#9028, aired 2024-01-31 | ARTFUL ROGERS $400: Roger Waters & Roger "Syd" Barrett were founding members of this "colorful" band formed in 1965 Pink Floyd |
#9028, aired 2024-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PAST $1000: This "List" loosened up in 1965 as the 4 Beatles each got an MBE, being made members of the Order of the British Empire the Queen's Honors List |
#9026, aired 2024-01-29 | LOST IN SPACE $400: During 1965's Gemini 4 mission, Ed White lost a glove while conducting the first American one of these excursions a spacewalk |
#9013, aired 2024-01-10 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES & TV SHOWS $400: (I'm Ellie Kemper.) Growing up, I wanted to be a nun due in part to my love of this 1965 movie about a young woman at an Austrian convent The Sound of Music |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | BLACK HISTORY YEAR $400: Martin Luther King Jr. gives his immortal "I Have a Dream" speech in D.C. 1963 |
#9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR WOMAN IN THE FIELD $1200: In 1965 Cambridge awarded her a Ph.D. in ethology, the study of animal behavior, 5 years after she began a major chimp study Jane Goodall |
#8974, aired 2023-11-16 | THE NAME OF THE LAW $800: 1998's Copyright Term Extension Act was named for this late congressman who penned a 1965 No. 1 pop hit Sonny Bono |
#8968, aired 2023-11-08 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $5,600 (Daily Double): It's the real name of the planet referred to in the title of a 1965 Frank Herbert novel Arrakis |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | PRIDE & POTUS $300: The historic year gay activists picketed outside LBJ's White House; MLK's March on Washington was two years earlier 1965 |
#8950, aired 2023-10-13 | 'ROUND MIDNIGHT $1600: James Leo Herlihy wrote this 1965 novel about Joe Buck, who tries to make it in New York as a stud for hire Midnight Cowboy |
#8945, aired 2023-10-06 | IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SECEDE... $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1965 this island city-state peacefully seceded from Malaysia Singapore |
#8937, aired 2023-09-26 | WHO "AR" THEY? $1000: When her photos of unusual-looking people were shown at MoMA in 1965, a curator had to wipe viewers' spit off them daily Arbus |
#8932, aired 2023-09-19 | MAILED IT! $2000: Lawrence O'Brien was appointed to this government job by LBJ in 1965; in '75 Larry did a nifty crossover & got the NBA commissioner gig Postmaster General |
#8917, aired 2023-07-18 | COLLEGE TUITION: THEN & NOW $800: Tuition at this private univ. in Houston from its opening in 1912 to 1965? Deliciously free! Today... a bit more, at $57,000 Rice |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | KANDER & EBB MUSICALS $600: This daughter of Judy Garland made her Broadway debut in 1965 in Kander & Ebb's 1st Broadway musical, "Flora, the Red Menace" Liza Minnelli |
#8910, aired 2023-07-07 | A BRIDGE TOO FAR $800: A bridge in Bath crossing the River Avon was named for this prime minister after his death in 1965 Churchill |
#8903, aired 2023-06-28 | RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES $1600: The 1965 Supreme Court case this woman v. Connecticut protected access to birth control (Estelle) Griswold |
#8891, aired 2023-06-12 | POP SONGS $1000: It's what papa's got in the title of a 1965 James Brown hit a brand new bag |
#8888, aired 2023-06-07 | PASSION $1000: These 2 passionate words make up the title of a 1965 film about Michelangelo agony & ecstasy |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | QUESTIONABLE MUSIC CHOICES $800: John Mulaney has an amazing story of selecting 21 plays on a diner's jukebox of this 1965 Tom Jones hit "What's New, Pussycat?" |
#7, aired 2023-05-12 | PRESENT COMPANY ACCEPTED $600: $100 invested in this Midwest-based company in 1965 would have been worth $2.4 million in 2020 Berkshire Hathaway |
#8856, aired 2023-04-24 | THAT'S AN ANIMAL SOUND $600: Turning the title around in a cheeky way, a 1965 Broadway musical was called "The" this "of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd" the roar |
#8847, aired 2023-04-11 | I GOT THE RECEIPTS $400: Folks were not happy he went electric at 1965's Newport Folk Festival but in 2013 the Fender Strat he used went for $965,000 Bob Dylan |
#8807, aired 2023-02-14 | BORN TO RUN $2000: In 1965 he entered politics & won a seat as the member for Mount Royal; 3 years later he was prime minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau |
#8745, aired 2022-11-18 | BAND AD $800: "Musicians-singers for acting roles in new TV series... 4 insane boys, age 17-21", said the 1965 ad that launched this group The Monkees |
#8743, aired 2022-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: A 1965 civil rights march started in Selma & ended 54 miles & 4 days later in this city, where MLK spoke on the steps of its capitol Montgomery |
#5, aired 2022-10-23 | YES, CHEF! $200: I told you to nuke this pasta staple from Campbell's that first hit shelves in 1965 for 2 minutes! Why on earth did you say "Uh-oh"?! SpaghettiOs |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | MASCOTS $1500: Born in 1965, this mascot also goes by Poppin' Fresh & when you poke his belly, says, "Hoo hoo" the Pillsbury Doughboy |
#8705, aired 2022-09-23 | GOING HOME $400: In 1965 when this American wrote the song "Homeward Bound", he was really far from home in the north of England Paul Simon |
#8682, aired 2022-07-12 | "TOP" OF THE POPS $800: In 1965 they topped the pops with "I Can't Help Myself" the Four Tops |
#8675, aired 2022-07-01 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $800: In 1965, early in his career, he used a Honda motorcycle to leap over 2 mountain lions & a box of rattlesnakes Evel Knievel |
#8674, aired 2022-06-30 | FIRST LADY FIRSTS $400: In 1965 she began an inauguration day tradition of holding the Bible for the swearing-in ceremony Lady Bird Johnson |
#8669, aired 2022-06-23 | THAT USED TO BE A TRADEMARK $1200: In a 1965 case that swung from a district court to an appeals court, Donald F. Duncan lost a trademark on the name of this toy a yo-yo |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | OLD AD SLOGANS $200: People began to "Fly the friendly skies" with this airline in 1965; the slogan eventually flew off but returned in 2013 United |
#8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE 1960s $800: Broadening his message from civil rights, on March 2, 1965 Martin Luther King made his first public statement against this the Vietnam War |
#8638, aired 2022-05-11 | BRAND NAMES $1200: This kosher hot dog brand debuted the slogan "We answer to a higher authority" in 1965 Hebrew National |
#8636, aired 2022-05-09 | PREPOSITIONAL LITERATURE $800: African-American detective Virgil Tibbs must solve a murder in the Deep South in this John Ball novel from 1965 In the Heat of the Night |
#8634, aired 2022-05-05 | CROSS THAT BRIDGE $2000: A petition seeks to rename Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge for this late congressman who was beaten trying to cross it in 1965 John Lewis |
#8629, aired 2022-04-28 | BALLET & OPERA $5,000 (Daily Double): M-m-m-my Verona! On February 9, 1965 Nureyev & Fonteyn danced this ever-doomed couple in London Romeo & Juliet |
#8623, aired 2022-04-20 | NOT TOO "SEX"Y FOR YOU $400: This word for a discriminating person (in a bad way) was popularized in 1965 by Pauline Leet of Franklin & Marshall College a sexist |
#8577, aired 2022-02-15 | TONY-WINNING MUSICALS BY SONG $800: 1965:
"Sabbath Prayer" Fiddler on the Roof |
#8560, aired 2022-01-21 | LANDMARK OF THE CITY $800: The Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of a bloody 1965 confrontation Selma |
#8539, aired 2021-12-23 | THAT'S QUITE A COUP $2000: In 1965 this one-named general put down a coup in Indonesia & then seized power for himself Suharto |
#8505, aired 2021-11-05 | COMPUTER HISTORY $1600: In 1965 this American engineer first enunciated his famed "Law", predicting computing power would double every year (Gordon) Moore |
#8489, aired 2021-10-14 | VOTING USA $1000: Saying it was no longer needed, in 2013 the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of this law & its federal oversight the Voting Rights Act |
#8448, aired 2021-07-21 | YOU "PIC" IT $800: A Washington State congressman & a friend invented this tennis-like sport in 1965 to entertain their bored families Pickleball |
#8445, aired 2021-07-16 | S.E.C.! S.E.C.! $800: In 1965 scientists at the University of Florida came up with this beverage to help the football team stay better hydrated Gatorade |
#8424, aired 2021-06-17 | THE TERMS OF SERVICE $2000: He ruled Romania from 1965 until he suddenly didn't in 1989--a firing squad was involved Ceaușescu |
#8412, aired 2021-06-01 | QUOTATIONS $2000: This missionary whose time was 1875-1965 said, "Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now--always" Albert Schweitzer |
#8401, aired 2021-05-17 | TIME MAGAZINE PERSON OF THE YEAR $1600: 1965:
This West Point grad who was commander of U.S. forces in South Vietnam (William) Westmoreland |
#8396, aired 2021-05-10 | SHORT STORIES $1600: This African American who sometimes lived in France wrote a 1965 collection called "Going to Meet the Man" James Baldwin |
#8395, aired 2021-05-07 | A CINEMATIC WEDDING ABROAD $400: In this 1965 film the captain calls off his marriage to the baroness & instead weds Maria in an abbey church with Alpine views The Sound of Music |
#8386, aired 2021-04-26 | Q, NO U $400: In 1965 this airline made the first nonstop commercial flight from the U.S. to Australia Qantas |
#8370, aired 2021-04-02 | WOMEN IN CONGRESS $800: Patsy Mink, who was born in this state before it was a state, represented it in Congress from 1965 to 1977 & from 1990 until 2002 Hawaii |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | A GUSTY MOVE $800: In 1965 this MLB team was accused of using its new dome's air conditioning to blow balls out when the home team was batting the Astros |
#8363, aired 2021-03-24 | THE NEBULA AWARDS $400: It's no big shocker that this book set on Arrakis was Best Novel in 1965 Dune |
#8329, aired 2021-02-04 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $1,500 (Daily Double): Chapters in his 1965 autobiography included "Harlemite", "Saved" & "Mecca" Malcolm X |
#8307, aired 2021-01-05 | ADVERBS $400: Referring to a time in the past, this non-ly adverb is the first word of a 1965 Beatles classic yesterday |
#8292, aired 2020-12-01 | ON MY READING LIST $1600: All of the novels in Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi series beginning with this 1965 novel Dune |
#8288, aired 2020-11-25 | OH, HELLO SONGS $600: In 1965 this duo began "The Sound Of Silence" with "Hello darkness, my old friend" Simon & Garfunkel |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $200: After his U.S. debut with Joan Sutherland in 1965, this bearded Italian tenor hit the high C's as Tonjo in "La fille du régiment" Pavarotti |
#8269, aired 2020-10-29 | BLOCKBUSTERS $1000: Based on a novel by Boris Pasternak & clocking in at more than 3 hours, this 1965 film was a hit at the box office Doctor Zhivago |
#8260, aired 2020-10-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Lyndon Johnson's 1965 State of the Union address renewed the War on Poverty by promoting a "Great" this Society |
#8252, aired 2020-10-06 | SPEED READING $800: A 1965 expose by Ralph Nader warned that the Chevy Corvair was this adjective "at Any Speed" Unsafe |
#8250, aired 2020-10-02 | CLUES FROM A 1965 JEOPARDY! HOME GAME $200: ASTRONOMY: "Only planet not named for Greek or Roman figure" Earth |
#8250, aired 2020-10-02 | CLUES FROM A 1965 JEOPARDY! HOME GAME $400: COPS & ROBBERS: "Slang for police because they stick like lint" fuzz |
#8250, aired 2020-10-02 | CLUES FROM A 1965 JEOPARDY! HOME GAME $600: TIME: "Traditional bath & date night" Saturday |
#8250, aired 2020-10-02 | CLUES FROM A 1965 JEOPARDY! HOME GAME $800: AWARDS: "Movie for which Brando won his Oscar" On the Waterfront |
#8250, aired 2020-10-02 | CLUES FROM A 1965 JEOPARDY! HOME GAME $1000: NUMBERS: "Unlucky way to light cigarettes" third on a match (three on a match) |
#8237, aired 2020-09-15 | OF STING $2000: This 20th century poet wrote "Stings", referred to as her "Bee Sequence", posthumously published in "Ariel" in 1965 Sylvia Plath |
#8227, aired 2020-06-02 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: 1873 Jules Verne adventure novel that's an NBC soap opera on the air since 1965 Around the World in Eighty Days of Our Lives |
#8223, aired 2020-05-27 | A WRITER'S LIFE $600: Born 1919, came through the rye to fame in 1951, & we're not too sure what he did from 1965 to his death in 2010 Salinger |
#8216, aired 2020-05-18 | ROCK BANNED $1200: 1965: Concerned it might offend stutterers, the BBC initially refuses to play this Who song "My Generation" |
#8184, aired 2020-03-19 | HEAR HERE, NEW YORK! $800: After performing there in 1965, Paul McCartney got back to this large N.Y. venue in 2008 to help Billy Joel play its last show Shea Stadium |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ON TIME $200: The April 9, 1965 cover featured a doghouse, a piano & 5 characters from this comic strip Peanuts |
#8181, aired 2020-03-16 | ARCHITECTURE HISTORY $1200: One of Frederick John Kiesler's last works was the Shrine of the Book, completed in 1965 in this country Israel |
#8180, aired 2020-03-13 | SMITHSONIAN AIR & SPACE MUSEUM $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.) There was room for two men--Frank Borman and James Lovell in the capsule used for their 2-week-long 1965 orbital mission in this program the Gemini program |
#8180, aired 2020-03-13 | STATE THE PROBLEM $1,500 (Daily Double): State troopers attack peaceful marchers on "Bloody Sunday" 1965 Alabama |
#8161, aired 2020-02-17 | ACT OF CONGRESS AKAs $1600: 1965: "an act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes" the Voting Rights Act |
#8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Say hey! This was used in the 1965 All Star Game by this Giant center fielder; in a 2016 85th birthday message, President Obama called him the greatest living ballplayer Willie Mays |
#8138, aired 2020-01-15 | NETFLIX & CHILL $1200: When Netflix rebooted this sci-fi show from 1965, the Robinson family got stuck on an icy planet Lost in Space |
#8134, aired 2020-01-09 | IT'S THE GIELGUD MOVIE OF THE YEAR $1200: In 1965 John played Henry IV in "Chimes at Midnight" with Orson Welles in this part that suited him physically Falstaff |
#6, aired 2020-01-09 | CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER PUDDING $400: (Christopher Plummer delivers the clue.) I've played King Lear, Hamlet, Oedipus, Pizarro; but perhaps my most challenging role, if you could believe it, was in this 1965 movie that for a while was the top-grossing film of all time The Sound of Music |
#6, aired 2020-01-09 | JANUARY IN HISTORY $1000: Angered at the U.N.'s support of Malaysia, this Indonesian president withdrew his country from the U.N. in January 1965 Sukarno |
#8118, aired 2019-12-18 | THE SPORTING LIFE $200: Putting faith above all else, Sandy Koufax didn't pitch game 1 of the 1965 World Series, as it fell on this Jewish day of atonement Yom Kippur |
#8117, aired 2019-12-17 | "ACK"! $1600: Future cancer researcher William Thilly had the idea for this cereal as a Kellogg's intern in 1965 Apple Jacks |
#8063, aired 2019-10-02 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1600: In 1965, Harry Truman looked on as President Johnson signed this program into law Medicare |
#8056, aired 2019-09-23 | COUP COUP $800: In 1965 General Suharto brutally put down a coup in this country & soon seized power himself Indonesia |
#8044, aired 2019-07-25 | FOR ALL IT'S WORTH $400: In 1965 the first insurance policy on one of these was arranged for Intelsat 1 a satellite |
#8033, aired 2019-07-10 | HISTORY, OVER ON THE LEFT $600: In April 1965 this international pot stirrer left Cuba to try to bring revolution to Africa Che Guevara |
#8001, aired 2019-05-27 | IMPERIAL-ISM $400: The imperial system of weights & measures was officially used in Great Britain until 1965 & the adoption of this system the metric system |
#7989, aired 2019-05-09 | FROM AN "A" TO AN "F" $400: An artificial grasslike ground covering first used in Houston around 1965 Astroturf |
#7984, aired 2019-05-02 | STATE SCHOOL, THAT GREAT SCHOOL $1000: In 1965 John Irving entered this Midwest school's prestigious writers workshop & worked with Kurt Vonnegut Iowa |
#7948, aired 2019-03-13 | THE BEST "OF" TV $1600: This sitcom about a bottled spirit debuted in 1965 I Dream of Jeannie |
#7946, aired 2019-03-11 | A COLONEL OF TRUTH $1000: A grad of Libya's military academy in 1965, this colonel was also commander in chief of the nation's armed forces Qaddafi |
#7942, aired 2019-03-05 | POP MUSIC ACROSS THE DECADES $400: Now you try... & you try... & you try...& you try to name this Rolling Stones song that was No. 1 for 4 weeks in 1965 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" |
#7939, aired 2019-02-28 | GO PLAY $200: Walter Matthau & Neil Simon both won 1965 Tonys for this play The Odd Couple |
#7939, aired 2019-02-28 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1000: In 1965 Kodak introduced the "Super" type of this film format, which brought moviemaking to the masses Super 8 (or 8 millimeter) |
#7929, aired 2019-02-14 | MOUNTAINS & VALLEYS $1000: In 1965, 6 years after work began, an automotive tunnel named for this mountain connected France & Italy Mont Blanc |
#7927, aired 2019-02-12 | TOP 10 TUNES $2000: Tom Jones first broke into the Top 10 in 1965 with this declaration of normalcy "It's Not Unusual" |
#7923, aired 2019-02-06 | "SOCK" IT TO ME $1200: From 1965, this popular Dr. Seuss work includes the line "Knox in box" Fox in Socks |
#7921, aired 2019-02-04 | OXFORD $200: 2nd & 3rd year history students examine the "Troubles, 1965-85" in this political division of the United Kingdom Northern Ireland |
#7919, aired 2019-01-31 | 1960s AMERICA $2000: On March 2, 1965 the campaign known as "Rolling" this began bombing North Vietnam thunder |
