| One of the 2 South American members of OPEC |
Venezuela (or Ecuador) |
200 |
July 18, 2013 |
| One of the 2 South American members of OPEC |
Venezuela (or Ecuador) |
200 |
July 18, 2013 |
| Natural barriers like rivers, mountain ridges, even ditches and moats make up one quarter of the length of this landmark |
The Great Wall of China |
400 |
July 18, 2013 |
| Natural barriers like rivers, mountain ridges, even ditches and moats make up one quarter of the length of this landmark |
The Great Wall of China |
400 |
July 18, 2013 |
| Corinth is at the northern edge of this peninsula making up southern Greece |
the Peloponnesian Peninsula |
600 |
July 18, 2013 |
| Corinth is at the northern edge of this peninsula making up southern Greece |
the Peloponnesian Peninsula |
600 |
July 18, 2013 |
| Home to 140 million people, the island of Java is part of this country |
Indonesia |
800 |
July 18, 2013 |
| Home to 140 million people, the island of Java is part of this country |
Indonesia |
800 |
July 18, 2013 |
| This city on the Indian Ocean is "D" chief seaport of South Africa |
Durban |
1000 |
July 18, 2013 |
| This city on the Indian Ocean is "D" chief seaport of South Africa |
Durban |
1000 |
July 18, 2013 |
| This desert covers much of the African country of Mali |
the Sahara |
200 |
August 3, 2012 |
| This desert covers much of the African country of Mali |
the Sahara |
200 |
August 3, 2012 |
| It's the only country Portugal borders |
Spain |
400 |
August 3, 2012 |
| It's the only country Portugal borders |
Spain |
400 |
August 3, 2012 |
| Cities in this country include Chennai & Mumbai, formerly Madras & Bombay |
India |
800 |
August 3, 2012 |
| Cities in this country include Chennai & Mumbai, formerly Madras & Bombay |
India |
800 |
August 3, 2012 |
| The 224-mile-long Shannon River flows through this country |
Ireland |
1000 |
August 3, 2012 |
| The 224-mile-long Shannon River flows through this country |
Ireland |
1000 |
August 3, 2012 |
| From about 60 miles away, Mount Fuji towers over this capital city |
Tokyo |
|
August 3, 2012 |
| From about 60 miles away, Mount Fuji towers over this capital city |
Tokyo |
|
August 3, 2012 |
| The "Bird's Nest" in this city won architecture's Lubetkin Prize |
Beijing |
200 |
April 5, 2010 |
| What happens in this city, seen here, stays in this city seen here |
Las Vegas |
400 |
April 5, 2010 |
| The gargoyle stands guard on this cathedral on Paris' Île de la Cité |
Notre Dame |
600 |
April 5, 2010 |
| The International Olympic Committee gave the 11 million people of this Brazilian city yet another reason to celebrate in 2009 |
Rio de Janeiro |
800 |
April 5, 2010 |
| It's the Great Lake seen here on a lovely night |
Lake Michigan |
1000 |
April 5, 2010 |
| The youngest person to climb it was 15-year-old Temba Tseri on May 22, 2001 |
Mount Everest |
200 |
February 24, 2009 |
| It begins in Lake Itasca in Minnesota & ends in the Gulf of Mexico |
the Mississippi River |
400 |
February 24, 2009 |
| The first person known to be born on this continent was Emilio Palma in 1978 |
Antarctica |
800 |
February 24, 2009 |
| The country with the most volcanoes is this nation that felt a huge eruption in 1883 |
Indonesia |
1000 |
February 24, 2009 |
| This Southern Hemisphere nation was named after a southwestern province of the Netherlands |
New Zealand |
|
February 24, 2009 |
| After it gained its independence, Belarus adopted its own version of this basic currency |
the ruble |
200 |
May 5, 2008 |
| Hey mon! Blue Mountain Peak is the highest point in this island country |
Jamaica |
400 |
May 5, 2008 |
| Paris Opera House architect Charles Garnier also designed the world-famous casino in this town |
Monte Carlo |
600 |
May 5, 2008 |
| Thredbo & Perisher Blue are popular ski resorts in these aptly named Australian mountains |
the Snowy Mountains |
800 |
May 5, 2008 |
| (Jimmy of the Clue Crew indicates a map on the monitor.) The waterway that separates South America from Antarctica is known as this passage, for an explorer who may have navigated it in 1578 |
the Drake Passage |
|
May 5, 2008 |
| If you've got a week to spare, you can see much of this 6.6 million sq. mi. country via the Trans-Siberian Railway |
Russia |
200 |
February 15, 2007 |
| The famous landmark seen here is in this city |
Pisa |
400 |
February 15, 2007 |
| This second-largest city of Egypt is named for the "great" king who founded it; you can look it up in the library |
