| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $200: "Tomorrow Will Be Different" is by Sarah McBride, the first openly trans state senator from this state, known for being first Delaware |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $2000: Survivors escape to Bronson Beta in the 1933 Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer novel "When" this happens Worlds Collide |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | 'ROUND MIDNIGHT $1200: Her: "Drink & dance & laugh & lie, love the reeling midnight through, for tomorrow we shall die! (but, alas, we never do)" Dorothy Parker |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | QUOTABLE BOOKS $400: In "Gone with the Wind", these 4 words finish the line "Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all..." tomorrow is another day |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | PAGE TO SCREEN WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE $1000: A sort of sci-fi "Groundhog Day", Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel "All You Need Is Kill" became this Tom Cruise movie Edge of Tomorrow |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | GREAT SPORTS CALLS $800: "I don't believe what I just saw" & "We'll see you tomorrow night" are among the many calls of this legend & dad of a legend Jack Buck |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | JOHNNY GILBERT'S MUSICAL THEATER AUDITION $400: "Don't worry, little buddy, know this much is true/ Tomorrow is a latter day & I am here for you" The Book of Mormon |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $1000: The title of Gabrielle Zevin's novel about young game designers is this repetitive line from "Macbeth" expressing weariness Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | ALL ABOUT DISNEY $600: Walt Disney coined this acronym for the experimental prototype community he planned to build in Florida; it would open in 1982 EPCOT |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | BRING IT! $200: You "bring home" this meat idiomatically when you earn income, but pick some up for real for our breakfast tomorrow bacon |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | A MEMORABLE NEW YEAR'S EVE $2000: (Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.) On December 31, 1959, Paul Westerberg entered the world in Minneapolis as the singer of this band; he'd comment on his birth date with the line, "Income tax deduction, one hell of a function" The Replacements |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $300: In a televised speech, he informed America, "I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow" Nixon |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | ANCIENT ROME $600: The poet Horace wrote "Carpe diem", meaning this; his quote continues on to say not to trust tomorrow seize the day |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | BOTTOMS UP! $1200: A song from "Annie" reminds us that "the sun'll come out tomorrow" & that you should therefore bet this your bottom dollar |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | OTHELLO, MACBETH OR HAMLET SAYETH... $200: Macbeth says this word 3 times as he speechifies about everything being boring & useless tomorrow |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | TEXTING ABBREV. $800: Talk to you tomorrow--I'm "OTB", this off to bed |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR $2000: On film, Keanu Reeves was this arcane artist that Matt Ryan played on "DC's Legends of Tomorrow" John Constantine |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | LAWN TOMORROW $200: 3" is a good height for most grasses; cutting too short messes with these, which go down proportionally to the grass' length roots |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | LAWN TOMORROW $400: Freeze! this varmint--you tore up my lawn but I'll use liquid castor oil around your tunnel entry to ward you off the gopher |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | LAWN TOMORROW $600: Scotts says get mowing done faster by creating beds of this 5-letter stuff around--& not against--trees to avoid tiny turns mulch |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | LAWN TOMORROW $800: Growing well in fall & spring & hardy in winter, this lawn grass is named for a state but is actually native to Europe Kentucky bluegrass |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | LAWN TOMORROW $1000: Creeping red & chewings are "fine" this grass, drought-resistant & green all year if you're good about maintaining it fescue |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | ONLINE & TEXTING ABBREV. $400: If I want you to call, hmu stands for this... say, tomorrow? hit me up |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THE FUTURE'S NOT SO BRIGHT... $1600: Mankind is on the wrong side of an ass-whoopin' in 2051 & Chris Pratt has to go back to the future to help in this 2021 flick The Tomorrow War |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | TITLE WORD PUZZLES $2000: A disaster film that could have been called "The Big Chill"
TOMORROW DAY The Day After Tomorrow |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | SOME TRAVELIN' MUSIC, PLEASE $1200: This 3-word refrain is the title of the Carter family tune remade as that "Cups" song--"& I'm leaving tomorrow, what do you say" "When I'm Gone" |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | ISLANDS $800: Only about 3 miles divide Little & Big Diomede, but this line runs between, hence the nicknames Yesterday Island & Tomorrow Island the International Date Line |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE $1000: The Backstreet Boys & this boy band joined forces to usher in 2011
"Yeah, you /
Got the right stuff /
Ha, baby, yeah /
You're the reason why I sing this song /
Come on, y'all! /
Here we go!" New Kids on the Block |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $800: "Gone with the Wind" day |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | DISSECTING THE LYRICS $1200: This "colorful" singer: "Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday, today is Friday, Friday"; she threw in "Tomorrow is Saturday" Rebecca Black |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | JUST FOR ONE DAY $600: If tomorrow's today is Wednesday, then this is the day after tomorrow's yesterday Wednesday |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $1200: In the 2019 sequel "Jumanji: The Next Level", it's total "Dandemonium" when these two veteran actors named Dan join the game Danny DeVito and Danny Glover |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | SUN SALUTATIONS $400: An optimistic tune from this Broadway show promises that "the sun'll come out tomorrow" Annie |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | MUSIC I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH $1200: Nearly 25 years after its album "Under the Table and Dreaming", DMB, this band, jammed out "Come Tomorrow" Dave Matthews Band |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | THE MOVIES $800: In 2019, Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth suit up as part of this organization that protects the Earth from the scum of the universe the Men in Black |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | I NEED A SUPERHERO $2000: Filipino martial arts training helped Caity Lotz play Sara Lance, the "White Canary", who leads the time travelers on this DC TV show Legends of Tomorrow |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | QUOTING THE CLASSICS $800: Aesop's moral to this insect fable:
"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow" "The Ant and the Grasshopper" |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | MAKE TIME FOR TIME $800: It's how you say "tomorrow" in Madrid mañana |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | CHECK IN TO THE POP CULTURE HOTEL $800: In "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation", Dracula, voiced by this comic actor, takes his own vacation Adam Sandler |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | 13-LETTER WORDS $400: Don't wait until tomorrow to tell me it means to postpone habitually rather than act procrastinate |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | SPEECH OF PARTS $1600: "Tomorrow, after the game, I, Jackie Moon, will wrestle a bear" Will Ferrell |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | NEVER HAVE I EVER $600: ...sung "You And Me (But Mostly Me)" or "Tomorrow Is A Latter Day" in this show on a Broadway stage but at home... sure! The Book of Mormon |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | ALL THE DAYS OF ITALY $800: Let's forget about domani, this day tomorrow |
| #7552, aired 2017-06-13 | LAST WORD IN THE ACRONYM, PLEASE $1200: EPCOT, a word that also has its own "land" tomorrow |
| #7532, aired 2017-05-16 | BEATLES SONG TITLE REVERSALS $200: "Tomorrow" "Yesterday" |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | SCI-FI BOOKS $1000: Hiroshi Sakurazaka's "All You Need Is Kill" was "reborn" in 2014 as this Tom Cruise flick Edge of Tomorrow |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | PARTS OF SPEECH $600: Narf! What are we going to do tomorrow night, Brain?:
narf an interjection |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YOU'RE THE MAN! $2000: This author of "The Time Machine" is "The Man Who Invented Tomorrow" H.G. Wells |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | A VISIT WITH RITA MORENO $1200: (Rita Moreno presents the clue.) I play the abuelita, or grandmother, of the Alvarez family of Echo Park in this new series, a reimagining of the Bonnie Franklin sitcom set in Indianapolis One Day at a Time |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | TONY BENNETT $1000: (Tony Bennett gives the clue.) In 2015 the 20th edition of this Las Vegas gala doubled as my birthday party; with the same name as a Celine Dion love song, it has raised over $100 million in its history; wow! "The Power of Love" |
