| #8963, aired 2023-11-01 | A FISH CALLED... $800: This beautiful rasbora that shares its name with a romance book brand is sure to be the talk of the tank harlequin |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | BOOK DEDICATIONS $400: Can we talk? This comic legend dedicated her 2014 autobiography to Kanye West, "because he'll never ...... read it" Joan Rivers |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SO I'M READING THIS BOOK $200: A mystery: "Langdon said... 'Well, folks, as you all know, I'm here tonight to talk about the power of symbols"' The Da Vinci Code |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | BOOK-POURRI $400: (John Green presents the clue.) I co-created Crash Course, which offers dozens of free educational videos on YouTube, & in one video titled "Don't Reanimate Corpses!", I talk about the Romantic movement in English lit & this novel in particular Frankenstein |
| #8854, aired 2023-04-20 | LITERARY FRUIT STAND $1000: Despite the title of Sandra Cisneros' beloved novel, there is no street of this name in Chicago (avenue, yes) Mango Street |
| #8687, aired 2022-07-19 | POSSESSIVE LIT $1600: Aslan gives animals the ability to talk in this book in which Narnia is created The Magician's Nephew |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | WE DO TALK ABOUT BRUNO $1600: "Sylvie and Bruno" was a dreamy 1889 children's book by this Brit who was comfortable with fantasy worlds Lewis Carroll |
| #8643, aired 2022-05-18 | BEASTLY BOOK CHARACTERS $200: Polynesia is the parrot who teaches this title character how to talk to the animals Doctor Dolittle |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | PILLOW TALK $200: From around 1000 A.D., the "Pillow Book" of Sei Shonagon was written by a lady in waiting in this country Japan |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | CHAPTERS IN NONFICTION BOOKS $400: "The Third Tuesday: We Talk about Regrets" Tuesdays with Morrie |
| #8235, aired 2020-06-12 | TABLE TALK $1000: "The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table" is a book of essays by this writer & father of a Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. |
| #8108, aired 2019-12-04 | TIGER TALK $200: Made famous by a 2011 book, this type of parent is strict & demanding & pushes children to be successful a tiger mom |
| #8032, aired 2019-07-09 | 65" $1600: "Me Talk Pretty One Day" is a book by this 5'5" humorist David Sedaris |
| #7944, aired 2019-03-07 | READING TALK $200: This phrase means to refrain from evaluating a novel or anything else just from its appearance don't judge a book by its cover |
| #7944, aired 2019-03-07 | READING TALK $600: We're using every one of these, meaning all available methods every trick in the book |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | BOOK TALK $200: Term for the shallow center trough between the pages of a book, & where my bowling ball usually ends up the gutter |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | BOOK TALK $400: The American Institute for Conservation says use paper these; the fancy leather ones can stain the pages bookmark |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | BOOK TALK $600: A foreword is by someone else to set up your book; one of these introductions is by you to explain why you wrote it a preface |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | BOOK TALK $1000: 12-letter term for a book produced by adapting a movie script a novelization |
| #7720, aired 2018-03-16 | BOOK TALK $2,000 (Daily Double): This adjective is used for a shortened version of a written work that still contains the basic story abridged |
| #7661, aired 2017-12-25 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $3,000 (Daily Double): Astrophysicists build a machine to talk back to aliens from Vega that have reached out to Earthlings Contact |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | TALK OF THE TOWN $1000: The book "Chaos": one of these "stirring in the air today in Peking can transform storm systems next month in New York" a butterfly |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $1600: This book by dying college professor Randy Pausch based on a talk he gave to his class in 2007 The Last Lecture |
| #7521, aired 2017-05-01 | THE BOOK OF VERBS $1000: "We Need to ____ About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver talk |
| #7193, aired 2015-12-16 | PARROT CULTURE $1600: In a 1920 children's book, a parrot teaches this man how to talk to the furry & 4-footed Dr. Dolittle |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | BOOK TALK $200: Chapter 1 of this classic is entitled "Down the Rabbit-hole" Alice in Wonderland |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | BOOK TALK $400: From the back cover of this book: "In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem" The Hunger Games |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | BOOK TALK $600: After "Madeline" went to the hospital, "all the little girls cried, 'boohoo', we want to have our" this "out, too!" our appendixes |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | BOOK TALK $1,000 (Daily Double): Sweet! In books by Judy Blume, Farley Drexel Hatcher is better known by this nickname Fudge |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | BOOK TALK $1000: Following a plane crash in the wilderness, Brian Robeson doesn't "bury" this title tool but uses it to survive a hatchet |
