| #9335, aired 2025-05-16 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: If K-pop gives way to K-stan-pop, the next music craze will come from these 2 landlocked countries that border each other Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan |
| #9325, aired 2025-05-02 | "A" IS FOR CAPITAL $2000: Khan Shatyr is a giant entertainment center in this city that took over capital duties for Almaty in 1997 Astana |
| #9149, aired 2024-07-18 | AN ASIAN CAPITAL IDEA $800: Before containing "stan" like its country, this city was known over time as Akmolinsk, Nur-Sultan & also Aqmola Astana |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THAT'S IN ASIA $1000: Lake Tengiz is in this large -stan that's on the northern border of 3 other -stans Kazakhstan |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | EX-SOVIET REPUBLICS $1600: The largest nation in Central Asia, this landlocked "stan" has abundant mineral & petroleum resources Kazakhstan |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | OFFICIAL NICKNAMES $1000: Longtime president Nazarbayev decided this vast Central Asian country would be the "Land of the Great Steppe" Kazakhstan |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | A TRIP TO ASIA $400: We'll enjoy Oskemen on the Irtysh River when we're in this country, but we will not make one Borat joke when we're there. Very nice! Kazakhstan |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | THE NEW CAPITAL $2000: In the 1990s this country moved its capital from Almaty to Akmola, which was renamed Astana & then briefly named Nur-Sultan Kazakhstan |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | MOVIE TITLE FUN $400: The longest title of an Oscar-nominated film begins with his name & ends "Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" Borat |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | RIVER RUN $2000: Sharing its name with a mountain range, this major river of Europe flows into the Caspian Sea at Atyrau, Kazakhstan (the) Ural (River) |
| #8705, aired 2022-09-23 | IT'S ONLY "A" COUNTRY $2000: Home to great mineral wealth, it's the largest country in Central Asia Kazakhstan |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: Long, skinny Lake Balkhash extends over nearly 400 miles of the eastern part of this country Kazakhstan |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | "STAN" COUNTRIES $600 (Daily Double): Iran is on the western border of this country; the Arabian Sea, on its southern Pakistan |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | ON ITS BORDER $1200: Kazakhstan & Iran:
This body of water the Caspian Sea |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | ON THE MAP $1600: In 2019 Astana, capital of this "stan", was renamed Nur-Sultan after retiring leader Nursultan Nazarbayev Kazakhstan |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES $1000: The polar section of this mountain range ends near the Kara Sea; the southern part, around Kazakhstan's border the Urals |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | YOU'RE ALL OVER THE MAP $1600: Extending from the Arctic coast to the Kazakhstan border, this Russian mountain range goes north/south for about 1,500 miles the Urals |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | ASIAN CITIES $800: Some of Kazakhstan's only water ports, Aktau & Kuryk are major shipping centers on this sea the Caspian Sea |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | GEOGRAPHY $200: Of the 14 countries that border Russia, this "stan" country shares the longest border with it, 4,750 miles Kazakhstan |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME LATITUDE $2000: Circle the world at 45 degrees north & you'll pass through Lake Huron & this shrinking "Sea" of Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan the Aral Sea |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | ASIA $400: At about 1 million square miles, this "stan" is the largest landlocked country in the world Kazakhstan |
| #8164, aired 2020-02-20 | ESTABLISHING SOME BORDERS $2000: Russia to its north, Uzbekistan to its south Kazakhstan |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | SURROUNDED! $1600: This body of water: by Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Azerbaijan & Russia the Caspian Sea |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | IN FULL $600: "Borat" is subtitled "Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of" this Kazakhstan |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | MOUNTAINS OF ASIA $1000: These continent-separating mountains stretch 1,550 miles from the Arctic Ocean to Kazakhstan the Urals |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS $800: Kazakhstan is the world leader in producing this explosion-producing element first found in pitchblende uranium |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | WHERE DO YOU STAN? $6,000 (Daily Double): Kazakhstan has 1,200 miles of coastline along this large inland body of water the Caspian Sea |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | THE APOLLO MISSIONS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian.) In 1975 an Apollo module was launched from Florida & this other craft from Kazakhstan for an orbital link-up that marked a rare period of detente in the space race Soyuz |
