#9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $1600: Teleplaywright J.P. Miller first gave us these "Days" of an alcoholic couple, later a movie & then a Broadway musical in 2024 the Days of Wine and Roses |
#8996, aired 2023-12-18 | "P" IN FASHION $600: J. Crew offers this classic skirt in a style appropriately called "No. 2" pencil |
#20, aired 2023-05-24 | MICHAEL J. FOX $200: (Michael J. Fox presents the clue.) The song "At This Moment" became a hit after it was the backdrop on this show to show the romance of my character Alex P. Keaton & Ellen, played by Tracy Pollan, who, at this moment, has been my wife for almost 35 years Family Ties |
#8863, aired 2023-05-03 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $1200: This banker had a hand in the initial financing of AT&T & General Electric & also helped reorganize many railroads J.P. Morgan |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | "P.J."s $400: Chemist Robert Chesebrough formulated Vaseline, a brand name for this petroleum jelly |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | "P.J."s $800: Serrano & other chiles help flavor & name this cheese pepper jack |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | "P.J."s $1200: One legend says she reigned between Leo IV & Benedict III & was ousted from Rome after giving birth Pope Joan |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | "P.J."s $1600: In 1979 this architect famous for his "Glass House" in Connecticut was the first recipient of the Pritzker Prize Philip Johnson |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | "P.J."s $2000: Alexander Pope wrote of this literary term, "with her lifted scale, where, in nice balance, truth with gold she weighs" poetic justice |
#8678, aired 2022-07-06 | WE RECOGNIZE $1000: We'll get your initial reaction to this mega wealthy financier who cancelled his reservation on the "Titanic" J.P. Morgan |
#8660, aired 2022-06-10 | P IS THE ONLY CONSONANT $1600: A J.Lo song popularized this Spanish word for "daddy" or "sweetheart" papi |
#8531, aired 2021-12-13 | BRITISH HUMOR $200: This Monty Python film debates whether African or European swallows could carry coconuts to a temperate zone Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
#8531, aired 2021-12-13 | SIDEKICKS $2000: Arthur Dent's pal, Ford Prefect is a reporter for this title publication of a sci-fi series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
#8531, aired 2021-12-13 | LATIN AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $5,400 (Daily Double): The 80-mile-wide Mona Passage separates the Dominican Republic from this island Puerto Rico |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | HEY SHAKESPEARE, WHO SAID THAT? $400: "Deny thy father and refuse thy name; or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love" Juliet |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | GET YOUR SOMETHINGS IN A ROW $600: Biggest to smallest:
Uno,
tarot,
pinochle decks |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | GET YOUR SOMETHINGS IN A ROW $800: In royal succession: Cambridge,
Sussex,
York Dukes |
#8530, aired 2021-12-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: In the 1800s this Michigan island was the headquarters for John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company Mackinac |
#8482, aired 2021-10-05 | I BEFORE E AFTER C $1600: Term for someone like J.P. Morgan who invests in businesses on a large scale a financier |
#8412, aired 2021-06-01 | U.S. HISTORY $400: A dynamite-filled wagon exploded in front of the J.P. Morgan Building on this NYC street in 1920 Wall Street |
#8384, aired 2021-04-22 | KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS $1200: Financier John Pierpont, whose company merged with Chase Manhattan J.P. Morgan |
#8232, aired 2020-06-09 | MIDDLE NAME, PLEASE $1000: Of financier J.P. Morgan Pierpont |
#2, aired 2020-01-07 | NOT AN ARMCHAIR EXPERT $600: (Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) A.J.P. Taylor, who taught Michael Palin at Oxford, was a model for the famous historian who's suddenly killed by a knight on horseback in this comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
#8030, aired 2019-07-05 | A STEEL DAY $5,000 (Daily Double): March 3, 1901:
J.P. Morgan announces his purchase of this man's steel company Andrew Carnegie |
#7999, aired 2019-05-23 | LOS ANGELES IN THE MOVIES $1000: Los Angeles City Hall plays itself in this iconic film in which Jack Nicholson plays 1930s P.I. J.J. Gittes Chinatown |
#7986, aired 2019-05-06 | INITIALLY YOURS $1000: Via the White Star Line, the Titanic was owned by this U.S. banking tycoon, who had a private suite he never got to use J.P. Morgan |
#7947, aired 2019-03-12 | FRIEND OF THE COURT $3,000 (Daily Double): P.J. O'Rourke weighed in on a case about whether an Ohio law criminalizing false statements violated this amendment the First Amendment |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PUT ON YOUR "P.J."s $400: A mischievous trick played on someone to make him look foolish & to amuse others a practical joke |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PUT ON YOUR "P.J."s $800: It's the specialty of the Fort Bragg-based 82nd Airborne division parachute jumping |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PUT ON YOUR "P.J."s $1200: A sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted coat a pea jacket |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PUT ON YOUR "P.J."s $1600: This classic duo of British entertainment originated in Italy Punch and Judy |
#7890, aired 2018-12-21 | PUT ON YOUR "P.J."s $2000: In medieval times, it was the name of a fabled Christian king of Asia behind the lines of the infidels Prester John |
#7882, aired 2018-12-11 | HEY, BIG BUY $1200: Under this name J.P. Richardson had a hit with "Chantilly Lace" the Big Bopper |
#7809, aired 2018-07-19 | O'BOY $600: "Give War a Chance" is among the contrarian works of this political satirist P.J. O'Rourke |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | THE ROBBER BARONS $1200: Rich enough to be almost a one-man central bank, he got his middle initial P. from the Pierponts, who helped found Yale (J.P.) Morgan |
#7641, aired 2017-11-27 | NOTABLE NAMES $400: He's seen here a few years after selling out to J.P. Morgan's U.S. Steel Carnegie |
#7552, aired 2017-06-13 | "J" WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Change the first letter in a problem for a car tire to get this, a point in time when a decision has to be made juncture |
#7489, aired 2017-03-16 | PRECIOUS GEMS $600: A pink variety of beryl found in 1910 was named by adding -ite to the name of this financier & gem collector J.P. Morgan |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESSMEN $1200: This banker preferred to be called by his middle name, Pierpont, which was his mother's maiden name J.P. Morgan |
#7395, aired 2016-11-04 | PUNNING POLITICAL TITLES $800: A P.J. O'Rourke anthology is "thrown under the" this 7-letter "transport" omnibus |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | MARINE LIFE $600: The last of many books by Jacques Cousteau was titled "The Human, the Orchid, and" this other "O" creature octopus |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | LETTER PERFECT $600: This letter stands for the currency of Albania; when it comes before F, it's often silent L |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | OF CAKE $800: The name of the French Christmas cake buche de noel means this, which it is made to resemble a yule log |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | PEACE $1000: 1648's peace of Westphalia ended this long conflict the Thirty Years' War |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES $2000: "A big nose is indicative of a soul affable, and kind" Edmond Rostand |
#7389, aired 2016-10-27 | 1866 $2000: 2016 is the 150th birthday of Fisk University in this city, home of the Jubilee Singers & alma mater of W.E.B. Du Bois Nashville |
#7326, aired 2016-06-20 | JUST MISSED THE TITANIC $800: This banker, the "Napoleon of Wall Street", booked passage & had his own private suite onboard but stayed in France J.P. Morgan |
#7320, aired 2016-06-10 | "OO" IN THE MIDDLE, SORRY $2000: Profession of J.P.F. Blanchard, the first man to see Philadelphia from the air a balloonist |
#7309, aired 2016-05-26 | "P" IN FASHION $1,000 (Daily Double): J. Crew offers this classic skirt in a style appropriately called "No. 2" a pencil skirt |
