#22, aired 2023-12-06 | HAIRSTYLES OF THE RICH & FAMOUS $300: "Cinnamon Buns" was Carrie Fisher's nickname for this character's iconic hairstyle Princess Leia |
#17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $800: In a 1984 Wendy's ad Clara Peller was not a fan of big buns, hon & asked this 3-word question; now you will, too Where's the beef? |
#5, aired 2023-05-10 | MASTERING PASTRY WITH DOMINIQUE ANSEL $1000: (Dominique Ansel reads.) Choux is used to make the buns for this decorative dessert traditionally served at French weddings & with a name that means "crisp in mouth" croquembouche |
#1, aired 2023-05-08 | JASON ALEXANDER: MASTER OF MY DOMAIN $200: (Jason Alexander gives the clue.) As co-pilot Roger Murdock, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was out there busting his buns every night in this classic 1980 film that took comedy in a new direction altogether Airplane! |
#8848, aired 2023-04-12 | DINING OUT $1000: (I'm Eddie Huang.) A play on the name of a German school of design, my first restaurant, specializing in Taiwanese-Chinese fare, including steamed buns, was called this BaoHaus |
#8762, aired 2022-12-13 | FOOD AS YOU MIGHT SAY IT $200: It's got buns, hon:
The untidy Jose a sloppy joe |
#8737, aired 2022-11-08 | YOU SIT ON IT $200: Hot cross bread items buns |
#8280, aired 2020-11-13 | BREAD $800: Why do hamburger buns commonly feature these seeds, aka benne? No one seems to know sesame seeds |
#8198, aired 2020-04-08 | ALL ABOUT APRIL $600: For Easter weekend, I'll bake you some of these 3-word treats hot cross buns |
#6696, aired 2013-10-28 | FORWARDS & BACKWORDS $400: Ignore someone at a party &
hot dog holders buns & snub |
#6650, aired 2013-07-12 | FEEL NOT-SO-GOOD MOVIES $800: 5 teens are sentenced to one day in a confined setting; Dad issues arise; buns are said to have been taped together The Breakfast Club |
#6498, aired 2012-12-12 | BREAD $200: Hot cross buns are traditionally served on this day, 2 days before Easter Good Friday |
#6164, aired 2011-06-02 | BRITISH CUISINE $2,000 (Daily Double): As Catholicism was banned, Queen Elizabeth tried to outlaw these symbolic rolls hot cross buns |
#5511, aired 2008-07-21 | YOU SMELL YUMMY! $600: I can tell that this spice precedes "buns" in the name of that Philosophy body wash you just used cinnamon |
#5487, aired 2008-06-17 | LET'S EAT $800: Peter Brady wanted them with applesauce; people in Butte, Montana eat them deep-fried on buns pork chops |
#5174, aired 2007-02-22 | THAT'S NOT KOSHER! $800: A Food Network recipe for this Maine specialty says to remove the meat from the claws & calls for hot dog buns a lobster roll |
#5138, aired 2007-01-03 | RUNNING "HOT" & "COLD" $1000: A nursery rhyme says, "If your daughters do not like" these, "give them to your sons" hot cross buns |
#4940, aired 2006-02-17 | TEEN CUISINE $1600: "Untidy" name for sandwiches made with ground beef cooked in tomato sauce & served on hamburger buns sloppy joes |
#4717, aired 2005-02-22 | EAT IT, SPEND IT, OR WEAR IT $1000: Schnecken eat it |
#4448, aired 2003-12-31 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: In 2000 a man ate 25 of these (buns, too) in 12 minutes to win a contest at Nathan's hot dogs |
#4256, aired 2003-02-17 | NOW YOU'RE COOKIN' $600: He can put a glossy coat on your buns or, with an added "I", install your window glazer/glazier |
#3863, aired 2001-05-23 | FLORIDUDS $600: Palm Beach County told hot dog vendors wearing these bikinis (later celebrated in a Sisqo song) to cover their buns Thongs |
#3517, aired 1999-12-14 | THE WOK OF FAME $500: Meaning "heart's delight", it's a variety of snacks like fried dumplings & steamed buns Dim sum |
#3437, aired 1999-07-13 | NICE BUNS! $200: "One a penny, two a penny", these buns are traditionally served on Good Friday Hot Cross Buns |
#3437, aired 1999-07-13 | NICE BUNS! $400: This Scottish quick bread may be named for the Stone of Destiny on which Scottish kings were crowned Scone |
#3437, aired 1999-07-13 | NICE BUNS! $600: Poppin' Fresh first advertised this company's crescent rolls in 1965 Pillsbury |
#3437, aired 1999-07-13 | NICE BUNS! $800: On "Ally McBeal", John Cage is nicknamed this, a Southern roll often made with buttermilk Biscuit |
#3437, aired 1999-07-13 | NICE BUNS! $1000: This bun named for a London neighborhood resembles the American cinnamon roll Chelsea bun |
#3369, aired 1999-04-08 | BRIT LIT $600: This playwright, a "Blithe Spirit", wrote his "Chelsea Buns" poems under the pen name Hernia Whittlebot Noel Coward |
#3330, aired 1999-02-12 | VALUES $200: 13 loaves or buns Baker's dozen |
#3286, aired 1998-12-14 | AUTHORS' RHYME TIME $400: Dominick's cinnamon rolls Dunne's buns |
#2744, aired 1996-07-04 | "HOT" $300: A nursery rhyme says, "If you have no daughters, give them to your sons" hot cross buns |
#2597, aired 1995-12-12 | SWEETS $100: These may be caramel, hot cross or sticky buns |
#2374, aired 1994-12-22 | FOOD $400: These warmed, sweet treats are traditionally served on Good Friday (hot) cross buns |
#2114, aired 1993-11-11 | TRAVEL $200: In England crumpets & Chelsea buns are often served at this 4:00 p.m. pick-me-up tea time |
#2034, aired 1993-06-10 | "HOT" STUFF $500: The rhyme about these baked treats says, "If you have no daughters, give them to your sons" hot cross buns |
#1603, aired 1991-07-17 | "HOT" STUFF $200: Served on Good Friday, these baked treats are decorated with a religious symbol hot cross buns |
#1133, aired 1989-07-05 | NURSERY RHYMES $500: It's what you should do with "hot cross buns... if you have no daughters" give them to your sons |
#1035, aired 1989-02-17 | TEEN CUISINE $100: This national hamburger chain's patties are square, but the buns are still round Wendy's |
#757, aired 1987-12-15 | GUINNESS RECORDS $100: 21-year-old Lynda Kuerth swallowed 23 of these ballpark treats in 190, seconds without the buns hot dogs |
#699, aired 1987-09-24 | FOOD $300: '87 Calif. Angels freebies include, for your buns, cushions shaped like packs of this Oscar Mayer product hot dogs |
#578, aired 1987-02-25 | NURSERY RHYMES $800: It's what you should do with hot cross buns, "If you have no daughters" Give them to your sons |
#570, aired 1987-02-13 | IN OTHER WORDS... $300: Gape wide, small flat seed found on hamburger buns! Open, sesame! |
#278, aired 1985-10-02 | NURSERY RHYMES $400: They cost "one-a-penny, two-a-penny" hot cross buns |