| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | "C-U" LATER $800: In 1882 Robert Koch discovered a germ that ended the debate of whether this disease that claimed the life of Chopin is hereditary tuberculosis |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $200: The Fryderyk Chopin Museum & the Copernicus Science Center Warsaw |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | IN THE DICTIONARY $10,000 (Daily Double): Spur-of-the-moment, or a piano piece that's meant to sound spontaneous, like Chopin's Opus 29 an impromptu |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | WHEN I'M 64 $1600: It's the more popular & timely name for Chopin's "Opus 64 No. 1" "The Minute Waltz" |
| #9017, aired 2024-01-16 | AUTHORS AS BOOK CHARACTERS $1200: Part of "Becoming George Sand" details her relationship with this equally brilliant composer Chopin |
| #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | MUSIC $1000: In 1814 this Viennese composer put music to a Goethe poem & innovated the German lied, or art song Schubert |
| #8943, aired 2023-10-04 | MERRY MELODIES $6,000 (Daily Double): This 19th c. composer's Mazurka No. 9 (Op. 7 No. 5) is one of the peppier ones Chopin |
| #8890, aired 2023-06-09 | QUICK BOOKS $1000: "The Awakening" is by this woman with a composer's surname Kate Chopin |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC $1,600 (Daily Double): Chopin was a master of these meditative piano pieces, a French word meaning "of the night" nocturnes |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | WHAT A BUNCH OF CARICATURES! $1200: He's the Polish-born composer tickling the ivories Chopin |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | IT'S A BUST! $1600: You'll find a bust of this composer near his piano at a small museum on Mallorca, where he wintered with George Sand Chopin |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | CAUSE OF DEATH $400: Frederic Chopin: this ailment "of the lungs & larynx", per his death certificate tuberculosis |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | SHORT NOVELS $2000: As the title of this daring 1899 work by Kate Chopin indicates, 20-something Edna Pontellier discovers her sexuality The Awakening |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | CEMETERIES $2000: Chopin & Jim Morrison are now permanent residents of Paris at this cemetery Père Lachaise |
| #8472, aired 2021-09-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: Chopin began composing at age 7 with this type of work whose name echoes his homeland a polonaise |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | OLDE MUSIC $200: Solo piano works by this man include 1846's Opus 60 "Barcarolle" & 17 Polish songs (Frédéric) Chopin |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: Frederic Chopin's lover wrote romantic feminist works like "Lelia" using this pseudonym George Sand |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | THAT'S MY AIRPORT $1600: Lot Polish Airlines has its hub at the Warsaw airport named for this composer Chopin |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | INFO PLEASE $400: In 1879 the heart of this composer was sealed up in a Warsaw church Chopin |
| #8239, aired 2020-09-17 | FILM COMPOSITION $400: Piotr Adamczyk played this Polish composer in a 2002 film Chopin |
| #8185, aired 2020-03-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: At age 15 in 1825 he played for the Russian czar, who was visiting Warsaw Chopin |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | POUND! SAND! $400: French novelist George Sand had several lovers, including this Polish-French pianist & composer Chopin |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | COMPOSERS & THEIR WORKS $800: This Polish-born piano man called his E Major Etude his most beautiful melody Chopin |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | ITALIAN MUSIC TERMS $5,000 (Daily Double): Chopin taught this style of playing with linked notes, the opposite of staccato, which he called "a pigeon hunt" legato |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | CLASSICAL DANCE MIX $1600: In the 1840s Henryk Szopowicz wrote a collection of mazurkas "a la" this composer Chopin |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | MEANWHILE... $200: Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in 1831, around the time that this Polish composer made his way to Paris Chopin |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | PIN THE TALE ON THE 19th CENTURY WRITER $2000: This author of "The Awakening" also produced "Regret", a tale about a woman caring for her neighbor's children (Kate) Chopin |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $600: The Chopin monument seen here Warsaw |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | A DEDICATED COMPOSER $400: This Polish-born master dedicated a concerto to Friedrich Kalkbrenner, whom he called Europe's best pianist Chopin |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | THE COMPOSER PORTRAYED $1200: Hugh Grant in "Impromptu"
(1991)
(Judy Davis as George Sand) Frederic Chopin |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: At 7 this Polish-born composer wrote a "Polonaise In G Minor" Chopin |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | ON THE LISZT $1200: Liszt wrote books, too, on subjects like "Tannhauser", Chopin & the music of these itinerant peoples of Europe the Romany (or the Gypsy) |
