| #1375, aired 1990-07-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1839 & '40 France & Great Britain signed commercial treaties with this new republic Texas |
| #1374, aired 1990-07-19 | WORLD CITIES: Built between 1666 & 1667, the Castle of Good Hope is the oldest monument in this capital city Cape Town |
| #1373, aired 1990-07-18 | FIRST LADIES: The two 20th century first ladies whose first name was Elizabeth Ford & Truman |
| #1372, aired 1990-07-17 | VOCABULARY: From Greek for "little world", it's the body seen as a mini-universe animated by its own soul microcosm |
| #1371, aired 1990-07-16 | THE BIBLE: "The dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life" Samson |
| #1370, aired 1990-07-13 | WEAPONS: In the Civil War contact mines, like the ones that didn't slow Farragut in Mobile Bay, were called this torpedos |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | EXPLORATION: This country's flag was the first to be planted at the South Pole Norway |
| #1368, aired 1990-07-11 | HISTORICAL DRAMA: John Dryden's "All for Love: or, the World Well Lost" is based on this play by Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: President with the most recent birth date Jimmy Carter |
| #1366, aired 1990-07-09 | SPORTS: This sport requires the largest field of any ball game--12.4 acres polo |
| #1364, aired 1990-07-05 | FAMOUS AMERICANS: He was in charge of the band training center at Great Lakes Naval Base during WWI John Philip Sousa |
| #1363, aired 1990-07-04 | VICE PRESIDENTS: 11 of our 44 Vice Presidents were residents of this state New York |
| #1362, aired 1990-07-03 | WOMEN: In 1906 she became the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne Marie Curie |
| #1359, aired 1990-06-28 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: In 1988 Nevada was the only state to offer this choice on the ballot, & 6,934 people took it none of the above (no preference) |
| #1358, aired 1990-06-27 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard Inn, serves as the M.C. in this collection of stories The Canterbury Tales |
| #1356, aired 1990-06-25 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: He wrote: "They spell it Vinci & pronounce it Vinchy; foreigners always spell better than they pronounce" Mark Twain |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | AMERICAN WRITERS: The only American woman awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, she won hers in 1938 Pearl Buck |
| #1354, aired 1990-06-21 | COINS: On its reverse the Susan B. Anthony dollar commemorated this historic event of the 1960s Moon landing |
| #1353, aired 1990-06-20 | LANDMARKS: Its name is Italian for "theater at the stairway" La Scala |
| #1352, aired 1990-06-19 | FAMOUS NAMES: She wrote several books: the first, titled "20 Hrs. 40 Min.", was published in 1928 Amelia Earhart |
| #1350, aired 1990-06-15 | WORLD WAR I: 2 of World War I's "Big Four" leaders who met in Paris in 1919 to draft the Treaty of Versailles (2 of) Wilson, Clemenceau, Orlando or David Lloyd George |
| #1347, aired 1990-06-12 | REPUBLICANS: This California Senator was the first Republican nominee for president, but he lost (John Charles) Fremont |
| #1346, aired 1990-06-11 | MINERALS: These 2 nations lead the world in the production of gold South Africa & USSR |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | THE CALENDAR: The 3 days named after a mythological father & 2 of his sons Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS: 1st & last name of the man who brought insanity proceedings against his famous mother in 1875 Robert Lincoln |
| #1343, aired 1990-06-06 | LANDMARKS: First identified in 1741, it split while being dragged to Liberty Pole Square in 1774 Plymouth Rock |
| #1341, aired 1990-06-04 | HISTORIC NAMES: When the city of Podgorica became capital of Montenegro after WWII, it was renamed in his honor Tito |
| #1340, aired 1990-06-01 | FAMOUS WOMEN: While a regular on Major Bowes' radio show, she said, "I'm 7 years old & I can sing 23 arias." Beverly "Bubbles" Sills |
| #1339, aired 1990-05-31 | GEOGRAPHY: It's the southernmost independent country in the world Chile (which goes down around Tierra Del Fuego & sweeps a little south of Argentina) |
| #1338, aired 1990-05-30 | ENGLAND: Legend says if the ravens ever leave this historic site on the Thames, England will fall Tower of London |
