| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BOX OFFICE SLEEPERS $1500: So she wouldn't hear Alan Arkin's profane tirades, 9-year-old Abigail Breslin wore headphones in several scenes in this 2006 hit Little Miss Sunshine |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | AEROSMITH $1000: "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing", Aerosmith's first No. 1 hit, was from this movie Armageddon |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | DIANE WARREN $400: (Diane Warren gives the clue.) One of the top films of the '90s was "Armageddon", which features my song "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing", the first No. 1 hit for this group
"And I don't wanna miss a thing" Aerosmith |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | MUSICAL SEQUELS $400: The sequel to this Broadway hit was once subtitled "Miss Hannigan's Revenge" Annie |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | FAMILY TIES $400: In 1893 Nancy Green hit the world stage as this "syrupy" character & spokesperson Aunt Jemima |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | "HIT" & "MISS" $800: Hypothetical extinct connector between humans & older anthropoids the missing link |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | "HIT" & "MISS" $1200: To punch fodder, or to go to bed hit the hay |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | "HIT" & "MISS" $1600: Deformed misshapen |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | "HIT" & "MISS" $2000: Genesis 15:20 mentions this people the Hittites |
| #7683, aired 2018-01-24 | MISS NOMERS $600: This hit by Kelly Clarkson says, "So, by changing her misconceptions she went in a new direction" "Miss Independent" |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $1600: Judy Kuhn sang "Colors Of The Wind" in the 1995 film "Pocahontas", but this former Miss America sang the hit single Vanessa Williams |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | HIT MEN $800: A country singer:
"I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" & "Mud On the Tires" Brad Paisley |
| #6841, aired 2014-05-19 | YOU BEST NOT MISS $2000: At 30 paces, she could split a playing card held edge on and hit dimes
tossed into the air Annie Oakley |
| #6691, aired 2013-10-21 | 1990s HITMAKERS $6,000 (Daily Double): In 1998 Aerosmith had its first No. 1 single with this hit that begins, "I could stay awake just to hear you breathing" "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | LINKED IN $400: Smash ___-or-miss hit |
| #6345, aired 2012-03-30 | NOTEABLE NAMES $200: His "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" were a hit with simple folks & critics alike (Rabbie) Burns |
| #5733, aired 2009-07-08 | SELF-CONTRADICTORY WORDS $400: To hit something; in baseball, it's when you miss hitting something a strike |
| #5209, aired 2007-04-12 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: It often comes before "and miss" hit |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $200: J-10--miss!
H-5--hit!
One more hit in this game & I'll have sunk your title vessel Battleship |
| #4807, aired 2005-06-28 | THE LADIES OF ROCK $200: This "American Idol" winner's hit single "Miss Independent" was co-written by Christina Aguilera Kelly Clarkson |
| #4225, aired 2003-01-03 | AEROSMITH $600: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", Aerosmith's first No. 1 hit, was from this movie Armageddon |
| #4115, aired 2002-06-21 | MY NAME IS ALEX $1200: In 2001, this first year with Texas, this shortstop didn't miss a game & hit .318 Alex Rodriguez |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | LARRY KING'S PUBLIC FIGURES $300: At the bottom of the hour, bet you won't miss my chat with this all time "hit king" of baseball...Cincinnati, hello? Pete Rose |
| #3743, aired 2000-12-06 | MUSICAL THEATRE $1,000 (Daily Double): This musical that hit Broadway in 1991 is set partly in Bangkok & partly in Ho Chi Minh City "Miss Saigon" |
| #3645, aired 2000-06-09 | NO. 1 HITS OF THE '90s $300: In 1992 she became the only former Miss America to have a No. 1 hit, "Save the Best for Last" Vanessa Williams |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | "HIT" OR "MISS" $100: If you write my last name as T-R-E-B-E-C-K, you've just done this misspelled it |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | "HIT" OR "MISS" $200: He's hired for homicide Hit man |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | "HIT" OR "MISS" $300: Mary Leona Gage gave up this national title in 1957 when it was revealed she was married & had 2 children Miss USA |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | "HIT" OR "MISS" $400: Even if you're not ordained, you may take a position as a "lay" one of these Missionary |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | "HIT" OR "MISS" $500: Suppiluliumas was one of the greatest kings of these Indo-European people the Hittites |
| #3096, aired 1998-02-02 | BLOCKBUSTERS $200: In a 1993 hit, Robin Williams played Daniel Hillard, who dressed up as this title character Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #2889, aired 1997-03-06 | POP MUSIC $200: This Miss America had a 1995 hit with "Colors of the Wind" Vanessa Williams |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | LEFTOVERS $300: This former Miss Oklahoma's biggest hit record was "Paper Roses" in 1960 Anita Bryant |
| #1389, aired 1990-09-20 | FEMALE SINGERS $500: Her 1957 hit "Dynamite" was responsible for her nickname "Little Miss Dynamite" Brenda Lee |
| #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" |
| #867, aired 1988-05-17 | THE 1950s $300 (Daily Double): According to Cash Box, she had the biggest hit of 1951 with the following:
"I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz / When an old friend I happened to.." Patti Page |
| #688, aired 1987-09-09 | SPORTS QUOTES $400: Sportswit quotes Reggie Jackson as saying "I'd rather hit than have" this sex |
| #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 |
| #400, aired 1986-03-21 | ALL-"AMERICAN" $800: 1972 song hit which began "A long, long time ago..." "American Pie" |
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