| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $400: These twin TV actresses & entrepreneurs were born June 13, 1986 Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $800: They set the film "A Serious Man" in their native Minnesota the Coen brothers |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $1200: The Duffer brothers created this TV series that debuted in 2016 Stranger Things |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $1600: In a 2001 film, these siblings played siblings Elizabeth & Donnie Darko Jake & Maggie Gyllenhaal |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE $2000: Sid & Marty Krofft produced '70s Saturday morning TV like "H.R. Pufnstuf" & this one where a family ends up in a time with dinosaurs Land of the Lost |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $200: "I love Paris in the spring time", says one of the classic songs by this American composer Cole Porter |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $400: The only movie to pair Fred Astaire & Judy Garland is this holiday classic Easter Parade |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $600: Charles Melton represents the first month in the title of this 2023 film that also stars Natalie Portman & Julianne Moore May December |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $800: Asked to describe a perfect date, a pageant contestant in this film says, "April 25 because it's not too hot, not too cold" Miss Congeniality |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $1000: Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater won Tonys for the score of this musical about 19th century students Spring Awakening |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $200: In the preface to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" we learn that these calming words are on the front of the reference book don't panic |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $400: This catchphrase of Ed McMahon was uttered with creepy efficiency in "The Shining" Here's Johnny |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | LGBTQ+ WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $400: "The House of Hidden Meanings" is a 2024 memoir from this TV host & pop culture icon, both far from & totally a drag RuPaul |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $600: Barney on "How I Met Your Mother" often implored his friends with this command that superheroes might receive suit up |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $800: This memorable 1997 Apple ad campaign notably didn't end with a "-ly" Think Different |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | 2-WORD POP CULTURE $1000: Written by Sia, this Shakira song from "Zootopia" can be heard in commercials for Disney World "Try Everything" |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $200: Super Mario Bros. has Mario & Luigi trying to rescue her; she used to be called Princess Toadstool in the United States Princess Peach |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $400: She was actually adopted into the royal family of Alderaan, raised by Senator Bail Organa & his wife, the queen of Alderaan Princess Leia |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $600: In the "Shrek" films she voices Princess Fiona Diaz |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $800: In "The Princess Diaries", Mia Thermopolis finds out that she is the crown princess of this (fictional) country Genovia |
| #9050, aired 2024-03-01 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $1000: In a 1953 film she played a princess who takes a "Roman Holiday" from her royal duties Audrey Hepburn |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $400: Stuff the Magic Dragon is the name of the mascot for the NBA team that plays home games in this city Orlando |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $800: After killing the ender dragon in this "blockbuster" video game, players receive a dragon egg as a trophy Minecraft |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $1200: "Where Dragons Dwell" is a swell song from this band that took its name from the Japanese word for Godzilla Gojira |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $1600: In a series of books by Cressida Cowell, this son of Stoick the Vast can speak Dragonese & learns to train a dragon Hiccup |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | POP CULTURE DRAGONS $3,000 (Daily Double): Falkor the white luck dragon helps Atreyu in this epic fantasy film from Wolfgang Petersen The NeverEnding Story |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $400: This icon, the focus of a blockbuster film & a Mattel mainstay, made it onto Forbes' list of the most powerful women of 2023 Barbie |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $800: He briefly played in the minors in Baltimore before the Red Sox & his 1914 rookie card recently sold for more than $7 million Babe Ruth |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $1200: In 2009 it was revealed that Joy is the first name of this pancake syrup spokescharacter Mrs. Butterworth |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $1600: The leg warmers may be gone but 50 years after Judi Sheppard Missett founded this dance & fitness franchise, it's still going strong Jazzercise |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $2000: Miyawaki is the last name of the "Your Best American Girl" indie rock goddess who goes by this single name Mitski |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $200: In 1966 The Royal Guardsmen set the scene "in the clear blue skies over Germany" for a song titled "Snoopy Vs." this guy the Red Baron |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $400: "Red vs. Blue" are 2 armies in an animated series that's an offshoot of this "angelic" video game franchise Halo |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $600: On this series, Casey Webb travels the country, taking on eating challenges like a 4-pound Reuben or a gallon-sized sundae Man v. Food |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $800: In an Edgar Wright film, this title slacker vies with Ramona Flowers' 7 evil exes, as well as "the World" Scott Pilgrim |
| #9036, aired 2024-02-12 | POP CULTURE VS. $1000: In "The People vs." this man, Woody Harrelson says, "I'm your dream client. I'm the most fun, I'm rich, & I'm always in trouble" Larry Flynt |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $400: A new kind of hero, she made her cover debut in "Sensation Comics" in 1942 Wonder Woman |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $800: One of the hottest toys of the late '90s was a plush, red Tickle Me him Elmo |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1200: It was party time with the introduction of these plastic storage containers, the lids inspired by those of a paint can Tupperware |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1600: In 1923, more than 30 years before the talking one, Cecil B. DeMille directed a silent version of this biblical epic The Ten Commandments |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $2000: Seen here are twins Pauline & Esther Friedman who doled out advice under the names Abigail Van Buren, aka Dear Abby, & her Ann Landers |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | WILLIAM BLAKE IN POP CULTURE $400: The title of this band's album, "Songs of Innocence", references a Blake poetry collection U2 |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | WILLIAM BLAKE IN POP CULTURE $800: The name of this band fronted by Jim Morrison comes from a Blake passage via Aldous Huxley The Doors |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | WILLIAM BLAKE IN POP CULTURE $1200: Replicant Roy Batty adapts a passage from Blake's book "America, a Prophecy" in this futuristic film set in 2019 Los Angeles Blade Runner |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | WILLIAM BLAKE IN POP CULTURE $1600: A chapter that follows Rorschach in this graphic novel draws inspiration from William Blake's poem "The Tyger" the Watchmen |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | WILLIAM BLAKE IN POP CULTURE $2000: Francis Dolarhyde is obsessed with a Blake painting in "Red Dragon" by this author Thomas Harris |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | ELEMENTARY POP CULTURE $100: It's the title of a Black Sabbath song, or, a Robert Downey Jr. movie "Iron Man" |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | ELEMENTARY POP CULTURE $200: Superman was born on this planet named after one of the noble gases Krypton |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | ELEMENTARY POP CULTURE $300: This HBO comedy series set in Northern California used former Facebook & Twitter executives as consultants Silicon Valley |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | ELEMENTARY POP CULTURE $400: In Disney's "The Fox and the Hound", the fox is named Tod, while the hound shares his name with this reddish metal copper |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | ELEMENTARY POP CULTURE $500: This toxic element is paired with "Old Lace" in the title of a 1944 movie starring Cary Grant arsenic |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $400: Link's video game franchise links up with the wife of writer F. Scott Legend of Zelda Fitzgerald |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $800: Ken's rhyming dream abode in the film "Barbie" hatches into a prequel of "Game of Thrones" a Mojo Dojo Casa House of the Dragon |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: The Bronx female rapper on "Boy's A Liar, Pt. 2" joins forces with a British girl group featuring Posh & Sporty Ice Spice Girls |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: A certain ancient civilization that men obsess over in a TikTok trend time travels & becomes a Jay-Z song about NYC "The Roman Empire State Of Mind" |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $2000: A "Fresh Off the Boat" actress joins the rap group with members RZA, GZA & Ghostface Killah Constance Wu-Tang Clan |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | CITY MUSEUMS $2000: The Museum of Pop Culture in this city has been called "Blobitecture" Seattle |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | OTHER WORDS FOR DOIN' IT $400: Austin Powers may be pop culture's greatest champion of this randy British verb; it even made the title of his sequel shag |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $200: Will Smith was so smitten with his canine co-star in this 2007 film that he wanted to adopt her I Am Legend |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $400: In his first-ever TV interview, Cormac McCarthy sat down with Oprah Winfrey after she selected this bleak novel for her book club The Road |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $600: Over 11 total seasons of "The Walking Dead", this "Z" word was surprisingly never used by a character zombie |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $800: Moviegoers were snack-shamed for chewing popcorn too loudly during this mostly silent film directed by John Krasinski A Quiet Place |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | POST-APOCALYPTIC POP CULTURE $1000: Kevin Costner starred in two post-apocalyptic films in the 1990s: "Waterworld" and this misfire about a nameless drifter The Postman |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | POP CULTURE $400: Caroll Spinney was the original puppeteer for both Oscar the Grouch & this feathered resident of "Sesame Street" Big Bird |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | POP CULTURE $800: This playwright's "Biloxi Blues" came to Broadway in 1985 Neil Simon |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | POP CULTURE $1200: The last name of this Giants great includes "Cove", & a cove where home run balls splash down is named for him McCovey |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | POP CULTURE $1600: She's seen here around the time she released "Under the Pink", one the most influential albums of the '90s Tori Amos |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | POP CULTURE $4,800 (Daily Double): John Ford directed the Oscar-winning 1942 documentary "Battle of" this locale at which Ford himself was wounded (Battle of) Midway |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE $400: It's the name of the official Kenny Chesney fan club & precedes "no shirt, no problems" in a song about a Mexican getaway No Shoes |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE $800: "Vacation, had to get away", sang this band in a 1982 Top 10 hit the Go-Go's |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE $1200: Sharon Stone & Madonna have stayed at Italy's San Domenico Hotel, seen in the role of this title place in season 2 on HBO White Lotus |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE $1600: The barks in this Lindsey Buckingham song aren't the dog that's in "National Lampoon's Vacation"--it's a co-o-o-o-o-o-o-incidence "Holiday Road" |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE $2000: The title of this 2013 film about a boy on summer vacation refers to a place to sit in a station wagon (a 1970 Buick Estate) The Way Way Back |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $400: In 2023 her hubby Mark Consuelos replaced Ryan Seacrest as her co-host on her "Live" morning show Kelly Ripa |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $800: "So Much To Say" about the band named for him, like that it sold 7 million copies of 1996's "Crash" Dave Matthews |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $1200: It's the title of a 1978 Brooke Shields film & a 2023 documentary series about Brooke Shields Pretty Baby |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $1600: This "CHiPs" star teamed up with Tostitos in 2015 to promote National Chip & Dip Day Estrada |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $2000: Wednesday & Pugsley are sent to summer camp in this 1993 movie sequel whose title is a BEFORE & AFTER Addams Family Values |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $400: Ryan Gosling & Christian Bale see bad times ahead in this 2015 movie about mortgage banking & more The Big Short |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $800: Seen here, Lil Rel Howery eased the tension a bit as Daniel Kaluuya's wisecracking bud in this 2017 horror film Get Out |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $1200: On "Parks & Rec" this 4-legged phenom was Pawnee's biggest star; Andy sang "5,000 Candles In The Wind" at his memorial Li'l Sebastian |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $1600: Before "Everything Everywhere All at Once", Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert directed "Turn Down for What" by DJ Snake & this rapper Lil Jon |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | BIG & LIL POP CULTURE $2000: Al Capp created this comic strip set in good ol' Dogpatch Li'l Abner |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $200: On Nov. 21, 1980 76% of Americans watching television tuned in to finally find out "who shot" this character J.R. |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $400: On "SNL", it was too hot in the hot tub for this performer as James Brown; he also let us know, "I'm Gumby, dammit!" Eddie Murphy |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $600: As Roger Murtaugh in this 1987 film, Danny Glover got a catchphrase--"I'm too old for this (stuff)" (but Danny didn't say "stuff") Lethal Weapon |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $800: In a 1984 Wendy's ad Clara Peller was not a fan of big buns, hon & asked this 3-word question; now you will, too Where's the beef? |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES $1000: Seen here is the quintessentially 80s haircut of this New Wave band, who had a hit with "Space Age Love Song" A Flock of Seagulls |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $400: The final episode of "Dawson's Creek" killed off Jen, played by her Michelle Williams |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $800: Ann Coulter & Chris Rock both appeared on the 2003 premiere episode of this current Bill Maher series Real Time with Bill Maher |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $1600: I'm going to Wichita to tell you Spin magazine's Top Album of the Year was their "Elephant" The White Stripes |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $2000: This hero of books by Patrick O'Brian came to cinemas in the person of Russell Crowe Jack Aubrey |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $2,200 (Daily Double): In this film, the emperor of Japan wants Algren (Tom Cruise) to modernize his army but Algren deeply respects the old ways The Last Samurai |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $400: Christopher Nolan said this Batman villain wears a mask to deliver anesthetic that mitigates pain from past trauma Bane |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $800: In this 1991 thriller Johnny Utah goes undercover to infiltrate the masked bank robbing gang known as the Ex-Presidents Point Break |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $1200: In a commercial, kids were pitched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle masks; this alphabetically first member of the clan was shown first Donatello |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | POP CULTURE MASQUERADE $1600: While rocking out, Los Straitjackets don masks similar to those worn in this alliterative freestyle wrestling form lucha libre |
| #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 |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $400: To start the '70s he replaced the 2 white guys in the Experience with a black rhythm section in Band of Gypsys Hendrix |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $800: In the '60s Robert Culp & Bill Cosby pioneered interracial buddy espionage on this TV show I Spy |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $1200: Seen here are the co-stars of this TV show; one said the other was "the mother I had been looking for" Touched by an Angel |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $1600: Britain's two-tone movement included multiracial bands like the English Beat & this ska group with the hit "Ghost Town" the Specials |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE $2000: Nicknamed for something sweet, he joined the all-white New Orleans Rhythm Kings on an early integrated jazz recording session Jelly Roll Morton |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | MAGAZINES IN OTHER WORDS $1000: "An Ocean":
