| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | CLIFFS NOTES: DRAMA $4,000 (Daily Double): Laura: "You broke my unicorn!"
Gentleman Caller: "whoops" The Glass Menagerie |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | THE STAGE $400: Whoops! John Proctor becomes a victim of the witch hunt in this Arthur Miller drama The Crucible |
| #7610, aired 2017-10-13 | "THE" MOVIE $800: Whoops! Fortune hunter Tom Cruise accidentally unearths the tomb of an Egyptian princess in this 2017 movie The Mummy |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | WHOOPS $200: H:
A laugh or outcry, perhaps from a nocturnal raptor hoot |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | WHOOPS $400: R:
We're sure Katy Perry could tell you it's from Old English for "bellow" roar |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | WHOOPS $600: W:
Homophone for a cetacean wail |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | WHOOPS $800: 2 words:
A Confederate battle cry Rebel Yell |
| #7306, aired 2016-05-23 | WHOOPS $1000: Y:
You get 5 stars if you know it's from Old English for "pride" or "boasting" yelp |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | PICTURE THE POLITICAN $600: Class president & prom king, he doesn't look much different today than he did in high school Paul Ryan |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | PHILATELY PHUN $1000: Whoops! The 2010 Forever stamp featuring the Statue of Liberty is actually from a photo of the replica in this city Las Vegas |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | IT'S TV, IT'S HBO $200: Steve Buscemi whoops it up during Prohibition in this 2010 drama Boardwalk Empire |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | (WHOOPS) $200: This Las Vegas mogul gestured to a $139 million Picasso he was selling & put his elbow through it (Steve) Wynn |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | (WHOOPS) $400: This Aegean country increased its GDP by including the black market but lost EU aid as it was no longer poor enough Greece |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | (WHOOPS) $600: Researchers found 2/3 of this company's employees use Google instead of its own MSN Search site Microsoft |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | (WHOOPS) $800: An orbiter destined for this planet was lost in 1999 due to confusion between metric & American measurements Mars |
| #5719, aired 2009-06-18 | (WHOOPS) $1000: This country, home to Borat, misspelled the word "bank" on its currency Kazakhstan |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $1000: (I'm USC athletic director Mike Garrett.) I won the 1965 Heisman as a USC RB; I'll let you off easy & have you name just one of 3 USC players who won it in the 21st century (1 of) Reggie Bush, Carson Palmer or Matt Leinart |
| #5219, aired 2007-04-26 | MULTIPLE MEANINGS $800: To strike violently, or a song's drumming rhythm beat |
| #4867, aired 2005-11-08 | CLIFFS NOTES: DRAMA $1200: Laura: "You broke my unicorn!"
Gentleman caller: "Whoops" The Glass Menagerie |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | EPICS $400: In Book 12 of this Virgil epic, the Latins & Trojans unite (whoops, spoiled the ending for you, sorry) The Aeneid |
| #3962, aired 2001-11-20 | CliffsNotes $200: Gullible Moor accuses wife of sleeping around, then kills her... (whoops) Othello |
| #3312, aired 1999-01-19 | LET'S GO GOLFING $400: Whoops! You don't want to end up here Sand trap/bunker |
| #3298, aired 1998-12-30 | "OOPS" $200: Cries of a crane, or a cry when you drop something, butterfingers! whoops |
| #3209, aired 1998-07-09 | 20th CENTURY PRESIDENTS $300: His administration created a tempest in a teapot--whoops! Make that Teapot Dome Warren G. Harding |
| #2781, aired 1996-10-07 | MAMMALS $200: The Encyclopedia of Mammals says the calls of this African scavenger included whoops, yells & a demented cackle a hyena |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | POETS & POETRY $400: Oliver Wendell Holmes began this poem, "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high" "Old Ironsides" |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | CARS $100: In 1973 this motorcycle manufacturer created a splash in the U.S. with the Civic car Honda |
| #750, aired 1987-12-04 | ART $200 (Daily Double): "Pysanky", an ancient art form from this region of the USSR, produces works like the following: Ukraine |
| #714, aired 1987-10-15 | POE-POURRI $600: Young Edgar's foster family, they're reflected in his name the Allans |
| #583, aired 1987-03-04 | STATE CAPITALS $200: It contains 3 extinct volcanos & the Iolani Palace Honolulu |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | MULES $2,000 (Daily Double): Singer for whom this was an early hit:
"Mule train! Hyah! Get on! /
Mule train! /
Clippety cloppin' over hill and plain /
Seems as how they never stop, clippety clop, clippety clop /
Clippety, clippety..." Frankie Laine |
| #63, aired 1984-12-05 | RELIGION $400: Colonial Maryland was founded as haven for members of this church the (Roman) Catholic Church |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | ON THE “OUTS” $3,000 (Daily Double): Playing without a full deck or where some people go from 12 to 1 out to lunch |
| #5, aired 1984-09-14 | TRIOS $100: D'Artagnan's best buddies the Three Musketeers |
