| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | MY "SON", THE PRESIDENT $5,000 (Daily Double): He whipped 2 former presidents in the same election by an electoral score of 435-88-8 Wilson |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | FAMOUS FINNS $400: In her first term, Tarja Halonen, Finland's first female president, had one of these of 88%, which, wow... an approval rating |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $1000: Name given U.S. Public Law 88-408, passed in 1964 giving LBJ the power to prevent further aggression the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | WOMEN & SPORTS $1500: During her skiing career, Lindsey Vonn won a record 82 World Cup races; in 2023, this woman won her 83rd Mikaela Shiffrin |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | CAR TUNES $1000: This number follows "Rocket" in the name of a classic Oldsmobile & of a song about it, often called the first rock & roll record 88 |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | LEFTOVERS $1000: It bears repeating, it's the atomic number for radium 88 |
| #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 |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | WORKING 9 2 5 $1000: A standard 88-key piano has this many white keys 52 |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | PLANET FEATURES $400: This speedy planet completes one revolution around the sun in 88 Earth days Mercury |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | ACTORS GET THEIR ROLES MIXED UP $1600: Formerly an assassin & the boss of the Crazy 88, I've also branched out to practice law in Boston Lucy Liu |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | HOOD ORNAMENTS $1600: This word preceded 88 in a line of early muscle cars from Oldsmobile, & here's one on the hood a rocket |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | SENATE COMMITTEES $600: A long-time member & sometime chair of the Finance Committee, in 2021 this 88-year-old Iowan announced he's running again (Chuck) Grassley |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | MUSIC CLASS $400: There are 52 white keys on a standard piano & this many black ones 36 |
| #8529, aired 2021-12-09 | AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN $600: Let's check out the 88-foot Pompey's Pillar, dedicated around 297 A.D. in this Egyptian city, but we're a tad late on its lighthouse Alexandria |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | THAT'S A BIG BOOK $2000: Book 10 of this Thomas Malory work has 88 chapters, & there are 21 books--just sayin' Le Morte d'Arthur |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | HEAVY METAL $200: It contains 88,000 tons of steel the Golden Gate Bridge |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | IT'S A FACT $200: This smallest planet is the fastest moving, circling the Sun in 88 days Mercury |
| #8188, aired 2020-03-25 | SHORT RUNS ON BROADWAY $400: Based on a Stephen King novel, this '88 musical featured a high school dance to remember but closed after only 5 performances Carrie |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | WE CAN BE HEROES $600: michaeljfox.org spends 88 cents of every dollar on research programs to fight this disease; be a hero too & donate a buck Parkinson's |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | & THEN THERE WERE NUNS $1600: This art nun, who became an unlikely BBC and PBS star with TV series like her "Story of Painting", passed away in 2018 at the age of 88 Sister Wendy |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | THEIR PEN WENT SILENT $800: This Nobel Laureate, whom Barack Obama called a national treasure, passed away at 88 in 2019 Toni Morrison |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | MOVIE EXCHANGES $200: Him: "Back up, we don't have enough road to get up to 88." Doc Brown: "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads" Marty McFly |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | OF THE THIRD KIND $2000: In July 2019, around a big anniversary, there was renewed interest in this 88-year-old often called the "Third Man" (astronaut) Michael Collins |
| #8024, aired 2019-06-27 | SPACE SCIENCE $400: The 88 of these star groupings is a set number--new stars discovered are just added to the closest ones constellations |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | IN MEMORIAM 2018 $1200: The book closed on this bestselling author in his trademark white suit, who died at 88 (Tom) Wolfe |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | OSCAR RECORDS $800: This actor's last-minute work on "All the Money in the World" made him the oldest actor ever nominated at 88 Christopher Plummer |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | BILLY JOEL $800: In 2009 Billy headed back out on the road for a "Face 2 Face" tour with this other legend of the 88 keys Elton John |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | ON STAGE $800: In 2014 at age 88 Angela Lansbury returned to London's West End to star in this playwright's "Blithe Spirit" Noel Coward |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | 2-DIGIT NUMBERS $400: Young Charlie Parker played in the band of Lawrence Keyes, who was nicknamed this, the number of piano keys 88 |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | DOCUMENTS $400: Collective name for the essays published in New York newspapers in 1787-88 supporting ratification of the Constitution the Federalist Papers |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | EIGHTYSOMETHING $2000: This British Nobel Prize-winning author of The Golden Notebook was 88 when she published Alfred and Emily Doris Lessing |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | YOU KIDS TODAY! $1000: Percentages of 2012 graduates carrying loans were 66 for public colleges & 88 for this type of private college for-profit colleges |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | SONG OF "MYSELF" $800: Joan Jett hit No. 8 in '88 with this song of self-loathing "I Hate Myself For Loving You" |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | TONY BENNETT $200: (Tony Bennett gives the clue.) In September 2014 I became the oldest artist, at age 88, to have the No. 1 album on the Billboard charts when "Cheek to Cheek", my duet album with this pop star, debuted at the top spot Lady Gaga |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | NUMERIC WORDS & PHRASES $3,000 (Daily Double): The Lakers won championships in 1987 & '88, so before the next season, Pat Riley trademarked this a three-peat |
| #7396, aired 2016-11-07 | 21st CENTURY NEWS $1600: 88,000 people, the entire population of Fort McMurray in this Canadian province, were evacuated in 2016 due to a wildfire Alberta |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | @_FloridaMan $1000: "Florida Man Slashes 88-Year-Old Woman's Tires With Ice Pick For Sitting in His... Seat" during this 5-letter game bingo |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $1000: Name given U.S. Public Law 88-408, passed in 1964 giving LBJ the power to prevent further aggression the Tonkin Gulf Resolution |
| #7229, aired 2016-02-04 | TALL $600: This rubber-faced star of "Bruce Almighty" is 6'2" (that's 1.88 meters in his native Canada) Jim Carrey |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | BOOKS' SUBTITLES $1,000 (Daily Double): This number: "A Portrait of My Father" by George W. Bush 41 |
| #7117, aired 2015-07-21 | THE ART OF THE KISS $1600: It's hard to tell, but that's him & wife Jacqueline Roque entwined in "The Kiss", painted in 1969 when he was 88 Pablo Picasso |
| #7059, aired 2015-04-30 | TITLES $1200: In 2014 a friend said, I found your lost-since-the-50s novel "Go Set the Watchman"; age 88, she said, "It's Go Set a Watchman" Harper Lee |
| #6950, aired 2014-11-28 | NUMBERS $400: It's the atomic number of radium, or the number of keys on a standard piano 88 |
| #6912, aired 2014-10-07 | BIG STUFF $800: Oklahoma's Winstar World this establishment has 500,000 square feet & 88 tables Casino |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | OLYMPIC ATHLETES BEYOND THE GAMES $600: At the '88 Worlds, skater Kurt Browning was the first in competition to land a jump with this many revolutions 4 |
| #6811, aired 2014-04-07 | BORN TO BE WILD $400: The wholphin seen here has 66 teeth; Its dolphin mother had 88, & its father, a false killer one of these, had 44 a whale |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | SAY MY NAME $1000: Born Josephine Esther Mentzer, she died in her mid-90s, but due to her own products, probably looked a mere 88 Estée Lauder |
| #6666, aired 2013-09-16 | MY "SON", THE PRESIDENT $5,000 (Daily Double): He whipped 2 former presidents in the same election by an electoral score of 435-88-8 Woodrow Wilson |
| #6653, aired 2013-07-17 | U.S. RIVERS $1600: This northern Indiana river from which a U.S. president received his nickname is fed by 88 natural lakes Tippecanoe |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $800: The DMC-12 by this maker "was heavy, underpowered... and overpriced" & didn't really go back to 1955 when it hit 88 MPH Delorean |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | RADIO, RADIO $200: The kids choose all the music on 88.9 KOPO, run by the Pa'ia Youth and Cultural Center in this state Hawaii |
| #6479, aired 2012-11-15 | ESSAYS $2000: All 85 essays in this 1787-88 series appeared over the signature "Publius" the Federalist Papers |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: In addition to 88 keys, one of these has about 230 strings a piano |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | THE GILDED AGED $400: He was 88 when he passed away in California in 1951; "Rosebud" probably wasn't on his lips (William Randolph) Hearst |
| #6311, aired 2012-02-13 | THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE? $1600: Element No. 88, it was once widely used on glow-in-the-dark watch dials--a curie-ously stylish but bad idea! radium |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | DID YOU GET THE NUMBER OF THAT SYMPHONY? $400: The Haydn one that matches the number of piano keys 88 |