Dive into politics, pop culture, tech & other stuff The Atlantic |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $400: He gave us the "Produce Pete" segment of "The Daily Show" before becoming "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" Steve Carell |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $800: Edie Falco thought a 2022 sequel to this 2009 film had flopped, having shot it 4 years prior & not realizing it had never been released Avatar |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $1200: The TV series about this character that began NPH-mania has been shown in Latin America as "El Doctorcito" Doogie Howser |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $1600: Kids of the '70s, this is for you! This character--"a man barely alive... we can rebuild him... better, stronger, faster" the Six Million Dollar Man (Steve Austin) |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | POP CULTURE $2000: In this 2019 X-Men movie, Sophie Turner dealt with absolute power corrupting absolutely Dark Phoenix |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | POP CULTURE $400: Caroll Spinney based the voice of this Muppet who lives in a trash can on a cranky NYC cab driver Oscar the Grouch |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | POP CULTURE $800: Prior to being the silent half of a magic duo, he taught high school Teller |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | POP CULTURE $1600: The name of his character in "Doctor Strange" is also his last name, a coincidence that made him seem fated for the part (Benedict) Wong |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | POP CULTURE $2000: In 2022 he returned as Ralphie, all grown up with a family of his own, in "A Christmas Story Christmas" Peter Billingsley |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | POP CULTURE $3,500 (Daily Double): The 2 individuals with the most Grammy nominations are this married couple, tied with 88 nominations each Beyoncé & Jay-Z |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: In 1970 15-year-old Mike Towry co-founded this San Diego event that has become a pop culture phenomenon Comic-Con |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $400: This actress from an iconic TV show played the latter airhead in "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" Lisa Kudrow |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $800: It's a gathering following the main blowout; the title one on Apple TV+ follows a high school reunion & is marred by murder after party |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $1200: This Showtime series about soccer players lost in the woods ended season 1 with the main 4 as adults heading to their high school reunion Yellowjackets |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $1600: As the title of a John Cusack movie sums up, Martin Blank is a hitman going to his reunion in this Detroit suburb Grosse Pointe |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS $2000: In the reunion movie "10 Years", she played the girlfriend of her then-husband Jenna Dewan (formerly Jenna Dewan-Tatum) |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $400: Songs by this Swedish quartet include "Waterloo" & "Dancing Queen" ABBA |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $800: Anna Faris wasn't there to see the end of this CBS sitcom in 2021, but Allison Janney was Mom |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $1200: Ice Cube wasn't Xander but Darius in this film sequel subtitled "State of the Union" XXX |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $1600: Surname of the actor seen here, also a musician & soundtrack composer (Jeremy) Renner |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PALINDROMES IN POP CULTURE $2000: John David Washington tries to save the world in this recent Christopher Nolan film Tenet |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | JASON CONCEPCION $400: (Jason Concepcion presents the clue.) From 2017 through 2020, I hosted the Emmy-winning series "NBA Desktop" for this sports & pop culture website with a name that means "a skilled player competing incognito" The Ringer |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | POP CULTURE GOES TO MARS $400: "Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell", sang Elton John in this hit "Rocket Man" |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | POP CULTURE GOES TO MARS $800: With the aid of a Kickstarter campaign, Kristen Bell was back on the case as this character in a 2014 feature Veronica Mars |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | POP CULTURE GOES TO MARS $1200: Jack Nicholson was the president & Glenn Close, the first lady in this 1996 Tim Burton film Mars Attacks! |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | POP CULTURE GOES TO MARS $1600: Here is this co-founder & lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars; he's quite an accomplished actor as well Jared Leto |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | POP CULTURE GOES TO MARS $2000: We saw this actress have the guns of Bonnie Parker & in a 1978 thriller, the "Eyes of Laura Mars" Faye Dunaway |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | POP CULTURE $200: In accepting her 1991 Grammy for "Unforgettable", she thanked her dad Nat for leaving such a "wonderful heritage" (Natalie) Cole |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | POP CULTURE $400: She showed her serious side in "The Farewell" & her comedy chops in "Ocean's Eight" Awkwafina |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | POP CULTURE $600: "Sincerely, Me" is a song from this Broadway show that won the 2017 Tony for Best Musical Dear Evan Hansen |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | POP CULTURE $800: Real name Archibald Leach, he was the dashing star of films like "Bringing Up Baby" & "To Catch a Thief" Cary Grant |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | POP CULTURE $1000: She's no hack playing legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance on "Hacks" (Jean) Smart |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $400: Saying it wasn't a "protest song", Bob Dylan did include the lyrics "How many times must the cannonballs fly" "Blowin' In The Wind" |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $800: Seen here, Alexandra Shipp played a younger version of this film mutant originally portrayed by Halle Berry Storm |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $1200: Formerly the Hartford Whalers, they blew into Raleigh in 1997 the Hurricanes |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $1600: "Blood On The Coal" by The Folksmen is on the soundtrack album of this Christopher Guest mockumentary A Mighty Wind |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE $2000: Spencer Tracy was on the side of evolution while Fredric March argued creationism in this classic 1960 film Inherit the Wind |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | THE SCARF $2000: The most famous scarf in pop culture is the one kept by an ex of Taylor Swift's, as told in this song of hers "All Too Well" |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | POP CULTURE IS ALWAYS IN SEASON $200: A 2014 film:
"Captain America:
The ____ Soldier" Winter |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | POP CULTURE IS ALWAYS IN SEASON $400: By Megan Thee Stallion: "Hot Girl ____" Summer |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | POP CULTURE IS ALWAYS IN SEASON $600: A Broadway musical:
"____ Awakening" Spring |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | POP CULTURE IS ALWAYS IN SEASON $800: A play by
James Goldman:
"The Lion in ____" Winter |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | POP CULTURE IS ALWAYS IN SEASON $1000: Directed by
Ingmar Bergman:
"____ Sonata" Autumn |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ON PLANET POP CULTURE $400: In 2021 Saniyya Sidney was on the court of "King Richard" as this tennis superstar Venus Williams |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ON PLANET POP CULTURE $800: In a 2004 animated movie, Plankton steals King Neptune's crown & it's up to this title guy & his best pal to save the day SpongeBob SquarePants |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ON PLANET POP CULTURE $1600: It was a bit unusual for Tom Jones, Jim Brown & Danny DeVito to share a scene in this 1996 Tim Burton alien invasion film Mars Attacks! |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ON PLANET POP CULTURE $2000: Train sang, "Tell me, did you sail across the Sun? Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded" in this song "Drops Of Jupiter" |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ON PLANET POP CULTURE $3,000 (Daily Double): This member of singing royalty said, "Rod Stewart, Elton John & I were going to form a band... called Hair, Nose & Teeth" Freddie Mercury |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | DRINK UP POP CULTURE $400: This host of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" has drunk some Joe with Margaret Cho & Jay Leno Seinfeld |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | DRINK UP POP CULTURE $800: John Lee Hooker & George Thorogood sang of the trio "One bourbon, one scotch" & one this one beer |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | DRINK UP POP CULTURE $1200: "Wishful Drinking" was a one-woman show & a memoir by this daughter of Debbie Reynolds Carrie Fisher |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | DRINK UP POP CULTURE $1600: A tagline from this 1994 Tom Cruise flick: "Drink from me & live forever" Interview with the Vampire |
| #8659, aired 2022-06-09 | DRINK UP POP CULTURE $2000: In "Another Round", this actor plays one of a quartet of teachers in Copenhagen who tests a theory about drinking Mads Mikkelsen |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $400: This character on "Dawson's Creek" was named after the heroine of "Little Women" Joey |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $800: He said he chose the name The Smiths because "it's time that the ordinary folk of the world showed their faces" Morrissey |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $1200: Lenny Lipton, future 3D glasses inventor, wrote the poem about this "Magic Dragon" & says drugs were not in his mind Puff |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $1600: Named after Rembrandt's son, Titus Welliver plays this TV cop with the same name as another painter Bosch |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $2000: He's the adorable Mogwai from "Gremlins" who's voiced by Howie Mandel Gizmo |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $400: The Battle of the Boroughs: games between these 2 NBA squads the Knicks & the Nets |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $800: Speeding fine $15 & You inherit $100 are examples of these paired board game elements Chance & Community Chest |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1200: Ash is bros for life with this Pokemon Pikachu |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1600: In a 1980 comedy this title pair explains: "We're on a mission from God" the Blues Brothers |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $2000: Here's looking at this Silver Screen royal couple Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | COMMON COMMODITIES $400: In 2011 trading ended in these "bellies", a symbol in pop culture of Chicago's arcane commodities trading world pork bellies |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $200: From a radio he boasted on "Industry Baby" of having "couple Grammys on him, couple plaques" Lil Nas X |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $400: Mom sent me a clip of this ABC medical drama that premiered in 2005 but is maintaining its practice in the 2021-22 TV season Grey's Anatomy |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $600: My niece wanted to watch (again) her favorite movie about this superfast animated critter who got a dental makeover Sonic the Hedgehog |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $800: Season 12 of this show was on at the gym & I watched Gigi Goode sashay on the runway RuPaul's Drag Race |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A DAY OF POP CULTURE $1000: It was late but my film major roommate had to watch this Hitchcock "you kill my dad, I kill your wife" classic & I got sucked in Strangers on a Train |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $200: In the "Shrek" movies, it's the name of the donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy Donkey |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $400: In this 1997 film Jack Nicholson asks a group of psychiatric patients, "What if this is as good as it gets?" As Good as It Gets |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $600: It's the eponymous title of the 1988 collection of early hits by R.E.M. on I.R.S. Records Eponymous |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $800: Before co-starring in "Get Out", Allison Williams played one of the girls on this HBO series Girls |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $1000: Redd Foxx of TV's "Sanford and Son" had the real name John this Sanford |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $200: 2 New York City gangs sing & dance in this top-grossing film of 1961 West Side Story |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $400: Yul Brynner wore the black hat in this 1973 movie; Ed Harris is a different man in black on the TV series Westworld |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $600: In a 2018 summer tune, "She used to meet me" here, "in the city where the sun don't set" Eastside |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $800: The Trask at hand is knowing James Dean starred in this 1955 film East of Eden |
| #8571, aired 2022-02-07 | POP CULTURE "EAST" & "WEST" $1000: Danny McBride was ex-Major Leaguer Kenny Powers on this HBO series Eastbound & Down |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | POP CULTURE MONIKERS $400: This "Avengers" actor was nicknamed "Hammer" before he played Thor Chris Hemsworth |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | POP CULTURE MONIKERS $800: Maggie Smith gave the man seen here this flower-part nickname, an anagram of his last name Petal |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | POP CULTURE MONIKERS $1600: The main character on this HBO comedy was called "Grizzly Madam" & "The Wicked Witch of the West Wing" Veep |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | POP CULTURE MONIKERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Born on the South Side of Chicago, he originally had "Sense" behind his name in his early rap years Common |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | POP CULTURE MONIKERS $2000: The Victims is the fitting name for superfans of this hard-rocking Vegas band The Killers |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $400: It's the 3-letter title of the M. Night Shyamalan movie about people aging with terrifying speed Old |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $800: This scary "road" is a 2021 trilogy of horror films on Netflix adapted from R.L. Stine's books Fear Street |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $1200: Giannis & company made dreams come true for fans of this Midwestern team, beating a game Phoenix crew in the NBA Finals the Milwaukee Bucks |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $1600: She hosted the 2021 VMAs & won Best Collaboration for teaming up with SZA on "Kiss Me More" Doja Cat |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $2000: This comedian seen here charted on "Billboard" with "All Eyes On Me", a song heard on his comedy special "Inside" (Bo) Burnham |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | POP CULTURE MR. OR MRS. $400: Rachel Brosnahan is marvelous in her role as this Jewish housewife-turned-comedian the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | POP CULTURE MR. OR MRS. $800: Kevin O'Leary, one of the investors on this series, is frequently referred to as Mr. Wonderful Shark Tank |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | POP CULTURE MR. OR MRS. $1200: Rami Malek won an Emmy for playing Elliot Alderson, a vigilante hacker, on this series Mr. Robot |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | POP CULTURE MR. OR MRS. $1600: & here's to you, this character who seduces Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate" Mrs. Robinson |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | POP CULTURE MR. OR MRS. $2000: On the silver screen this beloved actor played both "Mister Roberts" & "Young Mr. Lincoln" Henry Fonda |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | POP CULTURE $200: Seen here, she brought the funny to shows like "Shrill" & "Saturday Night Live" Aidy Bryant |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | POP CULTURE $400: 2021 saw the first stand-alone movie about this Marvel-ous title female, set during the time of "Captain America: Civil War" Black Widow |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | POP CULTURE $600: In 2019, this young rapper moseyed onto the scene in a really big way Lil Nas X |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | POP CULTURE $800: Rob Delaney narrates this Netflix dating show in which contestants are outfitted as all sorts of creatures Sexy Beasts |
| #8527, aired 2021-12-07 | POP CULTURE $1000: In 2021, he rode on to movie screens as Snake Eyes Henry Golding |
| #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 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $800: On April 1, 1963 ABC premiered this soap opera & NBC launched a similar rival, "The Doctors" General Hospital |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $1200: Conservatorship hearings in L.A. in 2021 attracted supporters of the movement known by this 2-word hashtag Free Britney |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $1600: First name of Mr. Youssef, who plays the title character in a Hulu series he also created Ramy |
| #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 |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | POPPING OUT POP CULTURE $200: This "8 Mile" rapper, challenged to rhyme "orange": "I put my orange, 4-inch door hinge in storage & ate porridge" Eminem |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | POPPING OUT POP CULTURE $400: Chevy Chase said his home in this holiday film was Danny Glover's in "Lethal Weapon 2"; a blown-up toilet was still on the lawn National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | POPPING OUT POP CULTURE $600: 2021 marks 10 years of Christina Perri's "Twilight" anthem that says, "I have loved you for" this long a thousand years |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | POPPING OUT POP CULTURE $800: Alan Tudyk crash lands on Earth & his character assumes the form of local doctor Harry Vanderspeigle on this SYFY show Resident Alien |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | POPPING OUT POP CULTURE $1000: "As much as I would love to watch you & your childhood karate rival duke it out", Amanda LaRusso of this Netflix show will pass, thanks Cobra Kai |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | RECENT POP CULTURE $200: There was destruction in 2021 as King Kong tangled with this title kaiju favorite Godzilla |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | RECENT POP CULTURE $400: "I Can't" do this by H.E.R. won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 2021 "I Can't Breathe" |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | RECENT POP CULTURE $600: A 2021 miniseries had the Falcon team up with this seasonal guy the Winter Soldier |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | RECENT POP CULTURE $800: Unafraid of shows with initials in the title, CBS has this drama; its spinoff was "Most Wanted" & "International" was planned for 2021 FBI |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | RECENT POP CULTURE $1000: A doctor at 221B Baker Street puts this title group of youths to work in a recent Netflix show the Baker Street Irregulars |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $400: 12th U.S. president who topped the pop charts with "Shake It Off" Zachary Taylor Swift |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $800: Talented singer & pianist who can do a mash-up of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" & "All Of Me" Elton John Legend |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Movie where the monstrous Lester Burnham locks up Belle, who finds an enchanted rose American Beauty and the Beast |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Han Solo's freighter is a 1980s primetime soap set at a vineyard & starring Jane Wyman Millennium Falcon Crest |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Film in which a kid in a Welsh coal-mining family like totally falls for a 1980s Southern California chick How Green Was My Valley Girl |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $200: Movie characters cross over when a fedora-wearing archaeologist from 1981 sweeps a title diarist from 2001 off her feet Indiana & Bridget Jones |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $400: It's pretty obvious Captain America's alter ego & the man with a TV "Neighborhood" are both superheroes, so maybe cousins too? Steve & Fred Rogers |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $600: The diva who sang "Love Takes Time", comes on down! & hangs out with the host of "The Price is Right" Mariah & Drew Carey |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $800: We'd actually love to see a wacky family sitcom with Al Pacino's "Scarface" character & Miley Cyrus' TV one Tony Hannah Montana |
