| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AN EMMY-WINNING ROLE $600: Julie Bowen got Emmy bookends in 2011 & '12 for her work as Claire Dunphy on this ABC sitcom Modern Family |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | AS HEARD ON TV $800: On this ABC show Junior Johnson said he was called "a less cool Steve Urkel" & was "like if Drake never left 'Degrassi"' black-ish |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | TELEVISION $400: 72-year-old widower Gerry Turner was the title figure of this recent reality competition on ABC the Golden Bachelor |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | TV COMEDY $800: Alan Ruck, Connie Britton & Alexander Chaplin were on staff in the mayor's office on this '90s ABC comedy Spin City |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | FAMOUS GINGERS $800: Ginger Zee is a meteorologist for this ABC a.m. show Good Morning America |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | COMPOSER PLAYLISTS $3,000 (Daily Double): "Treemonisha";
"Maple Leaf Rag";
"The Ragtime Dance";
"The Entertainer" Scott Joplin |
| #8961, aired 2023-10-30 | THE JOKERS $400: In 1984 he was still known as Leaf when he played Robby in the ABC Afterschool Special "Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia" Joaquin Phoenix |
| #8924, aired 2023-07-27 | THAT SONG SLAYS $1200: "Murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3, it's as easy to learn as your ABC", sang this group in 1983; someone should call them about that The Police |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | PLAY "FREE" WORDS $1200: This cable channel was once known as ABC Family Freeform |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | REMEMBERING BARBARA WALTERS $2000: Barbara & Hugh Downs were early hosts of this ABC newsmagazine that premiered in 1978 20/20 |
| #8830, aired 2023-03-17 | TV, YOU SAY! $200: The principal, to Janine on this ABC sitcom: "Step was my thing in college! It certainly wasn't academics. I hate school" Abbott Elementary |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | TV SWITCHEROO $400: In 2006 "Monday Night Football" began airing on this network after decades as a mainstay on ABC ESPN |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | THEY WERE TEACHERS $600: (Colby Burnett delivers the clue.) Largely inspired by her mother, a kindergarten teacher, Quinta Brunson created & stars in this ABC sitcom about teachers in an underfunded school in Philadelphia, Quinta's hometown Abbott Elementary |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | A MEMORABLE NEW YEAR'S EVE $2000: (Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.) On December 31, 1959, Paul Westerberg entered the world in Minneapolis as the singer of this band; he'd comment on his birth date with the line, "Income tax deduction, one hell of a function" The Replacements |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | MEDICAL DRAMA $200: This medical drama began practicing on ABC in 2005 & is still operating today Grey's Anatomy |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | MEDICAL DRAMA $1000: After serving in "The West Wing", Richard Schiff became president... of St. Bonaventure Hospital on this ABC drama in 2017 The Good Doctor |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | THE PARENT COMPANY $800: Of ABC & ESPN Disney |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | TV AS OF LATE $1600: As Ava Coleman, Janelle James is quite a principal character on this "educational" ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | THESE SONGS REALLY MOVE $400: ABC sang about a "Poison" one to the heart, while Avicii had a song about shooting "Broken" ones "in the dark" arrows |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $400: Mom sent me a clip of this ABC medical drama that premiered in 2005 but is maintaining its practice in the 2021-22 TV season Grey's Anatomy |
| #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 |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $800: On April 1, 1963 ABC premiered this soap opera & NBC launched a similar rival, "The Doctors" General Hospital |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | WE ARE TV FAMILY $800: Since 2013 Jeff Garlin has been like a father to Hayley Orrantia on this ABC comedy The Goldbergs |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | TALK SHOWS $2000: 50 years on, episodes of his ABC talk show, like Janis Joplin's last TV appearance, have a new life on YouTube Dick Cavett |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | FACE THE PERFORMER $200: Ming-Na Wen was marvelous as Melinda May, a one-woman cavalry on this ABC series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | FACE THE PERFORMER $400: Loretta Devine checked into this ABC medical drama as Adele Webber in 2005 & checked out eight years later Grey's Anatomy |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | 20th CENTURY TV $800: In 1980 Tom Hanks came aboard this ABC show as Rick Martin; hope he tipped Isaac the bartender well The Love Boat |
| #8402, aired 2021-05-18 | THE DAILY QUINTUPLE $1200: Easy as 1-2-3, "ABC" was a No. 1 hit in 1970 for this group The Jackson 5 |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | PREMIERE EPISODES $1200: In 2014 Wes Gibbins began taking a law course on this ABC drama; also during the episode, the students were disposing of a body How to Get Away with Murder |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | MIXIN' WITH NIXON $400: After Nixon's resignation, this ABC anchorwoman helped him edit his memoirs (Diane) Sawyer |
| #8364, aired 2021-03-25 | TV LOCALES $2000: Priyanka Chopra played an FBI recruit when this ABC drama with a place name title debuted in 2015 Quantico |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | GAME $2000: The ABC game show, "Don't", had this "Piranha 3D" star, asking the contestants to do ridiculous tasks Adam Scott |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $4,000 (Daily Double): This "C" in the ABC Islands of the Caribbean has the oldest continuously inhabited Jewish community in the Americas Curaçao |
| #8279, aired 2020-11-12 | A TOTAL SMOKE SHOW $1200: The smoke monster on this 2000s ABC drama was really the Man in Black Lost |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | JOURNALISTS $1600: (David Muir of ABC World News Tonight presents the clue.) In 2018, ABC's "World News Tonight" and I were proud to be named Best Newscast as recipients of the Radio-Television Digital News Association Award named for this legendary newsman (Edward R.) Murrow |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | TALK SHOW $400: This ABC morning show with a panoply of female hosts is in its 23rd season The View |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | TV TEACHER APPRECIATION $2000: Mr. Feeny, closing out this '90s show on ABC: "Believe in yourselves. Dream. Try. Do good... I love you all. Class dismissed" Boy Meets World |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | TOTALLY AWESOME '80s TV $1200: The song "Kiss" says, "You don't have to watch" this ABC drama "to have an attitude" but many did watch those Carringtons Dynasty |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | PREQUELS $400: Tracee Ellis Ross narrates "mixed-ish" , a prequel to this ABC sitcom black-ish |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | ON THE RECENT BESTSELLER LIST $200: This late-night ABC funnyman was a hit with kids recently with his book about "The Serious Goose" Jimmy Kimmel |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ABBREVIATED ABC $200: In names of U.S. TV networks, ABC stands for this company the American Broadcasting Company |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ABBREVIATED ABC $400: In some states the ABC is an organization charged with the "control" of these drinks alcoholic drinks |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ABBREVIATED ABC $600: In 1895 the ABC or "American" this sport "Congress" was organized in NYC & helped standardize the game's rules bowling |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ABBREVIATED ABC $1,000 (Daily Double): In the Anglican Church, ABC refers to this high personage the Archbishop of Canterbury |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | ABBREVIATED ABC $1000: If you're a salesman, ABC refers to this hard-sell strategy Always be closing |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | TV-POURRI $400: "A Million Little Pieces" is a tale of addiction & recovery; this ABC show is a drama featuring the Saville family A Million Little Things |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TV VILLAINS $800: Kasius, Graviton & a Kree were bad guys on this Marvel series on ABC Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | THE OSCARS $200: Nearly 44 million people were watching the Oscars on ABC in 2014 when this film about Solomon Northup won Best Picture 12 Years a Slave |
| #8125, aired 2019-12-27 | I PLAYED POIROT $400: Part of "Being" this actor was getting inside the head of Poirot in a recent TV miniseries called "The ABC Murders" John Malkovich |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | THE TV SHOW MUST GO ON $800: Aka "AFV", this longest-running ABC primetime entertainment series had Bob Saget & Tom Bergeron as hosts pre-Alfonso Ribeiro America's Funniest Home Videos |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | WOMEN ON TV $1200: Chandra Wilson not only plays Dr. Bailey, on this ABC drama, she's also directed many episodes Grey's Anatomy |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | GOOD TELEVISION $800: David Hartman was the host for this ABC a.m. show when it premiered in 1975 Good Morning America |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | ONCE UPON A TIME... $400: Robert Carlyle played Mr. Gold, AKA this spinner of straw, in ABC's "Once Upon a Time" Rumpelstiltskin |
| #8062, aired 2019-10-01 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $200: (Hi, I'm Liz Cho from ABC 7.) Mosaics in Ulysses S. Grant's New York City tomb depict the greatest moments in the general's career including the April 1865 surrender of Robert E. Lee at this Virginia site Appomattox |
