Family
MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY $7,000 (Daily Double): This southern Mexican state is known for the Mayan ruins of Palenque & Bonampak & as the site of the Zapatista uprising [#9526, aired 2026-03-23]
Chiapas
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: Chimney Rock National Monument & Pike National Forest can be found in this state [#9511, aired 2026-03-02]
Colorado
CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS $800: If this 3-letter word on a champagne bottle is French for "dry", why does it actually indicate sweetness? That's a problem! [#9539, aired 2026-04-09]
Sec
MAIS OUI, FRENCH LIT $600: Subtitled "The Impostor", this comedy by Molière has the title scoundrel making Orgon's life miserable [#30, aired 2024-05-13]
Tartuffe
ETYMOLOGICALLY YOURS $400: An oral vote that doesn't require a count of ayes & nays is "by" this, from the Latin for "to shout" [#9501, aired 2026-02-16]
Acclamation
HISTORICAL FICTION $1200: Set during the Italian Renaissance, "Romola" is George Eliot's study of life in this Tuscan city [#7558, aired 2017-06-21]
Florence
HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS $400: A day to do good deeds & reflect on his teachings, Vesak celebrates his birthday, death & enlightenment [#9523, aired 2026-03-18]
Buddha
THE BAR MITZVAH BOY $400: This Facebook founder had a "Star Wars" theme at Temple Beth Abraham in Tarrytown, New York [#8924, aired 2023-07-27]
Mark Zuckerberg
2013 BOOKS $1600: In Isabel Allende's coming of age story "Maya's Notebook", Maya's grandparents are emigres from this country [#6677, aired 2013-10-01]
Chile
THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: In 979 this dynasty with a musical-sounding name completed its reunification of China [#9538, aired 2026-04-08]
The Song
THAT'S HONORIFIC! $600: From 2018 to 2025 Sony employees got updates from CEO Kenichiro Yoshida, often containing this gender-neutral Japanese honorific [#9372, aired 2025-07-08]
San