| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Also known as an etherophone, this boxy electronic instrument was used by The Beach Boys a theremin |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | WHAT THE "H"? $2000: The Beach Boys mentioned these Mexican sandals in "Surfin' U.S.A." huaraches |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | DIFFERENT SONGS, SAME TITLES $400: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch,
the Beach Boys
(she's giving me excitations) "Good Vibrations" |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | THREE DIGIT PRIME NUMBERS $1500: Giddy up! This Beach Boys song about a Chevy hot rod shares its title with a household cleaning product "409" |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | BANDS ACROSS THE DECADES $200: The Wilson brothers, Mike Love & Al Jardine, surfin' over '60s high notes The Beach Boys |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | REPETITIVE MUSIC $400: The Beach Boys had their share in 1964 singing, "She'll have" this, this, this "'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away" "Fun, Fun, Fun" |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $200: This '60s group loved the waves with hits like "Surfer Girl", "Surfin' Safari" & "Surfin' U.S.A." The Beach Boys |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | MUSIC BIOPIC SUBJECTS $1600: "Love & Mercy":
this genius of The Beach Boys Brian Wilson |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | LET'S GO SEE THE BAND! $800: They get around The Beach Boys |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "K"-POP $2000: Ooh I wanna take ya, but, the Beach Boys completely made up this triple-rhyme title island from a 1988 song Kokomo |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | RADIO ACTIVE $800: In the '60s the first 2 Top 40 Hits for this group had the word "Surfin"' in the title; No. 4, "Surfer" The Beach Boys |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | CAROL KAYE PLAYED BASS ON THAT $400: That's legendary session musician Carol Kaye playing bass on "Good Vibrations" & a bunch of other hits by this band The Beach Boys |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | CLASSIC ALBUMS $1200: "Smile", which stalled out as a Beach Boys album in the '60s, finally came out in 2004 as a solo release from him Brian Wilson |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | SCHOOL OF ROCK $400: In 1963 this band sang "Be True To Your School" but usually sounded like they'd rather be surfing The Beach Boys |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | BAND OF BROTHERS & SISTERS $200: Brian, Carl & Dennis Wilson The Beach Boys |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | CAP $800: From Mike Love of the Beach Boys, Daryl Dragon got the nickname "Captain Keyboard" before joining this woman in a pop duo (Toni) Tennille |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | DANCE COMPANIES $1200: For the Joffrey Ballet, Twyla Tharp created "Deuce Coupe", set to the music of this group The Beach Boys |
| #7507, aired 2017-04-11 | THEIR FIRST NO. 1 HIT $400: "I Get Around"
(1964) The Beach Boys |
| #7490, aired 2017-03-17 | "I" TUNES $1000: The Beach Boys were "gettin' bugged drivin' up & down the same old strip" in this 1964 song "I Get Around" |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | HOLIDAY ALBUMS $200: Their 1964 "Christmas Album" includes "Little Saint Nick", called a rewiring of their hit "Little Deuce Coupe" The Beach Boys |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | MAYOR GARCETTI'S LOS ANGELES $200: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Just north of Hollywood & Vine, the studios at Capitol Records have been used by Frank Sinatra, Green Day, Sam Smith & this band, who recorded their "Surfin' Safari" album in the tower the Beach Boys |
| #7225, aired 2016-01-29 | BAND WITH $800: Mike Love,
Al Jardine &
the Wilson brothers the Beach Boys |
| #7165, aired 2015-11-06 | "BOY" BANDS $200: The 2015 Brian Wilson biopic "Love & Mercy" depicts the making of this group's "Pet Sounds" The Beach Boys |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | UNITS $1000: The "409" in a Beach Boys song referred to the engine displacement in a Chevy, given in these units cubic inches |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | NO. 2 HITS $1000: The Beach Boys hit No. 2 with this girl who had them "rockin' and a-reelin'" Barbara Ann |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | A TOP 10 HIT TWICE $400: "California Girls":