| #8062, aired 2019-10-01 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $1000: (Ryan and Val from ABC 7 stand on by a pier in Chicago) One of Chicago's most popular destinations was originally called Municipal Pier; it was renamed this in 1927 to honor military heroes who served in World War I Navy Pier |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | CLASSIC METAL BANDS $1600: In 2010 this band's frontman Vince Neil took to the ice for ABC's "Skating with the Stars" Mötley Crüe |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | LIVE ENTERTAINMENT $800: Woody Harrelson & Jamie Foxx were in the casts of these 2 Norman Lear shows performed live on ABC in 2019 The Jeffersons & All in the Family |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | TEENS ON TV $200: During all his teenage years, Rico Rodriguez had a pretty good job as Manny Delgado on this ABC sitcom Modern Family |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | TEENS ON TV $400: Sean Giambrone goes back to a time before he was born--the '80s--as Adam, a member of this title sitcom family on ABC the Goldbergs |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | TEENS ON TV $800: Hudson Yang plays Eddie Huang, part of the Taiwanese family on this ABC sitcom set in the 1990s Fresh Off the Boat |
| #8019, aired 2019-06-20 | IN THE TV ROOM $800: In the second-to-last episode of this ABC Family series, Charlotte's killer is finally revealed Pretty Little Liars |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | CLUES ACROSS TEXAS $600: (I'm Pooja Lodhia with ABC 13.) Opened in 1961, KTRK was the first large domed structure in Houston; a few years later its architect, Hermon Lloyd, designed this bigger one the Astrodome |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | THE PARENT COMPANY $800: ABC Broadcasting:
this entertainment company Disney |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | THE BEST "OF" TV $2000: "Spanning the globe..." began this athletic ABC show's opening credits sequence Wide World of Sports |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | SPANISH-LANGUAGE TV $1200: Colombian show "Yo Soy Betty, la Fea" met America to become this ABC show Ugly Betty |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | BLANK NEWS $200: It airs every Sunday morning on ABC:
"This ____" This Week |
| #7849, aired 2018-10-25 | HEY JOE $800: Former Republican politician Joe Scarborough hosts "Morning Joe" on this network MSNBC |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | AROUND THE CARIBBEAN $400: White sand beaches are an attraction of this "A" of the Caribbean's ABC islands Aruba |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | DESIGN ACROSS AMERICA $1600: (I'm Ryan Field from New York's ABC-7.) A collaboration involving architecture; engineer & landscape, garden & lighting design, this is Manhattan's newest park the High Line |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | QUESTIONABLE TELEVISION $2000: John Quiñones asks this title question on ABC by taping staged hypothetical situations with hidden cameras "What would you do?" |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | WHAT'S ON? $400: Both actresses who'd played Becky returned when this '90s sitcom got the reboot & was back on ABC in March 2018 Roseanne |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | DISNEY FACTS $400: When Walt was trying to create Disneyland, he got sizable funding from this TV network Disney now owns ABC |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | TELEVISION $1000: Freddie Highmore plays a surgeon with autism & savant syndrome on this ABC drama The Good Doctor |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | TV $800: As so many do, Rachel Lindsay found true love on a TV show: a suitor named Bryan to help her defy this ABC show's title The Bachelorette |
| #7710, aired 2018-03-02 | MY TV DADS $1600: Taiwanese immigrant Louis Huang makes a go of it in 1990s Orlando with his wife & 3 sons on this ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | SITCOMEDY TONIGHT $2000: Michael Boatman played mayoral aide Carter Heywood, owner of Rags the suicidal dog, on this NYC-set ABC sitcom Spin City |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE HAROLD $1200: Post-"Oz", Harold Perrineau searched high & low for his kidnapped son Walt on this ABC drama LOST |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | HISTORY ACROSS AMERICA $200: (Hi, I'm Alison Starling from ABC 7.) The largest crowd in the history of the National Mall was an estimated 1.8 million people celebrating this January 2009 event Barack Obama's inauguration |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | TELEVISION $1600: Competitors on the original series like Adrian Zmed face off against newcomers in this rebooted ABC "Battle" Battle of the Network Stars |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | ALL MY... $1200: This ABC series started in 1970 & ran all the way until 2011 All My Children |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | THEY PLAYED JFK $1200: In 1993 he was "JFK: Reckless Youth"; by 2005 life was McDreamy for him on ABC Patrick Dempsey |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | OUT-OF-DATE TV TITLES $1000: The title of this man's ABC talk show says "Live!", but the show is taped hours earlier Jimmy Kimmel |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | "WORLD" OF ENTERTAINMENT $1200: This anthology of athleticism ran on ABC from 1961 to 1998 the Wide World of Sports |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | ABBREVIATED NO. 1 TV SHOWS $400: On ABC, 1999-2000:
"W.W.T.B.A.M." Who Wants to be a Millionaire |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | ABBREVIATED NO. 1 TV SHOWS $1000: On ABC, 1977-1978:
roommates "L & S" Laverne & Shirley |
| #7573, aired 2017-07-12 | BIG & SMALL SCREEN DOCTORS $600: This Golden Globe winner plays Rainbow Johnson, wife, mom & doctor on ABC's "Black-ish" Tracee Ellis Ross |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | ISLANDS ON THE SCREEN $600: My dear guests, I am Mr. Trebek, your host; welcome to this resort-set ABC show that ran from 1978 to 1984 Fantasy Island |
| #7549, aired 2017-06-08 | THE TV "A" $600: In 2011, after 41 years, Pine Valley & this daytime drama left ABC All My Children |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | ASIAN-AMERICAN PERFORMERS $2000: Constance Wu has recently arrived on & is all aboard with this ABC sitcom as Jessica Huang Fresh Off the Boat |
| #7521, aired 2017-05-01 | PRESIDENTIAL MUSIC? $200: He had a string of No. 1 hits with his brothers, including "ABC", as well as solo No. 1s, like "Black Or White" Michael Jackson |
| #7519, aired 2017-04-27 | A TV GUIDE $1600: After season 1 of this ABC show, Regina King, Felicity Huffman & Timothy Hutton switched to different roles American Crime |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | ALMA MATERS $600: (I'm ABC News senior legal correspondent Sunny Hostin.) I received my law degree from this Indiana university that houses the oldest Roman Catholic law school in the nation Notre Dame |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | THAT'S SHOW BIZ, "BOY" $800: Fred Savage's brother Ben played Cory for 7 years on this '90s ABC sitcom Boy Meets World |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | TV NETWORK NEWS $400: The co-anchors of ABC's "Good Morning America" report the news from studios at this square at 44th & Broadway Times Square |
| #7482, aired 2017-03-07 | TELEVISION $1600: Actor Micah Fowler, who has cerebral palsy, doesn't need lines to get laughs on this ABC comedy Speechless |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | THE TV SHOW'S CHARACTERS $800: Rainbow,
Andre &
Jack Johnson,
finding their way comedically on ABC black-ish |
| #7451, aired 2017-01-23 | PYRAMIDS $800: In 2016 ABC revived "The $100,000 Pyramid", now hosted by this pro football Hall of Famer (Michael) Strahan |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | PRE-AMBLE $600: Beginning 1972, these ABC specials dealt with issues & concerns of young people Afterschool Specials |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS $1200: (I'm ABC News senior legal correspondent Sunny Hostin.) I would have loved to interview this civil rights hero & lawyer who helped end segregation in public schools before his historic appointment to the Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall |
| #7430, aired 2016-12-23 | POWER AWARDS $600: (I'm ABC News senior legal correspondent Sunny Hostin.) As a federal prosecutor, I received the Special Achievement Award from this U.S. Attorney General, the first woman to hold the job Janet Reno |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $600: (Hi, I'm Cheryl Scott of ABC 7.) Chicago's skyline is a dramatic backdrop for the Lincoln Park Zoo, including a great view of this 100-story landmark named for a signer of the Declaration of Independence Hancock |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | CHARACTERS IN TV SHOWS $1000: Peter Pan, Robin Hood & Captain Hook live fairy tale lives on ABC Once Upon a Time |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | WOMEN OF NOTE $600: (I'm ABC News's senior legal correspondent Sunny Hostin.) I co-own a restaurant in New Rochelle & got a huge thrill when this Latina Supreme Court justice, one of my heroes, dropped by for a meal Sotomayor |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | THEY COME IN THREES $800: The Caribbean's ABC islands are Aruba, Bonaire & this Curaçao |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $800: (I'm Kidd O'Shea from ABC 7 News.) All vice presidents have worked out of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, starting with this man, who in 1961 wanted an office in the White House but was moved next door as part of his sidelining by the administration Lyndon B. Johnson |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | RHYMES WITH TICKLE $1000: As a teenager in the 1970s, this actress won 2 Emmys for playing Buddy Lawrence on the NBC drama "Family" (Kristy) McNichol |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | TV IN ALL FORMS $1600: Maurice Benard, Carolyn Hennesy & Kelly Monaco have all checked into this ABC daytime drama General Hospital |
| #7304, aired 2016-05-19 | MODERATES $2,000 (Daily Double): For Ford & Carter on Oct. 22, 1976, "The View" from their podiums was of this ABC newswoman, the moderator Barbara Walters |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | DAVID MUIR COVERS POLITICS $200: (David Muir, anchor of ABC's World News Tonight, presents.) In 2015, I helped moderate the third Democratic presidential debate & asked the candidates about topics including whether to accept refugees from this specific country Syria |
