| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $1600: Prior to writing his "Odes" & "Epodes", this Roman lyric poet fought alongside Brutus in Asia Minor Horace |
| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SHORT SHAKESPEARE $1200: He says, "Fly not, stand still: ambition's debt is paid" Brutus |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | SHAKESPEARE -LOGUES ON $400: "Mark Antony, here, take you Caesar's body. You shall not in your funeral speech blame us" Brutus |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | A CRASH COURSE IN JOHN GREEN $200: (John Green presents the clue.) "The Fault in Our Stars" was largely inspired by a young friend, Esther Earl, who died of cancer at 16; & the title was inspired by a line in this Shakespeare play--"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves" Julius Caesar |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | QUOTABLE SHAKESPEARE PLAYS $800: "As he was valiant, I honor him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him" Julius Caesar |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SEE WHAT I DID THERE? $500: I'm this 1-named Renaissance sculptor & I did a bust, now in Florence, of another 1-named dude, Brutus Michelangelo |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | I BID $10,000 (Daily Double): In 2020, an unnamed bidder spent $4.2 million for the so-called EID MAR coin, minted by this assassin Brutus |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | ANCIENT ROME $200: This general & statesman became dictator in 46 B.C. but was assassinated on the ides of March by Brutus & others (Julius) Caesar |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | HEY SHAKESPEARE, WHO SAID THAT? $200: "Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: but Brutus says he was ambitious" Mark Antony |
| #8411, aired 2021-05-31 | IT'S ALL IN THE PAST $400: "Et, tu" him--2 years after taking part in Caesar's murder, both he & Cassius killed themselves Brutus |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | SHAKE HANDS WITH SHAKESPEARE $400: "First, Marcus Brutus, will I shake with you; next, Caius Cassius, do I take your hand", says Antony in this play Julius Caesar |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | QUOTING THE SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER $1200: "For Brutus is an honourable man; so are they all, all honourable men" Marc Antony |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | "B" SPOKE SHAKESPEARE $400: About his crime he says, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" Brutus |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | ARE YOU SHAKESPEARIENCED? $1,000 (Daily Double): This man says, "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him", but he's not being quite truthful Mark Antony |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | TRAITOROUS ACTIVITY $400: 60 conspirators helped knock off Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., but as far as we know, only he got the "et tu" thrown at him Brutus |
| #7830, aired 2018-09-28 | MY WIFE $2,000 (Daily Double): Pompeia, who married him in 67 B.C. & must be above suspicion Julius Caesar |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | SHAKESPEARE'S PEOPLE $400: He is the last to stab Julius Caesar Brutus |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | ANCIENT COINS $1200: Around 43 B.C this assassin issued a coin with his image on one side & 2 daggers & "Ides of March" on the other Brutus |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | REAL-LIFE PEOPLE IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS $600: In the play "Julius Caesar" & in real life, this man & Brutus led the assassination conspiracy Cassius |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | HISTORY IN ART $200: Michelangelo took a stab at carving a bust of this slayer of Julius Caesar Brutus |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | ROMANS $800: This man died just two years after his one-time friend Julius Caesar Brutus |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | QUOTES FROM SHAKESPEARE $1200: His dying words are "Caesar, now be still. I killed not thee with half so good a will" Brutus (or Brute) |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | OVER THE "P.A." $1200: If Brutus makes 10 denarii a month, he makes 120 denarii calculated this way per annum |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | PARDON ME $400: He pardoned Marcus Junius Brutus, around 48 B.C. (big mistake!) (Julius) Caesar |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | IF ONLY I COULD TELL THEM $600: Hey! You! The most powerful man in ancient Rome--Brutus & Cassius are not your friends Julius Caesar |
