#9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $600: Jacques Offenbach composed music for this lively dance as part of an 1858 operetta the can-can |
#9048, aired 2024-02-28 | SHALL WE DANCE? $200: This dance music was big in 1977 but by '79 a "Demolition Night" promo at Comiskey Park led to a bonfire in center field & a riot disco |
#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | MISCELLANEOUS KNOWLEDGE $800: In 1968 this NYC school dropped "of Music" from its name to reflect its broader scope that includes dance & drama Juilliard |
#14, aired 2023-09-27 | THE DNA OF MUSIC $1200: For their hit song "DNA", this K-pop band released a video in which they dance and form a double helix BTS |
#8915, aired 2023-07-14 | IN SYNDICATION $400: Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, you got down to this type of dance music in the 1970s disco |
#8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC $600: Stephen Sondheim composed most of the score of "A Little Night Music" in 3/4 time, also known as this dance "time" waltz time |
#19, aired 2023-05-24 | COMPOSERS $200: Scott Joplin published the haunting "Bethena, a Concert" this kind of dance music soon after the 1904 death of his wife waltz |
#16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $1000: An oldie-but-goodie says, "But don't forget who's taking you home & in whose arms you're gonna be, so darlin"' do this save the last dance for me |
#11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $2000: Real name Joel Zimmerman, this electronic dance music superstar is known for numerous iterations of his rodent helmet deadmau5 |
#8837, aired 2023-03-28 | "M"USIC CLASS $1000: This Polish dance music in triple time originated in the 16th century & uses heel-tapping accents a mazurka |
#8833, aired 2023-03-22 | MAKING MUSIC $1200: Songs from "Psycho Killer" to "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" have used the Roland TR-808, one of these that replaces a human a drum machine |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $2000: Watching his bride out on the floor at his wedding, polio survivor Doc Pomus got the idea for "Save" this "For Me" the Last Dance |
#8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $600: In 1996 The Bayside Boys remix of this song by Los del Río was a No. 1 hit; its accompanying dance was a '90s fad too "Macarena" |
#8689, aired 2022-07-21 | BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP $600: A Haydn symphony nicknamed "The Bear" has a passage that sounds like music for bears to do this--perhaps a minuet? dance |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MUSICIANS SELLING MUSIC $1000: In 2021 the estate of this "Dance With My Father" R&B singer who left us far too soon at 54 made a $40 mil. deal with Primary Wave Luther Vandross |
#8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $600: We won't dance around it--this band! at the 2019 show made their ma proud & lived up to the chorus of a hit tune
"Hey look ma, I made it /
Hey look ma, I made it..." Panic! at the Disco |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | THE HIT OF THE DECADE $800: "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", "lyrics to make you shake your pants" the 1990s |
#8606, aired 2022-03-28 | A SONG & A DANCE $1200: In 1992 country music fans hit the floor for a line dance accompanying this Billy Ray Cyrus hit "Achy Breaky Heart" |
#8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: Composer Aram Khachaturian's most familiar piece is this sharp "Dance" featured in his "Gayane" ballet the "Sabre Dance" |
#8570, aired 2022-02-04 | DANCE PARTY $800: This lively music & its accompanying dance have a name from Czech polka |
#8515, aired 2021-11-19 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $1000: Last name Smyers + Mooney, this country duo won 3 AMAs in 2020 Dan + Shay |
#8466, aired 2021-09-13 | QUOTH THE MAVEN $400: Agnes de Mille said, "The truest expression of a people is in its" these & "music... bodies never lie" dance |
#8455, aired 2021-07-30 | OLDE MUSIC $1000: One of Gabriel Faure's most famous pieces is his pavane, a centuries-old dance that gets its name from this Italian "P" city Padua |
#8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $1200: Luther Vandross emotionally told us he'd "Love, love, love" to do this with his father again dance |
#8396, aired 2021-05-10 | JACQUES $1200: Jacques Offenbach's "Orpheus In The Underworld" contains this lively dance music the can-can |
#8369, aired 2021-04-01 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: This hilly region of western Massachusetts is home to the Tanglewood Music & Jacob's Pillow dance festivals the Berkshires |
