| #9382, aired 2025-07-22 | ON THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK $1200: Yeah, baby, Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger" plays in the "Austin Powers" movie with this 5-word subtitle The Spy Who Shagged Me |
| #9306, aired 2025-04-07 | HER MOM'S A SINGER $800: Lourdes Leon, who released music under the name Lolahol, is the daughter & "ray of light" of this singer Madonna |
| #9294, aired 2025-03-20 | PLANT LORE $800: Popular in wedding bouquets, white lilies are also known as these lilies, another name for the Virgin Mary Madonna lilies |
| #9199, aired 2024-11-07 | EVERYONE'S LOST THEIR MARBLES $2000: The Bruges Madonna, a marble of Mary & baby Jesus by this renaissance master, was stolen twice Michelangelo |
| #9184, aired 2024-10-17 | PICTURE THE HIT SONG $800: A Madonna dance hit a "Ray Of Light" |
| #9166, aired 2024-09-23 | MAGAZINES' FIRST COVERS $400: Spin magazine debuted in 1985 with a cover pic of this "Material Girl" by Herb Ritts, who shot many of her covers Madonna |
| #9153, aired 2024-07-24 | MELLOW YELLOW $600: Steadfastly loyal, as in the title of a 1986 Madonna hit true blue |
| #9100, aired 2024-05-10 | SINGERS ON FILM $2000: In her first major role, Madonna played the free-spirited title character in this 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan |
| #9097, aired 2024-05-07 | POP MUSIC $1200: In "The Queens Remix" of this song, Beyoncé mashed up Madonna's "Vogue", updating the rap to honor Black icons "Break My Soul" |
| #24, aired 2024-05-06 | RENAISSANCE MASTERS $600: One of the most famous Renaissance paintings is his "Sistine Madonna", which includes the cute pair of cherubs at the bottom Raphael |
| #9092, aired 2024-04-30 | THE GAP ON THEIR RÉSUMÉS $1600: Her career includes Gap commercial singing with Madonna & first woman rapper in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Missy Elliott |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $2000: Oh, her, the tale of this woman "and the Elders" is a common subject & Lorenzo Lotto's from 1517 is one of those with minimal boobage Susanna |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | CONCERT TOURS $800: 2023:
Her Celebration Tour Madonna |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1500: It's a greatest hits album released by Madonna in 1990
_ _ E / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I O _ The Immaculate Collection |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | BIG-SCREEN BALLADS $200: When she performed "Crazy For You" in the high school wrestling film "Vision Quest" this pop star was virtually unknown Madonna |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE $1200: Sharon Stone & Madonna have stayed at Italy's San Domenico Hotel, seen in the role of this title place in season 2 on HBO White Lotus |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | MISHEARD LYRICS $200: Her No. 1 hit "Like A Virgin" takes a very different turn when she's "touched for the 31st time" Madonna |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | POP SONGS $800: In this 1986 No. 1 Madonna enjoined her father from sermonizing "Papa Don't Preach" |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | ART & ARTISTS $200: From the 16th century, Sofonisba Anguissola here records herself painting this classic subject of Western art Madonna & child |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $800: Hip-hip hooray for this superstar who got into the groove as a cheerleader at her Michigan high school Madonna |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | THEIR '80s NO. 1 ALBUM $2000: Her "True Blue" Madonna |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | DANCE $400: New York drag competitions called balls were the birthplace of this stylized dance that Madonna brought to the mainstream vogue |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | BOOGIE! $400: Listen to Madonna! "Come on", do this, "let your body go with the flow" vogue |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | SINGERS WHO ACT $1200: As Breathless Mahoney in 1990's "Dick Tracy", she left Warren Beatty breathless on-screen & off Madonna |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | ON THE COASTER $800: Perfect for our coasters is a round painting, Madonna of this fruit she's holding, its seeds a symbol of Jesus' suffering a pomegranate |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | IT HAPPENED IN '22 $2000: 1522:
This man the Younger paints the "Solothurn Madonna" (Hans) Holbein (the Younger) |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | VIRTUE SIGNALING $400: Sitting on the ground, not on a throne, is the Madonna of this quality, related to the Latin humus, meaning "the earth" humility |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | SONGS ON MY PLAY LIST $800: "This Used To Be My Playground", the theme to "A League of Their Own", is by this singer who had a part in that film Madonna |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | BY A ONE-NAMED WRITER $400: "Mr. Peabody's Apples" is a children's book by this singer also known for a non-children's book called "Sex" Madonna |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $1600: Madonna sang in this hit, "I know you're going to be upset, 'cause I was always your little girl" "Papa Don't Preach" |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | BROADWAY BOUND $200: In 1988 this "Material Girl" decided to "Take a Bow" in "Speed-the-Plow" on Broadway Madonna |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | TV SHOW QUOTES $200: Sue Sylvester: "Let's be honest, William. You've been out of ideas since Madonna week" Glee |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | MUSEUM MUST-SEES $2000: At this art museum in Florence: Raphael's "Madonna of the Goldfinch" the Uffizi |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | POP $600: On the charts for quite a while in 1998, "The Boy Is Mine" was a hit duet for Monica & this other one-named gal Brandy |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | IN CONCERT $800: VH1 ranked her 1990 "Blond Ambition" tour as the greatest of all her concert tours Madonna |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | ONE-WORD SONG TITLES $600: Elaborate hand gestures are part of the dance that Madonna brought to the mainstream with this 1990 No. 1 hit "Vogue" |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | BILLBOARD TOP 40 $400: Madonna touched No. 1 on the Billboard Top 40 "for the very first time" with this 1984 song "Like A Virgin" |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | FLOWERS ON THE WALL $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Floral imagery abounds in paintings of the Madonna and Child; white lilies represent the Madonna's purity and red carnations often foreshadow this event in Matthew 27:35 the Crucifixion |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | THE LANGUAGE OF LIKE $1000: To hold a memory fondly in your mind, perhaps of the same-named 1989 Madonna hit cherish |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | SONG SUNG BLUE $400: In 1986 she had a Top 10 hit with the title track to her "True Blue" album Madonna |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | THE MASTERS (OF ART) $600: One painter of this mother & child combo was dubbed "Master of the Embroidered Foliage" the Madonna and Child |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | 1980s POP LYRICS $400: Madonna: "'Cause the boy with the cold hard cash is always Mr. Right" "Material Girl" |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD $1200: In 1992 Ava Gardner's bloomers & Madonna's bustier were stolen from this business' Lingerie Museum Frederick's |
