| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | "I" BEFORE "EE" $600: This little bird is in the title of a W.C. Fields-Mae West pairing a chickadee |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | VENOMOUS CREATURES $1600: Entomologist & pain scale creator Justin Schmidt says a sting by this colorful wasp feels like W.C. Fields putting out a cigar on your tongue a yellowjacket |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | INITIALLY YOURS $1200: He was one of the greatest comic performers, seen in films like "My Little Chickadee" (W.C.) Fields |
| #7813, aired 2018-07-25 | CELEBRITY PARTIAL NAME CHANGES $400: William Claude Dukenfield kept his first 2 initials for his movie career under this name W.C. Fields |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | THE WIT & WISDOM OF W.C. FIELDS $400: Fields lamented that a "contemptible scoundrel stole" this stopper "from my lunch" a cork |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | THE WIT & WISDOM OF W.C. FIELDS $800: "I touch nothing stronger than buttermilk--90" this "buttermilk" proof |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | ENTERTAINERS $400: This comic known for verbal outbursts was also well-versed in physical comedy W.C. Fields |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | 1939 BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES $800: Dorothy knows this title role was written for W.C. Fields, who is said to have turned it down over money The Wizard of Oz |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOZE ON $1200: This comic died of alcohol-related causes in Pasadena, not Philadelphia, on Christmas Day 1946 W.C. Fields |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES $800: (I'm Andy Richter.) I'm crazy about 1934's "It's a Gift", the masterpiece of this comedian & his alcoholic, henpecked persona W.C. Fields |
| #6300, aired 2012-01-27 | CHILD ACTORS $1000: In the 1930s Baby LeRoy played opposite this comedian, who spiked his bottle with gin to shut him up W.C. Fields |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | DREAMS OF FIELDS $800: Britannica says this '30s film star was famed "for his distinctive nasal voice... and his fondness for alcohol" W.C. Fields |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | THE SUBJECT WAS NOSES $800: This comic's nose, seen here might be even bigger than a little chickadee W.C. Fields |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | IT HAPPENED ON CHRISTMAS DAY $200: 1946:
Ah yes, this big-screen comedian passes away at the age of 66 in Pasadena W.C. Fields |
| #5312, aired 2007-10-16 | ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY $400: Born William Claude Dukenfield, he's supposed to have said, "Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad" W.C. Fields |
| #5121, aired 2006-12-11 | BIRD $2000: It's W.C. Fields' avian of choice seen here a chickadee |
| #5008, aired 2006-05-24 | NAME THAT COMEDIAN $600: "Now cut that out!" Jack Benny |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | JEOPARDY! ACCEPTABLE RESPONSES $600: He went by a shorter name, but William Claude Dukenfield is an acceptable answer when referring to this actor W.C. Fields |
| #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | SIDESHOW CINEMA $800: In "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man", he played circus owner Larson E. Whipsnade W.C. Fields |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | MUSICALS OF THE '20s $1200: The big attraction of the 1923 hit "Poppy" was this future film comic as Eustace McGargle W.C. Fields |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | QUOTATIONS $800: W.C. Fields said, these "are like elephants to me. I like to look at them, but I wouldn't want to own one" women |
| #4492, aired 2004-03-02 | "F" TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY $1200: This hard-drinking '20s-'30s comedian scattered his money among hundreds of bank accounts across the country W.C. Fields |
| #4276, aired 2003-03-17 | GO FOR THE JUGGLER $400: Ah, Yes! This comedic actor seen here starred in Vaudeville as an expert juggler W.C. Fields |
| #4256, aired 2003-02-17 | NOW YOU'RE COOKIN' $1000: Without the "accent grave over the E", a W.C. Fields character becomes this word for something pickled (Egbert) Souse |
| #4208, aired 2002-12-11 | PEN NAMES $400: Otis Criblecoblis was the name he used as a scriptwriter of "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" W.C. Fields |
