the Ubangi River, Bangui is the capital of this 3-word nation the Central African Republic
#6830, aired 2014-05-02SEOUL $800: Officially called Kyongsong when Korea was ruled by this nation, the city became Seoul for good in 1945 Japan
#6825, aired 2014-04-25TOUGH EUROPEAN CAPITALS $400: Bratislava is the capital of this nation that Czeched out of a union with a neighbor Slovakia
#6824, aired 2014-04-24FILL IN THE MOVIE TITLES $200: Both have scenes about selling burgers: "____ Food Nation" & "____ Times at Ridgemont High" Fast
#6823, aired 2014-04-23GEOGRAPHER'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
#6818, aired 2014-04-16IOWA $600: In 1991 Iowa led the nation in reviving the 19th century tradition of gambling aboard these riverboats
#6818, aired 2014-04-16FORMER U.N. MEMBERS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1971 this island nation was expelled from the U.N. & replaced by its mainland adversary Taiwan
#6817, aired 2014-04-15THE FAR EAST $1200: We shall return to this island nation & its large lakes like Lake Lanao on Mindanao the Philippines
#6813, aired 2014-04-09THE MILLERS $600: Portia Simpson Miller, known as "Sista P", is the first female prime minister of this Caribbean island nation Jamaica
#6806, aired 2014-03-31MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $400: The island of Socotra, 200 miles south of the coast, is part of this Arabian Peninsula nation Yemen
#6806, aired 2014-03-31MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY $1600: Recently damaged in the civil war, this city had been its nation's business capital & was once the end of the Silk Road Aleppo
#6803, aired 2014-03-26"MICRO" OR "MACRO" $400: The study of the overall aspects of a nation's production & distribution of goods & services macroeconomics
#6799, aired 2014-03-20WORLD OF MUSIC $1000: Celebrating its 15th year in 2014, the Exit Music Festival began as a protest against this nation's president Slobodan Milosevic Serbia (Yugoslavia accepted)
#6786, aired 2014-03-03THE 90s $800: On Space Shuttle mission STS-97, Marc Garneau, this nation's first astronaut in space, operated a giant robotic arm Canada
#6783, aired 2014-02-26BRAVE $200: Our nation's highest military decoration for bravery since 1861, it was originally only awarded to enlisted men the Medal of Honor
#6783, aired 2014-02-26BRAVE $800: In April 1942 this entire Mediterranean island nation was awarded the George Cross for bravery Malta
#6780, aired 2014-02-21"ONY" BALONEY $2000: The leadership or dominance of one nation over others hegemony
#6778, aired 2014-02-19ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC $400: A brand of water named for this Pacific island nation is bottled at the source, the Yaqara Valley on Viti Levu Fiji
#6777, aired 2014-02-18COMING UP IN 2014 $200: After 13 years, the U.S. & the U.K. are scheduled to officially withdraw all combat troops from this nation by December 31 Afghanistan
#6776, aired 2014-02-17AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In August 2013 bells rang out across the nation to mark the 50th anniversary of his "I Have a Dream" speech Martin Luther King, Jr.
#6772, aired 2014-02-11KING ME $1600: An attack by Frederick the Great, king of this Germanic nation, led to the war of the Austrian succession Prussia
#6765, aired 2014-01-31A "CY" OF RELIEF $400: In 2004 this island nation joined the European Union Cyprus
#6765, aired 2014-01-31EPONYMOUS AIRPORTS $2000: In 1973 Israel's Lod Airport was renamed to honor him, the nation's first prime minister (David) Ben-Gurion
#6759, aired 2014-01-23HEAD FOR THE BORDERS $400: This nation of thousands of islands does have a land border with Papua New Guinea Indonesia
#6759, aired 2014-01-23HEAD FOR THE BORDERS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) It's bordered by nine countries, the most for any African nation. It also has one of the continent's wordiest names Democratic Republic of the Congo
#6753, aired 2014-01-156-LETTER ANAGRAMS $800: A country or territory, & to make sacred by applying oil anoint & nation
#6748, aired 2014-01-08ADJECTIVAL COUNTRY NAMES $400: In 1961 this nation withdrew from the British Commonwealth over member criticism of its apartheid policies South Africa
#6748, aired 2014-01-08ADJECTIVAL COUNTRY NAMES $1000: The adjective in its 2-word name comes from the nation's position near 0 degrees latitude Equatorial Guinea
#6747, aired 2014-01-07AFRODISNEYAC $1600: Look out for that tree in the made-up African nation of Bukuvu, this title guy! George of the Jungle
