| #2525, aired 1995-07-21 | EDUCATORS: In 1946 she published "Education for a New World" Maria Montessori |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 1 of 2 presidents who had military service in 4 wars (1 of) Andrew Jackson or Zachary Taylor |
| #2523, aired 1995-07-19 | FAMOUS NAMES OF THE '50s: It turned out to be the name of a childhood neighbor of hypnosis subject Virginia Tighe Bridey Murphy |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | 20th CENTURY MONARCHS: This king fathered 6 children, 2 of whom reigned after him as British monarchs George V |
| #2521, aired 1995-07-17 | PLAYWRIGHTS: He was still writing plays in 1947 at age 91 when he said, "As long as I live I must write" George Bernard Shaw |
| #2520, aired 1995-07-14 | NOVEL CHARACTERS: The next-to-last line spoken by this man is "I wish I could care what you do or where you go, but I can't" Rhett Butler |
| #2519, aired 1995-07-13 | BALLET CHARACTERS: In a famous 1892 ballet, she rules over the Kingdom of Sweets the Sugar Plum Fairy |
| #2518, aired 1995-07-12 | CAMPAIGN SONGS: This 1948 campaign song was written by Eubie Blake for the 1921 musical "Shuffle Along" "I'm Just Wild About Harry" |
| #2517, aired 1995-07-11 | FAMOUS NAMES: "The Great Gatsby" author's 3-letter middle name Key |
| #2516, aired 1995-07-10 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES: When he died in 1926, he was buried in the bronze casket he had toured with Harry Houdini |
| #2515, aired 1995-07-07 | NOTORIOUS: Oscar Collazo, serving a life sentence for his assassination attempt on this president, was released in 1979 Harry Truman |
| #2514, aired 1995-07-06 | FAMOUS PLAYS: Play that includes, "I was so mean as to kill this bird today... soon I shall kill myself in the same way" The Seagull |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | LITERARY OPERAS: Operas based on this author's works include "Il Talismano", "Il Templario" & "La Prigione d'Edimburgo" Sir Walter Scott |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: 1 of the 3 things "we mutually pledge to each other" at the end of the Declaration (1 of) our lives, our fortunes, & our sacred honor |
| #2511, aired 1995-07-03 | THE ELEMENTS: It was discovered in 1898 when 2 scientists in France extracted a minute amount from a ton of pitchblende radium (or polonium) |
| #2510, aired 1995-06-30 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: He died July 12, 1804 of a gunshot wound received at Weehawken Heights, New Jersey Alexander Hamilton |
| #2509, aired 1995-06-29 | SHAKESPEARE & FILM: A poignant scene in "The Madness of King George" features George III reading aloud from this play King Lear |
| #2508, aired 1995-06-28 | GOVERNORS: On December 5, 1994, Tony Knowles was sworn in as its ninth governor Alaska |
| #2507, aired 1995-06-27 | ANCIENT HISTORY: In 41 B.C. Mark Antony named him tetrarch of Galilee Herod (the Great) |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR: The Bonhomme Richard defeated the Serapis in this sea the North Sea |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | THE SUPER BOWL: With 7 appearances, this team has played in more Super Bowls than any other the Dallas Cowboys |
| #2504, aired 1995-06-22 | 1994 FILMS: This 1994 film is based on Mark Handley's play "Idioglossia" Nell |
| #2503, aired 1995-06-21 | ODD WORDS: The word lapidate refers to this ancient form of punishment stoning |
| #2502, aired 1995-06-20 | ORGANIZATIONS: This national Patriotic Society was organized in 1890 by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison (The National Society of) the Daughters of the American Revolution |
| #2501, aired 1995-06-19 | ARTISTS: He painted a "Crouching Marquesan Woman Seen from the Back" circa 1902 Paul Gauguin |
| #2500, aired 1995-06-16 | THE WINTER OLYMPICS: In 1994 this country's 2 medals were won by women, one in figure skating, the other in the biathlon Ukraine |
| #2499, aired 1995-06-15 | THE PRESIDENCY: Annual salary of the first 17 presidents; double it 3 times for today's salary $25,000 |
| #2498, aired 1995-06-14 | AMERICAN WOMEN: From 1911 to 1935 she served as the first president of the National Federation of Settlements Jane Addams |
| #2497, aired 1995-06-13 | HISTORIC PAIRS: Stopped by Indians 36 miles short of their assigned task, they returned to Philadelphia in 1767 (Charles) Mason & (Jeremiah) Dixon |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | FAMOUS NAMES: In a 1987 interview, he said, "In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people" Marcel Marceau |
| #2495, aired 1995-06-09 | AUSTRALIA: This 1987 event gained worldwide recognition for the city of Fremantle, a suburb of Perth The America's Cup |