The Beach Boys in 1965 & this lead singer of Van Halen in 1985 David Lee Roth |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | TEXT ME $1000: To quote the Beach Boys, GOK God only knows |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | 1988 NO. 1 HIT LYRICS $400: "Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo, we'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow" the Beach Boys |
| #6527, aired 2013-01-22 | IF THE SHOE FITS... $800: The Beach Boys' "Surfin' U.S.A." mentions these leather-thonged sandals with a Spanish name huaraches |
| #6479, aired 2012-11-15 | LEADING INTO THE SONG TITLE $800: The Beach Boys: "I wish they all could be..." "California Girls" |
| #6469, aired 2012-11-01 | NAMES IN THESE TUNES $800: The Beach Boys:
"Sloop ____ B" John |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | 50th ANNIVERSARIES IN MUSIC $400: 5 decades ago, this band invited folks on a "Surfin' Safari", an album also including "Surfin'"--we sense a theme the Beach Boys |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | ON BASS & DRUMS $200: In the '60s:
Brian Wilson &
Dennis Wilson The Beach Boys |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | KEYBOARD CATS $1200: At the 2012 Grammys the Beach Boys feted their 50th anniversary with this song-writing sibling at piano Brian Wilson |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | GOLDEN BOYS & GIRLS $2000: In 2011 she & Kerri Walsh said they'll go for a third straight beach volleyball gold in 2012 Misty May |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | THE WRECKING CREW $200: The Wrecking Crew were L.A. studio musicians who played on dozens of hits, including this band's "Good Vibrations" The Beach Boys |
| #6243, aired 2011-11-09 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $2000: Nebraska-named D-Day landing area whose album "Pet Sounds" clones Nazis in South America Omaha Beach Boys from Brazil |
| #6205, aired 2011-07-29 | TV OPENING CREDITS $2000: "God Only Knows" why season 4 of this HBO show eschewed the Beach Boys & went with the Engineers' song "Home" Big Love |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | ROCK $2000: This Beach Boys song was inspired by Brian Wilson's mom saying dogs could sense things unspoken, in the air "Good Vibrations" |
| #6042, aired 2010-12-14 | I'M DRIVING $400: In a Beach Boys song, a female driver will have "fun, fun, fun" until her daddy takes this away a T-Bird |
| #6030, aired 2010-11-26 | DEBUT ALBUMS $400: 1962:
"Surfin' Safari" The Beach Boys |
| #5962, aired 2010-07-13 | CLASSIC ROCK $400: "I Get Around" was their first #1 hit The Beach Boys |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | PRESIDENTIAL LAST NAMES $200: Beach Boys Brian, Carl & Dennis Wilson |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | THE SONGS OF BRIAN WILSON $200: One of Wilson's Beach Boys classics asks this girl to "help, help me" to get another girl "out of my heart" Rhonda |
| #5826, aired 2010-01-04 | THE SECOND TIME AROUND $800: "Barbara Ann":
The Regents in 1961, this group in 1966 The Beach Boys |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | BALLET $400: Twyla Tharp used the music of this group for the ballet "Deuce Coupe" The Beach Boys |
| #5659, aired 2009-03-26 | SONG DICHOTOMY $400: It's hard to swallow their rebellious song "I Get Around" after picturing them as loners in "In My Room" The Beach Boys |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | 1980s ROCK $800: In 1988 the Beach Boys had a No. 1 hit with this song from the Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail" "Kokomo" |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | ON THE BEACH IN RIO $600: (Jimmy reports from the beach.) Vanity Fair's September 2007 cover was "Viva Brazil", starring this model and the new girls & boys from Ipanema Gisele Bündchen |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | HITS OF THE '60s $400: Brian Wilson sang backing vocals on this duo's 1963 No. 1 hit "Surf City" Jan and Dean |
| #5362, aired 2007-12-25 | GREEK & ROMAN POTPOURRI $400: This form of ancient transport is mentioned in the Beach Boys' hit "Fun, Fun, Fun" chariot |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | TOP 40 HITMAKERS $200: "Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)" & "California Dreamin'" The Mamas & The Papas |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | MAPPING THE TOP 40 $200: In titles, The Beach Boys went "Surfin'" here & John Mellencamp told us about "R.O.C.K." here U.S.A. |
