| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | PAGING THE FICTIONAL DRIVER $600: Can you hear me, Stephen King teen Arnie Cunningham? Your 1958 Plymouth Fury nicknamed this has a bad muffler--& other issues Christine |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | FAMOUS WOMEN $2000: Referred to as the "Jackie Robinson of tennis", she was named Female Athlete of the Year in 1957 & 1958 by the Associated Press Althea Gibson |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | A LITTLE HISTOR"E" $200: The U.S. sent 10,000 troops to Lebanon in 1958 as part of the anti-Soviet doctrine named for him Eisenhower |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | EXTREMELY RANDOM CALCULATIONS $1600: Number of U.S. states in 1958 divided by the number of our solar system's planets after Pluto's demotion 6 |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | IT HAPPENED IN CONGRESS $600: A 1958 congressional act established this agency, making a giant leap possible 11 years later NASA |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | "LOL" $100: An oldie but goodie, this 1958 Chordettes hit features the line, "sweeter than candy on a stick" "Lollipop" |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS $1600: In 1958 the United Nations defined these geographic areas as extending about 14 miles from a country's coast territorial waters |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $200: He was only 15 when he became an international Grandmaster in 1958 Fischer |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | HI, I'M J.LO $1500: Before Jennifer Lopez was even born, this "J.Lo" played Timmy's mom on "Lassie" from 1958-'64 June Lockhart |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | MAILED IT! $400: In 1958, Harry Winston mailed this 45.52-carat item to the Smithsonian for $2.44 first class, plus $142.85 for $1 million in insurance the Hope Diamond |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | QUOTABLE BOOKS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1958's "The Dharma Bums", he wrote, "It was all completely serious, all completely hallucinated, all completely happy" Kerouac |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | QUI"ZZ"ICAL $800: On Jan. 27, 1958 this "family steak house" opened in Culver City, California with $50 in the cash register Sizzler |
| #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" |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS $400: Although founded in 1943, this furniture company didn't open its first retail store until 1958 in Älmhult, Sweden IKEA |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: In 2023, Jim Parsons & Mario Lopez turn 50, becoming fully eligible to join this organization founded in 1958 the AARP |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | THAT'S OUR MOTTO! $200: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"; the phrase appears in its constitutions of 1946 & 1958 France |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | CHILDREN'S LIT $200: This bear who first appeared in a 1958 book was part of many people's tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth II Paddington |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | "B" COOL $1600: In 1958 the San Francisco Examiner worried that "growing lads" might become these "instead of ball players" beatniks |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | ATHLETES NAMED FOR $800: Born in 1958, baseball legend Rickey Henderson was named after this teen idol pop singer of the day Ricky Nelson |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | TRANSPORTATION $800: This company's 707 flew in commercial service from 1958 to the 2010s & the Air Force still flies planes based on its design Boeing |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | TAKE THE FIFTH $2000: In 1980 South Korea's president Chun Doo-hwan ushered in this; France did the same with its government back in 1958 the Fifth Republic |
| #8743, aired 2022-11-16 | 4 WEDDINGS & A FUNERAL $2000: Last name of Richard & Mildred, whose 1958 wedding led to a 1967 Supreme Court decision that struck down bans on interracial marriage Loving |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | HERE'S YOUR SCIENCE PRIZE $800: Frederick Sanger is the only 2-time winner of the Nobel Prize in this, for work on proteins in 1958 & nucleic acids in 1980 the Chemistry Prize |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | SHORT STORIES & NOVELLAS $1200: & I said, what about this Truman Capote novella? She said, I think I remember that work, first published in Esquire in 1958 Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | BIOGRAPHIES $0: "The Passage of Power" covers 1958 to 1964 in Robert Caro's 4th volume on the life of this American Lyndon Johnson |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | THE NIFTY '50s $1000: With much of the funding from the Rothschild family, the cornerstone of this Israeli parliament building was laid in 1958 the Knesset |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 2 & 115 $1000: In 1958 Crayola introduced its box of this many crayons, the first with sharpener included 64 |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | THAT INVENTION IS ELECTRIC $400: In may 1958 an electronics tinkerer & a doctor kept a dog's heart going with a gizmo they called tiknik & this device was born a pacemaker |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | THE HUMAN BODY $1600: This hormone first isolated in 1958 plays an important role in regulating sleep melatonin |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | "BIG" TALK $800: In 1958 the Fresno Bee reported that this had a 50-inch stride & traveled only at night Bigfoot |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | SUBURBS $1000: Shostakovich titled an opera "Moscow, Cheryomushki", a suburb where in 1958 this leader began an experiment in prefab apartments Khrushchev |
| #8506, aired 2021-11-08 | 7-LETTER WORDS $2000: An early settler of a territory, or a U.S. space probe that was launched in 1958 a pioneer |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | SATELLITES $2000: Explorer 1 made the first scientific discovery by satellite when it detected this radiation belt in 1958 the Van Allen belt |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | ON BASE $200: In 1958 this kid from Memphis traded in his blue suede shoes & got some Army issue ones at Arkansas' Fort Chaffee Elvis Presley |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | WAITER, THERE'S A BUG IN MY MOVIE $1000: 1958,
remade in 1986:
"The ____" Fly |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | I'M YOUR HUCKLEBERRY $800: IMDb's summary of the 1958 to 1962 Hanna-Barbera show about this canine--"The adventures of a blue dog with a Southern accent" Huckleberry Hound |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | STEPHEN KING TITLE REFERENCES $600: A 1958 Plymouth Fury Christine |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | PLAYING POPE $1600: In 2003 Bob Hoskins was "The Good Pope", this name XXIII, who served from 1958 to 1963 John XXIII |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | FORTUNE FAVORS THE BALD $1,000 (Daily Double): It's said Stalin cleaned his pipe by tapping it on the bald head of this man, but by 1958 he was running Russia, so it worked out (Nikita) Khrushchev |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | POETS & POETRY $1600: A pioneer imagist, he spent 1946-1958 in St. Elizabeth's Psychiatric Hospital, future home of John Hinckley Ezra Pound |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: A 1958 economic union joined Belgium, Luxembourg & the Netherlands, known as these "countries" due to their elevation the Low Countries |
| #8314, aired 2021-01-14 | 2-LETTER LIT $800: Surname of physician Julius, antagonist of a 1958 Fleming novel No |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | BRAND NAMES $800: In 1958 this credit card began as BankAmericard when cards with a $500 limit were sent out as an experiment Visa |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | KEEPING IT 100 $400: In 1958 this trade magazine launched the Hot 100, the gold standard for ranking popular songs Billboard |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS $1200: Spain agreed to a 1958 high seas conservation treaty but said it didn't change things in the waters around this British territory Gibraltar |
| #8271, aired 2020-11-02 | ART APPRECIATION $800: In 1958 "Salvator Mundi" sold at Sotheby's for 45 pounds; in 2017 it fetched $450 mil. after attribution to this Italian Leonardo |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | SWEDEN LOWS--& HIGHS $800: Low: in the 1958 World Cup final, Sweden lost on its home soil 5-2 to Pele & the rest of this country's team Brazil |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS MOUNTAIN G.O.A.T.s $200: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) One of the first two men to summit Everest and a part of my personal Mount Rushmore of all-time climbers, he also tractored to the South Pole five years later in 1958 Edmund Hillary |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | DAILY READING $600: A 1958 novel (later an Albert Finney film) about a worker whose only pleasure is weekend blowouts is called this "& Sunday Morning" Saturday Night |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | DJ, JAZZY $1200: Still going strong, the jazz festival of this bay & aquarium city in California was founded in 1958 by DJ Jimmy Lyons Monterey |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | NOTE BOOKS $800: This reference series began in 1958 with 16 Shakespeare study guides CliffsNotes |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | BE STILL MY ART $1600: This folk painter created "Making Apple Butter" in 1958, the year she turned 98 Grandma Moses |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | CUBA BEFORE FIDEL $2000: Pre-Castro Cuba was a hopping place; in this last full year before Fidel took over, Havana had more movie theaters than New York City 1958 |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | SINGERS NOT SINGING $800: On March 24, 1958 he got sworn in as U.S. Army Private 53310761 in Memphis Elvis Presley |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | 3 "M" $1200: In the Eddie Cochran hit song from 1958, "There ain't no cure for" these "blues" summertime |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | CIVIL RIGHTS & WRONGS $400: In 1958 African-American activist Clennon King was sent to an asylum for trying to register at this state U. in Oxford University of Mississippi |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Dominating women's tennis, Althea Gibson broke the color barrier & became the first African-American to win the French & U.S. Open Singles as well as, in 1957 & 1958, this oldest Grand Slam event Wimbledon |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | TRICKY CLUES $1200: From 1952 to 1958 this Friday cop show aired on Thursday Dragnet |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL: AFTER THE GAME $600: Nickname of the team that was led to an undefeated 1958 season by future brigadier general Pete Dawkins Black Knights |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | SPACE SCIENCE $2000: A 1958 paper by Max Faget showed that a spacecraft could fire these to slow itself down & allow re-entry to the atmosphere retrorockets |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME $1000: In 1958, Joanne Woodward married Paul Newman, got one of the first stars, and won an Oscar for playing all "Three Faces" of her Eve |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATES $400: This late senator from Arizona, class of 1958 John McCain |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | QUOTABLE BOOKS $800: 1958: "It was some little while before I could bring myself to open the window, and ask Miss Golightly what she wanted" Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES $400: 1958:
"Seven Hills of ____" Rome |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | THE NIFTY '50s $800: In 1958 the United States entered the space race with the launch of this satellite that shares its name with a Ford SUV Explorer |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS $600: The first time the White House was decorated for Halloween was in 1958, when she, Ike's better half, hung owls & goblins Mamie Eisenhower |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | MOTOR TREND CAR OF THE YEAR $1000: 1958:
This sporty pre-Mustang Ford Thunderbird |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | THE FIFA MEN'S WORLD CUP $400: Pele was only 17 when he first played for this country in 1958--it would win 3 World Cups with him Brazil |
| #7974, aired 2019-04-18 | THE AUNT HILL $600: Rosalind Russell played this title auntie in a 1958 film; Roger Smith played nephew Patrick Dennis as a grownup Mame |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | SCIENCE $800: The largest one of these ever recorded was 1,720 feet high & slammed into the Alaskan panhandle in 1958 following an earthquake a tsunami |
| #7956, aired 2019-03-25 | WOMEN IN SONG $3,200 (Daily Double): In 2018 the woman who was immortalized in this 1958 hit by schoolmate Buddy Holly passed away "Peggy Sue" |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | THINGS IN MUSEUMS $200: Trace amounts of boron give the blue color to this gem that Harry Winston donated to the Smithsonian in 1958 the Hope Diamond |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | MO"V"IES $400: "Acrophobia" might've been a more accurate title for this 1958 Jimmy Stewart film Vertigo |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | CLASSIC LITERATURE $2000: This 1958 Chinua Achebe novel depicts the struggles of the Igbo people in Nigeria before independence Things Fall Apart |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | LIVE ENTERTAINMENT $1,000 (Daily Double): Dizzy Gillespie & Diana Krall are among those who have played at this musical event first held in northern California in 1958 the Monterey Jazz Festival |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | 1958 $400: He wasn't inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but into the Army Elvis Presley |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | 1958 $800: The Great Leap Forward program launched in this country led to a famine & millions of deaths China |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | 1958 $1200: Dedicated in June, this bridge linked Michigan's upper & lower peninsulas Mackinac |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | 1958 $1600: After he was publicly vilified, this "Doctor Zhivago" author declined to accept his Nobel Prize Boris Pasternak |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | 1958 $3,000 (Daily Double): Later vice president, he was elected to the first of 4 terms as governor of New York Nelson Rockefeller |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1958 crisis ensued when mainland China tried to seize Quemoy & Matsu, part of this island's territory Taiwan |
| #7755, aired 2018-05-04 | THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS $2000: "A Journal of a Soul" was the testament of this man, who got a new job in Rome in 1958 Pope John XXIII |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | THE OLD COUNTRY $400: In 1904 Dahomey became part of the new territory called French West this, which lasted until 1958 French West Africa |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | HORMONES $1000: Darkness triggers production of this hormone isolated in 1958, so turn out the lights at bedtime melatonin |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | NAME THAT WORLD LEADER $400: France:
General-ly in charge from 1958 to 1969 General de Gaulle |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | HAIL! HAIL! CHUCK BERRY $1000: This 1958 Chuck classic about a guitar-playing wunderkind went! went! to No. 8 on the charts "Johnny B. Goode" |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | TRY COLOR $200: The first Crayola to get a name change was Prussian blue, which became this timely blue midnight blue |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | COLLEGE HIJINKS $400: In 1958 Bruins in a chopper dumped 500 pounds of manure on Tommy Trojan at this U. but some say the rotors caused blowback USC (or University of Southern California) |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | THE LITERATURE OF ISRAEL $800: The title of a 1958 Leon Uris novel about Israel's birth isn't "Genesis", but this Exodus |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | NUMBER THAT AMENDMENT $800: Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo invoked it 172 times in one hearing in 1958 the Fifth |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | LET'S GO DODGERS! $400: In 1958 the Dodgers came to L.A. from this Brooklyn ballpark that had been their home for 4 decades Ebbets Field |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | PRESIDENTIAL KIDS $2000: Abram, the longest-lived child of this 19th c. president whose middle name was Abram, died in 1958 at age 85 James Garfield |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | KHAN MEN $1200: Indian-born Mohammad Ayub Khan became this country's president in 1958 Pakistan |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | BOOTS $800: In 1958 Frank Marugg received a patent for a wheel clamp for "use in immobilizing a vehicle"; we now call it this a Denver boot |
| #7459, aired 2017-02-02 | FREQUENT FLIERS $2,000 (Daily Double): On Nov. 1, 1958 this airline began service from Amsterdam to Tokyo, flying over the North Pole KLM |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | OVER HILL, OVER DALE $2000: Clint Hill, an agent with this part of the government from 1958 to 1975, leaped to fame in November 1963 Secret Service |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | "H. H." $800: This product that debuted in the U.S. in 1958 was inspired by a piece of Australian physical education equipment the hula-hoop |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | THE '50s $400: Gino Cimoli became the first Major League batter on the West Coast when these 2 teams squared off on April 15, 1958 the Giants & Dodgers |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR $600: 1958: "Crisis in Algeria brought WWII hero back to power in France" de Gaulle |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | ORGANIZATIONS $1000: Founded in 1958 this public opinion research organization is named after pollster George Gallup |
| #7313, aired 2016-06-01 | "CL"ASSICAL MUSIC $1600: This pianist became an American hero when he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 Van Cliburn |
| #7296, aired 2016-05-09 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN $800: Weighing in at 45.52 karats, it was donated to the Smithsonian by Harry Winston in 1958 the Hope Diamond |
| #7267, aired 2016-03-29 | I'M RETIRED $600: Retired educator Ethel Andrus founded this group in 1958 to keep older people in the U.S. active the AARP |
| #7256, aired 2016-03-14 | MOVIES ON SUBMARINES $2000: 1958:
Completes the title "Run Silent..." Run Deep |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | 1-WORD STEPHEN KING BOOK TITLES $1,000 (Daily Double): The full fury of a haunted 1958 Fury Christine |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | THE NORTH PACIFIC $1000: Between 1946 & 1958, 23 nuclear tests were conducted in this tiny atoll in the Marshall Islands Bikini Atoll |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | OFFBEAT MUSEUMS $800: An Osaka museum honoring this instant food product, invented in 1958, is seen here ramen |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | & THE OSCAR DOESN'T GO TO $400: The nomination of Nina Rota's music for this 1972 film was retracted because some of it had been used in a 1958 Italian movie The Godfather |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | HISTORY ON FILM $200: In 1958, Pan Am inaugurated scheduled jet service across this pond the Atlantic Ocean |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | "A"UTHORS $2000: This film critic won a Pulitzer Prize in 1958 for his novel "A Death in the Family" (James) Agee |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | NAMING THE FIRST PRESIDENT $600: Of France's Fifth Republic, established 1958 de Gaulle |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEFORE & AFTER $400: American general who became a traitor & a great golfer, winning the Masters 4 times beginning in 1958 Benedict Arnold Palmer |
| #7105, aired 2015-07-03 | PRESIDENTS OF FRANCE $400: In 1958 this former war hero helped guide the formation of the Fifth Republic & became its first president Charles de Gaulle |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | PLAY INTO FILM $2000: In 1958 this folk singer reprised his stage role as Big Daddy in the film adaptation of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Burl Ives |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | A TOP 40 HIT 3 TIMES $1600: "Fever":
Little Willie John in 1956, The McCoys in 1965 & this lady in 1958 Peggy Lee |
| #7078, aired 2015-05-27 | MUSIC MISHMASH $400: In 1958 this magazine debuted its "Hot 100" chart with Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" as the first No. 1 Billboard |
| #7066, aired 2015-05-11 | THE JANITOR'S CLOSET $400: The janitor answers to this name, as does a bald muscleman who started selling liquid cleaner in 1958 Mr. Clean |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | WHAT ABOUT BOB? $600: This Olympic & team sports broadcaster carries a 1958 Mickey Mantle baseball card everywhere Bob Costas |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | 1950s AMERICA $2000: In 1958, the year he turned 15, he became the youngest chess grandmaster to that time Bobby Fischer |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | GETTING HITCH-ED $800: Hitchcock said this 1958 film was his most personal one, & it took him to dizzying heights Vertigo |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | PHINEAS & FERBER $800: Edna Ferber's 1958 novel "Ice Palace" was so compelling that it helped this attain statehood the next year Alaska |
| #7021, aired 2015-03-09 | TOP 5 HITMAKERS $400: 1958:
"Sweet Little Sixteen" Chuck Berry |
| #7017, aired 2015-03-03 | BOB RHYME $600: In a 1958 film it was Steve McQueen vs. it the Blob |
| #7011, aired 2015-02-23 | THE STATE OF WASHINGTON $1000: In 1958 Boeing introduced this model, the first American passenger jet put into commercial service the 707 |
| #6997, aired 2015-02-03 | OH, THERE'S THE BELL $200: A classic 1958 recording of this Tchaikovsky work used NYC's Riverside Church bells, freaking out local residents the 1812 Overture |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $800: This Pasadena, California lab has been helping design U.S. spacecraft since Explorer 1 in 1958 the Jet Propulsion Lab |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | DOO-WOP $800: Who? Who? Who wrote this? asked The Monotones in 1958 the Book of Love |
| #6918, aired 2014-10-15 | PULITZER PRIZE DRAMA WINNERS $2000: Ketti Frings won in 1958 for her adaptation of this Thomas Wolfe novel Look Homeward, Angel |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | COOL IDEA $200: What could go wrong with the 1958 Ford concept car known as the Nucleon, powered by a tiny one of these? a reactor |
| #6873, aired 2014-07-02 | BIBLE BOOKS IN OTHER WORDS $400: 1958 Leon Uris bestseller Exodus |
| #6867, aired 2014-06-24 | NONFICTION $1600: This author and historian was researching abook about the 1958 NFL championship when he was killed in a 2007 car crash David Halberstam |
| #6847, aired 2014-05-27 | DISCOVER $2000: In 1958, using data from a satellite, this physicist discovered 2 radiation belts encircling the Earth Van Allen |
| #6845, aired 2014-05-23 | THE ENTERTAINMENT BIZ $400: The company named for him traces its origins to the founding of Muppets, Inc. in 1958 Jim Henson |
| #6843, aired 2014-05-21 | SPY FICTION $1200: Aspects of his 1958 novel "Our Man in Havana" seemed to predict the Cuban Missile Crisis Graham Greene |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: Founded in 1958, today it has more than 37 million members over the age of 50 AARP |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | A LITERARY "B" $200: The young girl in this 1958 Truman Capote work is described as having "a face beyond childhood" Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| #6800, aired 2014-03-21 | FEDERAL AGENCIES $1200: America looked to the skies July 29, 1958 with the creation of this new government body NASA |
| #6798, aired 2014-03-19 | 20th CENTURY AMERICANS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1958 this beloved author helped found Beginner Books Dr. Seuss |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | DONE THAT $200: He reached the South Pole by tractor in 1958, 5 years after summitting Everest (Edmund) Hillary |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | A 1980s BOOKSTORE $1600: Evil is alive & inhabiting a 1958 Plymouth Fury in this Stephen King tale Christine |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | BACK IN THE USSR $2000: The USSR mounted a 1958 exhibit not of Norman Rockwell but of this left-wing artist with Rockwell as his first name Rockwell Kent |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | WORLD LITERATURE $2000: Igbo proverbs are found throughout this 1958 Chinua Achebe novel that sounds like a bad game of Jenga Things Fall Apart |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | BASEBALL: THE 1950s $1600: In 1958 this man, "Mr. Cub", hit 47 home runs, still the National League record for a shortstop Ernie Banks |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | DID YOU GET MY LETTER? $400: "I respectfully remind you, sir, that we have been the most patient of all people", this ballplayer wrote to Ike in 1958 Jackie Robinson |
| #6710, aired 2013-11-15 | THE LENGTH OF THE MOVIE $2000: From 1958, beware the "Attack of" this leggy "Woman" 50-Foot |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | FRENCH DRESSING $1200: The 1958 Trapeze Line from this 3-named male designer was hailed as a coup of couture Yves Saint Laurent |
| #6675, aired 2013-09-27 | THE GOOD $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1958 this org. got a new mission; the disease it originally targeted had been tamed 3 years before the March of Dimes |
| #6664, aired 2013-08-01 | EXPLORATION $800: In 1958 Vivian Fuchs became the first to cross Antarctica by land; he was joined partway by this Everest conquerer Edmund Hillary |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $200: This 1958 Ford model "was the first victim of Madison Avenue hyper-hype" the Edsel |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | FROM BOOK TO FILM $1200: 1958's "The Long, Hot Summer" was based on this author's "The Hamlet", the first in his "Snopes" trilogy William Faulkner |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | GEE, 50 $400: If you're 50, you're eligible to be a full member of this 37 million-strong organization founded in 1958 AARP |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | VLAD THE IMPALA $1200: Vlad's family took great pride in 1958 when this carmaker introduced the stylish Impala Chevy |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | MUSIC LEGENDS: BORN & DIED $400: Born 1958 in Gary, Indiana; died 2009 in Los Angeles Michael Jackson |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | BREAKFAST CEREALS $400: Since 1958, kids have been "cuckoo for" this cereal Cocoa Puffs |
| #6529, aired 2013-01-24 | EYE ON SPORTS $600: Aided by 20/10 vision, this Red Sox "splendid splinter" won the 1958 batting title at age 40 Ted Williams |
| #6525, aired 2013-01-18 | TO YOUR HEALTH $2000: Linked to serious birth defects after its introduction in 1958, this sedative is now effectively used to treat leprosy thalidomide |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | TENNESSEE'S WILLIAMS $800: In 1958 Tennessean William Anderson commanded this submarine on the first voyage under the North Pole's ice pack the USS Nautilus |
| #6482, aired 2012-11-20 | GIFTED & TALENTED $800: At the age of 14 he checked in triumphantly at the 1958 U.S. chess championship Bobby Fischer |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | BOOZY TALK $600: It's the title of a 1958 No. 1 hit by the Champs; it's also the entire lyric "Tequila" |
| #6476, aired 2012-11-12 | "P" IS FOR FASHION $800: In 1958 France's Societe de Bonneterie de Tergnier patented mitoufle, a brand of this sheer item for ladies' legs pantyhose |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 $600: This Texan known by his initials holds the record for most Indy 500 starts with 35, 1958-1992 (A.J.) Foyt |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | FROM THE SANSKRIT $2000: This Sanskrit word for correct law or custom is found before "Bums" in a 1958 novel title dharma |
| #6357, aired 2012-04-17 | THEY WROTE FOR ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA $800: The article on ventriloquism for the 1958 edition was penned by this man, not Charlie McCarthy (Edgar) Bergen |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $1200: Magic moments for this composer & Hal David included writing the 1958 Perry Como hit "Magic Moments" (Burt) Bacharach |
| #6343, aired 2012-03-28 | THE BAR MITZVAH BOY $600: Future Fonz:
Nov. 8, 1958, Manhattan (Henry) Winkler |
| #6338, aired 2012-03-21 | BALLET $800: Hershy Kay provided the orchestrations of this man's music for the 1958 ballet "Stars and Stripes" (John Philip) Sousa |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | GO "BIG" $600: In 1958 the Sacramento Union reported that "if" this "is humanoid" it would weigh 450 to 550 pounds Bigfoot |
| #6300, aired 2012-01-27 | LAST IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE $2000: In 1958, pitcher Robin Roberts won 17 games (yay), but this Pennsylvania team of his won only 52 more (not so yay) the Philadelphia Phillies |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | MEDAL OF FREEDOM ATHLETES $400: University of Alabama football coach from 1958 to 1982 (Bear) Bryant |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | PAPAL PEOPLE $800: 1958:
XXIII John |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | GEMS & JEWELRY $200: On Nov. 10, 1958 New York City jeweler Harry Winston donated this great blue stone to the Smithsonian the Hope Diamond |
| #6250, aired 2011-11-18 | ANYTHING BUT OPERA $2000: An international piano competition held every 4 years is named for this American who won a competition in Moscow in 1958 Van Cliburn |
| #6248, aired 2011-11-16 | I'M GONNA MOON YOU! $1,800 (Daily Double): On Feb. 1, 1958 the Detroit Free Press said, "U.S. Fires Moon!"; they meant the USA's first of these, Explorer 1 a satellite |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $2000: (Hi. I'm CCH Pounder.) A favorite film of mine is this 1958 musical that featured the song "Bali Ha'i"; it was also the 1st film I ever saw in color South Pacific |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | CHEMISTS $1600: In 1958 this American chemist & vitamin C advocate published the book "No More War!" Linus Pauling |
| #6172, aired 2011-06-14 | THE BALLET OF THE LAND $400: The Martha Graham Company first presented "Clytemnestra" on April 1, 1958 in this country the United States |
| #6154, aired 2011-05-19 | BESTSELLERS OF THE 1950s $800: The 1958 bestseller "Kids Say the Darndest Things!" by this man was based on a segment on his hit TV show Art Linkletter |
