| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | ASK FORGIVENESS $200: Hester Prynne in this novel asks Arthur Dimmesdale's forgiveness & he says, "May God forgive us both" The Scarlet Letter |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | NOBEL PRIZES $400: Arthur Ashkin's 2018 prize was for inventing optical these, which use laser beams to grab particles & cells rather than hairs tweezers |
| #9069, aired 2024-03-28 | ROUND HERE $1200: In legend, the Siege Perilous was a seat at King Arthur's round table reserved for the knight destined to do this find the Grail |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SPORTY TALK $800: Someone who comes in to finish a job, or Joe Torre in the Cardinals lineup a cleanup man (a cleanup hitter) |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | FEELING JITTERY $10,000 (Daily Double): It describes someone weakened by nerves, & also the instrument here unstrung |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THE THEATER $600: Barbara Loden, seen here, played a character based on Marilyn Monroe when this playwright's "After the Fall" premiered Arthur Miller |
| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $400: Songs in this show include "King Arthur's Song", "I Am Not Dead Yet" & "You Won't Succeed On Broadway" Spamalot |
| #9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ____ OF ____ $4,000 (Daily Double): A member of the House of Lords, Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley holds the title 9th this the Duke of Wellington |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | COLLEGE-LEVEL HISTORY COURSES $400: At Brown, the history course "Conspiracy?" includes this 1692 event dramatized by Arthur Miller in "The Crucible" the Salem Witch Trials |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | MOVIE TITLES WITH NUMBERS IN THEM $1200: In 2001 he was on film in "Thir13en Ghosts" as Arthur Kriticos & a year later, began an Emmy-winning life on TV as a "Monk" Tony Shalhoub |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | CAN I GET AN "A" MEN! $200: Andre Agassi won the U.S. Open twice in the '90s; this tennis icon won it in 1968 and has a stadium there named after him Arthur Ashe |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | OATHS $500: According to "Le Morte d'Arthur" by Sir Thomas Malory, this group was required to take what we know as the Pentecostal Oath the Knights of the Round Table |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | "LADY"S FIRST $1000: In legend, King Arthur got his beloved sword Excalibur from this woman who lived underwater the Lady of the Lake |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | TV WRITERS $1000: Ben Edlund & Susan Hurwitz Arneson put words into the mouth of this title blue superhero, as well as his sidekick Arthur The Tick |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | WATERY SONGS $200: Arthur Freed published the lyrics to this in the 1920s but it took another 2 decades plus for Gene Kelly to immortalize it "Singin' In The Rain" |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $800: At the end of Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End" this world is destroyed the Earth |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | BETTER ASK FOR DIRECTIONS $600: Title direction for Arthur Sullivan's "Christian Soldiers" onward |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | FAMILY DRAMA $400: His "All My Sons" centers on Joe Keller, whose shoddy plane parts led to the death of his son & other pilots in WWII Arthur Miller |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: He won Pulitzers for his plays in 1948 & 1955 Tennessee Williams |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | SURELY YOU JOUST $200: King Arthur set up the diamond jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments all won by this knight Lancelot |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $1000: Take this role in "Fiddler on the Roof"; I wanted to play it, but Bea Arthur's old Broadway costume doesn't fit me Yenta |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | SCOTLAND $1,000 (Daily Double): The highest point in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park is an ancient volcano that shares its name with this legendary king King Arthur |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | MODERN FANTASY LIT $1000: This "Remains of the Day" author wrote fantasy with "The Buried Giant", set years after the death of King Arthur Ishiguro |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | LET'S GO TO THE SPORTS BOOK $2000: "The night before I met Jimmy Connors... at Wimbledon in the summer of 1975, I went to bed & slept soundly", he says in "Days of Grace" Arthur Ashe |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | COUNTIES OF ENGLAND $1,400 (Daily Double): Legend says King Arthur was born at Tintagel Castle in this pointy county that juts into the Atlantic Ocean Cornwall |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | KIDS OF THE '70s, REJOICE! $400: "Aaaay!" This "Happy Days" character was the epitome of cool in the '70s (by way of the '50s) Fonzie (Arthur Fonzarelli) |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $1000: Spumador is Prince Arthur's trusty horse in this 1590s allegorical poem by Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | SCIENTISTS $1600: Arthur Riggs & his team developed the artificial type of this hormone, saving human lives & letting cows keep their pancreases insulin |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | WIVES OF THE NOT YET PRESIDENTS $400: The former Ellen Herndon died in 1880, the year this future prez was elected veep Arthur |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSE $400: In 1986 she won an Emmy award for playing Rose Nylund on "The Golden Girls" Betty White |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | RECENT LITERARY BIOGRAPHY $800: In 2022 John Lahr published a new bio of this American playwright who was Arty from a young age--that's what his mom called him Arthur Miller |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | WHISTLEBLOWERS $1600: Sherron Watkins' whistleblowing led to the collapse of Enron as well as this "A"ccounting firm Arthur Andersen |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BE ARTHUR $400: In a historic first, he won the U.S. Open tennis tournament in September 1968 Arthur Ashe |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BE ARTHUR $800: In the 1920s, he began a successful mail order business to teach ballroom dancing; his dance centers can be found worldwide Arthur Murray |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BE ARTHUR $1200: He wrote an "Ivanhoe" opera without his partner W.S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BE ARTHUR $1600: A hearty sláinte to this 18th century Irishman who focused on brewing porters & ales; his name is still found on a stout beer Guinness |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BE ARTHUR $3,000 (Daily Double): Marilyn Monroe was the basis for the character of Maggie in his play "After the Fall" Arthur Miller |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LITERARY BAD DAY FOR THE PLANET $1200: Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star" is a sun that went supernova, killing a planet, & is this celestial object from the New Testament the Star of Bethlehem |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | THE LEADER BEFORE THE LEADER $400: Mackenzie King took over for Arthur Meighen who took over for King, who took over for Meighen leading this nation in the 1920s Canada |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | LITERARY LONDON $3,400 (Daily Double): This 1881 Mark Twain novel takes place in London's poorer areas as well as in some of its ritzier locales The Prince and the Pauper |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | DOCUMENTARY SUBJECTS $800: A 2009 doc profiles preacher Arthur Blessitt, who walked 40,000 miles across the globe carrying a 12-foot one of these a crucifix |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | PURE POETRY $400: Anyone for Tennyson? In "Idylls of the King", he, "striking the last stroke with Excalibur", thus slew the foe (King) Arthur |
| #8812, aired 2023-02-21 | FROM "E" TO "Y" $1200: Arthur Conan Doyle had Sherlock Holmes say this word, but didn't ever follow it with "my dear Watson" elementary |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | COOK, THE BOOKS $200: No surprise, the King Arthur brand of this put out an "All-Purpose Baking Cookbook" flour |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | ACTORS PLAYING PLAYWRIGHTS $400: In "Blonde" Adrien Brody plays this man who wrote the screenplay for "The Misfits", his wife's final film (Arthur) Miller |
| #8810, aired 2023-02-17 | SCIENCE $2000: Arthur McDonald won a physics Nobel for showing that these really tiny chargeless particles have mass neutrinos |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THAT'S DEDICATION $6,000 (Daily Double): Though his son would star in kids' books, this Brit dedicated "The Red House Mystery" to his dad, a fan of detective stories A.A. Milne |
| #8802, aired 2023-02-07 | LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $2000: This last name of Arthur is the title of a Pulitzer-winning novel & precedes "is Lost" for a 2022 sequel Less |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | FORMIDABLE FANTASY $2,700 (Daily Double): "The Mists of Avalon" focuses on women in this British king's legendary life, like Morgaine & Gwenhwyfar King Arthur |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | 1980s BESTSELLERS $400: Moving several years into the future, he gave us "2010: Odyssey Two" (Arthur C.) Clarke |
| #8780, aired 2023-01-06 | YOU, KNIGHT $1600: When a green-skinned party crasher on a green horse ruins Christmas at Camelot, this nephew of Arthur isn't having it Gawain |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | JUST A LITTLE NUCLEAR PHYSICS $400: In 1920 Arthur Eddington correctly predicted that the stars were powered by this then-unknown process nuclear fusion |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | THE CIVIL WAR $2,200 (Daily Double): Arthur MacArthur from Milwaukee won the Medal of Honor for a charge at Missionary Ridge shouting this, now a fight song title On, Wisconsin! |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | HERE'S THE PLAY OF THE DAY! $400: Pay attention! In 2012 Andrew Garfield made his Broadway debut as Biff in this Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | TABLE TALK $600: One legend says this piece of furniture was a wedding gift to King Arthur when he married Guinevere the Round Table |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | "U" IN HISTORY $200: Arthur Miller & Pete Seeger were among those investigated for being this, the "U" in HUAC Un-American |
| #8757, aired 2022-12-06 | BIG BOOK ROYALTY $2000: The American author of this 1889 book wrote it after reading Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" but Malory didn't include time travel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | SOME OF THAT JAZZ $2000: Billie Holiday & frequent collaborator Arthur Herzog wrote this song about a youth "that's got his own" "God Bless The Child" |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | YOUR U.S. HISTORY TEST $800: The assassination of James Garfield made this man the 21st president Arthur |
| #8727, aired 2022-10-25 | TV CARTOONS $800: A close-up of the clenched fist of this PBS character before he punched D.W. became a giant meme of anger expression Arthur |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | CAPTAIN $1000: Arthur Rostron captained this ship that rescued 705 Titanic survivors, including "The Unsinkable" Molly Brown the RMS Carpathia |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | BROADWAY $400: This king sings "Find Your Grail" in "Spamalot" Arthur |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TAKE THE BROADWAY HOME $1600: Future Golden Girl Bea Arthur was Yente in the 1964 opening night cast of this musical set in 1905 Fiddler on the Roof |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $400: The 2012 Tony for Best Revival of a Play went to this Arthur Miller classic Death of a Salesman |
| #8652, aired 2022-05-31 | SCIENCE $1600: Around 1911 Arthur Holmes postulated Earth's age could be estimated by measuring the decay of this radioactive element into lead uranium |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | HOW EPIC! $400: Milton wrote "Paradise Lost" after giving up on his plan to write a national epic featuring this legendary king Arthur |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | "A" MY NAME IS... $400: Davis Cup U.S. team captain from 1981 to 1985 Mr. Ashe Arthur |
| #8630, aired 2022-04-29 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $2000: Arthur Hill won a Tony for originating the role of George in this play by Edward Albee Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | A NOVEL LOOK AT THE NOVEL $800: Twain travel; Merlin mentioned; knights on bikes; we're gonna get medieval on your mind A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #8620, aired 2022-04-15 | TRIOS $1600: The "Golden Triangle" of the Texas oil industry is the cities of Orange, Beaumont & this "Port" one Port Arthur |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | TELEVISION $1000: In 1986 Arthur Miller was the first subject of this PBS series of profiles in greatness that has earned more than 25 Emmys American Masters |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | BEER TODAY $3,000 (Daily Double): Planning ahead a bit, he signed a 9,000-year lease in 1759 on the St. James's Gate brewery in Dublin for 45 pounds a year (Arthur) Guinness |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | AUTHORS $5,000 (Daily Double): Best known for his detective stories, in his later years, he gave lectures on spiritualism & wrote a 2-volume history of it (Arthur Conan) Doyle |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | ARTHURIAN LEGEND & HISTORY $1200: Named parts of Arthur's fighting gear included "Excalibur" , his sword, "Ron", his lance, & "Pridwen", this his shield |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | ARTHURIAN LEGEND & HISTORY $1600: The son of Lancelot, this noblest of Arthur's knights was among the few virtuous enough to find the Holy Grail Sir Galahad |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | ARTHURIAN LEGEND & HISTORY $2000: Arthur's mother was Igraine, duchess of this peninsular region Cornwall |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | CAUSE OF DEATH $2000: Chester Arthur (the president who died the second-youngest aside from those assassinated): Bright disease, of this organ the kidney |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $600: This author's novel "3001" is subtitled "The Final Odyssey" (Arthur C.) Clarke |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: His 1947 play "All My Sons" is about a businessman whose substandard airplane parts cost young men their lives (Arthur) Miller |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $400: Joaquin Phoenix was troubled comedian Arthur Fleck Joker |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | BALLET $400: In 1841 Fanny Cerrito & Arthur Saint-Léon performed a single one of these French-named dances for 2; in 1845 they married the pas de deux |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | ESCAPIST LITERATURE $2000: The displaced title man escapes being put to death in this 1889 novel by accurately predicting a solar eclipse A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS $200: In addition to all the evil & crime, this man had time to write the book "The Dynamics of an Asteroid" Moriarty |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS $400: Charles Augustus Milverton, "the worst man in London", is using imprudent letters of lady Eva Brackwell in this evil deed blackmail |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS $600: Mrs. Hudson is Sherlock's landlady at this alphanumeric London address 221B Baker Street |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | ILLUSTRATORS $800: On YouTube, children's author & illustrator Marc Brown teaches you how to draw this beloved aardvark Arthur |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS $800: In "A Study in Scarlet", this Scotland Yard inspector is described as "lean and ferret-like" Inspector Lestrade |
| #8556, aired 2022-01-17 | ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS $1000: Irene Adler is known as the woman who outwitted Sherlock, but she only appears in one story: "A Scandal in" this kingdom Bohemia |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | NOTORIOUS $2000: Born Arthur Flegenheimer, he was gunned down in 1935 after his plan to murder prosecutor Thomas Dewey alarmed other mobsters Dutch Schultz |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | SIDEKICKS $2000: Arthur Dent's pal, Ford Prefect is a reporter for this title publication of a sci-fi series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | FESTIVALS $600: This pop music festival is named for a town in southwestern England also said to be the burial site of King Arthur Glastonbury |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | DIG THAT ARCHAEOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): Excavating on this island around 1900, Sir Arthur Evans identified an ancient palace & a possible labyrinth Crete |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | SPORTS BOOKS $600: "Levels of the Game" is John McPhee's book about one 1968 tennis match between Clark Graebner & this African-American champion Arthur Ashe |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | MYTHOLOGY $800: As both were beautiful & unfaithful, Helen of Troy is often compared to this wife of King Arthur Guinevere |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | BRIDAL WAVES $2000: A smiling Marilyn Monroe waved with her gloves after her 1956 wedding to this playwright Arthur Miller |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | MY FIRST NAME IS A TV SHOW TITLE $800: Mr. Read, an 8-year-old aardvark Arthur |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | MURDER, HE WROTE $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1902 this novelist killed Sir Charles Baskerville in book form Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | THAT'S A BIG BOOK $2000: Book 10 of this Thomas Malory work has 88 chapters, & there are 21 books--just sayin' Le Morte d'Arthur |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | NO. 5 $600: In "Monty Python & the Holy Grail", this character tries to toss the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch by counting, "One, two, five!" (King) Arthur |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $1200: Yann Martel named the tiger in "Life of Pi" after this shipwreck victim in Edgar Allan Poe's "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" Richard Parker |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | NAME THE MOVIE KING $800: "First Knight" King Arthur |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | SCIENCE FICTION $8,400 (Daily Double): Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous with" this isn't about a Hindu god but rather a spooky craft that's entered our galaxy Rama |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | AWARDS & HONORS $600: In 1978 this Washington, D.C. location bestowed its first honors on Marian Anderson & Arthur Rubinstein the Kennedy Center |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | THE STAGE $400: Whoops! John Proctor becomes a victim of the witch hunt in this Arthur Miller drama The Crucible |
| #8408, aired 2021-05-26 | IT'S A MIRAGE $2000: This half sister & adversary of Arthur in "Le Morte d'Arthur" gave her name to a type of mirage Morgan le Fay |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | TOURNAMENTS $800: Just like soccer, in July 2019 this video game had a World Cup, in NYC's Arthur Ashe Stadium with a $3 million grand prize Fortnite |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | OUTLAWS & IN-LAWS $1000: Some rough ends for this 1930s crime family--Arthur was killed trying to escape prison; Lloyd by his wife & Fred & Ma by the FBI the Barkers |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | AUTHORS NOT GOING PLACES $2000: "The Lost City of Z" is about South America explorer Percy Fawcett, who helped Arthur Conan Doyle WFH this "Lost" book The Lost World |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | BOOKS FOR THE WEATHER CHANNEL $2000: In this tale by Marion Zimmer Bradley, the King Arthur legend is retold through the eyes of women The Mists of Avalon |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | DIETARY MATTERS $800: Miami M.D. Arthur Agatston wrote this book with a "plan for fast and healthy weight loss" The South Beach Diet |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | THE KING OF TV $200: Once there was a spot--on Starz in 2011--where Jamie Campbell Bower played this role in "Camelot" King Arthur |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | ILLUSTRATORS $1600: Daniel Beard provided dashing but comical illustrations for this novel by Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #8342, aired 2021-02-23 | SWORDS $200: In novel & legend he pulls out "the sword in the stone", revealing that he is the next king Arthur |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | MOVIE TITLE PAIRS $800: 1975: King Arthur & his knights embark on a surreal search for a sacred object Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | LITERATURE $2000: This French-titled book about the round table knights begins, "It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon..." Le Morte d'Arthur |
