| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | A PREQUEL TO WHICH MOVIE? $600: "Conceived on the Fourth of October"--to this 1989 biopic Born on the Fourth of July |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | OSCAR'S BEST DIRECTOR $800: 1989:
This director cruised to victory for "Born on the Fourth of July" (Oliver) Stone |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES $1600: A Cooper/Gaga saga goes Tom Cruise-ing into a 1989 film about a Vietnam vet A Star is Born on the Fourth of July |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | THE MONTHLY MOVIE TITLE $400: Oliver Stone co-wrote this 1989 film with Vietnam vet Ron Kovic, the movie's subject Born on the Fourth of July |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | NO OSCAR FOR YOU! $800: This Vietnam War movie garnered Tom Cruise the first of his 3 nominations Born on the Fourth of July |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $600: This president was born on July 4--in 1872--in Vermont Calvin Coolidge |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | BOOK TO MOVIE $1200: Starring Tom Cruise: "One Shot" by Lee Child Jack Reacher |
| #7333, aired 2016-06-29 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $1600: "Born on the Fourth of July" is this Vietnam War vet's memoir of his journey from soldier to antiwar activist Ron Kovic |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | SUMMER READING? $600 (Daily Double): It's Ron Kovic's memoir of his loss of innocence & mobility in Vietnam Born on the Fourth of July |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTORS OF THE 1980s $800: Oliver Stone, for a Vietnam movie
(1989) Born on the Fourth of July |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $1600: A Vietnam veteran: "Born on the Fourth of July" Ron Kovic |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | SUMMER READING? $1600: This memoir by Ron Kovic begins, "The blood is still rolling off my flak jacket from the hole in my shoulder" Born on the Fourth of July |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | A PREQUEL TO WHICH MOVIE? $600: "Conceived on the Fourth of October"--to this 1989 biopic Born on the Fourth of July |
| #5464, aired 2008-05-15 | THEY HAIL FROM WISCONSIN $200: Born in Ladysmith, Wisc., Ron Kovic wrote "Born on the Fourth of July" about his experiences in this war the Vietnam War |
| #5239, aired 2007-05-24 | WAR STORIES $1200: "365 Days",
"Born on the Fourth of July" Vietnam War |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | 1807 $1200: Later to lead the revolutionary Redshirts, he was born on the Fourth of July Garibaldi |
| #4991, aired 2006-05-01 | CALENDAR LIT $2,000 (Daily Double): The title of this anti-war memoir refers to author Ron Kovic's birthday Born on the Fourth of July |
| #4957, aired 2006-03-14 | MOVIES OF THE MONTH $400: (1989)
"Born on the Fourth of ___" July |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A ROSE $200: This World War II radio propagandist was born on the Fourth of July, 1916 Tokyo Rose |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | BIG SCREEN BIO SUBJECTS $1200: "Born on the Fourth of July" Ron Kovic |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | BROADWAY LYRICS $200: He was "A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam's, born on the Fourth of July" Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| #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 |
| #4398, aired 2003-10-22 | A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL $600: "I am a Vietnam veteran! I fought for my country!" Born on the Fourth of July |
| #4374, aired 2003-09-18 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $200: 1826:
Composed "Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair" & "Oh! Susanna" Stephen Foster |
| #4374, aired 2003-09-18 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $400: 1804:
His first novel was "Fanshawe" & his last was "The Marble Faun" Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| #4374, aired 2003-09-18 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $800: 1807:
His Red Shirts captured Sicily & Naples in 1860 Garibaldi |
| #4374, aired 2003-09-18 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $1,000 (Daily Double): 1883:
Cartoonist responsible for the convoluted design seen here Rube Goldberg |
| #4374, aired 2003-09-18 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $1000: Art Nouveau Austrian who originated the art seen here Gustav Klimt |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $200: This newsman was born on July 4, 1943, & not named Jerry Rivers Geraldo Rivera |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $400: P.T. Barnum's circus partner, he took his first bow on July 4, 1847 (James) Bailey |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $600: An associate said of this "boss", "There's nothing more limited than a limited partner in the Yankees" Steinbrenner |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $800: Take our advice & name the columnists born in 1918 as Esther Pauline Friedman & Pauline Esther Friedman Abigail Van Buren & Ann Landers |
| #4124, aired 2002-07-04 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $1000: Pennsylvania-born in 1826, he penned "Swanee River" only 25 years later (Stephen) Foster |
| #3785, aired 2001-02-02 | LITERARY NARRATORS $800: "Born on the Fourth of July" Ron Kovic |
| #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" |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | ORDINAL MOVIES $600: Tom Cruise comes home from Vietnam in a wheelchair & becomes an anti-war activist in this 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July |
| #3336, aired 1999-02-22 | NAME THE DIRECTOR $300: "JFK',
"Talk Radio",
"Born on the Fourth of July" Oliver Stone |
| #3312, aired 1999-01-19 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $200: Calvin Coolidge was the first president born on this patriotic holiday the Fourth of July |
| #3050, aired 1997-11-28 | THEIR FIRST FILMS $400: "Born on the Fourth of July" was the 1st film for this Baldwin brother born 5 years after Alec William Baldwin |
| #2863, aired 1997-01-29 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY $200: This star of "Born On The Fourth of July" was actually born on the third of July in 1962 Tom Cruise |
| #2767, aired 1996-09-17 | FILMS OF THE '80s $100: Ron Kovic can be seen in this 1989 Tom Cruise film based on his life Born on the Fourth of July |
| #2556, aired 1995-10-16 | THE MOVIES $200: Vietnam vet Ron Kovic was played by Tom Cruise in this 1989 Oliver Stone film Born on the Fourth of July |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $200: Britannica calls this man born in New Orleans in 1900 "the leading trumpeter in jazz history" Louis Armstrong |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $400: July 4, 1930 saw the birth of this principal owner of the New York Yankees George Steinbrenner |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $600: Iva D'Aquino, born July 4, 1916 in L.A., was known for Broadcasting WWII Japanese propaganda under this name Tokyo Rose |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $800: This Italian nationalist revolutionary was born July 4, 1807 in France Garibaldi |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY $1,000 (Daily Double): Nathaniel Hawthorne was born July 4, 1804 in this Massachusetts town Salem |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | THE MOVIES $200: He won "Best Director" Oscars in the 1980s for "Platoon" & "Born on the Fourth of July" Oliver Stone |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | THE OSCARS $600: 1 of 2 films for which Oliver Stone has won "Best Director" Platoon (or Born on the Fourth of July) |
| #1383, aired 1990-09-12 | THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS $200: Date in the title of the film that won the award for Best Motion Picture Drama in 1990 the Fourth of July |
| #7, aired 1990-07-28 | TOMs & THOMASes $200: His fans had high hopes that he'd win an Oscar this year for "Born on the Fourth of July" Tom Cruise |
| #113, aired 1985-02-13 | PRESIDENTS $200: The only president born on the Fourth of July, he probably kept silent about it Cal Coolidge |