| #8432, aired 2021-06-29 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $1000: The 2 "Property Brothers" could help Steve Carell's "Office" role set up a new plasma TV in his condo (we need all 3 names) Jonathan, Drew & Michael Scott |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $400: In 2020 this character was back in "Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime..." Borat |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $800: Seen here, Anya-Taylor Joy helped make this miniseries one of streaming TV's most successful The Queen's Gambit |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $1200: In 2020 the plastic crown worn by this "Big Poppa" rapper in his final photo shoot sold at auction for nearly $600,000 the Notorious B.I.G. |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $1600: Watch out, William! Prince Harry said one of his favorite films is this 1994 Disney cartoon with a royal sibling usurper The Lion King |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | POP CULTURE $2000: Scandal sang, "Shooting at the walls of heartache, bang bang, I am" this warrior |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | POP CULTURE TIDBITS $400: This "Sesame Street" character fittingly appears as a census taker in a 2020 public service announcement The Count |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | POP CULTURE TIDBITS $800: The first season of this series said the title location "lies between the pit of man's fears & the summit of his knowledge" The Twilight Zone |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | POP CULTURE TIDBITS $1200: The French film "Les Traducteurs" was inspired by the real-life efforts to translate this novelist's "Inferno" into many languages Dan Brown |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | POP CULTURE TIDBITS $1600: "Chernobyl" & this comic book movie won Iceland's Hildur Gudnadottir an Emmy, a Grammy & an Oscar within the same awards season Joker |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | POP CULTURE TIDBITS $2000: Tony Todd was paid $1,000 each time he was stung by a bee playing the title villain in this 1992 horror movie Candyman |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $200: As a couple, they were jointly known as "Bennifer" Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $400: Playing himself, William Shatner made a guest appearance in "The D & D Vortex" episode of this sitcom The Big Bang Theory |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $600: In 2019 she became the first Asian woman to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Awkwafina |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $800: On Oscar night in 2017, this film took home 6 awards, including Best Director for Damien Chazelle La La Land |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | POP CULTURE $1000: In 2012 the late Tupac Shakur performed via hologram at this California music festival Coachella |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | POP CULTURE $200: She closed out the 2021 inauguration celebration by singing "Firework" as fireworks shot across the sky Katy Perry |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | POP CULTURE $400: Suites based on shows like "Adventure Time" & "Ben 10" are at the hotel named for this network Cartoon Network |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | POP CULTURE $600: To promote his album "The Life of Pablo", this rapper opened a series of pop-up stores around the world Kanye West |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | POP CULTURE $800: An industrious raccoon named Tom Nook runs the in-game business in this Nintendo game: "New Horizons" Animal Crossing |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | POP CULTURE $1000: Mobster & assassin Frank Sheeran is the title character of this 2019 Martin Scorsese mob epic The Irishman |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | POP CULTURE PRIESTS $400: On this show Reverend Lovejoy told Ned, "There's an oil stain in the parking lot that looks just like St. Barnabas" The Simpsons |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | POP CULTURE PRIESTS $800: In the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" he is "writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear" Father McKenzie |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | POP CULTURE PRIESTS $1200: On HBO Jude Law was "The Young Pope" & this actor had no trouble being "The New Pope" John Malkovich |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | POP CULTURE PRIESTS $2000: Seen here, he played the hot priest who was the object of affection for TV's "Fleabag" Andrew Scott |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | POP CULTURE PRIESTS $2,200 (Daily Double): Ewan McGregor plays the Vatican's Camerlengo in this 2009 film based on a Dan Brown book Angels & Demons |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $200: In 2021 Queen Latifah rebooted this old Edward Woodward TV role of righting wrongs that no one else will The Equalizer |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $400: Robert Newton's 1950 performance as this rogue in "Treasure Island" is considered the source of the "pirate accent" Long John Silver |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $600: In 2008 the visitors' locker room in Bryant-Denny Stadium at this university was named in honor of James M. Fail Alabama |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $800: You can get your own red energy dome hat from the website of this 4-letter band, popular in the 1980s Devo |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $1000: A Nintendo video game creator used an animal word that symbolizes stubbornness in naming this gorilla villain Donkey Kong |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | OF POP CULTURE MICE & MEN $200: In 1934 this icon made his debut as a giant balloon in what was then called Macy's Santa Claus Parade Mickey Mouse |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | OF POP CULTURE MICE & MEN $400: This "Simpsons" duo starred in "Candle in the Wound" & "It's a Wonderful Knife" Itchy & Scratchy |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | OF POP CULTURE MICE & MEN $600: Geena Davis & Hugh Laurie were the adoptive parents of a mouse-like kid in this 1999 film Stuart Little |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | OF POP CULTURE MICE & MEN $800: Singing "Here I come to save the day!" means this superhero cartoon rodent "is on the way" Mighty Mouse |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | POP CULTURE $200: This group's album "Love Yourself: Tear" is the first by a K-pop act to top the Billboard 200 Albums chart BTS |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | POP CULTURE $400: For 7 seasons Meghan Markle played Rachel Zane on this USA Network show about lawyers Suits |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | POP CULTURE $600: Born in 2012, Beyoncé's oldest daughter has this colorful name Blue Ivy |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | POP CULTURE $800: Joe Exotic from "Tiger King" has said he wants this "Joe Dirt" actor to play him in a TV series (David) Spade |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | POP CULTURE $1000: Jane is this character's real first name on "Stranger Things" Eleven |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $200: The writers of this man's show called his careful way of speaking with children "Freddish" Mister Rogers |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $400: Keloid scars like the kind developed by many Hiroshima survivors were included in the 1954 design of this movie monster Godzilla |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $600: Folk singer Llewyn Davis was one of this actor's first big roles Oscar Isaac |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $800: This annual cable TV event began in July 1988 with the airing of the nature special "Caged in Fear" Shark Week |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POP CULTURE $1000: As teenagers in Mass., these 2 actors pooled their acting money in a joint bank account for audition trips to New York Matt Damon & Ben Affleck |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $800: Clad in leather with body armor, Xena was this kind of title princess on 1990s TV Warrior Princess |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $1200: Buttercup is the title betrothed in this tale of page & screen The Princess Bride |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $1600: "Once Upon A December" was a song in this Broadway musical whose title is the name of a Romanov princess Anastasia |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $2000: In a ballet, this beautiful princess loved by Prince Siegfried is transformed into a swan by the sorcerer Rothbart Odette |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $400: Holy guacamole, in the '70s kitchen appliances in this shade of green were all the rage avocado |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $800: Popular dance songs of the '60s included ones called this & the Peppermint this the "Twist" |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1200: Claude the crab & Peace the Bear are 2 of these collectible stuffed animals from the 1990s Beanie Babies |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $2,000 (Daily Double): Antonio Pasin's fascination with a still newish medium & with air travel inspired him to call his toy wagon this the Radio Flyer |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $2000: According to Billboard, this sax man was the No. 1 instrumentalist of the 1990s Kenny G |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | POP CULTURE $400: This 1970s band wore outrageous costumes because of a Swedish tax law allowing deductions for non-street clothes ABBA |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | POP CULTURE $800: This Disney Channel series was originally going to be called "Alexis Texas" Hannah Montana |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | POP CULTURE $1200: Peter Laird, co-creator of these comic book heroes, wishes the cartoon had not made them so obsessed with pizza the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | POP CULTURE $1600: Marina Toybina made dancing sharks for Katy Perry's Super Bowl show & designs the elaborate disguises for this reality competition The Masked Singer |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | POP CULTURE $2000: This movie director of "Slumdog Millionaire" & "Trainspotting" also directed the London Olympics opening ceremonies Danny Boyle |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | POP CULTURE $200: During a 2017 performance of this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, a service dog ran after Bombalurina, one of the title characters Cats |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | POP CULTURE $400: He's a producer as well as a star of several "Fast & Furious" films and of 2020's "Bloodshot" Vin Diesel |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | POP CULTURE $600: When James Corden got Paul McCartney in his vehicle in 2018, they switched seats several times during this Beatles tune (Baby, You Can) "Drive My Car" |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | POP CULTURE $800: For an ad, Preparation H wanted this song, a big hit in 1963; the singer's daughter Rosanne said "No" "Ring Of Fire" |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | POP CULTURE $1000: This "Simpsons" character once sold haggis from a booth for 50 cents a serving (Groundskeeper) Willie |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE "BOSS" OF POP CULTURE $200: In 2016 Sharon Price John, CEO of Build-a-Bear, got a unique look at the company on this show Undercover Boss |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE "BOSS" OF POP CULTURE $400: In 2009 Buddy Valastro began living up to this TV title in a Hoboken bakery Cake Boss |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE "BOSS" OF POP CULTURE $600: Jennifer Aniston was part of an awful trio making employees' lives miserable in this 2011 comedy Horrible Bosses |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE "BOSS" OF POP CULTURE $800: We think the answer to this title '80s sitcom question is Judith Light, not Tony Danza Who's the Boss? |
| #8247, aired 2020-09-29 | THE "BOSS" OF POP CULTURE $1000: Alec Baldwin was all business as the voice of the title infant in this 2017 film Boss Baby |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | ROCK STARS $1200: One name off from a German composer, this metal front man skidded into pop culture relevance voicing Triton on "SpongeBob" Sebastian Bach |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $400: Celebrating this film's Oscars in 2020, director Bong Joon Ho partied on Galbi & Bibimbap in L.A.'s Koreatown until 5 A.M. Parasite |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $800: A self-described "average student", this former "Late Show" host funds a scholarship at Indiana's Ball State Letterman |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $1200: For producing a 2019 live version of "All in the Family" & "The Jeffersons", this man became the oldest Emmy winner ever at age 97 Norman Lear |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $1600: Tito Puente was delighted when royalty checks started arriving after this guitarist covered his song "Oye Como Va" Santana |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $2000: In 2019, this Canadian YouTube star made the jump to late night television, hosting "A Little Late" on NBC Lilly Singh |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POP CULTURE $400: (Conan O'Brien presents the clue.) In a "Clueless Gamer" segment, I attacked a strip club with a missile-carrying helicopter while playing the fifth installment of this Rockstar game; sadly, the bouncer had a grenade GTA (Grand Theft Auto) |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POP CULTURE $800: Watch them grow! These terracotta figurines come in Bob Ross & Groot versions Chia Pets |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POP CULTURE $1200: Amazon Prime was super in 2019, debuting this show about edgy superheroes like Homelander & the Deep The Boys |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POP CULTURE $1600: Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run is one of the attractions at the Disneyland area called Star Wars: these 2 words Galaxy's Edge |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | POP CULTURE $2000: This London-born singer of "New Rules" recently won a Grammy for Best New Artist Dua Lipa |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | MAGAZINES COME & GO $200: EW for short, in 2019 this magazine about pop culture kept its name but went monthly Entertainment Weekly |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $400: Ed Asner voiced Carl Fredricksen in this Pixar film that ballooned to $700 million-plus at the box office Up |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $800: In the original 1954 film, nuclear weapons testing is what awakens this creature & sends him on his rampage on Tokyo Godzilla |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $1200: Mr. Potato Head was not enough! In a 2019 deal, this toy brand added Peppa Pig & of course gangster rap label Death Row Records Hasbro |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $1600: In 2019, those who made the pilgrimage to the Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin, Tennessee included this band led by Dave Grohl the Foo Fighters |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $2000: In 2012 this Oscar-winning actress & humanitarian became a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency Angelina Jolie |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | COLORFUL POP CULTURE ANIMALS $400: Michael Sheen voiced this bunny in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" the White Rabbit |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | COLORFUL POP CULTURE ANIMALS $800: At Acme Labs, this cartoon rodent pairs with "the Brain" to attempt world domination Pinky |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | COLORFUL POP CULTURE ANIMALS $1200: Grey Wind was the name of one of these that belonged to Robb Stark on "Game of Thrones" a wolf |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | COLORFUL POP CULTURE ANIMALS $1600: Chris Pratt's "beta" raptor from "Jurassic World" was named this, like the coloration on its skin Blue |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | COLORFUL POP CULTURE ANIMALS $2000: In a 1994 film, Alan Cumming voiced this title horse Black Beauty |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $400: Bad robots & Xenomorphs are on the deadly prowl yet again in "Covenant", the most recent film in this interstellar terror franchise Alien |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $800: The start of the 1977 "Star Wars" movie informed us it all happened "a long time ago in" this place "a galaxy far, far away" |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $1200: Directed by Stanley Kubrick, this epic film was inspired by the short story "The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $1600: Led by Capt. Mercer, this sci-fi series on FOX sees its title ship & crew boldly going where no comedy has gone before The Orville |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $2000: She was Lieutenant Starbuck on "Battlestar Galactica" and now seeks out aliens as astronaut Niko Breckenridge on "Another Life" Katee Sackhoff |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $400: Check out the clue while my DJ revolves it! This '90s rapper actually had a 2nd Top 40 hit: "Play That Funky Music"; still waitin' on 3 Vanilla Ice |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $800: In 1987, 7'2" Kevin Peter Hall played Harry, who hung with the Hendersons, & this film title guy who was not as friendly with Arnold Predator |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $1200: Her post-"Friends" career includes the role of actress Valerie Cherish, trying to make "the comeback" happen Lisa Kudrow |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $1600: Feeling regenerated in "Doctor Who", this actress confessed, "Sorry, half an hour ago I was a white-haired Scotsman" (Jodie) Whittaker |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | POP CULTURE PEOPLE $2000: "Pretty Baby, You Look So Heavenly" is a chapter title in "Face It", the 2019 memoir by this singing star Debbie Harry |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | POP CULTURE BOOKSHELF $400: Ernest Cline's "Armada" finds Zack preparing against a perceived attack from aliens hailing from Europa, a moon of this planet Jupiter |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | POP CULTURE BOOKSHELF $800: In her memoir "Inside Out", this actress says "St. Elmo's Fire" saved her life: she had to go to rehab to keep her role in the film Demi Moore |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | POP CULTURE BOOKSHELF $1200: (Kevin Hart delivers the clue.) There's desert & snow & now, it's Danny Glover taking over my avatar in "Jumanji: The Next Level", the most recent film inspired by a book written & illustrated by this man Van Allsburg |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | POP CULTURE BOOKSHELF $1600: Appearing in mask & with sword on the cover of "As You Wish", this British actor gives insight on the making of "The Princess Bride" Cary Elwes |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | POP CULTURE BOOKSHELF $2000: In "You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)", this "queen of the geeks" tells of her rise to stardom Felicia Day |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | EDIBLE POP CULTURE $400: In a 1982 film a trail of Reese's Pieces draws this marooned title character out from hiding E.T. |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | EDIBLE POP CULTURE $800: In this 2007 animated film, a rodent named Remy dreams of becoming a French chef Ratatouille |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | EDIBLE POP CULTURE $1200: On "SNL" Dan Aykroyd once portrayed this Emmy-award-winning chef having a little difficulty preparing a chicken Julia Child |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | EDIBLE POP CULTURE $1600: This animated FOX series features the Belcher family, who own a restaurant Bob's Burgers |
