#8446, aired 2021-07-19 | AGREE, 2 DISAGREE $200: An act of admitting a point, especially on election night; Newsweek detailed "50 Years of Presidential" these "Speeches" concessions |
#2, aired 2020-01-07 | TOY STORY $400: The Christmas fad of 1983 was this doll, featured on the cover of Newsweek in December of that year the Cabbage Patch doll |
#7624, aired 2017-11-02 | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT TRAVELS THROUGH TIME $1000: (Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight present the clue.)
(Nancy) The March 19, 1990 cover of Newsweek--"Rap Rage"--has rap gone too far?
(Kevin) With this "Funky Cold Medina" & "Wild Thing" rapper pictured below the headline, we'll say it--no. No, it hasn't Tone Loc |
#7500, aired 2017-03-31 | SKIMMING THE MAGAZINES $800: Founded to rival Time; briefly went all-digital in 2013 Newsweek |
#7107, aired 2015-07-07 | 1990s BESTSELLERS $600: Newsweek columnist Joe Klein turned out to be the anonymous author of this political novel Primary Colors |
#7025, aired 2015-03-13 | "SO" IT GOES $200: This 2-word term for an entertainment serial first appeared in Newsweek in 1939 soap opera |
#6939, aired 2014-11-13 | THERE'S A "WAY" $1200: This 2-word term for a high-speed computing network zoomed into print in Newsweek in 1983 information superhighway |
#6708, aired 2013-11-13 | JOURNALISTS $1200: The former editor of Vanity Fair, she served as editor-in-chief of both Newsweek & The Daily Beast Tina Brown |
#6415, aired 2012-07-06 | THE WEBS OF WEBSITES $1000: IAC sites include College Humor, ask.com & this "Daily" news site, Newsweek's online home the Daily Beast |
#6302, aired 2012-01-31 | EDITORS $800: In November 2010 Tina Brown was announced as the editor-in-chief of this current events magazine founded in 1933 Newsweek |
#5932, aired 2010-06-01 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN $600: In an unprecedented move in 1975, these 2 rival news magazines both featured cover stories on Bruce Newsweek & Time |
#5654, aired 2009-03-19 | OTHER PLACES TO GAMBLE $400: In 1953 Newsweek said that Onassis didn't break the bank at this town--he bought the casino Monte Carlo |
#5618, aired 2009-01-28 | DIPLOMACY--NOT A GAME $400: This department suggests reading "Ghost Wars" & Newsweek if you want to be a foreign service officer the State Department |
#5421, aired 2008-03-17 | HERE'S A MELANGE POUR VOUS $800: A much-derided 1986 Newsweek story said for a 40-year-old single woman, death by a terrorist was likelier than this marriage |
#4496, aired 2004-03-08 | MAGAZINE DEBUTS BY DECADE $1000: Newsweek,
Esquire,
Consumer Reports the 1930s |
#4488, aired 2004-02-25 | "NEW"S $400: It's put out by the Washington Post Company's magazine publishing division Newsweek |
#4415, aired 2003-11-14 | THE DEANS LIST $1600: On August 11, 2003 he was on the cover of both Time & Newsweek magazines Howard Dean |
#4370, aired 2003-09-12 | "AMERICAN" MOVIES $200: Newsweek called this 1999 film "This generation's 'Porky's'" American Pie |
#4293, aired 2003-04-09 | RECENT MOVIE REVIEWS $2000: Newsweek called this film directed by Guy Ritchie "Madonna's Shipwreck" Swept Away |
#4275, aired 2003-03-14 | ESSAY $1,500 (Daily Double): In 2002 subjects of his Newsweek essays included baseball statistics & judicial elections George Will |
#4136, aired 2002-09-02 | "Y" ME? $800: A 1995 Newsweek article advised this Russian to "check into the Betski Ford Clinic" Yeltsin |
#3933, aired 2001-10-10 | GUN PARTS $100: Time, Newsweek or Playboy magazines |
#3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BOYS' "E" $800: Boys & girls were excited by a 2000 Newsweek with an "exclusive" one of these from the new Harry Potter novel excerpt |
#3909, aired 2001-09-06 | AS QUOTED IN NEWSWEEK $100: On the suggestion she reacquire & sell her infamous blue dress, she asked, "What sort of girl do you think I am?" Monica Lewinsky |
#3909, aired 2001-09-06 | AS QUOTED IN NEWSWEEK $200: Asked to join a couple in a restaurant, this "Bill & Ted" star declined with a polite "No thanks. I'm thinking" Keanu Reeves |
#3909, aired 2001-09-06 | AS QUOTED IN NEWSWEEK $300: An NYU student said of this Clinton foe, "He's obviously a better teacher than he is a special prosecutor" Ken Starr |
#3909, aired 2001-09-06 | AS QUOTED IN NEWSWEEK $400: Asked to name 3 things she liked about Rick Lazio, her opponent for Senate, she said, "He's an attractive young man" Hillary Clinton |
#3909, aired 2001-09-06 | AS QUOTED IN NEWSWEEK $500: After being on "Millionaire", this TV "Batman" said "There's a lot of pressure trying to be smarter than... Valerie Bertinelli" Adam West |