| #6508, aired 2012-12-26 | TALK OF THE TOWN $800 (Daily Double): Hemingway wrote that if you've lived in Paris as a young man, "wherever you go...it stays with you, for Paris is" this book title A Moveable Feast |
| #6217, aired 2011-10-04 | THEY OUGHT TO MAKE A MOVIE $800: Get the rights to the original travel book this continent "on $5 a Day", from 1957; talk about nostalgia value! Europe |
| #6200, aired 2011-07-22 | STORY WITHIN A STORY $800: Carroll: "the time has come... to talk of many things: of shoes--& ships--& sealing-wax--of" these, an O. Henry book Cabbages and Kings |
| #6168, aired 2011-06-08 | "LAST" BOOKS $1200: Dying professor Randy Pausch summarized his beliefs in a talk called this, later put into book form The Last Lecture |
| #5736, aired 2009-07-13 | "KID" TALK $2,000 (Daily Double): Title of a Robert Louis Stevenson book about a boy's abduction Kidnapped |
| #5639, aired 2009-02-26 | DOUBLE TALK $1200: This sound of firecrackers is also a name for Grandpa, as in the kids' book "My" this "Is A Pirate" pop-pop |
| #5608, aired 2009-01-14 | THAT'S NOT HOW THAT BOOK ENDS! $400: Fletcher held up his hand. "Y'know, taking out Bligh is a bad idea, let's go have espressos & talk out our feelings" Mutiny on the Bounty |
| #5426, aired 2008-03-24 | NONFICTION $1600: This Studs Terkel book is subtitled "People Talk About What They Do All Day & How They Feel About What They Do" Working |
| #5244, aired 2007-05-31 | AUDIO BOOKS $1600: This book by David Sedaris about attempting to speak French may be best experienced in the author's reading Me Talk Pretty One Day |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $400 (Daily Double): (Before the clue is given, Kate Reinders from the Broadway play Wicked helps with the clue.)
"Popular /
You're gonna be pop-u-lar /
I'll teach you the proper ploys /
When you talk to boys /
Little ways to flirt and flounce--woww! /
I'll show you what shoes to wear /
How to fix your hair /
Everything that really counts to be /
Popular /
I'll help you be pop-u-lar /
You'll hang with the right cohorts /
You'll be good at sports /
Know the slang you gotta know /
So let's start /
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go"
"Wicked" is based on a modern novel inspired by this classic L. Frank Baum book that took us "over the rainbow" The Wizard of Oz |
| #5067, aired 2006-09-26 | ANCIENT TALK $400: In Hebrew this book of the Bible is Bereshith, the "resh" related to "rosh", meaning "beginning" Genesis |
| #5054, aired 2006-07-27 | THE 2005 GREENSBORO MAYORAL RACE $800: 1 vote for this Missouri-born talk show host whom Al Franken called "a Big Fat Idiot" in a 1996 book Rush Limbaugh |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | DOUBLE TALK $1,000 (Daily Double): A classic 1900 book says he "was not gray; he was a little black dog with long, silky hair" Toto |
| #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | THE BOOK REVIEW $1000: "How to Talk to a Liberal (if You Must)" is subtitled "The World According to" her Ann Coulter |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | PILLOW TALK $400: Legend has it that each night Alexander the Great put his sword & a book by this epic poet under his pillow Homer |
| #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 |
| #3697, aired 2000-10-03 | QUOTATIONS $600: This talk show host said, "I admire, respect & adore authors" when she was honored for her book club Oprah |
| #3534, aired 2000-01-06 | "NEVER" AT THE MOVIES $600: This 1977 movie about a schizophrenic girl was adapted from Joanne Greenberg's book of the same name I Never Promised You a Rose Garden |
| #3087, aired 1998-01-20 | SOUTHERN TALK $200: The book "Whistlin' Dixie" calls this plural of "you" "The ne plus ultra of Southern dialect" you-all |
| #2785, aired 1996-10-11 | TV PERSONALITIES $300: This talk show host of Puerto Rican descent wrote the book "Puerto Rico: Island of Contrasts" (Geraldo) Rivera |
| #2782, aired 1996-10-08 | DOUBLE TALK NAMES $400: Poet cummings, whose first book of poetry, "Tulips and Chimneys", came out in 1923 e.e. |
| #2766, aired 1996-09-16 | ETIQUETTE $500: "Colorful" designation of the most formal men's evening wear white tie |
| #2391, aired 1995-01-16 | LITERATURE $1000: "People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do" in this Studs Terkel book Working |
| #2009, aired 1993-05-06 | TEXTBOOK TALK $300: If you're unsure of the meaning of a key word, see if they book contains this section glossary |
| #2009, aired 1993-05-06 | TEXTBOOK TALK $400: A list of the written sources used in compiling a book can usually be found under this heading bibliography |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Though these members of the parrot family rarely learn to talk, they can perform stunts: cockatoos |
| #966, aired 1988-11-14 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $600: In "The Talk Book", Dr. Gerald Goodman figures 25% of all we say is followed by this punctuation mark a question mark |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | DOUBLE TALK $200: In title of Ian Fleming book, words which follow "Chitty, Chitty," Bang Bang |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | DOUBLE TALK $400: According to Guinness Book of College Records, it's the college song most often sung in movies "Boola Boola" |
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