| #9154, aired 2024-07-25 | RECENTLY ON BILLBOARD'S HOT 100 $800: Britney Spears praised his recent hit "Selfish", but I wouldn't count on seeing the 2 tour together anytime soon Timberlake |
| #9154, aired 2024-07-25 | RECENTLY ON BILLBOARD'S HOT 100 $1600: Dua Lipa sang, "I come & I go, tell me all the ways you need me, I'm not here for long, catch me or I go" this man Houdini |
| #9154, aired 2024-07-25 | RECENTLY ON BILLBOARD'S HOT 100 $2,000 (Daily Double): Luke Combs was "kissin' on a blonde in a backyard pool" & let the wild rumpus start with this song, also a kids' book title "Where The Wild Things Are" |
| #9154, aired 2024-07-25 | RECENTLY ON BILLBOARD'S HOT 100 $2000: In what must have been a nice week in 2024 for this rapper, "Redrum" & "Née-Nah" were 2 of his 14 tunes on the chart 21 Savage |
| #9125, aired 2024-06-14 | NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 $400: 2018:
"God's Plan" &
"Nice For What" Drake |
| #9125, aired 2024-06-14 | NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 $800: 2020:
"Savage" & "WAP" Megan Thee Stallion |
| #9125, aired 2024-06-14 | NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 $1200: The artist formerly known with a "$", in 2010:
"We R Who We R" &
"Tik Tok" Kesha |
| #9125, aired 2024-06-14 | NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 $1600: One week in 1998:
"One Week" Barenaked Ladies |
| #9125, aired 2024-06-14 | NO. 1 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 $2000: 2022:
"First Class"
with the Fergie sample Jack Harlow |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LIVED PAST 100 $200: Tom Morello's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech on this band's behalf thanked Tom's mom, a centenarian teacher & activist Rage Against the Machine |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LIVED PAST 100 $400: Known by this title, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon made it to 101 in 2002 the "Queen Mum" |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LIVED PAST 100 $600: Dying at 101, this iconic producer of TV shows like "All in the Family" credited his longevity to work, lox & bagels (Norman) Lear |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LIVED PAST 100 $800: The first foreign-born citizen to hold the post of secretary of state, he lived 6 months past his 100th birthday Henry Kissinger |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | LIVED PAST 100 $1000: This American folk painter who lived up to her byname was still working at the age of 100 Grandma Moses |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | THE 2023 TIME 100 $200: Roger Federer: "Growing up, Diego Maradona... inspired me. Now (this Argentine) can inspire future generations" Lionel Messi |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | THE 2023 TIME 100 $400: This novelist "was able to describe the attack on him" in 2022 "as he was speaking about the U.S. as a safe place for exiled writers" Salman Rushdie |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | THE 2023 TIME 100 $600: In other movie roles or as "The Queen of Wakanda, we believe in you because you believe in yourself" Angela Bassett |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | THE 2023 TIME 100 $800: He "has been on the Supreme Court for 17 years. But in 2022, he cemented his legacy" Samuel Alito |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | THE 2023 TIME 100 $1000: She's the only one "to serve as the president's Chief Economic Adviser, the Vice Chair & Chair of the Fed" & Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 100 CITIES, 5,000 IDEAS $400: Dating from before the city was built up, just a short drive outside this Kenyan capital is a national park bearing its name Nairobi |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 100 CITIES, 5,000 IDEAS $1200: From the Sky Tower, you get a bird's-eye view of this New Zealand city that sounds like a nation for birds Auckland |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 100 CITIES, 5,000 IDEAS $1600: Around 1400, this Belgian "B" city northwest of Brussels was among Europe's richest & built itself quite a city hall Bruges |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 100 CITIES, 5,000 IDEAS $2000: In London, it's an area of government offices, & by extension the civil service; in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the prime minister's office Whitehall |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 100 CITIES, 5,000 IDEAS $4,000 (Daily Double): You get a good look at this city from a gondola as it climbs the former Ericsson Globe, now renamed Avicii Arena Stockholm |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $200: Home to NBC, the Comcast Building in New York City is popularly known as this number "Rock" 30 |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $400: Barack Obama was this number president the 44th |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $800: In Roman numerals it's XCVI 96 |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $1000: Edward Rutledge, the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence, was this age, 4 years shy of the required age to be a senator 26 |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $2,400 (Daily Double): Your standard phonograph record until the 1950s, or the age Diana Ross turned in 2022 78 |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | MORE THAN 100 $200: The Bible says this grandfather of Noah lived to be 969 years old Methuselah |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | MORE THAN 100 $400: This mythic hall for slain warriors has 540 doors Valhalla |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | MORE THAN 100 $600: It's the highest atomic number for any known element: oganesson, formerly called ununoctium 118 |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | MORE THAN 100 $800: Stephen Kinnock & Ian Paisley Jr. are 2 of the 650 members of this body whose chamber seats 427 the House of Commons |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | MORE THAN 100 $1000: Fitting the genre of Barbara Cartland's 723 novels, her $55 million London mansion went up for sale on this day in 2020 February 14th (Valentine's Day) |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | THEY LIVED TO 100 $400: He wrote the songs "Puttin' On The Ritz" & "God Bless America" Irving Berlin |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | THEY LIVED TO 100 $800: In 1996 this star of "The Sunshine Boys" reached 100 before he said, "Good night, Gracie" George Burns |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | THEY LIVED TO 100 $1600: Seen here on the left is the widow of George VI, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, commonly known as this the Queen Mother |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | THEY LIVED TO 100 $2000: The former Roberta Wright, the mom of this late senator, died at age 108 in October 2020 John