| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $1600: The New York Times called this piece with a name in the title "Beethoven's trifle... featured on Baby Einstein albums" "Für Elise" |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | THE TALLEST ONE $2000: In boygenius, her name didn't lend itself to a category title Lucy Dacus |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | A SEASONED FILM $1200: Mel Brooks said that in Sweden "The Producers" was released with this title, the name of Bialystock Bloom's musical Springtime for Hitler |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | NON-MUSICAL THEATER $600: This famous author isn't a character in Edward Albee's best-known play, but her name is in the title Virginia Woolf |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $5,600 (Daily Double): It's the real name of the planet referred to in the title of a 1965 Frank Herbert novel Arrakis |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | TITLE WOMEN $2,000 (Daily Double): A Virginia Woolf socialite, first name Clarissa Mrs. Dalloway |
| #8834, aired 2023-03-23 | APOCA-LIPSTICK $600: Did aliens cause the fuss? In that case, try this numeric lipstick shade whose name comes before "from Outer Space" in a 1957 film title Plan 9 |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | AROUND THE HOUSE $600: Found in the title of an 1870s novel, it's the old-fashioned name for the mirror seen here a looking-glass |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | THERE'S A NAME IN THE TITLE $400: This 1815 Jane Austen title is just the heroine's first name Emma |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | THERE'S A NAME IN THE TITLE $800: Annie is the real name of this Henry James title character who goes by a flowery nickname Daisy Miller |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | THERE'S A NAME IN THE TITLE $1200: The names of 2 lovers are in the title of this Shakespeare tragedy set during the Trojan War Troilus and Cressida |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | THERE'S A NAME IN THE TITLE $1600: Chaim Potok's "My Name is" this traces the inner struggle of a young Jew whose artistry conflicts with his Orthodox faith Asher Lev |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | THERE'S A NAME IN THE TITLE $2000: This Aristophanes play is named for the character who inspires the women of Athens & Sparta to end a war between the cities Lysistrata |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | WORDS WITH DIPHTHONGS $2000: It means a farm laborer & follows "Piers" in the name of a 14th century poem with a double-diphthong title Ploughman |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | "IN THE" $2000: The title of this book, published after Hemingway's death, alludes to Bimini & Cuba & inspired a song of the same name Islands in the Stream |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $200: The name of this insectivore has meant a scolding woman since before Shakespeare used it in a play title shrew |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | BRITISH LITERATURE $1600: Name shared by a shortbread cookie & the title heroine in an R.D. Blackmore romance Lorna Doone |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | MUSICIANS SELLING MUSIC $600: Music rights for America (the band) went for $40 million in 2022 in part for having "been through the desert on" this title transport "A Horse With No Name" |
| #8609, aired 2022-03-31 | ON TV IN THE YEAR 2000 $400: The original name of this sitcom set decades ago in Wisconsin was "Teenage Wasteland" but it ended up with a more obvious title That '70s Show |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | PARISH FROM THE EARTH $800: The category title PARISH FROM THE EARTH can clue you in to this presidential name of a parish with Ruston as its seat Lincoln Parish |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | A MEASURE OF AUTHOR-ITY $400: Emily Brontë says it flat out in Chapter 1: this title place "is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling" Wuthering Heights |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | ELBOW PATCHES $1000: Elbow is the name of an inept constable in this Shakespeare comedy with a repetitive title Measure for Measure |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | FICTION $1000: Jack Schaefer wrote about the cowboy life in this novel with a 1-name title; come back! Shane |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $1600: First name of Mr. Youssef, who plays the title character in a Hulu series he also created Ramy |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | PLAYS $1600: In a Ben Jonson play Voltore ("vulture") hopes to inherit the fortune of this title character whose name means "fox" Volpone |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | STEPHEN KING TITLE REFERENCES $1000: The name of a shop in Castle Rock where you find the object of your dreams Needful Things |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | LITERARY ANTAGONISTS $400: In this dystopian tale, the title narrator plays Scrabble with a commander whose name we can assume is Fred The Handmaid's Tale |
| #8396, aired 2021-05-10 | HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $1000: In the 600s B.C. Cypselus of Corinth seized power with this title related to a dino name, but was so popular he had no bodyguard tyrant |