| #8130, aired 2020-01-03 | IT'S A HAND! IT'S MICHIGAN! $1600: Right there in the webbing of the Michigan hand is Madonna's city of birth, named for its location on this bay Saginaw Bay |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | "VO"CABULARY TEST $600: A period of popularity, like the 24 weeks the Madonna song spent on the charts in 1990 vogue |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $800: In 2019 Madonna performed at but did not compete in this international song competition Eurovision |
| #8062, aired 2019-10-01 | FILM DIRECTORS $400: Before directing movies like "SE7EN", David Fincher directed this singer's videos for "Vogue" & "Express Yourself" Madonna |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | 3-LETTER READING $600: Madonna bestseller Sex |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | HITMAKERS $1600: This singer with '80s hits like "Dress You Up" brought in Diplo & Chance the Rapper for her album "Rebel Heart" Madonna |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | ARTY FACTS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue): A 15th-century Madonna has gained 21st-century notice for its possible depiction of one of these mysterious objects a UFO (flying saucer) |
| #7997, aired 2019-05-21 | 1990s SONGS $800: With the death of Lauren Bacall in 2014, the list of stars mentioned in this 1990 Madonna song are all deceased "Vogue" |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | FAMILIAL MUSIC $800: Danny Aiello played the title father in this Madonna video from 1986 "Papa Don't Preach" |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | ART SUBJECTS $2,000 (Daily Double): 1-word term for the Virgin Mary; there are paintings of her "and Child with Saints" & "...with Angels" Madonna |
| #7854, aired 2018-11-01 | FLOWERS $2000: Seen here, the Annunciation lily is also known as this lily the Madonna lily |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | WEIRD AL-CHEMY $200: "Like A Surgeon" Madonna |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | EXPRESS-ING THEMSELVES $800: In "Express Yourself", she sang, "Don't go for second-best... put your love to the test" Madonna |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | STOLEN ART RECOVERED $1200: The Munch Museum in this city had both "The Scream" & "Madonna" stolen in 2004 but recovered 2 years later Oslo |
| #7667, aired 2018-01-02 | "LIGHT" MUSIC $600: Madonna went electronica in this 1998 album Ray of Light |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS' LAST NAMES $400: She's taken a long "Holiday" from Ciccone Madonna |
| #7589, aired 2017-09-14 | "LIKE" A SONG $800: This Madonna parody operated well for Weird Al in 1985 "Like A Surgeon" |
| #7571, aired 2017-07-10 | OSCAR-WINNING SONG PERFORMERS $400: "You Must Love Me" from "Evita" (1996) Madonna |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | QUESTIONING MOVIE TITLES $800: "Who's That ____" (it's Madonna) girl |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | WOMEN OF MUSIC $800: "Hold On" is a 1990 hit by this female quartet whose name includes a Madonna song title En Vogue |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | FLOWER POWER $400: Come to my pad & see my varieties of this flower, candidum & longiflorum, aka Madonna & Easter lilies |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | STATE SCHOOL ALUMNI $1200: Arthur Miller,
Madonna the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | MOVIE MUSICAL ROLES $1200: At the time Madonna said of this 1996 role, it was the most challenging of her career but one she was born to play Evita |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | ALL THE SINGLES LADIES $800: This No. 1 single by Madonna namechecks Greta Garbo & Marilyn Monroe, among others "Vogue" |
| #7341, aired 2016-07-11 | NO. 2 ON THE CHARTS $1600: In 1998 she was "Frozen" at No. 2; we guess that happens "when your heart's not open" Madonna |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | A MAJOR LEAGUER IN THE SONG $600: Madonna:
"Quicker than a ____ of light" ray |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | MY EX-WIVES & ME $400: Ex-wife Madonna showed up with him at the 2016 benefit for his Haitian relief organization (Sean) Penn |
| #7168, aired 2015-11-11 | FASHION $600: Madonna & daughter Lourdes launched a clothing line called this, the name of a 1985 hit by Madonna Material Girl |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | A VIRGIN CATEGORY $400: In addition to the title track, one of the 3 songs from Madonna's album "Like a Virgin" to hit the Top 40 "Material Girl" (or "Angel" or "Dress You Up") |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | STEPHEN SONDHEIM $3,000 (Daily Double): Sondheim won an Oscar for "Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man)" sung by this woman in the film "Dick Tracy" Madonna |
| #7036, aired 2015-03-30 | THE MUSICAL '90s $400: Her 1992 hit "Erotica" sampled "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang Madonna |
| #7007, aired 2015-02-17 | ANGELS $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) The cherubim here, which are famous in their own right, come from a larger painting called "Sistine Madonna" by this artist Raphael |
| #6973, aired 2014-12-31 | 1980s MUSIC $400: This 1984 Madonna album spawned 4 Top 5 hits, including "Material Girl" Like a Virgin |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | VOGUE $200: This woman whose song says, "Strike a pose, Vogue" has been on the cover of Vogue 4 times Madonna |
| #6897, aired 2014-09-16 | POP MUSIC $400: "I'm in trouble deep", Madonna tells her dad in this 1986 hit "Papa Don't Preach" |
| #6888, aired 2014-07-23 | HITS & MISSES $1200: From 1985:
"Material Girl" Madonna |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | MADONNA VIDEOS $200: Madonna restages Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" number "Material Girl" |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | MADONNA VIDEOS $400: Michelangelo delivered on the promise to carve the most beautiful work of marble in Rome with this sculpture the Pietà |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | MADONNA VIDEOS $400: Madonna dances in a wedding dress & on a gondola in Venice "Like A Virgin" |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | MADONNA VIDEOS $600: Danny Aiello is dad to pregnant teen Madonna "Papa Don't Preach" |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | MADONNA VIDEOS $800: "Mystic Nativity" from around 1500 shows a Madonna by this man, known for painting the goddess Venus Botticelli |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | MADONNA VIDEOS $800: 1990 black-&-white classic in which you see Madonna "strike a pose" & give good face "Vogue" |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | MADONNA VIDEOS $1000: A matador dresses for a bullfight; Madonna dresses & undresses for the matador "Take A Bow" |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | MADONNA VIDEOS $1200: (Alex Trebek reads the clue from the Norton Simon Museum.) This Renaissance artist displayed a mastery far beyond his years when he painted "Madonna and Child with Book"; he was only 19 at the time, which may explain why his Madonnas came to be in such high demand Rafael |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | MADONNA VIDEOS $1600: Parmigianino's most famous work is called "Madonna with" this swan-like feature a long neck |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | MADONNA VIDEOS $2000: That's the angel Gabriel visiting Mary, so Fra Angelico's work has this title The Annunciation |