| #6279, aired 2011-12-29 | SCIENTISTS $1600: In the 2nd century this Alexandrian astronomer catalogued 47 of the 88 constellations we know today Ptolemy |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | THE 2011 FORTUNE 500 $1000: Checking out at No. 28, "88% of" this wholesaler's "customers renew their annual memberships" Costco |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | OCTOBERFEST $1000: On Oct. 2, 1187 this Muslim leader's forces recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders, who'd held it for 88 years Saladin (or Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn) |
| #6217, aired 2011-10-04 | EMMY-WINNING GUEST APPEARANCES $400: At 88, she became the oldest primetime Emmy winner ever, taking the prize for hosting "Saturday Night Live" Betty White |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | A FEW CARS $600: The Delta 88 Oldsmobile |
| #6007, aired 2010-10-26 | LIVE LONG & PROSPER $600: This San Francisco Examiner man lived to be 88; his last word probably wasn't "Rosebud", though (William Randolph) Hearst |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | ARCHITECTS $1200: In the 1970s this Chinese American designed the aluminum-clad skyscraper at 88 Pine Street in New York City I.M. Pei |
| #5848, aired 2010-02-03 | WORDS IN FEBRUARY $1000: For Mercury it's only 88 days long a year |
| #5831, aired 2010-01-11 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: There are 88 of these, which run alphabetically from Andromeda to Vulpecula constellations |
| #5816, aired 2009-12-21 | IN MEMORIAM 2009 $400: This founder of the Special Olympics & member of a political dynasty passed away in Hyannis at 88 Eunice Kennedy Shriver |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | THE BRITISH ARE DIFFERENT $400: For emergencies, the Brits call this number that's 88 higher than the one we use 999 |
| #5689, aired 2009-05-07 | PEAKS & VALLEYS $800: In March 1944, shortly after the Allies reached Naples, this volcano erupted, damaging 88 B-25 planes Vesuvius |
| #5689, aired 2009-05-07 | STAR TREK $1,800 (Daily Double): This water snake is the largest of all 88 constellations the Hydra |
| #5607, aired 2009-01-13 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1200: Up to 88% of this green-skinned fruit's calories are fat the avocado |
| #5597, aired 2008-12-30 | SPORTS ON THE 8s $400: In 2008 this NASCAR driver doubled up on his 8 & took the wheel of the 88 car; his dad could race some, too Dale Earnhardt, Jr. |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | SPORTS CAST $400: In 1986, '87 & '88, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire & Walt Weiss won Rookie of the Year playing for this team the Oakland A's |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | OLYMPIC HEROES $1600: In both '84 & '88, Greg Louganis doubled up in diving, winning gold in platform & this springboard |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | THE 2008 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FORTUNATE 50 $1000: No. 11, $27.2 mil.:
Driving in circles is a wealthy pursuit for this NASCAR driver of the 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | THE EMERALD ISLE $400: No surprise--at 88%, it's the most practiced religion in the Republic of Ireland Catholic |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | DON'T TOY WITH ME $800: Use the SkyScout to look up at night & identify nebulae & the 88 official groups of stars called these constellations |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | WORLD CITIES $2000: Founded as a penal colony in 1824, this capital of Queensland was the site of the World's Fair Expo '88 Brisbane |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | CAN I GET YOUR NUMBER? $2000: A pianist could tell you this is the number of days it takes Mercury to complete one orbit 88 |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | NAME THAT PLANET $2,200 (Daily Double): A year on this planet is only 88 days long Mercury |
| #5244, aired 2007-05-31 | AMERICANA $200: The price of this iconic American item hasn't had a low rise; the low-rise type are $88 at Victoria's Secret jeans |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | TURRETS SYNDROME $400: The walls of Avila, with 88 towers, were built in the 11th C. by Christians fighting these people the Muslims (or Moors) |
| #5222, aired 2007-05-01 | "USC" $2000: At age 88 King Gustav VI was out diggin' in the ruins of these people in Acquarossa, Italy Etruscans (or Tuscans) |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | ATTENTION! $2000: (4 x 22)
divided by
(11 x 8)
equals this 1 |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | WHEN AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS ATTACK $600: This aquatic animal's bill senses electrical fields; a 1980s test found it attacked a 1.5 V battery 88 out of 88 times a platypus |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | SUPER BOWL MVPs $800: In Super Bowl XXI this team's Phil Simms came up big by completing 88% of his passes the New York Giants |
