#8956, aired 2023-10-23 | "BABY" MOVIES $2000: Ben Affleck directed this tale about the kidnapping of a little girl Gone Baby Gone |
#8629, aired 2022-04-28 | MOVIES"!" $1000: What the Dickens?! Mark Lester wanted a little more out of life in the title role of this 1968 film Oliver! |
#8390, aired 2021-04-30 | TIME TRAVELIN' MOVIES $600: Kevin Costner goes back to 1972 to talk a little baseball with Burt Lancaster in this film Field of Dreams |
#8329, aired 2021-02-04 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $200: This "Little Tramp" of silent movies kept his title simple--"My Autobiography" Charlie Chaplin |
#8160, aired 2020-02-14 | QUOTABLE 21st CENTURY MOVIES $800: Sulley: "I can still hear her little voice"
Boo: (from down the hall) "Mike Wazowski!" Monsters, Inc. |
#8153, aired 2020-02-05 | MOVIES ACROSS AMERICA $800: (I'm Robert Hadlock from KXAN [He presents from Austin, TX].) The state capitol appears in 1982's "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" which starred this late actor as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd Burt Reynolds |
#8055, aired 2019-09-20 | 2019 MOVIES $800: Ryan Reynolds gave voice to the little yellow guy in "Pokémon Detective" him Pikachu |
#7707, aired 2018-02-27 | RATING SYSTEMS $2000: The Little Man system for reviewing movies has been used by this Bay Area paper for years the San Francisco Chronicle |
#7658, aired 2017-12-20 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS' MOST-HATED MOVIES $800: If Little Miss Muffet could give a negative Metacritic score to this 1990 John Goodman film, she would Arachnophobia |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | MATH IN THE MOVIES $1600: Jodie Foster directed & starred in this "Little" film about a math prodigy & his mom Little Man Tate |
#7268, aired 2016-03-30 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $200: A tagline to this Disney film was "Somewhere under the sea and beyond your imagination is an adventure in fantasy" The Little Mermaid |
#7268, aired 2016-03-30 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $400: Mon dieu! A recent animated version of this tale of a boy from another world cost 60 million euros The Little Prince |
#7268, aired 2016-03-30 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $600: In a 2006 film Abigail Breslin & her family take a road trip so she can compete in this beauty pageant Little Miss Sunshine |
#7268, aired 2016-03-30 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $800: Classic gangster film in which Edward G. Robinson has the dying line "Mother of mercy! Is this the end of Rico?" Little Caesar |
#7268, aired 2016-03-30 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $1000: Lillian Hellman wrote the screenplay for this film based on her play of the same name The Little Foxes |
#7210, aired 2016-01-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: MOVIES $200: (New York Times film critic A.O. Scott delivers the clue.) When I reviewed "Despicable Me", I referred to these supporting characters as "industrious little doodads" that look like "extra-strength pain-reliever capsules with eyes and limbs" minions |
#6973, aired 2014-12-31 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $400: (Warren Buffett delivers the clue.) One of my favorites is this 1973 movie in which Paul Newman invests a little time to con a large sum of out evil mobster Doyle Lonnegan The Sting |
#6873, aired 2014-07-02 | MOB MOVIES $800: Add an "S" to the title of this 1931 mob movie & you get a great place for some pizza, pizza Little Caesar |
#6813, aired 2014-04-09 | SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCARS $1600: 2006:
Alan Arkin was the darker side of this film Little Miss Sunshine |
#6777, aired 2014-02-18 | MOM & DAD'S DATE MOVIES $2000: Mom says Dad got a little jealous when they saw this Frenchman try to get his "Green Card" Gérard Depardieu |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS $2000: With Harrison Ford & Anne Heche:
"_____ Days _____ Nights" 6 Days, 7 Nights |
