Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (234 results returned)
#9246, aired 2025-01-13 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK $400: Fresh-out-of-prison Tom, strong & loving Ma, apostate preacher Casy The Grapes of Wrath |
#9246, aired 2025-01-13 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK $800: Private dicks Sam & Miles; sexy, deceitful client Miss Wonderly; acquisitive Caspar Gutman The Maltese Falcon |
#9246, aired 2025-01-13 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK $1200: Con men the Duke & the Dauphin; the civilizing-bent Widow Douglas Huckleberry Finn |
#9246, aired 2025-01-13 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK $2000: From 2009: Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey Wolf Hall |
#9246, aired 2025-01-13 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK $3,400 (Daily Double): Paralyzed Clifford, amorous Constance, manly Oliver Lady Chatterley's Lover |
#9236, aired 2024-12-30 | BOOK "OF" $200: "Repression is the only lasting philosophy" is a quote from this 1859 book set in both Paris & London A Tale of Two Cities |
#9236, aired 2024-12-30 | BOOK "OF" $400: It's the third installment in a Middle-earth trilogy The Return of the King |
#9236, aired 2024-12-30 | BOOK "OF" $600: Curly, a sweet Newfoundland, is put to work as a sled dog along with Buck in this classic The Call of the Wild |
#9236, aired 2024-12-30 | BOOK "OF" $800: This Thomas Hardy novel is subtitled "A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented" Tess of the d'Urbervilles |
#9236, aired 2024-12-30 | BOOK "OF" $1000: A semi-autobiographical novel from W. Somerset Maugham Of Human Bondage |
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $400: Alan, Wayne, Merrill & Jay were some of the other members of this singing family, with hits like "One Bad Apple" The Osmonds |
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $800: Though she no longer practices, this star of "27 Dresses" was raised in the Mormon faith & lives in Utah Heigl |
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $1200: Raised in the LDS Church, Paul Walker gained worldwide fame in this movie series before dying in a car accident in 2013 Fast & Furious (The Fast & the Furious) |
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $1600: Dubbed the "Empress of Soul", this singer has won 7 competitive Grammys--4 solo & 3 with the Pips Knight |
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $2000: In 2011 this lead singer of the Killers was part of the "I'm a Mormon" campaign Flowers |
#8908, aired 2023-07-05 | U.S. CITY OF THE BOOK $200: "American Psycho": mayhem in Gotham New York City |
#8908, aired 2023-07-05 | U.S. CITY OF THE BOOK $201 (Daily Double): "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil": Go South! Savannah, Georgia |
#8908, aired 2023-07-05 | U.S. CITY OF THE BOOK $400: "Gone, Baby, Gone": a wicked good read Boston |
#8908, aired 2023-07-05 | U.S. CITY OF THE BOOK $600: "The Joy Luck Club": Bay breeze San Francisco |
#8908, aired 2023-07-05 | U.S. CITY OF THE BOOK $800: "A Confederacy of Dunces": not so easy for the Big Guy New Orleans |
#8849, aired 2023-04-13 | THE BOOK OF ROMANS $400: Stephen Dando-Collins examined "The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor" him "and His City" Nero |
#8849, aired 2023-04-13 | THE BOOK OF ROMANS $800: "Ovid's Causes" by K. Sara Myers is a study of this poem of many mythic transformations Metamorphoses |
#8849, aired 2023-04-13 | THE BOOK OF ROMANS $1200: Tom Holland (not the actor) covered "The Last Years of the Roman Republic" in a book named for this river Caesar crossed the Rubicon |
#8849, aired 2023-04-13 | THE BOOK OF ROMANS $2000: This 4-letter abbreviation of a Roman slogan is the title of Mary Beard's bestselling history of ancient Rome SPQR |
#8849, aired 2023-04-13 | THE BOOK OF ROMANS $3,000 (Daily Double): Hermann Broch wrote a novel titled "The Death of" this greatest Roman epic poet Virgil |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $400: Gavin Menzies' "1434" says a group from China visited this top Catholic & supplied knowledge that made the renaissance happen the pope |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: The dashing Elmer Ellsworth, the 1st Union officer killed in the Civil War, is brought to life in Adam Goodheart's book about this year 1861 |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1600: The Hundred Years' War novel "1356" features this heir to the English throne, known for armor not suited for hot, sunny days Edward the Black Prince |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2000: "1947: Where Now Begins" naturally takes note of an invention that year by this Russian gun designer Kalashnikov |