| #2494, aired 1995-06-08 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: In September 1814 John S. Skinner & this Maryland atty. were sent to negotiate the release of William Beanes, a POW Francis Scott Key |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | ITALIAN OPERA: The title of this Puccini opera is the last name of the opera's heroine, a famous singer named Floria Tosca |
| #2492, aired 1995-06-06 | POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS: Among the 2-letter abbreviations for U.S. states, this state's is 1st alphabetically Alaska |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | ORGANIZATIONS: This organization was started in 1935 by William Griffith Wilson & Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) |
| #2488, aired 1995-05-31 | FAMOUS NAMES: Best known as a novelist, in 1973 he directed his first feature film, "Westworld" Michael Crichton |
| #2487, aired 1995-05-30 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: 4 Republican, 2 Democrat & these 2 Whig presidents have died while in office William Henry Harrison & Zachary Taylor |
| #2486, aired 1995-05-29 | SPORTS: This race first run in 1903 covers 2,500-3,000 miles & includes at least 1 mountain over 7,500 The Tour de France |
| #2485, aired 1995-05-26 | ISLANDS: Residents of this island were forced to leave in 1946, returned in the '70s & were relocated again in 1978 Bikini (Atoll) |
| #2484, aired 1995-05-25 | MAMMALS: A colony of 400 million of these animals in Texas once covered 25,000 square miles prairie dogs |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | ENGLISH LITERATURE: Though not named in the title, Oliver Mellors is the title character of this 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| #2482, aired 1995-05-23 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: At the beginning of the Civil War, this school moved from Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island the U.S. Naval Academy |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | WORD ORIGINS: The name of this type of food is derived from the Roman goddess of agriculture cereal |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | CANADA: The 2 capitals of Canadian provinces named in honor of Prince Albert's wife Victoria (British Columbia) & Regina (Saskatchewan) |
| #2479, aired 1995-05-18 | PHILANTHROPISTS: In the early 1900s, he was Lord Rector of the Universities of St. Andrews & Aberdeen Andrew Carnegie |
| #2477, aired 1995-05-16 | AMERICAN BOOKS: Its author said of this 1906 book, "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach" The Jungle |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | SHAKESPEARE: Ajax, Achilles & Agamemnon are all characters in this play Troilus and Cressida |
| #2475, aired 1995-05-12 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: In 1790 this cabinet officer wrote his "Report on the Public Credit" Alexander Hamilton |
| #2474, aired 1995-05-11 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: Chapter XI of this 1826 novel is prefaced by a Shakespearean quote: "Cursed be my tribe, if I forgive him" The Last of the Mohicans |
| #2473, aired 1995-05-10 | POLITICS 1995: 1 of 2 Republican senators who cast votes against the balanced budget amendment on March 2, 1995 (1 of) Mark Hatfield or Senator Dole |
| #2472, aired 1995-05-09 | U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS: 1994's most popular commemorative stamp was one observing this event's 25th anniversary the Apollo Moon landing |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | WORLD LITERATURE: This 1513 work concludes with "An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians" The Prince |
| #2470, aired 1995-05-05 | SCULPTURE: "The shot heard round the world" is carved in the base of this Daniel Chester French statue The Minute Man |
| #2469, aired 1995-05-04 | POLITICAL TERMS: In a 1906 speech Teddy Roosevelt said he agreed with their aims but their methods were sensational & irresponsible muckrakers |
| #2468, aired 1995-05-03 | THE CENSUS: In 1994 this state surpassed New York to become the second most populous state Texas |
| #2467, aired 1995-05-02 | THE ELEMENTS: Highest atomic numbered element whose symbol is a single letter uranium |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | SCIENCE HISTORY: In 1317 Pope John XXII called these people evil: "They present a false metal for gold and silver" alchemists |
| #2465, aired 1995-04-28 | OSCAR-WINNING FILMS: The first scene of this biographical film, the Best Picture of 1982, is set in South Africa Gandhi |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | WORLD CAPITALS: Monuments & public buildings in this city line the wide Avenida Bernardo O'Higgins Santiago, Chile |
