| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | HISTORIC NAMES: Following his appointment as engineer in 1482, he planned & constructed canals in Milan, Italy Leonardo da Vinci |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | QUOTES OF THE 1960s: He once told Newsweek, "I have no country. For me a country is just a place to dance" Nureyev |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | ARCHITECTURE: This complex was built between 1631 & 1654 at a cost of about 40,000,000 rupees the Taj Mahal |
| #2062, aired 1993-07-20 | ATTORNEYS GENERAL: Last name of the father & son attorneys general under Truman & Lyndon Johnson (Ramsey) Clark |
| #2061, aired 1993-07-19 | ISLANDS: This is the largest island in Europe Great Britain |
| #2060, aired 1993-07-16 | TELEVISION HISTORY: The Texaco Star Theater debuted on June 8, 1948, this day of the week Tuesday |
| #2059, aired 1993-07-15 | THEATRES: Martha Graham & The Wallendas were among the acts featured on the opening night of this 6200-seat theatre 12/27/32 Radio City Music Hall |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | BROADWAY MUSICALS: Based on a ballet, this 1944 musical begins at 6 A.M. in the Brooklyn Navy Yard "On the Town" |
| #2057, aired 1993-07-13 | FAMOUS AUTHORS: He used his fishing boat, the Pilar, for counter-intelligence work during World War II Ernest Hemingway |
| #2056, aired 1993-07-12 | PHILANTHROPY: At the time of his death in 1937, he had given over $500 million to charity John D. Rockefeller |
| #2055, aired 1993-07-09 | ACTRESSES & THEIR ROLES: In 1992 Angela Bassett played the Jacksons' mother on TV & Betty Shabazz in this film Malcolm X |
| #2053, aired 1993-07-07 | WOMEN: Gloria Steinem, Susan Strasberg & Norman Mailer have all written books about her Marilyn Monroe |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS: He used more words in his one inaugural address than FDR used in all four of his William Henry Harrison |
| #2051, aired 1993-07-05 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Chile's Juan Fernandez islands include a pair named for Alexander Selkirk & this fictional character Robinson Crusoe |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | LANGUAGES: Dublin's famous Book of Kells is written in this language Latin |
| #2049, aired 1993-07-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The Brooklyn Flint Glass Works changed its name to this after moving to a N.Y. town of the same name Corning |
| #2048, aired 1993-06-30 | AMERICAN MUSICALS: A 1920s French production of this musical about 19th c. entertainers was titled "Mississippi" Show Boat |
| #2047, aired 1993-06-29 | U.S. RIVERS: The name of this river, famous in song, may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little Saint John" the Swanee |
| #2046, aired 1993-06-28 | GODS & GODDESSES: Augustus Caesar encouraged the worship of this god who was considered the avenger of Julius Caesar Mars |
| #2042, aired 1993-06-22 | THE 50 STATES: Texas has the most farms with 185,000; this state has the fewest with about 500 Alaska |
| #2040, aired 1993-06-18 | SOUTH AMERICA: The name of this capital city is a corruption of Rimac, the river on which it lies Lima, Peru |
| #2039, aired 1993-06-17 | PORT CITIES: In population, it was by far the largest city in the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War New Orleans |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | THE 1950s: June 2, 1953 event telecast worldwide & filmed in Technicolor Queen Elizabeth II's coronation |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | 19th CENTURY ELECTIONS: In 1836 Van Buren ran against Harrison for U.S. president & these 2 ran for president of Texas Sam Houston & Stephen F. Austin |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | MEN OF SCIENCE: In addition to a pendulum, Jean Foucault made a simple one of these to prove the Earth rotated gyroscope |
| #2020, aired 1993-05-21 | POETRY: The woman with the most quotes in the new edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is this American Emily Dickinson |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | HISTORIC NAMES: In 1529 this Spaniard was made Marques del Valle de Oaxaca Hernán Cortés |
| #2015, aired 1993-05-14 | ANCIENT ROME: General Publius Scipio won the surname "Africanus" for beating this man at the 202 B.C. Battle of Zama Hannibal |
| #2014, aired 1993-05-13 | WORLD CAPITALS: Roxas Boulevard in this capital city was formerly named Dewey Boulevard Manila |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: For his unconventional but effective use of the media, Advertising Age named him its 1992 Adman of the Year Ross Perot |
| #2012, aired 1993-05-11 | CANADA: It's the only Canadian province separated entirely from the North American mainland Prince Edward Island |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS: His 1856 campaign slogan emphasized "Free press, free soil, free men" John C. Frémont |