#8793, aired 2023-01-25 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $4,800 (Daily Double): Mark Kurlansky wrote a book titled this year of the Tet Offensive & 2 American assassinations 1968 |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $200: "Shakespeare in 1606" is the subtitle of James Shapiro's book rhymingly titled "The Year of" this great tragic play King Lear |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $400: A risque work "written" by one of this queen's ladies in waiting, "1601" was first published anonymously by Mark Twain in 1880 Elizabeth I |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $600: A classic by a fellow Englishman inspired Anthony Burgess to write a book in response whose title is this, one year later 1985 |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: Herman Raucher based his coming-of-age novel about the summer of this year on his own experiences on Nantucket island '42 |
#8652, aired 2022-05-31 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1000: "Daybreak-2250 A.D." is by prolific author Alice Mary Norton, better known to sci-fi fans by this first name Andre |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $200: Gore Vidal's novel with this title follows the presidential election in the year of the nation's centennial 1876 |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $400: Whitley Strieber's "2012" is a thriller based on apocalyptic events supposedly predicted by this Mesoamerican people's calendar the Mayans |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $600: This author's novel "3001" is subtitled "The Final Odyssey" (Arthur C.) Clarke |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: Tim Pat Coogan's account of the Easter Rising Rebellion in Ireland has this year for a title 1916 |
#8584, aired 2022-02-24 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1000: The Maralinga nuclear tests along with the continent's first Olympics are in this: "The Year Australia Welcomed the World" 1956 |
#8494, aired 2021-10-21 | THE BOOK OF WHO $400: Written as a parable, a business classic by Spencer Johnson asks "Who Moved My" this Cheese |
#8494, aired 2021-10-21 | THE BOOK OF WHO $800: Neurologist Oliver Sacks shared some interesting case histories in "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a" this a Hat |
#8494, aired 2021-10-21 | THE BOOK OF WHO $1200: "Who I Am" is a candid autobiography by this guitarist/songwriter for The Who Townshend |
#8494, aired 2021-10-21 | THE BOOK OF WHO $1600: Finally published in its entirety in 2021, "The Man Who Lived Underground" is by this late author of "Native Son" Richard Wright |
#8494, aired 2021-10-21 | THE BOOK OF WHO $2000: John le Carre received a warm reception & international acclaim with this 1963 novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | MONTH OF THE BOOK $400: Stephen Ambrose's "D-Day, ____ 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II" June |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | MONTH OF THE BOOK $800: Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red ____" October |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | MONTH OF THE BOOK $1200: Elizabeth von Arnim's "The Enchanted ____" April |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | MONTH OF THE BOOK $1600: Knebel & Bailey's political thriller "Seven Days in ____" May |
#8332, aired 2021-02-09 | MONTH OF THE BOOK $2000: Saul Bellow's "The Adventures of Augie ____" March |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK $200: Dorothy, Aunt Em The Wizard of Oz |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK $400: Stephen Dedalus, Molly Bloom Ulysses |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK $800: Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, Cherry Valance The Outsiders |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK $1000: Lucie Manette, Madame Defarge A Tale of Two Cities |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK $2,200 (Daily Double): John Yossarian & Milo Minderbinder Catch-22 |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | THE BOOK OF JOB $400: Louise Fitzhugh: "Harriet the ____" Spy |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | THE BOOK OF JOB $800: Thomas Hardy: "The ____ of Casterbridge" Mayor |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | THE BOOK OF JOB $1200: John le Carre: "The Night ____" Manager |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | THE BOOK OF JOB $1600: John Fowles: "The French ____'s Woman" Lieutenant |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | THE BOOK OF JOB $2000: C.S. Lewis: "The ____'s Nephew" Magician |
