| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: Cemented in Argentine history is this man, whose 1986 World Cup goal was aided by the "Hand of God" Maradona |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | HISTORY $800: This Italian family gave the world 4 popes:
Leo X,
Clement VII,
Pius IV &
Leo XI the Medici |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR $7,400 (Daily Double): The history book "The Sleepwalkers" says this event not only stirred war fever in Austria but ended the life of an advocate for peace the assassination of Ferdinand (Archduke Ferdinand's death) |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS $200: (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) The 369th Infantry Regiment has its origins as the 15th New York Infantry Regiment of this reserve section of the Army; before the U.S. entered World War I, they trained in a second floor dance studio in Harlem the National Guard |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | IMPORTANT DATES IN U.S. HISTORY $1500: November 11, 1620: before going ashore, Pilgrim leaders sign this agreement outlining self-rule in the New World the Mayflower Compact |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This largest Caribbean island's struggle for independence led to the Spanish-American War Cuba |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Around 1700 this monarch imported Western technology & turned Russia into a great European power Peter the Great |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1475 at Picquigny Edward IV & Louis XI agreed to a truce that seems to be holding in this war the Hundred Years' War |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1989 Japan got a new emperor for the first time in most of its citizens' lives, as Akihito succeeded this ruler Hirohito |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: This mystical form of Islam began c. 800 in part with a woman from Basra who introduced a new concept of the love of Allah Sufism |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | BLACK HISTORY YEAR $1000: Just after World War II, Jackie Robinson integrates Major League Baseball 1947 |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | THIS DAY IN WORLD HISTORY $100: January 9, 1863: London opens the world's first underground railway, now commonly known as this the Tube |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | THIS DAY IN WORLD HISTORY $200: October 4, 1957:
The Soviet Union launches this beach-ball-sized satellite into orbit, kicking off the Space Race Sputnik |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | THIS DAY IN WORLD HISTORY $300: February 22, 1997:
Scientists in Scotland introduce the first clone of an adult mammal, a sheep named after this country singer Dolly Parton |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | THIS DAY IN WORLD HISTORY $400: November 17, 1869:
After ten years of grueling construction, this country officially opens the Suez Canal Egypt |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | THIS DAY IN WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): April 21, 1918:
World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, best known by this nickname, is shot down & killed the Red Baron |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $800: Showcasing life in the 18th century, this Virginia attraction calls itself "the world's largest living history museum" Colonial Williamsburg |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | NONAGENARIANS $11,400 (Daily Double): Making comedy fans wait over 40 years for a sequel, this 97-year-old released "History of the World, Part II" in 2023 Mel Brooks |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD $1000: Rocky before "Rocky", this 1950s legend retired as the sole undefeated heavyweight champ in history, going 49-0 with 43 KOs Rocky Marciano |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | FASHION HISTORY $2000: In 1939, she closed her Paris shop & spent the rest of World War II in the Ritz hotel with her German boyfriend Coco Chanel |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUI, OUI, HISTORY $200: Constructed for the 1889 World's Fair, this iconic structure was originally scheduled to be torn down by 1910 the Eiffel Tower |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | OUI, OUI, HISTORY $500: The peace treaty that ended World War I was signed here, in this stately residence's Hall of Mirrors Versailles |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | NAMES IN HISTORY $2000: During World War II this Norwegian sold out his country & made his name a synonym for traitor Quisling |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | TV $400: Mel Brooks' 1981 film was really "Part I" after all; a 2023 Hulu series is called this: "Part II" History of the World |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE $800: Seen here are these heroic aviators, the first African-American combat pilots who served during World War II the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | HISTORY $1200: Marco Polo made friends with this world leader, who asked him to bring back sacred oil from Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre Kublai Khan |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | HEADGEAR & HISTORY $2000: The "steel pot" helmet of World War II had this more formal alphanumeric name, like the Garand rifle the M1 |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | WE'VE GOT HISTORY $1200: Greek for "upright slab", this type of decorated or inscribed stone marker was common in the ancient world a stele |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | TARANTINO FILMS $1600: Quentin got creative with World War II history as well as the spelling of the title of this 2009 pic Inglourious Basterds |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The Thirty Years' War began in 1618 as a conflict between these 2 major religious groups the Catholics & the Protestants |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This good guy of Christmas carol fame was actually a duke of Bohemia; he was only declared a king (& a saint) after his death Wenceslas |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: During the Mexican Revolution, U.S. Marines seized this "true cross" port & occupied it for 7 months Veracruz |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: In 1884 Hilary Richard Wright Johnson became this African country's first native-born president Liberia |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: The French did not allow the Germans to pass in this 1916 battle that lasted 10 months the Battle of Verdun |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | WE QUOTE MR. Ts $1200: Harry Truman said this man's "Plan" "will go down in history as one of America's greatest contributions to the peace of the world" Marshall |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | WORD HISTORY $400: We didn't have this word for a person who studies the natural & physical world until William Whewell invented it in 1834 a scientist |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In 1935 Persia officially became this country Iran |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1922 Howard Carter made a huge discovery in Egypt, the tomb of this royal Tutankhamun (King Tut) |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | WORLD HISTORY $900: This French peasant girl is seen here as 3 saints appear to tell her to fight the English; now, she's a saint herself Joan of Arc |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: Not too appealing, this king of the Huns was described as short & squat with a large head & a flat nose Attila |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | WORLD HISTORY $9,800 (Daily Double): This dynasty that ruled China from 1368 to 1644 was noted for its arts & culture including, of course, ceramics & porcelain vases Ming |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | I AM A CHAMPION! $400: In 2019 she surpassed Vitaly Scherbo to become the most decorated gymnast in world championship history Simone Biles |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | WHAT'S NEW IN HISTORY $800: Around 1001 a whole New World beckoned this Norse explorer who established a settlement in Vinland in North America Leif Erikson |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | A LITTLE WORLD HISTORY $800: Having time to draw a cross of his own blood on the ground, Francisco Pizarro was killed in this city in 1541 Lima, Peru |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | A LITTLE WORLD HISTORY $1200: This gruesome weapon named for its smell that some called more like garlic was used in World War I, skirting an 1899 international treaty mustard gas |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | A LITTLE WORLD HISTORY $1600: In what's known as the South Sea this of 1720, stock in a British company skyrocketed, then crashed, "bursting" investors' hopes a bubble |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | A LITTLE WORLD HISTORY $6,000 (Daily Double): He reunited the Eastern & Western Roman Empires in 324 A.D., & the new capital soon bore his name Constantine the Great |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | HISTORY COMES ALIVE WITH ERIK LARSON $200: (Erik Larson presents the clue.) My bestseller "The Devil in the White City" told the incredible true story of how a prolific serial killer lured his victims using the 1893 World's Fair in this Midwest city Chicago |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | HISTORY COMES ALIVE WITH ERIK LARSON $400: (Erik Larson presents the clue.) In "Dead Wake", I explore the infamous 1915 torpedoing by a U-boat of this luxury liner; with a loss of over 1,000 lives, including some 130 Americans, that tragedy helped convince the U.S. to join World War I in 1917 on the side of the Allies the Lusitania |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | HISTORY 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 2022-12-30 | I GOT A "B" IN HISTORY $400: In World War I the soldiers of the USA's all-Black 92nd infantry division put this animal on their patch buffalo |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | I GOT A "B" IN HISTORY $800: The 2020 killing of Iranian general Qassim Suleimani by a U.S. drone took place at the airport of this world capital Baghdad |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | A LITTLE PEACE OF HISTORY $400: Not a game show prize, the San Francisco Treaty of 1951 says in Article 1 the state of war between this country & the Allies is over Japan |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | HISTORY $200: In 1914 19-year-old Serb Gavrilo Princip triggered World War I by assassinating this man Franz Ferdinand |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Speaking at the opening of a World's Fair, he was the first U.S. president to appear on television FDR |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | WORLD WAR II $400: The 1943 Battle of Kursk was history's biggest battle of these machines, like the Soviet T-34 & the German Tiger tanks |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | CANADIAN HISTORY $2000: A World Heritage Site, these Newfoundland meadows contain the first evidence of Europeans in the New World L'Anse aux Meadows |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | JAPANESE HISTORY $1600: Certain World War II fighter planes were produced in the year 2600 of the Japanese empire, leading to this nickname the Zero |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | HISTORY $1600: It's been estimated that around 480 B.C. close to half of the world's population was in this empire founded by Cyrus the Great the Persian Empire |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | IN YOUR PREFACE $800: This sir wrote his "History of the World" (& its preface) in the early 1600s when he was imprisoned in the Tower of London Sir Walter Raleigh |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: Back in 1688 Norway regulated many sawmills to fight this problem; in 2016 it became the world's first country to ban it deforestation (clear-cutting) |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | THE PICKLE BARREL $800: Musing on history, Ralph Waldo Emerson wondered why the New World must bear the name of this thieving pickle-dealer (Amerigo) Vespucci |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | WORLD HISTORY $200: A government crackdown on protesters in Beijing on June 4, 1989 took place in this square Tiananmen Square |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | WORLD HISTORY $400: When papal armies threatened Florence in 1529, this native son & genius with stone drew up plans to fortify the city Michelangelo |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | WORLD HISTORY $600: Spain's second queen of this name took the throne in 1833 Isabella |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | WORLD HISTORY $800: 52 Americans who were held hostage in 1979 & 1980 were seized from the U.S. embassy in this city Tehran |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Under revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo, this country declared its independence from Spain in 1898 the Philippines |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $800: (Andrew Dymburt delivers the clue.) At a little before 2:00 AM on June 17, 1972, sharp-eyed security guard Frank Wills noticed tape across a door latch in this Washington, D.C. office complex, changing the course of American history Watergate |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): The largest ghetto uprising of World War II was mounted in this capital in 1943 Warsaw |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | WORLD LEADERS $200 (Daily Double): At age 39 in 2017 he became the youngest president in the history of modern France Macron |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The Latin for fief, a vassal's domain, gave this political & social system of Europe's middle ages its name feudalism |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | WORLD HISTORY $800: During a forced exile, he wrote "The Prince" & began his "Discourses on Livy" Machiavelli |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: In the 1950s riots broke out between the Tamils & Sinhalese after Sinhala was made this country's sole official language Sri Lanka |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: This 12th century warrior who battled the Crusaders was known as "The Chivalrous Saracen" Saladin |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: The first great land battle of the Hundred Years' War was the 1346 battle of this village in northern France the Battle of Crécy |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | WORLD HISTORY $400: These large, rolling weapons of war were used for the first time in 1916's First Battle of the Somme tanks |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | WORLD HISTORY $800: One of Millard Fillmore's few marks on world history was in 1852 when he put this man in charge of a naval expedition to Japan (Matthew) Perry |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: In the 13th century the Mongols destroyed the first East Slavic state, the "Rus", which had this city, not Moscow, as capital Kiev |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: Scholars struggle to decipher the language of the IVC, the civilization of this river valley, a power in south Asia in the 2000s B.C. the Indus River |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | WORLD HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): Led by King Gustavus Adolphus, Sweden entered this decades-long European conflict, a major turning point in that war the Thirty Years' War |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | RUSSIAN HISTORY & CULTURE $800: Russian for "peace" or "world", this space station hosted more than 100 people from 12 countries during its time in orbit Mir |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In Xanadu (really Shangdu) did this man become emperor of the Mongols in 1260 Kublai Khan |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | WORLD HISTORY $800: With the USSR crumbling, this Baltic nation in 1990 became the first Soviet republic to declare independence Lithuania |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: As a result of his Munich conference with Hitler in 1938, this British leader promised, "Peace for our time" Chamberlain |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: In July 1776 he set sail from England aboard the Resolution in search of a Northwest Passage James Cook |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | WORLD HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1893 he went to South Africa to do some legal work; he stayed for 21 years to work for Indian rights Gandhi |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1582 the Gregorian one of these began to replace the Julian one calendar |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Twice in the 1800s China & Britain went to war over this drug opium |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: Between the Franco-Prussian War & WWI France went through a period of peace & prosperity called this, French for "beautiful era" La Belle Époque |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: On November 9, 1918, Philipp Scheidemann proclaimed this new German republic; he later became its first chancellor (the) Weimar (Republic) |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: As a result of the Mau Mau movement against colonial rule, a state of emergency was called in this country in 1952 Kenya |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $800: The largest attack on Australia during World War II was a 1942 bombing of this port city named for a British naturalist Darwin |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: The philosopher Anaximander was credited with making an early world map & one of these time-telling devices around 560 B.C. a sundial |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | ANTHROPOLOGY $400: Mexico City's Museum of Anthropology has a representation of the history of the world via a 25-ton sun stone from this 16th century empire the Aztecs |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This nation that was formed at the end of World War I broke in 2 in 1993 Czechoslovakia |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | HISTORY $400: The Virginia Company was chartered by this king in 1606; he'd later have a New World colony named for him James I |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | NUMBERING THE NONFICTION BOOKS $200: "A History of the World in 6 Glasses" says this drink kept workers alert & was key to Britain's Industrial Revolution tea |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BRITISH HISTORY $1600: In 55 B.C. an army under this commander invaded Britain near Dover, bringing the island into contact with the Roman world Julius Caesar |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | ALTERNATE HISTORY NOVELS $1600: Set in a world where Germany & Japan prevailed in WWII, "The Man in the High Castle" is a tale from this sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | ASIAN HISTORY $400: Thailand, then known by this name, entered World War I in 1917 on the side of the Allies Siam |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | HISTORY OF FLIGHT $800: In 1986 an aircraft called Voyager became the first in history to fly non-stop around the world without having to do this refuel |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | CHINESE HISTORY $400: World Book says this "protected China from minor attacks but provided little defense against a major invasion" the Great Wall |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | BOOKS BY SUBTITLE $200: 2006:
