| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | HORROR MUSIC $1600: In a song by the goth rock band Bauhaus, this horror movie legend is "Dead, undead, undead, undead" Bela Lugosi |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | OPERA $1200: In a Bela Bartok opera, Judith comes to live in this man's "Castle" & discovers its room of his previous wives Bluebeard |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | ESPERANTO FILM FESTIVAL $1200: "Bela Menso" A Beautiful Mind |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | & THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR OSCAR GOES TO... $2000: Martin Landau, as this real-life actor in "Ed Wood" (Bela) Lugosi |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | RANKS & TITLES $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) Budapest's Memento Park may make you exclaim, "Cool"; Hungarians exclaim, "Király" which also means this, like Béla IV or Ladislaus I king |
| #8157, aired 2020-02-11 | BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) Bela Kun founded the Hungarian Communist Party after World War I, but in the 1930s fell victim to a Russian purge of followers of this exile Trotsky |
| #8122, aired 2019-12-24 | IT'S NOT GOOD TO BE THE KING $1200: Bela I of Hungary died ignominiously when this furniture symbol of his royalty collapsed, mortally wounding him his throne |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | CLASSICAL DANCE $800: Between 1915 & 1917, after traveling among rural people, Bela Bartok wrote 6 "Romanian" these "Dances" Folk |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | THE MOVIES $1600: The 1932 film "White Zombie" starred this actor better known as a bloodsucker (Bela) Lugosi |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | 5 "B"s OF CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This Hungarian's 1923 "Dance Suite" celebrated the 50th anniversary of the merger of Buda, Pest & Obuda Béla Bartók |
| #7818, aired 2018-09-12 | I LEARNED IT FROM MENTAL FLOSS $200: Although Bela Lugosi resented the typecasting, he was buried wearing the signature cape of this character Count Dracula |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | THE RHYME OF SIR NEVILLE MARRINER $1600: Critics agree the results were quite Bela/
When Nev did the works of this composing fella Bela Bartok |
| #7666, aired 2018-01-01 | SAVED BY THE BELA $400: From 1931, one of this actor's memorable movie lines is "I never drink... wine" Bela Lugosi |
| #7666, aired 2018-01-01 | SAVED BY THE BELA $800: On Dec. 20, 1918 Bela Kun, a disciple of Lenin, founded this party in Hungary the Communist Party |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $2000: Bela Fleck the banjo |
| #7442, aired 2017-01-10 | VARIETY PACK $2000: In 1913 Bela Schick developed a test for determining the susceptibility of infants to this infectious "d"isease diphtheria |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | DEALER'S CHOICE $600: The 1932 Bela Lugosi classic "White Zombie" is set in this traditional Caribbean zombie homeland Haiti |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | ACTORS PLAYING ACTORS $2000: Martin Landau won an Oscar for his "Ed Wood" portrayal of this movie actor Bela Lugosi |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | ZOMBIES ARE COMING! $600: Rob Cummings, aka Rob Zombie, fronted this band, also the name of a 1932 Bela Lugosi flick White Zombie |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | BELA $400: This horror movie actor's last film, "Plan 9 from Outer Space", was released in 1959, 3 years after his death Bela Lugosi |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | BELA $800: He coached gymnasts Nadia Comaneci & Mary Lou Retton to Olympic titles Béla Károlyi |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | BELA $1200: Bela Pratt designed the early 20th century quarter eagle gold coin, worth this much $2.50 |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | BELA $1600: This jazz banjo player has been nominated in more categories than anyone else in Grammy history Béla Fleck |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | BELA $2000: In 1907 this composer became professor of piano at the royal Hungarian musical academy Béla Bartók |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIES $400: nytimes.com velcomes you to the list of "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made", vich includes this 1931 Bela Lugosi film Dracula |
| #6267, aired 2011-12-13 | CHAMBER MUSIC $800: Bela Bartok wrote a trio called "Rhapsody" for this woodwind whose sound opens "Rhapsody In Blue" clarinet |
| #6085, aired 2011-02-11 | LAST OF THE COMPOSERS $1600: This Hungarian was just measures away from finishing his "Piano Concerto No. 3" when he died in New York in 1945 Béla Bartók |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | YOU'LL NEED SOME COACHING $600: Valery Liukin,
