#9244, aired 2025-01-09 | MOVIE LINES $600: As "Citizen Kane" begins, Orson Welles whispers this dying word & drops a snow globe Rosebud |
#9131, aired 2024-06-24 | WHERE'S THE MEETING? $2000: Meetings in the book "First Encounters" include an awkward one between Orson Welles & this mogul in a San Francisco elevator William Randolph Hearst |
#9071, aired 2024-04-01 | ART & CRIME $1200: Art forger Elmyr de Hory is included as a subject in "F for Fake", a rare documentary by this film auteur Orson Welles |
#26, aired 2024-01-23 | ADVANCED CINEMATOGRAPHY $400 (Daily Double): Erik Messerschmidt shot the film "Mank" primarily in deep focus as a nod to this Orson Welles opus that pioneered the technique Citizen Kane |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | MOVIE INSPIRATIONS $2000: Orson Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons" was an inspiration for this 2001 Wes Anderson movie about an affluent family The Royal Tenenbaums |
#8991, aired 2023-12-11 | DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES $400: "Citizen Kane"
(1941) (Orson) Welles |
#8932, aired 2023-09-19 | MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $200: May 1, 1941:
Rosebud blooms as this Orson Welles classic premiered in New York Citizen Kane |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | HISTORY HYSTERIA $1,000 (Daily Double): On the Daily News' Oct. 31, 1938 front page: "Fake radio 'war' stirs terror through U.S.", with a picture of this actor Orson Welles |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | ORDINAL NOVELS $800: Vienna waits for you in Graham Greene's novella titled this "Man", which came out after the 1949 movie co-starring a creepy Orson Welles "The Third Man" |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | OCTOBERFEST $2000: Led by Orson Welles, the Mercury Theatre panicked the U.S. with a live radio dramatization of this work on October 30, 1938 The War of the Worlds |
#8571, aired 2022-02-07 | CANNES $800: It won top prize in 1949 & a 2015 restoration also played Cannes in the centenary year of Orson Welles, who played Harry Lime The Third Man |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | CLASSIC BLACK & WHITE FILMS $400: "How Green Was My Valley" beat out this Orson Welles movie to win the 1941 Best Picture Oscar Citizen Kane |
#8167, aired 2020-02-25 | AFTER ALL THESE YEARS $600: "The Other Side of the Wind", made by this "Citizen Kane" legend who died in 1985, was finally completed & shown in 2018 (Orson) Welles |
#8134, aired 2020-01-09 | IT'S THE GIELGUD MOVIE OF THE YEAR $1200: In 1965 John played Henry IV in "Chimes at Midnight" with Orson Welles in this part that suited him physically Falstaff |
#8052, aired 2019-09-17 | ACTOR-DIRECTORS $2000: "You should lay off those candy bars", Marlene Dietrich tells this great film auteur in "Touch of Evil" (Orson) Welles |
#7977, aired 2019-04-23 | MERCURY $800: Causing near-hysteria, it was presented on radio October 30 1938 by Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre War of the Worlds |
#7901, aired 2019-01-07 | A BIRD $400: In "The Third Man", Orson Welles says Switzerland's 500 years of peace & democracy only produced this timepiece the cuckoo clock |
#7845, aired 2018-10-19 | HANGING WITH FAMOUS PEOPLE $1000: These two men, an actor-director & a writer, have a nice chat, perhaps about their last names being homophones Orson Welles and H.G. Wells |
#7811, aired 2018-07-23 | THE VIEW FROM THE TOP $200: Orson Welles, atop this ride in "The Third Man": "Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever?" a Ferris wheel |
#7729, aired 2018-03-29 | HIS PANIC $600: After his 1938 broadcast, a listener ran into a church screaming "N.Y. has been destroyed! It's the end of the world!" (Orson) Welles |