| #6547, aired 2013-02-19 | BRIDES OF SHAKESPEARE $1600: Octavia Mark Antony |
| #6541, aired 2013-02-11 | THEY'RE HISTORY! $2000: Brutus called this man, his co-conspirator, "the last of the Romans" Cassius |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | SHAKESPEAREAN SCENE SETTINGS $600: "Before Brutus's tent, in the camp near Sardis" Julius Caesar |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | CLUE: THE SHAKESPEARE VERSION $400: It was Casca, then a bunch of other guys & lastly him, stabbing Julius Caesar, on the Senate floor Brutus |
| #6223, aired 2011-10-12 | CENTURY OF THE CRIME $1600: Brutus earns an et tu from Julius Caesar the 1st century B.C. |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | "O" BROTHER $1200: In 1917, then known as Larry, he played Brutus in a school production of "Julius Caesar"; his brother Dickie got the lead (Laurence) Olivier |
| #5911, aired 2010-05-03 | HE DIED A DEADLY DEATH $2000: After the second battle of Philippi in 42 B.C., this Roman general could have said, "Et tu, me?" as he killed himself Brutus |
| #5847, aired 2010-02-02 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $1000: Name of both Brutus' wife and Bassanio's girlfriend Portia |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | REVOLUTIONARY ROAD $1200: He said, "Caesar had.. .his Brutus--Charles I, his Cromwell, and George III may profit by their example" Patrick Henry |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | NIGHTS $1000: David Strathairn, as him: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves. Good night, and good luck" (Edward R.) Murrow |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | THE SHAKESPEAREAN ROOM $1200: (Wolf Blitzer delivers the clue from the Shakespearean Room.) Suicide on the "Julius Caesar" battlefield! Reports say this man had Strato hold his sword, quote, "while I do run upon it" Brutus |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | BARD BITS $400: Mark Antony called him "the noblest Roman of them all" Brutus |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | SHAKESPEARE, YOU KILL ME! $800: Brutus Himself |
| #5576, aired 2008-12-01 | SHAKESPEARE $2000: He says, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings" Cassius |
| #5536, aired 2008-10-06 | HARK, WHO SAID THAT? $600: "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" Brutus |
| #5410, aired 2008-02-29 | SHAKESPEAREAN ROUND-UP $800: This character's last line is "Then fall, Caesar" Julius Caesar |
| #5366, aired 2007-12-31 | ASSASSIN & VICTIM $400: Marcus Junius Brutus et al.
(44 B.C.) Julius Caesar |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | "B" IS FOR BARD $1,000 (Daily Double): His downfall was at Philippi Brutus |
| #5297, aired 2007-09-25 | BRUTUS $200: He penned the immortal line "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves" William Shakespeare |
| #5297, aired 2007-09-25 | BRUTUS $400: In this 13th century work, Brutus is described as suffering in the lowest pit of hell Dante's Inferno |
| #5297, aired 2007-09-25 | BRUTUS $600: This Greek biographer of "Parallel Lives" suggested Brutus was Julius Caesar's illegitimate son Plutarch |
| #5297, aired 2007-09-25 | BRUTUS $800: Brutus joined a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar that was led by this man Cassius |
| #5297, aired 2007-09-25 | BRUTUS $1000: During the Roman Civil War, Brutus sided with this man but was later pardoned by Julius Caesar--Oops! Pompey |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | HISTORICAL LAW & ORDER PLEAS $400: (Hi, I'm Sam Waterston.) Some say the victim called your name on March 15, 44 B.C. as you & others stabbed him, Governor; 25 to life, no parole Brutus |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | BROADWAY $800: In 2005 Denzel Washington took a stab at this role in "Julius Caesar" Brutus |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | PEOPLE IN DANTE'S INFERNO $200: Cassius & this other Roman betrayer/assassin are in the mouth of Satan Brutus |
