| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE $800: In this Greek comedic play from 405 B.C., the title characters form a chorus whose lines include "Brekekekex, ko-ax, ko-ax" The Frogs |
| #8451, aired 2021-07-26 | NAMES IN LITERATURE $800: This author created the characters Jonathan Harker & Dr. Van Helsing (Bram) Stoker |
| #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 |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | BRITISH LITERATURE $1200: In 1894 he published a collection of stories featuring the characters Baloo & Bagheera Kipling |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $1000: (Hi, I'm Juliana Mazza with 22 News.) Many beloved characters from children's literature are features in a Springfield sculpture garden dedicated to Dr. Seuss, the pen name of this man (Theodor) Geisel |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: This classic is subtitled "The Tale of a Puppet" Pinocchio |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400: His "Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" begins when he wakes up with gum in his hair Alexander |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600: The man in this identifying piece of headwear brings Curious George over from Africa the yellow hat |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: The title of this Frances Hodgson Burnett book refers to Sara Crewe, who goes from privileged to pauper A Little Princess (The Little Princess accepted) |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000: She is "exquisitely gowned in a skeleton leaf... through which her figure could be seen to the best advantage" Tinker Bell |
| #5358, aired 2007-12-19 | LITERATURE $800: Of 50, 200 or 500, the one closest to the number of characters in "War and Peace" 500 |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | CHARACTERS IN LITERATURE $400: This treacherous pirate in "Treasure Island" has a pet parrot named Captain Flint Long John Silver |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | CHARACTERS IN LITERATURE $800: A gray spider named Charlotte brings about a series of miracles to keep this pig from the butcher's knife Wilbur |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | CHARACTERS IN LITERATURE $1600: Tom Sawyer saw him murder Dr. Robinson in the cemetery & testified against him in court Injun Joe |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | CHARACTERS IN LITERATURE $2000: This E.L. Doctorow title character joins Dutch Schultz's gang as a 15-year-old in 1930s New York City Billy Bathgate |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | CHARACTERS IN LITERATURE $4,000 (Daily Double): This ex-CIA agent who's in search of his identity has appeared in 3 novels by Robert Ludlum & 2 by Eric Van Lustbader (Jason) Bourne |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | FILMED LITERATURE $400: Title characters are seen here in a '90s version of this work Little Women |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | LITERATURE, JERRY SPRINGER-STYLE $400: George & Martha, characters in this Albee play, really let loose on "My Spouse Is Driving Me Crazy!" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| #3791, aired 2001-02-12 | LITERATURE $400: She based the characters of Anne & Robert in her novel "The Mandarins" on herself & Jean-Paul Sartre Simone de Beauvoir |
| #3677, aired 2000-09-05 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: Thing One & Thing Two are characters in this 1957 Seuss classic "The Cat in the Hat" |
| #3055, aired 1997-12-05 | LITERATURE $300: Tom Canty, born in a slum called Offal Court, & Edward Tudor are the title characters in this Twain novel The Prince and the Pauper |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: Characters in this Hemingway novel include Jake Barnes, Lady Brett Ashley & Pedro Romero, a bullfighter The Sun Also Rises |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | LITERATURE $2,500 (Daily Double): Characters in this Dickens novel include Mealy Potatoes, Mr. Creakle & Edward Murdstone "David Copperfield" |
| #2631, aired 1996-01-29 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: The storytelling characters in his book "Tales of a Wayside Inn" are based on real people (Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow |
| #2533, aired 1995-09-13 | FAMOUS ITALIANS $800: This dramatist who wrote "Six Characters in Search of an Author" won the 1934 Nobel Prize for Literature Pirandello |
| #2527, aired 1995-09-05 | LITERATURE $400: Tom & Daisy Buchanan are characters in this F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby |
| #2416, aired 1995-02-20 | LITERATURE $1000: Professors Hanky & Panky are characters in his "Erewhon Revisited" Samuel Butler |
| #2404, aired 1995-02-02 | LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): Robin Hood & Friar Tuck are supporting characters in this 1819 work by Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe |
| #2111, aired 1993-11-08 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: Characters in this Mark Twain novel include "The Dauphin", the Widow Douglas & Jim, a runaway slave Huck Finn |
| #1953, aired 1993-02-17 | MODERN AUTHORS $200: He created Holden Caulfield, one of the most popular teenaged characters in literature J.D. Salinger |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | "B" IN LITERATURE $600: You'll find characters named Skimpole, Krook & Dedlock in this "dismal" Dickens novel Bleak House |
| #1733, aired 1992-02-26 | LITERATURE $1,300 (Daily Double): Edward Tudor & Tom Canty are the title characters in this Mark Twain work The Prince and the Pauper |
| #1409, aired 1990-10-18 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $1000: His last novel, "Staying On", told the story of two minor characters in his "Raj Quartet" (Paul) Scott |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: A donkey, a hound, a cat & a cock are these title characters in a Grimm's fairy tale Bremen Town Musicians |
| #1312, aired 1990-04-24 | LITERATURE ON FILM $400: In a 1941 film based on R.L. Stevenson's horror classic, Spencer Tracy played these 2 title characters Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde |
| #906, aired 1988-07-11 | FRENCH LITERATURE $200: Characters in this 1845 Prosper Merimee work include a soldier, a cigar worker, & a picador Carmen |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $100: In this fairy tale, the last words spoken by one of the 3 animal characters were, "And here she is" "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" |
| #751, aired 1987-12-07 | BRITISH LITERATURE $400: Among his title characters was Kimball O'Hara, a 13-year-old orphan in Lahore, India (Rudyard) Kipling |
| #610, aired 1987-04-10 | LITERATURE $600: Of being dead, Quaker, or unmarried, what all the characters in the Spoon River Anthology are dead |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | LITERATURE $600: Characters in this Dickens' novel include Uriah Heep & Mr. Micawber David Copperfield |
