| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | NONFICTION $800: Stephen Hawking gave us "A Brief History of Time" & this American-born writer gave us "A Short History of Nearly Everything" (Bill) Bryson |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME $400: On Dec. 31, 2005 a this second (not a this year) was added at 23:59:60, the first extra second in 7 years a leap second |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME $800: In 1687 this Brit differentiated "absolute, true, and mathematical time" & "relative, apparent, and common time" Newton |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME $1600: TAI, the French abbreviation for "international" this "time", was introduced in 1955 atomic time (Temps Atomique International) |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME $1,990 (Daily Double): An 1884 conference chose the meridian of this facility's transit instrument as the "prime" starting point for time zones the Observatory of Greenwich |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME $2000: Clocks flown around the Earth in 1971 diverged from stationary ones, confirming the relativity concept "time" this dilation |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THAT BOOK YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO READ $100: Physicist Stephen Hawking penned 1988's "A Brief History of" this--I'll get to it, briefly Time |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | SUBTITLED NONFICTION $400: Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" was subtitled "From" this alliterative event "to Black Holes" the Big Bang |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NONFICTION $800: He covered stuff like how did the universe begin in "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | A BRIEF HISTORY $200: To make it more accessible, Stephen Hawking followed up "A Brief History of Time" with this even more concise version A Briefer History of Time |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | NONFICTION $400: One chapter in this book by Stephen Hawking is "The Origin & Fate of the Universe" A Brief History of Time |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | BOOK CHAPTERS $600: "The Expanding Universe" is a chapter in his book "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | A BOOK BY ITS COVER $1000: Cosmic bestselling nonfiction from 1988 whose cover featured its author in a wheelchair A Brief History of Time |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | PRIME "TIME" $1000: 1988 bestseller that was followed by the same author's "The Universe in a Nutshell" A Brief History of Time |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | SPEED READING $600: Stephen Hawking:
"A ____ History of Time" Brief |
| #7302, aired 2016-05-17 | NONFICTION $2000: His "A Brief History of Time" was subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" Stephen Hawking |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | BESTSELLERS BY PARTIAL TITLE $200: A 1988 scientific success, "Brief" A Brief History of Time |
| #6997, aired 2015-02-03 | THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION $200: The film version of Steven Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" asks the classic question "Which" of these 2 "came first?" the chicken or the egg |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF TIME OF HISTORY $200: His papacy lasted just over a month in 1978 John Paul I |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME $400: In 1687 this Brit differentiated "absolute, true, and mathematical time" & "relative, apparent, and common time" Newton |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF TIME OF HISTORY $400: Catherine Howard was married to this man from 1540 to 1542 Henry VIII |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME $800: This 18th century German's "Critique" of time? It's "phenomenally real" but "noumenally unreal" Kant |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF TIME OF HISTORY $800: In Rome, 69 A.D. was "The Year of the Four" these, including Galba & Otho Emperors |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF TIME OF HISTORY $1000: This secessionist state of the Igbo people in eastern Nigeria lasted from 1967 to 1970 Biafra |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME $1200: An 1884 conference chose the meridian of this facility's transit instrument as the "prime" starting point for time zones Greenwich Observatory |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF TIME OF HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Israeli forces destroyed Egypt's air force on the ground on June 5, 1967, the first day of this war the Six-Day War |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME $2000: Clocks flown around the Earth in 1971 diverged from stationary ones, confirming the relativity concept "time" this dilation |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME $3,400 (Daily Double): Following Einstein, in 1908 Hermann Minkowski proposed the idea of 4-dimensional this hyphenated term space-time |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | SILVER ANNIVERSARIES $600: 2013 marks the silver anniversary of this book subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" A Brief History of Time |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | NONFICTION $600: His "A Brief History of Time" is subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" Stephen Hawking |
| #5403, aired 2008-02-20 | THE LIBRARY $1000: It'll take more than a moment to read this 1988 bestseller by British physicist Stephen Hawking A Brief History of Time |
| #4979, aired 2006-04-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $3,000 (Daily Double): Stephen Hawking's 1988 bio of the universe that was a No. 1 hit for Jim Croce "A Brief History Of Time In A Bottle" |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | NONFICTION $1,400 (Daily Double): This 1988 bestseller was subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" A Brief History of Time |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | THE SCIENCE SECTION $1,000 (Daily Double): "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" is the subtitle of this landmark book by physicist Stephen Hawking "A Brief History of Time" |
| #4081, aired 2002-05-06 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS $200: "The Universe in a Nutshell" is his bestselling follow-up to "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | LET'S BE BRIEF $500: In 1988 he gave us "A Brief History of Time" (in over 200 pages) Stephen Hawking |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | BOOKS FOR THE BRAVE $200: You could write a brief history of the times people have tackled this physicist's "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking |
| #2936, aired 1997-05-12 | NONFICTION $800: A new illustrated edition of this scientist's "A Brief History of Time" was published in 1996 Stephen Hawking |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: Except for a brief time, this birthplace of Christopher Columbus was ruled by a doge from 1339-1797 Genoa |
| #2707, aired 1996-05-14 | SCIENTISTS $800: In 1977 this "A Brief History of Time" author became professor of gravitational physics at Cambridge (Stephen) Hawking |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | NOTABLE NAMES $500: This physicist & author of "A Brief History of Time" was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death Stephen Hawking |
| #2015, aired 1993-05-14 | NONFICTION $400: In 1992 his book "A Brief History of Time" became Britain's longest-running bestseller (Stephen) Hawking |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | LITERARY POTPOURRI $1000: To help you understand it, there's now "A Reader's Companion" to his "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking |
| #1672, aired 1991-12-03 | NONFICTION $1,000 (Daily Double): This best-selling science book by Stephen Hawking is subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" A Brief History of Time |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: This author of "A Brief History of Time" has been called "The Supernova of World Physics" Stephen Hawking |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: Bookstores are currently hawking Stephen W. Hawking's "A Brief History of" this time |
| #1003, aired 1989-01-04 | BEST SELLERS $400: "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking measures time from this monumental explosion Big Bang Theory |
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