| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | THE MOVIES $800: The first DVD that Netflix mailed was this spirited film starring Alec Baldwin & Geena Davis as a deceased married couple Beetlejuice |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | MUSICAL FILMS $400: Norman Jewison directed the 1973 film version of this musical about the most famous Jew & son of all Jesus Christ Superstar |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | ACTION MOVIES $1600: This star-filled 1963 film featuring some epic Steve McQueen motorcycle scenes was (very) loosely based on a true story The Great Escape |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | 1970s MOVIES $400: "Dammit Janet" & "Over At The Frankenstein Place" are songs from this 1975 movie; can you sense my antici...pation? The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | QUESTIONABLE MOVIES $600: In this 1962 film former child star Bette Davis lives in a crumbling Hollywood mansion with her invalid sister What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | GAME SHOWS IN THE MOVIES $2000: In "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind", a woman has the choice of Brad Pitt, Matt Damon or Bachelor No. 3 on this classic show The Dating Game |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | PIZZA AT THE MOVIES $400: Burnout surfer Jeff Spicoli orders a pizza to history class but Mr. Hand is having none of it in this 1982 teen comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES $200: Rocky Balboa has begun training Adonis Johnson; will Adonis have the eye of the tiger? That's up next in sports Creed |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES $400: A crime novelist, dead in his mansion under mysterious circumstances. Benoit Blanc, on the case. Eyewitness News starts now Knives Out |
| #8882, aired 2023-05-30 | MIDDLE "G" $800: Fancy name for a list of movies a particular actor or director has made a filmography |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | CUTTING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES $800: Peter Lorre: "You despise me, don't you?" Humphrey Bogart: "If I gave you any thought, I probably would" Casablanca |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | BIOLOGY $1200: It's the thin, watery outer layer of an amoeba cell, or in the movies, ghost slime ectoplasm |
| #8796, aired 2023-01-30 | SCARY MOVIES $800 (Daily Double): Bram Stoker's widow got a court order to have this 1922 German silent classic destroyed--but it survived, as vampires do Nosferatu |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | BOOKS & THEIR MOVIES $1600: This Ridley Scott film based on Eric Jager's true story of medieval France saw Matt Damon tilting against Adam Driver The Last Duel |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | BOOKS & THEIR MOVIES $3,000 (Daily Double): The title of this 2007 film adapted from a novel comes from a Yeats poem that says, "An aged man is but a paltry thing" No Country for Old Men |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | HORROR MOVIES $400: A masked killer known as Ghostface torments teens in this 1996 horror film & its 2022 outing Scream |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MOVIES $800: Young Eleanor Bergstein would win Catskills mambo contests, inspiring her script for this 1980s film Dirty Dancing |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MOVIES $1600: The scene at Burge's Drive-In in Modesto, California was one of George Lucas' inspirations for this 1973 film American Graffiti |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | MOVIES"!" $1000: What the Dickens?! Mark Lester wanted a little more out of life in the title role of this 1968 film Oliver! |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | 20th CENTURY HISTORY & THE MOVIES $2000: Andrew Garfield played pacifist & Medal of Honor winner Desmond Doss in this movie set in part at the Battle of Okinawa Hacksaw Ridge |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | MOVIES & GEOGRAPHY $1200: As the "Stanley", Henry Stanley, in part of a 1939 movie title, Spencer Tracy explores Sub-Saharan Africa seeking this doctor David Livingstone |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | MOVIES THAT MENTION THEIR TITLES $1200: Hugh Grant's opening narration: "If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that" this title "is all around" Love Actually |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | TAGLINES OF SCARY MOVIES $200: 2020:
"What you can't see can hurt you" The Invisible Man |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | TAGLINES OF SCARY MOVIES $400: 2006: "Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright" Snakes on a Plane |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | "B" MOVIES $1200: Cameron Diaz did plenty of swearing on the job when she was supposed to be instructing students in this 2011 comedy Bad Teacher |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | MOVIES BY CHARACTERS $1200: 1964: General
"Buck" Turgidson,
Colonel "Bat" Guano, Major "King" Kong Dr. Strangelove |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | RECENT MOVIES $400: It's what "The Meg" is in the Jason Statham aquatic actioner a megalodon |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | RECENT MOVIES $1200: Tom Hardy is back in rare form again playing Eddie Brock, a journalist who shares his body with this alien symbiote Venom |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT? $800: Cortlandt Alley off Canal Street is often used as a location for movies & TV shows shot in this city New York |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | AT THE MOVIES $400: Unhappy being called "Junior", Harrison Ford has a preference but dad Sean Connery says, "We named the dog" this Indiana |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | SMALL MAMMALS $800: A fanged mammal from the age of the dinosaurs has been widely called a sabertooth this, like Scrat in the "Ice Age" movies a squirrel |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | TYPES OF MOVIES $800: It was the great decade for film noir, including classics like "Laura" & "Double Indemnity" the 1940s |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | WHAT TO WEAR $600: This raincoat, just like Columbo & reporters in movies a trench coat |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $3,000 (Daily Double): A holiday classic where an angel gets his wings & Roberto Benigni gets an Oscar It's a Wonderful Life Is Beautiful |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | LIBRARIES $400: The Margaret Herrick Library of the Motion Picture Academy is home to more than 15,000 of these from 1910 to the present scripts or screenplays |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | A MILLION BUCKS AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE $200: With a million bucks you could have seen 20 million movies at one of these early 1900s theaters, as the name told you a nickelodeon |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | "ALL" THE RIGHT MOVIES $400: This Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy about a father's desperate search for a Christmas toy might ring a bell Jingle All the Way |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | "ALL" THE RIGHT MOVIES $600: Diamonds & a winning lottery ticket, not $100 bills, are the goal in this 2002 action comedy All About the Benjamins |
| #8089, aired 2019-11-07 | BUGLE CALLS $400: Let's go, everyone! This bugle call often associated with the cavalry is being sounded! "Charge" |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | WHAT DO YOU LOVE? $400: Cinephile movies |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | OLD SCHOOL MOVIES $600: Asked incredulously in this film, "You got into Harvard law?", Elle Woods replies, "What, like it's hard?" Legally Blonde |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | 1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES! $200: This film went on to earn 10 Oscars, including Best Actress for Vivien Leigh Gone with the Wind |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | 1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES! $400: Ray Bolger & Buddy Ebsen switched roles in this film; then the silver makeup made Ebsen ill, so in came Jack Haley The Wizard of Oz |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | 1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES! $600: Charles Laughton was head & shoulders above the rest in this Paris-set film; does it ring a bell? The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | 1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES! $800: Merle Oberon played Cathy in this adaptation of a famous novel Wuthering Heights |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | 1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES! $1000: In this film Joseph Paine wants a sen. who "can't ask any questions or talk out of turn"; Paine doesn't get what he asked for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES $600: The title of this film based on Angie Thomas' Y.A. novel is what Tupac said the "Thug" in "Thug Life" stands for The Hate U Give |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | A SHAPELY CATEGORY $2000: In TV & movies, the shape of the screen is measured by this 2-word term--standard HDTV is 16:9 aspect ratio (or display ratio) |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | MOVIES IN THE DIRECTV GUIDE $2000: "Two hit men, a boxer, a crime boss & others meet their fates over the course of two days" Pulp Fiction |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | SINGING IN NON-MUSICAL MOVIES $2000: Julia Roberts tricks Cameron Diaz into karaoking "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"; Cam laughs last My Best Friend's Wedding |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | R-RATED MOVIES $400: Based on a true story, this 1993 film was the first directed by Steven Spielberg to receive an R rating Schindler's List |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | 1984 AT THE MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $400: (Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) This film that spawned a slew of sequels introduced boogeyman Freddy Krueger A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | MOVIES' OPENING LINES $400: 1939:
"What do we care if we were expelled from college, Scarlett?" Gone With the Wind |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | MOVIES OF "WONDER" $2000: We were gobsmacked--that is almost the right word--by Julianne Moore's work in this 2017 drama about 2 deaf kids Wonderstruck |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | SPY STUFF $1200: It's not just in movies: D.C.'s International Spy Museum has these disguised as pens, lighters & from around 1950, a watch a camera |
| #7771, aired 2018-05-28 | MOVIES BY OSCAR-WINNING SONG $1200: "(This title)... What A Feeling" (1983), written by Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara & Keith Forsey Flashdance |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | REESE WITHERSPOON MOVIES $200: Singer June Carter Walk the Line |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | 1970s MOVIES $800: This not-at-all Christmasy film about demonic possession opened on December 26, 1973 The Exorcist |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | AT THE COMO PARK ZOO $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Como Park Zoo.) Contrary to what the movies portray, humans are rarely attacked by this giant water boa that thrives in the Amazon & Orinoco river basins & can grow up to 30 feet long an anaconda |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | ENTERTAINING ORGANIZATIONS $2000: American Humane certifies movies & TV shows with this 4-word trademark in the end credits "No Animals Were Harmed" |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $400: (Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) I found the laughs mild & sparse in this reworking of "A Christmas Carol" starring Bill Murray as a vernal TV executive Scrooged |
| #7639, aired 2017-11-23 | MOVIES BY OSCARS $600: 2002:
Supporting actress Catherine Zeta-Jones & Costume Design, Colleen Atwood Chicago |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | TYPES OF MOVIES $800: This alliterative term can refer to any type of olden furniture as well as a movie set in olden times a period piece |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | "WILD" MOVIES $600: An Elvis-obsessed Nicolas Cage takes up with Laura Dern in this 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | RECENT MOVIES $1000: Ron Howard's documentary on the Beatles' touring years had this song in its title "Eight Days A Week" |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | GAMBLING ON VEGAS MOVIES $200: New-in-town alcoholic writer Nicolas Cage decides to have his last ride in Vegas in this 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | GAMBLING ON VEGAS MOVIES $400: Fiance Nicolas Cage had a rough plane ride over Vegas in this 1992 film Honeymoon in Vegas |
| #7477, aired 2017-02-28 | BEASTLY MOVIES $600: 1966:
"What's Up, ____ Lily?" Tiger |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | WE'RE GOING TO THE MOVIES $800: I love this format that gives "up to 40% more image" & "highest quality 3D" IMAX |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | WE'RE GOING TO THE MOVIES $1600: I scream, you scream for these bite-sized chocolate-covered ice cream treats with a double talk name bonbons |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | ANIMATED MOVIES $1000: What if an asteroid didn't hit Earth & an Apatosaurus befriended a human boy named spot, wondered this 2015 film The Good Dinosaur |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | MOVIES' VILLAINS $400: Non-spoiler alert! Kylo Ren is the bad guy Star Wars Episode VII |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $1000: Lillian Hellman wrote the screenplay for this film based on her play of the same name The Little Foxes |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | "AT" THE MOVIES $800: Burt Lancaster was Wyatt Earp & Dennis Hopper was Billy Clanton in this 1957 Western Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | MOVIE & TV TERMS $1600: As opposed to traditional live-audience sitcoms, shows like "30 Rock" are this-camera, more like movies single-camera |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | MOVIES WITH SUBTITLES $600: Arnold did say he'd be back, hence this film subtitled "Judgment Day" Terminator 2 |
| #7008, aired 2015-02-18 | MY MOVIES $1200: Lasse Hallstrom's "My Life as a ____" Dog |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | MOVIES WITH "HEART" $1600: This documentary chronicled the problems that plagued the making of "Apocalypse Now" Hearts of Darkness |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | NEW YORK IN THE MOVIES $200: The "I'll have what she's having" scene in this romantic comedy took place at NYC's Katz's Deli When Harry Met Sally... |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | IT'S U.N. ANIMUS $1000: "President Reagan, Rambo only exists in movies", said Daniel Ortega, warning the U.S. against invading this country Nicaragua |
| #6953, aired 2014-12-03 | MOVIES $200: Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid & the rest of the gang return in the sequel to this movie with Vikings & dragons How to Train Your Dragon |
| #6953, aired 2014-12-03 | MOVIES $600: The latest movie about these mutants is "Days of Future Past"; what does that even mean? X-Men |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | MUSIC & MOVIES $400: We'll never listen to "Stuck In The Middle With You" the same way again after seeing this 1992 Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | CHANNING TATUM MOVIES BY ROLE $600: Soldier John Tyree, who falls in love while home on leave Dear John |
| #6943, aired 2014-11-19 | "J" MOVIES $400: 2009:
Meryl Streep prepares a chicken Julie & Julia |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $400: Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert hitchhike across George Romero's original apocalypse It Happened One Night of the Living Dead |
| #6876, aired 2014-07-07 | THE MOVIES $1200: This 2009 horror film that cost $15,000 to make grossed over $100 million & has spawned 4 sequels Paranormal Activity |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | AL PACINO MOVIES BY ROLE $1200: Mobster Big Boy Caprice Dick Tracy |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | AL PACINO MOVIES BY ROLE $2000: Det. Frank Keller, tracking a serial killer placing personal ads Sea of Love |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | MOVIES' MAIN CITIES $600: "Chinatown" &
"Crash" Los Angeles |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | MOVIES' MAIN CITIES $1000: "Avalon" &
"Diner" Baltimore |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES $2000: 1962's "La Jetee", about a man sent back in time to avert apocalypse, was remade as this numeric Bruce Willis film 12 Monkeys |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $800: (Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.) The Cuban missile crisis was still fresh in viewers' minds when Stanley Kubrick played the situation for laughs in this 1964 classic Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | "DARK" MOVIES $800: The third "Transformers" movie had this 4-word subtitle Dark of the Moon |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | FEEL NOT-SO-GOOD MOVIES $3,000 (Daily Double): Title guy loses best friend in Vietnam; his mom dies, too; finally gets his dream girl but guess what? She dies! Forrest Gump |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES TO THE MOVIES $400: (Johnny Gilbert reads the clue.) "Fiddle-dee-dee! war, war, war; the war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring" Gone with the Wind |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | JOHNNY GILBERT GOES TO THE MOVIES $1000: (Johnny Gilbert reads the clue.) "I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh?... Funny how? How am I funny?" Goodfellas |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | DISNEY MOVIES BY SONG $400: "Someday My Prince Will Come" Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| #6483, aired 2012-11-21 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $1000: (Hi. I'm Jane Kaczmarek.) I sometimes need a hankie watching the love of Warren Beatty & Natalie Wood hit every kind of obstacle in this 1961 film Splendor in the Grass |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | WHAT KIND OF MOVIE? $800: The "Spy Kids" movies:
A synonym for "movement" action |
| #6429, aired 2012-07-26 | QUOTES OF THE 2010s $600: In 2012 he asked, "Why would I make any more ("Star Wars" movies) when everybody... says what a terrible person you are?" (George) Lucas |
| #6429, aired 2012-07-26 | STUPID ANSWERS: MOVIES $800: A dolphin loses its tail in a crab trap in this family film based on a real dolphin named Winter Dolphin Tale |
| #6427, aired 2012-07-24 | THE RISE OF THE MOVIES $800: The third movie in this series was subtitled "Rise of the Machines" Terminator |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $2000: (Hi, I'm Pat Sajak.) My favorite movie is this perfect little 1983 film about what happens when an oil company encounters the people of a Scottish town Local Hero |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | ANCIENT MOVIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Ye gods! Sea monsters, Medusa & Hades are but a few of the villains in this 2010 remake of a 1981 film Clash of the Titans |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES $1600: Roger Moore 007 film that turns into another action pic with Uma Thurman as a killer bride View to a Kill Bill |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | ACTION & INACTION MOVIES $400: Fozzie's casino-ing in Reno & Animal's Animal-ing in Santa Barbara in this 2011 movie The Muppets |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | ACTION & INACTION MOVIES $1600: In 2012 the artist formerly known as The Rock was rolling in this "2: The Mysterious Island" Journey |
| #6341, aired 2012-03-26 | MOVIES BASED ON SHAKESPEARE $1,000 (Daily Double): "Throne of Blood" Macbeth |
| #6264, aired 2011-12-08 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $400: Han Solo meets up with Lando Calrissian while time-traveling with Marty McFly The Empire Strikes Back to the Future |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | MY MOVIES $800: "My ____ Is an Alien" Stepmother |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | MY MOVIES $1000: "My ____ Laundrette" Beautiful |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | CHARACTERS IN MOVIES $600: In this title role, Ellen Page says, "I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into" Juno |
| #6241, aired 2011-11-07 | CHARACTERS FROM MOVIES $1600: 1989:
Lloyd Dobler,
Diane Court Say Anything... |
| #6230, aired 2011-10-21 | "GOOD", "BAD" & "UGLY" MOVIES $1200: Cameron Diaz doesn't care what child gets left behind in this 2011 comedy Bad Teacher |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | MOVIES ON THE MAP $1200: Steve Buscemi is part of a botched kidnapping; you might say it had a chipper ending Fargo |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $1600: (Hi. I'm David Duchovny.) I advise you to take a chance on this Peter Sellers movie about a simple gardener who knows a lot about TV & maybe about life Being There |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | SODERBERGH MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS $800: "Pacific's Dozen" Ocean's 12 |
| #6169, aired 2011-06-09 | AUSTRALIAN MOVIES $2000: Toni Collette leaves Porpoise Spit for Sydney & lip-syncs to ABBA songs in this 1994 film Muriel's Wedding |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES $800: Policeman Ichabod Crane is sent to a small town to investigate a series of decapitations Sleepy Hollow |
| #6143, aired 2011-05-04 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIES $400: A.O. Scott said this film about Aron Ralston "pins you down, shakes you up, and leaves you glad to be alive" 127 Hours |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | COMPOSERS GO TO THE MOVIES $1200: Sir William Walton wrote the music for this 1944 Laurence Olivier Shakespearean film that served as a patriotic boost Henry V |
| #6090, aired 2011-02-18 | 2010 MOVIES $400: This third entry in the "Twilight" saga occluded screens in June Eclipse |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $2000: (Doug Savant gives the clue.) If my voice sounds smokier than usual, I've been listening to the music of this troubadour, also an actor in movies like "Down by Law" Tom Waits |
| #6055, aired 2010-12-31 | WATCH "ING" THE MOVIES $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads the clue in Bethel, New York.) This 2009 movie is the true story of Elliot Tiber who helped launch a legendary rock concert, but he was only trying to get business for his family's hotel here in Bethel, New York Taking Woodstock |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $400: Simba climbs to the top of the Empire State Building with Fay Wray in his arms The Lion King Kong |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $1200: A schoolteacher travels to Siam & finds herself the only living person left in New York City The King and I Am Legend |
| #5986, aired 2010-09-27 | RECENT MOVIES $200: He's the title hero seen here in a 2010 sequel doing exactly what you would do if you had the opportunity Iron Man |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | MOVIES AT SEA $400: "Yell barracuda, everybody says, 'huh? what?'; you yell shark, we've got a panic on our hands" is said in this film Jaws |
| #5876, aired 2010-03-15 | MOVIES' ALTERNATE ENDINGS $1000: The original script for this Jamie Foxx film set in Saudi Arabia had his FBI team getting blown up The Kingdom |
| #5866, aired 2010-03-01 | 3 OF A KIND $400: "The Searchers",
"The Shootist",
"The Quiet Man" John Wayne movies |
| #5828, aired 2010-01-06 | ANIMALS IN MOVIES? $2000: Tim Matheson's aquatic name in "Animal House" Otter |
| #5824, aired 2009-12-31 | ART HOUSE MOVIES $1600: Scarlett Johansson flashes some jewelry in this film in which she plays muse to Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring |
| #5819, aired 2009-12-24 | "BLUE" MOVIES $800: Shaquille O'Neal's big screen debut was in this 1994 film, as a college basketball phenom Blue Chips |
| #5779, aired 2009-10-29 | MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS $800: In this 1955 film Marilyn Monroe says, "When it's hot like this, you know what I do? I keep my undies in the icebox!" The Seven Year Itch |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | 11-LETTER WORDS $800: 1930s movies were sped up with this type of dialogue in which actors don't let each other finish overlapping |
| #5774, aired 2009-10-22 | OTHER PLANETS IN MOVIES $2000: "Forbidden Planet":
___ 4 (just like the first PC) Altair |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | AT THE MOVIES $800: Uh-huh, Jim Carrey is challenged to give an affirmative reply for a year in this release Yes Man |
| #5757, aired 2009-09-29 | AT THE MOVIES $2000: Jules Verne could not have imagined Brendan Fraser in 3-D in this action film Journey to the Center of the Earth |
| #5673, aired 2009-04-15 | MOVIES ANY TIME $800: In 1987 Casey Siemaszko had a date with a bully at this "high" title time Three O'Clock High |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | TCM WITH ROBERT OSBORNE $1600: (Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osborne gives the clue.) Judy Holliday, reprising her stage role as ex-chorus girl Billie Dawn, beat Bette Davis & Gloria Swanson for Best Actress in this 1950 George Cukor film Born Yesterday |
| #5625, aired 2009-02-06 | MOVIES WITH SUBTITLES $800: With films like "A Better Tomorrow", John Woo brought attention to the cinema of this place where he grew up Hong Kong |
| #5625, aired 2009-02-06 | MOVIES WITH SUBTITLES $2000: "Katyn", from this country, is the story of the killing of its army officers by Soviet soldiers in 1940 Poland |
| #5616, aired 2009-01-26 | SPECIAL OPS MOVIES $2000: In "Navy SEALs" Charlie Sheen & Michael Biehn try to get these SAMs back from the wrong hands Stingers |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | YOUR 5-CLUE NEWSCAST $600: At the movies, in July 2008 this flick made $158 milIion in its opening weekend;
holy box office! The Dark Knight |
| #5589, aired 2008-12-18 | "IN" THE MOVIES $1200: Emile Hirsch plays a college grad who journeys to Alaska (with dire consequences) in this 2007 film Into the Wild |
| #5560, aired 2008-11-07 | SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS $2000: "Helios' Kingdom" Empire of the Sun |
| #5551, aired 2008-10-27 | MOVIES ON MY TiVo DVR $1200: Just wanted to see Jack Lemmon strain spaghetti through his tennis racket / The Apartment |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | AT THE MOVIES $200: This "Star Wars" movie, "Episode III", leads up to where the original movie began Revenge of the Sith |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | AT THE MOVIES $800: The "Legend of the Deep" in this 2007 film is a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish myth The Water Horse |
| #5530, aired 2008-09-26 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MOVIES $400: Sinatra as a swinger (What a stretch!):
