| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $800: Pop goes Christmas as this Canadian crooner's yuletide songs play all season long Bublé |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | FIGHT SONGS $1600: Rachel Platten's "Fight Song" appeared on the 2014 "How the 'A' Stole Christmas" episode of this show & then became a Top 10 hit Pretty Little Liars |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | CROSBY $200: Bing Crosby made hits of hundreds of songs, perhaps most famously "White Christmas" written by this man Irving Berlin |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | THE HOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST $800: Dan Levy narrated this singer's 2019 "Christmas Show" that coincidentally had songs from her album "A Very Kacey Christmas" Musgraves |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS $200: He's "the most famous reindeer of all", but he's bullied horribly & only loved after bailing everyone out on Christmas Eve Rudolph |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS $400: This title daredevil lives to the max! Though the Sun can kill him, he sings, "Let's run & we'll have some fun now before I melt away" Frosty the Snowman |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS $600: "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" is by this "Take Me Home, Country Roads" singer (John) Denver |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS $800: You don't think of Christmas tunes as black market body part movers, but "All I Want For Christmas Is" this pair of choppers my two front teeth |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS $1000: A police report would later reveal this title relative "had hoof prints on her forehead & incriminating Claus marks on her back" Grandma |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | FUNNY TV SONGS $1200: Donald Glover & Danny Pudi sang "Baby Boomer Santa" on a Christmas episode of this comedy Community |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | THE PROPER NAME IS THE VERB $400: To sing Christmas songs to carol |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | STATE SONGS $600: Maryland's state song "Maryland, My Maryland" is sung to the tune of this Christmas song "O Tannenbaum" |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | HOLIDAY SONGS $1000: This title promise was requested by Jim Lovell & Frank Borman during their 14-day space mission in December 1965 "I'll Be Home For Christmas" |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | HOLIDAY ALBUMS $600: In 2012 this a capella group released its first holiday offering, "PTXmas", an EP with 6 classic Christmas songs Pentatonix |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | OTHER CHRISTMAS SONGS $200: In 1942 this crooner had a No. 1 hit with "White Christmas" Bing Crosby |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | OTHER CHRISTMAS SONGS $400: This title line is followed by "underneath the mistletoe last night" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | OTHER CHRISTMAS SONGS $600: His "Christmas Album" of 1957 includes the now classic "Blue Christmas" Elvis Presley |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | OTHER CHRISTMAS SONGS $800: It's the alternate title & first line of "The Christmas Song", definitively sung by Nat King Cole "Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire" |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | OTHER CHRISTMAS SONGS $1000: In 2014 Bob Geldof re-recorded this 30-year-old song as a fundraiser to fight Ebola "Do They Know It's Christmas?" |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $200: Dream no more--"White Christmas", featuring the songs of this beloved composer, finally came to Broadway in 2008 (Irving) Berlin |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY $1000: Songs from this show based on a movie include "Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun" & "Ralphie To The Rescue" A Christmas Story |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $600: 1942:
This holiday classic from "Holiday Inn" "White Christmas" |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | MOVIE MUSICALS BY SONGS $2000: 1944:
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" &
"The Boy Next Door" Meet Me in St. Louis |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | CHRISTMAS POP SONGS $400: "And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime", says this charitable tune "Do They Know It's Christmas?" |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | CHRISTMAS POP SONGS $800: In 2011 this teen idol crooned about kissing his girl under the "mistletoe" Justin Bieber |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | CHRISTMAS POP SONGS $1200: This singing cowboy wrote "Here Comes Santa Claus" Gene Autry |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | CHRISTMAS POP SONGS $1600: Darlene Love sang "Christmas (Baby Please" do this) & if I were her baby, I would "Come Home" |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | CHRISTMAS POP SONGS $2000: Please tip this band featuring singer Patty Donahue; in 1981 they served up "Christmas Wrapping" The Waitresses |
| #6078, aired 2011-02-02 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO $400: Parang, a style of music with songs called anunciacions & nacimientos, is popular at this time of the year Christmas |
| #6048, aired 2010-12-22 | HOLIDAY ALBUMS $400: This crooner's 1955 album "White Christmas" consisted of 10 songs recorded in 1945 Bing Crosby |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gets a whiff of a holiday treat sold at a hot dog vendor's sidewalk stand in New York.) The aroma reminds me of one of the most popular holiday songs; written in 1946, it's simply called "The Christmas Song", but is better known by this first line "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" |
| #5587, aired 2008-12-16 | PUBLIC DOMAIN SONGS GO HEAVY METAL $400: Ah, Christmas.
