#9269, aired 2025-02-13 | POP CULTURE JEOPARDY! $400: During the 2024 Olympics, Stephen Nedoroscik took off his glasses & helped clinch a bronze for his gymnastics team during this event pommel horse |
#9269, aired 2025-02-13 | POP CULTURE JEOPARDY! $800: Gloria Hallelujah Woods is the government name of this Memphis rapper who spits bars on hits like "Yeah Glo!" & "TGIF" GloRilla |
#9269, aired 2025-02-13 | POP CULTURE JEOPARDY! $1200: CHD for short, this podcast hosted by Alex Cooper was bought by SiriusXM for $125 million Call Her Daddy |
#9269, aired 2025-02-13 | POP CULTURE JEOPARDY! $1600: She was the mother on "How I Met Your Mother" & the daughter of Carmine Falcone on the HBO show "The Penguin" (Cristin) Milioti |
#9269, aired 2025-02-13 | POP CULTURE JEOPARDY! $2000: Joshua Jackson & Phillipa Soo star in this ABC medical drama aboard a luxury cruise ship with a mythic name Doctor Odyssey |
#9264, aired 2025-02-06 | KIND OF BLUE POP CULTURE $200: This team flies the coop from Rogers Centre for spring training at TD Ballpark in Florida the Blue Jays |
#9264, aired 2025-02-06 | KIND OF BLUE POP CULTURE $400: In this frat comedy, Will Ferrell sings a riveting rendition of "Dust In The Wind" at the funeral of his pal Blue Old School |
#9264, aired 2025-02-06 | KIND OF BLUE POP CULTURE $600: From 1996 to 2002 Steve Burns hosted this children's show, solving puzzles with a pup Blue's Clues |
#9264, aired 2025-02-06 | KIND OF BLUE POP CULTURE $800: James Cameron said he chose blue for this alien species because "green was taken" the Na'vi |
#9264, aired 2025-02-06 | KIND OF BLUE POP CULTURE $1000: "Hollywood Sadcore" has been used to describe this artist, as well as her music video for "Blue Jeans" Lana Del Rey |
#9257, aired 2025-01-28 | POP MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $200: Almost ____
By The Dashboard Light Paradise |
#9257, aired 2025-01-28 | POP MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $400: A country mash-up: Should've Been
A ____
Take Me Away Cowboy |
#9257, aired 2025-01-28 | POP MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $600: Truth ____
So Good Hurts |
#9257, aired 2025-01-28 | POP MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $800: Tell It To ____ ____ Will Go On My Heart |
#9257, aired 2025-01-28 | POP MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $1000: Shut up And ____
The Night Away Dance |
#9248, aired 2025-01-15 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $200: This actress said, "In the first Harry Potter film, if you watch carefully in some scenes, you can see me mouthing Harry & Ron's lines" Emma Watson |
#9248, aired 2025-01-15 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $400: In 2024, he led the American League with 58 homers & 144 RBIs; our verdict--guilty, of being very good at his job Aaron Judge |
#9248, aired 2025-01-15 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $600 (Daily Double): In 2024 she made news by using her voice to question OpenAI's practices after a new ChatGPT voice sounded an awful lot like her Scarlett Johansson |
#9248, aired 2025-01-15 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $600: Oh, doctor! When it comes to "The Hangover", he's Mr. Chow, that's his name, that name again is Mr. Chow Ken Jeong |
#9248, aired 2025-01-15 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $800: 2 differing Hot 100 tunes in Oct. 2024: Tate McRae's "It's OK I'm OK" & "I Am Not Okay" by this singer with a sponge cake name Jelly Roll |
#9230, aired 2024-12-20 | POP CULTURE PHYSICS $400: Episodes of this physicist-heavy show included "The Septum Deviation" & "The Skank Reflex Analysis" The Big Bang Theory |
#9230, aired 2024-12-20 | POP CULTURE PHYSICS $800: This film character says that as a kid, he wished he could mix physics with New Mexico, for then his life would be perfect Oppenheimer |
#9230, aired 2024-12-20 | POP CULTURE PHYSICS $1200: As Sheriff Hopper on "Stranger Things" he finds science can't explain everything like it did when he worked in physics on TV's "Manhattan" David Harbour |
#9230, aired 2024-12-20 | POP CULTURE PHYSICS $1600: Jane Foster likens the Asgardian Bifrost to an Einstein-Rosen Bridge, but Thor says it's more like this kind of bridge a Rainbow Bridge |
#9230, aired 2024-12-20 | POP CULTURE PHYSICS $2000: On "Deep Space Nine" the prophets hung out in the Bajoran this that connected the Alpha & Gamma Quadrants a Wormhole |
#9222, aired 2024-12-10 | LIFE IMITATES POP CULTURE $200: This show correctly predicts the future: a 2000 episode shows a grown-up Lisa as U.S. president; her predecessor: Donald Trump The Simpsons |
#9222, aired 2024-12-10 | LIFE IMITATES POP CULTURE $400: NASA's countdown before a rocket launch can be traced to a 1929 silent German film called "Frau im Mond", "Woman in" this the Moon |
#9222, aired 2024-12-10 | LIFE IMITATES POP CULTURE $600: It wasn't called fake news yet when this 1997 film had a spin doctor creating a war to distract from a presidential sex scandal Wag the Dog |
#9222, aired 2024-12-10 | LIFE IMITATES POP CULTURE $800: Playing Achilles in the movie "Troy", this actor managed to injure his, yep, you guessed it, Achilles tendon Brad Pitt |
#9222, aired 2024-12-10 | LIFE IMITATES POP CULTURE $1000: (Lisa Ann Walter presents the clue.) Talk about life imitating art: after nannying identical twins played by Lindsay Lohan in this 1998 film, I had real-life identical twins & they even share the characters' birthday The Parent Trap |
#9196, aired 2024-11-04 | HER FIRST NO. 1 POP HIT $200: 2006:
"Hips Don't Lie" Shakira |
#9196, aired 2024-11-04 | HER FIRST NO. 1 POP HIT $400: 2008:
"I Kissed A Girl" (& she liked it) Katy Perry |
#9196, aired 2024-11-04 | HER FIRST NO. 1 POP HIT $600: 1985:
"Saving All My Love For You" Whitney Houston |
#9196, aired 2024-11-04 | HER FIRST NO. 1 POP HIT $800: 1989:
"Straight Up" Paula Abdul |
#9196, aired 2024-11-04 | HER FIRST NO. 1 POP HIT $1000: 1989:
"Wind Beneath My Wings" Bette Midler |
#9187, aired 2024-10-22 | POP STARS $400: This singer has said "No Body But Yours" to wives Miranda Lambert & Gwen Stefani Blake Shelton |
#9187, aired 2024-10-22 | POP STARS $800: Since her 2022 diagnosis, this Canadian singer has opened up about her battle with stiff person syndrome Celine Dion |
#9187, aired 2024-10-22 | POP STARS $1200: This singer/rapper's "Old Town Road" used a sample from Nine Inch Nails' "34 Ghosts IV" Lil Nas X |
#9187, aired 2024-10-22 | POP STARS $1600: Leroi Moore, Boyd Tinsley, Carter Beauford & Stefan Lessard, his "Band", are 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Dave Matthews |
#9187, aired 2024-10-22 | POP STARS $2000: "Snow Angel" is the debut album of this woman, who left TV's "The Sex Lives of College Girls" to focus on being a pop star Reneé Rapp |
#9186, aired 2024-10-21 | ROCK & POP FIRSTS $400: She deserves a lot of R-E-S-P-E-C-T for being the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, back in 1987 Aretha Franklin |
#9186, aired 2024-10-21 | ROCK & POP FIRSTS $800: In 1998 this Cher song became the first hit record to use auto-tune to distort the music "Believe" |
#9186, aired 2024-10-21 | ROCK & POP FIRSTS $1200: The first pop song featuring a sitar was this 1965 Beatles tune that begins, "I once had a girl, or should I say she once had me" "Norwegian Wood" |
#9186, aired 2024-10-21 | ROCK & POP FIRSTS $1600: In 1987 Los Lobos took this Ritchie Valens hit to No. 1, the first Spanish language song to top the Hot 100 chart "La Bamba" |
#9186, aired 2024-10-21 | ROCK & POP FIRSTS $2000: In 1957, they became the first rock & roll duo to have a No. 1 hit with "Wake Up Little Susie" The Everly Brothers |
#9156, aired 2024-09-09 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $200: Tawny Newsome got animated & boldly went on the "Lower Decks" of this long-running sci-fi franchise as Beckett Mariner Star Trek |
#9156, aired 2024-09-09 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $400: There's a fungus among us, & as Ellie, Bella Ramsey has to deal with it in many, many horrific ways on this HBO drama The Last of Us |
#9156, aired 2024-09-09 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $600: An escaped convict named Stagg R. Leigh writes "My Pafology" (or does he?) in this 2023 Jeffrey Wright film American Fiction |
#9156, aired 2024-09-09 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $800: In this 1998 film Jane Kaczmarek was Tobey Maguire's mom in color; Joan Allen was his mom in black & white Pleasantville |
#9156, aired 2024-09-09 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $1000: He took us to church & No. 2 on the Hot 100 in 2014, & in 2024, this one-named Irish singer went one slot higher with "Too Sweet" Hozier |
#9149, aired 2024-07-18 | POP CULTURE GRAB BAG $400: A team of 4 created this 2009 physics-based Rovio game in which you adjust the trajectory of a slingshot; how addictive! Angry Birds |
#9149, aired 2024-07-18 | POP CULTURE GRAB BAG $800: "Atomic Shakespeare" & "Maddie Hayes Got Married" were episodes of this 1980s TV series Moonlighting |
#9149, aired 2024-07-18 | POP CULTURE GRAB BAG $1200: This 2020 Switch game from Nintendo was subtitled "New Horizons" Animal Crossing |
#9149, aired 2024-07-18 | POP CULTURE GRAB BAG $1600: Sam Esmail created this TV drama about a computer programmer by day who's a hacker in his off hours Mr. Robot |
#9149, aired 2024-07-18 | POP CULTURE GRAB BAG $2000: It was fire on ice when D.B. Sweeney & Moira Kelly paired up in this 1992 film, the ultimate love-skate relationship The Cutting Edge |
#9140, aired 2024-07-05 | POP MUSIC $200: Learning that her ex had become engaged to another woman inspired her to write "Someone Like You", a No.1 hit in 2011 Adele |
#9140, aired 2024-07-05 | POP MUSIC $400: This duo's albums include "Sounds of Silence" & "The Concert in Central Park" Simon and Garfunkel |
#9140, aired 2024-07-05 | POP MUSIC $600: Gospel singer Merry Clayton sang, "Rape, murder, it's just a shot away" on this Rolling Stones song that reflected the unrest of 1969 "Gimme Shelter" |
#9140, aired 2024-07-05 | POP MUSIC $800: "Might Delete Later" is a 2024 mixtape from this rapper, first name Jermaine J. Cole |
#9140, aired 2024-07-05 | POP MUSIC $1000: "Creep" was a single from "CrazySexyCool", a 1994 album by this trio TLC |
#9118, aired 2024-06-05 | POP MUSIC $200: In 2023, she spilled her guts on her second album Rodrigo |
#9118, aired 2024-06-05 | POP MUSIC $400: Lady Gaga reveals in this song, "I wanna hold 'em like they do in Texas, please (woo)" "Poker Face" |
#9118, aired 2024-06-05 | POP MUSIC $600: This British band played "Music Of The Spheres" on a concert tour with that name Coldplay |
#9118, aired 2024-06-05 | POP MUSIC $800: This duo's video for "Hey Ya!" features Andre 3000 playing all of the members of a fictional band OutKast |
#9118, aired 2024-06-05 | POP MUSIC $1000: This Katy Perry song mentions "the taste of her cherry chapstick" "I Kissed A Girl" |
#31, aired 2024-05-15 | POP CULTURE CREATIONS $200: "SCTV" alum John
+
a song by the Miracles
- "Around"
=
this 50 Cent title "Candy Shop" |
#31, aired 2024-05-15 | POP CULTURE CREATIONS $400: Drake's real first name
+
IRL New York "Hotel" in "Home Alone 2"
=
this actress Aubrey Plaza |
#31, aired 2024-05-15 | POP CULTURE CREATIONS $600: An anatomical exhibition in Vegas
x 3
=
this 2022 film with Pete Davidson Bodies Bodies Bodies |
#31, aired 2024-05-15 | POP CULTURE CREATIONS $800: "Superfly" singer Mayfield
+
"MMMBop" band
=
this "8 Mile" director Curtis Hanson |
#31, aired 2024-05-15 | POP CULTURE CREATIONS $1000: Title of a Gene Kelly film
- "rain" +
a "Psycho" death location =
this line from a hit 2014 Becky G song singin' in the shower |
#9099, aired 2024-05-09 | POP CULTURE LICENSE PLATES $400: The license plate ECTO-1 appears in movies featuring this title team the Ghostbusters |
#9099, aired 2024-05-09 | POP CULTURE LICENSE PLATES $800: In a TV theme song, Will Smith raps that he "whistled for a cab &, when it came near, the license plate said" this Fresh |
#9099, aired 2024-05-09 | POP CULTURE LICENSE PLATES $1200: In the 1996 live-action version of this animated film, the villain drives a car with the license plate "DEV IL" 101 Dalmatians |
#9099, aired 2024-05-09 | POP CULTURE LICENSE PLATES $1600: The opening credits of this TV series give a glimpse of the New Mexico license plate of "LWYRUP" Better Call Saul |
#9099, aired 2024-05-09 | POP CULTURE LICENSE PLATES $2000: The 1991 Emmy for Best Drama went to this legal series whose title, a total of 5 letters, is on a license plate in the show's opening L.A. Law |
#9097, aired 2024-05-07 | POP MUSIC $1200: In "The Queens Remix" of this song, Beyoncé mashed up Madonna's "Vogue", updating the rap to honor Black icons "Break My Soul" |
#9097, aired 2024-05-07 | POP MUSIC $1600: "Is This It?", the 2001 debut album from these New Yorkers, included "Last Nite" The Strokes |
#9097, aired 2024-05-07 | POP MUSIC $2000: (Legendary songwriter Diane Warren presents the clue.) You might not remember the film "Mannequin", but I hope you remember my song from it that says, "And we can build this dream together standing strong forever", this 5-word title "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" |
#9090, aired 2024-04-26 | POP CULTURE INITIALS $400: Founded in 1972 by Time Inc., the company known by these 3 letters set cable on fire with "The Sopranos" & "Sex & the City" HBO |
#9090, aired 2024-04-26 | POP CULTURE INITIALS $800: Playing himself in "J.C.V.D.", this international superstar kicked around in Belgium Jean-Claude Van Damme |
#9090, aired 2024-04-26 | POP CULTURE INITIALS $1200: The initials in the movie & TV title "M*A*S*H" stood for this, where they worked Mobile Army Surgical Hospital |
#9090, aired 2024-04-26 | POP CULTURE INITIALS $1600: It's faster to say these 3 letters than Maya Arulpragasam, whose stage name honors a cousin who disappeared M.I.A. |
#9090, aired 2024-04-26 | POP CULTURE INITIALS $2000: Ryan Reynolds & Jeff Bridges starred in this film, playing lawmen dispensing justice from beyond the grave R.I.P.D. |
#9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $400: These twin TV actresses & entrepreneurs were born June 13, 1986 Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen |
#9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $800: They set the film "A Serious Man" in their native Minnesota the Coen brothers |
#9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $1200: The Duffer brothers created this TV series that debuted in 2016 Stranger Things |
#9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $1600: In a 2001 film, these siblings played siblings Elizabeth & Donnie Darko Jake & Maggie Gyllenhaal |
#9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $2000: Sid & Marty Krofft produced '70s Saturday morning TV like "H.R. Pufnstuf" & this one where a family ends up in a time with dinosaurs Land of the Lost |
#9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $200: "I love Paris in the spring time", says one of the classic songs by this American composer Cole Porter |
#9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $400: The only movie to pair Fred Astaire & Judy Garland is this holiday classic Easter Parade |
#9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $600: Charles Melton represents the first month in the title of this 2023 film that also stars Natalie Portman & Julianne Moore May December |
#9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $800: Asked to describe a perfect date, a pageant contestant in this film says, "April 25 because it's not too hot, not too cold" Miss Congeniality |
#9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $1000: Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater won Tonys for the score of this musical about 19th century students Spring Awakening |
#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $200: In the preface to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" we learn that these calming words are on the front of the reference book don't panic |
#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $400: Cordell Broadus, son of this rapper who, like us, asked "Who am I?", was a WR for UCLA & became a streetwear fashion designer Snoop Dogg |
#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $400: This catchphrase of Ed McMahon was uttered with creepy efficiency in "The Shining" Here's Johnny |
#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $600: Barney on "How I Met Your Mother" often implored his friends with this command that superheroes might receive suit up |
#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $800: Willow Smith, daughter of Will, hit the Top 40 by doing this title quite repeatedly, "back & forth" "Whip My Hair" |
#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $800: This memorable 1997 Apple ad campaign notably didn't end with a "-ly" Think Different |
#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $1000: Written by Sia, this Shakira song from "Zootopia" can be heard in commercials for Disney World "Try Everything" |
#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $1200: Kanye's 10-year-old daughter, she raps on her dad's 2024 track "Talking/Once Again" North West |
#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $1600: This Compton rapper died in 1995, but his son Lil this is carrying on the hip-hop name Eazy-E |
#9069, aired 2024-03-28 | HIP-POP $2000: Hip-hop artist Chris Rivers is the son of this "Big" guy born Christopher Rios, the first Latino solo rapper to go platinum Big Pun |
#9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $200: Super Mario Bros. has Mario & Luigi trying to rescue her; she used to be called Princess Toadstool in the United States Princess Peach |
#9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $400: She was actually adopted into the royal family of Alderaan, raised by Senator Bail Organa & his wife, the queen of Alderaan Princess Leia |
#9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $600: In the "Shrek" films she voices Princess Fiona Diaz |
#9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $800: In "The Princess Diaries", Mia Thermopolis finds out that she is the crown princess of this (fictional) country Genovia |
#9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $1000: In a 1953 film she played a princess who takes a "Roman Holiday" from her royal duties Audrey Hepburn |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $400: Stuff the Magic Dragon is the name of the mascot for the NBA team that plays home games in this city Orlando |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $800: After killing the ender dragon in this "blockbuster" video game, players receive a dragon egg as a trophy Minecraft |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $1200: "Where Dragons Dwell" is a swell song from this band that took its name from the Japanese word for Godzilla Gojira |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $1600: In a series of books by Cressida Cowell, this son of Stoick the Vast can speak Dragonese & learns to train a dragon Hiccup |
#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $3,000 (Daily Double): Falkor the white luck dragon helps Atreyu in this epic fantasy film from Wolfgang Petersen The NeverEnding Story |
#9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POP $400: She teamed up with dad Billy Ray to sing "I Learned From You" Miley Cyrus |
#9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POP $800: Saying "family over everything", this NBA star said he'd skip an NBA game to watch his son Bronny debut at USC in 2023 LeBron James |
#9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POP $1200: Trying to get back to his daughter, Nic Cage as Cameron Poe picks up no frequent flier miles in this 1997 flick Con Air |
#9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POP $1600: This main character of the God of War video game franchise has issues with his dad, Zeus, who hasn't done right by his mom, Callisto Kratos |
#9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POP $2000: He took over from his father Ivan in directing the "Ghostbusters" film franchise Jason Reitman |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP MUSIC $200: She sorts her songs based on the pens used to write them: fountain, quill or glitter gel; "You Need To Calm Down" is glitter gel Taylor Swift |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $400: This icon, the focus of a blockbuster film & a Mattel mainstay, made it onto Forbes' list of the most powerful women of 2023 Barbie |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP MUSIC $400: We are rabbit fans of this performer born Benito Martinez Ocasio in Puerto Rico in 1994 Bad Bunny |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP MUSIC $600: Of course fireworks burst across the sky-y-y in her video for "Firework" Katy Perry |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $800: He briefly played in the minors in Baltimore before the Red Sox & his 1914 rookie card recently sold for more than $7 million Babe Ruth |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP MUSIC $800: She's named in honor of her grandfather William; the rest of her name is Pirate Baird O'Connell Billie Eilish |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP MUSIC $1000: This rapper, is like, totally from the San Fernando Valley Doja Cat |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $1200: In 2009 it was revealed that Joy is the first name of this pancake syrup spokescharacter Mrs. Butterworth |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $1600: The leg warmers may be gone but 50 years after Judi Sheppard Missett founded this dance & fitness franchise, it's still going strong Jazzercise |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $2000: Miyawaki is the last name of the "Your Best American Girl" indie rock goddess who goes by this single name Mitski |
