| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | TINY DESK CONCERTS $600: It's the network that has broadcast Tiny Desk Concerts (1,000 and counting) since folk singer Laura Gibson did the first in 2008 NPR |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $1000: On January 30, 1968, CBS broadcast the reopening of this D.C. landmark; the stage had been dark for 103 years Ford's Theater |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A, B OR C $600: In the name of the outfit that first broadcast the U.S. House in 1979, this precedes "SPAN" C |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE $400: In 1956, he became the first Black entertainer to host a nationally broadcast TV variety show Nat King Cole |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | & SCENE $800: Albert Brooks takes flop sweat to a new level when he gets his break as an anchorman in this comedy Broadcast News |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | 4-LETTER BEFORE & AFTER $2000: This report, very important to boss Bill Lumbergh in "Office Space", is also a commercial broadcast for the audience's benefit TPSA |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | COMEDIANS $2000: In 2023 he hosted the Golden Globe Awards, which returned to broadcast TV after a time-out Jerrod Carmichael |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | PUT IN YOUR ORDINAL $800: This ordinal-named Heisman Trophy winner & NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year can be found in the ESPN broadcast booth Robert Griffin III |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | A MEMORABLE NEW YEAR'S EVE $400: (Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.) December 31st festivities at this location began in 1904; they became a "Rockin' New Year's Eve" in 1972 in a broadcast featuring Dick Clark & Three Dog Night Times Square |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | STANFORD ATHLETICS $800: (Haley Jones presents the clue.) Pitcher Mike Mussina & third baseman Ed Sprague were on the 1988 Stanford team that was victorious in the first title game of this event broadcast on network TV the College World Series |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | BEG $4,000 (Daily Double): After fleeing to London, this general pleaded for the French to fight on in a 1940 broadcast de Gaulle |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | BROADCASTING HISTORY $400: In 1991 this young broadcast TV network became the first in the U.S. to run a commercial for condoms Fox |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | THE WOUK MOB $400: In Wouk's "Aurora Dawn" from 1947, a young man works in this broadcast medium; Wouk lived to write a book partly in e-mails radio |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TV FACTOIDS $200: With a knack for predicting plays, he's been a success in the broadcast booth like he was behind center Tony Romo |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | NEWS PERSONALITIES PAST & PRESENT $2000: With Fred Friendly, he had a radio broadcast called "Hear It Now", which became "See It Now" on television Edward R. Murrow |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | ON THE TRANSCRIPT... $1600: Of the radio broadcast of this 1937 disaster: "There's smoke and there's flames... Oh, the humanity" the burning of the Hindenburg |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | A PLAYER TO BE NAMED RIGHT NOW $400: This 14-time All-Star & one-time highest-paid Major Leaguer joined the ESPN broadcast team in 2018 Alex Rodriguez |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | '38 $600: On October 31, 1938 the New York Times reported, "Radio listeners in panic" after a broadcast of this H.G. Wells story The War of the Worlds |
| #8510, aired 2021-11-12 | MOVIES BY OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $2000: "Thanks For The Memory", from "The Big" this "of 1938" Broadcast |
| #8496, aired 2021-10-25 | TELEVISION HISTORY $1200: The first live nationwide color TV broadcast was of this event on California streets January 1, 1954 the Rose Parade |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THAT'S GRAND! $400: Since 1925 the showcase of country music known as the Grand Ole Opry has been broadcast from this city Nashville |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | NEW TO THE OED $400: To broadcast an event over the Internet as it happens, or to watch or listen to such a broadcast livestream |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | RADIO ON THE TV $2000: This man of 1,000 voices played "Brockmire", who in Season 3 made it back to a Major League broadcast booth Hank Azaria |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | ATLANTA: NEWS CLUES $600: (Cheryl Preheim from Atlanta's 11Alive presents the clue.) U.S. broadcast journalism was about to change forever on June 1, 1980 as this maverick entrepreneur launched his new venture, CNN, here in Atlanta Turner |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | 5-LETTER WORDS $400: An additional airing of a previously broadcast TV show a rerun |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | RADIO: THEN & NOW $1600: Celebrating its 95th birthday in 2020 is this show first broadcast on WSM "that made country music