| #9150, aired 2024-07-19 | 40 $200: In this sport, 40 is the third point reached in a game tennis |
| #9150, aired 2024-07-19 | 40 $400: In Venice, plague caused ships to be isolated in harbors for 40 days, leading to this modern word quarantine |
| #9150, aired 2024-07-19 | 40 $600: If you make it to 40 years of marriage, know that it's termed this gem anniversary (a variety of corundum) ruby |
| #9150, aired 2024-07-19 | 40 $800: In the "Arabian Nights", this poor woodcutter discovers 40 thieves & their treasure hidden in a cave Ali Baba |
| #9150, aired 2024-07-19 | 40 $1000: As told in chapter 16, verse 35 of this book of the Bible, the Israelites wandered for 40 years in the desert after leaving Egypt Exodus |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | 40 YEARS AGO: 1984 $200: These 2 nations signed a joint declaration on the future of Hong Kong China & the U.K. |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | 40 YEARS AGO: 1984 $400: Bob Woodward's "Wired: The Short Life & Fast Times of" this comic offended some of its subject's friends & family John Belushi |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | 40 YEARS AGO: 1984 $600: He lost the presidential election to Reagan, carrying only the District of Columbia & Minnesota, his home state Mondale |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | 40 YEARS AGO: 1984 $800: At the Winter Olympics, this American won gold with a four-and-a-half minute program that featured multiple triple jumps Scott Hamilton |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | 40 YEARS AGO: 1984 $1000: This airline launched by Richard Branson made its inaugural flight from London to the United States Virgin Atlantic |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | THEIR TOP 40 DEBUT ALBUM $400: 1999's "The Slim Shady LP" Eminem |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | THEIR TOP 40 DEBUT ALBUM $800: "Tragic Kingdom", featuring "Don't Speak" No Doubt |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | THEIR TOP 40 DEBUT ALBUM $1200: One of the bestselling debut albums of all time, "Appetite for Destruction" Guns N' Roses |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | THEIR TOP 40 DEBUT ALBUM $1600: With help from Timbaland, her "Supa Dupa Fly" (Missy) Elliott |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | THEIR TOP 40 DEBUT ALBUM $2000: From 2014, the Grammy-winning Pop Vocal Album "In the Lonely Hour" Sam Smith |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $200: For issue 1 in 1982, as many a front page had Lebanon's pres. getting blown up, USA Today led with the death of this princess from Philly Princess Grace of Monaco (Grace Kelly) |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $400: The New York times ("The Gray Lady") remarked on USA Today's "brazen" use of this, in all 4 sections from July 2, 1984 color |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $600: Stories by USA Today's Christine Brennan helped get this golf club to admit its first female members in 2012 Augusta |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $800: In 1986 USA Today became the youngest publication parodied by this Harvard mag, including a story on sending Qaddafi thousands of pizzas the Lampoon |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $1000: USA Today's Leslie Cauley wrote about this agency storing Americans' phone records before Edward Snowden worked there the NSA |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | IT'S YOUR TOP 40 PRESIDENTIAL COUNTDOWN $400: This ex-general at No. 18 with "Union Yes" is back with "Renom"; "they tried to make me go to a 3rd nomination, I said no no no" Grant |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | IT'S YOUR TOP 40 PRESIDENTIAL COUNTDOWN $800: He's at No. 30 with John Cage's "4'33"", a piece that is 4 minutes & 33 seconds of silence Silent Cal (Calvin Coolidge) |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | IT'S YOUR TOP 40 PRESIDENTIAL COUNTDOWN $1200: He had a big debut with "Back To Normalcy" but now he's singing the blues with "Teapot Dome Got Me Down"; at No. 29, here's... Harding |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | IT'S YOUR TOP 40 PRESIDENTIAL COUNTDOWN $1600: At No. 17, this Tennessee man has really got those "Reconstruction Blues" Andrew Johnson |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | IT'S YOUR TOP 40 PRESIDENTIAL COUNTDOWN $2000: "Are You Better Off?" is a hit across the country for this prez who rounds out the Top 40 Reagan |
| #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" |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | BILLBOARD TOP 40 $800: "Hey Ya!", by this duo, spent about 30 weeks in the Top 40 in 2003 & 2004 OutKast |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | BILLBOARD TOP 40 $1200: "Rockstar", by him featuring Roddy Ricch, topped the Billboard charts in July 2020 DaBaby |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | BILLBOARD TOP 40 $1600: ABBA had 14 songs on the Billboard chart, but only this disco-themed one made it to No. 1 "Dancing Queen" |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | BILLBOARD TOP 40 $2000: "Weird Al" Yankovic made a foray into the Top 40 with this Michael Jackson parody "Eat It" |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE 40-YEAR-OLD GERMAN $400: His work got a good review in the Times of London in 1919:
"New Theory of the Universe--Newtonian Ideas Overthrown" Einstein |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE 40-YEAR-OLD GERMAN $1200: 20-year-old Dirk Nowitzki began playing for this NBA team in 1998 & was still with them 20 years later the Mavericks |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE 40-YEAR-OLD GERMAN $1600: In 1725, 3 years after Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier", this 4-decades-old man composed his "Easter Oratorio" (Johann Sebastian) Bach |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE 40-YEAR-OLD GERMAN $2000: Vroom! He showed off his 25-HP, 4-stroke, single vertical cylinder compression engine on the cusp of 40 in 1897 Rudolf Diesel |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE 40-YEAR-OLD GERMAN $4,000 (Daily Double): After the 1994 election, she became Germany's Minister of Environment, Conservation & Reactor Safety, but a promotion awaited (Angela) Merkel |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | THIS IS 40: LITERARY EDITION $400: Now in their 40s, this title trio returns to fight for justice in Dumas' "Twenty Years After" the Three Musketeers |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | THIS IS 40: LITERARY EDITION $800: Paris-based Pamela Druckerman's memoir of turning 40 says waiters stopped calling her "mademoiselle" & switched to this madame |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | THIS IS 40: LITERARY EDITION $1200: In an acclaimed 2018 novel by Sheila Heti, a woman closing in on 40 struggles with this basic life decision to have children |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | THIS IS 40: LITERARY EDITION $1600: Mrs. Wu turns 40 & changes her life in "Pavilion of Women", a China-set 1946 book by this American woman Pearl Buck |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | THIS IS 40: LITERARY EDITION $2000: Many Anne Tyler characters are restless in this city; 40-year-old Delia in "Ladder of Years" gets out Baltimore |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | TOP 40 COUNTDOWN $400: Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett kicked off happy hour with "It's" this time "Somewhere" Five O'Clock |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | TOP 40 COUNTDOWN $800: Boyz II Men topped the charts in 1997 with these "of loneliness" "4 Seasons of Loneliness" |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | TOP 40 COUNTDOWN $1200: Numerically, it's what the Commodores said you were in the title of a 1978 No. 1 "Three Times a Lady" |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | TOP 40 COUNTDOWN $1600: In a Spin Doctors hit, these title royals "kneel before you" "Two Princes" |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | TOP 40 COUNTDOWN $2000: In a 1997 hit the Wallflowers drove it home with this "One Headlight" |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | ODD-TITLED TOP 40 HITS $400: Jim Stafford of "Spiders & Snakes" fame warned us in a 1975 hit that "Your Bulldog Drinks" this luxurious French wine Champagne |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | ODD-TITLED TOP 40 HITS $800: This sibling duo, Karen & Richard, were on top of the world with "Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft" The Carpenters |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | ODD-TITLED TOP 40 HITS $1200: In 2016 DNCE hit the charts wanting us to have this "By The Ocean" cake |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | ODD-TITLED TOP 40 HITS $1600: The bones of this rap group got the whole skeleton together for their first Top 40 hit, "Thuggish-Ruggish-Bone" Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |
| #7730, aired 2018-03-30 | ODD-TITLED TOP 40 HITS $2000: This comedy duo had Top 40 hits like "Sister Mary Elephant" & "Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces" Cheech and Chong |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | 20/20 AT 40 $200: (David Muir of 20/20 presents the clue.) In 2015 I had the honor of moderating a town hall with this man before his first visit to the U.S.; he asked Americans to pray for him Pope Francis |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | 20/20 AT 40 $400: (Elizabeth Vargas of 20/20 presents the clue.) In 2002 Peter Jennings sat down for a last interview with Hollywood legend Charlton Heston & his wife to talk about acting, the NRA & dealing with this memory-robbing disease Alzheimer's |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | 20/20 AT 40 $600: (David Muir of 20/20 presents the clue.) Some stories we bring you are particularly troubling; in 2016 I reported on a growing epidemic in America, the rise in use of this illegal & deadly opioid, the majority of users having started with prescription pain medications heroin |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | 20/20 AT 40 $800: (Elizabeth Vargas of 20/20 presents the clue.) In 2015 I traveled to Iraq to cover the plight of Christian refugees trying to flee the horrors of this terrorist group ISIL (or ISIS) |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | 20/20 AT 40 $1000: (David Muir of 20/20 presents the clue.) The words mad & unstable came up when Barbara Walters interviewed this Arab leader in 1989 Gaddafi |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | THIS IS 40 $200: At 40 in 1962 he decided once wasn't enough & decided to orbit the Earth a second & third time John Glenn |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | THIS IS 40 $400: He had his first vision at age 40 in the cave of Hira in 610 A.D. Mohammed |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | THIS IS 40 $600: In 1974, a few months after his 40th, he had a big hit in Atlanta, breaking a record that had stood since 1935 Hank Aaron |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | THIS IS 40 $800: Alexis Tsipras, leader of the radical left Syriza party, was elected P.M. of this country before his 41st birthday Greece |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | THIS IS 40 $1000: At 40 she became head of AT&T's North American Division--Hewlett-Packard & politics would follow Carly Fiorina |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | HER TOP 40 BAND $1200: Nicole Scherzinger the Pussycat Dolls |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | HER TOP 40 BAND $1600: Hayley Williams Paramore |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | HER TOP 40 BAND $2000: Martha Davis The Motels |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | TOP 40 BEFORE & AFTER $400: Britney Spears' debut single pleases with a Cyndi Lauper No. 1 to "Hit" it over & over "...Baby One More Time After