#9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $200: In 1966 The Royal Guardsmen set the scene "in the clear blue skies over Germany" for a song titled "Snoopy Vs." this guy the Red Baron |
#9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $400: "Red vs. Blue" are 2 armies in an animated series that's an offshoot of this "angelic" video game franchise Halo |
#9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $600: On this series, Casey Webb travels the country, taking on eating challenges like a 4-pound Reuben or a gallon-sized sundae Man v. Food |
#9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $800: In an Edgar Wright film, this title slacker vies with Ramona Flowers' 7 evil exes, as well as "the World" Scott Pilgrim |
#9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $1000: In "The People vs." this man, Woody Harrelson says, "I'm your dream client. I'm the most fun, I'm rich, & I'm always in trouble" Larry Flynt |
#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" |
#9024, aired 2024-01-25 | QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS $200: Poison sang, "Every rose has its" this, but "smooth touch" varieties do exist thorn |
#9024, aired 2024-01-25 | QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS $400: In "It's Hot (Some Like It Hot)", Jay-Z gets it wrong with the lyric "thirty-eight revolve like a sun 'round" this Earth |
#9024, aired 2024-01-25 | QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS $600: Their 1977 song "Dreams" claims, "thunder only happens when it's raining"; that's not always the case Fleetwood Mac |
#9024, aired 2024-01-25 | QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS $800: This group's "Speed Of Sound" says, "Planets are moving at the speed of light"; even hyper-velocity planets aren't that fast Coldplay |
#9024, aired 2024-01-25 | QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS $1000: We're not sure how Adele pulled off this title trick in a 2011 song, but she definitely wanted to "let it burn" "Set Fire To The Rain" |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $400: Her "My Heart Will Go On" went on the Billboard charts in February 1998 & stayed on for another 20 weeks (Celine) Dion |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $800: His "Blinding Lights" was Billboard's No. 1 song of 2020 The Weeknd |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $1200: In the 1970s 2 different songs called "Best Of My Love" topped the charts, one by The Emotions & one by this group the Eagles |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $1600: "You cut me open, and I" keep doing this, sang Leona Lewis in a 2008 hit bleeding love |
#9016, aired 2024-01-15 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $2000: "A Taste Of Honey" & "Zorba the Greek" were 2 of many '60s pop hits for this trumpeter & The Tijuana Brass (Herb) Alpert |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $400: A new kind of hero, she made her cover debut in "Sensation Comics" in 1942 Wonder Woman |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $800: One of the hottest toys of the late '90s was a plush, red Tickle Me him Elmo |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1200: It was party time with the introduction of these plastic storage containers, the lids inspired by those of a paint can Tupperware |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1600: In 1923, more than 30 years before the talking one, Cecil B. DeMille directed a silent version of this biblical epic The Ten Commandments |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $2000: Seen here are twins Pauline & Esther Friedman who doled out advice under the names Abigail Van Buren, aka Dear Abby, & her Ann Landers |
#9008, aired 2024-01-03 | WILLIAM BLAKE IN POP CULTURE $400: The title of this band's album, "Songs of Innocence", references a Blake poetry collection U2 |
#9008, aired 2024-01-03 | WILLIAM BLAKE IN POP CULTURE $800: The name of this band fronted by Jim Morrison comes from a Blake passage via Aldous Huxley The Doors |
#9008, aired 2024-01-03 | WILLIAM BLAKE IN POP CULTURE $1200: Replicant Roy Batty adapts a passage from Blake's book "America, a Prophecy" in this futuristic film set in 2019 Los Angeles Blade Runner |
#9008, aired 2024-01-03 | WILLIAM BLAKE IN POP CULTURE $1600: A chapter that follows Rorschach in this graphic novel draws inspiration from William Blake's poem "The Tyger" the Watchmen |
#9008, aired 2024-01-03 | WILLIAM BLAKE IN POP CULTURE $2000: Francis Dolarhyde is obsessed with a Blake painting in "Red Dragon" by this author Thomas Harris |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | ELEMENTARY POP CULTURE $100: It's the title of a Black Sabbath song, or, a Robert Downey Jr. movie "Iron Man" |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | ELEMENTARY POP CULTURE $200: Superman was born on this planet named after one of the noble gases Krypton |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | ELEMENTARY POP CULTURE $300: This HBO comedy series set in Northern California used former Facebook & Twitter executives as consultants Silicon Valley |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | ELEMENTARY POP CULTURE $400: In Disney's "The Fox and the Hound", the fox is named Tod, while the hound shares his name with this reddish metal copper |
#23, aired 2024-01-02 | ELEMENTARY POP CULTURE $500: This toxic element is paired with "Old Lace" in the title of a 1944 movie starring Cary Grant arsenic |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $400: Link's video game franchise links up with the wife of writer F. Scott Legend of Zelda Fitzgerald |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $800: Ken's rhyming dream abode in the film "Barbie" hatches into a prequel of "Game of Thrones" a Mojo Dojo Casa House of the Dragon |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: The Bronx female rapper on "Boy's A Liar, Pt. 2" joins forces with a British girl group featuring Posh & Sporty Ice Spice Girls |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: A certain ancient civilization that men obsess over in a TikTok trend time travels & becomes a Jay-Z song about NYC "The Roman Empire State Of Mind" |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $2000: A "Fresh Off the Boat" actress joins the rap group with members RZA, GZA & Ghostface Killah Constance Wu-Tang Clan |
#8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $200: Before she was an independent woman, Beyoncé was part of this group that hit with "Independent Women, Pt. 1" Destiny's Child |
#8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $400: In 2021 she became the youngest artist to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with her song "drivers license" Olivia Rodrigo |
#8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $600: In 1988 Tracy Chapman had a hit with this auto tune; 35 years later, Luke Combs' cover of it is a country hit "Fast Car" |
#8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $800: (I'm Hans Zimmer.) Before scoring films I could be seen tickling the ivories on this new wave classic by The Buggles, the first ever video on MTV "Video Killed The Radio Star" |
#8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $1000: Ice Spice & this singer whose fans are called Barbz are fittingly on the "Barbie" soundtrack with "Barbie World" Nicki Minaj |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $300: Christina Aguilera sings, "You gotta rub me the right way in this 1999 No. 1 hit
_ E _ I E / I _ / _ / _ O _ _ _ _ "Genie In A Bottle" |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $600: It's the former boy band of Harry Styles
_ _ E / _ I _ E _ _ I O _ One Direction |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $900: Billboard called her "the Queen of Adult Contemporary"
_ E _ I _ E / _ I O _ Celine Dion |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1200: Her 80s hits include "Only in My Dreams" & "Electric Youth"
_ E _ _ I E / _ I _ _ O _ Debbie Gibson |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1500: It's a greatest hits album released by Madonna in 1990
_ _ E / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I O _ The Immaculate Collection |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | "POP" QUIZ, HOTSHOT $100: AMC Theatres claims to sell 52 million bags of this snack food every year popcorn |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | "POP" QUIZ, HOTSHOT $200: In 2013, cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio assumed this lofty title Pope |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | "POP" QUIZ, HOTSHOT $300: If you love Dum Dums & Chupa Chups, you're a real sucker for this treat a lollipop |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | "POP" QUIZ, HOTSHOT $400: The United Nations estimated that the world's this reached 8 billion on Nov. 15, 2022 population |
#17, aired 2023-10-18 | "POP" QUIZ, HOTSHOT $500: In 1953, 10-year-old Gayla Peevey sang about wanting this large animal for Christmas a hippopotamus |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | LITERARY POP $400: Welsh singer Thomas John Woodward took this name after his manager suggested this Henry Fielding character Tom Jones |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | LITERARY POP $800: The band Veruca Salt took its name from the spoiled rich girl in this Roald Dahl children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | LITERARY POP $1200: This technomusician got his name from a book about a big ocean mammal Moby |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | LITERARY POP $1600: These mega-cool rockers took their band name from an Aldous Huxley book about using mescaline The Doors |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | LITERARY POP $2000: This band was born to be wild enough to take its name from a Hermann Hesse novel Steppenwolf |
#8944, aired 2023-10-05 | ALPHABET POP $400: Turn up the radio, it's "Life Goes On", Billboard's first ever Korean language No. 1 hit by this group BTS |
#8944, aired 2023-10-05 | ALPHABET POP $800: This rap trio, in 1986: "Wasn't me she was foolin', 'cause she knew what she was doin', when she told me how to walk this way" Run-DMC |
#8944, aired 2023-10-05 | ALPHABET POP $1200: This U.K. reggae-pop band with hits in the '80s & '90s took its name from a British unemployment form UB40 |
#8944, aired 2023-10-05 | ALPHABET POP $1600: Their Texas boogie rock hits include "Gimme All Your Lovin" & "Sharp Dressed Man" ZZ Top |
#8944, aired 2023-10-05 | ALPHABET POP $2000: Red Foo & Sky Blu, shown here LMFAO |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $200: Will Smith was so smitten with his canine co-star in this 2007 film that he wanted to adopt her I Am Legend |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $400: In his first-ever TV interview, Cormac McCarthy sat down with Oprah Winfrey after she selected this bleak novel for her book club The Road |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $600: Over 11 total seasons of "The Walking Dead", this "Z" word was surprisingly never used by a character zombie |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $800: Moviegoers were snack-shamed for chewing popcorn too loudly during this mostly silent film directed by John Krasinski A Quiet Place |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $1000: Kevin Costner starred in two post-apocalyptic films in the 1990s: "Waterworld" and this misfire about a nameless drifter The Postman |
#8929, aired 2023-09-14 | POP CULTURE $400: Caroll Spinney was the original puppeteer for both Oscar the Grouch & this feathered resident of "Sesame Street" Big Bird |
#8929, aired 2023-09-14 | POP CULTURE $800: This playwright's "Biloxi Blues" came to Broadway in 1985 Neil Simon |
#8929, aired 2023-09-14 | POP CULTURE $1200: The last name of this Giants great includes "Cove", & a cove where home run balls splash down is named for him McCovey |
#8929, aired 2023-09-14 | POP CULTURE $1600: She's seen here around the time she released "Under the Pink", one the most influential albums of the '90s Tori Amos |
#8929, aired 2023-09-14 | POP CULTURE $4,800 (Daily Double): John Ford directed the Oscar-winning 1942 documentary "Battle of" this locale at which Ford himself was wounded (Battle of) Midway |
#8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE $400: It's the name of the official Kenny Chesney fan club & precedes "no shirt, no problems" in a song about a Mexican getaway No Shoes |
#8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE $800: "Vacation, had to get away", sang this band in a 1982 Top 10 hit the Go-Go's |
#8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE $1200: Sharon Stone & Madonna have stayed at Italy's San Domenico Hotel, seen in the role of this title place in season 2 on HBO White Lotus |
#8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE $1600: The barks in this Lindsey Buckingham song aren't the dog that's in "National Lampoon's Vacation"--it's a co-o-o-o-o-o-o-incidence "Holiday Road" |
#8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE $2000: The title of this 2013 film about a boy on summer vacation refers to a place to sit in a station wagon (a 1970 Buick Estate) The Way Way Back |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $400: In 2023 her hubby Mark Consuelos replaced Ryan Seacrest as her co-host on her "Live" morning show Kelly Ripa |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $800: "So Much To Say" about the band named for him, like that it sold 7 million copies of 1996's "Crash" Dave Matthews |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $1200: It's the title of a 1978 Brooke Shields film & a 2023 documentary series about Brooke Shields Pretty Baby |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $1600: This "CHiPs" star teamed up with Tostitos in 2015 to promote National Chip & Dip Day Estrada |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $2000: Wednesday & Pugsley are sent to summer camp in this 1993 movie sequel whose title is a BEFORE & AFTER Addams Family Values |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | POP EYE $400: To promote "Everything Everywhere All at Once", A24 Films sells pet these, complete with googly eyes & nest a pet rock |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | POP EYE $800: A Dungeons & Dragons computer RPG from 1991 is called "Eye of the" this, also the name of a monster watching you there Eye of the Beholder |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | POP EYE $1200: On "Orange Is the New Black", Uzo Aduba played Suzanne Warren, who had this manic nickname Crazy Eyes |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | POP EYE $1600: This band's 1980s cover of the Burt Bacharach & Hal David classic "Always Something There To Remind Me" was memorable Naked Eyes |
#8905, aired 2023-06-30 | POP EYE $2000: Later a movie title, this collection of short stories was subtitled "Five Secret Occasions in the Life of James Bond" For Your Eyes Only |
#8891, aired 2023-06-12 | POP SONGS $200: "Daddy" was the closing track on this diva's solo debut "Dangerously In Love" Beyoncé |
#8891, aired 2023-06-12 | POP SONGS $400: In a 2004 Grammy Song of the Year, John Mayer urged, "Fathers be good to" these people daughters |
#8891, aired 2023-06-12 | POP SONGS $600: This NBA big man's 1994 rap song "Biological Didn't Bother" is dedicated to his stepfather Shaq (Shaquille O'Neal) |
#8891, aired 2023-06-12 | POP SONGS $800: In this 1986 No. 1 Madonna enjoined her father from sermonizing "Papa Don't Preach" |
#8891, aired 2023-06-12 | POP SONGS $1000: It's what papa's got in the title of a 1965 James Brown hit a brand new bag |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $400: Ryan Gosling & Christian Bale see bad times ahead in this 2015 movie about mortgage banking & more The Big Short |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $800: Seen here, Lil Rel Howery eased the tension a bit as Daniel Kaluuya's wisecracking bud in this 2017 horror film Get Out |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $1200: On "Parks & Rec" this 4-legged phenom was Pawnee's biggest star; Andy sang "5,000 Candles In The Wind" at his memorial Li'l Sebastian |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $1600: Before "Everything Everywhere All at Once", Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert directed "Turn Down for What" by DJ Snake & this rapper Lil Jon |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $2000: Al Capp created this comic strip set in good ol' Dogpatch Li'l Abner |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POP INSTRUMENTALS $400: In January 2000 Kenny G blew into the Top 10 with a version of this New Year's favorite "Auld Lang Syne" |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POP INSTRUMENTALS $800: A hit from "Deliverance" is called "Dueling" these, though in the movie, one duellist is playing guitar banjos |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POP INSTRUMENTALS $1200: This almost lyric-free 2013 hit by Brooklyn producer/DJ Baauer has part of Manhattan in its title the "Harlem Shake" |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POP INSTRUMENTALS $1600: This monster hit by the Edgar Winter Group got its title from the way it was pieced together in the editing process "Frankenstein" |