| #6850, aired 2014-05-30 | SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS' HITS $200: In 1986, she "Live(d) To Tell" Madonna |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | THE FIRST MATE $200: She was the first spouse of both Sean Penn & Guy Ritchie (wonder what else they have in common?) Madonna |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | DON'T SONGS $200: In 1997 Madonna had a hit with this song from "Evita" that she sang in the movie "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | POP CULTURE $1200: In 1994 this pop singer appeared on David Letterman's show & was bleeped more than 10 times for profanity Madonna |
| #6721, aired 2013-12-02 | SCULPTURE $800: Luca della Robbia used this semi-fired "earthy" clay for his "Madonna and Angels" because it was less expensive than marble terra cotta |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | ON THE WALL $400: ...of Madonna's house are works by this woman who died in Coyoacan 4 years before Madonna was born Frida Kahlo |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | WHO'S ON TOUR? $1600: Femme Fatale
(2011) Britney Spears |
| #6660, aired 2013-07-26 | WHO'S ON TOUR? $400: MDNA
(2012) Madonna |
| #6642, aired 2013-07-02 | UNDERWEAR $600: In 2011 Madonna's black one of these one-piece garments, a bra & waist cincher combo, sold for $72,000 at auction a bustier |
| #6595, aired 2013-04-26 | SINGLE NAMED SINGERS $1600: "But we're never gonna survive, unless" you name this singer who went "Crazy" on Billboard's Top 40 in 1991 Seal |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | MUSICIAN MOVIE SUBJECTS $400: 1991:
"Truth Or Dare" Madonna |
| #6568, aired 2013-03-20 | POP "STAR"s $2000: In 1984 Madonna sang, "you must be my" this "'cause you shine on me wherever you are" lucky star |
| #6524, aired 2013-01-17 | TITLE CHANGES $400: John Irving: "The World According to Madonna" Garp |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | ON TV 10 YEARS AGO $600: In 2003 Madonna guested on the "Dolls and Dolls" episode of this Debra Messing sitcom Will & Grace |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | MR. OR MS. RODRIGUEZ $200: There were the Madonna rumors & that mirror-kissing, but how about his 3 A.L. MVPs & 600-plus homers? Alex Rodriguez |
| #6492, aired 2012-12-04 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $1600: The photographs in this 1992 coffee-table book by Madonna were taken by Steven Meisel & members of his studio Sex |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | THE DA VINCI CODE $400: The Leonardo work seen here is known as "The Madonna of" this flower, a symbol of healing... & proms carnation |
| #6482, aired 2012-11-20 | THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONGS $200: "Like A Prayer",
"Like A Virgin" Madonna |
| #6458, aired 2012-10-17 | FORMERLY MARRIED $400: Sean Penn & this singing superstar Madonna |
| #6432, aired 2012-07-31 | SUPER BOWL WINNERS $200: In 2012 underdogs & Madonna were in vogue at Super Bowl XLVI, where this team won 21-17 the New York Giants |
| #6424, aired 2012-07-19 | RHYME HUB $800: One has his chin on his palm at the bottom of Raphael's "Sistine Madonna" a cherub |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | ROUGH REVIEWS ON Rotten Tomatoes $600: "Swept Away" led to, "If there is one thing worse than a Guy Ritchie movie, it's a Guy Ritchie movie with" this singer "in it" Madonna |
| #6406, aired 2012-06-25 | SINGERS' SONGS FROM THE HEART $1000: "Open Your Heart"
(1987) Madonna |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS $2000: Parmigianino's masterpiece: "Madonna of the Long ___" Neck |
| #6328, aired 2012-03-07 | LYRICS OF THE ARTIST $200: "Come on, vogue, let your body move to the music, hey hey hey" Madonna |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES $800: Her middle name is Louise; her last name at birth: Ciccone Madonna |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | SIDES $600: Fittingly, "Act Of Contrition" was on the flip side of this No. 1 single by Madonna "Like A Prayer" |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | CURRENT MUSIC $200: She's the flamboyant performer heard here
"Born this way, oh there ain't no other way /
Baby I was born this way /
Baby I was born..." Lady Gaga |
| #6087, aired 2011-02-15 | BEATLES PEOPLE $400: This title gal, "children at your feet, wonder how you manage to make ends meet" Lady Madonna |
| #6051, aired 2010-12-27 | MOVIE NAMES $400: Madonna in the title role:
"Desperately Seeking ____" Susan |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $800: Unlike her "Sex" book, her "English Roses" series was written for children Madonna |
| #6030, aired 2010-11-26 | THE FLOP $400: Costing $17 million & making back... less, "Shanghai Surprise" starred the then-husband & wife team of Madonna & him Sean Penn |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Varieties of this plant grown in American gardens include madonna, Korean aureum & tiger lilies |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITIES $800: This Brit who married Madonna & directed "Sherlock Holmes" must be quite a guy Guy Ritchie |
| #5941, aired 2010-06-14 | NO. 1 SONGS $400: Madonna touched No. 1 "for the very first time" with this hit, which wasn't written for a woman singer "Like A Virgin" |
| #5929, aired 2010-05-27 | ADOPTION $800: In 2008 Americans adopted 2 kids from this African country; Madonna has adopted that many by herself Malawi |
| #5914, aired 2010-05-06 | DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 SONG $400: 1990:
Madonna turns a magazine into a dance "Vogue" |
| #5886, aired 2010-03-29 | DEADLY FILMS? $1200: Madonna appeared in this 2002 Bond film & sang the title tune Die Another Day |
| #5816, aired 2009-12-21 | RENAISSANCE ARTISTS $1200: This "Younger" German artist's "Madonna of Burgomaster Meyer" featured the Mayor of Basel & his family Hans Holbein |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | MICHIGAN MUSICIAN MISHMASH $400: She was born as a Bay City roller on Aug. 16, 1958, but left her home town & her last name far behind Madonna |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | RENAISSANCE FAIR LADY $1600: Raphael painted this beautiful title woman "of the Goldfinch" in 1505 the Madonna of the Goldfinch |
| #5799, aired 2009-11-26 | GRAMMY-WINNING MUSIC VIDEOS $400: "The Confessions Tour"
(2007) Madonna |
| #5774, aired 2009-10-22 | PARTY LIKE IT'S 1499 $400: In 1499 Michelangelo sculpted this statue of the Madonna with the dead Jesus in her arms the Pietà |
| #5773, aired 2009-10-21 | RELATED SONG TITLES $200: In examining her Top 40 hits, who better to "Dress You Up" than a "Material Girl"? Madonna |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | JUST MISSED THE TOP OF THE CHARTS $400: This nickname for Madonna came from the title of a 1985 hit that peaked at No. 2 "Material Girl" |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | EUROPEAN ART & ARTISTS $1600: "Madonna of the Long Neck" was painted in 1534 but could have been the title for this Italian's works of the 19-teens Modigliani |
| #5690, aired 2009-05-08 | A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS $800: Wayne State,
Kalamazoo College, Madonna University (it's Franciscan Catholic, not Material Girl) Michigan |
| #5685, aired 2009-05-01 | DA VINCI $800: Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" reveals clues in da Vinci's works including one titled this woman "of the Rocks" The Madonna |
| #5676, aired 2009-04-20 | FILL IN THE SONG TITLE $400: Madonna as Evita:
"D.C.F.M.A." "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" |
| #5663, aired 2009-04-01 | NO. 1 HITMAKERS OF THE '90s $1200: 1992:
"This Used To Be My Playground" Madonna |