| #7246, aired 2016-02-29 | NEBRASKANS $1200: This 1968-1975 ABC talk show host had intellectual cachet--Norman Mailer head-butted Gore Vidal in his green room! Dick Cavett |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | REAL ESTATE $800: "ABC" is shorthand for this aggressive real estate mantra about forever sealing the deal always be closing |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | DANGEROUS WEATHER $1200: (Hi, I'm ABC meteorologist Ginger Zee.) In 2013 I was chasing storms on I‑35 & I‑44, but was shocked by the devastation that I saw in the community of Moore in this state Oklahoma |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | DEVICES $400: (Hi. I'm ABC meteorologist Ginger Zee.) Forecasters use this device invented in 1643 to detect changes in air pressure & predict weather; climbers can also use it to determine altitude because air pressure decreases as altitude increases a barometer |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | DIVINE COMEDIES $200: Anthony Anderson worries that his African-American family has lost touch with its culture in this ABC comedy Black-ish |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | NEWS OF THE 21st CENTURY $2000: (ABC News anchor David Muir gives the clue.) As the Arab Spring made its way into Egypt in January of 2011, I reported from this pivotal public gathering place where protests eventually brought down 2 Egyptian leaders Tahrir Square |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | WHOLE LOTTA LOVE BOAT $400: On Saturday nights from 1980 to 1984, da boat! da boat! was paired with this other ABC hit Fantasy Island |
| #7101, aired 2015-06-29 | THAT WAS ON TV $1000: A modern update of this ABC show about the Westons & Steadmans could be called "sixtysomething" thirtysomething |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | THE DAILY SHOW $600: Mario Batali is a co-host of this ABC show about all things edible The Chew |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | NEWS ANCHORS $1000: (I'm David Muir.) When I became the anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight", I was the youngest network news anchor since this man, a hero of mine; he first got the same gig in 1965 Peter Jennings |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | SHORT-LIVED TV SHOWS $1200: "Who Killed Laura Palmer?" was the hot question after the 1990 debut of this ABC drama "Twin Peaks" |
| #6985, aired 2015-01-16 | SUPER BOWLERS $2000: It's easy as 1-2-3: this ABC was organized September 9, 1895 in New York City the American Bowling Congress |
| #6963, aired 2014-12-17 | TV NUMBERS $200: On ABC with Elizabeth Vargas & David Muir:
"____/____" 20/20 |
| #6953, aired 2014-12-03 | MAKING YOU WATCH TELEVISION $1200: The 7th season of this ABC obstacle course show had a "Tournament of Champions"--a solid idea--&, as always, made a big splash Wipeout |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | SONG TITLE IN COMMON TO... $2000: Dusty Springfield (1967) &
ABC (1982) "The Look Of Love" |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION $1200: Weeks & weeks at William McKinley High School were seen on this coming-of-age Fred Savage sitcom on ABC The Wonder Years |
| #6896, aired 2014-09-15 | CLOWNS $400: Cam becomes Fizbo, "the (butt)-kicking clown that'll twist you like a balloon animal", on this ABC sitcom Modern Family |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | TV $600: "Pretty Little Liars" is set in Rosewood, Penn.; another ABC family drama is set in this nearby title town, home of a curse Ravenswood |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | NAME THE NETWORK $800: "Modern Family",
"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.",
"Shark Tank" ABC |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | IS THERE A TV DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? $200: The daughter of spies Anna DeVane & Robert Scorpio, Dr. Robin Scorpio-Drake helped folks check into this ABC soap General Hospital |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | IS THERE A TV DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? $400: Sarah Chalke as Dr. Elliot Reid dealt with J.D., Turk & a bit of insecurity on this NBC... scratch that, ABC comedy Scrubs |
| #6835, aired 2014-05-09 | THAT '70s SHOW $200: Hello, Sabrina, Jill & Kelly, working for an unseen boss on this ABC show Charlie's Angels |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | ABBREVIATED ABC $400: ABC is not only the American Broadcasting Company but also this Commonwealth one the Australian Broadcasting Company |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | ABBREVIATED ABC $800: Used as shorthand when administering CPR, ABC is "airway", this function & "circulation" breathing |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | ABBREVIATED ABC $1200: To standardize the rules, the ABC or American Congress of this popular participation sport was founded in 1895 bowling |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | ABBREVIATED ABC $1600: The 1980s introduction of ABC, or activity-based costing, revolutionized this "A" field accounting |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | ABBREVIATED ABC $2000: The Caribbean ABC islands are Aruba, Bonaire & this one Curaçao |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $600: On since 1989, this ABC show demonstrates that people slipping on ice never gets old America's Funniest Home Videos |
| #6775, aired 2014-02-14 | GETTING SCHOOLED ON TV $1600: Hanna may not have been truthful in welcoming Kate to Rosewood High on this ABC Family show Pretty Little Liars |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | NEWSPAPERS $800: Publishers watch sales figures via AAM, the Alliance for Audited Media, formerly ABC, the Audit Bureau of these Circulations |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | 1970s NO. 1 HITS $400: This family group had 4 No. 1s in 1970 alone, including "ABC" the Jackson 5 |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | D.C. TV $800: On this ABC soap the president (Tony Goldwyn) is having an affair & has murdered a Supreme Court justice; what a... Scandal |
| #6708, aired 2013-11-13 | JOURNALISTS $1600: She broke ground as the first female correspondent on "60 Minutes"; today you can find her on ABC's "World News" Diane Sawyer |
| #6705, aired 2013-11-08 | PANTSLESS TV $1200: In the '90s Dennis Franz used colorful language on this colorful ABC cop show (& also flashed his bare tush) NYPD Blue |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | NEWSMEN $600: Once ABC's chief White House correspondent, Brit Hume now serves as senior political analyst for this channel Fox News |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | TV TIME $600: Get mom, dad, brother & sis to join you for shows like "Melissa & Joey" on the network called ABC this Family |
| #6657, aired 2013-07-23 | REALITY CHECKS $800: John Anderson & John Henson host this ABC show that gives $50,000 to its winners (& hopefully some aspirin, too) Wipeout |
| #6607, aired 2013-05-14 | AMERICA AFTER THE REVOLUTION $2,000 (Daily Double): In this 1797 affair French agents demanded the U.S. loan France $10 million before our diplomats could meet Talleyrand the XYZ Affair |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | TV SHOWS BY DAD $2000: On ABC, Larry Bird, an alien from the planet Zabvron The Neighbors |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | POP CULTURE $600: Ty Burrell plays Phil, goofy dad of the Dunphy clan, on this ABC sitcom Modern Family |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | TOUGH TV $400: The 1979 ABC sitcom "Delta House" was a TV clone of this successful comedy film Animal House |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | TOUGH TV $1600: This ABC late-night talk show got into trouble on its very first telecast when it offered its audience & its guests an open bar Jimmy Kimmel |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | TV VILLAINS $1600: Morena Baccarin played Anna, the leader of the reptilian aliens on this ABC series V |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | TV NEWS $200: In 2011 Josh Elliott of ESPN became news reader for this ABC show that starts many people's day Good Morning America |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | THE UNREAL McCOYS $800: Lauren Tewes welcomed guests aboard as cruise director Julie McCoy on this long-running ABC series The Love Boat |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | MR. OR MS. RODRIGUEZ $400: Michelle Rodriguez' Ana Lucia got "voted" off the island with extreme prejudice on this ABC show Lost |
| #6499, aired 2012-12-13 | POLITICAL MEMOIRS $2,000 (Daily Double): Going from the White House to ABC News, he wrote "All Too Human: A Political Education" about his Clinton years George Stephanopoulos |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? $200: A can of "mini ABC's & 123's with meatballs", prepared by this red-scarved "chef" Chef Boyardee |
| #6485, aired 2012-11-23 | NFL $400: This ex-player was in the booth for ABC's "Monday Night Football" from 1971 to 1997 Frank Gifford |
| #6483, aired 2012-11-21 | "THE" TV SHOW $1600: Whoopi! & food! The titles of these 2 ABC daytime shows rhyme The View & The Chew |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | BEAUTY QUEENS $400: Currently the anchor of "ABC World News", she served as America's Junior Miss of 1963 Diane Sawyer |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | TV CHARACTERS $800: Mary Alice Young was heard in more than 150 episodes of this ABC drama, despite having died in the very first show Desperate Housewives |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | TV CHARACTERS $2000: Yes, there is crime in Toronto & Andy McNally (Missy Peregrym) is a new cop fighting it on this ABC show Rookie Blue |
| #6413, aired 2012-07-04 | PEOPLE WITH BRADY KID NAMES $1200: His father was the first anchor of a nightly news program in Canada; he came south & anchored at ABC Peter Jennings |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE AIR $1600: Sucker punch & fence flapper are qualifiers on this ABC stunt show Wipeout |
| #6367, aired 2012-05-01 | "M" TV $800: Emily Kmetko dreams of being an Olympic gymnast on this ABC family show with a rhyming name Make It or Break It |
| #6351, aired 2012-04-09 | HOBBITS' OTHER ROLES $400: Dominic Monaghan (Merry) found the part of Charlie on this ABC drama Lost |