| #8378, aired 2021-04-14 | BIBLICALLY INSPIRED BOOK TITLES $1,000 (Daily Double): Translating the name of a Philistine god mentioned in 2 Kings gives this 1954 novel about castaways its title Lord of the Flies |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | TERRIFIC TV $800: We won't say the name of the sitcom, but we can tell you this woman won a Best Lead Actress Emmy in 2020 for playing Moira Rose Catherine O'Hara |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | IT'S THEIR SONG $1600: About a decade after "Your Song", a British superstar had his first name in the title of this "Song" "Elton's Song" |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | POP CULTURE PRINCESSES $1600: "Once Upon A December" was a song in this Broadway musical whose title is the name of a Romanov princess Anastasia |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | THE NAME IS THE TV TITLE $800: It's not set in fairy tale Germany but in Portland & the lead character is Burkhardt Grimm |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | "B" WEAR $800: In the 1950s a sexy movie with this infantile title inspired Balenciaga to design a dress of the same name baby doll |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | A MARRIAGE MADE IN LITERATURE $200: Anna Oblonsky is the maiden name of this title character Anna Karenina |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | HEY, THAT'S FANCY! $800: You have this title after your name on your business card; did you become a lawyer or are you in the English gentry just below knight? esquire |
| #8178, aired 2020-03-11 | PUT THAT SINGER'S NAME ON A POST OFFICE! $600: Buck Owens got P.O.ed in 2007 after 17 years hosting this country music show in which an animated donkey brayed the title Hee Haw |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | ON THE BOOKSHELF $800: In the title of a bestseller by Gail Honeyman, this woman "is Completely Fine" Eleanor Oliphant |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | MOVIE MONSTERS $600: In "The Conjuring" film franchise, a vintage doll with this title name serves as a conduit for evil Annabelle |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | COTTON $600: This title creature from a 1922 tale with cotton fabric in his name also has thread whiskers & ears lined with pink sateen The Velveteen Rabbit |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | COMEDY: YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THERE $2000: Aussie comic Hannah Gadsby undermined traditional stand-up in this show on Netflix with a woman's name as the title Nanette |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | JAMES BOND & FRIENDS $400: In the 1979 movie "Moonraker", a metal-mouthed Bond foe-turned-ally has this name, the title of another '70s movie Jaws |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | BOOK TITLE NAMES $1600: Last name of Ramona, the title 8-year-old in a novel by Beverly Cleary Quimby |
| #7943, aired 2019-03-06 | EX-CREATURES $800: Ursus spelaeus is the name for this extinct animal, made famous in a Jean Auel title the cave bear |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | WHAT A CIRCUS! $200: This name for the one in charge of the big top is also an appropriate title for Sauron the ringmaster |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | A BIT OF LIT $400: The name of the island in the title of this Dumas novel came from a speck in the ocean off the island of Elba The Count of Monte Cristo |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | MARVEL $400: Cybernetic implants aid this guardian whose original name in the comics mimicked a Beatles title Rocket Raccoon |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $200: Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling star in this charming musical whose title is "a quaint old name for Los Angeles" La La Land |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | VIDEO GAMES $2000: "Hyrule Legends" & "Link's Crossbow Training" are Wii options in this "legendary" game series The Legend of Zelda |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | A NAME IN THE TITLE $400: Off on another adventure, this boy is paired with "The Great Glass Elevator" in a Roald Dahl tale Charlie |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | A NAME IN THE TITLE $800: Based on her years as a governess, "Agnes Grey" is an 1847 novel by this lesser known literary sister Anne Brontë |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | A NAME IN THE TITLE $1200: In a story of 19th century Wall Street, this title clerk famously replies, "I would prefer not to" Bartleby, the scrivener |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | A NAME IN THE TITLE $1600: Jean Anouilh's play about this doomed daughter of Oedipus was first performed in occupied Paris during WWII Antigone |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | A NAME IN THE TITLE $2000: In a Saul Bellow novel, his title "Gift" is a screenplay bequeathed to Charlie Citrine Humboldt |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | THE 1300s $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1301 a son of the first English king of this name received the new title Prince of Wales Edward |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | RECENT BESTSELLERS $400: In the title of a bestseller by Jesse Andrews, this name comes between "Me" & "the Dying Girl" Earl |