| #1337, aired 1990-05-29 | WORD ORIGINS: Name for a festival from the Italian meaning farewell to meat Carnival |
| #1336, aired 1990-05-28 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: London's College of Heralds granted this American college a coat of arms in 1694 William & Mary |
| #1335, aired 1990-05-25 | THE BIBLE: The third man mentioned in the Bible; his name means "breath" in Hebrew Abel |
| #1333, aired 1990-05-23 | BRITISH HISTORY: The 14th Earl of this was prime minister in 1852; the 12th Earl of this had a race named for him Earl of Derby |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: Merlin the Magician cast a spell putting this title character to sleep for 1,300 years A Connecticut Yankee (In King Arthur's Court) |
| #1331, aired 1990-05-21 | SCIENTISTS: When Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in physics, he was a naturalized citizen of this country Switzerland (He came to the U.S. later on) |
| #1330, aired 1990-05-18 | THE SUPREME COURT: Son of a famous poet, this oldest justice ever didn't retire until he was 90 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
| #1329, aired 1990-05-17 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: In 1839, at age 19, he joined the crew of the freighter St. Lawrence that ran between NYC & Liverpool Herman Melville |
| #1328, aired 1990-05-16 | GEOGRAPHY: It's the only country whose name begins with "A", but doesn't end with "A" Afghanistan |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: This winner of the 1970 Nobel Literature Prize was born in 1918 into a family of Cossack intellectuals Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | THE BIBLE: Of the men mentioned in the King James Version, he's first alphabetically Aaron (Moses' brother) |
| #1325, aired 1990-05-11 | MEDICINE: His vaccine was announced safe in April '55, the 10th anniversary of FDR's death Dr. Jonas Salk |
| #1324, aired 1990-05-10 | U.S. CITIES: Massachusetts city named for an industrialist whose family included several poets & an astronomer Lowell |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS: This country's national anthem was written on the night of April 24, 1792 France ("La Marseillaise") |
| #1322, aired 1990-05-08 | ISLANDS: The largest island in the Tuscan Archipelago, its most famous resident left in 1815 Elba (former home of Napoleon) |
| #1321, aired 1990-05-07 | COMPOSERS: His most famous work includes "La primavera", "L'estate", "L'autunno" & "L'inverno" Vivaldi |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | THE SENATE: The 2 astronauts who went on to become U.S. senators John Glenn (Ohio) & Harrison Schmitt (New Mexico) |
| #1319, aired 1990-05-03 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES: Robert Shaw, Richard Burton & Charles Laughton all played this ruler on film Henry VIII |
| #1318, aired 1990-05-02 | ARCHITECTURE: Once a professor of astronomy, he designed the Royal Observatory at Greenwich Sir Christopher Wren |
| #1317, aired 1990-05-01 | U.S. STATES: The only U.S. state that borders 4 Great Lakes Michigan (borders Huron, Michigan, Erie & Superior) |
| #1316, aired 1990-04-30 | PRESIDENTS: The first U.S. president who had served as a governor of a state Thomas Jefferson |
| #1315, aired 1990-04-27 | EUROPE: In this country domestic mail is free & int'l mail can be sent from French or Spanish post offices Andorra |
| #1314, aired 1990-04-26 | U.S. HISTORY: Some say he was shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett, & other believe he killed himself John Wilkes Booth |
| #1312, aired 1990-04-24 | PLAYWRIGHTS: His most famous play was first produced in 1895, the year he was sent to jail, & he never wrote another Oscar Wilde (The Importance of Being Earnest) |
| #1311, aired 1990-04-23 | STATE CAPITALS: This city was named for a first century Roman citizen & missionary St. Paul, Minnesota |
| #1310, aired 1990-04-20 | ACTRESSES: She suffered a serious injury while starring in "La Tosca", a play written for her Sarah Bernhardt |
| #1309, aired 1990-04-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This company was incorporated in 1946 as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation Sony |
| #1308, aired 1990-04-18 | 13-LETTER WORDS: Word meaning "immeasurably small"; its first 8 letters are a word meaning "immeasurably great" infinitesimal |