#8333, aired 2021-02-10 | LET'S DANCE! $1000: You can do this Spanish folk dance solo or as a couple, perhaps to Ravel's 1928 music of the same name bolero |
#8327, aired 2021-02-02 | COUNTRY / MUSIC $600: Cante jondo or "deep song" is a powerful type of this Spanish style of music & dance associated with Gypsies flamenco |
#8282, aired 2020-11-17 | MUSICAL VIENNA $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from out the Kursalon Music Hall in Vienna, Austria.) The Kursalon opened in 1867 & hosted its first concert of the work of Johann Strauss Jr. the very next year; today, you can still come to both hear & dance this, of which Strauss was known as the king a waltz |
#8242, aired 2020-09-22 | MUSIC FESTIVALS $1600: 200,000 people crowd a Belgian town of 18,000 for Tomorrowland, a festival of EDM, short for this "music" electronic dance music |
#8241, aired 2020-09-21 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg, Austria.) Shot in several locations, including Mirabell Gardens, where Maria and the kids dance around a fountain and run through a hedge tunnel, this number culminates with the song's final bars being sung right here on these steps "Do-Re-Mi" |
#8202, aired 2020-04-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: "Asturias" by Isaac Albeniz is a piece in the style of this Spanish Gypsy dance music flamenco |
#8128, aired 2020-01-01 | O IS THE ONLY VOWEL $1600: This '50s music style is what The Turbans are saying in their song "When You Dance" doo-wop |
#8109, aired 2019-12-05 | THE "J" EFFECT $200: A 1940s dance to boogie-woogie music jitterbug |
#8048, aired 2019-09-11 | CLASSICAL DANCE $1200: Bach's keyboard suites include music for this happy dance, 5 letters long (not 3) & starting with "G" (not "J") a gigue |
#8048, aired 2019-09-11 | CLASSICAL DANCE $3,000 (Daily Double): Jean-Baptiste Lully pioneered music for this dance whose name, from the Latin for "small", comes from its small, dainty steps a minuet |
#8018, aired 2019-06-19 | MUSIC I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH $400: In June 2018 "Random Access Memories" was one of 2 albums this helmet-headed duo had on the Dance/Electronic Top 25 Daft Punk |
#8003, aired 2019-05-29 | CLOTHES MINDED $600: This cropped jacket gets is name from a Spanish dance & the music for that dance bolero |
#7988, aired 2019-05-08 | OPERA & BALLET $1600: Naturally, there's dance music in this Italian's 1859 opera "Un Ballo in Maschera", "A Masked Ball" Verdi |
#7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FRENCH MUSIC ABOUT SPAIN $2000: Lalo's "Symphonie Espagnole" uses the rhythm of this Cuban dance that's also a famous aria in "Carmen" the habanera |
#7905, aired 2019-01-11 | 5 "B"s OF CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This Hungarian's 1923 "Dance Suite" celebrated the 50th anniversary of the merger of Buda, Pest & Obuda Béla Bartók |
#7869, aired 2018-11-22 | PIONEERING TELEVISION $800: Decades before MTV & "TRL", there was this Dick Clark music show that made you want to dance American Bandstand |
#7856, aired 2018-11-05 | DRUM SCHTICK $1600: A '90s dance music style from England is called "drum &" this instrument bass |
#7842, aired 2018-10-16 | IN THE DICTIONARY $800: From the name of the muse, terpsichorean means relating to this activity dance |
#7810, aired 2018-07-20 | MUSIC OF 20 YEARS AGO $400: We hit the dance floor with this star who asked--in an electronic, distorted way--"Do You Believe In Life After Love?" Cher |
#7751, aired 2018-04-30 | YOU SHOULD BE DANCING $600: Heard here, considered risque back in the day, it's the dance dance down to the music the can-can |
#7711, aired 2018-03-05 | YOU GET A "C" $2000: This Brazilian martial art incorporates elements of dance & music capoeira |
#7702, aired 2018-02-20 | NEW WORDS IN 1988 $1200: The 6-letter name of this style of electronic dance music emphasized its mechanical derivation techno |
#7695, aired 2018-02-09 | YOU STAY CLASSICAL, MUSIC $2000: "Anitra's Dance" is from a suite by Grieg written for this Ibsen play Peer Gynt |
#7593, aired 2017-09-20 | FOND MEME-ORIES $1000: 2013 was the year of this saucy dance, even done by Willie of "Duck Dynasty" on the Country Music Awards twerking |
#7556, aired 2017-06-19 | AN AVIAN CATEGORY $1600: Accordionist Werner Thomas composed the music for what most Americans know as this polka "The Chicken Dance" |
#7547, aired 2017-06-06 | DANCE COMPANIES $1200: For the Joffrey Ballet, Twyla Tharp created "Deuce Coupe", set to the music of this group The Beach Boys |
#7506, aired 2017-04-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This rousing piece by Aram Khachaturian that has a weapon in its name is from his ballet "Gayane" the "Sabre Dance" |