"Come Blow Your ____" Horn |
| #5525, aired 2008-09-19 | MOVIES BY QUOTE $200: "I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine... fish are friends, not food" Finding Nemo |
| #5464, aired 2008-05-15 | CLASSIC MOVIES $400: Jimmy Stewart finds out what it would be like if he'd never been born in this Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life |
| #5417, aired 2008-03-11 | QUOTES FROM BRUCE WILLIS MOVIES $800: "Once upon a time there was this person named Malcolm. He worked with children" The Sixth Sense |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | REALLY OLD MOVIES $800: Have some Reese's and enjoy this golden oldie from Steven Spielberg about aliens in America E.T. |
| #5377, aired 2008-01-15 | NOVELS BEFORE & AFTER $2,000 (Daily Double): William Styron's novel about a slave rebellion becomes a cable TV channel showing beloved old films The Confessions of Nat Turner Classic Movies |
| #5352, aired 2007-12-11 | SPIELBERG MOVIES $400: Spielberg directed segment 2 of this 1983 movie based on a creepy anthology series Twilight Zone |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $800: Dr. Frank N. Furter is dragged aboard a paddle steamer to sing "Ol' Man River" with Paul Robeson in this musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show Boat |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $2000: A chummy animated phantom teams up with Nicolas Cage's demonic motorcyclist in this action fest Casper the Friendly Ghost Rider |
| #5334, aired 2007-11-15 | WAR MOVIES $1600: 1936:
Errol Flynn leads a cavalry unit into cannon, annihilation & everlasting glory Charge of the Light Brigade |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | ____ AND ____ MOVIES $800: Some in the Jane Austen Society complained that Hugh Grant was too good-looking to play Edward in this 1995 film Sense & Sensibility |
| #5258, aired 2007-06-20 | COLD MOVIES $1600: The Uruguayan rugby team has a bad day & not enough seasoning in this 1993 Ethan Hawke film Alive |
| #5257, aired 2007-06-19 | AFI'S 100 YEARS 100 MOVIES $2000: Big news--besides Tom Hanks' "Big", these are 2 of the 3 movies on the ballot with "big" in the title 2 of (The Big Chill, The Big Sleep, or The Big Parade) |
| #5229, aired 2007-05-10 | COLLEGE MOVIES $600: In this 2001 film, a sorority queen proves she has what it takes to make it at Harvard Law School Legally Blonde |
| #5223, aired 2007-05-02 | THE MOVIES $800: Rainn Wilson co-stars in this 2007 film about what happens after 2 siblings find a mysterious box of toys The Last Mimzy |
| #5149, aired 2007-01-18 | BOND MOVIES BY INITIALS $800: "T.S.W.L.M." The Spy Who Loved Me |
| #5144, aired 2007-01-11 | "BLACK" & "WHITE" MOVIES $400: Linda Fiorentino became Agent L in this 1997 film Men in Black |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | AT THE MOVIES $400: At the 2006 premiere of "The Break-Up", this female star was asked, "What was your worst break-up ever?" Jennifer Aniston |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | AT THE MOVIES $1000: Costume designer Charles LeMaire had no trouble dressing the title character of this 1956 film The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | MOVIES WITHIN MOVIES $200: In "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", Ben Affleck & Matt Damon are in a sequel to this, subtitled "Hunting Season" Good Will Hunting |
| #5103, aired 2006-11-15 | NEW YORK IN THE MOVIES $1,000 (Daily Double): On a Manhattan morning, Audrey Hepburn admires the gems in a shop window while eating a roll in this film's opening Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| #5071, aired 2006-10-02 | ANIMATED MOVIES $2000: Paul Simon contributed the song "Father And Daughter" to the soundtrack of this "Wild" 2002 film The Wild Thornberrys |
| #5047, aired 2006-07-18 | MOVIES' LAST LINES $1600: 1931--
"Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?" Little Caesar |
| #5039, aired 2006-07-06 | MOVIES BEFORE & AFTER $200: Tertiary Tolkien offering that journeys to Skull Island with Fay Wray Return of the King Kong |
| #5039, aired 2006-07-06 | MOVIES BEFORE & AFTER $400: Peter Parker spins a web of intrigue & help Denzel Washington protect Dakota Fanning Spider-Man on Fire |
| #5026, aired 2006-06-19 | MOVIES THAT ARE ALL WET $800: Commercial fisherman George Clooney faces disaster in the North Atlantic in this fact-based 2000 film The Perfect Storm |
| #5023, aired 2006-06-14 | '80s MOVIES $2000: Kurt & Mel both like Michelle in this 1988 movie Tequila Sunrise |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $800: "You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I'll guarantee you'll win" Patch Adams |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $1000: "What am I? A barnacle on the dinghy of life?" Popeye |
| #5003, aired 2006-05-17 | MEMORABLE MOVIES $400: In this film, Moe Green tells Michael Corleone to butt out of Las Vegas--big mistake The Godfather |
| #5003, aired 2006-05-17 | MEMORABLE MOVIES $1600: The title female is seen here in this 1948 film
"Gamble? She's done it for a living."
"I'll bet you a dollar I've been to the place where you were born."
"Chifu."
"It's on the China coast. Chifu! It's the second wickedest city in the world!"
"What's the first?" The Lady from Shanghai |
| #5003, aired 2006-05-17 | MEMORABLE MOVIES $2000: "What's the rumpus?" the gangsters ask in this Coen Brothers picture Miller's Crossing |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | FICTIONAL MOVIES $400: "The Dueling Cavalier" was the silent film being turned into a musical in this 1952 Gene Kelly favorite Singin' in the Rain |
| #4898, aired 2005-12-21 | TIME FOR A MOVIE REVIEW $800: "72 years after he emerged from his jungle lair, this remains one of the movies' immortal tales of unrequited love" King Kong |
| #4846, aired 2005-10-10 | LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES $600: The people on the board that assigns these, such as G & R, have to have had kids ratings |
| #4846, aired 2005-10-10 | LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES $800: The people at www.captiveaudience.org want to eliminate these before movies; coming attractions, they're OK with commercials |
| #4840, aired 2005-09-30 | SANDRA BULLOCK MOVIES $1200: Newspaper columnist Gwen Cummings, who enters rehab for 4 weeks 28 Days |
| #4835, aired 2005-09-23 | SPORTS MOVIES $400: 1980:
A self-destructive middleweight boxing champ battles in & out of the ring Raging Bull |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | UP ON THE "BIG" SCREEN $1200: Paul Reubens' 2 big movies of 1985 & 1988 Pee-wee's Big Adventure & Big Top Pee-wee |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | AT THE MOVIES $1,700 (Daily Double): The name of this 1973 Martin Scorsese movie set in Little Italy can refer to any tough Urban area Mean Streets |
| #4778, aired 2005-05-18 | QUOTABLE MOVIES 2004 $400: "One thing about trains, it doesn't matter where they're going. What matters is deciding to get on" The Polar Express |
| #4715, aired 2005-02-18 | POSSESSIVE MOVIES $1200: A Frank Sinatra P.O.W. adventure:
"____ Express" Von Ryan's |
| #4655, aired 2004-11-26 | COMMON BONDS $1600: Movies,
prospective employees,
back doors things that are screened |
| #4636, aired 2004-11-01 | SPORTS MOVIES BY CHARACTERS $2000: Carl Spackler,
Ty Webb,
Lacey Underall Caddyshack |
| #4498, aired 2004-03-10 | ARNOLD MOVIES $1000: 1999:
Ex-cop Arnold fights Satan's efforts to find a bride End of Days |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | QUOTABLE MOVIES $400: 2001:
"Good evening, Clarice! Just like old times" Hannibal |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | "R" MOVIES $600: In this 2003 film the Pickles meet the Thornberrys Rugrats Go Wild |
| #4370, aired 2003-09-12 | "AMERICAN" MOVIES $600: A Russian immigrant mouse named Fievel Mousekewitz is the hero of this 1986 animated film An American Tail |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | "SPY" MOVIES $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew skiing in Colorado) In a spectacular chase scene, 007 skis off of a cliff near the beginning of this 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | QUOTABLE MOVIES $800: 2001:
"A wizard is never late... he arrives precisely when he means to" Lord of the Rings |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | QUOTABLE MOVIES $2000: 2001 (last line):
"Open your eyes" Vanilla Sky |
| #4321, aired 2003-05-19 | SKI YOU AT THE MOVIES $1200: An Oscar-winning documentary profiled Yuichiro Miura, "The Man Who Skied Down" this mountain Mount Everest |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | NEW YORK IN THE MOVIES $2,000 (Daily Double): It begins with a voice over: "Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion" Manhattan |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | THE MOVIES $400: A chance at a bounty brings retired killer Clint Eastwood back into service in this 1992 film Unforgiven |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | THE MOVIES $1600: The Mafia pushes retired bareknuckle boxer Clint Eastwood back into service in this 1980 sequel Any Which Way You Can |