| #8333, aired 2021-02-10 | PUBLIC SCULPTURE $2,000 (Daily Double): A statue of this brewer was unveiled in 2013 in Celbridge, Ireland, near where he was born around 1725 (Arthur) Guinness |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | NEEDLESS VERBIAGE $2000: Researchers at the Arthur D. Little Co. felt compelled to add this word to plain old "flavor" to describe how tastes work together profile |
| #8286, aired 2020-11-23 | ARTHURIAN CHARACTERS $2000: This man who killed Arthur is frozen with the traitors in the 9th circle of hell in Dante's "Inferno" Mordred |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | CHARACTERS WHO SHOULD PLAY JEOPARDY! $2000: Arthur Dietrich was the brilliant police detective played by Steve Landesberg on this 1970s sitcom Barney Miller |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | ACRONYMS $800: Adman Arthur Meyerhoff got his initials in the name of this cooking spray PAM |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | BOOKS' SUBTITLES $800: This Arthur C. Clarke sequel is subtitled "Odyssey Two" 2010 |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS $4,000 (Daily Double): He's the playwright seen here with his famous second wife Arthur Miller |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | THE A.V. CLUB $2000: Senator Arthur Vandenberg wrote, "For any realist" Pearl Harbor ended this policy of avoiding foreign entanglements isolation |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | BOSS HOG $400: Twrch Trwyth is a fierce boar that this legendary "King of the Britons" faces off against in the "Mabinogion" King Arthur |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | THEM DUKE BOYS! $800: As a young man Arthur Wellesley, best known as this duke, had gambling debts & trouble at school before his martial glory the Duke of Wellington |
| #8217, aired 2020-05-19 | THE WRITER'S CREATION $200: The Baker Street Irregulars lend a helping hand Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | JUNIORS & SENIORS $800: Longtime publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger Sr. decided to publish the Pentagon Papers in this newspaper The New York Times |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | FILM CHARACTERS $400: In 2019 Arthur Fleck ended up putting on a happy face, becoming this title guy the Joker |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | HISTORIC PLEAS $2000: He asked for mercy from Chester Arthur, arguing that he increased Arthur's income from $8,000 to $50,000 a year Charles Guiteau |
| #8149, aired 2020-01-30 | AUTHOR LAST NAME IN COMMON $200: Novelist Henry & playwright Arthur, both Brooklyn boys Miller |
| #8145, aired 2020-01-24 | THOSE ARE MY LITERARY CHARACTERS! $800: Arthur Dimmesdale, (Young) Goodman Brown Hawthorne |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | PLACE-NAME NAMES $400: In a 2019 film he starred as Arthur Fleck, who becomes the villainous Joker Joaquin Phoenix |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $1200: Directed by Stanley Kubrick, this epic film was inspired by the short story "The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | FAIRY TALES & FOLK TALES $400: Childe Rowland, youngest son of this legendary monarch of Britain, saves his sister & brothers from an elf king (King) Arthur |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | IT'S THE GIELGUD MOVIE OF THE YEAR $2000: 1981 was the year of Gielgud's Oscar-winning turn as this character's butler Arthur |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | GREATEST OF ALL TIME TRAVELERS $2,400 (Daily Double): In Chapter 16 of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", Hank meets this woman whose first name is the same as his surname Morgan le Fay |
| #8122, aired 2019-12-24 | METAPHORS $2,500 (Daily Double): Arthur Conan Doyle called this city the "great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the empire are... drained" London |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | WOMEN ON TV $1600: She won an Emmy for playing "Maude"; then came her Emmy for "The Golden Girls" Bea Arthur |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | OCCUPATIONALLY NAMED AUTHORS $400: This "grinder of grain" wrote some good plays & the screenplay for "The Misfits" (Arthur) Miller |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | CLASSIC NOVELS $400: Shortly before imperfect clergyman Arthur Dimmesdale dies in this book, his little daughter Pearl gives him a kiss The Scarlet Letter |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | RANDOM FACTS $400: In 1912 Arthur Eldred made a fire from 2 sticks & a string & became the USA's first Scout to earn this honor an Eagle Scout |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | THE BOOK OF LAKE (& POND & RIVER) $2,200 (Daily Double): Chapter XXV of "Le Morte d'Arthur" is "How Arthur By the Mean of Merlin Gat Excalibur His Sword of" this woman the Lady of the Lake |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS $400: This Arthur Miller character makes his way "on a smile and a shoeshine" Willy Loman |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | AUTO FILL $600: Fit for a King Arthur, the ____ Avalon Toyota |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | WHAT PREZ PRECEDED... $600: The surprised Chester Arthur Garfield |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | LET'S SEE IF IT PAYS OFF FOR 'EM $1000: Last names of William & Arthur, who partnered in 1903, 2 years after William drew a blue-print of an engine on a bicycle Harley and Davidson |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | 6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES $800: King Arthur's wizardly adviser Merlin |
| #8062, aired 2019-10-01 | WHAT'S THAT AWARD FOR? $200: The Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | MYTHS & LEGENDS $400: Thought by some to be in Cornwall, it's the legendary site of King Arthur's palace & court Camelot |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | FANTASY ISLAND $1000: In one version of the legend, King Arthur was offered Excalibur when Merlin brought him to this island Avalon |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | LANGUAGE LAB $400: In French this melting vessel is le creuset but the Arthur Miller play of the same name is "Les Sorcieres de Salem" crucible |
| #8030, aired 2019-07-05 | NATIONAL $800: The mountain Doyle's Delight in this Central Amer. country, once a British possession, was named for Arthur Conan Doyle Belize |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: A prize for American humor is named for this author of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" Mark Twain |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | 2018 ESPY WINNERS $600: Born Alexandra, this gymnast was one of the "sister survivors" who won the Arthur Ashe Courage Award Aly Raisman |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | EPONYMS $1200: A knee-length boot is named for Arthur, first duke of this Wellington |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | COMIC BOOK SIDEKICKS $800: Arthur flits around this big blue hero The Tick |
| #8007, aired 2019-06-04 | SMOOTH SAILING IN SONG $1600: "Sailing, takes me away" to this mellow singer who also did the best that he could do with "Arthur's Theme" Christopher Cross |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | LESSER-KNOWN BROTHERS $1200: You know George & Ira, but maybe not their other brother & composer, Arthur this Gershwin |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | WORLD OF LIT $1200: Though scholars disagree on who actually wrote "Le Morte d'Arthur", this Englishman & knight gets the credit Sir Thomas Malory |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1600: Before massive digging began, Sir Arthur Evans bought the site of this Minoan city on the island of Crete Knossos |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | TORY SPELLING $2000: He's remembered for his 1917 "Declaration" about Palestine B-A-L-F-O-U-R |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | THE MAGIC OF TELEVISION $400: On the BBC Colin Morgan played this magician in his teen years, around when he meets Prince Arthur Merlin |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | FICTIONAL MEMOIRS $400: Chiyo is the young woman who tells of her life as a Japanese hostess in Arthur Golden's novel "Memoirs of a" this Geisha |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | GET YOUR GAME ON $600: Shakespeare used "the game is afoot" but it's more associated with this author who put it in a 1904 story (Sir Arthur Conan) Doyle |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | GO PLAY $2,600 (Daily Double): At Circle in the Square in 1975, George C. Scott earned raves as this Arthur Miller character (Willy) Loman |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | LEADERS $400: Time for follow the leader:
19. Hayes
20. Garfield &
21. him (Chester) Arthur |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | AUTHORIZED FICTION $2000: A visitor appears at Baker Street in "The House of Silk", the first authorized sequel from this man's estate Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | A TROPHY CATEGORY $800: This prestigious award is named for its donor: Frederick Arthur, a governor general of Canada the Stanley Cup |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | PLACES OF LEGEND $1200: Google Maps doesn't have this island where King Arthur was taken to be healed Avalon |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | THE GOLDBERGS $2000: Before Arthur Goldberg was a Supreme Court justice, he served during WWII in this forerunner of the CIA the OSS (or Office of Strategic Services) |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | JACK THE RIPPER SUSPECTS $800 (Daily Double): This 19th c. author has been looked at; later writers pitted his creation against the Ripper in books like 2009's "Dust and Shadow" Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | THE WRITER SPEAKS $1000: This "Space Odyssey" author: "I predict that a new species could well appear on Earth--what I call Robo sapiens" Arthur C. Clarke |
| #7866, aired 2018-11-19 | ART SUBJECTS $400: Arthur Rackham's work depicting this young heroine was one of his many illustrations for children's tales Little Red Riding Hood |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | IN THEIR 90s $400: 2 days after celebrating her 92nd birthday, she welcomed a new great-grandson, Prince Louis Arthur Charles Queen Elizabeth |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | JOUST $400: In this Twain tale Hank Morgan pulls out 2 guns while jousting at Camelot & kills some knights A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | JOUST $2000: In one part of this Malory work, Galahad "defouled" many jousters, but not Lancelot Le Morte d'Arthur |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | SPEAKING WORDS OF WISDOM $400: This playwright penned the line "A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory" (Arthur) Miller |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | PRESIDENTS' MIDDLE NAMES $600: The "A." was for Alan Chester A. Arthur |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | QUEEN CONSORT $200: Catherine of Aragon had a second chance as queen consort when Prince Arthur died--she married this brother Henry VIII |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | PRINCIPLES $2000: According to Arthur C. Clarke, "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from" this magic |
| #7818, aired 2018-09-12 | FANTASY & PARANORMAL LIT $400: Andre Norton asked us to gaze into this magical man's "Mirror" that reflected the realm of King Arthur Merlin |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | US OPEN 50 YEARS $200: In 1968, the first Open men's singles winner was this athlete & activist, whose name is now on the Open's main stadium Arthur Ashe |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | FAMOUS THREESOMES $600: A legendary love triangle consisted of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere & him Lancelot |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | LITERATURE $1200: Nicholas Rubashov is a revolutionary caught up in this leader's purges in Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon" Stalin |
| #7811, aired 2018-07-23 | LITERARY TITLE REFERENCES $5,000 (Daily Double): "The Once and Future King" Arthur |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | FROM BOOK TO TV $1200: Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End" is about an alien invasion, so this is the obvious network to have aired it in 2015 Syfy |
| #7808, aired 2018-07-18 | NOVELS $600: In addition to the tales of his fabled detective, this man penned "The White Company", an adventure of the Middle Ages Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #7797, aired 2018-07-03 | CONFUSING AUTHORS $400: Arthur Hailey wrote "Hotel" & "Detective"; this similarly named author wrote "Roots" & "Queen" Alex Haley |
| #7797, aired 2018-07-03 | CONFUSING AUTHORS $800: (Kelly shows two writers on the monitor.) You might have confused playwright Arthur Miller & novelist Henry Miller on a walking tour--they had homes 500 feet apart in New York City's first commuter suburb, the heights of this borough Brooklyn |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | DEATH OF A SALESMAN $400: "Death of a Salesman", which opened in 1949, earned this playwright a Pulitzer Prize & a Tony Award (Arthur) Miller |
| #7780, aired 2018-06-08 | "U" KNOW IT! $2000: Dad to King Arthur Uther Pendragon |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | CLASSIC COUNTRY SONGS $1000: She got her big break in 1957 after winning "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" with the song heard here Patsy Cline |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | SUPER CONDUCTORS $800: Super conductor Arthur Fiedler was born in this New England city in 1894 Boston |
| #7750, aired 2018-04-27 | MAGAZINES $600: His popularity began with stories he contributed to Strand magazine starting in 1891 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | HERE'S THE CUSTOMS MAN $1600: As N.Y.'s customs collector, this future president was the highest-paid public employee in the U.S.--nice, Chet! Chester A. Arthur |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | FAMOUS PAIRS' OTHER NAMES $2000: Operetta creators William & Arthur Gilbert and Sullivan |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | ENTERTAINING INSPIRATIONS $600: A 1984 joke about a fake show called "Miami Nice" was the inspiration for this Bea Arthur / Betty White sitcom Golden Girls |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | STRANGE BEDFELLOWS $1600: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle hosted a seance to contact this magician's mother; it didn't go well & the 2 friends parted ways Houdini |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $400: Those who said Arthur was born in Canada, not Vermont, have been retroactively called these, like Obama's doubters a birther |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $555 (Daily Double): On his last day in office, Arthur nominated this ex-president for the retired list of the Army with full pay Grant |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | CHESTER A. ARTHUR $800: On May 24, 1883 President Arthur & other dignitaries helped dedicate this bridge that spans the East River the Brooklyn Bridge |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | THEATRE OF THE ABSURD $400: Arthur Adamov's absurdist play "La Parodie" has a handless one of these watching humans endlessly discussing time a clock or watch |
| #7685, aired 2018-01-26 | THE THING'S THE PLAY $1,000 (Daily Double): Literally, this Arthur Miller title is a clay melting pot The Crucible |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | ALL MY... $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1947 Karl Malden & Ed Begley, Sr. stared in this playwright's first success, "All My Sons" Arthur Miller |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | "I" LOVE OPERA $1600: Sir Arthur Sullivan composed operettas like "Iolanthe" but only one grand opera, this one based on a Walter Scott book Ivanhoe |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | AUTHORS AT WAR $1200: At the age of 40, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle volunteered as a military doctor during this war in Africa the Boer War |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | AUTHORS AT WAR $2000: Having served in Britain's RAF may have helped Arthur Hailey write this bestselling 1968 thriller Airport |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA $400: (Hi, this is Ryan Kristafer from News 8.) Harriet Beecher Stowe lived next door to this other great American author at the time he wrote "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (Mark) Twain |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | "X"CELLENT 9-LETTER WORDS $200: In one version of the story, King Arthur obtains this from the Lady of the Lake Excalibur |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | EIGHTYSOMETHING $800: At age 89 virtuoso Arthur Rubinstein gave his last public concert on this instrument the piano |
| #7608, aired 2017-10-11 | A PLACE FOR YOURSELF $4,200 (Daily Double): Undershaw, home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, included this writing room, perhaps decorated in scarlet? a study |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | A KNIGHT $1200: Sir Gawain, a knight & nephew of King Arthur, battled this verdant foe the Green Knight |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | SCIENCE FICTION $400: This British author famous for space travel speculation also wrote "Deep Range", in which man has conquered the sea (Arthur) Clarke |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | THE NOVEL'S NARRATOR $1600: In Arthur Golden's bestseller, Nitta Sayuri, a Japanese artisan Memoirs of a Geisha |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | PLAYWRIGHTS $400: Daniel Day-Lewis, who starred in "The Crucible" on film, was this playwright's son-in-law Arthur Miller |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | WHO SAID WHAT? $2000: Queen Victoria to Arthur Balfour in 1899:
"We are not interested in the possibilities of" this defeat |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THUNDER & LIGHTNING $1000: Lying on the shore of Lake Superior, this Ontario city was created in 1970 from the twin cities of Port Arthur & Fort William Thunder Bay |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | MYTHOLOGY $200: In some versions of the myth, Uther had used this sword long before his son Arthur removes it from the stone Excalibur |
| #7528, aired 2017-05-10 | FRIENDS OF DOROTHY $800: Rose & Blanche were friends of Dorothy, played by Bea Arthur, on this sitcom The Golden Girls |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | 3-NAMED AUTHORS $3,000 (Daily Double): In a 1902 novel he wrote, "They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!" (Sir Arthur Conan) Doyle |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | LITERARY EDINBURGH $800: It's elementary! Here's this author who was born in Edinburgh (Sir Arthur Conan) Doyle |
| #7493, aired 2017-03-22 | RHYMES WITH SQUAT $3,000 (Daily Double): The son of Uther & Igraine lived here Camelot |
| #7484, aired 2017-03-09 | LITERARY AWARDS $5,600 (Daily Double): Arthur Schlesinger Jr. won 2 National Book Awards for nonfiction for books about each of these 2 brothers John F. Kennedy and R. F. Kennedy |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | MOVIE BEFORE, TV AFTER $1600: Arthur Miller play adaptation about a violent biker gang in a drug war All My Sons of Anarchy |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | STATE SCHOOL ALUMNI $1200: Arthur Miller, Madonna University of Michigan at Ann Arbor |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | THE END OF THE STORY $200: Hester Prynne dies in the last chapter of this novel & is buried next to Arthur Dimmesdale The Scarlet Letter |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | SOMETHING TO READ $600: This man's "Morte d'Arthur"; you're into 15th century English prose, right? (Thomas) Malory |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | KNOWN BY THEIR MIDDLE NAMES $1600: The first name of this British P.M. was Arthur; the rest of his name is synonymous with a policy of appeasement (Neville) Chamberlain |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | LITERATURE IN ACTION $600: Like Michael Crichton, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a thriller with this title about a land inhabited by dinosaurs The Lost World |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | AFTER THE CABINET $800: (Presidential daughter Jenna Bush Hager delivers the clue.) Secretary of War under Garfield & Arthur, this son of Abraham Lincoln was also minister to Britain & ran the Pullman Company after the founder's death Robert Todd Lincoln |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | MORE THAN AN ATHLETE $600: Seen here, he was one of the first U.S. athletes to speak out against South Africa's apartheid laws Arthur Ashe |
| #7425, aired 2016-12-16 | WESTERN MOVIES $1200: This hard-drinking friend of Wild Bill Hickok has been played on film by Jean Arthur, Yvonne de Carlo & Doris Day Calamity Jane |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | MAKE NO MYTHTAKE $200: After suffering a mortal wound in his final battle, he's taken to the mythic isle of Avalon King Arthur |
| #7410, aired 2016-11-25 | A LOT FOR THE OFFICE DOOR $400: His name continues Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor; Diana mixed them up during their vows Prince Charles |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | COMPOSERS & THEIR MUSIC $1600: He was knighted in 1883; his operetta-writing partner Gilbert waited until 1907 (Sir Arthur) Sullivan |