#6591, aired 2013-04-22 | AMERICAN NOVELS $2000: His books "Little Children" & "Election" have been made into movies Tom Perrotta |
#6544, aired 2013-02-14 | "BABY" MOVIES $1600: Ben Affleck directed this tale about the kidnapping of a little girl Gone Baby Gone |
#6535, aired 2013-02-01 | DISNEY MOVIES BY VILLAIN $400: 1989:
Ursula The Little Mermaid |
#6400, aired 2012-06-15 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $2000: (Hi, I'm Pat Sajak.) My favorite movie is this perfect little 1983 film about what happens when an oil company encounters the people of a Scottish town Local Hero |
#6357, aired 2012-04-17 | WILL SMITH MOVIES $400: 1997:
"When do I get my own flashy, little memory messer-upper thing?" Men in Black |
#6130, aired 2011-04-15 | AUTHORS IN HOLLYWOOD $2000: Perhaps writing the movies "The Little Foxes" & "The Dark Angel" wasn't so "heavenly" for this female playwright (Lillian) Hellman |
#6098, aired 2011-03-02 | COPPING OUT AT THE MOVIES $1600: Mais oui! In 2006 Monsieur Steve Martin played zis--I mean, this--bumbling detective Inspector Clouseau |
#5997, aired 2010-10-12 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $800: A mouse-like boy runs afoul of a carnivorous plant Stuart Little Shop of Horrors |
#5876, aired 2010-03-15 | MOVIES' ALTERNATE ENDINGS $400: A blood-craving Audrey II "branches" out & takes over NYC in Frank Oz' ending that never was to this film Little Shop of Horrors |
#5764, aired 2009-10-08 | 2008 BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES $1200: Mr. Bond could take a little comfort in the fact that this film about his quest for vengeance took in $570 million Quantum of Solace |
#5737, aired 2009-07-14 | AT THE MOVIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Jim Carrey narrates a 3D documentary about ocean life called this, also a song from "The Little Mermaid" Under the Sea |
#5673, aired 2009-04-15 | MOVIES ANY TIME $1000: The mall seems a little deader than usual for Ving Rhames & others as they contest with zombies in this 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead |
#5525, aired 2008-09-19 | MOVIES BY QUOTE $1000: "I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955 it's a little hard to come by" Back to the Future |
#5431, aired 2008-03-31 | THE MOVIES $1000: Jane Russell & Marilyn Monroe sang about being "Two Little Girls from Little Rock" in this 1953 movie musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
#5361, aired 2007-12-24 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES $800: Natalie Wood was just 8 years old when she played the little girl Susan in this Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street |
#5299, aired 2007-09-27 | QUOTABLE MOVIES $2000: 2006:
"Oh my God, I'm getting pulled over. Everyone, just pretend to be normal" Little Miss Sunshine |
#5047, aired 2006-07-18 | MOVIES' LAST LINES $1600: 1931--
"Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?" Little Caesar |
#4794, aired 2005-06-09 | AT THE MOVIES $1,700 (Daily Double): The name of this 1973 Martin Scorsese movie set in Little Italy can refer to any tough Urban area Mean Streets |
#4606, aired 2004-09-20 | CHAMPIONSHIP MOVIES $600: Dennis Christopher battled Italians & locals en route to Indiana's Little 500 cycling championship in this 1979 film Breaking Away |
#4594, aired 2004-07-22 | DRUGS IN THE MOVIES $200: 1983: starring Al Pacino as a drug-crazed & murderous Miami kingpin Scarface |
#4472, aired 2004-02-03 | QUOTABLE MOVIES $600: 1960:
"No novocaine...it dulls the senses" Little Shop of Horrors |
#4451, aired 2004-01-05 | WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN THE MOVIES? $200: First brought to the big screen by D.W. Griffith in 1909, this hugely popular star was once known as "Little Mary" Mary Pickford |
#4369, aired 2003-09-11 | ANIMAL-TITLED MOVIES $1200: Tatum O'Neal is a girl pitching ace on a boys' Little League team in this 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears |
#4148, aired 2002-09-18 | RECENT MOVIES $800: The tagline to this 2002 sequel was "This summer a Little goes a long way" Stuart Little |