#6747, aired 2014-01-07BREAKAWAY NATIONS $2000: In 1990 South Africa reluctantly gave independence to this nation that had once been a German colony Namibia
#6741, aired 2013-12-30THE 1970s $1000: In 1975 this nation captured the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez & its crew in the Gulf of Thailand Cambodia
#6735, aired 2013-12-20HERBS & SPICES $600: A prized black pepper comes from the Malabar Coast of this nation India
#6732, aired 2013-12-17O CHRISTMAS TREE $1000: A Calif. natl. park that bears this type of tree's name has the "Nation's Christmas Tree", an over 260' "giant" one sequoia
#6720, aired 2013-11-29ON THE MAP $1000: Some people of this nation indicated here claim Sinbad the sailor as their own Oman
#6711, aired 2013-11-18PLACES $200: The Gobi Desert covers about 500,000 square miles of northeast China & the southern part of this nation Mongolia
#6706, aired 2013-11-11CARBONATION NATION $1000: This energy drink wants you to "Unleash the beast", perhaps with options like M-80 or Assault Monster
#6704, aired 2013-11-07HODGEPODGE $600: The 1880s cartoon seen here shows the helpless Cherokee nation tied down like this Swift character Gulliver
#6697, aired 2013-10-29PLANT THE FLAG $800: This nation's flag was changed after the removal of Baby Doc Duvalier but still includes a palm tree in the coat of arms Haiti
#6697, aired 2013-10-29PLANT THE FLAG $1200: The flag of this Indian Ocean island nation has 4 leaves of the bodhi tree Sri Lanka
#6691, aired 2013-10-21INTO THIN AIR $1000: Wallace Fard Muhammad, founder of this "Nation", disappeared without a trace in 1934 the Nation of Islam
#6690, aired 2013-10-18AMERICAN IDOL ALUMNI $800: In 2010 this flamboyant favorite headlined the Glam Nation tour Adam Lambert
#6689, aired 2013-10-17KENTUCKY-ANA $800: Alumna Ashley Judd is part of the big blue nation as a fan of this University of Kentucky basketball team Wildcats
#6683, aired 2013-10-09THE STATE DEPT. SUGGESTS YOU STAY HOME $200: Khartoum & the rest of this African nation are under a travel warning Sudan
#6682, aired 2013-10-08BEFORE THE EURO $1200: In 1997 this nation issued a coin to honor the 100th anniversary of Paavo Nurmi's birth Finland
#6675, aired 2013-09-27AMERICA BEFORE THE REVOLUTION $800: In the 1744 Treaty of Lancaster, this 6-nation Indian league ceded lands in the Ohio River Valley to the colonies the Iroquois Nation
#6662, aired 2013-07-30BOOK TALK $400: From the back cover of this book: "In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem" The Hunger Games
#6658, aired 2013-07-24I READ IT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES $400: This organization "Vows to Develop a Plan to Train and Arm Security Guards at Every School in the Nation" The N.R.A.
#6655, aired 2013-07-19SURVEY SAYS...! $1000: In 2012 Travel + Leisure readers found La Guardia the nation's worst major airport; this one, MSP, was crowned best Minneapolis-Saint Paul
#6631, aired 2013-06-17FEMALE WORLD LEADERS $1600: The grandmother seen here is Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Prime minister of this Indian subcontinent nation since 2009 Bangladesh
#6628, aired 2013-06-12AROUND THE WORLD $400: The ruins of ancient Carthage are found in what is today this North African nation Tunisia
#6628, aired 2013-06-12EGRETS ONLY $2000: The egret is prominently featured on the back of this South American nation's five real note Brazil
#6622, aired 2013-06-04HISTORY $600: Her temperance newspapers included "The Smasher's Mail" & "The Hatchet" Carrie Nation
#6621, aired 2013-06-03SEAN PENN $400: Sean helped rebuild this earthquake-hit Caribbean nation & is the 1st ambassador-at-large who's not a native Haiti
#6621, aired 2013-06-03ASIAN LANGUAGES $4,000 (Daily Double): Sundanese & Dutch are 2 of the major languages spoken in this island nation Indonesia
#6619, aired 2013-05-30THE NAPOLEONIC ERA $400: Napoleon's invasion of this nation in mid-1812 was a turning point in his fortunes Russia
#6603, aired 2013-05-08ECONOMICS $800: Oddly, "The Economist" defines this, MFN for short, as at least equal treatment in trade most favored nation treatment
#6603, aired 2013-05-08ISLANDS $1200: Inagua in this nation just east of Miami is home to more than 80,000 flamingos, the national bird the Bahamas
#6598, aired 2013-05-01THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $200: Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras Mexico
#6598, aired 2013-05-01THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $400: Russia, Germany, France Russia
#6598, aired 2013-05-01THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $600: Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia Egypt