| #7064, aired 2015-05-07 | MY NAME IS A TITLE $1000: Annie is the real first name of this American girl who is on a visit to Europe in a Henry James story Daisy Miller |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | ON A LAST NAME BASIS $800: This last name is in the title of an E! series that was first foisted on an unsuspecting public back in 2007 Kardashian |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | "TOX" TO ME $1600: This rock group took its alarming name in 2006 from a Don DeLillo chapter title The Airborne Toxic Event |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $1600: A tale of the Soviet labor camps tells of "one day in the life" of him, patronymic Denisovich, last name Shukhov Ivan |
| #6595, aired 2013-04-26 | SINGLE NAMED SINGERS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Robben Island in South Africa.) Nelson Mandela's prisoner number Here on Robben Island--46664--became the name of an HIV/AIDS charity & also the title of a fundraising song co-written by this U2 superstar Bono |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | NAME THAT BIBLE BOOK $1200: It has a 3-letter title in the King James version Job |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $1000: On June 2, 1899 Butch Cassidy & this gang, also a 1969 movie title, robbed their first train near Wilcox, Wyoming the Wild Bunch |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | POTENT POTABLES $400: In a play on a book title, it's the liquor that precedes mockingbird in the name of a cocktail tequila |
| #6227, aired 2011-10-18 | RANK-LY SPEAKING $2000: In the South, this 7-letter word is a title of respect prefixed to the name of distinguished elderly men colonel |
| #6182, aired 2011-06-28 | INCLUDES A PAPAL NAME $800: "Oh Yes I Am" this, just like in the title of a 1983 Billy Joel album & song an innocent man |
| #6169, aired 2011-06-09 | AUSTRALIAN MOVIES $400: Rockatansky is the last name of the title character of this 1979 film set in a dystopian future Australia Mad Max |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | LEGAL "E"s $400: In English law, it's a title above a gentleman & below a knight; in the U.S., it's usually added to the name of an attorney esquire |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | NAME THE SEUSS TITLE $200: "I will not eat them in the rain. I will not eat them on a train. Not in the dark! Not in a tree! Not in a car! You let me be!" Green Eggs and Ham |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | NAME THE SEUSS TITLE $600: "No! Not in the house!" said the fish in the pot, "They should not fly kites in a house! They should not" The Cat in the Hat |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | HELLO, I'M JOHNNY CASH $200: I kept a close watch on this hit of mine as it climbed into the Top 20 in 1956 "I Walk The Line" |
| #5522, aired 2008-09-16 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $400: You know this Lewis Carroll classic by a shortened name; its full title includes the word "Adventures" Alice in Wonderland |
| #5306, aired 2007-10-08 | KID ROCK $800: Name this title ancient player in the song heard here this old man |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | SUMMERTIME $800: This name for the summertime spot seen here often follows the "old" as in the title of a James Whitcomb Riley book a swimming hole |
| #5188, aired 2007-03-14 | TV OF THE FUTURE $1200: In a series title, the name of this submarine was followed by "DSV", then by "2032" seaQuest |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | '70s POP CULTURE $2000: Barbra Streisand's fans know this is her middle name, because it's in the title of a 1971 album Joan |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | OPERA $2000: In a Richard Strauss opera title, the name of this daughter of Minos precedes "auf Naxos" Ariadne |
| #4870, aired 2005-11-11 | GIRLS GONE WILDE $1200: Reese Witherspoon wigs out over Rupert Everett & Colin Firth & their use of this fake first name in a 2002 Wilde flick Earnest |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | BIO SUBJECTS $600: This writer's name precedes "and the Lost Boys" in the title of a biography by Andrew Birkin J.M. Barrie |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | THIS "BUD"'S FOR YOU $1000: His name precedes "Foretopman" in the title of a 19th century novel Billy Budd |
| #4551, aired 2004-05-24 | MAGAZINES $400: Appropriately, the name of this director is in the title of a mystery magazine founded in 1956 Hitchcock |
| #4525, aired 2004-04-16 | POTENT PEOPLE $3,000 (Daily Double): It's the real first name of the actress who played the title role in "Gilda"; it's also a cocktail Margarita |
| #4462, aired 2004-01-20 | POP LIT $1200: Their No. 1 duet "Islands in the Stream" shares its name with a Hemingway title Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton |
| #4424, aired 2003-11-27 | WRITERS ON FILM $800: The name of this witty writer precedes "and the Vicious Circle" in the title of a 1994 film Dorothy Parker |
| #4414, aired 2003-11-13 | SUMMER JOBS $800: One-word name of the workplace seen here, it's in the title of a Steinbeck novel cannery |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $1600: It's the real name of the planet referred to in the title of a 1965 Frank Herbert novel Arrakis |
