| #9190, aired 2024-10-25 | INTERNATIONAL SPACE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES $1600: This cosmonaut went into space only once--April 12, 1961--but what a historic ride! Yuri Gagarin |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | LET'S FACE IT $600: Da, comrade, he's the traveler seen here Yuri Gagarin |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | "Y-U" $800: First name of famed Soviets Gagarin & Andropov Yuri |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | 3-RING CIRCUS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York.) The three rings circling the 1964 Unisphere here in Queens represent the three famous orbits at the time--the Telstar satellite, Yuri Gagarin's flight & this American's February 1962 mission John Glenn |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | HISTORY, BRIEFLY $2000: On April 12, 1961 this Soviet pilot made a single hour & a half orbit of Earth Yuri Gagarin |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | ROUTE '60-SOMETHING $800: In the documentary "First Orbit", the I.S.S. matches its orbital path to the one taken by him in 1961 aboard Vostok 1 Yuri Gagarin |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | THE SPACE RACE $800: At the Kremlin you can see the Cosmos oak, planted by this Soviet space hero on April 14, 1961 Yuri Gagarin |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | BUT LET'S FACE IT $600: Da, comrade, he's the traveler seen here Yuri Gagarin |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | SCIENCE & TECH BOOKS $1200: Launched in 2011, "Starman" reveals "The Truth Behind the Legend of" this pilot from the Smolensk Region Yuri Gagarin |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | HOW THEY DIED $200: 1959:
Buddy Holly &
1968:
Yuri Gagarin plane crashes |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | HISTORIC CARS $6,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us another car at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.) Inspired by the '56 Packard, the 1962 Chaika was a favorite of Nikita Khrushchev, who owned one himself & gave one as a present to this first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin |
| #6445, aired 2012-09-28 | RUSSIAN FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $400: Andropov & Gagarin Yuri |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | 50 YEARS AGO--1961 $1000: In April he orbited the Earth once Yuri Gagarin |
| #6072, aired 2011-01-25 | DEATH BY... $2,000 (Daily Double): Air crash of his MiG fighter plane while on a training mission near Moscow, March 27, 1968 Yuri Gagarin |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | A CAPSULE CATEGORY $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.) Russia filled this Resurs 500 space capsule with greetings to the American people & launched it in 1992 to commemorate this man's voyage Christopher Columbus |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | "G"-MALE $400: He beat out Gherman Titov to fly aboard Vostok I Yuri Gagarin |
| #5771, aired 2009-10-19 | THE RUSSIAN $400: He's the high-flying hero of 1961 seen here Yuri Gagarin |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING $800: On April 14, 1961 this cosmonaut was awarded the honor "Hero of the Soviet Union" (Yuri) Gagarin |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | BACK IN THE USSR $400: The return to Earth for this 1st man in space was jeopardized when his capsule was sent spinning by its braking rocket (Yuri) Gagarin |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | MYSPACE.MAN $600: On April 12, 1961, he took his 5 1/4-ton Vostok 1 for a spin at 9:07 A.M. Moscow time; he had it back by 10:55 (Yuri) Gagarin |
| #5028, aired 2006-06-21 | WHERE AM I? $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in a narrow space station module replica in Russia.) I'm at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in this complex near Moscow, appropriately named this City Star City |
| #4914, aired 2006-01-12 | FAMOUS FOLKS $600: He's the famous Russian seen here in 1961 Yuri Gagarin |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | THE RUSSIANS IN SPACE $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Star City, Russia.) In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space & flew three times faster than anyone else had in a capsule called this, or East Vostok |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | WORLD COINS $2000: In 2001 Russia issued a coin with his portrait to commemorate the 40th anniversary of manned space flight Yuri Gagarin |