#6598, aired 2013-05-01THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $800: Niger, Nigeria, Namibia Nigeria
#6598, aired 2013-05-01THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $1000: Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba Cuba
#6583, aired 2013-04-10VLAD THE IMPALA $2000: Vlad is a proud member of a large herd that roams Serengeti National Park in this east African nation Tanzania
#6576, aired 2013-04-01GIRTH OF A NATION $400: 861 miles of border with France, Germany, Luxembourg & the Netherlands Belgium
#6572, aired 2013-03-26IT''S TIME TO "BIA" NATION $1200: Formerly part of Yugoslavia, it uses the dinar as its currency Serbia
#6572, aired 2013-03-26IT''S TIME TO "BIA" NATION $1600: To avoid the media, Angelina Jolie gave birth to her daughter Shiloh in this African country Namibia
#6572, aired 2013-03-26IT''S TIME TO "BIA" NATION $2000: The pedicle is the wedge of Congolese territory that cuts into this neighboring nation Zambia
#6569, aired 2013-03-21LINES FROM THE OSCAR-WINNING ROLE $2000: 2010: "The nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them. but I can't speak" King George VI
#6567, aired 2013-03-19AROUND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE $400: This nation has the greatest amount of land territory within the Arctic circle Russia
#6564, aired 2013-03-14FLAGS OF THE WORLD $600: This nation's blue, yellow & red flag represents the colors used in the arms of Walachia & Moldavia Romania
#6562, aired 2013-03-12MEDALS & DECORATIONS $1200: This African nation has an honor called the Order of the Queen of Sheba Ethiopia
#6556, aired 2013-03-04PARDON THE ERUPTION $400: In the 1780s fumes & lava from the Laki volcano in this North Atlantic nation killed most of its livestock Iceland
#6554, aired 2013-02-28YOU'VE GOT A DEAL $2000: In 2010 the Justice Dept. approved the merger of Ticketmaster & this company, the biggest concert promoter Live Nation
#6547, aired 2013-02-19THE FUTURE $200: (Al Gore gives the clue.) World Power hangs in the balance as this nation surges forward; in 2010 it ended the USA's century-old standing as the No. 1 manufacturing nation China
#6546, aired 2013-02-18AN "IMP"ISH CATEGORY $600: The practice of one nation forcibly extending its territory into another imperialism
#6546, aired 2013-02-181960s BLACK AMERICA $2,500 (Daily Double): In March 1964 he broke with the Nation of Islam Malcolm X
#6545, aired 2013-02-15LAKES $400: Lake Ladoga was divided between the Soviet Union & this nation until a 1940 war, when the Soviets seized the entire lake Finland
#6540, aired 2013-02-08COMPLETE THE LYRIC $1600: The White Stripes: "I'm gonna fight 'em off," this military group "couldn't hold me back" a Seven Nation Army
#6539, aired 2013-02-07COUNTRY FACTS $400: Island groups belonging to this nation include the Antipodes, the Bounty Islands & the Auckland Islands New Zealand
#6539, aired 2013-02-07COUNTRY FACTS $1200: Muslims make up the largest religious group of this nation once part of Yugoslavia Bosnia
#6534, aired 2013-01-31INDIA $2,200 (Daily Double): The waters of the Palk Strait separate India's Tamil Nadu state from this island nation Sri Lanka
#6530, aired 2013-01-25AT THE WEBSITE OF THE CABINET DEPT. $400: "No Child Left Behind" & "Nation's Report Card" are links at this department's website Education
#6526, aired 2013-01-21FILL THE PRESCRIPTION $200: Used to combat OCD as well as depression, it preceded "nation" in the title of a bestselling memoir Prozac
#6519, aired 2013-01-104-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS $5,000 (Daily Double): Suva, the capital of this island nation, is a shipping & commercial center of the South Pacific Fiji
#6516, aired 2013-01-072000: THE YEAR IN QUOTATIONS $200: His State of the Union speech: "Never before has our nation enjoyed... so much prosperity... and so few external threats" Bill Clinton
#6515, aired 2013-01-04NEWSPAPERS $200: The dominant paper in our nation's capital, it's among the top 10 U.S. papers in circulation The Washington Post
#6504, aired 2012-12-20BIRTH OF A NATION $400: The Republic of Ireland: April 18, 1949, this significant Monday Easter Monday
#6504, aired 2012-12-20BIRTH OF A NATION $800: The Czech Republic: January 1, 1993, with this author as its first president Václav Havel
#6504, aired 2012-12-20BIRTH OF A NATION $2000: Indonesia: August 17, 1945, though this nation that had ruled it didn't recognize it until 1949 the Netherlands
#6498, aired 2012-12-12ADVENTUROUS FOLKS $1200: In October 1492 Columbus first landed in the New World on an island that's today in this nation the Bahamas
