| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | KHAN YOU DIG IT? $600: This singer lent her voice to the band Rufus in the 1970s; as a solo performer, she had a hit with "I'm Every Woman" Chaka Khan |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | COVER ME $800: In 2023 Dolly Parton unveiled a cover of this anthemic Queen hit that should resonate with you, my friends "We Are The Champions" |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | VAN HALEN $200: "Can't you see me standing here, I've got my back against the record machine"; now leap in & name this hit, VH's only No. 1 "Jump" |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION $1200: Marvin Gaye realized, "I'd been singing too loud"; hence the groove of his 1971 hit that said, "Talk to me, so you can see" this "What's Going On" |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | NAME THAT '90s HIT $600: Coolio: "I'm the kinda G the little homies wanna be like, on my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight" "Gangsta's Paradise" |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | NAME THAT '90s HIT $1200: Red Hot Chili Peppers: "I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day, but take me to the place I love, take me all the way" "Under The Bridge" |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $1600: "You cut me open, and I" keep doing this, sang Leona Lewis in a 2008 hit bleeding love |
| #9006, aired 2024-01-01 | MISHEARD LYRICS $2000: This Juice Newton plea to a departing lover does not ask, "Just brush my teeth before you leave me, baby" "Just call me angel of the morning" |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | THE MUSIC OF CANADA $400: We'll give you more than 5 cents if you know this Alberta band hit No. 1 in 2001 with "How You Remind Me" Nickelback |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $1000: This was Janis Joplin's only No. 1 hit as a solo performer "Me And Bobby McGee" |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $300: Christina Aguilera sings, "You gotta rub me the right way in this 1999 No. 1 hit
_ E _ I E / I _ / _ / _ O _ _ _ _ "Genie In A Bottle" |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | PEW! PEW! PEW! $600: Paul Rudd once joked this stage of life "hit me pretty hard. all of a sudden I woke up and I had really curly hair" puberty |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | THE SONGS OF MAX MARTIN $200: "& Juliet" imagines the Shakespeare story had the heroine lived & here she is performing this song, Britney Spears' first hit
"I must confess, that my loneliness is killing me now..." "...Baby One More Time" |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | QUESTIONABLE MUSIC CHOICES $1600: Culture Club hit the top 10 for the first time with this musical question while making us cry with a killer chorus & reggae sound "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN $1600: In 1967 The Turtles had a No. 1 hit with this song that begins, "Imagine me & you, I do" "Happy Together" |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | CALL ME "CAT" $600: This No. 1 hit has haunted fathers since 1974 as they watch time pass all too quickly as their sons grow up "Cat's In The Cradle" |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | RAPPERS $400: "Call Me By Your Name" is the subtitle of his No. 1 hit "Montero" Lil Nas X |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | LET'S TALK ABOUT SAX, BABY $600: The classic sax line from this 1984 No. 1 hit by Wham! begins, Wa-wa-wa-wa, wa-wa-wa-wa, wa-wa-wa-wa, wa-wa-wa "Careless Whisper" |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $200: Though the title mentions a different car part, Nicky Youre is in a convertible in the video for this hit song heard here
"You got me stuck on the thought of you /
You're making me feel brand new /
You're more than the sunshine in my eyes /
La da la da da, la da dai /
La da la da di dai..." "Sunroof" |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | THE CLASSIC SONG IN QUESTION $800: Feel free to do the "SNL" headbopping as you say--but do not sing!--this Haddaway hit..."Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more" "What Is Love" |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | SECOND CHANCE SONGS $400: In an Adele hit, this one-word title precedes, "It's me, I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet" "Hello" |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | MUSICAL ALTER EGOS $800: Allow me to amaze thee! Gregory Jacobs went by Shock G & this alliterative name; his digital underground "Dance" was a hit in 1990 Humpty Hump |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | BOOGIE! $200: Walk the Moon got a hit song title when a woman at a club told the frontman to do this "& dance with me" shut up |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | HELPFUL INTERNET ACRONYMS $300: HMU:
Yo, yo, yo, I am duly intrigued by your request to meet in the future, please contact again when ready hit me up |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | HIT ME $400: "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", 2012 (Kelly) Clarkson |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | HIT ME $800: "Circles", 2019 Post Malone |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | HIT ME $1200: "Stay", 2021: The Kid Laroi & him Justin Bieber |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | HIT ME $1600: "I'm A Believer", 1966 The Monkees |
| #8672, aired 2022-06-28 | HIT ME $2000: "Believe", 1998 Cher |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | DEAR-POURRI $600: "Sincerely, Me" is a song in this recent Broadway musical hit that has to do with letter writing Dear Evan Hansen |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | ADELE $200: This No. 1 hit by Adele says, "The scars of your love remind me of us; they keep me thinking that we almost had it all" "Rolling In The Deep" |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $400: "Straight Up" now name this woman who closed the 2019 show with a greatest hits medley
"Straight up now tell me /
Do you really want to love me forever (oh, oh, oh) /
Or am I caught in a hit-and-run?" (Paula) Abdul |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | THE HIT OF THE DECADE $600: "Rock Me Amadeus" (made sense at the time) the 1980s |
| #8598, aired 2022-03-16 | ONLINE & TEXTING ABBREV. $400: If I want you to call, hmu stands for this... say, tomorrow? hit me up |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | TUNE RIVER $400: It's said that he wrote the 2003 hit "Cry Me A River" about an ex, Britney Spears Timberlake |
| #8596, aired 2022-03-14 | TUNE RIVER $800: In her first solo No. 1 hit after leaving The Supremes, she sang, "Ain't no river wide enough to keep me from you" Ross |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | THEIR FIRST TOP 10 SOLO HIT $400: "Cry Me A River", by a former boy bander Justin Timberlake |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | THEIR FIRST TOP 10 SOLO HIT $1000: Turning back time, "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", in 1966 Cher |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | RE-CHARTED $1600: Seen here, this man had a hit twice with "Stand By Me", his signature song Ben E. King |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | THE "HIT" PARADE $400: Pat Benatar first punched her way onto the Billboard Top 10 with this 1980 song "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | THE "HIT" PARADE $1200: "When I'm not with you, I lose my mind give me a sign", these 6 words, Britney sang in a 1999 No. 1 "Hit me baby one more time" |
| #8478, aired 2021-09-29 | I CAN NAME THAT NO. 1 '80s HIT $800: "There's a choice we're making, we're saving our own lives, it's true we'll make a better day, just you and me" "We Are The World" |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | ALTERNATE ANTHEMS $4,500 (Daily Double): Music critic Jody Rosen has suggested this Bill Withers hit about taking care of each other "Lean On Me" |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | NORWEGIANS $800: Great Norwegian musicians include Pal Waaktaar, Magne Furuholmen & Morten Harket, who wrote this No. 1 hit for a-ha "Take On Me" |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | DUET PARTNERS $400: This lady duetted with Ariana Grande on the 2020 hit "Rain On Me" Lady Gaga |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | MARIAH CAREY $800: (Mariah Carey presents the clue.) In 2008, a song called "Touch My Body" gave me my 18th No. 1 hit, breaking this "King of Rock and Roll"'s record for the most No. 1 singles by a solo artist on Billboard's Hot 100 Elvis Presley |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | SING OUT! $400: She was on kids' TV shows like "Barney & Friends" & "Hannah Montana" a bit before her 2019 hit "Lose You To Love Me" Selena Gomez |
| #8098, aired 2019-11-20 | DISNEY ON BROADWAY $400: This hit musical will give you chills
"And let it go, let it go /
You'll never see me cry /
Here I am..." Frozen |
| #8097, aired 2019-11-19 | HIT TUNES $1200: He first hit the Top 40 in 1964 with 3 pals & was still going strong in 2018 on the adult contemporary chart with "Come On To Me" (Paul) McCartney |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY $400: Straight up now tell me, you're up for this case of smacking your Chevy into that Subaru & just taking off a hit and run |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | LOVE SONGS $2000: The melody for this Elvis hit was borrowed from a Civil War tune called "Aura Lee" "Love Me Tender" |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100 $200: Gamblers know it's another name for blackjack--hit me! 21 |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) With the release of their first album which hit No. 1 in 1984 they became one of the most successful country duos of all time
"You had to see if the world was round /
It's time that you learned how good settlin' down could be /
Why not me..." The Judds |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | GRAMMY FOR SONG OF THE YEAR $1600: It's what "he" is doing "With His Song" in a Roberta Flack hit "Killing Me Softly" |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LIEDER $800: Lieder date back to the 12th century but really hit their stride during this emotional musical era that began in the 18th century the Romantic era |
| #8034, aired 2019-07-11 | LET'S DANCE! $600: "They all want me, they can't have me" in this '90s hit song that became its own dance craze; hey! the "Macarena" |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | SOLITARY SINGERS $400: She mentions her "lonely heart" on her 1987 No. 1 hit "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Whitney Houston |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | THE YEAR'S BIGGEST HIT SONG $1000: 1980:
Blondie was phoning it in with this hit from "American Gigolo" "Call Me" |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | HERE COMES THE SONG TITLE! $1000: "And just when it hit me, somebody turned around and shouted" this "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)" |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | WHAT KILLED ME? $1200: Kate Mara's Zoe Barnes on "House of Cards" hit by a subway train |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | WHAT KILLED ME? $1600: Brian Griffin, the dog on "Family Guy" hit by a car |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | WHAT TREE AM I? $600: Like in a 1970s hit for Tony Orlando & Dawn, "Tie a yellow ribbon 'round" me the old oak tree |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | MR. & MRS. SONGS $800: Billy Paul topped the charts with "Me & Mrs. Jones"; "Mr. Jones" was a No. 5 hit for this "avian" group in the 1990s the Counting Crows |
| #7821, aired 2018-09-17 | REINSTATE SONGS $800: "Oh, baby, give me one more chance", the Jackson 5 sang in this plea, their first No. 1 hit "I Want You Back" |
| #7808, aired 2018-07-18 | FILM & HIT SONG SAME NAME $800: Patrick Dempsey &