Bela Karolyi gymnastics |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | THEY WERE DROPOUTS $1600: He dropped out of school as a boy, but sank his teeth into a successful career in Hollywood Bela Lugosi |
| #5927, aired 2010-05-25 | BANDS IN MOVIES $2000: Bauhaus appropriately sang "Bela Lugosi's Dead" in this sanguine film starring Bowie & Deneuve The Hunger |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | STARTS WITH A PAST TENSE VERB $1200: Nationality of Bela Bartok & Franz Liszt Hungarian |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | U.S. STAMPS $800: The Classic Movie Monsters stamps from 1997 included Bela Lugosi as him Dracula |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | COMPOSERS $2000: In 1927 the Baldwin Piano Co. sponsored this Hungarian composer's first visit to the U.S. Béla Bartók |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | HOMELANDS $600: Bela lives on central Europe's largest lake, Balaton, in this country Hungary |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | 20th CENTURY COMPOSERS $2000: He was buried in New York in 1945 & reburied in his beloved Hungary in 1988 Béla Bartók |
| #5321, aired 2007-10-29 | VAMPIRES $600: Bela Lugosi didn't wear a set of these as Dracula, but Christopher Lee did, fixing the image of a vampire for successors fangs (or pointy teeth) |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | NAMES IN POP MUSIC $2000: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" is an offering from this '80s group that's named for Walter Gropius' school of design Bauhaus |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | BORN IN TRANSYLVANIA $1600: Born in what was then Hungary, he gained fame on stage in a Bram Stoker adaptation & later acted in the film Bela Lugosi |
| #5183, aired 2007-03-07 | BREAKFAST CEREAL $1000: In 1987 Bela Lugosi appeared on boxes of this cereal, the first in General Mills' "Monster Cereals" Count Chocula |
| #5100, aired 2006-11-10 | I FORGOT MY LINE! $800: Try to look mysterious when you say, "I never drink... wine"--you're playing this spooky guy (Count) Dracula |
| #5069, aired 2006-09-28 | ALBUMS $1200: Bela Fleck & this group's 2000 CD "Outbound" featured guest stars Shawn Colvin & Yes' Jon Anderson The Flecktones |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | I'M HUNGARIAN $800: I'm a Hungarian actor & I was buried in the cape that I wore in one of my most memorable roles Bela Lugosi |
| #5000, aired 2006-05-12 | ROD SERLING'S TWILIGHT ZONE $1600: Later to win an Oscar as Bela Lugosi, he played a man trying to defect to the West in 1964's "The Jeopardy Room" (Martin) Landau |
| #4864, aired 2005-11-03 | NAME THAT MOVIE $1200: 1931:
"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make" Dracula |
| #4731, aired 2005-03-14 | COMPOSERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1988, more than 40 years after his death, his remains were moved from New York to Budapest for a state funeral (Béla) Bartók |
| #4554, aired 2004-05-27 | A FEW "BAR"s OF MUSIC $2000: This great 20th century Hungarian composer wrote the music for the ballet "The Wooden Prince" (Béla) Bartók |
| #4422, aired 2003-11-25 | '90s MOVIE CHARACTERS $400: In "Ed Wood", this movie Dracula describes Boris Karloff with a string of expletives Bela Lugosi |
| #4325, aired 2003-05-23 | BREAKFAST CEREALS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1987 boxes of this cereal featured a picture of Bela Lugosi dressed in costume Count Chocula |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | THE 13th CENTURY $1200: Before 1250 this country's Bela IV replaced Pest, a city destroyed by the Mongols in 1241, with the new city of Buda Hungary |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | COMPOSERS $800: In 1927 the Baldwin Piano Co. sponsored this Hungarian composer's first visit to the U.S. Béla Bartók |
| #4061, aired 2002-04-08 | WHAT'S "D" MATTER? $800: Bela Lugosi & Gary Oldman are counted among the actors who have played this movie role Dracula |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | LEGENDS OF SPORTS $1000: Bela Karolyi coached this U.S. Olympic team in the 1996 Olympics the U.S. Women's gymnastics team |
| #3867, aired 2001-05-29 | "SPACE" MOVIES $800: Bela Lugosi makes a short appearance in this Ed Wood film, hailed as the worst ever made Plan 9 from Outer Space |
| #3845, aired 2001-04-27 | REMEMBER THE '90s $500: He carried Kerri Strug up to the medal stand at the '96 Olympics Bela Karolyi |
| #3806, aired 2001-03-05 | MOVIE ROLES $1000: As Bela Lugosi, Martin Landau wrestled a fake octopus in this 1994 film biography Ed Wood |
| #3792, aired 2001-02-13 | SPEAKING ESPERANTO $100: Esperanto adverbs generally end in "E"; these words, like bela for "beautiful", in "A" Adjectives |
| #3613, aired 2000-04-26 | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $600: Kun,
Fleck,
Lugosi Bela |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | COMPOSE YOURSELF $1000: In the early 1900s he skipped through the Hungarian countryside to become a folk song authority Bela Bartok |