| #2010, aired 1993-05-07 | BOOKS & AUTHORS: First published in 1732, its author said it sold "annually, near ten thousand" Poor Richard's Almanack |
| #2009, aired 1993-05-06 | U.S. GOVERNMENT: It's the oldest executive department of the U.S. government Department of State |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | IN THE NEWS: In January 1993 he was elected president of a country 2/3 the size of the one he led 7 months earlier Vaclav Havel |
| #2007, aired 1993-05-04 | NATURE: About 1250 miles long, it's the largest structure ever formed by creatures other than man the Great Barrier Reef |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | DISNEY FILMS: "Beauty and the Beast" is set in this country France |
| #2003, aired 1993-04-28 | MODERN NOVELS: Chapter VII of this James Michener novel is titled "Mazurka" Poland |
| #1989, aired 1993-04-08 | STATE CAPITALS: This city in the northwest is the "City of Trees"; its name comes from the French for "wooded" Boise |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | THE TONY AWARDS: He won his first of 9 Tonys for the first Broadway musical he choreographed, "The Pajama Game" Bob Fosse |
| #1984, aired 1993-04-01 | EXPLORERS: This contemporary of Columbus established the concept of a New World in his 1504 letter "Mundus Novus" Amerigo Vespucci |
| #1983, aired 1993-03-31 | MONARCHS: In 1942 she become the first reigning queen to address the U.S. Congress Wilhelmina |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: The Klickitat Indians referred to this peak as Tah-One-Lat-Clah, meaning "fire mountain" Mount St. Helens |
| #1978, aired 1993-03-24 | GOVERNORS: The first President after Franklin Roosevelt who had also been a state governor Jimmy Carter |
| #1972, aired 1993-03-16 | WORLD CITIES: The original full name of this Mexican port translates to "Rich Town of the True Cross" Veracruz |
| #1963, aired 1993-03-03 | THE NOBEL PRIZE: The category in which the U.S. has won the fewest medals--10 Literature |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | NOTABLE NAMES: Eugene Cernan is the last person to stand here the Moon |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA: The execution of this man & his followers in 1859 is believed to be the only one for treason against a state John Brown |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | GEMS: The Star of Africa is a diamond & the Star of India is one of these a sapphire |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY: Of the 9 tried for this 1770 event, 7 were acquitted & 2 charged with manslaughter, branded & let go the Boston Massacre |
| #1956, aired 1993-02-22 | MILITARY LEADERS: This U.S. general was born April 5, 1937 to parents who had emigrated from Jamaica Colin Powell |
| #1955, aired 1993-02-19 | NEW ENGLAND: In Washington, D.C.'s Statuary Hall, the state of Vermont is represented by this patriot Ethan Allen |
| #1954, aired 1993-02-18 | TELEVISION HISTORY: When this service hit the air August 1, 1981, the first act it presented was The Buggles MTV |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | IN THE NEWS: Tennessee governor Ned McWherter chose Harlan Mathews to fill this man's Senate seat until 1994 Al Gore |
| #1952, aired 1993-02-16 | EUROPE: 2 of the 5 mainland European nations that touch only 1 other country (2 of) Portugal, Denmark, San Marino, Vatican City & Monaco |
| #1951, aired 1993-02-15 | FLAGS: A flag bearing a white anchor & caduceus on a blue field represents this U.S. government official Surgeon General of the United States |
| #1950, aired 1993-02-12 | FASHION HISTORY: Listing the great men of the 19th century, Lord Byron ranked himself 3rd, Napoleon 2nd & this man 1st Beau Brummel |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES: His father, Eugene, an immigrant from Sicily, taught romance languages at Brooklyn College Antonin Scalia |
| #1948, aired 1993-02-10 | NEWSPAPERS: It was once advertised as "The Daily Diary of the American Dream" The Wall Street Journal |
| #1945, aired 1993-02-05 | OPERA: This 20th century opera was inspired by Hieronymus Bosch's painting "The Adoration of the Magi" Amahl and the Night Visitors |
| #1944, aired 1993-02-04 | OSCAR-WINNING FILMS: A series of articles about corruption in the longshoremen's union inspired this 1954 film On the Waterfront |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | BRITISH MONARCHS: 1 of 4 British monarchs whose reigns were longer than Elizabeth I's 45 years (1 of) Victoria, Henry III, Edward III, & George III |
| #1932, aired 1993-01-19 | POLITICAL LEADERS: His books "No Easy Walk to Freedom" & "The Struggle Is My Life" were published during his imprisonment Nelson Mandela |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | U.S. LAKES: Wizard Island sits in this lake in what was once Mount Mazama Crater Lake |
| #1907, aired 1992-12-15 | ANATOMY: You have this bone, snakes don't, & in bats, it's keeled a breastbone (or sternum) |
| #1906, aired 1992-12-14 | ROMAN EMPERORS: In 54 A.D., as the result of his mother's scheming, he became the first teenage emperor of Rome at age 16 Nero |