#8881, aired 2023-05-29 | POP INSTRUMENTALS $2000: In 1958 The Champs had a No. 1 hit with this sax-heavy tune whose only lyric is the title booze "Tequila" |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $200: On Nov. 21, 1980 76% of Americans watching television tuned in to finally find out "who shot" this character J.R. |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $400: On "SNL", it was too hot in the hot tub for this performer as James Brown; he also let us know, "I'm Gumby, dammit!" Eddie Murphy |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $600: As Roger Murtaugh in this 1987 film, Danny Glover got a catchphrase--"I'm too old for this (stuff)" (but Danny didn't say "stuff") Lethal Weapon |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $800: In a 1984 Wendy's ad Clara Peller was not a fan of big buns, hon & asked this 3-word question; now you will, too Where's the beef? |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $1000: Seen here is the quintessentially 80s haircut of this New Wave band, who had a hit with "Space Age Love Song" A Flock of Seagulls |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $400: The final episode of "Dawson's Creek" killed off Jen, played by her Michelle Williams |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $800: Ann Coulter & Chris Rock both appeared on the 2003 premiere episode of this current Bill Maher series Real Time with Bill Maher |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $1600: I'm going to Wichita to tell you Spin magazine's Top Album of the Year was their "Elephant" The White Stripes |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $2000: This hero of books by Patrick O'Brian came to cinemas in the person of Russell Crowe Jack Aubrey |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $2,200 (Daily Double): In this film, the emperor of Japan wants Algren (Tom Cruise) to modernize his army but Algren deeply respects the old ways The Last Samurai |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $200: In 2014 Lady Gaga was "Cheek To Cheek" with this legend for a Grammy-winning album of duets Tony Bennett |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $400: Rihanna's 2023 Super Bowl halftime show included "We Found Love" & this 2007 No. 1 hit, "eh, eh, eh" "Umbrella" |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $600: In 2009 their "Boom Boom Pow" was knocked out of the No. 1 spot by their "I Gotta Feeling" the Black Eyed Peas |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $800: Pop goes Christmas as this Canadian crooner's yuletide songs play all season long Bublé |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $1000: An oldie-but-goodie says, "But don't forget who's taking you home & in whose arms you're gonna be, so darlin"' do this save the last dance for me |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $400: "Humble." was a track on his album "Damn." Kendrick Lamar |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $800: This Drake song asks, "Kiki, do you love me? Are you riding?" "In My Feelings" |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $1200: "This Is A Life" is on the soundtrack of this 2022 film set in an IRS office & in the multiverse Everything Everywhere All at Once |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $1600: "Ctrl" & "SOS" are albums by her seen here SZA |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $2000: Possessive title of the third solo album by Mr. Styles Harry's House |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $200: "Shot through the heart, & you're to blame, you give love a bad name, I play my part, & you play your game, you give love a bad name" Bon Jovi |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $400: "I'm on the highway to hell, on the highway to hell, highway to hell, I'm on the highway to hell" AC/DC |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $600: "Get up! Everybody's gonna move their feet, get down! Everybody's gonna leave their seat... lose your mind in Detroit rock city" Kiss |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $800: "Oh! Look what you've done to this rock 'n' roll clown! O-oh! Look what you've done! Photograph... I don't want your..." Def Leppard |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $1000: "Here I go again on my own, goin' down the only road I've ever known, like a drifter I was born to walk alone" Whitesnake |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $400: Christopher Nolan said this Batman villain wears a mask to deliver anesthetic that mitigates pain from past trauma Bane |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $800: In this 1991 thriller Johnny Utah goes undercover to infiltrate the masked bank robbing gang known as the Ex-Presidents Point Break |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $1200: In a commercial, kids were pitched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle masks; this alphabetically first member of the clan was shown first Donatello |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $1600: While rocking out, Los Straitjackets don masks similar to those worn in this alliterative freestyle wrestling form lucha libre |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $2000: Real name Joel Zimmerman, this electronic dance music superstar is known for numerous iterations of his rodent helmet deadmau5 |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $200: The 2023 Grammys were good to aging redheads: Bonnie Raitt got Song of the Year & he took Best Country Solo Performance Willie Nelson |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $400: She earned our respect by singing "Respect" during her "American Idol" days before having her own hit with "Behind These Hazel Eyes" Kelly Clarkson |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $600: This lead singer of Hole said, "I tried out for 'the Mickey Mouse Club' when I was 11", & that would've been very interesting casting Courtney Love |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $800: CBGB was a legendary East Village club where many punk & new wave acts got an early break, including them the Ramones |
#8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $1000: Unafraid of long album titles like "When the Pawn..." (it does go on), she shortened things up in 2020 with "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" Fiona Apple |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $400: To start the '70s he replaced the 2 white guys in the Experience with a black rhythm section in Band of Gypsys Hendrix |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $800: In the '60s Robert Culp & Bill Cosby pioneered interracial buddy espionage on this TV show I Spy |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $1200: Seen here are the co-stars of this TV show; one said the other was "the mother I had been looking for" Touched by an Angel |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $1600: Britain's two-tone movement included multiracial bands like the English Beat & this ska group with the hit "Ghost Town" the Specials |
#2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $2000: Nicknamed for something sweet, he joined the all-white New Orleans Rhythm Kings on an early integrated jazz recording session Jelly Roll Morton |
#8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $400: He gave us the "Produce Pete" segment of "The Daily Show" before becoming "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" Steve Carell |
#8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $800: Edie Falco thought a 2022 sequel to this 2009 film had flopped, having shot it 4 years prior & not realizing it had never been released Avatar |
#8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $1200: The TV series about this character that began NPH-mania has been shown in Latin America as "El Doctorcito" Doogie Howser |
#8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $1600: Kids of the '70s, this is for you! This character--"a man barely alive... we can rebuild him... better, stronger, faster" the Six Million Dollar Man (Steve Austin) |
#8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $2000: In this 2019 X-Men movie, Sophie Turner dealt with absolute power corrupting absolutely Dark Phoenix |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | POP CULTURE $400: Caroll Spinney based the voice of this Muppet who lives in a trash can on a cranky NYC cab driver Oscar the Grouch |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | POP CULTURE $800: Prior to being the silent half of a magic duo, he taught high school Teller |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | POP CULTURE $1600: The name of his character in "Doctor Strange" is also his last name, a coincidence that made him seem fated for the part (Benedict) Wong |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | POP CULTURE $2000: In 2022 he returned as Ralphie, all grown up with a family of his own, in "A Christmas Story Christmas" Peter Billingsley |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | POP CULTURE $3,500 (Daily Double): The 2 individuals with the most Grammy nominations are this married couple, tied with 88 nominations each Beyoncé & Jay-Z |
#8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $400: Turn up the music, specifically her "About Damn Time", the lead single off her 2022 album "Special" Lizzo |
#8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $800: In 2021, she won the inaugural Music Icon Award at the People's Choice Awards Christina Aguilera |
#8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $1200: Ricky Martin had a hit with "Livin' La Vida Loca", while this British group topped the charts with "Viva La Vida" Coldplay |
#8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $1600: In a No. 1 Michael Jackson hit, "She's just a girl who claims that I am the one, but the kid is not my son" "Billie Jean" |
#8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $2000: According to Billboard, the top holiday artist of 2022 was this a cappella group who have been singing together since 2011 Pentatonix |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | POP MUSICIANS $400: Hozier wanted someone to take him to this place in a 2014 hit; "worship like a dog", he will church |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | POP MUSICIANS $800: "Before You Go", tell us the name of this singer, a distant relative of "Doctor Who" actor Peter Lewis Capaldi |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | POP MUSICIANS $1200: Originally released in 1977, "Dreams" from this band's album "Rumours" was on the Billboard charts in 2020 Fleetwood Mac |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | POP MUSICIANS $1600: This singer had a lot of fun helping fun.'s "We Are Young" to a top spot Janelle Monáe |
#8818, aired 2023-03-01 | POP MUSICIANS $2000: "Expensive Pain" by this Philly rapper debuted at No. 3 in 2021 Meek Mill |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $400: This actress from an iconic TV show played the latter airhead in "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" Lisa Kudrow |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $800: It's a gathering following the main blowout; the title one on Apple TV+ follows a high school reunion & is marred by murder after party |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $1200: This Showtime series about soccer players lost in the woods ended season 1 with the main 4 as adults heading to their high school reunion Yellowjackets |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $1600: As the title of a John Cusack movie sums up, Martin Blank is a hitman going to his reunion in this Detroit suburb Grosse Pointe |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $2000: In the reunion movie "10 Years", she played the girlfriend of her then-husband Jenna Dewan (formerly Jenna Dewan-Tatum) |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $400: Songs by this Swedish quartet include "Waterloo" & "Dancing Queen" ABBA |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $800: Anna Faris wasn't there to see the end of this CBS sitcom in 2021, but Allison Janney was Mom |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $1200: Ice Cube wasn't Xander but Darius in this film sequel subtitled "State of the Union" XXX |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $1600: Surname of the actor seen here, also a musician & soundtrack composer (Jeremy) Renner |
#8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $2000: John David Washington tries to save the world in this recent Christopher Nolan film Tenet |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $400: Taylor Swift said she was up very late writing the songs that make up this 2022 album, hence its title Midnights |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $800: On hits like "I Love Rock 'N Roll" & "Crimson & Clover", she was backed by The Blackhearts Joan Jett |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $1200: On "Truth Hurts", Lizzo rhymes "fresh photos with the bomb lighting" & "new man on" this NFL team the Minnesota Vikings |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $1600: In 2022 she was free to duet with Elton John on the song "Hold Me Closer" Britney Spears |
#8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $2000: An outlier ballad from this British metal band was "Changes" in 1972; it was rarely performed live Black Sabbath |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $100: This No. 1 song says, "If you like it, then you should've put a ring on it" "Single Ladies" |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $200: Though the title mentions a different car part, Nicky Youre is in a convertible in the video for this hit song heard here
"You got me stuck on the thought of you /
You're making me feel brand new /
You're more than the sunshine in my eyes /
La da la da da, la da dai /
La da la da di dai..." "Sunroof" |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $300: In the '80s we were "Head Over Heels" for this all-female group; they did, in fact, have the beat The Go-Go's |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $400: The 2022 song "Bam Bam" features vocals by Ed Sheeran & this Cuban-American superstar Camila Cabello |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $500: Here's this "Unstoppable" singer wearing one of her trademark oversized wigs Sia |
#8792, aired 2023-01-24 | POP CULTURE GOES TO MARS $400: "Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell", sang Elton John in this hit "Rocket Man" |
#8792, aired 2023-01-24 | POP CULTURE GOES TO MARS $800: With the aid of a Kickstarter campaign, Kristen Bell was back on the case as this character in a 2014 feature Veronica Mars |
#8792, aired 2023-01-24 | POP CULTURE GOES TO MARS $1200: Jack Nicholson was the president & Glenn Close, the first lady in this 1996 Tim Burton film Mars Attacks! |
#8792, aired 2023-01-24 | POP CULTURE GOES TO MARS $1600: Here is this co-founder & lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars; he's quite an accomplished actor as well Jared Leto |
#8792, aired 2023-01-24 | POP CULTURE GOES TO MARS $2000: We saw this actress have the guns of Bonnie Parker & in a 1978 thriller, the "Eyes of Laura Mars" Faye Dunaway |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | POP CULTURE $200: In accepting her 1991 Grammy for "Unforgettable", she thanked her dad Nat for leaving such a "wonderful heritage" (Natalie) Cole |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | POP CULTURE $400: She showed her serious side in "The Farewell" & her comedy chops in "Ocean's Eight" Awkwafina |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | POP CULTURE $600: "Sincerely, Me" is a song from this Broadway show that won the 2017 Tony for Best Musical Dear Evan Hansen |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | POP CULTURE $800: Real name Archibald Leach, he was the dashing star of films like "Bringing Up Baby" & "To Catch a Thief" Cary Grant |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | POP CULTURE $1000: She's no hack playing legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance on "Hacks" (Jean) Smart |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $400: "Don't Get Above Your Raisin"' is a song from Flatt & Scruggs; it's also the name of an episode of this Ken Burns series Country Music |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $800: Her song "You've Got A Friend" came out the year after her pal James Taylor sang of "lonely times when I could not find a friend" Carole King |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $1200: Alejandro Fernández' 2009 release "Dos Mundos", meaning this, held not one, not 2, but 3 spots on the Billboard Latin Album charts two worlds |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $1600: To tweak an '80s lyric from this band, lovin' would be easy if your colors were those on Ghana's flag, red, gold & green Culture Club |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $2000: Watching his bride out on the floor at his wedding, polio survivor Doc Pomus got the idea for "Save" this "For Me" the Last Dance |
#8732, aired 2022-11-01 | CROCODILE POP $200: His song "Crocodile Rock" was a No. 1 hit in 1973 (Sir) Elton John |
#8732, aired 2022-11-01 | CROCODILE POP $400: A crocodile named Tick-Tock swallows an alarm clock & a hand in this animated Disney film Peter Pan |
#8732, aired 2022-11-01 | CROCODILE POP $600: The DC Comics supervillain Killer Croc is a menace to this hero, nearly drowning him at one point Batman |
#8732, aired 2022-11-01 | CROCODILE POP $800: Crocubot is a half-crocodile, half-robot character on this cartoon about a mad scientist & his grandson Rick and Morty |
#8732, aired 2022-11-01 | CROCODILE POP $1000: In a book series by Bernard Waber, a family finds this friendly croc whose name rhymes with crocodile living in their new home Lyle (the Crocodile) |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $100: "Easy come, easy go, little high, little low", says "Bohemian Rhapsody" by this group Queen |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $200: This '60s group loved the waves with hits like "Surfer Girl", "Surfin' Safari" & "Surfin' U.S.A." The Beach Boys |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $300: "Valerie" is a soulful tune from this singer who died too young in 2011 Amy Winehouse |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $400: In a 2018 release, Childish Gambino told us in this song, "Don't catch you slippin' now, look what I'm whippin' now" "This Is America" |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $500: A hit from 2012, "I Will Wait" is by this band who, despite the "Sons" in their name, are unrelated Mumford and Sons |
#8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $200: Kurt Cobain expressed his own apathy with this song's lyric "Oh well, whatever, nevermind" "Smells Like Teen Spirit" |
#8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $400: If you knew the title gal of this 1957 Buddy Holly hit, you'd know her last name was Gerron "Peggy Sue" |
#8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $600: In 1996 The Bayside Boys remix of this song by Los del Río was a No. 1 hit; its accompanying dance was a '90s fad too "Macarena" |
#8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $800: Survivor had a No. 1 hit in 1982 with this song, the theme from "Rocky III" "Eye Of The Tiger" |
#8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $1000: "Time" & "Money" can both be found on this Pink Floyd album from 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon |
#8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $400: "Wonderwall" was a big hit from their 1995 album "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" Oasis |
#8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $800: Thanks to "Stranger Things", her 1985 song "Running Up That Hill" re-entered the charts in 2022 Kate Bush |
#8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $1200: This "Icy Girl" rapper got her stage name from her grandmother's nickname for her Saweetie |
#8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $1600: This rap group that "Ain't Nuthin' But A She Thing" hit the charts with "Push It" & "Shoop" Salt-N-Pepa |
#8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $2000: There are 2 colors in the name of this K-pop girl group Blackpink |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $400: Saying it wasn't a "protest song", Bob Dylan did include the lyrics "How many times must the cannonballs fly" "Blowin' In The Wind" |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $800: Seen here, Alexandra Shipp played a younger version of this film mutant originally portrayed by Halle Berry Storm |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $1200: Formerly the Hartford Whalers, they blew into Raleigh in 1997 the Hurricanes |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $1600: "Blood On The Coal" by The Folksmen is on the soundtrack album of this Christopher Guest mockumentary A Mighty Wind |
#8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $2000: Spencer Tracy was on the side of evolution while Fredric March argued creationism in this classic 1960 film Inherit the Wind |
#8669, aired 2022-06-23 | POP CULTURE IS ALWAYS IN SEASON $200: A 2014 film:
"Captain America:
The ____ Soldier" Winter |
#8669, aired 2022-06-23 | POP CULTURE IS ALWAYS IN SEASON $400: By Megan Thee Stallion: "Hot Girl ____" Summer |
#8669, aired 2022-06-23 | POP CULTURE IS ALWAYS IN SEASON $600: A Broadway musical:
"____ Awakening" Spring |
#8669, aired 2022-06-23 | POP CULTURE IS ALWAYS IN SEASON $800: A play by
James Goldman:
"The Lion in ____" Winter |
#8669, aired 2022-06-23 | POP CULTURE IS ALWAYS IN SEASON $1000: Directed by
Ingmar Bergman:
"____ Sonata" Autumn |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ON PLANET POP CULTURE $400: In 2021 Saniyya Sidney was on the court of "King Richard" as this tennis superstar Venus Williams |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ON PLANET POP CULTURE $800: In a 2004 animated movie, Plankton steals King Neptune's crown & it's up to this title guy & his best pal to save the day SpongeBob SquarePants |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ON PLANET POP CULTURE $1600: It was a bit unusual for Tom Jones, Jim Brown & Danny DeVito to share a scene in this 1996 Tim Burton alien invasion film Mars Attacks! |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ON PLANET POP CULTURE $2000: Train sang, "Tell me, did you sail across the Sun? Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded" in this song "Drops Of Jupiter" |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ON PLANET POP CULTURE $3,000 (Daily Double): This member of singing royalty said, "Rod Stewart, Elton John & I were going to form a band... called Hair, Nose & Teeth" Freddie Mercury |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | POP ROCKS $200: Seen here, he is pops to British model Georgia May & to 7 other kids Mick Jagger |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | POP ROCKS $400: In an interview, Frances Bean said of this late father, his "artistry was on another level" Kurt Cobain |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | POP ROCKS $600: A few years back daughter Liv posted a sweet video of her & dad, this Aerosmith frontman, singing, "Can't take my eyes off of you" Steven Tyler |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | POP ROCKS $800: At his Rock Hall of Fame induction, this late legend's son Dhani joined Tom Petty & others in playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (George) Harrison |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | POP ROCKS $1000: In 2000 Duncan Jones directed a concert film of this legendary pop, born David Jones, rocking out at the Roseland Ballroom David Bowie |