McCain |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | THEY LIVED TO 100 $4,000 (Daily Double): The mother of a president; her maiden name was Fitzgerald Rose Kennedy |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | KEEPING IT 100 $200: For water, it's 100 degrees Celsius boiling point |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | KEEPING IT 100 $400: In 1958 this trade magazine launched the Hot 100, the gold standard for ranking popular songs Billboard |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | KEEPING IT 100 $600: This NBA center's 1962 scoring record of 100 points in a single game still stands today Wilt Chamberlain |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | KEEPING IT 100 $800: In a non leap year, the 100th day falls on this date April 10th |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | KEEPING IT 100 $1000: The oldest person ever to serve as a U.S. senator, he was 100 when he retired in 2003 Strom Thurmond |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | THE GREAT AMERICAN READ'S TOP 100 BOOKS $200: This Harper Lee classic topped the list & was the favorite book of 48 states as well To Kill a Mockingbird |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | THE GREAT AMERICAN READ'S TOP 100 BOOKS $400: Only one title from each author could make the list; these 2 sisters represented the Bronte family at No. 10 & No. 21 Charlotte and Emily |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | THE GREAT AMERICAN READ'S TOP 100 BOOKS $600: This author made the list at No. 24 with his epic "The Stand" Stephen King |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | THE GREAT AMERICAN READ'S TOP 100 BOOKS $800: Sci-fi entries on the list ranged from Frank Herbert's "Dune" to this much sillier Douglas Adams book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | THE GREAT AMERICAN READ'S TOP 100 BOOKS $1000: 7 of the top 10 books on the list were written by women, including this series by Diana Gabaldon Outlander |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | THE 2019 TIME 100 $200: "When our country needed someone to untangle Russian election interference, he served again" Mueller |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | THE 2019 TIME 100 $400: This actress "is primed to be one of Marvel's next big leaders at a time when women are breaking ceilings in all spaces" Brie Larson |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | THE 2019 TIME 100 $600: Mitch McConnell wrote of the "impartial jurisprudence" of this successor to Anthony Kennedy Kavanaugh |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | THE 2019 TIME 100 $800: Robert Downey Jr. called this Egyptian-American actor a "testament to hardworking immigrants raising their kids right" Rami Malek |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | THE 2019 TIME 100 $1000: The chimpanzee research she began at age 26 in Tanzania "ended up changing behavioral science forever" Jane Goodall |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $200: Gamblers know it's another name for blackjack--hit me! 21 |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $400: In tennis if you have 2 points, this is your score 30 |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $600: A quinceañera is a celebration of a girl's this number birthday 15 |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $800: This gasoline brand introduced its iconic orange ball in 1962 76 |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $1000: In Judaism the word chai represents "life" & is synonymous with this number used to signify good luck & a long life 18 |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2018 $400: A young woman decides hibernation may be the answer in Ottessa Moshfegh's "My Year of" this, R&R for short rest and relaxation |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2018 $800: "The Coddling of the American Mind" is dubious about these "spaces" that make college students feel sheltered safe spaces |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2018 $1200: Lawrence Osborne put this classic Raymond Chandler P.I. back to work in "Only to Sleep" Philip Marlowe |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2018 $1600: Imani Perry went "Looking for Lorraine", this African-American playwright & activist who died all too young at 34 Lorraine Hansberry |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2018 $4,000 (Daily Double): "Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of" this Midwest capital city includes "Its Chaotic Founding" on April 22, 1889 & much more Oklahoma City |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | BILLBOARD'S GREATEST HOT 100 SINGLES $200: This Police song sounds like a love song, but Sting admits it's really about jealousy & obsessiveness "Every Breath You Take" |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | BILLBOARD'S GREATEST HOT 100 SINGLES $400: She found a hit with Calvin Harris with "We Found Love" Rihanna |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | BILLBOARD'S GREATEST HOT 100 SINGLES $600: Masochists know "Sometimes love don't feel like it should" & are down with this John Mellencamp tune "Hurts So Good" |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | BILLBOARD'S GREATEST HOT 100 SINGLES $800: This hit begins, "This hit, that ice cold, Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold" "Uptown Funk!" |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | BILLBOARD'S GREATEST HOT 100 SINGLES $1000: This song from "Rocky III" mentions "the thrill of the fight" "Eye Of The Tiger" |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $400: In 1779 he came home to Salzburg & wrote his 32nd symphony; in 2003 the L.A. Phil played it to open its new home, Disney Hall Mozart |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $1,000 (Daily Double): Site of the 1st outdoor recording by any symphony orchestra, this amphitheater in the Hills is the Phil's summer home the Hollywood Bowl |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $1200: In 1970 Frank Zappa said, "Zubin, hit it!" & the Phil played Zappa's "200 Motels" at this university's Pauley Pavilion UCLA |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $1600: The Phil has a flute chair named for this "Moon River" composer who started out on flute in a Sons of Italy band (Henry) Mancini |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $2000: The Phil's first tour kicked off in this seat of Kern County, California, better known for country music Bakersfield |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $200: A.A. is one of many support groups whose recovery programs are based on this many steps 12 |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $400: Recalling Jesus' fast in the wilderness, fasting during Lent is practiced for this many days 40 |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $600: In honor of childhood idol Michael Jordan, LeBron