| #7405, aired 2016-11-18 | COMPOSERS & THEIR MUSIC $2000: The Chopin piece nicknamed the "Heroic" is one of these dances whose name refers to Chopin's homeland polonaise |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | DECOMPOSING COMPOSERS $1600: In 1893 this "Symphonie pathetique" man began decomposing in St. Petersburg Tchaikovsky |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | ROMANTICS $400: The romantic era of classical music included Paganini, Beethoven & this composer/virtuoso whose 1830s work is heard here Frédéric Chopin |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $1000: In 1849 this composer died in Paris; a handful of Polish dirt was sprinkled on his grave at Pere Lachaise Frederic Chopin |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | "ET"YMOLOGY $1000: If you studied Chopin, you'll probably come up with this word, French for "study" étude |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $1200: Delacroix' unfinished painting of Chopin & this lover was later cut in 2; each is now displayed in a different museum George Sand |
| #7098, aired 2015-06-24 | I LEFT MY HEART $400: ...in Poland, where I was born in 1810; the rest of me is de-composing in Paris Chopin |
| #7084, aired 2015-06-04 | WRITERS FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $1000: Chopin &
DiCamillo Kate |
| #7071, aired 2015-05-18 | COMPOSERS $1,000 (Daily Double): He spent the summer of 1839 at Nohant, George Sand's country house Chopin |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | "DE"FRIEND $1600: This Frenchman painted a portrait of Chopin, who was a good friend, but didn't care for his art Delacroix |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | FRENCH LIT $1200: Here is Amantine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, known by this pen name; she loved Chopin in more ways than one George Sand |
| #6859, aired 2014-06-12 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $2000: This composer was buried in 1849 at Paris' Pere-Lachaise; his sister took his heart back to Warsaw Chopin |
| #6819, aired 2014-04-17 | COMPOSERS $1200: It's been said that the 1831 capture of Warsaw by the Russians led him to write his "revolutionary" etude Chopin |
| #6729, aired 2013-12-12 | CARRY "WATER" $600: A Chopin etude is named after this natural feature; hear the arpeggios "cascade" up & down the piano a waterfall |
| #6499, aired 2012-12-13 | COMPOSERS $800: In honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth, Poland proclaimed 2010 "the year of" this composer Chopin |
| #6473, aired 2012-11-07 | COMPOSERS $800: Paris critics called this Polish composer "the Ariel of the piano" Chopin |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | 19th CENTURY FEMALE AUTHORS $400: Kate Chopin set many works in this city; her early story "A No-Account Creole" begins there New Orleans |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | COMPOSERS' COUNTRY OF BIRTH $200: Frederic Chopin Poland |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | IN PERE-LACHAISE CEMETERY $800: Some of his "timely" genius is heard here Chopin |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $1200: The column of King Sigismund (built in 1644), the heart of Chopin (built in 1810) Warsaw |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | A "LEG" TO STAND ON $800: Chopin advocated this smooth playing style legato |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: In 1825 Russia's Alexander I came to Warsaw to hear this 15-year-old piano prodigy play & then awarded him a diamond ring Chopin |
| #6285, aired 2012-01-06 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $800: It's the time signature of the Chopin piece heard here; listen to the left hand 3/4 |
| #6265, aired 2011-12-09 | CLASSICAL GAS $2000: This French composer of "Danse macabre" was writing music by the time he was 5 Camille Saint-Saëns |
| #6239, aired 2011-11-03 | GOING TO PIECES $1000: From the Latin for "of the night", these pensive musical pieces were popularized by Chopin & Bartok nocturnes |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | "PROD"UCT $800: A wunderkind, like Chopin or Mozart a prodigy |
| #6100, aired 2011-03-04 | ART & MUSIC $1200: This pianist & composer was painted by Delacroix in the 1830s, the decade when he became a force in Paris Frédéric Chopin |
| #6052, aired 2010-12-28 | MERRY MELODIES $4,000 (Daily Double): This 19th c. composer's Mazurka No. 9 (Op. 7 No. 5) is one of the peppier ones Chopin |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | FRENCH NOVELISTS $2000: Before her time with Chopin, she had an affair with Alfred de Musset, a basis for "Elle et Lui" George Sand |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | THE COLOR OF MONEY $1000: In 1982, this country issued a 5,000-zloty note featuring a green Frederic Chopin Poland |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $800: While with George Sand on Majorca, he began showing symptoms of what is believed to be tuberculosis Chopin |
| #5847, aired 2010-02-02 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): At 7 he wrote a polonaise in G minor; a year later he performed for Czar Alexander I, who was in Warsaw at the time Chopin |
| #5813, aired 2009-12-16 | COMPOSE YOURSELF $400: This Polish composer who died in 1849 wrote almost exclusively for the piano Chopin |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | NAME THEIR CENTURY $1200: Frederic Chopin the 19th |
| #5649, aired 2009-03-12 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "E" $800: Chopin composed a "Revolutionary" this piece Étude |
| #5634, aired 2009-02-19 | BALLET MUSIC $400: The person playing this instrument is right up on stage in "Dances at a Gathering", to music by Chopin piano |
| #5605, aired 2009-01-09 | POTENT POTABLES $400: Of Schumann, Chopin or Verdi, the luxury vodka brand Chopin |
| #5567, aired 2008-11-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: Born in 1810, this pianist studied harmony at the Warsaw Conservatory Chopin |