| #7404, aired 2016-11-17 | IT'S AMERICAN LIT $800: In an Arthur Miller play, Biff & Happy are the sons of this unhappy salesman Willy Loman |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | MIDDLE INITIALS $2000: The middle C. in the name of this "2001" writer stood for Charles (Arthur C.) Clarke |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | HOW NOVEL $400: The only complete novel by this American master of the macabre is "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES $400: "I'm gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain" Arthur Miller |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $1600: Arthur Rubinstein, born in Poland, moved to the U.S. & is interred in this country that has a piano competition named for him Israel |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | WORLD HISTORY $1200: Named for a mythic king, this brother of Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon first before dying at age 15 Arthur (Prince of Wales) |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS $3,000 (Daily Double): She matched her initials with the pen name Currer Bell & ended up marrying a man named Arthur Bell Nicholls Charlotte Brontë |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | WHAT A TV CHARACTER! $1000: This was the full name of Henry Winkler's cool character on "Happy Days" Arthur Fonzarelli |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | NUMERICAL LIT $800: In a sci-fi story by Arthur C. Clarke, computer experts help Buddhist monks determine the "9 billion names of" this being God |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $400: (I'm Christa Dubill from 41 Action News.) Synonymous with Kansas City barbecue, Arthur Bryant's, one of the city's oldest & most iconic barbecue joints, has been a favorite of several president beginning with this Missouri native son (Harry) Truman |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | BOOKS BY CHAPTER TITLES $200: "Of What Happened to the Ingenious Gentleman in the Inn Which He Took to Be a Castle" Don Quixote |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | "S" FIRST & LAST $4,000 (Daily Double): Hester re-dresses. Arthur confesses--that's a very brief one of these for "The Scarlet Letter" a synopsis |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | DUDE-ERONOMY $1000: Though never elected to the office, he earned the nickname "Dude President" after attaining the post in 1881 Arthur |
| #7344, aired 2016-07-14 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $200: He's the traveling salesman referred to in the title of Arthur Miller's play Willy Loman |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | AMERICAN DRAMATISTS $800: His first Broadway play, "The Man Who Had All the Luck", had no box office luck; "All My Sons" did better Arthur Miller |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | BATTLE OF BRITAIN $1200: The defeat of an invading Saxon army at the Battle of Badon Hill is one of the 12 victories ascribed to this mythic king King Arthur |
| #7337, aired 2016-07-05 | MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS $5,400 (Daily Double): "Soul in Flight", a statue of a man serving a tennis ball, honors this late, great athlete Arthur Ashe |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | KANSAS CITY BARBEQUE $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Arthur Bryant's Barbeque in Kansas City, MO.) Kansas City barbeque sauce is typically sweet & tangy: sweet from brown sugar &/or molasses, & tangy from this, usually the cider or white type vinegar |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | KANSAS CITY BARBEQUE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Arthur Bryant's Barbeque in Kansas City, MO.) Some people call them racks, but Arthur Bryant's serves their ribs in these thick, meaty units slabs |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | KANSAS CITY BARBEQUE $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Arthur Bryant's Barbeque in Kansas City, MO.) Containing a mixture of herbs & spices including salt, garlic & paprika, it's the two-word term for what goes on the ribs first dry rub |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | KANSAS CITY BARBEQUE $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Arthur Bryant's Barbeque in Kansas City, MO.) Contributing to the meat's flavor is the type of wood used in the smoker; here, it's a combination of oak & this common hardwood, popular for traditional barbeque flavor hickory |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | KANSAS CITY BARBEQUE $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Arthur Bryant's Barbeque in Kansas City, MO.) They sound overdone & like something that might be discarded, but a specialty of Kansas City barbeque are these crusty cubes of brisket burnt ends |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | THERE ARE STRINGS ATTACHED $800: David Kalakaua & Arthur Godfrey are in the hall of fame for this musical instrument the ukulele |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | BRITISH AUTHORS $1200: This detective author wrote 4 follow-ups to 1912's "The Lost World" Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | BROADWAY $200: When "Spamalot" came to Broadway in 2005, Tim Curry was this highest-ranking character King Arthur |
| #7288, aired 2016-04-27 | SLEUTHS & THEIR CREATORS $200: Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #7281, aired 2016-04-18 | THEATRICAL QUOTES $400: In this play, Arthur Miller wrote of Willy Loman, "Attention must be finally paid to such a person" Death of a Salesman |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVELS $2000: Arthur Dent (his first novel appearance) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $200: Central to his autobiography "Timebends" was his 4-year marriage to Marylin Monroe Arthur Miller |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | NAMESAKES $1600: Railroad pioneer Arthur Stillwell gave his name to this Texas city, Janis Joplin's hometown Port Arthur |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | POP QUIZ $2000: In 1930 he left the Boston Symphony to become conductor of the Boston Pops, a job he held for 49 years (Arthur) Fiedler |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | DOGGONE GOOD WRITING $400: This 1902 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tale about a ghostly canine was based on local legend The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | FOUNDERS $800: Last name of Arthur, the Irish gent who founded a brewery in Dublin in 1759 Guinness |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | HERE'S YOUR HAT $1000: It was illustrator Sidney Paget, not Arthur Conan Doyle, who gave Sherlock Holmes this signature hat a deerstalker |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | LITERARY QUOTES $200: In "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", Hank asks, "Bridgeport?" & a knight replies, this place Camelot |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | BREAD $800: King Arthur Flour calls this, made from a starter mix, "the Mount Everest of bread baking" sourdough |
| #7236, aired 2016-02-15 | "C" IN LITERATURE $1600: This sci-fi author's "C" novels include "Childhood's End" & "Cradle", about contact with an alien civilization Arthur C. Clarke |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | AUTHORS $1000: He saw a lot of 20th century innovations coming before anyone else H.G. Wells |
| #7188, aired 2015-12-09 | EGOT-ISTS $2000: A Grammy & Tony came for Shakespeare, but this man's Oscar was for his supporting role in "Arthur" Sir John Gielgud |
| #7184, aired 2015-12-03 | OLD '97s $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1297 he was knighted upon his return to Scotland & proclaimed Guardian of the Kingdom William Wallace |
| #7183, aired 2015-12-02 | LET'S CONTINUE TO PODCAST $1600: As "The Smartest Man in the World", Greg Proops spoke of AT&T Park, the late Anne Meara & this "2001" author all in one show Arthur C. Clarke |
| #7168, aired 2015-11-11 | MEDIEVAL LITERATURE $400: In Sir Thomas Malory's "Morte d'Arthur", she retires to a nunnery after an affair Guinevere |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | PRESIDENTS' MIDDLE NAMES $600: Abram James Garfield |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | PRESIDENTS' MIDDLE NAMES $1000: Alan (Chester) Arthur |
| #7149, aired 2015-10-15 | 1965 $1600: This U.N. ambassador & former Democratic presidential nominee died in July & Arthur Goldberg succeeded him Adlai Stevenson |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $800: The woman who gave King Arthur his sword moves to Garrison Keillor's fictitious town the Lady of the Lake Wobegon |
| #7118, aired 2015-07-22 | DIET FADS $400: Miami doctor Arthur Agatston told us to ditch the "white stuff" (flour, sugar, etc.) in this diet from the early 2000s the South Beach diet |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | MOVIE MUSIC $1600: "(Best That You Can Do)" is in the title of the theme from this Dudley Moore comedy Arthur |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | DOCTOR WHO $400: ...abandoned his medical practice after achieving success with his Sherlock Holmes stories (Arthur Conan) Doyle |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | MOVING FORWARD IN SCIENCE $1600: Arthur Eddington used the image of this object, a weapon & indicator, to explore why time only goes forward the arrow |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | BRITISH HISTORY $2000: He was PM from 1902 to 1905; later, a declaration supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine was named for him (Arthur James) Balfour |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | KING ARTHUR $400: One of 12 victories ascribed to Arthur is the defeat of an army of these Germanic invaders at the Battle of Badon Hill Saxons |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | KING ARTHUR $800: In some versions the "sword in the stone" that Arthur pulls free to become king was the sword of this man, his dad Uther Pendragon |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | KING ARTHUR $1200: When Arthur is away in battle, this bastard son of his seizes his throne Mordred |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | KING ARTHUR $2000: A chair at the Round Table reserved for the Grail finder but deadly to anyone else is called the "Siege" this word Perilous |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | KING ARTHUR $3,300 (Daily Double): After his final battle, the wounded Arthur is carried off to this magical isle Avalon |
| #7081, aired 2015-06-01 | FICTIONAL PLACES $200: The seat of King Arthur's court, it was visited by a mechanic from Connecticut in 528 A.D. Camelot |
| #7076, aired 2015-05-25 | TV-"G" $1000: "Thank You For Being A Friend" was the theme song to this sitcom starring Bea Arthur Golden Girls |
| #7073, aired 2015-05-20 | NEW TWISTS ON JEOPARDY! FAVORITES $1,400 (Daily Double): Nearly 500 clues about this English king, & yet none said that one of his favorite horses was named Canicida Henry VIII |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | QUINT-O-SENTIAL $1200: Arthur Andersen of the "Big 5" in this profession turned out to be cooking Enron's books accounting |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | THE GOLDBERGS $800: Labor lawyer Arthur Goldberg was instrumental in the 1955 merger of the AFL & this union the CIO |
| #7065, aired 2015-05-08 | A. MILLER'S TALES $400: Arthur Miller's only Pulitzer Prize came in 1949 for this play Death of a Salesman |
| #7065, aired 2015-05-08 | A. MILLER'S TALES $800: "My Three Sons" was a TV show; Arthur Miller's first major play had this similar title All My Sons |
| #7065, aired 2015-05-08 | A. MILLER'S TALES $5,000 (Daily Double): Arthur Miller thought 1690s Salem was relevant to 1950s America when he wrote this play The Crucible |
| #7059, aired 2015-04-30 | TITLES $400: One of the first books in English, this chivalric work by Thomas Malory has a French title Le Morte d'Arthur |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $800: On June 29, 1956 he married one of the stars of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" Arthur Miller |
| #7041, aired 2015-04-06 | FACTA MORGANA $1000: Sometimes this mythological enchantress was King Arthur's sister; at other times, his enemy or healer Morgan le Fay |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | NOVELS $1600: Hank Morgan wins the title of Prime Minister & earns Merlin's jealousy in this Twain tale A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | PLAYING GOD $800: Graham Chapman had a 2-way conversation as both the voice of God & King Arthur in this classic 1975 comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #7030, aired 2015-03-20 | GOOD "EVENING" $2000: Dads know this PBS show with a 3-word title, featuring Arthur Fiedler & John Williams, premiered in 1970 Evening at Pops |
| #7023, aired 2015-03-11 | IRISH HISTORY $800: A printer by trade, Arthur Griffith negotiated a 1921 treaty with the British & founded this Irish-named political party Sinn Fein |
| #7012, aired 2015-02-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: After shooting President Garfield, he surrendered to police & said, "I am a Stalwart. Arthur is now president of the United States" Charles Guiteau |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | PLEASE, NO LETTERS $600: Number of seats said to be at King Arthur's round table, or years in a sesquicentennial 150 |
| #6995, aired 2015-01-30 | BOOKS ABOUT PRESIDENTS $1,200 (Daily Double): Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the JFK administration is called this many "Days" A Thousand |
| #6989, aired 2015-01-22 | NOVELS WRITTEN FAST $400: Written in 3 weeks in 1886, "A Study in Scarlet" introduced this character who was later killed off but returned Sherlock Holmes |
| #6981, aired 2015-01-12 | SYMBOLS $800: A heraldic emblem of this U.K. country is a red dragon, also a symbol for King Arthur Wales |
| #6978, aired 2015-01-07 | BIOLOGY $1600: In 1935 botanist Arthur Tansley coined this word for an environment as it functions with its organisms ecosystem |
| #6977, aired 2015-01-06 | A VEGAS HOTEL, OR... $600: A movie with Nigel Terry as King Arthur & Helen Mirren as Morgana Excalibur |
| #6974, aired 2015-01-01 | MAID, MARRYIN' $200: After Arthur becomes king Leodegrance's son-in-law, the king gives him this, which will seat 150 a round table |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | ENERGY $600: A 375-foot unit in this type of facility is the tallest structure in Port Arthur, Texas an oil refinery |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | BUBBLE TROUBLE $800: A blood vessel gets blocked by an air bubble moving through the bloodstream in one type of this condition an embolism |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | McWRITERS $7,000 (Daily Double): In 1962 Marshall McLuhan wrote "Electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global" this (a global) village |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | BOOKS & ARTHURS $200: A young minister, Arthur Dimmesdale fathers Hester Prynne's daughter Pearl in this novel The Scarlet Letter |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | BOOKS & ARTHURS $400: Published in 1927, "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" was the last of his Sherlock Holmes stories (Sir Arthur Conan) Doyle |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | BOOKS & ARTHURS $600: In kids' books by Marc Brown, Arthur is one of these animals aardvark |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $1000: A timely, up-to-date small dried fruit current currant |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | BOOKS & ARTHURS $1000: His 1973 "Rendezvous with Rama", about an encounter with an alien spaceship, won both nebula & Hugo awards Arthur C. Clarke |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | BOOKS & ARTHURS $2,400 (Daily Double): Chapter 1 of this 1889 novel begins "'Camelot--Camelot...I don't seem to remember hearing of it before.'" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #6942, aired 2014-11-18 | CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL RECIPIENTS $2000: This longtime Speaker of the House called himself "a Democrat without prefix, without suffix, and without apology" (Sam) Rayburn |
| #6937, aired 2014-11-11 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: As a rule of thumb, a full one of these should have a minimum of 300 coils; a king should have 450 mattress |
| #6937, aired 2014-11-11 | & BEYONCÉ $1000: Jay Z is featured on this Beyoncé song that mentions "that liquor get into me" "Drunk In Love" |
| #6937, aired 2014-11-11 | ABOVE $1000: In the original language, these first 4 words of the anthem written in 1841 put 1 country "above all" Deutschland, Deutschland über alles |
| #6917, aired 2014-10-14 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS $2000: This president was a supporter of the Pendleton Civil Service Act Chester Arthur |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | ATLAS CHAPS $1200: Arthur Norton's 1910 atlas of these charted more than 6,500 of them, some as faint as the 7th magnitude stars |
| #6904, aired 2014-09-25 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $200: Originally, Conan Doyle named these 2 characters Sheridan Hope & Ormond Sacker Sherlock Holmes & John Watson |
| #6904, aired 2014-09-25 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $400: While in Switzerland, ACD helped popularize this sport & wrote about "gliding delightfully over the gentle slopes" skiing |
| #6904, aired 2014-09-25 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $600: Sir Arthur played on the same cricket team as this "Peter Pan" creator & helped him write an operetta (J.M.) Barrie |
| #6904, aired 2014-09-25 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $800: Just before WWI, Conan Doyle suggested building this between Britain & France; 8 decades later, one was built a tunnel |
| #6904, aired 2014-09-25 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $1000: In the early 1890s Sir Arthur opened a medical practice on this London street, years after Elizabeth Barrett lived there Wimpole Street |
| #6888, aired 2014-07-23 | GOOD KNIGHT $800: Some would call this Brit's "The White Company", about noble Sir Nigel & crew, an elementary choice (Sir Arthur Conan) Doyle |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | STATELY LITERATURE $200: "A ____ Yankee In King Arthur's Court" Connecticut |
| #6867, aired 2014-06-24 | ECON 101 $1000: A theory of the trade-off between tax rates & what the government collects in tax revenues is seen in his curve Arthur Laffer |
| #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL $400: Marilyn, I think what was lacking in your marriage to that baseball guy was a Pulitzer, & I have one of those! So whaddya say? Arthur Miller |
| #6860, aired 2014-06-13 | SPOILER MOVIE TITLES $400: 1951:
The title telegraphs the fate of Arthur Miller's character Death of a Salesman |
| #6850, aired 2014-05-30 | A REAL MAC DADDY $400: Arthur, his only child, was born in 1938 in Manila, where daddy was a military adviser (Douglas) MacArthur |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON $400: British hero Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, was born in 1769 not in Britain but on this nearby island Ireland |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | 1901-1910 $800: In 1905 Arthur Griffith founded this Gaelic-named party whose goal was Irish independence from Britain Sinn Féin |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | 1901-1910 $1,000 (Daily Double): On February 8, 1904 the Japanese launched an attack on Port Arthur, this country's naval base in China Russia |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | ARTS $400: Arthur Burns battled inflation as the chairman of this economic body from 1970 to 1978 The Fed (the Federal Reserve) |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | ARTS $600: He attended UCLA on a tennis scholarship & in 1965 won the U.S. collegiate men's singles title Arthur Ashe |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | ARTS $800: In 1965 this dance instructor & entrepreneur had more than 350 franchised dance studios Arthur Murray |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | ARTS $1000: American philosopher Arthur Lovejoy's most famous work was "The Great Chain of" this Being |
| #6801, aired 2014-03-24 | GRAIL MIX $600: "Idylls of the King" by this lord deals with King Arthur & the grail quest of his knights Tennyson |
| #6798, aired 2014-03-19 | LEGEND $200: This Round Table knight had a kid with the daughter of grail-keeping King Pelles but had eyes for Guinevere Lancelot |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | SO SAD $400: In a 1988 hit, Poison lamented that "Every Rose Has" one of these thorn |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | TOO BAD $600: Last name of Lorenzino, who on Jan. 5, 1537 decided the Duke of Florence needed to breathe a lot less Medici |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | NEW ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS? $800: We're not sure if Mr. Gilliam or Mr. Jones inspired this award for British comedy troupe members the Terrys |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | ON THE "M"AP $800: This principality in southwest Europe is about 370 acres Monaco |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | IT ALWAYS HAPPENS IN "THREE"S $1000: This Kurt Weill musical drama was produced in German as "Die Dreigroschenoper" in 1928 The Threepenny Opera |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | NATIVE AMERICANS $1200: This people's Old Oraibi pueblo in Arizona, settled around 1150, may be the USA's oldest continuously inhabited village the Hopi |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | PHILOSOPHY $2000: Philosophers distinguish between 2 kinds of knowledge: a priori, by thinking, & this, from experience empirical or a posteriori |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | PHILOSOPHY $7,600 (Daily Double): Antisthenes began this