The Beatles "Can't Buy Me Love" |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | YOUR 1990s HIT PARADE $800: In an R.E.M. hit, "That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight" doing this losing my religion |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | YOUR 1990s HIT PARADE $1200: In 1996 she was No. 1 on the hit parade with "Because You Loved Me" Celine Dion |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | "MORE" THAN A CATEGORY $400: This title of Britney Spears' first hit completes the lyrics "When I'm not with you I lose my mind, give a sign, hit me..." "Baby One More Time" |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME ROAR $200: In a No. 1 hit, she sings, "I got the eye of the tiger... 'cause I am a champion & you're gonna hear me roar" Katy Perry |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME ROAR $400: She asserts in a 2012 hit, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger... doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone" (Kelly) Clarkson |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME ROAR $600: In the '70s this No. 1 hit by Helen Reddy asked us to "hear me roar" "I Am Woman" |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | "U" LOVE MUSIC $400: "Don't believe me just watch"--there's an exclamation point on the title of this 2015 smash hit "Uptown Funk!" |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | BANG THAT TAMBOURINE! $2000: "It took me so-o-o long to find out" about the tambourine on this 1965 hit "Day Tripper" |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | DOWN TO A "SCIENCE" $600: Everyone could see Thomas Dolby was poetry in motion with this 1983 Top 10 hit "She Blinded Me With Science" |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | THAT'S SHOW BIZ, "BOY" $1600: Since the '70s when this John Denver hit came out, the Baltimore Orioles have played it in the seventh inning stretch "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | 1970s "SONG" TITLES $600: You'd think that people would have had enough of this 1976 Paul McCartney hit, but I look around me & I see it isn't so "Silly Love Songs" |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | 1970s "SONG" TITLES $800: The Fugees caught some (Roberta) Flack when the band covered this 1973 hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song" |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | A SONG OF "YOU" $1000: The lady's response to this title query in a 1982 Human League hit? No, pretty much "Don't You Want Me" |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | WHAT'S THAT SONG? $800: In a Top 10 hit by Walk the Moon, it's the woman's title response to an overly garrulous singer "Shut Up And Dance" |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | PUTTING THE "R" IN ENTERTAINMENT $400: This hit by Adele begins, "There's a fire starting in my heart, reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark" "Rolling in the Deep" |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | WON'T YOU TAKE ME TO FUNKYTOWN? $1600: 1973's "Funky Stuff" was the first Top 40 hit of this funk-tastic band; "Jungle Boogie" was next Kool & the Gang |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | WON'T YOU TAKE ME TO FUNKYTOWN? $2000: The queen of funk, Chaka Khan...Chaka Khan...let me rock you, Chaka Khan, with this 1984 hit; that's all I wanna do "I Feel For You" |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | TOP 40 BEFORE & AFTER $400: Britney Spears' debut single pleases with a Cyndi Lauper No. 1 to "Hit" it over & over "...Baby One More Time After Time" |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | TOP 40 BEFORE & AFTER $1200: A 2012 Carly Rae Jepsen chart-topper hooks up with a 1977 Wings hit, to everyone's astonishment "Call Me Maybe I'm Amazed" |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | TONY BENNETT $800: (Tony Bennett gives the clue.) In 1951 I recorded a cover version of "Cold, Cold Heart"; when it became a huge hit, this legendary country artist called me & jokingly asked, "What's the idea of ruining my song?" Hank Williams Sr. |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | "ROCK" IT TO ME $400: This Bill Haley classic topped the charts in 1955 & hit the Top 40 again in 1974 "Rock Around The Clock" |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | "ROCK" IT TO ME $800: In the title of a 1989 hit, the Rolling Stones were stuck between these 2 unpleasant things a rock and a hard place |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | "ROCK" IT TO ME $2000: The Righteous Brothers hit No. 3 in 1974 with this tune about a place with "a hell of a band" including Jimi, Janis & Otis "Rock And Roll Heaven" |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | ROCK "ME" $400: "You have made my life complete, and I love you so" says this Elvis hit "Love Me Tender" |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | THEIR LAST TOP 10 POP HIT, SO FAR $800: "Do That To Me One More Time"
(1979) Captain & Tennille |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | HITT"ING" THE TOP 40 $600: This 1973 No. 1 hit by Roberta Flack won Grammys for Record of the Year & Song of the Year "Killing Me Softly With His Song" |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | "R" SONG $2000: The Carpenters found the weather & the calendar a drag in this 1971 hit "Rainy Days And Mondays" |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | ROCK ME GENTLY $600: This duo's Top 40 debut was a No. 1 hit as they sang, "Just like me, they long to be close to you" the Carpenters |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | PLAY MS. "T" FOR ME $800: She & the Captain had a No. 1 hit with "Love Will Keep Us Together", but ultimately it didn't (Toni) Tennille |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | PLAY MS. "T" FOR ME $1200: In 2010 this Canadian country singer divorced the mutt who'd produced her hit albums like "The Woman in Me" Shania Twain |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | DON'T L ME $600: It's a call an umpire can make regarding a ball hit down the line fair |
| #7029, aired 2015-03-19 | TECH GOOFS $400: An NYU student hit this 2-word button instead of forward & 40,000 folks (& mom) were e-mailed, "Do you want me to do this?" reply all |
| #7017, aired 2015-03-03 | TRIPLE TALK SONGS $2000: In this 1999 hit Destiny's Child complains, "You're slowly making me pay for things your money should be handling" "Bills, Bills, Bills" |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | HIT MEN $400: "Cry Me A River" &
"Suit & Tie" Justin Timberlake |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | HIT MEN $600: "Slip Slidin' Away" & "You Can Call Me Al" Paul Simon |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | NO. 2 HITS $200: Sandwiched between his No. 1 songs "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" & "Faith" was his No. 2 hit "I Want Your Sex" George Michael |
| #6983, aired 2015-01-14 | WIND $400: The horn hook on her hit "Crazy In Love" was sampled from the Chi-Lites hit "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)" Beyoncé |
| #6969, aired 2014-12-25 | UNLIKELY COUNTRY TOP 40 PERFORMERS $1000: "You Light Up My Life" only made country's No. 4 but 1980's "Are You On The Road To Lovin' Me Again" hit the top spot for her Debby Boone |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: When her "Here You Come Again" hit the pop charts in 1977, she said, "I'm not leaving country, I'm just taking it with me" Dolly Parton |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | ONE-HIT WONDERS $800: He died of cardiac arrest in 1996 moments after singing his lone hit, "Tip Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me" Tiny Tim |
| #6809, aired 2014-04-03 | MUSIC OF THE 2000s $800: In 2001 this guy, real name Matthew Shafer, had a "relatively" big hit with "Follow Me" Uncle Kracker |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | SO SAD $800: In her No. 1 hit "Someone Like You", she "hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over" Adele |
| #6789, aired 2014-03-06 | IT WAS THE '90s $200: It was before I had a cell phone, so when I said, "hit me on the hip" I meant contact me via this device a pager |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | WHO SANG IT FIRST? $800: This song was a hit for Ben E. King in 1961, for John Lennon in 1975 & for Ben again in 1986 "Stand By Me" |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | DON'T SONGS $200: In 1997 Madonna had a hit with this song from "Evita" that she sang in the movie "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | MUSIC MAKERS $800: "Life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes", says this hit by Avicii "Wake Me Up" |
| #6741, aired 2013-12-30 | "HAPPY" HOUR $1000: "The only one for me is you, and you for me", the Turtles sang in this 1967 No. 1 hit "Happy Together" |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | THEIR FIRST TOP 40 POP HIT $1200: "You Shook Me All Night Long"
(1980) AC/DC |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | '80s ONE-HIT WONDERS $800: Lipps, Inc. in 1980, asking, "Won't you take me to..." "Funkytown" |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | "me"TUNES $1600: Back off! In 1981 The Police had proximity issues with this Top 10 hit "Don't Stand So Close To Me" |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | "me"TUNES $2000: This No. 1 hit by Pink begins, "Right from the start you were a thief, you stole my heart" "Just Give Me A Reason" |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | HITS & MISSES $400: 1980:
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" Pat Benatar |
| #6639, aired 2013-06-27 | AMERICAN LIVES $1200: Taking a line from a Supremes hit, James Haskins' "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" is about this Motown star Diana Ross |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | 5-LETTER WORDS WITH 4 VOWELS $800: It's the repeating name in a 1963 hit for the Kingsmen--me gotta go Louie Louie |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | "HIT" ME $400: To be married is to get this hitched |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | "HIT" ME $800: An accident after which the person responsible flees the scene a hit-and-run |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | "HIT" ME $1200: This idiom meaning to get a quick start implies your feet are already moving in midair to hit the ground running |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | "HIT" ME $1600: A baseball player getting a single, double, triple & home run all in one game is doing this hitting for the cycle |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | "HIT" ME $2000: Uriah was one a hittite |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | POP QUIZ $1200: In 2012 Carly Rae Jepsen hit No. 1 singing, "Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number, so" this title "Call Me Maybe" |
| #6478, aired 2012-11-14 | TEACH ME A SONG $800: The Hillside Singers had a hit with "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)", adapted from a jingle for this Coke |
| #6478, aired 2012-11-14 | TEACH ME A SONG $1200: "So that's right dude, meet me at the bleachers, no principals, no student teachers", says her No. 1 hit "Hollaback Girl" Gwen Stefani |
| #6478, aired 2012-11-14 | TEACH ME A SONG $1600: This quartet hit the top 20 in 1970 with "Teach Your Children" Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | LINE FROM THE TV SHOW $800: Roger Sterling: "I did everything they told me. Drank the cream, ate the butter. Then I get hit with a coronary" Mad Men |
| #6414, aired 2012-07-05 | SPARE ME! $1000: (Kelley of the clue crew gives the clue) To pick up a woolworths split, a bowler tries to clip the left side of the 5 pin, throwing it across the lane to hit the pin with this number the 10 pin |
| #6404, aired 2012-06-21 | THE BAND'S 10th TOP 40 HIT $400: 1978:
"Take A Chance On Me" ABBA |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | YOUR 2012 HIT PARADERS $1600: "Turn Me On": this French DJ, with a big assist from Nicki Minaj David Guetta |
| #6340, aired 2012-03-23 | WHO WROTE THE NO. 1 HIT? $1200: Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me": this woman, a hit-writing machine (Diane) Warren |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | LET'S PLAY A SONG $800: Wait 'til you hear me belt out my version of this singer's 1967 top 10 hit "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Aretha Franklin |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | THEIR ONLY TOP 10 POP HIT $200: 1996:
"Killing Me Softly" The Fugees |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $400: 1964:
"Please Please Me" The Beatles |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $2000: 1963:
"You've Really Got A Hold On Me" Smokey Robinson and the Miracles |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $1000: "Dear God. You manipulate everyone around you, just like a marionette. You are downright..."
