| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $400: I'm choosing something by Adele next time we go out to do this, "empty orchestra" in Japanese karaoke |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT LYRICS $400: Adele & Lionel Richie were greeted with No. 1 hits that had this title "Hello" |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS $1000: We're not sure how Adele pulled off this title trick in a 2011 song, but she definitely wanted to "let it burn" "Set Fire To The Rain" |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | DIFFERENT SONGS, SAME TITLES $200: Adele,
Oasis,
Lionel Richie
(is it me you're looking for?) "Hello" |
| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | NAME THAT TUNESTER $600: "But I set fire to the rain, watched it pour as I touched your face, well, it burned while I cried" Adele |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE LYRICS SAY! $1200: She asked, "Or should I just keep chasing pavements?" & not, as some have misheard, "Or should I just keep chasing penguins?" Adele |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | LADY "A" $200: In 2021 she was on top of Billboard's Hot 100 with her ballad "Easy On Me" Adele |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | THE ARTS $600: The woman in gold in this artist's famous painting was Adele Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy Jewish socialite Klimt |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | HIT ALBUMS $1200: 2021 saw the release of this latest of Adele's numerically titled chart toppers 30 |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | PORTRAIT OF A LADY $800: Seized by the Nazis, this artist's "Woman in Gold" portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer now resides at the Neue Galerie in New York Klimt |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | OSCAR-WINNING WOMEN $400: At the awards in 2013, she not only sang "Skyfall", she also won an Oscar for it Adele |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | SONGS FROM THE HIT ALBUM $600: "Rolling In The Deep" & "Set Fire To The Rain" 21 |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE CHASE $900: (Brad Rutter delivers the clue.) In 2009 she won her first Grammy Awards, Best New Artist & Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her song "Chasing Pavements" Adele |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | SECOND CHANCE SONGS $400: In an Adele hit, this one-word title precedes, "It's me, I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet" "Hello" |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | ADELE $200: This No. 1 hit by Adele says, "The scars of your love remind me of us; they keep me thinking that we almost had it all" "Rolling In The Deep" |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | ADELE $400: This ballad says, "I had hoped you'd see my face & that you be reminded that for me it isn't over / Never mind I'll find..." "Someone Like You" |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | ADELE $600: At the Grammys in 2017, Adele paid tribute to this late singer, performing his song "Fast Love" George Michael |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | ADELE $800: Adele won an Oscar for her song from this 2012 James Bond movie Skyfall |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | ADELE $1000: In 2015 listeners were greeted with this song, the first single from Adele's album "25" "Hello" |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | JOHNNY GILBERT READS LYRICS FROM THE HEART $400: "Never mind, I'll find someone like you, I wish nothing but the best for you too" Adele |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | BILLBOARD YEAR-END NO. 1 ALBUMS $800: No. 1 for 2016 was this Adele number featuring "Hello" 25 |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | GRAMMY WINNERS $600: 2011: This song gave it all to Adele--Record of the Year, Short Form Music Video & Song of the Year "Rolling In The Deep" |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | FACE THE PERFORMER $400: Loretta Devine checked into this ABC medical drama as Adele Webber in 2005 & checked out eight years later Grey's Anatomy |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | MASTERPIECE/THEATER $600: This artist used his signature gold leaf technique on one of his 2 portraits of Viennese society woman Adele Bloch-Bauer (Gustav) Klimt |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS' LAST NAMES $200: "Rumour Has It" it's Adkins Adele |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | TECHNOLOGY $800: (Reshma Saujani presents the clue.) Tech pioneer Adele Goldberg helped develop a programming language used to create the first GUI, short for this, featuring icons & menus a graphical user interface |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | OH, HELLO SONGS $200: In 2015 her song "Hello" became the first to sell a million downloads in the first week of release Adele |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | PLAYING REAL PEOPLE $2000: (Ryan Reynolds presents the clue.) In the 2015 film "Woman in Gold", I played Randy Schoenberg, the lawyer who finally got the Austrian government to return Nazi-looted art to the relatives of Adele Bloch-Bauer whose portrait was painted by this Austrian known for his use of gold leaf (Gustav) Klimt |
