| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? $1000: Porphyrophobia:
This, literally, also the title of a 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel the color purple |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER $800: Val wanted to visit the Moorish city in Spain in the 1400s but one misspelled letter has him on this isle of spice & a 1983 U.S. invasion Grenada |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL $600: In 1983 this 7-foot wrestler defeated Big John Studd in a thrilling steel cage match in the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland André the Giant |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THE EMMYS $600: From 1983 to 1988 the Best Actress in a Drama Emmy went to either one or the other of the 2 stars of this female cop drama on CBS Cagney & Lacey |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | ON STATES' HIGHWAY WELCOME SIGNS $1000: Once on Michigan's welcome signs, this 2-word phrase that doesn't just refer to size was also on its license plates from 1983 to 2007 Great Lakes |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SPELLING BIZ $300: Toyota debuted this model in the US in 1983; you can't spell it without spelling...
C A _ R _ Camry |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SPELLING BIZ $400: Bronies know this plaything debuted in 1983; you can't spell it without spelling...
_ _
_ _ T _ _ _
_ O _ Y My Little Pony |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $400: In 1983 Rolling Stone examined "The Secret Life of America's Sexiest One-Man Band"; now "Let's Go Crazy" & name him Prince |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | CAN I GET AN "A" MEN! $100: He appeared in every episode of "M*A*S*H"; he also directed its last episode in 1983 Alan Alda |
| #9004, aired 2023-12-28 | AMAZING ARMENIANS $1200: The first of Armenian descent, George Deukmejian was governor of this U.S. state from 1983 to 1991 California |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | UNOFFICIAL TEAM NICKNAMES $800: Phi Slama Jama:
The 1983 Houston Cougars, led by this "Nigerian Nightmare" & future Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | WISH I'D SAID THAT! $2000: Eubie Blake, 1887-1983, is among those credited with "If I'd known I was gonna live this long", he'd have done this taken better care of himself |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | 4 YOUR CONSIDERATION $600: For Christmas cards & bills alike, these got their new +4 format in 1983 ZIP Codes |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | I WANT MY "M" TV $200: This show's 1983 finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is still the most watched episode of scripted TV ever M*A*S*H |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | GIVE THE "DEVIL" $600: Ecclesiastical changes in 1983 eliminated the job of this adversarial examiner first appointed in 1587 the devil's advocate |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | FILMS TURNING THE BIG FOUR-OH $200: Three Stephen King novels made it to the big screen in 1983: "The Dead Zone", "Christine", & this film about a rabid St. Bernard Cujo |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | CARL SAGAN $5,000 (Daily Double): Sagan co-authored a 1983 scientific paper that predicted that this climate condition would follow atomic war nuclear winter |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | OSCAR-WINNING SCREENPLAYS $2000: 1983:
James L. Brooks, from the novel by Larry McMurtry Terms of Endearment |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES $800: 1983 "was a very good year" for this entertainer; that's when he was honored Frank Sinatra |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | LET'S FACE IT $800: He was a world leader from 1983 to 1989; then he began to be led around Noriega |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | YOU'RE A HOMOPHONE, DIANE $1,000 (Daily Double): In her 1983 book's acknowledgements, primatologist Dian Fossey thanks mostly humans but also these animals mountain gorillas |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | INDIANA WANTS YOU $1600: The governing body for this sport in the U.S. has been based in Indianapolis since 1983 & the IndyStar covers it closely gymnastics |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | THAT SONG SLAYS $1200: "Murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3, it's as easy to learn as your ABC", sang this group in 1983; someone should call them about that The Police |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | SPORTS ROOKIES $400: From Tony Dorsett in 1977 to Eric Dickerson in 1983, 7 straight winners of the PFWA NFL Rookie of the Year Award played this position running back |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NUMBERS IN THE NEWS $800: In 2023 France raised the retirement age to this, still younger than Social Security's longtime number until 1983 64 |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GOOGLE EASTER EGGS $600: Search for this Klondike ice cream treat shaped like another food & a banner will display "1983-2022"; may it rest in peace the Choco Taco |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | LET'S STICK TOGETHER $200: This "Equalizer" has few equals in Hollywood when it comes to marriage longevity; he said I do to Pauletta in 1983 Denzel Washington |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | STAND-UP SPECIALS $1200: He was just 22 when he took to the stage in a red leather suit for his 1983 special "Delirious" (Eddie) Murphy |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $800: This man won the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize for nonviolent struggle for free trade unions & human rights in Poland Walesa |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | LET'S GET VERTICAL $200: Vertical pianos include console & this other 7-letter type seen on the 1983 Scott Joplin commemorative stamp upright |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | FACE THE POLITICIAN $800: In 1983, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act was introduced by this then-congressman & now senator Schumer |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | FACE THE POLITICIAN $1600: It's the last name of the New Hampshire governor seen here; his dad John, had the gig from 1983 to 1989 (Chris) Sununu |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | OK MILLENNIAL $200: This country superstar & "American Idol" is a real Okie from Muskogee, where she was born in 1983 Carrie Underwood |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $400: In 1983 Prince drove into the Top 10 for the first time in this title conveyance "Little Red Corvette" |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | TV SHOW LINGO $400: Plinko was unveiled on this game show in 1983 The Price is Right |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | MARCH MADNESS $800: Last name of USC's Cheryl, winner of back-to-back titles & M.O.P.s in 1983 & '84; she's in the hall of fame with her brother Reggie Miller |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | QUOTATIONS $2000: In 1983 he predicted that "The computer will become the predominant medium of communication" Jobs |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | TRANSPORTATION $300: In 1983 Sally Ride became the first U.S. woman in space, spending 6 days aboard one of these reusable spacecraft a Space Shuttle |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | REPETITIVE MUSIC $1000: A few years before this band had its first Top 10 hit in 1983, it played a gig at a club called Barbarella's Duran Duran |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | ON THE SCIENTIST'S RÉSUMÉ $400: 1978: T.A., science at Stanford; 1979: completed her NASA training; 1983: made history aboard Challenger Sally Ride |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | THE AGELESS DIANA ROSS $400: A film honoring Diana's 75th birthday in 2019 featured clips from her 1983 concert for about 800,000 at this NYC locale Central Park |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | THAT'S SOME OF WHAT SHE WROTE $400: Her resumé includes 2 novels published 55 years apart & a 1983 essay about the history of Alabama Harper Lee |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | LET'S PLAY SPORTS THERE! $1,000 (Daily Double): Site of a brief 1983 coup, this West Indies isle of spice hosted 2007 World Cup games at its National Cricket Stadium Grenada |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Legislation signed on June 17, 2021 made this the first new U.S. federal holiday since 1983 Juneteenth |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | HODGEPODGE $1000: In 1983 the league of Red Cross Societies added this other shape to its name to reflect its work in Muslim countries a crescent |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | TENNIS ACES $400: This Czech-born woman had a pretty good 1983, winning 86 of 87 matches & 3 Grand Slam titles Martina Navratilova |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Dagmar Midcap of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) In February 1983, Queen Elizabeth visited San Diego, stopping in Balboa Park to unveil a statue of William Shakespeare at this theater, named for the historic one in London where many of Shakespeare’s plays were first performed the Globe |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | SONGS OF INNOCENCE & EXPERIENCE $1600: In a 1983 song & album, this piano man was "An Innocent Man" Billy Joel |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG $400: McDonald's launched these nationally in 1983 chicken nuggets |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | 1980s TV $400: We met Hannibal, B.A., Face & Murdock in 1983 on this show; I love it when a plan comes together The A-Team |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FIRSTS $2,000 (Daily Double): On Oct. 13, 1983 the first call on a commercial cell phone was made to a grandson of this inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| #8599, aired 2022-03-17 | BEASTLY LIT $600: With sinister consequences, a cat named Church is brought back to life in this 1983 novel Pet Sematary |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | TV SHOWS BY FINAL EPISODE $800: Luring over 100 million viewers in 1983: "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" M*A*S*H |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | LAS VEGAS HOTEL NAMES $1000: In 1983 Duran Duran informed us "her name is" this "& she dances on the sand" Rio |
| #8554, aired 2022-01-13 | ROM-DRAMS $800: Young Timothée Chalamet finds love in 1983 Italy in this 2017 film written by James Ivory Call Me by Your Name |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | A PLAYER TO BE NAMED RIGHT NOW $1000: One of his incredible NHL seasons was 1983-84, with 87 goals & 118 assists for Edmonton Gretzky |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | YACHT ROCK SAILS AGAIN $400: This ex-Commodore sailed to the top of the charts in 1983 with "All Night Long" (Lionel) Richie |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | AWARD-WINNING WOMEN $2000: In 1983 Gloria Naylor won a National Book Award for her first & best known novel, "The Women of" this "Place" Brewster |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | SOUTHERN LITERATURE $6,000 (Daily Double): Set in rural Georgia, this novel told in the form of letters won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction The Color Purple |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | '80s LADIES $400: In 1983 she not only became the first American woman in space, but also the youngest American in space, at age 32 (Sally) Ride |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | IT'S A TRAP! $600: The now-heavily memed Admiral Ackbar discovers, "It's a trap!" in this 1983 film Return of the Jedi |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | TOM FOOLERY $1600: Tom Cruise fools his parents in this 1983 comedy after ruining the Porsche & having quite the wild party at their house Risky Business |
| #8418, aired 2021-06-09 | THE U.K. IN THE 1980s $200: This PM was re-elected by a landslide in 1983 & her Conservative Party used its majority to usher in wide changes (Margaret) Thatcher |
| #8411, aired 2021-05-31 | POSSESSIVE GEOGRAPHY $2000: St. George's is the capital of this Caribbean "Spice Isle" much in the news in 1983 Grenada |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | TV ON PBS $1200: "Every story brings you closer to the truth" on this investigative series, winner of more than 90 Emmys since its 1983 debut Frontline |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | GAME $1200: Reagan asked if the plot of this 1983 movie could happen in real life; a general later replied it's "worse than you think" WarGames |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | STING $1000: (Sting presents the clue.) Swiss psychologist Carl Jung coined this word to describe apparently unconnected events that coincide in time; in 1983, it gave The Police the title for our final studio album synchronicity |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | FASHION $600: This 1983 film inspired a fashion craze of leg warmers & off-the-shoulder sweatshirts; "what a feeling!" Flashdance |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | 1980s TIME CAPSULE $800: In 1983 this Swiss company introduced its iconic new timepieces, which became a craze a Swatch |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES $1000: 2 memorable bits from this 1983 classic: the leg lamp & "You'll shoot your eye out!" A Christmas Story |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | BARBIE CELEBRATES ROLE MODELS $400: Making history in 1983, this woman inspired girls to reach for the stars Sally Ride |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | MINING $200: In operation from 1910 to 1983, a mine under Detroit for this ice-melting stuff was reopened in 1998 salt |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | THAT IS SO SOCAL $1200: The first of these large birds hatched in captivity was born at the San Diego Zoo in 1983 a California condor |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | CHAIN STORES $1000: This chain founded in 1983 initially promised "glasses in about an hour" LensCrafters |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: After a historic 1983 mission, this astronaut turned down flowers as her male counterparts weren't given any Sally Ride |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | BACK IN THE 20th CENTURY $2000: In October 1983 the U.S. invaded this Caribbean island & tourist destination; by December, most U.S. troops had left Grenada |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | TV TRANSPORTS $1000: "If you have a problem, if no one else can help, & if you can find them, maybe you can hire" this group & its 1983 GMC van The A-Team |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | POLICE SQUAD $400: Founded in 1983, it's a police officer-led program in the U.S. & 50+ other countries to keep kids off drugs D.A.R.E. |
| #8187, aired 2020-03-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERFORMERS $200: (Hi, I'm Kevin Hart.) My inspirations for standup comedy include Chappelle, Pryor, Rock & this mentor & friend; the "Ice Creaaaam!" bit alone in "Delirious" in 1983, legendary Eddie Murphy |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | WE CAN BE HEROES $400: In 1983 Stanislav Petrov prevented nuclear war by not trusting word of the launch of 5 of these ICBMs named for Amer. Rev. militia Minuteman |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | SPEAKING VOLUMES $400: "The Last Lion", a biography of this British PM, appeared in 3 volumes in 1983, 1988 & 2012 Churchill |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | SHORT STORY SYLLABUS $800: "Cathedral" is the title story of a 1983 collection by this American realist & onetime janitor (Raymond) Carver |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | TOY STORY $400: The Christmas fad of 1983 was this doll, featured on the cover of Newsweek in December of that year the Cabbage Patch doll |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | PLACE ON EARTH $800: You can snorkel through Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park at this island the U.S. invaded in 1983 Grenada |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS $1600: It was a busy 1983 for this late, great blues-rock god, debuting his "Texas Flood" album & playing on Bowie's "Let's Dance" Stevie Ray Vaughan |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | CHAMELEON $200: "Karma Chameleon" was a No. 1 hit in 1983 for this alliterative U.K. band fronted by Boy George Culture Club |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | MAGIC & ILLUSION $1200: In 1983 an onlooker said, "I have never seen a Statue of Liberty disappear the way this one did", courtesy of this performer Copperfield |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY $1600: Her 1983 album "She's So Unusual" was unusually good, with songs like "Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper |
| #8062, aired 2019-10-01 | WHAT'S THAT AWARD FOR? $600: Given since 1983, the Sixth Man of the Year Award NBA (basketball) |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | NATIONAL FLAGS OF THE AMERICAS $600: A nutmeg seed adorns the flag of this island nation the U.S. invaded in 1983 Grenada |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | HEY, YOU! $1000: You're awesome, Sally Ride, riding into history in 1983 onboard this shuttle as the USA's first woman in space the Challenger |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | FOLLOWING SPORTS RELIGIOUSLY $600: Rickey Henderson broke the commandment, "Thou shalt not" do this, a league-leading 108 times in 1983 steal |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | TV SERIES FINALES $400: On Feb. 28, 1983 nearly 106 million people watched a war end with the last original episode of this CBS show M*A*S*H |
| #7949, aired 2019-03-14 | WINTER FELL $800: A 1983 study of the aftereffects of war with atomic weapons gave us this environmentally devastating term nuclear winter |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | GET YOUR GAME ON $200: This other term for military exercises is also the title of a 1983 film War Games |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | STARGAZERS $2000: In 1983 this Cornell astronomer introduced the concept of nuclear winter Carl Sagan |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | MO"V"IES $1600: Like, oh my God, the Galleria would be a gnarly place to watch this 1983 movie with Nicolas Cage romancing a young So. Cal. gal Valley Girl |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | DISASTER AVERTED $800: Thanks, Soviet lt. col. Petrov, for realizing in 1983 that an alert of 5 of these incoming from the U.S. was a false alarm a missile |
| #7914, aired 2019-01-24 | TOP NON-SPORTS PROGRAMS OF ALL TIME $200: No. 1
(1983):
The last episode of this wartime sitcom M.A.S.H. |
| #7901, aired 2019-01-07 | MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS $1000: This 1983 Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers hit has topped many a list of the best country duets "Islands In The Stream" |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | SPORTY BRAND NAME MEANINGS $3,000 (Daily Double): This brand started as a catalog in 1983 & was meant to evoke preppy things like rowing--its original logo was an oarsman J. Crew |
| #7878, aired 2018-12-05 | RUDOLPH $400: She was among the first group of inductees to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983 Wilma Rudolph |
| #7871, aired 2018-11-26 | CELEBRATING 35 YEARS $400: This video game featuring 2 plumbers who were not yet "Super" was launched in 1983 the Mario Bros. |
| #7871, aired 2018-11-26 | CELEBRATING 35 YEARS $800: In 1983 this influential 13-minute Michael Jackson music video premiered "Thriller" |
| #7843, aired 2018-10-17 | STARRING WITH THE DANCES $1000: She's a welder! She's a dancer! She's drenched! The "she" is Jennifer Beals; this is the 1983 film Flashdance |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | THEIR FINAL FILM ROLE $2000: Christopher Walken's wife in 1983's "Brainstorm" Natalie Wood |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES $1000: U.S. Students at a medical school in this Caribbean nation's capital St. George's were rescued during a 1983 invasion Grenada |
| #7814, aired 2018-07-26 | TV WITH HIGH RATINGS $1600: With a 60.2 rating in 1983, the finale of this sitcom is the highest-rated TV episode of all time M*A*S*H* |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | AD COUNCIL CLASSICS $200 (Daily Double): A 1983 campaign introduced the phrase "Friends don't let friends" do this drive drunk |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | YES, PRIME MINISTER $1600: The U.S. invaded this country soon after the 1983 execution of its prime minister, Maurice Bishop Grenada |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | & THIS IS THE THANKS I GET?! $1000: A 1983 hit by Styx helped America learn this way to say thank you in Japanese domo arigato |
| #7771, aired 2018-05-28 | MOVIES BY OSCAR-WINNING SONG $1200: "(This title)... What A Feeling" (1983), written by Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara & Keith Forsey Flashdance |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $800: In 1983 Guy Bluford became the first African American to go here space |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | WE LOVE THE '80s $800: The hot toy of Christmas 1983: these dolls created by Xavier Roberts that were "adopted" Cabbage Patch Kids |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | THE FICTION SECTION $400: Children, dead animals & Native American lore; what more could you want than this 1983 Stephen King novel Pet Sematary |
| #7722, aired 2018-03-20 | HOME RUN $600: In 1983 George Brett was called out after a go-ahead HR; his bat had too much of this sticky stuff on the handle pine tar |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER $800: The Jackson 5 reunited in 1983 for this record label's 25th anniversary special Motown |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | SPORTS UPSETS $600: Hakeem Olajuwon led this school to the 1983 NCAA title game, where he & his mates fell to underdog North Carolina State the University of Houston |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | INVENTION & DISCOVERY $400: On October 13, 1983 David Meilahn & Bob Barnett made the first calls on a commercial one of these, talking to Bell's grandkid a cellular telephone |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | DOWN TO A "SCIENCE" $600: Everyone could see Thomas Dolby was poetry in motion with this 1983 Top 10 hit "She Blinded Me With Science" |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | ABBREVIATED NO. 1 TV SHOWS $200: On CBS, 1983-1984:
big "D" Dallas |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | TURN ON YOUR HEAVY METAL DEFECTOR $1200: In 1983 drummer Phil Rudd left this "high voltage" Aussie band powered by guitarist Angus Young AC/DC |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | THE PITTSBURGH ADDRESS $1,500 (Daily Double): In a 1983 Pittsburgh speech, Ronald Reagan spoke about frustrated & "permanently laid-off" workers in this industry steel |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1983, she went where no American woman had gone before Sally Ride |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | MONEY MUSIC $400: In 1983 this singer told us, "She works hard for the money, so hard for it, honey" Donna Summer |
| #7479, aired 2017-03-02 | 5-LETTER FILM SYNOPSES $1600: 1983:
Babs becomes boy, belts ballads Yentl |
| #7470, aired 2017-02-17 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: Alice Walker won the 1983 Pulitzer for Fiction for this novel The Color Purple |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | A MOVIE TO DIE FOR $200: With the help of a shotgun blast, Tony Montana takes a dive in this 1983 film Scarface |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | 4 YOUR CONSIDERATION $600: For Christmas cards & bills alike, these got their new +4 format in 1983 ZIP codes |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | TIME: THE 1980s $2000: The March 21, 1983 cover showed "Detroit's Comeback Kid", Lee Iacocca of this company Chrysler |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | BUSINESS $1000: This casual clothing company debuted its "initial" catalog in 1983 J.Crew |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | WE LOVE '80s MUSIC $600: In 1983 she had the aptly titled album "She's So Unusual" Cyndi Lauper |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES $400: One of Al Pacino's lines from this 1983 film that's safe for us to quote is "Say hello to my little friend" Scarface |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG $2000: Fats Domino
(1957) &
New Order
(1983) "Blue Monday" |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | 125 YEARS OF CARNEGIE HALL $1200: His 1983 special at Carnegie Hall included his last recorded version of one of his most famous bits
"After a while, I realized that I was needlessly restricting myself to seven words and only to the ones that weren't allowed on TV" George Carlin |
| #7343, aired 2016-07-13 | BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES $200: In 1983 she was Arkansas' Woman of the Year Hillary Clinton |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | PRODUCE THE CELEBRITY NAME $800: This New York Mets outfielder was Rookie of the Year in 1983 & led the league in home runs 5 years later (Darryl) Strawberry |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | YOU USED TO BE "BIG" $800: In this 1983 film Kevin Kline & his pals from the University of Michigan go Blue as they gather for a funeral The Big Chill |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $2000: What a feeling! This disco & electronic dance music pioneer won for "Flashdance" in 1983 Giorgio Moroder |
| #7313, aired 2016-06-01 | THE MOVIE ACTOR'S ROLE $1000: "Looking good, Billy Ray!" says Dan Aykroyd in this 1983 film; "Feeling good, Louis!" replies Eddie Murphy Trading Places |
| #7310, aired 2016-05-27 | I'M SO JELLY $800: Plastic ones called jellies were a 1983 fad with later versions by Thierry Mugler & Jean Paul Gaultier shoes |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | THE AL FRANKEN DECADE $800: A commander of Panama's National Guard, he promoted himself to general in 1983 & life was good for him... for a while Noriega |
| #7302, aired 2016-05-17 | THE REAGAN WHITE HOUSE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1983 this wife of a U.S. senator became the first female head of the Department of Transportation Elizabeth Dole |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | STUDY HALL $800: Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone helped to establish this in Cleveland in 1983 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1600: David Bowie,
1983:
"____ Girl" China |
| #7290, aired 2016-04-29 | BUT LET'S FACE IT $1000: He was a world leader from 1983 to 1989; then he began to be led around (Manuel) Noriega |
| #7267, aired 2016-03-29 | INVERTEBRATES $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1983 Louisiana made this lobster relative its state crustacean the crawfish (or crayfish) |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | FELINE LIBRARY $1600: Winston Churchill is an unfortunate cat run over & buried in an ancient burial ground in this 1983 horror novel Pet Sematary |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES $400: Finally in 1983, after 132 years, Australia II became the first foreign yacht to win this prize the America's Cup |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | THE IMAGE AWARDS $1000: This singer was such a "genius", he won the Hall of Fame Award twice, in 1983 & 2004 Ray Charles |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | I AM THE CAPTAIN NOW $1600: The U.S. Ryder Cup team,
1983 & '87 Jack Nicklaus |
| #7177, aired 2015-11-24 | THE AUSSIE INVASION $800: This band topped the charts for 4 weeks in 1983 with the perfect-for-the-category song "Down Under" Men at Work |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | SODA POP QUIZ $1000: In 1983 it added Ruby Red to its line of sodas Squirt |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | QEII IS THEIR QUEEN TOO $800: A Crown colony in 1877, it became independent in 1974 & was invaded by the U.S. in 1983 Grenada |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | FRENCH FILM REMAKES $1600: It's the English title of the 1983 English-language remake of Jean-Luc Godard's classic "A bout de souffle" Breathless |
| #7117, aired 2015-07-21 | FILMS INSPIRED BY MAGAZINE ARTICLES $400: A 1983 article about a naval flight school was the genesis of this Tom Cruise hit Top Gun |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $400: In 1983 & again in 1999, Prince had a Top 40 hit with this song "1999" |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $800: These items that caused a 1983 holiday season frenzy were later immortalized on a stamp Cabbage Patch Kids |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | TEAM AKAs $800: In 1950 this youthful MLB team was "The Whiz Kids"; in 1983, the not-so-youthful "Wheeze Kids" the Philadelphia Phillies |
| #7036, aired 2015-03-30 | PRISON ESCAPES $200: In classic movie fashion, Jeffrey McCoy escaped a Manhattan jail in 1983 climbing down 9 stories on a rope made of these bedsheets |
| #7036, aired 2015-03-30 | PRISON ESCAPES $800: In 1983 38 members of this "Army" broke out of Maze Prison, considered one of the most escape-proof in Europe the IRA (the Irish Republican Army) |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | IRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN $400: Civil unrest accompanied the 1974 independence of this country, later invaded to put down a 1983 coup Grenada |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | 1980s CINEMA $800: To prepare for his role as an astronaut in this 1983 film, Jack Nicholson met with real astronauts in Houston Terms of Endearment |
| #6985, aired 2015-01-16 | ACTORS & THEIR OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $1000: 1983:
This actor as a country singer in "Tender Mercies" Robert Duvall |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $800: This "Father of the Classical Guitar" kept giving concerts past his 90th birthday in 1983 Andrés Segovia |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | I'M "N"TITLED! $2000: Title of Marsha Norman's 1983 prize-winning play, or something you might say before heading off to bed 'night, Mother |
| #6973, aired 2014-12-31 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $600: (I'm Dr. Jane Goodall.) When I really want to laugh, I watch this 1983 film with Dan Aykroyd & Eddie Murphy whose plot has a lot in common with "The Prince and the Pauper" Trading Places |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | THERE'S A "WAY" $1200: This 2-word term for a high-speed computing network zoomed into print in Newsweek in 1983 information superhighway |
| #6927, aired 2014-10-28 | MALL SHOPS $200: Since 1983 it has been offering custom eyeglasses ready "in an hour" LensCrafters |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | THE TEAM, THE TEAM, THE TEAM $800: From 1980 to 1983 the N.Y. Islanders won 4 straight Stanley Cups, after this team up north had won the previous 4 the Montreal Canadiens |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | JEFF $1000: From 1983 to 2013 Jeff Bingaman served as a U.S. senator from this western state New Mexico |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | WEARING LEATHER $1600: He must have been delirious: he wore red leather for his 1983 comedy special "Delirious" Eddie Murphy |
| #6910, aired 2014-10-03 | YOU SHOULD BE DANCING $400: In 1983 Michael Jackson danced backwards into history using this signature move on Motown's 25th Anniv. special the Moonwalk |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | DOUBLE TALK $400: In 1983 there was no harmony at this New York prison when inmates rioted over poor conditions Sing Sing |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | BESTSELLING AUTHORS BY PARTIAL TITLE $400: "Sematary"
(1983) Stephen King |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | ONE-HIT WONDERS $400: In 1983 Jump 'N the Saddle released its only hit record, "The Curly Shuffle", a tribute to this comedy team The Three Stooges |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | ONE-HIT WONDERS $2000: 1983's "Too Shy" was the peak for this group with baby talk in its name Kajagoogoo |
| #6845, aired 2014-05-23 | PAUL McCARTNEY $400: This superstar was Paul's duet partner for 1983's "Say Say Say" Michael Jackson |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | OLYMPIC ATHLETES BEYOND THE GAMES $1000: In 6 straight world track & field championships 1983 to 1997, this Ukrainian was your winner in the pole vault (Sergey) Bubka |
| #6825, aired 2014-04-25 | PRODUCT DESIGN $200: These McDonald's staples introduced in 1983 come in bell, bone, ball & boot shapes Chicken McNuggets |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | NBA FINALS MVPs $200: 1983:
This big man lived up to his name & led the Sixers to the promised land Moses Malone |
| #6790, aired 2014-03-07 | TELL US WHAT HE'S WON! $2000: 1983:
I.M. Pei wins "the Nobel Prize of Architecture" the Pritzker |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | THE DIRECTOR'S FIRST FEATURE FILM $800: "Terms of Endearment"
(1983) James Brooks |
| #6752, aired 2014-01-14 | EMMY-WINNING DRAMATIC ACTORS $800: 1983, 1984 & 1985:
As Lacey, not Cagney Tyne Daly |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | SONGS FOR NEW YEAR'S $400: This Irish group's 1983 song "New Year's Day" was inspired by the Polish Solidarity movement U2 |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | VOLCANOES $1200: This volcano on Hawaii's Big Island means "spewing" in the local language & it's been spewing continuously since 1983 Kilauea |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | ARKANSAS $400: In 1983 she was Arkansas woman of the year; in 1989 she was listed among the state's best business litigation lawyers Hillary Clinton |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | OSCAR-WINNING SCREENPLAYS $2000: 1983:
James L. Brooks, from the novel by Larry McMurtry Terms of Endearment |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 1983--30 YEARS AGO $200: Sally Ride rode into history aboard this as the first American woman in space the Challenger |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 1983--30 YEARS AGO $400: This Polish electrician won the Nobel Peace Prize Lech Walesa |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 1983--30 YEARS AGO $600: Jennifer Beals was a "maniac" in this movie; she also sparked a trend for wearing torn sweatshirts Flashdance |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 1983--30 YEARS AGO $1,000 (Daily Double): German con artist Konrad Kujau faked these to fool the world (for a while in the spring of '83) the Hitler Diaries |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 1983--30 YEARS AGO $1000: Chicago elected this man its first African-American mayor Harold Washington |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | ON POSTAGE STAMPS $1600: This Swedish diplomat who helped save tens of thousands of Jews during WWII was featured on a 1983 Israeli stamp (Raoul) Wallenberg |
| #6591, aired 2013-04-22 | QUOTH THE POLITICIAN $800: In 1983 Labour politician Neil kinnock said, if this woman wins, "I warn you not to fall ill ...not to grow old" Margaret Thatcher |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | FAMOUS NAMES $2000: This crime syndicate leader outlived his pal Bugsy Siegel by 36 years, dying Jan. 15, 1983 in Miami Beach Meyer Lansky |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | AUTHORESS! AUTHORESS! $1200: In 1983 those awaiting her 2nd novel made do with "Romance And High Adventure", an essay about Alabama history Harper Lee |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | AUTHORESS! AUTHORESS! $1600: I'll say this young adult novelist went for the older crowd with 1983's "Smart Women"; then again, maybe I won't Judy Blume |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | MOVIE GUNS $800: When this character says, "say hello to my little friend" in a 1983 film, he means his M16 with M203 grenade launcher (Tony) Montana |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | CARIBBEAN CAPITALS $400: Spice baskets are popular gift items you can purchase in St. George's, capital of this island invaded by the U.S. in 1983 Grenada |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | WHO'S ON FIRST? $1000: Mets,
1983-1989;
"Seinfeld",
beginning in 1992 (Keith) Hernandez |
| #6545, aired 2013-02-15 | TONY-WINNING MUSICALS IN OTHER WORDS $200: 1983:
"Felines" Cats |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $800: The submarine USS Portsmouth was commissioned there in 1983 New Hampshire |
| #6514, aired 2013-01-03 | '80s NO. 1 HITMAKERS $200: 1983:
"Beat It" Michael Jackson |
| #6509, aired 2012-12-27 | SPEED WRITING $400: Called the "queen of" these novels, Barbara Cartland wrote 26 of them in 1983 alone romance |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | F.H. $800: Linda Hunt won an Oscar for playing a man in 1983 & this actress was nominated for playing a man in 2005 Felicity Huffman |
| #6473, aired 2012-11-07 | THE 1980s, QUICK! $2,200 (Daily Double): With U.S. help in 1983, Sir Paul Scoon returned to power in this island nation Grenada |
| #6469, aired 2012-11-01 | LADY CEREBELLUM $2000: Barbara McClintock's discovery of "jumping" these won her a 1983 Nobel Prize for Medicine genes |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | THE EDICT OF NANCY $400: She was the chair of the California Democratic Party, 1981-1983 Nancy Pelosi |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE $600: Those newly in love often use these words, also the title of a 1983 tearjerking film terms of endearment |
| #6441, aired 2012-09-24 | COUNTRIES OF THE CARIBBEAN $200: Site of a 1983 U.S. invasion, it's also known as the Isle of Spice Grenada |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $2000: (Hi, I'm Pat Sajak.) My favorite movie is this perfect little 1983 film about what happens when an oil company encounters the people of a Scottish town Local Hero |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | COMPACT DISKS $800: "Diamond Dogs" (1974) &
"Let's Dance" (1983) David Bowie |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | LYRICS OF THE TOP 40 SONG $800: 1983: "In touch with the ground, I'm on the hunt, I'm after you, smell like I sound, I'm lost in a crowd, and I'm..." "Hungry Like The Wolf" |
| #6381, aired 2012-05-21 | "BIG" MOVIE QUOTES $1200: 1983: "I feel terrible, the last time I spoke with Alex, we had a fight..." "That's probably why he killed himself" The Big Chill |
| #6377, aired 2012-05-15 | GREAT AMERICAN WOMEN $800: In 1983 she made history as the first American woman in space Sally Ride |
| #6372, aired 2012-05-08 | WASHINGTON YESTERDAY $2000: In 1983 Harold Washington became the first African-American mayor of this midwestern city Chicago |
| #6356, aired 2012-04-16 | NAACP SPINGARN MEDAL WINNERS $1600: 1983:
This brassy singer & activist who died in 2010 Lena Horne |
| #6343, aired 2012-03-28 | TV MEDICAL DRAMAS $800: Thomas Noguchi, "coroner to the stars", was said to be the inspiration for this 1976-1983 series Quincy |
| #6317, aired 2012-02-21 | THE ALL-STAR GAME MVP $800: He was the NHL All-Star MVP in 1983, '89 & '99, representing 3 different teams (Wayne) Gretzky |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | THEATER $800: In 1983 New York's Alvin Theatre was renamed for this playwright whose "Brighton Beach Memoirs" was playing there Neil Simon |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | IT'S THE LAW! $1000: It could cost you to stroll around in a bathing suit in this island nation, site of a 1983 U.S. invasion Grenada |
| #6295, aired 2012-01-20 | CHICKEN SOUP $200: This McPoultry product from McDonald's went on sale nationwide in 1983 McNuggets |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | NORMAN INVASION $600: He commanded the ground forces in the 1983 invasion of Grenada, and later commanded respect as a Jeopardy! champ (Norman) Schwarzkopf |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | UNCOMMON BONDS $400: Later jailed for fraud, Australian Alan Bond became a national hero for financing the 1983 capture of this sailing trophy America's Cup |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | THE HOST WITH THE MOST $2000: Ed McMahon,
1983-1995 Star Search |
| #6270, aired 2011-12-16 | CANADA ROCKS $600: We can ask about Montreal's Men Without Hats if we want to (if we don't, nobody will); in 1983 they hit No. 3 with this "The Safety Dance" |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | POLITICAL LEADERS $200: In 1983 Bettino Craxi became this country's first Socialist prime minister Italy |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | SONGS ABOUT GIRLS $1600: In 1983 Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney duetted, "Don't waste your time, because the doggone" this "because the doggone girl is mine" |
| #6215, aired 2011-09-30 | "G" WHAT A COUNTRY $1600: The West Indies nation we invaded in 1983 Grenada |
| #6200, aired 2011-07-22 | AUTO TUNES $800: Back in 1983 Prince drove this song to No. 6 "Little Red Corvette" |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS $600: The CBC led the push for the establishment of this federal holiday, signed into law by President Reagan in 1983 Martin Luther King Day |
| #6182, aired 2011-06-28 | ON MY DOG'S iPOD $600: For inspiration, my dog listens to "Bark At The Moon", the title track of a 1983 album by this metal man Ozzy Osbourne |
| #6182, aired 2011-06-28 | INCLUDES A PAPAL NAME $800: "Oh Yes I Am" this, just like in the title of a 1983 Billy Joel album & song an innocent man |
| #6163, aired 2011-06-01 | POP CULTURE $1600: This "Dynasty" star was 50 when she posed for what became Playboy's bestselling issue of 1983 Joan Collins |
| #6162, aired 2011-05-31 | YES, WE HAVE NO ARMY $400: Southernmost of the Lesser Antilles, it hasn't had an army since a 1983 U.S. invasion Grenada |
| #6158, aired 2011-05-25 | SAY THAT 3 TIMES FAST! $800: In 1983 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson spent 6 weeks at No. 1 with this hit "Say Say Say" |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | COLORFUL TV SHOWS $1000: (1983-84)
"The _____ Rose" Yellow |
| #6153, aired 2011-05-18 | ALBUM OF THE YEAR GRAMMYS $200: 1983: This singer's "Thriller" Michael Jackson |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | REALLY BIG SHOW $200: War alternated between hell & hijinks on this show whose 1983 finale got a 60.2 rating M*A*S*H |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | THAT'S "EASY" $1600: Rodney Dangerfield has to quit smoking & drinking to inherit a $10 million fortune in this 1983 comedy Easy Money |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | THE BROWNS $1600: Before his time at No. 10 Downing Street, he won election in 1983 as the MP for Dunfermline East Gordon Brown |
| #6115, aired 2011-03-25 | JACK NICHOLSON'S OSCAR-NOMINATED ROLES $800: Astronaut Garrett Breedlove
(1983) Terms of Endearment |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | KISS $800: In 1980 "Kiss Unmasked" was released, but it wasn't until 1983 that the band appeared this way on an album cover without their makeup |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | CLUBS $400: Wal-Mart opened the first one in 1983; today there are 47 million U.S. members Sam's Club |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | CLUBS $800: This band was ready to "Tumble 4 Ya" in a hit song from 1983 Culture Club |
| #6074, aired 2011-01-27 | KID IN PLAY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1983 Roshi Handwerger was 10-year-old Patrick Dennis & Angela Lansbury, this title woman (Auntie) Mame |
| #6072, aired 2011-01-25 | BIOPIC-NIC $400: 1983:
Meryl Streep as this nuclear power technician Silkwood |
| #6066, aired 2011-01-17 | A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE HOUSE $400: In 1983 Barbara Boxer punched in as a congresswoman from this state California |
| #6055, aired 2010-12-31 | WATCH "ING" THE MOVIES $400: In this 1983 film Eddie Murphy & Dan Aykroyd switch lives Trading Places |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | LIQUIDS $600: Naked, founded in 1983, is a brand of this juice |
| #6040, aired 2010-12-10 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $1000: (Mike and Mike in the ESPN studio deliver the clue.)