...this adjective, also the title of a hit Broadway musical that features Munchkins & flying monkeys wicked |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | THE DAYS OF GUNS N' ROSES $2000: It'll drive me crazy if you can't name this band that hit No. 1 in April 1989 with "She Drives Me Crazy" Fine Young Cannibals |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | "I" SAY $800: This 1972 feminist anthem was a No. 1 hit for Helen Reddy I Am Woman |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | THE MUSIC OF CANADA $600: We'll give you more than 5 cents if you know this Alberta band hit No. 1 in 2001 with "How You Remind Me" Nickelback |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | HELLO, I'M JOHNNY CASH $400: I duetted with this lady on a hit version of "If I Were A Carpenter"; she did marry me & have my baby June Carter Cash |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | PRINCE SONGS A LA TREBEK $400: In this 1983 hit, "I was dreamin' when I wrote this, so sue me if I go too fast": did I say 1983? "1999" |
| #5991, aired 2010-10-04 | THE TENTH INNING $800: (Ken Burns reads the clue.) He learned to hit lefty so he could be 2 steps closer to first base, & the Prime Minister of Japan once said he "makes me proud to be Japanese" Ichiro Suzuki |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | THE GREAT & POWERFUL WOZ $800: CL9, a Wozniak home electronics venture, gave us the programmable universal this, but you'd never hit mute on me, right? a remote |
| #5938, aired 2010-06-09 | WHAT'S "BLACK" & "WHITE"? $200: In Las Vegas, I tell the dealer to "hit me" when I want another card in this game blackjack |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG $200: This "hit the Bay Area... (&) caused a record 11-day layoff between Series games. (It) also caused death and destruction" an earthquake |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | "X" "Q"s ME $400: "Magic" & "Have You Never Been Mellow" are songs from this roller-skating musical that hit Broadway in 2007 Xanadu |
| #5831, aired 2010-01-11 | OH, BEE GEE $2000: In a Bee Gees hit, this title sort of communication means "you're telling me lies" jive talkin' |
| #5801, aired 2009-11-30 | I HAVE 5 KINGS $600: This bluesman's first Top 40 hit was 1964's "Rock Me Baby" B.B. King |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | COVER ME! $400: A No. 1 hit for The Eurythmics in 1983, "Sweet Dreams" was covered in '95 by this goth rocker, the former Brian Warner Marilyn Manson |
| #5759, aired 2009-10-01 | ODE TO BILLY JOEL $800: You sang to Virginia in this hit /
Don't get mad & don't try to fix me /
All I'm saying about it /
Is that you just turned 60 "Only The Good Die Young" |
| #5715, aired 2009-06-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: A 1987 Paul Simon hit turns into an environmentalist ex-vice president "You Can Call Me Al Gore" |
| #5700, aired 2009-05-22 | THEIR FIRST TOP 10 SOLO HIT $400: "Cry Me A River"
(2002) Justin Timberlake |
| #5659, aired 2009-03-26 | SONG DICHOTOMY $800: Their first hit? "Hold On"... their second hit? "Release Me"... C'mon, ladies, make up your minds Wilson Phillips |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | NEIL DIAMOND'S GEMS $1600: In a 1979 hit Neil went casual singing, "And long as I can have you here with me I'd much rather be" this "Forever in Blue Jeans" |
| #5608, aired 2009-01-14 | A LITTLE BIT ROCK & ROLL $400: In a 1967 hit, all Aretha Franklin was askin' for was a little bit of this (Sock it to me!) respect |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | LET ME MIX YOU A METAPHOR $1000: I was on a wild goose chase when I "hit" this, which marathoners do around mile 20 the wall |
| #5573, aired 2008-11-26 | NORDIC TRACKS $1600: A 3-letter exclamation of surprise, or the band from Norway that hit No. 1 with "Take On Me" in 1985 a-ha |
| #5555, aired 2008-10-31 | REQUESTS $1600: This U.S. Top 10 hit by Spandau Ballet will take me right back to slow dancing in '83 "True" |
| #5546, aired 2008-10-20 | THEIR ONLY TOP 10 POP HIT $400: "Me And Bobby McGee"
(1971) Janis Joplin |
| #5522, aired 2008-09-16 | MUSICAL ADJECTIVES $400: This hit gives me a tingle that "starts in my toes & I crinkle my nose wherever it goes I always know" "Bubbly" |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | COLOR MY WORLD $400: In this 1961 No. 1 hit, "You saw me standing alone / Without a dream in my heart / Without a love of my own" "Blue Moon" |
| #5497, aired 2008-07-01 | PARTS OF A SONG $800: Neil Geraldo plays a classic 30-second one on "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" a guitar solo |
| #5466, aired 2008-05-19 | BOOZE-A-PALOOZA $1200: This song that was a No. 1 hit for The Champs in 1958 always makes me want a Margarita "Tequila" |
| #5460, aired 2008-05-09 | LET'S SPEAK FRENCH $200: A pop song might say, "Hit Me Baby Encore Une Fois"--the last 3 words meaning this "One More Time" |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | LET'S PLAY BLACKJACK $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits at a Las Vegas blackjack table with Sarah.) To ask the dealer for another card, I can gesture or say this traditional 2-word phrase hit me |
| #5364, aired 2007-12-27 | YEAH, IT WAS THE '80s $200: She told us "Love Is A Battlefield" & in 1980 went to No. 9 with "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" Pat Benatar |
| #5355, aired 2007-12-14 | DOUBLE TALK ROCK $600: Neil Diamond had his first Top 10 hit with this song that says, "She got the way to move me" "Cherry, Cherry" |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | MANILOW! $400: In this No. 1 hit, Barry "never realized how happy you made me, oh" her "Mandy" |
| #5311, aired 2007-10-15 | ODD WORDS $800: The fact that clavate means shaped like this isn't something you have to hit me over the head with a club |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE HISTORY GAME $2000: It's July 10, 1553 & this lady will pinch hit for Edward VI, who's been taken out of the game; Cousin Mary is on deck Lady Jane Grey |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | "Q" ME $1200: Eskimo who was the subject of a Top 10 Manfred Mann hit song in 1968 Quinn |
| #5247, aired 2007-06-05 | 1970s ROCK $800: Janis Joplin's second Top 10 album, this gem contained the hit "Me And Bobby McGee" Pearl |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | ALBUMS $400: "Feels Like Home" was the eagerly awaited follow-up to her smash-hit album "Come Away with Me" Norah Jones |
| #5062, aired 2006-09-19 | '60s NO. 1 HITS $1200: "Rock Me Gently" singer Andy Kim co-wrote this "sweet" No. 1 hit by The Archies "Sugar, Sugar" |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | POP LYRICS $2000: Celine Dion hit whose chorus is "'Cause I'm your lady & you are my man, whenever you reach for me, I'll do all that I can" "The Power Of Love" |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | HIT ME $400: The first song listed in the "Billboard Book of No. 1 Hits" is this "rockin'" Bill Haley song from July 1955 "Rock Around The Clock" |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | HIT ME $800: In July 1965 the No. 1 hit in the U.S. was this Rolling Stones classic "Satisfaction" |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | HIT ME $1200: In July of 1975, the musical act seen here topped the U.S. charts The Captain & Tennille |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | HIT ME $1600: In a No. 1 hit from July 1985, he was "findin' it hard to believe we're in heaven" Bryan Adams |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | HIT ME $2000: "Waterfalls" by this female hip-hop trio had the fans flooding into stores in July 1995 TLC |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | "DON'T" YOU KNOW THIS SONG? $400: Buenos Aires held back a sniffle when this Madonna hit went to No. 8 in 1997 "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" |
| #4959, aired 2006-03-16 | 1960s ROCK LYRICS $800: In this 1965 hit, The Beatles sang, "Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be. There's a shadow hanging over me" "Yesterday" |
| #4953, aired 2006-03-08 | "MOON" ME AT THE MOVIES $400: Cher slapped Nicolas Cage in this 1987 hit Moonstruck |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | "SONG"S $1000: This Roberta Flack hit about hearing Don McLean sing "American Pie" won 3 Grammys in 1973 "Killing Me Softly With His Song" |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | THE MUSICAL QUESTION $400: To answer this hit canine question from the Baha Men, sorry, it was me, so please stop asking me about it "Who Let The Dogs Out?" |
| #4876, aired 2005-11-21 | "KING" OF THE TOP 40 $1200: "Stand By Me" hit the charts for him in 1961 & 1986 Ben E. King |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | '60s POP QUIZ $200: On the Mamas & the Papas' last Top 40 hit, "Dream A Little Dream Of Me", she got top billing Mama Cass |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | '60s POP QUIZ $1000: This Zager & Evans hit about the future is subtitled "Exordium & Terminus" "In The Year 2525" |
| #4845, aired 2005-10-07 | FILMS OF THE '40s $1600: Judy Garland sang "The Trolley Song" & "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" in this hit musical Meet Me In St. Louis |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | EARTH, WIND OR FIRE $200: Completes the title of an Earth, Wind & Fire hit song "Serpentine..." "Fire" |
| #4805, aired 2005-06-24 | SONG SUNG "BLUE" $400: A 1979 Neil Diamond hit says, "Long as I can have you here with me, I'd much rather be" this, the song's title "Forever In Blue Jeans" |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | JOHN/PAUL $1600: John & Paul wrote this hit June 26, 1963; Paul flipped the angle from 3 earlier songs all had the word "me" in the title "She Loves You" |
| #4782, aired 2005-05-24 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY IN SONG $400: In a 1964 hit, "I'm gonna have me some fun if it costs me my very last dime" in this title city Las Vegas |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | POP CULTURE $200: Jack Handey "Deep Thought": "To me", this sport "is like a ballet, except, there's no music... and the dancers hit each other" boxing |
| #4756, aired 2005-04-18 | 1970s POP MUSIC $400: In this hit Barry Manilow sings that "Time in New England took me away, to long rocky beaches & you by the bay" "Weekend In New England" |
| #4755, aired 2005-04-15 | POP/ROCK WOMEN $1000: Her 1992 hit "I Can't Make You Love Me" features Bruce Hornsby on piano (Bonnie) Raitt |