Alexandria |
600 |
February 15, 2007 |
| On newer maps of India, Calcutta is now Kolkata & this largest city is Mumbai |
Bombay |
800 |
February 15, 2007 |
| A famous banking street in London & a crooked street in San Francisco share this name |
Lombard Street |
1000 |
February 15, 2007 |
| The province of Zeeland in southwest Holland lent its name to this country in the South Pacific |
New Zealand |
200 |
January 10, 2003 |
| Although this South American country is about 2,650 miles long, its average width is less than 110 miles |
Chile |
400 |
January 10, 2003 |
| The Gulfs of Aqaba & Suez border this Egyptian peninsula |
the Sinai Peninsula |
800 |
January 10, 2003 |
| This Iraqi capital was founded on the western bank of the Tigris River in 762 A.D. by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur |
Baghdad |
1000 |
January 10, 2003 |
| This mountain range, whose name means "abode of snow" in Sanskrit, has more than 30 peaks towering above 25,000 feet |
the Himalayas |
|
January 10, 2003 |
| When remeasured in 1999, this highest mountain was found to have grown by 7 feet |
Mount Everest |
100 |
February 14, 2000 |
| Most of this small British dependency on ths Spanish coast is dominated by a big "rock" |
Gibraltar |
200 |
February 14, 2000 |
| For safety reasons this landmark seen here was closed to the public in 1990: |
Leaning Tower of Pisa |
300 |
February 14, 2000 |
| Argentina, Bolivia & Brazil could say to this small country, "Halt, we've got you surrounded!" |
Paraguay |
500 |
February 14, 2000 |
| Vatnajokull, the largest glacier in this country, covers some 3,200 square miles |
Iceland |
|
February 14, 2000 |
| Boomtown 1910 is a recreated frontier street at a museum in Saskatoon in this Canadian province |
Saskatchewan |
100 |
June 16, 1999 |
| The Efik people of this continent are closely related to the Ibibio |
Africa |
200 |
June 16, 1999 |
| Costa Rica's name translates to this in English |
"Rich Coast" |
300 |
June 16, 1999 |
| This Scandinavian country is quite flat: its highest point, Yding Skovhoj, is just 568 feet high |
Denmark |
400 |
June 16, 1999 |
| If you're a native Maldivian, you hail from an island country in this ocean |
Indian Ocean |
500 |
June 16, 1999 |
| Locally, this world capital is spelled W-I-E-N |
Vienna |
100 |
April 21, 1999 |
| The strategic importance of the Black Sea is not lost on this country that occupies its southern rim |
Turkey |
200 |
April 21, 1999 |
| You'll find Reindeer Lake covering over 2,400 square miles in this country |
Canada |
300 |
April 21, 1999 |
| Located in the southwestern part of the continent, it's the second-largest desert in Africa |
Kalahari |
400 |
April 21, 1999 |
| Ukraine, Germany & the Baltic Sea all border this country |
Poland |
500 |
April 21, 1999 |
| Any Scottish one over 3,000' is called a Munro, for the man who made a list of them in 1891 |
mountain |
100 |
March 29, 1999 |
| You'll find Greece's Parliament building on Syntagma Square in this capital |
Athens |
100 |
June 9, 1998 |
| The name of this South African province means "across the Vaal" -- the Vaal River, that is |
Transvaal |
200 |
June 9, 1998 |
| This country's Cathedral of Leon is named for its soaring spires & stained glass windows |
Spain |
300 |
June 9, 1998 |
| The Canterbury Plains, this country's largest flatland area, lies on South Island |
New Zealand |
400 |
June 9, 1998 |
| This unit of currency of the Cayman Islands is divided into 100 cents; makes sense to us |
Cayman Islands Dollar |
500 |
June 9, 1998 |
| It wasn't until 1954, the year after it was first scaled, that a survey set it at 29,028 feet |
Mount Everest |
100 |
April 24, 1998 |
| Small ships can travel from this river's mouth 2,300 miles upstream to Iquitos, Peru |
Amazon |
200 |
April 24, 1998 |
| It's 8 stories high, cylindrical in shape & about 14 feet off the perpendicular |
Leaning Tower of Pisa |
300 |
April 24, 1998 |
| Anything but boring are the Northern Lights, also known by this Latin name |
Aurora Borealis |
400 |
April 24, 1998 |
| 1,250-mile-long wonder seen here: |
Great Barrier Reef |
500 |
April 24, 1998 |
| As its name indicates, Ecuador's lowland El Oriente lies on this side of the Andes |
Eastern |
100 |
March 5, 1998 |
| This country's islands of Palawan & Mindanao lie in the Sulu Sea |
Philippines |
200 |
March 5, 1998 |
| Until 1841 present-day Quebec was Lower Canada & this present-day province was Upper Canada |