James has long worn this number 23 |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $800: It's the number in the title of the patriotic painting seen here 76 |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $1000: In 1865 this number amendment abolished slavery 13 |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $400: Bernstein said one reason he so connected with Gustav Mahler is both were torn between these 2 musical activities composing & conducting |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $800: Performing Beethoven in Berlin in 1989, Bernstein rewrote this section of the 9th Symphony as the "Ode To Freedom" the "Ode To Joy" |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $1200: Bernstein crafted several memorable tunes, such as "Tonight", for this 1957 musical sensation West Side Story |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $1600: Conducting Maria Callas in "Medea" in 1953, Lenny triumphed as the first American to conduct at this Milan venue La Scala |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $2000: Bernstein gave his last concert in 1990 at this Mass. festival site where he had studied 50 years before Tanglewood |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE 2017 $400: This former Soviet leader profiled Putin & said Russia's problems can't "be solved without a change in...government" (Mikhail) Gorbachev |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE 2017 $800: Russell Crowe wrote the article on this "Saturday Night Live" star who owns all of who she is Leslie Jones |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE 2017 $1200: Rahm Emanuel writes about this ex-Trump White House Chief of Staff--both started on day one for their president (Reince) Priebus |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE 2017 $1600: Martin Scorsese shares that this Aussie actress actually slapped Leo DiCaprio in her 1st "Wolf of Wall Street" audition Margot Robbie |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE 2017 $2000: Ex-president of Colombia Cesar Gaviria warns this country's pres. Rodrigo Duterte the war on drugs is "unwinnable" the Philippines |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | 1917 -- 100 YEARS AGO $400: Theda Bara vamped on screen to big box office as this historic temptress Cleopatra |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | 1917 -- 100 YEARS AGO $800: The 100" Hooker telescope, the world's largest in 1917, began operating on Mt. Wilson above this Rose Bowl city Pasadena |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | 1917 -- 100 YEARS AGO $1200: The British rolled out these fearsome vehicles in their first massed use for the Battle of Cambrai tanks |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | 1917 -- 100 YEARS AGO $2000: In Russia this political faction overthrew Kerensky's short-lived provisional government the Bolsheviks |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | 1917 -- 100 YEARS AGO $6,000 (Daily Double): This muckraking author's novel "King Coal" exposed abuses in the U.S. mining industry Upton Sinclair |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | IF THE WORLD WERE 100 PEOPLE $200: 60 would be from this continent Asia |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | IF THE WORLD WERE 100 PEOPLE $400: 33 would be of this religion Christianity |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | IF THE WORLD WERE 100 PEOPLE $600: 75 would be users of this communication device a cell phone |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | IF THE WORLD WERE 100 PEOPLE $800: 7 would have completed study at this type of institution a university |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | IF THE WORLD WERE 100 PEOPLE $1000: 17 would be this 10-letter term signifying the lack of 2 skills illiterate |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | KEEP IT 100 $200: Per their system of numerals, ancient Romans kept it this letter C |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | KEEP IT 100 $400: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" is attributed to this NHL legend known as "The Great One" Wayne Gretzky |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | KEEP IT 100 $600: Search for it on the Internet--it's the term for 1 followed by 100 zeroes googol |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | KEEP IT 100 $800: His 100th Top 40 hit was 1973's "Steamroller Blues", taken from his TV special "Aloha from Hawaii" Elvis |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | KEEP IT 100 $1000: In the 19th century this ancient Hellenistic monetary unit became equal to 100 lepta a drachma |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | THE BILLBOARD ALL-TIME HOT 100 $400: No. 1:
C'mon baby, let's do this Chubby Checker dance sensation that topped the chart in both 1960 & 1962 "The Twist" |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | THE BILLBOARD ALL-TIME HOT 100 $800: No. 74:
"Just The Way You Are"--by him, not Billy Joel Bruno Mars |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | THE BILLBOARD ALL-TIME HOT 100 $1200: No. 68:
The Stones didn't make the list, but this Maroon 5/Christina Aguilera pairing did "Moves Like Jagger" |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | THE BILLBOARD ALL-TIME HOT 100 $1600: No. 100:
He just got in the door with 1997's "You Make Me Wanna..." Usher |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | THE BILLBOARD ALL-TIME HOT 100 $2000: At No. 83, "Play That" 1970s Wild Cherry hit, which began as an actual command from the drummer "Play That Funky Music" |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | THE PULITZER PRIZE AT 100 $400: (I'm Josh Haner.) I won the Pulitzer for Feature Photography for "Beyond the Finish Line", a photo essay on the recovery of Jeff Bauman, a survivor of the tragedy at this event on April 15, 2013 the Boston Marathon bombing |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | THE PULITZER PRIZE AT 100 $800: Designed a year after the prizes began, the Pulitzer Prize gold medal depicts this founding father & newspaper printer (Benjamin) Franklin |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | THE PULITZER PRIZE AT 100 $1600: Hopefully, he kept it clean when he won a Drama Pulitzer for his play "Glengarry Glen Ross" (David) Mamet |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | THE PULITZER PRIZE AT 100 $2000: The music prize went to composers of classical music until 1997, when he won for his jazz-tinged "Blood on the Fields" (Wynton) Marsalis |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | THE PULITZER PRIZE AT 100 $3,000 (Daily Double): Newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer's will endowed the prizes & this university's School of Journalism Columbia |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE NEW $100 BILL $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a special light bulb over a new $100 bill.)
