#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $200: During the Vietnam War, this toy of 80 feet of wire was sometimes used as a portable antenna for radios a Slinky |
#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $600: In 2016 this game introduced a new suspect: Dr. Orchid, the daughter of the mansion's owner Clue |
#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $800: In 1963 the original model of this came packaged with pans & mixes for cake & cookies the Easy-Bake Oven |
#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $1000: Alfred Butts invented this board game in 1931; he called it Criss-Cross Words Scrabble |
#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): This toy with a sister named Yam was the first toy advertised on TV, back in 1952 Mr. Potato Head |
#8939, aired 2023-09-28 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $1200: The classic game Reversi is aka this game, like a Shakespearean title character Othello |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $200: This object will have you jumping for joy a pogo stick |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $400: This animated character who "was once a little green slab of clay" became a bendable toy in the 1960s Gumby |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $600: On a standard Monopoly board, they're the 2 most expensive properties Boardwalk & Park Place |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $800: It originally required a 25-watt bulb & came with colored plastic pegs & black construction paper to make an illuminated picture Lite-Brite |
#8890, aired 2023-06-09 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $1000: Time to play this Hasbro game: write down a river, a bird, a flower & a body part all starting with the letter R Scattergories |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | GAMES, OLD & NEW $2000: Aperture Science Laboratories is the setting of this classic that's among Steam's top-ranked games Portal |
#8410, aired 2021-05-28 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $200: The name of this block-stacking game comes from a Swahili word for "build" Jenga |
#8410, aired 2021-05-28 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $400: Combining silicone oil & boric acid creates the bouncy, moldable material first sold as this in 1949 Silly Putty |
#8410, aired 2021-05-28 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $600: In Clue, this weapon may be found in the dining room but can be used to illuminate any room of the mansion the candlestick |
#8410, aired 2021-05-28 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $800: First sold in 1976, this gel-filled action figure can be twisted, pulled & tied in knots but always returns to its original shape Stretch Armstrong |
#8410, aired 2021-05-28 | CLASSIC TOYS & GAMES $1000: Ailments in Operation include Broken Heart, Brain Freeze & these internal feelings of apprehensions Butterflies in the Stomach |
#8247, aired 2020-09-29 | GAMES $400: Peppermint Stick Forest & Molasses Swamp were 2 tasty locations in the classic version of this board game Candy Land |
#7988, aired 2019-05-08 | EDUCATIONAL GAMES $600: The Amazon Trail is a spin-off from this classic history game The Oregon Trail |
#7962, aired 2019-04-02 | GAMES WITH DICE $600: In this classic game a large straight gets you 40 points & 5 of a kind gets you this, 50 points & the name of the game Yahtzee |
#7828, aired 2018-09-26 | VIDEO GAMES $800: In the classic video game "Joust", contestants were placed upon these birds ostriches |
#7824, aired 2018-09-20 | TOYS & GAMES $200: This classic game's Cavity Sam has been given a new ailment:
Brain Freeze Operation |
#7824, aired 2018-09-20 | TOYS & GAMES $600: There's a "Super Spud" version of this classic toy Mr. Potato Head |
#7824, aired 2018-09-20 | TOYS & GAMES $2,400 (Daily Double): This classic drawing toy was once called Telecran, still its name in France Etch a Sketch |
#7811, aired 2018-07-23 | FUNK & GAMES $400: "Give Up The Funk" is a classic from this band that sounds like the legislature of Great Britain Parliament |
#7400, aired 2016-11-11 | NEVER BORED OF BOARD GAMES $400: It's "the classic naval combat game" Battleship |
#7396, aired 2016-11-07 | TOYS & GAMES $800: The box for this classic said you can see the insects "dig tunnels", "build bridges" & "move mountains" an ant farm |
#7022, aired 2015-03-10 | CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES $200: Try explaining to your kids how this 1972 4-letter arcade game from Atari was the coolest thing ever for a while Pong |
#7022, aired 2015-03-10 | CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES $400: Introduced in 1982, this sequel had as big an appetite as her male predecessor Ms. Pac-Man |
#7022, aired 2015-03-10 | CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES $600: He was a bouncing orange critter with a big nose & an asterisk in his name Q*bert |
#7022, aired 2015-03-10 | CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES $800: Appropriately, the highest lance won in this classic game; less appropriately, there were flying ostriches Joust |
