| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | STOCK PHOTOS, KINDA $1000: This company's stock started trading with its IPO on September 22, 1981 Home Depot |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | FREE FOR ALL $600: R.E.M. titled a 1981 song for this broadcasting service that aimed to inform people under the grasp of the Soviets Radio Free Europe |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | FIVE GUYS $800: On June 9, 1981, he he was drafted out of San Diego State by both the Padres & the then-San Diego Clippers; he'd hit Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame Tony Gwynn |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $1000: A story told in reverse, this Sondheim musical that ran 16 performances in 1981 returned to B'way in triumph in 2023 Merrily We Roll Along |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $400: From 1979 to 1981 the Yankees fittingly had a mascot named this, also a word for a well-dressed man Dandy |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: France's first socialist president, he served two terms from 1981 to 1995 Mitterrand |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $400: A man called Krazy George Henderson claims he introduced the wave during a 1981 A.L. playoff game for this Bay Area team the Oakland A's |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION $800: Late one night in her lab in 1981, Patricia Bath had the aha! that led to a method of eye surgery using not scalpels but these lasers |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | NOTORIOUS $1000: In June 2022 this man who tried to assassinate President Reagan in 1981 was released without conditions Hinckley |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | AT THE MUSEUM $600: The former Radium Institute is now a Paris museum where you can see her old chemistry lab, which was decontaminated in 1981 Marie Curie |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | BABY BOOKS $2000: This 1981 novel by Toni Morrison takes place on a Caribbean island Tar Baby |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | SOUND THE TRUMPET $1200: In 1981, he & his brother Branford both played in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers Wynton Marsalis |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | THE WORLD SERIES $2000: In 1981 there were 3 World Series MVPs: Ron Cey, Steve Yeager & Pedro Guerrero, all of this team the Los Angeles Dodgers |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $400: In Ireland, it began in 1981 as the Ecology Party the Green Party |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | WASN'T THAT AN '80s THING? $400: A man... a woman in distress... ladder climbing... a giant ape... this video game that debuted in 1981 had it all! Donkey Kong |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | WASN'T THAT AN '80s THING? $2000: This stainless-steel car with gull-wing doors debuted in 1981; fewer than 10,000 were made a DeLorean |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | FRANKLY $400: He penned 1981's "God Emperor of Dune" (Frank) Herbert |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | LOOK IN THE CABINET $800: In 1981 the Maritime Administration was transferred from Commerce to this Cabinet department Department of Transportation |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | YOU BETTER BELIZE IT $200: 1981's constitution set up a bicameral national assembly of these 2 familiar-sounding bodies, but members of each serve 5-year terms the Senate & the House of Representatives |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AFRICAN FILMS $400: The 1981 film "Lion of the Desert", about a war between Libya & Italy, was funded in part by this world leader Gaddafi |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | THE ____ OF CANADA $1000: CBC news anchor Peter Mansbridge, who stepped down in 2017: this, after a CBS news anchor who stepped down in 1981 the Walter Cronkite of Canada |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | TV $400: Mel Brooks' 1981 film was really "Part I" after all; a 2023 Hulu series is called this: "Part II" History of the World |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | IMPOSTORS $400: Dressed as a line judge, Barry Bremen snuck onto the field at this sporting event in Jan. 1981; his 1982 effort as a chicken failed the Super Bowl |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $1000: In 1981 this European puzzlemaster introduced his Snake, with 24 segments Rubik |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | GAMES, OLD & NEW $800: The 1981 edition of Trivial Pursuit has this name that you may be familiar with from binomial nomenclature Genus (Edition) |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | SPEAK OF THE DICKENS $2000: "The Life and Adventures of" this alliterative character inspired an 8 1/2 hour long drama that premiered on Broadway in 1981 Nicholas Nickleby |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | OK MILLENNIAL $1000: Born in Moore, Oklahoma in 1981, Randy Wayne starred as Bo's cousin Luke in the 2007 TV movie titled them: "The Beginning" The Dukes of Hazzard |
| #8839, aired 2023-03-30 | SPOUSAL SUPPORT $200: These spouses got a lot of support on their 1981 wedding day, as 750 million people across 70+ countries took in the ceremony Charles & Diana |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | BORN TO RUN $800: On his third try in 1981, François Mitterrand became the first French president representing this quite gauche party the Socialists |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | EASY MONEY $500: This woman, a prominent U.S. suffragist, was on the U.S. dollar coin from 1979-1981 Susan B. Anthony |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | HONORARY U.S. CITIZENS $2000: Named "Righteous Among the Nations" by Israel in 1963, this Swede was named an honorary citizen in 1981 Wallenberg |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | PLAYING THE HITS OF 2022 $1000: A groove from 1981's "Genius Of Love" by this Talking Heads side project found its way into Latto's "Big Energy" Tom Tom Club |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | STREAKERS $800: Born in Prague, she got U.S. citizenship in 1981, then won 6 straight Wimbledon titles beginning in 1982 Navratilova |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $300: It took off into space for the first time on April 12, 1981 the Space Shuttle |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | DRAMA QUEENS $800: Things get steamy in Camelot for 1981's "Excalibur", with Helen Mirren as Morgana & Cherie Lunghi as her Guinevere |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | NFL OPENING WEEKEND $800: (Peter Schrager of the NFL Network presents the clue.) Those clichés about how "it's just one game" are true; in 1981, this team, led by Joe Montana & Bill Walsh, lost its first game to the Lions but ended up winning it all the 49ers |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | VAMPIRES IN LITERATURE $1600: A Swedish suburb gets bloody in 1981 & the girl next door seems... different in this international bestseller that became a movie Let the Right One In |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | HIS WIDOW LIVED ON $800: Until 2020 you could book a tour of this country that included a visit with its first lady Jehan Sadat, widowed in 1981 Egypt |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MAYORS $2,000 (Daily Double): He opposed speculation, gentrification & loud college parties as mayor of Burlington, Vermont from 1981 to 1989 Bernie Sanders |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | "A" MY NAME IS... $400: Davis Cup U.S. team captain from 1981 to 1985 Mr. Ashe Arthur |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | THE CAST OF THE MOVIE $1600: 1981:
All the director needed was the two guys seen here--plus a waiter & a bartender My Dinner with Andre |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | CAN'T LOSE $600: On Sept. 21,1981 the Senate confirmed her Supreme Court nomination, 99-0 Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 1972: 50 YEARS AGO $1600: In this country Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law that lasted until 1981 the Philippines |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | JUST "Z" MOVIE FOR YOU $400: Many movies have been made about this title swordsman, but in 1981, he was "The Gay Blade" Zorro |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | INTERNATIONAL CARS $1200: Japan's Nissan Corp. phased out this brand in 1981, then brought it back in 2012 Datsun |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | AUTHORS' NONFICTION $800: In 1981, when he'd only written a handful of novels, he published "Danse Macabre", an overview of the horror genre Stephen King |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU $1600: The title actress in this Kim Carnes song title was still with us in 1981 when the song came out "Bette Davis Eyes" |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY $200: In 1981 the world watched as this pair were married at St. Paul's Cathedral Charles & Diana |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | MONOPOLY: SPECIAL EDITIONS $400: You might land on Bike Share or Week-Long Meditation Retreat in "Monopoly for" these folks born between 1981 & 1996 Millennials |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | '80s TV $800: In 1981, some 30 million viewers tuned in to see Luke & Laura tie the knot on this daytime soap General Hospital |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT $600: In book titles, his development saw him get "Rich" in 1981 & be "at Rest" 9 years later Rabbit |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | 4-LETTER BOOK TITLES $200: This 1981 novel is named for a sick 200-pound St. Bernard in Maine Cujo |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | AIR TRAVEL $200: This airline launched its frequent-flyer AAdvantage program in 1981 American Airlines |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | INAUGURATING A PRESIDENT $1000: A new blueberry variety of this treat was created for Ronald Reagan's 1981 inauguration jelly bean |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | BUSINESS IN THE FRONT $400: This tech company incorporated on June 25, 1981; 5 years later, it moved to Redmond, Washington & its stock went public Microsoft |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $200: Movie characters cross over when a fedora-wearing archaeologist from 1981 sweeps a title diarist from 2001 off her feet Indiana & Bridget Jones |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | CHANNEL ISLANDS $1600: A 1981 made-for-TV movie saw this basketball team pitted against robots, with the fate of "Gilligan's Island" on the line the Harlem Globetrotters |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | ALL ABOUT THAT BASE $1000: In 1981 the Shuttle Columbia completed NASA's first flight with a wheeled landing at this California Air Force base Edwards |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | FORMER CHILD STARS $600: Jason Bateman made his TV series debut in 1981 as the Ingalls' adopted son James on this show Little House on the Prairie |
| #8364, aired 2021-03-25 | STATE PARKS $1000: First held in 1954, this annual jazz festival moved to Rhode Island's Fort Adams State Park in 1981 the Newport Jazz Festival |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE $600: "Managed Dodgers... claiming to 'bleed Dodger blue'... championships in 1981 and 1988" Lasorda |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: Here are John Young & Robert Crippen, the crew of the first of these missions in 1981 Space Shuttle |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | POTPOURRI $1600: In 1981 nearly 12,000 of these federal employees were permanently grounded after they walked off the job air traffic controllers |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | '80s TALK $2000: A 1981 New York Times letter coined this hyphenated numerical term in reference to Wendy Wasserstein, born 1950 thirty-something |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | RONALD REAGAN $1000: Reagan's diary entry for January 27, 1981 reads, "Ceremony on S. Lawn to welcome" these people home the Iranian hostages |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1981 she told the Senate Judiciary Committee, "I do well understand... the difference between legislating & judging" Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $1200: In 1981 Dolly Parton & Sheena Easton both had No. 1 singles with this numerical phrase in their titles "9 to 5" |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | THE HOLE TRUTH $400: The notorious Winter Park sinkhole of 1981 in this state swallowed a house and several automobiles Florida |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | JOURNALISTS $1200: From 1962 to 1981 he ended CBS Evening News broadcasts with the signoff "And that's the way it is" Cronkite |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | BOULDER DASH $600: In this 1981 movie Indiana Jones gets covered in webs while outrunning a large rock Raiders of the Lost Ark (*Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $400: She's the woman being sworn into her new post in 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | POLITICIAN AUTHORS $200: He left office in January 1981 & released "Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President" in 1982 Jimmy Carter |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | YOU KILLED ME! $1600: In 1981 religious extremists within his own military assassinated this leader in Cairo Anwar Sadat |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | SHE MARRIED THAT ROCK STAR $600: Valerie Bertinelli, in 1981 Eddie Van Halen |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | SKATING INTO THE NHL $400: From 1981 to 1985 he averaged--averaged!--206 points per season; "The Great One", indeed (Wayne) Gretzky |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | IT'S THE GIELGUD MOVIE OF THE YEAR $2000: 1981 was the year of Gielgud's Oscar-winning turn as this character's butler Arthur |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | CLASSIC MOVIES & TV $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at Profiles in History in Calabasas, CA.) Yes, it's safe to look at the angels that adorn the top of the object of Indiana Jones's quest in this 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | THINK IT WILL WORK? $2000: Yes: Dr. Bruce Reitz' transplant in 1981 of a heart along with this organ: the "totally empty chest was... a dramatic moment" a lung |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | POTPOURRI $200: When this board game launched in 1981, it came with 6,000 questions Trivial Pursuit |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE $800: On March 30, 1981 this Secretary of State & retired general told the press, "As of now, I am in control here, in the White House" (Alexander) Haig |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BRITISH HISTORY $400: In 1981 the bells were ringing for Prince Charles & Diana Spencer, married in this cathedral St Paul's |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | FINISH LINES $1000: In 2018 this car rally that is named for a 1981 Burt Reynolds movie started in Vegas & finished in Seattle Cannonball Run |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $2000: In 1981 Elizabeth Taylor made her Broadway debut in a revival of this playwright's "The Little Foxes" (Lillian) Hellman |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | TITL"ING" THE MOVIE $1200: 1981 movie about werewolves & the noise they made The Howling |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | NO. 1 HITS OF THE '80s $400: Not being much of a friend in 1981, Rick Springfield wished that he had this guy's "girl" Jessie |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | ALTAR EGOS $200: The royal wedding of these 2 on July 29, 1981 had a royal price tag--more than s30 million Charles and Diana |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | ALTAR EGOS $600: In 1981 a 20,000-seat stadium was built for the weeklong wedding of the son of the 1st president of the UAE, short for this United Arab Emirates |
| #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 |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | CELEBS ON SOCIAL MEDIA $800: Despite passing away in 1981, this reggae legend is quite active on Twitter, blue check & all (his estate manages the account) Bob Marley |
| #7994, aired 2019-05-16 | "NEW" ENTERTAINMENT $1200: An April 1981 theatrical rerelease added this 3-word subtitle to the opening crawl A New Hope |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | MOVIE & SONG, SAME TITLE $1600: The Psychedelic Furs,
1981;
Molly Ringwald,
1986 "Pretty In Pink" |
| #7958, aired 2019-03-27 | FILL IN THE TONY-WINNING PLAY TITLE $1600: 1981, set in Vienna:
Peter Shafer's "____" Amadeus |
| #7946, aired 2019-03-11 | NORMAN LEAR, THE FIRST 96 YEARS $1200: (Norman Lear delivers the clue.) To help protect First Amendment rights, in 1981 I founded People for the American Way with this African-American congresswoman from Texas Barbara Jordan |
| #7921, aired 2019-02-04 | NUMERIC WORDS & PHRASES $2000: The title of a 1936 book, this 3-word nickname for the U.S. Supreme Court ceased to apply in 1981 nine old men |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | THE MOVIES $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a journey on the monitor.) Leaving the West Coast, we retrace the movie journey of this 1981 adventure film character on his way to Nepal Indiana Jones |
| #7855, aired 2018-11-02 | CAST IRONS $1600: Jeremy Irons had a breakthrough role in the 1981 miniseries this place "Revisited" Brideshead |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | THE "HEART" OF COUNTRY $1000: Juice Newton almost led the pack "playing with" this lady in a 1981 hit the Queen of Hearts |
| #7807, aired 2018-07-17 | FOREIGN FILMS $400: In this 1981 film Jurgen Prochnow plays the captain of a WWII German submarine harassing Allied vessels Das Boot |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | DAYTIME TV MEMORIES $800: In 1981 Anthony Geary & Genie Francis got married to huge ratings as this pair Luke and Laura |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | TO THE FUTURE $1600: Some misfires from this 1970 book by Alvin Toffler: paper clothes & the world's urban population doubling by 1981 Future Shock |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | MAMA TRIED $200: In 1981 mom & headmistress Jean Harris was tried for killing the Dr. who created the bestselling Scarsdale this diet |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MALE AUTHORS $400: Admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1981, he was inspired to write his first novel by a trial he observed in 1984 John Grisham |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | MEMORABLE MOVIE SCENES $400: 1981:
A golden idol is retrieved, then surrendered & an ancient artifact is opened Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | OUR HISTORICAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT $5,400 (Daily Double): Cairo is in mourning, Oct. 6, 1981, with the news of this man's assassination earlier today Sadat |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | I'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT ON BROADWAY $200: "Merrily We Roll Along" ran just 16 shows in 1981 despite a score by this alliterative king of Broadway songwriters Stephen Sondheim |
