| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $1600: 1990s hip-hop duo, Black Star, was a collaboration between Talib Kweli & this rapper, also known as Yasiin Bey Mos Def |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $800: After meeting Rick Rubin at a party, Russell Simmons became his partner in this record label that soon took off Def Jam |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | DIFFERENT SONGS, SAME TITLES $1000: Def Leppard,
Nickelback,
Ed Sheeran
(so you can keep me inside the pocket of your ripped jeans) "Photograph" |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | WHAT THE "EFF"?! $200: A designation for certain washing machines designed to save water & energy, "HE" stands for "high" this efficiency |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | POP METAL BANDS $800: "Oh! Look what you've done to this rock 'n' roll clown! O-oh! Look what you've done! Photograph... I don't want your..." Def Leppard |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | RIHANNA $400: At age 16, Rihanna signed with Def Jam Records, then run by this man, & moved to his label a few years later Jay-Z |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $1200: It means cool; a 1990s & 2000s hip-hop music label was "So So" this Def |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | "DEF"INITIONS $400: It's a 4-letter synonym for adroit or skillful deft |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | "DEF"INITIONS $800: Yield to another & you're showing this courteous regard deferential |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | "DEF"INITIONS $1200: The Joint Chiefs of Staff coined this acronym for a state of alertness in 1959 DEFCON |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | "DEF"INITIONS $1600: Excess of spending over revenue, or the margin by which a team trails an opponent deficit |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | "DEF"INITIONS $2000: Latin for "window" partly gives us this word that means to throw someone out of a window defenestrate |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | THE HIP-HOP ERA $800: With artists like Jay-Z & LL Cool J, "the Motown of hip-hop" is this record label co-founded by Rick Rubin Def Jam |
| #8053, aired 2019-09-18 | CLASSIC METAL BANDS $800: "And I want! And I need! And I lust!" are primal lyrics from this band's "Animal" Def Leppard |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | RICK ROLLED $400: Rick Rubin, founder of Def Jam, produced this artist's album "FutureSex/LoveSounds" Justin Timberlake |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | ROCK & ROLL CALL $800: Rick Savage plays bass in this band, whose name was initially spelled like a hard-of-hearing feline Def Leppard |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | DRUMSTICKS $1200: Despite losing an arm in a car accident, Rick Allen is still the drummer for this hard rockin' "Hysteria" band Def Leppard |
| #6100, aired 2011-03-04 | TECH-KNOW $400: Here you can clearly see the logo of this hi-def format for home theaters in 1080p Blu-ray |
| #6067, aired 2011-01-18 | ALBUM TITLE REFERENCES $800: Def Leppard:
A compulsion to start fires Pyromania |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | JEOPA-CONGLOMAREX, INC. $2000: J-CX would like a suite at Cowboys Stadium built by this NFL owner; that 60-yard-long hi-def scoreboard... wow Jerry Jones |
| #5882, aired 2010-03-23 | MUSICIANS $1000: Determination prevails: after losing an arm in a car accident, Rick Allen still rocks the drums in this band Def Leppard |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | ELVIS COSTELLO $1000: Shocking! Ricky Bobby sees Elvis & Mos Def at a rival racer's house in this film Talladega Nights |
| #5595, aired 2008-12-26 | NUMERICAL PHRASES $200: He, she & they are this kind of pronoun third person |
| #5537, aired 2008-10-07 | JOHNNY GILBERT RAPS & ROCKS ON $1600: "C'mon, take a bottle, shake it up, break the bubble, break it up, pour some sugar on me, in the name of love" Def Leppard |
| #5245, aired 2007-06-01 | WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY $600: If you want true high def, see your way to finding this company's Bravia TV line Sony |
| #5119, aired 2006-12-07 | '80s BANDS IN OTHER WORDS $400: Non-Hearing Panthera Pardus Def Leppard |
| #5023, aired 2006-06-14 | CITY OF THE DAY: NEW YORK $1200: Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin began this seminal hip-hop record company out of an NYU dorm room Def Jam |
| #4844, aired 2005-10-06 | BOYS IN THE BAND $2000: Phil Collen,
Rick Allen,
Rick Savage,
Joe Elliott Def Leppard |
| #4501, aired 2004-03-15 | HEAVY METAL BANDS $2000: "Pour Some Sugar on Me",
"Rock of Ages",
"Photograph" Def Leppard |
| #4434, aired 2003-12-11 | '80s SONGS $1000: "Pour Some Sugar on Me" was a 1988 No. 2 hit for this hard rockin' quintet Def Leppard |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | "DEF" JAM $200: The amount by which budget expenditures exceed income a deficit |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | "DEF" JAM $400: An attack on someone's good name, character or reputation defamation |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | "DEF" JAM $600: Chemicals used in warfare to strip trees & plants of their leaves defoliants |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | "DEF" JAM $800: A machine that delivers a controlled electric shock to the heart a defibrillator |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | "DEF" JAM $1000: Fidei Defensor in Latin, this title was first bestowed on British monarchs in 1521 Defender of the Faith |
| #4339, aired 2003-06-12 | ...AND ON DRUMS $1000: Despite losing an arm, Rick Allen continues to drum for this hard rock group Def Leppard |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | "DEF" $400: In 1970 in London, Soviet ballerina Natalia Makarova became one of these a defector |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | "DEF" $800: Postponement, especially of compulsory military service deferral (or deferment) |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | "DEF" $1200: This type of disease results from a diet lacking in key elements like vitamins or minerals a deficiency |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | "DEF" $1600: It doesn't mean "to restore worn fabric", but "to pay costs or expenses" defray |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | "DEF" $2000: Diskeeper is software to do this, reorganize your computer's files defragment |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS $100: Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin founded Def Jam, the '80s' premier record label for this type of music rap |
| #2866, aired 1997-02-03 | MUSIC $600: Term for the high volume, high intensity style of rock groups like AC/DC & Def Leppard heavy metal |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | DICTIONARY ABBREVIATIONS $500: In the dictionary, the abbreviation "def. art." refers to this part of speech definite article |
| #1034, aired 1989-02-16 | HEAVY METAL $200: In 1987 this group's fans experienced "Hysteria" over their follow-up album to "Pyromania" Def Leppard |
| #343, aired 1986-01-01 | NUMBERS $300: The digit on the phone represented by "DEF" 3 |