| #4930, aired 2006-02-03 | EYES ON THE PRIZE $600: In April 2002 at the age of 88, Henry Brant won this prize, also given to journalists, for music the Pulitzer Prize |
| #4923, aired 2006-01-25 | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL $400: It took this team 88 years, but in 2005 they took it to the Astros & swept to victory in the World Series the Chicago White Sox |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | ON COMMISSIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): A commission established in 1987 sponsored 2 of these in '88, 3 in '92, 2 in '96, 3 in 2000 & 3 in '04 presidential debates |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | DR. WHO... $400: specializes in X-rays & elements, like the one with the atomic number 88 for treating diseases a radiologist |
| #4870, aired 2005-11-11 | AMAZING SPORTS RECORDS $400: John Wooden coached this basketball team to 88 consecutive victories UCLA |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | CAN YOU DIGIT? $400: Number of stories on each of the 1,483-foot-high Petronas towers, or of keys on a standard piano keyboard 88 |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | JAMES THURBER $2000: Thurber joined the cast as himself for 88 performances of the Broadway play "A Thurber" this Carnival |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | JUST LIKE A WOMAN $400: This UCLA basketball coach led his team to a record 88 straight NCAA basketball victories John Wooden |
| #4603, aired 2004-09-15 | LONGSHOTS $1200: This presidential hopeful's running mate, Lloyd Bentsen, reportedly quipped in '88, "The momentum is ours" Dukakis |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | GET YOUR PHIL $1,000 (Daily Double): He won Emmys in 1977, '78, '79, '80, '82, '83, '85, '86 & '88 Phil Donahue |
| #4535, aired 2004-04-30 | BY THE NUMBERS $200: A book titled this many "Keys" is about "The Making of a Steinway Piano" 88 |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | CELEBRITY MARRIAGES $1000: Her 42-year marriage to Garson Kanin ended with her death in 1985 at age 88 Ruth Gordon |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $400: This famed coach won an NCAA record 88.1% of his games during his tenure at Notre Dame, 1918-1931 (Knute) Rockne |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL $400: In 1932 he was College Player of the Year at Purdue; in the 1970s he coached UCLA to a record 88 straight wins (John) Wooden |
| #4407, aired 2003-11-04 | '88 $400: In April 1988 Northwest became the first U.S. air carrier to ban this on all domestic flights smoking |
| #4407, aired 2003-11-04 | '88 $800: He asked to be traded from the Oilers to the Kings so he could be near his wife, Janet Jones, in Hollywood Wayne Gretzky |
| #4407, aired 2003-11-04 | '88 $1600: Carl Lewis, who came in 2nd in the Olympic 100-meter dash, got the gold after it was taken away from this Canadian Ben Johnson |
| #4407, aired 2003-11-04 | '88 $2,000 (Daily Double): It became the first modern Muslim nation to have a woman Prime Minister Pakistan |
| #4407, aired 2003-11-04 | '88 $2000: 1 of the 2 candidates who fell by the wayside, allowing Anthony Kennedy to join the Supreme Court (1 of) Robert Bork (or Douglas Ginsburg) |
| #4388, aired 2003-10-08 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $2000: Let's crank it back 150 million years -- don't get trampled by this long-necked 88' dinosaur, thought the longest ever diplodocus |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | 1960 $400: In March in a secret meeting Pope John XXIII created 10 new ones of these, increasing their ranks to 88 cardinals |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | DOUBLE-"L" WORDS $600: Telescopium, or telescope, is one of the 88 of these constellations |
| #4240, aired 2003-01-24 | GOIN' "SOUTH" $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew draws on a chalkboard.) Seen Down Under, it's made up of four bright stars, & it's the smallest of the 88 constellations Southern Cross |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | BEASTLY BOOK TITLES $800: This '88 bestseller begins, "Behavioral science, the FBI section that deals with serial murder, is...at Quantico" "Silence of the Lambs" |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | FLY ME $600: Actress Olivia knows this co.'s D.H.88 Comet, a monoplane racer, made its debut in 1934 & only 5 were ever made de Havilland |
| #4097, aired 2002-05-28 | PRINCESS, WHO'S YOUR DADDY? $1600: Princess Beatrice, born 8/8/88, is this man's daughter Prince Andrew |
| #3820, aired 2001-03-23 | QUOTATIONS $200: With his new $88.5 million contract, this Laker said, "I'm not really a big spender, I can get a lot of Krispy Kremes" Shaquille O'Neal |
| #3800, aired 2001-02-23 | THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES $600: When he died at 88, the Times reported that Watergate made him "The Best-Known Judge in America" John Sirica |