famous" Grand Ole Opry |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK $800: "Thanks For The Memory" became his theme song after he & Shirley Ross introduced it in "The Big Broadcast of 1938" Bob Hope |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | NOBEL LITERARY NOMINEES $2000: In 1934 Guglielmo Marconi broadcast his choice for this Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | TV TALK $400: A DBS is a "direct-broadcast" one of these, where the consumer receives programming via a dish a satellite |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | BACKRONYMS $2000: Named for a child kidnapped in 1996, an Amber Alert is short for "America's Missing: Broadcast" these 2 words Emergency Response |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | THE TELEVISION WILL BE REVOLUTIONIZED $800: When CBS got FCC approval to broadcast in this in 1950, only about 2 dozen sets could receive it color |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | CLOCKS $800: Since 1924 its chimes have been routinely broadcast by the BBC Big Ben |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | FAREWELLS $200: On Jan. 1, 1971 during the "Tonight" show, a Virginia Slims ad became the last one for these products broadcast nationally on TV cigarettes |
| #8033, aired 2019-07-10 | LITERATURE $400: George Orwell based Room 101 in "1984" on a real boardroom at this broadcast network where he spent many a long meeting the BBC |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | THERE'S A TIME & A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING $200: East Pittsburgh,
Nov. 2, 1920:
Election returns are the first commercial broadcast in this medium radio |
| #7916, aired 2019-01-28 | THE TV BIZ $400: Often caused by a breaking news story, it's the replacement of a previously scheduled TV broadcast pre-emptions |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O'DONNELL $400: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue): In a 1939 radio broadcast, Churchill expressed his uncertainty over how Russia might react to the war, calling it "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside" this an enigma |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | PIONEERING TELEVISION $4,000 (Daily Double): On June 25, 1951 a CBS program called "Premiere" was the first TV broadcast featuring this innovation color |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | ABBRE-"V"-IATIONS $1200: The VOA; its first broadcast was in German in 1942 the Voice of America |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | HIS PANIC $600: After his 1938 broadcast, a listener ran into a church screaming "N.Y. has been destroyed! It's the end of the world!" (Orson) Welles |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | BILLY $2000: This evangelist's "Hour of Decision" was first broadcast on the radio in 1950 (Billy) Graham |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | OCCUPATIONS IN NEWS $200: David Muir is one of these heavies, the principal personality on a TV news broadcast an anchorman |
| #7534, aired 2017-05-18 | WRITTEN IN 18-SOMETHING $600: This 1898 science fantasy was brought to horrifying quasi-reality in a 1938 Orson Welles broadcast The War of the Worlds |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | ALMA MATERS $400: He was a shock jock in training at Boston University where a radio show he created was canceled after one broadcast Howard Stern |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | BUSINESS $800: In 1999, this shark & a pal sold their broadcast.com to Yahoo! for $5.7 billion (Mark) Cuban |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | COMMUNI"K"ATION $400: AM radio broadcast frequencies are measured in these, 1000s of cycles per second kilohertz |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | THE NEWS $1600: Pioneering all-news radio in 1961, XTRA broadcast to Southern California from this city just into Mexico Tijuana |
| #7178, aired 2015-11-25 | REMEMBER NOVEMBER $800: The 1st commercial radio broadcast aired on Nov. 2, 1920, when Pittsburgh's KDKA announced the results of this the presidential election |
| #7153, aired 2015-10-21 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: In a Jan. 1, 1946 broadcast, he repudiated his semi-divine status as emperor Hirohito |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | ON THE "MAIN" LAND $800: If you work for a major broadcast network, you're part of the MSM, this mainstream media |
| #7117, aired 2015-07-21 | THE NON‑DEPRESSING 1930s $1000: Following this 1938 radio broadcast, people were relieved to find out that America wasn't really attacked by aliens The War of the Worlds |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | "O_U"! $800: "And now" this 3-word phrase used by one reporter to hand a broadcast off to another over to you |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | THE LIBERTY BELL $400: The Liberty Bell was struck on June 6, 1944; the sound was broadcast on radios across the U.S. to announce this event D-Day |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL FIRSTS $200: His 1997 inaugural was the first to be broadcast live on the Internet Bill Clinton |
