| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | MOVIES & MYTH $400: In a 2017 film Chris Hemsworth says it's the hall "where the brave shall live forever" Valhalla |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | BOOK TITLES $1200: Shakespeare's Miranda salutes this Huxley title "that has such people in't!" Brave New World |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS $4,800 (Daily Double): In 1997, picking up her first of 3 Oscars for Best Actress, she thanked her son Pedro & her husband Joel Frances McDormand |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | SLINGING ARROWS $1000: In this animated 2012 film, Princess Merida must rely on her archery skills to undo a curse Brave |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | NOVEL IDEAS $1,200 (Daily Double): "Cleanliness is next to Fordliness" is a line from this 1932 novel Brave New World |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | BODY LANGUAGE $200: Come on, champ, you have to be brave & "keep a stiff" this upper lip |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $400: Spanish nun María de Gaucin is said to have left her convent to become a matadora, one of these, & then returned a bullfighter |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $800: In 1831 Catherine McAuley founded the Sisters of Mercy in this world capital to care for the poor & destitute Dublin, Ireland |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $1600: Dating back to 1609, the Loreto nuns use the same "rule" as this male teaching order founded in 1534 the Jesuits |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $2000: It's the classic work in which you'll find "The Nun's Priest's Tale" The Canterbury Tales |
| #8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $3,000 (Daily Double): 3-word title of Sister Helen Prejean's powerful account of being a death row counselor Dead Man Walking |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: To map the deep & choppy Congo River, scientists employed people on this kind of palindromic watercraft to brave the currents a kayak |
| #8911, aired 2023-07-10 | QUOTABLE BOOKS $2000: "What you need is a gramme of soma. All the advantages of Christianity & alcohol; none of their defects" is from this 1932 novel Brave New World |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER $1200: Last 4 words of our national anthem, as sung by an animated kitchen appliance & his german-style Pillsbury product home of the brave little toaster strudel |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | LITERARY LONDON $2000: This 1932 novel begins in 2540 A.D. at the Central London Hatchery where children are being created artificially Brave New World |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | ACTS OF CONGRESS $1000: You can't profit by pretending to have earned military honors under the "Stolen" this brave quality "Act" Valor |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW $200: On a clear day you can see for miles from the 102nd floor of this landmark completed in 1931 by brave people like the ones here the Empire State Building |
| #8770, aired 2022-12-23 | PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES $600: When singing "America The Beautiful", you end with these 5 words from sea to shining sea |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | AMERICANA $2000: The ballad of him begins, "Come all you rounders if you want to hear a story about a brave engineer" Casey Jones |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | NOVEL NOTES $600: Harrowing Huxley;
funky future;
cloned classes Brave New World |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | HISTORIC WORDS $800: Gandhi:
"You can return blow for blow if you are not brave enough to follow the path of ____" non-violence |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | WORDS DERIVED FROM BODY PARTS $200: The brave can sleep well knowing that the word courage comes from this body part the heart |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | A HORSE WITH A NAME $1000: In "War Horse", the novel & film, he's the brave equine forced to fight on the Western Front during World War I Joey |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AROUND THE USA $400: To see a rare stone beach on Washington Island, Wisconsin, you must brave Death's Door, a strait connecting Lake Michigan and this bay Green Bay |
| #8604, aired 2022-03-24 | 20th CENTURY FICTION $1200: His final novel, 1962's "Island", was about a different brave New World, a utopian society in the Pacific (Aldous) Huxley |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | LAST LINE OF A SHAKESPEARE ACT $1000: Stephano tells him, "O brave monster! Lead the way" Caliban |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $1000: "Waitress" has music & lyrics by this woman who had a Top 40 hit with "Brave" Sara Bareilles |
| #8570, aired 2022-02-04 | ALL THE BELLS & WHISTLES $400: Idiomatically, "whistling past" this place means putting on a brave face when one is scared the graveyard |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | OLD WORDS $1000: To be pot valiant was to be brave when in this condition drunk |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | SHORT POEMS $800: A famous one of these by Basho is "The summer grasses /
Of brave soldiers' dreams /
The aftermath" a haiku |
| #8511, aired 2021-11-15 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC OCEAN: A GLOBAL ODYSSEY $800: A very brave cleaner shrimp gets a meal of parasites & dead skin from the mouth of one of these scary predators a moray |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | MOVIE REWARDS $400: In "Brave", Merida discovers a loophole & "wins" her own hand in marriage through a contest in this sport archery |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE $600: During the Battle of Britain, brave engineers removed an unexploded bomb that would have devastated this London landmark St. Paul's Cathedral |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | BESTSELLERS $1000: This 1956 book about a politician in his final campaign became a phrase meaning any fine or brave farewell performance The Last Hurrah |
| #8393, aired 2021-05-05 | SHAKESPEARE FAMILY TIES $1,800 (Daily Double): This "Tempest"uous daughter of Prospero says, "O brave new world, that has such people in it!" Miranda |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | KIPLING CHARACTERS $400: Brave 6-year-old Percival William Williams is known as "Wee" this, from a book of nursery rhymes Willie (Wee Willie Winkie) |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | PIRATE FLAGS $1000: Act I of this Gilbert & Sullivan operetta has the lyric "Oh, better far to live and die/ Under the brave black flag I fly" The Pirates of Penzance |