| #1307, aired 1990-04-17 | MAGAZINES: The 2 major literary monthlies founded in the 1850s that survive today The Atlantic Monthly & Harpers |
| #1306, aired 1990-04-16 | BASEBALL: This major league manager was born July 30, 1890 in Kansas City, Missouri Casey Stengel |
| #1305, aired 1990-04-13 | THE BIBLE: Though he fought against the Philistines, his wife was one, & so was his paramour Samson |
| #1304, aired 1990-04-12 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: Alaska has the longest seacoast & this state is second Florida |
| #1303, aired 1990-04-11 | THE ROARING '20s: Term given to the flowering of Black American arts & letters the Harlem Renaissance |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | CABLE TELEVISION: The name of this channel can be traced back to a movie theater that opened in 1905 in McKeesport, Pa. Nickelodeon |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | AMERICAN HISTORY: Virginia's motto since 1776; it was shouted in another context on April 14, 1865 "Sic Semper Tyrannis" |
| #1300, aired 1990-04-06 | MONEY: Country whose basic monetary unit is the Balboa Panama |
| #1299, aired 1990-04-05 | CANADA: Early documents & maps referred to this future Canadian province as "Terra Nova" Newfoundland |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES: This actor won a 1952 Tony & a 1956 Oscar for playing the same ruler Yul Brynner (The King and I) |
| #1295, aired 1990-03-30 | WORLD HISTORY: He became a nat'l hero when he led the Spanish Foreign Legion against Moroccan rebels in the 1920s Gen. Francisco Franco |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: The only state that's home to 2 Ivy League schools New York (Columbia, in NYC & Cornell, in Ithaca) |
| #1291, aired 1990-03-26 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The world's most populous democracy India |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | AUTHORS: After his death in 1745, he was buried in St. Patrick's cathedral in Dublin Jonathan Swift |
| #1289, aired 1990-03-22 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: This president was the last surviving signer of the U.S. Constitution James Madison |
| #1287, aired 1990-03-20 | WORD ORIGINS: Word derived from the act of breaking up a failed Italian moneylender's market bench bankruptcy |
| #1286, aired 1990-03-19 | THE CALENDAR: Civilization that produced the first known calendar with 365 days Ancient Egypt |
| #1285, aired 1990-03-16 | LITERARY CHARACTERS: He first appeared as the title character in the 1630 drama "The Seducer of Seville" Don Juan |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | EUROPE: The 2 European countries whose 7-letter names differ by just 1 letter Iceland & Ireland |
| #1283, aired 1990-03-14 | AMERICAN POETRY: The poem that includes the line: "Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!" "The Raven" (by Edgar Allan Poe) |
| #1282, aired 1990-03-13 | THE CALENDAR: In 8 B.C., when this month was renamed, a day from Feb. was added so it equaled the month before it August |
| #1281, aired 1990-03-12 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: The only peace prize awarded posthumously went to this man in 1961 Dag Hammarskjold (the secretary-general of the UN who was killed in the plane crash in Africa) |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | STATE CAPITALS: 2 of the 4 state capitals named for a place in England (2 of) Richmond, Dover, Hartford or Boston |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | FAMOUS NAMES: He published a history of Virginia & New England in 1624, after escaping from Turks, Indians & pirates Captain John Smith |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | PLAYS: It closes with "Then let's play poker--and watch your cigarettes, will you? This is my house, not a pig sty." The Odd Couple |
| #1277, aired 1990-03-06 | PRESIDENTS: Black Jack was the riderless horse at the funerals of these 3 presidents JFK, LBJ & Eisenhower |
| #1276, aired 1990-03-05 | SHAKESPEAREAN TITLE CHARACTERS: He is introduced as "the triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpet's fool" Marc Antony |
| #1275, aired 1990-03-02 | NOTORIOUS: Probably born in France, a U.S. hero in 1815, he burned down his own colony in 1821 & disappeared Jean Lafitte |
| #1274, aired 1990-03-01 | WORLD HISTORY: City that was the seat of government of the viceroyalty of New Spain Mexico City |
