| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | LODGING $800: What some say the movie "Stagecoach" is, or a hotel chain with more than 4,000 hotels best Western |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | THEY WROTE THE MOVIE $1600: David Webb Peoples wrote the script for this Western with Clint Eastwood as a killer-turned-farmer-turned-killer Unforgiven |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $2000: Cinnamon is a spice; this was the first Western to win an Oscar for best picture, back in 1931 Cimarron |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | 1990s BEST PICTURE BY TAGLINE $1,500 (Daily Double): "It's a hell of a thing, killing a man" Unforgiven |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | OSCAR BEST PICTURE PARTIAL MARQUEES $5,000 (Daily Double): The third
Best-Picture winner All Quiet on the Western Front |
| #6234, aired 2011-10-27 | THE "BEST" OF EVERYTHING $800: With more than 4,000 hotels, this chain claims to be the world's largest Best Western |
| #6158, aired 2011-05-25 | SHADES OF ZANE GREY $2000: Selling over 13 million books in his lifetime, Zane Grey is best remembered for this colorful 1912 western The Riders of the Purple Sage |
| #5753, aired 2009-09-23 | "WESTERN" $800: What some say "High Noon" is, or the company that runs Las Vegas' Parkview Inn Best Western |
| #5666, aired 2009-04-06 | AMERICAN LIT $1600: Time put his violent western tale "Blood Meridian" on a list of the 100 best novels since 1923 Cormac McCarthy |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | BEST "WESTERN" $400: Eggs, diced ham, green pepper & onion a Western Omelet |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | BEST "WESTERN" $800: One of the original 11 companies listed when the New York Stock Exchange was created in 1884 Western Union |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | BEST "WESTERN" $1200: Its capital is Perth Western Australia |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | BEST "WESTERN" $1600: It's directly below the Al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem the Western Wall |
| #4830, aired 2005-09-16 | BEST "WESTERN" $2000: It's the state bird of Kansas & Nebraska Western Meadowlark |
| #4389, aired 2003-10-09 | LODGING $800: What some say the movie "Stagecoach" is, or "The World's Largest Hotel Chain", with more than 4,000 hotels Best Western |
| #4064, aired 2002-04-11 | THE "WEST" IS THE BEST $1000: Paul Baumer is the literary narrator of this classic novel of World War I All Quiet on the Western Front |
| #3684, aired 2000-09-14 | 1950s EMMYS $1,000 (Daily Double): This Best Western of 1958-59 was remade in 1994 as a movie starring Mel Gibson Maverick |
| #3397, aired 1999-05-18 | N.E.W.S. $200: Of northern, eastern, western or southern, the classification of the 1992 Best Picture Oscar winner western |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | SPURS $800: A Western Writers' of America Spur Award went to the screenplay of this Best Picture of 1992 Unforgiven |
| #2978, aired 1997-07-09 | FOOD BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: The mayonnaise called Best Foods in the western U.S. is sold under this brand name in the east Hellmann's |
| #2898, aired 1997-03-19 | THE THIRD $400: Based on an Erich Maria Remarque novel, it was the third film to win a Best Picture Oscar All Quiet On The Western Front |
| #2864, aired 1997-01-30 | BEST PICTURES $1000: Based on an Edna Ferber novel, it was the first western to win the award Cimarron |
| #2430, aired 1995-03-10 | OSCAR TRIVIA $200: This 1992 Clint Eastwood film was only the third Western ever to win "Best Picture" Unforgiven |
| #2374, aired 1994-12-22 | NOVEL FILMS $800: "Cimarron", the 1st western to win the "Best Picture" Oscar, was based on a novel by this author of "Giant" Edna Ferber |
| #2368, aired 1994-12-14 | THE GRAMMYS $300: This artist won 3 Grammys for "Dang Me" in 1965, including Best Country & Western Song Roger Miller |
| #2305, aired 1994-09-16 | WORLD LITERATURE $1000: Some critics consider this 1912 Zane Grey novel the best Western ever written The Riders of the Purple Sage |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | THE OSCARS $200: Jack Palance won his "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar for this 1991 western film City Slickers |
| #2003, aired 1993-04-28 | "WILD" THINGS $1000: This 1969 western is considered Sam Peckinpah's best work The Wild Bunch |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | THE 1990 OSCARS $100: 1990's Best Picture, it became only the 2nd western to win that award Dances with Wolves |
| #1562, aired 1991-05-21 | FAMOUS RUSSIANS $600: He's appeared in films, had his own sitcom & is now a spokesman for Best Western; what a country! Yakov Smirnoff |
| #1019, aired 1989-01-26 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: According to a U.S. News & World Report survey, university presidents rate this western school best Stanford |
| #822, aired 1988-03-15 | CELEBRITY ODD JOBS $800: Once an elephant handler, he's now the world's best-selling western novelist Louis L'Amour |
| #750, aired 1987-12-04 | THE MOVIES $200: The only film of this genre to win a "Best Picture" Oscar was "Cimarron" in 1931 western |
| #388, aired 1986-03-05 | TV WESTERNS $1000: Before Joel Higgins was on "Silver Spoons", he was Sam Best in this comic Western Best of the West |
| #63, aired 1984-12-05 | HOTEL NAMES $800: In 1959, "Maverick" won the Emmy for this category, only year it was given Best Western |
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