#8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $400: "Attlee, Clement", "Bergen-Belsen, Liberation of" & "Nagasaki" are index entries in Ian Buruma's book about this year 1945 |
#8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: 2 books published 50 years apart identify 1877 as a year of violence & as the end of this post-slavery period in the south Reconstruction |
#8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1600: A novel by John Dos Passos titled this year includes a look at the negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles 1919 |
#8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2,000 (Daily Double): A book titled this year is subtitled "The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry" 1066 |
#8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2000: "1959" makes much of this Soviet craft, the first to escape Earth's gravity, though it didn't make it to the moon it was named for Luna (or Lunik) |
#8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE BOOK OF LAKE (& POND & RIVER) $400: Thoreau's goal in writing about his time by this body of water was to "front only the essential facts of life" Walden |
#8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE BOOK OF LAKE (& POND & RIVER) $800: In an 1884 novel Jim is held as an escaped slave after rafting down this river the Mississippi |
#8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE BOOK OF LAKE (& POND & RIVER) $2000: "I've never been in a boat before", says Mole to the Rat as the 2 head down a river in this Kenneth Grahame novel The Wind in the Willows |
#8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE BOOK OF LAKE (& POND & RIVER) $2,200 (Daily Double): Chapter XXV of "Le Morte d'Arthur" is "How Arthur By the Mean of Merlin Gat Excalibur His Sword of" this woman the Lady of the Lake |
#7937, aired 2019-02-26 | THE BOOK OF THE CENTURY $200: "Jude the Obscure"; remember to let it into your heart the 19th century |
#7937, aired 2019-02-26 | THE BOOK OF THE CENTURY $400: Saddle up for "Don Quixote" the 17th (or the 1600s) |
#7937, aired 2019-02-26 | THE BOOK OF THE CENTURY $600: "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling", not a Welsh singer the 18th century (or the 1700s) |
#7937, aired 2019-02-26 | THE BOOK OF THE CENTURY $800: Johannes Gutenberg didn't write it, but his Bible... huge the 15th |
#7937, aired 2019-02-26 | THE BOOK OF THE CENTURY $1000: "The Canterbury Tales" start to get told the 14th |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1200: David McCullough's book on this year shows Washington in December writing of "the poor remains of our debilitated army" 1776 |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $1600: A 2009 "New History of the Norman Conquest" is titled this year 1066 |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2000: Roger Crowley has lived in Istanbul & wrote "1453: The Holy War for" this city Constantinople |
#7900, aired 2019-01-04 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $2,500 (Daily Double): Virginia Cowles' book titled this year describes the end of 2 little Balkan wars; the next year, a big one began 1913 |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BOOK OF THE MONTH $200: "The Ides of ____" by Thornton Wilder March |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BOOK OF THE MONTH $400: "Light in ____" by William Faulkner August |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BOOK OF THE MONTH $600: "All My ____s: My Memories of 12 World Series When the Yankees Ruled Baseball" by Mickey Mantle Octobers |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BOOK OF THE MONTH $800: "Henry and ____" by Anais Nin Henry and June |
#7796, aired 2018-07-02 | BOOK OF THE MONTH $1000: "The Two Faces of ____" by Patricia Highsmith January |
#7662, aired 2017-12-26 | THE BOOK OF PALMS $400: Boys in this William Golding novel create a "rude shelter" of "palm trunks and leaves" Lord of the Flies |
#7662, aired 2017-12-26 | THE BOOK OF PALMS $800: The beginning of this Michener collection mentions the "coconut palms nodding gracefully" Tales of the South Pacific |
#7662, aired 2017-12-26 | THE BOOK OF PALMS $1200: Palm trees & insects feature in this Paul Theroux novel, a name of a region of Honduras & Nicaragua The Mosquito Coast |