#7906, aired 2019-01-14 | THE STORY OF MY LIFE $800: 1965's "The Autobiography of" him says the hustler is the most dangerous black man in America Malcolm X |
#7895, aired 2018-12-28 | MY BAD! $800: Billy Graham admitted that he made a mistake in 1965 when he didn't go to the march that began in this Alabama city Selma |
#7853, aired 2018-10-31 | PHILOSOPHY $800: In 1965 Lotfi Zadeh introduced this type of set with no clear boundaries, leading to the same type of "logic" fuzzy |
#7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SPEAKING WORDS OF WISDOM $200: This folk & rock troubadour's gems include the 1965 lyric "He not busy being born is busy dying" (Bob) Dylan |
#7834, aired 2018-10-04 | TV SHOWS BY EPISODE TITLE $1000: "Hot Rod Herman" & "Love Comes to Mockingbird Heights" (1965) The Munsters |
#7824, aired 2018-09-20 | READING $800: 20 publishers said no thanks to this desert planet-set sci-fi novel before it came out in 1965; 20 million copies later... Dune |
#7821, aired 2018-09-17 | REINSTATE SONGS $2000: "Got him back in my arms again, so satisfied", sang this trio in a 1965 chart-topper The Supremes |
#7773, aired 2018-05-30 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $400: A federal law signed Aug. 6, 1965 banned literary & other tests for people to do this to vote |
#7754, aired 2018-05-03 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: This comedian got her big break with a 1965 appearance on "The Tonight Show" Joan Rivers |
#7702, aired 2018-02-20 | OF DIMES $600: Since 1965 the U.S. dime has been made from an alloy of copper & nickel; pre-1965, they were made from this silver |
#7696, aired 2018-02-12 | EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC $800: A reviewer said of this 1965 novel, "That isn't writing, it's research", a play on Capote's own pithy quote In Cold Blood |
#7678, aired 2018-01-17 | A BANNER YEAR $1600: A local march gets nationwide help in this year 1965 |
#7659, aired 2017-12-21 | DOCUMENTS $1200: 1965's "Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World" came out of the second of these church gatherings an ecumenical council |
#7654, aired 2017-12-14 | JUST A SITAR $800: "Isn't it good" that this 1965 Beatles song brought the sitar to the attention of rock audiences? "Norwegian Wood" |
#7652, aired 2017-12-12 | HOLIDAY SONGS $1000: This title promise was requested by Jim Lovell & Frank Borman during their 14-day space mission in December 1965 "I'll Be Home For Christmas" |
#7640, aired 2017-11-24 | NOTABLE WOMEN $600: An assistant attorney general in Arizona in 1965, she got a nifty promotion in 1981: Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor |
#7635, aired 2017-11-17 | EPONYMS $1200: A 1965 observation that computer capacity keeps on doubling is called this Intel co-founder's "law" Moore's law |
#7617, aired 2017-10-24 | SULLIVAN AWARD WINNERS $400: 1965:
Princeton basketball player (& future U.S. senator) Bill Bradley |
#7611, aired 2017-10-16 | CAUGHT $1000: Eli Cohen, who infiltrated the top ranks of Syria's military for this spy agency, was caught & hanged in 1965 Mossad |
#7607, aired 2017-10-10 | CHURCHILL, FDR OR STALIN $400: He died last Churchill |
#7602, aired 2017-10-03 | MARS $800: In 1965 this probe with a seafaring name shot Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to photograph a non-Earth planet Mariner |
#7580, aired 2017-07-21 | FASHION HISTORY $1200: This 1965 film starring Omar Sharif & Julie Christie inspired things Russian, including the maxicoat Doctor Zhivago |
#7580, aired 2017-07-21 | BANG THAT TAMBOURINE! $2000: "It took me so-o-o long to find out" about the tambourine on this 1965 hit "Day Tripper" |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | FALLS $400: In 1965 Labrador's Great Falls were renamed to honor this great Englishman who died that year Churchill |
#7567, aired 2017-07-04 | THE RED, WHITE & BLUE $800: In 1965 astronaut Ed White took the USA's first space walk during the 4th mission of this pre-Apollo program Gemini |
#7545, aired 2017-06-02 | THE 50 STATES $400: This "Great" breed has been the state dog of Pennsylvania since 1965 the Great Dane |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $800: A "Journal" of this TV stalwart's life would include his 1965-67 stint as LBJ's press secretary Bill Moyers |
#7503, aired 2017-04-05 | THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT $600: Ferdinand Marcos (1965 to 1986) the Philippines |
#7502, aired 2017-04-04 | WHEN IN DOME $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1965 this baseball venue had female ushers dubbed "Spacettes" the Astrodome |
#7455, aired 2017-01-27 | 1960s POP LYRICS $200: In 1965 Petula Clark told us that "when you're alone and life is making lonely, you can always go" here downtown |
#7442, aired 2017-01-10 | 11-LETTER WORDS $400: In 1965 astronaut Ed White became the first American this when he stepped out of his Gemini capsule for a 23-minute stroll spacewalker |
#7436, aired 2017-01-02 | TOM & GERUND $1600: In history class, Tom learned that a 1965 "Rights Act" outlawed discrimination in this process voting |
#7419, aired 2016-12-08 | LET'S VISIT THE SOUTH $600: The route of the 1965 march from this city to Montgomery was made a national historic trail in 1996 Selma |
#7416, aired 2016-12-05 | WHO "AR" THEY? $2000: When her photos of unusual-looking people were shown at MoMA in 1965, curators had to wipe viewers' spit off them daily Diane Arbus |
#7412, aired 2016-11-29 | 1960s COMPUTING $800: E.A. Johnson came up with this tactile idea in a 1965 article subtitled "A Novel Input/Output Device" a touchscreen |
#7410, aired 2016-11-25 | GAME 7 PITCHERS $1200: 1965:
This Dodger lefty vs. the Twins' Jim Kaat Koufax |
#7384, aired 2016-10-20 | MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU $600: In 1965 "Stop! In The Name Of Love" was this girl group's fourth straight No. 1 song the Supremes |
#7379, aired 2016-10-13 | TRANSPORTATION $2000: To symbolize a pioneering spirit, in 1965 the 1st NASA mission patch ever featured one of these 19th century transports a covered wagon |
#7366, aired 2016-09-26 | THE SINGING "B" $400: They flew to the top of the charts in 1965 with a cover of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" The Byrds |
#7362, aired 2016-09-20 | ENDLESSLY ROCKING $800: They trucked through more than 2,300 shows, from a 1965 Bay Area pizza parlor gig to a 2015 farewell at Soldier Field the Grateful Dead |
#7362, aired 2016-09-20 | FRIENDS $2000: In 1961 this "J. Alfred Prufrock" poet became pen pals with Groucho; the 2 finally met just before the poet's 1965 death T.S. Eliot |
#7324, aired 2016-06-16 | INDOORS $600: The first modern indoor baseball game happened in 1965 inside this Texas venue the Astrodome |
#7318, aired 2016-06-08 | BEST MUSICAL ACTOR TONY WINNERS $1000: 1965:
As Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" Zero Mostel |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | ELLIS ISLAND $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1965 Lyndon Johnson issued a proclamation making Ellis Island a part of this national monument the Statue of Liberty |
#7309, aired 2016-05-26 | ROMANTICS $600: Snow & ice fan the flames of Yuri's passion for Lara in this Pasternak novel that became a 1965 film Doctor Zhivago |
#7271, aired 2016-04-04 | GRAMMY'S BEST NEW ARTIST $200: How unusual! 1965's winner was this Welsh singer who beat Herman's Hermits, the Byrds & Sonny & Cher Tom Jones |
#7269, aired 2016-03-31 | HUGO AWARD-WINNING NOVELS $2000: A new planet's appearance wreaks havoc on Earth in this 1965 winner named for what "planet" means in Greek The Wanderer |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WE LOVE MEL BROOKS $600: Would you believe Mel created this spy sitcom in 1965? Or that it became a 2008 movie starring Steve Carell? Get Smart |
#7255, aired 2016-03-11 | U.S. FIRSTS $400: Launched in 1965 as the USA's first commercial satellite, it caught TV signals, not "the worm" the Early Bird |
#7250, aired 2016-03-04 | "YES" "NO" "OR" "MAY" "BE" $400: In 1965 this Beatles song was No. 1 on Billboard's Top 40 for 4 weeks "Yesterday" |
#7228, aired 2016-02-03 | I NEED A SUB $200: It started selling sandwiches in 1965 & now claims the title "world's largest restaurant chain" Subway |
#7212, aired 2016-01-12 | FIRST ISSUES $1200: The first issue of Tiger Beat in 1965 asked whether this singing duo had lost that lovin' feeling & was breaking up The Righteous Brothers |
#7210, aired 2016-01-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: MOVIES $600: (New York Times film critic A.O. Scott delivers the clue.) David Oyelowo played Martin Luther King with "grace and dignity" in this 2014 film that ends in 1965 in Montgomery, Alabama Selma |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | MOVIE BIOGRAPHIES $1200: 1965:
Charlton Heston as Michelangelo The Agony and the Ecstasy |
#7192, aired 2015-12-15 | IT WAS THE '60s $600: On Feb. 21, 1965 he was assassinated as he delivered a lecture at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem Malcolm X |
#7178, aired 2015-11-25 | ASK THE NEAREST HIPPIE $1000: Did you really witness the birth of this rhyming movement at an anti-war rally at UC Berkeley in 1965? flower power |
#7176, aired 2015-11-23 | HISTORY ON FILM $400: Here's NASA's first space walk in 1965 within this program, so named because of its two-man crew Gemini |
#7160, aired 2015-10-30 | DAY OF THE DEAD $200: December 4, 1965:
The Grateful Dead know the way to this Silicon Valley city where they play their first-ever show San Jose |
#7160, aired 2015-10-30 | DAY OF THE DEAD $800: Dec. 11, 1965:
The Dead join this "Cuckoo" author & his Merry Pranksters for an event called an Acid Test (Ken) Kesey |
#7149, aired 2015-10-15 | 1965 $400: This "Roof of the World" became an autonomous region of China in 1965 & the Chinese took over many of the local govt. jobs Tibet |
#7149, aired 2015-10-15 | 1965 $1600: This U.N. ambassador & former Democratic presidential nominee died in July & Arthur Goldberg succeeded him Adlai Stevenson |
#7149, aired 2015-10-15 | 1965 $4,000 (Daily Double): On March 23 this space project launched its first mission with Gus Grissom & John Young as commander & pilot Gemini |
#7141, aired 2015-10-05 | NAME THAT BASEBALL STAT, STAT! $1000: Sandy Koufax, 1965:
382 these strikeouts |
#7115, aired 2015-07-17 | INTERNATIONAL FILM DIRECTORS $1200: "For a Few Dollars More"
(1965) (Sergio) Leone |
#7111, aired 2015-07-13 | MOVIE MUSIC $800: This 1965 film gave us "Lara's Theme" Dr. Zhivago |
#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 |
#7074, aired 2015-05-21 | PUSSYCAT POT-PURREE $1600: The theme song to this 1965 Peter Sellers film states, "I've got flowers and lots of hours to spend with you" What's New, Pussycat? |
#7061, aired 2015-05-04 | NEWS ANCHORS $1000: (I'm David Muir.) When I became the anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight", I was the youngest network news anchor since this man, a hero of mine; he first got the same gig in 1965 Peter Jennings |
#7058, aired 2015-04-29 | LARGE & IN CHARGE $1600: Tupou IV, king of this "friendly" South Pacific island nation from 1965 to 2006, tipped the scales at 440 pounds Tonga |
#7055, aired 2015-04-24 | USS INTREPID $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) In March 1965, USS Intrepid recovered astronauts Gus Grissom & John Young after their splashdown in the Atlantic following 3 Earth orbits in the first manned flight in this 2-man NASA program Gemini |
#7049, aired 2015-04-16 | 2014 ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY $800: "Felicia", a 1965 documentary about a high school student living in this L.A. neighborhood before the riots Watts |
#7040, aired 2015-04-03 | 1965 NO. 1 SONGS $400: "You've Lost" this in the title of a 1965 Righteous Brothers No. 1 hit that loving feeling |
#7040, aired 2015-04-03 | 1965 NO. 1 SONGS $800: It was 50 years ago, July 1965, when this quintessential Rolling Stones song hit No. 1 "Satisfaction" |
#7040, aired 2015-04-03 | 1965 NO. 1 SONGS $1200: "I Can't Help Myself" was a chart topper for this numerically named group that had been around for decades the Four Tops |
#7040, aired 2015-04-03 | 1965 NO. 1 SONGS $1600: In March the Beatles had us all believing in this calendar impossibility "Eight Days A Week" |
#7040, aired 2015-04-03 | 1965 NO. 1 SONGS $2000: With a little help from Ecclesiastes, Pete Seeger wrote this song, a hit for The Byrds "Turn! Turn! Turn!" |
#7030, aired 2015-03-20 | HISTORICAL TIME UNITS $2000: Brutal repression of Communists made 1965 this Asian country's "Year of Living Dangerously" Indonesia |
#7005, aired 2015-02-13 | COMEDIANS $1600: In 1965 he published "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People"; he died the following year Lenny Bruce |
#6987, aired 2015-01-20 | "A"CADEMY AWARD NOMINEES $200: Acting, 1965, for "The Sound of Music" Julie Andrews |
#6966, aired 2014-12-22 | SENATORS $400: From 1965 to 1968 these 2 siblings served in the Senate at the same time RFK & Ted Kennedy |
#6935, aired 2014-11-07 | A TOP 10 HIT TWICE $400: "California Girls":
The Beach Boys in 1965 & this lead singer of Van Halen in 1985 David Lee Roth |
#6930, aired 2014-10-31 | CREATURE FEATURES $400: 1965 & 1997:
"That Darn _____" Cat |
#6926, aired 2014-10-27 | LAST COMPLETE NOVEL $400: "The Man with the Golden Gun"
(1965) Ian Fleming |
#6898, aired 2014-09-17 | THE SUPREME COURT $2000: In 2013 the Court struck down key parts of this 1965 act that forces certain states to pre-clear election law changes the Voting Rights Act |
#6897, aired 2014-09-16 | POP MUSIC $1200: In 1965 we learned from him that Papa had acquired a "Brand New Bag"; in 1974, that he "Don't Take No Mess" James Brown |
#6878, aired 2014-07-09 | POP CULTURE COLLEGE COURSES $800: Northwestern took on "Consumerism and Social Change in" this AMC drama "America, 1960-1965" Mad Men |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | LOOKING FOR LOVE ON REALITY TV $400: Debuting in 1965, "The Dating Game" often featured stars before they were stars, including this "Charlie's Angel" Farrah Fawcett |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $400: In 1965, at age 20, Helen Mirren played this Egyptian at the Old Vic Cleopatra |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | OH, LOOK AT THE TIME $1600: A 1991 Douglas Coupland novel, or a nickname for the generation born in the U.S. after 1965 Generation X |
#6867, aired 2014-06-24 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: In 1965 Jacqueline du Pre sat down & made great recording of Elgar's Concerto for this instrument the cello |
#6862, aired 2014-06-17 | THE NAME OF THE LAW $800: 1998's Copyright Term Extension Act was named for this late congressman who penned a 1965 No. 1 pop hit Sonny Bono |
#6860, aired 2014-06-13 | HISTORIC TV $1000: "I Spy" made the TV history books in 1965 when it cast this African American in one of the lead roles Bill Cosby |
#6819, aired 2014-04-17 | REJECTED SUPERVILLAIN NAMES $600: Alliterative phrase for someone born between 1946 & 1965; beware, it's the... baby boomer |
#6806, aired 2014-03-31 | ELEVEN $400: This 11-pointed Canadian national symbol got official status from Elizabeth II in 1965 the maple leaf |
#6803, aired 2014-03-26 | ARTS $600: He attended UCLA on a tennis scholarship & in 1965 won the U.S. collegiate men's singles title Arthur Ashe |
#6803, aired 2014-03-26 | ARTS $800: In 1965 this dance instructor & entrepreneur had more than 350 franchised dance studios Arthur Murray |
#6768, aired 2014-02-05 | 2 FIRST NAMES $1000: He won a 1965 Oscar for his dual role as a gunfighter & his evil, noseless twin brother in "Cat Ballou" Lee Marvin |
#6765, aired 2014-01-31 | AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE $200: In 1965 LBJ invited this former president to witness the signing of the Medicare Act in Missouri (Harry) Truman |
#6757, aired 2014-01-21 | "C" THE WORLD $600: In these maps from 1965 & 1998, you can see the urban growth of this African city on a river Cairo |
#6749, aired 2014-01-09 | PRESIDENTS & VICE PRESIDENTS $800: Like his boss, this VP started at Yale; unlike his boss, he didn't finish there, graduating from the University of Wyoming in 1965 Dick Cheney |
#6742, aired 2013-12-31 | SONGS FOR NEW YEAR'S $1600: This Wilson Pickett No. 1 R&B hit from 1965 will get us closer to the new year "In The Midnight Hour" |
#6737, aired 2013-12-24 | OCCUPATIONS $1600: In Great Britain Harry Allen was the last person in this job made obsolete by an act of Parliament in 1965 executioner (last hangman) |
#6727, aired 2013-12-10 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE DOME $5,000 (Daily Double): In an April 9, 1965 exhibition game, Mickey Mantle hit the first home run in this "8th Wonder of the World" the Houston Astrodome |
#6725, aired 2013-12-06 | THE GRAMMYS: BEST MALE POP VOCAL $1000: "It Was A Very Good Year"
(1965) Frank Sinatra |
#6721, aired 2013-12-02 | NAME THE ROLE $1200: Messing everything up: Walter Matthau on stage in 1965 & onscreen in '68 Oscar Madison (in The Odd Couple) |
#6699, aired 2013-10-31 | WE GIVE A DAM $800: When the reservoir behind Switzerland's Verzasca Dam was filled in 1965, tremors were felt in these mtns. the Alps |
#6674, aired 2013-09-26 | ONE LOVE $400: "I married and lived happily ever afterwards", wrote this British P.M. of his union, which lasted from 1908 to 1965 Churchill |
#6655, aired 2013-07-19 | SURVEY SAYS...! $200: Pew research reports these people have gone from 4 hours of household chores a week in 1965 to 10 hours today husbands |
#6632, aired 2013-06-18 | GONE $400: I've still got my Johnny Gilbert Greatest Hits in this tape format from 1965, but try to find a machine to play it 8-track |
#6628, aired 2013-06-12 | MOVIES BY COUPLE $800: 1965:
Yuri & Lara Doctor Zhivago |
#6627, aired 2013-06-11 | OH SEE, CAN YOU SAY? $400: Check out a 1965 model from this company--original price, about $3,000 Ford |
#6618, aired 2013-05-29 | NUN $400: Julie Andrews sang & played the guitar on "Do-Re-Mi" in this 1965 blockbuster The Sound of Music |
#6616, aired 2013-05-27 | ON POSTAGE STAMPS $800: In 1965 it was full steam ahead for this steamboat designer honored on a stamp for his 200th birthday (Robert) Fulton |