Time" |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | TOP 40 BEFORE & AFTER $800: A Macklemore & Ryan Lewis smash is told what "you better" do by the Miracles "Thrift Shop Around" |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | TOP 40 BEFORE & AFTER $1200: A 2012 Carly Rae Jepsen chart-topper hooks up with a 1977 Wings hit, to everyone's astonishment "Call Me Maybe I'm Amazed" |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | TOP 40 BEFORE & AFTER $1600: A 1977 Debby Boone No. 1 revs it up with a 1977 Eagles hit "You Light Up My Life In The Fast Lane" |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | TOP 40 BEFORE & AFTER $2000: The hooligan in a Coolio title gets illuminated by a Meat Loaf hit "Gangsta's Paradise By The Dashboard Light" |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | HITT"ING" THE TOP 40 $200: The title of this song by Drake refers to a late-night cellphone call "Hotline Bling" |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | HITT"ING" THE TOP 40 $400: George Harrison's first Beatles A-side, it says, "You're asking me will my love grow, I don't know, I don't know" "Something" |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | HITT"ING" THE TOP 40 $600: This 1973 No. 1 hit by Roberta Flack won Grammys for Record of the Year & Song of the Year "Killing Me Softly With His Song" |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | HITT"ING" THE TOP 40 $800: Wise men know that this Elvis Song was inspired by the French melody "Plaisir d'amour" "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | HITT"ING" THE TOP 40 $1000: Appropriately, this CCR hit was on the soundtrack to "An American Werewolf in London" "Bad Moon Rising" |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | A "RUN" OF TOP 40 HITS $1200: Alt-rocker Ryan Adams doesn't like being mixed up with Bryan Adams, but has performed this hit of Bryan's in concert "Run To You" |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | A "RUN" OF TOP 40 HITS $1600: "This here's a story about Billy Joe & Bobbie Sue"; really, this here's a clue about this song by the Steve Miller Band "Take The Money And Run" |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | A "RUN" OF TOP 40 HITS $2000: In 1993 Soul Asylum "bought a ticket for" this title transport, "like a madman laughin' at the rain" "Runaway Train" |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | A TOP 40 HIT 3 TIMES $400: "Never Can Say Goodbye":
These siblings in 1971, Isaac Hayes in 1971 & Gloria Gaynor in 1975 the Jacksons |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | A TOP 40 HIT 3 TIMES $800: "MacArthur Park":
Richard Harris in 1968, the Four Tops in 1971 & this disco diva in 1978 Donna Summer |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | A TOP 40 HIT 3 TIMES $1200: "Handy Man":
Jimmy Jones in 1960, Del Shannon in 1964 & this solo artist in 1977 James Taylor |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | A TOP 40 HIT 3 TIMES $1600: "Fever":
Little Willie John in 1956, The McCoys in 1965 & this lady in 1958 Peggy Lee |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | A TOP 40 HIT 3 TIMES $2000: "If I Were A Carpenter":
Bobby Darin in 1966, the Four Tops in 1968 & this married country duo in 1970 Johnny Cash & June Carter |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | TOP 30 TO 40 HITS $400: Kazaam! In 1993 this NBA superstar hit for 35 (on the charts, not the court) with "(I Know I Got) Skillz" Shaquille O'Neal |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | TOP 30 TO 40 HITS $800: Now on "NCIS: Los Angeles", he rapped his way to No. 36 in 2003 with "Paradise"; we hear ladies love him LL Cool J |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | TOP 30 TO 40 HITS $1200: This actress-singer "from the block" was 32nd-best in 2003 with "I'm Glad" Jennifer Lopez |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | TOP 30 TO 40 HITS $1600: In 1978 this Jeff Lynne group took "Mr. Blue Sky" to No. 35 ELO |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | TOP 30 TO 40 HITS $2000: After discovering "Your Body Is A Wonderland", this singer/guitarist made it to No. 33 with "Bigger Than My Body" in 2003 John Mayer |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | UNLIKELY COUNTRY TOP 40 PERFORMERS $200: When I think of No. 1 country stars, I think of this guy, "Dirty Harry" himself, paired with Merle Haggard on "Bar Room Buddies" Clint Eastwood |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | UNLIKELY COUNTRY TOP 40 PERFORMERS $800: We hope you know this "Road" crooner of film crooned "Pistol Packin' Mama" with the Andrews Sisters in 1944 Bing Crosby |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | UNLIKELY COUNTRY TOP 40 PERFORMERS $1000: "You Light Up My Life" only made country's No. 4 but 1980's "Are You On The Road To Lovin' Me Again" hit the top spot for her Debby Boone |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | TOP 40 INSTRUMENTALS $400: The opening theme to this movie about a Jew & a Christian racing at the Olympics was a No. 1 hit Chariots of Fire |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | TOP 40 INSTRUMENTALS $800: This smooth sax man first flew into the Top 40 in 1987 with "Songbird" Kenny G |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | TOP 40 INSTRUMENTALS $1200: "Axel F", by one-hit wonder Harold Faltermeyer, was featured in this 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | TOP 40 INSTRUMENTALS $1600: No copping out--in 1985 Jan Hammer hammered home the No. 1 theme to this TV series Miami Vice |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | TOP 40 INSTRUMENTALS $2000: He tooted his own horn, a flugelhorn, on his Top 10 hit "Feels So Good" (Chuck) Mangione |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | DIDN'T MAKE THE BILLBOARD TOP 40 $400: Relased in '67 & only reaching No. 67, his "Foxy Lady" Jimi Hendrix |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | DIDN'T MAKE THE BILLBOARD TOP 40 $800: At No. 83, his "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" Bruce Springsteen |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | DIDN'T MAKE THE BILLBOARD TOP 40 $1200: At No. 55, their "Let's Spend The Night Together" The Rolling Stones |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | DIDN'T MAKE THE BILLBOARD TOP 40 $1600: At No. 84, "Runnin' With The Devil" by these rockers Van Halen |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | DIDN'T MAKE THE BILLBOARD TOP 40 $2000: At No. 76, this New Wave band with "I Melt With You" Modern English |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | "B" IN THE TOP 40 $400: This trio of brothers dominated the charts in the late '70s but also had a hit in 1997 with "Alone" the Bee Gees |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | "B" IN THE TOP 40 $800: In 1987 this band of L.A. women hit No. 2 with "Hazy Shade Of Winter" the Bangles |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | "B" IN THE TOP 40 $1200: This Jersey band's first Top 40 hit was 1984's "Runaway"; "It's My Life" hit the chart in 2000 Bon Jovi |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | "B" IN THE TOP 40 $1600: Among this woman's 15 Top 40 hits are "Shadows Of The Night" & "We Belong" Pat Benatar |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | "B" IN THE TOP 40 $2000: In 2000 this group from the West Indies wondered "Who Let The Dogs Out" (repeatedly) the Baha Men |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $200: 1992:
This rockin' group with "Under The Bridge" The Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $400: 1966:
This quartet had us "California Dreamin"' The Mamas & the Papas |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $600: 1972:
They took it easy with "Take It Easy" The Eagles |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $800: 1987:
This female trio pushed onto the charts with "Push It" Salt-N-Pepa |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $1000: 2009:
This single-named British gal was "Chasing Pavements" Adele |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | THE TOP 40 A TO Z $200: A:
This magic word, the title of a No. 1 hit by the Steve Miller band "Abracadabra" |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | THE TOP 40 A TO Z $400: F:
You "gotta have" this, as George Michael sang "Faith" |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | THE TOP 40 A TO Z $600: H:
This hit by Train that gives '80s band Mr. Mister its due "Hey, Soul Sister" |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | THE TOP 40 A TO Z $800: X:
This song on which ELO & Olivia Newton-John collaborated "Xanadu" |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | THE TOP 40 A TO Z $1000: Z:
This song by The Cranberries that protested violence by the IRA, not the undead "Zombie" |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $400: "You Give Good Love"
(1985) Whitney Houston |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $800: "Any Man Of Mine"
(1995) Shania Twain |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $1200: "You Shook Me All Night Long"
(1980) AC/DC |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $1600: "Your Song"
(1970) Elton John |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $2000: "Wonderful! Wonderful!"
(1957) Johnny Mathis |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | WEIRD TOP 40 HITS $400: Richard Harris & others sang of this L.A. space "melting in the dark, all the sweet, green icing flowing down" MacArthur Park |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | WEIRD TOP 40 HITS $800: It wasn't "Blue Velvet", but the song "The Days Of Sand & Shovels" also charted for this singer Bobby Vinton |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | WEIRD TOP 40 HITS $1200: In a top 40 classic from 1966 this "king of the road" warned us that "You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd" Roger Miller |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | WEIRD TOP 40 HITS $1600: In 1967 "Don't Go Out Into The Rain (You're Going To Melt)" charted for this "I'm Henry The Eighth I Am" band Herman's Hermits |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | WEIRD TOP 40 HITS $2000: You'll be nibbling on bacon & chewing on cheese if you can name this beastly 1976 hit from the Captain & Tennille "Muskrat Love" |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | THE BAND'S 10th TOP 40 HIT $400: 1978:
"Take A Chance On Me" ABBA |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | THE BAND'S 10th TOP 40 HIT $800: 1981:
"Waiting For A Girl Like You" Foreigner |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | THE BAND'S 10th TOP 40 HIT $1200: 1989:
"Love In An Elevator" Aerosmith |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | THE BAND'S 10th TOP 40 HIT $1600: 1971:
"How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" The Bee Gees |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | THE BAND'S 10th TOP 40 HIT $2000: 1986:
"Land Of Confusion" Genesis |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | LYRICS OF THE TOP 40 SONG $400: 1973: "But if this ever-changing world in which we live in, makes you give in and cry, say..." "Live And Let Die" |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | LYRICS OF THE TOP 40 SONG $800: 1983: "In touch with the ground, I'm on the hunt, I'm after you, smell like I sound, I'm lost in a crowd, and I'm..." "Hungry Like The Wolf" |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | LYRICS OF THE TOP 40 SONG $1200: 2006: "I was out of touch, but it wasn't because I didn't know enough, I just knew too much. Does that make me..." "Crazy" |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | LYRICS OF THE TOP 40 SONG $1600: 1979: "I need you to need me, I'd love you to love me, I'm beggin' you to beg me" "I Want You To Want Me" |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | LYRICS OF THE TOP 40 SONG $2000: 1981: "The hurt doesn't show, but the pain still grows, it's no stranger to you or me" (killer drum solo!) "In The Air Tonight" |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $400: 1964:
"Please Please Me" The Beatles |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $800: 1965:
"My Girl" The Temptations |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $1200: 1963:
"Walk Like A Man" Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $1600: 1967:
"Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" Neil Diamond |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $2000: 1963:
"You've Really Got A Hold On Me" Smokey Robinson and the Miracles |
| #6208, aired 2011-09-21 | FILL IN THE TOP 40 TITLE $200: Olivia Newton-John:
"I ____ Love You" Honestly |
| #6208, aired 2011-09-21 | FILL IN THE TOP 40 TITLE $400: Cee Lo Green:
"____ You" (the radio version, please) Forget |
| #6208, aired 2011-09-21 | FILL IN THE TOP 40 TITLE $600: Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue:
"Whatta ____" Man |
| #6208, aired 2011-09-21 | FILL IN THE TOP 40 TITLE $800: Cyndi Lauper:
"She ____" Bop |
| #6208, aired 2011-09-21 | FILL IN THE TOP 40 TITLE $1000: Cher:
"Half-____" Breed |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | TOP 40 DUETS $400: "You're the one that I want, oo oo oo" Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | TOP 40 DUETS $800: "Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?" McCartney & Wonder |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | TOP 40 DUETS $1200: "Well I don't know if all that's true, 'cause you got me, and baby I got you" Sonny & Cher |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | TOP 40 DUETS $1600: "You don't sing me love songs, you don't bring me flowers anymore" (Barbra) Streisand & (Neil) Diamond |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | TOP 40 DUETS $2000: "Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry on a mountain high" Jennifer Warnes & Joe Cocker |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | 40 YEARS OF SESAME STREET $200: He created the Muppets, which were meant to be bit players when "Sesame Street" started Jim Henson |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | 40 YEARS OF SESAME STREET $400: (Alex appears with a red Muppet in a clip from show #4972.) This character was called Little Monster when he debuted in 1979; muppeteer Kevin Clash gave him his trademark giggle Elmo |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | 40 YEARS OF SESAME STREET $600: Turns out that this googly-eyed character has been gobbling rice cakes: grease, oil & chocolate are bad for Muppet fur Cookie Monster |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | 40 YEARS OF SESAME STREET $800: "Sesame Street" is full of great songs, like this one in which Ernie explains why tubby time is the best time of the day "Rubber Duckie" |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | 40 YEARS OF SESAME STREET $1000: Will Lee played this store owner; in 1982 the writers incorporated his death into the show to help kids deal with loss Mr. Hooper |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | TOP 40 MATH $400: The Commodores' "Times A Lady" divided by Paul Simon's "Trick Pony" 3 |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | TOP 40 MATH $800: The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be" this many "(Miles)" plus Paul Simon's "Ways To Leave Your Lover" 550 |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | TOP 40 MATH $1200: Stevie Nicks' "Edge Of" this minus The Crests' this many "Candles" 1 |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | TOP 40 MATH $1600: Murray Head's nights "In Bangkok" minus Brewer & Shipley's tokes "Over The Line" 0 |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | TOP 40 MATH $2000: The Byrds' this many "Miles High" times Eddie Money's this many "Tickets To Paradise" 16 |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | TOP 40 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES? $200: "I believe the children are our future; teach them well and let them lead the way" Whitney Houston |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | TOP 40 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES? $400: "The past is gone; it went by like dusk to dawn... Dream on, dream on, dream yourself a dream come true" Aerosmith |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | TOP 40 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES? $600: "Hey now, you're an all star, get your game on... all that glitters is gold; only shooting stars break the mold" Smash Mouth |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | TOP 40 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES? $800: "I get knocked down but I get up again; you're never gonna keep me down" Chumbawamba |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | TOP 40 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES? $1000: "Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens... & when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance" Lee Ann Womack |
| #5629, aired 2009-02-12 | TOP 40 SONGS' MISSING LINKS $200: I Won't Back ___
On The Corner Down |
| #5629, aired 2009-02-12 | TOP 40 SONGS' MISSING LINKS $400: Born To Be ____
Thing Wild |
| #5629, aired 2009-02-12 | TOP 40 SONGS' MISSING LINKS $600: Blowing Kisses
In The ____
Beneath My Wings Wind |
| #5629, aired 2009-02-12 | TOP 40 SONGS' MISSING LINKS $800: Die Another ____
Tripper Day |
| #5629, aired 2009-02-12 | TOP 40 SONGS' MISSING LINKS $1000: U Got ____ ____
Of Love The Look |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $200: "...Baby One More Time"
(1998) Britney Spears |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $400: "Our Lips Are Sealed"
(1981) The Go-Go's |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $600: "Evil Ways"
(1970) Santana |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $800: "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over"
(1991) Lenny Kravitz |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $1000: "Over My Head"
(1976) Fleetwood Mac |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | THEY MADE THE TOP 40 $400: 1959:
This 375-voice group with "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" the Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | THEY MADE THE TOP 40 $800: 1970:
"We've Only Just Begun" &
1977:
"Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft" the Carpenters |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | THEY MADE THE TOP 40 $1200: 1995:
"Hand In My Pocket" (Alanis) Morissette |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | THEY MADE THE TOP 40 $1600: 1971:
"I Woke Up In Love This Morning" the Partridge Family |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | THEY MADE THE TOP 40 $2000: 1983:
"Pass The Dutchie" Musical Youth |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | TOP 40 HITMAKERS $200: "Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)" & "California Dreamin'" The Mamas & The Papas |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | TOP 40 HITMAKERS $400: "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" &
"Sweet Caroline" Neil Diamond |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | TOP 40 HITMAKERS $600: "What Would You Say" &
"Crash Into Me" The Dave Matthews Band |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | TOP 40 HITMAKERS $800: "Saturday Night Special" &
(Woohoo!) "Free Bird" Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | TOP 40 HITMAKERS $1000: "Harry Truman" &
"25 Or 6 To 4" Chicago |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | MAPPING THE TOP 40 $200: In titles, The Beach Boys went "Surfin'" here & John Mellencamp told us about "R.O.C.K." here U.S.A. |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | MAPPING THE TOP 40 $400: The Eagles: not only are they "livin' it up at" this title lodging, there's "plenty of room" there, too the Hotel California |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | MAPPING THE TOP 40 $600: Appropriately, Manhattan Transfer: "Oo wah oo wah cool cool kitty, tell us about the boy from" here New York City |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | MAPPING THE TOP 40 $800: Springsteen asked, "Oh brother are you gonna leave me wastin' away on the streets of" this city Philadelphia |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | MAPPING THE TOP 40 $1000: Arlo Guthrie: "I'm the train they call the city of" this; "I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done" New Orleans |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO TODAY $400: In June 1967 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" dueled on U.S. charts with "More of" this Beatles TV imitator band the Monkees |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO TODAY $800: Senator J. William Fulbright's book "The Arrogance of Power" proposed an 8-point plan to end this event the Vietnam War |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO TODAY $1200: Striking down a Virginia law, the Supreme Court let Mr. & Mrs. Loving go on loving though they were of different these races |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO TODAY $1600: On June 1, 1967 this man became Israel's Minister of Defense; 4 days later he was very busy Moshe Dayan |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | IT WAS 40 YEARS AGO TODAY $2000: Tragically, a Jan. 27, 1967 fire at Cape Kennedy claimed the lives of Ed White, Roger Chaffee & this man (Gus) Grissom |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | HE WAS IN THE TOP 40? $400: In 1978 this comedian & "the Toot Uncommons" dug up a No. 17 hit with "King Tut" Steve Martin |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | HE WAS IN THE TOP 40? $800: Cheech teamed with Chong for 3 Top 40s, but this "Nash Bridges" star duetted with Streisand to make the charts Don Johnson |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | HE WAS IN THE TOP 40? $1200: This "Thorn Birds" star had 3 Top 40s, including the "Theme From Dr. Kildare" (Richard) Chamberlain |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | HE WAS IN THE TOP 40? $1600: Aw, Pa! "Bonanza" was the B-side of his No. 1 1964 hit "Ringo" Lorne Greene |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | HE WAS IN THE TOP 40? $2000: In 1958 this actor, famous as Thurston Howell III, charted with "Delicious!" (Jim) Backus |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | 40 YEARS OF THE NEA $400: The first NEA grant was awarded to save this Manhattan ballet company the American Ballet Theatre |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | 40 YEARS OF THE NEA $800: The NEA helped to fund & choose the design for this 1982 memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C. the Vietnam Memorial |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | 40 YEARS OF THE NEA $1200: Guy Noir knows the NEA gave early, critical funding to start this Minnesota Public Radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | 40 YEARS OF THE NEA $1600: In 1967 the NEA helped found this organization set up to preserve our country's movie heritage the AFI (the American Film Institute) |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | 40 YEARS OF THE NEA $2000: Actor Gary Sinise co-founded the Steppenwolf Theatre in this city & expanded its repertoire with NEA grants Chicago |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | "WALK" INTO THE TOP 40 $400: We're asking about this 1985 hit by Katrina & The Waves & "don't it feel good"? "Walking On Sunshine" |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | "WALK" INTO THE TOP 40 $800: Title command of a No. 1 hit for the 4 Seasons in 1963 & a Top 20 for Grand Funk in 1974 "Walk Like A Man" |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | "WALK" INTO THE TOP 40 $1200: "Holly came from Miami F.L.A., hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A." in this classic "Walk On The Wild Side" |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | "WALK" INTO THE TOP 40 $1600: "Here comes Johnny" with this Dire Straits tune "Walk Of