A time to relax.
Reflect.
& headbang! (to this song heard here) "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" |
| #5096, aired 2006-11-06 | THE U.S. SENATE: AFTER HOURS $1000: This Utah man & Senate Judiciary Committee member wrote songs for a 2003 "Christmas Eve" CD Orrin Hatch |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | SNOWY SONGS $200: This guy "knew that the sun was out that day, so he said, 'let's run and have some fun now before I melt away'" Frosty the Snowman |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | SNOWY SONGS $1000: In "I'll Be Home For Christmas", "please have" these 2 rhyming items "and presents on the tree" snow & mistletoe |
| #4666, aired 2004-12-13 | PEOPLE ON THE MAP $200: He wrote the songs "There's No Business Like Show Business" & "White Christmas" Irving Berlin |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | MOVIE SONGS $500: "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
(1944) Meet Me In St. Louis |
| #3742, aired 2000-12-05 | CLASSIC AMERICAN MUSIC $200: He got an Oscar for "White Christmas" & a Medal of Honor for songs like "God Bless America" Irving Berlin |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | LESSER-KNOWN COMPOSERS $400: Thomas Morley was known for putting lots of fa-la-las into these songs for several voices madrigals |
| #3202, aired 1998-06-30 | CLASSIC "BIG" & "LITTLE" SONGS $200: This Christmas perennial by the Harry Simeone Chorale reached the Top 40 5 times, pa-rum-pum-pum-pum "The Little Drummer Boy" |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | SONGS $200: He was inspired to compose the melody for "The Christmas Song" by a poem, "Thoughts of Christmas" Mel Torme |
| #2931, aired 1997-05-05 | LITERARY TRANSLATIONS $200: Many of these English Christmas songs are translations, like "Silent Night" from German Carols |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $100: In Eddy Arnold's "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S", the "M" is for this place where Jesus lay Manger |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $200: Nonsense syllables that follow "See the blazing yule before us" "Fa la la la la, la la la la" |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $300: Word repeated 4 times before "Born is the king of Israel" Noel |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $400: In Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song", folks are dressed up like these Eskimos |
| #2838, aired 1996-12-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $500: "A Holly Jolly Christmas" & "Silver And Gold" came from this 1964 TV special featuring Burl Ives Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer |
| #2231, aired 1994-04-25 | SONGS $200: "Shepherds quake at the sight! Glories stream from heaven afar" are lyrics from this Christmas carol "Silent Night" |
| #2143, aired 1993-12-22 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $100: The line "my true love gave to me five gold rings" comes from this song "The 12 Days of Christmas" |
| #2143, aired 1993-12-22 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $200: "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" this "Glory to the Newborn King" |
| #2143, aired 1993-12-22 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $300: John Mason Neale translated "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" & wrote this carol about a virtuous ruler "Good King Wenceslas" |
| #2143, aired 1993-12-22 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $400: The only line from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" that contains the word "Christmas" "Then one foggy Christmas Eve" |
| #2143, aired 1993-12-22 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $500: In 1951 this "Music Man" wrote "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" Meredith Willson |
| #2092, aired 1993-10-12 | MOVIE SONGS $400: "Have yourself" one of these, "let your heart be light" a merry little Christmas |
| #2062, aired 1993-07-20 | SONGS FROM MUSICALS $400: "We Need A Little Christmas"
&
"If He Walked
Into My Life" Mame |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $100: This title line precedes "That Glorious Song of Old" "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $200: In 1948 Spike Jones had a No. 1 hit with "All I Want For Christmas Is" this "My Two Front Teeth" |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $300 (Daily Double): This record by the Harry Simeone Chorale reached the Billboard Top 40 5 times from 1958 to 1962 "The Little Drummer Boy" |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $300: "In the meadow we can build a snowman, then pretend that he is" this minister Parson Brown |
