| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | MUSICAL THEATER $400: In 2023 Marty McFly & Doc Brown landed on Broadway in the musical based on this film Back to the Future |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | MOVIE BEFORE & AFTER $400: Darth Vader chops off Luke's hand, so Marty fills in on guitar at the dance The Empire Strikes Back to the Future |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | MICHAEL J. FOX $400: (Michael J. Fox presents the clue.) As a judge for the Battle of the Bands, this singer had a cameo in "Back to the Future"; we noodled over the chorus to his hit "Power of Love" Huey Lewis |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | A JR. IN ENTERTAINMENT $200: This actor, in "Endgame": "Are you seriously telling me that your plan to save the universe is based on 'Back to the Future'?" Robert Downey Jr. |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | QUITE THE FISH STORY $400: "Piranha 3D" ate up the screen with Elisabeth Shue, Ving Rhames & great Scott!--this inventive "Back to the Future" actor Christopher Lloyd |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | TELEVISION THEN & NOW $1,800 (Daily Double): The main characters of "Back to the Future" helped inspire this animated series that debuted in 2013 Rick and Morty |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | REEL ESTATE $800: Pasadena, California's historic Gamble House was the exterior of Doc Brown's home in this 1985 smash Back to the Future |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THE FUTURE'S NOT SO BRIGHT... $1600: Mankind is on the wrong side of an ass-whoopin' in 2051 & Chris Pratt has to go back to the future to help in this 2021 flick The Tomorrow War |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | DOGGONE CINEMA $800: This scientist has a pooch named Einstein who becomes the first time-traveler in "Back to the Future" Doc Brown |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | MOVIE TAGLINES $1,400 (Daily Double): 1985:
"He's the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born" Back to the Future |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | DESCRIBING THE FILM TRILOGY $1000: Hero visits parents; hero visits kids; hero visits great-great-grandparents Back to the Future |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | TIME TRAVELIN' MOVIES $200: "The only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning", claimed this '85 pic Back to the Future |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | MOVIE GOOFS $1600: In 1955 Marty plays a Gibson ES-345 guitar, but that hadn't been made yet--maybe there was an extra trip in this 1985 pic Back to the Future |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | BACK IN THE 20th CENTURY $1600: This future world leader was wounded in his attempt to assassinate the Iraqi prime minister in 1959 Saddam Hussein |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | E_I_E_I UH OH! $400: Traditional number of piano keys, or mph needed for time travel in "Back to the Future" eighty-eight |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | GEEK HOLIDAYS $600: 2015 has come & gone, but you can still celebrate every October 21, the date from a sequel to this 1985 film Back to the Future |
| #7566, aired 2017-07-03 | LINES ON THE MAP $400: Shifting priorities prompted Samoa to adjust this line in 2011 to go back to the future & be on the same day as Australia the international date line |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | BACK TO BACK TO THE FUTURE $400: As Marty McFly he went from 1985 to 1955 & back Michael J. Fox |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | BACK TO BACK TO THE FUTURE $800: This car was chosen to be the time machine because it would look like a spaceship to people in the 1950s a DeLorean |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | BACK TO BACK TO THE FUTURE $1200: Marty impresses & distresses the kids of 1955 with his guitar work on this Chuck Berry classic "Johnny B. Goode" |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | BACK TO BACK TO THE FUTURE $1600: This "BTTF" co-star spent 5 years as "Caroline in the City" & her daughter Zoey Deutch is an actress too Lea Thompson |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | BACK TO BACK TO THE FUTURE $2000: Marty's mom & dad first kiss at the dance with this aquatic theme Enchantment Under the Sea |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | MOVIES' VILLAINS $1,400 (Daily Double): Biff Tannen, whether in 1955, 1985 or 2015 in this film series Back to the Future |
