| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | JAZZ' GREAT DAY IN HARLEM $1600: Gene, Gene the drumming machine, he was one quarter of an amazing quartet with Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson & Benny Goodman (Gene) Krupa |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | WHERE THERE'S A WILL $200: Not very frugal, but romantic: Jack Benny left provisions for the delivery of one of these flowers to his widow every day (one long-stemmed) rose |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | FAMOUS OBJECTS $1200: The National Museum of American History has this great swing bandleader's clarinet, though probably not his corset & pen (Benny) Goodman |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | "B" GIRLS $1000: This "Empress of the Blues" performed with Benny Goodman & Louis Armstrong, among others Bessie Smith |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NAME GAME $1000: 16th century queen of Scotland + last name = this actress who plays Joon in 1993's "Benny & Joon" Mary Stuart Masterson |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | ALSO A BROADWAY MUSICAL $1200: Last name of Willy & Benny, early 1900s New York City delicatessen entrepreneurs Katz |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | ROYALTY AROUND US $1000: A 1938 performance by this "King of Swing" with his band marked one of the first-ever major integrated concerts (Benny) Goodman |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | THE B.G.s $800: In 1986 big band legend Benny Goodman spent his last hours of life practicing Brahms on this instrument the clarinet |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | FEDORA $800: We wonder if this famously stingy comedian paid a lot for that swell hat Jack Benny |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | NOT CLOSE ENOUGH FOR JAZZ $1000: So close--Benny Goodman's percussive prince wasn't Dean Cooper but rather this Gene Krupa |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | FOREWORDS $800: In a foreword to "The Big Bands", this legendary singer said, "My greatest teacher was...Tommy Dorsey...on the trombone" Frank Sinatra |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $1200: This jazz clarinetist was known as the "King of Swing" Benny Goodman |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1600: Much of this Maeve Binchy novel covers the teen years of Irish gal pals Benny Hogan & Eve Malone Circle of Friends |
| #7451, aired 2017-01-23 | QUIZINE $200: In radio ads back in the day, Kate Smith & Jack Benny both pitched this trademarked jiggly dessert Jell-O |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | SCHTICK $2000: To the command "Your money or your life", this comic paused, then responded, "I'm thinking" Jack Benny |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | PICTURES THE WORD $400: Benny Goodman & Miles Davis had this job a bandleader |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | VILLAINS IN THE COMICS $1600: This dick sent Benny the Grip to prison in 1955 Dick Tracy |
| #7117, aired 2015-07-21 | THE NON‑DEPRESSING 1930s $800: His 1935 performance
at the Palomar ballroom
in Los Angeles
kicked off the swing era Benny Goodman |
| #7016, aired 2015-03-02 | AMERICAN MUSIC $800: Nobody rocked this single-reed instrument like king of swing Benny Goodman the clarinet |
| #6841, aired 2014-05-19 | DISNEY FILM VOICES $1600: Bandleader & longtime Jack Benny associate Phil Harris voiced this bear in 1967's "The Jungle Book" Baloo |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | KINGS OF MUSIC $1600: Benny Goodman was the "King of Swing" & country's bob wills was the "King of" this type of "Swing" Western |
| #6759, aired 2014-01-23 | THE BIG BAND THEORY $800: Lionel Hampton said this clarinet "King" "opened the door for Jackie Robinson" by integrating his popular band Benny Goodman |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | PLAY THAT FIDDLE $1200: Dubbed "king of the one-liners", this comedian began his career as a violinist & used the instrument in his stand-up act Henny "Take my wife, please" Youngman |
| #6681, aired 2013-10-07 | BAND/NAMES $400: Anni-Frid, Benny, Bjorn & Agnetha... Get it? ABBA |
