| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | IT'S CURTAINS $1600: In 1972 at the Met this Italian opera singer, later one of The Three Tenors, received 17 curtain calls Pavarotti |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | DETECTIVE FICTION $1000: In 1972 this British woman "initially" introduced Cordelia Gray in "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman"; a follow-up came 10 years later P.D. James |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | "AMERICAN" ORGANIZATIONS $2000: In 1972 Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a founder of this organization's Women's Rights Project; full name, please the American Civil Liberties Union |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | GENIUS: MLK/X $800: (Kelvin Harrison Jr. presents the clue.) The series highlights the tragedies & triumphs of Coretta Scott King & this wife of Malcolm X; together as widows, they would attend the Black National Political Convention in 1972 Betty Shabazz |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | ON MY HISTORIC CV $200: 1972: first tenured female faculty member, Columbia Law; 1993: nominated to Supreme Court to replace Byron White Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| #9021, aired 2024-01-22 | WHAT A "DAY" $1000: 14 people were killed after British troops fired on Derry protesters on Jan. 30, 1972, known as this Bloody Sunday |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SPELLING BIZ $500: In 1972, this brand debuted Red Zinger and Sleepy Time; you can't spell it without spelling...
_ _ _ _ _ T _ _ _
_ E A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Celestial Seasonings |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $2000: 13 in 1972 when she had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", she continues to put out music, including her recent album, "Sweet Western Sound" Tanya Tucker |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | THERE'S AN "APP" FOR THAT $1500: Japan's oldest beer brand is named after this city that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics Sapporo |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | RETIRED $2000: Alphabetically, the list of retired hurricane names in the Atlantic runs from Agnes (1972) to this "W"oman (2005) Wilma |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | FAREWELL TO THE CHIEF $1200: December 26, 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri Truman |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | TALK CLEANLY TO ME $800: Free from defects, like a playoff game-winning "reception" in 1972 immaculate |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | ICONIC MAN-PERMS $200: Blame it on the humidity: this groovy TV stepdad unveiled a curly 'do in 1972 while taking his family to Hawaii Mike Brady |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | MOB HITS $400: In this 1972 movie, prized racehorse Khartoum is the casualty of a disagreement between a movie producer & the mafia The Godfather |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | HOUSE HUNTERS INTERGALACTIC $1200: Not many are looking to settle in Valles Marineris, canyons discovered on this planet by Mariner 9 in 1972 Mars |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | JOHN LENNON $600: In 1972 John & Yoko released the album "Some Time in" this city where he'd spend most of the rest of his life New York (City) |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | LIKE AVERSION $400: In a 1972 literary title, Sin City had its share of "Fear &" this Loathing |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | REMEMBER BASEBALL? $600: Who can forget 1972, when the first of these led to the cancellation of 86 games that were never rescheduled? (the players') strike |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | KIDS OF THE '70s, REJOICE! $1000: Panda-panda! In 1972 to the delight of U.S. kids, this panda & her mate Hsing-Hsing arrived at the Smithsonian National Zoo Ling-Ling |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | MAGAZINES $1000: In 1972 Gloria Steinem helped launch this magazine that immediately struck a chord with women Ms. magazine |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS $2000: As a candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1972, she won 152 delegates before withdrawing from the race Chisholm |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | ORDINAL NOVELS $600: Dribble the pet turtle plays a role in this 1972 young adult book of "Tales" Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | ESSAYS $1600: In 1972 John McPhee compared Monopoly properties with a declining Atlantic City in his essay "The Search for" this property Marvin Gardens |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | RELIGION $1600: Being a teen in 1972 is a trip, man--mom won't buy me "Summer Breeze" by Seals & Crofts cuz they practice this 19th c. faith from Iran Baháʼí |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | NOT MAKING IT TO THE END OF THE MOVIE $800: Look how they massacred my boy; James Caan wore 100-plus squibs to pay a heavy price at the tollbooth in this 1972 film The Godfather |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | GIVE THAT BOOK A PRIZE! $1200: 1972's Nebula for Best Novel was "The Gods Themselves"; it was written by this prolific "master of science fiction" Asimov |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $2000: An outlier ballad from this British metal band was "Changes" in 1972; it was rarely performed live Black Sabbath |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CHESS PAINS $800: It took a phone call from Henry Kissinger & a doubling of the prize fund to get this tempestuous American to play his Soviet foe in 1972 Bobby Fischer |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | FUN WITH 21 $1600: Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 inspired this 1972 Neil Diamond song with "Song" in the title "Song Sung Blue" |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | A MEMORABLE NEW YEAR'S EVE $400: (Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.) December 31st festivities at this location began in 1904; they became a "Rockin' New Year's Eve" in 1972 in a broadcast featuring Dick Clark & Three Dog Night Times Square |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | WE COME TO THIS PLACE FOR... $800: ...laughs, at this L.A. "Store" opened in 1972 on Sunset Blvd., with notable alumni like Billy Crystal & Eddie Murphy The Comedy Store |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | ANIMALS IN BOOKS $1000: Hazel, Fiver & Blackberry are exceptional rabbits in this 1972 Richard Adams tale Watership Down |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | LESSER-KNOWN GEOGRAPHY $600: Joining in 1972, the emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah was the 7th & last constituent member of this federation the United Arab Emirates |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | SLOGANS & MOTTOES $1000: The United Negro College Fund began using this iconic slogan in 1972 a mind is a terrible thing to waste |
| #8718, aired 2022-10-12 | MOVIE STUFF $1600: This 1972 blaxploitation movie about a drug dealer that was not merely fly was remade in 2018 Superfly |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $200: By a 1972 law, California's official reptile is the desert variety of this slow mover tortoise |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | POLITICAL WRITING $400: This book begins on June 17, 1972 as "Woodward fumbled for the receiver and snapped awake" All the President's Men |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | HUMANS IN SPACE $1200: The last year humans stood on the Moon was during the Apollo 17 mission in this presidential election year 1972 |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | HERE COMES 39 $600: In 1972 this team retired catcher Roy Campanella's No. 39 on the same day as it retired his teammate's famous 42 the Dodgers |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | WASHINGTON SLIPPED HERE $1000: Oops! One of the burglars caught at the Watergate in 1972 was security chief of this committee, CREEP for short Committee to Re-elect the President |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | KILLER TUNES $800: He's the "Calvin Broadus (1972-1994)" referred to on the cover of "Murder Was the Case", both a song & short film Snoop Dogg |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | AVIATORS $800: In 1972 Hans Werner Grosse soared more than 900 miles across Europe in one of these, with a 60-foot wingspan & no engine a glider |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | HODGEPODGE $1600: These two men are seen here competing on the international stage in 1972 Fischer & Spassky |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL $600: This was ratified by 29 states within one year of its Senate approval in March 1972, but that was 9 states short of what was needed the Equal Rights Amendment |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | YOUR TV HOST WITH THE MOST $600: He began hosting "The Price Is Right" in 1972 & reminded you to help control the pet population by having your pet spayed or neutered Bob Barker |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | I HAVE A PLAN $400: G. Gordon Liddy's 1972 Gemstone plan included kidnapping & prostitutes; it was scaled back but a remaining part led to this scandal Watergate |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS THIS? $2,000 (Daily Double): Smaller than it sounds, this Illinois place was designated "Home of Superman" in 1972 Metropolis |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE... $200: ...gone nowhere near this D.C. complex on June 17, 1972, Virgilio Gonzalez; you could have put your locksmith skills to better use the Watergate Hotel |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $200: Sur La Table, which offers cooking classes & kitchenware, first opened in 1972 in this city's Pike Place Market Seattle |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 1972: 50 YEARS AGO $400: This Democrat from South Dakota came up short in his run for president McGovern |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 1972: 50 YEARS AGO $800: This company helped launch the video game industry with the release of Pong Atari |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 1972: 50 YEARS AGO $1200: Margrethe II took the throne of this country, its first queen since 1412 Denmark |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 1972: 50 YEARS AGO $1600: In this country Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law that lasted until 1981 the Philippines |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 1972: 50 YEARS AGO $2,000 (Daily Double): The U.S. returned the Ryukyu Islands to Japan, including this largest one, site of a bloody World War II campaign Okinawa |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | GEOGRAPHIC NAME CHANGES $1600: In 1972 Sri Lanka dropped this British colonial name Ceylon |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NIGHTTIME NEWS WITH WORLD NEWS NOW $800: (Andrew Dymburt delivers the clue.) At a little before 2:00 AM on June 17, 1972, sharp-eyed security guard Frank Wills noticed tape across a door latch in this Washington, D.C. office complex, changing the course of American history Watergate |
| #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | THE ENERGY BIZ $400: In 1972 Standard Oil of New Jersey got a double X rating & became this corporation Exxon |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | CALL THE FOOTBALL PLAY $600: Franco Harris' "Immaculate Reception" of a deflected pass from Terry Bradshaw won a 1972 playoff game for this team the Steelers |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | MOVIES BY OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $1600: 1972: "The Morning After", from this disaster film The Poseidon Adventure |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | PLANET FILL IN $1000: Feting sci-fi since 1972: ____ Awards Saturn |
| #8496, aired 2021-10-25 | TELEVISION HISTORY $800: This cable network was formed in 1972 to air uncut, commercial-free movies & subscribers paid extra for it from the beginning HBO (Home Box Office) |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | SPORTS BOOKS $200: Roger Kahn's 1972 bestseller "The Boys of Summer" is a nostalgic look at this team before it headed west the (Brooklyn) Dodgers |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | DEEPER CUTS ON THEIR ALBUMS $1200: "Sweet Virginia" & "Loving Cup" were on their 1972 classic "Exile on Main Street" Rolling Stones |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | IT'S A FEDERAL CRIME! $400: The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 says your family can't have this as a pet, but you can look at one right here a walrus |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | A POET LAUREATE $400: Hyphenated last name of Cecil, actor Daniel's dad, who could rock a rhyme or 2 & had the British gig from 1968 to 1972 Day-Lewis |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | GENIUS: ARETHA $600: (Cynthia Erivo presents the clue.) Aretha literally went to church to record the Grammy-winning 1972 album titled after this hymn--"How sweet the sound" "Amazing Grace" |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | EPONYMOUS LEGISLATION $800: Federal title this number of the education amendments of 1972 was renamed for Patsy Mink, a congresswoman who helped enact it Title IX |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | LOGOMANIA $1200: The blue & white striped logo for this tech company hasn't changed since Paul Rand designed it in 1972 IBM |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | MATCH $1000: A tiger was one of the creatures on the tag that helped kids mix & match items of apparel from this clothing brand that started in 1972 Garanimals |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | MUSICAL GENRES $800: In the 1972 movie "The Harder They Come", Jimmy Cliff helped popularize this genre that fights for the oppressed reggae |
| #8402, aired 2021-05-18 | SOMETHING'S LOOMING OVER ME $800: Looming over San Francisco, this landmark that opened in 1972 was sold in 2020 for the first time the Transamerica Pyramid |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | ESSAYS $2000: In 1972 John McPhee contrasted the game of Monopoly with a deteriorating Atlantic City in his essay "The Search for" this property Marvin Gardens |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | NUMBERING THE NONFICTION BOOKS $1000: The book subtitled "Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America" includes this South Dakotan who ran for president in 1972 McGovern |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | TIME TRAVELIN' MOVIES $600: Kevin Costner goes back to 1972 to talk a little baseball with Burt Lancaster in this film Field of Dreams |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | TITLE WAVES $1000: Reggie, Catfish & this Bay Area team ran off 3 straight World Series titles from 1972 to 1974 the Oakland A's |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK $1000: They call me this cherryish-flavored soft drink, introduced by Coca-Cola in 1972 to rival Dr Pepper Mr. Pibb |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On June 17, 1972 a break-in at this office complex set off one of the biggest scandals in U.S. history Watergate |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | AUTHORS' HOMES $2000: In 1972 his daughter Jill sold Rowan Oak, the family home in Oxford, to the University of Mississippi Faulkner |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: During an historic visit to China in 1972, President Nixon met with this Communist Party leader Mao |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | DAYTIME TV $400: Between 1972 & 2015 Bob Barker came on down to host 6,731 episodes of this game show The Price is Right |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | ZOOM $200: The educational kids' TV show "Zoom" ran from 1972 to 1978 on this network PBS |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE $1,400 (Daily Double): Emerging from famine, this country opened up to the U.S. in 1972, its first deal was to buy 13 American fertilizer factories China |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | POLITICS GETS PHYSICAL $800: In 1972 an Ulster MP slapped Britain's home secretary who told parliament that "Bloody" this day was self-defense by British troops Bloody Sunday |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | FILM COMPOSITION $7,400 (Daily Double): 1938 & 1972 films both called "The Great Waltz" focus on this composer Johann Strauss |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | A 1970s YEAR $1200: Atari's Pong is created & the last man walks on the Moon 1972 |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $400: (MSNBC's Steve Kornacki presents by a display monitor.) 1972 was one of the biggest landslides in Electoral College history as Republican incumbent Richard Nixon piled up 49 states, and this antiwar Democratic senator captured only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, failing to carry even his home state of South Dakota McGovern |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | SHOOTING THE GODFATHER MOVIES $400: In the 1972 film "The Godfather", this actor as the title character is hit by 5 bullets but survives Marlon Brando |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | POSSESSIVE PHRASES $1000: This 1974 account of political chicanery in 1972 became a 1976 quadruple Oscar winner All the President's Men |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | STATE THE PROBLEM $200: The 1972 Black Hills flood claims more than 200 lives South Dakota |
| #8178, aired 2020-03-11 | REQUIEM FOR A SKYLINE $200: In November of 1972, the Kingdome was dedicated in this West Coast city. In March 2000, the Kingdome was demolished in this West Coast city Seattle |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | & FINALLY... $400: Gene Cernan's final words before leaving this place in 1972, per Walter Cunningham: "Let's get this mother out of here" the Moon |
| #8145, aired 2020-01-24 | HOLLYWOOD & LINE $200: A classic line from this 1972 film is "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" The Godfather |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $600: Unarmed civil rights protesters were killed on Jan. 30, 1972, the "Sunday Bloody Sunday" that inspired that song by this group U2 |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | WELCOME BACK BOYS! $1000: On Dec. 19, 1972 astronauts Cernan, Schmitt & Evans splashed down in the Pacific as this last manned Moon mission came to an end Apollo 17 |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | SCHOOL DAYS $600: The 2-word title of a 1972 George Carlin album, it's what George probably was at Corpus Christi Grammar School Class Clown |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | FBI HEADQUARTERS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.) This phone and wiretapping device help set off one of the most notorious episodes in American history in the early morning hours of June 17, 1972 when five burglars were arrested in this Washington, D.C. hotel and office complex the Watergate |
| #8092, aired 2019-11-12 | FANTASY FOOTBALL $1000: In my fantasy Super Bowl, the 18-1 '85 Bears take on Larry Csonka & the rest of this 17-0 1972 squad the Miami Dolphins |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | FESTIVALS $1000: This Japanese city & host of the 1972 Winter Olympics holds a yearly snow festival with spectacular ice sculptures Sapporo |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | LET'S HAVE A BALL $800: The yellow ones were introduced for TV in 1972 tennis balls |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THAT PLACE SOUNDS LEGENDARY $2000: This 1972 book is named for an actual hill in Hampshire, England; in the novel it's a utopia sought by rabbits Watership Down |
| #8026, aired 2019-07-01 | COMPLETES THE NONFICTION TITLE $800: First published in 1972:
"Dr. ____ Diet Revolution" Atkins |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | PEOPLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY $800: FBI headquarters is housed in a building named for this man who was director from 1924 to 1972 J. Edgar Hoover |