| #8126, aired 2019-12-30 | EDIBLE POP CULTURE $2000: This actor's cookbook featured Food Fit for the King and You, and included Russian, Gypsy and Thai recipes Yul Brynner |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | POP CULTURE $400: A 2019 film was called "Fast & Furious Presents": this pair Hobbs & Shaw |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | POP CULTURE $800: Helga in her horned helmet is the demanding wife of this comic strip character Hägar the Horrible |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | POP CULTURE $1200: Pet Rocks became all the rage after they went on sale in this decade the 1970s |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | POP CULTURE $1600: babycenter.com says this Netflix series boosted the popularity of the baby names Nancy, Dustin, Lucas & Joyce Stranger Things |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | POP CULTURE $2000: In 1987, 2 decades after the original films, she & Frankie Avalon went "Back to the Beach" Annette Funicello |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | '60s POP CULTURE $400: Complete with combat boots & a dog tag, he made his debut at a 1964 toy fair G.I. Joe |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | '60s POP CULTURE $600: It was the dawning of a New Age in theater with this "Love-Rock Musical" & its much-publicized nudity Hair |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | '60s POP CULTURE $800: In November 1967 John Lennon appeared on the cover of this music magazine's first issue Rolling Stone |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | '60s POP CULTURE $1000: At the Oscars in 1969, there was a rare tie for Best Actress between Barbra Streisand & this other legend Katharine Hepburn |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | POP CULTURE $400: This reality show returned to MTV in 2019, with Spencer & Heidi now parents The Hills |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | POP CULTURE $800: This alliterative MMORPG released a "Classic" version in 2019 that returns players to Azeroth prior to its many expansions World of Warcraft |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | POP CULTURE $1200: Taylor Swift's song "Me!" features Brendon Urie of this band that's got an exclamation point in its name! Panic! at the Disco |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | POP CULTURE $1600: In "John Wick: Chapter 3", Keanu kicks butt with Sofia, played by this Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry |
| #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | POP CULTURE $2000: In the comics this town is the rural residence of Li'l Abner Dogpatch |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | POP CULTURE DECADES $400: Disneyland opens the 1950s |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | POP CULTURE DECADES $600: "The Lone Ranger" & "Meet the Press" debut on TV the 1940s |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | POP CULTURE DECADES $800: Mary Lou Retton scores a perfect 10 at the Olympics the 1980s |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | POP CULTURE DECADES $1000: Wheaties cereal & the Baby Ruth candy bar are introduced the '20s |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $800: Specializing in band & pop culture related apparel & accessories, this store that first opened in 1989 is muy caliente! Hot Topic |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK $400: Yes, soup Nazi for you! Larry Thomas played the food master twice on this sitcom Seinfeld |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK $800: This nutty logo guy wears a top hat, monocle, gloves & spats Mr. Peanut |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK $1200: The tradition of the Indy 500 champ swigging this after winning the race began in 1936 milk |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK $1600: One writer blamed a drop-off in British sales of this type of white wine on its association with Bridget Jones' saddest moments chardonnay |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK $2000: This 2001 book about the American quick meal became a movie drama with Bobby Cannavale as a meatpacking plant supervisor Fast Food Nation |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | HIP-HOP TO IT $200: This Dr. is in:
"Got a palace in the hills overlookin' the sea, it's worth 8 but I only paid 5.3" Dr. Dre |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $400: He met Jordan Peele around 2002 at Second City in Chicago Key |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $800: He met John Oates in 1967 when both were students at Temple University (Daryl) Hall |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1200: Last names Moore & Prater, this duo gave us the classic song "Soul Man" Sam and Dave |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1600: This comic strip pair sounds like they would be very direct & sincere Frank and Ernest |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $2000: "Shaun of the Dead" & "Hot Fuzz" are two collaborations by the British pair Nick Frost & him Simon Pegg |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | POP CULTURE COMMON BONDS $400: Odie,
Marmaduke,
Snoopy cartoon dogs |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | POP CULTURE COMMON BONDS $800: "Shiny Happy People",
"Man On The Moon",
"Fall On Me" R.E.M. |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | POP CULTURE COMMON BONDS $1200: True Religion,
7 For All Mankind,
Lucky Brand jeans |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | POP CULTURE COMMON BONDS $1600: Johnny Weissmuller,
Miles O'Keefe,
Alexander Skarsgard Tarzan |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | POP CULTURE COMMON BONDS $2000: Singers Maddie Poppe,
Phillip Phillips,
Jordin Sparks American Idol |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $400: On "The Flintstones", he's Barney & Betty's super-strong kid Bamm-Bamm |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $800: Julia Roberts played the evil queen to Lily Collins' Snow White in this 2012 film Mirror Mirror |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $1200: This hit song in Spanish & English by DJ Snake features Ozuna, Cardi B & Selena Gomez "Taki Taki" |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $1600: This Bowie song that says "you've torn your dress" & "your face is a mess" ranks as one of the all-time best glam rock songs "Rebel Rebel" |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $2000: With music & lyrics by Burt Bacharach & Hal David, this Broadway show features the song "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" Promises, Promises |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | POP CULTURE PORTMANTEAUS $400: The name of this Pokemon, Ash's best buddy, is a blend of Japanese words for a mouse sound & something sparkly Pikachu |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | POP CULTURE PORTMANTEAUS $800: Jim Henson has said that the "M" in Muppet comes from this word marionette |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | POP CULTURE PORTMANTEAUS $1600: A highlight of this 2016 Disney film was a sloth working at the DMV Zootopia |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | POP CULTURE PORTMANTEAUS $2000: Syfy had fun with the posts that debunked the meteorological accuracy of this 2013 TV movie that starred Tara Reid Sharknado |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | POP CULTURE PORTMANTEAUS $3,000 (Daily Double): George Clinton was the mastermind behind the groups called Parliament & this hybrid word Funkadelic |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | UNLIKELY POP CULTURE PAIRINGS $400: The film "Ragtime" has Jimmy Cagney, Pat O'Brien & at the other end of their careers, Samuel L. Jackson & her, "The Nanny" Fran Drescher |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | UNLIKELY POP CULTURE PAIRINGS $800: Sadly, a month after recording a Christmas duet in 1977 with this "China Girl" singer, Bing Crosby died of a heart attack David Bowie |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | UNLIKELY POP CULTURE PAIRINGS $1200: Seen here, this MSNBC host recited some Lil Jon lyrics with Lil Jon sitting right next to her Rachel Maddow |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | UNLIKELY POP CULTURE PAIRINGS $1600: Pity the fool who doesn't know Mr. T met Boy George in a 1986 episode of this show The A-Team |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | UNLIKELY POP CULTURE PAIRINGS $2000: Not content to make us weep with her ASPCA ads, she sang "Cat's In The Cradle" in a mash-up with rapper DMC Sarah McLachlan |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | 2018 POP CULTURE $400: You can play as Luigi, Peach or this ape in the Nintendo video game Mario Tennis Aces Donkey Kong |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | 2018 POP CULTURE $800: Beyonce & Jay-Z released the album "Everything is Love" under this collective name The Carters |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | 2018 POP CULTURE $1200: Early in free agency, he agreed to a 4-year, $153 million contract with the Lakers (LeBron) James |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | 2018 POP CULTURE $1600: The title characters of "Ant-Man and the Wasp" were played by Paul Rudd & her Evangeline Lilly |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | 2018 POP CULTURE $2000: In 2018 this couple said hello to baby No. 5 & goodbye to "Fixer Upper" after season No. 5 Chip and Joanna Gaines |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | BOY STORY $400: Parzival is the avatar of a kid with an extremely good handle on '80s pop culture in this novel Ready Player One |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $400: "Sisters" on film, these "SNL alums turned hosting the Golden Globes into must see TV (Amy) Poehler and Tina Fey |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $800: SpongeBob's BFF Patrick is one of these creatures a starfish |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1200: In the 2018 movie comedy "Holmes and Watson", Will Ferrell pairs with this Oscar-nominated actor, his buddy & frequent co-star John C. Reilly |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $1600: In this 2017 film Dax Shepard & Michael Peña took over the roles Erik Estrada & Larry Wilcox played on '70s TV CHiPs |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | POP CULTURE PAIRS $2000: This movie comedy duo rode camels in 1942 while on the "Road to Morocco" Bob Hope and Bing Crosby |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | A POP CULTURE THANKSGIVING $200: A traditional folk song finds it "in the straw" & "in the hay" turkey |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | A POP CULTURE THANKSGIVING $400: The song "Zombie" by this group is about the blood shed over Irish freedom The Cranberries |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | A POP CULTURE THANKSGIVING $600: A 1933 Popeye short is called "I ____ What I ____" yam |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | A POP CULTURE THANKSGIVING $800: Justin Theroux starred in this HBO series in which 2% of the world's population had disappeared--was it the rapture? The Leftovers |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | A POP CULTURE THANKSGIVING $1000: Gangly banjo player David Akeman, a star of the Grand Ole Opry & "Hee Haw", had this nickname Stringbean |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | POP CULTURE $400: Say howdy to Rowdy, mascot of this NFL team; he's 6'1", or 6'2 1/2" with the big hat the Dallas Cowboys |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | POP CULTURE $800: For fall, the cornucopia of pumpkin spice-flavored offerings include Cheerios & these Hostess snack cakes Twinkies |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | POP CULTURE $1200: In the 2018 film "The Girl in the Spider's Web", this star of "The Crown" plays outcast hacker Lisbeth Salander Claire Foy |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | POP CULTURE $1600: Shinnok is one of the evil karacters in this fighting video game franchise from NetherRealm studios Mortal Kombat |
| #7856, aired 2018-11-05 | POP CULTURE $2000: Ariana Grande has a song on her 2018 album called this, the name of her fiancee "Pete Davidson" |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | POP CULTURE ALPHABET $200: Prince went alphanumeric with his song title "Nothing Compares 2" this letter U |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | POP CULTURE ALPHABET $400: "Total Divas" can be found on the network known by this letter E! |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | POP CULTURE ALPHABET $600: Appearing in the "Divergent" & "Mission: Impossible" franchises is actress Maggie this letter Q |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | POP CULTURE ALPHABET $800: "The who, what, where, when and why in the world of style" is this Conde Nast publication W |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | POP CULTURE ALPHABET $1000: When Ramona gives Scott Pilgrim her phone number in a 2010 movie, this letter is under each of the 7 digits X |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | POP CULTURE POPS $200: In 2008's "Taken", this actor was a dad who had real problems connecting with his daughter Liam Neeson |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | POP CULTURE POPS $400: He'll be your daddy, oh! This singer became a "father figure", taking that song all the way to No. 1 in 1988 George Michael |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | POP CULTURE POPS $600: On this sitcom clan patriarch George Bluth said, "There's a good chance I may have committed some light treason" Arrested Development |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | POP CULTURE POPS $800: Son of a Black Panther, this "California Love" rapper who died in 1996 expressed some daddy issues with "Papa'z Song" Tupac |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | POP CULTURE POPS $1000: In "Four Christmases" Robert Duvall is this actor's not exactly warm & fuzzy papa Vince Vaughn |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $400: Fox' "Empire" has been seen as a hip-hop take on this play, with Jamal Lyon as a gender-swapped Cordelia King Lear |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $1200: Heath Ledger's Patrick Verona is the Petruchio of this film adaptation of "The Taming of the Shrew" 10 Things I Hate About You |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $1600: Amanda Bynes pretends to be a boy & plays soccer at Illyria Prep in "She's the Man", loosely based on this comedy Twelfth Night |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $2000: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are hosers, SCTV's Bob & Doug McKenzie, in this film very, very loosely based on "Hamlet" Strange Brew |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $4,200 (Daily Double): The 1950s sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet" is based on this play, with Robby the Robot as Ariel The Tempest |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | CHECK IN TO THE POP CULTURE HOTEL $200: In an Eagles hit "My head grew heavy & my sight grew dim, I had to stop for the night" here the Hotel California |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | CHECK IN TO THE POP CULTURE HOTEL $400: In a 2012 film British retirees don't get quite what they expected at this "Best Exotic" hotel in India the Marigold Hotel |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | CHECK IN TO THE POP CULTURE HOTEL $600: A 1955 headline, "Story of a Person Who Walked Lonely Street", is thought to have inspired this Elvis hit "Heartbreak Hotel" |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | CHECK IN TO THE POP CULTURE HOTEL $800: In "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation", Dracula, voiced by this comic actor, takes his own vacation Adam Sandler |
| #7804, aired 2018-07-12 | CHECK IN TO THE POP CULTURE HOTEL $1000: I'm glad I never stayed at the hotel of Donald Sinclair, on whom John Cleese based Basil in this show Fawlty Towers |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $200: In 1982 Tony Randall hosted these awards at the Imperial Theater the Tonys |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $400: Carrie Fisher auditioned for "Star Wars" & this horror film at the same time--the 2 directors were in the same room Carrie |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $600: Dancers come from all over the world to compete in front of Jennifer Lopez & Derek Hough on this NBC show World of Dance |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $800: Queen Latifah reunites with girls she went to college with on a crazy trip down to New Orleans in this film Girls Trip |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $1000: In a commercial for this mobile game, Arnold Schwarzenegger yells, "Must strike back!" Mobile Strike |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | POP CULTURE SQUIRRELS $200: Sandy Cheeks wears a space suit & helmet underwater so she can hang out with this title guy SpongeBob SquarePants |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | POP CULTURE SQUIRRELS $400: Scrat is the nutty, acorn-obsessed saber-toothed squirrel in this series of movies Ice Age |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | POP CULTURE SQUIRRELS $600: Twiggy the squirrel is a cultural sensation for expertly doing this aquatic activity water-ski |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | POP CULTURE SQUIRRELS $800: June Foray gave voice to this high-flying resident of Frostbite Falls--again! Rocky (the Flying Squirrel) |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | POP CULTURE SQUIRRELS $1000: Slappy & Skippy Squirrel were characters in this cartoon series that also starred Wakko, Yakko & Dot the Animaniacs |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $400: A terrible career path for this TV character, who went from nice chemistry teacher to nasty crystal meth master Walter White |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $800: In "Dead Poets Society", Robin Williams inspires his students with this Latin phrase translated as "seize the day" carpe diem |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $1200: In season 9 of this animated show, Mr. Garrison became Mrs. Garrison; in season 12 it was back to Mr. Garrison South Park |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $1600: You can win our money knowing he played a teacher in 1986 with the immortal line "Bueller...Bueller...Bueller" (Ben) Stein |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $2000: This nostalgia network rebranded itself with edgy series like "Teachers", whose educators aren't exactly dedicated TV Land |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | POP CULTURE IN THE NEWS $400: Diagnosed with lupus nephritis, singer Selena Gomez received a transplant of this vital organ a kidney |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | POP CULTURE IN THE NEWS $800: This Michigan singer said, "I'm not running for Senate! Are you...kidding me? Who...couldn't figure that out?" Kid Rock |
| #7751, aired 2018-04-30 | POP CULTURE IN THE NEWS $1200: #MeToo evolved into this movement against sexual harassment that was a popular pin in awards season in 2018 #TimesUp |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | ALL AROUND YOUTUBE $400: "After Hours" & "Excessive Pop Culture Discussion" are 2 shows on this fractured website's channel Cracked |