| #7409, aired 2016-11-24 | 1990s MOVIE QUOTES $600: To Kevin McCallister: "You'd feel pretty sad if you woke up tomorrow morning and you didn't have a family" Home Alone |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | APOCALYPSE NOW $800: A virus could kill half of humanity if Robert Langdon can't remember his Dante in this 2016 film based on Dan Brown's novel Inferno |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | IN THE BASEBALL TEAM'S LINEUP $1000: 1991:
Kent Hrbek, Dan Gladden & Kirby Puckett, & we'll see you tomorrow night! the Twins |
| #7291, aired 2016-05-02 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $800: Don't wait until tomorrow to tell me this word, Spanish for "tomorrow" mañana |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | LITERARY CHARACTERS' LAST WORDS $400: "Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day" Scarlett O'Hara |
| #7239, aired 2016-02-18 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SONGS $1200: Bill Clinton must have been "thinking about tomorrow" & the presidency when he decided to use this Fleetwood Mac tune in 1992 "Don't Stop" |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | IN THE ORIGINAL $400: In the original musical film about this orphan, Aileen Quinn belted out "Tomorrow" Annie |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | WRITING YOUR OWN NAME $1,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows handwriting samples on the monitor.) A study finds that people who put the dots to the left of their I's & J's tend to habitually do this, from the Latin cras, meaning "tomorrow" procrastinate |
| #7130, aired 2015-09-18 | ALL IN A "ROW" $400: In a famous song it's "always a day away" tomorrow |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | THE VIETNAM WAR $200: The film "Last Days in Vietnam" details the fall of Saigon & the too-long-delayed evacuation of this facility the American embassy |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | THERE'S NO STOPPING THEM $600: In 1977 this band hit No. 3 singing, "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" Fleetwood Mac |
| #7030, aired 2015-03-20 | HISTORICAL TIME UNITS $1600: The House of Tomorrow was in the innovation-focused 1930s Chicago World's Fair called "Century of" this Progress |
| #6923, aired 2014-10-22 | OTHELLO $800: She pleads with Othello, "kill me tomorrow; let me live tonight" Desdemona |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | LETTERS FROM WRITERS $1,000 (Daily Double): To F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925: "We are going in to Pamplona tomorrow. Been trout fishing here" Ernest Hemingway |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | ONE-HIT WONDERS $1600: Daniel Powter's one hit came in 2006 when he sang, "Cause you had" this (maybe tomorrow will be better) a bad day |
| #6790, aired 2014-03-07 | 14-LETTER WORDS $400: If you put off till tomorrow what you can do today, you're this type of person a procrastinator |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | SITCOM BY EPISODES $400: "Sexual Harassment Panda,"
"The Death of Eric Cartman",
"Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow" South Park |
| #6780, aired 2014-02-21 | JOHNNY GILBERT PERFORMS TODAY'S HITS $1000: "I'm beginning to feel like a rap god, rap god, all my people from the front to the back nod, back nod" Eminem |
| #6656, aired 2013-07-22 | '60s SPEECHES $800: "I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow & segregation forever" (George) Wallace |
| #6639, aired 2013-06-27 | SHAKESPEARE--ACT II, SCENE 1 $200: "Is not tomorrow, boy, the Ides of March?" Julius Caesar |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES TO THE MOVIES $600: (Johnny Gilbert reads the clue.) "If...you're not with him, you'll regret it. maybe not today. maybe not tomorrow, but soon, & for the rest of your life" Casablanca |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | SAME VOWEL WORDS $600: (3 A's) Tomorrow, to someone in Tijuana mañana |
| #6568, aired 2013-03-20 | "BOTTOM" $800: A song from "Annie" tells us, "the sun'll come out tomorrow, bet your" this "that tomorrow there'll be sun" your bottom dollar |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | LITERARY LAST LINES $400: A mega-bestseller: "After all, tomorrow is another day" Gone with the Wind |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | BROADWAY LYRICS $1200: "Nothing portentous or polite, tragedy tomorrow", this "tonight" comedy |
| #6505, aired 2012-12-21 | LBJ PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $200: The revamped main part of the library reopens tomorrow, December 22nd, which would have been this person's 100th birthday Lady Bird Johnson |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS $600: Skyfall, the 23rd film in the franchise marks this actor's third outing as Bond, James Bond Daniel Craig |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | LATE NIGHT TV $2000: In 1973 Tom Snyder began hosting this show that, fittingly, was on after midnight Tomorrow |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $600: (Dr. Oz presents the clue.) A dramatic telegram in this Hemingway novel that I love reads, "Lady Ashley Hotel Montana Madrid arriving Sud Express tomorrow love Jake" The Sun Also Rises |
| #6053, aired 2010-12-29 | NOT SO FAMOUS LAST WORDS $400: Alex, an African grey one of these to a researcher: "You be good. See you tomorrow. I love you" a parrot |
| #5999, aired 2010-10-14 | ANIMATED PUZZLES $600: Type of business that may not be here tomorrow fly-by-night |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | "DOLLAR"S & "CENT"S $200: In a song from "Annie", "The sun'll come out tomorrow, bet" this "that tomorrow there'll be sun" your bottom dollar |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | WAIT FOR IT... $7,000 (Daily Double): In this play, a boy says that the title character "won't come this evening, but surely tomorrow" Waiting for Godot |
| #5954, aired 2010-07-01 | BATMAN $800: On the TV series, the line that ended each episode was "Tune in tomorrow, same bat time, same" this bat channel |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | THAT FILM'S A DISASTER $1600: Dennis Quaid tries to warn the world about abrupt global warming The Day After Tomorrow |
| #5930, aired 2010-05-28 | NO. 1 QUESTIONS $2000: In 1961 the Shirelles noted that "Tonight the light of love is in your eyes" but wanted to know this Will you still love me tomorrow? |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | GOOD ADVICE $400: This completes the classic anti-procrastination advice "Never put off until tomorrow..." what you can do today (what can be done today accepted) |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | VIDEO GAMES $800: In "Dark Tomorrow", you can battle crooks as this Caped Crusader Batman |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | NAME THE WORK $1000: O. Henry:
"Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present" "The Gift of the Magi" |
| #5625, aired 2009-02-06 | MOVIES WITH SUBTITLES $800: With films like "A Better Tomorrow", John Woo brought attention to the cinema of this place where he grew up Hong Kong |
| #5607, aired 2009-01-13 | TEXT MESSAGING $400: "CYT" means this, regarding the next time I'll grace you with my visage see you tomorrow |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | WRONG ACCENTS FOR LITERARY CHARACTERS $200: "I won't think of it now... I'll go home to Tara tomorrow" Scarlett O'Hara |
| #5564, aired 2008-11-13 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT $800 (Daily Double): This author concluded a famous novel with the line "After all, tomorrow is another day" Margaret Mitchell |
| #5518, aired 2008-09-10 | LET'S SPEAK PORTUGUESE $200: Ate amanha, part of a farewell, means this; it doesn't sound so different from the same in Spanish see you tomorrow |
| #5364, aired 2007-12-27 | HEARTACHE TO HEARTACHE $200: This novel ends, "I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day" Gone with the Wind |
| #5332, aired 2007-11-13 | CHILD'S PLAY $0: A Longfellow poem & a Lillian Hellman play about a girls' boarding school share this timely title The Children's Hour |
| #5288, aired 2007-09-12 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew will stands in front of a building that extends partway over a river.) I'm at the library of this president who says it symbolizes his efforts to build bridges from yesterday to tomorrow Clinton |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | LYRICAL BROADWAY $800: "Kiss today goodbye and point me t'ward tomorrow, we did what we had to do" A Chorus Line |
| #5220, aired 2007-04-27 | FICTIONAL SHIPS $400: Capt. Nemo said, "Tomorrow I will be dead, and I wish for no other tomb than" this vessel. "It is my coffin!" the Nautilus |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | ACTORS IN BONDAGE $1200: "Tomorrow Never Dies" (Pierce) Brosnan |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | STORM $2000: In this cool 2004 film, climatologist Dennis Quaid is right & much of the U.S. evacuates to Mexico The Day After Tomorrow |
| #5164, aired 2007-02-08 | YOU'RE NOT GOING OUT WEARING THAT $1600: Seriously? This type of plain-woven sack made of coarse jute or hemp fabric is your choice? Not today, mr.! burlap |
