| #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 | WE READ IT IN THE '80s $1000: He set the '80s New York literary world on fire with "Bright Lights, Big City" Jay McInerney |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | SMART WORDS $800: Brilliant, like the "lights" in a "big city" title bright |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
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