| #7732, aired 2018-04-03 | DOLL COLLECTING $600: Name of the line from Funko with dolls from Belle to Aquaman, or the kind of culture it represents Pop! |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY IN POP CULTURE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Staten Island Ferry.) When it's split in 2 by the bad guys in the blockbuster "Spiderman: Homecoming", it's up to the teen webslinger & this other superhero to hold the ship together Iron Man |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY IN POP CULTURE $400: The opening credits of CBS' "The Late Show with" him included a night view of an illuminated Staten Island Ferry David Letterman |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY IN POP CULTURE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Staten Island Ferry.) The ferry is featured at the start of Working Girl as we see the commute of Tess McGill, a role that made this actress an Oscar nominee Melanie Griffith |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY IN POP CULTURE $800: "I lost my choo!" she said while running for the Staten Island Ferry on an episode of "Sex and the City" Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw) |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY IN POP CULTURE $1000: In this film, Amy Schumer does the "I'm the king of the world" pose on the guardrails of the Staten Island Ferry Trainwreck |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | POP CULTURE GOLD & SILVER $200: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awards these each January the Golden Globes |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | POP CULTURE GOLD & SILVER $400: Michael Phelps won only 3 of these in his Olympic career silver medals |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | POP CULTURE GOLD & SILVER $600: Top Hollywood agent Ari Gold was a character on this HBO series Entourage |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | POP CULTURE GOLD & SILVER $800: The Golden State Warriors have won 2 NBA titles led by this 2-time league MVP Curry |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | POP CULTURE GOLD & SILVER $1000: This cosmic comic book hero travels through the universe on a board the Silver Surfer |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $200: This movie Austin-tagonist says at age 18 he went to "evil medical school" & at age 25 "took up tap dancing" Dr. Evil |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $400: Played by Rachel McAdams, Regina George was the leader of "the Plastics" in this 2004 movie Mean Girls |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $600: When this TV drama premiered in 2011, Regina was innocent, but Rumplestiltskin helped turn her into the evil queen Once Upon a Time |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $800: Calvin Candie in this movie was the first villain Quentin Tarantino said he'd written that he hated Django Unchained |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $1000: As Victor Kiriakis on "Days of Our Lives", this father of a TV star has put in 30-plus years of all kinds of villainy John Aniston |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | POP CULTURE 2000 $800: (I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson.) I was flattered to be named "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive" by this magazine back in 2000, but I'm inclined to wonder, who was I up against? People |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | POP CULTURE 2000 $1200: This primetime game show was the USA's most watched TV program Who Wants to be a Millionaire? |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | POP CULTURE 2000 $1600: Long before he took us to "Manchester by the Sea", he made his feature directing debut with "You Can Count on Me" Kenneth Lonergan |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | POP CULTURE 2000 $2000: Her acclaimed album "Mama's Gun" featured the protest song "A.D. 2000" Erykah Badu |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $400: "Start spreadin' the news, I'm leavin' today, I want to be a part of it", this song "New York, New York" |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $800: In CB slang it's what a trucker says to interrupt a conversation or request to use a channel breaker, breaker |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $1200: Jessie J, Nicki Minaj & Ariana Grande collaborated on this catchy 2014 hit "Bang Bang" |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $1600: Now all grown up, the pair here came to fame in the 1990s starring on this sitcom Sister, Sister |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $2000: Theodore Bikel played the Soviet captain who runs his submarine aground off New England in this 1960s comedy film The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | POP CULTURE "VICE" $400: Don Johnson & Colin Farrell hit the Sonny side of the street in projects both called this Miami Vice |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | POP CULTURE "VICE" $800: Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Debbie Harry & Dennis Hopper were just some of the voice talent in this video game, "GTA: VC" Grand Theft Auto: Vice City |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | POP CULTURE "VICE" $1200: Judge Reinhold & Fred Savage do the ol' father/son body switch in this 1988 film with a Latin title Vice Versa |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | POP CULTURE "VICE" $1600: School administrator Danny McBride helps set his new boss' house on fire in this HBO comedy Vice Principals |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | POP CULTURE "VICE" $2000: Paul Thomas Anderson got an Oscar nomination for writing this 2014 Joaquin Phoenix film Inherent Vice |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | POP CULTURE $400: David Tennant & Matt Smith have traveled through time & space as the main character on this British TV series Doctor Who |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | POP CULTURE $800: This rapper co-founded Roc-A-Fella records, which released his 1996 debut "Reasonable Doubt" Jay-Z |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | POP CULTURE $1200: Sarah Paulson got rave reviews for playing this prosecutor in "The People v. O.J. Simpson" Marcia Clark |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | POP CULTURE $1600: LL Cool J hosts this series on Spike TV, "LSB" for short Lip Sync Battle |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | POP CULTURE $2000: Jerry Seinfeld drove around the White House in a 1963 Stingray with Pres. Obama on an episode of this web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $200: Ben Kingsley voiced a protective panther in this movie, just as Rudyard Kipling must have imagined The Jungle Book |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $400: She credited her "American Horror Story" producer Ryan Murphy for her Best Actress in a Play win at the Tonys in 2016 Jessica Lange |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $600: The visual album "Endless" & the album "Blonde" were this singer/rapper's follow-up to "Channel Orange" Frank Ocean |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $800: Kevin Hart said filmmakers put "a small black guy in a small white rabbit's body" in this 2016 animated movie The Secret Life of Pets |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $1000: After 14 years, Jamie & Adam decided they had nothing left to disprove & this Discovery show signed off in 2016 MythBusters |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $800: It's the practice of dressing up like a character from a pop culture source, especially manga or anime cosplay |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | POP CULTURE $200: Beyonce has more than 60 million followers on this photo-sharing app whose logo looks like a Polaroid camera Instagram |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | POP CULTURE $400: Twenty One Pilots "wish we could turn back time to the good old days... but now we're" this title "Stressed Out" |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | POP CULTURE $600: Creepers love the gaming channel stampylonghead & its devotion to this ubiquitous Mojang game Minecraft |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | POP CULTURE $800: In 2016 this member of One Direction became a dad to a lad named Freddie Louis Tomlinson |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | POP CULTURE $1000: Avicii, a 26-year-old superstar in EDM, this type of music, has announced he is retiring electronic dance music |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RELATIVE POP CULTURE $400: Ferris Bueller's girlfriend Mia Sara married Brian, the son of this late master of Muppets Jim Henson |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RELATIVE POP CULTURE $800: Michigan congressman Fred Upton is simply Uncle Fred to this Sports Illustrated supermodel Kate Upton |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RELATIVE POP CULTURE $1200: "Big Adventure" time! one of Israel's first fighter pilots was the dad of Paul Reubens, aka this film & TV character Pee-wee Herman |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RELATIVE POP CULTURE $1600: Peter Davison, the 5th man to play the iconic sci-fi role on this show, became father-in-law to David Tennant, the 10th Doctor Who |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RELATIVE POP CULTURE $2000: Joan Cusack is the secretary to brother John's professional killer in this 1997 movie Grosse Pointe Blank |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | RECENT POP CULTURE $400: Accepting a Golden Globe, he said, "I want to thank my imaginary friend Rocky Balboa for being the best friend I ever had" Stallone |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | RECENT POP CULTURE $800: Though officially 0-0 as interim coach, Luke Walton was an NBA coach of the month for Oct./Nov. 2015, as this team was 19-0 the (Golden State) Warriors |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | RECENT POP CULTURE $1200: T.J. Miller has a less-than-flattering review of Ryan Reynolds' new face in this 2016 film Deadpool |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | RECENT POP CULTURE $1600: Marty & Mick (Scorsese & Jagger) bring us the '70s music scene on this HBO show Vinyl |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | RECENT POP CULTURE $2000: This R&B queen, who ought to team up with Jack Johnson or Jack Jones, had a No. 1 album with "Woman" Jill Scott |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | POP CULTURE $400: Gal Gadot as this character brought some Amazon estrogen to 2016's "Batman v. Superman" Wonder Woman |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | POP CULTURE $800: He had his "Cher" of success as a singer of "I Got You Babe" before going to Congress Sonny Bono |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | POP CULTURE $1200: This Jim McMahon team hadn't won the title yet when they released "The Super Bowl Shuffle" in 1985 the Chicago Bears |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | POP CULTURE $1600: The Bee Gees were doing this kind of "Talkin'" in a No. 1 hit Jive |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | POP CULTURE $2000: This director's films like "Jungle Fever" won him special Academy Award in a 2015 ceremony Spike Lee |
| #7287, aired 2016-04-26 | THE BROAD $2000: The most requested artist for loan in the collection is this Haitian-American who mixed pop culture & high art (Jean-Michel) Basquiat |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | JAPANESE POP CULTURE $400: Pachinko is a variety of this arcade game that one might find in a Tokyo parlor pinball |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | JAPANESE POP CULTURE $800: If you're eating a bento bako meal, you're eating something in this type of container a bento box |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | JAPANESE POP CULTURE $1200: On the New York Times bestseller list, this Japanese word has its own category manga |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | JAPANESE POP CULTURE $1600: To mark the launch of Pokemon, Kansas' capital was renamed this for a day in 1998 ToPikachu |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | JAPANESE POP CULTURE $2000: Japanese name of the city-stomping creature who first appeared in a 1954 Japanese film Gojira |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | POP CULTURE WEBSITES $400: Number of guys who are now the focus of onedirectionmusic.com 4 |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | POP CULTURE WEBSITES $800: The website jakeandHIM.com says, "BFF's. No we're not" Amir |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | POP CULTURE WEBSITES $1200: The website of this NBA East team said they showed "fight and resolve" in the loss that took them to 1-22 the (Philadelphia) 76ers |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | POP CULTURE WEBSITES $1600: This lawyer who once clerked for Sonia Sotomayor can brag to hubby George about her 32,000 Instagram followers Amal Clooney |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | POP CULTURE WEBSITES $2000: In 2015 ew.com had a reunion of this TV show's stars Scott Foley, Keri Russell & Scott Speedman Felicity |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | '90s POP CULTURE $200: With Zoo TV & PopMart, they had 2 of the highest-grossing concert tours of the '90s U2 |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | '90s POP CULTURE $400: She was Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" until their marriage ended in 1994 Christie Brinkley |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | '90s POP CULTURE $600: In 1994 Tess Trueheart served him with divorce papers Dick Tracy |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | '90s POP CULTURE $1,000 (Daily Double): In September 1996 Jacquelyn Mitchard's "The Deep End of the Ocean" became its first selection Oprah's Book Club |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | '90s POP CULTURE $1000: The "original 9" of these to hit store shelves included Patti the Platypus & Squealer the Pig Beanie Babies |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $200: In this TV show's 1st sketch, Michael O'Donoghue said, "I would like to feed your fingertips to the wolverines" Saturday Night Live |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $400: (Hi, I'm Mo Rocca.) I am a correspondent for this CBS news magazine that's hosted by the genial Charles Osgood Sunday Morning |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $600: A hit by The Weeknd says "I can't" do this "when I'm with you" feel my face |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $800: A Hamptons beach house is the setting for this 1989 film comedy in which Andrew McCarthy props up his dead boss Weekend at Bernie's |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE $1000: This band was No. 1 for one "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night" in 1975 the Bay City Rollers |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | "POP" CULTURE $600: He was in a band called The Iguanas before forming The Stooges Iggy Pop |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | "POP" CULTURE $800: This question about accessing a Tootsie Roll was first asked in ads in 1970 How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | "POP" CULTURE $1000: '80s hit by Men Without Hats heard here "Pop Goes the World" |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $400: This actress' big-screen credits include "E.T." & "50 First Dates" Drew Barrymore |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $800: In 2014 Billboard listed "Sunshine & Whiskey" & "Day Drinking" as "Hot Songs" in this genre country |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $1200: Season 2 of this HBO series had 3 cops on the case, including Colin Farrell True Detective |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $1600: 2015 marks 50 years of this TV special in which Linus quotes from the Gospel of Luke to enlighten his friends A Charlie Brown Christmas |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $2000: The Mothers of Invention were his backup band (Frank) Zappa |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT'S $200: He made Bartlett's with his signoff "Here it is... your moment of Zen" Jon Stewart |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT'S $600: This movie line is listed under M. Night Shyamalan, though Bartlett's notes that it was spoken by Hayley Joel Osment "I see dead people" |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT SHER $800: Prior to teaching a thing or 2 on "Glee", this alliterative actor was a Marine in Sher's revival of "South Pacific" Matthew Morrison |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT'S $800: Muhammad Ali used this boxing credo that mentions 2 insects "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT'S $1,000 (Daily Double): Trey Parker & Matt Stone get credit for "Oh my God" followed by this 3-word catch phrase "They killed Kenny!" |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT'S $1000: From Series 2, Episode 2 of "Monty Python's Flying Circus": this 5-word phrase about a surprise to all "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT SHER $1200: Luckily, this actor didn't turn into an enormous green rage monster during Bartlett's "Awake and Sing!" in 2006 Mark Ruffalo |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT SHER $1600: 19 years after the Eastwood-Streep movie, Bartlett turned this Iowa-set Robert James Waller book into a musical The Bridges of Madison County |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | POP CULTURE FROM BARTLETT SHER $2000: Sher directed a revival of this playwright's 1937 drama "Golden Boy" (Clifford) Odets |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | POP CULTURE $200: On the CW, Grant Gustin plays Barry Allen, transformed by lightning into this title superhero the Flash |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | POP CULTURE $400: Vin Diesel named his daughter Pauline after this late co-star of his Paul Walker |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | POP CULTURE $600: The Bolts is a nickname for this NFL team the (San Diego) Chargers |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | POP CULTURE $800: Fittingly, the 2015 Video Music Award for Song of the Summer went to this band for "She's Kinda Hot" 5 Seconds of Summer |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | POP CULTURE $1000: She plays Amy in the "Pitch Perfect" movies Rebel Wilson |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | POP CULTURE TRANSPORTS $400: In a 1997 movie this big boat went bye-bye the Titanic |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | POP CULTURE TRANSPORTS $800: This 2015 "Mad Max" reboot featured creations like a Chrysler Valiant Charger on a tank chassis Fury Road |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | POP CULTURE TRANSPORTS $1200: Songs about these, like Richard Thompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning", often seem to end with fatalities motorcycles |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | POP CULTURE TRANSPORTS $1600: As of 2015 there's one remaining intact example of this super Trans Am from "Knight Rider" KITT |
| #7147, aired 2015-10-13 | POP CULTURE TRANSPORTS $2000: A father & son search the streets of Rome for a stolen transport in this classic 1940s Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thief |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | POP CULTURE $400: In the new movie "Pixels", aliens send our own video game characters to menace Earth, including this one seen here Pac-Man |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | POP CULTURE $800: This ace NBA rebounder & colorful personality was Deke Reynolds on TV's "Special Ops Force" (Dennis) Rodman |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | POP CULTURE $1200: The MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance 2011: her in "Easy A" Emma Stone |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | POP CULTURE $1600: The title of this sitcom about the Huang family is a slighting phrase about immigrants Fresh Off the Boat |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | POP CULTURE $2000: Band that gave us the '80s hit "Don't Dream It's Over" Crowded House |
| #7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SHOW YOUR METAL IN POP CULTURE $200: This surfer made his first appearance in 1966 in "Fantastic Four" No. 48 the Silver Surfer |
| #7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SHOW YOUR METAL IN POP CULTURE $400: Brad Bird directed a 1999 animated film about this giant the Iron Giant |
| #7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SHOW YOUR METAL IN POP CULTURE $600: A Kevin Costner movie taught us the hole in golf is also called this "cup" the tin cup |
| #7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SHOW YOUR METAL IN POP CULTURE $800: In the 1930s Orson Welles & John Houseman co-founded this theatre the Mercury Theatre |
| #7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SHOW YOUR METAL IN POP CULTURE $1000: allmusic.com gives 4 1/2 stars to the band Live's album "Throwing" this Copper |