| #2463, aired 1995-04-26 | BODIES OF WATER: The meridian of Cape Agulhas, Portuguese for "needles", is the boundary between these 2 oceans the Atlantic & the Indian Oceans |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | PRESIDENTS: Emily Tennessee Donelson served as his hostess because his wife died 7 weeks after the election Andrew Jackson |
| #2461, aired 1995-04-24 | OPERA: It was the first opera by a U.S.-born composer performed at La Scala Porgy and Bess |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | FAMOUS FAMILIES: Between 1680 & 1765, 5 members of this family were elders of the town of Ajaccio, Corsica the Bonapartes |
| #2459, aired 1995-04-20 | MODERN AUTHORS: His last novel opens in Yokohama on 14th September 1862 James Clavell |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | WARS: This war began with the Uitlanders fighting for political rights the Boer War |
| #2453, aired 1995-04-12 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS: He said, "If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises" Gerald Ford |
| #2452, aired 1995-04-11 | WORLD CITIES: It's the capital of South Africa located in the geographic center of the country Bloemfontein |
| #2448, aired 1995-04-05 | FOREIGN AID: These 2 countries, once each other's enemies, are the 2 biggest recipients of U.S. foreign aid Israel & Egypt |
| #2446, aired 1995-04-03 | MEN OF MEDICINE: This British physician introduced the term "vaccine" in a 1798 report Edward Jenner |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT: The most common name for rulers of ancient Egypt was Ptolemy at 15; the next most common was this name at 11 Ramses |
| #2444, aired 1995-03-30 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Part of the largest archipelago, it consists of more than 13,600 islands & is 3,200 miles long Indonesia |
| #2442, aired 1995-03-28 | COLONIAL AMERICA: President of the Continental Congress 1775-77, he was reelected in 1785 but didn't serve due to illness John Hancock |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | SCIENTISTS: In 1928 he published "Introduzione alla fisical atomica", a university physics textbook Enrico Fermi |
| #2440, aired 1995-03-24 | THE 1960s: John Froines, Lee Weiner, David Dellinger & 4 others made up this group the Chicago Seven |
| #2439, aired 1995-03-23 | U.S. CITIES: This Florida city is named for a man born in Tagaste, Numidia November 13, 354 St. Augustine |
| #2438, aired 1995-03-22 | AUTHORS: His father, Apollo Korzeniowski, helped organize Polish rebellion against Russia in the 1860s Joseph Conrad |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | OPERA: Considered the most popular of all Czech operas, it ends with a betrothal The Bartered Bride |
| #2435, aired 1995-03-17 | PHILANTHROPISTS: In 1887 the remains of James Lick were placed inside one of these that he endowed a telescope |
| #2434, aired 1995-03-16 | LITERARY QUOTES: In an 1840s work, this British author wrote, "Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! which of us is happy in this world?" William Makepeace Thackeray |
| #2433, aired 1995-03-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC: The first 4 notes of this 1808 work supposedly represent fate knocking at the door Beethoven's 5th Symphony |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | FAMOUS NAMES: This shipowner was at the helm of the Britannia as it left Liverpool for Boston in 1840 Samuel Cunard |
| #2431, aired 1995-03-13 | WORLD CURRENCY: On an alphabetical list of the world's basic monetary units, this one is last the złoty |
| #2430, aired 1995-03-10 | POETS: His wife Caitlin, who outlived him by 41 years, passed away in 1994 at age 80 Dylan Thomas |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY: This British monarch authorized the first English colony in North America Elizabeth I |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | RULERS: At his death at age 62 in 1993, he was Europe's longest-reigning monarch King Baudouin |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | MYSTERY FICTION: The title character in this 1932 detective story is a missing inventor, not the detective looking for him The Thin Man |
| #2426, aired 1995-03-06 | THE 1980s: In 1989 a statue called "Goddess of Democracy" was erected in this square Tiananmen Square |
| #2425, aired 1995-03-03 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Frederick Barnard was president of this university from 1864 to 1889 Columbia |
| #2424, aired 1995-03-02 | TRANSPORTATION: It's the only city in the Deep South to have a subway system Atlanta |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | NONFICTION: In the 1870s he wrote "The Molly Maguires and the Detectives" & "Criminal Reminiscences and Det. Sketches" Pinkerton |
| #2422, aired 1995-02-28 | EPIC POETRY: In the 16th century epic "The Faerie Queene", the Red Crosse Knight represents this patron saint St. George |