#6497, aired 2012-12-11ANTHROPOLOGY $800: This type of social group, from the Greek for "nation", is linked by language, culture, origin or religion an ethnicity (or ethnic group)
#6495, aired 2012-12-07THE KITCHEN LIBRARY $600: This bestselling expose by Eric Schlosser is subtitled "The Dark Side Of The All-American Meal" Fast Food Nation
#6494, aired 2012-12-06THE NAME OF THE FLAG $1,600 (Daily Double): This Caribbean nation flies La Estrella Solitaria, "The Solitary Star" Cuba
#6484, aired 2012-11-22THE "GOLDEN" HOUR $1000: Start "train"ing to see the national historic site named for this symbol of the joining of a nation the Golden Spike
#6478, aired 2012-11-14THE MAP OF EUROPE $1200: This nation, though largely in Asia, has a small European section that's about the size of Massachusetts Turkey
#6473, aired 2012-11-07EDUCATION NATION $400: The Pierre & Marie Curie University France
#6473, aired 2012-11-07EDUCATION NATION $1200: The University of Adelaide Australia
#6473, aired 2012-11-07THE 1980s, QUICK! $2,200 (Daily Double): With U.S. help in 1983, Sir Paul Scoon returned to power in this island nation Grenada
#6468, aired 2012-10-31NAME THAT SPEECHMAKER $200: "Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow...and we're all precious in God's sight" Jesse Jackson
#6463, aired 2012-10-24GREAT IDEAS $400: The idea for the EU began in 1950 with the Schuman Plan that the coal & steel industries of France & this nation be joined Germany
#6463, aired 2012-10-24THE FORMER EASTERN BLOC $2,000 (Daily Double): This present-day country used to be part of a larger nation & kept the old flag seen here the Czech Republic
#6460, aired 2012-10-19EVERYTHING'S OK $600: Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the tribal capital of this Native American nation the Cherokee
#6454, aired 2012-10-11LOOKING DOWN WITH GEOEYE $600: Spreading four miles into the Persian Gulf, manmade Palm Jumeirah in this nation was built to hold more than 2,000 villas the UAE (United Arab Emirates)
#6448, aired 2012-10-03ARCHIPELAGOS $2000: With a population of about 90,000, this island nation northeast of Madagascar is Africa's smallest country the Seychelles
#6448, aired 2012-10-03ARCHIPELAGOS $4,000 (Daily Double): Rising to only 206 feet, Mount Alvernia on Cat Island is the highest point in this nation off Florida's SE coast the Bahamas
#6439, aired 2012-09-20THE WORLD ALMANAC NO. 1 $800: Get ready to samba! This South American nation leads the world in worker time off with 41 paid days off a year Brazil
#6437, aired 2012-09-18FACE, THE NATION $200: Cristina Kirchner of this country ably succeeded her husband Argentina
#6437, aired 2012-09-18FACE, THE NATION $400: Jalal Talabani has been this troubled nation's president since 2005 Iraq
#6437, aired 2012-09-18FACE, THE NATION $600: Next on the menu, this country's prime minister--Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkey
#6437, aired 2012-09-18FACE, THE NATION $800: This Venezuelan calls himself "leader of the Bolivarian revolution" Chavez
#6437, aired 2012-09-18FACE, THE NATION $1000: His term as Mexican president ends in 2012 Felipe Calderón
#6435, aired 2012-08-03KID HEROES $800: On Nick 12-year-old Aang must overcome the ruthless fire nation as The "Last" this an Airbender
#6430, aired 2012-07-27DEMOCRA "C" $800: After talk of moving them to December, Iowa's first in the nation these were held January 3, 2012 caucuses
#6416, aired 2012-07-09SEAS OF THE WORLD $400: Rich in marine life, the Laccadive Sea borders the Maldive Islands, Sri Lanka & the southern tip of this nation India
#6412, aired 2012-07-03FACE THE NATION $200: Summer in this country lasts from December to February Australia
#6412, aired 2012-07-03FACE THE NATION $400: It's where western civilization began Greece
#6412, aired 2012-07-03FACE THE NATION $600: It occupies almost half of its continent Brazil
#6412, aired 2012-07-03FACE THE NATION $800: We bet you know this tiny country highlighted here Monaco
#6412, aired 2012-07-03FACE THE NATION $1000: Last night I dreamt I went to Mandalay again, in this country Burma (or Myanmar)
#6411, aired 2012-07-02HARD TIMES $400: A U.S. recession was caused in part by the 1802 treaty of Amiens, bringing peace between France & this signing nation Great Britain
#6407, aired 2012-06-26SPEECH! $600: In 1992 activist Mary Fisher told the nation, "The reality of" this disease "is brutally clear" AIDS
#6407, aired 2012-06-26OTHER RED, WHITE & BLUE FLAGS $2000: Britannica says the white disc on this landlocked Asian nation's flag, seen here, honors the Japanese Laos
