| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | 21st CENTURY DEALS $400: This telecom co. dating back to the early days of the telephone bought DirecTV for about $50 billion AT&T |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | TV SHOWS THAT WENT FROM B&W TO COLOR $1000: The story you are about to hear is true; this cop show had a B&W run in the '50s, then came back in the '60s in color Dragnet |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $800: The DMC-12 by this maker "was heavy, underpowered... and overpriced" & didn't really go back to 1955 when it hit 88 MPH Delorean |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | GREAT BRITON $200: A tramp abroad, he moved to the U.S. in 1913, left for Europe in the '50s & was back in the U.S. in 1972 for an honorary Oscar (Charlie) Chaplin |
| #6414, aired 2012-07-05 | YOU DO KNOW JACK $1600: In "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover", it's Paul Simon's advice to Jack ""Slip Out The Back" |
| #6340, aired 2012-03-23 | WORD & PHRASE DECADES $1000: Weirdo the '50s |
| #6047, aired 2010-12-21 | LYRICS OF NO. 1 HITS $1200: 1976: "You just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don't need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free" "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" |
| #5902, aired 2010-04-20 | 2009 MLB RECAP $400: Shortly after coming back from a 50-game suspension, this Dodger hit a pinch-hit grand slam to beat the Reds Manny Ramirez |
| #5692, aired 2009-05-12 | KICKIN' IT OLD SCHOOL $200: This university 50 miles west of London dates back to the 12th century Oxford |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | LEONARD MALTIN ON DISNEY $400: (Leonard Maltin reads the clue.) The craze inspired by this TV hero in the '50s took Walt by surprise; he'd killed him off at the Alamo in episode 3, so he had to film prequels in order to bring him back Davy Crockett |
| #5060, aired 2006-09-15 | 50 CENT $1600: From 1948 to 1963 the half dollar had Ben Franklin on the front & this iconic symbol on the back the Liberty Bell |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | BACK TO THE '50s $200: The millionth U.S. soldier to die in battle since Lexington in 1775 was killed in this war on September 4, 1951 the Korean War |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | BACK TO THE '50s $400: Joakim Lehmkuhl, who made timing mechanisms for WWII bombs, introduced this watch line in 1950 Timex |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | BACK TO THE '50s $600: Introduced in 1957, this car model from Ford was not embraced by the car-buying public Edsel |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | BACK TO THE '50s $800: Sadly, this Italian liner sank on the night of July 25, 1956 the Andrea Doria |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | BACK TO THE '50s $1000: On January 27, 1951 the U.S. began atomic bomb tests in this state Nevada |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | GEEK LETTER SOCIETIES $800: ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, dates back to this decade when ENIAC came on line the '40s |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | HUGHS & CRIES $2000: "In a 1994 TV movie I was back playing Wyatt Earp, a role I did back in the '50s!" Hugh O'Brian |
| #4406, aired 2003-11-03 | "C"LOTHES $600: In the 50s it was trendy to wear this classic button-down sweater named for an Earl back to front cardigan |
| #4358, aired 2003-07-09 | '50s TV $400: Back in 1956, Philip Carey of "One Life to Live" was one of the 77th Bengal Lancers in a series set in this country India |
| #3772, aired 2001-01-16 | 50 CENTS $200: The crack on the back of the coins produced from 1948 to 1963 wasn't a design flaw, it was part of this object the Liberty Bell |
| #3261, aired 1998-11-09 | SONGS BY THE NUMBER $100: According to Paul Simon, 2 of them are "Slip out the back, Jack" & "Make a new plan, Stan" "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" |
| #2291, aired 1994-07-18 | FADS & FASHIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): A fad in the '50s was this style of music, an example of which is heard here:
"Down the way /
Where the nights are gay /
And the sun shines daily on the mountaintop /
I took a trip on a sailing ship /
And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop /
But I'm sad to say /
I'm on my way /
Won't be back for many a day /
My heart is down..." calypso |
| #2287, aired 1994-07-12 | FILMS OF THE '50s $800: Daniel Mann directed her to an Oscar in 1952's "Come Back, Little Sheba" Shirley Booth |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | THE 50 STATES $400: Many of this state's counties, including Kings & Dutchess, date back to 1683 New York |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: "I paid 50 cents to see the elephant jump the fence; he jumped so high, he touched the sky and didn't come back til'" then the Fourth of July |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | THE 50 STATES $100: Spanish explorers are believed to have visited Mobile Bay in this state back in 1519 Alabama |
| #191, aired 1985-06-03 | THE '50s $800: On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to do this in Montgomery, Alabama ride in the back of the bus (give up her seat) |
| #66, aired 1984-12-10 | LITERATURE $1,000 (Daily Double): Vowel missing from entire 50,000 word text of Ernest Wright's "Gadsby"
"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down to Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician." the letter E |
| #1, aired 1983-09-18 | LISTS $175 (Daily Double): What this Paul Simon hit lists:
"You just slip out the back, Jack /
Make a new plan, Stan /
You don't need to be coy, Roy /
Just get yourself free..." 50 ways to leave your lover |
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Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
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Vinita Kailasanath, a consultant from San Mateo, California
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Roger Craig, a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
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Christie Whitman, a former governor from New Jersey
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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
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Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
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