| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | MUSIC TERMS $1000: Beethoven felt Italians were ill-suited to dramatic opera & should stick with this, Italian for "comic opera" opera buffa |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | A SECRET CHORD $800: He lived until 1827 but his last time as soloist with an orchestra was in 1808, opening his 4th piano concerto with a gentle chord Beethoven |
| #9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $1600: The New York Times called this piece with a name in the title "Beethoven's trifle... featured on Baby Einstein albums" "Für Elise" |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | NICKNAMES $800: A Beethoven piano sonata evoked a boat on Lake Lucerne at night for a German poet, leading to this nickname for the piece the "Moonlight Sonata" |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $200: This "5th Symphony" composer was quite particular about his morning coffee; he used exactly 60 beans to ensure a proper cup of joe Beethoven |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: His 7th Symphony premiered in 1813 at a benefit after a battle & its second movement is seen as a funeral march Beethoven |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | STOP! $600: In the early 1790s Haydn stopped in Bonn, Germany & met this young musical genius who would become Haydn's pupil Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | OPUS & OPERA $600: His sole opera, "Fidelio", tells a tale of a young woman disguising herself as a boy Beethoven |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | WE WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK $600: Our bandleader whistles while you work to name this composer heard here Beethoven |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | ART, FOR ART'S SAKE $200: Joseph Karl Stieler's early 19th century portrait of this man captures his energy & ferocity Beethoven |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | MERRY MELODIES $1200: This ode by Friedrich von Schiller is set to music in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony "Ode To Joy" |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | LET'S MAKE A MOVIE CROSSOVER! $1600: An Alan Rickman "Die Hard" villain "wants those detonators" from a title Great Dane of 2002! Hans Gruber and Scooby-Doo |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | PETS ON FILM $1,000 (Daily Double): The title of this 2003 film about a big dog is also a symphony that premiered in 1808 in Vienna Beethoven's 5th |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | WHAT'S ALL THIS? $400: 4 movements, including the "Ode To Joy" Beethoven's 9th |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $2000: This name for a Beethoven symphony is the sexy section of the bookstore with one letter removed Eroica |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $1600: The familiar piece of music heard here by this composer is the basis for the official anthem of the European Union Beethoven |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | COMPOSERS ARE QUIRKY $200: Made antisocial by his deafness, he would sit alone in the corner of a crowded tavern eating cheese & herring Beethoven |
| #8793, aired 2023-01-25 | CLASSICAL IS IN $1200: This man's only opera, "Fidelio", takes place in a Spanish prison, not a German one Beethoven |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | 4 FUNERALS & ANOTHER FUNERAL $1000: On March 29, 1827 20,000 attended the funeral of this German composer; Franz Schubert was a torchbearer Beethoven |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | TRYING TO GET SOME WORKS DONE $400: Done in 1808, his sixth symphony, nicknamed "Pastoral" Beethoven |
| #8682, aired 2022-07-12 | "TOP" OF THE POPS $1200: In "Roll Over Beethoven", Chuck Berry sang, "She wiggle like a glowworm, dance like" one of these a spinning top |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | I DON'T HEAR A SYMPHONY $800: With Beethoven in mind, Mahler believed writing this number symphony was endsville, so he called a 1908 work a song cycle the 9th |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | I DON'T HEAR A SYMPHONY $1200: Beethoven's "Kreutzer" is not a symphony but one of these "S" works for violin & piano a sonata |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | WHAT BREED OF MOVIE DOG? $800: In the "Beethoven" movie a St. Bernard |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | THE ONE BEFORE THE FAMOUS ONE $400: Composed in 1806, it doesn't have a famous opening like the next one does, but it's fun anyway Beethoven's Fourth Symphony |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | OPERA $1200: Beethoven's only opera, it enjoyed little early success, as Vienna was occupied by French troops during its premiere Fidelio |
| #8616, aired 2022-04-11 | SYMPHON"E"s $1000: Disillusioned with Napoleon, Beethoven changed the title of his landmark 3rd symphony from "Bonaparte" to this Eroica |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | A DISH OF SCHUBERT $800: A year before his own death, in 1827 Schubert was a torchbearer at the funeral of this legendary composer Beethoven |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | LETTERS FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE $1600: "Never doubt the faithfullest heart", he wrote to his "Immortal Beloved" in an 1812 note Beethoven |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: In 2021 Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax released an album of Beethoven's complete works for piano & this instrument cello |
| #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | SYMPHONIES $400: During World War II Allied Radio used 4 notes from this Beethoven symphony to boost morale--they represent "V" for victory Beethoven's Fifth |
| #8511, aired 2021-11-15 | COMPOSERS $400: He had no idea the audience was applauding at an 1824 performance of his Ninth Symphony until a soloist had him face the crowd Beethoven |
| #8475, aired 2021-09-24 | NO. 5 $200: Here's a Fifth served up by this musician & completed in 1808 Beethoven |
| #8462, aired 2021-08-10 | THE CANINES FILM FESTIVAL $600: "Immortal Beloved" is a biography of a composer while the 1992 movie with this one-word title is about a Saint Bernard Beethoven |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SONG $800: Electric guitarist on "Roll Over Beethoven"
(1956) Chuck Berry |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | PHILHARMONIC CONVERGENCE $1000: Featuring works like the "Emperor" concerto, in 2020-'21 the London philharmonic honors this composer's 250th birthday Beethoven |
| #8397, aired 2021-05-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Beethoven's Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor is better known as this, after the inscription on the autograph score "Für Elise" |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | MUSIC SCALES $200: The diatonic scale is widely used in classical music; this composer employed it in the finale of his 1824 9th Symphony Beethoven |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | COMPOSERS $400: Beethoven hadn't written a symphony in 10 years when England's Royal Philharmonic Society commissioned this last one in 1822 the Ninth Symphony |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | HAMBURGERS $1200: Born in Hamburg in 1833, he rose from his humble beginnings, to become one of the three B's of classical music (Johannes) Brahms |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC TITLES $1200: The first movement of this Beethoven symphony, No. 6, is “Awakening of Happy Feelings on Arriving in the Country” the Pastoral Symphony |
| #8282, aired 2020-11-17 | MUSICAL VIENNA $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from outside the Vienna State Opera House in Vienna, Austria.) Damaged by World War II bombs, the State Opera House reopened with a production of this Beethoven opera in November, 1955, 150 years to the month of the work's premiere Fidelio |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS $1600: First seen in the comics on May 30, 1951, this Beethoven aficionado is the most famous virtuoso on the toy piano Schroeder |
| #8264, aired 2020-10-22 | THINGS TO DO ON A RAINY DAY $600: If you have a piano, play his 1801 "Moonlight Sonata" Beethoven |
| #8244, aired 2020-09-24 | FAREWELL ADDRESSES $1600: He expired in 1827 in Vienna at Schwarzpanier Strasse 15 during thunder like that in his 6th symphony Beethoven |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | "ROCK" &/OR "ROLL" SONGS $400: Chuck Berry's impossible 1956 title request of Ludwig van while "rockin' in 2 by 2" "Roll Over Beethoven" |
| #8202, aired 2020-04-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: Don't turn up the volume in the third movement of Beethoven's Fifth; Ludwig does that for you with this gradual musical move a crescendo |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | 2020 ANNIVERSARIES $4,600 (Daily Double): In 2020 this composer's birth city of Bonn & surrounding areas are celebrating his 250th birthday all year long Beethoven |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | IT COMES THIRD $1200: Beethoven was going to dedicate his 3rd symphony to Napoleon; instead he called it this, for "the memory of a great man" Eroica |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | FILM COMPOSERS $800: "Immortal Beloved": Gary Oldman as him Beethoven |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | SPARK JOY $200: Schiller's "Ode To Joy" sparked joy for this composer who used it for the choral movement of his "Ninth Symphony" Beethoven |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | NON COMPOSE MENTIS $1600: Obsessed with death, Anton Bruckner attended this event for the long-dead Beethoven in 1888 & insisted on touching the skull being exhumed (an exhumation) |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: Of all Beethoven's works with nicknames, one of the few that Ludwig okayed was this sonata, French for emotional or moving Pathétique |