-ism with the view that self-interest is the primary motive of human behavior cynicism |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | SNACK FACT $400: Bear with us; Honey Maid makes these grahams in chocolatey chip as well as in chocolate Teddy Grahams |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | BESTSELLING NONFICTION $400: Neurosurgeon Eben Alexander recounts his near-death experience during a coma in "Proof of" this Heaven |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | "R"ANDOM HOUSE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS $600: "A variety of lettuce... having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves" romaine |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | WHAT GREAT BIG TEETH YOU HAVE! $600: Only about half the tooth sticks out above the gum line in the 2-foot canines of this largest amphibious mammal a hippopotamus |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY $800: This man seen here hit the Great White Way in 1993 as Abe Lincoln in Illinois Sam Waterston |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | VICE PRESIDENTS $800: In 1814 this VP from Mass. for whom a political term is named died in office having served less than 2 years (Elbridge) Gerry |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | GUINNESS RECORDS 2014 $800: Germany's Zollner Elektronik is credited with the "largest walking" one of these automata, a dragon 52' long a robot |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | "R"ANDOM HOUSE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS $1000: "A wild or semiwild hog... common in the southern U.S." a razorback |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | LAND OF THE "FREE" $1600: Moving independently, like Bob Dylan in the title of a 1963 album freewheeling |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY $1600: Before midnight, the stage ran red as Ethan Hawke opened as this tragic thane in 2013 the Scottish Play, or Macbeth |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | VICE PRESIDENTS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a historical marker in Paducah, KY.) A memorial in Paducah honors this politician from the area, remembered as the oldest man elected vice president; he also helped get the New Deal through Congress Alben Barkley |
| #6792, aired 2014-03-11 | GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY $5,000 (Daily Double): Oh yah, in 1988, pre-"Fargo", she was Stellllla! in "A Streetcar Named Desire", dontcha know Frances McDormand |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | LITERARY TITLE PAIRS $200: In Shakespeare, a Trojan guy & an unfaithful gal Troilus & Cressida |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | ALFRED HITCHCOCK SAID $200: "Television has brought" this crime "back into the home, where it belongs" murder |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | LITERARY TITLE PAIRS $3,200 (Daily Double): 1929 William Faulkner title pair The Sound & the Fury |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | BALLET SETTINGS $4,000 (Daily Double): Street scene,
an American desert &
the jail Billy the Kid |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | BRITISH AUTHORS $400: On occasion he humorously signed autographs "Dr. John Watson" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | ROLE IN COMMON $600: Sean Connery,
Clive Owen,
Graham Chapman King Arthur |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | LEADER OF THE "PACK" $200: Proverbially good things come in these small packages |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | ACTUAL 911 CALLS $600: In 2013 Connecticut police had to post online, missing "Breaking Bad" is not a 911 issue, please call this provider, not us your cable company |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | SPEECH! $800: (Vice President Biden delivers the clue.) As vice president this man gave a speech to West Berliners just days after construction of the wall began, pledging protection of access to the city LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson) |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | MEDICAL HISTORY $800: In the 19th century Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis "gave birth" to antisepsis in this medical field obstetrics |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | WHO SANG IT FIRST? $800: This song was a hit for Ben E. King in 1961, for John Lennon in 1975 & for Ben again in 1986 "Stand By Me" |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | RUSSIAN TO JUDGMENT $800: Nicholas wooed Alexandra with these, Russian for "pancakes" blinis |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | CELEBRITY VETERANS $1000: This star of "Maude" & "The Golden Girls" was one of the Marine Corps' first female recruits of WWII Bea Arthur |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | MEDICAL HISTORY $2000: In 1798 this British doctor not only created the smallpox vaccine, he also coined the word "vaccine" Edward Jenner |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | ALEX' HONKY-TONK SALOON $400: Doc? Doc Holliday? Now, you're the one that's the medico, but I think you got pulmonary phthisis, or this... I'll shut up & pour tuberculosis |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | BENIN THERE $800: Majestic elephants & this scavenger, Canis aureus, share W National Park, named for the shape of bends of the Niger River the jackal |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | NEW ORLEANS $800: This song, recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1938 & many times after, is played at every New Orleans NFL home game "When The Saints Go Marching In" |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | POLITICAL CONVENTION KEYNOTERS $7,000 (Daily Double): Republicans, 1944:
This Californian future chief justice Earl Warren |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | NET ADVERTISING $400: In computer marketing, "above the fold" refers to the part of a web page seen without doing this scrolling (down) |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | 2013 BESTSELLERS $5,000 (Daily Double): The nonfiction book about these title men tells how art historians & museum curators saved art from Nazi looting the Monuments Men |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | WHAT DO I STAND FOR? $200: In "CSI" on CBS Investigation |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | ASIAN CAPITALS $2000: This port lies about 60 miles northwest of Damascus on the Bay of St. George Beirut |
| #6779, aired 2014-02-20 | FEMALE FANTASY CHARACTERS $2,800 (Daily Double): King Arthur's half-sister Morgaine is the main character in Marion Zimmer Bradley's "The Mists of" here Avalon |
| #6777, aired 2014-02-18 | MOM & DAD'S DATE MOVIES $400: Before Russell Brand, Dudley Moore played this rich guy in Mom & Dad's first date movie Arthur |
| #6777, aired 2014-02-18 | BRITISH LITERATURE $1600: "They all agreed that it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly, and spectral" is from this Arthur Conan Doyle work The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| #6770, aired 2014-02-07 | 1980s BOOKS $400: This novel by Arthur C. Clarke is subtitled "Odyssey Two" 2010 |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | EPONYMOUS AIRPORTS $400: KRK is the code for this city's Pope John Paul II International Airport Kraków |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | BLACK & WHITE & READ $1,000 (Daily Double): This author's 1936 novel "Black Spring", a bawdy tale of Paris, came between 2 more famous books Henry Miller |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | MATH PROBLEMS $1600: After spending $200 at the store, Eric has 20% of his money left, meaning he started with this total $250 |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | MATH PROBLEMS $2000: The office measures 10 feet by 18 feet; to carpet the whole thing will cost this much at $10 a square yard $200 |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | IN THE SPORT'S HALL OF FAME $5 (Daily Double): Eddie Giacomin,
Herb Brooks,
Conn Smythe hockey |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH $400: Feb. 1, 1884:
You could look it up in the first volume of this, published in London the Oxford English Dictionary |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $1000: (I'm Chris Wallace.) The influence of the title country house on the lives of the Schlegels & the Wilcoxes is at the heart of this E.M. Forster book, my favorite novel Howards End |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | SITCOM ROLES $1600: Alan Harper, a complete man Jon Cryer |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | ART TERMS $4,195 (Daily Double): This type of paint is dry pigment mixed with an emulsion; the egg type is not usually affected by weather & humidity tempera |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | BIBLE VIOLENCE $200: Genesis 4:
He "rose up against" this man "his brother, and slew him" (both, please) Cain & Abel |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | LETTER MEN $1000: "Best Of My Love" & "Victim Of Love" co-writer
J.D. ____ Souther |
| #6761, aired 2014-01-27 | WOMEN $3,000 (Daily Double): The recordings she made with Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in March 1964 were finally made available to the public in 2011 Jacqueline Kennedy |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | LET'S PLAY SOME GULF $200: The Sabine-Neches waterway links Port Arthur, Texas with this gulf the Gulf of Mexico |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | REDUNDANT SOUNDING NAMES $400: Last name of American general Arthur, father of American general Douglas MacArthur |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | WRITERS IN PRISON $1600: "Le Morte d'Arthur" author Sir Thomas Malory was jailed often, the last time for favoring the Lancastrians in these wars the War of the Roses |
| #6741, aired 2013-12-30 | FLYERS & FLYING $200: In 1919 John Alcock & Arthur Brown made the first nonstop one of these flights; Lindbergh's in '27 was the first solo trans-Atlantic |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | MARK TWAIN $3,000 (Daily Double): Twain satirized the customs & institutions of the feudal world in this 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | NOVELS BY CHARACTER $800: Sir Kay,
Hank Morgan,
Merlin the Magician A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #6660, aired 2013-07-26 | WRITERS IN WARTIME $400: The "Sir" before this mystery author's name came after his work as an army doctor during the Boer War Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT $200: In Arthurian legend, she's King Arthur's wife; some versions say it was her dad who gave Arthur the Round Table Guinevere |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT $400: This magician was an advisor to both King Arthur & his father Uther Pendragon Merlin |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT $600: Arthur proves to be the rightful king of England by pulling this sword from the stone Excalibur |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT $800: In some versions, it's the knight Percival who succeeds in finding this vessel; Wagner told his story in "Parsifal" the Holy Grail |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT $1000: King Arthur & this nephew of his kill each other in battle Mordred |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | LAB TEST $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue.) Arthur Miller might know that the specialized lab tongs I'm using are named for these potentially hot objects they are designed to hold crucible |
| #6637, aired 2013-06-25 | DIARIES & JOURNALS $2000: This historian's journals covering 1952-2000 have plenty of material on the Camelot era Arthur Schlesinger |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $3,000 (Daily Double): Born in 1917 in England;
died in 2008 (not 2001) in Sri Lanka (Arthur C.) Clarke |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | BOOKS BY THE NUMBER $1600: Arthur Conan Doyle:
"The Sign of ____" Four |
| #6611, aired 2013-05-20 | '60s BOOKS & AUTHORS $2000: Before taking off with "Airport", he checked in with "Hotel" (Arthur) Hailey |
| #6599, aired 2013-05-02 | MLB TEAM NAMES? $600: Arthur Guinness & Adolphus Busch brewers |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | LITERARY SECOND BANANAS $1200: This Agatha Christie sleuth is fond of his chronicler Arthur Hastings but thinks he's a bit of an imbecile Hercule Poirot |
| #6567, aired 2013-03-19 | AUTHORS $1000: This author's losing entry in a 1948 literary contest became the basis for the movie "2001" (Arthur C.) Clarke |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | HIGH FANTASY $200: The Finavar tapestry trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay includes Lancelot, this king & his dog Cavall Arthur |
| #6563, aired 2013-03-13 | PLAYWRIGHTS $800: About this playwright, Marilyn Monroe said, "if I were nothing but a dumb blonde, he wouldn't have married me" Arthur Miller |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | MANAGE $200: Last name of Arthur, who managed to get a 9,000-year lease on a brewery at St. James' gate, Dublin Guinness |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | PIN THE TALE ON THE WRITER $800 (Daily Double): "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
(1892) Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #6511, aired 2012-12-31 | PRESIDENT CLINTON'S HARLEM $1600: (President Clinton delivers the clue.) After Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, Arthur Mitchell, the first black dancer in the New York City Ballet, opened this troupe in a garage on 152nd Street the Dance Theatre of Harlem |
| #6508, aired 2012-12-26 | THEIR SOLE OSCAR NOMINATION $400: Dudley Moore,
1981 Arthur |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | CHRISTMAS PARTIES $600: The title character of this holiday film, now out on Blu-ray, is Santa's youngest son Arthur Christmas |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: This Mark Twain book contains such chapters as "The Ogre's Castle" & "Merlin's Tower" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | LITERARY AWARDS $1600: A British sci-fi award named for this "Childhood's End" author consists of an engraved bookend Arthur C. Clarke |
| #6459, aired 2012-10-18 | QUOTH THE POET $1600: "But, if thou spare to fling Excalibur, I will arise and slay thee with my hands" Tennyson |
| #6448, aired 2012-10-03 | THE 19th CENTURY $200: Chester Arthur's legacy includes starting the tradition of adding these 4 words to the end of the presidential oath "So help me God" |
| #6444, aired 2012-09-27 | APPLE PIE $200: After his final battle, this legendary king was conveyed to Avalon, the "Island of Apples" Arthur |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | ARTHUR $400: British commander & statesman Arthur Wellesley was better known by this hereditary title the Duke of Wellington |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | ARTHUR $800: A theatre at the University of Michigan is named for this alumnus & Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | ARTHUR $1200: He began collaborating with William Gilbert in 1871 (Arthur) Sullivan |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | ARTHUR $1600: In 1893 he killed off his most famous character only to bring him back in a 1903 story (Arthur Conan) Doyle |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | ARTHUR $2000: A decade after his JFK book "A Thousand Days", this historian wrote "Robert Kennedy and his times" (Arthur) Schlesinger(, Jr.) |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $400: In May 1787 Captain Arthur Phillip set sail from England to Australia with some 200 guards & 800 of these & their families prisoners (or convicts) |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: This tennis player's memoir "Days of Grace" was published posthumously in 1993 Arthur Ashe |
| #6413, aired 2012-07-04 | RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHAEOLOGY $1600: Beginning in 1900 Sir Arthur Evans uncovered the Palace of Minos at Knossos on this island Crete |
| #6409, aired 2012-06-28 | STATE CAPITAL BIRTHPLACES $400: Arthur Fiedler & Rose Kennedy Boston |
| #6401, aired 2012-06-18 | PLAYWRIGHTS $600: His "The Crucible" was produced in 1953; in 1956 he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee Arthur Miller |
| #6395, aired 2012-06-08 | PRESIDENTIAL ALUMS $2000: This man who succeeded a slain president was a quartermaster for the Union & an alum of, duh, Union College Chester Arthur |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | 1960s BESTSELLERS $1200: This Arthur Hailey novel really took off--it was the bestselling novel of 1968 Airport |
| #6380, aired 2012-05-18 | "A.C." $800: This sci-fi author made his "Final Odyssey" in 2008, dying at age 90 Arthur C. Clarke |
| #6369, aired 2012-05-03 | SHE'S SO COOL $1600: This actress' last name made her most appropriate to play the female lead in "King Arthur" Keira Knightley |
| #6358, aired 2012-04-18 | NEWSPAPERS $200: It's a family affair--Adolph Ochs' great-grandson, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., became its publisher in 1992 The New York Times |
| #6354, aired 2012-04-12 | WITHOUT MY PARTNER $800: He composed the music for the 1867 operetta "The Contrabandista" (Arthur) Sullivan |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | HUSBANDS $600: Marilyn Monroe's last 2 Arthur Miller & Joe DiMaggio |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | HISTORIANS $1600: The son of a historian, he co-founded Americans for Democratic Action & served in JFK's administration Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | EVERY BIT A "LADY" $800: As an infant Sir Lancelot was swept off by this enchantress who later sent him to Arthur's court the Lady of the Lake |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | SHAPE UP! $800: Time to take your talents to this Arthur Agatston "diet"; one book is "Quick and Easy"' another, "Supercharged" South Beach |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | THE POST MAN'S HERE $1200: In the 1930s Yorkshire Post editor Arthur Mann opposed this policy of mollifying Nazi Germany appeasement |
| #6324, aired 2012-03-01 | LET'S GET IN THE RV $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the RV Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.) After a rainy camping trip, Arthur Sherman built the most popular trailer brand of the '30s; his children named this after a 19th-century transport, & the name makes it clear that you'll stay dry Covered Wagon |
| #6318, aired 2012-02-22 | ARTHURIAN LIT $800: The title of this 15th century work by Sir Thomas Malory kinda gives away the ending Le Morte d'Arthur |
| #6296, aired 2012-01-23 | CAN I HAVE A MOMENT? $2000: 3-word phrase for a decisive instant; Arthur Koestler defined it as "the sudden emergence of a new insight" a moment of truth |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | MEDAL OF FREEDOM ATHLETES $600: Only African American to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon Arthur Ashe |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | ARTHUR'S CAMELOT $200: King Arthur received this sword from the Lady of the Lake; it was later returned to her by Sir Bedivere Excalibur |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | ARTHUR'S CAMELOT $400: In some writings, it was Perceval, not Galahad, who went on a quest for this vessel the Holy Grail |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | ARTHUR'S CAMELOT $600: This sorceress was introduced into Arthurian legend as Arthur's healer by Geoffrey of Monmouth around 1150 Morgana le Fey (or Morgan le Fay) (Morgaine accepted) |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | ARTHUR'S CAMELOT $800: "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" is one of her songs in the version of the tale by Lerner of New York & Loewe of Berlin Guinevere |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | ARTHUR'S CAMELOT $1000: The Somerset town of Glastonbury claims to be this fabled isle, the final resting place of King Arthur Avalon |
| #6280, aired 2011-12-30 | THINK OF THE CHILDREN! $400: Victoria & Albert:
Alice, Alfred, Arthur, Beatrice, Helena, Louise, Leopold, Victoria Adelaide & this king Edward |
| #6260, aired 2011-12-02 | MIDDLE INITIAL C. $600: This author of the 1956 sci-fi novel "The City and the Stars" was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998 Arthur C. Clarke |
| #6248, aired 2011-11-16 | VEGAS CASINO RESTAURANTS $800: The Steakhouse at Camelot,
Round Table Buffet Excalibur |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | MISSISSIPPI MISTERS $1000: Legendary bluesmen born in Mississippi include Chester Arthur Burnett, known as Howlin' this Wolf |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | ECONOMIST DANCE PARTY $2000: This "funny" man said cuts in marginal tax rates increase tax revenues & draws (then dances) his "curve" (Arthur) Laffer |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | ACTING THE PART $400: Russell Brand was just a kid when this actor originated the role of "Arthur" in 1981 Dudley Moore |
| #6222, aired 2011-10-11 | COLLEGE SPORTS $2000: In 1965 this African American with an alliterative name won the singles & doubles college tennis titles Arthur Ashe |
| #6217, aired 2011-10-04 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $400: His last play, "Finishing the Picture", was inspired by the making of Marilyn Monroe's last movie "The Misfits" Arthur Miller |
| #6217, aired 2011-10-04 | EMMY-WINNING GUEST APPEARANCES $1600: John Lithgow won for his killer job as mild-mannered serial killer Arthur Mitchell on this Showtime drama Dexter |
| #6200, aired 2011-07-22 | GENERAL RELATIVITY $600: Both this general & his father Arthur fought in the Philippines, the father in 1898, the son in 1944 Douglas MacArthur |