| #6142, aired 2011-05-03 | TAKE THE FIFTH $2,000 (Daily Double): This country's current government, the Fifth Republic, has been in effect since 1958 France |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | '80s FADS $800: These characters were created in Belgium way back in 1958, but hit it big in the U.S. in the 1980s the Smurfs |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | THE SUNSHINE STATE $400: The first NASA operations on this Florida promontory were in 1958 Cape Canaveral |
| #6108, aired 2011-03-16 | LET'S KICK SOME NIXON AROUND $1000: The Arizona didn't sink again, but journalist Walter Lippmann dubbed Nixon's 1958 visit to Latin America a "diplomatic" this Pearl Harbor |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | POPE-POURRI $1600: There have been 12 popes with this devout name, the first during the second century, the last from 1939 to 1958 Pius |
| #6047, aired 2010-12-21 | HAVE A DRINK $800: Soft rockers Seals & Crofts once were members of the band that performed this 1958 No. 1 hit heard here Tequila |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | BASKIN ROBBINS ICE CREAM $200: A seasonal favorite, baseball nut first hit a home run in 1958 to celebrate the Dodgers' move from this borough Brooklyn |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | ATOLLS $1,800 (Daily Double): From April to August 1958 the U.S. conducted 22 of these on Enewetak Atoll to get them in before a ban took effect nuclear tests |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | ROCK 'N OLD $400: This rock pioneer who sang "Sweet Little Sixteen" in 1958 turned a sweet little 83 in 2009 Chuck Berry |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY $2000: This "All The King's Men" novelist won the poetry prize twice, for 1958 & 1979 Robert Penn Warren |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | FILL IN THE TONY-WINNING PLAY TITLE $600: 1958:
"Sunrise at ____" Campobello |
| #5944, aired 2010-06-17 | MR. OCTOBER $400: He was 76 when he was elected pope Oct. 28, 1958 John XXIII |
| #5941, aired 2010-06-14 | ALIEN INVADERS! $1200: 28-year-old Steve McQueen played a teenager helping fight off the giant goopy alien in this 1958 film The Blob |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | "LAST" CHANCE $800: Bravo! It's a final performance or effort before retirement & also the title of a 1958 Spencer Tracy film the last hurrah |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | SPORTS SHORTS $800: 1958:
Leads Brazil to the first of its 5 World Cup titles Pelé |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | YANKEE STADIUM MOMENTS $800: Dec. 28, 1958:
In "The Greatest Game Ever Played", this quarterback leads the Colts over the Giants in the NFL title game (Johnny) Unitas |
| #5898, aired 2010-04-14 | "INGO" $600: In 1958 our Johnny Gilbert hosted a musical TV version of this game bingo |
| #5889, aired 2010-04-01 | '50s FICTION $2,000 (Daily Double): Yep, in a 1958 novel, James Bond found himself up against this sinister sadist in the Caribbean Dr. No |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | 20th CENTURY ARTISTS $1600: In 1958 he tripled up on his patriotic painting of "Three Flags" (Jasper) Johns |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | MEALTIME LIT $400: Perhaps Mr. Capote feasted on French toast while writing this 1958 tale of Miss Golightly Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | NAME THAT SPORT $1000: PBA, founded in 1958 bowling |
| #5822, aired 2009-12-29 | BRAND "X" $1600: This company's Jack Kilby created the first integrated circuit back in 1958 Texas Instruments |
| #5819, aired 2009-12-24 | NOBEL LAUREATES IN LITERATURE $2,200 (Daily Double): 1958:
"For his important achievement... in the field of the great Russian epic tradition" Pasternak |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | MICHIGAN MUSICIAN MISHMASH $400: She was born as a Bay City roller on Aug. 16, 1958, but left her home town & her last name far behind Madonna |
| #5803, aired 2009-12-02 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $1200: 1958's Cooper v. Aaron was one of several Supreme Court decisions aimed at ending this policy in schools segregation |
| #5747, aired 2009-09-15 | MOOSE ON THE LOOSE $1000: A study ongoing since 1958 examines the relation between moose & this predator on Michigan's Isle Royale the wolf |
| #5737, aired 2009-07-14 | LET'S EAT $200: Let's have these for breakfast, perhaps at the International House of them, around since 1958 pancakes |
| #5708, aired 2009-06-03 | MIRO, MIRO ON THE WALL $400: Oui, oui! Miro created a ceramic wall for the UNESCO building in this city in 1958 Paris |
| #5663, aired 2009-04-01 | STEPHEN, KING OF WRITING $600: Arnie's 1958 Plymouth Fury goes by this feminine name Christine |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | PAUL NEWMAN $200: Paul married this woman, his frequent co-star, in 1958; they stayed together until his death 50 years later Joanne Woodward |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | AMERICANA $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Crayola factory in Easton, Pennsylvania.) In 1958, the 64-color assortment of Crayolas debuted; the box had this new built-in feature that later earned it a place in the Smithsonian a sharpener |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | ARNOLD PALMER $800: Arnie won this premier event 4 times, in 1958, '60, '62 & '64 the Masters |
| #5613, aired 2009-01-21 | SEX & THE CITY $400: Male; born Minneapolis, 1958, not 1999 (& give us his name, not that "artist" stuff or that darn symbol thing) Prince |
| #5604, aired 2009-01-08 | GEORGES THE BELGIAN WAFFLER $400: Georges can't decide whether to visit Mons or this Belgian capital, site of the 1958 World's Fair Brussels |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | RICE $1600: In 1958 Vince Domenico mixed a dry chicken soup mix with rice & vermicelli & created this brand Rice-A-Roni |
| #5598, aired 2008-12-31 | CORSICA $1200: In 1958 Corsica was occupied by those supporting the insurrection of colonists in this North African country Algeria |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | 1958 $200: In August this jumped to 4 cents, the first increase in 26 years a postage stamp |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | 1958 $400: On March 24 this future inductee to the Rock Hall of Fame was inducted into the U.S. Army in Memphis Elvis Presley |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | 1958 $600: After circling the earth some 1,400 times, this first Soviet satellite disintegrated as it made its return Sputnik |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | 1958 $800: He began making a name for himself, becoming, at age 15, the youngest grandmaster in chess to that time Bobby Fischer |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | 1958 $1000: Imre Nagy, a former premier of this country, was executed for his role in a 1956 revolt against Soviet rule Hungary |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | YULETIDE FAVORITES $1600: This Brenda Lee perennial failed to chart in 1958 & 1959, but its re-release in 1960 reached No. 14 "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" |
| #5566, aired 2008-11-17 | START YOUR ENGINES $1600: Using a nuclear generator, the NautiIus, this type of vessel, was in 1958 the first to cross the North Pole a submarine |
| #5555, aired 2008-10-31 | FAMOUS RECOUNTS $1200: The gubernatorial contest for this state in 1958 was challenged--Bernard Leddy of Burlington asked for a recount Vermont |
| #5539, aired 2008-10-09 | HISTORIC BINGO $400: "I" 1958:
Army officers overthrew this country's King Faisal II & declared it a republic Iraq |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | I WON AN OSCAR, EMMY, TONY & GRAMMY $2000: The 1958 Tony for Dramatic Actress was bestowed on this "First Lady of American Theatre" for her role in "Time Remembered" Helen Hayes |
| #5514, aired 2008-07-24 | SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a beach UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) In 1958, Scripps scientist Charles Keeling began using flasks to measure this gas in the atmosphere; the "Keeling curve" is a symbol of climate change carbon dioxide |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | TIME FOR A ROUND OF GOLF $200: First awarded in 1958, an amateur golf trophy is named for this U.S. president Eisenhower |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS $800: In 1958 he launched his Great Leap Forward program; it was a great disaster Mao |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ORSON $1000: You might have the right touch if you know in 1958 Orson Welles starred in the cult classic film "Touch of" this Touch of Evil |
| #5466, aired 2008-05-19 | BOOZE-A-PALOOZA $1200: This song that was a No. 1 hit for The Champs in 1958 always makes me want a Margarita "Tequila" |
| #5459, aired 2008-05-08 | LET'S VISIT THE MIDEAST $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a map of the Middle East on the monitor.) In 1958 the spell of President Nasser's Pan-Arab Movement persuaded this country to join Egypt in the United Arab Republic Syria |
| #5437, aired 2008-04-08 | THE 1950s $1200: Created in 1958, this agency superseded the NACA, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NASA |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | AMERICANA $800: In 1958 Crayola changed the name of its Prussian blue crayon to this "timely" blue midnight blue |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | HODGEPODGE $200: From 1909 until 1958, ears of wheat appeared on the back of this U.S. coin the penny |
| #5392, aired 2008-02-05 | WHAT A WEEK $200: In 1958 the theme of the first national week for these places was "Wake up & read!" libraries |
| #5392, aired 2008-02-05 | THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME $3,000 (Daily Double): The XII & last pope of this name that sounds like a synonym for "devout" ended his 19-year reign in 1958 Pius |
| #5383, aired 2008-01-23 | ITOS, TITOS & FRITOS $200: In 1958 Frito trademarked the rights to this ridged potato chip Ruffles |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | DANISH $800: This Danish company has made its bricks the same way since 1958, & one from that year will fit one made today Lego |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | CLASSIC TV TOONS $400: This smarter-than-the-average ursine debuted on "The Huckleberry Hound Show" in 1958 Yogi Bear |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT $800: Since 1958 France's government has been the Fifth of these a Republic |
| #5344, aired 2007-11-29 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $3,000 (Daily Double): Marilyn Monroe longed to play Grushenka in the 1958 film of this Dostoyevsky saga, but Maria Schell got the part The Brothers Karamazov |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | ASTRO QUIZ $2000: In 1958 this scientist found donut-shaped zones of charged particles high in the Earth's magnetic field (James) Van Allen |
| #5320, aired 2007-10-26 | THE NATIONALS $800: A 1958 uprising in Algeria threatened this European nation with civil war France |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | STEIN TIME $1200: On Jan. 18, 1958 this conductor hosted the first of many "Young People's Concerts" on CBS Leonard Bernstein |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | BASEBALL FRANCHISE SHIFTS $400: In 1958 the Dodgers & this team moved west to California the Giants |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | THE ARCTIC OCEAN $1600: On August 3, 1958 this nuclear-powered submarine became the first to cross the North Pole under the ice the Nautilus |
| #5274, aired 2007-07-12 | THE FABULOUS FIFTIES $1200: On his 1958 Christmas card, Elvis wore his Army uniform; this man, his manager, was dressed up like Santa Col. Parker |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | SO MAY I INTRODUCE TO YOU $1200: First made in 1887, they went bifocal in 1958 contact lenses |
| #5260, aired 2007-06-22 | TRAVEL EUROPE $400: Built for the 1958 World's Fair, the Atomium in this Belgian city is a model of a molecule enlarged 165 billion times Brussels |
| #5258, aired 2007-06-20 | HERE COMES UKRAINE AGAIN $400: Born in Ukraine in 1894, he became the undisputed leader of the USSR in 1958 Khrushchev |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | PLANE CRAZY $400: In 1958 this firm introduced the 1st commercial U.S. jet, the 707; in the '60s, it built the 1st stage of the
Saturn V rocket Boeing |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | SHORT PAPAL $1200: V wasn't a lucky number for this pope of 685 (a few months' run), but XXIII lasted from 1958 to 1963 John |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AFI'S 100 YEARS 100 MOVIES $1200: This 1958 film named for an affliction is the only movie on the ballot that starts with the letter "V" Vertigo |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | FITZ $1200: Winning Grammys for Pop Vocal Female for 1958, '59, '60 & '62, she got awards to fill a green & yellow basket (Ella) Fitzgerald |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | JUILLIARD ALUMNI $2000: In 1958, this Israeli violinist entered Juilliard; in 1963 he played Carnegie Hall Itzhak Perlman |
| #5212, aired 2007-04-17 | MARQUEE LADIES $2000: 1958: Leslie Caron played this Parisian gal Gigi |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | MUSICAL NOBILITY $1200: He was born in Minneapolis in 1958, the son of jazz musician John Nelson Prince |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | HE WAS IN THE TOP 40? $2000: In 1958 this actor, famous as Thurston Howell III, charted with "Delicious!" (Jim) Backus |
| #5207, aired 2007-04-10 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: In 1958 he was elected Governor of New York; he was reelected 3 times Nelson Rockefeller |
| #5199, aired 2007-03-29 | THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION $600: For the 1958-59 season, 7 of the top 10 series were Westerns, with this one set in Kansas ranked No. 1 Gunsmoke |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | WHAM-O $400: Wham-O owners heard about Australian kids using a bamboo ring for exercise; it became this 1958 fad a Hula Hoop |
| #5157, aired 2007-01-30 | KHAAAAAAAAAN! $1000: A predecessor of Pervez Musharraf, Mohammad Ayub Khan was president of this country from 1958 to 1969 Pakistan |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | FEEL THE "BURN" $1000: 1958 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition winner Van Cliburn |
| #5137, aired 2007-01-02 | WHAT A CHARACTER! $400: Holly Golightly goes lightly through this 1958 novel Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | A STEVE McQUEEN FILM FESTIVAL $800: 1958:
Steve fights off an alien lifeform that consumes everything in its path The Blob |
| #5116, aired 2006-12-04 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: In 1958 Vermont's Burlington Business College was renamed for this large nearby lake Champlain |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | NAME THAT POPE $800: Beloved Pope from 1958 to 1963 John XXIII |
| #5101, aired 2006-11-13 | NOTABLE NAMES $800: In 1958 his castle & San Simeon estate became California State Historic Landmark No. 640 William Randolph Hearst |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | IRAQ $800: Initially set up as a monarchy, Iraq became this type of political order in 1958 as its ensuing "Guard" could attest a republic |
| #5089, aired 2006-10-26 | THUNDER & LIGHTNING $2000: In 1958, Robert Mitchum played a moonshiner in this film for which he also wrote & recorded the title tune Thunder Road |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | LEAPING $400: A disastrous economic program called the “Great Leap Forward” was begun in this country in 1958 China |
| #5028, aired 2006-06-21 | PLEAD THE FIFTH $1000: Elected in 1995, he's the fifth president in France's history (Jacques) Chirac |
| #5028, aired 2006-06-21 | NONFICTION BEST SELLER OF THE YEAR $1200: 1957 & 1958: His "Kids Say the Darndest Things!" Art Linkletter |
| #4996, aired 2006-05-08 | NO. 1 ALBUMS $2000: (Note the year!)