| #3742, aired 2000-12-05 | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? $1000: (Hi, this is Dick Riordan, mayor of Los Angeles) Renovated in 1993, this 88,000-seat facility first opened in May of 1923 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| #3710, aired 2000-10-20 | NUMBER, PLEASE $400: Keys on a standard piano 88 |
| #3686, aired 2000-09-18 | MERCURY $800 (Daily Double): An old Olds, or the number of days it takes Mercury to go around the sun 88 |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $800: At the '88 & '92 Summer Olympics, she swam away with gold medals in the 800-meter freestyle event Janet Evans |
| #3624, aired 2000-05-11 | ASTRONOMY $200: At 88 days, it has the shortest orbital period of the planets Mercury |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | PRO FOOTBALL COACHES $200: Dallas Cowboys
1960-88 Tom Landry |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: In 1787-88 the Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of this document the Constitution |
| #3425, aired 1999-06-25 | GUIDING "LIGHT" $400: Pack a lunch! It's 5.88 trillion miles light year |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | LYING IN STATE $1000: This Florida congressman & advocate for the elderly was given the honor when he died aged 88 in 1989 Claude Pepper |
| #3240, aired 1998-10-09 | 1980s LIT $1000: Controversial '88 book in which 2 Indian actors are transformed into archangel & devil after a plane bombing "The Satanic Verses" |
| #3207, aired 1998-07-07 | CURRENT AFFAIRS $500: On March 27 this automaker, known for his 550 Spyder & 911 models, died in Austria at age 88 Ferdinand Porsche Jr. |
| #3099, aired 1998-02-05 | SOUNDS LIKE YIDDISH $600: FM radio broadcasts at 88 to 108 of these units, each one equal to 1 million cycles per second megahertz |
| #2969, aired 1997-06-26 | WARS $300: Though neutral today, it fought a war of independence from 1386-88 Switzerland |
| #2934, aired 1997-05-08 | ASTRONOMY $200: Astronomers divide the sky into 88 of these star groups constellations |
| #2917, aired 1997-04-15 | SPORTS $300: In 1976 a yacht named "Midnight at the Oasis" set a speed record of 88.4 mph on this surface land (a dry lake bed) |
| #2885, aired 1997-02-28 | NUMBER, PLEASE $500: Slang for a piano 88 |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | THE PIANO $500: A piano has 52 white keys & this many black keys 36 |
| #2591, aired 1995-12-04 | HISTORY $200: In 1963 this 88-year-old former P.M. announced he'd not run for another term in Parliament Churchill |
| #2591, aired 1995-12-04 | THE PLANETS $400: This closest planet to the Sun has the shortest orbit around it, 88 days Mercury |
| #2532, aired 1995-09-12 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $400 (Daily Double): Named for a singer, this 88-acre theme park is Pigeon Forge, Tennessee's most popular attraction Dollywood |
| #2526, aired 1995-09-04 | THE 1980s $1000: Elizabeth II officially opened World Expo 88 while touring this country during its bicentennial Australia |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | SPORTS $300: With 88, Kathy Whitworth leads all men & women in tournament wins in this sport golf |
| #2472, aired 1995-05-09 | ASTRONOMY $600: In 1930 the IAU recognized 88 of these groupings of stars, including Orion constellations |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | STARS $300: Astronomers often measure the distance of stars in these units, equal to about 5.88 trillion miles a light year |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | SPORTS $400: In 1987-88 this school's Jayhawks basketball team lost 11 games, the most by any NCAA champion Kansas University |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | BY THE NUMBERS $400: It's slang for a piano 88 |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: It's the religion of about 88% of the people of Nepal Hinduism |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | SCIENTISTS $400: c. 140 A.D. this Alexandrian astronomer cataloged 48 of the 88 constellations now recognized Ptolemy |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $100: The grand one of these instruments has over 220 strings, each tuned to one of 88 pitches piano |
| #1980, aired 1993-03-26 | ALL ABOUT ANIMALS $1000: One of these fish born in the Sargasso Sea lived to be 88 years old eels |
| #1930, aired 1993-01-15 | REPUBLICANS $400: In 1991 this 88-year- old S.C. senator & his 44-year-old wife separated after 22 years of marriage Strom Thurmond |
| #1920, aired 1993-01-01 | SCIENCE $400: Voyager data indicate that about 88% of Jupiter's atmosphere is this light gas hydrogen |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | IN THE NEWS $1,000 (Daily Double): In August 1992 this federal judge who presided over the Watergate trials, died at the age of 88 John Sirica |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | ASTRONOMY $400: The equatorial diameter of this planet, 88,700 miles, is about 11 times that of the earth Jupiter |
