#9115, aired 2024-05-31 | DID YOU STUDY THE "J" ARCHIVE? $800: This open letter defended Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer facing treason charges by the French army J'Accuse...! |
#8975, aired 2023-11-17 | PITHY QUOTES $800: French title of Zola's 1898 letter to President Faure J'Accuse...! |
#8877, aired 2023-05-23 | THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS $800: J'accuse a Paris court of convicting this writer of libel in 1898 Zola |
#8747, aired 2022-11-22 | THAT WAS QUITE A YEAR $2000: Zola "J'Accuse"s; the Curies discover radium; remember... the Maine goes down 1898 |
#8424, aired 2021-06-17 | DID YOU READ... $1600: ...this Emile Zola open letter to the president of the French Republic J'Accuse...! |
#7650, aired 2017-12-08 | WRITERS & WRITING $400: This author of the letter "J'accuse", which sparked the exoneration of Alfred Dreyfus, died of carbon monoxide poisoning (Émile) Zola |
#7249, aired 2016-03-03 | YOU GET 95 YEARS $1000: 1895:
J'accuse the French army of stripping this man of his rank in a public ceremony Alfred Dreyfus |
#7175, aired 2015-11-20 | WRITERS MAKE PRETTY GOOD FRIENDS $400: This writer of "J'Accuse" was friends with Paul Cezanne & encouraged him to pursue his art studies in Paris (Émile) Zola |
#6543, aired 2013-02-13 | CROSSWORD CLUES "J" $2000: Famous Zola phrase (en francais)
(7) J'accuse |
#6320, aired 2012-02-24 | HISTORIC LETTERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Among those he accused in an 1898 letter were Colonel Du Paty de Clam, General Mercier & General Billot Emile Zola |
#5892, aired 2010-04-06 | WHAT HAPPENS IN DEGAS, STAYS IN DEGAS $1600: "J'Accuse" Degas of engaging with modernity & aligning himself with the Goncourts & this "Grog Shop" novelist Émile Zola |
#5651, aired 2009-03-16 | HISTORICAL VOICEMAILS FROM... $400: Monsieur Zola, merci beaucoup for writing "J'Accuse" pour moi, sorry it got you busted for libel Dreyfus |
#5142, aired 2007-01-09 | LETTERS $1200: His "J'accuse" letter in 1898 helped secure a new trial for Alfred Dreyfus (Emile) Zola |
#4920, aired 2006-01-20 | FROM THE PAGE TO THE STAGE $1200: "J'accuse" this Frenchman of writing the novel "Therese Raquin", which inspired the musical "Thou Shalt Not" Émile Zola |
#4869, aired 2005-11-10 | PITHY QUOTES $1,200 (Daily Double): French title of Zola's 1898 letter to President Faure J'accuse |
#4329, aired 2003-05-29 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $800: "J'accuse" Edouard Manet of painting the portrait of this French novelist, seen here Emile Zola |
#4214, aired 2002-12-19 | WORLD OF AUTHORS $1200: After writing "J'accuse", he was convicted of libel Emile Zola |
#4005, aired 2002-01-18 | JAN. $1600: In Jan. 1898 he wrote "J'accuse" & helped win Alfred Dreyfus a new trial (Émile) Zola |
#3709, aired 2000-10-19 | 19th CENTURY LIT $2,001 (Daily Double): Frenchman famous for realistic novels & for an open letter published Jan 13, 1898 Emile Zola (J'Accuse) |
#3384, aired 1999-04-29 | "C" IN HISTORY $1000: He wasn't yet France's premier when he gave Emile Zola the idea to title a famous letter "J'Accuse!" Georges Clemenceau |
#2942, aired 1997-05-20 | OBSCURE OPERA & BALLET $1000: Not to "J'Accuse" Alfred Bruneau, but he got opera stories like "Le Reve" from this author friend Emile Zola |
#2817, aired 1996-11-26 | OPERA LIBRETTISTS $800: "J'Accuse" this "Nana" novelist of writing the libretto for Bruneau's opera "Messidor" Emile Zola |
#2783, aired 1996-10-09 | THE 19th CENTURY $1000: Emile Zola's letter "J'accuse" helped win a new trial for this Frenchman who'd been convicted of spying (Alfred) Dreyfus |
#2576, aired 1995-11-13 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $500: His famous open letter "J'accuse" was published in the newspaper L'Aurore Emile Zola |
#2490, aired 1995-06-02 | LETTERS $500: In 1898 he wrote a letter to the French president using the phrase "J'Accuse" 8 times (Émile) Zola |
#2446, aired 1995-04-03 | ARTISTS $800: One of Paul Cezanne's boyhood friends was this author of "J'accuse" Emile Zola |
#2337, aired 1994-11-01 | CRIME TIME $1000: The 1906 case of Chester Gillette drowning his girlfriend inspired this Theodore Dreiser book An American Tragedy |
#2101, aired 1993-10-25 | AUTHORS $800: He was tried & convicted of libel for his famous open letter "J'Accuse" (Émile) Zola |
#1900, aired 1992-12-04 | FAMOUS SPEECHES $600: After writing "J'Accuse", he went before a jury declaring, "Dreyfus is innocent I swear it!" (Émile) Zola |
#1702, aired 1992-01-14 | SPELL THAT NAME $100: Ms. Foster, who won an Oscar for "The Accused" J-O-D-I-E |
#12, aired 1990-09-01 | FAMOUS QUOTES $600: Probably Emile Zola's most famous quote, it's the title of a letter he wrote to the French president J'accuse |
#1193, aired 1989-11-08 | POLITICAL QUOTES $600: “J'Accuse” was the title of the open letter Emile Zola sent the French president about this man Dreyfus |
#995, aired 1988-12-23 | HISTORIC DATES $600: On Jan. 13 1898 his open letter "J'Accuse" was published & helped sell 200,000 newspapers Emile Zola |
#297, aired 1985-10-29 | AUTHORS $400: He wrote an open letter to the French president which began "J'accuse"-- I accuse Emile Zola |