"An Oral History of the Zombie War" World War Z |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | KEN JENNINGS--MARINE BIOLOGIST $2000: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) Marine biology with a touch of military history: during World War II, Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientists identified a crustacean whose noises were interfering with the detection of these enemy vessels submarines |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Protestant clergyman John Knox led this country's 16th century Reformation Scotland |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This man who built a united Germany resigned as chancellor in 1890 after displeasing the kaiser Bismarck |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: In 2020 this nation formerly known as Rhodesia celebrated 40 years of independence Zimbabwe |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORLD HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This religion that has Hindu & Islamic influences arose in the Punjab in the early 16th century Sikhism |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: Britain, Russia & France formed the triple this French word, the nucleus of the Allied World War I powers the Triple Entente |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: Plutarch wrote that the same day Alexander the Great was born, this temple, a wonder of the world, burned in Ephesus the Temple of Artemis |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The 1840 Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement between the British government & these native people of New Zealand the Māori |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The Black Death that killed more than a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s was an epidemic of this infectious disease bubonic plague |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | WORLD HISTORY $600: He & his squadron showed up in Uraga Harbor in 1853, & Japan was soon forced to open its ports to U.S. ships (Commodore) Admiral Perry |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | WORLD HISTORY $800: After escaping from gladiator training school, he led fellow runaway slaves in the Third Servile War Spartacus |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: From a word for "merchant", this econ. system big in the 1600s was about a favorable balance of trade & amassing precious metal mercantilism |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | NON-AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1953 Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay were on top of the world after reaching the summit of this mountain Mount Everest |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Like many cities, this capital of Poland was almost completely destroyed during World War II Warsaw |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | SPORTS HISTORY $600: This tournament was first contested in 1930 & won by host nation Uruguay, 4-2 over Argentina the World Cup |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Dittrick Medical History Center.) I'm at the Dittrick Medical History Center of Case Western Reserve University in this Midwest city that has become one of the world's leading centers for medical treatment and research Cleveland |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | WORLD HISTORY $800: The Treaty of Tordesillas, which split the New World between Spain & Portugal, was sanctioned by a man in this position pope |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1,118 (Daily Double): In 1918 Woodrow Wilson outlined these, one of which was free navigation of all seas Fourteen Points |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: China got its hands on Christianity & Buddhism via this trade "highway" the Silk Road |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: 2 aided by José de San Martín, Bernardo O'Higgins took control of this country after beating Spanish forces in 1817 Chile |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | NAVAL HISTORY $400: Launched in 1959, the USS Long Beach was the world's first surface warship powered by this nuclear power |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | A WEE BIT OF KIWI HISTORY $400: In 2011 & 2015 the New Zealand "All Blacks" became the first team to win back-to-back world cups in this sport rugby |
| #8007, aired 2019-06-04 | THE PARKER HOUSE: A HOTEL IN HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Omni Parker House hotel.) Working as a baker making Parker House rolls here at the hotel in 1912 was this future communist world leader Ho Chi Minh |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | THOSE WHO IGNORE HISTORY $2000: In World War I Italy attacked this northeast neighbor in 12--yes, 12--battles of the Isonzo River & got whupped repeatedly Austria |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | MISSOURI HISTORY $800: 62 different nations & 43 of the then 45 states were represented at this exhibition in Missouri in 1904 the World Fair (or World's Fair) |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | SCIENCE FICTION $400: "World War Z" is Max Brooks' history of a global war in the near future against these zombies |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1521 Cortes captured Tenochtitlan, & this empire was history the Aztec |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | WORLD HISTORY $800: He was history after being poisoned & shot & shot & drowned in St. Petersburg in 1916 Rasputin |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: When 12th century crusader King Baldwin I wanted a new wife, he forced his old one to enter one of these a convent |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: Britain's Roger Fenton pioneered war photography with his 1855 images of this conflict the Crimean War |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | WORLD HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1274 & 1281 Mongol invasion fleets headed to this country were blown away by storms called "divine winds" Japan |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | WORLD HISTORY $200: At its peak in the 5th century, this Hun's empire stretched from the Rhine & Danube Rivers to the Caspian Sea Attila |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | WORLD 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 |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | WORLD HISTORY $600: A church in Greenland dating from around 1000 A.D. is named for Thjodhild, wife & mom of these 2 famous explorers Erik and Leif Erikson |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Paris' Museum of Jewish Art & History has the stripes that were unjustly pulled off the uniform of this capt. in 1895 Alfred Dreyfus |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: Seen here in its launch year of 1954 is the U.S.S. Nautilus, the world's first one of these a nuclear submarine |
| #7873, aired 2018-11-28 | ACCIDENTS OF HISTORY $600: She was going to fly westward around the world, Pacific first, but an accident taking off from Honolulu made her switch Amelia Earhart |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | NOT-SO-ANCIENT HISTORY $800: The Y2K bug scared the world in the 1990s because many feared computers would read the year 2000 as this year 1900 (or 00) |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Meaning "separateness", it was the official policy of racial segregation in South Africa until the '90s apartheid |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The start of the Persian Gulf War in January 1991 was known as Operation this Desert Storm |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | WORLD HISTORY $600: This empire that reached its height under Suleyman came to an end in 1922 the Ottoman Empire |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | WORLD HISTORY $800: During the 1970s Cambodia was ruled by this radical Communist party the Khmer Rouge |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great & Marcus Licinius Crassus were the 3 men who made up the first this the triumvirate |
| #7810, aired 2018-07-20 | HISTORY IN EUROPE $800: Winston Churchill said this, AKA the Battle of the Ardennes, was the greatest American battle of World War II the Battle of the Bulge |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | WORLD HISTORY $400: It took 12 years, 1847-1859, to find out what became of John Franklin, who died searching for this Arctic passage the Northwest Passage |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): The ancient world had 2 important cities named Thebes: one in Greece & one in this land Egypt |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: This '50s & '60s Soviet leader who told the West "we will bury you" is himself buried at Novodevichy Cemetery Khrushchev |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: This national liberation front came to power in Nicaragua in 1979 & is ruling once again the Sandinistas |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: Around 1310 Pope Clement V, moved the papacy from Italy to this French city & it stayed there for almost 70 years Avignon |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Around 200 B.C. an anonymous Chinese innovator froze rice, milk & spices in a paste, creating a type of this dessert ice cream |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1202 Leonardo of Pisa urged the use of Arabic numerals including this one originally called a zephyrum & it caught on zero |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | WORLD HISTORY $600: Around 1450 printer Wynken de Worde printed an early story of this legendary outlaw & forest dweller Robin Hood |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: Heads up! Or off! the Reign of Terror ended in July 1794 with this man's execution Robespierre |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | WORLD HISTORY $3,200 (Daily Double): After a long journey, this was signed Nov. 21, 1620 to ensure the enactment of "just & equal laws" the Mayflower Compact |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | U.S. LIBRARIES $600 (Daily Double): Housing millions of records, the Family History Library in this city attracts genealogists from all over the world Salt Lake City |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This Spanish conquistador credited God & horses for his conquest of the Aztecs Hernan Cortes |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This historically higher-status people of Rwanda became the victim of genocide in the 1990s the Tutsi |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1958 crisis ensued when mainland China tried to seize Quemoy & Matsu, part of this island's territory Taiwan |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This bonnie hopeful to the throne spent less than 18 months in the British Isles in his life, 1720 to 1788 the bonnie Prince Charlie |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 400s B.C. Greek cities like Thebes & Megara had not a monarchy but this form of rule by a small group an oligarchy |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | AVIATION HISTORY $1600: With H. Ross Perot Jr. aboard, the Spirit of this state is seen here completing the first round-the-world helicopter trip Texas |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY $400: The postmark for letters & postcards for the Seattle World's Fair in 1962 featured this landmark the Space Needle |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY $2000: The world's first production plutonium reactors were at this site that still has a lot of cleanup to do Hanford |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | HISTORY ACROSS AMERICA $800: (I'm Madison Adams with CBS 11 News.)The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is in this building that in November 1963 became instantly world famous Texas School Book Depository |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: During World War I, the fact that this wife of the tsar was a German princess by birth helped make the royals unpopular Alexandra |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | FOSSIL FUELS $400: The U.S. has produced the most oil in history, but this South American nation has the world's largest store Venezuela |
| #7643, aired 2017-11-29 | I GET A KICK OUT OF HISTORY $400: A memorial unveiled in 2014 honors the spontaneous soccer games of this war's Christmas truce World War I |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | SCIENCE FICTION $1200: Like "World War Z", "Robopocalypse" is labeled this kind of history; it's told by those who survived a robot war an oral history |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | EXPLORING THE WORLD $200: (Sven Lindblad gives the clue.) My first visit to Lindblad Cove, which was named after my father who in 1966 led the first tourist expedition to this continent, it moved me deeply with its beauty & family history Antarctica |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In the early 19th century, philhellenic groups sprang up across the world to aid this country's independence Greece |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | WORLD HISTORY $800: The ANC for short, it was founded in 1912, banned in 1960 & made a legal party again in 1990 the African National Congress |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: This company established in 1602 went oost, establishing trading posts on the Javanese shore the Dutch East India Company |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: The first head of state of Chile in 1817, his baptismal certificate said he was the son of a Spanish officer of Irish origin (Bernardo) O'Higgins |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | WORLD HISTORY $2,500 (Daily Double): Step pyramids designed by the vizier Imhotep are a feature of Saqqara, this type of 10-letter dead place a necropolis |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 195 B.C. this Carthaginian fled the Romans & went into exile under the protection of the Seleucid Empire Hannibal |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | WORLD HISTORY $800: The 1864 convention in this city called for "relief to the wounded without any distinction as to nationality" the Geneva Convention |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: During the reign of Egypt's Ptolemy II around 280 B.C., Sostratus completed this ancient wonder the Lighthouse at Alexandria |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | WORLD HISTORY $1,800 (Daily Double): In 1966 the Chinese government unleashed radical youth against older Communists in this movement the Cultural Revolution |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: In 1783 the Russians began building this naval base & fortress in the Crimea Sevastopol |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: (Alex presents the clue from the National Museum of African American History & Culture.) In World War I, because of racial tensions within the Army, a black combat unit nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters was assigned to fight with the French, and because of their valor, the regiment was awarded this cross of war, one of France's highest honors the Croix de guerre |
| #7543, aired 2017-05-31 | GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $800: In Jan. 2016 in Cortina, Italy, she was fastest down the hill for the 37th time, breaking the women's World Cup record Lindsey Vonn |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1945 scientists in this state witnessed the detonation of the world's first atomic bomb New Mexico |
| #7483, aired 2017-03-08 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1579 during his trip around the world, he stopped near present-day San Francisco & named the area Nova Albion Drake |
| #7479, aired 2017-03-02 | TENNESSEE HISTORY $2000: The 1982 World's Fair was held in this eastern city, "The Gateway to the Smoky Mountains" Knoxville |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE 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 |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | WORLD HISTORY $400: After he was given the title of Liberator, he established the military Order of the Liberators of Venezuela Bolívar |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | WORLD HISTORY $800: The Olmecs flourished form around 1200 to 400 B.C. along Mexico's Gulf Coast in what became Veracruz & this "hot" state Tabasco |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: In 1492 Rodrigo of this family bribed his way to the papacy as Alexander VI the Borgias |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | WORLD HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): It's believed no public statue has ever been made of this czar & folks in Oryol City said in 2016 we don't want one either Ivan the Terrible |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: In 2009 Sri Lanka's government defeated the insurgent group called these "Tigers" after a 25-year civil war the Tamil Tigers |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | U.S. HISTORY $2000: In 1944 world powers met beneath the trees of this Georgetown mansion to lay the U.N.'s foundation Dumbarton Oaks |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | WORLD HISTORY $400: After he became Aussie P.M. in 2007, Kevin Rudd issued a formal apology to this group for the policies of past governments the Aboriginals |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: Named for a mythic king, this brother of Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon first before dying at age 15 Arthur (Prince of Wales) |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: Treaties in 1858 & 1860 handed over to Russia large sections of this northeast Chinese region Manchuria |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: In 1429 Joan of Arc escorted the soon-to-be VIIth king of this name to Reims & stood by his side as he was crowned Charles |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | WORLD HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): In an 1815 letter, he declared that the tie that bound South America "to Spain has been severed" Simón Bolívar |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | ERAS OF HISTORY $600: The Cold War is often said to have begun in this year when a war ended & the Cubs played in the World Series 1945 |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $1200: In 1840 the U.K. post office issued the world's first postage stamps, the 2 Penny Blue & the Penny this the Penny Black |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART II $200: The 1928 eruption of this Sicilian volcano buried the village of Mascali Mount Etna |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART II $400: Transparency & openness in diplomacy was No. 1 on this 1918 declaration by President Wilson the Fourteen Points |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART II $600: In 1797, 3 French agents asked for a $250,000 bribe from the U.S. in what came to be known as this 3-letter "Affair" the XYZ Affair |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART II $1000: The Lex Cornelia Majestatis was the ancient Roman & a Ghostbuster-ish way of saying "Don't cross this stream!" the Rubicon |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART II $3,000 (Daily Double): A play in 5 acts, or a king in 2 years, 1483 to 1485 Richard III |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WE LOVE MEL BROOKS $200: Mel as this man in "History of the World": "The Lord Jehovah has given unto you these 15" (Smash!) "Oy. 10! 10 Commandments!" Moses |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES $1200: This World War I U.S. Army general won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1932 Pershing |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: On April 28, 1945 this world leader very suddenly could no longer enjoy Italian Mussolini |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | FERGUSON $1000: Books by historian Niall Ferguson include "The World's Banker" The History of the House of" this Rothschild |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | SIR NAMES $1200: This courtier was imprisoned in the Tower of London when he wrote his 1614 "History of the World" Sir Walter Raleigh |
| #7224, aired 2016-01-28 | CHICAGO HISTORY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Chicago History Museum.) Made of wood & originally pulled by a steam locomotive, the car here, which transported passengers from the loop to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 is the last one remaining of Chicago's first fleet of railcars to be called by this nickname the "El" |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 478 B.C. this city-state led the Delian League to remove the Persians from Greece Athens |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: Devised in 46 B.C. & named for a Roman leader, it marked time for more than 1,500 years before being replaced Julian calendar |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: On May 7, 1954 a French outpost at this location fell to Communist Vietnamese forces Dien Bien Phu |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART II $400: Francis II, who became emperor of Austria in 1804, was also the last emperor of this the Holy Roman Empire |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART II $800: In 1962 Peter Fechter's pleas for aid went unanswered after he was shot while trying to climb over this the Berlin Wall |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART II $1200: In the 16th century Sir Walter Raleigh sailed up the Orinoco in search of this lost city of gold El Dorado |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART II $1600: In 1919 it was not "Viva" but "Muera" this Mexican reformer, killed by an agent of Venustiano Carranza (Emiliano) Zapata |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART II $2000: This WWII battle was named for the area of water between Australia & New Caledonia the Battle of the Coral Sea |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | I AM HISTORY! $2000: Ukraine-born, she moved to the U.S. in 1906 & eventually became a world leader for Israel Golda Meir |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | COMPUTER HISTORY $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew clicks the signaling device from behind a familiar lectern at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California; Jimmy is her sole human competitor.) The museum has an homage to this "Jeopardy!" cyber contestant, whose brilliance is now being put to work diagnosing illnesses, recommending better investments & helping researchers around the world find information faster Watson |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | HISTORY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) After World War I, this country gained new provinces, doubling its size; after World War II, it lost chunks in the northeast & southeast Romania |
| #7100, aired 2015-06-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): The Great White Fleet, 16 battleships that toured the world in 1907, were a show of TR's foreign policy called this the Big Stick |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | MOROCCAN HISTORY $400: The opening of the film "Casablanca" tells us during World War II the city was full of people trying to get to this European capital Lisbon |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME MOVIE $1600: Mel Brooks as Comicus & Torquemada History of the World: Part I |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Before he was the "Father of India", he led a nonviolent protest against an Asiatic registration law in South Africa (Mahatma) Gandhi |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On October 21, 1805, a combined fleet of 33 French & Spanish ships was defeated by the British in a famous naval battle off this sandy cape on Spain's southern coast Trafalgar |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: In the mid-1400s this Medici, grandfather of Lorenzo the Magnificent, headed the largest bank in Europe Cosimo |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Executed as a spy at Vincennes in 1917, she once said, "I never could dance well" Mata Hari |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: In 1805 & 1806 Mungo Park traced most of this river, from above Timbuktu to Kainji Lake the Niger |