| #8350, aired 2021-03-05 | 3-WORD BOOK TITLES $400: This Huxley novel is set in the year 632 AF (after Ford) Brave New World |
| #8340, aired 2021-02-19 | BALTIMORE: NEWS CLUES $400: (Patrice Sanders of FOX45 in Baltimore presents the clue.) Halloween is special here in Baltimore when brave spirits come to Westminster Hall to see the grave of this "Telltale Heart" author & local resident, & descend into nearby catacombs Poe |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | ANAGRAMS, HOW NOVEL! $600: The future after Ford: "WARNED VERB OWL" Brave New World |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | LATIN LOVER NEEDED $800: "Semper fidelis" means "always faithful" & "semper fortis" is this similar ideal always strong (always brave) |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | LETTERS FROM AUTHORS $1200: He wrote Orwell both praising & criticizing "1984" & made reference to his own "Brave New World" (Aldous) Huxley |
| #8244, aired 2020-09-24 | RAISE THE FLAG $600: In a third verse this title object "in triumph doth wave / O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave" the star-spangled banner |
| #8240, aired 2020-09-18 | POTPOURRI $600: This man whose first name means "brave lion" designed a lion automaton in the 16th century Leonardo da Vinci |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | OK BOOMER $2000: Bobby Muller, almost killed in action in 1969, became the first president of the V.V.A., these brave people of America the Vietnam Veterans of America |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | MIRANDAS, RIGHT? $1600: Miranda in this play says, "O brave New World, that has such people in't!" The Tempest |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS $200: A futuristic society revolves around science & efficiency in this 1932 novel by Aldous Huxley Brave New World |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1000: John the Savage is a central character in this classic novel set in the year 632 AF (After Ford) Brave New World |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | SCI-FI TECH $1200: In "Brave New World", hypnopaedia teaches people while they are doing this sleeping |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | GIVE A LITTLE WHISTLE $800: If you're "whistling in" this, you're putting on a brave show in a tough situation the dark |
| #7862, aired 2018-11-13 | LITERARY WHICH CAME FIRST $400: "Dracula",
"Brave New World",
"I, Robot" Dracula |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | SOMETHING TO READ $400: In the dystopia of "Brave New World", the highest caste is known by this Greek letter alpha |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | THINK FAST $200: It's the last word of "God Bless America" home |
| #7674, aired 2018-01-11 | MYCOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY $2000: Long before "Brave New World", this 4-letter liquid of Hindu mythology might have come from mushrooms soma |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | LITERARY TITLE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel meets another harsh situation with Max Brooks' tale of a zombie apocalypse Brave New World War Z |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME ROAR $800: At the Grammys in 2014, Sara Bareilles sang this song of hers with Carole King; the pair also sang King's "Beautiful" "Brave" |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | THE AGE OF TREASON $800: In 1815 France's monarchy shot Gen. Michel Ney for serving this man who called him "bravest of the brave" Napoleon |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | THE CIA $600: (Alex gives the clue from the CIA.) In the 1950s and '60s, brave pilots wore body-fitting pressure suits like this one, often flying at higher than 70,000 feet in this alphanumeric reconnaissance aircraft that is still very much in use today U-2 |
| #7625, aired 2017-11-03 | THANK YOU, SENATOR $400: We thank this senator for his brave military service, especially as a P.O.W. from 1967 to 1973 John McCain |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS $400: The title of this Aldous Huxley novel comes from a line of Miranda's in "The Tempest" Brave New World |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | SEMILITERATE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Instead of ending so the ballgame can start, the national anthem leads into a 1932 novel of the future the home of the Brave New World |
| #7455, aired 2017-01-27 | LITERATURE $800: In this Huxley novel, a major character is said to have "been the first to reveal the appalling dangers of family life" Brave New World |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | SCI-FI NOVELS $800: "Mother" & "Father" are forbidden terms in this novel by Aldous Huxley Brave New World |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | AMERICAN SYMBOLS $400: All 4 verses of "The Star-Spangled Banner" end with these 4 words home of the brave |
| #7359, aired 2016-09-15 | ENTERTAINING REDHEADS $400: In a Disney film, Jodi Benson voiced this title character, daughter of King Triton the Little Mermaid (Ariel) |
| #7342, aired 2016-07-12 | MILITARY MEN? $5,000 (Daily Double): Looks like many brave officers are here! This Kipling tale is subtitled "A Story of the Grand Banks" Captains Courageous |
| #7266, aired 2016-03-28 | TARZAN REVIEW BOOKS $1000: Tarzan see what Huxley doing! Take title from line in "Tempest"! Irony noted in Tarzan Tuesday book group Brave New World |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | BORN DURING THE CIVIL WAR $400: The story of this brave engineer began in Missouri in 1863 Casey Jones |
| #7232, aired 2016-02-09 | RECENT MUSIC $200: Some people thought her song "Roar" sounded an awful lot like "Brave" by Sara Bareilles Katy Perry |
| #7225, aired 2016-01-29 | PO PRESENTS UNCONVENTIONAL WARRIORS $400: (Po delivers the clue.) This Danish master wrote a tale about a brave one-legged tin soldier & his love for a tiny toy dancer; he ended up being melted by the fire into the shape of a heart--sorry, that one always kinda gets me Hans Christian Andersen |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | ARCHER $800: Merida is on target--repeatedly--as she shoots for her own hand in this Disney/Pixar film Brave |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | PUBLISHED FIRST $800: "Brave New World",
"Nineteen Eighty-Four",
"Erewhon" Erewhon |
| #7130, aired 2015-09-18 | DYSTOPIAN LIT $400: This novel is Aldous Huxley's 1932 take on genetic engineering Brave New World |