"One of the greatest last-second stunners in college sports was Doug Flutie's Hail Mary pass to beat Miami"
"Stunning, yes, but not nearly as stunning for me as when coach Jim Valvano & this college basketball team defeated Houston at the buzzer in 1983" North Carolina State |
| #6039, aired 2010-12-09 | THE GOLDEN BOOT AWARDS $400: In 1983 this singing cowboy & sports owner got one of the first Golden Boots, given for work in Westerns Gene Autry |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | CAR & DRIVER $200: In this 1983 film Tom Cruise's dad's Porsche ends up in Lake Michigan Risky Business |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | NFL CAREER PASSING LEADERS BY TEAM $200: Broncos:
51,475 yards
(1983-1998) (John) Elway |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | NFL CAREER PASSING LEADERS BY TEAM $600: Dolphins:
34.86 miles
(1983-1999) (Dan) Marino |
| #6003, aired 2010-10-20 | LAST MOVIES $1600: "Brainstorm"
(1983) Natalie Wood |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | AFRO-DITTY $800: Yes, Dorothy, this band had a No. 1 hit in 1983 singing "I bless the rains down in Africa" Toto |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | PRINCE SONGS A LA TREBEK $400: In this 1983 hit, "I was dreamin' when I wrote this, so sue me if I go too fast": did I say 1983? "1999" |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | YANKEE MAGAZINE $400: A 1983 article on this yankee-style soup says long ago it was made with salt pork, not clams chowder |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | JOAN $1200: She was Grammy-nominated for her 1983 comedy album "What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most?" Joan Rivers |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | THE WEST INDIES $2000: In 1983 a coup against Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of this "Nutmeg Isle", led to Bishop's death Grenada |
| #5955, aired 2010-07-02 | NAME-RO UNO $800: In 1983 this Bulgarian-born artist surrounded 11 islands in Biscayne Bay with floating pink fabric Christo |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | FILL IN THE TONY-WINNING PLAY TITLE $200: 1983:
"____ Song Trilogy" Torch |
| #5929, aired 2010-05-27 | STATES' FORMER GOVERNORS $400: Michael Dukakis,
1983-1991 Massachusetts |
| #5926, aired 2010-05-24 | FILM"Z" $1600: 1983:
Woody Allen plays a human chameleon Zelig |
| #5900, aired 2010-04-16 | GRAMMY SONG OF THE YEAR $1200: 1983:
Him for "Every Breath You Take" Sting |
| #5898, aired 2010-04-14 | HUBBLE, HUBBLE, TOIL & TROUBLE $400: Approved in 1977 & projected for launch in 1983, the HST didn't get airborne until this year in which Iraq invaded Kuwait 1990 |
| #5892, aired 2010-04-06 | FUN AT THE BALLPARK $1000: In a 1983 game the presence of this substance on George Brett's bat caused controversy at Yankee Stadium pine tar |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | A TOMB WITH A VIEW $400: UNESCO calls this, a world heritage site since 1983, "The jewel of Muslim art in India" the Taj Mahal |
| #5847, aired 2010-02-02 | NON-EDIBLE FRUIT TERMS $400: In 1983 this company introduced the Lisa, the first commercial computer to feature a mouse Apple |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | SHAME ON YOU $600: In 1983 he wrote "Shame"; 5 years later "The Satanic Verses" would make a bigger splash Salman Rushdie |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | MICHIGAN MUSICIAN MISHMASH $1600: Anthony Kiedis was born in Grand Rapids, but got a Flea infestation in L.A. in 1983 & formed this band The Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | HULL OF FAME $1200: In 1983 the ship called the Rainbow this tried to get evidence of the Soviets making illegal use of whale meat Warrior |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | COVER ME! $400: A No. 1 hit for The Eurythmics in 1983, "Sweet Dreams" was covered in '95 by this goth rocker, the former Brian Warner Marilyn Manson |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM $1200: "Fanny and Alexander"
(1983) Sweden |
| #5759, aired 2009-10-01 | COLIN POWELL $1600: In 1983 Colin was an assistant to Secy. of Defense Caspar Weinberger when the U.S. invaded this island nation Grenada |
| #5742, aired 2009-07-21 | SHAM, WOW! $800: In 1983 2 Germans sold 62 bogus volumes of his "Diaries" to Stern magazine; okay, that's just wrong on so many levels Hitler |
| #5718, aired 2009-06-17 | MOVIES BY SONGS $1000: 1983:
"Maniac" Flashdance |
| #5715, aired 2009-06-12 | WIMBLEDON SINGLES CHAMPS $400: This mouthy New Yorker:
1981, 1983, 1984 John McEnroe |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | 2 FIRST NAMES? $800: She opened her own weight loss center in 1983 after the company she was working for was sold to Nutrisystem Jenny Craig |
| #5698, aired 2009-05-20 | 20th CENTURY NEWS $1,400 (Daily Double): On Nov. 2, 1983 the U.S. declared that hostilities on this invaded island had ended Grenada |
| #5683, aired 2009-04-29 | TV OPENING WORDS $1200: 1983: "...if you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire..." The A-Team |
| #5658, aired 2009-03-25 | BEFORE AN "AFTER" $2000: More than 100 million viewed this 1983 TV movie set in Lawrence, Kansas about a nuclear strike on the U.S. The Day After |
| #5647, aired 2009-03-10 | OTHER FAMOUS TYLERS $400: In 1983 Bonnie Tyler hit No. 1 singing, "Nothing I can do, a total eclipse of" this body part the heart |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Bonnie Tyler's 1983 No. 1 hit song about Marlow's search for Mr. Kurtz in the Belgian Congo "Total Eclipse of the Heart of Darkness" |
| #5629, aired 2009-02-12 | THEY GOT IT ON eBAY! $1000: An offer to impart this drew only 8 bids & $3.26; heck, the DVD of the 1983 Monty Python flick goes for more than that the meaning of life |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | WHO'S ON FIRST? $800: I pity the fool who doesn't know that this show led into "Remington Steele" on NBC's 1983-84 schedule The A-Team |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | THAT'S ENTERTRAINMENT $1200: Rebecca De Mornay teaches Tom Cruise a few tricks aboard Chicago's El in this 1983 coming-of-age film Risky Business |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS (SORT OF) $1200: Oscar's Best Picture of 1983:
"Sweetie Pie, Honey Lamb, Angel Feet, Snookie Muffin" Terms of Endearment |
| #5583, aired 2008-12-10 | MOVIE ADJECTIVES $600: 1983:
"Something ____ This Way Comes" Wicked |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | WOMEN "R" US $200: In 1983 this California girl became the first American woman in space Sally Ride |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | 1983: THE YEAR IN ENTERTAINMENT $200: This Michael Jackson album spent 37 weeks at No. 1 Thriller |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | 1983: THE YEAR IN ENTERTAINMENT $400: First Lady Nancy Reagan took her "Just say no" campaign to this Gary Coleman sitcom Diff'rent Strokes |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | 1983: THE YEAR IN ENTERTAINMENT $600: Its ensemble cast included Kevin Kline, Glenn Close & William Hurt The Big Chill |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | 1983: THE YEAR IN ENTERTAINMENT $800: Noel Coward's "Private Lives" was revived on Broadway with this divorced couple playing a divorced couple Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | 1983: THE YEAR IN ENTERTAINMENT $1000: Barbara Stanwyck won an Emmy for playing Meggie's manipulative & wealthy aunt in this TV miniseries The Thorn Birds |
| #5569, aired 2008-11-20 | ANTARCTICA $400: Of -29, -129, or -229 F., the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth, at Vostok, Antarctica in 1983 -129 |
| #5556, aired 2008-11-03 | FACTS & FIGURES $600: In 2007, 12.1% of U.S. wage & salary workers were members of these, down from 20% in 1983 unions |
| #5556, aired 2008-11-03 | DANCE TO THE MUSIC $1000: "We can dance if we want to"--it's the 1983 hit by Men Without Hats (& don't jump in too fast with "Pop Goes The World") "The Safety Dance" |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | 1980s TV $200: In a variation of a theme, the 1983-84 season of this series ended with J.R.'s brother Bobby getting shot Dallas |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | 1980s TV $800: Jonathan Winters showed up in the cornfield as a regular on the 1983-84 season of this countrified laugh-fest Hee Haw |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | 1980s TV $1000: He was actually 12 when he began playing the 7-year-old "Webster" in 1983 Emmanuel Lewis |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | THEY MADE THE TOP 40 $2000: 1983:
"Pass The Dutchie" Musical Youth |
| #5503, aired 2008-07-09 | INFECTIOUS DISEASES $200: Isolated in 1983, the virus that causes AIDS is known today by this acronym HIV |
| #5492, aired 2008-06-24 | LAST $400: Aired in 1983, the last episode of this sitcom garnered an astounding Nielsen rating of 60.2 M*A*S*H |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1200: Since becoming a federal holiday in 1983, the holiday honoring him has occurred on his birthday, Jan. 15, only 4 times Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | 1980s MUSIC $800: This 1983 Police album gave the world "Every Breath You Take" & "Wrapped Around Your Finger" Synchronicity |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $600: The Nobel committee felt solidarity in awarding the 1983 Peace Prize to this union leader Lech Walesa |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | ON THE BIG SCREEN $1600: Kevin Costner's funeral kicks off this "big" 1983 film but sadly, Kevin couldn't make it; he got cut from the film in editing The Big Chill |
| #5418, aired 2008-03-12 | WE'RE NO. 1! $800: In 1983 we chowed down on a Vegemite sandwich with this "Down Under" group Men at Work |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | SONG TITLES -- NOW IN GERMAN $800: 1983:
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson,
"Sagen, Sagen, Sagen" "Say, Say, Say" |
| #5362, aired 2007-12-25 | THEIR FIRST NO. 1 POP HIT $200: "Every Breath You Take"
(1983) The Police |
| #5362, aired 2007-12-25 | KEVIN-SENT $400: As Harold, he caught "The Big Chill" in 1983 Kevin Kline |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | GIRLY MOVIES $2,000 (Daily Double): A tagline for this 1983 horror film is "She'll possess you. Then destroy you. She's death on wheels. She's..." Christine |
| #5352, aired 2007-12-11 | SPIELBERG MOVIES $400: Spielberg directed segment 2 of this 1983 movie based on a creepy anthology series Twilight Zone |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | KENNY $2,000 (Daily Double): At 3'8" tall, Kenny Baker was memorable as this alphanumeric character in 1977, 1980, 1983, 1999, 2002 & 2005 films R2-D2 |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | OSCAR-NOMINATED SONGS $1600: "Papa, Can You Hear Me?"
