| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $200: "I love Paris in the spring time", says one of the classic songs by this American composer Cole Porter |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $400: The only movie to pair Fred Astaire & Judy Garland is this holiday classic Easter Parade |
| #9030, aired 2024-02-02 | BILLBOARD'S 500 BEST POP SONGS $1600: No. 3 was this Temptations classic about a lover, "immediately recognizable from the opening bass line" "My Girl" |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $800: (I'm Hans Zimmer.) Before scoring films I could be seen tickling the ivories on this new wave classic by The Buggles, the first ever video on MTV "Video Killed The Radio Star" |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | POP EYE $1600: This band's 1980s cover of the Burt Bacharach & Hal David classic "Always Something There To Remind Me" was memorable Naked Eyes |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | I LOVE MY DAD $400: Pop to Pete, Janie, Zuzu & Tommy in a classic film, he's seen here with his own daughters Kelly & Judy Jimmy Stewart |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $2000: Spencer Tracy was on the side of evolution while Fredric March argued creationism in this classic 1960 film Inherit the Wind |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $1000: It was late but my film major roommate had to watch this Hitchcock "you kill my dad, I kill your wife" classic & I got sucked in Strangers on a Train |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | MUSIC STUFF $400: '70s classic with the lyric "I blew out my flip-flop / Stepped on a pop top" "Margaritaville" |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | "K"-POP $1600: Despite the title, the 1967 Neil Diamond classic about this title lady is not in the style of bluegrass "Kentucky Woman" |
| #8338, aired 2021-02-17 | POP $800: "Blasphemous Rumours" is a classic track from this British electronic pop band Depeche Mode |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CLASSIC ROCK & ROLL QUOTES $200: This "Quiet Beatle" looked back on his whirlwind pop days & noted, "We were the Spice Boys" George Harrison |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | CLASSIC ROCK GUITARISTS $400: Shortly after burning it up at Monterey Pop in '67, he opened for The Mamas & The Papas at the Hollywood Bowl Jimi Hendrix |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | POP CULTURE $800: This alliterative MMORPG released a "Classic" version in 2019 that returns players to Azeroth prior to its many expansions World of Warcraft |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1200: Last names Moore & Prater, this duo gave us the classic song "Soul Man" Sam and Dave |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $4,200 (Daily Double): The 1950s sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet" is based on this play, with Robby the Robot as Ariel The Tempest |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CLASSIC POP $200: "Baby Love" The Supremes |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CLASSIC POP $400: "Only The Lonely" (1960) Roy Orbison |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CLASSIC POP $600: "In Your Eyes" Peter Gabriel |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CLASSIC POP $800: "Mack The Knife" (1959) Bobby Darin |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | CLASSIC POP $1000: "Go Your Own Way" Fleetwood Mac |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | VAN THE MAN $800: Van's first solo single was the 1967 pop classic about this "girl" Brown Eyed Girl |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | POP CULTURE TRANSPORTS $2000: A father & son search the streets of Rome for a stolen transport in this classic 1940s Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thief |
| #7126, aired 2015-09-14 | SEE THE POP HIT $1000: A classic country hit of 1961 "I Fall To Pieces" |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | DISNEY DOGS $800: Pongo & Perdita are easy to spot as the mom & pop in this classic 101 Dalmatians |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | POP CULTURE'S PARTING WORDS $1200: In this 1957 film classic, Marlon Brando played a war pilot who fell in love with a Japanese dancer Sayonara |
| #5354, aired 2007-12-13 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Sir Mix-A-Lot's booty-shakin' rap classic mashes up with a romp-to-Russia Beatles tune "Baby Got Back In The U.S.S.R." |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | POP LYRICS $200: This Eagles classic begins, "On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair" "Hotel California" |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | POP LYRICS $400: This classic by The Righteous Brothers ends with the line "God speed your love to me" "Unchained Melody" |
| #5248, aired 2007-06-06 | POP LYRICS $600: This '60s classic mentions "A time to plant, a time to reap; a time to kill, a time to heal" "Turn! Turn! Turn!" |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $400 (Daily Double): (Before the clue is given, Kate Reinders from the Broadway play Wicked helps with the clue.)