| #7710, aired 2018-03-02 | MILITARY MOVIE MATTERS $600: This 1981 Bill Murray movie was made with the full cooperation of the U.S. Army; did they read the script? Stripes |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER $1600: An estimated 500,000 people jammed New York's Central Park to see this duo's 1981 reunion concert Simon & Garfunkel |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | PRIZE $600: He's seen here around the time he won the 1981 Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children" Salman Rushdie |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | AIR FORCE BASE $400: The first landing of this took place at California's Edwards Air Force Base on April 14, 1981 the Space Shuttle |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | ROBERT SIEGEL SIGNS OFF $600: (Robert Siegel reads the clue.) On January 20, 1981, the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in, I was in West Germany covering this other big story, the end of a 14-month crisis the Tehran hostage crisis (or the release of the hostages in Iran) |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | NOTABLE WOMEN $600: An assistant attorney general in Arizona in 1965, she got a nifty promotion in 1981: Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | STARS' INITIAL SHOWS $800: Jason Bateman, 1981:
"L.H.O.T.P." Little House on the Prairie |
| #7625, aired 2017-11-03 | "R" MOVIES $1600: 1981:
Co-starring Karen Allen Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | IT'S LIEBERMAN! $200: He was majority leader of the Connecticut Senate from 1975 to 1981 Joe Lieberman |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | SPORTS STUFF $1000: With his 1981 title, John McEnroe was the last in tennis history to win the U.S. Open with one of these a wooden racket |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1200: In 1981 Paige Pipkin buried the competition with this word for an ancient stone coffin S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | TURN ON YOUR HEAVY METAL DEFECTOR $1600: In 1981 singer Paul Di'Anno was out & Bruce Dickinson was in this Brit metal band named for a torture device Iron Maiden |
| #7572, aired 2017-07-11 | THE WOMAN IN THE MOVIE $400: In 1981 she played "The French Lieutenant's Woman" Meryl Streep |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | WORLD HERITAGE SITES $1,200 (Daily Double): 134,000 square miles of this Australian wonder were added to the list in 1981 the Great Barrier Reef |
| #7507, aired 2017-04-11 | THE PEACE CORPS $200: For 20 years the Peace Corps was part of this Cabinet department, but in 1981 it became an independent agency the State department |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT $400: Hosni Mubarak (1981 to 2011) Egypt |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | MOVIE TITLE PLACES $1600: Snake Plissken hits the Big Apple --& by that I mean he really beats the bejeezus out of it--in this 1981 action pic Escape from New York |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | HER HIT ALBUM $2000: Featuring "Leather and Lace":
"Bella Donna"
(1981) Stevie Nicks |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | PRESIDENTIAL HOMES $200: In 1981 he hosted a barbecue for Seabees who helped renovate his Rancho del Cielo into the Western White House Reagan |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | 1980s BESTSELLERS $1200: In 1981 he checked into the bestseller list with "The Hotel New Hampshire" John Irving |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | WON'T YOU TAKE ME TO FUNKYTOWN? $1200: Dave Chappelle's impression aside, this bass player was a funk master who gave it to us with "Give It To Me Baby" in 1981 Rick James |
| #7459, aired 2017-02-02 | EMMY-WINNING WOMEN $1600: Nominated 7 times, Isabel Sanford won in 1981 for playing Weezy on this sitcom The Jeffersons |
| #7451, aired 2017-01-23 | FROM CHUMPS TO CHAMPS $200: They went from 29-53 in 1979 to 62-20 & an NBA title in 1981; adding Bird, Parish & McHale will do that the Boston Celtics |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SOAP? $200: In 1981 Elizabeth Taylor played a villainous & uninvited guest who crashed Luke & Laura's wedding on this soap General Hospital |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | SPORTS ROUND NUMBERS $1000: In 1944-45 the NHL played this many games & "Rocket" Richard scored exactly that many goals, a feat not matched until 1981 50 |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | IT HAPPENED IN THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1981 Ananda Chakrabarty received a patent for a life form made of just 1 this a cell |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | JUNIOR LEAGUE $2000: In 1981 this retired 4-star general became the second military leader to head the State Dept. Alexander Haig |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | VEEP $800: Anwar Sadat is seen here riding in 1981 with this vice president of his, who would succeed him later that day (Hosni) Mubarak |
| #7375, aired 2016-10-07 | BUSINESSPEOPLE $2000: The target of a Michael Moore documentary, he was head of General Motors from 1981 to 1990 Roger Smith |
| #7366, aired 2016-09-26 | EDUCATION $800: "Why Johnny Still Can't" do this by Rudolf Flesch was a 1981 follow-up to the original 1955 bestseller Read |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | TIME'S PERSON OF THE YEAR $800: 1981: "Solidarity leader struck first blows against Kremlin's empire" Lech Walesa |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | VICE PRESIDENTS $600: In 1981 he was ordered to pay Maryland $250,000 to compensate for bribes taken while governor & vice president Agnew |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | THE 1970s $1000: He was elected president of Egypt in 1970, leading his country until his death in 1981 Anwar Sadat |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | START UP YOUR CARLOS $800: In 1981 he became the first crowned monarch to make an official visit to Communist China King Juan Carlos |
| #7302, aired 2016-05-17 | THE REAGAN WHITE HOUSE $800: This White House briefing room is named for this press secretary who was injured by a gunman's bullet in 1981 James Brady |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | MY FAVORITE BURRO $3,000 (Daily Double): Governor Bruce Babbitt was on hand for an airlift of hundreds of wild burros out of this landmark in 1981 the Grand Canyon |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR $1000: The legacy of this Canadian, who died in 1981, lives on in scholarships in his name, for youngsters who help others Terry Fox |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | STUFF HAPPENS $1600: This crisis in U.S. diplomacy lasted from November 1979 to January 1981 the Iran hostage crisis |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV $400: In Ireland it began in 1981 as the ecology party the Green Party |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | TRAINS $1200: In 1981 Amtrak revived the name of this Illinois Central train popularized in an Arlo Guthrie song The City of New Orleans |
| #7201, aired 2015-12-28 | C'EST LA VEEP $600: In 1981 Reagan sent VP Bush for a tete-a-tete with him, France's new Socialist president Mitterrand |
| #7196, aired 2015-12-21 | I HATE QUOTES $1200: In a 1981 movie this actor declares, "I hate snakes" Harrison Ford |
| #7181, aired 2015-11-30 | MOVIE ROMANCES $1600: This 2014 movie was a remake of the 1981 Brooke Shields movie of the same name Endless Love |
| #7172, aired 2015-11-17 | THE EX FILES $3,000 (Daily Double): He became the USA's ex-VP in 1981 Mondale |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | SHOW "TIME" $1600: John Cleese & Sean Connery were in on this 1981 Terry Gilliam caper Time Bandits |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | NEW HAMPSHIRE $1200: Sunset on Squam Lake shows you why it was chosen to film this 1981 Hepburn/Fonda movie On Golden Pond |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | BIOGRAPHIES $800: "Wanted!" The real story of these 2 outlaw brothers in a 1981 biography of them the James Brothers (Frank & Jesse) |
| #7144, aired 2015-10-08 | WHOSE LIFE IS IT? $800: Born Egypt, 1918,
camped out for peace & a 1978 Nobel Prize,
assassinated Cairo, 1981 (Anwar) Sadat |
| #7126, aired 2015-09-14 | DAYTIME TELEVISION $1200: One of the highest ratings ever in daytime TV came in 1981 when this "General Hospital" pair got married Luke & Laura |
| #7123, aired 2015-07-29 | INDEPENDENCE DAYS $1,300 (Daily Double): On Sept. 21, 1981 this British colony became the last nation on the American mainland to gain independence Belize (or British Honduras) |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BIOGRAPHIES $800: Chapters in Robert Massie's 1981 biography of this Russian czar include "The Prince of Orange" & "Polish Quagmire" Peter the Great |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | 5 BEARS $3,000 (Daily Double): Steve Wozniak left Cal to co-found this computer company but returned in 1981 Apple |
| #7064, aired 2015-05-07 | BAD MOTHERS FILM FEST $1200: Faye Dunaway... this 1981 feature... 'nuff said Mommie Dearest |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | HODGEPODGE $200: Raise your hands for a man who goes by Krazy George; he claims to have introduced this at a 1981 baseball game the wave |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | PLAYING GOD $2000: Ralph Richardson "stole" the show as God in this 1981 Terry Gilliam sci fi comedy, saying "Oh, I hate having to appear" Time Bandits |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $2000: From 1979 to 1981 Georges Delerue won this French Oscar 3 straight years for scores including "The Last Metro" the César |
| #7012, aired 2015-02-24 | SPIKE $1000: U.S. mortgage interest rates spiked at 18.5% in 1981 as the Federal Reserve battled to keep this in check inflation |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | LABOR $1000: In 1981 nearly 13,000 members of PATCO, a union of these workers, went on strike but most were soon fired air traffic controllers |
| #6971, aired 2014-12-29 | THE BRIT ON THE BANKNOTE $1200: If you seek this architect's image, look about the 50-pound notes issued between 1981 & 1996 (Christopher) Wren |
| #6963, aired 2014-12-17 | HISTORIC AUTOMOBILES $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH.) There's no mistaking the sleek design lines of a classic, 1981 DeLorean; fewer than 10,000 were ever made, & all featured its unique doors with this unusual name gull-wing doors |
| #6946, aired 2014-11-24 | WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE BOOK $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1981, Paul Theroux got the itch to publish this novel set in the jungles of Central America The Mosquito Coast |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | THE REAGAN LIBRARY $200 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA.) On August 19, 1981, an international incident occurred when two U.S. Navy F-14s flying patrol over the Gulf of Sidra were attacked by two fighter jets flown by this country; the Tomcats returned fire, downing both enemy aircraft Libya |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | THE REAGAN LIBRARY $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA.) This fine china was among the White House dinnerware used in the formal state dinners hosted by the Reagans; the first, in 1981, & the last, in 1988, both honored this world leader, who was accompanied by her husband Denis (Margaret) Thatcher |
| #6918, aired 2014-10-15 | PULITZER PRIZE DRAMA WINNERS $1600: Beth Henley won in 1981 for this "heart"y play that centered on 3 maladjusted Mississippi sisters Crimes of the Heart |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | GRAVE NEW WORLD $2,000 (Daily Double): He was entombed with his Gibson Les Paul in 1981 in Saint Ann, Jamaica Bob Marley |
| #6899, aired 2014-09-18 | IT WAS THE '80s $600: Never mind Charles & Diana--this couple's "General Hospital" wedding was the big one of 1981 Luke and Laura |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $1600: It was the appropriate first video played by MTV when it launched in 1981 "Video Killed the Radio Star" |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | THEIR FIRST SOLO ALBUM $800: 1981,
the Genesis of his solo career:
"Face Value" Phil Collins |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | CARSON, DAILY $200: On July 29, 1981 Johnny said these 2 had "a fairy-tale romance. Too bad they had to spoil it & get married" Diana & Charles |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | THE LAST CENTURY $400: "The most trusted man in America", he ended his tenure as anchor of the CBS Evening News in 1981 Walter Cronkite |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY $800: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) I'm with one of the earliest locomotives of the U.S. railroad system--it looks like it could still run, doesn't it?--& it actually did in 1981 as it celebrated its 150th birthday; it was built in England, & it is named for this symbolic Englishman John Bull |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | '80s BABIES $2000: In 1981 Elizabeth Carr became the USA's first of these babies, with less fanfare than the one across the pond a test-tube baby |
| #6752, aired 2014-01-14 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $800: (Former Justice of the Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor gives the clue.) In 1925 Harlan Fiske Stone became the first nominee to personally go before this group; in 1981 I was relieved when Bob Dole told me I was among friends there the Senate Judiciary Committee |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | "me"TUNES $1600: Back off! In 1981 The Police had proximity issues with this Top 10 hit "Don't Stand So Close To Me" |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL $200: On July 29, 1981 she rode to London's St. Paul's cathedral in a horse-drawn glass coach Princess Diana |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | THE LEAGUE-LEADING STAT $200: 1981-82:
Wayne Gretzky,
with 92 goals |
| #6664, aired 2013-08-01 | IT HAPPENED ON AUGUST 1 $800: On Aug. 1, 1981 this channel debuted with a video by The Buggles; the channel is still around, but not so much into videos MTV |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | HOW 'BOUT THEM DODGERS? $800: Nicknamed "Mr. Clean", this Dodger first baseman made 8 straight all-star teams from 1974 to 1981 Steve Garvey |
| #6620, aired 2013-05-31 | WORLD SERIES MVPs BY POSITION $1200: Johnny Bench
(1976) &
Steve Yeager
(1981) catcher |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | IN THE CAPITAL CITY $200: Oct. 6, 1981:
Anwar Sadat is assassinated Cairo |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | NFL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR $400: 1981:
This Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | ON LEAD VOCALS $1200: 1981:
"Don't Stop Believin'" Steve Perry |
| #6579, aired 2013-04-04 | ENGLAND SWINGS $400: At a 1981 show, this Rolling Stones axeman swung his guitar at a fan who'd jumped onstage Keith Richards |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | MUSIC LEGENDS: BORN & DIED $800: Born 1945 in St. Ann, Jamaica; died 1981 in Miami Bob Marley |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | FILL THE PRESCRIPTION $400: 2 Xs mark the spot in the trade name of this anti-anxiety drug brought to market in 1981 Xanax |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | HOCKEY TALK? $600: In 1981 he published "Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen" (Wolfgang) Puck |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | SOUND THE TRUMPET $800: In 1981 he & his brother Branford both played in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers Wynton Marsalis |
| #6508, aired 2012-12-26 | THEIR SOLE OSCAR NOMINATION $400: Dudley Moore,
1981 Arthur |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | POSSIBLE MOVIE SEQUELS? $2000: Wallace Shawn & his theater director friend meet at Hooters in the follow-up to this 1981 art house film My Dinner with Andre |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | CHRISTMAS POP SONGS $2000: Please tip this band featuring singer Patty Donahue; in 1981 they served up "Christmas Wrapping" The Waitresses |
| #6486, aired 2012-11-26 | ONE-WORD NO. 1 HITS $1000: 1981, Olivia Newton-John:
Let's get the response "Physical" |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY $1000: 1981:
A Scottish lass Sheena Easton |
| #6466, aired 2012-10-29 | LEWIS OR CLARK $400: Between 1981 & 1991 he won 65 consecutive long jump competitions Carl Lewis |
| #6463, aired 2012-10-24 | TV THEME SONG HITS $1000: 1981:
"Believe It Or Not" The Greatest American Hero |
| #6458, aired 2012-10-17 | L'HISTOIRE FRANÇAISE $2000: Francois Mitterrand became France's president in 1981; this Francois became president in 2012 François Hollande |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | THE EDICT OF NANCY $400: She was the chair of the California Democratic Party, 1981-1983 Nancy Pelosi |
| #6449, aired 2012-10-04 | BULLS & BEARS $600: Bedtime, Birthday & Funshine were among the first 10 of these characters created in 1981 by American Greetings Care Bears |
| #6444, aired 2012-09-27 | LOOK IN THE CABINET $800: In 1981 the Maritime Administration was transferred from Commerce to this Cabinet department Transportation |
| #6444, aired 2012-09-27 | FIRST MUSIC, THEN A MOVIE $1200: 1981: The Psychedelic Furs
1986: Duckie, you're the one Pretty in Pink |
| #6427, aired 2012-07-24 | SPACE FIRSTS $800: Launched on April 12, 1981, this Space Shuttle was the first reusable manned spacecraft the Columbia |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTORS OF THE 1980s $1600: Warren Beatty
(1981) Reds |
| #6409, aired 2012-06-28 | LENNON $1,000 (Daily Double): John & Yoko's favorite area of Central Park was officially named this in 1981, after a Beatles song that he wrote Strawberry Fields |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | THE BAND'S 10th TOP 40 HIT $800: 1981:
"Waiting For A Girl Like You" Foreigner |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | THE BRITISH ARE GOING! $2000: This last British mainland colony in the Americas became independent in 1981, but the British Military stayed until 1994 Belize |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | YACHTS $600: In 2011 police briefly reopened the case of this movie star's 1981 drowning just off the yacht Splendour Natalie Wood |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | ANCIENT MOVIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Ye gods! Sea monsters, Medusa & Hades are but a few of the villains in this 2010 remake of a 1981 film Clash of the Titans |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | CUTS LIKE A KNIFE $200: The official instrument of execution in France in 1792, it was still an option for the job until 1981 the guillotine |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | FRANKLY $400: He penned 1981's "God Emperor of Dune" Frank Herbert |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | IT'S OPENING NIGHT ON BROADWAY! $1000: On Dec. 20, 1981 Jennifer Holliday's Effie sang "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" in this show's premiere at the Imperial Dreamgirls |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | LYRICS OF THE TOP 40 SONG $2000: 1981: "The hurt doesn't show, but the pain still grows, it's no stranger to you or me" (killer drum solo!) "In The Air Tonight" |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $2000: In 1981 Ronald Reagan appointed Jeane Kirkpatrick the first female U.S. ambassador to this organization the U.N. |
| #6362, aired 2012-04-24 | THE AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD $800: 1981:
This dancer who began his career in Vaudeville Fred Astaire |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | A MOVIE & A MEAL $2000: This 1981 low-budget Wallace Shawn film was shot in winter in an abandoned hotel with no heat My Dinner with Andre |
| #6330, aired 2012-03-09 | SENATE MAJORITY LEADERS $2000: His leadership periods from 1977 to 1981 & 1987 to 1989 were a tiny fraction of his service Sen. Robert Byrd |
| #6324, aired 2012-03-01 | OSCAR-WINNING CO-STARS $600: Henry Fonda &
Katharine Hepburn
(1981) On Golden Pond |