1958:
His "Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1" Van Cliburn |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: Daisy Bates won the NAACP Spingarn Medal in 1958 for her fight for desegregation in this Arkansas city Little Rock |
| #4979, aired 2006-04-13 | LET'S GET MARRIED IN VEGAS! $600: This acting couple, married at the El Rancho Jan. 29, 1958, celebrated their 48th anniversary in 2006 Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | PREFIX $600: "One"; or, the pre-1958 way to listen to recorded music mono |
| #4957, aired 2006-03-14 | CHINESE HISTORY $2000: This "Great" program launched by Mao in 1958 cost millions of lives in an attempt at industrial development the Great Leap Forward |
| #4949, aired 2006-03-02 | BEYOND $400: The first section of this 1958 Leon Uris novel is titled "Beyond Jordan" Exodus |
| #4934, aired 2006-02-09 | TAKING FLIGHT $2000: In 1958 this Australian airline began offering around-the-world service Qantas |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | WHICH CRAFT $1200: Brooks Stevens' 1958 redesign of this distinctive vehicle added the bun the Wienermobile |
| #4913, aired 2006-01-11 | THE KENNEDY CENTER $1000: This American pianist who took Moscow (& the world) by storm in 1958 received a Kennedy Center honor in 2001 Van Cliburn |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | REALLY TOUGH WHEEL OF FORTUNE PUZZLES $800: BEFORE & AFTER: French action movie & Peta Wilson TV show that became a world leader in 1958 La Femme Nikita Khrushchev |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | NAME THAT MOVIE $2000: 1958:
"Help me! Help me!" The Fly |
| #4858, aired 2005-10-26 | TENNIS, ANYONE? $400: In 1999 she won the U.S. Open, becoming the first African-American woman since 1958 to win a Grand Slam singles title Serena Williams |
| #4841, aired 2005-10-03 | NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS $400: 1958:
B.P.,
Russia Boris Pasternak |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | UNITAS AGAINST ALL ENEMIES $600: Johnny U won the 1958 NFL Championship game against Frank Gifford & this "mammoth" team the (New York) Giants |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | MEET THE FOLKERS $800: In 1958 this group heard here reigned at No. 1
"...well /
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley /
Hang down your head..." The Kingston Trio |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN $2000: In 1958 Gregory Peck took on Burl Ives over water rights in the Old West in this oater The Big Country |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER $1600: In 1958 Ike ordered the Navy to resupply Quemoy & Matsu, islands that were under bombardment in this strait the Strait of Formosa (or Taiwan Strait) |
| #4819, aired 2005-07-14 | POLITICAL CARICATURES $400: This senator's U.S. Navy career lasted from 1958 to 1981 John McCain |
| #4811, aired 2005-07-04 | YOU'VE GOT MAIL $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1958 Harry Winston mailed this priceless treasure to the Smithsonian in a brown paper parcel the Hope Diamond |
| #4807, aired 2005-06-28 | TAM O'SHATNER $2000: One of William Shatner's early movie roles was as Alexi in this 1958 film based on a Dostoyevsky novel The Brothers Karamazov |
| #4793, aired 2005-06-08 | THE JETS $600: In 1958 this model from Boeing became the first American passenger jet put into commerical service the 707 |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | JUST LIKE A WOMAN $800: Also called Gakusei Ryori, or "student cuisine", this noodle dish was invented in 1958 by Momofuku Ando Top Ramen |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | -OLA $200: In 1958 this brand introduced its 64 box, which featured a built-in sharpener Crayola |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | THE JIMMY $600: With an average speed around 133 mph, Jimmy Bryan won this race in 1958 the Indianapolis 500 |
| #4695, aired 2005-01-21 | LET'S GET SYRIA-S $1000: In 1958 Syria joined this country in forming the United Arab Republic; the union disbanded 3 years later Egypt |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | FILMS OF THE '50s $2000: Leslie Caron is the waif who captures Louis Jourdan's heart in this 1958 classic Gigi |
| #4677, aired 2004-12-28 | "BERT"DAYS $400: An heir: March 14, 1958 in Monte Carlo Prince Albert (of Monaco) |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | STOCK ANSWERS $1000: In 1958 this "I Love Lucy" production company went public & its stock rose from $10 to $29 a share Desilu |
| #4669, aired 2004-12-16 | PIANISTS $2000: In 1958 this pianist was honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City Van Cliburn |
| #4601, aired 2004-09-13 | CAR TREK $400: In a Stephen King-based movie, this title vehicle was a red 1958 Plymouth Fury Christine |
| #4575, aired 2004-06-25 | COINED WORDS & PHRASES $1600: In 1958 columnist Herb Caen coined this word; Maynard G. Krebs on "Dobie Gillis" was one a beatnik |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | NEW YORK GOVERNORS $400: You're in the money if you know that he was elected governor 4 times between 1958 & 1970 (Nelson) Rockefeller |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | BALLET $800: His leaps earned comparisons with Nijinsky when he joined the Kirov Ballet in 1958 Nureyev |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | THE L.A. COLISEUM $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) A new stadium was being built so this baseball team played in the Coliseum from 1958 to 1961 after moving to L.A. Los Angeles Dodgers |
| #4520, aired 2004-04-09 | FOOD FRANCHISE HISTORY $600: It began with a parlor opened in Wichita, Kansas in 1958; sold to Pepsi in 1977, it added stuffed crust in 1995 Pizza Hut |
| #4514, aired 2004-04-01 | THEY REALLY SAID IT $1200: French president from 1958 to 1969, he observed, "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese" Charles de Gaulle |
| #4508, aired 2004-03-24 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $400: After winning the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958, he got his own piano competition Van Cliburn |
| #4504, aired 2004-03-18 | PLEASE TAKE DIRECTION $400: Region of the world to which the Eisenhower Doctrine was applied in 1957 & 1958; it's still a hot spot the Middle East |
| #4500, aired 2004-03-12 | OLD SWEET SONGS $400: In 1958 Chuck Berry sang, "All over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans, all the cats wanna dance with" her "Sweet Little Sixteen" |
| #4500, aired 2004-03-12 | YES, I'VE ETON $400: We know he revisited his "Brave New World" in 1958, but we don't know if he attended any Eton reunions (Aldous) Huxley |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $800: Yes, dahling, this Hungarian actress played Talleah in the 1958 cult favorite "Queen of Outer Space" Zsa Zsa Gabor |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | COMPLETES THE FILM TITLE $800: 1958:
"I Married a Monster from..." Outer Space |
| #4444, aired 2003-12-25 | CHRISTMAS $1000: (Hi, I'm Brenda Lee.) This Yuletime classic of mine failed to chart when it first was released in 1958, but since then it's sold millions of records "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | PULITZER PRIZE CATEGORIES $800: Samuel Barber in 1958 & 1963 Music |
| #4436, aired 2003-12-15 | SHOW $800: David Henry Hwang has redone the book for this 1958 tale of romance in San Francisco's Chinatown Flower Drum Song |
| #4433, aired 2003-12-10 | "F" TROOP $600: In 1958 choreographer Frederick Ashton created his ballet "Ondine" for this great British ballerina Margot Fonteyn |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | HEY MIKEY! $400: In 1958 this husband of Elizabeth Taylor was killed in a plane crash Mike Todd |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | SCIENTISTS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1958 this chemist published his book against nuclear testing called "No More War" Linus Pauling |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | RHYTHM & BOOZE $400: This 1958 hit by The Champs with a liquor as its title has been covered by numerous artists "Tequila" |
| #4397, aired 2003-10-21 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $200: He was only 15 when he became an international chess grandmaster in 1958 Bobby Fischer |
| #4373, aired 2003-09-17 | "UR" HEAD $1000: This author who had his Genesis August 3, 1924 published his "Exodus" in 1958 Leon Uris |
| #4370, aired 2003-09-12 | SEASON $800: In a 1958 Eddie Cochran hit, "There ain't no cure for" these the summertime blues |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | HIT ME WITH THE HITS $400: You might need a designated driver after listening to this No. 1 hit from 1958 "Tequila" |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | FASHION $1000: 1958 saw his Trapeze line debut at Dior Yves Saint Laurent |
| #4345, aired 2003-06-20 | BIOGRAPHY $400: Born in 1958, she's the actress discussed in the following Jamie Lee Curtis |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | MAY DAYS $200: On May 13, 1958 this U.S. Vice President's limousine was pelted with rocks in Caracas, Venezuela Nixon |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HARD CANDY $1000: This candy brand with a variety of hard candies introduced its "Pick-A-Mix" concept in 1958 Brach's |
| #4276, aired 2003-03-17 | AT THE MOVIES $800: One of the only 2 musicals to win 9 or more Oscars; one was in 1958 & one was in 1961 Gigi or West Side Story |
| #4266, aired 2003-03-03 | 1950s NEWS $800: In 1958 this piano virtuoso won first prize in the Tchaikovsky International competition in Moscow Van Cliburn |
| #4219, aired 2002-12-26 | MINE YOUR BUSINESS $1000: In a 1958 show, Lucy & Ricky in Vegas head out to the desert to prospect for this uranium |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | DOUBLE-"Z" WORDS $600: This restaurant chain began as a steak house right here in Culver City in 1958 Sizzler |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | PARTY TIME! $1600: Harold Pinter wrote a 1958 play named for this kind of "party" The Birthday Party |
| #4208, aired 2002-12-11 | AUNTIE UP $800: In this 1958 film Rosalind Russell says, "Life is a banquet & most poor suckers are starving to death!" Auntie Mame |
| #4171, aired 2002-10-21 | THE "FIFTH" ELEMENT $800: Political entity proclaimed in France in 1958 Fifth Republic |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | "I" OBJECT $800: Seen here, this model of Chevy first hit the road in 1958 Impala |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | TAKE MY WIFE, PLEASE $600: Winnie Nomzamo
(1958-1996) Nelson Mandela |
| #4154, aired 2002-09-26 | SHORT ANSWERS $2000: Bicycle shorts often come in this spandex fiber, a DuPont trademark introduced in 1958 lycra |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | NO. 1 BROTHERS $600: These brothers didn't have to fantasize about topping the charts with 1958's "All I Have to Do Is Dream" Everly Brothers |
| #4107, aired 2002-06-11 | REMEMBER THE TIME $200: In 1958 this country launched its second 5-year plan, called "The Great Leap Forward" China |
| #4107, aired 2002-06-11 | "BLACK" OR "WHITE" $400: This "Golden Girl" had her own show in 1958 & 1977 & in 1999 became part of the cast of "Ladies Man" Betty White |
| #4085, aired 2002-05-10 | "EN" THE BEGINNING $1600: The U.S. conducted nuclear tests on this atoll in the Marshall Islands from 1948 to 1958 Enewetak |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONYS $1600: "Sunrise at Campobello"
(1958) Ralph Bellamy |
| #4075, aired 2002-04-26 | LITERARY LUSHES $400: In a 1958 novel this character said, "I would like a medium vodka dry martini...shaken and not stirred, please" James Bond |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | AIMING TO SUCCEED $400: In 1958 Leonard Bernstein succeeded Dimitri Mitropoulos as music director of this orchestra the New York Philharmonic |
| #4070, aired 2002-04-19 | BOOZE-A-PALOOZA $600: This song that was a No. 1 hit for the Champs in 1958 always makes me want a margarita "Tequila" |
| #4060, aired 2002-04-05 | CHARLES IN CHARGE $800 (Daily Double): He was founding president of the Fifth Republic, serving from 1958 to 1969 Charles de Gaulle |
