| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $200: Pop-punk is typified by this group with hits like "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" Green Day |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $400: After WWII a new country music style was named for this kind of roadside joint & Hank Williams was its biggest star honky-tonk |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $600: Portishead helped popularize this style of dance music that rhymes with hip-hop & has elements of jazz trip-hop |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $800: Fitting with the band name, "Vivid" was the first album by this hard rock band, featuring Corey Glover & Vernon Reid Living Colour |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $1000: After leaving Roxy Music, he basically created ambient music with pieces like "Heavenly Music Corporation 1" Brian Eno |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | VIRTUO-SO GOOD $400: Improvising woodwind virtuoso Eric Dolphy was a pioneer in the genre known as free this jazz |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | NEW U.S. STAMPS FOR 2024 $800: A guitar, fiddle, banjo & mandolin are all featured on the 2024 stamp celebrating this uniquely American genre of music bluegrass |
| #9027, aired 2024-01-30 | HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS $400: (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) A celebrity-musician turned soldier, who fought for the Harlem Hellfighters, James Reese Europe's work as a bandleader is credited with showing an early version of this music genre to France jazz |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | A GENRE CATEGORY $400: Sitcom is short for this situational comedy |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | A GENRE CATEGORY $800: Mecha is a genre of anime typically featuring giant these resembling people robots |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | A GENRE CATEGORY $1200: Some people describe a sentimental film as a "three-" this accessory picture handkerchief |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | A GENRE CATEGORY $1600: This 2000 film is the most recent Best Picture Oscar winner in the sword-&-sandal genre Gladiator |
| #2, aired 2024-01-12 | A GENRE CATEGORY $2000: Video games with wide-open worlds & roles are named for this playground spot a sandbox |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | "DIS"CONTINUED $200: A 2012 readers' poll in Rolling Stone magazine listed "I Will Survive" and "Stayin' Alive" among the best songs in this genre disco |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | ITALIAN LITERATURE $1200: This genre of Italian comedy popular from the 1500s to the 1700s was characterized by stock characters & situations commedia dell'arte |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS $800: A decent approximation is "close enough for" this improvisation-based musical genre jazz |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | BEGINS WITH "S" $800: The name of a film genre set in ancient times pairs this weapon & footwear as seen here sword & sandals |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | WRITERS' WORDS $600: From the French for "kind", it's a distinctive category of literature like comedy or horror genre |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | COUNTRY, PLEASE $400: The musical genre K-pop South Korea |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | DEEP BOOKS $1200: A term for the alternative history genre, or a book of "Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions" What If? |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | LIFE IS PICARESQUE $400: Describing episodic exploits of a roaming character, the picaresque genre began in the literature of this country of Quixote Spain |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | LETTER PERFECT $400: Boy bands BTS & GOT7 are big names in the music genre called this pop K-pop |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | HORRORS! $800: A trap door leads to a "subterraneous" vault in 1764's "The Castle of Otranto", cited as the first novel in this spooky genre Gothic |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | HODGEPODGE $600: The traditional story of "Bonny Barbara Allan" is in this genre of folk poetry or song a ballad |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | COLORS OF THE RAINBOW $200: This genre of country music is fittingly Kentucky's state music bluegrass |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | FAMOUS SOUTH AMERICANS $1200: Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a founder of this "fantastic" literary genre magical realism |