Some businesses have detectors equipped with this type of light specifically to detect bad bills; the security thread should glow pink ultraviolet |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE NEW $100 BILL $800: The quill pen & inkwell are a bit ironic given that the person shown on the bill was in this business from age 12 printing |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE NEW $100 BILL $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the $100 bill in motion on the monitor.) The 3-D security ribbon uses technology from Crane, the same stationery company that printed currency at the Liberty Mill for this patriot & engraver Paul Revere |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE NEW $100 BILL $1600: To help those with visual impairments, a gold 100 on the back of the bill towers over this Penn. building Independence Hall |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE NEW $100 BILL $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew feels a new $100 bill.) The bill feels rough to the touch due to a printing process using this Italian-named sculptural method also called "hollow relief" intaglio |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BORN 100 YEARS AGO $400: "Where have you gone?" -- this ball player seen here
announcing his retirement in 1951 Joe DiMaggio |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BORN 100 YEARS AGO $800: When he was born in 1914, there was no polio vaccine, not until he developed it in the 1950s (Jonas) Salk |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BORN 100 YEARS AGO $1200: This Norwegian was 32 when he & a crew made a rafting trip from Peru to polynesia Thor Heyerdahl |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BORN 100 YEARS AGO $2000: The force was with this future thespian when he was born in London in April 1914 (Alec) Guinness |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | BORN 100 YEARS AGO $3,000 (Daily Double): Born in Swansea, Wales, he went somewhat gentle into that good night in 1953 Dylan Thomas |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | THE HARVARD BOOK STORE TOP 100 $200: Get the Bronte beat with this title character's story, coming in at No. 1 Jane Eyre |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | THE HARVARD BOOK STORE TOP 100 $400: This vintage Vonnegut "meal" from 1973 ranks No. 3 Breakfast of Champions |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | THE HARVARD BOOK STORE TOP 100 $600: This first novel by Carson McCullers takes 35th place on the list The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | THE HARVARD BOOK STORE TOP 100 $800: No. 55 is this Alan Moore graphic novel of aging superheroes Watchmen |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | THE HARVARD BOOK STORE TOP 100 $2,000 (Daily Double): This 1855 volume of American poetry rounds out the Top 100 Leaves of Grass |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | U.S. HISTORY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS $200: In 1804 a newspaper reported that Alexander Hamilton called him "a dangerous man" Aaron Burr |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | U.S. HISTORY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS $400: In 1873 this Tammany Hall boss was convicted of 204 criminal charges & sentenced to 12 years in prison Boss Tweed |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | U.S. HISTORY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS $600: In the first census, 1790, New York was America's largest city & this was the most populous state Virginia |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | U.S. HISTORY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS $800: In 1823 the U.S. finally paid off its 20-year loans for the money to buy this at less than 5 cents an acre Louisiana Territory (or Purchase) |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | U.S. HISTORY: THE FIRST 100 YEARS $1000: The Webster-Ashburton treaty of 1842 settled the boundary between New Brunswick & this state Maine |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | ALL-TIME 100 SONGS $400: Her "Bad Romance" "is an infectiously catchy dance song about all of the... messed-up feelings people have for one another" Lady Gaga |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | ALL-TIME 100 SONGS $800: "Thanks to... 'Wayne's World', it can be hard to take" this Queen song "seriously" "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | ALL-TIME 100 SONGS $1200: "This haunting... hit from Sinead O'Connor's 1990 album... is a case of right song, right singer, right time" "Nothing Compares 2 U" |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | ALL-TIME 100 SONGS $1600: This Bee Gees tune "is an anthem to perseverance... all of a sudden, you're not strolling. You're strutting" "Stayin' Alive" |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | ALL-TIME 100 SONGS $5,000 (Daily Double): This 1939 tune is "often considered the greatest movie song of all time, but it almost didn't make it into the final cut" "Over The Rainbow" |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | 100 YEARS AGO--1912 $400: Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across this European body of water the English Channel |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | 100 YEARS AGO--1912 $800: He won the pentathlon & the decathlon at the summer Olympics in Stockholm Jim Thorpe |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | 100 YEARS AGO--1912 $1200: Later revealed to be a hoax, this fossilized man was presented at the Geological Society of London Piltdown Man |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | 100 YEARS AGO--1912 $1600: In November Albania declared its independence from this crumbling empire the Ottoman Empire |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | 100 YEARS AGO--1912 $2000: The United Kingdom established the forerunner to the R.A.F.-- the R.F.C., short for this Royal Flying Corps |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $400: No. 1 is the inner coffin of Hornedjitef, an ancient priest of this kingdom, from the 3rd century B.C. Egypt |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $800: The bronze head of this first Roman emperor butted its way onto the list Caesar Augustus |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $1600: A recent artifact is a Sharia-compliant credit card issued in 2009 in this federation of states in the Middle East the UAE (United Arab Emirates) |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $2000: British pride added a helmet from this site where an undisturbed 7th-century Anglo-Saxon burial ship was excavated Sutton Hoo |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS $4,500 (Daily Double): The 19th C. is represented by a chronometer from this ship that helped make scientific history in the 1830s The Beagle |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | INTERBRAND TOP 100 GLOBAL BRANDS $200: This soft drink company with over 3,500 beverages in its portfolio tops the world in brand value, as it has for the past 11 years Coca-Cola |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | INTERBRAND TOP 100 GLOBAL BRANDS $400: The world's largest media conglomerate at No. 9, in 2012 it will open Cars Land at its California Adventure park Disney |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | INTERBRAND TOP 100 GLOBAL BRANDS $600: Interbrand calls shopping online through this retailer "one of the web's defining experiences" Amazon |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | INTERBRAND TOP 100 GLOBAL BRANDS $800: This French firm known for its handmade leather goods sits at No. 18 & is the world's most counterfeited fashion brand Louis Vuitton |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | INTERBRAND TOP 100 GLOBAL BRANDS $1,600 (Daily Double): The only Finnish company on the list, it has 27% of the global cellphone market, the most of any company Nokia |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | THE 2011 TIME 100 $400: She reshaped "the state department to emphasize development and people-powered diplomacy" Hillary Clinton |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | THE 2011 TIME 100 $800: Robert Gates said this U.S. general who was in charge in Afghanistan "is the premier soldier-scholar of his time" (David) Petraeus |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | THE 2011 TIME 100 $1600: "The face of Wikileaks... (no matter) what happens to (him), secrets will never be safe again" Assange |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | THE 2011 TIME 100 $2000: "Now in his second stint as Israel's prime minister, he is Bibi; as with Bono, a single name suffices" (except right now) (Benjamin) Netanyahu |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | THE 2011 TIME 100 $2,600 (Daily Double): Her "post is now one of the 50 most frequented web destinations... in Feb. it attracted more than 23 mil. unique visitors" (Arianna) Huffington |