Life" |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | "WALK" INTO THE TOP 40 $2000: "Put on my blue suede shoes... touched down in the land of the Delta blues" begins this 1991 song "Walking In Memphis" |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | "KING" OF THE TOP 40 $400: "It's Too Late" & "So Far Away" were 1971 hits for her Carole King |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | "KING" OF THE TOP 40 $800: This group's "Louie Louie" made 1963 very interesting The Kingsmen |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | "KING" OF THE TOP 40 $1200: "Stand By Me" hit the charts for him in 1961 & 1986 Ben E. King |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | "KING" OF THE TOP 40 $1600: "The Thrill Is Gone"--at least it was for him in 1970 B.B. King |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | "KING" OF THE TOP 40 $2000: In 1979 this potent (potable) singer gave us "I Don't Know If It's Right" Evelyn "Champagne" King |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | TOP 40 LAST NAMES $200: Paul, Tyrone, Mac, Spencer, Skeeter Davis |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | TOP 40 LAST NAMES $400: Jude, Cozy, Natalie, Paula Cole |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | TOP 40 LAST NAMES $600: Dave, Roy, Petula Clark |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | TOP 40 LAST NAMES $800: Raspy singer Bonnie, rowdy singer Steven Tyler |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | TOP 40 LAST NAMES $1000: Bootsy Collins |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | TOP 40 MUSICAL CONTRACTIONS $400: "____ Only Just Begun" We've |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | TOP 40 MUSICAL CONTRACTIONS $800: "____ Stop The Rain" Who'll |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | TOP 40 MUSICAL CONTRACTIONS $1200: "____ Too Proud To Beg" Ain't |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | TOP 40 MUSICAL CONTRACTIONS $1600: "____ Be The Day" That'll |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | TOP 40 MUSICAL CONTRACTIONS $2000: "____ Got Time For The Pain" Haven't |
| #4697, aired 2005-01-25 | CRAZY TOP 40 TUNES $200: "Crazy" penned by Willie Nelson made the pop top 10 in 1961 for this singer Patsy Cline |
| #4697, aired 2005-01-25 | CRAZY TOP 40 TUNES $400: In 1993, this band was "Cryin'"; in '94 it went from "Amazing" to "Crazy" Aerosmith |
| #4697, aired 2005-01-25 | CRAZY TOP 40 TUNES $600: In 1976, this Seattle band led by the Wilson sisters went "Crazy On You" Heart |
| #4697, aired 2005-01-25 | CRAZY TOP 40 TUNES $800: In 1980 Queen topped the U.S. pop charts for the first time with this "amorous" tune "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" |
| #4697, aired 2005-01-25 | CRAZY TOP 40 TUNES $1000: "But we're never gonna survive unless" you name this artist who hit the Top 10 in 1991 with "Crazy" Seal |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | TOP 40 MATH $400: Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Tons" times Eddie Money's "Tickets To Paradise" 32 |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | TOP 40 MATH $800: Rolling Stones' "Nervous Breakdown" number plus Beatles' "Days A Week" 27 |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | TOP 40 MATH $1200: The Crests' "Candles" plus Boyz II Men's "Season Of Loneliness" 20 |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | TOP 40 MATH $1600: The speed Sammy Hagar "Can't Drive" minus Three Dog Night's title "Loneliest Number" 54 |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | TOP 40 MATH $2000: In the song's title, Zager & Evans' "In The Year" this minus The Commodores' "Times A Lady" 2522 |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | WOMEN WITH 40-TUDE $400: Henry's granddaughter, Peter's daughter & Jane's niece, she marked 40 on January 27 Bridget Fonda |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | WOMEN WITH 40-TUDE $800: This "Fast Car" singer has been on the music scene since the '80s & the life scene since March 1964 (Tracy) Chapman |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | WOMEN WITH 40-TUDE $1200: In her 40 years she's married a Brinkman & a Boxleitner & been president of the Screen Actors Guild (Melissa) Gilbert |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | WOMEN WITH 40-TUDE $1600: She turned 40 in 2003; her "Leaving Las Vegas" co-star Nicolas Cage hits it in 2004 Elisabeth Shue |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | WOMEN WITH 40-TUDE $2000: Geesh, she was only 10 when she took home an Oscar in 1974; she's 40 now Tatum O'Neal |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $200: 1985:
Sade with this "Smooth" song "Smooth Operator" |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $400: 1966:
This TV band with "Last Train To Clarksville" The Monkees |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $600: 1995:
This "Band" with "What Would You Say" the Dave Matthews Band |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $800: 1999:
Christina Aguilera with this song that rubbed listeners the right way "Genie in a Bottle" |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $1000: 1983:
This heavy metal group with "Cum on Feel the Noize" Quiet Riot |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $200: 1991:
Nirvana with this grunge anthem "Smells Like Teen Spirit" |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $400: 1966:
This Brooklynite with "Cherry, Cherry" Neil Diamond |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $600: 1982:
Frank Zappa with this homage to Southern California "Valley Girl" |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $800: 1988:
This former cheerleader with "Straight Up" Paula Abdul |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $1000: 1985:
This synth-pop band with "People Are People" Depeche Mode |
| #4035, aired 2002-03-01 | THEIR ONLY TOP 40 HIT $400: "Don't Worry Be Happy"
(1988) Bobby McFerrin |
| #4035, aired 2002-03-01 | THEIR ONLY TOP 40 HIT $800: "Blue Suede Shoes"
(1956) Carl Perkins |