#6504, aired 2012-12-20 | OLD McDONALD HAD... $3,000 (Daily Double): From 1952 to 1965 Pittsburgh-born David McDonald had the title president of the union of these workers steel workers |
#6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $2000: This runner was the ACC male athlete of the year in 1965; we'd hear his tragic "song" after he joined the Bears Brian Piccolo |
#6476, aired 2012-11-12 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: Though there's not a lot of oil in Austria, this international organization has been based in Vienna since 1965 OPEC |
#6474, aired 2012-11-08 | RUSSIAN NOVELISTS $400: In 1965 Mikhail Sholokhov won this prestigious award & traveled to Stockholm to receive it the Nobel Prize |
#6439, aired 2012-09-20 | BASEBALL STADIUMS $600: From 1962 through 1965, 2 California MLB teams shared this facility Dodger Stadium |
#6427, aired 2012-07-24 | SPACE FIRSTS $400: In June 1965 Edward White on Gemini 4 became the first American to do this: it lasted 23 minutes a spacewalk |
#6413, aired 2012-07-04 | LONG RUNS IN PRIME TIME $600: It's now on Sunday mornings, but this news show ran from 1947 to 1965 in prime time Meet the Press |
#6392, aired 2012-06-05 | 1960s BESTSELLERS $800: In a 1965 bestseller, he's sent to Jamaica to kill "The Man With the Golden Gun" James Bond |
#6389, aired 2012-05-31 | FAST CARS $800: In 1965 this British racing car with a flower name won the Indy 500, averaging 150.686 mph, a record at that time the Lotus |
#6385, aired 2012-05-25 | SOUTHPAWS $600: This lefty won baseball's Cy Young award in 1963, 1965 & 1966 (Sandy) Koufax |
#6365, aired 2012-04-27 | ADVERTISING MASCOTS & ICONS $400: This food icon, a tiny doll of white clay, cost $16,000 in 1965--heehee! Good decision! the Pillsbury Doughboy |
#6361, aired 2012-04-23 | APRIL 23: BAD DAY FOR WRITERS $1200: David Halberstam, author of books about this event like 1965's "Anatomy of a Quagmire", died April 23, 2007 the Vietnam War |
#6359, aired 2012-04-19 | CENTENARIANS $800: Last name of football coach Amos Alonzo (1862-1965), pioneer of the onside kick & the flea flicker Stagg |
#6355, aired 2012-04-13 | HARVARD ALUMNI $2000: This onetime N.C. senator & wife of a senator worked at the Langdell Library before getting her J.D. (1965) Elizabeth Dole |
#6337, aired 2012-03-20 | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD $1000: Dethroned in 1952, this king of Egypt died of a heart attack in 1965 at age 45 Farouk |
#6324, aired 2012-03-01 | AMERICAN "H"ISTORY $200: To provide poor & minority children a better chance for success in school, this 1965 program was directed at preschoolers Head Start |
#6287, aired 2012-01-10 | IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU $400: Despite the opportunity, this November 1965 event in NYC did not result in a mini baby boom 9 months later a blackout |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | BEATLEWOMANIA $400: Ringo Starr wed first wife Maureen Cox in London in 1965; she'd been born in this Mersey River city in 1946 Liverpool |
#6286, aired 2012-01-09 | 'ROUND MIDNIGHT $2000: James Leo Herlihy wrote this 1965 novel about Joe Buck, who tries to make it in New York as a stud for hire Midnight Cowboy |
#6283, aired 2012-01-04 | SCRIPT DOCTORS $200: 1965:
Omar Sharif as this sensitive-yet-philandering Russian doctor Doctor Zhivago |
#6275, aired 2011-12-23 | THE DREIDEL WILL ROCK $800: Folk purists were incensed when this man born Robert Zimmerman "went electric" in 1965 & started rocking out Bob Dylan |
#6264, aired 2011-12-08 | SCHOOLS OF THE HEISMEN $600: 1967:
UCLA's Gary Beban;
1965, '68, '79, '81, 2002, 2004:
Stars from this crosstown rival USC |
#6239, aired 2011-11-03 | THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $800: 1965:
"My Girl" The Temptations |
#6239, aired 2011-11-03 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $800: This U.N. agency, created in 1946 to aid children in Europe, won the 1965 Peace Prize UNICEF |
#6238, aired 2011-11-02 | PAY BALL! $400: Say hey! Say what? In 1965 he hit 52 homers & won his ninth straight Gold Glove--& made $105,000 Willie Mays |
#6230, aired 2011-10-21 | THE KILLING $1200: He was shot in February 1965 while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem Malcolm X |
#6222, aired 2011-10-11 | COLLEGE SPORTS $2000: In 1965 this African American with an alliterative name won the singles & doubles college tennis titles Arthur Ashe |
#6217, aired 2011-10-04 | PAN AM IN THE '60s $800: (Christina Ricci gives the clue.) In the mid-'60s U.S. flight attendants were almost all female & it was 1965 when the EEOC ruled the airlines couldn't fire one for doing this getting married |
#6216, aired 2011-10-03 | 20th CENTURY LIT $1600: Chapters in this Pulitzer Prize winner by Carol Shields include "Birth, 1905", "Marriage, 1927" & "Sorrow, 1965" The Stone Diaries |
#6206, aired 2011-09-19 | NOBEL PRIZE CATEGORIES BY WINNER $800: Richard Feynman,
1965 Physics |
#6203, aired 2011-07-27 | ABBREVIATED NO. 1 HITS $600: The Byrds,
1965:
"T! T! T!" "Turn! Turn! Turn!" |
#6193, aired 2011-07-13 | "EVER"S $800: This 1965 movie begins with the birth of Jesus The Greatest Story Ever Told |
#6193, aired 2011-07-13 | THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS $1000: In 2011 this Georgia congressman, who was beaten on a 1965 civil rights march, received the Medal of Freedom John Lewis |
#6175, aired 2011-06-17 | AMERICAN POETRY $1600: A 1965 poem by this poet is titled "First Party at Ken Kesey's with Hell's Angels" Allen Ginsberg |
#6172, aired 2011-06-14 | THE BALLET OF THE LAND $1000: The April 13, 1965 premier of "Onegin" helped put this country's Stuttgart Ballet on the world stage Germany |
#6167, aired 2011-06-07 | STRINGED INSTRUMENTS $1000: Jacqueline du Pre made an acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut May 14, 1965 playing Elgar's concerto for this instrument cello |
#6161, aired 2011-05-30 | CARBAGE $1000: This model was the infamous focus of Ralph Nader's 1965 expose "Unsafe At Any Speed" the Corvair |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | COLORFUL TV SHOWS $200: (1965-1971)
"_____ Acres" Green |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | THE WHITE STUFF $400: For 21 minutes on June 3, 1965 astronaut Ed White achieved this American first as part of the Gemini 4 mission space walk |
#6138, aired 2011-04-27 | NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS $400: In 1974 this beat poet for "The Fall of America: Poems of These States, 1965-1971" (Allen) Ginsberg |
#6130, aired 2011-04-15 | MOVIE FAMILIES $200: A classic from 1965:
The von Trapps The Sound of Music |
#6126, aired 2011-04-11 | BLUE LITERATURE $2000: Elizabeth Kata wrote the novel this "of Blue" on which a 1965 Sidney Poitier movie was based A Patch |
#6123, aired 2011-04-06 | HORTON HEARS A HOOSIER $1000: In 1965 this Indianapolis-born novelist published "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" Vonnegut |
#6109, aired 2011-03-17 | FACTS FROM THE WORLD ALMANAC $1000: An entry on Arizona says this man "was a leading conservative voice in the U.S. Senate (1953-1965, 1969-1987)" Barry Goldwater |
#6098, aired 2011-03-02 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $800: Opened in Houston in 1965, it was the first fully enclosed sports stadium; today, it bears the Reliant name as well the Astrodome |
#6072, aired 2011-01-25 | WAR $1,800 (Daily Double): "Operation Rolling Thunder" was the 1965 U.S. bombing campaign designed in part to stop men & supplies coming south on this road the Ho Chi Minh Trail |
#6059, aired 2011-01-06 | NO. 1 WITH A BULLET $2000: In the 1965 No. 1 "Eve Of" this, "The eastern world, it is explodin'/ Violence flarin', bullets loadin'" "Destruction" |
#6052, aired 2010-12-28 | SUPER COOPER $800: In 1965 this one of the original 7 U.S. astronauts became the first person to make 2 orbital flights Gordon Cooper |
#6048, aired 2010-12-22 | HOLIDAY ALBUMS $200: Vince Guaraldi's LP from a 1965 TV special about this title animated boy featured "Christmas Time Is Here" Charlie Brown |
#6047, aired 2010-12-21 | HAVE A DRINK $400: Helen Gurley Brown became this magazine's editor in 1965 Cosmopolitan |
#6026, aired 2010-11-22 | DRINKS ARE ON ME! $800: In 1965 the Univ. of Florida football team began using this drink developed by school researchers Gatorade |
#6004, aired 2010-10-21 | NFL CAREER PASSING LEADERS BY TEAM $800: Jets:
270.57 football fields
(1965-1976) (Joe) Namath |
#6003, aired 2010-10-20 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA $1200: For Frank Gilroy in 1965, the subject was winning when "The Subject Was" these took home a Pulitzer Roses |
#6000, aired 2010-10-15 | 1960s POLITICAL QUOTES $400: In a 1965 message to Congress, he said, "poverty has many roots, but the tap root is ignorance" Lyndon Johnson |
#5993, aired 2010-10-06 | GAME TIME $400: Water on the knee is one complaint that requires surgery in this game created in 1965 Operation |
#5980, aired 2010-09-17 | SCIENCE FICTION FILMS $1200: A 1965 student film evolved into his first feature film as a director, 1971's "THX-1138" (George) Lucas |
#5980, aired 2010-09-17 | YANKEE MAGAZINE $2000: A 1965 article tells us "He sowed--others reaped" is the epitaph of Ephraim Bull, who first bred this New England grape the Concord grape |
#5954, aired 2010-07-01 | THE QUOTABLE '60s $600: Referring to these riots in 1965, Governor Pat Brown said, "Why, this is the worst disaster since my election" the Watts Riots |
#5951, aired 2010-06-28 | GOVERNMENTAL STUPID ANSWERS $400: Yvette Sanchez Fuentes is the head of this program that got its start in 1965 to help kids out of poverty Head Start |
#5932, aired 2010-06-01 | THE GENGHIS KHAN FILM FESTIVAL $1600: Robert Morley played the Chinese Emperor & this Egyptian actor played the title character in 1965's "Genghis Khan" Omar Sharif |
#5924, aired 2010-05-20 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $800: John Milton epic about Gertrude Stein's Parisian expatriate Yanks who were born starting in 1965 Paradise Lost Generation X |
#5921, aired 2010-05-17 | YANKEE STADIUM MOMENTS $1000: Oct. 4, 1965:
Over 90,000 cram into Yankee Stadium as he celebrates the first papal mass on American soil Paul VI |
#5906, aired 2010-04-26 | LABRADOR $1200: In 1965 the Hamilton River, Labrador's longest, was renamed this after a late British prime minister Churchill |
#5865, aired 2010-02-26 | THE COUNTRY AS DESCRIBED BY THE ONION $1000: It "came under control of its lemur population in 1965, when the... prosimians gained a majority... in the national senate" Madagascar |
#5864, aired 2010-02-25 | THE BEATLES $800: John Lennon said this 1965 movie title tune was one of his favorites, in part because he wrote it about himself "Help!" |
#5836, aired 2010-01-18 | TO SIR, WITH LOVE $400: Dear Sir Paul: Please please me! I've loved you ever since you headlined this NYC stadium in 1965 Shea Stadium |
#5829, aired 2010-01-07 | THE STATE OF THE STATE $1000: Extremely windy, seen here is the April 11, 1965 double tornado in Elkhart in this state Indiana |
#5827, aired 2010-01-05 | 50 CENT $800: The USA's 1965 coinage act reduced the amount of this metal in half dollars from 90% to 40% silver |
#5825, aired 2010-01-01 | RED SOX IT TO ME $2000: In 2001 this Osaka-born pitcher tossed Boston's first no-hitter since 1965 (Hideo) Nomo |
#5814, aired 2009-12-17 | THE FOLKSMEN $1200: His 1965 "Songbook" album includes solo versions of "I Am A Rock" & "The Sound Of Silence" Paul Simon |
#5804, aired 2009-12-03 | LIFE IN DES MOINES $400: You can't miss this building, finished in 1886 & regilded in 1927, 1965 & 1998 the Capitol |
#5795, aired 2009-11-20 | COVER ME! $200: In 1965 Otis Redding took "Respect" to No. 35; 2 years later, her cover was No. 1 Aretha Franklin |
#5775, aired 2009-10-23 | BASEBRAWL $200: In 1965 S.F. Giants pitcher Juan Marichal took a bat to the head of John Roseboro of this archrival team the Dodgers |
#5770, aired 2009-10-16 | NO. 1 SONGS WITH ONE-WORD TITLES $200: The Beatles
(1965):
SOS! "Help!" |
#5769, aired 2009-10-15 | OTHER SPORTS LEGENDS $200: On Tennis magazine's list of the 40 greatest players from 1965 to 2005, she's the top female player Martina Navratilova |
#5768, aired 2009-10-14 | THE BIG BANG THEORY $800: The 1965 discovery of this form of cosmic background radiation helped validate the theory--& make popcorn microwave (radiation) |
#5753, aired 2009-09-23 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $1600: The first secretary of this Cabinet department created in 1965: Robert C. Weaver HUD (Housing and Urban Development) |
#5745, aired 2009-07-24 | DYLAN $800: "Take a load off" & tell us the name of this group, formerly The Hawks, who backed Dylan starting in 1965 The Band |
#5717, aired 2009-06-16 | YOU'VE BEEN POSTERIZED! $400: One of his signature works from 1965 is seen here (Andy) Warhol |
#5710, aired 2009-06-05 | I REMEMBER TELEVISION $800: I remember Bob Crane outwitting Werner Klemperer on this show every week from 1965 to 1971 Hogan's Heroes |
#5699, aired 2009-05-21 | HOBO A GO GO $1000: It was Roger Miller's hobo-themed No. 1 hit from 1965 "King Of The Road" |
#5676, aired 2009-04-20 | LIKE A VIRGIL $1600: In 1965 this second American in space became the first to return to space Virgil "Gus" Grissom |
#5659, aired 2009-03-26 | LEAN SCREEN $2,000 (Daily Double): Tarek Sharif played this title character as an 8-year-old in Lean's 1965 epic Doctor Zhivago |
#5651, aired 2009-03-16 | PREZ DISPENSERS $400: In 1965 he defeated Philippine President Macapagal Marcos |
#5633, aired 2009-02-18 | CY YOUNG AWARD WINNERS $200: This Dodger won the Cy Young Award in 1963, 1965 & 1966, then retired from baseball Sandy Koufax |
#5633, aired 2009-02-18 | OPENING ACTS $400: Cannibal & the Headhunters were one of 5 opening acts when these guys headlined Shea Stadium in August 1965 The Beatles |
#5629, aired 2009-02-12 | BUILT IN THE U.S.A. $800: Billed as the Eighth Wonder of the World when it opened in 1965, it housed victims of Katrina in 2005 the Astrodome |
#5615, aired 2009-01-23 | 50+ HOME RUNS $800: 52 in 1965
(with the San Francisco Giants) (Willie) Mays |
#5613, aired 2009-01-21 | SEX & THE CITY $200: Female; born 1965; moved to NYC, 1977; starred as Carrie on some TV show, 1998-2004 Sarah Jessica Parker |
#5612, aired 2009-01-20 | MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS (SORT OF) $800: 1965 Rodgers & Hammerstein film:
"Honk Honk,
Toot Toot,
Drum Drum,
Strum Strum" The Sound of Music |
#5573, aired 2008-11-26 | NORDIC TRACK $800: In 1965 UNICEF won this honor bestowed by a committee elected by the Norwegian parliament the Nobel Peace Prize |
#5570, aired 2008-11-21 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT $400: This nationwide restaurant chain began in 1965 with just one restaurant called "Pete's Super Submarines" Subway |
#5561, aired 2008-11-10 | MUSEUMS $1200: Janis Joplin's 1965 Porsche is one of the artifacts at this Cleveland museum the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
#5556, aired 2008-11-03 | YOU, THE VOTER $400: The Supreme Court said of this 1965 law, "Millions of non-white Americans will now be able to participate..." the Voting Rights Act |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | GANDHI, FDR OR CHURCHILL $400: He died in 1965 Churchill |
#5537, aired 2008-10-07 | IN THE BALLPARK $200: On Sept. 9, 1965 Sandy Koufax pitched his fourth no-hitter, a perfect game at this West Coast venue Dodger Stadium |
#5529, aired 2008-09-25 | DANCE FORMERS $1,400 (Daily Double): When Balanchine choreographed this ballet in 1965, he played the title role & Suzanne Farrell was his Dulcinea Don Quixote |
#5516, aired 2008-09-08 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $400: In the 1960s only 3 men exceeded 50 home runs in a season: Maris & Mantle in 1961 & this S.F. Giant in 1965 (Willie) Mays |
#5491, aired 2008-06-23 | SPORTS STUFF $2000: (I'm USC athletic director Mike Garrett.) In 1965 at USC I led the nation in rushing; the year before, this running back played by James Caan in a TV movie achieved the feat (Brian) Piccolo |
#5470, aired 2008-05-23 | "B" PLUS $600: It's what Papa had in a 1965 James Brown hit "A Brand New Bag" |
#5464, aired 2008-05-15 | CLASSIC MOVIES $200: For Julie Andrews, the hills were alive with this, the title of a 1965 musical The Sound of Music |
#5446, aired 2008-04-21 | I "LIKE" THIS SONG $600: This 1965 song begins, "Once upon a time you dressed so fine" "Like A Rolling Stone" |
#5439, aired 2008-04-10 | '60s TV $1200: In 1965 Pernell Roberts left this series & his part as eldest son Adam, saying he'd grown tired of the role Bonanza |
#5436, aired 2008-04-07 | THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS $800: The single largest health insurer for children is this "aid" program set up by the U.S. government in 1965 Medicaid |
#5420, aired 2008-03-14 | 1960s SPORTS LEGENDS $200: Between May 1965 & March 1967, he defended his heavyweight boxing title an amazing 9 times Muhammad Ali |
#5420, aired 2008-03-14 | 1960s SPORTS LEGENDS $400: The most points an NFL player has scored in a game in the last 50 years is 36 by this Bears halfback on Dec. 12, 1965 Gale Sayers |
#5419, aired 2008-03-13 | THE MISFITS $200: 1965's "The Outlaws Is Coming" was the last movie featuring this wacky trio of comedy misfits The Three Stooges |
#5394, aired 2008-02-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $800: Audiotaped interviews of this black Muslim leader became Alex Haley's 1965 "Autobiography" of him Malcolm X |
#5380, aired 2008-01-18 | YOU'VE BEEN EXILED $800: This country's first president, Syngman Rhee, fled the country in 1960 & died in 1965 in exile in Hawaii South Korea |
#5374, aired 2008-01-10 | IN ST. LOUIS $400: Completed in 1965, it towers 630 feet over St. Louis the (Gateway) Arch |
#5362, aired 2007-12-25 | FURNITURE WORDS $400: In 1965, members of this included Robert McNamara & Stewart Udall the Cabinet |
#5357, aired 2007-12-18 | WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY $600: Patented in 1965, this stadium ground covering was first used commercially on a large scale in Texas AstroTurf |