#7483, aired 2017-03-08 | MUSIC SOOTHES $1000: The song heard here at a Jewish wedding reception means that it's time for this Israeli round dance the hora |
#7416, aired 2016-12-05 | NAME THAT NOUN $800: Z:
African-American dance music of Louisiana zydeco |
#7398, aired 2016-11-09 | POP CULTURE $1000: Avicii, a 26-year-old superstar in EDM, this type of music, has announced he is retiring electronic dance music |
#7393, aired 2016-11-02 | FOX(X) NEWS $1200: First done to ragtime, by the 1920s this dance was performed to any popular music the foxtrot |
#7322, aired 2016-06-14 | THE ENTERTAINER $600: To entertain their customers, Japanese geishas may dance, recite poetry or use a shamisen to do this play music |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $2000: What a feeling! This disco & electronic dance music pioneer won for "Flashdance" in 1983 Giorgio Moroder |
#7305, aired 2016-05-20 | ECHO CATEGORY $1600: This high-kicking dance was a favorite of Parisian music hall girls can-can |
#7289, aired 2016-04-28 | BROADWAY $1000: (I'm Tony winner Audra McDonald.) In 2016 I'm on Broadway in "Shuffle Along" featuring the music of Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle & challenging choreography by this tap dance legend (Savion) Glover |
#7210, aired 2016-01-08 | MUSICAL NICKNAMES $800: Celia Cruz was "The Queen of" this saucy music & dance style Salsa |
#7204, aired 2015-12-31 | DANCE MUSIC $200: "Don't Stop The Music" by this singer from Barbados sampled the '80s hit "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" Rihanna |
#7204, aired 2015-12-31 | DANCE MUSIC $600: This 3-named band, in 1992:
"I'm too sexy for my car, too sexy for my car, too sexy by far" Right Said Fred |
#7204, aired 2015-12-31 | DANCE MUSIC $800: "That's The Way (I Like It)" when you name this band who took that tune to No. 1 in 1975, uh huh, uh huh KC and the Sunshine Band |
#7092, aired 2015-06-16 | ENDS IN "O" $1000: One of the last entries in a dictionary is this type of Cajun dance music zydeco |
#6992, aired 2015-01-27 | ABBR-"E"-VIATIONS $600: Are you listening to Penguin Prison? Then you are enjoying this, EDM for short electronic dance music |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | "DANCE" MUSIC $200: "China Girl", "Modern Love" & the title track were hits off this David Bowie album Let's Dance |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | "DANCE" MUSIC $400: The Drifters sang, "But don't forget who's taking you home and in whose arms you're gonna be, so darlin'" do this title action save the last dance for me |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | "DANCE" MUSIC $600: Van Morrison asked, "Can I just have one more" this "with you, my love?" moondance |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | "DANCE" MUSIC $800: A 2010 episode of "Glee" featured Artie's fantasy of a song & dance number at the mall to this Men Without Hats hit "The Safety Dance" |
#6956, aired 2014-12-08 | "DANCE" MUSIC $1000: The "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack includes The Contours singing, "Do you love me" these 5 words now that I can dance |
#6878, aired 2014-07-09 | "AMEN" $600: Energetic music & dance style of Andalusia flamenco |
#6771, aired 2014-02-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: Aram Khachaturian composed this "Dance" for his ballet "Gayane" "The Sabre Dance" |
#6741, aired 2013-12-30 | CALIFORNIA FOOD FESTIVALS $1,400 (Daily Double): An Oxnard festival for this condiment advertises that it celebrates "the food, the music, the dance" salsa |
#6702, aired 2013-11-05 | THE "X" "Y" "Z" AFFAIR $600: Traditional dance music of southern Louisiana zydeco |
#6698, aired 2013-10-30 | CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD $1600: This form of Japanese drama that incorporates music, dance & mime developed in the 1600s kabuki |
#6683, aired 2013-10-09 | TAKE IN (ALPHABETICAL) ORDER $600: "Life is" this type of restaurant with a dance floor, music & a show, old chum cabaret |
#6666, aired 2013-09-16 | CARE TO DANCE? $400: Music for this dance of Bohemian origin is heard here; an-a 1, an-a 2... a polka |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | VIETNAMESE WATER PUPPETS $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) "Mua roi nuoc", the Vietnamese name for the art form, means puppets that do this on the water; of course, the music helps dance |
#6630, aired 2013-06-14 | VIOLIN MUSIC $400: This fast type of piece is named for Taranto, Italy; some say the wild dance cured the bite of a spider tarantella |
#6505, aired 2012-12-21 | DOUBLE TALK $400: The music for this high-kicking dance of France is heard here the cancan |