| #6296, aired 2012-01-23 | COUNTRY GROUPS $800: In 1981 they burned up the pop & country charts singing, "My heart's on fire, Elvira" The Oak Ridge Boys |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: In 1981 this maestro from India was made music director for life of the Israel Philharmonic (Zubin) Mehta |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | EMMY-WINNING TV $200: "Hill Street Station" (Writing, 1981) Hill Street Blues |
| #6266, aired 2011-12-12 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: On May 10, 1981 France elected as president this socialist who then nationalized most of the private banks Francois Mitterrand |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | BIOPIC SUBJECTS $2000: 1981:
"Reds" John Reed |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | TIME FOR A CHANGE $800: In 1981 the Nissan company dropped this name under which it had sold its cars in the United States Datsun |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | HUD SECRETARIES $1600: Moon Landrieu, HUD Secretary from 1979 to 1981, is the father of this current Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu |
| #6234, aired 2011-10-27 | POSTHUMOUS POP HITS $1200: 1981:
"Watching The Wheels" John Lennon |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | ACTING THE PART $400: Russell Brand was just a kid when this actor originated the role of "Arthur" in 1981 Dudley Moore |
| #6213, aired 2011-09-28 | KISS ME, KATE $2000: As Ethel Thayer in a 1981 film, she was asked, "Wanna dance or would you rather just suck face?" (Katharine) Hepburn |
| #6179, aired 2011-06-23 | & OTHER '80s OSCAR WINNERS $1200: He was acclaimed onstage as Hamlet in 1929 & onscreen as Arthur's butler in 1981 John Gielgud |
| #6177, aired 2011-06-21 | TEAM PLAYERS $200: 1981:
Steve Garvey, Fernando Valenzuela, Ron Cey (The Penguin) the Los Angeles Dodgers |
| #6169, aired 2011-06-09 | AUSTRALIAN MOVIES $1200: 2 Australian sprinters are sent to fight in Turkey during WWI in this 1981 film Gallipoli |
| #6139, aired 2011-04-28 | NAME THE OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTOR $800: 1981 for "Reds" Warren Beatty |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | ROCK $1200: 1981's "Under Pressure" was a hit by Queen & this rocker David Bowie |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | & OTHER LITTLE PEOPLE $1200: In this 1981 Terry Gilliam film, the title little guys have stolen a temporal-travel map from the Supreme Being Time Bandits |
| #6115, aired 2011-03-25 | JACK NICHOLSON'S OSCAR-NOMINATED ROLES $2000: Playwright Eugene O'Neill
(1981) Reds |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | COUNTRY FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR GRAMMYS $200: 1981:
"9 To 5" Dolly Parton |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | HOW'S THE SCREENPLAY GOING, STEVE? $800: Steve Gordon both wrote & directed this 1981 film where super-rich Dudley Moore drank in the scenery Arthur |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | THE SENATOR OF MY WORLD $800: In 1981 Bernie Sanders, now a senator from this state, won the mayorship of Burlington by 10 votes Vermont |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | TV JUDGES $400: From 1981 to 1993 it was definitely, definitely time for this judge to rule on "The People's Court" (Joe) Wapner |
| #6074, aired 2011-01-27 | WASN'T THAT AN '80s THING? $400: A man... a woman in distress... ladder climbing... a giant ape... this video game that debuted in 1981 had it all! Donkey Kong |
| #6074, aired 2011-01-27 | WASN'T THAT AN '80s THING? $1600: This stainless-steel car with gull-wing doors debuted in 1981; fewer than 10,000 were made the DeLorean |
| #6074, aired 2011-01-27 | WASN'T THAT AN '80s THING? $2000: The piece seen here is by this pop artist who started out graffitiing New York City subways in 1981 Keith Haring |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | 1980s NO. 1 HITMAKERS $400: 1981:
"Kiss On My List"; they had 2 other No. 1s that year Hall & Oates |
| #6055, aired 2010-12-31 | THE COMPANY HE KEPT $800: Roger B. Smith (& not me) ran this mega-company from 1981 to 1990 General Motors |
| #6043, aired 2010-12-15 | THE CITY'S MAYOR $1000: Jerry Springer (1977 to 1981); yes, that Jerry Springer Cincinnati |
| #6042, aired 2010-12-14 | THE MAGIC DRAGON $2000: Peter MacNicol eventually gets this title job in a 1981 movie Dragonslayer |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | SCI FI MOVIE SUMMARIES $2000: 1981:
Hi-ho, hi-ho, miners are dying on Io; bad drugs are the problem & a former James Bond is the solution Outland |
| #5988, aired 2010-09-29 | SCARY STARTS $600: His first film role was in 1981's "The Burning"; the role of George Costanza would come a decade later Jason Alexander |
| #5988, aired 2010-09-29 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY $800: He's the man seen here trying to reassure us in March 1981
"Now, I am in control..." Alexander Haig |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | MOVIES AT SEA $800: A captain & his inexperienced crew patrol the Atlantic in a sub in this 1981 Wolfgang Petersen film with a German title Das Boot |
| #5979, aired 2010-09-16 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $1600: Her 1981 Rolling Stone cover shot of a nude John Lennon was taken hours before his murder Annie Leibovitz |
| #5971, aired 2010-07-26 | THE COLDEST PROFESSION $1600: In 1981 this ill-fated shuttle, the first in space, was launched with the aid of cryogenic propellants the Columbia |
| #5954, aired 2010-07-01 | PLEASE BELIZE ME $400: In 1981 the sun set on this empire's colonial rule in newly independent Belize the British Empire (the United Kingdom accepted) |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP $400: Trainer Angelo Dundee was in this champ's corner from 1960 to his 1981 fight with Trevor Berbick Muhammad Ali |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | THE FASTING & THE FURIOUS $600: Bobby Sands, an officer in this "Army", died in 1981 following a 66-day hunger strike at the Maze Prison near Belfast the Irish Republican Army |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | THE GREAT & POWERFUL WOZ $600: A 1981 plane crash left Steve with this, from the Greek for "to remember", & he had to take a sabbatical amnesia |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | WELL, EXHUME ME! $200: A 1981 autopsy verified that a body buried in a Texas grave was that of this assassin, not a Soviet spy Lee Harvey Oswald |
| #5926, aired 2010-05-24 | FILM"Z" $800: 1981:
George Hamilton swashbuckles his way through 19th c. Spanish California as him, "the Gay Blade" Zorro |
| #5907, aired 2010-04-27 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $200: In 1981 James G. Nourse wrote the bestseller "The Simple Solution to" this puzzling toy phenomenon a Rubik's Cube |
| #5893, aired 2010-04-07 | DO TELL THE HOTEL $800: This 1981 John Irving novel was made into a 1984 film starring Beau Bridges The Hotel New Hampshire |
| #5890, aired 2010-04-02 | EUROPEAN LEADERS $800: Starting in 1981 this Socialist served 2 7-year terms as president of France Mitterrand |
| #5874, aired 2010-03-11 | THE WIZARD $1000: Nicol Williamson played Merlin in this magical 1981 film Excalibur |
| #5872, aired 2010-03-09 | BIG ACTORS, SMALL ROLES $1200: Chemicals turn Lily Tomlin into this title "Woman" in a 1981 Joel Schumacher film The Incredible Shrinking Woman |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | YEAR ONE $600: May 6, 1981:
She wins a competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Maya Lin |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | OH, THE BAND IS OUT ON THE FIELD! $800: The "Beginning" of moving stage lights was a 1981 show in a Barcelona bullring on this band's "Abacab" tour Genesis |
| #5819, aired 2009-12-24 | "CHIN" MUSIC $400: "Spirits In The Material World" is an aptly titled song on this 1981 Police album Ghost in the Machine |
| #5816, aired 2009-12-21 | "BB" BOOKS $2000: John Updike was in the money with this 1981 novel, the third in a series, winning a Pulitzer for it Rabbit is Rich |
| #5796, aired 2009-11-23 | STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE $800: New Hampshire's Squam Lakes provided the title location for this 1981 Fonda & Hepburn film On Golden Pond |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | THE INTESTATE $400: In 1981 a Houston judge declared that this aviation giant had left no valid will, despite Melvin Dummar's claim Howard Hughes |
| #5791, aired 2009-11-16 | TV REVEILLE $800: 1981:
Eileen Brennan as Captain Doreen Lewis Private Benjamin |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | BAY O' WOLF $800: When David--yeah, the Dr. Pepper guy--gets bit on the English moors, he turns into the title monster in this 1981 film An American Werewolf in London |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | BAY O' WOLF $1000: Patrick MacNee is no Avenger as his werewolf colony terrorizes Dee Wallace in this 1981 classic The Howling |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | WALTER CRONKITE $400: Cronkite anchored this network's Evening News from April 16, 1962 to March 6, 1981 CBS |
| #5715, aired 2009-06-12 | WIMBLEDON SINGLES CHAMPS $400: This mouthy New Yorker:
1981, 1983, 1984 John McEnroe |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | WHAT A KNOCKOUT! $1600: In 1981, behind on all 3 scorecards, this welterweight came back with a TKO over Thomas Hearns in the 14th; sweet! Sugar Ray Leonard |
| #5675, aired 2009-04-17 | THE REPORT OF MY DEATH... $1000: In 1981 many in the media mistakenly reported that this Press Secy. died in the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan (James) Brady |
| #5656, aired 2009-03-23 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: A 1981 book by her was published in English as "Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre" (Simone de) Beauvoir |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | PREZ DISPENSERS $600: Valery Giscard d'Estaing was beaten by him in a 1981 election François Mitterrand |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | 20th CENTURY MILITARY NAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): Before he died in 1981, he was the USA's last surviving 5-star officer (General) Omar Bradley |
| #5643, aired 2009-03-04 | THE SMELL OF THE CROWD $1600: On Sept. 19, 1981 Simon & Garfunkel played for 500,000 people on the Great Lawn, part of this 843-acre area Central Park |
| #5641, aired 2009-03-02 | THE SERPENT $200: In this 1981 film Harrison Ford delivers the immortal line "I hate snakes" Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #5619, aired 2009-01-29 | CLASSIC TV DRAMA EPISODES $1600: 1981:
"Alexis' Secret" Dynasty |
| #5602, aired 2009-01-06 | THEY'RE TALKIN' BASEBALL $2000: Tommy Lasorda, asked in 1981 about contract negotiations for this Mexican lefty pitcher: "He wants Texas back" Fernando Valenzuela |
| #5593, aired 2008-12-24 | ALBUMS $200: Arthur Koestler's book "The Ghost in the Machine" inspired the title of a 1981 album by this trio The Police |
| #5583, aired 2008-12-10 | MOVIE ADJECTIVES $800: 1981:
"The Gods Must Be ____" Crazy |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | NORM! $600: In 1981 this "All in the Family" producer co-founded People for the American Way Norman Lear |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $400: "Our Lips Are Sealed"
(1981) The Go-Go's |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | LABOR $800: In August 1981 more than 11,000 of these federal workers were fired for participating in an illegal strike air traffic controllers |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | PRESIDENTIAL WIT $200: Arriving at the hospital on March 30, 1981, he told one of his doctors, "I hope you're a Republican" Ronald Reagan |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | STEELY DAN $400: Before breaking up in 1981, Steely Dan released an album named for this kind of South American cowboy a gaucho |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | SHOPPING SPREE $400: You don't have to be of legal drinking age to shop at this store that sells the Heritage 1981 brand Forever 21 |
| #5546, aired 2008-10-20 | DEAR JOHN $2000: In a 1981 film Warren Beatty played this newspaperman who covered the Russian Revolution John Reed |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | O CAPTAIN, MY POP CULTURE CAPTAIN $1600: Every little breeze whispered Dom Deluise when he played Captain Chaos in this 1981 Burt Reynolds car race flick Cannonball Run |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | MILITARY MOVIES $1000: 1981:
Misfits take over & complete their own basic training; "That's the fact, Jack!" Stripes |
| #5504, aired 2008-07-10 | VEGETARIANS CAN EAT THAT? $600: In 1981 the Trolli Company gave us the "gummi" type of these creepy crawlies seen on your lawn worms |
| #5478, aired 2008-06-04 | COLD HARD CASH $400: Minted from 1979 to 1981, the coin featuring her was the first depicting a woman that went into general circulation Susan B. Anthony |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | "DD" TEA $200: He has represented Connecticut in the U.S. Senate since 1981 (Christopher) Dodd |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | CRIME TIME $800: Just 8 days after his 2006 release, Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot this man in 1981, was sent back to prison Pope John Paul II |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | MUSICAL INITIALS $800: This Athens, Georgia band's first single was "Radio Free Europe" in 1981 R.E.M. |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | SONG TITLES -- NOW IN GERMAN $400: 1981:
Dolly Parton,
"Neun Bis Funf" "9 To 5" |
| #5405, aired 2008-02-22 | THE 20th CENTURY $1200: On September 21st, 1981 the U.S. Senate confirmed her as a Justice of the Supreme Court in a 99-0 vote Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | REALLY OLD MOVIES $2000: Sean Penn & Tom Cruise were both cadets in this 1981 film whose title references a sad bugle's song Taps |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | SPACE $1200: This first space shuttle concluded its maiden voyage on April 14, 1981 Columbia |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | MOVIE QUOTES $2000: 1981:
"You go in, find the President and bring him out in 24 hours and you're a free man" Escape from New York |
| #5364, aired 2007-12-27 | YEAH, IT WAS THE '80s $800: In 1981 Sheena Easton sang, "My baby takes" this, "he works from 9 till 5 & then he takes another home again" the morning train |
| #5353, aired 2007-12-12 | TONY $600: Ian McKellen won a Tony in 1981 for playing this rival of Mozart in "Amadeus" Salieri |
| #5352, aired 2007-12-11 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS $1600: On May 13, 1981 he had a close encounter with Mehmet Ali Agca in Rome; he would later visit Agca in prison Pope John Paul II |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | MOVIE KISSES $1000: 1981 drama in which Norman Thayer asks wife Ethel, "Wanna dance or would you rather just suck face?" On Golden Pond |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | EXERCISE WEAR $800: Dan Empfield competed in this type of event in Kona back in 1981 & created the first wetsuit made for it triathlon |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | KENNY $1600: At 6'6" tall, Ken Howard was memorable as basketball Coach Reeves in this 1978-1981 TV show "The White Shadow" |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | HISTORICAL ROLES $1600: In this 1981 comedy "Part I", Mel Brooks plays Moses & Louis XVI History of the World |
| #5319, aired 2007-10-25 | BEST FEMALE ROCK VOCAL GRAMMYS $800: 1981:
"Fire And Ice" Pat Benatar |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | ID CARDS $2000: A U.S. senator from 1957 to 1981, this Boise Idaho native led controversial investigations of the CIA in the late 1970s Frank Church |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | DE GAULLE OF DAT GUY! $800: In 1965 De Gaulle won the Presidency by defeating this Socialist, later France's leader from 1981 to 1995 Francois Mitterrand |
| #5271, aired 2007-07-09 | REUNITED $400: On Sept. 19, 1981 this duo built a "Bridge Over Troubled Water" & reunited for a free concert in Central Park Simon & Garfunkel |
| #5270, aired 2007-07-06 | COMPUTER MILESTONES $400: 1981:
This company introduces its "Personal Computer" using the MS-DOS operating system IBM |
| #5245, aired 2007-06-01 | FASTER $800: In 1981 Patrick McGeown survived a 42-day hunger strike while in prison for a bombing done for this organization the IRA |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | HOT MOVIES $2000: This 1981 dramatic film about Stone Age man won the Academy Award for Best Makeup Quest for Fire |
| #5214, aired 2007-04-19 | IN NEED OF A DATE $800: Year of the swearing in ceremony seen here 1981 |
| #5202, aired 2007-04-03 | FOREIGN CINEMA $800: The submarine models for this 1981 German film were also used in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Das Boot |
| #5201, aired 2007-04-02 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $800 (Daily Double): October 7, 1981:
This world leader "Assassinated at Army Parade as Men Amid Ranks Fire into Stands" Anwar Sadat |
| #5188, aired 2007-03-14 | IT HAPPENED IN TEXAS $400: On Nov. 25, 1981, she gave birth to twins in Dallas Laura Bush |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | HERE'S WALDO $1000: This tough-guy actor's last film role was as Police Commissioner Waldo in 1981's "Ragtime" (James) Cagney |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1980s $800: In early 1981 assassination attempts were made on these 2 men, a U.S. president & a religious leader Ronald Reagan & Pope John Paul II |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | THIS CATEGORY IS FULL OF BEANS $1000: In 1981, this astronaut gave up his day job & became a painter of pictures like the one seen here Alan Bean |
| #5150, aired 2007-01-19 | FICTION, POLITICAL STYLE $2000: Bizarrely, her 1981 novel "Sisters" has a Republican VP's heart giving out during an intimate time with his mistress Lynne Cheney |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | STRUCTURES $800: Type of building that's the title of a 1981 book by New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger a skyscraper |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | THE FALL $1200: In 1981 John McEnroe found resistance wasn't futile & snapped this Swede's 5-year Wimbledon win streak Bjorn Borg |
| #5106, aired 2006-11-20 | THE 1980s $1200: In 1981 she was taken to court--the Supreme Court--as its first woman justice Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #5105, aired 2006-11-17 | FAME BECOMES ME $2000: In 1981 he became Assoc. Attorney General of the U.S.; in 1994, he was a mayor; he's a bit coy about his 2008 plans Mr. Giuliani |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | BY THE GRACE OF NANCY $400: She was First Lady from 1981 to 1989 Nancy Reagan |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | 20th CENTURY SPORTS $200: In 1981 Frenchman Thierry Vigneron became the first to clear 19 feet in this track & field event the pole vault |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | ROCK 'N' ROLL HISTORY $200: It premiered on August 1, 1981 at 12:01 A.M. with John Lack saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll" MTV |
| #5078, aired 2006-10-11 | HU, WATT, WARE, NGUYEN & WYE $1600: This Coloradoan served as President Reagan's Secretary of the Interior from 1981 to 1983 James Watt |
| #5063, aired 2006-09-20 | DUETS $800: 1981:
"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by Tom Petty & her Stevie Nicks |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | JOHN GRISHAM $800: In 1981 Grisham graduated from law school in this state; he was admitted to its bar later that year Mississippi |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | BASEBALL RECORD BREAKERS $200: On Sept. 26, 1981 he hurled his record-breaking 5th no-hit game; he went on to pitch 2 more in his career Nolan Ryan |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | POP CULTURE $1000: In the movie "Shock Treatment", the 1981 sequel to this cult classic, Brad & Janet appear on a TV game show The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #5016, aired 2006-06-05 | HOLD ME CLOSER, TONY DANZA $1600: Tony was so adept in his first primate movie, "Going Ape!", he was teamed up again with one in the sequel to this 1981 racing flick The Cannonball Run |