| #8733, aired 2022-11-02 | BAROQUE $200: In the Baroque era the trio sonata, usually written for 2 violins & a cello, was a genre of this, named for a room chamber music |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | SUBTITLED NONFICTION $600: "Turn The Beat Around" explores "The Secret History of" this often derided music genre of the 1970s disco |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | DIRECT ME TO THE DIRECTOR $1000: Yes, "Nope" is this performer & director's latest exploration of the horror genre Jordan Peele |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | CURRENT SLANG $1200: A drama queen might be described with this 3-letter word, also a music genre emo |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | GENRES OF POETRY $1600: 6-letter genre of "Stopping By Fridge on a Hungry Evening" a parody |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | GENRES OF POETRY $2000: "The Shepheardes Calendar": this rural genre pastoral |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | BROADCASTING HISTORY $800: In 1946 "Faraway Hill", about a widow in love with a man engaged to another woman, brought this genre to network television soap opera |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS $800: This genre-defying band that broke in 2014 with "Gooey" performed at the BBMAs in 2021
"Sometimes, all I think about is you /
Late nights in the middle of June /
Heat waves been fakin' me out /
Heat waves been fakin' me out..." Glass Animals |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BOOK 'EM $200: In 1897 this Bram Stoker horror novel was vastly outsold by another in the genre, "The Beetle", about a shape-shifting monster Dracula |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | LIT-POURRI $400: In 1995 Octavia Butler became the first author in this genre to be honored with a MacArthur Genius Grant science fiction |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | MUSICAL STYLES & GENRES $200: Popular groups in this genre from Asia include SuperM &, of course, BTS K-pop |
| #8583, aired 2022-02-23 | MUSICAL STYLES & GENRES $800: Ma Rainey & Bessie Smith were among the first women to record music in this genre blues |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | AUTHORS' NONFICTION $800: In 1981, when he'd only written a handful of novels, he published "Danse Macabre", an overview of the horror genre Stephen King |
| #8528, aired 2021-12-08 | MORE THAN 100 $1000: Fitting the genre of Barbara Cartland's 723 novels, her $55 million London mansion went up for sale on this day in 2020 February 14th (Valentine's Day) |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | FICTION $1,600 (Daily Double): Emily is imprisoned in a gloomy castle--that tells you "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is a classic of this big 1790s genre gothic fiction (a gothic romance) |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | CLASSIC ALBUMS $400: Genre of music that completes the title of Isaac Hayes' 1969 album "Hot Buttered..." Soul |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | RECENT MOVIES $1600: This word/genre completes the title of a movie with Riz Ahmed as a drummer going deaf, "Sound of..." Metal |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | 4-LETTER BOOK TITLES $800: Named for a music genre, this Toni Morrison novel involves a Harlem love triangle Jazz |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: A live performance of this musical genre that showed its "age" in the 1920s often includes improvisation jazz |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | WORLD LITERATURE $1600: Novels in the horror genre by Bram Stoker include "The Lair of" this colorful snakelike creature the White Worm |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | MUSICAL GENRES $200: Pantera's "Vulgar Display of Power" & Motörhead's "No Remorse" made Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums of this genre (heavy) metal |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | MUSICAL GENRES $600: The perfect song in this genre is said to include "Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison" country music |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | MUSICAL GENRES $800: In the 1972 movie "The Harder They Come", Jimmy Cliff helped popularize this genre that fights for the oppressed reggae |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | PLAY THAT FOLKY MUSIC $1600: This genre of Caribbean folk song is the title of a blockbuster 1956 Harry Belafonte album calypso |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS $400: "What the Night Knows" is part of a "3-Book" this genre "Collection" from Dean Koontz the Thriller |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | MUSICAL GODFATHERS $800: Iggy Pop, Lou Reed & Joey Ramone have all been called "The Godfather of" this rock genre punk |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | TYPES OF NARRATIVE LITERATURE $200: You can bet "The Lottery" is a good example of this genre of brief narratives, usually under 10,000 words a short story |