(1983) Yentl |
| #5336, aired 2007-11-19 | "MARI" ME $400: He was the QB for the Miami Dolphins from 1983 all the way to 1999 Dan Marino |
| #5281, aired 2007-07-23 | ADVENTURES IN THE AIR $800: August 1983 saw the first night launch of this reusable U.S. orbital vehicle the space shuttle |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | BUSINESS $400: In 1983 this elevator company moved its operations out of Yonkers after 130 years there Otis |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | SCULPTURE $800: In 1983 this Bulgarian-born American encircled 11 Florida islands with bright pink polypropylene fabric Christo |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | FAMOUS FLOPS $1000: This company's 1983 Lisa died because it was slow & pricey, but the graphical user interface lived on in other products Apple |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | WORDS INTRODUCED IN THE 20th CENTURY $800: c. 1983: A youthful metropolitan white-collar worker a yuppie |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | '80s MOVIE MEMORIES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from NORAD.) The experiments of a teenage computer whiz led him to NORAD's Nuclear War Operations Centre in this 1983 film WarGames |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | HAIFA LOAF $1200: Oddly, in 1983 a skeleton of this Pleistocene hominid named for a German valley was found near Haifa Neanderthal |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | WHAT A WAY TO GO $1000: This playwright choked to death in 1983 at NYC's hotel Elysee; a character of his exits a streetcar at "Elysian Fields" Tennessee Williams |
| #5225, aired 2007-05-04 | LET YOUR GEEK FLAG FLY $600: You may wonder if Yoda disappeared after dying, why didn't Vader after dying in this 1983 film (Star Wars Episode VI:) Return of the Jedi |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | NOT QUITE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Israeli prime minister (1977-1983) who's a Cole Porter song that "brings back a memory ever green" Menachim Begin the Beguine |
| #5205, aired 2007-04-06 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $800: Fritz Hollings, 1983:
If the Marines are "there to fight, then there are far too few. If... there to be killed, there are far too many" Lebanon |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | FACT OR FICTION? $600: Der Stern called its $3.8 million purchase of these "diaries" in 1983 "the biggest flop of German press history" the Hitler Diaries |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | MORE SONGS $200: In 1983 David Byrne & the Talking Heads were "fighting fire with fire" with this Top 10 song "Burning Down the House" |
| #5151, aired 2007-01-22 | MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS $200: In March 1983 this "Magnum P.I." star became the first male centerfold in McCall's history; he kept his clothes on Tom Selleck |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | THE FALL $600: In October 1983 the U.S. invaded this Caribbean country, officially to protect American medical students there Grenada |
| #5139, aired 2007-01-04 | IN OTHER WORDS... $800: A Fiction Pulitzer Prize winner for 1983:
"A Lavender Pigment" The Color Purple |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | NUMERAL-OLOGY $200: In order to deliver mail more efficiently, the USPS added this many new digits to existing ZIP codes in 1983 four |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | BIG BUSINESS $1200: In 1983 this company introduced its 1-2-3 program for managing business spreadsheets Lotus |
| #5121, aired 2006-12-11 | SALUTE TO THE NBA $1600: In 1974 & 1976 this forward led the Nets to the ABA Championship, & in 1983 he led the 76ers to the NBA Championship Julius Erving ("Dr. J") |
| #5114, aired 2006-11-30 | DISCOVERY $800: From 1979 to 1983 the assembly of the shuttle Discovery took place at this Palmdale, Calif. military facility Edwards Air Force Base |
| #5112, aired 2006-11-28 | WORLD HERSTORY $1200: In 1983 she returned to Manila to arrange her husband's funeral; 3 years later, she was president (Corazon) Aquino |
| #5108, aired 2006-11-22 | WEATHER $400: In 1983 Vostok Station on this continent had the lowest temp. ever recorded on Earth, -128.6 degrees F. Antarctica |
| #5106, aired 2006-11-20 | MUSIC $1600: In 1983 this singer hit No. 12 with the song "1999" Prince |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS $200: 1983:
"Still the Beaver" Leave it to Beaver |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | MOVIE QUOTES $1600: 1983:
"You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend" Scarface |
| #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 |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | STATE INSECTS $600: It wasn't until 1983 that Utah finally made this its state insect the honeybee |
| #5033, aired 2006-06-28 | MOVIE CRITTERS $1200: 1983:
"Phar Lap" a horse |
| #5028, aired 2006-06-21 | PAINTERS $2000: A surrealist like Dali, this artist who died in 1983 has a foundation in Barcelona named for him Joan Miró |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | COLORFUL ROCK $400: In 1983 Ian Gillan became the new lead vocalist of this group; Ozzy Osbourne had left 4 years earlier Black Sabbath |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | POLITICIANS $400: In 1983 Harold Washington was elected the first black mayor of this Midwest city Chicago |
| #4986, aired 2006-04-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): This 1983 Pulitzer Prize winner is written in the form of letters, mostly from Celie to her sister & to God The Color Purple |
| #4959, aired 2006-03-16 | TWELFTH NIGHT $600: Seen here, she represented New York's 12th District in the House of Representatives from 1969-1983 Shirley Chisholm |
| #4956, aired 2006-03-13 | EVERY TIM, DIRK OR GARY $600: In 1983 this "Psychedelic Evangelist" wrote his autobiographical "Flashbacks" Timothy Leary |
| #4955, aired 2006-03-10 | SUPER COOL $1000: Sales of Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses soared after Tom Cruise donned a pair in this 1983 film Risky Business |
| #4930, aired 2006-02-03 | EYES ON THE PRIZE $400: (Lech Walesa delivers the clue, speaking in Polish: I'm Lech Walesa,) In 1983 I was picking mushrooms near Gdansk when it was announced I had won this prize the Nobel Peace Prize |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | WRITING A WRONG $2000: In 1983 this German news magazine published forged diaries supposedly written by Adolf Hitler (Der) Stern |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $400: 1983:
This festival commemorating the rescue of Persia's Jews P-U-R-I-M |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES! $1200: A 1983 weeper & Oscar fave:
James L. Brooks,
Michael Gore Terms of Endearment |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | THE ONLY $600: "The Lady In My Life" & "Baby Be Mine" were the only 2 songs on this 1983 album not to be Top 10 hits Thriller |
| #4841, aired 2005-10-03 | THE LAND DOWN UNDER $800: In 1983 the Yacht Club of Perth became the first outside the U.S. to house this trophy the America’s Cup |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | MILLION DOLLAR BABY $400: Born Oct. 5, 1983, she was named for her great-uncle, once married to Elizabeth Taylor Nicky Hilton |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | WHO THE "H" ARE YOU? $2000: This Japanese-American professor of linguistics was a California senator from 1977 to 1983 S.I. Hayakawa |
| #4803, aired 2005-06-22 | EMMY-WINNING ROLES $800: For 1983-84:
John Ritter Jack Tripper |
| #4790, aired 2005-06-03 | ACTORS PLAYING ACTORS $800: In a 1983 TV movie, Cheryl Ladd played this regal beauty who knew her way around "High Society" Grace Kelly |
| #4779, aired 2005-05-19 | CREATURE FEATURE $800: 1983:
"Rumble ____" Fish |
| #4778, aired 2005-05-18 | IT'S A TOUGH WORLD $600: Between 1961 & 1983, this nation sent numerous Venera probes to Venus to study its atmosphere & chemical makeup the Soviet Union |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | BARBRA STREISAND MOVIES $600: 1983:
Barbra disguises herself as a boy to get an education Yentl |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | SIDESHOW CINEMA $1200: This 1983 Ray Bradbury film gets its title from the line in "Macbeth" that follows, "By the pricking of my thumbs..." Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | PLAYING THE PERCENTAGES $400: In February 1983 this TV show about the 4077th got a 77% rating M*A*S*H |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | THIRD WORLD $200: In 1983 Ronald Reagan signed the law making the third Monday of January this man's "day" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | THE VIOLENCE $1600: In WWII he headed the Gestapo in Lyons, France; in January 1983 he was arrested in South America Klaus Barbie |
| #4727, aired 2005-03-08 | THE CHANEL CHANNEL $1,000 (Daily Double): He moved from Germany to Paris at age 14 & entered the House of Chanel as artistic director in 1983 Karl Lagerfeld |
| #4715, aired 2005-02-18 | MAC $4,200 (Daily Double): Former British diplomat Donald MacLean died in this world capital in 1983 Moscow |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | POLITICAL CARICATURES $800: He was a U.S. Attorney for Manhattan from 1983-1989 Rudy Giuliani |
| #4698, aired 2005-01-26 | YOU'VE GOT COMPANY $1600: This Donkey Kong company introduced its home video game console in Japan in 1983 Nintendo |
| #4672, aired 2004-12-21 | TV SERIES FINALES $1000: In 1983 viewers said "goodbye, farewell and amen" to this series; the war was over M*A*S*H |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | I PREDICT "SNOW" $400: In 1983 her ride at Disneyland got the word "Scary" added to its name Snow White |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | A "THORN"-Y CATEGORY $800: Barbara Stanwyck won an Emmy for her work on this 1983 TV miniseries The Thorn Birds |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | RESUMÉS OF WORLD LEADERS $400: Law school grad; Parliament, 1983; youngest Prime Minister in almost 200 years, 1997 Tony Blair |
| #4631, aired 2004-10-25 | HOPE YOU'RE WELL READ... $1200: Gloria Naylor took home a 1983 National Book Award for "The Women of" this "Place" Brewster Place |
| #4624, aired 2004-10-14 | HOCKEY $800: Bryan Trottier sparked this team to 4 Stanley Cup championships from 1980 through 1983 the New York Islanders |
| #4623, aired 2004-10-13 | LIVIN' IN THE '80s $800: This "Big" movie of 1983 featured Kevin Costner... as a corpse! The Big Chill |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | BASEBALL ROOKIES OF THE YEAR $1000: Playing for the New York Mets, he was named the 1983 National League Rookie of the Year Darryl Strawberry |
| #4600, aired 2004-09-10 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: On April 18, 1983 a terrorist bomb at the U.S. embassy in this Mideastern capital killed 63, including 17 Americans Beirut |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | PRO FOOTBALL $1000: (I’m Hall of Fame running back John Riggins.) In 1983 I rushed for a then record 24 TDs; the Redskins offensive line who opened holes for me had this nickname Hogs |
| #4594, aired 2004-07-22 | DRUGS IN THE MOVIES $200: 1983: starring Al Pacino as a drug-crazed & murderous Miami kingpin Scarface |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | NEIL DOWN $600: In 1983 a Broadway theater was renamed for this man, the first time a living playwright was so honored Neil Simon |
| #4557, aired 2004-06-01 | GILBERT & SULLIVAN $800: Director Peter Sellars' 1983 production of this operetta turned Nanki-Poo into a rock star on a motorbike The Mikado |
| #4556, aired 2004-05-31 | BIG DAYS ON THE COURT $600: (Hi, I'm Julius Erving.) With under 3 minutes left, I scored 7 straight points to rally this team in the game that won us the 1983 NBA title the Philadelphia 76ers |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | "G" WHIZ $1000: The 1983 invasion of this country inspired the plot of the film "Heartbreak Ridge" Grenada |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | THINK PINK $600: In 1983 he was in the Top 10 with "Pink Houses" John Cougar Mellencamp |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $1200: New York's Ithaca College awards a scholarship named for this NBC News anchor who died in a tragic auto accident in 1983 Jessica Savitch |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | D.C.'IN YOU $400: On September 9, 1983 a petition was submitted to Congress asking that the district be made this a state |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | 1983 $200: In 1983 he won the Nobel Peace Prize; in 2000 he received 1% of the vote in Poland's presidential election Lech Walesa |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | 1983 $400: For the first time since it was formed in 1960, this group cut its benchmark barrel price for crude, from $34 to $29 OPEC |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | 1983 $600: (Hi, I'm Joe Theismann.) In Super Bowl XVII in 1983, I led the Redskins to a victory, 27-17, over this team the Miami Dolphins |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | 1983 $800: When Barney Clark died March 23, 1983 this device, implanted 112 days earlier, was still working normally an artificial heart |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | 1983 $2,200 (Daily Double): In October, U.S. forces led an invasion of this island Reagan said was about to become a Soviet-Cuban colony Grenada |
| #4519, aired 2004-04-08 | BUNDESTAG PARTY $800: Petra Kelly, a founder of this colorful German political party, served in the Bundestag from 1983 to 1990 the Green Party |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | LISA $800: In 1983 Apple introduced the Lisa personal computer, the first PC with one of these controls a mouse |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $2000: Seen here, this Purple Heart recipient & veteran ABC newsman was laid to rest in 1983 (Frank) Reynolds |
| #4460, aired 2004-01-16 | OUR NATIONAL PASTIME $600: Dodger manager Walter Alston was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1983; this man, his successor, was inducted in 1997 Tommy Lasorda |
| #4460, aired 2004-01-16 | PEOPLE $2000: As a Democrat he won 94% of the vote in Texas' 6th Congressional District in 1982; 55% as a Republican in 1983 Phil Gramm |
| #4457, aired 2004-01-13 | NO. 1 HITS IN OTHER WORDS $200: (1983)
Michael Jackson:
"Scram" "Beat It" |
| #4453, aired 2004-01-07 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: In 1983 some considered this Salt Lake City native the best young quarterback in the country Steve Young |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | GRENADA $800: You can study this at St. George's University, like the nearly 650 American students rescued by the 1983 invasion medicine |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | SPORTS $600: Marvis, son of this heavyweight boxing champ known as "Smokin' Joe", fought for the title in 1983 Joe Frazier |
| #4429, aired 2003-12-04 | MOVIE SONGS $200: "Maniac"
(1983) Flashdance |
| #4427, aired 2003-12-02 | MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS $400: The soundtrack to this 1983 yuppie reunion movie includes '60s hits like "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" & "My Girl" The Big Chill |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $1000: 1983:
This heavy metal group with "Cum on Feel the Noize" Quiet Riot |
| #4390, aired 2003-10-10 | STUPID ANSWERS $600: This rockabilly trio had a 1983 hit with "Stray Cat Strut" the Stray Cats |
| #4384, aired 2003-10-02 | MICRO-NATIONS $1200: Discovered by Columbus in 1498, invaded by the U.S. in 1983 Grenada |
| #4378, aired 2003-09-24 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $600: From 1969 to 1983 Shirley Chisholm served New York state in this U.S. Gov't. body that elects its members every 2 years the House of Representatives |
| #4356, aired 2003-07-07 | CORNHUSKER CINEMA $400: Debra Winger dated governor Bob Kerrey while in Nebraska filming this 1983 tearjerker with Shirley MacLaine Terms of Endearment |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | WHO WAS PRESIDENT WHEN... $1200: The U.S. invaded Grenada Ronald Reagan (1983) |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | TOP-RATED TV SHOWS $2000: After this TV movie that got a 46 rating on November 20, 1983, we're grateful we're not in Lawrence, Kansas The Day After |
| #4323, aired 2003-05-21 | U.S. UNIVERSITIES $1200: The 1983 gala grand opening of this university's Thomas & Mack Center featured Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin UNLV (University of Nevada at Las Vegas) |
| #4320, aired 2003-05-16 | LET'S ROCK! $1000: His Top 40 career lasted 4 decades, from No. 1 "Diana" in 1957 to No. 40 "Hold Me 'Til the Morning Comes" in 1983 Paul Anka |
| #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 "LITTLE" MUSIC $400: In 1983 Prince has a "Little Red Corvette"; 20 years earlier The Beach Boys had this "fastest set of wheels in town" "Little Deuce Coupe" |
| #4316, aired 2003-05-12 | KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES $400: 1983 "Was A Very Good Year" for this entertainer; that's when he was honored Frank Sinatra |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | GOOD SPORTS $800: (I'm Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett) In 1983 I set this record for the longest run from scrimmage & I don't think it'll ever be broken 99 yards |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | CAR TUNES $400: Prince drove this tiny title auto to No. 6 in 1983 "Little Red Corvette" |
| #4270, aired 2003-03-07 | LITERARY HEROINES $400: A 1983 novel by Christa Wolf focuses on Cassandra, the disbelieved prophetess of this ancient city Troy |
| #4248, aired 2003-02-05 | SNOWBOARDING $600: A 1983 event in Idaho was the first snowboarding championship to include this structure half-pipe |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1600: She answered an ad in her college paper looking for astronauts, & in 1983 became the first American woman in space Sally Ride |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.) These puppies here were worn by this "Master of Funk" on his 1983 "Atomic Dog" tour George Clinton |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | 4-LETTER BANDS $200: This hard-rockin' band was shown without make-up on the cover of 1983's "Lick It Up" Kiss |
| #4202, aired 2002-12-03 | ONE-HIT WONDERS $1000: He's the tech-savvy artist heard here with a 1983 hit: Thomas Dolby |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $1600: 1983:
Starring Steve Martin The Man with Two Brains |
| #4180, aired 2002-11-01 | MUSICAL "UP"s & "DOWN"s $200: She's the type of girl Billy Joel was "in love with" in a 1983 hit "Uptown Girl" |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | EDUCATION JARGON $2000: These 2 words, denoting socioeconomically challenged, followed "A Nation" in a 1983 report's title At Risk |
| #4166, aired 2002-10-14 | PADRES $200: Set in Australia, this 1983 miniseries centered on the doomed love of Meggie & Father de Bricassart The Thorn Birds |
| #4162, aired 2002-10-08 | POP MUSIC DECADES $1600: "Shake It" is the last song on his 1983 album "Let's Dance" David Bowie |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN $800: There was a "Kind of Hush All Over the World" after she died of heart failure in 1983 at the age of 32 Karen Carpenter |
| #4147, aired 2002-09-17 | OH JOY! IT'S OPERA! $800: In the 1983 opera named for him, this saint of Assisi preaches a sermon to the birds St. Francis of Assisi |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: This 1983 work is subtitled "The Story of a Puppet" Pinocchio |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | REALLY BAD DAYS $2000: The U.S Embassy in this city was bombed on April 18, 1983 & September 20, 1984 Beirut |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | THIS'LL KILL YA! $800: Weapon in the title of a 1983 Bryan Adams album (it was also cut 5) a knife |
| #4096, aired 2002-05-27 | LET'S MAKE A DALE $1200: Dale Gardner made his first space flight on this shuttle in 1983; he quit the program after it exploded in 1986 Challenger |
| #4079, aired 2002-05-02 | BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID $800: If you've got ailurophobia, avoid a musical by this composer that won Tony awards in 1983 Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| #4079, aired 2002-05-02 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE $1600: Nan Robertson won a 1983 Pulitzer for her writing on this "syndrome" abbreviated TSS toxic shock |
| #4067, aired 2002-04-16 | SALLY FORTH $400: Her nationally syndicated talk show began in St. Louis in 1983 Sally Jessy Raphael |
| #4064, aired 2002-04-11 | ROCK & ROLL CINEMA $400: "We Will Rock You" is the title of the 1983 film about this band's live concert in Montreal, Canada Queen |
| #4053, aired 2002-03-27 | THE "BIG" SCREEN $400: 1983: With Jeff Goldblum The Big Chill |
| #4053, aired 2002-03-27 | THE 60s $1600: In 1983 Congress passed legislation gradually raising the minimum age for full Social Security benefits to this age 67 |
| #4045, aired 2002-03-15 | NAMES OF THE '80s $1600: In 1983 this flutist flaunted his anonymity in an American Express ad James Galway |
| #4045, aired 2002-03-15 | NAMES OF THE '80s $3,200 (Daily Double): In 1983 Konrad Kujau wasn't frank about the veracity of these diaries Hitler diaries |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | THE SILVER SCREEN $400: Anthony Perkins played this role on film in 1960, 1983 & 1986 & in a made-for-TV movie Norman Bates |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | THE SILVER SCREEN $800: Tom Jones sang the theme to this 1965 film which Sean Connery remade in 1983 as "Never Say Never Again" Thunderball |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | BALLET $800: Born in Russia, he became an Austrian citizen in 1982 & artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet in 1983 (Rudolf) Nureyev |
| #4029, aired 2002-02-21 | ACT UP $800: In 1983 he played Tony Montana, whom you might remember better as Scarface Al Pacino |
| #4028, aired 2002-02-20 | '80s TV $400: In 1983 Robert MacNeil & this man's "Report" became a "NewsHour" (Jim) Lehrer |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | DISNEY MOVIES $600: "The Fairest of Them All" was a 1983 television special honoring the re-release of this classic Snow White |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | ALONG COMES MARY $1200: This 1983 world track champ might have said, Zola Budd, what's your problem? at the the 1984 Olympics Mary Decker |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | ALL LIT UP $1000: (Hi, I'm Leif Garrett.) In 1983 I appeared with Matt Dillon & C. Thomas Howell in this film adaptation of a bestselling S.E. Hinton novel The Outsiders |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | MOVIE SEQUELS $800: "Staying Alive"
(1983) Saturday Night Fever |
| #3924, aired 2001-09-27 | TEAM PLAYERS $400: John Elway quarterbacked this team from 1983 to 1998 the Denver Broncos |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | LET'S NOT SPREAD 'EM AROUND $100: Isolated in 1983, the virus that causes AIDS is known today by this acronym HIV |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS $100: 1983:
"Speak, Speak, Speak" "Say Say Say" |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | MICHAEL JACKSON HITS IN OTHER WORDS $300: 1983:
"Get Out Of Here!" "Beat It" |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | I'M 18 & I LIKE IT $300: The mass market versions of these Xavier Roberts dolls first born in 1983 are now ready for college Cabbage Patch Kids |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | I'M 18 & I LIKE IT $500: This Texas senator turned Republican in 1983 & hasn't gone back Phil Gramm |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | THE HALL OF FAMOUS MISSOURIANS $300: Born near Diamond Grove, Missouri, this scientist's induction in 1983 was no small peanuts George Washington Carver |
| #3903, aired 2001-07-18 | MILITARY TELEVISION $500: This oldest of the Wayans Brothers co-starred with Yaphet Kotto on the 1983 drama series "For Love and Honor" Keenen Ivory Wayans |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $800: 1983:
"____ and the Cruisers" Eddie |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | AH, FLORIDA! $600: Called the Tangerine Bowl until 1983, the Citrus Bowl is held annually in this city Orlando |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | MEDICAL EDUCATION $800: A 1983 invasion protected American med students on this Caribbean island Grenada |
| #3871, aired 2001-06-04 | THE SILVER SCREEN $1000: For this 1983 film, Horton Foote won an Oscar for his screenplay & Robert Duvall won for his performance Tender Mercies |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: He wrote the screenplay to the 1983 Disney film "Something Wicked This Way Comes", which was based on his 1962 novel Ray Bradbury |
| #3838, aired 2001-04-18 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $1000: In a 1983 headline this man "Dies On 112th Day With Permanent Artificial Heart" Dr. Barney Clark |
| #3828, aired 2001-04-04 | FEATURE FILM DEBUTS $200: Megan Mullally of "Will & Grace" debuted as a call girl in this 1983 Tom Cruise classic Risky Business |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | PIGSKIN PIX $500: High school football player Tom Cruise has these, the title of a 1983 film co-starring Lea Thompson All The Right Moves |
| #3822, aired 2001-03-27 | WHO PLAYED 'EM? $400: "Silkwood"
(1983) Meryl Streep |
| #3822, aired 2001-03-27 | WHO PLAYED 'EM? $500: "Mr. Mom"
(1983) Michael Keaton |
| #3821, aired 2001-03-26 | RADIO HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1983 Congress established Radio Marti to broadcast accurate news to this country Cuba |
| #3819, aired 2001-03-22 | PEOPLE WITH PEANUTS NAMES $500: She took a 6-day shuttle ride in 1983 Sally Ride |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $400: Afraid that Poland would bar his return from Oslo, he received his 1983 prize in absentia Lech Walesa |
| #3801, aired 2001-02-26 | HAWAII $600: One of the "Big Island"'s biggest thrills is flying in a helicopter over this volcano that's been erupting since 1983 Kilauea |
| #3782, aired 2001-01-30 | MOVIE MUSICALS $1000: 1983:
"No Wonder",
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?" Yentl |
| #3762, aired 2001-01-02 | CARIBBEAN CUISINE $800: Iguana is a taste treat on this island that the U.S. invaded in 1983 Grenada |
| #3753, aired 2000-12-20 | THE 1980s $100: Hsing-Hsing & Ling-Ling, 2 of these animals at Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo, mated in 1983, but the cub soon died Pandas |
| #3752, aired 2000-12-19 | CLASSIC TV EPISODES $200: 1983:
"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" M*A*S*H |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | SINGING TV STARS $200: If you loved "Joanie Loves Chachi" (& who didn't?) you may have heard his 1983 album "The Boys Are Out Tonight" Scott Baio |
| #3747, aired 2000-12-12 | CLASSIC ALBUMS $400: Madonna released her first, self-titled album in 1983 & "Chaste" it the next year with this one "Like A Virgin" |
| #3740, aired 2000-12-01 | NUTTY TV $100: From 1979 to 1983, Rev. Grady Nutt was a regular on this variety series, country music's answer to "Laugh-In" Hee Haw |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | CATHOLICISM $200: In 1983 the church reaffirmed its ban on members joining these lodges, York or Scottish Masonic lodges |
| #3703, aired 2000-10-11 | MISS AMERICA $500: The first Jewish Miss America, she became NYC's Commissioner of Cultural Affairs in 1983 Bess Myerson |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | RIVERS $200: Joan Rivers had her first booking on this show in 1965; in 1983 she became its permanent guest host The Tonight Show |
| #3700, aired 2000-10-06 | THAT'S AMAZING! $400: In 1983 a record low temperature, -128.6 degrees F., was recorded at Vostok on this icy continent Antarctica |
| #3687, aired 2000-09-19 | I THINK I MISSED THAT MOVIE $200: You needed these special glasses to watch the 1983 Amityville sequel which featured Meg Ryan 3-D glasses |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | MERYL STREEP FILMS $400: Streep suspects unsafe working conditions at the Kerr-McGee nuclear plant in this 1983 film bio Silkwood |
| #3643, aired 2000-06-07 | DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES $200: "Yentl"
(1983) Barbra Streisand |
| #3633, aired 2000-05-24 | FIELD OF "DREAM"s $300: In 1983 Eurythmics hit No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts with this song "Sweet Dreams" |
| #3623, aired 2000-05-10 | PEOPLE IN SPACE $100: The June 1983 Challenger flight had the first 5-person crew, including this first U.S. woman in space Sally Ride |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | RULER $400: President of Panama 1983-1989 Manuel Noriega |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | M.C.s $200: From 1983 to 1995 it was hosted by Ed McMahon; Martha Quinn joined him for the last season Star Search |
| #3595, aired 2000-03-31 | SCULPTORS $800: In 1983 this Bulgarian-born American encircled 11 islands off Florida with 6 million sq. ft. of pink polypropylene Christo |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | STRIP SUNSETS $800: This strip didn't last until the 25th century; its 1st run was from 1929 to 1967 & the TV series-inspired 2nd run was 1979-1983 Buck Rogers |
| #3569, aired 2000-02-24 | REAL U.S. LOCALES $300: This Oregon town could be the theoretical home of a doll, 1983's most popular Christmas toy Cabbage Patch |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | HISTORY ON TV $100: In this show's 1983 finale, the Korean War ends but Hawkeye has a nervous breakdown M*A*S*H |
| #3554, aired 2000-02-03 | BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM $200: 1983:
"Fanny and Alexander" Sweden |
| #3542, aired 2000-01-18 | ROCK MY WORLD $500: Let's all rock down to "Electric Avenue" in the 1983 hit by this Guyanese pop star Eddy Grant |
| #3540, aired 2000-01-14 | '80s ROCK $400: This leader of Brasil '66 resurfaced in 1983 with "Never Gonna Let You Go" Sergio Mendes |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | HELLO, GUV $200: New York
1983-1995 Mario Cuomo |
| #3522, aired 1999-12-21 | NO. 1 ALBUMS OF THE YEARS $100: 1983:
"Thriller" Michael Jackson |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | RECORDS $600: This song by the Police was Billboard's No. 1 single of 1983 "Every Breath You Take" |
| #3508, aired 1999-12-01 | CINEMA MANIA $800: This 1983 Dirty Harry film contains the line "Go ahead, make my day" Sudden Impact |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | "CLUB" ME $800: They're the Boy George band heard here in 1983 with their first U.S. Top 10 hit
("Do You Really Want to Hurt Me") Culture Club |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | "HO"CUS "PO"CUS $300: The title of their 1983 "Synchronicity" album was inspired by the theories of Carl Jung The Police |
| #3483, aired 1999-10-27 | SOUNDTRACKS BY SONGS $800: 1983:
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine",
"Good Lovin'",
"Joy to the World" The Big Chill |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | '80s FILM COMEDY $400: SCTV's Bob & Doug McKenzie foamed up on the big screen in this 1983 movie Strange Brew |
| #3481, aired 1999-10-25 | TV SITCOMS $100: The February 28, 1983 finale of this military sitcom was the most-watched episode in TV history M*A*S*H |
| #3480, aired 1999-10-22 | THE FILM VAULT $200: It's the title nickname of the psychopath Al Pacino played in a 1983 film Scarface |
| #3471, aired 1999-10-11 | JIMMY $200: He's won the U.S Open on 3 surfaces: grass (1974), clay (1976) & hard courts (1978, 1982, 1983) JImmy Connors |
| #3466, aired 1999-10-04 | '80s BESTSELLERS $300: In a 1983 bestseller Erma Bombeck called this "The Second Oldest Profession" Motherhood |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | BUSINESSMEN $600: In 1983 he sold his discount brokerage company to Bankamerica & in 1987 he bought it back again Charles Schwab |
| #3464, aired 1999-09-30 | ROLE PLAYING $400: "Zelig"
(1983) Woody Allen |
| #3437, aired 1999-07-13 | THE SILVER SCREEN $200: If you want to see Mel Brooks play "Hamlet", rent this 1983 film named for a "Hamlet" soliloquy To Be or Not to Be |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | LICKETY $300: On the cover of their 1983 album "Lick It Up" this group appeared without their makeup Kiss |
| #3417, aired 1999-06-15 | MOVIE BLURBS $200: 1983:
Girl welder dreams of being a ballerina Flashdance |
| #3415, aired 1999-06-11 | GREEN STUFF $800: In 1983 it became the first country in Europe to have Green Party members in its national legislature West Germany |
| #3387, aired 1999-05-04 | CINEMATIC CHICAGO $600: Tom Cruise played a North Shore teenager who goes a bit wild when his parents go out of town in this 1983 comedy Risky Business |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE SONGS OF BACHARACH & DAVID $500: How could you forget that Naked Eyes remade this Burt & Hal hit in 1983 "Always Something There to Remind Me" |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | MOVIE ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: He wasn't an Oscar winner yet when his uncle Francis Ford Coppola directed him in "Rumble Fish" in 1983 Nicolas Cage |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | "RED", "WHITE" $500: 3-time Super Bowl champs, they won in 1983, 1988 & 1992 Washington Redskins |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | MINIVANS $1,000 (Daily Double): On Nov. 2, 1983 this man drove the first modern minivan off a Chrysler assembly line Lee Iacocca |
| #3353, aired 1999-03-17 | HURRICANE NAMES $400: 1983:
Same as Witt & Silverstone Alicia |
| #3323, aired 1999-02-03 | EMMY HISTORY $400: In his 1983 acceptance speech Judd Hirsch tried to persuade NBC to renew this show -- didn't work Taxi |
| #3313, aired 1999-01-20 | BIG SCREEN BLOODSUCKERS $1000: Before taking a bite out of Susan Sarandon, this French actress put David Bowie in a box in 1983's "The Hunger" Catherine Deneuve |
| #3309, aired 1999-01-14 | U2 $200: 3-letter name shared by U2's breakthrough 1983 album & an Eric Burdon group War |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | STUPID ANSWERS $100: Group that had the 1983 hit "In A Big Country" Big Country |
| #3290, aired 1998-12-18 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $600: His play "Glengarry Glen Ross" had its world premiere at the National Theatre in London in 1983 David Mamet |
| #3279, aired 1998-12-03 | FABULOUS BAKER BOYS $200: He won one Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for his New York Times column & one in 1983 for his autobiography Russell Baker |
| #3276, aired 1998-11-30 | THE THEATER $100: A 1983 play about this fabled actress featured Scott Bakula as Joe DiMaggio & Will Gerard as Arthur Miller Marilyn Monroe |
| #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | SPORTS ON FILM $1000: This female drag racer was the subject of the 1983 movie "Heart Like a Wheel" Shirley Muldowney |
| #3259, aired 1998-11-05 | PROFESSIONS IN SONG $500: In a 1983 song, this singer heard "The strangled cries of lawyers in love" Jackson Browne |
| #3252, aired 1998-10-27 | '80s CINEMA $400: John Hughes wrote the screenplay for this 1983 movie starring Michael Keaton as a stay-at-home dad "Mr. Mom" |
| #3251, aired 1998-10-26 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: On August 21, 1983 he was murdered at Manila Airport while protected by government troops Benigno Aquino |
| #3244, aired 1998-10-15 | JENNIFER & DAVID $800: David Geffen's record company released this "Dreamgirl"'s 1983 record "Feel My Soul" Jennifer Holliday |
| #3243, aired 1998-10-14 | "DAY"S OF WRATH $1000: This 1983 ABC TV movie provoked angry debate with its depiction of nuclear devastation "The Day After" |
| #3237, aired 1998-10-06 | DR. NO...GUCHI $400: The appropriate one-word title of Dr. Noguchi's 1983 bestseller "Coroner" |
| #3226, aired 1998-09-21 | BRIAN DE PALMA FILMS $400: Oliver Stone wrote this 1983 film starring Al Pacino as a drug-addled Cuban gangster "Scarface" |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | PUSHOVERS $300: American might & valor prevailed in a 1983 invasion of this Caribbean island Grenada |
| #3214, aired 1998-07-16 | 20th CENTURY INVENTION $400: In 1983 the first U.S. commercial call on one of these was from Chicago to a descendant of Bell in Germany a cellular phone |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | NON-NATIVE AMERICANS $200: In 1983, the year he became a U.S. citizen, he flexed his acting muscles making "Conan the Destroyer" Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | PEOPLE WITH FOOD NAMES $600: The Mets gave fans ice cream on a "sundae" event celebrating this outfielder's 1983 Rookie of the Year award Darryl Strawberry |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | PEOPLE WITH FOOD NAMES $1000: In 1983 this singer with the name of a Mexican food hit the Top 5 with "Puttin' On The Ritz" Taco |
| #3204, aired 1998-07-02 | "STUFF" $300: Chuck Yeager was a technical advisor & had a cameo in this 1983 movie The Right Stuff |
