| #9181, aired 2024-10-14 | CHOOSE A NAME $1600: Being as objectivist as possible, we'll say Alisa Rosenbaum chose this as her professional name Ayn Rand |
| #9087, aired 2024-04-23 | NAME THAT AUTHOR $1200: "The John Galt line was moving forward. The attacks on his metal had ceased" Ayn Rand |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | LITERATURE $1200: Ayn Rand influenced many with this novel about architect Howard Roark and his uncompromising individualism The Fountainhead |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | BOOK DEDICATIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): This author of "The Fountainhead" dedicated 1957's "Atlas Shrugged" to 2 different men: her husband and her lover Ayn Rand |
| #8917, aired 2023-07-18 | AUTHORS' FIRST MAJOR WORKS $2,000 (Daily Double): Her 1936 effort "We the Living" is a romantic tragedy set against the perils of Soviet-style totalitarianism Ayn Rand |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | 20th CENTURY FICTION $400: Ayn Rand is thought to have based the architect in this novel on Frank Lloyd Wright The Fountainhead |
| #8716, aired 2022-10-10 | PEN NAMES $5,000 (Daily Double): After moving from Russia to the U.S. in the 1920s, Alissa Rosenbaum adopted this pen name with the same initials Ayn Rand |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | PLAYS & PLAYWRITING $2,000 (Daily Double): The courtroom drama "Night of January 16th" by Ayn Rand needs exactly this many people to be selected from the audience 12 |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | THEIR LAST NOVEL $400: "Atlas Shrugged", & that was it (Ayn) Rand |
| #8548, aired 2022-01-05 | LIT IN THE FUTURE TENSE $2000: In her novella "Anthem", humanity has entered a dark age of collectivism where using the word "I" is punishable by death (Ayn) Rand |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | NOW READ THIS! $1,000 (Daily Double): Howard Roark is to "The Fountainhead" as John Galt is to this 1,100-page tome Atlas Shrugged |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | 1930s LITERATURE $2000: Her novella "Anthem" is set in a future where people live without freedom in collectives Ayn Rand (Alisa Rosenbaum) |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | LITERARY VIDEO GAMES $1000: Andrew Ryan, the industrialist villain in "Bioshock", was inspired by this female author with the same initials Ayn Rand |
| #8279, aired 2020-11-12 | ADVICE TO THE NOVEL HEROINE $1200: Dagny, you will fall in love with John Galt even though you are a stand-in for Ayn Rand's vision of capitalism Atlas Shrugged |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | PARTY IN THE USA $2000: The Objectivist Party seeks to promote the political philosophy of this female novelist who died in 1982 Ayn Rand |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THAT PLACE SOUNDS LEGENDARY $800: Danny Kaye & Ayn Rand went to this Norse hall of heroes, or at least a cemetery in a New York hamlet named for it Valhalla |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | WOMEN WRITERS $1600: This Ayn Rand book ends with the line "Then there was only the ocean and the sky and the figure of Howard Roark" The Fountainhead |
| #7830, aired 2018-09-28 | YOUR SIGNIFICANT AUTHOR $2000: Though not into big government, she did take social security payments & medicare benefits under the name Ann O'Connor Ayn Rand |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD $600: A member of Ayn Rand's inner circle, this jazz musician became chairman of the Fed's board of governors (Alan) Greenspan |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | MEN IN BOOKS BY WOMEN $1600: Ayn Rand is the architect of this architect at the center of "The Fountainhead" (Howard) Roark |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1200: A stamp collector herself, this "Atlas Shrugged" author appeared on a 1999 stamp (Ayn) Rand |
| #7499, aired 2017-03-30 | PEN NAMES $800: This author of "The Fountainhead" was born Alissa Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia Ayn Rand |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | LETTERS FROM WRITERS $1000: To Frank Lloyd Wright:
"I would like to tell you now that Howard Roark represents my conception of man as God" Ayn Rand |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | WOMEN WHO WRITE $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1964 this woman big into laissez-faire capitalism offered "The Virtue of Selfishness" Ayn Rand |
| #7292, aired 2016-05-03 | THE DEDICATION $200: In a rather bold move, she dedicated "Atlas Shrugged" to her husband Frank O'Connor & her lover Nathaniel Branden Ayn Rand |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | 1940s LIT $400: To research this bestseller, Ayn Rand worked in the office of architect Ely Kahn The Fountainhead |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | 1940s FICTION $400: The hero of this Ayn Rand novel says, "A house can have integrity just like a person... and just as seldom" The Fountainhead |
| #7163, aired 2015-11-04 | DEBUT NOVELS $1,400 (Daily Double): Her 1936 debut "We the Living" began a lifelong theme by attacking the evils of socialist collectivism Ayn Rand |
| #7078, aired 2015-05-27 | GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS $800: Howard Roark is the visionary architect in this novel The Fountainhead |
| #7053, aired 2015-04-22 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $800: Born in Russia in 1905, she died in capitalist New York in 1982 Ayn Rand |
| #6940, aired 2014-11-14 | AUTHORS $1000: In 1960 she delivered a campus lecture titled "Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World" Ayn Rand |
| #6931, aired 2014-11-03 | NOVELS $2000: John Galt stops the motor of the world in this Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | ATLAS CHAPS $800: William, not Ayn, was the senior partner of this duo who started making maps in 1870s Chicago Rand McNally |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | LITERARY QUOTES $800: This Ayn Rand novel begins, "Howard Roark laughed" The Fountainhead |
| #6755, aired 2014-01-17 | GUYS, CAPITALISM WORKS! $800: Better known as a novelist, she defended the morality of laissez-faire in "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" Ayn Rand |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | POLITICAL BEFORE & AFTER $1200: An "Atlas Shrugged" author turns into a Kentucky senator who loves him some "Atlas Shrugged" Ayn Rand Paul |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | NONFICTION $600: "The Virtue of Selfishness", a 1964 collection of essays by this woman, is a favorite of young conservatives Ayn Rand |
| #6537, aired 2013-02-05 | A STUDENT OF HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): Paul Ryan was greatly influenced by this female novelist who studied history in Russia Ayn Rand |
| #6467, aired 2012-10-30 | LITERARY LOVERS $800: In this Ayn Rand novel, the chilly Dominique Francon finally throws herself at heroic architect Howard Roark The Fountainhead |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS $400: Upon arriving in the U.S. from Russia in 1926, Alisa Rosenbaum took this name; the first name rhymes with "pine" Ayn Rand |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | A NOVEL DESCRIPTION $4,000 (Daily Double): Workin' on the transcontinental railroad; Galt-ernate reality; from the Rand non-corporation Atlas Shrugged |
| #6270, aired 2011-12-16 | CANADA ROCKS $1000: This arena-rock trio hit it big in the '70s with the Ayn Rand-inspired album "2112" Rush |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | AMERICAN NOVELISTS $200: While collecting material for "The Fountainhead", she worked without pay as a typist for a New York City architect (Ayn) Rand |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | THIS IS A JOB FOR A HERO $1600: Howard Roark an architect |
| #6156, aired 2011-05-23 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $400: (Pat Sajak presents the clue.) Ayn Rand put the individual's right to seek happiness at the center of this 1957 novel with a mythical character in its title Atlas Shrugged |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1200: Her novel "The Fountainhead" was rejected by 12 publishers, some of whom declared it too controversial Ayn Rand |
| #5889, aired 2010-04-01 | '50s FICTION $400: Ayn Rand's original title for this 1957 novel was "The Strike" Atlas Shrugged |
| #5865, aired 2010-02-26 | 20th CENTURY FICTION $1200: As this 1943 Ayn Rand novel begins, Howard Roark has just been expelled from the Stanton Institute of Technology The Fountainhead |