| #1273, aired 1990-02-28 | WORLD TRADE: 3 of the 5 founding members of OPEC (3 of) Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia & Venezuela |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | BRITISH ROYALTY: Before Prince Andrew, he was the last Duke of York King George VI |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | U.S. STATES: After Rhode Island & Delaware, it's the next smallest state in area Connecticut |
| #1270, aired 1990-02-23 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: Simultaneously on the covers of Time, Newsweek & S.I. in 1973, he was buried in 1989 in a 6' X 6' casket Secretariat |
| #1269, aired 1990-02-22 | MUSIC: The melody for "Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here" comes from this comic operetta The Pirates of Penzance |
| #1267, aired 1990-02-20 | GOVERNMENT: This man resigned his Senate seat January 3, 1989 Dan Quayle |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | ANCIENT HISTORY: Crassus, Julius Caesar & this man formed the 1st Triumvirate Pompey |
| #1265, aired 1990-02-16 | AMERICAN NOVELS: Chapter 15 of this 1881 novel is entitled "Tom as King" The Prince and the Pauper |
| #1264, aired 1990-02-15 | U.S. STATES: In 1820 it became the last New England state admitted to the Union Maine |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | ASTRONOMY: In 1910 it could be seen with the naked eye; in 1911 a telescope was necessary; by 1912 it was gone Halley's Comet |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR: In April 1775 Gen. J. Warren made him an official messenger of the Committee of Safety Paul Revere |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | MONEY: Name of the structure seen on the back of the currently minted nickel Monticello |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | SHAKESPEARE: Tho Shakespeare wrote many plays about kings, she is the only title character who is a queen Cleopatra |
| #1259, aired 1990-02-08 | PRESIDENTS: The only U.S. president who served previously as U.S. representative to the U.N. George Bush |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | EUROPEAN CITIES: The name of this Italian city comes from the Greek word for "new city" Naples |
| #1257, aired 1990-02-06 | LANDMARKS: Slated for demolition, it held 2 madmen, 4 forgers & a nobleman when the mob came for its gunpowder The Bastille |
| #1256, aired 1990-02-05 | FAMOUS QUOTES: One of the most famous questions in history, it was asked in 1871 in the village of Ujiji "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" |
| #1255, aired 1990-02-02 | POLITICS: He was the last man holding the office of gov. when elected vice president of the U.S. Spiro Agnew (1968) |
| #1254, aired 1990-02-01 | PUNCTUATION: The name of this punctuation mark is Greek for "together" Hyphen |
| #1252, aired 1990-01-30 | EUROPE: 2 of the 3 countries which today share the region of ancient Macedonia (2 of) Bulgaria, Greece & Yugoslavia |
| #1251, aired 1990-01-29 | ROYALTY: If Prince Charles keeps his name when he becomes king, this number will follow it III |
| #1250, aired 1990-01-26 | AMERICAN AUTHORS: He died at age 28, just 5 years after his Civil War novel was published Stephen Crane (The Red Badge of Courage) |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | DIRECTORS: He was an actor for 21 years before he directed his 1st feature film at age 23 in 1977 Ron Howard |
| #1247, aired 1990-01-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY: He was born in Connecticut in 1800 & hanged for treason in Virginia in 1859 John Brown |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | DISNEY: The last full-length cartoon feature Walt Disney supervised personally, it was set in India The Jungle Book |
| #1245, aired 1990-01-19 | ANCIENT TIMES: This city didn't exist at the time of the Trojan War so Paris couldn't have abducted Helen from there Sparta (Helen was married to the king of Sparta) |
| #1242, aired 1990-01-16 | PUBLISHING: Annual publication whose 1992 issue will mark its bicentennial The Old Farmer's Almanac |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: Of the 1st 7 presidents, only these 2 were not re-elected John Adams & John Quincy Adams |