| #6449, aired 2012-10-04 | BULLS & BEARS $1000: In the late 1960s this Chicago Bulls mascot became the first mascot to roam the sidelines of an NBA game Benny the Bull |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON $400: Johnny started his 30-year run as host on Oct. 1, 1962 with this "You Bet Your Life" comedian introducing him Groucho Marx |
| #6426, aired 2012-07-23 | WHO'S THE "MAN"? $1200: In the 1940s Aaron Copland was commissioned by this man to write a clarinet concerto (Benny) Goodman |
| #6408, aired 2012-06-27 | HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW $600: Hill's Angels were the scantily clad women on this Brit's sketch-comedy show Benny Hill |
| #6333, aired 2012-03-14 | AMERICAN FOOD $600: Benny & Clovis Martin are credited with creating this New Orleans version of a hero or sub sandwich back in the 1920s a po' boy |
| #6240, aired 2011-11-04 | THAT'S THE CHICAGO WAY! $600: Benny Goodman learned to play his clarinet at this alliterative Chicago landmark co-founded by Jane Addams Hull House |
| #6223, aired 2011-10-12 | "GOOD" PEOPLE $800: In 1934 this jazz clarinetist formed his first big band, featuring drummer Gene Krupa & Bunny Berigan on trumpet Benny Goodman |
| #6200, aired 2011-07-22 | RHYMING NICKNAMES $400: Gene Krupa dubbed Benny Goodman this the King of Swing |
| #6132, aired 2011-04-19 | FROM U.S. TO USSR $200: In 1962 this clarinetist decided to swing over to the Soviet Union & record a few concerts there Benny Goodman |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $800: He popularized the term "swing" by composing "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" Duke Ellington |
| #5860, aired 2010-02-19 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $1200: 1993:
"Benny &" this sister Joon |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | JAZZ ODYSSEY $800: May 30, 2009 would have been the 100th birthday of this clarinetist & "King of Swing" Benny Goodman |
| #5682, aired 2009-04-28 | "B" FORE & AFTER $600: Place to enjoy a pint of the local brewpub |
| #5682, aired 2009-04-28 | FICTIONAL MUNCHIES $600: Everlasting Gobstoppers first appeared in this 1964 Roald Dahl work Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| #5682, aired 2009-04-28 | ALEX ROCKS IN CONCERT $800: Throwing under-garments on stage is fine; I just wish they weren't men's briefs like this Michael Jordan-endorsed brand Hanes |
| #5682, aired 2009-04-28 | OPERAS BY CHARACTERS $2000: 1892: Tonio & Beppe, a couple of clowns Pagliacci |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | THE MUSIC MAN'S INSTRUMENT $800: Benny Goodman clarinet |
| #5530, aired 2008-09-26 | ALWAYS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER $800: On Sept. 13, 1953 Marilyn Monroe made her network TV debut on this stingy comedian's program Jack Benny |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | THE MISFITS $1000: He's the bawdy British TV misfit & comic genius seen here Benny Hill |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | HOT CROSS PUNS $800: It's why it's tough to locate clarinetist Benny or Roseanne's co-star John A Goodman [good man] is hard to find |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | JAZZ HANDS $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew sits at the kit.) The use of the floor tom was popularized by this drummer, especially with Benny Goodman on "Sing, Sing, Sing" Gene Krupa |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY $1600: (Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.) Rochester! Did you know that in 1953 I played this comic as a boy on his self-titled TV "Program"? Jack Benny |
| #5244, aired 2007-05-31 | BEFORE $400: Before Kenny G & Wynton Marsalis there was this swinging guy seen here Benny Goodman |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | STATES OF THE UNION $3,300 (Daily Double): 13-year-old Benny Benson's winning design for this state's flag included the Big Dipper Alaska |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING $1000: Cool, Daddy-O! The 1939 autobiography by this bandleader was titled "The Kingdom of Swing" Benny Goodman |
| #5030, aired 2006-06-23 | THOSE FUNNY BRITS $400: Born Alfred Hawthorn Hill, he earned legions of fans with his TV show featuring skits, songs & hot babes Benny Hill |
| #5013, aired 2006-05-31 | ALL THAT JAZZ $400: The instrument seen here was played by this swingin' bandleader who was at home with classical too Benny Goodman |
