#21, aired 2023-11-29 | "SESAME STREET" SONG PARODIES $400: "Born To Add" & "Barn In The U.S.A." are sung by Bruce Stringbean, the Muppet counterpart of this working-class hero Bruce Springsteen |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | A YEAR THAT ENDS IN ZERO $1000: The U.S. hockey team wins Olympic gold,
Lin-Manuel Miranda is born 1980 |
#1, aired 2023-05-08 | DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 ALBUM $400: 7 top 10 singles, a big flag, Bruce's behind Born in the U.S.A. |
#8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ALBUM COVERS $400: Springsteen said of this cover, a lot of photos were taken but in the end his behind looked better than his face Born in the U.S.A. |
#8630, aired 2022-04-29 | POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $400: Her father was a U.S. Representative when she was born; she'd get her own seat in 1987 & has got the run of the House these days Nancy Pelosi |
#3, aired 2022-02-09 | YOUR PARENTS' MUSIC $800: Mom bought tickets over the phone (that used to be a thing) for this rocker's 1984-85 "Born in the U.S.A." tour Springsteen |
#8515, aired 2021-11-19 | LIKE A NATURALIZED WOMAN $800: Canadian-born singer, seen here in 2005, the year she became a U.S. citizen Alanis Morissette |
#8515, aired 2021-11-19 | LIKE A NATURALIZED WOMAN $1600: British-born, in 2020 she became a U.S. citizen--naturally, in the city of New York Kim Cattrall |
#8415, aired 2021-06-04 | BEHIND THE SONG $200: Paul Schrader asked this singer to act in a film titled "Born in the U.S.A."--he turned Paul down but liked the title Bruce Springsteen |
#8286, aired 2020-11-23 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $2000: In 1975, after hearing a mastered version of this now-classic album, Bruce Springsteen threw it in a pool Born to Run |
#8192, aired 2020-03-31 | REMEMBER JAMES GARFIELD! $400: Young James was the last U.S. president born in one of these structures, in 1831 on an Ohio farm a log cabin |
#8154, aired 2020-02-06 | 1980s POP LYRICS $800: Bruce Springsteen: "I'm ten years burning down the road" "Born In The U.S.A." |
#3, aired 2020-01-08 | ART & ARTISTS $1200: Born in Rotterdam in 1904, he entered the U.S. as a stowaway & painted houses before becoming an abstract expressionist (Willem) de Kooning |
#7809, aired 2018-07-19 | CLASSIC SONGS' FIRST LINES $200: "Born down in a dead man's town, the first kick I took was when I hit the ground" "Born In The U.S.A." |
#7477, aired 2017-02-28 | ALBUM COVERS $400: A close-up of Springsteen's denim-clad backside in front of Old Glory Born in the U.S.A. |
#7381, aired 2016-10-17 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $1600: Arthur Rubinstein, born in Poland, moved to the U.S. & is interred in this country that has a piano competition named for him Israel |
#7337, aired 2016-07-05 | IT'S ALL "APPLE" SAUCE $400: Born in Massachusetts, he spread religion as well as fruit trees throughout the U.S. Midwest in the 19th century Johnny Appleseed |
#7142, aired 2015-10-06 | I AM HISTORY! $2000: Ukraine-born, she moved to the U.S. in 1906 & eventually became a world leader for Israel Golda Meir |
#7048, aired 2015-04-15 | HIT SONGS $400: In 1984 "Dancing In The Dark" was the first of several hits off his "Born in the U.S.A." Springsteen |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | OH, LOOK AT THE TIME $1600: A 1991 Douglas Coupland novel, or a nickname for the generation born in the U.S. after 1965 Generation X |
#6799, aired 2014-03-20 | THE MERCURY ASTRONAUTS $400: Born in Cambridge, Ohio, he served in the Korean War & went on to be a U.S. senator John Glenn |
#6598, aired 2013-05-01 | MY 3 SONGS $400: A Jersey boy:
"Prove It All Night",
"Born In The U.S.A.",
"Glory Days" Bruce Springsteen |
#6488, aired 2012-11-28 | A LIFE IN BRIEF $800: Born in England but moved left to the U.S. (& right politically), told us about it in "Hitch-22" Christopher Hitchens |
#6318, aired 2012-02-22 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $400: This North Carolina fort likes to "boast" that it's named for a Confederate general who was born in the state Fort Bragg |
#5932, aired 2010-06-01 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN $400: In July of 1984 this Boss album began a 7-week stay atop the charts; it stayed on the survey for 139 weeks Born in the U.S.A. |
#5881, aired 2010-03-22 | OFF THE RECORD $400: 1984:
"Glory Days",
"Dancing In The Dark" Born in the U.S.A. |
#5824, aired 2009-12-31 | SCIENTISTS $1200: Born in Germany in 1912, he co-developed the V-2 rocket against the Allies but became a U.S. citizen in 1955 Wernher von Braun |
#5773, aired 2009-10-21 | GRANDMA $200: Born in 1925, this woman had a First Daughter of the U.S. as well as 2 First Granddaughters Barbara Bush |
#5749, aired 2009-09-17 | WHAT A DECADE IN THE U.S. $400: It was the decade when the first Baby Boomers were born the 1940s |
#5193, aired 2007-03-21 | MAJOR LEES $1000: In 1986 Bruce Springsteen refused his $12 million offer to use "Born in the U.S.A." in an automoble ad Lee Iacocca |
