| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | SMART ANSWERS $1200: In a Jay McInerney book title, these 2 words precede "Big City" Bright Lights |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | MICHAEL J. FOX $1000: (Michael J. Fox presents the clue.) In 1988, I starred in the movie "Bright Lights, Big City," based on the novel this man famously wrote in the second person McInerney |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | BRIGHT LIGHTS $200: As early as 1903 dazzling electric signage had earned this street the moniker "The Great White Way" Broadway |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | BRIGHT LIGHTS $400: During World War I, giant searchlights were used in the U.K. in defense of nighttime bombing raids by these craft like the LZ-98 zeppelins |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | BRIGHT LIGHTS $600: From Latin for "to ask", this room in a police station often (on TV) has one very bright bulb--we know you did it, so make it easy on yourself an interrogation |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | BRIGHT LIGHTS $800: Dubbed the brightest light on Earth, the sky beam from the top of this Vegas casino can produce 40 billion candlepower Luxor |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | WE READ IT IN THE '80s $1000: He set the '80s New York literary world on fire with "Bright Lights, Big City" Jay McInerney |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | BRIGHT LIGHTS $1000: In 2019, a GRB, or "burst" of these radiation waves in space, was the brightest high-energy light ever observed gamma rays |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | TALES OF THE CITY $400: "Bright Lights, Big City" & "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" New York City |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | MODERN HEALTH $2000: (Travis Stork presents the clue.) Put away bright phones & computer screens & turn off the lights at bedtime for a good night's rest--darkness stimulates the pineal gland's production of this sleep-inducing hormone melatonin |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | NEON $1600: George Benson reminded us in song that "they say the neon lights are bright on" this thoroughfare Broadway |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | SONG/BOOK $2000: Song:
Jimmy Reed;
book:
Jay McInerney Bright Lights, Big City |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | LITERARY NEW YORK CITY $2000: This Jay McInerney novel evoked the yuppie party scene of 1980s New York City Bright Lights, Big City |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | ENDS IN "OON" $800: To decorate with a chain of flowers, lights or other bright & colorful objects festoon |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | U.S. CITIES $200: The bright lights of this city are seen here Las Vegas |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | OTHER LINES TO SING THE KIDS $200: "As your bright & tiny spark lights the traveler in the dark" "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $600: Here are the bright lights of Chuo-dori Street in this Tokyo shopping district the Ginza |
| #6770, aired 2014-02-07 | 1980s BOOKS $3,000 (Daily Double): Drug-fueled debauchery in New York City takes up much of this Jay McInerney debut novel Bright Lights, Big City |
| #6709, aired 2013-11-14 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $1600: Ho hey, cello player Neyla Pekarek is one of the bright lights of this band & its only female member The Lumineers |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | LAMPS & LIGHTS $800: This row of very bright lights along the front of a stage is also a metaphor for the theater as a profession the footlights |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | SMART WORDS $800: Brilliant, like the "lights" in a "big city" title bright |
| #6328, aired 2012-03-07 | AT THE JERSEY SHORE $800: Seen here are the bright lights of this city, Las Vegas' rival since 1978 Atlantic City |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | BODIES OF WATER $200: This 315-mile-long river passes through Troy & Albany before hitting the bright lights of New York City the Hudson |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | A TALE OF ONE CITY $800: Jay McInerney's "Bright Lights, Big City" New York |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY $200: This city is the brightest area along the East Coast New York |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY $400: You can see the shore of this Asian capital's bay has orange sodium lamps, while the city uses green mercury lamps Tokyo |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY $600: This Great Lakes city has 3 million people, but the surrounding suburbs increase the population to almost 10 million Chicago |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY $800: The amazing variety of light colors must belong to this U.S. desert city Las Vegas |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY $1000: This Capital gleams on the southern shore of the Rio de la Plata Buenos Aires |
| #5531, aired 2008-09-29 | SMART ANSWERS $1200: In a Jay McInerney book title, these 2 words precede "Big City" Bright Lights |
| #5501, aired 2008-07-07 | CHRIS COLUMBUS $2000: Chris wrote three rules for these title characters: no bright lights, don't get them wet & no food after midnight Gremlins |
| #5386, aired 2008-01-28 | THAT SOUNDS "GREAT" $1200: The bright lights of Broadway give the Theatre District this nickname the Great White Way |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | FIRST NOVELS $1600: We've checked the facts & it's true, Jay McInerney shot to fame with this first novel about living life in NYC's fast lane Bright Lights, Big City |
| #4488, aired 2004-02-25 | "NEW"S $1200: Jay McInerney worked as a fact-checker at this magazine & portrayed it in "Bright Lights, Big City" The New Yorker |
| #4053, aired 2002-03-27 | THE "BIG" SCREEN $800: 1988: Starring Michael J. Fox Bright Lights, Big City |
| #3748, aired 2000-12-13 | BRIGHT "LIGHT"S $400: The technical term for this phenomenon is the Aurora Borealis Northern Lights |
| #3748, aired 2000-12-13 | BRIGHT "LIGHT"S $600: It's another name for Hanukkah Festival/Feast of Lights |
| #3678, aired 2000-09-06 | JAY $600: His '80s novels include "Bright Lights, Big City" & "Ransom" Jay McInerney |
| #3581, aired 2000-03-13 | ACTORS & MOVIE ROLES $200: He played a fashion show bartender in the Michael J. Fox film "Bright Lights, Big City" (Would Niles Crane approve?) David Hyde Pierce |
| #2813, aired 1996-11-20 | TOUGH NURSERY RHYMES $500: Completes "As your bright and tiny spark lights the traveler in the dark, though I know not what you are" "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" |
| #2743, aired 1996-07-03 | PREGNANCY & CHILD CARE $600: Bright blue lights are used to treat this condition where the newborn's skin is yellowish jaundice |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | LIGHTS $400: A pyrotechnic device used to produce a bright signal light; you might have one in your car's emergency kit a flare |
| #1460, aired 1990-12-28 | "T" TIME $300: To see the bright Christmas lights at Twitty City go to this state Tennessee |
| #1170, aired 1989-10-06 | LEFTOVERS $500: Candling is a procees of running these over bright lights to inspect & grade them eggs |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | ELVIS FILMS $500 (Daily Double): 1964 movie musical where Elvis sang the following:
"Bright light city gonna set my soul / Set my soul on fire / Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn / So get those stakes up higher..." Viva Las Vegas |
| #1166, aired 1989-10-02 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $600: This author of "Bright Lights, Big City" went to 18 different grade schools in the U.S. & Europe Jay McInerney |
| #509, aired 1986-11-20 | POETRY $800 (Daily Double): Completes, "As your bright & tiny spark lights the traveler in the dark, tho I know not what you are..." twinkle, twinkle little star |
| #483, aired 1986-10-15 | MONEY $300 (Daily Double): U.S. coin mentioned in this song:
"They say the neon lights are bright / On Broadway / They say there's always magic in the air..." dime |
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