| #6971, aired 2014-12-29 | ART & HISTORY $800: Here, Manet shows Maximilian abandoned by the French who crowned him, being shot just north of this world capital Mexico City |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $1200: In 2014 a new, more conservative government made Oz the world's first country to repeal a tax on emissions of this carbon |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1825 this revolutionary controlled an area from the Caribbean to Argentina Simón Bolívar |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1240 Batu Khan, leader of these people, sacked & burned Kiev the Mongols |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): On Jan. 26, 1808 George Johnston of Australia's New South Wales Corps led a mutiny vs. this governor & arrested him William Bligh |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: In 622 Muhammad fled from Mecca to this city, from which Islam spread across the region Medina |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: This early Germanic people in Gaul were split into 2 major branches, the Salians & the Ripuarians the Franks |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | A "B" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: A 1944 conference in this New Hampshire resort resulted in the creation of the IMF & the World Bank Bretton Woods |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | SPANISH HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) When the Armada was defeated in 1588, the Spanish Empire covered large areas of the New World; by 1825, only these two island possessions remained Cuba & Puerto Rico |
| #6894, aired 2014-07-31 | MEDICAL HISTORY $400: In 1980 this medical organization, the W.H.O., announced that smallpox had been eradicated worldwide World Health Organization |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | BOOKS WITH SUBTITLES $2000: Earth is a scary place in this recent Max Brooks novel subtitled "An Oral History of the Zombie War" World War Z |
| #6879, aired 2014-07-10 | GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY $1000: On all 4 voyages to the New World, Columbus' ships stopped for supplies at this island group off Morocco's coast the Canary Islands |
| #6876, aired 2014-07-07 | CHINESE HISTORY $400: Begun in 486 B.C., China's "Grand" this is the world's longest manmade waterway Canal |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | ASIAN HISTORY $600: In the 17th c. this country's East India Company took over the Moluccas & controlled the world clove trade the Netherlands |
| #6811, aired 2014-04-07 | QUOTABLE QUOTES $3,000 (Daily Double): Year in which a U. S. president remarked, "this is the greatest week in the history of the world since the creation" 1969 |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | FLYING INTO HISTORY $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.) Used in every theater of World War II, the B-25 Mitchell is best known as the plane used by Doolittle's Raiders in the dramatic 1942 attack immortalized on film as "Thirty Seconds Over" this city Tokyo |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | FLYING INTO HISTORY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.) The F4U Corsair's unusual bent wings helped reduce
the aircraft's drag; the wings also folded to save storage space when it operated from these, as it did in the Pacific in both World War II & the Korean War an aircraft carrier |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | FLYING INTO HISTORY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.) In the P-51 Mustang, the Allies finally had a fighter with the range to fly from England into the heart of Germany & back; when he saw mustangs over Berlin, this Luftwaffe chief reportedly said he knew that World War II was lost Hermann Goering |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | FLYING INTO HISTORY $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.) Most of the more than 3,000 Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighters built during World War II were delivered as part of the lend-lease program to this country for use in what was called the Great Patriotic War the Soviet Union |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | THE "RENT" IS DUE $1000: "The Mental Floss History of the World" is this kind of "Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits" irreverent |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The 1360 Treaty of Bretigny in which France agreed to pay a ransom for King John II created a temporary peace in this war the Hundred Years War |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | WORLD HISTORY $400: He's depicted here dealing with a tough knot In one of the storied moments of his career. Alexander the Great |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 219 B.C. this Carthaginian attacked the Roman ally of Saguntum in Spain, & Rome soon declared war. Hannibal |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | WORLD HISTORY $800: A 1987 wave of violent Palestinian unrest Is known as the first this, from Arabic
for "shaking off." intifada |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: Before the Aztec, the prior great Mexican civilization was of these other people in -tec support Toltecs |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | HISTORY OF CARS $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California.) The 1946 Kurtis Ross Page Special that raced in the first Indy 500 after World War II had this clear plastic for its windshield, much lighter than traditional material Plexiglas |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | HISTORY OF CARS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California.) During World War II, the use of chrome was curtailed by Washington because it was needed for the war effort. This resulted in cars with little trim work that were referred to as these, also a term for a city's strategy against nighttime air raids blackout |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1907 Col. George Goethals was appointed chief engineer to build this Central American waterway the Panama Canal |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1840 the London Missionary Society sent this Scot to Africa, where he established a base in Bechuanaland (David) Livingstone |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In the fifth and sixth century, southern Britain was invaded & conquered by Germanic tribes from this historic region, whose name still exists in the names of three German states Saxony |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: On May 2, 1670 this enterprise was granted a charter to trade in furs & to colonize North America the Hudson's Bay Company |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | WORLD HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): On August 26, 1789 France's National Assembly approved this "declaration" that proclaimed, "men are born and remain free" the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | THE WORLD SERIES $400: Yankee manager from 1949 to 1960, he won 37 World Series games, the most of any manager in history Casey Stengel |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1969 Apollo 11 landed humans here for the first time ever the Moon |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | WORLD HISTORY $800: On Sept. 3, 1939 Great Britain & then France declared war on Germany, & this war was on World War II |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: In August 2008 the Summer Olympics took place in this Asian country China |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: The Gregorian one of these replaced the Julian one in 1582 & moved the date forward 10 days to catch things up a calendar |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: This khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, ruled much of Asia by the time he died in 1294 Kublai |
| #6660, aired 2013-07-26 | JAPANESE HISTORY $2000: From the 1630s to 1850s, this port on Kyushu served as Japan's only window to the Western World Nagasaki |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | BORN ON THE 24th OF JULY $600: She winged her way into the world on July 24, 1897 & flew into history just shy of her 40th birthday Amelia Earhart |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The 1948 airlift to this capital city was designed to thwart a Soviet blockade Berlin |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Vercingetorix was the leader of this people of France defeated by Julius Caesar the Gauls |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: The O.A.S. was a secret French force that sought to prevent this African country from gaining independence Algeria |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: The legendary wealth of this king in what's now Turkey didn't help in 546 B.C. when the Persians defeated him Croesus |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | WORLD HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): The 1st planned convict settlement in Australia was at this bay named for its abundance and variety of life Botany Bay |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This English captain called his 1587 raid on Cadiz, destroying much of the Armada, "singeing the King of Spain's Beard" Sir Francis Drake |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Enduring into the 20th Century, this last Chinese Imperial Dynasty is also called the Qing the Manchu Dynasty |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: This organization includes countries that spent centuries fighting, but it won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize the European Union |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: In 597 B.C., this Babylonian king captured Jerusalem & took 18-year-old King Jehoaichin back to Babylon as a captive Nebuchadnezzar |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: In 1961 Algerians began training rebels from this West African colony who wanted independence from the Portuguese Angola |
| #6618, aired 2013-05-29 | IT'S "NATIONAL" $800: A book on the history of this organization & its magazine is subtitled "Behind America's Lens on the World" National Geographic |
| #6610, aired 2013-05-17 | SCIENCE FICTION $1200: In 2010's "Blackout", people with this academic job are sent back from 2060 to do fieldwork in World War II history professors |
| #6591, aired 2013-04-22 | MUSIC & HISTORY $400: "Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser" was made popular during this war World War I |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | HISTORY IS HAPPENING $800: On Sept. 21, 1931 Herbert Hoover faces the obvious & says, "The world is passing through a Great" one of these Depression |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The August 1819 Battle of Boyaca in Colombia convinced the bulk of the Spanish royalist army to surrender to him Bolívar |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $800: "Finlandization" entered the language to mean official neutrality under the influence of this country the USSR |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: In Italy in the 1920s, you wore a black shirt to identify yourself as a member of this party the Fascist Party |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: In 1368 the Chinese told this dynasty, also called the Yuan, you Khan go now the Mongol |
| #6522, aired 2013-01-15 | WORLD HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): Count de Chabrol really liked to count; he coined this term for Napoleon's brief return, March 20 - July 8, 1815 the Hundred Days |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $1200: Sydney's ANZAC war memorial was built to honor the Australian & New Zealand Army Corps, which helped win this war World War I |
| #6408, aired 2012-06-27 | THE RIVER OF HISTORY $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) Depicted here is the historic moment when American & Russian forces met on April 25th, 1945, at Torgau, Germany, on this river the Elbe |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | BAD ENDINGS FOR WRITERS $2,000 (Daily Double): This courtier & author of a "History of the World" was executed at the Tower of London in 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $400: No. 1 is the inner coffin of Hornedjitef, an ancient priest of this kingdom, from the 3rd century B.C. Egypt |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $800: The bronze head of this first Roman emperor butted its way onto the list Caesar Augustus |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $1600: A recent artifact is a Sharia-compliant credit card issued in 2009 in this federation of states in the Middle East the UAE (United Arab Emirates) |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $2000: British pride added a helmet from this site where an undisturbed 7th-century Anglo-Saxon burial ship was excavated Sutton Hoo |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $4,500 (Daily Double): The 19th C. is represented by a chronometer from this ship that helped make scientific history in the 1830s The Beagle |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE $200: In the 1100s Joachim of Fiore divided history into stages of the father, the son & coming soon--this the holy spirit |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE $400: The history of the formation of these culminates in the megalopolitan stage cities |
| #6314, aired 2012-02-16 | GETTING AN EDUCATION $1600: History: In July 1918 the bodies of this world leader & his family were thrown in a mine shaft Nicholas II |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were spread out over three continents: 2 were in Africa, 3 in Asia, & the 2 in Europe were the Colossus of Rhodes & this other statue the Statue of Zeus (at Olympia) |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | VIDEO GAME HISTORY $200: It was joystick to the world in 1977 when this company released its 2600 system Atari |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | VIDEO GAME HISTORY $800: OK chums, Deathwing the Dragon has caused a "cataclysm" on Azeroth in a 2010 expansion of this massive game World of Warcraft |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | SCIENCE FICTION $1000: Max Brooks left us wanting more braaaains with "World War Z", an oral history of the war versus them Zombies |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | THE WORLD TRADE CENTER & GROUND ZERO $400: The tallest of the new buildings, first dubbed the Freedom Tower, will soar this many feet to signify a big year in American history 1,776 |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This ancient city grew powerful in part because the Tiber provides a convenient route to the sea 15 miles away Rome |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1871 the Treaty of Frankfurt ended the war between France & this German state, led by Bismarck Prussia |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | WORLD HISTORY $600: This Cairo square was the heart of the 18 days of protest that toppled Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011 Tahrir Square |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Zinoviev & Pyatakov were 2 victims of the 1930s proceedings called these trials due to their being public show trials |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1819 Sir Stamford Raffles of this company established a post at Singapore Harbor for Britain the British East India Company |
| #6147, aired 2011-05-10 | HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Stretching from the Taurus Mountains in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, with its heart between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers, is this ancient region, home to the world's first cities Mesopotamia |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | SUMMER READING? $400: Barbara Tuchman's history of the events that led to World War I is called these "of August" The Guns |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 896 Prince Arpad led the Magyar people over the Carpathians & entered this land, their permanent home Hungary |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: In 1816 Shaka became leader of this African people & embarked on a program of conquest Zulu |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: Richard I negotiated a treaty with this Saracen, allowing Christian pilgrims to enter Jerusalem freely Saladin |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: In 1669 this loose confederation of North German cities met for the last time the Hanseatic League |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | WORLD HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): Effective January 1, 1948, Italy's new constitution outlawed this political party the Fascist Party |
| #6033, aired 2010-12-01 | 18th CENTURY HISTORY IN ART $2000: The battle here is off South Africa in 1757 during this conflict that's been called the "real first world war" the Seven Years' War |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | DIARIES $400: On July 25, 1945 this president wrote, "We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world" Harry Truman |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | KATIE COURIC, WITNESS TO HISTORY $800: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) My first network job was as deputy correspondent at this site, preparing me for interviewing the Petraeuses & Odiernos of the world the Pentagon |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | A MAJOR IN HISTORY $400: During this war Major Martin R. Delany became the U.S. Army's first black field officer Civil War |
| #5954, aired 2010-07-01 | THE QUOTABLE '60s $800: In 1967 he told his daughter, "Your daddy may go down in history as having started World War III" (Lyndon) Johnson |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | WRITTEN BEHIND BARS $1600: While imprisoned in the Tower of London, this Elizabethan courtier began writing a "History of the World" (Walter) Raleigh |
| #5866, aired 2010-03-01 | 20th CENTURY FOX HISTORY $800: In "History of the World, Part I" he plays a waiter at the Last Supper & asks if the diners want separate checks Mel Brooks |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | HISTORY VIA STICK FIGURES $1000: Seen here is a representation of this world leader during a noted 64 A.D. event Nero |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | HISTORY OF DRINK $800: Named for a town in Jalisco, this liquor was created after the Spanish introduced distilling to the New World tequila |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | COLUMBUS DISCOVERS THE NEW WORLD $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) 34 days into crossing the Atlantic, Columbus quelled a small mutiny on October 10th; just 2 days later on October 12th, he changed history forever by coming ashore on the island he gave this holy name San Salvador |
| #5699, aired 2009-05-21 | THE WORLD AT WAR $1000: Unprepared for this man leading an army force over the Andes in 1817, the Spanish Empire lost Chile & Argentina José de San Martín |
| #5654, aired 2009-03-19 | A STORIED HISTORY $200: He traveled the world & beyond with his novels "Poland", "Caribbean" & "Space" (James) Michener |
| #5630, aired 2009-02-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On April 2, 1917 President Wilson told Congress, "The world must be made safe for" this democracy |
| #5620, aired 2009-01-30 | "D" MEN OF HISTORY $400: In 1581 this world-circumnavigating sailor was made the mayor of Plymouth, England Sir Francis Drake |
| #5602, aired 2009-01-06 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In the 3rd century B.C., during the reign of Shih Huang Ti, at least 1 million slaves were used to build this the Great Wall |
| #5602, aired 2009-01-06 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Columbus was the first European to reach S. America, landing at the mouth of the Orinoco in what's now this country Venezuela |
| #5602, aired 2009-01-06 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: Overthrown by the revolution of 9 Thermidor, he died on the guillotine, ending the Reign of Terror Robespierre |
| #5602, aired 2009-01-06 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: In 1935, under U.S. rule, it became a commonwealth with Manuel Quezon as president the Philippines |