| #7104, aired 2015-07-02 | POP CULTURE MICE $400: Mickey's better half, she's been with him right from the beginning in 1928's "Steamboat Willie" Minnie (Mouse) |
| #7104, aired 2015-07-02 | POP CULTURE MICE $800: This cartoon hero is famous for proclaiming, "Here I come to save the day" Mighty Mouse |
| #7104, aired 2015-07-02 | POP CULTURE MICE $1200: On PBS a mouse named Angelina seeks this rhyming artistic vocation ballerina |
| #7104, aired 2015-07-02 | POP CULTURE MICE $1600: A money-strapped duchy decides to declare war on the U.S. in the book & movie "The Mouse that" did this Roared |
| #7104, aired 2015-07-02 | POP CULTURE MICE $2000: Brian Burton has been part of Gnarls Barkley & "The Grey Album" under this name Danger Mouse |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | FILM & TV VEHICLES $800: (I'm Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX.) Several names of the vehicles we are using at SpaceX to supply the International Space Station have pop culture origins; the Dragon spacecraft is named for Puff the Magic Dragon, & the Falcon series of rockets is named for this legendary space freighter the Millennium Falcon |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | POP CULTURE $200: Oscar-winning actor J.K. Simmons is the voice of the yellow one of these candies in TV commercials an M&M |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | POP CULTURE $400: His handle on Twitter is @ActuallyNPH Neil Patrick Harris |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | POP CULTURE $600: Angus Young has been wearing his school uniform as a member of this hard-rockin' group since the early 1970s AC/DC |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | POP CULTURE $800: Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton designed her royal wedding dress, as well as her sister Pippa's bridesmaid dress Kate Middleton |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | POP CULTURE $1000: Emma Thompson introduced Hugh Laurie to this comedy partner, also the host of a British TV show called "QI" Stephen Fry |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $200: This 2002 film was an adaptation of Susan Orlean's book "The Orchid Thief" Adaptation |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $400: In 1983 & again in 1999, Prince had a Top 40 hit with this song "1999" |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $600: When he's rapping, Oscar winner Lonnie Lynn is more commonly known by this one-word name Common |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $800: "A Captain's Duty", a memoir by Richard Phillips, was the basis for this 2013 movie Captain Phillips |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $1000: Their country music hits include "My Home's In Alabama" & "Tennessee River" Alabama |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | POP CULTURE $400: The CW meets DC on TV with remarkably fleet-footed scientist Barry Allen, also known as this title superhero the Flash |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | POP CULTURE $800: Ah, memories of 1988--he sang, "The landlord say your rent is late, he may have to litigate, don't worry, be happy" Bobby McFerrin |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | POP CULTURE $1200: A popular show on the Food Network is Guy Fieri's "Diners, Drive-Ins and" these Dives |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | POP CULTURE $1600: A roadie known as Roger the Hat provided the manic, dare we say lunatic, laughter on this 1973 Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | POP CULTURE $2000: Debra Winger chose to be ignored & turned down the Glenn Close role in this affair-gone-wrong flick Fatal Attraction |
| #6994, aired 2015-01-29 | ITALIAN CITIES & TOWNS $5,000 (Daily Double): In 2003 a campaign was launched to change the name of this Sicilian town, associated with the Mafia due to U.S. pop culture Corleone |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $400: Homer & Marge's older daughter & Nick Lachey's ex-"Newlywed" wife Lisa & Jessica Simpson |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $800: A "Psycho" character & the film actress who played psycho Annie Wilkes Norman & Kathy Bates |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $1200: A "Star Trek" captain & a TV style expert Patrick & Martha Stewart |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $1600: "Annie Hall" & "Batman" Diane Keaton & Michael Keaton |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | POP CULTURE RELATIVES? $2000: "Yeezus" & "Batman" Kanye West & Adam West |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | POP CULTURE $400: In 2014 this chain introduced Happy as ambassador for its Happy Meals McDonald's |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | POP CULTURE $800: When Jimmy Fallon took over "The Tonight Show", this "SNL" vet began hosting "Late Night" on NBC Seth Meyers |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | POP CULTURE $1200: Beirut-born lawyer Amal Alamuddin made headlines with her 2014 engagement to this man George Clooney |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | POP CULTURE $1600: Creepers are akin to suicide bombers in this video game Minecraft |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | POP CULTURE $2000: When you buy a pair of these shoes, founder Blake Mycoskie's one for one program sends a pair of shoes to a child in need Toms |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | POP CULTURE $200: The video game "Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition" is the origin story of this woman Lara Croft |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | POP CULTURE $400: The course of the Disney 5K Family Fun Run takes participants through this future world theme park Epcot |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | POP CULTURE $600: More than 100,000 people signed a petition asking President Obama to deport this young Canadian Justin Bieber |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | POP CULTURE $800: Peter Capaldi replaced Matt Smith as the Time Lord on this British TV series Doctor Who |
| #6893, aired 2014-07-30 | POP CULTURE $1000: It's the group heard here
"So let me ho-o-o-o-ld / Both your hands / In the holes of my sweater" The Neighbourhood |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | POP CULTURE COLLEGE COURSES $200: You could boldly go to PHIL-180, "Philosophy and Star Trek", at this Catholic university in D.C. Georgetown |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | POP CULTURE COLLEGE COURSES $400: Columbia College Chicago dealt with these creatures "in Popular Media"; some say they're the new vampires zombies |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | POP CULTURE COLLEGE COURSES $600: M.I.T. offered "Topics in Comparative Media: American Pro" this; I'll break a folding chair on your head if you mess up! Wrestling |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | POP CULTURE COLLEGE COURSES $800: Northwestern took on "Consumerism and Social Change in" this AMC drama "America, 1960-1965" Mad Men |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | POP CULTURE COLLEGE COURSES $1000: But I would not feel so all alone at Connecticut College; everybody must know English 213B was on this singer Bob Dylan |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $400: Stars in this spectacle included Gorgeous George & Gorilla Monsoon pro wrestling |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $800: "Now if there's a smile on my face", I'm listening to this "tearful" No. 1 hit by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "The Tears Of A Clown" |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $1200: It's starship captain James Kirk's middle name Tiberius |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $1600: It was the appropriate first video played by MTV when it launched in 1981 "Video Killed the Radio Star" |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $2000: In 2009 he joined Pitt & Clooney as the third man to be twice picked People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" Johnny Depp |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | POP CULTURE $400: Texas Tech head football coach Kliff Kingsbury, seen here, looks a lot like this star of "Half Nelson" & "Drive" Ryan Gosling |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | POP CULTURE $800: She stripped down to just a pair of Doc Martens in the video for her single "Wrecking Ball" Miley Cyrus |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | POP CULTURE $1200: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin & Andrew Dice Clay were all in this 2013 Woody Allen movie Blue Jasmine |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | POP CULTURE $1600: Here's a mystery... how is it possible Pauley Perrette--forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on this CBS drama--is 44 years old? NCIS |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | POP CULTURE $2000: The logo of this brand
of cocktails is seen here Skinnygirl |
| #6775, aired 2014-02-14 | RUNNING HOT & COLD $2000: This retail chain says that for 25 years, it has offered "Music- & pop culture-inspired clothing" Hot Topic |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | POP CULTURE $400: Chloe Grace Moretz was the title telekinetic teen in a 2013 remake of this horror movie Carrie |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | POP CULTURE $800: Keep up--this "momager" & husband Bruce have separated Kris Jenner |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | POP CULTURE $1200: This comic actress brought "The Heat" to movie theaters Melissa McCarthy |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | POP CULTURE $1600: Back in 2008 Chris Hardwick started this website & podcast devoted to all things geeky the Nerdist |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | POP CULTURE $2000: 4-letter name of the band heard here
"Lessons in life /
Your life is a lie /
Now there's no time..." MGMT |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | POP CULTURE $400: On May 31, 2000 Sonja Christopher became the first person to suffer this cruel reality television fate voted off the island |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | POP CULTURE $800: As a baby poriferan, this animated TV character's first words were "May I take your order?" SpongeBob |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | POP CULTURE $1200: In 1994 this pop singer appeared on David Letterman's show & was bleeped more than 10 times for profanity Madonna |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | POP CULTURE $1600: This ex-cop named for what he can either dish out or endure got his third bloody video game installment in 2012 Max Payne |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | POP CULTURE $2000: In 2009, this legendary singer won a Grammy for Traditional Folk Album for his release "At 89" Pete Seeger |
| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | POP CULTURE FILL-INS $400: Aloe
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Chung Vera Wang |
| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | POP CULTURE FILL-INS $800: Stockard
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O'Neal Channing Tatum |
| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | POP CULTURE FILL-INS $1200: Hey
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& Order Jude Law |
| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | POP CULTURE FILL-INS $1600: Tiny
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| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | POP CULTURE FILL-INS $2000: Steve
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Boothe Austin Powers |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | POP CULTURE $200: In 2013 Bryan Fuller brought this Thomas Harris serial killer to the small screen--bon appetit! Hannibal Lecter |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | POP CULTURE $400: This Beatles woman
"died in the church & was buried along with her name/
nobody came" Eleanor Rigby |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | POP CULTURE $600: On the struggles of this Hoosier NBA team, Brad Miller opined, "It's not going to be peaches & gravy all the time" Indiana Pacers |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | POP CULTURE $800: On her "Unapologetic" CD, she did a duet with Chris Brown called "Nobody's Business" Rihanna |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | POP CULTURE $1000: Ben Kingsley was the Mandarin in the third installment of this film series Iron Man |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | JANE AUSTEN IN POP CULTURE $400: Helen Fielding reworked "Pride & Prejudice" & used the name Mr. Darcy for this novel & its 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | JANE AUSTEN IN POP CULTURE $800: 2 sisters go broke & move to East L.A. in the rhymingly titled fiim "From Prada to" this, based on "Sense & Sensibility" Nada |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | JANE AUSTEN IN POP CULTURE $1200: As if! This movie starring Alicia Silverstone was based on "Emma" Clueless |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | JANE AUSTEN IN POP CULTURE $1600: Giant lobsters & rampaging octopi threaten the Dashwood sisters in the book "Sense and Sensibility and" these Sea Monsters |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | JANE AUSTEN IN POP CULTURE $2000: She played a pre-fame Jane Austen in the 2007 film "Becoming Jane" Anne Hathaway |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | POP CULTURE $400: Some of the costumes she wore in her Oscar-winning role in "Silver Linings Playbook" went up for auction (Jennifer) Lawrence |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | POP CULTURE $800: A 2013 Internet sensation gets its name from this dance going back to the '80s the Harlem Shake |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | POP CULTURE $1200: She & Andrew Garfield were caught in a web of love after co-starring in "The Amazing Spider-Man" Emma Stone |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | POP CULTURE $1600: As a teen, Amanda Seyfried had a stint on this soap that starred Susan Lucci as Erica Kane All My Children |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | POP CULTURE $2000: In the movie "42" Chadwick Boseman is Jackie Robinson & Harrison Ford is this executive who signed Jackie to the Dodgers (Branch) Rickey |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | POP CULTURE $200: Good evening... in a 2012 film Anthony Hopkins portrayed this rotund director at the height of his scary powers Alfred Hitchcock |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | POP CULTURE $400: In 2012 this rapper turned to reggae & changed his name from canine to feline Snoop Dogg |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | POP CULTURE $600: Ty Burrell plays Phil, goofy dad of the Dunphy clan, on this ABC sitcom Modern Family |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | POP CULTURE $800: TV personality seen here with one of his good friends the Dog Whisperer (Cesar Millan) |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | POP CULTURE $1000: In 1987 Nikki Sixx of this band was declared dead, got 2 adrenaline shots & hitchhiked home from the hospital Mötley Crüe |
| #6586, aired 2013-04-15 | DOCTOR! DOCTOR! $1000: On "The Mindy Project" she plays pop-culture-obsessed OB/GYN Mindy Lahiri Mindy Kaling |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | POP CULTURE $400: Unobtainium was the elusive substance sought on a distant moon in this epic movie blockbuster Avatar |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | POP CULTURE $800: Most famous facial feature of Giants pitchers Brian Wilson & Sergio Romo, who closed the 2010 & '12 World Series a beard |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | POP CULTURE $1200: Watch out for night monsters as you build your own 3-D online world using this game Minecraft |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | POP CULTURE $1600: New daytime talk shows in 2012 included one starring this host of "Family Feud" Steve Harvey |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | POP CULTURE $2000: Light it up with this group
"Everybody talks, everybody talks /
It started with a whisper" the Neon Trees |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | POP CULTURE MUSINGS $400: If no one's there to hear a man whisper "Rosebud" before dying in this 1941 film, how does anyone know that last word? Citizen Kane |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | POP CULTURE MUSINGS $800: With lyrics like "There were plants & birds & rocks & things" & "The heat was hot", how did this song by America hit No. 1? "A Horse With No Name" |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | POP CULTURE MUSINGS $1200: Where to begin with this show...?! Okay... why'd the smoke monster kill the Oceanic pilot in the 2004 premiere? What'd he do? Lost |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | POP CULTURE MUSINGS $1600: Detailing a trip on a "Learjet up to Nova Scotia", this Carly Simon song is more than "probably" about the person, right? "You're So Vain" |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | POP CULTURE MUSINGS $2000: What happened to the sub left in the scientist's body in this 1966 Raquel Welch film? Only the people re-enlarge in the end Fantastic Voyage |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $400: Surely you know the "Airplane!" co-star who's a system of measuring the audience of TV shows Leslie Nielsen ratings |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $800: TV drama set at an advertising agency that had the No. 1 hits "Down Under" & "Who Can It Be Now?" Mad Men at Work |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: "Teenage Dream" singer who also had hits with "Catch A Falling Star" & "Round And Round" Katy Perry Como |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: TV show in which Fred MacMurray raises Chip, Robbie & Ernie, who are part of Ron Perlman's biker gang My Three Sons of Anarchy |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $2000: "Party Rock Anthem" group that is a renowned toy store on Fifth Avenue in New York City LMFAO Schwarz |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | PUTTING THE "POP" IN POP CULTURE $400: Dr. Seuss bounced out with this book in 1963 Hop On Pop |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | PUTTING THE "POP" IN POP CULTURE $800: This nickname was in dozens of obituaries for Michael Jackson "King of Pop" |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | PUTTING THE "POP" IN POP CULTURE $1200: James Osterberg leads his band The Stooges under this name Iggy Pop |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | PUTTING THE "POP" IN POP CULTURE $1600: Hendrix heard a Who & Lou Rawls, too, at this June 16-18, 1967 California event Monterey Pop |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | PUTTING THE "POP" IN POP CULTURE $2000: We're thinking about going to the style of this VH1 show Pop-up Video |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | RECENT NONFICTION $1600: The "super" version of this pop culture/ business analysis hybrid from Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner Freakonomics |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | POP CULTURE $400: This beloved sandwich cookie celebrated its 100th birthday on March 6, 2012 Oreos |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | POP CULTURE $800: You might stay "Up All Night" listening to this boy band heard here One Direction |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | POP CULTURE $1200: This 3-letter word comes before "Australia" in the name of a brand of sheepskin boots introduced to the U.S. by Brian Smith Ugg |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | POP CULTURE $1600: The Snow White story was retold in this 2012 movie with Julia Roberts as the evil queen Mirror Mirror |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | POP CULTURE $2000: In 2012 an 81-year-old woman hit the jackpot, winning $336 million in the multi-state lottery with this 9-letter name Powerball |
