| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "POP" QUIZ, HOTSHOT $100: AMC Theatres claims to sell 52 million bags of this snack food every year popcorn |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "POP" QUIZ, HOTSHOT $200: In 2013, cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio assumed this lofty title Pope |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "POP" QUIZ, HOTSHOT $300: If you love Dum Dums & Chupa Chups, you're a real sucker for this treat a lollipop |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "POP" QUIZ, HOTSHOT $400: The United Nations estimated that the world's this reached 8 billion on Nov. 15, 2022 population |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | "POP" QUIZ, HOTSHOT $500: In 1953, 10-year-old Gayla Peevey sang about wanting this large animal for Christmas a hippopotamus |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | POP QUIZ $400: Look what you made me do, you alliterative British singer! I can't stop humming your 2019 single "Dancing with a Stranger" Sam Smith |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | POP QUIZ $800: A band references its own name in the lyric "counting" these, "one for sorrow, two for joy" crows |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | POP QUIZ $1200: On 2019 album charts Khalid was neighbors with this similar-named artist's "Father of Asahd" DJ Khaled |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | POP QUIZ $1600: Real name Melissa, with albums like "Supa Dupa Fly" she's the 1st female hip-hop artist in the Songwriters Hall of Fame Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | POP QUIZ $2000: Nirvana was Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl & this bassist Krist Novoselic |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | "POP" QUIZ $400: It's Kellogg's brand of toaster pastries Pop-Tarts |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | "POP" QUIZ $800: A store only open for a limited time, or a new window that is unexpectedly opened in your browser a pop-up |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | "POP" QUIZ $1200: This college coach lent his name to a youth football league Pop Warner |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | "POP" QUIZ $1600: To propose marriage to pop the question |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | "POP" QUIZ $2000: Nonsense! (Like an old man might say) poppycock |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s $800: Uh oh! It's a sudden, unexpected test for students a pop quiz |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | OTHER MONA LISAS $400: Pop quiz--this American artist quadrupled Mona here Andy Warhol |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | POP QUIZ $400: This kids' song mentions a monkey & a mulberry bush "Pop Goes The Weasel" |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | POP QUIZ $800: John Philips helped organize this N. California festival after the success of iconic jazz festivals held there the Monterey Pop Festival |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | POP QUIZ $1200: For breakfast Post came up with "Country Squares"; Kellogg won that battle with the product still called these Pop-Tarts |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | POP QUIZ $1600: This BBC music show debuted in 1964 playing all the hits for generations of music fans Top of the Pops |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | POP QUIZ $2000: In 1930 he left the Boston Symphony to become conductor of the Boston Pops, a job he held for 49 years (Arthur) Fiedler |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | SODA POP QUIZ $200: Heads up! It was launched as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" in 1929 7 Up |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | SODA POP QUIZ $400: With the most famous soda flavor from this brand, you get "Real ginger. Real taste" Canada Dry (ginger ale) |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | SODA POP QUIZ $600: In addition to root beer, A&W also sells this flavor of soda cream soda |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | SODA POP QUIZ $800: For much of the last decade, this fruity brand from Coca-Cola had its own colorful group of spokesmodels Fanta |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | SODA POP QUIZ $1000: In 1983 it added Ruby Red to its line of sodas Squirt |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TELEVISION POP QUIZ $200: Martin Crane Frasier |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TELEVISION POP QUIZ $400: Rob Petrie The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TELEVISION POP QUIZ $600: Dan Conner Roseanne |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TELEVISION POP QUIZ $800: Jason Seaver Growing Pains |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | TELEVISION POP QUIZ $1000: Frank Reagan Blue Bloods |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | POP QUIZ $400: Carrie Underwood starred in a 2013 live TV presentation of this musical The Sound of Music |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | POP QUIZ $800: It's a wild world for this convert to the Muslim faith, a 2014 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Cat Stevens |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | POP QUIZ $1200: In 2013 Marc Anthony's "Vivir Mi Vida" was Record of the Year at the 14th of these awards