| #6943, aired 2014-11-19 | CLASSICAL RADIO $800: "Choral Evensong", first broadcast from London in 1926, is still heard on this service's Radio 3 the BBC |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | THE TV BUSINESS $200: In many markets the broadcast day is broken up into parts including 7-8 P.M., called "access", & 8-11 P.M., called this prime time |
| #6903, aired 2014-09-24 | PLAY BILL $400: In 2014 this science guy held a live broadcast debate with a creationism guy Bill Nye |
| #6898, aired 2014-09-17 | THE SUPREME COURT $2,600 (Daily Double): (Former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) A lot more people got to know what we sounded like on December 11, 2000, when the oral argument in this case became the first one released for same-day broadcast Bush v. Gore |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL $1000: "A--pint--sized--Hercules--wielding--a--mighty--club" was perhaps heard in his broadcast debut, for a 1953 Little League game Howard Cosell |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | TV IQ TEST $400: Yours truly guest-starred on a live broadcast of this TV Land sitcom with Valerie Bertinelli & Betty White... which you 3 saw, right?! Hot in Cleveland |
| #6641, aired 2013-07-01 | ARMED FORCES RADIO WITH PAT SAJAK $800: In 1943 Armed Forces Network Europe made its first broadcast from this European network's studios the BBC |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | CARIBBEAN CAPITALS $800: (I'm Anderson Cooper.) The morning after a catastrophic earthquake rocked Haiti, I, as the first American journalist on the ground, broadcast the devastation of this capital Port Au Prince |
| #6424, aired 2012-07-19 | MAD MEN $800: In the '80s growing broadcast empires had help from "the mad monk of deregulation", Mark Fowler of this commission the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | IT'S ALL IN THE PACKAGE $600: In a 1939 radio broadcast Winston Churchill described this nation as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma" the Soviet Union (Russia) |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm at the CBC Broadcast Centre in this city, Canada's largest metropolis & commercial centre--that's C-E-N-T-R-E Toronto |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | GO OUT OR STAY IN? $1000: Go out & see or stay in & hear a live broadcast performance of this Garrison Keillor radio show A Prairie Home Companion |
| #6286, aired 2012-01-09 | BROADCASTER NEWS $2000: (Hi. I'm Chris Matthews.) In 2004 I received the award for excellence in broadcast journalism named for this longtime news partner of Chet Huntley David Brinkley |
| #6285, aired 2012-01-06 | FORM LETTERS $800: 302-AM is an application for a broadcast station license with this agency the FCC |
| #6164, aired 2011-06-02 | LET'S GO SHOPPING $400: At spectrum auctions, the government sells parts of this 9-letter spectrum broadcast |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | THE KING'S SPEECH $2000: In an Aug. 15, 1945 broadcast, this emperor said, "we have ordered the acceptance of the provisions of the joint declaration" Hirohito |
| #6087, aired 2011-02-15 | NAME THE DECADE $400: The Empire State Building opens & the "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast causes a panic the 1930s |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | ALL IN A DAY'S "WORK" $400: An interconnected group of TV stations that broadcast the same programming a network |
| #6007, aired 2010-10-26 | AT THE MOVIE THEATER $1600: 1998's "The Last Broadcast" was the 1st film shown theatrically using this type of distribution & projection digital |
| #5977, aired 2010-09-14 | KATIE COURIC, WITNESS TO HISTORY $200: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) In 2006, on my first broadcast as anchor of the CBS Evening News, I reported that this group that formerly ruled Afghanistan was "back with a vengeance" the Taliban |
| #5947, aired 2010-06-22 | YOU'RE MAKING ME ANGRY $400: A word meaning to make someone angry, or the last name of Al Michaels' former broadcast partner madden |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | IF I WERE A RICH MAN... $1000: I wouldn't have paid this Dallas Mavericks owner & his pals $5.7 bil. for broadcast.com like Yahoo! did in '99; maybe 5.6 tops Mark Cuban |
| #5915, aired 2010-05-07 | RETRONYMS $2000: This word is used for television that's sent over the airwaves, in contrast to cable or satellite broadcast |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | GOVERNMENT AGENCIES $400: More than 542,000 complaints flooded this agency after the 2004 broadcast of the Super Bowl halftime show the FCC |
| #5866, aired 2010-03-01 | JUST HIT "PLAY" $800: How often a particular song is broadcast on the radio airplay |
| #5842, aired 2010-01-26 | LORDS $2000: No one was laughing when American William Joyce broadcast Nazi propaganda under this pseudonym in WWII Lord Haw Haw |
| #5806, aired 2009-12-07 | NEW TO THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY $1000: From the name of an Apple device, this verb means to digitally transmit a broadcast over the Internet podcast |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | THE NEWSEUM $1200: (Alex reports from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) The Newseum is also home to the studio from which ABC's "This Week" is broadcast, hosted by this former Clinton administration advisor; I'm in his seat (George) Stephanopoulos |