| #6351, aired 2012-04-09 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH A VOWEL $800: In pop culture this hot word follows "Disco" & "The Towering" Inferno |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | POP CULTURE $400: Tech blog Boing Boing made its site look like an old Mac computer to pay tribute to this late Apple visionary Steve Jobs |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | POP CULTURE $800: Justin Timberlake proposed to this "New Year's Eve" actress in December 2011--she must have been in "7th Heaven" Jessica Biel |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | POP CULTURE $1200: Holy Cornholio! In 2011 this animated duo returned to MTV Beavis & Butt-head |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | POP CULTURE $1600: ESPN found this country singer too rowdy, dropping his theme from "Monday Night Football" in 2011 Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | POP CULTURE $2000: Natalie Portman was born in Jerusalem; this "Black Swan" co-star was born in what is now Ukraine Mila Kunis |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | POP CULTURE $400: He's the transatlantic TV, film & stand-up comic seen here Ricky Gervais |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | POP CULTURE $800: Snow White & Prince Charming are characters on this TV show set in the town of Storybrooke Once Upon a Time |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | POP CULTURE $1200: This man who died in 1918 was Snoopy's cursed nemesis in "Peanuts" the Red Baron |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | POP CULTURE $1600: In a 2011 movie comedy, the 3 title "horrible" these were summarized as psycho, maneater & tool bosses |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | POP CULTURE $3,000 (Daily Double): This late country singer called his autobiography "Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years of Ham" Jimmy Dean |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | POP CULTURE $400: Dana Owens took this name, Arabic for "gentle", at age 8; about 10 years later she put "Queen" in front of it Latifah |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | POP CULTURE $800: A 21-crunch salute to the late Arch West, the Frito-Lay executive credited with creating this brand of tortilla chips Doritos |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | POP CULTURE $1200: We are "Royally Mad" about this British-born host (Cat) Deeley |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | POP CULTURE $1600: In 2011 she returned to TV with a reality series about her efforts to run a macadamia farm in Hawaii Roseanne |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | POP CULTURE $2000: Got that song "Pumped Up Kicks" stuck in your head? Blame this trio led by Mark Foster Foster the People |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | POP CULTURE $400: This son of Will Smith turns 13 this week & says math is his favorite subject-- let's get him a textbook Jaden Smith |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | POP CULTURE $800: In a 2011 animated film, Emily Blunt voices Juliet & James McAvoy voices this other title character Gnomeo |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | POP CULTURE $1200: On a Disney show, these 2 best friends try to be the world's greatest skateboarders Zeke & Luther |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | POP CULTURE $1600: Young singer Bianca Ryan won the first season of this TV show now judged by Sharon Osbourne & others America's Got Talent |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | POP CULTURE $2000: A video game in the "Club Penguin" series is titled his "Revenge" Herbert |
| #6163, aired 2011-06-01 | POP CULTURE $400: Her mother did her hair for every movie & she always had 56 curls Shirley Temple |
| #6163, aired 2011-06-01 | POP CULTURE $800: In 2009 Tom Brady married this supermodel (twice!) Gisele Bündchen |
| #6163, aired 2011-06-01 | POP CULTURE $1200: When this film "Reloaded" in 2003, it needed the 1,943 people listed in its credits to make it happen The Matrix |
| #6163, aired 2011-06-01 | POP CULTURE $1600: This "Dynasty" star was 50 when she posed for what became Playboy's bestselling issue of 1983 Joan Collins |
| #6163, aired 2011-06-01 | POP CULTURE $2000: In 1986 this singer published a religious novel about St. Paul that he called "Man in White" Johnny Cash |
| #6092, aired 2011-02-22 | POP CULTURE $200: In 2010 McDonald's announced via Twitter that this pork sandwich was returning to its menu McRib |
| #6092, aired 2011-02-22 | POP CULTURE $400: This celebrity gossip website with a 3-letter name was launched in 2005 TMZ |
| #6092, aired 2011-02-22 | POP CULTURE $600: In 2010 this singer published his "100% Official" memoir, "First Step 2 Forever" Justin Bieber |
| #6092, aired 2011-02-22 | POP CULTURE $800: You might want to friend this actor, a co-star of "The Social Network" (Andrew) Garfield |
| #6092, aired 2011-02-22 | POP CULTURE $1000: In 2010 this rapper born Clifford Harris helped coax a would-be jumper down from an Atlanta building T.I. |
| #6016, aired 2010-11-08 | POP CULTURE $400: In a spin-off from "Keeping up with the Kardashians", these 2 sisters "Take Miami" Kourtney and Khloé |
| #6016, aired 2010-11-08 | POP CULTURE $800: This game's new "Warriors of Rock" features narration by Gene Simmons of KISS Guitar Hero |
| #6016, aired 2010-11-08 | POP CULTURE $1200: This outfitter, whose logo is seen here, first took wing in 1977 American Eagle |
| #6016, aired 2010-11-08 | POP CULTURE $1600: "Dear John" & "The Last Song" are among his bestsellers that have been turned into films Nicholas Sparks |
| #6016, aired 2010-11-08 | POP CULTURE $2000: "Miss Celie's Pants" & "Shug Avery Comin' To Town" are songs featured in this Broadway musical The Color Purple |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | BERG-OPOLIS $2000: His works of the 1950s like "Monogram" used found objects & bits of pop culture Robert Rauschenberg |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | POP CULTURE $400: Olivia Cole was one of the 9 Emmy winners for this '70s broadcasting phenomenon Roots |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | POP CULTURE $800: In "Pillow Talk" to romance Doris Day he pretends to be a Texan named Rex Stetson Rock Hudson |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | POP CULTURE $1200: AKA Mr. Gwen Stefani, this former singer for Bush put out a solo CD in 2008 called "Wanderlust" Gavin Rossdale |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | POP CULTURE $1600: This 2008 movie with Ed Harris & Viggo Mortensen as lawmen is a real horse opera Appaloosa |
| #5875, aired 2010-03-12 | POP CULTURE $2000: During WWII this "All-American Boy" of radio drama helped track down Nazi spies & traitors Jack Armstrong |
| #5846, aired 2010-02-01 | POP CULTURE $400: Hindi actor Dev Patel cashed in as the title character in this 2008 Best Picture Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire |
| #5846, aired 2010-02-01 | POP CULTURE $800: Sadly, in 2009, the bell tolled for 15-year-old Gigi, a dog of this breed, who gained fame starring in Taco Bell commercials a Chihuahua |
| #5846, aired 2010-02-01 | POP CULTURE $1200: Popular magazines from Food Network chefs include "Cooking with Paula Deen" & "Every Day with" her Rachael Ray |
| #5846, aired 2010-02-01 | POP CULTURE $1600: After a short stint on "Melrose Place", Ashlee Simpson-Wentz was Broadway bound as Roxie Hart in this musical Chicago |
| #5846, aired 2010-02-01 | POP CULTURE $2000: This star of "The Nanny Diaries" has a twin brother named Hunter Scarlett Johansson |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | POP CULTURE $400: "Some Hearts", her debut CD, was the best-selling female country album of 2005, 2006 & 2007 Carrie Underwood |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | POP CULTURE $800: A squad of guinea pigs tries to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world in this 2009 animated film G-Force |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | POP CULTURE $1200: This rapper born Chris Bridges dueted with Mary J. Blige on "Runaway Love" Ludacris |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | POP CULTURE $1600: This "Hero"-ic actress is working with the Whaleman Foundation to try to stop all commercial whaling Hayden Panettiere |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | POP CULTURE $2000: A team of 6 friends tries to keep quiet while one endures a hysterical task on this MTV show hosted by Zero Kazama Slient Library |
| #5723, aired 2009-06-24 | LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! $1000: One species of this bird is the American kestrel; pop culture ones include Atlanta & Maltese a falcon |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | O CAPTAIN, MY POP CULTURE CAPTAIN $400: He earned his commission as a kids' show host on CBS from 1955 to 1985 Captain Kangaroo |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | O CAPTAIN, MY POP CULTURE CAPTAIN $800: Love has kept this pop singing duo together since their 1975 wedding the Captain & Tennille |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | O CAPTAIN, MY POP CULTURE CAPTAIN $1200: Daniel J. Travanti tried to be "careful out there" as Captain Furillo on this show Hill Street Blues |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | O CAPTAIN, MY POP CULTURE CAPTAIN $1600: Every little breeze whispered Dom Deluise when he played Captain Chaos in this 1981 Burt Reynolds car race flick Cannonball Run |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | O CAPTAIN, MY POP CULTURE CAPTAIN $2000: "You will always remember this as the day that you almost caught" this captain, seen in a trilogy of films Jack Sparrow |
| #5512, aired 2008-07-22 | HOP ON POP CULTURE $200: Meadow's dad had her boyfriend Jackie whacked on this show; A.J. had a pretty rough time, too The Sopranos |
| #5512, aired 2008-07-22 | HOP ON POP CULTURE $400: Sydney's dad, Jack, was a CIA double agent working against SD-6 on this Jennifer Garner show Alias |
| #5512, aired 2008-07-22 | HOP ON POP CULTURE $600: (Jason Alexander of Seinfeld reads the clue.) When this "boss" of mine mistakenly told my dad I was dead, Dad responded, "What the hell did you trade Jay Buhner for?" George Steinbrenner |
| #5512, aired 2008-07-22 | HOP ON POP CULTURE $800: Mark Hamill played the oldest of Dick Van Patten's octet of kids in the pilot but not the series of this show Eight Is Enough |
| #5512, aired 2008-07-22 | HOP ON POP CULTURE $1000: Howard Cunningham actually had 3 kids on this show, but Chuck was never seen after Season 2 Happy Days |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | POP CULTURE $200: Bend that beard like him: Gillette gave this athlete a $50,000 diamond-encrusted razor for Father's Day David Beckham |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | POP CULTURE $400: It's the last name of celebrity siblings Jake & Maggie Gyllenhaal |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | POP CULTURE $600: "Run It!" was a smash hit R&B single by this teenager Chris Brown |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | POP CULTURE $800: Travolta found a way into this actress' heart (with a giant needle!) in "Pulp Fiction" Uma Thurman |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | POP CULTURE $1000: In 2007 Rowan Atkinson returned to the big screen in this bumbling man's "Holiday" Mr. Bean |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | L.A. GEOGRAPHY IN POP CULTURE $200: Geoffrey was the butler & Jazz was a pal on this '90s NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | L.A. GEOGRAPHY IN POP CULTURE $400: In "Free Fallin'", Tom Petty sang, "All the vampires, walkin' through the valley, move west down" this "Boulevard" Ventura Boulevard |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | L.A. GEOGRAPHY IN POP CULTURE $600: Billy Joel wanted to "Say Goodbye To" this storied L.A. area Hollywood |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | L.A. GEOGRAPHY IN POP CULTURE $1000: Ivy League Ph.D.er Stu Bailey & the law-degreed Jeff Spencer, both judo experts, had an office at "77" this title place Sunset Strip |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | POP CULTURE'S PARTING WORDS $400: It's Señor Schwarzenegger's Spanish catchphrase meaning "See you later", baby Hasta la vista |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | POP CULTURE'S PARTING WORDS $800: In the title of a Raymond Chandler novel, it precedes "My Lovely" Farewell |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | POP CULTURE'S PARTING WORDS $1200: In this 1957 film classic, Marlon Brando played a war pilot who fell in love with a Japanese dancer Sayonara |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | POP CULTURE'S PARTING WORDS $1600: In a Woody Guthrie dust bowl song, the parting words before "It's Been Good To Know Yuh" So Long |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | POP CULTURE'S PARTING WORDS $2000: In the title of a Louis Malle film, it precedes "les enfants" Au revoir |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | "POP" CULTURE $200: 5,000-year-old remnants of this snack have been found in a cave in the Southwest popcorn |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | "POP" CULTURE $400: Easy infield out in a baseball game a pop fly |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | "POP" CULTURE $600: A cottonwood or an aspen a poplar |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | "POP" CULTURE $800: The Brits call it an ice lolly; we call it this a popsicle |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | "POP" CULTURE $1000: An antiestablishment politician who speaks directly to the people. or an 1890s U.S. political party Populist |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | '40s POP CULTURE $400: Boy loses dog, boy gets dog in the first feature film about this canine, co-starring Roddy McDowall Lassie |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | '40s POP CULTURE $800: 1942's issue No. 1 of this comic book shows the heroine leading U.S. troops Wonder Woman |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | '40s POP CULTURE $1200: In the movie seen here, Red Skelton tries to make good as this type of salesman a Fuller Brush salesman |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | '40s POP CULTURE $1600: From soldiers' slang, this acronym for a messed-up situation became the title of a hit 1944 stage comedy snafu |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | '40s POP CULTURE $2000: This quiz show heard here evolved into an almanac
"It's easy money, ladies and gentlemen, and here's how to get it. You may submit from one to three original questions per letter. Your question is used, you receive five dollars." Information Please |
| #5354, aired 2007-12-13 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $400: Standup comic who knows how to "bring the pain" is shocked to find himself starring in "Pillow Talk" with Doris Day Chris Rock Hudson |
| #5354, aired 2007-12-13 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $800: George Harrison's "godly" 1970 hit bcomes a Tolkien trilogy "My Sweet Lord Of The Rings" |
| #5354, aired 2007-12-13 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Sir Mix-A-Lot's booty-shakin' rap classic mashes up with a romp-to-Russia Beatles tune "Baby Got Back In The U.S.S.R." |
| #5354, aired 2007-12-13 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: 1980 Goldie Hawn film that became a guy who knew a penny saved is a penny earned Private Benjamin Franklin |
| #5354, aired 2007-12-13 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Don Johnson's 1980s cop show that finds itself in reverse order from that stated Miami Vice Versa |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | POP CULTURE $400: In 1973, at the tender age of 13, this Osmond's career blossomed with the No. 1 country hit "Paper Roses" Marie Osmond |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | POP CULTURE $800: (Hello, I'm Linda Park of Enterprise.) A joke in the Star Trek universe is you haven't read Shakespeare until you've read him in the original this language of Worf Klingon |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | POP CULTURE $1200: On October 2, 1999 this city's Thrashers thrashed around in their first regular season NHL game Atlanta |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | POP CULTURE $1600: Guilty as charged: In 2002 this cable TV network aired its first original movie, "Guilt by Association" Court TV |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | POP CULTURE $2000: (Hi, I'm Joel Schumacher.) I was directing Julia Roberts in this film about medical students when "Pretty Woman" came out, & suddenly she was a megastar Flatliners |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | POP CULTURE $400: When Sinatra caught his act, this "Mr. Warmth" comic said, "Make yourself at home, Frank, hit somebody" Don Rickles |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | POP CULTURE $800: He found the joy of sax with his 12-million-selling "Breathless" Kenny G |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | POP CULTURE $1200: In the '40s, zis sex therapist was a sniper for Jewish forces in Palestine (yes, you heard me, a sniper!) Dr. Ruth |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | POP CULTURE $1600: Sean Connery played one of the most Scottish-sounding Lithuanians ever as a sub captain in this film The Hunt for Red October |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | POP CULTURE $2000: Mr. Blackwell said she "dresses like the centerfold for the Farmer's Almanac... definitely not 'a good thing'" Martha Stewart |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | POP CULTURE $200: Priscilla Beaulieu married this man in Vegas on May 1, 1967 Elvis Presley |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | POP CULTURE $400: Kevin James "weds" this former "SNL" star at the Niagara Falls in the 2007 film "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" Adam Sandler |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | POP CULTURE $600: A 2-time Oscar winning actress, one of her first jobs was as the Coppertone suntan lotion girl at age 3 in 1965 Jodie Foster |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | POP CULTURE $800: In 1964 Louis Armstrong topped the pop music charts with this title song from a Broadway musical Hello, Dolly! |
| #5296, aired 2007-09-24 | POP CULTURE $1000: Michael C. Hall of "6 Feet Under" went to Showtime to play this homicidal title character seen here
"Blood--sometimes it sets my teeth on edge." Dexter |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | POP CULTURE: 1999 $400: The glaze lipstick that this ex-intern wore for a 1999 TV interview was discontinued, so women clamor for it on eBay (Monica) Lewinsky |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | POP CULTURE: 1999 $800: Director M. Night Shyamalan played the doctor who sees Haley Joel Osment after he's traumatized at a party in this film The Sixth Sense |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | POP CULTURE: 1999 $1200: In 1999, Broadway audiences could see "The Lion King" or Laurence Fishburne plying King Henry II in this "Leonine" play The Lion In Winter |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | POP CULTURE: 1999 $1600: A tongue-in-cheek tribute on the Emmy Awards featured the many deaths of this animated character Kenny |
| #5275, aired 2007-07-13 | POP CULTURE: 1999 $2000: 8 years after their farewell concert, this duo reunited for a New Year's Eve show--sort of a "Girls Night Out" Naomi & Wynonna Judd |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | POP CULTURE $400: Perhaps because this beverage "gives you wiiings!", it sponsors Flugtag, a flying contest Red Bull |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | POP CULTURE $800: Hug it out! Ari Gold on this HBO series was based in part on real-life agent Ari Emanuel Entourage |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | POP CULTURE $1200: This quartet became Internet darlings with the treadmill choreography of its video "Here It Goes Again" OK Go |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | POP CULTURE $1600: Soccer great Mia Hamm is married to this Dodger first baseman Nomar Garciaparra |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | POP CULTURE $2000: This nickname of music producer Timothy Mosley is derived from a brand of boots Timbaland |
