| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $400: (I'm Ellie Kemper.) Like "30 Rock"'s, the theme song from "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" was written by Jeff Richmond, who is married to this creator of both shows Tina Fey |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $800: Composer Bear McCreary used tremolo strings to evoke the horror of zombies for the theme of this show that debuted in 2010 The Walking Dead |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $1200: Alyson Hannigan made Joss Whedon aware of a group called Nerf Herder, who got the nod to come up with the opening theme for this series Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $1600: Done with a slew of whistlin', "Fishin' Hole" is the theme from this down-home show The Andy Griffith Show |
| #9083, aired 2024-04-17 | TV MUSIC $2000: That's TLC doing the theme for this '90s Nickelodeon sketch show that starred Kenan Thompson All That |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s $1000: Down South, Cher, this traditional music heard here is also known as chanky-chank zydeco |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | A LOVE FOR BOOKS $800: A shy librarian's quiet passion for a researcher shines through in Sophie Divry's "The Library of" this kind of not reciprocated "Love" unrequited |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MUSIC TERMS $200: From Latin for "to hold", this male vocal range once had the task of "holding" the main melody tenor |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MUSIC TERMS $400: On sheet music this symbol on the left side of a staff indicates the pitch, most commonly treble or bass the clef |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MUSIC TERMS $600: A barcarole is a type of song originally sung by or in imitation of these Venetian boatmen gondola men (gondoliers) |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MUSIC TERMS $800: These liturgical songs of the Catholic Church bear the name of a 6th century pope said to have formulated & organized them Gregorian chants |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MUSIC TERMS $1000: Beethoven felt Italians were ill-suited to dramatic opera & should stick with this, Italian for "comic opera" opera buffa |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $400: After WWII a new country music style was named for this kind of roadside joint & Hank Williams was its biggest star honky-tonk |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $600: Portishead helped popularize this style of dance music that rhymes with hip-hop & has elements of jazz trip-hop |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $1000: After leaving Roxy Music, he basically created ambient music with pieces like "Heavenly Music Corporation 1" Brian Eno |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | PARENTING $400: Young Burt Bacharach hated taking these with Miss Raymond & they're a source of conflict in many a home piano lessons |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $400: Ray Parker Jr. wrote & performed the theme song to "Ghostbusters" that went to No. 1 on the charts & asked this musical question Who you gonna call? |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $800: "What ever happened to my Transylvania twist?" is a lyric from this novelty horror song the "Monster Mash" |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $1200: A man sees a ghostly version of himself in Schubert's lied (song) with this German title "Doppelganger" |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $1600: In a song by the goth rock band Bauhaus, this horror movie legend is "Dead, undead, undead, undead" Bela Lugosi |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $2000: "Putting Out The Fire With Gasoline" is from the theme song to this beastly film starring Nastassja Kinski Cat People |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $400: He had a collab with Miles Davis called "Can I Play With U?", included on a "Sign o' the Times" reissue Prince |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $800: This country singer collaborated with Leon Bridges on the song "If You Were Mine" Miranda Lambert |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $1200: In 1986 Run-DMC collabed with Aerosmith on a version of this song that VH1 called history making "Walk This Way" |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $1600: 1990s hip-hop duo, Black Star, was a collaboration between Talib Kweli & this rapper, also known as Yasiin Bey Mos Def |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $2000: Billie Holiday & this sax player first linked up in 1934; soon enough they gave each other nicknames, Lady Day & Prez Lester Young |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $600: Jacques Offenbach composed music for this lively dance as part of an 1858 operetta the can-can |
| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | COMPOSERS $1200: Felix Mendelssohn composed music to accompany this Shakespeare comedy, including the familiar "Wedding March" A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | OVERLAPS $2000: Metronomic measure of music used for the medical study of tootsies tempodiatry |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $400: This 18th century group of violin concerti is "Le quattro stagioni" in Italian The Four Seasons |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $800: Premiering in 1749, "Music for the Royal" these got set off to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession fireworks |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $800: With a name like another musical instrument, the "O-" this uses an optical sensor & keyboard to make violin music the O-bow (an optical bow) |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $1200: In 1991 his "Liverpool Oratorio" premiered in the city's Anglican Cathedral, which once said no to his choirboy services Paul McCartney |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $1600: The New York Times called this piece with a name in the title "Beethoven's trifle... featured on Baby Einstein albums" "Für Elise" |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $2000: There is a sense of foreboding in the overture to his 1862 opera "La forza del destino", or "The Force of Destiny" Verdi |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | INTRODUCTORY WORDS $1600: It refers to the first note of a scale, bringing harmony to a piece of music tonic |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | LOST WORKS $800: In 1903 this "Maple Leaf Rag" composer lost a trunk worth of music scores that possibly contained a ragtime opera Joplin |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | FESTIVALS $600: An art studio called Poetic Kinetics created the ginormous floating astronaut for the 2014 edition of this SoCal music festival Coachella |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | FESTIVALS $800: Every summer the Bayreuth Music Festival in Bavaria presents works by this composer Wagner |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $400: Jackson Browne's "The Load-Out" is a thank you to these folks who move & set up equipment--"Let" them "Take the Stage" roadies |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $800: Before he was infamous, Phil Spector was famous for this elaborate production style of many '60s hits the Wall of Sound |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $1200: The many Grammys of this legendary musician & producer include Best R&B Song for "Cuff It" in 2023 Nile Rodgers |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $1600: A 2008 documentary tells the story of the legendary group of L.A. studio musicians known by this destructive nickname The Wrecking Crew |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $2000: The Beatles were just one of many artists with whom this legendary English producer crafted hit after hit George Martin |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | HAPPY HOUR $800: In 1988 it became the first song with no instrumental music to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100; perhaps if I whistle a bit... "Don't Worry, Be Happy" |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA $1600: In Philip Glass' opera "Akhnaten", the title king & this queen spend quality music time with their 6 kids Nefertiti |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE $400: Laugh:
Baseball announcer Jack Brickhouse didn't get this music term quite right when the national anthem was sung "Acapulco" a cappella |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | SHALL WE DANCE? $200: This dance music was big in 1977 but by '79 a "Demolition Night" promo at Comiskey Park led to a bonfire in center field & a riot disco |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $800: A guitar, fiddle, banjo & mandolin are all featured on the 2024 stamp celebrating this uniquely American genre of music bluegrass |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 1990s MUSIC $200: "Shakedown" is the first word of this Smashing Pumpkins song named for a year 1979 |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 1990s MUSIC $400: (Diane Warren presents the clue.) This song that Toni Braxton wasn't too keen to record became her signature hit & won her a Grammy "Un-Break My Heart" |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 1990s MUSIC $600: This Brit pop group made listeners feel bubbly with the song "Champagne Supernova" Oasis |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | HALLELUJAH! $800: American music fans best know the band Blur for their song that starts with this shriek of triumph woo-hoo! |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 1990s MUSIC $800: Clips from the show "Happy Days" were used in this band's video for the song "Buddy Holly" Weezer |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | 1990s MUSIC $1000: This Red Hot Chili Peppers tune implores, "Take me to the place I love, take me all the way" "Under The Bridge" |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | THEIR NAME'S A BIBLE BOOK $800: Reynolds of the visual arts, Bell of classical music Joshua |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP MUSIC $200: She sorts her songs based on the pens used to write them: fountain, quill or glitter gel; "You Need To Calm Down" is glitter gel Taylor Swift |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP MUSIC $400: We are rabbit fans of this performer born Benito Martinez Ocasio in Puerto Rico in 1994 Bad Bunny |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP MUSIC $600: Of course fireworks burst across the sky-y-y in her video for "Firework" Katy Perry |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | MISCELLANEOUS KNOWLEDGE $800: In 1968 this NYC school dropped "of Music" from its name to reflect its broader scope that includes dance & drama Juilliard |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP MUSIC $800: She's named in honor of her grandfather William; the rest of her name is Pirate Baird O'Connell Billie Eilish |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP MUSIC $1000: This rapper, is like, totally from the San Fernando Valley Doja Cat |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | JACKSON $1000: New Orleans-born Mahalia Jackson, "The Queen of" this music style, sang at JFK's inauguration gospel |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | LIFE IN THE 1920s $400: Referring to a new kind of music & popularized by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it was a nickname for the decade the Jazz Age |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | SIMPLE SPANISH $2,000 (Daily Double): In Spanish it means "loud"; in music, it describes some female parts in choruses alto |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | THE "ARE" YOU BREATHE $3,000 (Daily Double): "Ruffles And Flourishes" is one of these short pieces of music played prior to "Hail To The Chief" for the president fanfare |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | OCCUPATIONS $800: In this exotic job one uses music & movement to entrance a cobra a snake charmer |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | RAP WORDS & PHRASES $600: Used as an interjection in trap music, this vowelless word conveys the sound of tires screeching skrt |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): Benjamin Britten composed the music for an opera based on this sailor who shared Ben's initials Billy Budd |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS $400: (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) A celebrity-musician turned soldier, who fought for the Harlem Hellfighters, James Reese Europe's work as a bandleader is credited with showing an early version of this music genre to France jazz |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Author Ralph Ellison was a music student at this Alabama institute the Tuskegee Institute |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | START TALKING, SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER $800: The opening line of this play is Orsino's "If music be the food of love, play on" Twelfth Night |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | LOVE STORY $1000: A lovesick nurseryman, a women's music fest & a retreat for rich men are in the 5th of his "Tales of the City" (Armistead) Maupin |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: Keyboard specialist Domenico Scarlatti spent years making church music for this basilica, specifically for its Julian Choir St. Peter's Basilica |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Unlike Vivaldi, Philip Glass left it up to the listener which time of year it was in his composition "The American" these Four Seasons |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: This type of musical mass for the dead has a Latin name; Benjamin Britten wrote a "War" one incorporating poetry & Latin prayers a requiem |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: The introduction to this Strauss waltz classic invites dancers to come to the ballroom floor "The Blue Danube" |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: His 7th Symphony premiered in 1813 at a benefit after a battle & its second movement is seen as a funeral march Beethoven |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | IF FOOD BE THE LOVE OF MUSIC $400: Rihanna sang of this title treat, "can't wait to blow my candles out" birthday cake |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | IF FOOD BE THE LOVE OF MUSIC $800: Formed in Seattle, not Atlanta, The Presidents of the United States of America nevertheless desired "Millions Of" these Peaches |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | IF FOOD BE THE LOVE OF MUSIC $1200: On "Check Mr. Popeye", seminal Jersey rocker Southside Johnny asks, is this "running low" spinach |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | IF FOOD BE THE LOVE OF MUSIC $1600: Warrant had a Top 10 hit with this song about a dessert (really), "put a smile on your face, ten miles wide" "Cherry Pie" |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | IF FOOD BE THE LOVE OF MUSIC $2000: Kendrick Lamar quoted a folk saying when he sang, "The blacker the berry", then this result the sweeter the juice |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | "LOL" $200: Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell got the name for this Chicago music festival from the Three Stooges Lollapalooza |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $400: Her "My Heart Will Go On" went on the Billboard charts in February 1998 & stayed on for another 20 weeks (Celine) Dion |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $800: His "Blinding Lights" was Billboard's No. 1 song of 2020 The Weeknd |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $1200: In the 1970s 2 different songs called "Best Of My Love" topped the charts, one by The Emotions & one by this group the Eagles |
| #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 |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $2000: "A Taste Of Honey" & "Zorba the Greek" were 2 of many '60s pop hits for this trumpeter & The Tijuana Brass (Herb) Alpert |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | OPERA, LIKE IT OR NOT $800: Andre Gretry, "the Moliere of music", composed a 1784 opera about this crusading king Richard I |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | MINING FOR "ORE" $1000: Classical music greats Horowitz & Rostropovich each put out an album of tunes they used as these crowd-pleasers encores |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | THE COLORS OF MUSIC $200: Van Morrison:
"____ Eyed Girl" Brown |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | THE COLORS OF MUSIC $400: John Mellencamp:
"____ Houses" Pink |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | THE COLORS OF MUSIC $600: Chris de Burgh:
"The Lady In ____" Red |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | THE COLORS OF MUSIC $800: R.E.M.:
"____ Crush" Orange |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | THE COLORS OF MUSIC $1000: Sting:
"Fields Of ____" Gold |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES & TV SHOWS $400: (I'm Ellie Kemper.) Growing up, I wanted to be a nun due in part to my love of this 1965 movie about a young woman at an Austrian convent The Sound of Music |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $400: In 2023 friends including Kelsea Ballerini helped her complete the Judds farewell tour Wynonna Judd |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $800: In 2020 Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer & Martie Maguire dropped the first part of their trio's name & now go simply as this The Chicks |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | IN MY ART DECO ERA $800: Before this music hall opened in 1932, a N.Y. newspaper glowed, "The whole theatre interior lends itself to effect of sunrise" Radio City Music Hall |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: Selling more than 10 million copies each, her "Up!", "The Woman In Me" & "Come on Over" albums have all been certified diamond Shania Twain |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $1600: In 2023 this queen of country took to the chair as a new coach on "The Voice" Reba McEntire |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $2000: 13 in 1972 when she had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", she continues to put out music, including her recent album, "Sweet Western Sound" Tanya Tucker |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | MUSIC $200: Well, here's one of these; call someone who cares a quarter note |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | MUSIC $400: There's only one consonant in the name of this woodwind that tunes the orchestra by playing a long sustained A oboe |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | MUSIC $600: In 1953 he became the first American to conduct at La Scala in Milan; 4 years later, he helped tell a "West Side Story" Bernstein |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | MUSIC $800: We could drone on & on about this Aussie Aboriginal wind instrument--that it's a 5'-long pipe made of eucalyptus wood, sounds cool... a didgeridoo |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | MUSIC $1000: In 1814 this Viennese composer put music to a Goethe poem & innovated the German lied, or art song Schubert |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | NEW JAZZ $800: Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington composed the music for this Netflix documentary film about Michelle Obama Becoming |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | "OB"VIOUS RESPONSES $2000: In music this term means mandatory, to be played without omission; it often refers to an instrumental accompaniment an obligato |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS $200: Reese Witherspoon won for her work in "Walk the Line" playing this country music singer & songwriter June Carter Cash |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | MUSIC TERMS $400: A countertenor is an adult male voice that mostly lies within this female register alto |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | MUSIC TERMS $800: As a symbol, it means the next note should be lowered by a semitone; as a disparaging word, it's applied to out-of-tune singers flat |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | MUSIC TERMS $1200: Haydn's "The Creation" is a famed one of these large-scale compositions for solo singers, chorus & orchestra an oratorio |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | MUSIC TERMS $2000: Italian for "going", it means to play at a walking pace--not too fast, not too slow andante |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | MUSIC TERMS $2,200 (Daily Double): You can use the black notes on a keyboard to play this common 5-note scale the pentatonic scale |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | WHO'S THE MRS.? $800: Garth Brooks Trisha Yearwood |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | THE MUSIC OF CANADA $200: You oughta know Flea & Dave Navarro played on this Ottawa singer's "You Oughta Know" Alanis Morissette |
| #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 |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | THE MUSIC OF CANADA $600: It was all about "Love" as this crooner from British Columbia was on top of the jazz albums chart in 2019 Michael Bublé |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | ARTS $800: Mozart's Serenade No. 13 in G major has this nickname that includes the time of day it was intended for "A Little Night Music" |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | THE MUSIC OF CANADA $800: This Ontario rocker ruled the '80s with hits like "Cuts Like A Knife" Bryan Adams |
| #8991, aired 2023-12-11 | THE MUSIC OF CANADA $1000: This "Fly By Night" power trio formed in Toronto in 1968; Neil Peart joined in '74 (cue the drum solo) Rush |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | GREEK ALPHABET PUZZLERS $1200: Around 1960, it was a state-of-the-art music system a hi-phi |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | CHORUS LINES $300: "When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things" The Sound of Music |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY INITIALS $400: It opens with the famous line, "If music be the food of love, play on":
T.N. Twelfth Night |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE $1200: Music of the Harlem Renaissance included the voice of this jazz legend who has been portrayed by Diana Ross & Andra Day Billie Holliday |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | CHECK IT & SEE $1000: Music is the most powerful connector says this Biden administration Secretary of State, seen performing "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Antony) Blinken |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $400: In 1968, she had back-to-back No. 1 country hits with "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" & "Stand By Your Man" Tammy Wynette |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $800: The Judds wanted him to "take me back to yesterday" & "tell me 'bout the good old days" Grandpa |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $1200: In their first No. 1 hit, the Zac Brown Band served up "A Little Bit Of" this, "& cold beer on a Friday night" chicken fried |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $1600: In a song that was very close to her heart, Loretta Lynn sang, "Yeah, I'm proud to be" this a coal miner's daughter |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $2000: "Wagon Wheel" & "Come Back Song" are solo hits by this soulful country singer & frontman for Hootie & the Blowfish Darius Rucker |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | BUILDING TERMS $1000: This term for the grooves or channels in the shaft of a marble column is not related to music a flute (fluting) |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $800: "The Music Man" takes place "right here in" this fictional Iowa city River City |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $200: Before she was an independent woman, Beyoncé was part of this group that hit with "Independent Women, Pt. 1" Destiny's Child |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $400: In 2021 she became the youngest artist to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with her song "drivers license" Olivia Rodrigo |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $600: In 1988 Tracy Chapman had a hit with this auto tune; 35 years later, Luke Combs' cover of it is a country hit "Fast Car" |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $800: (I'm Hans Zimmer.) Before scoring films I could be seen tickling the ivories on this new wave classic by The Buggles, the first ever video on MTV "Video Killed The Radio Star" |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $1000: Ice Spice & this singer whose fans are called Barbz are fittingly on the "Barbie" soundtrack with "Barbie World" Nicki Minaj |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | CANADIAN ARTISTES $400: Yannick Nézet-Séguin goes beyond the usual Verdi familiar works as music director since 2018 of this NYC organization the Metropolitan Opera |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | U.S. "WORLD CAPITALS" $300: This Lone Star State capital moonlights as the "live music capital of the world" Austin |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | '90s MUSIC $400: After years as a backup singer, she hit it big in 1994 with "All I Wanna Do" Sheryl Crow |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | '90s MUSIC $800: This country superstar's "Friends In Low Places" was named CMA Single of the Year in 1991 Garth Brooks |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | '90s MUSIC $1200: This Seattle band's 1991 debut album was titled "Ten" for the uniform number of NBA player Mookie Blaylock Pearl Jam |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | '90s MUSIC $1600: In 1998 these gals had back to back No 1 hits with "There's Your Trouble" & "Wide Open Spaces" the Dixie Chicks (The Chicks) |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | '90s MUSIC $2000: "Protect Ya Neck" was the first single by this hip-hop group with a martial arts-themed name Wu-Tang Clan |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | SONGS IN MUSICALS $1000: "The Music And The Mirror" &
"One" A Chorus Line |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | GREENS $200: Joe Raposo wrote the words & music, but this character first sang, "It's Not Easy Being Green" Kermit the Frog |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: In 2018 Jaap van Zweden left the Dallas Symphony to become the maestro of this Big Apple band the New York Philharmonic |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: A string quartet typically has 2 of these instruments violin |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: "Grosso" sometimes follows this word-o for a type of composition a concerto |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Johann Pachelbel was considered one of the great masters of this instrument before the generation of J.S. Bach the organ |