| #6343, aired 2012-03-28 | TV MEDICAL DRAMAS $1600: In the last season of this ABC hit, James Brolin's Dr. Steven Kiley married the PR director of Hope Memorial Hospital Marcus Welby, M.D. |
| #6315, aired 2012-02-17 | NAME THE NETWORK $200: "Monday Night Football" ESPN (or ABC) |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | J.J. ABRAMS, BUSY MAN $600: J.J. co-created this ABC drama that was so intriguing, a man simply opening a hatch became a major event Lost |
| #6278, aired 2011-12-28 | THE HOST WITH THE MOST $1600: Jim McKay,
1961-1998 ABC's Wide World of Sports |
| #6233, aired 2011-10-26 | ANAGRAMS $1200: ABC had to figure out what to do with the time slot for this show Lost (from slot) |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | LATE NIGHT TV $1600: Before he hosted his HBO show, he hosted the late night "Politically Incorrect" on ABC Bill Maher |
| #6154, aired 2011-05-19 | SUPER BOWL MVPs $1000: In 1976, this Pittsburgh Steelers non-quarterback who became an ABC sportscaster Lynn Swann |
| #6143, aired 2011-05-04 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $400: Michael Jackson in this alphabet song: "Reading & writing, arithmetic are the branches of the learning tree" "ABC" |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | ONLINE $600: Online ABC & Disney users know to type these 2 letters prior to ".com" to use those sites G-O |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | BAD FORTUNE COOKIES $600: Just like Hurley on this ABC drama, your lucky numbers are 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 & 42... but what kind of luck? Lost |
| #6084, aired 2011-02-10 | THERE'S A DRAFT IN THE ROOM $600: MLB's first televised amateur draft was at the Disney complex with the name of this ABC athletic anthology show Wide World of Sports |
| #6075, aired 2011-01-28 | SO SAYETH THE TALK SHOW HOST $800: This "Live" ABC guy, on Pam Anderson: "Don't be fooled by the dumb blonde routine. This woman is as smart as a rock" Jimmy Kimmel |
| #6039, aired 2010-12-09 | THERE'S A SEXY CATEGORY! $400: Sofia Vergara has Ed O'Neill remarried with children of all ages on this ABC sitcom Modern Family |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | TIMELESS TV $800: Shown Saturday afternoons on ABC, this sport's tour outdrew college football & moved to ESPN in 1997 the pro bowling tour |
| #6008, aired 2010-10-27 | POLL-POURRI $600: Polling partnerships include CBS News with the New York Times & ABC News with this Graham family paper The Washington Post |
| #5998, aired 2010-10-13 | GOOD TV $200: Robin Roberts & George Stephanopoulos are 2 of the anchors of this ABC A.M. offering Good Morning America |
| #5994, aired 2010-10-07 | CLUB TED $200: After leaving ABC's "Nightline", he became the managing editor for the Discovery Channel Ted Koppel |
| #5943, aired 2010-06-16 | NEAT, SHE $200: You'll find obsessive-compulsive Bree van de Kamp tidying up on this ABC show Desperate Housewives |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | THE FORTUNE 500 $200: The largest entertainment company on the list, at No. 57, is this one that owns both ABC & ESPN Disney |
| #5857, aired 2010-02-16 | DIRECT TV $1600: Both parts of the 2004 pilot of this enigmatic ABC show were directed by creator J.J. Abrams Lost |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | SOAP OPERAS $800: John Reilly played Sean Donely, the police commissioner of Port Charles with a shady past, on this ABC show General Hospital |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | THE NEWSEUM $1200: (Alex reports from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) The Newseum is also home to the studio from which ABC's "This Week" is broadcast, hosted by this former Clinton administration advisor; I'm in his seat (George) Stephanopoulos |
| #5744, aired 2009-07-23 | BUSINESS AS USUAL $800: To target online consumers, this company hopes to combine data from its ESPN & ABC online units Disney |
| #5732, aired 2009-07-07 | CELEBRITY LIPSTICKS $600: "Evangeline" is a sheer vibrant coral cream by this ABC show's Ms. Lilly; all the smoke monsters wear it today Lost |
| #5710, aired 2009-06-05 | I REMEMBER TELEVISION $1600: I remember these 2 hunky doctor shows that dueled on ABC & NBC from 1961 to 1966 Dr. Kildare & Ben Casey |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | ONE-BUTTON TEXT MESSAGING $200: You can text the name of this TV network by using only the 2 on your phone; it's spelled on the button ABC |
| #5666, aired 2009-04-06 | A SALUTE TO SALLY FIELD $400: These days Sally plays Nora, matriarch of the Walker family on this ABC drama Brothers & Sisters |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | WHO'S ON FIRST? $1,492 (Daily Double): On Mondays in 1970, something called "The Silent Force" led into this longer-running ABC program Monday Night Football |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | HALF-LIFE $1000: The line that divides angle ABC into two halves is called this bisecting line |
| #5597, aired 2008-12-30 | NEWS RADIO $800: The U.S. has ABC news radio; so does this country, where you can listen on 99.9 FM from Tuggeranong Australia |
| #5575, aired 2008-11-28 | WOMEN "R" US $800: Corrine is the given name of this ABC & NPR correspondent (Cokie) Roberts |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | "M" TV $1200: Players try to figure out who the saboteur is on this ABC show The Mole |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | IN MEMORIAM 2008 $200: This ABC sportscaster long associated with the Olympics didn't get to see the Beijing games, as he died in June Jim McKay |
| #5533, aired 2008-10-01 | NEWSEUM $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a flak jacket in the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) The Newseum has several exhibits on the dangers of journalism; this flak jacket was worn by this ABC anchor who was severely injured by a bomb in Iraq but, thankfully, returned to work Bob Woodruff |
| #5514, aired 2008-07-24 | ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL STARS $200: In 1988 this "King of Pop" played himself in "Daddy Can't Read" Michael Jackson |
| #5514, aired 2008-07-24 | ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL STARS $400: He was the dad in "My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel"; he later starred with brother Jeff in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" Beau Bridges |
| #5514, aired 2008-07-24 | ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL STARS $600: "One Too Many" starred Val Kilmer & this object of affection of "The Fabulous Baker Boys" Michelle Pfeiffer |
| #5514, aired 2008-07-24 | ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL STARS $800: Before he was Sen. McCallister on "Brothers and Sisters", this actor was a "Schoolboy Father" Rob Lowe |
| #5514, aired 2008-07-24 | ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL STARS $1000: Before he was in Middle-earth as Aragorn in "Lord of the Rings", he was on ABC as Tim in "High School Narc" Viggo Mortensen |
| #5486, aired 2008-06-16 | REALITY TV $1200: Jo Frost is a modern-day Mary Poppins on this ABC show Supernanny |
| #5458, aired 2008-05-07 | I'M GOING TO BE A JUNIOR $1600: This country star sang the Monday Night Football theme song for ABC from 1989 to 2005 Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #5439, aired 2008-04-10 | IT'S ALL ABOUT "U" $400: Diva fashionista Wilhelmina Slater is the nemesis of this ABC title character Ugly Betty |
| #5439, aired 2008-04-10 | '60s TV $1600: Martial arts star Bruce Lee played Kato, sidekick to this masked crimefighter, in an ABC series the Green Hornet |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | TV BEFORE & AFTER $400: ABC reality show in which celebs like Wayne Newton & Jennie Garth cha cha & waltz with the Confederate flag Dancing with the Stars & Bars |
| #5408, aired 2008-02-27 | TV BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Mr. Belushi & the 3 kids ditch ABC to enact discriminatory & segregationist policies According to Jim Crow Laws |
| #5326, aired 2007-11-05 | THE NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED $400: He did not go gentle into that good "Nightline", ripping ABC in an op-ed for trying to replace him with Letterman Ted Koppel |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | CATCH & CARRY $800: In 2006 this 1970s Steeler WR & ABC commentator tried but failed to catch on as Governor of Pennsylvania Lynn Swann |
| #5282, aired 2007-07-24 | WHAT'S ON TV? $800: This ABC series set at Mode magazine is based on the hit Columbian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty, La Fea" Ugly Betty |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | QUIZILLA $200: In 2006 ABC aired the finals in primetime for this C-O-N-T-E-S-T, the "longest-running educational promotion" the Spelling Bee |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | OTHER DOCTOR McDREAMYs $200: Eric Dane heats things up as "Dr. McSteamy" on this ABC series Grey's Anatomy |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | THE PEABODY AWARDS $400: In 2005 this ABC law drama scored a Peabody in part because of... Denny Crane Boston Legal |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | BEFORE & AFTER $1,000 (Daily Double): Robert E. Lee's "right arm" general who sang "ABC" with a singing group Stonewall Jackson 5 |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | MONSTER MASH $600: We're not exactly sure what the monster is on the island of this ABC drama, but Kate, Jack & Sawyer want to know Lost |
| #5154, aired 2007-01-25 | FOOTBALL $1000: One of the 2 Dans who were analysts for ABC's "Monday Night Football" Dan Fouts or Dan Dierdorf |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | TV ATTACK ADS $600: (Here's one from ABC:)
Over 35 years with the same old talking heads. And does America really need any more advice from Andy Rooney? It's time for a change 60 Minutes |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | TV ATTACK ADS $1000: (Well, CBS and ABC both showed this one:)
They dumped Clooney; they dumped Macy; they even dumped Anthony Edwards. Maybe it's time you dumped them ER |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | 6-LETTER WORDS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands next to an angle depicted on a board.) In the angle ABC the line segments that form the sides of the angle have a common end point, B, called this vertex |
| #5126, aired 2006-12-18 | A SPELLING CATEGORY $600: (Tori...)
