#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE WINNERS $1600: This Dublin-born playwright got the nod in 1925 for works marked by idealism, humanity & stimulating satire George Bernard Shaw |
#8064, aired 2019-10-03 | AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $800: Dublin born in 1882, he died in Zurich in 1941 (James) Joyce |
#7839, aired 2018-10-11 | EXOPHONES $1,500 (Daily Double): This Dublin-born man's pre-World War II works were mostly in English; his post-war work primarily in French (Samuel) Beckett |
#7073, aired 2015-05-20 | THE ALLITERATI $400: When he was born in Dublin in 1882, this writer got a double dose of alliteration--his middle names are Augustine Aloysius James Joyce |
#6876, aired 2014-07-07 | POP GOES THE WORLD $800: "Nothing Compares 2" this Dublin-born songstress who topped the pop charts in 1990 Sinead O'Connor |
#6468, aired 2012-10-31 | HERE'S TO THE IRISH $2000: Dublin-born Michael Gambon took over the role of Dumbledore from this actor born in Limerick Richard Harris |
#6244, aired 2011-11-10 | THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE $1200: Roddy Doyle, born in this city, won for "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha", set in a fictional part of that city Dublin |
#6051, aired 2010-12-27 | NEBRASKA $600: In 1882 this Dublin-born wit was paid a whopping $250 to give a speech in Omaha Oscar Wilde |
#5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: O'Casey & Yeats were both born in this capital Dublin |
#5850, aired 2010-02-05 | THE PRISONER $2000: This Dublin-born man was released from prison bankrupt in 1897; "The Ballad Of Reading Gaol" was released in 1898 Oscar Wilde |
#5807, aired 2009-12-08 | BORN IN DUBLIN $400: After the Battle of Waterloo, he said, "Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won" Wellington |
#5807, aired 2009-12-08 | BORN IN DUBLIN $800: John Millington Synge wasn't born on Dublin's Synge St.; this other 3-named playwright was George Bernard Shaw |
#5807, aired 2009-12-08 | BORN IN DUBLIN $1200: This red-haired beauty born in the Dublin suburb of Ranelagh played Natalie Wood's mother in "Miracle on 34th Street" Maureen O'Hara |
#5807, aired 2009-12-08 | BORN IN DUBLIN $1600: His first major satire, "A Tale of a Tub", was published in 1704 Swift |
#5807, aired 2009-12-08 | BORN IN DUBLIN $2000: This "Babes in Toyland" composer helped found the organization ASCAP in 1914 Victor Herbert |
#5586, aired 2008-12-15 | BORN & DIED $1000: Act I:
Born in Dublin, October 16, 1854; Final act: died November 30, 1900 in Paris Oscar Wilde |
#5314, aired 2007-10-18 | THINK FAST $400: This Anglo-Irish satirist was born in Dublin on Nov. 30, 1667 Jonathan Swift |
#5160, aired 2007-02-02 | IT HAPPENED ON GROUNDHOG DAY $400: 1882:
This influential writer & master of the English language is born in a Dublin suburb James Joyce |
#5085, aired 2006-10-20 | "B" ACTORS $2000: This Dublin-born actor who's featured in "The Usual Suspects" & "Stigmata" was formerly married to Ellen Barkin (Gabriel) Byrne |
#4758, aired 2005-04-20 | BEND IT LIKE BECKETT $400: Born in 1906, Samuel Beckett attended Trinity College in this city Dublin |
#4558, aired 2004-06-02 | "H" NAMES $1200: Born in Dublin, Texas in 1912, this 4-time U.S. Open winner had his own line of golf equipment Ben Hogan |
#4326, aired 2003-05-26 | GBS $400: George Bernard Shaw was born in this city in 1856, just 2 years after Oscar Wilde Dublin |
#4000, aired 2002-01-11 | INTERNATIONAL ACTORS $400: Gabriel Byrne was born in this world capital & acted with its Abbey Theatre Dublin |
#3775, aired 2001-01-19 | LITERARY RELATIVES $200: He was born in Dublin, the son of noted Irish painter John Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats |
#3763, aired 2001-01-03 | COUNTRYMEN $300: This supermodel known for her swimsuit issue covers was born in Santa Barbara, not in Dublin Kathy Ireland |
#3529, aired 1999-12-30 | BORN TO BE WILDE $200: Oscar Wilde attended Trinity College in this city Dublin |
#3277, aired 1998-12-01 | DUBLINERS $600: Dublin-born Brenda Fricker won an Oscar for playing Daniel Day-Lewis' mother in this 1989 film My Left Foot |
#3277, aired 1998-12-01 | DUBLINERS $1000: He's the Dublin-born bishop & scholar who placed the creation in the year 4004 B.C. Bishop James Usher |
#3062, aired 1997-12-16 | WILDE $100: Oscar Wilde was born in this city in 1854 & given the middle names Fingal O' Flahertie Wills Dublin |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | VICTOR/VICTORIA $600: This composer of "Babes in Toyland" was born in Dublin & trained in music in Stuttgartf Victor Herbert |
#2782, aired 1996-10-08 | WOMEN AUTHORS $200: Among the female novelist born in this Irish capital were Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Bowen & Maeve Binchy Dublin |
#2484, aired 1995-05-25 | DUBLINERS $400: This nemesis of Napoleon was born in Dublin where his father, the Earl of Mornington, was a music professor Wellington |
#2108, aired 1993-11-03 | WORLD CAPITALS $500: The house where George Bernard Shaw was born is now a museum in this capital city Dublin |
#1706, aired 1992-01-20 | AUTHORS $1000: This Irish-born English satirist was appointed dean of Dublin's St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1713 Jonathan Swift |
#1031, aired 1989-02-13 | INTERNATIONAL SINGERS $100: Sonny Bono was born in Detroit, & this band's Bono was born in Dublin U2 |
#868, aired 1988-05-18 | OH, SHAW! $200: Shaw was born in this capital city in 1856 Dublin |
#752, aired 1987-12-08 | NAME CHANGES $300: Born in Dublin as W. Jos. Shields, he used his brogue as the old priest in "Going My Way" Barry Fitzgerald |