#8687, aired 2022-07-19 | POSSESSIVE LIT $3,200 (Daily Double): This Robert Penn Warren novel chronicles the rags-to-riches story of politician Willie Stark All the King's Men |
#8552, aired 2022-01-11 | BOOK ALIKES $400: "All The King's Men" is fiction about corrupt politics; so is this similarly titled nonfiction classic published 28 years later All the President's Men |
#8525, aired 2021-12-03 | NOVELS $2000: This 1946 novel based on the life of Huey Long won the Pulitzer Prize & the movie won the Best Picture Oscar All the King's Men |
#8459, aired 2021-08-05 | A POET LAUREATE $2000: In 1986 this 3-named man who also wrote novels like "All The King's Men" became the first poet laureate consultant in poetry (Robert Penn) Warren |
#7829, aired 2018-09-27 | NURSERY RHYMES $200: "All the king's horses, and all the king's men" couldn't put him "together again" Humpty-Dumpty |
#7712, aired 2018-03-06 | "HORSE" TALK $400: "All" of these 2 groups "couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again" the king's horses and king's men |
#7675, aired 2018-01-12 | TITLES FROM POETRY $2000: "Humpty-Dumpty" gave this Robert Penn Warren novel about a Southern politician its title All the King's Men |
#7591, aired 2017-09-18 | LITERARY WORK BY CHARACTER $1600: Governor Willie Stark All the King's Men |
#7204, aired 2015-12-31 | 1940s FICTION $2000: Jack Burden, a newspaperman & aide to politician Willie Stark, narrates this 1946 novel All the King's Men |
#7139, aired 2015-10-01 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $6,000 (Daily Double): (Hi. I'm Ken Burns.) My film about this man who inspired Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men" depicts his road to the White House cut short by an assassin in 1935 Huey Long |
#6698, aired 2013-10-30 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $1200: (A.O. Scott presents the clue.) This film about a "Southern fried demagogue and his lurid downfall" featured several miscast actors including Sean Penn "stepping into one of Broderick Crawford's blowhard roles" All the King's Men |
#6621, aired 2013-06-03 | SEAN PENN $2000: Sean played Willie Stark in the 2006 remake of this political film All the King's Men |
#6300, aired 2012-01-27 | 1940s AMERICAN LIT $5,400 (Daily Double): This 1946 novel about a Southern politician takes its title from the "Humpty Dumpty" nursery rhyme All the King's Men |
#6201, aired 2011-07-25 | PULITZER-WINNING NOVELS $1000: In this novel a southern politician's life is described in stark detail, with exquisite Penn-manship All the King's Men |
#6027, aired 2010-11-23 | BOOK OPPOSITES $600: 1946:
"None of the Queen's Gals" All The King's Men |
#5969, aired 2010-07-22 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY $2000: This "All The King's Men" novelist won the poetry prize twice, for 1958 & 1979 Robert Penn Warren |
#5675, aired 2009-04-17 | BORROWED BOOK TITLES $800: The title of this Robert Penn Warren novel comes from a nursery rhyme All the King's Men |
#5481, aired 2008-06-09 | HEY, JUDE LAW! $5,000 (Daily Double): Jude was Sean Penn's beast of (Jack) Burden in this 2006 film based on a Robert Penn Warren novel All the King's Men |
#5430, aired 2008-03-28 | STARS, NOT CARS $1600: Either of the 2 actresses who won Oscars for "All the King's Men" or "The Fisher King" Mercedes Ruehl (or Mercedes McCambridge) |
#5424, aired 2008-03-20 | AMERICAN LIT $1600: Governor Willie Stark in this Robert Penn Warren novel is said to have been modeled after Huey Long All The King's Men |
#5218, aired 2007-04-25 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE $2000: Robert Penn Warren knows they helped with Humpty
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#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ALL THE KING'S MEN $400: Thomas Wolsey asked the pope to annul this king's marriage, but the pope said no & Tom got the ax (fired, not killed) Henry VIII |
#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ALL THE KING'S MEN $800: A little birdie told me in 1669 Charles II gave him the important architectural job of Surveyor of the King's Works Christopher Wren |
#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ALL THE KING'S MEN $1200: This nephew of a king took on the Green Knight but in some tales was killed by Mordred Sir Gawain |
#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ALL THE KING'S MEN $1600: This Brit became Chancellor of the Exchequer at age 23 & Prime Minister at 24; was the Younger-est to hold either post (William) Pitt the Younger |
#5066, aired 2006-09-25 | ALL THE KING'S MEN $2000: You should know to a "tea" that he was Prime Minister of England from 1830 to 1834 Earl Grey |
#5026, aired 2006-06-19 | NOVELS $2000: This novel is narrated by one-time journalist Jack Burden, who becomes an aide to politician Willie Stark All the King's Men |
#4859, aired 2005-10-27 | STAMPS $1600: The background art on this author's stamp recalls a scene from "All the King's Men" Robert Penn Warren |
#4817, aired 2005-07-12 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400 (Daily Double): Willie Stark, a character in this Robert Penn Warren novel was modeled on Huey Long All the King's Men |
#4761, aired 2005-04-25 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS $1600: "All the King's Men" Robert Penn Warren |