| #6166, aired 2011-06-06 | 100 YEARS OR OLDER $400: Marjory Stoneman Douglas spent much of her 108 years fighting to preserve this wetlands region of Florida the Everglades |
| #6166, aired 2011-06-06 | 100 YEARS OR OLDER $800: Pleasant Riggs Crump, who died in 1951 at the age of 104, was one of the last surviving soldiers of this war the Civil War |
| #6166, aired 2011-06-06 | 100 YEARS OR OLDER $1200: Eve, a daughter of this pair & the only member of her family not to become a scientist & win a Nobel Prize, died in 2007 at 102 the Curies |
| #6166, aired 2011-06-06 | 100 YEARS OR OLDER $1600: This actress who played 100-year-old Rose in "Titanic" passed away at 100 in 2010 Gloria Stuart |
| #6166, aired 2011-06-06 | 100 YEARS OR OLDER $2000: In his 100 years this French anthropologist erroneously received numerous orders for blue jeans (Claude) Lévi-Strauss |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | THEY LIVED PAST 100 $200: In 2009 Miep Gies, who, with her husband, hid this girl & her family during WWII, celebrated her 100th birthday Anne Frank |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | THEY LIVED PAST 100 $400: This comedian celebrated his 100th birthday in 2003; his widow Dolores blew out 100 candles in 2009 Bob Hope |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | THEY LIVED PAST 100 $600: In 1995 this matriarch died in Hyannis Port at the age of 104 Rose Kennedy |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | THEY LIVED PAST 100 $800: In December 2002 this senator celebrated his 100th birthday with a party on Capitol Hill Strom Thurmond |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | THEY LIVED PAST 100 $1000: New York socialite & philanthropist Brooke, whose husband Vincent was an heir to this family's fortune, died in 2007 at 105 Astor |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN 2009 $200: Give a shout out to Carol Bartz, CEO of this Internet company & the 12th most powerful woman on the list Yahoo! |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN 2009 $400: Ding dong, Elizabeth Smith, president of this company, calling at No. 85 Avon |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN 2009 $600: Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of this U.N. agency, made the list at No. 38 the World Health Organization |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN 2009 $800: She's No. 40 on the list; her husband is 44th on a different list Mrs. (Michelle) Obama |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN 2009 $1000: Sheila Bair, who protects your savings account as head of this government body, made the top 10 the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE $400: This female daytime TV icon is "the only person to appear on this list every year since it began" Oprah Winfrey |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE $800: "The non-stop crisis has made his job the toughest any Treasury Secretary has faced in generations" Tim Geithner |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE $1200: T. Boone Pickens wrote the essay on this cable news pioneer, who did the same for T. Boone Ted Turner |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE $1600: This woman was "the first Chancellor who grew up in the old East Germany" Merkel |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE $2000: Chuck Yeager wrote the entry for this pilot who gained instant fame for his heroic actions on January 15, 2009 Sullenberger |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST SINGERS $200: Coming in at No. 1 on the list is this "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST SINGERS $400: "What'd I Say"? That this R&B singer/pianist is "On My Mind" at No. 2 on the list Ray Charles |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST SINGERS $600: The list includes Stevie Wonder (No. 9) & this female Stevie (No. 98) Stevie Nicks |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST SINGERS $800: "Mercy Mercy Me"! "What's Going On" is that this late great made the list at No. 6 Marvin Gaye |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST SINGERS $1000: He won't be crying the "Tears Of A Clown" since he made No. 20 on the list Smokey Robinson |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS $200: Sworn in on Air Force One LBJ |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | AFI'S TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES $400: No. 42:
"Plastics" The Graduate |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS $400: Shot outside the Washington Hilton Reagan |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS $600: Meets with Yitzhak Rabin & wife; meets with Anwar Sadat & wife (Jimmy) Carter |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | AFI'S TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES $800: No. 94:
"I feel the need--the need for speed!" Top Gun |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS $800: Signs the Tennessee Valley Authority act into law FDR |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS $1000: Signs the U.N. charter in San Francisco Truman |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | AFI'S TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES $1200: No. 51:
"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?'
Well, do ya, punk?" Dirty Harry |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | AFI'S TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES $1600: No. 39:
"If you build it, he will come" Field of Dreams |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | AFI'S TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES $2000: No. 98:
"Nobody puts Baby in a corner" Dirty Dancing |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $200: On February 12 this important African-American organization was formed NAACP |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $400: On June 2 Alfred Deakin became prime minister of this Commonwealth country for the third time Australia |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $600: A D.C. medical center founded in 1909 is named for this military surgeon Walter Reed |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $1000: On July 25 Frenchman Louis Bleriot became the first to cross this body of water in a plane the English Channel |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | 1909: 100 YEARS AGO $2,000 (Daily Double): On March 4 he took the White House keys from Teddy Roosevelt Taft |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | THE ENGLISH TOP 100 $200: It's No. 1, & no, you don't get a hint the |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | THE ENGLISH TOP 100 $400: This No. 30 must be obeyed she |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | THE ENGLISH TOP 100 $600: Self-congratulations, egotists! This word made it all the way to No. 10 I |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | THE ENGLISH TOP 100 $800: No. 2, this verb form is a homophone of a letter of the alphabet be |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | THE ENGLISH TOP 100 $1000: Title of the Beatles song that tells us "life is very short"--5 words: Nos. 27, 53, 87, 11, 43 "We Can Work It Out" |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS $200: No. 1 on the list is his "Johnny B. Goode" Chuck Berry |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS $400: At No. 2 is this colorful classic from Jimi Hendrix "Purple Haze" |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS $600: "Put another dime in the jukebox, baby" for this song, No. 89 "I Love Rock 'N Roll" |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS $800: No. 64 is this song by Lynyrd Skynyrd that Rolling Stone calls "the ultimate Southern-rock anthem" "Free Bird" |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITAR SONGS $1000: One of the newer songs is his 2006 hit "Gravity" John Mayer |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | THE 2008 TIME 100 $200: "Tibet's beacon of peace maintains a calm compassion--even as Beijing cracks down on his people" the Dalai Lama |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | THE 2008 TIME 100 $400: "His incisive scrutiny" made 'Meet the Press' the place to be for U.S. candidates" Tim Russert |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | THE 2008 TIME 100 $600: "His purchase of The Wall Street Journal puts a real power behind the press" Rupert Murdoch |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | THE 2008 TIME 100 $800: "Russia's iron-willed leader has rebuilt his country as a great power--and an irritant to the West" Putin |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | THE 2008 TIME 100 $1000: "How the firebrand Shi'ite cleric became a major power broker in the new Iraq" Muqtada al-Sadr |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | TV LAND'S 100 GREATEST QUOTES $400: No. 58:
"Elizabeth, I'm coming" (Fred) Sanford |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | TV LAND'S 100 GREATEST QUOTES $800: No. 92:
"Oh, my nose!" Marcia Brady |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | TV LAND'S 100 GREATEST QUOTES $1200: No. 24:
"De plane!
