Music Jeopardy 24 – It Happened Under These Presidents; We Provide the Clues, You Give the Responses

(September 16, 2025) – Welcome to the 24th edition of Music Jeopardy!  As always, the blog provides the clues… and you provide the responses.  Each clue has point values — no dollars!  The player(s) with the most points get bragging rights. 

This round’s category — “It Happened Under These Presidents” — is exactly what it sounds like.  We’ll provide the clues about superstar recording artists’ Hot 100 accomplishments and the U.S. presidents in office when they occurred, you give the correct responses.  

Think you know your White House history and who was poppin’ in music at the time?Maybe you do and maybe you don’t.  There’s only one way to find out: read on!

Post your guesses in the “Your Thoughts” box below, DM me on social media, or email me.  Please don’t be that person who posts your responses publicly on social media and spoils it for everyone. Note: all responses will be locked until the contest is over.

All correct entries will be recognized in the next Music Jeopardy! post. The prize, as always: eternal bragging rights.

Below are this week’s five clues plus three bonuses this time.  Answers to last week’s MJ23 (Billboard vs. Cashbox) are at the end.

Clue 1: 100 pts

Clue 2: 200 pts

Clue 3: 300 pts

Clue 4: 400 pts

Clue 5: 500 pts

Note: All three Bonus clues below give credit for all of an artist’s output, including solo, duo, and group efforts.

Bonus 1: 1000 pts

Bonus 2: 1500 pts

Bonus 3: 2000 pts

That’s it.  Remember to provide your responses in the “Your Thoughts” box at the bottom of the article (I will moderate your answers and they may not appear until others have had a chance to play) or DM me on any of the social media platforms where this is posted.

Here are the Results from Music Jeopardy 23! – Category: “Billboard vs. Cashbox.”

Clue 1 (100 pts): What is “Material Girl”?

Clue 2 (200): Who is Smokey Robinson?

Clue 3 (300): What is “Lowdown”?

Clue 4 (400): What is “Baker Street”?

Clue 5 (500): What is “Lookin’ Out My Back Door”?

Bonus 1 (1000): What is “Born In The U.S.A.”?

Bonus 2 (1500): What are “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me” and “Someone Saved My Life Tonight”?

Winner: Luis Ortiz and Matt Mullen (4000 pts each).  Shout-out goes to Amanda Noonan who guessed two correctly (not bad for someone born in the 1980s!).

Good luck with Music Jeopardy 24!  The answers and results will be revealed next week.

DJRob

DJRob (he/him) is a freelance music blogger from the East Coast who covers R&B, hip-hop, disco, pop, rock and country genres – plus lots of music news and current stuff!  You can follow him on Bluesky at @djrobblog.bsky.social, X (formerly Twitter) at @djrobblog, on Facebook or on Meta’s Threads.

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