#7022, aired 2015-03-10 | CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES $1000: You had left, middle & right fire buttons in this game, also the name of a U.S. Army unit known as MICOM Missile Command |
#6910, aired 2014-10-03 | THE "B.G."'s $400: Classic ones include Parcheesi & Sorry! board games |
#6810, aired 2014-04-04 | VIDEO GAMES $800: Blinky, Pinky, Inky & Clyde were 4 of these in a series of classic Namco arcade games ghosts |
#6110, aired 2011-03-18 | CLASSIC GAMES $400: It's "the game that ties you up in knots" Twister |
#6110, aired 2011-03-18 | CLASSIC GAMES $800: Anthony Pratt, a solicitor's clerk, invented this classic whodunit board game Clue |
#6110, aired 2011-03-18 | CLASSIC GAMES $1200: The name of this word search game with lettered cubes means "bewilder" Boggle |
#6110, aired 2011-03-18 | CLASSIC GAMES $1600: This game is sort of an upright version of Tic-Tac-Toe, using checkers dropped into a grid Connect Four |
#6110, aired 2011-03-18 | CLASSIC GAMES $2000: The "popomatic" keeps you from having to find lost dice playing this Milton Bradley race & chase game Trouble |
#5958, aired 2010-07-07 | TOYS & GAMES $200: Make no apology for this classic board game, the game of "sweet revenge" Sorry! |
#5837, aired 2010-01-19 | TOYS & GAMES $800: Betty James named a classic toy this, a word meaning "stealthy, sleek & sinuous" Slinky |
#5758, aired 2009-09-30 | CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES $200: The creator of this game got the idea while noticing a pizza missing a slice looked like an open-mouthed head Pac-Man |
#5758, aired 2009-09-30 | CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES $400: Putting your initials next to your high score was an early innovation of this game Asteroids |
#5758, aired 2009-09-30 | CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES $600: The Bank of Japan ordered an emergency minting of coins as there was a run on them when this game debuted in 1978 Space Invaders |
#5758, aired 2009-09-30 | CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES $800: The original name for the hero was Jumpman, & he was a carpenter, not a plumber, in this game Donkey Kong |
#5758, aired 2009-09-30 | CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES $1000: The name of this game, shown in the updated "zone" version, is a play on the Greek word for "four" Tetris |
#5614, aired 2009-01-22 | VIDEO GAMES $200: The "ball" in this classic '70s version of table tennis was square--good thing it was played on video Pong |
#5614, aired 2009-01-22 | VIDEO GAMES $400: The name of this classic game came from onomatopoetic Japanese for the sound a mouth makes while eating Pac-Man |
#4743, aired 2005-03-30 | I'VE GOT ESPN $1200: (Scott Van Pelt reads the clue.) You can relive memories like 1977 NBA final games on the channel launched under this name in 1997 ESPN Classic |
#4742, aired 2005-03-29 | TOYS AND GAMES $200: Miss Scarlet & Professor Plum are suspects in this classic whodunit game Clue |
#4605, aired 2004-09-17 | CLASSIC GAMES $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays a game with Sofia.) Eight years of studying medicine have prepared me to perform delicate surgery on Cavity Sam in this game--scalpel!
Bzzzt! Operation |
#4605, aired 2004-09-17 | CLASSIC GAMES $400: Uno is a version of this wacky-sounding card game called huit americain in France crazy eights |
#4605, aired 2004-09-17 | CLASSIC GAMES $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew plays a game with Jimmy.) Trying to catch a rodent isn't as easy as it seems in this classic board game Mouse Trap |
#4605, aired 2004-09-17 | CLASSIC GAMES $800: If you don't accept this challenge in backgammon, you must resign & pay the current stake the double |
#4605, aired 2004-09-17 | CLASSIC GAMES $1000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew plays a game with Jimmy.) Jimmy's playing older brother & helping me choose who's taking me out in the updated version of this game
Guy on telephone says, "What's up?" and Jimmy shakes his head. Mystery Date |
#4600, aired 2004-09-10 | TOYS & GAMES $600: Mattel has set this classic boxing toy in a video game “arena” Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots |
#4456, aired 2004-01-12 | TOYS & GAMES $200: Mr. Boddy is the victim whose murder you try to solve in this classic board game Clue |
#4456, aired 2004-01-12 | TOYS & GAMES $600: It's the classic naval combat game from Milton Bradley Battleship |
#4015, aired 2002-02-01 | RAINY DAY GAMES $600: This murder weapon in the classic game of Clue is mentioned in the rhyme "Jack be nimble" candlestick |
#3990, aired 2001-12-28 | TOYS & GAMES $600: You can launch your medical career with this classic game of skill that features "Cavity Sam" Operation |
#2798, aired 1996-10-30 | TOYS & GAMES $100: In 1996 Mattel introduced a Ken & Barbie dressed in costumes from this classic '60s sci-fi series Star Trek |
#2706, aired 1996-05-13 | VIDEO GAMES $500: "The 11th Hour" is the sequel to this interactive classic The 7th Guest |
#2638, aired 1996-02-07 | TOYS & GAMES $200: In England this classic game is called draughts checkers |
#2632, aired 1996-01-30 | CARD GAMES $200: At the end of this classic children's game, whoever holds the odd queen loses Old Maid |
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