| #6179, aired 2011-06-23 | & OTHER '80s OSCAR WINNERS $1200: He was acclaimed onstage as Hamlet in 1929 & onscreen as Arthur's butler in 1981 John Gielgud |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | BOOK"S" $800: Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale is Hester Prynne's baby daddy in this classic The Scarlet Letter |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | HOUDINI $5,000 (Daily Double): An early "ghostbuster", Houdini fell out with this detective novelist, a former friend & advocate of spiritualism Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | BY THE NUMBERS $400: Arthur C. Clarke's final "Space Odyssey" book takes place in this year, 1,000 years after the first 3001 |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | FATHERS-IN-LAW $1000: Daniel Day-Lewis' was this dramatist Arthur Miller |
| #6120, aired 2011-04-01 | ACTUAL FBI FILES $200: This "subject is very vulnerable right now because of her rejection by Arthur Miller and also by Joe DiMaggio" (Marilyn) Monroe |
| #6114, aired 2011-03-24 | THE YUCKS STOP HERE $1600: The "Monty Python" member who played King Arthur, he ended his grail quest in Maidstone, England Graham Chapman |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | HOW'S THE SCREENPLAY GOING, STEVE? $800: Steve Gordon both wrote & directed this 1981 film where super-rich Dudley Moore drank in the scenery Arthur |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | TAKE A STAB $400: In this John Boorman film, Mordred pierces Arthur with his spear, but Arthur gets him anyway Excalibur |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | CAMELOT $400: In "Le Morte D'Arthur", Arthur tells him, I must take a wife but only "by thy counsel and thine advice" Merlin |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | TO THE LETTER $2000: It was the middle initial of James Garfield & his successor, Chester Arthur A |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | DRAMA CLUB TRYOUTS $2000: It's Salem, 1692 & we're having a witch hunt to cast John & Elizabeth Proctor & Abigail Williams in this Arthur Miller play The Crucible |
| #6075, aired 2011-01-28 | PLAYING THE PROFESSOR $1600: Arthur Hill won a Tony as this professor in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" on Broadway George |
| #6067, aired 2011-01-18 | ALBUM TITLE REFERENCES $2000: Roxy Music:
An island where King Arthur was carried after death Avalon |
| #6051, aired 2010-12-27 | PLAY PENNERS $400: In 1956 this "Crucible" writer refused to name names before HUAC & was convicted of contempt; he appealed & won Arthur Miller |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | FOOTBALL: 20-10 $1000: Owner Arthur Blank said, "It feels great" as a Jan. 2010 win put this team over .500 for 2 straight years, a first Atlanta Falcons |
| #6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE LITERARY BUSINESS $1200: The St. Gregory is the title establishment in this Arthur Hailey novel Hotel |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | HOLLYWOOD TO BROADWAY $400: She lent star power to a revival of Arthur Miller's "A View From The Bridge" Scarlett Johanssen |
| #6035, aired 2010-12-03 | WHAT'S THAT WAR? $1600: 1904-1905:
The siege of Port Arthur the Russo-Japanese War |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | FRENCH NOVELISTS $1200: This sci-fi writer's "An Antarctic Mystery" attempts to finish Poe's "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" Jules Verne |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | TWAIN TRACTS $200: A blow on the head sends a man back to Camelot in this 1889 Mark Twain novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #6018, aired 2010-11-10 | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT $800: In 2010 this British star of "Get Him to the Greek" was cast in the title role in a remake of "Arthur" Russell Brand |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | THE ARTS $400: Arthur Rackham's illustrations of fairies adorn the 1906 book titled this character "in Kensington Gardens" Peter Pan |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On May 15, 1972 while campaigning in Laurel, Md., this Alabama governor was shot & paralyzed by Arthur Bremer George Wallace |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | MODERN FICTION $600: Sayuri tells of how she became a celebrated performer & courtesan in Japan in this tale by Arthur Golden Memoirs of a Geisha |
| #5983, aired 2010-09-22 | MAESTROS $400: This longtime maestro of the Boston Pops Orchestra is honored with an oversized bust on the Esplanade Arthur Fiedler |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | GHOST WRITERS $1200: In addition to "A Study in Scarlet" & "The White Company", his stories include the spooky "The Brown Hand" Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #5961, aired 2010-07-12 | THE DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York.) In 2009, the Dance Theatre of Harlem celebrated its 40th anniversary; Arthur Mitchell cofounded it in response to this April 1968 tragedy the assassination of Martin Luther King |
| #5954, aired 2010-07-01 | PLEASE BELIZE ME $1600: Belize's highest peak is known as this author's "Delight", for its resemblance to the setting of "The Lost World" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #5949, aired 2010-06-24 | DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? $2000: King Arthur's evil half-sister Morgan le Fay |
| #5942, aired 2010-06-15 | HERE'S A "QUARTER" $1000: In 1862 Chester Arthur was appointed as this officer to supply barracks, food & equipment for the N.Y. State Militia a quartermaster |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | POETS' COUNTRY OF BIRTH $400: Arthur Rimbaud France |
| #5935, aired 2010-06-04 | PARENT & CHILD NOBEL WINNERS $2000: Arthur Kornberg won for showing how DNA duplicates in bacteria; son Roger's work was on the conversion of DNA into this RNA |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | BRIT-POURRI $200: Better known for his operettas with a partner, he also composed the hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers" Sir Arthur Sullivan |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | BRITISH AUTHORS $800: He helped cover the Apollo 12 & 15 space missions with Walter Cronkite & Wally Schirra Arthur C. Clarke |
| #5913, aired 2010-05-05 | MIDDLE NAME, PLEASE $1000: Of British PM Arthur Chamberlain Neville Chamberlain |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | AMERICAN DRAMATISTS $400: About ex-wife Marilyn Monroe, this playwright said, "I took her as a serious actress before I ever met her" Arthur Miller |
| #5911, aired 2010-05-03 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $400: In "To Kill a Mockingbird", recluse Arthur Radley is known by this nickname Boo |
| #5898, aired 2010-04-14 | GORGE $400: Around 13 miles long, the Verdon Gorge in this country is ranked by some as Europe's most beautiful canyon France |
| #5898, aired 2010-04-14 | HUBBLE, HUBBLE, TOIL & TROUBLE $800: An aberration in this part of the telescope was found shortly after launch; a 1993 Shuttle mission fixed it a mirror |
| #5898, aired 2010-04-14 | THE 4 BEATLES $800: Ringo narrated the British version of this kids' show about a train Thomas the Tank Engine |
| #5898, aired 2010-04-14 | ECONOMIC TERMS $800: It's the study of large-scale or general economic factors, a country's total economic activity macroeconomics |
| #5898, aired 2010-04-14 | AT THE ANCIENT ROMAN CINEPLEX $1600: 2009:
Zooey Deschanel in "(____) Days of Summer" D (500) |
| #5898, aired 2010-04-14 | ONLY ONE VOWEL $2,000 (Daily Double): Though it has only one vowel in its name, this element's periodic table symbol is 2 vowels gold |
| #5897, aired 2010-04-13 | JOAQUIN $1600: Responsible for economic & monetary affairs, Joaquin Almunia is a prominent official in the EC, this organization European Commission |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | THE NOVEL'S FIRST DRAFT? $400: "Y'know, Arthur", Hester said, "Roger's gonna be home soon. & I think having an affair in this town is a bad, bad idea" The Scarlet Letter |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | MYTHING IN ACTION $800: One legend says this was given by the Lady of the Lake & thrown back in the lake on King Arthur's death Excalibur |
| #5887, aired 2010-03-30 | "W"RITERS $2000: He adapted "Le Morte D"Arthur" into a quartet of novels called "The Once and Future King" (T.H.) White |
| #5884, aired 2010-03-25 | ATHLETIC EYEWEAR $1200: He's the late, graceful American star athlete seen here Arthur Ashe |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | CHARACTER ASSASSINATION $2000: He titled his book "Le Morte d'Arthur" for a reason; Art takes a sword to the "brain pan" (Sir Thomas) Malory |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | IS THIS PLACE FOR REAL? $400: This heralded city was home to the court of King Arthur & his knights of the round table Camelot |
| #5874, aired 2010-03-11 | DAMAGES $400: (Glenn Close reads the clue from a chair on the set of Damages.) Patty's lawsuit against Arthur Frobisher is this type in which 1 plaintiff or 1 defendant represents a group with similar interests a class action |
| #5874, aired 2010-03-11 | DIET & EXERCISE BOOKS $600: Florida doctor Arthur Agatston's book for this diet includes chapters on "Good Carbs, Bad Carbs" & "Good Fats, Bad Fats" South Beach |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | THE DIEDS OF MARCH $1000: This British statesman whose 1917 declaration supported a Jewish homeland died in England March 19, 1930 (Arthur James) Balfour |
| #5862, aired 2010-02-23 | VEGAS CASINOS $600: There's a SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D ride here; still trying to figure out the King Arthur's sword angle on that Excalibur |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HOLY ____! $1200: In "Le Morte d'Arthur", a gathering of knights saw a vision of this the (Holy) Grail |
| #5850, aired 2010-02-05 | THE PRISONER $400: In 2009 Jon Stewart nicknamed this man, now an inmate, "Arthur Ponzarelli" Bernie Madoff |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | "OO" WHO? $400: This "60 Minutes" commentator first joined CBS in 1949 as a writer for "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" Andy Rooney |
| #5841, aired 2010-01-25 | OSCAR-WINNING SONG LYRICS $1200: "When you get caught between the moon and New York City" Arthur |
| #5838, aired 2010-01-20 | FAMILY DRAMA $400: His "All My Sons" centers on Joe Keller, whose shoddy plane parts led to the death of his son & other pilots in WWII Arthur Miller |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | TO SIR, WITH LOVE $200: Dear Sir Lancelot: Arthur's gone grailing. Meet me under the round table after matins. XXO, this queen Guinevere |
| #5836, aired 2010-01-18 | TO SIR, WITH LOVE $800: Dear Sir Arthur Harris: I thrill at how you led part of this military branch during WWII; May I call you "Bomber"? Royal Air Force |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | A BEAUTIFUL MIND $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Communication satellites orbit in a belt 22,300 miles above the Earth; the belt is named for this science fiction writer who proposed geostationary orbits in 1945 Arthur C. Clarke |
| #5828, aired 2010-01-06 | BAD TIME CHARLIE $600: Charles Arthur Floyd, better known as this, was shot dead by G-men in 1934 "Pretty Boy" Floyd |
| #5813, aired 2009-12-16 | SPACE $200: Sans Muzak, a space one of these, thought of by Arthur C. Clarke, sounds goofy, but NASA is looking into it a space elevator |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | AN ARTHUR BEE $200: He followed Garfield as president Chester Arthur |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | AN ARTHUR BEE $400: Go to Flushing Meadows & see the 22,547-capacity stadium named for this man Arthur Ashe |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | AN ARTHUR BEE $600: His father was Uther Pendragon King Arthur |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | AN ARTHUR BEE $800: Author of "3001: The Final Odyssey" Arthur C. Clarke |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | AN ARTHUR BEE $1000: For 50 seasons this Boston-born man was director of the Boston Pops Arthur Fiedler |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | BUSINESS BUDDIES $800: Postage meter inventor Arthur Pitney merged his company with that of this entrepreneur (Walter) Bowes |
| #5777, aired 2009-10-27 | ECONOMISTS $1200: This supply-side economist popular during the Reagan administration is known for his "curve" Arthur Laffer |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | GOOD BOOKS $600: In addition to his Sherlock Holmes books, he wrote historical nonfiction like "The Great Boer War" Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $1600: Perhaps you'd like to pick up his "Collected Plays: 1944-1961", which includes "The Crucible" & "Death of a Salesman" Arthur Miller |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | QUOTES ABOUT SPORTS TEAMS? $2000: Arthur C. Clarke:
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from ____" magic |
| #5727, aired 2009-06-30 | TV MISGUIDED $800: Wookiees grunted & Bea Arthur sang in a never-rebroadcast TV special based on this film Star Wars |
| #5716, aired 2009-06-15 | GUINNESS RECORDS $400: A 1759 document records Arthur Guinness signing a 9,000-year lease on a brewery at St. James' Gate in this city Dublin |
| #5716, aired 2009-06-15 | GUINNESS RECORDS $800: In this year of Paul Revere's ride, Arthur brandished a pickaxe at a sheriff who tried to cut off the brewery's water 1775 |
| #5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $400: In one legend this top knight disguises himself in black armor to help King Arthur after they've had a falling out Sir Lancelot |
| #5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $800: In this Monty Python film, King Arthur battles a very, very determined Black Knight Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $2000: In this author's "Morte d'Arthur", Sir Bewmaynes beats 3 brothers: the Black Knight, the Red Knight & the Green Knight Sir Thomas Malory |
| #5673, aired 2009-04-15 | ARTHUR-IAN AUTHORS $400: His last play was 2004's "Finishing the Picture", a story of the making of "The Misfits" Arthur Miller |
| #5673, aired 2009-04-15 | ARTHUR-IAN AUTHORS $1200: In 1890 he gave up practicing medicine for full-time writing; in 1902, he was knighted (Arthur Conan) Doyle |
| #5673, aired 2009-04-15 | ARTHUR-IAN AUTHORS $1600: He won a Pulitzer for "A Thousand Days", his book on the JFK presidency Schlesinger |
| #5673, aired 2009-04-15 | ARTHUR-IAN AUTHORS $2000: The name of this French poet, a subject in Verlaine's "the damned poets", sounds like a Stallone role Arthur Rimbaud |
| #5673, aired 2009-04-15 | ARTHUR-IAN AUTHORS $7,000 (Daily Double): He won a Hugo Award for a 1973 novel Arthur C. Clarke |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | ____ & ____ $2000: The founders of Arthur Treacher's bought the London restaurant that originated this convenience food fish & chips |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | EUROPEAN POETS $2000: In 1871, as a debauched, visionary 16-year-old, he wrote "Le Bateau ivre" or "The Drunken Boat" Arthur Rimbaud |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | GETTING MEDIEVAL WITH ENGLISH LIT $2,400 (Daily Double): In this circa 1470 work, the Brown Knight Without Pity is as bad as his name until Sir Gareth gets 'im Le Morte d'Arthur |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | ON THE STAGE $400: Katie Holmes made her Broadway debut in a 2008 revival of this playwright's "All My Sons" Arthur Miller |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | AS LISTED IN THE S.I. ALMANAC $800: "Tennis player. First black man to win U.S. Open (1968, as an amateur), Australian Open (1970)" (Arthur) Ashe |
| #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" |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $1000: Authors Sinclair &
Arthur C. Lewis & Clarke |
| #5617, aired 2009-01-27 | GOLDEN OLDIES $1600: W.S. Gilbert did not write the text for this composer's 1886 cantata "The Golden Legend" Arthur Sullivan |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | WEAPONS OF MASS INSTRUCTION $800: Miami must be determined to make us skinny, as Arthur Agatson & Joseph Signorile have this "Diet Supercharged" South Beach |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | I WAS HIS VEEP $2000: Chester Arthur--
but not for long Garfield |
| #5600, aired 2009-01-02 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $400: This book by Arthur Golden says, "I wasn't born and raised to be a Kyoto geisha" Memoirs of a Geisha |
| #5595, aired 2008-12-26 | FAMOUS RAYS $400: Arthur Eddington helped confirm general relativity by showing that this force affects rays of light gravity |
| #5593, aired 2008-12-24 | ALBUMS $200: Arthur Koestler's book "The Ghost in the Machine" inspired the title of a 1981 album by this trio The Police |
| #5581, aired 2008-12-08 | MY TV TOWN $1600: Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli Milwaukee |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | LET'S HAVE ORDER $600 (Daily Double): Presidential administrations:
Chester A. Arthur, James K. Polk,
Millard Fillmore Polk, Fillmore, Arthur |
| #5555, aired 2008-10-31 | QUESTS $200: In the King Arthur legends, Sir Galahad quested for this sacred vessel the Holy Grail |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | AND THEN THERE'S BEA ARTHUR $200: Bea Arthur played this signature role on the small screen from 1972 to 1978 Maude |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | AND THEN THERE'S BEA ARTHUR $400: Bea turned out to be Larry David's real mother on a 2005 episode of this series Curb Your Enthusiasm |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | AND THEN THERE'S BEA ARTHUR $600: In 1964 Bea shot to fame as Yente the matchmaker in the original Broadway production of this musical Fiddler on the Roof |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | AND THEN THERE'S BEA ARTHUR $800: Bea won her second Emmy for playing Dorothy Zbornak on this sitcom The Golden Girls |
| #5547, aired 2008-10-21 | AND THEN THERE'S BEA ARTHUR $1000: In 1979 Bea hosted this late night comedy show & The Roches were the musical guest Saturday Night Live |
| #5544, aired 2008-10-16 | COMPLETE THE HUGO AWARD-WINNING TITLE $1200: 1974:
"_____ With Rama" by Arthur C. Clarke Rendezvous |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | ATLANTIS $400: 2 years after "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes", he published "The Maracot Deep", a tale of lost Atlanteans Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #5533, aired 2008-10-01 | TUDOR GARAGE $1600: Dona Elvira was the governess of this woman who married 2 Tudor princes, Arthur & Henry Catherine of Aragon |
| #5521, aired 2008-09-15 | HOPE THIS ISN'T AN OPERA CATEGORY $800: The bewitching opera based on this Arthur Miller play is set in Salem The Crucible |
| #5518, aired 2008-09-10 | BOOKS' SUBTITLES $1600: Arthur C. Clarke:
"Odyssey Two" 2010 |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | I WON AN OSCAR, EMMY, TONY & GRAMMY $1200: In 1982 this butler did it--& got a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his trouble, for "Arthur" (John) Gielgud |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | MERLIN'S INBOX $1000: Needing immediate attention are 6 pages of funeral plans for this king, Arthur's father Uther (Pendragon) |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | TENNIS $600: Arthur Ashe called this 1960s Aussie tennis star's left arm "a two-by-four with freckles" Rod Laver |
| #5487, aired 2008-06-17 | FROM BOOK TO BIG SCREEN $200: Zhang Ziyi played Chiyo-Sen in the film version of Arthur S. Golden's "Memoirs of" one of these A Geisha |
| #5468, aired 2008-05-21 | FUN WITH OPERA $400: Not surprisingly, Merlin & Mordred appear in Chausson's opera about this legendary king King Arthur |
| #5464, aired 2008-05-15 | THEY HAIL FROM WISCONSIN $400: Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" was a veiled critique of the 1950s witch hunt bearing the name of this Wisconsin senator Joe McCarthy |
| #5459, aired 2008-05-08 | BY, THE BOOK $600: In addition to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", he penned "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" Douglas Adams |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | MUSICALS $200: Richard Burton played this king in "Camelot"; Tim Curry has played him in "Spamalot" King Arthur |
| #5448, aired 2008-04-23 | 1984 $2000: George Orwell was a pseudonym; his real name was this Eric (Arthur) Blair |
| #5425, aired 2008-03-21 | SOUNDS LIKE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Movie in which Dirk Diggler has a big surprise for the rest of the guys after being drafted into King Arthur's crew Boogie Nights of the Round Table |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | LITERATURE $1200: He wrote the "2001", "2010", "2061" & "3001" Odyssey books Arthur C. Clarke |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $200: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859 in this Scottish city Edinburgh |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $600: Conan Doyle wrote a tribute in 1915 on the death of W.G. Grace, a superstar in this sport cricket |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $800: Sir Arthur was a spiritualist, but he faced opposition from this man who wrote "A Magician Among the Spirits" Harry Houdini |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $1,000 (Daily Double): Before he was a writer, Conan Doyle worked in this profession, like Watson medicine |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $1000: Conan Doyle was partly influenced by his Dupin stories Edgar Allan Poe |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | ARTHUR MILLER $200: Arthur Miller's marriage to her was mirrored in his play "After the Fall" Marilyn Monroe |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | ARTHUR MILLER $400: Miller's play "A View from the Bridge" concerns a view from this New York bridge the Brooklyn Bridge |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | ARTHUR MILLER $600: In June 1999 Arthur Miller received a lifetime achievement one of these awards at Radio City Music Hall a Tony Award |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | ARTHUR MILLER $800: Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay for the 1961 film "The Misfits", this male superstar's last film Clark Gable |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | ARTHUR MILLER $1000: Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" was his tragic tale of this title character Willy Loman |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | THEATRE $1200: A new play based on this Sir Arthur Conan Doyle canine classic opened on the London stage in 2007 The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| #5400, aired 2008-02-15 | AWARDS $1000: Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama include this playwright, for "Death of a Salesman" (Arthur) Miller |
