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History 2026-03-23 (Season 42)

HISTORIC AMERICANS

Before taking office in 1801, President Jefferson asked the Army to locate this officer who had "knowledge of the Western country"

History 2026-03-16 (Season 42)

20th CENTURY NOVELS

One of its epigraphs is from Genesis 30, about Leah, Rachel & Rachel's servant Bilhah

History 2026-03-12 (Season 42)

21st CENTURY WOMEN

The Iowa legislature passed a resolution declaring February 22, 2024 her day across the state

History 2026-03-05 (Season 42)

21st CENTURY HEROES

In his memoir, he referenced Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" while writing about a near-disaster

History 2026-03-03 (Season 42)

20th CENTURY MOVIE MEMORABILIA

In 2025 a pine hardwood prop famously known by this name sold at auction for $14.75 million

History 2025-12-12 (Season 42)

TV HISTORY

A 1964 review of this TV special, still played today, mentions "trials as an outcast" & "the songs of Johnny Marks"

History 2025-12-05 (Season 42)

HISTORY

A storm in the 1960s blew off what looked like a spout on this sandstone formation that made the news in the early 1920s

History 2025-12-04 (Season 42)

THE SUPREME COURT IN THE 19th CENTURY

Citing the "language of the people whether sellers or consumers", in 1893 the S.C. ruled on the botanical designation of this

History 2025-11-24 (Season 42)

SPORTS HISTORY

He wasn't yet a U.S. citizen when he was named an All-American & won 2 Olympic gold medals for the country

History 2025-11-18 (Season 42)

17th CENTURY NAMES

He turned 30 in the first year of the 17th century & had notions that planets don't move with constant speed along their orbits

History 2025-11-14 (Season 42)

21st CENTURY NOVELS

Part 1 of this novel is Toronto & Pondicherry; Part 2 is the Pacific Ocean

History 2025-11-05 (Season 42)

11th CENTURY EUROPE

Within one year of its consecration, this building hosted a royal funeral & 1 or 2 coronations

History 2025-10-30 (Season 42)

HISTORIC HOMES

At a speech here in 1936, FDR called its onetime occupant a "farmer, lawyer, mechanic, scientist, architect", etc.

History 2025-10-17 (Season 42)

20th CENTURY SCIENCE

Calling it "a particle that cannot be detected", physicist Wolfgang Pauli 1st proposed this in 1930; it was detected in 1956

History 2025-09-22 (Season 42)

POLITICAL HISTORY

The words of this doctrine are found in a sonnet by James I & bolstered by St. Paul writing, "the powers that be are ordained of God"

History 2025-09-16 (Season 42)

HISTORIC AMERICANS

Upon this man's re-election, Karl Marx called him "the single-minded son of the working class"

History 2025-09-10 (Season 42)

HISTORIC PHRASES

In 1914 Belgium's queen gave this phrase a political meaning, saying one had descended between her & Germany

History 2025-07-22 (Season 41)

LANGUAGES IN HISTORY

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V is said to have quipped, "to God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, & to my horse" this

History 2025-07-11 (Season 41)

HISTORIC OBJECTS

Described as both a "beautiful violet" & "French Blue" in the 1600s, this object went on tour in the 1900s before landing in the Smithsonian

History 2025-06-26 (Season 41)

20th CENTURY FIGURES

Ironic in light of her name, she was remembered in a eulogy as "the most hunted person of the modern age"

History 2025-06-17 (Season 41)

THE 1960s

Following the Baptist Church bombing in 1963, MLK telegrammed him that the blood of 4 girls "is on your hands"

History 2025-05-15 (Season 41)

WOMEN OF HISTORY

Regarding the idea of "women first", she queried, "Women demand equal rights on land--why not on sea?"

