| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | WAR FILMS $1200: Though only in his 30s, Martin Sheen suffered a near-fatal heart attack while making this Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | TWISTS $400: Charlton Heston realizes it's post-apocalypse now at the end of this 1968 movie Planet of the Apes |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | WHAT'S THAT SMELL? $1200: In "Apocalypse Now" Robert Duvall loved "the smell of" this "in the morning" napalm |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | MOVIES WITH NARRATORS $400: 1979: Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) regrets he's still only in Saigon Apocalypse Now |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | BOBBING FOR ACTORS $800: He delivered the classic line "I love the smell of napalm in the morning... smelled like... victory" (Robert) Duvall |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $2000: "Apocalypse Now" Horror |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: The soundtrack of "Apocalypse Now" includes this piece from a Wagner opera "Ride of the Valkyries" |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | BEHIND THE SCENES $1000: The doc "Hearts of Darkness" has extended footage of Martin Sheen's unscripted hotel room breakdown from this film Apocalypse Now |
| #7946, aired 2019-03-11 | A COLONEL OF TRUTH $800: It was far from a holiday in Cambodia for Captain Willard, in search of Colonel Kurtz in this film Apocalypse Now |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | APOCALYPSE THEN $1000: The Aleppo earthquake of 1138 killed almost a quarter million people in what is now this country Syria |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | THE HERO'S JOURNEY $1000: Captain Willard journeys into the heart of darkness to find Col. Kurtz in this Vietnam-set film Apocalypse Now |
| #7494, aired 2017-03-23 | BIG SCREEN LITERARY ADAPTATIONS $1200: "Apocalypse Now" adapted this novella to the Vietnam War Heart of Darkness |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | LITERARY LINES $1,300 (Daily Double): "In the interior you will no doubt meet Mr. Kurtz" Heart of Darkness |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | APOCALYPSE NOW $400: In this Douglas Adams novel, the Earth is demolished in favor of a new hyperspatial express route The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | APOCALYPSE NOW $800: A virus could kill half of humanity if Robert Langdon can't remember his Dante in this 2016 film based on Dan Brown's novel Inferno |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | APOCALYPSE NOW $1200: Galactic apocalypse? No problem for Cortana & Master Chief in this video game series Halo |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | APOCALYPSE NOW $1600: This Max Brooks novel begins, "It goes by many names: 'The Crisis,' 'The Dark Years,' 'The Walking Plague'" World War Z |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | APOCALYPSE NOW $2000: Will Smith is the last man on Earth you'd expect to star in this 2007 film dealing with a vampiric plague I Am Legend |
| #7296, aired 2016-05-09 | "A" & "B" MOVIES $1600: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning", says Robert Duvall in this film set during the Vietnam War Apocalypse Now |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | STARS' REAL NAMES $1000: Ramon Estevez, seen in "Apocalypse Now" Martin Sheen |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | MOVIES WITH "HEART" $1600: This documentary chronicled the problems that plagued the making of "Apocalypse Now" Hearts of Darkness |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE $2,000 (Daily Double): "Apocalypse Now" Joseph Conrad |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTORS OF THE 1980s $400: Oliver Stone, for a Vietnam movie
(1986) Platoon |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTORS OF THE 1980s $800: Oliver Stone, for a Vietnam movie
(1989) Born on the Fourth of July |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES $2000: The horror, the horror at seeing a Coppola war film turn into a 1942 film where Bette Davis overcomes her domineering ma Apocalypse Now, Voyager |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $1200: (Hi. I'm Anderson Cooper.) I appreciate the maxim "Never get out of the boat", a cardinal rule of this 1979 Francis Ford Coppola film Apocalypse Now |
| #6168, aired 2011-06-08 | SONGS OF THE '60s $1600: The opening shots of "Apocalypse Now" have a feeling of finality with this song by The Doors playing over them "The End" |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | WAR FILMS $400: One of the last lines of this Vietnam war-set film is "The horror... the horror" Apocalypse Now |
| #5674, aired 2009-04-16 | POPCORN COLONELS $200: He says, "You either surf or you fight" as Lt. Col. Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now" Robert Duvall |
| #5652, aired 2009-03-17 | MOVIE STUMPERS $4,000 (Daily Double): When the star wasn't available, his brother Joe Estevez was brought in to do voiceovers on this 1979 film Apocalypse Now |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | APOCALYPSE NOW: THE CATEGORY $200: He directed "Apocalypse Now" Coppola |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | APOCALYPSE NOW: THE CATEGORY $400: He played the elusive renegade Col. Kurtz, who had become a godlike figure to jungle tribal natives Brando |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | APOCALYPSE NOW: THE CATEGORY $600: It's what Robert Duvall's Col. Kilgore loves the smell of in the morning because it "smells like victory" napalm |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | APOCALYPSE NOW: THE CATEGORY $800: It's the country that Martin Sheen & his team must illegally enter in search of Col. Kurtz Cambodia |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | APOCALYPSE NOW: THE CATEGORY $1000: Veteran war photographer Tim Page inspired the whacked-out character played by this actor in the film Dennis Hopper |
