#8973, aired 2023-11-15 | CANADIAN ARTISTES $800: Alberta BaIlet's "The Fiddle and the Drum" is set to the songs of this singer born in Alberta Joni Mitchell |
#8580, aired 2022-02-18 | NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: This 1991 novel by Canadian Douglas Coupland gave a name to a whole cohort born around the same time Generation X |
#8515, aired 2021-11-19 | LIKE A NATURALIZED WOMAN $800: Canadian-born singer, seen here in 2005, the year she became a U.S. citizen Alanis Morissette |
#8466, aired 2021-09-13 | THAT'S CANADIAN ENTERTAINMENT $400: "You Oughta Know" this Ottawa-born singer imported Flea & Dave Navarro to play on that song Alanis Morissette |
#8234, aired 2020-06-11 | BREAKOUT MOVIE ROLES $1600: This Canadian-born actress in the title role of "Juno" (Ellen) Page |
#1, aired 2020-01-07 | THE OSCARS $800: The second, third & fourth Oscars for Best Actress went to Canadian-born women, starting with her, "America's Sweetheart" Pickford |
#7732, aired 2018-04-03 | WE APPRECIATE CANADIAN PERFORMERS! $400: This Vancouver-born actor has "Vancity" as part of his Twitter handle Ryan Reynolds |
#7338, aired 2016-07-06 | CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS $200: John Turner is the only 20th century PM not born in Canada; he was born in this mother country Great Britain |
#6978, aired 2015-01-07 | OF THE NATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS $1000: For works like the one seen here, this Canadian-born architect won the first Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000 Frank Gehry |
#6851, aired 2014-06-02 | MEMOIRS $1200: In "Waging Heavy Peace", this Canadian-born musician talks about writing the song "Ohio" Neil Young |
#6723, aired 2013-12-04 | CANADIAN CLUB $200: Rachel McAdams & this co-star of "The Notebook" were both born in London, Ontario Ryan Gosling |
#6723, aired 2013-12-04 | CANADIAN CLUB $600: Born in Vancouver, he was People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2010 & the Green Lantern in 2011 Ryan Reynolds |
#6331, aired 2012-03-12 | WE LOVE YOU, CONRAD $2000: A 2007 fraud conviction "darkened" the good name of this Canadian-born onetime owner of 100s of newspapers Conrad Black |
#5879, aired 2010-03-18 | BORN IN EAST LA. $2000: Baton Rouge, La.-born Brandon Hamilton starred as a cornerback for the Edmonton Eskimos in this sports league Canadian football |
#5815, aired 2009-12-18 | CANADIAN BAL-EH? $1200: Alberta Ballet's "The Fiddle and the Drum" is set to the songs of this female singer born in Alberta Joni Mitchell |
#5027, aired 2006-06-20 | BASEBALL RECORD BREAKERS $1000: While with the Rockies, this outfielder became the first Canadian-born major leaguer to collect 2,000 hits Larry Walker |
#5019, aired 2006-06-08 | EMISSARY TO AMERICA $2000: Vincent Massey was Canada's first minister to the U.S. & later the first non-Brit to hold this post governor-general |
#3987, aired 2001-12-25 | O CANADA $600: This Canadian-born actor's been a grinch, a riddler & a cable guy Jim Carrey |
#3861, aired 2001-05-21 | MIKE MYERS $200: Mike was born May 25, 1963 in this Canadian town; Simon & Garfunkel might wonder if it has a "fair" Scarborough |
#3739, aired 2000-11-30 | DALLAS $400: This Mexican-American golfer born in Dallas Dec. 1, 1939 won the U.S., British & Canadian Opens in 1971 Lee Trevino |
#3710, aired 2000-10-20 | HEY, MIKEY! $1000: This Sri Lanka-born Canadian won Britain's Booker Prize for his novel "The English Patient" Michael Ondaatje |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | THEY WERE TEENS IN 1950 $500: Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien, the 18th of 19 children, was born in this province in 1934 Quebec |
#3440, aired 1999-07-16 | NO. 1 COUNTRY HITS $200: In 1996 this Canadian-born woman sang, "If you're not in it for love, I'm out of here" Shania Twain |
#3421, aired 1999-06-21 | ENTERTAINING CANADIANS $100: Last name of Canadian-born actress Meg, Jennifer's sister Tilly |