| #5095, aired 2006-11-03 | SHAKESPEARE $1600: Caesar says this man "thinks too much: such men are dangerous" (No, it's not Brutus) Cassius |
| #5022, aired 2006-06-13 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Some friend--he's the last to stab Julius Caesar & it's his idea that the conspirators wash their hands in Caesar's blood Brutus |
| #4936, aired 2006-02-13 | JULIUS CAESAR $2000: Around 48 B.C. Caesar pardoned this man & later made him governor of Cisalpine Gaul; oops Brutus |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE $200: "Not that I loved Caesar less", says Brutus, "but that I loved" this city "more" Rome |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | IF SHAKESPEARE WROTE FOR THE WWE $400: Brutus! You led the assassins that kill me in Act III! That's not even halfway through my own play! That ain't right! (Julius) Caesar |
| #4558, aired 2004-06-02 | PARDON ME $1000: He fought against Julius Caesar, who pardoned him; a mistake, as he then conspired with Brutus in Caesar's murder Cassius |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | CHARACTERS IN PLAYS $2,000 (Daily Double): In a Eugene O'Neill play, this former Pullman porter & ex-convict imposes himself as an emperor on a West Indian island Brutus Jones (The Emperor Jones) |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | THE BARD WRITES $600: After he & Cassius team up to kill Julius Caesar, he says, "Let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood up to the elbows" Brutus |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | TIME FOR A "BRU" $400: In a play, this character reveals, "As Caesar loved me, I weep for him...but, as he was ambitious, I slew him" Brutus |
| #4048, aired 2002-03-20 | ARE YOU SHAKESPEARIENCED? $600: At the end of this play, Octavius & Antony find Brutus' body Julius Caesar |
| #4034, aired 2002-02-28 | TABLOID SHAKESPEARE $1000: Roman holiday for this man's funeral; "noblest Roman of them all", says Antony Brutus |
| #3864, aired 2001-05-24 | SALAD DRESSING $200: The cartoon seen here is on the label of Paul Newman's dressing for this salad:
"Don't dilute us, Brutus..." Caesar salad |
| #3800, aired 2001-02-23 | QUOTATIONS $400: Patrick Henry told the House of Burgesses, "Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First" this person Oliver Cromwell |
| #3758, aired 2000-12-27 | I KNOW THAT NAME $1,000 (Daily Double): The term "czar" came from the family name of this Roman, stabbed by Brutus & others in 44 B.C. Julius Caesar |
| #3734, aired 2000-11-23 | THE MOSTEST $500: Mark Antony described Caesar's seeing Brutus among the assassins as this "of all" the most unkindest cut |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | GHASTLY OPERATIC DEMISES $800: Brutus Jones shoots himself with a silver bullet in the opera based on this Eugene O'Neill play The Emperor Jones |
| #3618, aired 2000-05-03 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Assassin to whom Cassius says the fault "Is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings" Brutus |
| #3573, aired 2000-03-01 | SHAKESPEAREAN DYING WORDS $800: "Farewell, good Strato. Caesar, now be still; I killed not thee with half so good a will" Brutus |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | ROYAL LITERATURE $400: This O'Neill play about former Pullman porter Brutus Jones was based on a real event in Haitian history "The Emperor Jones" |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | THE GHOST $300: A ghost appeared to Brutus before the Battle of Philippi; according to Shakespeare, it was this man's Julius Caesar |
| #3474, aired 1999-10-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: Caesar's lieutenant in Gaul, he was miffed that Caesar made Octavian his heir & not him Mark Antony |
| #3463, aired 1999-09-29 | JULIUS CAESAR $200: In the English translation of the writings of Suetonius, they're Julius Caesar's last words "And you, Brutus?" |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | MIDDLE NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): The middle name of John Wilkes Booth's father Junius, it was the name of an old Roman assassin Brutus |