| #5015, aired 2006-06-02 | '80s MUSIC $600: Hurry up & name this Canadian power-rock trio with the 1981 album "Moving Pictures" Rush |
| #5015, aired 2006-06-02 | '80s MUSIC $1000: In 1981 this group topped the charts singing, "Here I am, the one that you love, askin' for another day" Air Supply |
| #5013, aired 2006-05-31 | YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED $1200: Israel formally annexed this strategic upland region in 1981 the Golan Heights |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | MEMORABLE ROLES $1200: 1981 & 1996:
Snake Plissken Kurt Russell |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | SPORTS STUFF $800: In 1981 soccer's 1st Toyota Cup was held in this world capital between the champion clubs of Europe & South America Tokyo |
| #5005, aired 2006-05-19 | SUPPORTING ACTOR EMMY WINNERS $400: 1981:
Danny DeVito gets an Emmy dispatch Taxi |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | THE STARTING INFIELD $400: From 1974 through 1981 the Dodgers fielded Garvey, Lopes, Russell & this third baseman, "The Penguin" Ron Cey |
| #5000, aired 2006-05-12 | HISTORICAL TEXT MESSAGING $800: 1981:
am canada's pm. dont no zonker r b.d. u kp txtng me abt. pls stp Pierre Trudeau |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | QUOTATIONS $400: In 1981 he quipped, "You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans" Ronald Reagan |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | SOUTH DAKOTA $600: From 1963 to 1981 this Democrat & presidential candidate served South Dakota in the U.S. Senate McGovern |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | LITERARY THRILLERS $400: This wartime thriller about a German sub inspired a classic 1981 foreign movie Das Boot |
| #4993, aired 2006-05-03 | LITERARY THRILLERS $3,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew strolls through Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia.) A 1981 thriller by this author opens with the discovery of 3 faceless corpses here in the title setting, Moscow's Gorky Park Martin Cruz Smith |
| #4990, aired 2006-04-28 | THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES $1200: Part of this Egyptian's 1981 obit included, "...he was willing to ignore past Arab-Israeli hatreds" Sadat |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | DEAL OR NO DEAL $400: President Reagan said, "No deal!" to this group of striking federal employees & fired nearly 12,000 of them in 1981 the air traffic controllers |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON $400: William French Smith, who held this post, 1981-1985, had a key role in putting the 1st woman on the Supreme Court Attorney General |
| #4973, aired 2006-04-05 | "D"UDE! $400: In 1981 his company produced a sports car with a stainless steel finish & gull-wing doors (John) DeLorean |
| #4971, aired 2006-04-03 | PRIME MINISTERS OF ISRAEL $1000: Then serving as prime minister, he was a mourner at Anwar Sadat's funeral in 1981 Begin |
| #4967, aired 2006-03-28 | THE BBC's 100 GREATEST BRITONS $800: No. 3:
In 1981 750 million people worldwide watched her wedding Princess Diana |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | FINLAND $800: Market Square is on a waterfront course for this Helsinki event that began in 1981--something the Finns are good at the marathon |
| #4957, aired 2006-03-14 | MOVIES OF THE MONTH $1200: (1981)
"First Monday in ___" October |
| #4949, aired 2006-03-02 | A CAT-EGORY $600: Shulamith, a stray discovered in 1981, was the first American curl cat, named for its perky-looking pair of these ears |
| #4937, aired 2006-02-14 | CARTOON BEFORE & AFTER $400: Krusty the Clown's odd-haired partner who jammed to reggae in Jamaica before his 1981 death Sideshow Bob Marley |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | EGYPTIAN CINEMA $800: Indy seeks to solve a biblical mystery in this 1981 film that features a quest from Nepal to Cairo Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | I NEED AN M.D.! $800: Remove all wire hangers from your closet before watching this 1981 Faye Dunaway film Mommie Dearest |
| #4902, aired 2005-12-27 | CEOs $2000: After he assumed command of GE in 1981, its stock rose a dizzying 5000% in 20 years (John "Jack") Welch |
| #4895, aired 2005-12-16 | THIS MEANS TROUBLE $1600: This member of Fleetwood Mac had a solo Top 10 hit with "Trouble" in 1981 Lindsey Buckingham |
| #4893, aired 2005-12-14 | THE RUSSIANS IN SPACE $2000: Seen here is Buran, the U.S.S.R.'s answer to this U.S. program that got off the ground in 1981 the shuttle |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $800: Born in Vancouver in 1981, on film he "skywalked" into space in 2002 Hayden Christensen |
| #4884, aired 2005-12-01 | AND NOW FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM $1200: On March 30, 1981 this man told reporters he was "in control here in the White House" (Alexander) Haig |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | DE CAMERON $2000: In 1981 it was raining "Cats" (but not dogs) for Andrew Lloyd Webber & this British theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh |
| #4878, aired 2005-11-23 | BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM $1600: 1981:
"Mephisto" Hungary |
| #4873, aired 2005-11-16 | PEOPLE $800: Visitors to the Sundance Film Festival know that the Sundance Institute was founded by this man in 1981 Robert Redford |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | BABY BOOKS $2000: This 1981 novel by Toni Morrison takes place on a Caribbean island Tar Baby |
| #4848, aired 2005-10-12 | KID LIT $2000: In 1981 she won a Newbery Honor for "A Ring of Endless Light"; she won the medal in 1963 for "A Wrinkle in Time" Madeleine L'Engle |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | BESTSELLERS $600: His "Never-Say-Diet Book" was a bestseller in 1981; his "Never-Say-Diet Cookbook" followed in 1982 Richard Simmons |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | AND TWINS! $400: Born Nov. 25, 1981, they are the granddaughters of a president Jenna & Barbara Bush |
| #4825, aired 2005-07-22 | CELEBRITY LIVES $1600: "Natasha" tells of her tumultuous life, her many loves and her mysterious death in 1981 Natalie Wood |
| #4819, aired 2005-07-14 | POLITICAL CARICATURES $400: This senator's U.S. Navy career lasted from 1958 to 1981 John McCain |
| #4817, aired 2005-07-12 | '80s MOVIE QUOTES $2000: 1981:
"Don't look at it. Shut your eyes, Marion, and don't look at it no matter what happens" Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #4816, aired 2005-07-11 | DODGER $800: In 1981 this Dodger pitcher nicknamed "El Toro" won the Rookie of the Year & Cy Young awards (Fernando) Valenzuela |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | LIKE A ROLLING STONE $200: After this archaeologist dodged a boulder in a 1981 flick, Belloq took from him everything he could steal Indiana Jones |
| #4787, aired 2005-05-31 | TO NEIL $1200: From 1979 to 1981, Neil Goldschmidt was Secretary of this department abbreviated D.O.T. the Department of Transportation |
| #4782, aired 2005-05-24 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY IN SONG $600: In 1981, Billy Joel told us to "Say Goodbye To" this title place Hollywood |
| #4772, aired 2005-05-10 | STAMPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD $1200: It's the year the commemorative stamp seen here was issued 1981 |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | CNN 25: NATIONAL NEWS $2000: The lieutenant colonel seen here is about to testify about his time on this government body from 1981 to 1986 the NSC (the National Security Council) |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | THAT WENT TO NO. 1? $800: Christopher Cross hit No. 1 in 1981 with a song from this movie; it was the best that he could do Arthur |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | MICROSOFT $2000: MS-DOS for short, this was introduced on IBM personal computers in 1981 Microsoft Disk Operating System |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | MOVIE TITLE ADJECTIVES $400: A 1981 movie-within-a-movie:
"The ___ Lieutenant's Woman" French |
| #4764, aired 2005-04-28 | HEADLINERS ON TOUR $400: 1981:
The "Tattoo You" tour The Rolling Stones |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | JOLLY ROGER $400: GM's chairman from 1981 to 1990, he was the Roger in the documentary "Roger & Me" Roger Smith |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | ASSASSINS $200: In May 1981 would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca shot this man in St. Peter's Square Pope John Paul II |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | TRANSPLANTS $800: This organ was first successfully transplanted in 1981, as a package deal with a heart a lung |
| #4749, aired 2005-04-07 | IN THE MOVIES $1000: This 1981 Best Picture Oscar winner takes place in part at the 1924 Olympics Chariots of Fire |
| #4747, aired 2005-04-05 | FIRST LADIES' TERMS OF SERVICE $400: 1977-1981 Rosalynn Carter |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | REAGAN 101 $400: The year he took up residence in the White House 1981 |
| #4742, aired 2005-03-29 | CANADIAN IDOL $2000: In 1981 this "domineering" New York Islander became the second NHLer to score 50 goals in 50 games Mike Bossy |
| #4737, aired 2005-03-22 | BEN, BENJAMIN OR JUST PLAIN B $1000: It follows "Agnes" in the name of a boutique whose first U.S. store opened in 1981 B |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | FROM THE CIA WORLD FACTBOOK $2000: Though illegal, the Muslim Brotherhood is the main opposition to this African in power since 1981 Hosni Mubarak |
| #4727, aired 2005-03-08 | THE REIGN IN SPAIN $400: This royal thwarted a coup d'etat in 1981 & to us he'll always be King of Spain Juan Carlos |
| #4723, aired 2005-03-02 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $800: Gym:
Olivia Newton-John topped the charts for 10 weeks with this 1981 1-word-title tune "Physical" |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | LEFTIES $400: Born a lefty, this president governed from the right from 1981 to 1989 Ronald Reagan |
| #4702, aired 2005-02-01 | OLD NEWS $1600: In 1981 a federal judge ruled it illegal to indefinitely imprison refugees from this communist island Cuba |
| #4700, aired 2005-01-28 | THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR $2000: A 1981 Arkansas law called for balanced teaching of evolution & this opposite type of "science" creationism |
| #4694, aired 2005-01-20 | THE 1980s $1600: In November of this year, the Columbia became the first space shuttle to be launched 1982 |
| #4694, aired 2005-01-20 | THE 1980s $2000: It's the year in which a would-be assassin wounded John Paul II & a would-be assassin wounded Ronald Reagan 1981 |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: Bury yourself (& an ancient Egyptian) in this 1981 winner from the greek for "flesh-eating" S-A-R-C-O-P-H-A-G-U-S |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | FIRST ELECTED OFFICE $800: She was an Ariz. state senator in 1970; Ronald Reagan arranged an "appointment" with history for her in 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | RESUMÉS OF WORLD LEADERS $1200: B.S. from Egyptian Military Academy; air base commander, 1964; V.P, 1975 to 1981; president, 1981 (Hosni) Mubarak |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | "DON'T" FORGET THIS SONG $2000: Journey's 1981 album "Escape" featured this hit that went to No. 9 on the charts "Don't Stop Believing" |
| #4635, aired 2004-10-29 | DATE & PLACE $400: July 29, 1981, St. Paul's Cathedral:
This couple (& 2,700 of their guests) Charles & Diana |
| #4635, aired 2004-10-29 | BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONY WINNERS $2000: For "Amadeus"
(1981) Ian McKellen |
| #4632, aired 2004-10-26 | "B"EOPLE $200: He joined "60 Minutes" during the 1981-'82 season Ed Bradley |
| #4623, aired 2004-10-13 | LIVIN' IN THE '80s $400: This brand of artificial sweetener was introduced in a gumball in 1981 NutraSweet |
| #4623, aired 2004-10-13 | BYE BYE BIRDIE $800: The last known Mariana mallard died in 1981 at this San Diego adventure park Sea World |
| #4620, aired 2004-10-08 | FLY ME TO THE MOON $2000: On April 12, 1981 John Young (Moon, Class of '72) became the first to command one of these vehicles a Space Shuttle |
| #4617, aired 2004-10-05 | HISPANIC HERITAGE $1600: In 1981 exiles from this nation founded the organization whose symbol is seen here Cuba |
| #4611, aired 2004-09-27 | MULTIPLE TONY WINNERS $600: Seen here after his 1981 win for "The Pirates of Penzance", he also won for "On the 20th Century" (Kevin) Kline |
| #4608, aired 2004-09-22 | GAME OVER $600: Created in 1981, this video game character's life ends when you hear the following sound Pac-Man |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | A WORLD OF POTPOURRI $1200: Since 1981 Queen Beatrix has lived at Huis Ten Bosch palace in this "court"ly city The Hague |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: In 1981 this labor union was outlawed in Poland; 8 years later it was legalized Solidarity |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | SPIRITED CINEMA $5,000 (Daily Double): David's haunted by the decomposing corpse of his friend Jack after being attacked on the British moors in this 1981 film An American Werewolf in London |
| #4593, aired 2004-07-21 | YOU'RE MAKING ME "MAD" $800: He attributes his TV sports telestrating skills to watching Reagan's doctor diagram where he was shot in 1981 John Madden |
| #4592, aired 2004-07-20 | ROCK & ROLL $400: In early 1981 they rode the wave to No. 1 with the little song heard here
"The tide is high but I'm holding on /
I'm gonna be..." Blondie |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | CELEBRITY ANAGRAMS $1600: These 2 women both won Golden Globes for 1981, for "The French Lieutenant's Woman" & "Pennies from Heaven" (Meryl) Streep & (Bernadette) Peters |
| #4570, aired 2004-06-18 | ALL AROUND LONDON $800: A raven that escaped from this historic site in 1981 was last seen at a pub called the Rose & Punchbowl the Tower of London |
| #4563, aired 2004-06-09 | MOVIE ROLES $1000: Susan Sarandon as a would-be casino dealer befriended Burt Lancaster in this 1981 movie Atlantic City |
| #4559, aired 2004-06-03 | COMPLETES THE FILM TITLE $2000: 1981:
"Cattle Annie and..." Little Britches |
| #4535, aired 2004-04-30 | RHYMING BRANDS $600: This line of healthier frozen entrees was introduced in 1981 Lean Cuisine |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | TV TITLE ROLES $2000: Lee Majors
1981-86 The Fall Guy |
| #4520, aired 2004-04-09 | 2-LETTER ABBREV. $400: IBM introduced it in 1981; now more than half of all U.S. homes have one PC |
| #4520, aired 2004-04-09 | FOOD FRANCHISE HISTORY $400: This Subway rival dates back to a toasted sub shop opened in 1981 at 13th & Grant in Denver Quizno's |
| #4509, aired 2004-03-25 | PEABODY AWARD WINNERS $400: This show whose theme is heard here copped an award for 1981 Hill Street Blues |
| #4492, aired 2004-03-02 | TRANSPORTATION $200: These transports, first sent up in 1981, lift off like a rocket & land like a plane space shuttles |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | IOWA $1600: Republican Chuck Grassley has represented Iowa in the U.S. Senate since 1981; this Democrat, since 1985 Tom Harkin |
| #4450, aired 2004-01-02 | HOOP-LA $200: In 1981 Houston's Calvin Murphy sank 95.8 % of these shots, an all-time NBA record free throws |
| #4447, aired 2003-12-30 | PRISONS $400: On May 5, 1981 Bobby Sands died on the 66th day of his hunger strike in this city's Maze Prison Belfast |
| #4430, aired 2003-12-05 | THE MOVIES $1600: Steve Martin was a lip-synch & dance man in this 1981 movie musical Pennies From Heaven |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | THEY ATTENDED YALE $800: This Asian-American woman famous for her architectural memorials graduated with a B.A. from Yale in 1981 Maya Lin |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | ME TARZAN $1200: In a 1981 film Miles O'Keeffe was Tarzan to this lady's Jane Bo Derek |
| #4385, aired 2003-10-03 | PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $400: 1977-1981 Jimmy Carter |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | I WANNA ROCK! $400: This No. 1 song was featured in a 1981 film "Chariots of Fire" |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | '80s BESTSELLERS $800: Man's best friend turns into man's worst enemy in this 1981 tale of terror by Stephen King "Cujo" |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | MOVIE SEQUELS $800: "The Road Warrior"
(1981) Mad Max |
| #4320, aired 2003-05-16 | AMERICAN MOVIE IDOL $3,000 (Daily Double): He had a starring role in the top-grossing movies of 1977, 1980, 1981 & 1983 Harrison Ford |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | A TOUR OF THE REAGAN LIBRARY $400: In the Cabinet Room, pretend it's 1981 & advise Reagan on what to do about 12,000 of these striking workers air traffic controllers |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS IN OTHER WORDS $2000: 1981:
"One Alliance Made from Morons" A Confederacy of Dunces |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | 1980s CINEPLEX $200: Dudley Moore played this wealthy & lovable sot in 1981 & again in 1988 Arthur |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | YESTERDAY'S NEWSPAPERS $400: With circulation not so "stellar", this 129-year-old Washington D.C. paper folded in 1981 The Washington Star |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $800: (Hi. I'm Rudy Giuliani.) In 1981 I was named Associate Attorney General, the third highest position in the U.S. Government department the Justice Department |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | TV GUIDE $400: The 1981 issue seen here featured prime-time vixens Pamela Sue Martin, Morgan Fairchild & this "Knots Landing" star Donna Mills |
| #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 |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | FOREIGN FOLKS $800: This world leader who worked toward peace in the Middle East was assassinated in Cairo in 1981 Anwar Sadat |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | REMEMBER THE '80s $800: Reportedly, this fad happened for the first time on October 15, 1981 during a baseball game in the Oakland Coliseum the wave |
| #4288, aired 2003-04-02 | COLORFUL LIT $400: Thomas Harris introduced the world to Hannibal Lecter in this 1981 novel "Red Dragon" |
| #4277, aired 2003-03-18 | REPORTING THE NEWS $400: Until 1981, this CBS anchorman signed off with "And that's the way it is" Walter Cronkite |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | "A" PLUS $800: Upon his death in 1981, Joe Louis was buried with full military honors in this cemetery Arlington National Cemetery |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | CINDERELLA $1600: Lesley Collier played Cinderella in a 1981 TV ballet; this Lesley did it in a 1965 Rodgers & Hammerstein CBS special Lesley Ann Warren |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1,000 (Daily Double): Her appointment to the Supreme Court in 1981 to replace Potter Stewart was history-making Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | NOTABLE WOMEN $800: Before she became Princess of Wales in 1981, she was a kindergarten teacher Princess Diana |
| #4234, aired 2003-01-16 | CHIPS $200: Trademarked name of an ice cream-&-cookie treat introduced in 1981 Chipwich |
| #4215, aired 2002-12-20 | FAMILY FILMS $400: 1981 film that immortalized the line "No wire hangers -- ever!" Mommie Dearest |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $400: In 1981 he founded the Sundance Institute in Park City, Utah as a training ground for young filmmakers Robert Redford |