| #5716, aired 2009-06-15 | ALAN $2000: This economist seen here was influenced by Ayn Rand (Alan) Greenspan |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: She dedicated both "Atlas Shrugged" & "The Fountainhead" to Frank O'Connor Ayn Rand |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | ATLANTIS $1600: She called Atlantis "the isles of the blessed", & a chapter in "Atlas Shrugged" is entitled "Atlantis" Ayn Rand |
| #5384, aired 2008-01-24 | WHO CREATED THEM? $800: Genius architect Howard Roark Ayn Rand |
| #5188, aired 2007-03-14 | MYTHOLOGY $600: In the title of an Ayn Rand novel, this mythological figure "Shrugged" Atlas |
| #5172, aired 2007-02-20 | AUTHORS' RHYME TIME $400: Ayn's rock groups Rand's bands |
| #5148, aired 2007-01-17 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: She once said "The Fountainhead" was "only an overture" to her "Atlas Shrugged" Ayn Rand |
| #5083, aired 2006-10-18 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $400: Ayn Rand once cited this late Mike Hammer author as her favorite popular writer Mickey Spillane |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS $800: Her Angelus Temple, which was completed in L.A. in 1923, was said to look like a giant spaceship Aimee Semple McPherson |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | CLOSING THE BOOK $2000: Ayn Rand:
"(Galt) raised his hand and over the desolate earth he traced in space the sign of the dollar" Atlas Shrugged |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | GREAT LIT $1000: Howard Roark's nonconformist ideas get him expelled from architectural school in this Ayn Rand novel The Fountainhead |
| #4530, aired 2004-04-23 | IMMIGRANTS $3,600 (Daily Double): This woman who defended capitalism in her novels came to the U.S. from the USSR in 1926 Ayn Rand |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | MAY I BE FRANK WITH YOU? $400: He was the model for Howard Roark, the architect in Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | WORLD LIT $400: This "Atlas Shrugged" author shrugged off her native Russia in the 1920s & moved to the U.S. Ayn Rand |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | '40s FICTION $600: To research this 1943 novel, Ayn Rand worked in an architect's office "The Fountainhead" |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | HOW NOVEL $1000: This Ayn Rand novel tells the story of architect Howard Roark & Dominique Francon, the woman he loves "The Fountainhead" |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | ON THE LANDSCAPE $1200: It's the source of a stream as well as an Ayn Rand title fountainhead |
| #4100, aired 2002-05-31 | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT $400: Wright designed a house for this author but said the architect hero of her "The Fountainhead" was not convincing Ayn Rand |
| #3751, aired 2000-12-18 | FOREWORDS $300: She said that her husband Frank O'Connor was the fuel that kept her spirited while she wrote "The Fountainhead" Ayn Rand |
| #3679, aired 2000-09-07 | QUOTATIONS $400: In "The Fountainhead" she wrote that "Great men can't be ruled" Ayn Rand |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | WOMEN: WRITE ON! $300: After "Atlas Shrugged", she stopped writing fiction Ayn Rand |
| #3615, aired 2000-04-28 | TV MOVIES $200: Helen Mirren portrayed "The Passion" of this "Fountainhead" author in a 1999 film Ayn Rand |
| #3541, aired 2000-01-17 | LITERARY QUOTES $400: This 1943 Ayn Rand novel opens with the line "Howard Roark laughed" The Fountainhead |
| #3439, aired 1999-07-15 | THEATRE $1000: The audience is the jury for this "Atlas Shrugged" author's trial drama "Night of January 16th" Ayn Rand |
| #3414, aired 1999-06-10 | 1999 U.S. STAMPS $1,000 (Daily Double): Author honored on the stamp seen here
(wrote "Atlas Shrugged") Ayn Rand |
| #3391, aired 1999-05-10 | FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT $800: Frank Lloyd Wright was the basis for Howard Roark, the uncompromising architect in this Ayn Rand novel The Fountainhead |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | NOVEL QUOTES $400: "Great men can't be ruled", she wrote in "The Fountainhead" Ayn Rand |
| #2991, aired 1997-09-08 | COLORFUL PEOPLE $400: At friend Ayn Rand's urging, this economist became an advisor to Richard Nixon Alan Greenspan |