| #5794, aired 2009-11-19 | SERIOUS RADIO $800: In a May 6, 1937 radio broadcast, Herb Morrison said of it, "The frame is crashing to the ground... Oh, the humanity" the Hindenburg |
| #5793, aired 2009-11-18 | THE GRAND FINAL"E" $400: If you broadcast an A&Q show called "Peopardy!" hosted by Alex Lebek, you may get a this & desist letter from us cease |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | YOU'RE "DEAD" ON $600: A period of silence during a radio broadcast dead air |
| #5745, aired 2009-07-24 | VISUALLITERATION $800: Security videos are usually transmitted in this manner, involving no broadcast closed circuit |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | WALTER CRONKITE $800: Cronkite broke in on a live broadcast of "As the World Turns" to report this 1963 event JFK's death (assassination) |
| #5660, aired 2009-03-27 | MARCH $600: One of the first radio broadcasts of music took place March 5, 1907 when this opera overture was broadcast the William Tell Overture |
| #5639, aired 2009-02-26 | BACK AT THE CBC $1600: (Alex delivers the clue from back at the CBC.) In 1967, the CBC international broadcast center was used by crews from all around the world who were here to report on this World's Fair Expo '67 |
| #5593, aired 2008-12-24 | TECH-KNOW-LEDGY $200: On Feb. 17, 2009 this type of TV broadcast technology will end in the U.S.; we're going digital analog |
| #5490, aired 2008-06-20 | WOMEN OF THE WORLD $800: Only religious music was broadcast on the radio for 2 weeks after her July 26, 1952 death in Buenos Aires Eva Peron |
| #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ORSON $400: This 1938 Orson Welles broadcast scared millions into thinking that a Martian invasion was happening War of the Worlds |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | CLASSIC TV TOONS $800 (Daily Double): The first episode of this cartoon series to be broadcast was "Rosie the Robot" on Sept. 23, 1962 The Jetsons |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | U.S. POLITICS $800: (I'm Julie Chen.) In 1999, on our first "Early Show" broadcast on CBS, I reported on a possible N.Y. Senate race between these 2 people; it didn't happen, but they may still face off for president (Hillary) Clinton & Rudolph Giuliani |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | ID CARDS $1600: This controversial poet was born in Hailey in 1885 & later broadcast propaganda in WWII Ezra Pound |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | DE GAULLE OF DAT GUY! $1200: De Gaulle's June 18, 1940 broadcast in this city asking for France's leadership led to a death sentence in a French court London |
| #5282, aired 2007-07-24 | COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU $1600: After selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for more than $5 billion, this Dallas NBA team owner started HDNet Mark Cuban |
| #5250, aired 2007-06-08 | DOUBLE LETTERS $200: It's in the dictionary as a short, high-pitched sound used to replace an expletive in a broadcast a bleep |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | WORDS INTRODUCED IN THE 20th CENTURY $600: 1972: A TV program divided into several different parts & broadcast over a short period of time a miniseries |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | ON THE "TELE" $400: Partly from a word for an endurance test, it's a broadcast that's an appeal for charitable donations a telethon |
| #5161, aired 2007-02-05 | COMPUTING 101 $1000: "Broadcast yourself" is the slogan of this website that was recently bought for $1.6 billion YouTube |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | ACTUAL MLB BROADCAST QUOTES $200: "Boros is not with the team...because he's attending his daughter's funeral. Oh, wait, it's her" this, another big day wedding |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | ACTUAL MLB BROADCAST QUOTES $400: At then-Royals Stadium, in Kansas City: "The sky is so clear today, you can see all the way to" this state Missouri |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | ACTUAL MLB BROADCAST QUOTES $600: "Rich Folkers is throwing up in" this warmup area bullpen |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | ACTUAL MLB BROADCAST QUOTES $800: "Well, it looks like" this mid-season "balloting is over, especially in the National & American leagues" All-Star voting |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | ACTUAL MLB BROADCAST QUOTES $1000: "If" this all-time hit king "brings the Reds in, they ought to bronze him & put him in cement" Pete Rose |
| #5120, aired 2006-12-08 | SOUNDS $600: A 5-letter verb meaning to edit a bad word from a broadcast, it originally meant the sound used in the edit to bleep |
| #5056, aired 2006-09-11 | YEARS $800: The first Summer Olympics broadcast in color were held in Mexico City in this year 1968 |
| #5038, aired 2006-07-05 | REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS "CAST" $400: For radio & TV, it was the "B" in CBS & that's no bull Broadcasting |
| #5030, aired 2006-06-23 | A, B OR C $600: In the name of the outfit that first broadcast the U.S. House in 1979, this precedes "SPAN" C |