#8659, aired 2022-06-09 | DRINK UP POP CULTURE $400: This host of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" has drunk some Joe with Margaret Cho & Jay Leno Seinfeld |
#8659, aired 2022-06-09 | DRINK UP POP CULTURE $800: John Lee Hooker & George Thorogood sang of the trio "One bourbon, one scotch" & one this one beer |
#8659, aired 2022-06-09 | DRINK UP POP CULTURE $1200: "Wishful Drinking" was a one-woman show & a memoir by this daughter of Debbie Reynolds Carrie Fisher |
#8659, aired 2022-06-09 | DRINK UP POP CULTURE $1600: A tagline from this 1994 Tom Cruise flick: "Drink from me & live forever" Interview with the Vampire |
#8659, aired 2022-06-09 | DRINK UP POP CULTURE $2000: In "Another Round", this actor plays one of a quartet of teachers in Copenhagen who tests a theory about drinking Mads Mikkelsen |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES $400: The confessions of this funkmeister is subtitled: "Memoirs of a Super Freak" Rick James |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES $800: Don't get me wrong, "Reckless: My Life as a Pretender" was her tale to tell Chrissie Hynde |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES $1200: "Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness" is by this late, great Ronette Ronnie Spector |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES $1600: This Englishman looked at fame in "They Made a Monkee Out of Me" Davy Jones |
#8653, aired 2022-06-01 | POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES $2000: "So Let It Be Written", a bio of this lead singer, gets its title from a lyric in Metallica's "Creeping Death" James Hetfield |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $200: "Change of Seasons" is a memoir by this musician of growing up in the suburb of North Wales & teaming with Daryl Hall (John) Oates |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $400: Philadelphia International Records, celebrating 50 years in 2021, put out hits like the theme to this Don Cornelius show Soul Train |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $600: "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper" was a 1988 album by this Philly duo, one of whom soon famously went to Hollywood Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince) |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $800: Fabian & this "Twist" sensation attended South Philadelphia High School together in the '50s Chubby Checker |
#8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $1000: This rapper with a biblical name was a choir girl from West Philly Eve |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $400: This character on "Dawson's Creek" was named after the heroine of "Little Women" Joey |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $800: He said he chose the name The Smiths because "it's time that the ordinary folk of the world showed their faces" Morrissey |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $1200: Lenny Lipton, future 3D glasses inventor, wrote the poem about this "Magic Dragon" & says drugs were not in his mind Puff |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $1600: Named after Rembrandt's son, Titus Welliver plays this TV cop with the same name as another painter Bosch |
#8593, aired 2022-03-09 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $2000: He's the adorable Mogwai from "Gremlins" who's voiced by Howie Mandel Gizmo |
#8590, aired 2022-03-04 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $400: The Battle of the Boroughs: games between these 2 NBA squads the Knicks & the Nets |
#8590, aired 2022-03-04 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $800: Speeding fine $15 & You inherit $100 are examples of these paired board game elements Chance & Community Chest |
#8590, aired 2022-03-04 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1200: Ash is bros for life with this Pokemon Pikachu |
#8590, aired 2022-03-04 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1600: In a 1980 comedy this title pair explains: "We're on a mission from God" the Blues Brothers |
#8590, aired 2022-03-04 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $2000: Here's looking at this Silver Screen royal couple Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $200: From a radio he boasted on "Industry Baby" of having "couple Grammys on him, couple plaques" Lil Nas X |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $400: Mom sent me a clip of this ABC medical drama that premiered in 2005 but is maintaining its practice in the 2021-22 TV season Grey's Anatomy |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $600: My niece wanted to watch (again) her favorite movie about this superfast animated critter who got a dental makeover Sonic the Hedgehog |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $800: Season 12 of this show was on at the gym & I watched Gigi Goode sashay on the runway RuPaul's Drag Race |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $1000: It was late but my film major roommate had to watch this Hitchcock "you kill my dad, I kill your wife" classic & I got sucked in Strangers on a Train |
#8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $200: In the "Shrek" movies, it's the name of the donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy Donkey |
#8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $400: In this 1997 film Jack Nicholson asks a group of psychiatric patients, "What if this is as good as it gets?" As Good as It Gets |
#8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $600: It's the eponymous title of the 1988 collection of early hits by R.E.M. on I.R.S. Records Eponymous |
#8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $800: Before co-starring in "Get Out", Allison Williams played one of the girls on this HBO series Girls |
#8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $1000: Redd Foxx of TV's "Sanford and Son" had the real name John this Sanford |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $200: 2 New York City gangs sing & dance in this top-grossing film of 1961 West Side Story |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $400: Yul Brynner wore the black hat in this 1973 movie; Ed Harris is a different man in black on the TV series Westworld |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $600: In a 2018 summer tune, "She used to meet me" here, "in the city where the sun don't set" Eastside |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $800: The Trask at hand is knowing James Dean starred in this 1955 film East of Eden |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $1000: Danny McBride was ex-Major Leaguer Kenny Powers on this HBO series Eastbound & Down |
#8550, aired 2022-01-07 | POP CULTURE MONIKERS $400: This "Avengers" actor was nicknamed "Hammer" before he played Thor Chris Hemsworth |
#8550, aired 2022-01-07 | POP CULTURE MONIKERS $800: Maggie Smith gave the man seen here this flower-part nickname, an anagram of his last name Petal |
#8550, aired 2022-01-07 | POP CULTURE MONIKERS $1600: The main character on this HBO comedy was called "Grizzly Madam" & "The Wicked Witch of the West Wing" Veep |
#8550, aired 2022-01-07 | POP CULTURE MONIKERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Born on the South Side of Chicago, he originally had "Sense" behind his name in his early rap years Common |
#8550, aired 2022-01-07 | POP CULTURE MONIKERS $2000: The Victims is the fitting name for superfans of this hard-rocking Vegas band The Killers |
#8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $400: It's the 3-letter title of the M. Night Shyamalan movie about people aging with terrifying speed Old |
#8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $800: This scary "road" is a 2021 trilogy of horror films on Netflix adapted from R.L. Stine's books Fear Street |
#8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $1200: Giannis & company made dreams come true for fans of this Midwestern team, beating a game Phoenix crew in the NBA Finals the Milwaukee Bucks |
#8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $1600: She hosted the 2021 VMAs & won Best Collaboration for teaming up with SZA on "Kiss Me More" Doja Cat |
#8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $2000: This comedian seen here charted on "Billboard" with "All Eyes On Me", a song heard on his comedy special "Inside" (Bo) Burnham |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | POP CULTURE MR. OR MRS. $400: Rachel Brosnahan is marvelous in her role as this Jewish housewife-turned-comedian the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | POP CULTURE MR. OR MRS. $800: Kevin O'Leary, one of the investors on this series, is frequently referred to as Mr. Wonderful Shark Tank |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | POP CULTURE MR. OR MRS. $1200: Rami Malek won an Emmy for playing Elliot Alderson, a vigilante hacker, on this series Mr. Robot |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | POP CULTURE MR. OR MRS. $1600: & here's to you, this character who seduces Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate" Mrs. Robinson |
#8532, aired 2021-12-14 | POP CULTURE MR. OR MRS. $2000: On the silver screen this beloved actor played both "Mister Roberts" & "Young Mr. Lincoln" Henry Fonda |
#8527, aired 2021-12-07 | POP CULTURE $200: Seen here, she brought the funny to shows like "Shrill" & "Saturday Night Live" Aidy Bryant |
#8527, aired 2021-12-07 | POP CULTURE $400: 2021 saw the first stand-alone movie about this Marvel-ous title female, set during the time of "Captain America: Civil War" Black Widow |
#8527, aired 2021-12-07 | POP CULTURE $600: In 2019, this young rapper moseyed onto the scene in a really big way Lil Nas X |
#8527, aired 2021-12-07 | POP CULTURE $800: Rob Delaney narrates this Netflix dating show in which contestants are outfitted as all sorts of creatures Sexy Beasts |
#8527, aired 2021-12-07 | POP CULTURE $1000: In 2021, he rode on to movie screens as Snake Eyes Henry Golding |
#8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $400: In 2021 Jon Batiste recalled his own piano teacher in accepting the Best Score Oscar for this animated film about a music educator Soul |
#8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $800: On April 1, 1963 ABC premiered this soap opera & NBC launched a similar rival, "The Doctors" General Hospital |
#8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $1200: Conservatorship hearings in L.A. in 2021 attracted supporters of the movement known by this 2-word hashtag Free Britney |
#8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $1600: First name of Mr. Youssef, who plays the title character in a Hulu series he also created Ramy |
#8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $2000: A landmark in video game music is Koji Kondo's score for this "Legend of Zelda" edition with an instrument in the title The Ocarina of Time |
#8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "K"-POP $400: Top 40 songs by this rapper in 2019 included "Follow God", "On God" & "Use This Gospel" Kanye |
#8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "K"-POP $800: "Somebody Told Me" these Las Vegas rockers were "Imploding The Mirage" in 2020 The Killers |
#8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "K"-POP $1200: In the '60s red hunting jackets were a signature look for this British group The Kinks |
#8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "K"-POP $1600: Despite the title, the 1967 Neil Diamond classic about this title lady is not in the style of bluegrass "Kentucky Woman" |
#8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "K"-POP $2000: Ooh I wanna take ya, but, the Beach Boys completely made up this triple-rhyme title island from a 1988 song Kokomo |
#8495, aired 2021-10-22 | POPPING OUT POP CULTURE $200: This "8 Mile" rapper, challenged to rhyme "orange": "I put my orange, 4-inch door hinge in storage & ate porridge" Eminem |
#8495, aired 2021-10-22 | POPPING OUT POP CULTURE $400: Chevy Chase said his home in this holiday film was Danny Glover's in "Lethal Weapon 2"; a blown-up toilet was still on the lawn National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation |
#8495, aired 2021-10-22 | POPPING OUT POP CULTURE $600: 2021 marks 10 years of Christina Perri's "Twilight" anthem that says, "I have loved you for" this long a thousand years |
#8495, aired 2021-10-22 | POPPING OUT POP CULTURE $800: Alan Tudyk crash lands on Earth & his character assumes the form of local doctor Harry Vanderspeigle on this SYFY show Resident Alien |
#8495, aired 2021-10-22 | POPPING OUT POP CULTURE $1000: "As much as I would love to watch you & your childhood karate rival duke it out", Amanda LaRusso of this Netflix show will pass, thanks Cobra Kai |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | YOUTHFUL POP STARS $400: This actress-singer was 13 when the soundtrack for "Hannah Montana" hit No. 1 Miley Cyrus |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | YOUTHFUL POP STARS $800: This 17-year-old singer was appearing on "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" when he released his album "Ricky" Ricky Nelson |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | YOUTHFUL POP STARS $1200: This military-sounding rapper had a 2007 hit at age 17 with "Crank That" Soulja Boy |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | YOUTHFUL POP STARS $1600: Seen here, she took the country music world by storm as a teenager in the 1990s LeAnn Rimes |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | YOUTHFUL POP STARS $2000: In 1987, a month after her 16th birthday, this single-named singer topped the charts with "I Think We're Alone Now" Tiffany |
#8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $400: In 1969 The 5th Dimension topped the charts with a medley of "Aquarius" & "Let The Sunshine In" from this musical Hair |
#8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $800: "Rich Girl" by Gwen Stefani is based on this song from "Fiddler on the Roof" "If I Were A Rich Man" |
#8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $1200: Barry Manilow took this song from "Cats" to the Top 40 "Memory" |
#8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $1600: Jay-Z admitted he lied about seeing "Annie" on Broadway as a kid to convince the rights holders to let him use its music in this song "Hard Knock Life" |
#8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Ariana Grande's "7 Rings" riffed on "My Favorite Things" by this pair, so 90% of the royalties go to the rights holders for that song Rodgers & Hammerstein |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | RECENT POP CULTURE $200: There was destruction in 2021 as King Kong tangled with this title kaiju favorite Godzilla |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | RECENT POP CULTURE $400: "I Can't" do this by H.E.R. won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 2021 "I Can't Breathe" |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | RECENT POP CULTURE $600: A 2021 miniseries had the Falcon team up with this seasonal guy the Winter Soldier |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | RECENT POP CULTURE $800: Unafraid of shows with initials in the title, CBS has this drama; its spinoff was "Most Wanted" & "International" was planned for 2021 FBI |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | RECENT POP CULTURE $1000: A doctor at 221B Baker Street puts this title group of youths to work in a recent Netflix show the Baker Street Irregulars |
#8449, aired 2021-07-22 | "MM" POP $400: This rap artist got his stage name due to his resemblance to a baseball home run king MC Hammer |
#8449, aired 2021-07-22 | "MM" POP $800: Lionel Richie played some sax but also "ranked" as a singer for this hit-making R&B group Commodores |
#8449, aired 2021-07-22 | "MM" POP $1200: First name of 1960s singers
Roe & James Tommy |
#8449, aired 2021-07-22 | "MM" POP $1600: This "planet-devouring" band went straight for "The Middle" in a 2001 tune Jimmy Eat World |
#8449, aired 2021-07-22 | "MM" POP $2000: Till Lindemann is the frontman of this metal band that doubles the "M" of a U.S. Air Force base in Germany Rammstein |
#8445, aired 2021-07-16 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $400: 12th U.S. president who topped the pop charts with "Shake It Off" Zachary Taylor Swift |
#8445, aired 2021-07-16 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $800: Talented singer & pianist who can do a mash-up of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" & "All Of Me" Elton John Legend |
#8445, aired 2021-07-16 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Movie where the monstrous Lester Burnham locks up Belle, who finds an enchanted rose American Beauty and the Beast |
#8445, aired 2021-07-16 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Han Solo's freighter is a 1980s primetime soap set at a vineyard & starring Jane Wyman Millennium Falcon Crest |
#8445, aired 2021-07-16 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Film in which a kid in a Welsh coal-mining family like totally falls for a 1980s Southern California chick How Green Was My Valley Girl |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $200: Movie characters cross over when a fedora-wearing archaeologist from 1981 sweeps a title diarist from 2001 off her feet Indiana & Bridget Jones |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $400: It's pretty obvious Captain America's alter ego & the man with a TV "Neighborhood" are both superheroes, so maybe cousins too? Steve & Fred Rogers |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $600: The diva who sang "Love Takes Time", comes on down! & hangs out with the host of "The Price is Right" Mariah & Drew Carey |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $800: We'd actually love to see a wacky family sitcom with Al Pacino's "Scarface" character & Miley Cyrus' TV one Tony Hannah Montana |
#8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $1000: The 2 "Property Brothers" could help Steve Carell's "Office" role set up a new plasma TV in his condo (we need all 3 names) Jonathan, Drew & Michael Scott |
#8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $400: In 2020 this character was back in "Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime..." Borat |
#8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $800: Seen here, Anya-Taylor Joy helped make this miniseries one of streaming TV's most successful The Queen's Gambit |
#8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $1200: In 2020 the plastic crown worn by this "Big Poppa" rapper in his final photo shoot sold at auction for nearly $600,000 the Notorious B.I.G. |
#8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $1600: Watch out, William! Prince Harry said one of his favorite films is this 1994 Disney cartoon with a royal sibling usurper The Lion King |
#8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $2000: Scandal sang, "Shooting at the walls of heartache, bang bang, I am" this warrior |
#8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $400: 1988 hit in which George Michael offered to be your "preacher, teacher, anything you have in mind" "Father Figure" |
#8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $800: In a song from The Temptations, "Papa" was one of these, "wherever he laid his hat was his home" a rolling stone |
#8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $1200: Luther Vandross emotionally told us he'd "Love, love, love" to do this with his father again dance |
#8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $1600: Madonna sang in this hit, "I know you're going to be upset, 'cause I was always your little girl" "Papa Don't Preach" |
#8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $2000: In this "feline" hit, Harry Chapin sings, "When you coming home, son?" "Cat's In The Cradle" |
#8422, aired 2021-06-15 | POP CULTURE TIDBITS $400: This "Sesame Street" character fittingly appears as a census taker in a 2020 public service announcement The Count |
#8422, aired 2021-06-15 | POP CULTURE TIDBITS $800: The first season of this series said the title location "lies between the pit of man's fears & the summit of his knowledge" The Twilight Zone |
#8422, aired 2021-06-15 | POP CULTURE TIDBITS $1200: The French film "Les Traducteurs" was inspired by the real-life efforts to translate this novelist's "Inferno" into many languages Dan Brown |
#8422, aired 2021-06-15 | POP CULTURE TIDBITS $1600: "Chernobyl" & this comic book movie won Iceland's Hildur Gudnadottir an Emmy, a Grammy & an Oscar within the same awards season Joker |
