#8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $400: In 1968, she had back-to-back No. 1 country hits with "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" & "Stand By Your Man" Tammy Wynette |
#8863, aired 2023-05-03 | SAX EDUCATION $400: Legendary R&B sax man King Curtis backed up The Coasters, Sam Cooke & this "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin |
#8854, aired 2023-04-20 | '80s & '90s R&B SONGS $200: The O is actually a sign in "Sign 'O' the Times", a classic 1987 album by this man of royal talent Prince |
#8659, aired 2022-06-09 | ABBREVIATED TV $1000: The forces of T.H.R.U.S.H. were enemies of "The Man from" this 1960s title spy organization U.N.C.L.E. |
#8641, aired 2022-05-16 | FACE THE MUSIC $800: This late comic is the Andy of R.E.M.'s hit "Man On The Moon" Andy Kaufman |
#8615, aired 2022-04-08 | R&B MUSIC $800: In 2016, part of a Detroit street was named in honor of this man, who's had Number Ones on the R&B charts since he was a kid Stevie Wonder |
#8592, aired 2022-03-08 | THE OSCA"R"s $400: Starring Dustin Hoffman, it definitely, definitely was named 1988's Best Picture Rain Man |
#8592, aired 2022-03-08 | THE OSCA"R"s $2000: For "West Side Story" Robert Wise shared Best Director with this man, seen working on the film Jerome Robbins |
#18, aired 2022-02-22 | SCARY STORIES $1600: In a classic tale by M.R. James, a man is cursed when he's given a slip of paper written with these Old Nordic letters runes |
#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | WHAT ACUTE ACCENT $2000: Rake, as in a pleasure-seeking man, is a synonym of this other 4-letter "R" word roué |
#8551, aired 2022-01-10 | THE HUGO AWARDS $400: Khal Drogo & Dany are mentioned in chapter one of the Best Novella in 1997, "Blood of the Dragon" by this man George R.R. Martin |
#8337, aired 2021-02-16 | LITERATURE $800: Scholars think John Hunter, an 18th c. London surgeon known as "The Knife Man", inspired this R.L. Stevenson guy Dr. Jekyll |
#8290, aired 2020-11-27 | PAPERBACK WRITER $1000: This man who's given us "Goosebumps" has sold more than 400 million books (R.L.) Stine |
#8101, aired 2019-11-25 | 1990s LYRICS $1600: R.E.M.: "Now, Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?" "Man On The Moon" |
#8088, aired 2019-11-06 | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! $800: In 2018 this R&B singer lived up to his (stage) name, becoming an EGOT, the first African-American man to do so John Legend |
#7968, aired 2019-04-10 | POP CULTURE COMMON BONDS $800: "Shiny Happy People",
"Man On The Moon",
"Fall On Me" R.E.M. |
#7901, aired 2019-01-07 | REJECTED SUPERHEROES $200: He was rejected on the grounds that he couldn't stop telling everybody he was sorry the Apologizer |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | SUMMING UP THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY $1000: When in Rome, revenge is a dish, all right; S-A/T-U-R/N-I-N/U-S! Oh, man, does everyone die Titus Andronicus |
#7865, aired 2018-11-16 | LAYING DOWN SOME R&B & HIP-HOP VOCALS $1000: GPS on your phone? Don't put it on silent--"ride the vibrations"--this young man "don't need nothin' else but you" Khalid |
#7797, aired 2018-07-03 | TV MOVIES? $800: "Good Night, and Good Luck." starred David Strathairn as this TV & radio man in conflict with Joe McCarthy (Edward R.) Murrow |
#7743, aired 2018-04-18 | "R" TOWN $5,200 (Daily Double): This North Carolina city founded in 1792 is named for a man who died in 1618 Raleigh |
#7625, aired 2017-11-03 | "R" MOVIES $2000: 2009:
Starring Viggo Mortensen as "Man" & Kodi Smit-McPhee as "Boy" The Road |
#7364, aired 2016-09-22 | INQUISITIVE WRITERS $2,600 (Daily Double): R.L. Stevenson wrote, “I had gone to bed” this man, “I had awakened” this other man. “How was this to be explained?” Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde |
#7118, aired 2015-07-22 | WATERGATE $1600: The scandal led to the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman & this ‑man, assistant to Nixon for domestic affairs (John) Ehrlichman |
#7087, aired 2015-06-09 | A LITTLE R & R $1000: It's the profession of a con man played by Burt Lancaster in a 1956 film set in drought-ridden Kansas the rainmaker |
#6796, aired 2014-03-17 | THE TWO-THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAN $800: (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)
"What was your most annoying job?"
