| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | MOVIES IN REWIND $1200: In 1954 a big new guy in town strolls around a world capital, rebuilding entire structures & repairing broken power stations Godzilla |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | THE FIST & THE FURIOUS MOVIES $400: Bob Barker throws 8 solid left jabs before putting this title golfer in the water hazard with a big right Happy Gilmore |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | GAME SHOWS IN THE MOVIES $1200: Dev Patel wins big on a game show in this 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES $800: A young man from Mumbai won big on a game show tonight; the winning final answer? Aramis, from "The Three Musketeers"! Slumdog Millionaire |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | HORROR MOVIES $800: This title girl from a 2018 movie came & gave without taking & they took her away from Nic Cage; big mistake--he's good with a chainsaw Mandy |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | LAST LINES OF MOVIES $1600: Spoken by Mark Wahlberg: "I am a star. I'm a star. I'm a star. I'm a star. I am a big bright shining star. That's right" Boogie Nights |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | RECENT MOVIES $1000: This animated swashbuckler returned to the big screen in search of "The Last Wish" Puss in Boots |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | OF MOVIES $1000: It's Emma vs. Steve as Billie Jean vs. Bobby on the big screen in this title tennis clash Battle of the Sexes |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | CHARACTER ACTORS $1000: This veteran of TV comedy & time travel movies picks up a big gun in the 2021 action film "Nobody" (Christopher) Lloyd |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | WOMAN MOVIES $1200: "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" was this actor's first time on the big screen as southern matriarch Mabel Simmons Perry |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | MOVIES BY OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $2000: "Thanks For The Memory", from "The Big" this "of 1938" Broadcast |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | CULT MOVIES $1200: An angry girlfriend, a mutant baby & a man with big hair all add up to "Eraserhead", this surreal director's first feature film Lynch |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | WOMEN ON STAMPS $1600: This Latin American icon who made a big splash in U.S. movies appeared with her tutti-frutti hat on a 2011 stamp Carmen Miranda |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | MOVIES $1600: Josh Brolin & Sean Astin made their big screen debuts in this film about a group of misfits searching for pirate treasure The Goonies |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | THE MOVIES $800: I always tear up at the line "A toast to my big brother, George. The richest man in town!" in this Jimmy Stewart film It's a Wonderful Life |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | LOS ANGELES IN THE MOVIES $600: (L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti gives the clue.) The 6th Street Bridge, which we're rebuilding, was featured in many films, including "Terminator 2" & this 1950s-set film in which John Travolta had a big racing scene Grease |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | SINGING IN NON-MUSICAL MOVIES $1200: Tom Hanks, suddenly all grown up, croons "The Way We Were" to his mom Big |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | TYLER, THE CREATOR $400: Mabel Simmons, AKA Madea, was created by this writer/actor for the stage & hit it big in the movies Tyler Perry |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | 1984 AT THE MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $200: (Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Disney's first grown-up comedy & Touchstone's first release, this movie gave a big boost to the careers of Tom Hanks & Daryl Hannah Splash |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | THE MOVIES $1200: Gloria Swanson utters the immortal line "I am big, it's the pictures that got small" in this classic film Sunset Boulevard |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | BIG SCREEN COPS $1600: Last names of the 2 cops played by Mel Gibson & Danny Glover in the "Lethal Weapon" movies Riggs & Murtaugh |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | GAME SHOWS IN THE MOVIES $1200: Dev Patel wins big on a game show in this 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire |
| #7296, aired 2016-05-09 | "A" & "B" MOVIES $1200: This Steve Carell film explores the housing bubble collapse of 2007-08 The Big Short |
| #7081, aired 2015-06-01 | CARTOONS $800: This Oscar-winning 2014 Disney feature cartoon about a loveable robot was not preceded by 5 similar movies Big Hero 6 |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | CHANNING TATUM MOVIES BY ROLE $400: Roofer by day, "enchanting" stripper by night Magic Mike |
| #6890, aired 2014-07-25 | MOVIES $400: Spoiler alert: Mount Vesuvius erupts big-time during this 2014 movie set in 79 A.D. Pompeii |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | AL PACINO MOVIES BY ROLE $1200: Mobster Big Boy Caprice Dick Tracy |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | SEA WORTHY MOVIES $200: The Orca is Quint's not-big-enough boat in this '70s blockbuster Jaws |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIES $1600: Stephen Holden noted this 17th c. title trio's return to the big screen in 2011 with "All for one, and then maybe a sequel" the Three Musketeers |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | MOVIES IN REWIND? $400: 2009: Big guy gets signed by Baltimore Ravens, moves in with white family, things go downhill for him The Blind Side |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | MY MOVIES $600: "My ____ ____ Greek Wedding" Big Fat |
| #6121, aired 2011-04-04 | THE MOGULS & THE MOVIES $800: These brothers brought sound to the big screen with "The Jazz Singer" the Warner Brothers |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | BOXING MOVIES $400: Ed Asner made his big screen debut in "Kid Galahad", a 1962 film with this rock star in the title role Elvis Presley |
| #5819, aired 2009-12-24 | "BLUE" MOVIES $800: Shaquille O'Neal's big screen debut was in this 1994 film, as a college basketball phenom Blue Chips |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | MOVIES BY QUOTE $400: A band manager:
"The Boston gig has been canceled... I wouldn't worry about it, though, it's not a big college town" This Is Spinal Tap |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | _____IN' '80s MOVIES $2000: Famous fall doesn't kill big ape; he only needs transfusion:
"K____ K____ L____" King Kong Lives |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | GAME SHOWS IN TV & MOVIES $600: A 1974 episode found this "Happy Days" lad refusing to cheat on the rigged game show "Big Money"; such a nice boy Richie Cunningham |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | MOVIES ON MY TiVo DVR $800: Josh Brolin took the money / Wait, this is the end? Where'd Josh Brolin go? No Country for Old Men |
| #5523, aired 2008-09-17 | MOVIE COMEDY $1200: In 2 movies Martin Lawrence has impersonated tough granny Hattie Mae Pierce, better known as her Big Momma |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AFI'S 100 YEARS 100 MOVIES $2000: Big news--besides Tom Hanks' "Big", these are 2 of the 3 movies on the ballot with "big" in the title 2 of (The Big Chill, The Big Sleep, or The Big Parade) |
| #5215, aired 2007-04-20 | WILLIAM FAULKNER $800: Faulkner worked uncredited on many movies but did get his name on this 1946 adaptation of a Chandler novel The Big Sleep |
| #5103, aired 2006-11-15 | NEW YORK IN THE MOVIES $2000: Who ya gonna call when spirits haunt the Big Apple? The title group of this 1984 comedy, of course Ghostbusters |
| #5003, aired 2006-05-17 | MEMORABLE MOVIES $400: In this film, Moe Green tells Michael Corleone to butt out of Las Vegas--big mistake The Godfather |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN $1200: Paul Reubens' 2 big movies of 1985 & 1988 Pee-wee's Big Adventure & Big Top Pee-wee |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | CHAMPIONSHIP MOVIES $800: On the night of a big boxing championship Nicolas Cage gets caught up in an assassination plot in this movie Snake Eyes |
| #4594, aired 2004-07-22 | DRUGS IN THE MOVIES $400: 1978: Cheech & Chong in their first silly big screen comedy Up In Smoke |
| #4558, aired 2004-06-02 | QUOTABLE RECENT MOVIES $200: 2002:
"Nice Greek girls who don't find a husband work in the family restaurant" My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN THE MOVIES? $200: First brought to the big screen by D.W. Griffith in 1909, this hugely popular star was once known as "Little Mary" Mary Pickford |