#6378, aired 2012-05-16 | THE NEW YORK TIMES THE ARTS $1600: Times reviewers sigh & musicians' unions fume over dance companies like Paul Taylor's using music presented this way on tape (or recorded) |
#6375, aired 2012-05-11 | 1, 2, 3, "GO" $1000: We hope you are mature enough for the rhythms of this dance
[Sexy Latin music plays] tango |
#6292, aired 2012-01-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: The piece heard here from this Handel work is called "Alla Hornpipe"--everybody dance! Water Music |
#6292, aired 2012-01-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This composer of Armenian heritage is best known for the "Sabre Dance" from his ballet "Gayane" (Aram) Khachaturian |
#6218, aired 2011-10-05 | BALLET $2000: Adolphe Adam's masterpiece is the music for this 1841 ballet in which the title girl emerges from her grave to dance Giselle |
#6072, aired 2011-01-25 | MEN OF MUSIC $400: "King of the Waltz" Johann Strauss Jr. wrote in other dance forms too, like the "Tritsch-Tratsch" this the polka |
#6026, aired 2010-11-22 | I LEARNED IT IN BALLET CLASS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.) A series of quick, jumping steps is called this, also the Italian term for the tempo at which the music is playing allegro |
#6026, aired 2010-11-22 | I LEARNED IT IN BALLET CLASS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.) The final pas de deux is one of the famous dances from this ballet; maybe it's fitting that its choreographer Lev Ivanov died on Christmas Eve when it's set The Nutcracker |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | MUSIC & DANCE $400: Among male singing voices, only "counter" this has a higher range than this tenor |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | MUSIC & DANCE $800: Ballet's five basic foot positions were based on this activity, now an Olympic sport; you can really see it in third position fencing |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | MUSIC & DANCE $1200: If you learn your clefs & staffs, you'll be able to do this, play a piece the first time you look at it sight-read |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | MUSIC & DANCE $2000: In a dance troupe the group equivalent to an opera chorus is called this "de ballet" corps |
#6020, aired 2010-11-12 | MUSIC & DANCE $3,000 (Daily Double): The lowest A on the piano has a frequency of 27.5 hertz; as it's one octave higher, the next A up has this frequency 55 hertz |
#5973, aired 2010-07-28 | NEW TO THE OED $2000: Latin-flavored dance music blending reggae & hip-hop reggaeton |
#5907, aired 2010-04-27 | LESSER-KNOWN COMPOSERS $200: Like his contemporary Johan Strauss Sr., Joseph Lanner composed this type of dance music the waltz |
#5843, aired 2010-01-27 | OPERA GLOSS $400: A ballabille is a section of dance music: Verdi used one in "Macbeth" to describe the dancing of them the witches |
#5730, aired 2009-07-03 | COMPOSERS & THEIR KIN $600: Both the junior & senior Johanns in this Viennese family conducted dance music as well as composed it Strauss |
#5728, aired 2009-07-01 | A WORLD OF MUSIC $200: Carlos Gardel, "the Songbird of Buenos Aires", became a cultural icon singing the music of this dance tango |
#5728, aired 2009-07-01 | A WORLD OF MUSIC $800: The name of this Mexican dance music may come from a word for "marriage", as it was performed at weddings mariachi |
#5714, aired 2009-06-11 | THE MUSIC OF BALLET $1200: This Khachaturian "Dance" with a weapon in its name enlivens the wedding scene in the ballet "Gayane" "The Sabre Dance" |
#5681, aired 2009-04-27 | DANCE REVOLUTION $800: For years partygoers have been flapping their wings, doing this dance to the music heard here the chicken dance |
#5660, aired 2009-03-27 | "P.D." QUEUE $2000: This 2-step dance music is often played at bullfights paso doble |
#5631, aired 2009-02-16 | SEINFELD $600: Her dance at an office party was described as "more like a full-bodied dry heave set to music" Elaine |
#5598, aired 2008-12-31 | BALLET MUSIC $800: A Twyla Tharp ballet is danced to his Symphony No. 7 in A Major, known as his "Dance Symphony" Ludwig van Beethoven |
#5556, aired 2008-11-03 | DANCE TO THE MUSIC $200: This band led by brothers Eddie & Alex hit with "Dancing In The Street" & "Dance The Night Away" Van Halen |
#5556, aired 2008-11-03 | DANCE TO THE MUSIC $400: Courteney Cox & this guy were "Dancing In The Dark" in his 1984 music video, directed by Brian De Palma Bruce Springsteen |
#5556, aired 2008-11-03 | DANCE TO THE MUSIC $600: That hair! That sneer! Man, it was the early '80s when this Brit was "Dancing With Myself" (Billy) Idol |
#5556, aired 2008-11-03 | DANCE TO THE MUSIC $800: In 1984 they hit the Top 20 when they took us back to their "Dance Hall Days"; everybody, this band tonight Wang Chung |
