| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: He won Pulitzers for his plays in 1948 & 1955 Tennessee Williams |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | BRANDO $800: Blanche's brother-in-law Stanley A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | SECRETS OF THE ANGELENOS $400: A columnist wrote that next to the Black Dahlia, L.A.'s biggest whodunit is who killed this streetcar system aka Pacific Electric the Red Car |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THEATER BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Stella & Stanley forego the magnolias & head on over to Eugene O'Neill's play for some "arboreal" passion A Streetcar Named Desire Under the Elms |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | NOVEL KEYWORDS $1000: A Pulitzer winner: Marginality, social;
mothers & sons;
New Orleans A Confederacy of Dunces |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | A JOLLY RHYME $400: Streetcar transit from days of old is being revived, like the one seen here in St. Louis, called this a (Loop) trolley |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAIN, MAN $200: Drivers can thank Mary Anderson for creating an early form of this, moved by a handle from inside a streetcar to clear rain a windshield wiper |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | JOHNNY GILBERT SPEAKS THE MOVIE LINE $1500: "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it" On the Waterfront |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | THEATER $800: Spoken by Stanley, the first line in this play is "Hey, there! Stella, baby!" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | PULITZER-WINNING CHARACTERS $400: Mitch Mitchell &
Blanche DuBois
(1948) A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | PLAY CHARACTERS $600: In a classic American play, his first line is bellowing, "Hey, there! Stella, baby!" Stanley (Kowalski) |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | 19th CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS $600: In 1870 Robert Fox' treatment on a segregated streetcar sparked protests & a boycott in this largest Kentucky city Louisville |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | OLIVIER AWARD WINNERS $1200: In 2010 Rachel Weisz & Ruth Wilson won for playing these 2 sisters in "A Streetcar Named Desire" Blanche & Stella |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | WAILS $2000: This play says Stanley "breaks into sobs" & "throws back his head like a baying hound & bellows his wife's name" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | BEER/ME! $600: A "Streetcar" character came to life when a vendor at Phillies games shouted this first name, trying to sell a Belgian beer Stella |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | AMERICAN PLAYS $400: Stella could tell ya the action in "A Streetcar Named Desire" takes place in this city New Orleans |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | 1940s LITERATURE $800: The first words of this faded southern belle are "They told me to take a streetcar named Desire" Blanche DuBois |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | SHOUTED MOVIE QUOTES, SAID MATTER-OF-FACTLY $200: 1951:
"Hey, Stella. Hey, Stella" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | KOWALSKI, FILM ANALYSIS $400: Marlon Brando was stellar as Stanley Kowalski in this 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | LIGHT $200: Mitch in "A Streetcar Named Desire" knows his classic similes, telling Blanche she's "light as" this bird part a feather |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | A STREETCAR $200: This city isn't just about cable cars; its classic Muni streetcars run past the historic piers San Francisco |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | A STREETCAR $400: The Sun Link streetcars that take you to the U. of Arizona in this city are among the first U.S.-made ones in 60 years Tucson |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | A STREETCAR $600: If you are from west this city, born & raised, you've seen its restored SEPTA streetcar on Route 15 Philadelphia |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | A STREETCAR $800: In 2001 this City of Roses got the USA's first new streetcar line since WWII & it'll take you to the Rose Quarter Portland |
| #7805, aired 2018-07-13 | A STREETCAR $1000: A vintage trolley in Denver travels a short distance along this river to Mile High Stadium the South Platte River |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | A WIEN-WIEN SITUATION $1600: Most Viennese streetcar lines will take you into the Wienerwald, these, for a little hiking, ja? the Vienna Woods |