| #3492, aired 1999-11-09 | YOUNG GOTHS $500: A milestone in Goth culture was the 1979 single "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by this Peter Murphy band Bauhaus |
| #3471, aired 1999-10-11 | SUITE $100 (Daily Double): Bela Bartok wrote his 1923 "Dance Suite" for the 50th anniversary of this city's unification Budapest |
| #3420, aired 1999-06-18 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1000: In 1907 he became professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest Bela Bartok |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE BELA LUGOSI FILE $200: Lugosi was chosen for the big screen role of Dracula after the death of this great horror actor Lon Chaney |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE BELA LUGOSI FILE $400: Bela was born Oct. 20, 1882 as Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko in the town of Lugos in this country Hungary |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE BELA LUGOSI FILE $600: During the Roaring '20s, Bela was rumored to have dated this star of "Mantrap"; I guess he had "It" Clara Bow |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE BELA LUGOSI FILE $800: As a boy, Lugosi lived not far from these mountains, home to the legendary Count Dracula the Carpathians |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE BELA LUGOSI FILE $1000: This man directed Bela in 3 films, "Glen or Glenda?", "Bride of the Monster" & "Plan 9 from Outer Space" Ed Wood |
| #3313, aired 1999-01-20 | BIG SCREEN BLOODSUCKERS $200: The hypnotic eyes of this actor created a shiver of fear in his audiences as well as his victims Bela Lugosi |
| #3270, aired 1998-11-20 | MUMMY DEAREST $100: It's his portrayal of the Mummy that was used on the U.S. stamp seen here Boris Karloff |
| #3268, aired 1998-11-18 | MUSIC $500: Composer who wrote the famous Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15, "The Rakoczy March", heard here Franz Liszt |
| #3215, aired 1998-07-17 | MOVIE NOSTALGIA $500: Bela Lugosi portrayed a Soviet commissar in this 1939 comedy promoted with the slogan "Garbo Laughs!" Ninotchka |
| #3177, aired 1998-05-26 | WHERE THE "H" ARE WE? $300: Lake Balaton,
Bela Bartok Memorial House,
Buda Concert Hall Hungary |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | COACHES $500 (Daily Double): (Hi. I'm Kerri Strug.) Women coached by this man include Nadia Comaneci, Mary Lou Retton & me Bela Karolyi |
| #3086, aired 1998-01-19 | MEDICAL STUFF $1000: In 1913 Bela Schick developed a skin test for this disease, not for shaving diphtheria |
| #3070, aired 1997-12-26 | MODERN OPERA $800: This Hungarian composer wrote only one opera, the dramatic 1-act "Duke Bluebeard's Castle" Bela Bartok |
| #3030, aired 1997-10-31 | UNIVERSAL MONSTERS $100: (Good evening!) Men who've played me on Broadway & screen are Frank Langella in the '70s & this man in the '20s & '30s Bela Lugosi |
| #3020, aired 1997-10-17 | THEY ALMOST STARRED IN... $100: He was such a hit in "Dracula" that he was offered the role of Frankenstein's monster before Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi |
| #3001, aired 1997-09-22 | 1996 OLYMPIC WOMEN $400: Dominique Moceanu's parents came from this country, like her coach, Bela Karolyi Romania |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $800: A street in Budapest is named for this Hungarian composer who moved to the U.S. in 1940 Bela Bartok |
| #2892, aired 1997-03-11 | SON OF SIMIAN CINEMA $500: Karl Malden, Bela Lugosi & Jason Robards, Jr. starred in film versions of this Poe story "Murders in the Rue Morgue" |
| #2889, aired 1997-03-06 | THE STARS $1,000 (Daily Double): Actor seen here in his Oscar-winning role: Martin Landau (as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood) |
| #2884, aired 1997-02-27 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1000: Completed in the 1930s, this Hungarian's work "Mikrokosmos" consists of 153 piano pieces for children Bela Bartok |
| #2840, aired 1996-12-27 | WORLD CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1988 Bela Bartok's remains were moved from the U.S. & reburied in this capital city Budapest, Hungary |
| #2696, aired 1996-04-29 | MUSIC $200: Bela Bartok & Zoltan Kodaly trekked around the hinterlands of this country collecting Magyar songs Hungary |
| #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | WORLD HISTORY $500: During the reign of Bela III, 1173-1196, this country became one of the leading European powers Hungary |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | CELEBRITY QUOTES $100: Rollin Hand on "Mission: Impossible", in 1994 I sank my teeth into the role of Bela Lugosi Martin Landau |
| #2654, aired 1996-02-29 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: Shortly after this Hungarian's 1945 death, 2 of his concertos were completed by Tibor Serly Bela Bartok |