| #8059, aired 2019-09-26 | BACHELOR OF ARTS $400: In 1806 this composer wrote to his "Immortal Beloved", "Can you change it that you are not wholly mine"; she couldn't Beethoven |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | THE 1820s $800: In 1824 this symphony premiered at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna Beethoven's Ninth Symphony |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | TAKE ME TO YOUR LIEDER $2,000 (Daily Double): This Vienna-born composer was only 17 when he wrote "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel" & changed the lieder game in 1814 Franz Schubert |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | VANS $2,000 (Daily Double): A music competition named for him has been called "the most prestigious classical piano contest in the world" Van Cliburn |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | MERCURY $8,200 (Daily Double): While the planet Mercury doesn't have rings or moons, it's full of these with names like Bach, Beethoven & Tolstoy craters |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Franklin Institute.) Beethoven & Mozart wrote for this instrument that Ben Franklin created, which he said gave him the greatest personal satisfaction of all his inventions the glass harmonica |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | 5 EASY PIECES $1200: This simple little Beethoven piece may be just what you were looking für "Für Elise" |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC PRODIGIES $2000: At 10 this "Saint"ly composer gave a Paris recital & took requests for any of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas he'd memorized Camille Saint-Saens |
| #7934, aired 2019-02-21 | HERSHEY FELDER PRESENTS GREAT COMPOSERS $400: (Hershey Felder presents from the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.) Perhaps music's most famous motif is often said to represent fate knocking, but others attribute the opening of this work to the deaf Beethoven feeling the vibrations of a little bird tapping on a tree Beethoven's 5th |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | BIO PICKED $1600: The story of the man you see is told in this 1994 film with a soundtrack including the "Pastoral Symphony" Immortal Beloved |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | HAMBURGERS $3,000 (Daily Double): This Hamburger was a virtuoso pianist as well as one of the 19th century's great composers Johannes Brahms |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | MUSIC CLASS $1000: Instrumental, not vocal music is on offer with this type of classical work; Beethoven's "Moonlight" one is pretty good a sonata |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $800: Performing Beethoven in Berlin in 1989, Bernstein rewrote this section of the 9th Symphony as the "Ode To Freedom" the "Ode To Joy" |
| #7818, aired 2018-09-12 | OR BUST $400: Here's a bust of this German composer, who the sculptor said was listening to God Beethoven |
| #7807, aired 2018-07-17 | COMPOSERS $800: This Russian is the other composer mentioned in "Roll Over Beethoven" Tchaikovsky |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | SUPER CONDUCTORS $1,500 (Daily Double): At a May 7, 1824 premier, Michael Umlauf wielded the baton but took his tempo cues from this man Beethoven |
| #7725, aired 2018-03-23 | IT LASTS A WHILE $1600: Beethoven addressed letters to a woman he called this "beloved" immortal |
| #7674, aired 2018-01-11 | VINYL RESTING PLACE $400: One of the first LP records pressed in 1931 was of the Philadelphia Orchestra playing this work Beethoven's Fifth |
| #7528, aired 2017-05-10 | COMPOSERS $2000: In an early 1800s love letter, this composer wrote, "Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my immortal beloved" Beethoven |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE CLASSICAL MUSIC GAME $200: ...& we'll head to the middle of the Fifth... this composer's Fifth, actually Beethoven |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | COMPOSERS $1200: The Beethoven-Haus, the composer's birthplace, is a museum in this city Bonn |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | CASTLES $2000: Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria was built by King Ludwig to honor this composer whom he greatly admired Wagner |
| #7384, aired 2016-10-20 | MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU $1000: Robert Schumann called this man's 1807 Fourth Symphony "a slender Greek maiden between two Norse giants" Beethoven |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | 125 YEARS OF CARNEGIE HALL $800: In 1964, the Beatles brought rock 'n' roll to Carnegie Hall & opened with this song that's a bit cheeky to a great composer "Roll Over Beethoven" |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: When this "lunar" Beethoven sonata premiered in 1802, some of the piano strings snapped during the finale the "Moonlight Sonata" |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | ROMANTICS $400: The romantic era of classical music included Paganini, Beethoven & this composer/virtuoso whose 1830s work is heard here Frédéric Chopin |
| #7269, aired 2016-03-31 | I LOVE A SYMPHONY $800: "Merrymaking of the Country Folk" is the third movement of his "Pastoral" symphony Beethoven |
| #7252, aired 2016-03-08 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $400: In 1802 he described the humiliation he felt when someone next to him "heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing" Beethoven |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | NINTH WAVE $4,000 (Daily Double): At the 1824 premiere of this work, the musicians & choir were told to ignore the conductor Beethoven's Ninth Symphony |
| #7185, aired 2015-12-04 | CLASSICAL REGGAE, MON $200: His Number 5 is alive & jammin' much differently than in its 1808 premiere in Vienna Beethoven |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | COMPOSERS $200: His third symphony is also known as "Eroica" Beethoven |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | MY MOVIE CHARACTERS $1600: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Lee Harvey Oswald Gary Oldman |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | ODE ON A $1200: Vocalists sing this Schiller poem at the end of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony "Ode To Joy" |
| #7107, aired 2015-07-07 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $400: In the years preceding his 1827 death, he carried a slate on which people could write any remarks addressed to him Beethoven |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | FROM THE GERMAN $800: Around 1820 this towering composer said, "True art is selfish and perverse--it will not submit to the mold of flattery" Beethoven |
| #7032, aired 2015-03-24 | DOG STARS $1200: A St. Bernard, joining Charles Grodin's litter Beethoven |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | A MUSIC HISTORY TIMELINE $800: In 1804 Beethoven composed his 3rd symphony, "Eroica", which heralded the dawn of this musical period the Romantic period |
| #6987, aired 2015-01-20 | CARPE "D.M." $1600: Grim reminder of Beethoven from 1827 a death mask |
| #6980, aired 2015-01-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC... ON BANJO! $400: The singers are silent & the banjo takes up the Beethoven finale based on this poem "Ode To Joy" |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | 3 DIMENSIONAL $1200: There are 8 of these on a Steinway grand, but only 3 in a grouping of composers made up by Hans von Bulow B's |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | STOCK SYMBOLS $1,000 (Daily Double): LVB, the former symbol for Steinway Musical Instruments, honored this man Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #6900, aired 2014-09-19 | MUSIC TERMS $800: This term originally denoted a composition to be played on instruments, not sung; Beethoven's "Moonlight" is one a sonata |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | SYMPTOMS OF LOVE $1200: When your beloved is near, you hear the 1824 "Ode to Joy" by this composer Beethoven |
| #6866, aired 2014-06-23 | WE ALL HAVE NEEDS $400: You'll need this instrument to play one of the 32 sonatas Beethoven wrote for it, including the "Moonlight" one piano |
| #6842, aired 2014-05-20 | THE MUSEUMS OF EUROPE $3,000 (Daily Double): Exhibits in this composer's Bonn home include his grand piano & a variety of ear trumpets Beethoven |
| #6838, aired 2014-05-14 | THE LOVELY GERMAN LANGUAGE $2000: The "Ode to Joy" in Beethoven's 9th says, "Freude, schöner" this zwölf-letter word meaning "divine sparks" Götterfunken |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | YEAR DOUBLE ZERO $800: In 1800 this man conducted the first performance of his first symphony Beethoven |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | WORLD OF MUSIC $400: A symbol of hope
to its people, an orchestra of mostly self-taught musicians in Kinshasa plays this composer Beethoven |
| #6771, aired 2014-02-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: The 4-note opening motif of this Beethoven symphony is said to be fate knocking at the door the 5th |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | BEETHOVEN $200: An 1800 letter is the first to mention Ludwig's loss of this; oil of almonds wasn't helping hearing |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | BEETHOVEN $400: Beethoven's final public concert was a performance of this final symphony 9th |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | BEETHOVEN $600: In 1792 Beethoven moved to this city; 35 years later he was buried there Vienna |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | BEETHOVEN $1,000 (Daily Double): With angry strings & gentle keyboard, piano concerto No. 4 evokes this mythic musician calming the Furies with song Orpheus |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | THROWN OF GAMES $1000: The pole in this Scottish athletic toss seen here
