| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY $800: These residential "schools" like the Carlisle Indian School founded in 1879 suppressed the language & culture of Native kids the Indian boarding schools |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY $1000: An educator of multiple presidents, the prestigious boarding school Phillips Academy is found in this Massachusetts town Andover |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | FICTIONAL SCHOOLS $2000: This 4-letter word for an elite boarding school is the title of Curtis Sittenfeld's novel about the Ault School prep |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN $400: In a 1985 film the "Young" this character fences against Moriarty in boarding school Young Sherlock Holmes |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | GET SCHOOLED $1,200 (Daily Double): Alumni of this exclusive boarding school near Windsor include Princes William & Harry & actor Tom Hiddleston Eton |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | LIT-POURRI $600: "Peace Breaks Out" is John Knowles' sequel to this novel set at a New England boarding school A Separate Peace |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | DON "E" $400: A short black jacket bears the name of this English boarding school Eton |
| #6890, aired 2014-07-25 | MOVIES $2000: St. Vladimir's is the name of the title boarding school of this 2014 film based on a book series Vampire Academy |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | THE BIG "BOARD" $600: Examples of these include Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut & Phillips Academy in Massachusetts boarding school |
| #6406, aired 2012-06-25 | YOUR PEAS $1000: John Irving & Gore Vidal went to this New Hampshire boarding school abbreviated PEA Phillips Exeter Academy |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | BOOK"S" $1200: Gene & Phineas become BFFs at boarding school in this classic by John Knowles A Separate Peace |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | ET TU, BRONTE $200: Charlotte based "Villette" on her experiences at a boarding school in this Belgian city Brussels |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | BOARDING SCHOOL $400: Many boarding schools are also prep schools, prep being short for this adjective preparatory |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | BOARDING SCHOOL $800: From 1896 to 1974 Choate was just for these; then it merged with Rosemary Hall boys |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | BOARDING SCHOOL $1200: Famed for another signature, he signed the 1782 incorporation of Dummer Academy (now Governor's Academy) (John) Hancock |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | BOARDING SCHOOL $1600: Olney Friends School was founded in 1837 by this religious group & still teaches its values the Quakers |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | BOARDING SCHOOL $2000: For 66 years at Deerfield Academy, Frank Boyden held this 10-letter title, equivalent to principal headmaster |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | SCIENCE GUYS $1600: In 1943 he chose Los Alamos as the site for the Manhattan project lab; he'd gone to a boarding school nearby Oppenheimer |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | HIGH SCHOOL -- ON FILM $1200: In "She's the Man", this actress was the young woman pretending to be her brother at a boarding school Amanda Bynes |
| #5745, aired 2009-07-24 | TOUGH-POURRI $200: Students are allowed to bring a toad, a cat or an owl to this fictional boarding school Hogwarts |
| #5592, aired 2008-12-23 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT $1600: It's a toothed implement for breaking up plowed soil; it's also a British boarding school a harrow |
| #5581, aired 2008-12-08 | THE LITTLE DRAMA BOY $1600: In a play set at boarding school, a teacher's wife offers more to young Tom than the title "tea and" this sympathy |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | ENDS IN "SS" $400: After boarding school, Jane Eyre takes on this title at Thornfield Hall governess |
| #5421, aired 2008-03-17 | SHERLOCK HOLMES $1000: Before "Rain Man", he directed "Young Sherlock Holmes", in which Holmes & Watson meet as boys at boarding school Barry Levinson |
| #5336, aired 2007-11-19 | COMMON BONDS $200: Middle,
boarding,
finishing school |
| #5332, aired 2007-11-13 | CHILD'S PLAY $0: A Longfellow poem & a Lillian Hellman play about a girls' boarding school share this timely title The Children's Hour |
| #5016, aired 2006-06-05 | POSSESSIVE LIT $2000: 1857:
Besting a bully is part of a young boy's life at a British boarding school Tom Brown's School Days |
| #3757, aired 2000-12-26 | HARRY POTTER $800: At age 11 Harry Potter began attending this boarding school of witchcraft & wizardry Hogwarts |
| #3588, aired 2000-03-22 | THE BRONTE BEAT $400: Charlotte's experience at boarding school formed the basis for Lowood in this 1847 novel "Jane Eyre" |
| #3205, aired 1998-07-03 | SHORT-TITLED FILMS $800: The title of this 1968 film about a brutal boarding school consists of 2 letters & 3 dots if... |
| #2693, aired 1996-04-24 | THE MOVIES $1000: 2-letter title of a 1968 Malcolm McDowell film set in a British boarding school If |
| #1487, aired 1991-02-05 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Ludwig Bemelmans' "Madeline" attends a boarding school in this city Paris |
| #1052, aired 1989-03-14 | TV TRIVIA $300: The girls on this sitcom attended an exclusive boarding school near Peekskill, New York The Facts of Life |
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