#5556, aired 2008-11-03 | DANCE TO THE MUSIC $1000: "We can dance if we want to"--it's the 1983 hit by Men Without Hats (& don't jump in too fast with "Pop Goes The World") "The Safety Dance" |
#5544, aired 2008-10-16 | DOUBLE TALK $1200: Let's hit the dance floor for this dance performed to the music heard here the cha cha |
#5463, aired 2008-05-14 | POP'S MUSIC $400: Dad slow dances by himself to this band's "Stairway to Heaven" because he's having school dance flashbacks Led Zeppelin |
#5462, aired 2008-05-13 | MUSIC CLASS $2000: This composer's works include a somber "Funeral Ode in Memory of Lenin" & a scintillating "Sabre Dance" Aram Khachaturian |
#5442, aired 2008-04-15 | REED: ALL ABOUT IT $2000: Black clarinetist Don Byron specializes in this Jewish dance music from Eastern Europe klezmer |
#5375, aired 2008-01-11 | A TRIP TO RIO DE JANEIRO $400: (Jimmy delivers the clue from a crowded market. ) You can buy your own instrument to play the music for this dance; Rio has several schools that teach it and a mile-long parade ground where they strut their stuff a samba |
#5336, aired 2007-11-19 | "MARI" ME $200: Traditional Mexican dance band, or the music it plays mariachi |
#5321, aired 2007-10-29 | 5-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a ballroom dance or the music for the dance, like the "Blue Danube" one a waltz |
#5267, aired 2007-07-03 | HOW INSTRUMENTAL $800: Andre Rieu, who loves to play the music of Strauss on his violin, is the modern king of this dance music waltz |
#5244, aired 2007-05-31 | RHYME WAVE $400: A boisterous dance party with psychedelic lights & loud music rave |
#5169, aired 2007-02-15 | POP MUSIC $600: Her video for "Hung Up", from her album "Confessions on a Dance Floor", features krumping Madonna |
#5155, aired 2007-01-26 | YOU MUST BE FROM DALLAS $800: It was a "family affair" whenever this Dallas-born soul man got the crowd to "Dance To The Music" Sly Stone |
#5035, aired 2006-06-30 | FABLE $800: For sailors, this musician's "Green" is a place with non-stop music & dance, unlimited tobacco & loads of rum Fiddler's Green |
#5017, aired 2006-06-06 | POP CULTURE $400: In 1996 this dance was all the rage, along with the accompanying music heard here the Macarena |
#4950, aired 2006-03-03 | DANCE $800: I always get a kick out of this dance that's performed to the music heard here the can-can |
#4824, aired 2005-07-21 | THE WORLD OF NAT KING COLE $2000: 6-word suggestion in the title of this hit
"There may be trouble ahead..." "Let's Face The Music And Dance" |
#4735, aired 2005-03-18 | "HA"! $1000: The music for this Cuban dance has a slow duple meter the habañera |
#4513, aired 2004-03-31 | MADONNA SONGS $800: An obvious title:
"Hey Mister D.J., put a record on, I wanna dance with my baby" "Music" |
#4484, aired 2004-02-19 | MUSIC CLASS $800: A Boehemian dance of the 1880s gave rise to this lively form of music heard here a polka |
#4299, aired 2003-04-17 | MUSIC FOR YOUR CAT $400: Naturally, "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" is Kitty's favorite track on his album "Let's Dance" David Bowie |
#4242, aired 2003-01-28 | PIANO PIECES $1200: The Brahms work heard here is this type of dance music waltz |
#4231, aired 2003-01-13 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC $600: This future "Jaws" actor auditioned to be a von Trapp kid but it was just a "Close Encounter": he couldn't dance Richard Dreyfuss |
#4178, aired 2002-10-30 | GUITARIST'S LINGO $800: Rasgueado is the complex strumming technique of this Andalusian dance music flamenco |
#4162, aired 2002-10-08 | POP MUSIC DECADES $1600: "Shake It" is the last song on his 1983 album "Let's Dance" David Bowie |
#4105, aired 2002-06-07 | COBRA CABANA $200: Cobras can't hear the music from this person's flute; they "dance" following the movements the snake charmer |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | DANCES $3,000 (Daily Double): Bizet & Debussy wrote music for this dance named for Cuba's capital Habanera |
#4081, aired 2002-05-06 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $800: The name of this old French dance follows "Ascot" in the title of a song from "My Fair Lady" gavotte |
#3865, aired 2001-05-25 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: November 28, 1925 marked the debut of this station's "Barn Dance", which later became the "Grand Ole Opry" WSM ("World's Sweetest Music") |
#3787, aired 2001-02-06 | ROCK & ROLL JEOPARDY! $600 (Daily Double): This interracial soul group got "Everyday People" to "Dance to the Music" Sly and the Family Stone |
#3703, aired 2000-10-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): His "Songs To Remember" include about 40 mazurkas written in a 3/4 dance rhythm Frederic Chopin |