#7662, aired 2017-12-26 | THE BOOK OF PALMS $1600: One cover of this James Jones book depicts burning wreckage beyond some palms From Here to Eternity |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | THE BOOK OF VERBS $200: "____ the Rising Sun" by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard" Killing the Rising Sun |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | THE BOOK OF VERBS $400: "The Cat Who ____ Through Walls" by Robert A. Heinlein walks |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | THE BOOK OF VERBS $600: "____ with Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs Running |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | THE BOOK OF VERBS $800: "Hannibal ____" by Thomas Harris Rising |
#7521, aired 2017-05-01 | THE BOOK OF VERBS $1000: "We Need to ____ About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver talk |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS $200: Chapter 1 tells you you're reading "the proverbs of" this man, "king of Israel" Solomon |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS $400: "Go to" this hardworking insect, "thou sluggard; consider her ways" an ant |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS $600: Proverbs 13 warns that "He that spareth" this "hateth his son" the rod |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS $1,000 (Daily Double): The house of wisdom, says the 9th chapter, hath this many pillars seven |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS $1000: "The fruit of the righteous is" this, which also grows in the garden of Eden the Tree of Life |
#7387, aired 2016-10-25 | PEOPLE OF THE BIBLICAL BOOK $400: Big boo-boo in Genesis 25 as this man "sold his birthright unto Jacob", his twin brother Esau |
#7387, aired 2016-10-25 | PEOPLE OF THE BIBLICAL BOOK $800 (Daily Double): The heat is on Abednego & his friends when they show up in this book Daniel |
#7387, aired 2016-10-25 | PEOPLE OF THE BIBLICAL BOOK $1200: This kinswoman to the Virgin Mary & mother of John the Baptist is mentioned only in Luke Elizabeth |
#7387, aired 2016-10-25 | PEOPLE OF THE BIBLICAL BOOK $1600: Goliath makes his presence known in the first book of this man Samuel |
#7387, aired 2016-10-25 | PEOPLE OF THE BIBLICAL BOOK $2000: The Book of John is where you'll find this Pharisee's discourse with Jesus Nicodemus |
#7271, aired 2016-04-04 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS SAYETH $1200: "As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair" one of these "which is without discretion" a woman |
#7271, aired 2016-04-04 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS SAYETH $1600: "The way of" this dope "is right in his own eyes" a fool |
#7271, aired 2016-04-04 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS SAYETH $2000: "A false balance" & "lying lips" are each this 11-letter word "to the Lord" abomination |
#7204, aired 2015-12-31 | ALSO PART OF A BOOK $200: The backbone spine |
#7204, aired 2015-12-31 | ALSO PART OF A BOOK $400: A band or musician's version of a song by someone else a cover |
#7204, aired 2015-12-31 | ALSO PART OF A BOOK $800: A ceremony celebrating the opening of a building a dedication |
#7204, aired 2015-12-31 | ALSO PART OF A BOOK $1000: A youth being trained to become a knight a page |
#7204, aired 2015-12-31 | ALSO PART OF A BOOK $2,000 (Daily Double): Obligatory, as in a contract binding |
#7135, aired 2015-09-25 | THE BOOK OF NORMAN $400: Norman Mailer's "The Gospel According to the Son" is in the form of a first-person memoir by him Jesus Christ |
#7135, aired 2015-09-25 | THE BOOK OF NORMAN $800: Jack Anderson used this rhyming title for his heroic tale of General Schwarzkopf Stormin' Norman |
#7135, aired 2015-09-25 | THE BOOK OF NORMAN $1200: A Howard Norman novel set in Manitoba is titled after this spectacular show in the skies the Northern Lights |
#7135, aired 2015-09-25 | THE BOOK OF NORMAN $1600: In addition to "The Power of Positive Thinking", he put out a spiritual leaflet called "Guideposts" Norman Vincent Peale |
#7135, aired 2015-09-25 | THE BOOK OF NORMAN $2000: Norman Cousins wrote books about this German humanitarian who won the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize Albert Schweitzer |
#7069, aired 2015-05-14 | THE BOOK OF MERMEN $400: Ariel knows this title Hans Christian Andersen lass has a father called the Sea King the Little Mermaid |
#7069, aired 2015-05-14 | THE BOOK OF MERMEN $800: The Marvel character known as Sub-Mariner lives undersea in this fabled "lost" land Atlantis |