| #4178, aired 2002-10-30 | ON THEIR TOMBSTONES $400: "1880 - 1946", not "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia" as rumored W.C. Fields |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | INITIAL REACTION $800: Ah, yes, this curmudgeonly comic played Mr. Micawber in the 1935 screen version of "David Copperfield" W.C. Fields |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | HUMPTY DUMPTY $800: This comedian played Humpty Dumpty in the 1933 Paramount film "Alice in Wonderland" W.C. Fields |
| #3880, aired 2001-06-15 | "P"LACES $200: W.C. Fields joked that his epitaph should read, "On the whole, I'd rather be in" this city Philadelphia |
| #3838, aired 2001-04-18 | HOLLYWOOD $100: Anyone born with the name William Claude Dukenfield, like this man seen here, can't be all bad W.C. Fields |
| #3788, aired 2001-02-07 | VAUDEVILLE $200: Audiences loved the dialect comedy team of Weber & this man (first name Lew, not W.C.) Fields |
| #3773, aired 2001-01-17 | GRUMPY OLD MEN $200: This comedian who also hated bankers & policemen died in 1946 on Christmas, a holiday he despised W.C. Fields |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $200: (Hi, I'm Wayne Brady of Whose Line Is It Anyway?) This comedian reportedly uttered the now classic line, "Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad" W.C. Fields |
| #3738, aired 2000-11-29 | COMIC GENIUSES $100: Franklin Pangborn was this comic's foil in "The Bank Dick" & "Never Give A Sucker An Even Break" W.C. Fields |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | QUOTATIONS $600: The witticism "A verbal agreement isn't worth the paper it's written on" is attributed to this film pioneer Samuel Goldwyn |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HATE MALE $600: "I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally" is attributed to this bulbous-nosed actor W.C. Fields |
| #3570, aired 2000-02-25 | CALL ME W $200: In 1940 he was "The Bank Dick" W.C. Fields |
| #3539, aired 2000-01-13 | QUOTABLE POTENT POTABLES $200: The line "A woman drove me to drink and I never even had the courtesy to thank her" is attributed to this comic W.C. Fields |
| #3534, aired 2000-01-06 | "NEVER" AT THE MOVIES $200: Advice that's the title of a 1941 W.C. Fields film Never Give a Sucker an Even Break |
| #3505, aired 1999-11-26 | WILD WILD WEST $200: Mae West & this co-star each wrote their own dialogue for "My Little Chickadee" W.C. Fields |
| #3406, aired 1999-05-31 | "WHOLE"SOME $300: In a joking W.C. Fields epitaph, these 3 words precede "I'd rather be in Philadelphia" On the whole |
| #3295, aired 1998-12-25 | THE RED-NOSED $100: Leo Rosten said of this hard-drinking comic, "Any man who hates small dogs & children can't be all bad" W.C. Fields |
| #3276, aired 1998-11-30 | ENDS IN "EE" $600: This classic 1940 film starred Mae West & W.C. Fields My Little Chickadee |
| #3215, aired 1998-07-17 | WHO'RE YOU LOOKIN' AT? $500: Comic actor seen here: W.C. Fields |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | IT'S NEVER DONE $200: According to the title of a 1941 W.C. Fields movie, "Never give a sucker" one of these an even break |
| #3137, aired 1998-03-31 | QUOTABLE POTENT POTABLES $300: This actor quipped, "Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch" W.C. Fields |
| #2835, aired 1996-12-20 | IF YOU CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE $300: Bartletts quotes this comedian: "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception" Groucho Marx |
| #2570, aired 1995-11-03 | MIDDLE INITIAL C. $300: He wrote the story for the film "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break"'under the pseudonym Otis Criblecoblis W.C. Fields |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | INITIALS $300: They were the initials in common to comedian Fields & blues composer Handy W.C. |
| #2448, aired 1995-04-05 | MOVIES $400: The script for "My Little Chickadee" was written by this pair who also starred in it Mae West & W.C. Fields |
| #2374, aired 1994-12-22 | NOVEL FILMS $600: Charles Laughton was originally set to play Mr. Micawber in this 1935 film but W.C. Fields replaced him David Copperfield |
| #2298, aired 1994-09-07 | 1946 $200: This comedian known for his bulbous nose & penchant for liquor died on Dec. 25, 1946 W.C. Fields |
| #2176, aired 1994-02-07 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: He was called "Baby" the first 3 months of his life, until he was named for family friend W.C. Linden Lyndon Johnson |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | "MY" MOVIES $200: Though Mae West & W.C. Fields both got writing credits for this film, Mae did most of the work My Little Chickadee |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | QUOTES $300: W.C. Fields said, "It's a funny old world--a man's lucky if he gets out of it" this way alive |
