#7990, aired 2019-05-10 | TRYING TIMES $400: Plato was one of the first authors to depict a celebrity trial--this Greek's trial, in the "Apology" Socrates |
#6032, aired 2010-11-30 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $400: This "Star Trek" captain is now the star "Tek" captain with his series of books that includes "Tekwar" (William) Shatner |
#6032, aired 2010-11-30 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $800: Unlike her "Sex" book, her "English Roses" series was written for children Madonna |
#6032, aired 2010-11-30 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $1200: His book "Halloween" was about getting candy; his sitcom was about nothing Seinfeld |
#6032, aired 2010-11-30 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $1600: This funny man & game show host writes about his life & dealing with OCD in "Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me" (Howie) Mandel |
#6032, aired 2010-11-30 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $2000: "The Gun Seller" is a spy spoof by this comedic Brit who plays a dramatic doctor on TV (Hugh) Laurie |
#5266, aired 2007-07-02 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $200: He's boldly written "Tek" & "Star Trek" novels & nonfiction books chronicling his days as Captain Kirk William Shatner |
#5266, aired 2007-07-02 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $400: Kids love her as "Mary Poppins" & as the author of "The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles" Julie Andrews |
#5266, aired 2007-07-02 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $600: In 2006 this first lady of hip-hop came out with her first children's book, "Queen of the Scene" Queen Latifah |
#5266, aired 2007-07-02 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $800: "Czech" out her tennis mysteries like "Killer Instinct" & "The Total Zone" by this former champ Martina Navratilova |
#5266, aired 2007-07-02 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $1000: Long before playing TV's Dr. Gregory House, he published a spy spoof called "The Gun Seller" Hugh Laurie |
#3666, aired 2000-07-10 | RUSSIAN AUTHORS $800: This poet's 1961 work "Babi Yar" helped make him an international celebrity Yevgeny Yevtushenko |
#1463, aired 1991-01-02 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $100: In 1971 she published her first book "Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah" Dinah Shore |
#1463, aired 1991-01-02 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $200: The last lines of his autobiography are "Didn't you hear me? I said I was the greatest" Muhammad Ali |
#1463, aired 1991-01-02 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $300: Late zoologist & TV personality who called his 1982 autobiography "My Wild Kingdom" Marlin Perkins |
#1463, aired 1991-01-02 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $400: This TV host's 32nd book, "Dumbth", is subtitled "& 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter" Steve Allen |
#1463, aired 1991-01-02 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $500: Singer whose "Tales from Margaritaville" are touted as fictional facts & factual fiction Jimmy Buffett |
#1283, aired 1990-03-14 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $100: His book, simply titled "A Book", is dedicated to "Lucie And Desi IV" Desi Arnaz |
#1283, aired 1990-03-14 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $200: The Marx brother who wrote "Groucho & Me" Groucho |
#1283, aired 1990-03-14 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $300: Of Vanity, Prince or Joseph Cotten, the one who wrote "Vanity Will Get You Somewhere" Joseph Cotten |
#1283, aired 1990-03-14 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $400: This TV star's book, "Straight Shooting", isn't "Untouchable" Robert Stack |
#1102, aired 1989-05-23 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $100: "Moonstruck" star whose mother, Georgia Holt, co-wrote a book about "Star Mothers" Cher |
#1102, aired 1989-05-23 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $200: She wrote 2 autobiographies: "Bubbles" & "Beverly" Beverly Sills |
#1102, aired 1989-05-23 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $300: "Masterpiece Theatre" host who wrote "America" & "America Observed" Alistair Cooke |
#1102, aired 1989-05-23 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $400: Her book "Survivor" begins where "Mommie Dearest" left off Christina Crawford |
#1102, aired 1989-05-23 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $500: "Golden Girl" who penned "If I Knew Then What I Know Now... So What?" Estelle Getty |
#1054, aired 1989-03-16 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $200: She bravely included unflattering fat photos of herself in "Elizabeth Takes Off" Elizabeth Taylor |
#1054, aired 1989-03-16 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $400: The heroine of Anna Murdoch's novel "Family Business" has been compared to this man, the author's spouse Rupert Murdoch |
#1012, aired 1989-01-17 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: This author of "The Onion Field" left the LAPD in 1974 because he had become "a celebrity cop" (Joseph) Wambaugh |
#878, aired 1988-06-01 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $200: "Pretty Baby" whose book for coeds, "On Your Own", has a section called "B's Are OK Too!" Brooke Shields |
#878, aired 1988-06-01 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $400: In "Detour", her daughter Cheryl Crane wrote about the killing of Johnny Stompanato Lana Turner |
#878, aired 1988-06-01 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $600: This blonde's biography was called "Living With the Kennedys" Joan Kennedy |
#878, aired 1988-06-01 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $1,000 (Daily Double): Mystery novelist who turned to non-fiction with a 1986 biography of Bess Truman Margaret Truman |
#878, aired 1988-06-01 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $1000: "If your children have never hated you, you've failed as a parent", she said in "This 'N That" Bette Davis |