| #8271, aired 2020-11-02 | TV NOIR $800: Ewan McGregor played a parking lot magnate in season 3 of this series that pioneered the genre Midwestern TV noir Fargo |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | MUSICAL STYLES $600: A 1992 N.Y. Times article asked how did this word "meaning dirt, filth, trash, become synonymous with a musical genre?" grunge |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | JONATHAN SWIFTIES $400: This genre for which Swift was renowned is "a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own" satire |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $1200: Jonathan Larson created this show based on "La Boheme" that revived the rock musical genre in the 1990s Rent |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | ENDS IN "LL" $600: Popular during the Depression, this genre of comedy film includes such classics as "Duck Soup" & "My Man Godfrey" screwball |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | NOTE BOOKS $1200: "Death Note", about a Shinigami death god, is a classic of this 5-letter comic genre Manga |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | WORDS TO FEAR $400: The Hollywood Reporter's obituary for director Wes Craven called him the "Master of" this film genre Horror |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | LITERARY GENRES $2000: Some of Carson McCullers' works fall into the genre of "Southern" this, also an old architectural style Gothic |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | LITERARY GENRES $3,400 (Daily Double): This Latin American genre with an oxymoronic name involves the extraordinary seeming ordinary magical realism |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | HORROR FILMS $1000: "The Burning", the debut film for Holly Hunter & Jason Alexander, was part of the flourishing horror-at-this-summer-setting genre summer camp |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | A WRITER'S LIFE FOR ME $200: One of the most prolific authors of all time, Barbara Cartland wrote more than 600 books in this genre romance |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | A GENERIC TITLE $400: It's a puzzle, it's a genre, it's a PBS "Masterpiece" series mystery |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | "D.M." ME $800: Morbid Angel & Obituary are popular bands in this genre death metal |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | A GENERIC TITLE $1600: In this movie Robert De Niro kidnaps Jerry Lewis The King of Comedy |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | A GENERIC TITLE $6,200 (Daily Double): It's a sequence, it's a genre, it's a podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig serial |
| #8062, aired 2019-10-01 | NOT-SO-SECRET SERVICE CODE NAMES $600: Having a bit of experience with the western genre, he was dubbed "Rawhide" Ronald Reagan |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | MUSICAL STYLES $200: This "colorful" genre has subgroups named for Chicago & Memphis blues |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | MUSICAL STYLES $400: Lil Nas X made waves in 2019 with his crossover song "Old Town Road" in the genre known as "country" this rap |
| #8047, aired 2019-09-10 | MUSICAL STYLES $600: Britannica calls this 3-letter genre "Jamaica's first indigenous urban pop style" ska |
| #7974, aired 2019-04-18 | GREEK & ROMAN LIT $400: Complete examples we have of this genre of play in Greece are almost all from the big 3 authors, including Aeschylus tragedy |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | LITERARY GENRES $200: Wilkie Collins was a master of this genre in which secrets are revealed or a murder is solved a mystery |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | LITERARY GENRES $1,600 (Daily Double): The Nebula Awards are given by the Science Fiction & this genre Writers of America fantasy |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | BLUE MAN GROUP $1600: In the 1940s these "Boys" helped Kentuckian Bill Monroe establish a new genre of music the Bluegrass Boys |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | SCI-FI SUBGENRES $2000: An alien society's initial trip to Earth is a hallmark of this genre, also a subtitle of the 1996 "Star Trek" movie first contact |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | TV $200: In 1959 there were more than 25 shows in this genre on TV, including "Rawhide" a western |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | 20th CENTURY BESTSELLERS $600: The disaster movie genre really took off when this 1968 novel about Trans America flight No. 2 out of Chicago came to the screen Airport |
| #7916, aired 2019-01-28 | OXYMORONS $2000: It was an art style in the 1920s before it was the literary genre of Latin American writers like Jorge Luis Borges magical realism |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | MAKING THE ZINE $200: "Zine" is a short form of "fanzine", first associated with this genre; the Hugo Awards have honored zines since 1955 sci-fi |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | "RE" NOUN $400: The totality of actual things & events, or a TV genre reality |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | "G" IS FOR... $800: This genre of novel satirized by Jane Austen in "Northanger Abbey" gothic |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | VIDEO GAMES $600: A big gaming story of 2018 is "Fortnite:" this genre of game where the winner is last shooter or last team standing battle royale |
| #7808, aired 2018-07-18 | SOCRATES, PLATO & ARISTOTLE $4,800 (Daily Double): Aristotle wrote that for this genre, the plot must "imitate actions arousing fear and pity" tragedy |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MUSIC INDUSTRY TERMS $600: A hit song from one genre of music that also achieves commercial success in another genre a crossover |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | ALL EYES $600: The Righteous Brothers & the Rascals were exponents of the '60s musical genre "blue-eyed" this soul |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | LITERATURE IN SPANISH $1600: Circa 1554 "Lazarillo de Tormes" originated this genre about a lowborn scamp & his travels & adventures picaresque |