| #4925, aired 2006-01-27 | AMERICANA $800: During the Fabulous '50s, this theme park had an exhibit called the Bathroom of Tomorrow Disneyland |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | "GON" TOMORROW $400: It can be the basket below a hot-air balloon or a flat-bottomed boat used on a canal a gondola |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | LET'S LEARN LATVIAN $400: Unlike English, Latvian has 1 word for the day before yesterday, aizvakar, & 1 word for this, parit the day after tomorrow |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | "GON" TOMORROW $800: Mathematics branch dealing with the angles & functions of triangles trigonometry |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | "GON" TOMORROW $1200: This East Coast Native American language was used by both the Blackfoot & the Cheyenne Algonquin |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | "GON" TOMORROW $1600: This aromatic herb used in cooking bears clusters of small green & white flowers tarragon |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | "GON" TOMORROW $2000: The delightful stylings of this Rococo master are seen here Fragonard |
| #4895, aired 2005-12-16 | ABBOTT & COSTELLO'S BASEBALL TEAM $800: I'm sure you'll tell me this pitcher's name soon Tomorrow |
| #4890, aired 2005-12-09 | ENTERTAINING JOHNS $1200: This director's credits include "A Better Tomorrow", "Once a Thief" & "Windtalkers" John Woo |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS $400: "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow" Clinton |
| #4730, aired 2005-03-11 | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES $1600: 1948's "car of tomorrow" was designed by this Ypsilanti, Mich. man; 51 were built, 47 are still around (Preston) Tucker |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | POP CULTURE $800: Jude Law plays the ace aviator mentioned in the title of this 2004 sci-fi film that's set in Gotham City Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
| #4629, aired 2004-10-21 | KIDS IN THE 1960s $400: ...heard him say on Aug. 28, 1963, "Even though we face the difficulties of... tomorrow, I still have a dream" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4623, aired 2004-10-13 | LYRICS FROM MUSICALS $200: "Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun" Annie |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | GONE TOMORROW? $200: The Oahu tree one of these gastropods is quickly, not slowly, disappearing a snail |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | GONE TOMORROW? $400: The Hine's emerald species of this insect has a wingspan that can reach about 3.5 inches a dragonfly |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | GONE TOMORROW? $600: The endangerment of the New Mexico ridge-nosed species of this snake was caused in part by collectors a rattlesnake |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | GONE TOMORROW? $800: Picoides borealis is the red-cockaded species of this bird, still on the endangered list in 2004 the woodpecker |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | GONE TOMORROW? $1000: Among the colorful mammals on the endangered list are the gray & the red ones of these predators a wolf |
| #4541, aired 2004-05-10 | THE 1990s $600: On Nov. 5, 1996, this GOP candidate joked, "Tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do" Bob Dole |
| #4510, aired 2004-03-26 | THE WRITER WRITES A LETTER $400: In a letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald, he wrote, "We are going in to Pamplona tomorrow. Been trout fishing" Ernest Hemingway |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | NATIONAL "VELVET" $800: Classic songs by this '60s band include "Venus in Furs" & "All Tomorrow's Parties" The Velvet Underground |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | SPORTS $2000: (Hi, I'm Becky Hammon.) I'm carrying a torch--not for someone, but on my uniform as a member of this WNBA team the New York Liberty |
| #4480, aired 2004-02-13 | LOVE LINES $800: "Today I might snow, tomorrow I'll rain, 3000's always changing but you stay the same and I need that", rap this duo Outkast |
| #4445, aired 2003-12-26 | WHICH TV SHOW CAME FIRST? $600: "The Today Show",
"The Tonight Show",
"The Tomorrow Show" The Today Show |
| #4390, aired 2003-10-10 | REEL LIFE QUOTES $1200: 2000:
"I may die tonight in this cell or in the arena tomorrow. I am a slave" Gladiator |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | THE BRITISH INVASION $1600: This Lennon-McCartney tune begins, "Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, tomorrow I'll miss you" "All My Loving" |
| #4321, aired 2003-05-19 | LITERARY LINES $400: Completes the concluding line from "Gone with the Wind": "After all..." "tomorrow is another day" |
| #4287, aired 2003-04-01 | CEREMONIES $400: At this type of ceremony May 20, 2002, John McCain spoke of parents' sacrifices & leaders of tomorrow graduation |
| #4215, aired 2002-12-20 | ENDS IN "ENCH" $600: She played "M" in the James Bond movies "Tomorrow Never Dies" & "The World is Not Enough" Dame Judi Dench |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | TOUGH CHICKS $2000: She was a kick as Yu Shu Lien in "Crouching Tiger" & Wai Lin in "Tomorrow Never Dies" Michelle Yeoh |
| #4140, aired 2002-09-06 | KJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $2000: Tomorrow KJPY presents a tribute to this "Fiddler on the Roof" who died in 2001 Isaac Stern |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | -O-O-O- YES! $600: In October 1973 this show debuted with Tom Snyder as its host Tomorrow |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | WHAT'S "NEW"? $1600: It's theme in 1939 was "The World of Tomorrow" the New York World's Fair |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | MY PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT $1000: The world clock reads noon in L.A., so I can catch Geoff at 8 a.m. tomorrow in this New Zealand capital Wellington |
| #4077, aired 2002-04-30 | POP THE QUESTION $600: This 1960 No. 1 song begins, "Tonight you're mine completely, you give your love so sweetly" "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | INSTANT MESSAGING $400: SOT; My paper on the decline of this Turkish empire in the 1900s is due tomorrow the Ottoman Empire |
| #3884, aired 2001-06-21 | NEW SUPERHEROES $400: With a loud croak & a flick of his tongue, he conducts military operations underwater Frogman |
| #3808, aired 2001-03-07 | "PRO"s $1000: From the Latin for "tomorrow", it means to habitually postpone doing something Procrastinate |
| #3739, aired 2000-11-30 | CIVIL WAR LITERATURE $400: The last line of this novel is "After all, tomorrow is another day." "Gone With The Wind" |
| #3661, aired 2000-07-03 | DOCUMENTARIES $1000: Wim Wenders directed this acclaimed 1999 film about legendary Cuban musicians The Buena Vista Social Club |
| #3648, aired 2000-06-14 | ROCK 'N' POP $200: Years before hooking up with Dawn, he recorded the demo for the Shirelles' "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" Tony Orlando |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | 20th CENTURY QUOTES $400: A governor, 1963:
"Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!" George Wallace |
| #3618, aired 2000-05-03 | SHOW TUNES $200: "It's the Hard-Knock Life",
"Tomorrow" Annie |
| #3618, aired 2000-05-03 | SHOW TUNES $600: "The Money Song",
"Tomorrow Belongs to Me" Cabaret |
| #3616, aired 2000-05-01 | BANDS $400: This band needed "One for tomorrow, one for just today" in the song "Love Me 2 Times" The Doors |
| #3607, aired 2000-04-18 | IT AIN'T ENGLISH $200: Hasta manana see you tomorrow |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | LATE-NIGHT TV $500: In 1980 NBC cut the "Tonight" show to 60 minutes & extended this Tom Snyder program to 90 Tomorrow |
| #3585, aired 2000-03-17 | BORN IN IRELAND $400: (Hi, I'm Bob Goen of Entertainment Tonight.) He got his star on the Walk of Fame Dec. 3, 1997 to tie in with the release of his film "Tomorrow Never Dies" Pierce Brosnan |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $300: Open since 1982, its name is an acronym for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow EPCOT Center |
| #3549, aired 2000-01-27 | GROUP THERAPY $400: alt.tv.game-shows is one of these "groups" in which you may find comments on this clue tomorrow Newsgroup |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | BROADWAY $400: (Hi, I'm Andrea McArdle) 1977 was the year Broadway audiences first heard me sing "Tomorrow" in this musical "Annie" |
| #3534, aired 2000-01-06 | "NEVER" AT THE MOVIES $1000: The 2 James Bond films that have "Never" in the title Never Say Never Again & Tomorrow Never Dies |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | CONVERBS $400: This "never comes" as it's always a day away Tomorrow |
| #3504, aired 1999-11-25 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $200: Tomorrow, in Tijuana
(6) mañana |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | THE 1939 WORLD'S FAIR $400: The theme was "World of" this, & there was also a "Road of" it & a "Town of" it Tomorrow |
| #3472, aired 1999-10-12 | BEATLES LYRICS $400: "Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, tomorrow I'll miss you" "All My Loving" |
| #3443, aired 1999-07-21 | SHAKESPEARE $200: When Mercutio is mortally wounded in this play, he puns, "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man" Romeo and Juliet |
| #3422, aired 1999-06-22 | I KNOW THAT SONG $500: "Kiss today goodbye, and point me toward tomorrow..." "What I Did for Love" |
