| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $600: The split-adjusted share price of the 1986 IPO of this graphics software co. was 17 cents but here's an update; in 2023 it hit $634 Adobe |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $400: These twin TV actresses & entrepreneurs were born June 13, 1986 Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | DAVID PLAYED $2000: David Bowie played the baby-stealing Goblin King in this 1986 film Labyrinth |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: Cemented in Argentine history is this man, whose 1986 World Cup goal was aided by the "Hand of God" Maradona |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $1200: In 1986 Run-DMC collabed with Aerosmith on a version of this song that VH1 called history making "Walk This Way" |
| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | HISTORIC FIRSTS $400: In 1986 this man became the first pontiff to enter the Great Synagogue of Rome John Paul II |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | 50 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME $400: In 1986 it was "6 'N The Mornin"' for him in the studio but in 2000 it was "SVU" for him on TV Ice-T |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS $2000: The U.S. refused to pay reparations to Nicaragua, run by this party, in 1986, as the Intl. Court of Justice has no enforcement powers the Sandinistas |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SUPER BOWL STARS $800: (J.J. Watt here speaking for the defensive linemen.) After leading the NFL in sacks a few times, I love to see 'em in the big games; in 1986, this team had a record-tying seven, including ones by Richard Dent & Dan "The Danimal" Hampton Da Bears |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BALD IS BEAUTIFUL $2000: This political strategist's first success was helping Bob Casey get elected governor of Pennsylvania in 1986 Carville |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | MINING FOR "ORE" $800: U.S. Navy rank abolished for good in 1986 Commodore |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | REPORTING THE NEWS $1600: One of Time's "25 Most Influential Hispanics in the U.S.", he began anchoring "Noticiero Univision" at age 28 in 1986 Jorge Ramos |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | McPEOPLE $400: He was first elected to the Senate from Arizona in 1986 John McCain |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | GOT YOUR NAME TAG? $800: You might not want to wear your tag if there's anyone here from this land you ruled from 1971 to 1986 Haiti |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $1200: His surname sounds French, but this Yank ended up in Paris by winning the Tour de France in 1986, 1989 & 1990 LeMond |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | SORRY ABOUT THAT $800: In 1986 the French government apologized & paid compensation for the sinking of this group's ship the Rainbow Warrior Greenpeace |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | ART HEISTS $1600: Seen here, this Dutch painter's "Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid" was stolen in 1974 & again in 1986 Vermeer |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: In 1986, the 50th anniversary of her bestseller, a stamp of her was released in a ceremony in Atlanta Margaret Mitchell |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | WASN'T THAT AN '80s THING? $1600: He was elected governor of Massachusetts in 1982 & 1986 & then it was on to the presidency--well, not quite Dukakis |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS $400: President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992, she used the nickname Cory Corazon Aquino |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | BACK TO SCHOOL, SPORTS STAR $200: He got his geography degree from the University of North Carolina in 1986--while leading the NBA in scoring with 37.1 points per game Michael Jordan |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | BOOK CLUB $1600: 7th graders Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia & Stacey founded this club in a 1986 kids novel; around 250 titles later, it's still in business the Baby-Sitters Club |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | YOU'RE A HOMOPHONE, DIANE $1500: Last name of the "Dynasty" actress who wrote the 1986 autobiography "Diahann!" Diahann Carroll |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | EX-SOVIET REPUBLICS $400: The disaster at this facility near the city of Pripyat in 1986 contaminated large areas of northern Ukraine Chernobyl |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | ALPHABET POP $800: This rap trio, in 1986: "Wasn't me she was foolin', 'cause she knew what she was doin', when she told me how to walk this way" Run-DMC |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | FROM Z TO A $600: In a classic 1986 Nintendo game, Link tries to rescue this title princess from Ganon Zelda |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | MAY WE QUOTE YOU? $1200: In his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize speech, this author & Holocaust survivor said, "If we forget we are guilty, we are accomplices" (Elie) Wiesel |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | CROOKS $800: In 1986 reporter Geraldo Rivera opened a vault belonging to this Chi-Town criminal; what was found? Bupkis Al Capone |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | LET'S STICK TOGETHER $400: Director Taylor Hackford seems to treat this woman like a queen as they've been together since 1986 Helen Mirren |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | POP SONGS $800: In this 1986 No. 1 Madonna enjoined her father from sermonizing "Papa Don't Preach" |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | A EURO LEADER PASS $800: In 1986 prime minister Olof Palme of this country was assassinated while walking home from the movies with his wife Sweden |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | THE YEAR THAT WAS $400: Horrible moments: the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, followed 3 months later by the Chernobyl disaster 1986 |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | DISNEY ENDINGS $1600: In this 1986 classic Basil of Baker Street survives a fall from Big Ben, but the evil Ratigan is not so lucky The Great Mouse Detective |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | THEIR OCCUPATIONAL SURNAMES $600: 4-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey from 1955 to 1986 (Willie) Shoemaker |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1986 it was the site of the worst nuclear accident in history, spreading radioactive material across Europe Chernobyl |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | THE OTHER MASTERS $600: Here's this golf great; after sinking his putt in 1986, he would win the tournament for the sixth time Jack Nicklaus |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSE $400: In 1986 she won an Emmy award for playing Rose Nylund on "The Golden Girls" Betty White |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | "B"ANDS $1200: Referencing a 1986 Top 5 hit by this band of hers, Susanna Hoffs tweeted, "Saturday is actually my fun day" The Bangles |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | '80s MOVIE COMEDIES $200: In 1986 this title guy & 2 friends had quite a day, hitting a museum & doing some fine dining; he even caught a ball at a Cubs game Ferris Bueller |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | THE 1980s $600: Erich Honecker, leader of this country, is seen giving a speech in 1986; things weren't going well for him by decade's end East Germany |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | THE 1980s $800: In 1986 the U.S. military's biggest air strike since the Vietnam War was on this North African country Libya |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | DISEASES $400: The fatal scourge bovine spongiform encephalopathy was identified in 1986 but most people remember it better as this mad cow disease |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | U.S. HISTORY $200: The U.S. had this kind of convention in 1787; the states later held hundreds, but the last full one was Rhode Island's of 1986 (a) constitutional (convention) |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | WHO PLAYED 'EM? $1000: Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, 1986 & 2022 Tom Cruise |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | NOBEL-WINNING SCIENTISTS $400: In 1986 3 physics winners were honored for designing the electron & scanning tunneling types of these a microscope |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | WORKING 9 2 5 $600: In 1986 Michigan became the first state to offer a prepaid college tuition plan now called this a 529 plan |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | THE FIRST FEATURE THEY DIRECTED $1600: 1986:
"She's Gotta Have It" Spike Lee |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | ORCHESTRAL MANEUVERS IN THE PARK $200: On July 5, 1986 800,000 hit Central Park to enjoy the N.Y. Philharmonic & the reopening of this tall landmark off downtown the Statue of Liberty |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: In 1986 she founded one of the most successful production companies in daytime TV, Harpo Productions (Oprah) Winfrey |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | FILMS BY TAGLINE $800: 1986:
"The first casualty of war is innocence" Platoon |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | CHAMPIONS OF TOURNAMENTS $200: From 1963 to 1986 this golfer won a record 6 Masters tournaments Nicklaus |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | A COMMON CATEGORY $1600: In pre-E.U. 1986, Portugal & Spain joined the European Economic Community, commonly known by this 2-word name the Common Market |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | SINGERS WHO ACT $2000: This rocker played Jareth, the Goblin King in the 1986 cult classic fantasy "Labyrinth" David Bowie |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | 40 YEARS OF USA TODAY $800: In 1986 USA Today became the youngest publication parodied by this Harvard mag, including a story on sending Qaddafi thousands of pizzas the Lampoon |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: Tragically, on January 28, 1986 this exploded 73 seconds after liftoff the Challenger |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $600: (Sheena Parveen of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) In 1986, the San Diego Museum of Arts mounted the first ever retrospective exhibit for this longtime La Jolla resident who had recently been named one of San Diego’s living treasures Dr. Seuss |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | SAN DIEGO: NEWS CLUES $800: (Dagmar Midcap of NBC 7 in San Diego presents the clue.) In 1969, the U.S. Navy opened its Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor Program at Air Station Miramar, better known as this school that inspired a 1986 movie title TOPGUN |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | I KNOW WHAT YOU DID $3,000 (Daily Double): You served as Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996 (Desmond) Tutu |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | LET'S GO BACK IN TIME MACHINE MOVIES $400: John Cusack returns to 1986 via this title device described by allmovie.com as "a magical Jacuzzi" Hot Tub Time Machine |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TRANSPLANTS $1200: In 1986 this Philippine president & his pals stuffed $7.7 million into suitcases & fled to Hawaii, where he died 3 years later (Ferdinand) Marcos |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | MOVIES WITH NARRATORS $800: 1986: Richard Dreyfuss remembers back to when he was Wil Wheaton Stand By Me |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | SNEAKERS WITH JACQUES SLADE $600: (Jacques Slade presents the clue.) Known as the shell toe, the Adidas Superstar shoe exploded in popularity thanks to these pioneering hip-hoppers & their 1986 song "My Adidas" Run-DMC |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | SNEAKERS WITH JACQUES SLADE $800: (Jacques Slade presents the clue.) Released in 1986, this feline-named company's RS shoe featured a computer connectible microchip that let runners track time, distance & calories expended Puma |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | TELEVISION $1000: In 1986 Arthur Miller was the first subject of this PBS series of profiles in greatness that has earned more than 25 Emmys American Masters |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | AUSTRALIANA $600: Starring Paul Hogan, this 1986 movie has the highest domestic gross of any Australian film Crocodile Dundee |
| #8563, aired 2022-01-26 | CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP HEROES $600: (Nate Burleson presents the clue.) In Snowy Soldier Field in January 1986, this team naturally allowed zero points to the Rams as they won the NFC crown with linebacker Wilber Marshall one of the defensive heroes the Bears |
| #8563, aired 2022-01-26 | CELEBS WHO APPEARED ON KIDS' TV $2000: In 1986 a teenaged Ben Affleck was Danny on "Wanted: The Perfect Guy", one of these ABC one-offs that taught good lessons an Afterschool Special |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | MOVIES BY ANTAGONIST $400: 1986:
Chicago-area high school dean of students Ed Rooney Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | MOVIES BY QUOTE $200: 1986:
"I feel the need, the need for speed" Top Gun |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | FIRST AMONG SEQUELS $1200: In this 1986 film Lance Henriksen as the robotic android known as Bishop shows off his knife skills Aliens |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | FAMOUS PROFESSORS $1200: This man, who rose to fame in the 1950s, taught poetry at Brooklyn College from 1986 to 1997 (Allen) Ginsberg |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | 19something $1000: After a dubious-at-best election win in February 1986, this Philippine president fled to Hawaii a few weeks later (Ferdinand) Marcos |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THE AMERIC-ANNS $800: In 1986 Ann Bancroft (not the actress) left Ellesmere Island & 56 days later became the 1st woman to cross the ice to this point North Pole |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | WAITER, THERE'S A BUG IN MY MOVIE $1000: 1958,
remade in 1986:
"The ____" Fly |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | MISSING POISONS UNIT $400: In 1986 "____ and Old Lace" returned to Broadway with Jean Stapleton & Abe Vigoda Arsenic |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | WELCOME TO COMET-CON! $400: Here's a 1986 shot of this regular visitor that got its name in 1759 Halley's Comet |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | DEEPER CUTS ON THEIR ALBUMS $2000: On the "Invisible Touch" album in 1986, this trio tipped a "Domino", a nearly 11-minute song Genesis |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | A POET LAUREATE $2000: In 1986 this 3-named man who also wrote novels like "All The King's Men" became the first poet laureate consultant in poetry (Robert Penn) Warren |
| #8428, aired 2021-06-23 | COUNTRY FACTS $1600: In Central Africa, it's been led since 1986 by Yoweri Museveni, elected to a sixth term in 2021 Uganda |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | POP PSYCHOLOGY $400: In 1986 Janet Jackson sang about this Freudian "Principle" the pleasure principle |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | COMEDY CENTRAL $1000: Trying to figure out how he traveled back to 1986, Craig Robinson realizes, "It must be some kind of" this, the film's title a hot tub time machine |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | STING $800: (Sting presents the clue.) In the musical "The Last Ship", I played the foreman of a northern English shipyard that shuts down in 1986, as a consequence of the anti-labor policies of this British prime minister Thatcher |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | TITLES & HONORIFICS $200: A Massachusetts paper discussed using this honorific for women in 1901; the New York Times would embrace it in 1986 Ms. |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | THROWING THE BOOK AT YOU $400: The bestseller "Midnight in" this place tells of a 1986 disaster in the Soviet Union Chernobyl |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | HISTORIC TV $2000: This HBO miniseries dramatizes events that occurred in the Ukraine in 1986 Chernobyl |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | ALONG FOR THE RIDE $800: In 1986, Ralph Hollis & Dudley Foster joined Robert Ballard aboard the submersible Alvin to explore this wreck the Titanic |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | HISTORY OF FLIGHT $800: In 1986 an aircraft called Voyager became the first in history to fly non-stop around the world without having to do this refuel |
| #8292, aired 2020-12-01 | "HOP" $800: He received a 1986 Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in "Hoosiers" (Dennis) Hopper |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT TALK $800: A 1986 law criminalized this activity, routing money through third parties to hide the illicit source money laundering |
| #8282, aired 2020-11-17 | COLOR FILMS $1000: Director David Lynch explored the underside of small-town America in this disturbing 1986 film Blue Velvet |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | ABANDONED PLACES $1,000 (Daily Double): The Exclusion Zone created after this 1986 event covers some 1,600 square miles, & you should still keep out Chernobyl |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1200: In 1986 Dr. Patricia Bath invented a device that safely uses one of these beams to remove cataracts in the eye a laser |
| #8271, aired 2020-11-02 | SWEET TOME ALABAMA $600: Mobile's Winston Groom wrote this 1986 novel about a man with childlike wisdom Forrest Gump |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | U.S. HOSPITALS $400: In 1986 this Minnesota clinic merged with Rochester Methodist & St. Mary's hospitals Mayo Clinic |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | ASTRONOMY $800: Including Portia & Juliet, several moons of this 7th planet were discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986 Uranus |
| #8249, aired 2020-10-01 | BESTSELLERS $800: 1986's "Red Storm Rising" was his second novel & his second No. 1 bestseller Tom Clancy |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | ON THE GLOBE $1600: In 1986 this country got a new province, Flevoland, built completely on reclaimed land the Netherlands |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | WE MISS YOU, MISTER ROGERS $800: In 1986 Mr. Rogers did a show to help children deal with grief & death after the explosion of this transport the Challenger |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | AMERICAN HEALTH CARE $400: It's the "E" in EMTALA, a 1986 federal law that says a hospital must treat patients with serious conditions who can't pay emergency |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | SONG SUNG BLUE $400: In 1986 she had a Top 10 hit with the title track to her "True Blue" album Madonna |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | SONG SUNG BLUE $800: Isabella Rossellini sings this song in the 1986 David Lynch film of the same name "Blue Velvet" |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | SCHOLARSHIP $800: In 1986 feminist legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon convinced SCOTUS that sexual this, often at work, is sex discrimination harassment |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | THE DRAKE PASSAGE $400: Drake was born Aubrey Drake Graham in 1986 in this city he nicknamed "The 6" Toronto |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | WE HAVE A FEW SPECIALS $800: For 2 hours of live TV on April 21, 1986, Geraldo Rivera probed "The Mystery of" this 1920s mobster's "Vaults" & found...some bottles Capone |
| #8149, aired 2020-01-30 | BIG PLAY IN THE TEAM'S SUPER BOWL WIN $600: 1986: William "The Refrigerator" Perry ices the win with a 1-yard TD rumble the Bears |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | FAMOUS & HISTORIC WOMEN $1000: Time Magazine named Corazon Aquino, the first female president of this nation, 1986's woman of the year the Philippines |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | MATH TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO INITIALS TO NAMES $400: The square root of 4,000,000 to this guy who hit more than 500 career home runs from 1986 to 2001 Mark McGwire |
| #8122, aired 2019-12-24 | METAPHORS $800: Completes the title metaphor from a 1986 hit song, "The Future's So Bright..." I Gotta Wear Shades |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | MUSICIANS WHO ACT $400: In the 1986 film "Trick or Treat", Gene Simmons played Nuke & this Black Sabbath frontman was Rev. Aaron Gilstrom Ozzy Osbourne |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | THE WWE SLAMMY AWARDS $200: The 1986 Slammys saw Nikolai Volkoff win "Most Ignominious" & as girls just want to have fun, "Best Producer" was Mona Flambé, AKA her Cyndi Lauper |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | WHO WROTE IT? $1000: The 1986 memoir "All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes" Maya Angelou |
| #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | UNDER THE... $1200: Prince's acting oeuvre includes "Purple Rain", "Graffiti Bridge" & this 1986 film Under the Cherry Moon |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST $800: In 1986, shortly before his death, this pop artist completed 6 "Fright Wig" self-portraits in acrylic & silkscreen ink (Andy) Warhol |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | MANY HANDS $1000: During this 1986 event, people all around the country held hands to help the homeless Hands Across America |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | HALLEY'S COMET IN HISTORY $800: A probe designed to study Halley's Comet was one of the many casualties of this 1986 space program disaster the Challenger disaster |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | APPROPRIATE FOR MINERS $2000: In 1986 Britain ended its decades-long practice of using these birds as sentinels in coal mines canaries |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | IT'S TIME FOR DODGER BASEBALL! $1000: In 1986 this Dodger lefty from Mexico led the NL with a now-mind-boggling 20 complete games Fernando Valenzuela |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | MOVIE & SONG, SAME TITLE $1600: The Psychedelic Furs,
1981;
Molly Ringwald,
1986 "Pretty In Pink" |
| #7962, aired 2019-04-02 | GAMES WITH DICE $1000: Hasbro sells a retro 1986 edition of this game with its iconic dome-shaped Pop-O-Matic die roller Trouble |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | CLOTHING $1600: In 1986 Levi's launched this brand of casual khaki pants Dockers |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | COLORFUL LIT $600: A No. 1 bestseller from 1986:
"____ Storm Rising" red |
| #7934, aired 2019-02-21 | NOTORIOUS $3,200 (Daily Double): Notorious weapons dealer Adnan Khashoggi was a key figure in this 1986 scandal that saw 1,500 missiles head to Tehran the Iran-Contra scandal |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | MOVIE TITLE TUNES $1600: The Psychedelic Furs re-recorded a 5-year-old song for this 1986 Molly Ringwald film Pretty in Pink |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | FER SURE, IT WAS THE '80s $200: Its 1986 visit to our skies, the last until 2061, was a bit of a dud, as it was only about as bright as the North Star Halley's Comet |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | UNLIKELY POP CULTURE PAIRINGS $1600: Pity the fool who doesn't know Mr. T met Boy George in a 1986 episode of this show The A-Team |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | BOWL GAME SPONSORS $400: This theme park first sponsored the Holiday Bowl in 1986 but Shamu would swim off, replaced by Thrifty Car Rental SeaWorld |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | FAMILIAL MUSIC $800: Danny Aiello played the title father in this Madonna video from 1986 "Papa Don't Preach" |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | SPORTS STUFF $3,200 (Daily Double): Mike Pence called this 1986 hoops movie "the greatest sports film"" & screened it on Air Force 2 using his own copy Hoosiers |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | ASSIGNED LOCKERS $1600: In 1986 Zia Ul-Haq said, "Benazir Bhutto? Lock her up!"--in this largest Pakistani city Karachi |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL? $1000: This jack-of-all-sports-trades has had the longest sting of any "MNF" play-by-play guy, from 1986 through 2005 (Al) Michaels |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | IMMIGRANTS $2000: In 1986 a dozen naturalized citizens got the 1st Medals of Liberty, including I.M. Pei, Bob Hope & this ex-Sec. of State Henry Kissinger |