| #4308, aired 2003-04-30 | 21st CENTURY MOVIES $2000: It stars Robin Williams as a psychotic nebbish obsessed with a suburban family One Hour Photo |
| #4283, aired 2003-03-26 | OLD MOVIES $2000: Fittingly, this film has a famous final line -- it follows "If he had it to do over again...he would do it...differently"
[Frank Skeffington: Like hell I would!] The Last Hurrah |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | BASKETBALL MOVIES $600: It won the 1994 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary Hoop Dreams |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | MARLON BRANDO MOVIES $200: "Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again" The Godfather |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | MARLON BRANDO MOVIES $400: "...Remember what Huey Long said -- that every man's a king -- and I'm the king around here and don't you forget it!" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | ROME-ANTIC MOVIES $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew in Rome.) Swedish actress Anita Ekberg made quite a splash here in the Trevi Fountain in this classic Fellini film La Dolce Vita |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | ANIMATED MOVIES $1200: This title animated animal is the "Stallion of the Cimarron" Spirit |
| #4208, aired 2002-12-11 | "CHRISTMAS" MOVIES $2000: 1988:
starring Jim Varney Ernest Saves Christmas |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $1200: 1962:
With Jimmy Stewart The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
| #4200, aired 2002-11-29 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $2000: 1941:
Featuring Lon Chaney Jr. The Wolf Man |
| #4167, aired 2002-10-15 | STUPID ANSWERS AT THE MOVIES $600: Mel Gibson tries to find out what women want in this romantic comedy What Women Want |
| #4142, aired 2002-09-10 | BEASTLY MOVIES $800: 1992:
Criminals "hound" each other following a bungled jewel heist Reservoir Dogs |
| #4139, aired 2002-09-05 | HUMPHREY BOGART MOVIES $800: "Nobody gets the best of Fred C. Dobbs!" Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #4127, aired 2002-07-09 | "GIRL" MOVIES $2000: 1962:
Elvis Presley "Girls! Girls! Girls!" |
| #4111, aired 2002-06-17 | MALTIN ON THE MOVIES $1000: (Leonard Maltin wraps up the category for us.) What Hitchcock did with this 1960 film was brilliant. Imagine, killing off your major star in the first portion of the film Psycho |
| #4081, aired 2002-05-06 | MOVIES BY CHARACTER $2000: Lyle, Tector & Pike, who says, "If they move... kill 'em" The Wild Bunch |
| #4022, aired 2002-02-12 | LET'S ALL GO TO THE MOVIES $1200: The 2001 DVD for this 1999 film included 7 new scenes & the music video "Duel of the Fates" Star Wars: Episode I |
| #4010, aired 2002-01-25 | '90s MOVIES $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the 1992 Hollywood parody containing the line "It's 'Out of Africa' meets 'Pretty Woman'" The Player |
| #3995, aired 2002-01-04 | SOUNDS LIKE AN OBSCURE ROCK BAND $800: Foreign-language operas may be translated with these "titles", the opposite of what foreign movies have supertitles |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | THE MOVIES $200: (Hi, I'm Danny Nucci.) I played Fabrizio De Rossi, Leonardo DiCaprio's best friend, in this 1997 blockbuster Titanic |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | THE MOVIES $800: Daniel Day-Lewis says, "You stay alive, no matter what occurs!" in this 1992 film of a James Fenimore Cooper classic The Last of the Mohicans |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | RECENT MOVIES $200: Jackie Chan & Chris Tucker teamed up again in the sequel to this 1998 action comedy Rush Hour |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | RECENT MOVIES $600: Charlton Heston had a cameo in this 2001 remake directed by Tim Burton Planet of the Apes |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | RECENT MOVIES $1000: Marcia Gay Harden won an Oscar for playing artist Lee Krasner, this painter's wife, in a 2000 film (Jackson) Pollock |
| #3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BEASTLY MOVIES $100: 1988:
Sigourney Weaver battles primate poachers Gorillas in the Mist |
| #3918, aired 2001-09-19 | BEASTLY MOVIES $300: 1978:
Robert De Niro battles post-Vietnam stress The Deer Hunter |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | "B" MOVIES $300: As Josef Mengele, Gregory Peck sets out to breed a new race of Hitlers in this thriller The Boys from Brazil |
| #3892, aired 2001-07-03 | CLIFFS NOTES AT THE MOVIES $300: Ben Stiller spends time with his potential in-laws; hijinx ensue Meet the Parents |
| #3855, aired 2001-05-11 | YOUTH IN ASIA $600: Young actors like Rani Mukherjee perform in movies in "Bollywood" in this populous Asian country India |
| #3853, aired 2001-05-09 | WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE $800: They didn't make crazy movies into Broadway shows, they took books like this Artful Dodger Dickens classic "Oliver Twist" |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | RECENT MOVIES $1000: Laurence Fishburne shows computer hacker Keanu Reeves that the world isn't what it seems in this film The Matrix |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | "B" MOVIES $1,000 (Daily Double): What a pain in the neck! An African prince is turned into a vampire in this 1972 blaxploitation film Blacula |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | "B" MOVIES $1000: This 1970 Russ Meyer movie about an all-girl rock trio was a sequel in name only Beyond the Valley of the Dolls |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | OLD MOVIES $800: 1940 comedy about journalism seen here His Girl Friday |
| #3615, aired 2000-04-28 | TV MOVIES $800: This 1971 TV tearjerker told the story of a Chicago Bears running back & his battle with cancer Brian's Song |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | AT THE MOVIES $800: This 1948 film inspired by a real murder was Alfred Hitchcock's first movie in color Rope |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS $400 (Daily Double): "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" is among the few movies set in the present day to win this award Costume Design |
| #3534, aired 2000-01-06 | "NEVER" AT THE MOVIES $600: This 1977 movie about a schizophrenic girl was adapted from Joanne Greenberg's book of the same name I Never Promised You a Rose Garden |
| #3534, aired 2000-01-06 | "NEVER" AT THE MOVIES $1000: The 2 James Bond films that have "Never" in the title Never Say Never Again & Tomorrow Never Dies |
| #3429, aired 1999-07-01 | MILITARY MOVIES $400: Remember this film, the first one John Wayne directed -- it was set in Texas in 1836 The Alamo |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | THE MOVIES $400: Lampwick, Figaro & Stromboli are all characters in this Disney film Pinocchio |
| #3423, aired 1999-06-23 | CLASSIC MOVIES $400: Traxler, Kyle Reese & Sarah Connor are characters in this 1984 sci-fi classic The Terminator |
| #3384, aired 1999-04-29 | THE MOVIES $500: Cary Grant played retired cat burglar John Robie in this Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief |
| #3282, aired 1998-12-08 | THE MOVIES $500 (Daily Double): "(Hi, I'm Cheech Marin) I played Kevin Costner's caddy & "Nash Bridges" star Don Johnson played his rival in this 1996 film (guess what it is?)" Tin Cup |
| #3276, aired 1998-11-30 | SEEING RED AT THE MOVIES $600: Moira Shearer made her movie debut in this film about a ballerina caught between 2 men The Red Shoes |
| #3253, aired 1998-10-28 | THE MOVIES $200: Of "Carousel", "Rollercoaster" or "Midway", the film that featured a very young Helen Hunt Rollercoaster |
| #3219, aired 1998-09-10 | SPACEY MOVIES $400: Off the record & on the QT, Spacey played cop Jack Vincennes in this recent film L.A. Confidential |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | "BAD" MOVIES $800: Bad, Patty, bad! Patty McCormack played the evil little girl in this 1956 classic based on an Anderson play The Bad Seed |
| #3195, aired 1998-06-19 | “HARD” & “EASY” MOVIES $600: Bogart's last flim, it was bout what goes down in the world of prizefighting The Harder They Fall |
| #3163, aired 1998-05-06 | STAR MOVIES $200: Yoda rode again in 1997 as this first "Star Wars" sequel was successfully re-released The Empire Strikes Back |
| #3151, aired 1998-04-20 | JOHN CUSACK MOVIES $800: Cusack was third baseman Buck Weaver in this 1988 film about the Black Sox Eight Men Out |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | THE MOVIES $800: In titles, 4-letter word that precedes "for Life", "in the Dust" & "for a Vampire" Lust |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | THE MOVIES $1,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Vanessa Marcil.) In a "break out" role for me, I played Nicolas Cage's girlfriend in this 1996 film The Rock |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | "LOVE" IN THE MOVIES $400: When Ryan O'Neal apologizes to Barbra Streisand in "What's Up, Doc?" she quotes this line from "Love Story" "Love means never having to say you're sorry" |
| #3113, aired 1998-02-25 | ACTRESSES $2,000 (Daily Double): This star seen here in a 1953 film left movies in 1958 for her own TV "Show":
"Hi, what's your name?"