| #7666, aired 2018-01-01 | YOU SHALL FIND $800: "Paranormal Activity" is an example of this alliterative genre that implies everything you see was discovered found footage |
| #7656, aired 2017-12-18 | PHILIP K. DICK $400: Dick was a giant of this literary genre he said must have "a fictitious world ...predicated on our known society" science fiction |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | WRITERS & WRITING $800: 1820's "Melmoth the Wanderer" by a great-uncle of Oscar Wilde was in this spooky genre of the Romantic novel gothic |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | TYPES OF MOVIES $1200: 1970s genre of film depicting African Americans in unrealistic & often violent situations blaxploitation |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | BOOK SMARTS $1200: This popular genre is the title of an 1859 book by Samuel Smiles with chapters on "Perseverance" & "Character" self-help |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | AMERICANA $600: From 1934, Baker's Keyboard Lounge in Detroit claims to be the world's oldest club for this very American genre of music jazz |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | DOWN TO A "SCIENCE" $200: Heinlein, Ellison & Pohl were masters of this genre science fiction |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | AN OO SOUND $400: The late guitarist B.B. King was called the king of this musical genre blues |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | ANAGRAM OF A STATE $800: A Japanese cartoon genre anime (anagram of Maine) |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | GENRES $400: Negus is a title of Haile Selassie; Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus pay him homage with songs in this genre reggae |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | GENRES $1600: Imagining the England lost WWII, "SS-GB" is a BBC show in this fantasy genre abbreviated A.H. alternate history |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | GENRES $2000: "Siembra" from bandleader Willie Colón was once this genre's bestselling album salsa |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | AWARDS & HONORS $600: The Nebula Awards honor this genre science fiction |
| #7515, aired 2017-04-21 | BALLET $1600: Critic Edwin Denby said this 1942 Agnes de Mille ballet established the genre of "American local-colour ballet" Rodeo |
| #7490, aired 2017-03-17 | "M_G_M" $1600: Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a master of this literary genre magical realism |
| #7483, aired 2017-03-08 | MUSIC SOOTHES $200: Known for his "high lonesome" sound, Del McCoury was a leader in this "colorful" music genre bluegrass |
| #7455, aired 2017-01-27 | "A" FOR ART $400: This genre of art does not attempt to represent external reality, but communicates instead using shapes & colors abstract |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | A GENRE CATEGORY $400: Sitcom is short for this a situation comedy |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | A GENRE CATEGORY $800: Mecha is a genre of anime typically featuring giant these resembling people robots |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | A GENRE CATEGORY $1200: Some people describe a sentimental film as a "three-" this accessory picture a tissue (or handkerchief) |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | A GENRE CATEGORY $1600: This 2000 film is the most recent Best Picture Oscar winner in the sword-&-sandal genre Gladiator |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | A GENRE CATEGORY $2000: Video games with wide-open worlds & roles are named for this playground spot a sandbox |
| #7430, aired 2016-12-23 | GLORY TO GOD $800: "These Things Shall Pass" & "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" are Johnny Cash recordings in this 6-letter genre gospel |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | WHAT CAN YOU BUY FOR A BUCK? $1000: For your Kindle a "megapack" of 15 classic stories in this genre by Philip K. Dick science fiction |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | AWARDS FOR WRITING $800: The Newbery Medal goes to writers in this genre; Eleanor Estes won for 1952 with "Ginger Pye" children's writing |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | TECHNO-THRILLERS $1200: With books like "Prey" & "The Andromeda Strain", this late author exemplified the genre Michael Crichton |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | HOW NOVEL! $400: Ann Radcliffe's 1794 novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho" helped launch this "architectural" literary genre Gothic |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | LOUIS, LOUIS $200: With novels like "The Burning Hills" & "Silver Canyon", Louis L'Amour was a master of this fiction genre Western |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | SCI-FI BOOKS $1000: An anthology edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer is titled this genre that takes sci-fi back to Victorian times steampunk |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $800: In 2014 Billboard listed "Sunshine & Whiskey" & "Day Drinking" as "Hot Songs" in this genre country |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | GOTHIC LITERATURE $400: Starting the genre was Horace Walpole's 1765 novel titles this classic Gothic structure "of Otranto" castle |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | RAINY SONGS $600: In "The Perfect" this genre "Song", "I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison, & I went to pick her up in the rain" country |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | ALSO A KEYBOARD KEY $800: The Old 97's are part of the musical genre called this‑country alt |