| #7796, aired 2018-07-02 | MUSICAL "P"ERFORMERS $2000: We had to face it--we were "Addicted To Love" in 1986 thanks to this British singer Robert Palmer |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | THAT'S A GOOD-LOOKIN' TITLE WORD $200: 1986 was in the pink with this movie "in Pink" pretty |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | TO THE FUTURE $400: This section of Disneyland was originally designed to imagine the far future of 1986 Tomorrowland |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | PRINCE $1600: As a songwriter, Prince had the top 2 spots on the Billboard chart in 1986 when "Kiss" was No. 1 & this Bangles hit was 2 "Manic Monday" |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | A "LITTLE" ENTERTAINMENT $1200: Kurt Russell goes up against mystical beings & kung fu fighters in this 1986 John Carpenter flick Big Trouble in Little China |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | TRUST US! $600: Jimmy Chitwood is a H.S. basketball player of his word in this 1986 film after saying he'll make the title-winning shot Hoosiers |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $1600: You can win our money knowing he played a teacher in 1986 with the immortal line "Bueller...Bueller...Bueller" (Ben) Stein |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THE B.G.s $800: In 1986 big band legend Benny Goodman spent his last hours of life practicing Brahms on this instrument the clarinet |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | WORLD LEADERS $1000: Yoweri Museveni, in power in this East African land since 1986, says he planted bananas & has to stay to see them bear fruit Uganda |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | IT'S A DISASTER! $800: On April 26, 1986 a fireball blew off the steel & concrete lid of the reactor at this power station Chernobyl |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | COMPLIMENTS FOR FISHING $400: You hauled in a northern one of these game fish rivaling the 55-pounder caught in 1986? Wow! a northern pike |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | ZERO $1000: Published in 1986 "Count Zero" is a sequel to his "Neuromancer" William Gibson |
| #7685, aired 2018-01-26 | CAUTIONARY TRAILS $600: Bon Jovi could help you with this sign, also the title of their hit album from 1986 slippery when wet |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | THE PRODUCERS $1600: "You be illin'" if you don't know that in 1986 Rick Rubin produced a Top 5 hit for this rap trio with "Walk This Way" Run-DMC |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | MYOPIC BIOPICS $400: When asked what the makers of this 1986 movie got right, Johnny Rotten said,"Maybe the name Sid" Sid and Nancy |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | TOTALLY '80s WORDS! $200: In 1986 Run-DMC & the Beastie Boys were using this sick adjective as a verb for "to behave badly" ill |
| #7666, aired 2018-01-01 | LET'S GET ORGANIZED $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a military chart on the monitor.) In the U.S. Army, a major general commands a division; colonels, lieutenant colonels & captains each have assigned units & a lieutenant heads up this group of 16 to 40 soldiers, also the title of a 1986 Oscar-winning movie a platoon |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | NO MORE COVER-UP $3,000 (Daily Double): Attempts to hide this 1986 accident lasted 2 days before Swedish monitoring stations detected radiation the Chernobyl nuclear disaster |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $200: In 1986 the beignet became the official doughnut of this state Louisiana |
| #7589, aired 2017-09-14 | "LIKE" A SONG $400: The Bangles instructed us all with this 1986 hit that was fit for a pharaoh "Walk Like An Egyptian" |
| #7541, aired 2017-05-29 | A ROCKY CATEGORY $800: This Apple co-founder started college in Colorado in 1968 & graduated Cal in 1986 under the alias Rocky Clark (Steve) Wozniak |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | SOME OF YOUR BUSINESS $800: In 1986 this Virgin tycoon won a title for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by powerboat Richard Branson |
| #7521, aired 2017-05-01 | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS $600: Now a senator from this state, in 1986 Congressman Bill Nelson moonlighted as a space shuttle payload specialist Florida |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | INVENTIONS $1200: In 1986 ophthalmologist Patricia Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe to remove this eye impairment cataracts |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | THAT'S SHOW BIZ, "BOY" $400: In 1986 this Culture Club singer played himself on an episode of "The A-Team", because that's how crazy the '80s were Boy George |
| #7507, aired 2017-04-11 | THEIR FIRST NO. 1 HIT $600: "You Give Love A Bad Name"
(1986) Bon Jovi |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT $600: Ferdinand Marcos (1965 to 1986) the Philippines |
| #7492, aired 2017-03-21 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: From 1986 to 1997, he was number one in the world, and from 1997 to 2000, only number one among humans (Garry) Kasparov |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $800: May 3, 1986:
"A Top Soviet Aide Details Situation at Stricken Plant", this nuclear power station Chernobyl |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | HER HIT ALBUM $1200: "Control"
(1986);
"Unbreakable"
(2015) Janet Jackson |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: In 1986 he & wife Tabitha created a foundation to provide support for Maine communities (Stephen) King |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | 1980s BESTSELLERS $400: In 1986 he celebrated his 82nd birthday with the publication of "You're Only Old Once!" Dr. Seuss |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | PIZZA $400: Made an offer he couldn't refuse, Herman Cain took over this pizza chain in 1986, rescuing it from bankruptcy Godfather's |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $800: In 1986: "If you lead a country like Britain... you have to have a touch of iron about you" (Margaret) Thatcher |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | A CAMEO APPEARANCE $1600: This avian character who had a movie of his own in 1986 shows up in "Guardians of the Galaxy" drinking a cocktail Howard the Duck |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | A TRIPLE FEATURE $800: The contestant seen here is demonstrating the salute from this 1986 Martin-Short-Chase comedy The Three Amigos |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | GOT YOUR NAME TAG? $800: You might not want to wear your tag if there's anyone here from this island you ruled from 1971 to 1986 Haiti |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS $1600: This hero of civil rights marches was first elected to represent Georgia's 5th Congressional District in 1986 John Lewis |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | DON "E" $1000: This last name of Perry, who died in 1986, is still on a line of menswear Ellis |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $800: On Oct. 9, 1986 in London Michael Crawford first donned the mask to play this role the Phantom of the Opera |
| #7430, aired 2016-12-23 | BEASTLY STATE SYMBOLS $200: In 1986 the bluegill was designated Illinois' official state this fish |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | ALLOYS $800: In 1986 solders containing this metal were banned from use in drinking water systems lead |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $400: (Hi, I'm Ben Bailey from Local 4.) Also known as "The Fist," the Detroit monument to this boxer was dedicated on October 16, 1986, nearly 50 years after he won the heavyweight title Joe Louis |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | MINING FOR "ORE" $800: U.S. Navy rank abolished in 1899 commodore |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | GAME 7 PITCHERS $2000: 1986:
Bruce Hurst vs. Ron Darling as these 2 teams squared off the Red Sox & the Mets |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | COMPOSERS & THEIR MUSIC $800: Joan Tower's 1986 "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman" is modeled on Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for" him the Common Man |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | McPEOPLE $400: He was first elected to the Senate from Arizona in 1986 John McCain |
| #7359, aired 2016-09-15 | SCANDINAVIA $600: The 1986 assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme on a street in this city has never been solved Stockholm |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) After 27 years without a mate, Wilbur the Arizona Wildcat got married to Wilma before the 1986 version of the Duel in the Desert, Arizona's football game against this rival school Arizona State |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | 5-LETTER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: It must have been magic; a platinum one of these woodwinds with silver keys sold for $187,000 in 1986 a flute |
| #7341, aired 2016-07-11 | NO. 2 ON THE CHARTS $2000: Oh, what a feelin', when this guy hit No. 2 in 1986 with "Dancing On The Ceiling" Lionel Richie |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | "L" ON WHEELS $800: It's no myth that Acura introduced this luxury sedan in 1986 Legend |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | BRAND NAMES $600: In 1986 the first store opened with "Kids" after the name of this clothing company Gap |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | IN THE ZONE $1600: Some 200 settlers inhabit the "Zone of Alienation" around this 1986 disaster site Chernobyl |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | WHERE'S THAT STATE SCHOOL? $200: This University of California city declared itself nuke-free in 1986 Berkeley |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | THE AL FRANKEN DECADE $200: At a 1986 summit in Iceland, Ronald Reagan & this Russian leader met to continue historic talks on reducing nukes Gorbachev |
| #7292, aired 2016-05-03 | THE HAITI FILE $1600: Family that had absolute political power there from 1957 to 1986 the Duvaliers |
| #7286, aired 2016-04-25 | THE DAVEY O'BRIEN QUARTERBACK AWARD $200: 1986:
Vinny Testaverde of the Hurricanes the University of Miami |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS $400: President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992, she used the nickname Cory Corazon Aquino |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | SPACE FIRSTS $400: In 1986 the Giotto spacecraft became the first to fly by the nucleus of a comet, this comet Halley's Comet |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: In 1986, it was a hit for the Rolling Stones the "Harlem Shuffle" |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | LET'S HAVE DESERT $400: The 1986 completion of the Indira Gandhi Canal brought irrigation & farmers to the Thar Desert in this country India |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | YACHTS $200: In 1986 Malcolm Forbes had his new yacht Highlander painted this color (to represent money, of course) green |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 1986 $400: This object reached its closest point to Earth in April 1986, its second visit to our skies in the 20th century Halley's Comet |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 1986 $600: With no prime-time programming yet, this fourth U.S. TV network was launched Fox |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 1986 $800: A "People Power" revolution in this country forced longtime leader Ferdinand Marcos into exile the Philippines |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | ANCIENT HISTORY: 1986 $1000: In January NASA's Stephen Nesbitt sadly reported "a major malfunction" with this Space Shuttle Challenger |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | GEOGRAPHICAL MUSIC GROUPS $800: "Take My Breath Away"
(1986) Berlin |
| #7208, aired 2016-01-06 | THE SUPER BOWL HEAD COACH'S TEAM $400: 1986:
Mike Ditka
(da dem) the (Chicago) Bears |
| #7202, aired 2015-12-29 | NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS WINNERS $1600: "It Happened One Night" in 1986 that this film director was awarded his medal Frank Capra |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | '80s FICTION $1600: Magnus Pym is "A Perfect Spy" in a 1986 novel by this author le Carré |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | BAD NEWS $400: An April 26, 1986 test at this power station ended up producing a radioactive cloud more than 3,000 feet high Chernobyl |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS $400: In 1986 Dr. Alec Jeffreys became the first scientist to use this genetic material to identify suspected criminals DNA |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | PROSPER $200: Did you buy $2,100 of stock in this Washington-based tech company in 1986 & sell in 1999? You made $1.4 million Microsoft |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | PROSPER $400: FORBES SAiD STEVE JOBS' BEST iNVESTMENT WAS BUYiNG THiS ANiMATiON COMPANY iN 1986 FOR $10 MiLLiON Pixar |
| #7105, aired 2015-07-03 | ROLE IN COMMON $2000: Wil Wheaton crushed it as a younger version of narrator Richard Dreyfuss in this 1986 film Stand By Me |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | TV TITLE ____ & ____ $600: 2 movie reviewers get their names in this show's title in 1986; thumbs up! Siskel & Ebert |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | ICELAND $1200: In October 1986 these 2 world leaders met in Iceland in an attempt to thaw tensions in the Cold War Reagan & Gorbachev |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | BASKETBALL: SCREEN & ROLE $400: "They needed a second chance to finish first" was a tagline for this 1986 Gene Hackman film Hoosiers |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS $1600: Richard Ford introduced Frank Bascombe in this 1986 novel with Frank's journalism job as its title The Sportswriter |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | THE STAR OF OSCAR'S BEST PICTURE $1600: 1986:
Charlie Sheen Platoon |
| #7058, aired 2015-04-29 | NICOLAS CAGE, YOU COMPLETE ME $400: 1986:
"____ ____ Got Married" Peggy Sue |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | SPORTS MOVIES $200: This 1986 movie tells the story of how a small-town high school basketball team became Indiana state champions Hoosiers |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In 1986 Reagan declared what became known as a "war on" these, saying, "Nancy had already made it her major role" drugs |
| #7030, aired 2015-03-20 | '80s TONY AWARDS $1600: This funny lady's "Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" yielded her a Tony in 1986 Lily Tomlin |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | THE LONDON STAGE $400: This musical opened in 1986 with Michael Crawford & Sarah Brightman in the lead roles, & it's still going strong Phantom of the Opera |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | GETTING HITCHED $600: 1986:
Arianna Stassinopoulos Michael Huffington |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | TENNIS "E" $800: It's no backhand compliment--"America's tennis sweetheart", she won Grand Slam titles every year from 1974 to 1986 (Chris) Evert |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR $1200: Welcome to the family! As a gift for her 1986 wedding, Sarah Ferguson got the title Duchess of this York |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME $800: This 1986 inductee developed hundreds of plant varieties, including a tuber with his name (Luther) Burbank |
| #6997, aired 2015-02-03 | A SHOW OF HANDS $2000: Barbra Streisand & Jane Fonda sang to promote this 1986 event in which people around the U.S. literally came together Hands Across America |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | PIZZA, BEER & BALLGAMES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Gino's East Pizza in Chicago.) On January 26, 1986, the crowd at Gino's East went crazy as this 300 pound-plus lineman scored on a 1-yard run to put the Bears ahead of the Patriots 43-3 in Super Bowl XX William "Refrigerator" Perry |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | "A"CADEMY AWARD NOMINEES $400: Writing, 16 times, winning for 1977, 1986 & 2011 Woody Allen |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | HISTORY $400: Protests in the Philippines in 1986 drove this longtime leader into exile (Ferdinand) Marcos |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | THE REAGAN LIBRARY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA.) Ronald Reagan held four major summit meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev that led to the signing of the INF Treaty; it was during the 1986 Reykjavik Summit that Reagan began using the old Russian proverb "trust, but..." do this verify |
| #6905, aired 2014-09-26 | WE LOVE "R" MUSIC $400: Aerosmith's Steven Tyler & Joe Perry joined this rap trio on their 1986 hit "Walk This Way" Run-D.M.C. |
| #6904, aired 2014-09-25 | TITLE MOVIE PAIRS $2000: 1986:
Gary Oldman & Chloe Webb Sid & Nancy |
| #6897, aired 2014-09-16 | POP MUSIC $400: "I'm in trouble deep", Madonna tells her dad in this 1986 hit "Papa Don't Preach" |
| #6850, aired 2014-05-30 | SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS' HITS $200: In 1986, she "Live(d) To Tell" Madonna |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | OOO, SORRY $800: In 1986 the French government compensated this organization for the sinking of its vessel the Rainbow Warrior Greenpeace |
| #6843, aired 2014-05-21 | THE HEISMAN WINNER'S SCHOOL $600: Vinny Testaverde
(1986) University of Miami |
| #6835, aired 2014-05-09 | FEMALE WORLD LEADERS $2,200 (Daily Double): Her husband's assassination & a People Power Revolution made her president in 1986 (Corazon) Aquino |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | ROCK & ROLE $1200: Christopher Tracy in 1986's "Under the Cherry Moon" Prince |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | "MICRO" OR "MACRO" $1000: It achieved its independence in 1986 Micronesia |
| #6801, aired 2014-03-24 | FOREST KNOWLEDGE $200: Forest Whitaker joined the army as Big Harold in this 1986 movie, bigger than "squad" & smaller than "company" Platoon |
| #6790, aired 2014-03-07 | TELL US WHAT HE'S WON! $1200: Jan. 26, 1986:
Richard Dent sacked the competition Super Bowl MVP |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | CARSON, DAILY $400: Can we talk? No! After this "Tonight Show" fixture got her own gig on Fox in 1986, Johnny never spoke to her again Joan Rivers |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | WHO SANG IT FIRST? $800: This song was a hit for Ben E. King in 1961, for John Lennon in 1975 & for Ben again in 1986 "Stand By Me" |
| #6770, aired 2014-02-07 | NO LONGER AROUND $800: Answering its own musical question "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?", in 1986 this group went The Clash |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | THE DIRECTOR'S FIRST FEATURE FILM $400: "She's Gotta Have It"
(1986) Spike Lee |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | YOU'RE NOT ON THE LISZT $1200: Heard here, "Adagio for Strings" was prominently featured in this 1986 Best Picture Oscar winner Platoon |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | COLORFUL MOVIES $1000: A girl named Andie & a boy named Steff are characters in this 1986 John Hughes film Pretty in Pink |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY $800: This title gal of a 1957 Buddy hit inspired a 1986 hit Kathleen Turner/Nicolas Cage movie Peggy Sue |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | THE CELEBRITY BOOK AISLE $200: In 1986 he was the subject of Kitty Kelley's "His Way" Frank Sinatra |
| #6676, aired 2013-09-30 | THE BATTLESHIP U.S.S. IOWA $600: (Alex delivers the clue from the atop the forward battery of the U.S.S. Iowa.) In 1986,
President and Mrs. Reagan stood on the bow of the Iowa in New York Harbor to watch
the celebrations marking the restoration and the centennial of this monument the Statue of Liberty |
| #6675, aired 2013-09-27 | HILLBILLY MUSIC $1600: "Guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music" was the refrain from the title song of his 1986 album that topped Billboard's country charts Dwight Yoakam |
| #6652, aired 2013-07-16 | CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE U.S. $800: In 1986 he replaced Warren Burger as Chief Justice Rehnquist |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | CURRENT U.S. SENATOR BEFORE & AFTER $2000: A 1986 song that Paul Simon performed on "SNL" becomes a senator who used to work on the show "You Can Call Me Al" Franken |
| #6634, aired 2013-06-20 | CRIME BOSS $1600: After the murder of his former boss, he became the dapper new head of the Gambino crime family in 1986 (John) Gotti |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | 2001: A CATEGORY ODYSSEY $1000: In 2001 this orbiting lab completed its space odyssey that began with its launch in 1986 Mir |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | LIAM NEESON $600: In 1986 Liam guested on the "When Irish Eyes are Crying" episode of this Don Johnson cop show Miami Vice |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | THEY'RE NO. 1! $1600: 1986: encouraging fans to "Walk Like an Egyptian" The Bangles |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | THE GOLDEN GLOBES: BEST DIRECTOR $1200: 1986:
"Prizzi's Honor" (also 1949 for "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre") Huston |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $1200: Founded in 1986, this supplies chain has a "center" of attention in Los Angeles Staples |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | LET'S GOLF! $600: By 1986 this "Golden Bear" had played in 100 major championships, with 45 top 3 finishes Jack Nicklaus |
| #6559, aired 2013-03-07 | THAT '80s SHOW $400: In 1986 his "playhouse" premiered on Saturday morning television Pee-wee (Herman) |
| #6545, aired 2013-02-15 | GENETICS $1,800 (Daily Double): In 1986 the U.S. issued the first patent on a plant produced through genetic engineering, a hybrid of this grain corn |
| #6542, aired 2013-02-12 | SPACE STUFF $800: It passed by Earth in 1986 & is not expected to return until 2061--hope you kids enjoy that Halley's Comet |
| #6535, aired 2013-02-01 | BAD LUCK? $1600: The Olsen Twins have found fortune despite being born on June 13, 1986, this day of the week Friday |
| #6531, aired 2013-01-28 | NON-BRITISH ROYALS $2000: King Mswati III of this southern Africa land has ruled as an absolute monarch since 1986 Swaziland |
| #6524, aired 2013-01-17 | DVD SPECIAL FEATURES $800: The DVD for this 1986 drama includes interviews with Rob Reiner & Stephen King, & a music video by Ben E. King Stand By Me |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | SCIENCE 101 $2000: In 1986 the 101-key IBM keyboard, which became the PC standard, moved these keys from the left to a line across the top function keys |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | WHAT DEGREE DID THEY GET? $1200: 1986:
Elena Kagan gets no argument from Harvard a J.D. |
| #6493, aired 2012-12-05 | HITS & MISSES $200: 1986:
"Greatest Love Of All" Whitney Houston |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $1600: In 2011 this Tiger was the first starting pitcher to be a league MVP since 1986 (Justin) Verlander |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | TOUCHÉ $600: In this 1986 film Sean Connery as Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez instructs Connor MacLeod in swordplay Highlander |
| #6444, aired 2012-09-27 | FIRST MUSIC, THEN A MOVIE $1200: 1981: The Psychedelic Furs
1986: Duckie, you're the one Pretty in Pink |
| #6444, aired 2012-09-27 | FIRST MUSIC, THEN A MOVIE $1600: 1968: The Rolling Stones
1986: Whoopi Goldberg made espionage funny Jumpin' Jack Flash |
| #6438, aired 2012-09-19 | TRUE DAILY DOUBLES $1200: November 3, 1986:
Micronesia gets its independence from the U.S. & a magazine breaks the news of this scandal Iran-Contra |
| #6424, aired 2012-07-19 | PUT ME IN, MOVIE COACH! $1000: He played an Indiana high school hoops coach in 1986 & a Washington pro football coach in 2000 Gene Hackman |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTORS OF THE 1980s $400: Oliver Stone, for a Vietnam movie
(1986) Platoon |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | SEE "INSIDE" FOR DETAILS $1600: In November 1986 Ivan Boesky was penalized $100 million for this type of illegal activity insider trading |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | OFFICE HOLDERS $3,000 (Daily Double): Supreme Court justice, 1986- (he's been there the longest) Antonin Scalia |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | KEYBOARD CATS $2000: In 1986 this piano virtuoso finally returned home to the USSR after 60 years for recitals in Moscow & Leningrad Vladamir Horowitz |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | THE BAND'S 10th TOP 40 HIT $2000: 1986:
"Land Of Confusion" Genesis |
| #6403, aired 2012-06-20 | 1-WORD FILM QUOTES $400: 1986:
"Bueller...?" Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| #6381, aired 2012-05-21 | "BIG" MOVIE QUOTES $1600: 1986, Kurt Russell:
"You know what ol' Jack Burton always says in a time like this?" "Who?" "Jack Burton, me" Big Trouble in Little China |
| #6376, aired 2012-05-14 | LAW & ORDER $2000: In 1986 the Supreme Court ruled that the "hostile environment" type of this can be sex discrimination sexual harassment |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | JAZZ PIANISTS $400: On April 29, 1986, the United States Post Office released a stamp honoring this pianist & bandleader Duke Ellington |
| #6351, aired 2012-04-09 | BUSINESS LETTERS $1600: Since its inception in 1986, QVC has offered customers quality, value & this, right from their homes convenience |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | GOOD NEWS $1000: The Inuit were exempted from a 1986 worldwide ban on commercial hunting of these animals whales |
| #6341, aired 2012-03-26 | AMBASSADORS $2000: Anatoly Dobrynin held this job from 1962 to 1986, & knew how to get along with all kinds of people Russian Ambassador to the United States |