| #5645, aired 2009-03-06 | DYSFUNCTION JUNCTION $200: She announced her breakup with Guy Ritchie saying they "can't bear to live with the pretence any longer" Madonna |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | THEIR GREATEST HITS ALBUMS $200: "The Immaculate Collection"
(1990) Madonna |
| #5572, aired 2008-11-25 | WHAT A DELICIOUS DISH $400: In Christopher Ciccone's "Life With My Sister" her, it turns out she's a bit of a control freak Madonna |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS 2008 $200: On August 16 this "Material Girl" became a real middle-aged girl, reaching the half-century mark Madonna |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | 1990s POP/ROCK $200: Take a bow if you know that "Take A Bow" was a big hit for her Madonna |
| #5527, aired 2008-09-23 | POP SINGERS $1200: The globe she posed with for the May '08 cover of Vanity Fair was auctioned off for her charity, Raising Malawi Madonna |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | POP'S MUSIC $200: Dad refuses to see a Guy Ritchie film because he's always had a secret crush on this "Like A Virgin" singer Madonna |
| #5446, aired 2008-04-21 | I "LIKE" THIS SONG $800: The 2 Madonna No. 1 hits that fit the category "Like A Virgin" & "Like A Prayer" |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | SCULPTURE $1200: As marble was expensive, Luca della Robbia made his "Madonna and Child" with this glazed material terra cotta |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: A dangerous substance like asbestos that's a Madonna hit in which a "boy with the cold hard cash is...Mr. Right" hazardous Material Girl |
| #5285, aired 2007-07-27 | YOUR PARENTS' MUSIC $1600: This singer used religious imagery in her 1989 "Like A Prayer" music video & in her 2006 "Confessions" world tour Madonna |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | THE MUSICAL '90s $400: She won a 1991 Grammy, her first, for best long-form music video for "Blonde Ambition World Tour Live" Madonna |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | HOW GREAT THOU ART $1200: I'll scream with delight if you identify this man's Madonna seen here Munch |
| #5231, aired 2007-05-14 | MOMS' MONOGRAMS $400: Mother to Lourdes & Rocco: M Madonna |
| #5212, aired 2007-04-17 | MARQUEE LADIES $1600: 1985: Madonna as her Susan |
| #5192, aired 2007-03-20 | NO. 1 HITS IN OTHER WORDS $1000: 1989:
"Similar To One Supplication" "Like A Prayer" |
| #5177, aired 2007-02-27 | PRIME MADONNA $200: In January 1985 Madonna & this actor had their first date; they'd be married by August Sean Penn |
| #5177, aired 2007-02-27 | PRIME MADONNA $400: In 1992 Madonna's Mae Mordabito took the field with Geena Davis in this film A League of Their Own |
| #5177, aired 2007-02-27 | PRIME MADONNA $600: "Don't just stand there,
Let's get to it,
Strike a pose,
There's nothing to it";
come on, it's this hit song "Vogue" |
| #5177, aired 2007-02-27 | PRIME MADONNA $800: Madonna was Breathless (Mahoney) in this 1990 detective flick Dick Tracy |
| #5177, aired 2007-02-27 | PRIME MADONNA $1000: In 1977 Madonna won a scholarship to the studio of this alliteratively named N.Y. choreographer Alvin Ailey |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | POP MUSIC $600: Her video for "Hung Up", from her album "Confessions on a Dance Floor", features krumping Madonna |
| #5108, aired 2006-11-22 | THE MARRIER $400: Sean Penn,
Guy Ritchie Madonna |
| #5048, aired 2006-07-19 | THE JEP-TONES WORLD TOUR 2006 $400: After a stint with the Maharishi, the group tries Kaballah with this singer whose hits include "Beautiful Stranger" Madonna |
| #5037, aired 2006-07-04 | PLANT LIFE $400: The Madonna type of this plant was once used at Easter but often failed to bloom in time; the Bermuda type replaced it a lily |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | SUPERHERO BEFORE & AFTER $800: 1991 Madonna pic highlighting her "Blond Ambition" tour in which she fights crime as a blind Marvel acrobat Truth or Daredevil |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | "DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG? $400: Buenos Aires held back a sniffle when this Madonna hit went to No. 8 in 1997 "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | ST. PETERSBURG'S HERMITAGE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.) Amazingly, this 15th century Italian's Benois Madonna cost just 150,000 Rubles when the Hermitage acquired it in 1914 Da Vinci |
| #4975, aired 2006-04-07 | HOTEL CALIFORNIA $2000: No need to travel down a dark desert highway to reach this themed inn in San Luis Obispo with a virginal name the Madonna Inn |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | "B" IN FASHION $200: During the 1992 L.A. riots, one of these worn by Madonna in a video was stolen from Frederick's of Hollywood a bustier |
| #4909, aired 2006-01-05 | STAR WARS $600: In 2004 Elton John caused a stir, accusing this single-named singer of lipsyncing during "live" concerts Madonna |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | THE MUSICAL QUESTION $1200: 1987 Madonna tune that was No. 1 & 1987 Madonna movie that wasn't quite as popular "Who's That Girl" |
| #4873, aired 2005-11-16 | PEOPLE $1000: He wore a kilt when he married Madonna in a Scottish castle Guy Ritchie |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | BLONDE AMBITION $400: This mega pop star seen here has also written several children's books including "Yakov and the Seven Thieves" Madonna |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $800: Madonna's "This Used To Be My Playground" was sung over the closing credits of this 1992 film A League of Their Own |
| #4812, aired 2005-07-05 | SINGERS $1200: In 1984 she had her first Top 10 hit in the U.S. with "Borderline" Madonna |
| #4778, aired 2005-05-18 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS $2000: The Hall honored Seymour Stein, the co-founder of this record label, who's credited with discovering & signing Madonna Sire Records |
| #4770, aired 2005-05-06 | THE 16th CENTURY $400: This Italian, not Michelangelo, painted the famous "Sistine Madonna" around 1513 Raphael |
| #4707, aired 2005-02-08 | ACADEMIC PENTATHLON $1000: Art:
"Madonna" & this masterpiece by Edvard Munch were stolen in broad daylight in 2004 The Scream |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | AMERICAN IDOL SONGS $400: Keith Beukelaer's version of this woman's "Like A Virgin" moved Simon to call him maybe the world's worst singer Madonna |
| #4695, aired 2005-01-21 | OUR LADY $800: Our lady of Czestochowa, called The Black Madonna, is one of this country's most beloved icons Poland |
| #4694, aired 2005-01-20 | I'LL ALWAYS BE "TRUE" $400: A "colorful" Madonna album, or a synonym for loyalty True Blue |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | SOCIAL TYPES $600: This 7-letter neologism describes someone who desires to emulate Madonna's or Britney's success wannabe |
| #4651, aired 2004-11-22 | I HEAR YOU CALLING $400: When this singer rings, it means she needs a partner for her Kabbalah class Madonna |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | MUSIC ON MY iPOD $1000: This group's song is more than great listening, it's a history lesson
"...Springsteen, Madonna /
Way before Nirvana there was /
U2 and Blondie..." Bowling for Soup |
| #4620, aired 2004-10-08 | SPANIARDS $400: Madonna drooled over this Spanish-born actor in the 1991 documentary "Truth or Dare" Banderas |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | SEAN SONG $400: Once married to Madonna Sean Penn |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | CELEBRITY TRIVIA $1600: Pepsi dropped Madonna after the release of this song's video showed her kissing a saint in a church "Like A Prayer" |