| #2989, aired 1997-09-04 | BEFORE & AFTER $500: "Atlas Shrugged" atlas maker Ayn Rand McNally |
| #2926, aired 1997-04-28 | CLASSIC BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: In 1949 she adapted her novel "The Fountainhead" for the big screen Ayn Rand |
| #2856, aired 1997-01-20 | WOMEN NOVELISTS $600: Before moving to the U.S., this "Fountainhead" author worked as a guide in a Leningrad museum Ayn Rand |
| #2820, aired 1996-11-29 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $400: She published her last novel, "Atlas Shrugged" in 1957, when she was 52 Ayn Rand |
| #2625, aired 1996-01-19 | LITERATURE $400: "Atlas Shrugged" is the fullest fictional presentation of this author's philosophy, objectivism Ayn Rand |
| #2579, aired 1995-11-16 | WOMEN NOVELISTS $200: This author of "The Fountainhead" graduated from the University of Petrograd in 1924 Ayn Rand |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | FICTION $600: Fe a recent Book-of-the-Month Club poll, her "Atlas Shrugged" ranked as the most influential novel Ayn Rand |
| #2384, aired 1995-01-05 | FAMOUS RUSSIAN- AMERICANS $600: This "Atlas Shrugged" author once worked as an extra at a Hollywood movie studio Ayn Rand |
| #2323, aired 1994-10-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: "Atlas Shrugged" author who wrote the screenplay for the J. Jones-J. Cotten film "Love Letters" Ayn Rand |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | QUOTATIONS BY WOMEN $200: In "The Fountainhead", she wrote, "Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man" Ayn Rand |
| #2183, aired 1994-02-16 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: In "The Fountainhead", she wrote, "Great men can't be ruled" Ayn Rand |
| #2151, aired 1994-01-03 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: She was "The Fountainhead" of the Objectivist movement Ayn Rand |
| #2117, aired 1993-11-16 | PEOPLE $500: This current chairman of the Federal Reserve Board was an ardent follower & friend of Ayn Rand Alan Greenspan |
| #2081, aired 1993-09-27 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: She tried to turn "Atlas Shrugged" into a TV miniseries, but the project was never completed Ayn Rand |
| #2071, aired 1993-09-13 | LITERARY POTPOURRI $600: Surprisingly, Ayn Rand once said her favorite popular writer was this creator of Mike Hammer Mickey Spillane |
| #1974, aired 1993-03-18 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: As part of her research for this novel, Ayn Rand worked in Eli Kahn's architecture office The Fountainhead |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | WRITERS $800: She set her first novel, 1936's "We the Living", in her native Russia Ayn Rand |
| #1819, aired 1992-06-25 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: The conceited architect in this Ayn Rand novel is said to be based on Frank Lloyd Wright The Fountainhead |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS $600: According to the title of an Ayn Rand novel, "Atlas" did this Shrugged |
| #1686, aired 1991-12-23 | WOMEN AUTHORS $200: She took a typing job in an architect's office to help research "The Fountainhead" Ayn Rand |
| #1546, aired 1991-04-29 | PEOPLE $600: This chairman of the Federal Reserve Board was a close friend of philosopher Ayn Rand (Alan) Greenspan |
| #1535, aired 1991-04-12 | FAMOUS WOMEN $100: Last name shared by novelist Ayn & fan dancer Sally Rand |
| #1419, aired 1990-11-01 | WOMEN AUTHORS $600: Ayn Rand's novels "We, The Living" & "Anthem" reflect her early life in this country the Soviet Union (Russia) |
| #1394, aired 1990-09-27 | FICTION $400: "Atlas Shrugged" author who said, "'We the Living' is as near to an autobiography as I will ever write." Ayn Rand |
| #1309, aired 1990-04-19 | LITERATURE $800: Ayn Rand book that ends with "Then there was only the ocean and the sky and the figure of Howard Roark" The Fountainhead |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: In "The Fountainhead", she wrote "Great men can't be ruled" Ayn Rand |
| #790, aired 1988-01-29 | ARCHITECTURE $200: It's said the hero in Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" was patterned after this architect (Frank) Lloyd Wright |
| #106, aired 1985-02-04 | UNREAL ESTATE $500: Ayn Rand's architect designed, then destroyed, this building complex The Fountainhead |
