| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | OPPOSITES OF NOVEL TITLES $1200: Kurt Vonnegut's "Dinner of Losers" Breakfast of Champions |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | BOOK TITLES IN OTHER WORDS $800: 1973:
"A Wheaties Slogan" Breakfast of Champions |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | THAT BOOK TITLE IS MISLEADING $1500: Though not about Wheaties, "Breakfast of Champions" by this American is still a very good read Kurt Vonnegut |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | REMEMBERING ALEX TREBEK $200: Alex' breakfast of choice was a Diet Coke & a Snickers; after a doctor's lecture, Diet Pepsi & this "gimme a break" candy bar Kit Kat |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | A HUNGER FOR READING $400: Kurt Vonnegut undoubtedly ate his Wheaties while penning this novel about auto dealer Dwayne Hoover Breakfast of Champions |
| #8266, aired 2020-10-26 | A 5-MARTINI LIBRARY $2,200 (Daily Double): In a Kurt Vonnegut novel, Bonnie, a cocktail waitress at the Holiday Inn, calls martinis this, the book's title breakfast of champions |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | DAILY READING $1000: This 1973 Kurt Vonnegut novel about depressed car dealer Dwayne Hoover is subtitled "or Goodbye Blue Monday!" Breakfast of Champions |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS $200: This cereal has used the slogan "Breakfast of Champions" since the 1930s Wheaties |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS $400: A special maker with larger, deeper grids produces the Belgian type of these waffles |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | KURT VONNEGUT $400: In Vonnegut's novel the title "Breakfast of Champions" refers to this vermouth cocktail a martini |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS $600: Some translate the Spanish name of this breakfast dish as "country-style eggs" huevos rancheros |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS $800: For a classic eggs Benedict, use a dollop of this creamy sauce Hollandaise |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS $1000: This roll flavored with onion, a sort of bagel without the hole, was named for a Polish city bialy |
| #7854, aired 2018-11-01 | WRITERS' OTHER GIGS $800: In "Breakfast of Champions", Dwayne Hoover sells these, just like Kurt Vonnegut once did cars |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | FICTIONAL WRITERS $1600: His alter ego, the sci-fi writer Kilgore Trout, appears in many of his books, like "Breakfast of Champions" Vonnegut |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | NATIVE SONS $400: The Breakfast of Champions cocktail in Kurt Vonnegut's Indianapolis had this cereal crumbled on the rim Wheaties |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | ALSO A CANDY BAR $1,000 (Daily Double): Short, disrespectful quiet laughs snickers |
| #6773, aired 2014-02-12 | THE HARVARD BOOK STORE TOP 100 $400: This vintage Vonnegut "meal" from 1973 ranks No. 3 Breakfast of Champions |
| #5799, aired 2009-11-26 | BREAKFAST CEREALS $400: A man who spilled bran on a hot stove accidentally created the flakes of this "Breakfast of Champions" Wheaties |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | GET LIT $1200: This Indianapolis-born author's drawings can be seen in his books "Slaughterhouse-Five" & "Breakfast of Champions" Kurt Vonnegut |
| #5572, aired 2008-11-25 | JUNIOR SAMPLES $800: He wrote the bestsellers "Slaughterhouse-Five" & "Breakfast of Champions" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| #5183, aired 2007-03-07 | BREAKFAST CEREAL $200: Back in 1934 Lou Gehrig was the first athlete to appear on a box of this "Breakfast of Champions" Wheaties |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | THE INDY 5 $800: In 1999 this "Breakfast of Champions" author was honored as an Indiana living legend Kurt Vonnegut |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | BREAKFAST CEREALS $200: It's still "The Breakfast of Champions" Wheaties |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | WRITERS ON CAPE COD $400: This "Breakfast of Champions" author once put breakfast on the table by selling Saabs on Cape Cod Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| #4227, aired 2003-01-07 | BREAKFAST CEREALS $600: Babe Ruth was one of the first athletes to endorse this "Breakfast of Champions" Wheaties |
| #3732, aired 2000-11-21 | DORM CUISINE $100: This "Breakfast of Champions" sponsors a sports report, the "Radio Show of Champions" Wheaties |
| #3649, aired 2000-06-15 | AMERICAN LIT $400: A minor character from "Breakfast of Champions" became the hero of his 1987 novel "Bluebeard" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| #3432, aired 1999-07-06 | THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO $100: All-American boy Jack Armstrong never tired of this "Breakfast of Champions" Wheaties |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | AUTHORS $600: He subtitled his 1973 novel “Breakfast of Champions”, “Or Goodbye Blue Monday!” Kurt Vonnegut |
| #2955, aired 1997-06-06 | AUTHORS $600: This "Breakfast of Champions" author once ran a Saab auto dealership Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| #2943, aired 1997-05-21 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $500: Rabo Karabekian, a minor character in "Breakfast of Champions", is the focus of his 1987 novel "Bluebeard" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| #2828, aired 1996-12-11 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: This author based the character Philboyd Studge in "Breakfast of Champions" on himself Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| #2500, aired 1995-06-16 | BREAKFAST CEREALS $100: This "Breakfast of Champions" was General Mills' first ready-to-eat cereal Wheaties |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | LESSER KNOWN NAMES $200: George Cormack of the Washburn Crosby Co. developed this "Breakfast of Champions" Wheaties |
| #2251, aired 1994-05-23 | WHAT'S THE PITCH? $100: "The Breakfast of Champions" Wheaties |
| #2246, aired 1994-05-16 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: Science fiction writer Kilgore Trout appears in several of his books, including "Breakfast of Champions" Kurt Vonnegut |
| #2172, aired 1994-02-01 | OLD-TIME RADIO $100: This "All-American Boy" was sponsored by Wheaties, Breakfast of Champions Jack Armstrong |
| #2055, aired 1993-07-09 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: Kurt Vonnegut wrote "Breakfast of Champions" & he wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Truman Capote |
| #1549, aired 1991-05-02 | PLAYWRIGHTS $600: This "Breakfast of Champions" author's play "Happy Birthday, Wanda June", opened off Broadway in 1970 Kurt Vonnegut |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: This peanut-packed candy bar, the 1st successful one by Mars, is the current top seller Snickers |
| #1411, aired 1990-10-22 | BREAKFAST CEREALS $100: It calls itself "The Breakfast of Champions" Wheaties |
| #1251, aired 1990-01-29 | THANKS, GUYS $200: When we have a question about this, the "Breakfast of Champions", we call Kathryn Newton Wheaties |
| #171, aired 1985-05-06 | BREAKFAST $200: It's "the Breakfast of Champions" Wheaties |
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