#8852, aired 2023-04-18 | OK MILLENNIAL $600: Tulsa-born Taylor Hanson was just 14 when his band of brothers hit No. 1 with this 1997 smash "MMMBop" |
#8833, aired 2023-03-22 | MAKING MUSIC $400: Backing band the Funk Brothers were the subject of the documentary "Standing in the Shadows of" this Detroit record label Motown |
#8681, aired 2022-07-11 | FAMILIAL PHRASES $2000: This phrase from Shakespeare's "Henry V" now refers to any close-knit group, not just a military unit band of brothers |
#8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $600: We won't dance around it--this band! at the 2019 show made their ma proud & lived up to the chorus of a hit tune
"Hey look ma, I made it /
Hey look ma, I made it..." Panic! at the Disco |
#8600, aired 2022-03-18 | EASY PEASY $600: This HBO miniseries recounted the daunting history of Easy Company, the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Band of Brothers |
#8599, aired 2022-03-17 | IRISH NAME DERIVATIONS $1000: This last name means "lover of foreigners"--but sadly for the brothers in the band Oasis, not "lover of people in my family" Gallagher |
#8566, aired 2022-01-31 | FROM BOOK TO TV $200 (Daily Double): "Bastogne" was an episode of this war-set miniseries based on Stephen Ambrose's book Band of Brothers |
#8519, aired 2021-11-25 | THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU $400: The Righteous Brothers sang that "Rock And Roll" this place has a "hell of a band", including Otis & Janis Heaven |
#8434, aired 2021-07-01 | 'TIS SHAKESPEARE $1200: The rousing "Band of Brothers" speech in this play takes place before the Battle of Agincourt Henry V |
#8313, aired 2021-01-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Office supply item made by Alliance that was a World War II TV miniseries about the U.S. Army's Easy Company rubber band of Brothers |
#8146, aired 2020-01-27 | HIT MUSIC OF TODAY $800: This band was "Only Human" as a hitmaker in 2019, its humans being Kevin, Joe & Nick the Jonas Brothers |
#8013, aired 2019-06-12 | THE MADDEN CROWD $2000: "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" Madden brothers Benji & Joel included starting this band Good Charlotte |
#7948, aired 2019-03-13 | THE BEST "OF" TV $1200: A line from "Henry V" gave this 2001 HBO miniseries about a WWII army unit its title Band of Brothers |
#7684, aired 2018-01-25 | BAND OF BROTHERS & SISTERS $200: Brian, Carl & Dennis Wilson The Beach Boys |
#7684, aired 2018-01-25 | BAND OF BROTHERS & SISTERS $400: Ann & Nancy Wilson Heart |
#7684, aired 2018-01-25 | BAND OF BROTHERS & SISTERS $600: Kevin, Joe & Nick the Jonas Brothers |
#7684, aired 2018-01-25 | BAND OF BROTHERS & SISTERS $800: Country music's Kimberly, Reid & Neil The Band Perry |
#7684, aired 2018-01-25 | BAND OF BROTHERS & SISTERS $1000: Scottish twins Craig & Charlie Reid, who "would walk 500 miles" The Proclaimers |
#7573, aired 2017-07-12 | TURN ON YOUR HEAVY METAL DEFECTOR $800: Whether he got canned or he quit, as of '96, Sammy Hagar was no longer the voice of this band of 2 brothers Van Halen |
#7420, aired 2016-12-09 | YOU MAD, BRO? $800: In 2009 the Mirror reported the Gallagher brothers of this "Wonderwall" band "only communicate by web insults" Oasis |
#7414, aired 2016-12-01 | "ROCK" IT TO ME $2000: The Righteous Brothers hit No. 3 in 1974 with this tune about a place with "a hell of a band" including Jimi, Janis & Otis "Rock And Roll Heaven" |
#7315, aired 2016-06-03 | TV IN ALL FORMS $2000: The 101st Airborne's Easy Company didn't have it so easy in this 2001 miniseries set during World War II Band of Brothers |
#7196, aired 2015-12-21 | NOPE, NOT BORN IN AUSTRALIA $1000: The British Isles was the birthplace of the Disco kings of the '70s, this band of brothers the Bee Gees |
#7163, aired 2015-11-04 | BATTLES $800: In Shakespeare, before this battle Henry V rallies his troops, calling them "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Agincourt |