#8422, aired 2021-06-15 | POP CULTURE TIDBITS $2000: Tony Todd was paid $1,000 each time he was stung by a bee playing the title villain in this 1992 horror movie Candyman |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $400: In 1986 Janet Jackson sang about this Freudian "Principle" the pleasure principle |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $800: In "Paranoid", this hard-rocking man sang, "People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time" Ozzy Osbourne |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $1200: In 1967 this man sang, "Manic depression is a frustrating mess"--what a harrowing "experience" (Jimi) Hendrix |
#8413, aired 2021-06-02 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $1600: This Nirvana song shares its name with an element used in medications for bipolar disorder "Lithium" |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $200: As a couple, they were jointly known as "Bennifer" Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $400: Playing himself, William Shatner made a guest appearance in "The D & D Vortex" episode of this sitcom The Big Bang Theory |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $600: In 2019 she became the first Asian woman to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Awkwafina |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $800: On Oscar night in 2017, this film took home 6 awards, including Best Director for Damien Chazelle La La Land |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $1000: In 2012 the late Tupac Shakur performed via hologram at this California music festival Coachella |
#8392, aired 2021-05-04 | POP CULTURE $200: She closed out the 2021 inauguration celebration by singing "Firework" as fireworks shot across the sky Katy Perry |
#8392, aired 2021-05-04 | POP CULTURE $400: Suites based on shows like "Adventure Time" & "Ben 10" are at the hotel named for this network Cartoon Network |
#8392, aired 2021-05-04 | POP CULTURE $600: To promote his album "The Life of Pablo", this rapper opened a series of pop-up stores around the world Kanye West |
#8392, aired 2021-05-04 | POP CULTURE $800: An industrious raccoon named Tom Nook runs the in-game business in this Nintendo game: "New Horizons" Animal Crossing |
#8392, aired 2021-05-04 | POP CULTURE $1000: Mobster & assassin Frank Sheeran is the title character of this 2019 Martin Scorsese mob epic The Irishman |
#8389, aired 2021-04-29 | POP CULTURE PRIESTS $400: On this show Reverend Lovejoy told Ned, "There's an oil stain in the parking lot that looks just like St. Barnabas" The Simpsons |
#8389, aired 2021-04-29 | POP CULTURE PRIESTS $800: In the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" he is "writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear" Father McKenzie |
#8389, aired 2021-04-29 | POP CULTURE PRIESTS $1200: On HBO Jude Law was "The Young Pope" & this actor had no trouble being "The New Pope" John Malkovich |
#8389, aired 2021-04-29 | POP CULTURE PRIESTS $2000: Seen here, he played the hot priest who was the object of affection for TV's "Fleabag" Andrew Scott |
#8389, aired 2021-04-29 | POP CULTURE PRIESTS $2,200 (Daily Double): Ewan McGregor plays the Vatican's Camerlengo in this 2009 film based on a Dan Brown book Angels & Demons |
#8371, aired 2021-04-05 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $200: In 2021 Queen Latifah rebooted this old Edward Woodward TV role of righting wrongs that no one else will The Equalizer |
#8371, aired 2021-04-05 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $400: Robert Newton's 1950 performance as this rogue in "Treasure Island" is considered the source of the "pirate accent" Long John Silver |
#8371, aired 2021-04-05 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $600: In 2008 the visitors' locker room in Bryant-Denny Stadium at this university was named in honor of James M. Fail Alabama |
#8371, aired 2021-04-05 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $800: You can get your own red energy dome hat from the website of this 4-letter band, popular in the 1980s Devo |
#8371, aired 2021-04-05 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $1000: A Nintendo video game creator used an animal word that symbolizes stubbornness in naming this gorilla villain Donkey Kong |
#8355, aired 2021-03-12 | OF POP CULTURE MICE & MEN $200: In 1934 this icon made his debut as a giant balloon in what was then called Macy's Santa Claus Parade Mickey Mouse |
#8355, aired 2021-03-12 | OF POP CULTURE MICE & MEN $400: This "Simpsons" duo starred in "Candle in the Wound" & "It's a Wonderful Knife" Itchy & Scratchy |
#8355, aired 2021-03-12 | OF POP CULTURE MICE & MEN $600: Geena Davis & Hugh Laurie were the adoptive parents of a mouse-like kid in this 1999 film Stuart Little |
#8355, aired 2021-03-12 | OF POP CULTURE MICE & MEN $800: Singing "Here I come to save the day!" means this superhero cartoon rodent "is on the way" Mighty Mouse |
#8340, aired 2021-02-19 | POP CULTURE $200: This group's album "Love Yourself: Tear" is the first by a K-pop act to top the Billboard 200 Albums chart BTS |
#8340, aired 2021-02-19 | POP CULTURE $400: For 7 seasons Meghan Markle played Rachel Zane on this USA Network show about lawyers Suits |
#8340, aired 2021-02-19 | POP CULTURE $600: Born in 2012, Beyoncé's oldest daughter has this colorful name Blue Ivy |
#8340, aired 2021-02-19 | POP CULTURE $800: Joe Exotic from "Tiger King" has said he wants this "Joe Dirt" actor to play him in a TV series (David) Spade |
#8340, aired 2021-02-19 | POP CULTURE $1000: Jane is this character's real first name on "Stranger Things" Eleven |
#8338, aired 2021-02-17 | POP $200: The hunky astronaut in this singer's 2000 "Oops!... I Did It Again" video became an orthopedic surgeon Britney Spears |
#8338, aired 2021-02-17 | POP $400: "After Hours" is a 2020 album by this artist seen here who also had a cameo in the Adam Sandler film, "Uncut Gems" The Weeknd |
#8338, aired 2021-02-17 | POP $600: On the charts for quite a while in 1998, "The Boy Is Mine" was a hit duet for Monica & this other one-named gal Brandy |
#8338, aired 2021-02-17 | POP $800: "Blasphemous Rumours" is a classic track from this British electronic pop band Depeche Mode |
#8338, aired 2021-02-17 | POP $1000: The late Brad Nowell of this band sang hits like "What I Got" & "Santeria" before dying in 1996 Sublime |
#8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $200: The writers of this man's show called his careful way of speaking with children "Freddish" Mister Rogers |
#8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $400: Keloid scars like the kind developed by many Hiroshima survivors were included in the 1954 design of this movie monster Godzilla |
#8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $600: Folk singer Llewyn Davis was one of this actor's first big roles Oscar Isaac |
#8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $800: This annual cable TV event began in July 1988 with the airing of the nature special "Caged in Fear" Shark Week |
#8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $1000: As teenagers in Mass., these 2 actors pooled their acting money in a joint bank account for audition trips to New York Matt Damon & Ben Affleck |
#8319, aired 2021-01-21 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $800: Clad in leather with body armor, Xena was this kind of title princess on 1990s TV Warrior Princess |
#8319, aired 2021-01-21 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $1200: Buttercup is the title betrothed in this tale of page & screen The Princess Bride |
#8319, aired 2021-01-21 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $1600: "Once Upon A December" was a song in this Broadway musical whose title is the name of a Romanov princess Anastasia |
#8319, aired 2021-01-21 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $2000: In a ballet, this beautiful princess loved by Prince Siegfried is transformed into a swan by the sorcerer Rothbart Odette |
#8285, aired 2020-11-20 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $400: Holy guacamole, in the '70s kitchen appliances in this shade of green were all the rage avocado |
#8285, aired 2020-11-20 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $800: Popular dance songs of the '60s included ones called this & the Peppermint this the "Twist" |
#8285, aired 2020-11-20 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1200: Claude the crab & Peace the Bear are 2 of these collectible stuffed animals from the 1990s Beanie Babies |
#8285, aired 2020-11-20 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $2,000 (Daily Double): Antonio Pasin's fascination with a still newish medium & with air travel inspired him to call his toy wagon this the Radio Flyer |
#8285, aired 2020-11-20 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $2000: According to Billboard, this sax man was the No. 1 instrumentalist of the 1990s Kenny G |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | POP CULTURE $400: This 1970s band wore outrageous costumes because of a Swedish tax law allowing deductions for non-street clothes ABBA |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | POP CULTURE $800: This Disney Channel series was originally going to be called "Alexis Texas" Hannah Montana |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | POP CULTURE $1200: Peter Laird, co-creator of these comic book heroes, wishes the cartoon had not made them so obsessed with pizza the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | POP CULTURE $1600: Marina Toybina made dancing sharks for Katy Perry's Super Bowl show & designs the elaborate disguises for this reality competition The Masked Singer |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | POP CULTURE $2000: This movie director of "Slumdog Millionaire" & "Trainspotting" also directed the London Olympics opening ceremonies Danny Boyle |
#8262, aired 2020-10-20 | POP CULTURE $200: During a 2017 performance of this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, a service dog ran after Bombalurina, one of the title characters Cats |
#8262, aired 2020-10-20 | POP CULTURE $400: He's a producer as well as a star of several "Fast & Furious" films and of 2020's "Bloodshot" Vin Diesel |
#8262, aired 2020-10-20 | POP CULTURE $600: When James Corden got Paul McCartney in his vehicle in 2018, they switched seats several times during this Beatles tune (Baby, You Can) "Drive My Car" |
#8262, aired 2020-10-20 | POP CULTURE $800: For an ad, Preparation H wanted this song, a big hit in 1963; the singer's daughter Rosanne said "No" "Ring Of Fire" |
#8262, aired 2020-10-20 | POP CULTURE $1000: This "Simpsons" character once sold haggis from a booth for 50 cents a serving (Groundskeeper) Willie |
#8255, aired 2020-10-09 | SNAP, CRACKLE OR POP $200: Tony Stark did one in "Endgame" to destroy Thanos & his armies a snap |
#8255, aired 2020-10-09 | SNAP, CRACKLE OR POP $400: Mello Yello or Orangina pop |
#8255, aired 2020-10-09 | SNAP, CRACKLE OR POP $600: In 2019 Spain's prime minister called this kind of parliamentary election snap |
#8255, aired 2020-10-09 | SNAP, CRACKLE OR POP $800: Also called craze, it's the network of fine broken lines in the glaze of ceramics crackles |
#8255, aired 2020-10-09 | SNAP, CRACKLE OR POP $1000: Roy Lichtenstein was known as a creator of this type of art pop art |
#8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE "BOSS" OF POP CULTURE $200: In 2016 Sharon Price John, CEO of Build-a-Bear, got a unique look at the company on this show Undercover Boss |
#8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE "BOSS" OF POP CULTURE $400: In 2009 Buddy Valastro began living up to this TV title in a Hoboken bakery Cake Boss |
#8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE "BOSS" OF POP CULTURE $600: Jennifer Aniston was part of an awful trio making employees' lives miserable in this 2011 comedy Horrible Bosses |
#8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE "BOSS" OF POP CULTURE $800: We think the answer to this title '80s sitcom question is Judith Light, not Tony Danza Who's the Boss? |
#8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE "BOSS" OF POP CULTURE $1000: Alec Baldwin was all business as the voice of the title infant in this 2017 film Boss Baby |
#8226, aired 2020-06-01 | POP MUSIC $400: The hive was buzzing in 2019 when she released her live album "Homecoming" Beyoncé |
#8226, aired 2020-06-01 | POP MUSIC $800: It wasn't so long ago that this singer's "Gangnam Style" was everywhere Psy |
#8226, aired 2020-06-01 | POP MUSIC $1200: This French pop duo were right at home in their "Tron: Legacy" cameos--lots of people were wearing futuristic headgear Daft Punk |
#8226, aired 2020-06-01 | POP MUSIC $1600: This "Use Somebody" group sounds like a long line of Spanish royalty, but it actually formed in Nashville Kings of Leon |
#8226, aired 2020-06-01 | POP MUSIC $2000: Ufologists took notice of Nicki Minaj's song about these title objects that were "meant to fly" starships |
#8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $400: Celebrating this film's Oscars in 2020, director Bong Joon Ho partied on Galbi & Bibimbap in L.A.'s Koreatown until 5 A.M. Parasite |
#8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $800: A self-described "average student", this former "Late Show" host funds a scholarship at Indiana's Ball State Letterman |
#8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $1200: For producing a 2019 live version of "All in the Family" & "The Jeffersons", this man became the oldest Emmy winner ever at age 97 Norman Lear |
#8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $1600: Tito Puente was delighted when royalty checks started arriving after this guitarist covered his song "Oye Como Va" Santana |
#8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $2000: In 2019, this Canadian YouTube star made the jump to late night television, hosting "A Little Late" on NBC Lilly Singh |
#8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POP CULTURE $400: (Conan O'Brien presents the clue.) In a "Clueless Gamer" segment, I attacked a strip club with a missile-carrying helicopter while playing the fifth installment of this Rockstar game; sadly, the bouncer had a grenade GTA (Grand Theft Auto) |
#8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POP CULTURE $800: Watch them grow! These terracotta figurines come in Bob Ross & Groot versions Chia Pets |
#8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POP CULTURE $1200: Amazon Prime was super in 2019, debuting this show about edgy superheroes like Homelander & the Deep The Boys |
#8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POP CULTURE $1600: Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run is one of the attractions at the Disneyland area called Star Wars: these 2 words Galaxy's Edge |
#8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POP CULTURE $2000: This London-born singer of "New Rules" recently won a Grammy for Best New Artist Dua Lipa |
#8157, aired 2020-02-11 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $400: Ed Asner voiced Carl Fredricksen in this Pixar film that ballooned to $700 million-plus at the box office Up |
#8157, aired 2020-02-11 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $800: In the original 1954 film, nuclear weapons testing is what awakens this creature & sends him on his rampage on Tokyo Godzilla |
#8157, aired 2020-02-11 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $1200: Mr. Potato Head was not enough! In a 2019 deal, this toy brand added Peppa Pig & of course gangster rap label Death Row Records Hasbro |
#8157, aired 2020-02-11 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $1600: In 2019, those who made the pilgrimage to the Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin, Tennessee included this band led by Dave Grohl the Foo Fighters |
#8157, aired 2020-02-11 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $2000: In 2012 this Oscar-winning actress & humanitarian became a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency Angelina Jolie |
#8154, aired 2020-02-06 | 1980s POP LYRICS $200: The Police: "Oh, can't you see you belong to me" "Every Breath You Take" |
#8154, aired 2020-02-06 | 1980s POP LYRICS $400: Madonna: "'Cause the boy with the cold hard cash is always Mr. Right" "Material Girl" |
#8154, aired 2020-02-06 | 1980s POP LYRICS $600: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts: "I saw him dancin' there by the record machine" "I Love Rock 'N Roll" |
#8154, aired 2020-02-06 | 1980s POP LYRICS $800: Bruce Springsteen: "I'm ten years burning down the road" "Born In The U.S.A." |
#8154, aired 2020-02-06 | 1980s POP LYRICS $1000: Janet Jackson: "No, my first name ain't baby, it's Janet" "Nasty" |
#8148, aired 2020-01-29 | COLORFUL POP CULTURE ANIMALS $400: Michael Sheen voiced this bunny in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" the White Rabbit |
#8148, aired 2020-01-29 | COLORFUL POP CULTURE ANIMALS $800: At Acme Labs, this cartoon rodent pairs with "the Brain" to attempt world domination Pinky |
#8148, aired 2020-01-29 | COLORFUL POP CULTURE ANIMALS $1200: Grey Wind was the name of one of these that belonged to Robb Stark on "Game of Thrones" a wolf |
#8148, aired 2020-01-29 | COLORFUL POP CULTURE ANIMALS $1600: Chris Pratt's "beta" raptor from "Jurassic World" was named this, like the coloration on its skin Blue |
#8148, aired 2020-01-29 | COLORFUL POP CULTURE ANIMALS $2000: In a 1994 film, Alan Cumming voiced this title horse Black Beauty |
#8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $400: Bad robots & Xenomorphs are on the deadly prowl yet again in "Covenant", the most recent film in this interstellar terror franchise Alien |
#8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $800: The start of the 1977 "Star Wars" movie informed us it all happened "a long time ago in" this place "a galaxy far, far away" |
#8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $1200: Directed by Stanley Kubrick, this epic film was inspired by the short story "The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey |
#8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $1600: Led by Capt. Mercer, this sci-fi series on FOX sees its title ship & crew boldly going where no comedy has gone before The Orville |
#8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $2000: She was Lieutenant Starbuck on "Battlestar Galactica" and now seeks out aliens as astronaut Niko Breckenridge on "Another Life" Katee Sackhoff |
#4, aired 2020-01-08 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $400: Check out the clue while my DJ revolves it! This '90s rapper actually had a 2nd Top 40 hit: "Play That Funky Music"; still waitin' on 3 Vanilla Ice |
#4, aired 2020-01-08 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $800: In 1987, 7'2" Kevin Peter Hall played Harry, who hung with the Hendersons, & this film title guy who was not as friendly with Arnold Predator |
#4, aired 2020-01-08 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $1200: Her post-"Friends" career includes the role of actress Valerie Cherish, trying to make "The Comeback" happen Lisa Kudrow |
#4, aired 2020-01-08 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $1600: Feeling regenerated in "Doctor Who", this actress confessed, "Sorry, half an hour ago I was a white-haired Scotsman" (Jodie) Whittaker |
#4, aired 2020-01-08 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $2000: "Pretty Baby, You Look So Heavenly" is a chapter title in "Face It", the 2019 memoir by this singing star Debbie Harry |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | POP CULTURE BOOKSHELF $400: Ernest Cline's "Armada" finds Zack preparing against a perceived attack from aliens hailing from Europa, a moon of this planet Jupiter |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | POP CULTURE BOOKSHELF $800: In her memoir "Inside Out", this actress says "St. Elmo's Fire" saved her life: she had to go to rehab to keep her role in the film Demi Moore |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | POP CULTURE BOOKSHELF $1200: (Kevin Hart delivers the clue.) There's desert & snow & now, it's Danny Glover taking over my avatar in "Jumanji: The Next Level", the most recent film inspired by a book written & illustrated by this man Van Allsburg |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | POP CULTURE BOOKSHELF $1600: Appearing in mask & with sword on the cover of "As You Wish", this British actor gives insight on the making of "The Princess Bride" Cary Elwes |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | POP CULTURE BOOKSHELF $2000: In "You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)", this "queen of the geeks" tells of her rise to stardom Felicia Day |
#8126, aired 2019-12-30 | EDIBLE POP CULTURE $400: In a 1982 film a trail of Reese's Pieces draws this marooned title character out from hiding E.T. |
