| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | BOOKS OF 1990 $400: Alan Moore's dystopian look at a near-future England is called "V for" this Vendetta |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | BOOKS OF 1990 $800: "The Bourne Identity" & "The Bourne Supremacy" were followed in 1990 by this third entry in the series The Bourne Ultimatum |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | BOOKS OF 1990 $1200: "Barbarians at the Gate" is an expose of the fall of this giant food company behind brands like Oreo & Ritz Nabisco |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | BOOKS OF 1990 $1600: This Maeve Binchy novel is about a group of pals attending a Dublin university Circle of Friends |
| #8448, aired 2021-07-21 | BOOKS OF 1990 $2000: 1990 saw the release of "Postmortem", Patricia Cornwell's first novel featuring this crime-solving medical examiner Scarpetta |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | 1990--25 YEARS AGO $400: After 11 years in the job, this U.K. prime minister resigned (Margaret) Thatcher |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | 1990--25 YEARS AGO $1200: For the first time Pavarotti, Carreras & Domingo performed together as this supergroup the Three Tenors |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | 1990--25 YEARS AGO $1600: Winnie (Churchill) got a ticker-tape parade on March 15, 1946; this Winnie was in one with her husband on June 20, 1990 (Winnie) Mandela |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | 1990--25 YEARS AGO $2000: This Brit created the first prototype web pages (Tim) Berners-Lee |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | 1990--25 YEARS AGO $3,500 (Daily Double): This city, capital of the same-named country, was overrun by Iraqi forces Kuwait |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | 1990 $200: She worked hard choreographing the dancers for the 1990 Oscars; today she's a bit "Idol" Paula Abdul |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | 1990 $400: He represented the U.S. at the 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations George H.W. Bush |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | 1990 $600: In gardening news, a pink climber was named for this mystery author to celebrate her centenary Agatha Christie |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | 1990 $1,000 (Daily Double): Colorado voters legalized a limited form of this in Black Hawk, Central City & Cripple Creek gambling |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | 1990 $1000: This son of Japanese immigrants beat novelist Mario Vargas Llosa to become president of Peru Alberto Fujimori |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | SCIENCE OF 1990 $200: The first swarm of these to enter the U.S. was destroyed killer bees |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | SCIENCE OF 1990 $400: The FDA approved Simplesse, a "fake" type of this fat |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | SCIENCE OF 1990 $600: A genetic cause was found for some cases of the "osteo" type of this joint disease, the most common form arthritis |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | SCIENCE OF 1990 $800: The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed by this space shuttle; 3 years later the Endeavour fixed its mirror Discovery |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | SCIENCE OF 1990 $1000: This mapping project begun in 1990 is less than 50% done, though a private firm, Celera, claims to have 90% finished the Human Genome Project |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | 1990 $100: In January 1990 this party in Poland voted itself out of existence the Communist Party |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | 1990 $200: The U.S. lifted sanctions against this country since its former strongman Noriega was under arrest Panama |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | 1990 $300: In April this Himalayan kingdom legalized political parties, banned since 1960 Nepal |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | 1990 $400: This U.N. secretary- general swore in Sam Nujoma, the 1st president of the new country of Namibia Javier Perez de Cuellar |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | 1990 $500: In March 1990 it became the 3rd nation to put a satellite in lunar orbit Japan |
| #2468, aired 1995-05-03 | 1990 $100: In January 1990 this political party lost its monopoly on power in Bulgaria the Communist Party |
| #2468, aired 1995-05-03 | 1990 $200: In February voters in Aspen, Colorado rejected a ban on the sale of this clothing material fur |
| #2468, aired 1995-05-03 | 1990 $300: It was deployed in April & in June NASA announced there was a flaw in its main mirror the Hubble Telescope |
| #2468, aired 1995-05-03 | 1990 $400: On November 28 his new home address became 10 Downing Street John Major |
| #2468, aired 1995-05-03 | 1990 $500: 1 of the 5 senators who were known as the "Keating Five" (1 of) Dennis DeConcini (McCain, Reigle, Alan Cranston or John Glenn) |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | 1990 $100: This Chancellor of the Exchequer became Prime Minister of England John Major |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | 1990 $200: His February 11 release from Victor Verster prison outside Cape Town made world headlines (Nelson) Mandela |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | 1990 $300: In August this country's president, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, kicked P.M. Benazir Bhutto out of office Pakistan |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | 1990 $400: These North & South Asian countries started merger talks in September Korea |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | 1990 $500: When William Brennan retired from the Supreme Court, this man replaced him (David) Souter |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | 1990 $100: In March Capt. Joseph Hazelwood was acquitted of the major charges in the grounding of this ship the Exxon Valdez |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | 1990 $200: This TV comedienne caused a flap with her off-key rendition of the national anthem July 25 Roseanne Barr |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | 1990 $300: Over 1,000 Muslim pilgrims died in a stampede in this holy city July 2 Mecca |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | 1990 $400: After 10 days in the Vatican mission in Panama City, he surrendered to U.S. troops Jan. 3 Manuel Noriega |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | 1990 $1,000 (Daily Double): On March 11 Patricio Aylwin was sworn in as president of this country, replacing Gen. Pinochet Chile |
