#8805, aired 2023-02-10 | POETS' RHYME TIME $2000: Lord Alfred's blessings Tennyson's benisons |
#8757, aired 2022-12-06 | BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS $2000: "Tears, Idle Tears" is an 1847 poem by this long-lived lord & poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | A POET LAUREATE $800: Dear lord! His "In Memoriam" was memorable enough to help him become Britain's laureate in 1850 (Alfred, Lord) Tennyson |
#8329, aired 2021-02-04 | POETRY $1600: The 1827 volume "Poems By Two Brothers" had poems by 3 brothers in this family: Charles, Frederick & oh, Lord, Alfred Tennyson |
#8013, aired 2019-06-12 | WAR IN LITERATURE $400: Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" recounted events from this 19th century war the Crimean War |
#7826, aired 2018-09-24 | PAINTED LADIES $1200: Seen here, John William Waterhouse's "The Lady of Shalott" was inspired by this Brit's narrative poem Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#7619, aired 2017-10-26 | OLD POETS' NICKNAMES $2000: "The Lady of Christ's College" (maybe for his fair complexion) & "The British Homer" Milton |
#7479, aired 2017-03-02 | THE POET WRITES $400: "'Charge for the guns!' he said, into the valley of death rode the six hundred" Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#7379, aired 2016-10-13 | A POETIC CATEGORY $1600: A poem by this British poet laureate ends, "I hope to see my pilot face to face when I have crossed the bar" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#7000, aired 2015-02-06 | BAD POETRY ABOUT POETS $1,600 (Daily Double): My big number is 600 / Somehow I rhymed it with "blunder'd" / As a rhyme, not very cool / But they teach my stuff in school! Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#6932, aired 2014-11-04 | POETRY & THEE $400: He penned, "Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred" (Alfred, Lord) Tennyson |
#6647, aired 2013-07-09 | PRINCE ALBERT $4,000 (Daily Double): Though Albert was only a prince, Alfred, Lord Tennyson dedicated this epic poetic work to him in the 1862 edition Idylls of the King |
#6545, aired 2013-02-15 | AN IMPORTANT QUESTION $400: A poem by him says, "When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made!" (Alfred Lord) Tennyson |
#6502, aired 2012-12-18 | LOVE $400: In an 1850 poem he wrote, "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#6388, aired 2012-05-30 | ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON $400: "Idylls of the King" was dedicated to Prince Albert; the 1872 edition's epilogue was to her, Albert's widow Queen Victoria |
#6388, aired 2012-05-30 | ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON $800: Prime minister Robert Peel helped Tennyson with a pension & in 1850, the poet received this salaried title Poet Laureate |
#6388, aired 2012-05-30 | ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON $1200: In 1830 Tennyson & members of a group called the Apostles went to this country to try to overthrow Ferdinand VII Spain |
#6388, aired 2012-05-30 | ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON $1600: In 1886 Tennyson published a new volume containing a poem that revisited this hall "Sixty Years After" Locksley Hall |
#6169, aired 2011-06-09 | NAME THE AUTHOR $1000: "Reel'd from the sabre-stroke shatter'd and sunder'd. Then they rode back, but not, not the six hundred" (Alfred Lord) Tennyson |
#5983, aired 2010-09-22 | POPULAR POETS $2000: This poet laureate's "Enoch Arden" sold 17,000 copies on its publication day in 1864 Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#5844, aired 2010-01-28 | EMINENT VICTORIANS $1600: Some have said that this Victorian poet's career may be divided into 2 parts: before & after "In Memoriam" Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#5627, aired 2009-02-10 | THEREFORE, "IAM" $1600: Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "In" this was an elegy to friend Arthur Hallam, the fiance of Tennyson's sister "In Memoriam" |
#5030, aired 2006-06-23 | JEPOETRY $600: Alfred, Lord Tennyson:
"Half a Jeopardy!, half a Jeopardy!, half a Jeopardy! onward" league |
#4899, aired 2005-12-22 | BRITISH POETS & POETRY $1,000 (Daily Double): About one of his most famous poems, he said, "I began it upon leaving Tintern, after crossing the Wye" William Wordsworth |
#4784, aired 2005-05-26 | BRITISH AUTHORS $400: Byron was Lord Byron from age 10; this poet had to wait until his 70s, in 1884 Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#4664, aired 2004-12-09 | "FRE"-DOM $400: Lord Tennyson, or Batman's Butler Alfred |
#4548, aired 2004-05-19 | BRITISH POETS & POETRY $2000: This poet laureate's "In Memoriam" was an elegy to his friend Arthur Henry Hallam Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#4366, aired 2003-09-08 | PHOTOGRAPHERS $800: Julia Margaret Cameron's photos illustrated this poet's "Idylls of the King", & her photo of him is seen here Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#4035, aired 2002-03-01 | ARTS OF THE PEER $400: He finished his "Idylls of the King" the year after he was made a baron Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#3965, aired 2001-11-23 | REWRITTEN TOMBSTONES $500: 1809-1892:
"A poet laureate who wouldn't lord it over you" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#3829, aired 2001-04-05 | NAME THE POET $1000: "Into the valley of death rode the six hundred" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#3606, aired 2000-04-17 | POETS & POETRY $200: "The Coming of Arthur" & "Gareth and Lynette" are parts of his "Idylls of the King" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#3601, aired 2000-04-10 | LITERATURE $300: "For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever", this "Lord" of poetry babbled in "The Brook" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#3563, aired 2000-02-16 | A.T. $400: Oh lord, he was made poet laureate of England in 1850 Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#3362, aired 1999-03-30 | QUEEN VICTORIA $600: Victoria found this poet laureate's "In Memoriam" a great comfort in her widowhood Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#3324, aired 1999-02-04 | LITERATURE $800: In a poem dedicated to this lord, Longfellow wrote, "Poet! I come to touch thy lance with mine" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#3168, aired 1998-05-13 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $600: This lord was England's poet laureate when he wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade" in 1854 Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#3136, aired 1998-03-30 | VALLEYS $200: This poet called a valley outside Balaklava "The Valley of Death" Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#3103, aired 1998-02-11 | PRAISE THE "LORD" $200: Hardly idle, this poet wrote over 10,000 lines of "Idylls of the King" Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#3057, aired 1997-12-09 | EMINENT VICTORIANS $800: In 1854 this poet laureate wrote, "Into the valley of death rode the six hundred" Lord Alfred Tennyson ("Charge of the Light Brigade") |
#2940, aired 1997-05-16 | LITERATURE $100: This English lord dedicated an 1880 volume of poetry to his grandson, who was also named Alfred Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#2906, aired 1997-03-31 | POETIC POTPOURRI $100: "Poems by 2 Brothers" features poems by 3 Tennyson brothers: Charles, Frederick & him Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#2852, aired 1997-01-14 | NAME THE POET $600: "'Charge' was the captain's cry; theirs not to reason why, theirs not to make reply" Alfred Lord Tennyson ("Charge of the Light Brigade") |
#2825, aired 1996-12-06 | POETS $400: Between 1842 & 1885, he repeatedly revised his "Idylls of the King" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#2679, aired 1996-04-04 | BRITISH POETS & POETRY $400: Prince Albert sent his copy of "Idylls Of The King" to this poet & asked him to autograph it Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#2646, aired 1996-02-19 | POLITICAL TERMS $800: William Safire traces "New World Order" back to this lord's "The Passing of Arthur" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#2580, aired 1995-11-17 | POETS & POETRY $300: This lord's 1879 poem "The Defence of Lucknow" concerns the Sepoy Rebellion Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#2477, aired 1995-05-16 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $1000: This British poet published his poetic drama "Becket" in 1884, the same year he was elevated to the peerage Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#2138, aired 1993-12-15 | VICTORIAN LITERATURE $500 (Daily Double): 1 of the 4 men who served as England's Poet Laureate during Victoria's reign (1 of) Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Southey, Wordsworth or Alfred Austin |
#2119, aired 1993-11-18 | BRITISH POETS $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1883 Queen Victoria gave this poet laureate the title "Baron of Aldworth & Freshwater" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#1891, aired 1992-11-23 | POETS & POETRY $500: This lord's 1850 elegy "In Memoriam" was about his close friend Arthur Henry Hallam (Alfred Lord) Tennyson |
#1886, aired 1992-11-16 | BALLET $1000: Frederick Ashton's ballet "The Lady of Shalott" is based on this man's poem of the same name Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#1315, aired 1990-04-27 | BARONS & BARONESSES $1000: This poet who wrote "Idylls of the King" wasn't a king, but he was a baron (Alfred, Lord) Tennyson |
#1259, aired 1990-02-08 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): He also wrote "The Charge of the Heavy Brigade" Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#1183, aired 1989-10-25 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: It's reported John F. Kennedy's favorite poem was "Ulysses" by this British poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#1173, aired 1989-10-11 | HISTORIC NAMES $100: Before people referred to him as Lord Tennyson, they called him by this first name Alfred |
#1138, aired 1989-07-12 | GUINNESS RECORDS $400 (Daily Double): Good "Lord", he was Poet Laaureate of England for almost 42 years, longer than anyone else (Alfred Lord) Tennyson |
#877, aired 1988-05-31 | WRITERS $400: Queen Victoria made this "Lord"ly poet the Baron of Aldworth and Farringford Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#854, aired 1988-04-28 | IT'S A "LOCK" $1000: "In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" in this poetic "Hall" (Alfred Lord Tennyson's) "Locksley Hall" |
#744, aired 1987-11-26 | GILBERT & SULLIVAN $800: "Princess Ida" was based on a poem by this lord famous for his heavy verse & Light Brigade Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#652, aired 1987-06-09 | BRITISH LITERATURE $1000: Author of "Idylls of the King", he was a favorite of Queen Victoria Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#631, aired 1987-05-11 | LITERATURE $200: F. Tennyson & C. Tennyson Turner wrote "Poems by 2 Brothers" with this more famous brother Alfred Lord Tennyson |
#553, aired 1987-01-21 | LITERATURE $1000: Poet laureate who wrote, "I hope to see my pilot face to face when I have crost the bar" Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
#481, aired 1986-10-13 | ENGLISH POETRY $600: He also wrote "The Charge of the Heavy Brigade" Alfred Lord Tennyson |