| #7093, aired 2015-06-17 | THE 11th CENTURY $200: Made king of a reunited Leon & Castile in 1072, Alfonso the Brave declared himself "Emperor of all" this land Spain |
| #7022, aired 2015-03-10 | FICTION $400: This Aldous Huxley novel begins with a tour of the Fertilizing Room Brave New World |
| #6909, aired 2014-10-02 | AUTHORS $1200: English poet Matthew Arnold was the great-uncle of this author of "Brave New World" (Aldous) Huxley |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER $200: There are actually 4 verses to the song, each ending with the line "O'er the land of the free and" this "the home of the brave" |
| #6888, aired 2014-07-23 | HITS & MISSES $2000: This singer, songwriter & pianist is heard here
"Honestly, I want to see you be brave..." Sara Bareilles |
| #6879, aired 2014-07-10 | A THOREAU UNDERSTANDING $600: An 1859 plea for this radical abolitionist asks, "When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?" John Brown |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | WORLD CULTURES $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, MA.) 1 of only 7 surviving Indian artifacts positively linked to Lewis & Clark is a bear claw necklace; Lewis wrote, "It was worn by those who esteemed themselves brave" among these people to whom Sacagawea belonged Shoshone |
| #6845, aired 2014-05-23 | PAUL McCARTNEY $1000: This musician co-wrote Paul's hit "My Brave Face" as well as his own hit "Veronica" Elvis Costello |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | POTENT POTABLES $600: To prepare a brave bull, pour tequila in a glass & top with this coffee-flavored liqueur from Veracruz, Mexico Kahlúa |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | DISNEY SIDEKICKS $800: Angus in "Brave" is Merida's horse, of course, one of these big ones a Clydesdale |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | BRAVE $200: Our nation's highest military decoration for bravery since 1861, it was originally only awarded to enlisted men the Medal of Honor |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | BRAVE $400: Mychal Judge, a 68-year-old chaplain to this department, went into the falling towers on 9/11 NYFD |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | BRAVE $600: This little friend of Winnie-the-Pooh wisely opined that "it is hard to be brave when you're only a very small animal" Piglet |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | BRAVE $800: In April 1942 this entire Mediterranean island nation was awarded the George Cross for bravery Malta |
| #6783, aired 2014-02-26 | BRAVE $1000: Second only to Achilles in strength & bravery at the siege of Troy, he later recovered Achilles' body Ajax |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | RECENT MOVIE QUOTES $800: "I am Merida, and I'll be shooting for my own hand" Brave |
| #6734, aired 2013-12-19 | ANAGRAMS $200: Anthem ender:
BEHAVE HOME FORT home of the brave |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | THAT'S BRAVE TALK $400: Shakespeare used this 3-word phrase in "The Tempest" 320 years before Aldous Huxley used it as a title brave new world |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | THAT'S BRAVE TALK $800: In an 1806 letter, this president said we must "convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies" Jefferson |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | THAT'S BRAVE TALK $1200: In this story of a Trojan hero, Virgil wrote that "fortune favors the brave" the Aeneid |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | THAT'S BRAVE TALK $1600: During this intra-Greek war, Pericles said, "the secret of happiness is freedom & the secret of freedom a brave heart" the Peloponnesian War |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | THAT'S BRAVE TALK $2000: In "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", he wrote that "each man kills the thing he loves"; "the brave man with a sword" Oscar Wilde |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | LITERARY OPENINGS $1200: Huxley:
"A squat grey building of only 34 stories. Over the main entrance the words, Central London Hatchery" Brave New World |
| #6700, aired 2013-11-01 | U.S. FORCES OVERSEAS $1200: (Alex Trebek delivers the clue from Germany.) In 1948 & 1949, a lot of brave airmen flew some dangerous missions out of Wiesbaden Air Base in order to resupply this blockaded German city Berlin |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | THE NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS $1600: (A.O. Scott presents the clue.) I can sum up this animated Disney delight, one of my Critics' Picks of 2010, by saying, "Back to the castle, where it's all about the hair" Tangled |
| #6653, aired 2013-07-17 | THE OSCAR FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE $400: 2012:
A straight-shooting Scottish lass saves her family Brave |
| #6568, aired 2013-03-20 | BOOK SERIES $400: Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" included 3 "P" titles: "The Pathfinder", "The Prairie" & these brave folks The Pioneers |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | ALL ABOUT AUTHORS $1200: At Walt Disney's request, in 1945 this "Brave New World" author did some preliminary work on "Alice in Wonderland" (Aldous) Huxley |
| #6539, aired 2013-02-07 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $2,400 (Daily Double): In this futuristic but not Orwellian novel, Mustapha Mond was called "the Resident Controller for Western Europe" Brave New World |
| #6506, aired 2012-12-24 | SOUNDS LIKE A SANDWICH $400: The main male character in a story, especially if brave & admirable a hero |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | SLINGING ARROWS $800: In this animated 2012 film, Princess Merida must rely on her archery skills to undo a curse Brave |
| #6308, aired 2012-02-08 | ROGET'S MEETS BARTLETT'S $1600: That nation populated by the liberated paired with that domicile where the courageous live "the land of the free and the home of the brave" |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | WORLD POTPOURRI $400: As everyone belongs to everyone, mother & father are forbidden terms in this 1932 Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | THE BOOKS OF DAVID McCULLOUGH $1000: A collection of short bios, "Brave Companions" includes an account of this "little woman who made the big war" Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| #6145, aired 2011-05-06 | "NEW" IN THE BOOKSTORE $400: Aldous Huxley later regretted not having put nuclear power in this futuristic novel Brave New World |
| #6138, aired 2011-04-27 | FAMOUS LAST WORD $1600: In "America the Beautiful" sea |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | A SCOUT IS... $1000: Exhibiting courage brave |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | CLASSIC MOVIE TRAILERS $600: We're heading for Arizona with this 1957 original