"Well, I was a scrivener for this poet who couldn't spell. The first line of his prologue, he spells 'April' like this-A-P-R-I-L-L-E. That's--that's how he spelled 'April'" Chaucer |
#6783, aired 2014-02-26 | PIX-"R" $200: Our favorite part of this 1988 film is Dustin Hoffman saying, "Course I got 'Jeopardy!' at 5 o'clock. I watch 'Jeopardy!'" Rain Man |
#6676, aired 2013-09-30 | ROCKET MUSIC $800: A movie bio of Andy Kaufman got its title from this R.E.M. song "Man on the Moon" |
#6312, aired 2012-02-14 | SCI FI & FANTASY $1000: Lord Foul is a really bad, bad guy in Stephen R. Donaldson's "Chronicles of" this unbelieving man Thomas Covenant |
#6202, aired 2011-07-26 | R.B.s $400: Referring to his circulatory system, it describes any strong, patriotic, lusty American man red-blooded |
#6202, aired 2011-07-26 | R.B.s $800: The first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize, this man was appointed to the U.N. Palestine Commission in 1947 Ralph Bunche |
#6099, aired 2011-03-03 | ALPHABET ROCKERS $600: Their hit song "Man On The Moon" is a musical tribute to comedian Andy Kaufman R.E.M. |
#5942, aired 2010-06-15 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $800: (Hi, I'm Robin Quivers.) "Lets Get It On"--my iPod, that is--plenty of Motown R&B, especially the smooth sounds of this man who sang "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye |
#5937, aired 2010-06-08 | IF I WERE A RICH MAN... $400: I'd want &/or desire to buy this item seen here; it's about 45 carats, doc the Hope Diamond |
#5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HE'S "R" MAN $400: Before becoming prime minister in 1974, he was Israel's ambassador to the United States Yitzhak Rabin |
#5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HE'S "R" MAN $800: This guy is seen here with his most famous invention (Erno) Rubik |
#5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HE'S "R" MAN $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a cartouche on the monitor.) In the cartouche seen here, the circle stands for the sun god Ra, the pillar the city of Heliopolis, the three fox skins represent the letters "M" & "S" & the staff means ruler; together, they denote this pharaoh, ruler of Heliopolis Ramses |
#5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HE'S "R" MAN $1600: This Frenchman of Swiss & Basque descent created a sensation with his orchestral work "Bolero" (Maurice) Ravel |
#5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HE'S "R" MAN $2000: He won the first Nobel Prize in Physics--it was for his discovery of X-rays Röntgen |
#5759, aired 2009-10-01 | AN OCTOBER FIRST FEST $200: 1988:
In a major reorganization of the Soviet hierarchy, this man becomes head of the U.S.S.R. Gorbachev |
#5664, aired 2009-04-02 | WHAT "R" WE? $400: This South African monetary unit is named for a major gold mining area the rand |
#5488, aired 2008-06-18 | 2007 NEWS $1200: Edited by his son Christopher, "The Children of Hurin" is a tale of Middle-earth's First Age by this man J.R.R. Tolkien |
#5422, aired 2008-03-18 | MISSISSIPPI MISSES $1200: "Stand By Your Man" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" were big hits for this Mississippian who was married 5 times Tammy Wynette |
#5336, aired 2007-11-19 | "R" WORLD $400: A dishonest or unprincipled man, or one of the X-Men a rogue |
#5217, aired 2007-04-24 | TV JAILBIRDS $400: November 21, 1980: Sue Ellen's fingerprints are on the gun, so she's mistakenly arrested for shooting this man J.R. |