#5354, aired 2007-12-13 | LOGOS $200: Poppin' Fresh, this brand's doughboy, was introduced in 1965 to promote its crescent rolls Pillsbury |
#5348, aired 2007-12-05 | BEST MUSICAL ACTOR TONY WINNERS $600: "Fiddler on the Roof"
(1965) Zero Mostel |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | MAGAZINES $800: It was primarily a fiction magazine until Helen Gurley Brown became editor in 1965 Cosmopolitan |
#5320, aired 2007-10-26 | THE INDIANS $600: As the new leader of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri led it into a war with this neighbor in 1965 Pakistan |
#5302, aired 2007-10-02 | I NEED MORE SPACE! $200: This Mattel doll became an astronaut in 1965, perhaps inspiring the young Sally Ride Barbie |
#5299, aired 2007-09-27 | ARCHIPELAGOS $400: In 1965 the Cook Islands became self-governing in free association with this country that provides for their defense New Zealand |
#5296, aired 2007-09-24 | POP CULTURE $600: A 2-time Oscar winning actress, one of her first jobs was as the Coppertone suntan lotion girl at age 3 in 1965 Jodie Foster |
#5291, aired 2007-09-17 | THE BRITISH INVASION $800: "Play with Fire" from this Group's 1965 album "Out of Our Heads" featured Phil Spector on bass The Rolling Stones |
#5290, aired 2007-09-14 | DE GAULLE OF DAT GUY! $800: In 1965 De Gaulle won the Presidency by defeating this Socialist, later France's leader from 1981 to 1995 Francois Mitterrand |
#5286, aired 2007-09-10 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: On Feb. 15, 1965, Canada's new flag, which prominently featured an 11-pointed one of these, flew for the first time a maple leaf |
#5285, aired 2007-07-27 | YOUR PARENTS' MUSIC $800: The song "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by this band was a No. 1 hit way back in 1965 The Rolling Stones |
#5270, aired 2007-07-06 | CELEB BEFORE & AFTER $2000: This recent King Kong actress was responsible for the civil unrest in South Central L.A. in 1965 Naomi Watts Riots |
#5269, aired 2007-07-05 | MEN OF LETTERS $3,000 (Daily Double): His last published story, from 1965, takes the form of a letter written by 7-year-old Seymour Glass at summer camp J.D. Salinger |
#5265, aired 2007-06-29 | TALL STRUCTURES $200: When completed in 1965, the 648-foot Daley Center was this city's tallest building; more than 20 are now higher Chicago |
#5248, aired 2007-06-06 | FOR RICHARD $2000: This American physicist won a 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on the interaction of light & matter Richard Feynman |
#5246, aired 2007-06-04 | BASEBALL: THE 1960s $800: Say hey! This Giants outfielder was named the National League's most valuable player in 1965 Willie Mays |
#5241, aired 2007-05-28 | WORDS INTRODUCED IN THE 20th CENTURY $200: 1965: 9-letter term for a short garment that shows off a woman's legs a miniskirt |
#5232, aired 2007-05-15 | YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED $600: Title of the 1965 Beatles No. 1 hit song that is a calendrical impossiblity "Eight Days A Week" |
#5228, aired 2007-05-09 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $1000: (I'm USC athletic director Mike Garrett.) I won the 1965 Heisman as a USC RB; I'll let you off easy & have you name just one of 3 USC players who won it in the 21st century (1 of) Reggie Bush, Carson Palmer or Matt Leinart |
#5201, aired 2007-04-02 | FAMOUS "M"EN $1000: In 1965 this man began 2 decades as the head of state of the Philippines (Ferdinand) Marcos |
#5173, aired 2007-02-21 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: "Bouncy" 1965 Beatles album that took over for Don Cornelius as host of a dance show Rubber Soul Train |
#5155, aired 2007-01-26 | SINGAPORE $1000: Singapore gained its independence in 1965 from this nation to which it's connected by a causeway Malaysia |
#5152, aired 2007-01-23 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $1000: Last name of the Supreme Court justice who resigned in 1965 to become U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Arthur Goldberg |
#5150, aired 2007-01-19 | FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME $600: The first of these was by Aleksey Leonov in 1965 & took 12 minutes, 9 seconds; he was attached to a 16-foot cord a spacewalk |
#5139, aired 2007-01-04 | CREATURE FEATURES $1200: In a 1965 movie set in Africa, Clarence was a "cross-eyed" one of these lion |
#5124, aired 2006-12-14 | IN TEXAS $200: The USA's first domed sports stadium opened in this city in 1965 Houston |
#5109, aired 2006-11-23 | '60s CINEMA $200: Perhaps tiring of all that sand in "Lawrence of Arabia", David Lean was "Russian" to photograph snow in this 1965 epic Doctor Zhivago |
#5091, aired 2006-10-30 | CABINET CLEANING $400: In 1965 Nicholas Katzenbach replaced this man as LBJ's Attorney General Bobby Kennedy |
#5086, aired 2006-10-23 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $2000: 1982:
Psoriasis was the winning word;
1965:
This itchy skin condition E-C-Z-E-M-A |
#5062, aired 2006-09-19 | '60s NO. 1 HITS $400: This 1965 No. 1 hit by The Byrds is based on a Bible passage "Turn! Turn! Turn!" |
#5062, aired 2006-09-19 | '60s NO. 1 HITS $2000: At Christmas 1965 this group received a present--"Over And Over" became its first & only No. 1 U.S. hit The Dave Clark Five |
#5044, aired 2006-07-13 | IT'S AN ILLUSION $1600: The 1965 exhibition "The Responsive Eye" popularized this art movement based on illusions Op Art |
#5042, aired 2006-07-11 | THE GRAMMYS $400: The Anita Kerr singers won a 1965 Grammy for Best Vocal Group Performance over this quartet's "Help!" The Beatles |
#5029, aired 2006-06-22 | IT WAS THE OCEAN TO BE PACIFIC $1200: This Pacific island nation has been ruled by King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV since 1965 Tonga |
#5027, aired 2006-06-20 | ANIMALS ON THE CHINESE CALENDAR $600: 1965:
A wirepuller, or a treacherous person, as in "a low-down, dirty..." a snake |
#5017, aired 2006-06-06 | TV NOSTALGIA $1,400 (Daily Double): A scraggly tree makes lots of folks nostalgic for this animated special that debuted on December 9, 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas |
#5016, aired 2006-06-05 | BLOCKBUSTER BLUSTER $200: The hills were alive with the hum of megabucks for this 1965 musical starring Julie Andrews The Sound of Music |
#4995, aired 2006-05-05 | HIT ME $800: In July 1965 the No. 1 hit in the U.S. was this Rolling Stones classic "Satisfaction" |
#4993, aired 2006-05-03 | BIG-SCREEN ARTISTS $400: 1965:
Charlton Heston Michelangelo |
#4992, aired 2006-05-02 | GOVERNORS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from atop the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL.) When civil rights marchers faced off against the mounted police in 1965 here on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, this man was Alabama's governor George Wallace |
#4984, aired 2006-04-20 | BILL $600: (Hi, I'm Ari Fleischer.) This TV journalist, commentator & frequent PBS host was Lyndon Johnson's press secretary from 1965 to 1967 Bill Moyers |
#4973, aired 2006-04-05 | WHERE'S MY CAR? $600: In a 1965 expose, this man declared the Corvair "Unsafe at Any Speed" Nader |
#4959, aired 2006-03-16 | 1960s ROCK LYRICS $800: In this 1965 hit, The Beatles sang, "Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be. There's a shadow hanging over me" "Yesterday" |
#4950, aired 2006-03-03 | THAT IS LIKE SO LAST CENTURY $400: 1965 amendments to the Social Security Act, titles 18 & 19, created these 2 huge healthcare programs Medicare & Medicaid |
#4941, aired 2006-02-20 | THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Birmingham, AL in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.) It took three tries, but finally, several thousand crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 on a Civil Rights march from Selma to this state capital Montgomery |
#4938, aired 2006-02-15 | WE HELP WITH YOUR COLLEGE APPLICATION $400: Every year since 1965, at least one grad of this private L.A. school has been up for an Oscar; I aim to join that list University of Southern Cal (USC) |
#4921, aired 2006-01-23 | RIGHT ON "Q" $800: In 1965 Maarten Schmidt identified the most distant object then seen, one of these high-energy objects in outer space a quasar |
#4919, aired 2006-01-19 | COLLEGE ATHLETICS $200: The Liberty Bowl moved to this Tennessee city in 1965 after being held in Philadelphia & Atlantic City Memphis |
#4914, aired 2006-01-12 | CHINESE REGIONAL CAPITALS $400: This city is the capital of the high-altitude autonomous region that until 1965 was its own country Lhasa |
#4910, aired 2006-01-06 | THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO... $800: ...filled Hubert Humphrey's Senate seat in 1965 Walter Mondale |
#4907, aired 2006-01-03 | THE MUSICAL QUESTION $800: Tom Jones purr-fectly crooned this 1965 Top 5 hit "What's New Pussycat?" |
#4905, aired 2005-12-30 | THE MISSIVES OF OCTOBER $400: Oct. 15, 1965: Dear Dad, you won't believe it but at a peace rally today David Miller burned this, so the FBI's after him his draft card |
#4905, aired 2005-12-30 | NONFICTION $400: In 1965 Johnny Carson wrote "Happiness is a Dry Martini"; 3 years earlier, Charles Schulz wrote "Happiness is" this a Warm Puppy |
#4897, aired 2005-12-20 | "BY" $800: In 1965 he set up a company to remove hissing from recordings (& leave it to audiences) Dolby |
#4896, aired 2005-12-19 | IT WAS THE '60s $400: This Argentine-born minister for Castro left Cuba in 1965, reappearing as a fighter in Bolivia Che Guevara |
#4883, aired 2005-11-30 | WOMEN IN SONG $200: From 1965:
"Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble" Michelle |
#4879, aired 2005-11-24 | THAT FUNKY MUSIC $200: This energetic forerunner of funk had "a brand new bag" in 1965 James Brown |
#4872, aired 2005-11-15 | NUMBER PLEASE $2000: This rounded-off number of days in the Kennedy administration is in the title of a 1965 book about it 1,000 |
#4857, aired 2005-10-25 | MOVIES TO THE MAX $400: Max Detweiler is the impresario character who enters a family in music festival in this beloved 1965 film The Sound of Music |
#4851, aired 2005-10-17 | SPEED $600: In 1965 Gordon Moore famously predicted that these would double in processing speed every 18 months computer chips |
#4835, aired 2005-09-23 | THE BAD NEWS BEARERS $400: (Hi, I'm Keith Olbermann.) For my coverage of the 9/11 events, I won one of the awards named for this famous newscaster who died in 1965 (Edward R.) Murrow |
#4832, aired 2005-09-20 | POPE-POURRI $400: Pope Paul VI named more than 2 dozen new ones of these in 1965, bringing the world total up to 103 cardinals |
#4830, aired 2005-09-16 | AROUND THE WORLD $1600: When in Vienna, sample some of this torte that's so famous it was the subject of a 1965 lawsuit Sachertorte |
#4812, aired 2005-07-05 | VEHICLES $2000: In 1965 Ralph Nader declared that this model from Chevrolet was "Unsafe at Any Speed" the Corvair |
#4811, aired 2005-07-04 | '60s POP MUSIC $1600: The 1965 film "Ferry Cross" this starring Gerry & the Pacemakers featured 9 songs written by Gerry the Mersey |
#4803, aired 2005-06-22 | & NEVER THE TWAINS SHALL MEET $400: Shania Twain was born on Aug. 28, 1965 in Windsor, Canada; Mark Twain, on Nov. 30, 1835 in this state Missouri |
#4793, aired 2005-06-08 | "WEST" SIDE STORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1965 he was TIME Magazine's "Man of the Year" William Westmoreland |
#4788, aired 2005-06-01 | GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS $1200: 1965:
"Why Is There Air?" Bill Cosby |
#4778, aired 2005-05-18 | HEY, "BOO" $200: Popular term for a person born in the U.S. between 1946 & 1965 a Baby Boomer |
#4772, aired 2005-05-10 | BEER $1600: From 1940 to 1965 New York City was caught up in the annual contest to find "Miss" this brewer Rheingold |
#4760, aired 2005-04-22 | NICKS & RANGERS $1600: Ranger 8 hit the moon at this location in 1965, setting up a milestone moment for mankind 4 years later the Sea of Tranquility |
#4752, aired 2005-04-12 | "KING" ME $400: Roger Miller won 5 Grammys in 1965 for this hit "King Of The Road" |
#4743, aired 2005-03-30 | MOTHERS OF INVENTION $1000: Teri Pall claimed the 1965 invention of this device that had a range of 2 miles; we don't know if it was a 900 MHz a cordless phone |
#4736, aired 2005-03-21 | NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $400: A portion of this avenue between the Capitol & the White House was designated a National Historic Site in 1965 Pennsylvania Avenue |
#4731, aired 2005-03-14 | DAYS OF THE WEEK $1200: This restaurant chain began in 1965 with a NYC site at First & 63rd T.G.I. Friday's |
#4727, aired 2005-03-08 | CAMERA WORK $800: Many auteurs started out on this cartridge-loading 8mm format that Kodak introduced in 1965 Super-8 |
#4726, aired 2005-03-07 | PARTICLE PHYSICS $1600: A 1965 Nobel was for this type of electrodynamics & its impact on the physics of elementary particles quantum electrodynamics |
#4723, aired 2005-03-02 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $200: History:
Herman's Hermits hit No. 1 in 1965 singing "I'm" this man, "I Am" Henry VIII |
#4707, aired 2005-02-08 | HOOSIER DADDY $1000: Indianan who on July 21, 1961 became the 2nd American in space & in 1965 flew in the first manned Gemini flight Gus Grissom |
#4705, aired 2005-02-04 | IT HAPPENED ONE FEBRUARY $200: On Feb. 15, 1965 Canada unfurled its new flag with this national emblem the maple leaf |
#4693, aired 2005-01-19 | DOSE $800: In 1965 Vincent Dole & Marie Nyswander developed a way of treating heroin addicts using high doses of this methadone |
#4682, aired 2005-01-04 | IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SECEDE... $1200: In 1965 this island city-state peacefully seceded from Malaysia Singapore |
#4679, aired 2004-12-30 | DESIGN $400: In 1965 aeronautical engineer Owen MacLaren made a folding aluminum one of these for his parents a stroller |
#4677, aired 2004-12-28 | BACK IN '65 $200: Before crashing on Feb. 20, 1965, Ranger 8 sent back 7,137 photos of this, the last one, we guess, an extreme close-up the moon |
#4661, aired 2004-12-06 | REPORTING THE NEWS $400: This Torontonian was just 26 when he first anchored ABC's nightly news in 1965, & some thought he looked too young Peter Jennings |
#4655, aired 2004-11-26 | AWARDS $1000: In 1965 this U.N. Secretary-General from Asia became the first to win the Nehru Award for Int'l Understanding U Thant |
#4635, aired 2004-10-29 | BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONY WINNERS $400: For "The Odd Couple"
(1965) Walter Matthau |
#4634, aired 2004-10-28 | EVEs $400: This 1965 No. 1 hit by Barry McGuire was backed vocally by original members of The Grass Roots "Eve Of Destruction" |
#4622, aired 2004-10-12 | LIFETIME $3,200 (Daily Double): Born in St. Louis in 1888, became a Brit in 1927, wrote poems & plays, won a Nobel Prize in 1948, died 1965 T.S. Eliot |
#4618, aired 2004-10-06 | FROM A TO E $400: When it opened in 1965, it was the world's first completely enclosed sports stadium the Astrodome |
#4606, aired 2004-09-20 | LET'S VISIT BOTSWANA $2000: In 1965 Botswana's seat of government was transferred from Mafeking to this city Gaborone |
#4598, aired 2004-09-08 | LOTS OF SPACE $1200: In 1965, Belyayev just had to sit there while his partner Leonov became the first to do this walk in space |
#4593, aired 2004-07-21 | CRIME TIME $1000: In 1965 this former surfing champion was convicted of stealing the Star of India sapphire Jack Murphy (Murph the Surf) |
#4568, aired 2004-06-16 | FOLK MUSIC $1600: This Calypso singer won 3 folk Grammys in the 1960s, including one for his 1965 album with Miriam Makeba Harry Belafonte |
#4568, aired 2004-06-16 | FOLK MUSIC $2000: Glenn Yarbrough, formerly with The Limeliters, had his only Top 40 hit with this title song of a 1965 Steve McQueen film "Baby The Rain Must Fall" |
#4565, aired 2004-06-11 | '60s POTPOURRI $1000: Claude Brown called his autobiographical 1965 novel about growing up in Harlem "Manchild in" this place The Promised Land |
#4564, aired 2004-06-10 | YOU'RE 21 TODAY $1000: Held between 1962 & 1965, the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church was popularly called this Vatican II |
#4556, aired 2004-05-31 | THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS $1200: His novel "Herzog" won in the Fiction category in 1965 Saul Bellow |
#4554, aired 2004-05-27 | TIME TO VOTE! $400: A 1965 act says, "No voting qualification... shall be imposed" so as to deny anyone a vote based on this race |
#4546, aired 2004-05-17 | 20th CENTURY THINKERS $1200: The works of this woman on the left include 1965's "Normality and Pathology in Childhood" Anna Freud |
#4543, aired 2004-05-12 | I'M MORE THAN JUST A SECRETARY $400: She filed with style before taking over as editor of Cosmopolitan magazine in 1965 Helen Gurley Brown |
#4541, aired 2004-05-10 | YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET! $2000: Your "Romeo and Juliet" will make everyone forget the 1965 triumph of Rudolf Nureyev & this partner Margot Fonteyn |
#4522, aired 2004-04-13 | "NEW" PLACES $800: In 1965 it gave self-government to the Cook Islands New Zealand |
#4497, aired 2004-03-09 | PAPER CLIPS $400: The Times, Jan. 25, 1965: this man "Dies"; "the Greatest Englishman of His Time" Winston Churchill |
#4497, aired 2004-03-09 | ELLIS ISLAND $400: In 1965 LBJ made Ellis Island part of this landmark's national monument the Statue of Liberty |
#4497, aired 2004-03-09 | PAPER CLIPS $800: New York Times, November 10, 1965: "Power Failure Snarls Northeast; 800,000 are Caught in" these in the city Subways |
#4485, aired 2004-02-20 | NATIONAL SITES $1600: Commemorating a 1965 civil rights march is the Selma to this city National Historic Trail in Alabama Montgomery |
#4479, aired 2004-02-12 | THE 50 STATES $2000: In no doubt an exciting session, it made tomato juice its state beverage in 1965; back in 1953 it made the buckeye its tree Ohio |
#4475, aired 2004-02-06 | THE '60s $200: In 1965 this city completed the USA's tallest man-made monument at 630 feet St. Louis (the Gateway Arch) |