| #5395, aired 2008-02-08 | CHARACTERS WITH MIDDLE NAMES $1000: Middle name of Nantucket narrator Arthur (or A.) Pym Gordon |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | MR. X'S OBITUARY $1000: The late one spent many years with Ernst & Whinney, this type of firm, before its merger with Arthur Young an accounting firm |
| #5388, aired 2008-01-30 | WRITERS AT REST $2,000 (Daily Double): A little detective work in a Hampshire churchyard & you'll find the grave of this "PATRIOT, PHYSICIAN & MAN OF LETTERS" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #5385, aired 2008-01-25 | BAWDY BABES IN BOOKS $400: In an 1850 novel, John Wilson & Arthur Dimmesdale plead with her to name her lover (a knotty situation for ol' Art) Hester Prynne |
| #5372, aired 2008-01-08 | STORY LINE $1,500 (Daily Double): Hank makes guns, gets into fight, wakes under tree & is captured by Sir Kay; remembers about an eclipse... A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | THEATRE AROUND THE WORLD $800: He directed a landmark Chinese production of his play "Death of a Salesman" at the People's Art Theatre in Beijing Arthur Miller |
| #5361, aired 2007-12-24 | LITERARY PETS $200: This title beast of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is actually the pet of Mr. Jack Stapleton the hound of the Baskervilles |
| #5355, aired 2007-12-14 | WOMEN ON TV $1200: In the '70s she played Maude Findlay; in the 80s, Dorothy Zbornak Bea Arthur |
| #5354, aired 2007-12-13 | TWAIN TRACTS $400: "By my authority as executive I threw Merlin into prison -- the same cell I had occupied myself" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | FIRST NAMES $400: Jennifer is a form of this other first name made famous by King Arthur's wife Guinevere |
| #5334, aired 2007-11-15 | HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS $2000: James & Lady Blanche have a "declaration": the July 25, 1848 birth of this future foreign secretary & prime minister (Arthur James) Balfour |
| #5318, aired 2007-10-24 | HEY, MR.! $1600: He conducted the Boston Pops orchestra for an amazing 49 years, earning him the nickname "Mr. Pops" (Arthur) Fiedler |
| #5313, aired 2007-10-17 | ARE YOU GAME? $200: Arthur Wynne created the first modern one of these puzzles, published in the New York World in Dec. 1913 a crossword puzzle |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | AT THE MOVIES $2000: Fiona's long-lost cousin Arthur is a possible heir to the throne in this 2007 sequel Shrek the Third |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | PSEUDO SPORT LIT $5,000 (Daily Double): A-Rod is truly in trouble in this time-traveling Twain text from 1889 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1600: In "A Scandal in Bohemia" & other early stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gave this physician a wife, Mary Morstan Dr. Watson |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | HISTORIC LONDON $1600: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of this, was known as a soldier but had an eye for art, as you can see at Apsley House Wellington |
| #5261, aired 2007-06-25 | MEN O' WAR $1600: Last name of Arthur, seen here, Spanish American War general & father of a general MacArthur |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | YOU'VE NEVER LOOKED LOVELIER $400: This beautiful queen's affair with a knight of the Round Table foreshadowed the fall of King Arthur's kingdom Queen Guinevere |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | BESTSELLERS $400: In 1968 this Arthur Haley novel took off, landing at No. 1 on the bestseller list Airport |
| #5235, aired 2007-05-18 | WOULD YOU MURRAY ME? $1200: "Since 1912 we have been teaching the world to dance!!!" proclaims this man's website Arthur Murray |
| #5233, aired 2007-05-16 | LINES FROM LITERATURE $1600: Chapter 1 of it begins, "'Camelot--Camelot,' said I to myself. 'I don't seem to remember hearing of it before'" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #5231, aired 2007-05-14 | MOMS' MONOGRAMS $200: Royal mom of Alice, Alfred, Arthur & 6 others: QV Queen Victoria |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | LIBRARIES $1200: A Victorian-styled room at the Toronto Public Library is "Holmes" to a collection on this author Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #5223, aired 2007-05-02 | INVENTORS HALL OF FAME 2007 $1000: Arthur Nobile made the list for prednisone & prednisolone, 2 of these drugs used as anti-inflammatories steroids |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | BORN FIRST $800: John Irving,
James Michener,
Arthur Miller James Michener |
| #5210, aired 2007-04-13 | LITERARY FILL IN THE BLANK $400: Malory:
"And right as Arthur did at Christmas, he did at Candlemas, and pulled out the ____ easily" sword |
| #5209, aired 2007-04-12 | THE THEATRE $400: Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" is set in 1692 in this town Salem (Massachusetts) |
| #5203, aired 2007-04-04 | SPORTS ILLUSTRATED ALMANAC LISTINGS $800: "First black man to win... Australian Open... and Wimbledon singles titles" Arthur Ashe |
| #5203, aired 2007-04-04 | BEWITCHED $2000: One reviewer said Steve Carrell was "channeling Paul Lynde" to play this avuncular role in the film Uncle Arthur |
| #5199, aired 2007-03-29 | STORIED HOTELS $400: The title hotel in Arthur Hailey's novel "Hotel" was inspired by the Fairmont in this Louisiana city New Orleans |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | "EX"ODUS $400: As you'd expect, King Arthur wields this magical weapon in "Spamalot" Excalibur |
| #5190, aired 2007-03-16 | AT THE MARK TWAIN HOUSE $1200: (Alex Trebek delivers the clue from the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.) Appropriately, Mark Twain resided here in Hartford while he worked on this 1889 novel about a Hartford man who travels back in time to medieval England A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #5189, aired 2007-03-15 | FILL IN THE AUTHOR'S NAME $400: Arthur ____ Doyle Conan |
| #5189, aired 2007-03-15 | FILL IN THE AUTHOR'S NAME $2000: Arthur ____ Clarke Charles |
| #5164, aired 2007-02-08 | ROLE-PLAYING GAMES $1000: Arthur's death shatters peace in the 3 realms & a new struggle is on in the online RPG caled "Dark Age of" this Camelot |
| #5161, aired 2007-02-05 | YOU GET AN "A" $400: ...in American History, if you know that this man was the only U.S. president named Chester Arthur |
| #5152, aired 2007-01-23 | BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $1000: Last name of the Supreme Court justice who resigned in 1965 to become U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Arthur Goldberg |
| #5149, aired 2007-01-18 | COLORFUL CHARACTERS $600: This title guy gets his head lopped off with an axe by one of Arthur's knights, then picks it up & leaves Green Knight |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | MILES & MILES & MILES OF ART $200: This legendary tennis player's memoir "Days of Grace" was published in 1993, after his death Arthur Ashe |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | MILES & MILES & MILES OF ART $400: On Sept. 20, 1881 he took the oath of office in his NYC home at 2:15 A.M. Chester Arthur |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | MILES & MILES & MILES OF ART $600: His first Broadway play, "The Man Who Had All the Luck", had none, closing after 4 shows in 1944; it was far from his last play Arthur Miller |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | MILES & MILES & MILES OF ART $800: He fronted the Boston Pops from 1930 on into the '70s Arthur Fiedler |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | MILES & MILES & MILES OF ART $1000: Though not a grade grubber, Hester Prynne got an "A" for her affair with this novel character Arthur Dimmesdale |
| #5146, aired 2007-01-15 | U.S. PORT CITIES $400: Among the busiest ports with "port" in their names are Port Everglades in Florida & Port Arthur in this state Texas |
| #5137, aired 2007-01-02 | ACTING POLITICIANS $1000: This ex-senator has played D.A. Arthur Branch on "Conviction", "Law & Order", "SVU", "CI" & "Trial By Jury" Fred Thompson |
| #5135, aired 2006-12-29 | I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER! $400: His 1972 presidential bid was gaining momentum when he was shot & paralyzed by Arthur Bremer George Wallace |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | MILLER'S CROSSING $400: He wrote the script for the 1961 film "The Misfits" Arthur Miller |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | 19th CENTURY FACES $1000: They're the famous librettist & composer duo seen here W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan |
| #5126, aired 2006-12-18 | PULITZER-WINNING BIOGRAPHIES & AUTOBIOGRAPHIES $800: Title length of time in Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s 1966 prize-winner subtitled "John F. Kennedy in the White House" A Thousand Days |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | I THINK I'VE HEARD OF "M" $800: The theatrical world mourned this playwright in 2005 Arthur Miller |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | PRESIDENTIAL MONOGRAMS $1000: CAA Chester Alan Arthur |
| #5117, aired 2006-12-05 | CAPRA CLASSICS $1200: Seen here in "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", she was Capra's favorite actress Jean Arthur |
| #5112, aired 2006-11-28 | LEGENDS OF SPORT $400: In 1968, while still in the army, this future hall of fame tennis player became the first black male to win the U.S. Open (Arthur) Ashe |
| #5109, aired 2006-11-23 | SONGS IN THE CONCERT HALL $1200: With no lyrics by Gilbert, "The Lost Chord" is a melancholy song by this Victorian composer Sir Arthur Sullivan |
| #5107, aired 2006-11-21 | STONEHENGE $600: One legend says that this magician who helped King Arthur used his powers to build Stonehenge Merlin |
| #5105, aired 2006-11-17 | 'TIL DEATH $2000: The title character in this Arthur Miller play first enters carrying his sample cases Death of a Salesman |
| #5104, aired 2006-11-16 | THE HELP $800: King Arthur had a lot of these to remember--Sir Galahad, Sir Gawain... knights |
| #5096, aired 2006-11-06 | THE DIRTY DOZEN $2000: Nennius famously lists Badon, Agned, Guinnion & Dubglas among this legendary king's 12 messy battles Arthur |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | COMPOSERS ON FILM $1200: Allan Cordunder in "Topsy-Turvy" (Hint: Jim Broadbent played his partner W.S.) (Sir Arthur) Sullivan |
| #5088, aired 2006-10-25 | ALBUMS $1000: This Police album that included "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" got its title from the work of Arthur Koestler Ghost in the Machine |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | CATALINA $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from on high on Catalina Island, CA.) Catalina's only city shares its name with this island of the King Arthur legends Avalon |
| #5067, aired 2006-09-26 | PLAY BOY $800: "After the Fall"
&
"The Crucible" (Arthur) Miller |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | IT'S A MAN, BABY! $200: In drag as a peasant in this Monty Python film, Terry Jones tells King Arthur, "I didn't vote for you" Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #5049, aired 2006-07-20 | BOOK SEQUELS? $200: Arthur Dimmesdale returns (difficult, as he died in the first book) in this 19th c. author's "The Chartreuse Number" Hawthorne |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | ECONOMICS $800: This alliterative new style of economics was promoted by Arthur Laffer & the Reagan administration supply side |
| #5023, aired 2006-06-14 | MADE IN JAPAN $400: In the early 20th century, Arthur Groom introduced this sport to Japan & boy, were they teed off golf |
| #5023, aired 2006-06-14 | ROYAL LITERATURE $800: 1889: By Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | "ME" IN THE MIDDLE $400: "Musical" home for King Arthur & his kin Camelot |
| #5004, aired 2006-05-18 | OPERA, LIKE IT OR NOT $2000: You'll need a contralto or a mezzo to play Tituba in the 1961 opera based on this Arthur Miller play The Crucible |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | POLITICIANS $2000: This Republican "from the State of Maine" served as Secretary of State under Garfield, Arthur & Benjamin Harrison James G. Blaine |
| #4990, aired 2006-04-28 | UNREAL ESTATE BROKERS $400: 1901:
Baskerville Hall Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | AMAZING STORIES $2000: In his short story "The Sentinel", a mysterious pyramid is found on the Moon, left there by some passing alien civilization Arthur C. Clarke |
| #4983, aired 2006-04-19 | 2005 OBITS $600: It wasn't the "Death of a Salesman" but this playwright that we mourned on February 10 Arthur Miller |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | SITCOMBOS $800: Doug & Carrie Heffernan,
Arthur Spooner The King of Queens |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | FORBES 2005 TOP FICTIONAL RICH FOLKS $1200: This movie tippler played by Dudley Moore races cars & plays tennis, but he has weekends off & he's his own boss Arthur |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | FILL IN THE LITERARY TITLE $800: "D.O.A.S."
by Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman |
| #4964, aired 2006-03-23 | CATHOLIC TERMS $2000: When the Pope speaks in this manner, Latin for "from the chair", he's infallible ex cathedra |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | SCIENCE FICTION $800: In 1997 he ended his "Odyssey" series with "3001: The Final Odyssey" Arthur Clarke |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | IT'S ALL ABOUT "U" $600: Arthur Godfrey was known for playing this instrument of the South Seas a ukulele |
| #4908, aired 2006-01-04 | ONE-WOMAN SHOWS $1200: In 2002 this "Golden Girl" kicked off her shoes & cozied up to the stage for "Just Between Friends" Bea Arthur |
| #4906, aired 2006-01-02 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $1200: This type of aircraft was the nickname of Sir Arthur Harris, who sent waves of them over Nazi Germany bomber |
| #4898, aired 2005-12-21 | THE "BYRD"s & THE "BEA"s $400: & then there's this actress, truly a "Golden Girl" when she won an Emmy in 1988 Bea Arthur |
| #4889, aired 2005-12-08 | BUILDING CHARACTER $800: In this Twain tale, Tom Canty is a dead ringer for the future king of England The Prince and the Pauper |
| #4882, aired 2005-11-29 | BEASTLY QUOTES $600: Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Curious Incident of" this "in the Nighttime"--it "did nothing" the dog |
| #4875, aired 2005-11-18 | LESSER-KNOWN EXPLORERS $2000: Philip Amadas & Arthur Barlowe explored this island off North Carolina before its colony got lost Roanoke |
| #4869, aired 2005-11-10 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $1600: Yes, "Sir": Robert Goulet played him in "Camelot" & Hank Azaria played him in "Spamalot" Sir Lancelot |
| #4853, aired 2005-10-19 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $800: Arthur Fletcher coined this "mind"ful United Negro College Fund motto about living up to one's potential "A mind is a terrible thing to waste" |
| #4826, aired 2005-09-12 | FRED THOMPSON, ACTING SENATOR $200: Fred Dalton Thompson was still in the Senate when he took the role of D.A. Arthur Branch on this drama Law & Order |
| #4814, aired 2005-07-07 | '60s TV ACTORS $1000: He "Bewitched" us as Uncle Arthur Paul Lynde |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | BARONS & BARONESSES $1600: A sports trophy is named for the Canadian baron who donated it, Frederick Arthur, who was Lord this of Preston Stanley |
| #4806, aired 2005-06-27 | TANGENTIAL ETRUSCAN POTPOURRI $1000: Etruscans would have loved this playwright who went from the U. of Michigan to the U. of Marilyn (Monroe) Arthur Miller |
| #4804, aired 2005-06-23 | WAR $1200: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle became a devoted spiritualist after his son Kingsley Doyle died in this war World War I |
| #4796, aired 2005-06-13 | A BAD MOTHER $600: She not only condoned the crimes committed by sons Herman, Lloyd, Arthur & Fred, she may have participated Ma Barker |
| #4786, aired 2005-05-30 | YOU'RE FIRED! $2,200 (Daily Double): In 1978 Handy Dan Hardware axed Arthur Blank--but he did okay, co-founding this chain in Atlanta Home Depot |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | AUTHOR! ARTHUR! $400: Keep up: "Flight into Danger" by this "Airport" author was filmed as "Zero Hour!" & later spoofed as "Airplane!" (Arthur) Hailey |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | AUTHOR! ARTHUR! $1200: Born in Budapest, he's best known for his 1940 novel "Darkness at Noon" Arthur Koestler |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | AUTHOR! ARTHUR! $1600: Born in 1854, he has been described as "the precocious boy-poet of French symbolism" (Arthur) Rimbaud |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | AUTHOR! ARTHUR! $2000: This German philosopher (what, you need more?) was known for his pessimistic life views & Kant-influenced works (Arthur) Schopenhauer |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | AUTHOR! ARTHUR! $3,200 (Daily Double): It's no mystery; he was knighted in 1902 for his work defending British policy in the Boer War Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | AIRPORT NAMES $1200: The Flint, Michigan airport is named for Arthur Bishop, who was on this company's board for 29 years General Motors |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | I READ THE ARTICLES, TOO $600: In the 1945 magazine article "Extra-Terrestrial Relays", Arthur C. Clarke suggested these devices be used satellites |
| #4769, aired 2005-05-05 | BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a desk at NYPD headquarters.) This future U.S. president sat at this desk when he was president of the board of police commissioners Theodore Roosevelt |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | THAT WENT TO NO. 1? $800: Christopher Cross hit No. 1 in 1981 with a song from this movie; it was the best that he could do Arthur |
| #4768, aired 2005-05-04 | PUSHING "TIN" $2,000 (Daily Double): Coastal Cornish village said to be the birthplace of King Arthur Tintagel |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | POP CULTURE $200: Jack Handey "Deep Thought": "To me", this sport "is like a ballet, except, there's no music... and the dancers hit each other" boxing |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | ANTHROPOLOGISTS $400: Ruth Benedict's study of this country began at the behest of the U.S. Office of War Information in the 1940s Japan |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | STATE FIRSTS $800: In 2001 it became the first U.S. state to ban hand-held phone use while driving New York |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | POP CULTURE $800: Sigourney Weaver made her debut as "Alvy's date outside theater" in this 1977 Oscar winner Annie Hall |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | SPELLINGE WYTH GEOFFREY CHAUCER $1600: One Chaucer poem is about "The Parliament" of these (spelled with a U in place of the W) Fowls |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | PHILOSOPHERS $2000: This 20th century German wondered about the nature of being in works like "Being and Time" Martin Heidegger |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | "N"VELOPED $3,200 (Daily Double): A webcam on this university's School of Communications is pointed at Lake Michigan Northwestern |
| #4762, aired 2005-04-26 | MOVIE PORTRAYALS $1200: In 1940's "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" Mary Todd Lincoln was played by this "Harold and Maude" star Ruth Gordon |
| #4762, aired 2005-04-26 | SANTA'S EIGHT TINY REINDEER $1600: Arthur Murray by profession Dancer |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | REMEMBERING ARTHUR MILLER $400: In the '30s Miller attended this school at Ann Arbor, which he said was "regarded as a radical enclave" the University of Michigan |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | REMEMBERING ARTHUR MILLER $1200: Brian Dennehy, seen here playing "Jeopardy!" in 1999, played this Miller character on Broadway that same year Willy Loman |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | REMEMBERING ARTHUR MILLER $1600: This scathingly personal drama portrayed Marilyn Monroe as a singer named Maggie After the Fall |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | REMEMBERING ARTHUR MILLER $2000: Miller is seen here receiving this highest honor the United States gives for a life of creativity the National Medal of Arts |
| #4735, aired 2005-03-18 | REMEMBERING ARTHUR MILLER $3,600 (Daily Double): Speaking of this play, Miller said, "The threat of this kind of hysteria is never really gone. It's with us always" The Crucible |
| #4718, aired 2005-02-23 | THAT '70s NEWS ITEM $400: On Aug. 4, 1972 Arthur Bremer was sentenced to 63 years in prison for shooting this governor George Wallace |
| #4713, aired 2005-02-16 | 1905 $800: November 28:
Arthur Griffith forms this nationalist political party in Dublin Sinn Fein |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | 1970s TV $400: Gordon Jump played radio station manager Arthur Carlson on this sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | MODERN QUOTATIONS $400: In 1999, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Badawi warned that "freedom of" this "must have restrictions" the press |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | 20th CENTURY SCIENCE TIDBITS $1000: The UNIVAC computer used this format for permanent data storage magnetic tape |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY PREFERRED PLURALS $1200: Manservant menservants |
| #4710, aired 2005-02-11 | WORLD CAPITALS $5,400 (Daily Double): Emperor Menelik II established this city whose name means "new flower" Addis Ababa |
| #4695, aired 2005-01-21 | KILL BILL: VOL. 2 $800: Hayes vetoed a bill restricting immigration from this country, but another version passed under Arthur China |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | CHARACTERS' FAREWELLS $400: "Take thou Excalibur, my good sword, and go with it to yonder waterside..." King Arthur |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | HISTORIC WOMEN $800: Mary McElroy, this widower's sister, acted as official White House hostess; he didn't keep Mrs. Garfield on Chester Arthur |
| #4680, aired 2004-12-31 | PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH $800: 1 of the 2 born in Vermont Coolidge (or Chester Arthur) |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | PULPIT FICTION $400: In this work, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is revealed as the father of Hester Prynne's daughter Pearl The Scarlet Letter |
| #4672, aired 2004-12-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Arthur Sullivan in 1856 was the first person to receive the scholarship named for this "Bridal March" composer (Felix) Mendelssohn |
| #4639, aired 2004-11-05 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: This "Arthur" star must have been a perfect "10"--the Queen made him a Commander of the British Empire in 2001 Dudley Moore |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: This island, a NYC Borough, is separated from New Jersey by 2 narrow channels: the Kill Van Kull and the Arthur Kill Staten Island |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | ART APPRECIATION $800: Some of his famous science-fiction novels include "Rendezvous with Rama" & "Childhood's End" Arthur C. Clarke |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | ART APPRECIATION $1200: In 1953 he had 3 TV shows on air with his name in the titles & in 2001 he was inducted into the Ukulele Hall of Fame Arthur Godfrey |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | ART APPRECIATION $1600: This French poet's stormy friendship with Paul Verlaine almost cost him his life as Verlaine took a shot at him (Arthur) Rimbaud |
| #4618, aired 2004-10-06 | ART APPRECIATION $2000: In 1917 this man sent a telegram to the German minister in Mexico, with a means for Mexico to reclaim lost Texas lands (Arthur) Zimmerman |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | BIRD-BRAINED BALLETS $200: One of these large birds is featured in "Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel" (reminds me of "Fantasia") ostriches |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | CALCULUS $400: "Vive la" this, for which Augustin Cauchy introduced the delta symbol in the 19th century difference |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | TAKE IN ORDER! $600: Next add this letter for a ballpark opened April 17, 1964 A |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | ENGLISH LIT $800: Published in 1590, "The Legend of the Red Cross Knight" is the first of 6 books in this poetic epic The Faerie Queene |
| #4615, aired 2004-10-01 | WORD ORIGINS $2000: From the Latin word lampreda we get lamprey, as well as the name of this mollusk limpet |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | STARBUCKS $400: Though caramel is Starbucks' most popular flavor, some prefer the chocolate brownie flavor of this blended drink frappuccino |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | OPERA $800: A 1913 opera about this queen of Ithaca is based on an episode from "The Odyssey" Penelope |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | HUMAN EVOLUTION $800: From the size of these body parts, Australopithecus boisei became known as "Nutcracker Man" the teeth |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | IN OLD ENCYCLOPEDIAS $1,000 (Daily Double): In a 1989 Columbia, "many feel" this harsh system formalized in 1948, "will end only by force" (many are wrong) apartheid |
| #4614, aired 2004-09-30 | RENAISSANCE ART $1600: Known for his Madonnas, this early 16th century artist designed tapestries for Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel Raphael |
| #4613, aired 2004-09-29 | ANCIENT ROMAN STAND-UP COMEDY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers from an open mic in a small club.) Talk about a terrible cook! My wife's pretty bad, but at least she never gave me poisoned figs like Livia gave this guy Augustus Caesar |
| #4612, aired 2004-09-28 | A CAJUN CATEGORY $1600: After Louisiana, this state has the largest Cajun population, especially in areas like Port Arthur Texas |
| #4610, aired 2004-09-24 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew eats a slice of pizza on Arthur Avenue in New York.) A motto on Arthur Avenue is "mangia bene, vivi bene", which translates to this eat well, live well |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | BIRTHIN' BABIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This American obstetrician's natural childbirth method brought the father into the delivery room as a labor coach Robert Bradley |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | OPERA $600: In Sir Arthur Sullivan's "Ivanhoe", "Ho, Jolly Jenkin" is an aria for this Friar Friar Tuck |
| #4598, aired 2004-09-08 | LOTS OF SPACE $1600: In 1945 this "Space Odyssey" author suggested a space-based telecommunication system Arthur Clarke |
| #4586, aired 2004-07-12 | BETTER ASK FOR DIRECTIONS $600: Title direction for Arthur Sullivan's "Christian Soldiers" onward |
| #4574, aired 2004-06-24 | NEW YORK GOVERNORS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew hangs out on the Brooklyn Bridge.) The Brooklyn Bridge was dedicated in 1883 by President Arthur & this future president, then governor of New York (Grover) Cleveland |
| #4568, aired 2004-06-16 | CHARADES $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew makes a streching motion with her fingers.) Someone guessed "dark", so I'm trying to get them to this word in an Arthur Koestler title darkness |
| #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 |
| #4546, aired 2004-05-17 | TRAVEL EUROPE $200: At Glastonbury Abbey in England, a sign marks the spot where he & Guinevere were once supposedly buried King Arthur |
| #4545, aired 2004-05-14 | IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID! $800: Its past chairmen have included Thomas McCabe, Arthur Burns & Paul Volcker the Federal Reserve |
| #4543, aired 2004-05-12 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $800: In his recent No. 1 bestseller, Florida doctor Arthur Agatston explains this diet that he developed the South Beach Diet |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | N"AA"CP $200: Marc Brown's son requested a story about an unusual animal, so "Arthur" became this mammal an aardvark |
| #4534, aired 2004-04-29 | RIMBAUD $400: Arthur Rimbaud was just 15 when his first poem appeared in a review published in this world capital Paris |
| #4534, aired 2004-04-29 | RIMBAUD $800: Arthur wrote an anti-clerical, semi-pornographic poem about his sister's "First" one of these church ceremonies Communion |
| #4534, aired 2004-04-29 | RIMBAUD $1600: Done with poetry at age 20, Arthur moved to Africa & sold guns to Menelik, future emperor of this country Ethiopia |
| #4533, aired 2004-04-28 | STUPID ANSWERS $200: Arthur Wynne created this; the first puzzle appeared Dec. 21, 1913 with the name "Word-Cross" the crossword puzzle |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | SITCOM UNCLES $200: Who could forget Paul Lynde as the practical-joking warlock Uncle Arthur on this series Bewitched |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | THE MORGAN WEB $400: Morgan le Fay was the half-sister of this legendary king King Arthur |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | NEW YORK CITY HISTORY $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) In 1940 this mayor established Arthur Avenue Market to eliminate the pushcarts he found a nuisance Fiorello LaGuardia |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | THEY SOUND LIKE BEFORE & AFTERS $400: Holmes creator & lace table protector Arthur Conan Doily |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | NANA $800: Sir James Barrie chose noted animal impersonator Arthur Lupino to play Nana in this play's 1904 opening Peter Pan |
| #4497, aired 2004-03-09 | 7-LETTER WORDS $1000: This word is German for "violinist"; that makes the late Boston Pops conductor Arthur Violinist Fiedler |
| #4494, aired 2004-03-04 | TEXAS CITIES $2000: In January 2003 this "Port" city celebrated the 60th birthday of famous daughter Janis Joplin Port Arthur |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | BOB HOPE $400: In "Road to Rio" Bob asks her, "How did you get into that dress -- with a spraygun?" Dorothy Lamour |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | WOMEN WITH 40-TUDE $2000: Geesh, she was only 10 when she took home an Oscar in 1974; she's 40 now Tatum O'Neal |
| #4488, aired 2004-02-25 | PRESIDENTIAL NAME FACTS $400: Alphabetically by last name, he's listed last Woodrow Wilson |
| #4488, aired 2004-02-25 | STATE CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): This city dropped the word "Great" from its name in 1868, while it was still a territorial capital Salt Lake City |
| #4488, aired 2004-02-25 | ARCHITECTURE $1200: Wallace K. Harrison met with success designing this theater for Lincoln Center the Metropolitan Opera House |
| #4488, aired 2004-02-25 | EPHEN STEPHEN $1600: One of the commodores seen here Stephen Decatur |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ROCK-Y $400: An area in Central Park dedicated to the memory of John Lennon is named for this Beatles song "Strawberry Fields Forever" |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $400: James Cagney played Bottom & Mickey Rooney was Puck in a 1935 adaptation of this Shakespeare comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | POSTAL ABBREVIATION SPELLING $400: Virginia,
Nebraska vane |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | TREES $1200: The Douglas fir is not a true fir but a separate genus in this tree family pine |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | 1953 $1600: Concerning this, Ike said, "We have won an armistice on a single battleground, not peace in the world" the Korean War |
| #4481, aired 2004-02-16 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: He's the unhappy traveling salesman in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" Willy Loman |
| #4481, aired 2004-02-16 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $2000: In "To Kill a Mockingbird", it's Arthur Radley's 3-letter nickname Boo |
| #4474, aired 2004-02-05 | SPORTS STARS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island) His "Days of Grace" include July 5, 1975 when he became the first African-American male to win the Wimbledon singles title Arthur Ashe |
| #4461, aired 2004-01-19 | BOOK TO MOVIE $2000: Kubrick filmed "Dream Story" by Arthur Schnitzler under this title Eyes Wide Shut |
| #4458, aired 2004-01-14 | CLARK BAR $1600: A director of London's National Gallery, he introduced the world to art in his TV series "Civilization" Kenneth Clark |
| #4453, aired 2004-01-07 | WEAPONS $200: Most of us know it better as Excalibur; Geoffrey of Monmouth called this king's sword Caliburn King Arthur |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | NAME THE PLAYWRIGHT $800: "The Crucible" Arthur Miller |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | KING ARTHUR $400: A romance developed between Sir Lancelot & this wife of King Arthur Guinevere |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | KING ARTHUR $800: He occupied the Siege Perilous, the seat at the Round Table reserved for the most pure knight Galahad |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | KING ARTHUR $1200: Some stories suggest that King Arthur didn't die at the hand of Mordred but fled to this island to heal his wounds Avalon |
| #4411, aired 2003-11-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: "Colorful" 14th century plague that became a hit play by Arthur Miller The Black Death of a Salesman |
| #4398, aired 2003-10-22 | PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME $400: Arthur's school terms Chester's semesters |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | TV GUIDE: 1953 $1600: An investigative report in the November 6 issue looked into why this man "Fired Julius La Rosa" Arthur Godfrey |
| #4382, aired 2003-09-30 | THE WHICH BLAIR PROJECT $2000: George Orwell, when he was born Eric Arthur Blair |
| #4380, aired 2003-09-26 | CLASSIC LITERATURE $1000: This character's squire was Sancho Panza Don Quixote |
| #4375, aired 2003-09-19 | DA BRONX $2000: Born in the Bronx (not Rotterdam), Arthur Flegenheimer took this alias from an earlier Bronx gangster Dutch Schultz |
| #4369, aired 2003-09-11 | IF THEY MARRIED... $2000: No joke, "Golden Girl" Arthur's marriage to Australian actor Yahoo would make her... Bea Serious |
| #4367, aired 2003-09-09 | HEADLINE NEWS 1899 $800 (Daily Double): General Arthur MacArthur battles rebels in this Asian country the Philippines |
| #4364, aired 2003-07-17 | NOVELISTS $1600: This Californian's last work was 1976's "The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights" John Steinbeck |
| #4352, aired 2003-07-01 | I WAS HIS VICE PRESIDENT $1600: Chester A. Arthur James Garfield |
| #4349, aired 2003-06-26 | LAWYERS, GUNS & MONEY $1600: This lawyer & author seen here clerked for Supreme Court justice Arthur Goldberg in 1963 Alan Dershowitz |
| #4345, aired 2003-06-20 | IN THE CABINET $1200: Robert Todd Lincoln held this post under presidents Garfield & Arthur, as Edwin Stanton had under his father Secretary of War |
| #4329, aired 2003-05-29 | SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW THEATRE... $600: When it premiered in 1955, "A View from the Bridge" was a 1-act play; this playwright later expanded it Arthur Miller |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | BROTHERS IN BUSINESS $800: Last name of Walter & Arthur, who partnered up with William Harley in 1903 Davidson |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | CREATIVE WRITERS $800 (Daily Double): The unimaginative Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $800: "Our Chet" Chester A. Arthur |
| #4320, aired 2003-05-16 | THE BOY SCOUTS $800: Arthur C. Clarke, Alex Haley & John Knowles have written for this 90-year-old Scouting publication Boys' Life |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $1000: Take this role in "Fiddler on the Roof"; I wanted to play it, but Bea Arthur's old Broadway costume doesn't fit me Yenta |
| #4316, aired 2003-05-12 | KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES $2000: The first group of honorees in 1978 included Arthur Rubinstein & this African-American opera singer Marian Anderson |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Autobiographical Arthur Miller play on a Poe mansion's tumble After the Fall of the House of Usher |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $800: At the end of Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End", this world is destroyed Earth |
| #4313, aired 2003-05-07 | DANGER PUNS $1600: Referring to poet Arthur, Dorothy Parker said that Paul Verlaine "was always chasing" these Rimbauds |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | 1980s CINEPLEX $200: Dudley Moore played this wealthy & lovable sot in 1981 & again in 1988 Arthur |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | 2001: A CATEGORY ODYSSEY $400: He wrote the short story "The Sentinel" on which the film "2001: A Space Odyssey" was based Arthur C. Clarke |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | "R"ITERS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.) "Le Bateau ivre", or "The Drunken Boat", was a famous poem by this "wild man" who arrived in Paris in 1871 Arthur Rimbaud |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | HISTORIC RHYME TIME $2000: President Arthur's searchers Chester's questers |
| #4263, aired 2003-02-26 | WRITERS' PLOTS $2000: He's buried in Oxfordshire under a headstone that says "Here Lies Eric Arthur Blair" George Orwell |
| #4261, aired 2003-02-24 | HERO $4,000 (Daily Double): Hank Morgan, a mechanic from Hartford, is the title character of this Twain work "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | KITCHEN DUTY $1000: In this author's book "Le Morte d'Arthur", Sir Gareth of Orkney is called the "Kitchen Knight" Sir Thomas Malory |
| #4232, aired 2003-01-14 | TV CARTOONS $800: He's the PBS title character seen here, along with someone else you might recognize Arthur |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | '70s TV $400: Bea Arthur played this title character, an outspoken liberal, on '70s TV Maude |
| #4195, aired 2002-11-22 | CORPORATE SHENANIGANS $1200: This accounting firm shredded too exuberantly & was convicted of obstructing justice in 2002 Arthur Andersen |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | 1902 $200: In 1902 he published his newest Sherlock Holmes tale, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | WORLD LIT $400: There must be "2001" reasons to read this Englishman's sci-fi classic "Childhood's End" Arthur C. Clarke |
| #4182, aired 2002-11-05 | SURELY YOU JOUST $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew attends a jousting tourney.) King Arthur set up the Diamond Jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments, all won by this knight Sir Lancelot |
| #4167, aired 2002-10-15 | HELEN $3,000 (Daily Double): Helen Hayes won Oscars for "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" & for this adaptation of an Arthur Hailey novel Airport |
| #4165, aired 2002-10-11 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $400: "Elegant Arthur" Chester A. Arthur |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | PULITZER-WINNING PLAYWRIGHTS $800: "Death of a Salesman" Arthur Miller |
| #4160, aired 2002-10-04 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: This scientist & author of "2001" wrote, "Any... advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Arthur C. Clarke |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | ORGANIZED CRIME $800: Arthur Flegenheimer said this short alias of his was swell for headlines Dutch Schultz |
| #4146, aired 2002-09-16 | KIDS IN BOOKS $400 (Daily Double): "The Sword in the Stone" is a book about a kid who grows up to be this king King Arthur |
| #4144, aired 2002-09-12 | 19! $2000: Chapter 19 of this Mark Twain tale is "Knight Errantry as a Trade" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #4140, aired 2002-09-06 | WHAT A BUNCH OF TV CHARACTERS $600: Doug & Carrie Heffernan,
Arthur Spooner The King of Queens |
| #4137, aired 2002-09-03 | 3 IS A MAGIC NUMBER $400: His book "2061" is subtitled "Odyssey Three" (Arthur) Clarke |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | WHEELS $1600: This author wrote about the auto industry in "Wheels" & the airline industry in "Airport" Arthur Hailey |
| #4121, aired 2002-07-01 | ANNIVERSARY GIFTS $800: I bet you didn't expect 50 hours of episodes of this Bea Arthur-Rue McClanahan series for our 50th anniversary Golden Girls |
| #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | HISTORIANS $1600: He wrote "The Rise of the City"; his son Arthur Jr. wrote "The Age of Roosevelt" Arthur Schlesinger |
| #4113, aired 2002-06-19 | STONEHENGE $400: According to legend, this advisor to Arthur used his magic to move the stones from Ireland to England Merlin |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | CANADIAN HISTORY $1200: In 1874 Lt. Colonel George Arthur French became the first commissioner of this law enforcement agency the Mounties |
| #4096, aired 2002-05-27 | DUELS $2000: In 1829 Arthur Wellesley, who sported this title, challenged Lord Winchelsea to a duel; both missed their targets Duke of Wellington |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | U.S. CITIES $1600: Careful now--it's the state where you can visit San Diego, Universal City & Jefferson County's Port Arthur Texas |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | ANAGRAMMED NAMES $800: Lincoln & Arthur Abe & Bea |
| #4065, aired 2002-04-12 | VICTORIA'S SECRETS $1600: Queen Victoria's son Prince Arthur served as governor-general of this country from 1911 to 1916 Canada |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | KNIGHTY KNIGHT $400: In "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", a "woman" tells this king, "Well, I didn't vote for you!" King Arthur |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | COMEDIANS $200: Before he played "Arthur", he was a member of the early '60s comedy revue "Beyond the Fringe" Dudley Moore |
