| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $400: At No. 1, Billboard picked this Whitney Houston hit that made hitting the floor "feel like an issue of life-or-death urgency" "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $800: "I'll tell you something", the Beatles got No. 10 with this 1964 hit, "a force the likes of which pop had never encountered" "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $1200: Can't you hear that boom-badoom-boom of her "Super Bass", making the list's top 20 Nicki Minaj |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $1600: No. 3 was this Temptations classic about a lover, "immediately recognizable from the opening bass line" "My Girl" |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $2000: At No. 5, this 2005 Kelly Clarkson Grammy winner, "the 21st century's greatest contribution to the pop canon so far" "Since U Been Gone" |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | FORTUNE 500 FORTUNES $200: Despite lackluster sales of the Chevy Bolt, this company had a 2020 value of more than $35 billion General Motors |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | FORTUNE 500 FORTUNES $400: Sales of these, 55% of Apple's total sales, fell 14% in 2019; never fear, the company's still worth $2 trillion iPhones |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | FORTUNE 500 FORTUNES $600: O say can you see the $121 billion in revenue of this for-profit health federation that operates Blue Cross & Blue Shield Anthem |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | FORTUNE 500 FORTUNES $800: This home improvement retailer with a possessive name is valued in excess of $110 billion Lowe's |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | FORTUNE 500 FORTUNES $1000: This petroleum company abbreviated VLO is VLO'd at more than $22 billion Valero |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | THAT'S SO 500 YEARS AGO! $400: On Sept. 20, 1519 this Portuguese captain led his 5-ship fleet towards South America without even using GPS! Magellan |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | THAT'S SO 500 YEARS AGO! $800: To protect inventors & their works, in 1474 the senate of this Italian maritime republic enacted the first patent law Venice |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | THAT'S SO 500 YEARS AGO! $1200: As recorded by monks from 1485 to 1507, the leading cause of death for them was this disease of the lungs; plague was third tuberculosis |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | THAT'S SO 500 YEARS AGO! $2000: The biggest artillery of the period may have been the great cannon that fired at this city during the 1453 siege Constantinople |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | THAT'S SO 500 YEARS AGO! $6,000 (Daily Double): One of the largest religious complexes ever built, this temple dedicated to Vishnu was mostly abandoned by 1431 Angkor Wat |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | DAYTONA 500 GRAND MARSHALS $200: 2017 Grand Marshal Owen Wilson is the voice of this "Cars" car Lightning McQueen |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | DAYTONA 500 GRAND MARSHALS $400: This man of few words is the only Supreme Court justice on the list Clarence Thomas |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | DAYTONA 500 GRAND MARSHALS $600: In 2019, 5 years after recording 20.5 sacks & even 3 offensive TDs for the Houston Texans, this D.E. got his grand marshal on J.J. Watt |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | DAYTONA 500 GRAND MARSHALS $800: Alabama's governor & a presidential candidate in the '70s, he got the honor twice in the decade George Wallace |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | DAYTONA 500 GRAND MARSHALS $1000: He did some slick driving in "Gone in 60 Seconds", perhaps qualifying him as the 2007 grand marshal Nicolas Cage |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | INDY 500 $200: In 1992, five years after his father won, this junior guy, Little Al, won the race by its closest margin, less than a car length Al Unser Jr. |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | INDY 500 $400: The first woman to lead a lap in the race was the 2005 Rookie of the Year, this driver (Danica) Patrick |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | INDY 500 $600: After a scary 2017 crash, both men walked away, thanks in part to the HANS device; the acronym HANS refers to these two body parts head and neck |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | INDY 500 $800: This nickname for the Speedway comes from the material on the track; most of it has been covered over the Brickyard |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | INDY 500 $1000: These famous four words that open the race were amended when Janet Guthrie became the first woman Indy driver Gentlemen, start your