| #1240, aired 1990-01-12 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The Welch's Company has its corporate headquarters in this Mass. town Concord |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | ORGANIZATIONS: It moved its HQ from Savannah to Wash. D.C. in 1913, & in 1917 began making each First Lady honorary pres. the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. |
| #1238, aired 1990-01-10 | PLAYS: 1949 Pulitzer Prize play in which the title character commits suicide for the insurance money Death of a Salesman |
| #1237, aired 1990-01-09 | GEOGRAPHY: The 2 independent South American countries named after famous men Bolivia and Colombia |
| #1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ANAGRAMS: 2 words having to do with parenthood that are anagrams of "parental" paternal & prenatal |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | FOREIGN CURRENCY: The 2 world currencies, 1 European & 1 Mideastern, that are anagrams of "LIAR" lira & rial |
| #1234, aired 1990-01-04 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: In 1954 the U.N. won for Peace, Hemingway for Literature & this U.S. chemist for Chemistry Linus Pauling |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | WOMEN IN SPORTS: The last 2 U.S. women to win Olympic gold medals in individual figure skating Peggy Fleming & Dorothy Hamill |
| #1232, aired 1990-01-02 | THE OSCARS: Of Cecil B. De Mille's 70 films, only this non-Biblical one won "Best Picture" The Greatest Show on Earth |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | SHAKESPEARE: Act I, Scene III of this play involves a heated discussion about 3,000 ducats The Merchant of Venice |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | WORD ORIGINS: This word for a close friend or an old chum comes from the Greek word for time Crony (from the Greek god Chronos) |
| #1229, aired 1989-12-28 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Surprisingly, it was not made a legal U.S. holiday until 1941, over 150 yrs. after it was 1st celebrated July 4th (Independence Day) |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | WORLD CAPITALS: City that's the westernmost capital on the European mainland Lisbon, Portugal |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | TEXAS: The front of the state seal of Texas has 1 star & the back of the seal has 6 of these Flags (Six flags over Texas) |
| #1226, aired 1989-12-25 | THE SUPREME COURT: 1 of 4 presidents who left office without having appointed a Supreme Court justice Jimmy Carter, Andrew Johnson, Zachary Taylor or William Henry Harrison |
| #1225, aired 1989-12-22 | MOUNTAINS: The names of the tallest peak in the Alps & the tallest peak in Hawaii both mean this in English white mountain |
| #1224, aired 1989-12-21 | AWARDS: More Congressional Medal of Honor winners have come from this war than any other the Civil War |
| #1223, aired 1989-12-20 | MODERN HISTORY: In 1980 Vigdis Finnbogadottir became this country's 1st female president Iceland |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: Near the end of this 1960 musical set in Britain, the heroine is almost burned at the stake Camelot |
| #1221, aired 1989-12-18 | FAMOUS NAMES: He said, "I saw a fleet of fishing boats, ...flew down...& yelled at them, asking if I was on the right road to Ireland" Charles Lindbergh |
| #1220, aired 1989-12-15 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: It's the smallest state in land area of those not in the original 13 colonies Hawaii (6,423 sq. mi.) |
| #1219, aired 1989-12-14 | THEATRE: This 1955 play set in Mississippi takes place on a family patriarch's birthday Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | CONGRESS: Beginning with Theodore Sedgwick in 1799, 8 House Speakers have represented this state, more than any other Massachusetts |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | WOMEN: In 1976 she became the 1st woman to serve as Chief of Protocol of the United States Shirley Temple Black |
| #1216, aired 1989-12-11 | BRITISH ROYALTY: The name of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was changed to Windsor during this monarch's reign George V |
| #1215, aired 1989-12-08 | RIVERS: The single greatest source of water power in the U.S. is on this river The Columbia River (Grand Coulee Dam) |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | THE MOVIES: The only film role Jimmy Cagney played twice; the 2nd time was in "The 7 Little Foys" George M. Cohan |