| #4055, aired 2002-03-29 | DRAFTED $400: In 1958 3 of this draftee's fans in Montana wrote Pres. Eisenhower begging Ike not to let the Army cut his sideburns Elvis |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | LEGENDS OF SPORTS $200: One of the greatest athletes of all time, he led Brazil to World Cup soccer victories in 1958, 1962 & 1970 Pelé |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | DIAMONDS $600: Since 1958 this famous large blue diamond has resided in the Smithsonian Institution the Hope Diamond |
| #4038, aired 2002-03-06 | BEASTLY CINEMA $1600: 1958:
Pollitt family members claw & scratch each other for Big Daddy's money Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | EXPLORERS $1000: In 1958 this Everest conqueror became the first to reach the South Pole via gas-powered vehicles Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | FRANCHISES $200: Both Budget Rent-A-Car & this flapjack eatery were founded in 1958 & began franchising in 1960 IHOP (International House of Pancakes) |
| #3944, aired 2001-10-25 | AMERICAN RHODES SCHOLARS $400: A scholar was born with the 1958 selection of this man who wrote the song "Me And Bobby McGee" Kris Kristofferson |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | JPL $400: JPL was transferred from Army control in 1958 to this newly created government agency NASA |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | LAST COMPLETE NOVEL $1000: "Ice Palace"
(1958) Edna Ferber |
| #3926, aired 2001-10-01 | TIME FOR A ROUND OF GOLF $200: First awarded in 1958, an amateur golf trophy is named for this U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| #3918, aired 2001-09-19 | LET'S TALK $100: In 1958, this telegram company introduced Telex into the US providing a new system to send & receive messages Western Union |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. has been under the jurisdiction of this agency since 1958 NASA |
| #3885, aired 2001-06-22 | PURR-FECT BOOKS $400: In 1958 Dr. Seuss wrote this sequel The Cat in the Hat Comes Back |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS $800: He had a long career: his "Wapshot Chronicle" won in 1958 & his "Stories" in 1981 John Cheever |
| #3867, aired 2001-05-29 | ISN'T IT "GRAND"? $400: Bobby Fischer was only 15 when he earned this title in 1958 Grandmaster in chess |
| #3853, aired 2001-05-09 | AMERICA SINCE 1865 $200: On August 26, 1958 it voted by a 5-1 margin for statehood Alaska |
| #3836, aired 2001-04-16 | ANIMAL-TITLED FILMS $800: In 1958 Alec Guinness played painter Gulley Jimson; we got it straight from this, the title of the film The Horse's Mouth |
| #3816, aired 2001-03-19 | "U" HAVE THE RIGHT $800: The union of Egypt & Syria that lasted from 1958 to 1961 was dubbed this United Arab Republic |
| #3800, aired 2001-02-23 | TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS $600: 1958:
"The Music Man" Meredith Willson |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | FORGOTTEN BUT NOT GONE $400: Wham-O still sells this hip-hugging plastic toy, though not 25 million in 4 months like when it debuted in 1958 the Hula-Hoop |
| #3780, aired 2001-01-26 | CRAYOLA CRAYON COLORS $400: In response to teachers' requests, Prussian Blue became this "timely" color in 1958 Midnight Blue |
| #3770, aired 2001-01-12 | FASHION BACKWARD $400: In 1958 you could have celebrated New Year's "Yves" in one of the trapeze dresses he designed for Dior Yves Saint Laurent |
| #3766, aired 2001-01-08 | A STEW OF STEWARTS $500: From 1958 to 1981 he served as a Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart |
| #3762, aired 2001-01-02 | NAME THAT TOON $300: In 1958 these 3 chipmunks had a No. 1 hit with "The Chipmunk Song" Alvin, Simon & Theodore |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | LITERATURE $400: His "Dr. Zhivago" aroused so much opposition in the Soviet Union that he said "Nyet" to the Nobel Prize in 1958 Boris Pasternak |
| #3736, aired 2000-11-27 | SPACE EXPLORATION $500: In 1958 Explorer I discovered these radiation bands surrounding the Earth Van Allen Belts |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | FRENCH WHINES $500: Modern politicians? Poo! Bring back zis general who became premier in 1958 & president in 1959 Charles de Gaulle |
| #3684, aired 2000-09-14 | CINEMATIC TITLE PAIRS $100: 1958:
"...and the Dead" The Naked |
| #3684, aired 2000-09-14 | 1950s EMMYS $1,000 (Daily Double): This Best Western of 1958-59 was remade in 1994 as a movie starring Mel Gibson Maverick |
| #3680, aired 2000-09-08 | WORKING ON THE RAILROAD $100: Hideo Shima, put in charge of planning the Tokyo-Osaka line in 1958, wanted it done by this 1964 event, & it was The Summer Olympics |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | GEORGIANS $300: If you know this man seen here was born in Atlanta in 1958, you might be a redneck! Jeff Foxworthy |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | DUTCH TREATIES $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1958 the Netherlands & 2 other Low Countries signed a treaty creating this economic union Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg) |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | WHERE IT HAPPENED $800: In 1958 this nuclear-powered craft passed near Point Barrow on its way into the Arctic basin Nautilus |
| #3654, aired 2000-06-22 | ORGANIZATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Founded in 1958, if it were a person, it couldn't join itself until 2008 -- that's when it turns 50 AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | "B" MOVIES $200: Oddly, Hal David & Burt Bacharach composed the title song of this 1958 Steve McQueen sci-fi classic The Blob |
| #3600, aired 2000-04-07 | TO SIR WITH LOVE $400 (Daily Double): He reached the South Pole by tractor January 4, 1958, 4 1/2 years after reaching the "height" of his career Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #3585, aired 2000-03-17 | SYMBOLIC RODENTS $800 (Daily Double): In December 1958 these speedy singers had the No. 1 single in the U.S. The Chipmunks ("The Chipmunk Song" ("Christmas Don't Be Late")) |
| #3584, aired 2000-03-16 | THE JIMMY STEWART FILM FESTIVAL $1,000 (Daily Double): Dizziness & loss of balance characterize this mental condition in the title of a 1958 Jimmy Stewart film Vertigo |
| #3579, aired 2000-03-09 | THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY $400: Designed by JPL, the USA's first of these is at the nose of the rocket in the 1958 photo seen here Satellite |
| #3575, aired 2000-03-03 | BRIEF BIOS $400: Born in Santa Ana in 1958, went from check-out girl to David E. Kelley girl, made some films Michelle Pfeiffer |
| #3559, aired 2000-02-10 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $400: All we are saying is, it began as an anti-nuclear emblem at a 1958 British demonstration Peace sign |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | STEPHEN KING $200: Hell hath no fury like this title character, a 1958 Plymouth Fury "Christine" |
| #3511, aired 1999-12-06 | FAMILY FILMS $800: Rosalind Russell brings up her orphaned nephew in this 1958 classic Auntie Mame |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $200: This hit song reached No. 2 twice, by Bobby Day in 1958 & by Michael Jackson in 1972 "Rockin' Robin" |
| #3479, aired 1999-10-21 | BLACK AMERICANS $500: He formed his famous New York dance theater company in 1958 with a troupe of only 8 dancers Alvin Ailey |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILMS $800: She debuted opposite Jerry Lewis in "The Geisha Boy" in 1958, long before she was Bob Newhart's TV wife Suzanne Pleshette |
| #3450, aired 1999-09-10 | OUR GOVERNMENT $400: NASA, which was created in 1958, stands for National Aeronautics & this Administration Space |
| #3439, aired 1999-07-15 | A FEW GOOD MEN $500: This pop artist created 1958's "Three Flags", a triple portrait of the American Flag Jasper Johns |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY $800: Under the leadership of Nasser, this union of Egypt & Syria was proclaimed Feb. 1, 1958 United Arab Republic (UAR) |
| #3435, aired 1999-07-09 | '50s POP MUSIC $400: Title men on the charts in 1958 included the Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" & his "Johnny B. Goode" Chuck Berry |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | SHAKESPEAREAN COMEDIES $600: A 1958 Three Stooges short changed "All" to "Oil" in this Shakespeare title All's Well That Ends Well |
| #3417, aired 1999-06-15 | JUNE SWOON $600: After a revolt in Algeria, this man became premier of France in June 1958 with almost unlimited authority Charles de Gaulle |
| #3394, aired 1999-05-13 | GOING TO TOWN $200: As heard in a 1958 rock oldie, the town of Chantilly is known for its production of this lace |
| #3387, aired 1999-05-04 | IT'S A LEAP $300: In 1958 this country predicted its Great Leap Forward would establish a Communist utopia China |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE $800: In 1958 the islands of Quemoy & Matsu in the Formosa Strait were bombarded by this country (Mainland) China |
| #3380, aired 1999-04-23 | RUSSIAN HEADS OF STATE $400: 1958-1964 Nikita Khrushchev |
| #3353, aired 1999-03-17 | ST. PATRICK'S DAY $100: The second U.S. satellite in orbit, Vanguard I, blasted off from this Florida site March 17, 1958 Cape Canaveral |
| #3324, aired 1999-02-04 | FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD $100: In 1958 the first International House Of these opened in Toluca Lake, California Pancakes |
| #3323, aired 1999-02-03 | EMMY HISTORY $200: This company's first Emmy came in 1958 for Art Direction in its "Hall of Fame" production of "Twelfth Night" Hallmark |
| #3300, aired 1999-01-01 | WHOOZIT? $400: Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, he scored 2 goals in 1958's World Cup final match Pelé |
| #3291, aired 1998-12-21 | 20th CENTURY OPERA $200: First performed on Helsinki Radio in 1958, Merikanto's "Juha" is one of this country's finest operas Finland |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | ORIGINAL GANGSTERS $800: Seen here in 1958, he's the immigrant syndicate boss & founder of Murder, Inc. Meyer Lansky |
| #3278, aired 1998-12-02 | SPACE FLIGHT $200: The U.S. launched its first satellite in 1958, while the second in this Soviet program was orbiting Sputnik |
| #3268, aired 1998-11-18 | MUSIC $400: This American pianist was in his 20s when he won the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow in 1958 Van Cliburn |
| #3254, aired 1998-10-29 | FRANCES FARMER $1000: In 1958 this TV host said, "Frances Farmer, This Is Your Life!" Ralph Edwards |
| #3233, aired 1998-09-30 | BEWITCHING CINEMA $600: It's the bewitching 1958 film seen here:
"I've been either too busy or too careful to get married, well now, all of a sudden, I just can't wait... just can't wait..." Bell, Book & Candle |
| #3232, aired 1998-09-29 | BRUSHED WITH SUCCESS $600: Jasper Johns' 1958 work "Three Flags" shows 3 U.S. flags when they had this many stars 48 |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | POETS & POETRY $1000: In 1958 T.S. Eliot helped gain the release of this poet from a Washington mental institution Ezra Pound |
| #3207, aired 1998-07-07 | QUESTION: MARKS $1000: He's the American abstract expressionist whose work "Untitled 1958" is seen here: Mark Rothko |
| #3183, aired 1998-06-03 | FOUNDERS $400: In 1958 former high school principal Dr. Ethel Andrus founded this group, the AARP American Association of Retired Persons |
| #3181, aired 1998-06-01 | "C" OF LOVE $100: The title of a 1958 Connie Francis song calls this love god "stupid" Cupid |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | ROCK ARTISTS $400: Jim Seals & this partner toured with The Champs in 1958, but didn't have a hit as a duo until 1972 Dash Crofts |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | "DAY" & "NIGHT"! $800: Before 1997's "Titanic", there was this 1958 film about the ship, based on a Walter Lord book "A Night to Remember" |
| #3150, aired 1998-04-17 | BRIT LIT $400: In 1914's "The World Set Free", he wrote of a war in 1958 involving atomic bombs H.G. Wells |
| #3138, aired 1998-04-01 | ATHLETIC CUPS $100: Pele scored 12 career goals in helping Brazil win this trophy 3 times: 1958, 1962 & 1970 the World Cup (in soccer) |
| #3113, aired 1998-02-25 | ACTRESSES $2,000 (Daily Double): This star seen here in a 1953 film left movies in 1958 for her own TV "Show":
"Hi, what's your name?"
