#8958, aired 2023-10-25 | BOOK 'EM, DAN-O $200: In 1977, he wrote "The Camera Never Blinks: Adventures of a TV Journalist" Dan Rather |
#8958, aired 2023-10-25 | BOOK 'EM, DAN-O $400: From 1704 to 1713 he produced his own periodical, "The Review"; "Robinson Crusoe" washed ashore in 1719 Defoe |
#8958, aired 2023-10-25 | BOOK 'EM, DAN-O $600: "Standing Firm" & "Worth Fighting For" are two books by this ex-vice president (Dan) Quayle |
#8958, aired 2023-10-25 | BOOK 'EM, DAN-O $800: When he made the 2005 "Time" 100 list, his book was described as "the novel that ate the world" Dan Brown |
#8958, aired 2023-10-25 | BOOK 'EM, DAN-O $1000: Lemony Snicket should know this novelist penned "Adverbs" & "Watch Your Mouth" Daniel Handler |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | ASSISTING THE DETECTIVE $600: This TV series had Detective Steve McGarrett saying to his sidekick, "Book 'em, Danno" Hawaii Five-O |
#8823, aired 2023-03-08 | AUNTIE HERO $1200: Early on in a book from 1900, we learn that she came to the Kansas prairies as a "young, pretty wife" but sun & wind had turned her gray Auntie Em |
#8756, aired 2022-12-05 | ANIMALS IN BOOKS $200: In the last line of the book, Dorothy says, "and here is" this pup, "too. And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!" Toto |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BOOK 'EM $200: In 1897 this Bram Stoker horror novel was vastly outsold by another in the genre, "The Beetle", about a shape-shifting monster Dracula |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BOOK 'EM $400: A series of instructional books was launched in 1991 with the title this 3-letter computer acronym "for Dummies" DOS |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BOOK 'EM $600: In 2019 this Irma Rombauer book was fully revised & updated with 600 new recipes the Joy of Cooking |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BOOK 'EM $800: African-American actress & writer Alice Childress is known for her young adult novel "A Hero Ain't Nothin' But" this a Sandwich |
#8618, aired 2022-04-13 | BOOK 'EM $1000: This James Redfield bestseller about an ancient manuscript that provides 9 key insights to life has been called "a spiritual classic" The Celestine Prophecy |
#8512, aired 2021-11-16 | BOOK TITLES EN FRANCAIS $200: Wreaking havoc: "Le chat chapeauté" The Cat in the Hat |
#8512, aired 2021-11-16 | BOOK TITLES EN FRANCAIS $400: A classic: "Le vieil homme et la mer" The Old Man and the Sea |
#8512, aired 2021-11-16 | BOOK TITLES EN FRANCAIS $600: It's murder! "Minuit dans le jardin du bien et du mal" Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
#8512, aired 2021-11-16 | BOOK TITLES EN FRANCAIS $800: Science fiction for all ages: "Un raccourci dans le temps" A Wrinkle in Time |
#8512, aired 2021-11-16 | BOOK TITLES EN FRANCAIS $1000: A book for the entire galaxy: "Salut, et encore merci pour le poisson" So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish |
#8313, aired 2021-01-13 | BOOK 'EM $400: This Laura Hillenbrand nonfiction bestseller about a racehorse is subtitled "An American Legend" Seabiscuit |
#8313, aired 2021-01-13 | BOOK 'EM $800: In his memoir "Let Love Rule", this singer-songwriter talks about his career, upbringing, mom Roxie Roker & ex Lisa Bonet Lenny Kravitz |
#8313, aired 2021-01-13 | BOOK 'EM $1200: Terry Pratchett wrote 41 novels about this flat, circular place, set upon the back of 4 elephants upon a giant turtle Discworld |
#8313, aired 2021-01-13 | BOOK 'EM $1600: "Redhead By the Side of the Road" is a 2020 novel by this author of "The Accidental Tourist" (Anne) Tyler |
#8313, aired 2021-01-13 | BOOK 'EM $2000: Norman Mailer was just 25 when he published this classic novel of World War II The Naked and the Dead |
#8298, aired 2020-12-09 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK $200: Dorothy,
Aunt Em The Wizard of Oz |
#8234, aired 2020-06-11 | TV CATCHPHRASES BY SHOW $1000: "Book 'em, Danno" Hawaii Five-O |