"Soon a man, scared but brave, would run an outlaw gauntlet to put a prisoner on the gallows-bound train" 3:10 to Yuma |
| #6092, aired 2011-02-22 | WINTER SPORTS $400: On New Year's Day, many souls brave icy waters to take part in a swim named for these ursine creatures a polar bear swim |
| #6080, aired 2011-02-04 | COMPLETE THE OXYMORON $1600: The Native American warrior who fled the battle was a cowardly... brave |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | BODY LANGUAGE $200: Come on, champ, you have to be brave & "keep a stiff" this an upper lip |
| #6056, aired 2011-01-03 | NOVEL IDEAS $600: "Cleanliness is next to Fordliness" is a line from this 1932 novel Brave New World |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | LITERARY LETTER DROP $1200: Courageous neologisms abound when a Huxley title drops a letter Brave New Word |
| #5997, aired 2010-10-12 | FLAGS & ANTHEMS $1600: In 1922, after 91 years as an instrumental, this S. Amer. country's anthem got words calling it "a brave colossus" Brazil |
| #5913, aired 2010-05-05 | "V" LIKE 7-LETTER WORDS $1000: It means boldly courageous or brave, as in a comic strip prince valiant |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | HOME OF THE BRAVE $400: The Silver Star the U.S. |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | HOME OF THE BRAVE $800: The Fighter against Nazis Medal Israel |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | HOME OF THE BRAVE $1200: The Order of Leopold Belgium |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | HOME OF THE BRAVE $1600: The Military Order of William the Netherlands |
| #5869, aired 2010-03-04 | HOME OF THE BRAVE $2,000 (Daily Double): King Haakon VII's Freedom Cross Norway |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | THAT'S THE KIND OF MAN I WANT $400: Give me a man who's this brave 4-letter word, like the last few words of the clue bold |
| #5847, aired 2010-02-02 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $600: In "The Tempest" she gives the "O brave new world" line Miranda |
| #5748, aired 2009-09-16 | BOOKISH $400: Escalator squash & obstacle golf are games in this Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World |
| #5698, aired 2009-05-20 | THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS $800: The Special Olympics oath is "Let me" do this "but if I cannot" do this, "let me be brave in the attempt" win |
| #5693, aired 2009-05-13 | KINGS OF LEON $800: Kings included Alfonso IX El Baboso, "The Drooler", & Alfonso VI El Bravo, meaning this "The Brave" |
| #5606, aired 2009-01-12 | "SP"EAK UP! $1600: "Brave Sir Robin" is a song from this popular musical Spamalot |
| #5589, aired 2008-12-18 | SYMPHONY FOR THE DEVIL $800: It was a "Brave New World" for this Brit when his "The Devils of Loudun" was turned into an opera in 1969 Huxley |
| #5555, aired 2008-10-31 | HAVE A RETREAT $2000: His brave retreat across Italy after his volunteers were kicked out of Rome in 1849 made him a hero Garibaldi |
| #5550, aired 2008-10-24 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $200: "B.N.W."
by Aldous Huxley Brave New World |
| #5469, aired 2008-05-22 | ACTOR'S RESUME $1600: "Contact",
"The Accused",
"The Brave One" Jodie Foster |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | BREWERS, BUCKS & PACKERS $800: He hit 22 of his 755 career HRs as a Brewer; he hit 398 as a Milwaukee Brave Hank Aaron |
| #5456, aired 2008-05-05 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $2000: Chapter 1 of this 1932 novel begins at the Central London Hatching & Conditioning Centre Brave New World |
| #5420, aired 2008-03-14 | NAME THE NOVEL $600: 1932:
"In the 4,000 rooms of the Centre the 4,000 electric clocks simultaneously struck four" Brave New World |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | FICTION $800: This classic by Aldous Huxley takes place in the year 632 A.F. (after the birth of Henry Ford) Brave New World |
| #5377, aired 2008-01-15 | LANDING AT JFK $800: John Quincy Adams & Sam Houston were 2 of the 8 brave senators JFK wrote about in this Pulitzer-winning 1956 book Profiles in Courage |
| #5294, aired 2007-09-20 | THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER LYRICS $200: The song ends by rhyming this word with "brave" wave |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | BRAVE NEW WORD $400: It's the "F" in the common web acronym "FAQ" frequently |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | BRAVE NEW WORD $800: If you reply anonymously to support your own post in an online forum, you're this hand puppet, like Lamb Chop sock puppet |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | BRAVE NEW WORD $1200: Differing from e-mail, correspondence via post office is considered this, as if carried by a gastropod snail mail |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | BRAVE NEW WORD $1600: Reusing components in old electronics is termed this, one letter shorter than the word it's derived from eCycling |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | BRAVE NEW WORD $2000: Taken from a mining phrase, a "climate" this animal is an event that foretells environmental disaster canary |
| #5251, aired 2007-06-11 | JOE RANFT: PIXAR LEGEND $1000: Also the voice of Elmo St. Peters, Joe was Emmy-nominated as a writer of 1987's "Brave Little" this Toaster |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: A savage named John has educated himself by reading Shakespeare in "Brave New World" by this man Aldous Huxley |
| #5212, aired 2007-04-17 | OTHER WORKS BY HANDEL $1600: Handel set to music Dryden's "Alexander's Feast", with its line "none but" these people "deserves the fair" the brave |
| #5207, aired 2007-04-10 | BRITISH AUTHORS $400: In "The Doors of Perception", he described the "Brave New World" of drug experimentation (Aldous) Huxley |
| #5202, aired 2007-04-03 | CARLS IN CHARGE $1000: Later president, Carl Mannerheim commanded this country's army in its brave fight against the Soviets in 1939-40 Finland |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS $400: Inducted in 1982, this Brave has the most RBIs of anyone in the Hall with 2,297 Hank Aaron |
| #5065, aired 2006-09-22 | DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1000: After the French Revolution, brave daughters Anastasie & Virginie joined him in captivity (Marquis de) Lafayette |
| #5026, aired 2006-06-19 | WALLY WORLD $1600: He was an Angel, Royal, Padre, Brave & Angel again before he called it quits in 2001 Wally Joyner |
| #5000, aired 2006-05-12 | LITERARY LINEUPS $2,200 (Daily Double): Carlo Marx,