| #8011, aired 2019-06-10 | "GOLD" RECORDS $1600: Neil Young was a miner for this title of a 1972 No. 1 hit "Heart Of Gold" |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | DICTATORS & TYRANTS $800: In 1972 Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law in this country; it would last until 1981 the Philippines |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | NIXON SAID IT $400: Of his 1972 trip to this country, Nixon echoed the famous line "We came in peace for all mankind" China |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | TAKE "OUT" $1000: The term this type of "art" by self-taught non-mainstream artists was coined by Roger Cardinal in 1972 outsider art |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | QUEEN $400: Succeeding her father, Margrethe II took the throne of this country in 1972 Denmark |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | CLASSIC FILM $400: A line from this 1972 classic:
"It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes" The Godfather |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | COLOMBIA PICTURES $800: The world's highest-paid TV actress, this U.S. sitcom star was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, in 1972 Sofía Vergara |
| #7962, aired 2019-04-02 | THE OLYMPICS $400: The first official Olympic mascot was Waldi, one of these low-to-the-ground dogs, at the 1972 games in Munich a dachshund |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | AN APRIL TO REMEMBER $600: Major League Baseball's first of these postponed the opening of the 1972 season to April 15 a strike |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | THE HODGEST OF PODGE $600: Jim Davis has owned New Balance since he bought the company in 1972 on the day of this Boston sporting event the Boston Marathon |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | PLAYING IN THE BAND $200: A 1972 live version of "Playing In The Band" by this Jerry Garcia-Bob Weir group clocks in at more than 25 minutes the Grateful Dead |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | OLYMPIANS FROM COUNTRIES THAT NO LONGER EXIST $1200: 1972, gymnastics:
This 4-medal female star for the USSR (Olga) Korbut |
| #7873, aired 2018-11-28 | THAT'S SOME GIFT! $3,000 (Daily Double): After President Nixon visited China in 1972, China gifted the U.S. with 2 giant these pandas |
| #7870, aired 2018-11-23 | B.S., I LOVE YOU $1200: In 1972 this pediatrician who wrote the book on bringing up baby ran for president Benjamin Spock |
| #7849, aired 2018-10-25 | HEY JOE $200: Joe Biden's national political career began in 1972 when he was elected U.S. senator from this state Delaware |
| #7835, aired 2018-10-05 | THE "BEST" WORDS $2000: It's the title of a 1972 David Halberstam book on the U.S. military failure in Vietnam The Best and the Brightest |
| #7830, aired 2018-09-28 | SpaceX $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from SpaceX in Hawthorne, California.) SpaceX plans to send two private passengers on a flight around the moon, the first manned venture into lunar orbit since this final 1972 Apollo mission Apollo 17 |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | DECADES OF NO. 1-RATED TV SHOWS $1000: This actor & his "All in the Family" character Archie Bunker ruled from 1972 to '76 Carroll O'Connor |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | TRUE CRIME BOOKS, SWEETHEART $1,000 (Daily Double): "The Skies Belong to Us" narrates one 1972 instance of this crime that was unfortunately big in that era skyjacking |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | MEMORABLE MOVIE SCENES $200: 1972:
A horse head is found in a bed & Sonny gets whacked The Godfather |
| #7756, aired 2018-05-07 | WRECKING THE CURVE $600: On Sept. 30, 1972 Roberto Clemente smacked a curve from Jon Matlack for this milestone number hit, his last 3,000 |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | AP JOURNALISM $1600: In 1972 the AP broke the story of experiments on unconsenting subjects at this Alabama institute Tuskegee |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | SING A SONG OF $2000: In 1972 Joan Baez sang the "Song Of" this newly created South Asian nation Bangladesh |
| #7722, aired 2018-03-20 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE SILVER MEDALISTS $800: In 1972 this Democrat won only D.C. & Massachusetts, losing his home state of South Dakota by 9 points McGovern |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: In 1972 this author created the Kinte foundation Alex Haley |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | FUEL FOSSILS $200: In the United States, Esso stations like the one here are a thing of the past; in 1972, Esso became this 5-letter brand Exxon |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | "SMALL" TALK $2000: A line from an old hymn gave veterinarian James Herriot this title for a beloved 1972 memoir All Creatures Great and Small |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | HODGEPODGE $1200: In 1972 the Pulsar was the first electronic commercial watch of this type; you pushed a button to see the time digital |
| #7699, aired 2018-02-15 | WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST? $400: It was created as a health food in the 19th c. & returned to tables as Heartland Natural Cereal in 1972 granola |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | IOWA HISTORY $400: Since 1972 these Iowa candidate selection events have been a key first contest in the race for the White House the Iowa caucuses |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | PORTMANTEAU WORDS $400: The Oakland A's won the World Series in 1972, '73 & '74, completing what we now call this a threepeat |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | STREET MUSIC $800: "Tumbling Dice" & "Happy" were 2 of the 18 tunes released in 1972 when the Rolling Stones faced "Exile" here Exile on Main St. |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | MAN MAKES THE CLOTHES $200: His short-sleeve cotton shirt with a polo player logo came onto the field of play in 1972 Ralph Lauren |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | BEST SHORT FILM OSCARS $600: The man himself narrates 1972's this painter's "World...an American Dream" & the DVD is sold at his Mass. museum (Norman) Rockwell |
| #7642, aired 2017-11-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: Founded in 1972 as a neo-fascist party, it's been led for most of its history by the Le Pens, father & daughter the National Front |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | CRIME TIME $400: The Watergate break-in:
June 17 of this election year 1972 |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | ROCK & POP QUARTETS $400: With 200 million albums sold, this band, formed in Stockholm in 1972, is one of the most successful ever ABBA |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | BOOKS' FIRST LINES $5,000 (Daily Double): Nonfiction:
"June 17, 1972. Nine o'clock Saturday morning. Early for the telephone" All the President's Men |
| #7590, aired 2017-09-15 | IRISH STEW $1200: The allure of the Emerald Isle has sold products like Shamrock Shakes & this soap introduced in the U.S. in 1972 Irish Spring |
| #7556, aired 2017-06-19 | WHO THEY SERVED $2,400 (Daily Double): In 1972 Nixon named L. Patrick Gray to replace a very big name as the head of this agency the FBI |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | COLLEGE HIJINKS $1200: A clock tower at Louisiana Tech was rigged to play "dueling" these, famed in the 1972 film "Deliverance" banjos |
| #7521, aired 2017-05-01 | DERBY $400: On national TV, one of these events in 1972 had A.J. Foyt & the Unser brothers driving & cars destroyed included a Rolls-Royce a demolition derby |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | U.S. HERSTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): This 1972 numerical clause was later renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act Title IX |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | UNFORTUNATE HISTORY $400: Developed as a miracle insecticide in 1939, it was later discovered to cause damage to wildlife & was restricted in 1972 DDT |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | BREAKFAST CEREALS $1000: Franken Berry & this other "Monster Cereal" were introduced in 1971; Boo Berry got scared up in 1972 Count Chocula |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | 1970s "SONG" TITLES $200: In 1972 this colorful tune was a No. 1 hit for Neil Diamond; "Everybody knows one" "Song Sung Blue" |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | MOVIE STARS $400: In 1972 he spoke the famous line "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" Marlon Brando |
| #7479, aired 2017-03-02 | ZOO-TOPIA $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian's National Zoo.) The Smithsonian's National Zoo & its Conservation Biology Institute has been a leader in giant panda research & conservation since the arrival of Ling-Ling & Hsing-Hsing in 1972, a gift from China to this president & the American people Nixon |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | THE DRUMMER SINGS $400: In 1972 Don Henley dealt with a "Witchy Woman" singing lead for this group the Eagles |
| #7448, aired 2017-01-18 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): In a 1972 AFC playoff game, Franco Harris made the winning TD with a "divine" shoestring catch dubbed this the Immaculate Reception |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | PRE-AMBLE $600: Beginning 1972, these ABC specials dealt with issues & concerns of young people Afterschool Specials |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY $600: Awarded since 1972 in 2015 the Commander-in-Chief's trophy was won by this Maryland school the Naval Academy |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | SPORTS ROUND NUMBERS $800: Mercury Morris of the Miami Dolphins ran for exactly this many yards in the 1972 season 1,000 |
| #7412, aired 2016-11-29 | WINNING! $600: The World Chess Championship, 1972-- do svidaniya, Boris! (Bobby) Fischer |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | IN CONCLUSION $600: The last man to visit here was Eugene Cernan in 1972 the Moon |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | DEATH IN VENICE $2000: After his release from a mental hospital, this American "Cantos" poet lived out his days in Italy, dying in Venice in 1972 (Ezra) Pound |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | "U" ON THE MAP $400: In 1972 Ra's al Khaymah became the last of the 7 states to join this Middle Eastern country United Arab Emirates |
| #7333, aired 2016-06-29 | SRI LANKA $800: In 1972 the country officially became Sri Lanka; before that it had this name Ceylon |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | OPERA $2000: (Alex reads from the Metropolitan Opera.) American composer John Adams broke new ground by using a recent event as the subject for an opera, this title man's historic 1972 visit to China Nixon |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | MY FIRST CAR $1600: Chris Evans, who in 2015 became host of this British auto-based TV show, drove a 1972 Mini 1000 as his first car Top Gear |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | POLITICAL MOVIES $400: After playing the Sundance Kid, this actor charmed in 1972's satirical "The Candidate" Robert Redford |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | BALLET $1200: A 1972 ballet was based on (& named for) the "Tales of" this German author E.T.A. Hoffmann |
| #7288, aired 2016-04-27 | ON THE MOVIE'S SOUNDTRACK $400: 1972:
"Connie's Wedding",
"Sicilian Pastorale",
"The Baptism" The Godfather |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | IN TROUBLE WITH THE FCC $800: On May 17, 1972 this comedian recorded his "7 Dirty Words" bit & the FCC started dealing with that a year later George Carlin |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | THE 1970s $1000: These 2 agreements signed by the U.S. & the USSR in 1972 & 1979 sought to curtail missiles armed with nuclear warheads the SALT agreements |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | GEOGRAPHICAL MUSIC GROUPS $400: "Saturday In The Park"
(1972) Chicago |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | TREATIES $1600: The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was signed in 1972 by President Nixon & this Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | FIRST ISSUES $3,000 (Daily Double): Gloria Steinem wrote about sisterhood in this "new magazine for women" in the spring of 1972 Ms. |
| #7205, aired 2016-01-01 | SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK $1200: In this Top 10 hit from 1972, Alice Cooper exults over "No more pencils, no more books" "School's Out" |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | & THE OSCAR DOESN'T GO TO $400: The nomination of Nina Rota's music for this 1972 film was retracted because some of it had been used in a 1958 Italian movie The Godfather |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | CHESS CHAMPS $800: He resigned for good in 2008 in Iceland, where he'd beaten Boris Spassky in 1972 (Bobby) Fischer |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | 1970s TV $1600: In "Pulp Fiction", Jules says he's "gonna walk the Earth" like this guy in "Kung Fu" who began walking the Earth in 1972 Caine |
| #7118, aired 2015-07-22 | WATERGATE $400: The Democratic HQ at the Watergate that the burglars broke into was busy supporting this eventual 1972 nominee (George) McGovern |
| #7104, aired 2015-07-02 | MULTI-BAND MUSICIANS $200: In 1972 he flew moderately "Hi, Hi, Hi" into the Top 40 with Wings; he was in another OK band before that one Paul McCartney |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX $400: In 1972 this Volkswagen surpassed the Model T as the most produced car model in history the Beetle |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | YOU'VE BEEN "HACK"ED! $1200: You're unforgiven if you don't make a connection with this 1972 Best Actor Oscar winner Gene Hackman |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | POLITICAL VOCABULARY $400: The Nov. 8, 1972 L.A. Times headline was this type of huge "Victory for Nixon" landslide |
| #7084, aired 2015-06-04 | HOW TO DRAIN YOUR FLAGON $800: It took a while to drain your flagon after pouring a 25.4-ounce can of this Australian beer that hit U.S. shelves in 1972 Foster's |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | CENTRAL AMERICA $400: A 1972 earthquake destroyed just about all of this Nicaraguan capital's downtown Managua |
| #7051, aired 2015-04-20 | IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT $1200: June 17, 1972:
Frank Wills, a guard here, spots tape on a door latch Watergate |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | MOON WALKING $200: In 1972 Eugene Cernan needed to tape the fender back onto his lunar rover; of course, he used this type of tape duct tape |
| #7022, aired 2015-03-10 | CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES $200: Try explaining to your kids how this 1972 4-letter arcade game from Atari was the coolest thing ever for a while Pong |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | CHARACTER REFERENCES $800: In 1972 disfigured Justin McLeod was "The Man Without a Face"; in 1863 exiled Philip Nolan was "The Man Without" this a Country |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | NEW YORK IN THE MOVIES $1000: This Al Pacino movie was based on a botched bank robbery in Brooklyn in August 1972 Dog Day Afternoon |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | NAME THAT SONG $1600: Rats! Michael Jackson had a No. 1 hit in 1972 with this movie theme "Ben" |
| #6957, aired 2014-12-09 | SEE HOW THEY RAN $600: He didn't get to be president, but he got a nice big fish during a 1972 campaign stop in New York (George) McGovern |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: Bill & Hillary Clinton campaigned for this 1972 presidential candidate McGovern |
| #6906, aired 2014-09-29 | 2014 BESTSELLERS $1000: In 1972 her first book was called "Mmmmm"; after stints at Gourmet & the New York Times, her first novel is "Delicious" Ruth Reichl |
| #6897, aired 2014-09-16 | POP MUSIC $800: This group's 1972 no. 1 hit "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" isn't about Mick or Keith the Temptations |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | 1950-2000 $2000: In 1972 terrorism by a group of Palestinians marred the Olympic Games in this German city Munich |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | PANDA-MONIUM $400: After he visited China in 1972, he received a gift of 2 pandas named Ling-Ling & Hsing-Hsing Nixon |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | RETURNS $800: After 17 years in exile, he returned to Argentina briefly in 1972 & for good the following year Juan Peron |
| #6850, aired 2014-05-30 | TALK CLEANLY TO ME $600: Free from defects, or a playoff game-winning "reception" in 1972 immaculate |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | ON THE OLD MAP $600: In 1972 an island about 20 miles off India said so long, Ceylon, & took this name Sri Lanka |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: This 1972 pick for running mate told McGovern he had been treated for depression & withdrew from the race Thomas Eagleton |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | TOUCHDOWNS $600: In Pittsburgh's airport, next to a statue of George Washington, is one of him, catching the "Immaculate Reception" of 1972 Franco Harris |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $600: 1972:
They took it easy with "Take It Easy" The Eagles |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | SEA WORTHY MOVIES $600: In this 1972 disaster epic, an ocean liner capsizes at sea & the all-star cast struggles to survive The Poseidon Adventure |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | MANKIEWICZES AT THE MOVIES $1600: Joseph L. Mankiewicz' last film was this 1972 Olivier-Caine battle of wits, remade in 2007 with Caine & Jude Law battling Sleuth |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | THEIR FIRST SOLO ALBUM $400: 1972,
without his siblings:
"Got to Be There" Michael Jackson |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | "G.M." $600: 1972 candidate who joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way--& he did George McGovern |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | BESTSELLING NONFICTION $2,000 (Daily Double): The first edition of his "Diet Revolution" was a bestseller back in 1972 Dr. Atkins |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | THE LAST CENTURY $1200: In May 1969 he got within 10 miles of the lunar surface; in 1972 he was the last to walk on the Moon (Eugene) Cernan |
| #6750, aired 2014-01-10 | SHOULD'VE TOLD YOU $400: James McCord? On June 17, 1972, I wouldn't go breaking in to this complex with your 4 pals Watergate |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | FUN WITH ACRONYMS $1000: It was the 5-letter acronym for the committee backing Nixon in 1972 CREEP |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | O CHRISTMAS TREE $400: In 1972 the FDA said not a strand of this metal tree decoration containing lead should be sold; today it's plastic tinsel |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | THE MOVIE IS COMPLIMENTARY $1000: 1972:
"He got a real pretty mouth, ain't he?" Deliverance |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | SILVER $1600: Kenny Davis of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team in this sport forbade his heirs from ever accepting a silver medal basketball |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | THE NIXON YEARS $400: With 2 Americans aboard, it's where Challenger came to rest in December 1972 the Moon |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES $1600: People's Party,
1972
(a pediatrician) Dr. Benjamin Spock |
| #6696, aired 2013-10-28 | IT'S IN THE "CAN" $1600: In a 1972 hit, Sammy Davis Jr. told us that he could "take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew" the Candy Man |
| #6687, aired 2013-10-15 | SINGERS ON THE SOUNDTRACK $1600: "Superfly"
from
"Super Fly"
(1972) Curtis Mayfield |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | EX-WORLD LEADERS $400: In 1972 he expelled more than 40,000 Asians from Uganda, leading to a breakdown of the economy Idi Amin |