| #4203, aired 2002-12-04 | NOT YOUR AVERAGE OPERA $200: For a 1981 staging of "Orlando", Peter Sellars made the hero an astronaut & set part of it on this red planet Mars |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | HOW AM "I" DOING? $400: In 1981 this company introduced its first home computer, the PC IBM |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | COLLEGE SPORTS $1600: On March 13, 1981 this future Olympian set an NCAA indoor record in the long jump by leaping 27' 10" Carl Lewis |
| #4185, aired 2002-11-08 | OSCAR! OSCAR! $400: He was nominated for Best Actor, Best Director & Best Screenplay for 1978's "Heaven Can Wait" & 1981's "Reds" Warren Beatty |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | AGRICULTURE $400: In 1981 the U.S. government, with 560 million lbs. of this dairy food in storage, released 30 million lbs. to the needy cheese |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | '80s MUSIC $1200: He topped the R&B charts in 1981 with "Give It To Me Baby" Rick James |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | MR. BILL $1200: He was president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America from 1979 to 1981 Bill Blass |
| #4167, aired 2002-10-15 | BRITISH FASHION $200: David & Elizabeth Emanuel got the assignment to design this for Princess Diana to wear on July 29, 1981 her wedding dress |
| #4164, aired 2002-10-10 | KIDNAPPINGS $1600: In 1981 ETA, a separatist organization of this ethnic group in Spain, kidnapped Julio Iglesias' father Basques |
| #4163, aired 2002-10-09 | FONDA THE MOVIES $400: This 1981 movie, Henry Fonda's last feature, was the only one in which he appeared with Jane On Golden Pond |
| #4144, aired 2002-09-12 | 19! $800: In 1981 this group had a hit with the song heard here Steely Dan |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | NO. 1 BROTHERS $1000: Brothers Robert & Ronald Bell were at the heart of the group, heard here with their 1981 No. 1 hit Kool & the Gang |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | DURING THE REAGAN YEARS $1200: These heavy metal heroes with hits like "Enter Sandman" were formed in Los Angeles in 1981 Metallica |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | DURING THE REAGAN YEARS $2000: This famous IRA activist starved to death on the 66th day of his 1981 hunger strike Bobby Sands |
| #4127, aired 2002-07-09 | HISTORIC BALTIMORE $2000: This watery attraction that opened in 1981 is a big part of the revitalized waterfront area the National Aquarium |
| #4125, aired 2002-07-05 | ROCK $400: A series of rabies shots followed his biting the head off a bat during a concert in 1981 Ozzy Osbourne |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | BROADCAST NEWS $400: 1981: 52 Americans are finally free after spending over a year captive in this country Iran |
| #4117, aired 2002-06-25 | YANKEES' NUMBERS $800: 1977-1981:
No. 44 Reggie Jackson |
| #4112, aired 2002-06-18 | GOVERNORS $2000: This marine who married Lynda Bird Johnson in a White House wedding in 1967 was elected gov. of Virginia in 1981 (Chuck) Robb |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | STEPHEN KING $400: The title character in this 1981 classic is a rabid Saint Bernard Cujo |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | REUBEN AWARD CARTOONISTS $1600: Johnny Hart won in 1968 for "B.C." & "The Wizard of Id"; Mell Lazarus won for 2 strips in 1981, "Miss Peach" & this Momma |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | BILL MURRAY MOVIE QUOTES $1600: 1981: "That's the fact, Jack!" Stripes |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | MILLION $2000: Led by a man from Popowo, in 1981 it had 10 million members Solidarity |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | A "WOMAN" OF THE MOVIES $1600: 1981:
Lily Tomlin The Incredible Shrinking Woman |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | NBA MVPs $400: 1981:
A Philadelphia "doctor" Dr. J (Julius Erving) |
| #4055, aired 2002-03-29 | MIDNIGHT READS $400: He won the 1981 Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children"; his 1988 novel won him a fatwa Salman Rushdie |
| #4053, aired 2002-03-27 | '90s MUSIC $200: Born in 1981, she's the singer heard here Britney Spears |
| #4051, aired 2002-03-25 | FILM COMEDIES $1000: Mel Brooks played Moses & Torquemada in this 1981 film History of the World, Part I |
| #4034, aired 2002-02-28 | MODERN GREECE $1,000 (Daily Double): This political philosophy is the S in PASOK, the party that swept to power in 1981 Socialism |
| #4024, aired 2002-02-14 | TENNIS STARS $800: She was born to Alla & Sergei on June 7, 1981 Anna Kournikova |
| #4010, aired 2002-01-25 | ALLEN TOWN $200: In 1981 this USC Trojan won the Heisman Trophy Marcus Allen |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | THE QUOTABLE REAGAN $200: After being shot in 1981, Ronald Reagan quoted Jack Dempsey's "I forgot to" to this duck |
| #4007, aired 2002-01-22 | LIGHTNING SAFETY $800: Panamax of San Rafael, California introduced this type of "protection" for PCs in 1981 surge |
| #3999, aired 2002-01-10 | SPORTS FILMS $1200: This 1981 film about 2 participants in the 1924 Olympics ran off with 4 Oscars including Best Picture Chariots of Fire |
| #3995, aired 2002-01-04 | MOVIE TITLE ROLES $800: "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981) Meryl Streep |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | WHEN $1200: Down the aisle they went in this year, the same year a new U.S. president took office 1981 |
| #3977, aired 2001-12-11 | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $1200: These twins born November 25, 1981 were named for their grandmothers Barbara & Jenna Bush |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | CAMILLA $400: In an irony to end all ironies, Prince Charles proposed to this woman in 1981 on the grounds of Camilla's estate Lady Diana Spencer |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | JANE PAULEY PAVILION $800: Jane covered this royal pair's wedding in 1986 for "Today"; she had covered an earlier big one in 1981 Prince Andrew & Sarah Ferguson |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | AMERICAN HISTORIC EVENTS $800: He's the secretary of state seen here in a 1981 clip:
As of now, I am in control here in the White House Alexander Haig |
| #3909, aired 2001-09-06 | U.S. MONEY $200: Minted from 1979 to 1981, the coin featuring her was the first depicting a real woman that went into general circulation Susan B. Anthony |
| #3893, aired 2001-07-04 | READ $200: Word in common in Frank Herbert titles of 1965, 1969, 1976, 1981 & 1985 Dune |
| #3884, aired 2001-06-21 | 4-LETTER FILMS $800: Warren Beatty won Oscar nominations for Best Actor, Director & Screenwriter for this 1981 film Reds |
| #3884, aired 2001-06-21 | 4-LETTER FILMS $1000: Sean Penn made his feature film debut as a military cadet in this 1981 film Taps |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS $800: He had a long career: his "Wapshot Chronicle" won in 1958 & his "Stories" in 1981 John Cheever |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | FILM NOIR $200: David Mamet wrote the screenplay for the 1981 remake of this noir classic based on a novel by James M. Cain The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | FILM NOIR $400: He made his directorial debut with 1981's "Body Heat" Lawrence Kasdan |
| #3874, aired 2001-06-07 | IT'S ALL POLITICS $400: Before Cheney, he was the last U.S. vice president born west of the Mississippi River; he left office in 1981 Walter Mondale |
| #3872, aired 2001-06-05 | "E" BAY $300: 1981 Wimbledon winner seen here: Chris Evert |
| #3856, aired 2001-05-14 | THE MOVIES $600: In 1981 Wallace Shawn came prepared to eat in "My Dinner With" this man Andre |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | MUSIC OLDER THAN YOU $800: 'N Sync's Justin Timberlake was born in 1981, 10 years after this band's Jim Morrison died The Doors |
| #3845, aired 2001-04-27 | BESTSELLERS $600: In 1981 John Irving "checked in" with this bestseller about the eccentric Berry family "The Hotel New Hampshire" |
| #3831, aired 2001-04-09 | FOR MIND OF PEACE $300: In 1954 & 1981 the Peace Prize went to the U.N. High Commission for these displaced people Refugees |
| #3805, aired 2001-03-02 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $200: In September 1981 she became the 102nd justice of the Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #3783, aired 2001-01-31 | THE DATING GAME $500: John Paul II shot; Iran releases U.S. embassy hostages 1981 |
| #3779, aired 2001-01-25 | STRIKE! $500: For striking in 1981 in defiance of his orders, this man fired 11,345 members of the air traffic controllers' union Ronald Reagan |
| #3766, aired 2001-01-08 | A STEW OF STEWARTS $500: From 1958 to 1981 he served as a Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | OH, NO! OPERA! $1,400 (Daily Double): The 1981 opera based on this Tolstoy novel begins, & ends, at a Moscow railway station "Anna Karenina" |
| #3753, aired 2000-12-20 | THE 1980s $200: On Nov. 29, 1981 this film actress drowned after falling from a yacht moored off Catalina Island Natalie Wood |
| #3741, aired 2000-12-04 | HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 3 $400: This labor union whose members forge Fords left the AFL-CIO in 1968 but rejoined in 1981 UAW (United Auto Workers) |
| #3735, aired 2000-11-24 | OLD SPORT $200: Way before Shaq & Kobe, this league's 1981 title game was aired after late local news NBA (National Basketball Association) |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | MOVIE QUOTES $500: 1981:
"Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons! The loons! They're welcoming us back" On Golden Pond |
| #3720, aired 2000-11-03 | EGYPTIAN FILM FESTIVAL $800: In a 1981 film, it's what Harrison Ford was looking for in the Egyptian city of Tanis the Lost Ark (of the Covenant) |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | THE MOVIES $100: This 1981 blockbuster introduced the hero Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | WHO'S WHO IN SPORTS $100: He managed the Los Angeles Dodgers to World Series wins in 1981 & 1988 Tommy Lasorda |
| #3661, aired 2000-07-03 | VIVA LA REVOLUTION! $400: MTV launched the music-television revolution in 1981, one year after this channel began the news revolution CNN (Cable News Network) |
| #3651, aired 2000-06-19 | POSTS $200: In 1981, just before becoming president of Egypt on Sadat's death, Hosni Mubarak held this post Vice president |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | MOVIE QUOTES $600: 1981:
"...Wanna dance, or would you rather just suck face?" On Golden Pond |
| #3641, aired 2000-06-05 | TO THE NINES $600: Since 1869 this 9-member group consisted solely of men until Potter Stewart retired in 1981 U.S. Supreme Court |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | 20th CENTURY RUSSIA $600: In 1978 & 1981 Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi lost championship chess matches to this Russian "K" Anatoly Karpov |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | THE ABCs OF THE CDC $400: In 1981 the first cases of this disease were published in the CDC's "Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report" AIDS |
| #3618, aired 2000-05-03 | STRIKING $100: Abbreviated the WGA, this entertainment union went on strike in 1981, 1985 & 1988 Writers Guild of America |
| #3615, aired 2000-04-28 | "FALL" $300: Lee Majors' role from 1981 to 1986 The Fall Guy |
| #3615, aired 2000-04-28 | WINTERS $400 (Daily Double): This comic who claims Winters as his mentor had Jonathan play his son on TV in 1981 Robin Williams |
| #3611, aired 2000-04-24 | THE 1980s $600: This group, the ATC in PATCO, made labor news in 1981 Air traffic controllers |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | I GOT A CALDECOTT! $200: Arnold Lobel took a page out of Aesop's book, publishing a book of these that won in 1981 Fables |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK $800 (Daily Double): In 1981 numerous people were killed by these creatures when an overloaded boat capsized while docking in Brazil piranhas |
| #3567, aired 2000-02-22 | THE FILM VAULT $500: Ben Cross & Ian Charleson played the 2 1920s Olympians whose stories were so eloquently told in this 1981 film Chariots of Fire |
| #3565, aired 2000-02-18 | "Q" TIPS $1000: In 1981 the U.S. placed one on Japanese car imports Quota |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | DAN RATHER $100: Dan Rather was co-editor of this TV show from 1975 to 1981 60 MInutes |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | DAN RATHER $300: In 1981 Dan replaced this legendary longtime anchorman Walter Cronkite |
| #3552, aired 2000-02-01 | TRUCKIN' $400: This company's F-Series pickup, the USA's bestselling car or truck since 1981, turned 50 in 1998 Ford |
| #3551, aired 2000-01-31 | SERIAL NUMBERS $100: Luke & Laura's 1981 wedding on this daytime serial drew 30 million viewers over 2 days General Hospital |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | BLAST OFF! $400: On April 14, 1981 this shuttle commanded by John Young was the first manned U.S. spacecraft to land on land Columbia |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $1000: In 1981 France moved to the left & elected this Socialist president of the country Francois Mitterrand |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | HELLO, GUV $400: Arkansas
1979-1981 Bill Clinton |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | "RED" & "GREEN" $1000: Readers got their first taste of Hannibal Lecter in this 1981 Thomas Harris novel "Red Dragon" |
| #3521, aired 1999-12-20 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $500: Later a Clinton cabinet member, he was the mayor of San Antonio, Texas from 1981 to 1989 Henry Cisneros |
| #3503, aired 1999-11-24 | GAME SHOW HOSTS $300: 1966-1981:
"Hollywood Squares" Peter Marshall |
| #3503, aired 1999-11-24 | HEY, HEY WE'RE THE MAORIS! $1000: This Maori diva performed at the wedding of Charles & Diana in 1981 Kiri Te Kanawa |
| #3500, aired 1999-11-19 | TV STUPID ANSWERS $500: "Entertainment Tonight" debuted in 1981, making this the first new Steven Spielberg-directed film it could cover E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| #3487, aired 1999-11-02 | REMEMBER THE '80s? $100: On May 13, 1981 a Turkish assailant made an assassination attempt on this man in the Vatican Pope John Paul II |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $300: In 1981 this man became the only candidate for NYC mayor endorsed by both the Democratic & Republican parties Ed Koch |
| #3481, aired 1999-10-25 | OCTOBER FEST $400: This Middle Eastern president was assassinated while reviewing a military parade October 6, 1981 Anwar Sadat |
| #3476, aired 1999-10-18 | CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1991 Guatemala ended its claims of sovereignty over this country, independent of Britain since 1981 Belize (British Honduras) |
| #3475, aired 1999-10-15 | LITERATURE $1000: In 1981 American playwright Beth Henley won a Pulitzer Prize for this "criminal" play Crimes of the Heart |
| #3466, aired 1999-10-04 | '80s BESTSELLERS $400: In 1981 weight-conscious readers feasted on "The Beverly Hills Diet" & his "Never-Say-Diet Book" Richard Simmons |
| #3459, aired 1999-09-23 | MILITARY MOVIES $800: Harold Ramis co-wrote this 1981 service comedy in which he & Bill Murray join the army Stripes |
| #3441, aired 1999-07-19 | WORLD LEADERS $600: Egypt:
1970-1981 Anwar Sadat |
| #3436, aired 1999-07-12 | THE MOVIES $600: John Larroquette played Captain Stillman in this wacky 1981 comedy about misfits in the Army Stripes |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | THE 1980s $200: A 1981 fad was this candy, a favorite of the president jelly beans |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | THE 1980s $600: In 1981 Israel annexed this Syrian territory it had taken in 1967 the Golan Heights |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | SPACE EXPLORATION $600: In 1981 this first space shuttle became the first U.S. spacecraft to end its mission by landing on terra firma Columbia |
| #3425, aired 1999-06-25 | GENERAL HOSPITAL $1000: After being wounded in 1981, Pres. Reagan was rushed to the hospital of this "presidential" university George Washington University |
| #3402, aired 1999-05-25 | WEDDINGS $600: (Hi, I'm Ingo Rademacher from General Hospital) Luke & Laura's 1981 wedding was crashed by Scotty, played by Kin Shriner, & Helena Cassadine, played by this superstar Elizabeth Taylor |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | JOCK JACKS & JOHNS $400: The No, 1 tennis player in the world from 1981 to 1984, he won more U.S. Davis Cup singles matches than anyone else John McEnroe |
| #3390, aired 1999-05-07 | IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK $300: It's not me in the 1981 photo seen here, but it is this famous Georgian Jimmy Carter |
| #3383, aired 1999-04-28 | LEFTOVERS $500: In December, 1981 he was elected to succeed Kurt Waldheim as U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar |
| #3377, aired 1999-04-20 | TECHNOLOGY $500: On August 12, 1981 the world saw the first IBM personal computer using this Microsoft operating system MS-DOS |
| #3377, aired 1999-04-20 | DON'T TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED $800: This TV producer was married to Mary Tyler Moore until 1981 Grant Tinker |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | U.S. U.N. REPS $800: In 1981 she became the first woman the U.S. put into the post Jeane Kirkpatrick |
| #3371, aired 1999-04-12 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $300: He was co-editor of "60 Minutes" until 1981 when he left to anchor the "CBS Evening News" Dan Rather |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | CLASSIC CINEMA QUOTES $300: 1981:
"Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?" Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #3350, aired 1999-03-12 | HEADS $600: This president took power after the 1981 assassination of his predecessor Hosni Mubarak (of Egypt) |
| #3348, aired 1999-03-10 | "OUT" $1000: Like a 1981 Sean Connery sci fi movie, or anything conspicuously unconventional or bizarre outlandish |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | TELEVISION $300: In 1981 she stepped out of "Three's Company" Suzanne Somers |
| #3332, aired 1999-02-16 | BIOGRAPHY $100: Born an Air Force brat in Germany in 1959, he won his first Wimbledon in 1981 & married Tatum O'Neal in 1986 John McEnroe |
| #3321, aired 1999-02-01 | MAKING A LIST $200: In 1981 this duo topped the charts with "Kiss On My List" Hall And Oates |
| #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 |
| #3286, aired 1998-12-14 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $100: The Wrigleys of chewing gum fame were stuck on this baseball team for over 60 years until selling it in 1981 Chicago Cubs |
| #3272, aired 1998-11-24 | MOVIE CO-STARS $300 (Daily Double): This father & daughter were both nominated for Oscars for a 1981 film; Dad won Henry & Jane Fonda (On Golden Pond) |
| #3270, aired 1998-11-20 | FILMS OF THE 1980s $800: She was a sultry 16 when she starred in the 1981 romance "Endless Love" Brooke Shields |
| #3268, aired 1998-11-18 | REMEMBER THE '80s? $400: On Aug. 1, 1981 MTV aired its first video, this one by The Buggles "Video Killed The Radio Star" |
| #3254, aired 1998-10-29 | FEELING POSSESSIVE $200: In a 1981 hit song, Rick Springfield wished that he had her "Jessie's Girl" |
| #3247, aired 1998-10-20 | I FORGET $400: Jack Dempsey in 1926 & Ronald Reagan in 1981 quipped they "forgot to" do this duck |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | PEOPLE WITH MUPPET NAMES $1000: Singer Bill Withers & this saxophonist had a hit with 1981's "Just The Two Of Us" Grover Washington, Jr. |
| #3241, aired 1998-10-12 | FOR COLUMBUS $400: Chris was honored by this NASA program's first vehicle launched into orbit in 1981 the space shuttle |