#5118, aired 2006-12-06 | BOOKS ABOUT AUTHORS $400: "Calaveras County" & "Hannibal" are entries in R. Kent Rasmussen's book this man "A to Z" Mark Twain |
#4974, aired 2006-04-06 | WHO "R" YOU? $800: French cardinal who said, "Give me 6 lines written by the most honest man, (&) I'll find something in them to hang him" Richelieu |
#4920, aired 2006-01-20 | "O" MAN! $1600: In 1904, this "Mobile" man left the company he founded to set up the R.E.O. Motor Car Company (Ransom Eli) Olds |
#4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Riga, Latvia.) Perhaps the U.S.S.R.'s greatest filmmaker, born in Riga in 1898, I'm in front of a building his father designed Sergei Eisenstein |
#4724, aired 2005-03-03 | "R"OCK MUSIC $400: The subject of this 1973 Allman Brothers hit was "tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can" "Ramblin' Man" |
#4679, aired 2004-12-30 | "R" MAN $400: He is the groundbreaking second baseman seen here in 1946 Jackie Robinson |
#4679, aired 2004-12-30 | "R" MAN $800: Mount Rushmore was finished during this president's administration Franklin Roosevelt |
#4679, aired 2004-12-30 | "R" MAN $1200: There's a circus collection in the Sarasota Museum of Art named for this man (John) Ringling |
#4679, aired 2004-12-30 | "R" MAN $1600: This man hosts "Meet the Press", the USA's longest-running TV show Tim Russert |
#4679, aired 2004-12-30 | "R" MAN $2000: He helped overthrow Marcos & was later president of the Philippines himself Fidel Ramos |
#4520, aired 2004-04-09 | "R" $400: Karel Capek coined this word for a mechanical man in his play "R.U.R." robot |
#4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ROCK-Y $800: Michael Stipe formed this "Man on the Moon" band in Athens, Georgia R.E.M. |
#4346, aired 2003-06-23 | SPELL THE LAST NAME $800: 17th century man with the "I think, therefore I am" plan, Rene... D-E-S-C-A-R-T-E-S |
#4286, aired 2003-03-31 | "R"ITERS $1200: A physician & Benedictine monk, this 16th century French author was a man of "Gargantuan" learning Francois Rabelais |
#4286, aired 2003-03-31 | "R"ITERS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.) "Le Bateau ivre", or "The Drunken Boat", was a famous poem by this "wild man" who arrived in Paris in 1871 Arthur Rimbaud |
#4212, aired 2002-12-17 | LUNAR TUNES $1000: This 1993 song by R.E.M. was a tribute to Andy Kaufman "Man on the Moon" |
#4173, aired 2002-10-23 | "R"RRRRRRRRR $1000: Ionesco play that ends, "I'm the last man left, and I'm staying that way until the end. I'm not capitulating!" Rhinoceros |
#4132, aired 2002-07-16 | INITIAL REACTION $400: Larry Hagman played this "man you love to hate" from 1978 to 1991 J.R. Ewing |
#3908, aired 2001-09-05 | THERAPISTS $1000: The initials of this man with unconventional views of schizophrenia stood for Ronald David R.D. Laing |
#3813, aired 2001-03-14 | PREHISTORIC TIMES $100: Historians generally agree that the development of this separates prehistory from history Writing |
#3735, aired 2000-11-24 | R.I.P. IN ALABAMA $200: This man who ground up a lot of peanuts is buried on the grounds of the Tuskegee Institute George Washington Carver |
#3710, aired 2000-10-20 | CLASSIC RECORD LABELS $1,200 (Daily Double): The 1962 hit "The Lonely Bull" was on this label formed by the man who performed it A&M Records (co-founded by Herb Alpert) |
#3578, aired 2000-03-08 | GIVE ME SOME DIRECTION $400: In 1961 the future sex counselor born Ruth Siegel married a man named this Manfred Westheimer |