Big hits on ABC in the '70s for my dad included "The Love Boat", "Fantasy Island" & this "heavenly" detective drama Charlie's Angels |
| #5102, aired 2006-11-14 | A VARIETY OF WORDS $2000: The "Alphabet Web" refers to this network ABC |
| #5022, aired 2006-06-13 | M.D. TV $1200: The surgeon seen here is as primitive as can be on this ABC show Lost |
| #4960, aired 2006-03-17 | NYPD TV $400: Detectives Diane Russell, Jill Kirkendall & Connie McDowell were on the job for this ABC drama NYPD Blue |
| #4875, aired 2005-11-18 | MATH $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a triangle on a monitor.) With respect to angle ABC, the sides of the right triangle are commonly called hypotenuse, opposite & this adjacent |
| #4874, aired 2005-11-17 | STAYING UP LATE $200: This veteran of ABC News is the anchor & managing editor of "Nightline" Ted Koppel |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | ARRESTING TELEVISION $600: Sherry Stringfield practiced law on this "colorful" ABC cop show before getting her medical degree on "ER" NYPD Blue |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | CAN YOU DIGIT? $200: John Stossel, a co-anchor of this ABC News show, overcame stuttering & has won 19 Emmys 20/20 |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | JOURNALISTS $400: This son of a "60 Minutes" correspondent was at ABC News for 15 years before joining Fox News in 2003 Chris Wallace |
| #4822, aired 2005-07-19 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $400: (Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper of CNN.) I won an Emmy for my contribution to ABC's coverage of this famous woman's 1997 funeral (Princess) Diana |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | TV TITLE REFERENCES $400: On a primetime ABC soap, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman & their neighbors on Wisteria Lane Desperate Housewives |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | WE MAKE MONEY THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY $400: This co., owner of NBC Universal, Inc., showed its "imagination at work" in 2003 with revenues of $134.2 billion General Electric |
| #4683, aired 2005-01-05 | THEY PASSED $2,000 (Daily Double): Tired of wearing a leather jacket for his ABC-TV day job, he passed on the lead in the movie "Grease" Henry Winkler |
| #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | SIDEKICKS $400: Just under 4 feet tall, this actor was Nick Nack in "The Man with the Golden Gun" prior to hailing planes on ABC Herve Villechaize |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | REPORTING THE NEWS $400: This Torontonian was just 26 when he first anchored ABC's nightly news in 1965, & some thought he looked too young Peter Jennings |
| #4611, aired 2004-09-27 | JOHN RITTER $400: On Nov. 4, 2003, this ABC series said a fond farewell to John with an episode titled simply "Goodbye" 8 Simple Rules (for Dating My Teenage Daughter) |
| #4604, aired 2004-09-16 | WE'LL GIVE YOU THE BLUES $400: This TV network used to be the NBC Blue Network; now it's the "NYPD Blue" network ABC |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | AWARDS $1200: In 1974 Dick Clark created them for ABC when the Grammys moved to Nashville the American Music Awards |
| #4571, aired 2004-06-21 | NUMBERS GAME $1200: When "General Hospital" began in 1963 it was set on this floor of the hospital, also the dial position of ABC in L.A. & NYC seven |
| #4547, aired 2004-05-18 | CALL ME HARRY $800: This man co-anchored the ABC news with Howard K. Smith Harry Reasoner |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | TELEVISION $1200: Michael Vartan plays CIA agent Michael Vaughn on this ABC thriller Alias |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | FITS HUGH $800: The 2003 ABC series "I'm With Her", about a star falling for an ordinary guy, sounds like this film of Hugh's Notting Hill |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $2000: Seen here, this Purple Heart recipient & veteran ABC newsman was laid to rest in 1983 (Frank) Reynolds |
| #4448, aired 2003-12-31 | THE LAWYER WHO... $400: ...became a sportscaster for ABC & befriended Muhammad Ali Howard Cosell |
| #4442, aired 2003-12-23 | THE "WORLD" IS NOT ENOUGH $600: Jim McKay was the longtime host of this TV show full of agony & defeat ABC's Wide World of Sports |
| #4388, aired 2003-10-08 | ONE KNOWS $1000: One knows ABC is owned by Disney, CBS by Viacom & NBC by this company General Electric |
| #4378, aired 2003-09-24 | I GET THE MESSAGE $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents.) Abbreviated "ASL", it's the language I'm using to do my ABC's American Sign Language |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | TIME FOR A SPOT OF "T" $400: In 1990 millions of viewers tuned in to find out who killed Laura Palmer on this quirky ABC drama Twin Peaks |
| #4354, aired 2003-07-03 | PEOPLE $600: Vinko Bogataj was the "agonizing" skier seen in the opening credits of this ABC series The Wide World of Sports |
| #4269, aired 2003-03-06 | MEL GIBSON $800: An ABC telecast of this animated film had a scene in which Mel, as John Smith, & Judy Kuhn sang a duet Pocahontas |
| #4201, aired 2002-12-02 | "WHO"s THERE? $800: Drew Carey hosts it on ABC Whose Line Is It Anyway? |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | LINGERIE $600: In 2001 ABC followed a supermodel edition of "Millionaire" with a fashion show by this lingerie firm Victoria's Secret |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | NUMERIC TV $200: Correspondents for this ABC show include Chris Wallace, Lynn Sherr & John Stossel 20/20 |
| #4107, aired 2002-06-11 | "T"ELEVISION $2000: Co-hosted by John Davidson, it was ABC's response to NBC's "Real People" That's Incredible! |
| #4051, aired 2002-03-25 | THE ME DECADE $1000: In 1976 he was teamed with Barbara Walters on the "ABC Evening News" Harry Reasoner |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | PICK A NUMBER FROM 1-10 $400: Number of singers in the group that hit No. 1 in 1970 with "ABC" (Jackson) 5 |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | THE FALL 2001 TV SEASON $200: The agency in CBS's "The Agency" & behind ABC's "Alias" the Central Intelligence Agency |
| #3957, aired 2001-11-13 | DAVID E. KELLEY TV $400: All was not well in Beantown when D.A. Richard Bay was gunned down in his car on this ABC drama The Practice |
| #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | ALL-AMERICAN FOLKS $400: Leonard Goldenson was the man who built this "patriotic" TV network ABC (American Broadcasting Company) |
| #3944, aired 2001-10-25 | AMERICAN RHODES SCHOLARS $1,600 (Daily Double): Some say Rob Lowe's "West Wing" character is based on this 1984 Rhodes Scholar, now an ABC News commentator George Stephanopoulos |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | SAM HE IS $300: He was ABC News' chief White House correspondent from 1977 to 1989 Sam Donaldson |
| #3926, aired 2001-10-01 | MUSTN'T SEE TV $600: Teens & critics protested when ABC dropped this low-rated Claire Danes series midseason My So-Called Life |
| #3899, aired 2001-07-12 | ABC $200: It describes an exercise that helps you take in oxygen aerobic |
| #3899, aired 2001-07-12 | ABC $400: Word used to describe a person afraid of open spaces agoraphobic |
| #3899, aired 2001-07-12 | ABC $600: Number symbols like 1, 5 & 9, as opposed to I, V & IX Arabic |
| #3899, aired 2001-07-12 | ABC $800: This adjective has been used to describe the caustic comic tongue of Brett Butler acerbic |
| #3899, aired 2001-07-12 | ABC $1000: From the person who heads it, it's a religious jurisdiction, like Canterbury archbishopric |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | TV NETWORKS $600: Since 1996 the Walt Disney Company has owned this "Alphabet Network" ABC |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | THAT'LL BE THE DAY $500: For over 30 years ABC has had a prime-time show with this day in the title Monday (Monday Night Football) |
| #3813, aired 2001-03-14 | MILITARY MATTERS $800: The ABC weapons are atomic, biological & this Chemical |
| #3762, aired 2001-01-02 | CARIBBEAN CUISINE $1000: Goat stew is savored on this "C" of the ABC Islands, which lent its name to an orange-peel liqueur Curacao |
| #3679, aired 2000-09-07 | TO THE MAX $200: In the 1980s this computer-generated character was featured in Coca-Cola ads & his own ABC series Max Headroom |
| #3671, aired 2000-07-17 | SHOW $100: In 1978 this TV newsmagazine got off to a slow start, but ABC had the "vision" to keep it on 20/20 |
| #3632, aired 2000-05-23 | TELEVISION $800: In 1999 an ABC sitcom dropped "a Pizza Place" from its name, which changed to this Two Guys and a Girl |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | INITIAL T.V. $200: This show which had a 9-year-run on ABC was produced with help from J. Edgar Hoover The F.B.I. |
| #3602, aired 2000-04-11 | LATE-NIGHT TV $300: (Hi, I'm Al Franken) ABC's 11:30 P.M. reports on "The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage" evolved into this regular program Nightline |
| #3598, aired 2000-04-05 | BOB DYLAN $100: Jenna Elfman played drums when Bob made an appearance on this ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg |
| #3551, aired 2000-01-31 | SERIAL NUMBERS $1,800 (Daily Double): Despite this ABC soap's title, its character Vicki Lord has had at least 5 personalities One Life to Live |
| #3524, aired 1999-12-23 | THE LOST "WORLD" $300: Peter Jennings hosts this show on ABC World News Tonight |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | IT'S EASY $500: Alphabetically, you'll find things as easy as this tune, the Jackson 5's second No. 1 hit "ABC" |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | ABBREVIATIONS $200: A TV network:
ABC American Broadcasting Company |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | '70S TV $400: This ABC show made its debut on Monday, September 21, 1970 & is still on Monday Night Football |
| #3408, aired 1999-06-02 | BOOKS BY TV NEWSPEOPLE $300: In 1998 this ABC anchor, along with Todd Brewster, took on "The Century" Peter Jennings |
| #3380, aired 1999-04-23 | CANADIAN BORN $100: At age 9, this Canadian ABC News anchor hosted a weekly CBC music & news show for children Peter Jennings |
| #3371, aired 1999-04-12 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $200: This lass who co-anchor's ABC's "20/20" was born in Glasgow -- Glasgow, Kentucky that is Diane Sawyer |
| #3365, aired 1999-04-02 | ANIMAL SONGS $100: A children's song in which rodents lose their tails, or a Ken Auletta book about CBS, NBC & ABC "Three Blind Mice" |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | BEHIND THE MIKE $1000: She won 2 Olympic gold medals in swimming in 1964 & has covered the games for ABC Donna de Varona |
| #3317, aired 1999-01-26 | WHAT A YEAR! $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Tyler Christopher of General Hospital.) In this year, ABC gave "G.H." a shot on TV, "He's So Fine" shot up to No. 1 & JFK visited the Berlin Wall 1963 |