| #5314, aired 2007-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $800: Artists become eligible this long after their first release; The Beach Boys went in in 1988, Springsteen in '99 25 years |
| #5184, aired 2007-03-08 | PLACES IN SONG $1600: Their 1988 hit "Kokomo" mentions "Aruba, Jamaica, ooo I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama..." The Beach Boys |
| #5159, aired 2007-02-01 | POP GOES THE MUSICAL $200: "Surf's down", said Playbill when "Good Vibrations", a musical full of this group's songs, wiped out in 2005 The Beach Boys |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | NAME THAT TUNE $400: The Beach Boys:
"Well East Coast girls are hip, I really dig those styles they wear" "California Girls" |
| #4882, aired 2005-11-29 | THEIR FIRST BILLBOARD NO. 1 HIT $400: "I Get Around" The Beach Boys |
| #4811, aired 2005-07-04 | '60s POP MUSIC $400: The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson provided backing vocals on this duo's 1963 No. 1 hit "Surf City" Jan & Dean |
| #4518, aired 2004-04-07 | BALLET $400: In 1973 Twyla Tharp choreographed "Deuce Coupe" for the Joffrey Ballet with music by this group the Beach Boys |
| #4496, aired 2004-03-08 | NAUGHT'S LANDING $1600: For the Beach Boys, "nothing can catch" this Chevy muscle car the Chevy 409 |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | A "LITTLE" MUSIC $400: In 1983 Prince has a "Little Red Corvette"; 20 years earlier The Beach Boys had this "fastest set of wheels in town" "Little Deuce Coupe" |
| #4310, aired 2003-05-02 | ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAMERS $200: "I Get Around" was the first No. 1 hit for this California group; "Kokomo" came 24 years later The Beach Boys |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | CAR TUNES $600: This "Little" Beach Boys vehicle can "do a hundred & forty with the top end floored" "Little Deuce Coupe" |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | STATE SONGS? $200: In 1985 Carl Wilson provided backing vocals when David Lee Roth covered this Beach Boys tune "California Girls" |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | THAT GOOD OLD '60s ROCK & ROLL $800: The Beach Boys sang that this "little one" "made my heart come all undone" "Surfer Girl" |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | MISHEARD LYRICS $600: The Beach Boys:
"She's My Little Blue Scoop" "She's My Little Deuce Coupe" |
| #4055, aired 2002-03-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1600: A '70s compilation by The Beach Boys & a 1994 greatest hits CD by the "Queen of Disco" share this name Endless Summer |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | THE MOVIES $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the beach, dressed in a black wig; with Jimmy right behind her.) The tagline from this 1965 Frankie & Annette movie was "It's a game -- separate the girls & the boys into groups of two" Beach Blanket Bingo |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | BEACH BOYS $100: Crockett & Tubbs were always cruising trendy beach hotspots on this influential '80s TV series Miami Vice |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | BEACH BOYS $200: For awhile in "Beach Blanket Bingo" this actor romances Linda Evans, not Annette Frankie Avalon |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | BEACH BOYS $300: A guest house on the beachfront estate of wealthy Robin Masters is the home of this title TV detective Magnum, P.I. |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | BEACH BOYS $400: This actor rolls on the sand & in the surf with Deborah Kerr in "From Here to Eternity" Burt Lancaster |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | BEACH BOYS $500: Fred Astaire's first dramatic role was in this 1959 post-nuclear war Nevil Shute drama set partly in Australia On the Beach |
| #3889, aired 2001-06-28 | "B" IN ROCK $200: Soap star Katherine Kelly Lang was in many of this group's music videos, as the modern "California Girl" The Beach Boys |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | MUSIC OLDER THAN YOU $400: JFK was president when this California band hit the charts for the first time with "Surfin' Safari" The Beach Boys |
| #3800, aired 2001-02-23 | BRANSON, HANSON OR MANSON $300: The Beach Boys song "Never Learn Not To Love" was co-written by this man Charles Manson |
