| The algae & shrimp of Kenya's Lake Nakuru are rich in beta carotene, giving its crowds of these wading birds their pink hue |
flamingoes |
200 |
September 21, 2022 |
| Russia's Lake Baikal is home to the only species of these pinnipeds that lives exclusively in fresh water |
seals |
400 |
September 21, 2022 |
| This river rises in the Black Forest & empties into the Black Sea |
the Danube |
600 |
September 21, 2022 |
| This great river system of East-Central North America gets its name from a man martyred in 3rd-century Rome |
the St. Lawrence waterway |
1000 |
September 21, 2022 |
| The pre-Incan Uros people still inhabit floating islands high in the Andes in this lake |
Lake Titicaca |
|
September 21, 2022 |
| This country's largest salt lake is now called Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, reviving its aboriginal name |
Australia |
200 |
November 10, 2021 |
| The Loup & Elkhorn Rivers are the main tributaries of this 310-mile river that flows across Nebraska |
the Platte (River) |
400 |
November 10, 2021 |
| About 9 times as salty as the ocean, this sea, actually a lake, lies at the mouth of the Jordan River |
the Dead Sea |
800 |
November 10, 2021 |
| This "colorful" river of Asia is the sixth longest in the world |
the Yellow River |
1000 |
November 10, 2021 |
| Clouds of dust from the exposed bed of Lake Texcoco add to the air pollution of this world capital |
Mexico City |
|
November 10, 2021 |
| (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) The Yenisey River flows north for more than 2,000 miles through the heart of this vast Russian region |
Siberia |
200 |
December 6, 2019 |
| Lyon is on this river, 1 letter different from the one Bonn is on |
the Rhône |
400 |
December 6, 2019 |
| A flight to Thunder Bay & a 4-hour drive brings you to Canada's Pukaskwa National Park on this Great Lake |
Lake Superior |
600 |
December 6, 2019 |
| Until about 1200, Lake Mälaren was a bay of this sea & was used by oceangoing vessels to reach Sweden's interior |
the Baltic |
800 |
December 6, 2019 |
| Owasco is part of this group of skinny lakes near Syracuse, New York |
the Finger Lakes |
1000 |
December 6, 2019 |
| This largest lake in Africa is also the main reservoir of the Nile River |
Lake Victoria |
200 |
January 18, 2016 |
| This Florida lake bears a Hitchiti name that means "big water" |
Okeechobee |
400 |
January 18, 2016 |
| Mosul, one of Iraq's largest cities, lies on the west bank of this river |
the Tigris |
600 |
January 18, 2016 |
| The principal river of Tuscany rises on Monte Falterona |
the Arno River |
800 |
January 18, 2016 |
| In 1699 Sieur d'Iberville saw Okwata, a vast lake near the Gulf of Mexico, & renamed it this |
Lake Pontchartrain |
|
January 18, 2016 |
| In 2004 she co-hosted "The Fashion Police" at the Academy Awards along with her mom |
Melissa Rivers |
200 |
June 17, 2005 |
| Kim Basinger's "L.A. Confidential" character was supposted to be the spitting image of this '40s blonde bombshell |
Veronica Lake |
400 |
June 17, 2005 |
| He was nominated for an Oscar in 1989; his brother Joaquin, in 2001 |
River Phoenix |
600 |
June 17, 2005 |
| Outfielder Mickey Rivers claimed, "me", this Yankees owner "& Billy (Martin) are two of a kind) |
George Steinbrenner |
800 |
June 17, 2005 |
| More chairs are thrown on "Jerry Springer", but her talk show that debuted in 1993 is still on the air, too |
Ricki Lake |
1000 |
June 17, 2005 |
| Famous for its monster, it forms part of the Caledonian Canal |
Loch Ness |
200 |
January 20, 2004 |
| In Israel the area where this river exits the Sea of Galilee is considered holy |
the Jordan |
400 |
January 20, 2004 |
| It's the largest body of fresh water entirely within the U.S. |
Lake Michigan |
800 |
January 20, 2004 |
| After the Yukon, it's the longest river in the Western Hemisphere to "roll on" into the Pacific |
the Columbia |
1000 |
January 20, 2004 |
| About halfway along its course from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, it falls 167 feet |
the Niagara River |
|
January 20, 2004 |
| This river's drainage basin, the world's largest, includes parts of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador & Colombia |
Amazon |
100 |
June 8, 2000 |
| Ethiopia's Lake Tana is the source of this river's blue branch |