| #8969, aired 2023-11-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: The theme of the piece is the true mystery of these "Variations" by Edward Elgar the Enigma Variations |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | L____O $600: The opposite of staccato, it's a direction to play music smoothly legato |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | TALK ABOUT... PUP MUSIC $400: This man lived up to his name by asking, "What's my name" while adding "Bow wow wow, yippy yo yippy yay" Snoop Dogg |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | TALK ABOUT... PUP MUSIC $800: This country star Carrie-d on, singing "I close my eyes & I kiss that frog... the more boys I meet, the more I love my dog" (Carrie) Underwood |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | TALK ABOUT... PUP MUSIC $1200: This "Peace Train" writer was direct, "I love my dog / Love my dog as much as I love you / But you may fade / My dog will always come through" Cat Stevens |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | TALK ABOUT... PUP MUSIC $1600: This country singer & TV star used his voice to tell us about "Ol' Red", "a 4-legged tracking machine" of a prison guard dog Blake Shelton |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | TALK ABOUT... PUP MUSIC $2000: This band sang, "I don't practice Santeria" & also let us know "I love my dog", a tune on a "Best of" album in 2008 Sublime |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | COMPOSER PLAYLISTS $400: "The Flying Dutchman";
"The Mastersingers of Nuremberg";
"Tristan and Isolde";
"Ring Cycle" Wagner |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | COMPOSER PLAYLISTS $1000: "Living Room Music";
"Instances of Silence";
"Telephones and Birds";
"4'33"" John Cage |
| #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" |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $600: It's the former boy band of Harry Styles
_ _ E / _ I _ E _ _ I O _ One Direction |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $900: Billboard called her "the Queen of Adult Contemporary"
_ E _ I _ E / _ I O _ Celine Dion |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1200: Her 80s hits include "Only in My Dreams" & "Electric Youth"
_ E _ _ I E / _ I _ _ O _ Debbie Gibson |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | OLD POP MUSIC HAD SOME VOWELS: E-I-E-I-O $1500: It's a greatest hits album released by Madonna in 1990
_ _ E / I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I O _ The Immaculate Collection |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | NO, I DON'T NEED A DOCTOR $400: No, it's not a metallic sensory organ but a phrase meaning I'm insensitive to music & can't carry a tune a tin ear |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | WE MADE IT $200: Joop Sinjou & Toshitada Doi played a role in changing the music industry when this product debuted in 1982 the compact disc |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | MUSIC TERMS $400: This male voice range falls between tenor & bass baritone |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | MUSIC TERMS $800: A direction to singers, the term "bouche fermée" literally means that your mouth should be this closed |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | MUSIC TERMS $1200: String players debate how much of this technique to use; a little adds warmth... too much & you get the nanny goat effect vibrato |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | MUSIC TERMS $1600: German for "song", it's a German folk or art song a lied |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | MUSIC TERMS $2000: This Italian word is used of music gradually getting softer, the same as decrescendo diminuendo |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | THE 1600s $600: The oldest opera for which complete music still exists is Jacopo Peri's 1600 work about this lover of Orpheus Eurydice |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | CHANGE A LETTER $800: Merriam-Webster defines it as "a subculture... whose amusements include rap music, graffiti & break dancing" hip-hop |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: Classical music's Wihuri Sibelius Prize is awarded by members of music institutions from this country Finland |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | THE JEOPARDY! WORLD ORCHESTRA $400: Used in pairs, these instruments are heard in many kinds of Latin music maracas |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | MERRY MELODIES $400: The cheerful tune you're hearing is this composer's overture to "H.M.S. Pinafore" Sullivan |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | MERRY MELODIES $1200: This ode by Friedrich von Schiller is set to music in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony "Ode To Joy" |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | A BUNDLE OF "FUN" $200: After splitting with Paul Simon in the early seventies, he briefly left music and taught math Art Garfunkel |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | INVEST $1200: If you invest in a "CD" down at the bank, it's not music, but one of these a certificate of deposit |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | THE PIPE ORGAN $1600: Organ music is often written on 3 of these sets of lines, the lowest one for the pedal part a staff |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | THE DNA OF MUSIC $300: In her song "Can't Be Tamed", she sings "it's set in my DNA"; her dad, Billy Ray, passed down to her some of that genetic code Miley Cyrus |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | THE DNA OF MUSIC $600: A Kidz Bop version of her 2017 song opens "I just took a DNA test, turns out I'm 100% that kid" Lizzo |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | THE DNA OF MUSIC $900: This boy band kicked off their DNA World Tour in 2022; they sang "I Want It That Way" & other hits the Backstreet Boys |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | FROM Z TO A $1000: This fitness program began when an aerobics instructor swapped out his usual music with salsa & merengue songs Zumba |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | THE DNA OF MUSIC $1200: For their hit song "DNA", this K-pop band released a video in which they dance and form a double helix BTS |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | THE DNA OF MUSIC $1500: "I got, I got, I got, I got loyalty, got royalty,
inside my DNA" is a lyric in a 2017 rap hit by this Pulitzer winner Kendrick Lamar |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | TO SIR PAUL, WITH LOVE $2000: The Beatles won a music Oscar for this 1970 doc., but finding itself in times of trouble, the band didn't accept in person Let It Be |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $2000: The music of Germany's anthem was composed by this Austrian for the 1797 birthday of the Holy Roman Emperor Haydn |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | "DA" OR "BA" OR "DEE" $600: Its name origin is African but this instrument is now widely associated with the music of Latin America marimba |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY $1200: It's not all music in the Registry--this astronomer's recording of "Pale Blue Dot" made the cut too Sagan |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | IN SYNDICATION $400: Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, you got down to this type of dance music in the 1970s disco |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | "B" IN MUSIC $400: You could say it's a conductor's magic wand a baton |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | "B" IN MUSIC $800: It's the male singing voice between tenor & bass a baritone |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | "B" IN MUSIC $1600: This "Lullaby" composer once upset Franz Liszt by falling asleep during one of his performances Brahms |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | "B" IN MUSIC $2000: This German music festival has been presenting the works of Wagner since 1876 Bayreuth |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | "B" IN MUSIC $2,800 (Daily Double): Russian by birth, he composed the patriotic song heard here for his beloved adopted country Irving Berlin |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | TAKE IT "E-Z" $1000: This type of music that has its roots with Ashkenazi Jews features the clarinet & violin, among other instruments klezmer |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | U.S. FESTIVALS $1200: The Southwest Louisiana festival for this Creole music of fiddles & scrub boards began in a bean field outside Opelousas zydeco |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WRITING: MUSIC $400: "England's Dreaming", the title from a Sex Pistols lyric, chronicles this 1970s musical movement punk rock |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WRITING: MUSIC $800: Joan Didion wrote of a 1968 recording session, "There were 3 of the 4 Doors", a producer, girls, a dog, cheeseburgers, everything but him Jim Morrison |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WRITING: MUSIC $1200: The book "Go Ahead in the Rain" is an homage to this musical "Tribe" & its late member Phife Dawg A Tribe Called Quest |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WRITING: MUSIC $1600: Published a year after his death in 1984, "Divided Soul" looks at this singer's spiritual & sexual sides Marvin Gaye |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WRITING: MUSIC $2000: Played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Almost Famous", this critic wrote a book about Blondie & "Let It Blurt" is a book about him Lester Bangs |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | THE NAME OF THE DAME $200: Her house was alive with the sound of music; as a child, she possessed a 4-octave range & could sing notes only dogs could hear Julie Andrews |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: In 1976 Sarah Caldwell became the first woman at the Met with this job, helping Beverly Sills soar conductor |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Canadian Glenn Gould is known primarily for his unique stylings on this instrument the piano |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | HERE COMES THE SUMMER $800: Fans by the thousands flock to Chicago's Grant Park for this annual summer music festival Lollapalooza |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: Modern composer David Philip Hefti's "Fünf Concertini" honors this Italian known for creating about 500 concertos Vivaldi |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): Tan Dun, an Oscar winner for this 2000 Ang Lee film, recently composed an operatic work called "Buddha Passion" Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| #8901, aired 2023-06-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This composer created "A Musical Portrait of Chuck Close"; Chuck painted a portrait of him titled "Phil" Philip Glass |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | FACT: NONFICTION $1600: "Come On-A My House" & "Witchy Woman" are tunes discussed by this music legend in "The Philosophy of Modern Song" Bob Dylan |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC $200: A wood block beats out the ticking of the clock toward midnight in Prokofiev's score for the ballet about this heroine Cinderella |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC $600: Stephen Sondheim composed most of the score of "A Little Night Music" in 3/4 time, also known as this dance "time" waltz time |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC $800: Disney's "Fantasia" featured this Mussorgsky work about a hilltop witches' Sabbath a Night on Bald Mountain |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC $1000: This German title of a popular Mozart piece literally translates to "A Little Night Music" Eine kleine Nachtmusik |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC $1,600 (Daily Double): Chopin was a master of these meditative piano pieces, a French word meaning "of the night" nocturnes |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | MYTHOLOGY $2000: Not just Odysseus but his son visits this nymph who shares her name with a music style; Angelica Kauffman depicted his welcome Calypso |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | FAMOUS SIBLINGS $1600: The music video for "Losing You" by this sibling of Beyoncé highlights the flashily dressed Congolese Sapeurs Solange |
| #8880, aired 2023-05-26 | TECHNOLOGY $800: This visual effect with a portmanteau name was used in a Kendrick Lamar music video where K. Dot's face morphs into Kobe Bryant's deepfake |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | MUSIC OF THE MONTH $400: "Gloria" & maybe fittingly "I Fall Down" are but 2 of the rock & roll servings on the U2 album named for this month October |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | MUSIC OF THE MONTH $800: In 2018, this singer along with her band the Machine released the soulful tune "June" Florence |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | MUSIC OF THE MONTH $1200: Billie Joe Armstrong of this band lamented, "Wake me up when September ends" Green Day |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | MUSIC OF THE MONTH $1600: Fashioned from an Old English nursery rhyme, Simon & Garfunkel's "April Come She Will" was featured in this 1967 film The Graduate |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | MUSIC OF THE MONTH $2000: Weather report:
Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses assured us that "nothing lasts forever, even" this November rain |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | COMPOSERS $200: Scott Joplin published the haunting "Bethena, a Concert" this kind of dance music soon after the 1904 death of his wife waltz |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | THEIR OCCUPATIONAL SURNAMES $800: Precious metal worker who wrote the music for "Chinatown" & "Hoosiers" Jerry Goldsmith |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | BARONS & BARONESSES $800: This baroness had a cameo in "The Sound of Music"; she can be seen in the background as Julie Andrews sings "I have confidence" von Trapp |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | QUESTIONABLE MUSIC CHOICES $400: We'll lend some Creedence to the category, as CCR sang, "& I wonder, still I wonder", this title "Who'll Stop The Rain?" |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | QUESTIONABLE MUSIC CHOICES $800: John Mulaney has an amazing story of selecting 21 plays on a diner's jukebox of this 1965 Tom Jones hit "What's New, Pussycat?" |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | QUESTIONABLE MUSIC CHOICES $1200: In a 2019 single Sam Smith asked this question of a lying lover "How Do You Sleep?" |
| #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?" |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | QUESTIONABLE MUSIC CHOICES $2000: On this "White Album" cut, the only non-title lyric, really, is "no one will be watching us" "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?" |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $200: In 2014 Lady Gaga was "Cheek To Cheek" with this legend for a Grammy-winning album of duets Tony Bennett |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $400: Rihanna's 2023 Super Bowl halftime show included "We Found Love" & this 2007 No. 1 hit, "eh, eh, eh" "Umbrella" |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $600: In 2009 their "Boom Boom Pow" was knocked out of the No. 1 spot by their "I Gotta Feeling" the Black Eyed Peas |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $800: Pop goes Christmas as this Canadian crooner's yuletide songs play all season long Bublé |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | POP GOES THE MUSIC $1000: An oldie-but-goodie says, "But don't forget who's taking you home & in whose arms you're gonna be, so darlin"' do this save the last dance for me |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | MULTIPLE MEANINGS $800: If something has this type of smell, it's rotten; if music has this type of sound, it's got a danceable rhythm funky |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $400: "Humble." was a track on his album "Damn." Kendrick Lamar |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $800: This Drake song asks, "Kiki, do you love me? Are you riding?" "In My Feelings" |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $1200: "This Is A Life" is on the soundtrack of this 2022 film set in an IRS office & in the multiverse Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | POE"M"S $1200: Elizabeth Bishop's "I Am in Need of" this says, "There is a magic made by melody" music |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $1600: "Ctrl" & "SOS" are albums by her seen here SZA |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | RECENT POP MUSIC $2000: Possessive title of the third solo album by Mr. Styles Harry's House |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | 3 "O"s $600: Seen here is "The Music Lesson" by François Boucher, one of the leading painters in this style Rococo |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | 12-LETTER WORDS $400: A real humdinger of a word, in 1991 it became a music festival, now held annually in Chicago Lollapalooza |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $200: (Hans Zimmer reads and plays.) Contrasting with the music from the big action scenes, my theme "Tennessee" refers to the state Ben Affleck & Josh Hartnett come from in this war film Pearl Harbor |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $400: (Hans Zimmer reads and plays.) For this epic I tried to use some international influences, as it opens in Germany, takes place partly in Morocco & the hero is known as "the Spaniard" Gladiator |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $600: (Hans Zimmer reads.) For Denis Villeneuve's sequel to "Blade Runner", we used the same model synth, a Yamaha CS-80, that this Greek genius had used to create the moody sci-fi soundscape for the original film Vangelis |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $800: (Hans Zimmer reads.) Listening to Ennio Morricone's majestic score as a kid while watching this Sergio Leone epic that featured Henry Fonda taking a villainous turn, I thought, "That's what I want to do" Once Upon a Time in the West |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER $1000: (Hans Zimmer reads.) I'm a big fan of this jack-of-all-trades musician who scored films like "The Master" & "There Will Be Blood"; you may have also heard of his little band called Radiohead (Jonny) Greenwood |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $2000: Real name Joel Zimmerman, this electronic dance music superstar is known for numerous iterations of his rodent helmet deadmau5 |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | MUSICAL THEATER $600: On January 15, 2023 Hugh Jackman ended his run as this professor in "The Music Man" Harold Hill |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | CHRISTIAN-ITY $800: Before designing his red-soled shoes, Christian Louboutin apprenticed at this Parisian music hall famously seen in a Manet painting Folies-Bergère |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: After moving to Nashville, he joined a band called The Ranch, but soon had a solo No. 1 country hit with "But For The Grace Of God" Keith Urban |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: This country superstar seen here studied advertising at Oklahoma State, but ended up changing his career path a little bit Garth Brooks |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: "Wide Open Spaces" by this band seen here sold more than 12 million albums in the United States The Chicks |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: In 2003 at his final live show, he said, "The spirit of June Carter overshadows me... with the love she had for me & the love I have for her" Johnny Cash |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: In 2023 she released the album "Queen of Me" & showed up at the Grammys in red hair & giant polka dots Shania Twain |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | NEW NEW ORLEANS MUSIC $400: To respect native people who aided runaway slaves, artists like Flagboy Giz wear beaded suits for this event--Feb. 21 in 2023 Mardi Gras |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | NEW NEW ORLEANS MUSIC $800: Proudly from New Orleans, PJ Morton released a 2020 gospel album; he is also known for playing in this band with Adam Levine Maroon 5 |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | NEW NEW ORLEANS MUSIC $1200: Trumpeter Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah sometimes plays with a tilted bell just like this musician before him Dizzy Gillespie |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | NEW NEW ORLEANS MUSIC $1600: This New Orleans-set HBO series opened with the Rebirth Brass Band playing "Feel Like Funkin' It Up" during a second line Treme |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | NEW NEW ORLEANS MUSIC $2000: In 2021 this New Orleans pianist won an Oscar & released a new album while keeping his day job as Stephen Colbert's bandleader Jon Batiste |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICS $400: Ferde Grofé's account of his first time at this place, about which he wrote a suite, includes "All of a sudden, bingo! There it was" the Grand Canyon |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICS $1200: An audio clue on Robert Schumann's "Träumerei", meaning this activity that interested Freud, has to be long b/c it's played so slow dreaming |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICS $1600: The fictional maestro in "Tár" is trying to record the 1902 fifth ("Giant") symphony by this Austrian composer Mahler |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICS $2000: The title of this Carl Orff choral work means "Songs of Beuren", a Bavarian monastery Carmina Burana |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICS $19,000 (Daily Double): This composer's most famous piece, eventually annoying him with its fame, was originally titled "Finland Awakes" Sibelius |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | DIANE WARREN $2000: (Diane Warren gives the clue.) I honored my own dad for believing in me & my music when I wrote "Because You Love Me" for this film in which Robert Redford played a news director who believed in Michelle Pfeiffer Up Close & Personal |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $200: The 2023 Grammys were good to aging redheads: Bonnie Raitt got Song of the Year & he took Best Country Solo Performance Willie Nelson |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $400: She earned our respect by singing "Respect" during her "American Idol" days before having her own hit with "Behind These Hazel Eyes" Kelly Clarkson |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $600: This lead singer of Hole said, "I tried out for 'the Mickey Mouse Club' when I was 11", & that would've been very interesting casting Courtney Love |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $800: CBGB was a legendary East Village club where many punk & new wave acts got an early break, including them the Ramones |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $1000: Unafraid of long album titles like "When the Pawn..." (it does go on), she shortened things up in 2020 with "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" Fiona Apple |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | SING YOU A COUNTRY SONG $600: State the name of this band who did "Mountain Music", "Old Flame" & "My Home's In..."--oh wait, we almost said too much Alabama |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | A MUSICAL BOUQUET $1200: The last song Rodgers & Hammerstein wrote together was this one about an Alpine flower from "The Sound of Music" "Edelweiss" |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | 21st CENTURY FILMS $800: (I'm Reggie Watts.) In addition to music, I had done some stand-up & sketch work but found the type of comedy I wanted to perform in this 2001 "wet hot" movie starring Paul Rudd & Elizabeth Banks Wet Hot American Summer |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | , SAID THIS LITERARY CHARACTER $600: "Listen to them--the children of the night. What music they make!" Dracula |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THEATER BEFORE & AFTER $800: "76 trombones led the big parade" celebrating "The Impossible Dream" Music Man of La Mancha |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THEATER BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Wannabe music star Dewey Finn gets his prep students in tune at the Sunset Strip's Bourbon Room, so "Don't Stop Believin'" School of Rock of Ages |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | RIHANNA $200: Music superstar Rihanna was born in 1988 in the parish of Saint Michael in this Caribbean island country Barbados |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | BAR LINES $200: Stella! Stelllla! Man, that music's loud tonight! I said I'd like a Stella Artois for my pal & this other beer, PBR for short, for me Pabst Blue Ribbon |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | READING MUSIC $200: Early in "My Love Story", this legend notes, "at this point in my life, I've spent far more time without Ike than with him" Tina Turner |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | READING MUSIC $400: In "Me", his Donald Duck costume's "padded bum" made it hard to sit; he tried "to play 'Your Song' but... couldn't stop laughing" Elton John |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | READING MUSIC $600: A photo collection of this Smiths singer used a poetic quote for its title "Alone & Palely Loitering" Morrissey |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | READING MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): Chapters in "Dancing with Myself" by this ever-sneering singer include "Drunken, Stupid, & Naked" Billy Idol |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | READING MUSIC $1000: In "Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl" this Sleater-Kinney & "Portlandia" singer/actress explores finding herself in music Carrie Brownstein |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | LITERARY FRUIT STAND $200: In "War & Watermelon", a 12-year-old boy in 1969 goes along for the ride to this music fest & gains a new outlook on life Woodstock |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MUSIC-"O"-LOGY $400: It's the speed of a musical piece; before "primo", it means at the original pace tempo |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MUSIC-"O"-LOGY $800: Our Facts on File Dictionary of Music says it is "a direction implying a faster speed than allegro", but has nothing for "chango" presto |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | TV $1000: He not only created & executive produced "Alias" & "Lost", he also wrote their main theme music (J.J.) Abrams |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MUSIC-"O"-LOGY $1200: Let's listen to a demonstration of this term--you can't actually "reach" one because it means constantly increasing crescendo |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MUSIC-"O"-LOGY $2000: A lively, whimsical piece that's not too long; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote one "Italien" a capriccio |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | MUSIC-"O"-LOGY $5,800 (Daily Double): Play the notes of a chord in sequence instead of together & you've got this an arpeggio |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | LETTER PERFECT $400: Boy bands BTS & GOT7 are big names in the music genre called this pop K-pop |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $200: This rock & roll legend passed away in 2020 Little Richard |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $400: In 1983 Prince drove into the Top 10 for the first time in this title conveyance "Little Red Corvette" |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $600: This country quartet has won 3 Grammys, including one in 2016 for "Girl Crush" Little Big Town |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $800: "I'll keep you my" this, sang the All-American Rejects, though having a No. 1 hit might not be the best way to do that "Dirty Little Secret" |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $1000: Be cool, relax & name this 1980 chart-topper by Queen "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $200: Smells like