| #6676, aired 2013-09-30 | ROCKET MUSIC $400: In his 1972 hit "Rocket Man", he sings, "it's lonely out in space" Elton John |
| #6666, aired 2013-09-16 | CARE TO DANCE? $800: Marlon Brando actually does (or attempts) this title dance at the end of a 1972 film the tango |
| #6655, aired 2013-07-19 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $200: We can all thank Herb Peterson for coming up with this McDonald's breakfast staple in 1972 Egg McMuffin |
| #6642, aired 2013-07-02 | AUTHORS' LESSER-KNOWN WORKS $1600: "St, George and the Godfather" is Norman Mailer's take on the presidential campaign of this year 1972 |
| #6631, aired 2013-06-17 | ABBREV-"E"-ATIONS $400: The clean water act of 1972 was administered by it, the EPA the Environmental Protection Agency |
| #6620, aired 2013-05-31 | THE VIETNAM WAR $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Hanoi, Vietnam.) Reminders of the war are everywhere in Vietnam; a small lake in a quiet Hanoi neighborhood still holds wreckage of one of these giant U.S. bombers that attacked the city in December 1972 a B-52 |
| #6591, aired 2013-04-22 | BREAKING BAD $400: On June 17, 1972 some "plumbers" got into hot water for breaking into this office complex the Watergate |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | REALITY HITS YOU HARD, BRO $400: In 1972, when you get just 17 electoral votes, reality says if you wanna live in a White House, go to a paint store George McGovern |
| #6572, aired 2013-03-26 | PULITZER-WINNING BIOGRAPHIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Joseph Lash won in 1972 for his touching portrait of this wartime President & First Lady FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | LINES FROM THE OSCAR-WINNING ROLE $800: 1972: "Someday, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service for me" Don Corleone |
| #6551, aired 2013-02-25 | A BUNCH OF STUFF $1200: In 2012 this 1972 presidential candidate passed away at age 90 in South Dakota (George) McGovern |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | GREAT BRITON $200: A tramp abroad, he moved to the U.S. in 1913, left for Europe in the '50s & was back in the U.S. in 1972 for an honorary Oscar (Charlie) Chaplin |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | ART & ARTIST $1,000 (Daily Double): In a 1972 documentary he said, "Brigid's been doing my paintings for the last 3 years" Andy Warhol |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | 42 $200: The Dodgers retired his no. 42 jersey number in 1972 & all of MLB did in 1997 Jackie Robinson |
| #6489, aired 2012-11-29 | THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD $400: December 26, 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri Truman |
| #6486, aired 2012-11-26 | CHARLES DISCHARGED $1000: This man who muscled his way into the world as Angelo Siciliano in 1892 left his well-built body Dec. 23, 1972 Charles Atlas |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | MOVIE TERMS $800: Cross-cutting juxtaposes 2 different scenes, like a baptism with Corleone enemies being killed in this 1972 film The Godfather |
| #6478, aired 2012-11-14 | 5 SHADES OF GR(E/A)Y $200: L. Patrick Gray III became interim FBI director after the 1972 death of this man but was forced to resign a year later J. Edgar Hoover |
| #6475, aired 2012-11-09 | REMEMBER BOOKSTORES? $2,000 (Daily Double): This word preceded "Ink" in the name of one of the first mystery bookstores, opened in 1972 Murder |
| #6469, aired 2012-11-01 | I WORKED FOR ROGER CORMAN $600: In 1972, the year before "Mean Streets", he directed "Boxcar Bertha" (also appearing as a brothel client!) Scorsese |
| #6447, aired 2012-10-02 | POLITICAL TERMS $1000: Folks in this job are called the "Boys on the Bus" after a book that documented the 1972 presidential campaign reporters |
| #6423, aired 2012-07-18 | IT'S AN OLYMPIC YEAR! $400: The Liberty Bell moves to a pavilion north of Independence Hall; Israeli commandos take on hijackers at Entebbe 1976 |
| #6419, aired 2012-07-12 | NIXON'S ENEMIES LIST $2000: You just knew this Oscar-winning actress who took an infamous trip to Asia in 1972 would be on the list Jane Fonda |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | GOLDEN BOYS & GIRLS $800: In a 1972 issue of Sports Illustrated, he posed with his 7 gold medals hanging from his neck Mark Spitz |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | COMPACT DISKS $200: "Touching You, Touching Me" (1969) &
"Hot August Night" (1972) Neil Diamond |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | RUNNING A MARATHON $800: The last American man to win the Olympic marathon was Frank Shorter in 1972 in this city Munich |
| #6338, aired 2012-03-21 | THIS PLACE IS DUELSVILLE $1600: In 2008 Bobby Fischer died in this island city, site of his 1972 chess duel with Boris Spassky Reykjavik |
| #6322, aired 2012-02-28 | BABY, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT $800: Rachel Isum wed this baseball player in 1946 & after his 1972 death created his foundation Jackie Robinson |
| #6317, aired 2012-02-21 | TRADEMARKS $800: In 1972 2 young men in Oregon kicking it old school came up with this footbag hacky sack |
| #6299, aired 2012-01-26 | MARVEL-OUS $400: He became editor-in-chief of Timely (later Marvel) comics in 1942 at age 18 & stayed in that role until 1972 Stan Lee |
| #6286, aired 2012-01-09 | BROADCASTER NEWS $1200: Here's the "Situation": this anchor began his career in 1972 working for Reuters in Tel Aviv (Wolf) Blitzer |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | MOVIE TITLE SUBJECTS $1000: A 1972 Ford auto
(2008) Gran Torino |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | THE NATIONAL TRACK & FIELD HALL OF FAME $400: Dave Wottle was known for his cap; after winning 1972's Olympic 800, he forgot to take it off during this & had to apologize the national anthem |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | SPORTS & CIVIL RIGHTS $2,000 (Daily Double): This clause in a law signed June 23, 1972 changed women's college athletics forever Title IX |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | EARTHQUAKE! $400: The center of this Nicaraguan capital was almost completely destroyed in a 1972 earthquake Managua |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | PRO TEENS $600: She turned pro in 1972 at age 18; by 1974, she'd won Wimbledon & gotten engaged to Jimmy Connors Chris Evert |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $1600: (Mike & Mike deliver the clue.) Sports perfection for me is exemplified by the 17-0 season of the NFL's Miami Dolphins in 1972
That was outstanding, but I will take this Yankee pitching a perfect game, not in any old ballgame, but during the World Series (Don) Larsen |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | LESLIE NIELSEN MOVIES $1600: Leslie was captain of the ship in this 1972 disaster movie--no wonder things turned upside down! The Poseidon Adventure |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | HUNTER S. THOMPSON $600: In 1972's "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail", Thompson chronicled the campaigns of these 2 opponents Nixon & McGovern |
| #6176, aired 2011-06-20 | REGGAE $2000: He sang "The Harder They Come" & his performance in that 1972 film made reggae internationally popular Jimmy Cliff |
| #6149, aired 2011-05-12 | THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME $400: This major step taken in 1972 was originally supposed to come about through a merger with St. Mary's college co-education |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG $800: Sammy Davis Jr. in 1972 & Christina Aguilera in 2007 sang about this sweet guy "Candyman" |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1972 the Tamil Tigers, a liberation group, not a baseball team, was founded in this country Sri Lanka |
| #6132, aired 2011-04-19 | 25-GAME WINNERS $1000: In 1972 Steve Carlton was a 27-game winner for this team that won 59 the whole season the Philadelphia Phillies |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | THINKING GREEN $400: Oregon's 1972 first-in-the-nation recycling act for containers is commonly known as this alliterative "bill" a bottle bill |
| #6111, aired 2011-03-21 | AMERICAN FACES $2000: 1972 U.S. presidential candidate seen here (Shirley) Chisholm |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | "I" SAY $800: This 1972 feminist anthem was a No. 1 hit for Helen Reddy I Am Woman |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | HISTORIC SHIPS $800: The first luxury liner with this name was scrapped in 1972 after it burned & sank in a Hong Kong harbor the Queen Elizabeth |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | "P.G." $1200: Serving from 1969 to 1972, Winton Blount was the last person to serve in this job as part of the cabinet the Postmaster General |
| #6022, aired 2010-11-16 | INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE $800: May 22, 1972:
Ceylon officially becomes the Republic of this Sri Lanka |
| #6002, aired 2010-10-19 | A HAPPY TUNE $400: "Happy" is one of the tracks on this 1972 Rolling Stones album reissued in 2010 Exile on Main Street |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On May 15, 1972 while campaigning in Laurel, Md., this Alabama governor was shot & paralyzed by Arthur Bremer George Wallace |
| #5999, aired 2010-10-14 | THAT '70s TEAM $400: In 1972 Jerry West, Happy Hairston & Pat Riley (yes, that Pat Riley) ran the floor for this team the Lakers |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACHES $400: Bobby Knight
(1972-2000) Indiana |
| #5927, aired 2010-05-25 | BASEBALL ROOKIES OF THE YEAR $1000: Catcher Carlton Fisk
(American League, 1972) the Boston Red Sox |
| #5926, aired 2010-05-24 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON $600: The Crow Indians kill Robert Redford's family in this 1972 film & he's hell-bent on revenge Jeremiah Johnson |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | WHO CARRIED THE STATE? $2,800 (Daily Double): Massachusetts,
1972 George McGovern |
| #5916, aired 2010-05-10 | DIRECTORS & THEIR FILMS $400: Bob Fosse won an Oscar for this 1972 Liza Minnelli film Cabaret |
| #5889, aired 2010-04-01 | APRIL FOOL! $1000: A 1972 veterinary record article said "Brunus edwardii", this creature, was in 63.8% of households a teddy bear |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS $800: Yakov Springer, a weightlifting coach, was one of 10 men murdered on September 6, 1972 in this city Munich |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | TO THE FAR EAST SIDE $600: In 1972 the winter Olympics were held in this Japanese city on Hokkaido, near Otaru bay; beer me! Sapporo |
| #5849, aired 2010-02-04 | NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS $1200: 1972: "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of" this group NIMH |
| #5842, aired 2010-01-26 | INVESTING WITH WARREN BUFFETT $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a candy shop.) In 1972, the fudge loving Warren Buffett bought See's Candies for $25 million; it's yielded $1 billion in income & helps rocket the stock of this, Buffett's investment company Berkshire Hathaway |
| #5842, aired 2010-01-26 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMERS $1000: Johnny "The Jet" Rodgers
(1972) Nebraska |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | NAME THE FILM $400: 1972:
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" The Godfather |
| #5806, aired 2009-12-07 | DECEMBER 7 $2000: 1972:
America's last lunar landing mission, this one, blasts off from Cape Canaveral Apollo 17 |
| #5791, aired 2009-11-16 | TV REVEILLE $400: 1972:
Loretta Swit as Major Margaret Houlihan M*A*S*H |
| #5760, aired 2009-10-02 | BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN $1200: She & Robert Wagner got married in 1972, 15 years after their first try Natalie Wood |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STUFF $400: In 1972 the ironically named Frank Shorter was the Olympic champion of this long running event the marathon |
| #5724, aired 2009-06-25 | SECOND LETTER "X" $1600: In 1972 the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey became this corporation Exxon |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | BODIES IN WATER $800: This swimmer did okay at the 1968 Olympics, winning 2 gold medals; he did better in 1972, winning 7, all record setters Mark Spitz |
| #5709, aired 2009-06-04 | DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS! $2000: "In and around the lake, mountains come out of the sky", sang this group in 1972's "Roundabout" Yes |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | SILENT PARTNERS $800: In 1972 Leo Fender, known primarily for making these, became a silent partner in a company called Music Man guitars |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | WHAT A KNOCKOUT! $2000: In 1972 this Panamanian's "Hands of Stone" stopped Ken Buchanan to win the lightweight crown Roberto Duran |
| #5700, aired 2009-05-22 | THEIR FIRST TOP 10 SOLO HIT $1000: "Mother And Child Reunion"
(1972) Paul Simon |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | I HEAR BANJOS $200: The classic bluegrass song "Dueling Banjos" is featured in this disturbing 1972 film Deliverance |
| #5676, aired 2009-04-20 | LIKE A VIRGIL $1200: Virgil Thomson's opera about this 19th century romantic poet & libertine premiered at Juilliard in 1972 Byron |
| #5676, aired 2009-04-20 | MOVERS & SHAKERS $5,400 (Daily Double): Roberto Clemente died flying supplies to this quake-stricken country in 1972 Nicaragua |
| #5675, aired 2009-04-17 | THE REPORT OF MY DEATH... $600: In 1972, after it was rumored that this billionaire recluse was dead, a telephone press conference was arranged with him Howard Hughes |
| #5675, aired 2009-04-17 | GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS $1600: 1972:
This late satirist's "FM and AM" (George) Carlin |
| #5657, aired 2009-03-24 | CHAMPIONS OF TOURNAMENTS $2000: In 1972 "Amarillo Slim" won this annual event the World Series of Poker |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | THE BIGGEST LOSER $1000: In 1972 John Hospers won a single electoral vote as this freedom-loving party's Candidate for president the Libertarian Party |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | THE BIGGEST LOSER $2,000 (Daily Double): This man came up a mere 18 million votes short in the 1972 election George McGovern |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | STRINGS $400: When this product was introduced in 1972, it was said to have a full "quarter mile" of fun shot out of a can Silly String |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | AND THEN THERE'S BEA ARTHUR $200: Bea Arthur played this signature role on the small screen from 1972 to 1978 Maude |
| #5503, aired 2008-07-09 | OLYMPIC MASCOTS $1200: A dachshund named Waldi was the mascot of the Summer Games in this city in 1972 Munich |
| #5501, aired 2008-07-07 | WAR $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, NV.) In 1972, responding to poor combat performance in this war, the United States Air Force began the Aggressor program to provide adversaries during training the Vietnam War |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | THE MIDDLE EAST $800: In 1971 this federation of 6 states gained its independence; Ras al Khaymah made it 7 states in 1972 the United Arab Emirates |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | BOOKS OF THE '70s $600 (Daily Double): In a 1972 book, Hunter S. Thompson sent Raoul Duke & Dr. Gonzo to this city to cover the Mint 400 race Las Vegas |
| #5475, aired 2008-05-30 | PAPERS $200: Woodward & Bernstein were working for this newspaper in August 1972 the Washington Post |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ORSON $800: Arrrrr! In 1972 Orson Welles was back aboard ship as the evil Long John Silver in this tale Treasure Island |
| #5464, aired 2008-05-15 | CLASSIC MOVIES $600: Organized crime is the real Corleone family business in this 1972 classic The Godfather |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | ATHLETES $400: In 1972 this perky Soviet athlete won the gold medal for women's individual balance beam (Olga) Korbut |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | THE CALENDAR $400: The Chinese assign each year an element as well as an animal; 1972 got rat & water & 1976, dragon & this fire |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | STATE THE STATE $1200: In 1972 Barbara Jordan was elected to Congress from this state Texas |
| #5390, aired 2008-02-01 | MEDICAL SCHOOL $400: This renowned Minnesota institution opened its own med school in 1972 the Mayo Clinic |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | A CINEMATIC FEAST $800: This 1999 comedy has spawned at least 5 sequels & shares its name with a No. 1 song from 1972 American Pie |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | FROM A TO E $1600: This 1970s book, later a movie, told the true & gripping tale of survival in the Andes after a 1972 plane crash Alive |
| #5352, aired 2007-12-11 | MUNICH $1200: The Summer Olympics in Munich in this year were sadly marred by terrorism & tragedy 1972 |
| #5337, aired 2007-11-20 | THE OLD COUNTRY $200: Until 1972 it was Ceylon Sri Lanka |
| #5334, aired 2007-11-15 | BALLET $400: The 1972 ballet "Printemps" premiered in the winter, but its name is French for this season spring |
| #5322, aired 2007-10-30 | POP DIVA TURNS MOVIE STAR $400: 1972:
Diana Ross in this biopic Lady Sings the Blues |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | BASEBALL FRANCHISE SHIFTS $2000: In 1972 the new Washington Senators moved west & became this team the Texas Rangers |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | QUOTABLE MOVIES $400: 1972:
"My father assured him that either his signature or his brains would be on the contract" The Godfather |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | A NUDE AWAKENING $800: Trying to escape his teen-idol image, this "Partridge Family" star posed nude for Rolling Stone in 1972 David Cassidy |
| #5284, aired 2007-07-26 | THE SUMMER OLYMPICS $800: The 1972 games at this German city were the scene of terrorism & tragedy Munich |
| #5271, aired 2007-07-09 | REUNITED $1000: The answer was blowin' in the wind when this folk trio reunited for a 1972 George McGovern fundraiser Peter, Paul & Mary |
| #5264, aired 2007-06-28 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $2000: He adapted his novel "Deliverance" for the big screen & played a sheriff in the 1972 movie James Dickey |
| #5261, aired 2007-06-25 | VOICES, I HEAR VOICES... $1200: He voiced Shaggy on the 1969-1972 TV series "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" Casey Kasem |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL $1600: Last name of QB Brian who led Michigan to the '97 natl. championship; dad Bob QBed for the 17-0 Dolphins of 1972 Griese |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | WORDS INTRODUCED IN THE 20th CENTURY $600: 1972: A TV program divided into several different parts & broadcast over a short period of time a miniseries |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | BOB'S YOUR UNCLE $800: In 1972 he choreographed "Pippin", & later, "Chicago"; now... jazz hands! Bob Fosse |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | MY LIFE IN GAME SHOWS $400: He hosted one game show from 1956 to 1974 & another from 1972 to 2007 Bob Barker |
| #5212, aired 2007-04-17 | LAST BUT NOT LEAST $1000: The last NASA astronaut to fly in space alone was Ronald Evans as a part of this 1972 Apollo mission Apollo 17 |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | LET'S CHECK OUT SOME COLLEGES $4,800 (Daily Double): Founded by French missionaries in 1842, this Indiana univ. first admitted women in 1972, so you can now go, girl! University of Notre Dame |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | HOT TUNES $200: In 1972 he was "a hunk, a hunk of burning love"; thank you, thank you very much Elvis Presley |
| #5148, aired 2007-01-17 | MUTILATED ART $400: In 1972 a hammer-wielding man smashed Mary's nose & arm on this Michelangelo work the Pieta |
| #5148, aired 2007-01-17 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1600: In a 1972 recording, "An Evening With" this author, she read excerpts from her famous diary Anais Nin |