| #5217, aired 2007-04-24 | ART STYLE ETYMOLOGY $1600: The name is this art style that emerged in the late 1950s comes from its use of a certain type of "culture" pop art |
| #5190, aired 2007-03-16 | JEOPARDY! IN POP CULTURE $400: His "Rain Man" character Raymond Babbitt had to watch "Jeopardy!" at 5:00 Dustin Hoffman |
| #5190, aired 2007-03-16 | JEOPARDY! IN POP CULTURE $800: In his "Nightmares & Dreamscapes", he penned a short story about a disembodied finger bothering a "Jeopardy!" viewer Stephen King |
| #5190, aired 2007-03-16 | JEOPARDY! IN POP CULTURE $1200: During a TV ad for this chain, a Chihuahua walking through a room paused to give a "Jeopardy!" response Taco Bell |
| #5190, aired 2007-03-16 | JEOPARDY! IN POP CULTURE $1600: "Jeopardy!" appears in the Kiefer Sutherland movie sharing part of its name with a game show--this city, "N.M." Truth or Consequences |
| #5190, aired 2007-03-16 | JEOPARDY! IN POP CULTURE $2000: To win enough money to "try to take over the world", one of this WB animated pair went on the show "Gyp-parody" Pinky & The Brain |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $400: Some wondered if she'd be known as "J.Ant." after a surprise marriage, her third, to singer Marc Anthony Jennifer Lopez |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $800: Jack Handey:
"I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula and" him "away" Superman |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $1200: "Little skirts & stuff aside, I quite enjoyed the costumes (in 'Gladiator')", he said in 2001 (Russell) Crowe |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $1600: This late comic was first cast as Sheriff Bart in "Blazing Saddles" but the studio balked due to his volatile reputation Richard Pryor |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | POP GOES THE CULTURE $2000: In 2006 at Penn commencement, Yakov Smirnoff got his Masters in positive psych & this "Nell" actress gave a speech Jodie Foster |
| #5115, aired 2006-12-01 | '90s POP CULTURE $400: The "Baywatch" version of this doll raced to the rescue on his own Wave Runner (but Barbie got her own dolphin) Ken |
| #5115, aired 2006-12-01 | '90s POP CULTURE $800: Not Turmeric or Fennel, but this singer was the first Spice Girl to leave the group Ginger |
| #5115, aired 2006-12-01 | '90s POP CULTURE $1200: It's O.K. to ask Allison Janney if she's seen Howard Stern's these--she was in the 1997 film with that title Private Parts |
| #5115, aired 2006-12-01 | '90s POP CULTURE $1600: Tim Curry & Daryl Hannah were "altogether ooky" as this morbid TV duo in a direct-to-video "reunion" film Gomez & Morticia Addams |
| #5115, aired 2006-12-01 | '90s POP CULTURE $2000: It's true, the 2 guys passed off as this group didn't really sing their hit "Girl You Know It's True" Milli Vanilli |
| #5076, aired 2006-10-09 | POP CULTURE QUOTES $400: A golfer of some repute, on whether his rep as a neat freak is deserved: "I make the bed in my hotel rooms" Tiger Woods |
| #5076, aired 2006-10-09 | POP CULTURE QUOTES $800: Noted grammarian Kelly Ripa corrected her when she said, "To play Daisy Duke, I mean, that's like an iconish" role Jessica Simpson |
| #5076, aired 2006-10-09 | POP CULTURE QUOTES $1200: This ex-tennis champ was "playing a ton of golf, & my wife (Bridgette) is pregnant, so I've done a little bit of that" Pete Sampras |
| #5076, aired 2006-10-09 | POP CULTURE QUOTES $1600: A U.S. heiress, asked if she read blogs: "What's that?" (that's hot) Paris Hilton |
| #5076, aired 2006-10-09 | POP CULTURE QUOTES $2000: On his TV "Report": "Anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news at you" Stephen Colbert |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $400: In '50s TV titles this word preceded "of Robin Hood", "of Sir Lancelot" & "of Superman" Adventures |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $800: 1984 best new artist Grammy winner heard here
"I said money /
Money changes everything..." Cyndi Lauper |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1200: The first time blimp shots were part of a televised sporting event was in 1960 at this Miami venue the Orange Bowl |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1600: For 13 years Mike Douglas' national talk show came from this city; guests took 2-hour limo rides from NYC Philadelphia |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | POP CULTURE $400: The Mamas & The Papas hit the pop charts for the first time with this "stately" classic "California Dreamin'" |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | POP CULTURE $800: Patty Duke plays a pill-popping movie star in this trashy 1967 film based on a Jacqueline Susann novel The Valley of the Dolls |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | POP CULTURE $1200: Gary Cooper won an Oscar for playing this title WWI hero who originally was a conscientious objector Sergeant York |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | POP CULTURE $1600: On "The Brady Bunch", Carol becomes the stepmom of these 3 boys following her marriage to Mike Greg, Peter & Bobby |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | POP CULTURE $2000: Professor William Marston created a lie detector & this comic-book heroine who used a similar device Wonder Woman |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | POP CULTURE $200: This NFL team's logo is a lone star; what else! the Dallas Cowboys |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | POP CULTURE $400: In 1996 this dance was all the rage, along with the accompanying music heard here the Macarena |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | POP CULTURE $600: Rambo was on the last "Golden Era" metal one of these containers before plastic took over in the 1980s lunchboxes |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | POP CULTURE $800: As a child, this "Spider-Man" co-star called herself Kiki; her first name was just too hard to pronounce Kirsten Dunst |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | POP CULTURE $1000: In the movie "Shock Treatment", the 1981 sequel to this cult classic, Brad & Janet appear on a TV game show The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | '70s POP CULTURE $400: In 1972 he spread a 200,000 square-foot curtain across a mountain valley in Colorado Christo |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | '70s POP CULTURE $800: One day he woke up to find his 1973 book "Awakenings" on the bestseller list Oliver Sacks |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | '70s POP CULTURE $1200: You could say this French Olympian went downhill as a ski instructor turned thief in the 1972 film "Snow Job" Jean-Claude Killy |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | '70s POP CULTURE $1600: She was 13 when she became Broadway's original "Annie" in 1977 Andrea McArdle |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | '70s POP CULTURE $2000: Barbra Streisand's fans know this is her middle name, because it's in the title of a 1971 album Joan |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $200: This TV shrink's toughest case was the unbelievably neurotic Elliott Carlin Bob Hartley (Bob Newhart accepted) |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $400: "Lord knows I can't change", says this Lynyrd Skynyrd anthem often requested at rock shows "Free Bird" |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $600: The Shmoos in this Al Capp comic strip could be made into food, clothing or anything else you liked Li'l Abner |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $800: On radio this Hammett hero ended each episode's case summary to Effie with "Period. End of report" Sam Spade |
| #4827, aired 2005-09-13 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $1000: He's the 3 named character actor seen here in a 1930s film classic
"Well, congratulations on your engagement, Miss Seton. You're not getting very much, but I'm sure you can improve him." Edward Everett Horton |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | POP CULTURE $400: This almost 70-year-old tenor dedicated his first pop CD, "Ti adoro", to his baby daughter Alice Luciano Pavarotti |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | POP CULTURE $800: This Grammy-winning singer is Ravi Shankar's daughter Norah Jones |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | POP CULTURE $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Barnes Foundation.) This famous son was not quite 2 years old when Dad put him at the center of "The Artist’s Family" Jean Renoir |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | POP CULTURE $2000: British poet & painter Frieda Hughes is the daughter of this other British poet Ted Hughes |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | POP CULTURE $5,000 (Daily Double): This bestselling mystery writer's father, C.W., used consecutive lines of a nursery rhyme for his titles Sue Grafton |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | POP CULTURE $200: Jack Handey "Deep Thought": "To me", this sport "is like a ballet, except, there's no music... and the dancers hit each other" boxing |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | POP CULTURE $400: Hallelujah! This "Late Night" bandleader co-wrote The Weather Girls' "It's Raining Men" Paul Shaffer |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | POP CULTURE $600: Neal McDonough was drafted to play Lt. Buck Compton in this WWII miniseries co-produced by Steven Spielberg Band of Brothers |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | POP CULTURE $800: Sigourney Weaver made her debut as "Alvy's date outside theater" in this 1977 Oscar winner Annie Hall |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | POP CULTURE $1000: Before winning an Oscar for playing a shrink, he imitated Elmer Fudd singing Bruce Springsteen Robin Williams |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | POP CULTURE $400: In 2004 this Sugar Ray frontman became the co-host of "Extra" Mark McGrath |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | POP CULTURE $800: Jude Law plays the ace aviator mentioned in the title of this 2004 sci-fi film that's set in Gotham City Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | POP CULTURE $1200: She stole a recorder when she was 5 & could play it, the piano & violin by the time she was 10 Dido |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | POP CULTURE $1600: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Candy Cummings is often credited with inventing this pitch in the late 1800s a curveball |
| #4703, aired 2005-02-02 | POP CULTURE $2000: New Jersey cartoonist Otto Messmer created this character, seen here Felix the Cat |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | POP CULTURE 2004 $400: Ending this man's 50-year reign atop the alphabetical list of MLBers, David Aardsma said, "I owe it all to my parents" Hank Aaron |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | POP CULTURE 2004 $800: Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin gave their yummy morsel born April 14 this name Apple |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | POP CULTURE 2004 $1200: This fitness guru was accused of slapping a 255 lb. man (an actual cage wrestler!) who made fun of his exercise videos Richard Simmons |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | POP CULTURE 2004 $1600: Sadly, Shante Broadus got served with divizzle papers after a 7-year marriage to this rapper Snoop Dogg |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | POP CULTURE 2004 $2000: A 2004 comedy starred Jon Heder as high school geek Napoleon, with this explosive last name Dynamite |
| #4636, aired 2004-11-01 | POP CULTURE $200: This dance is a form of the mambo; the last 3 steps correspond to a certain nonsense syllable the cha-cha |
| #4636, aired 2004-11-01 | POP CULTURE $400: In 1996 this company introduced handheld devices called the Pilot 1000 & the Pilot 5000 Palm |
| #4636, aired 2004-11-01 | POP CULTURE $600: On film, he's played George of the Jungle & Dudley Do-Right Brendan Fraser |
| #4636, aired 2004-11-01 | POP CULTURE $800: In the song "Don’t Stand So Close To Me", The Police mention this "Lolita" author Nabokov |
| #4636, aired 2004-11-01 | POP CULTURE $1000: One of the "milestones" of this trumpeter's career was recording "Birth Of The Cool" Miles Davis |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | POP CULTURE $200: Appropriately, Stephen King is the creator of this 2004 series based on a Danish TV production Kingdom Hospital |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | POP CULTURE $400: Debuting in 1982, it was the arcade follow-up to Centipede Millipede |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | POP CULTURE $600: In 2004, she starred as Jenna Rink, who's "13 Going on 30" Jennifer Garner |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | POP CULTURE $800: Huey Freeman of this edgy comic strip is named after Black Panther Huey Newton The Boondocks |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | POP CULTURE $1000: Not to be confused with The Doves or Vines, this Swedish band had a hit with "Hate To Say I Told You So" The Hives |
| #4601, aired 2004-09-13 | POP CULTURE AMERICA $200: The Harlem Globetrotters were founded in this city famous for its blues & its fire Chicago |
| #4601, aired 2004-09-13 | POP CULTURE AMERICA $400: In the 1940s if you weren't commie enough to be "red" people used this 5-letter epithet that was a shade lighter pinko |
| #4601, aired 2004-09-13 | POP CULTURE AMERICA $600: Object associated with the Lone Ranger & with Bob Seger's Band a silver bullet |
| #4601, aired 2004-09-13 | POP CULTURE AMERICA $800: In alphabetical order, the 3 spokesmen for Rice Krispies Crackle, Pop & Snap |
| #4601, aired 2004-09-13 | POP CULTURE AMERICA $1000: The Winchester '73 and the Colt .45 have both been referred to as "the gun that" did this won the West |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | POP CULTURE $400: Every August Elvis Presley fans gather at this Memphis mansion for a week-long celebration of his life Graceland |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | POP CULTURE $800: Its Frappuccino beverage was named one of "the best new products of 1996" Starbucks |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | POP CULTURE $1200: She's so outrageous that in 2002 she got her own TV show Anna Nicole Smith |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | POP CULTURE $1600: Neil Diamond's 1982 hit "Heartlight" was inspired by this movie E.T. |
| #4471, aired 2004-02-02 | POP CULTURE $2000: He's the beloved comic strip character seen here with his friend Albert, back in 1948 Pogo |
| #4312, aired 2003-05-06 | POP CULTURE $200: The Sailor Boy & his dog seen here are a symbol of this snack brand Cracker Jack |
| #4312, aired 2003-05-06 | POP CULTURE $400: Amateur Night at this former Harlem theater was the brainchild of showman Ralph Cooper Sr. Apollo |
| #4312, aired 2003-05-06 | POP CULTURE $600: In December 1995 Bill Watterson ended this comic strip about a 6-year-old boy & his stuffed tiger Calvin and Hobbes |
| #4312, aired 2003-05-06 | POP CULTURE $800: Gin or vodka & sour apple schnapps (instead of vermouth) go into this trendy variation of a mixed drink apple martini |
| #4312, aired 2003-05-06 | POP CULTURE $1000: It's the brand name of the transporter seen here Segway |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | "POP" CULTURE $200: Fruit-flavored ice on one or 2 sticks popsicle |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | "POP" CULTURE $400: Happy-go-lucky "naked" guy seen here Poppin' Fresh |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | "POP" CULTURE $600: She's the high-flying nanny of Jane & Michael Banks Mary Poppins |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | "POP" CULTURE $800: You'll often find them sprinkled on top of kaiser rolls poppy seeds |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | "POP" CULTURE $1000: It was the nickname of Eddie Egan, the cop whose life was the basis of "The French Connection" "Popeye" |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | POP CULTURE $400: Before making it big in the movies, Mike Myers & Eddie Murphy were regulars on this TV series Saturday Night Live |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | POP CULTURE $800: It's the product associated with the slogans "It Floats" & "99 44/100% Pure" Ivory soap |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | POP CULTURE $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports, competing at a game with Jimmy) Popular in the 1970s, this game has made a big comeback foosball |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | POP CULTURE $1600: Despite its name, you don't have to be a lawyer to enjoy this men's mag. full of wit, style & "Dubious Achievements" Esquire |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | POP CULTURE $2000: This sneakers & sportswear brand was named for its creator, Adolf Dassler Adidas |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | POP CULTURE $200: Radio producer Arch Oboler pioneered this film gimmick for 1952's "Bwana Devil" 3-D |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | POP CULTURE $400: This cartoon mouse, Pinky's partner, once went on "Gyp-Parody" to win money to take over the world The Brain |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | POP CULTURE $600: Since 1905, these brothers have shared their comic strip with der Captain und der Inspector The Katzenjammer Kids |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | POP CULTURE $800: He's the "youthful" spirited rapper seen here: Kid Rock |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | POP CULTURE $1000: Not to be confused with the boy singers, the Hanson Brothers were hockey goons in this 1977 film Slap Shot |
| #2909, aired 1997-04-03 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $100: Hunter S. Thompson's first book was about this motorcycle gang Hell's Angels |
| #2909, aired 1997-04-03 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $200: In 1982 this magazine company condensed the Bible Reader's Digest |
| #2909, aired 1997-04-03 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $300: D.J. Alan Freed received partial composer credit on this singer's "Maybellene" Chuck Berry |
| #2909, aired 1997-04-03 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $400: Founded in 1934, this corporation provides recorded music to subscribers like restaurants & supermarkets Muzak |
| #2909, aired 1997-04-03 | 20th CENTURY POP CULTURE $500: In 1996 she "Singled Out" guys & gals in an MTV game show Jenny McCarthy |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | POP CULTURE $100: This "Kickboxer" star was a champion in the European Professional Karate Association Jean-Claude Van Damme |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | POP CULTURE $200: His "Streets of Philadelphia" won him 4 1994 Grammys, including Song of the Year & Best Male Rock Vocal Bruce Springsteen |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | POP CULTURE $300: In 1996 this strikeout king became the first player to have his uniform number retired by 3 teams Nolan Ryan |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | POP CULTURE $400: Guitarist Richie Sambora of this group co-wrote Cher's hit "We All Sleep Alone" Bon Jovi |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | POP CULTURE $500: Pharaoh, Levi & Reuben are characters in this 1973 Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | POP CULTURE $100: The credits to this July 1996 movie claimed "No animal or alien was harmed in the making of this film" Independence Day |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | POP CULTURE $200: This 1981-87 police series is the only show to win Emmys for Best Drama 4 straight years Hill Street Blues |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | POP CULTURE $300: In 1992 she became the only Miss America ever to top the Billboard charts Vanessa Williams |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | POP CULTURE $400: In 1976 this American became the first woman tennis player to reach $1 million in career prize money Chris Evert |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | POP CULTURE $500: This Susan Sarandon baseball film was directed by Ron Shelton, a former minor league player Bull Durham |