Teen ____
In The Sky Spirit |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $400: Three Times A ____
Marmalade Lady |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $600: Empire State
Of ____
Games Mind |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $800: Save Your ____
In Heaven Tears |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $1000: Drink Country: Tennessee ____
Lullaby Whiskey |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | DE-COMPOSING $600: This "Peter & the Wolf" music maker stopped Russian around in March 1953 Prokofiev |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | NORWAY IS FAMOUS FOR... $800: Its great dramatist Henrik Ibsen & for this composer whom Ibsen asked to write music for his play "Peer Gynt" Edvard Grieg |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $400: All hail Dana Owens, better known by this moniker, who was voted Most Popular at her New Jersey high school Queen Latifah |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $800: Hip-hip hooray for this superstar who got into the groove as a cheerleader at her Michigan high school Madonna |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $1200: All this singer-songwriter wanted to do was have some fun her senior year, which included drum majorette & prom princess Sheryl Crow |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $1600: At L.A.'s Fairfax High, he showed a flair for poetry, later heard in his Red Hot Chili Peppers songs Anthony Kiedis |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $2000: A member of his Ohio high school drama club, he'd get roles on TV & in films, but he's better known for his own brand of honky-tonk Dwight Yoakam |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | ADJECTIVE THEN NOUN $800: Rap music until about 1985; let's put on some Treacherous Three & kick it... old school |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | "M"USIC CLASS $1000: This Polish dance music in triple time originated in the 16th century & uses heel-tapping accents a mazurka |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $400: The 11 songs on "Ten" by this Seattle band include "Even Flow" & "Jeremy" Pearl Jam |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $800: Chronicled in the miniseries "George and Tammy" the complex relationship of him & Tammy Wynette produced some country classics George Jones |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $1200: This southern city is a hip-hop mecca & one of its temples is Lenox Square Mall, where the OutKast rappers met Atlanta |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $1600: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" propelled this rock 'n' roll legend to stardom in 1957 Jerry Lee Lewis |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $2000: An ad in the Village Voice brought drummer Clem Burke into this band he's been playing with since the '70s Blondie |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | MAKING MUSIC $400: Backing band the Funk Brothers were the subject of the documentary "Standing in the Shadows of" this Detroit record label Motown |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | MAKING MUSIC $800: (Questlove presents the clue.) This use of snippets from other artists' songs is a hip-hop tradition; in 2006 the Roots had a half hour to clear one from Radiohead before our album got shipped, so we got Jay-Z to find Thom Yorke at the gym a sample |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | MAKING MUSIC $1200: Songs from "Psycho Killer" to "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" have used the Roland TR-808, one of these that replaces a human a drum machine |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | MAKING MUSIC $1600: "Temple of Low Men" by Crowded House is one of hundreds of albums on which Bob Clearmountain did this, tastily combining tracks mixing |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | MAKING MUSIC $2000: This jack-of-all-trades was part of the band fun. as well as being a super-producer known for work with Taylor Swift Antonoff |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | A HEAVENLY BODY IN MUSIC $400: This planet "needs women, angry red women... stop, look, dig it" Mars |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | A HEAVENLY BODY IN MUSIC $800: On a warm day after a long winter, in Eric Clapton's garden, George Harrison came up with this song (& I say it's alright) "Here Comes The Sun" |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | A HEAVENLY BODY IN MUSIC $1200: "When the moon is in the seventh house," we're coming up on the dawning of this the age of Aquarius |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | A HEAVENLY BODY IN MUSIC $2000: A Tori Kelly tune rhymes, "I've never been to heaven, but it doesn't seem that far, 'cause you're my" this North Star |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | A HEAVENLY BODY IN MUSIC $4,000 (Daily Double): This singer also from northern lands recorded "The Comet Song" for a film based on Finland's beloved Moomin books Björk |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | INSIDE BALLET & OPERA $3,200 (Daily Double): This 8-letter piece of music comes before an opera & contains themes of the entire piece an overture |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $600: A leader & producer of the Wu-Tang Clan, he composed music for "Kill Bill" & we can't help hoping he'll work on a song with SZA RZA |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $800: George Gershwin's last concert work was based on his song "I Got" this essential element of music Rhythm |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $400: Turn up the music, specifically her "About Damn Time", the lead single off her 2022 album "Special" Lizzo |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $800: In 2021, she won the inaugural Music Icon Award at the People's Choice Awards Christina Aguilera |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $1200: Ricky Martin had a hit with "Livin' La Vida Loca", while this British group topped the charts with "Viva La Vida" Coldplay |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $1600: In a No. 1 Michael Jackson hit, "She's just a girl who claims that I am the one, but the kid is not my son" "Billie Jean" |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | POP MUSIC $2000: According to Billboard, the top holiday artist of 2022 was this a cappella group who have been singing together since 2011 Pentatonix |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | COLORS OF THE RAINBOW $200: This genre of country music is fittingly Kentucky's state music bluegrass |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | A LOVELY ACCENT $1600: An accent mark hovers over the name of Cate Blanchett's character in this 2022 film set in the world of classical music Tár |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | STAY CLASSY, CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Tchaikovsky got ahead of his contemporaries & used the then-new celesta in the music for this ballet, now a Christmas favorite Nutcracker |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | STAY CLASSY, CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: This 1829 opera has the title Swiss mister take on the evil Gesler William Tell |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | STAY CLASSY, CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: He was born in 1756, created more than 600 works of music before his 36th birthday but never got to his 36th birthday Mozart |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | STAY CLASSY, CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: Truly a man for all seasons, this Italian composed the serenata called "La Gloria e Imeneo" for King Louis XV's wedding Vivaldi |
| #8817, aired 2023-02-28 | STAY CLASSY, CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: Let's go Bach in time to the 1700s & these concertos with a German state name; No. 2 kicks a trumpet solo to new heights the Brandenburg Concertos |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | BLACK HISTORY $1600: Around 1910 there was no such thing as Chicago blues; this 2-word exodus of Black folks brought the music north the Great Migration |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | POST-GRADUATION $1000: A top music industry award gets its name from this old-time record player with a big horn a gramophone |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1200: This Boston school of music is named for its second president; his first & last names were reversed Berklee |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | TRIOS $1200: The Grammy-nominated "Women in Music Part III" was a production of this trio Haim |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $1600: The familiar piece of music heard here by this composer is the basis for the official anthem of the European Union Beethoven |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | ALL KINDS OF BOOKS $200: "Between a Heart and a Rock Place" is the memoir of this singer, with 40-plus years in the music business Pat Benatar |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | MUSIC FOR SHARKS $200: This kids' song by South Korea's educational outfit Pinkfong became an international sensation "Baby Shark" |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | MUSIC FOR SHARKS $400: The "Jaws" theme was composed by this multiple Oscar winner John Williams |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | MUSIC FOR SHARKS $600: In this No. 1 hit, Bobby Darin sang, "Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear & it shows them pearly white" "Mack The Knife" |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | MUSIC FOR SHARKS $800: This duo's hit "Maneater" warns, "Watch out boy she'll chew you up" Hall & Oates |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | MUSIC FOR SHARKS $1000: "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" is a Grammy-nominated tune by this hard rock band whose name is a type of shark Great White |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | I BEFORE E $1200: Encompassing on all sides, like air temperature or some music ambient (ambience) |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | WATER MUSIC $400: Ike & Tina Turner were "rollin' on the river" with this song "Proud Mary" |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | WATER MUSIC $800: Carly Simon wrote "Let The River Run" for this film starring Melanie Griffith & Harrison Ford Working Girl |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $1000: Part classicist, part romantic, this is the only one of the 3 "B"s of classical music who lived entirely in the 19th century Brahms |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | WATER MUSIC $1200: This composer's "Water Music" from 1717 is heard here
[Orchestra plays Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major] Handel |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | WATER MUSIC $1600: Linda Ronstadt sang of "going back someday" to this colorful body of water "Blue Bayou" |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | WATER MUSIC $2000: This watery Henry Mancini composition was a huge hit for Andy Williams "Moon River" |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $400: Taylor Swift said she was up very late writing the songs that make up this 2022 album, hence its title Midnights |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $800: On hits like "I Love Rock 'N Roll" & "Crimson & Clover", she was backed by The Blackhearts Joan Jett |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $1200: On "Truth Hurts", Lizzo rhymes "fresh photos with the bomb lighting" & "new man on" this NFL team the Minnesota Vikings |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $1600: In 2022 she was free to duet with Elton John on the song "Hold Me Closer" Britney Spears |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | GETTING CLOSE TO THE END $2000: When you see this notation in music, you've hit the final part of the movement the coda |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | POP MUSIC $2000: An outlier ballad from this British metal band was "Changes" in 1972; it was rarely performed live Black Sabbath |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | THE SILENT & NOT-SILENT LETTER $1000: In a memory-helping word that describes a phrase like "every good boy does fine", relating to music M |
| #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 $100: This No. 1 song says, "If you like it, then you should've put a ring on it" "Single Ladies" |
| #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" |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $300: In the '80s we were "Head Over Heels" for this all-female group; they did, in fact, have the beat The Go-Go's |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $400: The 2022 song "Bam Bam" features vocals by Ed Sheeran & this Cuban-American superstar Camila Cabello |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | POP MUSIC $500: Here's this "Unstoppable" singer wearing one of her trademark oversized wigs Sia |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | REPETITIVE MUSIC $200: "Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today" & I want one of you to be a part of it, this song, this song "New York, New York" |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | REPETITIVE MUSIC $400: The Beach Boys had their share in 1964 singing, "She'll have" this, this, this "'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away" "Fun, Fun, Fun" |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | REPETITIVE MUSIC $600: Whether for the telephone or for the car, Destiny's Child dealt with these, these, these, the title of a 1999 No. 1 hit "Bills, Bills, Bills" |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | REPETITIVE MUSIC $800: In an incredible moment of branding in 1982, this Mark Hollis band band found "All you do to me is" this this Talk Talk |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | REPETITIVE MUSIC $1000: A few years before this band had its first Top 10 hit in 1983, it played a gig at a club called Barbarella's Duran Duran |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | U.S. STAMPS $800: The musician wears a traditional outfit called traje de charro on the stamp seen here honoring this Mexican style of music mariachi |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | BORN OR DIED IN 1923 $1200: Born:
Real name Hiram, this country music legend in Alabama (Hank) Williams |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $300: In 2020 this K-pop boy group burst out with "Dynamite", a No. 1 hit BTS |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $600: "I'd catch a grenade for ya", he sang in a No. 1 song Bruno Mars |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $900: His singing career really burst into the stratosphere with "Rocket Man", which says, "burning out his fuse up here alone" Elton John |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | "MIS"INFORMATION $1200: A Broadway musical based on the music of Fats Waller is called "Ain't" this Misbehavin' |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $1200: "Boom Boom Pow" is an explosive track from this group that includes will.i.am the Black Eyed Peas |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | EXPLOSIVE MUSIC $1500: This group with Cherie Currie & Joan Jett exploded with "Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom, I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch cherry bomb" the Runaways |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | THEY WERE TEACHERS $900: (Colby Burnett delivers the clue.) Before hitting it big writing novels like "The Da Vinci Code", he pursued a music career & also taught at prep schools in New Hampshire & Beverly Hills (Dan) Brown |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | TV THEME SONGS $800: "It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights" The Muppet Show |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $400: "Don't Get Above Your Raisin"' is a song from Flatt & Scruggs; it's also the name of an episode of this Ken Burns series Country Music |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $800: Her song "You've Got A Friend" came out the year after her pal James Taylor sang of "lonely times when I could not find a friend" Carole King |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS $1000: Roy Lichtenstein's comic book style paintings include "Blam" & this! of 2 planes in combat, a title reminiscent of a pop music duo Whaam! |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $1200: Alejandro Fernández' 2009 release "Dos Mundos", meaning this, held not one, not 2, but 3 spots on the Billboard Latin Album charts two worlds |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $1600: To tweak an '80s lyric from this band, lovin' would be easy if your colors were those on Ghana's flag, red, gold & green Culture Club |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $2000: Watching his bride out on the floor at his wedding, polio survivor Doc Pomus got the idea for "Save" this "For Me" the Last Dance |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | THE AGELESS DIANA ROSS $600: This co-star of TV's "black-ish" hosted the American Music Awards on a special evening when mom Diana got the Lifetime Achievement Award Tracee Ellis Ross |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | OSCAR WINNERS ON TV $800: In 2022, she took on the role of Dottie, matriarch of a country music dynasty on "Monarch" (Susan) Sarandon |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | STAGE MUSICALS BY SONG LYRICS $1600: "There is a sucker born every minute, each time the second hand sweeps to the top like dandelions up they pop" Barnum |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | WRITE PLACE $2000: In his travel journals, Lawrence Ferlinghetti wrote of taking this hyphenated railway, which played very loud Russian music the Trans-Siberian Railway |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | ALL STARS $800: The music for this came from a festive British song titled "To Anacreon In Heaven" "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | MYTHOLOGY $800: Euterpe, muse of music, was very fond of playing what's called the double this the double flute (an aulos) |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | MUSIC ICONS $200: Valerie Bertinelli said of this rock icon that she loved him "more than I know how to explain. I loved his soul" Eddie Van Halen |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | TV & MOVIE PLACES $400: "Amadeus" & "The Sound of Music" are mainly set in this country Austria |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | MUSIC ICONS $400: Fans the world over celebrate this reggae legend on February 6, his birthday Bob Marley |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | MUSIC ICONS $600: At the 2022 Newport Folk Festival, she delighted fans with her "Both Sides Now" & "Big Yellow Taxi", among others Joni Mitchell |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | MUSIC ICONS $800: On a historic day in 1976, Joe Strummer met Mick Jones in London, calling their legendary band this came later The Clash |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | MUSIC ICONS $1000: Her recording career lasted less than 4 years; her final studio album was 1971's "Pearl", featuring "Me And Bobby McGee" Janis Joplin |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | WITH A SONG IN YOUR BRAIN $1000: Publishing company Hal Leonard offers "the world's premier destination for digital" this loose-printed music; kind of an oxymoron sheet music |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | MARK'S BROTHERS & SISTERS $800: Music man Mark Ronson has sisters who are twins, fashion designer Charlotte & her Samantha Ronson |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | "U" IS THE ONLY VOWEL $1000: It describes a hero who receives no praise, in music or otherwise unsung |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL BIZ $1000: The 2021 TransPerfect Music City Bowl was held in this city, y'all Nashville |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES $800: "The Live Music Capital of the World" Austin |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $1000: These music awards are named for a chairman of Canada's Radio-Television & Telecommunications Commission & spelled like a Roman goddess a Juno |
| #8755, aired 2022-12-02 | BODY LANGUAGE $600: This "music" can mean a pitch thrown high, near the batter's head chin music |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | SOME OF THAT JAZZ $800: John Coltrane blew minds with his version of this "Sound of Music" song about "brown paper packages tied up with strings" "My Favorite Things" |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | HEAD FOR THE HILLS $400: The 2022 revival of this musical on Broadway stars Hugh Jackman as con artist Harold Hill The Music Man |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | FROM "D" TO "O" $1000: It's the proprietary name for an acoustic guitar with a metal resonator built into its body; it's popular for country music Dobro |
| #8740, aired 2022-11-11 | THE ARTS $400: Aaron Copland composed the music for a ballet set in the southwest & named for this notorious bandit Billy the Kid |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | THE LORE OF THE LAND $800: He wrote a verse play about the Scandinavian folk hero Peer Gynt & Edvard Grieg wrote music to go with it Ibsen |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | A CRASH OF SYMBOLS $1600: Similar to one in math, in music, the symbol here means this gradual lessening in loudness decrescendo |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | BALLET & OPERA $200 (Daily Double): The fate of these lovers from Shakespeare is no better in the ballet with music by Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | ON BROADWAY $1600: Singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell wrote the book, music & lyrics for this 2019 musical named for the Greek underworld Hadestown |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $2000: Big in '80s music videos, this portmanteau word means a synthesizer worn with a strap over the shoulder the keytar |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | A MUSICAL JOURNEY WITH QUESTLOVE $800: (Questlove presents the clue.) Names like Boyz II Men, Teddy Pendergrass & my dad's band Lee Andrews & The Hearts, are a part of this city's heritage of vocal music & are found on its Music Alliances Walk of Fame Philadelphia |
| #8734, aired 2022-11-03 | A MUSICAL JOURNEY WITH QUESTLOVE $2000: (Questlove presents the clue.) Working backward in an amazing career--played with Fab 5 Freddy, performed civil rights-themed music & pioneered bop with Bird & Diz, every drummer owes a debt to this man Max Roach |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | BAROQUE $200: In the Baroque era the trio sonata, usually written for 2 violins & a cello, was a genre of this, named for a room chamber music |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | HE DIRECTED THAT? $800: Sylvester Stallone directed this ah, ha, ha, ha sequel to "Saturday Night Fever", featuring music by his brother Frank Staying Alive |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | STAR TRACK: THE NEXT GENERATION $200: This father & daughter both hit No. 1 on the music charts: he with "Achy Breaky Heart" & she with "Wrecking Ball" Billy Ray Cyrus & Miley Cyrus |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $600: Grab a tasty soondae & score some K-pop music in the Myeongdong District of this South Korean capital Seoul |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | THE NUMBER IN MUSIC $200: This late, great rapper went by the alphanumeric version of his name when he joined forces with Dr. Dre on "California Love" 2Pac |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | THE NUMBER IN MUSIC $400: Later an actor & a Grammy winner, he teamed with Big Boi, with whom he went to high school in Atlanta André 3000 |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | THE NUMBER IN MUSIC $600: In 2004 Jay-Z had a hit with this many title "Problems" but hopefully, our clue ain't one 99 |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | THE NUMBER IN MUSIC $800: It would be a (disorganized) crime if you didn't know this group won an Oscar for their song "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" Three 6 Mafia |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | THE NUMBER IN MUSIC $1000: Noted for neckware, he was in Playaz Circle before teaming with Drake to go platinum with "No Lie" 2 Chainz |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | D.C.-AREA ATTRACTIONS $1600: This library has been known to host Renaissance music to honor Shakespeare's birthday the Folger |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | FESTIVALS $1600: Confetti & tunes flow freely at the massive music festival named for this southwestern town of England Glastonbury |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | MUSIC OF TODAY $300: In 2017 she sang, "I want your midnights" but in 2022, she decided to give "Midnights" to us as her 10th studio album Taylor Swift |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | MUSIC OF TODAY $600: This Kate Bush song that covers both yesterday & today is subtitled "(A Deal With God)"; hey, stranger things have happened "Running Up That Hill" |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | MUSIC OF TODAY $900: "As It Was", during his "Love On Tour", this singer stopped mid-show to give his mic to a fan for a surprise proposal (the woman said yes) Harry Styles |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | MUSIC OF TODAY $1200: "Yaka-yaka yaka-yaka yaka-yaka yaka-yaka"!