| #3203, aired 1998-07-01 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $5,200 (Daily Double): [Hi, I'm Teri Garr.] I played Michael Keaton's wife in this hit 1983 comedy about a stay-at-home dad Mr. Mom |
| #3201, aired 1998-06-29 | HONORARY OSCARS $1000: Our gang on the board of governors voted this little rascal of a producer a 1983 honorary award Hal Roach |
| #3200, aired 1998-06-26 | CELEBRITY BOOKS $400: "The Saga of Baby Divine" is a 1983 children's book by this "Divine" entertainer Bette Midler |
| #3196, aired 1998-06-22 | SONGS $800: This somewhat obsessive love song was a No. 1 hit for the Police in 1983 "Every Breath You Take" |
| #3195, aired 1998-06-19 | “HARD” & “EASY” MOVIES $1000: Rodney Dangerfield cleans up his life to clean up financially in this 1983 film Easy Money |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | THE REAL LAND OF OZ $400: This party led Australia from 1983 to 1996, while a party of the same name was Britain's opposition Labor |
| #3177, aired 1998-05-26 | WHAT'S "UP"? $200: In a 1983 hit Billy Joel was a "downtown man" in love with her Uptown Girl |
| #3161, aired 1998-05-04 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: This story of 2 devoted sisters earned Alice Walker the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction "The Color Purple" |
| #3159, aired 1998-04-30 | "BRAIN" SURGERY $300: 1983 movie comedy with Steve Martin as cranial surgeon Michael Hfuhruhurr The Man with Two Brains |
| #3153, aired 1998-04-22 | PHONY EXPRESS $1000: Dummkopfs! This German newsmagazine paid millions for forged diaries of Adolf Hitler in 1983 Stern |
| #3144, aired 1998-04-09 | 1980s FADS $100: Torn sweatshirts & legwarmers were all the rage after this 1983 Jennifer Beals movie Flashdance |
| #3144, aired 1998-04-09 | 1980s FADS $400: Based on Xavier Roberts' sculptures, these dolls were a popular item for adoption in 1983 Cabbage Patch (Kids) |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | SIMON $400: From 1972 to 1983, she was Mrs. James Taylor Carly Simon |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | DANCE MAGAZINE AWARDS $400: 1957 & 1977 award winners Jerome Robbins & Peter Martins took over this Balanchine troupe in 1983 New York City Ballet |
| #3115, aired 1998-02-27 | THE 1980s $100: You might want to take this news sitting down: Radio Shack introduced the first laptop type of this in 1983 a computer |
| #3107, aired 1998-02-17 | TV CAST CHANGES $100: In 1983 6' 2" Christopher Hewitt replaced the 3' 10" Herve Villechaize on this series Fantasy Island |
| #3098, aired 1998-02-04 | PRO FOOTBALL $800: On Jan. 3, 1983 Tony Dorsett set the record for longest run from scrimmage, running this many yards 99 |
| #3085, aired 1998-01-16 | ICE CREAM FLAVORS $300: This brand of cookie has been an ingredient of Edy's Cookies 'N Cream since 1983 Oreo |
| #3083, aired 1998-01-14 | CARIBBEAN CAPITALS $200: Spice baskets are popular souvenirs of St. George's, the capital of this country invaded by the U.S. in 1983 Grenada |
| #3083, aired 1998-01-14 | CAR TUNES $1000: Prince drove this title car into the Top 10 in 1983 "Little Red Corvette" |
| #3073, aired 1997-12-31 | BOOKS BY THEIR COVERS $400: Jerry Lewis appears in & out of clown makeup on this biography with the same name as his 1983 film The King Of Comedy |
| #3066, aired 1997-12-22 | FILMS OF THE '80s $400: In this 1983 musical Barbra Streisand disguises herself as a boy to study the Talmud Yentl |
| #3062, aired 1997-12-16 | '80s ROCK $500: After going "Roundabout" this group returned to the charts in 1983 with "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" Yes |
| #3058, aired 1997-12-10 | RECORD PRODUCERS $1000: Appropriately, disco giant Nile Rodgers of Chic produced this man's 1983 album "Let's Dance" David Bowie |
| #3051, aired 1997-12-01 | LITERARY POTPOURRI $800: The narrator of his 1983 novel "Ancient Evenings" is reborn as a harem master & a grave robber Norman Mailer |
| #3042, aired 1997-11-18 | TALK SHOW HOSTS $600: Baba in the 1983 film "D.C. Cab", he now takes guests on a "Politically Incorrect" ride Bill Maher |
| #3023, aired 1997-10-22 | THE NOBEL PRIZE $800: Gerard Debreu won this prize in 1983 for his mathematical model proving the law of supply & demand Economics |
| #3020, aired 1997-10-17 | POP MUSIC $400: In 1997 Babyface tied this performer's 1983 record of 12 Grammy nominations in one year Michael Jackson |
| #3019, aired 1997-10-16 | MARTIAL ARTISTS $100: His 1983 character Lone Wolf McQuade was a maverick Texas Ranger; hmmmm, good idea for a TV show Chuck Norris |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | THE "BLUES" $300: This 1983 Elton John hit featured Stevie Wonder on harmonica "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" |
| #3015, aired 1997-10-10 | THE BIG 4-0 $400: This 40-year-old former shipyard electrician won the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize Lech Walesa |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | TV COPS $200: In 1983 letters from viewers helped save this Sharon Gless-Tyne Daly series from cancellation "Cagney And Lacey" |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | THE EMMYS $800: Andrea Martin & Martin Short were among winners in 1983 for writing for this comic "network" SCTV |
| #2993, aired 1997-09-10 | ALL ABOUT SRI LANKA $800: Since 1983 the Liberation Tigers of this minority group have fought for an independent state Tamils |
| #2988, aired 1997-09-03 | THE '97 WORLD ALMANAC $100: In 1983 only 7% of U.S. homes had one of these; in 1996 40%, 18% with modems Computers |
| #2986, aired 1997-09-01 | THINGS I WISH I'D SAID $100: In 1983 he said, "We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back" Lee Iacocca |
| #2984, aired 1997-07-17 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $1000: Petra Kelly, who helped found this party, was elected to the West German parliament in 1983 Green Party |
| #2981, aired 1997-07-14 | OPERA $1000: The 1983 premiere of Olivier Messiaen's "St. Francis of Assisi" was led by this Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa |
| #2950, aired 1997-05-30 | LETTERS $1000: This world leader's letters from a Czech prison to his wife Olga were published in 1983 Vaclav Havel |
| #2933, aired 1997-05-07 | FILM DIRECTORS $400: His 1983 film "Fanny and Alexander" was edited from a larger television miniseries Ingmar Bergman |
| #2929, aired 1997-05-01 | BOND... JAMES BOND $200: 12 years after "Diamonds Are Forever", he was back as Bond in 1983's "Never Say Never Again" Sean Connery |
| #2927, aired 1997-04-29 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1000: After leaving Rolling Stone magazine in 1983, she became a contributing photographer for Vanity Fair Annie Leibovitz |
| #2919, aired 1997-04-17 | BLACK JOURNALISTS $1000: In 1983 Robert Maynard bought this northern California city's Tribune newspaper Oakland |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | MOVIE DEBUTS $1000: Kathy Baker's career blasted off when she played the wife of Alan Shepard in this 1983 film bio The Right Stuff |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | EUROPEOPLE $800: Like Neil Kinnock in 1983, he was 41 when he became leader of Britain's Labour Party in 1994 Tony Blair |
| #2895, aired 1997-03-14 | FAMOUS NAMES $500: In 1983, a year after opening Spago, this celebrity chef opened Chinois On Main in Santa Monica, Calif. Wolfgang Puck |
| #2890, aired 1997-03-07 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: William Manchester's 1983 book about this president is titled "One Brief Shining Moment" John F. Kennedy |
| #2878, aired 1997-02-19 | THE 1980s $500 (Daily Double): 1983 movie that inspired the fashion seen here Flashdance |
| #2871, aired 1997-02-10 | SYMPHONIES $200: In 1983 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Symphony No. 1 made her the first woman to win this prize for music the Pulitzer Prize |
| #2861, aired 1997-01-27 | BRITISH AUTHORS $400: This "Lord of the Flies" author was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1983 William Golding |
| #2856, aired 1997-01-20 | EDUCATORS $1000: Of Japanese descent, this educator & linguist represented California in the Senate 1977-1983 SI Hayakawa |
| #2847, aired 1997-01-07 | BAYS $400: In 1983 artist Christo wrapped islands in this southern Florida bay with pink plastic Biscayne Bay |
| #2837, aired 1996-12-24 | FASHION DESIGNERS $600: This female designer's name precedes "II" in the name of a fashion line that debuted in 1983 Anne Klein |
| #2830, aired 1996-12-13 | THE CABINET $400: She held the post of Secretary of Transportation 1983-87 Elizabeth Dole |
| #2821, aired 1996-12-02 | '80s LIT $1000: His 1983 book "The Anatomy Lesson" completed his "Zuckerman" trilogy (Philip) Roth |
| #2816, aired 1996-11-25 | CORPORATE AMERICA $600: Intuit's Checkbook program; it was first worked out in a dorm at Stanford in 1983 Quicken |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: More than 200 U.S. Marines were killed in 1983 by a truck bomb at their barracks in this Mideast capital Beirut |
| #2806, aired 1996-11-11 | FAMOUS WOMEN $800: In 1983 she became the first American woman & the youngest American to travel into space Sally Ride |
| #2805, aired 1996-11-08 | THEY ALMOST STARRED IN... $1,000 (Daily Double): Burt Reynolds rejected the astronaut role in this 1983 film; Jack Nicholson took it & won his 2nd Oscar Terms of Endearment |
| #2787, aired 1996-10-15 | COMEDIES $400: In a 1983 film this comedy troupe pondered "The Meaning of Life" Monty Python |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1983 this general became head of Panama's military; in 1989 U.S. troops overthrew him Manuel Noriega |
| #2776, aired 1996-09-30 | HISPANIC AMERICA $1000: In 1983 he was elected Denver's mayor at age 36; currently he's Secretary of Transportation (Federico) Peña |
| #2763, aired 1996-09-11 | VOLCANOES $400: Kick-'em-Jenny is an underwater volcano off this West Indian island invaded by the U.S. in 1983 Grenada |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | AMERICAN MOVIE STARS $400: He danced around in his underwear to "That Old Time Rock n' Roll" in the 1983 hit "Risky Business" Tom Cruise |
| #2749, aired 1996-07-11 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: This 1983 Stephen King novel focused on a Plymouth Fury with a mind of its own Christine |
| #2744, aired 1996-07-04 | 4th $100: 1983's "Billie Jean" was his 4th solo No. 1 hit Michael Jackson |
| #2744, aired 1996-07-04 | FILM BIOGRAPHIES $1000: The 1983 film "Cross Creek" tells of this author who left the city behind for the Florida backwoods (Marjorie Kinnan) Rawlings |
| #2741, aired 1996-07-01 | STATUES $200: In 1983 a statue of this "It's A Wonderful Life" actor was unveiled in his hometown of Indiana, Penn. Jimmy Stewart |
| #2739, aired 1996-06-27 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Since "Changes" in 1983 she's had at least one book in the Top 10 fiction sellers for at least 10 years Danielle Steel |
| #2734, aired 1996-06-20 | STREETS $100: On Jan. 15, 1983 Santa Barbara Ave. in L.A. was renamed for this slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2731, aired 1996-06-17 | JOANS $200: From 1983 to 1986 she was the permanent guest host of the "Tonight Show" Joan Rivers |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | ORGANIZATIONS $1000: A leukemic boy's dream of becoming a police officer inspired the formation of this foundation in 1983 Make-A-Wish |
| #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | 1983 $100: Declaring his bid for the presidency, he called for a "Rainbow Coalition" Rev. Jesse Jackson |
| #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | 1983 $200: John Sculley was named president & CEO of this company with Steven Jobs remaining as chairman Apple Computer |
| #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | 1983 $300: On August 5 a federal judge approved plans for this company to divest 22 local phone companies AT&T |
| #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | 1983 $400: In June mayor Coleman Young of this city announced he'd enforce a curfew to reduce juvenile crime Detroit |
| #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | 1983 $500: The Philippine government identified Rolando Galman as the assassin of this opposition leader Benigno Aquino |
| #2699, aired 1996-05-02 | THEATRE $200: Tina Howe's 1983 play "Painting Churches" takes place on Beacon Hill in this city Boston |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | FRENCH FILM REMAKES $1000: This 1983 Jim McBride remake of a Jean-Luc Godard classic starred Richard Gere Breathless |
| #2697, aired 1996-04-30 | "BLUE" MOVIES $400: This 1983 movie about a police helicopter later became a television series Blue Thunder |
| #2682, aired 1996-04-09 | POP MUSIC $200: His 1983 hit "Beat It" featured Eddie Van Halen on guitar Michael Jackson |
| #2672, aired 1996-03-26 | 1980s POP MUSIC $300: In 1983 this group had its first No. 1 hit in the U.S. with "Every Breath You Take" The Police |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | MIDDLE EAST HISTORY $500: On Oct. 23, 1983 a truck loaded with explosives killed 241 U.S. servicemen at their barracks in this capital city Beirut |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | FAMOUS DOCTORS $800: From 1958 to 1983 he was head of the cardiac unit at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town Barnard |
| #2635, aired 1996-02-02 | WASHINGTON STATE $300: In 1983 WPPSS, the Washington Public Power Supply System, defaulted on a record $2.25 bil. worth of these Bonds |
| #2634, aired 1996-02-01 | MAGAZINES $500: Before Conde Nast revived it in 1983, this arts & culture magazine was defunct for nearly 50 years Vanity Fair |
| #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | ART $1000: In 1983 he skirted 11 islands in Biscayne Bay with sheets of pink plastic Christo |
| #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | FAMOUS MARGARETS $1000: She was secretary of Health & Human Services 1983-85, then became U.S. ambassador to Ireland Margaret Heckler |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: In 1983 this Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer opened Sam's Wholesale Club warehouse chain Wal-Mart |
| #2542, aired 1995-09-26 | TELEVISION HISTORY $300: This pay-cable service presented its first original movie in 1983, "The Terry Fox Story" HBO |
| #2539, aired 1995-09-21 | NOTORIOUS $200: William & Emily Harris, kidnappers of this newspaper heiress, were paroled in 1983 Patty Hearst |
| #2536, aired 1995-09-18 | SONGS $500: In 1983 he sang "We've Got Tonight" with Sheena Easton & "Islands In The Stream" with Dolly Parton Kenny Rogers |
| #2527, aired 1995-09-05 | CONGRESS $300: The last of these rejected by the Senate was the Montreal Aviation Protocols in 1983 a treaty |
| #2525, aired 1995-07-21 | U.S. OLYMPIC HALL OF FAME $800: World figure skating champ & Olympic gold medal winner in 1968, she was inducted in 1983 Peggy Fleming |
| #2525, aired 1995-07-21 | U.S. OLYMPIC HALL OF FAME $1,500 (Daily Double): Among the first group inducted in 1983 was this man who won 9 gold medals, a silver & a bronze Mark Spitz |
| #2514, aired 1995-07-06 | PEOPLE $600: This Soviet-born dancer was director of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1983 to 1989 Nureyev |
| #2492, aired 1995-06-06 | AUTHORS $600: His 1983 work "Ancient Evenings" is the first of a projected trilogy Norman Mailer |
| #2477, aired 1995-05-16 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $200: In 1983 this author directed a revival of his own "Death of a Salesman" in Beijing with a Chinese cast (Arthur) Miller |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | SPACE EXPLORERS $200: In 1983 Karol Bobko piloted the first flight of this ill-fated shuttle Challenger |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | FASHION HISTORY $300: In 1983 Yves Saint Laurent became the 1st living couturier honored with a retrospective at this NYC museum Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| #2459, aired 1995-04-20 | FACTS & FIGURES $200: Fewer than 1,000,000 of these were sold in 1983; in 1988 they overtook LPs & in 1992, cassettes compact discs |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: When this play opened at NYC's Palace Theatre on August 21, 1983, Georges was played by Gene Barry La Cage aux Folles |
| #2446, aired 1995-04-03 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500 (Daily Double): This company launched its moderately priced Courtyard Hotels in 1983 Marriott |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | TELEVISION $500: In 1983 Judy Woodruff replaced Jessica Savitch as host of this PBS documentary program Frontline |
| #2435, aired 1995-03-17 | BLACK AMERICANS $1000: On Aug. 30, 1983 he became the first black American astronaut to travel in space Guion Bluford, Jr. |
| #2434, aired 1995-03-16 | HISTORY $200: In 1983 this country's opposition leader, Benigno Aquino, was killed at Manila Airport the Philippines |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | CELEBRITY RELATIVES $300: In 1983 Nicolas Cage played Smokey in "Rumble Fish", directed by this man, his famous uncle Francis Ford Coppola |
| #2404, aired 1995-02-02 | BASEBALL HISTORY $200: In 1983 Steve Carlton, Gaylord Perry & this pitcher surpassed Walter Johnson's career strikeout record Nolan Ryan |
| #2393, aired 1995-01-18 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1983 Neil Kinnock was elected leader of this party at the young age of 41 Labour |
| #2384, aired 1995-01-05 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $200: In 1983 his "Brighton Beach Memoirs" was playing at the Alvin Theatre in NYC when it was renamed for him Neil Simon |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | THE MOVIES $500: S. Stallone co-wrote, co-produced & directed this 1983 sequel to "Saturday Night Fever" Staying Alive |
| #2369, aired 1994-12-15 | U.S. "C"ITIES $100: In 1983 this largest North Carolina city elected its first Black mayor, Harvey Gantt Charlotte |
| #2363, aired 1994-12-07 | GEOGRAPHY $300: An eruption of this Sicilian volcano in 1983 lasted nearly 4 months Mount Etna |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | PEOPLE $200: In 1983 he said, "We at Chrysler borrow money the old fashioned way: we pay it back" Lee Iacocca |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: Scott Bakula played Joe DiMaggio in a 1983 musical about this sex symbol Marilyn Monroe |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | THE 1980s $100: It was the 3-word slogan of the First Lady's 1983 program to combat drug use "Just say no." |