| #3798, aired 2001-02-21 | "BACK" WORDS $400 (Daily Double): Paul McCartney wrote this 1968 song as a parody of the Beach Boys' style "Back In The U.S.S.R." |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | SUMMER SONGS $100: This group's "Surfin' U.S.A." says, "We're waxing down our surfboards, we can't wait for June" The Beach Boys |
| #3692, aired 2000-09-26 | POP GOES THE BALLET $200: "Deuce Coupe" is danced to "Little Deuce Coupe", "Catch A Wave" & other songs made famous by this group The Beach Boys |
| #3547, aired 2000-01-25 | NO. 3 SONGS $400: In 1985 David Lee Roth reached No. 3 with "California Girls", 20 years after this group did the same The Beach Boys |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | CLASSIC POP $1000: The Beach Boys made "good" use of the strange musical device known as a theremin on this 1966 No. 1 hit "Good Vibrations" |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | CLASSIC POP GROUPS $100: When this group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Mike Love gave the acceptance speech The Beach Boys |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | MR. MIKE $300: He became the lead vocalist of the Beach Boys in 1961 Mike Love |
| #3263, aired 1998-11-11 | READING, WRITING & ROCK & ROLL $500: This 1963 Beach Boys hit featured cheerleading by the Honeys "Be True To Your School" |
| #3257, aired 1998-11-03 | "GOOD" TIMES $400: This groovy song was a Top 10 hit for the Beach Boys in 1966 "Good Vibrations" |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | ROCK SINGERS $200: This group's Brian Wilson adapted Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" as "Surfin' USA" The Beach Boys |
| #3121, aired 1998-03-09 | "B" GIRLS $400: She had the ba-ba-ba-Beach Boys "rockin' and a-reelin'" in a 1966 hit Barbara Ann |
| #3102, aired 1998-02-10 | TOP 40 BONUS $1200: "California Girls" The Beach Boys & David Lee Roth |
| #3083, aired 1998-01-14 | CAR TUNES $1,500 (Daily Double): Model of car mentioned in the song heard here: T-Bird (Thunderbird) |
| #3060, aired 1997-12-12 | SOME MORE SIMIAN CINEMA $100: When this Mouseketeer starred in "The Monkey's Uncle", she sang the title tune with The Beach Boys Annette Funicello |
| #3021, aired 1997-10-20 | ROCK 'N' ROLL $800: Michael McDonald was a member of Steely Dan before joining this group in 1975 The Doobie Brothers |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | SONGS $1000: The title of this wistful Beach Boys song is also the title of Brian Wilson's autobiography "Wouldn't It Be Nice?" |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | POP MUSIC $300: Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean sang on this group's 1966 hit "Barbara Ann" The Beach Boys |
| #2716, aired 1996-05-27 | 1960s NO. 1 HITS $100: "Good Vibrations" in 1966 was this group's last No. 1 hit of the '60s The Beach Boys |
| #2682, aired 1996-04-09 | POP MUSIC $500: While touring with The Beach Boys, she was cast in a major role in "To Sir With Love" Lulu |
| #1874, aired 1992-10-29 | COUNTRY SINGERS $300: A year before he recorded "By The Time I Get to Phoenix", he played guitar on the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" Glen Campbell |
| #1717, aired 1992-02-04 | POP MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): This group got its 2nd No. 1 hot when the following topped the Beatles' "Ticket To Ride":
"Help me, Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda / Help me, Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda / Help me, Rhonda, help, help..." The Beach Boys |
| #1713, aired 1992-01-29 | GIRLS IN SONG $100: She had the Beach Boys "rockin' and a-rollin', rockin' and a-reelin'" Barbara Ann |
| #1663, aired 1991-11-20 | BALLET $200: "Deuce Coupe" by Twyla Tharp features the music of this band, including its "Little Deuce Coupe" The Beach Boys |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | MUSIC OF THE '90s $300: '90s group featuring children of The Mamas & The Papas & the Beach Boys Wilson Phillips |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | POP MUSIC $300: Bobby Freeman, The Beach Boys & Bette Midler all had Top 20 hits with a song that asked, "Do You Want To" do this dance |
| #1413, aired 1990-10-24 | "SOUTHERN" $200: According to The Beach Boys, "With the way they talk, they knock me out when I'm down there" Southern girls |
| #1364, aired 1990-07-05 | PIANISTS $200: Mike Love dubbed him "The Captain" when he played keyboards for the Beach Boys Daryl Dragon |
| #1301, aired 1990-04-09 | NAME'S THE SAME $200: A Scottish engineer & inventor, or the interior sec'y famous for his "Beach Boys" gaffe James Watt |