Beyoncé repeatedly sang, "You won't" do this title, & now I'm tellin' everybody "Break My Soul" |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | MUSIC OF TODAY $1500: At the 2022 VMAs he performed "Titi Me Pregunto" at Yankee Stadium & became the 1st male Latin star to win Artist of the Year Bad Bunny |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | FROM C TO D $200: In music it's 3 or more notes sounded together a chord |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | CELEBRITIES $400: Variety called her one of pop culture's most famous mother figures; music fans were saddened by her death in 2022 Naomi Judd |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $100: "Easy come, easy go, little high, little low", says "Bohemian Rhapsody" by this group Queen |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $200: This '60s group loved the waves with hits like "Surfer Girl", "Surfin' Safari" & "Surfin' U.S.A." The Beach Boys |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | THE IN MEMORIAM SEGMENT 1922 $200: Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, delegate to Congress from this territory; Theodore Roosevelt wouldn't learn to say his name Hawaii |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $300: "Valerie" is a soulful tune from this singer who died too young in 2011 Amy Winehouse |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $400: In a 2018 release, Childish Gambino told us in this song, "Don't catch you slippin' now, look what I'm whippin' now" "This Is America" |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | POP MUSIC $500: A hit from 2012, "I Will Wait" is by this band who, despite the "Sons" in their name, are unrelated Mumford and Sons |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | SUBTITLED NONFICTION $600: "Turn The Beat Around" explores "The Secret History of" this often derided music genre of the 1970s disco |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | BROADWAY ROCKS $2000: Based on the music of Johnny Cash, "Ring of Fire" opened with this Nine Inch Nails song memorably covered by Johnny "Hurt" |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $200: Kurt Cobain expressed his own apathy with this song's lyric "Oh well, whatever, nevermind" "Smells Like Teen Spirit" |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $400: If you knew the title gal of this 1957 Buddy Holly hit, you'd know her last name was Gerron "Peggy Sue" |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $600: In 1996 The Bayside Boys remix of this song by Los del Río was a No. 1 hit; its accompanying dance was a '90s fad too "Macarena" |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $800: Survivor had a No. 1 hit in 1982 with this song, the theme from "Rocky III" "Eye Of The Tiger" |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | 20th CENTURY POP MUSIC $1000: "Time" & "Money" can both be found on this Pink Floyd album from 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | "GO" INTO THE DICTIONARY $900: Music for this South American ballroom favorite is heard the tango |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $400: "Wonderwall" was a big hit from their 1995 album "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" Oasis |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $800: Thanks to "Stranger Things", her 1985 song "Running Up That Hill" re-entered the charts in 2022 Kate Bush |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $1200: This "Icy Girl" rapper got her stage name from her grandmother's nickname for her Saweetie |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $1600: This rap group that "Ain't Nuthin' But A She Thing" hit the charts with "Push It" & "Shoop" Salt-N-Pepa |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | POP MUSIC $2000: There are 2 colors in the name of this K-pop girl group Blackpink |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | CURRENT SLANG $1200: A drama queen might be described with this 3-letter word, also a music genre emo |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE $1600: Los Angeles Clippers all-star forward who composed the music for "West Side Story" Kawhi Leonard Bernstein |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | HISPANIC HERITAGE HERE $800: In 2022 Chicago held the first Sueños Fest, devoted to this Latin music-reggae mix that began in Panama reggaetón |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | MUSIC $200: Virtuoso Narciso Yepes played a guitar of his own design with this many strings, four more than the norm 10 |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | MUSIC $400: Sorbetto is one type of this solo song in an opera; the audience would get sorbets as a supporting character sang an aria |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | MUSIC $600: "In the beginning" are the first words of this Haydn oratorio about this act by God; here's a later tune The Creation |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | MUSIC $800: Ms. Rice knows con dolcezza or "with sweetness" is in his 6th symphony, which he conducted in St. Petersburg 9 days before his death Tchaikovsky |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | MUSIC $1000: Piano students often begin with the scale of C major, the key of the first prelude & fugue in this Bach work with an instrumental name The Well-Tempered Clavier |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | 20th CENTURY SONG, 21st CENTURY AD $2000: Fidelity Investments:
This British band's
"More Than This" Roxy Music |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | SIRIUS-LY DEDICATED $400: The music of this late, great Heartbreaker leader who also traveled as Charlie T. Wilbury Jr. gets its own channel Tom Petty |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1200: Students & alumni from this prestigious College of Music in Boston took part in the making of the movie "CODA" Berklee |
| #8689, aired 2022-07-21 | BUILD A BEAR WORKSHOP $600: A Haydn symphony nicknamed "The Bear" has a passage that sounds like music for bears to do this--perhaps a minuet? dance |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | TROPHY HUSBAND $400: This husband of Nicole Kidman was the 2018 Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year Keith Urban |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | WELSH FOLK $600: A commander of the Order of the British Empire, this Oscar winner made her Broadway debut in 2009 in "A Little Night Music" Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | SCANDINAVIA $1000: He drew on Norwegian folk tales & tunes for his music, including "In The Hall Of The Mountain King", heard here Grieg |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | KENTUCKIAN ENTERTAINERS $1600: Louis "Grandpa" Jones was a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry & a longtime cast member of this country music TV show Hee Haw |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | MUNICIPAL MUSIC $400: Weezer sang of this Southern California city, "that's where I want to be... rolling like a celebrity" Beverly Hills |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | MUNICIPAL MUSIC $800: With the help of Young Thug, Camila Cabello rocked this song that shares its name with the Caribbean capital where she was born Havana |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | MUNICIPAL MUSIC $1200: A song by Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull says, "She gon' make you move to" this city both men know well Miami |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | MUNICIPAL MUSIC $1600: Feeling "unfettered & alive", Joni Mitchell sang of being "a free man in" this city Paris |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | MUNICIPAL MUSIC $2000: "For you, ooh you" George Ezra sings he'd lose it all--his piano, his treasure chest & his house in this Danube River City Budapest |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | GET OUT $400: Get out to the West Coast for Bottlerock, a festival of big music acts & wine tasting in this California valley Napa Valley |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE $1200: It means cool; a 1990s & 2000s hip-hop music label was "So So" this Def |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: As well as an imposing title, "Die Gezeichneten" has one of opera's longest of these musical preludes at about 20 minutes an overture |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | WORDS OF COMFORT $1200: According to a 1697 play, it's what music can do to a savage breast soothe |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: In 1830 German composer Felix Mendelssohn traveled south & found inspiration for this "national" symphony the Italian Symphony |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: He dedicated "The Firebird" to his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov Stravinsky |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: It's the term for an extended instrumental solo in a concerto, like the one in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 a cadenza |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $5,000 (Daily Double): "Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age" was Gustav Holst's favorite part of this work of his The Planets |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | LAUREL $600: In 2014, this music legend seen here, a 7-time Oscar nominee, was awarded the prestigious Spingarn Medal Quincy Jones |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | THEY PLAYED THE TITLE CHARACTER $400: The coal miner's daughter who went on to become "The Queen of Country Music" Sissy Spacek |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | ROCK & ROLL $800: In 2022 music by this late performer, including his "Bat Out of Hell" album, returned to the Billboard charts Meat Loaf |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | IT'S A "SYN" $400: It created the music heard here a synthesizer |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MUSICIANS SELLING MUSIC $200: Sony Music made a boss move in 2021, paying more than half a billion for the recordings & music publishing of this Jersey guy Bruce Springsteen |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MUSICIANS SELLING MUSIC $400: Deserving the Fleetwood max, this frontwoman sold a majority--but not all!--of her publishing for $100 million Stevie Nicks |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MUSICIANS SELLING MUSIC $600: Music rights for America (the band) went for $40 million in 2022 in part for having "been through the desert on" this title transport "A Horse With No Name" |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MUSICIANS SELLING MUSIC $800: More like "tangled up in green"! Around 600 songs, selling for $300 million; that's 1/2 million a tune for this singer-songwriter Bob Dylan |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MUSICIANS SELLING MUSIC $1000: In 2021 the estate of this "Dance With My Father" R&B singer who left us far too soon at 54 made a $40 mil. deal with Primary Wave Luther Vandross |
| #8651, aired 2022-05-30 | VERB + "ER" = NOUN $600: A non-alcoholic ingredient for a cocktail, or an important device for a music producer or DJ a mixer |
| #8651, aired 2022-05-30 | 18th CENTURY CULTURE CLUB $5,000 (Daily Double): He composed some famous music for a 1717 royal boat trip down the Thames George Frideric Handel |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL COMPOSERS $800: Michael Haydn outshone brother Joseph in church music & wrote this mass for the dead that influenced Mozart's famous one Requiem |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | SETTING, THE BROADWAY STAGE $800: This favorite is right here in River City, Iowa The Music Man |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | FACE THE MUSIC $200: This funnyman & former fiancé was one of those who inspired Ariana Grande's song "Thank U, Next" Pete Davidson |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | FACE THE MUSIC $400: When Dolly Parton left singing partner Porter Wagoner for a solo career, she wrote this iconic love song for him "I Will Always Love You" |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | FACE THE MUSIC $600: Erin Everly's smile reminded Axl Rose of childhood memories in this Guns N' Roses hit "Sweet Child O' Mine" |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | FACE THE MUSIC $800: This late comic is the Andy of R.E.M.'s hit "Man On The Moon" Andy Kaufman |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | FACE THE MUSIC $1000: Helô Pinheiro was a young Brazilian bathing beauty when she inspired Antônio Carlos Jobim to write this bossa nova classic "The Girl From Ipanema" |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $200: Performing in 2020 just after their family suffered a miscarriage, this piano maestro dedicated "Never Break" to his wife
"We will never break /
We will never break /
Built on a foundation /
Strong enough to stay..." John Legend |
| #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 |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $600: We won't dance around it--this band! at the 2019 show made their ma proud & lived up to the chorus of a hit tune
"Hey look ma, I made it /
Hey look ma, I made it..." Panic! at the Disco |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $800: This genre-defying band that broke in 2014 with "Gooey" performed at the BBMAs in 2021
"Sometimes, all I think about is you /
Late nights in the middle of June /
Heat waves been fakin' me out /
Heat waves been fakin' me out..." Glass Animals |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $1000: At the 2021 show, this letter-perfect indie pop trio gave a smokin' performance of "Bang!"
"So put your best face on everybody /
Pretend you know this song /
Everybody come hang /
Let's go out with a bang /
Bang! Bang! Bang!" AJR |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | GEOMETRY CLASS $400: Used in a different sense in music, this term is used for the line highlighted here chord |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | ART $600: Moving from Europe to New York in 1940, Piet Mondrian cut loose & painted 2 major works whose titles contain this rhyming music style boogie-woogie |
| #8634, aired 2022-05-05 | ART $1000: In the "Education of Achilles" by this Flemish master, a highly cultivated man, the lyre represents music education Rubens |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC SONG TITLES $400: Billy Ray Cyrus lamented the good old days in his tongue-in-cheek song entitled "I Want My" this hairstyle "Back" Mullet |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC SONG TITLES $800: Women mentioned in this George Strait hit include sweet Eileen in Abilene & Allison in Galveston "All My Ex's Live In Texas" |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC SONG TITLES $1200: In a Grammy-winning hit, Jeannie C. Riley sang about "the day my mama socked it to" this school organization the "Harper Valley P.T.A." |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | AN ANATOMY OF WORDS $1200: In tune with the latest fashion & music hip |
| #8627, aired 2022-04-26 | ONE BIG FAMILY $2,000 (Daily Double): This performing family toured the United States in the 1940s, then settled on a Vermont farm the von Trapps |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | THINK "BIG" $400: Type of music & ensemble associated with Duke Ellington & Tommy Dorsey big band |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | THINK "BIG" $1000: Roger Miller wrote the music & lyrics for this musical based on "Huckleberry Finn" Big River |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | MUSIC FROM THE NECK UP $200: For some reason Willow Smith in 2010 kept telling us she was going to "whip" this "back and forth" her hair |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | MUSIC FROM THE NECK UP $400: Del the Funky Homosapien rapped about this "& Crossbones" Skull |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | MUSIC FROM THE NECK UP $600: Echo & the Bunnymen sang that they were "like sugar"; in a Meghan Trainor song, they were movin' lips |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | MUSIC FROM THE NECK UP $800: "Heaven, I'm in heaven... when we're out together dancing" this way cheek to cheek |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | MUSIC FROM THE NECK UP $1000: In a Kim Carnes tune the subject of the song has "Greta Garbo stand-off sighs" & this actress' eyes Bette Davis |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | DOUBLE PRESIDENTIAL NAMERS $2000: 42 & 5:
This pioneer of bluegrass music Bill Monroe |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | R&B MUSIC $400: This signature song topped the R&B chart for 8 weeks in 1967; do we have to spell it out for you? "Respect" |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | R&B MUSIC $800: In 2016, part of a Detroit street was named in honor of this man, who's had Number Ones on the R&B charts since he was a kid Stevie Wonder |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | R&B MUSIC $1200: Songwriter, producer & singer Kenneth Edmonds is better known by this nickname "Babyface" |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | R&B MUSIC $1600: Billboard said this late, great singer "redefined R&B/soul" with "the socially themed 1971 landmark album 'What's Going On"' Marvin Gaye |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | R&B MUSIC $2000: In Dec. 2021 this "seasonal" singer was on 10 of the Top 25 R&B Hits, including "Bitter" with Cardi B & "Insane" Summer Walker |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | THE AWFUL SOUND OF MUSIC $400: Randy Jackson's go-to complaint on "American Idol"; dictionaries say it also means "tar-like" pitchy |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | THE AWFUL SOUND OF MUSIC $800: Meaning "one note", it can also describe something dull & repetitious monotone (or monotonous) |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | THE AWFUL SOUND OF MUSIC $1200: Like off-key, this other hyphenated adjective means unable to distinguish between different musical pitches tone-deaf |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | THE AWFUL SOUND OF MUSIC $1600: Henry van Dyke rhymed that the cry of the whippoorwill was "sad and" this; not a great compliment for your singing either shrill |
| #8614, aired 2022-04-07 | THE AWFUL SOUND OF MUSIC $2000: "C" is for this unpleasant sound, also a term in poetry for discordant word sequences cacophony |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $400: In 2021 the Country Music Hall of Fame announced its new members-elect, including this mother & daughter duo The Judds |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $800: In 2020 Billboard named its "Greatest of All Time Latin Artists", with this late "Queen of Tejano" as the Top Female Artist Selena |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $1200: Seen here with husband David Foster, she first gained notice on "American Idol" & has been recording & acting ever since Katharine McPhee |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $1600: A chip off the old block, this daughter of Pete Escovedo has led her own "Glamorous Life" as a world famous percussionist Sheila E. |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $2000: A major talent gone too soon, she's best remembered for writing such hits as "And When I Die" & "Stoney End" Laura Nyro |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | INSTRUMENTAL TV THEMES $1000: Heard here is the stock music piece "Temptation Sensation", recognizable as the theme of this FX comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | THE HIT OF THE DECADE $800: "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", "lyrics to make you shake your pants" the 1990s |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | BUSINESS NAME ORIGINS $600: This music company was named after its founders Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss A&M Records |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | A DISH OF SCHUBERT $400: A son of this capital, Franz was baptized in what's now known as the Schubert Church & at 17 wrote & conducted a mass there Vienna |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | A SONG & A DANCE $1200: In 1992 country music fans hit the floor for a line dance accompanying this Billy Ray Cyrus hit "Achy Breaky Heart" |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | DOESN'T MEAN WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE $1600: "A spot on a kitchen surface"? No, it's the art of combining melodies in music counterpoint |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $200: "Change of Seasons" is a memoir by this musician of growing up in the suburb of North Wales & teaming with Daryl Hall (John) Oates |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $400: Philadelphia International Records, celebrating 50 years in 2021, put out hits like the theme to this Don Cornelius show Soul Train |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $600: "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper" was a 1988 album by this Philly duo, one of whom soon famously went to Hollywood Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince) |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $800: Fabian & this "Twist" sensation attended South Philadelphia High School together in the '50s Chubby Checker |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $1000: This rapper with a biblical name was a choir girl from West Philly Eve |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | MUSIC AS OF LATE $200: His "24K Magic" was good as gold & a Grammy winner for Album of the Year Bruno Mars |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | MUSIC AS OF LATE $400: "Redbone" is from Childish Gambino, alter ego of this "Atlanta" star Glover |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | MUSIC AS OF LATE $600: "Cold Heart", his 2021 hit with Dua Lipa, included lyrics from "Rocket Man" Elton John |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | MUSIC AS OF LATE $800: "Hardwired... To Self-Destruct" was the first studio album in 8 years from this headbanging Lars Ulrich band Metallica |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | MUSIC AS OF LATE $1000: "When It Rains It Pours" for this man seen here who's had a flood of No. 1 country singles (Luke) Combs |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $400: In 2021 Taste of Country named as country music's Most Powerful Woman of All Time this beloved Tennessee titan Dolly Parton |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $800: Among those joining this icon for her 50th anniversary at the Grand Ole Opry were Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack & sister Crystal Gayle Loretta Lynn |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: As runner-up on the Season 10 finale of "American Idol", country star Lauren Alaina got to sing with her idol, this season 4 winner Carrie Underwood |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $1600: She said of "Stand By Your Man" that she spent 20 minutes writing it & over 20 years defending it Tammy Wynette |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $2000: Breaking barriers in country music, she was Grammy-nominated for her song "Black Like Me" & in 2021, co-hosted the ACM Awards Mickey Guyton |
| #8599, aired 2022-03-17 | BALLET $200: Stravinsky slyly used Russian folk idioms for the music of his 1922 ballet "Renard", with this animal being the title character fox |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This Tchaikovsky work became popular for July 4th after a 1974 Boston Pops performance featuring fireworks & cannons the 1812 Overture |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Wanda Landowska revived interest in this instrument, using it in the first recording of Bach's "Goldberg Variations" a harpsichord |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | FASHION $800: Men's Levi's jeans & recorded music were your only options when this store, now a chain, opened in San Francisco in 1969 the Gap |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: He composed the famous "Wedding March" heard here as part of the incidental music for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Mendelssohn |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: Though he'd live to age 91, this "Finlandia" composer pretty much stopped composing for the last 30 years of his life Jean Sibelius |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: Composer Aram Khachaturian's most familiar piece is this sharp "Dance" featured in his "Gayane" ballet the "Sabre Dance" |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | MUSIC OF THE 2000s $400: In 2020 they sank their teeth into the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy for "Father of the Bride" Vampire Weekend |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | MUSIC OF THE 2000s $800: In 2001, he and his initial were everywhere with "U Remind Me" & "U Got It Bad" Usher |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | MUSIC OF THE 2000s $1200: Peaking at No. 2, their "Counting Stars" spent 68 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 OneRepublic |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | MUSIC OF THE 2000s $1600: Her "Hot Pink" & "Planet Her" were 2 of the top-selling albums in 2021 Doja Cat |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | MUSIC OF THE 2000s $2000: Their 2007 collaboration album was a surprise success, & 14 years later, they returned to raise the roof Plant & Krauss |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | ARTS NEWS $1600: MTT, this longtime music director of the San Francisco Symphony, returned to the podium in 2021 following brain surgery Michael Tilson Thomas |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | REMEMBERING STEPHEN SONDHEIM $400: For "A Little Night Music", not a circus, Sondheim wrote the song "Send In" these, "don't bother, they're here" the clowns |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | MUSICAL STYLES & GENRES $600: A symbol of pride & culture, it's the Mexican style of music heard here mariachi |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | MUSICAL STYLES & GENRES $800: Ma Rainey & Bessie Smith were among the first women to record music in this genre blues |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | IN THE OLYMPIC CITY $1,000 (Daily Double): The Palace of Catalan Music, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Barcelona |