#7699, aired 2018-02-15 | THE 1930s $1000: Orson Welles & John Houseman formed this theatre in 1937 Mercury Theatre |
#7534, aired 2017-05-18 | WRITTEN IN 18-SOMETHING $600: This 1898 science fantasy was brought to horrifying quasi-reality in a 1938 Orson Welles broadcast The War of the Worlds |
#7503, aired 2017-04-05 | "BEFORE", NO AFTER $2000: To the victor goes this "morbid" 2015 miniseries starring Kristen Wiig & an Orson Welles-like Will Ferrell The Spoils Before Dying |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | GET RICHARD QUICK $1600: Orson Welles staged this novelist's "Native Son" on Broadway in 1941 Richard Wright |
#7282, aired 2016-04-19 | A MIDNIGHT MOVIE $400: Long after "Citizen Kane", he directed "Chimes at Midnight" & starred as Falstaff Orson Welles |
#7260, aired 2016-03-18 | LET'S RIDE THE WHEEL! $800: Vienna's 212-foot giant Ferris wheel is featured in this post-WWII film with Orson Welles as baddie Harry Lime The Third Man |
#7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SHOW YOUR METAL IN POP CULTURE $800: In the 1930s Orson Welles & John Houseman co-founded this theatre the Mercury Theatre |
#7050, aired 2015-04-17 | COLORFUL ENTERTAINMENT $800: This actor covers a lot of ground, voicing a panda on film & playing both Orson Welles & Elvis on TV's "Drunk History" Jack Black |
#6941, aired 2014-11-17 | IN BLACK & WHITE $800: Joseph Cotten chases Orson Welles through the sewers of Vienna in this film The Third Man |
#6853, aired 2014-06-04 | THE THEATRE $2000: In 1937 John Houseman & Orson Welles founded this repertory company that did radio as well as stage the Mercury Theatre |
#6807, aired 2014-04-01 | MANKIEWICZES AT THE MOVIES $400: (I'm Ben Mankiewicz of Turner Classic Movies.) My grandfather Herman Mankiewicz shared screenplay credit with Orson Wells on this film, often called the greatest movie of all time Citizen Kane |
#6761, aired 2014-01-27 | MOVIES & POLITICS $400: Orson Welles runs for governor of New York in this classic; the run doesn't end well Citizen Kane |
#6706, aired 2013-11-11 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: This Academy Award for Excellence in Producing Films is named for the "Boy Wonder" of Hollywood Irving Thalberg |
#6620, aired 2013-05-31 | THE MOVIE MAP $1000: An Orson Welles classic:
"The Lady from ____" Shanghai |
#6516, aired 2013-01-07 | ACTORS WHO DIRECT $400: 1941: "Citizen Kane" Orson Welles |
#6499, aired 2012-12-13 | STAR BOARDS $200: This actor/director looks as if he's about to shanghai a lady--Rita Hayworth Orson Welles |
#6264, aired 2011-12-08 | QUOTES ABOUT PLACES $4,500 (Daily Double): In "The Third Man" Orson Welles said it "had 500 years of democracy & peace, & what did that produce? The cuckoo clock" Switzerland |
#6259, aired 2011-12-01 | ABOUT THE STATES $800: Orson Welles' birthplace of Kenosha is in this state Wisconsin |
#6094, aired 2011-02-24 | PERIOD MOVIES $2000: "Me and" this "Citizen Kane" director shows the great man when he was still directing plays Orson Welles |
#6088, aired 2011-02-16 | MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR $2000: Maurice LaMarche found his inner Orson Welles to voice this rodent whose simple goal was to take over the world the Brain |
#5760, aired 2009-10-02 | ANIMAL HUSBANDRY $600: Orson Welles voiced Nag & June Foray voiced his wife Nagaina, 2 cobras who were dealt with by this 1975 title hero Rikki Tikki Tavi |
#5751, aired 2009-09-21 | PRODUCE $400: Not only did he produce "Citizen Kane", he co-wrote, starred in & directed the film, too; talk about a best boy! (Orson) Welles |
#5742, aired 2009-07-21 | SHAM, WOW! $400: Wow--this "Citizen Kane" star's 1938 radio show had many convinced Martians had invaded New Jersey Orson Welles |
#5731, aired 2009-07-06 | JAMES BOND $600: Orson Welles played "Le Chiffre" in the campy 1967 version of this Bond film Casino Royale |