| #1849, aired 1992-09-24 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $300: Hugo Eckener built 88 of these for the German Navy & once commanded the one that burned May 6, 1937 a dirigible (or zeppelin) |
| #1841, aired 1992-09-14 | SCIENCE $400: This planet orbits the sun every 88 days at a distance of about 36,000,000 miles Mercury |
| #1766, aired 1992-04-13 | COUPLES $400: This playwright & actress Diane Lander got divorced in '88 & remarried in '90; what an "Odd Couple" Neil Simon |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $600: Election '88 candidate who is currently chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Lloyd Bentsen |
| #1609, aired 1991-09-05 | AWARDS $200: This 88-year-old comic won the Hollywood Women's Press Club's All-Time Man of the Year Award in 1990 Bob Hope |
| #1581, aired 1991-06-17 | THE EMMYS $200: This daytime talk show host won Emmys in 1977, '78, '79, '80, '82 , '83, '85, '86 & '88 Phil Donahue |
| #1520, aired 1991-03-22 | AUTOMOBILE HISTORY $200: A popular car among collectors is the 1950 model of this make's 88 the Olds |
| #1487, aired 1991-02-05 | THE PLANETS $200: Circling the sun every 88 days, it is the fastest planet Mercury |
| #1442, aired 1990-12-04 | AUSTRALIA $1000: Australia's first modern World's Fair, World Expo '88, was held in this capital of Queensland Brisbane |
| #1434, aired 1990-11-22 | EARLY AMERICA $1000: From 1784-88 the state of Franklin existed in what is now this southern state Tennessee |
| #1420, aired 1990-11-02 | SPORTS $300: She not only won tennis' Grand Slam in '88, she won a gold medal at the Olympics too Steffi Graf |
| #1308, aired 1990-04-18 | PEOPLE $300: In 1989 this 88-year-old British novelist dictated her 500th novel, "Spirit of Love" Dame Barbara Cartland |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $200: Cory Everson won the Ms. Olympia title in this sport 5 years in a row, 1984-88 bodybuilding |
| #1276, aired 1990-03-05 | SPORTS TRIVIA $400: The Orangemen of Syracuse were NCAA champs in '88 & '89 in this Native American sport Lacrosse |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | POTPOURRI $400: She won 3 golds in swimming at the '88 Olympics & was chosen homecoming queen of her school Janet Evans |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: This auto company was the top U.S. industrial exporter in 1987 & '88 General Motors |
| #1255, aired 1990-02-02 | I TV $500: Daniel Hugh Kelly was the "I" in this 1987-88 series about an architect who wed his Latino housekeeper I Married Dora |
| #1227, aired 1989-12-26 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1000: Edward James Olmos gained 40 lbs. for the weighty role of a math teacher in this '88 release "Stand And Deliver" |
| #1208, aired 1989-11-29 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $800: Published in 6 volumes from 1776-88, this Edward Gibbon work covers about 13 centuries The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| #1208, aired 1989-11-29 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $1000: World Expo '88 was held in this capital of Queensland, Australia Brisbane |
| #1146, aired 1989-09-04 | RECENT TELEVISION $200: With "The Cosby Show" as its lead-in, this "Cosby" spin-off finished No. 2 in the '87-'88 ratings A Different World |
| #1145, aired 1989-07-21 | '88 MOVIES $100: In "18 Again", this comic in his 90s switches bodies with his grandson George Burns |
| #1145, aired 1989-07-21 | '88 MOVIES $200: She played the human Wanda in "A Fish Called Wanda" Jamie Lee Curtis |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | TRANSPORTATION $200: When a Bar Harbor Airlines plane came within 500 ft. of this plane in Oct. '88, the NTSB investigated Air Force One |
| #1134, aired 1989-07-06 | PEOPLE $100: A NYC trial, referred to in the press as the "Bess mess", ended in Dec. '88 with her acquittal Bess Myerson |
| #1125, aired 1989-06-23 | CAMPAIGN '88 $100: Sally Field, Marlo Thomas & Cher were just a few of his celebrity supporters Michael Dukakis |
| #1125, aired 1989-06-23 | CAMPAIGN '88 $200: The 2 vice-presidential candidates were senators from these states Texas & Indiana |
| #1125, aired 1989-06-23 | CAMPAIGN '88 $300: One of Bush's "hot button" issues was Dukakis' membership in this organization ACLU |
| #1125, aired 1989-06-23 | CAMPAIGN '88 $400: The keynote address at the GOP convention was delivered by this New Jersey governor Thomas Kean |
| #1125, aired 1989-06-23 | CAMPAIGN '88 $500: Democrat who took Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi & Virginia on "Super Tuesday" Jesse Jackson |
| #1122, aired 1989-06-20 | ANIMALS $200: In '88 the Humane Society of the U.S. introduced the slogan "You should be ashamed to wear" this fur |
| #1122, aired 1989-06-20 | ARTISTS $800: When his "False Start" sold in Nov. '88 for $17 million, it set a record for a living artist Jasper Johns |
| #1116, aired 1989-06-12 | TRANSPORTATION $400: The events at the '88 Summer Olympics ran from A to Y, archery to this yachting |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | MAGAZINES $800: For the Dec. '88 issue, the last of its 100th year, its cover, front, back & spine, was a hologram National Geographic |
