#9080, aired 2024-04-12 | FAKE MOVIES IN MOVIES $800: This actor is the star of "Last Action Hero" & plays Jack Slater in "Jack Slater IV", the movie within it Arnold Schwarzenegger |
#9021, aired 2024-01-22 | THE JOB IS THE MOVIE TITLE $1000: It was Ben Affleck's turn to be a math whiz when the books were cooking in this 2016 action film, & Ben did more than the title implies The Accountant |
#8966, aired 2023-11-06 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $400: Known for playing a TV lawyer, he got buff & turned action-movie star for 2021's "Nobody" Odenkirk |
#8914, aired 2023-07-13 | ESPAÑ-O $1200: In the live action movie "Dora & the Lost City of Gold", Dora asks the audience, "Can you say" this tasty word? delicioso |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $200: (Hans Zimmer reads and plays.) Contrasting with the music from the big action scenes, my theme "Tennessee" refers to the state Ben Affleck & Josh Hartnett come from in this war film Pearl Harbor |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | CHAO! $100: Rosalind Chao's movie roles include Hua Li, mother of this heroine in a 2020 Disney live-action remake Mulan |
#8622, aired 2022-04-19 | THE CAST OF THE MOVIE $1600: 1981:
All the director needed was the two guys seen here--plus a waiter & a bartender My Dinner with Andre |
#15, aired 2022-02-18 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $800: Emma Stone, in a live-action prequel to "101 Dalmatians" Cruella |
#8559, aired 2022-01-20 | ACTION MOVIE! $200: Tokyo does not appreciate this 1954 title character coming to town--talk about bad breath! Godzilla |
#8559, aired 2022-01-20 | ACTION MOVIE! $400: Give us your best Billy Batson impression as you say the title of this 2019 DC film Shazam! |
#8559, aired 2022-01-20 | ACTION MOVIE! $600: Howard Hill did the archery stunts, including splitting one arrow with another, for 1938's "The Adventures of" him Robin Hood |
#8559, aired 2022-01-20 | ACTION MOVIE! $800: "Yes, Madam" is what we might say to this actress & is one of her Hong Kong action films Michelle Yeoh |
#8559, aired 2022-01-20 | ACTION MOVIE! $1000: One of Rotten Tomatoes' Top 100 action & adventure movies is 1976's "Assault on" this unlucky police station Precinct 13 |
#8522, aired 2021-11-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE ACTION MOVIE CHARACTER $200: "I'm a friend of Sarah Connor. I was told that she's here. Could I see her please?... Where is she?... I'll be back" the Terminator |
#8522, aired 2021-11-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE ACTION MOVIE CHARACTER $400: "Oh, I'm very sorry, Hans... I figured since I waxed Tony & Marco & his friend here I figured you & Karl & Franco might be a little lonely" (John) McClane |
#8522, aired 2021-11-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE ACTION MOVIE CHARACTER $600: "No retreat. no surrender. That is Spartan law & by Spartan law we will stand & fight & die" King Leonidas |
#8522, aired 2021-11-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE ACTION MOVIE CHARACTER $800: "You're thinking, 'did he fire 6 shots or only 5?'... You've gotta ask yourself a question. 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" Dirty Harry |
#8522, aired 2021-11-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT IS THE ACTION MOVIE CHARACTER $1000: "Servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius... husband to a murdered wife, & I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next" Maximus |
#8506, aired 2021-11-08 | MOVIE STARS $800: The Ceti Alpha star system is the scene of the action in the "Star Trek" film subtitled "The Wrath of" him Khan |
#8503, aired 2021-11-03 | MOVIE THEATER GIMMICKS $800: Some theaters showed this 2019 Will Smith clone movie in 60 frames per second, which made the action look smoother Gemini Man |
#8101, aired 2019-11-25 | IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE $200: "Losers' Club? No. Not tonight. That clown came after my friends. That clown came after me. Tonight, that clown...goes down" It |
#8101, aired 2019-11-25 | IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE $400: To an Aussie dentist: "I know where you work--42 Wallaby Way. Release my son from your tank, or I will come for you" Finding Nemo |