the Latin Grammys |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | POP QUIZ $1600: This 2013 movie character is loosely based on 1960s folkie Dave Van Ronk Llewyn Davis |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | POP QUIZ $2000: Spudboys in energy-dome hats are fans of this band Devo |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | POP QUIZ $200: He was English king Charles II's daddy (don't think too hard) Charles I |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | POP QUIZ $400: You might notice a slight resemblance between the beautiful boy seen here & this guy, his proud pop John Lennon |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | POP QUIZ $600: He gave the world Emilio Estevez Martin Sheen |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | POP QUIZ $800: He's Hannah Montana's real-life daddy Billy Ray Cyrus |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | POP QUIZ $1000: He fathered baseball * Barry Bonds Bobby Bonds |
| #6661, aired 2013-07-29 | RHYME TIME $800: An expert at those little "pop" tests a quiz whiz |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | POP QUIZ $400: "Miss Independent" & "Stronger" were hits for this idol Kelly Clarkson |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | POP QUIZ $800: "Fallin'", from 2001, was the first Top 40 hit for this singer & pianist Alicia Keys |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | POP QUIZ $1200: In 2012 Carly Rae Jepsen hit No. 1 singing, "Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number, so" this title "Call Me Maybe" |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | POP QUIZ $1600: Supermodel Paulina Porizkova, who married Ric Ocasek of this group, appeared in their video for "Drive" The Cars |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | POP QUIZ $2000: This band made its Top 40 debut in 1967 with "Happy Jack" The Who |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | A POP QUIZ $400: In August 1974 his younger daughter Julie left him a note: "Dear daddy, I love you. Whatever you do I will support" Richard Nixon |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | A POP QUIZ $800: In Genesis he built an altar, laid the wood & then laid his son upon the wood Abraham |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | A POP QUIZ $1200: Carrying on the family name, his sons Damian, Stephen & Ziggy have all won Grammys for Best Reggae Album Bob Marley |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | A POP QUIZ $1600: Harper Lee reportedly based this much-admired fictional dad on her own lawyer father Atticus Finch |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | A POP QUIZ $2000: His son crown Prince Naruhito is heir to the Japanese throne Akihito |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | CROSSWORD CLUES "Q" $400: Kind of test that might be "pop"
(4) a quiz |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $200: This soda was introduced in 1886 & patented in 1887 Coca-Cola |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $400: After a 5-year hiatus from touring, this Gwen Stafani band hit the road in 2009 on a summer tour No Doubt |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $400: www.rootbeer.com is the website of this brand with initial success A&W |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $600: An early label for this soda showed a hillbilly shooting at a revenuer running from an outhouse Mountain Dew |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $800: This band's official fan club is called Idiot Club (fans don't have to be American) Green Day |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $800: In 1963 the U.S. Fifth District Court in Dallas ruled that this, with 23 flavors, was not a cola Dr Pepper |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $1000: The logo of this ginger ale brand once featured the outline of North America Canada Dry |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $1200: Katy Perry sang "I Kissed A Girl"; this country guy sang "Kiss A Girl" (perhaps Nicole Kidman?) Keith Urban |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $1600: He performed "We Made You" at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, but his encounter with Bruno was more memorable Eminem |
| #5840, aired 2010-01-22 | POP QUIZ $2000: In June 2009, listeners went crazy for this singer seen here, putting 2 of her songs in the top 10 at the same time Lady Gaga |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | POP QUIZ $400: This Elvis tune says, "Lady Luck please let the dice stay hot" "Viva Las Vegas" |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | POP QUIZ $800: 1978's "Don't Look Back" was the follow-up to this New England band's hit debut album Boston |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | POP QUIZ $1200: The 1980s band Midnight Oil hailed from this country Australia |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | POP QUIZ $1600: This "diminutive" musician has had Top 40 hits about girls named Lucille, Sally, Molly & Jenny Little Richard |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | POP QUIZ $2000: The Troggs had their biggest chart success with this proto-punk anthem in 1966 "Wild Thing" |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | SODA POP QUIZ $200: Introduced in 2001, Pibb Xtra is a bolder version of this similarly named beverage Mr. Pibb |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | SODA POP QUIZ $400: Quite simply, Bubble Up is "a kiss of lemon, kiss of" this lime |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | SODA POP QUIZ $600: Aargh! Black lemonade must be perfect for pirates; this Jolly Roger symbol adorns its label the skull & crossbones |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | SODA POP QUIZ $800: The drink known as "Code" this is "everything you love about Mountain Dew with a smooth cherry flavor" Red |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | SODA POP QUIZ $1000: Made originally from the roots of Smilax plants & similar to root beer, this sassy Old West treat is still served today sarsaparilla |