"I'm Lorlene." Donna Reed |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE FAB FIFTIES $400: This diva began 1958 by walking out on opening night in Rome & ended it by being fired by the Met in NYC Maria Callas |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | THE FAB FIFTIES $1000: His resume:
May 31, 1958 -- made premier; Dec. 21, 1958 -- elected president; Jan. 5, 1959 -- "Time Man of the Year" Charles de Gaulle |
| #3088, aired 1998-01-21 | PLAYS $800: 1958's "The Birthday Party" was the first full-length play by this author of "The Homecoming" Harold Pinter |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: This service academy moved to its permanent site near Colorado Springs in 1958 U.S. Air Force Academy |
| #3068, aired 1997-12-24 | LITERARY AWARDS $800: Following this Russian's name on the Nobel Prize for Literature list is "declined the prize" & "1958" Boris Pasternak (Doctor Zhivago) |
| #3046, aired 1997-11-24 | MOVIE BIOGRAPHIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Errol Flynn played this other dissipated matinee idol in 1958's "Too Much, Too Soon" John Barrymore |
| #3023, aired 1997-10-22 | BY THE "BOOK" $400: In a 1958 hit record, the Monotones asked, "Tell me, tell me, tell me, oh, who wrote" this "The Book of Love" |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | BEFORE THEY WERE POPES $600: This pope who called the Second Vatican Council was a quiet church conformist until his 1958 election Pope John XXIII |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | MOVIE MONSTERS $300: Improbably, in 1958 Steve McQueen played a teenager being chased by this improbable giant amoeba-like mass the Blob |
| #2978, aired 1997-07-09 | RULERS $600: This current king of Jordan was a cousin of King Faisal of Iraq, who was assassinated in 1958 King Hussein |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | THE FOOD BUSINESS $500: In 1958 this company introduced its "Pick-A-Mix" concept Brach's |
| #2974, aired 1997-07-03 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1958 the Communist Chinese bombarded Quemoy & this island to force the Nationalist Chinese out Matsu |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | BALLET $600: In 1958 this grande dame of British ballet was acclaimed for playing a water sprite in "Ondine" Margot Fonteyn |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | ROYALTY $200: Princess Caroline of Monaco was 14 months old when this brother was born in 1958 Albert |
| #2919, aired 1997-04-17 | ACTORS IN '50s FILMS $200: He played Billy the Kid in "The Left-Handed Gun" in 1958, 11 years before he starred as Butch Cassidy Paul Newman |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | COMPANY TOWNS $300: This company has processed poultry in Springdale, Arkansas since 1958 Tyson Foods |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $600: Before becoming director of the N.Y. Philharmonic in 1958, he was music director of the NYC Center Orchestra Leonard Bernstein |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | HISTORY $800: In 1958 Nasser was elected president of the United Arab Republic, Egypt's union with this country Syria |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | CONDUCTORS $600: He was conductor of the New York City Symphony before taking over the New York Philharmonic in 1958 Leonard Bernstein |
| #2828, aired 1996-12-11 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: To research this 1958 novel, Leon Uris reportedly traveled about 12,000 miles in Israel "Exodus" |
| #2820, aired 1996-11-29 | JAZZ $800: In 1958 Warren Covington took over the big band formerly led by these two brothers The Dorseys |
| #2816, aired 1996-11-25 | AWARDS $600: This international music competition began in Moscow in 1958 with prizes for piano & violin the Tchaikovsky Competition |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | THE MOVIES $400: In this 1958 film, Maurice Chevalier & Hermione Gingold sang "I Remember It Well" Gigi |
| #2759, aired 1996-09-05 | PIANISTS $400: Winner of the 1958 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, he launched a 60th birthday comeback tour in 1994 Van Cliburn |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | MOVIE DEBUTS $400: William Shatner debuted onscreen as one of Yul Brynner's siblings in a 1958 film of this Dostoyevsky novel The Brothers Karamazov |
| #2756, aired 1996-09-02 | WORLD HISTORY $200: The Chinese plan called the Great Leap Forward was initiated by this leader in 1958 Mao Tse-tung |
| #2755, aired 1996-07-19 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $500: In a 1958 book by Michael Bond, the Brown family discovers this bear's fondness for marmalade Paddington |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | AMERICAN MOVIE STARS $600: She married Paul Newman in 1958, the year they starred in their first film together, "The Long Hot Summer" Joanne Woodward |
| #2740, aired 1996-06-28 | '50s FILM FACTS $200: Errol Flynn played this Barrymore, his former drinking buddy, in the 1958 film "Too Much, Too Soon" John Barrymore |
| #2740, aired 1996-06-28 | '50s FILM FACTS $800: She was nominated for a 1958 Oscar for "Auntie Mame" but lost to Susan Hayward for "I Want to Live!" Rosalind Russell |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | BRITISH AUTHORS $1000: In 1958 he published a follow-up to "Brave New World", titled "Brave New World Revisited" Huxley |
| #2671, aired 1996-03-25 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: In 1958 Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit for this Dallas electronics firm Texas Instruments |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | SONGS $1000: In 1958 the Playmates had a Top 10 hit with this song about a Nash Rambler passing a Cadillac "Beep Beep" |
| #2657, aired 1996-03-05 | CLASSIC TV WESTERNS $200: This Chuck Connors series was the most popular new show of the 1958-59 season The Rifleman |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | FAMOUS DOCTORS $800: From 1958 to 1983 he was head of the cardiac unit at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town Barnard |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | OPERA $200: After his death in 1958, Finnish composer Aarre Merikanto's opera "Juha" premiered on radio in this capital Helsinki |
| #2616, aired 1996-01-08 | THEATRE $800: This British playwright gave us a "Birthday Party" in 1958; in 1991, it was "Party Time" Harold Pinter |
| #2608, aired 1995-12-27 | HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1958 this man became president of the United Arab Republic (Gamal Abdel) Nasser |
| #2606, aired 1995-12-25 | FILMS OF THE '50s $100: In 1958 he starred as a middle-aged Andy Hardy in "Andy Hardy Comes Home" Mickey Rooney |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $500: On January 31, 1958, it became the first U.S. satellite to reach Earth orbit Explorer I |
| #2597, aired 1995-12-12 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: In April 1958 Belgium's King Baudouin opened the World's Fair in this capital city Brussels |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | PEOPLE $200: His record as the youngest international grand master in chess stood from 1958-1991 Bobby Fischer |
| #2579, aired 1995-11-16 | DANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): He began with the Lester Horton Dance Theater before founding his own American Dance Theater in 1958 Alvin Ailey |
| #2578, aired 1995-11-15 | POLITICS $1000: In 1958 he became the first Democrat elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate from Maine Edmund Muskie |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | TELEVISION $300: This company had a "Television Theater" in 1947; its "Music Hall" didn't premiere until 1958 Kraft |
| #2569, aired 1995-11-02 | NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV $800: Khrushchev was a critic of this economic plan launched by the Chinese in 1958 the Great Leap Forward |
| #2563, aired 1995-10-25 | THE FUN '50s $200: This fad that peaked in 1958 was inspired by bamboo rings used in Australian gym classes the hula hoop |
| #2563, aired 1995-10-25 | ART POTPOURRI $600: In 1958 this Spanish surrealist painted art collector Chester Dale & his dog Coco Salvador Dalí |
| #2560, aired 1995-10-20 | HISTORY $500: In 1958, to counter the UAR of Egypt & Syria, Jordan & this country formed a federation Iraq |
| #2556, aired 1995-10-16 | FASHION HISTORY $400: In 1958 Yves Saint Laurent introduced a wide dress named for this aerialist apparatus trapeze |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | THE 1950s $200: In 1958 companies founded by E.W. Scripps & W.R. Hearst merged to become this competitor of AP UPI (United Press International) |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | THE 1950s $600: In 1958 Pan Am inaugurated its commercial jet airliner service with this Boeing plane 707 |
| #2531, aired 1995-09-11 | THE 1950s $400: Between August 23 & October 6, 1958 this country bombed Quemoy Island China |
| #2520, aired 1995-07-14 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $300: This school in Tempe didn't become a university until 1958 Arizona State University |
| #2507, aired 1995-06-27 | BRITISH AUTHORS $600: In 1958 this author reconsidered some of his prophecies in "Brave New World Revisited" Aldous Huxley |
| #2504, aired 1995-06-22 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $600: In 1958 this company produced its one millionth electric typewriter IBM |
| #2485, aired 1995-05-26 | 1958 $100: In 1958 he took office as president of the Teamsters union Jimmy Hoffa |
| #2485, aired 1995-05-26 | 1958 $200: Feb. 11 marked the 100th anniversary of St. Bernadette's vision of the Virgin Mary at this French site Lourdes |
| #2485, aired 1995-05-26 | 1958 $300: On Memorial Day an unknown soldier from each of these 2 wars was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery World War II and the Korean War |
| #2485, aired 1995-05-26 | 1958 $400: Harry Winston donated this gem, valued at $1 1/2 million, to the Smithsonian the Hope Diamond |
| #2485, aired 1995-05-26 | 1958 $500: On Jan. 3, 1958 this New Zealander & his party became the 1st to reach the South Pole since Robert Scott Sir Edmund Hillary |
| #2433, aired 1995-03-15 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $600: This "Equus" playwright wrote for TV & radio before his 1st stage play, "Five Finger Exercise", premiered in 1958 (Peter) Shaffer |
| #2421, aired 1995-02-27 | FEBRUARY $500: On February 1, 1958, these 2 countries joined to form the United Arab Republic Egypt & Syria |
| #2397, aired 1995-01-24 | BRITISH HISTORY $100: In 1958 the first women were admitted to this upper house of Parliament the House of Lords |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | WORLD LEADERS $600: This German chancellor received a Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg in 1958 Helmut Kohl |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | LITERATURE $1000: His 1958 novel "Our Man in Havana" takes place in pre-Castro Cuba Graham Greene |
| #2374, aired 1994-12-22 | POLISH $300: In 1958 Johnson Wax introduced this aerosol furniture polish Pledge |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | NONFICTION $200: Published in 1958, "Stride Toward Freedom" was Martin Luther King's account of the bus boycott in this city Montgomery |
| #2348, aired 1994-11-16 | FILE UNDER "B" $400: This 1958 treaty created an economic union among the Netherlands, Luxembourg & Belgium Benelux |
| #2343, aired 1994-11-09 | THE 1950s $400: In 1958 this U.S. atomic sub sailed under the North Pole Nautilus |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | HISTORY $400: In September 1953 this man became head of the Communist Party; in 1958 he became premier Khrushchev |
| #2327, aired 1994-10-18 | PRO FOOTBALL $400: This Cleveland running back was named UPI's player of the year in 1958, 1963 & 1965 (Jim) Brown |
| #2325, aired 1994-10-14 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $300: In 1958 he called for the U.S. & the Soviets to "learn to know each other better" Eisenhower |
| #2313, aired 1994-09-28 | DANCERS $800: This late Black dancer & choreographer founded his American dance theater in 1958 (Alvin) Ailey |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | AVIATION $800: Though established in 1936, this Irish national airline didn't serve the U.S. until 1958 Aer Lingus |
| #2308, aired 1994-09-21 | MAESTROS $200: In 1958 he began a televised series of "Young People's Concerts" with the N.Y. Philharmonic Bernstein |
| #2297, aired 1994-09-06 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1,000 (Daily Double): This winner of the 1958 Int'l Tchaikovsky Piano Competition established his own contest in 1962 Van Cliburn |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: 1958's "The Magic Barrel" was the first volume of short stories by this author of "The Fixer" Bernard Malamud |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | THE 1950s $100: The new constitution creating this nation's Fifth Republic was approved Sept. 28, 1958 France |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | THE 1950s $200: In 1958 this armed service moved its academy to a permanent site near Colorado Springs the U.S. Air Force |
| #2278, aired 1994-06-29 | SONG LYRICS $200: In 1958 the Everly Brothers asked him to "get away from my quail... you're on the wrong trail" the "Bird Dog" |
| #2275, aired 1994-06-24 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: In 1958 Nissan Motor Co. started marketing its cars in the U.S. under this brand name Datsun |
| #2274, aired 1994-06-23 | HITCHCOCK $400: In 1956 this actor was "The Man Who Knew Too Much"; in 1958 he had "Vertigo" James Stewart |
| #2262, aired 1994-06-07 | ECONOMICS $1000: This political economist wrote "The Affluent Society" in 1958 & "The Nature of Mass Poverty" in 1979 John Kenneth Galbraith |
| #2259, aired 1994-06-02 | REALLY "BIG" $200: Role played by Burl Ives in the 1958 film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Big Daddy |
| #2254, aired 1994-05-26 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: "Ice Palace", her last novel, was published in 1958, 10 years before her death Edna Ferber |
| #2251, aired 1994-05-23 | FASHION $800: In 1958 he designed the trapeze dress for the house of Dior Yves Saint-Laurent |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | FAMOUS LAWYERS $200: In 1958 he married South Africa's first black medical social worker, Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela Nelson Mandela |
| #2235, aired 1994-04-29 | NUMBER, PLEASE $100: In 1958 Chuck Berry sang about this "Sweet Little" number 16 |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | MOVIE MONSTERS $400: David Hedison played this monster in 1958, Jeff Goldblum in 1986 The Fly |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | U.S. STATES $500: In 1958 construction was completed on a 129-mile turnpike that crosses this state from N.Y. to R.I. Connecticut |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | SAINTS $400: In 1958 Pope Pius XII made St. Clare of Assisi patron of this communications medium television |
| #2230, aired 1994-04-22 | POT LUCK $400: Chief Two Bears, who died in 1958 was the last Choctaw Indian scout for this showman Buffalo Bill |
| #2216, aired 1994-04-04 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On July 7, 1958 President Eisenhower signed a bill making it the 49th state Alaska |
| #2195, aired 1994-03-04 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $200: In 1958 it was the first U.S. state alphabetically Alabama |
| #2186, aired 1994-02-21 | POLITICIANS $2,000 (Daily Double): When first elected in 1958, this state's Dan Rostenkowski was the youngest member of Congress at 31 Illinois |
| #2179, aired 1994-02-10 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $1000: This biochemist who discovered the citric acid cycle was knighted in 1958 (Hans) Krebs |