| #4525, aired 2004-04-16 | KIDDY LIT $800: Her 1992 book "Sex", not for kids; her 2003 book "The English Roses", kid friendly Madonna |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Madonna could have gone to Madonna Univ. in Livonia but instead attended this bigger school in Ann Arbor University of Michigan |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | MADONNA SONGS $200: A "pure" hit:
"Touched for the very first time" "Like A Virgin" |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | MADONNA SONGS $400: A "commercial" hit:
"Cause the boy with the cold hard cash is always Mr. Right" "Material Girl" |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | MADONNA SONGS $600: Her first Top 40 hit:
"We're gonna have a celebration all across the world" "Holiday" |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | MADONNA SONGS $800: An obvious title:
"Hey Mister D.J., put a record on, I wanna dance with my baby" "Music" |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | MADONNA SONGS $1000: A song with controversial subject matter:
"But I made up my mind, I'm keeping my baby" "Papa Don't Preach" |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | "E"PICS $200: It had an interesting casting choice, Madonna as the first lady of Argentina Evita |
| #4490, aired 2004-02-27 | "M"USIC $200: In 2003 she released her tenth studio album, "American Life" Madonna |
| #4453, aired 2004-01-07 | SITCOMS $200: In 2003 Madonna guest-starred as Karen's potential roommate on this NBC sitcom Will & Grace |
| #4374, aired 2003-09-18 | OLIVER STONE $600: Oliver Stone & Alan Parker co-wrote the screenplay for this Madonna musical Evita |
| #4371, aired 2003-09-15 | ART & ARTISTS $800: This Florentine's 1483 "Madonna of the Rocks" is his earliest major work that survives in complete form da Vinci |
| #4359, aired 2003-07-10 | THE SILVER SCREEN $2000: Madonna was set to play violin teacher Roberta Guaspari in "Music of the Heart", but this lady got the role Meryl Streep |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | PEOPLE'S MOST INTRIGUING PEOPLE $400: (1985)
"Rich, Famous, and Married to Sean Penn" Madonna |
| #4321, aired 2003-05-19 | GUINNESS RECORDS $7,400 (Daily Double): In this 1996 film Madonna went through a record 85 costume changes Evita |
| #4310, aired 2003-05-02 | OH, THE AMENITIES! $1000: This California inn whose name reminds us of "The Material Girl" has a caveman room with a waterfall shower The Madonna Inn |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | BEATLES HITS IN OTHER WORDS $1000: "Mistress Ciccone" "Lady Madonna" |
| #4293, aired 2003-04-09 | RECENT MOVIE REVIEWS $2000: Newsweek called this film directed by Guy Ritchie "Madonna's Shipwreck" Swept Away |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | BEATLES LYRICS $1600: "Grandchildren on your knee -- Vera, Chuck and Dave" "When I'm Sixty-Four" |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Don't leave home without this credit card that was a 1989 Madonna hit American Express Yourself |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | ART & ARTISTS $1600: This Venetian put St. Peter, not Mary & Jesus, at the center of his "Madonna of the Pesaro Family" Titian |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | '80s ROCK $200: In December 1984 Madonna touched No. 1 for the very first time with this song "Like A Virgin" |
| #4234, aired 2003-01-16 | McMUSIC $1600: He called Madonna's remake of his "American Pie" "sensual and mystical" Don McLean |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | UNIVERSITY STATE $1000: Madonna University & Wayne State University Michigan |
| #4203, aired 2002-12-04 | MOVIE CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $800: "Shanghai Surprise" star (7) Madonna |
| #4197, aired 2002-11-26 | I THEE WED $600: She tied the knot with Guy Ritchie in Skibo Castle one day after their son Rocco was baptized Madonna |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | LINGERIE $400: The article seen here was her second donation to Frederick's of Hollywood Museum; the first was stolen Madonna |
| #4163, aired 2002-10-09 | THEY DANCE RINGS AROUND YOU! $2000: If you were in Paris in '79, you could have seen this Univ. of Mich. drop-out dancing in the Patrick Hernandez Revue Madonna |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | YOUR INITIAL RESPONSE IS CORRECT $800: Madonna in "Music" & J. Lo. in "Play" both have a request for this person D.J. |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | MUSIC MAKERS $1200: A song by Joe Henry, heard here, became a hit recording by this sister-in-law of his
"Don't tell me to stop /
Tell the rain not to drop /
Tell the wind not to blow..." Madonna |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $600: In 1992 Madonna topped the charts with "This Used To Be My Playground", a track from this Penny Marshall film A League of Their Own |
| #4079, aired 2002-05-02 | ART & ARTISTS $400: This British abstract sculptor of "Madonna and Child" drew Londoners in the Underground during the blitz Henry Moore |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | FRENCH DRESSING $2000: Seen here, he's perhaps for creating those cone bras for Madonna Jean-Paul Gautier |
| #4051, aired 2002-03-25 | "A" ROCK $400: This Madonna tune begins, "Why am I standing on a cloud" "Angel" |
| #4013, aired 2002-01-30 | ACTORS WHO SING $400: Che sera sera! We loved Antonio Banderas' singing when he played Che in this Madonna movie Evita |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | THEIR TOP 40 ALBUMS $400: "Erotica"
(1992) Madonna |
| #3992, aired 2002-01-01 | NONFICTION $800: This photo book featuring a not-so-reverent Madonna coincided with the release of her "Erotica" album Sex |
| #3977, aired 2001-12-11 | GETTIN' FRIENDLY WITH MADONNA $200: Follow the bouncing ball: Madonna dated Rodman, who wed Electra, who once got cozy with this "purple" rocker Prince |
| #3977, aired 2001-12-11 | GETTIN' FRIENDLY WITH MADONNA $400: Paparazzi learned to duck when trying to snap a picture of this actor/then-husband of Madonna's Sean Penn |
| #3977, aired 2001-12-11 | GETTIN' FRIENDLY WITH MADONNA $600: Schwing! Mike Myers made out with Madonna when he played this master of air guitar Wayne Campbell |
| #3977, aired 2001-12-11 | GETTIN' FRIENDLY WITH MADONNA $800: Madonna sang "Sooner or later, I always get my man" in this film & she did: Warren Beatty Dick Tracy |
| #3977, aired 2001-12-11 | GETTIN' FRIENDLY WITH MADONNA $1000: This Madonna pal came out with "I'm Your Woman" in '85 but she's better known for "Without You I'm Nothing" Sandra Bernhard |
| #3956, aired 2001-11-12 | MUSIC VIDEOS $100: Guy Ritchie directed the controversial video for her "What It Feels Like For A Girl" Madonna |
| #3952, aired 2001-11-06 | SONG LYRICS $100: Madonna:
"But you made me feel yeah, you made me feel shiny and new" "Like A Virgin" |
| #3947, aired 2001-10-30 | MUSICIANS $200: Madonna's "greedy" nickname, or her 1985 hit "Material Girl" |
| #3937, aired 2001-10-16 | THE GODFATHER $300: The godfather of Madonna's son Rocco is this Police man, who left that musical force in 1984 Sting |
| #3936, aired 2001-10-15 | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ALUMNI $100: Though Michigan had a single-sex dorm known as "The Virgin Vault", this "Material Girl" lived in East Quad Madonna |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | POMEGRANATE PRESS $800: "Madonna of the Pomegranate" is one of the many Madonnas in the Uffizi by this "Venus on the Half Shell" artist Sandro Botticelli |
| #3906, aired 2001-09-03 | RHYME TIME $400: The title of hits by Madonna & Tommy James & the Shondells, it's slang for naughty behavior hanky panky |