| #3238, aired 1998-10-07 | JUDGES $200: In 1981, Ronald Reagan nominated this 51-year-old Arizona appellate court judge to the Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor |
| #3237, aired 1998-10-06 | DR. NO...GUCHI $500: Dr. Noguchi concluded that in 1981 this star lost her life less than 200 yards from shore Natalie Wood |
| #3235, aired 1998-10-02 | STEPHEN KING $400: King's 1981 overview of the horror genre shares its name with this Saint-Saens "Dance" Macabre |
| #3235, aired 1998-10-02 | THE OSCARS $600: This star of "Elmer Gantry" earned his last Oscar nomination for Louis Malle's 1981 film "Atlantic City" Burt Lancaster |
| #3232, aired 1998-09-29 | NAME THE MOVIE $600: 1981:
"When I run, I feel his pleasure" "Chariots of Fire" |
| #3211, aired 1998-07-13 | POP MUSIC $400: This Tony Orlando & Dawn hit became a theme of hope during the Iranian Hostage Crisis, 1979 to 1981 "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | REAL ESTATE $400: In 1981, when Sears bought it, this "Banker" had 236 brokerage offices; today it has 10 times that Coldwell Banker |
| #3200, aired 1998-06-26 | EUROPE TO NO GOOD $200: In 1981 Poland's premier declared martial law, arrested thousands & suspended this trade union Solidarity |
| #3200, aired 1998-06-26 | SONGS ABOUT THE MOVIES $800: 1981 Kim Carnes hit whose lyrics mentioned a then 73-year-old movie star "Bette Davis Eyes" |
| #3197, aired 1998-06-23 | A CHOIR OF ANGELS $100: In 1981 Juice Newton revived this 1968 song "Angel of the Morning" |
| #3181, aired 1998-06-01 | THE MOVIES $100: It's the 1997 sequel to 1981's "An American Werewolf in London" An American Werewolf in Paris |
| #3179, aired 1998-05-28 | 5 GUYS NAMED MOE $800: Term for the type of country music Moe Bandy plays, the clubs where he began, or the "Queen" he sang of in 1981 Honky Tonk |
| #3176, aired 1998-05-25 | WIRED FOR CABLE $200: On August 1, 1981 this channel aired its first video, titled "Video Killed the Radio Star" MTV |
| #3175, aired 1998-05-22 | HOT SPOTS OF THE '80s $400: Accusing this nation of backing terrorism, the U.S. ordered its embassy in D.C. closed May 6, 1981 Libya |
| #3165, aired 1998-05-08 | WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE $200: This magazine editor seen here played Antonio in "The Tempest" when he was a student at Brown in 1981 John F. Kennedy Jr. |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | WHEN YOU WERE IN DIAPERS $1000: In 1981 this cranky American defeated Bjorn Borg at the U.S. Open John McEnroe |
| #3158, aired 1998-04-29 | STAR WARS $500: In 1976 Carol Burnett sued this tabloid for libel; she won in 1981 The [National] Enquirer |
| #3156, aired 1998-04-27 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $500: On March 30, 1981 he told the press, "As of now, I am in control here in the White House" Alexander Haig |
| #3154, aired 1998-04-23 | SPORTS $300: From 1977 to 1981, this NHL city's Blues played their home games in the Checkerdome St. Louis |
| #3148, aired 1998-04-15 | 4 EASY LIT QUESTIONS... $300: This graduate of the University of New Hampshire published "The Hotel New Hampshire" in 1981 John Irving |
| #3140, aired 1998-04-03 | PRISON PROSE $400: In 1981 jailed writer Jack Henry Abbott was sprung with the help of this "Executioner's Song" author Norman Mailer |
| #3134, aired 1998-03-26 | HEAVENLY MUSIC $200: A 1981 Steve Martin movie took its name from this 1936 song Pennies From Heaven |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | TV ACTORS & ACTRESSES $300: From 1981 to 1985 Orson Welles provided the voice of the elusive Robin Masters on this series Magnum, P.I. |
| #3130, aired 1998-03-20 | CALIFORNIA HERE I COME FILMS $400: In this 1981 Burt Reynolds film, the first race car to reach California won The Cannonball Run |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | IRISH HISTORY $400: In March 1981 Bobby Sands began one of these for the IRA; he died in May as a result a hunger strike (a famine accepted) |
| #3123, aired 1998-03-11 | WHEN $200: On Jan. 20, 1981 Iran released its hostages & this president was inaugurated Ronald Reagan |
| #3102, aired 1998-02-10 | REEL MOTHERS $700 (Daily Double): Title of the 1981 biopic about the woman seen here:
"I wouldn't turn against you if it meant my life. You are my life." Mommie Dearest |
| #3099, aired 1998-02-05 | THE ART OF PEACE $400: In September 1981, 44 years after it was painted, this anti-war mural was returned to Spain Guernica |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 1981 MOVIES $100: In an early sequence of this film, Harrison Ford is chased by an enormous rolling boulder Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 1981 MOVIES $200: This film, Henry Fonda's last, was based on a play that initially had only 126 performances on Broadway On Golden Pond |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 1981 MOVIES $300: Vangelis won an Oscar for best score for this film about sprinters Eric Liddell & Harold Abrahams Chariots of Fire |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 1981 MOVIES $400: This film developed a cult following with theater patrons carrying wire hangers to the screenings Mommie Dearest |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 1981 MOVIES $500: In this Warren Beatty film about John Reed, Alexander Kerensky was played by one of his descendants Reds |
| #3072, aired 1997-12-30 | POLITICIANS $600: Russell B. Long, who was chairman of the Senate Finance committee from 1966 to 1981, was the son of this politician Huey Long |
| #3067, aired 1997-12-23 | THE "BUCK" STOPS HERE $400: This member of Fleetwood Mac had his own solo Top 10 hit in 1981 with "Trouble" Lindsey Buckingham |
| #3066, aired 1997-12-22 | FILMS OF THE '80s $600: Tom Cruise, Timothy Hutton & Sean Penn played military cadets in this 1981 film Taps |
| #3058, aired 1997-12-10 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1981 this country formally annexed the Golan Heights, land it had held militarily since 1967 Israel |
| #3026, aired 1997-10-27 | EROTIC THRILLERS $1000: "Picture" this 1981 film in which Bruce Dern is "drawn" to model Maud Adams Tattoo |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | AWARDS $800: This Swede who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews was made an honorary U.S. citizen in 1981 Raoul Wallenberg |
| #3009, aired 1997-10-02 | STUPID ANSWERS $500: In 1981 this 9-letter word was added to the state flag of Wisconsin Wisconsin |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | TELEVISED HISTORY $400: TV cameramen were just 20 feet away when he shot Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981 John Hinckley |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | THE 1980s $100: In 1981 he won some respect & a Grammy for his comedy album "No Respect" Rodney Dangerfield |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS $400: George Cukor directed Meg Ryan's 1981 film debut & this actress' 1932 debut, "A Bill of Divorcement" Katharine Hepburn |
| #2988, aired 1997-09-03 | CRITTERS $500: The black-footed ferret, a member of this family, was once thought extinct, but a few were discovered in 1981 Weasel |
| #2985, aired 1997-07-18 | THE 20th CENTURY $100: On May 5, 1981, Irish nationalist Bobby Sands died after a 66-day-long one of these a hunger strike |
| #2976, aired 1997-07-07 | CHILDRENS LITERATURE $200: The children in this 1981 Chris Von Allsburg book play a jungle board game that turns real "Jumanji" |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | POP MUSIC $100: This leader of the Heartbreakers backed Stevie Nicks on her 1981 solo album "Bella Donna" Tom Petty |
| #2921, aired 1997-04-21 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: In the 1981 TV movie "Elvis and the Beauty Queen", this "Miami Vice" star portrayed Elvis Presley Don Johnson |
| #2914, aired 1997-04-10 | THE WHITE HOUSE $400: The South Lawn once contained a tree house where she played while her father was president 1977-1981 Amy Carter |
| #2912, aired 1997-04-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: Football star Joe Namath played baseball star Joe Hardy in a 1981 production of this musical Damn Yankees |
| #2908, aired 1997-04-02 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: In 1981 this religious leader dismissed Abolhassan Bani-Sadr as president of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini |
| #2907, aired 1997-04-01 | "FOOL"ISH SONGS $750 (Daily Double): In 1981 Diana Ross cracked the Top Ten with a remake of this 1956 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers hit:
"Why do birds sing so gay /
And lovers await the break of the day..." "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" |
| #2902, aired 1997-03-25 | 1980s FICTION $400: In 1981 he reissued a parable called "The Children's Story" & published "Noble House" James Clavell |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | FAMOUS PAIRS $800: This British pair won 4 consecutive ice dancing world championships 1981-84 Torvill & Dean |
| #2886, aired 1997-03-03 | ACTRESSES $600: In 1981 she left the cast of "Barnum" to star in her first film, "The World According to Garp" Glenn Close |
| #2879, aired 1997-02-20 | U.S. HISTORY $100: In 1981, just minutes after President Reagan was sworn in, the 52 hostages in this country were released Iran |
| #2877, aired 1997-02-18 | U.S. AGENCIES $800: In 1981 this agency of volunteers who perform social services overseas became independent Peace Corps |
| #2876, aired 1997-02-17 | TELEVISION $200: In a 1981 TV movie, the castaways from this series met the Harlem Globetrotters Gilligan's Island |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: In 1981 this king thwarted a right-wing attempt to overthrow Spain's democratic government Juan Carlos |
| #2865, aired 1997-01-31 | THE 1980s $800: Government position held 1981-85 by David Stockman Budget Director |
| #2861, aired 1997-01-27 | MOVIE DEBUTS $400: His burning desire to act led to his debut in "The Burning" in 1981, 9 years before he played George Costanza Jason Alexander |
| #2852, aired 1997-01-14 | MAY 6 EVENTS $400: Yale architecture student Maya Yang Lin won a 1981 competition to design this memorial the Vietnam War Memorial |
| #2819, aired 1996-11-28 | LABOR UNIONS $1000: He took over leadership of the Teamsters when JImmy Hoffa went to jail in 1967, & led them until 1981 Frank Fitzsimmons |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | LLOYDERING $200: She married John Lloyd in 1979 & went by his name when she won Wimbledon in 1981 Chris Evert |
| #2804, aired 1996-11-07 | WAR MOVIES $1000: This 1981 Wolfgang Petersen film captured the claustrophobic atmosphere of a German submarine Das Boot |
| #2804, aired 1996-11-07 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $1000: A former marine zoologist, Dixy Lee Ray served as this state's governor from 1977 to 1981 Washington |
| #2797, aired 1996-10-29 | INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS $800: This Danish author's "Letters from Africa, 1914-31", was published posthumously in 1981 Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) |
| #2787, aired 1996-10-15 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: In 1981 Giovanni Spadolini became the first non-Christian Democrat premier of this country since 1945 Italy |
| #2783, aired 1996-10-09 | SPACE EXPLORATION $800: In 1981, for his 5th space flight, John Young flew on this 1st shuttle to go into orbit the Columbia |
| #2771, aired 1996-09-23 | TECHNOLOGY $500: In 1981 the Solar Challenger was a solar-powered plane & in 1977 the Gossamer Condor was powered by this human power (pedaling) |
| #2771, aired 1996-09-23 | ROCK GUITARISTS $600 (Daily Double): In 1981 the actress seen here married this rock guitarist: Eddie Van Halen |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | POP CULTURE $200: This 1981-87 police series is the only show to win Emmys for Best Drama 4 straight years Hill Street Blues |
| #2764, aired 1996-09-12 | STRIKES $300: On August 3, 1981, these federal workers went on strike; their union was decertified October 22 the air traffic controllers |
| #2762, aired 1996-09-10 | IN THE NEWS $400: The August 3, 1981 Time cover story was on their wedding; the July 22, 1996 cover story concerned their divorce Prince Charles & Lady Di |
| #2762, aired 1996-09-10 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: His 1981 novel "Midnight's Children" wasn't quite as controversial as "The Satanic Verses" Salman Rushdie |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | MOVIE DEBUTS $800: The 1981 horror film "The Burning" marked the screen debut of this "Broadcast News" actress (Holly) Hunter |
| #2750, aired 1996-07-12 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: This husband & wife who wrote "The Story of Civilization" died within 2 weeks of each other in 1981 Will & Ariel Durant |
| #2723, aired 1996-06-05 | FEMINISM $400: In 1981 N.O.W. was disappointed the Supreme Court didn't reverse the ban on women registering for this the draft |
| #2693, aired 1996-04-24 | U.S. STAMPS $200: The Desert Plants series of 1981 featured an agave, & the beavertail, barrel & saguaro types of these cactus |
| #2685, aired 1996-04-12 | SPACE EXPLORERS $1000: In 1981, on the Soyuz 40 mission, Dumitru Prunariu became the first person from this country in space Romania |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | DOCTOR $100: Roger Sperry's studies of how this organ's halves split up processes won him a 1981 Nobel Prize Brain |
| #2682, aired 1996-04-09 | FILM EPICS $200: Warren Beatty portrayed John Reed, author of "Ten Days That Shook the World" in this 1981 epic "Reds" |
| #2676, aired 1996-04-01 | SOUTH AMERICA $300: Sparked by an oil boom, the population of this Venezuelan capital tripled between 1961 & 1981 Caracas |
| #2675, aired 1996-03-29 | EDUCATORS $800: This former Secretary of Education chaired the National Endowment for the Humanities 1981-85 (William) Bennett |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | HISTORIC ROBERTS $400: This former Secretary of Defense retired as President of the World Bank in 1981 Robert McNamara |
| #2662, aired 1996-03-12 | ACTRESSES $1000: She was Greece's minister of culture 1981-89 & 1993-94 Melina Mercouri |
| #2649, aired 1996-02-22 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Vaughn L. Beals & other executives bought this motorcycle company from AMF in 1981 Harley-Davidson |
| #2645, aired 1996-02-16 | POLES $400: In December 1981 he was under arrest by the government; in 1990 he was elected president Lech Walesa |
| #2642, aired 1996-02-13 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: This island wanted separate status, but was joined with Antigua at independence in 1981 Barbuda |
| #2640, aired 1996-02-09 | LOVE SONGS $200: "Endless love", her 1981 duet with Lionel Richie, was this former Supreme's last hit for Motown Diana Ross |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | ROYAL WEDDING $400: On July 29, 1981 she looked just like Cinderella when she rode to St. Paul's Cathedral in a glass coach Diana Spencer (Princess Diana) |
| #2614, aired 1996-01-04 | AWARDS $600: This reggae singer was en route to Jamaica to receive the Order of Merit when he died in 1981 Bob Marley |
| #2611, aired 1996-01-01 | LEFTOVERS $500: He was born August 31, 1908 in Fresno, had "The Time of his Life" & died there May 18, 1981 William Saroyan |
| #2609, aired 1995-12-28 | U.S. HISTORY $200: Soon after taking office in 1981, this president lifted the grain embargo on the Soviet Union Reagan |
| #2609, aired 1995-12-28 | I LOVE A MYSTERY $800: "Polar Star" & "Red Square" were sequels to this 1981 Martin Cruz Smith Russian police procedural Gorky Park |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | THE EMMYS $400: In 1981 this James Clavell miniseries received 14 nominations, but won only 3 awards Shogun |
| #2588, aired 1995-11-29 | THE MOVIES $500: John Wayne starred in "Fort Apache" & Paul Newman starred in this similarly-titled 1981 film Fort Apache, the Bronx |
| #2588, aired 1995-11-29 | POLITICIANS $800 (Daily Double): Christopher Dodd has represented this state in the U.S. Senate since 1981 Connecticut |
| #2581, aired 1995-11-20 | POP MUSIC $500: This performer won a 1981 Grammy for Record of the Year for "Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes |
| #2579, aired 1995-11-16 | ASSASSINATIONS $400: This Egyptian president was fatally shot while attending a military parade in 1981 Anwar Sadat |
| #2571, aired 1995-11-06 | BIRD TV $500: In 1981 creator Earl Hamner uncorked this series about a winery whose symbol was a bird of prey Falcon Crest |
| #2563, aired 1995-10-25 | LITERATURE $1000: This author's 1981 book "Peace Breaks Out" didn't fare as well as "A Separate Peace" John Knowles |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | FICTION $800: This 1981 bestseller by James Clavell was subtitled "A Novel of Contemporary Hong Kong" Noble House |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | BLACK AMERICANS $1000: He served as executive director of the National Urban League from 1972 to 1981 Vernon Jordan |
| #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | MOVIE DEBUTS $200: He wasn't Hollywood's "Top Gun" yet when he debuted in the 1981 Brooke Shields film "Endless Love" Tom Cruise |
| #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | ASIAN HISTORY $400: In 1981 U San Yu succeeded U Ne Win as this country's president Burma |
| #2541, aired 1995-09-25 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: Mrs. Berry & Egg die in a plane crash on their way to Vienna in his 1981 novel "The Hotel New Hampshire" (John) Irving |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | THE MOVIES $400: This wife of Bruce Willis made her motion picture debut in the 1981 film "Choices" Demi Moore |
| #2527, aired 1995-09-05 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: In 1981 Giovanni Spadolini became this country's first premier since WWII who wasn't a Christian Democrat Italy |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | DANCE $200: A 1981 version of this ballet featured Dame Margot Fonteyn as Lady Capulet Romeo and Juliet |
| #2484, aired 1995-05-25 | KIDNAPPED $1,000 (Daily Double): This Anglican envoy who helped free British hostages in Iran in 1981 was himself kidnapped in 1987 Terry Waite |
| #2479, aired 1995-05-18 | SPIELBERG FILMS $100: This 1981 film was the first in the Indiana Jones series Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #2442, aired 1995-03-28 | NOTABLE NAMES $300: In 1981 Alan Bean retired from this agency to devote his time to painting NASA |
| #2442, aired 1995-03-28 | HISTORY $1000: As intermediary, this North African country helped secure the 1981 release of U.S. hostages in Iran Algeria |
| #2422, aired 1995-02-28 | WOMEN OF NOTE $800: A revised edition of her autobiography appeared in 1981 under the title "Bubbles: An Encore" (Beverly) Sills |
| #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 |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | THE DEANs LIST $300: With an eye on Wall Street, Sears acquired this stock brokerage firm in 1981 Dean Witter |
| #2361, aired 1994-12-05 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: On Sept. 6, 1981 a man in Finland caught one of these thrown a distance of 317' 10"; it didn't break an egg |
| #2344, aired 1994-11-10 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In 1981 the Tribune Company acquired this baseball team from William Wrigley the Cubs |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | THE MOVIES $500: Composer Vangelis won a 1981 Oscar for his score to this film Chariots of Fire |
| #2330, aired 1994-10-21 | MOVIE CHARACTERS $400: He's the dissolute playboy played by Dudley Moore in a 1981 comedy Arthur |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | LITERATURE $200: This author's "Noble House" was the bestselling hardcover novel of 1981 (James) Clavell |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | AWARDS $1000: In 1981 this Detroit mayor was the recipient of the NAACP's Spingarn Medal Coleman Young |