| #5008, aired 2006-05-24 | NAME THAT COMEDIAN $600: "Now cut that out!" Jack Benny |
| #5002, aired 2006-05-16 | RADIO $1200: Can't forget the sponsor--Jack Benny's opening line wasn't "Hello again" but this dessert "again" Jell-O |
| #4991, aired 2006-05-01 | CHAMPS OF THE SQUARE CIRCLE $800: In real life it was the nickname of welterweight champ Benny Paret; in the movies, of the "Galahad" played by Elvis "Kid" |
| #4979, aired 2006-04-13 | YOU DO KNOW JACK $200: This popular radio & TV comedian began in vaudeville at the age of 17 as a violinist Jack Benny |
| #4857, aired 2005-10-25 | ABBA-SOLUTELY FABULOUS $200: Made up of Frida Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson, ABBA hails from this country Sweden |
| #4759, aired 2005-04-21 | THE BIG BAND ERA $2000: "Sing, Sing, Sing" was a smash hit for this clarinetist & his big band Benny Goodman |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | THANK YOU, I PREFER NOT TO ROCK $1200: This much-married bandleader's 1938 hit "Begin The Beguine" set him up as a rival to Benny Goodman (Artie) Shaw |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | JAZZ $800: The 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert featuring this clarinetist's band is one of the great live recordings in jazz (Benny) Goodman |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | CHAPLIN $800: In "Benny & Joon" this actor performed Chaplin's dancing roll scene from "The Gold Rush" Johnny Depp |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | POKER NIGHT $800: Benny Binion held the first "World Series of Poker" in 1970 at this Las Vegas casino the Horseshoe |
| #4642, aired 2004-11-09 | EITHER/OR $3,000 (Daily Double): On radio, Jack Benny responded to this question from a robber with a long pause & "I'm thinking" Your money or your life? |
| #4638, aired 2004-11-04 | '50s TV $800: In 1950 this comedian brought his radio program to TV along with Rochester & announcer Don Wilson Jack Benny |
| #4620, aired 2004-10-08 | BILLIE HOLIDAY $400: Billie's first recording session featured jazz legends Gene Krupa & this "King of Swing" bandleader Benny Goodman |
| #4535, aired 2004-04-30 | I DO KNOW JACK $200: Marilyn Monroe made her major TV debut in 1953 on this "stingy" comedian's TV show Jack Benny |
| #4455, aired 2004-01-09 | THE GENE POOL $1600: It was hard to beat this man, Benny Goodman's drummer from 1935 to 1938 Gene Krupa |
| #4454, aired 2004-01-08 | "G" MEN $800: "The Kingdom of Swing" was this man's 1939 autobiography Benny Goodman |
| #4439, aired 2003-12-18 | WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG $800: He got a violin at age 6 & continued to play through the rest of his 39 years (really 80) Jack Benny |
| #4424, aired 2003-11-27 | HOT SAX $800: Hang on to your knickers! It's the TV show whose saxy theme is heard here The Benny Hill Show |
| #4331, aired 2003-06-02 | BENNY $200: In 1785 Thomas Jefferson succeeded him as minister to France Benjamin Franklin |
| #4331, aired 2003-06-02 | BENNY $400: While in office, he admitted 6 states, more than any other U.S. president Benjamin Harrison |
| #4331, aired 2003-06-02 | FOREVER 39 $400: Jack Benny turned 39 for real in this year, the year FDR first took office 1933 |
| #4331, aired 2003-06-02 | BENNY $600: In addition to his "Baby and Child Care" book, he wrote "Caring for Your Disabled Child" Dr. Benjamin Spock |
| #4331, aired 2003-06-02 | BENNY $1000: In 1954 he turned Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw" into an opera Benjamin Britten |
| #4331, aired 2003-06-02 | BENNY $4,600 (Daily Double): In the 1790s astronomer & mathematician Benjamin Banneker compiled an annual one of these almanac |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | CLASSIC COMIC CATCHPHRASES $1000: To Rochester: "Now cut that out!" Jack Benny |
| #4177, aired 2002-10-29 | THE "B.G."s $800: Swingin' virtuoso heard here Benny Goodman |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | LAS VEGAS $400: In 1970 Benny Binion started his World Series of this game poker |
| #4129, aired 2002-07-11 | BUCK UP $1200: He played the title role in 1940's "Buck Benny Rides Again" Jack Benny |