#5179, aired 2007-03-01 | RECONSTRUCTION $400: In April 1866 this president vetoed a bill granting citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.; Congress overrode his veto Andrew Johnson |
#5179, aired 2007-03-01 | MOVIE MANIA $1200: In this 1987 film, Cheech Marin gets deported to Mexico & must make his way back to the U.S. without any I.D. Born in East L.A. |
#5147, aired 2007-01-16 | U.S. STATE NAMES $800: Its name includes the name of another state that was named for a ruler born in 1533 West Virginia |
#5120, aired 2006-12-08 | IOWA $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of a smithy.) Born in 1874, this U.S. president & famed humanitarian was the son of an Iowa blacksmith, whose shop is replicated here Herbert Hoover |
#5017, aired 2006-06-06 | CITY OF THE DAY: RALEIGH $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads.) This U.S. president was born in Raleigh in 1808; he never went to school but was apprenticed to a tailor at about 13 Andrew Johnson |
#4998, aired 2006-05-10 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN $600: This hit off "Born in the U.S.A." begins, "I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school" "Glory Days" |
#4972, aired 2006-04-04 | GEOGRAPHIC CINEMA $600: 1987:
"Born in ___" East L.A. |
#4913, aired 2006-01-11 | CATCHING SOME "Z"s $2000: This defendant in a famous U.S. freedom of the press trial was born in Germany in 1697 Zenger |
#4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Riga, Latvia.) Perhaps the U.S.S.R.'s greatest filmmaker, born in Riga in 1898, I'm in front of a building his father designed Sergei Eisenstein |
#4815, aired 2005-07-08 | LITERARY VENICE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Caffe Florian in Venice, Italy.) I'm at Caffe Florian, a favorite spot of this U.S.-born author, who wrote about it in "The Wings of the Dove" & "The Aspern Papers" Henry James |
#4789, aired 2005-06-02 | PICK ME A WIENER $1600: Born in Vienna in 1882, this little sausage joined the U.S. Supreme Court in 1939 (Felix) Frankfurter |
#4778, aired 2005-05-18 | HEY, "BOO" $200: Popular term for a person born in the U.S. between 1946 & 1965 a Baby Boomer |
#4741, aired 2005-03-28 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $200: He was born in 1786 in Eastern Tennessee & died in 1836 at the Alamo Davy Crockett |
#4741, aired 2005-03-28 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $400: This "Lonesome Dove" author was born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas McMurtry |
#4741, aired 2005-03-28 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $600: Born May 10, 1838 near Bel Air, Maryland, he'd find fame in the theater for 2 very different reasons John Wilkes Booth |
#4741, aired 2005-03-28 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $1000: North Carolina-born on Nov. 2, 1795, he was the 11th U.S. president Polk |
#4741, aired 2005-03-28 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $2,000 (Daily Double): You don't get more all-American than this illustrator born Feb. 3, 1894 in NYC (Norman) Rockwell |
#4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: In titles of 2 Springsteen hits, it precedes "To Run" & "In The U.S.A." "Born" |
#4497, aired 2004-03-09 | STAPLES CENTER $1200: On Oct. 17, 1999, when Staples was the newest area born in the U.S.A., it opened with a concert by this man & his band (Bruce) Springsteen |
#4462, aired 2004-01-20 | POP LIT $1600: Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." was inspired by this memoir of Vietnam by Ron Kovic Born on the Fourth of July |
#4405, aired 2003-10-31 | REMEMBER THE ALAMO? $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Alamo in San Antonio, TX.) Born in Tennessee in 1786, he served as a U.S. Congressman before dying at the Alamo in 1836 Davy Crockett |
#4296, aired 2003-04-14 | HANGING $400: Born in Connecticut in 1800, attacked a U.S. arsenal in 1859, hanged for treason the same year John Brown |
#3978, aired 2001-12-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Controversial '60s comic who sang "Born in the U.S.A." Lenny Bruce Springsteen |
#3895, aired 2001-07-06 | TRIVIALICIOUS $400: The first CD pressed for sale in the United States was this album by Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. |
#3854, aired 2001-05-10 | DIXIE CHICKS $400: Born in Miami in 1938, she was the first woman appointed U.S. attorney general Janet Reno |
#3786, aired 2001-02-05 | POP MUSIC $200: He was "Born in the U.S.A." on Sept. 23, 1949 Bruce Springsteen |
#3784, aired 2001-02-01 | THE HISTORY CHANNEL $500: One show covered this Vietnam battle where Springsteen "had a brother" in "Born In The U.S.A." Khe Sanh |
#3678, aired 2000-09-06 | CD $100: "Born to Run",
"Born in the U.S.A." Bruce Springsteen |
#3611, aired 2000-04-24 | ROCK 'N' POP $400: This Bruce Springsteen album spawned 7 Top 10 hits, including "My Hometown" & "Glory Days" "Born in the U.S.A." |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | BOOKS OF THE MONTHS $800: The song "Born in the U.S.A." was inspired by this Vietnam memoir by Ron Kovic "Born on the Fourth of July" |