#7440, aired 2017-01-06 | BIBLE BOOK 'EM $200: "Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken" Genesis |
#7440, aired 2017-01-06 | BIBLE BOOK 'EM $400: "And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound" Revelation |
#7440, aired 2017-01-06 | BIBLE BOOK 'EM $600: "A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother" Proverbs |
#7440, aired 2017-01-06 | BIBLE BOOK 'EM $800: "My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome" Job |
#7440, aired 2017-01-06 | BIBLE BOOK 'EM $2,000 (Daily Double): "So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab" Deuteronomy |
#7324, aired 2016-06-16 | BOOK 'EM $200: A tornado serves as a form of transportation in this modern fairy tale first published in 1900 The Wizard of Oz |
#7324, aired 2016-06-16 | BOOK 'EM $400: Published in 1927, "The Case-Book of" this character contained the last 12 stories of its popular sleuth Sherlock Holmes |
#7324, aired 2016-06-16 | BOOK 'EM $600: In 2009's "Homicide in Hardcover", a woman hunts a murderer among book collectors & hippies in this California city San Francisco |
#7324, aired 2016-06-16 | BOOK 'EM $800: Decluttering expert Marie Kondo wrote the bestseller "The Life-Changing Magic of" doing this Tidying Up |
#7324, aired 2016-06-16 | BOOK 'EM $1000: Mrs. Gamp & Tom Pinch are characters in this author's "Martin Chuzzlewit" Dickens |
#6998, aired 2015-02-04 | TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY! $400: You've won this book, made in 1455 & one of about 40 left in the world--luxuriate in the rarity! the Gutenberg Bible |
#6959, aired 2014-12-11 | FRENCH LIT $800: "Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours" is the French title of this 1873 book Around the World in Eighty Days |
#6526, aired 2013-01-21 | TV THEME SONGS $400: "Book 'em!" 3 musicians who played on the original theme of this police series played on the current theme Hawaii Five-0 |
#6295, aired 2012-01-20 | COPPING OUT ON TV $800: This '70s show had 3 things going for it: Wo Fat, a killer theme song & a snappy catch-phrase ("Book 'em, Danno") Hawaii Five-O |
#6242, aired 2011-11-08 | BOOK 'EM! $200: Fagin Oliver Twist |
#6242, aired 2011-11-08 | BOOK 'EM! $400: Atticus Finch To Kill a Mockingbird |
#6242, aired 2011-11-08 | BOOK 'EM! $600: Phoebe Caulfield The Catcher in the Rye |
#6242, aired 2011-11-08 | BOOK 'EM! $800: Tashtego Moby-Dick |
#6242, aired 2011-11-08 | BOOK 'EM! $1000: Pierre Bezukhov War and Peace (Voina i mir) |
#6232, aired 2011-10-25 | LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL $1,400 (Daily Double): A bestselling memoir:
"Come, Reza, Ama" Eat, Pray, Love |
#6185, aired 2011-07-01 | KEEP 'EM SEPARATED $400: In the New Testament, it separates the book of Luke from the book of Acts John |
#6158, aired 2011-05-25 | SPANISH PHRASE BOOK $1,000 (Daily Double): En una iglesia, you might hear, "Bendiceme, padre, porque he pecado", this confessional phrase Bless me, Father, for I have sinned |
#5615, aired 2009-01-23 | LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL $600: A self-help book:
"Quien Se Ha Llevado Mi Queso?" Who Moved My Cheese? |
#5387, aired 2008-01-29 | POETS & POETRY $800: Rimbaud had quite a bit of teen angst, as in his book title "Une saison en enfer", a season here Hell |
#5259, aired 2007-06-21 | CLASSIC TV CHARACTERS $800: Cool as a cucumber cop of "Hawaii Five-O" who bagged the bad guys while saying "Book 'em, Dan-O" Steve McGarrett |
#5111, aired 2006-11-27 | LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL $400: In Spanish this R.L. Stine book series is called "Escalofrios", which means "chills" Goosebumps |
#5111, aired 2006-11-27 | LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL $800: This book about "El Escandalo Watergate" is "Todos los Hombres del Presidente" All the President's Men |
#5086, aired 2006-10-23 | BOOK 'EM, DAN-O $200: From 1704 to 1713 he produced his own periodical, "The Review"; "Robinson Crusoe" washed ashore in 1719 (Daniel) Defoe |