| #6329, aired 2012-03-08 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1200: On her 1986 death, she was laid to rest next to Jean-Paul Sartre in Paris Simone de Beauvoir |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | GRAMMY-WINNING WOMEN $1000: 1986:
Best country performance by a duo or group with vocal for "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days)" The Judds |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | ISLANDS $2000: In 1986 this "Northern" Pacific island group that includes Saipan became a commonwealth of the United States the Northern Mariana Islands |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | HISTORIC DATES $1000: The accident of April 25-26, 1986 at this facility was caused by a poorly designed experiment at its reactor unit 4 Chernobyl |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | ODDITIES $600: In 1986 a judge told the Library of Congress to resume producing pictureless Braille editions of this magazine Playboy |
| #6279, aired 2011-12-29 | SCIENTISTS $2000: In 1986 Ernst Ruska received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of this type of microscope 53 years earlier an electron microscope |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | TWINS $200: These twins, actresses & entrepreneurs, were born June 13, 1986 in Sherman Oaks, California the Olsens |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | LATE MAN $1600: Composer Milton Babbitt, 1916-2011, received a 1986 "Genius Grant" from this American foundation MacArthur |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | NBA ROOKIES OF THE YEAR $1600: This Knicks center was the 1986 choice Patrick Ewing |
| #6197, aired 2011-07-19 | PETER $1600: His first Oscar nomination came in 1986 for directing "Witness" Peter Weir |
| #6197, aired 2011-07-19 | SAMI $3,800 (Daily Double): The Sami were gravely affected by this 1986 disaster as fish & livestock meat became tainted Chernobyl |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | "SUPER" $200: In this 1986 video game, Luigi & his sibling are trying to rescue Princess Toadstool Super Mario Bros. |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS $400: The CBC's fight against this overseas system of segregation included sponsoring a landmark 1986 act apartheid |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | 3 $400: Ned Nederlander, Dusty Bottoms & Lucky Day go up against El Guapo in this 1986 movie ¡Three Amigos! |
| #6163, aired 2011-06-01 | POP CULTURE $2000: In 1986 this singer published a religious novel about St. Paul that he called "Man in White" Johnny Cash |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | THE 1860s $400: In 1986 this 23-year-old from Cleveland invested $4000 in an oil refining business; he became very, very rich John D.) Rockefeller |
| #6141, aired 2011-05-02 | BIG-SCREEN EDUCATORS $800: 1986: William Hurt as James Leeds, a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf Children of a Lesser God |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | I'M GETTING MARRIED! $800: Edwin Schlossberg (1986) Caroline Kennedy |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | RESORTS $1200: Unable to appeal to younger guests, Grossinger's in these New York mountains closed in 1986 the Catskills |
| #6116, aired 2011-03-28 | CHEVY CHASE ON SNL $400: (Chevy Chase delivers the clue from the set of Community.) In 1986, 10 years after I played at least a small part in denying this man a new term, I met him at a conference on humor & the presidency held at his museum Gerald Ford |
| #6113, aired 2011-03-23 | MONUMENTALLY ODD $800: A 25' headless shark monument was installed in England Aug. 9, 1986, anniversary of the dropping of one of these the second atomic bomb |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | YOU ARE SO OUTTA HERE $1000: In 1986 this Philippine woman left more than a thousand pairs of shoes behind when she fled to Hawaii Imelda Marcos |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | SORRY ABOUT THAT $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1986 the French govt. apologized & paid compensation for the sinking of this group's ship the Rainbow Warrior Greenpeace |
| #6099, aired 2011-03-03 | ALPHABET ROCKERS $200: These rappers remixed Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" into a Top 10 hit in 1986 Run–D.M.C. |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | WOMEN IN CHARGE $1,000 (Daily Double): President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992, she passed away in 2009 Corazon Aquino |
| #6075, aired 2011-01-28 | THE SUPREME COURT $800: Taking his seat in 1986, he's the Associate Justice seen here (Antonin) Scalia |
| #6074, aired 2011-01-27 | WASN'T THAT AN '80s THING? $1200: He was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1982 & 1986 & then it was on to the presidency! Well, not quite (Michael) Dukakis |
| #6069, aired 2011-01-20 | DESCRIBING THE FILM $400: 1986: Principal Rooney has a bad day;
a Ferrari meets a bad end--
Broderick...? Broderick...? Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| #6054, aired 2010-12-30 | A "BACH" OF CLUES $400: This world leader met Reagan in Iceland in 1986 Gorbachev |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | WHO'S BUYING? $400: NBC, in 1986 General Electric |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | BASKIN ROBBINS ICE CREAM $800: In 1986, to celebrate a Don Johnson TV series, BR came up with this flavor--fruity, refreshing & 1 letter shorter Miami Ice |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | NBA MVPs PDQ, OK? $800: Before a 3-point contest, this Celtic & 1986 MVP asked, "Which one of you guys is finishing 2nd?"; he backed it up & won Larry Bird |
| #6030, aired 2010-11-26 | THE FLOP $1600: This 1986 George Lucas film was fowl, costing a then-whopping $37 million & making back less than half domestically Howard the Duck |
| #6030, aired 2010-11-26 | LET'S PLAY TEXAS HOLD-EM $2000: In 1986 this member of The Byrds spent 5 months in Huntsville on drug charges & worked with the rodeo band David Crosby |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | BIBLE BOOK NAMES $1600: 12 letters: Why?! Why didn't I buy Microsoft when it hit the market in 1986?! & wearing that Speedo?! What was I thinking?! Lamentations |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | JUST THE FACTS ON FILE, PLEASE $200: February 7, 1986: ending a 28-year family dynasty, "president for life" Jean-Claude Duvalier flees this island nation Haiti |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | AFRO-DITTY $400: One of his many South African-themed songs from 1986's "Graceland" was "Under African Skies" Paul Simon |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | WAIT FOR IT... $400: The last time this came close to Earth was in 1986 & it's expected again as it completes its 76-year cycle Halley's comet |
| #5964, aired 2010-07-15 | OSCAR IN THEIR FILM DEBUTS $1600: Best Actress for "Children of a Lesser God" (1986) Marlee Matlin |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | GO IRISH! $1000: For organizing Band Aid & other good works, this Irishman received an honorary knighthood in 1986 Bob Geldof |
| #5950, aired 2010-06-25 | EXPO $400: In 1986 the world came to this Canadian city for an expo; in 2010 the world was back Vancouver |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | WORLD OF SCIENTISTS $2000: After 6 years in exile in Gorky, this physicist & human rights activist was allowed to return to Moscow in 1986 Andrei Sakharov |
| #5941, aired 2010-06-14 | LITERARY STUPID ANSWERS $400: It was the top-selling fiction book of 1986 It |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | I MARRIED THIS SPORTS STAR $1200: Tatum O'Neal, in 1986; singer Patty Smyth, in 1997 John McEnroe |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | ON THE 1980s MOVIE SOUNDTRACK $600: 1986:
"Danger Zone"
by Kenny Loggins Top Gun |
| #5901, aired 2010-04-19 | 3-LETTER WORDS $1600: In Russian it means "village" or "peace"; its core module was launched in 1986 Mir |
| #5900, aired 2010-04-16 | GRAMMY SONG OF THE YEAR $2000: 1986:
"That's What Friends Are For"
(1 of 2) Burt Bacharach (or Carole Bayer Sager) |
| #5884, aired 2010-03-25 | MY NAME IS GEORGE $1000: This singer guested as himself in a 1986 episode of "The A-Team"; do you really want to hurt him & not know his name? Boy George |
| #5883, aired 2010-03-24 | SPORTS SHORTS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew climbs some steps.) His vertical leap adding an astonishing 42 inches to his reach, this 5'7" NBA player won the NBA's Slam Dunk Contest in 1986 Spud Webb |
| #5881, aired 2010-03-22 | OFF THE RECORD $800: 1986:
"Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes",
"You Can Call Me Al" Graceland |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $400: On March 6, 1986 Vega 1 became the first spacecraft to rendezvous with this comet Halley's Comet |
| #5877, aired 2010-03-16 | OUR GEOMETRIC WORLD $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In a 1986 confrontation, Libyan leader Khaddafi said no U.S. ships would be allowed past the mouth of the Gulf of Sidra, drawing what he called this 3-word phrase the Line of Death |
| #5857, aired 2010-02-16 | MEN OF SCIENCE $400: In 1986 Dr. Alec Jeffreys became the first scientist to use this to identify suspected criminals DNA |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | WORLD HOLIDAYS $600: This country has Bataan Day & People Power Day, commemorating the 1986 revolt the Philippines |
| #5849, aired 2010-02-04 | NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS $800: 1986: Her, "Plain and Tall" Sarah |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | HOLLYWOOD REMAKES $2000: This 1960 Jack Nicholson-Jonathan Haze movie was remade as a musical in 1986 Little Shop of Horrors |
| #5842, aired 2010-01-26 | OF WAR $1200: Johnny Depp & Forest Whitaker have supporting roles in this Best Picture Oscar winner from 1986 Platoon |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $1600: In 1986 he topped the charts with "Glory Of Love" as a solo artist & "The Next Time I Fall" in a duet with Amy Grant Peter Cetera |
| #5817, aired 2009-12-22 | "U" COUNTRIES $800: This country's president Museveni, seen as a godsend after leaders like Idi Amin, has been in power since 1986 Uganda |
| #5806, aired 2009-12-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In 1986 this company was forced out of the instant camera market, having violated 7 Polaroid patents Kodak |
| #5799, aired 2009-11-26 | GRAMMY-WINNING MUSIC VIDEOS $600: "Bring On The Night"
(1986) Sting |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | NIP/TUCK $400: Its restoration included adding an elevator & replacing the torch, & it had to be completed by July 4, 1986 the Statue of Liberty |
| #5753, aired 2009-09-23 | WRITERS ON FILM $800: When Rodney Dangerfield needs help on a paper about Vonnegut in this 1986 movie, he hires Vonnegut himself Back to School |
| #5742, aired 2009-07-21 | THAT'S JUST DUCKY $200: This ducky superhero of 1970s comic books was brought to the big screen by George Lucas in 1986 Howard the Duck |
| #5736, aired 2009-07-13 | "KID" TALK $1600: "The Block" is the 2008 comeback album by the band formed in 1986 under this name New Kids on the Block |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | BEST ACTOR OSCAR WINNERS $400: 1986:
As a slower "Fast Eddie" Felson Paul Newman |
| #5723, aired 2009-06-24 | JOHNNY CASH $400: "Man in White" was Johnny Cash's 1986 novel about St. Paul of Tarsus; this was the title of his 1975 autobiography Man in Black |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | TOON TUNES $1000: 1986:
"Somewhere Out There" performed by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram An American Tail |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | FIRST FEMALE LEADERS $200: President Corazon Aquino
(1986) the Philippines |
| #5699, aired 2009-05-21 | SONG & MOVIE TITLES $1200: Rolling Stones tune that became the title of a 1986 Whoopi Goldberg spy comedy "Jumpin' Jack Flash" |
| #5699, aired 2009-05-21 | ART HEISTS $2000: Seen here, this Dutch painter's "Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid" was stolen in 1974 & again in 1986 (Jan) Vermeer |
| #5685, aired 2009-05-01 | BROWN $800: Between 1960 & 1986, he racked up 44 Top 40 hits, but no No. 1s James Brown |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | FASTER $1000: Flying a Westland Lynx turboshaft in 1986, Trevor Egginton set the record for one of these at 249 mph a helicopter |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST $400: He created the self-portrait seen here in 1986 (Andy) Warhol |
| #5672, aired 2009-04-14 | I THEE WED $600: 1986:
Sarah Ferguson (but divorced in '96) Prince Andrew |
| #5666, aired 2009-04-06 | GOOD O'MEN $200: Tip O'Neill was the man of the House of Representatives, holding this post from 1977 to 1986 Speaker |
| #5661, aired 2009-03-30 | 1980s MOVIE CHARACTERS $400: Matthew Broderick briefly steps out of this 1986 character to become Abe Frohman, Sausage King of Chicago Ferris Bueller |
| #5654, aired 2009-03-19 | OTHER PLACES TO GAMBLE $1000: A bingo hall opened by the Mashantucket Pequot tribal nation in 1986 evolved into this massive complex Foxwoods |
| #5649, aired 2009-03-12 | STEVE WIN $800: His "Higher Love" won him the 1986 Record of the Year Grammy (Steve) Winwood |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | OPERA $1200: This 2008 opera is based partly on a 1986 David Cronenberg film The Fly |
| #5645, aired 2009-03-06 | DYSFUNCTION JUNCTION $400: Never mind the Sex Pistols, this punk couple found life after death as a 1986 feature film Sid & Nancy Vicious |
| #5645, aired 2009-03-06 | SOME SCIENCE, SOME NATURE $1600: It was clocked at more than 80,000 mph making an earthly pass at us in April 1986 (Sorry, but we're not that easy!) Halley's Comet |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | AS LISTED IN THE S.I. ALMANAC $1000: "Golfer. 'The Shark'... won two British Opens (1986, '93) but is more famous for his heartbreaking losses" (Greg) Norman |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | PODGE-POURRI $400: It began in 1986 as a 20-person Summer Solstice Fest at S.F.'s Baker Beach; in 2008, 49,599 went, but to a different place Burning Man |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS $400: On April 26, 1986 an accident at this facility 80 miles north of Kiev made worldwide headlines Chernobyl |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | UNITE US $800: In 1986 7 million Americans from coast to coast united these at the behest of USA for Africa hands |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | SPORTS CAST $400: In 1986, '87 & '88, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire & Walt Weiss won Rookie of the Year playing for this team the Oakland A's |
| #5593, aired 2008-12-24 | ALBUMS $800: The soundtrack to this 1986 Molly Ringwald film includes OMD's "If You Leave" & the title track by the Psychedelic Furs Pretty in Pink |
| #5587, aired 2008-12-16 | WE REWRITE HISTORY! $400: In 1986 Emeril Lagasse became Chief Justice of the U.S.; Bam! Rehnquist |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | AVIATION $2000: In 1986 he & Jeana Yeager piloted the Voyager on the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world (Dick) Rutan |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | REELIN' IN THE YEARS $2000: Year in which Marcos fled the Philippines, Baby Doc Duvalier fled Haiti & hundreds of thousands fled Chernobyl 1986 |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE PRESIDENTS $400: The 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit made progress on arms issues but snagged over this Reagan defense plan "Star Wars" |
| #5549, aired 2008-10-23 | DISCOVERIES $1200: In 1986 an ancient boat was found on the shore of this Israeli "sea"; it could be the type Jesus & his disciples took (the Sea of) Galilee |
| #5541, aired 2008-10-13 | WE'RE TALKING FOOTBALL $1000: In 1986 Richard Dent was Super Bowl MVP as part of this team's dominating defense the Chicago Bears |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | LAST TOP 10 POP HIT $2000: "Your Wildest Dreams"
(1986) The Moody Blues |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | 1980s ROCK $600: "Brass Monkey" & "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" were songs on their hit 1986 debut album the Beastie Boys |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK TIMES $800: Among its dozens of Pulitzer prizes is one for coverage of this 1986 tragedy, citing "serious design flaws" the Challenger (explosion) |
| #5495, aired 2008-06-27 | OF MICE & MEN $1600: Nehemiah Persoff voiced Papa Mousekewitz in this 1986 film An American Tail |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | TRACK & FIELD $800: In 1986 Jackie Joyner-Kersee was named the Amateur Athlete of the Year; this sister-in-law won in 1988 Florence Griffith Joyner |
| #5467, aired 2008-05-20 | SHOTS HEARD AROUND THE WORLD $400: Maybe...Yes, sir! Nailing an 11-foot putt on 17 helped seal the 1986 Masters for this Golden Bear Jack Nicklaus |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | BRANDED $600: In 1986 this company introduced its Dockers line of men's casual wear Levi's |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | LAST WILLS & TESTAMENTS $600: This Chief Justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 left a self-written 176-word will with no provisions for estate taxes; oops Warren Burger |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | HERE'S A MELANGE POUR VOUS $800: A much-derided 1986 Newsweek story said for a 40-year-old single woman, death by a terrorist was likelier than this marriage |
| #5414, aired 2008-03-06 | AWARDS & HONORS $600: Following in the footsteps of his TV dad John Mahoney (a 1986 Tony winner), he won a 2007 Tony for "Curtains" David Hyde Pierce |
| #5413, aired 2008-03-05 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $1000: In 1986 this Giants linebacker known as "LT" was named the NFL's MVP Lawrence Taylor |
| #5406, aired 2008-02-25 | SONG TITLES -- NOW IN GERMAN $1200: 1986:
The Bangles,
"Gehen Sie Wie Ein Agypter" "Walk Like An Egyptian" |
| #5399, aired 2008-02-14 | THE STARS ARE OUT ON BROADWAY $2000: You talkin' to him? He starred in "Cuba and His Teddy Bear" in 1986; 14 years later, he'd deal with a Focker Robert De Niro |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | CANALS $800: In 1986 the canal named for this woman began providing irrigation to the Great Indian Desert Indira Gandhi |
| #5386, aired 2008-01-28 | NO. 1 ALBUMS $800: 1986 not only gave us Mr. Mister's "Welcome to the Real World" but this hard rockin' group's "5150" Van Halen |
| #5381, aired 2008-01-21 | EUROPEANA $200: In 1986 local farmers in this country protested the plan to take their land for Europe's first Disneyland France |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | A CHARLIE IN THE BOX $1200: In 1986, the same year he starred in "Platoon", he was the "boy in police station" in "Ferris Beuller's Day Off" Charlie Sheen |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | SOVIET BLOC HEADS $2,000 (Daily Double): Leader Volodymyr Shcherbytsky suppressed press coverage of a 1986 disaster in this Soviet republic Ukraine |
| #5343, aired 2007-11-28 | AN AUGUSTA PERSONALITY $600: Bear with us: the first of his record 6 Masters wins came in 1963 & the last in 1986 Jack Nicklaus |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | I RESIGN! $800: This Chief Justice resigned in 1986 to chair the commission on the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution Warren Burger |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | "PRO" NOUNS $800: Introduced in 1986, it's one of the most widely prescribed antidepressants in history Prozac |
| #5314, aired 2007-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $1200: In 1986 it was Hail! Hail! this 1950s performer, the very first inductee Chuck Berry |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S $800: This novelist, a pure "Natural", died in NYC on March 18, 1986 Bernard Malamud |
| #5307, aired 2007-10-09 | OUT OF THIS WORLD $1,500 (Daily Double): It was last seen in the skies in 1986 & won't return until 2061 Halley's Comet |
| #5295, aired 2007-09-21 | NIGERIA $800: Known for his satire, Wole Soyinka became the first Black African winner of this prize for literature in 1986 the Nobel Prize |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | UP, UP & AWAY $2000: This craft left California Dec. 14, 1986 & landed back there with 18 gallons of gas left after circling the world Voyager |
| #5287, aired 2007-09-11 | STEVE MARTIN MOVIES $200: Steve Martin, Martin Short & Chevy Chase were the title characters of this 1986 comedy Three Amigos |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | SPORTS TEENS $1600: Born in San Diego in 1986, this redheaded snowboarder was the 2003 U.S. Open Slopestyle champ Shaun White |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | DOWN MEXICO WAY $400: In 1986 Mexico scored as the first country to host this international sports competition twice the World Cup |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | SOUNDS LIKE AN ARMY UNIT $2,000 (Daily Double): Best Picture Oscar winner for 1986 Platoon |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | '80s MOVIE MEMORIES $200: In 1986 he played Seth Brundle, whose teleportation experiment is set awry by a fly Jeff Goldblum |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | '80s MOVIE MEMORIES $600: Brownsville, Oregon was cast as Castle Rock in this 1986 film about 4 boys on a trek for a dead body Stand By Me |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | ENTERTAINING STATE CAPITALS $2000: In one of her first big-screen roles, this actress played Lady Jane Grey in a 1986 film Helena Bonham Carter |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $1600: The headstone of this man who died in 1986 reads, "Father of the Nuclear Navy" (Hyman) Rickover |
| #5221, aired 2007-04-30 | FLIPPIN' BURGERS $200: Warren Burger retired from this job in 1986 Justice of the Supreme Court |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | CHICKS RULE! $4,000 (Daily Double): The Philippines has had 2 female presidents, current leader Gloria Arroyo & this woman from 1986 to 1992 (Corazon) Aquino |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | AMERICAN WORLD CAPITALS $1200: Mattoon, Illinois declared itself the "bagel capital of the world" after this company opened a factory there in 1986 Lender's |
| #5208, aired 2007-04-11 | POSSESSED $1600: Saipan, Tinian & Rota are the main islands in the Northern this group, made a commonwealth in 1986 Marianas |
| #5193, aired 2007-03-21 | MAJOR LEES $1000: In 1986 Bruce Springsteen refused his $12 million offer to use "Born in the U.S.A." in an automoble ad Lee Iacocca |
| #5183, aired 2007-03-07 | 1980s BESTSELLERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Of all of Stephen King's bestsellers, this hefty novel from 1986 has the shortest title It |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | GIVING YOU THE MUSICAL TIME OF DAY $800: "Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream" begins this 1986 Bangles hit "Manic Monday" |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | MORE SONGS $600: In a 1986 anti-war song, Sting hoped that these title people "love their children too" the Russians |
| #5178, aired 2007-02-28 | BURN $1,000 (Daily Double): One of these famously burned in Alexandria in 47 B.C. & also in Los Angeles in 1986 a library |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1980s $1200: In 1986 a reactor at this Soviet nuclear power plant exploded in history's worst nuclear accident Chernobyl |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | LIES, THEFT & FRAUD $2000: In 1986 Ferdinand Marcos' political party was accused of widespread presidential election fraud in this country the Philippines |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | CHIMP-POURRI $1000: In 1986 she presented the cumulative findings of her research in "The Chimpanzees of Gombe" Jane Goodall |
| #5137, aired 2007-01-02 | ACTING POLITICIANS $200: In 1986 the City of Carmel made his day by electing him mayor with 2,166 votes to the incumbent's 799 Clint Eastwood |
| #5122, aired 2006-12-12 | ASIAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1000: Sadly Ellison Onizuka, the first Asian American in space, was on this 1986 shuttle flight Challenger |
| #5096, aired 2006-11-06 | THE DIRTY DOZEN $3,000 (Daily Double): Chapter 12 was introduced in 1986 to the code for this & deals with the reorganization of family farms bankruptcy |
| #5085, aired 2006-10-20 | FAMOUS CANADIANS $800: Halperin is the real last name of this Winnipeg-born man who hosted "Let's Make a Deal" from 1963 to 1986 Monty Hall |
| #5080, aired 2006-10-13 | ASK "Y" $800: In 1986 Sarah Ferguson became the Duchess of it York |
| #5080, aired 2006-10-13 | SPORTS STARS $1600: This American won at least one Women's Grand Slam tennis title a record 13 straight years, 1974-1986 Chris Evert-Lloyd |
| #5077, aired 2006-10-10 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $1000: 1986:
Charlie Sheen is a soldier in Vietnam Platoon |
| #5076, aired 2006-10-09 | SPACE EXPLORATION $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1986 5 spacecraft rendezvoused with this object, Giotto came within 400 miles of its nucleus Halley's Comet |
| #5066, aired 2006-09-25 | AN AMERICAN IN PARIS $800: His surname sounds French, but this Yank ended up in Paris by winning the Tour de France in 1986, 1989 & 1990 Greg LeMond |
| #5060, aired 2006-09-15 | AROUND SWEDEN $1000: The grave of this Swedish prime minister who was assassinated in 1986 is in the Adolf Fredrik's Churchyard Olof Palme |