| #4752, aired 2005-04-12 | "KING" ME $400: Roger Miller won 5 Grammys in 1965 for this hit "King Of The Road" |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | 1964 BEATLES NO. 1 HITS $2000: Ringo drummed on the first British release of this harmonica-driven hit but not on the American one "Love Me Do" |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | ROBERT DE NIRO MOVIES $400: "Come on, hit me. Harder! Harder!" Raging Bull |
| #4673, aired 2004-12-22 | 1970s POP MUSIC $200: This 1971 Temptations hit was subtitled "Running Away With Me" "Just My Imagination" |
| #4630, aired 2004-10-22 | SINGERS $800: His solo hit "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)" was featured on the "Drumline" soundtrack JC Chasez |
| #4621, aired 2004-10-11 | "CC" ME ON THAT $400: Hit the gas to speed up accelerate |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | CHART TOPPERS $1200: Her 1996 hit "Because You Loved Me" topped the adult contemporary charts for an amazing 19 weeks Celine Dion |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | BALLROOM BLITZ $2,100 (Daily Double): Wham's hit "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" mentions this American dance of the 1930s & '40s the jitterbug |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | '80s SONGS $800: This 1980 No. 1 hit was the theme from the movie "American Gigolo" "Call Me" |
| #4570, aired 2004-06-18 | INSECTS $2,600 (Daily Double): About 30% of all animal species are these insects which include the whirligig & weevil families beetles |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | POP QUIZ $600: In the Janis Joplin hit "Me And Bobby McGee", this is "just another word for nothin' left to lose" freedom |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | HIT SONGS $600: This performer had a song on the "Scooby-Doo" soundtrack; he shares his name with a character in the movie
"She call me
Mr. Boombastic /
Say me fantastic /
Touch me on me back, she say..." Shaggy |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ROCK-Y $3,000 (Daily Double): The title of Falco's biggest hit mentions this fellow Austrian musician Mozart ("Rock Me Amadeus") |
| #4480, aired 2004-02-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: 1998 No. 1 hit by Brittney Spears used to visit the year 802,701 in an H.G. Wells novel Hit Me Baby One More Time Machine |
| #4454, aired 2004-01-08 | LET'S GO TO GRACELAND $600: (Cheryl) In 1956 Elvis earned 8 gold records, including one for this hit, based on the Civil War favorite "Aura Lee" "Love Me Tender" |
| #4449, aired 2004-01-01 | POP MUSIC $800: In 1978 Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond had a No. 1 hit with this duet "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" |
| #4443, aired 2003-12-24 | WHAM! $400: Lyrics to this Wham! hit have been misheard as "Wake me up and make some cocoa" "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" |
| #4443, aired 2003-12-24 | WHAM! $2000: Wham's third U.S. No. 1 hit; it includes "Somebody tell me... why I work so hard for you... to give you money" "Everything She Wants" |
| #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 |
| #4427, aired 2003-12-02 | MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS $800: Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a No. 1 hit from the soundtrack to this 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club |
| #4397, aired 2003-10-21 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $1000: This was Janis Joplin's only No. 1 hit as a solo performer "Me and Bobby McGee" |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | HIT ME WITH THE HITS $200: It was all the rage & on the charts in 1975; so "Do" it! the "Hustle" |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | HIT ME WITH THE HITS $400: You might need a designated driver after listening to this No. 1 hit from 1958 "Tequila" |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | HIT ME WITH THE HITS $600: The Ventures had a Top 10 hit with this song in 1969 "Theme from 'Hawaii Five-O'" |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | HIT ME WITH THE HITS $800: 72 years after this 1902 song was written, it went to No. 3 on the charts "The Entertainer" |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | HIT ME WITH THE HITS $1000: Reaching No. 1 in 1962, this song was the first by a British group to top the U.S. charts "Telstar" |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | YOU GIVE ME THE WILLIES $400: He duetted with Waylon Jennings on the No. 1 country hit "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" Willie Nelson |
| #4261, aired 2003-02-24 | RAPS $400: Songs like "Without Me" & "Cleaning Out My Closet" made this white rapper's 2002 album a multi-platinum hit Eminem |
| #4239, aired 2003-01-23 | DUET TO ME ONE MORE TIME $400: "Till I Loved You", her hit song with Don Johnson, was written for the musical concept album "Goya...A Life in Song" Barbra Streisand |
| #4221, aired 2002-12-30 | MUSICAL TRIBUTES $1600: Her 1985 hit "Missing You" was a tribute to Marvin Gaye, with whom she'd sung "You're a Special Part of Me" Diana Ross |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | LUNAR TUNES $200: It's the classic No. 1 hit that says, "You saw me standing alone, without a dream in my heart" "Blue Moon" |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | 4-LETTER BANDS $600: This duo had a 1984 No. 1 hit with "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham! |
| #4202, aired 2002-12-03 | ONE-HIT WONDERS $600: In a 1980 hit Lipps, Inc. asked, "Won't you take me to" this title place "Funkytown" |
| #4202, aired 2002-12-03 | ONE-HIT WONDERS $1000: He's the tech-savvy artist heard here with a 1983 hit: Thomas Dolby |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL PYRAMID $1600: Ballad that begins with the following
"See the Pyramids along the Nile /
Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle... "You Belong To Me" |
| #4169, aired 2002-10-17 | MISHEARD LYRICS $600: Pat Benatar:
"Hit me with your pet shark" "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | "Y" ME? $1200: This keyboardist's album "Live At the Acropolis" hit No. 5 on the charts Yanni |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | DOUBLE TALK ROCK $800: You couldn't call this No. 1 hit heard here saccharine:
"You are my candy girl /
And you got me wanting you... "Sugar, Sugar" |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | MUSIC MAKERS $1200: A song by Joe Henry, heard here, became a hit recording by this sister-in-law of his
"Don't tell me to stop /
Tell the rain not to drop /
Tell the wind not to blow..." Madonna |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $400: In a 1957 No. 1 hit, he sang, "Darling, you send me, honest you do" Sam Cooke |
| #4070, aired 2002-04-19 | BOOZE-A-PALOOZA $600: This song that was a No. 1 hit for the Champs in 1958 always makes me want a margarita "Tequila" |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | '80s ROCK $1200: In a remake of a Mindbenders hit, Phil Collins sang, "Wouldn't you agree, Baby you and me got" this "A Groovy Kind Of Love" |
| #4060, aired 2002-04-05 | THEIR LAST TOP 10 HIT $1200: "Touch Me"
(1969) The Doors |
| #4051, aired 2002-03-25 | THE ME DECADE $200: On July 20, 1976 in Milwaukee, he hit his 755th & last home run Hank Aaron |
| #4042, aired 2002-03-12 | CLUB ME! $400: In 1998 the hit revival of the Broadway musical "Cabaret" moved to this legendary club on West 54th Street Studio 54 |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | CLONING AROUND $1200: A 2'8'' clone played by Verne Troyer appears as pure concentrated evil in this 1999 hit comedy sequel "Austin Powers II: The Spy Who Shagged Me" |
| #4008, aired 2002-01-23 | MUSICAL BOTANY $1600: In a 1982 hit Patrice Rushen was sending you these flowers "to help me to remember" forget me nots |
| #3973, aired 2001-12-05 | WHAT ARE "YOU" DOING? $600: "Did you forget about me, Mr. Duplicity?" sings Alanis Morissette in this hit "You Oughta Know" |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | YOU HIT ME IN THE FACE! $200: Beverly Hills cop Paul Kramer got a real slap in the face when she said no thanks, dahling, to a 1989 ticket Zsa Zsa Gabor |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | YOU HIT ME IN THE FACE! $400: "She's my sister (slap); my daughter (slap)"; forget it, Jake, it's this 1974 film Chinatown |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | YOU HIT ME IN THE FACE! $600: Love-struck in "Moonstruck", she struck Nicolas Cage to get him to "Snap out of it!" Cher |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | YOU HIT ME IN THE FACE! $1,000 (Daily Double): In a battle between this talk show host's nose & a chair, he got a "20/20" view of his nose being broken Geraldo Rivera |
| #3968, aired 2001-11-28 | YOU HIT ME IN THE FACE! $1000: In a 1994 boxing match, Danny Bonaduce bloodied this "Puppy Love" singer's nose & won a decision Donny Osmond |
| #3962, aired 2001-11-20 | AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES $2,000 (Daily Double): In September 1776 Congress named Arthur Lee, Silas Deane & this man as commissioners to the court of France (Benjamin) Franklin |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $800: In this 1998 hit, No. 1 for 13 weeks, Brandy & Monica sang, "I'm sorry that you seem to be confused, he belongs to me" "The Boy Is Mine" |
| #3932, aired 2001-10-09 | McGRAW-HILL $600: Let it out nice & slow... it's the name of Faith's No. 1 album that includes the hit "The Way You Love Me" Breathe |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | "SWEET" SONGS $400: Sade sang, "You give me, keep giving me" this, the title of a 1985 hit "The Sweetest Taboo" |
| #3889, aired 2001-06-28 | "B" IN ROCK $300: Elvis' last Top 10 hit, it says, "I feel my temperature rising, help me I'm flaming I must be a hundred and nine" "Burning Love" |
| #3875, aired 2001-06-08 | DIONNE WARWICK $600: With her first hit, "Don't Make Me Over", Dionne became the main "voice" for this songwriting team Burt Bacharach & Hal David |
| #3832, aired 2001-04-10 | COUNTRY STARS $600: This "Gambler" recently hit the jackpot with "Buy Me A Rose", his first chart-topper in 13 years Kenny Rogers |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | MUSIC OF THE '90s $100: In a 1999 Britney Spears hit, it follows, "When I'm not with you I lose my mind, give me a sign, hit me baby..." One more time |
| #3819, aired 2001-03-22 | PEOPLE WITH PEANUTS NAMES $100: In a Coasters hit song this title man asks, "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?" "Charlie Brown" |
| #3806, aired 2001-03-05 | WE'RE NO. 2! $100: "Take Me Home, Country Roads", his first Top 40 hit, took him to No. 2 John Denver |