| #3251, aired 1998-10-26 | SAM-I-AM $300: I would eat them, you would see, just as fast as ABC; I would eat them 3-4-5, on my show called "Primetime Live" Sam Donaldson |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | TELEVISION $300: 1997 ads for ABC used slogans like "Scientists say we use 10% of" this; "that's way too much" Our brains |
| #3243, aired 1998-10-14 | "DAY"S OF WRATH $1000: This 1983 ABC TV movie provoked angry debate with its depiction of nuclear devastation "The Day After" |
| #3238, aired 1998-10-07 | 1970s TV $200: ABC's TGIF line-up in '71 was "The Brady Bunch", "The Partridge Family", "Room 222" & this Neil Simon-based show The Odd Couple |
| #3238, aired 1998-10-07 | STUPID ANSWERS $300: While ABC aired this event on March 23, 1998, FOX countered with a fight night hosted by Oscar De La Hoya the Oscars |
| #3229, aired 1998-09-24 | DAYTIME TV $400: This soap celebrated its 35th anniversary in April 1998 with an ABC prime time special "General Hospital" |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | NON-NATIVE AMERICANS $800: The ABC News fifth column includes Peter Jennings from Canada & this British-born "Nightline" host Ted Koppel |
| #3197, aired 1998-06-23 | PERRY THE PUNDIT $400: Friends call Perry the "Cokie Monster" for his crush on this ABC & NPR journalist Cokie Roberts |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | LITERARY LANDMARKS $200: This "Call of the Wild" author had some wild times at Heinold's First & Last Chance Saloon in Oakland Jack London |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | SAN FRANCISCO TREATS $200: (Actress Julie Pinson clears her throat before singing the jingle in person.) It promotes itself as "the San Francisco Treat" Rice-A-Roni |
| #3154, aired 1998-04-23 | COMEDIES $400: This sitcom, part of ABC's TGIF lineup, began with Marty eating a stale hamburger & dying Teen Angel |
| #3153, aired 1998-04-22 | WOLF WHISTLE $300: Lara Flynn Boyle likes Dylan McDermott's legal briefs on this ABC legal drama The Practice |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ENDS $100: In 1997 "Coach" & this show co-starring John Goodman both ended 9-season runs on ABC Roseanne |
| #3080, aired 1998-01-09 | TV FACTS $200: Beginning in 1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports" captured "The thrill of victory" & this the agony of defeat |
| #3075, aired 1998-01-02 | YOUNG STARS $600: He plays the title boy in ABC's "Boy Meets World" Ben Savage |
| #3050, aired 1997-11-28 | THE RAVEN $300: Sharon Gabet played Raven on this ABC soap that drifted off into the twilight December 28, 1984 The Edge of Night |
| #3043, aired 1997-11-19 | SUNDAY MORNING TV $300: His name no longer appears in the title of ABC's "This Week" David Brinkley |
| #3037, aired 1997-11-11 | TV THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU $300: ABC has dealt with thorny kids' issues since 1972 in these occasional afternoon dramas Afterschool Specials |
| #3034, aired 1997-11-06 | the small screen $400: This ABC teen series totally up'n moved to UPN in 1997 Clueless |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | TELEVISED HISTORY $500: This ABC sportscaster won an Emmy for his coverage of the terrorism in Munich in 1972 Jim McKay |
| #3006, aired 1997-09-29 | TV VEHICLES $100: At first ABC would only let Fonzie wear a leather jacket when he was with this vehicle His motorcycle |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | BORN IN THE '60s $200: After the 1996 election, this 35-year-old Clinton adviser moved to ABC News George Stephanopoulos |
| #2987, aired 1997-09-02 | THE NFL $400: Now on ABC's "Monday Night Football", he was the NFL's MVP for 1956 Frank Gifford |
| #2977, aired 1997-07-08 | FAMILY TELEVISION $300: Dick Van Patten played Tom Bradford, father of many, on this ABC drama Eight Is Enough |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | LATE-NIGHT TV $300: This network fills the wee hours with "World News Now", for those left uninformed by its "Nightline" ABC |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $600: Born in 1920, this outspoken ABC newsman made the bestseller lists with "Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion" David Brinkley |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | YOUNG STARS $600: If you don't know Haley Joel Osment survived this sitcom's move from ABC to NBC, you might be a redneck The Jeff Foxworthy Show |
| #2854, aired 1997-01-16 | OOPS! $200: After a photo finish of this 1996 horse race, ABC went to commercial & missed the winner being announced Kentucky Derby |
| #2830, aired 1996-12-13 | BARBARA WALTERS' 20 YEARS $100: In 1976, in her first ABC special, Barbara interviewed the Carters & this superstar Barbra Barbra Streisand |
| #2813, aired 1996-11-20 | NUMERICAL TV TITLES $400: On its 1978 debut, this ABC newsmagazine was hosted by Harold Hayes & Robert Hughes - they lasted one show "20/20" |
| #2782, aired 1996-10-08 | TELEVISION HISTORY $400: This Fred MacMurray series ran 5 seasons on ABC & 7 more on CBS My Three Sons |
| #2765, aired 1996-09-13 | BUSINESS '96 $300: Approving this company's takeover of Capital Cities/ABC, the FCC stipulated it sell certain properties Disney |
| #2748, aired 1996-07-10 | TV NEWS NAMES $200: In 1975 he became ABC's chief foreign correspondent; now he anchors "World News Tonight" Peter Jennings |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: In 1986 Capital Cities bought this television network for $3.5 billion ABC |
| #2657, aired 1996-03-05 | CLASSIC TV WESTERNS $100: James Garner & Jack Kelly played brothers Bret & Bart on this ABC western Maverick |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | TELEVISION $500: On Tuesday nights ABC advises "viewer discretion" before this Steven Bochco cop show NYPD Blue |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | TELEVISION $500: In 1966 Alice Pearce won a posthumous Emmy for her role as neighbor Gladys Kravitz on this ABC sitcom Bewitched |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | TV TRIVIA $500: In the '60s it was NBC's answer to ABC's "Shindig" Hullabaloo |
| #2579, aired 1995-11-16 | THE CARIBBEAN $800: Palm Beach, one of the world's best, is on this "A" of the ABC Islands Aruba |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | TELEVISION $200: ABC's comedy "Hudson Street" stars Lori Loughlin & this former "Who's the Boss?" housekeeper Tony Danza |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $1000: In 1860 this suffragist wrote, "Many abolitionists have yet to learn the ABC of woman's rights" Susan B. Anthony |
| #2562, aired 1995-10-24 | THE EMMYS $200: In 1994 this ABC series starring Dennis Franz received a record 26 Emmy nominations NYPD Blue |
| #2540, aired 1995-09-22 | TELEVISION $300: First names of the ABC daytime talk show hosts seen here Mike & Maty |
| #2502, aired 1995-06-20 | TELEVISION $500: In the 1974 "ABC Theatre" presentation of "The Missiles of October", this actor portrayed JFK William Devane |
| #2488, aired 1995-05-31 | TELEVISION $500: This bishop began his "Life Is Worth Living" series on the Dumont Network; later he moved to ABC Fulton Sheen |
| #2487, aired 1995-05-30 | WORLD FACTS $500: Flamingos sometimes outnumber people on this Caribbean island, the "B" of the ABC Islands Bonaire |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | STAND-UP SITCOMS $200: On this ABC sitcom, Brett Butler plays a single mom trying to raise several kids Grace Under Fire |
| #2405, aired 1995-02-03 | 1970s TELEVISION $400: An interview with Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter was featured on her first ABC special Dec. 14, 1976 Barbara Walters |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | PEOPLE $400: This late "60 Minutes" reporter & ABC anchorman wrote a 1946 novel titled "Tell Me About Women" Harry Reasoner |
| #2329, aired 1994-10-20 | ANIMATION $400: Songs in this ABC Saturday morning series of shorts included "Figure Eight" & "Three is a Magic Number" Schoolhouse Rock |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $400: The ABC treaty of 1915 was signed by these 3 South American countries Argentina, Brazil & Chile |
| #2230, aired 1994-04-22 | FAMOUS CANADIANS $200: This dapper anchorman from Toronto used to be ABC News' Beirut bureau chief Peter Jennings |
| #2182, aired 1994-02-15 | SOAP OPERAS $400: This ABC daytime soap spells out its one-word name at the end of its theme song Loving |
| #2031, aired 1993-06-07 | GROCERIES $400: You could spell out this cereal's slogan, "ABC Delicious", with its frosted letters Alpha-Bits |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Capital Cities/ABC owns 80% of this sports cable TV network ESPN |
| #1971, aired 1993-03-15 | THE 1992 FALL TV SEASON $400: With "Crossroads" on ABC, this "Spenser for Hire" star returned to series TV Robert Urich |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | THE CARIBBEAN $500: It's the "C" of the ABC islands, or the liqueur that's made there Curaçao |
| #1888, aired 1992-11-18 | 1960s SITCOMS $200: Paul Lynde played Samantha's Uncle Arthur for 7 seasons on this ABC sitcom Bewitched |
| #1848, aired 1992-09-23 | THE CARIBBEAN $800: This island is the A in the ABC Islands Aruba |
| #1754, aired 1992-03-26 | "Mc"PEOPLE $400: In 1968 this host of ABC's "Wide World of Sports" became the 1st sports commentator to win an Emmy Jim McKay |
| #1747, aired 1992-03-17 | NORTH AMERICA $400: The ABC islands are Aruba, Bonaire & this Curaçao |
| #1734, aired 1992-02-27 | TV SITCOMS $100: "As Long As we Got Each Other", sung by B.J. Thomas & Jennifer Warnes, is the theme to this ABC sitcom Growing Pains |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | LUCKY PIERRES $200: This former White House press secretary has worked for ABC News since the late '70s Pierre Salinger |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | SPORTS $400: In 1976 ABC-TV sportscaster Chris Schenkel was inducted into this indoor sport's Hall of Fame bowling |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | TV WESTERNS $100: Until 1954 this series starring Clayton Moore was the only ABC show to rank in the Nielsen top 20 The Lone Ranger |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | KENTUCKIANS $100: This co-host of ABC's "Primetime Live" was America's Junior Miss of 1963 Diane Sawyer |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | BLACK AMERICA $600: He was ABC's senior Capitol Hill correspondent before becoming chief Washington anchor for CNN Bernard Shaw |
| #1598, aired 1991-07-10 | TV SPORTS $200: Jim McKay ABC series that shows "the thrill of victory" & "the agony of defeat" Wide World of Sports |
| #1581, aired 1991-06-17 | THE EMMYS $100: In 1962 the heads of the news departments of ABC, CBS & NBC got a special award for coverage of his orbital flight John Glenn |