| #3394, aired 1999-05-13 | A CAST OF THOUSANDS $300: From Middle English for "to contrive", it's a guess at what the weather will be tomorrow Forecast |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | RICH FELLAS $200: The villainous broadcast tycoon in "Tomorrow Never Dies" reminded some of this Australian-born mogul Rupert Murdoch |
| #3262, aired 1998-11-10 | FILMS OF THE '40S $600: He was the subject of the 1946 biopic seen here:
"You see, tomorrow I leave for Hollywood, according to what they call 'talking pictures', so what's going to happen to me?" Al Jolson |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | MYTHOLOGICAL CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $600: Hair today, snakes tomorrow
(6) Medusa |
| #3239, aired 1998-10-08 | THEY USED TO BE SOAP STARS $600: He played Rose's neurotic, mute brother Wilbur on "Search for Tomorrow" before he played Barney Fife Don Knotts |
| #3229, aired 1998-09-24 | DAYTIME TV $400: This soap celebrated its 35th anniversary in April 1998 with an ABC prime time special "General Hospital" |
| #3185, aired 1998-06-05 | BAD HAIR DAYS $100: It was hair today, gone tomorrow for this Biblical hero when he fell asleep on Delilah's knees Samson |
| #3180, aired 1998-05-29 | BOND GIRLS $400: James Bond's old flame, Teri Hatcher, was put out in this 1997 film Tomorrow Never Dies |
| #3161, aired 1998-05-04 | HONG KONG CINEMA $400: This "Face/Off" director started the craze for Hong Kong gangster films with 1986's "A Better Tomorrow" John Woo |
| #3161, aired 1998-05-04 | HONG KONG CINEMA $800: She's credited as Michelle Khan on her Hong Kong films, but used this name for "Tomorrow Never Dies" Michelle Yeoh |
| #3156, aired 1998-04-27 | NAME THE PLAY $200: "We'll hang ourselves tomorrow...unless Godot comes" Waiting for Godot |
| #3130, aired 1998-03-20 | "TOMORROW" $100: Space Mountain & Star Tours are among its attractions (Disneyland's) Tomorrowland |
| #3130, aired 1998-03-20 | "TOMORROW" $200: In 1960 the Shirelles asked this musical question Will you still love me tomorrow? |
| #3130, aired 1998-03-20 | "TOMORROW" $300: In the novel "Gone with the Wind", it follows "I'll think of some way to get him back" Tomorrow is another day |
| #3130, aired 1998-03-20 | "TOMORROW" $400: Annie told us you could "bet your bottom dollar that" this would happen the sun will come out tomorrow |
| #3130, aired 1998-03-20 | "TOMORROW" $500: This advice on procrastination is credited to a 1749 letter written by Lord Chesterfield to his son never put off till tomorrow what you can do today |
| #3038, aired 1997-11-12 | FRUITS & NUTS $400: Sunsweet first advertised these in the 1960s with the slogan "Today the Pits, Tomorrow the Wrinkles" Prunes |
| #3031, aired 1997-11-03 | GRANDMA'S SECRET DIARY $500: July 16, 1941:
Heard this joltin' Yankee hit in his 56th consecutive game! I'll be glued to the radio tomorrow! Joe DiMaggio |
| #2898, aired 1997-03-19 | SONGS $500: This Beatles song begins, "Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, tomorrow I'll miss you" "All My Loving" |
| #2791, aired 1996-10-21 | PROVERBS $300: Based on biblical quotes, the 3 things you should do "because tomorrow we die" eat, drink and be merry |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | POTPOURRI $800: The name EPCOT is an acronym for Experimental Prototype Community of this Tomorrow |
| #2606, aired 1995-12-25 | SOUTHERN ENGLISH $200: "Tomorrow is another day", which she says in "Gone with the Wind", goes back at least to the 16th century Scarlett O'Hara |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | 15-LETTER WORDS $200: It's putting off until tomorrow what you could have done three weeks ago Procrastination |
| #2446, aired 1995-04-03 | PROVERBS $200: It completes the proverb "Never put off till tomorrow..." what you can do today |
| #2348, aired 1994-11-16 | PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS $200: This novel that won the 1937 Pulitzer was originally entitled "Tomorrow is Another Day" "Gone with the Wind" |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | PROVERBS $600: Margaret Mitchell ended "Gone with the Wind" with this proverb tomorrow is another day |
| #2271, aired 1994-06-20 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $300: Senorita Annie's Tomorrow
(6) manana |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | BROADWAY LYRICS $100: This song from "Annie" ends with the line "You're always a day away!"--makes sense "Tomorrow" |
| #2066, aired 1993-09-06 | THE MOVIES $100: Its last line is "After all, tomorrow is another day" Gone with the Wind |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | BRAWN $200: You might say that the source of this biblical hero's strength was hair today, gone tomorrow Samson |
| #2062, aired 1993-07-20 | SONGS FROM MUSICALS $200: "Willkommen"
&
"Tomorrow
Belongs To Me" Cabaret |
| #2032, aired 1993-06-08 | TALK SHOW HOSTS $600: In 1982 his show replaced "Tomorrow Coast to Coast" David Letterman |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | ODDS & ENDS $400: The theme of the 1939 World's Fair was "The World of" this Tomorrow |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | BEATLES LYRICS $100: "One day you'll look to see I've gone, for tomorrow may rain, so I'll" do this "follow the Sun" |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | TOMORROW $100: The place in southern California in which you'd find Tomorrowland Disneyland |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | TOMORROW $200: According to the proverb it's what shouldn't be "put off till tomorrow" what you can do today |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | TOMORROW $300: This 1936 book ends "After all, tomorrow is another day" Gone with the Wind |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | TOMORROW $400: It's Spanish for tomorrow, as Peggy Lee could sing to you mañana |
| #1746, aired 1992-03-16 | TOMORROW $500: Position played by Tomorrow in "Who's On First?" the pitcher |
| #1600, aired 1991-07-12 | SHOW MUSIC $400: "Nothing portentous or polite; tragedy tomorrow", this "tonight" comedy |
| #1555, aired 1991-05-10 | IN OTHER WORDS... $200: Never postpone a project 24 hours when it may be executed now Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today |
| #1543, aired 1991-04-24 | "PRO"s & "CON"s $100: To put off till tomorrow what you can do today procrastinate |
| #1512, aired 1991-03-12 | WORLD FAIRS $200: On April 30, 1939 this city's fair in Flushing Meadow opened with the theme "The World of Tomorrow" New York |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | NEW YORK CITY $200: In 1939, The World of Tomorrow was the theme for this the World's Fair |
| #1422, aired 1990-11-06 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: Susan Hayward was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of this Broadway star in "I'll Cry Tomorrow" Lillian Roth |
| #1414, aired 1990-10-25 | IT'S QUESTIONABLE $200: Today's the catcher & Tomorrow's the pitcher in this routine by Abbott & Costello "Who's on First?" |
| #7, aired 1990-07-28 | WORLD TRAVEL $200: EPCOT, as in EPCOT Center, is an acronym for "Experimental Prototype Community of" this Tomorrow |
| #1343, aired 1990-06-06 | THE BEATLES $500: "Someday you'll know I was the one, but tomorrow may rain, so I'll" do this follow the sun |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | HAIL AND FAREWELL $500: This newscaster-adventurer signed off his radio broadcasts saying "So long until tomorrow" Lowell Thomas |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | QUESTIONABLE SONGS $1,000 (Daily Double): This song by The Shirelles was the 1st No. 1 hit of the rock era by any girl group:
"Tonight, you're mine completely / You give your love so sweetly / Tonight, the light of love is in your eyes" "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS $100: Walt Disney intended it to be an "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow" EPCOT |
| #1054, aired 1989-03-16 | SONG LYRICS $400: "There'll be" these creatures "over the white cliffs of Dover tomorrow", so wear a hat bluebirds |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | "SIMON"S $200: When she sang the line "Tomorrow we might not be together." the reference was to K. Kristofferson Carly Simon |
| #1017, aired 1989-01-24 | FAIRY TALES $400: This little man said, "Today I bake, tomorrow brew; next day I'll have the queen's child too..." Rumpelstiltskin |
| #928, aired 1988-09-21 | SONG LYRICS $200: Song from "Annie" that ends with "you're always a day away" "Tomorrow" |
| #924, aired 1988-09-15 | U.S. CITIES $300: "The World of Tomorrow" & "Peace Through Understanding" were themes of 2 World's Fairs held in this city New York City |
| #923, aired 1988-09-14 | NOVELS $400: This novel concludes, "After all, tomorrow is another day" Gone with the Wind |
| #911, aired 1988-07-18 | TELEVISION $800: In 1982, "Late Night with David Letterman" replaced a late night show hosted by this man Tom Snyder |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | THE PAUL McCARTNEY SONGBOOK $100: [Instrumental music plays.] "Tomorrow" |
| #894, aired 1988-06-23 | KISSING $400 (Daily Double): In 1952, it became "Her Nibs" Miss Georgia Gibbs' 1st smash hit:
"The lips you only let me borrow / Love me tonight and let the devil take tomorrow / I know that I must have your kiss although it dooms me / Though it consumes me..." "Kiss Of Fire" |
| #764, aired 1987-12-24 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: Allie's daughter on "Kate & Allie" today, Allison Smith used to sing "Tomorrow" in this musical Annie |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | MOVIES $800: 1964 Sophia Loren film originally titled "Ieri, Oggi, Domani" Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | FOREIGN WORDS $600 (Daily Double): Meaning of the foreign word in title of the following song:
"Oh, let's forget about domani / Let's forget about domani / Let's forget about domani / For domani never comes..." tomorrow |
| #699, aired 1987-09-24 | ONE-WORD SONGS $100: Peggy Lee co-wrote this song whose title means "tomorrow" in Spanish "Mañana" |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $400: "Timely" show which followed "The Tonight Show" for the 1st time Oct. 15, 1973 & the last time Jan. 28, 1982 (The) Tomorrow (Show) |
| #564, aired 1987-02-05 | AUTO-BIOGRAPHIES $1,000 (Daily Double): "Good Evening, Everybody" & "So Long Until Tomorrow" Lowell Thomas |
| #557, aired 1987-01-27 | IN OTHER WORDS... $500: Ingest a pair of acetylsalicylic acid tablets, then make my phone bell ring at 7 a.m. tomorrow take two aspirin & call me in the morning |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | SOAP OPERAS $300: Topping "Santa Barbara's" Nov. '84 quake, "Search for Tomorrow" leveled its town w/this '86 disaster a flood |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | QUESTIONABLE SONGS $300: The Shirelles said, "Tonight you're mine completely" but weren't sure about this "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" |
| #520, aired 1986-12-05 | FOREIGN PHRASES $800 (Daily Double): Meaning of the phrase that forms this song's title:
[Instrumental music plays] "kiss me much" |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | MOVIES $600: She starred as the "I" in "I'll Cry Tomorrow" & "I Want to Live" Susan Hayward |
| #457, aired 1986-09-09 | SHOW BIZ BUSINESS $200: Although Paul McCartney owns "Tomorrow", as of Aug. 15, '85, this singer has "Yesterday" in the palm of his glove Michael Jackson |
| #456, aired 1986-09-08 | QUOTES $200: Finishes Lord Chesterfield's 1749 line; "No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off..." until tomorrow what you can do today |
| #439, aired 1986-05-15 | TV HOSTS $500 (Daily Double): At one time or another, these 3 "timely" NBC shows were hosted by Garroway, Allen & Snyder The Today Show, The Tonight Show & The Tomorrow Show |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | "LAST" $1,000 (Daily Double): Unfortunately, this aptly titled 1975 song was 1st & only hit for Roger Whittaker:
There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor
Tomorrow for old England she sails
Far away from your land of endless sunshine "The Last Farewell" |
| #352, aired 1986-01-14 | THE BIBLE $200: Both Testaments warn against the attitude "Eat & drink now, for tomorrow this will happen" tomorrow you will die |
| #351, aired 1986-01-13 | TELEVISION $200 (Daily Double): Cable network that adopted this Pointer Sisters song as its jingle:
"We shouldn't even think about tomorrow / Sweet memories will last a long, long time / We'll have a good time, baby, don't you worry / And if we're still playing 'round, boy, that's just fine / Let's get excited, we just can't hide it" Showtime |
| #292, aired 1985-10-22 | MOVIE QUOTES $200: After being forced to kill a Union soldier, she says, "I'll think about that tomorrow" Scarlett O'Hara |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | TIME $200: TV's longest-running soap, or looking for a hit from "Annie" Search for Tomorrow |
| #170, aired 1985-05-03 | THE OSCARS $300: Both "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" & "Day for Night" won this Best Foreign Film |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | AUTHORS $200: She originally named her heroine Pansy O'Hara & her novel "Tomorrow Is Another Day" Margaret Mitchell |
| #149, aired 1985-04-04 | 15-LETTER WORDS $200: What you'd be practicing if you put off questioning this answer until tomorrow procrastination |
| #136, aired 1985-03-18 | TRIVIA $300: More common name of the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow Epcot |
| #92, aired 1985-01-15 | RITUALS $800: Throughout the Pacific, the toe-singeing ritual held when the ti plant ripens fire walking |
| #55, aired 1984-11-23 | TV TRIVIA $500: Longest-running soap opera on television, it premiered Sept. 3, 1951 Search for Tomorrow |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | FAMOUS NAMES: In 1966, the year of his death, he shared plans for an experimental prototype community in Florida Walt Disney |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | GEOGRAPHIC PAIRS: By ferry, the distance between these 2 paired Mediterranean islands is about 40 miles from Alcudia to Ciutadella Mallorca (Majorca) & Menorca (Minorca) |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | CHEMICAL ELEMENT NAMES: The 3 elements whose names begin with 2 vowels are iodine & these 2, one synthetic & one natural einsteinium & europium |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | PHRASES FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD: Cicero wrote that a tyrant ordered this to be hung from the ceiling "by a horse-hair"; his guest begged to leave the sword of Damocles |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS: "This bell was named Marie... alone in the southern tower, with her sister Jacqueline, a bell of lesser size", says this novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | NOTABLE BRITS: On this man's death in a 1935 motorcycle accident, Churchill said, his "pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary" Lawrence of Arabia |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | EUROPEAN LANDMARKS: As described in an 1831 book, it has "three recessed and pointed doorways... immense central rose window... two dark and massive towers" Notre-Dame |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS: An account of a deposed Duke of Genoa in a 1549 "History of Italy" is a presumed source for this play The Tempest |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | PRESIDENTIAL GEOGRAPHY: This Midwest city is the burial place of one 19th century president & was named for a relative of another Cleveland, Ohio |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | BUSINESS & INNOVATION: Stuck with 260 tons of unused turkey in late 1953, this company ordered aluminum trays & sold 10 million units of a new item in 1954 Swanson |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS: In 1947 she testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee on how the film "Song of Russia" was Communist propaganda Ayn Rand |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS: By Hebrew word count, the longest book bears this name that led to a word for a long complaint or rant Jeremiah |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | ITALIAN INVENTORS: In a 1644 letter he wrote, "We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air", which is what his invention measures Torricelli |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS: The original title of this 1900 classic included a gem; another working title mentioned a Plains state The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | GAMES: When this game was introduced in 1860, it had squares like Intemperance & Poverty & if you hit the Suicide square your game was over The Game of Life |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | 19th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1832, by a narrow margin, this state's legislature rejected considering abolition; a split was completed in 1863 Virginia |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | NAME THE FRENCH AUTHOR: "I am making myself liable to Articles 30 & 31 of the law of 29 July 1881 regarding the press, which make libel a punishable offense" Émile Zola |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | CATHOLICISM: A liturgical year begins on the first Sunday of Advent, which is the Sunday closest to the feast day of this "first apostle" St. Andrew |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 2013 the village of Belrain renamed the last street in France that bore the name of this hero who became a traitor Maréchal Philippe Petain |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | WOMEN AUTHORS: A 1936 New York Times review called the debut novel by this author "in all probability, the biggest book of the year: 1,037 pages" Margaret Mitchell |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | ERAS IN U.S. HISTORY: On April 11, 1865 Abraham Lincoln spoke of "the mode, manner, and means of" this, which he would not live to see Reconstruction |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN YEARS: Year the New York World lamented, "The age of statesmen is gone... The age of rail-splitters and tailors... has succeeded" 1864 |
| #7298, aired 2016-05-11 | STATE SONGS: Its state song rhymes "patriotic gore" with the name of its largest city Maryland |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: When this man joined Twitter in September 2015, his first follow was the National Security Agency's account Edward Snowden |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS: At 24 he began a verse retelling the Cupid & Psyche myth, including a character named Caspian C.S. Lewis |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | STATE CAPITALS: A 1957 event led to the creation of a National Historic Site in this city, signed into law by a president whose library is now there too Little Rock, Arkansas |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | FRENCH NOVEL TITLE HEROES: He "looked as if he had been shut up for a long time in a tomb and... been unable to recover the... complexion of the living" the Count of Monte Cristo |