#8126, aired 2019-12-30 | EDIBLE POP CULTURE $800: In this 2007 animated film, a rodent named Remy dreams of becoming a French chef Ratatouille |
#8126, aired 2019-12-30 | EDIBLE POP CULTURE $1200: On "SNL" Dan Aykroyd once portrayed this Emmy-award-winning chef having a little difficulty preparing a chicken Julia Child |
#8126, aired 2019-12-30 | EDIBLE POP CULTURE $1600: This animated FOX series features the Belcher family, who own a restaurant Bob's Burgers |
#8126, aired 2019-12-30 | EDIBLE POP CULTURE $2000: This actor's cookbook featured Food Fit for the King and You, and included Russian, Gypsy and Thai recipes Yul Brynner |
#8106, aired 2019-12-02 | POP QUIZ $400: Look what you made me do, you alliterative British singer! I can't stop humming your 2019 single "Dancing with a Stranger" Sam Smith |
#8106, aired 2019-12-02 | POP QUIZ $800: A band references its own name in the lyric "counting" these, "one for sorrow, two for joy" crows |
#8106, aired 2019-12-02 | POP QUIZ $1200: On 2019 album charts Khalid was neighbors with this similar-named artist's "Father of Asahd" DJ Khaled |
#8106, aired 2019-12-02 | POP QUIZ $1600: Real name Melissa, with albums like "Supa Dupa Fly" she's the 1st female hip-hop artist in the Songwriters Hall of Fame Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott |
#8106, aired 2019-12-02 | POP QUIZ $2000: Nirvana was Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & this bassist Krist Novoselic |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | POP CULTURE $400: A 2019 film was called "Fast & Furious Presents": this pair Hobbs & Shaw |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | POP CULTURE $800: Helga in her horned helmet is the demanding wife of this comic strip character Hägar the Horrible |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | POP CULTURE $1200: Pet Rocks became all the rage after they went on sale in this decade the 1970s |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | POP CULTURE $1600: babycenter.com says this Netflix series boosted the popularity of the baby names Nancy, Dustin, Lucas & Joyce Stranger Things |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | POP CULTURE $2000: In 1987, 2 decades after the original films, she & Frankie Avalon went "Back to the Beach" Annette Funicello |
#8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $200: This "Hotel California" band first came together to back Linda Ronstadt at a concert at Disneyland the Eagles |
#8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $400: Oddly, female rapper Megan Pete calls herself "Megan Thee" this word for a male horse Stallion |
#8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $600: In 2019 this 5-letter rap & R&B artist had the "Juice" to be nominated for Best New Artist at the VMAs Lizzo |
#8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $800: In 2019 Madonna performed at but did not compete in this international song competition Eurovision |
#8081, aired 2019-10-28 | POP & ROCK MUSIC $1000: This Jackson Browne album about life on the road was recorded onstage, backstage, in hotel rooms & on a tour bus Running On Empty |
#8074, aired 2019-10-17 | '60s POP CULTURE $400: Complete with combat boots & a dog tag, he made his debut at a 1964 toy fair G.I. Joe |
#8074, aired 2019-10-17 | '60s POP CULTURE $600: It was the dawning of a New Age in theater with this "Love-Rock Musical" & its much-publicized nudity Hair |
#8074, aired 2019-10-17 | '60s POP CULTURE $800: In November 1967 John Lennon appeared on the cover of this music magazine's first issue Rolling Stone |
#8074, aired 2019-10-17 | '60s POP CULTURE $1000: At the Oscars in 1969, there was a rare tie for Best Actress between Barbra Streisand & this other legend Katharine Hepburn |
#8072, aired 2019-10-15 | POP CULTURE $400: This reality show returned to MTV in 2019, with Spencer & Heidi now parents The Hills |
#8072, aired 2019-10-15 | POP CULTURE $800: This alliterative MMORPG released a "Classic" version in 2019 that returns players to Azeroth prior to its many expansions World of Warcraft |
#8072, aired 2019-10-15 | POP CULTURE $1200: Taylor Swift's song "Me!" features Brendon Urie of this band that's got an exclamation point in its name! Panic! at the Disco |
#8072, aired 2019-10-15 | POP CULTURE $1600: In "John Wick: Chapter 3", Keanu kicks butt with Sofia, played by this Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry |
#8072, aired 2019-10-15 | POP CULTURE $2000: In the comics this town is the rural residence of Li'l Abner Dogpatch |
#8043, aired 2019-07-24 | POP-POURRI $400: This Tony winner has hosted the Tony Awards (James) Corden |
#8043, aired 2019-07-24 | POP-POURRI $800: In 2019 Christian Siriano, who won season 4 of this fashion competition, replaced Tim Gunn as its mentor Project Runway |
#8043, aired 2019-07-24 | POP-POURRI $1200: Guitarist Dick Dale, who died in 2019, played the iconic opening theme from this 1994 film Pulp Fiction |
#8043, aired 2019-07-24 | POP-POURRI $1600: It's the 3-word punning title of the political podcast hosted by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer & Tommy Vietor Pod Save America |
#8043, aired 2019-07-24 | POP-POURRI $2000: Jane Pauley was drawn to this "Doonesbury" cartoonist & married him in 1980 (Garry) Trudeau |
#8040, aired 2019-07-19 | POP CULTURE DECADES $400: Disneyland opens the 1950s |
#8040, aired 2019-07-19 | POP CULTURE DECADES $600: "The Lone Ranger" & "Meet the Press" debut on TV the 1940s |
#8040, aired 2019-07-19 | POP CULTURE DECADES $800: Mary Lou Retton scores a perfect 10 at the Olympics the 1980s |
#8040, aired 2019-07-19 | POP CULTURE DECADES $1000: Wheaties cereal & the Baby Ruth candy bar are introduced the '20s |
#8021, aired 2019-06-24 | "POP" QUIZ $400: It's Kellogg's brand of toaster pastries Pop-Tarts |
#8021, aired 2019-06-24 | "POP" QUIZ $800: A store only open for a limited time, or a new window that is unexpectedly opened in your browser a pop-up |
#8021, aired 2019-06-24 | "POP" QUIZ $1200: This college coach lent his name to a youth football league Pop Warner |
#8021, aired 2019-06-24 | "POP" QUIZ $1600: To propose marriage to pop the question |
#8021, aired 2019-06-24 | "POP" QUIZ $2000: Nonsense! (Like an old man might say) poppycock |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | POP MUSIC $200: Here's a "Sign Of The Times"--he's a real Cheshire cat Harry Styles |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | POP MUSIC $400: Ariana Grande sings, "When all is said & done, you will believe" this, a 2018 song that mixes spirituality & female power "God Is A Woman" |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | POP MUSIC $600: "I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It" was a No. 1 Album for this "Yearly" band The 1975 |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | POP MUSIC $800: A song by Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey asks, "Oh baby, why don't you just meet me in" this title place the middle |
#8020, aired 2019-06-21 | POP MUSIC $1000: Ka-ching! Post Malone teamed up with him for "Psycho" Ty Dolla Sign |
#8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK $400: Yes, soup Nazi for you! Larry Thomas played the food master twice on this sitcom Seinfeld |
#8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK $800: This nutty logo guy wears a top hat, monocle, gloves & spats Mr. Peanut |
#8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK $1200: The tradition of the Indy 500 champ swigging this after winning the race began in 1936 milk |
#8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK $1600: One writer blamed a drop-off in British sales of this type of white wine on its association with Bridget Jones' saddest moments chardonnay |
#8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK $2000: This 2001 book about the American quick meal became a movie drama with Bobby Cannavale as a meatpacking plant supervisor Fast Food Nation |
#8003, aired 2019-05-29 | 1980s POP LYRICS $400: "Did I ever tell you you're my hero? You're everything, everything I wish I could be" "Wind Beneath My Wings" |
#8003, aired 2019-05-29 | 1980s POP LYRICS $800: "If you're lost, you can look--and you will find me" "Time After Time" |
#8003, aired 2019-05-29 | 1980s POP LYRICS $1200: Michael Jackson:
"The word is out you're doin' wrong, gonna lock you up before too long" "Bad" |
#8003, aired 2019-05-29 | 1980s POP LYRICS $1600: Bon Jovi:
"Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear" "Livin' On A Prayer" |
#8003, aired 2019-05-29 | 1980s POP LYRICS $2000: Queen:
"How long can you stand the heat? Out of the doorway the bullet rip to the sound of the beat" "Another One Bites The Dust" |
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $400: He met Jordan Peele around 2002 at Second City in Chicago Key |
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $800: He met John Oates in 1967 when both were students at Temple University (Daryl) Hall |
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1200: Last names Moore & Prater, this duo gave us the classic song "Soul Man" Sam and Dave |
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1600: This comic strip pair sounds like they would be very direct & sincere Frank and Ernest |
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $2000: "Shaun of the Dead" & "Hot Fuzz" are two collaborations by the British pair Nick Frost & him Simon Pegg |
#7968, aired 2019-04-10 | POP CULTURE COMMON BONDS $400: Odie,
Marmaduke,
Snoopy cartoon dogs |
#7968, aired 2019-04-10 | POP CULTURE COMMON BONDS $800: "Shiny Happy People",
"Man On The Moon",
"Fall On Me" R.E.M. |
#7968, aired 2019-04-10 | POP CULTURE COMMON BONDS $1200: True Religion,
7 For All Mankind,
Lucky Brand jeans |
#7968, aired 2019-04-10 | POP CULTURE COMMON BONDS $1600: Johnny Weissmuller,
Miles O'Keefe,
Alexander Skarsgard Tarzan |
#7968, aired 2019-04-10 | POP CULTURE COMMON BONDS $2000: Singers Maddie Poppe,
Phillip Phillips,
Jordin Sparks American Idol |
#7950, aired 2019-03-15 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $400: On "The Flintstones", he's Barney & Betty's super-strong kid Bamm-Bamm |
#7950, aired 2019-03-15 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $800: Julia Roberts played the evil queen to Lily Collins' Snow White in this 2012 film Mirror Mirror |
#7950, aired 2019-03-15 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $1200: This hit song in Spanish & English by DJ Snake features Ozuna, Cardi B & Selena Gomez "Taki Taki" |
#7950, aired 2019-03-15 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $1600: This Bowie song that says "you've torn your dress" & "your face is a mess" ranks as one of the all-time best glam rock songs "Rebel Rebel" |
#7950, aired 2019-03-15 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $2000: With music & lyrics by Burt Bacharach & Hal David, this Broadway show features the song "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" Promises, Promises |
#7942, aired 2019-03-05 | POP MUSIC ACROSS THE DECADES $400: Now you try... & you try... & you try...& you try to name this Rolling Stones song that was No. 1 for 4 weeks in 1965 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" |
#7942, aired 2019-03-05 | POP MUSIC ACROSS THE DECADES $800: In 1984 this band scored a Top 10 with "New Moon On Monday"; now test your re-fle-fle-fle-flexes Duran Duran |
#7942, aired 2019-03-05 | POP MUSIC ACROSS THE DECADES $1200: In a 1999 smash, this letter-perfect group didn't want "your number", didn't want "to meet you" & didn't want no scrubs TLC |
#7942, aired 2019-03-05 | POP MUSIC ACROSS THE DECADES $1600: This punk band's 1976 self-titled debut album included "Blitzkrieg Bop" the Ramones |
#7942, aired 2019-03-05 | POP MUSIC ACROSS THE DECADES $2000: Time to get your grunge on with this band whose tunes include "Man In The Box", "Rooster" & "Would?" Alice in Chains |
#7915, aired 2019-01-25 | POP CULTURE PORTMANTEAUS $400: The name of this Pokemon, Ash's best buddy, is a blend of Japanese words for a mouse sound & something sparkly Pikachu |
#7915, aired 2019-01-25 | POP CULTURE PORTMANTEAUS $800: Jim Henson has said that the "M" in Muppet comes from this word marionette |
#7915, aired 2019-01-25 | POP CULTURE PORTMANTEAUS $1600: A highlight of this 2016 Disney film was a sloth working at the DMV Zootopia |
#7915, aired 2019-01-25 | POP CULTURE PORTMANTEAUS $2000: Syfy had fun with the posts that debunked the meteorological accuracy of this 2013 TV movie that starred Tara Reid Sharknado |
#7915, aired 2019-01-25 | POP CULTURE PORTMANTEAUS $3,000 (Daily Double): George Clinton was the mastermind behind the groups called Parliament & this hybrid word Funkadelic |
#7908, aired 2019-01-16 | UNLIKELY POP CULTURE PAIRINGS $400: The film "Ragtime" has Jimmy Cagney, Pat O'Brien & at the other end of their careers, Samuel L. Jackson & her, "The Nanny" Fran Drescher |
#7908, aired 2019-01-16 | UNLIKELY POP CULTURE PAIRINGS $800: Sadly, a month after recording a Christmas duet in 1977 with this "China Girl" singer, Bing Crosby died of a heart attack David Bowie |
#7908, aired 2019-01-16 | UNLIKELY POP CULTURE PAIRINGS $1200: Seen here, this MSNBC host recited some Lil Jon lyrics with Lil Jon sitting right next to her Rachel Maddow |
#7908, aired 2019-01-16 | UNLIKELY POP CULTURE PAIRINGS $1600: Pity the fool who doesn't know Mr. T met Boy George in a 1986 episode of this show The A-Team |
#7908, aired 2019-01-16 | UNLIKELY POP CULTURE PAIRINGS $2000: Not content to make us weep with her ASPCA ads, she sang "Cat's In The Cradle" in a mash-up with rapper DMC Sarah McLachlan |
#7904, aired 2019-01-10 | 2018 POP CULTURE $400: You can play as Luigi, Peach or this ape in the Nintendo video game Mario Tennis Aces Donkey Kong |
#7904, aired 2019-01-10 | 2018 POP CULTURE $800: Beyonce & Jay-Z released the album "Everything is Love" under this collective name The Carters |
#7904, aired 2019-01-10 | 2018 POP CULTURE $1200: Early in free agency, he agreed to a 4-year, $153 million contract with the Lakers (LeBron) James |
#7904, aired 2019-01-10 | 2018 POP CULTURE $1600: The title characters of "Ant-Man and the Wasp" were played by Paul Rudd & her Evangeline Lilly |
#7904, aired 2019-01-10 | 2018 POP CULTURE $2000: In 2018 this couple said hello to baby No. 5 & goodbye to "Fixer Upper" after season No. 5 Chip and Joanna Gaines |
#7889, aired 2018-12-20 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $400: "Sisters" on film, these "SNL alums turned hosting the Golden Globes into must see TV (Amy) Poehler and Tina Fey |
#7889, aired 2018-12-20 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $800: SpongeBob's BFF Patrick is one of these creatures a starfish |
#7889, aired 2018-12-20 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1200: In the 2018 movie comedy "Holmes and Watson", Will Ferrell pairs with this Oscar-nominated actor, his buddy & frequent co-star John C. Reilly |
#7889, aired 2018-12-20 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1600: In this 2017 film Dax Shepard & Michael Peña took over the roles Erik Estrada & Larry Wilcox played on '70s TV CHiPs |
#7889, aired 2018-12-20 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $2000: This movie comedy duo rode camels in 1942 while on the "Road to Morocco" Bob Hope and Bing Crosby |
#7883, aired 2018-12-12 | A POP "UP" CATEGORY $400: A song by the late Avicii says, "So" do this "when it's all over, whem I'm wiser and I'm older" wake me up |
#7883, aired 2018-12-12 | A POP "UP" CATEGORY $800: Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes took this love theme from "An Officer and a Gentleman" to No. 1 "Up Where We Belong" |
#7883, aired 2018-12-12 | A POP "UP" CATEGORY $1200: Andra Day said this inspirational song started as "sort of a prayer" after a friend was diagnosed with cancer "Rise Up" |
#7883, aired 2018-12-12 | A POP "UP" CATEGORY $1600: In 2018 Drake rapped about feeling this, "Hundred thousand on my head, it's disrespect" "Upset" |
#7883, aired 2018-12-12 | A POP "UP" CATEGORY $2000: "And if this old world starts getting you down, there's room enough for two" here "Up On The Roof" |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | A POP CULTURE THANKSGIVING $200: A traditional folk song finds it "in the straw" & "in the hay" turkey |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | A POP CULTURE THANKSGIVING $400: The song "Zombie" by this group is about the blood shed over Irish freedom The Cranberries |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | A POP CULTURE THANKSGIVING $600: A 1933 Popeye short is called "I ____ What I ____" yam |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | A POP CULTURE THANKSGIVING $800: Justin Theroux starred in this HBO series in which 2% of the world's population had disappeared--was it the rapture? The Leftovers |
#7868, aired 2018-11-21 | A POP CULTURE THANKSGIVING $1000: Gangly banjo player David Akeman, a star of the Grand Ole Opry & "Hee Haw", had this nickname Stringbean |
#7856, aired 2018-11-05 | POP CULTURE $400: Say howdy to Rowdy, mascot of this NFL team; he's 6'1", or 6'2 1/2" with the big hat the Dallas Cowboys |
#7856, aired 2018-11-05 | POP CULTURE $800: For fall, the cornucopia of pumpkin spice-flavored offerings include Cheerios & these Hostess snack cakes Twinkies |
#7856, aired 2018-11-05 | POP CULTURE $1200: In the 2018 film "The Girl in the Spider's Web", this star of "The Crown" plays outcast hacker Lisbeth Salander Claire Foy |
#7856, aired 2018-11-05 | POP CULTURE $1600: Shinnok is one of the evil karacters in this fighting video game franchise from NetherRealm studios Mortal Kombat |
#7856, aired 2018-11-05 | POP CULTURE $2000: Ariana Grande has a song on her 2018 album called this, the name of her fiancee "Pete Davidson" |
#7851, aired 2018-10-29 | POP CULTURE ALPHABET $200: Prince went alphanumeric with his song title "Nothing Compares 2" this letter U |
#7851, aired 2018-10-29 | POP CULTURE ALPHABET $400: "Total Divas" can be found on the network known by this letter E! |
#7851, aired 2018-10-29 | POP CULTURE ALPHABET $600: Appearing in the "Divergent" & "Mission: Impossible" franchises is actress Maggie this letter Q |
#7851, aired 2018-10-29 | POP CULTURE ALPHABET $800: "The who, what, where, when and why in the world of style" is this Conde Nast publication W |
#7851, aired 2018-10-29 | POP CULTURE ALPHABET $1000: When Ramona gives Scott Pilgrim her phone number in a 2010 movie, this letter is under each of the 7 digits X |
#7831, aired 2018-10-01 | POP CULTURE POPS $200: In 2008's "Taken", this actor was a dad who had real problems connecting with his daughter Liam Neeson |
#7831, aired 2018-10-01 | POP CULTURE POPS $400: He'll be your daddy, oh! This singer became a "father figure", taking that song all the way to No. 1 in 1988 George Michael |
#7831, aired 2018-10-01 | POP CULTURE POPS $600: On this sitcom clan patriarch George Bluth said, "There's a good chance I may have committed some light treason" Arrested Development |
#7831, aired 2018-10-01 | POP CULTURE POPS $800: Son of a Black Panther, this "California Love" rapper who died in 1996 expressed some daddy issues with "Papa'z Song" Tupac |
#7831, aired 2018-10-01 | POP CULTURE POPS $1000: In "Four Christmases" Robert Duvall is this actor's not exactly warm & fuzzy papa Vince Vaughn |
#7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $400: Fox' "Empire" has been seen as a hip-hop take on this play, with Jamal Lyon as a gender-swapped Cordelia King Lear |
#7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $1200: Heath Ledger's Patrick Verona is the Petruchio of this film adaptation of "The Taming of the Shrew" 10 Things I Hate About You |
#7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $1600: Amanda Bynes pretends to be a boy & plays soccer at Illyria Prep in "She's the Man", loosely based on this comedy Twelfth Night |
#7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $2000: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are hosers, SCTV's Bob & Doug McKenzie, in this film very, very loosely based on "Hamlet" Strange Brew |
#7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $4,200 (Daily Double): The 1950s sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet" is based on this play, with Robby the Robot as Ariel The Tempest |
#7804, aired 2018-07-12 | CHECK IN TO THE POP CULTURE HOTEL $200: In an Eagles hit "My head grew heavy & my sight grew dim, I had to stop for the night" here the Hotel California |
#7804, aired 2018-07-12 | CHECK IN TO THE POP CULTURE HOTEL $400: In a 2012 film British retirees don't get quite what they expected at this "Best Exotic" hotel in India the Marigold Hotel |
#7804, aired 2018-07-12 | CHECK IN TO THE POP CULTURE HOTEL $600: A 1955 headline, "Story of a Person Who Walked Lonely Street", is thought to have inspired this Elvis hit "Heartbreak Hotel" |
#7804, aired 2018-07-12 | CHECK IN TO THE POP CULTURE HOTEL $800: In "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation", Dracula, voiced by this comic actor, takes his own vacation Adam Sandler |