| #4123, aired 2002-07-03 | NOT REALLY MARRIED $1200: This British comic had scantily clad women on his TV show; in 1991 this law professor testified about sexual harassment Benny & Anita Hill |
| #4067, aired 2002-04-16 | FILL IN THE (MEL) BLANC $1000: As a railroad announcer on Jack Benny's radio & TV shows, Blanc called out the stations "Anaheim, Azusa and" this Cucamonga |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | FLAGS $800: In 1927 13-year-old Benny Benson designed this U.S. state's flag, the North Star & Big Dipper on a blue background Alaska |
| #3902, aired 2001-07-17 | JEOPARDY! PLACE THE FINAL EPISODE $200: (Gilbert reads, with organ music.) FBI agent Malone arrests Teri's ex, Benny, & tosses him into this, a nickname for jail from the Spanish for "courtroom" hoosegow |
| #3902, aired 2001-07-17 | JEOPARDY! PLACE THE FINAL EPISODE $300: (Gilbert reads, with organ music.) Benny's murder of Malone's father by a mine wasn't this, meaning "planned beforehand" premeditated |
| #3896, aired 2001-07-09 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $600: 1993:
"____ and Joon" Benny |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | JOHANN'S THE MANN $1000: Without this invention of Johann Cristoph Denner, a Benny Goodman would be hard to find Clarinet |
| #3885, aired 2001-06-22 | JEOPARDY! PLACE $500: (Johnny Gilbert reads.) While Benny's out, Carson cuts his bindings with one of these knives that attach to the front of a rifle a bayonet |
| #3872, aired 2001-06-05 | REAL AUDIO $400: It's the instrument in the title of the following: saxophone |
| #3841, aired 2001-04-23 | JEOPARDY! PLACE $500: Carson is alive! He's being held by Benny, Teri's ex, one of these mercenaries, also a magazine title Soldier of Fortune |
| #3807, aired 2001-03-06 | JAZZ $600: The Benny Goodman Quartet consisted of Goodman, Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson & this vibes player Lionel Hampton |
| #3806, aired 2001-03-05 | ATOMIC WEIGHTS $500: The atomic weight of potassium, this number was Jack Benny's favorite 39 |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | BALLET $400: "Go Daddy-O!" celebrates this style of music that Benny Goodman was the "King of" Swing |
| #3708, aired 2000-10-18 | "G" MEN $200: This influential modern jazz trumpeter was born in Cheraw, South Carolina in 1917 Dizzy Gillespie |
| #3695, aired 2000-09-29 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $100: When Benny Goodman was doing his swinging, it was usually with this woodwind in his mouth Clarinet |
| #3685, aired 2000-09-15 | HEY "J"! $100: Well... it's the first name of the "39-year-old" comedian known for his miserly self-caricature Jack (Benny) |
| #3624, aired 2000-05-11 | BRIEF BIOS $600: Born Benjamin Kubelsky in Waukegan in 1894, married "Mary" in 1927, turned 39 in 1933, 1934, 1935.... Jack Benny |
| #3575, aired 2000-03-03 | STORY OF MY LIFE $300: 1939:
"The Kingdom of Swing" Benny Goodman |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | ROYAL NICKNAMES $300: Nickname of the jazzman portrayed here by Al Hirschfeld:
(Benny Goodman) "King of Swing" |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | 1960 $200: In July King Phumiphon of Thailand joined this king of swing in a jam session Benny Goodman |
| #3442, aired 1999-07-20 | FUNNY MEN $400: Scantily clad dancers on this popular British TV comedian's show were called "Hill's Angels" Benny Hill |
| #3437, aired 1999-07-13 | FICTIONAL SERVANTS $300: He was Jack Benny's gravel-voiced valet on radio & tv Eddie "Rochester" Anderson |
| #3396, aired 1999-05-17 | PEOPLE $800: He's the tightwad comedian heard here in the golden days of radio Jack Benny |
| #3371, aired 1999-04-12 | ALL THAT JAZZ $200: In 1962 this "King of Swing"'s band became the first U.S. jazz band to visit the Soviet Union Benny Goodman |
| #3320, aired 1999-01-29 | KELSEY GRAMMER $300: In 1995 Grammer hosted a TV tribute to one of his heroes, this violin-playing comedian Jack Benny |
| #3216, aired 1998-09-07 | COMMON BONDS $400: Benny Goodman,
Ken Griffey Jr.,
Tom Dooley people who swing |
| #3188, aired 1998-06-10 | THE GREAT ABBA $400: Agnetha & Anni-Frid are the A's, & they are the B's in the group's name Benny & Bjorn |
| #3178, aired 1998-05-27 | TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO $200: Grandma collects this man's albums & has read his memoir "The Kingdom Of Swing" 25 times Benny Goodman |