#7069, aired 2015-05-14 | THE BOOK OF MERMEN $1200: The Merman Triton was the son of this great sea god, the Greek version of Neptune Poseidon |
#7069, aired 2015-05-14 | THE BOOK OF MERMEN $1600: DC Comics has a merman--this guy in the Justice League, who married the undersea queen Mera Aquaman |
#7069, aired 2015-05-14 | THE BOOK OF MERMEN $2000: The Russian folk epic "Sadko" tells of an aquatic king known as the "Sea" this, which you can spell with either a "CZ" a "TS" the czar |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | THE BOOK OF EXODUS $200: Exodus 1:11 says, "And they built for" this man "treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses" Pharaoh |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | THE BOOK OF EXODUS $400: There will be this, the first plague in chapter 7; the rivers turn into it blood |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | THE BOOK OF EXODUS $800: Exodus 14 didn't split hairs when it came to dealing with this body of water the Red Sea |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | THE BOOK OF EXODUS $1000: In chapter 4 the Lord turns a rod into this creature, from which Moses flees; it turns back into a rod when Moses grabs it a serpent |
#7042, aired 2015-04-07 | THE BOOK OF EXODUS $3,000 (Daily Double): The names of these 2 current countries appear in the very first verse of Exodus Egypt & Israel |
#6961, aired 2014-12-15 | THE END OF THE BOOK $200: Hester Prynne counsels others in her predicament & dies of old age The Scarlet Letter |
#6961, aired 2014-12-15 | THE END OF THE BOOK $400: Imprisoned, Raskolnikov has a long wait until he can again be with his beloved Sonia Crime and Punishment |
#6961, aired 2014-12-15 | THE END OF THE BOOK $600: With Jim set free, the protagonist is headed for Indian territory because Aunt Sally wants to adopt him The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
#6961, aired 2014-12-15 | THE END OF THE BOOK $800: The Hispaniola reaches Bristol & Captain Smollett retires Treasure Island |
#6961, aired 2014-12-15 | THE END OF THE BOOK $1000: Lying sick in bed, Adam gives his son Caleb his blessing by saying the Hebrew word "timshel" East of Eden |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $200: This vampire romance novelist whose books have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide Stephenie Meyer |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $400: This man who succeeded Jane Swift as governor of Massachusetts in 2003 Mitt Romney |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $600: Self-help author & guru Stephen Covey, who penned the highly successful "7 habits of" this group of folks Highly Effective People |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $800: This quarterback who played for BYU & was the NFL's player of the year in 1992 & 1994 Steve Young |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $1000: This former representative & current senior senator from Nevada Harry Reid |
#6852, aired 2014-06-03 | SUN OF A BOOK $400: In "Sun Signs", a classic book in this field, Linda Goodman thanked her friend & teacher Lloyd Cope, a Virgo astrology |
#6852, aired 2014-06-03 | SUN OF A BOOK $800: In the short story "Nightfall" by this prolific sci-fi writer, a planet with 6 suns goes dark Isaac Asimov |
#6852, aired 2014-06-03 | SUN OF A BOOK $1200: Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns" explores the last 30 years in this Asian nation Afghanistan |
#6852, aired 2014-06-03 | SUN OF A BOOK $1600: "A Raisin in the Sun" was this woman's first produced play Lorraine Hansberry |
#6852, aired 2014-06-03 | SUN OF A BOOK $2000: In this "royal" H. Rider Haggard adventure novel, a character uses his knowledge of a solar eclipse to fool tribesmen King Solomon's Mines |
#6844, aired 2014-05-22 | THE PART OF SPEECH IN THE BOOK TITLE $200: Pronoun in the title of a 1940 Hemingway classic whose title "rings" out Whom |
#6844, aired 2014-05-22 | THE PART OF SPEECH IN THE BOOK TITLE $400: A novel about Daisy Buchanan, among others: Adjective Great |
#6844, aired 2014-05-22 | THE PART OF SPEECH IN THE BOOK TITLE $600: A 1937 Tolkien tale: Article The |
#6844, aired 2014-05-22 | THE PART OF SPEECH IN THE BOOK TITLE $1000: Budd Schulberg's Hollywood novel about Sammy Glick: Verb (1 of 2) Makes (or Run) |