#7804, aired 2018-07-12 | CHECK IN TO THE POP CULTURE HOTEL $1000: I'm glad I never stayed at the hotel of Donald Sinclair, on whom John Cleese based Basil in this show Fawlty Towers |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | POP SONG OVERLAPS $400: "Don't Be ____ To Be Kind" cruel |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | POP SONG OVERLAPS $800: "The Lion Sleeps ____ I'm Yours" tonight |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | POP SONG OVERLAPS $1200: "Sweet ____ Compares 2 U" nothing |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | POP SONG OVERLAPS $1600: "Bleeding ____ On The Rocks" love |
#7802, aired 2018-07-10 | POP SONG OVERLAPS $2000: "Teenage ____ Police" dream |
#7801, aired 2018-07-09 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $200: In 1982 Tony Randall hosted these awards at the Imperial Theater the Tonys |
#7801, aired 2018-07-09 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $400: Carrie Fisher auditioned for "Star Wars" & this horror film at the same time--the 2 directors were in the same room Carrie |
#7801, aired 2018-07-09 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $600: Dancers come from all over the world to compete in front of Jennifer Lopez & Derek Hough on this NBC show World of Dance |
#7801, aired 2018-07-09 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $800: Queen Latifah reunites with girls she went to college with on a crazy trip down to New Orleans in this film Girls Trip |
#7801, aired 2018-07-09 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $1000: In a commercial for this mobile game, Arnold Schwarzenegger yells, "Must strike back!" Mobile Strike |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | POP CULTURE SQUIRRELS $200: Sandy Cheeks wears a space suit & helmet underwater so she can hang out with this title guy SpongeBob SquarePants |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | POP CULTURE SQUIRRELS $400: Scrat is the nutty, acorn-obsessed saber-toothed squirrel in this series of movies Ice Age |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | POP CULTURE SQUIRRELS $600: Twiggy the squirrel is a cultural sensation for expertly doing this aquatic activity water-ski |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | POP CULTURE SQUIRRELS $800: June Foray gave voice to this high-flying resident of Frostbite Falls--again! Rocky (the Flying Squirrel) |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | POP CULTURE SQUIRRELS $1000: Slappy & Skippy Squirrel were characters in this cartoon series that also starred Wakko, Yakko & Dot the Animaniacs |
#7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $400: A terrible career path for this TV character, who went from nice chemistry teacher to nasty crystal meth master Walter White |
#7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $800: In "Dead Poets Society", Robin Williams inspires his students with this Latin phrase translated as "seize the day" carpe diem |
#7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $1200: In season 9 of this animated show, Mr. Garrison became Mrs. Garrison; in season 12 it was back to Mr. Garrison South Park |
#7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $1600: You can win our money knowing he played a teacher in 1986 with the immortal line "Bueller... Bueller... Bueller" (Ben) Stein |
#7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $2000: This nostalgia network rebranded itself with edgy series like "Teachers", whose educators aren't exactly dedicated TV Land |
#7751, aired 2018-04-30 | POP CULTURE IN THE NEWS $400: Diagnosed with lupus nephritis, singer Selena Gomez received a transplant of this vital organ a kidney |
#7751, aired 2018-04-30 | POP CULTURE IN THE NEWS $800: This Michigan singer said, "I'm not running for Senate! Are you...kidding me? Who...couldn't figure that out?" Kid Rock |
#7751, aired 2018-04-30 | POP CULTURE IN THE NEWS $1200: #MeToo evolved into this movement against sexual harassment that was a popular pin in awards season in 2018 #TimesUp |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | POP "STREET" $400: Small screen home for Bert & Ernie since 1969 Sesame Street |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | POP "STREET" $800: 1964 hit song for Martha & the Vandellas "Dancing In The Street" |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | POP "STREET" $1200: They back up "The Boss" the E Street Band |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | POP "STREET" $1600: Scorsese feature film from 1973 Mean Streets |
#7718, aired 2018-03-14 | POP "STREET" $2000: Popular video game first released by Capcom in 1987 Street Fighter |
#7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY IN POP CULTURE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Staten Island Ferry.) When it's split in 2 by the bad guys in the blockbuster "Spiderman: Homecoming", it's up to the teen webslinger & this other superhero to hold the ship together Iron Man |
#7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY IN POP CULTURE $400: The opening credits of CBS' "The Late Show with" him included a night view of an illuminated Staten Island Ferry David Letterman |
#7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY IN POP CULTURE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Staten Island Ferry.) The ferry is featured at the start of Working Girl as we see the commute of Tess McGill, a role that made this actress an Oscar nominee Melanie Griffith |
#7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY IN POP CULTURE $800: "I lost my choo!" she said while running for the Staten Island Ferry on an episode of "Sex and the City" Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw) |
#7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY IN POP CULTURE $1000: In this film, Amy Schumer does the "I'm the king of the world" pose on the guardrails of the Staten Island Ferry Trainwreck |
#7675, aired 2018-01-12 | POP CULTURE GOLD & SILVER $200: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards these each January the Golden Globes |
#7675, aired 2018-01-12 | POP CULTURE GOLD & SILVER $400: Michael Phelps won only 3 of these in his Olympic career silver medals |
#7675, aired 2018-01-12 | POP CULTURE GOLD & SILVER $600: Top Hollywood agent Ari Gold was a character on this HBO series Entourage |
#7675, aired 2018-01-12 | POP CULTURE GOLD & SILVER $800: The Golden State Warriors have won 2 NBA titles led by this 2-time league MVP Curry |
#7675, aired 2018-01-12 | POP CULTURE GOLD & SILVER $1000: This cosmic comic book hero travels through the universe on a board the Silver Surfer |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $200: This movie Austin-tagonist says at age 18 he went to "evil medical school" & at age 25 "took up tap dancing" Dr. Evil |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $400: Played by Rachel McAdams, Regina George was the leader of "the Plastics" in this 2004 movie Mean Girls |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $600: When this TV drama premiered in 2011, Regina was innocent, but Rumplestiltskin helped turn her into the evil queen Once Upon a Time |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $800: Calvin Candie in this movie was the first villain Quentin Tarantino said he'd written that he hated Django Unchained |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $1000: As Victor Kiriakis on "Days of Our Lives", this father of a TV star has put in 30-plus years of all kinds of villainy John Aniston |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | POP CULTURE 2000 $800: (I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson.) I was flattered to be named "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive" by this magazine back in 2000, but I'm inclined to wonder, who was I up against? People |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | POP CULTURE 2000 $1200: This primetime game show was the USA's most watched TV program Who Wants to be a Millionaire? |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | POP CULTURE 2000 $1600: Long before he took us to "Manchester by the Sea", he made his feature directing debut with "You Can Count on Me" Kenneth Lonergan |
#7647, aired 2017-12-05 | POP CULTURE 2000 $2000: Her acclaimed album "Mama's Gun" featured the protest song "A.D. 2000" Erykah Badu |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $400: "Start spreadin' the news, I'm leavin' today, I want to be a part of it", this song "New York, New York" |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $800: In CB slang it's what a trucker says to interrupt a conversation or request to use a channel breaker, breaker |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $1200: Jessie J, Nicki Minaj & Ariana Grande collaborated on this catchy 2014 hit "Bang Bang" |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $1600: Now all grown up, the pair here came to fame in the 1990s starring on this sitcom Sister, Sister |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $2000: Theodore Bikel played the Soviet captain who runs his submarine aground off New England in this 1960s comedy film The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming |
#7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ROCK & POP QUARTETS $400: With 200 million albums sold, this band, formed in Stockholm in 1972, is one of the most successful ever ABBA |
#7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ROCK & POP QUARTETS $800: Plant & Page were the heart of this legendary quartet Led Zeppelin |
#7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ROCK & POP QUARTETS $1200: This "seasonal" Australian pop quartet aka 5SOS has hit the big time with songs like "She Looks So Perfect" 5 Seconds of Summer |
#7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ROCK & POP QUARTETS $1600: Should you stay or should you name this Joe Strummer British punk band now? The Clash |
#7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ROCK & POP QUARTETS $2000: The big 4 bands of thrash metal are Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth & this quartet with a murderous name Slayer |
#7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CLASSIC POP $200: "Baby Love" The Supremes |
#7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CLASSIC POP $400: "Only The Lonely" (1960) Roy Orbison |
#7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CLASSIC POP $600: "In Your Eyes" Peter Gabriel |
#7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CLASSIC POP $800: "Mack The Knife" (1959) Bobby Darin |
#7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CLASSIC POP $1000: "Go Your Own Way" Fleetwood Mac |
#7567, aired 2017-07-04 | 1960s POP MUSIC $400: This Temptations hit begins, "I've got sunshine on a cloudy day, when it's cold outside I've got the month of May" "My Girl" |
#7567, aired 2017-07-04 | 1960s POP MUSIC $800: In the 1966 song "That's Life", this "Chairman of the Board" explains what it all means Frank Sinatra |
#7567, aired 2017-07-04 | 1960s POP MUSIC $1200: This Iron Butterfly hit was first titled "In The Garden Of Eden"; intoxication & slurring of the words led to the change "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" |
#7567, aired 2017-07-04 | 1960s POP MUSIC $1600: Roger McGuinn & David Crosby formed this folk-rock band in Los Angeles in 1964 The Byrds |
#7567, aired 2017-07-04 | 1960s POP MUSIC $2000: The top female solo act of the 1960s, she began the decade with "Sweet Nothin's" & "I'm Sorry" Brenda Lee |
#7455, aired 2017-01-27 | 1960s POP LYRICS $200: In 1965 Petula Clark told us that "when you're alone and life is making lonely, you can always go" here downtown |
#7455, aired 2017-01-27 | 1960s POP LYRICS $400: Elvis' girl sent his letter back, writing on it this, "address unknown, no such number, no such zone" return to sender |
#7455, aired 2017-01-27 | 1960s POP LYRICS $600: "Every other day of the week is fine, yeah, but whenever" this day "comes, you can find me cryin' all of the time" Monday, Monday |
#7455, aired 2017-01-27 | 1960s POP LYRICS $800: On this Liverpool street, "there is a barber showing photographs of every head he's had the pleasure to know" Penny Lane |
#7455, aired 2017-01-27 | 1960s POP LYRICS $1000: It's the question the Doors asked after saying, "Hello, I love you" "Won't you tell me your name?" |
#7444, aired 2017-01-12 | POP CULTURE "VICE" $400: Don Johnson & Colin Farrell hit the Sonny side of the street in projects both called this Miami Vice |
#7444, aired 2017-01-12 | POP CULTURE "VICE" $800: Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Debbie Harry & Dennis Hopper were just some of the voice talent in this video game, "GTA: VC" Grand Theft Auto: Vice City |
#7444, aired 2017-01-12 | POP CULTURE "VICE" $1200: Judge Reinhold & Fred Savage do the ol' father/son body switch in this 1988 film with a Latin title Vice Versa |
#7444, aired 2017-01-12 | POP CULTURE "VICE" $1600: School administrator Danny McBride helps set his new boss' house on fire in this HBO comedy Vice Principals |
#7444, aired 2017-01-12 | POP CULTURE "VICE" $2000: Paul Thomas Anderson got an Oscar nomination for writing this 2014 Joaquin Phoenix film Inherent Vice |
#7426, aired 2016-12-19 | POP CULTURE $400: David Tennant & Matt Smith have traveled through time & space as the main character on this British TV series Doctor Who |
#7426, aired 2016-12-19 | POP CULTURE $800: This rapper co-founded Roc-A-Fella records, which released his 1996 debut "Reasonable Doubt" Jay-Z |
#7426, aired 2016-12-19 | POP CULTURE $1200: Sarah Paulson got rave reviews for playing this prosecutor in "The People v. O.J. Simpson" Marcia Clark |
#7426, aired 2016-12-19 | POP CULTURE $1600: LL Cool J hosts this series on Spike TV, "LSB" for short Lip Sync Battle |
#7426, aired 2016-12-19 | POP CULTURE $2000: Jerry Seinfeld drove around the White House in a 1963 Stingray with Pres. Obama on an episode of this web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee |
#7413, aired 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $200: Ben Kingsley voiced a protective panther in this movie, just as Rudyard Kipling must have imagined The Jungle Book |
#7413, aired 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $400: She credited her "American Horror Story" producer Ryan Murphy for her Best Actress in a Play win at the Tonys in 2016 Jessica Lange |
#7413, aired 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $600: The visual album "Endless" & the album "Blonde" were this singer/rapper's follow-up to "Channel Orange" Frank Ocean |
#7413, aired 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $800: Kevin Hart said filmmakers put "a small black guy in a small white rabbit's body" in this 2016 animated movie The Secret Life of Pets |
#7413, aired 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $1000: After 14 years, Jamie & Adam decided they had nothing left to disprove & this Discovery show signed off in 2016 MythBusters |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | POP CULTURE $200: Beyonce has more than 60 million followers on this photo-sharing app whose logo looks like a Polaroid camera Instagram |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | POP CULTURE $400: Twenty One Pilots "wish we could turn back time to the good old days... but now we're" this title "Stressed Out" |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | POP CULTURE $600: Creepers love the gaming channel stampylonghead & its devotion to this ubiquitous Mojang game Minecraft |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | POP CULTURE $800: In 2016 this member of One Direction became a dad to a lad named Freddie Louis Tomlinson |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | POP CULTURE $1000: Avicii, a 26-year-old superstar in EDM, this type of music, has announced he is retiring electronic dance music |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | '80s POP LYRICS IN LATIN $200: "You know, I wish that I had Jessie's puella" girl |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RELATIVE POP CULTURE $400: Ferris Bueller's girlfriend Mia Sara married Brian, the son of this late master of Muppets Jim Henson |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | '80s POP LYRICS IN LATIN $400: "Pour some saccharon on me, ooo, in the name of love" sugar |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | '80s POP LYRICS IN LATIN $600: "Hebenus & ebur live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my piano keyboard" ebony & ivory |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RELATIVE POP CULTURE $800: Michigan congressman Fred Upton is simply Uncle Fred to this Sports Illustrated supermodel Kate Upton |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | '80s POP LYRICS IN LATIN $800: "She's a maenas, maenas on the floor, & she's dancing like she's never danced before" maniac |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | '80s POP LYRICS IN LATIN $1000: "Oh, what a feeling, when we're dancing on the tectum" ceiling |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RELATIVE POP CULTURE $1200: "Big Adventure" time! one of Israel's first fighter pilots was the dad of Paul Reubens, aka this film & TV character Pee-wee Herman |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RELATIVE POP CULTURE $1600: Peter Davison, the 5th man to play the iconic sci-fi role on this show, became father-in-law to David Tennant, the 10th Doctor Who |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RELATIVE POP CULTURE $2000: Joan Cusack is the secretary to brother John's professional killer in this 1997 movie Grosse Pointe Blank |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | THEIR LAST TOP 10 POP HIT, SO FAR $400: "Candle In The Wind 1997" Elton John |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | THEIR LAST TOP 10 POP HIT, SO FAR $800: "Do That To Me One More Time"
(1979) Captain & Tennille |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | THEIR LAST TOP 10 POP HIT, SO FAR $1200: "Shiny Happy People"
(1991) R.E.M. |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | THEIR LAST TOP 10 POP HIT, SO FAR $1600: "Vacation"
(1982) the Go-Go's |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | THEIR LAST TOP 10 POP HIT, SO FAR $2000: This girl group without their famous lead singer, "Stoned Love"
(1970) The Supremes |
#7335, aired 2016-07-01 | RECENT POP CULTURE $400: Accepting a Golden Globe, he said, "I want to thank my imaginary friend Rocky Balboa for being the best friend I ever had" Stallone |
#7335, aired 2016-07-01 | RECENT POP CULTURE $800: Though officially 0-0 as interim coach, Luke Walton was an NBA coach of the month for Oct./Nov. 2015, as this team was 19-0 the (Golden State) Warriors |
#7335, aired 2016-07-01 | RECENT POP CULTURE $1200: T.J. Miller has a less-than-flattering review of Ryan Reynolds' new face in this 2016 film Deadpool |
#7335, aired 2016-07-01 | RECENT POP CULTURE $1600: Marty & Mick (Scorsese & Jagger) bring us the '70s music scene on this HBO show Vinyl |
#7335, aired 2016-07-01 | RECENT POP CULTURE $2000: This R&B queen, who ought to team up with Jack Johnson or Jack Jones, had a No. 1 album with "Woman" Jill Scott |
#7301, aired 2016-05-16 | POP CULTURE $400: Gal Gadot as this character brought some Amazon estrogen to 2016's "Batman v. Superman" Wonder Woman |
#7301, aired 2016-05-16 | POP CULTURE $800: He had his "Cher" of success as a singer of "I Got You Babe" before going to Congress Sonny Bono |
#7301, aired 2016-05-16 | POP CULTURE $1200: This Jim McMahon team hadn't won the title yet when they released "The Super Bowl Shuffle" in 1985 the Chicago Bears |
#7301, aired 2016-05-16 | POP CULTURE $1600: The Bee Gees were doing this kind of "Talkin'" in a No. 1 hit Jive |
#7301, aired 2016-05-16 | POP CULTURE $2000: This director's films like "Jungle Fever" won him special Academy Award in a 2015 ceremony Spike Lee |
#7277, aired 2016-04-12 | POP MUSIC $200: The 2016 Grammycast featured "Make Me Like You", a video recorded live on roller skates by this singer Gwen Stefani |
#7277, aired 2016-04-12 | POP MUSIC $400: She co-wrote her hit "All About That Bass" Meghan Trainor |
#7277, aired 2016-04-12 | POP MUSIC $600: We've got the same love for this duo, a rapper & DJ-producer, seen here Ryan Lewis & Macklemore |
#7277, aired 2016-04-12 | POP MUSIC $800: In 2015 Zayn Malik officially quit this band One Direction |