| #5140, aired 2007-01-05 | THE KING & I $1600: In 1972 King Frederik IX's oldest daughter, Margrethe, succeeded him on the throne of this country Denmark |
| #5138, aired 2007-01-03 | JOE BUCK CALLS HISTORY $400: June 17, 1972:
There's the throw... & James McCord, Jr. & 4 others are caught stealing at this complex Watergate |
| #5135, aired 2006-12-29 | I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER! $400: His 1972 presidential bid was gaining momentum when he was shot & paralyzed by Arthur Bremer George Wallace |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: 1972 Marlon Brando film set in France in which he decides to live "the simple life" as an heiress Last Tango In Paris Hilton |
| #5119, aired 2006-12-07 | THE FAST $400: One of this man's 7 Olympic gold medals in 1972 came in the 100m free, which he swam in a world record 51.22 Mark Spitz |
| #5109, aired 2006-11-23 | "C" FOOD $200: A 1972 song said "Put the lime in" this & "drink them both up" the coconut |
| #5093, aired 2006-11-01 | IDENTITY THEFT $400: The work of "The Saint of the Gutters", Paris Hilton, with India's sick & poor earned her the 1972 Nehru Award Mother Teresa |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | HYMNS & HERS $400: On a 1972 record she sings "What a friend we have in Jesus"; Rev. C.L. Franklin, her dad, is on the album too Aretha Franklin |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | 20th CENTURY SPORTS $1000: This 1972 newsmaker became the "King of Amateur Swimming" Mark Spitz |
| #5085, aired 2006-10-20 | "B" ACTORS $800: I kid you not! In 1972 he brought his famous role to TV, starring in a sitcom version of "Anna and the King" Yul Brynner |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN $1200: He dealt with ophthalmological issues in the 1972 hit "Doctor My Eyes" Jackson Browne |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | 1970s ROCK $200: In 1972 the band White Clover changed to this "state"ly name; its members went to Topeka West High School Kansas |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | FIREFIGHTING $800: The Jaws of Life rescue tool was originally developed in 1972 by the Hurst Company for use in this sport car racing |
| #5066, aired 2006-09-25 | "I" TUNES $600: We first heard Helen Reddy roar a version of this No. 1 anthem in 1972 "I Am Woman" |
| #5062, aired 2006-09-19 | MOVIE LOCATIONS $200: 1972:
Brando prefers anonymity in "Last Tango in ___" Paris |
| #5045, aired 2006-07-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $800: In 1972 The Times won for meritorious public service for publishing these documents leaked by Daniel Ellsberg the Pentagon Papers |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | SAMES NAMES AS THE JACKSON 5 $200: First name of the actor who in 1972 said, "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse" Marlon |
| #5033, aired 2006-06-28 | MOVIE CRITTERS $400: 1972:
"Sounder" a dog |
| #5026, aired 2006-06-19 | MOVIES THAT ARE ALL WET $1600: Jon Voight & Burt Reynolds head to Appalachia for a canoe trip that goes horribly wrong in this 1972 flick Deliverance |
| #5022, aired 2006-06-13 | "B" MOVIES $1,000 (Daily Double): 1972:
Bitten by a vampire centuries before, a bloodthirsty African prince feeds on a modern city Blacula |
| #5016, aired 2006-06-05 | LOST ART $1000: In the 1972 book "Working", a man with this music-related job says computers can't replace the human ear--sorry, pal piano tuner |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | MEMORABLE ROLES $800: 1972:
Kay Adams;
1974:
Kay Corleone;
1990:
Kay Adams Michelson Diane Keaton |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK $200: It's not me in the photo seen here, but it is this 1972 nominee Spiro Agnew |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | FIRST IN OUR HEARTS $800: The first of these cast for a woman was Roger MacBride's, going to 1972 Libertarian V.P. candidate Theodora Nathan an Electoral College vote |
| #4990, aired 2006-04-28 | MOVIE QUOTES $400: It's the 1972 film with the timeless line "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli" The Godfather |
| #4982, aired 2006-04-18 | STATE OF DISASTER $1000: In 1972 14 towns were flooded when a coal mine's slag-pile dam collapsed in this mountain state West Virginia |
| #4979, aired 2006-04-13 | LET'S GET MARRIED IN VEGAS! $200: In Vegas to marry Alana Collins in 1972, he probably spent some time tanning poolside George Hamilton |
| #4975, aired 2006-04-07 | HOTEL CALIFORNIA $1200: Plenty of room at this ship docked at Long Beach that opened its first hotel rooms in 1972 the Queen Mary |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | APRIL $1200: In April 1972 the U.S. bombed this Vietnamese port city; more recently Seattle became its sister city Haiphong |
| #4949, aired 2006-03-02 | REMEMBERING RICKY NELSON $1000: This song heard here was Rick's last Top 40 hit, in 1972
"But it's all right now /
I've learned my lesson well /
You see, you can't please everyone..." "Garden Party" |
| #4943, aired 2006-02-22 | THE OLYMPIC GAMES $1200: Norwegian Magnar Solberg is the oldest individual winter gold medalist, winning this 2-event sport at 35 in 1972 the biathlon |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | '70s POP CULTURE $400: In 1972 he spread a 200,000 square-foot curtain across a mountain valley in Colorado Christo |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | '70s POP CULTURE $1200: You could say this French Olympian went downhill as a ski instructor turned thief in the 1972 film "Snow Job" Jean-Claude Killy |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | "THIN" IS IN $800: This word accompanied "Fear" in the title of a groundbreaking 1972 book loathing |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | FOOD $200: The first new variety of Eggo waffle Kellogg's made was one with this fruit in 1972 blueberries |
| #4868, aired 2005-11-09 | ROCKET SCIENCE $1200: In Dec. 1972 Gene Cernan became the last man to command one of these vehicles known as the LM the lunar module |
| #4868, aired 2005-11-09 | WOLF (BLITZER) PACK $1200: Blitzer started his career in 1972 with this huge news service named for the German who started it in 1851 Reuters |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | PAIR CAPITA $1200: Known for their 1972 match, these Russian & American chess players had a rematch 20 years later Fischer & Spassky |
| #4858, aired 2005-10-26 | INGMAR BERGMAN $2000: In Swedish Bergman's 1982 film is "Fanny Och Alexander" & this harrowing 1972 film, "Viskningar och rop" Cries and Whispers |
| #4855, aired 2005-10-21 | NAME THAT AUTOCRAT $800: Nicaragua
1967-1972 &
1974-1979 Somoza |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | "ROCK" SONGS $800: In 1972 Johnny Rivers came down with this, in addition to the "Boogie Woogie Flu" "The Rockin' Pneumonia" |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | SPEED $200: A 1972 experiment set this more precisely at 186,282 miles per second the speed of light |
| #4840, aired 2005-09-30 | "COM" $1600: Controversial 1969 Philip Roth novel that was made into a 1972 film Portnoy's Complaint |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | MILLION DOLLAR BABY $1000: In 1972 Edward C. Johnson 3d faithfully took over from his dad, the 2d, as head of this big mutual fund company Fidelity Investments |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | WORLD CAPITALS $400: A 1972 earthquake destroyed most of the downtown area of this Nicaraguan capital Managua |
| #4825, aired 2005-07-22 | LITERARY BUNNIES $800: The power-mad Gen. Woundwort makes life miserable for the other bunnies in this 1972 novel by Richard Adams Watership Down |
| #4819, aired 2005-07-14 | SONG HITS FOR TWO $1200: Power Station in 1985;
T. Rex in 1972 "Bang A Gong" |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | MUSICMAKERS $1000: In 1972 he "and Mrs. Jones" had a "thing going on" Billy Paul |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | YOU DESERVE A SHOWBIZ AWARD! $1200: Starting in 1972, the ACT awards were handed out for achievement in television aimed at this demographic children |
| #4789, aired 2005-06-02 | SARGENT/YORK $800: Dick Sargent played this sitcom role from 1969 to 1972 Darrin Stephens |
| #4754, aired 2005-04-14 | REEL PEOPLE $2000: The title Westerner of a 1972 Robert Redford film; in real life, he was said to eat his enemies' livers Jeremiah Johnson |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | OLYMPIC BOXERS $600: Teofilo Stevenson of this country impressively won heavyweight gold in 1972, 1976 & 1980 Cuba |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | OLYMPIC BOXERS $800: Both the 1972 & 1976 Olympic light-welterwight gold medalists had this "sweet" nickname Sugar Ray |
| #4724, aired 2005-03-03 | 2-LETTER ABBREV. $1000: It's the famous apparel company founded by surfboard maker Jim Jenks in 1972 OP |
| #4718, aired 2005-02-23 | THAT '70s NEWS ITEM $400: On Aug. 4, 1972 Arthur Bremer was sentenced to 63 years in prison for shooting this governor George Wallace |
| #4709, aired 2005-02-10 | AUTUMN LEAVES $400: October 1972:
This ballplayer leaves the epitaph "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives" Jackie Robinson |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | BRIT LIT $1200: An early version of this D.H. Lawrence novel was published in 1972 as "John Thomas and Lady Jane" Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| #4686, aired 2005-01-10 | FILMS OF THE '70s $600: A canoe trip into the Georgia backwoods became a living nightmare for four friends in this 1972 film Deliverance |
| #4685, aired 2005-01-07 | THE 1970s MUSIC SCENE $200: The 1972 film "Fillmore" chronicled the closing of promoter Bill Graham's Fillmore West in this city San Francisco |
| #4685, aired 2005-01-07 | THE APPRENTICE $1600: This popular 1972 novel covers James Herriot's period as an apprentice to an eccentric veterinarian All Creatures Great and Small |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | DESIGN $1200: In 1972 this company introduced the SX-70, its first SLR model Polaroid |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | "HAPPY" NEW YEAR $400: Title of Xaviera Hollander's 1972 bestseller The Happy Hooker |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $400: The third Sunday in June, it didn't become official until signed into law in 1972 Father's Day |
| #4632, aired 2004-10-26 | BEER BRANDS $400 (Daily Double): This popular Japanese beer shares its name with the city that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics Sapporo |
| #4617, aired 2004-10-05 | IN THE SMITHSONIAN $800: The Pulsar was the first all-electronic one of these, & in 1972 it would have set you back $2,100 a (wrist)watch |
| #4617, aired 2004-10-05 | ROD STEWART $1200: In 1972 Rod hit the Top 40 (No. 40, actually) with "Angel", written by this legend who played like his guitar was on fire Jimi Hendrix |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | SPORTS VENUES $200: A stadium with the world’s largest roof was built in 1972 for the Olympic games in this city Munich |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | BIRD-BRAINED BALLETS $600: Gelsey Kirkland starred in the 1972 version of "The Song of" this nocturnal bird a nightingale |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | PBS' ELECTRIC COMPANY $600: He played Al the Milkman in 1972 & 14 years later had the No. 1 TV show in America Bill Cosby |
| #4610, aired 2004-09-24 | PRO FOOTBALL $400: This Pittsburgh Steelers tackle was named the AP's defensive player of the year twice: 1972 & 1974 Mean Joe Greene |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | IT'S A TEAM THING $600: (Hi, I'm Julius Erving.) In the 1972 NBA Draft I was picked by this team that 3 years earlier drafted some guy named Lew Alcindor the Milwaukee Bucks |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | EDUCATION $5,800 (Daily Double): This numerical portion of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibited sex discrimination in athletics Title IX |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | NOVEL QUOTES $1000: (1972)
"Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate" Watership Down |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | IN A MUSICAL MOOD $600: A 1972 No. 1 hit, this song would be great hold music for an eye doctor "I Can See Clearly Now" |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | THE EMMYS $400: 1972 Best Supporting Comedy Actor winner who played Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" Ed Asner |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | THEY PLAYED JESSE JAMES $2000: This co-star of 2003's "Open Range" played Jesse in a 1972 film (Robert) Duvall |
| #4564, aired 2004-06-10 | THEY ALL PLAYED COUNTRY SINGERS $1200: Before "The Larry Sanders Show", this actor seen here played a ruthless country singer in the 1972 film "Payday" Rip Torn |
| #4561, aired 2004-06-07 | I DID IT! $600: Check it out! In 1972 he became the first American chess player to win the world championship Bobby Fischer |
| #4558, aired 2004-06-02 | PARDON ME $800: This country singer who did time in San Quentin was pardoned by Governor Reagan in 1972 Merle Haggard |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | BESTSELLERS $400: A little birdie told us this Richard Bach book was the top-selling fiction book of 1972 & 1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | "COP"s $200: He was nominated for an Oscar in Directing for 1972 & won for 1974 Francis Ford Coppola |
| #4510, aired 2004-03-26 | '70s MOVIE THEMES $1600: Andy Williams had a 1972 hit with "Speak Softly Love", the theme from this epic film The Godfather |
| #4492, aired 2004-03-02 | "F" TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY $800: Her visit to North Vietnam in 1972 spurred calls of treason Jane Fonda |
| #4490, aired 2004-02-27 | FAREWELL TO THE CHIEF $600: December 26, 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri (Harry) Truman |
| #4475, aired 2004-02-06 | THE OLD NEGRO LEAGUES $800: In 1972 this organization's Negro League committee selected Josh Gibson (the Baseball) Hall of Fame |
| #4457, aired 2004-01-13 | MOVIE VILLAINS $1600: Bill McKinney, one of the mountain men who went after Ned Beatty in this 1972 film, has a CD of love songs out Deliverance |
| #4452, aired 2004-01-06 | RUSSIAN PAST $1200: In 1972 Nixon & Brezhnev signed an agreement to limit nuclear arms after a series of meetings called SALT, or this Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
| #4450, aired 2004-01-02 | THE SINGER PORTRAYED $400: By Diana Ross in 1972 Billie Holiday |
| #4450, aired 2004-01-02 | GRAMBLING MARCHING BAND $600: The Marching Tigers performed in Monrovia at the 1972 inauguration of this country's President William Tolbert Liberia |
| #4449, aired 2004-01-01 | ASIAN HISTORY $800: In 1972 Pakistan's President Bhutto signed an accord with this Indian Prime Minister normalizing relations Indira Gandhi |
| #4449, aired 2004-01-01 | POP MUSIC $1000: She made her Top 40 debut with 1972's "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio" Joni Mitchell |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT... $200: ...suitcases with this feature, patented by Bernie Sadow in 1972 wheels |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | SPORTS & MUSIC $1600: This song that hit the pop charts in 1972 has become a ubiquitous sports arena anthem "Rock and Roll Part 2" |
| #4425, aired 2003-11-28 | PRIME MIME $1200: This Swiss mime troupe was founded in 1972 with the goal of creating "a new form of theatre" Mummenschanz |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE $1200: This 1972 Marlon Brando film was originally rated X Last Tango in Paris |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | CLOCKED $1000: He clocked in with a record time with each of the 7 Olympic gold medals he won at the 1972 Munich games Mark Spitz |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | BEST PICTURES IN OTHER WORDS $1200: 1972:
"Baptism Sponsor" The Godfather |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER $1600: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Constitution Center.) On loan from the National Archives, the National Constitution Center has the tools used one June night, 1972, at this site the Watergate |
| #4362, aired 2003-07-15 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Sondheim musical about a Seurat painting & the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee Sunday in the Park with George McGovern |
| #4352, aired 2003-07-01 | TV HOSPITALS $600: On this series that debuted in 1972, Squad 51 took its patients to Rampart Hospital Emergency! |
| #4349, aired 2003-06-26 | ALL IN THE FAMILY $1200: Premiering in 1972, it was the first spinoff of "All in the Family" Maude |
| #4344, aired 2003-06-19 | ASSOCIATIONS $800: The burglary of this organization's office June 17, 1972 made headlines the Democratic National Committee |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | THE 1970s $200: 1972's Operation Linebacker II is better known as these "yuletide" bombings of Hanoi & Haiphong Christmas bombings |
| #4332, aired 2003-06-03 | BIOGRAPHY $1000: Born in Kenya in 1903, married Mary in 1936, dead & buried in 1972 Louis Leakey |
| #4328, aired 2003-05-28 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $1600: This 1972 novel is about a community of rabbits in Berkshire who set out to find a new warren Watership Down |
| #4327, aired 2003-05-27 | SOUL $1200: In 1972 this legendary soulman won an Oscar for his theme from the movie "Shaft" Isaac Hayes |
| #4320, aired 2003-05-16 | AMERICAN MOVIE IDOL $800: In 2002 it was announced that he plans to direct & star in a sequel to his 1972 movie "The Candidate" Robert Redford |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | THAT '70s NEWS $1600: Rhyming name of either of 2 1972 Chinese immigrants, one of them is shown here Ling-Ling or Hsing-Hsing |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | MUSIC FOR YOUR CAT $200: Kitty loves this 1972 Elton John song that says, "Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways" "Honky Cat" |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | POTPOURRI $800: This daily chronicler of the fashion industry launched "W", a bi-weekly, in 1972 Women's Wear Daily |
| #4291, aired 2003-04-07 | MAN IN SPACE $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.) The Apollo 17 command module jettisoned this on Dec 15, 1972; hey, they were done with it lunar module |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | REMEMBER THE '80s $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit) On March 30, 1981 outside the Washington Hilton, this man was shoved into this 1972 Lincoln limousine Ronald Reagan |
| #4248, aired 2003-02-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1972 George McGovern called this president's administration the "most corrupt" in U.S. history Richard Nixon |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | THAT '70s SONG $400: This 1972 song heard here became an anthem for many "I Am Woman" (by Helen Reddy) |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | PERSONAL PRODUCTS $800: This clothes line introduced by Garan Inc. in 1972 had kids matching hippos & other creatures to make outfits Garanimals |
| #4241, aired 2003-01-27 | AUTOBIOGRAPHERS $2000: 1972:
"The Happy Hooker" Xaviera Hollander |
| #4237, aired 2003-01-21 | MUSIC $400: An odd subject for an opera, but composer John Adams wrote one about this president's 1972 trip to China Richard Nixon |
| #4232, aired 2003-01-14 | ISLANDS $800: The U.S. took this largest of the Ryukyu Islands during WWII & didn't give it back to Japan until 1972 Okinawa |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | WHAT'S IN A NAME? $600: In 1853 this man founded a piano business in NYC with his "Sons" that stayed family owned until 1972 Henry E. Steinway |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | OH, WHAT A YEAR! $1200: Part of 3 Apollo moon missions, lunar roving vehicles were driven for the last time in this election year 1972 |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | PLAYING PRESIDENT $400: 1972:
Ken Howard as this Declaration writer Jefferson |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | KINGS NAMED GUSTAV $400: Current king Carl XVI Gustaf met his wife at this event in Munich in 1972; she was an interpreter Summer Olympics |