| #5602, aired 2009-01-06 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: At the Battle of Lewes in 1264, this king & his son Edward were defeated & captured by Simon de Montfort Henry III |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This Hun got an annual tribute of 2,100 pounds of gold from the Romans Attila |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1488 this king of Spain sent 100 Moorish slaves to Pope Innocent VIII who gave them as gifts to Cardinals Ferdinand |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: She died at Fontevrault in 1204, having survived 2 husbands: Louis VII & Henry II Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: Once known as the Gold Coast, it was the first member of the Commonwealth of Nations governed by Black Africans Ghana |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: This founder of the Mughal Dynasty gained control of Delhi & Agra after victory in the 1526 Battle of Panipat Babur |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | WORLD CAPITAL HISTORY $200: This city was just a regional capital before Kublai Khan made it, for the first time, the political center of the nation Beijing |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | WORLD CAPITAL HISTORY $400: The military & administrative center of the Aztecs became this capital of the colony of New Spain Mexico City |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | WORLD CAPITAL HISTORY $600: An oasis that was the residence of the Ibn Saud family, it became the capital when the country was formed in 1932 Riyadh |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | WORLD CAPITAL HISTORY $800: This North African city was once a Roman fortress named Babylon; the Mamelukes made it an African capital Cairo |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | WORLD CAPITAL HISTORY $1000: Prospering under Tatar rule & expanding as it intersected trade routes, this city became a capital in the 15th century Moscow |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | CRAYOLA: A COLORFUL HISTORY $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a melting tray at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) The makers of Crayola introduced dust-free school chalk; it was so successful that it won a gold medal at the 1904 World Exposition in this city St. Louis |
| #5542, aired 2008-10-14 | NOMINATIVE DETERMINISM $800: This Jamaican made history in Beijing by setting world records in the 100 & 200 meters (Usain) Bolt |
| #5536, aired 2008-10-06 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $2000: 2 of the 3 member nations of the Triple Alliance at the beginning of World War I Austria-Hungary & Germany (also Italy) |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1770 Capt. James Cook became the first European to sight Australia's fertile east coast, which he named "New" this South Wales |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Ginza in Tokyo.) Not much keeps the spirit of Tokyo down; this event in 1923 basically destroyed the city, but it was completely rebuilt in 1930 an earthquake |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: In the 1540s John Calvin made this Swiss city a center of Protestant might Geneva |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: At the urging of this general now on the 5-peso note, Argentina declared its independence from Spain July 9, 1816 (Jose de) San Martin |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $5,000 (Daily Double): By 1833 Spain had lost all of its empire in the New World except Cuba & this island; 65 years later, it lost those, too Puerto Rico |
| #5501, aired 2008-07-07 | WAR $200: The biggest war in history was this one involving 61 countries & more than 110 million soldiers World War II |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Have you heard the latest buzz? The Mayans domesticated this native insect the bee |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Thessaly, the land from which this Argonaut leader set out, also had a 4th century B.C. ruler of that name Jason |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1950, 2 years into his long dictatorship, he invaded South Korea Kim Il-sung |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | WORLD HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew narrates from Lima, Peru.) The Plaza Mayor, Lima's main square since colonial days, was used for executions during the time of this tribunal that began in Peru around 1568 the Inquisition |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 601 the Lombards destroyed this Italian city, home to a shrewish Kate, but it made a quick comeback Padua |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | WORLD UP! $2000: In 1980 Luis Garcia Meza took power in this landlocked S. Amer. country that's had more than 180 coups in its history Bolivia |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1271 he left Venice for the Far East with his father & uncle; 24 years later, he finally made it back home Marco Polo |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $400: On Feb. 18, 2008 the U.S. recognized this new Balkan state Kosovo |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In a 1587 edict, Boris Godunov bound these to the land they worked on by forbidding their trade serfs |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Cities like Copan thrived in this Mesoamerican civilization's Classic Period, until about 900 the Maya |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: J.J. Dessalines, who bore scars from his master's whip, wanted to kill all whites on his island, now called this Hispaniola |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The Geneva Accords of 1954 split this SE Asian country in 2 at 17 degrees North latitude Vietnam |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 73 B.C. this Thracian gladiator began a 2-year slave revolt against Roman rule Spartacus |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | WORLD HISTORY $800: During World War II, this queen of the Netherlands headed her government-in-exile from London Wilhelmina |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1923 France & Belgium occupied this German industrial region named for a Rhine tributary the Ruhr |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): Called the "Sick Man of Europe" in the early 20th century, this empire collapsed just after WWI the Ottoman Empire |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE $600: 1897:
Theodor Herzl holds the first congress of this group; in one year it would have 800 chapters in Europe the World Zionist Congress |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The 843 Treaty of Verdun divided his empire; grandson Louis II received lands east of the Rhine River Charlemagne |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Around 4,500 years ago, the bronze age Minoan civilization emerged on this Mediterranean island Crete |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: The Glorious Revolution of 1688 brought this Dutchman to power as king of England, Scotland, & Ireland William of Orange |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: In the 5th century B.C., this Greek historian wrote that it took 100,000 men 20 years to complete the Great Pyramid Herodotus |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: It's been estimated that this grand inquisitor put to death about 2,000 people during his term of office, 1483-1498 (Tomás de) Torquemada |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | WORLD WAR I $800: In the 1st raid of its kind in history, the British town of Yarmouth was bombed in 1915 by a German one of these a Zeppelin |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | "O.L." $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports next to a giant cetacean at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.) Featuring the world's biggest blue whale model, one of New York's most iconic spaces is the American Museum of Natural History's Milstein Hall of this Ocean Life |
| #5383, aired 2008-01-23 | WHERE IN THE WORLD IS SAN DIEGO? $1000: In Presidio Park, a museum named for this Franciscan missionary has exhibits on early San Diego history Junípero Serra |
| #5374, aired 2008-01-10 | BOARD GAME HISTORY $200: In the 1950s Parker Brothers took a French game called "Conquest of the World" & turned it into this Risk |
| #5370, aired 2008-01-04 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 2006 $1000: He led the French team to the finals of soccer's World Cup, only to be ejected after headbutting an Italian player (Zinedine) Zidane |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | HISTORICAL ROLES $1600: In this 1981 comedy "Part I", Mel Brooks plays Moses & Louis XVI History of the World |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY $1200: (Hi, I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson.) I'm the director of this world-famous planetarium here at the museum, opened in 1935 & named for a philanthropist the Hayden Planetarium |
| #5320, aired 2007-10-26 | THEATRE HISTORY $1600: In 1882 his play "Ghosts" had its world premiere in Chicago, not in Oslo, but it was presented in Norwegian Ibsen |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1071 the Seljuk Turks, who practiced this religion, defeated the Byzantine Army at the Battle of Manzikert Islam |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This King of Aragon freed the Catalan Serfs in 1486 & captured Granada in 1492 King Ferdinand |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: Now in Poland, in 1361 this shipbuilding city became a member of the Hanseatic League Gdansk |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: Around 2500 B.C. the Harappan Civilization sprung up around this river in Pakistan & northwestern India the Indus |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: An economic crisis forced this Indonesian leader to resign on May 21, 1998, ending 32 years of autocratic rule Suharto |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | THE NEW YORK TIMES JOURNALISTS $1000: Pulitzer-winning op-ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman wrote "A Brief History of the 21st Century" in "The World is" this Flat |
| #5247, aired 2007-06-05 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $1200: The Soviets chose June 1940 to take over the Baltics; world attention was elsewhere, as this country fell the same week France |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The Allies began the invasion of Italy on July 10, 1943 by landing on this island Sicily |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1606, Willem Janszoon landed on Cape York Peninsula, becoming the 1st European to visit this continent Australia |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: In 1885 this country's Leopold II established the Congo Free State as his own personal property Belgium |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a member of this "dark" Serbian terrorist group the Black Hand |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: The Pragmatic Sanction gave this Holy Roman Empress the legal right to inherit her father's territories Maria Theresa |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In July 1962 this Soviet leader began building missile sites in Cuba; in October, the U.S. noticed them Khrushchev |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Government House in Nassau has a statue of this man believed to have first made landfall in the Bahamas Columbus |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1200 Africa's Shona people had a mighty city called "Great" this, adopted in 1979 as Rhodesia's new name Zimbabwe |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | WORLD HISTORY $800: More than a million died in this country's civil war that ended with the death of Carranza in 1920 Mexico |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1793 the Committee of Public Safety would try people & execute them by this method all in the same day the guillotine |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1980s $400: In 1984 the world came to this West Coast city to compete in the Summer Olympics Los Angeles |
| #5161, aired 2007-02-05 | TEENS IN HISTORY $2000: By age 16, Nijinsky was already known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World" as one of these performers a ballet dancer |
| #5159, aired 2007-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The city of Leipzig, now in this country, was the site of an 1813 battle called the greatest clash of arms before WWI Germany |
| #5159, aired 2007-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In the first major charity event of its kind, a concert was held Aug. 1, 1971 to raise money for this country Bangladesh |
| #5159, aired 2007-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $600: Ruling from 1764 to 1795, Stanislaus II was the last king of this country Poland |
| #5159, aired 2007-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $800 (Daily Double): In the 1939-1940 "Winter War", the vast Soviet war machine was unleashed against this smaller country Finland |
| #5159, aired 2007-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1910 Korea was annexed by this country that held it for the next 35 years Japan |
| #5141, aired 2007-01-08 | KURDISH HISTORY $800: The Kurds almost got their own homeland following this war, but the Treaty of Sevres was abrogated World War I |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: John Rolfe came to the new world to grow this cash crop; picking up Pocahontas was a bonus tobacco |
| #5054, aired 2006-07-27 | GREAT PEOPLE OF HISTORY $200: Aristotle was a tutor of this world conqueror Alexander the Great |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | THE 18th CENTURY WORLD $400: In 1723 William Buchanan published a detailed history of this U.K. country's clans Scotland |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $800: In 1952 the U.N. started a commission on this to make the world a less lethal place disarmament |
| #4969, aired 2006-03-30 | YES, SIR! $400: Knighted in 1585, from 1603 to 1616 he was imprisoned in the Tower of London & wrote his world history there Sir Walter Raleigh |
| #4945, aired 2006-02-24 | IMPORTED TELEVISION $2000: A presenter on the BBC version of this PBS show called it "a detective story, a game show, and a history lesson" Antiques Roadshow |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | FASHION HISTORY $1000: In 1939 she closed her Paris shop & spent the rest of World War II in the Ritz Hotel with her German boyfriend (Coco) Chanel |
| #4873, aired 2005-11-16 | AROUND THE WORLD $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from outside a black brick edifice in Lubeck, Germany.) The elaborate use of brick in Lubeck, Germany began early in the city's history, partially in response to this disaster in 1157 fire |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | CHINESE HISTORY $800: In 868 this dynasty produced the world's first block-printed book, but not the drink favored by astronauts Tang |
| #4833, aired 2005-09-21 | THE WORLD SERIES $1000: This Yankee catcher hit the 1st pinch-hit home run in Series history in '47; he hit 11 more homers in his Series career Yogi Berra |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA $3,800 (Daily Double): While in prison in the 1920s, he wrote "Glimpses of World History", a series of letters to his daughter (Jawaharlal) Nehru |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | "T"s ME $1200: Sir Walter Raleigh was living in this prison when he wrote his "History of the World" the Tower of London |
| #4807, aired 2005-06-28 | WORLD WAR II $2000: In terms of tonnage involved, the 1944 battle for this Philippine gulf was the greatest in history Leyte (Gulf) |
| #4798, aired 2005-06-15 | VACATION POSSIBILITIES $1600: The now peaceful vista shown here at the Somme might be part of a tour of places that enter history as these World War I battlefields |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | SPORTSMEN $400: In 2003 Michael Phelps became the first man in this sport's history to break 2 individual world records in 1 day swimming |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Around 284 B.C. Zenodotus of Ephesus became the first superintendant of this city's library Alexandria |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This "Great" Brit was the youngest son of King Ethelwulf Alfred |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: Around 500 B.C. this Persian king built Persepolis; parts of the city's audience hall & palace are still standing Darius the Great |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: In 1402 Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I was captured in the Battle of Ankara by this conqueror from Samarkand Tamerlane |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: For defeating Hannibal in the Battle of Zama, ending the Second Punic War, Scipio was granted this Latin surname Africanus |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The "Anschluss" was the forced union of Austria with this country in 1938 Germany |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $800: The Contras were a U.S.-backed force battling the government of this country Nicaragua |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: The Irgun was a secret underground organization fighting to establish this nation Israel |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: A record of all the land in England, this "Book" was commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 the Domesday Book |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | WORLD HISTORY $1,800 (Daily Double): World leaders met at the Congress of this city in 1815 to decide the fate of Europe after Napoleon's defeat Vienna |
| #4745, aired 2005-04-01 | THE FDR LIBRARY $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to the original document in the collection room of the FDR Presidential Library in Hyde Park, NY.) On his December 8, 1941 speech, FDR crossed out the words "world history" & used this one word for evil repute infamy |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | COMING SOON... HISTORY! $200: 1 man, 1 scientific mission... to tame the heavens... In 1752 he would invent the lightning rod... & electrify the world Benjamin Franklin |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | COMING SOON... HISTORY! $1000: In a world that cried out for a... map projection... only this Flemish cartographer would heed the call Mercator |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This pair fled the Battle of Actium soon after fighting began, & their forces surrendered to Marcus Agrippa Antony and Cleopatra |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Around 981 this explorer was banned from Iceland for 3 years for killing a neighbor in a feud Erik the Red |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1969 West Irians voted to remain a part of this nation, & the U.N. recognized its control of Irian Jaya Indonesia |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): From Aug. 19 to 21, 1991, this leader was placed under house arrest during an attempted coup by hardliners (Mikhail) Gorbachev |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: The last of Henry VIII's wives to be beheaded, she was accused of adultery & 2 of her lovers were beheaded as well Catherine Howard |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | WORLD ATHLETES $800: Nicknamed "The Rocket" in 1945 he became the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season (Maurice) Richard |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | NEPALESE HISTORY $600: Promulgated in 1990, the Nepali constitution is the only one in the world that makes this the state religion Hinduism |
| #4655, aired 2004-11-26 | ART HISTORY $9,800 (Daily Double): The analytic type of this style broke the world into fragments; the synthetic type put it together Cubism |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | A DATE WITH HISTORY $2,200 (Daily Double): Many still remember that it was on this December date in 1941 that the U.S. officially entered World War II December 8 |
| #4643, aired 2004-11-10 | WEIRD HISTORY $1600: During the Battle of the Marne in this war, 6,000 French soldiers were rushed to the front lines in taxicabs the First World War |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In the first Punic War, Rome conquered Corsica, Sardinia & this largest island of the Mediterranean Sicily |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | WORLD HISTORY $800: At a 1943 meeting in this N. African city, FDR & Churchill agreed to an invasion of "the soft underbelly of the Axis" Casablanca |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: In 1961 this Asian country invaded the small colonies of Daman, Diu & Goa, & defeated the Portuguese India |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: In 1530 a statement of faith, or "confession", was issued from this German city named for a Roman Emperor Augsburg |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | WORLD HISTORY $4,600 (Daily Double): On August 1, 1798 Admiral Nelson delivered a fatal blow to the French fleet near the Rosetta mouth of this river the Nile |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | GREAT MOMENTS IN HISTORY $400: The first brewery in the New World was opened in 1612 in the city that then had this "Dutch" name New Amsterdam |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | ASIAN HISTORY $200: In a 2003 annual cost-of-living survey, it was ranked as the world's most expensive city Tokyo |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Toledo military academy class of 1910 grad who went on to become a dictator Francisco Franco |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Mindon, as emperor of this country, set up a new capital in 1857 at Mandalay Burma |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: Edmund "Crouchback" founded this branch of the Plantagenets that didn't get on well with the Yorks the Lancasters |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: In 1825 the Decembrists attempted a coup in this country--didn't work Russia |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | WORLD HISTORY $4,800 (Daily Double): His 5 classics were canonized during the Han Dynasty Confucius |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $2000: During World War II, the Japanese repeatedly bombed this city on Australia's northern coast Darwin |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | PULITZER PRIZES $1200: Nicknamed "Black Jack", his memoir "My Experiences in the World War" won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for History General Pershing |