#7127, aired 2015-09-15 | RECORD OF THE YEAR GRAMMYS $1200: Get fired up for the song heard here, which in 1979 won the Grammy for this band The Doobie Brothers |
#7056, aired 2015-04-27 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: This Laura Hillenbrand bestseller is subtitled "A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption" Unbroken |
#6912, aired 2014-10-07 | MEN OF FEW WORDS $1000: In Shakespeare this phrase follows "We few, we happy few, we..." band of brothers |
#6912, aired 2014-10-07 | LEAD SINGER OF THE BAND $1600: For much of the '80s & '90s, Michael McDonald The Doobie Brothers |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | BAND OF BROTHERS $200: Boy banders: Drew & Nick Lachey 98 Degrees |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | BAND OF BROTHERS $400: MMMBoppers Isaac, Taylor & Zac, who released a new album, "Anthem", in 2013 Hanson |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | BAND OF BROTHERS $600: In the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Dave & Ray Davies The Kinks |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | BAND OF BROTHERS $800: Grammy-winning indie rockers out of Canada: Win & William Butler Arcade Fire |
#6872, aired 2014-07-01 | BAND OF BROTHERS $1000: Big in the '60s & early '70s: John & Tom Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival |
#6821, aired 2014-04-21 | THE CREW $1000: The book title "Band of Brothers" is from the St. Crispin's Day speech by this Shakespearean king Henry V |
#6484, aired 2012-11-22 | HANKS GIVING $1200: Executive producer Hanks gave us this 2010 miniseries about Marines in WWII, with episodes set in Iwo Jima & Okinawa The Pacific |
#6462, aired 2012-10-23 | THE ENGLISH BEAT $2,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram of the Battle of Agincourt on the monitor.) At the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, French cavalry charged across a muddy field & were cut down in waves by English archers, leading to an overwhelming victory for this king & his band of brothers Henry V |
#6420, aired 2012-07-13 | GUMBO $800: Last name of brothers Jimmy & Tommy, who formed a big band orchestra popular in the 1930s Dorsey |
#6397, aired 2012-06-12 | AMBROSE-IA $800: This book by Stephen Ambrose covers the heroic WWII doings of Easy Company, 506th regiment Band of Brothers |
#6384, aired 2012-05-24 | WE BAND OF BROTHERS $200: Last name of brothers Barry, Robin & Maurice of Bee Gees fame Gibb |
#6384, aired 2012-05-24 | WE BAND OF BROTHERS $400: Brothers Jonny & Colin Greenwood formed this band with Thom Yorke while students at Oxford Radiohead |
#6384, aired 2012-05-24 | WE BAND OF BROTHERS $600: Mike Kroeger & this half-brother of his are in the post-grunge group Nickelback Chad Kroeger |
#6384, aired 2012-05-24 | WE BAND OF BROTHERS $800: Little Richard inducted this R&B vocal trio of brothers into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame The Isley Brothers |
#6384, aired 2012-05-24 | WE BAND OF BROTHERS $1000: Isaac Slade's brother Caleb was asked to leave this band, inspiring its 2005 "Over My Head (Cable Car)" The Fray |
#6200, aired 2011-07-22 | STORY WITHIN A STORY $1200: Shakespeare: "we few, we happy few, we" this Stephen Ambrose book & miniseries Band of Brothers |
#6125, aired 2011-04-08 | 21st CENTURY MUSIC $1000: Brothers Chad & Mike Kroeger make up half of this rock band Nickelback |
#6069, aired 2011-01-20 | SIBLINGS OF SONG $2000: Last name of brothers Eddie & Alex, who lent that name to a hard rock band in 1974 Van Halen |
#5967, aired 2010-07-20 | BIG "BROTHER" $1000: The title of this WWII-set miniseries is also a phrase from Shakespeare's "Henry V" Band of Brothers |
#5935, aired 2010-06-04 | WITH BROTHERHOOD $800: 2 motorcycle accidents, a year apart & 3 blocks from each other, claimed 2 lives of this "Ramblin' Man" band the Allman Brothers |
