| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | VEGETABLE STEW $600: Last name of Albert, nicknamed "Cubby", who produced many James Bond films as well as "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" Broccoli |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | LESSER-KNOWN FILM TRILOGIES $1200: Before Marvel really started trilogizing, this hero of theirs sunk his teeth into 3 films, the last being 2004's "Trinity" Blade |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | ALPHABETICALLY LAST $600: ...of James Dean's 3 major films; he would die a month before its release Rebel Without a Cause |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $400: "The Wizard of Oz" home |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $800: "Gone with the Wind" day |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $1200: "Casablanca" friendship |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $1600: "King Kong", from 1933 beast |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $2000: "Apocalypse Now" Horror |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | FORGETFUL SEQUELS $1200: The 2nd film in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series titled this guy's "Revenge" was just treated like a bad dream in later films Freddy Krueger |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | HORROR FILMS $800: It's the last word in 6 of George Romero's zombie movie titles Dead |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | ENTREPRENHEIRS $1000: It doesn't take an Oracle to know this last name of Megan, producer of Oscar-nominated films like "Her" & "Zero Dark Thirty" Ellison |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | MR. DWAYNE JOHNSON $400: In the last 4 films in this speedy franchise, Dwayne has played Luke Hobbs Fast and Furious |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $600: Director Rian Johnson said Laura Dern could not resist saying "Pew!" every time she fired her blaster in this film The Last Jedi |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | MOVIE MUSIC $400: Last name of Carmine, who provided music for all 3 "Godfather" films--he may have had an in with the director Coppola |
| #7622, aired 2017-10-31 | FILMS OF THE 1960s $400: "Walk, Don't Run", Cary Grant's last film, is set in Tokyo in 1964 during this quadrennial sporting event the Olympics |
| #7281, aired 2016-04-18 | FIRST & LAST NAME, PLEASE $400: Pioneering director known for his historical films:
____ B. ____ Cecil B. DeMille |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | "LAST" FILMS $400: We're not sure if Algren or Katsumoto is the title character in this Japan-set 2003 epic The Last Samurai |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | "LAST" FILMS $800: Michael Douglas & his old, old pals cavort in the Aria & Binion's in this comedy Last Vegas |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | "LAST" FILMS $1200: Cybill Shepherd made her film debut in this 1971 movie set in the fictional town of Anarene, Texas The Last Picture Show |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | "LAST" FILMS $1600: L.A. does have a football team & it's called the stallions in this Bruce Willis/Damon Wayans caper The Last Boy Scout |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | "LAST" FILMS $2000: Based on a David Mamet play, this '80s film about 2 guys & 2 girls was remade in 2014 with Kevin Hart About Last Night... |
| #6610, aired 2013-05-17 | SCIENCE FICTION $5,000 (Daily Double): This 1954 Richard Matheson novel has inspired such films as "The Last Man on Earth" & a 2007 Will Smith movie I Am Legend |
| #6016, aired 2010-11-08 | POP CULTURE $1600: "Dear John" & "The Last Song" are among his bestsellers that have been turned into films Nicholas Sparks |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | WAR FILMS $400: One of the last lines of this Vietnam war-set film is "The horror... the horror" Apocalypse Now |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | DIRECTORS' LAST FEATURE FILMS $400: "The Ten Commandments"
(1956) De Mille |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | DIRECTORS' LAST FEATURE FILMS $800: "Family Plot"
(1976) Alfred Hitchcock |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | DIRECTORS' LAST FEATURE FILMS $1200: "A Prairie Home Companion"
(2006) Robert Altman |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | DIRECTORS' LAST FEATURE FILMS $1600: "Curly Sue"
(1991) John Hughes |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | DIRECTORS' LAST FEATURE FILMS $2000: "The Dead"
(1987) John Huston |
| #5353, aired 2007-12-12 | FILMS OF THE '90s $2000: As second-rate singer Sadie in "Georgia", she does an excruciating version of a Van Morrison song Jennifer Jason Leigh |
| #5087, aired 2006-10-24 | -SCOPES $800: "Caprice", with Doris Day & Richard Harris, was one of the last films shot in this process CinemaScope |