| #7100, aired 2015-06-26 | WRITING $600: A category like Westerns, romance or pulp; literary fiction is often contrasted with this type of "fiction" genre |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART $400: Corot's "Forest of Fontainebleau" put Mary Magdalene among rocks & trees to add dignity to this picturesque genre landscape |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | HIT SONGS $800: I'm sensing a theme here... in 2014 "Sunshine & Whiskey" & "Drunk On A Plane" were hits in this genre country music |
| #7002, aired 2015-02-10 | FEMALE AUTHORS $800: Author of more than 200 works, Nora Roberts was the first inductee of the Hall of Fame for writers in this genre romance |
| #6992, aired 2015-01-27 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS LISTS $1600: In the 21st century, graphic novels & this Japanese genre each got their own list in the New York Times manga |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | OXYMORONS $1600: This literary genre matter-of-factly includes mythical elements in the narrative, as seen in the work of Isabel Allende magical realism |
| #6918, aired 2014-10-15 | THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY $1600: Said to have launched an entire genre of music, "Rapper's Delight" is by this "gang" the Sugarhill Gang |
| #6914, aired 2014-10-09 | MUTT $1000: Sadly or happily, modern versions of this oxymoronic literary genre include Pinter's "The Dumb Waiter" tragicomedy |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | ELIZABETHAN PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $400: In "Gorboduc", one of England's earliest plays in this genre, Porrex kills his brother; then their mother kills him a tragedy |
| #6836, aired 2014-05-12 | ART "S"TUFF $1200: Nature morte (literally "dead nature") is another name for this genre of painting still life |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | QUEEN OF $1600: Irna Phillips & Agnes Nixon were each known as the Queen of this TV genre soap operas |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | WEBSITES $800: The web radio site with this mythic name asks you to "enter artist, genre or composer to create a station" Pandora |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | 2-LETTER SPELLING $1200: A British interjection, or a genre of skinhead rock O-I |
| #6723, aired 2013-12-04 | FEELING TIP"SY" $800: Literary genre of Piers Anthony & Robert Jordan fantasy |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | OLD THEME, NEW GENRE $200: Lively up yourself with this style that developed from ska & rock steady reggae |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | OLD THEME, NEW GENRE $400: This music genre preceded "Duck" & "Inferno" in song titles disco |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | OLD THEME, NEW GENRE $600: Lars Ulrich's band has 6 Grammys for this genre; here's our version of it heavy metal |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | OLD THEME, NEW GENRE $800: In 1916 Nick La Rocca formed the "Original" this music style "Jazz Band" Dixieland |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | OLD THEME, NEW GENRE $1000: "Blame It On" Brazil, the source of this style we steal here bossa nova |
| #6675, aired 2013-09-27 | HILLBILLY MUSIC $400: Bill Monroe is known as the "Father of" this "colorful" music genre bluegrass |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | WRITING TEAMS $1200: Last name of mother & daughter Mary Higgins & Carol Higgins, who collaborate in the Christmas suspense genre Clark |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | THAT'S THE STORY $800: Though its name harks back to medieval times, this genre of mystery & terror thrived from 1790 to 1820 gothic novel |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | LITERARY TERMS $400: Self-revealing narration is the heart of the Japanese genre that fittingly goes by this single-letter name I |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | LITERARY AWARDS $400: Since 1953, the Spur Awards have been presented annually to writers of this genre Western |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | TASTE $200: I show my exquisite taste by collecting this genre of oil painting seen here a still life |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | CINEMANIA $400: Many low-budget American movies of the 1940s were made in this genre, French for "black film" (film) noir |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | CINEMANIA $1000: This genre created in the '70s featured African-American actors in stereotypical & often violent characterizations blaxploitation |