engines |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY $200: In 2014 this retailer beat Exxon Mobil for the second year in a row to claim the top spot Walmart |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY $400: In 2015 this company that uses plenty of tomatoes planned a $45 billion merger with Kraft Heinz |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY $600: Fortune noted this co. "expects to spend $1.7 bil. to cover the cost of its record-setting number of recalls so far in 2014" GM |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY $1,000 (Daily Double): A membership fee bump helped this co. move up the food chain in 2013, hitting $100 billion in sales for the first time Costco |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY $1000: Oh, this bank's wagon was loaded up in 2013 with $21.9 billion in profits Wells Fargo |
| #7058, aired 2015-04-29 | 500 $200: An ancient Roman would write 500 with this letter D |
| #7058, aired 2015-04-29 | 500 $400: On July 12, 2013 this Ira Glass show celebrated its 500th episode This American Life |
| #7058, aired 2015-04-29 | 500 $600: In this library system, 500 is natural sciences & mathematics the Dewey decimal system |
| #7058, aired 2015-04-29 | 500 $800: Popularized in the movie "Breaking Away", the Little 500 is a collegiate race of these transports bicycles |
| #7058, aired 2015-04-29 | 500 $1000: The S&P of the S&P 500 index stands for this; half of it sounds like something a businessman tries to avoid Standard & Poor's |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | FORTUNE 500 THROUGH THE DECADES $200: On the first list, in 1955, this word followed "U.S.", "Bethlehem" & "Republic" in the top 30 Steel |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | FORTUNE 500 THROUGH THE DECADES $400: 1984 was a bad year for Union Carbide but good for this other chemical company, No. 7 DuPont |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | FORTUNE 500 THROUGH THE DECADES $600: In 1974 it was "Good Times" for this network, the top media company at No. 14 CBS |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | FORTUNE 500 THROUGH THE DECADES $800: In 1964 the top 10 had 4 oil companies, including this one named for a body of water Gulf |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | FORTUNE 500 THROUGH THE DECADES $1000: In 2004, busy cash registers at this retailer made it No. 1 Walmart |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 $200: This school's boilermaker band has been part of the pre-race ceremonies since 1919 Purdue |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 $400: The tradition of drinking this in victory lane after the race was begun by Louis Meyer after his 3rd win in 1936 milk |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 $600: This Texan known by his initials holds the record for most Indy 500 starts with 35, 1958-1992 (A.J.) Foyt |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 $800: This nickname for the garage area, originally the fuel depot, was possibly inspired by a comic strip of the same name Gasoline Alley |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 $1000: Now tragically deceased, this British racer won in 2011, the 100th anniversary of the Indy 500 Dan Wheldon |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | THE 2011 FORTUNE 500 $200: "And like a good neighbor", this co. is there at No. 37, "taking an active stance against texting while driving" State Farm |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | THE 2011 FORTUNE 500 $400: Fannie Mae, No. 5, was delisted by the NYSE; this company, No. 20, got "$64 billion in... bailout money" Freddie Mac |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | THE 2011 FORTUNE 500 $600: "Bailed out and buffed up", this car co., No. 8, "emerged from bankruptcy with a $20 billion public offering" GM |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | THE 2011 FORTUNE 500 $800: No. 36, this co. got "a $30 billion contract to supply refueling aircraft to the Air Force, beating European rival Airbus" Boeing |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | THE 2011 FORTUNE 500 $1000: Checking out at No. 28, "88% of" this wholesaler's "customers renew their annual memberships" Costco |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | THE FORTUNE 500 $200: The largest entertainment company on the list, at No. 57, is this one that owns both ABC & ESPN Disney |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | THE FORTUNE 500 $400: Despite a 57% drop in profits last year, this oil company, No. 2, is still the most profitable co. on the list Exxon Mobil |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | THE FORTUNE 500 $600: Kaplan, an education subsidiary of this "capital" media co., helped put it back on the list after a 16-year absence The Washington Post |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | THE FORTUNE 500 $800: Perhaps reflecting the bust, for the first time in 15 yrs., no cos, from this industry; last year the list had Centex & Pulte building |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | THE FORTUNE 500 $1000: The first female African-American Fortune 500 CEO is Ursula Burns of this document technology giant Xerox |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | THE FORTUNE 500 $200: No. 242 on the list, this insurance co.'s $99.3 billion loss made it Fortune's biggest loser ever AIG |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | THE FORTUNE 500 $400: Since the Fortune 500 list began in 1955, only Exxon, Wal-Mart & this now-troubled auto co. have held the top spot GM (General Motors) |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | THE FORTUNE 500 $600: Fortune's "Most Likely to Succeed" was this Internet search site at No. 119 with 35 different "buy" ratings Google |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | THE FORTUNE 500 $800: With 14,000 videos, the most watched Fortune 500 CEO on YouTube was this bespectacled chairman of the No. 35 company Bill Gates |
| #5686, aired 2009-05-04 | THE FORTUNE 500 $1000: At No. 9, this printer-heavy co. from Palo Alto had the biggest payroll bump after acquiring 149,000 EDS workers HP |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | THE 2005 FORTUNE 500 $400: This Redmond, Washington mega-corporation clicked in at 48, one spot ahead of Intel Microsoft |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | THE 2005 FORTUNE 500 $800: "Nobody doesn't like" this Chicago-based food co., No. 111, but we don't not prefer to use proper grammar, too Sara Lee |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | THE 2005 FORTUNE 500 $1200: Ken Jennings should be well aware this accounting firm founded by 2 brothers landed at 467 H&R Block |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | THE 2005 FORTUNE 500 $1600: Let's see, I need 127 gallons of OJ, 5,050 rolls of paper towels & 4 computers... I'm off to this company, No. 28 Costco |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | THE 2005 FORTUNE 500 $2000: It may be a "Wild Kingdom" out there, but at 491, this corporation isn't afraid to insure it Mutual of Omaha |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | THE 2004 FORTUNE 500 $200: Barry Manilow performed the jingle "Like a good neighbor" this insurance co., No. 19, "is there" State Farm |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | THE 2004 FORTUNE 500 $400: This Bentonville, Arkansas chain checked in (or is that out?) at No. 1 Wal-Mart |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | THE 2004 FORTUNE 500 $600: This Round Rock, Texas computer maker was No. 28, up 3 spots from 2003 Dell |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | THE 2004 FORTUNE 500 $800: No. 25, it's odd to see this company is now based in Chicago & not Seattle Boeing |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | THE 2004 FORTUNE 500 $1000: On Aug. 3, 2005 "A" shares of this Omaha-based co., No. 12, were trading at a mere $83,490 a pop Berkshire Hathaway |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | ROLLING STONE'S 500 GREATEST SONGS $400: We wonder "how does it feel" for him to be on his own with the No. 1 song "Like A Rolling Stone" Bob Dylan |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | ROLLING STONE'S 500 GREATEST SONGS $800: In the '60s Little Eva had to make up a dance to go along with this song, No. 350 "The Loco-Motion" |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | ROLLING STONE'S 500 GREATEST SONGS $1200: The most recent song on the list, at No. 180, is this duo's "Hey Ya!" OutKast |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | ROLLING STONE'S 500 GREATEST SONGS $2,000 (Daily Double): No. 89 is this 1966 hit that John Phillips came up with on a cold winter's night in Manhattan "California Dreamin'" |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | ROLLING STONE'S 500 GREATEST SONGS $2000: And finally... their 1976 hit with "More Than A Feeling" just made the list at No. 500 Boston |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | THE INDY 500 $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew rides up in an Indy car at the Indianapolis Speedway.) Paved with 3.2 million bricks in 1909, the Indianapolis Speedway has had this nickname ever since "The Brickyard" |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | THE INDY 500 $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from inside a car at the Indianapolis Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.) A 1911 Stoddard-Dayton was one of the first of these cars that lead others around the track but don't race a pace car |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | THE INDY 500 $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Indianapolis