| #4166, aired 2002-10-14 | PADRES $1000: Gene Hackman's Rev. Frank Scott leads a band of survivors to safety aboard a capsized ship in this 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure |
| #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 |
| #4159, aired 2002-10-03 | PRO FOOTBALL $400: In 1972 this NFL team moved its home games to Arrowhead Stadium, upping its seating capacity by over 30,000 Kansas City Chiefs |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN $1000: "Freddie's Dead" & sadly, so is this R&B singer & producer who made the song a hit in 1972 Curtis Mayfield |
| #4145, aired 2002-09-13 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $600: Waldi, the symbol of the 1972 summer games in Munich, was a stylized one of these "wiener" dogs dachshund |
| #4137, aired 2002-09-03 | STAR TRACK $1,600 (Daily Double): This actor born in London in 1972 was named for a Beatles song & an "Obscure" literary character Jude Law |
| #4127, aired 2002-07-09 | THE OLYMPICS $1000: At the 1972 Munich Olympics, he won the 100-meter & 200-meter butterfly events, among others Mark Spitz |
| #4117, aired 2002-06-25 | HURRICANE NAMES $2000: Pennsylvania had to Endora, sorry, endure this lady in 1972 Agnes |
| #4107, aired 2002-06-11 | ROCK WITH YOU $600: Eric Clapton charted 3 times with this song: in 1971, 1972 & 1992 "Layla" |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: In 1972 California governor Ronald Reagan granted a full pardon to this "Okie from Muskogee" Merle Haggard |
| #4098, aired 2002-05-29 | AL PACINO MOVIES $400: Al's first Oscar nomination came for his supporting work in this 1972 gangster film The Godfather |
| #4097, aired 2002-05-28 | A DAY TO REMEMBER $400: Subject to ratification by the 50 states, Congress approved this amendment March 22, 1972 Equal Rights Amendment |
| #4097, aired 2002-05-28 | A DAY TO REMEMBER $2000: Later Secretary of State, this man seen here withdrew from the U.S. presidential primaries on April 27, 1972 (Ed) Muskie |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | PLAYBILL $800: What a record! Emanuel Azenberg has produced all of this writer's plays since 1972's "The Sunshine Boys" Neil Simon |
| #4060, aired 2002-04-05 | CHARLES IN CHARGE $200: Charles "Pete" Conrad (in 1969) & Charles Duke, Jr. (in 1972) are 2 of only 12 men in history to go to work here the moon |
| #4060, aired 2002-04-05 | THEIR LAST TOP 10 HIT $800: "My Ding-A-Ling"
(1972) Chuck Berry |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | INITIALLY YOURS $800: In 1972 this Texan became the first race car driver to win the Indy 500 for the fourth time A.J. Foyt |
| #4045, aired 2002-03-15 | A DATE WITH HISTORY $1200: Bobby Fischer became the first American world chess champion defeating this man on Sept. 1, 1972 Boris Spassky |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | GIVE THE ROLE TO GARY $200: TV, 1972-1979:
Walter "Radar" O'Reilly Gary Burghoff |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $400: One "Behind the Music" covered this year in which the U.S. re-elected Nixon & tried to deport John Lennon 1972 |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | JAN. $800: On Jan. 7, 1972 Lewis Powell & this future Chief Justice were sworn in as Supreme Court Justices William Rehnquist |
| #4004, aired 2002-01-17 | IT'S PARTY TIME! $1000: In a No. 6 Hit from 1972, Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band were headed to this title function "Garden Party" |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $400: Elton John's first U.S. No. 1 hit was this "reptilian" song rom 1972 "Crocodile Rock" |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | THAT ZANY SCREWBALL COMEDY $800: This 1972 O'Neal-Streisand film was an attempt to revive the screwball genre What's Up Doc? |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS $400: The darling of the 1972 games, this Soviet gymnast won gold after backflipping on the balance beam Olga Korbut |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | WHEN $1600: The haunting image seen here was snapped in this year 1972 |
| #3973, aired 2001-12-05 | WHAAAZUUUP?! $200: On Dec. 14, 1972 Gene Cernan became the last man to drive a vehicle up here the moon |
| #3973, aired 2001-12-05 | CENTRAL AMERICA $600: Nicaraguan dictator Somoza never rebuilt downtown Managua after this 1972 disaster earthquake |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1200: In a 1972 book, Hunter S. Thompson sent Raoul Duke & Dr. Gonzo to this city to cover the Mint 400 race Las Vegas |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | '70s SONGS $1600: In a 1972 hit Neil Young was "A Miner for" this a Heart of Gold |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | THE STATUE OF LIBERTY $400 (Daily Double): The American Museum of this was opened in the base of the statue in 1972 Immigration |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | CELEBRATED AFRICAN-AMERICANS $1000: In 1972 this woman's place was in the House; the House of Representatives Barbara Jordan |
| #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | IT'S MY LIFE $400: This anthropologist told about her early years in 1972's "Blackberry Winter" Margaret Mead |
| #3941, aired 2001-10-22 | THAT'S GOTTA HURT $300: The British navy suspended this punishment in 1881; the state of Delaware banned it in 1972 flogging |
| #3941, aired 2001-10-22 | AL, HISTORY'S PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PAL $300: Uh oh! Security man Frank Wills finds the tape Al forgot to remove for his pals at this complex on June 17, 1972 the Watergate Hotel |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | RAISING ARIZONA $400: "Well I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona" in this 1972 Eagles hit Take It Easy |
| #3919, aired 2001-09-20 | WE ARE THE WORLD $300: Published in 8 volumes in 1917, it went to 22 volumes in 1972, went on a CD-ROM in 1990 & online in 1998 World Book Encyclopedia |
| #3909, aired 2001-09-06 | THE LAST AMERICAN TO WIN THE GOLD $1000: Men's marathon
(1972) Frank Shorter |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | POETIC LICENSE PLATES $400: 1885-1972 USA
16 OZ Ezra Pound |
| #3893, aired 2001-07-04 | THE 4th $3,000 (Daily Double): The 4th monarch of England in the 20th century, he died in 1972 Edward VIII |
| #3874, aired 2001-06-07 | BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY $200: Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola
(1972) The Godfather |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | THE NEW YORK TIMES TIMELINE $600 (Daily Double): The Times won a Pulitzer for its publication of these purloined documents in 1972 the Pentagon Papers |
| #3853, aired 2001-05-09 | AMERICA SINCE 1865 $500 (Daily Double): On June 17, 1972 5 were arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ in this Washington, D.C. apartment complex the Watergate building |
| #3830, aired 2001-04-06 | THE LAST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY $100: On October 26, 1972 this future U.S. Secretary of State declared that "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam Henry Kissinger |
| #3830, aired 2001-04-06 | IT'S A MYSTERY $500: In 1972 Faye Marder married this man; in 1985 they each put out their first mystery novels Jonathan Kellerman |
| #3812, aired 2001-03-13 | GRAMMY-WINNING FEMALE SINGERS $400: "I Am Woman"
(1972) Helen Reddy |
| #3808, aired 2001-03-07 | NOTABLE WOMEN $600: Astronomer Margaret Burbidge was appointed the first woman director of this institution in England in 1972 Royal Observatory at Greenwich |
| #3805, aired 2001-03-02 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $600: Appointed in 1972, he's currently the longest-serving member of the court Chief Justice William Rehnquist |
| #3798, aired 2001-02-21 | BLACKJACK $500: This Wink Martindale-hosted game show that debuted in 1972 was based on the game of blackjack Gambit |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | HOLIDAYS $400: This June day had been celebrated for 62 years, but it wasn't official until signed into law by Nixon in 1972 Father's Day |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | THE AFI'S 100 GREATEST AMERICAN MOVIES $500 (Daily Double): This 1972 movie is No. 3 on the list; its sequel is No. 32 The Godfather |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | 60 MINUTES $200: He won Emmys in 1971, 1972 & 1973 for his correspondent chores on "60 Minutes" Mike Wallace |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | IN THE NAVY $400: In 1972 the U.S. Navy promoted its first woman to this rank Admiral |
| #3752, aired 2000-12-19 | THE "ANTI"-CATEGORY $800: Signed May 26, 1972 , it's abbreviated as the ABM Treaty Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty |
| #3749, aired 2000-12-14 | U.S. HISTORY $300: In 1972 the "T" in the newsmaking SALT stood for this, not "treaty" Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
| #3745, aired 2000-12-08 | FILMS OF THE '70s $1000: In a 1972 comedy Alan Arkin fancied himself a casanova in “The Last of” these the red hot lovers |
| #3739, aired 2000-11-30 | THE "A"-TEAM $400: On March 25, 1972 this group's song "A Horse With No Name" began a 3-week stay at the top of the pop charts America |
| #3736, aired 2000-11-27 | SPACE EXPLORATION $100: In February 1972 a Soviet spacecraft soft-landed here & then returned rock samples to the Earth Moon |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | MOVIE QUOTES $300: 1972:
"Someday, and that day may never come, I'll call upon you to do a service..." The Godfather |
| #3716, aired 2000-10-30 | ANIMATED CATS $300: The 1972 adventures of this risque cat became the first animated film ever to get an "X" rating Fritz the Cat |
| #3704, aired 2000-10-12 | '70s SONGS $800: This Curtis Mayfield hit from 1972 was from "Superfly", not "Nightmare on Elm Street" "Freddie's Dead" |
| #3695, aired 2000-09-29 | "DIAMOND"S $200: He took "Song Sung Blue" to No. 1 in 1972 Neil Diamond |
| #3693, aired 2000-09-27 | LEGENDS OF BASEBALL $400: On September 30, 1972 this Pittsburgh Pirate got his 3,000th & last career hit Roberto Clemente |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS $400: 1972:
Men's Basketball Soviet Union |
| #3683, aired 2000-09-13 | THE MUSICAL FABRIC STORE $600: This "nocturnal" Moody Blues song was a Top 10 hit in 1972 "Nights In White Satin" |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | THE GRIDIRON $400 (Daily Double): [Hi, I'm Franco Harris, Hall of Fame running back of the Pittsburgh Steelers] In the 1972 playoff game against the Oakland Raiders, I caught a miraculous, game-winning pass that's been nicknamed this "The Immaculate Reception" |
| #3672, aired 2000-07-18 | CHARACTER ACTORS $1000: In 1972 this bug-eyed Brit seen in "Young Frankenstein" had his own TV "Comedy Machine" Marty Feldman |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | HISPANICA $300: This Puerto Rican Pittsburgh Pirate passed away December 31, 1972 Roberto Clemente |
| #3664, aired 2000-07-06 | CAPITAL $300: When Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in 1972 for the world chess title, they were in this world capital Reykjavik |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY $500: On April 1, 1945 U.S. forces landed on this largest of the Ryukyu Islands; in 1972 we gave it back to Japan Okinawa |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | "B" MOVIES $1,000 (Daily Double): What a pain in the neck! An African prince is turned into a vampire in this 1972 blaxploitation film Blacula |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | CHESS NUTS $500: Bobby Fischer beat this man in Iceland in 1972 to take the world chess title Boris Spassky |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | EARLS $300: He narrated, no doubt resonantly, the 1972 documentary "Malcolm X" James Earl Jones |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | PRO BASKETBALL $300: In 1971 & 1972 he won NBA scoring titles under 2 different names Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Lew Alcindor |
| #3604, aired 2000-04-13 | NUMBER, PLEASE $1,000 (Daily Double): A catalog of athletic wear for women is named "Title" this, after part of a 1972 education law IX (9) |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | NEWSPAPERS $200: Woodward & Bernstein were working for this newspaper in August 1972 The Washington Post |
| #3593, aired 2000-03-29 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: On July 31, 1972 this Missouri senator withdrew as McGovern's running mate because of earlier psychiatric care Thomas Eagleton |
| #3584, aired 2000-03-16 | "IRISH" STEW $300: In 1972 Colgate introduced this deodorant soap -- manly, yes, but I like it too Irish Spring |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | HOT WHEELS $200: Upstanding citizens have been driving this make of Honda around the city since 1972 Civic |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | JANUARY 24 $1,000 (Daily Double): On Jan. 24, 1972 WWII soldier Shoichi Yokoi was found in the jungle of this island, a U.S. territory Guam |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | THE SWINGIN' '70s $300: (Hi, I'm Danny Masterson of "That '70s Show") This American with a swingin' mustache & haircut was a hero of the 1972 Olympics with 7 gold medals Mark Spitz |
| #3544, aired 2000-01-20 | ROBERT REDFORD $1000: One of Redford's favorites among his films is this 1972 story of a solitary trapper in the wilds of 19th century Utah Jeremiah Johnson |
| #3535, aired 2000-01-07 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1000: Country Bobby Fischer was in in 1972 when he became the 1st American to win the World Chess Championship Iceland |
| #3532, aired 2000-01-04 | GEOGRAPHIC PHRASES $200: Title of a 1972 Don McLean hit & a 1999 teen comedy, both about losing one's innocence "American Pie" |
| #3530, aired 1999-12-31 | FILMS OF THE '70s $200: This 1972 Woody Allen film included clips & music from "Casablanca", sweetheart Play It Again, Sam |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | HARK THE ANGEL $600: This musical that opened in New York in 1972 includes a Teen Angel in its cast of characters Grease |
| #3524, aired 1999-12-23 | PRESIDENTIAL ALSO RANS $800: She campaigned vigorously for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972: Shirley Chisholm |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | RECORDS $200: Albert Hammond had a No. 5 hit in 1972 with the forecast "It Never Rains" here In Southern California |
| #3514, aired 1999-12-09 | KIDDY LIT $300: "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" was a 1972 sequel to this 1964 story "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| #3513, aired 1999-12-08 | THE CINEMA $500: 1972 film that ends with "Here life is beautiful." The girls are beautiful. Even the orchestra is beautiful" Cabaret |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $200: This hit song reached No. 2 twice, by Bobby Day in 1958 & by Michael Jackson in 1972 "Rockin' Robin" |
| #3484, aired 1999-10-28 | DAVID BOWIE $200: A 1972 Bowie album chronicled "The Rise and Fall of" this glam-rock persona "and the Spiders from Mars" Ziggy Stardust |
| #3479, aired 1999-10-21 | THE YEAR OF THE HEADLINE $600: Nixon Reelected President! 1972 |
| #3472, aired 1999-10-12 | 5 MOVIES $600: George Roy Hill directed the 1972 film adaptation of this Kurt Vonnegut war novel Slaughterhouse Five |
| #3438, aired 1999-07-14 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY $1000: Until 1972 this was the name of the Indian Ocean island whose current name means "resplendent land" Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) |
| #3415, aired 1999-06-11 | ASIAN CITIES $600: It hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics & lends its name to one of Japan's oldest brands of beer Sapporo |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Although first observed in 1909, it wasn't until 1972 that the third Sunday in June officially became this holiday Father's Day |
| #3407, aired 1999-06-01 | IN CHINA $400: One of her last books was 1972's "China Past and Present" Pearl S. Buck |
| #3398, aired 1999-05-19 | IT WAS THE '70s $400: A June 23, 1972 tape on which Nixon discussed a Watergate cover-up was called this type of "gun" smoking gun |
| #3387, aired 1999-05-04 | ROMANIA MANIA $800: Ilie Nastase, sometimes called "Nasty", led Romania to this sport's Davis Cup finals in 1969, 1971 & 1972 Tennis |
| #3378, aired 1999-04-21 | CRY $1,000 (Daily Double): His apparent tears during a New Hampshire campaign stop damaged his 1972 presidential bid Edmund Muskie |
| #3373, aired 1999-04-14 | THIS JUST IN... $1000: Retiring from the Senate in 1987 is this man who "flew" off the 1972 Democratic ticket; reactions from the Hill at 11 Thomas Eagleton |
| #3371, aired 1999-04-12 | ALL THAT JAZZ $800: Eleanora Fagan was the real name of this singer whom Diana Ross played in a 1972 film Billie Holiday |
| #3368, aired 1999-04-07 | "ITZ" $400: In 1972, he won his final gold medal swimming the butterfly leg in the 4x100-meter relay Mark Spitz |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | COLORFUL NAMES $400: Performer Divine competes for the title of World's Filthiest Person in this 1972 John Waters classic Pink Flamingos |
| #3345, aired 1999-03-05 | POLITICIANS $300: This Senate majority leader was a Democrat until filing for the GOP primary in a Mississippi House race in 1972 Trent Lott |
| #3339, aired 1999-02-25 | SCIENTIFIC AMERICANS $200: In a lab in 1972 David Baltimore created one of these basic portions of a chromosome Gene |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | SPORTS COMEBACKS $200: In the Summit Series this country kept its hockey honor with a 1972 comeback win over the USSR Canada |
| #3317, aired 1999-01-26 | EERIE TV ANTHOLOGIES $400: This Rod Serling series that "hung around" NBC was cut from 60 minutes to 30 in 1972 Night Gallery |
| #3311, aired 1999-01-18 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STARS $2,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Martina Navratilova.) Before coming to America, I was co-ranked No. 2 in 1972 in this country Czechoslovakia |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | LYING IN STATE $200: He lay in state in 1972 in tribute to his 48 years as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover |
| #3302, aired 1999-01-05 | ALL THAT GLITTERS.... $1000: In 1972 Gary Glitter hit the charts with this "Rock" song that has become a sports anthem "Rock And Roll Part 2" |
| #3300, aired 1999-01-01 | NAMES FROM THE PAST $200: In 1972 he declared martial law in the Philippines; it was lifted in January 1981 Ferdinand Marcos |
| #3300, aired 1999-01-01 | JANUARY 1 $400: On Jan. 1, 1972 this Austrian was inaugurated as Secretary-General of the United Nations Kurt Waldheim |
| #3295, aired 1998-12-25 | RUDOLPH $500: Bravo! This man was the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1950 to 1972 Sir Rudolph Bing |
| #3279, aired 1998-12-03 | MAY-DECEMBER MOVIES $200: Middle-aged Marlon Brando & young Maria Schneider are lovers in this 1972 Bertolucci work Last Tango In Paris |
| #3276, aired 1998-11-30 | THE THEATER $300: When this play opened in 1972, Jack Albertson & Sam Levene played comedians Willie Clark & Al Lewis The Sunshine Boys |
| #3276, aired 1998-11-30 | VAN GOGH A-GO-GO $600: His 1972 hit song "Vincent" was a tribute to Van Gogh Don McLean |
| #3267, aired 1998-11-17 | DECADES $900 (Daily Double): Last time a man walked on the moon 1970s (1972) |
| #3259, aired 1998-11-05 | 1997 $500: Pioneer 10, which was launched in 1972 to study this planet, was retired in 1997 Jupiter |
| #3256, aired 1998-11-02 | WOMEN'S LIBERATION $500: In 1972 this magazine appeared on American newsstands for the first time Ms. |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | HISTORY ON THE SCREEN $600: Scenes from a 1972 film in which Simon Ward played this British prime minister include one in a Boer prison Winston Churchill |
| #3245, aired 1998-10-16 | SWEET GOSPEL MUSIC $200: "How sweet the sound" of this song, the title of a 1972 Aretha Franklin gospel album "Amazing Grace" |
| #3235, aired 1998-10-02 | THE STAND $400: One of the better-selling issues of this women's magazine was the April 1972 issue featuring Burt Reynolds Cosmopolitan |