| #3329, aired 1999-02-11 | THEATRE $400: Junius Brutus, patriarch of this acting family, made his U.S. debut in 1821 as Richard III Booth |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | NOTORIOUS $400: In 44 B.C. he was made a praetor of Rome & joined Cassius in a little plot Brutus |
| #3225, aired 1998-09-18 | SHAKESPEARE $500: He, not Mark Antony, is the first to speak to the crowd after Caesar's murder Brutus |
| #2959, aired 1997-06-12 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $200: Varro, Clitus, Claudius, Strato, Lucius & Dardanius are all servants to Brutus in this play Julius Caesar |
| #2826, aired 1996-12-09 | SHAKESPEARE $600: Name shared by the heroine of "The Merchant of Venice" & Brutus' wife in "Julius Caesar" Portia |
| #2771, aired 1996-09-23 | ASSASSINATIONS $200: Plutarch reported that this man believed Brutus, one of his assassins, was his son Julius Caesar |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Polonius tells Hamlet he once played this role in a play, and Brutus killed him Julius Caesar |
| #2651, aired 1996-02-26 | SHAKESPEARE $400: After Caesar's murder he shakes the bloody hands of all the conspirators Mark Antony |
| #2588, aired 1995-11-29 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $300: The ghost of this title character appears to Brutus in his tent Julius Caesar |
| #2583, aired 1995-11-22 | HALF BROTHERS $600: Cato the Younger was half-brother of Servilia, mother of this chief assassin of Julius Caesar Brutus |
| #2463, aired 1995-04-26 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $100: William Shatner portrayed Lucius in a 1955 Canadian production of this play; Lorne Greene was Brutus Julius Caesar |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $600: He says, "Caesar, now be still: I killed not thee with half so good a will" Brutus |
| #2382, aired 1995-01-03 | LATIN $200: It was Julius Caesar's response upon seeing Brutus among his assassins Et tu, Brute? |
| #2256, aired 1994-05-30 | PLAYS $1000: In a play by this man, Brutus Jones, a former Pullman porter, is emperor of a small island (Eugene) O'Neill |
| #2222, aired 1994-04-12 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Act II of "Julius Caesar" opens in Brutus' orchard in this city Rome |
| #2140, aired 1993-12-17 | COINS $400: To commemorate the murder of Julius Caesar, a silver denarius coin depicting this assassin was issued Brutus |
| #2071, aired 1993-09-13 | HISTORIC NAMES $1000: Pothinus, an advisor to Ptolemy XIII, had this rival of Julius Caesar killed Pompey |
| #2000, aired 1993-04-23 | SHAKESPEARE $500: In "Julius Caesar" this man is the last of the conspirators to stab Caesar Brutus |
| #1883, aired 1992-11-11 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Brutus tells him, "You shall not in your funeral speech blame us, but speak all good you can devise" Marc Antony |
| #1866, aired 1992-10-19 | ASSASSINS $200: William Langer believes this famous line of March 15, 44 B.C. may have been said to Decimus, not Marcus "Et tu, Brute?" |
| #1828, aired 1992-07-08 | COINS $200: Soon after his death, Rome issued a coin showing Brutus, 2 daggers & an abbreviation for "Ides of March" Julius Caesar |
| #1818, aired 1992-06-24 | ANCIENT ROME $200: Marcus Junius & Decimus Junius were "Et 2" people with this name in the plot to kill Caesar Brutus |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | EUGENE O'NEILL $1000: Brutus Jones runs from his rebellious subjects in this O'Neill play suggested by Haitian history The Emperor Jones |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | FICTION $200: Dante's "Inferno" placed him in limbo while Cassius & Brutus dwelt in the lowest pit of Hell Caesar |
| #1495, aired 1991-02-15 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Polonius tells Hamlet he once played this role: "I was killed i' the capitol; Brutus killed me." Julius Caesar |
| #1479, aired 1991-01-24 | SHAKESPEAREAN SETTINGS $200: Act II, Scene I of this play is set in Brutus' orchard Julius Caesar |
| #1468, aired 1991-01-09 | NOTORIOUS $200: According to Shakespeare, this noblest Roman was the last to stab Julius Caesar Brutus |
