| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | PARTY LIKE IT'S 1884 $400: In December a metal tip brought it to a total height of 555 feet, 5.125 inches--the tallest human-built structure in the world the Washington Monument |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FLAGS $800: Seen here, the Washington Monument is encircled by this many flags 50 |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | 19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK $400: This imposing American landmark is seen here as it looked in 1876 the Washington Monument |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | ONLY PARTLY TRUE $400: The spare key to this D.C. residence once known as the Executive Mansion is kept under the Washington Monument the White House |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | GRAB BAG $200: When this D.C. landmark opened in 1888, you could climb 898 steps to the top the Washington Monument |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | REMEMBERING THE LADIES $2000: Like the musical says, she raised funds for the Washington Monument & helped establish the first private orphanage in NYC (Eliza) Hamilton |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | D.C. TOURISM $600: At its completion in 1884, this was the tallest man-made structure in the world the Washington Monument |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | A LOFTY CATEGORY $600: "O" is for this type of tall stone shaft like Cleopatra's Needle or the Washington Monument obelisk |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | ONE WOMAN $800: At age 80, our lady was there when the 25,000-pound white marble cornerstone of this was laid July 4, 1848 the Washington Monument |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | NOTABLE WOMEN $800: The daughter of Chinese refugees, architect Maya Lin designed this Washington, D.C. monument the Vietnam War Memorial |
| #8145, aired 2020-01-24 | THIS & THAT $200: In July 2019 this D.C. monument was "turned" into a rocket for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 the Washington Monument |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | THE BEST LAID PLANS $400: The initial idea for this monument included a circle of 30 Doric columns, one for each state at the time the Washington Monument |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | MARCH ON! $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a march route on the monitor.) The official route of a 1963 march started at the Washington Monument & moved down either Constitution or Independence Avenue to see this Baptist minister speak Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | OUR NATION'S CAPITAL BEFORE & AFTER $1200: A 2-time Oscar-winning actor is honored by a 554-foot obelisk the Denzel Washington Monument |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | A LANDMARK DESIGNATION $200: The National Mall's tallest structure the Washington Monument |
| #7736, aired 2018-04-09 | CORPS CURRICULUM $1600: Pierre Charles L'Enfant was in this group that oversaw construction of the Washington Monument the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $200: (D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser presents the clue.) The cornerstone of this structure was laid on July 4, 1848; Abraham Lincoln & the 90-year-old widow of Alexander Hamilton were in attendance the Washington Monument |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the National Mall in Washington, D.C.) Because the ground is firmer, the Washington Monument was placed here, instead of at a spot in the center of the original D.C., as planned by this designer of the city (Pierre) L'Enfant |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | A MARBLE-OUS CATEGORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the National Mall.) Today, the Washington Monument unites us in patriotism, but as you can see from the different colors of marble used, it took many contentious decades to build, finally being dedicated 20 years after the end of this major historical event the U.S. Civil War |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | "O"POURRI $800: Cleopatra's Needle & the Washington Monument are this type of tapered pillar an obelisk |
| #7508, aired 2017-04-12 | STATE THE NATIONAL MONUMENT $200: George Washington Birthplace Virginia |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | IN THE D.C. AREA $1000: 82-acre President's Park is home each December to this tall attraction the National Christmas Tree |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | FAQ $800: Online FAQs for this D.C. landmark include "Can I go inside?" (Yes) & "Does" it "sway in the wind?" (No) the Washington Monument |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | THIS CATEGORY HAS BEEN FLAGGED $800: Seen here, the Washington Monument is encircled by this many flags 50 |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | LET'S VISIT D.C. $800: Here's the view from this D.C. landmark completed in 1884 Washington Monument |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | A POLK $1200: On July 4, 1848 Polk & his Cabinet attended the ceremonies in which the cornerstone of this monument was laid the Washington Monument |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $1200: The Washington Monument is one
(7) obelisk |
| #6811, aired 2014-04-07 | AUTHORS' PLOTS $1,000 (Daily Double): The monument for his grave in Elmira, New York is 2 fathoms tall Mark Twain |