| #4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NYC MUSIC HISTORY $400: Dvorak's "New World Symphony" debuted in this venue in 1893: The Beatles played there in 1964 Carnegie Hall |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | "A" IN HISTORY $200: The youngest branch of the U.S. military, it was created soon after World War II the Air Force |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | "A" IN HISTORY $1000: It's the first name of Italian navigator Vespucci, who made several trips to the New World around 1500 Amerigo |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: In this Yucatan culture, caves were the portal between our world & Xibalba, the world of the gods the Mayan |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: Members of the lower class, they were contracted to work without wages to pay for their passage to the New World indentured servants |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | FRENCH HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Between 1309 & 1377, Avignon, France, was the seat of power for this important world figure the pope |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | VENEZUELAN HISTORY $300 (Daily Double): It drops 3,212 feet from a mesa in the Guiana highlands & was discovered from the air in 1935 Angel Falls |
| #4459, aired 2004-01-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: On Nov. 11, 1918, Pvt. Henry Gunther became the last American casualty in this war World War I |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: WAC, the Women's Army Corps, was created during this war World War II |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | HISTORY $2000: On June 28, 1914 this 18-year-old Serb assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand, leading to World War I Gavrilo Princip |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1000: This Canadian company, formerly British, is the oldest chartered company in the world Hudson's Bay Company |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1472 this island group known for its pony & sheepdog was annexed to Scotland Shetland Islands |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | WORLD HISTORY $800: The Visigoth Empire went out of business in 711 when it was defeated by this north African group in Spain Moors |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: Term for the period in England from 1760 to 1840 during which steam power & big factories came into vogue Industrial Revolution |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1600: This doctor lit up China as its provisional president in 1911 Sun Yat-sen |
| #4191, aired 2002-11-18 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: 4,000 years ago, this island was starting its middle Minoan period Crete |
| #4122, aired 2002-07-02 | FROM FRANCE $400: De Tocqueville called this event that changed world history "Inevitable
yet... completely unforseen" the French Revolution |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $800: The 1967 World's Fair held in this city celebrated the city's 325th anniversary & Canada's centennial Montreal |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | WORLD FLAGS $800: During its modern history, this country has had several flags, most depicting the temple of Angkor Wat Cambodia |
| #4064, aired 2002-04-11 | HISTORY $2000: In the 1600s this country had mastered the seas with the world's largest fleet, an aid to its East India Company Holland (the Netherlands) |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | LONDON LITERARY TOUR $2000: A copy of his 1614 "History of the World" is kept in the tower of London, where he was imprisoned when he wrote it (Sir Walter) Raleigh |
| #4051, aired 2002-03-25 | FILM COMEDIES $1000: Mel Brooks played Moses & Torquemada in this 1981 film History of the World, Part I |
| #4045, aired 2002-03-15 | A DATE WITH HISTORY $400: The Sept. 1, 1939 invasion of this nation began World War II Poland |
| #4045, aired 2002-03-15 | A DATE WITH HISTORY $1200: Bobby Fischer became the first American world chess champion defeating this man on Sept. 1, 1972 Boris Spassky |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | "GREAT" HISTORY $200: This long defensive barrier was designated a World Heritage site in 1987 the Great Wall of China |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In September 1664 this governor of New Amsterdam surrendered to the British, ending Dutch power in the New World (Peter) Stuyvesant |
| #3971, aired 2001-12-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On Jan. 19, 1977 President Ford pardoned this woman who'd been convicted of treason in World War II Tokyo Rose |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | THE HISTORY CHANNEL $200: Jay Leno says of this mode of transport that in a complex world, "you get on it, you kick it & it goes" a motorcycle |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | THE HISTORY CHANNEL $500: When the lady seen here first arrived in America, this was her official name Liberty Enlightening the World |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 5 $200: In 1970 he crossed the Atlantic on Ra II to prove the ancient Egyptians could have sailed to America Thor Heyerdahl |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 5 $400: In this country in 1992, extremists destroyed a 400-year-old Muslim mosque built on the believed site of Rama's birth India |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 5 $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew is at Sea World in San Diego.) Europeans learned about penguins from this Portuguese explorer, the namesake of these ---- penguins Ferdinand Magellan |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 5 $800: Fleeing the Romans in 195 B.C., Hannibal took refuge with King Antiochus III in what's now this Mideast country Syria |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 5 $1000: On Feb. 12, 1912 the rule of the Manchu dynasty ended when this emperor abdicated Pu Yi |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | HISTORY FROM HOLLYWOOD $200: 1927's "Wings" features great dogfight scenes set in this war World War I |
| #3778, aired 2001-01-24 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 4 $100: Deriving its name from the Russian for "fellow traveler", it made news in 1957 Sputnik |
| #3778, aired 2001-01-24 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 4 $200: President Mireya Moscoso of this country oversaw the 1999 transfer of control of a major ship canal Panama |
| #3778, aired 2001-01-24 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 4 $300: This man named his brother king of Spain in 1808 Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #3778, aired 2001-01-24 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 4 $400: Leading to new & better fire codes, the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire in this Midwest U.S. city killed over 500 Chicago |
| #3778, aired 2001-01-24 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 4 $500: In 1534 this king began a reassertion of English influence in Ireland Henry VIII |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | AMERICAN BEER HISTORY $300: In 1612 Adrian Block & Hans Christiansen established the New World's first known brewery on this island Manhattan |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | AMERICAN BEER HISTORY $500: Beverage World reports that in 1996 the U.S. exceeded this country in number of breweries for the first time Germany |
| #3770, aired 2001-01-12 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $300: In 1867 this dual monarchy was created under the rule of Francis Joseph I; it lasted until the end of World War I Austria-Hungary |
| #3751, aired 2000-12-18 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $800: This Chiricahua Apache was a popular attraction at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis Geronimo |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | HISTORY $500: Born aboard the Mayflower in the New World, he grew up to be a captain of militia, & maybe a falconer too Peregrine White |
| #3741, aired 2000-12-04 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 3 $200: Elections held following WWII in 1946 made this group the dominant Czech political party Communist Party |
| #3741, aired 2000-12-04 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 3 $400: This labor union whose members forge Fords left the AFL-CIO in 1968 but rejoined in 1981 UAW (United Auto Workers) |
| #3741, aired 2000-12-04 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 3 $800: On August 22, 1922 gunmen took the life of this Irish leader played by Liam Neeson on the big screen Michael Collins |
| #3741, aired 2000-12-04 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 3 $1,000 (Daily Double): Medieval plagues were caused in part by widespread killing of these now common animals, then considered evil Cats |
| #3741, aired 2000-12-04 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 3 $1000: In 1598 Henry IV granted French Protestants religious freedom by issuing this edict Edict of Nantes |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | WORLD HISTORY $100: He was tutored by Aristotle, tamed Bucephalus & cut the Gordian Knot; then after lunch... Alexander the Great |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Exactly 600 years after the Norman Conquest, London suffered through plague & this other major disaster the Great Fire of London |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | WORLD HISTORY $300: While trying to figure out why there were 2 of these, the 1409 Council of Pisa elected a third one popes |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | WORLD HISTORY $400 (Daily Double): In 1864 the first Red Cross conference was convened in this city Geneva, Switzerland |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In February 1961 violence erupted in this Portuguese possession in West Africa Angola |
| #3700, aired 2000-10-06 | YOU'RE HISTORY! $400: More lives were lost in this war that began in 1939 than in any other war in history World War II |
| #3697, aired 2000-10-03 | HISTORY IN MOVIES $800: In "Sahara", set in this war, German soldiers attack Humphrey Bogart at a desert oasis World War II |
| #3671, aired 2000-07-17 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $1000: This Elizabethan courtier never completed his "History of the World", so it only goes up to the 2nd century B.C. Sir Walter Raleigh |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 2 $200: Established in 1624 by the Dutch, it's the old name for New York City New Amsterdam |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 2 $400: Babur, a Muslim ruler from Central Asia, conquered India in 1526 & established this empire the Mogul Empire |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 2 $600: Now president, this man was previously appointed General Secretary of China's Communist Party in 1989 Jiang Zemin |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 2 $800: In 900 A.D. Gorm the Old became this Scandinavian country's first monarch Denmark |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 2 $1000: In 1936 Francisco Franco began his revolution against the Spanish republic in these islands off northwest Africa Canary Islands |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | LIBRARIES $2,000 (Daily Double): The Family History Library in this state capital houses the world's largest genealogical collection Salt Lake City |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART 1 $100: Code-named "Operation Valkyrie", the "July Plot" of 1944 was an attempt to kill this leader Adolf Hitler |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART 1 $200: This event on October 8-9, 1871 forced thousands of Illinois residents to flee their homes Chicago Fire |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART 1 $300: In 325 A.D. this "Great" leader presided over the Religious Council of Nicaea Constantine |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART 1 $400: The public farewell seen here took place in this year:
(Nixon leaving Washington) 1974 |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART 1 $500: In his last battle, this man defeated Pompey's sons & supporters in 45 B.C. at Munda in Spain Julius Caesar |
| #3564, aired 2000-02-17 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $400: The Girl Scouts established a world friendship fund in memory of this Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $200: Well I'll be a monkey's uncle, in 1859 he shocked the world with his "Origin of Species" Charles Darwin |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Martin Behaim made the world's first known globe in this year when some say the world was proved round 1492 |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | WORLD HISTORY $400: An 1888 treaty said this canal was neutral & would remain open even during a war Suez Canal |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | WORLD HISTORY $700 (Daily Double): The day America declared its independence, this person was on the throne of Russia Catherine the Great |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Sostratus of Cnidus built this city's famous lighthouse in the early 3rd century B.C. Alexandria |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: This monk who died in 735 got the info for his history of England through correspondence Venerable Bede |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: In World War II Hitler invaded France through these 2 small countries on France's northeast border Belgium & Luxembourg |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This country's Shang dynasty arose in the 1700s B.C. along the Yellow River China |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This explorer sailed to North America on 3 different ships: the Hopewell, Half Moon & Discovery Henry Hudson |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Among those to reach this fabled African outpost in the 19th century were Rene Caillie & Gordon Laing Timbuktu |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In June 1955 the Argentine navy staged an unsuccessful revolt against this dictator Juan Peron |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: The Cuban Missile Crisis & the 1967 Arab-Israeli War occurred while he served as U.N. Secretary-General U Thant |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | WORLD HISTORY $100: For most of the 15th century this Indian empire ruled over what's now Mexico Aztec Empire |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | WORLD HISTORY $200: No one really knows what this French girl, who saved Orleans, looked like; maybe like Leelee Sobieski or Milla Jovovich Joan of Arc |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In 71 B.C. Spartacus led a slave revolt against this empire Roman Empire |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Queen Victoria's prime minister 2nd Viscount Melbourne had a city in this country named for him in 1837 Australia |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | WORLD HISTORY $500: Catherine of Aragon, a daughter of Ferdinand & Isabella, married this British king Henry VIII |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): A 1969 war between Honduras & El Salvador followed a qualifying match for this sporting event World Cup (of soccer) |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This system of ranking social orders was developed by the Aryans in ancient India the caste system |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Bartolomeu Dias constructed & outfitted 4 ships for this man's 1497-1498 voyage from Lisbon to India Vasco da Gama |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $600: During his 46-year reign, this 18th c. king doubled the size of Brandenburg-Prussia Frederick the Great |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Many mark the beginning of the French nation with the crowning of this king in 987 Hugh Capet |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: Around 1650 B.C. these people made their capital at Hattusas in central Anatolia in what is now Turkey the Hittites |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | IT'S A WEIRD WORLD $300: In Earth's history, this field has flipped over many times switching its north & south poles magnetic field |
| #3442, aired 1999-07-20 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In World War II only Mexico & this largest Latin American country provided troops to the Allied cause Brazil |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $100: The people were seeking guns & gunpowder when they stormed this Paris landmark July 14, 1789 the Bastille |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The Tokugawa shogungate ruled this country from 1603 to 1867 Japan |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $300: This Venetian arrived at the Chinese court in 1275 with his father & uncle Marco Polo |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $400: On Feb. 10, 1840 Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha married her Victoria |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $500: 1 of the 3 former Soviet satellites that joined NATO in 1999 (1 of 3) Czech Republic, Hungary, or Poland |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Ferdinand & Isabella promised to make him "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" if he was successful in his 1492 voyage Christopher Columbus |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1455 Johann Fust won a judgment against this printer & took the type used to print his famous Bible Johannes Gutenberg |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): In 1795 Austria, Prussia & Russia partitioned this country, eliminating its existence Poland |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $800: At the death of Cardinal Mazarin in 1661, this French king declared that he would serve as his own prime minister Louis XIV |
| #3404, aired 1999-05-27 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: This ancient north African city-state was protected by a high wall about 23 miles in length Carthage |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | WORLD HISTORY $100: This Navy commander flew from a base at Little America to the South Pole & back Nov. 28-29, 1929 Admiral Richard Byrd |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Accused of accepting bribes, Francis Bacon was imprisoned in this forbidding complex in 1621 the Tower of London |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | WORLD HISTORY $300: More than 250,000 died in fighting before France granted this African nation independence July 3, 1962 Algeria |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1784 she founded the city of Sevastopol in her new domain of the Crimea Catherine the Great |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | WORLD HISTORY $500: This Portuguese "Admiral of the Indian Seas" discovered & named the Amirante Islands Vasco da Gama |
| #3401, aired 1999-05-24 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $300: The first Englishman to sail around the world, he later served in the British Parliament Sir Francis Drake |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY 101 $200: World War II began in Europe in this decade when Nazi troops invaded Poland the 1930s (1939) |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY 101 $400: This "Rough Rider" was FDR's uncle by marriage as well as his cousin Theodore Roosevelt |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY 101 $600: From ancient times until 1935, Iran was known by this name Persia |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY 101 $800: These Asiatic nomads were led by Attila from 434 to 453 A.D. the Huns |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | WORLD HISTORY 101 $1000: Born in 1819, she lived until 1901, the last 64 years as queen Queen Victoria |
| #3370, aired 1999-04-09 | U.S. HISTORY $200: Her first attempt to fly around the world ended in March 1937 when her plane crashed in Hawaii Amelia Earhart |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: The U.S. Marine Corps was first established to fight in this war The Revolutionary War |
| #3263, aired 1998-11-11 | READING, WRITING & ROCK & ROLL $400: This Sam Cooke song says, "Don't know much about history, don't know much biology" "Wonderful World" |
| #3253, aired 1998-10-28 | PUBLIC HISTORY $300: Rhyming nickname of the man seen here who kept the world informed in 1991 "Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | HISTORY ON THE SCREEN $200: Jean Stapleton played this towering American on the big screen in "Eleanor, First Lady of the World" Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #3236, aired 1998-10-05 | CORPORATE HISTORY $200: This man's name is on the world's bestselling bourbon Jim Beam |
| #3231, aired 1998-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $200: It took about 20 minutes for this British liner to sink after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915 Lusitania |
| #3231, aired 1998-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Winston Churchill was imprisoned in Pretoria during this war but made a daring escape in 1899 The Boer War |
| #3231, aired 1998-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 982 he sailed from Iceland to Greenland with his household & livestock Eric the Red |
| #3231, aired 1998-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1814 & 1815 Napoleon ruled this island as a principality Elba |