| #2170, aired 1994-01-28 | WARNER BROS. CARTOONS $500: In 1958's "Robin Hood Daffy", he played Friar Tuck Porky Pig |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $200: Fort Clatsop, Oregon, where these 2 explorers spent the winter of 1805-06, became a nat'l memorial in 1958 Lewis & Clark |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | POTPOURRI $800: A 101-gun salute announced the 1958 birth of her son Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Princess Grace |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | POP MUSIC $400: "Rockin' Robin" was a No. 2 hit for Bobby Day in 1958 & for this singer in 1972 Michael Jackson |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: In 1958, Basel became the first city in this country to approve women voting in local elections Switzerland |
| #2111, aired 1993-11-08 | HISTORY $600: He helped form France's Fifth Republic in 1958 & served as its president until he resigned in 1969 de Gaulle |
| #2091, aired 1993-10-11 | KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES $800: In 1958 this American golfer became a freeman of the burgh of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland Bobby Jones |
| #2079, aired 1993-09-23 | ROCK TRIVIA $400: Bobby Darin wrote this 1958 hit in about 10 minutes; we don't know if he was in the bath "Splish Splash" |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | "B" MOVIES $1000: A bewitching Kim Novak puts a love spell on James Stewart in this 1958 film Bell, Book and Candle |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | 1950s TV $400: "An Evening with" this dancer, which aired Oct. 17, 1958 & co-starred Barrie Chase, won 9 Emmys Fred Astaire |
| #2059, aired 1993-07-15 | GOLDEN OLDIES $300: In 1958 The Monotones sang, "I wonder, wonder who, who wrote" this "The Book of Love" |
| #2046, aired 1993-06-28 | SCIENCE $400: After 1,400 orbits it fell back to Earth January 4, 1958 & burned up Sputnik |
| #2043, aired 1993-06-23 | 1950s TV $800: In 1958 Clint Walker walked out of this series; Ty Hardin filled his saddle as Bronco Layne Cheyenne |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | AWARDS $400: Barbara Cook won a 1958 Tony for playing this librarian in "The Music Man" Marian |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: This ultraconservative organization was founded by Robert H.W. Welch, Jr. in 1958 the John Birch Society |
| #2022, aired 1993-05-25 | THE MOVIES $300: This actress won an Oscar for her role as Barbara Graham in the 1958 film "I Want to Live!" Susan Hayward |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | MAGAZINES $400: This music magazine's "Hot 100" list debuted in the August 4, 1958 issue BIllboard |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | ROCK TRIVIA $800: Bobby Freeman first asked this musical question in 1958; in 1973 Bette Midler made it Ladies' Choice Do you want to dance |
| #2003, aired 1993-04-28 | WORLD CITIES $400: This Belgian city has hosted 2 world's fairs, in 1935 & 1958 Brussels |
| #2003, aired 1993-04-28 | THE CRUSADES $600: In 1174 Saladin became supreme leader of these 2 countries that reunited in 1958 as the UAR Syria & Egypt |
| #2000, aired 1993-04-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: In 1958 the New York Philharmonic chose him as its first American-born music director Leonard Bernstein |
| #1991, aired 1993-04-12 | SPENCER TRACY FILMS $200: Ernest Hemingway approved the selection of Tracy to star in this 1958 film based on Hemingway's novella The Old Man and the Sea |
| #1972, aired 1993-03-16 | '50s FADS & FASHIONS $500: They were selling for $1.79 to $2.79 in the summer of 1958, then Wham-O, by winter -- 50c hula hoops |
| #1950, aired 1993-02-12 | THEATRES $600: In 1958 Broadway's Globe Theatre was renamed in honor of these married actors Lunt & Fontanne |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | VICE PRESIDENTS $400: During a 1958 tour of Latin America, this vice president's car was jostled by demonstrators in Caracas Nixon |
| #1944, aired 1993-02-04 | CAPES $200: In 1958, the first U.S. satellite, Explorer I, was sent into orbit from this cape Cape Canaveral |
| #1942, aired 1993-02-02 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS $2,000 (Daily Double): T.H. White revised this 1939 book & republished it in 1958 as part of "The Once and Future King" The Sword in the Stone |
| #1938, aired 1993-01-27 | "UP"S & "DOWN"S $200: He hosted the daytime version of the game show "Concentration" from 1958 to 1969 Hugh Downs |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 1958 Congress designated this day, associated with Communist parades, as Loyalty Day May 1 |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $300: In March 1958 he succeeded Marshal Bulganin as premier of the Soviet Union Khrushchev |
| #1916, aired 1992-12-28 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: In 1958 this atomic- powered submarine made the first undersea crossing of the North Pole the Nautilus |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | NOVEL OPERAS $400: Carlisle Floyd composed a 1958 opera based on this Emily Bronte novel set on the Moors Wuthering Heights |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $300 (Daily Double): This record by the Harry Simeone Chorale reached the Billboard Top 40 5 times from 1958 to 1962 "The Little Drummer Boy" |
| #1902, aired 1992-12-08 | SCULPTORS $1,000 (Daily Double): During 1957 & 1958 he sculpted a large marble reclining figure for UNESCO headquarters in Paris Henry Moore |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | AWARDS $800: In 1958 in Moscow this American won the 1st Tchaikovsky Piano Competition Van Cliburn |
| #1870, aired 1992-10-23 | THE UNITED NATIONS $400: In 1958, Egypt & Syria united as a single U.N. member under this name the United Arab Republic |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | FRENCH BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: It took very little disposable income to buy the disposable pen this company introduced to the U.S. in 1958 Bic |
| #1861, aired 1992-10-12 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $300: He became Austria's ambassador to Canada in 1958 & Sec'y General of the U.N. in 1972 (Kurt) Waldheim |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | MUSIC $1000: Born in Bombay in 1936, he won the first Liverpool International
Conductors Competition in 1958 Zubin Mehta |
| #1844, aired 1992-09-17 | LEFTOVERS $400: The National Book Committee started National Library Week in 1958; now it's sponsored by this group the American Library Association |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | '50s ROCK LYRICS $500: In 1958 the Crests told us these "make a lovely sight but not as bright as your eyes tonight" "Sixteen Candles" |
| #1788, aired 1992-05-13 | SPORTS $500: The last of this Red Sox outfielder's 6 batting titles came in 1958 at age 40 Ted Williams |
| #1774, aired 1992-04-23 | WORLD HISTORY $300: The Great Leap Forward refers to the radical policies pursued in this country from 1958-1960 China |
| #1756, aired 1992-03-30 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: This organization has been publishing Modern Maturity magazine since 1958 AARP |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | NONFICTION $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1958 this former British P.M. completed a four-volume "History of the English-Speaking Peoples" Winston Churchill |
| #1684, aired 1991-12-19 | ROYALTY $500: In 1958 this crown prince's Buddhist fiancee agreed to marry him in a traditional Shinto ceremony Akihito |
| #1661, aired 1991-11-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In July 1958, at the request of President Chamoun, U.S. Marines were sent into this Mideast country Lebanon |
| #1652, aired 1991-11-05 | SPORTS $300: This "sweet" fighter won the world middleweight boxing title a record 5 times from 1951-1958 ("Sugar Ray") Robinson |
| #1644, aired 1991-10-24 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $500 (Daily Double): In December 1989 this late author's son Yevgeny picked up his father's 1958 Nobel Prize medal in Stockholm Boris Pasternak |
| #1643, aired 1991-10-23 | AWARDS $500: She & Louis Prima won the 1958 Best Pop Duo Grammy for "That Old Black Magic" Keely Smith |
| #1635, aired 1991-10-11 | TEXTILES $100: In 1958 this photography company introduced Kodel, a type of polyester Kodak |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | WORLD WAR II $200: In 1958 Congress authorized the building of a memorial for this battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor the Arizona |
| #1621, aired 1991-09-23 | TECHNOLOGY $400: In 1958 it became the first American jet aircraft put into commercial service the Boeing 707 |
| #1616, aired 1991-09-16 | FADS & FASHION $500: Australia, not Hawaii gave us this 1958 toy fad the Hula Hoop |
| #1595, aired 1991-07-05 | BY THE "BOOK" $400: In 1958 the Monotones asked, "I wonder, wonder who, who, who wrote" this the "Book Of Love" |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | MUSICAL DOUBLETALK $500: The title noise the Nash Rambler makes in the 1958 novelty tune beep, beep |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | LESS FAMOUS NAMES $600: In 1958 jeweler Harry Winston donated this $1.5 million diamond to the Smithsonian the Hope Diamond |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | THE OSCARS $400: His role as a troubled ex-colonel in "Separate Tables" earned him the 1958 Best Actor Oscar David Niven |
| #1564, aired 1991-05-23 | VIVE LA FRANCE $1000: De Gaulle had the gall to increase the president's powers when he founded this number republic in 1958 5 (the Fifth Republic) |
| #1561, aired 1991-05-20 | FAMOUS BEACHES $100: Until 1958 this 23-mile-long Fla. beach was used for automotive speed trials & you can still drive on it Daytona |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | SCIENTISTS $800: In 1958 this physicist discovered the radiation belts that surround the Earth Van Allen |
| #1545, aired 1991-04-26 | MODERN HISTORY $500: In 1958, this British philosopher helped launch the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Bertrand Russell |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | U.S. HISTORY $200: On August 11, 1958 the Skate became the second sub to go under the North Pole; this sub did it August 3 the Nautilus |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1958 this contralto was an alternate U.S. delegate to the UN Marian Anderson |
| #1520, aired 1991-03-22 | AWARDS $100: Meredith Wilson won three Tonys for this 1958 musical The Music Man |
| #1508, aired 1991-03-06 | VAMPIRE MOVIES $400: This Englishman played Dracula in "Horror of Dracula" in 1958, then rose from the grave for several sequels Christopher Lee |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | BLACK AMERICA $600: He was senior cadet in his ROTC class in 1958 & is now chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Colin) Powell |
| #1490, aired 1991-02-08 | FASHION $400: In a 1958 hit, The Royal Teens asked, "Who wears" this scanty warm weather wear short shorts |
| #1488, aired 1991-02-06 | MEXICO $400: Of 1918, 1938, or 1958, the year Mexican women first voted for President 1958 |
| #1486, aired 1991-02-04 | 1958 $200: The IRS approved this form for use by all persons whose income was $10,000 or less Short Form |
| #1486, aired 1991-02-04 | 1958 $400: In December, he became head of France for the 2nd time Charles de Gaulle |
| #1486, aired 1991-02-04 | 1958 $600: The World's Fair, symbolized by a 334-foot high atomium, was opened April 17 by King Baudouin in this capital Brussels |
| #1486, aired 1991-02-04 | 1958 $800: Jordan's King Hussein's cousin was overthrown and killed in this neighboring country Iraq |
| #1486, aired 1991-02-04 | 1958 $1,000 (Daily Double): This Russian made news on October 29th when he turned down a cash prize worth $41,420 Boris Pasternak |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | MUSIC $400: In 1958 this Bombay-born man won the Liverpool International Conductor's Competition Zubin Mehta |
| #1476, aired 1991-01-21 | PEOPLE $400: This "War and Remembrance" actor landed on the pop charts in 1958, singing "The Ballad of Thunder Road" Robert Mitchum |
| #1476, aired 1991-01-21 | NONFICTION $1000: In 1958, this artist's letters to his brother Theo were published in three volumes Van Gogh |
| #1474, aired 1991-01-17 | MUSICAL RHYME TIME $100: Completes the title of Little Richard's 1958 song "Good Golly..." Miss Molly |
| #1453, aired 1990-12-19 | DRAMA $600: Archibald MacLeish's 1958 play. "J.B.", is based on this book of the Bible Job |
| #1449, aired 1990-12-13 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $400: "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" is the 1958 autobiography of this WWII flying ace Pappy Boyington |
| #1441, aired 1990-12-03 | AWARDS $300: Ketti Frings won a 1958 Pulitzer Prize for a play based on this Thomas Wolfe novel Look Homeward, Angel |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | THE '50s $100: "The Great Leap Forward" program begun in 1958 to modernize this country didn't work China |
| #1430, aired 1990-11-16 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: As a teenager, this Israeli violinist made his American debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1958 Itzhak Perlman |
| #1430, aired 1990-11-16 | ART $500: His paintings of flags & targets at a one-man show in 1958 unleashed a storm of controversy Jasper Johns |
| #1413, aired 1990-10-24 | "SOUTHERN" $500: This writer of black humor is best known for his 1958 novel, "Candy", a parody on pornography Terry Southern |
| #1412, aired 1990-10-23 | TV MOMS $100: From 1958-66, this famous Donna played Donna Stone, a doctor's wife, on her own TV series Donna Reed |
| #1410, aired 1990-10-19 | THE 1950s $200: In September 1958 it was announced that NASA planned to do this within 6-10 years; they missed it by less than 1 land a man on the Moon |
| #1405, aired 1990-10-12 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: From 1958-65, this company called itself Thompson Ramo Wooldridge TRW |
| #1394, aired 1990-09-27 | INVENTIONS $300: In 1958 bifocal contact lenses were invented, some 175 years after he invented bifocal glasses Benjamin Franklin |
| #1392, aired 1990-09-25 | 1958 $100: Khrushchev proposed that U.S., French, British & Soviet forces be withdrawn from this city Berlin |
| #1392, aired 1990-09-25 | 1958 $200: Wilt Chamberlain left the University of Kansas to join this barnstorming team the Harlem Globetrotters |
| #1392, aired 1990-09-25 | 1958 $300: Crowned Miss America in September, she later became Mrs. Gary Collins Mary Ann Mobley |
| #1392, aired 1990-09-25 | 1958 $400: In March Elvis went into the Army & this heir to the throne of Monaco was born Prince Albert |
| #1392, aired 1990-09-25 | 1958 $500: He defeated George Johnson in November to win his third term as governor of Arkansas (Orval) Faubus |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | DANCE $600: In 1958 this modern dancer premiered her first full-length work, "Clytemnestra" Martha Graham |
| #1381, aired 1990-09-10 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $300: After Gov. Faubus shut down the schools in this city Sept. 1958, classes continued via television Little Rock |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | WORLD LEADERS $400: This man who punished traitors in WWII was made Soviet Premier in 1958 Khrushchev |
| #10, aired 1990-08-18 | BALLET $1000: In 1958 F. Ashton created his ballet “Ondine” for this great dame of British ballet Margot Fonteyn |
| #5, aired 1990-07-14 | THE DODGERS $800: In 1969 this catcher, whose career was cut short by a 1958 auto accident, was voted into the Hall of Fame Roy Campanella |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | FAMOUS NAMES $300: On March 24, 1958 he became Army G.I. No. 53310761 Elvis Presley |
