#8311, aired 2021-01-11 | KNIGHTS $800: Sir Norman Hartnell designed this 21-year-old's wedding dress for her 1947 ceremony & was knighted for his services in 1977 Elizabeth II |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | QE II's PMs $1200: In 1963 when Sir Alec Douglas-Home began his 1-year stint, he dropped his hereditary one of these title (or peerage) |
#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 |
#6804, aired 2014-03-27 | MORGAN TOWN $1000: In 1674 King Charles II knighted this Welsh buccaneer Sir Henry Morgan |
#6218, aired 2011-10-05 | RARELY QUOTED SHAKESPEAREAN DIALOGUE $800: Goneril, Act II, Scene iv:
"At your choice, sir" King Lear |
#5730, aired 2009-07-03 | HERE, PIGGY, PIGGY, PIGGY $1000: In "Henry IV, Part II", Doll Tearsheet calls this rotund gent a "little tidy Bartholomew boar-pig" Sir John Falstaff |
#5156, aired 2007-01-29 | "ii", SIR! $200: I really wish "Jeopardy!" would tape shows in this southernmost state Hawaii |
#5156, aired 2007-01-29 | "ii", SIR! $400: An airplane is doing this down a runway, presently taxiing |
#5156, aired 2007-01-29 | "ii", SIR! $600: Klammer, Moe & Killy aren't Stooges, they're notable names in this sport skiing |
#5156, aired 2007-01-29 | "ii", SIR! $800: Italian city that suddenly wasn't in 79 A.D. Pompeii |
#5156, aired 2007-01-29 | "ii", SIR! $1000: A large, meaty black mushroom native to eastern Asia shiitake |
#4816, aired 2005-07-11 | SHAKESPEAREAN PHRASES $900 (Daily Double): In "Henry IV, Part II", a hostess complains that this knight has "eaten me out of house and home" (Sir John) Falstaff |
#4392, aired 2003-10-14 | THE WALTONS $800: Sir William Walton's "Orb and Sceptre", a march for this event, premiered in Westminster Abbey June 2, 1953 Queen Elizabeth II's coronation |
#2801, aired 1996-11-04 | BLACK ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: He reprised his starring role as a teacher for the 1996 TV movie "To Sir with Love II" Sidney Poitier |
#1622, aired 1991-09-24 | WORLD WAR II $1000: Code name of Sir William Stephenson, the chief British Intelligence Network in N.Y. Intrepid |
#1125, aired 1989-06-23 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: When Henry II tried to take control of the church in England, this archbishop fought him Thomas à Becket |
#738, aired 1987-11-18 | BRITISH ARCHITECTS $500: Sir Basil Spence designed this controversial Coventry building which many thought too modern Coventry Cathedral |