| #2318, aired 1994-10-05 | PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS $400: John Kennedy Toole, who died in 1969, won for "A Confederacy of" these in 1981 Dunces |
| #2310, aired 1994-09-23 | MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH $400: In 1974 he lost the French election with 49.19% to Giscard d'Estaing; in 1981 he beat him with 51.76% Francois Mitterrand |
| #2296, aired 1994-09-05 | RAILROADS $1000: In 1981 France began operating this high-speed train capable of speeds of up to 235 mph the Très Grande Vitesse |
| #2295, aired 1994-07-22 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: In 1981 this classical guitarist was given the title Marquis of Salobrena by King Juan Carlos (Andrés) Segovia |
| #2290, aired 1994-07-15 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $200: In 1981 it was reported that this president's false teeth were missing from a museum George Washington |
| #2289, aired 1994-07-14 | RETIRED $600: Since retiring as anchorman in 1981, he's kept busy with other projects as a CBS news special correspondent Walter Kronkite |
| #2280, aired 1994-07-01 | THE FOURTH OF JULY $300: John McEnroe beat Bjorn Borg for his first solo championship here July 4, 1981 Wimbledon |
| #2275, aired 1994-06-24 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $600: The Central American nation now known as this was a British colony from 1862 to 1981 Belize |
| #2271, aired 1994-06-20 | BENJAMIN FRANKLINS $1000: Dr. Benjamin Franklin Payton became president of this Alabama university in 1981, its centennial year the Tuskegee Institute |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | AVIATION $400: In 1981 President Reagan fired nearly 12,000 of these workers after they called an illegal strike air traffic controllers |
| #2258, aired 1994-06-01 | HISTORIC AMERICA $400: In 1981 Francois Mitterrand attended the 200th anniversary observance of Cornwallis' surrender here Yorktown |
| #2257, aired 1994-05-31 | CONGRESS $500 (Daily Double): Dan Rostenkowski succeeded Al Ullman as chairman of this powerful House committee in 1981 the House Ways & Means Committee |
| #2256, aired 1994-05-30 | ASSASSINATIONS $100: An Omani delegate was also killed in the 1981 attack on this Egyptian president (Anwar) Sadat |
| #2252, aired 1994-05-24 | 1980s THEATRE $200: In 1981 Chita Rivera re-created her role as Rose in "Bring Back Birdie", a sequel to this musical Bye Bye Birdie |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | WORLD HISTORY $400: When Solidarity was outlawed on December 13, 1981, this Union leader was confined for 11 months Lech Walesa |
| #2235, aired 1994-04-29 | THE U.N. $400: In 1981 she became the first woman to head the U.S. delegation to the U.N. (Jeane) Kirkpatrick |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | CONTEMPORARY WOMEN $1000: In 1981 & 1983 this future governor was named Woman of the Year by the Texas Women's Political Caucus Ann Richards |
| #2214, aired 1994-03-31 | THEATRE $400: Estelle Parsons played Ruth, a pirate maid, in Joseph Papp's 1981 production of this operetta Pirates of Penzance |
| #2208, aired 1994-03-23 | AUTHORS $800: Beth Henley was under 30 when this, her first play, was performed on Broadway in 1981 Crimes of the Heart |
| #2176, aired 1994-02-07 | GENERAL HOSPITAL $100: In 1981 this actor visited the set to research his "Tootsie" role Dustin Hoffman |
| #2176, aired 1994-02-07 | GENERAL HOSPITAL $500: In 1981 this couple was so hot they made the cover of Newsweek & their wedding made People's cover Luke & Laura |
| #2168, aired 1994-01-26 | "Mc"PEOPLE $1000: From 1968-1981 this former defense secretary was president of the World Bank Robert McNamara |
| #2156, aired 1994-01-10 | U.S. MUSEUMS $500: Picasso's "Guernica", now in Madrid, hung in this U.S. Museum from 1939 to 1981 the Museum of Modern Art |
| #2131, aired 1993-12-06 | POT LUCK $400: From 1970-1981 Adlai Stevenson III represented this state in the Senate Illinois |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: First marketed in 1981, it's now the USA's No. 1 brand of sugar substitute Nutrasweet |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $800: In 1981 accountant Roger B. Smith became CEO of this American automaker General Motors |
| #2104, aired 1993-10-28 | NEW ENGLAND $100: This 1981 Henry Fonda film was shot on New Hampshire's Squam Lake On Golden Pond |
| #2103, aired 1993-10-27 | MOVIE TRIVIA $500: Warren Beatty was Oscar nominated as actor, director & writer for this 1981 film Reds |
| #2080, aired 1993-09-24 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $800: In January 1981 this Secretary of State designate said, "There are worse things than war" (Alexander) Haig |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Charles Evers, brother of this civil rights leader, was mayor of Fayette, Miss. from 1969-1981 Medgar Evers |
| #2048, aired 1993-06-30 | DOWN EASTERS $3,700 (Daily Double): In 1980 & 1981 this man from the State of Maine was U.S. Secretary of State Muskie |
| #2042, aired 1993-06-22 | NONFICTION $400: In a 1981 bestseller, James Nourse offered a "Simple Solution" to this perplexing toy Rubik's Cube |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Her autobiography, “Stand By Your Man”, was made into a 1981 TV movie starring Annette O’Toole Tammy Wynette |
| #2027, aired 1993-06-01 | REPUBLICANS $600: This North Carolina senator introduced a 1981 bill to outlaw abortion Jesse Helms |
| #2021, aired 1993-05-24 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $600: This "Star Wars" star became a Broadway star when he took over the role of the Elephant Man in 1981 Mark Hamill |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500 (Daily Double): This Chicago-based retailer bought Coldwell Banker in 1981 & in 1992 announced it would be sold Sears |
| #1996, aired 1993-04-19 | THE GRAMMYS $500: This group's "Elvira" single won a 1981 Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group The Oak Ridge Boys |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | LE CINEMA STALLONE $400: It's the sport featured in the 1981 film "Victory" soccer |
| #1984, aired 1993-04-01 | WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1981 Wojciech Jaruzelski established martial law in this country & outlawed Solidarity Poland |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | OFFICE MACHINES $200: The PC introduced by this giant in 1981 had parts from Intel & Microsoft IBM |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | SPORTS $500: This "sweet" boxer was named Sports Illustrated's "Sportsman of the Year" for 1981 Sugar Ray Leonard |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | FAMOUS BAKERS $800: From 1981 to 1985 he was White House Chief of Staff James Baker |
| #1955, aired 1993-02-19 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: In 1981 this country's government recognized Rural Solidarity, a union of farmers Poland |
| #1952, aired 1993-02-16 | THE 1980s $200: From 1981 to 1985 Jeane Kirkpatrick served as America's first female ambassador to this organization United Nations |
| #1952, aired 1993-02-16 | THE 1980s $400: In 1981 Belize in Central America gained its independence from this country Great Britain |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | RAILROADS $800: This country's TGV train, which can cruise at speeds of 180 mph, began operating in 1981 France |
| #1942, aired 1993-02-02 | THE 1980s $800: In 1981 this headmistress of a girls' school was convicted of murdering Scarsdale Diet Dr. Herman Tarnower Jean Harris |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $400: This author discussed the horror genre in his 1981 work "Danse Macabre" Stephen King |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: This corpulent Rex Stout detective was played by William Conrad in a 1981 TV series Nero Wolfe |
| #1926, aired 1993-01-11 | THE 1980s $600: On May 4, 1987 the Supreme Court ruled that Ca. Rotary Clubs must do this; the court did in 1981 admit women |
| #1920, aired 1993-01-01 | THE 51st STATE $200: In 1981 this state's Upper Peninsula tried to become the State Of Superior Michigan |
| #1904, aired 1992-12-10 | DRAMA $800: This play about 3 southern sisters earned Beth Henley the 1981 Pulitzer Crimes of the Heart |
| #1897, aired 1992-12-01 | WORLD COINS $200: Their 1981 marriage was marked with commemorative crowns issued by Great Britain Charles & Di |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | AWARDS $200: This actor won an Emmy in 1981 for his role as Louie de Palma on "Taxi" Danny Devito |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $100: Christian Slater played Billy Mowcher in the 1981 musical "Copperfield", based on this novel David Copperfield |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $300: Carol Baker's daughter, Blanche Baker, played this Nabokov nymphet in a 1981 play by Edward Albee Lolita |
| #1868, aired 1992-10-21 | MAN IN SPACE $400: Launched on Apr. 12, 1981, this space shuttle was the world's first reusable spacecraft the Columbia |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: In 1981 this "Rebecca" author published "The Rebecca Notebook and Other Memories" (Daphne) du Maurier |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | MAYORS $1,000 (Daily Double): The first Mexican-American mayor of a major U.S. city, Henry Cisneros was mayor of this Texas city 1981-89 San Antonio |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | ORGANIZED LABOR $2,000 (Daily Double): This union withdrew from the AFL-CIO in 1968 under Walter Reuther, but rejoined in 1981 the United Autoworkers Union |
| #1796, aired 1992-05-25 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $400: From 1981 to 1989 he was the U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop |
| #1788, aired 1992-05-13 | THE ENVIRONMENT $500: U.S. government project to clean up toxic sites; since 1981 it has spent over $7.5 billion & cleaned up 65 the Superfund |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | AWARDS $400: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees won this Nobel Prize in 1981 Nobel Peace Prize |
| #1766, aired 1992-04-13 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: At 49 days, this 1981 sports strike was the longest in professional athletics history the baseball strike |
| #1756, aired 1992-03-30 | THE 1980s $1000: In 1981 this sweetener made its debut under the brand names of "Equal" & "Nutrasweet" aspartame |
| #1755, aired 1992-03-27 | MOVIE MEALS $1000: In this 1981 Louis Malle film, Wallace Shawn & Andre Gregory sit & eat & chat My Dinner with Andre |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Now in over 4,000 products, Nutrasweet was introduced in 1981 in one of these a gumball |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | POP MUSIC $200: In the title of a No. 1 tune from 1981, Hall & Oates said this is "On My List" your kiss |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | POP MUSIC $500: Songwriters Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon won 1981 Grammys for writing this Kim Carnes hit "Bette Davis Eyes" |
| #1731, aired 1992-02-24 | WORLD LEADERS $200: In 1981 Francois Mitterand became the first socialist president of this country's Fifth Republic France |
| #1726, aired 1992-02-17 | RECENT HISTORY $200: In 1981 this country's parliament voted to annex the Golan Heights Israel |
| #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | THEATRE $800: In 1981 Elizabeth Taylor starred in a revival of this playwright's "The Little Foxes" Lillian Hellman |
| #1694, aired 1992-01-02 | THE SECRET SERVICE $100: Secret Service agent Timothy J. McCarthy was wounded in a 1981 assassination attempt on him Ronald Reagan |
| #1687, aired 1991-12-24 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $400: Once an aide to Gen. MacArthur, he became Pres. Reagan's first Sec'y of State in 1981 Alexander Haig |
| #1665, aired 1991-11-22 | POP MUSIC $400: She topped the pop charts for 9 weeks in 1981 with "Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes |
| #1661, aired 1991-11-18 | BIRD ORIGINS $1000: The oo of this U.S. state may be extinct though it's believed one was sighted in 1981 Hawaii |
| #1633, aired 1991-10-09 | GREECE $1000: In 1981, this former US citizen was elected premier Andreas Papandreou |
| #1621, aired 1991-09-23 | NEW YORK CITY $200: In 1981 this mayor became the 1st person nominated for that office by both the G.O.P. & the Democrats Ed Koch |
| #1606, aired 1991-09-02 | SPORTS $300: This former heavyweight boxing champ's last bout was a 1981 loss to Trevor Berbick Muhammad Ali |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | AWARDS $500: This comedian's "Meeting of Minds" show on PBS won a 1981 Emmy for Best Informational Series Steve Allen |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $800: In 1981 this longtime editor of the "Saturday Review" wrote his autobiography, "Human Options" Norman Cousins |
| #1604, aired 1991-07-18 | MIDDLE NAMES $800: Middle name of Dixy Ray, who was Washington state governor 1977-1981 Lee |
| #1600, aired 1991-07-12 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $1000: Since 1981 this Illinois congressman has chaired the House Ways & Means Committee Dan Rostenkowski |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | 1981 $100: New President Reagan put a glass jar full of this candy on the cabinet room table Jelly Bellies |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | 1981 $200: Her engagement was announced February 24, she wed July 29, & was expecting in October Princess Diana |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | 1981 $300: They were released the day Ronald Reagan took office January 20, 1981 the Iranian hostages (the U.S. hostages in Iran) |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | 1981 $400: The Writers Guild of America, PATCO & the Major League Baseball players, to name 3 groups went on strike in 1981 |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | 1981 $500: Husband & wife historians who died within 2 weeks of each other in 1981 Will & Ariel Durant |
| #1598, aired 1991-07-10 | WORLD LEADERS $100: Commander of the Egyptian Air Force from 1972-75, he became president in 1981 (Hosni) Mubarak |
| #1586, aired 1991-06-24 | NANCY REAGAN $100: In 1981 this First Lady didn't say a word to Mrs. Reagan as they rode to the capitol for the swearing-in Rosalynn Carter |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In 1981 Nissan dropped this brand name for its cars sold in the U.S. Datsun |
| #1566, aired 1991-05-27 | TELEVISION $400: When this show about show biz premiered in 1981, R. Chamberlain was the 1st celebrity interviewed Entertainment Tonight |
| #1565, aired 1991-05-24 | NOTABLE DAVISES $400: Between 1981 & 1985 this Denver oilman owned 20th Century-Fox Marvin Davis |
| #1562, aired 1991-05-21 | MODERN HISTORY $1000: In May 1981 riots broke out in Belfast following the hunger strike & death of this IRA member Bobby Sands |
| #1543, aired 1991-04-24 | THE MOVIES $100: Nicol Williamson soared as Merlin in this 1981 film named for King Arthur's sword Excalibur |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: He starred in the 1981 TV movie based on his No. 1 country hit, "Coward Of The County" (Kenny) Rogers |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | NONFICTION $400: Bob Woodward's book "Veil: The Secret Wars of" this agency, "1981-1987" ignited a storm of controversy the C.I.A. |
| #1520, aired 1991-03-22 | AWARDS $500: This duo's 1981 "Double Fantasy" LP won a Grammy for Album of the Year Lennon & Yoko Ono |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: In 1981 she made the cover of "Newsweek" with "Tar Baby", her 4th novel Toni Morrison |
| #1507, aired 1991-03-05 | CELEBRITY BIOGRAPHIES $400: In a 1981 book title, Kitty Kelley called this actress "The Last Star" Elizabeth Taylor |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | THE 1980s $200: In Jan. 1981 Pres. Reagan welcomed home the 52 hostages held for 444 days in this country Iran |
| #1491, aired 1991-02-11 | TV DANS $100: He left "60 Minutes" in 1981 when he took over for Walter Cronkite as CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather |
| #1491, aired 1991-02-11 | STEPHEN KING $400: The deadly dog in a 1981 Stephen King title Cujo |
| #1490, aired 1991-02-08 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $200: President Reagan couldn't attend this daughter's 1981 wedding --he was recovering from a gunshot wound Maureen |
| #1489, aired 1991-02-07 | WORLD LEADERS $200: Before becoming president of France in 1981, he was first secretary of the French Socialist Party Mitterrand |
| #1489, aired 1991-02-07 | TRANSPORTATION $400: John Young & Robert Crippen were the first to fly one, April 12-14, 1981 the space shuttle |
| #1486, aired 1991-02-04 | THE OSCARS $400: These two actors have won Oscars only as directors in 1980 & 1981 Robert Redford & Warren Beatty |
| #1481, aired 1991-01-28 | SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY $600: Before becoming Secretary of the Treasury in 1981, he was chairman & CEO of Merrill Lynch & Company Donald Regan |
| #1475, aired 1991-01-18 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: He was a pediatrician strongly opposed to abortion when Reagan named him Surgeon General in 1981 (Everett) Koop |
| #1475, aired 1991-01-18 | BARRELS $500: The world record for this is 18 set by Yvon Jolin at Terrebonne, Quebec in 1981 barrel jumping |
| #1474, aired 1991-01-17 | EGYPT $300: When Sadat was assassinated in 1981, this vice-president succeeded him Hosni Mubarak |
| #1433, aired 1990-11-21 | FAMOUS QUOTES $200: When he was wounded in 1981, he jokingly said to his doctors, "Please tell me you're Republicans" Ronald Reagan |
| #1429, aired 1990-11-15 | TRAIN SONGS $300: The British singer who rode the "Morning Train" to the top of the charts in 1981 Sheena Easton |
| #1426, aired 1990-11-12 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "A" $300: In 1981 this country acted as go-between to secure the release of the 52 Americans held by Iran Algeria |
| #1414, aired 1990-10-25 | IT'S QUESTIONABLE $500: Richard Dreyfuss played a paralyzed sculptor in this 1981 film Whose Life Is It Anyway? |
| #1414, aired 1990-10-25 | WOMEN $600: In 1981 this actress-turned-politician became Greece's Minister of Culture Melina Mercouri |
| #1408, aired 1990-10-17 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: This actress of Russian descent was set to play Anastasia on stage when she drowned in 1981 Natalie Wood |
| #1400, aired 1990-10-05 | MUSICALS $200: "Bring Back Birdie", a sequel to this musical, opened March 5, 1981 & closed 2 days later Bye Bye Birdie |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | THE 1980s $200: In January 1981 Greece became its 10th full member the EEC (the European Economic Community) |
| #1388, aired 1990-09-19 | RECENT HISTORY $800: When this World War II general died in 1981 he was America's last 5-star general (Omar) Bradley |
| #5, aired 1990-07-14 | THE DODGERS $600: In 1981 this Dodger pitcher won the Rookie of the Year & the Cy Young Awards Fernando Valenzuela |
| #5, aired 1990-07-14 | 1980s ROCK $800: She joined Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in the 1981 smash "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" Stevie Nicks |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | THE 1980s $1000: The 1981 Oscar ceremonies were postponed from March 30th to the 31st due to this the attempted assassination of President Reagan |
| #1358, aired 1990-06-27 | THE MOVIES $500: His film debut as a cadet in "Taps" in 1981 might have prepared him for "Casualties of War" in 1989 Sean Penn |
| #1353, aired 1990-06-20 | SCREENWRITERS $600: Playwright John Guare wrote the screenplay for this 1981 film named for a N.J. resort Atlantic City |
| #1350, aired 1990-06-15 | 1981 FILMS $100: Henry Miller, A.R. St. Johns, Will Durant & Rebecca West appeared in this Warren Beatty film Reds |
