#23, aired 2024-05-06 | DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $200: "Take me down to" this Guns N' Roses song "where the grass is green & the girls are pretty, oh won't you please take me home" "Paradise City" |
#23, aired 2024-05-06 | DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $400: A 1991 compilation album by this Sixx-shooting band looked back at a "Decade of Decadence" Mötley Crüe |
#23, aired 2024-05-06 | DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $600: Deadly on Billboard, this hair metal band had Top 10s with "Talk Dirty To Me" & "Unskinny Bop" Poison |
#23, aired 2024-05-06 | DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $800: "Here I Go Again", talking about Tawny Kitaen's acrobatics on David Coverdale's Jaguar hood in a classic video by this group Whitesnake |
#23, aired 2024-05-06 | DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $1000: Rolling Stone gave us an oral history of this song by Extreme, "1991's iconic ballad"; now hold me close, don't ev-ah let me go "More Than Words" |
#8664, aired 2022-06-16 | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES $400: In this Disney flick one of the title characters has an enchanted rose that he keeps under glass Beauty and the Beast |
#8664, aired 2022-06-16 | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES $800: She starred in the movie "The Rose" & had a No. 3 hit with the title song in 1980 Bette Midler |
#8664, aired 2022-06-16 | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES $1200: This woman shot a metaphoric arrow of love into now-husband Kit Harington & as Ygritte, a real one into Kit's Jon Snow Rose Leslie |
#8664, aired 2022-06-16 | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES $1600: Seen here, this daughter of a movie swashbuckler is an actor in her own right Lily-Rose Depp |
#8664, aired 2022-06-16 | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES $2000: The song "Everything's Coming Up Roses" is from this musical about Rose Lee Gypsy |
#7393, aired 2016-11-02 | GUNS N' ROSES $200: Not surprising, there's a sweet little rosebud called the yellow rose of this, also the title of a folk song Texas |
#7393, aired 2016-11-02 | GUNS N' ROSES $400: If you're holding a Smith & Wesson .38, the .38 refers to this, the diameter of the bore of the gun caliber |
#7393, aired 2016-11-02 | GUNS N' ROSES $600: A Best Picture Oscar winner shares its name with this rose American Beauty |
#7393, aired 2016-11-02 | GUNS N' ROSES $800: This word that means "aimlessly wandering" is used to describe climbing roses like Bobbie James rambling |
#7393, aired 2016-11-02 | GUNS N' ROSES $1000: The Remington 700 is an example of a rifle with this manual action to load a cartridge into the chamber a bolt action |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | SONGS OF WINE & ROSES $400: Bobby Vinton naturally followed this statement with "violets are blue" "Roses are red" |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | SONGS OF WINE & ROSES $800: In "Kiss From A Rose", he sang, "You remain, my power, my pleasure, my pain" Seal |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | SONGS OF WINE & ROSES $1200: Just for trying to rhyme "thorn" with "dawn" & "song" in "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", you should know this band Poison |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | SONGS OF WINE & ROSES $1600: UB40 topped the charts with this boozy hit in 1988 "Red Red Wine" |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | SONGS OF WINE & ROSES $2000: "Someday you will find me / Caught beneath the landslide / In a champagne super-nova in the sky", warned this band Oasis |
#6195, aired 2011-07-15 | THE SUBJECT IS ROSES $400: Most rose species, like rosa chinensis, are native to this continent Asia |
#6195, aired 2011-07-15 | THE SUBJECT IS ROSES $800: Don't tell the band Poison, but the smooth buttercup Z& zephirine drouhin are bred to not have these thorns |