| #2344, aired 1994-11-10 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: In the title of a 1983 bestseller, Erma Bombeck called this "The Second Oldest Profession" motherhood |
| #2342, aired 1994-11-08 | 1983 $200: In June 1983 this PLO leader, accused of slandering Syria, was expelled from the country Arafat |
| #2342, aired 1994-11-08 | 1983 $400: Senator Jesse Helms led the opposition to this federal holiday that became law in 1983 Martin Luther King's birthday |
| #2342, aired 1994-11-08 | 1983 $600: The first of these birds hatched in captivity was born at the San Diego Zoo a California condor |
| #2342, aired 1994-11-08 | 1983 $800: The Greens won 27 seats in this country's Bundestag (West) Germany |
| #2342, aired 1994-11-08 | 1983 $1000: This cartel cut prices for the first time since it was formed in 1960; Saudi Light fell $5 to $29 OPEC |
| #2332, aired 1994-10-25 | INVENTORS $1000: In 1983 this creator of an artificial heart was named Inventor of the Year (Dr. Robert) Jarvik |
| #2327, aired 1994-10-18 | POTPOURRI $500: In 1983 Bettino Craxi became this country's first Socialist premier Italy |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | STEPHEN KING FILMS $300: In 1983 a St. Bernard starred in "Cujo" & a Plymouth starred in this film Christine |
| #2303, aired 1994-09-14 | MAGAZINES $100: In March 1983 this "Magnum, P.I." star became the first centerfold in McCall's' 107-year history Tom Selleck |
| #2293, aired 1994-07-20 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $100: 1993 was the 10th anniv. of the 10-year type of this document, so if you got one in 1983 we hope you renewed it passports |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | BRANSON, MISSOURI $500: The celebrity stampede to Branson began in 1983 when this "Hee Haw" host opened a theatre there Roy Clark |
| #2265, aired 1994-06-10 | MOVIE MISTERS $300: After losing his job, Michael Keaton was saddled with domestic duties in this 1983 comedy Mr. Mom |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | FAMOUS JOHNSONS $300: Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson held this career record for over 50 years, until 1983 strikeouts |
| #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 |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | AUTHORS $400: This author of "Lord of the Flies" & winner of the 1983 Nobel Literature Prize died in 1993 William Golding |
| #2222, aired 1994-04-12 | NONFICTION $600: "Hope and Suffering" is a 1983 collection of sermons & addresses by this South African bishop Tutu |
| #2205, aired 1994-03-18 | OPERA $800: First performed in 1983, "A Quiet Place" was this "West Side Story" composer's only full-length opera Bernstein |
| #2194, aired 1994-03-03 | TV TRIVIA $300: He played a gang member on the 1983 series "The Renegades" 4 years before "Dirty Dancing" made him a star Patrick Swayze |
| #2190, aired 1994-02-25 | THE 1980s $500: On Oct. 23, 1983 a terrorist explosion killed over 200 U.S. Marines in this Mideastern capital Beirut |
| #2188, aired 1994-02-23 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $1,500 (Daily Double): Appointed by President Reagan in 1983, she was the first woman Secretary of Transportation (Elizabeth) Dole |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | U.S. HISTORY $600: This first patient to get a permanent artificial heart died on March 23, 1983 Barney Clark |
| #2173, aired 1994-02-02 | POLITICAL PARTY TIME $600: By 1983 this new West German environmental party had 27 seats the Greens |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | KLINE $100: Lawrence Kasdan directed Kevin in "Silverado" & this 1983 film about college chums reunited for a funeral The Big Chill |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | KLINE $400: Kline sang & danced in the 1983 film version of this Gilbert & Sullivan classic The Pirates of Penzance |
| #2153, aired 1994-01-05 | WORLD HISTORY $800: On Sept. 1, 1983 a Soviet missile shot down this airline's Flight 007 Korean Air Lines |
| #2143, aired 1993-12-22 | QUOTATIONS $400: On living in the White House, he said in 1983, "You get a little stir-crazy during the week" Ronald Reagan |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | 1983 $100: On the 20th anniversary of his death, Nov. 22, 30,000 people visited this president's grave President Kennedy |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | 1983 $200: On Nov. 2 President Reagan signed a bill establishing a federal holiday honoring this man Martin Luther King |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | THE ENVIRONMENT $300: Petra Kelly, a founder of this country's Green Party, served in its Bundestag 1983-1990 Germany |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | 1983 $300: Over 200 U.S. Marines were killed when their headquarters was bombed in this Middle Eastern city Beirut |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | 1983 $400: It was announced that this, the world's largest monolith, would be given to Australia's Aborigines Ayers Rock |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | 1983 $500: Yasir Arafat met with this president Dec. 22, ending the rift between the PLO & Egypt Hosni Mubarak |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1983 she became the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction Alice Walker |
| #2118, aired 1993-11-17 | POP MUSIC $500: In 1983 this group from down under hit it big with "Down Under" Men At Work |
| #2096, aired 1993-10-18 | SPACE PEOPLE $600: She was married to astronaut Steven Hawley when she became the first U.S. woman in space in 1983 Sally Ride |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $200: In 1979 & 1983 runner Joan Benoit won the women's division of this Massachusetts race Boston Marathon |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | CLINT EASTWOOD FILMS $400: The 1983 invasion of this Caribbean island was depicted in "Heartbreak Ridge" Grenada |
| #2084, aired 1993-09-30 | ISLANDS $1000: This Caribbean island invaded in 1983 was called Concepcion by Columbus Grenada |
| #2079, aired 1993-09-23 | THE EMMY AWARDS $200: In 1982 & 1983 the TV Academy "hailed" Carol Kane & Christopher Lloyd for their roles on this sitcom Taxi |
| #2074, aired 1993-09-16 | DICTATORS $400: He became commander of Panama's defense forces in 1983 Noriega |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | WOMEN $1,300 (Daily Double): Mrs. Jay McMullen, she was mayor of Chicago from 1979-1983 Jane Byrne |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | ASSASSINATIONS $800: Returning home after a 3-year self-exile, he was slain at Manila airport August 21, 1983 Benigno Aquino |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $100: Angela Lansbury played this auntie whose last name was Dennis in 1966 & in 1983 Mame |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $200: A 1983 revival of "You Can't Take It with You" reunited Eddie Albert with this glamorous "Green Acres" co-star Eva Gabor |
| #2009, aired 1993-05-06 | RONALD REAGAN $400: In a Mar. 23, 1983 speech Reagan called for the development of this nuclear missile defense system Star Wars (Strategic Defense Initiative |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | 1980s ROCK $400: This British group first reached the U.S. Top 40 in 1983 with "Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran |
| #1998, aired 1993-04-21 | LEFTOVERS $400: Clark Gable sang this song on film in 1939, Taco sang it in 1983 & we're not "puttin'" you "on" "Puttin' On The Ritz" |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | GREAT COMMUNICATORS $800: A 1983 book of this feminist's essays was called "Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions" Gloria Steinem |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | AWARDS $200: Sam Shepard got an Oscar nom. for Best Supporting Actor for playing Chuck Yeager in this 1983 film The Right Stuff |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | SNOOPY $300: You can meet Snoopy at Camp Snoopy, which opened at this California theme park on July 1, 1983 Knott's Berry Farm |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $400: In 1983 this group featuring Annie Lennox hit No. 1 with "Sweet Dreams" the Eurythmics |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | MUSICIANS $200: Michael Feinstein credits this Gershwin brother, for whom he worked until 1983, with shaping much of his life Ira |
| #1952, aired 1993-02-16 | THE 1980s $500: She said of her 1983 shuttle flight, "I'm sure it's the most fun I'll ever have in my life" Sally Ride |
| #1945, aired 1993-02-05 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $800: Bob Hawke served as prime minister of this country from 1983 to 1991 Australia |
| #1935, aired 1993-01-22 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: His 1983 novel "Poland" centers on the fictional village of Bukowo on the Vistula River Michener |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | LEFTOVERS $400: Kenny Rogers teamed with this female country singer in 1983 to record "Islands in the Stream" Dolly Parton |
| #1926, aired 1993-01-11 | THE 1980s $200: What Sen. Kennedy called a "Star Wars" program in 1983 was Reagan's "SDI", which stands for this Strategic defense initiative |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | THE LETTER C $500: In 1983 Coca-Cola Foods put this fruit drink in an aseptic, single- serving box Hi-C |
| #1916, aired 1992-12-28 | LABOR $800: In 1983 Owen Bieber replaced Douglas Fraser as president of this union the United Auto Workers |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | WRITERS $600: In 1983 this mother of 3 published the 20th anniversary edition of her book "The Feminine Mystique" Betty Friedan |
| #1911, aired 1992-12-21 | BLACK FIRSTS $200: In September 1983 Vanessa Williams became the 1st Black woman to win this beauty title Miss America |
| #1894, aired 1992-11-26 | ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN SONGS $500 (Daily Double): 1983 film that included the following
Academy Award nominee:
Can you hear me?
Papa, can you see me?
Papa, can you find me in the night? Yentl |
| #1893, aired 1992-11-25 | DEMOCRATS $800: In 1983 this Democratic senator from New Jersey was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame (Bill) Bradley |
| #1883, aired 1992-11-11 | FAMOUS WOMEN $800: When she became transportation secretary in 1983, she was only the seventh woman to head a cabinet department Elizabeth Dole |
| #1880, aired 1992-11-06 | PULITZER PRIZES $1000: In 1983 this N.Y. Times columnist won a Pulitzer for his autobiography "Growing Up" (Russell) Baker |
| #1878, aired 1992-11-04 | STATE SYMBOLS $500: In 1983 Connecticut chose this first nuclear-powered sub as its state ship the Nautilus |
| #1874, aired 1992-10-29 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1000: From 1973 to 1983 she was Rolling Stone magazine's chief photographer Annie Leibovitz |
| #1858, aired 1992-10-07 | THE TONIGHT SHOW $300: From 1983 to 1986 she was the permanent guest host of "The Tonight Show" Joan Rivers |
| #1849, aired 1992-09-24 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $200: In 1983, he became the first Pole to win a Nobel Peace Prize Lech Wałęsa |
| #1848, aired 1992-09-23 | THE CARIBBEAN $200: After the 1983 invasion, USAID allowed this country to complete its first jet airport Grenada |
| #1848, aired 1992-09-23 | THE SUPREME COURT $800: In 1983, David Souter was appointed to this state's Supreme Court New Hampshire |
| #1835, aired 1992-07-17 | NOVELS $600: This Pulitzer Prize winner set his 1983 novel "Ancient Evenings" in Ancient Egypt Norman Mailer |
| #1792, aired 1992-05-19 | BIOGRAPHIES $400: The subtitle of Dan Kurzman's 1983 biography of this 1st Israeli prime minister is "Prophet of Fire" David Ben-Gurion |
| #1775, aired 1992-04-24 | FAMOUS ALICES $800: Her novel "The Color Purple" won both a Pulitzer Prize & an American Book Award in 1983 Alice Walker |
| #1773, aired 1992-04-22 | QUOTES $400: In 1983 Ronald Reagan called this nation the "focus of evil in the modern world" the Soviet Union |
| #1771, aired 1992-04-20 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: Bob Thomas' 1983 biography "Golden Boy" was "The Untold Story of" this actor William Holden |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | POP MUSIC $300: This 1983 Barbra Streisand film had 2 Oscar nominees--"Papa, Can You Hear Me?" & "The Way He Makes Me Feel" Yentl |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | SPORTS $500: Between 1983-85 Martina Navratilova & this doubles partner won 109 consecutive matches Pam Shriver |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | CALIFORNIA $600: This Democrat served as governor from 1959 to 1967, his son from 1975 to 1983 Edmund Brown |
| #1700, aired 1992-01-10 | NOTABLE NAMES $1000: Robert Penn Warren wrote a long narrative poem about this chief of the Nez Perce tribe in 1983 Chief Joseph |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | SUNKEN SHIPS $100: The anchor of this Civil War ironclad was recovered off the N. Carolina coast in 1983 the Monitor |
| #1686, aired 1991-12-23 | CUBA $300: 24 Cubans died & 700 were captured when the U.S. led a 1983 invasion of this country Grenada |
| #1672, aired 1991-12-03 | NATIONAL LANDMARKS $600: This soft drink company's 1st bottling plant in Atlanta was designated a nat'l landmark on May 4, 1983 Coca-Cola |
| #1668, aired 1991-11-27 | TALK SHOW HOSTS $200: In 1983 she began her now nationally known talk show in St. Louis Sally Jessy Raphael |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | KENTUCKY $500: Governor from 1979 to 1983, this Democrat is married to former Miss America Phyllis George (John Y.) Brown (Jr.) |
| #1648, aired 1991-10-30 | BASEBALL GREATS $500: This old-time Washington Senators pitcher held the career strikeout record until Nolan Ryan broke it in 1983 Walter Johnson |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | AWARDS $200: Betty Buckley's Tony for Best Actress came in 1983 for playing Grizabella in this musical Cats |
| #1630, aired 1991-10-04 | BIOGRAPHIES $500: This network anchorwoman who died in 1983 is the subject of a biography called "Golden Girl" Jessica Savitch |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | BLACK AMERICA $500: He served in the Illinois House & Illinois Senate before becoming Chicago's mayor in 1983 (Harold) Washington |
| #1628, aired 1991-10-02 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1000: From 1983-85 Margaret Heckler served as secretary of this cabinet department Health & Human Services |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | MUSICALS $100: "Peg" was a 1983 musical autobiography of this singer who starred in it Peggy Lee |
| #1575, aired 1991-06-07 | NONFICTION $600: "The Wendy Dilemma" is Dr. Dan Kiley's follow-up to this 1983 bestseller The Peter Pan Syndrome |
| #1560, aired 1991-05-17 | THE 20th CENTURY $300: In 1983, for the first time in its history, this organization agreed to cut the price of crude oil OPEC |
| #1542, aired 1991-04-23 | LABOR UNIONS $200: Owen Bieber replaced Douglas Fraser as head of this Detroit-based union in 1983 the United Auto Workers |
| #1533, aired 1991-04-10 | THE MOVIES $500: This 1983 Richard Gere film was a remake of a 1959 Jean-Luc Godard classic Breathless |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: On a 1983 Challenger mission, he became the first Black American to travel in space Guion Bluford |
| #1475, aired 1991-01-18 | TOM CRUISE $400: Getting into his role for this 1983 Coppola film, Cruise avoided showering for most of the nine weeks of filming The Outsiders |
| #1459, aired 1990-12-27 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $1000: In 1983, 32 members of this terrorist group got life for murdering former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro the Red Brigade |
| #1453, aired 1990-12-19 | DRAMA $800: In 1983 Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor reunited on stage for a revival of this Noel Coward play Private Lives |
| #1452, aired 1990-12-18 | FAMOUS PAIRS $800: Since 1983, America's first hour-long national evening news show has been co-anchored by this pair MacNeil & Lehrer |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | WORLD HISTORY $500: More than 1 million turned out for his funeral procession in the Philippines August 31, 1983 Benigno Aquino |
| #1418, aired 1990-10-31 | DRAMA $400: This playwright directed the first production of his own play, "Fool for Love" in 1983 Sam Shepard |
| #1386, aired 1990-09-17 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: This European country elected its first Socialist premier, Bettino Craxi, in 1983 Italy |
| #1385, aired 1990-09-14 | MAGAZINES $600: In 1983 excerpts from bogus Hitler diaries were published by this West German news magazine der Stern |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | WORLD LEADERS $800: In 1983 Yitzhak Shamir replaced this man as prime minister of Israel Menachem Begin |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | ART WORLD BLOCKBUSTERS $1000: Impressionist whose painting "Reading Le Figaro" in 1983 sold for more than any other woman's work Mary Cassatt |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $2500: In 1983 this agency's 1st head, Wm. Ruckelshaus, again assumed its reins, succeeding Anne Burford the Environmental Protection Agency |
| #7, aired 1990-07-28 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1000: The wife of Time magazine's founder, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1983 Clare Luce |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | THE 1980s $400: On September 1, 1983 the Soviets shot down this airline's flight 007 Korean Air Lines |
| #1358, aired 1990-06-27 | PHILADELPHIA $800: In 1983 this Democrat was elected the city's first black mayor (Wilson) Goode |
| #1347, aired 1990-06-12 | FOOTBALL $400: In 1983 this new league selected Dan Marino as its first draft pick, but he went to the NFL instead the USFL |
| #1346, aired 1990-06-11 | JAPAN $500: Former P.M. Tanaka was convicted of bribery in a 1983 scandal involving this U.S. aircraft corp. Lockheed |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | THE MOVIES $700 (Daily Double): In 1983 she was nominated for acting Oscars for both "Frances" & "Tootsie" Jessica Lange |