| #2421, aired 1995-02-27 | THE OLD TESTAMENT: The words "Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin" appear in this book the Book of Daniel |
| #2420, aired 1995-02-24 | KINGS & QUEENS: This royal wife, Queen of England for just 6 months in 1540, was the daughter of a German duke Anne of Cleves |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | ARTISTS: One of the few known portraits of this American painter is of her "in the Louvre", by her friend Edgar Degas Mary Cassatt |
| #2418, aired 1995-02-22 | SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS: Berlioz based his last opera, "Beatrice et Benedict", on this Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing |
| #2417, aired 1995-02-21 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: On October 18, 1938, Hermann Goering decorated him with a service cross Charles Lindbergh |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: At 70, he was the oldest signer of the Declaration of Independence Benjamin Franklin |
| #2415, aired 1995-02-17 | ENGLISH LITERATURE: Set in Scandinavia, not in Britain, it's the longest surviving epic poem written in Old English Beowulf |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY: This South Dakota community was the site of 2 clashes between the U.S. gov't & Indians, in 1890 & 1973 Wounded Knee |
| #2413, aired 1995-02-15 | COMPOSERS: Hans von Bulow said his favorite key was E-flat major because it had 1 flat for each of these composers Bach, Brahms & Beethoven (The Three Bs) |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS: It was completed in 1886 & until 1902 was administered by the Federal Lighthouse Board the Statue of Liberty |
| #2411, aired 1995-02-13 | ORGANIZATIONS: The name of this organization comes from the phrase "philosophia biou kubernetes" Phi Beta Kappa |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | WORD ORIGINS: This word for sudden, wild fear comes from the name of a god who was believed to cause it panic |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: Its 4 statutory members are the President, Vice President & Secretaries of Defense & State the National Security Council (the NSC) |
| #2408, aired 1995-02-08 | BODIES OF WATER: When Jim Bridger discovered this body of water in 1824, he mistook it for an arm of the Pacific the Great Salt Lake |
| #2407, aired 1995-02-07 | THE OLYMPICS: It was the last national capital to host the Summer Olympic Games Seoul |
| #2406, aired 1995-02-06 | PHILANTHROPISTS: A college & an oceanographic institution are named for this newspaper family the Scripps family |
| #2405, aired 1995-02-03 | BIOLOGY: In humans the red hemoglobin contains iron; in mollusks the blue hemocyanin contains this metal copper |
| #2404, aired 1995-02-02 | HISTORIC AMERICANS: When he died in 1746, his wife became editor of the New-York Weekly Journal John Peter Zenger |
| #2403, aired 1995-02-01 | SENATORS: A protege of Chicago mayor Harold Washington, she was elected Cook County recorder of Deeds in 1988 Carol Moseley-Braun |
| #2402, aired 1995-01-31 | THE OSCARS: She's the only performer to win a Best Actress Oscar for a foreign-language film Sophia Loren |
| #2400, aired 1995-01-27 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: He said "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains...must be the truth" Sherlock Holmes |
| #2399, aired 1995-01-26 | CLASSIC TV: Sitcom whose title character was born in Baghdad in 64 B.C. I Dream of Jeannie |
| #2398, aired 1995-01-25 | AUTHORS: Once rejected as too far-fetched, his 1863 novel "Paris in the 20th Century" was published for the 1st time in 1994 Jules Verne |
| #2397, aired 1995-01-24 | THE AMERICAN THEATRE: This Robert E. Sherwood play about a president won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Abe Lincoln in Illinois |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | THE SOUTHERN U.S.: At 345 feet, this southern state's highest elevation is the lowest among the 50 states Florida |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | WOMEN AUTHORS: In 1910 she became the first woman novelist elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| #2394, aired 1995-01-19 | COINS: This gold coin was so named because its value was originally twice that of an Escudo a doubloon |
| #2393, aired 1995-01-18 | ANCIENT TIMES: While conquering Asia, he carried a copy of the "Iliad" in a special gold casket Alexander the Great |
| #2392, aired 1995-01-17 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES: During WWI this singer raised several million dollars for the Italian Red Cross Enrico Caruso |
| #2391, aired 1995-01-16 | U.S. HISTORY: John Sevier, the only gov. of the self-proclaimed state of Franklin, later became the 1st gov. of this state Tennessee |