| #3869, aired 2001-05-31 | HOME STATES $600: Thomas Dewey,
Henry Ford,
Madonna Michigan |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | STYLIN' LIKE LARRY KING $500: I love the hummus at Jorge's...my pick, Jets by 2...don't miss "Snatch", directed by this husband of Madonna Guy Ritchie |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | SPORTS MOVIES $200: This singer played center fielder Mae Mordabito in "A League of Their Own" Madonna |
| #3845, aired 2001-04-27 | NAME THE HITMAKERS $400: 1992:
"This Used To Be My Playground" Madonna |
| #3822, aired 2001-03-27 | SONG IN COMMON $200: Don McLean & Madonna "American Pie" |
| #3817, aired 2001-03-20 | WELL, THAT'S OBVIOUS $400: It's the title of Madonna's 2000 album, or what you'll hear on it "Music" |
| #3817, aired 2001-03-20 | WELL, THAT'S OBVIOUS $500: The 16th century painting seen here is known as the "Madonna With the Long" one of these Neck |
| #3811, aired 2001-03-12 | 1980s MUSIC $200: In 1989 she released "Express Yourself" & got divorced from Sean Penn Madonna |
| #3798, aired 2001-02-21 | SINGLE-NAMED CELEBRITIES $200: In August 2000 she gave Lourdes a baby brother, Rocco Ritchie Madonna |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | POP MUSIC $100: Her 1990 greatest hits album is called "The Immaculate Collection" Madonna |
| #3779, aired 2001-01-25 | STYLISH CELEBRITIES $100: She was busting out all over in bustiers by Jean Paul Gaultier on her "Blond Ambition" tour Madonna |
| #3747, aired 2000-12-12 | CLASSIC ALBUMS $400: Madonna released her first, self-titled album in 1983 & "Chaste" it the next year with this one "Like A Virgin" |
| #3745, aired 2000-12-08 | RHYME TIME $400: “Colorful” 1986 No. 1 album by Madonna True Blue |
| #3744, aired 2000-12-07 | BEATLES LYRICS $400: "Children at your feet, wonder how you manage to make ends meet" "Lady Madonna" |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | ROCK ME $800: (Hi, I'm Nile Rodgers.) 2 of the hit albums I produced during the '80s were "Like a Virgin" by Madonna & "Let's Dance" by this singer David Bowie |
| #3730, aired 2000-11-17 | MUSIC TO MY EARS $100: The Beastie Boys opened for her during the 1985 Virgin Tour Madonna |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | THE LADIES ROOM $200: In 1990 MTV banned her steamy video for "Justify My Love" Madonna |
| #3703, aired 2000-10-11 | LITTLE-HEARD LAST NAMES $400: Pop star Madonna Ciccone |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | 20th CENTURY MUSIC $1000: She had a No. 1 hit in each year of the '90s, the only singer to do so Mariah Carey |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | WOMEN: WRITE ON! $100: Her early novel "The Lolly-Madonna War" isn't quite as popular as her alphabet murder mysteries Sue Grafton |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | TITLE FILM FOLK $200: "Evita"
(1996) Madonna |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | ART FOR ART'S SAKE! $500: Giotto's teacher, Cimabue, painted the "Madonna in Majesty", seen here, in this city: Florence |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | PUT 'EM IN ORDER $300: Madonna's "Bedtime Stories",
"Like A Virgin",
"Like A Prayer" "Like A Virgin", "Like A Prayer", "Bedtime Stories" |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | OSCAR, GRAMMY OR BOTH $300: Madonna Grammy |
| #3614, aired 2000-04-27 | BLONDE ON BLONDE $100: Courtney Love said of this singer, "Every decade has its star...but the '80s are over" Madonna |
| #3607, aired 2000-04-18 | CANDYGRAM! $800: Produced Madonna's "Immaculate Colleciton" (STOP) signed: this man Jellybean (Benitez) |
| #3596, aired 2000-04-03 | VOGUE'S CENTURY OF FASHION $200: In 1938 Vogue showed one of these cinchers as outerwear -- 1938's version of Madonna Bustier/corset |
| #3577, aired 2000-03-07 | DANCE $600: This 1990 No. 1 hit by Madonna honored & revived a gay dance craze Vogue |
| #3554, aired 2000-02-03 | MADONNA $200: On the 1999 duet "Be Careful (Cuidado con Mi Corazon)" Madonna sings in Spanish & he sings in English Ricky Martin |
| #3554, aired 2000-02-03 | MADONNA $400: Madonna's first Top 40 hit in the U.S., it says, "We're gonna have a celebration" "Holiday" |
| #3554, aired 2000-02-03 | MADONNA $600: He's the father of Madonna's daughter Lourdes Carlos Leon |
| #3554, aired 2000-02-03 | MADONNA $800: The song heard here was featured in this 1985 film in which Madonna played the title character:
("Get Into the Groove") Desperately Seeking Susan |
| #3554, aired 2000-02-03 | MADONNA $1000: One of the 2 middle names that Madonna uses; one of them is her confirmation name Louise or Veronica |
| #3547, aired 2000-01-25 | NO. 3 SONGS $200: Her "True Blue" peaked at No. 3 just a few weeks after "Papa Don't Preach" topped the charts Madonna |
| #3540, aired 2000-01-14 | ...OR BUST $100: Mae, played by Madonna, considered flashing a ballpark crowd in this 1992 film A League of Their Own |
| #3519, aired 1999-12-16 | PLAY"BOY" $300: Madonna popularized the terms "Material Girl", "Vogue" & this phrase for a plaything "Boytoy" |
| #3509, aired 1999-12-02 | PREMIERE $400: Madonna said, "I feel like Cinderella" at the long-awaited premiere of this musical film Evita |
| #3508, aired 1999-12-01 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $200: In 1985 this "Boy Toy" reportedly said, "Bruce Springsteen was born to run. I was born to flirt" Madonna |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | POP QUIZ $300: Take a bow if you know that Babyface co-wrote & sang on her 1994 hit "Take a Bow" Madonna |
| #3466, aired 1999-10-04 | OFFICIAL CANADIAN THINGS $400: This province's official flower is the white Madonna lily, not the fleur-de-lis Quebec |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $300: She was on the cover of the February 1999 Harper's Bazaar dressed like a geisha Madonna |
| #3446, aired 1999-09-06 | THE '80s $200: In 1985 this singer had a hit with "Material Girl" Madonna |
| #3425, aired 1999-06-25 | THEY HAVE LAST NAMES $200: Ms. Ciccone,
Lourdes' momma Madonna |
| #3406, aired 1999-05-31 | ART & ARTISTS $1000: In this Renaissance master's "Madonna of the Goldfinch", the infants Jesus & John the Baptist are next to the Virgin Mary Raphael |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | CDs $200: Madonna told these "stories" on a 1994 CD "Bedtime Stories" |
| #3363, aired 1999-03-31 | YOU NEED TO BE PUNISHED $200: In "Hanky Panky" Madonna sings "I don't want you to thank me, you can just" do this Spank me |
| #3360, aired 1999-03-26 | POP MUSIC $400: Some Hindus were taken aback at her 1998 MTV Video Awards performance of "Ray of Light" Madonna |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | POP MUSIC $100: Ladies' Home Journal named this "Like A Virgin" singer one of the 100 most important women of the 20th century Madonna |
| #3351, aired 1999-03-15 | MOV"ING" PICTURES $200: Director Susan Seidelman followed this Madonna-Rosanna Arquette comedy with "Making Mr. Right" Desperately Seeking Susan |
| #3345, aired 1999-03-05 | HIT TUNES $800: "Take A Bow",
"The Power Of Good-Bye" Madonna |
| #3317, aired 1999-01-26 | WOW! MY OWN LABEL! $400: Alanis Morissette's "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" is on Maverick, this Material Girl's label Madonna |
| #3284, aired 1998-12-10 | HERBS & SPICE GIRLS $500: This photographer directed music videos for Madonna & Michael Jackson Herb Ritts |
| #3272, aired 1998-11-24 | MOVIE CO-STARS $200: Actress seen here with her good friend Madonna in a 1992 film Rosie O'Donnell (A League of Their Own) |