can weigh 80 to 180 pounds caber toss |
| #6711, aired 2013-11-18 | OPERA & BALLET CHARACTERS $1200: The heroine of a Beethoven opera disguises herself as this title boy in order to rescue her imprisoned husband Fidelio |
| #6703, aired 2013-11-06 | MYSTERY FOLKS $600: "Immortal Beloved" is the only I.D. we have on the woman whom this 19th c. composer called "my angel, my all, my very self" Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: Beethoven put this Italian word for a brisk tempo on 3 of the 4 movements of his Fifth Symphony allegro |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | THE ARTS $1000: Perhaps the greatest composer of German songs, he died the year after his hero Beethoven (Franz) Schubert |
| #6617, aired 2013-05-28 | MUSIC & LITERATURE $400: Many forgotten composers set Schiller's "Ode To Joy" to music before this man showed how in his 9th symphony Beethoven |
| #6604, aired 2013-05-09 | COMPOSERS & THEIR MUSIC $800: Power failure? Illuminate your house with this Beethoven sonata in C sharp minor Moonlight Sonata |
| #6572, aired 2013-03-26 | AN UNFINISHED CATEGORY $1200: He died before he finished composing the requiem commissioned by Count von Walsegg-Stuppach Mozart |
| #6568, aired 2013-03-20 | OF THE NINTH $400: This musical masterpiece premiered May 7, 1824 Beethoven's Ninth |
| #6505, aired 2012-12-21 | MARCH MADNESS $200: The second movement of his Third Symphony, the "Eroica", is a funeral march Beethoven |
| #6423, aired 2012-07-18 | OPUS & OPERA $1200: His sole opera, "Fidelio", tells a tale of a young woman disguising herself as a boy Beethoven |
| #6403, aired 2012-06-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: You can hear why Beethoven's 1806 sonata has this Italian nickname containing the word "passion" the Appassionata |
| #6328, aired 2012-03-07 | MOVIE TAGLINES $1600: 1971: "Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence & Beethoven" A Clockwork Orange |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | DID YOU GET THE NUMBER OF THAT SYMPHONY? $200: Beethoven's dramatic middle one the Fifth |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | 1812 $200: In 1812 he completed his 7th & 8th Symphonies & wrote a letter in which he asked, "Can our love endure..." Beethoven |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | CLASSICAL GAS $800: Beethoven wrote a sonata & Tchaikovsky a symphony with this pity-evoking title Pathétique |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | CLASSICAL ROCK $800: This composer's symphony that glorified the ideal of human brotherhood is re-imagined here Beethoven |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | 20 FOR DUMMIES $400: "Allergies &" this "for Dummies" lists famous folks with the condition, including Beethoven & Teddy Roosevelt Asthma |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $400: His "Heroic" Period, from about 1803 to 1812, produced his "Eroica" Symphony Beethoven |
| #6071, aired 2011-01-24 | ALL ABOUT TROMBONES $200: Composed around 1808, his Fifth Symphony was one of the first symphonic works to use the trombone Beethoven |
| #6052, aired 2010-12-28 | MERRY MELODIES $800: This ode by Friedrich von Schiller is set to music in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony "Ode To Joy" |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | X-RATED $2,000 (Daily Double): The tagline for this film describes a young man whose interests include "ultra-violence & Beethoven" A Clockwork Orange |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | OPERA $1600: This Beethoven opera was based on a play called "Leonore" Fidelio |
| #6023, aired 2010-11-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: "All creatures drink of joy at nature's breast" is from a verse used in an 1824 symphony by this man Beethoven |
| #6010, aired 2010-10-29 | CHAMBER MUSIC $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a string quartet at the Julliard School in New York.) One of Beethoven's best-known works would be the "Bridgetower Sonata" if Ludwig & violinist Bridgetower hadn't quarreled over a girl; instead, it's this sonata the Kreutzer Sonata |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | FAMOUS LAST WORDS $800: A composer, 1827:
"I shall hear in heaven" Beethoven |
| #5925, aired 2010-05-21 | THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew listens to a string quartet at the Juilliard School in New York.) The students are playing his great fugue of the 1820s, which was so revolutionary, the publisher begged him to replace it; uncharacteristically, he agreed Beethoven |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | DISCO! DUCK! $2000: Walter Murphy's "A Fifth Of" this guy paired classical music with a disco beat Beethoven |
| #5907, aired 2010-04-27 | LESSER-KNOWN COMPOSERS $1000: Franz Sussmayr, a pupil of this composer, completed his "Requiem" after his death Mozart |
| #5904, aired 2010-04-22 | THE COMPOSER CONDUCTS $1600: On Dec. 22, 1808 Beethoven conducted his 5th & 6th symphonies &, from the keyboard, his 4th this piano concerto |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | BEETHOVEN'S $200: ...primary performing instrument was this; he wrote 32 sonatas for it the piano |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | BEETHOVEN'S $400: ...hometown, it was West Germany's capital from 1949 to 1990 Bonn |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | BEETHOVEN'S $600: ...teacher in the early 1790s was this "Papa" Haydn |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | BEETHOVEN'S $1000: ...first public performance came at the age of 7, in this "fragrant" city Cologne |
| #5891, aired 2010-04-05 | BEETHOVEN'S $2,000 (Daily Double): ...letters addressed to an unidentified lover gave a 1994 film this title Immortal Beloved |
| #5876, aired 2010-03-15 | CLASSICAL TV THEMES $800: The evening newscast by Chet Huntley & this partner used Beethoven's 9th for its theme (David) Brinkley |
| #5870, aired 2010-03-05 | THE DIEDS OF MARCH $200: He died in Vienna March 26, 1827, during a thunderstorm like the one depicted in his Pastoral Symphony Beethoven |
| #5848, aired 2010-02-03 | TAKE THE FIFTH $200: With the familiar 4-note opener, his Fifth Symphony has been called "the most popular orchestral work ever written" Beethoven |
| #5809, aired 2009-12-10 | STOP! $600: In the early 1790s Haydn stopped in Bonn, Germany & met this young musical genius who would become Haydn's pupil Beethoven |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | QUIZ BOWL $800: In one July week in 2009, this L.A. open-air venue presented Incubus & "Bravo Beethoven" the Hollywood Bowl |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | SPEAK UP! $800: A German composer: "Music should strike fire from the heart of man and bring tears from the eyes of a woman" Beethoven |
| #5760, aired 2009-10-02 | I HEAR A SYMPHONY $2,200 (Daily Double): His Third Symphony in E Flat Major is known as "Eroica" Beethoven |
| #5728, aired 2009-07-01 | STOCK SYMBOL-IC $2000: LVB are the initials of Beethoven & the symbol for this company that sells a Ludwig-loving instrument Steinway |
| #5724, aired 2009-06-25 | CLASSICAL WORKS' OTHER NAMES $400: It wasn't until 9 years after Beethoven's death that his piano sonata in C-sharp minor got this nickname the "Moonlight Sonata" |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | ALSO A DOG COMMAND $400: In song, do this "Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues" roll over |
| #5671, aired 2009-04-13 | ROLLING ROCK $600: This classic by Chuck Berry says to "tell Tchaikovsky the news" "Roll Over Beethoven" |
| #5648, aired 2009-03-11 | OPERA $1600: In a Beethoven opera, Leonore disguises herself as this boy Fidelio |
| #5598, aired 2008-12-31 | BALLET MUSIC $800: A Twyla Tharp ballet is danced to his Symphony No. 7 in A Major, known as his "Dance Symphony" Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #5591, aired 2008-12-22 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC $800: Beethoven's first piano concerto includes this effect in which the pianist slides his finger along a series of keys a glissando |
| #5581, aired 2008-12-08 | BEETHOVEN'S GOTTA LOTTA SONATAS $400: This nickname of a Beethoven sonata comes from a reviewer who said it reminded him of Lake Lucerne at night Moonlight Sonata |
| #5581, aired 2008-12-08 | BEETHOVEN'S GOTTA LOTTA SONATAS $800: Beethoven's piano sonata in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2, has this name for its stormy character, not the Shakespeare play Tempest |
| #5581, aired 2008-12-08 | BEETHOVEN'S GOTTA LOTTA SONATAS $1200: The violin sonata in F, Op. 24, has a happy, relaxed mood, earning it this seasonal nickname the Spring Sonata |
| #5581, aired 2008-12-08 | BEETHOVEN'S GOTTA LOTTA SONATAS $1600: This name for Beethoven's piano sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, is just sad Pathetique |
| #5581, aired 2008-12-08 | BEETHOVEN'S GOTTA LOTTA SONATAS $2000: Beethoven's piano sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, has this nickname, Italian for "with intense feeling" Appassionata |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | SYMPHONIES ON FILM $400: The Philadelphia Orchestra played Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" for this 1940 Disney film Fantasia |
| #5572, aired 2008-11-25 | BIOPIC SUBJECTS $600: 1994:
"Immortal Beloved" Beethoven |
| #5552, aired 2008-10-28 | LET US GO TO THE OPERA $2000: This Beethoven opera features the wonderful quartet "Mir ist so wunderbar" Fidelio |
| #5548, aired 2008-10-22 | GERMAN COMPOSERS $400: The opening 4-note theme of his fifth symphony has been likened to fate knocking at the door Beethoven |