| #4276, aired 2003-03-17 | AT THE MOVIES $1,800 (Daily Double): Young women with the last names Chandler, McNamara & Duke are known by this title name in a 1989 black comedy Heathers |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | LET'S GET TOGETHER $800: Another name for a costume ball; it's also in the title of a George Benson hit masquerade |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | STIFF SENTENCES $1000: In a P.G. Wodehouse title, "Stiff Upper Lip" precedes the name of this manservant Jeeves |
| #4081, aired 2002-05-06 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $800: The name of this old French dance follows "Ascot" in the title of a song from "My Fair Lady" gavotte |
| #4068, aired 2002-04-17 | FRANKS & BEENS $1,200 (Daily Double): This Limerick-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning author has been called "a haunted man" Frank McCourt |
| #3996, aired 2002-01-07 | MARY, TYLER OR MOORE $1200: Name repeated in the title of a 1976-77 comedy soap Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | ENDS IN "TT" $600: Last name shared by the current Secretary of the Interior & a Sinclair Lewis title character Babbitt |
| #3647, aired 2000-06-13 | UNREAL ESTATE $400: In a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, the old Pyncheon-House is otherwise known by this title name the House of the Seven Gables |
| #3529, aired 1999-12-30 | "ROY"ALTY $500: Title for an official who rules a colony in the name of a king Viceroy |
| #3424, aired 1999-06-24 | LETTER PERFECT $800 (Daily Double): It's a Burmese title of respect, seen in the name of a 1960s U.N. secretary-general U (as in U Thant) |
| #3422, aired 1999-06-22 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $500 (Daily Double): Constance Reid is the maiden name of this character mentioned in the title of a D.H. Lawrence novel Lady Chatterley |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | WORLD OF POETRY $1,000 (Daily Double): The name of a Stallone title character echoes this 19th C. French author of "A Season In Hell" Arthur Rimbaud |
| #3217, aired 1998-09-08 | MTV $200: 2-letter word that precedes "MTV Raps" in the name of a show title "Yo!" |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | SHORT-TITLED FILMS $1000: Curran is the last name of this title bigfoot played by Peter Boyle in a 1970 film Joe |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | ON "MY" TV $400: The story of a boy, Ken McLaughlin, & his horse, whose name is in the title "My Friend Flicka" |
| #2929, aired 1997-05-01 | BOND... JAMES BOND $1,000 (Daily Double): 1 of the 3 villains to have their name in a film title (1 of 3) Dr. No, Goldfinger or Octopussy |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | THE MOVIES $200: In the title of a 1995 film, this actress' name follows "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything...." Julie Newmar |
| #2551, aired 1995-10-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: A chapter from "Life on the Mississippi" was intended for this "Tom Sawyer" sequel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| #1889, aired 1992-11-19 | POP MUSIC $500: This 1961 Lawrence Welk pop hit takes its title from the name of a city in India & features a harpsichord "Calcutta" |
| #1507, aired 1991-03-05 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $200: The title character of this Dickens novel is the son of a murderer named Rudge Barnaby Rudge |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | MUSIC OF THE '90s $200: Title of a '90 tune by Bell Biv DeVoe or the name of the group that sings "Something To Believe In" Poison |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | ANIMALS $200 (Daily Double): Animal in the title of the following 1972 No. 1 hit:
"On the first part of the journey..." a horse |
| #928, aired 1988-09-21 | PERFUME $300 (Daily Double): Afro-Brazilian dance in title of the following; it's also the name of a new perfume:
"So I come back to my first note as I must come back to you / I will pour into that one note all the love I feel for you / Any one who wants the whole show..." the Samba |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | PLAYS $800: Characters in this Greek drama include Force, Violence, & the title Titan, who's all tied up Prometheus Bound |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | HEROES & HEROINES $1,900 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 Shakespearean plays which have the name of a female character in the title (2 of) Antony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet & Troilus and Cressida |
| #655, aired 1987-06-12 | '50s POP $500 (Daily Double): The following was 1 of his 4 Top 40 hits in the '50s with a girl's name in the title:
"Lucille, you won't do your sister's will? Oh, Lucille..." Little Richard |
| #606, aired 1987-04-06 | HEROES & VILLAINS $600 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 villains mentioned by name in the title of a James Bond film Goldfinger & Dr. No (& Octopussy) |
| #573, aired 1987-02-18 | WINTER SPORTS $600 (Daily Double): Name of the following piece, which features a winter sport in the title: "The Skater's Waltz" |
| #178, aired 1985-05-15 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: "M·A·S·H·'s" Radar who made his name as the "Good Man, Charlie Brown" Gary Burghoff |
| #158, aired 1985-04-17 | TOYS & GAMES $1,900 (Daily Double): Toy title of the following: "I should have known /
You'd bid me farewell / There's a lesson to be learned from this / And I learned it very well /
Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea /
If I never hear your name again..." a "Red Rubber Ball" |
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