#7189, aired 2015-12-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $3,400 (Daily Double): This tycoon's Northern Securities company was dissolved in 1904 for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act (J.P.) Morgan |
#6997, aired 2015-02-03 | TV: A NICE PLACE TO START $1000: On "Family Ties", Michael J. Fox played this politically conservative character Alex P. Keaton |
#6917, aired 2014-10-14 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS $1600: In 1865 he & his brother William built an oil refinery in Cleveland they called Standard Works John D. Rockefeller |
#6810, aired 2014-04-04 | THE AGE OF THE ROBBER BARONS $1200: The "P." in the name of this preeminent banker of the Gilded Age stood for Pierpont, his mother's family (J.P.) Morgan |
#6804, aired 2014-03-27 | MORGAN TOWN $800: This Hartford-born man formed a syndicate that resupplied the U.S. government's gold reserves after the panic of 1893 J.P. Morgan |
#6763, aired 2014-01-29 | SITCOM ROLES $400: Alex P. Keaton, Republican yin to his parents' post-hippie yang Michael J. Fox |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | T.P., YOUR HOUSE $600: Tracy Pollan, you & this actor husband of yours have quite a nice place in the Hamptons Michael J. Fox |
#6704, aired 2013-11-07 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS $1200: (I'm Andrew Ross Sorkin.) In 2000 I broke the news of the acquisition of J.P. Morgan by this banking company Chase |
#6699, aired 2013-10-31 | FRANKLY, MY DEAR $800: P.J. O'Rourke said this -ism was "the result of... women letting the cat out of the bag about which is the superior sex" feminism |
#6577, aired 2013-04-02 | REALITY HITS YOU HARD, BRO $200: Rough May 2012 for this bank whose name ends in "Chase", chasing after a $2 billion or so loss it ran up J.P. Morgan Chase |
#6407, aired 2012-06-26 | B.P. $800: In 1888 John J. Loud patented an early version of this innovative writing implement ballpoint pen |
#6358, aired 2012-04-18 | THAT'S WHERE I DRAW THE LION $400: British artist P J Crook painted this slave & his lion friend Androcles |
#6355, aired 2012-04-13 | THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TITANIC $2000: The Titanic was owned by the White Star Line, which in turn was owned by this American banker & steel magnate J.P. Morgan |
#6275, aired 2011-12-23 | GEMSTONES $400: In 1910 a gemologist named a variety of beryl morganite for this financier & mineral collector J.P. Morgan |
#6249, aired 2011-11-17 | IT'S ANDREW! $1200: In 1901 he sold his steel company to J.P. Morgan for a tidy $250 million (Andrew) Carnegie |
#6222, aired 2011-10-11 | THE PATRIOT LEAGUE $400: Commanding J.P. Morgan's converted yacht, Richard Wainwright was a hero of the Battle of Santiago in this 1898 war the Spanish-American War |
#6047, aired 2010-12-21 | YOU "EARN"ED IT $1600: It's paired with "Bear" in the name of an investment company bought by J.P. Morgan Chase in March 2008 Stearns |
#6027, aired 2010-11-23 | PASS THE "URK"-Y $800: This political wit who goes by 2 initials says, "God is a Republican and Santa... is a Democrat" P.J. O'Rourke |
#5979, aired 2010-09-16 | GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP $200: J.P. Hayes cost himself a 2009 spot on this tour by confessing to using an unapproved ball the PGA tour |
#5962, aired 2010-07-13 | COMIC STRIPS $2000: "The Family Circus" follows the life of Mommy, Daddy, Billy, Jeffy, Dolly & this baby brother with a 2-letter name P.J. |
#5869, aired 2010-03-04 | BUSINESS PEOPLE $1000: In 1901 this Hartford-born man financed the creation of U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar company J.P. Morgan |
#5782, aired 2009-11-03 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $400: To control the flow of buggies & pedestrians, J.P. Knight invented the first of these in London in 1868 using a lantern a traffic signal |
#5648, aired 2009-03-11 | BANK ON IT $600: This name precedes "Chase" in the name of the bank that gobbled up Bear Stearns (J.P.) Morgan |
#5624, aired 2009-02-05 | ROCK FORMATIONS $400: This Jimmy Page foursome first played together as part of the session group on P.J. Proby's "Three Week Hero" Led Zeppelin |
#5515, aired 2008-07-25 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $800: "J.A.T.G.P."
by Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach |
#5505, aired 2008-07-11 | "J.P." $200: Before "Survivor", he traveled more than 300,000 miles as an "Access Hollywood" correspondent Jeff Probst |
#5505, aired 2008-07-11 | "J.P." $400: He put together a band that was initially called the New Yardbirds; the band later got a new name--Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page |
#5505, aired 2008-07-11 | "J.P." $600: He played Duke Washburn, Curly's twin brother, in "City Slickers II" Jack Palance |
#5505, aired 2008-07-11 | "J.P." $800: In "Goodfellas", this actor memorably said, "I'm funny how... I'm funny like a clown, I amuse you?" Joe Pesci |
#5505, aired 2008-07-11 | "J.P." $1000: (Jon of the Clue Crew doesn't fret at all.) This man who revolutionized bass playing with the group Weather Report made his own fretless bass by pulling out the frets & filling in the grooves Jaco Pastorius |
#5502, aired 2008-07-08 | NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT $400: Initially yours: in 1895 his syndicate bought all of a $62 million bond issue, ending a gold shortage in the U.S. treasury J.P. Morgan |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | A SPELLING PRODUCTION $400: From the Greek for "vein", it's the inflammation of a vein P-H-L-E-B-I-T-I-S |
#5407, aired 2008-02-26 | CALIFORNIA ROLE $1000: L.A. P.I.
J.J. Gittes investigates the city's water management & other mysteries in this 1974 film Chinatown |
#5311, aired 2007-10-15 | "ONE" WORLD $2000: Based in Chicago, this financial services provider merged with J.P. Morgan Chase in 2004 Bank One |
#5191, aired 2007-03-19 | J.C. $1600: "Mr. P.C." is a classic composition from Mr. J.C. of '50s & '60s jazz John Coltrane |
#5014, aired 2006-06-01 | WAS HIS NAME O' $1600: Bestsellers by this political satirist include "Parliament of Whores" & "Give War a Chance" (P.J.) O'Rourke |
#5011, aired 2006-05-29 | YOU CAN BANK ON IT $1600: In its "pursuit" of assets, this historic banking name is now combined with the name of J.P. Morgan Chase |
#4916, aired 2006-01-16 | INITIALLY YOURS $800: After a 1907 panic, this financier who helped organize U.S. Steel led the effort to keep banks afloat J.P. Morgan |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | AND I QUOTE $1200: J.P. Morgan thought "a man always has two reasons for what he does--a good one" & this one the real one |
#4800, aired 2005-06-17 | PACKAGING $200: In honor of Abe Lincoln, P.J. Towle began selling his maple syrup in a container shaped like one of these structures in 1887 a log cabin |
#4784, aired 2005-05-26 | HE'S A JAMAICAN, MON $800: Edward Seaga, Michael Manley & P.J. Patterson have all held this highest Jamaican political post Prime Minister |
#4770, aired 2005-05-06 | TV: WHO PLAYED 'EM? $400: Alex P. Keaton &
Michael Flaherty Michael J. Fox |
#4693, aired 2005-01-19 | CHERCHEZ LA FEMME $1000: P.D. James,
P.G. Wodehouse,
P.J. O'Rourke P.D. James |
#4651, aired 2004-11-22 | STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS $2000: In 1901, merging with this steeler, J.P. Morgan said, "I congratulate you on being the richest man in the world" Andrew Carnegie |
#4505, aired 2004-03-19 | NEAR DISASTERS $1000: In 1907 this financier kept the stock market afloat by locking bankers in his library until they raised $25 million J.P. Morgan |
#4344, aired 2003-06-19 | 1901 $1600: Andrew Carnegie & this man merged their companies in 1901 to form U.S. Steel J.P. Morgan |
#4314, aired 2003-05-08 | INITIALLY YOURS $400: Humorous writer Patrick Jake... P.J. O'Rourke |
#4139, aired 2002-09-05 | KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS $800: Financier John Pierpont... J.P. Morgan |