Remi Boncoeur,
Dean Moriarty On the Road |
| #4985, aired 2006-04-21 | TITLES FROM SHAKESPEARE $1200: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" comes from a speech of Miranda's in this play The Tempest |
| #4974, aired 2006-04-06 | FICTIONAL MOVIES $1600: "Three Weeks in a Helicopter" is an interactive "feely" film in this Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World |
| #4936, aired 2006-02-13 | TELL 'EM WHAT THEY'VE WON, JOHNNY $600: A brave French soldier might receive the award known as the "Croix de Guerre", meaning "Cross of" this War |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | BRAVE HEART $200: The first popularly elected president of the Russian Republic, he survived 5 heart attacks during his 2 terms Yeltsin |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | BRAVE HEART $400: In 1991 George H.W. Bush gave this Defense Secretary & heart attack survivor the Medal of Freedom Cheney |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | BRAVE HEART $600: This South African performed the first human heart transplant & disdained his nation's system of apartheid (Dr. Christiaan) Barnard |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | BRAVE HEART $800: Invasive coronary bypass surgery was the standard for unclogging arteries before the advent of this procedure angioplasty |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | BRAVE HEART $1,500 (Daily Double): The first permanent artificial heart, implanted in Barney Clark in 1982, was named for this doctor Robert Jarvik |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | DUKE UNIVERSITY $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Duke University in Durham, NC.) The origin of this name for Duke University's sports teams is traced back to the nickname of a brave French fighting force of World War I the Blue Devils |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | DUKE UNIVERSITY $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Duke University in Durham, NC.) Entranced by Duke University during a 1937 visit, this author of "Brave New World" called it "a whole city of grey stone" (Aldous) Huxley |
| #4909, aired 2006-01-05 | LITERARY ROCK & ROLL $1200: He's the actor & director heard here singing a song inspired by "The Hobbit"
"In the middle of the earth, in the land of the shire /
Lives a brave little hobbit whom we all admire /
With his long wooden pipe, his fuzzy, woolly toes /
He lives in a hobbit-hole and everybody knows him..." Leonard Nimoy |
| #4874, aired 2005-11-17 | EFFECTS $3,000 (Daily Double): This 19th century Frenchman gave his name to an effect by which oxygen inhibits fermentation Pasteur |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | "B" BRAVE $400: Its larvae infest & destroy the seedpods of cotton plants boll weevils |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | "B" BRAVE $800: A work such as a movie that enjoys enormous success, or a home video rental chain that has enjoyed enormous success blockbuster |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | "B" BRAVE $1200: Two Bs back to back was this fashion designer's trademark Bill Blass |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | "B" BRAVE $1600: A ratio of systolic & diastolic values blood pressure |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | "B" BRAVE $2000: As many as 1 million may have died during the 1971 civil war that produced this country Bangladesh |
| #4767, aired 2005-05-03 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $3,600 (Daily Double): One movement of this famous set of symphonic sketches is called "Jeux de vagues" ("The Play of the Waves") La Mer |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER $800: It's the very last word of the song brave |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | COMMON BONDS $1200: "The queen";
"the brave";
"for thee" last words of national anthems |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | "B" BRAVE $200: It's forcing people to pay money by threatening to reveal their embarrassing secrets blackmail |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | "B" BRAVE $400: Movie 007 No. 6 Pierce Brosnan |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | "B" BRAVE $600: 192 people were killed trying to cross this infamous barrier the Berlin Wall |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | "B" BRAVE $800: From the Latin for a type of hawk, it's the word commonly applied in the U.S. to a turkey vulture a buzzard |
| #4658, aired 2004-12-01 | "B" BRAVE $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the marine activity seen here breaching |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $1000: This tale published in 1932 is set in the year 632 AF (After Ford) Brave New World |
| #4639, aired 2004-11-05 | TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES $200: Ulysses is the Latin name of Odysseus, the Greek hero that this poet portrayed in "The Odyssey" Homer |
| #4639, aired 2004-11-05 | TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES $400: Ulysses devised this trick to induce the soldiers of Troy to open the city gates the Trojan horse |
| #4639, aired 2004-11-05 | TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES $800: In the Strait of Messina, Ulysses lost 6 of his men to the sea monster Scylla while avoiding this whirlpool Charybdis |
| #4639, aired 2004-11-05 | TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES $1,000 (Daily Double): Ulysses was bound to his ship's mast to avoid the lure of the sounds of these demons, half women, half birds the sirens |
| #4639, aired 2004-11-05 | TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES $1000: Ulysses spent a year on the island of Aeaea in the company of this witch who turned men into pigs Circe |
| #4582, aired 2004-07-06 | NOVEL QUOTES $800: (1932)
"Over the main entrance the words, Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre" Brave New World |
| #4500, aired 2004-03-12 | YES, I'VE ETON $400: We know he revisited his "Brave New World" in 1958, but we don't know if he attended any Eton reunions (Aldous) Huxley |
| #4499, aired 2004-03-11 | FILMS OF THE '60s $200: This singer did it his way & filmed his directorial debut, the WWII drama "None But the Brave", on the island of Kauai Frank Sinatra |
| #4456, aired 2004-01-12 | IN THE BIG INNING $1200: Coming to bat in the 4th inning of a game against the L.A. Dodgers in 1974, this Atlanta Brave hit his 715th home run Hank Aaron |
| #4398, aired 2003-10-22 | THE ROYALS $2000: This first king of Poland was alliteratively nicknamed "the Brave" Boleslaw |