#4456, aired 2004-01-12 | MOVIE LOCATIONS $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew in Berlin) The opening credits of this 1965 Richard Burton Cold War drama unspooled here at Checkpoint Charlie The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
#4430, aired 2003-12-05 | AUTHORS $800: The history of this present-day country is the subject of James Michener's 1965 book "The Source Israel |
#4427, aired 2003-12-02 | FAMOUS VALEDICTORIANS $600: He was behind the lectern for Binger High in 1965 & he was behind the plate for the Reds in the '70s Johnny Bench |
#4424, aired 2003-11-27 | "X" MARKS THE SPOT $1200: This black leader's "autobiography" was published in 1965, the year of his death Malcolm X |
#4397, aired 2003-10-21 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $800: 1965-1969 Hubert Humphrey |
#4372, aired 2003-09-16 | HE GOT "GAME" $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from a classroom.) This No. 1 hit is from 1965: Shirley Shirley bo birley, banana fana fo firley, fee fie mo mirley, Shirley "The Name Game" |
#4365, aired 2003-07-18 | SONGS...JAMES BOND SONGS $600: This 1965 song heard here almost didn't get used in favor of one called "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" "Thunderball" |
#4361, aired 2003-07-14 | A STAR IS BORN $400: This hot shot was born Carlos Estevez on Sept. 3, 1965 Charlie Sheen |
#4360, aired 2003-07-11 | JOE COLLEGE $1200: Attended Alabama 1961-1965; played some varsity football Joe Namath |
#4347, aired 2003-06-24 | THE BRITISH INVASION $800: In 1965 Eric Clapton left this group because of the commercial trend of its material such as "For Your Love" The Yardbirds |
#4341, aired 2003-06-16 | 1960s AMERICA $200: After a life-changing trip to Mecca in 1965, Malcolm X had a new slogan: these "or Bullets" Ballots |
#4341, aired 2003-06-16 | 1960s AMERICA $1000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston) This capsule sent into space in 1965 weighs 8000 pounds, only about 2,500 more than a 1965 Lincoln Continental Gemini |
#4340, aired 2003-06-13 | KEEP THE FAITH $1,500 (Daily Double): It's the 2-word name for the Hindu sect founded in the U.S. in 1965 by Swami Prabhupada Hare Krishna |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | VIETNAM $2000: Vietnam's narrowest point, about 30 miles, is just north of this port city where U.S. troops landed in 1965 Da Nang |
#4327, aired 2003-05-27 | SOUL $400: This "Hardest Working Man in Show Business" hit the Top 10 in 1965 with "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Part 1" James Brown |
#4323, aired 2003-05-21 | SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE $600: In 1955 he introduced an amendment for a new House office building; it was completed in 1965 & named for him Sam Rayburn (the Rayburn Building) |
#4320, aired 2003-05-16 | BRAIN STRAIN $1000: Skid marks left by the out-of-control jet car Spirit of America at this location were over 5 miles long in 1965 Bonneville Salt Flats |
#4316, aired 2003-05-12 | DEADLY DEVICES $400: This part of the B-52D, a plane introduced in 1965, was called the "Big Belly" bomb bay |
#4313, aired 2003-05-07 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $1600: It's the real name of the planet referred to in the title of a 1965 Frank Herbert novel Arrakis |
#4292, aired 2003-04-08 | TV GUIDE $600: The February 27, 1965 issue featured the womenfolk of this series The Beverly Hillbillies |
#4282, aired 2003-03-25 | YOU GIVE ME THE WILLIES $200: "Say Hey" -- he was the National League's most valuable baseball player in 1954 & 1965 Willie Mays |
#4273, aired 2003-03-12 | YOU DESERVE A METAL $800: In 1965 President Johnson asked that this metal be eliminated in the minting of new dimes & quarters silver |
#4263, aired 2003-02-26 | POTPOURRI $1000: Founded in L.A. in 1965, this rent-a-car agency was acquired by Chrysler in 1990 Dollar Rent-a-Car |
#4260, aired 2003-02-21 | CINDERELLA $1600: Lesley Collier played Cinderella in a 1981 TV ballet; this Lesley did it in a 1965 Rodgers & Hammerstein CBS special Lesley Ann Warren |
#4257, aired 2003-02-18 | THAT GOOD OLD '60s ROCK & ROLL $2000: Her only Top 40 hit was 1965's "Goldfinger" Shirley Bassey |
#4255, aired 2003-02-14 | LET'S DO A BROADWAY MUSICAL! $1200: Let's pad your brother so he can play Sancho Panza in this 1965 show -- & that cute babysitter can play Aldonza Man of La Mancha |
#4236, aired 2003-01-20 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $1600: On the 4th of July in 1965, 2 years after "I Have a Dream", Martin Luther King preached on this "dream" the American dream |
#4235, aired 2003-01-17 | TEXAS TECH $600: Founded by Ross Perot in 1962, Electronic Data Systems got its first computer in 1965, this company's 1401 IBM |
#4234, aired 2003-01-16 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: In 1965 Sylvania arranged 4 of these in a cube & sold them in packs of 3 flashbulbs |
#4220, aired 2002-12-27 | 3-NAMED AUTHORS $1200: This "Ship of Fools" author won a Pulitzer & the National Book Award for her 1965 "Collected Stories" Katherine Anne Porter |
#4213, aired 2002-12-18 | WORMS $1000: In this 1965 sci-fi novel, giant sandworms on the planet Arrakis create a much-desired spice called melange "Dune" |
#4206, aired 2002-12-09 | OH, WHAT A YEAR! $2000: "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" was published in this year, the same year he was assassinated 1965 |
#4189, aired 2002-11-14 | SPACED OUT $200: In 1965 the Mariner 4 spacecraft made the first flyby of this fourth planet from the Sun Mars |
#4185, aired 2002-11-08 | OSCAR! OSCAR! $1600: Julie Christie won an Oscar as a beautiful but empty woman in this "endearing" 1965 film Darling |
#4173, aired 2002-10-23 | HERE'S TO YOU, MR. ROBINSON $600: Not content merely penning "My Guy" in 1964, he "miraculously" followed it up with "My Girl" in 1965 Smokey Robinson |
#4161, aired 2002-10-07 | REMAKES $1,600 (Daily Double): Neil Simon has recreated this 1965 play for the 21st century; he did it once before in 1986 for female stars The Odd Couple |
#4160, aired 2002-10-04 | PUT ON YOUR JAMIES $400: Thaddaeus in the 1965 film "The Greatest Story Ever Told", he got his greatest role ever in 1972 as Max Klinger Jamie Farr |
#4155, aired 2002-09-27 | "E.B." $400: A 1965 satellite, or the person who gets the breakfast special Early Bird |
#4142, aired 2002-09-10 | BEASTLY MOVIES $1600: 1965:
Jane Fonda turns from schoolteacher to outlaw Cat Ballou |
#4139, aired 2002-09-05 | ROLLING STONES HITS IN OTHER WORDS $600: 1965:
"Remove Yourself From The Water Vapor Mass That Belongs To Me" "Get Off Of My Cloud" |
#4122, aired 2002-07-02 | A PINT OF ALEC GUINNESS $4,400 (Daily Double): In a 1965 romantic epic, Guinness portrayed Yevgraf, the half-brother of this title physician Doctor Zhivago |
#4117, aired 2002-06-25 | HURRICANE NAMES $400: In 1965 this doll of a hurricane made Florida very wetsy Betsy |
#4106, aired 2002-06-10 | ALPHA MALES $2000: This innovative French director ventured into science fiction with 1965's "Alphaville" Jean-Luc Godard |
#4076, aired 2002-04-29 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: He signed the Education Act of 1965 in his old elementary school near Stonewall, Texas Lyndon Johnson |
#4062, aired 2002-04-09 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $1000: 1965:
"Noise from a Melody" The Sound of Music |
#4043, aired 2002-03-13 | THE SILVER SCREEN $800: Tom Jones sang the theme to this 1965 film which Sean Connery remade in 1983 as "Never Say Never Again" Thunderball |
#4035, aired 2002-03-01 | THEIR ONLY TOP 40 HIT $1600: "Eve of Destruction"
(1965) Barry McGuire |
#4034, aired 2002-02-28 | THE '60s $400: This Neil Simon play debuted on Broadway in 1965 with Art Carney & Walter Matthau in the leads The Odd Couple |
#4022, aired 2002-02-12 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT $1600: From 1962 to 1965 he was the host of TV's "Death Valley Days" Reagan |
#4015, aired 2002-02-01 | WOODY ALLEN $1600: Woody played Victor Shakapopulis in this 1965 "feline" comedy that starred Peter O'Toole What's New Pussycat? |
#4005, aired 2002-01-18 | U.S. STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): 1965's Freedom March took place entirely within this state Alabama |
#3971, aired 2001-12-03 | 20th CENTURY JOURNALISTS $1600: A 1965 collection of his articles was titled "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby" Tom Wolfe |
#3963, aired 2001-11-21 | THE MOVIES $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the beach, dressed in a black wig; with Jimmy right behind her.) The tagline from this 1965 Frankie & Annette movie was "It's a game -- separate the girls & the boys into groups of two" Beach Blanket Bingo |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | TIME $100: They look a little different now; the 1965 cover seen here was headed, this machine "in Society" a computer |
#3946, aired 2001-10-29 | IT'S MY LIFE $600: Title of Billie Holiday's 1965 autobiography & of the movie it later inspired "Lady Sings the Blues" |
#3940, aired 2001-10-19 | BOBBING FOR BOBS $100: He started "Penthouse" as a pet project in 1965 Bob Guccione |
#3920, aired 2001-09-21 | MUSICAL FLYERS $600: In 1965 this group flew straight to the top of the charts with the Bob Dylan tune "Mr. Tambourine Man" The Byrds |
#3907, aired 2001-09-04 | IN A FESTIVAL MOOD $200: In July 1965 Bob Dylan was booed at the Newport Festival of this, for abandoning that type of music Folk Music |
#3906, aired 2001-09-03 | TV THEME SONGS $1000: In 1965: "There's a man who leads a life of danger, to everyone he meets he stays a stranger" Secret Agent |
#3893, aired 2001-07-04 | READ $200: Word in common in Frank Herbert titles of 1965, 1969, 1976, 1981 & 1985 Dune |
#3864, aired 2001-05-24 | VICE PRESIDENT & SENATOR $200: This longtime senator who became VP in 1965 went back to the Senate in 1970 after losing a presidential bid Hubert Humphrey |
#3846, aired 2001-04-30 | FLAGS $200 (Daily Double): Adopted in 1965, Ontario's flag features 3 of these leaves maple leaves |
#3846, aired 2001-04-30 | U.S. COINS $200: A few rare 1965 quarters were still made of this metal; the Mint switched to a clad coin that year silver |
#3845, aired 2001-04-27 | BIG-SCREEN STUMPERS $400: This actor first shaved his head to play Pontius Pilate in 1965's "The Greatest Story Ever Told" Telly Savalas |
#3839, aired 2001-04-19 | '60s STUFF $500: On March 30, 2000 Enron Field opened, partially replacing this stadium that opened in 1965 Houston Astrodome |
#3778, aired 2001-01-24 | TITLE FILM ROLES $500: "Cat Ballou"
(1965) Jane Fonda |
#3751, aired 2000-12-18 | ANDY WARHOL $1000: Warhol became the manager of this Lou Reed rock group in 1965 & produced their first album Velvet Underground |
#3740, aired 2000-12-01 | NUTTY TV $300: The first of the "Peanuts" specials, it originally aired on December 9, 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas |
#3718, aired 2000-11-01 | THEIR FINEST "HOUR" $800: In 1965 it was Wilson Pickett's first solo top 40 hit "Midnight Hour" |
#3704, aired 2000-10-12 | THE "MINOR"s $600: From 1965 to 1973 Gerald Ford held this post in the House House Minority Leader |
#3701, aired 2000-10-09 | RIVERS $200: Joan Rivers had her first booking on this show in 1965; in 1983 she became its permanent guest host The Tonight Show |
#3693, aired 2000-09-27 | IN A ROW $100: In 1964 & 1965 this group had 5 No. 1 hits in a row; included in them was "Baby Love" The Supremes |
#3689, aired 2000-09-21 | INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK $800: On May 2, 1965 President Johnson sent 14,000 U.S. troops to this Caribbean "republic" Dominican Republic |
#3686, aired 2000-09-18 | LINCOLN $300: 1965 hit that included the following "The Name Game" |
#3683, aired 2000-09-13 | IT'S A BYRD $500: Known as a fiscal conservative, this brother of Richard Byrd served as a U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1933-1965 Harry Byrd |
#3679, aired 2000-09-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $600: Claude Brown's best-known work is the 1965 autobiography "Manchild in" this place the Promised Land |
#3663, aired 2000-07-05 | LITERATURE $1000: This South African called her 1965 story collection "Not For Publication" Nadine Gordimer |
#3662, aired 2000-07-04 | INDEPENDENCE! $500: In 1965 it slung itself out of the federation of Malaysia Singapore |
#3648, aired 2000-06-14 | ROCK 'N' POP $400: He wrote several earlier hits for others, but didn't have his own Top 10 hit until "Like A Rolling Stone" in 1965 Bob Dylan |
#3643, aired 2000-06-07 | ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S HUSBANDS $400: He played "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" in 1965 Richard Burton |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | NEW GAME SHOWS? $400: This grocery store-set game was first seen in 1965, came back in 1990 with host David Ruprecht, & is back on PAX Supermarket Sweep |
#3621, aired 2000-05-08 | HARDPODGE $800: In 1965 the highest grossing movie of all time was "The Sound of Music"; 10 years later it was this 1975 film Jaws |
#3613, aired 2000-04-26 | TITLE FILM FOLK $300: "Doctor Zhivago"
(1965) Omar Sharif |
#3603, aired 2000-04-12 | THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILMS $100: They made their film debut in "Wild on the Beach" in 1965, the same year they recorded "I Got You, Babe" Sonny and Cher |
#3599, aired 2000-04-06 | RULER $200: President of the Philippines 1965-1986 Ferdinand Marcos |
#3576, aired 2000-03-06 | OBVIOUS ANSWERS $300: In an April 17, 1965 speech in Johnson City, Texas, this president rejected appeals to halt the bombing in Vietnam Lyndon B. Johnson |
#3567, aired 2000-02-22 | THE FILM VAULT $100: Brigitta, Marta & Gretl are 3 of the Von Trapp children in this 1965 Oscar winner The Sound of Music |
#3548, aired 2000-01-26 | THE 1960s $200: The Coinage Act of 1965 eliminated this from dimes & quarters Silver |
#3546, aired 2000-01-24 | JANUARY 24 $1000: Winston Churchill died Jan. 24, 1965, exactly 70 years after this man, his father Lord Randolph Churchill |
#3540, aired 2000-01-14 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $200: Helen Mirren was only about 20 when she played this Egyptian at the Old Vic in 1965 Cleopatra |
#3534, aired 2000-01-06 | '65 $300: On January 20, 1965 he was inaugurated as U.S. vice president Hubert H. Humphrey |
#3534, aired 2000-01-06 | '65 $500 (Daily Double): Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 25, 1965, maybe it got its prize money in pennies on the 31st UNICEF |
#3533, aired 2000-01-05 | COLORFUL PEOPLE $400: Born in Green Forest, Arkansas in 1922, she became a Cosmo editor in 1965 Helen Gurley Brown |
#3514, aired 1999-12-09 | FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD $400: In 1965 Tyson Farms created a new game hen by crossing the white rock & this breed Cornish |
#3509, aired 1999-12-02 | PLAY TIME $600: According to the title, it was "The Subject" of Frank Gilroy's 1965 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Roses |
#3508, aired 1999-12-01 | CINEMA MANIA $200: In this 1965 film, a family on the run from Nazis sings at the Salzburg Music Festival The Sound of Music |
#3506, aired 1999-11-29 | JOHNNY GILBERT ROCKS! $100: More than 2,000 versions of this 1965 song have been recorded:
"Suddenly /
I'm not half the man I used to be /
There's a shadow hanging over me" "Yesterday" |
#3483, aired 1999-10-27 | SOUNDTRACKS BY SONGS $400: 1965:
"You're Gonna Lose That Girl",
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" Help! |
#3463, aired 1999-09-29 | SONGS OF THE '60s $200: "Queen of the House" by Jody Miller was a reply to this 1965 Roger Miller hit "King of the Road" |
#3460, aired 1999-09-24 | MUSIC OF THE '60s $300: In this 1965 hit, Roger Miller tells us that "Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve four-bit room" "King of the Road" |
#3458, aired 1999-09-22 | "YEAR" $400: Troubled 1965 Indonesia is at the heart of this Mel Gibson film The Year of Living Dangerously |
#3454, aired 1999-09-16 | U.S. FIRSTS $600: The USA's first major fully-enclosed baseball stadium, it opened April 9, 1965 Houston Astrodome |
#3453, aired 1999-09-15 | TRIALS OF THE CENTURY $1000: The cops' acquittal in the 1992 trial for beating this man resulted in the worst riots in L.A. since 1965 Rodney King |
#3441, aired 1999-07-19 | WORLD LEADERS $1000: Zaire:
1965-1997 Mobutu Sese Seko |
#3437, aired 1999-07-13 | NICE BUNS! $600: Poppin' Fresh first advertised this company's crescent rolls in 1965 Pillsbury |
#3433, aired 1999-07-07 | C IN HISTORY $200: Canada's Hamilton River was renamed in 1965 to honor this British statesman Winston Churchill |
#3433, aired 1999-07-07 | VINTAGE CARS $300: Chief designer of the 1965 Pontiac GTO, he later designed a sports car he named for himself John DeLorean |
#3419, aired 1999-06-17 | "BOR"ING $2,500 (Daily Double): He circled the Earth in 1965 & circled the moon in 1968 Frank Borman |
#3418, aired 1999-06-16 | WHO THOUGHT OF THAT? $500: In 1965 Stephanie Kwolek developed this material used in bulletproof vests Kevlar |
#3411, aired 1999-06-07 | THE '60s $400: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Freedom Walk in 1965 spanned the 50 miles between these 2 Alabama cities Montgomery & Selma |
#3407, aired 1999-06-01 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $300: A social leader, 1965:
"Let's cool it, brothers!" Malcolm X |
#3403, aired 1999-05-26 | TOM JONES $500: It's not odd that this 1965 song is heard in the 1998 film "Little Voice" "It's Not Unusual" |
#3400, aired 1999-05-21 | BRITISH ROCKERS $500: Their first Top 40 hit was "Go Now!" in 1965; their last was "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" in 1988 The Moody Blues |
#3373, aired 1999-04-14 | AUTHORS $400: His 1965 novel "Desolation Angels" was set just prior to "On the Road" Jack Kerouac |
#3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE SONGS OF BACHARACH & DAVID $200: The sentiment of this 1965 Jackie DeShannon hit is schmaltzy, but true, "No, not just for some, but for everyone" "What the World Needs Now Is Love" |
#3372, aired 1999-04-13 | U.S. U.N. REPS $600: In 1965 Arthur Goldberg left this body to become the U.S. ambassador to the U,N. the Supreme Court |