| #7173, aired 2015-11-18 | SPACE EXPLORATION: The first man to travel into space began his journey on that fateful day in what is today this country Kazakhstan |
| #7143, aired 2015-10-07 | MOVIE CHARACTERS: Charlton Heston's wardrobe in 1954's "Secret of the Incas" inspired the clothes worn by this adventurous character 27 years later Indiana Jones |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | REFERENCE BOOK MAKERS: In 1863 he used the epigraph "I have gathered... other men's flowers, & nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own" John Bartlett |
| #6943, aired 2014-11-19 | 21st CENTURY BOOKS: Set in the Great Depression, this 2006 novel has an epigraph from "Horton Hatches the Egg" Water for Elephants |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | GREAT MOMENTS IN 19th CENTURY SCIENCE: Matthias Schleiden found plants are made up of these; at dinner he told Theodor Schwann who said, hey, so are animals cells |
| #6867, aired 2014-06-24 | 2004: Watching the Super Bowl halftime show, the head of this government agency kept saying, "My day is going to" be lousy "tomorrow" the FCC |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | FRUIT: It's the only commercially important edible fruit of the bromeliad family the pineapple |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | OPERA: In a bit of foreshadowing, the title character's dad has committed suicide before the action of this 1904 opera Madame Butterfly |
| #6847, aired 2014-05-27 | 20th CENTURY PLAY TITLES: This play's title comes from the name of a Greek king said to have carved a statue of a woman & fallen in love with it Pygmalion |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | BRITISH NOVELS: Stephen King borrowed the name of his fictional town Castle Rock from this 1950s novel that greatly influenced him Lord of the Flies |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS: 1 of the 2 movies in the last 30 years, one a drama & one a comedy, to win Oscars for Best Actor & Best Actress The Silence of the Lambs or As Good as It Gets |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | NAMES ON THE MAP: Visited by Jacques Cartier in 1534, it was later renamed for Queen Victoria's father, the Duke of Kent Prince Edward Island |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS: Due to injuries suffered in 2 plane crashes in Africa, he was unable to accept his 1954 Nobel Prize in person Ernest Hemingway |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | LANDMARKS: From 1936 to 1987, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power helped operate this facility in another state Hoover Dam |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS: He has the most speeches of any character with 471 in 3 plays, of which 2 are histories & 1 is a comedy Falstaff |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | COMEDIC ACTRESSES: She's won Emmys for 3 different TV shows & in 2013 she broke Lucille Ball's record for most nominations by a comedic actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: This intellectual forum started in 1984, bringing together people from 3 different industries, hence its 3-letter name TED |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | NOVEL TITLES: These are not found in the Koran, & the angel Gabriel told Muhammad that they were not revealed by God the Satanic Verses |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | AUTHORS: He quit pursuing a Ph.D. in 1926 to pursue drawing, but you might say he gave himself the degree anyway Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) |
| #6580, aired 2013-04-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: The last song in this musical is "Tomorrow Is A Latter Day" The Book of Mormon |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: One of the 2 years in which 3 men served as president of the United States 1841 or 1881 |
| #6542, aired 2013-02-12 | MILITARY MEN: On June 6, 1944 he said, "The eyes of the world are upon you" Dwight David Eisenhower |
| #6539, aired 2013-02-07 | CAPITAL CITIES: It's criss-crossed by dozens of "peace walls" that separate its Catholic & Protestant neighborhoods Belfast |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | SHORT STORIES: It says, "The body of the trooper having been buried in the church yard, the ghost rides forth... in nightly quest of his head" "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: 2 of the 3 countries that are completely encircled by one other country (2 of) San Marino, Vatican City & Lesotho |
| #6519, aired 2013-01-10 | LEGAL TERMS: This term for a type of decision is from Old French for "to speak the truth" verdict |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | MEDICAL DISCOVERIES: Nicolas Paulescu isolated a substance he called pancrein, now known as this insulin |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | 1870s PEOPLE: Preserved in the West Point library, his last message reads, "Benteen. Come on. Big village. Be quick. Bring packs" General Custer |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | 19th CENTURY POETRY: He wrote, "He looked upon the garish day With such a wistful eye; The man had killed the thing he loved, & so he had to die" Oscar Wilde |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | 18th CENTURY AUTHORS: In a poem he named himself Cadenus, an anagram of Decanus, or "Dean" Jonathan Swift |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | TOP OF THE POP CHARTS: In 1978 he replaced his brothers at No. 1, who then replaced him; one of the brothers was a writer on all 3 songs Andy Gibb |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | BRANDS: Jack Odell gave his child a tiny vehicle to bring to school inside one of these items, & a toy brand name was born a matchbox |
| #6093, aired 2011-02-23 | AMERICAN LIT: He wrote, "The hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker & quicker, & louder & louder every instant" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | 19th CENTURY NOVELISTS: William Wilkinson's "An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia" inspired this author's most famous novel Bram Stoker |
| #6078, aired 2011-02-02 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Of the 20 presidents elected to a second term, 2 of the 3 who failed to complete that term (2 of) Lincoln, Nixon & McKinley |
| #6023, aired 2010-11-17 | PHRASES: In ancient Rome it was a post where racers changed direction; since 1836 it's meant a moment change occurs turning point |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | SPORTS & THE MEDIA: On February 8, 2010 the headline in a major newspaper in this city read, "Amen! After 43 Years, Our Prayers Are Answered" New Orleans |
| #5915, aired 2010-05-07 | MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES: In 1949 this kingdom dropped the word "Trans" from the beginning of its name Jordan |
| #5913, aired 2010-05-05 | MOVIE HISTORY: During the making of this classic, sets from "King Kong" & "The Garden of Allah" were intentionally burned down Gone with the Wind |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | PLAYS: Dialogue from this play: "He didn't say for sure he'd come." "And if he doesn't come?" "We'll come back tomorrow" Waiting for Godot |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | 19th CENTURY ARTISTS: This Frenchman once said, "I will astonish Paris with an apple"--here are a few of them Paul Cézanne |
| #5788, aired 2009-11-11 | THE WORLD AFTER WWII: This peninsula was divided when Japan surrendered to the U.S. below the 38th parallel & to the Soviet Union north of it the Korean Peninsula |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | THE HISTORY OF FLIGHT: In 1784 these 2 future presidents saw an early manned balloon flight in Paris &, in 1793, America's 1st, in Philadelphia John Adams & Thomas Jefferson |
| #5656, aired 2009-03-23 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: You have to go back over a century to find him, the last president who never had a vice president Chester Arthur |
| #5652, aired 2009-03-17 | RIVERS: The name of this river whose lower reaches run through Ghana is from Portuguese for "turn" or "bend" the Volta |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | NONFICTION WRITERS: On July 21, 1944 she wrote, "I'm finally getting optimistic... an assassination attempt has been made on Hitler's life" Anne Frank |
| #5498, aired 2008-07-02 | AFI's TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES: This quote, No. 31 on the list, comes 2 minutes after the No. 1 quote, & is the last line of its movie After all, tomorrow is another day! |
| #5403, aired 2008-02-20 | NOTABLE NAMES: At his death in April 1955, his brain was preserved & his ashes scattered in the Delaware River Albert Einstein |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: First mentioned in a letter by Clement IV in 1265, this item worn by the Pope features an image of St. Peter in a boat a ring |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD: This Swahili phrase has been said or sung more than 450,000 times in theatres all over the world hakuna matata |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | ORGANIZATIONS: The emblem seen here is now used in countries where this organization's original emblem was controversial the (International) Red Cross |
| #5119, aired 2006-12-07 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The Lusatian Mountains, in the western Sudeten range, form part of the border between these 2 countries Germany & the Czech Republic |
| #5038, aired 2006-07-05 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHY: The 2 outlets of the Gulf of Mexico, a strait & a channel, bear the names of these 2 land areas Florida & the Yucatán peninsula |