#6195, aired 2011-07-15 | THE SUBJECT IS ROSES $1200: Though they're not made of iron, roses are susceptible to fungal infections producing orange spots called this rust |
#6195, aired 2011-07-15 | THE SUBJECT IS ROSES $1600: The most popular garden roses are the hybrid these; there's a "black" variety, but don't try to brew it tea roses |
#6195, aired 2011-07-15 | THE SUBJECT IS ROSES $2000: It's the anatomical name for a rose's soft, sometimes edible floral cup a hip |
#6183, aired 2011-06-29 | THE DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $400: Guns N' Roses hit No. 1 in September 1988 with this "sweet" hit featuring Slash's tasty guitar licks "Sweet Child O' Mine" |
#6183, aired 2011-06-29 | THE DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $800: She was "Cold Hearted" at No. 1 in September 1989, long before she joined "American Idol" (Paula) Abdul |
#6183, aired 2011-06-29 | THE DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $1200: This duo's "Baby Don't Forget My Number" reached No. 1 in July 1989; turned out they didn't sing it Milli Vanilli |
#6183, aired 2011-06-29 | THE DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $1600: In April 1989 this girl group lit up the charts with "Eternal Flame" The Bangles |
#6183, aired 2011-06-29 | THE DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $2000: It'll drive me crazy if you can't name this band that hit No. 1 in April 1989 with "She Drives Me Crazy" Fine Young Cannibals |
#5156, aired 2007-01-29 | ROSES $400: It was first played January 1, 1902 with Michigan beating Stanford 49-0 the Rose Bowl |
#5156, aired 2007-01-29 | ROSES $800: For quick access to outdoor events, the White House press briefing room opens on this floral area the Rose Garden |
#5156, aired 2007-01-29 | ROSES $1200: In a 1943 work by Saint-Exupery, this title character has a special rose the Little Prince |
#5156, aired 2007-01-29 | ROSES $1600: His play "The Rose Tattoo" tells the story of a Louisiana widow withdrawing from the world Tennessee Wiliams |
#5156, aired 2007-01-29 | ROSES $2000: In a sonnet, Shakespeare refers to these pink roses whose name is derived from the capital of Syria damask roses |
#4712, aired 2005-02-15 | GUNS N' ROSES $200: On Jan. 1, 2005, a 207-foot train spouting fireworks & a 50-foot robot were highlights of this event the Rose Parade |
#4712, aired 2005-02-15 | GUNS N' ROSES $400: He was the first MLB player to have 200 hits in 10 different years Pete Rose |
#4712, aired 2005-02-15 | GUNS N' ROSES $600: He invented an electrically controlled naval mine as well as the 6-shooter (Samuel) Colt |
#4712, aired 2005-02-15 | GUNS N' ROSES $800: Though patented in 1862, this crank-operated machine gun didn't become official U.S. Army weaponry until 1866 the Gatling Gun |
#4712, aired 2005-02-15 | GUNS N' ROSES $1000: Her Oct. 7, 1914 wedding day would prove to be a focal point of American politics Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy |
#4270, aired 2003-03-07 | COMING UP ROSES $400: If you're on the road to Morocco, take along some Bob Hopes & these, Bob's partner Bing Crosbys |
#4270, aired 2003-03-07 | COMING UP ROSES $800: The name on this hybrid tea rose is also on a great pair of records -- "9 to 5" & "Two Doors Down" Dolly Parton |
#4270, aired 2003-03-07 | COMING UP ROSES $1200: The Harprier & Harunique roses are also known by these Mesopotamian river names Tigris & Euphrates |
#4270, aired 2003-03-07 | COMING UP ROSES $1600: This title character of "The Western World" knows this other name of the Cheerio rose Playboy rose |
#4270, aired 2003-03-07 | COMING UP ROSES $2000: The Schneewittchen rose, also called this, would have been a hit in Titanic staterooms Iceberg rose |
#4168, aired 2002-10-16 | THE ROSES $200: The name of this potent potable of bourbon & mint comes from an Arabic word meaning "rose water" julep |
#4168, aired 2002-10-16 | THE ROSES $400: This Scottish poet's love was "like a red, red rose" Robert Burns |
#4168, aired 2002-10-16 | THE ROSES $600: He's the PBS talk show host seen here Charlie Rose |
