Season 0, 1983-09-18 | |
U.S. LANDMARKS |
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This state boasts Mt. Rushmore | South Dakota |
Season 0, 1984-01-01 | |
LITERATURE |
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Classic American novel which begins "Call me Ishmael" | Moby-Dick |
Season 1, 1984-09-10 | |
HOLIDAYS |
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The third Monday of January starting in 1986 | Martin Luther King Day |
Season 1, 1984-09-11 | |
THE CALENDAR |
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Calendar date with which the 20th century began | January 1, 1901 |
Season 1, 1984-09-12 | |
LANGUAGE |
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It is the 2nd most spoken language in the world | English |
Season 1, 1984-09-13 | |
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT |
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Since 1970, the only cabinet department not headed by a secretary | the Attorney General's Department |
Season 1, 1984-09-14 | |
THE OLYMPICS |
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Of the 5 continents symbolized by Olympic rings, only one never to hold Games | Africa |
Season 1, 1984-09-17 | |
EUROPE |
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Country where the current king succeeded his grandfather after a 44-year gap | SPAIN |
Season 1, 1984-09-18 | |
WORLD HISTORY |
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Country where Napoleon met his "Waterloo" | BELGIUM |
Season 1, 1984-09-19 | |
AMERICAN HISTORY |
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He served as congressman from 1 state, senator from another, governor of both & president of Texas | SAM HOUSTON |
Season 1, 1984-09-20 | |
SCIENCE |
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The mammal that holds the record for the longest lifespan | man |
Season 1, 1984-09-21 | |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
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Adventurous 26th president, he was 1st to ride in an automobile & an airplane | Theodore Roosevelt |
Season 1, 1984-09-24 | |
TITLED HEADS |
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N.Y. financier Al Grimaldi is next in line for throne of this Mediterranean principality | Monaco |
Season 1, 1984-09-25 | |
RIVERS |
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It carries more water than the longest rivers in Asia, Africa & No. America combined | the Amazon |
Season 1, 1984-09-26 | |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
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Only 1 of 9 planets not named for a Greek or Roman mythological figure | the Earth |
Season 1, 1984-09-27 | |
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
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Automaker that introduced the alternator, power steering & electric ignition | Chrysler |
Season 1, 1984-09-28 | |
MATHEMATICS |
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The number of zeros in 1 trillion | 12 |
Season 1, 1984-10-01 | |
WORLD CITIES |
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It's the most populous city in the Western Hemisphere | Mexico City |
Season 1, 1984-10-02 | |
TRAVEL & TOURISM |
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This country draws the most American tourists each year | Canada |
Season 1, 1984-10-03 | |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
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In the 1860 election for his 1st term, more Americans voted against him than for him | Abraham Lincoln |
Season 1, 1984-10-04 | |
THE CALENDAR |
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Number of leap years between 1985 & 2001 | 4 |
Season 1, 1984-10-05 | |
WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
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It has more people than all the other South American countries combined | Brazil |
Season 1, 1984-10-08 | |
THE ARMED SERVICES |
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The last military branch to be established | United States Air Force |
Season 1, 1984-10-09 | |
U.S. STATES |
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Only state bordering on 4 of the 5 Great Lakes | MICHIGAN |
Season 1, 1984-10-10 | |
DANCE |
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Introduced in 1650 at court of Louis XIV, it’s a slow, dignified dance done in 3/4 time | THE MINUET |
Season 1, 1984-10-11 | |
THE SUPREME COURT |
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He successfully argued Brown vs. Board of Education before Supreme Court, then became its 1st black justice | THURGOOD MARSHALL |
Season 1, 1984-10-19 | |
ASTRONOMY |
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After the Sun & the Moon, the brightest astronomical object regularly seen in our sky | VENUS |
Season 1, 1984-10-26 | |
U.S. STATES |
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This state was once an independent monarchy | HAWAII |
Season 1, 1984-10-30 | |
FAMOUS FAMILIES |
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Members of this acting family starred in "Grand Hotel", the Dr. Kildare films & "E.T." | THE BARRYMORES |
Season 1, 1984-11-06 | |
THE BIBLE |
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First person in the Bible to be imprisoned | Joseph |
Season 1, 1984-11-08 | |
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT |
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Along with president, these 2 must sign a bill for it to become law | THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AMP THE VICE PRESIDENT |
Season 1, 1984-11-26 | |
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
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Country that manufactures the most cars per year | Japan |
Season 1, 1984-11-27 | |
GOVERNMENT |
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Decade the last amendment to the Constitution was ratified in | the 1970s |
Season 1, 1984-11-28 | |
TRAVEL & TOURISM |
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City that boasts the tallest U.S. monument, completed in 1965 | St. Louis |
Season 1, 1984-11-29 | |
THE CALENDAR |