| #4320, aired 2003-05-16 | OVER CASTE $1600: Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas & Epsilons are the 5 social castes in this futuristic tale Brave New World |
| #4314, aired 2003-05-08 | BRITISH HEIR WAYS $2,000 (Daily Double): It isn't a deep, dark secret that this brave knight captured the French king at Poitiers in 1356 Edward the Black Prince |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $200 (Daily Double): 3-word title of Sister Helen Prejean's powerful account of being a death row counselor "Dead Man Walking" |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $400: In 1952 this nun opened the Nirmal Hriday Home for dying destitutes Mother Teresa |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $800: In 1831 Catherine McAuley founded the Sisters of Mercy in this world capital to care for the poor & destitute Dublin |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $1600: Founded in 1609, the Loretto Nuns use the same "rule" as this male teaching order founded in 1534 Jesuits |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | NUN BUT THE BRAVE $2000: It's the classic work in which you'll find "The Nun's Priest's Tale" "The Canterbury Tales" |
| #4237, aired 2003-01-21 | "WORLD" BOOK $400: A savage named John has educated himself by reading Shakespeare in this futuristic novel by Aldous Huxley "Brave New World" |
| #4210, aired 2002-12-13 | PHRASES REVERSED $800: Anthem's end:
the Native American warrior associated with the residence brave of the home |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | SWISS FAMILY FUN $200: In Geneva, learn about the brave history of this organization at Le Musee International de la Croix-Rouge International Red Cross |
| #4192, aired 2002-11-19 | LITERARY BROTHERS $400: In 1932 Julian Huxley wrote "A Scientist Among the Soviets" & his brother Aldous published this novel "Brave New World" |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | LAST ACTION HERO $200: The first major work of English literature is about this brave hero who took on Grendel & his mom "Beowulf" |
| #4134, aired 2002-07-18 | "BRAVE" HEART $200: Society is divided into 5 groups in this futuristic novel: Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas & Epsilons Brave New World |
| #4134, aired 2002-07-18 | "BRAVE" HEART $400: They're the last 5 words of the song that begins, "O say can you see..." "the home of the brave" |
| #4134, aired 2002-07-18 | "BRAVE" HEART $600: The only Major League Baseball team that fits the category the Atlanta Braves |
| #4134, aired 2002-07-18 | "BRAVE" HEART $800: You may feel like a matador after having one of these drinks made with Kahlua & tequila a Brave Bull |
| #4134, aired 2002-07-18 | "BRAVE" HEART $1000: This 1987 animated tale tells the story of household appliances that go in search of their owners The Brave Little Toaster |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | AS EASY AS A,B,C $400: Of angel, brave & cardinal, in baseball, the one mentioned in the anthem sung before each game brave |
| #4059, aired 2002-04-04 | ANTONYMS $2000: This antonym of "utopian" applies to the societies in "Brave New World" & "1984" dystopian |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | OLD GLORY $600: Each verse of "The Star-Spangled Banner" ends with the flag waving over this familiar pair of phrases the land of the free and the home of the brave |
| #4033, aired 2002-02-27 | ORDINARY "WORLD" $400: This satirical Aldous Huxley novel is set in the year 632 AF (After Ford) Brave New World |
| #3936, aired 2001-10-15 | TITLES TAKEN FROM SHAKESPEARE $1,000 (Daily Double): "The Tempest", act V, scene 1, line 183 by Huxley Brave New World |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | LEFTOVERS $300: To sing "the home of the brave" in the home of the National League Braves, you have to be in this stadium Turner Field (Turner Stadium accepted) |
| #3688, aired 2000-09-20 | OFF-BROADWAY 2000 $400: 4-word title of an Arthur Laurents revival; it sounds like a sequel to "Land of the Free" "Home of the Brave" |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | BRITISH AUTHORS $400: In 1937 this "Brave New World" author left Europe for a new home in the United States Aldous Huxley |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | BOASTING $400: In a fairy tale, The Brave Little Tailor boasted he killed 7 with one blow! The town thought he meant men; he meant these Flies |
| #3621, aired 2000-05-08 | FOREWORDS $100: This author said that he would have offered the savage a third alternative if he were to rewrite "Brave New World" Aldous Huxley |
| #3604, aired 2000-04-13 | THEIR FIRST NOVELS $600: A house party in the country is the setting for this "Brave New World" author's first novel, "Crome Yellow" Aldous Huxley |
| #3583, aired 2000-03-15 | FICTIONAL INDIANS $500: In a 1960 No. 1 hit by Johnny Preston, this young Indian brave "Loved Little White Dove with a love big as the sky" Running Bear |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR $600 (Daily Double): The Frenche captured this poet brave and handsome, but the kynge wyth 16 pounds dyd pay hys ransome Geoffrey Chaucer |
| #3513, aired 1999-12-08 | PARDON MY ROBOT $800: The brave humans of "Battlestar Galactica" battled these towering men of metal Cylons |
| #3475, aired 1999-10-15 | PLACE NAME PEOPLE $400: The seat of Montana State University is named for this "man", a brave &/or foolhardy pioneer guide John Bozeman |
| #3421, aired 1999-06-21 | 5-LETTER WORDS $800: "The Star-Spangled Banner" ends with this "valiant" word brave |
| #3391, aired 1999-05-10 | MOVIE MANIA $500: Juliette Lewis & Giovanni Ribisi are 2 mentally challenged people who brave the odds & fall in love in this film The Other Sister |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | CHARLES DARWIN $500: The grandfather of this "Brave New World" author was known as "Darwin's Bulldog" Aldous Huxley |
| #3348, aired 1999-03-10 | LIKE A LION $100: People of this Zodiac sign represented by a lion can be brave, noble & ferocious Leo |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | SPORTS COMEBACKS $1000: This ex-Brave whose name means "fairness" was fairly named 1997's A.L. Comeback Player of the Year for Cleveland David Justice |
| #3248, aired 1998-10-21 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $400: This "Brave New World" author's "Eyeless In Gaza" features a man named Beavis, but no Butt-Head Aldous Huxley |
| #3231, aired 1998-09-28 | POTENT POTABLES $200: A brave bull is made from Kahlua & this Mexican liquor -- & that's no bull Tequila |