| #5003, aired 2006-05-17 | BRITISH MONARCHS: The last British monarch who was not the child of a monarch Queen Victoria |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | LITERARY ANIMALS: In an 1877 novel, he tells us that he was originally called Darkie, & later, Old Crony Black Beauty |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | ANCIENT OBJECTS: In I Kings 8 there was nothing inside it except 2 tablets put there by Moses the Ark of the Covenant |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | BODIES OF WATER: This sea's south boundary is a line from the southern tip of India to the eastern tip of Africa the Arabian Sea |
| #4873, aired 2005-11-16 | WORD ORIGINS: This word meaning "complete range" comes from the 3rd Greek letter, which used to be the low end of the musical scale gamut |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | RANKS & TITLES: In 1950 Pius XII was Pontifex Maximus; exactly 2,000 years earlier, this man held a title of the same name Julius Caesar |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: This 5-word rule or maxim has been attributed to both H. Gordon Selfridge & John Wanamaker The customer is always right |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | THE ELEMENTS: By weight, this element makes up more of the human body than all the others combined oxygen |
| #4697, aired 2005-01-25 | 18th CENTURY POETRY: 18th c. poem that says, "Forever cursed be this detested day, Which snatched my best, my favorite curl away!" "The Rape of the Lock" |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | BRANDS: This brand's airtight seal, introduced in 1946, was patterned after the inverted rim of a paint can Tupperware |
| #4657, aired 2004-11-30 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year H&R Block |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | POLITICAL WORDS & PHRASES: Teddy Roosevelt used this boxing phrase to announce his 1912 candidacy & said, "The fight is on & I'm stripped to the buff" (my) hat is in the ring |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | OCCUPATIONS: While working as one, Charlotte Bronte complained that one of these "has no existence, is not considered as a living... being" a governess |
| #4632, aired 2004-10-26 | AUTHORS: After several decades off it, works by this man seen here returned to the New York Times Bestseller List in 2003 J.R.R. Tolkien |
| #4631, aired 2004-10-25 | HISTORIC FIRSTS: The brother of this leader is believed to be the first known European to have died in the Americas Leif Ericson |
| #4623, aired 2004-10-13 | 1920s TRANSPORTATION: Last name of the Chicago cab fleet operator who started the "Drive-Ur-Self" rental system Hertz |
| #4592, aired 2004-07-20 | ON THE MAP: In area it's the largest African country through which the Greenwich meridian passes Algeria |
| #4589, aired 2004-07-15 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: With a book about the South, he became the first president--past or present--to publish a novel Jimmy Carter |
| #4583, aired 2004-07-07 | WRITERS: Born in 1564, he was employed by Elizabeth I's Secretary of State to uncover Catholic plots against her reign (Christopher) Marlowe |
| #4579, aired 2004-07-01 | FRUIT: This fruit of North America shares its name with a literary character who debuted in an 1876 novel the huckleberry |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | INVENTIONS: Josephine Cochrane's 1886 version of this consisted of a copper boiler, wire baskets & a pump a dishwasher |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | CLASSIC LITERATURE: "Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man..." is the epigraph to this 1818 novel Frankenstein |
| #4561, aired 2004-06-07 | WORDS & PHRASES: Once slang for brain, this 2-word phrase now means the Heritage Foundation or the Brookings Institution a think tank |
| #4518, aired 2004-04-07 | NOVELS: First published in 1897, this novel wasn't translated into Romanian until 1992 Dracula |
| #4488, aired 2004-02-25 | ASTRONOMY: The name of Mintaka, a star in this constellation, is from the Arabic for "belt" Orion |
| #4483, aired 2004-02-18 | U.S. POLITICS: On July 16, 1790 Congress created this area & some of its residents think that by now it should be a state Washington, D.C. |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | SONGS: One of the first to sing it publicly was Baltimore actor Fredinand Durang at Captain McCauley's tavern in October 1814 "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| #4399, aired 2003-10-23 | THE INTERNET: It is named in honor of a Monty Python sketch that used the word more than 100 times in 2 1/2 minutes spam |
| #4398, aired 2003-10-22 | 20th CENTURY NOTABLES: Einstein said of him, "Generations to come will scarcely believe" one such as he "walked the Earth in flesh & blood" Mohandas Gandhi |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | OPERA SETTINGS: Verdi's Nabucco, who's also known by a longer form of his name, is the king of this ancient place Babylon |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | PEOPLE: He said, "I... really never considered myself a TV star. I always thought I was a neighbor who just came in for a visit" Fred Rogers (of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood) |
| #4361, aired 2003-07-14 | MAGAZINES: For its 1st swimsuit edition in 2003, it covered 100 years of the swimsuit & included a 1917 photo of topless island women National Geographic |
| #4348, aired 2003-06-25 | TELEVISION: In Apple's I-Movie program, the effect seen here that's done with photos is named for this TV filmmaker Ken Burns |
| #4344, aired 2003-06-19 | FRUIT: From Greek for "finger", the Arabs claim it has as many culinary & pharmaceutical uses as days in a year the date |
| #4332, aired 2003-06-03 | MEDICAL PRODUCTS: On June 12, 2001 Johnson & Johnson relaunched this brand with a ceremony in a Missouri city St. Joseph aspirin |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | THE SECRET SERVICE: This 20th century U.S. president was the first to receive full-time protection from the Secret Service Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4296, aired 2003-04-14 | MOUNTAINS: All of the mountains in the U.S. over 14,500 feet are in this state Alaska |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | TELEVISION: Milli Vanilli was the first subject of this series, which came from questions like whatever happened to Milli Vanilli Behind the Music |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | U.S. COINS: These 2 states both have airplanes from the 20th century's first decade on their quarters North Carolina & Ohio (as a tribute to the Wright Brothers) |
| #4261, aired 2003-02-24 | THE 1960s: On September 26, 1960 these 2 men squared off in the studios of WBBM in Chicago John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon |
| #4144, aired 2002-09-12 | U.S. HISTORY: Dating back to the revolution, it's the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States West Point |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | TECHNOLOGY: After a demonstration of this, the April 8, 1927 New York Times said, "Commercial use in doubt" television |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS: Moving several times, the first was originally P.T. Barnum's Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome Madison Square Garden |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | ORGANIZATIONS: "Music Man" composer Meredith Willson wrote the song "Banners And Bonnets" for this organization the Salvation Army |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | ISRAEL: They are the 2 Arab countries in which Israel currently has embassies Egypt & Jordan |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He was the only vice president to be elected to, & serve, 2 full terms as president Thomas Jefferson |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | WORD HISTORIES: In old philosophy this 12-letter word referred to a fifth substance, superior to earth, air, fire or water quintessence |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BOOKS: One of its title studies is Sen. Edmund Ross' 1868 vote against convicting President Andrew Johnson Profiles in Courage |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | THE OSCARS: The 2 Best Picture nominees for 1983 that featured astronaut characters The Right Stuff & Terms of Endearment |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | AMERICAN BUSINESS: 5 beekeepers near this Iowa city formed a honey co-op in 1921; they named it for the city, but later respelled it Sioux City |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP: Tourist spots in the Asian city named for this man include Notre Dame Cathedral & Reunification Hall Ho Chi Minh |
| #3972, aired 2001-12-04 | CLIMATE TERMS: From the Latin for "restraint", these zones extend 900 miles north & south of the tropics temperate zones |
| #3952, aired 2001-11-06 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Character from an 18th century tale who felt "Above an hundred arrows discharged on my left hand" Gulliver |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | WORDS IN POETRY: The 2 "oo" 4-letter words in the poem inscribed in the base of the Statue of Liberty poor & door |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | FAMOUS PHRASES: This expression comes from a 1956 novel about Frank Skeffington's final run for mayor "the last hurrah" |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | 19th CENTURY AUTHORS: D.H. Lawrence called him "an adventurer into the vaults and...