| #6216, aired 2011-10-03 | "AL"-X $600: John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is a work in this genre allegory |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | MUSICAL STYLINGS $400: Sandra Booker, Nina Simone & Esperanza Spalding are all sultry chanteuses of this 4-letter musical genre jazz |
| #6209, aired 2011-09-22 | MUSICAL STYLINGS $1200: A 1979 song by the Sugarhill Gang called this performer's "Delight" launched a musical genre "Rapper's Delight" |
| #5968, aired 2010-07-21 | ROLLING STONE'S 50 BEST SONGS OF THE DECADE $1200: No. 4:
"Hey Ya!" by this group; "a genre-humping blur of acoustic guitars... and Andre 3000's funktastic charm" OutKast |
| #5950, aired 2010-06-25 | CHICK LIT $1000: Her classics of the genre include "Lipstick Jungle", "4 Blondes" &, of course, "Sex and the City" Candace Bushnell |
| #5946, aired 2010-06-21 | ANAGRAMS OF COLORS $1200: A category or class of artistic endeavor, like science fiction genre (an anagram of green) |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG $600: "'Barbara of Seville' opens... season" in this musical genre opera |
| #5925, aired 2010-05-21 | GERMAN LITERATURE $400: Karl May has been called the German Louis L'Amour for works like "Old Surehand" in this genre Western |
| #5876, aired 2010-03-15 | KENTUCKY IS JUST DUCKY $800: Reflecting the state nickname, the International Museum for this genre of music is in Owensboro bluegrass |
| #5854, aired 2010-02-11 | THE FICTION FILE $400: This genre of novel is traced back to 1902's "The Virginian", set mainly in Wyoming the western |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | CASTLING $600: Horace Walpole's 1764 novel "The Castle of Otranto" is regarded as the first in this spooky genre Gothic |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: Though far from Jamaica, Humboldt County, California has a huge annual festival devoted to this musical genre reggae |
| #5775, aired 2009-10-23 | ART BOOKS $1200: The "Basic Genre" series includes "Landscape", "Self-Portraits" & this, with a cover showing fruit on a table Still Life |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | 2008 OBITS $1200: Forest Ackerman, who coined this short term for a genre after hearing a radio announcer say "hi fi", died at 92 sci fi |
| #5695, aired 2009-05-15 | SCINTILLATING SYLLABUS $600: A class at Bowdoin College studies directors like Romero & Craven in a review of this genre of movies horror films |
| #5689, aired 2009-05-07 | MUSICAL GENRES $600: The first "B" in B.B. King's name stands for this musical genre blues |
| #5459, aired 2008-05-08 | MUSICAL STYLES $800: A Jamaican musical genre is part of the name of this Latin style
"We got you jammin', /
Eh /
Oh, oh /
Mamacita say /
Oh, oh /
Me amigos say /
Oh, oh" reggaeton |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | THE FRENCH THEATRE $1200: Andre de Lorde was the master of the gruesome French thrillers in this "Grand" gory genre Grand Guignol |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $800: Ballet music was thought an inferior genre when he was commissioned to write the music for "Swan Lake" Tchaikovsky |
| #5370, aired 2008-01-04 | PULP FICTION $800: Frederick Schiller Faust wasn't a big name in this genre, but his pen name of Max Brand was Westerns |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | "PUN" JAB $1600: William Gibson pioneered this sci-fi genre of characters in a dark, futuristic world dominated by computers cyberpunk |
| #5322, aired 2007-10-30 | 17th CENTURY ART $1600: Claude Lorrain gave new status to this genre with works like "A Pastoral" one, now at Yale landscape |
| #5102, aired 2006-11-14 | A VARIETY OF WORDS $1200: An "oater" is specifically this genre of film a Western |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | NOVELS $1200: "Ralph 124C 41+" is a novel by Hugo Gernsback, known as a "father of" this futuristic genre science fiction |
| #4947, aired 2006-02-28 | "S"-ENTIAL KNOWLEDGE $200: Broadcast on the Dumont Network in 1946, "Faraway Hill" is considered the first TV show in this daytime genre a soap opera |
| #4898, aired 2005-12-21 | TIME FOR A MOVIE REVIEW $1200: "Film noir was a tired genre before writer Robert Towne and director Roman Polanski made this" 1974 film Chinatown |
| #4877, aired 2005-11-22 | SOFT "G" $400: A type of film, like Western or gangster, having similar elements of plot & character genre |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | LITERARY TERMS $200: Intimate & perhaps lurid details are disclosed in this genre, such as those "of an English Opium Eater" confessions |
| #4730, aired 2005-03-11 | ANCIENT GREEK THEATRE $800: A genre of plays takes its name form these lusty creatures, shown as half-man & half-goat, whose antics it depicted satyrs |
| #4655, aired 2004-11-26 | AWARDS $800: The Hugo & Nebula awards are presented to writers in this genre science fiction |
| #4458, aired 2004-01-14 | ON THE RADIO $800: In 1984 L.A.'s KDAY became the USA's first station devoted to this genre of music rap |
| #4419, aired 2003-11-20 | 21st CENTURY ROCK $1600: 3-letter name for the confessional genre of bands like Bright Eyes & Dashboard Confessional emo |
| #4358, aired 2003-07-09 | 18th CENTURY ART $800: Works like "Pipe and Jug" made J.B.S. Chardin one of the century's masters of this genre still life |