| #8582, aired 2022-02-22 | BEST SPOKEN WORD GRAMMY $3,000 (Daily Double): 2001 honored "Q--The Autobiography of" this music legend who has 28 Grammys Quincy Jones |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: In 2021 Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax released an album of Beethoven's complete works for piano & this instrument cello |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: It's an arrangement performed in a slow & easy manner, like Samuel Barber's one "for Strings" adagio |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: Composed in the 1700s, "The Four Seasons" concertos by this composer are meant to convey different times of the year Vivaldi |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: The ballet "The Rite of Spring" features music by this composer & at its premiere in 1913 had choreography by Nijinsky Stravinsky |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: Born in 1833, he's known for an 1860s "Lullaby" Brahms |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: "Waitress" has music & lyrics by this woman who had a Top 40 hit with "Brave" Sara Bareilles |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | MUSIC CLASS $400: There are 52 white keys on a standard piano & this many black ones 36 |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | MUSIC CLASS $800: Guitarists use an index finger to hold down multiple strings when playing a "barre" this a chord |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | MUSIC CLASS $1200: The Pacifica Quartet won the 2020 Grammy for best this kind of Music/Small Ensemble Performance chamber |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | MUSIC CLASS $1600: The "Surprise" symphony (No. 94) & the "London" (No. 104) are nicknames for works by this prolific 18th century Austrian Haydn |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | MUSIC CLASS $2000: Style of wordless jazz singing heard here; it needn't include the syllable of its name scat |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | "TIC" TALK $1600: From a Greek word for "to select", it can describe one's taste in music if they like rap, classical & salsa eclectic |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | A LITTLE BODY ENGLISH $600: To deal with the consequences of your actions; hope the tune is at least catchy when you do face the music |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | AFTER THE WAR $2000: The "Long Walls" of Athens were destroyed at this war's end to the accompaniment of flute music, but rebuilt in 393 B.C. the Peloponnesian War |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THEY'RE MULTI-TALENTED $600: Onscreen, this big guy was "Kazaam"; on the music scene, he knew "You Can't Stop the Reign"; on the court, he won 4 NBA titles Shaquille O'Neal |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1600: 10-letter word for background music written to accompany a play, like Bizet's for 1872's "L'Arlesienne" incidental |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | THE MANY MUSICS OF MARK RONSON $2000: (Mark Ronson delivers the clue.) There are lots of ways to make music & on my podcast I contrasted my passion for collaboration with the method of Kevin Parker of this 1-man Aussie band whose breakthrough album was even called "Lonerism" Tame Impala |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | FROM THE BRITISH ROYAL WEBSITE $2,000 (Daily Double): On October 21, 1950 she was baptized in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace Princess Anne |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | CELEBRITIES $1600: For his 2017 album "Damn", he became the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for music (Kendrick) Lamar |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | ORCHESTRA OF THE WHIRLED $800: It's all about music love:
MOLAR INCH HIP philharmonic |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | YOUR PARENTS' MUSIC $400: Dad wore flannel shirts & Doc Martens while listening to this music style of Nirvana & Pearl Jam grunge |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | YOUR PARENTS' MUSIC $800: Mom bought tickets over the phone (that used to be a thing) for this rocker's 1984-85 "Born in the U.S.A." tour Springsteen |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | APPS & WEBSITES $800: You can upload your own music with this website whose logo is seen here SoundCloud |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | YOUR PARENTS' MUSIC $1200: In 1994 they watched this former Police-man win a Grammy for his vocal on "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" Sting (Gordon Sumner) |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | YOUR PARENTS' MUSIC $1600: In 1998 they were among the millions who bought "The Miseducation of" this Fugees singer Lauryn Hill |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | YOUR PARENTS' MUSIC $2000: They heard Chuck D & this band revolutionize hip-hop with albums like 1988's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" Public Enemy |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | DJs $400: It comes between Swedish & Mafia in the name of a DJ supertrio & is the kind of music they play House |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | & THEN TO THE OPERA HOUSE! $400: Enjoy the 360-degree views in the Atomium built for Expo 58 in this Belgian Capital & then the music in its De Munt National Opera House Brussels |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | DANCE PARTY $800: This lively music & its accompanying dance have a name from Czech polka |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE MUSIC "MAN" $400: Singer Gregg & guitarslinger Duane were the siblings who gave this "Ramblin' Man" band its name The Allman Brothers |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE MUSIC "MAN" $800: This Wu-Tang Clan man is also half of a duo with Redman Method Man |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE MUSIC "MAN" $1200: This Grammy-winning indie pop band was formed in Alaska, not the Iberian country in its name Portugal. The Man |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE MUSIC "MAN" $1600: He topped the charts 3 times in the '70s; "Copacabana" only went to No. 8 Barry Manilow |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE MUSIC "MAN" $2000: Twice a "man", he had a hit with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" before hitting the charts again with his Earth Band Manfred Mann |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | SONGS ON MY PLAY LIST $400: A No. 1 hit by Wild Cherry says, "Somebody turned around & shouted" do this title action, "white boy" Play that funky music |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | INTERNATIONAL GET-TOGETHERS $1200: This Austin-based meet-up was focused on music when it launched in 1987, but now includes other media South by Southwest |
| #8567, aired 2022-02-01 | CONDUCTORS $2000: 2 female music directors: Marin Alsop at the BSO (Baltimore Symphony) & Joann Falletta at the BPO (this N.Y. city's philharmonic) Buffalo |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | MUSIC BIOPIC SUBJECTS $400: From 2021,
"Respect":
her Aretha Franklin |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | MUSIC BIOPIC SUBJECTS $800: "La Bamba":
this early rock & roller who died young, tragically Ritchie Valens |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | MUSIC BIOPIC SUBJECTS $1200: "Sweet Dreams":
this country singer who died young, tragically Patsy Cline |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | MUSIC BIOPIC SUBJECTS $1600: "Love & Mercy":
this genius of The Beach Boys Brian Wilson |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | MUSIC BIOPIC SUBJECTS $2000: "Bound for Glory":
this folk singer & composer Woody Guthrie |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | RHYMING AMERICAN ROAD TRIP $1600: Journey 300 miles west from a city where author Thomas Wolfe lived to a city known for music Asheville & Nashville |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | FALLING $400: To release a piece of music or an episode of a TV show to the public drop |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | SOME TRAVELIN' MUSIC, PLEASE $400: The Monkees took the "Last" one "To Clarksville"; Gladys Knight caught the "Midnight" one "To Georgia" Train |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | SOME TRAVELIN' MUSIC, PLEASE $800: Here's a traffic update from this icon: "The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive" Bruce Springsteen |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | SOME TRAVELIN' MUSIC, PLEASE $1200: This 3-word refrain is the title of the Carter family tune remade as that "Cups" song--"& I'm leaving tomorrow, what do you say" "When I'm Gone" |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | SOME TRAVELIN' MUSIC, PLEASE $1600: Marc Cohn began this hit with "Put on my blue suede shoes & I boarded the plane / Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues" "Walking In Memphis" |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | SOME TRAVELIN' MUSIC, PLEASE $2000: Though he sang, "Climb on the back & we'll go for a ride in the sky" in his 1974 hit "Jet", the song was named for his dog, Jet Paul McCartney |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | "N" JOY $800: Why wait for the holidays to enjoy the music from this ballet, including the piece heard here The Nutcracker |
| #8544, aired 2021-12-30 | THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN... $2000: To sing at this music festival was Grace Bumbry, as Venus in "Tannhauser" Bayreuth |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | MUSICAL 3‑INITIALers $400: ELO for short, they lit up music charts in the '70s & '80s Electric Light Orchestra |
| #8537, aired 2021-12-21 | OPERA $1200: Composer Philip Glass said his work this man "on the Beach" is "an opera about a great mathematician who loved music" Einstein |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | CELEBRITIES $1600: This Houston native was a student at Texas Southern University before her music career took off Megan Thee Stallion |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | MUSIC STARS $400: She had 3 of Billboard's Top 20 songs of 2015, including "Bad Blood" Taylor Swift |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | MUSIC STARS $800: This singer's 2021 hit "Take My Breath" is perfect for a Saturday or Sunday the Weeknd |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | MUSIC STARS $1200: Do start now & name this English-born woman of Albanian ancestry who was "Levitating" up the charts in 2021 Dua Lipa |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | MUSIC STARS $1600: In 1995 this one-named singer rose to the top of the charts with "Kiss From A Rose" Seal |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | MUSIC STARS $2000: In the late 1980s Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson & Michael Steele had 5 Top 10 hits as this band The Bangles |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | AN INSTRUCTOR $1000: A piece on sight-reading strategies was 2013's article of the year in the Journal AMT, American this Music Teacher |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $400: In 2021 Jon Batiste recalled his own piano teacher in accepting the Best Score Oscar for this animated film about a music educator Soul |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | LET THERE BE ART & MUSIC $400: Pavarotti took this Neapolitan song whose title means "my own sun" to new heights "'O Sole Mio" |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | LET THERE BE ART & MUSIC $800: Nearly 2,200 years old & carved from marble, she's from Melos but resides in Paris; she now has a tough time shaking hands Venus de Milo |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | LET THERE BE ART & MUSIC $1200: The song with this Latin title was one of the few pieces Schubert got published in his lifetime & has been popular since "Ave Maria" |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | LET THERE BE ART & MUSIC $1600: The title characters of this 1936 Prokofiev work are represented by strings & French horns, respectively Peter and the Wolf |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $2000: A landmark in video game music is Koji Kondo's score for this "Legend of Zelda" edition with an instrument in the title The Ocarina of Time |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | LET THERE BE ART & MUSIC $2000: This New Yorker incorporated graffiti into his work, & was a celebrity in the art world when he died at age 27 in 1988 Basquiat |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | PUTTING YOU THROUGH SOME HOOPS $800: From 1985 to 2003 Hall of Famers John Stockton & Karl Malone made music together on this team the Utah Jazz |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | FESTIVALS $600: This pop music festival is named for a town in southwestern England also said to be the burial site of King Arthur Glastonbury |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | LONG-RUNNING TV SHOWS $1000: The current theme music for this show around since 1947 was composed by John Williams & is titled "The Pulse Of Events" Meet the Press |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | IN THAT COUNTRY $600: Villa Trapp, home of "The Sound of Music" family from 1923 to 1938, now a hotel Austria |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | YOU GOT A LOT OF IRV, PAL! $400: This "King of Tin Pan Alley" never learned how to read music but wrote classics like "Cheek To Cheek" Berlin |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $200: He won an AMA in 2020 & performed "Holy", perhaps in tribute to wife Hailey Justin Bieber (Biebs) |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $400: In 2019 he & Camila Cabello gave a sizzling performance of their award-winning "Señorita" Shawn Mendes |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $600: A triple winner in 2018, she performed "I Like It" with J Balvin & Bad Bunny Cardi B |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $800: She lit up the stage with a medley of hits including "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" Shania Twain |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $1000: Last name Smyers + Mooney, this country duo won 3 AMAs in 2020 Dan + Shay |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | TV HUSBANDS $1200: Cookie Lyon had quite the dramatic relationship with hubby Lucious on this show set in the world of rap music Empire |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $200: For many years Arturo Toscanini was the principal conductor & music director at this famed Milan opera house La Scala |
| #8511, aired 2021-11-15 | COMPOSERS $14,000 (Daily Double): He was born near St. Petersburg in early June 1882; no wonder his music is rite for spring Stravinsky |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | MUSIC STUFF $200: Irked by this band's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Johnny Rotten wrote, "We're not coming. We're not your monkeys" the Sex Pistols |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | MUSIC STUFF $400: '70s classic with the lyric "I blew out my flip-flop / Stepped on a pop top" "Margaritaville" |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | MUSIC STUFF $600: Internet Money & Gunna had a 2020 hit titled this sweet drink; Beyoncé named an album for it lemonade |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | MUSIC STUFF $800: Synonyms for member names of this band include provocative, eerie, athletic, infant & luxurious the Spice Girls |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | MUSIC STUFF $1000: Mark Feld was the original name of this late style icon who joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 with his band T. Rex Marc Bolan |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | CLASSIC ALBUMS $400: Genre of music that completes the title of Isaac Hayes' 1969 album "Hot Buttered..." Soul |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | SCARY EVERYDAY HALLOWEEN STORIES $200: I dropped the summons, terrified. I was over 18. I had no undue hardship. Military duty? None! Doomed, I, for this 2-word civic task! jury duty |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | SCARY EVERYDAY HALLOWEEN STORIES $400: I adjusted vertical & horizontal router antennas! Hit reset for 30 secs.! Called my ISP! Why?! Why was this rhyming necessity... dead?! wi-fi |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | MUSICAL TOURING COMPANIES $800: Christine,
Raoul,
Music Box The Phantom of the Opera |
| #8500, aired 2021-10-29 | SCARY EVERYDAY HALLOWEEN STORIES $800: ...& the mechanic said, "The planetary gearset in this car part is shot. It's gonna be $1,700... before labor!" transmission |
| #8496, aired 2021-10-25 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $600: This 2-word phrase for a farewell performance is derived from the belief that a certain bird makes music as it dies a swan song |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | CELLO $200: This cellist founded a music collective called the Silkroad Ensemble, with whom he plays cello Yo-Yo Ma |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | PART OF DARKNESS $800: Prince Buster was a star in this Jamaican music style ska |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | POTPOURRI $1000: Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music to the songs in "Jesus Christ Superstar"; this man wrote the lyrics Rice |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THAT'S GRAND! $400: Since 1925 the showcase of country music known as the Grand Ole Opry has been broadcast from this city Nashville |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | 4-LETTER BOOK TITLES $800: Named for a music genre, this Toni Morrison novel involves a Harlem love triangle Jazz |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | GET-TOGETHERS $400: A trip to Hawaii might include this traditional feast with music, hula dancing & food like poi & kalua pig luau |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | NOTABLE ASIAN AMERICANS $6,000 (Daily Double): Not a fan of rock music, he initially turned down the job of designing the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (I.M.) Pei |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: In 1822 Schubert composed one of these free-form compositions that shares a name with a 1940 Disney film fantasia |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Mozart's last, this planetary symphony is challenging for orchestras, as it weaves 5 different melodies together the Jupiter |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: Some people called this French composer Maurice; in 1928, his most famous work was performed as a ballet Ravel |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: Chopin began composing at age 7 with this type of work whose name echoes his homeland a polonaise |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This man who was born & died in Bergen was known for his Norwegian peasant dances Grieg |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | ALLITERATIVE PEOPLE $600: One of the greatest songs he's written is "Send In The Clowns" from "A Little Night Music" Sondheim |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | YOUTHFUL POP STARS $1600: Seen here, she took the country music world by storm as a teenager in the 1990s LeAnn Rimes |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | BROADWAY ON THE POP CHARTS $1600: Jay-Z admitted he lied about seeing "Annie" on Broadway as a kid to convince the rights holders to let him use its music in this song "Hard Knock Life" |
| #8470, aired 2021-09-17 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1600: Bartolomeo Cristofori's invention of this instrument was music to the world's ears around 1700 the piano |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | QUOTH THE MAVEN $400: Agnes de Mille said, "The truest expression of a people is in its" these & "music... bodies never lie" dance |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | DEEPER CUTS ON THEIR ALBUMS $800: "Stepdad" was part of this Michigan man's "Music to Be Murdered By" Eminem |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC $400: An early song to be mastered on keyboards, this 1877 tune shares a name with a set of eating implements "Chopsticks" |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC $800: The orchestra known as the Berlin this, meaning "lover of music", debuted in 1882 Philharmonic |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC $1200: Invented in France in the 1820s, this instrument seen here gets its name from the Latin for "horn" a cornet |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC $2000: The first music publisher to move to what was nicknamed this "Alley" in New York City was M. Witmark & Sons in 1893 Tin Pan |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC $4,000 (Daily Double): A veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, this German who built his first piano in 1836 later made a grand turn to America Henry Steinway |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | BUCKINGHAM PALACE $200: A grand piano is central to the Music Room, known for hosting baptisms & this religious ceremony where kids get a new name christening |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | OLDE MUSIC $200: Solo piano works by this man include 1846's Opus 60 "Barcarolle" & 17 Polish songs (Frédéric) Chopin |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | OLDE MUSIC $400: "Die Zauberflöte" in German, this Mozart opera premiered in 1791, just months before the composer's death The Magic Flute |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | OLDE MUSIC $600: Compositions by Bach include "Toccata &" this "in D minor" as well as "The Art of the" this Fugue |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | OLDE MUSIC $800: Handel's 5-movement orchestral suite, "Music for the Royal" these, premiered in 1749 & naturally preceded a display Fireworks |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | OLDE MUSIC $1000: One of Gabriel Faure's most famous pieces is his pavane, a centuries-old dance that gets its name from this Italian "P" city Padua |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | HELP! $400: In college dorms R.A. is short for this helper, who could be of use if a neighbor won't keep his music down resident assistant (resident advisor) |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | JARGON $800: In music, players of these may do a paradiddle, a pattern alternating hands:
R-L-R-R,
L-R-L-L drums |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | 3 LETTERS, 2 SYLLABLES $1600: Guy Picciotto & his band Rites of Spring pioneered this subgenre of alternative music emo |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | INTERNET BUSINESSES $400: This combo of 2 satellite radio companies owns the Internet music service Pandora SiriusXM |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | COMPOSERS, PAINTERS & SCIENTISTS $2000: Winning a 1945 Pulitzer for music put an "Appalachian Spring" in this composer's step Copland |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | GRAMMY WINNERS $600: 2011: This song gave it all to Adele--Record of the Year, Short Form Music Video & Song of the Year "Rolling In The Deep" |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | MUSIC, IN THE CLASSICAL SENSE $400: The 6th & last of these "Concertos" named for a place has no violins, but there's harpsichord, 'cause that's how Bach rolled Brandenburg |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | MUSIC, IN THE CLASSICAL SENSE $800: At the '84 Olympics Brits Torvill & Dean got perfect 6s skating to gold using this Ravel work but we'd have given them a "10" Bolero |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | MUSIC, IN THE CLASSICAL SENSE $1200: In 1867 this wizard of the piano composed the "Hungarian Coronation Mass" Liszt |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | MUSIC, IN THE CLASSICAL SENSE $1600: The "Bride's Book of Etiquette" suggests "Canon In D" by this 17th century German as the party heads down the aisle Pachelbel |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | MUSIC, IN THE CLASSICAL SENSE $2000: Really putting the "O" in orchestra, E.L.O. did a live performance of "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" by this composer Grieg |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | TUNE A FISH $800: Ann & Nancy Wilson wrote about the sleazy side of the music industry in this fishy song "Barracuda" |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | BRAND NAMES IN MUSIC $400: Kathleen Hanna wrote "Smells Like" this on a wall & Kurt Cobain used it in a song title not knowing it was a deodorant brand Teen Spirit |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | BRAND NAMES IN MUSIC $800: In a "Be smooth like Skippy" commercial, Skippy peanut butter uses this song where Bruno Mars mentions the brand "Uptown Funk" |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | BRAND NAMES IN MUSIC $1200: Sales at this seafood restaurant chain spiked when it was mentioned in Beyoncé's song "Formation" Red Lobster |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | BRAND NAMES IN MUSIC $1600: "Mercedes Benz" was the last song recorded by this woman before her untimely death in 1970 Janis Joplin |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | BRAND NAMES IN MUSIC $2000: Mattel originally sued the band Aqua over this song, but eventually used it in commercials for the doll "Barbie Girl" |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | MUSIC HISTORY $400: In "We Didn't Start The Fire", Billy Joel sings of "trouble in" this Mideast canal region, the site of a 1956 crisis Suez |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | MUSIC HISTORY $800: A Grateful Dead song plays fast & loose with the story of this heroic train engineer who died in 1900 Casey Jones |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | MUSIC HISTORY $1200: A "Hamilton" number about the defeat of Adams & Burr is titled "The Election Of" this year 1800 |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | MUSIC HISTORY $2000: Tom Russell's "Tonight We Ride" recounts General Pershing's 1916-17 pursuit of this Mexican guerrilla leader Pancho Villa |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | MUSIC HISTORY $5,500 (Daily Double): "The water took its victim's name", goes a Vampire Weekend song about this English explorer who was set adrift by his crew in Canada Henry Hudson |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | MUSIC "C"LASS $200: It has 4 strings, 5 letters & 6 Bach solo suites written just for it cello |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | MUSIC "C"LASS $400: The Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos had a surprise 1994 international hit with an album of Gregorian these chants |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | MUSIC "C"LASS $600: Italian for "tail", this 4-letter word is a concluding part of a piece of music coda |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | MUSIC "C"LASS $1000: A male alto voice is also known as this 12-letter word a countertenor |