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The only day of the week named for a Roman god | Saturday |
Season 1, 1984-12-03 | |
EUROPE |
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The Soviet army was welcome in this capital in May of '45 but unwelcome in August '68 | Prague |
Season 1, 1984-12-04 | |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
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President elected to 2nd term with 523 electoral votes, the greatest number in any election | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Season 1, 1984-12-05 | |
SHOW BUSINESS |
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Barrymore, Rathbone, Roger Moore & Larry Hagman are among 61 actors to play this character | Sherlock Holmes |
Season 1, 1984-12-06 | |
WORLD HISTORY |
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In 1804 this Caribbean country became 1st black nation to gain freedom from European colonial rule | Haiti |
Season 1, 1984-12-07 | |
TITLED HEADS |
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Queen of France 1559-60; Catholic Europe considered her the rightful queen of England | Mary, Queen of Scots |
Season 1, 1984-12-10 | |
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
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The 2 states on both sides of the Mississippi | Louisiana and Minnesota |
Season 1, 1984-12-11 | |
WOMEN IN HISTORY |
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Arrested for voting in 1872 election, she died 14 years before the 19th Amendment | Susan B. Anthony |
Season 1, 1984-12-12 | |
FLAGS |
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Country whose flag includes pictures of the British & Dutch flags | South Africa |
Season 1, 1984-12-13 | |
DANCE |
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American who founded dance schools in Fra., Ger. & Russia, but was played by Brit. actress in '68 film | Isadora Duncan |
Season 1, 1984-12-14 | |
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
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Cincinnati company that is #1 TV advertiser, spending $½ billion per yr. | Procter & Gamble |
Season 1, 1984-12-18 | |
THE CALENDAR |
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Total days in a year which fall in months with 31 days | 217 |
Season 1, 1984-12-25 | |
WORLD CAPITALS |
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The closest foreign capital to Washington, D.C. | Ottawa |
Season 1, 1984-12-26 | |
ROCKS & MINERALS |
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Carat for carat, these corundum gems are the most expensive in the world | RUBIES |
Season 1, 1984-12-28 | |
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
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Number of states that touch the Pacific Ocean | 5 |
Season 1, 1984-12-31 | |
SPORTS |
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Only 2 cities with both a National & American League baseball team | New York & Chicago |
Season 1, 1985-01-03 | |
SPACE |
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Lunar sea on which Apollo 11 landed | the Sea of Tranquility |
Season 1, 1985-01-07 | |
WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
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Country nearly surrounded by the Ligurian, Adriatic, Tyrrhenian & Mediterranean Seas | ITALY |
Season 1, 1985-01-08 | |
EUROPEAN HISTORY |
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On May 1, 1945, Admiral Karl Doenitz assumed this office in Germany | FUHRER OR DICTATOR |
Season 1, 1985-01-14 | |
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
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Domestically oriented co. which in '68 discovered largest N. American oil field, in Alaska | ARCO ATLANTIC RICHFIELD |
Season 1, 1985-01-15 | |
THE OSCARS |
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They won '34's Best Acting awards from opposite sides of blanket in "It Happened One Night" | CLAUDETTE COLBERT AMP CLARK GABLE |
Season 1, 1985-01-16 | |
DANCE |
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After its appearance in the Black musical "Runnin' Wild" in 1923, it became a national craze | THE CHARLESTON |
Season 1, 1985-01-17 | |
STATE CAPITALS |
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Most populous state capital, it falls alphabetically between Olympic & Pierre | PHOENIX ARIZONA |
Season 1, 1985-01-18 | |
TOYS & GAMES |
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The highest number under the "N" on an American bingo game | 45 |
Season 1, 1985-01-22 | |
THE THEATER |
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The musical "Hello Dolly!" was based on this Thornton Wilder play | THE MATCHMAKER |
Season 1, 1985-01-23 | |
MARTYRS |
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Executed by English for sorcery, later declared innocent and, in 1920, made a saint | Joan of Arc |
Season 1, 1985-01-24 | |
U.S. GEOGRAPHY |
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Each one of these 2 letters begins the names of 8 states | M & N |
Season 1, 1985-01-25 | |
THE WORLD |
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With 168 persons per sq. mi., the continent with the highest population density | EUROPE |
Season 1, 1985-02-08 | |
THE ZODIAC |
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Appropriate astrological sign shared by Britain's Princesses Anne & Margaret | Leo |
Season 1, 1985-02-13 | |
THE CALENDAR |
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The 1930s were this decade of the 20th century | THE 4TH DECADE |
Season 1, 1985-02-21 | |
AWARDS |
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The only U.S. military decoration that may not be awarded to citizens of other countries | THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR |
Season 1, 1985-02-22 | |
THE WORLD |
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Nation that is not a member of the United Nations, but is home to U.N. European headquarters | SWITZERLAND |
Season 1, 1985-02-25 | |
THE CABINET |
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In '61, President Kennedy began the custom of having this diplomatic ofcr. take part in Cabinet meetings | U N AMBASSADOR |
Season 1, 1985-02-26 | |
20th CENTURY |