| #3803, aired 2001-02-28 | ARETHA FRANKLIN $500: Ironically, Aretha's 1967 hit that says, "You Made Me Feel Like" this was used in TV ads for Clairol hair color "A Natural Woman" |
| #3798, aired 2001-02-21 | BLACKJACK $300: Scraping your cards on the table tells the dealer this without having to say it "Hit me!" |
| #3784, aired 2001-02-01 | DIANA ROSS $500: The 1985 hit heard here was a tribute to this singer:
"Oooh, ooh, I'm missing you /
Tell me where the road turns..." Marvin Gaye |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | SINGING TV STARS $400: He hit the pop charts with his own version of "Love Me Tender" in 1962, 21 years before "The Thorn Birds" Richard Chamberlain |
| #3749, aired 2000-12-14 | WHAT'S THE QUESTION? $600: Rod Stewart asked this title question in a 1978 No. 1 hit song, so "come on sugar, let me know" "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | 1970s ALBUMS $500: 1-word title of the 1971 Janis Joplin album that contained the No. 1 hit "Me And Bobby McGee" Pearl |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | ROCK ME $200: In 1999 he hit the road with his E Street Band in their first major tour in over a decade Bruce Springsteen |
| #3731, aired 2000-11-20 | ROCK ME $800: (Hi, I'm Nile Rodgers) 2 of the hit albums I produced during the '80s were "Like A Virgin" by Madonna & "Let's Dance" by this singer David Bowie |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | AT THE "Y" $800: Paul Williams wrote the music for this "worldly" Helen Reddy Top 10 hit "You and Me Against the World" |
| #3632, aired 2000-05-23 | TELEVISION $200: In 1998 Brian Dennehy made his first appearance as Red Finch, David Spade's firefighter father, on this hit series Just Shoot Me! |
| #3623, aired 2000-05-10 | HAIL, HAIL ROCK 'N' ROLL $100: In this 1971 hit, Don McLean wrote that "Something touched me deep inside the day the music died" "American Pie" |
| #3531, aired 2000-01-03 | CALL ME STEVE $500: In TV commercials, the U.S. Postal Service uses his band's hit song "Fly Like An Eagle" Steve Miller |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | RECORDS $1000: Jimmy Page has claimed that he, not Dave Davies, played the solo on this, the Kinks' first big U.S. hit "You Really Got Me" |
| #3499, aired 1999-11-18 | "CLUB" ME $800: They're the Boy George band heard here in 1983 with their first U.S. Top 10 hit
("Do You Really Want to Hurt Me") Culture Club |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | GIVE ME A "HAND" $400: The Beatles' first No. 1 hit in the U.S. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE SONGS OF BACHARACH & DAVID $500: How could you forget that Naked Eyes remade this Burt & Hal hit in 1983 "Always Something There to Remind Me" |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | HIT TUNES $800: In 1980 this duo topped the charts one more time with "Do That to Me One More Time" Captain & Tennille |
| #3305, aired 1999-01-08 | WHO CREATED THEM? $1,000 (Daily Double): Coalhouse Walker, Jr.,
Daniel Lewin,
Billy Bathgate E.L. Doctorow |
| #3283, aired 1998-12-09 | TREATS $500: It was Pat Benatar's next Top 40 hit after "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" Treat Me Right |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC $100: It's the casino game in which you'd hear someone say "Hit me" blackjack |
| #3238, aired 1998-10-07 | ENDS IN "LOW" $200: In this 1966 hit, Donovan was "just mad about Saffron...Saffron's mad about me" "Mellow Yellow" |
| #3175, aired 1998-05-22 | A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY $400: This late "Winds Of War" star had a Top 10 country hit in 1967 with "Little Old Wine Drinker Me" Robert Mitchum |
| #3155, aired 1998-04-24 | UNDER THE COVERS $300: In 1996 the Fugees updated her 1973 hit "Killing Me Softly" Roberta Flack |
| #3136, aired 1998-03-30 | DECEMBER 1963 $500 (Daily Double): In Dec. 1963, The 4 Seasons split with their record label, signed with a new one & had a hit with this song:
"Think! Think! Oh the places you'll see /
Now think what the future would be /
With a poor boy like me..." "Dawn" |
| #3131, aired 1998-03-23 | OXYMORONS $1000: In 1965, Ringo Starr sang that "They're gonna put me in the movies" in a hit with this oxymoronic title Act Naturally |
| #3066, aired 1997-12-22 | SONGS OF THE '60s $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Al Roker.) As a weatherman, you might see me predicting this 1963 Martha & The Vandellas hit "Heat Wave" |
| #3066, aired 1997-12-22 | TIME PHRASES $800: A hit by Lionel Richie, or the length of time "You Shook Me" in an AC/DC song All Night Long |
| #3062, aired 1997-12-16 | '80s ROCK $300: In 1986 she was in "Control" with a hit album that included "What Have You Done For Me Lately?" Janet Jackson |
| #3036, aired 1997-11-10 | AT THE KENNEDY CENTER $100: Can you hear me? This rock opera by The Who was a big hit at the Kennedy Center in 1994 Tommy |
| #3027, aired 1997-10-28 | IT ALL BEGINS WITH "YOU" $400: Van Halen & The Kinks' first Top 40 hit, or a good reply if you don't know it "You Really Got Me" |
| #3023, aired 1997-10-22 | BY THE "BOOK" $400: In a 1958 hit record, the Monotones asked, "Tell me, tell me, tell me, oh, who wrote" this "The Book of Love" |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLPARK $600: On May 4, 1984 Dave Kingman hit a ball through the roof of this Twins park but was only credited with a double the Metrodome |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | ROCK LYRICS $500: In this 1984 hit, Cyndi Lauper sang, "If you're lost you can look and you will find me" "Time After Time" |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | POP QUIZ $100: Her hit song, "I Believe In You & Me" is featured on "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack Whitney Houston |
| #2889, aired 1997-03-06 | POP MUSIC $400: These 2 singers, with 4 first names between them, had the 1991 No. 1 hit "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" Elton John & George Michael |
| #2876, aired 1997-02-17 | POP-ROCK $200: In 1996 the Fugees had a hit with a remake of this Roberta Flack song "Killing Me Softly" |
| #2823, aired 1996-12-04 | SINGERS $800: Born Patricia Andrzejewski, she recorded "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" under this name Pat Benatar |
| #2758, aired 1996-09-04 | POP MUSIC $100: His 1973 hit "Love Me Like a Rock" featured the Dixie Hummingbirds on vocal backup Paul Simon |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | POP MUSIC $100: The original title of this Roberta Flack hit was "Killing Me Softly with His Blues" "Killing Me Softly with His Song" |
| #2694, aired 1996-04-25 | SONGS & SINGERS $500: This was Janis Joplin's only Top 40 hit as a solo performer "Me and Bobby McGee" |
| #2659, aired 1996-03-07 | SINGERS $1000: Her first hit song, 1963's "Don't Make Me Over", was written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David Dionne Warwick |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | MUSIC IN "BLACK" & "WHITE" $200: In a 1942 hit, this "has me in its spell" that old black magic |
| #2500, aired 1995-06-16 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $500 (Daily Double): This hit from the 1890s operetta "Robin Hood" later became popular at weddings: instrumental only "Oh Promise Me" |
| #2497, aired 1995-06-13 | NO. 1 HITS $200: In 1980 this "Piano Man" had his first No. 1 hit with "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" Billy Joel |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | MUSICAL "EYE"s $200: In a 1921 hit title, this exclamation followed "Ma!" "He's Making Eyes At Me" |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | POP MUSIC $300: His No. 1 hit "Give Me Love" was subtitled "Give Me Peace on Earth" George Harrison |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | MOTOWN SONGS $400: In a hit tune by The Miracles, it's what "My mama told me" to do "Shop Around" |
| #2165, aired 1994-01-21 | SONGS OF THE '60s $200: A hit from this 1969 film begins "Everybody's talkin' at me, I don't hear a word they're sayin'" Midnight Cowboy |
| #2114, aired 1993-11-11 | ROCK MUSIC $500: Her biggest hit "Me and Bobby McGee" was featured on the posthumous album "Pearl" Janis Joplin |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | "GO" FOR IT $400: Little Anthony hit that goes, "I want you to want me, I need you so badly, I can't think of anything but you" "Goin' Out Of My Head" |
| #1905, aired 1992-12-11 | CARD GAMES $200: In blackjack, if you want the dealer to give you another card, you ask him to do this to you -- ouch! hit me |
| #1745, aired 1992-03-13 | NO. 2 HITS $400: This No. 2 hit by Cher is subtitled "My Baby Shot Me Down" "Bang, Bang" |
| #1555, aired 1991-05-10 | TOP LADIES OF POP $400: Brooklyn-born singer who studied opera before scoring with "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" Pat Benatar |
| #1541, aired 1991-04-22 | POP SINGERS $400 (Daily Double): In 1975, he reached the top 10 with a remake of the following 1962 number one hit
"Don't take your love away from me / Don't you leave my heart in misery" Neil Sedaka |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | "ALL" OR "NOTHING" $400: Elvis Presley's 1957 #1 hit that opens, "Oh, well, a-bless my soul, what's wrong with me?" "All Shook Up" |
| #1517, aired 1991-03-19 | SINGERS $500 (Daily Double): Discovered by Burt Bacharach, this singer had her first hit with the following:
"Don't make me over / Now that I'd do anything for you / Don't make me over / Now that you know how I adore you" Dionne Warwick |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | NMOɊ-ƎɊISԀ∩ $700 (Daily Double): In 1980 this singer had a No. 1 hit with the following:
"Upside down / Boy, you turn me / Inside out / And round and round / Upside down / Boy, you turn me / Inside out / And round and round..." Diana Ross |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | GIRLS IN SONG $200: In a 1969 hit Flying Machine told her to "Smile A Little Smile For Me" Rosemarie (Rosemary) |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | COLORFUL PHRASES $500 (Daily Double): Colorful title of the following 1967 hit:
"The old home town looks the same / As I step down from the train / And there to meet me is my Mama and Papa" the "Green, Green Grass Of Home" |
| #9, aired 1990-08-11 | SAMMY DAVIS JR. $50 (Daily Double): This song, a hit for Sammy in 1969, was played at his memorial service: [Audio] Whether I'm right or whether I'm wrong.. "I've Gotta Be Me" |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | SING-ALONG SONGS $700 (Daily Double): Title of the following, 1950's biggest hit: "Last Saturday night I got married / Me and my wife settle down / Now me and my wife are parted / I'm gonna take another stroll downtown" "Goodnight, Irene" |