| #3232, aired 1998-09-29 | CBS TV AT 50 $1,000 (Daily Double): This CBS show was No. 1 in the primetime ratings for each season from 1972 to 1976 All in the Family |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | PUSHOVERS $200: In 1972 he vacillated over a running mate & lost to Nixon, 520 electoral votes to 17 George McGovern |
| #3218, aired 1998-09-09 | FEMALE COUNTRY $200: In 1972, the same year her "Delta Dawn" charted, she had a cameo role in the film "Jeremiah Johnson" Tanya Tucker |
| #3216, aired 1998-09-07 | "YOUNG" PEOPLE $400: In 1992 he released "Harvest Moon", a sequel to his "Harvest" album from 1972 Neil Young |
| #3206, aired 1998-07-06 | GYMNASTICS $1000: In 1972 Nancy Thies became the first to do a backflip on this piece of equipment the balance beam |
| #3203, aired 1998-07-01 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: We were bowled over by Liza Minnelli's performance as Sally Bowles in this 1972 movie musical Cabaret |
| #3201, aired 1998-06-29 | FIRST LADIES $300: In 1972 this First Lady reportedly said, "Being the First Lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world" Pat Nixon |
| #3198, aired 1998-06-24 | LEAP DAY IN SPORTS $400: Named 1971's best amateur athlete in the U.S. on Feb. 29, 1972, he went on to win 7 Olympic gold medals Mark Spitz |
| #3198, aired 1998-06-24 | LEAP DAY IN SPORTS $600: On Feb. 29, 1972 he signed a new contract with Atlanta making him the highest paid player in baseball Hank Aaron |
| #3197, aired 1998-06-23 | THE 1970s $300: Name given to the U.S.-USSR weapons negotiations; the first ended in 1972, the second in 1979 SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | U.S. CITIES $500: In 1972 a flash flood in this South Dakota city killed over 200 people Rapid City |
| #3183, aired 1998-06-03 | MILD-MANNERED REPORTERS $500: This king of gonzo journalism wrote of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" & in the 1972 campaign Hunter S. Thompson |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | ROCK ARTISTS $400: Jim Seals & this partner toured with The Champs in 1958, but didn't have a hit as a duo until 1972 Dash Crofts |
| #3165, aired 1998-05-08 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Pat Schroeder.) In 1972 I became the first woman ever to be elected to Congress from this state Colorado |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | SIMON $400: From 1972 to 1983, she was Mrs. James Taylor Carly Simon |
| #3137, aired 1998-03-31 | THE SCREAM ACTORS GUILD $800: 1972 title role played by William Marshall as a hip, happenin' soul man with a taste for blood Blacula |
| #3135, aired 1998-03-27 | RYDELL HIGH ALUMNI $100: When "Grease" debuted on Broadway in 1972, this future "American Gigolo" was an understudy Richard Gere |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | TRIAL $400: Nickname of Black Panther Elmer Pratt, released in 1997 because evidence was suppressed at his 1972 trial "Geronimo" |
| #3125, aired 1998-03-13 | LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX $200: In 1972 this French star called herself "the most important sex symbol of all time" Brigitte Bardot |
| #3125, aired 1998-03-13 | HIT PARADE $400: This rocker's last Top Ten hit was "Burning Love", which hit No. 2 in 1972 Elvis Presley |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | THE 1970s $200: Danny Zuko & Sandy Dumbrowski end up together in this musical that opened Valentine's Day, 1972 Grease |
| #3124, aired 1998-03-12 | THE 1970s $1,300 (Daily Double): In 1972 Mujibur Rahman became the first PM of this new Asian nation for which a concert was held in 1971 Bangladesh |
| #3122, aired 1998-03-10 | AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL $800: The last time both major party conventions were held in the same place was 1972 in this southern "beach" city Miami |
| #3120, aired 1998-03-06 | SPORTS $400: At the 1972 Munich Olympics, he swam in 7 events, including relays, & won all in world record times Mark Spitz |
| #3115, aired 1998-02-27 | THE TONYS $300: This founder of a chain has been giving diners a good ribbing since 1972 Tony Roma |
| #3110, aired 1998-02-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $700 (Daily Double): This cruise line was launched in 1972 with just one ship, the Mardi Gras Carnival Cruise Lines |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | I'M WARNING YOU... $1000: Title of a 1972 Tennessee Williams play, they're advisories put out to boat-owners in high winds small craft warnings |
| #3088, aired 1998-01-21 | ACTOR-DIRECTORS $100: When his 1972 film "Beware! The Blob" was reissued, it was subtitled "The Movie J.R. Shot" Larry Hagman |
| #3075, aired 1998-01-02 | WHEN-THEY-WERE-YOUNG FILMS $300: In a 1972 film Simon Ward played this prime minister from ages 19 to 26 Winston Churchill |
| #3053, aired 1997-12-03 | PRESIDENTS ON THE MOVE $1000: In 1972 he went to both Moscow & Peking Richard Nixon |
| #3043, aired 1997-11-19 | MRS. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $1000: Jiminy Cricket! Her 1972 book was "Declaration of" this Conscience |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | TV THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU $300: ABC has dealt with thorny kids' issues since 1972 in these occasional afternoon dramas Afterschool Specials |
| #3036, aired 1997-11-10 | AT THE KENNEDY CENTER $300: This president's 1972 visit to China inspired an opera that played at the Kennedy Center in 1988 Richard Nixon |
| #3026, aired 1997-10-27 | HISPANIC AMERICANS $400: This folk singer & activist visited North Vietnam in 1972 & Bosnia in 1993 Joan Baez |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | BURT REYNOLDS $400 (Daily Double): This 1972 film set in the South is considered Burt's dramatic breakthrough film Deliverance |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | BURT REYNOLDS $400: In the April 1972 issue of this magazine, Burt filled out the foldout Cosmopolitan |
| #3023, aired 1997-10-22 | MOVIE QUOTES $100: 1972 film re-released in 1997; its last line is "Don Corleone" The Godfather |
| #3017, aired 1997-10-14 | ATHLETES $200: At age 11 in 1972, he scored 378 goals for the Brantford (Ontario) Nadrofsky Steelers Wayne Gretzky |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | TELEVISED HISTORY $500: This ABC sportscaster won an Emmy for his coverage of the terrorism in Munich in 1972 Jim McKay |
| #2998, aired 1997-09-17 | FEMINISM $200: Title IX of a 1972 education law led to greater female participation in this activity in schools sports |
| #2984, aired 1997-07-17 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $800: In 1972 Margrethe II became this country's first queen to inherit the throne on her own right Denmark |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | THE FOOD BUSINESS $300: In 1972 Frito-Lay introduced its nacho cheese flavor of these chips Doritos |
| #2974, aired 1997-07-03 | COUNTRY SINGERS $1000: This Texan was just 13 when her hit single "Delta Dawn" made her a country star in 1972 Tanya Tucker |
| #2965, aired 1997-06-20 | JURY DUTY $300: In 1972 the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not require this type of jury verdict Unanimous |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | FILMS OF THE '70s $400: Bob Fosse won a Best Director Oscar for this 1972 Liza Minnelli musical, which he also choreographed Cabaret |
| #2934, aired 1997-05-08 | EXPLORERS $800: The Gjoa, this 20th C. Norwegian's ship, was exhibited in San Francisco 1906-1972, when it was returned to Oslo Roald Amundsen |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS $500: This magician was still in high school when he taught a magic course at NYU in 1972 David Copperfield |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | BEFORE YOU WERE BORN $1000: In 1972 this scandal named for a Washington, D.C. hotel was in the news Watergate |
| #2924, aired 1997-04-24 | FILM STARS $400: In 1972 this future wife of Alec Baldwin & her mother posed together as models for Breck shampoo Kim Basinger |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | MOVIE DEBUTS $600: Ned Beatty made a memorable debut in this 1972 film about a nightmarish canoe trip Deliverance |
| #2913, aired 1997-04-09 | MOVIE MUSIC $600: Love themes from "St. Elmo's Fire", "A Star Is Born" & this 1972 Coppola classic have been Top 40 hits The Godfather |
| #2909, aired 1997-04-03 | U.S. HISTORY $600: In 1972 he resigned as attorney general to head CREEP, the president's reelection committee John Mitchell |
| #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 |
| #2899, aired 1997-03-20 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES $1,300 (Daily Double): In 1972 this man replaced Thomas Eagleton as George McGovern's running mate Sargent Shriver |
| #2894, aired 1997-03-13 | MOVIE QUOTES $100: This 1972 movie begins with a funeral director telling Don Corleone, "I believe in America" The Godfather |
| #2893, aired 1997-03-12 | CANADIAN CAPITALS $800: This Manitoba capital annexed the adjacent community of Saint Boniface in 1972 Winnipeg |
| #2863, aired 1997-01-29 | THE PLAY'S THE THING $1000: The starting team of the Chicago Bulls could fill the cast of this 1972 Jason Miller play; it only has 5 parts "That Championship Season" |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | SHAKESPEAREAN POTPOURRI $1000: "Umabatha", a Zulu production of this "bewitching" tragedy, appeared in London in 1972 "Macbeth" |
| #2854, aired 1997-01-16 | ROCK MUSIC $400: This group's 1972 hit "Take It Easy" was written by group member Glenn Frey & Jackson Browne The Eagles |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | "HOUSE" & "HOME" $200: On Nov. 8, 1972 this subscription cable TV service began transmitting Home Box Office |
| #2847, aired 1997-01-07 | TENNIS $400: She was the No. 1 ranked player in Czechoslovakia 1972-75 Martina Navratilova |
| #2821, aired 1996-12-02 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: He reduced U.S. troop strength in Vietnam from about 540,000 in 1969 to 25,000 in 1972 Nixon |
| #2817, aired 1996-11-26 | POLITICS $400: In 1972 Bill Clinton directed the Texas campaign of this Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern |
| #2817, aired 1996-11-26 | ALPHABET SOUP $400: The cities that hosted the summer Olympics in 1968, 1972, 1976 & 1980 all begin with this letter M |
| #2804, aired 1996-11-07 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $600: This second woman Supreme Court Justice taught law at Rutgers from 1963 to 1972 Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| #2798, aired 1996-10-30 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $200: Anthony Hopkins & Diana Rigg played this scintillating Scottish couple at the Old Vic in 1972 Lord & Lady Macbeth |
| #2786, aired 1996-10-14 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $600: A collection of his "Nick Adams Stories" was published in 1972, 11 years after his death Hemingway |
| #2778, aired 1996-10-02 | AUTHORS $200: In 1972 he founded the Kinte Foundation, a clearing house for black genealogy (Alex) Haley |
| #2778, aired 1996-10-02 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Several structures called London Bridge have spanned this river, the latest completed in 1972 the Thames |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | AROUND THE U.S.A. $1,000 (Daily Double): Event seen here; more than 75 million people have seen it since it debuted in 1972: the Main Street Electrical Parade |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | THE MOVIES $100: Lawrence Olivier was an early choice to play Don Vito Corleone in this 1972 film The Godfather |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | ODDS & ENDS $1000: Guinness says the Mama Yemo Hospital in this capital of Zaire delivered 42,987 babies in 1972 Kinshasa |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | GEOLOGISTS $400: In 1972 Harrison H. Schmitt became the first & last geologist to pick up rocks here the moon |
| #2735, aired 1996-06-21 | POP MUSIC $800: Alan, Merrill & Wayne, 3 of these Utah brothers, co-wrote their own 1972 hit "Crazy Horses" the Osmonds |
| #2734, aired 1996-06-20 | DANISH RULERS $800: During Frederick IX's reign, 1947-1972, this "law" was changed, allowing Margrethe II to rule next the law of succession |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | 1970s TELEVISION $1000: Oscar winner Miyoshi Umeki played housekeeper Mrs. Livingston on this 1969-1972 series The Courtship of Eddie's Father |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | MONEY $400: About $500,000 in illegal campaign funds helped the defense of the men arrested for this June 17, 1972 crime Watergate |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1972 Richard Nixon met in Beijing with this founder of Communist China Mao Tse-tung |
| #2693, aired 1996-04-24 | U.S. STAMPS $300: This illustrator's picture of "Tom Sawyer Whitewashing A Fence" appeared on a 1972 stamp Norman Rockwell |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | MOVIE DEBUTS $200: Born Alicia Foster, she made her movie debut as a child in the 1972 Disney film "Napoleon and Samantha" Jodie Foster |
| #2664, aired 1996-03-14 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: This hotel & office complex, world-famous since 1972, is named for steps that lead down to the Potomac the Watergate |
| #2651, aired 1996-02-26 | BAVARIA $400: This Bavarian city hosted the 1972 Olympics Munich |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | THE OLYMPICS $800: This swimmer took a silver, a bronze & 2 golds at the 1968 games before his 7 gold medals in 1972 Mark Spitz |
| #2636, aired 1996-02-05 | SPORTS $600: In 1972 & 1973 this school's Bill Walton was named Outstanding Player of the NCAA Basketball Tournament UCLA |
| #2635, aired 1996-02-02 | ISLANDS $200: In 1972 this island once famous for its prison became part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area Alcatraz |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS $1000: In this 1972 film she was Zee X, Y & Zee |
| #2614, aired 1996-01-04 | AWARDS $2,000 (Daily Double): This late Russian-born pianist won over 20 Grammys & a 1972 Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal Vladimir Horowitz |
| #2610, aired 1995-12-29 | VICE PRESIDENTS $100: In 1972 he married Marilyn Tucker Dan Quayle |
| #2591, aired 1995-12-04 | THE 1970s $100: Between 1972 & 1974, the price of this quadrupled to about $11 a barrel oil |
| #2591, aired 1995-12-04 | THE 1970s $500: In 1972 this presidential candidate was supported by the organization known as CREEP Nixon |
| #2590, aired 1995-12-01 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $400: She was the Arizona state senate's Republican majority leader from 1972 to 1974 Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | 1970s BESTSELLERS $300: This Richard Bach book flew to the top of the 1972 & 1973 lists Jonathan Livingston Seagull |
| #2582, aired 1995-11-21 | MOVIE RELATIVES $100: Al Pacino, James Caan & John Cazale played brothers Michael, Sonny & Fredo in this 1972 drama The Godfather |
| #2561, aired 1995-10-23 | WORLD CITIES $800: This city that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics lies on the island of Hokkaido Sapporo |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | BARE FACTS $200: He became Cosmopolitan's 1st male nude centerfold in 1972, the year he co-starred in "Deliverance" Burt Reynolds |
| #2550, aired 1995-10-06 | AWARDS $600: For its publication of the Pentagon Papers, this newspaper won a 1972 Pulitzer Prize New York Times |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS $200: This Philippine first lady was stabbed in 1972 Imelda Marcos |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | BLACK AMERICANS $800: In 1972 this Brooklyn congresswoman campaigned for the Democratic presidential nomination Shirley Chisholm |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | BLACK AMERICANS $1000: He served as executive director of the National Urban League from 1972 to 1981 Vernon Jordan |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | BLACK AMERICA $400: His ragtime opera "Treemonisha" didn't have its first full performance until 1972 Scott Joplin |
| #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | ROCK SONGS $100: In 1972 this British pop star had his first U.S. No. 1 hit with "Crocodile Rock" Elton John |
| #2543, aired 1995-09-27 | WOMEN $200: A magazine launched in 1972 helped popularize this courtesy title used before a woman's name "Ms." |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | MARTINS $500: A skeleton found in 1972 was declared to be this Nazi, rumored alive in South America Martin Bormann |
| #2533, aired 1995-09-13 | HALLMARK HALL OF FAME $200: He, of course, starred as Elwood P. Dowd in the 1972 production of "Harvey" Jimmy Stewart |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | CRIME TIME $400: In 1972 Alfred Bremer was sentenced to 53 years for shooting this Alabama governor & 3 others Wallace |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: In 1972 the mayor of Burbank, Illinois limited trick or treating on this holiday Halloween |
| #2492, aired 1995-06-06 | PARKS $200: A passage linking the Flint Ridge cave system to this Kentucky cave was discovered in 1972 Mammoth Cave |
| #2487, aired 1995-05-30 | ROCK MUSIC $200: In 1972 Looking Glass told her, "You're a fine girl, what a good wife you would be" Brandy |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | J LETTER MEN $200: This agency director was born in Washington, D.C. January 1, 1895 & died there May 2, 1972 (J. Edgar) Hoover |
| #2482, aired 1995-05-23 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: Bill Clinton served as Texas coordinator of this South Dakotan's failed 1972 presidential campaign George McGovern |
| #2481, aired 1995-05-22 | WORLD HISTORY $400: Lon Nol was president of this country from 1972 until he fled the advancing Khmer Rouge in 1975 Cambodia |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | GUINNESS RECORDS $100: In 1971 & 1972 a total of 1,224 1/2 inches of this fell on part of Mt. Rainier in 12 months snow |
| #2469, aired 1995-05-04 | THE SUPREME COURT $200: In 1972's Furman v. Georgia the court invalidated all existing state laws calling for this punishment capital punishment, death penalty |
| #2453, aired 1995-04-12 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: The Shaba region in the south of this African country was called Katanga until 1972 Zaire |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | EUROPEAN CITIES $600: Landmarks in this German city include Nymphenburg Palace & a stadium built for the 1972 Olympics München (Munich) |
| #2424, aired 1995-03-02 | GULFS $200: In 1972 the U.S. mined Vietnamese ports on this gulf the Gulf of Tonkin |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | LITERATURE $800: This 1972 Richard Adams novel concerns a community of rabbits in Berkshire, England Watership Down |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | THE 1970s $200: In a 1972 report the person in this post warned of the danger of secondhand smoke the Surgeon General |
| #2405, aired 1995-02-03 | AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHs $800: His 1972 discoveries in Kenya supported the view that genus Homo coexisted with Australopithecus Richard Leakey |
| #2398, aired 1995-01-25 | ARCHITECTURE $1000: Frei Otto designed structures with tent-like roofs for the 1972 Summer Olympics in this city Munich |
| #2393, aired 1995-01-18 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: In 1972 Ceylon became a republic & changed its name to this Sri Lanka |
| #2391, aired 1995-01-16 | TELEVISION $200: From 1972 to 1981, this Earl Hamner-created series evolved in time from the 1930s to the 1940s The Waltons |
| #2391, aired 1995-01-16 | WORLD FACTS $600: In 1972 Mujibur Rahman became the 1st prime minister of this country once known as East Pakistan Bangladesh |
| #2388, aired 1995-01-11 | SCIENCE FICTION $800: In this 1972 Ira Levin novel, suburban chauvinists switch their spouses with robots The Stepford Wives |
| #2388, aired 1995-01-11 | PEOPLE $1000: In 1971 & 1972 poet Pablo Neruda was this South American country's ambassador to France Chile |
| #2387, aired 1995-01-10 | ANNUAL EVENTS $500: This Japanese city, site of the 1972 Winter Olympics, is known for its annual snow festival Sapporo |