| #1575, aired 1991-06-07 | TELEVISION $100: In February 1990, Paula Zahn left ABC to co-host this network's morning show CBS |
| #1553, aired 1991-05-08 | TELEVISION $400: This ABC western features The Kid, William Cody & James Hickok The Young Riders |
| #1478, aired 1991-01-23 | 1960s TV $400: This ABC prime-time serial aired 3 nights a week from June 1965 to August 1966 Peyton Place |
| #1475, aired 1991-01-18 | MAGAZINES $100: ABC not only offers a 900 phone number to inform you about these, it has a magazine, "Episodes" soap operas |
| #1452, aired 1990-12-18 | 1960s TV TRIVIA $500: In 1962, NBC ran a Western named after this Wyoming town, & ABC had one called "The Lawman" set there Laramie |
| #1424, aired 1990-11-08 | "M" TV $400: In 1970-71 this show about an M.D. became the first ABC series to rank No. 1 for a full season Marcus Welby, M.D. |
| #1389, aired 1990-09-20 | NEW YORKERS $400: At different times he headed the programming departments at CBS & ABC & was president of NBC Fred Silverman |
| #1368, aired 1990-07-11 | TV NEWS $100: This ABC anchor also anchored Cana'da's first nationwide commercfal news broadcast Peter Jennings |
| #4, aired 1990-07-07 | SMITHS $400: This former ABC News anchor played himself in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" & "The Candidate" Howard K. Smith |
| #1338, aired 1990-05-30 | PRESIDENTS $400: "Crusade in Europe", this president's book of America's war effort, was the basis for a 1949 ABC TV series Eisenhower |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | TV BY THE NUMBERS $500: Brooke Theiss & Jamie Luner play non-identical twin sisters on this ABC sitcom set at a Catholic school Just the Ten of Us |
| #1252, aired 1990-01-30 | 1980s TELEVISION $200: People Magazine called Fred Savage, star of this ABC baby boomer series, "The Boy You Love to Love" The Wonder Years |
| #1251, aired 1990-01-29 | TELEVISION $300: In 1966 this ex-producer of "ABC's Wide World of Sports" received the 1st of his more than 40 Emmy nominations Roone Arledge |
| #1250, aired 1990-01-26 | PEOPLE $400: This chief foreign correspondent for ABC was recently married for the 4th time Pierre Salinger |
| #1247, aired 1990-01-23 | 1985 $400: Ted Turner tried to buy CBS after this company bought ABC Capital Cities |
| #1233, aired 1990-01-03 | TV NEWSCASTERS $400: 1 of 2 persons to co-anchor the ABC evening news with Harry Reasoner in the 1970s (1 of) Barbara Walters (or Howard K. Smith) |
| #1229, aired 1989-12-28 | TV LANDLORDS $200: Don Knotts replaced Norman Fell as the resident landlord in this ABC sitcom Three's Company |
| #1213, aired 1989-12-06 | ALL NUMBERS $400: Number of the house where Susan, Gordon & Olivia live on "Sesame Street"; remembering it is as easy as ABC 123 |
| #1178, aired 1989-10-18 | HAIL AND FAREWELL $100: This ABC prime time newsmagazine closes with "We're in touch, so you be in touch" 20/20 |
| #1174, aired 1989-10-12 | SPORTS TRIVIA $200: For an ABC special, this U.S. 1988 Olympic gold medalist skated on a glacier Brian Boitano |
| #1166, aired 1989-10-02 | WOMEN $600: She left "60 Minutes" for an anchor job at ABC Diane Sawyer |
| #1161, aired 1989-09-25 | TITLE ROLES $600: Henry Winkler co-produces this ABC series in which Richard Dean Anderson plays title role MacGyver |
| #1150, aired 1989-09-08 | THE EMMYS $500: Gary Frank & Kristy McNichol both won Emmys for their supporting roles in this ABC drama Family |
| #1146, aired 1989-09-04 | RECENT TELEVISION $100: "Domestic Goddess" who stars opposite John Goodman in an ABC sitcom Roseanne Barr |
| #1126, aired 1989-06-26 | NAME'S THE SAME $200: Newsmagazine seen Friday nights on ABC, or an ophthalmologist's term for normal vision 20/20 |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | THE EMMYS $200: This former producer of "ABC's Wide World of Sports" received the 1st of his 40+ Emmy nominations in 1966 Roone Arledge |
| #1097, aired 1989-05-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: 1 of the 2 bald black actors who starred in a TV detective series on ABC in 1989 (1 of) Louis Gossett Jr. (Avery Brooks) |
| #1096, aired 1989-05-15 | THE CIRCUS $400: This "Entertainment Tonight" star hosts the ABC series "Great Circuses of the World" Mary Hart |
| #1092, aired 1989-05-09 | HODGEPODGE $800: The real life version of the Maxie doll, Brooke Theiss, plays Wendy, 1 of 8 kids on this ABC sitcom Just the Ten of Us |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | 1950 $500: Now a sports commentator for ABC, in 1950 he was the reigning men's figure skating champ Dick Button |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: Based in Chicago, this ABC radio newscaster is credited with coining the words "Reaganomics" & "skyjacker" Paul Harvey |
| #1032, aired 1989-02-14 | MATH $400: If triangle ABC is equal in size & shape to triangle XYZ, they are said to be this congruent |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | HISTORIC QUOTES $300: "Many abolitionists have yet to learn the ABC of woman's rights," she wrote in 1860 Susan B. Anthony |
| #985, aired 1988-12-09 | NEWSCASTERS $200: About 12 million people a day tune into 1 of his 3 syndicated news reports on ABC Radio Paul Harvey |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | SPORTS TRIVIA $300: In the opening of this show, you can now hear the announcers' comments on Vinko Bogataj's ski jump fall (ABC's) The Wide World of Sports |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | 1983 $400: ABC broadcast this Herman Wouk novel as an 18-hour miniseries, most expensive to that date The Winds of War |
| #929, aired 1988-09-22 | CHER $600: Shortly after guest hosting Merv Griffin's show in 1971, Sonny & Cher got their own show on this network CBS |
| #910, aired 1988-07-15 | STUFFED DOGS $400: This ABC Saturday morning cartoon series is based on a line of stuffed dogs the Pound Puppies |
| #895, aired 1988-06-24 | SPORTSCASTERS $500: In 1972, he stayed on the air with ABC 15 hrs. straight, describing tragedy at Munich Games Jim McKay |
| #799, aired 1988-02-11 | TV CRIMEFIGHTERS $300: Sable, the title character of a 1987 ABC series, first appeared in this medium comic books |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | THE '40S $300: In 1944, the Blue Network applied to the FCC to change its name to this, & it was granted 1, 2, 3 ABC |
| #755, aired 1987-12-11 | THE CLERGY $200: Highest ratings in history of ABC's "Nightline" came when Ted Koppel had this couple as guests Jim & Tammy Bakker |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | QUOTES $600: In July '87, she left ABC News "So I can starve on my own." And so it goes. Linda Ellerbee |
| #751, aired 1987-12-07 | HOME GAMES $400: While playing the board game of this ABC soap, you can be Erica Kane All My Children |
| #732, aired 1987-11-10 | STORYTELLERS $200: ABC radio commentator who tells "The Rest of the Story" Paul Harvey |
| #719, aired 1987-10-22 | SINGERS & DANCERS $800: During the 1950s, he held his ballroom "Dance Party" on ABC, CBS, NBC, & Dumont Arthur Murray |
| #714, aired 1987-10-15 | BROADCASTING $400: By co-financing Disneyland in Anaheim, this network got its 1st big hit, also called "Disneyland" ABC |
| #694, aired 1987-09-17 | ACADEMY AWARDS $100: This NBC star hosted the telecasts on ABC from 1979-82 & in 1984 Johnny Carson |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | MUSIC BUSINESS $600: ABC Records, UNI, Impulse!, Decca, Kapp, Coral & Blue Thumb have all been taken over by this label MCA |
| #620, aired 1987-04-24 | "D.C." $200: He's had talk shows on ABC, PBS, & USA cable Dick Cavett |
| #565, aired 1987-02-06 | "REBEL"s $800: This 1970 ABC series set in 1777 showed exploits of Pennsylvania's Yankee Doodle Society The Young Rebels |
| #536, aired 1986-12-29 | STORYTELLERS $300: One of the 3 current ABC daytime soaps created or co-created by Agnes Nixon (1 of) All My Children, One Life to Live, or Loving |
| #533, aired 1986-12-24 | FICTIONAL DETECTIVES $200: NBC's "Riptide" ripped into this ABC competition by using parodies of Maddie & Dave Moonlighting |
| #528, aired 1986-12-17 | SPORTS TRIVIA $200: In 1986, this ABC show celebrated the thrill of its 25th anniversary The Wide World of Sports |
| #527, aired 1986-12-16 | SITCOMS $700 (Daily Double): Though ABC made 2 pilots for it in '69, CBS bought this biggest hit of the '70s All in the Family |
| #523, aired 1986-12-10 | BACK-UP GROUPS $200: On "America Picks the #1 Songs", a 1986 ABC special, they were reunited with Tony Orlando Dawn |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | NEWSCASTERS $600: Before reporting from Paris for ABC news, he was JFK's press secretary Salinger |
| #491, aired 1986-10-27 | WILD ABOUT HARRY $200: He left CBS for ABC, but it's widely reported couldn't get along with co-anchor Barbara Walters Harry Reasoner |
| #481, aired 1986-10-13 | TV TOWNS $800: The Lawrence clan of the ABC series "Family" lived here, though for them things weren't always rosy Pasadena |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | UNDECLARED WARS $1,500 (Daily Double): Following the U.S. invasion of Veracruz in 1914, these "ABC" nations mediated the Mexican crisis Argentina, Brazil & Chile |
| #450, aired 1986-05-30 | THE '85 TV SEASON $600: After his disastrous 1983-84 talk show, he's got "Growing Pains" on ABC Alan Thicke |
| #447, aired 1986-05-27 | NEWSCASTERS $100: Once ABC's youngest news anchor at age 26, he returned as sole anchor at age 45 Peter Jennings |
| #442, aired 1986-05-20 | BOWLING $300: Initials of org. which sets rules for men's bowling or network which telecasts the spring PBA tour ABC |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | TV HISTORY $1000: ABC & Dumont began Broadcasting these government proceedings on April 22, 1954 the McCarthy hearings |
| #432, aired 1986-05-06 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $100: The 1st TV network when the Big 3 are put in alphabetical order ABC |
| #422, aired 1986-04-22 | "MOON"S $300: Every week Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis have been doing this on ABC Moonlighting |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | LITERARY ADAPTATIONS $200: Even before ABC aired this John Jakes mini-series in November 1985, filming began on the sequel North & South |
| #396, aired 1986-03-17 | TV COPS $800: Critics referred to the lead in this ABC series as "Dirty Harriet" & "Skirty Harry" Lady Blue |
| #392, aired 1986-03-11 | BOOK TRIVIA $500 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 fall 1985 ABC prime time series based on a book or books (1 of) Spenser: For Hire or Hotel |
| #359, aired 1986-01-23 | KIDS' TV $400: "Schoolbreak Specials" are CBS' answer to these ABC kid shows Afterschool Specials |
| #336, aired 1985-12-23 | "ROCKY"S $400: Sporting a pilot's helmet & June Foray's voice, he debuted in November, 1959 on ABC Rocket J. Squirrel (Rocky the Flying Squirrel) |