#3593, aired 2000-03-29 | MUSIC $600: The term "ballad" comes from the late Latin "ballare", to do this Dance |
#3577, aired 2000-03-07 | DANCE $200: An excellent example of music for this lively Spanish dance is the 1928 Ravel work of the same name Bolero |
#3487, aired 1999-11-02 | DOUBLE TALK $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the once scandalous 19th century dance performed to the music heard here Can-Can |
#3443, aired 1999-07-21 | "SING" & "DANCE" $800: This Rodgers & Hammerstein song asks, "On a bright cloud of music shall we fly?" "Shall We Dance" |
#3403, aired 1999-05-26 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $200: The French for "scandal" gave us the name of this high-kicking dance popular in music halls of the 19th century the can-can |
#3320, aired 1999-01-29 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: You can dance with this composer Tchaikovsky |
#3320, aired 1999-01-29 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: "Dance" heard here "Sabre Dance" |
#3310, aired 1999-01-15 | IT'S JASON'S BAR MITZVAH $400: Jason's guests may dance to this type of Jewish folk music, from Hebrew for "musical instruments" Klezmer music |
#3157, aired 1998-04-28 | MUSIC THE KIDS LOVE $500: The album heard here won a 1998 Grammy as Best Album of this style of dance music: Polka |
#3143, aired 1998-04-08 | '60s POP MUSIC $600: "So how could I dance with another, when" this happened "I saw her standing there" |
#3129, aired 1998-03-19 | IN THE "KEY" $300: It's the dance done to the music heard here: the hokey pokey |
#3128, aired 1998-03-18 | EYE ON INDONESIA $300: Amid a Muslim nation, this island next to Java maintains its Hindu rituals, music & dance Bali |
#3103, aired 1998-02-11 | DANCE MUSIC $100: In this song, David Bowie instructs, "Put on your red shoes and dance the blues" "Let's Dance" |
#3103, aired 1998-02-11 | DANCE MUSIC $200: ABBA sang of this girl, "young and sweet, only seventeen" "Dancing Queen" |
#3103, aired 1998-02-11 | DANCE MUSIC $300: It's The Drifters' 1960 title request "Save The Last Dance For Me" |
#3103, aired 1998-02-11 | DANCE MUSIC $500: In "A Chorus Line" it's Val's song about how her skills & her features are rated "Dance: Ten; Looks: Three" |
#3103, aired 1998-02-11 | DANCE MUSIC $1,800 (Daily Double): Title that completes the Irving Berlin lyric heard here:
"Oh, I love to go out fishing, in a river or a creek / But I don't enjoy it half as much as dancing..." "Cheek To Cheek" |
#3088, aired 1998-01-21 | RAP $600: Originally rhythmic backing music, it now refers to all of rap culture, including dress & dance Hip-Hop |
#2909, aired 1997-04-03 | DANCE $500: First popular in Paris music halls around 1840 & considered vulgar, its name is French for "gossip" Can-Can |
#2890, aired 1997-03-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: Death plays a merry dance on the violin in this Frenchman's "Danse macabre" Camille Saint-Saens |
#2881, aired 1997-02-24 | DANCE $300: Pablo Casals composed music for the Sardana, a dance of this country's Catalan people Spain |
#2839, aired 1996-12-26 | MUSIC POTPOURRI $400: Mussorgsky & Glinka composed music for this dance that originated among the Mazurs of eastern Europe Mazurka |
#2834, aired 1996-12-19 | FROM THE PORTUGUESE $800: Meaning "new trend", this Brazilian music style & dance of the 1960s combined samba & cool jazz Bossa Nova |
#2822, aired 1996-12-03 | DANCE $500: Jimmy Sturr had a barrel of fun winning the 1995 Grammy for Best Album of this dance music polka |
#2723, aired 1996-06-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: Completes the title of the Mary Higgins Clark bestseller "Loves Music,..." Loves to Dance |
#2602, aired 1995-12-19 | DANCE $800: Argentina's Astor Piazzolla is famous as a composer of music for this ballroom dance the tango |
#2570, aired 1995-11-03 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $600: Dried gourds are filled with seeds to make these rattles shaken by Latin American dance bands maracas |
#2558, aired 1995-10-18 | DANCE $200: Music for this French court dance became the standardized third movement of symphonies by Haydn & Mozart the minuet |
#2393, aired 1995-01-18 | MUSIC $400: Dance band drummers play their cymbals with sticks or with these wire implements brushes |
#2321, aired 1994-10-10 | MUSIC & DANCE $200: This dance is often performed to the song "Aloha Oe" the hula |
#2321, aired 1994-10-10 | MUSIC & DANCE $400: Some of these clickers that accompany the bolero are made of ivory castanets |
#2321, aired 1994-10-10 | MUSIC & DANCE $600: Morris dancers can make their own music because they adorn themselves with these jingling items bells |