Speedway.) The tradition of Indy 500 winners drinking this nonalcoholic beverage in victory lane began with 1936 winner Louis Meyer milk |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | THE INDY 500 $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Indianapolis Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.) Behind the wheels of these cars, this driver, known by his initials, became the first 4-time winner of the Indy 500 A.J. Foyt |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | THE INDY 500 $1000: (Sofia reports from the Indianapolis Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.) It was hard keeping up with this 1963 Indy 500 winner, the first driver to turn an official lap here at over 150 miles per hour Parnelli Jones |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | THE FORTUNE 500 $200: 1 of the 2 manufacturing companies classified under "Toys" in the 500 1 of (Mattel and Hasbro) |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | THE FORTUNE 500 $400: It's a shoe-in as the top apparel company on the list Nike |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | THE FORTUNE 500 $600: Once No. 7 on the list, this energy company's stock was downgraded to junk bond status in late 2001 Enron |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | THE FORTUNE 500 $800: AMR & UAL are the top 2 companies in this industry airline |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | THE FORTUNE 500 $1000: The top food services company, it has twice the revenues of No. 2, Tricon Global Restaurants McDonald's |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES $100: A lot of investors are stuck on this company that markets Acuvue & baby shampoo Johnson & Johnson |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES $200: Fall into this retailer that also operates the Banana Republic & Old Navy stores The Gap |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES $400: In 1999 the Class A stock of this company headed by Warren Buffett reached a 52-week high of $81,000 a share Berkshire Hathaway |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES $500: Here's to your health & here's to this insurance group, whose service mark is seen here CIGNA |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES $800 (Daily Double): This Dallas-based maker of semiconductors got its start in the 1930s as an oil exploration company Texas Instruments |
| #3180, aired 1998-05-29 | INDY 500 FLAGS $100: It means one lap left, not truce White flag |
| #3180, aired 1998-05-29 | INDY 500 FLAGS $200: A red flag is a sure sign to do this Stop |
| #3180, aired 1998-05-29 | INDY 500 FLAGS $300: A flag of this color doesn't tell the drivers to play chicken, it's just a caution flag Yellow |
| #3180, aired 1998-05-29 | INDY 500 FLAGS $400: Get this flag & you have finished the race Checkered flag |
| #3180, aired 1998-05-29 | INDY 500 FLAGS $500: When waved, a flag of this color lets you begin mile 1 Green flag |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | 500 YEARS AGO $200: Louis XII became its king & was soon known as the "Father of His People" due to legal reforms France |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | 500 YEARS AGO $400: In 1498 Michelangelo began this statue of Mary holding the body of Christ; he finished it in 1500 "Pieta" |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | 500 YEARS AGO $600: On Columbus' third voyage, he made his first landing on this island that he named for the Holy Trinity Trinidad |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | 500 YEARS AGO $800: On May 20, 1498 this Portuguese navigator reached Calicut on the Malibar coast of India Vasco da Gama |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | 500 YEARS AGO $1,000 (Daily Double): On Sept. 16, 1498 this Grand Inquisitor of Spain, who burned about 2,000 at the stake, died at Castile Tomas de Torquemada |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | THE 1994 FORTUNE 500 $100: First on the list of sales is this Detroit company; it's also first in number of employees General Motors |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | THE 1994 FORTUNE 500 $200: The top apparel company on the list in sales, it came in at No. 90, which is much better than No. 501 Levi's (Levi Strauss) |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | THE 1994 FORTUNE 500 $300: Number 4 in overall sales, it might not compute that it was also the biggest money loser IBM |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | THE 1994 FORTUNE 500 $400: Fisher-Price was missing from the 1994 list because it's now part of this toy company Mattel |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | THE 1994 FORTUNE 500 $500: Of the 4 companies under "Q" in the index, these 2 have Quaker in their names Quaker Oats & Quaker State oil |