| #4358, aired 2003-07-09 | 18th CENTURY ART $1600: John Constable called John Robert Cozens "the greatest genius that ever touched" this genre of painting landscape art |
| #4331, aired 2003-06-02 | THE 3-DIGIT YEARS $1200: In the early 100s Juvenal was writing in this genre, mocking & ridiculing Roman corruption satire |
| #4330, aired 2003-05-30 | THE LANGUAGE OF CINEMA $800: The genre of "Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor", or what the director says once camera & sound are running action |
| #4274, aired 2003-03-13 | A GENRE-OUS HELPING $400: "Ride the High Country" with Joel McCrea & Randolph Scott is a classic in this film genre western |
| #4274, aired 2003-03-13 | A GENRE-OUS HELPING $800: In 1979 NYC's Sugarhill Gang gave us the first Billboard Hot 100 hit in this genre rap |
| #4274, aired 2003-03-13 | A GENRE-OUS HELPING $1200: Cyril Tourneur liked this basic dramatic genre; "The Atheist's" one & "The Revenger's" one are attributed to him tragedy |
| #4274, aired 2003-03-13 | A GENRE-OUS HELPING $1600: It's the Japanese term for animated films, many based on manga, or comic books anime |
| #4274, aired 2003-03-13 | A GENRE-OUS HELPING $2000: Term for the type of painting seen here, it can also mean something designed to arouse discussion conversation piece |
| #4136, aired 2002-09-02 | LITERARY LINGO $800: This adjective describes a genre of Spanish prose that depicts the adventures of roguish heroes picaresque |
| #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | WHAT, KIM AGAIN? $1200: Writing in this genre, Kim Stanley Robinson has won Hugo & Nebula Awards science fiction |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | RELIGIOUS WORKS $400: John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" is on the soundtrack of Ken Burns' series on this music genre jazz |
| #4073, aired 2002-04-24 | K.C. $800: Lester Young, Count Basie & Charlie Parker played the Kansas City style of this genre of music jazz |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | THAT ZANY SCREWBALL COMEDY $800: This 1972 O'Neal-Streisand film was an attempt to revive the screwball genre What's Up Doc? |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | "CAB" $600: Stephen King's 1980 overview of the horror genre was called "Danse" this Macabre |
| #3906, aired 2001-09-03 | RHYME TIME $200: Abbreviated term for the genre that includes Isaac Asimov & Ursula K. Le Guin sci-fi |
| #3894, aired 2001-07-05 | IBN SEARCHING SO LONG $400: Music genre in which Abdullash Ibn Buhaina, also known as Art Blakey, made his name jazz |
| #3831, aired 2001-04-09 | ART 101 $800: French word for a category of art, like landscape, or for a painting of scenes of everyday life Genre |
| #3815, aired 2001-03-16 | OXYMORONS $800: Roberto Benigni's film "Life Is Beautiful" is a beautiful example of this oxymoronic genre tragic comedy |
| #3777, aired 2001-01-23 | MUSICAL VENUES $300: Chicago's area for this genre moved from the south side to north side clubs like Kingston Mines Blues |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | THE DRAWING ROOM $600: 10-time Hugo Award winner Kelly Freas is famous for illustrating the magazine called "Astounding" this genre Science fiction |
| #3677, aired 2000-09-05 | GRAMMY 2000 $400: Genre in which the albums "High & Lifted Up" & "Pray" won Gospel |
| #3659, aired 2000-06-29 | THEATRE $1000: Comedie Larmoyante, or "tearful comedy", was established as a genre in the 1700s in this country France |
| #3512, aired 1999-12-07 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $800: Ann Radcliffe's 1794 novel "The Mysteries of Udolpho" is a fine example of this "architectural" genre Gothic |
| #3406, aired 1999-05-31 | ART & ARTISTS $200: Jan Vermeer's "Young Woman with a Water Jug" is an example of genre painting from this country Holland |
| #3405, aired 1999-05-28 | HOLLYWOODSPEAK $100: The popular films of this genre can be known as "oaters" or "horse operas" westerns |
| #3339, aired 1999-02-25 | "ACK"! $300: This 1877 Anna Sewell novel helped establish the pony story as a popular genre in England "Black Beauty" |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS $800: Octavia Butler writes novels like "Clay's Ark" & "Patternmaster" in this genre Science fiction |
| #3280, aired 1998-12-04 | MEDIEVAL PEOPLE $600: Margery Kempe's "Book Of Margery Kempe" is one of the first examples of this genre in English an autobiography |
| #3278, aired 1998-12-02 | STAR TREK $200: Chase Masterson, Leeta on "DS9", is staying in the genre co-hosting an entertainment show on this cable network Sci-Fi Channel |
| #3266, aired 1998-11-16 | CONFESSIONS $600: The "confessions" of this deeply religious church father began the genre St. Augustine |
| #3235, aired 1998-10-02 | STEPHEN KING $400: King's 1981 overview of the horror genre shares its name with this Saint-Saens "Dance" Macabre |
| #3183, aired 1998-06-03 | SCOT LIT $400: With "Waverley" & "Ivanhoe", Sir Walter Scott established this genre of fiction set in the past Historical fiction |
| #3090, aired 1998-01-23 | MARCH OF DIMES $1000: Ned Buntline, Edward S. Ellis & Ann S. Stephens were famous authors of this genre dime novels |
| #3045, aired 1997-11-21 | IT CAME FROM SEATTLE $1,700 (Daily Double): The Melvins, heard here, were an early band in this rock genre that swept America in 1992: grunge |