#7277, aired 2016-04-12 | POP MUSIC $1000: Former "SNL" cast member Rob Schneider is the father of this "Ex's & Oh's" singer Elle King |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | POP QUIZ $400: This kids' song mentions a monkey & a mulberry bush "Pop Goes The Weasel" |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | POP QUIZ $800: John Philips helped organize this N. California festival after the success of iconic jazz festivals held there the Monterey Pop Festival |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | POP QUIZ $1200: For breakfast Post came up with "Country Squares"; Kellogg won that battle with the product still called these Pop-Tarts |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | POP QUIZ $1600: This BBC music show debuted in 1964 playing all the hits for generations of music fans Top of the Pops |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | POP QUIZ $2000: In 1930 he left the Boston Symphony to become conductor of the Boston Pops, a job he held for 49 years (Arthur) Fiedler |
#7248, aired 2016-03-02 | BIBLE BOOKS IN POP MUSIC $200: Title of a Bob Marley album Exodus |
#7248, aired 2016-03-02 | BIBLE BOOKS IN POP MUSIC $400: This Elton John title guy "is traveling tonight on a plane", heading for Spain Daniel |
#7248, aired 2016-03-02 | BIBLE BOOKS IN POP MUSIC $600: In a band name it follows "Better Than" Ezra |
#7248, aired 2016-03-02 | BIBLE BOOKS IN POP MUSIC $800: First word of Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World" Jeremiah |
#7248, aired 2016-03-02 | BIBLE BOOKS IN POP MUSIC $1000: This band had a hit with "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" Genesis |
#7237, aired 2016-02-16 | JAPANESE POP CULTURE $400: Pachinko is a variety of this arcade game that one might find in a Tokyo parlor pinball |
#7237, aired 2016-02-16 | JAPANESE POP CULTURE $800: If you're eating a bento bako meal, you're eating something in this type of container a bento box |
#7237, aired 2016-02-16 | JAPANESE POP CULTURE $1200: On the New York Times bestseller list, this Japanese word has its own category manga |
#7237, aired 2016-02-16 | JAPANESE POP CULTURE $1600: To mark the launch of Pokemon, Kansas' capital was renamed this for a day in 1998 ToPikachu |
#7237, aired 2016-02-16 | JAPANESE POP CULTURE $2000: Japanese name of the city-stomping creature who first appeared in a 1954 Japanese film Gojira |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | POP CULTURE WEBSITES $400: Number of guys who are now the focus of onedirectionmusic.com 4 |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | POP CULTURE WEBSITES $800: The website jakeandHIM.com says, "BFF's. No we're not" Amir |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | POP CULTURE WEBSITES $1200: The website of this NBA East team said they showed "fight and resolve" in the loss that took them to 1-22 the (Philadelphia) 76ers |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | POP CULTURE WEBSITES $1600: This lawyer who once clerked for Sonia Sotomayor can brag to hubby George about her 32,000 Instagram followers Amal Clooney |
#7230, aired 2016-02-05 | POP CULTURE WEBSITES $2000: In 2015 ew.com had a reunion of this TV show's stars Scott Foley, Keri Russell & Scott Speedman Felicity |
#7226, aired 2016-02-01 | POP SONGS OF 2015 $200: What do you mean, this Canadian singer's "What Do You Mean?" topped the Billboard Pop Chart? Justin Bieber |
#7226, aired 2016-02-01 | POP-POURRI $400: "Black Ops III" is the subtitle of a game in this series Call of Duty |
#7226, aired 2016-02-01 | POP SONGS OF 2015 $400: Watch out, Radioactive Man! This band sang, "She wants to dance like Uma Thurman, bury me 'til I confess" Fall Out Boy |
#7226, aired 2016-02-01 | POP SONGS OF 2015 $600: Time for a quick game of Pick the Right Jonas Brother! He had a solo hit with "Levels" Nick Jonas |
#7226, aired 2016-02-01 | POP-POURRI $800: Melissa Benoist plays the charming title caped hero on this CBS series Supergirl |
#7226, aired 2016-02-01 | POP SONGS OF 2015 $800: "Zero" was big for this singer, but domestic violence issues resulted in denial of his visa for a trip to Australia Chris Brown |
#7226, aired 2016-02-01 | POP SONGS OF 2015 $1000: "See You Again" stayed on the list again & again for this rapper & Charlie Puth Wiz Khalifa |
#7226, aired 2016-02-01 | POP-POURRI $1200: Here's the main star of this Netflix show BoJack Horseman |
#7226, aired 2016-02-01 | POP-POURRI $1600: In 2015 on "SNL" Larry David played this presidential candidate Bernie Sanders |
#7226, aired 2016-02-01 | POP-POURRI $2000: Gwen Stefani had a 2014 holiday collection for this 3-letter brand of nail polish OPI |
#7223, aired 2016-01-27 | POP MUSIC $400: During her 2015 "Unbreakable" tour, she duetted on "Scream" with her brother Michael's recorded voice Janet Jackson |
#7223, aired 2016-01-27 | POP MUSIC $800: The Eagles had "7 women on my mind" in this hit "Take It Easy" |
#7223, aired 2016-01-27 | POP MUSIC $1200: Beyonce was featured as a guest vocalist on this artist's 2010 hit "Telephone" Lady Gaga |
#7223, aired 2016-01-27 | POP MUSIC $1600: This singer-songwriter reached the Top 10 twice with "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do", in 1962 & 1976 Neil Sedaka |
#7223, aired 2016-01-27 | POP MUSIC $2000: Since his huge success producing Amy Winehouse & funking with Bruno Mars, you may not be able to get him to DJ your party Mark Ronson |
#7220, aired 2016-01-22 | POP HITS OF THE '80s $200: "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" was from Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart, the duo behind this band The Eurythmics |
#7220, aired 2016-01-22 | POP HITS OF THE '80s $400: Don't say we're not deep! Here's Poison to tell you that "Every" this "Has Its Thorn" a rose |
#7220, aired 2016-01-22 | POP HITS OF THE '80s $600: We're not "out of touch"! We've got "Out Of Touch" by this duo, an '80s hit-making machine Hall & Oates |
#7220, aired 2016-01-22 | POP HITS OF THE '80s $800: You remember David Coverdale... Tawny Kitaen writhing on a car... it's "Here I Go Again" from this "colorful" band Whitesnake |
#7220, aired 2016-01-22 | POP HITS OF THE '80s $1000: These British gloom-meisters cracked the U.S. Top 40 in 1988 with "Just Like Heaven" The Cure |
#7218, aired 2016-01-20 | '90s POP CULTURE $200: With Zoo TV & PopMart, they had 2 of the highest-grossing concert tours of the '90s U2 |
#7218, aired 2016-01-20 | '90s POP CULTURE $400: She was Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" until their marriage ended in 1994 Christie Brinkley |
#7218, aired 2016-01-20 | '90s POP CULTURE $600: In 1994 Tess Trueheart served him with divorce papers Dick Tracy |
#7218, aired 2016-01-20 | '90s POP CULTURE $1,000 (Daily Double): In September 1996 Jacquelyn Mitchard's "The Deep End of the Ocean" became its first selection Oprah's Book Club |
#7218, aired 2016-01-20 | '90s POP CULTURE $1000: The "original 9" of these to hit store shelves included Patti the Platypus & Squealer the Pig Beanie Babies |
#7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $200: In this TV show's 1st sketch, Michael O'Donoghue said, "I would like to feed your fingertips to the wolverines" Saturday Night Live |
#7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $400: (Hi, I'm Mo Rocca.) I am a correspondent for this CBS news magazine that's hosted by the genial Charles Osgood Sunday Morning |
#7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $600: A hit by The Weeknd says "I can't" do this "when I'm with you" feel my face |
#7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $800: A Hamptons beach house is the setting for this 1989 film comedy in which Andrew McCarthy props up his dead boss Weekend at Bernie's |
#7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $1000: This band was No. 1 for one "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night" in 1975 the Bay City Rollers |
#7176, aired 2015-11-23 | "POP" CULTURE $600: He was in a band called The Iguanas before forming The Stooges Iggy Pop |
#7176, aired 2015-11-23 | "POP" CULTURE $800: This question about accessing a Tootsie Roll was first asked in ads in 1970 How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? |
#7176, aired 2015-11-23 | "POP" CULTURE $1000: '80s hit by Men Without Hats heard here "Pop Goes the World" |
#7171, aired 2015-11-16 | SODA POP QUIZ $200: Heads up! It was launched as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" in 1929 7 Up |
#7171, aired 2015-11-16 | SODA POP QUIZ $400: With the most famous soda flavor from this brand, you get "Real ginger. Real taste" Canada Dry (ginger ale) |
#7171, aired 2015-11-16 | SODA POP QUIZ $600: In addition to root beer, A&W also sells this flavor of soda cream soda |
#7171, aired 2015-11-16 | SODA POP QUIZ $800: For much of the last decade, this fruity brand from Coca-Cola had its own colorful group of spokesmodels Fanta |
#7171, aired 2015-11-16 | SODA POP QUIZ $1000: In 1983 it added Ruby Red to its line of sodas Squirt |
#7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $400: This actress' big-screen credits include "E.T." & "50 First Dates" Drew Barrymore |
#7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $800: In 2014 Billboard listed "Sunshine & Whiskey" & "Day Drinking" as "Hot Songs" in this genre country |
#7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $1200: Season 2 of this HBO series had 3 cops on the case, including Colin Farrell True Detective |
#7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $1600: 2015 marks 50 years of this TV special in which Linus quotes from the Gospel of Luke to enlighten his friends A Charlie Brown Christmas |
#7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $2000: The Mothers of Invention were his backup band (Frank) Zappa |
#7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT'S $200: He made Bartlett's with his signoff "Here it is... your moment of Zen" Jon Stewart |
#7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT'S $600: This movie line is listed under M. Night Shyamalan, though Bartlett's notes that it was spoken by Hayley Joel Osment "I see dead people" |
#7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT SHER $800: Prior to teaching a thing or 2 on "Glee", this alliterative actor was a Marine in Sher's revival of "South Pacific" Matthew Morrison |
#7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT'S $800: Muhammad Ali used this boxing credo that mentions 2 insects "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" |
#7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT'S $1,000 (Daily Double): Trey Parker & Matt Stone get credit for "Oh my God" followed by this 3-word catch phrase "They killed Kenny!" |
#7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT'S $1000: From Series 2, Episode 2 of "Monty Python's Flying Circus": this 5-word phrase about a surprise to all "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" |
#7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT SHER $1200: Luckily, this actor didn't turn into an enormous green rage monster during Bartlett's "Awake and Sing!" in 2006 Mark Ruffalo |
#7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT SHER $1600: 19 years after the Eastwood-Streep movie, Bartlett turned this Iowa-set Robert James Waller book into a musical The Bridges of Madison County |
#7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT SHER $2000: Sher directed a revival of this playwright's 1937 drama "Golden Boy" (Clifford) Odets |
#7154, aired 2015-10-22 | POP CULTURE $200: On the CW, Grant Gustin plays Barry Allen, transformed by lightning into this title superhero the Flash |
#7154, aired 2015-10-22 | POP CULTURE $400: Vin Diesel named his daughter Pauline after this late co-star of his Paul Walker |
#7154, aired 2015-10-22 | POP CULTURE $600: The Bolts is a nickname for this NFL team the (San Diego) Chargers |
#7154, aired 2015-10-22 | POP CULTURE $800: Fittingly, the 2015 Video Music Award for Song of the Summer went to this band for "She's Kinda Hot" 5 Seconds of Summer |
#7154, aired 2015-10-22 | POP CULTURE $1000: She plays Amy in the "Pitch Perfect" movies Rebel Wilson |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | POP CULTURE TRANSPORTS $400: In a 1997 movie this big boat went bye-bye the Titanic |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | POP CULTURE TRANSPORTS $800: This 2015 "Mad Max" reboot featured creations like a Chrysler Valiant Charger on a tank chassis Fury Road |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | POP CULTURE TRANSPORTS $1200: Songs about these, like Richard Thompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning", often seem to end with fatalities motorcycles |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | POP CULTURE TRANSPORTS $1600: As of 2015 there's one remaining intact example of this super Trans Am from "Knight Rider" KITT |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | POP CULTURE TRANSPORTS $2000: A father & son search the streets of Rome for a stolen transport in this classic 1940s Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thief |
#7130, aired 2015-09-18 | POP $400: This singer & judge on TV's "The Voice" was People Magazine's 2013 "Sexiest Man Alive" Adam Levine |
#7130, aired 2015-09-18 | POP $800: Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, she won the 4th season of "American Idol" in 2005 Carrie Underwood |
#7130, aired 2015-09-18 | POP $1200: Before the gaudy excesses of albums like "The Fame" & "Artpop", she was an extra on "The Sopranos" Lady Gaga |
#7130, aired 2015-09-18 | POP $1600: This band Wentzed to No. 1 with the album "American Beauty/American Psycho" in 2015 Fall Out Boy |
#7130, aired 2015-09-18 | POP $2000: In 2010 Shakira had a world smash hit with this double-talk song that sounds like something Fozzie Bear says Waka Waka |
#7126, aired 2015-09-14 | SEE THE POP HIT $200: It was the first song by a rapper to top the Billboard Hot 100 "Ice Ice Baby" |
#7126, aired 2015-09-14 | SEE THE POP HIT $400: It generated a lot of talk & a lot of spoofs "Blurred Lines" |
#7126, aired 2015-09-14 | SEE THE POP HIT $600: It was featured in a 1982 movie "The Eye Of The Tiger" |
#7126, aired 2015-09-14 | SEE THE POP HIT $800: It's this 1988 No. 1 hit "The Man In The Mirror" |
#7126, aired 2015-09-14 | SEE THE POP HIT $1000: A classic country hit of 1961 "I Fall To Pieces" |
#7121, aired 2015-07-27 | POP MUSIC $400: This first No. 1 hit by ABBA says "Young and sweet, only 17" "Dancing Queen" |
#7121, aired 2015-07-27 | POP MUSIC $800: "Everything Has Changed" is by Taylor Swift & this redheaded Brit Ed Sheeran |
#7121, aired 2015-07-27 | POP MUSIC $1200: Cat on "Sam & Cat", she had a Top 5 hit in 2014 with "Break Free" Ariana Grande |
#7121, aired 2015-07-27 | POP MUSIC $1600: In 1994 this trio had its second No. 1 album, "Ill Communication" the Beastie Boys |
#7121, aired 2015-07-27 | POP MUSIC $2000: Will you remember this Canadian woman who sang "I Will Remember You" Sarah McLachlan |
#7120, aired 2015-07-24 | POP CULTURE $400: In the new movie "Pixels", aliens send our own video game characters to menace Earth, including this one seen here Pac-Man |
#7120, aired 2015-07-24 | POP CULTURE $800: This ace NBA rebounder & colorful personality was Deke Reynolds on TV's "Special Ops Force" (Dennis) Rodman |
#7120, aired 2015-07-24 | POP CULTURE $1200: The MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance 2011: her in "Easy A" Emma Stone |
#7120, aired 2015-07-24 | POP CULTURE $1600: The title of this sitcom about the Huang family is a slighting phrase about immigrants Fresh Off the Boat |
#7120, aired 2015-07-24 | POP CULTURE $2000: Band that gave us the '80s hit "Don't Dream It's Over" Crowded House |
#7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SHOW YOUR METAL IN POP CULTURE $200: This surfer made his first appearance in 1966 in "Fantastic Four" No. 48 the Silver Surfer |
#7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SHOW YOUR METAL IN POP CULTURE $400: Brad Bird directed a 1999 animated film about this giant the Iron Giant |
#7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SHOW YOUR METAL IN POP CULTURE $600: A Kevin Costner movie taught us the hole in golf is also called this "cup" the tin cup |
#7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SHOW YOUR METAL IN POP CULTURE $800: In the 1930s Orson Welles & John Houseman co-founded this theatre the Mercury Theatre |
#7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SHOW YOUR METAL IN POP CULTURE $1000: allmusic.com gives 4 1/2 stars to the band Live's album "Throwing" this Copper |
#7104, aired 2015-07-02 | POP CULTURE MICE $400: Mickey's better half, she's been with him right from the beginning in 1928's "Steamboat Willie" Minnie (Mouse) |
#7104, aired 2015-07-02 | POP CULTURE MICE $800: This cartoon hero is famous for proclaiming, "Here I come to save the day" Mighty Mouse |
#7104, aired 2015-07-02 | POP CULTURE MICE $1200: On PBS a mouse named Angelina seeks this rhyming artistic vocation ballerina |
#7104, aired 2015-07-02 | POP CULTURE MICE $1600: A money-strapped duchy decides to declare war on the U.S. in the book & movie "The Mouse that" did this Roared |
#7104, aired 2015-07-02 | POP CULTURE MICE $2000: Brian Burton has been part of Gnarls Barkley & "The Grey Album" under this name Danger Mouse |
#7093, aired 2015-06-17 | POP MUSIC ROYALTY $400: Their 1973 debut album includes the Freddie Mercury compositions "Great King Rat" & "My Fairy King" Queen |
#7093, aired 2015-06-17 | POP MUSIC ROYALTY $800: His 2012 single "Rock And Roll Love Affair" was released on the Purple Music label Prince |
#7093, aired 2015-06-17 | POP MUSIC ROYALTY $1200: That's King Curtis' sax blowing through this 1971 John Lennon album; it's easy if you try Imagine |
#7093, aired 2015-06-17 | POP MUSIC ROYALTY $1600: Slayer guitarist Kerry King's solo on this trio's "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" will keep you awake the Beastie Boys |
#7093, aired 2015-06-17 | POP MUSIC ROYALTY $2000: Robert Fripp has long reigned over prog rock as leader of this colorful band King Crimson |
#7070, aired 2015-05-15 | POP CULTURE $200: Oscar-winning actor J.K. Simmons is the voice of the yellow one of these candies in TV commercials an M&M |
#7070, aired 2015-05-15 | POP CULTURE $400: His handle on Twitter is @ActuallyNPH Neil Patrick Harris |
#7070, aired 2015-05-15 | POP CULTURE $600: Angus Young has been wearing his school uniform as a member of this hard-rockin' group since the early 1970s AC/DC |
#7070, aired 2015-05-15 | POP CULTURE $800: Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton designed her royal wedding dress, as well as her sister Pippa's bridesmaid dress Kate Middleton |
#7070, aired 2015-05-15 | POP CULTURE $1000: Emma Thompson introduced Hugh Laurie to this comedy partner, also the host of a British TV show called "QI" Stephen Fry |
#7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $200: This 2002 film was an adaptation of Susan Orlean's book "The Orchid Thief" Adaptation |
#7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $400: In 1983 & again in 1999, Prince had a Top 40 hit with this song "1999" |
#7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $600: When he's rapping, Oscar winner Lonnie Lynn is more commonly known by this one-word name Common |
#7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $800: "A Captain's Duty", a memoir by Richard Phillips, was the basis for this 2013 movie Captain Phillips |
#7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $1000: Their country music hits include "My Home's In Alabama" & "Tennessee River" Alabama |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | POP CULTURE $400: The CW meets DC on TV with remarkably fleet-footed scientist Barry Allen, also known as this title superhero the Flash |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | POP CULTURE $800: Ah, memories of 1988--he sang, "The landlord say your rent is late, he may have to litigate, don't worry, be happy" Bobby McFerrin |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | POP CULTURE $1200: A popular show on the Food Network is Guy Fieri's "Diners, Drive-Ins and" these Dives |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | POP CULTURE $1600: A roadie known as Roger the Hat provided the manic, dare we say lunatic, laughter on this 1973 Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | POP CULTURE $2000: Debra Winger chose to be ignored & turned down the Glenn Close role in this affair-gone-wrong flick Fatal Attraction |
#7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TELEVISION POP QUIZ $200: Martin Crane Frasier |
#7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TELEVISION POP QUIZ $400: Rob Petrie The Dick Van Dyke Show |
#7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TELEVISION POP QUIZ $600: Dan Conner Roseanne |
#7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TELEVISION POP QUIZ $800: Jason Seaver Growing Pains |
#7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TELEVISION POP QUIZ $1000: Frank Reagan Blue Bloods |
#6979, aired 2015-01-08 | "POP" STARS $200: Oatmeal Delights & Gone Nutty are varieties of these breakfast items Pop Tarts |
#6979, aired 2015-01-08 | "POP" STARS $400: RuPaul & Dockers are among those who have had temporary retail outlets known as these shops pop-up |
#6979, aired 2015-01-08 | "POP" STARS $600: This coach known for kids' football leagues retired with more than 300 wins Pop Warner |