| #8424, aired 2021-06-17 | MUSIC "C"LASS $2,000 (Daily Double): Joan Sutherland was one of these sopranos who decorated her arias with a "rainbow" of musical hues a coloratura |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $400: 1988 hit in which George Michael offered to be your "preacher, teacher, anything you have in mind" "Father Figure" |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $800: In a song from The Temptations, "Papa" was one of these, "wherever he laid his hat was his home" a rolling stone |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $1200: Luther Vandross emotionally told us he'd "Love, love, love" to do this with his father again dance |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $1600: Madonna sang in this hit, "I know you're going to be upset, 'cause I was always your little girl" "Papa Don't Preach" |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | TOUGH VOCABULARY $1600: It was a music education system developed by a Swiss composer before it was a pop duo eurythmics |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | POP MUSIC $2000: In this "feline" hit, Harry Chapin sings, "When you coming home, son?" "Cat's In The Cradle" |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | JUMBLE GYM $200: Exercises often done in a class to music:
BASIC ORE aerobics |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | ASIAN LITERATURE & DRAMA $800: 1913 Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore wrote the words & music to this country's national anthem India |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | BUSTERS $800: Prince Buster was a leader in this 3-letter Caribbean music style ska |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | MUSICAL GENRES $600: The perfect song in this genre is said to include "Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison" country music |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | HEIR GUITAR $1000: This famous Jr. of country music sang "Waylon's Guitar", but that instrument was bought by Keith Urban Hank Williams Jr. |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | GRAMMY-WINNING DIRECTORS $1200: This actress was Grammy-worthy for directing "Quincy", a film about her father, a music legend Rashida Jones |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FINEST OF FINE ARTS $400: Choreographer Eliot Feld turned the music of Johann Strauss Jr. into these "dotty" dances polkas |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | MUSIC FOR CHAMPIONS $200: In 2007, he performed his song, "Champion", on "Saturday Night Live" Kanye West |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | MUSIC FOR CHAMPIONS $400: "Look at how you winning now", says her 2012 track, "Champion" Nicki Minaj |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | MUSIC FOR CHAMPIONS $600: "Poetic Champions Compose" is a 1987 album by this Irish rock & R&B legend who was knighted in 2016 Van Morrison |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | MUSIC FOR CHAMPIONS $800: "Heart Of A Champion" is the opening track on this one-named hip-hop star's 2004 album, "Sweat" Nelly |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | MUSIC FOR CHAMPIONS $1000: The 2014 song, "Champion", is by Matthew Miller who performed under this Hebrew stage name Matisyahu |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | TV ON PBS $400: "Country Music" & "The Civil War" are among his documentary series to air on PBS Burns |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: While Schubert's seventh symphony is also incomplete, it's his eighth symphony in B minor that's famously called this Unfinished |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Inspired by a Paul Verlaine poem, it's the French title of the piece heard here "Clair de Lune" |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: This Czech composer's "New World Symphony" was influenced by Native American music & African-American spirituals Dvořák |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: Music from his "Thus Spake Zarathustra" became especially popular after it was featured in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" Richard Strauss |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: Witchcraft in a story by Gogol inspired this "Night" music by Mussorgsky "Night On Bald Mountain" |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $1000: In 2012 the late Tupac Shakur performed via hologram at this California music festival Coachella |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | COMPOSERS ALL AROUND $400: Music Tim Carleton wrote at age 16 was used by phone maker Cisco & has been heard by millions as this--your call is important to us hold music |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | THE MEASURE OF A FILM $400: 2002:
"8 ____",
featuring music Mile |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This French national anthem is heard in the "1812 Overture" "La Marseillaise" |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Beethoven's Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor is better known as this, after the inscription on the autograph score "Für Elise" |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: The soundtrack of "Apocalypse Now" includes this piece from a Wagner opera "Ride of the Valkyries" |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: "On the Trail" is a movement from this "Suite", Ferde Grofe's most famous Grand Canyon Suite |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $4,200 (Daily Double): "An der schönen blauen Donau" is the German name of this waltz "The Blue Danube" |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | MUSIC"!" $400: Seen here, she released the album "Hurts 2B Human" in 2019 P!nk |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | MUSIC"!" $800: John Lennon, on this hit: "The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension... subconsciously I was crying out for" it "Help!" |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | JACQUES $1200: Jacques Offenbach's "Orpheus In The Underworld" contains this lively dance music the can-can |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | MUSIC"!" $1600: This 2003 mega-hit told us to "shake it, shake it like a Polaroid picture" "Hey Ya!" |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | MUSIC"!" $2000: We have high hopes that you'll know that this emo-punk band has a song called "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Panic! At The Disco |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | MUSIC"!" $3,000 (Daily Double): The hip-hop duo Tag Team gave us the destined to-be-a-classic this! "(There It Is)" "Whoomp!" |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | PLAY THAT FOLKY MUSIC $400: After a 2-year hiatus to battle breast cancer, Patty Griffin returned with a 2019 release that won this award for Best Folk Album the Grammy |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | A CINEMATIC WEDDING ABROAD $400: In this 1965 film the captain calls off his marriage to the baroness & instead weds Maria in an abbey church with Alpine views The Sound of Music |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | PLAY THAT FOLKY MUSIC $800: The cry of "Judas!" met this folk superstar when he & his band went electric on a 1966 tour Bob Dylan |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | PLAY THAT FOLKY MUSIC $1200: 1940s folk supergroup the Almanac Singers included Pete Seeger & this other legend & writer of "This Land Is Your Land" Woody Guthrie |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | PLAY THAT FOLKY MUSIC $1600: This genre of Caribbean folk song is the title of a blockbuster 1956 Harry Belafonte album calypso |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | PLAY THAT FOLKY MUSIC $2000: 2018's "The Tree of Forgiveness" was the final album from this beloved folk icon who passed away in 2020 (John) Prine |
| #8393, aired 2021-05-05 | DOUBLE "OU" WORDS $2000: Traditional Mediterranean music maker heard here bouzouki |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | AMERICAN MUSIC $400: This 10-letter term for a mix of rock & roll & country was likely coined to describe the music of Elvis Presley rockabilly |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | AMERICAN MUSIC $800: The polka-influenced waila music of Arizona Native Americans is also known by this poultry term for bad handwriting chicken scratch |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | AMERICAN MUSIC $1200: At the beginning of the 20th century, jazz flourished in Storyville, the red light district of this southern city New Orleans |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | AMERICAN MUSIC $1600: The Grammys' American Roots music field includes album awards for blues, folk & this Kentucky-named music bluegrass |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | AMERICAN MUSIC $2000: A type of choral music is called this-note singing, where the notes are printed as ovals, triangles, diamonds & rectangles shape-note singing |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | PROM MUSIC $400: Giving kids that take-charge vibe, Gwen Stefani sings about being a real cheerleader, "I ain't no" this hollaback girl |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | PROM MUSIC $800: This song by fun. & Janelle Monae is all about seizing the moment of youth "We Are Young" |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | PROM MUSIC $1200: Vitamin C's "Graduation" rhymes, "As our lives change / Come whatever / We will still be" this alliterative phrase friends forever |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | PROM MUSIC $1600: Teachers, kids, everybody! As Sia sings, "I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight", you reply, "I love" these cheap thrills |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | PROM MUSIC $2000: If your school's prom is then, put on "Month Of May" from this band's album "The Suburbs" Arcade Fire |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | THE ARTS $2000: His music for the ballet "The Firebird" made him an overnight success Stravinsky |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | AROUND LOS ANGELES $400: When Quincy Jones came to L.A., he didn't know Sunset but knew of Central Ave., hub of this music style & now of a festival for it jazz |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | TIME TRAVELIN' MOVIES $1000: It was far from bogus when these 2 title guys--& their old pal, Death!--returned to "Face the Music" in 2020 Bill & Ted |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | 18th CENTURY STUFF $200: When the king of Great Britain wanted a barge party, Handel composed the orchestral suite called this "Water Music" |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | STRINGED INSTRUMENTS $800: The Hungarian cimbalom is traditionally associated with the music of this itinerant people Gypsies (the Roma) |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | STRINGED INSTRUMENTS $1200: 4 feet long with a gourd body, this instrument is huge in the Hindustani music scene a sitar |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | MUSIC SCALES $200: The diatonic scale is widely used in classical music; this composer employed it in the finale of his 1824 9th Symphony Beethoven |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | MUSIC SCALES $400: These 2 "big" & "little" types of scale give contrasting happy & sad feelings to compositions major & minor scales |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | MUSIC SCALES $600: Musical scales are used to divide these intervals between similar notes with different frequencies, from Latin for "eighth" octaves |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | MUSIC SCALES $800: This 5-note scale pops up pretty much everywhere in Western popular music a pentatonic scale |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | MUSIC SCALES $1000: There's a half-step between every 2 notes in this "colorful" scale pioneered by Arnold Schoenberg the chromatic scale |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | D PLUS $200: TV's Ms. Falco & music's Mr. Van Halen Edie & Eddie |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | EMCEE $1600: When Israel hosted this annual music competition in 2019, Bar Refaeli was one of the emcees Eurovision |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | EMCEE $2000: This singer & actress from the movie "Hustlers" hosted the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards Keke Palmer |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | SCOTT LAND $400: While a student at Boston University, MLK met this 1951 enrollee of the New England Conservatory of Music Coretta Scott |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | MUSICAL GODFATHERS $1200: "The Godfather of Soul" was just one of this music titan's nicknames James Brown |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | GUITARS & DRUMS $600: Music theory says that these combine at least 3 different notes, but the "power" type common in heavy guitar music uses just 2 chords |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | WOMEN ON STAMPS $800: The Legends of American Music series in 1994 included Ethel Waters & this Broadway Ethel Ethel Merman |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | COMPOSERS $400: He taught music theory at the Moscow Conservatory in the 1860s, not in "1812" (Pyotr Ilyich) Tchaikovsky |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | COMPOSERS $1200: This American composed the music for the ballet "Rodeo" (Aaron) Copland |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | COMPOSERS $1600: Marcus Weeks' bio of this composer is subtitled "The Boy Who Changed the World With His Music" Mozart |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: This hilly region of western Massachusetts is home to the Tanglewood Music & Jacob's Pillow dance festivals the Berkshires |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $2000: With music by Duncan Sheik, this coming-of-age musical is based on the German play "Fruhlings Erwachen" Spring Awakening |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | THE STAR OF OSCARS'S BEST PICTURE $400: The hills were alive with her singing the title song in "The Sound of Music" Julie Andrews |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | STING $200: (Sting presents the clue.) In 2019, the music rights organization BMI honored this song I wrote for the most radio plays in its 14 million song catalog; remember, "I'll be watching you" "Every Breath You Take" |
| #8359, aired 2021-03-18 | STING $600: (Sting presents the clue.) My new album "Duets" features collaborations with Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock & this woman whose "What's the 411?" pioneered the fusion of soul music & hip-hop Mary J. Blige |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | TIME FOR AN APP $400: You can listen to your favorite music & DJs from across the nation on this app whose logo is seen here iHeartRadio |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | HIT: THE "ROAD" $1600: Willie Nelson says he "just can't wait to get" here, "makin' music with my friends" "On The Road Again" |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | NUMBERS $600: There are 76 trombones & 110 cornets mentioned in a song from this show The Music Man |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | HAMBURGERS $1200: Born in Hamburg in 1833, he rose from his humble beginnings, to become one of the three B's of classical music (Johannes) Brahms |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | MAD ABOUT MADRIGALS $400: A form of vocal chamber music, madrigals reached a pinnacle during this "rebirth" period from the 14th to the 16th centuries the Renaissance |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | MAD ABOUT MADRIGALS $1200: Enriching text with music & vocals, madrigals often employed works by great poets like this heartsick lover of Laura Petrarch |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | MAD ABOUT MADRIGALS $2000: The music at his funeral left out his sad "Adagio For Strings" but did use a madrigal by his life partner Gian Carlo Menotti Samuel Barber |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $1200: Here he is leaving the luncheon after accepting his 2018 Music Prize Kendrick Lamar |
| #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" |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | IN CONCERT $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Zeppelin Field in Nuremberg, Germany.) The field where the Nazis once rallied became a sports & music venue; when this Jewish-American performer played here in 1978, he was told, "80,000 Germans turned their back to Hitler & their faces to you" Bob Dylan |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | 1930s AMERICA $600: New York City's hottest ticket at Christmastime 1932 was the night this theater opened, featuring the then "Roxyettes" Radio City Music Hall |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | LET'S DANCE! $1000: You can do this Spanish folk dance solo or as a couple, perhaps to Ravel's 1928 music of the same name bolero |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC TITLES $400: The German name for Haydn's 94th symphony translates to "with the drum stroke"--the sudden one that gives it this name the Surprise Symphony |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC TITLES $800: Mozart's Symphony No. 41 & the "Bringer of Jollity" in Holst's "The Planets" both bear the name of this planet Jupiter |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC TITLES $1200: The first movement of this Beethoven symphony, No. 6, is “Awakening of Happy Feelings on Arriving in the Country” the Pastoral Symphony |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC TITLES $1600: Edward Elgar wrote 14 variations on this theme with a "puzzling" name Enigma |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC TITLES $2000: Wanting to be taken seriously, Camille Saint-Saens wouldn't let all of this "zoological fantasy" be published in his lifetime Carnival of the Animals |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | COUNTRY / MUSIC $200: Toots & the Maytals pioneered this Jamaican musical style & lead singer Toots Hibbert is credited with naming it reggae |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | COUNTRY / MUSIC $400: Made with rows of short tubes of different lengths, versions of this instrument are played from China to Peru the pan flute |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | COUNTRY / MUSIC $600: Cante jondo or "deep song" is a powerful type of this Spanish style of music & dance associated with Gypsies flamenco |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | COUNTRY / MUSIC $800: A fusion of samba & cool jazz, bossa nova burst onto the world scene in the 1950s out of this country Brazil |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | COUNTRY / MUSIC $1000: This folk music performed by a small group of strolling musicians dressed in traditional costume originated in Jalisco, Mexico mariachi |
| #8321, aired 2021-01-25 | MUSICAL THEATER $400: "Let's go on with the show!"--Irving Berlin stepped in to write the music for this western-set musical when Jerome Kern died Annie Get Your Gun |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | MUSIC CLASS $400: An emotionally free music composition, it precedes "In Blue" in a 1924 title Rhapsody |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | MUSIC CLASS $800: This type of instrumental piece gets its name from the Italian for "to sound" a sonata |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | MUSIC CLASS $1200: This device, seen here, modifies the sound of a brass instrument a mute |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | MUSIC CLASS $1600: Sul ponticello is an instruction to bow close to this part of the instrument the bridge |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | MUSIC CLASS $2000: It's the plucking technique heard here pizzicato |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | KNIGHTS $1200: For services to music, this Beatle was knighted in 2018 Ringo Starr |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | THAT'S SO "G-Q" $1200: A chamber music ensemble consisting of 2 violins, a viola & a cello a string quartet |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | NORWEGIANS $1600: Incidentally, this man born in Bergen wrote the incidental music to "Peer Gynt" (Edvard) Grieg |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | YACHT ROCK $200: Mike Campbell wrote the music for "Boys Of Summer" working on a Tom Petty album but gave it to this Eagle who penned the lyrics, flying solo Don Henley |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | YACHT ROCK $400: Adding music to a personal ad, Rupert Holmes began, "If you like" these cocktails "and getting caught in the rain..." piña coladas |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | ON A HIGH NOTE $1600: A tenor in this title role hits a high A flat singing "Let your soul take you where you long to be!" from "The Music Of The Night" The Phantom of the Opera |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | THE NOT-SO-WILD WEST $400: A theater called this grand style of music "House" opened in Leadville, Co. in 1879; opening night was overshadowed by a nearby hanging an opera |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | SOUTH PARK $1200: City Park in this city has been the site of Voodoo Fest, where you can hear all sorts of great music New Orleans |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | ENDS IN DOUBLE-"S" $800: Not surprisingly it's Kentucky's official state music bluegrass |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | GAME SHOWS $2000: A popular music-identifying app is in the name of this Jamie Foxx game show Beat Shazam |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | OXFORD'S VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS $1200: "Film Music" reports that Paul Simon wrote new music for this 1967 film but that Mike Nichols mostly used Paul's old songs The Graduate |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | "U" BEFORE "E" $2000: Similar to decrescendo, in music it means to gradually play more softly diminuendo |
| #8293, aired 2020-12-02 | THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZES $2000: The Music Pulitzer went to Anthony Davis for his opera about these wrongly convicted "Five" from Harlem the Central Park Five |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: The Empire Polo Club in Indio, California hosts this annual music festival as well as the Stagecoach Festival Coachella |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | IT CAME FROM CROWDFUNDING! $2000: Long after he was "Rockin' In The Free World", this singer raised more than $6 million for Pono, his music player Neil Young |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $400: Songwriter Hoyt Axton changed the opening line of "Joy To The World" from "Jeremiah was a prophet" to this a bullfrog |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | TV TITLE PLACES $600: Its "City Limits" look to be unlimited, as its music has been televised since 1975 Austin |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $800: Rick James' only Grammy came after he sued & got credit for the hook in this 1990 MC Hammer song "U Can't Touch This" |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $1200: In 1981 Dolly Parton & Sheena Easton both had No. 1 singles with this numerical phrase in their titles "9 to 5" |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | 6-LETTER DOUBLE G WORDS $1200: This music style blends Calypso & rhythm & blues, mon reggae |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $1600: In 1957 Little Richard quit secular music for 5 years after seeing a sign in the sky that turned out to be this new satellite Sputnik |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $2000: In 1975, after hearing a mastered version of this now-classic album, Bruce Springsteen threw it in a pool Born to Run |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $200: Making her AMA debut in 2019, she performed "All The Good Girls Go To Hell" & also won the award for New Artist of the Year Billie Eilish |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $400: In 2011 & 2012 this Adam Levine band was honored as the Favorite Pop/Rock Group Maroon 5 |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $600: Nominated for 2 awards in 2019, they made their first AMA appearance in more than 10 years with a special performance of "Only Human" the Jonas Brothers |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $800: In 2013, joined by Lil Mama, 2 of the 3 original members of this group reunited to sing their '90s megahit "Waterfalls" TLC |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $1000: Everyone was definitely feeling it when this band performed "Feel It Still" Portugal. The Man |