| #1096, aired 1989-05-15 | TRANSPORTATION $100: The longest railway tunnel in the world opened in '88 in this Asian country known for "bullet" trains Japan |
| #1089, aired 1989-05-04 | "L" WORDS $400: At the '88 GOP convention George Bush spoke of "A thousand points of" this light |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | CHICAGO $300: World's tallest office building, it was put up for sale at about $10 million per story in November '88 the Sears Tower |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | MOVIES $200: An '88 film about a North Carolina minor league baseball team & a brand of cut tobacco share this name Bull Durham |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | MORTAL MATTERS $400: Forbes magazine says in '88 this singer's estate earned $15 mil., making him top earner among dead celebrities Elvis Presley |
| #1042, aired 1989-02-28 | TENNIS $500: 1 of the 2 Americans who won gold in women's doubles at the '88 Olympics Pam Shriver & Zina Garrison |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | '88 MOVIES $200: There were so many animation units for this Spielberg-Disney prod. the credits ran 6 1/2 minutes Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | '88 MOVIES $400: David Keith played Elvis in this film named for the King's 1st No. 1 hit Heartbreak Hotel |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | '88 MOVIES $600: Ads called this Jonathan Demme production "A Killer Comedy" & "The Godfather on Laughing Gas" Married to the Mob |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | '88 MOVIES $800: Bette Midler & Lily Tomlin starred in this farce about 2 sets of identical twins weekending at the Plaza Big Business |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | '88 MOVIES $1000: Robert Redford directed this film about disputed water rights in New Mexico The Milagro Beanfield War |
| #1040, aired 1989-02-24 | U.S. STATES $400: An 8' 8" cake with 88 gallons of punch was served on 8/8/88 in the town of Eighty-Eight in this "Bluegrass State" Kentucky |
| #1038, aired 1989-02-22 | SINGERS $100: In the People magazine poll for '88, she was voted favorite female singer for the 2nd year in a row Whitney Houston |
| #1033, aired 1989-02-15 | CONSTELLATIONS $200: This many constellations are officially recognized, the same number as keys on a piano 88 |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | INTERNATIONAL SINGERS $500 (Daily Double): Country from which the singer of the following hot hit of '88 hails:
"Everybody's doing a brand-new dance, now / (Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)..." Australia |
| #1029, aired 1989-02-09 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: It's about 5.88 trillion miles light-year |
| #1027, aired 1989-02-07 | CURRENT EVENTS $800: 3-year-old Athina Roussel will inherit millions due to the Nov. '88 death of this woman, her mom (Christina) Onassis |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | NEW YORK CITY $500: Due to corrosion, the Williamsburg Bridge, linking these 2 boroughs, was closed during the spring of '88 Brooklyn & Manhattan |
| #1004, aired 1989-01-05 | SPORTS TRIVIA $300: Near the end of a round in this Apr. '88 NFL event, some people began humming the Jeopardy! "Think" music NFL Draft |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | LANDMARKS $100: From Jun '87 to June '88 it tipped another 1/20th of an inch according to a University of Pisa spokesman the Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | MOVIE LOCALES $200: 2 "big" movies of '88, "Big" & "Big Business", are both partly set in this big city New York |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | MOVIE LOCALES $800: This Roger Vadim movie was filmed in St. Tropez; the '88 remake was shot in Santa Fe, N.M. ...And God Created Woman |
| #994, aired 1988-12-22 | OOPS! $500: A '88 Cannes Film Festival juror sat with Nastassja Kinski thinking she was this star of "Blue Velvet" Isabella Rossellini |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | IN THE NEWS $400: Joan Quigley became a star celebrity in May of '88 for this reason she was the Reagans' astrologer |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | IN THE NEWS $500: Don Soffer's yacht, in the news again in '88 when seized under the Coast Guard's zero tolerance policy Monkey Business |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | BUSINESS '88 $200: You might start seeing the double "G" on the loafers of the 12,000 Arabs who bought 47.8% of this company Gucci |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | BUSINESS '88 $400: At the end of '88 Sony will release the Video Walkman, a portable TV with this built in VCR |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | BUSINESS '88 $600: One of four Triangle Publications magazines bought by Rupert Murdoch in 1988 (1 of) TV Guide (Daily Racing Form, Good Food or Seventeen) |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | BUSINESS '88 $800: Home video game makers have been hit hard in '88 by a shortage of SRAMs, which are these memory chips (static random access memory chips) |
