| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | BROADWAY ROCKS $2000: Based on the music of Johnny Cash, "Ring of Fire" opened with this Nine Inch Nails song memorably covered by Johnny "Hurt" |
| #8233, aired 2020-06-10 | EARTH, WIND & FIRE $400: About 80% of energy released by quakes comes from events with epicenters in the Circum-Pacific belt, AKA this, AKA a Johnny Cash tune Ring of Fire |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | WEARING BLACK $800: This memoir by Johnny Cash is subtitled "His Own Story in His Own Words" Man in Black |
| #6930, aired 2014-10-31 | A MATTER OF WIFE & DEATH $600: His beloved wife June Carter preceded him in death by 4 months, both passing away in 2003 Johnny Cash |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | BY JOHNNY CASH $200: In 1975 Johnny gave his autobiography this title, also his "colourful" nickname The Man in Black |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $200: Romeo's family name M-O-N-T-A-G-U-E |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | BY JOHNNY CASH $400: "We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout" begins a duet Johnny sang with this woman June Carter Cash |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | BY JOHNNY CASH $600: In 1956 Johnny scored a hit with this prison's "Blues"; the song re-charted at No. 1 in 1968 Folsom |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | BY JOHNNY CASH $800: Johnny's haunting cover of this Trent Reznor band's "Hurt" earned a 2003 nomination for MTV Video of the Year Nine Inch Nails |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | BY JOHNNY CASH $1000: Pretty nice show! An Aug. 5, 1955 bill included Wanda Jackson, Johnny & Elvis, his bandmate on this "bright" label Sun (Records) |
| #5968, aired 2010-07-21 | ROLLING STONE'S 50 BEST SONGS OF THE DECADE $400: No. 15:
This "Man in Black" performing "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails; Trent Reznor said, "That song isn't mine anymore" Johnny Cash |
| #5835, aired 2010-01-15 | WANTED BY THE FBI $800: The FBI wants Glen Stewart Godwin for both murder & a 1987 escape from this Calif. prison where Johnny Cash had the "Blues" Folsom Prison |
| #5723, aired 2009-06-24 | JOHNNY CASH $1200: Johnny's biggest hit was this novelty song written by Shel Silverstein "A Boy Named Sue" |
| #5478, aired 2008-06-04 | COLLECTIBLES $400: The "Man in Black" collector plate from the Franklin Mint was the first musical plate authorized by this country icon Johnny Cash |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | CASH $1000: Johnny wowed the MTV crowd with his stark cover of "Hurt", originally by this Trent Reznor band Nine Inch Nails |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | THE SILVER SCREEN $2000: In "Mars Attacks!", the Martians were defeated by the playing of this country singer's 1952 hit "Indian Love Call" Slim Whitman |
| #3736, aired 2000-11-27 | COLLECTIBLES $300: "The Man in Black" collector plate from the Franklin Mint was the first musical plate authorized by this country icon Johnny Cash |
| #3715, aired 2000-10-27 | AUDIO LITERATURE $200: He's the singer reading here from "The Eye of the Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran Johnny Cash |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $200: His first No. 1 country hit, "I Walk the Line", was released by Sun Records of Memphis in 1956 Johnny Cash |
| #2778, aired 1996-10-02 | SONGS $300: Johnny Cash's 1963 hit "Ring of Fire" was co-written by this woman, his future wife June Carter |
| #2179, aired 1994-02-10 | "LINE"s $400: This 1956 country song was the first by Johnny Cash to crack the Top 20 on the pop charts "I Walk The Line" |
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