| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | 4-LETTER BEFORE & AFTER $1200: An American truck & SUV maker becomes a world of entertainment that got started with "Iron Man" GMCU |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | A FAIR PIECE OF ENTERTAINMENT $400: This fourth season of "American Horror Story" is set at Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities in Jupiter, Florida Freak Show |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) Nichelle Nichols, who shared one of TV's first interracial kisses with William Shatner, & who would later help NASA recruit more women & minorities for the space program, wore this uniform as Lieutenant Uhura on this series Star Trek |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) Featuring an all-Black cast, songs like "Ease On Down The Road" & the costumes seen here, this 1975 Broadway musical had a rough beginning before becoming a smash hit & winning 7 Tonys The Wiz |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) You can't miss the 1973 Cadillac convertible, owned by this rock pioneer, who influenced so many early performers, including The Beatles, & he drove the car in "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll", a documentary that celebrated his 60th birthday Chuck Berry |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) This costume was worn by Diana Ross in her Oscar-nominated role as jazz great Billie Holiday in this film based on Holiday's autobiography of the same name Lady Sings the Blues |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) The 1943 film, "Stormy Weather", featured some of the greatest Black entertainers of the day, including Bill Robinson, Dooley Wilson, & of course, this beloved actress & singer, then in her 20s, who wore this green velvet dress & sang the title song (Lena) Horne |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: Robert L. Johnson, the first African-American billionaire, launched this cable network back in 1980 BET (Black Entertainment Television) |
| #8317, aired 2021-01-19 | HISTORICALLY SHAMELESS $400: (Jeremy Allen White presents the clue.) Unashamed of his circus hoaxes, he described himself in 1869 as "preeminent among all who have sought to furnish healthful entertainment to the American people" (P.T.) Barnum |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | ENTERTAINMENT $800: In the 1980s Cyndi Lauper & Wham! were among the artists who made their early U.S. TV appearances on this Dick Clark series American Bandstand |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | ENTERTAINMENT $2000: AFI's first "100 Greatest American Movies" list included this D.W. Griffith silent epic; on an updated list, it was gone Birth of a Nation |
| #8088, aired 2019-11-06 | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! $800: In 2018 this R&B singer lived up to his (stage) name, becoming an EGOT, the first African-American man to do so John Legend |
| #7833, aired 2018-10-03 | ENTERTAINMENT RITUALS $2,000 (Daily Double): Penned in 1880, this July 4th symphony staple touts a Russian victory, not an American one the 1812 Overture |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | ENTERTAINMENT 2017 $1200: Billy Eichner left the street for this show's "Cult" & played a game of what Billy liked to call "sawing off my boss' head" American Horror Story |
| #7597, aired 2017-09-26 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $400: Richard Pryor was the first recipient of this prize for American humor that's named for a 19th century novelist Mark Twain |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | "AMERICAN" ENTERTAINMENT $400: Nicki Minaj joined it as a judge in 2013 American Idol |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | "AMERICAN" ENTERTAINMENT $800: This scary FX show stars Jessica Lange as Sister Jude American Horror Story: Asylum |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | "AMERICAN" ENTERTAINMENT $1200: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is on this Green Day album American Idiot |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | "AMERICAN" ENTERTAINMENT $1600: Kevin Spacey won an Oscar for this rosy movie American Beauty |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | "AMERICAN" ENTERTAINMENT $2000: Luther Vandross sang back-up on the David Bowie song with this title the "Young Americans" |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $200: He became the first African American to win Best Song when his "Theme From Shaft" won the 1971 Oscar Isaac Hayes |
| #5197, aired 2007-03-27 | MY KIND OF TOWN $1000: In 2006 Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater opened in this entertainment capital in Missouri Branson |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | AMERICAN WORLD CAPTIALS $400: It's both the "Entertainment Capital of the World" & the "Wedding Capital of the World" Las Vegas |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | NOTABLE WOMEN $1200: As head of Harpo Entertainment, she's the first African-American woman to own her own studios Oprah Winfrey |
| #3769, aired 2001-01-11 | YMCA $1000: In 1941 the YMCA & 5 other groups formed this to provide entertainment & social services to American G.I.s USO (United Service Organizations) |
| #3333, aired 1999-02-17 | PEOPLE IN ENTERTAINMENT $500: This director left a party at the American embassy in Paris in 1998 after being reminded that he could be arrested Roman Polanski |
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