| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | ALBERT CAMUS $400: On Dec. 10, 1957 Albert Camus received this prize in Stockholm, Sweden the Nobel Prize (for Literature) |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | ALBERT CAMUS $800: Dr. Bernard Rieux fights a rising epidemic (which symbolizes the Nazi occupation of France) in this Camus novel La Peste (The Plague) |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | ALBERT CAMUS $1200: Camus was born in this then French colony, the setting of some of his works Algeria |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | ALBERT CAMUS $1600: In the original French, the first line of this Camus novel is "Aujourd'hui, maman est morte" The Stranger |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | ALBERT CAMUS $9,000 (Daily Double): Camus' attack on Stalinism in 1951's "L'Homme revolte" strained his relationship with this other existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre |
| #8921, aired 2023-07-24 | INTERNATIONAL BOOKS $800: A deadly epidemic is sweeping through Oran, Algeria in this classic by Albert Camus The Plague |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | THAT BOOK PLAGUES ME $400: An epidemic strikes Algeria in "The Plague" by this author Albert Camus |
| #8454, aired 2021-07-29 | A NOBEL LAUREATE WROTE THAT $2000: Incomplete at his death, Albert Camus' novel "The First Man" is set in France & this country of his birth Algeria |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: Translated into French in 1936, "The Postman Always Rings Twice" influenced this man's spare prose in "The Stranger" (Albert) Camus |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | LITERATURE $800: In a novel Simone de Beauvoir depicted herself as Anne & this author of "The Stranger" as Henri (Albert) Camus |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | LITERARY GEOGRAPHY $800: Albert Camus set several works in the French colony of Algeria, including this first novel The Stranger |
| #7674, aired 2018-01-11 | BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS $2000: Bartlett's quotes this author:
"Mother died today, or maybe it was yesterday" Albert Camus |
| #7435, aired 2016-12-30 | DOCTORED BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Dr. Bernard Rieux forgoes escape to stay behind & fight the deadly contagion in this Albert Camus work The Plague |
| #7313, aired 2016-06-01 | LEFTOVERS $1200: He depicted 20th century alienation in his 1942 novel "The Stranger" (Albert) Camus |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | PHILOSOPHY $2000: The fundamental question of philosophy is whether life is worth living, he wrote in "The Myth of Sisyphus" (Albert) Camus |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | 1940s FICTION $2,600 (Daily Double): The discovery of a dead rat starts this 1947 Albert Camus novel; more would follow The Plague |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | LITERARY SETTINGS $1600: The bubonic plague overwhelms the city of Oran in this North African nation in Albert Camus' "The Plague" Algeria |
| #7107, aired 2015-07-07 | PHILOSOPHIC PHIL IN $2000: Albert Camus:
"There is only one really serious philosophical question, and that is ____" suicide |
| #6937, aired 2014-11-11 | LITERARY AWARDS $400: This French writer was just 44 when he got the Nobel Prize for Literature for works like "The Myth of Sisyphus" (Albert) Camus |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | FRENCH LIT $1,500 (Daily Double): French author Albert Camus set several works in this country of his birth Algeria |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | WORLD LITERATURE $1600: In 1956 he published "La Chute", or "The Fall"; the next year he won the Nobel Prize for Literature (Albert) Camus |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $2000: Born in 1913 in Algeria; died in a car accident in France in 1960 (Albert) Camus |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | URBAN LIT $1000: "The Stranger" by Albert Camus concerns a senseless murder in this North African burg Algiers |
| #6492, aired 2012-12-04 | WORLD AUTHORS $1200: During WWII, this author of "The Plague" joined the French resistance (Albert) Camus |
| #6380, aired 2012-05-18 | "A.C." $1600: Awarded a Nobel Prize, this existentialist said he would have given it to fellow Frenchman Andre Malraux Albert Camus |
| #6338, aired 2012-03-21 | HEY HEY HEY, IT'S PHAT ALBERT! $2000: In 1942 this Frenchman wrote, "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide" Albert Camus |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | & HONEY $1000: & Honey, while you're up, can you grab my copy of "Caligula" by this French-Algerian author? He's so existential (Albert) Camus |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | LITERARY STUPID ANSWERS $400: An epidemic of the bubonic plague overwhelms a city in this 1947 novel by Albert Camus The Plague |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | AN ALL-EDDIE BEFORE & AFTER $2000: A "Green Acres" star goes existential (& French) as the author of "The Fall" Eddie Albert Camus |
| #5698, aired 2009-05-20 | POSTHUMOUS WORKS $5,000 (Daily Double): Found at the car wreck that killed him, this writer's "The First Man" provides a glimpse of his childhood in Algeria Albert Camus |
| #5669, aired 2009-04-09 | FILL IN THE TITLE $800: "T.S."