| #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 |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | TV POP QUIZ $200: Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor Home Improvement |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | TV POP QUIZ $400: Reverend Eric Camden 7th Heaven |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | TV POP QUIZ $600: Chiropractor Alan Harper Two and a Half Men |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | TV POP QUIZ $800: TV station manager Steven Keaton Family Ties |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | TV POP QUIZ $1000: Widower Steve Douglas My Three Sons |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | '60s POP QUIZ $200: On the Mamas & the Papas' last Top 40 hit, "Dream A Little Dream Of Me", she got top billing Mama Cass |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | '60s POP QUIZ $400: In 1968 this film star turned pop star with the song heard here
"MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark /
All the sweet, green icing flowing down..." Richard Harris |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | '60s POP QUIZ $600: According to the title of a 1967 hit, it's what The Young Rascals were doing "On A Sunday Afternoon" "Groovin'" |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | '60s POP QUIZ $1,000 (Daily Double): In a 3-year period in the 1960s, she had 15 Top 40 hits, including the one heard here
"My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine /
Softer than a sigh /
My love is deeper than the deepest ocean..." Petula Clark |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | '60s POP QUIZ $1000: This Zager & Evans hit about the future is subtitled "Exordium & Terminus" "In The Year 2525" |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | POP QUIZ $200: According to the Beatles hit, it's when "love was such an easy game to play" Yesterday |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | POP QUIZ $400: The jester borrows James Dean's coat in this Don McLean classic "American Pie" |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | POP QUIZ $600: In the Janis Joplin hit "Me And Bobby McGee", this is "just another word for nothin' left to lose" freedom |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | POP QUIZ $800: Little Jackie Paper is friends with this magical beastie Puff the Magic Dragon |
| #4553, aired 2004-05-26 | POP QUIZ $1000: John Brown is the title lawman who gets gunned down in this Bob Marley song "I Shot The Sheriff" |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | TV POP QUIZ $200: Al Bundy Married... with Children |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | TV POP QUIZ $400: Martin Crane Frasier |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | TV POP QUIZ $600: Charles Ingalls Little House on the Prairie |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | TV POP QUIZ $800: Ward Cleaver Leave It to Beaver |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | TV POP QUIZ $1000: Red Forman That '70s Show |
| #4234, aired 2003-01-16 | "Z" END $400: Get out your No. 2 pencils, it's time for this short, written test pop quiz |
| #4022, aired 2002-02-12 | CLASS ACTIONS $200: A test given without notice; it sounds like it could cover Coke & Pepsi a pop quiz |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | '60s POP QUIZ $200: (Hi, I'm Randy Travis, here at the Hollywood Bowl.) On August 23, 1964 18,000 frenzied fans got to see this group in their Hollywood Bowl debut The Beatles |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | '60s POP QUIZ $400: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" went to No. 1 after it was featured in this 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | '60s POP QUIZ $600: That's Brian Wilson singing in the background on this duo's 1963 hit "Surf City" Jan and Dean |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | '60s POP QUIZ $800: This group's 1968 album "Waiting for the Sun" included a poem, "The Celebration of the Lizard King" The Doors |
| #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | '60s POP QUIZ $1000: Little-known artists Janis Joplin & Jimi Hendrix made big impressions at this 1967 festival Monterey Pop Festival |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | POP QUIZ $100: They've peppered the charts with hot hits like "Say You'll Be There" & "2 Become 1" Spice Girls |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | POP QUIZ $200: In 1998 his "La Copa de la Vida" was the official song of the World Cup soccer games Ricky Martin |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | POP QUIZ $300: Take a bow if you know that Babyface co-wrote & sang on her 1994 hit "Take a Bow" Madonna |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | POP QUIZ $400: Nirvana didn't sweat over the title of this 1991 song, they named it for a deodorant "Smells Like Teen Spirit" |