#5608, aired 2009-01-14 | NAME THE MOVIE $400: 1941:
Orson Welles' last word perplexes all (but what's really perplexing--no one was in the room to hear it) Citizen Kane |
#5481, aired 2008-06-09 | FORGOTTEN MUSICALS $1000: Orson Welles & Cole Porter collaborated on a 1946 musical adaptation of this "globe-trotting" Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days |
#5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ORSON $200: Bizarrely, Orson Welles played Captain Ahab, Starbuck & Ishmael in a 1971 experimental film version of this Moby Dick |
#5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ORSON $400: This 1938 Orson Welles broadcast scared millions into thinking that a Martian invasion was happening War of the Worlds |
#5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ORSON $600: Orson Welles provided the voice of wealthy author Robin Masters on this TV detective series set in Hawaii Magnum, P.I. |
#5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ORSON $800: Arrrrr! In 1972 Orson Welles was back aboard ship as the evil Long John Silver in this tale Treasure Island |
#5472, aired 2008-05-27 | ORSON $1000: You might have the right touch if you know in 1958 Orson Welles starred in the cult classic film "Touch of" this Touch of Evil |
#5349, aired 2007-12-06 | SOUNDS FRUITY $800: In 1949's "The Third Man", Orson Welles played this character, an evil black marketeer Harry Lime |
#5327, aired 2007-11-06 | THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $800: "The Stranger",
"The Magnificent Ambertsons" Orson Welles |
#5099, aired 2006-11-09 | ORSON WELLES $200: This 1941 Orson Welles film has set a standard by which all other films made since are judged Citizen Kane |
#5099, aired 2006-11-09 | ORSON WELLES $400: This 1949 classic featured Orson Welles as the mysterious Harry Lime The Third Man |
#5099, aired 2006-11-09 | ORSON WELLES $600: In 1952 Orson took on the Shakespearean film role of this Moor of Venice Othello |
#5003, aired 2006-05-17 | MEMORABLE MOVIES $1600: The title female is seen here in this 1948 film
"Gamble? She's done it for a living."
"I'll bet you a dollar I've been to the place where you were born."
"Chifu."
"It's on the China coast. Chifu! It's the second wickedest city in the world!"
"What's the first?" The Lady from Shanghai |
#4823, aired 2005-07-20 | SOMEBODY WROTE THAT $400: Herman Mankiewicz shared a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for "Citizen Kane" with this man Orson Welles |
#4792, aired 2005-06-07 | MOVIE LOCATIONS $800: On the Vienna landmark shown, Orson Welles makes a memorable speech in this post-World War II film The Third Man |
#4790, aired 2005-06-03 | ACTORS PLAYING ACTORS $400: Angus MacFadyen in "Cradle Will Rock" & Liev Schreiber in "RKO 281" played this man who raised "Kane" Orson Welles |
#4713, aired 2005-02-16 | DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES $400: "Citizen Kane"
(1941) (Orson) Welles |
#4565, aired 2004-06-11 | "TOUCH" ME $1000: An Orson Welles thriller Touch of Evil |
#4493, aired 2004-03-03 | WE LOVE L.A. $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew) According to legend this star of "Citizen Kane" set a record by eating 18 of Pink's famous hot dogs at one sitting Orson Welles |
#4354, aired 2003-07-03 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $400: ...this adjective used to describe the Ambersons in the title of an Orson Welles movie Magnificent |
#4256, aired 2003-02-17 | IT'S ALL A BUNCH OF LIES $600: In 1925 he wrote, "The great masses of the people...will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one" Adolf Hitler |
#4200, aired 2002-11-29 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $800: 1949:
With Orson Welles The Third Man |
#4182, aired 2002-11-05 | CITIZEN KANE $200: At the Oscars, he lost out as actor & director for "Kane" but shared Best Original Screenplay Orson Welles |
#4111, aired 2002-06-17 | MALTIN ON THE MOVIES $600: (Leonard Maltin continues.) I've called this 1941 classic "A stunning film in every way" & Orson Welles was only 25 years old when he made it! Citizen Kane |
#4009, aired 2002-01-24 | BACK TO THE 1940s $800: Rita Hayworth was married to this man for much of the 1940s & starred in his film "The Lady from Shanghai" Orson Welles |
#3984, aired 2001-12-20 | SHAKESPEARE $1,000 (Daily Double): In a 1936 production Orson Welles moved the setting of this play from the heath to Haiti Macbeth |
#3950, aired 2001-11-02 | BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY $200: Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles
(1941) Citizen Kane |
#3940, aired 2001-10-19 | ACTORS & THEIR FILMS $300: (Sarah of the Clue Crew rides the Ferris wheel at the Orange County Fair.) Joseph Cotten & Orson Welles took a famous ride in a Ferris wheel in this classic 1949 film noir The Third Man |
#3845, aired 2001-04-27 | BIG-SCREEN STUMPERS $600: For a 1941 film, this man became only the second to be nominated for Best Actor in his film debut Orson Welles |
#3828, aired 2001-04-04 | WHERE THERE'S A WILL $200: A line in his will that forbade tampering with his work foiled Ted Turner's attempt to colorize his "Citizen Kane" Orson Welles |
#3784, aired 2001-02-01 | QUOTATIONS $800 (Daily Double): This innovative American director said, "Everybody denies I am a genius--but nobody ever called me one!" Orson Welles |
#3776, aired 2001-01-22 | WISH I'D SEEN THAT MUSICAL! $200: Orson Welles, Cole Porter songs & a train wreck were highlights of "Around the World", based on this novel Around the World in Eighty Days |
#3643, aired 2000-06-07 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $200: When Orson Welles directed & starred in this play in 1951, Peter Finch was his Iago Othello |
#3622, aired 2000-05-09 | WRITERS ON FILM $1000: In the TV movie "RKO 281", John Malkovich was this man who co-wrote "Citizen Kane" with Orson Welles Herman Mankiewicz |
#3593, aired 2000-03-29 | MANLY TITLE ROLES $800: "The Third Man" Orson Welles |
#3513, aired 1999-12-08 | WINE & CHEESE $300: In the '70s this name brand was advertised with the slogan "We Will Sell No Wine Before Its Time" Paul Masson |
#3485, aired 1999-10-29 | HALLOWEEN $200: On October 31, 1938 he expressed "deep regret" for shocking the nation with his radio broadcast the night before Orson Welles ("War of the Worlds") |
#3416, aired 1999-06-14 | STARS $100: His later career included intoning that Paul Masson would "Sell no Wine Before Its Time" Orson Welles |
#3414, aired 1999-06-10 | FILMS OF THE '50s $800: In it, Marlene Dietrich says Orson Welles "was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people?" Touch of Evil |
#3375, aired 1999-04-16 | THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $200: "Macbeth",
"The Trial",
"The Magnificent Ambersons" Orson Welles |
#3359, aired 1999-03-25 | MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO $100: Orson Welles shocked the USA with his 1938 radio production of this novel The War of the Worlds |
#3351, aired 1999-03-15 | RADIO DAYS $800: The Orson Welles series "The Lives of Harry Lime" was based on this 1949 film The Third Man |
#3281, aired 1998-12-07 | SHAKESPEARE'S FILMS $200: During the long filming process of this 1952 movie, Orson Welles went through several different Desdemonas Othello |
#3273, aired 1998-11-25 | WELLES $200: Cinematographer Gregg Toland helped Orson Welles create the innovative style of this 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane |
#3190, aired 1998-06-12 | VILIFICATION $500: Herman Mankiewicz said of this director, "There, but for the grace of God, goes God" Orson Welles |
#3133, aired 1998-03-25 | TV ACTORS & ACTRESSES $300: From 1981 to 1985 Orson Welles provided the voice of the elusive Robin Masters on this series Magnum, P.I. |
#3112, aired 1998-02-24 | THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS $200: "Everybody denies I am a genius--but nobody ever called me one!" noted this man who raised "Kane" Orson Welles |
#3082, aired 1998-01-13 | DIRECTING THEIR WIVES $1,500 (Daily Double): Director of the movie seen here, he was married to its star:
["The Lady From Shanghai"] Orson Welles (he was married to Rita Hayworth) |
#3074, aired 1998-01-01 | FILMS OF THE 1940s $600: Name shared by Orson Welles' character in "Jane Eyre" & Eddie Anderson's in "Buck Benny Rides Again" Rochester |
#3064, aired 1997-12-18 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $1000: Before her "bewitch"ing role as Samantha'a mother Endora, she played Orson Welles' mother in "Citizen Kane" Agnes Moorehead |
#2995, aired 1997-09-12 | EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS $500: Alan Ladd appeared as a reporter in this 1941 Orson Welles masterpiece "Citizen Kane" |
#2818, aired 1996-11-27 | BIOGRAPHIES $200: This actor-director is the subject of David Thomson's biography "Rosebud" Orson Welles |
#2776, aired 1996-09-30 | CANNES PALME D'OR WINNERS $800: The colorized version of this 1949 film starring Orson Welles should use "Lime" green -- Harry Lime The Third Man |
#2762, aired 1996-09-10 | SHE WAS IN THAT? $600: This glamorous star born in Hungary played the owner of a strip joint in Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil" Zsa Zsa Gabor |
#2667, aired 1996-03-19 | THE MOVIES $100: Before directing & acting in "Citizen Kane", he provided narration for 1940's "Swiss Family Robinson" Orson Welles |
#2660, aired 1996-03-08 | THE MOVIES $100: Orson Welles & Herman Mankiewicz won Oscars for writing this 1941 film, Welles' directorial debut Citizen Kane |
#2613, aired 1996-01-03 | MAGIC & MAGICIANS $100: In 1942 this "Citizen Kane" director created the "Mercury Wonder Show", a magic show for servicemen Orson Welles |
#2594, aired 1995-12-07 | FILMS OF THE '40s $1000: He directed & starred in 1948's "The Lady from Shanghai" Orson Welles |
#2527, aired 1995-09-05 | SHAKESPEARE $200: In 1936 Orson Welles directed an all-Black cast in this play, setting it in Haiti, not in Scotland Macbeth |
#2524, aired 1995-07-20 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $200: In 1951 Orson Welles went to London to portray this tragic Moor Othello |
#2375, aired 1994-12-23 | THEATRE HISTORY $400: He 1937 he partnered with John Houseman in the Mercury Theatre Orson Welles |
#2258, aired 1994-06-01 | THE MOVIES $200: Actors who played this "Treasure Island" role include Wallace Beery, Robert Newton & Orson Welles Long John Silver |
#2206, aired 1994-03-21 | "T" TIME $400: Orson Welles said, "I hate" this medium. "I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts." television |
#2159, aired 1994-01-13 | FIRST NAMES $200: Actor-director Welles might have been able to tell you that this name means "little bear" Orson |
#2039, aired 1993-06-17 | MOVIE QUOTES $200: Orson Welles film in which you'd hear the line "I think it would be fun to run a newspaper" Citizen Kane |
#1906, aired 1992-12-14 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $800: A 1934 production of this play featured the young Orson Welles as Tybalt Romeo & Juliet |
#1650, aired 1991-11-01 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $500: Film comedian who used such pseudonyms as Mahatma Kane Jeeves & Otis Criblecoblis for his screenplays W.C. Fields |