| #7685, aired 2018-01-26 | THE THING'S THE PLAY $200: It's the thing rolling through New Orleans in the title of a 1947 Tennessee Williams Pulitzer winner a streetcar named Desire |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | PLAY SETTINGS $400: From 1947:
"A street in New Orleans which is named Elysian Fields & runs between the L & N tracks & the river" Streetcar Named Desire |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | 16 TONS $200: Some of these in Seattle weigh 16-tons, less than half the heft of the one named Desire in New Orleans a streetcar |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: "Her delicate beauty must avoid a strong light" is a description of her in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (Blanche) DuBois |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | OH SAY CAN YOU SEE? $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a video of different rail vehicles on the monitor.) Let's clear this up: a cable car runs on an underground cable; a similar vehicle using overhead wires may be called a streetcar, a tram or this, also the name of the pole that connects it to the wires a trolley |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | THE THEATER $400: As "A Streetcar Named Desire" opens, this faded Southern belle comes to live with Stanley & Stella Kowalski Blanche DuBois |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | THE TRANSPORTER $800: We call it a streetcar; the Brits use this 4-letter term a tram |
| #6968, aired 2014-12-24 | PLAY SETTINGS $800: "A Streetcar Named Desire":
spring, summer & early fall in this city New Orleans |
| #6965, aired 2014-12-19 | THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES $400: "Whoever you are--I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" Tennessee Williams (in A Streetcar Named Desire) |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | MOVIES' MAIN CITIES $400: "Pretty Baby" &
"A Streetcar Named Desire" New Orleans |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY $5,000 (Daily Double): Oh yah, in 1988, pre-"Fargo", she was Stellllla! in "A Streetcar Named Desire", dontcha know Frances McDormand |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | LINE $200: This 1951 movie includes the line "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #6552, aired 2013-02-26 | UNREAL ESTATE $2,400 (Daily Double): Belle Reve in Mississippi is the lost family home that's longed for in this classic American play A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #6492, aired 2012-12-04 | OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESSES $400: "A Streetcar Named Desire" netted Kim Hunter a supporting actress Oscar for playing this character Stella |
| #6048, aired 2010-12-22 | GATHER 'ROUND THE "TRE" $800: You might "desire" this urban vehicle that runs on rails & is often powered by electricity a streetcar |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | PLAY HEROINES $400: Blanche DuBois A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #5911, aired 2010-05-03 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $600: In "A Streetcar Named Desire", Mitch is a more genteel friend of this man Stanley |
| #5899, aired 2010-04-15 | THE LONDON STAGE $2000: In 2007 Jessica Lange took to the London stage as Amanda Wingfield in this Tennessee Williams drama The Glass Menagerie |
| #5887, aired 2010-03-30 | ECUADOR OF YORE $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands on a streetcar.) October 9th Street is so named because Guayaquil won independence from Spain on October 9, 1820; it was soon annexed by this man Simon Bolivar |
| #5839, aired 2010-01-21 | ARTS NEWS 2009 $1200: In London Oscar winner Rachel Weisz took on this iconic stage role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" Blanche DuBois |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA $400: One of the 2 plays for which Tennessee Williams won Pulitzers, in 1948 & 1955 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (or A Streetcar Named Desire) |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $800: He bowed on Broadway in 1944 in "Bobino", a musical fantasy for children: his ride on "A Streetcar" came later (Marlon) Brando |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | STREETCAR $200: Rent a streetcar for your birthday party at the Shore Line Trolley Museum in this state's East Haven Connecticut |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | STREETCAR $1000: This passionate Pasternak protagonist suffers a heart attack on a streetcar & dies Dr. Zhivago |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | UNREAL ESTATE $400: We learn of the loss of Belle Reve, ancestral home of the DuBois family, in this classic 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #5525, aired 2008-09-19 | NICE RIDE $1000: L.A.'s Starline Tours can take you past Hollywood landmarks in this, another word for a streetcar a trolley |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | MOVIE QUOTES $400: 1951:
"I've always depended on the kindness of strangers" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #5385, aired 2008-01-25 | IT HAPPENED IN SAN FRANCISCO $800: An engineer saw a streetcar slide down Nob Hill, killing 5 horses, & came up with this better system cable cars |
| #5242, aired 2007-05-29 | THE AMERICAN THEATRE $400: (Hi, I'm Kathryn Erbe of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.) In 1997 I played Stella Kowalski in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 50th anniversary production of this great American play A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | WHAT A WAY TO GO $1000: This playwright choked to death in 1983 at NYC's hotel Elysee; a character of his exits a streetcar at "Elysian Fields" Tennessee Williams |
| #5171, aired 2007-02-19 | FUN WITH BALLET $800: The music of film composer Alex North drives the ballet based on this play about Stanley Kowalski "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | BRANDO $600: Blanche's brother-in-law Stanley A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | DOUBLE "L" $800: A streetcar trolley |
| #4557, aired 2004-06-01 | INVENTIVE WOMEN $800: Mary Anderson invented this device after seeing a streetcar driver keep brushing snow off his front window windshield wipers |
| #4462, aired 2004-01-20 | QUESTIONS IN THE FORM OF A PHRASE $4,000 (Daily Double): The last 4 words Blanche speaks in "A Streetcar Named Desire" make up this famous phrase the kindness of strangers |
| #4418, aired 2003-11-19 | IT OPENED IN NEW HAVEN $400: Coincidentally, New Haven still had streetcars of its own when this southern drama premiered here in 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #4362, aired 2003-07-15 | NEW ORLEANS $200: If this play were written today, Blanche would have to ride the bus; the title vehicle doesn't run any more A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | WE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OPERA! $800: Of adapting this Southern play, Andre Previn said it's "always been an opera. It's just that the music was missing" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | MARLON BRANDO MOVIES $400: "...Remember what Huey Long said -- that every man's a king -- and I'm the king around here and don't you forget it!" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #4224, aired 2003-01-02 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $800: Stanley Kowalski yells, "Stel-lahhh!" on Ephraim Cabot's farm in this collaboration by Tennessee Williams & Eugene O'Neill A Streetcar Named Desire Under the Elms |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | CLIFFS NOTES $400: Lady arrives in New Orleans for an extended visit with her sister; her brother-in-law throws a real hissy fit A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #4185, aired 2002-11-08 | OSCAR! OSCAR! $800: This actress won her second Oscar for her role in the 1951 film version of "A Streetcar Named Desire" Vivien Leigh |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | UNREAL ESTATE $2000: In "A Streetcar Named Desire", it's the name of Blanche & Stella's family plantation that, sadly, has been lost Belle Reve |
| #4101, aired 2002-06-03 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $400: 1951:
"One Trolley Called Passion" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | THE PLAY'S THE THING $200: It's the mode of public transport mentioned in a 1947 Tennessee Williams' play title a streetcar |
| #4000, aired 2002-01-11 | DRAMA & DRAMATISTS $200: "Whoever you are--I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" is from this Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #3961, aired 2001-11-19 | THEATRE STUFF $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew lets out a yell from the street up to a balcony.) Stella! I'm rehearsing to play Stanley Kowalski, like Marlon Brando did in this film Streetcar Named Desire |
| #3868, aired 2001-05-30 | MOVIE LAST LINES $200: It ends with Marlon Brando yelling for Stella A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #3820, aired 2001-03-23 | PLAY REVIVALS $200: In 1992 you could have seen James Gandolfini playing cards with Stanley Kowalski in a revival of this play "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | BALLET $1000: "A Streetcar..." is an abstract ballet inspired by the work of this playwright Tennessee Williams |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | PLAYS BY CHARACTERS $200: Harold Mitchell,