| #5045, aired 2006-07-14 | FRUITLESS SEARCHES $600: This Brooklyn reporter's opening of Al Capone's vault in 1986 left him with a few scars of his own Geraldo Rivera |
| #5044, aired 2006-07-13 | "F"RIENDS OF SCIENCE $2000: This bongo-playing Manhattan Project physicist told how Challenger's O-rings failed in 1986 Richard Feynman |
| #5042, aired 2006-07-11 | THE GRAMMYS $1600: In 1986 Carl Perkins was given a Hall of Fame award for this recording released 30 years earlier "Blue Suede Shoes" |
| #5022, aired 2006-06-13 | "B" MOVIES $600: 1986:
Creepy thriller in which Dennis Hopper swears by "Pabst Blue Ribbon!!!" Blue Velvet |
| #5021, aired 2006-06-12 | CITY OF THE DAY: PHOENIX $400: Since 1986 Phoenix has gotten much of its water from this "stately" river to the west the Colorado |
| #5016, aired 2006-06-05 | CITY OF THE DAY: MILWAUKEE $1600: Born in Milwaukee, 1924; Chief Justice of the United States, 1986; passed away, 2005 Rehnquist |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | WHAT A GOOD IDEA! $1000: This brand of carpet introduced in 1986 uses Teflon to repel the coffee you just spilled Stainmaster |
| #4986, aired 2006-04-24 | BIG FISH $2000: A 55-lb., 1-oz. specimen of the "Northern" type of this long, sharp-toothed fish was pulled ashore in Germany in 1986 a pike |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: In the 1986 Newbery Medal winner by Patricia MacLachlan, this title character was "Plain and Tall" Sarah |
| #4978, aired 2006-04-12 | THE NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED PAGE $400: In 1986 this U.S. attorney & future mayor wrote on "How to Return Ethics to New York" Giuliani |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | POSITION PAPERS $2000: In 1986 Amsterdam passed a law about abandoned premises to address the longtime issue of ___ing squatting |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HISTORIC HEADLINES $600: This man's 1986 travel itinerary made the front page Ferdinand Marcos |
| #4969, aired 2006-03-30 | TV TITLE REFERENCES $1600: Opening in 2005, a look back at some members of the high school class of 1986 Reunion |
| #4965, aired 2006-03-24 | "RAP" SHEET $800: "I'm Not" this guy in a Tony Award-winning play from 1986 Rappaport |
| #4959, aired 2006-03-16 | COMEDY OF ERRORS $1000: 1986 film in which Bette Midler exclaims to Helen Slater, "I'm being marked down... I've been kidnapped by Kmart!" Ruthless People |
| #4957, aired 2006-03-14 | FUN WITH DICK & JANE $400: See Dick. See Dick ride steeplechase in the '50s. See Dick write "Bolt", a 1986 mystery. Write, Dick. Write Dick Francis |
| #4953, aired 2006-03-08 | "MOON" ME AT THE MOVIES $1200: Kristin Scott Thomas had her first major movie role in this "Prince"ly epic from 1986 Under the Cherry Moon |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | BALLET IS FOR THE BIRDS! $1200: The NYCB's 1986 version of this classic ballet had the "cygnet"ure corps of birds dressed in black Swan Lake |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | IT'S STRICTLY BUSINESS $600: Dean Witter & Sears introduced this credit card in 1986 & consumers have been "finding" things to charge ever since Discover |
| #4909, aired 2006-01-05 | PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTIONS $800: One of the 2 presidents pushed out of power by people power protests in the Philippines in 1986 & 2001 Marcos (or Estrada) |
| #4909, aired 2006-01-05 | THE AIR UP THERE $1200: Yeager & Rutan's round-the-world flight in 1986 was the first to accomplish the feat without doing this refueling |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $800: Martin Crane on "Frasier", he won a 1986 Tony for featured actor in a drama for "The House of Blue Leaves" (John) Mahoney |
| #4901, aired 2005-12-26 | ROYALTY $1600: Mswati III became the king of this country in 1986 when he was 18 Swaziland |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | 20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1986 this president crossed the Pacific & went into exile in Hawaii Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines |
| #4895, aired 2005-12-16 | THIS MEANS TROUBLE $2000: This onetime child actor grew up to be the big star of 1986's "Big Trouble in Little China" Kurt Russell |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | "KING" OF THE TOP 40 $1200: "Stand By Me" hit the charts for him in 1961 & 1986 Ben E. King |
| #4863, aired 2005-11-02 | TV D.O.A. $800: Though previously killed & buried in a big funeral, this show's Bobby returned in 1986, clean as a whistle Dallas |
| #4859, aired 2005-10-27 | GETTING MALL-ED $400: In 1986 ThisCompanyKids opened its first store; in 1990 BabyThisCompany was born The Gap |
| #4855, aired 2005-10-21 | PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTERS $600: A Columbia Law School graduate, she married museum designer Edwin Schlossberg in 1986 Caroline Kennedy |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | THE GENE HACKMAN POOL $400: "I play, Coach stays. He goes, I go", says Jimmy Chitwood in this 1986 Hackman pic Hoosiers |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | LYRICALLY YOURS $600: In 1986, Sammy Hagar wailed, "Only time will tell if we stand the test of time" when he was this band's lead singer Van Halen |
| #4822, aired 2005-07-19 | SHOWERS $800: At the beginning of the 1986 season of "Dallas", this character was seen taking a shower Bobby Ewing |
| #4819, aired 2005-07-14 | SONG HITS FOR TWO $800: Bananarama in 1986;
Shocking Blue in 1970 "Venus" |
| #4817, aired 2005-07-12 | '80s MOVIE QUOTES $1200: 1986:
"This is my 9th sick day this semester. It's getting pretty tough coming up with new illnesses" Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| #4812, aired 2005-07-05 | VEHICLES $400: 20 years after it was formed, this Korean company became a success in the U.S. with the 1986 Excel Hyundai |
| #4811, aired 2005-07-04 | SMELLS LIKE TEAM SPIRIT $600: This baseball team was honored with ticker-tape parades in 1962, 1969 & 1986 the New York Mets |
| #4810, aired 2005-07-01 | ON YOUR MARK $600: In 1986 he was People's Sexiest Man Alive; now he's the star of TV's "NCIS" Mark Harmon |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | INNOCENT $1600: The tagline for this 1986 multiple Oscar-winning film was "the first casualty of war is innocence Platoon |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | THAT'S JUST CLASSIC! $1200: Born in 1986, at age 13 she became the youngest classical artist to earn a gold record (Charlotte) Church |
| #4782, aired 2005-05-24 | BRITISH BUSINESS $2000: In 1986 inefficiency & strikes did in this auto brand known as BL British Leyland |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | CNN 25: NATIONAL NEWS $2000: The lieutenant colonel seen here is about to testify about his time on this government body from 1981 to 1986 the NSC (the National Security Council) |
| #4770, aired 2005-05-06 | THE BORIS YELTSIN FILE $600: 1986:
Yeltsin is inducted into this national executive & policymaking committee the Politburo |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | THAT WENT TO NO. 1? $600: "Might As Well Face It", the video for this 1986 Robert Palmer hit was famed for its zombie-liked backup band of models "Addicted To Love" |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | THE JIMMY $800: He won a 1986 Pulitzer for his work as a columnist for the New York Daily News Jimmy Breslin |
| #4764, aired 2005-04-28 | ON THE GO $2000: In 1986 he & Jeana Yeager flew nonstop around the world without refueling Rutan |
| #4755, aired 2005-04-15 | A TIM ROBBINS FILM FESTIVAL $1200: Tim also felt the need for speed as Merlin in this 1986 blockbuster flick Top Gun |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | WORLD "P"s $600: Gunmen after this South American dictator in 1986 used rockets, bazookas, rifles & grenades--& missed! Pinochet |
| #4734, aired 2005-03-17 | "E" GADS! $800: In 1986 they became the first siblings inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame The Everly Brothers |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | THE "C"ROSSWORD PUZZLE $200: 1986 disaster city in Ukraine
(9) Chernobyl |
| #4718, aired 2005-02-23 | small state capitals $2,000 (Daily Double): A planetarium in this capital bears the name of Christa McAuliffe, who died in the 1986 Challenger explosion Concord |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | YOU'RE A BIG SCREEN MONSTER! $400: 1986:
Jeff Goldblum the Fly |
| #4695, aired 2005-01-21 | THE COMETS $400: On April 10, 1986 it was 38,785,700 miles from Earth: close enough to be visible through binoculars Halley's Comet |
| #4677, aired 2004-12-28 | ONWARD CHRISTIAN SLATER $600: 1986: Christian & Sean Connery solve a mysterious murder at a medieval monastery The Name of the Rose |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | THEY USED TO BE IN CHARGE $600: Olof Palme was its Prime Minister 1982-1986 Sweden |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | CARS $400: This Japanese luxury brand debuted in the U.S. with the Legend sedan in 1986 Acura |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | THE PLANETS $1000: Voyager II flew by this planet January 24, 1986, 205 years after its discovery Uranus |
| #4655, aired 2004-11-26 | & JOAN RIVERS RUNS THROUGH IT $400: Since 1986 when Joan left "The Tonight Show", this host has reportedly said "No" when asked "Can we talk?" Johnny Carson |
| #4627, aired 2004-10-19 | THE NIGHTTIME SKY $400: In 1986 it was discovered that this famous comet was about 80% ice & 15% frozen carbon dioxide Halley's Comet |
| #4624, aired 2004-10-14 | WHATEVER HAPPENED TO... $1600: Ferdinand, who gained renown for doing this on May 3, 1986, was turned into Japanese pet food winning the Kentucky Derby |
| #4623, aired 2004-10-13 | LIVIN' IN THE '80s $2000: In 1986 she published her "Mayflower Madam" memoir (Sydney Biddle) Barrows |
| #4610, aired 2004-09-24 | AMERICANA $2000: In 1986 this model kit company merged with its main competitor, Monogram Revell |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | HEIR OF THE DAG $1600: After his term as U.N. Secretary-General he became president of Austria in 1986 (Kurt) Waldheim |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | CHARADES $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew.) 1986 Meryl Streep movie, one word: Heartburn |
| #4591, aired 2004-07-19 | DUDE, WHERE'S MY CZAR? $800: Maximilian Schell starred in an Emmy-winning 1986 mini-series about this reformist czar Peter the Great |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | GIVE ME AN "A"! $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Cape Cod, MA.) In 1986, this vessel, named either for a chipmunk or Woods Hole scientist Alan Vine, reached the Titanic the Alvin |
| #4558, aired 2004-06-02 | SENATORIAL SUCCESSORS $1200: 1986:
Replaces Arizona's Barry Goldwater John McCain |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | UKRAINE ON THE BRAIN $200: The worst nuclear accident in history happened at this Ukrainian site in 1986 Chernobyl |
| #4548, aired 2004-05-19 | THINK PINK $800: This 1986 Molly Ringwald film got its name from a song by the Psychedelic Furs Pretty in Pink |
| #4546, aired 2004-05-17 | SCHOOL OF ROCK MOVIES $600: This 1986 film told of the deadly relationship between the Sex Pistols' bassist & his groupie girlfriend Sid and Nancy |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | I'M GUS, I'LL BE YOUR KING OF SWEDEN $800: In 1986 he became the first Swedish high government official assassinated since Gustav III in 1792 Olof Palme |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | AMERICAN SONGS $400: In 1986 Johnny Cash recorded a religious song called this, the opposite of his nickname "The Man in White" |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | FAMOUS NIGERIANS $1600: In 1986 Wole Soyinka made headlines as the first black recipient of this the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| #4467, aired 2004-01-27 | "OUT"s $600: In 1986 it became the only film with a continent in its title to win a Best Picture Oscar Out of Africa |
| #4467, aired 2004-01-27 | BJORN AGAIN $2000: After this prime minister's 1986 assassination, journalist Bjorn Ranelid lamented, "Suddenly anything seemed possible" Olof Palme |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | ROCK $1600: In a 1986 anti-war song, Sting hoped that these people "Love Their Children Too" the Russians |
| #4457, aired 2004-01-13 | NO. 1 HITS IN OTHER WORDS $800: (1986)
The Bangles:
"Saunter Similarly to Tut or Ramses" "Walk Like an Egyptian" |
| #4446, aired 2003-12-29 | WOMEN AUTHORS $3,000 (Daily Double): Existentialism pervades the work of this Parisian woman who died in 1986 Simone De Beauvoir |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT... $400: ...these cameras distributed at parties, introduced by Fuji in 1986 disposable cameras |
| #4400, aired 2003-10-24 | FAMOUS AMANDAS $800: This "geographic" group had a No. 1 hit in 1986 with "Amanda" Boston |
| #4390, aired 2003-10-10 | SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES $1000: In 1986 Williams & Dubner, with too much time on their hands, found that a number formed by 1,031 ones in a row was this prime |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | THIS YEAR'S HEADLINE! $1600: Chernobyl reactor explodes! 1986 |
| #4372, aired 2003-09-16 | '80s MUSIC $400: "Brass Monkey" & "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" were songs on their hit 1986 debut album The Beastie Boys |
| #4370, aired 2003-09-12 | "AMERICAN" MOVIES $600: A Russian immigrant mouse named Fievel Mousekewitz is the hero of this 1986 animated film An American Tail |
| #4369, aired 2003-09-11 | OVERNIGHT DELIVERY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from FedEx headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee) In this month in 1986, FedEx first handled over one million packages in a single night December |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1986 he became the first Italian-American to sit on the Supreme Court Antonin Scalia |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | '80s BESTSELLERS $1200: In 1986 she gave readers "I'll Take Manhattan" Judith Krantz |
| #4336, aired 2003-06-09 | 100 YEARS OF FORD $200: In 1986, Ford turned to the Zodiac & introduced this model, seen here Taurus |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $2000: 1986:
Gary Oldman & Chloe Webb Sid and Nancy |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS IN OTHER WORDS $800: 1986:
"Friendless Pigeon" Lonesome Dove |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | AMERICAN WOMEN $2000: When she landed at Edwards AFB in 1986, she became the first woman to fly nonstop around the world without refueling (Jeana) Yeager |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMEWHERE, B.C. $400: A World's Fair opened in this British Columbia city in May 1986 to great fanfare & a fainting spell by Princess Diana Vancouver |
| #4291, aired 2003-04-07 | MAN IN SPACE $1600: More people visited this Russian space station, launched in 1986, than all previous stations combined Mir |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | EUROPEAN CITIES $200: In 1986 Thessaloniki in this country celebrated its 2,300th birthday Greece |
| #4279, aired 2003-03-20 | MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS $400: In this 1986 comedy Chevy Chase, Steve Martin & Martin Short are recruited to save a Mexican village from banditos the Three Amigos! |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | BASKETBALL MOVIES $1000: Gene Hackman coached a small-town Indiana high school team right to the state championship in this 1986 film Hoosiers |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | SUPER BOWL BETS $1200: In 1986 Mayor Harold Washington put plenty of beef behind this team Chicago Bears |
| #4248, aired 2003-02-05 | WAY OUT THERE $800: In 1986 the spacecraft Giotto revealed that this comet had a potato-shaped nucleus that was blacker than coal Halley's Comet |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | THE JAMES GANG $1000: In 1986 he was named the first ever artistic director of the Metropolitan Opera James Levine |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | PERSONAL PRODUCTS $400: Though its logo originally said "Since 1850", this brand of casual wear was introduced by Levi's in 1986 Dockers |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | COLLEGE MOVIES $400: As Thornton Melon, this comedian goes "Back to School" in a 1986 film to earn respect for himself & his son Rodney Dangerfield |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | AROUND THE MALL $800: This clothing store chain opened its first "kids" store in 1986 & started its "baby" business 4 years later (The) Gap |
| #4225, aired 2003-01-03 | AEROSMITH $400: In 1986 rappers Run-D.M.C. remade this 1976 Aerosmith song "Walk This Way" |
| #4218, aired 2002-12-25 | LET'S FOOL AROUND! $600: "Foolish Pride" gave him a Top 40 hit in 1986, without any help from John Oates Daryl Hall |
| #4208, aired 2002-12-11 | PARIS MUSEUMS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from along the bank of the Seine in Paris) The Impressionists are a major draw at this train station-turned-museum that opened in 1986 Musee d'Orsay |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | FAMOUS JOHNS $400: Elected in 1986, this Arizona senator was born in the Panama Canal Zone John McCain |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | GAME SHOWS $600: Miss February 1986 Julie McCullough won a Playboy playmate edition of this game show hosted by Anne Robinson Weakest Link |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | LINGERIE $1000: In 1986 this underwear maker introduced its "Her Way" line Hanes |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | '80s MUSIC $800: His 1986 No. 1 hit "Kiss" says, "Act your age, Mama, not your shoe size -- maybe we could do the twirl" Prince |
| #4166, aired 2002-10-14 | BREWERS $200: Introduced in 1986, this Miller brand is something of a misnomer, since it comes in bottles & cans Miller Genuine Draft |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | REMAKES $1,600 (Daily Double): Neil Simon has recreated this 1965 play for the 21st century; he did it once before in 1986 for female stars The Odd Couple |
| #4160, aired 2002-10-04 | JAZZ IT UP $2000: This Thelonious Monk composition provided the title for a 1986 jazz film starring Dexter Gordon 'Round Midnight |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER $400: Jackie Onassis was on hand when Arnold married this TV journalist in 1986 Maria Shriver |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | WAR & PEACE SONGS $200: With the E Street Band, he had a 1986 hit covering the song "War" Bruce Springsteen |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | CELEB L.L.s $1600: In a 1986 "Circus of the Stars" this "Falcon Crest" hunk tamed some tigers, not South American camel relatives Lorenzo Lamas |
| #4151, aired 2002-09-23 | THE WRIGHT STUFF $1200: In 1986 this Texan became House majority leader, succeeding Tip O'Neill Jim Wright |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | STRANGE "R"s $600: The U.S. & Russia found their 1986 talks in this capital of Iceland disarming Reykjavik |
| #4145, aired 2002-09-13 | HELLO, NEWMAN $800: Paul won an Oscar for this 1986 film in which he reprised his role of Fast Eddie Felson The Color of Money |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | BEASTLY MOVIES $400: 1986:
Paul Hogan faces the jungle of New York City Crocodile Dundee |
| #4137, aired 2002-09-03 | STAR TRACK $800: This star of "Monster's Ball" was the first runner up in the 1986 Miss USA pageant Halle Berry |
| #4137, aired 2002-09-03 | ENTERPRISE $1600: In 1986 U.S. Steel changed its name to this 3-letter one USX |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | O $1200: This 1986 disaster was traced to an O-ring Challenger |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | DURING THE REAGAN YEARS $800: In 1986 Reagan compared helping this Central American group to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade the Contras |
| #4126, aired 2002-07-08 | WHAT A CARD! $1600: In a romantic dance hit of 1986, Stacey Q cut to this card in the deck two of hearts |
| #4106, aired 2002-06-10 | COACH $1000: He's one of the few men to win a Super Bowl as a player, as assistant coach & as head coach of the Bears in 1986 Mike Ditka |
| #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 |
| #4086, aired 2002-05-13 | BIG NAMES IN SPORTS $1600: In 1986, with the Springfield Fame, she became the first woman to play in a men's pro basketball league Nancy Lieberman |
| #4081, aired 2002-05-06 | TRACK & FIELD $400: In 1986 Jackie Joyner-Kersee was named the amateur athlete of the year; this sister-in-law won in 1988 Florence Griffith Joyner |
| #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | WHAT'S YOUR POINT? $400: He finished the 1986-87 NBA season with a whopping 3,041-point total Michael Jordan |
| #4075, aired 2002-04-26 | THE 5:00 NEWS $400: 1986--This African leader continues to defy the United States; let's bomb his house Gaddafi |
| #4064, aired 2002-04-11 | HYPHENATED-AMERICANS $800: In 1986 she married Bob Kersee & gave up basketball to focus on the heptathlon Jackie Joyner |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | PROBING QUESTIONS $400: The Sakigake, Suisei, Vega 1 & Vega 2 probes had this noted traveler surrounded in March 1986 Halley's Comet |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | THE "GUN" RACK $400: Producers Simpson & Bruckheimer brought this Tom Cruise crowd pleaser to the masses in 1986 Top Gun |
| #4053, aired 2002-03-27 | THE "BIG" SCREEN $2000: 1986: Starring Kurt Russell Big Trouble in Little China |
| #4045, aired 2002-03-15 | NAMES OF THE '80s $2000: In 1986 Howard the Duck lost at the box office & this American won the Tour de France Greg LeMond |
| #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 |
| #4042, aired 2002-03-12 | PURPLE HEART WINNERS $1200: Before winning a 1986 directing Oscar, he earned a Purple Heart & a Bronze Star Oliver Stone |
| #4033, aired 2002-02-27 | SEPTEMBER SONGS $800: The love scene in "Top Gun" was reshot to match this song that Berlin took to No. 1 in September 1986 "Take My Breath Away" |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | GIVE THE ROLE TO GARY $400: TV, 1978-1986:
Arnold Jackson Gary Coleman |
| #4008, aired 2002-01-23 | SPACE EXPLORATION $400: In 1986 2 Japanese spacecraft, Suisei & Sakigake, encountered this comet Halley's Comet |
| #4007, aired 2002-01-22 | SALYUT STATIONS $1200: Equipment from Salyut 7 was salvaged in 1986 to go into this new, later trouble-plagued station Mir |
| #3978, aired 2001-12-12 | HELLO, GOOD BUY $400: In 1982 Peter Lynch bought this troubled U.S. car company at about 2 bucks a share; in 1986 he sold for around 40 Chrysler |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | HELLO, DALAI $100: On Feb. 2, 1986 this important religious leader met with the Dalai Lama in India Pope John Paul II |
| #3953, aired 2001-11-07 | JANE PAULEY PAVILION $800: Jane covered this royal pair's wedding in 1986 for "Today"; she had covered an earlier big one in 1981 Prince Andrew & Sarah Ferguson |
| #3941, aired 2001-10-22 | ICELANDIC HOTSPOTS $400: These 2 world leaders met in Iceland in 1986 to ease the heat generated by the Cold War Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | JENNIFER $500: She gave notice as Jeanie Bueller, Ferris' cranky sister in a 1986 film Jennifer Grey |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | MOVIE SEQUELS $600: "The Color of Money"
(1986) The Hustler |
| #3925, aired 2001-09-28 | SPACE $200: Last seen in 1986, this comet will again make its closest approach to earth in 2061 Halley's Comet |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | MOVIE SONGS $500 (Daily Double): "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" (1986) The Little Shop of Horrors |
| #3891, aired 2001-07-02 | MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL $100: He started as a play-by-play man in 1971 & became an analyst in 1986 Frank Gifford |
| #3886, aired 2001-06-25 | WRITERS' HUSBANDS $300 (Daily Double): This wealthy future Senate candidate wed Arianna Stassinopoulos in 1986 Michael Huffington |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | FILM RENOIR $200: Renoir's "Boudu sauve des eaux", about a bum saved from drowning, was remade in 1986 as this Nick Nolte comedy Down and Out in Beverly Hills |
| #3872, aired 2001-06-05 | I WON $300: The author of "A Beggar In Jerusalem", this concentration camp survivor won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 Elie Wiesel |
| #3860, aired 2001-05-18 | ASTRONOMY $500: In 1986 astronomers found a massive one of these at the center of the Milky Way galaxy Black hole |
| #3838, aired 2001-04-18 | THE NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES $400: July 5, 1986 reported "A Very Special Day: Millions Watch Festive Harbor Salute To" this Statue of Liberty |
| #3829, aired 2001-04-05 | HUEY, DEWEY OR LOUIS $500: This man sang lead on the 1986 Top 40 hit "Hip To Be Square" Huey Lewis |
| #3822, aired 2001-03-27 | WHO PLAYED 'EM? $200: "Crocodile Dundee"
(1986) Paul Hogan |
| #3822, aired 2001-03-27 | "B.B."s $600: He had over 2,700 career hits but is often remembered for missing a grounder in the 1986 World Series Bill Buckner |
| #3813, aired 2001-03-14 | LET IT "B" $400: These "boys" rapped their way to the top of the charts with the 1986 album "Licensed to Ill" The Beastie Boys |
| #3811, aired 2001-03-12 | IF I HAD A HAMMER... $200: In 1986 Yuriy Syedikh set the world record in this track & field event at 284 feet 7 inches hammer throw |