| #1, aired 1990-06-16 | GOLDEN OLDIES $2,000 (Daily Double): 1861 song that was the basis of the following Elvis Presley hit:
"Love me tender, love me sweet, never let me go /
You have made my life complete..." "Aura Lee" |
| #1323, aired 1990-05-09 | SONGS OF THE '80s $300: In a 1984 Cyndi Lauper hit, it follows "If you're lost, you can look & you will find me..." "Time After Time" |
| #1282, aired 1990-03-13 | FILE UNDER "Z" $1,400 (Daily Double): Group that had its biggest hit with the following in 1964:
"Well, no one told me about her, the way she lied / Well, no one told me about her,..." The Zombies |
| #1278, aired 1990-03-07 | SONGS $200: "Bring me a dream, make him the cutest that I've ever seen" is a plea addressed to him Mr. Sandman |
| #1247, aired 1990-01-23 | SINGERS $600: Canadian whose 1st No. 1 hit in the U.S. was "You Needed Me" in 1978 Anne Murray |
| #1236, aired 1990-01-08 | FAMOUS KANGAROOS $300: In 1963 Aussie Rolf Harris had his only U.S. top 40 hit with this song "Tie Me Kangaroo Down" |
| #1229, aired 1989-12-28 | FAMOUS PAIRS $1,300 (Daily Double): Twosome singing the 1st Lennon-McCartney song not recorded by The Beatles to hit No. 1:
"Please lock me away /
And don't allow the day /
Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness..." Peter and Gordon |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | COUNTRY CLASSICS $500 (Daily Double): Even The Beatles covered the following Buck Owens hit:
"They're gonna put me in the movies... "Act Naturally" |
| #1225, aired 1989-12-22 | SONGS OF THE '70s $800 (Daily Double): Though this country sibling duo had a No. 1 hit with the following, they lost money on the deal:
"There's a reason for the sun-shining sky / And there's a reason why I'm feeling so high..." The Bellamy Brothers |
| #1184, aired 1989-10-26 | CARTOONISTS $1,600 (Daily Double): "Playboy" cartoonist Shel Silverstein composed the following No. 2 hit for Johnny Cash:
"Well, my daddy left home when I was three /
And he didn't leave much to ma and me /
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze..." "A Boy Named Sue" |
| #1179, aired 1989-10-19 | THE 1950s $400: In this No. 1 hit, Frankie Avalon asked her, "If you will, please send a little girl for me to thrill" "Venus" |
| #1175, aired 1989-10-13 | SINGERS $600 (Daily Double): He had a No. 1 hit with the following from the film "White Nights":
"Say you, say me, say it for always..." Lionel Richie |
| #1141, aired 1989-07-17 | FAMOUS PAIRS $2,000 (Daily Double): "Virtuous" sisters heard here, singing this 1956 song, their only Top 10 hit:
"I know (I know) / You belong to somebody new / But tonight you belong to me" Patience and Prudence |
| #1138, aired 1989-07-12 | KISSES $2,000 (Daily Double): Pete Seeger wrote this folk ballad which was a big hit in the 50s:
”When I was a young man and never been kissed /
I got to thinking it over what I had missed /
I got me a girl, I kissed her and then /
Oh Lord, I kissed her again..." "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | QUESTIONABLE SONGS $1,000 (Daily Double): This song by The Shirelles was the 1st No. 1 hit of the rock era by any girl group:
"Tonight, you're mine completely / You give your love so sweetly / Tonight, the light of love is in your eyes" "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" |
| #1092, aired 1989-05-09 | 1980s POP MUSIC $300: The title of a 1986 hit by Falco asked this composer to "Rock Me" Amadeus |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | INTERNATIONAL SINGERS $500: "Take On Me" made them the 1st Norwegian group to have a U.S. No. 1 Hit, & that's no surprise A-ha |
| #1021, aired 1989-01-30 | SONGS OF THE '70s $100: The title of Leo Sayer's 1st No. 1 hit proclaimed "You Make Me Feel Like" doing this Dancing |
| #999, aired 1988-12-29 | "R.D." $200 (Daily Double): A New York City street urchin provided the inspiration for this 1964 No. 1 hit:
"When she was just a kid her clothes were hand me downs..." "Rag Doll" |
| #992, aired 1988-12-20 | ARTS & ARTHURS $200 (Daily Double): Singer whose only solo Top 10 hit was the following:
"I bruise you / You bruise me..." Art Gunfunkel |
| #981, aired 1988-12-05 | 1988 $800 (Daily Double): In 1988, 12 years after their Top 40 hit, this group reunited & went on tour:
"Oh my darling, knock three times /
On the ceiling if you want me /
Twice on the pipe..." Tony Orlando and Dawn |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | SKUNKS $1,800 (Daily Double): Condition of the skunk in the title of the following 1973 Top 20 hit:
"Take a whiff on me, that ain't no rose! /
Roll up yer window and hold yer nose" dead and in the middle of the road |
| #947, aired 1988-10-18 | ROCK 'N ROLL EDIBLES $400: A bland candy, or a '60s rock group who hit the charts with "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Vanilla Fudge |
| #918, aired 1988-09-07 | UNREAL ESTATE $1,500 (Daily Double): While the following 1968 hit was based on a true story, it had this fictional setting:
"Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there / And seven times he's asked me for a date / And Mrs. Taylor..." Harper Valley |
| #914, aired 1988-07-21 | "PLEASE"ING SONGS $200: Early Beatles hit that fits the category--twice, in fact "Please Please Me" |
| #914, aired 1988-07-21 | "PLEASE"ING SONGS $1000: Hank Locklin's 1960 hit song, or what a highwire walker who just slipped off the wire might say "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" |
| #894, aired 1988-06-23 | KISSING $400 (Daily Double): In 1952, it became "Her Nibs" Miss Georgia Gibbs' 1st smash hit:
"The lips you only let me borrow / Love me tonight and let the devil take tomorrow / I know that I must have your kiss although it dooms me / Though it consumes me..." "Kiss Of Fire" |
| #891, aired 1988-06-20 | GIRLS IN SONG $900 (Daily Double): Well-known subtitle of the following 1973 Helen Reddy hit:
"Leave me alone, won't you leave me alone / Please leave me alone, now leave me alone / God leave me along.." "Ruby Red Dress" |
| #876, aired 1988-05-30 | GIVE ME A "BREAK" $400: Neal Sedaka's 1962 #1 hit that gave us the immortal phrase "Comma comma, down-doo-be-doo down down" "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | PROVERBS $500 (Daily Double): Proverbial title of the following, a number 1 hit in 1963:
"My friends all tell me /
Go to him, run to him /
Say sweet lovely things to him /
And tell him, he's the one /
Deep in my heart I know it /
But it's so hard to show it /
Cause it's easier, easier said than done /
My buddies tell me..." "Easier Said Than Done" |
| #832, aired 1988-03-29 | COUNTRY CROONERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Born blind, he sang the following, which hit No. 1 on the country & No. 5 on the pop charts:
"Well you can walk out on me tonight /
If you think that it ain't feeling right..." Ronnie Milsap |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | FIRST LINES OF PLAYS $600: Maggie says, "One of those no-neck monsters hit me with a hot buttered biscuit..." Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #780, aired 1988-01-15 | STARTS WITH "WH" $500 (Daily Double): Questionable title of the following 1972 hit:
"You told me that you didn't love him /
And you were going to say goodbye /
But if you really didn't mean it /
Why did you have to lie?..." "Where Is The Love" |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | #1 HITS $500: Only #1 hit for Sam Cooke "You Send Me" |
| #762, aired 1987-12-22 | HIT TUNES $300: Singer who had both 1st & last songs to reach #1 in 1957 with "Don't Forbid Me" & "April Love" Pat Boone |
| #759, aired 1987-12-17 | OPPOSITES IN SONG $500: While The Fleetwoods pleaded, "Come Softly To Me", in his biggest hit, S. Lawrence made this plea "Go Away Little Girl" |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | "ANGEL"IC SONGS $500 (Daily Double): Only Billboard Top 40 hit for Alan O'Day, it climbed all the way to No. 1:
"Cryin' on my pillow, lonely in my bed /
Then I heard a voice beside me, and she softly said /
Wonder is your night light, magic is your dream..." "Undercover Angel" |
| #752, aired 1987-12-08 | SECONDS $1,600 (Daily Double): Title of the following, it was The Miracles 2nd biggest hit in the '60s:
"Maybe, you want to give me kisses sweet..." "I Second That Emotion" |
| #748, aired 1987-12-02 | "B.B." $200: Frank Sinatra sang this Cher hit on an album called "She Shot Me Down" "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" |
| #746, aired 1987-11-30 | MOVIE TRIVIA $800: Nickname of Richard Kiel's character in "The Spy Who Loved Me", it's the name of another hit film "Jaws" |
| #734, aired 1987-11-12 | LYRICS $200: In the Ben E. King hit, this term of endearment precedes "Stand By Me" darlin' |
| #702, aired 1987-09-29 | "MOORE" OR "LES" $500 (Daily Double): In her 1st recording session at age 16, this singer produced a No. 1. hit, with the following:
"It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to..." Lesley Gore |
| #697, aired 1987-09-22 | DOUBLE TALK $800 (Daily Double): It was a group called the Tymes, not Johnny Mathis that made this song a Top 10 hit:
"Sometimes we walk, hand in hand by the sea /
And we breathe in the cool salty air /
You turn to me, with a kiss in your eyes..." "Wonderful! Wonderful!" |
| #691, aired 1987-09-14 | BLUE JEANS $500 (Daily Double): Like 501s, this 1979 Top 20 hit is considered a classic: "Money talks / But it don't sing and dance and it don't walk / And long as I can have you here with me / I much rather be..."
[The song was not played going into the break.] "Forever In Blue Jeans" |
| #667, aired 1987-06-30 | START AT THE "TOP" $300: 1973 #1 hit for the Carpenters that begins "Such a feeling's coming over me" Top of the World |
| #649, aired 1987-06-04 | MUSIC, "OVER" & "UNDER" $1000: 1963 hit for Dionne Warwick, or a refusal of a cosmetician's offer "Don't Make Me Over" |
| #648, aired 1987-06-03 | SONGS THAT "DO" $300: This song, not "I Want To Hold Your Hand", was the Beatles' 1st hit in England "Love Me Do" |
| #648, aired 1987-06-03 | SONGS THAT "DO" $500: Love has kept The Captain & Tennille together so they could come up with this other #1 hit "Do That To Me One More Time" |
| #648, aired 1987-06-03 | SONGS THAT "DON'T" $800: After struggling for years to reach stardom, Thelma Houston finally made it in '77 with this #1 hit "Don't Leave Me This Way" |
| #642, aired 1987-05-26 | FOLK MUSIC $500: Elvis' smash hit "Love Me Tender" was adapted from this 1861 folk ballad "Aura Lea" |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | LIFE BEGINS AT 40 $500 (Daily Double): This singer didn't have a gold record until 40, with the following hit: “My baby makes me proud / Lord, don't she make me proud…” Charlie Rich |