| #4045, aired 2002-03-15 | PLAY REVIVALS $1600: In 1998 Tony Danza took over Anthony LaPaglia's Tony-winning role in a "A View From The Bridge" by this playwright Arthur Miller |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | ARTHURIAN LEGEND $200: Leodegrance, King of Cameliard, had Arthur as a son-in-law after this daughter's marriage Guinevere |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | ARTHUR-IAN LEGENDS $400: Arthur Vandenberg helped found this in 1945; Arthur Goldberg was a representative to it in the '60s the United Nations |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | ARTHUR-IAN LEGENDS $800: The record shows this Irish brewer came up with his Extra Stout Porter in the late 1700's Guinness |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | ARTHURIAN LEGEND $800: We learned more about this nephew of Arthur in the 14th century tale titled him "and the Green Knight" Sir Gawain |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | ARTHURIAN LEGEND $1000: Some accounts say Arthur still lives on this mythic island Avalon |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | ARTHUR-IAN LEGENDS $1200: He retired from tennis in 1980 & became a social activist for AIDS research Arthur Ashe |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | ARTHUR-IAN LEGENDS $2,000 (Daily Double): Sir Arthur Evans dubbed the civilization he dug up on this island Minoan Crete |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | ARTHUR-IAN LEGENDS $2000: It shouldn't take you "a thousand days" to come up with this shared name of father & son U.S. historians Arthur Schlesinger |
| #4027, aired 2002-02-19 | TRUSTY SIDEKICKS $2000: Captain Arthur Hastings, chronicler of a literary detective's cases Hercule Poirot |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | UH-OH! OPERA! $800: Not surprisingly, Merlin & Mordred appear in Chausson's opera about this legendary king King Arthur |
| #4015, aired 2002-02-01 | COLLEGE SPORTS $600: This Bruin won the 1971 NCAA men's tennis title & later became professional tennis' all-time tournament winner Jimmy Connors |
| #4011, aired 2002-01-28 | AMERICANA $600: Arthur MacArthur, father of Douglas, was military governor of these islands form May 1900 to July 1901 Philippines |
| #3997, aired 2002-01-08 | PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE NAMES $1200: Alan Chester A. Arthur |
| #3997, aired 2002-01-08 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $1600: West Virginia Senator Robert's family & actresses Arthur & Benaderet Byrds & bees |
| #3991, aired 2001-12-31 | HOW NOVEL $2000: Arthur S. Golden spent 10 years researching geisha culture before publishing this book, his first novel Memoirs of a Geisha |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | AMERICAN DRAMATISTS $400: His 1964 play "After the Fall" dealt with his relationship with Marilyn Monroe, to whom he was once married Arthur Miller |
| #3978, aired 2001-12-12 | JESTERDAY $200: The romances of this legendary king tell of Dagonet, a fool he knighted King Arthur |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | PICTURE THE PREZ $2000: This president was described as a "non-entity with sidewhiskers" & "first in ability on the list of second-rate men" Chester A. Arthur |
| #3962, aired 2001-11-20 | AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES $2,000 (Daily Double): In September 1776 Congress named Arthur Lee, Silas Deane & this man as commissioners to the court of France (Benjamin) Franklin |
| #3955, aired 2001-11-09 | 2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T BAD $600: Of 1001, 2001 & 3001, only 2 were odyssey years for this author's space tales Arthur C. Clarke |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | TENNYSON, ANYONE? $400: Tennyson met his bosom friend Arthur Hallam while attending Trinity College at this university Cambridge |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | TENNYSON, ANYONE? $800: In "The Death of" this king, he "shot thro' the lists at Camelot, and charged before the eyes of ladies and of kings" King Arthur |
| #3941, aired 2001-10-22 | JASON MILLER $600: Jason played this fellow playwright, also a Pulitzer Prize winner, in the 1980 TV movie "Marilyn: The Untold Story" Arthur Miller |
| #3936, aired 2001-10-15 | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ALUMNI $300: The "salesman" he created wouldn't die until 11 years after this author's senior year in 1938 Arthur Miller |
| #3934, aired 2001-10-11 | VICE PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME $500: Arthur's fools Chester's jesters |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | AUTHOR COUNTDOWN $200: "The Sign of Four"
(1890) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | AR"GH" $200: A soldier who round-tabled with King Arthur, or the last name of a fiery college basketball coach a knight |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: This New Zealand capital is named for Arthur Wellesley, a British duke Wellington |
| #3915, aired 2001-09-14 | WHEN WAS THAT, BORIS? $1000: Beginning an 18-month war with Russia, this nation launched a surprise attack on Port Arthur in February 1904 Japan |
| #3901, aired 2001-07-16 | WORLD LITERATURE $200: This British physician and novelist based his Holmes character on one of his university professors Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #3890, aired 2001-06-29 | READER'S DIGEST $400: The movie "2001" was based on a short story by this author; his novel "2001" emerged from making the film (Arthur) Clarke |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | RUSSIAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): On Feb. 8, 1904 this country attacked Port Arthur, a Chinese port leased by the Russians, beginning a 19-month war Japan |
| #3882, aired 2001-06-19 | EARTH SCIENCES $500: In 1911 Arthur Holmes used the decay of this element to lead to measure the age of the Earth Uranium |
| #3870, aired 2001-06-01 | TONY WINNERS OF THE '40s $200: Arthur Kennedy won for this play in 1949, like Brian Dennehy in another role 50 years later Death of a Salesman |
| #3868, aired 2001-05-30 | THE KINGS OF ENGLAND $1,400 (Daily Double): In 1883 Queen Victoria knighted Arthur Sullivan; 24 years later, this son of hers knighted William S. Gilbert Edward VII |
| #3864, aired 2001-05-24 | OSCAR'S SUPPORTING ACTORS $600: He served up a Best Supporting Actor performance in "Arthur" Sir John Gielgud |
| #3860, aired 2001-05-18 | DR. SEUSS, REWRITE MAN $300: This Cat in a Hat was a sorcerer at that, & taking things farther, he helped King Arthur Merlin |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | BLACK HISTORY MONTHS $200: In November 1934 Arthur Mitchell became the first black person elected to Congress from this party Democratic |
| #3856, aired 2001-05-14 | COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS $500: PBS' Arthur Aardvark |
| #3835, aired 2001-04-13 | THEATRE $200: Amy Irving starred in the Broadway premiere of "Broken Glass" by this "Death of a Salesman" playwright Arthur Miller |
| #3825, aired 2001-03-30 | "M" & EMMYS $400: In 1987 she beat out co-stars Betty White & Bea Arthur for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Rue McClanahan |
| #3815, aired 2001-03-16 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1,000 (Daily Double): In "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", his character puts Hank Morgan to sleep for 1,300 years Merlin |
| #3814, aired 2001-03-15 | THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES $200: "I don't say he's a great man. Willy Loman never made a lot of money" Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman) |
| #3805, aired 2001-03-02 | BOOK LEARNIN' $400: "Focus", Arthur Miller's only novel, deals with this type of prejudice that affected Miller personally Anti-Semitism |
| #3803, aired 2001-02-28 | BIG SCREEN ROYALTY $800 (Daily Double): 1975:
Graham Chapman King Arthur (in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail") |
| #3796, aired 2001-02-19 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $500: A medieval epic about this grail-seeking hero was turned into an opera by Wagner Parsifal/Percival |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | TRAVEL FUN $200: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used to imbibe at the London pub now named for this fictional detective Sherlock Holmes |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | GOING TO A BETTER PLACE $200: If Arthur Miller had written "Before the Fall", it would be set in this garden Eden |
| #3795, aired 2001-02-16 | GOING TO A BETTER PLACE $1000: The land of heroes to King Arthur, it was the Island of the Blessed in Celtic myth Avalon |
| #3776, aired 2001-01-22 | FAMOUS ARTS $800 (Daily Double): Born in 1895, he made the diagram seen here part of American culture
(dance steps) Arthur Murray |
| #3767, aired 2001-01-09 | WHAT UP, "G"? $500: Arthur's purest knight Sir Galahad |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | THE "EVIL" WITHIN $200: Middle name of appeasing British PM Arthur Chamberlain Neville |
| #3764, aired 2001-01-04 | BIG SCREEN BUNNIES $1000: Despite warnings from Tim the Enchanter, a deadly rabbit decimates King Arthur's men in this spoof Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #3762, aired 2001-01-02 | BRITISH AUTHORS $200: Big Brother could tell you his real name was Eric Arthur Blair George Orwell |
| #3762, aired 2001-01-02 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $500: Penelope Ann,
Glenn,
Arthur Miller |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $200: Robert Goulet debuted as Lancelot in this 1960 show; in 1993 he brought it back to B'way & played King Arthur "Camelot" |
| #3753, aired 2000-12-20 | AUTHORS' MIDDLE NAMES $400: The creator of Professor Moriarty (Sir Arthur) Conan (Doyle) |
| #3748, aired 2000-12-13 | HOLD IT $500: The container Arthur Miller would use to heat substances to a high temperature, or his 1953 play Crucible |
| #3745, aired 2000-12-08 | GREAT BRITS $300: This “Arthur” co-star who died at 96 in 2000 acted onstage into his mid-80s Sir John Gielgud |
| #3744, aired 2000-12-07 | A.A. $200: This tennis player published 1988's "A Hard Road to Glory", a 3-volume history of African-American athletes Arthur Ashe |
| #3740, aired 2000-12-01 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $200: After the screenplay for "The Misfits", he wrote "After The Fall" Arthur Miller |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | TV 2K $400: (Hi, I'm Maggie Bandur, a contestant in the 1994 College Championship, and now a writer on Malcolm in the Middle.) On the Season 1 finale, I got to write for this woman who used to play Maude Findlay Bea Arthur |
| #3713, aired 2000-10-25 | HAWTHORNE IN YOUR SIDE $200: In this 1850 novel the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale reveals himself to be the father of Hester Prynne's child, then dies The Scarlet Letter |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | GOYA $600: One of Goya's few foreign patrons was Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of this Wellington |
| #3711, aired 2000-10-23 | IRISH EYES $400: The record says in 1759 he opened his brewery at St. James Gate Arthur Guinness |
| #3707, aired 2000-10-17 | GILBERT & SULLIVAN $200: In an 1889 interview, Sir Arthur Sullivan said he left writing these openings to the last moment overtures |
| #3704, aired 2000-10-12 | THEATRICAL QUOTES $200: This "Crucible" playwright suggested his epitaph should one day read "He worked awfully hard" Arthur Miller |
| #3697, aired 2000-10-03 | HISTORY IN MOVIES $200: "The Quest for Camelot" featured Pierce Brosnan as the voice of this Valiant Ruler King Arthur |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | OFF-BROADWAY 2000 $400: 4-word title of an Arthur Laurents revival; it sounds like a sequel to "Land of the Free" "Home of the Brave" |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | CELEBRITIES $600 (Daily Double): This actor is the son of a British poet laureate & the son-in-law of playwright Arthur Miller Daniel Day-Lewis |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | FICTIONAL NOBILITY $200: "The Sword in the Stone" is the first book in T.H. White's series about this "once and future king" King Arthur |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | ARTHUR MILLER $200: Miller told this future wife, "You're the saddest girl I've ever met" Marilyn Monroe |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | ARTHUR MILLER $400: Miller took this last name of his best-known character from the film "The Testament of Dr. Mabuse" Loman |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | ARTHUR MILLER $600: "The Crucible" opens in 1692 in Reverend Parris' house in this Massachusetts town Salem |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | ARTHUR MILLER $800: Miller's 1956 testimony before this committee got him cited for contempt of Congress HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | ARTHUR MILLER $1000: Play title that completes the line "Sure, he was my son. But I think to him they were..." "All My Sons" |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $200: During the Boer War, Doyle manned a field hospital in Bloemfontein in what's now this country South Africa |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $400: This popular 1894 play written by Sir Arthur shares its name with a Belgian town where Napoleon met defeat Waterloo |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $600: Sir Arthur based Sherlock Holmes in part on one of his professors at this Scottish university Edinburgh |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $800: Science fiction works by Sir Arthur include "The Poison Belt", "Land of the Mist" & this "Lost" classic The Lost World |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE $1000: Arthur became a Sir in 1902 when he was knighted during the reign of this British ruler Edward VII |
| #3652, aired 2000-06-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $200: King Arthur's furniture listed at the beginning of a book Round table of contents |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | AMERICAN LIT $200: Chapter 3 of this Mark Twain novel introduces us to the "Knights of the Table Round" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | WRITERS $600: To research "Hotel", he spent 6 weeks as a paying guest in an old New Orleans hotel Arthur Hailey |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | WRITERS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1902 Arthur Conan Doyle was knighted not for Sherlock Holmes but for defending British actions in this war the Boer War |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $200: He composed an "Irish Symphony" a few years before he teamed up with W.S. Gilbert Sir Arthur Sullivan |
| #3627, aired 2000-05-16 | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $100: Arthur gets trapped in Morgan Le Fey's enchanted forest in this legendary musical Camelot |
| #3626, aired 2000-05-15 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: In 1905 journalist Arthur Griffith founded this political party, urging the Irish to not pay taxes to the British Sinn Fein |
| #3623, aired 2000-05-10 | SCANDALOUS WOMEN $400: Some say this "maternal" outlaw arranged the murder of her lover, Arthur Dunlop Ma Barker |
| #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 |
| #3600, aired 2000-04-07 | I NEED A TUDOR $900 (Daily Double): Henry VIII's big brother, who never got to rule, had this name of a legendary British king Arthur |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME $600: Arthur's jokers Chester's jesters |
| #3590, aired 2000-03-24 | HEY "LADY"! $1000: In Mallory's version, the magic sword Excalibur is given to King Arthur by this legendary character The Lady of the Lake |
| #3588, aired 2000-03-22 | BIG SCREEN TIME TRAVEL $100: In 1949 Bing Crosby played this title New Englander who travels back to a time of knights & ladies A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | "LE" CATEGORIE $600: Some legends say she was King Arthur's sister Morgan le Fay |
| #3585, aired 2000-03-17 | BORN IN IRELAND $800: Irish-born actor who played Britain's King Arthur in the movie version of "Camelot" Richard Harris |
| #3575, aired 2000-03-03 | COLOR TV $400: Bea Arthur starred in this sitcom about 4 women over 50 living together in Miami The Golden Girls |
| #3569, aired 2000-02-24 | COOL CATS $200: Arthur was this cool "Happy Days" character's first name Fonzie |
| #3561, aired 2000-02-14 | IT HAPPENED ON VALENTINE'S DAY $300: In 1995 Arthur Chaskalson, who defended Nelson Mandela in 1964, was sworn in as this country's chief justice South Africa |
| #3559, aired 2000-02-10 | MARK TWAIN $800 (Daily Double): This 1889 novel contrasts American homespun ingenuity with the Dark Ages' superstition & ineptitude "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | FROM THE WELSH $600: "Arthur-itative" sources say her name is Welsh for "white" or "fair" Guinevere |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME $1000: Walter M.,
Arthur,
Henry Miller |
| #3523, aired 1999-12-22 | BESTSELLERS $200: It's the one-word title of Arthur Hailey's 1971 bestseller about the auto industry "Wheels" |
| #3523, aired 1999-12-22 | BESTSELLERS $300: Arthur Golden tells the tale of Sayuri, a Japanese artisan, in his "Memoirs of..." this A Geisha |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | GUINNESS $200: The company began in 1759 when Arthur Guinness established a brewery in this capital city Dublin |
| #3512, aired 1999-12-07 | "A.M." $400: Marilyn Monroe's last movie, "The Misfits", was written by this playwright, her then-husband Arthur Miller |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | 1960 $400: (Hi, I'm Jeff Greenfield.) In 1960 Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. wrote of these 2 candidates, "Does it make any difference?" John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon |
| #3509, aired 1999-12-02 | BREAK OUT THE ATLAS $400: A monastery in the English town of Glastonbury is said to be the burial place of this legendary king King Arthur |
| #3497, aired 1999-11-16 | CRIMINAL NICKNAMES $1000: Underworld boss Arthur Flegenheimer (aka Schultz) Dutch |
| #3494, aired 1999-11-11 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Nickname given in the 1930s to the area seen here in a famous Arthur Rothstein photo "Dust Bowl" |
| #3489, aired 1999-11-04 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $400: In this Mark Twain story, a mechanic is knocked unconscious in a fight & awakens in Camelot in 528 A.D. "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" |
| #3487, aired 1999-11-02 | COMPUTER LITERACY $600: This psychotic computer is repaired in Arthur C. Clarke's "2010: Odyssey Two" HAL |
| #3484, aired 1999-10-28 | NOTORIOUS $300: Arthur Bremer stalked Richard Nixon before stalking & shooting this Alabama governor George Wallace |
| #3482, aired 1999-10-26 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1920 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was taken in by photos of these taken by little Frances & Elsie fairies |
| #3475, aired 1999-10-15 | NAME THAT DAD $400: Camelot's Mordred King Arthur |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | SPORTS STARS $200: The first U.S. tennis player to win $100,000 in a year, in 1975 he became the first black man to win at Wimbledon Arthur Ashe |
| #3468, aired 1999-10-06 | GHASTLY OPERATIC DEMISES $200: Guinevere strangles herself with her own hair in the Chausson opera named for this king King Arthur |
| #3455, aired 1999-09-17 | LITERARY TOURISM $100: Visiting Cornwall? You'll find this wizard's cave near Tintagel Castle, the legendary site of King Arthur's birth Merlin |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | CELEBRITY HODGEPODGE $500: No wonder Kiri Te Kanawa became an opera singer; she's a descendant of this noted partner of W.S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | DRAMA $800: He's the playwright who wrote, "I am not a dime a dozen! I am Willy Loman, and you are Biff Loman!" Arthur Miller |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $200: King Arthur's conjurer
(6) Merlin |
| #3423, aired 1999-06-23 | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $300: "Arthur the Gentleman" Chester A. Arthur |
| #3399, aired 1999-05-20 | LITERARY TOURISM $1,000 (Daily Double): Undershaw, the home where he wrote "The Hound of the Baskervilles", is now a hotel in Surrey, England Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #3398, aired 1999-05-19 | IT WAS THE '70s $600: The last names of bestselling authors Arthur & Alex were both pronounced this way Hailey/Haley |
| #3387, aired 1999-05-04 | PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS $300: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published during his term in office Chester A. Arthur |
| #3384, aired 1999-04-29 | POE FOLKS $1000: His "Narrative" recounts his adventures on the Grampus as it sails from Nantucket to the South Seas Arthur Gordon Pym |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | NAME THE PLAYWRIGHT $400: "Death of a Salesman" Arthur Miller |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | U.S. U.N. REPS $600: In 1965 Arthur Goldberg left this body to become the U.S. ambassador to the U,N. the Supreme Court |
| #3367, aired 1999-04-06 | THE THEATRE $200: Laurence Harvey reigned in this regal role in the 1964 London production of "Camelot" King Arthur |
| #3363, aired 1999-03-31 | PEOPLE $400: The collective big screen name of brothers Arthur, Herbert, Julius & Leonard The Marx Brothers |
| #3361, aired 1999-03-29 | BRAIN CANDY $100: This Sir Arthur Conan Doyle character once remarked "A man's brain originally is like a little empty attic" Sherlock Holmes |
| #3357, aired 1999-03-23 | NAME THE MUSICAL $100: King Arthur,
Merlin,
Morgan Le Fey Camelot |
| #3350, aired 1999-03-12 | GREAT BRITS $100: In addition to writing operettas with Sir William Gilbert, he also composed the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers" Arthur Sullivan |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $1000: On September 20, 1881 he became the 4th VP to succeed to the presidency upon the death of the incumbent Chester A. Arthur |
| #3327, aired 1999-02-09 | DOESN'T RHYME WITH SQUAT $400: In "Camelot", he has a romance with Guenevere King Arthur |
| #3327, aired 1999-02-09 | BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS $1000: His famous "declaration" was issued in November 1917, years after he was prime minister Arthur Balfour |