| #3803, aired 2001-02-28 | ARETHA FRANKLIN $300: The title track of a 1986 Whoopi Goldberg flick was Aretha's version of this Stones hit "Jumpin' Jack Flash" |
| #3776, aired 2001-01-22 | "A" IN COLLEGE $600: In 1986 gunmen abducted the acting comptroller at this school -- the one in Beirut, not in Washington, D.C. American University |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | WHERE FOR ART $200: When the Musee D'Orsay opened in 1986, some of its oldest works came from this museum established in 1793 The Louvre |
| #3752, aired 2000-12-19 | HOPE YOU GUESS MY NAME $200: In 1986 this man married the woman who thus became the Duchess of York Prince Andrew |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | "BLUE" MOVIES $100: The dark side of sunny suburbia comes to the surface for Kyle MacLachlan in this kinky 1986 film Blue Velvet |
| #3745, aired 2000-12-08 | RHYME TIME $400: “Colorful” 1986 No. 1 album by Madonna True Blue |
| #3745, aired 2000-12-08 | MS. PRESIDENT $400: Seen here she was president of her country from 1986 to 1992 Corazon Aquino |
| #3736, aired 2000-11-27 | SPACE EXPLORATION $200: In March 1986 5 spacecraft made fly-bys of this comet Halley's Comet |
| #3706, aired 2000-10-16 | A FILM ON YOUR TEETH $800: Steve Martin played Orin Scrivello, D.D.S. in this 1986 remake Little Shop of Horrors |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | RIVERS $600: In 1986 Joan filled this position on a TV game show board; today it's filled by Whoopi center square (on "The Hollywood Squares") |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | RIVERS $1000: Come in & tell us this 2-word title of Joan's 1986 autobiography "Enter Talking" |
| #3693, aired 2000-09-27 | THE HISTORY OF LIBYA $400: In 1986 this president ordered U.S. warplanes to bomb Libyan military installations Ronald Reagan |
| #3681, aired 2000-09-11 | REALLY BAD DATES $300: This exploded about 70 seconds after lift-off from Cape Canaveral Jan. 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger |
| #3676, aired 2000-09-04 | MOVIE MICE $1,500 (Daily Double): In a 1986 film, this hero's father tells him "In America there are no cats" Fievel (An American Tail) |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | "Y"s GUYS $600: In 1986 this former test pilot was named to the committee investigating the Challenger disaster Chuck Yeager |
| #3664, aired 2000-07-06 | REPRISE $200: On film she reprised the role of action hero Ellen Ripley in 1986, 1992, & 1997 Sigourney Weaver |
| #3662, aired 2000-07-04 | "RED", "WHITE" & "BLUE" $800: This lefty & former Oakland A ended his pitching career in 1986 with a 209-161 record & a 3.27 ERA Vida Blue |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: This 1986 Stephen King bestseller features a demonic clown named Pennywise It |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $1000: In 1986 she became the first black American to win a world championship in singles figure skating Debi Thomas |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | CABINET MINISTERS $200: In 1986 this country saw its first cabinet minister dismissed in 33 years, education head Masayuki Fujio Japan |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | MOVIE QUOTES $400: 1986:
"I feel the need -- the need for speed" Top Gun |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | MOVIE ACTORS $400: (Hi, I'm Francesco Quinn of The Young And The Restless.) I played Rhah the drug king in this Oliver Stone film that won the 1986 Best Picture Oscar Platoon |
| #3615, aired 2000-04-28 | "FALL" $300: Lee Majors' role from 1981 to 1986 The Fall Guy |
| #3611, aired 2000-04-24 | THE 1980s $200: He made news April 13, 1986 when he visited Rome's main synagogue Pope John Paul II |
| #3611, aired 2000-04-24 | THE 1980s $400: Released July 9, 1986, the Meese Commission's 1,950-page report on this didn't have a centerfold Pornography |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | RULER $200: President of the Philippines 1965-1986 Ferdinand Marcos |
| #3590, aired 2000-03-24 | THE 1980s $300: In a controversial election, this former U.N. secretary-general became president of Austria in 1986 Kurt Waldheim |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | SMALL-TOWN CINEMA $200: Hickory, Indiana's basketball team goes all the way to the state championships in this 1986 film Hoosiers |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | THE CHIEF JUSTICE FILES $200: 1986-today William Rehnquist |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | THE CHIEF JUSTICE FILES $800: 1969-1986 Warren Burger |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | IT HAPPENED ON GROUNDHOG DAY $400: In 1986 the Pope met in India with this exiled Buddhist leader Dalai Lama |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | BLAST OFF! $800 (Daily Double): The 1986 Giotto probe of this was named for the artist who may have painted its 1301 appearance Halley's Comet |
| #3544, aired 2000-01-20 | AUTOBIOGRAPHERS $200: 1986:
"Absolutely Mahvelous" Billy Crystal |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | BRAND NAMES $100: In 1986 this company introduced its Dockers line of men's casual wear Levi's |
| #3540, aired 2000-01-14 | '80s ROCK $300: In 1986 she took "Control" with her first No. 1 hit, "When I Think of You" Janet Jackson |
| #3538, aired 2000-01-12 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $500: In 1986 the first group of inductees included Elvis Presley & this founder of Sun Records Sam Phillips |
| #3536, aired 2000-01-10 | NATIVE AMERICAN LIT $600: This "Gorky Park" author drew on his Pueblo heritage to write the 1986 thriller "Stallion Gate" Martin Cruz Smith |
| #3535, aired 2000-01-07 | THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME $400: This botanist was inducted in 1986 for his peach, not his potato Luther Burbank |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | STEPHEN KING $400: King's story "The Body" was the basis for this 1986 film Stand By Me |
| #3530, aired 1999-12-31 | VENUS $300: In 1986 this female trio put "Venus" on top of the music charts Bananarama |
| #3528, aired 1999-12-29 | FUNNY LADIES $400: (Hi, I'm Kathy Griffin from "Suddenly Susan") This funny lady, my TV mom, had the first show on the Fox network when it premiered in 1986 Joan Rivers |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | "PEACE" ON EARTH $100: Elie Wiesel won his 1986, Bishop Tutu in 1984 Nobel Peace Prize |
| #3523, aired 1999-12-22 | HE'S THE MAYOR $900 (Daily Double): Carmel, California
1986-1988 Clint Eastwood |
| #3513, aired 1999-12-08 | BEASTLY BOOKS $600: Daryl Hannah starred in the 1986 big screen version of this Jean Auel work Clan of the Cave Bear |
| #3511, aired 1999-12-06 | FAMILY FILMS $400: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest & Barbara Hershey are the title characters in this 1986 Woody Allen film Hannah and Her Sisters |
| #3505, aired 1999-11-26 | BRANDED $400: In 1986 DuPont introduced these that were certified Stainmaster Carpets |
| #3505, aired 1999-11-26 | BRANDED $1000: In 1986 its Deskpro used the new 80386 Intel chip Compaq |
| #3502, aired 1999-11-23 | QUOTABLE CINEMA $600: 1986:
"That's not a knife. That's a knife" Crocodile Dundee |
| #3500, aired 1999-11-19 | COLOR MY WORLD $500: Since 1986 the NBA Coach of the Year trophy has carried this man's name Arnold "Red" Auerbach |
| #3498, aired 1999-11-17 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: On February 25 this Asian nation celebrates the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 Philippines |
| #3489, aired 1999-11-04 | THE FAMILY CAR $500: Name of the system that transmits to police in case of theft, introduced in Massachusetts in 1986 LoJack |
| #3487, aired 1999-11-02 | REMEMBER THE '80s? $500: In 1986 Chris Van Allsburg won the Caldecott Medal with his book about this "Express" "The Polar Express" |
| #3481, aired 1999-10-25 | OSCAR-NOMINATED SONGS $1000: "Somewhere Out There"
(1986) An American Tail |
| #3480, aired 1999-10-22 | THE FILM VAULT $600: As Chris, a middle-class kid, this actor saw war close up in the 1986 film "Platoon" Charlie Sheen |
| #3480, aired 1999-10-22 | THE FILM VAULT $1000: Stephen King not only wrote the script for this 1986 film about possessed machinery, he directed it Maximum Overdrive |
| #3456, aired 1999-09-20 | CHOCK FULL O' NUTS $600: 1986's "Manhunter" featured the brilliant but criminally insane Hannibal Lecter, also seen in this 1991 movie The Silence of the Lambs |
| #3454, aired 1999-09-16 | JAZZ $500: On April 7, 1986 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- nearly 27 years after her death Billie Holiday |
| #3439, aired 1999-07-15 | GAME SHOWS $1000: The "Chance of a Lifetime" in 1986 was to win this top prize; 9 couples did $1 million |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | MEG RYAN MOVIES $600: A pilot's wife in 1986's "Top Gun", Meg joined the military in this 1996 film Courage Under Fire |
| #3409, aired 1999-06-03 | "DREAM"Y SONGS $500: In the 1986 film "Blue Velvet", Dean Stockwell performs a lip-synched rendition of this Roy Orbison hit "In Dreams" |
| #3401, aired 1999-05-24 | MODERN AFRICAN WOMEN $200: In 1986 Ethiopia's Faruma Roma became the first African woman to win this long race in the Olympics the Marathon |
| #3401, aired 1999-05-24 | MODERN AFRICAN WOMEN $400: This former first lady of Egypt earned her doctorate in English literature from Cairo University in 1986 Jehan Sadat |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | JOCK JACKS & JOHNS $100: In 1986, at age 46, this "Golden Bear" became the oldest golfer to win the Masters tournament Jack Nicklaus |
| #3396, aired 1999-05-17 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $600: In 1986 she played Portia in "The Merchant of Venice" onstage & starred in the film "Aliens" Sigourney Weaver |
| #3391, aired 1999-05-10 | MOVIE MANIA $100: Matthew Broderick & 2 friends skip school & roam around Chicago in this 1986 comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | FEATURE FILM DEBUTS $1000: She was first seen on screen as a teen in "Lucas" in 1986; "Beetlejuice" appeared 2 years later Winona Ryder |
| #3381, aired 1999-04-26 | MEDITERRANEAN HISTORY $800: In January 1986 this dictator threatened the U.S. with a "Line of Death" across the Gulf of Sidra Muammar Qaddafi |
| #3379, aired 1999-04-22 | ICELAND COMETH $300: Iceland was the site of arms control talks between these 2 world leaders in October 1986 Mikhail Gorbachev & Ronald Reagan |
| #3375, aired 1999-04-16 | BOBs & JEFFs $1000: For his work on behalf of African famine victims, the Queen knighted this lead singer of the Boomtown Rats in 1986 Bob Geldof |
| #3371, aired 1999-04-12 | ALL THAT JAZZ $600: On April 29, 1986 many fans probably took the "A Train" to the post office to get stamps with his likeness Duke Ellington |
| #3370, aired 1999-04-09 | CLASSIC SITCOMS $400: This show that debuted in 1986 focused on the folks who ran Sugarbakers Designing Women |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | MR. MIKE $100: On November 22, 1986 at age 20, he became the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion ever Mike Tyson |
| #3360, aired 1999-03-26 | JEFF GOLDBLUM FILMS $300: Jeff tests himself in a matter transporter machine with not-so-good results in this 1986 horror film The Fly |
| #3349, aired 1999-03-11 | TV's SUPPORTING ACTORS $500: In 1986 John Malkovich played Biff Loman in a CBS production of this play Death of a Salesman |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | TELEVISION $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Patrick Duffy.) In the fall 1986 "Dallas" opener, Pamela woke up & saw me doing this, making the last season a dream taking a shower |
| #3333, aired 1999-02-17 | WILLIAM HURT FILMS $200: In this 1986 film William Hurt picked up on all the signs Marlee Matlin was giving him Children Of A Lesser God |
| #3332, aired 1999-02-16 | BIOGRAPHY $100: Born an Air Force brat in Germany in 1959, he won his first Wimbledon in 1981 & married Tatum O'Neal in 1986 John McEnroe |
| #3322, aired 1999-02-02 | "HEART"Y PHRASES $1000: In this 1986 film, Clint Eastwood plays a Marine sergeant who prepares young recruits for the Grenada invasion Heartbreak Ridge |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | TOM HANKS FILMS $400: 1954 Oscar winner seen here with Tom in 1986's "Nothing in Common":
"You have no idea what it was like since you moved away, David." Eva Marie Saint |
| #3314, aired 1999-01-21 | DOUBLE TALK NAMES $1000: Richard Pryor played this title character in a 1986 film; his life was calling Jo Jo Dancer |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | NO. 1 HITS $100: In 1986 she topped the charts with "How Will I Know" & "The Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | NO. 1 HITS $300: This singer was habit-forming with his 1986 hit "Addicted To Love" Robert Palmer |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | BOX OFFICE BOMBS $400: This 1986 Lea Thompson flop didn't have the audience quacking up Howard The Duck |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | KFC $400: The conglomerate built on this soda decided everybody needs a little KFC & bought it in 1986 Pepsi cola |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | KIDDIE LIT $1000: The 1986 Newbery Medal went to this book about a mail-order bride who joins a family on the prairie Sarah, Plain and Tall |
| #3294, aired 1998-12-24 | CAPITAL TOWNS $400: New Castle, Pa. is king of these, producing shows for the 1986 Statue of Liberty fete & every July 4 fireworks |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | HISTORIC ASSASSINATIONS $1000: On February 28, 1986 this Swedish prime minister was shot by an unknown gunman on the streets of Stockholm Olof Palme |
| #3289, aired 1998-12-17 | MUSICAL ARCHITECTURE $500 (Daily Double): In "Royal Wedding", Fred Astaire gives a textbook demonstration of this, the title of a 1986 Lionel Richie hit "Dancing On The Ceiling" |
| #3288, aired 1998-12-16 | FUNNY WESTERNS $200: Chevy Chase, Steve Martin & Martin Short played reluctant Western heroes in this 1986 film The Three Amigos |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | NAME THE YEAR $500: Seen here is a tragedy from this year that few will forget (Challenger explosion) 1986 |
| #3237, aired 1998-10-06 | BOND... JAMES BOND $100: Asked to play Bond in 1986, he couldn't play the role until 1995's "GoldenEye" Pierce Brosnan |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | DAVID LYNCH FILMS $800: Isabella Rossellini is The Blue Lady, a nightclub singer, in this 1986 masterpiece "Blue Velvet" |
| #3232, aired 1998-09-29 | NAME THE MOVIE $1,000 (Daily Double): 1986:
"Be afraid. Be very afraid." "The Fly" |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | JASON $400: In 1986 an unmanned robot named Jason Jr. explored the wreck of this White Star luxury liner Titanic |
| #3200, aired 1998-06-26 | EUROPE TO NO GOOD $800: During his 1986 to 1992 presidency of Austria, the country was diplomatically isolated Kurt Waldheim |
| #3188, aired 1998-06-10 | U.S. HISTORY $400: Thoroughly restored for its 100th birthday in 1986, on July 3 that year, its torch was relit Statue of Liberty |
| #3178, aired 1998-05-27 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $300: Paula Newby-Fraser could be called Ironwoman for winning this Ironman event 7 times from 1986 to 1994 Triathlon |
| #3176, aired 1998-05-25 | HEARD IN THE '80s $800 (Daily Double): In 1986 he was assaulted by thugs demanding, "Kenneth, what's the frequency?" Dan Rather |
| #3168, aired 1998-05-13 | REMEMBER THE USSR? $1,500 (Daily Double): One of the USSR's 4 original republics, it was the site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster Ukraine |
| #3161, aired 1998-05-04 | HONG KONG CINEMA $400: This "Face/Off" director started the craze for Hong Kong gangster films with 1986's "A Better Tomorrow" John Woo |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | COACHES $300: After years as Jackie Joyner's coach, he became her husband in 1986 (Bob) Kersee |
| #3132, aired 1998-03-24 | "IN & OUT" CLICHES $1,000 (Daily Double): 1986 movie seen here: Down and Out in Beverly Hills |
| #3131, aired 1998-03-23 | NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER $500: In 1986 she & her mother Nusrat were formally elected co-Chairwomen of the Pakistani People's Party (Benazir) Bhutto |
| #3131, aired 1998-03-23 | ERIC STOLTZ WAS IN THAT? $1000: There was a lot of buzz when Eric starred in the 1989 sequel to this 1986 Jeff Goldblum film The Fly |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | CAMERA $300: In 1986 Kodak left the instant camera business after a judge found it had violated this company's patents Polaroid |
| #3105, aired 1998-02-13 | "ROCK" & "ROLL" $500 (Daily Double): In 1986, Austrian-born Falco topped the charts with this song about another Austrian: "Rock Me Amadeus" |
| #3105, aired 1998-02-13 | LOVE SONGS $800: In 1986 Whitney Houston found this title lyric is "easy to achieve" "The Greatest Love Of All" |
| #3098, aired 1998-02-04 | PRO FOOTBALL $1000: On July 29, 1986 this league won $3 in an antitrust suit against the NFL & folded 6 days later USFL (United States Football League) |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | NOW GET OUT! $200: She left the Philippines with her husband on Feb. 26, 1986, leaving 3,000 pairs of shoes behind Imelda Marcos |
| #3088, aired 1998-01-21 | RAP $400: They showed white "boys" can rap with the 1986 album "Licensed to Ill" The Beastie Boys |
| #3088, aired 1998-01-21 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: This program was grounded from January 28, 1986 to September 29, 1988 Space shuttle program |
| #3087, aired 1998-01-20 | GOLF $400: Australian-born "Shark" who won the 1986 British Open & narrowly lost the '86 & '96 Masters Greg Norman |
| #3083, aired 1998-01-14 | CARTOONS $300: "Teen Wolf" debuted on TV in 1986 & these teenage terrapins hit the air the next year Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| #3062, aired 1997-12-16 | '80s ROCK $300: In 1986 she was in "Control" with a hit album that included "What Have You Done For Me Lately?" Janet Jackson |
| #3054, aired 1997-12-04 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $500: This country had no university until 1986, when Sultan Qaboos University opened in the Muscat area Oman |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | FEDERATIONS $400: The Liberty Federation was founded in 1986 by Jerry Falwell as a successor to this group Moral Majority |
| #3042, aired 1997-11-18 | READ ANY GOOD BOOKS? $800: In April 1986 Larry McMurtry won a Pulitzer Prize for this western novel "Lonesome Dove" |
| #3040, aired 1997-11-14 | TEENS ON FILM $800: Matthew Broderick eludes principal Jeffrey Jones to play hooky in this 1986 opus Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| #3035, aired 1997-11-07 | SALLY GOES TO SPACE CAMP $300: Sally's interest was sparked by the 1986 film "Space Camp" with this "Caroline in the City" star Lea Thompson |
| #3022, aired 1997-10-21 | MARTIAN CINEMA $1000: Jimmy Hunt, who played the boy in this 1953 classic, was the police chief in the 1986 remake Invaders From Mars |
| #3019, aired 1997-10-16 | "COLOR" MOVIES $400: In this 1986 film Tom Cruise laughed all the way to the bank shot The Color of Money |
| #3016, aired 1997-10-13 | BILL PULLMAN FILMS $400: Pullman made his debut as the world's "dumbest crook" in this 1986 Bette Midler-Danny DeVito film Ruthless People |
| #3014, aired 1997-10-09 | SPACE FLIGHT $600: In 1986 it replaced the Salyut 7 space station Mir |
| #3012, aired 1997-10-07 | BLASTS FROM THE PAST $1000: Just north of Kiev April 26, 1986 Chernobyl |
| #3009, aired 1997-10-02 | POP ICONS $2,000 (Daily Double): This artist was named Canada's Country Female Vocalist of the Year from 1979 to 1986:
"I'll always remember the songs they were playing..." Anne Murray ("Could I Have This Dance") |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | TELEVISED HISTORY $100: Video tape of this space shuttle's destruction aired repeatedly on January 28, 1986 Challenger |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | TELEVISED HISTORY $200: Little was found in 1986 when Geraldo Rivera opened a vault linked to this crime boss on live TV Al Capone |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | THE 1980s $200: A 1986 article on her in Ladies' Home Journal was titled "Talking With Doctor Goodsex" Dr. Ruth Westheimer |
| #3000, aired 1997-09-19 | LOOK TO THE FUTURE $600: In the lyrics of the 1986 Timbuk 3 tune, "The Future's So Bright", these are necessary Shades |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | MOVIE SEQUELS $200: Paul Newman reprised his role as Fast Eddie Felson in this 1986 sequel to "The Hustler" The Color of Money |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | RESORT CITIES $100: In 1986 voters of this California resort made Clint Eastwood's day by electing him mayor Carmel |
| #2982, aired 1997-07-15 | QUOTATIONS $300: On toppling Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, she said, "I'm sure no one ever thought it would happen" Corazon Aquino |
| #2975, aired 1997-07-04 | REPUBLICANS $600: This longtime Arizona senator retired from Congress after the 1986 session Barry Goldwater |
| #2966, aired 1997-06-23 | THE BIG APPLE $300: Her gown was cleaned in honor of her 1986 centennial Statue of Liberty |
| #2966, aired 1997-06-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: The Tax Reform Act of 1986 set the tax on these, profits from sold assets, at the same rate as other income capital gains |
| #2958, aired 1997-06-11 | SPORTSWRITERS $200: Peter Gammons wrote about covering this team in the 1986 article "Living and Dying with the Woe Sox" Boston Red Sox |
| #2957, aired 1997-06-10 | CELEBRITY BOOKS $200: In 1986 & 1987 this comic topped the bestseller list with "Fatherhood" & "Time Flies" Bill Cosby |
| #2948, aired 1997-05-28 | POP MUSIC $800: Her 1986 No. 1 hit "That's What Friends Are For" was credited to her "and Friends" Dionne Warwick |
| #2933, aired 1997-05-07 | ATHLETES $400: This man who led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup soccer title played for Italy's Napoli from 1984 to 1991 Diego Maradona |
| #2907, aired 1997-04-01 | HUSBAND & WIFE $300: Her cousin Maria Shriver was her matron of honor when she married Edwin Schlossberg in 1986 Caroline Kennedy |
| #2902, aired 1997-03-25 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $600: An act passed in 1986 named the chairman of this panel as the president's principal military adviser Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | ROGER $300: After a shoulder operation he won the Cy Young Award in 1986 & 1987 Roger Clemens |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | TV PILOTS $400: In a 1986 unsold pilot he starred as cop Popeye Doyle; in 1987 he was "Married... with Children" Ed O'Neill |
| #2897, aired 1997-03-18 | MOVIES ABOUT THE MOVIES $200: In this "M*A*S*H" star's 1986 film "Sweet Liberty", he plays a professor whose historical novel is filmed Alan Alda |
| #2891, aired 1997-03-10 | THE OSCARS $400: For 1986 this director's film won a whole "Platoon" of Oscars Oliver Stone |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | BRITISH ROYALTY $200: This younger brother of Prince Andrew served as best man at Andrew's 1986 wedding Edward |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | SEPTEMBER $800: In September 1986 Congress voted to make this the USA's national flower rose |
| #2886, aired 1997-03-03 | ASTRONOMY $200: In 1986 it was discovered that this comet's nucleus was about 9 miles long & about 5 miles across Halley's Comet |
| #2881, aired 1997-02-24 | TOM CRUISE FILMS $800: Tom hustled pool as Paul Newman's protege in this 1986 film "The Color Of Money" |
| #2878, aired 1997-02-19 | THE 1980s $100: In 1986 scientists had their first chance to explore in depth this sunken luxury liner Titanic |
| #2865, aired 1997-01-31 | THE 1980s $600: In 1986, after months of protest, this dictator fled Haiti & settled in France Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier |
| #2864, aired 1997-01-30 | '80s WORDS & PHRASES $500: In 1986 Americans learned 2 Russian words: glasnost, meaning "openness", & this, meaning "restructuring" perestroika |
| #2846, aired 1997-01-06 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: On the night of April 14, 1986, U.S. warplanes bombed Tripoli & Benghazi in this African country Libya |
| #2843, aired 1997-01-01 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: Rosie the Ribiter, one of these amimals, leaped 21' 5 3/4" at the Calaveras County Jumping Jubilee in 1986 frog |
| #2843, aired 1997-01-01 | BANDS OF THE '80s $500: Bobby Brown left this group in 1986 & was replaced by Johnny Gill New Edition |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | U.S. PACIFIC DEPENDENCIES $100: In 1986 the Northern Marianas were declared one of these, like Puerto Rico Commonwealth |
| #2840, aired 1996-12-27 | THE 1980s $500: In 1986 Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager flew this plane nonstop around the world without refueling Voyager |
| #2836, aired 1996-12-23 | TV & FILM SAXOPHONISTS $1000: This 1986 film earned a best actor nomination for tenor sax great Dexter Gordon "'Round Midnight" |
| #2813, aired 1996-11-20 | CURRENT KINGS $1000: In 1986, Prince Makhosetwe was crowned King Mswati III of this landlocked African country Swaziland |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | 1986 $100: He issued an encyclical on the fallacies of Marxism, materialism & atheism Pope John Paul II |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | 1986 $200: On April 26 one of the reactors in this Ukrainian nuclear plant went out of control Chernobyl |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | 1986 $300: He resigned as Chief Justice and was replaced by William Rehnquist (Warren) Burger |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | 1986 $400: This American enjoyed the first of his 3 wins in the prestigious Tour de France bike race Greg LeMond |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | 1986 $500: This lawyer's book about the Von Bulow case "Reversal of Fortune", was published in 1986 (Alan) Dershowitz |