| #6757, aired 2014-01-21 | HIGH MAINTENANCE $1200: It took a "difficult access team" of rappelers to assess earthquake damage to the top of this 555-foot D.C. landmark the Washington Monument |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | A PASSAGE TO INDIANA $200: In a layout resembling that of Washington, D.C., streets converge on Monument Circle in the center of this capital city Indianapolis |
| #6563, aired 2013-03-13 | "OB"-SESSIVE $2000: The Washington Monument is one an obelisk |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | SURPRISE! I GOT YOU A LANDMARK! $200: The Washington Monument was out of my price range, but here's a similar one that's a symbol of this Argentine capital Buenos Aires |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE WITH ALEX $800: Out the back windows there's an inspiring view of these two presidential landmarks the Washington Monument & the Jefferson Memorial |
| #6454, aired 2012-10-11 | LOOKING DOWN WITH GEOEYE $200: From the heavens, this East Coast structure looks like part of an enormous sun dial the Washington Monument |
| #6414, aired 2012-07-05 | ONLY PARTLY TRUE $400: The spare key to this D.C. residence once known as the Executive Mansion is kept under the Washington Monument the White House |
| #6403, aired 2012-06-20 | FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA $1,600 (Daily Double): (First Lady Michelle Obama presents the clue.) Speaking on opening night of the 2008 Democratic Convention, I noted that our meeting marked the 88th anniversary of women's suffrage & the 45th of this immortal & profoundly American speech "I Have a Dream" |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | MISSOURI LOVES COMPANY $1000: A natl. monument near Diamond, Missouri preserves the birthplace of this "plant doctor" born a slave around 1864 (George Washington) Carver |
| #6200, aired 2011-07-22 | GOVERNMENTAL STUPID ANSWERS $600: 8 small windows are located at the 500-foot level of this Washington monument the Washington Monument |
| #6141, aired 2011-05-02 | CORNERSTONES $1200: In June 1825, 50 years after the battle, Lafayette laid the the Bunker Hill monument |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | THE COMEDIC CALVIN COOLIDGE $600: When a biography critical of this man came out, Cal looked out the window and said "I see his monument is still there" Washington |
| #5814, aired 2009-12-17 | IN PLAIN SIGHT $200: You can see George Washington in profile from Highway 244, the road to this national memorial Mount Rushmore |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | 19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK $400: This imposing American landmark is seen here as it looked in 1876 the Washington Monument |
| #5629, aired 2009-02-12 | BUILT IN THE U.S.A. $1200: This D.C. landmark is 2-toned because it was partially built but lost funding for close to 15 years, until the centennial the Washington Monument |
| #5607, aired 2009-01-13 | WE WAX PHILOSOPHIC $600: Life's wandering road may take you to this 555-foot-high obelisk at 15th & Constitution Avenue NW in D.C. the Washington Monument |
| #5587, aired 2008-12-16 | WASHINGTON STATE $200: After this 1980 natural disaster, Congress created a natl. monument incorporating 110,000 acres in SW Washington the Mount St. Helens eruption |
| #5369, aired 2008-01-03 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: Pope Pius IX donated a stone for this imposing obelisk, but some masked fiends dumped it into the Potomac in 1854 the Washington Monument |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | ARCHITECTURE $1200: Robert Mills, a Greek Revivalist architect, designed the U.S. Treasury building & this 555-foot-tall structure the Washington Monument |
| #5310, aired 2007-10-12 | THOMAS JEFFERSON $1200: It's what Thomas was designing here his own tombstone (or his own grave marker) |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | STUPID ANSWERS $600: This Washington D.C. monument stands near the Potomac, about halfway between the Capitol & the Lincoln Memorial the Washington Monument |
| #5161, aired 2007-02-05 | LANDMARKS $400: A line drawn from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol would pass through this 555' tower the Washington Monument |
| #5156, aired 2007-01-29 | D.C. SITES $1,000 (Daily Double): At its 500-foot level, it has 8 small windows, 2 on each side the Washington Monument |
| #4955, aired 2006-03-10 | SOUTH CAROLINA $400: S.C. native Robert Mills designed the Washington Monument & some of the USC campus in this state capital Columbia |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | GROVER CLEVELAND ROCKS $400: Grover dedicated this 152-foot monument on October 28, 1886 the Statue of Liberty |
| #4742, aired 2005-03-29 | THAT'S CREDIBLE! $800: About 2 million people visited this 984-foot tall landmark in its first year, 1889 the Eiffel Tower |
| #4718, aired 2005-02-23 | AMERICANA $1000: Robert Mills designed this structure that opened in 1888 & was built from 36,491 blocks the Washington Monument |
| #4330, aired 2003-05-30 | MISSOURI LOVES COMPANY $600: The only national monument in Missouri is the birthplace of this botanist, seen here George Washington Carver |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | THE FLAGPOLE $800: 50 aluminum flagpoles encircle this D.C. landmark the Washington Monument |
| #3986, aired 2001-12-24 | ODDS & ENDS $1200: It's the city where you'll find the monument seen here Washington, D.C. |
| #3945, aired 2001-10-26 | BALTIMORE $100: Begun in 1815, America's first large-scale monument to this man towers above Mount Vernon Place George Washington |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | BIG 10-LETTER WORDS $400: Big, perhaps like the object seen here monumental |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. $200: (Hi, I'm Yolanda King) In 1963 my father delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech before this monument in Washington, D.C. Lincoln Memorial |