#3540, aired 2000-01-14 | '80s ROCK $100: In 1984 Annie Leibovitz' photo of Bruce Springsteen's denim-clad behind appeared on this album cover Born in the U.S.A. |
#3394, aired 1999-05-13 | SCIENTISTS $400: Born in Germany in 1879, he became a Swiss citizen around the turn of the century & a U.S. citizen in 1940 Albert Einstein |
#3391, aired 1999-05-10 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $200: A German-born printer named Louis Prang introduced these holiday cards to the U.S. in 1875 Christmas cards |
#3311, aired 1999-01-18 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STARS $400: This Nigerian-born athlete who rocketed to fame playing center for the Rockets became a U.S. citizen in 1993 Hakeem Olajuwon |
#3216, aired 1998-09-07 | THE BOSS $1,000 (Daily Double): The Boss turned down $12 million from Chrysler to use this "All-American" song in ads "Born In The U.S.A." |
#3076, aired 1998-01-05 | YOUR OLD ALBUMS $400: "Born to Run" only took the Boss to No. 3 on the album chart; this 1984 "Born" album took him to No. 1 Born in the U.S.A. |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $100: Marketed as the soap that floats, it was born in Cincinnati in 1879 Ivory soap |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $200: The American version of rugby, it was first played at college level in 1869 when Rutgers beat Princeton football |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $300: Mid-19th century Chinese cooks working on the western railroads devised this dish of odds & ends served over rice Chop suey |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $500 (Daily Double): From the company that made it famous, it's the nickname of the "sound" heard here
("Baby Love", for example) Motown |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | REPUBLICANS $500: In the 1993 film "Born Yesterday", this future U.S. senator played a U.S. senator Fred Thompson |
#2819, aired 1996-11-28 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: Not only the first president to marry in the White House, he was also the first to have a child born there Grover Cleveland |
#2817, aired 1996-11-26 | 1796 $800: Born in Massachusetts in 1796, this educator helped create the U.S.A.'s 1st state board of education Horace Mann |
#2801, aired 1996-11-04 | WOMEN 1975 $800: It was a first when women participated in the ceremony canonizing this 1st U.S.-born saint Elizabeth Ann Seton |
#2492, aired 1995-06-06 | AUTHORS $1000: In 1954 this Canadian-born U.S. author won a National Book Award for "The Adventures of Augie March" (Saul) Bellow |
#2303, aired 1994-09-14 | POP MUSIC $400: Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" & "My Hometown" were released on this 1984 album Born in the U.S.A. |
#1956, aired 1993-02-22 | POP MUSIC $100: This singer's "Born in the U.S.A." album spawned 7 Top 10 singles (Bruce) Springsteen |
#1705, aired 1992-01-17 | ROCK 'N' ROLL FACTS $300: This Bruce Springsteen album produced seven top 10 singles Born in the U.S.A. |
#1550, aired 1991-05-03 | U.S.A. $500: William Saroyan was born in this raisin-growing capital of the world in Central California Fresno |
#1341, aired 1990-06-04 | JOURNALISM $600: Scottish-born N.Y. Times columnist who acquired his nickname, "Scotty", as a child in the U.S. James Reston |
#1011, aired 1989-01-16 | CALIFORNIANS $1000: Brightly colored paintings of this British-born L.A. painter toured the U.S. in 1988 David Hockney |
#993, aired 1988-12-21 | ABBREVIATIONS $200: Abbreviation in the title of Bruce Springsteen's smash 1984 album U.S.A. |
#936, aired 1988-10-03 | THE OSCARS $400: 3 of the 1st 4 actresses to win Oscars were born in this country, not the U.S. Canada |
#577, aired 1987-02-24 | THE BOSS $800: Bruce was indeed born in the U.S.A.--in this town, in fact Freehold, New Jersey |
#566, aired 1987-02-09 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $200: Though a U.S. citizen & thus the 1st American saint, Mother Cabrini was born in this country Italy |
#386, aired 1986-03-03 | MYSTERIOUS EAST $300: The "th" in this former U.N. Secretary General's name means he was born on a Friday U Thant |
#291, aired 1985-10-21 | BRIDES & GROOMS $200: Destroying dreams of girls born in the U.S.A., Julianne Phillips became Mrs. Boss by marrying him Bruce Springsteen |
#147, aired 1985-04-02 | POP MUSIC $200: Though of Irish-Italian ancestry, this New Jersey boy was indeed "Born in the U.S.A." Bruce Springsteen |
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"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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Bob Woodward, an assistant managing editor from The Washington Post
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
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"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
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Tim Russert, a moderator from Meet the Press
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"He's the Washington Bureau Chief of NBC News and the longtime...
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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