#6844, aired 2014-05-22 | THE PART OF SPEECH IN THE BOOK TITLE $1,500 (Daily Double): A 1937 short novel by Steinbeck: Preposition Of |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | STATE OF THE BOOK $200: "The Last Picture Show" Texas |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | STATE OF THE BOOK $400: "Washington Square" New York |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | STATE OF THE BOOK $600: "Centennial" by James Michener Colorado |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | STATE OF THE BOOK $1000: "The Grapes of Wrath"--2 states please, where the story begins & ends Oklahoma & California |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | STATE OF THE BOOK $1,500 (Daily Double): "The Help" Mississippi |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | THE BOOK OF NUMBERS $400: Anthony Burgess one-upped Orwell with this title 1985 |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | THE BOOK OF NUMBERS $800: Hawthorne's home where it's a rough time for the Pyncheons The House of the Seven Gables |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | THE BOOK OF NUMBERS $1200: Eliot Asinof bestseller about the 1919 Black Sox scandal Eight Men Out |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | THE BOOK OF NUMBERS $1600: "Weepy" 1966 Thomas Pynchon novel The Crying of Lot 49 |
#6486, aired 2012-11-26 | THE BOOK OF NUMBERS $2000: Solzhenitsyn's book describing an inmate's 24 hours One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich |
#6475, aired 2012-11-09 | BOOK OF THE CENTURY $200: 18th: His almanac, edited by Ben Franklin Poor Richard |
#6475, aired 2012-11-09 | BOOK OF THE CENTURY $400: 21st: This Harry Potter book, fifth in "Order" Order of the Phoenix |
#6475, aired 2012-11-09 | BOOK OF THE CENTURY $600: 20th: This actress' spiritual memoir "Don't Fall Off the Mountain" Shirley MacLaine |
#6475, aired 2012-11-09 | BOOK OF THE CENTURY $800: 17th: "Tartuffe", by this actor & playwright Molière |
#6475, aired 2012-11-09 | BOOK OF THE CENTURY $1000: 19th: This novel of greed & corruption that gave its name to an American age The Gilded Age |
#6274, aired 2011-12-22 | A WHALE OF A BOOK $400: Jodi Picoult's first novel is titled "Songs of" this whale the Humpback |
#6274, aired 2011-12-22 | A WHALE OF A BOOK $800: Ethan Hawley, descendant of whaling captains, is the protagonist of this author's "The Winter of Our Discontent" John Steinbeck |
#6274, aired 2011-12-22 | A WHALE OF A BOOK $1200: "Humphrey the Lost Whale" is the true tale of a whale trapped in the Sacramento River after venturing into this bay San Francisco Bay |
#6274, aired 2011-12-22 | A WHALE OF A BOOK $1600: It's the native country of Witi Ihimaera, author of "The Whale Rider" New Zealand |
#6274, aired 2011-12-22 | A WHALE OF A BOOK $2000: The hero stows away on a whaler in Poe's "Narrative of A. Gordon Pym, of" this Massachusetts island Nantucket |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | THE BOOK OF THE YEAR $200: "The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the ____ Election" 1948 |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | THE BOOK OF THE YEAR $400: "____" (Oh, you need more? One word--Orwell) 1984 |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | THE BOOK OF THE YEAR $600: "The Year the Dream Died: Revisiting ____ in America" 1968 |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | THE BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: "All Stations! Distress! April 15, ____" 1912 |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | THE BOOK OF THE YEAR $1000: "____: The Year of Magna Carta" 1215 |
#5857, aired 2010-02-16 | BOOK OF... $400: A 19th century Egyptologist gave the title "Book of" this to a collection of spells written to be put in tombs The Book of the Dead |
#5857, aired 2010-02-16 | BOOK OF... $800: E.L. Doctorow wrote a novel titled "The Book of" him, like a biblical book set in Babylon Daniel |
#5857, aired 2010-02-16 | BOOK OF... $1600: Once almost as popular as the Bible was John Foxe's "Book of" these people who suffered for their (Protestant) faith The Book of Martyrs |
#5857, aired 2010-02-16 | BOOK OF... $2000: In 1528 Castiglione described the perfect royal attendant in "Libro del Cortegiano", "Book of" this person (the) Courtier |
#5857, aired 2010-02-16 | BOOK OF... $3,800 (Daily Double): First published in 1830, it tells of a migration from Jerusalem to America led by the prophet Lehi The Book of Mormon |
#5840, aired 2010-01-22 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $400: If you're in the South Pacific on July 11, you can get a good look at a total one of these an eclipse |
#5840, aired 2010-01-22 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $800: The July 2009 sit-down among President Obama, a Harvard prof & a Cambridge cop was dubbed this sudsy summit the Beer Summit |