| #986, aired 1988-12-12 | BUSINESS '88 $1000: It's the 1st automobile in 10 yrs. to get a "not acceptable" rating from Consumer Reports Suzuki Samurai |
| #985, aired 1988-12-09 | BOOKS $600: "The Bird Era" isn't about "Sesame Street", it's a history of this basketball team from 1978-88 the Boston Celtics |
| #973, aired 1988-11-23 | FAMOUS FOLKS $200: He left his "Neighborhood" to deliver the '88 commencement at Pennsylvania's Immaculata Coll. (Mister) Fred Rogers |
| #960, aired 1988-11-04 | CORPORATE AMERICA $600: In '88 this popcorn developer received an honorary doctorate in agriculture from Purdue Orville Redenbacher |
| #954, aired 1988-10-27 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: In April '88 the State Department reported $15 mil. in delinquent travel advances, with $695 owed by this lt. col. Oliver North |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | BUSINESS '88 $100: Under control of Hefner's daughter Christie, this magazine has gotten back into financial shape Playboy |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | BUSINESS '88 $200: "Miami Nice" is a course designed to improve the image & behavior of these drivers cab drivers |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | BUSINESS '88 $300: For $35,000, a tour company will fly you to this remote point & let you tour the Amundson-Scott Station the South Pole |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $500: Injuries kept this '84 Olympic marathon champ from competing at Seoul in '88 Joan Benoit |
| #932, aired 1988-09-27 | THE RAILROAD $800: In spring '88 "Good Morning America" sent Ron Reagan on this European train, while "TODAY" sent its whole crew the Orient Express |
| #929, aired 1988-09-22 | MATHEMATICS $600: The speed limit in miles per hour that equals 88 kilometers per hour 55 |
| #917, aired 1988-09-06 | FASHION MODELS $100: Swimsuit model Elle Macpherson graced February covers of this magazine 2 years in a row, '87 & '88 Sports Illustrated |
| #917, aired 1988-09-06 | OPERA $400: In '88 Maria Ewing got 16 curtain calls when she wound up nude after performing this dance from "Salome" the Dance of the Seven Veils |
| #911, aired 1988-07-18 | SPORTS TRIVIA $500: Popular in Canada, it "swept" its way into the '88 Winter Olympics as a demonstration sport curling |
| #910, aired 1988-07-15 | SPORTS $100: The '88 Super Bowl's MVP was this Redskin QB Doug Williams |
| #896, aired 1988-06-27 | BUSINESS '88 $100: The Los Angeles area leads the U.S. in making Oriental ramen, which are these noodles |
| #896, aired 1988-06-27 | BUSINESS '88 $200: Since leaving the astronaut corps, she's joined the board of directors of Apple Computer (Sally) Ride |
| #896, aired 1988-06-27 | BUSINESS '88 $500: With the addition of the name "Hutton", the largest U.S. brokerage in terms of capital, is now called this Shearson Lehmann Hutton |
| #878, aired 1988-06-01 | NUMBER, PLEASE $200: Referring to the keyboard, this number is a slang term for a piano 88 |
| #876, aired 1988-05-30 | COMPOSERS $600: Jazz composer whose group's name included the year '65, then '66, then '77, then '88 Sérgio Mendes |
| #860, aired 1988-05-06 | CONSTELLATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): 88 constellations are recognized: 28 northern, 48 southern, & 12 classified as this equatorial (zodiacal) |
| #802, aired 1988-02-16 | OLYMPIC MEDALISTS $100: This dancing diver has said that he may trade in the board for the boards after the '88 games Greg Louganis |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | LIGHT $100: Approximately 5.88 trillion miles light-year |
| #660, aired 1987-06-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: At age 88, he opened, at corporate HQ, a museum with his white suit & 1st chicken cooker Colonel Sanders |
| #577, aired 1987-02-24 | CONSTELLATIONS $200: Total number of recognized constellations, it's the same number of keys on a piano 88 |
| #475, aired 1986-10-03 | FLAGS $200: Flag of this Asian nation, with symbol resembling the yin-yang, will fly at '88 Olympics there South Korea |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | BEST SELLERS $1000: By its 3rd week out in '84, this work of 88-year-old Helen Hooven Santmyer was #1 "...And Ladies of the Club" |
| #163, aired 1985-04-24 | ASTRONOMY $400: Approximately 5.88 trillion miles a light-year |
| #150, aired 1985-04-05 | SPACE $200: "Quicksilver" planet whose year is only 88 days Mercury |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | WASHINGTON D.C. $400: Though this mound rises only 88', it's synonymous with building which stands upon it Capitol Hill |
| #35, aired 1984-10-26 | TIME $400: The shortest in the solar system is Mercury's 88 days orbital period (year) |
| #30, aired 1984-10-19 | ANIMALS $400: Animal symbol for the '88 Olympics & Frosted Flakes the tiger |