| #3, aired 1990-06-30 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: Candy manufacturer Robert Welch founded this organization in 1958 the John Birch Society |
| #1358, aired 1990-06-27 | RELIGION $500: On March 12, 1939 Eugenio Pacelli, who took this papal name, began a reign that lasted until 1958 Pope Pius XII |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | 20TH CENTURY PERSONALITIES $200: Soon after the United Arab Republic was established on Feb. 1, 1958, he became its first president (Gamal Abdel) Nasser |
| #1352, aired 1990-06-19 | UKRAINE $400: Born in Ukraine in 1894, he became Soviet premier in 1958 Khrushchev |
| #1331, aired 1990-05-21 | BEST SELLERS $300: His "Kids Say The Darndest Things!" topped the best-seller lists in both 1957 & 1958 Art Linkletter |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | SCIENCE & NATURE $800: Man-made metal 1st positively identified in 1958 & named for a Swedish inventor; it has no known use Nobelium |
| #1224, aired 1989-12-21 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $200: An amateur golf trophy, 1st awarded in 1958, is named for this president Dwight Eisenhower |
| #1219, aired 1989-12-14 | "SUMMER" SONGS $400: According to a 1958 Eddie Cochran song, "There ain't no cure for" these the summertime blues |
| #1213, aired 1989-12-06 | "Mc" PEOPLE $800 (Daily Double): In 1958 they had their last No. 1 record with the song heard here:
"Sugar in the mornin' / Sugar in the evenin' / Sugar at suppertime / Be my little sugar / And love me all the time / Honey in the mornin'..." The McGuire Sisters |
| #1184, aired 1989-10-26 | HISTORY $400: When Syria & Egypt formed the United Arab Republic in 1958, he became its 1st president Nasser |
| #1176, aired 1989-10-16 | BY THE "BOOK" $800: Jimmy Stewart was bewitched by Kim Novak in this 1958 comedy Bell, Book and Candle |
| #1168, aired 1989-10-04 | FRENCH HISTORY $200: He was chosen prime minister in June 1958 & president in December 1958 Charles de Gaulle |
| #1164, aired 1989-09-28 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: A Ft. Worth piano contest is named for this winner of the 1958 Int'l Tchaikovsky Competition Van Cliburn |
| #1121, aired 1989-06-19 | POT LUCK $500: This 44 carat blue diamond was presented to the Smithsonian in 1958 by Harry Winston Hope diamond |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | STARTS WITH "V" $200: In this 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film, James Stewart played a former police detective afraid of heights Vertigo |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | COLORS $300: Sheb Wooley's 1958 No. 1 hit about a one-eyed one-horned flying creature "The Purple People Eater" |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: From 1895-1958 this country administered a federation of 8 territories in West Africa France |
| #1044, aired 1989-03-02 | HODGEPODGE $500: In 1958 this San Francisco-based bank issued the 1st bank credit card Bank of America |
| #974, aired 1988-11-24 | "TOP"s $100: The 1958 Chevy Impala was available as a convertible or as this a hardtop |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | NEWSPAPERS $400: In 1958 this wire service merged with Hearst's International News Service UPI (United Press) |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | LERNER & LOEWE $400: This 1958 musical won more Oscars than any film before it Gigi |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: His Oscar was not for his 1958 portrayal of Big Daddy, but for his role in 1958's "The Big Country" Burl Ives |
| #880, aired 1988-06-03 | 1958 $100: He succeeded Bulganin as premier of the USSR on March 27 Nikita Khrushchev |
| #880, aired 1988-06-03 | 1958 $200: Of the people who joined the U.S. Army, March 24, 1958, the one we've all heard of Elvis Presley |
| #880, aired 1988-06-03 | 1958 $300: Just the facts ma'am: he married Jackie Loughery on June 24 Jack Webb |
| #880, aired 1988-06-03 | 1958 $400: On December 31, he was still the leader of Cuba -- the next day he resigned & fled Fulgencio Batista |
| #880, aired 1988-06-03 | 1958 $500: First published in Italian, this Russian novel came out in English & helped win its author a Nobel Prize Doctor Zhivago |
| #878, aired 1988-06-01 | THE 1950s $200: On January 29, 1958, Japanese warships visited this harbor, but this time on a ceremonial visit Pearl Harbor |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | 1958 $100: Craze that "spun around" all summer Hula Hoop |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | 1958 $200: Brooklyn youth who, at 15, became youngest chess player named an international grand master Bobby Fischer |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | 1958 $300: Born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, he assumed this name & number on November 4 Pope John XXIII |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | 1958 $400: 1 of 2 hits running on Broadway in 1958 whose titles begin with "Look" Look Homeward Angel (or Look Back in Anger) |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | 1958 $500: Pair of small islands off Mainland China over which international tensions flared Quemoy & Matsu |
| #845, aired 1988-04-15 | "SUMMER" $200 (Daily Double): In the fall of 1958, this song rose to No. 8:
[Instrumental opening plays.] "Summertime Blues" |
| #840, aired 1988-04-08 | TRANSPORTATION $500 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 cars mentioned in the following 1958 hit by The Playmates:
"Beep beep, beep beep /
His horn went beep beep beep..." Little Nash Rambler (or Cadillac) |
| #808, aired 1988-02-24 | ANTARCTICA $1000: After this famous program ended December 31 1958, a group of countries banded to carry on further research the International Geophysical Year |
| #799, aired 1988-02-11 | ROCK $500: Prince was born on June 7, 1958 in this midwest metropolis Minneapolis |
| #790, aired 1988-01-29 | CLASSIC COUNTRY $200: In 1958, the first country music Grammy Award went to this Kingston Trio song "Tom Dooley" |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BROADWAY $400: A & P heir Huntington Hartford dramatized this Charlotte Bronte novel in 1958, but it flopped Jane Eyre |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | PETS $400: In a 1958 film, it's what Clark Gable tried to be in Doris Day's journalism class Teacher's Pet |
| #761, aired 1987-12-21 | ALABAMA $600: In 1958 the Mobile Jaycees began this beauty pageant for high-school girls America's Junior Miss |
| #750, aired 1987-12-04 | SPORTS LEGENDS $500: 1958 U.S. tennis singles champ, she started out playing paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem Althea Gibson |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | WORLD LEADERS $200: He became a Bolshevik in 1918 & Soviet Premier in 1958 Nikita Khrushchev |
| #731, aired 1987-11-09 | EUROPE ON FILM $500: Parts of this 1958 Kirk Douglas film about icy invaders were filmed on location in Norway The Vikings |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | THE '50s $200: In 1958 David Seville, Louis Prima & Ella Fitzgerald were among the 1st to win these awards Grammys |
| #698, aired 1987-09-23 | ARMS & THE MAN $500: It was in a 1958 novel that he swapped his Beretta .25 for a 7.65 Walther PPK James Bond |
| #681, aired 1987-07-20 | COLLEGE GRADS $400: While a singing star, he got a bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Columbia in 1958, white bucks & all Pat Boone |
| #679, aired 1987-07-16 | CLOTHING $400: This 1958 hit named for a clothing fad later became basis for Nair TV commercial "Short Shorts" |
| #678, aired 1987-07-15 | AUTOMOBILES $1000: Chosen again for 1987, this model was Motor Trend's car of the year for 1958 Thunderbird |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | THE MIDDLE EAST $500: Name of both Iraqi king executed during 1958 coup & Saudi king assassinated in 1975 Faisal |
| #657, aired 1987-06-16 | U.S. HISTORY $800: In August 1958, the Nautilus made the 1st undersea crossing of this North Pole |
| #656, aired 1987-06-15 | QUESTIONABLE SONGS $400: The Elegants' 1958 #1 hit, "Little Star" begins with this question "Where Are You (Little Star)?" |
| #656, aired 1987-06-15 | THE SOVIET UNION $800: Author who won 1958 Nobel Prize for literature but was compelled to reject it Boris Pasternak |
| #639, aired 1987-05-21 | FRANKENSTEIN $200: He played the Monster in the original 1931 "Frankenstein' & the Master in 1958's "Frankenstein-1970" Boris Karloff |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | MACY'S PARADE $300: The 1st time this group of toe-tapping women lined up & high kicked in a Macy's Parade was in 1958 The Rockettes |
| #625, aired 1987-05-01 | "V" WORDS $300: Subtitle of this 1958 hit was "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu" "Volare" |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $600: In 1958 hit, Elvis asked, "won't you wear my ring" there your neck |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | NATIVE AMER. WOMEN $800: In 1958, this Cherokee Lady had "That Old Black Magic" with husband Louis Prima Keely Smith |
| #612, aired 1987-04-14 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: Author of both, he called his screenplay for 1958's "The Fly" "Equal in quality to 'Noble House'" James Clavell |
| #599, aired 1987-03-26 | BEATNIKS $1000: In April 1958, this S.F. columnist coined the term "beatnik" in his column, "Baghdad-By-the-Bay" Herb Caen |
| #597, aired 1987-03-24 | "DO"s & "DON'T"s $400: Bobby Freeman asked this in 1958, the Beach Boys in 1965, & Bette Midler in 1973 "Do You Wanna Dance?" |
| #592, aired 1987-03-17 | WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In 1958, these 2 countries formed the short-lived United Arab Republic Syria & Egypt |
| #562, aired 1987-02-03 | "WORLD"LY SONGS $400: Pop-religious song of 1958 that was Laurie London's only song to make Billboard Top 40 "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" |
| #556, aired 1987-01-26 | HOLLYWOOD $400: According to the title, it's where Sophia Loren found "Desire" in 1958 film Under the Elms |
| #529, aired 1986-12-18 | GOLDEN OLDIES $100: 1958 #1 song that began "Hello baby" "Chantilly Lace" |
| #525, aired 1986-12-12 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200: In the 1958 sequel, this Dr. Seuss character "Comes Back" The Cat in the Hat |
| #506, aired 1986-11-17 | THE BATHROOM $100: "Splish Splash" he "was takin' a bath, long about" March 1958 Bobby Darin |
| #483, aired 1986-10-15 | GOLDEN OLDIES $500: In 1958, Bobby Freeman asked, "Do you, do you, do you, do you want to" do this dance |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | UNDECLARED WARS $200: In 1958, 14,300 Marines were sent to battle Moslem rebels in this land adjoining Israel Lebanon |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | DOUBLE TALK $300: In the Playmates' 1958 hit, it's the sound the Little Nash Rambler made Beep Beep |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | "LITTLE" SONGS $400: In 1958, the Elegants climbed high by asking it, "Where are you" "Little Star" |
| #433, aired 1986-05-07 | GIRLS IN SONG $100: In 1958, Little Richard told her "Good Golly" Miss Molly |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | ASTRONOMY $600 (Daily Double): Title of this number one 1958 hit "Little Star" |
| #413, aired 1986-04-09 | MOVIES $200: In 1958 film of play that brought him to fame, Andy Griffith had "No Time for" these Sergeants |
| #407, aired 1986-04-01 | POP SINGERS $400: Born Norma Egstrom,
her career reached "Fever" pitch in 1958 Peggy Lee |
| #401, aired 1986-03-24 | 1958 $100: After years of being 39, he finally admitted he was 40 Jack Benny |
| #401, aired 1986-03-24 | 1958 $200: On July 26, Queen Elizabeth announced that her son, Charles, was to have this title Prince of Wales |
| #401, aired 1986-03-24 | 1958 $300: Mark Hatfield, Orville Freeman, & Abraham Ribicoff all won elections for this office Governor |
| #401, aired 1986-03-24 | 1958 $400: Supported by Gov. O. Faubus, this city voted to maintain segregated, private high schools Little Rock, Arkansas |
| #401, aired 1986-03-24 | 1958 $500: Encyclopedia Britannica said much of this represented "some form of... illiterate savage noise" rock & roll |
| #393, aired 1986-03-12 | LANDMARKS $800: When opened to the public in 1958, 1 of 1st guests was said to have asked "Where is Rosebud?" Hearst Castle |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | "LITTLE" SONGS $300: Each Dec. from 1958-62, the Harry Simeone Chorale was in top 30 with this new Christmas standard "The Little Drummer Boy" |
| #389, aired 1986-03-06 | FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT $1000: In 1958, this, his first feature, established him & the French New Wave "The 400 Blows" |
| #387, aired 1986-03-04 | 20th CENTURY $300: It wasn't until 1958 that these curbside devices were used in London parking meters |
| #384, aired 1986-02-27 | MODERN HISTORY $200 (Daily Double): 4 of 6 countries that formed the Common Market in 1958 (4 of) France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxembourg |
| #383, aired 1986-02-26 | MUSICAL QUESTIONS $1000: If you told Andy Williams he looks as good as as he did in 1958, he might ask this "Are You Sincere?" |
| #366, aired 1986-02-03 | SONGS WITH FOREIGN WORDS $800: In 1958, this "Song of Love" was big hit for Art & Dotty Todd, ra ta ta ta ta "Chanson d'Amour" |
| #362, aired 1986-01-28 | AWARDS $700 (Daily Double): For singing Irving Berlin & Duke Ellington songs, this singer won two of the 1st Grammys in 1958:
"We're having a heat wave / A tropical heat wave / The temperature's rising, / It isn't surprising, / She certainly can can-can" Ella Fitzgerald |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | "TABLE" TALK $600: In this 1958 film, Lancaster & Hayworth were at 1, David Niven at another, & Wendy Hiller at a 3rd Separate Tables |
| #349, aired 1986-01-09 | "SICK" $400: Thoroughly fatigued & bored, or a Fats Domino hit of 1958 "Sick And Tired" |
| #337, aired 1985-12-24 | TRIPLE TALK $400: According to The Teddy Bears' 1958 hit "To know, know, know him is" this To love, love, love him |
| #330, aired 1985-12-13 | MUSICIANS $1000: After winning the 1958 Tchaikovsky Comp., he got 1st ticker tape parade given a classical musician Van Cliburn |
| #328, aired 1985-12-11 | BEST SELLERS $400: "The Class" that graduated with Erich Segal from this university in 1958 provided him with a "novel" subject Harvard |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: An alternate delegate to U.N. in 1958, she was 1st Black opera singer at the Met Marian Anderson |
| #294, aired 1985-10-24 | TOY NAMES $500: 1958-61 series starring Gene Barry as a dapper lawman Bat Masterson |
| #288, aired 1985-10-16 | BANNED BOOKS $800: Published in 1900, his "Sister Carrie" was still banned in Vermont in 1958 Theodore Dreiser |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | FRANCE $800: In 1958, he gave France a new constitution establishing the Fifth Republic Charles de Gaulle |
| #191, aired 1985-06-03 | THE '50s $400: Reaching the U.S. in 1957, this flu strain had killed 60,000 Americans by 1958 the Asian flu |
| #169, aired 1985-05-02 | THE EMMYS $400: It won an Emmy & No. 1 ratings for '55-'56 season before falling in the quiz show scandals of 1958 The $64,000 Question |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | 1960 $300: Blacks refusing to stand at a Woolworth's counter in Charlotte, NC spawned this form of protest a sit-in |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | MOVIES $200: Oryctolagus Cuniculus who was star of WB's 1958 Oscar-winning short Bugs Bunny |
| #96, aired 1985-01-21 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: Country known as "The United Arab Republic" from 1958-71 Egypt |
| #20, aired 1984-10-05 | LANGUAGE $1,500 (Daily Double): Language in which this #1 song of 1958 was sung Italian |