Nile |
200 |
June 8, 2000 |
| Australia's only large permanent lakes are artificially created & include Lake Gordon in this island state |
Tasmania |
300 |
June 8, 2000 |
| The Rhone River enters & exits this Alpine lake on the French-Swiss border |
Lake Geneva |
400 |
June 8, 2000 |
| A portion of Thailand's border with Laos is provided by this river |
Mekong |
500 |
June 8, 2000 |
| This Great Lake has the same name as a Canadian province |
Lake Ontario |
100 |
March 5, 1999 |
| Regular steamship service is available on this river from Cairo to Aswan |
Nile |
200 |
March 5, 1999 |
| It's the river mentioned in the title of the following |
Danube ("Blue Danube Waltz") |
300 |
March 5, 1999 |
| Hindus believe that dying in this most sacred of rivers ensures passage to paradise |
Ganges |
400 |
March 5, 1999 |
| Fed by the Kissimmee River, it's the largest freshwater lake in the southern United States |
Lake Okeechobee |
500 |
March 5, 1999 |
| Even though it's the world's second longest river, it still has the world's largest drainage basin |
Amazon |
100 |
October 13, 1998 |
| The Aare, originating in the Bern canton, is a major river of this country |
Switzerland |
200 |
October 13, 1998 |
| Rising in the Black Forest, it's the second longest river in Europe |
Danube |
300 |
October 13, 1998 |
| You can take a high road or a low road to this, the largest lake in Scotland |
Loch Lomond |
400 |
October 13, 1998 |
| This lake in Manitoba, Ontario & Minnesota is a remnant of an extinct glacial lake |
Lake of the Woods |
500 |
October 13, 1998 |
| In this state you can Kissimmee once, twice & once again, as it's a river, lake & city |
Florida |
100 |
November 17, 1997 |
| At its north end, the Dead Sea receives this river |
Jordan |
200 |
November 17, 1997 |
| The James, Potomac & Chester Rivers all flow into this bay |
Chesapeake Bay |
300 |
November 17, 1997 |
| It's still working on deepening the Grand Canyon |
the Colorado River |
400 |
November 17, 1997 |
| The river known as the "Great Man-Made River" in Libya reaches into this desert |
Sahara |
500 |
November 17, 1997 |
| This "lifeless" lake is known in Arabic as the Sea of Lot |
the Dead Sea |
100 |
September 19, 1997 |
| The ferry 'cross this British river predates Gerry & the Pacemakers by 635 years |
the Mersey |
200 |
September 19, 1997 |
| The artificial Lake O' the Cherokees in this state was formed by damming the Neosho river |
Oklahoma |
300 |
September 19, 1997 |
| The Ural river flows 1,500 miles to this inland sea where sturgeon swim |
the Caspian Sea |
400 |
September 19, 1997 |
| Lake Assal in Djibouti is this continent's lowest point at about 500 feet below sea level |
Africa |
500 |
September 19, 1997 |
| Centuries of overflow from this lake helped create the Everglades |
Lake Okeechobee |
100 |
June 17, 1997 |
| About 70% of China's rice crop is grown in this river's basin |
Yangtze River |
200 |
June 17, 1997 |
| This river's tributaries include the Koyukuk River in Alaska & the Klondike in Canada |
Yukon |
300 |
June 17, 1997 |
| This largest Central American lake shares its name with the country in which it's located |
Lake Nicaragua |
400 |
June 17, 1997 |
| Great Britain's 2 longest rivers are the Severn & this one |
Thames |
500 |
June 17, 1997 |
| The Susquehanna River flows past this infamous power plant |
Three Mile Island |
100 |
July 11, 1995 |
| Lake Tiberias on the Jordan is better known as the Sea of this |
the Sea of Galilee |
200 |
July 11, 1995 |
| The 80-mile-long Moscow Canal connects the Moskva River with this river |
the Volga |
300 |
July 11, 1995 |
| The Irrawaddy is a river road to Mandalay in this country |
Myanmar or Burma |
400 |
July 11, 1995 |
| The Dnepr River empties into the Black Sea in this former Soviet Republic |
the Ukraine |
|
July 11, 1995 |
| Annual floodings of this river are contained by the Aswan High Dam |
Nile |
100 |
June 22, 1993 |
| The country of Zambia takes its name from this river |
Zambezi |
200 |
June 22, 1993 |
| There's a reproduced 9th c. Viking fortress on Emerald Bay in this large California-Nevada lake |
Lake Tahoe |
300 |
June 22, 1993 |
| This smallest of the Great Lakes is fed mainly by the Niagara River |
Lake Ontario |
400 |
June 22, 1993 |