History 2025-04-29 (Season 41)

20th CENTURY FIGURES

After studying business in Chicago in the 1920s, this man obsessed with Sherlock Holmes was an investigator for a credit company

History 2025-04-23 (Season 41)

20th CENTURY HISTORY

A 1919 Punch cartoon titled "The Gap in the Bridge" showed Uncle Sam sleeping on the missing keystone of this

History 2025-04-02 (Season 41)

21st CENTURY TELEVISION

The creator of this series that premiered in 2018 pitched it as "'The Godfather' in Montana"

History 2025-04-01 (Season 41)

ITALIAN HISTORY

3 mighty city-states roughly forming an equilateral triangle were Venice, Florence & this one where the Viscontis & Sforzas ruled

History 2025-03-19 (Season 41)

HISTORICAL HORSES

Named for an 1807 battle & valiant in one 8 years later, Copenhagen was this man's steed; society ladies donned strands of his hair

History 2025-03-14 (Season 41)

21st CENTURY BROADWAY

A review of this musical noted "sacrilege" & said it was "blasphemous" but "its heart is as pure as... a Rodgers & Hammerstein show"

History 2024-12-19 (Season 41)

SUPER BOWL HISTORY

It's the only team to play in the Super Bowl before Neil Armstrong's Moon walk that has not been back to the Big Game since

History 2024-12-03 (Season 41)

19th CENTURY EUROPEAN LITERATURE

An early version of this novel was first published as a serial under the title "The Year 1805"

History 2024-11-25 (Season 41)

19th CENTURY NOVELS

The mention of a new railway section between Rothal & Allahabad in India leads to an argument & then a bet in this novel

History 2024-11-15 (Season 41)

20th CENTURY TRANSPORTATION

A 1947 article read, its "wings were not clipped by the Senate fishermen & ghost hunters after all"

History 2024-11-01 (Season 41)

HISTORY & THE MOVIES

This 1935 Best Picture Oscar winner tells of a 1789 event near the isolated Pacific volcano of Tofua

History 2024-10-11 (Season 41)

WORLD POLITICAL HISTORY

William Whitelaw & John Peyton were also-rans in a 1975 leadership vote with this victor

History 2024-10-03 (Season 41)

19th CENTURY NAMES

Shrunken auditory nerves were seen in his autopsy after his 1827 death in Vienna

History 2024-09-26 (Season 41)

STARS OF THE 20th CENTURY

A 1927 N.Y. Times headline: "Witness testifies" this woman "rewrote play and insisted on the spicy scenes because city liked them"

History 2024-09-16 (Season 41)

HISTORY

A 1976 report initiated by Admiral Rickover found it was an internal, not external, explosion that caused the destruction of this

History 2024-07-23 (Season 40)

HISTORIC SPOTS

Known for a fabled event of 1881, it housed an auto repair shop after the disappearance of the horse & buggy

History 2024-07-19 (Season 40)

19th CENTURY WOMEN

The National Park Service says there are more statues of her, often with her infant son, than any other American woman

History 2024-07-03 (Season 40)

HISTORIC WOMEN

In the 16th century, she changed the "EW" in her family name to a "U" to help her new French in-laws spell it more easily

History 2024-05-31 (Season 40)

HISTORIC PEOPLE

An island near Cebu City has a statue of Lapulapu & a monument to this man that Lapulapu is said to have killed in 1521

History 2024-05-29 (Season 40)

HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY

This city attracted thousands of visitors even before a new shrine to a murder victim was dedicated there July 7, 1220

History 2024-05-16 (Season 40)

THE EARLY 20th CENTURY

Before entering history, this man visited the grave of Bogdan Zerajic, who had died just a few years earlier

History 2024-05-15 (Season 40)

19th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS

John Elwes, a millionaire Member of Parliament who would go to bed before dusk to save on candles, inspired this character

History 2024-05-13 (Season 40)

CINEMA HISTORY

Films made outside the U.S. in the '50s like "3 Coins in the Fountain" & "Quo Vadis" led to an era dubbed "Hollywood on" this river

History 2024-05-10 (Season 40)

20th CENTURY BOOKS

A review said this 1966 book about real events "will cause a good deal of myopic squabbling about just what a novel is"

History 2024-05-06 (Season 40)

HISTORIC GROUPS

Like their uniform, the flag of this group created in 1506 has stripes of red, blue & yellow, the colors of the Medici family

History 2024-04-24 (Season 40)

HISTORIC TRANSPORTS

Decorated with an illustration of the Montgolfiers' craft, the smoking room aboard this could be accessed only via an airlock

History 2024-04-22 (Season 40)

20th CENTURY AUTHORS

Best known for a novel, she wrote at least 6 full-length plays & collaborated with Moms Mabley on a 1931 Broadway revue

History 2023-07-20 (Season 39)

19th CENTURY BRITISH POEMS

The author of this unfinished epic poem was unsure if he wanted the title character to "end in Hell--or in an unhappy marriage"