| #2390, aired 1995-01-13 | ARCHITECTURE: The name of this type of structure comes from the unit of length of an ancient foot race--606 feet a stadium |
| #2389, aired 1995-01-12 | BRITISH MONARCHS: 9-year-old Henry III became king of England when this king, his father, died in 1216 King John |
| #2388, aired 1995-01-11 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This flatware company can be traced back to a New York religious colony founded in 1848 Oneida |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | BOOKS & AUTHORS: Among his books are "About Zionism" & "The Evolution of Physics" Albert Einstein |
| #2384, aired 1995-01-05 | MUSIC COMPETITIONS: The piano competition named for him is sponsored by the Kosciuszko Foundation Frederic Chopin |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | UNIVERSITIES: The golden spike removed after the May 10, 1869 ceremony is now at this university Stanford |
| #2382, aired 1995-01-03 | POLITICIANS: In 1953 he moved to Arkansas, where he set up the Experimental Ranch "Winrock" Winthrop Rockefeller |
| #2381, aired 1995-01-02 | AUTOMAKERS: It's Europe's largest & the world's fourth-largest automaker Volkswagen |
| #2380, aired 1994-12-30 | SURNAMES: Ionesco & Ivanovich are equivalents of this English surname Johnson |
| #2379, aired 1994-12-29 | 1994 MOVIES: The title of this 1994 action hit can be traced to a 1919 Supreme Court opinion by Oliver Wendell Holmes Clear and Present Danger |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | ETYMOLOGY: Until 1946, this word usually meant a mathematician; since then, it's come to mean a machine a computer |
| #2377, aired 1994-12-27 | ORGANIZATIONS: Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America is headquartered in this city Philadelphia |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | NOTABLE WOMEN: In 1957, at age 90, author & scholar Edith Hamilton was made an honorary citizen of this city Athens |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: A college was named for this woman, the first person to establish a scholarship at Harvard (Anne) Radcliffe |
| #2374, aired 1994-12-22 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: With over 55 million visitors, this country is the world's most popular tourist destination France |
| #2373, aired 1994-12-21 | U.S. ISLANDS: Mount Ada on this island is named for the wife of chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Catalina Island |
| #2372, aired 1994-12-20 | HISTORY: The 7-year revolt by the Front de Liberation Nationale led this country to independence in 1962 Algeria |
| #2371, aired 1994-12-19 | AMERICAN ARTISTS: His "Triple Self-Portrait" was put on a 29¢ stamp in 1994 Norman Rockwell |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: In 1928 Washburn Crosby joined with Red Star, Rocky Mountain Elevator & Kalispell Flour to create this co. General Mills |
| #2369, aired 1994-12-15 | DRAMA: 1611 play possibly inspired by the 1609 wreck of the ship carrying future Virginia governor Thomas Gates The Tempest |
| #2368, aired 1994-12-14 | AMERICANA: This New York town that was the home of Elizabeth Cady Stanton has a Women's Hall of Fame Seneca Falls |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY: Appointed minister to Mexico in 1853, he was recalled in 1856 James Gadsden |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: In 1920 he ran using the campaign slogan "Convict No. 9653 for President" Eugene Debs |
| #2365, aired 1994-12-09 | PSYCHOLOGY: The grandfather of this psychiatrist founded the Institute of Hope, a mental hospital in Basel (Carl) Jung |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | ROYALTY: Collier's Encyclopedia calls this man "the most famous of Polynesians" King Kamehameha |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | POETIC HEROINES: The heroine of this 1847 poem is driven into exile by British soldiers during the French & Indian War Evangeline |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: Last name of the 18th c. bookseller & publisher known as the first to specialize in children's books Newbery |
| #2361, aired 1994-12-05 | THE BIBLE: Ehud, Jephthah & Gideon are 3 of the people for whom this Old Testament book is named Judges |
| #2360, aired 1994-12-02 | WORLD FACTS: Country whose monetary unit is the Swiss franc & whose only official language is German Liechtenstein |
| #2359, aired 1994-12-01 | BESTSELLING AUTHORS: He was 50 yards from victory in Britain's Grand National Steeplechase of 1956 when his horse collapsed Dick Francis |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: 1 of the top 10 companies that operated food services in 1964, in 1994 its lunch counters ranked No. 264 Woolworth's |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | PLAYS: The title of a Sean O'Casey play refers to these symbols on the flag of the Irish Citizen Army a plow & stars |