| #3223, aired 1998-09-16 | DEAD LINES $800: Oscar Wilde says "The coward does it with a kiss, the brave man with a sword" "Kill the thing he loves" |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | BOOKS FOR THE BRAVE $200: You could write a brief history of the times people have tackled this physicist's "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | BOOKS FOR THE BRAVE $400: Your grasp of this French existentialist's "Being and Nothingness" may be closer to nothingness Jean-Paul Sartre |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | BOOKS FOR THE BRAVE $600: After starting this last James Joyce novel, you may talkingbe pas Anglais thissaway Finnegans Wake |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | BOOKS FOR THE BRAVE $800: It's a lot easier to finish this author's "Death in Venice" than his "Dr. Faustus" Thomas Mann |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | BOOKS FOR THE BRAVE $1000: Few have finished both the Barsetshire & Palliser series by this "wanton" 19th century novelist Anthony Trollope |
| #3164, aired 1998-05-07 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $500: In this novel of the future, Mustapha Mond "had been the first to reveal the... dangers of family life" Brave New World |
| #3136, aired 1998-03-30 | 19th CENTURY LIT $1000: Felicia Dorothea Hemans' best-remembered poem tells of the brave boy who "stood on" this the burning deck |
| #3131, aired 1998-03-23 | "NONE" $400: This 1965 war drama was Frank Sinatra's directorial debut None But the Brave |
| #3117, aired 1998-03-03 | A "WORLD" OF INFORMATION $800: This exclamation by Miranda in "The Tempest" became an ironic Aldous Huxley title "Brave new world!" |
| #2977, aired 1997-07-08 | LITERATURE $400: Time in this futuristic Aldous Huxley novel is measured from the invention of the Model T Ford Brave New World |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | BRAVE WORDS $100: This song calls the U.S. "The land of the free and the home of the brave" "Star-Spangled Banner" |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | BRAVE WORDS $200: "A hero is brave in deeds as well as words" is the moral of one of his fables Aesop |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | BRAVE WORDS $300: "It is hard to be brave", said this friend of Winnie-The-Pooh, "when you're only a very small animal" Piglet |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | BRAVE WORDS $400: In his "Plea For" this abolitionist, Thoreau asked, "When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?" John Brown |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | BRAVE WORDS $500: This 20th century novelist defined "guts" as "grace under pressure" Ernest Hemingway |
| #2921, aired 1997-04-21 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: This star of "The American President" was an assistant director on his father's 1962 film "Lonely Are the Brave" Michael Douglas |
| #2907, aired 1997-04-01 | APRIL $200: On April 8, 1974 this Brave hit his 715th home run Hank Aaron |
| #2872, aired 1997-02-11 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $1000: This Scotsman known for his "brave heart" defeated an English army near Stirling Castle in 1297 William Wallace |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | LITERARY ALLUSIONS $1,100 (Daily Double): The title of the novel "Brave New World" comes from a line spoken by Miranda in this Shakespeare play "The Tempest" |
| #2843, aired 1997-01-01 | NOTABLE WOMEN $200: Ding Ling, who wrote about independent, brave women, was one of this country's most popular authors China |
| #2811, aired 1996-11-18 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $200: "After Many a Summer Dies the Swan" is a 1939 novel by this author of "Brave New World" (Aldous) Huxley |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE $800: In the 1940s this author ventured into a "Brave New World" with the screenplay for "Jane Eyre" Huxley |
| #2715, aired 1996-05-24 | PEOPLE $500: In June 1995 she read her poem "A Brave and Startling Truth" at the U.N.'s 50th birthday bash Maya Angelou |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | BRITISH AUTHORS $1000: In 1958 he published a follow-up to "Brave New World", titled "Brave New World Revisited" Huxley |
| #2635, aired 1996-02-02 | LITERATURE $500: This "Brave New World" author's 1921 novel "Crome Yellow" abounds with eccentric characters Aldous Huxley |
| #2627, aired 1996-01-23 | LITERATURE $1000: Wamba is a brave jester who risks his life to save his master Cedric in this Sir Walter Scott novel "Ivanhoe" |
| #2613, aired 1996-01-03 | NOVELS $800: The title of this 1932 Aldous Huxley novel is from Shakespeare's "The Tempest" Brave New World |
| #2608, aired 1995-12-27 | QUOTATIONS $1000: In "Alexander's Feast" John Dryden wrote, "None but the brave deserves" this the fair |
| #2588, aired 1995-11-29 | LITERATURE $3,000 (Daily Double): In this novel Winston Smith's job for the Ministry of Truth is to rewrite records 1984 |
| #2575, aired 1995-11-10 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: In this Aldous Huxley novel of the future, Mustapha Mond expounds on the dangers of Shakespeare Brave New World |
| #2517, aired 1995-07-11 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $200: At the end of this novel, Winston Smith acknowledges his love for Big Brother 1984 |
| #2507, aired 1995-06-27 | BRITISH AUTHORS $600: In 1958 this author reconsidered some of his prophecies in "Brave New World Revisited" Aldous Huxley |
| #2502, aired 1995-06-20 | POETRY $1,500 (Daily Double): Tennyson had a thousand copies of this poem printed for "the brave soldiers at Sebastopol" "The Charge of the Light Brigade" |
| #2220, aired 1994-04-08 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: By 1960 many of the predictions he made in "Brave New World" had come true (Aldous) Huxley |
| #2176, aired 1994-02-07 | SCIENCE FICTION $400: His last novel, 1962's "Island", is about a tropical utopia, sort of a "Brave New World" Aldous Huxley |
| #2121, aired 1993-11-22 | ROYALTY $400: This country had rulers named Boleslaw the Bold, Boleslaw the Brave & Boleslaw the Wrymouthed Poland |
| #2046, aired 1993-06-28 | POETS & POETRY $800: A poem about him begins, "Come, all you rounders, if you want to hear a story 'bout a brave engineer" Casey Jones |
| #2032, aired 1993-06-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Cornered in a barn on April 26, 1865, he cried out, "Well, my brave boys, prepare a stretcher for me" John Wilkes Booth |
| #1988, aired 1993-04-07 | NOVEL CHARACTERS $1000: Bernard Marx,
Lenina Crowne & Mustapha Mond Brave New World |
| #1909, aired 1992-12-17 | POTENT POTABLES $200: Mix Kahlua with this Mexican liquor & you'll have a brave bull tequila |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | 17th CENTURY LITERATURE $800: In "Alexander's Feast" John Dryden wrote, "None but the brave deserves" them "the fair" |
