| #9195, aired 2024-11-01 | ONLY MURDERS IN BUILDINGS $400: "The Da Vinci Code" begins with a murder in the Grand Gallery of this French institution the Louvre |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | BOOK 'EM, DAN-O $800: When he made the 2005 "Time" 100 list, his book was described as "the novel that ate the world" Dan Brown |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $200: A mystery: "Langdon said... 'Well, folks, as you all know, I'm here tonight to talk about the power of symbols"' The Da Vinci Code |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | THEY WERE TEACHERS $900: (Colby Burnett delivers the clue.) Before hitting it big writing novels like "The Da Vinci Code", he pursued a music career & also taught at prep schools in New Hampshire & Beverly Hills (Dan) Brown |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | BREAK THE "CODE" $800: It begins with a murder in the Louvre The Da Vinci Code |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | ACTION & SUSPENSE NOVELS $400: A symbologist & a cryptologist deal with a murder at the Louvre in this novel The Da Vinci Code |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | THE PROBLEM IS... $800: In this book, Robert Langdon says, "I've never heard of a cryptex"; no wonder--Dan Brown made it up The Da Vinci Code |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | POETRY FOR PHYSICISTS $400: A poem in "The Da Vinci Code" alludes to the fact that an apple is not depicted on this British physicist's tomb Isaac Newton |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | HI, WELCOME TO 5 AUTHORS! $200: In 2006 a British high court ruled this author was not guilty of plagiarism in "The Da Vinci Code" (Dan) Brown |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | NAME THAT NOVELIST! $1,000 (Daily Double): "Tonight's lecture--a slide show about pagan symbolism hidden in the stones of Chartres Cathedral" Dan Brown |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | POPULAR LITERATURE $400: Robert Langdon, who solves "The Da Vinci Code", teaches religious symbology at this university Harvard |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | A BOOK BY ITS COVER $400: Secrets & conspiracies play out in this 2003 thriller graced by the eyes of the Mona Lisa The Da Vinci Code |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | 21st CENTURY BESTSELLERS $400: Book 2 in a series, it was published in between "Angels & Demons" & "The Lost Symbol" The Da Vinci Code |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | THRILLERS & MYSTERIES $400: The prologue of this thriller is set in the Louvre at 10:46 p.m. The Da Vinci Code |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | LITERARY SPOILER ALERT! $800: In this bestseller Sophie Neveu turns out to be a direct descendent of Jesus The Da Vinci Code |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | TOM HANKS MOVIE QUOTES $1,000 (Daily Double): "Why couldn't Jesus have been a father & still been capable of all those miracles?" The Da Vinci Code |
| #7481, aired 2017-03-06 | THE ILLUMI-NAUGHTY $400: The Illuminati pop up in this Tom Hanks film & antimatter is stolen from the large hadron collider Angels and Demons |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | MATH IN THE MOVIES $2,000 (Daily Double): The Fibonacci sequence factors into the clues left behind by a museum curator in this 2006 film The Da Vinci Code |
| #7281, aired 2016-04-18 | FRENCH FILM FEMMES $1600: Her first big budget Hollywood film was "The Da Vinci Code" opposite Tom Hanks Audrey Tautou |
| #7231, aired 2016-02-08 | FICTION $1000: This 2009 follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code" sold over 1 million copies in e-book & hardcover editions on the first day The Lost Symbol |
| #7117, aired 2015-07-21 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $1000: "The Da Vinci Code" saw Robert Langdon decode one of these puzzle containers a cryptex |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | BOOKS' FIRST LINES $600: "Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's grand gallery" The Da Vinci Code |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | ARTWORK $200: A portion of this painting is on the jacket of the hardcover edition of "The Da Vinci Code" the Mona Lisa |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | A CASE OF WRITER'S BLOCK $1200: Hanging upside-down in gravity boots helps this "Da Vinci Code" author relax & defeat the block Dan Brown |
| #6586, aired 2013-04-15 | BLOOD WORK $200: Book in which the curator of the Louvre leaves a message to Robert Langdon drawn in his own blood The Da Vinci Code |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | BANNED! $2,000 (Daily Double): With a large Catholic minority, Lebanon banned this 2003 novel that suggests Jesus was a dad The Da Vinci Code |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | THE DA VINCI CODE $400: The Leonardo work seen here is known as "The Madonna of" this flower, a symbol of healing... & proms carnation |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | THE DA VINCI CODE $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a painting displayed on a monitor.) Leonardo was only about 20 when he got to paint the angel on the left in a work attributed to his teacher Verrocchio, depicting this event the baptism of Christ |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | THE DA VINCI CODE $1600: The 1505 mural "The Battle of Anghiari" was painted to honor a military victory of the government of this city Florence |