| #622, aired 1987-04-28 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $1000: In a #1 hit, Pat Boone said, "let me kiss you please, baby, please, 'cause it's cold &" this might happen your lips might freeze |
| #615, aired 1987-04-17 | GET THE "POINT" $500 (Daily Double): She left her sisters in 1978 & had this hit in 1979 Bonnie Pointer |
| #592, aired 1987-03-17 | 1-WORD SONGS $400: Of "Him", "Her", "You", & "Me", the one never a Top 40 hit "Her" |
| #592, aired 1987-03-17 | ROLLER SKATING $500 (Daily Double): Title of the following:
"I rode my bicycle past your window last night / I roller skated to your door at daylight / It almost seems like you're avoiding me..." "Brand New Key" |
| #563, aired 1987-02-04 | "MORNING" SONGS $200: On the charts for 16 weeks in '73, this was Diana Ross' 2nd longest-running top 40 hit "Touch Me in the Morning" |
| #557, aired 1987-01-27 | LANGUAGES $400 (Daily Double): Vocal version of the following was only song ever to hit No. 1 in U.S. in this language:
[Instrumental music plays.] Japanese |
| #553, aired 1987-01-21 | BABY SONGS $400: In his only #1 hit, Mac Davis urged his baby not to do this (Don't) "Get Hooked On Me" |
| #528, aired 1986-12-17 | SPINELESS JELLYFISH $300 (Daily Double): Title of the following:
"Promise me, Son, not to do the things I've done / Walk away from trouble if you can / Now, it won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek / I hope you're old enough to understand..." "Coward Of The County" |
| #523, aired 1986-12-10 | FAMOUS DOGS $200: Lobo's 1st Top 10 hit was about "Me & You and a Dog Named" this Boo |
| #522, aired 1986-12-09 | "POOR" $200: Alas & alack, it's Linda Ronstadt's hard luck hit of 1978 "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" |
| #521, aired 1986-12-08 | (blank) $500 (Daily Double): Title of the following 1974 Billy Preston hit:
"I'm not trying to be your hero /
Cause that zero is too cold for me /
I'm not trying to be your highness..." "Nothing From Nothing" |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | THE '50s $1,400 (Daily Double): Before playing Pete Nolan on TV's "Rawhide", he had a major hit with this:
"Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky / It had the one long horn, and one big eye / I commenced to shakin' and I said "Ooh-eee" / It looks like a purple people eater to me / It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater / (One-eyed, one-horned..." Sheb Wooley |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | 1979 $400 (Daily Double): Queen of the discotheques, she had her biggest hit with the following:
"Go on now, go, walk out the door / Just turn around now, 'cause you're not welcome anymore / Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye? / Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die?" Gloria Gaynor |
| #485, aired 1986-10-17 | MOVIE TRIVIA $500: "I just adore her, even when she does hit me," said Peter O'Toole of this "Lion in Winter" co-star Katharine Hepburn |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | FLORIDA $200 (Daily Double): Once representing Okla. in Miss Amer. Pageant, this singer became identified w/Dade County:
"I realize the way your eyes deceived me / With tender..." Anita Bryant |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | ROCK ‘N ROLL $200: Beatles song about purchasing affection that was 1st to hit #1 in U.S. & Britain at same time "Can’t Buy Me Love" |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1957, Alabaman Sonny James hit No. 1 on both country & pop charts with this song:
"Just one kiss from your sweet lips / Will tell me that your love is real / And I can feel that it's true" "Young Love" |
| #419, aired 1986-04-17 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: Sights seen by the Duprees in the 1st line of their 1962 hit "You Belong To Me" the pyramids along the Nile |
| #412, aired 1986-04-08 | SOAP OPERAS $300 (Daily Double): Show responsible for more hit singles than any other daytime soap, including the following:
"Kissing you is not what I had planned / And now I'm not so sure just where I stand / I wasn't looking for true love / But now you're looking at me / You're the only..." General Hospital |
| #405, aired 1986-03-28 | FAMOUS NAPOLEONS $500 (Daily Double): Name under which Jerry Samuels recorded this 1966 hit
"They're coming to take me away, ha-ha / They're coming to take me away / Ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-ha, to the funny farm / Where life is beautiful all the time / And I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats / And they're coming to take me away, ha-ha" Napoleon XIV |
| #370, aired 1986-02-07 | "TIME"LY SONGS $400: This 1979 song was Captain & Tennille's 2nd #1 hit & last Top 40 hit "Do That To Me One More Time" |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | "CRY"ING SONGS $800: A Top 10 hit in 1955 for Julie London, it's not about the Thames "Cry Me A River" |
| #346, aired 1986-01-06 | PERRY COMO $500 (Daily Double): In 1973, Perry had a hit with this song:
"And, yes, I know how lonely life can be. / The shadows follow me, / And the night won't set me free" "And I Love You So" |
| #345, aired 1986-01-03 | AFRICA $200 (Daily Double): Group which had a No. 1 hit with this 1982 song:
"It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you /
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do /
I bless the rains down in Africa /
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had..." Toto |
| #329, aired 1985-12-12 | ANGELS $400: In 1980, Juice Newton remade this 1968 Merilee Rush hit "Angel Of The Morning" |
| #305, aired 1985-11-08 | THE BEATLES $300: Though "Love Me Do" was their first hit single in Britain, this song was their first to top the U.S. chart "I Want To Hold Your Hand" |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | SONGS THAT "MAKE" IT $800: This 1976 Leo Sayer song seemed to express his joy at having a 2nd Top 40 hit "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | SONGS THAT "MAKE" IT $1000: This 1963 hit was 1st in a long series of hits for the Bacharach/David/Warwick triumvirate "Don't Make Me Over" |
| #290, aired 1985-10-18 | '60s BRITISH ROCK $1,000 (Daily Double): Noted for this 1964 hit, they were 2nd Brit group to appear on Ed Sullivan
"You say that you love me (Say you love me) / All of the time (All of the time) / You say that you need me (Say you need me) / You'll always be mine (Always be mine) / I'm feelin' glad all over / Yes, I'm-a glad all over..." The Dave Clark Five |
| #263, aired 1985-09-11 | 6-LETTER WORDS $500 (Daily Double): 6-letter word in the title of the following:
"Every single day /
Every word you say /
Every game you play /
Every night you stay /
I'll be watching you /
Oh, can't you see /
You belong to me?..." breath |
| #177, aired 1985-05-14 | THE BEATLES $200: English version of the German hit "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" "I Want To Hold Your Hand" |
| #158, aired 1985-04-17 | TOYS & GAMES $1,900 (Daily Double): Toy title of the following: "I should have known /
You'd bid me farewell / There's a lesson to be learned from this / And I learned it very well /
Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea /
If I never hear your name again..." a "Red Rubber Ball" |
| #143, aired 1985-03-27 | POP MUSIC $300: In Shaun Cassidy hit it followed "I met her on a Monday & my heart stood still..." "Da Doo Ron Ron" |
| #139, aired 1985-03-21 | BIOLOGY $200 (Daily Double): "Biological" title of the following 1965 Jewel Atkins hit:
"Let me tell you 'bout the stars in the sky /And a girl and a guy / And a way they kiss / On a night like this / When I look into..." "The Birds And The Bees" |
| #134, aired 1985-03-14 | GOLDEN OLDIES $500: '59 Fleetwoods hit that begins "dahm dahm da-ahm doo dahm oo-doo-be-doo" "Come Softly To Me" |
| #128, aired 1985-03-06 | "DREAM"Y MUSIC $300: In 1969, Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry remade this '57 Everly Bros. hit "All I Have To Do Is Dream" |
| #82, aired 1985-01-01 | GAMES $500 (Daily Double): Card game played in this Carpenters hit:
There was a man, a lonely man... "Solitaire" |
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Sanders Kleinfeld, a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,597 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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Elizabeth Galoozis, a reference librarian from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Season 26 2-time champion: $38,801 + $2,000. Elizabeth Galoozis - A...
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Melanie Baker-Streevy, a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan
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Season 25 1-time champion: $26,900 + $1,000. Melanie Baker-Streevy - A...
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Tom Bergeron, an Emmy Award-winning host from Dancing with the Stars
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. "He's...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He plays Tom Scavo, the sometimes-befuddled husband of Felicity Huffman on...
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun
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"One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
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Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
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"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
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Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Jim Davis, a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
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Season 25 2-time champion: $62,802 + $2,000. Not be to confused...
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Amanda J. Ray, a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
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"He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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Sebastian Johnson, a senior from Takoma Park, Maryland
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Listed as "Sebi" on the...
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Vinita Kailasanath, a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Orlando Zambrano, a junior from Tampa, Florida
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Wendi McLendon-Covey, an actress from The Goldbergs and Repeat After Me