| #1371, aired 1990-07-16 | POPEYE $300: Called Brutus in comic strips, Popeye's 372-pound archenemy has this name in films & on TV Bluto |
| #4, aired 1990-07-07 | CLASSICAL LITERATURE $2500: This Roman poet fought for Brutus before settling down to write his epodes & odes Horace |
| #1340, aired 1990-06-01 | SHAKESPEARE $400: This title character's ghost appears to Brutus, who calls it a "monstrous apparition" Julius Caesar |
| #1257, aired 1990-02-06 | LITERARY QUOTES $800: Cassius says, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in" these "but in ourselves, that we are underlings" Stars |
| #1221, aired 1989-12-18 | SHAKESPEAREAN QUOTES $200: He said, "As Caesar loved me, I weep for him...but, as he was ambitious, I slew him" Brutus |
| #1170, aired 1989-10-06 | SHAKESPEARE $1,000 (Daily Double): Brutus' wife in "Julius Caesar" & the lady lawyer in "The Merchant of Venice" shared this name Portia |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | SHAKESPEARE $200: His last lines were "Caesar, now be still: I killed not thee with half so good a will" Brutus |
| #979, aired 1988-12-01 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $100: The last person to die in this play is Brutus, who kills himself Julius Caesar |
| #954, aired 1988-10-27 | SHAKESPEARE $600: In "Juilus Caesar", Brutus' 1st line is "A soothsayer bids you beware" this the ides of March |
| #945, aired 1988-10-14 | "C" IN SHAKESPEARE $300: Co-conspirator who says, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves..." Cassius |
| #873, aired 1988-05-25 | JULIUS CAESAR $600: Caesar had an affair with Servilia, the mother of this "backstabber" Brutus |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | ANCIENT ROME $1,400 (Daily Double): The 2 assassins of Caesar defeated by Marc Antony & Octavian at the Battle of Philipi Brutus & Cassius |
| #788, aired 1988-01-27 | ANCIENT ROME $200: According to Shakespeare, this man who killed Julius Caesar killed himself by running upon his sword Brutus |
| #776, aired 1988-01-11 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $400: Name shared by Brutus' wife & the longest female role in "The Merchant of Venice" Portia |
| #721, aired 1987-10-26 | HISTORICAL NICKNAMES $1000: Caesar had his Brutus, Charles I his Cromwell, & George III had him, "The Voice of the Revolution" Patrick Henry |
| #719, aired 1987-10-22 | "B" IN SHAKESPEARE $400: "This was the noblest Roman of them all" Brutus |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | ANCIENT ROME $100: He had affairs with Cassius' wife & Brutus' mother, giving the guys good reason to stab him Julius Caesar |
| #608, aired 1987-04-08 | LOVE IN SHAKESPEARE $300: Brutus' excuse for murder: "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved" this "more" Rome |
| #582, aired 1987-03-03 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $100: Though he fought for Pompey, he was pardoned by Julius Caesar, whom he later murdered Brutus (Cassius) |
| #482, aired 1986-10-14 | AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1,800 (Daily Double): In celebrated speech, Patrick Henry reminded George III that Caesar & Charles I "had" these 2 men Brutus & Cromwell |
| #470, aired 1986-09-26 | JULIUS CAESAR $1000: Much to chagrin of Mark Antony, in his will Caesar adopted this grandnephew, making him his heir Octavius |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Scorning astrology, Cassius says, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in" these the stars |
| #399, aired 1986-03-20 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: Julius Caesar once had an affair with the mother of this assassin rumored to be his son Brutus |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Antony said this assassin of Caesar made "the most unkindest cut of all" Brutus |
| #338, aired 1985-12-25 | SHAKESPEARE $1,500 (Daily Double): Marc Antony called him "The noblest Roman of them all" Brutus |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Part of Cassius' anatomy Brutus calls “itching” when accusing him of greed palm |
| #159, aired 1985-04-18 | LAST WORDS $600: In Shakespeare, Julius Caesar's accusatory adieu "et tu, Brutus" |