| #5491, aired 2008-06-23 | AROUND EUROPE $400: The Hotel Sacher in Vienna was built on the site of the theater where his Ninth Symphony premiered in 1824 Beethoven |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This Beethoven piano concerto, Opus 73, sounds fit for more than a king the Emperor |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: This bent steel rod struck by a small metal rod is used in the final movement of Beethoven's Ninth a triangle |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | COMPOSERS $800: Robert Schumann died age 46 in an asylum near Bonn, the city where this musical titan was born in 1770 Beethoven |
| #5414, aired 2008-03-06 | CURSES $800: The curse of the 9th says that anyone who writes a 9th symphony will die soon after, as did this "Eroica" composer Beethoven |
| #5405, aired 2008-02-22 | BORN FIRST $800: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Johannes Brahms Bach |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: His symphonies include "Eroica", "Pastoral", & "Chorale" Beethoven |
| #5384, aired 2008-01-24 | OPUS DAY $400: On Dec. 7, 1842 the first 4 notes ever played by the N.Y. Philharmonic were the opening of this Opus 67 of Beethoven Fifth Symphony |
| #5376, aired 2008-01-14 | CAN I GET YOUR NUMBER? $1600: Beethoven's odd-numbered symphonies are his most famous, including this one heard here 7th |
| #5364, aired 2007-12-27 | "LOVE" IS A BATTLEFIELD $400: Dear to the heart; Beethoven's was "immortal" beloved |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $400: For several years, his friend Karl Amenda was one of the few people who knew about his increasing deafness Beethoven |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | BETHLEHEM $800: An annual festival honoring this 18th century German composer is highlighted by a performance of his B-minor Mass Johann Sebastian Bach |
| #5331, aired 2007-11-12 | GIRLS OF SONG $800: No one's really sure who this title girl is in the piece heard here Elise |
| #5308, aired 2007-10-10 | HOW PRECIOUS! $400: San Jose State University's Beethoven Center has brown, grey & white strands of this that once grew on Ludwig hair |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | THE POSITIVE $800: Thriving through success, like him conducting "Ode to Joy" while ill, is the idea in a book called "The" him "Factor" Beethoven |
| #5291, aired 2007-09-17 | THE BRITISH INVASION $400: The first track on "The Beatles' Second Album" was a Chuck Berry song that told this composer to "roll over" Beethoven |
| #5285, aired 2007-07-27 | STUDENT & TEACHER $1,000 (Daily Double): Mozart & Haydn each taught this composer, briefly; maybe he just wouldn't listen (Ludwig van) Beethoven |
| #5255, aired 2007-06-15 | "V" FOR VICTORY $1200: With French troops advancing on Germany in 1792, Beethoven moved to this neighboring capital city Vienna |
| #5240, aired 2007-05-25 | COMPOSERS $1200: Beethoven said this great predecessor's name, which means "brook", should really be Meer, meaning "sea" Bach |
| #5212, aired 2007-04-17 | LAST BUT NOT LEAST $200: Number of the last complete symphony by Beethoven 9 |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | CELEBRITY DOG BREEDS $400: Beethoven a Saint Bernard |
| #5102, aired 2006-11-14 | MUSIC $800: Beethoven's "Creatures of Prometheus" is music to accompany this type of performance a ballet |
| #5080, aired 2006-10-13 | COMPOSERS $2000: This German Romantic composer dedicated his "Scottish Symphony" to Queen Victoria Felix Mendelssohn |
| #5063, aired 2006-09-20 | MAJOR MUSICAL WORKS $800: "Scene by the brook" is the title of one movement of this Beethoven symphony in F major the 6th symphony |
| #5057, aired 2006-09-12 | AT THE MOZART HOUSE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew strolls through the Mozart House in Vienna, Austria.) In 1787 Mozart gave music lessons in this house to a teenager from Bonn, Germany, who would become world-famous as this composer Beethoven |
| #5043, aired 2006-07-12 | FILL IN THE OPERATIC BLANK $2000: Beethoven:
"____" Fidelio |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | THREE ON A MATCH $800: The 3 B's of classical music Bach, Brahms & Beethoven |
| #4995, aired 2006-05-05 | NEIN! $1200: In 1806, when a patron suggested he tickle the ivories for visiting French officers, he stormed out Beethoven |
| #4983, aired 2006-04-19 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $1200: Beethoven wrote but never sent 3 letters addressed to a woman this way, also the title of a Beethoven biopic the immortal beloved |
| #4972, aired 2006-04-04 | OPERA $2,000 (Daily Double): Fragments of the "Ode to Joy" appear in the libretto of this 1805 opera, the composer's only one Fidelio |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | LISZT $200: Franz Liszt always claimed that this great German composer saw him perform as a child & kissed him on the forehead Beethoven |
| #4953, aired 2006-03-08 | BEETHOVEN $200: In the will-like "Heiligenstadt Testament" to his brothers in 1802, Beethoven lamented this infirmity deafness |
| #4953, aired 2006-03-08 | BEETHOVEN $400: Of Mozart, Haydn or Bach, the one Beethoven studied under in his early 20s Haydn |
| #4953, aired 2006-03-08 | BEETHOVEN $600: Total number of operas completed by Beethoven one |
| #4953, aired 2006-03-08 | BEETHOVEN $800: Beethoven was born in 1770 in this city that until 1990 was the capital of West Germany Bonn |
| #4953, aired 2006-03-08 | BEETHOVEN $1000: Gary Oldman played Beethoven with fiery relish in this insightful 1994 biopic Immortal Beloved |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | COMPOSERS $800: His "Moonlight" sonata was dedicated to Giuletta Guicciardi with whom he was romantically involved Beethoven |
| #4886, aired 2005-12-05 | ART FOR ART'S SAKE $200: Joseph Karl Stieler's early 19th-century portrait of this man captures his energy & ferocity Beethoven |
| #4883, aired 2005-11-30 | MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): Beethoven's "Solemnis" is this type of religious work a mass |
| #4868, aired 2005-11-09 | LET'S TALK ABOUT SIX $400: His Sixth Symphony was termed the "Pastoral" Beethoven |
| #4806, aired 2005-06-27 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $400: As published, his "Eroica" symphony was dedicated to his patron Prince Lobkowitz Beethoven |
| #4801, aired 2005-06-20 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: This German composer, no slouch himself, said that Handel was "the greatest composer who ever lived" Beethoven |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | THAT'S JUST CLASSIC! $400: About half of Liszt's work was transcribing others' works, like Beethoven's symphonies, for this instrument the piano |
| #4785, aired 2005-05-27 | SO, WHATCHA COMPOSIN'? $1200: 1802:
What's that you say? I said, whatcha composin'? Oh, the "Kreutzer" sonata Beethoven |
| #4779, aired 2005-05-19 | SYMPHONIES $400: Wagner called Beethoven's 7th "The apotheosis of" this, & Isadora Duncan interpreted it in this form the dance |
| #4738, aired 2005-03-23 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $400: "By the time" this work "is over, fate has been trampled underfoot by triumphant music" the Fifth Symphony |
| #4738, aired 2005-03-23 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $800: "Betrayed in the hope of getting better", Beethoven was "forced to face the prospect of a permanent malady"--this deafness |
| #4738, aired 2005-03-23 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $1200: It's the popular name of the piece heard here "The Moonlight Sonata" |
| #4738, aired 2005-03-23 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $1600: Beethoven's Bagatelle in A Minor for Piano was eventually titled "Fur" her Elise |
| #4738, aired 2005-03-23 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $2000: Symphony Beethoven "composed to celebrate the memory of a great man" Eroica |
| #4737, aired 2005-03-22 | GERMAN COMPOSERS $1200: When his brother Kaspar died in 1815, he became co-guardian of Kaspar's 9-year-old son Karl Beethoven |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | I HEAR A SYMPHONY $1200: Beethoven's 6th isn't called the "Bucolic" symphony, but this Pastoral |
| #4656, aired 2004-11-29 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $800: Beethoven's father tried to promote him as a child prodigy, like this Salzburg-born genius Mozart |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | BOTTOM OF THE NINTH $200: He dedicated his ninth symphony to the King of Prussia Beethoven |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | BIG SCREEN BIO SUBJECTS $800: "Immortal Beloved" Beethoven |
| #4578, aired 2004-06-30 | COMPOSERS $800: His "Goldberg Variations" were originally designed to help an insomniac nobleman sleep J.S. Bach |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | OPERA $1200: This Beethoven opera was originally titled "Leonore" Fidelio |
| #4539, aired 2004-05-06 | NOTABLE NAMES $1200: This great German composer of "Fur Elise" was born in Bonn in 1770 Beethoven |
| #4525, aired 2004-04-16 | "B" PREPARED $800: He's the composer whose work is heard here Beethoven |
| #4518, aired 2004-04-07 | PIECES OF APRIL $1000: On April 7, 1805 Beethoven premiered this symphony that was inspired by Napoleon "Eroica" |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | THE FIFTH DIMENSION $400: His Fifth Symphony was the first major symphonic work to use the trombone Beethoven |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | SYMPHONY NICKNAMES $800: "Ode to Joy" is the choral piece at the core of his "Choral" Symphony Beethoven |
| #4494, aired 2004-03-04 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $800: Einstein? Beethoven? No thanks, I'd rather hang out with Dean, Sammy, Frank & the rest of this group the Rat Pack |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | MUSIC CLASS $600: Due to his deafness, he last performed in public in 1814 (Ludwig Van) Beethoven |