#4076, aired 2002-04-29 | EDIBLE SPELLING $1200: Named after the capital city of Veracruz, these smooth, dark green peppers range from hot to very hot J-A-L-A-P-E-N-O |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | FAMOUS J.P.'s $400: Her msnbc.com bio calls her "one of the most ubiquitous newswomen in America" Jane Pauley |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | FAMOUS J.P.'s $800: (Hi, I'm Jeff Probst, host of "Rock and Roll Jeopardy!") This Led Zeppelin guitarist was a master of distortion & feedback Jimmy Page |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | FAMOUS J.P.'s $1200: The swinging hairdresser in the film "Shampoo" is said to be based on this producer associated with Barbra Streisand John Peters |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | FAMOUS J.P.'s $1600: This Oriole pitcher & underwear model won World Series games in the '60s, '70s & '80s Jim Palmer |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | FAMOUS J.P.'s $2000: This controversial Episcopal bishop left the U.S. & disappeared into the Israeli desert in 1969 (Bishop) James Pike |
#4002, aired 2002-01-15 | BANK ON IT $2000: Named for a tycoon: JPM J.P. Morgan |
#3898, aired 2001-07-11 | TUBE TEST $600: He provides the voice for Thurgood Stubbs on "The P.J.s" Eddie Murphy |
#3883, aired 2001-06-20 | 100 YEARS AGO $400: On February 25 J.P. Morgan & others organized this company, the world's first billion-dollar corporation U.S. Steel |
#3867, aired 2001-05-29 | NO OIL PAINTING $100: J.P. Morgan suffered from rhinophyma, which turned this part of his anatomy into a swollen horror Nose |
#3770, aired 2001-01-12 | COMIC STRIPPERS $400: Among others, Dolly,
Jeffy,
P.J., seen here The Family Circus |
#3733, aired 2000-11-22 | THEY CAME FROM TOLEDO $800: He's known for his "Holidays in Hell" stories in Rolling Stone P.J. O'Rourke |
#3732, aired 2000-11-21 | TV 2K $300: It's the name of the boy band on "Making the Band" -- come on, we know you watched O-Town |
#3685, aired 2000-09-15 | TV & MOVIE ACTORS $200: Her TV roles include lifeguard C.J. Parker & "V.I.P." Vallery Irons; on film she was Barb Wire Pamela Anderson Lee |
#3567, aired 2000-02-22 | "J.P." $200: He stole scenes as a pipsqueak accountant on the run from the mob in "Lethal Weapon 2" Joe Pesci |
#3567, aired 2000-02-22 | "J.P." $400: (Hi, I'm Garry Marshall) When I was hired as a wrtiter for the "Tonight Show" in 1959, this host said he liked me because I thought like a 4-year-old Jack Paar |
#3567, aired 2000-02-22 | "J.P." $600: This leather-clad metal band took its name from a Bob Dylan song Judas Priest |
#3567, aired 2000-02-22 | "J.P." $800: She played Laurence Olivier's daughter in 1960's "The Entertainer", & became his wife the next year Joan Plowright |
#3567, aired 2000-02-22 | "J.P." $1000: He was the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival & the Public Theater Joseph Papp |
#3508, aired 1999-12-01 | MUSEUMS $400: In 1885 this Amsterdam art museum moved to its present structure which was designed by P.J.H. Cuypers Rijksmuseum |
#3498, aired 1999-11-17 | NEW YORK CITY TELEVISION $400: His preppy character Alex P. Keaton might have prepared him for his yuppie NYC character Michael Flaherty Michael J. Fox |
#3229, aired 1998-09-24 | HUMORISTS $1000: Patrick Jake are the first 2 names of this writer who's been a Republican & a Maoist, but never a Democrat P.J. O'Rourke |
#3209, aired 1998-07-09 | THE TITANIC $500: This American financier who owned the Titanic cancelled his trip on it before it sailed J.P. Morgan |
#3183, aired 1998-06-03 | FOUNDERS $400: In 1958 former high school principal Dr. Ethel Andrus founded this group, the AARP American Association of Retired Persons |
#3097, aired 1998-02-03 | THE 3 Bs $200: Of the three B's, he's the one who composed the following: Brahms |
#2988, aired 1997-09-03 | OLD MONEY MEN $800: He arranged a $65 million loan to the U.S. government & guaranteed New York City $30 million J.P. Morgan |
#2951, aired 1997-06-02 | ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS $1000: The Incas called their area Tawantinsuyu, The Land of the 4 Quarters, with this Peruvian city as its center Cuzco |