#5935, aired 2010-06-04 | WITH BROTHERHOOD $1000: The Dust Brothers produced this sibling band's "Middle Of Nowhere" which featured "MMMBop" Hanson |
#5766, aired 2009-10-12 | WAR FILMS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Normandy American Cemetery in France.) Of the band of brothers here at the Normandy American Cemetery, 33 are side-by-side with their actual brothers, including Preston & Robert Niland, who inspired this Tom Hanks film Saving Private Ryan |
#5683, aired 2009-04-29 | NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY $1000: "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother" Henry V |
#5674, aired 2009-04-16 | BAND OF BROTHERS $400: This band of brothers was featured in Disney Channel's 2008 movie "Camp Rock" the Jonas Brothers |
#5674, aired 2009-04-16 | BAND OF BROTHERS $800: Identical twins Joel & Benji Madden formed this "Good" group in 1996 Good Charlotte |
#5674, aired 2009-04-16 | BAND OF BROTHERS $1200: You might want to put a "Wonderwall" between this group's Liam & Noel Gallagher, who always fight Oasis |
#5674, aired 2009-04-16 | BAND OF BROTHERS $1600: An Australian band called the Farriss Brothers got this new name & hit the Top 40 with songs like "Devil Inside" INXS |
#5674, aired 2009-04-16 | BAND OF BROTHERS $2000: Don of these "Bye Bye Love" bros is 2 years older than Phil The Everly Brothers |
#5617, aired 2009-01-27 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $600: "Band of Brothers" actor Wahlberg & Madame Curie Donny & Marie |
#5490, aired 2008-06-20 | BIG BROTHERS $1200: Dave Davies of this band hasn't always looked up to big brother Ray as they're known for fighting on stage The Kinks |
#5309, aired 2007-10-11 | TV 4 U $600: It's the name of the Nick-TV "band" featuring Nat & Alex Wolff The Naked Brothers Band |
#5301, aired 2007-10-01 | WAR STARS $4,000 (Daily Double): A different band of brothers took to the air when Cuba Gooding Jr. & Laurence Fishburne starred in this TV movie The Tuskegee Airmen |
#5233, aired 2007-05-16 | THE DAN BAND $400: The Blues Brothers, the duo of John Belushi & him, hit the charts with "Soul Man" Dan Aykroyd |
#5223, aired 2007-05-02 | HISTORICAL TV $2000: Part One of this military miniseries saw David Schwimmer treating his WWII paratroopers harshly Band of Brothers |
#5145, aired 2007-01-12 | 5 BANDS $400: 2 members of this '70s "Ramblin' Man" band died in bike crashes, a year apart & within 3 blocks of each other The Allman Brothers Band |
#4766, aired 2005-05-02 | POP CULTURE $600: Neal McDonough was drafted to play Lt. Buck Compton in this WWII miniseries co-produced by Steven Spielberg Band of Brothers |
#4647, aired 2004-11-16 | MUSIC ON MY iPOD $600: This band of brothers started their career in their dad's band
"I been lost in my own place and I'm gettin' weary..." Los Lonely Boys |
#4355, aired 2003-07-04 | FRIENDS IN FILMS $600: "Band of Brothers" on HBO David Schwimmer |
#4349, aired 2003-06-26 | JIMMY JAM $1000: And now an update...this "Saturday Night Live" regular also appeared in HBO's "Band of Brothers" Jimmy Fallon |
#4265, aired 2003-02-28 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $800: 2 hard-living Mancunian brothers are the core of this band heard here Oasis |
#4177, aired 2002-10-29 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: The Beatles' 1967 album that was a 2001 WWII miniseries on HBO Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band of Brothers |
#4024, aired 2002-02-14 | AMERICAN HEROES $800: The real WWII heroes of the 101st Airborne came to TV in this 2001 HBO series Band of Brothers |
#3026, aired 1997-10-27 | BROTHERLY ROCK $200: Brothers Eddie & Alex, who formed the core of this band, were born in the Netherlands Van Halen |
#835, aired 1988-04-01 | ANIMAL GROUPS $400: A group of elks, or a group formed by the Dalton brothers a gang |