| #8015, aired 2019-06-14 | IN & AROUND ASIA $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) 4 big countries almost meet in the heart of Asia--China & Russia share a 31-mile border that also separates Mongolia & this country Kazakhstan |
| #7887, aired 2018-12-18 | BODIES OF WATER $1,000 (Daily Double): This misleadingly named body of water is landlocked by Russia, Kazakhstan & 3 other nations the Caspian Sea |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS $1200: After Russia, this "stan" is the largest republic in area Kazakhstan |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | BRUSH UP ON YOUR... $600: Tatar Russia |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | FOREIGN FORMER FORTS $1600: Fort Faithful on the Silk Road became Almaty, once capital of this country--very nice! Kazakhstan |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Just east of the Caspian Sea is the city-sized Tengiz supergiant one of these, part of Kazakhstan & part of Chevron oil field |
| #7598, aired 2017-09-27 | COUNTRIES WITH ONLY A's AS VOWELS $1000: The ninth-largest nation in area, historically, it's been part of different empires Kazakhstan |
| #7591, aired 2017-09-18 | WORLD FULL OF PEOPLE $1200: They live in central Russia & Kazakhstan & sound like a deposit on your teeth the Tatars |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | "STAN" BY ME $1600: The largest country in area in central Asia, it borders both the Aral Sea & the Caspian Sea Kazakhstan |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | THE '50s $800: The size of a beach ball, it was launched from Kazakhstan Oct. 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | EERIE $400: A giant one of these 5-pointed stars showed up on a lakeside during a Google Earth map survey over Kazakhstan a pentagram |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | COUNTRY & TOWN $2000: Good Lord Almaty, a city name that may mean "father of apples", refers to the orchards in this nation Kazakhstan |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | KAZAKHSTAN $400: In a remote part of Kazakhstan sits the Baikonur Cosmodrome, built for this rhyming USSR-USA contest the Space Race |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | KAZAKHSTAN $800: K-stan has an official
national anthem, but at ceremonies, the one from this 2006 movie sometimes gets played instead Borat |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | KAZAKHSTAN $1200: Nursultan Nazarbayev, "Leader of the Nation", has been president since K-stan left the USSR in this year 1991 |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | KAZAKHSTAN $1600: As well as the Aral Sea, K-stan borders this inland sea for 1,450 miles to the southwest the Caspian Sea |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | KAZAKHSTAN $2000: For some reason, Kazakh leaders changed the name of the capital from Aqmola ("white grave") to this Astana |
| #6978, aired 2015-01-07 | LAKES $2000: Lake Balkhash in this largest "stan" by area is bizarre in that it's half freshwater, half saltwater Kazakhstan |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | MOUNTAIN RANGES $1600: This system extends more than 1,600 miles from the Arctic to Kazakhstan the Urals |
| #6712, aired 2013-11-19 | STAND BY YOUR STAN $2000: Kazakhstan is on the Caspian Sea & this so-called "sea" that has shrunk from 26,000 square miles to a tenth of that the Aral Sea |
| #6535, aired 2013-02-01 | WORLD RIVERS $1200: With just a bit in Kazakhstan, most of the 2,200-mile length of this river is found in Russia the Volga |
| #6408, aired 2012-06-27 | HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW $400: Sacha Baron Cohen wrote, produced & starred in this 2006 mockumentary about a journalist from Kazakhstan Borat |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $800: Kazakhstan, December 16, 1991, from this country the Soviet Union |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD $2000: Johnny must buy all his jackets in the Silk Road city of Almaty, the largest city in this "Stan" Kazakhstan |
| #6234, aired 2011-10-27 | MY "K"OUNTRY $400: It's the larger of the 2 "K" stans Kazakhstan |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | LANGUAGES $400: Russian is an official language of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan & this nation once known as Byelorussia Belarus |