| #4475, aired 2004-02-06 | MUSICAL NUMBERS $1200: It's the 1976 No. 1 pop hit heard here "A Fifth of Beethoven" |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | BACH, BEETHOVEN OR BRAHMS $200: His last words reportedly were "I shall hear in heaven" Beethoven |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | BACH, BEETHOVEN OR BRAHMS $400: He fathered 20 children Bach |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | BACH, BEETHOVEN OR BRAHMS $600: His death marked the end of the Baroque period Bach |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | BACH, BEETHOVEN OR BRAHMS $800: He originally dedicated his third symphony to Napoleon Beethoven |
| #4473, aired 2004-02-04 | BACH, BEETHOVEN OR BRAHMS $1000: The only one of the 3 who could have met Teddy Roosevelt Brahms |
| #4459, aired 2004-01-15 | EUROPE $800: One of the few houses left from the early 18th century in Bonn is the 1770 birthplace of this composer Beethoven |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | THE 1920s $200: Charlie Chaplin said, "Motion pictures need" this "as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics" sound |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | CLASSICAL CLASSICS $400: His odd-numbered symphonies tend to be weighty; the evens, like 1814's Eighth, more jolly Beethoven |
| #4398, aired 2003-10-22 | OPERA $1000: At 35 he decided for the first time to sit right down & write himself an opera; he produced "Fidelio" (Ludwig van) Beethoven |
| #4368, aired 2003-09-10 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $800: Many think that Josephine von Brunswick was the recipient of his "Immortal Beloved" letter Beethoven |
| #4354, aired 2003-07-03 | I LOVE A PIANO $1600: At the 2001 MTV Music Awards, this appropriately name pianist pounded out Beethoven's "Fur Elise" Alicia Keys |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | FIND THE STATE $1200: Fidelio was Beethoven's only opera (but has it played in Dubuque?) Iowa |
| #4332, aired 2003-06-03 | COMPOSERS $400: He's the tempestous genius seen here Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #4316, aired 2003-05-12 | THE BREADED OPERA CATEGORY $2000: In this Beethoven opera, Leonore gives the weak, imprisoned Florestan some bread Fidelio |
| #4288, aired 2003-04-02 | PLAYING MUSICIANS $1600: 1994:
Gary Oldman as this "Immortal" genius Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #4276, aired 2003-03-17 | COMPOSE YOURSELF $1200: The same not very skillful eye surgeon operated on Bach & on this man born in 1685, his greatest contemporary George Frideric Handel |
| #4262, aired 2003-02-25 | BALLET $800: In 1999 Ballet Pacifica premiered "Moonlight", performed to a sonata by this composer Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #4238, aired 2003-01-22 | WHAT A PEASANT SURPRISE $800: The third movement of his 1808 "Pastoral" Symphony is entitled "Merry Gathering of the Peasants" Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #4231, aired 2003-01-13 | MINOR CLASSICS $400: Though minor keys often suggest sadness, this work in D minor contains an ode to joy "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: In 1802 he wrote that "Anyone standing beside me could hear at a distance a flute that I could not hear" Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #4171, aired 2002-10-21 | COMPOSERS $400: Of the 3 B's of classical music, the one born last Johannes Brahms |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $400: In 1792 Beethoven went to this city, where he went into Haydn for lessons & stayed for the rest of his life Vienna |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $800: Beethoven lifted a theme from his own "Prometheus" for his 3rd Symphony, called this "Eroica" ("Heroic") |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $1200: A newly found Beethoven piece, played for the 1st time in 1999, ran this long, 9 sec. shorter than a Chopin waltz 51 seconds |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $1600: Variants of the 4 notes that begin this Beethoven work, Opus 67, drive all 4 of its movements 5th Symphony |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $2000: In a Beethoven opera, Leonore disguises herself as this title boy Fidelio |
| #4140, aired 2002-09-06 | KJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $1200: Time now for the KJPY clue of the day: born in 1770, he called himself Bacchus, pressing out the wine of musical revelation Beethoven |
| #4101, aired 2002-06-03 | DOWN FOR THE LESSER-KNOWN COUNT $400: Egmont, Count of Lamoral was the subject of a Goethe tragedy with music by this great German composer Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | GIVE THE ROLE TO GARY $1000: Film, 1994:
Ludwig van Beethoven Gary Oldman |
| #4023, aired 2002-02-13 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: In 1802 he declared he would "take fate by the throat" & continue composing despite his deafness Beethoven |
| #4010, aired 2002-01-25 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Beethoven's "Piano Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27", is best known by this name which he never approved of "Moonlight Sonata" |
| #3981, aired 2001-12-17 | CLASSICAL CLASSICS $2000: This man's sixth symphony is known as the Pastoral Symphony Beethoven |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This Beethoven piano concerto, Opus 73, sounds fit for more than a king the "Emperor Concerto" |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | ROBERT SCHUMANN $1000: Robert Schumann died age 46 in an asylum near Bonn, the city where this musical titan was born in 1770 Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | COMPOSE YOURSELF! $400: This major German composed the overture in C major heard here J.S. Bach |
| #3911, aired 2001-09-10 | LONG GERMAN WORDS $400: Freude is this to which Beethoven composed an ode; Schadenfreude is this at someone else's misfortune joy |
| #3888, aired 2001-06-27 | ITALIAN MUSICAL TERMS $1000: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony begins "with vigor", allegro con this Brio |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | BEETHOVEN $200: Beethoven supposedly said of this work's opening, "Thus fate knocks at the door" "5th Symphony" |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | BEETHOVEN $400: The Beatles liked to repeat the number of this symphony "9th Symphony" |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | BEETHOVEN $600: This sonata shares its name with a Tchaikovsky symphony "Pathetique Symphony" |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | BEETHOVEN $800: Famous nocturnal name for an 1801 sonata "Moonlight Sonata" |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | BEETHOVEN $1000: The piece heard here was written in 1810 "Fur" her Elise |
| #3872, aired 2001-06-05 | REAL AUDIO $100: His "Rock & Roll Music" includes "Maybellene" & "Roll Over Beethoven" Chuck Berry |
| #3864, aired 2001-05-24 | ROCK ME, AMADEUS $1,500 (Daily Double): Composer whose name completes the title of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Mozart and..." Salieri |
| #3862, aired 2001-05-22 | THE ONE & ONLY $1000: Subtitled "Conjugal Love", it was Beethoven's one & only opera Fidelio |
| #3853, aired 2001-05-09 | THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA $800: The orchestra's first concert at the Academy of Music, its home 1900-2001, featured this man's 1805 Fifth Symphony Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #3844, aired 2001-04-26 | TAKE A LETTER $600: His famous love letter began, "Though still in bed my thoughts go out to you, my immortal beloved" Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #3798, aired 2001-02-21 | COMPOSERS & THEIR WORKS $100: Beethoven wrote a battle symphony celebrating this duke's victory over Napoleon the Duke of Wellington |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | 1802 $300: In his "Heiligenstadt Tastament", Beethoven lamented over his loss of this Hearing |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | 2 OUT OF 3 $200: 2 of the 3 Bs of classical music Bach, Beethoven & Brahms |
| #3730, aired 2000-11-17 | 1812 $800 (Daily Double): He wrote his 7th & 8th Symphonies & that famous "Immortal Beloved" letter in 1812 Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | GOYA $200: Goya, like his contemporary Beethoven, lost almost all of this at about age 47 his hearing |
| #3704, aired 2000-10-12 | THE "MINOR"s $1000: It's the key of Beethoven's famous Fifth Symphony C Minor |
| #3703, aired 2000-10-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: He wrote 4 overtures to "Fidelio", the most popular being the "Leonore Overture No. 3" L.V. Beethoven |
| #3695, aired 2000-09-29 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: This bent steel rod struck by a small metal rod is used in the final movement of Beethoven's Ninth Triangle |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | "JOY" SHTICK $400: This poem by Friedrich von Schiller was the basis for the choral finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony "Ode to Joy" |
| #3658, aired 2000-06-28 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $300: The 1815 death of his brother Caspar led to a long struggle for custody of Caspar's son Karl Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #3651, aired 2000-06-19 | ALSO AT THE 2000 GRAMMYS $200: The Best Chamber Music Performance was this German's sonatas with Lambert Orkis, not Schroeder, on piano Beethoven |
| #3623, aired 2000-05-10 | HAIL, HAIL ROCK 'N' ROLL $300: "Roll Over Beethoven and tell" this Russian composer "the news" Tchaikovsky |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | COMPOSE YOURSELF $600: 19th century heir to Bach & Beethoven seen here: Johannes Brahms |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | 1800 $200: His First Symphony debuted April 2 in Vienna; 8 to go... Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: Though totally deaf, in 1824 he insisted on conducting the premiere of his "Ninth Symphony" Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #3497, aired 1999-11-16 | POTPOURRI $1000: His Ninth Symphony includes the "Ode to Joy"; his opera "Fidelio" includes "O Nameless Joy" Beethoven |