| #8282, aired 2020-11-17 | MUSICAL VIENNA $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from out the Kursalon Music Hall in Vienna, Austria.) The Kursalon opened in 1867 & hosted its first concert of the work of Johann Strauss Jr. the very next year; today, you can still come to both hear & dance this, of which Strauss was known as the king a waltz |
| #8281, aired 2020-11-16 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $200: This "Girl On Fire" performer chose her last name in reference to the piano & because "it can open so many doors" Alicia Keys |
| #8281, aired 2020-11-16 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $400: "I Will Survive" indeed; in 2020, 40 years after her hit, this singer was back on top, winning a Grammy for Best Roots Gospel Album Gloria Gaynor |
| #8281, aired 2020-11-16 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $600: In 2015 Rolling Stone named her & Ike No. 2 on their list of the Greatest Duos of All Time Tina Turner |
| #8281, aired 2020-11-16 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $800: With more than 100 million albums sold, this "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" singer is among the top-selling country artists of all time Shania Twain |
| #8281, aired 2020-11-16 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $1000: This frontwoman for the Go-Go's has also had solo hits like "Mad About You" & "I Get Weak" Belinda Carlisle |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | MOVIE BIOS $400: 2005:
Joaquin Phoenix as this country music sensation (Johnny) Cash |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | MUSIC VENUES $400: This home of the Rockettes is known as the "Showplace of the Nation" Radio City Music Hall |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | MUSIC VENUES $800: A frieze called "The Triumph of Arts & Letters" adorns this Royal London venue the Royal Albert Hall |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | MUSIC VENUES $1600: Early in his career, Elton John performed at this legendary L.A. club whose name is a synonym for a lyric poet The Troubadour |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | MUSIC VENUES $2000: This cafe in a Nashville strip mall is famous for hosting an open mic night on Mondays the Bluebird Café |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | MUSIC VENUES $3,000 (Daily Double): Here's the geological beauty that makes up this outdoor venue in Colorado Red Rocks |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | COMPOUND WORDS $800: Used to clean clothes or to make music, it's the old-timey object seen here a washboard |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | A VIRTUAL TOUR $200: Prospective college students can tour campuses online, like Northeastern University & Berklee College of Music in this city Boston |
| #8266, aired 2020-10-26 | IT'S HYPHENATED $400: This term can refer to a cheap saloon, the type of music played there or the "Women" in a Rolling Stones song a honky-tonk |
| #8266, aired 2020-10-26 | COMPOSERS $1600: This composer of "The Barber of Seville" was the son of working musicians: a horn player & a singer Gioachino Rossini |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | THAT IS SO SOCAL $2000: This California farm city associated with country music was originally the home of the Yokuts people Bakersfield |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | ARCHITECTS & ARCHITECTURE $2000: Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo, New York was designed by these father & son Finnish architects, Eliel & Eero Saarinen |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | THE LIBRARIAN INVASIONS $800: Given her first name, this heroine of "The Music Man" was destined to be a librarian Marian |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | RADIO: THEN & NOW $1600: Celebrating its 95th birthday in 2020 is this show first broadcast on WSM "that made country music famous" Grand Ole Opry |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | MUSICAL STYLES $800: Selena was named Female Vocalist of the Year 11 times at the awards named for this style of Latin music Tejano |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | WJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $800: Next, a recording from a group making music since 1815, with the alliterative name the Handel & this Composer Society Haydn |
| #8244, aired 2020-09-24 | OCCUPATIONAL SONG TITLES $400: "Any old music will do" for Tina Turner in her hit song about a "Private" one of these a dancer |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | MUSIC FESTIVALS $400: When Beyoncé headlined this California music festival in 2018, some called it "Beychella" Coachella |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | MUSIC FESTIVALS $800: This rainy city's music festival is fittingly named Bumbershoot, a slang word for an umbrella Seattle |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | MUSIC FESTIVALS $1200: Perry Farrell claims he got the 5-syllable name for this long-running music festival from an episode of "The Three Stooges" Lollapalooza |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | MUSIC FESTIVALS $1600: 200,000 people crowd a Belgian town of 18,000 for Tomorrowland, a festival of EDM, short for this "music" electronic dance music |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | MUSIC FESTIVALS $2000: This Tennessee music festival comes from a slang word on a Dr. John album title that means "the best on the streets" Bonnaroo |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is outside the Frohnburg Palace in Salzburg, Austria.) "The Sound of Music" takes place in Salzburg, Austria, in 1938, and Frohnburg Palace was used as an exterior for this family's villa, which they fled the von Trapps |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Hellbrunn Palace in Salzburg, Austria.) Sung by Maria and the Captain in the gazebo, recreated on a Hollywood stage, "Something Good" was one of two new songs written for the movie, the rest coming from the Broadway show, the last collaboration by this pair Rodgers & Hammerstein |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is outside the Frohnburg Palace in Salzburg, Austria.) This actress was 28 and a new mom when she came here to Austria to play Maria, a role she says made her career Julie Andrews |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg, Austria.) Shot in several locations, including Mirabell Gardens, where Maria and the kids dance around a fountain and run through a hedge tunnel, this number culminates with the song's final bars being sung right here on these steps "Do-Re-Mi" |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is outside Residenzplatz in Salzburg, Austria.) In "The Sound of Music" Nazi banners are hung from the old palace building in Residenzplatz, signifying this forced political union between German and Austria Anschluss |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $800: Sean Parker co-founded this music file-sharing service that debuted in 1999 Napster |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | PIECES OF "EIGHT" $1000: Perhaps foreign objects if you weren't around to enjoy music in the 1970s, they're the items seen here eight-tracks |
| #8236, aired 2020-09-14 | ITALIAN OPERA $800: The khedive of Egypt considered Wagner & Gounod to write the music for this opera, but Verdi won out in the end Aida |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | "ROCK" &/OR "ROLL" SONGS $600: "Today's music ain't got the same soul, I like that" 1979 Bob Seger hit with this title "Old Time Rock And Roll" |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | POP MUSIC $400: The hive was buzzing in 2019 when she released her live album "Homecoming" Beyoncé |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | POP MUSIC $800: It wasn't so long ago that this singer's "Gangnam Style" was everywhere Psy |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | POP MUSIC $1200: This French pop duo were right at home in their "Tron: Legacy" cameos--lots of people were wearing futuristic headgear Daft Punk |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | POP MUSIC $1600: This "Use Somebody" group sounds like a long line of Spanish royalty, but it actually formed in Nashville Kings of Leon |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | POP MUSIC $2000: Ufologists took notice of Nicki Minaj's song about these title objects that were "meant to fly" starships |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | THE A.V. CLUB $3,800 (Daily Double): Almost 500 concerti from this Venetian survive today Vivaldi |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | MAGAZINES $400: Dr. Hook & the Medicine show had a hit song about wanting to be on the cover of this music magazine Rolling Stone |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $200: Hosting the Billboard Music Awards for the first time in 2018, she performed a medley of Top 100 hits
"Sit down, be humble /
Sit down, I said, be humble..." Kelly Clarkson |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $400: With his 27th win in 2019, this rapper/actor surpassed Taylor Swift to become the artist with the most Billboard wins
"To win my award here is incredible, but to win this award is just unbelievable. It's surreal." Drake |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $600: Named Top New Artist in 2017, Zayn was formerly a member of this group that won the award in 2013 One Direction |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $800: As the recipient of the 2018 Icon Award, she took "Control" & took to the stage in her first live TV performance in nearly a decade
"Nasty, nasty boys, lemme see your nasty body move /
Oh, you nasty boys..." Janet Jackson |
| #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $1000: Among this band's many awards are Top Rock Artist 2014, 2018, 2019, & Top Rock Song for "Believer"
"My life, my love, my drive, it came from... pain! /
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer..." Imagine Dragons |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | ONE-WORD TV TITLES $800: Hayden Panettiere starred on this show about rising & fading country music stars Nashville |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | HAIRSTYLES $200: The cooler way to abbreviate this hairstyle associated with reggae music is to use the second syllable dreadlocks |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | WHAT SORT OF ESTABLISHMENT IS THIS? $200: The type of roadhouse called a this joint lent its name to a coin-operated music machine a juke joint |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | JAMES TAYLOR: HIS LIFE & MUSIC $800: (James Taylor presents the clue.) In 1971 I earned my first Gold record for a single & the following year my first Grammy for this song written by Carole King "You've Got A Friend" |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | JAMES TAYLOR: HIS LIFE & MUSIC $1200: (James Taylor presents the clue.) In my new audio memoir "Break Shot" I talk about my early days, including my time in London in the '60s & my association with The Beatles; in fact, my song "Something In The Way She Moves" inspired this Beatle to write his own song that begins with the same line George Harrison |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | JAMES TAYLOR: HIS LIFE & MUSIC $1600: (James Taylor presents the clue.) The first instrument I learned to play wasn't the guitar but the cello & in 2016 I had the pleasure of performing with this cello virtuoso at Carnegie Hall's 125th anniversary concert Yo-Yo Ma |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | JAMES TAYLOR: HIS LIFE & MUSIC $2000: (James Taylor presents the clue.) In 2020 I released a new album, "American Standard", putting my take on some of the songs & show tunes I grew up listening to like "Ol' Man River" from this musical Show Boat |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | WORLD CAPITALS $1200: Rising out of a fjord, this capital city has an opera house that appeals to music lovers & skateboarders Oslo |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: The tradition of standing for this "Messiah" chorus has outlasted the one of standing for the "Dead March" in "Saul" the "Hallelujah Chorus" |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Thinking there weren't enough solo pieces for violin, Fritz Kreisler did this & attributed them to nobodies like Pugnani he composed them himself |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: Virtuoso Nigel North is primarily known for playing this instrument, which looks like a pear-shaped guitar a lute |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: "Asturias" by Isaac Albeniz is a piece in the style of this Spanish Gypsy dance music flamenco |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: Don't turn up the volume in the third movement of Beethoven's Fifth; Ludwig does that for you with this gradual musical move a crescendo |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | MODERN MUSIC $200: This member of One Direction had No. 1 solo albums with his self-titled solo debut & "Fine Line" Harry Styles |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | MODERN MUSIC $400: In 2019 BTS learned they might be forced to break up due to this country's compulsory conscription laws South Korea |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | MODERN MUSIC $600: This L.A. native, seen here, is the first person born in the current millennium to have a Number One album Billie Eilish |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | MODERN MUSIC $800: This singer paired with Camila Cabello for the chart-topping hit "Señorita" Shawn Mendes |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | MODERN MUSIC $1000: "Ode To Joy" by this band follows leader Jeff Tweedy's solo albums "Warm" & "Warmer" Wilco |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | MOVIE & TV ROMANCES $400: This sequel subtitled "Here We Go Again" features ABBA's music & Lily James having summer flings with 3 different suitors Mamma Mia! |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $200: Here's Little Big Town in 2018 performing their cover of a song from a tribute album honoring this legendary performer Elton John |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $400: After 9 previous nominations, this performer who brings the thunder from Down Under was named Entertainer of the Year in 2019 Keith Urban |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $600: At the 2017 awards these guys, a '90s boy band, joined Florida Georgia Line to perform "God, Your Mama And Me" the Backstreet Boys |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $800: In 2017, before we met her in the middle with Zedd & Grey on pop radio, she was named ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year Maren Morris |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $1000: At the awards in 2019, he was named Artist of the Decade Jason Aldean |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | SIMILAR BRAND NAMES $800: This Greek woman is a "charm"-ing jewelry company, or a streaming music app Pandora |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | MISSING PIECES $1200: In a Broadway musical: music, lyrics, this word for the script or libretto the book |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | OPERA $400: The music from this 1816 opera heard here sure ain't shave & a haircut, 2 bits The Barber of Seville |
| #8185, aired 2020-03-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: At age 15 in 1825 he played for the Russian czar, who was visiting Warsaw Chopin |
| #8185, aired 2020-03-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: Nicknamed "The Red Priest", he was an ordained priest before he composed "The Four Seasons" Vivaldi |
| #8185, aired 2020-03-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: This composer supervised when the Met staged his "Madama Butterfly" in 1907 Puccini |
| #8185, aired 2020-03-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): This march by Sir Edward Elgar is commonly played at high school & college graduations "Pomp And Circumstance" |
| #8185, aired 2020-03-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: "O"! This best-known song from "Carmina Burana" has a Latin title "O Fortuna" |
| #8184, aired 2020-03-19 | HEAR HERE, NEW YORK! $1000: BAM for short, it opened with a bam in 1861; the New York Times said it had the finest exterior of all the public buildings of its kind in America Brooklyn Academy of Music |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | RODS & COHNS $400: Maggie May know that in 2016 this rocker was knighted for his services to music & charity Rod Stewart |
| #8178, aired 2020-03-11 | PUT THAT SINGER'S NAME ON A POST OFFICE! $600: Buck Owens got P.O.ed in 2007 after 17 years hosting this country music show in which an animated donkey brayed the title Hee Haw |
| #8178, aired 2020-03-11 | FOE PAs $2000: In this spoof of music biopics, John C. Reilly as Dewey Cox is repeatedly told by his father, "The wrong kid died!" Walk Hard |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | WHAT IS THAT? $1200: Rosin is applied to these to help make sweet music (violin) bows |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | FROM RAGS TO RICHES $400: Scott Joplin was "King of" this kind of music ragtime |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | THE MEG $1600: Her music video for "Marry Me" features clips from her wedding to "Spy Kids" star Daryl Sabara Meghan Trainor |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | MUSIC $400: This part of Gustav Holst's "The Planets" is subtitled "The Bringer of War" "Mars" |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | MUSIC $800: A traditional string quartet is made up of 2 musicians playing violins, one on viola & one on this instrument a cello |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | MUSIC $1200: This 7-letter word on a musical score like "Flight Of The Bumblebee" means to play lively & fast allegro |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | MUSIC $1600: Gamelan orchestras in Indonesia make good use of this "G" percussion item a gong |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | MUSIC $3,000 (Daily Double): A trip to Cannes on the Mediterranean at age 8 helped influence Paris boy Claude Debussy to compose this 1905 orchestral work "La Mer" |
| #8164, aired 2020-02-20 | 5 OF A KIND $1000: ["Flight Of The Bumblebee" plays]
That music was by one of "The Five" mighty Russian composers of the 19th century--this man with a hyphenated name Rimsky-Korsakov |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | MUSIC HALLS $400: Ryman Auditorium, this city's country music hall, is more than a century older than Schermerhorn, its classical hall Nashville |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | MUSIC HALLS $800: This New York City venue a shimmering gold stage curtain that is said to be the largest in the world Radio City Music Hall |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | MUSIC HALLS $1200: One of America's oldest opera houses, the Academy of Music in Philadelphia was modeled on this Milan venue La Scala |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | MUSIC HALLS $1600: The Palau de la Musica Catalana is an ornate treasure in this city Barcelona |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | MUSIC HALLS $2000: A Miami concert hall is home to this symphony co-founded by Michael Tilson Thomas; its name sounds like a Dvorak piece about America the New World Symphony Orchestra |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | SHOW TUNE RHYMES $400: In "The Music Man" there were "copper bottom tympani in horse platoons... double bell euphoniums & big" these instruments bassoons |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | I ALSO COMPOSE FILM MUSIC $800: Ludwig Göransson won Grammys for composing "Black Panther" & co-writing this 2018 Childish Gambino song "This Is America" |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | I ALSO COMPOSE FILM MUSIC $1200: Anyone who has seen "Birdman" can guess that its composer Antonio Sanchez is mostly known for playing these instruments drums |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | I ALSO COMPOSE FILM MUSIC $1600: This man has composed music for some of the movies he's directed like "Flags of Our Fathers" & "Mystic River" Clint Eastwood |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | I ALSO COMPOSE FILM MUSIC $2000: In the 1930s this Russian composed "Peter & the Wolf" & scored the movie "Alexander Nevsky" Prokofiev |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | WRITER'S TOOLBOX $600: It's the central message in a literary work; in music it precedes "and variations" a theme |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | "&" $1000: In 1949 Billboard added this new music category to replace what had been called Race Records R&B (Rhythm & Blues) |
| #8149, aired 2020-01-30 | BOOTS $600: Chelsea boots are also called this music group's boots since they popularized them in the 1960s The Beatles |
| #8149, aired 2020-01-30 | WEBSITES $800: To give a more personalized listening experience, this website uses its music genome project Pandora |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | A LITTLE ALLITERATION $1000: In 1922 London, over 50 companies were making this mechanical & musical wonder with no fingers on the keys player pianos |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | HIT MUSIC OF TODAY $400: In 2019 adult contemporary fans sure wanted to know "Girls Like You" from this Adam Levine band Maroon 5 |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | HIT MUSIC OF TODAY $800: This band was "Only Human" as a hitmaker in 2019, its humans being Kevin, Joe & Nick the Jonas Brothers |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | HIT MUSIC OF TODAY $1200: In 2019, Garth Brooks & this fellow country star seen here team up to hit "A Dive Bar" Blake Shelton |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | HIT MUSIC OF TODAY $1600: He surprised people at the 2019 VMAs by performing "Panini" over the very expected "Old Town Road" Lil Nas X |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | HIT MUSIC OF TODAY $2000: The album "Beerbongs & Bentleys" topped the Billboard 200, going pillar to him Post Malone |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | THE OPERATING THEATER $600: A Spotify survey shows most surgeons listen to music in the O.R. & the No. 1 selection is this band's "Rock You Like A Hurricane" the Scorpions |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $200: In 2011 this singer said, "'Born This Way' is my answer to many questions over the years: Who are you? What are you about?" Lady Gaga |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $400: At the beginning of "Bad Guy", you can hear this young star removing her Invisalign braces so she doesn't lisp as she sings Billie Eilish |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $600: Unarmed civil rights protesters were killed on Jan. 30, 1972, the "Sunday Bloody Sunday" that inspired that song by this group U2 |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $800: In concert, after playing this song that begins, "Don't go changing, to try & please me", Billy Joel said, "& then we got divorced" "Just The Way You Are" |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $1000: After she said, "They tried to make me go to rehab & I told them no no no", her producer told her, "We should turn that into a song" Amy Winehouse |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | TV SPIN-OFFS $1200: "Schooled" , starring AJ Michalka as Lainey Lewis, now a music teacher The Goldbergs |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1600: It's no folly--this Paris music hall has been a hotspot since the 1886 revue "Place au Jeunes" Folies Bergère |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | PARK CITY $600: Zilker Park is home to this 3-word music festival held every fall bearing the name of Texas' capital Austin City Limits |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $2000: "Sweet melody" music maker struck with handheld hammers (1949) dulcimer |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | BROADWAY $400: Oscar winner Diablo Cody wrote the book for this show that gets its title & music from Alanis Morissette's hit 1995 album Jagged Little Pill |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | WATER MUSIC $400: This song by Otis Redding mentions "the Frisco Bay" & "Watchin' the tide roll away" "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | WATER MUSIC $800: In 2016 this British woman had a hit with "Water Under The Bridge" Adele |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | WATER MUSIC $1200: Joe Jonas of this 4-letter group described "Cake By The Ocean" as a party anthem DNCE |
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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Patrick Dillon, an elementary music teacher from Huntington, New York
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"He teaches music at a school that has been nationally recognized...