| #3144, aired 1998-04-09 | NOW THAT'S COMEDY $400: Buxom women losing their clothes was a staple of this comic's show, on British TV until 1989 Benny Hill |
| #3074, aired 1998-01-01 | FILMS OF THE 1940s $600: Name shared by Orson Welles' character in "Jane Eyre" & Eddie Anderson's in "Buck Benny Rides Again" Rochester |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | JAZZ SINGERS $200: Known as "Lady Day", she began her recording career with Benny Goodman in November 1933 Billie Holiday |
| #2843, aired 1997-01-01 | BANDS OF THE '80s $400: The Proclaimers hit the U.S. charts when "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" was featured in this Johnny Depp film Benny and Joon |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $300: It was Benny Goodman's instrument Clarinet |
| #2762, aired 1996-09-10 | MUSIC $200: This Big Band clarinetist's 1939 autobiography was titled "The Kingdom of Swing" Benny Goodman |
| #2741, aired 1996-07-01 | JACKS $2,000 (Daily Double): Star whose theme is heard here in an unusual version by Spike Jones: Jack Benny |
| #2634, aired 1996-02-01 | DAYS $500: In 1939 Jack Benny hired him as a replacement for tenor Kenny Baker Dennis Day |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | JAZZ $200: "Let's Dance" was this jazz clarinetist's big band theme song Benny Goodman |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | INITIALS $200: Some knew him as "The King of Swing", others as B.G. Benny Goodman |
| #2536, aired 1995-09-18 | SONGS $400: Peggy Lee recorded her first big hit, "Why Don't You Do Right?", with this "King of Swing" Benny Goodman |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Bela Bartok's "Contrasts" was commissioned by this swing clarinetist Benny Goodman |
| #2422, aired 1995-02-28 | A.K.A. $500: Jack Benny married hosiery saleslady Sadye Marks in 1927; she became part of his act using this name Mary Livingstone |
| #2398, aired 1995-01-25 | TELEVISION $500: This former "Tonight Show" exec. producer has directed "The Jack Benny Program" & "My Three Sons" Fred de Cordova |
| #2380, aired 1994-12-30 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY $200: This comedian turned 39 on Valentine's Day in 1933--& remained 39 for the rest of his life Jack Benny |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | CLASSIC TELEVISION $400: Don Wilson was this comedian's announcer for his entire 15-year run on television Jack Benny |
| #2351, aired 1994-11-21 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $200: In 1948 Aaron Copland wrote a clarinet concerto for this swing band leader & clarinetist Benny Goodman |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | MUSIC $600: The bands that this clarinetist led in the 1940s & 1950s were called "Herds" Woody Herman (and the Thundering Herds) |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | ALL THAT JAZZ $300: The original Benny Goodman Trio included Goodman on clarinet, Teddy Wilson on piano & this drummer Gene Krupa |
| #2252, aired 1994-05-24 | BIOGRAPHIES $1,000 (Daily Double): He's the subject of the recent biography "Swing, Swing, Swing" Benny Goodman |
| #2209, aired 1994-03-24 | JAZZ $600: Once called the "Boy Wonder of the Clarinet", he called most of his big bands a "herd" Woody Herman |
| #2174, aired 1994-02-03 | MUSIC TRIVIA $400: This onetime drummer with Benny Goodman was portrayed by Sal Mineo in a 1959 film biography Gene Krupa |
| #2121, aired 1993-11-22 | VIOLINISTS $200: Born in 1894, he grew up in Waukegan, Illinois, where he took violin lessons as a child Jack Benny |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | RADIO COMEDY $200: Eddie Anderson, the son of a circus tightrope walker, played this role on Jack Benny's show Rochester |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | AKA $300: Benjamin Kubelsky Jack Benny |
| #2098, aired 1993-10-20 | AKA $400: Rose Louise Hovick Gypsy Rose Lee |
| #2091, aired 1993-10-11 | NUMBER, PLEASE $400: It was Jack Benny's perennial age 39 |
| #2056, aired 1993-07-12 | RADIO COMEDY $100: One of this comedian's running gags was his "feud" with Fred Allen Jack Benny |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | "R.N."s $400: His "Five Pennies" included such notables as Jimmy Dorsey & Benny Goodman Red Nichols |