#4168, aired 2002-10-16 | THE ROSES $800: This conflict's last battle in 1485 resulted in the house of Lancaster taking power in England Wars of the Roses |
#4168, aired 2002-10-16 | THE ROSES $1000: In this film, Woody Allen is a manager to blind xylophonists, piano-playing birds & has-been crooners Broadway Danny Rose |
#4012, aired 2002-01-29 | ROSES $400: This Oregon city of 503,000 has held its annual Rose Festival since 1907 Portland |
#4012, aired 2002-01-29 | ROSES $800: Also the name of a Kevin Spacey film this rose is the official flower of Washington, D.C. American Beauty |
#4012, aired 2002-01-29 | ROSES $1200: Formally presented the day this city fell to the Allies, the Peace Rose was introduced at the end of WWII Berlin |
#4012, aired 2002-01-29 | ROSES $1600: It's not a rose's pelvis, it's a rose's fruit that's rich in vitamin C hips |
#4012, aired 2002-01-29 | ROSES $2000: Chosen the most popular rose at the 2000 World Rose Convention it bears the name of a Swedish 3-time Oscar winner Ingrid Bergman |
#1240, aired 1990-01-12 | ROSES $200: This Latin term for "confidentially" literally means "under the rose" sub rosa |
#1240, aired 1990-01-12 | ROSES $400: An overly optimistic person is said to view life through these rose-colored glasses |
#1240, aired 1990-01-12 | ROSES $600: This Greek island was named for either the roses or the snakes that proliferated there in ancient times Rhodes |
#1240, aired 1990-01-12 | ROSES $800: In 1955 Mitch Miller knocked out "Rock Around the Clock" from the No. 1 spot with this song "Yellow Rose of Texas" |
#1240, aired 1990-01-12 | ROSES $1000: The "centifolia", or hundred petals rose, is better known by this "vegetable" name cabbage rose |
#1199, aired 1989-11-16 | THE WARS OF THE ROSES $100: Contrary to legend, a rose of this color may not have been a symbol of the house of Lancaster Red |
#1199, aired 1989-11-16 | THE WARS OF THE ROSES $200: Skeletons found at this site may be those of the little princes, who vanished during the wars Tower of London |
#1199, aired 1989-11-16 | THE WARS OF THE ROSES $250 (Daily Double): Surprisingly, the king seen here, who died in battle during the wars, wasn't a bad-looking chap: Richard III |
#1199, aired 1989-11-16 | THE WARS OF THE ROSES $300: Appropriate nickname of the Earl of Warwick, who was instrumental in making Edward IV ruler "The Kingmaker" |
#1199, aired 1989-11-16 | THE WARS OF THE ROSES $500: After the wars ended, Henry VII claimed the throne, founding this dynasty Tudor |
#819, aired 1988-03-10 | ROSES $200: Color of the iceberg & Mt. Shasta varieties white |
#819, aired 1988-03-10 | ROSES $400: Infantile word that precedes "darling", "masquerade", & "Betsy McCall" in names of miniature roses baby |
#819, aired 1988-03-10 | ROSES $500 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 20th century presidents who have roses named for them (John Fitzgerald) Kennedy (or Herbert Hoover) |
#819, aired 1988-03-10 | ROSES $800: This oil from roses is used in making perfume attar |
#819, aired 1988-03-10 | ROSES $1000: A rose is the state flower for these 2 states, the Empire State, & the Empire State of the South New York & Georgia |
#723, aired 1987-10-28 | CINEMATIC ROSES $100: Sean Connery "monk"eyed around in this 1986 mystery The Name of the Rose |
#723, aired 1987-10-28 | CINEMATIC ROSES $200: This 1980 documentary interviews 5 "Rosie"s who worked in factories during WWII Rosie the Riveter |
#723, aired 1987-10-28 | CINEMATIC ROSES $300: This 1935 film starred Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald, not Buddy Sorrell & Sally Rogers Rose Marie |
#723, aired 1987-10-28 | CINEMATIC ROSES $400 (Daily Double): "Rosie", a '82 biographical movie made for TV, stars Sandra Locke as the singer heard here:
"This old house once knew his children /
This old house once knew..." Rosemary Clooney |
#723, aired 1987-10-28 | CINEMATIC ROSES $400: Anna Magnani won an Oscar for "Best Actress" in this 1955 film adaptation of a T. Williams play The Rose Tattoo |