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In 1927, he was named "Time" magazine's first "Man of the Year" | CHARLES LINDBERGH |
Season 1, 1985-03-04 | |
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
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Gunmakers Remington & Sons began making this different product in 1874 | typewriter |
Season 1, 1985-03-05 | |
BODIES OF WATER |
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Only Great Lake not forming part of Michigan's borders | Lake Ontario |
Season 1, 1985-03-13 | |
MATHEMATICS |
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Branch of mathematics that means "to measure the earth" | GEOMETRY |
Season 1, 1985-03-20 | |
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
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Site of Nov. '78 headline tragedy, it's the only S.A. country with English as official language | Guyana |
Season 1, 1985-03-21 | |
COLLEGES |
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One of the two "Big Ten" schools without a state name | 1 OF NORTHWESTERN OR PURDUE |
Season 1, 1985-03-21 | |
COLLEGES |
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One of the two "Big Ten" schools without a state name | 1 OF NORTHWESTERN OR PURDUE |
Season 1, 1985-03-25 | |
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
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This cereal co. which owns Parker Bros. & Lionel Trains is the largest toy maker in the world | General Mills |
Season 1, 1985-03-26 | |
PUBLIC HEALTH |
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Since vaccinations are not yet available, it’s most widespread of communicable childhood diseases | CHICKEN POX |
Season 1, 1985-04-08 | |
THE CALENDAR |
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In 1984, the Cotton, Fiesta, Orange, Rose & Sugar Bowls were all played on this date | JANUARY 2 |
Season 1, 1985-04-09 | |
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
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In the Websters 3rd International Dictionary, it's the letter with the most entries | S |
Season 1, 1985-04-10 | |
PRESIDENTS |
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The only president to be sworn in by a woman | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Season 1, 1985-04-12 | |
MEDICINE |
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In 1806, France was 1st major Eur. country to forbid this profession from practicing surgery | BARBERS |
Season 1, 1985-04-17 | |
SOAP OPERAS |
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CBS soap opera which is the only soap left on the air which began on radio | The Guiding Light |
Season 1, 1985-04-19 | |
KINGDOMS |
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Possessing the northernmost island in the world makes this kingdom the world's northernmost | Denmark |
Season 1, 1985-04-23 | |
EDUCATION |
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The first university in the Western Hemisphere was founded in 1553 in this Latin American capital | Mexico City |
Season 1, 1985-04-24 | |
ROYALTY |
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Queen Elizabeth II's father, he became this king when his brother abdicated the throne | George VI |
Season 1, 1985-04-25 | |
THE CONSTITUTION |
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The first person to sign the Constitution | George Washington |
Season 1, 1985-04-26 | |
FAIRY TALES |
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Worldwide, this fairy tale has been subject of 58 films, more than any other story | Cinderella |
Season 1, 1985-04-29 | |
U.S. STATES |
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Though this state has no reservations, it has largest American Indian population | OKLAHOMA |
Season 1, 1985-05-01 | |
NAMES IN THE NEWS |
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This U.S. President made the cover of "TIME" Magazine 64 times, almost twice as much as anyone else | RICHARD NIXON |
Season 1, 1985-05-17 | |
BRITISH MONARCHS |
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In 1553, she became 1st woman to be crowned Queen of England | MARY BLOODY MARY MARY TUDOR |
Season 1, 1985-05-30 | |
LANGUAGES |
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It was the 1st human language Tarzan spoke | FRENCH |
Season 1, 1985-06-03 | |
RIVERS |
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2 of the 3 "rivers" which surround Manhattan | 2 OF EAST RIVER HUDSON RIVER AMP HARLEM RIVER |
Season 1, 1985-06-03 | |
SPORTS |
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Either of 2 current pro baseball team names that don't end in "S" | (1 of) Chicago White Sox & Boston Red Sox |
Season 2, 1985-09-09 | |
WOMEN IN SPORTS |
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Among the women prominent in this sport are Rachel McLish, Lori Bowen & Cory Everson | bodybuilding |
Season 2, 1985-09-10 | |
WORLD LEADERS |
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His daughter & grandson have also served as India's prime minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Season 2, 1985-09-11 | |
EXPLORERS |
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Of Columbus' 3 ships on his 1st voyage, the one that never returned to Spain | the Santa Maria |
Season 2, 1985-09-12 | |
MISS AMERICA |
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He replaced Bert Parks as host of Miss America pageant for 1980 | Ron Ely |
Season 2, 1985-09-17 | |
HOLIDAYS |
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Then called Decoration Day, Memorial Day was 1st observed after this war | the Civil War |
Season 2, 1985-09-18 | |
U.S. POPULATION |
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The Census Bureau estimates this state will not exceed any other in population before year 2000 | ALASKA |
Season 2, 1985-09-19 | |
THE CALENDAR |
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Date of the final day of the 20th century | December 31, 2000 |
Season 2, 1985-09-20 | |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
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Our 8th president, he was 1st to be born an American citizen & not a British subject | Martin Van Buren |