| #1905, aired 1992-12-11 | TRANSPORTATION: Last names of the motor car maker & motor car dealer who merged in Manchester, England in 1906 Rolls & Royce |
| #1904, aired 1992-12-10 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He wrote 2 books inspired by his career: "The Canfield Decision" & "Go Quietly... or Else" (Spiro) Agnew |
| #1903, aired 1992-12-09 | BALLET: The elaborate prologue of this 1890 ballet features a christening & a curse Sleeping Beauty |
| #1902, aired 1992-12-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The gasoline brand named for its founder & a famous highway Phillips 66 |
| #1901, aired 1992-12-07 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: This island nation has the world's largest Muslim population Indonesia |
| #1898, aired 1992-12-02 | ANCIENT POETS: Plato called her "The Tenth Muse" Sappho |
| #1897, aired 1992-12-01 | FAMOUS NAMES: The last of his 56 children, Mabel Sanborn, died in 1950 at age 87 Brigham Young |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | MUSICIANS: On his 1986 death he was called "arguably the only white jazz player to be the best on his instrument" Benny Goodman |
| #1895, aired 1992-11-27 | ISLANDS: This is the largest island in the Indian Ocean Madagascar |
| #1894, aired 1992-11-26 | THE CABINET: This cabinet department is in charge of printing all postage stamps Treasury |
| #1893, aired 1992-11-25 | STATE CAPITALS: John Tyler, James Monroe & Jefferson Davis are buried in this capital's Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | HISTORIC PAIRS: They were the maternal grandparents of England's Queen Mary I Ferdinand & Isabella |
| #1891, aired 1992-11-23 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: He retired after the only woman he ever loved, opera singer Irene Adler, passed away Sherlock Holmes |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | PRESIDENTS' HOMES: The exterior of the governor's mansion in Florida is modeled after the home of this president Andrew Jackson |
| #1889, aired 1992-11-19 | POETRY: William Blake called them "The Two Contrary States of the Human Soul" and wrote songs of them innocence & experience |
| #1888, aired 1992-11-18 | WORLD DRAMA: Sophocles, Euripides & Eugene O'Neill all wrote plays with this woman's name in their titles Electra |
| #1887, aired 1992-11-17 | NEWSPAPERS: It was first published between 1861 and 1865; it was revived in 1918; stopped in 1919, and revived again in 1942 Stars and Stripes |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Henry Moore's sculpture, "Nuclear Energy", can be seen on the campus of this university the University of Chicago |
| #1885, aired 1992-11-13 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY: This automaker's trademark symbolizes the 3 places where its engines were used: land, air & water Mercedes-Benz |
| #1884, aired 1992-11-12 | POLAND: Laid to rest temporarily at Arlington in 1941, his remains were returned to Poland in 1992 Jan Paderewski |
| #1883, aired 1992-11-11 | VICE PRESIDENTS: He served as vice president for the shortest length of time: one month John Tyler |
| #1882, aired 1992-11-10 | MYTHS & LEGENDS: What the ancient Greek writer Theseus called a "monokeros", we call this a unicorn |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | GEOGRAPHY: Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, this is the largest country in area in the world Russia |
| #1880, aired 1992-11-06 | OPERETTAS: Sigmund Romberg wrote the music for this 1926 operetta inspired by an Arab revolt in French Morocco The Desert Song |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY: His left arm is buried at Ellwood Farm near Fredericksburg, Virginia Stonewall Jackson |
| #1876, aired 1992-11-02 | TELEVISION: This program grew out of evening updates on the Iran hostage crisis hosted by Frank Reynolds Nightline |
| #1875, aired 1992-10-30 | THE SUPREME COURT: The 1973 case Doe v. Bolton was decided with this more famous case Roe v. Wade |
| #1874, aired 1992-10-29 | U.S. PRESIDENTS: The first two presidents not born in Virginia were born in what is now this state Massachusetts |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | U.S. STATES: This state with several hundred ghost towns was admitted to the Union on Halloween in 1864 Nevada |
| #1872, aired 1992-10-27 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS: This phrase meaning the aristocracy is derived from the part of a loaf served to honored guests the upper crust |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | HISTORIC NAMES: For his licentious behavior, monk Grigori Yefimovich Novykh earned this nickname meaning "debauched one" Rasputin |
| #1870, aired 1992-10-23 | BUSINESS BIGGIES: This, the world's largest food company, is based in Vevey, Switzerland Nestle |
| #1869, aired 1992-10-22 | FAMOUS SHIPS: This research vessel named for a character in the "Odyssey" is a former WWII minesweeper the Calypso |