#3371, aired 1999-04-12 | NAMES IN THE NOOSE $1,500 (Daily Double): Killers Perry Smith & Dick Hickock, whose crime inspired this Truman Capote book, were hanged in 1965 "In Cold Blood" |
#3364, aired 1999-04-01 | EASY $100: In 1965 Hal Fryar played Ringo in "The Outlaws Is Coming" & this man played Ringo in "Help!" Ringo Starr |
#3363, aired 1999-03-31 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $300: In 1965 he became the first sitting president to meet a pope in the U.S. when he met Paul VI Lyndon Johnson |
#3361, aired 1999-03-29 | "GO"ING $300: This 1965 record was Shirley Bassey's biggest hit in the U.S. "Goldfinger" |
#3356, aired 1999-03-22 | BEHIND THE MIKE $800: From 1965 to 1984 this annnouncer & avid fisherman was the host of TV's "The American Sportsman" Curt Gowdy |
#3354, aired 1999-03-18 | MR. OR MS. BROWN $500 (Daily Double): This best-selling author became a magazine editor in 1965 Helen Gurley Brown |
#3347, aired 1999-03-09 | WHICH CAME FIRST? $100: "Happy Days",
"Hee Haw",
"Hogan's Heroes",
"Home Improvement" Hogan's Heroes (1965) |
#3332, aired 1999-02-16 | KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES $200: It's not unusual that this hipster had his first hit with "It's Not Unusual" in 1965 Tom Jones |
#3331, aired 1999-02-15 | YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY $800: Born in Monaco in 1965, she's 7 & 8 years younger than her siblings Caroline & Albert Princess Stephanie |
#3299, aired 1998-12-31 | MOVIE NOSTALGIA $300: This famous TV dad directed his son Rick in the 1965 romantic comedy "Love And Kisses" Ozzie Nelson |
#3298, aired 1998-12-30 | BOWL GAMES $500 (Daily Double): It began in Philadelphia in 1959 & since 1965 has been played in Memphis the Liberty Bowl |
#3296, aired 1998-12-28 | KWANZAA $100: The 1965 riots in this Los Angeles neighborhood inspired Prof. Maulana Karenga to create Kwanzaa in 1966 Watts |
#3288, aired 1998-12-16 | FUNNY WESTERNS $600: Jane Fonda played a schoolteacher who turns into an outlaw in this 1965 film Cat Ballou |
#3274, aired 1998-11-26 | PLAYING DOCTOR $200: He played physician & poet Yuri Zhivago in a 1965 film Omar Sharif |
#3269, aired 1998-11-19 | THEY USED TO BE TEENAGERS $200: By 1965 this teenage Austrian was so muscular he was named Junior Mr. Europe Arnold Schwarzenegger |
#3263, aired 1998-11-11 | SPORTS LEGENDS $1000: In 1965 he was named Indy 500 Rookie of the Year; son Michael won the same award in 1984 Mario Andretti |
#3256, aired 1998-11-02 | KISS YOUR LASS GOODBYE $100: In a 1965 epic this Omar Sharif character keeps getting separated from his beloved Lara Dr. Zhivago |
#3252, aired 1998-10-27 | CLOWNING AROUND $500: This "Born Yesterday" star co-wrote the title tune for the 1965 film "A Thousand Clowns" Judy Holliday |
#3239, aired 1998-10-08 | BLACK AMERICANS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1965 these 2 Nobel Peace Prize winners participated in the Selma to Montgomery March Martin Luther King & Ralph Bunche |
#3237, aired 1998-10-06 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $800: In 1965 she became the first woman to earn a professional license from the National Hot Rod Association Shirley Muldowney |
#3231, aired 1998-09-28 | THEATER $100: This 1-act musical that debuted in 1965 has Cervantes playing Don Quixote Man of La Mancha |
#3215, aired 1998-07-17 | GREAT BRITS $400: Group heard here; they were named members of the Order of the British Empire in 1965 The Beatles |
#3211, aired 1998-07-13 | BERKELEY IN THE '60s $100: In October 1965 Oakland police turned back over 10,000 marchers protesting this war the Vietnam War |
#3206, aired 1998-07-06 | 1965 $200: Public Law 89-152 made burning or mutilating one of these cards a federal crime draft cards |
#3206, aired 1998-07-06 | 1965 $400: We kid you not, in October this U.N. agency won the Nobel Peace Prize UNICEF |
#3206, aired 1998-07-06 | 1965 $600: Italy's & France's presidents did the ribbon-cutting on a new tunnel through this mountain Mont Blanc |
#3206, aired 1998-07-06 | 1965 $800: This singer with a famous father had a No. 1 hit in 1965 with the song heard here: Gary Lewis |
#3206, aired 1998-07-06 | 1965 $1000: Congress created this Cabinet dept. in 1965 but a secretary wasn't picked to head it until 1966 HUD (Housing and Urban Development) |
#3202, aired 1998-06-30 | SORE-SEAT CINEMA $200: In 1965 this pop artist made "Empire", an 8-hour stationary look at the Empire State Building Andy Warhol |
#3194, aired 1998-06-18 | THE COSSACKS ARE COMING! $200: For his books on the Cossacks of the Don River Mikhail Sholokhov won this top prize in 1965 the Nobel Prize for Literature |
#3189, aired 1998-06-11 | TRAVEL TEXAS $200: Be a good sport & tell us the name of the attraction seen here:
(opened in Houston in 1965) Astrodome |
#3179, aired 1998-05-28 | '60s TV $800: As producer, Carl Reiner picked up an Emmy for this Outstanding Comedy Series of 1965-66 The Dick Van Dyke Show |
#3173, aired 1998-05-20 | UN-SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT $600: In 1965 Giants pitcher Juan Marichal, at the plate with a bat, attacked John Roseboro of this rival team the Dodgers |
#3149, aired 1998-04-16 | 1960s MUSIC $600: This group's 1965 hit "Do You Believe In Magic" was used in 1990s TV commercials by McDonald's The Lovin' Spoonful |
#3144, aired 1998-04-09 | IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT $200: This city's Nov. 9, 1965 blackout began at 5:27 P.M., stranding subway riders & darkening Herald Square New York City |
#3141, aired 1998-04-06 | BEFORE & AFTER $300: Disaffected group born after 1965 who are investigated by Mulder & Scully the Generation X-Files |
#3131, aired 1998-03-23 | "NONE" $400: This 1965 war drama was Frank Sinatra's directorial debut None But the Brave |
#3131, aired 1998-03-23 | OXYMORONS $1000: In 1965, Ringo Starr sang that "They're gonna put me in the movies" in a hit with this oxymoronic title Act Naturally |
#3121, aired 1998-03-09 | PERFECTION IN SPORTS $500: This Giants centerfielder hit more than 50 home runs in a season twice, in 1955 & 1965 Willie Mays |
#3120, aired 1998-03-06 | THE 20th CENTURY $1,000 (Daily Double): The first successful Mars probe; it passed the planet in 1965 but orbited the sun until it became "ancient" Mariner |
#3112, aired 1998-02-24 | ACTION! $200: In a 1965 speech this president put out a call for "affirmative action" in hiring by federal contractors Johnson |
#3106, aired 1998-02-16 | GOLDBERGS $500: In 1965 Arthur Goldberg left this body to be U.N. Ambassador partly in hopes of stopping the Vietnam War U.S. Supreme Court |
#3098, aired 1998-02-04 | '60s NO. 1 HITS $500: 1965 had 3 songs with exclamation points: "Stop! In the Name of Love", "Turn! Turn! Turn!" & this Beatles hit "Help!" |
#3094, aired 1998-01-29 | SOUNDING OFF $400: A hit 1965 musical was called this "of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd" The Roar |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $400: The Beatles' first No. 1 single of 1965 had this impossible title "Eight Days a Week" |
#3091, aired 1998-01-26 | NOTABLE AMERICANS $600: This first lady graduated from Chicago's Maine South High School in 1965, in the top 50% of her class Hillary Rodham Clinton |
#3090, aired 1998-01-23 | '60s ROLES $1000: Title profession of Rod Steiger's 1965 character Sol Nazerman The Pawnbroker |
#3088, aired 1998-01-21 | PLAYS $400: Walter Matthau & Art Carney starred in this play when it debuted on Broadway in 1965 "The Odd Couple" |
#3086, aired 1998-01-19 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $200: In 1965 Congress barred several states from requiring that voters be able to do this Read |
#3086, aired 1998-01-19 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT $600: In 1965, after being assaulted in this Alabama city, Martin Luther King led a march from there to Montgomery Selma |
#3069, aired 1997-12-25 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $500: In accordance with the founder's will, this Houston university was tuition-free from 1912 to 1965 Rice |
#3060, aired 1997-12-12 | FOLKIES $200: The times they were a-changin' when this folk icon went electric at the 1965 Newport Festival Bob Dylan |
#3050, aired 1997-11-28 | THE 1960s $400: On July 30, 1965 this bill providing health care for the aged was signed into law Medicare |
#3018, aired 1997-10-15 | NOTED PUSSYCATS $300: Tom Jones' 1965 hit single "What's New Pussycat" was written by Hal David & this partner Burt Bacharach |
#3016, aired 1997-10-13 | "NEW" MUSIC $200: In 1965 James Brown sang that "Papa's Got" one of these A brand new bag |
#3008, aired 1997-10-01 | DIRECTORS & THEIR FILMS $1000: This star of TV's "Jake And The Fatman" directed the 1965 Joey Heatherton thriller "My Blood Runs Cold" William Conrad |
#2945, aired 1997-05-23 | INTERIOR DESIGN $600: Since 1965 these illumination devices filled with glowing wax have given Americans a "volcanic" thrill Lava lamps |
#2919, aired 1997-04-17 | THE BRITISH INVASION $600: In the 1965 film "Ferry Cross The Mersey", this group sang several songs, including the title tune Gerry and The Pacemakers |
#2914, aired 1997-04-10 | BLACK AMERICANS $200: This one-time black Muslim leader was assassinated February 21, 1965 in New York City Malcolm X |
#2913, aired 1997-04-09 | NAMES OF THE '60s $100: In 1965 he called the Chevrolet Corvair "Unsafe at any speed" Ralph Nader |
#2908, aired 1997-04-02 | HODGEPODGE $100: This character jumped out of his first biscuit can on TV in 1965 the Pillsbury Doughboy (or Poppin' Fresh) |
#2901, aired 1997-03-24 | TV PILOTS $300: A 1965 U.S. pilot of England's "Steptoe and Son" was recast & sold as this comedy show in 1972 Sanford and Son |
#2896, aired 1997-03-17 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: The elegant St. Gregory is the setting for this 1965 Arthur Hailey bestseller Hotel |
#2893, aired 1997-03-12 | LITERATURE $500 (Daily Double): The title of this 1965 Frank Herbert novel refers to the desert planet of Arrakis Dune |
#2889, aired 1997-03-06 | '60S BESTSELLERS $400: 002 of his '60s bestsellers were "You Only Live Twice" in 1964 & "The Man With The Golden Gun" in 1965 Ian Fleming |
#2827, aired 1996-12-10 | NEW JERSEYANS $1000: John McPhee became a staff writer on this magazine in 1965 The New Yorker |
#2815, aired 1996-11-22 | POSTAGE STAMPS $800: A U.S. stamp from 1965 commemorated the 700th anniversary of the birth of this Italian poet Dante Aligheri |
#2742, aired 1996-07-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,600 (Daily Double): On July 14, 1965, this U.N. ambassador & former presidential candidate died in London at age 65 Adlai Stevenson |
#2725, aired 1996-06-07 | FIRST LADIES $400: She was voted the student most likely to succeed by her high school graduating class of 1965 Hillary Clinton |
#2721, aired 1996-06-03 | SINGERS & THEIR FILMS $100: She played Frank Sinatra's daughter in the 1965 comedy "Marriage on the Rocks"—inspired casting Nancy Sinatra |
#2718, aired 1996-05-29 | QUOTATIONS $200: In a 1965 song this Who guitarist wrote, "Hope I die before I get old. This is my generation" Pete Townshend |
#2713, aired 1996-05-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: On Lady Bird Johnson's urging, Congress voted funds in 1965 to beautify these highways |
#2713, aired 1996-05-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On March 23, 1965 a 2-man craft in this program became the first piloted spacecraft to change its orbit Gemini |
#2669, aired 1996-03-21 | MEDICINE $400: In 1965 this famous pediatrician published "Caring For Your Disabled Child" Dr. Benjamin Spock |
#2667, aired 1996-03-19 | WORLD FLAGS $400: This country's present flag, red & white with a maple leaf, was adopted in 1965 Canada |
#2651, aired 1996-02-26 | AWARDS $500: In 1965 this oral polio vaccine developer was given an Albert Lasker Medical Research Award (Albert) Sabin |
#2639, aired 1996-02-08 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: Once run by members of a religious community, this refrigeration co. was acquired by Raytheon in 1965 Amana |
#2627, aired 1996-01-23 | ROYALTY $200: Princess Grace's youngest child, she was born in Monaco's Palais Princier on Feb. 1, 1965 Princess Stephanie |
#2621, aired 1996-01-15 | MUSIC IN "BLACK" & "WHITE" $300: In 1965, pianist Horst Jankowski took a walk up the charts with "A Walk In" this German location the Black Forest |
#2615, aired 1996-01-05 | "SOUND" & "SILENCE" $1,800 (Daily Double): 1965 & 1991 Best Picture Oscar winners The Sound of Music & The Silence of the Lambs |
#2605, aired 1995-12-22 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: In a 1965 revival of this musical, Jerry Orbach played Jigger & understudied the role of Billy Bigelow Carousel |
#2591, aired 1995-12-04 | THE PLANETS $600: In 1965 a panel of scientists asserted it was entirely possible there is life on this planet Mars |
#2568, aired 1995-11-01 | TELEVISION $300: Roy Huggins, who created "The Fugitive", also produced this 1965-68 Ben Gazzara series Run for Your Life |
#2564, aired 1995-10-26 | FASHION HISTORY $200: This 1965 David Lean film had fans "Russian" out to buy coats inspired by it Doctor Zhivago |
#2556, aired 1995-10-16 | THE MOVIES $300: This actor played secret agent Harry Palmer in 3 films, beginning with "The Ipcress File" in 1965 Michael Caine |
#2550, aired 1995-10-06 | ATTIRE $300: Since 1965 many of these nuns' outfits have become simpler habit |
#2536, aired 1995-09-18 | THEATRE $600: William Ball founded the ACT in Pittsburgh in 1965 but moved it to this Northern California city in 1967 San Francisco |
#2524, aired 1995-07-20 | 20th CENTURY WRITERS $400: In 1965 he was overheard telling mafia stories & was offered $5,000 for a book about the underworld (Mario) Puzo |
#2521, aired 1995-07-17 | THE 1960s $500 (Daily Double): This cabinet department formerly headed by Jack Kemp was established in 1965 HUD (Housing and Urban Development) |
#2518, aired 1995-07-12 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1965 Singapore separated from this Southeast Asian nation Malaysia |
#2506, aired 1995-06-26 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $500: Edward Everett Horton played the Starkeeper in a 1965 revival of this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Carousel |
#2488, aired 1995-05-31 | ODDS & ENDS $600: In 1965 this Chinese-American won a Bard Award for designing NYC's Kips Bay Apartments (I.M.) Pei |
#2487, aired 1995-05-30 | ROCK MUSIC $300: This group's "Wooly Bully" was named Billboard's No. 1 single of 1965 though it never hit No. 1 Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs |
#2485, aired 1995-05-26 | THE WHITE HOUSE $200: In 1965 a garden on the east side of the mansion was named for this first lady by Mrs. Johnson the Jackie Kennedy Garden |
#2483, aired 1995-05-24 | ART $1000: In 1965 she completed a 24-foot-wide painting called "Sky Above Clouds IV" Georgia O'Keeffe |
#2466, aired 1995-05-01 | SPACE EXPLORERS $600: Pavel Belyayev commanded the 1965 Voskhod 2 mission on which Alexi Leonov became the first to do this spacewalk |
#2460, aired 1995-04-21 | THE SMITHS $500: On Nov. 11, 1965 this prime minister declared Rhodesia's independence from Great Britain Ian Smith |
#2421, aired 1995-02-27 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $1000: His autobiography, written with Alex Haley, was published posthumously in 1965 Malcolm X |
#2405, aired 1995-02-03 | AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHs $1000: This American photographer worked for Harper's Bazaar 1945-1965 & on staff for Vogue 1966-1970 (Richard) Avedon |
#2403, aired 1995-02-01 | U.S. U.N. AMBASSADORS $400: To become U.N. ambassador in 1965, Arthur Goldberg resigned from this body the Supreme Court |
#2398, aired 1995-01-25 | MUSIC $200: His band played "Auld Lang Syne" at the Roosevelt on New Year's Eve from 1929, moving to the Waldorf in 1965 Guy Lombardo |
#2395, aired 1995-01-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,100 (Daily Double): On Feb. 18, 1965 this Secretary of Defense called for a nationwide network of bomb shelters Robert McNamara |
#2373, aired 1994-12-21 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: In 1965 this soft drink company brought Frito-Lay Pepsi |
#2372, aired 1994-12-20 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: Bruce Catton completed his 3-volume "Centennial History of" this war in 1965 the Civil War |
#2368, aired 1994-12-14 | THE GRAMMYS $300: This artist won 3 Grammys for "Dang Me" in 1965, including Best Country & Western Song Roger Miller |
#2366, aired 1994-12-12 | EDUCATION $1000: Begun in 1965, this federal program offers services for handicapped & disadvantaged preschoolers Head Start |
#2362, aired 1994-12-06 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $200: This British actor-director's 1965 film of "Othello" featured Derek Jacobi as Cassio Olivier |
#2359, aired 1994-12-01 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $300: In 1965 teenage Meryl Streep played Marian the Librarian in her high school's production of this musical The Music Man |
#2352, aired 1994-11-22 | OPERA $200: Robert Guilliaume appeared in a 1965 production of this Gershwin work at the Vienna Volksoper Porgy and Bess |
#2329, aired 1994-10-20 | FAMOUS WILSONS $600: In 1965 he broke into the pop Top 40 with "In The Midnight Hour" Wilson Pickett |
#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 |
#2322, aired 1994-10-11 | PEOPLE $400: She's the 1st performer to head the National Endowment for the Arts since its inception in 1965 Jane Alexander |
#2316, aired 1994-10-03 | 1960s ROCK $500: This drummer-led British quintet starred in the 1965 film "Having a Wild Weekend" The Dave Clark Five |
#2314, aired 1994-09-29 | WORLD MAIL $1,500 (Daily Double): A 1965 2-krone stamp from this country depicted the newly-formed island of Surtsey Iceland |
#2309, aired 1994-09-22 | SIGNERS $200: In 1965 this quarterback signed a 3-year contract with the New York Jets for $427,000 Joe Namath |
#2303, aired 1994-09-14 | POP MUSIC $500: This group's first 2 albums, released in 1965 & '66, were "Mr. Tambourine Man" & "Turn! Turn! Turn!" The Byrds |