| #304, aired 1985-11-07 | SOUTH AMERICA $400: South America's ABC powers Argentina, Brazil & Chile |
| #302, aired 1985-11-05 | A "FAIR" TO REMEMBER $300: Top model who was one of the "Paper Dolls" until ABC cut them out Morgan Fairchild |
| #291, aired 1985-10-21 | BRIDES & GROOMS $300: After leaving John DeLorean in the driveway, she hitched up to ABC president Tony Thomopoulos Cristina Ferrare |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | "G.M."s $500: In November 1975, ABC kept the "America" but changed the "AM" to this Good Morning |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | SPORTS $1,100 (Daily Double): For years on ABC's "Wide World of Sports", Vienko Bogatej been seen doing this falling |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | '60s TRIVIA $300: This futuristic cartoon show was appropriately 1st series broadcast by ABC in color The Jetsons |
| #267, aired 1985-09-17 | THE '40s $300: Sold by NBC in '43 to a candy manufacturer, in '85 it was sold to Capital Cities Communcations ABC |
| #265, aired 1985-09-13 | TV TRIVIA $300: From 1980-82, ABC's answer to "Saturday Night Live" was this series on the night before Fridays |
| #187, aired 1985-05-28 | JOURNALISM $800: ABC's Paris correspondent, formerly Pres. Kennedy's press secretary Pierre Salinger |
| #177, aired 1985-05-14 | SPORTS $800: This ABC series hosted by Curt Gowdy was recently canceled, ending its 20 year run American Sportsman |
| #116, aired 1985-02-18 | RADIO $200: ABC talk radio host, his program is a real "Thriller" Michael Jackson |
| #97, aired 1985-01-22 | TV TRIVIA $300: Martial arts film star who played Kato on ABC's "Green Hornet" Bruce Lee |
| #94, aired 1985-01-17 | TELEVISION $300: He's ABC's answer to "Diff'rent Strokes"' Arnold Webster |
| #20, aired 1984-10-05 | TELEVISION $100: ABC telecast 180 hours of this summer '84 event the Olympics |
| #16, aired 1984-10-01 | TELEVISION $400: ABC's "Iran Reports" led to creation of "Nightline" with him as host Ted Koppel |
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Guy Jordan, a graduate student from College Park, Maryland
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Season 19 player (2003-06-10). Guy won at least $169,000 on two...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a materials scientist from Phoenix, Arizona
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Richard Mason, a roboticist from Pasadena, California
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Season 18 2-time champion: $50,600 + $2,000. Husband of Season 14...
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Keith Olbermann, a news anchor from MSNBC
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"In 2004, this veteran reporter will provide extensive coverage of the...
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Ashleigh Banfield, a TV correspondent originally from Canada
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"She's covered such various stories as the Clinton/Yeltsin summit, the War...
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Peter Krause, from Sports Night
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"He sits behind the anchor desk as Casey McCall on the...
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James McDaniel, from NYPD Blue
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"He's the Obie Award-winning stage actor who plays Lt. Arthur Fancy...
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Lara Logan, a correspondent from 60 Minutes on CBS
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"Her bold, award-winning reporting has earned her a prominent spot among...
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Meredith Vieira, from The View
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"She broadcasts live from New York City every morning as a...
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Michael Boatman, from Spin City
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"He plays Carter, a special assistant to the mayor of New...
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Jonathan Franzen, a best-selling author from Purity and The Corrections
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"His best-selling novels are critically acclaimed and have won numerous honors,...
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Thomas Gibson, from Dharma & Greg
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"As Greg Montgomery, he's half the title couple on the ABC...
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Cody Vest, a high school English teacher from Fayetteville, Arkansas
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2017 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Cody won $90,000 on ABC's The...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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"He was a software engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from San Jose, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2002 Million Dollar Masters...
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William Lee, a software engineer from South San Francisco, California
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Season 22 2-time champion: $62,500 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Raj Dhuwalia, a graduate student from Gainesville, Florida
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Season 19 1-time champion: $21,200 + $2,000. Raj was the first...
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Claudia Perry, a worker for an e-learning company from Evanston, Illinois
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"She was a pop music critic living in San Jose, California...
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Pranita Ramakrishnan, from Centreville, Virginia
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"Not only does this future neurologist enjoy swimming, drawing and spelling,...
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Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California
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"She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
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Jon Er, from Williamsville, New York
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"This musician always argues for his fairness, so he wants to...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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Adam Villani, an engineer from Long Beach, California
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Season 21 player (2004-10-27). KJL game 61. Adam won $80,000 on...
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Patrick Duffy, an actor from Step by Step
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"He was the Man from Atlantis, even Bobby Ewing on Dallas,...
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Melissa Gilbert, an actress from the movie Harvest of Lies
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"Beloved as Laura, of Little House on the Prairie, now she's...
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Terry Linwood, a bookseller from North Texas
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $122,705...
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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show
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"Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Dana Delany, an actress from China Beach
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"She won 2 Emmys for her role as Army nurse Colleen...
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Terry Linwood, a bookseller from Plano, Texas
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $122,705...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Kathy Kinney, an actress from The Drew Carey Show
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"She plays Drew Carey's colorful nemesis Mimi on ABC's The Drew...
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Star Jones, an attorney, correspondent and co-host from The View
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"She's an accomplished attorney, legal correspondent and co-host of ABC's The...
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Steve Harris, an actor from The Practice
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"He has his day in court as attorney Eugene Young on...
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Camryn Manheim, an actress from The Practice
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"She won an Emmy for her portrayal of Ellenor Frutt on...
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Richard Kind, an actor from Spin City
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"He plays Paul Lassiter, the hard-pressed press secretary to the mayor...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He met and then married his wife while both were costarring...
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Jonathan Corbblah, a chess teacher from Harlem, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000. Jonathan appeared as a...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Nancy Grace, a TV legal expert from Headline News/Court TV
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"She hosts her own legal analysis program on Headline News and...
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Mehrun Etebari, a grad student from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
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"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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Susan Lucci, an actress from All My Children
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"One of daytime TV's most beloved actresses, she's played Erica Kane...
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Joely Fisher, an actress from 'Til Death
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"She made her Broadway debut in Grease, and earned rave reviews...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Drew Lachey, a singer and actor from Dancing with the Stars
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"He was working as an emergency medical technician when brother Nick...
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James Denton, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He plays Mike Delfino, Wisteria Lane's sexy plumber on the hit...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a materials scientist from Phoenix, Arizona
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from Jersey City, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2002 Million Dollar Masters...
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Allison Peña, a junior from Sunrise, Florida
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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