'90s Music
This rapper had the aptly titled hit "Big Poppa"
Biggie Smalls
The goal of this show was to get 3 celebrities in a row across, up & down or diagonally
Hollywood Squares
Stuffed animal attacked by bats at a party (6)
Pinata
Tracy Chevalier's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" imagines the young woman who inspired a masterpiece by this Dutch painter
Vermeer
You're 2! Here's a video called "Learning About Letters", made in 1969 for this show & co-directed by Jim Henson
Sesame Street
"Don't go chasing" these, TLC asked, "please stick to the rivers and lakes that you're used to"
Waterfalls
Whoopee! Bob Eubanks hosted this show in which recently married spouses answered questions about each other
The Newly Wed Game
Forwarding address for a sled dog (4)
Mush
Lisbeth Salander has a Chinese symbol inked on her hip & a wasp on her neck as well as the design mentioned in the title of this novel
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
You're 21, so enjoy a $429 1996 bottle of this from Dom Perignon
Champagne
In 1995 this brother & sister hit No. 5 with the song "Scream"
Michael and Janet Jackson
Mo Rocca is a frequent panelist on this weekly NPR news quiz show that includes the games Bluff the Listener & Not My Job
Wait Wait….Don't tell me
This masked man is always at home in Dodger Stadium (6)
Umpire
*Daily Double*
J.D. Vance analyzes the culture of poor white Americans in this 2016 memoir
Hillbilly Elegy
You're 40; that's old enough to get the cake you want, & you want this layered one whose name means "refrigerator"!
Icebox Cake
A successful songwriter & producer, she had "criminal" success with her debut album "Supa Dupa Fly"
Missy Misdemeanor Elliott
*Daily Double*
College teams including Columbia & Notre Dame faced off on this show that moved from radio to television
College Quiz Bowl
A touching scene at airport security (7)
Patdown
She wrote the novel "Big Little Lies", the basis for an HBO series
(Liane) Moriarty
You're 100 & celebrating your 75th wedding anniversary, so here's this pricey stone that marks 75 years
Diamond
It's no mystery--this Canadian woman made her Top 40 debut in 1997 with "Building A Mystery"
Sarah McLachlan
Say the not-so-secret title of this quiz show, hosted by Groucho Marx on both radio & television
You Bet Your Life
More work from 1516 (6)
Utopia
Dubbed the "Queen of Suspense" for such novels as "You Belong to Me", this beloved author passed away in 2020 at age 92
Mary Higgins Clark
You're 16 & thrilled with your new Accent, from this car company that uses the voice of Jeff Bridges
Hyundai