"I'm Lorlene." Donna Reed |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | BIG MOVIES $1000: Sausage King Jimmy Dean played a former sheriff in this 1990 film named for his biggest hit record Big Bad John |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | MOVIES: BEEN THERE, DONE THAT $400: "What's Up, Doc?" & "Bullitt" both featured chase scenes through this city San Francisco |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 1981 MOVIES $400: This film developed a cult following with theater patrons carrying wire hangers to the screenings Mommie Dearest |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | THE MOVIES $600: Hugh Grant encounters Andie MacDowell over & over & over again in this 1994 comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral |
| #2970, aired 1997-06-27 | EDDIE MURPHY MOVIES $400: Axel Foley was a cop on this midwestern city's payroll Detroit |
| #2968, aired 1997-06-25 | THE MOVIES $800: It's the film in which Tom Cruise played up-&-coming lawyer Mitch McDeere "The Firm" |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | BOOKS INTO MOVIES $600: This Lorenzo Carcaterra book that became a 1996 movie was published as a true story; some doubted it Sleepers |
| #2922, aired 1997-04-22 | VEGAS MOVIES $800: This 1980 film could have been called "Dummar and Hughes" Melvin and Howard |
| #2914, aired 1997-04-10 | "C" YOU AT THE MOVIES $300: Michael Crichton directed & wrote the screenplay for this medical thriller based on a Robin Cook novel Coma |
| #2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: Kimberly Williams, from the "Father of the Bride" movies plays Isabel on this Saturday night TV drama "Relativity" |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | THE MOVIES $100: Mel Gibson sang 2 songs as Captain John Smith in this animated Disney film "Pocahontas" |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | BOXING MOVIES $200: In "The Main Event", she inherits a boxer played by her "What's Up Doc?" co-star Ryan O'Neal Barbra Streisand |
| #2804, aired 1996-11-07 | WAR MOVIES $800: A real bridge & train were destroyed for the climax of this David Lean epic about POWs (The) Bridge on the River Kwai |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE MOVIES $300: "Mad Max 2" with Mel Gibson was released in the U.S. under this title The Road Warrior |
| #2777, aired 1996-10-01 | THE MOVIES $300: Clint Eastwood received his first Oscar for directing this 1992 western Unforgiven |
| #2774, aired 1996-09-26 | "WILD" MOVIES $800: We hope you don't get a rash when you think of this 1957 Ingmar Bergman classic Wild Strawberries |
| #2770, aired 1996-09-20 | THE MOVIES $200: In June 1995 this Val Kilmer film had the biggest 3-day opening to that date— $52.8 million Batman Forever |
| #2758, aired 1996-09-04 | THE MOVIES $1,500 (Daily Double): July 1996 film concerning the item seen here: Courage Under Fire |
| #2747, aired 1996-07-09 | THE MOVIES $300: Jackie Gleason received an Oscar nomination for playing Minnesota Fats in this 1961 film The Hustler |
| #2693, aired 1996-04-24 | THE MOVIES $800: Cameron Mitchell provided the voice of Christ in this 1953 film, the first Cinemascope feature The Robe |
| #2691, aired 1996-04-22 | MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS $800: "Speculate What Guest Is Showing Up for the Evening Repast" Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| #2691, aired 1996-04-22 | MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS $1000: "What Person Fears the Author of 'To the Lighthouse'?" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| #2681, aired 1996-04-08 | GENE KELLY MOVIES $1000: Musical numbers in this film include "Make 'Em Laugh", "Moses Supposes" & "You were Meant For Me" Singin' in the Rain |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | THE MOVIES $200: Annette Bening wins the heart of the chief executive played by Michael Douglas in this 1995 film The American President |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | THE MOVIES $800: Bette Davis gave a memorable performance as a socialite dying of a brain tumor in this 1939 film Dark Victory |
| #2667, aired 1996-03-19 | THE MOVIES $500: Ben Johnson & Cloris Leachman won Oscars for this 1971 Peter Bogdanovich film The Last Picture Show |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | MOVIES IN BLACK & WHITE $200: Peter Boyle played the monster assembled by Gene Wilder in this Mel Brooks B&W classic Young Frankenstein |
| #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | MOVIES IN BLACK & WHITE $600: This 1979 Woody Allen film featured Tisa Farrow, Mia's sister Manhattan |
| #2604, aired 1995-12-21 | THE MOVIES $200: Sebastian Cabot provided the voice of Bagheera the panther for this 1967 animated Disney film The Jungle Book |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | MOVIES $200: Barbra Streisand plays a psychiatrist in this 1991 film which she also directed & co-produced "The Prince of Tides" |
| #2575, aired 1995-11-10 | THE MOVIES $800: In a memorable scene from this silent comedy, prospector Charlie Chaplin cooks & eats his shoe The Gold Rush |
| #2556, aired 1995-10-16 | THE MOVIES $200: Vietnam vet Ron Kovic was played by Tom Cruise in this 1989 Oliver Stone film Born on the Fourth of July |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | SILENT MOVIES $500: Hermann Warm, Walter Reimann & Walter Rohrig designed the expressionistic sets for this 1919 German film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | THE MOVIES $1000: In this 1969 Western, Robert Duvall said, "Bold talk for a one-eyed fat man" True Grit |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | SILENT MOVIES $200: He made "Intolerance" in part due to what he thought was intolerant reaction to "The Birth of a Nation" D.W. Griffith |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | THE MOVIES $500: Judy Garland introduced "The Trolley Song" in this 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis |
| #2448, aired 1995-04-05 | MOVIES $300: In this 1992 comedy, Joe Pesci defends a "yout'ful" relative accused of murder My Cousin Vinny |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | THE MOVIES $400: Film in which Walter Huston said, "I know what gold does to men's souls" The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | THE MOVIES $400: In "Anchors Aweigh", Gene Kelly danced with this animated partner Jerry |
| #2331, aired 1994-10-24 | THE MOVIES $400: In this "Best Picture" of 1952, Betty Hutton is an aerialist in love with Charlton Heston The Greatest Show on Earth |
| #2263, aired 1994-06-08 | THE MOVIES $1000: Director John Ford followed this 1948 western with "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" & "Rio Grande" Fort Apache |
| #2258, aired 1994-06-01 | THE MOVIES $400: "Any Which Way You Can" was a sequel to this film Every Which Way But Loose |
| #2190, aired 1994-02-25 | THE MOVIES $100: In "Free Willy", Willy is this type of creature a killer whale |
| #2148, aired 1993-12-29 | OFFICES $600: In 1934 it issued a production code stating what could & could not be shown in movies the Hays Office |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | "B" MOVIES $800: Matthew Broderick heads south for basic training in this film based on a Neil Simon play Biloxi Blues |