#3380, aired 1999-04-23 | CANADIAN BORN $100: At age 9, this Canadian ABC News anchor hosted a weekly CBC music & news show for children Peter Jennings |
#3380, aired 1999-04-23 | CANADIAN BORN $200: This actress can make temperatures rise even on the coldest day of the year in Ladysmith, British Columbia, her birthplace Pamela Anderson Lee |
#3380, aired 1999-04-23 | CANADIAN BORN $400: 3 days after her death in 1991, this ex-wife of George C. Scott won an Emmy for playing Murphy Brown's mom Colleen Dewhurst |
#3380, aired 1999-04-23 | CANADIAN BORN $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm David James Elliott of JAG.) I was born in this city founded in the 1700s & whose name comes from the Huron term meaning "meeting place" Toronto |
#3380, aired 1999-04-23 | CANADIAN BORN $500: This pioneering pop-media theorist born in Edmonton, Alberta coined the phrase "The medium is the message" Marshall McLuhan |
#3365, aired 1999-04-02 | NORMANS $1000: This Canadian-born director's films include "In the Heat of the Night" & "Moonstruck" Norman Jewison |
#3139, aired 1998-04-02 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $100: Born of French-Canadian parents, this "On the Road" author spoke only French until he was 6 (Jack) Kerouac |
#2963, aired 1997-06-18 | INTERNATIONAL ACTRESSES $600: Kate Nelligan was born in London -- not in England, but in this Canadian province Ontario |
#2492, aired 1995-06-06 | AUTHORS $1000: In 1954 this Canadian-born U.S. author won a National Book Award for "The Adventures of Augie March" (Saul) Bellow |
#2318, aired 1994-10-05 | FAMOUS FRENCH CANADIANS $500: In 1922 this Beat author was born to French- Canadian parents in Massachusetts & baptized Jean-Louis Jack Kerouac |
#2149, aired 1993-12-30 | CANADIAN ACTORS $200: Born in Toronto in 1893, she became famous as "America's Sweetheart", not "Canada's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford |
#2038, aired 1993-06-16 | BIRTHPLACES $400: This flamboyant female evangelist wasn’t American but Canadian; she was born in Ontario in 1890 Aimee Semple McPherson |
#1902, aired 1992-12-08 | PEOPLE $200: It's the adjective in the nickname of Canadian-born magician James Randi Amazing |
#1875, aired 1992-10-30 | CANADIAN ACTORS $200: He was born in St. John, New Brunswick, but his son Kiefer was born in London, England Donald Sutherland |
#1574, aired 1991-06-06 | BIRTHPLACES $800: Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in this smallest Canadian province, the setting for her novel, "Anne of Green Gables" Prince Edward Island |
#1532, aired 1991-04-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: In 1976 this Canadian-born author of “Herzog” won the Nobel literature prize Saul Bellow |
#1374, aired 1990-07-19 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: This Canadian-born author won a 1975 Pulitzer Prize for "Humboldt's Gift" Saul Bellow |
#1280, aired 1990-03-09 | PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES $1,500 (Daily Double): Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was born in this Canadian province, where FDR had a summer home New Brunswick |
#1030, aired 1989-02-10 | HEARTTHROBS $400: Michael J. Fox was born in Alberta but grew up in this western Canadian province British Columbia |
#961, aired 1988-11-07 | DOLLS $400: These five Canadian sisters, born in 1934, inspired dolls that are now collectors' items the Dionne Quints |
#895, aired 1988-06-24 | "RICH" $100: This Canadian-born impressionist sometimes ends his nightclub act with a tribute to the U.S.A. Rich Little |
#814, aired 1988-03-03 | CANADIAN ACTORS $600: Quebec-born "Blackboard Jungle" star whose 1st name was originally spelled "Gwyllyn" Glenn Ford |
#668, aired 1987-07-01 | CANADIAN ACTORS $1000: Born a Montreal bus driver's daughter, she was nominated for an Oscar for "Anne of a Thousand Days" Geneviève Bujold |