| #2356, aired 1994-11-28 | BRITISH HEROES: At his death in 1852, he was interred in St. Paul's near Lord Nelson the Duke of Wellington |
| #2355, aired 1994-11-25 | AMERICAN POLITICAL TERMS: This phrase first appeared in 1845, followed by "to overspread the continent alloted by providence" Manifest Destiny |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | SOUTH AFRICA: Province discovered by Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497 Natal |
| #2353, aired 1994-11-23 | DEMOCRATS: When Grandma Moses was born, this man was president; at her death, JFK was president James Buchanan |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | HISTORIC NAMES: Though he spent most of his life in Europe, he was governor of the Bahamas for most of World War II Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | PLAYWRIGHTS: In 1936 he wrote his last play, "The Boy David"; an actress played the title role James M. Barrie |
| #2350, aired 1994-11-18 | OPERA: One-word title of the Verdi opera set in Windsor, England in the 15th century "Falstaff" |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: This former U.N. ambassador is a co-chairman of the host city's committee for the 1996 Olympic Games Andrew Young |
| #2348, aired 1994-11-16 | HISTORIC NAMES: A midshipman at age 9, he served in the War of 1812 at age 11, & became a Civil War hero while in his 60s David Farragut |
| #2347, aired 1994-11-15 | AFRICAN LANDMARKS: Discovered November 16, 1855, its Makalolo name, Mosioatunya, means "the smoke that thunders" Victoria Falls |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | ROYALTY: The last king of the Hellenes, he was the second to bear this name King Constantine II (former King Constantine) |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | ANCIENT ROME: One of these commanded 100 of the 6000 men in a legion a centurion |
| #2344, aired 1994-11-10 | FAMOUS SHIPS: It left Spithead, England December 23, 1787 & arrived in Tahiti October 26, 1788 the Bounty |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: Alphabetically, he was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence John Adams |
| #2342, aired 1994-11-08 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: In his 1913 autobiography, he said "Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly" Teddy Roosevelt |
| #2341, aired 1994-11-07 | U.S. LANDMARKS: James Hoban, who designed & built this, had to rebuild it after a fire in 1814 the White House |
| #2340, aired 1994-11-04 | VICE PRESIDENTS: This Republican was the first V.P. to succeed to the presidency and then win the office by election Theodore Roosevelt |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | PLAYWRIGHTS: He's won 3 Pulitzer Prizes for drama--in 1967, 1975 & 1994 Edward Albee |
| #2338, aired 1994-11-02 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: In 1993 this American company received more U.S. patents than any other in the world IBM |
| #2337, aired 1994-11-01 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES: The name of this common apple variety probably refers to its growth from seeds rather than by grafting the pippin |
| #2336, aired 1994-10-31 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Excluding the U.S. Canada, these 2 countries share the longest continuous border in the world, nearly 3,300 miles Chile & Argentina |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | WORD ORIGINS: This term for a small place of worship goes back to the veneration of the cape of St. Martin of Tours chapel |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | 1994: In July 1994 these 2 foreign leaders became the first to address the same joint session of Congress Rabin and King Hussein |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | MYTHOLOGY: This prize was inscribed "for the fairest" the golden apple |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | ORCHESTRAL MUSIC: Described as a "Grand Zoological Fantasy" in 14 movements, it was written by a Frenchman in 1886 Carnival of the Animals |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | SPACE: The names of these 2 space shuttles, the first & last built, are synonyms Enterprise & Endeavour |
| #2330, aired 1994-10-21 | AMERICANA: The phrase "Great Faces Great Places" appears on this state's license plates South Dakota |
| #2329, aired 1994-10-20 | 1960s THEATRE: In the 1966-'67 Broadway season, this playwright had 4 shows running simultaneously Neil Simon |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | MUSICIANS: In 1958 he recorded the first classical LP to sell one million copies Van Cliburn |
| #2326, aired 1994-10-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: It was created in 1931 by a merger of, among others, Boeing Air Transport & National Air Transport United Airlines |