| #1834, aired 1992-07-16 | OLD RADIO $300: Radio "feuds" included Jack Benny & Fred Allen's & W.C. Fields' with this wooden star Charlie McCarthy |
| #1806, aired 1992-06-08 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $500: Arthur, Benny, George Roy Hill |
| #1775, aired 1992-04-24 | MUSICAL NOBILITY $300: The
"King of Swing" Benny Goodman |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | A.K.A. $400: You probably know British TV comic Alfred Hawthorn Hill better by this name Benny Hill |
| #1683, aired 1991-12-18 | "JACK"s & "JILL"s $300: This beloved comedian died in 1974 at age 39, his fixed age since 1933 Jack Benny |
| #1649, aired 1991-10-31 | JAZZ $800: This pioneer vibraphonist played with the Benny Goodman Quartet 1936-40 Lionel Hampton |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | CLASSIC COMEDY TEAMS $500 (Daily Double): They were married in 1926 in real life but not until the '40s on their radio show Gracie Allen & George Burns |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE WWII HOME FRONT $100: Time reported he auctioned his $75 violin, "Old Love in Bloom", for $1 million for the war effort Jack Benny |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | MUSICALS $400: The music for "Chess" was written by Bjorn Ulvaeus & Benny Anderson who were half this pop group ABBA |
| #1539, aired 1991-04-18 | A "LITTLE" $100: Jack Benny wrote him, "With Bob Hope doing my walk & you doing my voice, I can be a star & do nothing" Rich Little |
| #1528, aired 1991-04-03 | COMMON BONDS $100: Benny, Bunker,
Breed's Hills |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | MUSIC $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1947, he commissioned a clarinet concerto from Aaron Copland Benny Goodman |
| #1427, aired 1990-11-13 | TELEVISION $300: This skinflint comedian played Ralph & Alice Kramden's landlord on 1 episode of "The Honeymooners" Jack Benny |
| #1341, aired 1990-06-04 | JAZZ $200: Paul Whiteman was the "King of Jazz" & Benny Goodman was the "King of" this Swing |
| #1322, aired 1990-05-08 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $400: Chas. Fleischer provided the voice of Benny the Cab & the title character in this 1988 blockbuster Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
| #1245, aired 1990-01-19 | QUOTES $200: Eddie Anderson said of him in character, "If he can't take it with him, he ain't gonna go" Jack Benny |
| #1229, aired 1989-12-28 | MUSICAL BIOGRAPHIES $400: Noted accordianist Jimmy Stewart played a famous trombonist in this 1954 biopic The Glenn Miller Story |
| #1216, aired 1989-12-11 | ILLINOISIANS $800: This comedian was born in Chicago though his mother spent the 9 months she carried him in Waukegan Jack Benny |
| #1206, aired 1989-11-27 | JAZZ $1000: Benny Goodman's original quartet included drummer Gene Krupa, pianist Teddy Wilson & this vibraphonist Lionel Hampton |
| #1164, aired 1989-09-28 | MARILYN MONROE $200: In the fall of 1953 Marilyn made her TV debut on this "stingy" comedian's program Jack Benny |
| #1143, aired 1989-07-19 | BIG BAND THEMES $300: "Let's Dance" plays Benny Goodman |
| #1115, aired 1989-06-09 | KINGS $600: The King of Swing Benny Goodman |
| #1088, aired 1989-05-03 | FAMOUS COUPLES $300: This clarinetist & big band leader married A.H. Duckworth, a great-great-granddaughter of C. Vanderbilt Benny Goodman |
| #1040, aired 1989-02-24 | FAMOUS FOLKS $400: Take this comedian's father: he had him study violin, hoping he'd play for the Metropolitan Opera Henny Youngman |
| #983, aired 1988-12-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $100: Way before Benny Goodman, the direction "mit Schwung", meaning this, appeared on Wagner's scores with swing |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | U.S. CITIES $800: Illinois city that's home to the Jack Benny Center for the Arts Waukegan |
| #947, aired 1988-10-18 | THOMAS JEFFERSON $200: Of playing the violin, having a valet named Rochester or wife named Mary, what he & J. Benny had in common playing the violin |
| #885, aired 1988-06-10 | THEME SONGS $300: "Love in Bloom" Jack Benny |
| #869, aired 1988-05-19 | BIG BAND THEMES $100: Instrumental music plays Glenn Miller |
| #808, aired 1988-02-24 | TUNES OF THE '20s $500 (Daily Double): Alternative courses of action given in the title of the following:
[Instrumental music plays] "Love Me Or Leave Me" |
| #770, aired 1988-01-01 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $100: Jack Benny called himself the world's worst player of this instrument the violin |
| #761, aired 1987-12-21 | MUSIC $600: Bartok & Copland wrote works specifically for this American clarinetist Benny Goodman |
| #721, aired 1987-10-26 | "GOOD" $600: He went to Russia as part of a 1962 cultural exchange program, licorice stick & all Benny Goodman |
| #713, aired 1987-10-14 | JACK BENNY $200: Born Benjamin Kubelsky in 1894 in Chicago, Jack grew up in this Illinois city Waukegan |
| #713, aired 1987-10-14 | JACK BENNY $400: Though in real life she was Mrs. Jack Benny, on the show she played his girlfriend or something... Mary Livingstone |
| #713, aired 1987-10-14 | JACK BENNY $600: The last name of this Benny show character was van Jones Rochester |
| #659, aired 1987-06-18 | MUSICAL MEMORIES $300 (Daily Double): This bandleader said "No 1-nighter is complete without" the following Benny Goodman |
| #636, aired 1987-05-18 | RADIO COMEDY $200: How Frank Nelson as a salesclerk would reply when Jack Benny opened with "Oh, sir?" Yes? |
| #550, aired 1987-01-16 | KIND OF A DRAG $1000: In 1941 film "Charley's Aunt" he impersonates his aunt from Brazil (where the nuts come from) Jack Benny |
| #546, aired 1987-01-12 | STARTS WITH "C" $200: Benny Goodman's "ax" a clarinet |
| #531, aired 1986-12-22 | SPORTS $200: Lightweight champ Benny Leonard made it a point to call her right after every fight his mother |
| #528, aired 1986-12-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This "King of Swing" recorded Mozart's Quintet in A Major for Clarinet & Strings Benny Goodman |
| #442, aired 1986-05-20 | POP MUSIC $200: "The King of Swing" Benny Goodman |
| #420, aired 1986-04-18 | SUPPORTING CHARACTERS $200: On radio & TV he played Jack Benny's valet Rochester Eddie Anderson |
| #401, aired 1986-03-24 | 1958 $100: After years of being 39, he finally admitted he was 40 Jack Benny |
| #374, aired 1986-02-13 | WASHINGTON STATE $300: Seattle-born comedienne who was Mrs. Jack Benny Mary Livingstone |
| #324, aired 1985-12-05 | TRIVIA $800: Comedian Jack Benny's response when a robber demanded "Your money or your life" Well, what is I'm thinking about it |
| #310, aired 1985-11-15 | BRITISH TV $200 (Daily Double): Man usually being chased to the following: (Opening to “Yakety Sax” played) Benny Hill |
| #294, aired 1985-10-24 | TOY NAMES $100: Benny, Lord & Klugman Jacks |
| #286, aired 1985-10-14 | POP MUSIC $100: What Anni-Frid, Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha were better known as ABBA |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | MOVIE TRIVIA $400: It was his job to destroy Earth by making sure "The Horn Blows at Midnight" Jack Benny |
| #156, aired 1985-04-15 | TENORS $400: Jack Benny's Irish buddy Dennis Day |
| #154, aired 1985-04-11 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: Instrument played by Jack Benny in his famous 1945 film a trumpet |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | "BEN" $100: Goodman, Hill, or Jack Benny |
| #149, aired 1985-04-04 | TIME $1,000 (Daily Double): From 1949-1971 it occurred on TV almost every Sunday night at 8 PM ET Ed Sullivan |
| #137, aired 1985-03-19 | RADIO TRIVIA $300: His friendly feud with Jack Benny continued over the airwaves for years Fred Allen |
| #112, aired 1985-02-12 | HOW TO... $200: Place the left hand on the right elbow, the right hand on the right cheek & say "well" how to imitate Jack Benny |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | MOVIES $100: 1942 movie title contemplated by Jack Benny's Hamlet To Be Or Not To Be |
| #69, aired 1984-12-13 | MUSIC $400: State-of-the-art violins owned by Jack Benny & Sherlock Holmes Stradivarius |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | COMEDIANS $200: Master of the pause followed by "Now cut that out!" Jack Benny |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | BIG BANDS $800: Benny Goodman got good "vibes" from him Lionel Hampton |
| #51, aired 1984-11-19 | USED-UP CARS $200: Fans howled at Mel Blanc's imitation of this, Jack Benny's junker a Maxwell |
| #10, aired 1984-09-21 | "JACKS" OF ALL TRADES $100: He celebrated his 39th birthday 41 times Jack Benny |