| #6182, aired 2011-06-28 | LAKES & RIVERS $1200: The western half of Lake Balkhash in this largest "stan" is freshwater; the eastern half is saltwater Kazakhstan |
| #6124, aired 2011-04-07 | "AZ" I WAS SAYING $1000: An area called Nagorno-Karabakh has long been a source of dispute between this country & its neighbor Armenia Azerbaijan |
| #6075, aired 2011-01-28 | "STAN" IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE $1200: Aralsk, Shu & (Good Lord!) Almaty are cities in this country Kazakhstan |
| #6047, aired 2010-12-21 | SORRY IT DIDN'T WORK OUT $800: In June 2010 this Asian country failed for the second time in 2 attempts to launch a satellite South Korea |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | THAT'S BORDERLINE $200: Kazakhstan has less than a 1,000-mile border with China, but an over 4,000-mile one with this country Russia |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | UNIQUE WORLD ARCHITECTURE $1600: The 350-foot-tall Baiterek Tower, also known as the "Large Lollipop", can take a licking in Astana in this country Kazakhstan |
| #5773, aired 2009-10-21 | 21st CENTURY WORLD LEADERS $600: Nursultan Nazarbayev tries for make benefit glorious nation of this West-Central Asian one as its president Kazakhstan |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STUFF $2000: Berik Kupeshov, Assan Bazayev & a guy named Lance are on the Astana cycling team, named for this country's capital Kazakhstan |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | (WHOOPS) $1000: This country, home to Borat, misspelled the word "bank" on its currency Kazakhstan |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | RUSSIAN TO THE BORDER $1600: Russia's longest border is its 4,250-mile one with this "stan" Kazakhstan |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | THE NUMBER 7 $1200: 7 is the international dialing code for Kazakhstan & this big neighbor Russia |
| #5496, aired 2008-06-30 | NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE CAPITAL CITIES $1600: One of the "stans" of Central Asia:
Astana Kazakhstan |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | WORLD UP! $1600: Russia's longest border is not with China but with this "stan" Kazakhstan |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | WORLD FACTS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1989, a year of political change in Europe, this country that borders China changed its name Myanmar |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | I'M BEING SENT TO KYRGYZSTAN $600: The Kyrgyz Range in the north of K'stan extends into this other K'stan Kazakhstan |
| #5255, aired 2007-06-15 | COMPETITORS TO NASA $800: Baikonur hopes to send people around the moon by 2009 for make benefit glorious nation of this, where it's located Kazakhstan |
| #5221, aired 2007-04-30 | TRAVELING ABROAD $800: You can go visit this "glorious" nation seen here Kazakhstan |
| #5209, aired 2007-04-12 | EYE ON ASIA $600: The Globe & the Almaty Herald are the almighty newspapers in this largest Asian "stan" Kazakhstan |
| #5156, aired 2007-01-29 | IT BORDERS CHINA $400: 2 of the 5 "stan"s that border China (2 of) Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, & Afghanistan |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | "T" COUNTRIES $200: Oral epics are sung by poets & composers known as bakhashi in this central Asian "stan" nation Turkmenistan |
| #5124, aired 2006-12-14 | ENERGY $400: Kazakhstan & Australia combine to mine half of the world's production of this element needed for nuclear power uranium |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | "K" MART $2000: In December of 1991 Nursultan Nazarbayev became this -stan's first democratically elected president Kazakhstan |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | TURKMENISTAN, MY LOVE $2,400 (Daily Double): Of the 4 countries Turkmenistan borders, the one that isn't a "stan" Iran |
| #4877, aired 2005-11-22 | A BEASTLY CATEGORY $800: Kumis, a national specialty of Kazakhstan, is the fermented milk of this animal the horse |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU! $2000: Pakistan,
Afghanistan,
Kazakhstan Pakistan |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | REALLY TOUGH WHEEL OF FORTUNE PUZZLES $600: ON THE MAP: This country whose capital is Astana became a republic of the USSR in 1936 Kazakhstan |
| #4861, aired 2005-10-31 | ON THE MAP $1000: Put on your outerwear when visiting this country Outer Mongolia |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA $1600: No longer Alma-Ata, the capital city of this central Asian country is now Astana Kazakhstan |
| #4724, aired 2005-03-03 | OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $400: In Kazakhstan:
Kazakh & this Russian |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | WE HAVE TO LET THEM GO $200: It was ollie, ollie, oxen free for Kazakhstan from this union in 1991 the Soviet Union |
