| #9064, aired 2024-03-21 | CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES $600: At different times across more than 80 books, this quizzical simian "Takes a Train" & "Visits the Zoo" Curious George |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BOOKS BY CHARACTERS $600: In a children's book, Stanley Yelnats &
Zero Holes |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1200: She's the funny, slightly incompetent diarist in books by Helen Fielding Bridget Jones |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: Marlow & Kurtz are characters in this Joseph Conrad novella Heart of Darkness |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: In "The Overstory", many of these are essentially characters, including a centuries-old one named Mimas trees |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | BOOZE IN BOOKS $1200: The characters in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" drink this cocktail, also where the story is set a Manhattan |
| #8414, aired 2021-06-03 | 20th CENTURY BOOKS & AUTHORS $2000: Characters in this novel include Chance the gardener & the President of the United States Being There |
| #8339, aired 2021-02-18 | TYPES OF NARRATIVE LITERATURE $800: E.L. James gained fame with this type of writing that puts the writer's favorite characters from books, TV, etc. in new adventures fan fiction |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: In 2020 Stephenie Meyer returned to her "Twilight" characters with "Midnight Sun", told from this vampire's vantage Edward |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | NOVEL CHARACTERS $200: In the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" books, Marvin is a paranoid this, which rhymes with paranoid android |
| #7979, aired 2019-04-25 | NOVEL CHARACTERS $1200: Note the angst in the name of this main man in 4 John Updike books Rabbit Angstrom |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $400: In a 1910 novel a young singer named Christine Daae is the heart's desire of this maniacal title character the Phantom of the Opera |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $800: Oliver Twist flees a workhouse for London & falls in with the gang of this "old shrivelled man" Fagin |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $1600: This name of a hypnotist from the novel "Trilby" now means anyone with a sinister ability to sway people Svengali |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $2000: It's the oddly human name of the tiger character in "Life of Pi" Richard Parker |
| #7489, aired 2017-03-16 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $3,000 (Daily Double): In a 1719 novel it is the name given to a man who is rescued from a band of cannibals Friday |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | BESTSELLING BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Skeeter, Hilly & Aibileen are all characters in this Kathryn Stockett novel set in 1962 Mississippi The Help |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $600: Evil Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter books was originally this Hogwarts student Tom Riddle |
| #6949, aired 2014-11-27 | FEMALE BOOK CHARACTERS $400: In "The Hunger Games" books, Primrose is her younger sister Katniss Everdeen |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | CHARACTERS IN BRITISH BOOKS $400: Don Pedro de Mendez rescues this title character after he's left the country of the Houyhnhnms Gulliver |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | CHARACTERS IN BRITISH BOOKS $800: Captain Hastings first meets this detective at Styles Court & narrates a "Mysterious Affair" there Hercule Poirot |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | CHARACTERS IN BRITISH BOOKS $1200: Since he can't have Cathy, he marries Isabella Linton Heathcliff |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | CHARACTERS IN BRITISH BOOKS $1600: This pickpocket befriends Oliver Twist & brings him to Fagin's house the Artful Dodger |
| #6915, aired 2014-10-10 | CHARACTERS IN BRITISH BOOKS $2,000 (Daily Double): The letters of Walton, an English explorer in the Arctic, tell the story of this Swiss student of natural sciences Victor Frankenstein |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | CHARACTERS IN AMERICAN BOOKS $400: Mr. Antolini was an English teacher of this "Catcher in the Rye" narrator Holden Caulfield |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | CHARACTERS IN AMERICAN BOOKS $800: On her deathbed, this angelic little girl asks her dad to free Uncle Tom Little Eva |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | CHARACTERS IN AMERICAN BOOKS $1200: In "To Kill a Mockingbird", this recluse saves Jem & Scout from Bob Ewell Boo Radley |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | CHARACTERS IN AMERICAN BOOKS $2000: In "The Sun Also Rises", Jake Barnes struggles with his feelings for this fickle British lady Lady Brett Ashley |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | CHARACTERS IN AMERICAN BOOKS $3,600 (Daily Double): Kilgore Trout, the fictional author of several cleverly ironic sci-fi novels, is a character in many of his books Kurt Vonnegut |
| #5308, aired 2007-10-10 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: Snipp, Snapp & Snurr, who star in a series of books, are brothers from this Scandinavian country Sweden |