| #5003, aired 2006-05-17 | TECHWORD MASH-UP $400: Plug in an Apple product & download an audio file for "broadcast" to make this word podcast |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | WHO'S CRYING NOW? $200: In this 1987 film Holly Hunter's tears are real but William Hurt's are not Broadcast News |
| #4947, aired 2006-02-28 | "S"-ENTIAL KNOWLEDGE $200: Broadcast on the Dumont Network in 1946, "Faraway Hill" is considered the first TV show in this daytime genre a soap opera |
| #4872, aired 2005-11-15 | AN ENGLISH-SNOWBOARDING DICTIONARY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew translates from the slopes of Park City, UT.) English--the hour a TV show is broadcast; Snowboarding--the number of seconds you stay aloft airtime |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN $800: In this "of 1938" Bob Hope introduced "Thanks For The Memory" The Big Broadcast |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | OLD-TIME RADIO $800: In the 1930s this city had the USA's first official radio broadcast orchestra, heard on the Ford Symphony Hour Detroit |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | "J" WALKING $600: (Hi, I'm Tim Russert of NBC's Meet the Press.) In 1985 I supervised a broadcast from Rome featuring a live interview with this man, a first for American television Pope John Paul II |
| #4610, aired 2004-09-24 | IF THEY MARRIED... $200: If Ms. Hunter of "Broadcast News" married Rolling Stone Ron, she'd say hooray for this name Holly Wood |
| #4583, aired 2004-07-07 | PHARM TEAM $1200: Sadly, in a Chinese pharmacy, this bile-producing organ from a brown bear can fetch as much as $150 the gallbladder |
| #4559, aired 2004-06-03 | COMMUNICATIONS $400: On Sept. 15, 1921 the federal government issued the first of these licenses a radio (broadcast) license |
| #4458, aired 2004-01-14 | ON THE RADIO $2000: Starting in 1940, the longest continuous sponsorship in broadcast history is this co.'s of the Met on radio Texaco |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | COME WHAT MAY $400: On May 31, 1938 viewers saw what may have been TV's first game show when the BBC broadcast this type of "bee" a spelling bee |
| #4321, aired 2003-05-19 | MERCURIAL $1000: The most famous broadcast of "The Mercury Theater on the Air" was this tale about Mars, broadcast October 30, 1938 War of the Worlds |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | GEORGIAN ON MY MIND $600: This fiery actress from Conyers starred in "Miss Firecracker", "Raising Arizona" & "Broadcast News" Holly Hunter |
| #4280, aired 2003-03-21 | DATELINE NBC $800: On Noy. 23, 1939 NBC ushered in Thanksgiving with the first TV broadcast of this the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| #4277, aired 2003-03-18 | REPORTING THE NEWS $200: In the 1980s this Texan sometimes ended his broadcast with a cryptic "Courage" Dan Rather |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | QUIPS $200: After being named host of the 2001 Oscar broadcast, this "Roxanne" star cracked, "If you can't win 'em, join 'em" Steve Martin |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | SINGERS $600: On July 30, 2002 he gave a rare live TV appearance, broadcast from Asbury Park, New Jersey on the "Today" show Bruce Springsteen |
| #4145, aired 2002-09-13 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $400: Speaking to WWI troops in 1919, this man became the first U.S. president to make a radio broadcast Woodrow Wilson |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | U.S. UNIVERSITIES $800: (Hi. I'm Mark Cuban, entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks.) I dreamed up broadcast.com when I wanted to watch this Bloomington school's basketball team the University of Indiana |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | BROADCAST NEWS $400: 1981: 52 Americans are finally free after spending over a year captive in this country Iran |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | BROADCAST NEWS $800: 1993: A hard-line Communist rebellion ends in this city, as the Army fires on Parliament Moscow |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | BROADCAST NEWS $1200: 2001: Today we saw a star from the East, as this religious figure paid a visit to the White House the Dalai Lama |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | BROADCAST NEWS $1600: 1987: This body gets a new Chairman, and we hope the honeymoon lasts the Fed(eral Reserve) |
| #4119, aired 2002-06-27 | BROADCAST NEWS $2000: 1976: Led by this man the separatist Parti Québécois sweeps to power René Lévesque |
| #4100, aired 2002-05-31 | '38 SPECIAL $400: The Oct. 30, 1938 broadcast adaptation of this book scared the pants off some folk The War of the Worlds |
| #4074, aired 2002-04-25 | OH, MY "LORD"! $1600: Hanged for treason in 1946, he broadcast anti-British propaganda from Germany during WWII Lord Haw-Haw |
| #4015, aired 2002-02-01 | WOODY ALLEN $400: Woody could say "Thanks for the Memory" to this star of "The Big Broadcast of 1938", an early comedy hero Bob Hope |
| #3967, aired 2001-11-27 | MISS UNIVERSE $400: The pageant was first broadcast live in 1973 from the Parthenon in this city Athens |