#8101, aired 2019-11-25 | IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE $600: Audrey Tautou: "I tried to help people be happy. But your relative killed my mom. Now this French waitress is serving revenge...cold" Amélie |
#8101, aired 2019-11-25 | IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE $800: A 2008 film: "I may or may not be your father, but know this. If anyone ever kidnaps you, I will find you. Now, let's all sing 'Waterloo"' Mamma Mia! |
#8101, aired 2019-11-25 | IF IT WERE AN ACTION MOVIE $1000: In a 2016 musical, "You fired me for playing jazz piano, not Xmas songs. We each made a choice. But you won't get to live with yours" La La Land |
#8077, aired 2019-10-22 | GIVING AWAY THE MOVIE'S ENDING $1600: Professor Henry Jones is called back into action to uncover the secret of ancient craniums skull |
#8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ACTION MOVIE STARS $400: In this film, gunfighter Steve McQueen joins up with 6 others to defend a Mexican village from bandits The Magnificent Seven |
#8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ACTION MOVIE STARS $800: As Snake Plissken, this actor had to "Escape from" New York & Los Angeles (Kurt) Russell |
#8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ACTION MOVIE STARS $1200: This actor returns as Peter Parker in "Spider-Man: Far From Home", trying to enjoy a vacation while battling new foes in Europe Tom Holland |
#8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ACTION MOVIE STARS $1600: It was Riggs, Murtaugh & Chris Rock as Detective Lee Butters in film number 4 in this series Lethal Weapon |
#8026, aired 2019-07-01 | ACTION MOVIE STARS $2000: This actress' role in "Salt" as an accused spy for Russia was originally written for Tom Cruise Angelina Jolie |
#7884, aired 2018-12-13 | THE MOVIE'S CHARACTERS $400: Primrose Everdeen & Effie Trinket, in the action series' first offering The Hunger Games |
#7857, aired 2018-11-06 | 2018 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NAMES $200: Cameron Rising isn't an action movie, he's a QB who wants to "hook 'em" for the Longhorns of this school University of Texas |
#7803, aired 2018-07-11 | CLASSIC MOVIE: THE VIDEO GAME $200: A kid's life is in your hands as you play as any one of a dozen jurors; the action is all in one room; sway opinions as No. 8 12 Angry Men |
#7748, aired 2018-04-25 | THE FAST & THE FASTIDIOUS $600: Sean has joined the chase, but not before touching up these decorative car lines, also a live-action zebra movie racing stripes |
#7703, aired 2018-02-21 | SITCOMEDY TONIGHT $800: Before becoming an action movie star, he hung around Indiana as Andy Dwyer on "Parks & Rec" Chris Pratt |
#7510, aired 2017-04-14 | STARTS WITH "R" $2000: As a verb, it's the action seen here; as a noun, it's stale material done again in a book or movie retread |
#7488, aired 2017-03-15 | MOVIE TITLE PLACES $1600: Snake Plissken hits the Big Apple --& by that I mean he really beats the bejeezus out of it--in this 1981 action pic Escape from New York |
#7456, aired 2017-01-30 | YES, MR. MOVIE PRESIDENT $1000: This British actor Snape-d into action as Ronald Reagan in "Lee Daniels' The Butler Alan Rickman |
#7295, aired 2016-05-06 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE! $400: In this 1997 movie hijackers seize the plane carrying the President, who works from hiding to defeat them Air Force One |
#7295, aired 2016-05-06 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE! $800: Captain Jack, Will Turner & Elizabeth Swann sail off the edge of the map in 2007's "Pirates of the Caribbean: At" this place World's End |
#7295, aired 2016-05-06 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE! $1200: In a popular series the heavyset Po is a "Kung Fu Panda" chosen as this more fearsome type of "warrior" Dragon |
#7295, aired 2016-05-06 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE! $1600: In "300" this Spartan king & his men face off against the Persians at Thermopylae Leonidas |
#7295, aired 2016-05-06 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE! $2000: This Shakespeare & "Shackleton" actor directed 2011's "Thor" (Kenneth) Branagh |
#7175, aired 2015-11-20 | MOVIE LINES, MADE TV-SAFE $800: In a big moment in an action movie franchise, this actor let loose with, "Yippee-ki-yay, Mr. Falcon" (Bruce) Willis |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | THAT MOVIE TITLE IS LEGAL $1200: Rather than take a settlement, attorney Paul Newman goes to trial in this legal drama The Verdict |