"Popular /
You're gonna be pop-u-lar /
I'll teach you the proper ploys /
When you talk to boys /
Little ways to flirt and flounce--woww! /
I'll show you what shoes to wear /
How to fix your hair /
Everything that really counts to be /
Popular /
I'll help you be pop-u-lar /
You'll hang with the right cohorts /
You'll be good at sports /
Know the slang you gotta know /
So let's start /
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go"
"Wicked" is based on a modern novel inspired by this classic L. Frank Baum book that took us "over the rainbow" The Wizard of Oz |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | POP CULTURE $400: The Mamas & The Papas hit the pop charts for the first time with this "stately" classic "California Dreamin'" |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | POP CULTURE $1000: In the movie "Shock Treatment", the 1981 sequel to this cult classic, Brad & Janet appear on a TV game show The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #4877, aired 2005-11-22 | CLASSIC TV $200: In 1952 the title character of this show asked, "Do you pop out at parties? Are you unpoopular?" I Love Lucy |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1000: He's the 3 named character actor seen here in a 1930s film classic
"Well, congratulations on your engagement, Miss Seton. You're not getting very much, but I'm sure you can improve him." Edward Everett Horton |
| #4623, aired 2004-10-13 | ____ AND ____ $800: James Taylor was just 22 when he first hit the charts in 1970 with this pop classic "Fire And Rain" |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | POP MUSIC $800: '60s Dylan classic that begins, "Once upon a time you dressed so fine" "Like A Rolling Stone" |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | POP QUIZ $400: The jester borrows James Dean's coat in this Don McLean classic "American Pie" |
| #4154, aired 2002-09-26 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: '50s pop duo Phil & Don who also collected classic fairy tales The Everly Brothers Grimm |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | POP MUSIC $400: '70s classic heard here
"Plucked her eyebrows on the way /
Shaved her legs and then he was a she /
She says, 'Hey babe'" "Walk On The Wild Side" |
| #3890, aired 2001-06-29 | CLASSIC TV THEME SONGS $500: "We're goin' hoppin' (Hop!), we're goin' hoppin' today, where things are poppin' (Pop!) the Philadelphia way..." (American) Bandstand |
| #3788, aired 2001-02-07 | HODGEPODGE $400: Pop classic that includes the line "Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry" "American Pie" |
| #3605, aired 2000-04-14 | CLASSIC ALBUM ART $800: The album art of Paul Anka's 1976 "The Painter" was by this pop artist who also did the Stones' "Sticky Fingers" Andy Warhol |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | CLASSIC POP $200: "Picture yourself" in this psychedelic classic about "a girl with kaleidoscope eyes" "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | CLASSIC POP $400: This girl group's first No. 1 hit was 1964's "Where Did Our Love Go?" The Supremes |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | CLASSIC POP $600: Bobby "Boris" Pickett recorded this classic Halloween song with the Crypt-Kickers "Monster Mash" |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | CLASSIC POP $800: For ? (Question Mark) & the Mysterians, this many was "Too many teardrops for one heart" 96 tears |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | CLASSIC POP $1000: The Beach Boys made "good" use of the strange musical device known as a theremin on this 1966 No. 1 hit "Good Vibrations" |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | CLASSIC POP GROUPS $100: When this group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Mike Love gave the acceptance speech The Beach Boys |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | CLASSIC POP GROUPS $200: In 1963, with "Walk Like a Man", this group became the first to score 3 straight No. 1 singles in the U.S. The Four Seasons |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | CLASSIC POP GROUPS $300: After Smokey Robinson left this group, they had a No. 1 hit in 1975 with "Love Machine (Part 1)" The Miracles |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | CLASSIC POP GROUPS $400: This girl group followed up their No. 1 hit "Please Mr. Postman" with "Twistin' Postman" The Marvelettes |
| #3452, aired 1999-09-14 | CLASSIC POP GROUPS $500: "Nights In White Satin" appeared on their 1968 LP "Days of Future Passed" 4 years before the reissue hit the Top 10 The Moody Blues |
| #3202, aired 1998-06-30 | CLASSIC "BIG" & "LITTLE" SONGS $500 (Daily Double): This song heard here was the first No. 1 pop hit for its singer: "Big Bad John" |
| #3202, aired 1998-06-30 | CLASSIC "BIG" & "LITTLE" SONGS $500: This No. 1 pop hit by the 4 Seasons also spent 3 weeks at the top of the R&B charts -- "Silly girl" "Big Girls Don't Cry" |
| #2112, aired 1993-11-09 | POP MUSIC $800: Although this group's "Stairway To Heaven" is considered a classic, it was never released as a single Led Zeppelin |
