| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT $1600: This Back to Africa promoter was an icon depicted on Chicago's now destroyed Wall of Respect, designed by BAM artists (Marcus) Garvey |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | MR. OR MRS. SONG $800: Rapper Nas, aka Nasir Jones, claims to be the inspiration for this woman's "Me & Mr. Jones" from "Back to Black" Winehouse |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | A LOOK BACK $800: Outraging many whites, in 1901, Teddy Roosevelt invited this eminent Black educator to dine with him at the White House Booker T. Washington |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | HORSE, HOG, OR DOG $1500: The large black
&
the large white hog |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | FUN & GAMES $400: Black & white pieces in this game are often called stones, which you want to get back home & then "bear off" to win the game backgammon |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | READING WITH JENNA BUSH HAGER $400: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) One of my club picks for 2023 is "Black Candle Women" by Diane Marie Brown, about four generations of women who live under one roof & have a big secret--a love curse relating to a Voodoo sorceress in this Southern city that links the story back to the 1950s New Orleans |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $2000: Her novel "Kindred" tells of Dana, a young Black woman who is transported from the 1970s back in time to the pre-Civil War South (Octavia E.) Butler |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $1200: An Alabama historic site invites you to journey back to the 1940s & learn about this group of Black military aviators the Tuskegee Airmen (or Red Tails) |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | HISTORICAL MOVEMENTS $5,000 (Daily Double): The first of several of these movements took 38 Black individuals from the U.S. to Sierra Leone in 1815 the back-to-Africa movement |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | SONGS FROM THE HIT ALBUM $1000: "Rehab" &
"You Know I'm No Good" Back to Black |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE 1960s $2000: In 1964 he was called back to Moscow from a Black Sea holiday & told he was no longer in charge in the USSR Khrushchev |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | OUR BRAND'S ON THAT $1600: The 2600 "Video Computer System" for gaming, with a switch to select color or black-&-white TV Atari |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | THE MANY MUSICS OF MARK RONSON $800: (Mark Ronson delivers the clue.) A collaboration that changed both our lives started when I asked this artist how she wanted the album "Back to Black" to sound & she played me the '60s girl group the Shangri-Las Amy Winehouse |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | DEEP CUTS $1600: "Some Unholy War" is waged on "Back To Black" by this soulful British singer Amy Winehouse |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1919, as part of his Back to Africa plan, Marcus Garvey founded this, contrasting with the name of a British ship line the Black Star Line |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | ALBUMS $1200: "You go back to her" but Amy Winehouse goes elsewhere on this title track "Back To Black" |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | BACK TO BLACK $200: Despite the color, the aeronautical object seen here is commonly called this a black box |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | BACK TO BLACK $400: In 2018 the CDC reported "prevalence of black lung continues to increase among" these workers coal miners |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | BACK TO BLACK $600: Announcing the first iPhone, Steve Jobs wore his trademark black shirt of this style turtleneck |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | BACK TO BLACK $800: Germans enjoy a sandwich of this black bread, slathered with lard, between 2 slices of rye pumpernickel |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | BACK TO BLACK $1000: Netflix' "Black Mirror" released an Emmy-winning interactive movie in 2018 with this title out of "Jabberwocky" Bandersnatch |
| #8081, aired 2019-10-28 | HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS $400: It's said these 2 colors trace back to the festival of Samhain, one representing death & the other the autumn harvest orange & black |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | BACK TO BASICS $1200: The timeless line "when in doubt, go basic" this appeared in a 2017 Vogue feature black |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS $1600: The Badlands in South Dakota are home to the black-footed type of this weasel, back from the brink of extinction ferrets |