Eunice Hubbell,
Stella Kowalski A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | SOUTHERN LIT $200: This play's setting is "A two-story corner building on a street in New Orleans which is named Elysian Fields" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #3556, aired 2000-02-07 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $400: You can ride a streetcar or a sternwheeler to this city's Audubon Zoo New Orleans |
| #3511, aired 1999-12-06 | BALLET $200: Valerie Bettis choreographed a ballet based on this Tennessee Williams play & sometimes played Blanche in it A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #3396, aired 1999-05-17 | NAME THE MOVIE $500 (Daily Double): 1951:
"Stell-lahhhhh!!" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #3339, aired 1999-02-25 | 30-SECOND THEATER $800: Fading Southern belle visits sister & brutish brother-in-law; goes nuts A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #3285, aired 1998-12-11 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $600: As a lawyer, Chester got better treatment for blacks in this city's streetcar system New York City |
| #3252, aired 1998-10-27 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: It can mean a streetcar or a cable car Tram |
| #3156, aired 1998-04-27 | NAME THE PLAY $400: "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | ENDS IN "ELLA" $400: Name shouted in the conclusion of the film "A Streetcar Named Desire" "Stella!" |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | DIRECTORS $600: Elia Kazan directed both this 1947 play, that made Marlon Brando a star, & the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #2970, aired 1997-06-27 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $600: In "A Streetcar Named Desire", she's Stanley Kowalski's sister-in-law Blanche DuBois |
| #2920, aired 1997-04-18 | ACTORS ON BROADWAY $200: This "Driving Miss Daisy" star was the original Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Broadway Jessica Tandy |
| #2880, aired 1997-02-21 | CLASSIC MOVIE QUOTES $400: In this film Vivien Leigh cracked, "Stanley Kowalski, survivor of the Stone Age" "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | BALLET $200: Igor Youskevitch was noted for playing Stanley in the ballet version of this Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | INTERNATIONAL THEATRE $100: Marlon Brando played Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" by this American playwright Tennessee Williams |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | POSTAGE STAMPS $100: This playwright was depicted on a 1995 U.S. stamp with a streetcar in the background Tennessee Williams |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | DRAMA $1000: One critic called "A Streetcar Named Desire" a rewrite of this author's "Miss Julie" August Strindberg |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | TRANSPORTATION $400: An overhead electrified cable called a catenary is used to power this type of vehicle a streetcar |
| #2598, aired 1995-12-13 | NEW ORLEANS $100: If you "Desire" to use this type of transportation, a historic one runs along St. Charles Avenue streetcar |
| #2501, aired 1995-06-19 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $200: Of all his plays, "A Streetcar Named Desire" had the longest run on Broadway Tennessee Williams |
| #2424, aired 1995-03-02 | THE MOVIES $300: The last line in this 1951 Marlon Brando film is "Hey, Stella! Hey Stella!" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #2359, aired 1994-12-01 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $400: Surprisingly, Marlon Brando wasn't nominated for a Tony for playing this role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" Stanley Kowalski |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | TRANSPORTATION $1000: It's a streetcar or bus that runs on electricity supplied by an overhead wire Trolley |
| #2340, aired 1994-11-04 | DRAMA $400: In "A Streetcar Named Desire", she's Stella Kowalski's sister Blanche DuBois |
| #2288, aired 1994-07-13 | PLAY CHARACTERS $600: In the final of "A Streetcar Named Desire", a doctor from a state institution leads her away Blanche DuBois |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: Although it no longer exists, a streetcar named this used to run along Royal Street in New Orleans Desire |
| #2124, aired 1993-11-25 | THIRTYSOMETHING $600: "A Streetcar Named Desire" earned this actress her 2nd Oscar, at 38 Vivien Leigh |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | PULITZER PRIZE PLAYS $800: Jessica Lange played Blanche DuBois in this play 45 years after Jessica Tandy created the role A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | CELEBRITY COMMON BONDS $400: Vivien Leigh,