| #2602, aired 1995-12-19 | COMPOSERS $300: In 1907 Hungarian Bela Bartok was appointed professor of piano at this capital's academy of music Budapest |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Bela Bartok's "Contrasts" was commissioned by this swing clarinetist Benny Goodman |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: In March 1919 Count Mihaly Karolyi resigned as president of this country & Communist Bela Kun took control Hungary |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | WEREWOLF $200: In the 1941 classic "The Wolf Man", this "Dracula" star played the werewolf that bit Lon Chaney, Jr. Bela Lugosi |
| #2221, aired 1994-04-11 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1000: In 1907 he was appointed professor of piano at the Royal Hungarian Academy of Music Béla Bartók |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | FAMOUS BELAS $200: Biographies of this man include "The Count" & "The Man Behind the Cape" Bela Lugosi |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | FAMOUS BELAS $400: Bela Kun was one of the founders of this party in Hungary the Communist |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | FAMOUS BELAS $600: Columbia Univ. commissioned this composer to transcribe a collection of Yugoslav songs Bela Bartok |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | FAMOUS BELAS $800: This trainer discovered Nadia Comaneci when she was 6 Bela Karolyi |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | FAMOUS BELAS $1000: Bela Pratt sculpted the Whaleman Statue for this "New" Massachusetts city on Buzzard's Bay New Bedford |
| #2063, aired 1993-07-21 | CELEBRITY COMMON BONDS $100: Frank Langella,
Christopher Lee,
Bela Lugosi they all played Dracula |
| #2052, aired 1993-07-06 | MOVIE CLASSICS $200: This Bela Lugosi film was shot in 1931 along with a Spanish version filmed on the same sets with different actors Dracula |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: The 1st Communist government of this country was established in 1919 when Bela Kun became dictator Hungary |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | ODD JOBS $400: Romanian Bela Karolyi made a living training these in Texas gymnasts |
| #1828, aired 1992-07-08 | CLOTHING $400: Bela Lugosi was buried with this part of his Dracula costume a cape |
| #1370, aired 1990-07-13 | MOVIE TRIVIA $300: Robert Cremer's biography of this horror star was subtitled "The Man Behind the Cape" Bela Lugosi |
| #1333, aired 1990-05-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $4,600 (Daily Double): Modern composer who was called the world's outstanding specialist on Hungarian folk music Bela Bartok |
| #1236, aired 1990-01-08 | ACTORS & RUSSIAN ROLES $600: Playing a Russian commissar, this Hungarian was seen in "Ninotchka" without fangs Bela Lugosi |
| #1166, aired 1989-10-02 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $200: At his own request, this Hungarian-born horror film star went to his grave in his famous cape Bela Lugosi |
| #1069, aired 1989-04-06 | MONARCHS $200: Bela Lugosi was born in this country that had been previously ruled by 4 Belas Hungary |
| #897, aired 1988-06-28 | ACTORS' REAL NAMES $200: He was born Bela Ferenc Blasko in Lugos, Hungary Bela Lugosi |
| #883, aired 1988-06-08 | COMPOSERS $500: One of Bela Bartok's more famous operas is set at the castle of this notorious wife killer Bluebeard |
| #860, aired 1988-05-06 | WEREWOLVES $400: 1 of 2 men who, in the 1940s, played not only a wolf man but Frankenstein's Monster & Dracula too Lon Chaney, Jr. (or Bela Lugosi) |
| #834, aired 1988-03-31 | MOVIES $200: "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" is the only film in which this Hungarian played the monster Bela Lugoise |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | PLAYS $100: When "Dracula" opened on Broadway in 1927, he played the title role Bela Lugosi |
| #617, aired 1987-04-21 | GOING IN STYLE $300: Perhaps rehearsing for death, this "divine" 19th c. star slept in a satin-lined casket Sarah Bernhardt |
| #569, aired 1987-02-12 | WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS $400: Bela Karolyi defected from this country & coached Mary Lou Retton to her Olympic medals Romania |
| #474, aired 1986-10-02 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: As an Indian in 1922's "Last of the Mohicans" he bared his chest, but he gained fame baring his fangs Bela Lugosi |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | VAMPIRES $400: Playing the Count in 7 films, he titled his 1977 autobiography "Tall, Dark, & Gruesome" Christopher Lee |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | DOUBLE MEANINGS $1000: When making a list of Bela Lugosi movies, you have to do this count Dracula |
| #363, aired 1986-01-29 | DISNEY $100: Bela Lugosi posed for Chernobog, the Dark God, in this 1940 "concert feature" Fantasia |
| #276, aired 1985-09-30 | MOVIE TRIVIA $200: Bela Lugosi was reportedly buried in the cape he wore for this role Dracula |