| #4704, aired 2005-02-03 | THE SIMPSONS $1000: Voiced by Phil Hartman, you may remember him from such films as "Suddenly Last Supper" & "The Day Paul Bunyan Cried" Troy McClure |
| #4430, aired 2003-12-05 | THE MOVIES $800: In one of Burt Lancaster's last films, a boat originally called "Rock of" this becomes "Rocket" this Gibraltar |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | "M"BRACE ME! $1000: One of the first films of this '20s superstar cowboy was "Custer's Last Stand" in 1909 Tom Mix |
| #4151, aired 2002-09-23 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $800: 1973:
"Final Argentine Dance on the Banks of the Seine" Last Tango in Paris |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | COLOR MY WORLD $600: It was the last of Krzysztof Kieslowski's 3 films whose titles matched the 3 colors in the French flag Red |
| #4125, aired 2002-07-05 | MEN IN BLACK $400: Women in the "Men in Black" films include Lara Flynn Boyle & this "Last Seduction" star Linda Fiorentino |
| #4054, aired 2002-03-28 | "K"2 $1200: Real last name of Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" films Skywalker |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | PETER $800: He's directed more than 15 films, including "The Last Picture Show" & "Texasville" Peter Bogdanovich |
| #3745, aired 2000-12-08 | FILMS OF THE '70s $1000: In a 1972 comedy Alan Arkin fancied himself a casanova in “The Last of” these the red hot lovers |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | FUN WITH OSCAR-WINNING FILMS $600: It's the last Best Picture winner with a nationality in its title American Beauty |
| #3646, aired 2000-06-12 | THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE $5,000 (Daily Double): Alphabetically, this Woody Allen film is last among the 500 films nominated as America's Funniest Zelig |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | ACTORS & THEIR FILMS $800: Minoru Chiaki, the last surviving member of this Kurosawa film septet, passed away in November 1999 Seven Samurai |
| #3481, aired 1999-10-25 | PORK PRODUCTS? $500: One of John Candy's last films was this comedy about the U.S. declaring war on its neighbor to the north Canadian Bacon |
| #3399, aired 1999-05-20 | KATHARINE HEPBURN FILMS $1000: In 1959 Hepburn did "Suddenly Last Summer"; 9 years later she did this historical film with another season in its title The Lion in Winter |
| #3324, aired 1999-02-04 | DIRECTORS $800: He directed his good friend John Wayne in many films; the last was "Donovan's Reef", in 1963 John Ford |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | SHORT-TITLED FILMS $1000: Curran is the last name of this title bigfoot played by Peter Boyle in a 1970 film Joe |
| #3117, aired 1998-03-03 | MOVIEGOING $200: Located in Los Angeles, the USA's last theater devoted to these films of the 1920s closed in 1997 Silent Films |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | BIG MOVIES $200: "Big Jake" was the last of 5 films this big guy made with Maureen O'Hara John Wayne |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | SCHWARZENEGGER FILMS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1993 Arnold was Jack Slater, the title idol of the boy seen in this film: Last Action Hero |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | THE MOVIES $800: It's the last name of the family headed by Chevy Chase in the National Lampoon "Vacation" films Griswold |
| #2986, aired 1997-09-01 | FILMS OF THE '90s $700 (Daily Double): Letter perfect names of the 2 characters seen here:
"I don't suppose you know what kind of alien life form leaves a green spectral trail and craves sugar water, do you?"
"Oh, wait. That was on Final Jeopardy! last night!" J & K |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | FILMS OF THE '70s $3,000 (Daily Double): This 1971 film featured the memorable debut seen here:
"Whatcha all comin' back here in the dark?" The Last Picture Show (Cybill Shepherd) |
| #2955, aired 1997-06-06 | MARLON BRANDO FILMS $200: This controversial Brando film of the '70s has X-rated & R-rated versions Last Tango in Paris |
| #2902, aired 1997-03-25 | HOLLYWOOD FAMILIES $400: Last name of composer cousins Randy & Thomas, who were both Oscar-nominated for scoring 1995 films Newman |
| #2828, aired 1996-12-11 | FOREIGN FILM DIRECTORS $400: 14 years passed between the releases of his last 2 films: "Ryan's Daughter" & "A Passage to India" Sir David Lean |
| #2766, aired 1996-09-16 | "LAST" FILMS $200: Daniel Day-Lewis played Hawkeye in the 1992 version of this James Fenimore Cooper tale The Last of the Mohicans |
| #2766, aired 1996-09-16 | "LAST" FILMS $400: Arnold Schwarzenegger starred as Jack Slater, a young boy's movie idol, in this 1993 spoof the Last Action Hero |
| #2766, aired 1996-09-16 | "LAST" FILMS $600: It was inspired by the true story of Pu Yi The Last Emperor |
