| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | LIBRARIES $600: The initialism of the New York public library is NYPL; as an acronym, some enjoy pronouncing it like this body part nipple |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | HAPPY JULY 4th! $600: The new 50-star U.S. flag was officially flown for the first time on July 4th in this year, 10 months after Hawaii statehood 1960 |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE $200: This beloved TV personality hosted New Year's Rockin' Eve across 5 decades, beginning in the 1970s
"Let me wish you Happy New Year, fellas. And you think it's wild out there, it's beginning to pour here in Times Square." Dick Clark |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | BRIDAL WAVES $800: The happy wavers seen here are enjoying the New Year's Day Junkanoo Parade in this capital of the Bahamas Nassau |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | PODCASTS $200: At the end of their 2020 Archewell Holiday podcast, they got little Archie to wish royal fans a "Happy New Year" Meghan & Harry |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | GOOD DAY, SIR! $1600: Happy post-New Year! On January 7, 2011 this Hawaiian singer had his "Grenade" explode at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 Bruno Mars |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | FAMILY TELEVISION $1000: This "Happy Days" family included Richie, Joanie & Chuck, who was last seen at Christmas but didn't make it to New Year's the Cunninghams |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | "HAPPY" NEW YEAR $200: From the mind of a McDonald's ad exec, this selection was first served up in 1979 a Happy Meal |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | "HAPPY" NEW YEAR $400: Summertime counselors know who is & who isn't this, a phrase popularized in the 1980s happy campers |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | "HAPPY" NEW YEAR $600: Tap-dancing is cool-- very cool-- in this 2006 Oscar winner Happy Feet |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | "HAPPY" NEW YEAR $800: This common 3-word wish literally means "I hope you have many more joyous such events" many happy returns |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | "HAPPY" NEW YEAR $1000: A good balance, or the ghost-summoning Madame Arcati in "Blithe Spirit" a happy medium |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | SONGS FOR NEW YEAR'S $1200: In 1980 this Swedish hit machine of a group wished us "Happy New Year" ABBA |
| #6486, aired 2012-11-26 | TIME SPAN LANGUAGE $1200: "An nou fericit" is the Romanian equivalent of this annual English phrase Happy New Year |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $400: This liberating document took effect Jan. 1, 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $800: On Jan. 1, 1502 Portuguese sailors arrived at this present-day city & thought the bay was a river Rio de Janeiro |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $1,000 (Daily Double): Crowds in Romania & Bulgaria celebrated as their nations became the 26th & 27th in this org. Jan 1, 2007 the European Union |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $1200: One of the 4 of all the president's men convicted by a federal court Jan. 1, 1975 (1 of) John Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, or Robert Mardian |
| #5599, aired 2009-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $2000: Registering the symbol seen here Jan. 1, 1876 gave this beverage brand England's first trademark Bass Ale |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $200: Ellis Island opened Jan. 1, 1892 & the first immigrant was from County Cork on this island Ireland |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $400: In 1919 this auto company got a new president, son succeeding father, & raised its minimum wage to $6 a day Ford |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $600: The Post Office began this service Jan. 1, 1913 & it was soon sending such objects as eggs, bricks & a 4-year-old girl parcel post |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $800: This new Czech president began the 1990s with an amnesty for 3/4 of his country's prison inmates Havel |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $1000: On Jan. 1, 1959, suddenly out of power, he fled Cuba for the Dominican Republic (Fulgencio) Batista |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | HAPPY "NEW" YEAR $400: North & South America, to the Europeans following Columbus' discovery the New World |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | HAPPY "NEW" YEAR $800: Collective name for the 1930s policies of reform introduced to end the Depression the New Deal |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | HAPPY "NEW" YEAR $1200: Modern cultural movement emphasizing alternative approaches to spirituality New Age |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | HAPPY "NEW" YEAR $1600: He discovered calculus & formulated the laws of motion Newton |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | HAPPY "NEW" YEAR $2000: First awarded in 1922, this medal is given out for excellence in U.S. children's literature the Newbery |
| #4812, aired 2005-07-05 | SPANISH $200: A "Holly Jolly Christmas" would become this, "con acebo y alegre" Navidad |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | "HAPPY" NEW YEAR $200: Early-evening period of reduced drink prices at the bar happy hour |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | "HAPPY" NEW YEAR $400: Title of Xaviera Hollander's 1972 bestseller The Happy Hooker |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | "HAPPY" NEW YEAR $600: 3-word name used by the white man for Native American heaven the happy hunting grounds |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | "HAPPY" NEW YEAR $800: 2-word title of the Turtles tune taken to the top in 1967 "Happy Together" |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | "HAPPY" NEW YEAR $1000: She was married to the 41st vice president of the U.S. Happy Rockefeller |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | A CHRISTMAS CAROL $800: "Good tidings we bring to you and your kin, we wish you good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year" "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | LANGUAGES $200: "Hauoli makahiki hou" means "happy new year" in this language of the Pacific Hawaiian |
| #3989, aired 2001-12-27 | LET'S GO A-CAROLING $200: "We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas and" this a happy new year |
| #3983, aired 2001-12-19 | JEFF PROBST IN AFRICA $800: (Jeff Probst in Africa.) You can tell he's an African elephant because he has these, like little pitchers big ears |
| #3073, aired 1997-12-31 | HAPPY NEW YEAR! $100: In 1998 November 1 is a Sunday; therefore, this date will be election day for Congress November 3 (the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday) |
| #3073, aired 1997-12-31 | HAPPY NEW YEAR! $200: Some believe 1998 signals the end of the world because 1998 is 3 times this number 666 |
| #3073, aired 1997-12-31 | HAPPY NEW YEAR! $300: May 14, 1998 marks the 50th anniversary of this nation's independence; Mazel Tov! Israel |
| #3073, aired 1997-12-31 | HAPPY NEW YEAR! $400: This ex-president turns 74 on October 1, 1998 Jimmy Carter |
| #3073, aired 1997-12-31 | HAPPY NEW YEAR! $500: 1998 marks the centennial of this U.S. war Spanish-American War |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD $200: "Buon Anno" is the Italian way to say "Happy" this new year |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | JANUARY 1, 1993 $400: President Bush spent the day wishing happy new year to the U.S. troops in this country Somalia |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | CHRISTMAS $100: Designed by John C. Horsley in 1843, the first Christmas card wished the receiver Merry Christmas & this Happy New Year |
| #1097, aired 1989-05-16 | NEW YEAR'S DAY $200: In this language "Happy new year" is "Hauoli makahiki hou" Hawaiian |
| #579, aired 1987-02-26 | GREETING CARDS $100: 1st "cards" were scrolls & clay tablets sent by Egyptians & Chinese early each year with these greetings Happy new year |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | PEANUTS $300: Character in "Happy New Year, Charlie Brown," who shares name with product of sponsor Peter Paul Cadbury Peppermint Patty |
| #137, aired 1985-03-19 | FOREIGN PHRASES $500: Once a year in Hawaii they might wish you this with "Hauoli la hanau" happy birthday |
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