#2298, aired 1994-09-07 | SONGS OF THE '60s $800: The colossal, colorful commercial character in the title of a 1965 Kingsmen hit the Jolly Green Giant |
#2297, aired 1994-09-06 | METALS $300: Some of this metal, eliminated from U.S. quarters & dimes in 1965, remained in half dollars until 1970 silver |
#2295, aired 1994-07-22 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: The brother of this polar explorer was a senator from Virginia from 1933 to 1965 Byrd |
#2295, aired 1994-07-22 | FAMOUS NAMES $1,600 (Daily Double): At his death in 1965, this Nobel Laureate was buried on the banks of the Ogooue River in Gabon (Albert) Schweitzer |
#2293, aired 1994-07-20 | MUSICAL THEATRE $100: In 1965 Ginger Rogers succeeded Carol Channing as the matchmaker in this musical Hello, Dolly! |
#2278, aired 1994-06-29 | LITERATURE $1000: This James A. Michener book about the Holy Land was the bestselling hardcover novel of 1965 The Source |
#2230, aired 1994-04-22 | ART $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1965 this artist's portrait of his son Titus was sold to collector Norton Simon for over $2 million Rembrandt |
#2227, aired 1994-04-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In July 1965, 20 years after Truman proposed universal health insurance, this program became law Medicare |
#2227, aired 1994-04-19 | THE 1960s $1,500 (Daily Double): On May 14, 1965 an acre of Runnymede was bequeathed to the U.S. as a memorial to him John F. Kennedy |
#2215, aired 1994-04-01 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $300: President Johnson was among the sports fans who attended the 1st game at this Houston stadium in 1965 the Astrodome |
#2212, aired 1994-03-29 | 1965 $100: In February she gave birth to her third child, Princess Stephanie Marie Elisabeth, in Monaco-Ville Grace Kelly |
#2212, aired 1994-03-29 | 1965 $200: In November John Lindsay became the first non-Democrat elected mayor of this city in 20 years New York City |
#2212, aired 1994-03-29 | 1965 $300: This exiled King of Egypt was only 45 when he died in Rome on March 18 Farouk |
#2212, aired 1994-03-29 | 1965 $400: The first mission in this U.S. 2-man space program blasted into orbit on March 23 Gemini |
#2212, aired 1994-03-29 | 1965 $500: In October he became the first reigning pope ever to visit the United States Pope Paul VI |
#2205, aired 1994-03-18 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $500: It was expelled from the Federation of Malaysia in August 1965 & became a republic a month later Singapore |
#2194, aired 1994-03-03 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $400: In 1965 Australia sent troops to fight in this Southeast Asian country Vietnam |
#2153, aired 1994-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1965 this man succeeded Diosdado Macapagal as president of the Philippines Marcos |
#2150, aired 1993-12-31 | 1960s BROADWAY $500 (Daily Double): This musical with Robert Morse opened October 14, 1961 & closed in 1965 after 1,415 performances How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
#2144, aired 1993-12-23 | NONFICTION $500: In 1965 he published his first book of essays, "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby" Tom Wolfe |
#2132, aired 1993-12-07 | JANUARY 30 $500: Queen Elizabeth II made history in 1965 when she attended this commoner's funeral Winston Churchill |
#2115, aired 1993-11-12 | SHAKESPEARE $2,200 (Daily Double): Maggie Smith earned a 1965 Oscar nomination for playing Desdemona in this Laurence Olivier film Othello |
#2111, aired 1993-11-08 | TV SITCOMS $400: This comedy that debuted in 1965 was set in Stalag 13, a POW camp Hogan's Heroes |
#2104, aired 1993-10-28 | FOOTBALL $500: In his career, 1957-1965, this Cleveland back scored 126 touchdowns, a record that still stands Jim Brown |
#2094, aired 1993-10-14 | BODIES OF WATER $400: In 1965 Canada's Hamilton River was renamed to honor this British prime minister Churchill |
#2092, aired 1993-10-12 | 1966 $300: On March 10 3 men were convicted of the 1965 murder of this Black nationalist leader Malcolm X |
#2090, aired 1993-10-08 | CLASSIC TELEVISION $500: From 1951-1965 regular panelists on this game show were Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen & Bennett Cerf What's My Line? |
#2075, aired 1993-09-17 | 1965 $200: Congress eliminated this metal from dimes & quarters & reduced it in half-dollars silver |
#2075, aired 1993-09-17 | 1965 $400: This company introduced its $20 Swinger camera Polaroid |
#2075, aired 1993-09-17 | 1965 $600: When one of these occurred on Nov. 9, 1965, it affected 30 million people in an 80,000-square-mile area a blackout |
#2075, aired 1993-09-17 | 1965 $800: From the capsule, James McDivitt joked to this 1st U.S. spacewalker, "You smeared my windshield, you dirty dog!" (Ed) White |
#2075, aired 1993-09-17 | 1965 $1000: This PBS host may have written in his journal in July, "I replaced George Reedy as presidential press secretary" Bill Moyers |
#2073, aired 1993-09-15 | POTPOURRI $100: In 1965 Emilio Pucci designed clear plastic bubble helmets for these employees of Braniff Airlines stewardesses |
#2073, aired 1993-09-15 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $500 (Daily Double): In 1965 Abe Fortas replaced this man, who resigned to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Arthur Goldberg |
#2070, aired 1993-09-10 | "EVE"s $500: In 1965 this "devastating" song became a No. 1 hit for Barry McGuire "Eve Of Destruction" |
#2067, aired 1993-09-07 | "O" NO! $800: The Museum of Modern Art's 1965 exhibition "The Responsive Eye" focused on this type of art op art |
#2065, aired 1993-07-23 | 1960s TELEVISION $300: In 1965 this 26-year-old Canadian became the youngest to anchor a U.S. network newscast Peter Jennings |
#2065, aired 1993-07-23 | POTPOURRI $500: She wrote the 1965 work "Normality and Pathology in Childhood" Anna Freud |
#2063, aired 1993-07-21 | WINSTON CHURCHILL $800: Churchill's January 1965 state funeral was held at this London church built by Christopher Wren St. Paul's Cathedral |
#2051, aired 1993-07-05 | RULERS $1000: Taufa'ahau Tupou IV has been king of this South Pacific island country since 1965 Tonga |
#2046, aired 1993-06-28 | SCIENCE $300: Life here was the subject of the 1965 book "World Without Sun" the sea |
#2040, aired 1993-06-18 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: She received a doctorate from Cambridge in 1965 after doing a thesis on chimpanzee behavior Jane Goodall |
#2035, aired 1993-06-11 | CHARLOTTES $400: Hollis was the last name of the Bette Davis character in this 1965 film Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
#2035, aired 1993-06-11 | POP MUSIC $800: This lead singer & his group The Mindbenders topped the charts in 1965 with "Game of Love" Wayne Fontana |
#2033, aired 1993-06-09 | POLITICIANS $400: From 1965 until he became vice president in 1973, he was the minority leader in the House Gerry Ford |
#2028, aired 1993-06-02 | POP MUSIC $300: A 1965 No. 1 hit by the Rolling Stones said to "get off of" this my cloud |
#2026, aired 1993-05-31 | SPECIALS $200: Her first TV special on April 28, 1965 was titled "My Name Is Barbra" Barbra Streisand |
#2026, aired 1993-05-31 | THE 20th CENTURY $600 (Daily Double): This American space program launched 10 2-man space capsules in 1965 & 1966 the Gemini program |
#2014, aired 1993-05-13 | FIRST LADIES $300: Under her prodding, Congress passed the Highway Beautification Act in 1965 Lady Bird Johnson |
#2010, aired 1993-05-07 | POLITICIANS $400: This former H.U.D. secretary quarterbacked the Buffalo Bills to the AFL title in 1964 & 1965 Jack Kemp |
#2004, aired 1993-04-29 | ITALIAN AMERICANS $200: In 1965 he received an offer he couldn't refuse: a $5,000 advance to write "The Godfather" Mario Puzo |
#1996, aired 1993-04-19 | THE GRAMMYS $200: 1965 "was a very good year" for this crooner--he won a Grammy as Best Male Vocalist Frank Sinatra |
#1996, aired 1993-04-19 | HISTORIC LEADERS $400: In 1965 President Sukarno pulled this country out of the U.N., but it rejoined the following year Indonesia |
#1996, aired 1993-04-19 | THE GRAMMYS $400: This Roger Miller tune was responsible for 5 Grammys in 1965, including Best Rock & Roll Single "King Of The Road" |
#1990, aired 1993-04-09 | THE ENVIRONMENT $200: The 1965 Highway Beautification Act banned many of these roadside advertising displays billboards |
#1979, aired 1993-03-25 | AWARDS $400: This U.N. organization got the Nobel Peace Prize for 1965—we wonder if the cash award was in pennies UNICEF |
#1971, aired 1993-03-15 | DRAMA $1000: Vivien Merchant was married to this playwright when she co-starred in his 1965 play "The Homecoming" Harold Pinter |
#1967, aired 1993-03-09 | JANUARY $400: This British ex-prime minister died January 24, 1965; his father, Randolph, had died January 24, 1895 Winston Churchill |
#1946, aired 1993-02-08 | POLITICIANS $800: Since 1965 this Speaker of the House has represented Washington State's 5th District in the House Tom Foley |
#1942, aired 1993-02-02 | POPULAR MUSIC $100: "Like A Rolling Stone" was featured on his "Highway 61 Revisited" album, released in 1965 Bob Dylan |
#1933, aired 1993-01-20 | ITALIAN BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200 (Daily Double): This company began selling its United Colors out of Ponzano, Italy in 1965 Benetton |
#1890, aired 1992-11-20 | POLITICIANS $200: This HUD secretary was president of the AFL Players Association from 1965 to 1970 (Jack) Kemp |
#1880, aired 1992-11-06 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In 1965 he succeeded Gheorghiu-Dej as head of the Romanian communist party (Nicolae) Ceaușescu |
#1865, aired 1992-10-16 | BROADWAY $300: Liza Minnelli won her first Tony playing the title role of Flora in this 1965 musical Flora the Red Menace |
#1855, aired 1992-10-02 | HARVARD $600: Miguel de la Madrid, M.A. 1965, went on to run this country Mexico |
#1849, aired 1992-09-24 | MUSICAL THEATER $200: 1965 play in which you'd hear the lyrics, "I am I, Don Quixote" Man of La Mancha |
#1849, aired 1992-09-24 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $200: On March 18, 1965, Alexei Leonov became the first man to walk here space |
#1846, aired 1992-09-21 | '60s TV $400: In 1965 he moved up from ramrod to trail boss on "Rawhide" Clint Eastwood |
#1845, aired 1992-09-18 | MOTOWN HITS $500: This 1965 hit by The Four Tops is also called "Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch" "I Can't Help Myself" |
#1836, aired 1992-09-07 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $100: On Oct. 18, 1965 David Miller was the first to be arrested under a new law prohibiting burning these draft cards |
#1831, aired 1992-07-13 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $100: Donna de Varona was elected to this sport's International Hall of Fame in 1965 swimming |
#1779, aired 1992-04-30 | U.S. CITIES $400: This New Mexico City's nuclear research lab was designated a nat'l landmark in 1965 Los Alamos |
#1707, aired 1992-01-21 | SPORTS $300: In 1965 this 75-year-old manager of the New York Mets retired & was succeeded by Wes Westrum Casey Stengel |
#1706, aired 1992-01-20 | DAVID LEAN $3,000 (Daily Double): Much of this 1965 Lean epic based on a novel is told in flashback. It featured the following theme: Doctor Zhivago |
#1676, aired 1991-12-09 | GAME SHOWS $300: 1 of the 2 games you could watch in 1965 whose name began with "Let's" Let's Make a Deal (or Let's Play Post Office) |
#1675, aired 1991-12-06 | SPORTS LEGENDS $200: The NFL's rushing leader 8 times between 1957 & 1965, his last name is the same as his 1st pro coach & team Jim Brown |
#1665, aired 1991-11-22 | CORPORATE AMERICA $500: Pepsi became Pepsico, Inc. when it bought this chip company in 1965 Frito-Lay |
#1665, aired 1991-11-22 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: In March 1965 M.L. King Jr. led 25,000 freedom marchers from Selma to this capital city Montgomery |
#1663, aired 1991-11-20 | THE GRAMMYS $100: The Best R & B Recording of 1965 was this singer's "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" James Brown |
#1662, aired 1991-11-19 | CHINESE HISTORY $200: After the Panchen Lama was removed from power, it became an autonomous region of China in 1965 Tibet |
#1659, aired 1991-11-14 | HITS OF THE 1960s $300: In 1965 The McCoys hit No. 1 with this song about a girl who lives in a very bad part of town "Hang On Sloopy" |
#1658, aired 1991-11-13 | ISLANDS $800: Singapore seceded from this country in 1965 Malaysia |
#1655, aired 1991-11-08 | BLACK AMERICA $400: He was killed in 1965, months after founding the Organization of Afro-American Unity Malcolm X |
#1653, aired 1991-11-06 | U.S. COINS $200: The Coinage Act of 1965 removed all of this metal from dimes & quarters Silver |
#1652, aired 1991-11-05 | SPORTS $500: In 1964 & 1965 The Sporting News named this future senator College Player of the Year in basketball Bill Bradley |
#1644, aired 1991-10-24 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $100: Dan Greenburg's 1965 best seller was titled "How to Be a Jewish" one of these mother |
#1642, aired 1991-10-22 | MOVIE ARTISTS $300: Halliwell's Film Guide says this 1965 film inspired 1 critic to say "Heston hits the ceiling" The Agony and the Ecstasy |
#1641, aired 1991-10-21 | LITERATURE $800: His letters to Anais Nin were published in 1965 Henry Miller |
#1638, aired 1991-10-16 | THE SOUTH $500: This city celebrated its 400th anniversary in 1965 St. Augustine, Florida |
#1601, aired 1991-07-15 | BALLET $600: In 1965 Nureyev & Fonteyn starred in a ballet about this Shakespearean couple Romeo & Juliet |
#1596, aired 1991-07-08 | U.S. STATES $400: In 1965 the chile pepper & the frijol bean became this state's official vegetables New Mexico |
#1585, aired 1991-06-21 | BODIES OF WATER $500: The Hamilton River in Labrador was renamed for this British Prime Minister in 1965, the year of his death Churchill |
#1581, aired 1991-06-17 | USA $100: In 1965 Actors' Equity set salaries & work conditions for this offshoot of off-Broadway off-off-Broadway |
#1576, aired 1991-06-10 | SINGAPORE $1000: Independence came in 1965 when it seceded from this country to which it's linked by a causeway Malaysia |
#1565, aired 1991-05-24 | QUESTIONABLE SONGS $200: In 1965 Tom Jones had the ladies "purring" with this questionable hit "What's New Pussycat?" |
#1562, aired 1991-05-21 | MODERN HISTORY $400: When Francois Mitterrand 1st ran for pres. of France in 1965, he was defeated by this man de Gaulle |
#1554, aired 1991-05-09 | GOVERNMENT $500 (Daily Double): The two health insurance plans established by the federal government in 1965 Medicare & Medicaid |
#1546, aired 1991-04-29 | SPACE EXPLORATION $400: In 1965, Edward White did this 1st for the U.S. & it lasted 20 minutes, longer than the 1st American was in space a spacewalk |
#1526, aired 1991-04-01 | SPACE EXPLORATION $400: On March 23, 1965 Gus Grissom & John Young became the 1st pair to orbit in this new space project Gemini |
#1518, aired 1991-03-20 | THE U N $200: This agency that won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 sells greeting cards UNICEF |
#1515, aired 1991-03-15 | NAME'S THE SAME $400: Oscar-winning 1963 film, or singer of the Oscar-nominated 1965 song "What's New, Pussycat?" Tom Jones |
#1509, aired 1991-03-07 | FICTION $1000: "Dune Messiah" is one of several sequels to his 1965 epic "Dune" Frank Herbert |
#1496, aired 1991-02-18 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Born Malcolm Little, he changed his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz; he was killed in 1965 Malcolm X |
#1495, aired 1991-02-15 | POP MUSIC $600: Featured in the movie "Ghost", this 1965 Righteous Brothers hit recharted in 1990 "Unchained Melody" |
#1478, aired 1991-01-23 | 1960s TV $400: This ABC prime-time serial aired 3 nights a week from June 1965 to August 1966 Peyton Place |
#1441, aired 1990-12-03 | FAMOUS LIONS $200: This cross-eyed lion starred in his own 1965 movie & in the TV series "Daktari" Clarence |
#1441, aired 1990-12-03 | AWARDS $500: The NAACP awarded its Spingarn Medal to this diva in 1965 Leontyne Price |
#1438, aired 1990-11-28 | MARS $1000: The #4 space craft of this series made the first fly-by of Mars in 1965 Mariner |
#1437, aired 1990-11-27 | SPACE EXPLORATION $400: In 1965 this European country became the 3rd nation to launch a satellite into Earth's orbit France |
#1432, aired 1990-11-20 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $1000: He died September 4, 1965 in Lambarene, Gabon and is buried there Dr. Schweitzer |
#1424, aired 1990-11-08 | ISLANDS $400: Once called Oyster Island, it became part of the Statue of Liberty nat'l monument in 1965 Ellis Island |
#1414, aired 1990-10-25 | IT'S QUESTIONABLE $400: In 1965 Ronald Reagan published this book of memoirs Where's the Rest of Me? |
#1400, aired 1990-10-05 | WOMEN $400: Helen Gurley Brown has been the editor of this magazine since 1965 Cosmopolitan |
#1390, aired 1990-09-21 | THE 1960s $200: On October 18, 1965, David Miller was the first to be arrested under a new law against burning these draft cards |
#1373, aired 1990-07-18 | HOUSTON $300: Named for a person, not a crop, this university was tuition-free until 1965 Rice |
#1369, aired 1990-07-12 | EDUCATION $700 (Daily Double): This program was established in 1965 to give disadvantaged children a jump on kindergarten Head Start |
#1355, aired 1990-06-22 | "OF" SONGS $400: To avoid a broken heart, in 1965 The Supremes gave this order "Stop in the Name of Love" |
#1310, aired 1990-04-20 | AWARDS $200: This organization which aids children won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 UNICEF |
#1275, aired 1990-03-02 | SONGS OF THE '60s $400: "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter" was a No. 1 hit in 1965 for this group led by Peter Noone Herman's Hermits |
#1271, aired 1990-02-26 | THEATER $2,000 (Daily Double): Songs from this 1965 musical include "The Dubbing" & "Dulcinea" "Man of La Mancha" |
#1250, aired 1990-01-26 | SONGS OF THE '60S $500: In 1965 the appropriately named Seekers sang, "I Know I'll Never Find" this Another You |
#1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ACTORS & RUSSIAN ROLES $200: Alec Guinness played Yevgraf, the half brother of the title physician, in this romantic 1965 epic Doctor Zhivago |