| #3253, aired 1998-10-28 | '90s MUSIC $200: Pepsi canceled a deal with her after complaints over the "Like A Prayer" video Madonna |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | STARTS WITH "M" $100: The Virgin Mary is frequently referred to by this name, Italian for "Our Lady" Madonna |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | ROCK SINGERS $400: In 1990 her "Justify My Love" became the first video by a major star to be banned by MTV Madonna |
| #3204, aired 1998-07-02 | SINGERS ON FILM $400: In 1996 Madonna portrayed "Evita" & this singer played "The Preacher's Wife" Whitney Houston |
| #3203, aired 1998-07-01 | NO. 1 ALBUMS $500: "Bella Donna" Stevie Nicks |
| #3201, aired 1998-06-29 | THIS MUST BE POLAND $1000: This "black" woman is a nationally famous icon in a monastery in Czestochowa The Black Madonna |
| #3197, aired 1998-06-23 | A CHOIR OF ANGELS $400: Singer heard here:
("You must be an angel...") Madonna |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | IN THE SPIRIT $400: Roseanne & Madonna are among the stars who've studied this Jewish mystical tradition Kabbalah |
| #3161, aired 1998-05-04 | MTV $100: In a 1985 video she was dressed like Marilyn Monroe; in a 1996 video, like Eva Peron Madonna |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | UNMENTIONABLES $400: Madonna's bustier was stolen from this Hollywood store's lingerie museum during the 1992 L.A. riots Frederick's of Hollywood |
| #3122, aired 1998-03-10 | PACKAGING $400: In 1992 Madonna proved this sells, even wrapped in mylar, with her bestseller of the same name Sex |
| #3113, aired 1998-02-25 | ROCK MUSIC $100: In April of 1990 she began her worldwide "Blond Ambition" tour to promote her CD "I'm Breathless" Madonna |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | THE DATING GAME $200: Bachelor No. 2, say hello to Madonna:
"Hello, Madonna" Tom Selleck |
| #3096, aired 1998-02-02 | PYRAMID $200: A jacket with a pyramid on the back causes confusion for Madonna & Rosanna Arquette in this movie Desperately Seeking Susan |
| #3082, aired 1998-01-13 | CINE DE BANDERAS $300: Madonna drools over Antonio in this 1991 documentary Truth or Dare |
| #3076, aired 1998-01-05 | CELEBRITIES IN THE SLAMMER $100: In 1987, before Madonna straightened him out, he served time for assault & reckless driving Sean Penn |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | ART & ARTISTS $200: This Spaniard painted religious works like the "Madonna of Port-Lligat" & those famous melting watches Salvador Dali |
| #3047, aired 1997-11-25 | WOMEN AND SONG $100: Her No. 1 hits include "Like A Prayer" & "Like A Virgin" Madonna |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | SHE-PLANTS $600: Popular varieties of this flower include the Easter & Madonna Lily |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | THE MOVIES $200: In this 1996 film Madonna sings the line "They need to adore me -- so Christian Dior me" "Evita" |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | RECENT MOVIES $100: Alan Parker & Oliver Stone co-wrote the screenplay for this Madonna musical Evita |
| #2926, aired 1997-04-28 | SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS $100: Don't cry for her: she won a Golden Globe for "Evita" Madonna |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | FEMALE SINGERS $100: This "Material Girl" was paid $100 to appear in "A Certain Sacrifice", her film debut Madonna |
| #2882, aired 1997-02-25 | NONFICTION $100: This Chicago Bull bares all & talks about his relationship with Madonna in his book "Bad As I Wanna Be" Dennis Rodman |
| #2872, aired 1997-02-11 | KIDS IN THE NEWS $100: Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon was born to this woman October 14, 1996 Madonna |
| #2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ROCK MUSIC $300: Her No. 1 hit "Take A Bow" was one of the singles released from her "Bedtime Stories" album Madonna |
| #2835, aired 1996-12-20 | SINGERS WHO ACT $200: Part of this "Material Girl"'s film "Dangerous Game" was shot near our former "Jeopardy!" offices Madonna |
| #2814, aired 1996-11-21 | DOCUMENTARIES $200: Her 1990 "Blond Ambition" tour was chronicled in the documentary "Truth or Dare" Madonna |
| #2778, aired 1996-10-02 | SONGS $200: Madonna's 1990 music video for "Justify" this went multi-platinum "My Love" |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | ART $100: This Florentine sculptor's relief "Madonna of the Stairs" was completed in 1492 when he was 17 Michelangelo |
| #2758, aired 1996-09-04 | VIRGIN TERRITORY $100: In 1985 she embarked on her "Virgin" concert tour Madonna |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | NAME DROPPERS $300: She could be known as Louise Veronica Ciccone, but she kept only her first name & dropped the others Madonna |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | MOVIE COSTUMES $500: Madonna's costumer Marlene Stewart dolled up Swayze, Snipes & Leguizamo for this 1995 film — what a "drag" To Wong Foo |
| #2682, aired 1996-04-09 | POP MUSIC $400: Her 1985 hit "Crazy For You" reached the Top 5 in the U.K., as did its 1991 remixed version Madonna |
| #2667, aired 1996-03-19 | THE MOVIES $200: This singer played singer Breathless Mahoney in "Dick Tracy" Madonna |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $600: "The Madonna of the Magnificat" is one of many paintings of the Virgin & child by this "Birth of Venus" artist Sandro Botticelli |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | BASED ON A TRUE STORY $100: In a 1994 TV biopic, Terumi Matthews played this Material girl Madonna |
| #2479, aired 1995-05-18 | GARDENING $400: The Madonna species of this flower has been cultivated for over 3,000 years a lily |
| #2468, aired 1995-05-03 | CELEBRITY ASTROLOGY $100: Like many other Leos, this "Material Girl" loves to be the center of attention Madonna |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | MUSIC POTPOURRI $300: Her 1990 music video "Justify My Love" was banned from MTV but still sold widely in stores Madonna |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | SIGNERS $100: The contract this "Material Girl" signed April 20, 1992 could make her the top paid female entertainer ever Madonna |
| #2230, aired 1994-04-22 | ART $200: On the reverse of "Lot and his Daughters", Albrecht Durer painted his picture of this person "and Child" the Madonna |
| #2178, aired 1994-02-09 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: Barbra Streisand made a surprise appearance on this TV series, stunning Madonna, Roseanne Arnold & Mike Myers Saturday Night Live |
| #2138, aired 1993-12-15 | MOVIES $400: Madonna, Jodie Foster & John Malkovich appeared in this director's "Shadows and Fog" Woody Allen |
| #2132, aired 1993-12-07 | ART $100: Raphael's "Alba Madonna" features a baby Jesus & this baby Baptist John the Baptist |
| #2130, aired 1993-12-03 | FASHION $200: Getting right to the point, Jean-Paul Gaultier designed the costumes for her 1990 world tour Madonna |
| #2113, aired 1993-11-10 | DANCE $400: This "Singin' in the Rain" octogenarian helped choreograph Madonna's Fall '93 tour Gene Kelly |
| #2113, aired 1993-11-10 | OSCAR NIGHT FASHIONS $500: In 1993 she was in "A League of Her Own" in a daringly low-cut black velvet gown designed by Bill Hargate Geena Davis |
| #2085, aired 1993-10-01 | SINGERS $800: In 1993 she sang a song from her "Erotica" album on "SNL" & ripped up a photo of Joey Buttafuoco Madonna |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 30-SOMETHING $500: Madonna was 34 in 1992, when she published "Sex", & this actress was 34 in 1926, when she produced the play "Sex" Mae West |
| #2042, aired 1993-06-22 | ART $600: This elongated feature makes Parmigianino's 1534 Madonna look like a Modigliani her neck |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | UNDERWEAR $100: During the 1992 L.A. riots, this rock star's bustier was stolen from Frederick's of Hollywood Madonna |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | CELEBRITIES $100: Madonna turned 19 on August 16, 1977, the day this singer died at Graceland Elvis |