| #4415, aired 2003-11-14 | COLLEGE MOVIES $1000: As a first-year student at NYU, Matthew Broderick meets up with a big lizard & a big mobster type in this comedy The Freshman |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | "R" MOVIES $800: In this 2002 film Dennis Quaid played a high school baseball coach who tries out for the big leagues The Rookie |
| #4350, aired 2003-06-27 | AT THE MOVIES $200: In 1995 the British actor Anthony Hopkins brought this American president to life on the big screen Richard M. Nixon |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | POP CULTURE $400: Before making it big in the movies, Mike Myers & Eddie Murphy were regulars on this TV series Saturday Night Live |
| #4163, aired 2002-10-09 | FONDA THE MOVIES $800: Looking for a roommate, Bridget Fonda took out a classified (big mistake!) in this 1992 film Single White Female |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | RECENT MOVIES $200: Those darn meddling kids Shaggy, Velma, Daphne & Fred made it to the big screen in this 2002 live-action film Scooby-Doo |
| #4098, aired 2002-05-29 | AL PACINO MOVIES $800: Under a ton of makeup, Al portrayed Big Boy Caprice in this 1990 film Dick Tracy |
| #4057, aired 2002-04-02 | BIG IN HOLLYWOOD $800: Truly on the big screen, movies in this large scale film format include "Mission to Mir" & "Everest" IMAX |
| #4010, aired 2002-01-25 | '90s MOVIES $800: In 1992 director Spike Lee brought the life of this civil rights leader to the big screen Malcolm X |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | THE MOVIES $1600: (Sofia again is in the Big Apple, this time on a subway.) In this 1990 film, Patrick Swayze jumped from subway train to subway train Ghost |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | AT THE MOVIES $400: This 1985 hit starring Pee-Wee Herman was the first major feature film directed by Tim Burton Pee-wee's Big Adventure |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | "B" MOVIES $400: Bogie stars as Philip Marlowe in this 1946 film noir classic based on Raymond Chandler's first novel The Big Sleep |
| #3867, aired 2001-05-29 | "SPACE" MOVIES $200: This TV show made it to the big screen in 1998 with William Hurt as John Robinson Lost in Space |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | SPORTS MOVIES $300: In 1995's "The Big Green", an underdog team learns to excel at this sport soccer |
| #3696, aired 2000-10-02 | THE MOVIES $400: Oui! Oui! In 1998 this French school girl made it to the big screen, along with Miss Clavel Madeline |
| #3653, aired 2000-06-21 | '90s MOVIES $200: This film seen here rounded up big crowds in the summer of '91: City Slickers |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | "B" MOVIES $800: This Roger Corman classic finds gun-toting "Mama" Angie Dickinson involved with William Shatner Big Bad Mama |
| #3532, aired 2000-01-04 | MISSISSIPPI WRITERS $400: He ventured from Oxford to Hollywood to write for the movies, including "The Big Sleep" William Faulkner |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | BIG SCREEN BRAINBUSTERS $1000: Playing Zira, she was the only performer to appear in each of the first 3 "Planet Of The Apes" movies Kim Hunter |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | CORNY MOVIES $200: In this movie, 12-year-old 30-year old Tom Hanks tries to eat baby corn row by row Big |
| #3195, aired 1998-06-19 | “HARD” & “EASY” MOVIES $800: New Orleans detective Dennis Quaid crosses swords with & falls for D.A. Ellen Barkin in it The Big Easy |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | '70s TV DETECTIVES $1000: CBS reran this 1970-71 series in 1973 & 1975 after its star Burt Reynolds made it big in the movies Dan August |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | BIG MOVIES $200: "Big Jake" was the last of 5 films this big guy made with Maureen O'Hara John Wayne |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | BIG MOVIES $400: Lily Tomlin & this actress were just "divine" as pairs of mismatched twins in "Big Business" Bette Midler |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | LITTLE MOVIES $400: Richard Mulligan passed muster & was cast as General Custer in this Dustin Hoffman film Little Big Man |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | BIG MOVIES $800: Her daughter Tracy Reiner appeared as a test market researcher in her film "Big" Penny Marshall |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | BIG