| #3231, aired 1998-09-28 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: The U.N. General Assembly held its first meeting on January 10, 1946 in this European capital London |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | WORLD HISTORY $200: During the Tang dynasty, 618 to 907, Chang'an in this country was the most populous city in the world China |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The Grimaldi family first gained control of this country in 1297 Monaco |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1944 this island country severed all its formal ties with Denmark & became a republic Iceland |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In December 1812 this Venezuelan wrote the "Cartagena Manifesto", a famous essay on independence Simon Bolivar |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1199 this crusader king of England was mortally wounded while besieging the castle of Chalus Richard the Lionhearted |
| #3211, aired 1998-07-13 | AFRICAN HISTORY $400: This trade in Africans was long practiced by Arabs but increased with the New World's plantations Slavery |
| #3191, aired 1998-06-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: On November 14, 1889, the New York World called her trip, "The Longest Journey Known to Mankind" Nellie Bly |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | MEL BROOKS MOVIES $500: "History of the World -- Part I" featured Mel as Moses, Torquemada & the waiter at this Biblical dinner The Last Supper |
| #3181, aired 1998-06-01 | GENESIS $1000: His 12-volume "A Study Of History" probed the genesis, growth & decline of the world's great civilizations Arnold Toynbee |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | GOLDEN BEAR HISTORY $800: In 1947, winning the first college World Series, Cal beat this school whose first baseman was George Bush Yale |
| #3154, aired 1998-04-23 | HISTORIES $400: He won the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature partly for his 6-volume history of World War II Winston Churchill |
| #3154, aired 1998-04-23 | HISTORIES $800: Barbara Tuchman won her first Pulitzer for this history of the beginning of World War I "The Guns of August" |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1492 he chartered the Santa Maria from Juan de la Cosa, who became its sailing master Christopher Columbus |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Until abolished in 404 A.D., gladiatorial games had been held at this Rome site for over 300 years The Colosseum |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $600: On April 10, 1974 she resigned as Israel's prime minister but served as a caretaker until June Golda Meir |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In the 1770s this British sea captain circled Antarctica but ice packs kept him from sighting land James Cook |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: This 16-year-old "Black Prince" led his men to victory at the battle of Crecy in August 1346 Edward |
| #3117, aired 1998-03-03 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Implicated in a plot to kill Hitler, this "Desert Fox" committed suicide rather than stand trial Erwin Rommel |
| #3117, aired 1998-03-03 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: On Feb. 12, 1912, the last emperor of this dynasty abdicated, ending more than 3,000 years of Chinese monarchy Manchu |
| #3109, aired 1998-02-19 | HISTORIC WORLD LEADERS $500: He conquered more of the world than any other man in history Genghis Khan |
| #3058, aired 1997-12-10 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1981 this country formally annexed the Golan Heights, land it had held militarily since 1967 Israel |
| #3058, aired 1997-12-10 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Magellan visited these islands in 1521; MacArthur visited them in 1942, then returned in 1944 Philippines |
| #3058, aired 1997-12-10 | WORLD HISTORY $600: After a 22-year reign, this country's Queen Christina abdicated June 6, 1654 Sweden |
| #3058, aired 1997-12-10 | WORLD HISTORY $800: The 1842 Treaty of Nanking ended the first of these "drug" wars Opium Wars |
| #3058, aired 1997-12-10 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1959 a disgruntled Buddhist monk assassinated this country's PM Solomon Bandaranaike Ceylon/Sri Lanka |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | WORLD HISTORY $100: In 1934 & 1935 this Chinese Communist leader led the Red Army on the "Long March" Mao Tse-tung |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1826 this Low Country established its first tea plantations on Java the Netherlands (Holland) |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | WORLD HISTORY $300: Before the Battle of Trafalgar, he told his fleet, "England expects every man will do his duty" Lord Nelson |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Stephen I, the son of a Magyar prince, became king of this country in 1000 A.D. Hungary |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In 1920 the League of Nations gave this country a mandate to administer the territory of Namibia South Africa |
| #3053, aired 1997-12-03 | QUOTATIONS $100: Napoleon said, "The history of" this Italian city "is the history of the world" Rome |
| #3020, aired 1997-10-17 | WORLD HISTORY $100: When Ferdinand VII died in 1833, his 3-year-old daughter Isabella II ascended this country's throne Spain |
| #3020, aired 1997-10-17 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1191 this "Lion-Hearted" king of England captured Cyprus & Acre during the Crusades Richard I |
| #3020, aired 1997-10-17 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1584 William I of Orange was assassinated in this Dutch city known for its blue & white pottery Delft |
| #3020, aired 1997-10-17 | WORLD HISTORY $500: This battleship on which the WWII Japanese surrender terms were signed saw combat during the Gulf War U.S.S. Missouri |
| #3020, aired 1997-10-17 | WORLD HISTORY $900 (Daily Double): This dictator's last battle was his defeat of Pompey's sons at Munda in 45 B.C. Julius Caesar |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | TELEVISED HISTORY $300: The whole world was watching the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention in this city Chicago |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1953 Ibn Saud organized this country's first cabinet to modernize the government Saudi Arabia |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | WORLD HISTORY $400: During the Spanish Civil War, this Fascist Party founder sent troops to aid General Francisco Franco Benito Mussolini |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In November 1980 Poland's Communist Party officially recognized this trade union Solidarity |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Later the namesake of an African country, he served as prime minister of Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896 Cecil Rhodes |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: Aristotle called him the "Savior of his country and the ideal lawgiver" Solon |
| #2998, aired 1997-09-17 | FEMINISM $100: This pun on the word "History" is the title of a 1995 book about women who changed the world Herstory |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | HISTORY $200: In 1963 a "Hot Line" emergency link went into effect between Washington, DC & this world city Moscow |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | WORLD HISTORY $100: Wheat was introduced to the New World by this explorer in 1493 Christopher Columbus |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | WORLD HISTORY $200: On Sept. 3, 1996 the U.S. launched cruise missiles against this country for attacking Kurd territory Iraq |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | WORLD HISTORY $300: Last name of the brothers who made an overland trek in the 1260s from Bukhara, Uzbekistan to China Polo |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This personal guard of Roman emperors consisted of 9 cohorts of 1,000 soldiers each the Praetorian Guard |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In April 1992 Pres. Alberto Fujimori suspended this country's constitution & dissolved the legislature Peru |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | WORLD HISTORY $200: An armistice to end this war was signed at Panmunjom in July 1953 The Korean War |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1429, while leading an attack on Paris, she was wounded by an arrow Joan of Arc |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | WORLD HISTORY $600: A Greek military coup in 1974 briefly deposed Archbishop Makarios, president of this island nation Cyprus |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1250 the Mamelukes, originally slaves, seized control of this African country & ruled until 1517 Egypt |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): A phase of the Napoleonic Wars, The Peninsular War, 1808-1814, was fought on this peninsula Iberian Peninsula |
| #2956, aired 1997-06-09 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1982 he became the first Pope in modern history to visit Sicily Pope John Paul II |
| #2956, aired 1997-06-09 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Ahmose I, who reigned circa 1554-1525 B.C., founded this country's 18th dynasty Egypt |
| #2956, aired 1997-06-09 | WORLD HISTORY $600: This queen of the Netherlands married Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1901 Wilhelmina |
| #2956, aired 1997-06-09 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1828 Brazil & Argentina recognized this neighboring country as an independent republic Uruguay |
| #2956, aired 1997-06-09 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: This empress of Mexico was a first cousin of Queen Victoria Carlota |
| #2951, aired 1997-06-02 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): Before he became king of England, George VI served in the Royal Navy & fought in the Battle of Jutland during this war World War I |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In April 1796 this French officer defeated the Sardinians at Mondovi, gaining Savoy & Nice for France Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1517 Cordova became the first Spaniard to reach Mexico when he landed on this east coast peninsula Yucatan Peninsula |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In a 1797 Canary Islands battle, this British naval hero's right arm was wounded & later amputated Lord Nelson |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 490 B.C. this Persian king sent an army into Greece but it was defeated at the Battle of Marathon Darius |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | WORLD HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): On July 22, 1969 he designated Juan Carlos as his successor in Spain Francisco Franco |
| #2937, aired 1997-05-13 | BRITISH HISTORY $500: World condemnation made the 1956 British-French occupation of this canal a disaster Suez Canal |
| #2935, aired 1997-05-09 | HISTORY $200: The Treaty of Versailles ended this war & set up the League of Nations the First World War |
| #2927, aired 1997-04-29 | TOUGH HISTORY $400: The 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas divided the New World between Portugal & this neighboring country Spain |
| #2922, aired 1997-04-22 | WORLD HISTORY $100: Wladyslaw Gomulka was first secretary of this country's Communist party from 1956-1970 Poland |
| #2922, aired 1997-04-22 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1517 the Ottoman Turks took this country & put a pasha in power; today a Mubarak rules Egypt |
| #2922, aired 1997-04-22 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In 1740 he became king of Prussia & elector of Brandenburg Frederick the Great |
| #2922, aired 1997-04-22 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This Russian czar spent the last few years of his life composing a list of people he had murdered Ivan the Terrible |
| #2922, aired 1997-04-22 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In 1513 this Spaniard made the first recorded European exploration of what is now the U.S. mainland Ponce de Leon |
| #2912, aired 1997-04-08 | U.S. HISTORY $500: The first major engagement for U.S. troops in this 20th century war was the Battle of Belleau Wood World War I |
| #2898, aired 1997-03-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In June 1967 LBJ met with this Soviet premier in Glassboro, N.J. to discuss world problems Alexei Kosygin |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | IRISH HISTORY $400: Despite American pressure, Ireland maintained this stance during World War II neutrality |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: 15 indentured servants were aboard this ship when it sailed for the new world, Sept. 16, 1620 The Mayflower |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | WORLD HISTORY $100: This country's King Louis IV was nicknamed "Louis from Overseas" because he was raised in England France |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | MUSEUMS $200: One of the largest natural history museums in the world, this NYC facility has over 40 exhibition halls American Museum of Natural History |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | WORLD HISTORY $200: William Laud, an archbishop of this who opposed the Puritans, was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1645 Canterbury |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | WORLD HISTORY $300: The first of this Mongol conqueror's many wives was Borte, to whom he was betrothed as a child Genghis Khan |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Born in 12 A.D., this cruel & unbalanced Roman emperor was a great-grandson of Mark Antony Caligula |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | WORLD HISTORY $500: The Portuguese captured Muscat, now the capital of this sultanate, c. 1508 but were driven out in 1650 Oman |
| #2808, aired 1996-11-13 | WORLD TRAVEL $100: Actors should enjoy the Theater History Museum inside this Danish capital's Royal Court Theater Copenhagen |
| #2791, aired 1996-10-21 | HISTORY $1000: Justinian built this Turkish church 532-537 intending to make it the most splendid in the world the Hagia Sophia |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In the 13th century, this Indian group settled in the valley of Mexico Aztecs |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1918 this country was formed from Bohemia, Moravia & Slovakia Czechoslovakia |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1983 this general became head of Panama's military; in 1989 U.S. troops overthrew him Manuel Noriega |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1486 this Tudor king married the daughter of Edward IV, uniting the houses of Lancaster & York Henry VII |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: Victor Paz Estenssoro was president of this landlocked South American country 1952-56, 1960-64 & 1985-89 Bolivia |
| #2777, aired 1996-10-01 | WORLD HISTORY $200: On August 8, 1588, the English defeated this fleet of Philip II at the Battle of Gravelines the Armada |
| #2777, aired 1996-10-01 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This "Great" Russian czar's 43-year reign, 1682-1725, was the longest in the Romanov line Peter the Great |
| #2777, aired 1996-10-01 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1292 this family of Venetian explorers escorted a Mongol princess to Persia the Polos |
| #2777, aired 1996-10-01 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In the mid-1500s Akbar the Great, son of Humayun, ruler of Delhi, reigned over this empire in India the Mogul Empire |
| #2777, aired 1996-10-01 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In October 1942 General Bernard Montgomery defeated the Germans at this Egyptian city El Alamein |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | WORLD HISTORY $100: In 1949 this city became the capital of the Nationalist Chinese government Taipei |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | WORLD HISTORY $200: A Finnish statesman gave his name to the Mannerheim Line in Finland's 1939 war against this country the Soviet Union (Russia) |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In 1599 Richard & Cuthbert Burbage built this famous theatre the Globe |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In the 16th century Peru was called New Castile & Mexico was called this New Spain |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | WORLD HISTORY $500: This future president led the 1952 military coup that forced Farouk's abdication Nasser |
| #2763, aired 1996-09-11 | WORLD HISTORY $100: It officially ended September 2, 1945 World War II |
| #2763, aired 1996-09-11 | WORLD HISTORY $200: From about 460 to 429 B.C., Pericles was the undisputed leader of this city Athens |
| #2763, aired 1996-09-11 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In 1137 she inherited the duchy of Aquitaine Eleanor |
| #2763, aired 1996-09-11 | WORLD HISTORY $400: After its expulsion, this family returned to power in Florence under the 1529 Treaty of Barcelona the Medicis |
| #2763, aired 1996-09-11 | WORLD HISTORY $500: The Irish Republican Army evolved from the Irish Volunteers, a group who planned this 1916 rebellion the Easter Rebellion |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | WORLD HISTORY $100: In 1785 this future French emperor graduated from military school in Paris, 42nd in his class of 58 Napoleon |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Barons & churchmen drew up this 1215 document to reduce the power of England's King John The Magna Carta |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In 1519 he & his men landed at Tabasco & began the Spanish conquest of Mexico Cortes |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1936 Italy conquered this Ethiopian capital & Haile Selassie fled to Great Britain Addis Ababa |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In this mid-1930s this U.S. naval officer chartered the Edsel Ford mountains in Antarctica (Admiral) Byrd |
| #2756, aired 1996-09-02 | WORLD HISTORY $100: When Abel Tasman discovered this island in 1642, he called it Van Diemen's Land Tasmania |
| #2756, aired 1996-09-02 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The Chinese plan called the Great Leap Forward was initiated by this leader in 1958 Mao Tse-tung |
| #2756, aired 1996-09-02 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In 1986 this dictator fled Haiti, ending 28 years of rule by his family Baby Doc Duvalier |
| #2756, aired 1996-09-02 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 405 B.C. Spartan commander Lysander won the final victory over the Athenians in this war the Peloponnesian War |
| #2756, aired 1996-09-02 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In 1358 Lubeck, on the Baltic coast, became the headquarters of this league the Hanseatic League |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1912 it was the largest & most luxurious ship ever built; it sank on its 1st voyage Titanic |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The Bayeux Tapestry is a graphic representation of this man's conquest of England William the Conqueror |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | WORLD HISTORY $600: Ruling from 1792-1750 B.C., he had the laws of Babylon carved into an 8' high block of stone Hammurabi |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 404 B.C., this city surrendered, ending the 27-year-long Peloponnesian War Athens |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: It's said the epitaph on Cyrus the Great's tomb called him the founder of this empire Persian Empire |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In October 1979 the State Department allowed this country's shah into the U.S. for medical treatment Iran |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In the Potsdam Declaration of July 26, 1945, the Allies asked for this country's unconditional surrender Japan |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | WORLD HISTORY $600: The last Piast ruler, Casimir the Great, reigned over this country from 1333 to 1370 Poland |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: This Muslim warrior captured Jerusalem from the Christians in 1187, triggering the Third Crusade Saladin |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | WORLD HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 508 Clovis, ruler of the Frankish kingdom, made this city his capital Paris |
| #2724, aired 1996-06-06 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): The Keokuk Dam, then the world's largest, opened in 1913 across this river the Mississippi |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | WORLD HISTORY $100: On October 14, 1066, Harold II was killed at the Battle of Hastings by this conqueror's men William |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Louis Botha who led the Transvaal forces during this war later became the Union of South Africa's 1st prime minister the Boer War |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In 1804 Jean-Jacques Dessalines became the first president of this Caribbean nation Haiti |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In February 1985 Spain reopened its border with this British dependency Gibraltar |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In 1628 these French Protestants lost the city of La Rochelle to Cardinal Richelieu's troops the Huguenots |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1659 the British captured & settled this island where Napoleon died St. Helena |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | WORLD HISTORY $400: From 1942 to 1944, this resort was the government seat of German-occupied France Vichy |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 336 B.C. this father of Alexander the Great was killed while preparing to go to war against Persia Philip of Macedonia |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1236 this Russian who later defeated the Swedes at the Neva River became Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky |
| #2712, aired 1996-05-21 | WORLD HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): He served as U.N. Secretary-General longer than any other man, 10 years & 58 days U Thant |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | WORLD HISTORY $100: In 1975 this Cuban-leader sent several thousand troops to Angola Fidel Castro |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | WORLD HISTORY $200: When Mussolini came to power in the 1920s, he abolished all political parties in Italy except this one Fascist |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | WORLD HISTORY $300 (Daily Double): In 1975 Imelda Marcos became the first governor of the metropolitan area of this capital Manila |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1976 this Libyan leader put forth his principles of Arab nationalism in "The Green Book" Qadhafi |
| #2703, aired 1996-05-08 | WORLD HISTORY $500: Goncalo Cabral claimed the Azores for this country in 1431 & the islands were soon colonized Portugal |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1972 Richard Nixon met in Beijing with this founder of Communist China Mao Tse-tung |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | WORLD HISTORY $400: On February 24, 1946, he was elected president of Argentina in a landslide Juan Peron |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | WORLD HISTORY $600: This April 1916 Dublin rebellion was led by poet Patrick Pearse Easter Rising |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1922 the USSR consisted of Russia, Belorussia, Transcaucasia & this republic Ukraine |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1000 this ruler of the house of Arpad became the first king of Hungary King Stephen I |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | WORLD HISTORY $100: At the time of the Spanish conquest, this empire occupied parts of Peru, Argentina, Chile & other countries Incan |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | WORLD HISTORY $200: England's King Edward I banned the burning of this fuel, objecting to the dirt & fumes coal |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | WORLD HISTORY $300: When Columbus reached this island in 1493, he named it San Juan Bautista Puerto Rico |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | WORLD HISTORY $400: After serving time in prison, future Yugoslav President Josip Broz adopted this code name Tito |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | WORLD HISTORY $500: During the reign of Bela III, 1173-1196, this country became one of the leading European powers Hungary |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 447 he & his band of Huns devastated the area between the Mediterranean & Black Seas Attila |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1971 this country's constitution set up 3 cultural regions: Flanders, Wallonia, & Brussels Belgium |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1910 this British scholar & army officer explored Syria on foot Lawrence |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | WORLD HISTORY $800: From 1849 to 1861, he ruled the kingdom of Sardinia Victor Emmanuel |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: Mungo Park disappeared in 1806 while exploring this west African river Niger |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | WORLD HISTORY $100: The history of the Tower of London goes back to the fortress built by this conqueror William The Conqueror |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1633 he was brought before the Inquisition for believing the doctrine of the Earth moving around the sun Galileo |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In 1812 Napoleon's Grand Army of 614,000 invaded this country; months later only 40,000 were left Russia |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | WORLD HISTORY $400: German for "empire", the first one was the Holy Roman Empire; the second was founded in 1871 Reich |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | WORLD HISTORY $500: This Athenian's code was so strict, you could be executed for stealing a cabbage Draco |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Grolier says this great king of Macedonia was the first monarch to be called "Great" Alexander the Great |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Searching for wealth & the Fountain of Youth, he landed in what's now Florida April 2, 1513 Ponce de Leon |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | WORLD HISTORY $600: This Babylonian is said to have received his code from the sun god Shumash Hammurabi |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): This Mexican army officer & dictator lost a leg while fighting the French at Veracruz in 1838 Santa Anna |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: On April 7, 1831 5-year-old Pedro II became emperor of this South American country Brazil |
| #2644, aired 1996-02-15 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Founded in the 200s B.C., this Egyptian city's library had the world's largest collection of scrolls Alexandria |
| #2644, aired 1996-02-15 | WORLD FACTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Artifacts from the Chaco War are displayed in the Military History Museum in this Paraguayan capital Asuncion |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 969 the Fatimids conquered Egypt & made this city a center of the Muslim world Cairo |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1776 Spain created a colony called the Viceroyalty of the Rio De La Plata on this continent South America |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1960 Prince Norodom Sihanouk became leader of this country, but declined the title of king Cambodia |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1615 this explorer who has a large island & bay named for him searched for the Northwest Passage William Baffin |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1968 Marcello Caetano replaced this longtime dictator as ruler of Portugal Antonio de Salazar |
| #2615, aired 1996-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $100: In Korea this process used metal type by 1250 printing |
| #2615, aired 1996-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $200: On May 21, 1932 she landed in Northern Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly the Atlantic solo Amelia Earhart |
| #2615, aired 1996-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $300: Seymour Hersh won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on this 1968 massacre My Lai |
| #2615, aired 1996-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In June 1800 he defeated Austrian general Michael von Melas at the Battle of Marengo Napoleon |
| #2615, aired 1996-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In July 1901 Morocco signed an agreement with this European country, setting its frontier with Algeria France |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1870 this country's Isabella II abdicated in favor of her son Spain |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1975 Khalid succeeded this man, assassinated by a nephew, as king of Saudi Arabia King Faisal |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $600: After succeeding Tiberius, this emperor had Tiberius' grandson executed Caligula |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1191, Berengaria married this king of England in Limassol, Cyprus Richard the Lionheart |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $1,111 (Daily Double): For his independence of Soviet influence, Imre Nagy was removed as this country's premier in 1955 Hungary |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | WORLD HISTORY $200: From 841-845 Buddhists were persecuted by this country's Tang Dynasty China |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This exiled religious leader returned to Iran on Feb. 1, 1979 & the government soon collapsed the Ayatollah Khomeini |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | WORLD HISTORY $600: About a century after Iceland was colonized, Eric the Red colonized this larger island Greenland |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: From 1937 to 1979 a Somoza was president of this Central American country for all but 9 years Nicaragua |
| #2573, aired 1995-11-08 | WORLD HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1815 Holland, Luxembourg & this neighbor united as the Kingdom of the Netherlands Belgium |
| #2561, aired 1995-10-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1960 the CIA devised a plan to overthrow this nearby world leader–didn't work (Fidel) Castro |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | WORLD HISTORY $100: German admiral Karl Doenitz was convicted at these war crimes trials in 1946 Nuremberg |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In the 1950s the last French prisoners left this rocky islet Devil's Island |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In the early 17th century, the college of James VI became the university of this Scottish city Edinburgh |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In 1805 Muhammad Ali, a tobacco merchant, was appointed governor of this country by the Ottoman sultan Egypt |
| #2554, aired 1995-10-12 | WORLD HISTORY $800 (Daily Double): From 1682 to 1689 this Czar shared the throne with half brother Ivan V under half sister Sophia's regency Peter the Great |
| #2547, aired 1995-10-03 | WORLD HISTORY $100: Cardinal Achille Ratti was elected to this office Feb. 6, 1922, taking the name Pius XI pope |
| #2547, aired 1995-10-03 | WORLD HISTORY $300: This Egyptian president graduated from the military academy at Cairo in 1938 Nasser |
| #2547, aired 1995-10-03 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In medieval Russia, 1 altyn equaled 3 of these monetary units kopeks |
| #2547, aired 1995-10-03 | WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Edward VII was crowned king of the United Kingdom in 1902 & emperor of this country in 1903 India |
| #2547, aired 1995-10-03 | WORLD HISTORY $500: In 1886 followers of the Mahdi captured Khartoum, now in this country Sudan |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $200: In a population of about 5 million, about 329,000 Australians volunteered to serve in this war World War I |
| #2538, aired 1995-09-20 | HISTORY $300: In 1580 he became the first Englishman to complete a voyage around the world (Sir Francis) Drake |
| #2534, aired 1995-09-14 | WORLD HISTORY $100: Scottish King Malcolm III Canmore slew this king who'd brought down Duncan I Macbeth |
| #2534, aired 1995-09-14 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1854 a group of local Whigs founded this political party in Ripon, Wisconsin the Republicans |
| #2534, aired 1995-09-14 | WORLD HISTORY $300: On Dec. 10, 1848 this nephew of Napoleon I was elected president of France Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III) |
| #2534, aired 1995-09-14 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The Scorpion, this type of ship, sank off the Azores in 1968 a nuclear submarine |
| #2534, aired 1995-09-14 | WORLD HISTORY $500: This prime minister took over as leader of India's Congress Party September 9, 1951 Nehru |
| #2526, aired 1995-09-04 | THE 1980s $200: Reinhold Messner became the first person in history to climb the 14 highest of these the world's mountains |
| #2526, aired 1995-09-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: In 1930 Charles Evans Hughes left the World Court to take this position in the U.S. Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Kush, an ancient trading land, lay south of the second cataract of this longest African river the Nile |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1542 Scotland's James V died & this woman, his daughter, became the country's ruler Mary, Queen of Scots |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | WORLD HISTORY $600: One legend says he was commissioned by King Olav I to bring Christianity to Norse colonist c.1000 Leif Erikson |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1947 Great Britain gave control of Sikkim to this country India |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: Antonio Salazar took control of this country in 1928 & ruled as a dictator for 40 years Portugal |
| #2514, aired 1995-07-06 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Paul von Hindenburg was elected president of this country twice, in 1925 & 1932 Germany |
| #2514, aired 1995-07-06 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Before battle on Oct. 21, 1805, he signaled, "England expects that every man will do his duty" Nelson |
| #2514, aired 1995-07-06 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1734 this city near Mount Vesuvius became the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Naples |
| #2514, aired 1995-07-06 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1943 this Chinese leader met with FDR & Winston Churchill at the Cairo conference Chiang Kai-shek |
| #2514, aired 1995-07-06 | WORLD HISTORY $2,900 (Daily Double): At the Congress of Vienna, William I of the Netherlands traded Nassau for this Duchy Luxembourg |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 220 this country's Han dynasty was overthrown, beginning the period of disunity China |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1920 the League of Nations gave this neighboring country a mandate over the territory of Namibia South Africa |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1025 Boleslaw I became this country's first king but died within the year Poland |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1579 the Union of Utrecht was formed with this prince of Orange as its leader William of Orange |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | WORLD HISTORY $2,500 (Daily Double): In July 1977 the military took over this nation & Gen. Zia ul-Haq became chief martial law administrator Pakistan |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The American Temperance Society was founded in 1826 to promote abstinence from this alcohol |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1949 this Australian city was chosen as the site of the 1956 Summer Olympic Games Melbourne |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | MUSEUMS $400: The Goodyear World of Rubber in this city has exhibits depicting the history of rubber Akron |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1615 Anne of Austria, daughter of this country's King Philip III, married Louis XIII Spain |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 339 B.C. Philip II of this country defeated & killed Atheas, the ruler of the Scythians Macedonia |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: This archduchess of Austria was born in Vienna on May 13, 1717 Maria Theresa |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | HISTORY $500: In 1927 Jose Capablanca lost his world title in this game to Alexander Alekhine chess |
| #2502, aired 1995-06-20 | AROUND THE WORLD $200: A new museum in Yokohama traces the history of ramen, this food noodles |
| #2494, aired 1995-06-08 | HISTORY $2,500 (Daily Double): Albert Gallatin helped negotiate this treaty ending the War of 1812 the Treaty of Ghent |
| #2492, aired 1995-06-06 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): The Centennial Exposition, the 1st successful World's Fair in the U.S., took place in this city in 1876 Philadelphia |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On July 2, 1937 radio contact was lost on her round-the-world flight (Amelia) Earhart |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | WORLD HISTORY $100: This country's 1919 constitution provided for a parliament consisting of the Reichstag & the Reichsrat Germany |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1608 Samuel de Champlain established a trading post at what is now this French-Canadian city Quebec (City) |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In the 1350s the cantons of Zug, Glarus & Bern joined this confederation the Helvetic Confederation of Switzerland |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | WORLD HISTORY $500: Around 1380 this Oxford clergyman translated the Bible from Latin into English (John) Wycliffe |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | WORLD HISTORY $800 (Daily Double): On Nov. 30, 1962 the U.N. General Assembly elected this Burmese diplomat secretary-general U Thant |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | WORLD HISTORY $100: In 1969 Lin Piao was designated successor to this man by the 9th Party Congress Mao Tse-tung |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | WORLD HISTORY $200: On March 12, 1930 he began the Salt March in defiance of British rule in India Gandhi |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | WORLD HISTORY $300: Pope Leo III crowned this Frankish king in Rome on Christmas Day, 800 Charlemagne |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Lon Nol was president of this country from 1972 until he fled the advancing Khmer Rouge in 1975 Cambodia |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | WORLD HISTORY $500: Princely absolutism gave way to constitutional gov't in this Mediterranean country in 1911 Monaco |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The British North America Act of 1867 created this country Canada |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Emperor Pedro II's body was returned to this South American country in 1922, 31 years after his death Brazil |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In May 1989 the presidential victory of Guillermo Endara in Panama was voided by this general Noriega |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1919 Western Thrace was awarded to this country by the Treaty of Neuilly Greece |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: From 1238 to 1492 this area in southern Spain was an independent Moorish kingdom Granada (Upper Andalusia) |
| #2477, aired 1995-05-16 | HISTORY $400: While imprisoned in the Tower of London 1603-1616, this courtier wrote his "History of the World" Sir Walter Raleigh |
| #2465, aired 1995-04-28 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $500: The 3 world leaders who attended the Yalta Conference during WWII Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | WORLD HISTORY $100: On May 13, 1846 President Polk signed a declaration of war against this neighboring country Mexico |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This type of communications line opened across Australia in 1872, linking Adelaide & Port Darwin the telegraph |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | WORLD HISTORY $300: On the death of this leader in 1982, Yuri Andropov became General Secretary of the Communist Party Brezhnev |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This southern neighbor conquered Belgium & annexed it in 1795 France |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | WORLD HISTORY $500: A young nobleman named Pausanias assassinated this father of Alexander the Great Philip (of Macedonia) |
| #2442, aired 1995-03-28 | HISTORY $200: On his fourth voyage to the New World, he landed in Costa Rica & gave it its name Christopher Columbus |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | WORLD HISTORY $100: This country's semilegendary 1st dynasty, the Hsia, began c. 2200 B.C. & ruled for over 400 years China |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Bishop Pierre Cauchon selected & headed the panel of judges that tried her in Rouen in 1431 Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In the 1840s Hone Heke, a Maori chief, led an uprising on this country's North Island New Zealand |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | WORLD HISTORY $400: On Nov. 30, 1939 Russia invaded this neighbor, beginning the "Winter War" Finland |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | WORLD HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1825 Newfoundland divided Labrador with this neighboring province Quebec |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1980 labor unrest in Gdansk led to the formation of this union Solidarity |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1536 this 2nd wife of Henry VIII was condemned to death by her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk Anne Boleyn |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | WORLD HISTORY $800: For nearly 100 years, until it fell to Russia in 1721, Estonia was controlled by this Scandinavian country Sweden |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: After invading Manchuria in 1931, the Japanese established this state with Puyi as emperor Manchukuo |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | WORLD HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1968 the kings of Laos & Thailand met in the middle of this river to celebrate a mutual agreement the Mekong River |
| #2426, aired 1995-03-06 | WORLD HISTORY $200: On June 12, 1991 he received about 60% of the vote to become Russia's first directly elected president Boris Yeltsin |
| #2426, aired 1995-03-06 | WORLD HISTORY $400: On Feb. 20, 1985 this British prime minister addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress Margaret Thatcher |
| #2426, aired 1995-03-06 | WORLD HISTORY $600: During World War II, he organized a Vietnamese independence movement called the Viet Minh Ho Chi Minh |
| #2426, aired 1995-03-06 | WORLD HISTORY $800: On July 21, 1986 this Moroccan king became the second Arab leader to meet publicly with an Israeli leader (King) Hassan |
| #2426, aired 1995-03-06 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1745 her husband, Francis Stephen, became Holy Roman Emperor Francis I Maria Theresa |