#1621, aired 1991-09-23 | CELEBRITY QUOTES $500: He said, "I came to Hollywood in 1937 to make 'The big broadcast of 1938' for Paramount" Bob Hope |
#1431, aired 1990-11-19 | HOLLYWOOD TRIVIA $400: "Touch of Evil" director who said, "Hollywood's alright, it's the movies that are bad" Orson Welles |
#1210, aired 1989-12-01 | SAN FRANCISCO MOVIES $600: The "shattering" climax of Orson Welles' "The Lady from Shanghai" takes place in S.F. in a maze of these mirrors |
#1195, aired 1989-11-10 | CINEMA $100: A clause in Orson Welles' RKO contract prevents Ted Turner from colorizing this 1941 film "Citizen Kane" |
#1183, aired 1989-10-25 | QUOTES $100: During the filming of "Citizen Kane", it was said of him, "There but for the grace of God goes God" Orson Welles |
#1139, aired 1989-07-13 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $1000: 1 of 2 films in which Orson Welles directed himself in a Shakespearean play (1 of) Macbeth (or Othello) |
#973, aired 1988-11-23 | HOLLYWOOD QUOTES $500: "Touch of Evil" director who said, "Everybody denies I am a genius--but nobody ever called me one!" Orson Welles |
#961, aired 1988-11-07 | MOVIE CLASSICS $100: John Houseman said this title character was based partly on W.R. Hearst & partly on Orson Welles Citizen Kane |
#954, aired 1988-10-27 | PEOPLE $100: Orson Welles was the 1st to call this comedian "The Great One" Jackie Gleason |
#894, aired 1988-06-23 | THE MOVIES $500: After his landmark 1st film, he directed himself in "Touch of Evil" & several others Orson Welles |
#880, aired 1988-06-03 | SHANGHAI MOVIES $500: This 1948 Orson Welles film features a shattering climax in a hall of mirrors The Lady from Shanghai |
#832, aired 1988-03-29 | MOVIE TRIVIA $200: Orson Welles won an Oscar for co-writing this, his 1st film Citizen Kane |
#788, aired 1988-01-27 | RITA HAYWORTH $200: In 1943, Rita announced her engagement to Victor Mature but married this actor-director instead Orson Welles |
#786, aired 1988-01-25 | PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS $600: Booth Tarkington won in 1919 for this novel, perhaps best known as an Orson Welles film The Magnificent Ambersons |
#728, aired 1987-11-04 | MOVIE MAKERS $800: He observed, "They let the studio janitor cut 'The Magnificent Ambersons' in my absence" Orson Welles |
#598, aired 1987-03-25 | PEOPLE $500: Kenosha, Wisconsin native who masterminded an invasion of New Jersey October 30, 1938 Orson Welles |
#539, aired 1987-01-01 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: He said he fell in love with Rita Hayworth, "so what we did in 'Gilda'" was play truth" Glenn Ford |
#518, aired 1986-12-03 | PREDICTING THE FUTURE $500: USA Today ran story on events at Cannes tribute to this late director 6 days before they happened Orson Welles |
#450, aired 1986-05-30 | 1956 $300: Due to ankle injuries, Orson Welles played this Shakespearean king in a wheel-chair on B'way King Lear |
#446, aired 1986-05-26 | ORSON WELLES $200: In the '70s, Orson assured us that Paul wouldn't sell this before its time wine |
#446, aired 1986-05-26 | ORSON WELLES $400: Welles' "amazing" avocation, he practiced it at the Hollywood Canteen & on The Merv Griffin Show magic |
#446, aired 1986-05-26 | ORSON WELLES $600: Welles' 2nd wife, she was "The Lady from Shanghai" in the 1948 film Rita Hayworth |
#446, aired 1986-05-26 | ORSON WELLES $1000: When "Citizen Kane" opened, April 11, 1941, Welles was this old 25 |
#446, aired 1986-05-26 | ORSON WELLES $1,300 (Daily Double): In 1936, Welles staged a Voodoo version of this classic, set in Haiti, not Scotland Macbeth |
#336, aired 1985-12-23 | HODGEPODGE $200: His "War of the Worlds" broadcast, Sept. 30, 1938 had half of N.J. fleeing the Martians Orson Welles |
#82, aired 1985-01-01 | FIRST LINES $600: 1st word in this Orson Welles movie is also the title character's last Citizen Kane |