| #1868, aired 1992-10-21 | CHRONOLOGY: Dionysius Exiguus, a monk in Rome, is credited with inspiring the use of these 2 abbreviations B.C. & A.D. |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | MEN OF SCIENCE: In 1927, a year after his death, his autobiography "Harvest of the Years" was published Luther Burbank |
| #1866, aired 1992-10-19 | WORD ORIGINS: The name of this swift current between 2 of the Lofoten Islands off Norway has come to refer any whirlpool a maelstrom |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: This Southern lake ranks 2nd in size to Lake Michigan among freshwater lakes entirely within the U.S. Lake Okeechobee |
| #1864, aired 1992-10-15 | ANIMALS: Legend says this dog is descended from ones shipwrecked on the coast of Maryland in 1807 the Chesapeake (Bay Retriever) |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | RELIGIOUS GROUPS: "The War Cry" & "The Young Soldier" are publications of this religious movement Salvation Army |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | PRESIDENTS: Before Eisenhower, he was the last president to preside over the admission of a new state (William Howard) Taft |
| #1861, aired 1992-10-12 | ISLANDS: This U.S. possession was named for its location on the sea route from California to Japan the Midway Islands |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | NAMES IN THE NEWS: Famous nickname of the woman who was born Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson Tipper Gore |
| #1859, aired 1992-10-08 | THE SUPREME COURT: He is the only bachelor serving on the Supreme Court David Souter |
| #1858, aired 1992-10-07 | AMERICANA: The Ryan NYP hanging from a ceiling in Washington, D.C. is better known by this name the Spirit of St. Louis |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | THE OSCARS: In 1992 John Singleton replaced this 1941 nominee as the youngest director nominated Orson Welles |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | LANGUAGES: The 2 languages on the Rosetta Stone Egyptian & Greek |
| #1855, aired 1992-10-02 | HISTORICAL OPERAS: This queen is a leading character in Donizetti's opera "Roberto Devereux, Conte d'Essex" Elizabeth I |
| #1854, aired 1992-10-01 | THE CALENDAR: It was the last year that was just two letters long in Roman numerals 1500 (MD) |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | ORGANIZATIONS: Founded in Michigan in 1936, It's the largest philanthropic organization in the world the Ford Foundation |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | FAMILIAR PHRASES: In England, it was a place set aside at balls where servants would attend to people's wigs the powder room |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | ENTERTAINERS OF THE PAST: This Missouri-born expatriate starred in the 1935 French film "Princess Tam-Tam" Josephine Baker |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: This holy day may be named for an Anglo-Saxon spring goddess Easter |
| #1849, aired 1992-09-24 | THE 20th CENTURY: Containing Army surplus food, the first of these arrived in France in 1946 & cost $15 a box to send care packages |
| #1848, aired 1992-09-23 | SPORTING EVENTS: In 1911, it took 6 hours, 42 minutes to win this event; in 1991, 2 hours, 50 minutes the Indianapolis 500 |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | THE SOVIET UNION: After this hero's death in 1968, the town of Gzhatsk was renamed in his honor Yuri Gagarin |
| #1846, aired 1992-09-21 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY: The name of this mountain chain means "bark eaters", a derogatory name the Iroquois gave their neighbors the Adirondack chain |
| #1844, aired 1992-09-17 | U.S. ELECTIONS: He's been on the Republican national ticket more than anyone else, 5 times Richard Nixon |
| #1843, aired 1992-09-16 | WORLD LEADERS: This dictator's original surname was Al-Tikriti Saddam Hussein |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | PSYCHOLOGY: In Freud's "Interpretation of Dreams", he mentions this king of Thebes Oedipus |
| #1841, aired 1992-09-14 | POETRY: About her Tennyson wrote, "She took the tax away and built herself an everlasting name" Lady Godiva |
| #1840, aired 1992-09-11 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The name of this country is New Latin for "place of freedom" Liberia |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | SHIPS: This British navy ship left Devenport Dec. 27, 1831 & went around the world on a 5-year survey mission the HMS Beagle |
| #1838, aired 1992-09-09 | FAMOUS WOMEN: On her death, Will Rogers said her "consideration of others will live as a mark for any woman to shoot at" Annie Oakley |
| #1837, aired 1992-09-08 | FAMOUS SCIENTISTS: In 1969 the N.Y. Times retracted a 1920 editorial ridiculing his claim that rockets could fly to the Moon Robert Goddard |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This chain of 748 shoe stores was named for a Scottish professional golfer Thom McAn |