| #3821, aired 2001-03-26 | RADIO HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1983 Congress established Radio Marti to broadcast accurate news to this country Cuba |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $300: Starting in 1927, this "noble" man's big band broadcast on radio from Harlem's Cotton Club Duke Ellington |
| #3794, aired 2001-02-15 | VOICE OF AMERICA $800: The first VOA broadcast, on February 24, 1942, was in this European language German |
| #3794, aired 2001-02-15 | VOICE OF AMERICA $1000: Come, Mr. Taliban, listen to the following Pashto broadcast aimed at this country Afghanistan |
| #3762, aired 2001-01-02 | FOR THE "HOLLY" DAYS $300: This Oscar winner's credits include "Miss Firecracker" & "Broadcast News" Holly Hunter |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | GIVING "THANK"S $100: From "The Big Broadcast of 1938", it's Bob Hope's theme song "Thanks for the Memories" |
| #3719, aired 2000-11-02 | 5 DECADES OF TV $1000: This April 9, 2000 live broadcast starring George Clooney was a remake of a Henry Fonda film Fail Safe |
| #3654, aired 2000-06-22 | COMMUNICATION $800: The FCC has replaced this "system" that used the reassuring phrase "This is only a test" Emergency Broadcast System |
| #3642, aired 2000-06-06 | SPORTS ANNOUNCERS $200: Bob Cousy, who spent 13 years as a guard for this team, can now be found in its broadcast booth the Boston Celtics |
| #3584, aired 2000-03-16 | THE NATIONAL PASTIME $200: Holy Cow! He was in the broadcast booth 53 years, the last 16 with the Cubs Harry Caray |
| #3576, aired 2000-03-06 | MICROSOFT $400: Microsoft jointly operates a cable news channel with this major broadcast network NBC (MSNBC) |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | CALL ME W $1000: His foundation has given money to colleges & also to public TV to broadcast "Sesame Street" W.M. Keck Foundation |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | DAN RATHER $500: The title of one of Dan's books on broadcast journalism states that "The Camera Never" does this Blinks |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | HALLOWEEN $200: On October 31, 1938 he expressed "deep regret" for shocking the nation with his radio broadcast the night before Orson Welles ("War of the Worlds") |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | THE LIBERTY BELL $400: The striking of the bell was broadcast to the nation on this day when the Allies landed at Normandy D-Day (June 6, 1944) |
| #3437, aired 1999-07-13 | LIVE FROM THE SCENE $500: In 1994 the Larry King special "The UFO Cover-Up?" broadcast live from this "area" Area 51 |
| #3375, aired 1999-04-16 | BOBs & JEFFs $200: He sang "Thanks for the Memory" in his first feature film, "The Big Broadcast of 1938" Bob Hope |
| #3375, aired 1999-04-16 | LETTER AFTER F $400: In a radio broadcast band M |
| #3357, aired 1999-03-23 | THE KING $2,400 (Daily Double): In 1973 viewers all over the world enjoyed Elvis' live TV special broadcast by satellite from this U.S. state Hawaii |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | BROADCAST $200: It's the "Peacock Network" NBC |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | BROADCAST $400: This one of the "Big Three" networks used to have phonograph in its name CBS |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | BROADCAST $600: The first radio broadcast of a presidential inaugural address was this president's in 1921 over KDKA Warren G. Harding |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | BROADCAST $800: The broadcasting service of the U.S. Information Agency, abbreviated VOA Voice of America |
| #3341, aired 1999-03-01 | BROADCAST $1000: Bud Paxson, who founded PAX TV in 1998, set up this buyer's delight in 1982 Home Shopping Network |
| #3333, aired 1999-02-17 | WILLIAM HURT FILMS $400: It was anchorman Bill in this 1987 James L. Brooks film Broadcast News |
| #3323, aired 1999-02-03 | EMMY HISTORY $800: This network that broadcast the 1988 Primetime Awards won none during the show Fox |
| #3307, aired 1999-01-12 | RICH FELLAS $200: The villainous broadcast tycoon in "Tomorrow Never Dies" reminded some of this Australian-born mogul Rupert Murdoch |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | SPORTS ANNOUNCERS $600: Bob Griese was in the broadcast booth as son Brian led this team to victory in the 1998 Rose Bowl Michigan |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | SPORTS ANNOUNCERS $1000: Now broadcast partners, Mary Carillo & John McEnroe won this event together at the 1977 French Open Mixed doubles |
| #3165, aired 1998-05-08 | COLLEGE MAJORS $100: At Southern Nazarene Univ., you can find a happy medium by majoring in the print or broadcast type of this journalism |
| #3154, aired 1998-04-23 | TRAGEDIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This May 6, 1937 disaster was broadcast live on radio The explosion of the Hindenburg |
| #3034, aired 1997-11-06 | "short" stuff $200: "Hams" broadcast via this shortwave radio |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $200: This conductor, later seen on television, gained fame substituting on a 1943 New York Philharmonic radio broadcast Leonard Bernstein |
| #3008, aired 1997-10-01 | DOUBLE TALK $400: During World War II this English "lord" broadcast propaganda for the Germans, & it wasn't funny Lord Haw-Haw |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | MOVIE DEBUTS $800: The 1981 horror film "The Burning" marked the screen debut of this "Broadcast News" actress (Holly) Hunter |