#6967, aired 2014-12-23 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $1000: Songs from this show based on a movie include "Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun" & "Ralphie To The Rescue" A Christmas Story |
#6862, aired 2014-06-17 | MOVIE TERMS $2000: Named for an early film technician, it's the art of matching sound effects to a scene's action; coconuts may help Foley |
#6824, aired 2014-04-24 | FILL IN THE MOVIE TITLES $800: An action flick & a musical:
"____ Gun" & "____ Hat" Top |
#6555, aired 2013-03-01 | WITCH MOVIE? $800: Angela Lansbury played an apprentice witch with a flying bed in this Disney film that mixed live action & animation Bedknobs And Broomsticks |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | HOCKEY TALK? $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives us the clue while performing the action described with Kelly.) It's two people... in a hostile confrontation... close together... & eye-to-eye, as described in the title of a 1997 John Woo movie face off |
#6434, aired 2012-08-02 | WHAT KIND OF MOVIE? $800: The "Spy Kids" movies:
A synonym for "movement" action |
#6404, aired 2012-06-21 | TV & MOVIE CARS $200: In a 2005 film this "love bug" was "fully loaded" & back in action Herbie |
#6370, aired 2012-05-04 | ACTION & INACTION MOVIES $400: Fozzie's casino-ing in Reno & Animal's Animal-ing in Santa Barbara in this 2011 movie The Muppets |
#6181, aired 2011-06-27 | MOVIE REMAKES $6,200 (Daily Double): Sam Worthington didn't use Harry Hamiln's toga as Perseus in the 2010 remake of this action flick Clash of the Titans |
#5928, aired 2010-05-26 | A KISS IS STILL A KISS $1000: Natalie Portman was just shy of lip action in this 2005 movie, though she does smooch Hugo Weaving's Guy Fawkes mask V for Vendetta |
#5784, aired 2009-11-05 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE $400: In a 2008 sequel this title action hero sought out "the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" Indiana Jones |
#5784, aired 2009-11-05 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE $800: "Revenge of the Fallen" is the follow-up to this film about robots Transformers |
#5784, aired 2009-11-05 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE $1200: This time it's about "Salvation" from the evil cyborgs in this 2009 film Terminator Salvation (Terminator accepted) |
#5784, aired 2009-11-05 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE $1600: "X-Men Origins" was the story of this title superhero's beginnings Wolverine |
#5784, aired 2009-11-05 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION MOVIE $2000: Based on a video game franchise, this 2009 action fest is subtitled "The Legend of Chun-Li" Street Fighter |
#5670, aired 2009-04-10 | WHAT THE '90s MOVIE TITLE MEANS $1600: This 1996 Geena Davis action title can be a euphemism for death (Hint: In the film, she puts her past life to bed) The Long Kiss Goodnight |
#5567, aired 2008-11-18 | IN TOON $400: In this Jerry Seinfeld film, eating honey brings on a class action lawsuit Bee Movie |
#5524, aired 2008-09-18 | YOU GOT AN F MINUS! $1200: A clique within a larger group gets rid of its F to be a movie director's shout to start a scene faction & action |
#5488, aired 2008-06-18 | WE HAVE MET THE ANIME $1200: In this anime TV series, Bumblebee turned into a VW Beetle; in the 2007 live-action movie, he got upgraded to a Camaro Transformers |
#5392, aired 2008-02-05 | THE SILVER SCREEN $1000: Schwarzenegger is a Soviet cop teamed with James Belushi's Chicago cop in this action movie Red Heat |
#5215, aired 2007-04-20 | HARD STUPID ANSWERS $2000: Most of the action in this 2005 movie takes place in Basin City Sin City |
#5054, aired 2006-07-27 | "E" BAY $1600: In a movie this type of shot lets the audience know where the ensuing action is taking place an establishing shot |
#5006, aired 2006-05-22 | MOVIE TERMS $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows some computer-rendered stills of movie action on a monitor.) Computer programs have their own version of this traditional series of sketches that illustrates the narrative the storyboard |
#4864, aired 2005-11-03 | REALLY TOUGH WHEEL OF FORTUNE PUZZLES $800: BEFORE & AFTER: French action movie & Peta Wilson TV show that became a world leader in 1958 La Femme Nikita Khrushchev |