| #7762, aired 2018-05-15 | MUSIC $800: Their song "Back In Black" was a tribute to lead singer Bon Scott, who had just died AC/DC |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER $2000: This band's Black Francis said of reunions, "This ain't about the art anymore...now it's time to talk about the money" the Pixies |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | BACK IN BLACK $600: It went from filing for bankruptcy in 2011 to merging with U.S. Airways & becoming the world's largest airline in 2014 American Airlines |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | BACK IN BLACK $1000: U.S. taxpayers ponied up $180 billion to rescue this 3-letter insurance co., but got it all back, plus a profit AIG |
| #6963, aired 2014-12-17 | PLATINUM BANDS $800: Sales of "Back in Black" continue to jolt these rockers AC/DC |
| #6941, aired 2014-11-17 | IN BLACK & WHITE $1200: This film about 2 escaped convicts, one black & one white, won an Oscar for best black & white cinematography The Defiant Ones |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | STATE SONGS $1200: Black composer James Bland, born in 1854, wrote the onetime state song "Carry Me Back To" here Old Virginny |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | THE "BLACK"LIST $1600: "Rehab" was the lead single from this Amy Winehouse album Back to Black |
| #6447, aired 2012-10-02 | WHOSE ALBUM? $1600: 2006:
"Back to Black" Amy Winehouse |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | FADE TO "BLACK" $400: It's not church bells but "Hells Bells" that opens this AC/DC album Back in Black |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH $2,400 (Daily Double): A vessel called this historic ship "of Liberia" left the U.S. in February 1820 carrying free blacks back to Africa the Mayflower |
| #6180, aired 2011-06-24 | COVER BANDS $2000: Perhaps "Back In Black", Live Wire "Shook Me All Night Long" with its tribute to this hard rock group AC/DC |
| #5943, aired 2010-06-16 | IMMANUEL CAN'T... $600: No, Immanuel can't return to the soccer game; he got one of these cards, his first ever & is not allowed back a red card |
| #5437, aired 2008-04-08 | SONGFUL WOMEN $800: Her management wanted her to go to "Rehab", so she fired them & sang about it on "Back to Black" Amy Winehouse |
| #5346, aired 2007-12-03 | COFFEE BREAK $800: This brand's origins date back to 1932, when William Black turned his chain of nut shops into coffee shops Chock Full o'Nuts |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | MONSTER MASH $1000: Jack Black brings this monster back to 1933 New York City in a 2005 Peter Jackson film King Kong |
| #5050, aired 2006-07-21 | BACK IN "BLACK" $200: You won't need 21 guesses to name this rhyming type of short, leather-covered club a blackjack |
| #5050, aired 2006-07-21 | BACK IN "BLACK" $400: The scientific name of this medium-sized animal is Ursus americanus, if "medium-sized" means weighing up to 600 lbs. a black bear |
| #4527, aired 2004-04-20 | BACK IN "BLACK" $600: From an item once used as a ballot, it means to exclude someone socially, or vote against him for membership blackball |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | NOTED BLACK AMERICANS $800: On Dec. 1st, 1955, 4 blacks were asked to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery; 3 did, she didn't Rosa Parks |
| #4285, aired 2003-03-28 | TRANSPORTATION $400: To shield them from impact, the flight recorders nicknamed these are installed in the back of the plane black boxes |
| #3865, aired 2001-05-25 | HARD ROCK CAFE $100: These rockers conquered the world with albums like "High Voltage", "Highway to Hell" & "Back in Black" AC/DC |
| #3406, aired 1999-05-31 | THE JACKSON FIVE $1000: In October 1973 he became the first black mayor of Atlanta, Georgia Maynard Jackson |
| #3284, aired 1998-12-10 | BLACK PROFILES IN COURAGE $1000: Deputy U.S. marshal Bass Reeves brought outlaws back to trial in this Arkansas "fort" Fort Smith |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | BLACK AMERICA $200: This state song of Virginia was written by black composer James A. Bland "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | HOUSES $500: In a song from 1933, it's the type of house I want to go back to in Kealakekua, Hawaii a little black shack |
| #1305, aired 1990-04-13 | FLAGS $1000: The black, red & gold of their flags date back to the Holy Roman Empire Germany |
| #789, aired 1988-01-28 | COMPOSERS $600: Black composer James A. Bland, born in NYC in 1854, wrote this state song of Virginia "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny" |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | LIGHT $500: To get back in the gym at the junior prom, hold your stamped hand under one of these lights black light (ultraviolet) |
| #460, aired 1986-09-12 | THE SOUTH IN SONG $100: Black minstrel song writer James Bland wanted to be carried back to there Old Virginny |
| #397, aired 1986-03-18 | DOUBLE TALK $500: Spas in this German town in the Black Forest date back to Roman times Baden-Baden |
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