| #1741, aired 1992-03-09 | BRITISH NOVELS $600: Bernard Marx works at the Hatchery and Conditioning Centre in this futuristic tale Brave New World |
| #1735, aired 1992-02-28 | ANIMAL PHRASES $500: To be unusually brave is "To beard" this animal "in his den" the lion |
| #1728, aired 1992-02-19 | NAMES $400: It's from German for "brave as a lion", which you have to be to critique movies as Mr. Maltin does Leonard |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: His short story collection "Mortal Coils" was published in 1922, 10 years before "Brave New World" Aldous Huxley |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | THEATRE $800: In 1962 William Inge reworked this Pulitzer Prize-winning play of his & called it "Summer Brave" Picnic |
| #1603, aired 1991-07-17 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $800: Society is divided into 5 castes in this futuristic tale: Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas & Episilons Brave New World |
| #1577, aired 1991-06-11 | "HEART"Y PHRASES $100: A brave & vigorous man,
England's Richard I was known by this nickname Richard the Lionheart |
| #1561, aired 1991-05-20 | COMPLETES THE PROVERB $1000: "None but the brave..." deserve the fair |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | STEVE MARTIN MOVIES $500 (Daily Double): Pair heard here singing with Steve: "One for each other and all for one / the Three brave Amigos are we / Brother to Brother and everyone" Martin Short & Chevy Chase |
| #1535, aired 1991-04-12 | 5-LETTER WORDS $300: In "The Star-Spangled Banner", it's the last word you sing brave |
| #1497, aired 1991-02-19 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $500: It's believed that this brave woman never lost a "passenger" on the Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | MODERN LITERATURE $100: In this futuristic Aldous Huxley novel, people attend feelies instead of movies Brave New World |
| #1435, aired 1990-11-23 | THE TOWER OF LONDON $1,200 (Daily Double): This 1888 Gilbert & Sullivan operetta set at the Tower features the following:
"Tower warders, / Under orders, / Gallant pikemen, valiant sworders! / Brave in bearing, / Foemen scaring, / In their bygone..." Yeomen of the Guard |
| #1326, aired 1990-05-14 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: John is a Shakespeare-quoting "savage" found on a N.M. reservation in this Huxley novel "Brave New World" |
| #1311, aired 1990-04-23 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: The 1st major work of English literature, this poem about a brave hero is by author or authors unknown Beowulf |
| #1219, aired 1989-12-14 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $600: Huxley novel in which Lenina Crowne & Bernard Marx visit a New Mexico Indian reservation Brave New World |
| #1181, aired 1989-10-23 | LITERARY SETTINGS $400: Aldous Huxley novel set in London & New Mexico in the year 632 "after Ford" Brave New World |
| #1163, aired 1989-09-27 | TV RERUNS $500: "Brave Stallion" Fury |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | SEXY SENIORS $400: This sexy film star said "Lonely Are the Brave" is his favorite of all his movies Kirk Douglas |
| #1125, aired 1989-06-23 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: This author of "Brave New World" was the great-nephew of the poet Matthew Arnold Aldous Huxley |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | LITERATURE $200: Aldous Huxley got its title from "The Tempest" & set it in the year 632 AF (after Ford) Brave New World |
| #1058, aired 1989-03-22 | MUSIC TRIVIA $100: It's the last word in our national anthem brave |
| #863, aired 1988-05-11 | THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER $200: In every verse, "brave" is rhymed with this word wave |
| #821, aired 1988-03-14 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $200: While some large rocks might be brave, this one is even braver bolder boulder |
| #747, aired 1987-12-01 | BRITISH GHOSTS $800: Film in which cowardly Chas. Laughton was considered to haunt a castle, awaiting a chance to be brave The Canterville Ghost |
| #719, aired 1987-10-22 | FAMOUS QUOTES $600 (Daily Double): Line from Scottish poet Robert Burns that's found in the following patriotic song:
"You’re a grand old flag /
You’re a high-flying flag /
And forever in peace may you wave /
You’re the emblem of /
The land I love /
The home of the free and the brave /
Every heart beats true /
‘Neath the red white and blue /
Where there’s never a boast or brag..." should auld acquaintance be forgot |
| #710, aired 1987-10-09 | BOYS IN SONG $600: The Big Bopper made the Indian sounds in this 1959 Johnny Preston hit about a young Indian brave "Running Bear" |
| #650, aired 1987-06-05 | NOVEL PLOTS $1,500 (Daily Double): Sex, soma, & suicide, starting in the year 632 after Ford Brave New World |
| #636, aired 1987-05-18 | AUTHORS $200: In the '50s he published "Brave New World Revisited" a supplement to his 1932 work Aldous Huxley |
| #600, aired 1987-03-27 | NOVEL PLOTS $700 (Daily Double): Hostile aliens fall victim to germ warfare in England The War of the Worlds |
| #550, aired 1987-01-16 | 4-WORD PHRASES $200: A teepee, or last 4 words of "The Star Spangled Banner" home of the brave |
| #526, aired 1986-12-15 | BOYS IN SONG $200: Joanie Sommers told him to "Get Angry" saying, "I want a brave man, I want a cave man" Johnny |
| #517, aired 1986-12-02 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $300: He directed "None But the Brave" in 1965, & he did it his way Frank Sinatra |
| #480, aired 1986-10-10 | TV ANIMALS $500: The brave stallion of the Broken Wheel Ranch Fury |
| #470, aired 1986-09-26 | MEDICINES $500: Name shared by prescription pain killer & drug used to control the masses in "Brave New World" Soma |
| #443, aired 1986-05-21 | LITERATURE $200: Huxley book in which audiences went to the "feelies" & babies were produced in bottles Brave New World |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | SHAKESPEARE $1000: Expression "O brave new world" comes from this last play Shakespeare wrote alone The Tempest |
| #285, aired 1985-10-11 | HOMOPHONES $600: A habit-forming drug, or the brave female lead in a movie heroin/heroine |
| #279, aired 1985-10-03 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: Aldous Huxley's 1932 version of "1984" Brave New World |
| #135, aired 1985-03-15 | THE '50s $500 (Daily Double): Popular TV Western featuring this theme:
"I'll tell you a story, a real true life story /
A tale of the Western frontier /
The West, it was lawless /
But one man was flawless /
And his is the story you'll hear..." Wyatt Earp |