| #2373, aired 1994-12-21 | PULITZER COMMENTATORS $200: When he won in 1972, Mike Royko was at this Illinois city's Daily News Chicago |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $300: Thomas A. Edison State College was established in this state in 1972 New Jersey |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | LAURELS $400: In 1972 this chairman of McDonald's received the Horatio Alger Award Ray Kroc |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | HISTORIC HEADLINES $500: May 16, 1972:
This governor "shot, paralyzed in both legs" at Maryland rally George Wallace |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1,900 (Daily Double): This American novelist published her "Oriental Cookbook" in 1972 Pearl S. Buck |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | JUNE $100: The June 17, 1972 burglary of Democratic headquarters in Washington, D.C. touched off this scandal Watergate |
| #2297, aired 1994-09-06 | NORTH CAROLINA $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1972 he became the first N.C. Republican elected to the U.S. Senate this century & he's still there Jesse Helms |
| #2290, aired 1994-07-15 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: In 1972 a coed state college named for this inventor opened in Trenton, N.J. Edison |
| #2289, aired 1994-07-14 | DINAH SHORE $300: Dinah didn't play this sport until a tournament was named for her in 1972; she learned fast golf |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | "BUTTER" $500: Eileen Heckart won an Oscar for her role as an overprotective mother in this 1972 film Butterflies Are Free |
| #2273, aired 1994-06-22 | STATUES $300: In 1972 a tourist damaged this Michelangelo statue displayed in a chapel in St. Peter's Basilica the Pieta |
| #2273, aired 1994-06-22 | ROCK MUSIC $400: His recording of "American Pie" reached the Top 10 in the U.K. twice, in 1972 & 1991 Don McLean |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | COMPOSERS $200: For the opening of the 1972 Olympics in this German city, Carl Orff composed "Rota" for voices & instruments Munich |
| #2251, aired 1994-05-23 | SPORTS $500: Bill Walton of this school was the outstanding player of the NCAA basketball tournament in 1972 & 1973 UCLA |
| #2247, aired 1994-05-17 | TV TRIVIA $400: As part of the WQED floor crew in 1972, Michael Keaton sometimes ran the trolley on this children's show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
| #2242, aired 1994-05-10 | THE ELEMENTS $200: In 1972 over 90 nations agreed to ban dumping this liquid metal, Hg, into the oceans mercury |
| #2225, aired 1994-04-15 | BUSINESS LEADERS $500: After leaving this video game co. which he founded in 1972, Nolan Bushnell started Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Atari |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | MUSEUMS $400: Opened in 1972, the Van Gogh Museum in this capital city houses about 600 of the artist's works Amsterdam |
| #2223, aired 1994-04-13 | BALLET $600 (Daily Double): Maya Plisetskaya choreographed a 1972 ballet based on this Tolstoy novel & danced the title role herself Anna Karenina |
| #2208, aired 1994-03-23 | HISTORY $400: He went to Moscow in 1959 as Vice President & again in 1972 as President Richard Nixon |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | FAMOUS NAMES $600: From 1960 to 1972, this North Carolina senator worked for the parent company of the Tobacco Radio Network Jesse Helms |
| #2176, aired 1994-02-07 | SONGS OF THE '70s $200: In 1972 this Osmond brother took Paul Anka's former No. 2 hit "Puppy Love" to No. 3 Donny Osmond |
| #2173, aired 1994-02-02 | GAME SHOWS $200: In 1972 Bob Barker hosted his 1st year on "The Price is Right" & his 16th year on this show Truth or Consequences |
| #2166, aired 1994-01-24 | '70s BESTSELLERS $1000: This author dedicated his 1972 bestseller "to the real
Jonathan Seagull, who lives within us all" (Richard) Bach |
| #2147, aired 1993-12-28 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $600: Democrat Sam Nunn has represented this state in the U.S. Senate since 1972 Georgia |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | POP MUSIC $400: "Rockin' Robin" was a No. 2 hit for Bobby Day in 1958 & for this singer in 1972 Michael Jackson |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: In 1972 he published "All Creatures Great and Small" & "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet" James Herriot |
| #2132, aired 1993-12-07 | NEWSPAPERS $200 (Daily Double): Atlantis, a New York daily published from 1894 to 1972, catered to immigrants from this country Greece |
| #2122, aired 1993-11-23 | NONFICTION $300: The American edition of her "Dog Training My Way" was published in 1972 Barbara Woodhouse |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: In 1972 this company introduced its SX-70 instant camera, which was only one inch thick when closed Polaroid |
| #2115, aired 1993-11-12 | CLASSIC TV $100: In the summer of 1972, NBC broadcast reruns of this western under the title "Ponderosa" Bonanza |
| #2100, aired 1993-10-22 | POLITICIANS $4,400 (Daily Double): This vice-presidential candidate who withdrew in 1972 announced his retirement from the Senate in 1986 Thomas Eagleton |
| #2094, aired 1993-10-14 | THE 20th CENTURY $1,200 (Daily Double): Gus Hall was the presidential nominee of this U.S. party in 1972, 1976, 1980 & 1984 the Communist Party |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: One of the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" in 1970, this female activist was acquitted of all charges in 1972 Angela Davis |
| #2083, aired 1993-09-29 | POP LYRICS $400: In 1972 Elton John sang, "But the biggest, kick I ever got was doin' a thing called" this "Crocodile Rock" |
| #2083, aired 1993-09-29 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: This 1972-76 British-Icelandic "War" over fishing rights ended in a compromise Cod War |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $200: In 1972 Nina Kuscsik became the first woman to officially win this in Boston the Boston Marathon |
| #2061, aired 1993-07-19 | LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES $1000: Quentin Bell wasn't "afraid of" this author, his aunt; he published a biography of her in 1972 Virginia Woolf |
| #2060, aired 1993-07-16 | SPORTS $600: In 1972 Bobby Clarke of the Philadelphia Flyers became the youngest team captain in this league's history National Hockey League |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | THE COMMONWEALTH $1000: After Pakistan left the Commonwealth in 1972, this nation promptly joined Bangladesh |
| #2034, aired 1993-06-10 | POTPOURRI $400: Al Lewis,
Willie Clark &
Ben Silverman are characters in this 1972 Neil Simon play The Sunshine Boys |
| #2025, aired 1993-05-28 | HEADLINES $600: May 16, 1972:
This governor "shot, paralyzed in both legs; suspect seized" (George) Wallace |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | FILM BIOGRAPHIES $200: In 1972 Paul Newman starred in "The Life & Times of" this frontier judge Judge Roy Bean |
| #2014, aired 1993-05-13 | GORILLAS $2,000 (Daily Double): This gorilla is the subject of the world's longest ongoing ape language study Koko |
| #2010, aired 1993-05-07 | POLITICIANS $200: In 1972 this present New York governor lost a race for New York City mayor to Ed Koch (Mario) Cuomo |
| #1999, aired 1993-04-22 | CELEBRITY WOMEN $800: In 1972 this singer from Butcher Hollow, Ky. became the 1st woman named Entertainer of the Year by the CMA Loretta Lynn |
| #1996, aired 1993-04-19 | HISTORIC LEADERS $300: Marshal Kim Il Sung has been president of this country since 1972 North Korea |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | WORLD CITIES $300: On Dec. 23, 1972 an earthquake almost completely destroyed this Nicaraguan capital Managua |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | AWARDS $800: His "The New York Times International Cookbook" won a Tastemaker Award from R.T. French in 1972 Craig Claiborne |
| #1991, aired 1993-04-12 | ATTORNEYS GENERAL $400: He resigned in 1972 to head the committee to re-elect the president John Mitchell |
| #1990, aired 1993-04-09 | FILMS OF THE '70s $500: In 1972 Marlon Brando was Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" & Paul in this Bertolucci film Last Tango in Paris |
| #1986, aired 1993-04-05 | SAN FRANCISCO MOVIES $200: After a wild car chase, Ryan O'Neal & Barbra Streisand fall into San Francisco Bay in this 1972 comedy What's Up, Doc? |
| #1980, aired 1993-03-26 | THE MOVIES $300: This "Raging Bull" director served as montage supervisor on 1972's "Elvis on Tour" (Martin) Scorsese |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY $300: This imaging system, used especially for showing a view of the brain, was introduced in 1972 a CAT scan |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | EGYPT $300: In 1972 Sadat expelled this country's military advisors from Egypt the Soviet Union |
| #1962, aired 1993-03-02 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: From 1967-1972 she served as the only woman & the only Black in the Texas State Senate Barbara Jordan |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: In 1972 some of his Nick Adams stories were published for the first time Hemingway |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | CURRENT MONARCHS $600: Carl XVI Gustav wasn't yet king of this country when he hosted his first Nobel Prize ceremony in 1972 Sweden |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | THE 1970s $400: Richard Nixon was reelected in 1972, losing only D.C. & Massachusetts to this S. Dakota senator McGovern |
| #1942, aired 1993-02-02 | U.S. CITIES $500: Completed in 1972, this firm's pyramid-shaped building has come to be a symbol of San Francisco Transamerica |
| #1935, aired 1993-01-22 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: This 1972 bestseller by Richard Adams follows a group of rabbits as they search for a new warren Watership Down |
| #1921, aired 1993-01-04 | MADE BY WHAM-O $400: New for 1972, it packed a "quarter-mile of plastic fun" into a spray can Silly String |
| #1905, aired 1992-12-11 | U.S. STAMPS $400: A mortar & pestle & an Rx symbol are featured on a 1972 stamp honoring this profession pharmacy |
| #1900, aired 1992-12-04 | ABBREVIATIONS $400: In 1972 the U.S. & the USSR signed a treaty limiting deployment of these missiles abbreviated ABMs antiballistic missiles |
| #1898, aired 1992-12-02 | WAYNES $200: To date, this singer's only top ten hit has been "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" in 1972 Wayne Newton |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | SPORTS $300: This Soviet gymnast won Olympic gold medals in the balance beam & floor exercise events in 1972 Olga Korbut |
| #1888, aired 1992-11-18 | JAPAN $500: Naha is the capital of this island, returned to Japan by the U.S. in 1972 Okinawa |
| #1880, aired 1992-11-06 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: In 1972 he became the first American world chess champion Fischer |
| #1874, aired 1992-10-29 | THE '70s $500: She went to court in 1972 to get an injunction to keep photographer Ron Galella away from her Jackie Onassis |
| #1861, aired 1992-10-12 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $300: He became Austria's ambassador to Canada in 1958 & Sec'y General of the U.N. in 1972 (Kurt) Waldheim |
| #1854, aired 1992-10-01 | RUNNING MATES $800: On Aug. 5, 1972, George McGovern replaced running mate Thomas Eagleton with him, JFK's brother-in-law R. Sargent Shriver |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | THE 1970s $400: In 1972, this union, headed by Cesar Chavez, became part of the AFL-CIO United Farm Workers |
| #1837, aired 1992-09-08 | STATE SYMBOLS $200: In 1972 this state declared dog mushing the state sport Alaska |
| #1832, aired 1992-07-14 | 20th CENTURY POLITICS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1972 he headed the committee to re-elect the president; in 1977 he was in jail John Mitchell |
| #1826, aired 1992-07-06 | SPIES $100: Ex-intelligence agent E. Howard Hunt was convicted in the 1972 break-in at this Washington site Watergate |
| #1792, aired 1992-05-19 | JAPAN $1000: This city, site of the 1972 Winter Olympics, is capital of Hokkaido Prefecture Sapporo |
| #1787, aired 1992-05-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: Thomas A. Edison State College was founded in 1972 in this New Jersey capital Trenton |
| #1782, aired 1992-05-05 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: Exposed in 1972, it's considered the biggest political scandal in U.S. history Watergate |
| #1781, aired 1992-05-04 | WOMEN'S RIGHTS $400: To fight discrimination, founders of this magazine set up the Foundation for Women in 1972 Ms. |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | BALLET $400: The 1972 ballet "Sacred Grove on Mount Tamalpais" is set in Marin County in this state California |
| #1765, aired 1992-04-10 | REPUBLICANS $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1972 he became North Carolina's first Republican Senator in the 20th century Jesse Helms |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | PRESIDENTS $400: Before his death in 1972, he remarked that he'd like his epitaph to be "he done his damndest" Harry S. Truman |
| #1741, aired 1992-03-09 | SINGERS $200: He had a No. 1 hit in 1972 singing about a rat named Ben Michael Jackson |
| #1741, aired 1992-03-09 | BRITISH NOVELS $800: In 1972 Frederick Forsyth pulled out this "file" on former SS officers The Odessa File |
| #1719, aired 1992-02-06 | DECEMBER 7 $500: The last U.S. lunar mission in this series took off December 7, 1972 Apollo |
| #1714, aired 1992-01-30 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $200: This picture weekly folded in 1972 & returned as a monthly 6 years later Life |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Mount Erebus on this continent's Ross Island has been active since 1972 Antarctica |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | THE NEWSPAPER $500: In 1972 this Chicago columnist won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary Mike Royko |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | BLACK AUTHORS $200: In 1972 he created the Kinte Foundation to store records that help trace Black "Roots" Alex Haley |
| #1694, aired 1992-01-02 | MOVIE SONGS $300: Maureen McGovern sang "The Morning After" in this 1972 film about a capsized luxury cruiser The Poseidon Adventure |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: "Visions of Cody", published posthumously in 1972, was originally part of his "On the Road" novel Jack Kerouac |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | THE ENVIRONMENT $800: This pesticide, banned in the U.S. in 1972, is still found in the polar environment DDT |
| #1673, aired 1991-12-04 | THE PULITZER PRIZE $200: The N.Y. Times won in 1972 for publishing these purloined papers the Pentagon Papers |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | DAN QUAYLE $200: In 1972 he married this woman, in 1974, they set up a law practice together Marilyn Quayle |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | SOPHIA LOREN $100: In this 1972 film, Loren played the role of Dulcinea Man of La Mancha |
| #1648, aired 1991-10-30 | SCIENCE $200: The buildup of this insecticide in some birds & fish led to its restriction in 1972 DDT |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | THE 1970s $1000: In January 1972, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman became the prime minister of this newly independent nation Bangladesh |
| #1607, aired 1991-09-03 | GEOGRAPHY $300: In 1972 the remaining Ryukyu Islands still under U.S. control were returned to this country Japan |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $600: In 1972 this real-life heroine of "The Sound of Music" published her autobiography, "Maria" Maria von Trapp |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | DOUBLE TALK $800: In 1972 Stanford researchers began teaching this female gorilla sign language Koko |
| #1598, aired 1991-07-10 | WORLD LEADERS $100: Commander of the Egyptian Air Force from 1972-75, he became president in 1981 (Hosni) Mubarak |
| #1590, aired 1991-06-28 | WORLD LITERATURE $200: M. Atwood's 1972 work "Survival" is a study of the literature of this N. American country Canada |
| #1583, aired 1991-06-19 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: Anwar Sadat expelled all of this country's military advisors from Egypt July 18, 1972 the Soviet Union |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | MAGAZINES $100: This feminist magazine founded by Gloria Steinem debuted in January 1972 Ms. |
| #1578, aired 1991-06-12 | "MY" SONGS $500: In 1972 Chuck Berry had his first & only No. 1 hit with this novelty song "My Ding-A-Ling" |
| #1577, aired 1991-06-11 | "HEART"Y PHRASES $400: Eddie Albert received an Oscar nomination for his role in this 1972 film,
written by Neil Simon The Heartbreak Kid |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Beginning in 1972, this city's residents could take the new BART to the new Transamerica Pyramid San Francisco |
| #1571, aired 1991-06-03 | THE 1970's $800: In 1972 "Life" declared his biography of Howard Hughes a hoax & refused to publish excerpts Clifford Irving |
| #1559, aired 1991-05-16 | "B" COUNTRIES $800: The taka, which replaced the Pakistan rupee in 1972, is this country's basic unit of curency Bangladesh |
| #1540, aired 1991-04-19 | FIFTH DIMENSION $200: According to the title of the 1972 hit, it's when "I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" Last Night |
| #1539, aired 1991-04-18 | THE OLYMPICS $500: He served as president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972 Avery Brundage |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | PHOTOGRAPHY $300: In 1972 this company introduced the SX-70, a single lens reflex instant camera Polaroid |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | THE 1970s $600: In a board game based on this 1972-74 gov't scandal, the last person to stay out of jail is the winner Watergate |
| #1490, aired 1991-02-08 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: Site of a major WWII battle, this largest island in the Ryukyu chain was returned to Japan in 1972 Okinawa |
| #1480, aired 1991-01-25 | MAGAZINES $400: Yes, it's the name of the magazine Hugh Hefner founded in 1972 for contemporary men & women "Oui!" |
| #1466, aired 1991-01-07 | 1972 $100: L. Patrick Gray announced that this bureau would begin to recruit women as special agents for the 1st time the FBI |
| #1466, aired 1991-01-07 | 1972 $200: This reclusive billionaire left his hdqrs. in the Bahamas & reportedly moved to Nicaragua Howard Hughes |
| #1466, aired 1991-01-07 | 1972 $300: He won the Michigan & Maryland Democratic primaries 1 day after he was shot George Wallace |
| #1466, aired 1991-01-07 | 1972 $400: President Nixon named John Warner secretary of this branch of the armed forces the Navy |
| #1466, aired 1991-01-07 | 1972 $500: This tennis star was a lieutenant in the Romanian army when he won the U.S. Open Ilie Nastase |
| #1465, aired 1991-01-04 | TRAINS $200: Name of the train in Arlo Guthrie's 1972 hit "The City of New Orleans" |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | OPERA $400: 1972's "The Trial of Mary Lincoln" was the first opera commissioned by this TV network PBS |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | SHIPS $600: When it caught fire & sank in Hong Kong Harbor in 1972, this liner was being prepared for use as a university the Queen Elizabeth |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | FASHION $1000: This Spaniard emerged from retirement in 1972 to design a wedding gown for Franco's granddaughter Balenciaga |
| #1436, aired 1990-11-26 | MAGAZINES $300: The word "Goodbye" appeared on the cover of this magazine's last weekly issue, December 29, 1972 LIFE |
| #1421, aired 1990-11-05 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Appointed FCC commissioner in 1972, he later resigned to become exec. director of the NAACP Benjamin Hooks |
| #1417, aired 1990-10-30 | THE OSCARS $100: Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo won writing Oscars for this 1972 film The Godfather |
| #1406, aired 1990-10-15 | U.S. HISTORY $600: Arthur Bremer shot 4 people May 15, 1972 including this governor George Wallace |
| #1371, aired 1990-07-16 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $200: He was born in 1884 in Missouri & died there in 1972 Truman |