#3887, aired 2001-06-26 | KNOCK, KNOCK $800: Newsweek said this Gregory Peck horror film with young Damien was "the latest serving of deviled ham" The Omen |
#3708, aired 2000-10-18 | NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARD WINNERS $100: In 1999 Time won for Public Interest & this competitor won for News Reporting Newsweek |
#3705, aired 2000-10-13 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $400: In the 1930s this "Main Street" author served as book editor for Newsweek Sinclair Lewis |
#3565, aired 2000-02-18 | PEN NAMES $800: Newsweek columnist Joe Klein was "Anonymous", the author of this 1996 political novel "Primary Colors" |
#3561, aired 2000-02-14 | FICTION $500: Newsweek calls this "Cryptonomicon" author "The Hacker Hemingway" Neal Stephenson |
#3499, aired 1999-11-18 | AT THE MAGAZINE STAND $100: Michael Isikoff of this Time magazine rival nearly broke the Monicagate story, but his editors held it back Newsweek |
#3214, aired 1998-07-16 | 20th CENTURY INVENTION $200: Newsweek reports Westinghouse made one in 1952 that played "How Dry I Am" at the end of each cycle a clothes dryer |
#3160, aired 1998-05-01 | MUSICAL THEATER $200: This Jonathan Larson musical set in New York's East Village made the May 13, 1996 cover of Newsweek Rent |
#3103, aired 1998-02-11 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $200: A former foreign editor of Time magazine founded this rival of Time in 1933 Newsweek |
#2880, aired 1997-02-21 | BOOKS OF THE '90S $1,000 (Daily Double): Newsweek's Joe Klein turned out to be the "Anonymous" author of this 1996 "Novel of Politics" "Primary Colors" |
#2676, aired 1996-04-01 | COLUMNISTS $400: This Newsweek columnist is a regular commentator on "This Week with David Brinkley" George Will |
#2523, aired 1995-07-19 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $500: David Gergen was an editor with this news weekly when he joined the Clinton White House in May 1993 U.S. News & World Report |
#2473, aired 1995-05-10 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $100: This weekly newsmagazine was founded in 1933 by Thomas J.C. Martyn, a former editor of Time Newsweek |
#2348, aired 1994-11-16 | POLITICAL QUOTATIONS $400: In a 1973 Newsweek article, this Ugandan dictator was quoted as saying, "I am the hero of Africa" Idi Amin |
#2314, aired 1994-09-29 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $1000: In September 1993 Newsweek ran a 30-page excerpt of this photographer's "An Autobiography" Richard Avedon |
#2203, aired 1994-03-16 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $200: Thomas J.C. Martyn, a former editor of Time magazine, founded this rival in 1933 Newsweek |
#2176, aired 1994-02-07 | GENERAL HOSPITAL $500: In 1981 this couple was so hot they made the cover of Newsweek & their wedding made People's cover Luke & Laura |
#2114, aired 1993-11-11 | PEOPLE $500: Newsweek said of this Irish flutist, he "can break your heart with his diminuendos" James Galway |
#2041, aired 1993-06-21 | MAGAZINES $1,000 (Daily Double): For the no. of feathers on Big Bird or the No. of Tupperware parties held daily, check this magazine's "Index" Harper's |
#1973, aired 1993-03-17 | MUSICIANS $800: In 1980 this Israeli-born musician was the subject of a Newsweek cover story called "Top Fiddle" (Itzhak) Perlman |
#1907, aired 1992-12-15 | SURVEY SAYS $100: Newsweek says 57% of Americans polled placed themselves in this class, only 1% in upper middle |
#1855, aired 1992-10-02 | WOMEN $200: When this "Hotel Queen" appeared on the cover of Newsweek, the headline read, "Rhymes With Rich" (Leona) Helmsley |
#1665, aired 1991-11-22 | SINCLAIR LEWIS $200: In the late '30s Sinclair Lewis served as book editor at this weekly rival to Time magazine Newsweek |
#1609, aired 1991-09-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: Newsweek called this author of "Clear and Present Danger", "the king of techno-thrillers" Tom Clancy |
#1601, aired 1991-07-15 | U.S.A. $100: The April 16, 1990 cover of Newsweek depicted this body of water, calling it "Huck's River" the Mississippi |
#1570, aired 1991-05-31 | HODGEPODGE $600: Invented for a college football team in the early '60s, Newsweek calls it "the granddaddy of sports drinks" Gatorade |
#1567, aired 1991-05-28 | MAGAZINES $200: In 1975 this news magazine began giving articles bylines; Time followed suit 5 years later Newsweek |
#1515, aired 1991-03-15 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: In 1981 she made the cover of "Newsweek" with "Tar Baby", her 4th novel Toni Morrison |