De plane!" Tattoo |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | TV LAND'S 100 GREATEST QUOTES $1600: No. 82:
"You eeeediot!" Ren |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | TV LAND'S 100 GREATEST QUOTES $2000: No. 35:
"Oh my God! They killed Kenny!"
(2 characters) Stan & Kyle |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | JOHN WAYNE AT 100 $400: A thrilling scene of Wayne shooting a charging one of these was cut from "Hatari", as it was felt his fans wouldn't like it an elephant |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | JOHN WAYNE AT 100 $800: Wayne played Sergeant Stryker in "Sands of" this island that was later featured in a pair of 2006 films Iwo Jima |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | JOHN WAYNE AT 100 $1200: Wayne went to USC on this type of scholarship, resulting in an appearance in 1927's "The Drop Kick" football |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | JOHN WAYNE AT 100 $1600: "The greatest picture I've ever seen", said this pal & director about "The Alamo", Wayne's debut behind the camera John Ford |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | JOHN WAYNE AT 100 $2000: John played obsessed Indian hunter Ethan Edwards in this acclaimed 1956 film The Searchers |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AFI'S 100 YEARS 100 MOVIES $400: This actor is in an impressive 9 films on the ballot; his daughter is in 3 Henry Fonda |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AFI'S 100 YEARS 100 MOVIES $800: One of the 2 years, both more than 5 decades ago, represented on the AFI ballot with 11 films each 1939 (or 1942) |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AFI'S 100 YEARS 100 MOVIES $1200: This 1958 film named for an affliction is the only movie on the ballot that starts with the letter "V" Vertigo |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AFI'S 100 YEARS 100 MOVIES $1600: This Lew Wallace "tale of the Christ" is the only title on the ballot twice; Charlton Heston was in one Ben-Hur |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AFI'S 100 YEARS 100 MOVIES $2000: Big news--besides Tom Hanks' "Big", these are 2 of the 3 movies on the ballot with "big" in the title (2 of) The Big Chill, The Big Sleep & The Big Parade |
| #5160, aired 2007-02-02 | FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN $400: At No. 18, she's the only senator on the list Hillary Clinton |
| #5160, aired 2007-02-02 | FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN $800: Do an MSN search & you'll find that this foundation co-founder & director is No. 12 Melinda Gates |
| #5160, aired 2007-02-02 | FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN $1200: On my honor, this Supreme Court Justice is No. 32 Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| #5160, aired 2007-02-02 | FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN $1600: We're happy to report that this Chief International Correspondent for CNN made the list at No. 79 Christiane Amanpour |
| #5160, aired 2007-02-02 | FORBES 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN $2000: According to Forbes, the most powerful woman in the world is this German Chancellor Angela Merkel |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | 100,000 REASONS $400: The U.S. Geological Survey has a database of these in a 1:100,000 scale maps |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | 100,000 REASONS $800: Tragically, on Dec. 26, 2004 one of these Japanese-named events claimed more than 100,000 lives a tsunami |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | 100,000 REASONS $1200: There are about 100,000 verses in the Mahabharata, a national epic poem of India written in this ancient language Sanskrit |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | 100,000 REASONS $1600: 100000watts.com is a listing of these businesses in the U.S. radio stations |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | 100,000 REASONS $2000: Project Gutenberg's list of the 1st 100,000 of these runs from 1 to 1,318,699 (though some say 1 may not be one) prime numbers |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | THE TIME 100 $200: Her "political future is both unpredictable and unlimited", Lindsey Graham wrote of this fellow senator Hillary Rodham Clinton |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | THE TIME 100 $400: "Hollywood's hardiest bachelor", this actor fights "poverty with the ONE Campaign and one.org" George Clooney |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | THE TIME 100 $600: Sandra Day O'Connor wrote that he was "the new face of America's highest court" (John) Roberts |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | THE TIME 100 $800: The title of Ralph Nader's article on this GOP man was "The Maverick Gunning for the Oval Office" John McCain |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | THE TIME 100 $1000: Oprah Winfrey wrote that this Holocaust survivor "taught us how to answer evil" Elie Wiesel |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | AFI's TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES $400: No. 12:
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning" Apocalypse Now |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | AFI's TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES $800: No. 56:
"A boy's best friend is his mother" Psycho |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | AFI's TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES $1200: No. 36:
"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | AFI's TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES $1600: No. 27:
"I'm walking here! I'm walking here!" Midnight Cowboy |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | AFI's TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES $2000: No. 77:
This "is people!" Soylent Green |
| #4967, aired 2006-03-28 | THE BBC's 100 GREATEST BRITONS $400: No. 1:
A former war correspondent, in 1940 he succeeded Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill |
| #4967, aired 2006-03-28 | THE BBC's 100 GREATEST BRITONS $800: No. 3:
In 1981 750 million people worldwide watched her wedding Princess Diana |
| #4967, aired 2006-03-28 | THE BBC's 100 GREATEST BRITONS $1200: No. 19:
Appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964, knighted in 1997 Paul McCartney |
| #4967, aired 2006-03-28 | THE BBC's 100 GREATEST BRITONS $1600: No. 25:
This best-selling author & scientist seen here Stephen Hawking |
| #4967, aired 2006-03-28 | THE BBC's 100 GREATEST BRITONS $2,000 (Daily Double): No. 54:
Froze to death with several companions in March 1912 Robert Scott |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | RELATIVITY AT 100 $400: Einstein's groundbreaking papers appeared in the German journal Annals of this science founded in 1790 Physics |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | RELATIVITY AT 100 $800: You can go to this nearest star system & come back younger than your twin Alpha Centauri |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | RELATIVITY AT 100 $1200: This property, the middle letter in the familiar version of Einstein's famous equation, grows with velocity mass |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | RELATIVITY AT 100 $1600: Section I.1 of the June 1905 relativity paper defines the use of these everyday devices within stationary systems clocks |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | RELATIVITY AT 100 $2000: The 1905 theory is commonly called this version because it refers only to uniform motion with constant velocity special relativity |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | TIME's TOP 100 $400: The title of the article Donald Trump penned on her was "The Domestic Diva Is Back" Martha Stewart |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | TIME's TOP 100 $800: The World Health Org. says his & his wife's foundation has "already saved the lives of 670,000 children" Bill Gates |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | TIME's TOP 100 $1600: The headline of this man's article was "Dear Leader Goes Nuclear" Kim Jong-il |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | TIME's TOP 100 $2000: After he defeated Alan Keyes for an Illinois senate seat, Time asked if he was "The future of the Democratic Party?" (Barack) Obama |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | TIME's TOP 100 $2,500 (Daily Double): The article on economist Jeffrey Sachs was by this Dubliner who worked with Sachs on world debt relief Bono |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | TIMES SQUARE AT 100 $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Times Square.) In 1904, Oscar Hammerstein I brought Times Square this new entertainment form, with dancing girls & comedy teams Vaudeville |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | TIMES SQUARE AT 100 $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from Broadway.) Fittingly, O. J. Gude, who designed many Times Square electric signs, coined this term for Broadway The Great White Way |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | TIMES SQUARE AT 100 $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Times Square.) On the night of August 14th of this year, an estimated 2 million people spontaneously celebrated in Times Square 1945 |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | TIMES SQUARE AT 100 $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports Times Square.) In 1907, risky fireworks were replaced for New Year's Eve with this, covered with 125-watt bulbs the (New Year's Eve dropping) ball |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | TIMES SQUARE AT 100 $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from Times Square.) In 1904, Times Square got its name from the newspaper & this owner ushered in 1905 with a big party Adolph Ochs |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | AFI's 100 YEARS, 100 SONGS $400: Sure to be "way up high" among the 100 songs is this Judy Garland standard from "The Wizard of Oz" "Over The Rainbow" |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | AFI's 100 YEARS, 100 SONGS $800: (Hi, I'm Clay Aiken.) One song I really hope made the list is "Unchained Melody", a favorite of mine, which was used as the love theme in this Demi Moore film Ghost |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | AFI's 100 YEARS, 100 SONGS $1200: In terms of recent songs, perhaps this movie's "My Heart Will Go On" will go on the list Titanic |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | AFI's 100 YEARS, 100 SONGS $1600: The world will always welcome great movie tunes like the one heard here, from this 1942 classic Casablanca |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | AFI's 100 YEARS, 100 SONGS $2000: The movie "Bright Eyes" gave us this sweet little song that mentions bon bons & a chocolate bar "The Good Ship Lollipop" |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS $200: Who was No. 50? This Who guitarist, that's who Pete Townshend |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS $400: Not surprisingly this legendary guitarist who colored the '60s with songs like "Purple Haze" came in at No. 1 Jimi Hendrix |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS $600: It's said of No. 3, "His string-bending & vibrato made his famous guitar, Lucille, weep like a real-life woman" B.B. King |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS $800: His "Smooth" guitar strains earned him a place at No. 15 Carlos Santana |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | ROLLING STONE'S 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS $1000: Surprisingly, only 2 women made the list: Joni Mitchell & this leader of the Blackhearts Joan Jett |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | 100 $200: The 2003 TV special "100 Years of Hope and Humor" celebrated this entertainer's first 100 years Bob Hope |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | 100 $400: In Europe, 1 euro is made up of 100 of these; feels like home cents |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | 100 $600: Of 93 years, 116 years or 131 years, the actual length of the Hundred Years War 116 |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | 100 $800: On March 2, 1962 this NBA superstar scored 100 points in one game Wilt Chamberlain |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | 100 $1000: This state gave us senators 99 & 100 Hawaii |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO $400: This man brought his Wild West show, created in 1883, to Madison Square Garden Buffalo Bill Cody |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO $800: At the Minnesota State Fair in 1901 this vice president gave his "Speak Softly-Big Stick" speech Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO $1200: A saloon in Kiowa, Kansas became the first target in her many attacks on liquor establishments Carrie Nation |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO $2000: On May 21, 1900 Russia found this area a good "candidate" for annexation Manchuria |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | 'BOUT 100 YEARS AGO $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1904 this act was first applied to dissolve the Northern Securities Co., which was formed by a big merger Sherman Antitrust Act |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | 100 YEARS OF FORD $200: In 1986, Ford turned to the Zodiac & introduced this model, seen here Taurus |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | 100 YEARS OF FORD $400: You might say "the rubber met the road" when Henry Ford first met this man, beginning their companies' long partnership Harvey Firestone |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | 100 YEARS OF FORD $600: If this ageless model of Ford van "is rockin', don't come a knockin'" Econoline |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | 100 YEARS OF FORD $800: The "adventures" of this model, seen here, included going from small to midsize in