| #3497, aired 1999-11-16 | "B" YOURSELF $2,000 (Daily Double): (Yo-Yo Ma gives the clue and performs a cello solo.) Are you ready? This "B" of classical music wrote the piece I'm about to perform Johann Sebastian Bach |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $200: He dedicated his "Moonlight Sonata" to the countess Giulietta Guicciardi Beethoven |
| #3473, aired 1999-10-13 | CONTEMPORARIES $800 (Daily Double): The 2 of the 3 Bs among classical composers that Ben Franklin could have met Bach & Beethoven |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: This German composer's 5th Symphony in C Minor has a famous opening Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #3399, aired 1999-05-20 | SHORT BIOS $400: Born in 1770, studied with Salieri, became totally deaf in 1819, died 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #3361, aired 1999-03-29 | FILM ANIMALS $800: Beethoven St. Bernard |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | WHICH CAME FIRST? $300: Rachmaninoff's 2nd,
Beethoven's 5th,
Schubert's 7th,
Mozart's 41st Mozart's 41st |
| #3346, aired 1999-03-08 | FILM BIOGRAPHIES $1000: Among the film portrayals of Beethoven are Ewald Balser's in 1949's "Eroica" & Gary Oldman's in this 1994 film Immortal Beloved |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | "JOY" TO THE WORLD $500: It's the rousing musical composition heard here "Ode To Joy" (from Beethoven's 9th) |
| #3272, aired 1998-11-24 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: His "Eroica" symphony was dedicated to his patron Prince Lobkowitz, not Napoleon as first intended Beethoven |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | SYMPHONIES $200: "Merry Gathering of the Peasants" is one movement of his 1808 "Pastoral" symphony Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | MUSIC POTPOURRI $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1772 he composed his Symphony No. 17 in G Minor, K-129 Wolfgang A. Mozart |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | BY 2000 $300: British musicologist Jonathan Del Mar hopes to have fully restored this composer's 9 symphonies Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | JOHN HUGHES FILMS $300: Hughes co-wrote the screenplay for this 1992 movie about a slobbering St. Bernard Beethoven |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: The name of this band, heard here, combines a type of recreational vehicle & a composer:
"Take the skinheads bowling, take them bowling..." Camper Van Beethoven |
| #3163, aired 1998-05-06 | 20th CENTURY CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Considered an heir to Beethoven, Gustav Mahler, like Ludwig, completed only this many symphonies 9 |
| #3151, aired 1998-04-20 | MUSIC POTPOURRI $500: Beethoven called it "Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia", but we know it by this "lunar" name the "Moonlight Sonata" |
| #3131, aired 1998-03-23 | PUNCHLINE $500: It explains why music played backwards is coming from Beethoven's grave he's decomposing |
| #3117, aired 1998-03-03 | MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD $600: One highlight of this capital's Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum is a piano used by Beethoven Budapest |
| #3108, aired 1998-02-18 | EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS.... $200: Of this deaf composer she wrote, "Sweet sounds, oh beautiful music, do not cease!" L.V. Beethoven |
| #3097, aired 1998-02-03 | THE 3 Bs $100: Beethoven tried all the latest scientific methods including sulphur vapors to cure this Deafness |
| #3097, aired 1998-02-03 | THE 3 Bs $200: Of the three B's, he's the one who composed the following: Brahms |
| #3097, aired 1998-02-03 | THE 3 Bs $400: The 2 who called Vienna home Beethoven & Brahms |
| #3097, aired 1998-02-03 | THE 3 Bs $500: Beethoven's only opera, based on J.N. Bouilly's "Leonore", it premiered in 1805 "Fidelio" |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ENDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Symphony whose ending is heard here; its opening is more famous Beethoven's Fifth Symphony |
| #3071, aired 1997-12-29 | COMPOSERS $400: At the time of his death, Beethoven was working on this number symphony 10th |
| #3052, aired 1997-12-02 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $200: His period of work between "Eroica" & Symphony No. 8 is known as his heroic decade Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #2961, aired 1997-06-16 | ROCK LYRICS $100: Chuck Berry told this composer to "Roll Over" & "Tell Tchaikovsky the News" Beethoven |
| #2954, aired 1997-06-05 | COMPOSERS $200: Carl Czerny was just 15 when he began teaching in this Austrian city; Beethoven's nephew was among his pupils Vienna |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | COMPOSERS $200: The sixth of this German's 9 symphonies is nicknamed "Pastoral" Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #2871, aired 1997-02-10 | CINEMA SEQUELS $300: We'll be doggone if Charles Grodin didn't return for this 1993 sequel about a St. Bernard Beethoven's 2nd |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $200: Although a pupil of Joseph Haydn, this "Eroica" composer said he never learned anything from him Beethoven |
| #2818, aired 1996-11-27 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $300: In 1977, his "Immortal Beloved" was identified as Antonie Brentano, wife of a merchant Beethoven |
| #2809, aired 1996-11-14 | BEETHOVEN $100: In English, this first name of Beethoven would be Lewis Ludwig |
| #2809, aired 1996-11-14 | BEETHOVEN $200: World Book says Beethoven was somewhat odd before he lost this sense & irritable after hearing |
| #2791, aired 1996-10-21 | OPERA $800: Beethoven wrote 16 versions of the hero's entrance in this opera & we still don't know if he's satisfied "Fidelio" |
| #2783, aired 1996-10-09 | OPERA CHARACTERS $1000: Leonore disguises herself as a boy known by this title name in a popular Beethoven opera Fidelio |
| #2756, aired 1996-09-02 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Shortly after this "Gretchen am Spinnrade" composer met Beethoven, he was a torchbearer at his funeral Schubert |
| #2724, aired 1996-06-06 | FAMOUS GERMANS $200: Though completely deaf, he insisted on helping conduct the 1824 premiere of his ninth symphony Beethoven |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | COMPOSERS $600: His Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Opus 27, No. 2 is better known as the "Moonlight Sonata" Beethoven |
| #2699, aired 1996-05-02 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $200: His grandfather, also named Ludwig, was a Flemish immigrant who moved to Bonn in 1733 Beethoven |
| #2683, aired 1996-04-10 | OPERA $1000: Beethoven wrote 4 overtures for this opera "Fidelio" |
| #2630, aired 1996-01-26 | FILM TO TV $200: In September 1994 the animated adventures of this film St. Bernard debuted on CBS Beethoven |
| #2617, aired 1996-01-09 | COMPOSERS $800: Carl Czerny was a student of Beethoven & a teacher of this Hungarian pianist & composer Liszt |
| #2596, aired 1995-12-11 | COMPOSERS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1888 the remains of Beethoven and this Lieder composer were buried side by side in a Vienna cemetery Schubert |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | COMPOSERS ON FILM $400: In 1994's "Immortal Beloved", Gary Oldman portrayed this composer Beethoven |
| #2580, aired 1995-11-17 | COMPOSERS $1000: In 1809, Princes Kinsky & Lobkowitz & Archduke Rudolf guaranteed him an income if he'd remain in Vienna Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #2568, aired 1995-11-01 | COMPOSERS $200: This composer's deafness may have been caused by syphilis Beethoven |
| #2520, aired 1995-07-14 | COMPOSERS $400: He first realized he was going deaf in 1798; he was only 27 Beethoven |
| #2482, aired 1995-05-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $300 (Daily Double): Once dedicated to Napoleon, this Beethoven symphony celebrates "The Memory of a Great Man" "Eroica Symphony" (Symphony No. 3) |
| #2470, aired 1995-05-05 | COMPOSERS $600: His 6th or "Pastoral" symphony contains imitations of a storm & birds singing Beethoven |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | GERMAN COMPOSERS $600: The second period of his work, more personal & romantic, began with the "Moonlight" sonata Beethoven |
| #2426, aired 1995-03-06 | OPERA $1000: When Gustav Mahler presented this Beethoven opera, he set its first scene in Rocco's kitchen Fidelio |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $2,000 (Daily Double): He wrote the "Symphonie Pathetique" about 95 years after Beethoven wrote the "Sonate Pathetique" Tchaikovsky |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | DECEMBER 25 $500 (Daily Double): In 1989 Bernstein conducted Beethoven's 9th at a celebration of this landmark's destruction the Berlin Wall |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | MUSIC $400: He composed the "Eroica Variations" before he wrote the "Eroica Symphony" Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: He sketched out a 10th symphony after his Choral 9th but died before he could write it Beethoven |
| #2336, aired 1994-10-31 | COMPOSERS $200: In many of his works, Charles Ives quoted the "Fate Motive" from this German's famous 5th symphony Beethoven |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | COMPOSERS $600: He studied with Christian Gottlob Neefe in his native Bonn, Germany before going to Vienna in 1792 Ludwig von Beethoven |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | COMPOSERS $600: Beethoven called this oratorio composer "the greatest composer that ever lived" Handel |
| #2236, aired 1994-05-02 | 1993 MOVIES $200: In his most recent film, this St. Bernard has a girlfriend named Missy & 4 puppies Beethoven |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | POTPOURRI $100: Of the three Bs, the one who's Schroeder's personal favorite in "Peanuts" Beethoven |