| #2425, aired 1995-03-03 | HISTORY $100: His first expedition to the New World began from Palos, Spain on August 3, 1492 Columbus |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 333 B.C. this Macedonian king's men captured the Persian army's treasure at Damascus Alexander the Great |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | WORLD HISTORY $400: After 27 years of imprisonment, this ANC leader was released by the South African government on February 11, 1990 Nelson Mandela |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In the 9th c. this river became the boundary between the kingdoms of Mercia & Wessex the Thames |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | WORLD HISTORY $800: From 1926 to 1935, Marshal Jozef Pilsudski ruled this country as a dictator Poland |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: The 1598 edict of this French city gave the Huguenots political equality & rights of inheritance Nantes |
| #2390, aired 1995-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1988 a ceasefire ended the 8-year war between Iran & this country Iraq |
| #2390, aired 1995-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $400: During the Fourth Crusade, this Byzantine capital was sacked & a new Latin Empire was established there Constantinople |
| #2390, aired 1995-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1951, to ensure mutual aid in the event of aggression, the U.S. & these 2 nations signed the ANZUS Pact New Zealand & Australia |
| #2390, aired 1995-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: During the Korean War, U.N. forces retook Seoul after launching a surprise landing at this port Inchon |
| #2390, aired 1995-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1926 Emiliano Chamorro briefly returned to power in this country but was then forced to resign Nicaragua |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1991 Francois Mitterrand appointed Edith Cresson the first female prime minister of this country France |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1909 U.S. troops left this Caribbean island after overseeing J.M. Gomez' election as president Cuba |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | WORLD HISTORY $600: As a result of World War II, this country's eastern border was pushed back to the Neisse & Oder Rivers Germany |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1644 the Ming dynasty fell out of power in China & this dynasty replaced it the Manchu |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: Maoris killed 4 of his men when they attempted to land on New Zealand's South Island in December 1642 Abel Tasman |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Louis IX embarked on 2 of these military expeditions, in 1248 & 1270 Crusades |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Alberto Cavos rebuilt this Moscow opera & ballet theatre in 1856 after a fire the Bolshoi |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | WORLD HISTORY $600: This largest Australian city was founded in 1788 & named for Britain's home secretary Sydney |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This "numerical" group that included Mao's wife fell from power after Mao's death the Gang of Four |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: The largest naval battle of WWI was fought near & named for this Danish peninsula Jutland |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $200: From June 1953 to November 1954 Mohammad Naguib & Gamal Abdel Nasser shared power in this country Egypt |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Upon his death in 1725, this Russian czar's second wife, Catherine I, succeeded him Peter I (Peter the Great) |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 241 B.C. the first of these wars ended soon after Rome defeated Carthage in a naval battle off Sicily Punic Wars |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $800: The Inuit of Greenland called this associate of Robert Peary "mi palyuk", or "kind little Matthew" Matthew Henson |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In January 1823 this son of an Irish immigrant resigned as Chile's supreme director Bernardo O'Higgins |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | WORLD HISTORY $200: From 434 to 445 he ruled the Huns jointly with his brother Bleda Attila |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1428 she claimed that the voices of 3 saints urged her to free France from the English Joan of Arc |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): 3 years after he nailed his 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg, he was excommunicated Martin Luther |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 333 B.C. at Issus, this Macedonian king routed the army of Persia's King Darius Alexander |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1964 this one-time physician declared himself President of Haiti for life François "Papa Doc" Duvalier |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Briefly, in 1945, Karl Doenitz succeeded this man as Fuhrer of Germany Hitler |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Until a 1969 coup by Muammar al-Qaddafi, King Idris had ruled this country for 18 years Libya |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1756 British soldiers were imprisoned by Indian troops in this 15' x 18' room the Black Hole of Calcutta |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In the Korean War, U.N. forces captured this North Korean capital October 19, 1950 Pyongyang |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1066 he became the last Saxon king to rule England Harold II |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1988 this country's new parliament building was dedicated in Canberra Australia |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1957 this country physician was elected president of Haiti Francois Duvalier |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | WORLD HISTORY $600: This region of France that juts into the Atlantic was conquered by Julius Caesar in 56 B.C. Normandy (or Brittany) |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | WORLD HISTORY $800: This Scottish fur trader explored the river in Canada's Northwest Territories later named for him (Sir Alexander) Mackenzie |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1669 the last meeting of the Diet of this confederation of German cities took place Hanseatic League |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | HISTORY $1000: In October 1982 he became the first chancellor of West Germany who reached adulthood after World War II Helmut Kohl |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1524 an epidemic, possibly smallpox, swept through this South American empire, killing millions the Incan Empire |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Between 1213 & 1215, he conquered most of the Chin Empire of northern China Genghis Khan |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1976 this country gave Transkei its independence but other countries did not recognize it South Africa |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: The Danish Constitution was amended in 1953, allowing her to succeed her father as sovereign Queen Margrethe (II) |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1967 this head of Romania's Communist Party became his country's head of state Nicolae Ceausescu |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $200: After his death in 323 B.C., wars divided his empire into 3 parts: Egypt, the Seleucid Empire & Macedon Alexander the Great |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This Indian leader performed paramedic work for the British in the Boer War Gandhi |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $600: On March 18, 1890 this German chancellor was forced to resign by Wilhelm II Bismarck |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $800: The son of a Magyar prince, Stephen I, king of this country, was canonized in 1083 Hungary |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: After William III died in 1702, this sister of Mary II succeeded to the British throne Anne |
| #2303, aired 1994-09-14 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In early 1984 this country launched missiles at tankers near Iran's Kharg Island Iraq |
| #2303, aired 1994-09-14 | WORLD HISTORY $400: On May 2, 1982 the HMS Conqueror torpedoed & sank Argentina's General Belgrano in this war the Falklands |
| #2303, aired 1994-09-14 | WORLD HISTORY $600: When this nationalist Chinese leader died, his son Chiang Ching-Kuo continued as premier Chiang Kai-shek |
| #2303, aired 1994-09-14 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1987 this country's president, Oscar Arias Sanchez, won the Nobel Peace Prize Costa Rica |
| #2303, aired 1994-09-14 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: As a result of this 1904-05 war, Russia lost Port Arthur & half of Sakhalin Island the Russo-Japanese war |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1978 the Red Brigades kidnapped this country's former premier Aldo Moro & killed him Italy |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This country gave up much territory to Germany under the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, signed in 1918 Russia |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1925 Reza Khan became the Shah of Iran & changed his family name to this Pahlavi |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In May 1701 this pirate captain was tried at the Old Bailey & hanged for murder & acts of piracy Captain (William) Kidd |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1867 he had Maximilian shot & was installed as president of Mexico (Benito) Juarez |
| #2295, aired 1994-07-22 | THE 1940s $200: This silversmith "and the World He Lived In" won Esther Forbes a 1943 Pulitzer Prize for History Paul Revere |
| #2292, aired 1994-07-19 | AWARDS $200: Studs Terkel won a 1985 Pulitzer Prize for "The Good War: An Oral History of" this conflict World War II |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1500 Pedro Alvares Cabral became the first European to reach this large South American country Brazil |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $400: After the Soviet invasion in November 1956, Janos Kadar was installed as this country's premier Hungary |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Under the terms of this 1814-15 assembly, Denmark received the German duchy of Lauenburg The Congress of Vienna |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In an August 13, 1905 plebiscite, only 184 Norwegians voted against independence from this country Sweden |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Louis-Philippe, the "Citizen King", was the only French king from this royal house the House of Orleans |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Babar defeated the Sultan of Delhi in 1526, gaining control of the northern part of this country India |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This Protestant reformer was born in Eisleben in Thuringia, Germany Nov. 10, 1483 Martin Luther |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $600: His appointment of his stepson Tiberius to succeed him gave us the dynasty that included Nero Augustus Caesar |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In April 1964 this island nation & Tanganyika signed an act of Union Zanzibar |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | WORLD HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): When Cardinal Mazarin died in 1661, this French king became his own chief minister Louis XIV |
| #2273, aired 1994-06-22 | HISTORY $500: Amerigo Vespucci made this many voyages to the New World, the same number as Columbus 4 |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Rain delayed this 1815 battle, allowing Gebhard von Blucher's army to aid the Duke of Wellington the Battle of Waterloo |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | WORLD HISTORY $400: When Solidarity was outlawed on December 13, 1981, this Union leader was confined for 11 months Lech Walesa |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | WORLD HISTORY $600: On Oct. 10, 1913, Pres. Wilson hit the switch to blow up Gamboa Dike, the last obstruction in this passage the Panama Canal |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | WORLD HISTORY $800: By 1279 this empire spread from the Pacific to the Black Sea, from the Arabian Sea to the Siberian steppes the Mongol Empire |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1870 this major city became the last territory on the Italian peninsula absorbed Italy Rome |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Tradition says that around 3100 B.C., King Menes united the upper & lower parts of this country Egypt |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | WORLD HISTORY $400: The Counter-Reformation was the Roman Catholic Church's attempt to stop the spread of this religion Protestantism |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1536 King Christian III made Norway a province of this Scandinavian country Denmark |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1398 this "lame" ancestor of Babar sacked Delhi & killed about 100,000 of its citizens Tamerlane (Timur the Lame) |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1535 this Frenchman reached the site of present-day Montreal (Jacques) Cartier |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Name shared by 8 Byzantine emperors & over 20 Popes John |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Except for 5 years, this family held the title of Holy Roman Emperor from 1438 until 1806 Hapsburg |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In December 1991 this A.P. correspondent became the last U.S. hostage released from Lebanon Terry Anderson |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $800: When Edward the Confessor died in 1066, the English nobles chose this Earl of Wessex as king Harold |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | WORLD HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1853 this discoverer of Lake Tanganyika visited the shrines of Mecca disguised as an Afghani Sir Richard Burton |
| #2193, aired 1994-03-02 | SPORTS $1000: This Top Fuel drag racer is the only woman in history to win the world title 3 times Shirley Muldowney |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | WORLD HISTORY $200: From 1947-49 Pakistan fought this country in the first of 3 conflicts over the state of Kashmir India |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1502 he succeeded his uncle Ahuitzotl as emperor of the Aztecs Montezuma |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In December 1809 this emperor divorced his first wife; 4 months later he married Archduchess Marie-Louise Napoleon |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | WORLD HISTORY $800: For about 2,350 years the kingdom of Cush flourished along the Nile River in this country south of Egvpt Sudan |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1986 explosions & fire shut down a nuclear power plant near Chernobyl in this Soviet republic the Ukraine |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The Mapai Party, led by Ben-Gurion, won this country's first general election in 1949 Israel |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $400: This Dutch dancer, executed as a spy in 1917, claimed she was actually aiding the Allied powers Mata Hari |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In December 1918 Iceland became a sovereign state but remained in union with this country Denmark |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $800: Aurora Quezon, widow of this country's first president, was assassinated in 1949 the Philippines |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: U.N. forces captured this North Korean capital in 1950 Pyongyang |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This conflict that began 1899 is also known as the South African War the Boer War |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1793 this country proclaimed a new revolutionary calendar with every 10th day a holiday France |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | WORLD HISTORY $600: A 1948 defense pact among 5 European nations led to the creation of this expanded alliance in 1949 NATO |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: After defying orders to return to Portugal, Pedro I granted independence to this country Brazil |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | WORLD HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Around 1400 B.C. a fire on Crete destroyed this Minoan city & its great palace Knossos |
| #2153, aired 1994-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1534 the Spaniards took control of Ecuador after conquering this Indian empire the Inca |
| #2153, aired 1994-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1965 this man succeeded Diosdado Macapagal as president of the Philippines Marcos |
| #2153, aired 1994-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1635 this Chief Minister to Louis XIII founded the Academie Francaise Richelieu |
| #2153, aired 1994-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $800: On Sept. 1, 1983 a Soviet missile shot down this airline's Flight 007 Korean Air Lines |
| #2153, aired 1994-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: On Dec. 6, 1917 this country on the Gulf of Bothnia declared its independence from Russia Finland |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | WORLD HISTORY $200: When Marco Polo's father & uncle arrived in China, this emperor greeted them Kublai Khan |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Except for a few brief periods, this family ruled Florence from 1434 to 1737 the de Medicis |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1974 this country became a socialist republic with U Ne Win as president Burma |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | WORLD HISTORY $800: With Soviet aid, this Egyptian president began building the Aswan High Dam on January 9, 1960 Nasser |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | WORLD HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1524 this Italian in the service of France discovered Cape Fear & New York & Narragansett Bays Verrazzano |
| #2145, aired 1993-12-24 | HISTORY $600: In 1951 this world leader ordered the observance of St. Evita Day in his country Juan Peron |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | MODERN HISTORY $100: In 1963 a hot line was established between Washington. D.C. & this world capital Moscow |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This dominion was created by the British North America Act on July 1, 1867 Canada |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | WORLD HISTORY $400: On May 9, 1946 this country's King Victor Emmanuel abdicated in favor of his son Umberto Italy |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1763, as a result of this numerical war, Florida became a British possession Seven Years' War |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | WORLD HISTORY $800: In 1864 Austria & Prussia went to war with Denmark, winning Schleswig & this duchy Holstein |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1832 Otto, a Bavarian prince, was named the first king of this Balkan country Greece |
| #2113, aired 1993-11-10 | U.S.HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1954 this New York immigration station known as "The Gateway to the New World" closed after 62 years Ellis Island |
| #2084, aired 1993-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $100: The name of this city was changed to Istanbul on March 28, 1930 Constantinople |
| #2084, aired 1993-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Lester Pearson won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for helping to defuse the 1956 crisis over this canal Suez Canal |
| #2084, aired 1993-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Peru's government palace is on the site of a palace this conquistador built in the 1500s Pizarro |
| #2084, aired 1993-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In the early 1800s, Sweden acquired Norway from Denmark but lost Finland to this country Russia |
| #2084, aired 1993-09-30 | WORLD HISTORY $500: This traitorous Norwegian leader was executed in Oslo on October 24, 1945 (Vidkun) Quisling |
| #2082, aired 1993-09-28 | HISTORY $300: This U.N. agency, the W.H.O. for short, was established in 1948 World Health Organization |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: The Central Powers won World War I on the Eastern Front when this country stopped fighting in Dec. 1917 Russia |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In July 1960 President Eisenhower ordered a 95% decrease in sugar imports from this country Cuba |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 987 Hugh Capet founded the Capetian line of kings, which ruled this country until 1328 France |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In the 1980s Nicaragua's Contra rebels established bases in this adjoining country to the north Honduras |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | WORLD HISTORY $1000: In 1757 this British firm's troops won the Battle of Plassey & became India's leading power the British East India Company |
| #2067, aired 1993-09-07 | WORLD HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This country was under South African control from 1915 to March 21, 1990 Namibia |
| #2043, aired 1993-06-23 | WORLD HISTORY $200: Bohemond I, a medieval lord of Otranto, was one of the leaders on the first of these expeditions the Crusades |
| #2043, aired 1993-06-23 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Nurse Edith Cavell said, "I am glad to die for my country" before she was executed during this war World War I |