| #1932, aired 1993-01-19 | QUOTES $400: A favorite saying of W.C. Fields was "You can't" do this to "an honest man" cheat |
| #1834, aired 1992-07-16 | OLD RADIO $300: Radio "feuds" included Jack Benny & Fred Allen's & W.C. Fields' with this wooden star Charlie McCarthy |
| #1711, aired 1992-01-27 | POTENT QUOTABLES $100: Leslie Halliwell quotes this movie comedian as saying, "I must have a drink of breakfast" W.C. Fields |
| #1691, aired 1991-12-30 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $600: This comedian's film roles included Egbert Souse, Eustace McGargle & Larson E. Whipsnade W.C. Fields |
| #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 |
| #1422, aired 1990-11-06 | QUOTES $500: Leo Rosten said of him, "Anyone who hates babies & dogs can't be all bad" W.C. Fields |
| #1306, aired 1990-04-16 | CIRCUS MOVIES $300: He played circus owner Larson E. Whipsnade in "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man" W.C. Fields |
| #1232, aired 1990-01-02 | QUOTES $600: "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia" is his self-composed epitaph W.C. Fields |
| #1216, aired 1989-12-11 | VAUDEVILLE $200: He started in Vaudeville as a silent juggler before becoming a "Bank Dick" in film W.C. Fields |
| #1182, aired 1989-10-24 | RECORD ALBUM COVERS $100: The cover of this Beatles album boasts pictures of Shirley Temple, Marilyn Monroe & W.C. Fields Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| #1051, aired 1989-03-13 | FAMOUS QUOTES $500 (Daily Double): His famous quote heard here is from the 1932 film "The Fatal Glass of Beer":
"It's not a fit night out for man nor beast." W.C. Fields |
| #910, aired 1988-07-15 | QUOTES $400: Film comedian quoted as saying, "Somebody left the cork out of my lunch" W.C. Fields |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $200: Mae West & W.C. Fields co-wrote the script for this comedy classic, & they didn't come "cheep" My Little Chickadee |
| #843, aired 1988-04-13 | W.C. FIELDS $200: Fields said his epitaph should read, "On the whole, I'd rather be in..." this city Philadelphia |
| #843, aired 1988-04-13 | W.C. FIELDS $400: Proverb Fields followed up with "Then quit. There's no use being a fool about it." If at first you don't succeed, try, try again |
| #843, aired 1988-04-13 | W.C. FIELDS $600: Fields began his stage career with this type of act a juggler |
| #843, aired 1988-04-13 | W.C. FIELDS $800: From 1915 to 1921, Fields was a star in several editions of this Broadway variety show the Ziegfeld Follies |
| #843, aired 1988-04-13 | W.C. FIELDS $1000: It's what the "W" & "C" stand for William Claude |
| #709, aired 1987-10-08 | PERSONAL QUOTES $400: "Say anything you like about me except that I drink water," quipped this comic W.C. Fields |
| #706, aired 1987-10-05 | MAE WEST $200: In this 1940 film, Mae West & W.C. Fields wrote their own dialogue My Little Chickadee |
| #655, aired 1987-06-12 | PEN NAMES $400: His pen names supposedly included A. Shoeboy, Abel Roper, T. Fribble, & Lemuel Gulliver Jonathan Swift |
| #475, aired 1986-10-03 | COMMON BONDS $400: Killing, Onion, W.C. Fields |
| #456, aired 1986-09-08 | ODD JOBS $600: 1940 film title profession of Egbert Souse, accent grave over the "e" The Bank Dick |
| #431, aired 1986-05-05 | THEATER $800: "The Drunkard", called by W.C. Fields "The Greatest Show on Earth", was presented by this showman in 1843 P.T. Barnum |
| #425, aired 1986-04-25 | COMEDIANS $1000: His juggling act was so good, he was 1st American to be billed above other attractions at Folies-Bergere W.C. Fields |
| #385, aired 1986-02-28 | HOLLYWOOD $300: Room of the house in which W.C. Fields kept his library the bathroom |
| #364, aired 1986-01-30 | WESTERN MOVIES $300: They co-wrote & co-starred in "My Little Chickadee" W.C. Fields & Mae West |
| #291, aired 1985-10-21 | SHOW BUSINESS $400: Juggler whose roles included Cuthbert J. Twillie, Egbert Souse, & Dickens' Mr. Micawber W.C. Fields |
| #264, aired 1985-09-12 | MOVIE TRIVIA $1000: Name spelled out repeatedly by W.C. Fields & caller in "It's a Gift" Carl LaFong |
| #162, aired 1985-04-23 | WEATHER $500: It happened to W.C. Fields when he opened his door & said, "It ain't a fit night out for man nor beast" snow getting in his face |
| #122, aired 1985-02-26 | VAUDEVILLE $200: Born William Claude Dukenfield, he juggled his way out of Philadelphia W.C. Fields |