the '60s Fairlane |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | 100 YEARS OF FORD $1000: During WWII, this Ford plant seen here turned out an airplane a hour on its assembly line Willow Run |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | THE AFI'S 100 GREATEST LOVE STORIES $200: "Here's looking at you, kid" & at this 1942 classic which tops the list Casablanca |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | THE AFI'S 100 GREATEST LOVE STORIES $400: "Beauty and the Beast" & this 1955 Disney film about puppy love both made the list Lady and the Tramp |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | THE AFI'S 100 GREATEST LOVE STORIES $600: He starred in 6 of the films, including "Notorious", "An Affair to Remember" & "To Catch a Thief" Cary Grant |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | THE AFI'S 100 GREATEST LOVE STORIES $800: Warren Beatty made his screen debut opposite Natalie Wood in this film, No. 47 Splendor in the Grass |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | THE AFI'S 100 GREATEST LOVE STORIES $1000: Burning up the list at No. 94 is this Kathleen Turner-William Hurt film Body Heat |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | THEY LIVED PAST 100 $400: In 2001 Helge Ingstad, who found proof of Viking landings in America, died aged 101 in this Norwegian capital Oslo |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | THEY LIVED PAST 100 $800: Jackrabbit Johannsen, who pioneered this horizontal type of skiing in North America, lived to be 111 cross-country skiing |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | THEY LIVED PAST 100 $1200: She was born July 22, 1890 in Boston & died Jan. 22, 1995 in Hyannisport Rose Kennedy |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | THEY LIVED PAST 100 $1600: She's the beloved & long-lived woman seen here the Queen Mother |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | TOP 100 NEWSPAPERS $100: It's no news this city's home to the Rocky Mountain News Denver |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | TOP 100 NEWSPAPERS $200: Only 4 U.S. papers have circulations of over 1 million & this 5-letter word is in 2 of their names Times |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | TOP 100 NEWSPAPERS $300: By their names, it's the frequency of The News in Dayton & The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City daily |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | TOP 100 NEWSPAPERS $400: Look into it & you'll see this Philly paper's name is spelled with an "I"; the one in Cincinnati, with an "E" the Inquirer |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | TOP 100 NEWSPAPERS $500: This Connecticut city's Courant covers current affairs Hartford |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $100: In 1901 Switzerland's Jean-Henri Dunant, who founded this organization, shared the Nobel Peace Prize International Red Cross |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $200: In the fall, the USA's Columbia defeated Britain's Shamrock II to win this trophy America's Cup |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $400: On February 25 J.P. Morgan & others organized this company, the world's first billion-dollar corporation U.S. Steel |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $500 (Daily Double): In a major address on March 4, he stated that the U.S. "must remain close friends" with Cuba William McKinley |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $500: On Sept. 7, 1901 China's Manchu government signed an agreement with 11 nations ending this uprising Boxer Rebellion |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | THE AFI's 100 GREATEST AMERICAN MOVIES $100: He directed 5 of the movies on the list including No. 9, "Schindler's List" Steven Spielberg |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | THE AFI's 100 GREATEST AMERICAN MOVIES $200: 1 of only 2 animated films on the list Fantasia (or Snow White) |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | THE AFI's 100 GREATEST AMERICAN MOVIES $300: This classic seen here is planted firmly at No. 21 The Grapes of Wrath |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | THE AFI's 100 GREATEST AMERICAN MOVIES $400: This Oscar-winning western from 1992 rode in at No. 98 on the list Unforgiven |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | THE AFI's 100 GREATEST AMERICAN MOVIES $500 (Daily Double): This 1972 movie is No. 3 on the list; its sequel is No. 32 The Godfather |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | THE BFI'S TOP 100 BRITISH FILMS $200: Peter O'Toole had his first leading role in this film, No. 3 on the list Lawrence of Arabia |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | THE BFI'S TOP 100 BRITISH FILMS $400: 7 David Lean-directed films made the list, including this 1957 P.O.W. movie that won 7 Oscars The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | THE BFI'S TOP 100 BRITISH FILMS $600: No. 1 on the list is this stark film based on a Graham Greene novel about post-WWII Vienna The Third Man |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | THE BFI'S TOP 100 BRITISH FILMS $800: The most recent film to break the Top 10, this 1996 film brazenly portrayed the Edinburgh drug scene Trainspotting |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | THE BFI'S TOP 100 BRITISH FILMS $1000: No. 100 is this Roland Joffe-directed film set in Cambodia & starring Sam Waterston The Killing Fields |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | 100 ____ MAKE A.... $100: Scrape together 100 sen & you can trade them in for one of these in Japan a yen |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | 100 ____ MAKE A.... $200: The United Kingdom's pound sterling breaks down into 100 of these pence |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | 100 ____ MAKE A.... $300: 100 paisas make up one of these in India a rupee |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | 100 ____ MAKE A.... $400: 100 of these make a French franc centimes |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | 100 ____ MAKE A.... $500: 100 of these make a mark in Germany a pfennig |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | THE NEW $100 BILL $100: The new bill is the first major redesign of U.S. currency since this year of the stock market crash 1929 |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | THE NEW $100 BILL $200: The security thread in the new bill will glow red under this type of light ultraviolet |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | THE NEW $100 BILL $300: His coat has "United States of America" written on it in very, very small print Benjamin Franklin |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | THE NEW $100 BILL $400: Like the old bill, the new one has this building on the back Independence Hall |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | THE NEW $100 BILL $500: One of these impressions is visible only when you hold the bill up to the light watermark |