Ontario |
300 |
March 5, 1998 |
| This country could call itself the land of 60,000 lakes including Puulavesi & Saimaa |
Finland |
400 |
March 5, 1998 |
| Dark Mount Lovcen gave this Yugoslav republic its name, meaning "Black Mountain" |
Montenegro |
|
March 5, 1998 |
| Bandung, this country's 3rd-largest city, is the capital of the province of West Java |
Indonesia |
100 |
January 6, 1998 |
| Some visitors to this French Canadian province enjoy rafting on the Jacques Cartier River |
Quebec |
200 |
January 6, 1998 |
| If you're a native Capetonian, you were born in this country |
South Africa |
300 |
January 6, 1998 |
| "Amar Sonar Bangla (My Golden Bengal)" is the national anthem of this country on the Bay of Bengal |
Bangladesh |
400 |
January 6, 1998 |
| Kyrenia, whose Turkish name is Girne, is a seaport & resort city on the Turkish part of this island |
Cyprus |
500 |
January 6, 1998 |
| He "discovered" the island of Saint-Barthelemy in 1493 & named it for his brother, Bartholomeo |
Christopher Columbus |
100 |
May 23, 1997 |
| "Disney's Fantillusion!", a spectacular musical parade, debuted in this Asian city's Disneyland in 1995 |
Tokyo |
200 |
May 23, 1997 |
| Bulgaria's is "Mila Rodino", which means "Dear Homeland" |
National anthem |
300 |
May 23, 1997 |
| Peru is almost twice as big as this second-largest U.S. state |
Texas |
400 |
May 23, 1997 |
| Now in ruins, the temple complex of Angkor Thom in this country was built by Khmer ruler Jayavarman VII |
Cambodia (Kampuchea) |
|
May 23, 1997 |
| Some visitors to Kotzebue in this U.S. state dine on reindeer stew, a local specialty |
Alaska |
100 |
September 13, 1996 |
| Noted for its aboriginal art, the Art Gallery of New South Wales is in this capital of New South Wales |
Sydney |
200 |
September 13, 1996 |
| Cape Verde, an island country in this ocean, is about 400 miles from Dakar, Senegal |
Atlantic |
300 |
September 13, 1996 |
| The Cueca is a flirtatious courtship dance from this narrow country that borders Argentina |
Chile |
400 |
September 13, 1996 |
| The Kenyatta Conference Centre is one of this capital city's architectural landmarks |
Nairobi |
500 |
September 13, 1996 |
| The name of these South American mountains may be derived from anti, a Quechuan word for "east" |
Andes |
100 |
January 18, 1996 |
| Women of India often drape the end of this wrapped garment over their heads |
sari |
200 |
January 18, 1996 |
| Almost all Bedouins in the Middle East speak this language |
Arabic |
300 |
January 18, 1996 |
| This grain is Laos' chief agricultural product |
Rice |
400 |
January 18, 1996 |
| Queen's University, 1 of the 2 universities in Northern Ireland, is in this capital city |
Belfast |
500 |
January 18, 1996 |
| Luxembourg's is "Uns Heimat", which means "Our Homeland" |
National Anthem |
100 |
November 29, 1993 |
| "Nyandete", whose name is Guarani for "spider web", is a type of this delicate open-work fabric made in Paraguay |
Lace |
200 |
November 29, 1993 |
| You'll find the original Hard Rock Cafe on Old Park Lane in this capital city |
London |
300 |
November 29, 1993 |
| Greenland has two official languages: Greenlandic & this |
Danish |
400 |
November 29, 1993 |
| Island country whose capital, Valletta, is named for a grandmaster who led the knights in 1565 |
Malta |
|
November 29, 1993 |
| The national anthem of this small country is "Innu Malti" |
Malta |
100 |
July 6, 1993 |
| The cross of St. George on Manitoba's flag symbolizes its ties with this country |
Great Britain |
200 |
July 6, 1993 |
| Prince Henry the Navigator's tomb is in the church of Santa Maria da Vitoria in Batalha in this country |
Portugal |
300 |
July 6, 1993 |
| The ballet "Apollo" is set on Delos, an island in this sea |
the Aegean |
400 |
July 6, 1993 |
| The Bayeux Tapestry is on display in this country's Museum of Queen Matilda |
France |
500 |
July 6, 1993 |
| Classes at the University of Quebec are taught in this language, Quebec's official one |
French |
100 |
May 28, 1992 |
| Anguilla & Antigua are in this sea |
the Caribbean |
200 |
May 28, 1992 |
| It's believed that Cadiz, a city in this country, was once Gadir, a Phoenician settlement |
Spain |
300 |
May 28, 1992 |
| Most gem-quality topaz is mined in this South American country |
Brazil |
400 |
May 28, 1992 |
| It's Hawaii's "Pineapple Island" though it could be called the "Patio Island" |
Lanai |
500 |
May 28, 1992 |