| #1986, aired 1993-04-05 | SAN FRANCISCO MOVIES $200: After a wild car chase, Ryan O'Neal & Barbra Streisand fall into San Francisco Bay in this 1972 comedy What's Up, Doc? |
| #1980, aired 1993-03-26 | THE MOVIES $500: As Wyatt Earp, Henry Fonda fought the Clantons at the O.K. Corral in this 1946 John Ford Western My Darling Clementine |
| #1931, aired 1993-01-18 | "B" MOVIES $800: This Carroll Baker film with an "infantile" title was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency Baby Doll |
| #1873, aired 1992-10-28 | THE MOVIES $400: Robert Preston played Beauregard & Lucille Ball the title character in this 1974 musical Mame |
| #1826, aired 1992-07-06 | GENE KELLY MOVIES $400: In a 1954 film Gene moved to this enchanted Scottish village; we wonder what year it is there now Brigadoon |
| #1789, aired 1992-05-14 | STAR TREK: THE MOVIES $500: For "Star Trek III" Robin Curtis took over the role of this Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | THE MOVIES $100: This 1991 Steven Spielberg film is based on the premise "What if Peter Pan grew up?" Hook |
| #1721, aired 1992-02-10 | THE MOVIES $800: This 1980 Zucker Brothers comedy opened with the theme from "Jaws" Airplane! |
| #1697, aired 1992-01-07 | THE MOVIES $400: This Biblical film's title means "Whither goest thou?" Quo Vadis? |
| #1628, aired 1991-10-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: "They're gonna put me in the movies, they're gonna make a big star out of me...all I have to do is" this act naturally |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | B MOVIES $600: 1990 saw George Romero remaking this 1968 zombie classic of his Night of the Living Dead |
| #1543, aired 1991-04-24 | THE MOVIES $400 (Daily Double): 1 of the 2 Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland films with "Babes" in their titles (1 of) Babes in Arms or Babes on Broadway |
| #1543, aired 1991-04-24 | THE MOVIES $500: Jane Fonda starred in this 1977 film based on a chapter in L. Hellman's memoir "Pentimento" Julia |
| #1494, aired 1991-02-14 | 1990 MOVIES $800: It's what Phoebe Cates & Zach Galligan found a "New Batch" of Gremlins |
| #1472, aired 1991-01-15 | MOVIES $100: William Holden played a sergeant suspected of being a Nazi spy in this 1953 film set in a P.O.W. camp Stalag 17 |
| #10, aired 1990-08-18 | THE MOVIES $200: Edmund Gwenn won the 1947 “Best Supoporting Actor” Oscar for his portrayal of Kris Kringle in this film Miracle on 34th Street |
| #1307, aired 1990-04-17 | "BLUE" MOVIES $500: Isabella Rossellini sang the title song, an old Bobby Vinton hit, in this 1986 film Blue Velvet |
| #1295, aired 1990-03-30 | 1981 MOVIES $300: This film starring Laurence Olivier as Gen. Douglas MacArthur was produced by the Unification Church Inchon |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | DISNEY $1,000 (Daily Double): Current series of TV movies starring the trio seen here; Hayley Mills plays their stepmom & aunt: Parent Trap (Joy, Leanna & Monica Creel) |
| #1228, aired 1989-12-27 | THE MOVIES $200: In England this '58 Tab Hunter-Gwen Verdon musical was retitled "What Lola Wants" Damn Yankees |
| #1223, aired 1989-12-20 | THE MOVIES $1,000 (Daily Double): 1979 film which gave us the following Oscar-nominated song:
"Why are there so many songs about rainbows / And what's on the other side?..." The Muppet Movie |
| #1223, aired 1989-12-20 | THE MOVIES $1000: The cast of this '39 George Cukor film consisted of 135 females, including Joan Crawford & Paulette Goddard The Women |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | LETTER PERFECT $400: Film reviewer Joe Bob Briggs says Linnea Quigley & Michelle Bauer are queens of these movies B |
| #1184, aired 1989-10-26 | THE MOVIES $200: Peter Benchley had a bit part as a TV reporter in this film version of his best seller Jaws |
| #1166, aired 1989-10-02 | MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS $800: '86 Mickey Rourke-Kim Bassinger whose box office run was just a bit longer than its title 9 1/2 Weeks |
| #1120, aired 1989-06-16 | MOVIES $800: This 1945 film begins with gunshots & a dying man's last word: "Mildred" Mildred Pierce |
| #1120, aired 1989-06-16 | MOVIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This film that won Elizabeth Taylor an Oscar got its title from a telephone exchange BUtterfield 8 |
| #1117, aired 1989-06-13 | MOVIES IN TV GUIDE $200: "Egyptian locations enhance this star-studded Agatha Christie whodunit" Death on the Nile |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | SCARY MOVIES $500: In the 1982 film, Adrienne Barbeau was the object of his affection; in 1989 it's Heather Locklear the Swamp Thing |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | TV ACT IT OUT $300: What a split opinion would look like on "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies" [one thumb up, one thumb down] |
| #1051, aired 1989-03-13 | ROCK 'N' ROLL FILMS $100: 1st of Frankie & Annette's "Beach" movies Beach Party |
| #1045, aired 1989-03-03 | MOVIES $400: A TV series was based on this 1948 film which dealt with one of "8 Million Stories" The Naked City |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | '88 MOVIES $600: Ads called this Jonathan Demme production "A Killer Comedy" & "The Godfather on Laughing Gas" Married to the Mob |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | '88 MOVIES $800: Bette Midler & Lily Tomlin starred in this farce about 2 sets of identical twins weekending at the Plaza Big Business |
| #1032, aired 1989-02-14 | SCI-FI MOVIES $1000: Kyle MacLachlan plays a futuristic Messiah in this 1986 film based on the novel by Frank Herbert Dune |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | MOVIES $400: Only X-rated movie to win "Best Picture" Oscar, its rating was later changed to "R" Midnight Cowboy |
| #965, aired 1988-11-11 | OLD MOVIES $1000: Bob Hope sang this Oscar-winning song with Jane Russell in "The Paleface" "Buttons and Bows" |
| #955, aired 1988-10-28 | SILENT MOVIES $200 (Daily Double): Many consider this 1925 film Charlie Chaplin's greatest comedy: The Gold Rush |
| #925, aired 1988-09-16 | MOVIES $300 (Daily Double): Only No. 1 hit for Henry Mancini & His Orchestra was this movie theme written by Nino Rota:
[Instrumental music plays] "A Time For Us" |
| #916, aired 1988-09-05 | THE MOVIES $300: Of a sapphire, a nightclub or Marlene Dietrich, what the Blue Angel was in "The Blue Angel" a nightclub |
| #916, aired 1988-09-05 | THE MOVIES $500 (Daily Double): Film starring Meryl Streep that featured the following: Out of Africa |
| #900, aired 1988-07-01 | "B" MOVIES $400: 1952 movie in which a brainy chimp leads a college football team to victory--without Ronnie's help Bonzo Goes to College |
| #880, aired 1988-06-03 | SHANGHAI MOVIES $300: 1987 Steven Spielberg epic that opens in Shanghai on the eve of World War II Empire of the Sun |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | "TEN" MOVIES $600: Classic western whose title could have been copied from an Arizona train schedule 3:10 to Yuma |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | THE MOVIES $400: Reuniting Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett & Spencer Tracy, "Father's Little Dividend" was a sequel to this Father of the Bride |