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Shay Collins, an 11-year-old from Averill Park, New York
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"His passion for music helps this future rock star to play...
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Justin Otor, a 12-year-old from Texarkana, Texas
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"His chosen profession will be something in the field of science...
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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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Celeste DiNucci, a manager of corporate and foundation relations at a music school from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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\"She was a graduate student when she won the 2007 Tournament...
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Sara DelVillano, a middle school instrumental music teacher from Lanham, Maryland
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2019 Teachers Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. At the...
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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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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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Curtis Joseph, a sophomore from Scottsdale Community College
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"In 1999, his nickname was 'Curtles the Troll', and he wanted...
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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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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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Theresa Larson, a music director from Katy, Texas
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Season 22 1-time champion: $18,600 + $2,000.
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's received critical acclaim on Broadway and on TV, and his...
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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Brad Paisley, a country music singer from the album Mud on the Tires
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"A young member of the Grand Ole Opry, please welcome one...
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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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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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Max Johansen, a senior from the University of Miami
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"As a seventh grader, he was planning on a career in...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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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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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Haley Batz, a senior from Charlotte, North Carolina
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "BOTS". Jeopardy!...
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Audrey Hosford, a junior from Annapolis, Maryland
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2008-B Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,400. Jeopardy! Message...
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Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky
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2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
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Will Casper, a senior from Basin City, Washington
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2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of...
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Giulio Ongaro, a college professor originally from Venice, Italy
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Season 10 player (1993-09-16). At the time of his appearance, Giulio...
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Heidi Greimann, a junior from Columbia, Missouri
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Heidi was 15 at the...
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Jon Er, from Williamsville, New York
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"This musician always argues for his fairness, so he wants to...
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Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky
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"He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
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Paul Kursky, a copywriter from San Francisco, California
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 5-time champion: $109,411...
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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Robbie Berg, a freshman from the University of Pennsylvania
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Davie, Florida. Robbie Berg Blog...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Robin Cheney, a middle school teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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"All the students at her school go on a camping trip...
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Loren Loiacono, a senior from Setauket, New York
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Harry Shearer, an actor/writer/producer from The Simpsons and Le Show
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"His many credits include providing voices for The Simpsons, and he's...
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Emily Riippa, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Grand Rapids, Michigan
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"She is a fast reader, and her mother says she was...
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Cathy Pentecost, a music teacher originally from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 1 player (1984-11-06).
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Jordan Davis, a private music teacher and choir director from Draper, Utah
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Season 39 player (2023-03-29).
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Georgia Robertson, a music coordinator from Woodland Hills, California
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Season 1 player (1985-01-31).
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Ben Henri, a choral music director from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2020 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000....
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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Greg Shepherd, a college music instructor from Honolulu, Hawaii
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Season 8 3-time champion: $25,802.
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Jay Rosenberg, a college professor from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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\"After winning 5 times in 1985, he became the moderator for...
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Chuck Forrest, a lawyer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Josh Atkins, an elementary music teacher from Phoenix, Arizona
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Season 37 player (2020-12-04).
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Buzzy Cohen, a music executive from Los Angeles, California
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• 9-game champion • 2017 Tournament of Champions winner 2019 All-Star...
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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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Howard Goldstein, a music professor from Auburn, Alabama
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Season 11 2-time champion: $27,200.
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Allison Lyttle, a music librarian from Harrisonburg, Virginia
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Season 35 player (2019-07-02).
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Kyle Jones, a music teacher from Aurora, Colorado
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2019 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 35 7-time champion: $145,403 + $2,000.
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Jeff Smith, a music educator from San Diego, California
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Season 38 player (2021-11-05).
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Janet Sharp Schoon, a music teacher from University Heights, Ohio
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Season 5 player (1989-04-25).
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Kyle Jones, a music teacher from Aurora, Colorado
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2019 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 35 7-time champion: $145,403 + $2,000.
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Kris Olson, a high school music teacher from Lexington, Kentucky
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Season 38 player (2022-05-25).
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Andy Zax, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
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Season 5 player (1989-01-05). Andy won $50 coming in third on...
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Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida
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2024 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 39 6-time champion:...
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Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida
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2024 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 39 6-time champion:...
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A.Z. Madonna, a music journalist from Malden, Massachusetts
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Season 39 player (2022-12-08).
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Ben Henri, a 7th through 12th grade vocal music teacher from St. Clair Shores, Michigan
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2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2020 Teachers Tournament winner: $100,000....
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Christina Clark, an elementary music teacher from De Pere, Wisconsin
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Season 38 player (2022-04-27).
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Mollie Ward, a music teacher from Austin, Texas
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Season 12 player (1996-03-04).
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Buzzy Cohen, a music executive from Los Angeles, California
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2019 All-Star Games captain of wildcard-match 3rd-place Team Buzzy: a share...
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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from San Jose California
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Season 13 player (1996-09-11). 2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000....
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Janine Riveire, a music teacher from Hollywood, California
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Season 9 player (1993-03-05).
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Michelle Cabral, an elementary school music teacher from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 34 3-time champion: $46,693 + $2,000.
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Sarah Twilley, a music teacher from Seal Beach, California
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Season 37 1-time champion: $19,801 + $2,000.
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Josh Archibald-Seiffer, a music director and pianist from Seattle, Washington
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Season 35 player (2019-05-02).
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Rose Buetikofer, a music teacher from Harleysville, Pennsylvania
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Season 11 player (1994-09-07).
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Roberta Martinez, a music historian from Pasadena, California
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Season 1 player (1984-11-08).
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Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina
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"He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
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Dan Crosby, a middle school history teacher from Santa Monica, California
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"He teaches at a school named for a renowned scholar, doctor,...
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Theo Schiller, a school librarian originally from North Fork, California
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Season 4 player (1988-01-22 & 1988-03-08). Theo was returned to the...
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Pat Van Hartesveldt, a music contract administrator originally from New York
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Season 3 player (1986-09-24).
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Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
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Jeff Smith, a music educator from San Diego, California
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000.
Season 38 player (2021-11-05).
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Linda Jarvis, a music student and a geologist from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 2 player (1986-05-19).
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Christopher Weis, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "WISE". Jeopardy!...
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Kathryn Wendling, a high school social studies teacher from Farmington, Minnesota
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"Her high school newspaper predicted she would be on Jeopardy! From...
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Judy MacLeod Reardon, a music store manager from Canton, Georgia
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Season 20 player (2004-07-02).
KJL game 23.
Middle name pronounced like "mak-LOUD".
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David Moore, an operations manager from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 29 player (2013-06-04).
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Larkin Breitner, an 11-year-old from Fleming Island, Florida
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"She wants to be an actress, and she's ready for her...
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Kelly Mraz, a music teacher from Lilburn, Georgia
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Season 39 player (2023-01-09).
Last name pronounced like "MERE-oz".
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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Laura Bulkin, a pianist and music teacher from Taos, New Mexico
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Season 28 player (2011-10-24).
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Dmitry Spivak, a junior from Northwestern University
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"The 11-year-old wasn't really kidding when he said he wanted to...
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Ray Crosby, a graduate student of Victorian literature originally from Bakersfield, California
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Season 28 player (2011-10-18).
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Colin Thibadeau, a music producer and sound editor from Bronx, New York
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Season 32 player (2015-11-23).
Last name pronounced like "TIB-uh-doe".
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Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland
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2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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Janice Hawthorne Timm, a music educator and choral director from Ukiah, California
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Season 38 player (2022-01-26).
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Lisa Grean, a music critic from Honolulu, Hawaii
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Season 12 player (1995-09-06).
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a materials scientist from Phoenix, Arizona
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Mike Horner, a music agent originally from Washington, D.C.
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Season 9 player (1992-11-06).
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Caroline Jones, a senior from Silver Spring, Maryland
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand
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\"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
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Jeffrey Gerlomes, a freshman from Napa, California
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2007 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
14 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Peggy Pancella, a music teacher and mom from St. Louis, Missouri
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Season 18 player (2002-04-12).
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Todd Faulkenberry, a junior from Moore, South Carolina
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2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
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Daniel Watkins, a music teacher from Fort Worth, Texas
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Season 31 player (2015-03-18).
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Katie Gill, a sophomore from Jackson, Mississippi
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2008-A Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Janelle Lambert, a senior from Brooklyn, New York
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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Rachel Horn, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio
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2008-A Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. 15 at the time of the...
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Zia Choudhury, a senior from Paducah, Kentucky
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2008-A Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up: $18,000. 17 at the time of...
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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Nick Philip, a junior from Plainfield, Indiana
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2008-A Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Joshua Kosman, a music critic originally from Haverford, Pennsylvania
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Season 4 player (1988-05-24).
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Elaine Brewer, a music publishing executive originally from Indianapolis, Indiana
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Season 3 player (1987-07-03).
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JC Honeycutt, a fraud investigator and singer-songwriter from Charlotte, North Carolina
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Season 23 player (2007-01-15).
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Mukund Marathe, a music teacher and singer from Montclair, New Jersey
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Season 33 2-time champion: $31,799 + $2,000. Mukund wore a Doctor...
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Will Salvini, a music director from El Segundo, California
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Season 15 player (1999-01-20).
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Dan Royles, a senior from Chula Vista, California
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Dan was 17 at the time...
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Anna Gohmann, a senior from Westlake Village, California
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2002 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. Anna was 17 at the time...
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Kyle Adams, a classical pianist & music instructor from Astoria, New York
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Season 17 player (2001-03-14).
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Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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Mark Meyerson, a music producer and consultant from North Hollywood, California
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Season 4 player (1988-06-06).
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Don Sloan, a composer and music professor from Wadsworth, Ohio
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Season 12 3-time champion: $36,000.
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Buzzy Cohen, a music executive from Los Angeles, California
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2019 All-Star Games captain of wildcard-match 3rd-place Team Buzzy: a share...
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Bob Rome, a music teacher from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 player (1987-07-01).
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Emily Waltenbaugh, a library volunteer coordinator from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 30 player (2014-03-27).
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Amanda Richards, a music teacher from Macon, Georgia
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Season 32 player (2016-04-20).
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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from San Jose, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2002 Million Dollar Masters...
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McKinnie Lee Sizemore, a DJ and music journalist from Orlando, Florida
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Season 32 player (2016-04-15). McKinnie won $5,000 on Who Wants to...
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LeeAundra Temescu, a communications coach originally from Troy, Michigan
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Season 22 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
Web site at thecontrarypublicspeaker.com.
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Adrian Perez, a music minister from Suwanee, Georgia
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Season 31 player (2015-06-30).
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David Rozenson, a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 21 3-time champion: $76,000 + $1,000.
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Donna Radu, a music administrator from Radnor, Pennsylvania
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Season 9 1-time champion: $18,401.
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Nora Morrison, a music historian from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 30 player (2014-03-18).
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Jimmie Bise Jr., a police dispatcher and music student from Waldorf, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2006-04-21). Last name pronounced to rhyme with "ice."...
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Julie Robichaux, a web producer from New York City, New York
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"10 years ago she said disco music scared her, but today...
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Tom Kavanaugh, a kickball team captain from St. Louis, Missouri
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
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Claudia Perry, a worker for an e-learning company from Evanston, Illinois
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"She was a pop music critic living in San Jose, California...
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Aman Birk, from Irvine, California
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"He may not be the fastest swimmer on the team, but...
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Steve Greene, a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Joli Millner, an eleven-year-old from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"No kidding, she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows...
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Larry Cloud, a bookkeeper and computer consultant from Inglewood, California
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"He won five times in 2001, allowing him to make a...
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Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas
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Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
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Surabhi Iyer, a ten-year-old from Franklin, Massachusetts
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"Her research scientist dad has inspired her to become a neuroscientist....
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Solomon Howard, a freshman from St. Petersburg, Florida
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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Paul Thompson, a human resources manager from Cheverly, Maryland
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"He was the first 5-time champion in the 1995-96 season. A...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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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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Brian Moore, an astronomer from Houston, Texas
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"He was the first 5-day champion in the 1993-1994 season. An...
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Emily Lever, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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2009 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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Aisha Tyler, an actress, comedian, author and reality-show host from Archer
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"In addition to film and TV roles, she performs comedy at...
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Tim Koch, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Cliffwood, New Jersey
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"He would like to be a teacher because you get to...
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Adam Meyer, a college professor from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 21 player (2004-09-08).
KJL game 41.
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Wil Curiel, an 11-year-old from Costa Mesa, California
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"His favorite subject is science, so it's not surprising that this...
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Paul Christiansen, a music professor from Portland, Maine
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Season 26 player (2009-10-22).
Last name pronounced like "kris-tee-ANN-sin".
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Rob Schneider, an actor from Men Behaving Badly
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"From Men Behaving Badly, you might remember when he was just...
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Anissa Chitour, a ten-year-old from Princeton, New Jersey
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"Her extracurricular activities include playing violin, playing field hockey and shopping...
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Robert Villarreal, an online music teacher from Pepper Pike, Ohio
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Season 27 player (2010-09-27).
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Mandy Strine, a DMV administrator for a used car retailer from Hendersonville, Tennessee
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Season 27 player (2010-09-14).
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Doug Payne, a guitar instructor from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Season 27 player (2011-01-28).
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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Kadeem Cooper, a junior from the University of Virginia
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Brooklyn, New York...
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Christy Brown, a residence hall director from Austin, Texas
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Season 26 player (2010-02-16).
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Shuyu Wang, a junior from Okemos, Michigan
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2003 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000.
16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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Randall Johnson, an enologist from Seattle, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $18,400 + $1,000.
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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Sharon Beattie, a music teacher from Stuttgart, Germany
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Season 4 player (1988-05-30). She was announced as being from Stuttgart,...
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Nick Yozamp, a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-A College Championship winner:...
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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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Stan Chiueh, a law student from Austin, Texas
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Season 26 player (2009-09-30).
Last name pronounced like "CHAY".
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Erik Lang, a mail room clerk from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 27 player (2011-01-05).
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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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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Mary Naam, a junior at Harvard University from Effingham, Illinois
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2003 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500.
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Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Jeff Spoeri, a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
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2007 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Pat Sajak, a game show host from Wheel of Fortune
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"A former TV weatherman, he's gone on to become the world's...
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Dan Campbell, a fiddler from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Season 26 player (2010-01-19).
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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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Donna Isbell Walker, an entertainment writer from Greenville, South Carolina
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Season 20 player (2004-03-11).
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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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Susan Poliniak, an educational music director from Flushing, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $7,600 + $1,000.
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Emily Moin, a 12-year-old from Rockville Centre, New York
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"Whether it's music or drama, she just loves to perform..." 2000...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Linda Davis, a music teacher from Fairborn, Ohio
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Season 17 player (2000-10-16).
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Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Jacob Hambalek, a 12-year-old from Fresno, California
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"If he had to choose a career right now, he'd be...
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Tayonna Jones, a 12-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana
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"She hopes to have her law degree by her 18th birthday...
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Zachary Baumgartner, a 10-year-old from Deer Park, New York
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"He'll hit all the right notes in the future as a...
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Connie Walters, a freelance music teacher from Jamesville, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-03-22).
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Maggi McKenzie, a business analyst from Mount Juliet, Tennessee
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Season 23 player (2007-04-24).
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Naomi Judd, a singer from The Judds
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"She's one of country music's most popular stars..." Playing for the...
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
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"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
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Dan Avila, a photographer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 7 1-time champion: $5,300 + a Sanyo remote control stereo...
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Clé Holly, a singer/songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 24 player (2007-09-14). Clé won $125,000 on Who Wants to...
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Michael McKean, an actor, writer, and director from This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, and The Pajama Game
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"His movies have included This is Spinal Tap and A Mighty...
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Bob Verini, a director of academics for a national test preparation company from Los Angeles, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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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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Leszek Pawlowicz, a materials scientist from Phoenix, Arizona
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Amanda Nowotny, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh from New Castle, Pennsylvania
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Alex Stambaugh, a 12-year-old from Paris, Kentucky
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"He feels he can use his talents in math and science...
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Sara Jansson, a 10-year-old from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey
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"She wants to become a singer because she loves music so...
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Alex Nutman, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Chevy Chase, Maryland
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"This future investment banker won 'best in grade' in a state...
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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from Jersey City, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2002 Million Dollar Masters...
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Jim Stalley, a crime data specialist from Denver, Colorado
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $84,100 + $2,000.
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Vanamali Compton, a junior from Clarkdale, Arizona
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 16 at the time of the...
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Nithya Kubendran, an 11-year-old seventh grader from Quartz Hill, California
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"When asked about her future plans, she said, 'World domination sounds...
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Keith Lorasch, a music educator from Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Season 16 2-time champion: $19,002.
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Ruvani Fonseka, a junior from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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2005 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of...
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Whitney Prince, a sophomore from Maryville, Tennessee
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Tamika Turner, an 11-year-old eighth grader from Sylvania, Ohio
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"She wants to be a journalist, because it’s important for the...
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