#4456, aired 2004-01-12 | TOYS & GAMES $400: Introduced as a doll for boys, this action figure was named after a 1945 WWII movie G.I. Joe |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | ACTION MOVIE $200: With a total of $1.8 billion, this big 1997 film about a big boat has the biggest worldwide box office ever Titanic |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | ACTION MOVIE $400: "The World is Not Enough" was the third time Pierce Brosnon played this action hero James Bond |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | ACTION MOVIE $600: In this windy 1996 action smash, Bill Paxton played storm-chasing weatherman Bill Harding Twister |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | ACTION MOVIE $800: In this 2001 action movie, Gene Hackman plays a Navy commander trying to rescue two downed aviators Behind Enemy Lines |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | ACTION MOVIE $1000: In this 1995 space thriller based on a true story, a moon-bound mission develops severe trouble Apollo 13 |
#4014, aired 2002-01-31 | THAT '70s MOVIE $1600: In this "Force"ful 1973 sequel Clint Eastwood came back for more action as Dirty Harry Callahan Magnum Force |
#3983, aired 2001-12-19 | RHYME SPREE $1200: The name of a Sandra Bullock action movie rhymes with this word meaning a kind of gluttony greed |
#3915, aired 2001-09-14 | WHY DID THEY MAKE THIS MOVIE? $600: Patrick Swayze is a world-class bouncer (with a Ph.D. in philosophy!) in this 1989 action flick Road House |
#3806, aired 2001-03-05 | MOVIE ROLES $400: Ian McKellen played Magneto, leader of the bad guys, in this 2000 action movie based on Marvel Comics X-Men |
#3729, aired 2000-11-16 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $200: As Annie, the reluctant bus driver, Sandra Bullock ground through the gears in this 1994 action hit Speed |
#3729, aired 2000-11-16 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $400: Like Scotland in 1995, the American colonies are defended by Mel Gibson in this jingoistic 2000 epic The Patriot |
#3729, aired 2000-11-16 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $600: Arnold Schwarzenegger has come back several times as one of these deadly title movie robots The Terminator |
#3729, aired 2000-11-16 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $800: $20 million was "Gone" from producers' pockets to pay Nicolas Cage's salary in this 2000 actioner Gone in 60 Seconds |
#3729, aired 2000-11-16 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $1000: This man directed the action hits "Just Heroes" & "The Killer" in Hong Kong before directing "M:I-2" in the U.S. John Woo |
#3494, aired 1999-11-11 | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! $600: He played Barney in the 1994 live-action "Flintstones" movie Rick Moranis |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $200: This actor was "Missing in Action" & feeling "Silent Rage" before he became TV's "Walker, Texas Ranger" Chuck Norris |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $400: Randy Quaid & Will Smith help save the Earth in this 1996 action thriller Independence Day |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $600: Jeff Goldblum starred in this 1997 sequel about Jurassic predators The Lost World |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $800: With films like "Rush Hour", this Chinese action hero's star is rising in the U.S. Jackie Chan |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $1000: These 2 actors play detectives Riggs & Murtaugh in the "Lethal Weapon" movies Mel Gibson & Danny Glover |
#3212, aired 1998-07-14 | '90s MOVIES $300: 1997 action movie seen here: Con Air |
#3023, aired 1997-10-22 | MOVIE QUOTES $500: In a 1994 action film this actress said, "Oh, sure, it's just like driving a really big Pinto" Sandra Bullock (in "Speed") |
#3001, aired 1997-09-22 | MOVIE DEBUTS $200: This Belgian first flexed his movie muscles in "Missing in Action" with Chuck Norris Jean-Claude Van Damme |
#2766, aired 1996-09-16 | "LAST" FILMS $400: Arnold Schwarzenegger starred as Jack Slater, a young boy's movie idol, in this 1993 spoof the Last Action Hero |
#508, aired 1986-11-19 | MOVIE STUDIOS $400: They built their first soundstage in 1931 but didn't release a live-action feature until 1950 Disney |
#17, aired 1984-10-02 | MOVIE TALK $400: Director's order to actors to begin playing a scene "Action!" |