| #6377, aired 2012-05-15 | BESTSELLERS $2,000 (Daily Double): "The Da Vinci Code" was actually the second novel to feature symbologist Robert Langdon; this book was first Angels and Demons |
| #6276, aired 2011-12-26 | BOOKS' FIRST LINES $8,000 (Daily Double): A bestseller: "Renowned curator Jacques Sauniere staggered through the... archway of the museum's Grand Gallery" The Da Vinci Code |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | NOVEL QUOTES $800: 2003:
"The Holy Grail is not a thing. It is, in fact... a person" The Da Vinci Code |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | 2 FIRST NAMES? $400: These days he's behind the camera directing films like "Angels and Demons" & "The Da Vinci Code" Ron Howard |
| #5685, aired 2009-05-01 | DA VINCI $800: Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" reveals clues in da Vinci's works including one titled this woman "of the Rocks" The Madonna |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | BESTSELLERS: 2006 $1600: This Dan Brown book was 2006's top-selling trade paperback The Da Vinci Code |
| #5542, aired 2008-10-14 | FOUND IN TRANSLATION $800: In Czech translation, this Dan Brown bestseller is "Sifra Mistra Leonarda" The Da Vinci Code |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | BLAME THE FRENCH $600: This Paris locale featured in "The Da Vinci Code" opened in 1793 the Louvre |
| #5487, aired 2008-06-17 | FROM BOOK TO BIG SCREEN $600: This novel and its 2006 film version both start with a museum curator staggering through the Louvre The Da Vinci Code |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $2000: He's the professor of symbology who is the protagonist of "The Da Vinci Code" & "Angels & Demons" Robert Langdon |
| #5377, aired 2008-01-15 | NOVELS BEFORE & AFTER $400: Crash cart...stat! This Dan Brown thriller is getting colorful & going into cardiac arrest Da Vinci Code blue |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | ARTY FACTS $800: Break the code and name this inventive 16th Century artist Da Vinci |
| #5184, aired 2007-03-08 | OH, "MAN"! $1600: Leonardo's "Proportions of Man" is also called this, after a 1st century B.C. architect Vitruvian Man |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | LITERARY LONDON $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from Temple Church in London.) In this novel, Langdon's first London stop in his search for the holy grail is here at Temple Church The Da Vinci Code |
| #5161, aired 2007-02-05 | NOVEL SYNOPSES $200: A French curator is killed. Symbology Professor Langdon is called to help. Sophie learns her family history The Da Vinci Code |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | HOLLYWOOD THRILLER PREVIEWS? $200: Last year it was Da Vinci; this fall it's nothing but dots & dashes with the... the Morse Code |
| #5100, aired 2006-11-10 | BESTSELLERS $800: This controversial bestseller by Dan Brown begins with a murder in the Louvre The Da Vinci Code |
| #5005, aired 2006-05-19 | THE DA VINCI CODE $400: The events in "The Da Vinci Code" are set off by the murder of the curator of this place the Louvre |
| #5005, aired 2006-05-19 | THE DA VINCI CODE $800: Robert Langdon is a professor of religious symbology at this Ivy League university Harvard |
| #5005, aired 2006-05-19 | THE DA VINCI CODE $1200: Robert says Ariel's flowing red hair in Disney's "Little Mermaid" is an allusion to this Biblical woman Mary Magdalene |
| #5005, aired 2006-05-19 | THE DA VINCI CODE $1600: Bishop Aringarosa heads this Catholic prelature that spreads the message of "God's work" Opus Dei |
| #5005, aired 2006-05-19 | THE DA VINCI CODE $2000: This ingenious device is worthy of an inventive mind like Leonardo's
"If you force it open, the vial breaks, vinegar dissolves papyrus, and your secret is lost forever." a cryptex |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | THE DA VINCI CODE $200: This Da Vinci masterpiece is a portrait of the second wife of a Florentine merchant the Mona Lisa |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | THE DA VINCI CODE $400: This mural depicts the reaction to Jesus' declaration that "one of you shall betray me" The Last Supper |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | THE DA VINCI CODE $600: Being left-handed made it easy for Leonardo to use what's called this type of writing named for a grooming aid mirror writing |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | THE DA VINCI CODE $800: Italy has issued euro coins with this Da Vinci "Man" on the reverse Vitruvian Man |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | THE DA VINCI CODE $1000: Around 1485, Leonardo painted the young lady with this short-tailed weasel seen here an ermine |
| #4831, aired 2005-09-19 | 2005 FICTION BESTSELLERS $200: As of July 17, 2005 this Dan Brown novel had spent 120 weeks on the N.Y. Times' list The Da Vinci Code |
| #4603, aired 2004-09-15 | PAINTINGS $400: The controversial "Da Vinci Code" suggests that it isn't John seated beside Jesus in this painting but Mary Magdalene The Last Supper |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | A CHORUS OF ANGELS $400: One of the bestselling paperbacks of 2003 was "Angels and Demons" by this author of "The Da Vinci Code" (Dan) Brown |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | BESTSELLERS $1000: Artistic clues help reveal the secret location of the Holy Grail in this thriller by Dan Brown The Da Vinci Code |