| #2735, aired 1996-06-21 | TELEPHONE HISTORY $300: On Oct. 30, 1938 phone traffic peaked in cities all over America as people discussed this broadcast the "War of the Worlds" |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | HISTORIC QUOTATIONS $400: In 1940 this French general broadcast "France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war" de Gaulle |
| #2652, aired 1996-02-27 | COMEDIANS $200: His first film, "The Big Broadcast of 1938", featured his future theme song—"Thanks for the Memory" Bob Hope |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | OPRYLAND USA $300: TV's "Music City Tonight" is taped at Opryland & broadcast by this cable network located there TNN (The Nashville Network) |
| #2494, aired 1995-06-08 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $500: In 1925 he broke the Silence, becoming the 1st president to broadcast his inauguration on radio Coolidge |
| #2488, aired 1995-05-31 | TELEVISION $300: Tuners for this broadcast band were required in all TVs manufactured after April 30, 1964 UHF |
| #2484, aired 1995-05-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In a 1953 radio-TV broadcast, he said the Truman administration had been "crawling with communists" Senator McCarthy |
| #2453, aired 1995-04-12 | "M" TV $100: This James Garner western once broadcast a satire of "Gunsmoke" titled "Gunshy" Maverick |
| #2384, aired 1995-01-05 | INVENTIONS $100: A new Sony VCR sets this device for you by using a signal broadcast to it by local PBS stations the clock |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | POT LUCK $400: From 1943 to 1974 this radio program was broadcast from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium "The Grand Ole Opry" |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | 1988 $200: The Thatcher government imposed a broadcast ban on this political wing of the IRA Sinn Fein |
| #2299, aired 1994-09-08 | 1921 $600: The first radio broadcast of a World Series was carried by WJZ, featuring these 2 New York teams the Yankees & the Giants |
| #2115, aired 1993-11-12 | CLASSIC TV $100: In the summer of 1972, NBC broadcast reruns of this western under the title "Ponderosa" Bonanza |
| #2084, aired 1993-09-30 | NOTABLE NAMES $600: He left Lake Wobegon to broadcast "A Visit to Mark Twain's House" live from Hartford, Connecticut Garrison Keillor |
| #1943, aired 1993-02-03 | THE OSCARS $400: William Hurt, Holly Hunter & Albert Brooks all received acting nominations for this 1987 film Broadcast News |
| #1754, aired 1992-03-26 | HISTORIC QUOTES $100: In a 1939 radio broadcast, Churchill called this country "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" Russia |
| #1725, aired 1992-02-14 | OLD RADIO $300: This Mercury Theatre co-founder died 1 day after the 50th anniv. of its "War of the Worlds" broadcast John Houseman |
| #1624, aired 1991-09-26 | NASHVILLE $400: From 1943 to 1974, Ryman auditorium was the broadcast site of this radio program the Grand Ole Opry |
| #1621, aired 1991-09-23 | CELEBRITY QUOTES $500: He said, "I came to Hollywood in 1937 to make 'The big broadcast of 1938' for Paramount" Bob Hope |
| #1368, aired 1990-07-11 | TV NEWS $100: This ABC anchor also anchored Cana'da's first nationwide commercfal news broadcast Peter Jennings |
| #1368, aired 1990-07-11 | TV NEWS $400: His "Camel News Caravan" was the first network news show to be broadcast in color John Cameron Swayze |
| #1354, aired 1990-06-21 | WORLD HISTORY $500: This country's radio recently re-broadcast a speech made by Imre Nagy the day the Soviets invaded in 1956 Hungary |
| #1303, aired 1990-04-11 | PEOPLE $1000: This comedian directed 3 films before receiving his 1st Oscar nomination, for acting in "Broadcast News" Albert Brooks |
| #1229, aired 1989-12-28 | THE 1980s $400: This 16-hour rock concert for African relief was broadcast worldwide from London & Philadelphia Live Aid |
| #1201, aired 1989-11-20 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $200: His 1925 inaugural address was the first to be broadcast on radio; he wasn't always silent Calvin Coolidge |
| #1198, aired 1989-11-15 | JOURNALISM $200: This CBS newsman once petitioned Churchill to let him broadcast outdoors so people could hear the Blitz Edward R. Murrow |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | WORLD WAR II $400: Amer. turncoat Mildred Gillars, who broadcast Nazi propaganda to the Allies, was better known as this Axis Sally |
| #1127, aired 1989-06-27 | HODGEPODGE $500 (Daily Double): January 22, 1989 event these people are prepared for: the half time show at the Super Bowl |
| #1059, aired 1989-03-23 | "HUNT"s $800: A plant seeker who's busy around Christmas, or a star of "Broadcast News" Holly Hunter |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: In May 1988 it became the highest spot on Earth from which a live TV broadcast originated (the top of) Mount Everest |
| #962, aired 1988-11-08 | '30s TV $400: In 1937 it broadcast a coronation procession--live! BBC |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | 1983 $400: ABC broadcast this Herman Wouk novel as an 18-hour miniseries, most expensive to that date The Winds of War |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | CHARACTERS IN FILM $500: Jane Craig,