| #1213, aired 1989-12-06 | THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS: In terms of area it's the largest country in the British Commonwealth Canada |
| #1212, aired 1989-12-05 | FINAL RESTING PLACES: This town was the 1st to serve as the burial place for 2 U.S. presidents Quincy, Massachusetts (Braintree, Massachusetts) |
| #1211, aired 1989-12-04 | AMERICAN HISTORY: He was captured near Irwinville, Georgia on May 10, 1865 Jefferson Davis |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | LANGUAGES: To have taken the 1st modern IQ test in 1905 you had to understand this language French (the Binet-Simon test) |
| #1209, aired 1989-11-30 | THE POST OFFICE: From 1837-1970 this animal was on the seal of the Post Office Department a horse |
| #1208, aired 1989-11-29 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: From March 4, 1933 to January 20, 1953, he was the only living former president Herbert Hoover |
| #1207, aired 1989-11-28 | SHAKESPEARE: Shakespeare's only play with an English locale in its title The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| #1206, aired 1989-11-27 | STATE CAPITALS: Genoa, Italy gave this state capital a 20' statue which was put in front of City Hall Columbus, Ohio |
| #1205, aired 1989-11-24 | MAN IN SPACE: America's 1st civilian in space Neil Armstrong |
| #1204, aired 1989-11-23 | LANDMARKS: Its name is literally Persian for "crown of palaces" Taj Mahal |
| #1203, aired 1989-11-22 | THE OSCARS: This Irish-born actor has received 7 "Best Actor" nominations without winning an Oscar Peter O'Toole |
| #1202, aired 1989-11-21 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM: It's the smallest of the 4 giant planets Neptune |
| #1201, aired 1989-11-20 | THE CENSUS: 3 of the 6 U.S. states averaging fewer than 10 people per square mile (3 of) Alaska, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota & Wyoming |
| #1200, aired 1989-11-17 | U.S. HISTORY: The states admitted to the Union in the 20th century were Alaska, Hawaii & these 3 Arizona, New Mexico & Oklahoma |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | UNREAL ESTATE: Originally this legendary place name referred to a ruler near Bogota who dusted his body with gold El Dorado |
| #1198, aired 1989-11-15 | VICE PRESIDENTS: At 39 he was the youngest man to take the office of vice president Richard Nixon (in 1953) |
| #1197, aired 1989-11-14 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Hired as a ship's cook, he led the mutiny aboard the Hispaniola Long John Silver (in Treasure Island) |
| #1196, aired 1989-11-13 | STATE CAPITALS: 2 of the 3 state capitals lying on the Missouri River (2 of) Jefferson City (MO), Bismarck (ND) & Pierre (SD) |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | THE CENSUS: 2 of the 4 U.S. states with a population density greater than 500 people per square mile (2 of) Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey & Rhode Island |
| #1194, aired 1989-11-09 | COMMUNICATIONS: The "T" in TASS, an agency founded in the Soviet Union in 1925, stands for this Telegraph |
| #1193, aired 1989-11-08 | THE OSCARS: Only Pulitzer Prize-winning novels to become Oscar-winning “Best Pictures” are “All The King's Men” & this one Gone with the Wind |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | U.S. POLITICS: He served as Sec'y of H.E.W., Sec'y of Defense & Att'y General, all in the same year--1973 Elliot Richardson |
| #1191, aired 1989-11-06 | U.S. STATES: With over 35,000 miles, this state has the longest highway system in the U.S. Texas |
| #1190, aired 1989-11-03 | PRESIDENTS: The last president who did not serve in the armed forces Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | THE CALENDAR: The 1st leap year of the 21st century 2004 |
| #1188, aired 1989-11-01 | IN THE NEWS: In June 1989 this country changed its name to the Union of Myanmar & its capital to Yangon Burma |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 1805 he was named Gov. of New South Wales & was overthrown in a mutiny 3 years later Captain William Bligh |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BOXING: He lost a heavyweight championship bout in 1938 & is now a Coca-Cola bottler in West Germany Max Schmeling |
| #1185, aired 1989-10-27 | FILMS OF THE '50s: The 2 "High" films in which Grace Kelly starred High Noon (1952) & High Society (1955) |