#5840, aired 2010-01-22 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $1200: 160 square rods equals 1 of this square measure (that one was in the '09 book too) an acre |
#5840, aired 2010-01-22 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $1600: This state is big, it's fiercely independent & it has the highest percentage of people without health insurance Texas |
#5840, aired 2010-01-22 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $2000: With over 30 million tons, China leads the world in this, a 1-word equivalent of fish farming aquaculture |
#5763, aired 2009-10-07 | THE BOOK OF JOHN $400: This "Pilgrim's Progress" author wrote his autobiography, "Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners", while in prison John Bunyan |
#5763, aired 2009-10-07 | THE BOOK OF JOHN $800: He departed from legal thrillers with "Bleachers", about the impending death of a high school football coach John Grisham |
#5763, aired 2009-10-07 | THE BOOK OF JOHN $1600: His "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions" says, "Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" John Donne |
#5763, aired 2009-10-07 | THE BOOK OF JOHN $2000: He followed up "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" with "Children Are from Heaven" John Gray |
#5763, aired 2009-10-07 | THE BOOK OF JOHN $7,000 (Daily Double): In 2008 he tinkered & tailored with "A Most Wanted Man", his latest thriller John le Carré |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $200: The eruption of this volcano in 79 A.D. caused an estimated 16,000 deaths Vesuvius |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $400: Not surprisingly, by volumes held, it's the top library in the U.S. the Library of Congress |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $800 (Daily Double): It's the only country listed that starts with a "Q" Qatar |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $800: 2 who have been appointed to this post are William Wordsworth & Ted Hughes Poet Laureate (of Great Britain) |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $1000: The Chicago Spire, estimated to be completed in 2010, will replace this as the USA's tallest building the Sears Tower |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | A BOOK OF POEMS $400: This collection had a follow-up, "The New Spoon River" Spoon River Anthology |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | A BOOK OF POEMS $800: In Arabic "rubai'i" refers to a type of 4-line verse, & this is a book of them, like Omar Khayyam's a rubaiyat |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | A BOOK OF POEMS $1200: In 1923 he published the collection "New Hampshire" Robert Frost |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | A BOOK OF POEMS $1600: "The Lamb" & "The Shepherd" are found in these William Blake "songs" from 1789 Songs of Innocence |
#5551, aired 2008-10-27 | A BOOK OF POEMS $2000: Critic Hippolyte Babou suggested the title of Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du mal", which translates as this The Flowers of Evil |
#5194, aired 2007-03-22 | THE BOOK OF RUTH $200: It was Babe Ruth's real first name George |
#5194, aired 2007-03-22 | THE BOOK OF RUTH $400: After retiring as a player, Babe Ruth was a first-base coach for this other New York City team in 1938 the Dodgers |
#5194, aired 2007-03-22 | THE BOOK OF RUTH $600: To help the team's owner pay off debts, this team sold Ruth to the Yankees in 1920 the Boston Red Sox |
#5194, aired 2007-03-22 | THE BOOK OF RUTH $800: Total number of regular season home runs Babe Ruth hit in his career; it was the record until 1974 714 |
#5194, aired 2007-03-22 | THE BOOK OF RUTH $1000: The Babe wore this uniform number because it was his spot in the batting order, right before Lou Gehrig 3 |
#4499, aired 2004-03-11 | ALSO A BOOK OF THE BIBLE $200: By occupation, Scalia & Rehnquist are these Judges |
#4499, aired 2004-03-11 | ALSO A BOOK OF THE BIBLE $400: Benedict or Westheimer Ruth |
#4499, aired 2004-03-11 | ALSO A BOOK OF THE BIBLE $600: "A bad workman blames his tools" & "All is fair in love and war" Proverbs |
#4499, aired 2004-03-11 | ALSO A BOOK OF THE BIBLE $800: A 1977 Bob Marley album Exodus |
#4499, aired 2004-03-11 | ALSO A BOOK OF THE BIBLE $1000: Sega's video game system from 1989 Genesis |
#4279, aired 2003-03-20 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS $200: If you curse these people whom the 10 Commandments say to honor, your "lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness" your father & mother |
