| #9109, aired 2024-05-23 | LIT TITLES BY THE NUMBERS $200: A question, in this novel: "Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" The reply--"That's against the law!" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | A REAL SOB STORY $2000: In this dystopian novel, Mrs. Phelps is brought to tears when Guy Montag reads "Dover Beach" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | & WE HAVE A NOVEL TITLE $400: This title is "the temperature at which book-paper catches fire and burns" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | 2 BOOKS IN ONE $1200: "Dandelion 451" Dandelion Wine & Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | SOME THOUGHTS ON THE BOOK $200: The hero was named for a real-life paper company; I wanna be a fireman, in reverse Fahrenheit 451 |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | THE BOOK WITH NO PICTURES $100: A line from this dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury: "The books leapt & danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | PICTURE THE NOVEL $400: A classic tale that makes points about censorship Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: In this novel Guy Montag reads aloud from a book to his wife's shocked friends Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | PLOT POINT REWRITES $400: Montag was right. The firemen stopped burning books, & society gave up TV, except for one specific quiz show Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8374, aired 2021-04-08 | BOOKS BY THE NUMBER $400: After not 1 but 2 nuclear wars, books are burned to prevent complicated thought in this 1953 sci-fi classic Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS $3,400 (Daily Double): "What is fire? It's a mystery", says this novel; "Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #8038, aired 2019-07-17 | FICTION $400: Near the end of this Ray Bradbury novel, a character talks about the phoenix, a mythical bird reborn from the ashes of fire Fahrenheit 451 |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | GREAT BOOKS ON AUDIBLE $800: Here's Tim Robbins with this classic that pains a terrifying vision of the future
"Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: Part 3 of this novel by Ray Bradbury is called "Burning Bright" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | FIRST LINES FROM NOVELS $1000: 1952:
"Roy Hobbs pawed at the glass before thinking to prick a match with his thumbnail" The Natural |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | TITLES MADE METRIC $200: "Celsius 233" (a dystopian classic) Fahrenheit 451 |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | LITERARY L.A. $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles.) Living in Los Angeles when he wrote "Fahrenheit 451", this author took the title from the temperature at which paper burns (Ray) Bradbury |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | BOOKS' FIRST LINES $800: "It was a pleasure to burn" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | LITERAL LITERARY TITLES $800: "Paper-Burning Temperature"
by Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 |
| #7203, aired 2015-12-30 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $200: Beatty is the captain of the firemen in this Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451 |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | READING BY THE NUMBERS $400: In this sci-fi novel Guy Montag is a "fireman" with a burning desire to read Fahrenheit 451 |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1200: This novel ends, "Yes, thought Montag, that's the one I'll save for noon. For noon... when we reach the city" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #6886, aired 2014-07-21 | READING LIST $400: In this novel, Clarisse asks Guy Montag, "Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #6767, aired 2014-02-04 | BOOK COVERS $400: A sci-fi novel:
A man in a newspaper suit is on fire Fahrenheit 451 |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | BOOKS' BEGINNINGS $400: "Fahrenheit 451":
"It was a pleasure to ____" burn |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | WRITERS AT REST $200: Ray Bradbury's headstone calls him the author of this 1953 classic Fahrenheit 451 |
| #6451, aired 2012-10-08 | RAY BRADBURY $200: "The Fireman" was an early version of this Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451 |
| #6426, aired 2012-07-23 | NUMERICAL NOVEL BY CHARACTERS $600: Guy Montag, Fire Captain Beatty Fahrenheit 451 |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | SCIENCE FICTION $200: The central character in this 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury is third-generation fireman Guy Montag Fahrenheit 451 |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | BOOK NUMBERS $800: The action of this novel is seen through the eyes of the seemingly mute Chief Bromden One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| #5988, aired 2010-09-29 | LITERARY LINES $400: This novel says, "the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #5848, aired 2010-02-03 | GRAPHIC NOVELS $1600: Tim Hamilton illustrated the authorized adaptation of this dystopian classic by Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 |
| #5774, aired 2009-10-22 | NAME THE AUTHOR $2,800 (Daily Double): "With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame..." Ray Bradbury |
| #5636, aired 2009-02-23 | LITERARY OPENING LINES $2,000 (Daily Double): Bradbury:
"It was a pleasure to burn" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #5620, aired 2009-01-30 | EPIGRAPHS $400: "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way" is the epigraph to this classic by Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 |
| #5286, aired 2007-09-10 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $2,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, Part 3 of this 1953 novel is "Burning Bright" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1600: Guy Montag is a fireman whose job is to burn books in this classic by Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 |
| #4955, aired 2006-03-10 | LITERATURE $800: This 1953 book title tells us the temperature at which books burn Fahrenheit 451 |
| #4488, aired 2004-02-25 | THE EUROPEAN DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $1200: "Fahrenheit 451",
"Jules and Jim",
"The 400 Blows" Francois Truffaut |
| #4447, aired 2003-12-30 | NOVEL TEASE $800: 1953:
"He flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #4350, aired 2003-06-27 | AT THE MOVIES $1000: French director Francois Truffaut's first film in English, it was based on a Ray Bradbury sci-fi novel Fahrenheit 451 |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | AUTHORS $400: In 1979 a play based on his novel "Fahrenheit 451" was produced in Los Angeles Ray Bradbury |
| #3940, aired 2001-10-19 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAY BRADBURY $1,500 (Daily Double): "The Fire Man" was the working title of this classic Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451 |
| #3870, aired 2001-06-01 | CHARACTER REFERENCE $400: Beatty is the captain of the firemen in this futuristic novel that's been inflaming readers since June 1953 Fahrenheit 451 |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | LITERARY RELATIVES $600: This "Fahrenheit 451" author's ancestors include a woman who was tried for witchcraft in Salem, Mass. Ray Bradbury |
| #3721, aired 2000-11-06 | NAME THE NOVEL $500 (Daily Double): 1953:
"It was a pleasure to burn" "Fahrenheit 451" |
| #3337, aired 1999-02-23 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: Reading is out as books go up in smoke in this Ray Bradbury classic "Fahrenheit 451" |
| #3298, aired 1998-12-30 | THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $1,800 (Daily Double): "The Last Metro",
"Jules and Jim",
"Fahrenheit 451" Francois Truffaut |
| #3191, aired 1998-06-15 | LITERARY OPENINGS $1,400 (Daily Double): "It was a pleasure to burn." "Fahrenheit 451" |
| #3026, aired 1997-10-27 | NOTED SCRIBES $300: He's written plays based on his works, including "Dandelion Wine" & "Fahrenheit 451" Ray Bradbury |
| #2995, aired 1997-09-12 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $600: In this Ray Bradbury novel, fireman Guy Montag doesn't put out fires, he starts them Fahrenheit 451 |
| #2940, aired 1997-05-16 | AWARDS $600: In 1997 this "Fahrenheit 451" author received the Silver Award from the U.S. Nat'l Commission on Libraries Ray Bradbury |
| #2872, aired 1997-02-11 | NUMBER, PLEASE $800: Fahrenheit put this many degrees between water's freezing & boiling points; Celsius changed it to 100 180 (32 and 212) |
| #2809, aired 1996-11-14 | BOOKS BY THE NUMBERS $500: The "firemen" in this Ray Bradbury work don't put out fires, they set them by burning books Fahrenheit 451 |
| #2662, aired 1996-03-12 | LITERATURE $400: In this Ray Bradbury book, fireman Guy Montag is discovered hoarding books Fahrenheit 451 |
| #2464, aired 1995-04-27 | LITERATURE $1,500 (Daily Double): This Ray Bradbury work begins, "It was a pleasure to burn" Fahrenheit 451 |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $600: In this Ray Bradbury work, Granger leads a secret group of intellectuals who've memorized great books Fahrenheit 451 |
| #2134, aired 1993-12-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: In Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451", fireman Guy Montag's job is to do this to burn books |
| #1980, aired 1993-03-26 | THE MOVIES $400: Based on a Ray Bradbury novel, this 1966 film had no written credits; they were spoken Fahrenheit 451 |
| #1889, aired 1992-11-19 | LITERARY RELATIVES $200: This "Fahrenheit 451" author is descended from a woman who was tried for witchcraft in Salem Ray Bradbury |
| #1654, aired 1991-11-07 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: In this Ray Bradbury novel, fireman Guy Montag has the job of burning books Fahrenheit 451 |
| #1547, aired 1991-04-30 | MOVIE TRIVIA $300: This 1966 film, based on a Ray Bradbury novel, was director Francois Truffaut's only movie in English Fahrenheit 451 |
| #1363, aired 1990-07-04 | AUTHORS $800: We hope his "Fahrenheit 451" will never be subjected to the treatment given to books in it (Ray) Bradbury |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | BY THE NUMBERS $1000: According to the Ray Bradbury novel filmed by Francois Truffaut, paper burns at this temperature 451 degrees (Fahrenheit) |
| #541, aired 1987-01-05 | FILM FACTS $600: "M*A*S*H", "Fahrenheit 451", & "The Magnificent Ambersons" have credits presented in this unusual way spoken (rather than written out) |
| #532, aired 1986-12-23 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: This author of "The Martian Chronicles" & "Fahrenheit 451" lives in L.A. but doesn't drive Ray Bradbury |
| #14, aired 1984-09-27 | HOT MOVIES $400: Words were heated when Truffaut filmed this Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451 |