Aaron Altman,
Tom Grunick Broadcast News |
| #930, aired 1988-09-23 | THE 20TH CENTURY $400: In April 1970 this world power launched its 1st satellite which broadcast the song "The East is Red" China |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | ACTORS & ROLES $300: In 3 1987 films, he played Satan, a newsman, & a bum Jack Nicholson |
| #883, aired 1988-06-08 | TV JOURNALISTS $400: Broadcast journalist whose closing line was "Good night... & good luck" Edward R. Murrow |
| #871, aired 1988-05-23 | BROADCASTING $200: The sound for broadcast TV is carried by this type of radio transmission FM (frequency modulation) |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $100: Bob Hope's theme song, he 1st sang it in "The Big Broadcast of 1938" "Thanks for the Memory" |
| #847, aired 1988-04-19 | HOMONYMS $400: Term for lowest-ranking Annapolis grad or highest profile newsman on the nightly news broadcast anchorman |
| #836, aired 1988-04-04 | "DD" $1000: Once tagged "the premier broadcast journalist in Washington", he was with CBS for 19 years Roger Mudd |
| #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) |
| #750, aired 1987-12-04 | WEATHER $800: Term for the alert broadcast to mariners warning of weather possibly hazardous to little boats small craft warning (small craft advisory) |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | FACTS & FIGURES $300: USA Today says this ex-"GMA" host averaged 4.3 "Oh, goshes" per broadcast David Hartman |
| #678, aired 1987-07-15 | SPORTSCASTS $100: Its 1st broadcast showed the thrill of victory & the agony of defeat at the Drake & Penn relays Wide World of Sports |
| #623, aired 1987-04-29 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $600: On last prime time broadcast of "What's My Line?" in 1967, the "Mystery Guest" was this TV moderator John Daly |
| #575, aired 1987-02-20 | INITIALS $1000: The largest national broadcast TV network of our north-of-the-border neighbor CBC |
| #554, aired 1987-01-22 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $1000: Panama issued postage stamps to commemorate this, broadcast live worldwide from Panama City, in 1986 the Miss Universe pageant |
| #504, aired 1986-11-13 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $400: In 1944, on 1st radio broadcast of this show, Tommy Bernard played David & Henry Blair played Ricky Ozzie and Harriet Show |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | BROADCAST POLITICS $200: Stints as a radio sportscaster for WOC & WHO helped train this "Great Communicator" Ronald Reagan |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | BROADCAST POLITICS $400: "Imprisoned island" which was the subject of presidential address televised on October 22, 1962 Cuba |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | BROADCAST POLITICS $600: When radio was our media hearth, his Fireside Chats comforted a troubled nation Franklin Roosevelt |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | BROADCAST POLITICS $800: His speech to the Japanese peace treaty conference in 9/51 was TV's 1st coast-to-coast broadcast Harry S. Truman |
| #459, aired 1986-09-11 | BROADCAST POLITICS $1000: The first series of these were televised May 17-Aug. 7, 1973 the Watergate hearings |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | STUPID ANSWERS $200: NBC's "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" was 1st broadcast this way in 1961 in color |
| #336, aired 1985-12-23 | HODGEPODGE $200: His "War of the Worlds" broadcast, Sept. 30, 1938 had half of N.J. fleeing the Martians Orson Welles |
| #291, aired 1985-10-21 | HISTORICAL QUOTES $200: General who broadcast on 6/6/44, "People of Western Europe; a landing was made this morning..." Eisenhower |
| #291, aired 1985-10-21 | SPORTS TRIVIA $500: The Dodgers & Giants were playing this when their broadcast was interrupted with news of Pearl Harbor football |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | SHAKESPEARE $600 (Daily Double): It's believed Shakespeare had to leave Stratford after he was caught doing this in a a private park poaching a deer |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | '60s TRIVIA $300: This futuristic cartoon show was appropriately 1st series broadcast by ABC in color The Jetsons |
| #183, aired 1985-05-22 | PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS $100: First president to address congress in a radio broadcast, though we remember him as "silent" Coolidge |
| #176, aired 1985-05-13 | TESTS $500 (Daily Double): On radio they ask you to turn down your audio while they perform this test: the emergency broadcast system test |
| #175, aired 1985-05-10 | "BIG" $400: 1938 film in which Bob Hope first sang "Thanks for the Memories" The Big Broadcast |
| #150, aired 1985-04-05 | RADIO $600: Maximum power wattage at which an AM station can broadcast legally in the U.S. 50,000 watts |
| #150, aired 1985-04-05 | RADIO $1000: First station to ever broadcast election returns, KDKA, still operates in this city Pittsburgh |
| #86, aired 1985-01-07 | ROCK 'N ROLL $100: Aug. 5, 1957 was 1st national broadcast of this TV teen show American Bandstand |
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