| #2325, aired 1994-10-14 | RULERS: In the Mayflower Compact this king was called a "dread sovereign lord" King James I of England (or King James VI of Scotland) |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | LITERARY AWARDS: 2 of 3 men from Ireland awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (2 of) (William Butler) Yeats, (George Bernard) Shaw or (Samuel) Beckett |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | GREEK MYTHOLOGY: To cure his affliction he was told to bathe in the Pactolus River King Midas |
| #2322, aired 1994-10-11 | BIOGRAPHIES: Isaac Deutscher's final biographical volume on this Russian was "The Prophet Outcast", covering 1929-1940 (Leon) Trotsky |
| #2321, aired 1994-10-10 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: Jefferson said it "is no excuse in any country... because it can always be pretended" ignorance of the law |
| #2320, aired 1994-10-07 | ART HISTORY: In 1894 Alphonse Mucha began designing posters of Sarah Bernhardt that popularized this decorative style art nouveau |
| #2319, aired 1994-10-06 | HISTORY: Henry VIII made Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury; she had him burned at the stake for heresy Mary I (Bloody Mary) |
| #2318, aired 1994-10-05 | ARCHAELOGISTS: This archaeologist named his children Andromache & Agamemnon Heinrich Schliemann |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | AWARDS: The National Arbor Day Foundation presents an annual award named for this poet Joyce Kilmer |
| #2316, aired 1994-10-03 | MODERN QUOTATIONS: In 1962 she wrote, "...the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life" Rachel Carson |
| #2315, aired 1994-09-30 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Of the presidents who attended a service academy, the only one who graduated in the top 10 percent of his class Jimmy Carter |
| #2314, aired 1994-09-29 | ART & AUTHORS: The Honolulu Academy of Arts has this U.S. author's collection of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints James Michener |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: Famous story that contains the line "I wish I may never hear of the United States again!" The Man Without a Country |
| #2312, aired 1994-09-27 | BOTANY: In 1872 he introduced seedless grape cuttings to California William Thompson |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: It has the shortest coastline of any independent country, 3.49 miles Monaco |
| #2310, aired 1994-09-23 | NOVELISTS: In 1918 he proudly wrote to his family "I'm the first American wounded in Italy" Ernest Hemingway |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | WORD ORIGINS: This nickname for a non-Spanish speaker comes from the Spanish word for "Greek" gringo |
| #2308, aired 1994-09-21 | QUEENS: She was Queen Consort of France 1137-1152 & Queen Consort of England 1154-1204 Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| #2307, aired 1994-09-20 | WOMEN IN SPORTS: With 5, she's won more Olympic gold medals than any other U.S. female athlete Bonnie Blair |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: In 1864 the Comm. of Agriculture advocated that the government issue daily ones of these via telegraphs a weather report |
| #2305, aired 1994-09-16 | BODIES OF WATER: In the time of the Roman Republic, this river separated Cisalpine Gaul from Italy the Rubicon |
| #2304, aired 1994-09-15 | 1994: James Gregory, a former Robben Island warden, was an invited guest at this May 10, 1994 event the inauguration of Nelson Mandela |
| #2303, aired 1994-09-14 | NOTABLE WOMEN: On Good Housekeeping's 1994 list of the most admired people, this 1979 Nobel laureate led the women Mother Teresa |
| #2302, aired 1994-09-13 | TECHNOLOGY: The first commercial product to use the transistor; the radio came 2 years later in 1954 a hearing aid |
| #2301, aired 1994-09-12 | WORLD CAPITALS: This city was founded in the 6th century as a capital in the Tonkin Lowland Hanoi |
| #2300, aired 1994-09-09 | LANDMARKS: This barrier is situated in the British Isles about 100 miles south of the Antonine Wall Hadrian's Wall |
| #2299, aired 1994-09-08 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 1877 his remains were buried at West Point, where he had graduated last in his class George A. Custer |
| #2298, aired 1994-09-07 | AUTHORS: The novelist who wrote, "The beginning of the end of war lies in remembrance" Herman Wouk |
| #2297, aired 1994-09-06 | THE OLD TESTAMENT: 1 of the 2 talking animals of the Old Testament the serpent or Balaam's ass |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | THE OLYMPICS: Of all the cities that have hosted the Winter Olympics, this one is the farthest north Lillehammer, Norway |