| #794, aired 1988-02-04 | "B" MOVIES $1000: 1 of 2 movie series titles that could be followed by "of 1936" or "of 1938" The Big Broadcast (or The Broadway Melody) |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | DOUBLE LETTERS $2,400 (Daily Double): 2 of the 5 double letter words found in the titles of 1987's "Best Picture" Oscar nominees platoon, Hannah, lesser, room and/or mission |
| #790, aired 1988-01-29 | CLASSIC COUNTRY $100: To make it as "A big star in the movies", Buck Owens said he had to "act" this way naturally |
| #775, aired 1988-01-08 | CENSORSHIP $800: The "M" in the PMRC, it's what the "P", or Parents, are concerned about Music |
| #770, aired 1988-01-01 | NYC MOVIES $400: In 1975, Jack Lemmon was "The Prisoner of" this thoroughfare Second Avenue |
| #750, aired 1987-12-04 | THE MOVIES $800: In 1971, Cornelius & Zira made an "Escape From the Planet of the Apes" to this U.S. city Los Angeles |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | MILITARY MOVIES $800 (Daily Double): 1 of 3 John Wayne movies from 1948-50 that were known as John Ford's U.S. Cavalry trilogy (1 of) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Fort Apache, or Rio Grande |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | MILITARY MOVIES $1000: "Corvette K-225" was 1 of few feature films to recognize this huge country's involvement in WWII Canada |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | TV TRIVIA $300: City in which "At the Movies" with Rex Reed & Bill Harris is taped Chicago |
| #674, aired 1987-07-09 | MOVIES $300 (Daily Double): Taylor/Burton film whose theme was the following:
[Instrumental theme plays] The Sandpiper |
| #670, aired 1987-07-03 | "GOOD", "BETTER" & "BEST" MOVIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This 1946 "Best Picture" also won Best Director, Best Actor & Best Supporting Actor Oscars The Best Years of Our Lives |
| #580, aired 1987-02-27 | SCARY MOVIES $800: Number of "Friday the 13th" movies that have come out after "The Final Chapter"...so far 2 |
| #552, aired 1987-01-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: "Mad" founder Wm. Gaines says, "I can knock their movies & they won't sue," as they now own the magazine Warner Communications |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | "ADVENTURE" MOVIES $100: Elementary, my dear Watson! It's a 1939 movie starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| #524, aired 1986-12-11 | "ADVENTURE" MOVIES $200: In the 1960 version, Jim the runaway slave was played by boxer Archie Moore The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| #499, aired 1986-11-06 | "B" MOVIES $300: 1938 movie whose title precedes what happens before boy loses girl Boy Meets Girl |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | MOVIES $800: Universal & UA turned down this script, but the film smashed box office records in 1977 Star Wars |
| #460, aired 1986-09-12 | "DR." MOVIES $800: 1st in a series of Dirk Bogarde movies, it's part of question asked Doctor in the House |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Little Stevie Wonder appeared in 2 of the 7 films in this Frankie-Annette series Beach Party movies |
| #413, aired 1986-04-09 | MOVIES $1,700 (Daily Double): The 2 songs from "Flashdance" nominated for Best Song "What A Feeling" & "Maniac" |
| #398, aired 1986-03-19 | MOVIES $400: James Coburn struck sparks as a secret agent in this 1966 spy spoof Our Man Flint |
| #397, aired 1986-03-18 | MOVIES $400: Helen Hayes starred with Gary Cooper in this Hemingway war classic A Farewell to Arms |
| #356, aired 1986-01-20 | "B" MOVIES $400: The record for most Oscars won, 11, is still held by this 1959 movie Ben-Hur |
| #350, aired 1986-01-10 | FORMS OF ADDRESS $300: Swahili for "master" or "boss", it's what native bearers call safari leaders in old movies bwana |
| #345, aired 1986-01-03 | MUNCHY MOVIES $400: 2 of 3 Marx Brothers films with edible titles (2 of) Animal Crackers & Duck Soup (or Coconuts) |
| #340, aired 1985-12-27 | MOVIES $400 (Daily Double): 1972 comedy, it's Woody Allen's only film based on a best seller Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) |
| #300, aired 1985-11-01 | MOVIES $100: 1985 film in which Chuck Norris cracked "code" to critical as well as box office success The Code of Silence |
| #300, aired 1985-11-01 | MOVIES $200: 1973 movie that asked, "Where were you in '62?" American Graffiti |
| #300, aired 1985-11-01 | MOVIES $400: Instrument Richard Gere actually played in "Cotton Club" the cornet |
| #282, aired 1985-10-08 | MOVIES $1000: Made 5 years before "Psycho", this French suspense film scared audiences out of the bathtub Diabolique |
| #279, aired 1985-10-03 | MOVIES $100: Movie question posed by Barbra Streisand & Bugs Bunny What's up, doc? |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | MOVIES $400: Of the 3 "Rocky" films, the 1 not directed by Sylvester Stallone Rocky |
| #185, aired 1985-05-24 | ROBERT REDFORD $300: One of two movies in which his leading ladies were named Daisy The Great Gatsby (or Inside Daisy Clover) |
| #172, aired 1985-05-07 | JIMMY CAGNEY $500: On doctor's orders, he returned to making movies after 20 years for this 1981 film Ragtime |
| #161, aired 1985-04-22 | MOVIES $2,000 (Daily Double): [Instrumental music plays]
Theme for this film about Harry Lime sparked brief popularity of zither music:
[Different instrumental music plays] The Third Man |
| #146, aired 1985-04-01 | MOVIES $600: In "Hellfighters" John Wayne fought this kind of fire oil well fires |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | MOVIES $300: Wall coating that WWII Oscars were "cast" in plaster |
| #130, aired 1985-03-08 | MOVIES $600: Company formed in 1919 by Chaplin, Pickford, Fairbanks & Griffith United Artists |
| #130, aired 1985-03-08 | MOVIES $800: Role played at different times by Alan Arkin, Peter Sellers & Roger Moore Inspector Clouseau |
| #122, aired 1985-02-26 | PHOTOGRAPHY $800: In 1907, the Lumiere bros. of France took the first successful ones color photographs |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | MOVIES $100: Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away, she was Princess Leia Carrie Fisher |
| #113, aired 1985-02-13 | MOVIES $1000: The words that Patricia Neal says to Gort to keep him from destroying the world Klaatu barada nikto |
| #107, aired 1985-02-05 | SPORTS MOVIES $1000: 1940 movie where Pat O'Brien told the team to "Go in there & win one for the Gipper" Knute Rockne, All-American |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | MOVIES $400: 1984 fantasy that sounds like a painting of siesta scenery Dreamscape |
| #101, aired 1985-01-28 | MOVIES $500: Meryl Streep won her 1st Oscar for this '79 film Kramer Vs. Kramer |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | COMEDIANS $400: After playing the nightclub circuit, he broke into movies with "What's New, Pussycat?" Woody Allen |
| #66, aired 1984-12-10 | MOVIES $300: "Flashdance" song whose lyrics were changed to make a mad killer a mad dancer "Maniac" |
| #14, aired 1984-09-27 | HOT MOVIES $500: 1st movie that newlyweds Newman & Woodward made together The Long, Hot Summer |
| #2, aired 1984-01-01 | MOVIES $750 (Daily Double): Best Picture of '42, it featured the following: Casablanca |
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