| #3026, aired 1997-10-27 | EROTIC THRILLERS $400: Kathleen Turner turns on William Hurt in this classic of the genre Body Heat |
| #2984, aired 1997-07-17 | QUOTES $200: To Emily Dickinson, this genre "Makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me" Poetry |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | MAGAZINES $400: Founded in 1912, the magazine named for this literary genre has published Wallace Stevens & T.S. Eliot poetry |
| #2898, aired 1997-03-19 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $400: "The Castle Of Otranto", a tale of evil, was the 1st English novel of this "architectural" genre Gothic |
| #2791, aired 1996-10-21 | CONTEMPORARY WOMEN AUTHORS $200: Anne McCaffrey, author of the "Pern" novels, is a well-known writer in this genre fantasy/sci-fi |
| #2711, aired 1996-05-20 | AUTHORS $600: Jules Verne is known as "The Father of" this genre of literature science fiction |
| #2504, aired 1995-06-22 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: Ann Radcliffe was famous for novels in this "architectural" genre, such as "The Mysteries of Udolpho" Gothic novels |
| #2468, aired 1995-05-03 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: Vonda N. McIntyre, whose books include "Superluminal" & "Starfarers", specializes in this genre science fiction |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | VIOLINISTS $600: Stephane Grappelli is one of the few to successfully adapt the violin to this genre of music jazz |
| #2420, aired 1995-02-24 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $800: In 1926 Hugo Gernsback founded Amazing Stories, the first magazine in this literary genre science fiction |
| #2395, aired 1995-01-20 | POP MUSIC $200: Dr. Dre & Digable Planets won Grammys in 1994 for performances in this music genre rap |
| #2214, aired 1994-03-31 | 10-LETTER WORDS $400: Carl Perkins & Elvis Presley were exponents of this musical genre combining rock 'n' roll & hillbilly Music Rockabilly |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | SCARY STORIES $300: A cruel caliph meets a terrifying end in "Vathek", a tale of this "architectural" genre gothics |
| #2182, aired 1994-02-15 | ENGLISH LIT. $600: The 1st novels of this gloomy, mysterious genre were set during medieval times, as the name implies gothic |
| #2167, aired 1994-01-25 | QUEENLY NICKNAMES $600: Both Irna Phillips & Agnes Nixon have been called "the queen of" this daytime TV genre a soap opera |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $400: This author discussed the horror genre in his 1981 work "Danse Macabre" Stephen King |
| #1900, aired 1992-12-04 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Jane Austen satirized this "architectural" genre in her novel "Northanger Abbey" Gothic |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | BREAD $100: Fast term for the genre of bread that includes biscuits & muffins & is easy to bake quick bread |
| #1572, aired 1991-06-04 | ART $800: Considering this a minor genre, the Royal Academy didn't make Jon Constable a full member until he was 53 landscape |
| #1545, aired 1991-04-26 | LITERATURE $600: "The Monk" by Matthew Gregory Lewis has been called one of the best novels of this "architectural" genre Gothic |
| #1526, aired 1991-04-01 | AWARDS $400: Named for magazine publisher Hugo Gernsback, the Hugo Award honors this literary genre science fiction |
| #1513, aired 1991-03-13 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, & Frederik Pohl are best known for writing in this genre science fiction |
| #1400, aired 1990-10-05 | WOMEN $100: In 1984, Ella Fitzgerald was inducted into the hall of fame which honors this genre of music jazz |
| #1384, aired 1990-09-13 | POTPOURRI $200: Irna Phillips is credited with introducing organ music to this radio genre which later moved to television soap operas |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | IN THE DICTIONARY $400: An intense feeling of repugnance & fear, or the genre of film that makes you experience it horror |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | SLANG $300: Genre of film you've seen if you've watched a "chopsocky" kung fu (martial arts) |
| #943, aired 1988-10-12 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $100: "Come on Down!!!" by Jefferson Graham covers this genre of TV programs game shows |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: "Tunnel in the Sky" & "A Wrinkle in Time" are 2 novels for children written in this genre science fiction |
| #808, aired 1988-02-24 | ACADEMY AWARDS $1000: At the 1st Oscars, a separate directing Oscar was given for this genre comedies |
| #768, aired 1987-12-30 | WORD ORIGINS $100: Theatrical genre whose name is derived from a French valley known for its songs, Vau-de-Vire vaudeville |
| #750, aired 1987-12-04 | THE MOVIES $200: The only film of this genre to win a "Best Picture" Oscar was "Cimarron" in 1931 western |
| #515, aired 1986-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Scaring fans & critics alike, Vincent Price announced in '86 that he'll retire from this film genre the horror film |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | LITERATURE $300: Romance genre which might begin, "From the dark castle, she saw a mysterious figure on the misty moor" a Gothic novel |