#2847, aired 1997-01-07 | PEOPLE FROM CONNECTICUT $800: In 1901 this Hartford-born financier organized U.S. Steel, the largest corp. in the world J.P. Morgan |
#2830, aired 1996-12-13 | GENERAL SCIENCE $400: It's the terrestrial planet farthest from the sun Mars |
#2830, aired 1996-12-13 | 4-LETTER QUOTES $800: Resigned to the fact she might be queen, Victoria said, "I will be" this Good |
#2830, aired 1996-12-13 | ISLANDS $1000: Tourist sites on this island in the Bay of Naples include the ruins of the 12 villas built by emperor Tiberius Capri |
#2750, aired 1996-07-12 | 1885 $800: This Amsterdam museum opened officially July 13 in a structure designed by P.J.H. Cuypers the Rijksmuseum |
#2727, aired 1996-06-11 | GEMS $100: Morganite is a pink or rose-colored gem named for this American financier J.P. Morgan |
#2720, aired 1996-05-31 | QUOTATIONS $1000: Andrew Carnegie said this financier "buys his partners; I grow my own" J.P. Morgan |
#2483, aired 1995-05-24 | J LETTER MEN $600: In 1901 he organized U.S. Steel J. P. Morgan |
#2372, aired 1994-12-20 | DESIGN $400: From about 1897 to WWII, P.J. Towle sold his maple syrup in a tin shaped like one of these structures a log cabin |
#2331, aired 1994-10-24 | J.S. BACH $800: Bach's second surviving son, nearly as famous as his father, he wrote about 150 keyboard sonatas C.P.E. Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) |
#2303, aired 1994-09-14 | SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS $1000: David Davis, Stephen J. Field, Salmon P. Chase Abraham Lincoln |
#2296, aired 1994-09-05 | "P"EOPLE $1000: In 1951 this retailer published an autobiography titled "Fifty Years with the Golden Rule" J. C. Penney |
#2200, aired 1994-03-11 | FAMOUS NAMES $1000: While publisher of The World, he was indicted for libeling Theodore Roosevelt & J.P. Morgan, among others Joseph Pulitzer |
#1983, aired 1993-03-31 | TOUGH TV TRIVIA $1000: One of the prime time series whose theme was sung by its star, Greg Evigan B.J. and the Bear (or My Two Dads or P.S. I Luv U) |
#1957, aired 1993-02-23 | OH NO! IT'S SPELLING $500: These horseback riding breeches make your hips look huge but are very tight from the knee to the ankle J-O-D-H-P-U-R-S |
#1955, aired 1993-02-19 | TV TEENS $100: He became a teen heartthrob playing cute conservative Alex P. Keaton on "Family Ties" Michael J. Fox |
#1941, aired 1993-02-01 | 1959 $800: Singer J.P. Richardson, nicknamed this, was killed in a small plane crash February 3 The Big Bopper |
#1880, aired 1992-11-06 | CALL ME "MR." $500: In books by J.P. Marquand, he was Japan's number one secret agent Mr. Moto |
#1785, aired 1992-05-08 | ABBREVIATIONS $200: If you want to get married, you may go to a j.p., which is one of these justice of the peace |
#1650, aired 1991-11-01 | GRAB BAG $600: Carl Jung, Harry Houdini & J.P. Morgan appear as characters in this author's "Ragtime" Doctorow |
#1571, aired 1991-06-03 | BUSINESS LEADERS $500: Wanting to devote himself to philanthropy Andrew Carnegie sold his steel company to this banker in 1901 J.P. Morgan |
#1319, aired 1990-05-03 | POLITICAL QUOTES $400: 1 of the 3 things which, according to John Fremont's 1856 G.O.P. campaign, should be free Soil, men & speech |
#1211, aired 1989-12-04 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $400: The British wear pajamas just like we do, but spell "pajamas" this way P-Y-J-A-M-A-S |
#1192, aired 1989-11-07 | COMPOSERS $200: Of J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, or Irving Goldberg, the composer of "The Goldberg Variations" J.S. Bach |
#1013, aired 1989-01-18 | THE 3 "B"s $200: C.P.E. Bach, J.C. Bach or J.S. Bach, the 1 responsible for the birth of the other 2 Johann Sebastian Bach |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $300: J.P. Marquand, who won a Pulitzer for "The Late George Apley," created this Japanese spy/detective Mr. Moto |