| #1956, aired 1993-02-22 | POP MUSIC $500: Madonna's hits "Vogue" & "Hanky Panky" were from the CD inspired by this 1990 film Dick Tracy |
| #1888, aired 1992-11-18 | A"R"TISTS $600: Before his death at 37, this Renaissance master painted over 300 pictures on the Madonna theme Raphael |
| #1872, aired 1992-10-27 | PHOTOGRAPHY $200: Due to the nature of this singer's photo book "Sex", it is being sold mylar-wrapped Madonna |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | FLOWERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Most likely, the oldest cultivated species of this flower is the madonna lily |
| #1792, aired 1992-05-19 | FILMS OF THE '90s $100: The documentary "Truth or Dare" takes a look at this rock star, on & off stage Madonna |
| #1749, aired 1992-03-19 | VATICAN CITY $300: Marconi built this for the Vatican; we don't think it plays Madonna, but then again... Vatican Radio |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | POP & ROCK $200: Her greatest hits album is titled "The Immaculate Collection" Madonna |
| #1699, aired 1992-01-09 | THE 1990 OSCARS $200: In the film & on the Oscar show she sang "Sooner or Later" from "Dick Tracy" Madonna |
| #1697, aired 1992-01-07 | RENAISSANCE MEN $400: 1 of the first reliefs this great artist sculpted was the "Madonna of the Stairs" Michelangelo |
| #1665, aired 1991-11-22 | POP MUSIC $100: Tell us "Who's That Girl" who was "Like a Virgin" in 1984 & "True Blue" in 1986 Madonna |
| #1630, aired 1991-10-04 | MOVIE DEBUTS $400: This actor debuted in "Taps" before going on to marry Madonna Sean Penn |
| #1627, aired 1991-10-01 | FAMOUS FOLKS $100: Her brother Christopher Ciccone was this artistic director for her "Blond Ambition" tour Madonna |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | SINGERS & DANCERS $400: Early in their careers, these female singers
dropped their last name, Sarkisian and Ciccone Cher & Madonna |
| #1573, aired 1991-06-05 | CELEBRITY BOOKS $500: Madonna said of this comedienne's "Confessions of a Pretty Lady", "This book saved my life" Sandra Bernhard |
| #1559, aired 1991-05-16 | COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES $200: A Madonna album, or what a faithful friend should be True Blue |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $100: MTV rejected her "Justify My Love" video as too hot to handle Madonna |
| #1530, aired 1991-04-05 | ART $1000: Raphael's painting of the "Madonna on the Chair" is in tondo form, meaning in this shape round |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | 1987 $200: She launched her "Who's That Girl" tour at Osaka Stadium in Japan Madonna |
| #1483, aired 1991-01-30 | ACCORDING TO PEOPLE $300: People said these "Dick Tracy" stars call each other "Buzzbomb" & "Old Man" Madonna & Warren Beatty |
| #1483, aired 1991-01-30 | ACCORDING TO PEOPLE $500: People called her "the most closely watched public beauty since Jacqueline Onassis" Princess Di |
| #1472, aired 1991-01-15 | FLOWERS $200: Madonna, American Turk's cap & tiger are species in this flower family lilies |
| #1457, aired 1990-12-25 | ART $200: The first word in the title of this Da Vinci work is a short form of Madonna the Mona Lisa |
| #1389, aired 1990-09-20 | FEMALE SINGERS $100: Her 1989 single "Like A Prayer" debuted in a Pepsi-Cola TV commercial telecast in 40 countries Madonna |
| #5, aired 1990-07-14 | 1980s ROCK $200: In 1989 "Express Yourself" became this singer's 15th straight Top 5 hit, a record for females Madonna |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | ACCORDING TO PEOPLE $500: 1 of "The 25 Most Intriguing People" of 1989, she celebrated her 31st birthday with Warren Beatty Madonna |
| #1281, aired 1990-03-12 | VOCABULARY $200: Once used as a formal title, it means "my lady" in Italian Madonna |
| #1265, aired 1990-02-16 | 1985 $400: He became engaged to Madonna in June & married her in August Sean Penn |
| #1264, aired 1990-02-15 | WORKS OF ART $200: A statue of the Madonna with the dead Christ in her arms Pietà |
| #1255, aired 1990-02-02 | RECORD ALBUMS $600: The 2 Madonna albums whose titles begin with "Like A..." "Like A Prayer" & "Like A Virgin" |
| #1254, aired 1990-02-01 | OLLA PODRIDA $500: She hit the Top 10 in 1987 with "La Isla Bonita", her Spanish lullaby Madonna |
| #1204, aired 1989-11-23 | TITLES $400: In this song with a title in its title, the Beatles ask, "Wonder how you manage to make ends meet" "Lady Madonna" |
| #1160, aired 1989-09-22 | SINGERS $500: Her middle names are Louise & Veronica & her maiden name was Ciccone Madonna |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | SPELL THAT NAME $400: Last name of the actress who co-starred with Madonna in "Desperately Seeking Susan" A-R-Q-U-E-T-T-E |
| #1095, aired 1989-05-12 | STARTS WITH "L" $300 (Daily Double): Though sung by a woman, it's composer says this song was written from a male point of view:
"I made it through the wilderness / Somehow I made it through / Didn't know how lost I was / Until I found you / I was beat..." "Like A Virgin" |
| #1032, aired 1989-02-14 | ROCK STARS $200: This Marilyn Monroe "wanna-be" was once a dancer with the Alvin Ailey Troupe Madonna |
| #1001, aired 1989-01-02 | CELEBRITIES $300: The British press dubbed this American couple "The Poison Penns" Sean Penn & Madonna |
| #976, aired 1988-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: This singer made her Broadway debut in 1988 as a sec'y in David Mamet's play "Speed-the-Plow" Madonna |
| #965, aired 1988-11-11 | ARTISTS $1000: In 1485 this Italian painted "Madonna of the Rocks", his earliest major work that survives in complete form Leonardo Da Vinci |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | THE BEATLES $200: The only day of the week not mentioned in "Lady Madonna"; maybe 3 syllables were hard to rhyme Saturday |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | MUSEUMS $300: This Hollywood store's Bra Museum boasts bras worn by Madonna, the Pointer Sisters, & even Tony Curtis Frederick's of Hollywood |
| #803, aired 1988-02-17 | FASHION $300: "People" finally gave Madonna a fashion thumbs up -- for a "legitimate sports outfit" for riding this bicycle |
| #574, aired 1987-02-19 | MOVIE TRIVIA $300: He called Madonna "1 of the major actresses ever", but then he may be prejudiced Sean Penn |
| #567, aired 1987-02-10 | TAKE A GUESS $100: With her new look, this Disney star now resembles "a rodent version of Madonna" Minnie Mouse |
| #559, aired 1987-01-29 | "BIG" $400: It only happened once on Madonna Street, but Monty Hall offered one daily Big Deal |
| #553, aired 1987-01-21 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $200: The restaurant serves pink sugar at the Pink Madonna Inn at San Luis Obispo in this state California |
| #530, aired 1986-12-19 | MAGAZINE COVERS $200: On its Jan. 1986 cover, Esquire "presented" these to Madonna, Rambo & "New" Coke the Dubious Achievement Awards (of 1985) |
| #388, aired 1986-03-05 | GARDENING $100: Varieties of these flowers include Madonna, coral, & tiger lilies |
| #341, aired 1985-12-30 | ART $100: 2 figures featured in any Pieta the Madonna & Jesus |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | POP MUSIC $100: In "Desperately Seeking Susan", she was "Into the Groove" Madonna |
| #272, aired 1985-09-24 | "BACK" WORDS $200: After a concert, it's where groupies go to get a glimpse of Michael, Bruce or Madonna backstage |
| #7, aired 1984-09-18 | ART $400: Name for the Virgin Mary in many paintings the Madonna |