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"On the hit TV series The Goldbergs, she's the world's most...
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Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men
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"As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Weeds
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"For the past five seasons, she's played the calculating and manipulative...
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Monica Thieu, a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
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"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
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Elizabeth Perkins, an actress from Big and Weeds
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! player: $25,000 to the New England Learning Center...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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James Denton, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He plays Mike Delfino, Wisteria Lane's sexy plumber on the hit...
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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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David Duchovny, an actor from Californication
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"He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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Mark Dawson, a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
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"In 2003, he became the first to win a quarter of...
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Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C.
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"In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Tom Walsh, a writer from Washington, D.C.
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Ellen Ciompi, a surgical nurse from Durham, North Carolina
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Season 28 player (2012-01-31).
Last name pronounced like "CHOMP-ee".
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Andrew Vogl, from Yonkers, New York
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"He can ski the slopes with ease, but navigating his own...
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Dave Ellis, a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,000 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Kay Thanaporn, a health care consultant from Decatur, Georgia
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Season 30 1-time champion: $33,199 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like "TAN-a-porn".
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Kyle Hale, a college senior from Katy, Texas
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"Representing Texas A&M, he won the 2002 College Championship. Now he's...
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Fraser Woodford, an investment banker from New York, New York
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"In 1993, winner of the Teen Tournament, he's now an investment...
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Alan Bailey, a playwright and director from North Hills, California
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"This playwright and director became a 5-time winner in 2001. Today,...
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Ben Bishop, a college student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Drew Bayers, a music supervisor originally from Milford, Connecticut
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Season 28 1-time champion: $19,200 + $2,000.
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Martha Warren, an opera singer and voice teacher from Boxborough, Massachusetts
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Season 29 player (2012-10-09).
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Katie Annis, a stay-at-home mom from Ashburn, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2013-07-24).
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Mary Ann Eitler, a geologist from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 20 player (2004-07-02). KJL game 23. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Les Chun, a property manager from San Francisco, California
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Season 29 player (2013-05-30). Les won $5,000 on Who Wants to...
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Elizabeth Edwards, a graduate student in museum studies from Hendersonville, Tennessee
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Season 28 player (2012-01-24).
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Erika Myers, a therapist and academic coach from Asheville, North Carolina
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Season 28 player (2012-04-25).
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Rosanna Cavallaro, a law professor from Brookline, Massachusetts
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Season 23 player (2007-02-28).
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Amy Coffee, a public defender from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 24 player (2008-07-21).
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Krissy Brzycki, an 11-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"Her love of helping her community and her interest in politics...
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Jennie Crabbe, a copy editor from Ballwin, Missouri
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Season 30 player (2014-04-15).
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Devin Baker, a government secretary from Cincinnati, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2014-04-14).
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Sandie Baker, a translation coordinator from Eastpointe, Michigan
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2014 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 30 6-time champion:...
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Mariann Buonadonna, a homemaker from Barnegat, New Jersey
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Season 23 player (2006-12-19).
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Brendan McParland, a lawyer from Rockville, Maryland
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Season 31 player (2014-10-07).
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Venkat Krishnan, an I.T. manager from Sharon, Massachusetts
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Season 31 player (2014-10-09).
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Virginia Hatfield, an opera singer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 30 player (2014-07-14).
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Kermin Fleming, a student from Lexington, Kentucky
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions...
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Dan Lee, a training officer from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 22 player (2006-04-11). Not to be confused with Season 34...
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Claire O'Brien, an administrative assistant from Seattle, Washington
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Season 22 player (2005-10-24).
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Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois
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"He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
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Jennifer Cutshall, a gaming management student from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 26 player (2009-10-28).
Last name pronounced like "CUT-shawl".
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Sarah Rubin, a clinical research coordinator from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2010-03-12).
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Bill Menezes, a non-profit director from Denver, Colorado
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Season 25 player (2009-01-15).
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Ellen Brown, a hospice medical director from Palo Alto, California
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Season 25 player (2009-06-16).
Mother of Season 29 2-time champion David Brown.
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Linda Garvin, a systems analyst from Tenafly, New Jersey
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Season 20 player (2004-03-31).
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Kristine Beck, a receptionist and editor from Madison, Wisconsin
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Season 20 player (2004-04-13).
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Katie O'Reilly, a receptionist from Somerville, Massachusetts
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Season 26 player (2009-09-25).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: kamarile
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Helene Glass, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 player (2008-12-24).
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Marc Sacks, an international development manager from Washington, D.C.
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Season 25 1-time champion: $23,601 + $2,000.
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Andrew Fechner, a television programmer from Montclair, New Jersey
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Season 26 1-time champion: $26,001 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: arfnj
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Debra Mack, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 22 player (2006-07-25).
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Hill Harper, an actor from CSI: NY
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"He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University. He has a...
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Paul Shaffer, a composer and musical director from The Late Show with David Letterman
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"David Letterman's musical director for 24 years, he's also musical producer...
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Miguel Ferrer, an actor from Crossing Jordan
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"He began his career as a studio drummer and played on...
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