horrible underground passages of the human soul" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #3907, aired 2001-09-04 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS: "Land Of Two Rivers" is the anthem of this country whose history goes back thousands of years Iraq |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | FAMOUS SHIPS: In December 1620 this vessel came ashore at a secondary destination because of a shortage of beer the Mayflower |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | U.S. CITIES: A city with this name is the most populous city in both Maine & Oregon Portland |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | THE MOVIES: The night before their first mass jump in 1940, paratroopers at Fort Benning saw a Western about this man Geronimo |
| #3673, aired 2000-07-19 | THE MAP OF EUROPE: Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary & Croatia, it's one of the world's newest independent countries Slovenia |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | U.S. HISTORY: In 1965 President Johnson flew to this state to sign the Medicare bill with a former president as witness Missouri |
| #3661, aired 2000-07-03 | 1962: On October 28, 1962 this 68-year-old world leader "blinked" Nikita Khrushchev |
| #3524, aired 1999-12-23 | LANGUAGES: Of the 6 official languages of the United Nations, the one spoken by the fewest people worldwide French |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY: Anglicanism got its name from the Latin "Anglicana Ecclesia", a phrase in this 13th century document Magna Carta |
| #3481, aired 1999-10-25 | THE CABINET: The seal of this cabinet department has an anvil on it Department of Labor |
| #3467, aired 1999-10-05 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: In 1958 this country's army overthrew its govt. & set up a council with a Kurd, a Shiite & a Sunni Arab Iraq |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | CORPORATE AMERICA: This Vermont food company's 1995 CEO search was an essay contest with the topic "Yo! I Want to be Your CEO" Ben & Jerry's |
| #3334, aired 1999-02-18 | MODERN AFRICAN HISTORY: Africa's newest independent state, it was an Italian colony until WWII, & later incorporated into another country Eritrea (formerly part of Ethiopia) |
| #3324, aired 1999-02-04 | FAMOUS NICKNAMES: This famous 20th century nickname is the Argentinian equivalent of "Y'know?" or "Hey, you!" Che (for Che Guevara, who was born in Argentina) |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | U.S. ORGANIZATIONS: A New Deal agency & a present-day organization, both using an eagle symbol, share these initials NRA (National Recovery Administration & National Rifle Association) |
| #3291, aired 1998-12-21 | TOYS: While making a torsion meter, an engineer got the idea for this classic toy Slinky |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | CLASSIC CHILDREN'S LIT: This children's story begins with a young farm girl saying to her mother, "Where's Papa going with that ax?" Charlotte's Web |
| #3272, aired 1998-11-24 | 1998 DISCOVERIES: Discovered by a student, the largest known one of these fills as many pages as a good-sized novel a prime number |
| #3269, aired 1998-11-19 | LANDMARKS: Plans are for steel cables to temporarily replace the over 800 tons of lead that counterbalance it The Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| #3259, aired 1998-11-05 | FAMOUS HOTELS: Cartoons from The New Yorker line the hallways of this hotel where Harold Ross conceived the magazine the Algonquin Hotel |
| #3258, aired 1998-11-04 | MUSEUMS: Its museums include the Borgia Apartments, the Etruscan Museum & the Raphael Rooms The Vatican |
| #3219, aired 1998-09-10 | U.S. POLITICS: In a popular 1928 gubernatorial campaign slogan, it preceded "but no man wears a crown" "Every man a king" |
| #3209, aired 1998-07-09 | THE EARTH: On the line of latitude known as this, the Sun doesn't rise on the winter solstice or set on the summer Arctic Circle (or for people in the Southern Hemisphere, the Antarctic Circle) |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | 1998 BESTSELLERS: 35 years after her death, she's the subject of a new collection of poems by her husband Sylvia Plath (husband is Ted Hughes) |
| #3181, aired 1998-06-01 | SHIPS: It was refloated, towed to Matauri Bay & sunk there Dec. 12, 1987, with full Maori ceremony The Rainbow Warrior (of Greenpeace) |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS: He also created a 2-letter land called Ix L. Frank Baum (creator of the Wizard of Oz) |
| #3111, aired 1998-02-23 | THE CARIBBEAN: This capital, founded by Columbus' brother, is the oldest European-founded city in the Western Hemisphere Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| #3104, aired 1998-02-12 | U.S. STATESMEN: Between 1803 & 1848, he served as a U.S. senator, Sec. of State, president & congressman, in that order John Quincy Adams |
| #3089, aired 1998-01-22 | SYNTHETICS: The name of this common kitchen material comes from its use in place of a mineral Formica |
| #3073, aired 1997-12-31 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: In Spanish this agency is known as "La Migra" the Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | CANDY: Created in 1912, they were originally marketed with the slogan "For That Stormy Breath" Life Savers |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | FAMOUS NAMES: The Washington Post once described him as "the mother of all embarrassing brothers" Billy Carter |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | THE PLANETS: Most of this planet's moons are named for Shakespearean characters Uranus |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Before its independence, this country was known as the Netherlands East Indies Indonesia |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | AMERICAN BALLET: Characters in this 1942 ballet include the head wrangler & the champion roper Rodeo |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | SECRETARIES OF STATE: This man who died in 1994 once said, "We're eyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked" Dean Rusk |
| #2869, aired 1997-02-06 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The last names of 8 different presidents end with this 3-letter combination Son (Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, W.H. Harrison, A. Johnson, B. Harrison, Wilson & L. Johnson) |
| #2854, aired 1997-01-16 | FOREIGN FILMS: With 6, this 1981 German film holds the record for most Oscar nominations for a foreign-language film "Das Boot" ("The Boat") |
| #2843, aired 1997-01-01 | AUTHORS: In 1996, 7 years after giving up law, he returned to a Mississippi courtroom & won a case for an old client John Grisham |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | THE 1500s: In 1520 he wrote Pope Leo X, "Let no person imagine that I will recant" Martin Luther |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | ARTISTS: In 1914 his brother's remains were moved from Holland to Auvers, France & buried beside him Vincent Van Gogh |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | SCIENTISTS: In 1543 he wrote, "Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the universe" Nicolaus Copernicus |
| #2635, aired 1996-02-02 | CONGRESS: On Nov. 23, 1973 Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first member of Congress to do this while in office give birth |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | POLITICIANS: In 1961, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as vice president by this mentor Sam Rayburn |
| #2571, aired 1995-11-06 | BUSINESS & LITERATURE: On March 24, 1994 this store held a breakfast to announce the new Truman Capote Literary Trust Tiffany's |
| #2124, aired 1993-11-25 | 20th CENTURY LEADERS: At age 13 in 1926, he was accepted as a novice at the abbey of Kykkos; he later taught there Archbishop Makarios |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | THE 1950s: June 2, 1953 event telecast worldwide & filmed in Technicolor Queen Elizabeth II's coronation |
| #1889, aired 1992-11-19 | POETRY: William Blake called them "The Two Contrary States of the Human Soul" and wrote songs of them innocence & experience |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | HISTORIC NAMES: For his licentious behavior, monk Grigori Yefimovich Novykh earned this nickname meaning "debauched one" Rasputin |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | SHIPS: This British navy ship left Devenport Dec. 27, 1831 & went around the world on a 5-year survey mission the HMS Beagle |
| #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | AMERICAN STORIES: Story that begins, "Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill Mountains" "Rip Van Winkle" |
| #1692, aired 1991-12-31 | THE MOVIES: This 1971 musical featured violin solos by Isaac Stern Fiddler on the Roof |
| #1658, aired 1991-11-13 | AFRICAN AMERICANS: In 1978 she became the first black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp Harriet Tubman |
| #1474, aired 1991-01-17 | FAMOUS WOMEN: 1 of 2 women who made the Top 10 on Forbes' list of the highest-earning entertainers of 1989-90 (1 of) Madonna & Oprah Winfrey |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | U.S. HISTORY: After Virginia, more Civil War battles were fought in this state than in any other Tennessee |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: This country contains South America's highest & lowest points Argentina |
| #1423, aired 1990-11-07 | SHAKESPEARE: The 3-word title of this play begins & ends with the same 7-letter word Measure for Measure |
| #1328, aired 1990-05-16 | GEOGRAPHY: It's the only country whose name begins with "A", but doesn't end with "A" Afghanistan |
| #1274, aired 1990-03-01 | WORLD HISTORY: City that was the seat of government of the viceroyalty of New Spain Mexico City |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | U.S. STATES: After Rhode Island & Delaware, it's the next smallest state in area Connecticut |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | ASTRONOMY: In 1910 it could be seen with the naked eye; in 1911 a telescope was necessary; by 1912 it was gone Halley's Comet |
| #1224, aired 1989-12-21 | AWARDS: More Congressional Medal of Honor winners have come from this war than any other the Civil War |
| #772, aired 1988-01-05 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: 2 of the 3 19th c. authors on whose stories the last 3 Tony Award winning musicals were based (2 of) Victor Hugo (Les Misérables), Charles Dickens (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), & Mark Twain (Big River) |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: Since 1970, the only cabinet department not headed by a secretary the Attorney General's Department |
| #2, aired 1984-09-11 | THE CALENDAR: Calendar date with which the 20th century began January 1, 1901 |