| #4670, aired 2004-12-17 | ASIAN RIVERS $800: The Syr Darya, one of central Asia's major rivers, flows through 3 countries whose names end in this syllable stan |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | ASIA $2000: Shymkent, Kazakhstan is just north of this capital of Uzbekistan, Central Asia's largest city Tashkent |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | NATION"Z" $1000: The Baykonur Cosmodrome, Russia's space-launch facility, is actually in this nation Kazakhstan |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY $800: The first Soviet atom bomb was produced at the Mayak Complex in this range running from the Arctic to Kazakhstan the Urals |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: This mountain range extends from the Kara Sea in the north to Kazakhstan in the south Urals |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | "K" RATIONS $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.) The first element of the ISS was the Zarya control module, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in this former S.S.R. Kazakhstan |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | IT BORDERS RUSSIA $800: Russia shares its longest border with this large "stan" Kazakhstan |
| #4185, aired 2002-11-08 | THE LARGEST IN AREA $1600: Kazakhstan,
Pakistan,
Afghanistan Kazakhstan |
| #4133, aired 2002-07-17 | THE NORTHERNMOST NATION $600: Kenya,
Kuwait,
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan |
| #3978, aired 2001-12-12 | LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES $400: Founded in 1962, this country's Kabul Times was its first English-language newspaper Afghanistan |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | ALL ABOUT KAZAKHSTAN $200: It's the largest country that borders Kazakhstan Russia |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | ALL ABOUT KAZAKHSTAN $400: With about 47% of the population practicing it, this religion is Kazakhstan's most widespread Islam |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | ALL ABOUT KAZAKHSTAN $600: In the 13th century, Kazakhstan was incorporated into the empire of this Mongol leader Genghis Khan |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | ALL ABOUT KAZAKHSTAN $800: Over 400 feet below sea level, Kazakhstan's lowest point is just east of this large landlocked salt lake the Caspian Sea |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | ALL ABOUT KAZAKHSTAN $1000: In 1928 this rival of Joseph Stalin was banished to Kazakhstan Leon Trotsky |
| #3711, aired 2000-10-23 | INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS $400: KZ Kazakhstan |
| #3509, aired 1999-12-02 | NEW REPUBLIC $500: This "Stan" of 15 million people is the largest of the former Soviet Socialist Republics after Russia Kazakhstan |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | TOUGH GEOGRAPHY $1000: Only Russia & this former Soviet republic stretch from China to Europe Kazakhstan |
| #3364, aired 1999-04-01 | GEOGRAPHY $800: This "Stan" is wedged in among Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE $800: Due to irrigation, this sea in Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan has shrunk by about 40% since the 1960s Aral Sea |
| #3056, aired 1997-12-08 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $500: Uzbekistan shares the inland Aral Sea with this neighboring "Stan" to the north Kazakhstan |
| #3029, aired 1997-10-30 | SHEEPISH COUNTRIES $1000: This second-largest member of the C.I.S. has almost twice as many sheep & goats as people Kazakhstan |
| #2879, aired 1997-02-20 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 countries bordering Afghanistan whose names also end in "stan" (2 of 4) Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): This country's Kemijoki River rises near the Russian border and empties into the Gulf of Bothnia Finland |
| #2705, aired 1996-05-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: This Russian mountain chain extends 1,500 miles from the Kara Sea to the steppes of Kazakstan the Ural Mountains |
| #2559, aired 1995-10-19 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: The Karagiye Depression, Kazakhstan's lowest point at 433' below sea level, lies near this salt lake the Caspian Sea |
| #2500, aired 1995-06-16 | FOREIGN CURRENCY $400: When Kazakhstan issued the tenge in 1993, 1 tenge was equal to 500 of this old currency ruble |
| #2248, aired 1994-05-18 | LANGUAGES $100: Kazakh is the official language of this country that was once part of the Soviet Union Kazakhstan |
| #2244, aired 1994-05-12 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: This rival of Stalin was exiled to Alma-Ata in Kazakhstan in 1928 Trotsky |
| #1212, aired 1989-12-05 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Kazakhstan, a republic in this nation, extends from Europe to the Chinese border the Soviet Union |