| #5089, aired 2006-10-26 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $2000: In books by George Eliot, Adam Bede is a carpenter & this other title figure is a weaver Silas Marner |
| #4709, aired 2005-02-10 | LITERARY LITERARY CHARACTERS $1600: He's Philip Roth's novelist alter ego in books like him "Unbound" Zuckerman |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $400: He's "You-know-who", the evil wizard, "He-who-must-not-be-named" in the Harry Potter books Lord Voldemort |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $800: A favorite of early readers, he's the beloved oversized pet seen here Clifford (the Big Red Dog) |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $1200: With a little imagination & his purple crayon, he can go anywhere: the circus, even outer space Harold |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $1600: A monkey named Mr. Nilsson often rides on the shoulder of this freckle-faced orphan with crazy red pigtails Pippi Longstocking |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $2000: Felicity, a Colonial lass, & Addy, who escaped slavery, are 2 of the delightful females in this book series American Girl |
| #3759, aired 2000-12-28 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $200: Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy are the title characters in this Louisa May Alcott classic "Little Women" |
| #3759, aired 2000-12-28 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $400: At the start of his "Adventures", he's living with the Widow Douglas, who tries to "sivilize" him Huckleberry Finn |
| #3759, aired 2000-12-28 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $600: It's the nickname of Farley Drexel Hatcher, inspired by Judy Blume's son when he was a preschooler Fudge |
| #3759, aired 2000-12-28 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $800: When she's not traveling, she lives at NYC's Plaza Hotel with her nanny, her dog, Weenie, & her turtle, Skipperdee Eloise |
| #3759, aired 2000-12-28 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $1000: In "Treasure Island", this one-legged pirate is always accompanied by his parrot, Cap'n Flint Long John Silver |
| #3485, aired 1999-10-29 | THE "LAST" BOOKS ON EARTH $600: Larry McMurtry introduced characters in this work who turn up again in "Duane's Depressed" & "Texasville" The Last Picture Show |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | CHARACTERS IN DICKENS BOOKS $200: Fan,
Mr. Fezziwig,
Bob Cratchit "A Christmas Carol" |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | CHARACTERS IN DICKENS BOOKS $400: Master Charles Bates,
Mr. Bumble,
Bill Sikes "Oliver Twist" |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | CHARACTERS IN DICKENS BOOKS $600: Monsieur the Marquis,
Charles Darnay,
Lucie Manette "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | CHARACTERS IN DICKENS BOOKS $800: Mr. Creakle,
Peggotty,
Mr. Micawber "David Copperfield" |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | CHARACTERS IN DICKENS BOOKS $1,400 (Daily Double): Dick Swiveller,
Kit Nubbles,
Little Nell Trent "The Old Curiosity Shop" |
| #2867, aired 1997-02-04 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In books by C.S. Lewis, Aslan, one of these animals, created the world of Narnia Lion |
| #2822, aired 1996-12-03 | CELEBRITY BOOKS $600 (Daily Double): 1 of the 2 TV characters in the title of the autobiography of the man seen here: Gilligan (or Maynard G. Krebs) |
| #2517, aired 1995-07-11 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $600: Sid Halley is an ex-jockey turned investigator in books by this author Dick Francis |
| #2445, aired 1995-03-31 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $600: In this Ray Bradbury work, Granger leads a secret group of intellectuals who've memorized great books Fahrenheit 451 |
| #2377, aired 1994-12-27 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: Some of the characters from "Scruples" are featured in her 1994 bestseller "Lovers" (Judith) Krantz |
| #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 |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: Dr. Benway, a surgeon & mad scientist, appears in "Naked Lunch" & other books by this author (William) Burroughs |
| #2108, aired 1993-11-03 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: A few of the characters featured in this Dickens novel are Mr. Jaggers, Herbert Pocket & Pip Great Expectations |
| #2044, aired 1993-06-24 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $2,500 (Daily Double): In books by James Fenimore Cooper, this hero is also known as Leatherstocking Natty Bumppo |
| #1830, aired 1992-07-10 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: Many of the characters in his "War and Peace" were based on his own family & friends Tolstoy |
| #1654, aired 1991-11-07 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: In this Ray Bradbury novel, fireman Guy Montag has the job of burning books Fahrenheit 451 |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1000: In books by B. Malamud, Frank Alpine is "The Assistant" & ballplayer Roy Hobbs is this The Natural |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | BOOKS $200: Some think the characters in this Jackie Collins novel resemble Rod Stewart, James Brown & Sade Rock Star |
| #526, aired 1986-12-15 | HOLLYWOOD QUEENS $500: Carol Channing was the White Queen & Ann Jillian the Red in the TV movie of this classic Alice in Wonderland |