#5086, aired 2006-10-23 | BOOK 'EM, DAN-O $400: When he made Time's 2005 Top 100 List, his book was described as "the novel that ate the world" Dan Brown |
#5086, aired 2006-10-23 | BOOK 'EM, DAN-O $600: "Standing Firm" & "Worth Fighting For" are 2 books by this ex-Vice President Dan Quayle |
#5086, aired 2006-10-23 | BOOK 'EM, DAN-O $800: In 1977 he wrote "The Camera Never Blinks: Adventures of a TV Journalist" Dan Rather |
#5086, aired 2006-10-23 | BOOK 'EM, DAN-O $1000: Lemony Snicket should know this novelist penned "Adverbs" & "Watch Your Mouth" Daniel Handler |
#4570, aired 2004-06-18 | THROW THE "BOOK" AT 'EM! $200: Another name for a handbag or purse a pocketbook |
#4570, aired 2004-06-18 | THROW THE "BOOK" AT 'EM! $400: One who accepts & pays off bets a bookie (or bookmaker) |
#4570, aired 2004-06-18 | THROW THE "BOOK" AT 'EM! $600: Used in preparation of copy for publication, it contains rules for punctuation & typography a stylebook |
#4570, aired 2004-06-18 | THROW THE "BOOK" AT 'EM! $800: In an 1895 speech he accepted some segregation in his "Atlanta Compromise" Booker T. Washington |
#4570, aired 2004-06-18 | THROW THE "BOOK" AT 'EM! $1000: William the Conqueror's census of 11th century England the Domesday Book |
#4332, aired 2003-06-03 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Elvis sings "Rock-a-Hula Baby" while Steve McGarrett says, "Book 'em, Dan-o" in this musical cop show Blue Hawaii Five-O |
#4207, aired 2002-12-10 | CLASSIC DRAMA SERIES EPISODES $1000: "The Kahuna" Hawaii Five-O |
#4116, aired 2002-06-24 | GIVE 'EM A HAND $1000: In this book Adam Smith created the economic principle of the invisible hand The Wealth of Nations |
#3872, aired 2001-06-05 | GREASY SPOON PHRASE BOOK $1000: A request for this style of cooked eggs makes the waitress yell out "Wreck 'em!" Scrambled eggs |
#3850, aired 2001-05-04 | BOOK 'EM $100: This character has dealt with a "Goblet of Fire", but let's see how he handles his film's producers Harry Potter |
#3850, aired 2001-05-04 | BOOK 'EM $200: This female WWF wrestler, the "9th Wonder of the World", was on the bestseller list with "If They Only Knew" Chyna |
#3850, aired 2001-05-04 | BOOK 'EM $300: This author of legal thrillers returned to the real courtroom in '96 & won a career-best $683,500 verdict John Grisham |
#3850, aired 2001-05-04 | BOOK 'EM $400: He was a chicken farmer & an axle grease salesman before writing "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" L. Frank Baum |
#3850, aired 2001-05-04 | BOOK 'EM $500: This oldest-ever heavyweight champ knocked out a "Knock-Out-the-Fat Barbeque and Grilling Cookbook" George Foreman |
#3738, aired 2000-11-29 | COMIC GENIUSES $800 (Daily Double): "How to Talk Jewish" is a book by this man who wows 'em on Broadway Jackie Mason |
#3480, aired 1999-10-22 | WHO'S THE BOSS $500: Every week Danno Williams would "book 'em" for this boss Steve McGarrett (played by Jack Lord) |
#3244, aired 1998-10-15 | TV DEMISES $100: This series' Det. Chin Ho Kelly was killed off in 1978, vainly waiting to hear "Book 'em, Chin Ho!" Hawaii Five-O |
#3103, aired 1998-02-11 | PRAISE THE "LORD" $400: As Steve McGarrett, he often finished off wrongdoers with the words "Book 'em, Dano" Jack Lord |
#3023, aired 1997-10-22 | BY THE "BOOK" $600: Steve McGarrett's command to Danny Williams at the end of a "Hawaii Five-O" episode "Book 'em, Danno!" |
#1595, aired 1991-07-05 | BY THE "BOOK" $300: What Detective Steve McGarrett would say to Detective Danny Williams when he brought in the suspects Book 'em, Danno |
#808, aired 1988-02-24 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: "Wild Cargo" was Frank Buck's sequel to this popular book Bring 'Em Back Alive |
#104, aired 1985-01-31 | "LORDS" & "LADIES" $100: Known for saying "Be there" & "Book 'em, Dano" Jack Lord |
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