| #7201, aired 2015-12-28 | OTHER STAR TREK CHARACTERS $2000: Going Klingon in "Star Trek III", this actor went back to the future to play an evil commander Christopher Lloyd |
| #7089, aired 2015-06-11 | WAY BACK IN 2012 $200: This once & future president of Russia was elected to the job after 4 years as prime minister (Vladimir) Putin |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | THAT MOVIE'S GENIUS $400: Doc Brown created the flux capacitor, which is what makes time travel possible, in this film Back to the Future |
| #6563, aired 2013-03-13 | GRAMMY WINNERS $400: This "Back to the Future" star won the 2009 Best Spoken Word Album for "Always Looking Up" Michael J. Fox |
| #6548, aired 2013-02-20 | MOVIES: THE LINE OF THE END $400: "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads" Back to the Future |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | THE FUTURE $400: (Al Gore gives the clue.) Looking to the future, we can't ignore the climate crisis as we've done too often since back in 1859 when an Irish scientist noted the heat-trapping effect of this molecule carbon dioxide |
| #6478, aired 2012-11-14 | FUN WITH SCIENCE $400: In "Back to the Future", George misspoke & told Lorraine she was his this, mass per unit volume my density |
| #6264, aired 2011-12-08 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $400: Han Solo meets up with Lando Calrissian while time-traveling with Marty McFly The Empire Strikes Back to the Future |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | TWINS $1000: Amulius ordered these twin sons of myth thrown into the Tiber, but they floated to the future site of Rome Romulus & Remus |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | MOVIE FAMILIES $400: A 1985 comedy:
Hello, McFlys! Back to the Future |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | CAR & DRIVER $600: Marty McFly went "Back to the Future" in this make of car a DeLorean |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | HOMAGES TO STAR WARS $400: In this film Marty tells George McFly that he is Darth Vader, "an extraterrestrial from the planet Vulcan" Back to the Future |
| #5664, aired 2009-04-02 | MOVIE TAGLINES $1600: 1985:
"17-year-old Marty McFly got home early last night. 30 years early" Back to the Future |
| #5618, aired 2009-01-28 | CHARACTERS IN MOVIES $400: George McFly,
Dr. Emmett Brown,
Biff Tannen Back to the Future |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | MR. & MRS. MALAPROP $400: "I am your density", George tells wife-to-be Lorraine in this 1985 Michael J. Fox film Back to the Future |
| #5525, aired 2008-09-19 | MOVIES BY QUOTE $1000: "I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955 it's a little hard to come by" Back to the Future |
| #5420, aired 2008-03-14 | WE PREDICT THE FUTURE! $800: On July 20, 2010 this S. American country will kick back with some good coffee to celebrate 200 years of indep. Colombia |
| #5244, aired 2007-05-31 | CULINARY BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Chili's rib cut that stars in a Robert Zemeckis time-traveling comedy Baby Back to the Future |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | FUTURE TV LISTINGS? $400: Sweeps stunt! "George Clooney returns to bring Mark (Anthony Edwards) back from the dead" on this show ER |
| #5064, aired 2006-09-21 | QUOTHE THE FILM $2000: "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads", says Christopher Lloyd in this 1985 film Back to the Future |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | FICTIONAL MOVIES $1200: "Jaws 19" is playing at a movie theater in the first sequel of this Michael J. Fox time-traveling comedy Back to the Future |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | THE KENNEDY YEARS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads next to a rocking chair in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) Because of his bad back, President Kennedy often sat in one of his famous rocking chairs, even when meeting with this future prime minister in 1962 Indira Gandhi |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | MICHAEL J. FOX $1200: Michael made 3 "Back to the Future" films as this chronologically challenged character Marty McFly |