#4009, aired 2002-01-24 | DISNEY MOVIES $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew in Central Park.) This 1989 film that took us under the sea
was based on a fairy tale
by Hans Christian Andersen The Little Mermaid |
#3956, aired 2001-11-12 | LOSING YOUR HEAD IN THE MOVIES $400: Film in which Jennings loses his head over a little boy named Damien with a devil-may-care attitude The Omen |
#3881, aired 2001-06-18 | AT THE MOVIES $400: (Hi, I'm Nathan Lane, hold it down!) I was the voice of Snowball the Cat in this 1999 film based on an E.B. White book Stuart Little |
#3802, aired 2001-02-27 | DEVILISH MOVIES $200: Poor little Regan MacNeil is possessed by the devil in this 1973 classic The Exorcist |
#3696, aired 2000-10-02 | THE MOVIES $200: On meeting his new adopted brother in this film, George remarks, "You look somewhat like a mouse" Stuart Little |
#3429, aired 1999-07-01 | MILITARY MOVIES $400: Remember this film, the first one John Wayne directed -- it was set in Texas in 1836 The Alamo |
#3418, aired 1999-06-16 | "GREAT" MOVIES $1000: Charlie Chaplin played on the physical resemblance of Hitler & the Little Tramp in this 1940 satire The Great Dictator |
#3213, aired 1998-07-15 | "BAD" MOVIES $800: Bad, Patty, bad! Patty McCormack played the evil little girl in this 1956 classic based on an Anderson play The Bad Seed |
#3185, aired 1998-06-05 | DOROTHYS, REBECCAS & SUMMERS $1000: Usually wearing very little, this famous Dorothy appeared in all the "Road" movies with Bob Hope & Bing Crosby Dorothy Lamour |
#3163, aired 1998-05-06 | STAR MOVIES $400: 5 years before "E.T.", little Cary Guffey tried to befriend extraterrestrials in this Spielberg film Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
#3094, aired 1998-01-29 | LITTLE MOVIES $100: Edward G. Robinson snarled his way to stardom as Rico Bandello in this 1930 gangster classic Little Caesar |
#3094, aired 1998-01-29 | LITTLE MOVIES $200: Jack Nicholson played a dental patient in this film that inspired a musical about a bloodthirsty flower Little Shop of Horrors |
#3094, aired 1998-01-29 | LITTLE MOVIES $300: She played "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" before she directed "Little Man Tate" Jodie Foster |
#3094, aired 1998-01-29 | LITTLE MOVIES $400: Richard Mulligan passed muster & was cast as General Custer in this Dustin Hoffman film Little Big Man |
#3094, aired 1998-01-29 | LITTLE MOVIES $500: Katharine Hepburn's film "The Little Minister" was based on a play by this creator of Peter Pan (Sir James) Barrie |
#3069, aired 1997-12-25 | "G" MOVIES $200: Maurice Chevalier sang "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" in this film; I remember it well... Gigi |
#2969, aired 1997-06-26 | THE MOVIES $400: In this 1970 film, Dustin Hoffman played a 121-year-old survivor of the Custer massacre Little Big Man |
#2688, aired 1996-04-17 | THE MOVIES $200: This actor's last line in "Little Caesar" is "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?" (Edward G.) Robinson |
#2575, aired 1995-11-10 | THE MOVIES $800: In a memorable scene from this silent comedy, prospector Charlie Chaplin cooks & eats his shoe The Gold Rush |
#2448, aired 1995-04-05 | MOVIES $400: The script for "My Little Chickadee" was written by this pair who also starred in it Mae West & W.C. Fields |
#2400, aired 1995-01-27 | THE MOVIES $300: In 1991 this actress made her directorial debut with "Little Man Tate" Jodie Foster |
#2171, aired 1994-01-31 | "MY" MOVIES $200: Though Mae West & W.C. Fields both got writing credits for this film, Mae did most of the work My Little Chickadee |
#1732, aired 1992-02-25 | THE MOVIES $400: She starred as the mother of a child prodigy & made her directorial debut in "Little Man Tate" Jodie Foster |
#1494, aired 1991-02-14 | 1990 MOVIES $400: 1990 sequel to "Three Men and a Baby" Three Men and a Little Lady |
#1134, aired 1989-07-06 | THE MOVIES $800: Elizabeth Taylor sang "Send In The Clowns" in this movie musical, & we're not clowning around A Little Night Music |
#1120, aired 1989-06-16 | MOVIES $1000: Lerner & Loewe wrote the score for this "regal" movie musical about a boy from outer space The Little Prince |