#2321, aired 1994-10-10 | MUSIC & DANCE $800: Chopin wrote music for this frenzied dance connected with the mania known as tarantism the tarantella |
#2321, aired 1994-10-10 | MUSIC & DANCE $1000: "An Evening's Waltzes" is a ballet danced to 5 waltzes by this "Peter and the Wolf" composer Sergei Prokofiev |
#2238, aired 1994-05-04 | MUSIC $1000: This composer's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" includes music for a csardas, a traditional Hungarian dance (Franz) Liszt |
#2213, aired 1994-03-30 | MUSIC $600: Chopin composed over 50 pieces of music to accompany this lively Polish dance a mazurka |
#2206, aired 1994-03-21 | DANCE $600: Perhaps the most famous use of music for this French court dance in opera is in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" a minuet |
#2143, aired 1993-12-22 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $600: A Malaguena can be a dance or a folk song from the southern part of this country Spain |
#2142, aired 1993-12-21 | POP MUSIC $200: In 1957 Marty Robbins sang, "A white sport coat and" this, "I'm all dressed up for the dance" a pink carnation |
#2118, aired 1993-11-17 | POP MUSIC $200: In 1962 he teamed with Dee Dee Sharp to record yet another dance hit, "Slow Twistin'" Chubby Checker |
#2087, aired 1993-10-05 | DANCE $1000: John Cranko's ballet "Brandenburg Nos. 2 and 4" is danced to this composer's music (Johann Sebastian) Bach |
#2082, aired 1993-09-28 | POP MUSIC $100: "Let's" do this dance "again, like we did last summer" "The Twist" |
#1993, aired 1993-04-14 | STARTS WITH "J" $400: A strenuous dance that's often performed to swing music, or a person who dances it a jitterbug |
#1889, aired 1992-11-19 | POP MUSIC $300: "But don't forget who's takin' you home and in whose arms you're gonna be, so darlin', save" this "The Last Dance For Me" |
#1886, aired 1992-11-16 | MUSIC $300: Josef Lanner was one of the first composers to write music for this dance that evolved from the landler Waltz |
#1842, aired 1992-09-15 | MUSIC $400: The name of this Andalusian song & dance style means "Flemish", though it's of Gypsy origin Flamenco |
#1740, aired 1992-03-06 | DANCE $200: Some dancers get their kicks doing high kicks in this Radio City Music Hall chorus line the Rockettes |
#1702, aired 1992-01-14 | MUSIC $800 (Daily Double): "Heavenly" keyboard instrument heard in the "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy" celeste |
#1616, aired 1991-09-16 | FADS & FASHION $400: Late 1970s dance style often done to rap music by teenage males in the streets break dancing |
#1529, aired 1991-04-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300 (Daily Double): Country star who had his first Top 10 hit on the pop charts with the following: "A white sports coat and a pink carnation / I'm all dressed up for the dance" Marty Robbins |
#1521, aired 1991-03-25 | DANCE $500 (Daily Double): Title dance you'd do to the following music: the (Pennsylvania) polka |
#1510, aired 1991-03-08 | MUSIC $800: Ska is a type of music & dance that originated on this island in the late 1950s Jamaica |
#1498, aired 1991-02-20 | CELEBRITIES $200: Her "Rhythm Nation 1814" album helped her dance away with eight of the 1990 Billboard Music Awards Janet Jackson |
#1432, aired 1990-11-20 | POP MUSIC $300: Bobby Freeman, The Beach Boys & Bette Midler all had Top 20 hits with a song that asked, "Do You Want To" do this dance |
#1356, aired 1990-06-25 | COLORFUL PHRASES $800 (Daily Double): "George White's Scandals" gave us this dance craze of the 1920s: the black bottom |
#1311, aired 1990-04-23 | MUSIC $1000: In 1989 this Scottish military pipe, drum & dance corps celebrated its 250th anniversary the Black Watch |
#1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BEETHOVEN $600: Even Beethoven worked into his music this popular dance of the times, developed from the Ländler the waltz |
#1179, aired 1989-10-19 | MUSIC $800: This music & dance style originated in Jamaica & was popularized by Bob Marley reggae |
#1161, aired 1989-09-25 | DANCE $200: The music & dance show hosted by Don Cornelius "Soul Train" |
#1160, aired 1989-09-22 | THE WEST INDIES $500: This nation off the coast of South America is the home of the limbo dance & calypso music Trinidad and Tobago |
#1143, aired 1989-07-19 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: Between 1661-72 this French king established academies of dance & music Louis XIV |
#1142, aired 1989-07-18 | ASTAIRE & ROGERS $400: He wrote "Let's Face The Music & Dance" & "Change Partners" for Fred & Ginger, God bless him Irving Berlin |
#1128, aired 1989-06-28 | MUSICAL THEATER $2,800 (Daily Double): Country that's the setting of the following song:
"1, 2, 3 and 1, 2, 3 and 1, 2, 3 /