| #1350, aired 1990-06-15 | 1981 FILMS $200: The comedy in which Dudley Moore dumped his fiancée, Jill Eikenberry, for Liza Minnelli Arthur |
| #1350, aired 1990-06-15 | 1981 FILMS $300: Of all the films we know, this one is the most likely to make you throw away your wire hangers Mommie Dearest |
| #1350, aired 1990-06-15 | 1981 FILMS $400: This star was rich & famous in "Rich & Famous" while her pal, Jacqueline Bisset, was just famous Candice Bergen |
| #1350, aired 1990-06-15 | 1981 FILMS $500: He played the husband who got bumped off in "Body Heat" Richard Crenna |
| #1325, aired 1990-05-11 | 1981 $100: This man shot President Reagan, James Brady & 2 security men in March John Hinckley |
| #1325, aired 1990-05-11 | 1981 $300: His $25,000 sports car with a stainless-steel finish & gull-wing doors was built in Northern Ireland John De Lorean |
| #1325, aired 1990-05-11 | 1981 $400: To show "Smoking Spoils Your Looks", she posed for an ad with cigarettes in her ears Brooke Shields |
| #1325, aired 1990-05-11 | 1981 $500 (Daily Double): David & Elizabeth Emanuel became world famous as designers of her wedding gown Princess Diana |
| #1325, aired 1990-05-11 | 1981 $500: In April 1981 this former V.P. was ordered to pay the state of Maryland $248,735 for bribes he took Spiro Agnew |
| #1308, aired 1990-04-18 | TECHNOLOGY $100: In 1981 this company introduced the PC, its first home computer IBM |
| #1305, aired 1990-04-13 | BRITISH ROYALTY $200: How time flies: Buckingham Palace announced their engagement on Feb. 24, 1981 Charles and Diana |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | WORLD LEADERS $1000: In 1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland became the 1st female P.M. of this Scandinavian country Norway |
| #1295, aired 1990-03-30 | 1981 MOVIES $100: This Harrison Ford movie was the 1st collaboration by George Lucas & Steven Spielberg "Raiders of the Lost Ark" |
| #1295, aired 1990-03-30 | 1981 MOVIES $200: Miles O'Keeffe played this title role in a film produced by Bo Derek & directed by husband John Tarzan the Ape Man |
| #1295, aired 1990-03-30 | 1981 MOVIES $300: This film starring Laurence Olivier as Gen. Douglas MacArthur was produced by the Unification Church Inchon |
| #1295, aired 1990-03-30 | 1981 MOVIES $400: This actor had his last theatrical film role as police commissioner Waldo in "Ragtime" James Cagney |
| #1295, aired 1990-03-30 | 1981 MOVIES $500: In "First Monday in October", this actress played Ruth Loomis, 1st woman on the Supreme Court Jill Clayburgh |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | MAGAZINES $800: In 1981 Budget Dir. Stockman's criticism of the Reagan administration was published in this monthly The Atlantic Monthly |
| #1281, aired 1990-03-12 | IT'S "MAGIC" $400: This song was a Top 10 hit for the Police in the fall of 1981 "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" |
| #1263, aired 1990-02-14 | THE ROYAL FAMILY $200: She was a 19-year-old kindergarten teacher when she became world famous in 1981 Lady Diana Spencer/Princess Diana |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | FIRSTS $500: In 1981 Western Bancorporation was renamed this when it became the 1st bank to franchise its services First Interstate |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | MOVIE MAKERS $400: In 1981 MGM acquired this large production company for $380 million United Artists |
| #1223, aired 1989-12-20 | MIDDLE NAMES $500 (Daily Double): The Tony Award-winning "Best Play" of 1981, the title is its central character's middle name Amadeus |
| #1220, aired 1989-12-15 | ASIA $500: Israel annexed this area of Syria in 1981 after having won it in the 6-Day war 14 years earlier Golan Heights |
| #1216, aired 1989-12-11 | ROCK 'N' ROLL FILMS $100: "Let's Spend the Night Together" was filmed during this British group's 1981 U.S. tour The Rolling Stones |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | NUMBER, PLEASE $600: After this many days of captivity, Iran released the 52 American hostages on January 20, 1981 444 |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | 1981 $100: In December a Peruvian named Javier Perez de Cuellar was named to this post U.N. Secretary-General |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | 1981 $200: 52 people leaving this country January 20, 1981 made world headlines Iran |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | 1981 $300: He became president of Egypt after the assassination of Anwar Sadat Hosni Mubarak |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | 1981 $400: He introduced his stainless-steel gull-winged sports car John DeLorean |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | 1981 $500: 2 of the 3 standard rates in effect during the year for a U.S. first-class letter 15 cents, 18 cents & 20 cents |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | CINEMA $300: Vangelis' theme from this 1981 British film took a record 21 weeks on the charts to reach No. 1 "Chariots of Fire" |
| #1194, aired 1989-11-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: In 1981 John Kennedy Toole was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for this novel A Confederacy of Dunces |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | GREECE $400: In 1981 Greece became the 10th full member of this group of nations the Common Market |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | "BELL"s $600: It's both a highly poisonous plant & a Stevie Nicks 1981 No. 1 album belladonna |
| #1175, aired 1989-10-13 | BEST SELLERS $400: In 1981 James G. Nourse hit the best seller list with "The Simple Solution To" this puzzle Rubik's Cube |
| #1166, aired 1989-10-02 | MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS $400: Alan Alda's debut as a director was this 1981 comedy about 3 middle-aged couples on vacation The Four Seasons |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | BRITISH ROYALTY $300: She represented her sister the queen when Antigua gained its independence in 1981 Princess Margaret |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | STEVES, STEVIES & STEPHENS $600: In 1981 this lead singer of Fleetwood Mac teamed up with Don Henley for some "Leather & Lace" Stevie Nicks |
| #1117, aired 1989-06-13 | BRITISH ROYALTY $200: In 1981 she became the 1st Englishwoman in over 300 years to marry the heir to the throne Princess Di |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | 1981 $100: The U.S. Auto Club reversed an earlier decision & declared Bobby Unser the winner of this race the Indianapolis 500 |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | 1981 $200: The Vatican reduced from 37 to 6 the number of offenses that cause this to happen automatically excommunication |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | 1981 $300: With Reagan as a character witness, this entertainer was given a license by the Nev. Gaming Commission Frank Sinatra |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | 1981 $400 (Daily Double): Movie remake that gave us the following song, a Top 10 hit in 1981:
"On the boats and on the planes /
They're coming to America..." The Jazz Singer |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | 1981 $500: Later made into a movie, this off-Broadway play by Beth Henley won a Pulitzer Prize Crimes of the Heart |
| #1102, aired 1989-05-23 | MAGAZINES $600: Tho its London casinos earned 63% of this magazine co.'s profits in 1980, they were sold in 1981 Playboy |
| #1095, aired 1989-05-12 | LIBRARIES $200: Dedicated in 1981, this presidential library is located at the University Michigan the Gerald Ford Library |
| #1094, aired 1989-05-11 | THE 20th CENTURY $700 (Daily Double): By 1981 this Eastern European union led by an an electrician had around 10 million members Solidarity |
| #1087, aired 1989-05-02 | HATS $300: 1981 film in which Henry Fonda's hat was adorned with flies On Golden Pond |
| #1081, aired 1989-04-24 | 1981 $100: They were released just minutes after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated the Iranian hostages |
| #1081, aired 1989-04-24 | 1981 $200: A union of these government employees began a never-ending strike on August 3, 1981 the air traffic controllers |
| #1081, aired 1989-04-24 | 1981 $300: Daniel Travanti & Barbara Babcock won Best Actor & Actress Emmys for this, the Best Dramatic Series of 1981 Hill Street Blues |
| #1081, aired 1989-04-24 | 1981 $400: Maya Yang Lin, an architecture student at Yale, won a nationwide competition for her design of this memorial the Vietnam War Memorial |
| #1081, aired 1989-04-24 | 1981 $500: After 11 years this twosome reunited at a Central Park concert in their "little town" of New York Simon & Garfunkel |
| #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | TV TRIVIA $500: He called Mork "Mommy" & Mindy "Shoe" & his 1981 arrival was intended to boost the show's ratings Jonathan Winters (Mearth) |
| #1075, aired 1989-04-14 | "G"EOGRAPHY $600: Martin Cruz Smith put this Moscow park on the map with his 1981 best seller of the same name Gorky Park |
| #1069, aired 1989-04-06 | PEOPLE $100: This royal heir described himself in 1981 as "prematurely aged" & "making extraordinarily bad speeches" Prince Charles (Prince of Wales) |
| #1038, aired 1989-02-22 | U.S. HISTORY $300: He announced he was "in control here" after President Reagan's 1981 shooting Al Haig |
| #1037, aired 1989-02-21 | HITS OF THE '80s $400: 1 of 2 No. 1 songs of 1981 with "Eyes" in the title "Bette Davis Eyes" (or "Private Eyes") |
| #1023, aired 1989-02-01 | FASHION DESIGNERS $800: David & Elizabeth Emanuel designed the famous gown she wore on July 29, 1981 Princess Diana |
| #1020, aired 1989-01-27 | SPORTS $200: On July 4, 1981 John McEnroe stopped his attempt at a 6th consecutive Wimbledon championship Björn Borg |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | ACTRESSES & ROLES $600: Karen Allen said she spent 2 weeks in a pit with thousands of snakes to make this 1981 adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #1013, aired 1989-01-18 | THE 20TH CENTURY $200: He was assassinated October 6, 1981, 8 years to the day after he launched the Yom Kippur War Anwar Sadat |
| #1010, aired 1989-01-13 | PLASTICS $500: The plastic fiber that was the title of a 1981 film starring the late Divine polyester |
| #992, aired 1988-12-20 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: Captured from Syria in 1967, this region was annexed by Israel in 1981 Golan Heights |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | NORTH AMERICAN MOUNTAINS $200: In 1981 this U.S. Geological Survey published a post-eruption map of this mountain Mount St. Helens |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | THE YEAR THAT WAS $200: Anwar Sadat was shot, Pope John Paul II was shot, President Reagan was shot 1981 |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | RECENT HISTORY $400: After a military coup failed in 1981, he continued as Spain's head of state King Juan Carlos |
| #947, aired 1988-10-18 | THE '80S $400: In 1981 the U.S. began making enhanced radiation weapons, commonly called this neutron bombs |
| #938, aired 1988-10-05 | THE UNIVERSE $300: Some almanacs don't mention the fact that Neptune's 3rd one of these was discovered in 1981 a moon |
| #917, aired 1988-09-06 | FASHION MODELS $500 (Daily Double): In 1981, when she was just 16, Time said she typified "the '80s look" Brooke Shields |
| #880, aired 1988-06-03 | THE TONY AWARDS $1000: Elizabeth Taylor was nominated for her very 1st Broadway play, the 1981 revival of this The Little Foxes |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | SPIES & SPYING $100: As of December 4, 1981, the CIA was given permission to "spy" within this country United States |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | HITS OF THE '80s $500: This song originally released in 1968 became a posthumous hit for Elvis in 1981 "Guitar Man" |
| #845, aired 1988-04-15 | BEST SELLERS $200: 1987 best seller whose subtitle is "The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987" Veil |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: 1981 hit for Kool & the Gang, or what they probably had after they found out it went to #1 "Celebration" |
| #808, aired 1988-02-24 | BRITISH TV $300: Rumpole's creator John Mortimer adapted this Evelyn Waugh novel for a 1981 miniseries Brideshead Revisited |
| #804, aired 1988-02-18 | 20TH C. AMERICANS $500: This professor of political science was appointed U.N. ambassador in 1981 Jeane Kirkpatrick |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | SPORTS $400: 1 of only 2 countries to place 1st or 2nd in the Men's Team World Gymnastics Championships from 1954-1981 (1 of) Russia & Japan |
| #760, aired 1987-12-18 | BROADWAY FLOPS $400: A 1981 play based on this Mary Shelley novel closed after 1 night, losing about $2 million Frankenstein |
| #745, aired 1987-11-27 | BEST SELLERS $1000: Perhaps her 1987 best seller "Fine Things" reflects the fine things all her best sellers have given her Danielle Steel |
| #743, aired 1987-11-25 | MAN IN SPACE $200: The 1st reusable space vehicle, one was 1st launched into orbit in 1981 Space Shuttle |
| #730, aired 1987-11-06 | SPORTS $100: in 1981, skater Yvon Jolin set a world record when he jumped over 18 of these barrels |
| #723, aired 1987-10-28 | U.S. HISTORY $300: White House press secretary wounded by John Hinckley, March 30, 1981 James Brady |
| #709, aired 1987-10-08 | BY GEORGE $100: His 1981 hit "All Those Years Ago" was a tribute to John Lennon George Harrison |
| #704, aired 1987-10-01 | NETWORK BRASS $100: Of tinker, tailor, soldier, or spy, the one who headed NBC for 5 years, 1981-86 (Grant) Tinker |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | BLACK AMERICA $400: By order of Pres. Reagan, boxer Joe Louis was buried in this cemetery in 1981 Arlington National Cemetery |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $400: In his 1981 farewell, he said, "America did not invent human rights... human rights invented America" Jimmy Carter |
| #639, aired 1987-05-21 | REPUBLICANS $600: Son-in-law of a previous Minority Leader, he became Senate Majority leader in 1981 Howard Baker |
| #628, aired 1987-05-06 | "NEEDLE"s $1000: This 1981 Donald Sutherland film was based on a WWII spy novel by Ken Follett The Eye of the Needle |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | MUSIC BUSINESS $400: It started coming down the cable at one minute after midnight, August 1, 1981 MTV |
| #607, aired 1987-04-07 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: Fabled city of Arabian Nights' caliph Harun-al-Rashid where Israelis bombed nuclear reactor in 1981 Baghdad |
| #572, aired 1987-02-17 | OUTDOOR SPORTS $300: In 1981, this Dodger rookie's 13 wins included 8 shutouts Fernando Valenzuela |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | SONGS THAT "COME" & "GO" $200: 1981 #1 hit for Hall & Oates, subtitled "No Can Do" "I Can't Go For That" |
| #559, aired 1987-01-29 | JULY $400: Prince Charles wed Lady Diana on July 29th of this year 1981 |
| #548, aired 1987-01-14 | TV HOSPITALS $200: Elizabeth Taylor showed up on this soap opera in 1981 at what else? A wedding General Hospital |
| #522, aired 1986-12-09 | WEDDINGS $400: Hours after this 1981 wedding, garment maker Sidney Ellis sold 100 copies of the gown for $750 each Prince Charles & Princess Diana |
| #504, aired 1986-11-13 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $600: Dec. 31, 1981 was 1st time ball of lights ushering in the new year over NYC's Times Square was in this shape apple |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | BOTANICAL NAMES $400: He was Vice President of the U.S. from 1981-85 George Bush |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | LAW $400: Intentionally committing a wrongful act, its "Absence" was subject of 1981 Paul Newman film malice |
| #438, aired 1986-05-14 | POP MUSIC $1000: In 1981, her "7 Year Ache" lasted 7 weeks on the charts Rosanne Cash |
| #434, aired 1986-05-08 | ACTRESSES $200: In 1985, she played a French resistance courier, after playing a French lieutenant's woman in 1981 Meryl Streep |
| #434, aired 1986-05-08 | MOTOWN $600: Known for "punk-funk", in 1981 he invaded our radios with "Super Freak" Rick James |
| #428, aired 1986-04-30 | TRANSPORTATION $200: Famous entry feature of a 1957 Mercedes 300SL or a 1981 DeLorean gull-wing doors |
| #410, aired 1986-04-04 | TOP 40 $300: On August 4, 1981, the date MTV debuted, he had the #1 single - "Jessie's Girl" Rick Springfield |
| #388, aired 1986-03-05 | 1981 $200: In 1981, Datsun began selling cars in the U.S. under this corporate name Nissan |
| #388, aired 1986-03-05 | 1981 $400: Great Britain & 16 Commonwealth nations struck sterling silver coins marking this event the marriage of Charles & Diana |
| #388, aired 1986-03-05 | 1981 $600: Though restoration began on this Giza landmark, no mention was made about getting a new nose the Sphinx |
| #388, aired 1986-03-05 | 1981 $800: A Maryland judge ruled he owed $147,500 plus $101,235 interest for kickbacks taken in office Spiro Agnew |
| #388, aired 1986-03-05 | 1981 $1,000 (Daily Double): Though he said it would be "a duty & an honor" to be re-elected U.N. Sec.-General, he wasn't Kurt Waldheim |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | 1981 $200: 13-year-old Patrick Bossert had a best seller on the "N.Y. Times" list with a solution for this toy Rubik's Cube |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | 1981 $400: Janet Cooke of "The Washington Post" had to give this back a Pulitzer Prize |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | 1981 $600: On January 29, this lifelong Democrat was appointed by Republican admin. as U.N. ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | 1981 $800: On Sept. 29, 1981, the U.S. Congress raised the Federal Debt Ceiling to this amount one trillion dollars |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | 1981 $1000: With "All-Savers", introduced by banks in Oct., a single person's interest was tax exempt up to this amount $1,000 |
| #365, aired 1986-01-31 | TRANSPORTATION $500: In April 1981, this Space Shuttle was the 1st winged aircraft to fly in space the Columbia |
| #351, aired 1986-01-13 | TELEVISION $100: NBC police series that won Emmys in 8 categories in 1981 -- a single-season record Hill Street Blues |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | DISNEY $300: As of May of 1981, this Disney operation had the world's fifth-largest navy Vacation Kingdom at Walt Disney World |
| #339, aired 1985-12-26 | SONGS WITH "HEART" $400: In 1981, Juice Newton said "playing with" this lady "ain't really smart" "Queen of Hearts" |
| #291, aired 1985-10-21 | BRIDES & GROOMS $400: In famous 1981 weddings, it's the name Laura got marrying Luke, & Diana lost marrying Charles Spencer |
| #290, aired 1985-10-18 | FAMOUS LASTS $400: His last regular TV newscast was on Friday Mar. 6, 1981 Walter Cronkite |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | TIME $100: In 1981, this amount of commercial time during the Super Bowl cost $275,000; in 1985, it was $525,000 one-half a minute (30 seconds) |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | TIME $500: As of Aug. 28, 1981, this "great" Briton has the world record time for running the mile (Sebastian) Coe |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | SCHOOL FOOD $500: Subject of 1981 controversy, this condiment never wound up as a vegetable ketchup |
| #179, aired 1985-05-16 | ROCK OF THE 80'S $200: This Joan Jett hit from 1981 was parodied by Weird Al as "I love Rocky Road" "I Love Rock 'N Roll" |
| #174, aired 1985-05-09 | U.S.A. $100: Number of digits in the "new" 1981 "zippier" ZIP codes 9 |
| #172, aired 1985-05-07 | JIMMY CAGNEY $500: On doctor's orders, he returned to making movies after 20 years for this 1981 film Ragtime |
| #163, aired 1985-04-24 | LABOR UNIONS $200: In August 1981, President Reagan fired them for striking illegally PATCO (the air traffic controllers) |
| #58, aired 1984-11-28 | GAY BLADES $200: Its use was abolished in France in 1981, 188 years too late for Marie Antoinette the guillotine |