| #2229, aired 1994-04-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: He dedicated his third symphony, the "Eroica", to his patron Prince Lobkowitz Beethoven |
| #2221, aired 1994-04-11 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $200: By the time he completed his ninth symphony in 1824, this composer was totally deaf Beethoven |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | COMPOSERS $400: He took the text for his choral Ninth Symphony from Schiller's ode "An Die Freude" Beethoven |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | OPERA $600: Like Beethoven, Claude Debussy only completed this many operas 1 |
| #2190, aired 1994-02-25 | COMPOSERS $200: He communicated with his friends by writing in "conversation books" after he became completely deaf Beethoven |
| #2170, aired 1994-01-28 | COMPOSERS $600: Beethoven wrote "Moonlight Sonata" & he wrote "Clair de Lune" Debussy |
| #2162, aired 1994-01-18 | MUSIC $1000: Leo Tolstoy based a story on his Kreutzer Sonata Beethoven |
| #2159, aired 1994-01-13 | OPERA $800: This Beethoven opera is based on one titled "Leonore, or Conjugal Love" Fidelio |
| #2149, aired 1993-12-30 | MUSIC $300: Beethoven's "Sonata Quasi una Fantasia" is usually known by this "lunar" name the "Moonlight Sonata" |
| #2146, aired 1993-12-27 | THE OSCARS $100: When Dimitri Tiomkin "scored" with a 1954 Oscar, he thanked these 3 Bs of classical music Brahms, Beethoven & Bach |
| #2139, aired 1993-12-16 | COMPOSERS $200: He likened the familiar opening 4 notes of his fifth symphony to fate knocking at the door Beethoven |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | OPERA $1000: "The Kiss" was the first opera this "Bartered Bride" composer wrote after losing his hearing Bedrich Smetana |
| #2105, aired 1993-10-29 | COMPOSERS $200 (Daily Double): Beethoven studied under this rival of Mozart & later dedicated 3 sonatas to him Salieri |
| #2103, aired 1993-10-27 | MUSIC $200: Number of symphonies completed by Beethoven 9 |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | OPERA $1000: This 1805 Beethoven work is one of the most famous rescue operas Fidelio |
| #2083, aired 1993-09-29 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $300: The 1st 33 1/3 rpm long-playing record featured this composer's Fifth Symphony conducted by L. Stokowksi Beethoven |
| #2069, aired 1993-09-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: Dissatisfied with his opera "Fidelio", he wrote 4 overtures for it Beethoven |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: The "van" in his name was from the Dutch, not the German Beethoven |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 30-SOMETHING $100: At age 33 in 1804, he started a new symphony, his 5th, with a Da-Da-Da-Duh Beethoven |
| #2027, aired 1993-06-01 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: This composer's deafness was confessed to his brothers in the "Heiligenstadt Testament" Beethoven |
| #2023, aired 1993-05-26 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $400: Though deaf, he conducted the 1824 premiere of his choral Ninth Symphony Beethoven |
| #2000, aired 1993-04-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: This Viennese lieder composer was a torchbearer at Beethoven's funeral on March 29, 1827 Schubert |
| #1995, aired 1993-04-16 | AUTHORS $400: Of Bach, Beethoven or Brahms, the one who wrote "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" (Richard) Bach |
| #1952, aired 1993-02-16 | COMPOSERS $200: He tried to get sole guardianship of his nephew Karl Beethoven after his brother Caspar's death Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | COMPOSERS $200: Like Beethoven, Mahler completed this many symphonies 9 |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | MUSIC $600: Examples of these poems set to music include Schoenberg's "to Napoleon" & Beethoven's "to Joy" odes |
| #1891, aired 1992-11-23 | GERMAN CITIES $800: An annual Beethoven festival is held in this city where he was born in 1770 Bonn |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Beethoven originally dedicated his 1804 "Eroica" symphony to this world leader Napoleon |
| #1877, aired 1992-11-03 | OPERA $400: To save her husband, Florestan, Leonore disguises herself as this young man in a Beethoven opera Fidelio |
| #1866, aired 1992-10-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: Haydn & Mozart did it from the keyboard, Beethoven from a podium in front of the orchestra conduct |
| #1789, aired 1992-05-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: Describing his growing deafness in a letter to his brothers, he wrote, "I must live like an exile" Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #1782, aired 1992-05-05 | INVENTORS $200: Johann Maelzel, a friend of Beethoven's, patented a device that enabled dolls to do this speak |
| #1770, aired 1992-04-17 | MUSIC $1000: This city's 1st school centered around Beethoven, Haydn & Mozart, the 2nd around Berg, Webern & Schoenberg Vienna |
| #1734, aired 1992-02-27 | COMPOSERS $800: In 1988, 161 years after his death, the 1st movement of his unfinished 10th symphony had its world premiere Beethoven |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | COMPOSERS $800: Hailed as Beethoven's successor, his first symphony in 1876 was dubbed by one pianist "The Tenth" Brahms |
| #1689, aired 1991-12-26 | MUSIC $500: Beethoven gave this "rural" name to his Symphony No. 6 in F major Pastoral |
| #1687, aired 1991-12-24 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: This composer's last name means "beet garden" in Dutch Ludwig van Beethoven |
| #1662, aired 1991-11-19 | DISCO $100: Walter Murphy added a funky beat to this composer's Fifth Symphony Beethoven |
| #1659, aired 1991-11-14 | HISTORIC TRIOS $200: In music history, they're known as "The Three B's" Bach, Brahms & Beethoven |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: Beethoven's title was "3 Equali for 4" of this instruments, not 76 trombones |
| #1622, aired 1991-09-24 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $500: In a Beethoven opera Leonora disguises herself as this title man Fidelio |
| #1621, aired 1991-09-23 | MUSIC $200: His Piano Concerto No. 5 or "Emperor" was the 1st he couldn't premiere himself, due to deafness Beethoven |
| #1611, aired 1991-09-09 | MUSICAL QUOTES $500: This composer's last words were said to be these poignant ones, "I shall hear in heaven" Beethoven |
| #1582, aired 1991-06-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2,700 (Daily Double): This popular title for Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 57 is Italian for "with intense feeling" “Appassionata” |
| #1561, aired 1991-05-20 | COMPOSERS $400: He planned to dedicate his "Eroica" to Napoleon until Napoleon took the title "Emperor" Beethoven |
| #1554, aired 1991-05-09 | COMPOSERS $400: He dedicated the "Moonlight" sonata" to lady love Giulietta Guicciardi Beethoven |
| #1512, aired 1991-03-12 | OPERA $300: Beethoven completed 4 overtures for this, his only opera Fidelio |
| #1476, aired 1991-01-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: Beethoven's "Piano Sonata in C sharp minor" is better known by this title "The Moonlight Sonata" |
| #1468, aired 1991-01-09 | WORLD WAR II $800: The British public morale-building "V for Victory" campaign used this work's first four notes Beethoven's 5th |
| #1458, aired 1990-12-26 | NUMBER, PLEASE $300 (Daily Double): Number of the Beethoven symphony heard here the 9th |
| #1438, aired 1990-11-28 | COMPOSERS $100: He dedicated his 9th Symphony, which includes the Ode to Joy, to the King of Prussia Beethoven |
| #1431, aired 1990-11-19 | MUSIC $400: Born in Bonn, he became a professional musician at 11 but was later taught by Haydn Beethoven |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | MUSIC $600: Beethoven set this F. von Schiller work to music for the Ninth Symphony's choral movement "Ode To Joy" |
| #1407, aired 1990-10-16 | COMPOSERS $600: Conductor Hans von Bulow, who coined the term "The 3 Bs" was a contemporary of this "B" Brahms |
| #1402, aired 1990-10-09 | WORLD CAPITALS $400: Beethoven's home in this West German capital is now a museum Bonn |
| #1379, aired 1990-09-06 | COMPOSERS $200: In the 1790s, when he was in his 20s, he began to lose his hearing & it tormented him Beethoven |
| #4, aired 1990-07-07 | HODGEPODGE $600: The Royal Opera House in London has staged this Beethoven opera over 100 times since World War II Fidelio |
| #2, aired 1990-06-23 | COMPOSERS $1000: Beethoven studied some writing with this villain of “Amadeus” Salieri (Antonio) |
| #1347, aired 1990-06-12 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: He wrote on a sketch for his 3rd "Razumovsky" quartet, "Let your deafness no longer be a secret." Beethoven |
| #1316, aired 1990-04-30 | CZECH, PLEASE $400: Like Beethoven, Antonin Dvorák wrote this many complete symphonies 9 |
| #1289, aired 1990-03-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600 (Daily Double): Most people know its first 4 notes; these are its last notes: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony |
| #1276, aired 1990-03-05 | COMPOSERS $400: Of the 3 Bs, the 2 who died in Vienna Beethoven & Brahms |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | COMPOSERS $800: He used the piccolo & trombone for the first time in his Fifth Symphony Beethoven |
| #1194, aired 1989-11-09 | MUSIC $600: In 1802 he wrote his famous "Heiligenstadt Testament" to his brothers L.V. Beethoven |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BEETHOVEN $200: The Appassionata is a composition in this musical form a sonata |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BEETHOVEN $400: Beethoven's pupils included Rudolf, who was archduke & brother of this country's emperor Austria |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BEETHOVEN $600: Even Beethoven worked into his music this popular dance of the times, developed from the Ländler the waltz |