| #4613, aired 2004-09-29 | THE 3rd FILM IN THE SERIES $600: In a 1990 film in this series, Marty travels to 1885 to save Doc Brown Back to the Future |
| #4516, aired 2004-04-05 | DISCO IN-FILM-O $800: People of the future hoping to save the world time travel back to the disco era in "The Spirit of" this '76 |
| #4046, aired 2002-03-18 | BACK TO THE 1960s $200: Born in Georgia in 1930, he had a No. 1 hit with the future Georgia state song in 1960 Ray Charles |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | ROBOT MANIA $200: In this 1984 film a cyborg from the future travels back in time to kill Sarah Connor The Terminator |
| #3837, aired 2001-04-17 | HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST GROSSERS $100: 1985:
"Back to the Future",
"The Color Purple",
"Out of Africa" Back to the Future |
| #3673, aired 2000-07-19 | ALASKA $800 (Daily Double): One of the 3 mottos that have been featured on regular Alaskan license plates "The Last Frontier", "The Great Land", or "North to the Future" |
| #3621, aired 2000-05-08 | "BACK" WORDS $300: Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty McFly in this 1985 comedy Back to the Future |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $1000: "Death Becomes Her",
"Back to the Future",
"Forrest Gump" Robert Zemeckis |
| #3487, aired 1999-11-02 | REMEMBER THE '80s? $200: In this 1985 movie Michael J. Fox time-traveled from the 1980s to the 1950s to the 1980s Back to the Future |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | FEATURE FILM DEBUTS $200: Billy Zane's career took off after he played a bit role in this Michael J. Fox time-traveling classic Back to the Future |
| #3317, aired 1999-01-26 | "FLY" RIGHT $800: Michael J. Fox played this character in 3 "Back To The Future" films Marty McFly |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | SCI FI IDENTIFY $100: 1985:
"You've got a real attitude problem, McFly, you're a slacker" Back To The Future |
| #2948, aired 1997-05-28 | BUG NAMES $600 (Daily Double): Last name of the "Back to the Future" movie character seen here McFly |
| #2791, aired 1996-10-21 | FILM DIRECTORS $1000: This director of "Forrest Gump" also directed all 3 "Back to the Future" features Robert Zemeckis |
| #2709, aired 1996-05-16 | UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA $300: You'll careen through time & space on the thrill ride based on this trilogy of Michael J. Fox films Back to the Future |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | MOVIE DEBUTS $300: The 1980 college comedy "Midnight Madness" marked the film debut of this "Back to the Future" star Michael J. Fox |
| #2288, aired 1994-07-13 | THE MOVIES $300: Part II of this Michael J. Fox film series was nominated for a 1989 Visual Effects Oscar Back to the Future |
| #2190, aired 1994-02-25 | THE MOVIES $300: Parts II & III of this Michael J. Fox movie series were filmed at the same time Back to the Future |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | DOGS $500: The Keeshond, or barge dog, is considered the national dog of this country the Netherlands |
| #1337, aired 1990-05-29 | FANTASTIC FILMS $100: Arnold Schwarzenegger is sent back from the future to kill Linda Hamilton in this 1984 film The Terminator |
| #1325, aired 1990-05-11 | TV & FILM GIRLFRIENDS $500: In "Back to the Future Part II", she played Marty's girlfriend in 1985 & his wife in 2015 Elisabeth Shue |
| #1274, aired 1990-03-01 | FANTASTIC FILMS $100: Marty McFly traveled back to 1955 in a souped-up DeLorean in this 1985 film "Back To The Future" |
| #573, aired 1987-02-18 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: The top grossing film of 1985, not 1955 Back to the Future |
| #513, aired 1986-11-26 | TIME TRAVELERS $400: Total number of times Marty McFly travels forward or back in time in "Back to the Future" 3 times |
| #496, aired 1986-11-03 | FASHION DESIGNERS $400: In "Back to the Future", this designer's name was on Michael J. Fox's briefs Calvin Klein |
| #457, aired 1986-09-09 | SHOW BIZ BUSINESS $800: A planned water-thrill park at Disney World will be named this, reflecting 1984 film hit Splash |
| #365, aired 1986-01-31 | TRANSPORTATION $400: Michael J. Fox gets "Back to the Future" in an atomic powered version of this sports car a DeLorean |
| #357, aired 1986-01-21 | SHOW BUSINESS $100: After going "Back to the Future", this actor went back to his "Family Ties" Michael J. Fox |
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