Karl Malden,
Kim Hunter A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #1904, aired 1992-12-10 | DRAMA $400: In April 1992 Jessica Lange made her Broadway debut as Blanche DuBois in this play A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | THEATER $600: Jessica Tandy won a 1948 Tony for playing this role in the original cast of "A Streetcar Named Desire" Blanche DuBois |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | PULITZER PRIZE PLAYS $2,500 (Daily Double): The 2 plays for which Tennessee Williams won Pulitzer Prizes Cat on a Hot Tin Roof & A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #1793, aired 1992-05-20 | BALLET $600: Mia Slavenska danced the role of Blanche DuBois at the premiere of this ballet in 1952 A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #1754, aired 1992-03-26 | NAME THE PLAY $400: Danny Zuko,
Betty Rizzo &
Sandy Dumbrowski Grease |
| #1683, aired 1991-12-18 | TRANSPORTATION $400: Cable cars are 1 type of these "desirable" vehicles a streetcar |
| #1527, aired 1991-04-02 | WORLD LITERATURE $400: This Pasternak hero suffers a heart attack on a streetcar & dies Dr. Zhivago |
| #1418, aired 1990-10-31 | DRAMA $1,500 (Daily Double): The Thomas Hart Benton painting seen here depicts the original cast of this T. Williams play: A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #1415, aired 1990-10-26 | TRANSPORTATION $200: Tennessee Williams could have called it a trolley, same thing a streetcar |
| #1377, aired 1990-09-04 | AWARDS $600: Jessica Tandy's first of 3 Tony Awards came in 1948 for her performance as Blanche DuBois in this play A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #1308, aired 1990-04-18 | THEATER $200: "Toys in the Attic" & "A Streetcar Named Desire" are both set in this city New Orleans |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | MARLON BRANDO $800: Brando's bravura performance in this brutish role made him a Broadway star in 1947 Stanley Kowalski ("A Streetcar Named Desire") |
| #1282, aired 1990-03-13 | LAURENCE OLIVIER $400: Olivier directed this woman, his 2nd wife, in the 1949 London production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" Vivien Leigh |
| #1229, aired 1989-12-28 | THE SOUTH $600: You can ride a streetcar on this city's St. Charles line, but the Desire line is no longer running New Orleans |
| #1176, aired 1989-10-16 | 20th CENTURY WRITERS $200: 1 of 2 plays for which Tennessee Williams won a Pulitzer Prize 1 of ("A Streetcar Named Desire" or "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof") |
| #941, aired 1988-10-10 | CHARACTERS IN PLAYS $1,600 (Daily Double): Her last line in "A Streetcar Named Desire" is "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" Blanche DuBois |
| #791, aired 1988-02-01 | PULITZER PRIZE PLAYS $800: The original cast of this prizewinner included Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter & Marlon Brando "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: Both these stars of "Viva Zapata!" have played Stanley Kowalski on Broadway in "A Streetcar Named Desire" Marlon Brando & Anthony Quinn |
| #743, aired 1987-11-25 | ACTRESSES $500: This "Gone With the Wind" star, not Vivien Leigh, was Elia Kazan's 1st choice for "A Streetcar Named Desire" Olivia de Havilland |
| #691, aired 1987-09-14 | FIRST LINES $300: "Hey, there! Stella, baby!" A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #624, aired 1987-04-30 | ADD A LETTER $500 (Daily Double): Adding a "P" to the end of this word for streetcar gets you this un"desire"able tram & tramp |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | PLAYWRIGHTS $200: Rex Reed claims he saw this Southern playwright almost hit by a bus named Desire Tennessee Williams |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | NON-FICTION $200: "The Kindness of Strangers" covers the life, dreams & desires of this playwright Tennessee Williams |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | BALLET $200: Stanley Kowalski trips the light fantastic in the ballet version of this play A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #307, aired 1985-11-12 | MEDICINE $1000: Antiallergy drug 1st found to help motion sickness when 1 patient took it before riding a streetcar dramamine |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $800: He was the conductor of "A Streetcar Named Desire" on stage & screen Elia Kazan |
| #80, aired 1984-12-28 | LAST WORDS $1000: Her best line was "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" Blanche DuBois |