| #1370, aired 1990-07-13 | ODDS & ENDS $600: When artist Robert Indiana put this word on a 1972 U.S. stamp, he put 2 of its letters on top of the other 2 love |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | REPUBLICANS $400: This former Texas governor led "Democrats for Nixon" in 1972 & became a Republican the next year John Connally |
| #1368, aired 1990-07-11 | SPORTS $200: "Sweet" nickname of both the 1972 &1976 Olympic light welterweight boxing gold medalists Sugar Ray |
| #1368, aired 1990-07-11 | MUSIC TRIVIA $1000: This Hungarian-born music director of the Chicago Symphony was knighted in 1972 Georg Solti |
| #1352, aired 1990-06-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): He won his first Grammy in 1972 for writing the following:
"Take the ribbon from your hair / Shake it loose and let it fall / Lay it soft upon my skin..." Kris Kristofferson |
| #1347, aired 1990-06-12 | MOVIE TRIVIA $300: In this 1972 film based on a play, Michael Caine's last words are "Tell them it was only a bloody game." Sleuth |
| #1346, aired 1990-06-11 | JAPAN $400: In 1972 the Winter Olympic Games were held in this city, the capital of Hokkaido Sapporo |
| #1333, aired 1990-05-23 | WORLD CAPITALS $3,400 (Daily Double): This Central American capital was destroyed by earthquakes in 1931 & 1972 Managua, Nicaragua |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | "NORTH" $500: Robert Duvall portrayed Jesse James in this 1972 film about an 1876 bank robbery The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid |
| #1331, aired 1990-05-21 | ROCK GROUPS $300: This group's "Nights In White Satin" appeared on an album 5 yrs. before the single hit No. 2 in 1972 The Moody Blues |
| #1311, aired 1990-04-23 | THE OLYMPICS $500: In 1972 Vassili Alexeyev, known as the "Russian Bear", won his 1st Olympic gold medal in this sport weightlifting |
| #1309, aired 1990-04-19 | RECENT U.S. HISTORY $1000: In 1972 she ran for president on the slogan "Unbought and unbossed" Shirley Chisholm |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | FAMOUS NAMES $300: "The First Time Ever" she had a No. 1 album was "First Take" in 1972 Roberta Flack |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | MARLON BRANDO $600: Yes, he did stuff his cheeks for this 1972 film; he wore a special mouthpiece, too "The Godfather" |
| #1291, aired 1990-03-26 | MOVIE MUSICALS $100: As the master of ceremonies, this actor was the only one to reprise his stage role in 1972's "Cabaret" Joel Grey |
| #1291, aired 1990-03-26 | BASEBALL $500: In 1972 owner Bob Short moved this team to Arlington, TX . where it became the Texas Rangers Washington Senators |
| #1275, aired 1990-03-02 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $800: Martin Scorsese appears in the 1972 film "Boxcar Bertha" in which she plays the title role Barbara Hershey |
| #1242, aired 1990-01-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: After playing Goober on "Mayberry, R.F.D.", George Lindsey became a regular on this country show in 1972 Hee Haw |
| #1232, aired 1990-01-02 | COLORFUL SONGS $100: In 1972 Neil Young went "searchin' for a heart of" this gold |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | THE OLYMPICS $300: Event won by Abebe Bikila in 1960 & 1964 & by Frank Shorter in 1972 the marathon |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | BY "GEORGE" $100: He survived a May 1972 assassination attempt in Laurel, Maryland George Wallace |
| #1220, aired 1989-12-15 | PRESIDENTS $600: Richard Nixon in the election of 1972 & Ronald Reagan in 1984 each carried this number of states 49 |
| #1213, aired 1989-12-06 | "Mc" PEOPLE $200: This 1972 presidential candidate failed to carry his home state of South Dakota (George) McGovern |
| #1204, aired 1989-11-23 | ROYALTY $800: She married a French diplomat 5 years before becoming Queen of Denmark in 1972 Margrethe |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | ISLANDS $400: In 1972 this nation extended its territorial waters to 50 mi., causing a "cod war" with Britain & others Iceland |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | TEXAS $100: In 1972 adman Harve Chapman coined the term "Metroplex" for the area shared by these 2 cities Dallas & Fort Worth |
| #1170, aired 1989-10-06 | CELEBRITY ALMA MATERS $400: Child star who appeared in her 1st film in 1972 & graduated magna cum laude from Yale in 1985 Jodie Foster |
| #1134, aired 1989-07-06 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $600: In 1972 she founded "Stop ERA" Phyllis Schlafly |
| #1132, aired 1989-07-04 | FOREIGN FILMS $1000: Luis Buñuel directed a 1972 film about "The Discreet Charm of" this group the Bourgeoisie |
| #1096, aired 1989-05-15 | MAGAZINES $1000: In 1972 this writer founded Ms., a magazine published & edited by women Gloria Steinem |
| #1087, aired 1989-05-02 | AUTHORS $1000: Nicknamed "Dr. Love", his bestsellers include 1972's "Love" & 1984's "Loving Each Other" Leo Buscaglia |
| #1084, aired 1989-04-27 | THEATER $1000: This 1972 musical was inspired by the life of Charlemagne's oldest son Pippin |
| #1058, aired 1989-03-22 | U.S. HISTORY $300: A 1972 assassination attempt on this presidential candidate left him disabled George Wallace |
| #1053, aired 1989-03-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In 1972 the Chicago & North Western became the only major U.S. RR with this type of ownership owned by the employees |
| #1042, aired 1989-02-28 | ROCK 'N' ROLL SONGS $400: He "was a rollin' stone" according to a No. 1 hit by The Temptations in 1972 Papa |
| #1037, aired 1989-02-21 | ACTRESSES $800: In 1972 she was engaged to marry David Frost, but she called the wedding off Diahann Carroll |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | MAGAZINES $500: Famous for its photography, it started as a weekly in 1936, shut down in 1972 & became a monthly in 1978 Life |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: This liner was known as the Seawise University when destroyed by fire in 1972 in Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth I |
| #1021, aired 1989-01-30 | SONGS OF THE '70s $500: In the '70s Elvis had only 2 top 10 hits, "The Wonder of You" & this hot number of 1972 "Burning Love" |
| #1009, aired 1989-01-12 | RECENT HISTORY $200: In 1972 this ex-Teamster leader tried to go to Hanoi to free POWs, but the U.S. gov't stopped him Jimmy Hoffa |
| #1009, aired 1989-01-12 | RECENT HISTORY $800: He was chosen to replace Thomas Eagleton as the 1972 Democratic vice-presidential nominee (Sargent) Shriver |
| #1009, aired 1989-01-12 | RECENT HISTORY $3,500 (Daily Double): A ban on the general use of this germ killer in 1972 meant Phisohex had to be sold by prescription hexachlorophene |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | 1972 $100: This high school dropout became the 1st American world chess champion Bobby Fischer |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | 1972 $200: Bangladesh applied to join this but China's veto barred it the United Nations |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | 1972 $300: In November Nixon lifted a 22-year-old travel ban to this country, a ban he'd broken the People's Republic of China |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | 1972 $400 (Daily Double): In the Presidential election that year, it was the only state McGovern carried Massachusetts |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | 1972 $500: The strongman of the year in this country was Gen. Omar Torrijos Panama |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | ANIMALS $200 (Daily Double): Animal in the title of the following 1972 No. 1 hit:
"On the first part of the journey..." a horse |
| #990, aired 1988-12-16 | WESTERNS $200: A 1972 movie portrayed the "The Life & Times of" this man Judge Roy Bean |
| #976, aired 1988-11-28 | BONANZA $100: During the summer of 1972 reruns were shown under this title, the name of the ranch the Ponderosa |
| #974, aired 1988-11-24 | THE VIETNAM WAR $600: In October 1972 this chief U.S. negotiator said, "Peace is at hand," but it wasn't Kissinger |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: In 1972 Donna Fargo described herself as "The Happiest Girl in" this the whole U.S.A. |
| #962, aired 1988-11-08 | WOMEN $400: Though now a Republican, in 1972 she helped found the Coalition for a Democratic Majority Jeane Kirkpatrick |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | EUROPE $600: Built for the 1972 games, the Olympic village is part of this city Munich |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | CHINA $300: This president's historic 1972 visit to China inspired an American opera that opened in 1987 Nixon |
| #895, aired 1988-06-24 | SPORTSCASTERS $500: In 1972, he stayed on the air with ABC 15 hrs. straight, describing tragedy at Munich Games Jim McKay |
| #890, aired 1988-06-17 | "WORLD"LY SONGS $200: The Bee Gees' 1st charted hit of 1972, & welcome to it "My World" |
| #886, aired 1988-06-13 | "SUMMER" $400: Seals & Crofts had this hit in the fall of 1972 "Summer Breeze" |
| #886, aired 1988-06-13 | "SUMMER" $500: 1972 book by Roger Kahn about the Brooklyn Dodgers of the early 1950s The Boys of Summer |
| #873, aired 1988-05-25 | MAN IN SPACE $400: Year in which the 2nd team of U.S. astronauts landed on the Moon 1969 |
| #865, aired 1988-05-13 | AMERICAN ISLANDS $200: In 1972, this island became part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Alcatraz |
| #845, aired 1988-04-15 | PEOPLE $400: Believing the era deprived women of present legal benefits, she founded "Stop ERA" in 1972 Phyllis Schafly |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | KIND OF A DRAG $800: Robert Morse donned drag to escape gangsters in this 1972 musical based on a Billy Wilder film Sugar |
| #813, aired 1988-03-02 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $400 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 fruits prescribed in the following Top 10 1972 hit:
"...you called your doctor, woke him up /
And said, Doctor, ain't there nothing I can take /
I said, Doctor..." (1 of) lime (coconut) |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BROADWAY $300: 1972's "The Lincoln Mask" starred Eva Marie Saint as Mary Todd & this TV "Munster" as Abe Lincoln Fred Gwynne |
| #780, aired 1988-01-15 | KINGS & QUEENS $300: The last king of this Scandanavian country was Frederick IX, a rear admiral who died in 1972 Denmark |
| #780, aired 1988-01-15 | STARTS WITH "WH" $500 (Daily Double): Questionable title of the following 1972 hit:
"You told me that you didn't love him /
And you were going to say goodbye /
But if you really didn't mean it /
Why did you have to lie?..." "Where Is The Love" |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | CENSORSHIP $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1972, his recitation of the following routine got him arrested:
"Well, there are 400,000 words in the English language and there are seven of them you can't say on television." George Carlin |
| #760, aired 1987-12-18 | BROADWAY FLOPS $1000: In the 1980 comedy based on this 1972 cult film, Janet Gaynor played Ruth Gordon's part Harold and Maude |
| #759, aired 1987-12-17 | BEAUTY QUEENS $200: He was involved with 1972's Miss Tennessee, Linda Thompson, while he & Priscilla were divorcing Elvis Presley |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | ASIAN HISTORY $200: In 1972 this country returned control of Okinawa to Japan the United States |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | PRESIDENTIAL LIFESPANS $400: May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972 Harry Truman |
| #736, aired 1987-11-16 | DEMOCRATS $3,300 (Daily Double): Both sons of Methodist ministers, they were the party's presidential nominees in 1972 & 1984 George McGovern & Walter Mondale |
| #705, aired 1987-10-02 | GYMNASTICS $200: In 1972, this Soviet's back somersault on the balance beam was almost banned as too dangerous Olga Korbut |
| #660, aired 1987-06-19 | "NEVER" & "EVER" SONGS $600: Three Dog Night's title lament of 1972, even though they had "been to Oklahoma" "Never Been To Spain" |
| #657, aired 1987-06-16 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: On May 15, 1972, he was shot in a Laurel, Maryland shopping center George Wallace |
| #653, aired 1987-06-10 | EUROPEAN CITIES $200: Named for the monks who were there in the 9th century, this city was site of the 1972 Olympics Munich |
| #640, aired 1987-05-22 | ECONOMICS $400: From 1934-1972 the official price of gold in the U.S. was set at this amount per ounce $35 |
| #626, aired 1987-05-04 | CLASSIC COMMERCIALS $200: It was way back in 1972 that his brothers 1st got him to try Life cereal Mikey |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | RELATIVES IN SONG $200: In a Paul Simon song, these 2 had a "reunion" in 1972 Mother and Child |
| #613, aired 1987-04-15 | FAMOUS PAIRS $500: Husband & wife director & star of 1972 film of "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward |
| #605, aired 1987-04-03 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $2,000 (Daily Double): In one 1972 case, the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty this, violating the 8th Amendment cruel and unusual punishment |
| #582, aired 1987-03-03 | IMELDA MARCOS $500: Imelda said she's only considered plastic surgery once, to cover a scar left over from this 1972 event an assassination attempt |
| #570, aired 1987-02-13 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $400: When we gave 2 musk-oxen to China in 1972, they reciprocated with this animal gift giant pandas |
| #533, aired 1986-12-24 | INDIA $800: In 1972, this outcast group formed the "Oppressed-Panthers", modeled after U.S. Black Panthers the Untouchables |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | WESTERN STARS $500: In 1966, he was TV's "Shane"; in 1972 he came back as a Buddhist named Caine David Carradine |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | WORLD CITIES $600 (Daily Double): The 4 cities beginning with "M" that hosted the Summer Olympics in 1968, 1972, 1976 & 1980 Mexico City, Munich, Montreal and Moscow |
| #496, aired 1986-11-03 | BIRDS $400: Since 1972, almost all U.S. uses of this insecticide have been banned to protect endangered birds DDT |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | THE 1970s $500: In 1972, a human skull 2,500,000 years old was found in Kenya by this famous anthropologist (Richard) Leakey |
| #478, aired 1986-10-08 | DENMARK $500: Between 1513 & 1972, all Danish kings were alternately name Frederik & this pious name Christian |
| #471, aired 1986-09-29 | TV "LOVE" $300: After playing newlyweds on this 1972-3 show, David Birney & Meredith Baxter became real-life husband & wife Bridget Loves Bernie |
| #457, aired 1986-09-09 | "S.S." $1000: George McGovern's 2nd 1972 running mate Sargent Shriver |
| #450, aired 1986-05-30 | WATERGATE $800: In the June 23, 1972 tape, which had the 18 1/2 minute gap, Nixon spoke with this aide Mr. Haldeman |
| #436, aired 1986-05-12 | "LAST"ING MUSIC $400: 1972 5th Dimension hit for insomniacs "(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All" |
| #432, aired 1986-05-06 | INVENTIONS $400: The original 1972 model of this company's 1st electronic pocket calculator is in the Smithsonian Texas Instruments |
| #407, aired 1986-04-01 | POP SINGERS $400 (Daily Double): In 1972, "Where Is The Love" established these 2 pop stars as a duo Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway |
| #403, aired 1986-03-26 | THE SUPREME COURT $600: In 1972, the court ruled that this was cruel & unusual punishment the death penalty |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | ALL-"AMERICAN" $800: 1972 song hit which began "A long, long time ago..." "American Pie" |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | NO NO's $500 (Daily Double): According to this 1972 hit, 4th item in this list of things you shouldn't do: "You don't tug on Superman's cape /
You don't spit into the wind / You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger" Don't mess around with Jim |
| #390, aired 1986-03-07 | THE OLYMPICS $400: At the 1972 games held there, the U.S. lost the pole vault for the 1st time ever Munich |
| #385, aired 1986-02-28 | BASEBALL $500: In 1972, Bernice Gera was 1st woman to do this at a professional baseball game umpire |
| #374, aired 1986-02-13 | TV BOBS $200: From 1972 to '74, he was hosting both "Truth or Consequences" & "The Price is Right" Bob Barker |
| #374, aired 1986-02-13 | #1 SONGS $500 (Daily Double): Amazingly this immortal rocker didn't have a No. 1 hit until 1972, w/ following:
"We got the new alma mater /
We must do our alma mater /
When I was..." Chuck Berry |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | "LAST" $600: In 1972, Alan Arkin was lead in movie version of this Neil Simon comedy The Last of the Red Hot Lovers |
| #372, aired 1986-02-11 | SPORTS DATES $200: On Aug. 26, 1972, the 20th modern Olympic Games opened here Munich |
| #370, aired 1986-02-07 | '70s THEATER $800: Phil Silvers received a Tony in 1972 revival of this play based on Plautus A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| #364, aired 1986-01-30 | ECOLOGY $200: In 1972, Oregon became 1st state to prohibit sale of beverages in these containers (nonrefundable) bottles |
| #357, aired 1986-01-21 | SHOW BUSINESS $400: From 1972-78, he was Bob Newhart's ego-altering alter-ego Bob Hartley (Dr. Robert Hartley) |
| #353, aired 1986-01-15 | MUSICAL MONTHS $500: One of Neil Diamond's top selling albums was this one, recorded live at L.A.'s Greek Theater in 1972 Hot August Night |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | SEASONAL SONGS $200: In 1972, this 1st Top Ten hit for Seals & Crofts "made them feel fine" "Summer Breeze" |
| #340, aired 1985-12-27 | MOVIES $400 (Daily Double): 1972 comedy, it's Woody Allen's only film based on a best seller Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) |
| #340, aired 1985-12-27 | COUNTRY SINGERS $800: At age 14, in 1972, the career of this singer dawned with "Delta Dawn" Tanya Tucker |
| #339, aired 1985-12-26 | SONGS WITH "HEART" $200: Neil Young had his only solo #1 hit while "searching for" this in 1972 "Heart of Gold" |
| #312, aired 1985-11-19 | FROGS $300: Probably best known to TV viewers as Valene Ewing, she had female lead in 1972 “Frogs” Joan Van Ark |
| #307, aired 1985-11-12 | ’70s CINEMA $600 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 actors who sought “Deliverance” in that 1972 film Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox & Ned Beatty |
| #285, aired 1985-10-11 | ANIMAL GROUPS $400: A group of swine or a 1972 Cicely Tyson film sounder |
| #175, aired 1985-05-10 | MUSIC TRIVIA $300: Name of the taxi driver in 1972 Chapin hit, "Taxi" Harry |
| #174, aired 1985-05-09 | WALL ST. $600: Since 1972, Louis Rukeyser has hosted this popular PBS stock market program Wall Street Week |
| #164, aired 1985-04-25 | "SIMON"S $600: Pop singer whose 1972 hit song was allegedly about Warren Beatty Carly Simon |
| #163, aired 1985-04-24 | ISLANDS $400: In 1972, the United States returned this island to Japan Okinawa |
| #145, aired 1985-03-29 | X, Y, & Z $800: 1972 love triangle starring Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine & Susannah York XYZ |
| #121, aired 1985-02-25 | THE '70s $400: 1972 controversy over ordination of rabbi S.J. Priesand centered around this characteristic being a woman |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | POLITICS $200: Baby book author who ran for president in '68 Dr. Spock |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | 1972 $100: Building complex where James McCord & his cohorts were caught Watergate |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | 1972 $200: Olympic City in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed Munich |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | 1972 $300: This G-man became the first civil servant to lie in state in the capital J. Edgar Hoover |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | 1972 $400: Exploded her sex goddess image by becoming the Kansas City Bomber Raquel Welch |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | 1972 $500: After Eagleton was rejected as George McGovern’s VP, this man ran Sargent Shriver |
| #9, aired 1984-09-20 | TRIVIA $400: It's whom Boris Spassky lost the chess crown to in 1972 Bobby Fischer |