#1228, aired 1989-12-27 | HELICOPTERS $500: From 1965-77 this 59-story building in NYC, operated a heliport on its roof the Pan Am Building |
#1228, aired 1989-12-27 | PRESIDENTIAL BOOKS $800: John R. Stiles & this future president wrote "Portrait of the Assassin", a 1965 book about L. Harvey Oswald Gerald Ford |
#1227, aired 1989-12-26 | "BABY" SONGS $200: In a 1965 hit by Herman's Hermits, it's the line that follows "Every time I see you lookin' my way" "Ooh, baby, baby can't you hear my heart beat" |
#1207, aired 1989-11-28 | U.S. HISTORY $400: It began shortly after 5 PM November 9, 1965 & affected parts of 8 states & 2 Canadian provinces the great blckout |
#1197, aired 1989-11-14 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: He was appointed to the Supreme Court by LBJ in 1965, but resigned in 1969 Abe Fortas |
#1193, aired 1989-11-08 | CANADIAN HISTORY $400: French Canadians didn't like the Union Jack on the old flag, so in 1965 this new design was unfurled maple leaf |
#1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BLACK AMERICA $800: This black leader was assassinated in Harlem on February 21, 1965 Malcolm X |
#1182, aired 1989-10-24 | 1967 $200: Joan Baez file suit for a refund for parts of her 1965-6 taxes used for these purposes to fund the war in Vietnam |
#1169, aired 1989-10-05 | COSMETICS $1000: In 1965 this "War & Remembrance" actress marketed a line of cosmetics made from turtle oil Polly Bergen |
#1169, aired 1989-10-05 | MAN IN SPACE $1000: On June 3, 1965 this Gemini 4 astronaut took a 20 minute space walk, the 1st American to do so Ed White |
#1167, aired 1989-10-03 | THE U.N. $1000: In 1965 this large Asian island country became the only one to quit the U.N., & it rejoined 2 years later Indonesia |
#1147, aired 1989-09-05 | LBJ $200: When Lyndon took his oath of office in 1965, his wife had a firm grip on this book the (family) Bible |
#1147, aired 1989-09-05 | LBJ $500: Phrase that came into vogue in 1965 referring to the chasm between LBJ & public trust the credibility gap |
#1147, aired 1989-09-05 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1000: In 1965 Lillian Hellman re-issued 5 of his detective novels Dashiell Hammett |
#1145, aired 1989-07-21 | MUSICAL TEXAS TOWNS $300: In 1965 Dean Martin found himself "Going Back to" this city Houston |
#1145, aired 1989-07-21 | THE SUPREME COURT $1000: In July 1965 Arthur Goldberg resigned from the Court to accept this position American Ambassador to the United Nations |
#1134, aired 1989-07-06 | THE MOVIES $200: Bette Midler made her film debut as a ship passenger in this 1965 Michener island saga Hawaii |
#1090, aired 1989-05-05 | DISC JOCKEYS $500: In 1965 the real Adrian Cronauer was a morning drive-time disc jockey here Vietnam |
#1089, aired 1989-05-04 | DANCE $300: In 1965 Freddie & the Dreamers urged everyone to do this dance the Freddie |
#1082, aired 1989-04-25 | HISTORY $200: In 1965 this country exchanged its red ensign flag for one with a maple leaf motif Canada |
#1077, aired 1989-04-18 | THE 20TH CENTURY $200: In 1965 Werner von Braun estimated men could land on this planet 15 years after a lunar landing Mars |
#1076, aired 1989-04-17 | RIVERS $400: in 1965 Gerry & the Pacemakers saluted the ferry that crosses this English River the Mersey |
#1067, aired 1989-04-04 | AWARDS $400: This Princeton basketball star & future senator won the Sullivan Award as best amateur athlete in 1965 Bill Bradley |
#1044, aired 1989-03-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Medicare was passed into law in 1965 as an amendment to this 1935 act Social Security |
#1038, aired 1989-02-22 | U.S. HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): From 1965 until becoming vice president, Gerald Ford held this post in the House minority leader |
#1012, aired 1989-01-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: It began on the Niagara grid at 5:17 p.m. on November 9, 1965 & spread out from Canada to Pennsylvania Great Blackout, New York City Blackout |
#991, aired 1988-12-19 | '60s SONGS $500: Gerry & the Pacemakers not only had a hit with this 1965 boating song, they starred in the movie too "Ferry Cross The Mersey" |
#985, aired 1988-12-09 | FOOD PHRASES $500 (Daily Double): Food phrase that's the title of the following 1965 Top 10 hit: "A Taste Of Honey" |
#984, aired 1988-12-08 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $800: "The Painted Bird", published in 1965, was this Polish-born American author's 1st novel Jerzy Kosinski |
#978, aired 1988-11-30 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: The 1st commercial phone call sent via 1 of these was placed by LBJ to west European leaders in 1965 satellite |
#962, aired 1988-11-08 | COLORFUL PHRASES $200: In 1965 Vic Dana, Bert Kaempfert & Wayne Newton all suggested red roses for her a blue lady |
#962, aired 1988-11-08 | "ACTION" $500: In 1965 Freddy Cannon intoned, "Oh baby come on let me take you" there where the action is |
#943, aired 1988-10-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Bruce Dern played Bette Davis' murdered lover in this 1965 Southern Gothic horror film Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
#934, aired 1988-09-29 | 20th C. AMERICANS $300: An acre of English land where the Magna Carta was signed was given to the U.S. in 1965, in memory of him John (F.) Kennedy |
#897, aired 1988-06-28 | RECENT HISTORY $1000: World leader who died on January 24, 1965 Churchill |
#891, aired 1988-06-20 | BATTLES $800: In 1965, during this Caribbean country's civil war, Marines were sent in to protect Amer. interests the Dominican Republic |
#889, aired 1988-06-16 | "G.L." $900 (Daily Double): He led the group who gave us the following No. 1 song in 1965: This diamond ring doesn't shine for me anymore / And this diamond ring doesn't mean what it meant before / So if you've got… Gary Lewis |
#888, aired 1988-06-15 | '60s SONGS $300: British music hall song written in 1911 & revived in 1965 by Herman's Hermits "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" |
#881, aired 1988-06-06 | POLITICIANS $800: Famed for his independence, this Oregon senator said in 1965, "I will not wear another man's collar" Wayne Morse |
#876, aired 1988-05-30 | COMPOSERS $1,000 (Daily Double): 18th-century composer on whose composition the following, a 1965 No. 2 hit, is based:
"How gentle is the rain /
That falls softly on the meadow /
Birds high up in the trees /
Serenade the flowers with their melodies..." Johann Sebastian Bach (Minuet in G) |
#874, aired 1988-05-26 | COMPUTERS $600: This easy language was devised in 1965 at Dartmouth College BASIC |
#853, aired 1988-04-27 | POP MUSIC $400: Composer of 1965's "Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows", he won a Grammy for performing "The Entertainer" Marvin Hamlisch |
#848, aired 1988-04-20 | WOMEN $200: Vonda Kay Van Dyke, winner of this 1965 nat'l title, went on to write a beauty book for teens Miss America |
#837, aired 1988-04-05 | THE BEATLES $1000: In a 1965 hit, it's what "Came Suddenly" yesterday |
#816, aired 1988-03-07 | ELVIS $300: On Aug. 27, 1965, Elvis played host to this quartet in his Bel-Air home The Beatles |
#792, aired 1988-02-02 | JFK $400: In 1963, JFK said he would completely withdraw our troops from there in 1965 Vietnam |
#779, aired 1988-01-14 | REPUBLICANS $400: He was a Republican when elected mayor of NYC in 1965 but became a Democrat in 1971 (John) Lindsay |
#778, aired 1988-01-13 | WORLD POLITICS $200: In 1965, Romania's new constitution stressed its full independence while earlier ones praised this country the Soviet Union |
#748, aired 1987-12-02 | THE '60s $400 (Daily Double): In 1965, she became 1st British female to top Billboard's Rock Era Pop Charts:
"When you're alone, and life is making you lonely / You can always go / Downtown..." Petula Clark |
#745, aired 1987-11-27 | THE '60s $500: Called the most destructive racial outbreak in the U.S. in decades, riots occurred here Aug. 11-16, 1965 Watts (in the City of Los Angeles) |
#710, aired 1987-10-09 | BOYS IN SONG $200: It was 1965 when the Ad Libs originally asked "cool cool kitty" to "tell us about" this boy The Boy from New York City |
#674, aired 1987-07-09 | "MR." MUSIC $400: In 1965, The Byrds shook up the charts with this "Mr.", all the way up to #1 Mr. Tambourine Man |
#658, aired 1987-06-17 | ATMOSPHERIC SONGS $100: In 1965, it was the Rolling Stones' #1 admonition "Get Off of My Cloud" |
#657, aired 1987-06-16 | METROPOLITAN OPERA $100: A 1965 Met performance of "Il Trovatore" had to be cancelled due to this famous power problem the blackout in New York City |
#655, aired 1987-06-12 | NOVEMBER $600: On November 17, 1965, William D. Eckert succeeded Ford Frick in this post Commissioner of Major League Baseball |
#650, aired 1987-06-05 | FIRSTS $200: Despite A.M.A. objections, in 1965 it became the 1st U.S. gov't sponsored health insurance Medicare |
#641, aired 1987-05-25 | ONE SONG $400: Under this group name Bill Medley & Bobby Hatfield took the song to #1 in 1965 The Righteous Brothers |
#640, aired 1987-05-22 | BY THE NUMBERS $300: Author David Wallechinsky's latest book gives a "Midterm Report" on the class of this year '65 (1965) |
#614, aired 1987-04-16 | RELATIVES IN SONG $100: In 1965 James Brown song, this family member had "a brand new bag" Papa |
#603, aired 1987-04-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: City to which Martin Luther King Jr. marched with over 25,000 people in March 1965 Montgomery, Alabama |
#602, aired 1987-03-31 | THEATER $100: In 1965, Mike Nichols directed Art Carney & Walter Matthau as this Neil Simon duo The Odd Couple |
#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?" |
#590, aired 1987-03-13 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $300: This Texas department store's 1965 catalogue had a page "How to Spend $1 Million" there Neiman Marcus |
#558, aired 1987-01-28 | AUTOMOBILES $400: Of 400, 500, or 600 mph, the speed barrier broken when Craig Breedlove set personal record in 1965 600 miles per hour |
#553, aired 1987-01-21 | BABY SONGS $200: In 1965, Herman's Hermits asked "Baby, baby can't you hear..." this chest noise "Baby, Baby, Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" |
#540, aired 1987-01-02 | THE U.N. $800: In 1965, the Security Council was enlarged from 11 to this many members 15 |
#529, aired 1986-12-18 | U.S. HISTORY $400: Odd as it sounds, in 1965, it took off 11 days after Gemini 7 Gemini 6 |
#517, aired 1986-12-02 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $300: He directed "None But the Brave" in 1965, & he did it his way Frank Sinatra |
#517, aired 1986-12-02 | NUMBERS IN SONG $400: 1965 song in which Len Barry said falling in love is "elementary" "1-2-3" |
#515, aired 1986-11-28 | AUTHORS $600: "Diary of a Genius" is what this Spanish surrealist modestly titled his 1965 autobiography Salvador Dali |
#492, aired 1986-10-28 | 1965 $100: By clamping her phrenic nerve, doctors relieved a 2-year case of these spasms for an Atlanta waitress hiccups |
#492, aired 1986-10-28 | 1965 $200: According to an AP poll, the escalation of this was the biggest news story of the year the Vietnam War |
#492, aired 1986-10-28 | 1965 $300: Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg succeeded the late Adlai Stevenson in this diplomatic position United States representative to the United Nations |
#492, aired 1986-10-28 | 1965 $400: Time reported that this young Black comic refuses to make racial jokes "because they demean the race" Bill Cosby |
#492, aired 1986-10-28 | 1965 $500 (Daily Double): 2 of 3 U.S. national monuments targeted by saboteurs in a monumental plot cracked in February (2 of) the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, and the Washington Monument |
#489, aired 1986-10-23 | ROADSIDE AMERICA $500: Neilsville, Wisconsin, displays a 17-ton fake hunk of this to replace the real one devoured in 1965 cheese |
#487, aired 1986-10-21 | MOVIE TRIVIA $600 (Daily Double): In both these Oscar-winning films of 1939 & 1965, when the heroines needed clothes, it was curtains Gone with the Wind & The Sound of Music |
#483, aired 1986-10-15 | GOLDEN OLDIES $100: In 1965 title, it's what the Supremes pleaded "In the Name of Love" Stop |
#475, aired 1986-10-03 | RELIGION $500 (Daily Double): A hit in 1953, this song of faith made No. 3 on the charts when Elvis released in in 1965 "Crying In The Chapel" |
#469, aired 1986-09-25 | 1965 $100: A scholarship & $102 per month got UCLA this student who'd later take the name Kareem Lew Alcindor |
#469, aired 1986-09-25 | 1965 $200: As fishnet lost the fashion edge, clover leaf & patterned lace became the latest in these stockings |
#469, aired 1986-09-25 | 1965 $300: Ads for this German car promised "Charming Arrogance" priced from $3,884 to $23,500 Mercedes |
#469, aired 1986-09-25 | 1965 $400: A cheating scandal created "one heck of a roar" at this service academy the Air Force Academy |
#469, aired 1986-09-25 | 1965 $500 (Daily Double): On the 100th anniversary of Appomattox, a Yankee defeat marked the opening of this Texas landmark the Houston Astrodome |
#469, aired 1986-09-25 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: A 1965 Richard Lester film told you "How to Get It" The Knack |
#466, aired 1986-09-22 | JANUARY $400: In January 1965, Albert Schweitzer celebrated his 90th birthday, but this great statesman, also 90, died Winston Churchill |
#462, aired 1986-09-16 | GIRLS IN SONG $300: In 1965, The McCoys urged her to "Hang On" Sloopy |
#462, aired 1986-09-16 | UNDECLARED WARS $1000: To fight a 1965 rebellion, LBJ sent 20,000 U.S. troops to this Caribbean country the Dominican Republic |
#440, aired 1986-05-16 | 1965 $100: Idling 6 daily newspapers in this large city, a 23-day strike made headlines, mostly elsewhere New York |
#440, aired 1986-05-16 | 1965 $200: Not to be taken for "Grant"ed at 61, Cary married this 27-year-old actress Dyan Cannon |
#440, aired 1986-05-16 | 1965 $300: Launched Apr. 6th, the Early Bird satellite caught not worms but these transcontinental TV transmissions (or telephone calls) |
#440, aired 1986-05-16 | 1965 $400: Not only Winston Churchill, but also this U.S. ambassador to U.N., died in London Adlai Stevenson |
#440, aired 1986-05-16 | 1965 $500: When M. Taylor resigned July 8; Henry Cabot Lodge again became U.S. Amb. to this embattled country South Vietnam |
#439, aired 1986-05-15 | "PEANUTS" $300: Title of the first Peanuts TV show which 1st aired on December 9, 1965 It's A Charlie Brown Christmas |
#428, aired 1986-04-30 | THE '60s $1000: In 1965, after only 2 years, Singapore withdrew from federation with this Southeast Asian nation Malaysia |
#416, aired 1986-04-14 | '60s BRITISH ROCK $100: According to their 1965 complaint, it's what the Rolling Stones "can't get" no satisfaction |
#395, aired 1986-03-14 | SPORTS TRIVIA $500: Their 1965 heavyweight championship rematch in Lewiston, Maine drew only 4,280 spectators Cassius Clay & Sonny Liston |
#370, aired 1986-02-07 | "B.O." $200: New York's 1st big one was November 9, 1965 a blackout |
#363, aired 1986-01-29 | BROADWAY $400: Flower that was "The Subject" of 1965's Tony Award winning play Roses |
#332, aired 1985-12-17 | TV COMEDY $200: 1965 sitcom in which Jerry Van Dyke co-starred with a 1928 Porter auto My Mother the Car |
#329, aired 1985-12-12 | "DOWN" SONGS $600: One of the year's Top 40 songs, it's where "poor" B.J. Royal was in 1965 "Down In The Boondocks" |
#309, aired 1985-11-14 | HIGHER EDUCATION $400: Pentecostal revivalist turned Methodist, in 1965 he founded a Tulsa, Oklahoma university Oral Roberts |
#304, aired 1985-11-07 | COLLECTIBLES $500: In a 1965 movie they're what "The Collector" collected before collecting Samantha Eggar butterflies (moths) |
#295, aired 1985-10-25 | WORLD POLITICS $800: Since it gained independence from Malaysia in 1965, Lee Kuon Yew has been its only prime minister Singapore |
#290, aired 1985-10-18 | '60s BRITISH ROCK $100: In 1965 Petula Clark won a Grammy for this urban anthem "Downtown" |
#289, aired 1985-10-17 | DOUBLE TALK $100: According to the 1965 film title, it's what "Sweet Charlotte" should do Hush... Hush |
#281, aired 1985-10-07 | THE '60S $100: In 1965, Wham-O filed a patent on this plastic projectile the Frisbee |
#281, aired 1985-10-07 | THE '60S $400: 1965 title profession of Rod Steiger in film that was 1st to break Hays ban on nudity The Pawnbroker |
#279, aired 1985-10-03 | RELIGION $200: In 1965, Pope Paul VI formally exonerated this group of blame for the death of Jesus the Jews |
#276, aired 1985-09-30 | ENERGY $600: From 1965-80, Testor Corp. made over 2,435,000 gliders powered by this office supply a rubber band |
#263, aired 1985-09-11 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: 1965 book Alex Haley co-authored with the former Malcolm Little The Autobiography of Malcolm X |
#262, aired 1985-09-10 | MOVIE MAMMALS $500: This 1965 film starred a big cat with an ocular oddity Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion |
#139, aired 1985-03-21 | BIOLOGY $200 (Daily Double): "Biological" title of the following 1965 Jewel Atkins hit:
"Let me tell you 'bout the stars in the sky /And a girl and a guy / And a way they kiss / On a night like this / When I look into..." "The Birds And The Bees" |
#134, aired 1985-03-14 | "STOPS" $500 (Daily Double): A "Supreme" effort in 1965:
"Baby baby, I'm aware of where you go / Each time you leave my door" "Stop! In The Name Of Love" |
#102, aired 1985-01-29 | BARBARAS $100: She "got smart" from 1965-70 Barbara Feldon |
#82, aired 1985-01-01 | 1965 $100: Astronaut Edward White was the 1st American to do this to walk in space |
#82, aired 1985-01-01 | 1965 $200: Only 32 senators & 17 governors were members of this political group in '65 the Republican Party |
#82, aired 1985-01-01 | 1965 $300: Carroll Baker & Carol Lynley played this '30s star in 2 movies with the same title Jean Harlow |
#59, aired 1984-11-29 | '60s TRIVIA $200: It's what LBJ showed off to reporters in October 1965 a scar |
#1, aired 1983-09-18 | THE SIXTIES $150: In late 1965 his book "Unsafe at Any Speed" was published Ralph Nader |