| #2766, aired 1996-09-16 | "LAST" FILMS $800: This controversial 1988 film speculated on some of Jesus' more earthly desires The Last Temptation of Christ |
| #2766, aired 1996-09-16 | "LAST" FILMS $1000: This 1973 whodunit set aboard a yacht was written by Stephen Sondheim & Anthony Perkins The Last of Sheila |
| #2594, aired 1995-12-07 | FILMS OF THE '40s $400: 1943's "The Heat's On" was her last film until 1970's "Myra Breckinridge" Mae West |
| #2374, aired 1994-12-22 | NOVEL FILMS $400: Vivien Leigh's last film, it was adapted from the Katherine Anne Porter novel of the same name Ship of Fools |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | CHARLIE CHAPLIN FILMS $200: Marlon Brando & Sophia Loren starred in "A Countess from" this place, Chaplin's last film Hong Kong |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | FILMS OF THE '60s $300: Clark Gable played an aging cowboy in this film, which turned out to be his last The Misfits |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | RECENT FILMS $400: This comedienne & Celebrity Jeopardy! alumna posed as Richard Dreyfuss' wife in "Another Stakeout" Rosie O'Donnell |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | RECENT FILMS $500: Part of this unusual epic based on a Virginia Woolf novel was shot in Uzbekistan Orlando |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | CLINT EASTWOOD FILMS $100: To date "The Dead Pool" is the 5th & last film in which Eastwood played this San Francisco cop Harry Callahan |
| #1990, aired 1993-04-09 | FILMS OF THE '70s $500: In 1972 Marlon Brando was Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" & Paul in this Bertolucci film Last Tango in Paris |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | 1992 FILMS $300: Daniel Day-Lewis trained to fight with a tomahawk for this epic film based on a James Fenimore Cooper novel The Last of the Mohicans |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | ACTRESSES $500: One of this late actress's last films, "Dying Young", starred her son, Campbell Scott Colleen Dewhurst |
| #1770, aired 1992-04-17 | FILMS OF THE '60s $400: Woodhouse is the last name of the character Mia Farrow played in this Roman Polanski film Rosemary's Baby |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | FILMS OF THE '40s $300: 1941's "Two-Faced Woman" was her last film; she then retired from the business Greta Garbo |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | FILMS OF THE '30s $100: 1936's "Modern Times" was the last film in which he appeared as the Little Tramp Charlie Chaplin |
| #1544, aired 1991-04-25 | "LAST" FILMS $100: Jack Nicholson & Otis Young played naval officers & Randy Quaid their prisoner in this 1973 film The Last Detail |
| #1544, aired 1991-04-25 | "LAST" FILMS $200: Cloris Leachman & Ben Johnson won Oscars for this 1971 film that takes place 20 years earlier The Last Picture Show |
| #1544, aired 1991-04-25 | "LAST" FILMS $300: In his last film, Paul Muni played this "indignant" title role The Last Angry Man |
| #1544, aired 1991-04-25 | "LAST" FILMS $400: 1 of the 2 "Last" films directed by Bernardo Bertolucci The Last Emperor (or Last Tango in Paris |
| #1544, aired 1991-04-25 | "LAST" FILMS $500: In this 1984 film, Lance Guest uses his video game skills to fight an interstellar war The Last Starfighter |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | FILMS OF THE '70s $300: Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety" poked fun at the films of this director who made his last film in 1976 Sir Alfred Hitchcock |
| #1092, aired 1989-05-09 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: The academy must have a "Fatal Attraction"; she's had 5 Oscar nominations for her last 8 films Glenn Close |
| #1009, aired 1989-01-12 | FOREIGN FILMS $400: Ingmar Bergman directed this fellow Swede in her last theatrical film, 1978's "Autumn Sonata" Ingrid Bergman |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | LAST FILMS $100: "On Golden Pond" Henry Fonda |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | LAST FILMS $200: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Spencer Tracy |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | LAST FILMS $300: "Network" Peter Finch |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | LAST FILMS $400: "Giant" James Dean |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | LAST FILMS $500: "Brainstorm" Natalie Wood |
| #717, aired 1987-10-20 | "LAST" MOVIES $200: 1935 & 1960 films made possible only through the efforts of Mount Vesuvius The Last Days of Pompeii |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | MIDDLE NAMES $200: Leslie Stainer used this, his middle name, as his last in such films as "Gone With the Wind" Howard |
| #432, aired 1986-05-06 | THE LAST WOOD $300: State tree for Massachusetts & nightmare street in 2 films elm |
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