#950, aired 1988-10-21 | GERSHWIN $800: Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Victor Herbert & J.P. Sousa went to its premiere on Lincoln's birthday, 1924 Rhapsody In Blue |
#871, aired 1988-05-23 | TURN OF THE CENTURY $800: Legendary banker who helped found the U.S. Steel Corporation in 1901 J.P. Morgan |
#788, aired 1988-01-27 | CORPORATE AMERICA $1000: His financial wizardry helped create the U.S. Steel, General Electric, & Western Union companies J.P. Morgan |
#765, aired 1987-12-25 | "BIG" $600: While in high school in Beaumont, Texas, J.P. Richardson became a DJ & began calling himself this The Big Bopper |
#758, aired 1987-12-16 | THE JETSONS $500: Before the Jetsons got him, he belonged to zillionaire J.P. Gottrockets & was named Tralfax Astro |
#717, aired 1987-10-20 | "LAST" MOVIES $100: Controversial 1973 film in which Maria Schneider & Marlon Brando did more than dance Last Tango in Paris |
#717, aired 1987-10-20 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A lively manner of speaking, or a brand of home permanent lilt |
#717, aired 1987-10-20 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: This is the river you're "sent up" if you're sent from Kansas City to Leavenworth Missouri |
#717, aired 1987-10-20 | U.S. HISTORY $300: John Paul Jones reply to Capt. Richard Pearson's Sept. 23, 1779 question "Have you struck?" I have not yet begun to fight! |
#717, aired 1987-10-20 | CHILDREN'S GAMES $300: In the card game Crazy Eights, eights can be used to do this change the suit or the number |
#717, aired 1987-10-20 | AFRICAN ANIMALS $400: A hippopotamus does this as a gesture of attack not because he's sleepy yawning |
#717, aired 1987-10-20 | CHILDREN'S GAMES $500: The "scotch" in hopscotch has nothing to do with Scotland, but refers to these lines |
#717, aired 1987-10-20 | MARK TWAIN $600: "Dan'l Webster" was the name of this "Celebrated" title figure "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" |
#717, aired 1987-10-20 | MARK TWAIN $800: After being hit by a crowbar, a man from Hartford woke up near this castle site King Arthur's Court |
#687, aired 1987-09-08 | FAMOUS MORGANS $100: A congressional committee investigated this man in 1912 because of the financial power he was wielding J.P. Morgan |
#633, aired 1987-05-13 | CORPORATE AMERICA $1000: In 1895, he led bankers who lent U.S. Treasury $31 million so it didn't need to stop currency redemption (J.P.) Morgan |
#596, aired 1987-03-23 | PRESIDENTS $200: "I trust the 1st lion he meets will do his duty", J.P. Morgan said of this president's safari Theodore Roosevelt |
#579, aired 1987-02-26 | HEARTTHROBS $100: Though he's really 25, he still plays perennial teenager Alex P. Keaton Michael J. Fox |
#552, aired 1987-01-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: Play & movie in which J.P. Finch rises to the top of the World Wide Wicket Company How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
#439, aired 1986-05-15 | TV HOSTS $1000: A spinoff from "That's Incredible", this show's hosts were B. Meredith, P. Presley & J. Stafford Those Amazing Animals |
#438, aired 1986-05-14 | BRITISH ISLES $100: Since she usually winds down the day with a Scotch, J & B gave this p.m. their billionth bottle (Margaret) Thatcher |
#422, aired 1986-04-22 | THE FUNNIES $600: Dolly, Jeffrey, Billy & P.J. the kids in the Family Circus |
#368, aired 1986-02-05 | "J" WORDS $100: Various sources say it's named for one of Popeye's pals, or for initials of "general purpose", G.P. a jeep |
#345, aired 1986-01-03 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $500: In 1901 J.P. Morgan formed the world's largest steel corporation, U.S. Steel, after buying him out Andrew Carnegie |
#268, aired 1985-09-18 | SCHOOL FOOD $200: I'll give you my bologna & cheese for your P.B. & J., for example trading lunches |
#92, aired 1985-01-15 | "STEVENS" $400: "Norma Rae" was based on this textile plant which suffered 17 years of labor trouble J.P. Stevens |