| Over 300 rivers & streams flow into this Siberian lake, but the Angara River is its only outlet |
Lake Baikal |
500 |
June 22, 1993 |
| In Germany, where it rises in the forest, this river is called the Donau |
the Danube |
100 |
April 5, 1991 |
| This country's' largest lake is Garda, but its Lake Como is more famous |
Italy |
200 |
April 5, 1991 |
| At 2,485 miles, the Parana is this continent's second-longest river |
South America |
300 |
April 5, 1991 |
| The Snake River, which flows across Idaho, is the largest tributary of this river |
the Columbia |
400 |
April 5, 1991 |
| After a course of over 2,200 miles, the Volga River enters this inland sea |
the Caspian Sea |
500 |
April 5, 1991 |
| Oceangoing ships can travel 1,000 miles up this river to the Brazilian port of Manaus |
the Amazon |
100 |
February 22, 1991 |
| Fed by the snows of Mt. Hermon, this river flows through the Sea of Galilee & into the Dead Sea |
the Jordan |
200 |
February 22, 1991 |
| The Shatt-al-Arab begins where the Tigris meets this river in Iraq |
the Euphrates |
400 |
February 22, 1991 |
| This Great Lake, the smallest, is almost as big as the state of New Jersey |
Lake Ontario |
500 |
February 22, 1991 |
| In Hindu myth this river springs from the foot of the god Vishnu |
the Ganges |
|
February 22, 1991 |
| The famous bridge on Lake Havasu in Arizona formerly spanned this river |
Thames |
100 |
May 26, 1988 |
| Famous lake which occupies the caldera of Mt. Mazama, an extinct volcano in Oregon |
Crater Lake |
200 |
May 26, 1988 |
| The Jefferson, Gallatin, & Madison Rivers meet in Montana, forming this major river |
Missouri |
300 |
May 26, 1988 |
| It takes 2 hands & 1 extra digit to count this group of lakes in west central New York |
Finger Lakes |
400 |
May 26, 1988 |
| The world's longest over-water highway spans this lake in southeastern Louisiana |
Lake Pontchartrain |
500 |
May 26, 1988 |
| Named for its large amounts of soft yellow earth China's Huang Ho River means this in English |
Yellow River |
100 |
February 17, 1987 |
| In 1986, Russell Lake was formed when one of these closed off Alaska's Russell Fjord |
glacier |
200 |
February 17, 1987 |
| In August 1986, this, emerging from Lake Nios in Cameron, killed about 2000 people |
poisonous gas |
400 |
February 17, 1987 |
| With some 20% of world's fresh unfrozen water, this country's Lake Baikal is deepest in world |
Soviet Union |
500 |
February 17, 1987 |
| (AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE) Title of the following is a nickname for this river: "Ol' man river / Dat ol' man river / He mus'know sumpin' / But don't say nuthin', / He jes'keeps rollin'"... |
Mississippi |
|
February 17, 1987 |
| Because of their salt water, the Caspian & Aral, 1st & 4th largest lakes in the world, are called these |
Seas |
100 |
December 23, 1986 |
| Australia's longest permanently flowing river; also the surname of Jan & Anne |
Murray |
200 |
December 23, 1986 |
| Changing names many times on its 2900 mile course, the Congo River is called this in Zaire |
Zaire |
300 |
December 23, 1986 |
| This major Swiss lake is actually a widening of "France's" Rhone River |
Lake Geneva |
400 |
December 23, 1986 |
| 1 of the 3 state capitals that lie on the Missouri River |
Bismarck, Pierre, or Jefferson City |
|
December 23, 1986 |
| A German river or the wine grown on its banks |
the Rhine |
100 |
December 5, 1984 |
| The end of a river that empties into a lake or ocean |
the mouth |
200 |
December 5, 1984 |
| Sam Rayburn Reservoir is this state's largest lake |
Texas |
300 |
December 5, 1984 |
| Located in Oregon, it's the deepest lake in North America |
Crater Lake |
400 |
December 5, 1984 |
| Either of 2 Marilyn Monroe films with "watery" titles |
(1 of) <i>Niagara</i> and the <i>River of No Return</i> |
500 |
December 5, 1984 |
| River mentioned most often in the Bible |
the Jordan |
100 |
September 10, 1984 |
| Scottish word for lake |
<i>loch</i> |
200 |
September 10, 1984 |
| American river only 33 miles shorter than the Mississippi |
the Missouri |
400 |
September 10, 1984 |
| World's largest lake, nearly 5 times as big as Superior |
the Caspian Sea |
500 |
September 10, 1984 |
| River in this famous song: |
the Volga River |
|
September 10, 1984 |