| #5117, aired 2006-12-05 | 10-LETTER WORDS $800: The Book of Revelation apocalypse |
| #5034, aired 2006-06-29 | FICTIONAL MEN OF WAR $800: In this epic tale of men & war, Martin Sheen played Captain Benjamin Willard, a soldier sent on a assassination Apocalypse Now |
| #5011, aired 2006-05-29 | AFI's TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES $400: No. 12:
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning" Apocalypse Now |
| #4978, aired 2006-04-12 | DOCUMENTARIES $400: The documentary "Hearts of Darkness" recounted the harrowing making of this other movie Apocalypse Now |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | BRANDO $800: Col. Kurtz, who lives in the heart of darkness Apocalypse Now |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | QUOTES! $2,500 (Daily Double): He penned the immortal 1902 line "The horror! The horror!" Joseph Conrad |
| #4784, aired 2005-05-26 | MAKING WAVES $800: Air Cav Lt. Col. Kilgore says that "Charlie don't surf" in this 1979 film Apocalypse Now |
| #4585, aired 2004-07-09 | MOVIE MUSIC $600: An iconic scene in "Apocalypse Now" features copters flying, blaring this Wagner piece "Ride Of The Valkyries" ("Ride Of The Valkyrie" accepted) |
| #4458, aired 2004-01-14 | CUT $200: For his "Redux" of this war film, Francis Ford Coppola added 49 minutes of footage not in the original cut Apocalypse Now |
| #3985, aired 2001-12-21 | A FAREWELL $2000: Col. Kurtz' last words in "Apocalypse Now" are these 2 words, repeated the horror |
| #3972, aired 2001-12-04 | "HEART"s $1000: The film "Apocalypse Now" is based in part on this Joseph Conrad novella "Heart of Darkness" |
| #3937, aired 2001-10-16 | FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA $200: This star had a heart attack & was even given last rites while making the 1979 Coppola film "Apocalypse Now" Martin Sheen |
| #3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BEASTLY MOVIES $300: 1978:
Robert De Niro battles post-Vietnam stress The Deer Hunter |
| #3859, aired 2001-05-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC GOES TO THE MOVIES $400: The piece heard here was frighteningly effective in this 1979 Robert Duvall film Apocalypse Now ("Ride of the Valkyries") |
| #3770, aired 2001-01-12 | ON LOCATION $200: The jungles of Vietnam in this 1979 Coppola film were actually in the Philippines Apocalypse Now |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | MOVIE QUOTES $100: 1979:
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning...smells like...victory" Apocalypse Now |
| #3415, aired 1999-06-11 | FILM NARRATORS $1000: 1979's
"Apocalypse Now" Martin Sheen |
| #3245, aired 1998-10-16 | HORRORS! $900 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Stephen King, Master of Horror.) In this 1979 film, Marlon Brando's character declares "The horror!... The horror!" Apocalypse Now |
| #3243, aired 1998-10-14 | "DAY"S OF WRATH $200: Start praying now; it's the day at the end of the world when God settles accounts Judgment Day |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | GIMME YOUR NUMBER $300: Total of the horsemen of the apocalypse & the traditional number of Magi in Matthew's gospel 7 (4 horsemen & 3 Magi) |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | I SMELL $200: I'm the substance that "Apocalypse Now"'s Robert Duvall loves the smell of "in the morning" Napalm |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | FILMS OF THE '70s $200: 1979 film in which Robert Duvall loved "the smell of napalm in the morning" Apocalypse Now |
| #2575, aired 1995-11-10 | THE MOVIES $600: This 1979 Vietnam War epic was inspired by Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" Apocalypse Now |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | THE MOVIES $500: "Hearts of Darkness" is a documentary about the making of this Francis Ford Coppola film Apocalypse Now |
| #1270, aired 1990-02-23 | FILMS OF THE '70s $400: Robert Duvall played a Lt. Col. who loved "the smell of napalm in the morning" in this F.F. Coppola film Apocalypse Now |
| #1127, aired 1989-06-27 | LEADING MEN $600: Rear admiral's son who played military roles in "M*A*S*H",
"The Great Santini" & "Apocalypse Now" Robert Duvall |
| #1035, aired 1989-02-17 | FICTION $1000: "Apocalypse Now" was based on this author's "Heart of Darkness" Joseph Conrad |
| #894, aired 1988-06-23 | THE MOVIES $200: Francis Ford Coppola had to use personal assets to finish this war film Apocalypse Now |
| #820, aired 1988-03-11 | WAR MOVIES $400: In this 1979 film, Robert Duvall said he loved the smell of napalm in the morning Apocalypse Now |
| #370, aired 1986-02-07 | WAR STORIES $400: Coppola based his Vietnam war epic, "Apocalypse Now", on "Heart of Darkness" by this Polish-born author Joseph Conrad |
| #94, aired 1985-01-17 | LITERATURE $800: The long film "Apocalypse Now" was adapted from this short Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness |
| #52, aired 1984-11-20 | MOVIES $800: Coppola released this film's 70 mm print with a different ending than the 35mm Apocalypse Now |