| #3488, aired 1999-11-03 | POP QUIZ $500: (Hi, I'm Edwin McCain.) My song "I'll Be" got a lot of play after it was featured on the May 1998 season finale of this WB TV series Dawson's Creek |
| #3047, aired 1997-11-25 | "POP" QUIZ $200: The only Dr. Seuss title that fits the category, it seems like it could be painful to Dad Hop on Pop |
| #3047, aired 1997-11-25 | "POP" QUIZ $400: Andy Warhol's Brillo boxes or Roy Lichtenstein's giant comic strip panels Pop art |
| #3047, aired 1997-11-25 | "POP" QUIZ $600: Shirley Temple took "A sweet trip to a candy shop" on this vessel The Good Ship Lollipop |
| #3047, aired 1997-11-25 | "POP" QUIZ $800: When Jim Thorpe attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School, this man was his coach Glen "Pop" Warner |
| #3047, aired 1997-11-25 | "POP" QUIZ $1000: A posturing person whose ostentatious attire makes him look like a parrot popinjay |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | SODA POP QUIZ $100: This ubiquitous soft drink removed its cocaine by 1905 but kept the caffeine Coca-Cola |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | SODA POP QUIZ $200: Like root beer, this "ale" is flavored with a root, mostly from Jamaica ginger ale |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | SODA POP QUIZ $300: This gas produced by fermentation gives soda its pop Carbon dioxide (CO2) |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | SODA POP QUIZ $400: This 19th c. physician of Rural Retreat, Va. was immortalized in the name of a soft drink Dr. Charles T. Pepper |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | SODA POP QUIZ $500: Pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle developed the soda sweetener Aspartame, marketed as this NutraSweet |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | "POP" THE QUESTION $100: Dreaded by students, it follows the order, "Books under your desk, take out a pencil & paper" Pop Quiz |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | POP QUIZ $100: Her hit song, "I Believe In You & Me" is featured on "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack Whitney Houston |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | POP QUIZ $300: "Because the Night" was a big hit from this Natalie Merchant group's "MTV Unplugged" album 10,000 Maniacs |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | POP QUIZ $400: In 1995 he posed the question, "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Bryan Adams |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | POP QUIZ $500 (Daily Double): The Grammys' Best New Artist of 1993, she recently had the No. 1 song heard here:
"Unbreak my heart /
Say you'll love me again /
Undo this hurt you caused..." Toni Braxton |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | POP QUIZ $500: 1993's "Linger" was the first U.S. hit for this alternative band from Ireland The Cranberries |
| #605, aired 1987-04-03 | SODA POP QUIZ $100: According to Vernors, sales go up during Christmas & Easter when this is used as a glaze on turkey or ham ginger ale |
| #605, aired 1987-04-03 | SODA POP QUIZ $200: For many years this beverage suggested people take "the pause that refreshes" Coca-Cola |
| #605, aired 1987-04-03 | SODA POP QUIZ $300: Distinctive flavoring of Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Soda celery |
| #605, aired 1987-04-03 | SODA POP QUIZ $400: Barnyard name for a root beer float a black cow |
| #605, aired 1987-04-03 | SODA POP QUIZ $500: "Takes the 'ouch' out of 'grouch'" was claim of this soda once sold as "anti-acid" hangover remedy 7-Up |
| #535, aired 1986-12-26 | SODA POP QUIZ $100: In 1952, Hyman Kirsch of Brooklyn introduced "No-Cal" soda, 1st soft drink w/o this sweetener sugar |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | SODA POP QUIZ $100: It's what gives soda pop the bubbles carbon dioxide |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | SODA POP QUIZ $200: Caleb Bradham named his elixir this because it was supposed to relieve dyspepsia Pepsi Cola |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | SODA POP QUIZ $300: They spent $250,000 to develop a can so the shuttle crew could drink their new formula in space Coke |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | SODA POP QUIZ $400: Fenton & Fowler's calls this elite Detroit ginger ale the best soft drink in the world Vernor's |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | SODA POP QUIZ $500: It was originally called bib-label lithiated lemon-lime soda 7 Up |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | POP QUIZ $100: In 1886, the 1st batch of this "Real Thing" was concocted in Atlanta Coca-Cola |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | POP QUIZ $200: Reynolds created the 1st one for pop in 1963 the aluminum can |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | POP QUIZ $300: This sweetener has all but replaced saccharin in sodas NutraSweet (or aspartame) |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | POP QUIZ $400: Suggested drinking times of this soda were 10, 2 & 4 Dr Pepper |
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Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons
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