#6393, aired 2012-06-06INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC $800: Once home to the dodo, the island nation of Mauritius is found in this ocean the Indian Ocean
#6391, aired 2012-06-04IT'S ALL IN THE PACKAGE $600: In a 1939 radio broadcast Winston Churchill described this nation as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma" the Soviet Union (Russia)
#6391, aired 2012-06-04MOUNTAIN RANGES $600: The Changbai Mountains form part of the border between North Korea & this nation China
#6388, aired 2012-05-30LORD $1000: Child soldiers are much of the Lord's Resistance Army revolting against the Museveni government in this African nation Uganda
#6383, aired 2012-05-23MADEIRA $200: The Atlantic Ocean archipelago of Madeira is an autonomous region of this nation Portugal
#6379, aired 2012-05-17CONSTITUTION $400: Article 47 of this European nation's constitution says "The confederation shall respect the autonomy of the cantons" Switzerland
#6378, aired 2012-05-16IT'S THE "E"-CONOMY $200: Goods & services produced in one nation & sold in another exports
#6375, aired 2012-05-11RECENT OLYMPIC MEDALISTS $1200: This host nation struck gold in 2010 when Alexandre Bilodeau won the men's Moguls in freestyle skiing Canada
#6375, aired 2012-05-11"B" WHERE? $1600: This nation is only about 50 miles from Florida the Bahamas
#6364, aired 2012-04-26RUNNING A MARATHON $1000: In Beijing in 2008, Sammy Wanjiru of this nation broke the Olympic record by almost 3 minutes Kenya
#6363, aired 2012-04-25ROMAN THE BIBLE $1600: "See" here--these Jews said, if we leave Jesus alone, "the Romans shall... take away both our place and nation" the Pharisees
#6357, aired 2012-04-17WE'LL LEAVE TONIGHT $2,000 (Daily Double): On June 20, 1791 she influenced her husband to flee Paris; too bad his picture was on the nation's paper money Marie Antoinette
#6352, aired 2012-04-10POLITICAL TYPES $1600: The head of a party's slate in an election, or a soldier carrying his nation's flag a standard-bearer
#6341, aired 2012-03-26IT'S 1985 $400: In February this nation finished the first phase of a troop withdrawal from Lebanon Israel
#6330, aired 2012-03-09THE CHEROKEE NATION $800: At the start of this 9-year war, the Cherokee allied with the British; many of their rivals sided with the French the French and Indian War
#6330, aired 2012-03-09THE CHEROKEE NATION $1000: This man is seen here with the Cherokee syllabary he invented in 1821 Sequoyah
#6330, aired 2012-03-09THE CHEROKEE NATION $2,000 (Daily Double): In the 1830s the Cherokee were expelled from the Southeast & forcibly relocated to what's now this state Oklahoma
#6322, aired 2012-02-28THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM $400: The 800s are literature, with 810 being lit in English from this nation the United States (or Canada)
#6311, aired 2012-02-13FACTS & FIGURES $1000: Medal counts at the 2008 Summer Olympics were 110 for the U.S., 100 for China & 72 for this nation Russia
#6310, aired 2012-02-10VOLCANOES $2000: Mount Aso on this southernmost main island of Japan is the nation's most active, with 160+ eruptions in the last 1,500 years Kyushu
#6309, aired 2012-02-09IT'S THE LAW! $1000: It could cost you to stroll around in a bathing suit in this island nation, site of a 1983 U.S. invasion Grenada
#6308, aired 2012-02-08ROGET'S MEETS BARTLETT'S $1600: That nation populated by the liberated paired with that domicile where the courageous live "the land of the free and the home of the brave"
#6307, aired 2012-02-07GRAD GIFT IDEAS $600: Sending you & 20 of your pals to Atlantis on Nassau's Paradise Island in this nation? How nice! the Bahamas
#6306, aired 2012-02-06ASIAN LITERATURE $400: Written in Farsi, the "Shah-Nameh", or "book of kings", is a medieval epic of this nation Iran

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (92 results returned)

#9059, aired 2024-03-14THE UNITED NATIONS: Of the 9 countries that have produced a U.N. Secretary-General, this nation is the only one from its hemisphere Peru
#9031, aired 2024-02-05WORLD FLAGS: The flag of this Asian nation features part of a World Heritage Site built in the 12th century Cambodia
#8944, aired 2023-10-05GLOBAL GEOLOGY: In this nation of 360,000 people, you can walk along the boundaries of the Eurasian & North American tectonic plates Iceland
#8908, aired 2023-07-05AFRICAN COUNTRIES: Nicknamed "the Kingdom in the Sky", this landlocked nation is the only country in the world to lie entirely above 4,000 feet Lesotho
#8868, aired 2023-05-10INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: In 1901 6 colonies joined together to form this nation, today the sixth largest in area Australia