| #3624, aired 2000-05-11 | ANTEBELLUM $100: South Carolinian Robert Mills designed antebellum homes but is best known for this tall pointy thing in D.C. the Washington Monument |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | WASHINGTON D.C. $400: The Kennedy Center's Grand Foyer is so large this D.C. obelisk would fit in it, if laid on its side the Washington Monument |
| #3007, aired 1997-09-30 | THE 1880s $300: On February 21, 1885 this 555' memorial was dedicated in the nation's capital Washington Monument |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | JULY 4 $300: The cornerstone for this monument was laid July 4, 1848 with a trowel once used by our first president Washington Monument |
| #2625, aired 1996-01-19 | AMERICAN INDIANS $800: A monument in Nespelem, Washington marks the grave of this Nez Perce chief who died in 1904 Chief Joseph |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | GUINNESS RECORDS $100: This D.C. structure is the world's tallest obelisk Washington Monument |
| #2507, aired 1995-06-27 | FAMOUS MILLS $300: Architect Robert Mills' design for this D.C. obelisk included a surrounding colonnade the Washington Monument |
| #2272, aired 1994-06-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: In 1956 this black educator's birthplace near Roanoke, Va. was made a national monument Booker T. Washington |
| #2195, aired 1994-03-04 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: This landmark in the nation's capital was dedicated on February 21, 1885 the Washington Monument |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $400: This 555-foot, 5 1/8-inch tall structure has a 9-inch solid aluminum tip the Washington Monument |
| #2061, aired 1993-07-19 | JAMES K. POLK $800: Polk was present when the cornerstone of this D.C. monument was laid on July 4, 1848 the Washington Monument |
| #2034, aired 1993-06-10 | METALS $400: The tip of the Washington Monument is protected by a cap of this metal now used in drink cans aluminum |
| #1898, aired 1992-12-02 | HODGEPODGE $200: Robert Mills designed this 555' U.S. monument in 1836; it wasn't finished until 1884, 29 years after his death the Washington Monument |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | LANDMARKS $100: This pool of water lies between the Washington Monument & the Lincoln Memorial the Reflecting Pool |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | "O" BOY $400: A 4-sided stone pillar in which the sides slope; the Washington Monument is an example an obelisk |
| #1665, aired 1991-11-22 | ARCHITECTS $200: Robert Mills designed this D.C. structure, for a few years the world's tallest the Washington Monument |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Missouri's only national monument marks the birthplace of this famous scientist George Washington Carver |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | POTLUCK $500: A Tuskegee Alabama monument shows this educator lifting the veil of ignorance from a freed slave Booker T. Washington |
| #1459, aired 1990-12-27 | BALTIMORE $400: A Baltimore monument whose cornerstone was laid in 1815 was the U.S.'s first to honor this president Washington |
| #1433, aired 1990-11-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $895 (Daily Double): This monument's pedestal is built within the star-shaped walls of Fort Wood the Statue of Liberty |
| #1339, aired 1990-05-31 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $200: The city's planner, Pierre L' Enfant, called this hill "A pedestal waiting for a monument" Capitol Hill |
| #1254, aired 1990-02-01 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $200: The monument to Geo. Washington at this state's capitol contains a crypt which was meant to be his tomb Virginia |
| #1068, aired 1989-04-05 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches the height of the Washington Monument |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | HISTORIC DATES $400: This structure was dedicated on February 21, 1885 probably because February 22 was a Sunday the Washington Monument |
| #976, aired 1988-11-28 | POTPOURRI $500: It's the tallest structure in our nation's capital the Washington Monument |
| #948, aired 1988-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: When completed in 1884, it was the tallest masonry structure in the world the Washington Monument |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | WASHINGTON D.C. $600: Tho much larger, this was built in the exact proportions of Ancient Egyptian obelisks Washington Monument |
| #553, aired 1987-01-21 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $100: Of the tributes to Washington, Jefferson & Lincoln in Wash. D.C., the 1 that's called a monument the Washington Monument |
| #529, aired 1986-12-18 | LANDMARKS $500 (Daily Double): Landmark shown under construction in this 1879 photo: the Washington Monument |
| #492, aired 1986-10-28 | 1965 $500 (Daily Double): 2 of 3 U.S. national monuments targeted by saboteurs in a monumental plot cracked in February (2 of) the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, and the Washington Monument |
| #464, aired 1986-09-18 | SCIENTISTS $800: In 1943, the year of his death, the plantation on which he was born was made a national monument George Washington Carver |
| #286, aired 1985-10-14 | 1885 $200: Begun on July 4, 1848, this monument in Washington was finally dedicated the Washington Monument |
| #7, aired 1984-09-18 | U.S. LANDMARKS $1000: At 555' 5", this 100-year-old all-stone structure is world's tallest the Washington Monument |