| #2774, aired 1996-09-26 | "WILD" MOVIES $1000: Goldie Hawn coached a high school football team in this 1986 film Wildcats |
| #2771, aired 1996-09-23 | ART & ARTISTS $1000: This L.A.-based British artist has produced photocollages like "Pearblossom Hwy., 11-18th April 1986" David Hockney |
| #2767, aired 1996-09-17 | EXPLORERS $200: In 1986 Robert D. Ballard used Alvin, a 22-foot minisub, to explore this famous wreck the Titanic |
| #2764, aired 1996-09-12 | "WALK"s $500: In 1986 it became The Bangles' first No. 1 hit "Walk Like An Egyptian" |
| #2760, aired 1996-09-06 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: His 1986 story "You're Only Old Once!" is "A Book for Obsolete Children" Dr. Seuss |
| #2759, aired 1996-09-05 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: After a stormy campaign, this former U.N. Secretary-General was elected president of Austria in 1986 (Kurt) Waldheim |
| #2756, aired 1996-09-02 | WORLD HISTORY $300: In 1986 this dictator fled Haiti, ending 28 years of rule by his family Baby Doc Duvalier |
| #2753, aired 1996-07-17 | PRIME MINISTERS $200: Pham Van Dong served as prime minister of this country from unification until 1986 Vietnam |
| #2750, aired 1996-07-12 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: In 1986 he became archbishop of Cape Town & head of the Anglican Church in South Africa Desmond Tutu |
| #2750, aired 1996-07-12 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $1,500 (Daily Double): Serving from 1969-1986, he's alphabetically first among Chief Justices of the United States Warren Burger |
| #2747, aired 1996-07-09 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: Bicycling Magazine named this American "Cyclist of the Year" in 1986 Greg LeMond |
| #2731, aired 1996-06-17 | JOANS $200: From 1983 to 1986 she was the permanent guest host of the "Tonight Show" Joan Rivers |
| #2731, aired 1996-06-17 | SPORTS LEGENDS $400: In 1986 at age 46, this "Golden Bear" became the oldest man to win the Masters golf tournament Jack Nicklaus |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | THE OSCARS $1000: Paul Newman won an Oscar for this 1986 sequel to "The Hustler" The Color of Money |
| #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | DISASTERS $600: The 1986 disaster at this plant released over 100 million curies of radionuclides into the atmosphere Chernobyl |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | AUTHORS $1000: In 1986 this author of "Our Man in Havana" was named to Britain's Order of Merit Graham Greene |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | ACTORS TURNED POLITICIANS $200: Are you feeling lucky? Then come up with the name of this actor elected mayor of Carmel, Calif. in 1986 Clint Eastwood |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | ACTORS TURNED POLITICIANS $800: Sioux City citizens sent this seagoing star to Congress in 1986 Fred Grandy |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | TELEVISION $500: In 1986 he limited his involvement in "The 700 Club" to run for president Pat Robertson |
| #2713, aired 1996-05-22 | PULITZER PRIZE POETS $1000: 1979's winner, in 1986 he was made the first U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Penn Warren |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | FOSSILS $400: In 1986 dinosaur fossil remains were first discovered on this continent Antarctica |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: In 1986 Capital Cities bought this television network for $3.5 billion ABC |
| #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | 1986 $100: Hours before their wedding, Prince Andrew & Sarah Ferguson were made the Duke & Duchess of this York |
| #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | 1986 $200: His Presidential Library & Museum was dedicated October 1 in Atlanta Jimmy Carter |
| #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | 1986 $300: Sweden was the first country outside the USSR to detect radiation from this nuclear disaster Chernobyl |
| #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | 1986 $400: This Scientology founder died at the age of 74 L. Ron Hubbard |
| #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | 1986 $500: This "Smooth Operator" from Nigeria won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist Sade |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: An estimated record crowd of 800,000 attended a 1986 classical music concert in this NYC park Central Park |
| #2682, aired 1996-04-09 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $100: This author of "The Color Purple" won a 1986 O. Henry Prize for her story "Kindred Spirits" Alice Walker |
| #2667, aired 1996-03-19 | NEW YORK CITY $300: This legendary Harlem theatre was reopened in 1986 after extensive restoration the Apollo |
| #2665, aired 1996-03-15 | WOMEN $800: Susan Butcher won this race for the first time in 1986; in '89 she was named sled-dog racer of the decade the Iditarod |
| #2656, aired 1996-03-04 | LITERATURE $1000: His unfinished novel "Answered Prayers" was published posthumously in 1986 Truman Capote |
| #2640, aired 1996-02-09 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $200: By dogsled in 1986, Ann Bancroft became the first woman to arrive here with no outside help the North Pole |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | ROBIN WILLIAMS FILMS $500: Message of teacher Williams to his students in "Dead Poets Society", or the title of a 1986 Williams film seize the day |
| #2629, aired 1996-01-25 | POTPOURRI $200: This Denver newspaper was given a 1986 Pulitzer Prize for meritorious public service The Denver Post |
| #2629, aired 1996-01-25 | STADIUMS & ARENAS $200: From 1966 to 1986, this NFL team played its home games in the Orange Bowl Miami Dolphins |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): This island separated from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 & is scheduled to become fully independent in '96 Aruba |
| #2617, aired 1996-01-09 | THE SUPREME COURT $400 (Daily Double): The son of an Italian immigrant, in 1986 he became the 1st Catholic appointed since Brennan in 1956 (Antonin) Scalia |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES $800: 1 of the 2 husband & wife acting pairs honored together, 1 in 1986, 1 in 1992 (1 of) Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy (or Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward) |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | FOREIGN CURRENCY $200: In 1986 this foreign country issued commemorative coins honoring the Statue of Liberty France |
| #2582, aired 1995-11-21 | MOVIE RELATIVES $400: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest & Barbara Hershey were the title siblings in this 1986 Woody Allen film Hannah and Her Sisters |
| #2575, aired 1995-11-10 | SURPRISING SINGERS $200: In 1986 this "Miami Vice" star's single "Heartbeat" hit number 5 on the pop charts Don Johnson |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $600: Named for its chairman, it was the commission created in 1986 to investigate the Iran-Contra Affair the (John) Tower Commission |
| #2548, aired 1995-10-04 | ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS $1000: Rebels using rockets, bazookas, grenades & rifles tried to kill this Chilean president in 1986 Pinochet |
| #2542, aired 1995-09-26 | BRITISH ROYALTY $100: In a 1986 TV interview, this heir to the British throne admitted that he talks to his plants Prince Charles |
| #2538, aired 1995-09-20 | PETES & PETERS $600: When Pete Rose retired as a player in 1986, this man was commissioner of baseball Peter Ueberroth |
| #2533, aired 1995-09-13 | HALLMARK HALL OF FAME $600: Since 1986 he's starred in "Breathing Lessons", "Decoration Day", "My Name is Bill W." & "Promise" James Garner |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | SPORTS $400: In 1986 9-year-old Marc Behan became the youngest ever to win this annual race in Akron, Ohio the Soap Box Derby |
| #2520, aired 1995-07-14 | SPORTS GREATS $300: In 1994 Pete Sampras became the 1st man to win back-to-back Wimbledon singles since this German in 1986 Boris Becker |
| #2515, aired 1995-07-07 | AMERICANA $200: In 1986 this New York capital celebrated the 300th anniversary of its charter as a city Albany |
| #2502, aired 1995-06-20 | TELEVISION $100: On accepting his Emmy for "Family Ties" in 1986, he said, "I feel four feet tall!" Michael Fox |
| #2490, aired 1995-06-02 | SENTENCES $300: 6 were sentenced to a labor camp in the wake of the 1986 nuclear disaster at this Ukrainian site Chernobyl |
| #2480, aired 1995-05-19 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $400: This sitcom actress made her movie directorial debut with the 1986 film "Jumpin' Jack Flash" Penny Marshall |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | THE MOVIES $300: This comedian directed & starred in the 1986 film "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling" Richard Pryor |
| #2475, aired 1995-05-12 | FAMOUS WOMEN $200: In 1986 she was sworn in as the seventh president of the Philippines Corazon Aquino |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Freedom Day, February 25 in the Philippines, celebrates the 1986 peaceful overthrow of this man Marcos |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | KEN-FOLK $500: Devlin Deboree is the semi-autobiographical narrator of this novelist's 1986 collection "Demon Box" Ken Kesey |
| #2439, aired 1995-03-23 | QUOTATIONS $300: In 1986 she said, "Say 'Yes' to life. And when it comes to drugs and alcohol, just say 'No.'" Nancy Reagan |
| #2426, aired 1995-03-06 | WORLD HISTORY $800: On July 21, 1986 this Moroccan king became the second Arab leader to meet publicly with an Israeli leader (King) Hassan |
| #2420, aired 1995-02-24 | THE MOVIES $200: This "Silence of the Lambs" character first appeared in the 1986 film "Manhunter" Hannibal Lecter |
| #2415, aired 1995-02-17 | ASTRONOMY & SPACE $200: During its 1986 visit, a 20-million-pound chunk of this comet was blown away Halley's comet |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | AVIATION $400: In 1986 Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager flew around the world without landing or doing this to the plane refueling |
| #2384, aired 1995-01-05 | FAMOUS RUSSIAN- AMERICANS $1000: This pianist returned to Russia in 1986 for his first concert there in 61 years Vladimir Horowitz |
| #2382, aired 1995-01-03 | AFRICAN HISTORY $200: In 1986 he drew a "line of death" across the Gulf of Sidra due to the presence of the U.S. Sixth Fleet Gaddafi |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In 1986 this Memphis-based overnight delivery company lost more than $300 million on its Zapmail service Federal Express |
| #2373, aired 1994-12-21 | PULITZER COMMENTATORS $800: In addition to his newswriting, this 1986 winner wrote novels like "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" Jimmy Breslin |
| #2371, aired 1994-12-19 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: This talk show hostess was praised for her acting in the 1986 film "Native Son" Oprah Winfrey |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | KINGS & QUEENS $200: In 1986 his son Prince Felipe was sworn in as the heir apparent to the Spanish throne Juan Carlos |
| #2368, aired 1994-12-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $600: Her 1986 book "Letters to Judy" was a compilation of letters sent to her from young readers Judy Blume |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $400: For work on the biochemistry of cell growth, Rita Levi-Montalcini won this medicine prize in 1986 the Nobel Prize |
| #2348, aired 1994-11-16 | PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS $600: Larry McMurtry won the 1986 prize for this novel "Lonesome Dove" |
| #2347, aired 1994-11-15 | 20th CENTURY WOMEN $800: In 1986 Kerr-McGee Corporation agreed to pay her estate $1.38 million while admitting no blame Karen Silkwood |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: In 1986 Red Crescent became part of its official name International Red Cross |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | BRIDGES $400: In 1986 B the King Fahd Causeway opened, linking Bahrain with this country Saudi Arabia |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | STEPHEN KING FILMS $500: Richard Dreyfuss narrated this 1986 film based on King's novella "The Body" Stand By Me |
| #2307, aired 1994-09-20 | TELEVISION $200: "Diary of a Perfect Murder", which aired in 1986, was the pilot film for this Andy Griffith series Matlock |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | HISTORIC AFFAIRS $600: Exposed in 1986, this affair involved, among other nations, the U.S., Nicaragua & Israel the Iran-Contra affair |
| #2303, aired 1994-09-14 | FASHION $600: In 1986 this company launched its line of pants called "Dockers" Levi Strauss |
| #2291, aired 1994-07-18 | FIRE $400: One in Los Angeles burned in 1986; one in Alexandria in 47 B.C. a library |
| #2290, aired 1994-07-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: In 1986 this company acquired RCA & NBC for $6.3 billion General Electric |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | NOVELS & NOVELISTS $200: In a 1985 novel by Fred Hoyle, an alien intelligence latches onto this famous comet in 1986 Halley's Comet |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1986 she unseated Katarina Witt to become the world figure skating champion Debi Thomas |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1980s $300: In 1986 the price of this plunged below $10 per barrel oil |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In 1986 this chemical company introduced a stain-resistant carpet called Stainmaster DuPont |
| #2254, aired 1994-05-26 | THE MOVIES $400: In 1986 this love theme from "Top Gun" reached the top of the charts "Take My Breath Away" |
| #2253, aired 1994-05-25 | ART $600: In 1986 the Detroit Inst. of Arts celebrated 2 centennials, its own & this Mexican muralist's (Diego) Rivera |
| #2252, aired 1994-05-24 | 1980s THEATRE $400: In 1986 this playwright was "Broadway Bound" with the 3rd play in his autobiographical trilogy Neil Simon |
| #2251, aired 1994-05-23 | MINNESOTANS $300: This man, Chief Justice of the U.S. 1969-1986, graduated magna cum laude from St. Paul College of Law in 1931 (Warren) Burger |
| #2243, aired 1994-05-11 | 1980s MOVIES $400: In this 1986 film, Gene Hackman played the basketball coach of a small Indian high school Hoosiers |
| #2240, aired 1994-05-06 | RULERS $400: An enscribed gold scarab found in 1986 suggests that this wife of Akhenaton briefly ruled in her own right Nefertiti |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | MOVIE MONSTERS $400: David Hedison played this monster in 1958, Jeff Goldblum in 1986 The Fly |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | U.S. COINS $1000: Words from this poem appear on the reverse of the Ellis Island dollar issued in 1986 "The New Colossus" |
| #2230, aired 1994-04-22 | 1986 $200: In February the Philippine National Assembly proclaimed him reelected--it didn't work Marcos |
| #2230, aired 1994-04-22 | 1986 $400: This event tried to form a human chain from one end of the U.S. to the other--it didn't work Hands Across America |
| #2230, aired 1994-04-22 | 1986 $600: After being sworn in as Chief Justice on September 26, he swore in Antonin Scalia William Rehnquist |
| #2230, aired 1994-04-22 | 1986 $1000: On Oct. 20, 1986 Israeli PM Shimon Peres & this foreign minister exchanged posts Yitzhak Shamir |
| #2230, aired 1994-04-22 | 1986 $2,800 (Daily Double): After a 6-year exile in Gorky, this Nobel Prize winner was allowed to return to Moscow in December Andrei Sakharov |
| #2195, aired 1994-03-04 | 1980s FILMS $200: Marlee Matlin won an Oscar as "Best Actress" in this 1986 film, her debut Children of a Lesser God |
| #2190, aired 1994-02-25 | THE 1980s $100: In 1986 the European Space Agency's Giotto spacecraft came within 370 miles of this comet's nucleus Halley's Comet |
| #2190, aired 1994-02-25 | THE 1980s $300: On Sept. 17, 1986 the Senate confirmed this man as Chief Justice Rehnquist |
| #2188, aired 1994-02-23 | QUOTATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Of this 1986 tragedy John Glenn said, "This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century" the Challenger explosion |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1986 explosions & fire shut down a nuclear power plant near Chernobyl in this Soviet republic the Ukraine |
| #2182, aired 1994-02-15 | U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS $200: A 17¢ stamp issued in 1986 depicts one of these sleds—mush! a dog sled |
| #2165, aired 1994-01-21 | NEWSPAPERS $400: In 1986 this Baltimore paper was bought by Times Mirror the (Baltimore) Sun |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | NOBEL SCIENTISTS $800: It took 50 years but in 1986 Ernest Ruska was finally honored for his development of this microscope the electron microscope |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | NORTHERN AFRICA $800: In April 1986 the U.S. sent warplanes to attack terrorist-related targets in this country's capital Libya |
| #2132, aired 1993-12-07 | MAGIC $100: In 1986 David Copperfield "walked through" this landmark wall on TV the Great Wall of China |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | ORGANIZATIONS $300: In 1986 Eva Burrows became this organization's second woman general; Evangeline Booth was first The Salvation Army |
| #2116, aired 1993-11-15 | THE MOVIES $500: This 1986 Rob Reiner film starring River Phoenix & Corey Feldman was narrated by Richard Dreyfuss Stand By Me |
| #2113, aired 1993-11-10 | OSCAR NIGHT FASHIONS $200: In 1986 this singer-actress' Bob Mackie ensemble featured a wild feathered headdress & a bare navel Cher |
| #2110, aired 1993-11-05 | HISTORY $600: The U.S. accused this Libyan leader of the April 5, 1986 bombing of a West Berlin discotheque Qaddafi |
| #2104, aired 1993-10-28 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $800: This Holocaust survivor won the prize in 1986 Elie Wiesel |
| #2104, aired 1993-10-28 | MUSICIANS $1000: This pianist's return to Russia in 1986 produced a concert televised worldwide Horowitz |
| #2100, aired 1993-10-22 | POLITICIANS $4,400 (Daily Double): This vice-presidential candidate who withdrew in 1972 announced his retirement from the Senate in 1986 Thomas Eagleton |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | WOMEN AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): On her death in 1986, she was laid to rest next to Jean-Paul Sartre in Montparnasse Cemetery Simone de Beauvoir |
| #2091, aired 1993-10-11 | U.S. CITIES $200: Sidney J. Barthelemy has been mayor of this largest Louisiana city since 1986 New Orleans |
| #2091, aired 1993-10-11 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $800: He played Antony, Mark Antony in 1986, the same year he signed on to play Bond, James Bond Timothy Dalton |
| #2079, aired 1993-09-23 | THE EMMY AWARDS $400: Bebe Neuwirth, a 1986 Tony winner for "Sweet Charity", won 2 Emmys for playing Lilith on this sitcom Cheers |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | "B" MOVIES $600: The National Society of Film Critics named this David Lynch film the Best Picture of 1986 Blue Velvet |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: In 1986 this athletic shoe company introduced Weeboks for infants & toddlers Reebok |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | MODERN HISTORY $200: In February 1986 the Marcoses fled the Philippines & this dictator fled Haiti "Baby Doc" Duvalier |
| #2042, aired 1993-06-22 | MAYORS $600: From 1986-1988 he was Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California Clint Eastwood |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | POLITICIANS $200: In 1986 this Republican from Indiana got 61% of the vote for the U.S. Senate, the most in state history Dan Quayle |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | AWARDS $800: In 1986 this Boston Red Sox pitcher won the Cy Young Award & was named MVP in the American League Roger Clemens |
| #2022, aired 1993-05-25 | SCANDALS $100: In November 1986 John Poindexter resigned & Oliver North was fired over this scandal the Iran-Contra affair |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | ATLANTIC CITIES $400: In 1986 the U.S. & USSR helped thaw the Cold War when they met for disarmament talks in this Icelandic city Reykjavik |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | 1980s ROCK $500: A 1979 tour of Russia inspired this 1986 Elton John hit "Nikita" |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | ART $1000: In 1986 a Kansas City- based foundation bought almost 60 pieces by this 20th century British sculptor Henry Moore |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $100: In 1986 Nancy Lieberman became the first woman to play this sport on a men's pro team basketball |
| #1982, aired 1993-03-30 | EUROPEAN CAPITALS $100: In 1986, in this Icelandic capital, Reagan & Gorbachev discussed arms reduction Reykjavik |
| #1969, aired 1993-03-11 | POLITICIANS $1000: She served 5 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before her 1986 election to the Senate from Maryland Barbara Mikulski |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | ARTISTS $400: She died in 1986 in New Mexico, where she had lived since the passing of her husband, Alfred Stieglitz Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | ASTRONOMY $200: If you missed this comet in 1986, you'll have to wait until 2061 to see it Halley's Comet |
| #1944, aired 1993-02-04 | FASHION $300: In 1986 this Meryl Streep-Robert Redford film sparked a new trend in safari wear Out of Africa |
| #1942, aired 1993-02-02 | THE 1980s $600: Originally a playing card manufacturer, this Japanese company debuted its video games in the U.S. in 1986 Nintendo |
| #1942, aired 1993-02-02 | MONEY $1000: In 1986 this country replaced the cruzeiro with the cruzado Brazil |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | RECENT HISTORY $200: Sheep in Great Britain were contaminated by this 1986 nuclear disaster Chernobyl |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | RECENT HISTORY $400: In 1986 U.S. aircraft bombed Tripoli & Benghazi in this country Libya |
| #1935, aired 1993-01-22 | COUPLES $200: This famous Philippine couple moved to Hawaii in 1986 the Marcoses |
| #1933, aired 1993-01-20 | YOUR FEDERAL TAXES $400: It started as a pilot program in 1986 & for 1991 over 10 million taxpayers filed this way electronically |
| #1930, aired 1993-01-15 | REPUBLICANS $1000: This Wyoming senator is probably best known as author of the 1986 Immigration Reform Act (Alan) Simpson |
| #1916, aired 1992-12-28 | THE 20th CENTURY $1000: In 1986, just minutes after leaving a Swedish movie theater, this prime minister was assassinated Olof Palme |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | WRITERS $200: Richard Condon's 1986 novel "Prizzi's Family" was a prequel to this novel he wrote 4 years earlier Prizzi's Honor |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | THE ORIENT $800: The Asian Games of 1986 & the 1988 Summer Olympics were both hosted by this capital city Seoul |
| #1903, aired 1992-12-09 | AWARDS $800: In 1986 this "Howl" poet was awarded a Frost Medal by the Poetry Society of America Ginsberg |
| #1902, aired 1992-12-08 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: The world's worst nuclear reactor disaster was this one in 1986 Chernobyl |
| #1900, aired 1992-12-04 | PEOPLE $200: In 1986 this Philippine president was named Time Magazine's "Woman of the Year" Corazon Aquino |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | INVENTORS HALL OF FAME $600: Harold Edgerton was elected in 1986 for his development of a stroboscope used in this creative field photography |
| #1883, aired 1992-11-11 | AFRICAN HISTORY $400: Sadiq Al-Mahdi, great-grandson of the Mahdi, led this largest African country from 1986-1989 The Sudan |
| #1882, aired 1992-11-10 | OPERA $300: This nation opened its first opera house on the banks of the Amstel River in 1986 The Netherlands/Holland |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | CHIEF JUSTICES $200: After 17 years as Chief Justice, he stepped down in 1986 Burger |
| #1875, aired 1992-10-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: This statue got a new torch in 1986; the old one was 100 years old the Statue of Liberty |
| #1859, aired 1992-10-08 | FAMOUS ACTORS $100: This "Dances with Wolves" star's first film was "Sizzle Beach, U.S.A." made years before its 1986 release Kevin Costner |
| #1859, aired 1992-10-08 | KENTUCKY $500: This Kentucky-born author of "All the King's Men" became America's first poet laureate in 1986 Robert Penn Warren |
| #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 |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | BESTSELLERS $400: A 1986 bestseller, "The Class" was inspired by this "Love Story" author's own class reunion (Erich) Segal |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | SPORTS FIGURES $300: In 1986 this U.S. Olympic gymnast announced she was retiring from competition to concentrate on school Mary Lou Retton |
| #1848, aired 1992-09-23 | HODGEPODGE $300: In 1986, France, like the U.S., issued coins celebrating the centennial of this structure the Statue of Liberty |