#4694, aired 2005-01-20 | IN MEMORIAM 2004 $2000: An Oscar winner for "All The King's Men", she was also a voice of the possessed child in "The Exorcist" Mercedes McCambridge |
#4205, aired 2002-12-06 | '40s FICTION $800: This novel about a politician's rise & fall earned Robert Penn Warren a Pulitzer Prize in 1947 "All the King's Men" |
#4103, aired 2002-06-05 | HUMPTY DUMPTY $400: After Humpty's fall, they tried to put him together again all the king's horses & all the king's men |
#4091, aired 2002-05-20 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1600: In this novel southern governor Willie Stark is gunned down at the capitol by Adam Stanton All the King's Men |
#4009, aired 2002-01-24 | 11 O'CLOCK LITERARY NEWS $400: All the king's horses & men were stumped today as to how to rebuild this egg-shaped man injured in a fall Humpty-Dumpty |
#3935, aired 2001-10-12 | IT'S A GROUP THING $200: In a popular nursery rhyme neither of these 2 groups could put Humpty Dumpty back together again all the king's horses & all the king's men |
#3595, aired 2000-03-31 | THE MOVIES $1000: The Clark Gable-Yvonne De Carlo film "Band of Angels" is based on a novel by this "All The King's Men" author Robert Penn Warren |
#3499, aired 1999-11-18 | MOVIES IN BLACK & WHITE $1000: Oscar-winning political drama seen here
(with Broderick Crawford speaking) All the King's Men |
#3303, aired 1999-01-06 | LSU $500: "All the King's Men" know this first poet laureate of the U.S. was editor of LSU's Southern Review Robert Penn Warren |
#3289, aired 1998-12-17 | READ THE BOOK, SAW THE FILM $1000: Jack Burden is this book's central character; the 1949 movie switched it to Willie Stark All The King's Men |
#3137, aired 1998-03-31 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: In this 1946 novel, "There wasn't any Democratic Party. There was just Willie" Stark All the King's Men |
#2816, aired 1996-11-25 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $300: A notorious 1820s murder inspired this author of "All The King's Men" to write "World Enough and Time" Robert Penn Warren |
#2767, aired 1996-09-17 | NARRATORS $1000: Jack Burden narrates his 1946 novel "All the King's Men" Robert Penn Warren |
#2613, aired 1996-01-03 | NOVELS $1000: This Robert Penn Warren novel is narrated by Jack Burden, an aide to Willie Stark All the King's Men |
#2500, aired 1995-06-16 | LITERATURE $600: This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1947 told of the rise & fall of Willie Stark All the King's Men |
#2465, aired 1995-04-28 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1000: "Death of a Salesman" features Willy Loman & "All the King's Men" spotlights this Willie Willie Stark |
#2254, aired 1994-05-26 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800 (Daily Double): This author of "All the King's Men" edited a 1971 book about John Greenleaf Whittier's poetry Robert Penn Warren |
#2005, aired 1993-04-30 | FILMS OF THE '40s $500: Broderick Crawford played Willie Stark in this 1949 film directed by Robert Rossen All the King's Men |
#1948, aired 1993-02-10 | "W"RITERS $800: He won 3 Pulitzers: 1 for "All the King's Men" & 2 for poetry Robert Penn Warren |
#1896, aired 1992-11-30 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: Willie Stark in "All the King's Men" is said to have been modeled on this Louisiana governor Huey Long |
#1859, aired 1992-10-08 | KENTUCKY $500: This Kentucky-born author of "All the King's Men" became America's first poet laureate in 1986 Robert Penn Warren |
#1636, aired 1991-10-14 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1000: In "All the King's Men", this gov. is killed in the capitol by Adam Stanton, the son of a former governor Willie Stark |
#1578, aired 1991-06-12 | LITERARY TRIVIA $200: A R.P. Warren Pulitzer-winning work, or some of those who "couldn't put Humpty together again" All the King's Men |
#1512, aired 1991-03-12 | WRITERS $600: "Night Rider", his novel about the Kentucky tobacco war appeared seven years before "All the King's Men" Robert Penn Warren |
#1477, aired 1991-01-22 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1000: It's said that this governor in "All the King's Men" was based on Huey Long Willie Stark |
#1378, aired 1990-09-05 | AUTHORS $600: This author of "All the King's Men" died at his summer home in Stratton, VT in 1989 Robert Penn Warren |
#4, aired 1990-07-07 | HODGEPODGE $1000: "All The King's Men" can't bring this U.S. Poet Laureate back again; he died September 15, 1989 Robert Penn Warren |
#1020, aired 1989-01-27 | MOTHER GOOSE $600: The 2 groups that failed in their attempt to reassemble Humpty Dumpty all the king's horses & all the king's men |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | JOANNES, JOANNAS, ETC. $1000: 1940s films of this Joanne include "Red River" & "All the King's Men" Dru |
#838, aired 1988-04-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: Robert Penn Warren took this novel's title from a line in "Humpty Dumpty" All the King's Men |
#505, aired 1986-11-14 | NOVELS $600: Pulitzer-winning Robert Penn Warren novel, its movie adaptation won Best Picture Oscar All The King's Men |
#362, aired 1986-01-28 | KENTUCKY $1000: "All The King's Men" which won 1947 Pulitzer was written by this Kentuckian Robert Penn Warren |
#67, aired 1984-12-11 | MOVIE TRIVIA $300: 1949's Best Picture, its title came from "Humpty Dumpty" All the King's Men |