| #1169, aired 1989-10-05 | FAMOUS TRIOS $400: They were born in Eisenach, Bonn & Hamburg in the 17th, 18th & 19th centuries Bach, Brahms & Beethoven |
| #1164, aired 1989-09-28 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800 (Daily Double): For the 1991-2 bicentennial of this composer's death, 800 of his works will be performed at Lincoln Center W.A. Mozart |
| #1164, aired 1989-09-28 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: If Beethoven rolled over in his grave, he'd find this composer of the Incidental Music to Rosamunde Franz Schubert |
| #1103, aired 1989-05-24 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: This 1940 Disney film featured the music of Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Schubert & Mussorgsky Fantasia |
| #1060, aired 1989-03-24 | KINGS NAMED LOUIS $1000: Louis II of Bavaria, the notorious "Mad King Ludwig", was a fanatic admirer of this composer Wagner |
| #1046, aired 1989-03-06 | COMPOSERS $1000: This "Father of the Symphony" was a pal of Mozart's & taught Beethoven Haydn |
| #1042, aired 1989-02-28 | ROCK 'N' ROLL SONGS $100: This composer might roll over in his grave if he heard Chuck Berry tell him to in this 1956 song "Roll Over Beethoven" |
| #1016, aired 1989-01-23 | ART $1000: While the deaf Beethoven was composing, this deaf Spanish artist was painting the Bulls of Bordeaux Goya |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | MUSIC $100: Beethoven wrote 3 equale compositions for 4 of these instruments, not 76 trombones |
| #1013, aired 1989-01-18 | THE 3 "B"s $400: Beethoven wrote the famous "Heiligenstadt Testament" in 1802, describing this disability deafness |
| #1013, aired 1989-01-18 | THE 3 "B"s $800: The "B" who wrote the "Egmont Overture" Beethoven |
| #1001, aired 1989-01-02 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Under this title, Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.14 in C# minor could go in the astronomy category the Moonlight Sonata |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | COMPOSERS $200: Schubert died less than 2 yrs. after carrying a torch at the funeral of this great German composer in 1827 Beethoven |
| #971, aired 1988-11-21 | COMPOSERS $600: "I shall hear in heaven", this composer said, but he died in 1827 saying, "Too bad! Too bad! It's too late!" Beethoven |
| #969, aired 1988-11-17 | MUSICAL EUROPE $200: Some evidence indicates Beethoven moved 79 times during his 35-year stay in this central European capital Vienna |
| #928, aired 1988-09-21 | LANDMARKS $100: On the Vienna memorial to this composer, the figures represent his 9 symphonies Beethoven |
| #892, aired 1988-06-21 | SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS $200: Beethoven thought about basing an opera on this play & even began a witches' chorus Macbeth |
| #885, aired 1988-06-10 | GERMAN COMPOSERS $200: Beethoven's birthplace, now the capital of West Germany Bonn |
| #857, aired 1988-05-03 | MUSIC $100: It's the Beethoven symphony with the highest opus number, 125 the 9th |
| #846, aired 1988-04-18 | COMPOSERS $600: He wrote a "Pastoral" piano sonata as well as a "Pastoral" symphony (Ludwig van) Beethoven |
| #829, aired 1988-03-24 | THIRD SYMPHONIES $600: His original dedication to Napoleon was later withdrawn from his 3rd symphony, the "Eroica" Beethoven |
| #818, aired 1988-03-09 | GRAVE MATTERS $800: Schubert was buried where he asked to be, near this great German composer who died in 1827 Beethoven |
| #798, aired 1988-02-10 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $600: Of Bach, Beethoven, or Brahms, the one who was a Baroque composer Bach |
| #797, aired 1988-02-09 | MUSIC $600: At the climax of his 9th Symphony, the chorus proclaims all men in the world are brothers Beethoven |
| #794, aired 1988-02-04 | MUSICAL JEWELRY $500: In "Kismet", the 3 "B's" refer not to Bach, Beethoven & Brahms, but to this song title "Baubles, Bangles & Beads" |
| #780, aired 1988-01-15 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $500: Beethoven wrote many solo pieces for this instrument which can be 7-10 feet long a (concert grand) piano |
| #763, aired 1987-12-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: At the premiere of his last symphony, he had to be turned around to see the applause he couldn't hear Beethoven |
| #743, aired 1987-11-25 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: Beethoven may have included one of these in his 3rd symphony, but we're not giving him Sousa's crown March |
| #741, aired 1987-11-23 | OPERA $600: Composer of "Fidelio", this German once looked so sloppy he was thrown into jail as a vagabond Beethoven |
| #715, aired 1987-10-16 | BEETHOVEN $100: Not more than 5 feet, 5 inches how tall is Beethoven |
| #715, aired 1987-10-16 | BEETHOVEN $200: Since he couldn't stay in time with the music, Ludwig never learned this social grace dancing |
| #715, aired 1987-10-16 | BEETHOVEN $300: Beethoven is credited as 1st to use this highest-pitched of all woodwinds in a symphony piccolo |
| #715, aired 1987-10-16 | BEETHOVEN $400: Gaining early fame as a virtuoso on this, Beethoven was probably the greatest player of his time piano |
| #715, aired 1987-10-16 | BEETHOVEN $500: After hearing Beethoven, this composer from Salzburg said, "Someday he will make a big noise in the world" Mozart |
| #704, aired 1987-10-01 | COMPOSERS $200: This, Beethoven's last symphony, was premiered after only 2 rehearsals 9th |
| #661, aired 1987-06-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $500: Common name of Beethoven's 6th Symphony -- you know, the one about the shepherds the Pastoral Symphony |
| #650, aired 1987-06-05 | EASY OPERA $100: Of "the three B's", the only one who composed an opera Beethoven |
| #627, aired 1987-05-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Beethoven work containing Schiller's "Ode to Joy" the Ninth Symphony |
| #623, aired 1987-04-29 | BEETHOVEN $200: Total number of complete symphonies Beethoven wrote 9 |
| #623, aired 1987-04-29 | BEETHOVEN $400: Number of times Beethoven married Beethoven never married |
| #623, aired 1987-04-29 | BEETHOVEN $1000: On March 29, 1827, it was attended by 20,000 people including Schubert his funeral |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | THE SENSES $300: Appropriately named "instrument" used by Beethoven to compensate for his hearing loss an ear trumpet |
| #592, aired 1987-03-17 | TAKE A GUESS $300: Circuit City's TV ads featured this deaf 18th century composer recommending their stereos Beethoven |
| #547, aired 1987-01-13 | REMEMBER DISCO? $1,000 (Daily Double): Beethoven might well have rolled over hearing the music set to a disco beat on this album: Hooked on Classics |
| #532, aired 1986-12-23 | POP INSTRUMENTALS $800: Working with only a "fraction" of the material, Walter Murphy made it to #1 with this piece in '76 Beethoven's 5th |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | WORLD CITIES $300: Many composers including Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, & Strauss, made this capital their home Vienna |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | RITUALS $700 (Daily Double): A new ritual in Japan is the singing of this song in German to ring out the old year:
"Freude, schöner Götterfunken, / Tochter aus Elysium..." (Beethoven's) the "Ode To Joy" |
| #498, aired 1986-11-05 | MILITARY MELODIES $400: Tchaikovsky's overture uses cannons; this great German's 1813 "Wellington's Victory" uses musket fire Beethoven |
| #497, aired 1986-11-04 | MUSIC $400: It refers to the key & meter signals at the beginning of the composition, not Beethoven's autograph a signature |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | PEANUTS $100: Schroeder never forgets to celebrate this historic December 16th birthday Beethoven's birthday |
| #422, aired 1986-04-22 | COMPOSERS $200: Composers known as “the 3 B’s” Bach, Beethoven & Brahms |
| #407, aired 1986-04-01 | TOYS & GAMES $200: A friend of Beethoven, Johann Maelzel, patented a mechanism to make a doll say these 2 words Mama & Papa |
| #388, aired 1986-03-05 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: As his musical needs grew, this early 19th c. composer added the piccolo & trombone to orchestra Beethoven |
| #358, aired 1986-01-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: At 85, Toscanini conducted Beethoven's 9th his last time with this network's symphony NBC |
| #355, aired 1986-01-17 | COMPOSERS $200: German composer who saw, not heard, applause at the premiere of his 9th Symphony Beethoven |
| #276, aired 1985-09-30 | "ROCK" & "ROLL" SONGS $300: Chuck Berry's way of saying "Step aside, Ludwig" "Roll Over Beethoven" |
| #270, aired 1985-09-20 | WORLD CAPITALS $200: Beethoven's birthplace, it's now West Germany's capital Bonn |
| #172, aired 1985-05-07 | COMPOSERS $400: His 9th Symphony's "Ode To Joy" was featured in The Beatles' movie "Help" Beethoven |
| #128, aired 1985-03-06 | WORLD CITIES $300: "The Musician's Holy City", home at one time to Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms & the Strausses, etc. Vienna |
| #127, aired 1985-03-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: 5'4", thickset & broad, he wrote the Appassionata Sonata which broke the classic rules Ludvig von Beethoven |
| #117, aired 1985-02-19 | LITERATURE $1000: A Tolstoy short story was based on this composer's "Kreutzer Sonata" Beethoven |
| #45, aired 1984-11-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: The “B” who wrote the famous “Lullaby” Brahms |
| #44, aired 1984-11-08 | “V” CITIES $600: Beethoven, Brahms, but not Bach, made music here Vienna |
| #43, aired 1984-11-07 | BELONGS TO $1,300 (Daily Double): Symphony you can name in just these 4 notes Beethoven's Fifth Symphony |
| #15, aired 1984-09-28 | THE COMICS $500: Peanuts' Schroeder celebrates it every December 16 Beethoven's birthday |