| #1848, aired 1992-09-23 | THE SUPREME COURT $400: He served 14 years as an associate justice before becoming Chief Justice in 1986 Rehnquist |
| #1845, aired 1992-09-18 | FAMOUS IVANS $200: In 1985 & 1986 he was the top-ranked tennis player in the world Ivan Lendl |
| #1845, aired 1992-09-18 | FAMOUS IVANS $400: In 1986 he blew the whistle on Michael Milken & Drexel Burnham Lambert Ivan Boesky |
| #1839, aired 1992-09-10 | AUTHORS $400: In 1986 Wole Soyinka became the first African to win this award for literature the Nobel Prize |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1986 he was named "Best Morning TV News Interviewer" by the Washington Journal Review Bryant Gumbel |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | SPORTS $100: In 1986 he became the 1st golfer to win the Masters tournament in 3 different decades Jack Nicklaus |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | "DOWN" $300: According to the title of a 1986 film, Nick Nolte was this "in Beverly Hills" Down and Out |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: The RCA Building in Rockefeller Center has since been renamed for this company which purchased RCA in 1986 General Electric |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | FIGURE SKATERS $200: In 1986 she became the 1st Black woman to win the World Championship of Figure Skating Debi Thomas |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | FIGURE SKATERS $400: In 1986 this East German beauty was called "the warmest thing to hit the Cold War since vodka" Katarina Witt |
| #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | "G" IN HISTORY $100: In 1986 this man came up with a new plan of openness he called "Glasnost" Gorbachev |
| #1744, aired 1992-03-12 | FAMOUS ALS $200: In April 1986 his vault helped vault Geraldo Rivera to his own talk show Al Capone |
| #1737, aired 1992-03-03 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: Hours before her 1986 wedding, she officially became the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson |
| #1731, aired 1992-02-24 | TAILS $1,000 (Daily Double): 1986 film that featured the following: "Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight" An American Tail |
| #1723, aired 1992-02-12 | CELEBRITY BOOKS $500: TV variety show star who wrote the 1986 autobiography "One More Time" Carol Burnett |
| #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: In 1986 Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager made the 1st nonstop world flight without doing this refueling |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: "The Garden of Eden", which he began writing in the '40s in Cuba was published in 1986 Hemingway |
| #1709, aired 1992-01-23 | "TOP"s $100: "Take My Breath Away" was the Oscar-winning song from this 1986 film Top Gun |
| #1709, aired 1992-01-23 | ANNUAL EVENTS $700 (Daily Double): This was first celebrated as a legal holiday in January 1986 Martin Luther King Day |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: Former U.N. Secretary-Genaral Kurt Waldheim has been pres. of this country since 1986 Austria |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | WORLD LEADERS $800: Even though he was "President for Life", he was forced to flee Haiti in 1986 "Baby Doc" Duvalier |
| #1680, aired 1991-12-13 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY $100: In 1986 this company launched a new line of cars under the Acura name Honda |
| #1680, aired 1991-12-13 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY $300: In 1986, in the most successful import car launch in U.S. history, this co. introduced its Excel Hyundai |
| #1673, aired 1991-12-04 | U.S.A. $1000: In 1986 former Sec'y of State William P. Rogers headed the government investigation into this accident the Challenger disaster |
| #1672, aired 1991-12-03 | MOVIE MENAGERIE $200: One of the top five films of 1986 was this little wonder from Down Under Crocodile Dundee |
| #1669, aired 1991-11-28 | ANNUAL EVENTS $300: In 1986 president Reagan signed legislation moving this from the last to the 1st Sunday in April the beginning of Daylight Saving Time |
| #1665, aired 1991-11-22 | POP MUSIC $100: Tell us "Who's That Girl" who was "Like a Virgin" in 1984 & "True Blue" in 1986 Madonna |
| #1659, aired 1991-11-14 | FAMOUS WOMEN $800: From 1986-89, Gro Harlem Brundtland served as this Scandinavian country's prime minister Norway |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | MUSICALS $100: This musical made its Paris debut in 1986 as "La Petite Boutique des Horreurs" Little Shop of Horrors |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | DAN QUAYLE $400: In 1986 Quayle voted to override Reagan's veto of sanctions against this country South Africa |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | JAZZ $1000: On April 29, 1986 the U.S. issued a stamp bearing the portrait of this "noble" jazz musician Duke Ellington |
| #1646, aired 1991-10-28 | AWARDS $400: Jay Sandrich won a 1986 Emmy for directing the "Denise's Friend" episode of this series The Cosby Show |
| #1634, aired 1991-10-10 | CONTEMPORARY FICTION $800: Judith Krantz called her 1986 best seller "I'll Take" this Manhattan |
| #1594, aired 1991-07-04 | THE ROYAL FAMILY $200: She was married in 1986 in a gown decorated with anchors & waves in honor of her husband's naval career The Duchess of York |
| #1588, aired 1991-06-26 | SONGS OF THE '80s $300: You might as well face it, in 1986 Robert Palmer was "Addicted To" this Love |
| #1585, aired 1991-06-21 | ART $800: In 1986, Andrew Wyeth sold over 200 works, most of them featuring this woman Helga |
| #1564, aired 1991-05-23 | NONFICTION $400: This comic titled his 1986 autobiography "Absolutely Mahvelous" (Billy) Crystal |
| #1562, aired 1991-05-21 | FAMOUS RUSSIANS $1000: 61 years after leaving Russia, this piano virtuoso returned in 1986 for a series of performances Horowitz |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | THEATRE $1000: Completes the title of the Tony-winning Best Play of 1986, "I'm Not..." Rappaport |
| #1555, aired 1991-05-10 | MAY $200: Many thought its appearance in May 1910 signaled the end of the world; in 1986 few worried Halley's comet |
| #1522, aired 1991-03-26 | ODDS & ENDS $200: In 1990, the British Army announced it had sold all its desert camouflage clothing to this country in 1986 Iraq |
| #1518, aired 1991-03-20 | DOCTORS $400: Dr. Robert Gale of UCLA headed the bone marrow transport unit that went to this site in May 1986 Chernobyl |
| #1508, aired 1991-03-06 | AWARDS $800: Husband & wife in real life, they won Emmys in 1986 for playing husband & wife on "St. Elsewhere" William Daniels & Bonnie Bartlett |
| #1495, aired 1991-02-15 | CANADA $600: Canada's third largest metropolis, it hosted the 1986 World's Fair Vancouver |
| #1493, aired 1991-02-13 | PEOPLE $700 (Daily Double): Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated on a street in this city in 1986 Stockholm |
| #1487, aired 1991-02-05 | THE PLANETS $1000: In 1986 Voyager 2 discovered this planet has 15 moons & 11 rings Uranus |
| #1471, aired 1991-01-14 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: On February 25, 1986, both Corazon Aquino & this man were sworn in as Philippine president Marcos |
| #1441, aired 1990-12-03 | BRITISH ROYALTY $800: In 1986 it was revealed that this king was given injections to hasten his death in 1936 King George V |
| #1435, aired 1990-11-23 | THE SOVIET UNION $100: This nuclear plant, much in the news in 1986, is near the Ukranian town of Pripyat Chernobyl |
| #1435, aired 1990-11-23 | CARTOONS $500: In May 1990 Universal Studios' Tour opened Fievel's Playland, based on this 1986 film An American Tail |
| #1425, aired 1990-11-09 | BRAZIL $300: The cruzado replaced the cruzeiro as this in 1986 the monetary unit |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | REPUBLICANS $200: He was the first man in Indiana history to get more than 60% of the votes for senator, in 1986 Dan Quayle |
| #1421, aired 1990-11-05 | BOBs & ROBERTs $500: In 1986 he was elected Florida's first Hispanic governor Bob Martinez |
| #1417, aired 1990-10-30 | ZOOLOGY $800: The greater bamboo-eating lemur, thought to be extinct, was discovered in 1986 on this African island Madagascar |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | THE 1980s $300: In November 1986 he was penalized $100 million for insider stock trading (Ivan) Boesky |
| #13, aired 1990-09-08 | ART WORLD BLOCKBUSTERS $600 (Daily Double): A tiger, not a horse, fetched $35,200 in 1986, the highest price ever for a piece from 1 of these a carousel (or a merry-go-round) |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | THE 1980s $600: This author's novel, "The Garden of Eden" was published in 1986, 25 years after his death Ernest Hemingway |
| #1347, aired 1990-06-12 | MOVIE TRIVIA $400: At the end of this 1986 film, Geena Davis was pregnant with a mutant baby The Fly |
| #1315, aired 1990-04-27 | THE EMMYS $300: Husband & wife Wm. Daniels & Bonnie Bartlett won Emmys in 1986 for playing a husband & wife in this series St. Elsewhere |
| #1307, aired 1990-04-17 | "BLUE" MOVIES $500: Isabella Rossellini sang the title song, an old Bobby Vinton hit, in this 1986 film Blue Velvet |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: This U.S. tennis star wrote the 1986 book "Passing Shots", a diary of her tour experiences Pam Shriver |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | LEFTOVERS $400: On January 20, 1986, the U.S. 1st observed a day in his honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #1262, aired 1990-02-13 | MOVIES $300: Kathleen Turner fainted after she was elected queen of her high school reunion in this 1986 film Peggy Sue Got Married |
| #1259, aired 1990-02-08 | NONFICTION $500: It was Linda Ellerbee's sign-off phrase on NBC News Overnight & the title of her 1986 book And So It Goes |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | ANTONYMS $100: 1986 Jane Fonda film that's an antonym of the 1988 Lori Loughlin film "The Night Before" The Morning After |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | RULERS $800: Since 1986 workers in Iraq have been rebuilding this king's southern palace in what was Babylon Nebuchadnezzar |
| #1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ACTORS & RUSSIAN ROLES $800: In 1986 this Austrian Oscar-winner starred in an acclaimed miniseries as "Peter the Great" Maximilian Schell |
| #1219, aired 1989-12-14 | WORLD LEADERS $400: This president-for-life left Haiti for France in 1986 after his government was ousted "Baby Doc" Duvalier |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | ART $200: Since this legislation was passed in 1986, gifts of artwork to museums have fallen off sharply tax reform |
| #1212, aired 1989-12-05 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: This island near Venezuela became a self-ruling colony of the Netherlands in 1986 Aruba |
| #1207, aired 1989-11-28 | LAW $800: In 1986 he was sworn in to the Supreme Court on the same day Wm. Rehnquist became Chief Justice Antonin Scalia |
| #1200, aired 1989-11-17 | CORPORATE AMERICA $200: G.E. was instrumental in starting this communications giant which it bought in 1986 RCA |
| #1190, aired 1989-11-03 | THE UNIVERSE $100: In 1986 Giotto, a craft launched by the European Space Agency, got within 335 miles of this comet's nucleus Halley's Comet |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | DR. SEUSS $200: Dr. Seuss' 1986 book intended for "obsolete children" is "You're Only" this "Once" Old |
| #1177, aired 1989-10-17 | DALLAS $100: In 1985 he was run down and "killed"; in 1986 he was alive & lathering up in Pam's shower Bobby Ewing |
| #1169, aired 1989-10-05 | MAN IN SPACE $800: In 1986 the Soviets launched this next generation space station whose name means "peace" Mir |
| #1165, aired 1989-09-29 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES $600: A 1986 book by this presidential grandson chronicled his grandfather's WWII years David Eisenhower |
| #1165, aired 1989-09-29 | AWARD-WINNERS $1000: She won a 1986 Tony for her performance in "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" Lily Tomlin |
| #1158, aired 1989-09-20 | ACTOR-DIRECTORS $800: He directed himself in the national tour of "Camelot" in 1986, 19 years after starring in the film Richard Harris |
| #1150, aired 1989-09-08 | THE EMMYS $200: After losing 3 straight years to Tyne Daly, she finally won for "Best Dramatic Actress" in 1986 Sharon Gless |
| #1131, aired 1989-07-03 | PHOTOGRAPHY $200: In 1986, 10 years after Polaroid filed suit, this company got out of the instant camera business Kodak |
| #1127, aired 1989-06-27 | HODGEPODGE $500: This guru, asked to leave Oregon in 1986, says he ordered Buddha to leave his body in 1989 Rajneesh (the Bhagwan) |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES $200: This man, JFK's brother, gave Caroline away at her 1986 wedding Teddy Kennedy |
| #1105, aired 1989-05-26 | HOLLAND $500: Aruba separated from this island group in 1986 & will be fully independent in 1996 the Dutch Antilles (or Netherland Antilles) |
| #1105, aired 1989-05-26 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $800: Title roles played by Jean-Louis Trintignant & Anouk Aimée in 1966 & a 1986 sequel A Man and a Woman |
| #1092, aired 1989-05-09 | 1980s POP MUSIC $300: The title of a 1986 hit by Falco asked this composer to "Rock Me" Amadeus |
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Gisele Perez, a caterer originally from New York City, New York
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Season 12 player (1996-03-13). Gisele Perez won $14,800 in cash &...
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Lionel Goldbart, a retired schoolteacher originally from Brooklyn, New York
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Barbara Lowe, a writer and a researcher from Anaheim, California
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Season 2 5-time champion: $35,192. Barbara did not participate in the...
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Rosalie Hill, a bookkeeper from Arroyo Grande, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-10): a Vitamaster Monitor 500M Luxury exercise cycle...
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Rosalie Hill, a bookkeeper from Arroyo Grande, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-10): a Vitamaster Monitor 500M Luxury exercise cycle...
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Sharon Miyasato, an attorney originally from Hawaii
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Season 3 player (1986-10-03). Sharon was returned to the show after...
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Lionel Goldbart, a retired schoolteacher from Miami Beach, Florida
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Chacko George, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Austin, Texas
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"He won the November 1999 Teen Tournament. Now he's a senior...
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Lionel Goldbart, a newsstand clerk from South Miami Beach, Florida
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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David Traini, a high school administrator from Moorestown, New Jersey
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"This 5-time champ finished second in the 1987 Tournament of Champions....
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Lionel Goldbart, a part-time newsstand clerk from Miami Beach, Florida
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Michael Todaro, a real estate broker originally from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 player (1986-11-07). Last name pronounced: \"Toh-DAH-ro\". Michael won $99,613...
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Dominic Nigro, a hospital administrator from Long Beach, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-02).
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Jared Eisenstat, a law student from Hicksville, New York
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $26,098....
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Frank Epstein, a police officer from Los Angeles, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1992 Tournament...
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Frank Epstein, a police officer from Los Angeles, California
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\"He was a 5-time champion in 1992, and is still serving...
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Peggy Kroencke, a personnel manager originally from Long Beach, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-30).
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Shoshana Rona, a librarian from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-18).
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Paul Waters, a fashion photographer originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 3 player (1986-10-17).
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Virginia Tyson, a copyeditor originally from Houston, Texas
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Season 3 player (1986-10-17).
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Frank Epstein, a police officer from Los Angeles, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1992 Tournament...
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Cassius Titus, a credit analyst from Corona, New York
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Season 2 player (1986-04-17).
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Janice Gordon, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-22).
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Carroll Lachnit, a reporter from Santa Ana, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-17).
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Mark Zickel, a hammock salesman from San Diego, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-26).
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Harvey Becker, an attorney turned writer from Old Bridge, New Jersey
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $55,400....
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Kevin Spitze, from San Jose, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-20): Glassfyre brass fire screen & fire set....
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Geoff Fong, a college professor originally from Los Altos, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-16).
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Kathy Harley, a writer originally from Norfolk, Virginia
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Season 2 player (1986-01-01).
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Joe Escarce, a physician originally from Miami, Florida
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Season 2 player (1986-01-15).
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Michael Tanner, a piano tuner from New York, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-10-22).
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Nathan Walpow, a data processor originally from Queens, New York
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1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 1 5-time champion: $38,900....
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Alec Binnie, a student originally from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 3 player (1986-10-13).
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Jackie Giles, a real estate appraiser from San Diego, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-13).
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Chuck Wessel, a graduate teaching assistant from Perry, North Carolina
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Season 3 player (1986-10-01).
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Jeff Goldstein, a law student originally from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 2 player (1986-03-26). Jeff fainted during the Final Jeopardy! Round...
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Wenzel Jones, a word processor originally from Orlando, Florida
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Season 3 player (1986-11-05).
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Judith Cahill, a homemaker from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 9 1-time champion: $12,800. Judith won $89,780 in cash and...
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Susan Lopez-Dailey, a librarian from Yorba Linda, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-21).
Susan died 2012-11-18. Obituary.
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Jay Rosenberg, a professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1986 Tournament...
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Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
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Jay Rosenberg, a professor of philosophy from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
|
2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1986 Tournament...
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Shani Ahronowitz, originally from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 3 player (1986-12-04). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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John Pine, a journalist originally from New York City
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Season 3 player (1986-12-05).
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Carson Anderson, a city planner originally from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-04). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Eric Schoeck, a radio talk show host from Santa Cruz, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $21,499....
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Tom Bestor, a writer originally from Eureka, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-03).
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Eric Schoeck, a radio talk show host from Santa Cruz, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $21,499....
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Sam Balko, an operations assistant from Venice, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-02).
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Mitch Fujita, a student from Kaneohe, Hawaii
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Season 3 player (1986-09-16).
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Chuck Forrest, a law student from Grand Blanc, Michigan
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Chuck Forrest, a student from Grand Blanc, Michigan
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Eve Belson, a freelance writer originally from Australia
|
Season 3 player (1986-09-16).
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Chuck Forrest, a foreign service officer originally from Grand Blanc, Michigan
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Todd Russell, a buyer from Santa Ana, California
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Season 3 player (1986-11-07).
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Chuck Forrest, a lawyer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Kirk Sanduski, an administrator from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-16). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Chuck Forrest, a lawyer from Marino, Italy
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Chris Campbell, a lawyer from Long Beach, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-15).
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Kathleen Hagen, a registered nurse originally from Ottawa, Canada
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Season 3 player (1986-12-24): a Fultron car stereo.
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Morgan Sloane, a writer and director originally from New York City
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Season 3 player (1986-12-24): a Tappan electric range + a Zenith...
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Debbie Ingram, a writer from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-15).
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Robert Poreda, a research geologist originally from Worcester, Massachusetts
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Season 2 player (1986-03-28).
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Sandra Wilde, a teacher from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 3 player (1986-12-01).
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Kyle Thorson, a musician and a real estate agent originally from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 2 player (1986-03-27).
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Martin Dodge, a training manager originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 player (1986-11-27).
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Kathy Miller, a homemaker from Irvine, California
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Season 3 player (1986-11-27).
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Tim Berry, a secretary from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 3 player (1986-12-01).
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Paula Carr, a part-time secretary originally from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 2 player (1986-03-27).
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Sherry Reiter, a writer from North Hollywood, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-26).
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Curt Spiller, an account executive from San Diego, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-25).