#1514, aired 1991-03-14 | NEWSPAPERS $500: Columnist George Will writes for Newsweek & this newspaper that owns it the Washington Post |
#1274, aired 1990-03-01 | MAGAZINES $800: This magazine's "Transition" column features birth, marriage, divorce & death announcements Newsweek |
#1215, aired 1989-12-08 | POLITICAL LEADERS $200: Newsweek called him "The Politburo's answer to the Great Communicator" Mikhail Gorbachev |
#1184, aired 1989-10-26 | MAGAZINES $400: George F. Will's commentary appears on the last page of this newsmagazine Newsweek |
#1096, aired 1989-05-15 | MAGAZINES $200: This, not Time, was the 1st news magazine out with a big report on the Time-Warner merger Newsweek |
#1031, aired 1989-02-13 | MAGAZINES $300: This rival news magazine was founded by Thomas J.C. Martyn, a foreign news editor at Time Newsweek |
#1009, aired 1989-01-12 | ROYALTY $200: When she died in 1982, the cover of Newsweek called her life "The Last Fairy Tale" Princess Grace |
#911, aired 1988-07-18 | GOVERNMENT $200: Mideast leader quoted in Newsweek as saying "I never even thought of assassinating Reagan" (Muammar) Gaddafi |
#867, aired 1988-05-17 | THE 1950s $500: Newsweek says regional accents began to fade away in the U.S. due to the influence of this television |
#846, aired 1988-04-18 | TELEVISION $100: Newsweek called it "The TV series that has raised lawyer-bashing to a national spectator sport" L.A. Law |
#835, aired 1988-04-01 | MACHO $200: Newsweek said of this Norman Mailer film, "Tough guys shouldn't direct" Tough Guys Don't Dance |
#835, aired 1988-04-01 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Newsweek reports that of Chrysler, Ford & Toyota, this co. has the highest production cost per car Toyota |
#747, aired 1987-12-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800 (Daily Double): Event depicted in this painting, which Newsweek captioned "Pay attention, this might come up on 'Jeopardy!'" the framing of the Constitution (signing of the Constitution of the United States) |
#720, aired 1987-10-23 | TV TRIVIA $500: Newsweek called this detective romp, at $1.6 million, TV's most expensive 1-hour drama Moonlighting |
#648, aired 1987-06-03 | WEAPONS $800: According to Newsweek, 2008 Tow antitank missiles & parts Hawk & Phoenix missiles what did we deliver to Iran |
#619, aired 1987-04-23 | FASHION $400: Newsweek joked a museum for this apparel invented in 1946 might consist of 2 domes & a pyramid the bikini |
#600, aired 1987-03-27 | ART $600: August 18, 1986 covers of both "Time" & "Newsweek"' featured Wyeth portraits of this model Helga |
#580, aired 1987-02-27 | 1982 $400: Newsweek said this '82 strike forced husbands to talk to their wives for 8 consecutive Sundays pro football strike |
#577, aired 1987-02-24 | THE BOSS $500 (Daily Double): In October 1975, the Boss graced the covers of these 2 weekly magazines simultaneously Time & Newsweek |
#554, aired 1987-01-22 | CORPORATE AMERICA $1,600 (Daily Double): Of hard work, intelligence or knowing right people, more feel this is needed for success, said Newsweek knowing the right people |
#551, aired 1987-01-19 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $200: A 1986 Newsweek poll shows 67% of U.S. now feels possession of this substance should be a criminal offense marijuana |
#530, aired 1986-12-19 | MAGAZINE COVERS $300 (Daily Double): In July 1986, "she" was on the front of Time & Newsweek, but TV Guide only gave her its backside the Statue of Liberty |
#418, aired 1986-04-16 | "SAM"s $500: "Newsweek" cover headlined "True West" called him
"Leading Man,
Playwright,
Maverick" Sam Shepard |
#382, aired 1986-02-25 | JOURNALISM $800: "Newsweek" spoke of "the power of the press" when B. Bain's dog was killed by copy of this heavy paper Los Angeles Times |
#366, aired 1986-02-03 | YUPPIES $600: According to "Newsweek" if you want to be a yuppie, you can't be older than this 39 |
#297, aired 1985-10-29 | ECONOMICS $800: Former Newsweek columnist, this Nobel-winning conservative has proposed a guaranteed income for all Milton Friedman |
#272, aired 1985-09-24 | MAGAZINES $400: Magazine featured on the Feb. 4, 1985 "Newsweek" cover about Ariel Sharon Time |
#153, aired 1985-04-10 | CURRENT EVENTS $500: Newsweek called British strike in this industry the country's "longest, costliest & most bitter" coal |
#138, aired 1985-03-20 | 1983 $200: Newsweek ran these diaries one week & a "stern" rebuke the next Hitler diaries |
#69, aired 1984-12-13 | MAGAZINES $100: Newsmagazine published by the Washington Post Newsweek |
#54, aired 1984-11-22 | WOMEN $200: Newsweek described her as proving gymnasts don't all have to be anorexic Mary Lou Retton |