| #1261, aired 1990-02-12 | MUSIC VIDEOS $500: People Magazine says they "approach the Beach Boys at their best" on their "Cosmic Thing" video B-52's |
| #1250, aired 1990-01-26 | SONGS OF THE '60S $500 (Daily Double): Group heard here who had their 1st No. 1 hit a year before the Beach Boys:
"Two girls for every boy... I've got a '34 wagon..." Jan & Dean ("Surf City") |
| #1217, aired 1989-12-12 | FROM THE TOP $300: "I-I love the colorful clothes she wears" "Good Vibrations" |
| #957, aired 1988-11-01 | SEA SONGS $100: According to the Beach Boys, "If ev'rybody had an ocean across the U.S.A., then ev'rybody'd be" doing this "Surfin' U.S.A." |
| #949, aired 1988-10-20 | POP SINGERS $100: Jan & Dean's hit "Surf City" was co-written by Brian Wilson of this group, known for surfing songs The Beach Boys |
| #910, aired 1988-07-15 | THE BEATLES $1,400 (Daily Double): As The Beach Boys loved "California Girls", The Beatles loved the women of Georgia in this song "Back In The U.S.S.R." |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | AWARDS $600: In 1988, they became the 1st pop group to get the American Music Awards' Award of Merit The Beach Boys |
| #879, aired 1988-06-02 | '60s SONGS $300: In July 1963, they hit #1 with "Surf City" a year before the Beach Boys had their 1st #1 hit Jan and Dean |
| #855, aired 1988-04-29 | ROCK RECORDS $400: Only American group to have 5 consecutive singles, all in the '60s, go to #1 The Supremes |
| #818, aired 1988-03-09 | "CALIFORNIA" SONGS $100: "Though East Coast girls are hip," the Beach Boys wished "'they all could be" these "California Girls" |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | "WISH"FUL SONG $1,000 (Daily Double): 3 of The Beach Boys did backup vocals on this Chicago hit:
"And I'd like to change my life, and you know I would / Just to be with you tonight..." "Wishing You Were Here" |
| #714, aired 1987-10-15 | ROCK 'N' ROLL TRIVIA $200: This group, at first named The Pendletons, included brothers named Brian, Dennis & Carl The Beach Boys |
| #597, aired 1987-03-24 | "DO"s & "DON'T"s $400: Bobby Freeman asked this in 1958, the Beach Boys in 1965, & Bette Midler in 1973 "Do You Wanna Dance?" |
| #502, aired 1986-11-11 | DANCE $800 (Daily Double): Twyla Tharp "car"eographed a ballet to this Beach Boys hit: "Little Deuce Coupe" |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | "LITTLE" SONGS $200: It was Jan & Dean, not the Beach Boys, who made it a hit in 1964 "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" |
| #443, aired 1986-05-21 | DANCE $400: Twyla Tharp's 1973 ballet titled "Deuce Coupe" featured this group's music the Beach Boys |
| #433, aired 1986-05-07 | GIRLS IN SONG $200: Hit for the Regents in '61 & the Beach Boys in '66, which began, "Bah-bah-bah" "Barbara Ann" |
| #381, aired 1986-02-24 | MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY $200: Though "the Midwest farmers' daughters...make you feel alright", The Beach Boys prefer these California girls |
| #374, aired 1986-02-13 | #1 SONGS $200: Led by Diana Ross, this group had 12 chart-toppers, 10 more than the Beach Boys the Supremes |
| #357, aired 1986-01-21 | SURFING $1,800 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 Top-20 hits The Beach Boys sang with "Surfin'" or "Surfer" in the title (2 of) "Surfin' USA", "Surfin' Safari", or "Surfer Girl" |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | CARS IN SONG $100: According to the Beach Boys, "She'll have fun, fun, fun 'til her daddy takes" this car "away" a T-Bird |
| #288, aired 1985-10-16 | GIRLS IN SONG $300: Girl to whom the Beach Boys pleaded, "help me get her out of my heart" Rhonda |
| #286, aired 1985-10-14 | POP MUSIC $200: Like The Beach Boys before him, he sings the praises of "California Girls" David Lee Roth |
| #188, aired 1985-05-29 | "BARBARA"s $300: In '66, she sent the Beach Boys a-rockin' & a-reelin' "Barbara Ann" |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | U.S. BEACHES $300: "Where the boys" were in '60 & again in '84 Ft. Lauderdale |
| #148, aired 1985-04-03 | SCHOOL DAYS $600 (Daily Double): According to title of 1963 Beach Boys' hit, what you should do if someone puts down your school "Be True To Your School" |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | TRIVIA $100: Interior sec'y Watt barred this singing group from D.C. July 4th shindig the Beach Boys |
| #11, aired 1984-09-24 | STATES IN SONG $200: According to Beach Boys' hit, state with the cutest girls in the world California |