| #8136, aired 2020-01-13 | WATER MUSIC $800: In 2016 this British woman had a hit with "Water Under The Bridge" Adele |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | FROM THE NO. 1 ALBUM $800: 2015: "Hello", "When We Were Young" 25 |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | FEMALE SINGERS MONONYMOUS $11,400 (Daily Double): This Brit: "I've never wanted to look like models...I represent the majority of women & I'm very proud of that" Adele |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | THE YEAR'S BIGGEST HIT SONG $400: 2011:
Adele could've had it all, & did "Rolling In The Deep" |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | MOVIE TITLE TUNES $2000: 007 was in good musical hands with Adele, who certainly didn't crumble singing this title tune in 2012 "Skyfall" |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY BATTLES $1600: In 2009 Duffy was beaten by this woman, also a deep-voiced Brit known by a 5-letter name Adele |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | WHOSE MEGA-ALBUM? $400: Fans have bought a whole lot more than 21 copies of her "21" Adele |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | BURNIN' LOVE SONGS $1600: In the title of a 2012 No. 1, Adele pulled off this difficult feat "Set Fire To The Rain" |
| #7740, aired 2018-04-13 | THEIR DEBUT ALBUMS $200: 2008:
"19" Adele |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | THE BRIT'S NO. 1 HIT $800: 2012:
"Set Fire To The Rain" Adele |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | THE GRAMMY PHONE $200: Adele picked up the phone in 2017 saying this title to win a Grammy for Song of the Year "Hello" |
| #7639, aired 2017-11-23 | FOR A SONG $400: "When We Were Young" is found on her album "25" Adele |
| #7571, aired 2017-07-10 | OSCAR-WINNING SONG PERFORMERS $1200: "Writing's On The Wall" from "Spectre" (2015) Sam Smith |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | WE'VE GOT MOMMY ISSUES $600: In Vanity Fair Adele talked about motherhood & her struggles with this, PPD for short, after her son was born postpartum depression |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | PUTTING THE "R" IN ENTERTAINMENT $400: This hit by Adele begins, "There's a fire starting in my heart, reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark" "Rolling in the Deep" |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | THE MUSICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $400: "Hello from the other side. I must have called a thousand times, to tell you I'm sorry" Adele |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | A SONG OF ICE &/OR FIRE $600: This Adele song says, "When it burned, well, I cried" "Set Fire To The Rain" |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | ADELE $200: Like Lionel Richie, in 2015 Adele had a No. 1 hit bearing this title "Hello" |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | ADELE $400: It might sound like surgery on these folds in the larynx would be disastrous to a singer, but Adele soldiered on her vocal cords |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | ADELE $600: Adele's third album is "25": her second was titled this 21 |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | ADELE $800: Adele won an Oscar for this movie song she performed at the Oscars in 2013 "Skyfall" |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | ADELE $1000: Adele released a live album taped at this London venue mentioned in the Beatles' "A Day In The Life" Albert Hall |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | "R" SONG $800: Adele took home a 2011 Grammy for doing this "Rolling In The Deep" |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | GRAB BAG $1200: Her album "25" sold 3.38 million copies in its first week, the most since direct sales started being tracked in 1991 Adele |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | FEMALE BOOK CHARACTERS $800: Adele Varens is the pupil to whom this title Bronte character is a governess Jane Eyre |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | TEEN CHOICE $800: It's the title of Adele's debut album 19 |
| #6866, aired 2014-06-23 | QUOTH THE CELEBRITY $600: At the Oscars in 2014, Idina Menzel was introduced by this actor as the "one & only Adele Dazeem" John Travolta |
| #6858, aired 2014-06-11 | RECORD OF THE YEAR GRAMMYS $200: 2011:
Her "Rolling In The Deep" Adele |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | TOP 40 DEBUTS $1000: 2009:
This single-named British gal was "Chasing Pavements" Adele |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | SO SAD $800: In her No. 1 hit "Someone Like You", she "hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over" Adele |
| #6627, aired 2013-06-11 | I SANG THE JAMES BOND SONG $400: "Skyfall" Adele |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | CANARIES $400: This soulful Brit's album "21" was the top seller of 2011 & 2012 Adele |
| #6493, aired 2012-12-05 | HITS & MISSES $600: 2012:
"Rumour Has It" Adele |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | BILLBOARD'S TOP MONEY MAKERS OF 2011 $400: With $13 million, she was rolling in the deep dough Adele |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | BILLBOARD'S TOP MONEY MAKERS OF 2011 $800: We like "The Sweetest Taboo" too, but were still surprised to see this 1-named singer at No. 6 Sade |
| #6440, aired 2012-09-21 | SINGERS "R" US $400: Not yet 25, she's the highest-selling digital artist of all time, with more than 47 million units sold Rihanna |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | POP MUSIC $800: It may not make sense, but in song, Adele wanted to "set fire to" this rain |
| #6409, aired 2012-06-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTRESSES $2000: Loretta Devine, one of the original "Dreamgirls" on Broadway, plays Dr. Webber's wife Adele on this medical drama Grey's Anatomy |
| #6301, aired 2012-01-30 | ALBUMS $1000: Her sophomore album "21" featured her hit "Rolling In The Deep" Adele |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | LITERARY CHARACTERS' ADS $2000: Seeking governess for ward Adele at Thornfield; must not snoop in the attic Rochester |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | ART GAL-ERY $1600: In a 1988 movie, Laurent Grevill played writer Paul Claudel & Isabelle Adjani starred as this artist sister Camille (Claudel) |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | ARTY FACTS $2000: In 2006 a 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by this Austrian sold for a record $135 million (Gustav) Klimt |
| #5077, aired 2006-10-10 | JANE EYRE'S WEDDING REGISTRY $1600: The list includes some games for Adele, who is introduced as this type of minor in Edward's care a ward |
| #4631, aired 2004-10-25 | OLD SONGS $800: Fred Astaire's sister Adele introduced this Gershwin tune "The Man I Love" |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | TEEN BOOK SCENE $400: "Troy" by Adele Geras is a young adult novel reworking of this Homer epic "The Iliad" |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $200: This title character is governess to Adele Varens, Mr. Rochester's illegitimate child Jane Eyre |
| #3744, aired 2000-12-07 | A.A. $600: Fred's sister, she was his dancing partner before Ginger Rogers Adele Astaire |
| #3090, aired 1998-01-23 | TEAMMATES $200: From 1917 to 1932 he & his sister Adele were a famous dancing team on Broadway Fred Astaire |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | INTERNATIONAL ACTRESSES $1000: Sharon Stone's "Diabolique" co-star, this French actress was an Oscar nominee for "The Story of Adele H." Isabelle Adjani |
| #2110, aired 1993-11-05 | HISTORY $200: In July 1959 he quit as premier of Cuba in order to remove the president Fidel Castro |
| #2110, aired 1993-11-05 | STATE SEALS $200: A grizzly bear stands next to the goddess Minerva on this state's seal California |
| #2110, aired 1993-11-05 | STATE SEALS $400: A 5-pointed star on this state's seal displays symbols of the Five Civilized Tribes Oklahoma |
| #2110, aired 1993-11-05 | IN THE SKY $500: It's the U.S. Navy's aerial acrobatic team the Blue Angels |
| #2110, aired 1993-11-05 | SHAKESPEARE $800: This comedy's "All the world's a stage" speech compares an unwilling schoolboy to a creeping snail As You Like It |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | DANCE $100: At the age of 4 he was enrolled in the same ballet school as his sister Adele Fred Astaire |
| #1882, aired 1992-11-10 | FRENCH ACTRESSES $800: Isabelle Adjani played the obsessive daughter of this author in "The Story of Adele H." Victor Hugo |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | REMOVED $100: For this Jewish holiday, all the leavened bread must be removed from the house Passover |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | 1776 $300: In March this state set up an independent government with John Rutledge as president in Charleston South Carolina |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | 1776 $500: In July this English captain set out on his final voyage, this time to find the Northwest Passage Captain Cook |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | ARCHITECTURE $600: It's the more common name for tall casement windows, from the country where they were developed French windows |
| #1830, aired 1992-07-10 | QUOTES $500: Adele Davis wrote, "... thousands of persons have studied disease. Almost no one has studied" this health |
| #1628, aired 1991-10-02 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1,000 (Daily Double): She is brought to Thornfield Manor as governess to Adele Varens, Rochester's ward Jane Eyre |
| #1626, aired 1991-09-30 | FAMOUS DOUGLASES $400: He married Dolley Madison's great-niece Adele Cutts 2 years befoe his debates with Lincoln Stephen Douglas |
| #1226, aired 1989-12-25 | MUSICAL THEATER $800: 1924's "Lady, Be Good" starring Fred & Adele Astaire was the 1st hit musical play for this composer George Gershwin |
| #783, aired 1988-01-20 | LADIES $600: In 1932, his sister Adele left the act to marry Lord Cavendish & become a real "Lady Be Good" Fred Astaire |
| #58, aired 1984-11-28 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: 1931's "The Band Wagon" was the last time this brother & sister shared the dancing spotlight the Astaires |