#8563, aired 2022-01-26COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it's also one of the 10 most populous Bangladesh
#8508, aired 2021-11-10WORLD POPULATION: This Asian nation is the world's most populous country that lies mostly in the Southern Hemisphere Indonesia
#8486, aired 2021-10-11COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Nazi Germany annexed this nation & divided it into regions of the Alps & the Danube; the Allies later divided it into 4 sectors Austria
#8463, aired 2021-08-11WORLD FLAGS: The use of red, yellow & green as Pan-African colors began with the flag of this nation, the continent's oldest independent country Ethiopia
#8430, aired 2021-06-25NEW YORK CITY: Bright new lighting installed in 1880 on a street that crosses Manhattan diagonally led to this 3-word nickname the Great White Way
#8344, aired 2021-02-25LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: Losing its ocean access in 1993, this African Union member is the most populous landlocked nation, with 110 million people Ethiopia
#8340, aired 2021-02-19WORLD SURNAMES: In 2019, for the first time, this nation allowed for non-gendered last names with the suffix -bur Iceland
#8295, aired 2020-12-04ISLAND NATIONS: What's now this nation resisted naval sieges by the Berbers in 1429, the Ottomans in 1565 & Axis WWII air assaults Malta
#8290, aired 2020-11-27WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the 6 mainland African countries through which the equator passes, this landlocked nation is last alphabetically Uganda
#8215, aired 2020-05-01NATIONS OF THE WORLD: On the English-language list of member states at un.org, it's the only nation with a Spanish-language article in its name El Salvador
#8208, aired 2020-04-22WORLD ELECTIONS: In 2014 this democratic nation broke the record for total turnout in a single election with more than 500 million voters India
#8075, aired 2019-10-18THE POSTCOLONIAL WORLD: This African nation left the British Commonwealth in 2003 over sanctions on its undemocratic government; in 2018 it applied to rejoin Zimbabwe
#8022, aired 2019-06-25OTHER NATIONS' PRESIDENTS: This nation's 1st 8 presidents were all born in the U.S.; the 1st local-born president came in 1884, 37 years after independence Liberia
#7816, aired 2018-09-10THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: To set a record for longest solo journey by kayak, 2,010 miles, Helen Skelton traveled through this nation for a month Brazil
#7644, aired 2017-11-30WORLD FLAGS & THE BIBLE: The central image on the flag of this nation is a symbol of strength in Psalm 92 & a prized building material in I Kings 5 Lebanon
#7520, aired 2017-04-28HISTORIC WORKS' FIRST LINES: "The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life" The Wealth of Nations
#7445, aired 2017-01-13EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: Once the center of an empire, it didn't exist as an independent nation from 1938 to 1955 Austria
#7428, aired 2016-12-21LITTLE COUNTRIES: It's the closest nation to the mainland U.S. where cars customarily drive on the left the Bahamas
#7411, aired 2016-11-28WORLD FLAGS: Peter the Great designed Russia's flag based on the tricolor flag of this nation where he'd gone to learn shipbuilding the Netherlands
#7404, aired 2016-11-17FAMOUS BUILDINGS: Completed in 1943, this "city within a city" has outer walls over 900 feet long the Pentagon
#7392, aired 2016-11-01EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: This nation joined the Warsaw Pact in 1955 & NATO in 2009, & was alphabetically first in each Albania
#7305, aired 2016-05-20U.S. HISTORY: In 1790 a deal made Washington the nation's capital; the room where it happened was at Jefferson's house & negotiators included Madison & this Cabinet member Alexander Hamilton
#7138, aired 2015-09-30UNITED NATIONS NATIONS: This nation of 55 million is the only one to provide a secretary-general but never to have a seat on the Security Council Burma (or Myanmar)
#6914, aired 2014-10-09HISTORICAL FIGURES: A 2012 poll by Britain's National Army Museum voted this man, born in 1732, as the nation's greatest military enemy George Washington
#6858, aired 2014-06-11CAPITAL CITY WORDPLAY: Ending in the same 2 letters, these 2 are capitals of a nation that covers a continent & of a nation reaching onto 2 continents Canberra & Ankara
#6832, aired 2014-05-06U.S. STATES: Between 2006 & 2013 it went from 39th to 6th in per capita income & its unemployment rate dropped to the nation's lowest North Dakota
#6757, aired 2014-01-21INTERNATIONAL SPORTS: Twice the host country, this nation of 4 1/2 million leads the world in total winter Olympic medals Norway
