#9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 1960s FICTION $200: The Mrs. W's (Whatsit, Who & Which) are guides through the universe in this Madeleine L'Engle classic A Wrinkle in Time |
#8884, aired 2023-06-01 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): In "A Wrinkle in Time", Meg's scientist dad likes to extend "Meg" into this nickname equal to 3.26 million light years a megaparsec |
#8746, aired 2022-11-21 | WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $400: More than a decade before "A Wrinkle in Time", she wrote her first book for kids, "And Both Were Young" L'Engle |
#8694, aired 2022-07-28 | AUTHORS $1600: Asked whether she'd call "A Wrinkle in Time" science fiction or fantasy, this author suggested "science fantasy" Madeleine L'Engle |
#8512, aired 2021-11-16 | BOOK TITLES EN FRANCAIS $800: Science fiction for all ages: "Un raccourci dans le temps" A Wrinkle in Time |
#8487, aired 2021-10-12 | WHO DIRECTED IT? $800: "When They See Us",
"A Wrinkle in Time", "Selma" Ava DuVernay |
#8436, aired 2021-07-05 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "T" $1600: Mentioned in "A Wrinkle in Time", it's a 4-dimensional analogue of a cube, or what Carl Sagan called a hypercube a tesseract |
#8381, aired 2021-04-19 | FICTION $1200: "A Wrinkle in Time" starts with what might be called an infamous quotation, these 7 words that also open an 1830 novel "It was a dark and stormy night" |
#8257, aired 2020-10-13 | WOMEN IN LITERATURE $600: Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who & Mrs. Which help Meg Murry & her brother in this 1962 novel by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time |
#8102, aired 2019-11-26 | "TRON" LEGACY $1200: Long before a Transformer villain was called this name, it was a nickname for the heroine in "A Wrinkle in Time" Megatron |
#7948, aired 2019-03-13 | CHILDREN'S LIT $400: "A Wind in the Door" is a follow-up to this classic by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time |
#7702, aired 2018-02-20 | A WRINKLE IN TIME $400: (Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) "Love may be stronger than all fears" is how the book is summed up by the American Library Association, which awarded this author the prestigious Newbery Medal Madeleine L'Engle |
#7702, aired 2018-02-20 | A WRINKLE IN TIME $800: (Reese Witherspoon gives the clue.) I play the first of the 3 guides to appear, Mrs. Whatsit; it turns out she was once this type of heavenly body that exploded in its battle with evil a star |
#7702, aired 2018-02-20 | A WRINKLE IN TIME $1200: (Mindy Kaling gives the clue.) I play Mrs. Who, a well-read character who speaks mainly in quotes, including this question that's also the first line in "Macbeth" "When shall we three meet again?" |
#7702, aired 2018-02-20 | A WRINKLE IN TIME $1600: The travelers see what awaits in the crystal ball of a character played by Zach Galifianakis, punningly called the Happy this the Medium |
#7702, aired 2018-02-20 | A WRINKLE IN TIME $2000: (Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) I play Mrs. Which, the eldest of the 3 guardian angels who help the children travel through time & space using this concept, described in the book as "the fifth dimension" a tesseract |
#7403, aired 2016-11-16 | SCI-FI NOVELS $1,400 (Daily Double): Meg & Charles Murry travel the universe with Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who & Mrs. Which in this 1962 novel A Wrinkle in Time |
#7128, aired 2015-09-16 | QUICK LIT $800: Madeleine L'Engle won a 1963 Newbery for this fantasy story A Wrinkle in Time |
#6718, aired 2013-11-27 | FAR SOUTHERN NOVELS $400: 32 years after "A Wrinkle in Time", she wrote of the South Pole in "Troubling a Star" Madeleine L'Engle |
#6303, aired 2012-02-01 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Rejected by 26 publishers, this beloved classic by Madeleine L'Engle is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012 A Wrinkle in Time |
#6185, aired 2011-07-01 | CHILDREN'S LIT CHARACTERS $600: In this Madeleine L'Engle story, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who & Mrs. Which help Meg travel through space & save her father A Wrinkle in Time |
#5783, aired 2009-11-04 | TEEN LIT $600: In 2009 this 1962 classic by Madeleine L'Engle was still in Barnes & Noble's Top 20 list of teen bestsellers A Wrinkle in Time |
#5277, aired 2007-07-17 | CLASSIC LIT $400: This classic is the first book in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet A Wrinkle in Time |
#5071, aired 2006-10-02 | I'M BORED $1600: Maybe you can tesser & travel to new worlds like Meg, Calvin & Charles Wallace did in this 1962 L'Engle novel A Wrinkle in Time |
#4848, aired 2005-10-12 | KID LIT $2000: In 1981 she won a Newbery Honor for "A Ring of Endless Light"; she won the medal in 1963 for "A Wrinkle in Time" Madeleine L'Engle |
#4520, aired 2004-04-09 | FOUR $2000: This author's Time Quartet includes "A Wrinkle in Time" & "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" Madeleine L'Engle |
#3922, aired 2001-09-25 | BOOKS $500 (Daily Double): Meg Murry finds out that this title phenomenon, also called a tesseract, exists in a Madeleine L'Engle novel A Wrinkle in Time |
#3700, aired 2000-10-06 | A LITTLE LIGHT READING $200: A popular series of books by Madeleine L'Engle kicks off with "A Wrinkle in" this Time |
#2967, aired 1997-06-24 | WOMEN WRITERS $600: A young adult series by Madeleine L'Engle begins with the novel "A Wrinkle in" this Time |
#2402, aired 1995-01-31 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $400: In a book by Madeleine L'Engle, Meg, Charles & Calvin travel across "A Wrinkle in" this Time |
#1967, aired 1993-03-09 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: Madeleine L'Engle is perhaps best known for her children's novel "A Wrinkle in" this Time |
#887, aired 1988-06-14 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: "Tunnel in the Sky" & "A Wrinkle in Time" are 2 novels for children written in this genre science fiction |