MOVIES $1000: Sausage King Jimmy Dean played a former sheriff in this 1990 film named for his biggest hit record Big Bad John |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | BIG MOVIES $3,000 (Daily Double): Most of Kevin Costner's scenes were cut from this film, except for his opening bits as a corpse The Big Chill |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | THE MOVIES $500: This TV "Golden Girl" hit the big screen as Sly Stallone's mom in "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot" Estelle Getty |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | THE MOVIES $800: Al Pacino received an Oscar nomination for playing Big Boy Caprice in this 1990 film "Dick Tracy" |
| #2969, aired 1997-06-26 | THE MOVIES $400: In this 1970 film, Dustin Hoffman played a 121-year-old survivor of the Custer massacre Little Big Man |
| #2895, aired 1997-03-14 | "HARRY" MOVIES $200: This Bigfoot comedy made big bucks in 1987 Harry And The Hendersons |
| #2738, aired 1996-06-26 | THE MOVIES $100: In 1995 this "Friendly Ghost" starred in his own big-screen adventure Casper |
| #2617, aired 1996-01-09 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES $500: In "The Muppet Christmas Carol", she played Bob Cratchit's wife Miss Piggy |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | THE MOVIES $400: In this "Best Picture" of 1952, Betty Hutton is an aerialist in love with Charlton Heston The Greatest Show on Earth |
| #2236, aired 1994-05-02 | 1993 MOVIES $100: With a gross of over $330 million, this Steven Spielberg film was the big hit of 1993 Jurassic Park |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | "B" MOVIES $200: Tom Hanks plays a 12-year-old in a grown- up body in this film co-written by Steven Spielberg's sister Big |
| #1628, aired 1991-10-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: "They're gonna put me in the movies, they're gonna make a big star out of me...all I have to do is" this act naturally |
| #1611, aired 1991-09-09 | TV SITCOMS $500: Before making it big in the movies Tom Hanks starred in this TV sitcom Bosom Buddies |
| #1058, aired 1989-03-22 | THE MOVIES $400: Novelist who co-wrote the screenplay for "Double Indemnity" but not for his own "The Big Sleep" Raymond Chandler |
| #1058, aired 1989-03-22 | THE MOVIES $1000: TV Guide called this 1986 Dennis Quaid film, "Law & Ardor in Cajun Country" The Big Easy |
| #1044, aired 1989-03-02 | STARTS WITH "F" $400: Very big woodpeckers, or very old movies flickers |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | '88 MOVIES $800: Bette Midler & Lily Tomlin starred in this farce about 2 sets of identical twins weekending at the Plaza Big Business |
| #995, aired 1988-12-23 | MOVIE LOCALES $200: 2 "big" movies of '88, "Big" & "Big Business", are both partly set in this big city New York |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $400: Dustin Hoffman film that climaxed with Custer's Last Stand Little Big Man |
| #841, aired 1988-04-11 | THE MOVIES $800: Native of Belfast, Northern Ireland who lost the big chariot race to Ben-Hur Stephen Boyd |
| #794, aired 1988-02-04 | "B" MOVIES $1000: 1 of 2 movie series titles that could be followed by "of 1936" or "of 1938" The Big Broadcast (or The Broadway Melody) |
| #790, aired 1988-01-29 | CLASSIC COUNTRY $100: To make it as "A big star in the movies", Buck Owens said he had to "act" this way naturally |
| #777, aired 1988-01-12 | MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS $500: "A Huge Snooze" The Big Sleep |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | MOVIES $200: Miss Piggy made her big screen debut in this 1979 film The Muppet Movie |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | MOVIES $300: The Brothers Gibb were very big in this 1978 musical based on Beatles' music Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| #340, aired 1985-12-27 | MOVIES $100: Recently revived 1927 Abel Gance film, so big it takes 3 screens to show it all Napoleon |
| #267, aired 1985-09-17 | "WOMAN"LY MOVIES $1000: In this '54 film, June Allyson, Lauren Bacall & Arlene Dahl proved big business was not for men only Woman's World |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | MOVIES $200: She made a big noise as "The Little Drummer Girl" Diane Keaton |
| #87, aired 1985-01-08 | "B" MOVIES $600: This '83 college reunion was up for Best Picture The Big Chill |
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