#4279, aired 2003-03-20 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS $400: The book of Proverbs comes right after this book in the Bible. but right before it alphabetically Psalms |
#4279, aired 2003-03-20 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS $600: Quality associated with the book's kingly author: "Happy is the man that findeth" it, & "getteth understanding" wisdom |
#4279, aired 2003-03-20 | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS $800: "Drink waters out of thine own cistern" is one of the lines urging avoidance of this sin adultery |
#4143, aired 2002-09-11 | BOOK OF LOVE $400: Photographer Robert Kincaid has a steamy but brief affair with an Iowa farmer's wife in this '90s love story "The Bridges of Madison County" |
#4143, aired 2002-09-11 | BOOK OF LOVE $800: "Bridget Jones's Diary" is a reworking of this Jane Austen classic "Pride and Prejudice" |
#4143, aired 2002-09-11 | BOOK OF LOVE $1200: The title of this Terry McMillan novel refers to Stella's trip to Jamaica, where she has an affair with a younger man How Stella Got Her Groove Back |
#4143, aired 2002-09-11 | BOOK OF LOVE $1600: Besides writing romances like "The Kiss", she wrote "His Bright Light", a memoir of her son Nick Traina, who died at 19 Danielle Steel |
#4143, aired 2002-09-11 | BOOK OF LOVE $2000: A later edition of this William Goldman novel included the first chapter of the long-lost sequel, "Buttercup's Baby" "The Princess Bride" |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | THE BOOK OF RUTHS $100: George & Herman were the real given names of this legendary slugger Babe Ruth |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | THE BOOK OF RUTHS $200: AKA "Grandma Freud", this New York therapist is said to dole out sexual advice like hot chicken soup Dr. Ruth Westheimer |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | THE BOOK OF RUTHS $300: She's the wacky star of "Chu Chu and the Philly Flash" seen here Ruth Buzzi |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | THE BOOK OF RUTHS $400: Once married to Garson Kanin, this actress played Maude in "Harold and Maude" Ruth Gordon |
#3468, aired 1999-10-06 | THE BOOK OF RUTHS $500: This woman took her current high post in 1993 Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
#3197, aired 1998-06-23 | THE BOOK OF REVELATION $200: The book is also called this, from the Greek word for Revelation Apocalypse |
#3197, aired 1998-06-23 | THE BOOK OF REVELATION $400: This author of Revelation mentions his own name 4 times in the book John |
#3197, aired 1998-06-23 | THE BOOK OF REVELATION $600: It's Revelation's place in order of books in the New Testament Last |
#3197, aired 1998-06-23 | THE BOOK OF REVELATION $800: Satan is cast into a lake of these 2 things, & "shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever" Fire & brimstone |
#3197, aired 1998-06-23 | THE BOOK OF REVELATION $1000: This Mesopotamian city is destroyed in Chapter 18 Babylon |
#3057, aired 1997-12-09 | A BOOK OF VERSES $100: Whitman's book of Civil War poems "Drum-Taps" later became a part of this larger collection "Leaves of Grass" |
#3057, aired 1997-12-09 | A BOOK OF VERSES $200: When released in 1667, this epic poem by John Milton filled 10 books "Paradise Lost" |
#3057, aired 1997-12-09 | A BOOK OF VERSES $300: Robert called her "My Little Portuguese" & her poems to him are "Sonnets From the Portuguese" Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
#3057, aired 1997-12-09 | A BOOK OF VERSES $400: He dedicated his 1885 "A Child's Garden of Verses" to Alison Cunningham, his childhood nurse Robert Louis Stevenson |
#3057, aired 1997-12-09 | A BOOK OF VERSES $500: In 1924 "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" established this Chilean poet's reputation Pablo Neruda |
#2352, aired 1994-11-22 | BACK OF THE BOOK $200: It's an alphabetical list of terms, names, & facts, along with the page numbers they appear on index |
#2352, aired 1994-11-22 | BACK OF THE BOOK $400: Related books you may also want to read on the same subject are provided in this source list Bibliography |
#2352, aired 1994-11-22 | BACK OF THE BOOK $600: In the back of a geometry book, you may find these lists of trigonometric ratios or square roots Tables |
#2352, aired 1994-11-22 | BACK OF THE BOOK $1,000 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "difficult word", it's a list of words and their definitions Glossary |
#2352, aired 1994-11-22 | BACK OF THE BOOK $1000: It's the supplementary information put into the book after the initial publication Addendum |
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