| #4035, aired 2002-03-01 | THEIR ONLY TOP 40 HIT $1200: "Touch of Grey"
(1987) the Grateful Dead |
| #4035, aired 2002-03-01 | THEIR ONLY TOP 40 HIT $1600: "Eve of Destruction"
(1965) Barry McGuire |
| #4035, aired 2002-03-01 | THEIR ONLY TOP 40 HIT $2000: "Afternoon Delight"
(1976) Starland Vocal Band |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | THEIR TOP 40 ALBUMS $200: "Bat Out of Hell"
(1978) Meat Loaf |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | THEIR TOP 40 ALBUMS $400: "Erotica"
(1992) Madonna |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | THEIR TOP 40 ALBUMS $600: "JT"
(1977) James Taylor |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | THEIR TOP 40 ALBUMS $800: "Vitalogy"
(1994) Pearl Jam |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | THEIR TOP 40 ALBUMS $1000: "Every Picture Tells a Story"
(1971) Rod Stewart |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $100: 1974:
"Piano Man" Billy Joel |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $200: 1973:
"Space Oddity" David Bowie |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $300: 1974:
"Mandy" Barry Manilow |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $400: 1970:
"Your Song" Elton John |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $500: 1975:
"Love To Love You Baby" Donna Summer |
| #3753, aired 2000-12-20 | 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE $200: The latitude line crosses this island that's packed in just south of Corsica Sardinia |
| #3753, aired 2000-12-20 | 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE $400: Johnny Cash sang, "I shot a man in" this Nevada city "just to watch him die" Reno |
| #3753, aired 2000-12-20 | 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE $600: As the latitude line leaves China, it enters this other Commie country North Korea |
| #3753, aired 2000-12-20 | 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE $800: Flores & Corvo are the northernmost islands in this Portuguese group Azores |
| #3753, aired 2000-12-20 | 40 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE $1000: This Ohio city, a center of aviation, is named for the youngest signer of the U.S. Constitution Dayton |
| #3435, aired 1999-07-09 | 40 YEARS OF BARBIE $100: Mattel introduced Barbie in 1959; this boyfriend came along 2 years later Ken |
| #3435, aired 1999-07-09 | 40 YEARS OF BARBIE $200: Barbie's shoulder-length flip style hair cut of the 1960s was inspired by this star of TV's "That Girl" Marlo Thomas |
| #3435, aired 1999-07-09 | 40 YEARS OF BARBIE $300: In the early '70s this Barbie with the name of a California beach community sported a tan & had fun in the sun Malibu Barbie |
| #3435, aired 1999-07-09 | 40 YEARS OF BARBIE $400 (Daily Double): In celebration of Barbie's 40th anniversary, this "costumer to the stars" designed the doll seen here
("Papillon Barbie") Bob Mackie |
| #3435, aired 1999-07-09 | 40 YEARS OF BARBIE $500: This creator of Barbie named the doll after her daughter Barbara Ruth Handler |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | TURNING 40 IN '98 $200: This pitcher's "Orel" history continued in '98 with a new team, the Giants Orel Hershiser |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | TURNING 40 IN '98 $400: In 1998 she turned 40 & played a 40-year-old in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" Angela Bassett |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | TURNING 40 IN '98 $600 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Franklin Diaz-Chang, an astronaut on board the Space Shuttle Discovery.) Oct. 1, 1998 is the 40th birthday of this government agency NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | TURNING 40 IN '98 $800: A short called "Frankenweenie" helped launch the career of this "Edward Scissorhands" director Tim Burton |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | TURNING 40 IN '98 $1000: Damon, Marlon & Kim's big brother, he turned 40 on June 8 Keenen Ivory Wayans |
| #3102, aired 1998-02-10 | TOP 40 BONUS $400: "Proud Mary" Creedence Clearwater Revival & Ike & Tina Turner |
| #3102, aired 1998-02-10 | TOP 40 BONUS $400: "Live And Let Die" Wings & Guns N' Roses |
| #3102, aired 1998-02-10 | TOP 40 BONUS $800: "Blue Bayou" Linda Ronstadt & Roy Orbison |
| #3102, aired 1998-02-10 | TOP 40 BONUS $1000: "Soul Man" The Blues Brothers & Sam & Dave |
| #3102, aired 1998-02-10 | TOP 40 BONUS $1200: "California Girls" The Beach Boys & David Lee Roth |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | LIFE BEGINS AT 40 $100: In 1951, this 40-year-old gave birth to a classic sitcom shortly after bearing daughter Lucie Lucille Ball |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | LIFE BEGINS AT 40 $200: Released from prison at 40, he began career as a fight promoter, apparently a hair-raising experience Don King |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | LIFE BEGINS AT 40 $300: He completed an 8-year literary odyssey when he finished "Ulysses" at 40 James Joyce |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | LIFE BEGINS AT 40 $500 (Daily Double): This singer didn't have a gold record until 40, with the following hit: “My baby makes me proud / Lord, don't she make me proud…” Charlie Rich |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | TOP 40 $100: With 21, this group had the most #1 Hits on Billboard's chart The Beatles |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | TOP 40 $200: He's had 107 Top 40 Hits, the last 2 posthumously Elvis (The King) |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | TOP 40 $300: On August 4, 1981, the date MTV debuted, he had the #1 single - "Jessie's Girl" Rick Springfield |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | TOP 40 $400: Of Lorne Greene, Sen. Everett Dirksen, & Patty Duke, the one whose Top 40 Song hit #1 Lorne Greene |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | TOP 40 $500: Steve Lawrence in 1963 & Donny Osmond in 1971 both had #1 Hits with this song "Go Away Little Girl" |