#967, aired 1988-11-15 | SILENT MOVIES $100: This film could have been called "Little Lady Fauntleroy" since it starred her, "America's sweetheart" Mary Pickford |
#955, aired 1988-10-28 | SILENT MOVIES $200 (Daily Double): Many consider this 1925 film Charlie Chaplin's greatest comedy: The Gold Rush |
#866, aired 1988-05-16 | "TEN" MOVIES $400: Nursery rhyme title of 2 remakes of the Agatha Christie classic "And Then There Were None" Ten Little Indians |
#848, aired 1988-04-20 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $200: Mae West & W.C. Fields co-wrote the script for this comedy classic, & they didn't come "cheep" My Little Chickadee |
#848, aired 1988-04-20 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $400: Dustin Hoffman film that climaxed with Custer's Last Stand Little Big Man |
#848, aired 1988-04-20 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $600: This 1941 film of Lillian Hellman's southern saga boasted Bette Davis as a vicious Vixen The Little Foxes |
#848, aired 1988-04-20 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $800: Kristy McNichol-Tatum O'Neal film about teenage vamps at summer camp Little Darlings |
#848, aired 1988-04-20 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $1000: Ricky Schroder starred as Cedric in the TV version, but Mary Pickford did it 1st, in 1921 Little Lord Fauntleroy |
#825, aired 1988-03-18 | THE MOVIES $400: Reuniting Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett & Spencer Tracy, "Father's Little Dividend" was a sequel to this Father of the Bride |
#798, aired 1988-02-10 | MOVIE TEENS $500: At 19, she was a veteran of 18 movies, including "Little Women" & "National Velvet" Elizabeth Taylor |
#716, aired 1987-10-19 | THE MOVIES $600: In the 1933 & 1949 versions of this kiddie classic, Katharine Hepburn, then June Allyson, played Jo Little Women |
#630, aired 1987-05-08 | MOVIES $400: Due to poor reactions at previews, Frank Oz "planted" a happy ending on this 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors |
#580, aired 1987-02-27 | SCARY MOVIES $600: Shot in two days in 1960, it was recently remade as a multimillion dollar musical Little Shop of Horrors |
#448, aired 1986-05-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Little Stevie Wonder appeared in 2 of the 7 films in this Frankie-Annette series Beach Party movies |
#424, aired 1986-04-24 | MOVIES $600: Confucius say, "This '66 Lemmon-Matthau movie made a lot of money from a little dough The Fortune Cookie |
#364, aired 1986-01-30 | WESTERN MOVIES $300: They co-wrote & co-starred in "My Little Chickadee" W.C. Fields & Mae West |
#325, aired 1985-12-06 | "7" MOVIES $400: James Cagney reprised his George M. Cohan role in this Bob Hope film Seven Little Foys |
#282, aired 1985-10-08 | MOVIES $400: Spanky, Alfalfa & Darla appeared in films under these 2 group names Our Gang & The Little Rascals |
#120, aired 1985-02-22 | MOVIES $200: She made a big noise as "The Little Drummer Girl" Diane Keaton |
#120, aired 1985-02-22 | MOVIES $300: Things were a little "Rocky" when she played Adrian Talia Shire |
#101, aired 1985-01-28 | MOVIES $400: 1984 fantasy that sounds like a painting of siesta scenery Dreamscape |
#4, aired 1984-09-13 | MOVIES $1000: Went from bit part in film "Little Shop of Horrors" to Oscars for Best Actor & Best Support Jack Nicholson |
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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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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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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"He anchors his own prime-time news show, a syndicated daytime talk...
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2002 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. Evan was 15 at the time...
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2003 Teen Tournament first runner-up: $28,400.
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