| #1341, aired 1990-06-04 | BASEBALL $300: A controversy erupted in 1983 over the amount of this substance found on George Brett's bat pine tar |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 1983 $100: At Christmas time parents shelled out a lot of lettuce for these one-of-a-kind dolls Cabbage Patch Kids |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 1983 $200: Anne Burford resigned as head of the EPA, & he resigned as Secretary of the Interior James Watt |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 1983 $300: The Disneyland near this capital city opened in April Tokyo |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 1983 $400: In October U.S. forces invaded this Caribbean island Grenada |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | 1983 $500: NASA verified that the meteorite found under the ice in Antarctica came from this celestial body Moon |
| #1304, aired 1990-04-12 | BLACK AMERICA $200: On August 30, 1983 Guion Bluford Jr. became the first Black American to travel here space |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 1983 MOVIES $100: "Easy Money" was the 1st film starring this stand-up comic Rodney Dangerfield |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 1983 MOVIES $200: While S. Shepard played test pilot Chuck Yeager in this film, Yeager himself had a bit part as a bartender The Right Stuff |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 1983 MOVIES $300: Barbra Streisand made her directorial debut in this film in which she also played the title role Yentl |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 1983 MOVIES $400: Chevy Chase & Beverly D'Angelo visited Wally World in this comedy directed by Harold Ramis National Lampoon's Vacation |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 1983 MOVIES $500: This TV star was on the "High Road to China" with Bess Armstrong Tom Selleck |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | FAMOUS LAWYERS $600: This flamboyant attorney hosted the 1983 syndicated TV series "Lie Detector" F. Lee Bailey |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | TV TRIVIA $400: In the title of Dennis Weaver's 1983-84 series "Emerald Point, N.A.S.", it's what the "N.A.S." stood for Naval Air Station |
| #1254, aired 1990-02-01 | STARTS WITH "T" $400: This 1983 tearjerker won "Best Picture", "Best Actress", "Best Director" & "Best Supporting Actor" Oscars Terms of Endearment |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | ARGENTINA $300 (Daily Double): In 1983 Raul Alfonsin was elected president, handing this party its 1st defeat The Peronistas (the party of Juan Peron) |
| #1238, aired 1990-01-10 | FAMOUS AUSSIES $1000: A former Rhodes scholar, his image as an "ordinary bloke" helped him win the prime ministry in 1983 Robert (Bob) Hawke |
| #1203, aired 1989-11-22 | WOMEN $100: She logged 14 days of flight time in space in 1983 & 1984 on 2 shuttle missions Sally Ride |
| #1202, aired 1989-11-21 | MOVIES $400: His 1st film was 1935's "Splendor"; his last, 1983's "Curse of the Pink Panther" David Niven |
| #1201, aired 1989-11-20 | TECHNOLOGY $500: In 1983 Apple's Lisa computer gave PCs this device that moves the cursor around the screen mouse |
| #1196, aired 1989-11-13 | POTPOURRI $400: The U.S. Army awarded 8,612 medals after this 1983 invasion although fewer than 7,000 troops were there Grenada |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | AWARDS $500: At the 1983 Academy Awards Ben Kingsley won for playing Gandhi & she won for playing Sophie Meryl Streep |
| #1180, aired 1989-10-20 | PEOPLE $500: This dancer defected in Paris in 1961 & became director of the Paris Opera Ballet in 1983 Rudolf Nureyev |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | WOMAN IN SPACE $600: The Soviets honored her in 1983 by putting her image, in space suit & helmet, on a 1-ruble coin Valentina Tereshkova |
| #1172, aired 1989-10-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: In her film debut this actress recreated her stage role as Rita in 1983's "Educating Rita" Julie Walters |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | AWARD-WINNERS $800: The only American nominated for the "Best Actor" Oscar for 1983, he won it for "Tender Mercies" Robert Duvall |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | AWARD-WINNERS $1000: In 1983 this actor won a Drama Desk award & a Tony for his performance in "Torch Song Trilogy" Harvey Fierstein |
| #1165, aired 1989-09-29 | AWARD-WINNERS $600: She became the 1st woman to win an Emmy for hosting a game show, for her "Just Men" series in 1983 Betty White |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | 10-LETTER NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): The following 1983 song was his last No. 1 hit:
"Put on your red shoes and dance the blues (Let's dance) /
To the song they're playing on the radio..." David Bowie |
| #1093, aired 1989-05-10 | NEBRASKA $200: Much of the 1983 film "Terms of Endearment" was filmed in & near this city, Nebraska's capital Lincoln |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | SCARY MOVIES $400: Dan Aykroyd promises to show Albert Brooks "something really scary" in this 1983 anthology film The Twilight Zone (the Movie) |
| #1084, aired 1989-04-27 | POTENT POTABLES $1,000 (Daily Double): Type of liquor that's the subject of the following 1983 hit by Shelly West:
"Jose Cuervo /
You are a friend of mine /
I like to drink you with..." tequila |
| #1081, aired 1989-04-24 | ACTRESSES $800: In 1983 she was nominated for an Oscar for playing Barbra Streisand's bride in "Yentl" Amy Irving |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | 1983 $100: President Reagan signed the law that made this day an annual federal holiday Martin Luther King's Birthday |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | 1983 $200: Flight 007, en route from N.Y. to this country, was downed after flying over Soviet air space (South) Korea |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | 1983 $300: In Israel, this man resigned as prime minister in September, & in October the Shamir gov't took office Menachem Begin |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | 1983 $500 (Daily Double): The 2 country stars who topped the pop charts with the following duet: Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers ("Islands in the Stream") |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | 1983 $500: Film in which a group of '60s radicals, old college friends, got together for a funeral The Big Chill |
| #1019, aired 1989-01-26 | DANCERS $300: This 1983 film focused on a steelworker named Alex who wanted to be a ballerina Flashdance |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $200: He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize for nonviolent efforts to win Polish rights Lech Walesa |
| #1013, aired 1989-01-18 | SCIENTISTS $300: On June 11, 1983, scientists met on Java to observe one of these, longest of the decade (solar) eclipse |
| #1008, aired 1989-01-11 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Kidnapped & held for a $10 million ransom in 1983, Alfred Heineken heads a company famous for this beer |
| #1008, aired 1989-01-11 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $200: Martial law was lifted in Poland after his 1983 visit there John Paul II |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | MOVIES $1000: Critics sang the praises of this 1983 feature in which Robert Duvall sang Tender Mercies |
| #993, aired 1988-12-21 | SPORTS $200: In 1983 the A.M.A. called for banning this sport in the U.S. due to danger of brain damage boxing |
| #985, aired 1988-12-09 | SINGERS $100: A big No. 1 hit in 1983, "Say, Say, Say" featured the duet of Paul McCartney & him Michael Jackson |
| #978, aired 1988-11-30 | "G.R." $200: In 1983 she published "Hey, Get Back to Work", the autobiography of Roseanne Roseannadanna Gilda Radner |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | 1983 $200: After 11 years, the cast of this show finally got to go home from the Korean War M*A*S*H |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | 1983 $400: ABC broadcast this Herman Wouk novel as an 18-hour miniseries, most expensive to that date The Winds of War |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | 1983 $600: Over 2 million people lined both sides of the East River to celebrate the 100th birthday of this structure the Brooklyn Bridge |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | 1983 $800: When banned from covering this October invasion, the press relied on ham radio operators Grenada |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | 1983 $1000: For much of the year, this look at the future by John Naisbitt was on the best seller list Megatrends |
| #929, aired 1988-09-22 | CHER $800: Cher was first nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in this 1983 film Silkwood |
| #921, aired 1988-09-12 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $600: This volcano on Sicily erupted 5 times in the '70s & again in 1983 Mt. Etna |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | "B" MOVIES $300: This 1983 film had an appropriate title, since Richard Gere was running from the law Breathless |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | STATE OBJECTS $1000: In 1983, the USS Nautilus was designated state ship of this state where it was built Connecticut |
| #881, aired 1988-06-06 | LEFTOVERS $400: In 1982 & 1983, 10 PBS stations tried broadcasting a limited # of these to increase revenue commercials |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | MOVIE AUTHORS $1000: M. Steenburgen played author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in this 1983 film set in the Florida backwoods Crosscreek |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | THE MILITARY $200: Though U.S. says this country spent $360 billion on its military in 1983, they say it was only $23 billion USSR |
| #821, aired 1988-03-14 | THE RUSSIAN BALLET $1000: This Russian ballerina won a 1983 Tony for playing a Russian ballerina in "On Your Toes" Makarova |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | "CRY" $400: 1983 movie about a scientist dropped off in the Arctic to study Canis lupus Never Cry Wolf |
| #811, aired 1988-02-29 | AUCTIONS $400: In 1983, Sotheby's auction house dropped these 2 names & became simply Sotheby's Parke-Bernet |
| #810, aired 1988-02-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: Since The Gap took it over in 1983, this travel clothing store has grown from 2 to 83 stores Banana Republic |
| #793, aired 1988-02-03 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $1000: Though one critic called it "The worst new show" of 1983, this comedy with Teri Copley came back in '87 We Got It Made |
| #789, aired 1988-01-28 | MOVIE TRIVIA $100: In 1983, all the Plitt theaters in North America switched to serving this on their popcorn butter |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | TV TRIVIA $400: When "Hotel" debuted in 1983, she played the owner of the St. Gregory Bette Davis |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE 1990s $400: According to the 1983 hit, Prince wants to party like it's this year 1999 |
| #718, aired 1987-10-21 | TECHNOLOGY $200: Of 1943, 1963, or 1983, the last year Maytag made wringer-type washers 1983 |
| #674, aired 1987-07-09 | "MR." MUSIC $500: Based on Japanese industrial practice of being polite to machines, in 1983 Styx said "Arigato" to him Mr. Roboto |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | JUNE $200: On June 24, 1983, this PLO leader was expelled from Syria Yasser Arafat |
| #637, aired 1987-05-19 | JUNE $400: On June 18, 1983, history was made when the 1st American woman ever visited here space |
| #633, aired 1987-05-13 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: This comedian made "Easy Money" in 1983 & went "Back to School" in 1986 Rodney Dangerfield |
| #625, aired 1987-05-01 | BEST SELLERS $500: In 60 seconds you should manage to figure out this 1983 business best seller by Blanchard & Johnson The One Minute Manager |
| #616, aired 1987-04-20 | DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME $100: In 1983, Reg Morris lit a bonfire from 27 feet away when he blew a flame from this his mouth |
| #615, aired 1987-04-17 | GEMS $100: On Oct. 1. 1983, Gov. Deukmejian approved benitoite as this state's official gemstone California |
| #598, aired 1987-03-25 | NOTORIOUS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1983, Tommy Lee Jones won an Emmy for his portrayal of this killer Gary Gilmore |
| #596, aired 1987-03-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: He established CBS in 1928, retired in 1983, but came back in 1986 (William) Paley |
| #582, aired 1987-03-03 | TELEPHONES $800: Since 1983, the FCC has granted licenses for car phones based on this type of radio technology cellular |
| #578, aired 1987-02-25 | HEAVY METAL $500: This group got $1.5 million at the 1983 US Festival, the most ever paid for 1 set Van Halen |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | ODD TOWNS $200: Until Oct. 1983, crank calls were common in Bryant Pond, ME. since most phones were this kind crank phones |
| #536, aired 1986-12-29 | MOVIES $1000: "The cynical tough guy the '70s seemed to want", this character returned in a 4th film in 1983 Dirty Harry (Callahan) |
| #532, aired 1986-12-23 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: 1983 Umberto Eco best seller about murder in a medieval monastery The Name of the Rose |
| #511, aired 1986-11-24 | HAPPY BIRD DAYS $400: These baseball birds won their last World Series on Oct. 16, 1983 the Baltimore Orioles |
| #488, aired 1986-10-22 | PIGS $200: This Guinness record was set in 1983 when a man named Bud bought a pig named Bud for $56,000 the most expensive pig ever bought |
| #474, aired 1986-10-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: In 1983, she & Richard Burton exposed their "Private Lives" on Broadway Elizabeth Taylor |
| #468, aired 1986-09-24 | OCTOBER $400: Windward island in the Torrid Zone which became a combat zone in October 1983 Grenada |
| #450, aired 1986-05-30 | THE '85 TV SEASON $600: After his disastrous 1983-84 talk show, he's got "Growing Pains" on ABC Alan Thicke |
| #442, aired 1986-05-20 | TRANSPORTATION $400: A new keel design helped this yacht & the country it's named for snag the America's Cup in 1983 Australia |
| #438, aired 1986-05-14 | "FIRE" $500: In this 1983 film, Nick Nolte played a journalist in Nicaragua during the 1979 revolution Under Fire |
| #425, aired 1986-04-25 | WORLD LEADERS $400: In a 1983 TV movie, Louis Gossett, Jr. portrayed this slain world leader Anwar Sadat |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | "SAM"s $200: 1983 "Star Search" for a male vocalist ended with his winning $100,000 Sam Harris |
| #414, aired 1986-04-10 | WEATHER $100: During a 1983 heat wave, St. Louis set up "cooling centers" for people without this air conditioning |
| #412, aired 1986-04-08 | BASEBALL RECORDS $800: In 1983, Dan Quisenberry posted a record 45 of them saves |
| #406, aired 1986-03-31 | TELEVISION $200: David Soul played cafe owner Rick Blaine in 1983 TV series based on this film Casablanca |
| #401, aired 1986-03-24 | 4-LETTER ROCK $400: Hard rockers who hid behind make-up disguises from 1974 to 1983 KISS |
| #393, aired 1986-03-12 | COLORS $500 (Daily Double): Singer of the following 1983 hit:
"I can't keep up with what's been going down /
I think my heart must just be slowing down / Among the human beings..." Jackson Browne |
| #364, aired 1986-01-30 | DEATH & TAXES $200: Up 12.2% from 1983, sales of this carcinogenic product earned the government $4.6 billion in 1984 cigarettes (tobacco products) |
| #351, aired 1986-01-13 | TELEVISION $300: This prestigious PBS show became 1st national daily news hour in 1983 the McNeil-Lehrer Report |
| #340, aired 1985-12-27 | MOVIES $400: In 1983, Mr. T took a break from "The A-Team" to drive a cab in this city Washington, D.C. |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1983, he became 1st black to host a network morning news show Bryant Gumbel |
| #314, aired 1985-11-21 | TRAVEL AND TOURISM $800: In 1983 & 84, this country got more tourists from around the world than any other in Europe Italy |
| #277, aired 1985-10-01 | GAME SHOWS $500: Jon Bauman & Gene Rayburn passed the mike for an hour when these games combined in 1983 Match Game & Hollywood Squares |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | POP MUSIC $200: He went from writing McDonald's jingles to breaking record in 1983 for fastest sell-out Barry Manilow |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | BEST SELLERS $600: In 1983, Thomas J. Peters & Robert H. Waterman, Jr. went "In Search of" this in Amer. businesses Excellence |
| #176, aired 1985-05-13 | SPORTS $100: From 1951 through 1983, this Montreal hockey team had 32 consecutive winning seasons the Montreal Canadiens |
| #173, aired 1985-05-08 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $400: The effects of a nuclear bomb dropped on Lawrence, KS were the subject of this 1983 TV movie The Day After |
| #145, aired 1985-03-29 | 1983 $100: Of Queen Elizabeth II, Margaret Thatcher & Pope John Paul II, one who didn't visit U.S. in '83 Pope John Paul II |
| #145, aired 1985-03-29 | 1983 $200: Event of May '83 which almost put the California town of Coalinga off the map an earthquake |
| #145, aired 1985-03-29 | 1983 $300: In its 1st week it took in $41,131,399, surpassing by $16 million the record set by "E.T." The Return of the Jedi (Star Wars accepted) |
| #145, aired 1985-03-29 | 1983 $400: Terrorist bomb attacks on U.S. installations in this city occurred in April & October Beirut |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | ART $200: $148,500 was paid at a 1983 Sotheby’s auction for a Warhol silkscreen of this late singer Elvis Presley |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | 1983 $100: Houston mayor Kathy Whitmire & actor Dustin Hoffman tied for 10th place on his worst-dressed women list (Mr.) Blackwell |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | 1983 $200: Newsweek ran these diaries one week & a "stern" rebuke the next Hitler diaries |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | 1983 $300: '83 World Series champs the Baltimore Orioles |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | 1983 $400: In January he made news by resigning from the Joffrey Ballet Ronald Reagan's son |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | 1983 $500: A Santa Monica jury ruled he was defrauded by companion Erin Fleming Groucho Marx |
| #136, aired 1985-03-18 | GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1983, Saint Christopher-Nevis became this island group's latest independent country The Leeward Islands (Lesser Antilles, West Indies) |
| #90, aired 1985-01-11 | MUSICAL ASTRONOMY $300: In 1983 it happened to the sun & Bonnie Tyler's heart a total eclipse |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | TRIVIA $100: In 1983 Americans used over 1¼ million gallons of this beach product suntan lotion |