| #4454, aired 2004-01-08 | "G" MEN $1200: On April 12, 1961 this Soviet air force pilot made a trip around the world in 108 minutes Yuri Gagarin |
| #4372, aired 2003-09-16 | TRAINING DAY $800: You can use a Soyuz simulator at the Cosmonaut training center bearing the name of this man in Russia's Star City Yuri Gagarin |
| #4352, aired 2003-07-01 | I NEED MY SPACE $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston) The first voyage in the shuttle program came 20 years to the day after he became the first man in space Yuri Gagarin |
| #4160, aired 2002-10-04 | HISTORIC NAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1961 scared villagers thought he was a downed U2 pilot until he removed his helmet & spoke Russian to them Yuri Gagarin |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | A FEW GOOD MEN $800: In 1961 he rode in Vostok I Yuri Gagarin |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $600: In 1961 Soviet space officials held the first radio talks with a man in space, this cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin |
| #3952, aired 2001-11-06 | MADE THEM CRY $2,100 (Daily Double): "Poyekhali!" ("let's go!" in Russian) was his cry April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | NAME GAME $500: This Russian form of George was in the headlines in 1961 Yuri (as in Yuri Gagarin) |
| #3695, aired 2000-09-29 | DEAD LINES $800: 1968:
"The first Soviet swallow in the cosmos" Yuri Gagarin |
| #3554, aired 2000-02-03 | EXPRESS YOURSELF $600: Of the first manned space flight, this cosmonaut said, "I could have gone on flying...forever" Yuri Gagarin |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | BLAST OFF! $100: This Russian's one-orbit flight on April 12, 1961 was his first & only venture into space Yuri Gagarin |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | QUICK BIOS $800: Born near Gzhatsk in 1934; promoted to major in 1961 shortly before liftoff, just in case; died 1968 Yuri Gagarin |
| #2907, aired 1997-04-01 | APRIL $1000: On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin blasted off in a capsule called this, Russian for "east" Vostok I |
| #2560, aired 1995-10-20 | POTPOURRI $400: He was the pilot in Vostok 1 (Yuri) Gagarin |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | QUOTATIONS $200: He was quoted April 14, 1961: "I could have gone on flying through space forever" Yuri Gagarin |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | ENCHANTED APRIL $400: In a flight lasting 148 minutes, he became the first man to orbit the Earth April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin |
| #2148, aired 1993-12-29 | OFFICES $400: His office at the Cosmonaut Training Center has been left exactly as it was the day he died, March 27, 1968 Yuri Gagarin |
| #2108, aired 1993-11-03 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: This first man in space died in 1968 while training for a Soyuz mission Yuri Gagarin |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | SPACE FIRSTS $800: He was the first to touch down rather than splash down Yuri Gagarin |
| #1687, aired 1991-12-24 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $200: A large moon crater is named for this cosmonaut who was the first man in space Yuri Gagarin |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | THE 1960s $600: The first man to orbit the Earth, April 12, 1961, he said, "I didn't just sit in my chair, I hung in space" Yuri Gagarin |
| #1509, aired 1991-03-07 | TRAVEL USSR $800: The cosmonaut training center located near Moscow is named in his honor (Yuri) Gagarin |
| #1453, aired 1990-12-19 | ASTRONOMY $500: H.G. Wells & Yuri Gagarin have geographic features named for them here the Moon |
| #1047, aired 1989-03-07 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $1,000 (Daily Double): Yuri Gagarin, the 1st man in space, went up during this President's administration John F. Kennedy |
| #1003, aired 1989-01-04 | 1968 $500: The 1st man to orbit the Earth, he died March 27 in a plane crash (Yuri) Gagarin |
| #903, aired 1988-07-06 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $200: Yuri Gagarin died in a plane crash 7 years after having been this the first man in space |
| #780, aired 1988-01-15 | MAN IN SPACE $800: He went up in Vostok I Yuri Gagarin |
| #111, aired 1985-02-11 | 1961 $800: The first human to orbit the earth Yuri Gagarin |
| #8, aired 1984-09-19 | EXPLORERS $800: This Russian was the first person to fly into space Yuri Gagarin |