#3554, aired 2000-02-03 | R-RATED OPERA $300: In this composer's "Don Giovanni", the title character seduces women, kills a man & is dragged down to Hell Mozart |
#3520, aired 1999-12-17 | "R"RRRRR! $400: A man with the head of a hawk crowned with a solar disk represents this ancient Egyptian sun god Ra |
#3333, aired 1999-02-17 | U.S.A. $500: The Fifth Avenue art museum named for this man opened a Soho branch in 1992 Solomon R. Guggenheim |
#3301, aired 1999-01-04 | RICHARD NIXON $1000: This man, Nixon's chief of staff, called him "Inexplicable, strange, hard to understand" H.R. Haldeman |
#3183, aired 1998-06-03 | MILD-MANNERED REPORTERS $400: Roscoe was the middle name of this man known for his calm radio reportage during WWII Edward R. Murrow |
#3183, aired 1998-06-03 | R.E.M. $600: The song "Man on the Moon" is a tribute to this late comedian, TV's Latka Gravas Andy Kaufman |
#3121, aired 1998-03-09 | FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE $800: "Thus spoke" this man, also called Zoroaster, the hero of one of Nietzsche's greatest books Zarathustra |
#2943, aired 1997-05-21 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $300: This R.L. Stevenson story follows Mr. Utterson as he discovers these 2 characters are the same man Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
#2936, aired 1997-05-12 | NONFICTION $200: 1979's "H.R.H.: The Man Who Will Be King" tells of this heir to the British throne Prince Charles |
#2901, aired 1997-03-24 | HISTORIC EUROPEAN LEADERS $800: When his nephew & heir was killed in 1914, this man had ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire for 56 years Franz Joseph |
#2101, aired 1993-10-25 | AUTHORS $400: R.W. Emerson was a champion of this man, whom he met 2 years before the raid on Harpers Ferry John Brown |
#2053, aired 1993-07-07 | ACTORS & ROYAL ROLES $400: R. Chamberlain, Edward Fox & Anthony Andrews all played this man who gave up a throne for the woman he loved Duke of Windsor |
#1422, aired 1990-11-06 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: Until this man was sworn in with F.D.R. in 1933, the vice president took the oath of office in the Senate John Nance Garner |
#1333, aired 1990-05-23 | BROADWAY LYRICS $500: "It's surely not his brain that makes me thrill, I love him because he's just" this man My Bill |
#1227, aired 1989-12-26 | FAMOUS QUOTES $200: Vice President Thos. R. Marshall was the man who said, "What this country needs is a good five cent one of these" Cigar |
#1028, aired 1989-02-08 | SPELLING $200: This system of writing & printing for the blind was named for the man who invented it B-R-A-I-L-L-E |
#1011, aired 1989-01-16 | GOLDEN OLDIES $100: In '61 R. Nelson was a "Travelin' Man", R. Orbison was "Running Scared" & R. Charles was told to do this, Jack Hit the road |
#915, aired 1988-07-22 | SPELLING $1000: A small corsage worn by a man in his buttonhole B-O-U-T-O-N-N-I-E-R-E |
#893, aired 1988-06-22 | CELEBRITY SPELLING $500: If you're referring to a Blue Brother or a Ghostbuster, this Dan's your man A-Y-K-R-O-Y-D |
#779, aired 1988-01-14 | MOVIE CLASSICS $1000: Tho this man wrote the novel, R. Chandler & B. Wilder wrote the screenplay for "Double Indemnity" James Cain |
#735, aired 1987-11-13 | ADVERTISING $500: Slogan created in 1921 when a pal of an R.J. Reynolds ad man ran out of cigarettes on a golf course "I'd walk a mile for a Camel" |
#717, aired 1987-10-20 | U.S. HISTORY $400: The U.S. acquired property rights to build this in 1904, & T.R. was a man with a plan for it Panama Canal |