| #1184, aired 1989-10-26 | WORD ORIGINS: Where you'd naturally find armalcolite, named for the 3 men who 1st handled it the Moon |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: He married the same woman twice: in 1791 & again in 1794 Andrew Jackson |
| #1182, aired 1989-10-24 | SCULPTURE: It's the largest copper statue in the world the Statue of Liberty |
| #1181, aired 1989-10-23 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: After Haiti, it's the oldest independent black republic in the world Liberia |
| #1180, aired 1989-10-20 | STATE CAPITALS: Lying at the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo range, it's the highest state capital Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| #1179, aired 1989-10-19 | MONARCHS: Between 1700 & the present all the kings of England have been named George, Edward or this William |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | PUBLISHING: For its 1990 edition Guinness is dropping all records of this 1 of the 7 deadly sins gluttony |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | THE UNITED NATIONS: It's the largest country in Europe that is not a member of the United Nations Switzerland |
| #1176, aired 1989-10-16 | DISNEY FEATURE FILMS: This 1940 Disney title character wore a Tyrolean hat Pinocchio |
| #1175, aired 1989-10-13 | SHAKESPEARE: He appears in 3 of Shakespeare's plays & his death is reported in "King Henry V" Sir John Falstaff |
| #1174, aired 1989-10-12 | AMERICANA: When the "Star-Spangled Banner" was written, this man was president of the U.S. James Madison |
| #1173, aired 1989-10-11 | THE BIBLE: Created on the 3rd day, it was, according to Genesis, the 1st form of life on Earth plant life |
| #1172, aired 1989-10-10 | FAMOUS NAMES: The story of this man who rented a house in Omaha, Nebraska in 1917 was made into a 1938 film Father Flanagan |
| #1171, aired 1989-10-09 | U.S. CITIES: Pennsylvania City named for the home of William Penn's ancestors; its name is found on a Monopoly board Reading (Railroad) |
| #1170, aired 1989-10-06 | AMERICAN LITERATURE: The only native Californian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature John Steinbeck (in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath) |
| #1169, aired 1989-10-05 | MYTHOLOGY: In Greek mythology, he was the most famous son of Hypnos, the god of sleep Morpheus |
| #1168, aired 1989-10-04 | TELEVISION: This NBC special was performed live in 1955 & 1956; videotaped in 1960; & re-run in '63, '66, '78 & '89 Peter Pan |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | U.S. STATES: It's the only letter not used in the spelling of the 50 states Q |
| #1166, aired 1989-10-02 | VOCABULARY: From the Latin for "at the same time", this 12-letter adjective contains all 5 vowels simultaneous |
| #1165, aired 1989-09-29 | WORLD CAPITALS: It's the only world capital on the Tigris River Baghdad, Iraq |
| #1164, aired 1989-09-28 | LEGENDS: She abducted Lancelot when he was a baby & kept him on an island the Lady of the Lake (or Vivien or Nimue) |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | FAMOUS WOMEN: Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910 in what is now Yugoslavia, she became a citizen of India in 1948 Mother Teresa |
| #1162, aired 1989-09-26 | BEST SELLERS: A juvenile edition of this 1961 best seller was called "The Great Adventure of Michelangelo" The Agony & The Ecstasy |
| #1161, aired 1989-09-25 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The 2 nations planning to build a 10-mile bridge between them to link Europe to Africa Morocco & Spain |
| #1160, aired 1989-09-22 | THE U.S. CONGRESS: As long as Hawaii's been a state, he's represented it in Congress Daniel Inouye |
| #1158, aired 1989-09-20 | LONDON LANDMARKS: It was built originally on the Whitehall site of a medieval palace used to house visiting Scottish kings Scotland Yard |
| #1152, aired 1989-09-12 | LITERATURE: The next-to-last chapter of this novel is entitled "The Knitting Done" A Tale of Two Cities |
| #1150, aired 1989-09-08 | THE CABINET: When this department was established in 1849, it was called the Home Department the Department of the Interior |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | WORLD LEADERS: This famous man was the grandfather of the current prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru |
| #1146, aired 1989-09-04 | SOVIET HISTORY: He was Premier when Yuri Gagarin, the 1st cosmonaut, went into space Nikita Khrushchev |