#6751, aired 2014-01-13ASIAN NATIONS: Since 1991, it's the only former Communist nation to restore its monarchy, which it still has Cambodia
#6686, aired 2013-10-14BIG COUNTRIES: In area, it's the largest former Soviet republic after Russia & the largest nation that doesn't border an ocean Kazakhstan
#6599, aired 2013-05-02ISLAND COUNTRIES: No longer "western", this 1-word nation has moved to the west side of the Intl. Date Line to join Asia & Australia Samoa
#6529, aired 2013-01-24OLYMPIC HOST CITIES: When this city hosted the XIV Winter Olympics, it was located in a different nation than today Sarajevo
#6527, aired 2013-01-22OFFICIAL COUNTRY NAMES: It's the only nation in the world that officially describes itself as a confederation Swiss Confederation
#6488, aired 2012-11-28COUNTRIES: It was created in the early 1700s from 2 counties purchased by an Austrian prince; he named the nation for his family Liechtenstein
#6458, aired 2012-10-17COUNTRIES & POPULATIONS: If it were a nation, a state with a 2-word name in this country would be the world's 6th most-populous at 200 million India
#6430, aired 2012-07-27ANTARCTICA: This country that explored the Antarctic interior is the most northerly nation to claim territory on the continent Norway
#6400, aired 2012-06-15ISLANDS: This nation, independent since 1960 is the largest island in the world with French as one of its official languages Madagascar
#6292, aired 2012-01-17U.S. POPULATION: Between 2000 & 2010 these 2 states that border each other led the nation in highest percentage of population increase, 35% & 25% Arizona and Nevada
#6225, aired 2011-10-14THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: This nation lost its direct access to the Pacific around 1880 but retains a navy that patrols its rivers & a large lake Bolivia
#6125, aired 2011-04-08THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: 64 paintings from the Met's founding purchase are still in its collection; over 1/3 of them are from this current European nation the Netherlands
#6069, aired 2011-01-20WORLD LEADERS: At his 1994 inaugural, he called for "a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world" Nelson Mandela
#5934, aired 2010-06-03FILM HISTORY: Written by Thomas Dixon, 1916's film "The Fall of a Nation" is considered the first of these ever made a sequel
#5810, aired 2009-12-11OPEC: This African nation of 150 million is the only member of OPEC that's also a member of the British Commonwealth Nigeria
#5775, aired 2009-10-23COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This Asian nation is the only nation with the same name as its capital & the island on which it's located Singapore
#5767, aired 2009-10-13AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: It's a landlocked nation in Western Africa & its name is "locked" within the name of a nation on Africa's east coast Mali (in Somalia)
#5592, aired 2008-12-23PEOPLES OF THE WORLD: Numbering about 25 million, they're the largest ethnic group in the world with no home nation the Kurds
#5551, aired 2008-10-27INTERNATIONAL MOTORING: It's the largest nation in area where all cars legally drive on the left Australia
#5508, aired 2008-07-16RECENT HISTORY: In 1986 & again in 2001, people power protests in this nation pushed out male presidents & replaced them with females the Philippines
#5481, aired 2008-06-09THE INTERNET: On March 10, 2003 this nation got control of the .af Internet domain Afghanistan
#5298, aired 2007-09-26THE 5 W's: The names of the president & premier of the world's most populous nation are homophones of these 2 words who & when
#5270, aired 2007-07-06THE BALKANS: On June 3, 2006 this nation of 600,000 proclaimed its independence, making it the world's newest country Montenegro
#5171, aired 2007-02-19ORGANIZATIONS: The C.A.P., or Common Agricultural Policy, accounts for almost half the budget of this 25-nation organization the European Union
#5153, aired 2007-01-24FOREIGN CURRENCY: This currency of Costa Rica gets its name from the first European to see the nation the Colon
#5133, aired 2006-12-2719th CENTURY PRESIDENTS: Against bitterly divided Democrats, he won with the second-lowest percentage of the popular vote in history, 39.8% Abraham Lincoln
#5129, aired 2006-12-21THE MIDDLE EAST: By tradition, this nation's president is a Maronite Christian, the P.M. a Sunni & the speaker of the Parliament a Shiite Lebanon
#5037, aired 2006-07-04THE 20th CENTURY: On October 16, 1964 at Lop Nor this nation detonated its first nuclear device China