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Deborah Maugham, a caterer and a party planner from Arcadia, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-25).
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Sam Auster, a writer and a director from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-31).
Sam\'s IMDb page.
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Steven Matthews, a private investigator from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 2 player (1986-04-14).
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Mary Harper, a probation officer from San Diego, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-14).
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Guy Tonti, a telecommunications manager from San Francisco, California
|
1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Season 2 4-time champion: $28,800.
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Sharon Rude, a systems analyst from Irvine, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-24).
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Dolores Long, a writer and an editor originally from Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Season 2 player (1986-03-04).
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Gary Palmer, a physician from Palm Springs, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $18,400....
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Benita Boxerman, a stockbroker from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 3 player (1986-10-09).
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Marian Branch, a technical editor from Hawthorne, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-03).
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Seth Hogan, a perpetual student originally from Detroit, Michigan
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Season 2 player (1986-03-04).
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Tom Dryden, a creative director originally from Auxvasse, Missouri
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Season 2 player (1986-03-03).
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Jaima Bennett, a college instructor from Long Beach, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-05).
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Ron Mark, a law student from Bellevue, Washington
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Season 2 player (1986-03-05).
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Ivy Weiss, a law clerk originally from the Bronx, New York
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Season 2 player (1986-03-12).
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Gary Giardina, an opera singer from New York City, New York
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000....
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Brooke Krauter, a lieutenant from Pacific Grove, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-28).
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Gary Giardina, an opera singer from New York City
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000....
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Robert Rolle, a radio producer originally from Terre Haute, Indiana
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Season 3 player (1986-10-29).
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Mark Molenaar, an engineer from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 2 player (1986-03-12).
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Gaye Kapkin, an architect from Toronto, Ontario
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Season 6 player (1990-06-25). Gaye won four games on Split Second...
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Lynne Harden, an actress from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-11).
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Ed Morris, a story analyst from North Hollywood, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-10).
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Mark Dimell, a filmmaker from Pasadena, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-10).
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David Perry, an assistant manager and a student from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-07).
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Carolyn Fox, a student from Redondo Beach, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-24).
Spelling of first name uncertain.
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Jack Busko, an account representative from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 2 player (1986-03-07).
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Kurt Arthur, a quality specialist from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 3 player (1986-10-23).
Spelling of first name uncertain.
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Bruce Burlan, a treasury manager from New York City
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Season 2 player (1986-03-06).
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Steve Hayes, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 3 player (1986-10-24).
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Davina Rubin, a teacher originally from New York City
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Season 2 player (1986-03-13). Davina was a contestant on The $25,000...
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Scottie Ross, a systems analyst from Mill Valley, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-20). Spelling of first name uncertain. Scottie indicated...
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Doug Smith, a casting assistant from Santa Barbara, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-21).
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Dennis Owens, an attorney from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 3 player (1986-10-07).
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Jeff Smyth, an audio-visual manager from Richmond, Virginia
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Season 3 player (1986-10-20).
Spelling of first and last names uncertain.
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Carla Gavin, a teacher from West Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-03).
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Ginny Manuel, a radio station salesperson originally from New York City
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Season 3 player (1986-10-21).
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Gale Mackey, a measurement office supervisor originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 player (1986-10-07).
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Sandra Lowe, a Lamaze teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-02).
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John Voland, a journalist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-02).
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Claudia Kiel, a reporter from Hollywood, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-01).
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Mary Zawacki, originally from Detroit, Michigan
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Season 2 player (1986-03-31). Last name pronounced like \"za-WATZ-kee\". The recording...
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D\'Art Ferris, a computer technician from Montrose, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-12).
First name pronounced like \"DAR\".
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Lon Otremba, from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 2 player (1986-03-31). The recording used to archive the game...
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David Shane, an attorney from Westlake Village, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-11). Not to be confused with Season 1...
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Ira Levine, a writer originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 3 player (1986-09-17). Not to be confused with Season 3...
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Rosemary Hagerott, a technical writer from Sierra Madre, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-27).
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Linda Leipheimer, a homemaker from Encino, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-17).
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John Waukechon, a teacher originally from Lafayette, Indiana
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Season 3 player (1986-10-02).
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Elaine Iannotti, a graduate student originally from Penn Yan, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-10-06).
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Thomas Bernhard, a technical writer from Fremont, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-15).
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Kay Guesdon, a housewife from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-15).
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Shirley Petras, a college professor from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 3 player (1986-10-06).
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Kathleen Guzzi, a housewife from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 2 player (1986-05-30).
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Jackie Finn, a medical technician and lab supervisor from Timonium, Maryland
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Season 2 player (1986-05-27).
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Greg Asbagh, a student from San Jose, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-27).
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Scott Cooper, an Army lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 3 player (1986-12-23): an Emerson audio rack system.
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Susan Powell-Turton, a retail manager originally from Fort Worth, Texas
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Season 3 player (1986-12-23). Announced by Johnny as Susan Powell-Turton, while...
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Steve Faber, a mail order executive from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-30): Alsy lamps.
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Sharon Miyasato, an attorney from Oakland, California
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Season 3 2-time champion: $16,998. Sharon was returned to the show...
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Gerry Shefler, a tax preparer from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 player (1986-12-30): a trip to Puerto Vallarta.
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Lee Newlight, a chef from Monroe, North Carolina
|
Season 2 player (1986-01-27).
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Frank Ryan, a management analyst from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 2 player (1986-01-23).
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Sheila Camarato, a homemaker originally from Norfolk, Virginia
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Season 2 player (1986-01-23).
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Janet Manley McNeil, an educator from San Diego, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-24).
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Michael Murphy, an office manager from Monrovia, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-22). Not to be confused with Season 39...
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Diana Collins-Moschini, an interpreter originally from Pascagoula, Mississippi
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Season 2 player (1986-04-07).
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Ellen Turner, an office machine dealer from Mobile, Alabama
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Season 2 player (1986-01-22).
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Beryl Arbit, a legal assistant from Los Angeles, California
|
1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 2 4-time champion: $41,001.
|
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Chub Feeney
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Season 2 player (1986-02-26). Chub was the president of Major League...
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Tom Grexa, an assistant dean of admissions from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Season 3 player (1986-10-15).
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Andrea Reid, a savings counselor from Culver City, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-04).
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JoAnn Lum, an engineering writer from Carlsbad, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-15).
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Kerry Ogata, a computer coordinator from San Diego, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-11-28).
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Jim Jonsson, an English professor from Long Beach, California
|
Season 3 player (1986-11-26).
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John Lackner, a teacher originally from Florida
|
Season 3 player (1986-11-26).
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Eve Lohman, a freelance writer from Santa Monica, California
|
Season 2 player (1986-05-23).
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Daniel Dorse, a restaurant manager and a comedian from Santa Ana, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-21).
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Scott Lavender, a musician originally from Findlay, Ohio
|
Season 2 player (1986-05-23).
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Robert Taylor, a student and a clerk from Los Angeles, California
|
Season 2 player (1986-04-09).
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Susanne Harmony, a lease broker from Diamond Bar, California
|
Season 2 player (1986-05-21).
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Mitch Gilaty, a corporate finance specialist from San Francisco, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-30).
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Leslie Solito, a homemaker from Northbrook, Illinois
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Season 2 player (1986-01-20).
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Francesca Davis, an artist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-09).
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John McHugh, a banker from Oakland, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-16).
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Les Kalman, a physician from Glendale, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-14).
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Michael Madden, a chiropractor from San Diego, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-16).
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John Ling, a radiologist originally from Chongqing, China
|
Season 3 player (1986-12-10).
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David Green, a law student from Buffalo Grove, Illinois
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Season 2 player (1986-01-07). Not to be confused with Season 8...
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Mary Jane Weidenkeller, a cost accountant from Santa Ana, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-10).
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John Goodwin, a truck driver from Portland, Oregon
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Season 2 player (1986-01-13).
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Lynne McGrath, a library technician from Pasadena, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-07).
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David Epperson, a waiter originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 3 player (1986-12-10).
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Kathleen Campbell, a production assistant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-20).
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Connie Brisendine, a calligrapher originally from Bakersfield, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-15). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Bill Carroll, a purchasing agent from North Hollywood, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-13).
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Steve Bronson, a student from Sherman Oaks, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-12).
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Maria Lasalvia-Seliga, a teacher from Metuchen, New Jersey
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Season 3 player (1986-12-16): a Speed Queen washer & dryer.
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Chris Strom, an actuary from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 3 player (1986-12-15): a Technics compact disc player.
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Eric Balaban, a student from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 3 player (1986-12-16): a trip to New Orleans.
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Lucille Clifton, a professor of literature from Santa Cruz, California
|
Season 2 player (1986-01-30).
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Jim Flowers, a computer scientist originally from Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 3 player (1986-09-30).
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Jada Seesemann, a sales representative from Fullerton, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-08).
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Carol McAvoy, a marketing manager from San Diego, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-28).
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Donna Florence, a writer from New York City
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Season 2 player (1986-05-07).
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Dick Phil, an electrical engineer from Pleasanton, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-08).
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Kerrie Henson, a government clerk from Columbia, Maryland
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Season 2 player (1986-05-06).
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Stuart Pat, an attorney from San Francisco, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-06).
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Susan Tuttle, a homemaker and a mother from Walnut Creek, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-06).
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Barbara Keesling, a student from Laguna Niguel, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-05). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Jill Beerman, a graduate student originally from East Brunswick, New Jersey
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Season 2 player (1986-05-28).
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Janet DeLand, a research editor from Marina Del Rey, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-08).
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Donald Burgo, a teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
|
1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 2 5-time champion: $26,180.
|
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Mike Petrina, a vice president of legislative relations from Arlington, Virginia
|
Season 2 player (1986-04-10).
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Al Rossi, an acting teacher and a director from Van Nuys, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-07).
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Paul Raymond, a professor of political science originally from Buffalo, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-09-29).
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Phil Selway, a commercial lender from Long Beach, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-28).
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Nancy Zende, a homemaker from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 3 player (1986-11-04).
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Jeff Ujczo, an antique consultant originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 2 player (1986-01-28). Last name pronounced like \"WEET-zo\". Jeff died...
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Colleen Yarnell, a homemaker originally from Minnesota
|
Season 3 player (1986-11-03).
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Pat Van Hartesveldt, a music contract administrator originally from New York
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Season 3 player (1986-09-24).
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Ron Cadillo, a systems analyst from San Diego, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-02).
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Wade Ballard, an attorney from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 3 player (1986-09-12).
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Scott Freeman, an actor and a teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-01).
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Sally Kurtzman, a writer and English teacher from Denver, Colorado
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Season 2 player (1986-04-16). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Gary Galbraith, a waiter and a bartender originally from Paris, Kentucky
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Season 2 player (1986-05-26).
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Barbara Cann, from Huntington Beach, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-18). Player introduction missing on recording used to...
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Alberto Isaac, a secretary from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-29). Last name pronounced like \"EE-sahk\". Alberto\'s IMDb...
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Tom Olsen, an assistant professor of physics originally from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-12-18). Player introduction missing on recording used to...
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Karen Stevens, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-29).
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Sue Garfinkel, a housewife and a horse breeder from East Windsor, New Jersey
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Season 2 player (1986-05-01).
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David Whitehorse, an artist from Santa Ysabel, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-03).
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Peter Friedland, an artificial intelligence researcher from Los Altos, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-01).
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Chuck Cavender, an advertising executive from Miami, Florida
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Season 2 player (1986-04-30). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Tomio Nishimura, a major in the United States Air Force from Highland, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-06).
Tomio appeared on the show in uniform.
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Dorothy Williams, a farmer originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 2 player (1986-02-03).
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Kathleen O\'Reilly, a market researcher from Ardsley, New York
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Season 2 player (1986-04-30).
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Sandra Cheltenham, a singer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-08).
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Shirley
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Season 2 player (1986-02-27).
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Florence Cohen, a teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-08).
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Michael
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Season 2 player (1986-02-27).
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Spencer McIlmurray, a management consultant from Evanston, Illinois
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Season 2 player (1986-03-19).
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Donna Cunningham, a writer from Ventura, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-19).
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Linda Jarvis, a music student and a geologist from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 2 player (1986-05-19).
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Ellen Kaufman, a product manager from Studio City, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-20).
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Nancy Carr, a teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-28).
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Jeffrey Ellis, a consulting scientist originally from London, England
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Season 3 player (1986-09-23).
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Sarah Richter Fridman, a speech-language pathologist originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
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Season 3 player (1986-09-22).
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Lin Mueller, an expediter from Vista, California
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Season 2 player (1986-05-20).
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Annette Todd, a marketing director from Riverside, California
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Season 28 player (2012-03-02). This was Annette's seventh game show appearance...
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Vicki Linnane, a secretary from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 2 player (1986-04-25).
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Michael Hesse, a computer consultant originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 3 player (1986-10-27).
Last name pronounced like \"hess-EE\".
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Sue Chepikian, a consultant from Van Nuys, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-25).
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Gail Scheer, a restaurateur and housewife originally from New York City
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Season 3 player (1986-10-28).
Spelling of last name uncertain.
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Ilsa Kahn, a housewife and teacher\'s aide from Encino, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-21).
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Louis Gladman, a stress engineer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-21).
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Mary Ann Seawell, a writer from Menlo Park, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-25).
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Louis Seitchik, a computer programmer & acting student originally from San Antonio, Texas
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Season 2 player (1986-03-18).
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Anita Mule, a homemaker from Bronx, New York
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Season 2 player (1986-03-17).
Last name pronounced like "MEW-lay".
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Bonnie Schiffer, a writer and actress from New York City, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-12-29). Bonnie won 3 games and over $12,100...
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Cindy Price, a student from New Haven, Connecticut
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Season 2 player (1986-03-17).
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Bill Blum, a freelance writer from Studio City, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-11).
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George Romero, Jr., a middle school principal originally from Quezon City, Philippines
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Season 3 player (1986-12-26). George was introduced as George Romero, Jr....
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Clare Dellemann, a credit manager from Huntington Beach, California
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Season 4 player (1987-09-28). Season 1 player (1984-09-21). Clare was returned...
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Clare Dellemann, a credit manager from Huntington Beach, California
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Season 4 player (1987-09-28). Season 1 player (1984-09-21). Clare was returned...
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Guy Tonti, a telecommunications manager from Vallejo, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Season 2 4-time champion: $28,800.
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Craig Schuman, an attorney from Seattle, Washington
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Season 3 player (1986-11-25).
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Gary Palmer, a physician from Palm Springs, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $18,400....
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Harvey Becker, a writer from Venice, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $55,400....
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon and TV host from The Dr. Oz Show
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"He is a renowned cardiac surgeon who has written seven New...
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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Barbara Schnell, a writer and homemaker from Los Angeles, California
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Season 11 player (1995-02-28). Barbara\'s \"homemaker\" occupation was literal after rebuilding...
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Sheila Balch, an international dog show judge from Monterey, Massachusetts
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Season 2 player (1986-04-08). Sheila won on Jeopardy! in the 1970s....
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Donald Burgo, a college teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
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1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000.
Season 2 5-time champion: $26,180.
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Thomas Van Dyke, a rock singer from Sun Valley, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-14).
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Larry Toppman, a journalist from Charlotte, South Carolina
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Season 2 player (1986-04-08).
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Jay Reisman, a private investigator from San Diego, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-14).
Last name may be incorrect.
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Mark Leinwand, a television business affairs executive from Los Angeles, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $43,700....
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Danny Green, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Season 2 4-time champion: $26,000.
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Elliot Shteir, an attorney from Somerville, New Jersey
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1995-A Seniors Tournament 1st runner-up: $10,000. Dr. Elliot Shteir won $8,230...
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Mark Leinwand, an attorney and a businessman from Los Angeles, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $43,700....
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Jean Youngerman, an analytical chemist from San Diego, California
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Season 2 player (1986-03-13).
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Kevin Cummins, a computer operator from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-09).
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Richard Schwartz, an astrophysicist from La Cañada, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-29).
Richard died on 2020-12-12.
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Pam Bearce, a commercial property manager from Kaneohe, Hawaii
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Season 3 player (1986-12-22).
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David Albrecht, a student from Kansas City
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Season 3 player (1986-12-22).
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Annette Freestone, a graduate student from Clovis, New Mexico
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Season 3 player (1986-12-08) Annette had multiple sclerosis and played sitting...
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Tim Russert, a moderator from Meet the Press
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"He's the Washington Bureau Chief of NBC News and the longtime...
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Jared Eisenstat, a lawyer from Hicksville, New York
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $26,098....
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Adrienne Bell, a teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-12).
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Steve Baker, a professor of international politics from Pacific Grove, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-12).
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Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....
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Peggy Noonan, a contributing editor from The Wall Street Journal
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10).
Charity: The Sisters of Life.
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Esther Walling, a junior high school teacher originally from Redding, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-09).
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Bob Mesch, a counselor-tutor from San Diego, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-13).
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Neil Jensen, a sales manager originally from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 2 player (1986-02-12).
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Lori Reichart, from Northridge, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-13).
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Dan Green, a teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $26,000....
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Nancy Brough, a speech pathologist from Santa Monica, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-12).
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Pat Nilsson, a travel writer from San Diego, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-11).
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Miles Neff, a television cameraman from Long Beach, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-11).
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Chas Wilson, an artillery officer from Watertown, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-09-25).
Pictured on page 82 of The Jeopardy! Book.
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Jim Bell, a student from Branford, Connecticut
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Season 3 player (1986-09-25).
Pictured on page 83 of The Jeopardy! Book.
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Susan Fox-Davis, a video technician from Van Nuys, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-10).
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George Lynch, a graphic artist and a part-time minister from West Hollywood, California
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Season 2 player (1986-01-24).
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Steve Lawson, a writer and a journalist from New York City, New York
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Season 2 player (1986-02-10).
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Melody Keller, a freelance typographer originally from Santa Monica, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-07).
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Jean Reynolds, a registered nurse originally from Long Beach, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-07).
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George Strine, a writer and a former private investigator originally from New Philadelphia, Ohio
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Season 2 player (1986-02-06).
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Steve Wenrick, a programmer originally from Reading, Pennsylvania
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Season 2 player (1986-02-05).
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Buff McKinley, a freelance photographer from Venice, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-06).
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Rosemary Woodlock, an attorney originally from Texas
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Season 3 player (1986-10-31).
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Jim Bell, a lawyer from Frankfort, Connecticut
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Season 2 player (1986-02-24): a Windjammer Barefoot Cruise to the Bahamas.
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Bobbie Harrison, a homemaker from Lake Bluff, Illinois
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Season 2 player (1986-02-24): his and hers Jules Jurgensen watches.
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Pat Rounds, a sales trainer from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Season 3 player (1986-12-19): Kosta Boda crystal stemware.
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Dan Schaffer, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-19): an Admiral refrigerator + Radio Flyer wagons.
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Marie Peterson, a medical technical translator from Hartland, Wisconsin
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Season 2 player (1986-05-14).
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Ben Harris, originally from New York City
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Season 2 player (1986-02-14).
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Paul Rouffa, an actor from Oak Park, Illinois
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1986 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up:...
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Jared, an entertainment lawyer from San Jose, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-14).
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Tim Singer, a writer originally from Tyrone, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 player (1986-09-19). Tim won $52,600 on Super Password from...
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Ed Coyne, an airline pilot from Mission Viejo, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-19).
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Paul Rouffa, an actor from Forest Park, Illinois
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1986 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up:...
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Marvin Shinkman, a stamp dealer from Sherman Oaks, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $5,000. Season 2 4-time champion:...
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Fran Pipp, a psychologist from Dexter, Michigan
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Season 6 player (1989-11-03). Brother(?) Joe was a 3-time champion back...
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Barbara Jackson, a sales support manager from Reseda, California
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Season 3 player (1986-12-24). Not to be confused with Season 13...
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John Ryan, a corporate controller from Richmond, California
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"As a college student, he was the top winner of the...
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Gregory Charles, a freelance photographer from Studio City, California
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Season 2 player (1986-04-11).
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Ken Harrison, a computer programmer from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 3 player (1986-11-06).
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Nathan Walpow, a data processor and an actor originally from Queens, New York
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1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 1 5-time champion: $38,900....
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Judy Kilbane Koch, an attorney originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 3 player (1986-12-10). Last name pronounced like "COOK". Judy later...
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Karin Hofland, a novelist from Santa Monica, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-18).
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Elizabeth Charland, a water engineer originally from Mount Vernon, Indiana
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Season 3 player (1986-10-16).
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Brian Barrett, a carpenter from Venice, California
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Season 3 player (1986-10-16).
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Marvin Shinkman, a stamp dealer from Van Nuys, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $5,000. Season 2 4-time champion:...
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Francis Hambidge, a freelance story analyst originally from Liverpool, England
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Season 2 player (1986-05-29).
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Robert Wargo, a student from Fairfield, Connecticut
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Season 2 player (1986-05-29). Robert appeared on seven episodes of Connecticut...
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Tony Barreto, a deputy district attorney originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 3 player (1986-09-11): Ricci's Art Deco Collection heavy silver-plated flatware...
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Steve Lipman, a teacher from Fullerton, California
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Season 3 player (1986-09-11): a week's stay for 2 at Bluebeard's...
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Paul Rouffa, an actor from Forest Park, Illinois
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1986 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up:...
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Jamie Capwell, a lawyer from San Francisco, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-04).
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Ian Barondess, a salesperson originally from Great Neck, New York
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Season 3 player (1986-10-14). Ian won a $58,000 jackpot on Sale...
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Paul Schindler Jr., a journalist originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 3 player (1986-10-14).
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Bebe Neuwirth, an actress from Frasier and the Broadway revival of Chicago
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"She won two Emmys for playing Dr. Frasier Crane's acerbic wife...
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Judy Hedden, a database representative originally from San Francisco, California
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Season 2 player (1986-02-05).
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Gary Giardina, an opera singer from New York City, New York
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1986 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000....
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Lois Rothman, a social worker from Miami, Florida
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Season 2 player (1986-04-23).
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Susan Sanchez, a schoolteacher originally from Newton Center, Massachusetts
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Season 2 player (1986-04-22).
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Harry Smith, a broadcast journalist from The Early Show
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"This hard-working host of CBS's The Early Show has interviewed five...
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Mark Lowenthal, an assistant director for the Central Intelligence Agency from Reston, Virginia
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"The winner of the 1988 Tournament of Champions, he's an assistant...
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Doug Lach, a marketing manager from Columbus, Ohio
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"He was the biggest winner of the 1999-2000 season. A marketing...
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