by Albert Camus The Stranger |
| #5577, aired 2008-12-02 | NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE WINNERS $1200: 1957:
This Frenchman who wrote "The First Man" & "The Plague" Albert Camus |
| #5262, aired 2007-06-26 | PHILOSOPHIC BEFORE & AFTER $400: Rotund Cosby-voiced cartoon character who penned works like "The Plague" & "The Stranger" Fat Albert Camus |
| #4909, aired 2006-01-05 | LITERARY ROCK & ROLL $1600: The chilling "Killing An Arab" by The Cure was inspired by this Albert Camus work The Stranger |
| #4841, aired 2005-10-03 | NOBEL LIT WINNERS, INITIALLY YOURS $1200: 1957:
A.C.,
France Albert Camus |
| #4840, aired 2005-09-30 | WORLD LITERATURE $800: This Albert Camus novel begins with the discovery of a dead rat outside Dr. Bernard Rieux' door; more dead rats follow The Plague |
| #4733, aired 2005-03-16 | PUBLISH OR PERISH $4,800 (Daily Double): This writer was working on a novel, "Le Premier Homme", when he was killed in a car accident (Albert) Camus |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL $1000: This intellectual known for his concept of the absurd classifies rebels into world deniers and world affirmers Albert Camus |
| #4603, aired 2004-09-15 | WORD "PLA"Y $1600: An epidemic with a high rate of mortality, or a novel by Albert Camus a plague |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | ALBERT CAMUS $200: On Dec. 10, 1957 Albert Camus received this prize in Stockholm, Sweden Nobel Prize for Literature |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | ALBERT CAMUS $400: Camus' father Lucien died at the First Battle of the Marne, a major turning point in this conflict World War I |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | ALBERT CAMUS $600: Camus was born in this then French colony, the setting for some of his works Algeria |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | ALBERT CAMUS $800: Camus' attack on Stalinism in 1951's "L'Homme Revolte" strained his relationship with this other existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | ALBERT CAMUS $1000: In an influential essay, Camus compared the human condition to the Greek myth of this rock pusher Sisyphus |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $2000: His "Myth of Sisyphus" outlined his theory of the absurd Albert Camus |
| #4214, aired 2002-12-19 | WORLD OF AUTHORS $1600: A rat infestation takes its toll on a French town in this Algerian-born author's "The Plague" Albert Camus |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | WORLD LITERATURE $1000: Tant pis, the crucial expansion of existential thought by this French author was cut all too short (Albert) Camus |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | LITERATURE $1,000 (Daily Double): He was no "Stranger" to the Nobel Prize for Literature, winning in 1957 Albert Camus |
| #3626, aired 2000-05-15 | A PLAGUE ON YOU! $800: He published "The Plague" in 1947 Albert Camus |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | "A.C." $1000: His attack on Stalinism in 1951's "L'Homme revolte" put a chink in his relationship with Sartre Albert Camus |
| #3350, aired 1999-03-12 | IF THEY MARRIED... $300: Thurman's "Dangerous Liaisons" with "L'Etranger" Albert turn to wedded bliss & she is... Uma Camus |
| #3292, aired 1998-12-22 | FRENCH LIT $600: An Algerian named Mersault is the narrator of his 1942 novel "L' Etranger" Albert Camus |
| #3247, aired 1998-10-20 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS $300: Albert Camus' French work "L' Etranger" has been translated as "The Outsider", but more commonly as this "The Stranger" |
| #3019, aired 1997-10-16 | 1960 $1000: An auto accident in January cut short the life of this French author of "The Stranger" Albert Camus |
| #2932, aired 1997-05-06 | NAME THE AUTHOR $500: "The Stranger",
"The Plague" Albert Camus |
| #2849, aired 1997-01-09 | FRENCH NOVELISTS $800: This Algerian-born novelist's "The Stranger" is based on his essay "The Myth of Sisyphus" Albert Camus |
| #2718, aired 1996-05-29 | QUOTATIONS $800: In "The Stranger" he wrote, "Mother died today, or maybe it was yesterday" (Albert) Camus |
| #2598, aired 1995-12-13 | AUTHORS AT WAR $1000: This author of "The Stranger" was active in the French resistance during WWII Albert Camus |
| #2563, aired 1995-10-25 | LITERATURE $600: This Albert Camus novel was published in England under the title "The Outsider" The Stranger |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: In 1994 "The First Man", an unfinished novel by this author of "The Stranger", was published posthumously (Albert) Camus |
| #2267, aired 1994-06-14 | ALS & ALBERTS $1000: In 1957 this Frenchman was the first Albert to win the Nobel Prize for Literature Albert Camus |
| #2199, aired 1994-03-10 | AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES $1000: This Frenchman was born in Algeria, the setting for his famous 1942 novel "The Stranger" Albert Camus |
| #2048, aired 1993-06-30 | MYTHOLOGY BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: In an essay Albert Camus compared the human condition to the myth of this rock pusher Sisyphus |
| #1864, aired 1992-10-15 | LITERATURE $1000: This French author of "The Stranger" won the 1957 Nobel Prize for literature (Albert) Camus |
| #1702, aired 1992-01-14 | NOVELS $400: The French title of this Albert Camus novel is "L'Etranger" The Stranger |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | WORLD LITERATURE $800: Algerian-born Frenchman who wrote "The Stranger" before he worked for the resistance during WWII Albert Camus |