#5012, aired 2006-05-30COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: For over a decade starting from 1807, this nation's capital was moved to a city in South America Portugal
#4977, aired 2006-04-11THE EARLY 1900s: These 2 nations fought a war on neither nation's soil; the decisive battle came at present-day Shen-Yang Russia & Japan
#4894, aired 2005-12-15ON THE GLOBE: The way this nation's coastline would fit neatly into the Gulf of Guinea supports the theory of continental drift Brazil
#4836, aired 2005-09-26AFRICA: Equatorial Guinea is the only African nation whose official language is this Spanish
#4819, aired 2005-07-14VOLCANOES: In the last 400 years, over 2/3 of all the deaths caused by volcanoes occurred in what is now this nation Indonesia
#4746, aired 2005-04-04PRESIDENTS & THE MOVIES: This president arranged the first film showing in the White House when he had "The Birth of a Nation" screened there Woodrow Wilson
#4422, aired 2003-11-25RELIGION: The 2 main religions on this island nation are Greek Orthodox & Islam Cyprus
#4267, aired 2003-03-04MILITARY AVIATION: In 1911 this nation was the 1st to use powered aircraft for military purposes when it spied on Turkish activities in Libya Italy
#4218, aired 2002-12-25ISLAND COUNTRIES: In 2002 State Dept. spokesman Richard Boucher called it "The first new nation of the new millennium" East Timor
#4156, aired 2002-09-30WORLD FLAGS: This Mediterranean country is the world's only nation whose flag bears a geographic outline of itself Cyprus
#4154, aired 2002-09-26WORLD LEADERS: In April 1952 he wrote in a poem, "Cherry blossoms are blooming full today, now is the nation's springtime" Emperor Hirohito
#4152, aired 2002-09-24WORLD NATIONS: Of the world nations whose English names contain "land", this nation has the most people, 60 million Thailand
#4103, aired 2002-06-05EUROPE: Among countries entirely within Europe, this nation has the highest percentage of Muslims Albania
#3975, aired 2001-12-07COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This independent nation is the only Hindu kingdom in the world Nepal
#3946, aired 2001-10-29HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: Upon this nation's independence in 1903, it was "moved" from one continent to another Panama
#3782, aired 2001-01-30WORLD LEADERS: From 1964 to 1982 this man was leader of a nation with nuclear weapons Leonid Brezhnev (of the Soviet Union)
#3625, aired 2000-05-12WORLD LANDMARKS: In the 1920s this nation's churches pooled their money & erected a 120-foot religious monument on a 2,300-foot peak Brazil
#3586, aired 2000-03-20ARMIES OF THE WORLD: The national orchestra of this nation on the Mediterranean Sea is larger than its army Monaco
#3250, aired 1998-10-23THE SPACE RACE: In July 1998 it became the third nation to launch an interplanetary craft Japan (launched a probe to Mars)
#3141, aired 1998-04-06COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This island nation is the only country in the world named for a biblical king the Solomon Islands
#2155, aired 1994-01-07ETHNIC GROUPS: 1/4 of Americans claim this central European ancestry, making it the nation's largest ethnic group German(s)
#1901, aired 1992-12-07COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This island nation has the world's largest Muslim population Indonesia
#1653, aired 1991-11-06TRANSPORTATION: The world's 14th largest airline is based in this 240-square-mile island nation Singapore (Singapore Airlines)
#1387, aired 1990-09-18GEOGRAPHY: It's bordered by 4 countries, the most of any Central American nation Guatemala
#909, aired 1988-07-14WORLD GOVERNMENTS: This nation's 1936 & 1977 constitutions guarantee its 15 political divisions the right to secede the USSR
#500, aired 1986-11-07ASIA: Only SE Asian nation never a colony of the West, its name aptly means "land of the free" Thailand
#482, aired 1986-10-14BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: In 1985, this Michigan-based company was the nation's largest single exporter General Motors
#408, aired 1986-04-02WORLD LEADERS: During Reagan admin., USSR has had this many different heads of Communist Party, & therefore, the nation 4
#170, aired 1985-05-03STATE CAPITALS: The closest state capital to the nation's capital Annapolis
#120, aired 1985-02-22THE WORLD: Nation that is not a member of the United Nations, but is home to U.N. European headquarters Switzerland
#83, aired 1985-01-02FOOD: By weight of total catch, the world's leading fishing nation Japan
#64, aired 1984-12-06WORLD HISTORY: In 1804 this Caribbean country became 1st black nation to gain freedom from European colonial rule Haiti

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