| #1913, aired 1992-12-23 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $400: 2 years after recording "Light My Fire", this pop singer-guitarist wrote "Feliz Navidad" Jose Feliciano |
| #1793, aired 1992-05-20 | OSCAR WINNING SONGS $500: "White Christmas" Holiday Inn |
| #1566, aired 1991-05-27 | MUSIC $200: In German, these holiday songs are known as Weihnachtslieder Christmas carols |
| #1456, aired 1990-12-24 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $100: The Chipmunks sang "Christmas, Christmas time is near, time for toys and time for" this cheer |
| #1456, aired 1990-12-24 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $200: According to the song title, they're "All I Want for Christmas" my two front teeth |
| #1456, aired 1990-12-24 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $300: Line that follows "Then how the reindeer loved him as they shouted out with glee" Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history |
| #1456, aired 1990-12-24 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $400: Burl Ives urged us to have this type of Christmas; "it's the best time of the year" "A Holly Jolly Christmas" |
| #1456, aired 1990-12-24 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $500: The first line of this Christmas carol appears in "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" "Deck The Halls" |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $100: According to a Gene Autry hit, "One foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say" this Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight? |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $300: In "The Chipmunk Song" it's the item Alvin wants for Christmas a Hula Hoop |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $400: This song made Billboard's Top 40 in '55, '57, '60, '61 & '62 "White Christmas" |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $500: It "came upon a midnight clear" that glorious song of old |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $1,500 (Daily Double): Latin title of the following song sung here by Bing Crosby:
"O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant / O come..." "Adeste Fideles" |
| #1176, aired 1989-10-16 | POPULAR SONGS $300: In 1988 buying your true love all the gifts mentioned in this song would have cost $67,745.54 "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" |
| #637, aired 1987-05-19 | OSCAR-LOSING SONGS $500: 1954 holiday film which produced the Oscar-losing "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" White Christmas |
| #546, aired 1987-01-12 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $200: Translation of "Rudolfo El Reno De Nariz Roja" "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
| #546, aired 1987-01-12 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $300: Skip this 1st word & folks won't know the herald angels are singing hark |
| #546, aired 1987-01-12 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $400: An Eddy Arnold record title asked the musical question "Will" he "Come To Shanty Town?" Santy |
| #425, aired 1986-04-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $100: From "choraules", the flute player who accompanied choral dances, comes this word for a hymn of joy a carol |
| #425, aired 1986-04-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $200: "Adeste Fideles" "O Come, All Ye Faithful" |
| #425, aired 1986-04-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $300: "All I want for Christmas" is this so I can say, "Sister Susie sitting on a thistle" "My Two Front Teeth" |
| #425, aired 1986-04-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $400: Completes the title of the #1 selling song of Christmas 1984, "Grandma Got Run Over By A..." "Reindeer" |
| #425, aired 1986-04-25 | CHRISTMAS SONGS $500: Christmas standard introduced at midnight mass in 1847 when "the stars were brightly shining" "O Holy Night" |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | "LITTLE" SONGS $300: Each Dec. from 1958-62, the Harry Simeone Chorale was in top 30 with this new Christmas standard "The Little Drummer Boy" |
| #311, aired 1985-11-18 | OSCAR SONGS $200: 1942 Irving Berlin classic that's sold more records than any other "White Christmas" |
| #172, aired 1985-05-07 | SILLY SONGS $500 (Daily Double): According to the following, "if you ever saw it", what "you would even say":
"Then one foggy Christmas Eve / Santa came to say / Rudolph, with your nose so bright..." it glows |
| #169, aired 1985-05-02 | "BLUE" SONGS $100: How Elvis saw the red & green holiday in '64 "Blue Christmas" |