Shall we dance? /
1, 2, 3 and /
On a bright cloud of music /
Shall we fly?..." Siam (Thailand) |
#1058, aired 1989-03-22 | MUSIC TRIVIA $300: Most people don't know that this "King of Ragtime" once composed a ballet, "The Rag-Time Dance" Scott Joplin |
#1056, aired 1989-03-20 | SHOW MUSIC $400: "If an ass in Astrakhan can... baby, you can" do this dance "too" can-can |
#983, aired 1988-12-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $500: Saint-Saens work based on a Henri Cazalis poem that begins "Zig et zig et zig, la mort en cadence" "Danse macabre" (the dance of death) |
#964, aired 1988-11-10 | MUSIC $1000: The famous "Sabre Dance" is from this Soviet-Armenian composer's ballet "Gayane" Aram Khachaturian |
#902, aired 1988-07-05 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $400: Meet me in this city & "we will dance the hoochee koochee" & "I will be your tootsie wootsie" St. Louis |
#763, aired 1987-12-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Said to have originated in the 18th c., this Spanish dance was made a 20th c. "classic" by Ravel bolero |
#663, aired 1987-06-24 | FOREIGN WORDS $400 (Daily Double): Waist-length jacket that might aptly be worn to dance to the following: bolero |
#653, aired 1987-06-10 | DANCE $50 (Daily Double): "Double talk" dance you'd do to the following song:
"The moon belongs to everyone— / The best things in life are free..." the cha-cha |
#649, aired 1987-06-04 | MUSIC, "OVER" & "UNDER" $400: From 1936 film, "Born to Dance", this Cole Porter standard sounds like a dermatological condition "I've Got You Under My Skin" |
#642, aired 1987-05-26 | STARTS WITH "K" $800 (Daily Double): 20th century Armenian composer who wrote the following ballet music:
[Instrumental music plays] Aram Khachaturian |
#605, aired 1987-04-03 | FOLK MUSIC $200: It's both a folk dance & the song with the lyric "flies in the buttermilk, shoo, fly, shoo" "Skip To My Lou" |
#583, aired 1987-03-04 | BLUE SONGS $100 (Daily Double): If he'd been alive in 1952, R. Valentino might have slunk across the dance floor to this hit:
[Instrumental music plays.] "The Blue Tango" |
#560, aired 1987-01-30 | ISLANDS $400: West Indian island that's the home of the limbo dance & calypso music Trinidad |
#555, aired 1987-01-23 | TIMELY CLASSICS $800: In "Fantasia", Ben Alligator dances a pas de deux with Hyacinth Hippo to this Ponchielli music the Dance of the Hours |
#531, aired 1986-12-22 | U.S. CITIES $700 (Daily Double): (Alex: Here comes the music.)
"Have you ever passed the corner of Fourth and Grand /
Where a little ball of rhythm has a shoe shine stand? /
People gather round and they clap their hands /
He's a great big bundle of joy /
He pops the boogie woogie rag..."
City in which you'd find title character of this song
"...Yeah, he charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe /
He makes the oldest kind of leather look like new /
You feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through..." Chattanooga (Shoe Shine Boy) |
#485, aired 1986-10-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: Famous in Bizet's "Carmen", the habanera is actually a Cuban dance, named for this city Havana |
#443, aired 1986-05-21 | DANCE $400: Twyla Tharp's 1973 ballet titled "Deuce Coupe" featured this group's music the Beach Boys |
#436, aired 1986-05-12 | "LAST"ING MUSIC $200: Donna Summer stepped out in 1978 to perform it "Last Dance" |
#344, aired 1986-01-02 | MUSIC $400: Sailor's solo dance named for the wind instrument that once accompanied it hornpipe |
#316, aired 1985-11-25 | ISLANDS $1000: West Indian island that's the home of the limbo dance & calypso music Trinidad |
#264, aired 1985-09-12 | "DANCE" SONGS $300: Loggins & Messina's 1973 "maternal" hit "Your Mama Don't Dance" |
#264, aired 1985-09-12 | "DANCE" SONGS $400: "Swayin' To The Music" is real name of the '77 Johnny Rivers hit better known as this "Slow Dancing" |
#187, aired 1985-05-28 | MUSIC $300: Dance done to the song "I don't want her, you can have her, she's too fat for me" a polka |
#127, aired 1985-03-05 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: What you do to a "fado" in Portugal sing it, or dance to it |
#108, aired 1985-02-06 | DANCE $500 (Daily Double): Title dance done to this catchy tune:
[Instrumental music plays] a Charleston |
#94, aired 1985-01-17 | MOVIE MUSICALS $2,000 (Daily Double): Steve Martin movie featuring this, lost dollars, not cents, for MGM:
"[music and a few lyrics]" "Pennies From Heaven" |
#89, aired 1985-01-10 | MUSIC $100: Anna's choreographic invitation to the king of Siam "Shall We Dance" |
#89, aired 1985-01-10 | MUSIC $400: He was inspired by East Indian dance to write "Begin the Beguine" Cole Porter |