| #2014, aired 1993-05-13 | 1990 $100: On August 2 Iraqi troops invaded this country, setting off the Persian Gulf crisis Kuwait |
| #2014, aired 1993-05-13 | 1990 $200: On January 3 President Bush announced the surrender of this Panamanian dictator Noriega |
| #2014, aired 1993-05-13 | 1990 $300: After 4 decades these 2 European countries were officially reunited East & West Germany |
| #2014, aired 1993-05-13 | 1990 $400: In April, after 6,137 performances, this high-kicking musical closed on Broadway A Chorus Line |
| #2014, aired 1993-05-13 | 1990 $1,000 (Daily Double): In March Bob Hawke won a fourth term as Prime Minister of this country Australia |
| #1739, aired 1992-03-05 | 1990 $100: In December he became Poland's first directly elected president Lech Walesa |
| #1739, aired 1992-03-05 | 1990 $200: On July 25 Bishop George Carey was chosen to replace Robert Runcie in this British religious post the Archbishop of Canterbury |
| #1739, aired 1992-03-05 | 1990 $300: On December 20 this Soviet foreign minister resigned to "protest against the onset of dictatorship" (Eduard) Shevardnadze |
| #1739, aired 1992-03-05 | 1990 $400: On August 10 this radar-mapping space probe reached Venus after a 15-month journey Magellan |
| #1739, aired 1992-03-05 | 1990 $500: In 1990 Mark Strand was named to this honorary literary post in the U.S. Poet Laureate |
| #1699, aired 1992-01-09 | THE 1990 OSCARS $100: Kevin Costner will "never forget" that this film led the pack with 7 Oscars, & neither will we Dances with Wolves |
| #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 |
| #1699, aired 1992-01-09 | THE 1990 OSCARS $300: He became the 1st son of a Thalberg Award winner to win a Thalberg Award; his father, Darryl, won 3 Richard Zanuck |
| #1699, aired 1992-01-09 | THE 1990 OSCARS $400: We don't know if James Caan dared tell her to "break a leg", but she won for her role in "Misery" (Kathy) Bates |
| #1699, aired 1992-01-09 | THE 1990 OSCARS $500: This 85-year-old accepted her honorary Oscar by satellite hookup from her NYC apartment Myrna Loy |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | 1990 $200: This prince was hospitalized in June 1990 after he broke his arm playing polo Prince Charles |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | 1990 $400: Because 2 provinces opposed ratification of this country's "Meech Lake Accord", it was blocked Canada |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | 1990 $600: The June 4, 1990 cover of U.S. News called him "The Most Dangerous Man in the World" Saddam Hussein |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | 1990 $800: In June 1990 Alberto Fujimori was elected president of this South American country Peru |
| #1657, aired 1991-11-12 | 1990 $1000: On June 11, 1990 he became the first defendant in the Iran-Contra case to be sentenced to prison Poindexter |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | THE 1990 OSCARS $100: 1990's Best Picture, it became only the 2nd western to win that award Dances with Wolves |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | THE 1990 OSCARS $200: John Caglione Jr. & Doug Drexler won Best Makeup for bringing to life Pruneface & other villains in this film Dick Tracy |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | THE 1990 OSCARS $300: Her Oscar for playing a medium in "Ghost" was the 1st won by a Black actress since 1939 Whoopi Goldberg |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | THE 1990 OSCARS $400: Joe Pesci won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing a sadistic mobster in this film Goodfellas |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | THE 1990 OSCARS $500: He won the Best Actor Oscar for playing Claus von Bulow in "Reversal of Fortune" Jeremy Irons |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | 1990 $100: Congress approved not a one, not a two, but $500,000 to renovate this bandleader's birthplace Lawrence Welk |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | 1990 $200: Rolling Stone reported this group's album went gold in one week, though you could buy it only at Pizza Huts the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | 1990 $300: Hours after this man resigned, a surprised Gorbachev said he had been planning to make
him vice president Shevardnadze |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | 1990 $400: Among the colors retired from its 64 count box were raw umber, orange yellow, & violet blue Crayola |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | 1990 $500: Two of the three men who were world heavyweight boxing champs in 1990 (2 of) Mike Tyson & Buster Douglas (or Evander Holyfield) |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | 1990 EMMYS $100: In 1990 this news network won its 1st news Emmy, for coverage of events in Tiananmen Sq. CNN |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | 1990 EMMYS $200: Peter Falk & Patrick McGoohan won Emmys for this series in 1975 & in 1990 Columbo |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | 1990 EMMYS $300: The mode in which the awards were telecast, or the FOX show that was named Best Variety Program In Living Color |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | 1990 EMMYS $400: She took home an Emmy for her 1989 interview with Marlon Brando on CBS Connie Chung |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | 1990 EMMYS $500: The 2 Brians who skated off with Emmys for their performances in "Carmen on Ice" Brian Boitano & Brian Orser |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | SPORTS: 1990 $100: On July 23, 1990, for the second year in a row, a person from this country won the Tour de France the United States of America |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | SPORTS: 1990 $200: He was boxing's heavyweight champ from February 10 to October 25 (Buster) Douglas |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | SPORTS: 1990 $300: The 1990 Indy 500 marked his 33rd consecutive appearance in the race A.J. Foyt |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | SPORTS: 1990 $500: This team joined the Big 10, which could have made it the Big 11 Penn State |
| #1494, aired 1991-02-14 | 1990 MOVIES $200: Though set in the sewers of New York City, almost all of it was filmed in North Carolina Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| #1494, aired 1991-02-14 | 1990 MOVIES $400: 1990 sequel to "Three Men and a Baby" Three Men and a Little Lady |
| #1494, aired 1991-02-14 | 1990 MOVIES $600: The name of the maniacal doll in "Child's Play 2" Chucky |
| #1494, aired 1991-02-14 | 1990 MOVIES $800: It's what Phoebe Cates & Zach Galligan found a "New Batch" of Gremlins |
| #1494, aired 1991-02-14 | 1990 MOVIES $1000: His title roles in 1990 were "Cry-Baby" & "Edward Scissorhands" Johnny Depp |