| #5529, aired 2008-09-25 | ENTOMBMENT $1000: His body may be at Pere Lachaise in Paris, but he left his heart at a church in Warsaw Frederic Chopin |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | FRENCH ARTISTS $600: In 1838 Eugene Delacroix painted separate portraits of Chopin & this woman, Chopin's lover George Sand |
| #5491, aired 2008-06-23 | AROUND EUROPE $800: Every 5 years, this capital city hosts a Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition Warsaw |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Frederic Chopin was born in a village near this Polish capital Warsaw |
| #5473, aired 2008-05-28 | FIRST NAMES $1000: 19th century English illustrator Greenaway, or 19th century American author Chopin Kate |
| #5465, aired 2008-05-16 | LET'S GO TO THE BALLET $1600: I love the music of this Polish-French composer, so we must see "In the Night", which features his nocturnes Chopin |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | MAKING PIANOS AT STEINWAY $2000: (Sarah reports from Steinway's showroom.) This Polish pianist helped boost Steinway's reputation with tours of America in the 1890s, on one of which he played 107 concerts in 117 days Ignace Jan Paderewski |
| #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Chopin's funeral march is in B flat this, a group of keys used to depict sadness minor |
| #5384, aired 2008-01-24 | OPUS DAY $1200: At his last Paris concert, Feb. 16, 1848, he bravely tinkled out his Opus 65 Frederic Chopin |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | THEY NAMED A FOOD FOR ME $2000: Perhaps this French author consumed the consomme named for her alongside her lover Chopin George Sand |
| #5284, aired 2007-07-26 | MUSIC CLASS $1000: You may have studied these Chopin pieces whose name is French for "studies" études |
| #5259, aired 2007-06-21 | TOUGH LIT $800: This author's "The Awakening" finds Mme. Pontellier shaken by the appropriate strains of a Polish composer Chopin |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS $1200: Chopin wrote some of his finest mazurkas at Valldemosa Monastery on this largest of Spain's Balearic Islands Majorca |
| #5141, aired 2007-01-08 | AIRPORTS $1000: Poland's largest airport is located in Warsaw & named for this composer Chopin |
| #5119, aired 2006-12-07 | "C" PLUS $1600: Sadly, this Polish-French composer died in 1849, never having written a symphony, opera or bluegrass tune Chopin |
| #5113, aired 2006-11-29 | BRING OUT YOUR FRED $1200: In deteriorating health, he gave his last public piano recital in London at an 1848 benefit for Polish refugees (Frédéric) Chopin |
| #5063, aired 2006-09-20 | MAJOR MUSICAL WORKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Opus 51 of this man portrayed in the movie "Impromptu" is an impromptu in G flat major Chopin |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | LISZT $600: Liszt's music was influenced by this Polish pianist, who first met George Sand through Liszt (Frederic) Chopin |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $200: While vacationing in this city, you might stop by the Pere-Lachaise cemetery to pay your respects to Chopin & others Paris |
| #4846, aired 2005-10-10 | KIDS IN HISTORY $1000: This Polish-French composer who was born in 1810 composed a polonaise when he was only 7 (Fredric) Chopin |
| #4836, aired 2005-09-26 | IN LOVE $1200: In "Winter on Majorca", this author describes a wretched stay on the island with her ailing lover Chopin George Sand |
| #4806, aired 2005-06-27 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $2,800 (Daily Double): His family was Jewish but his father became a Protestant & added Bartholdy to the last name Felix Mendelssohn |
| #4762, aired 2005-04-26 | MOVIE PORTRAYALS $2000: In the movie "Impromptu" Hugh Grant played Frederic Chopin & Judy Davis played this lover George Sand |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | WARSAW $2,000 (Daily Double): Among the many Baroque churches in Warsaw is the Church of the Holy Cross that contains this composer's heart Chopin |
| #4724, aired 2005-03-03 | 2-LETTER ABBREV. $800: Sadly, what Keats & Chopin died of TB |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | 19th CENTURY NOTABLES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1847, in a variation on a theme by Chopin, this composer basically gave up his career as a piano virtuoso (Franz) Liszt |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | WHEN I'M 64 $1600: It's the more popular & timely name for "Opus 64 No. 1", heard here "The Minute Waltz" (by Frédéric Chopin) |
| #4656, aired 2004-11-29 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $400: Around 1915 Debussy composed 12 etudes in memory of this Polish-French composer Chopin |
| #4566, aired 2004-06-14 | WOMEN WRITERS $2000: Her 1899 book "The Awakening" shocked critics with its frankness about women's emotional lives Kate Chopin |
| #4508, aired 2004-03-24 | THE ROMANTICS $2000: The film seen here is a romanticized biography of this Romantic man Frederic Chopin |
| #4461, aired 2004-01-19 | MI CASA ES SU CASA $2000: In 1838 a derelict monastery on Majorca was this author's choice to nurse Chopin back to health George Sand |
| #4327, aired 2003-05-27 | WORLD CAPITALS $2000: Population 1.7 million & host of the world-famous Chopin piano competition Warsaw |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | PIANO PIECES $2,000 (Daily Double): This 19th century composer's Opus 14 is classified as a Krakowiak Frederic Chopin |
| #4231, aired 2003-01-13 | MINOR CLASSICS $1,800 (Daily Double): When Chopin was laid to rest, this famous piece from his B flat minor piano sonata was played "The Funeral March" |
| #4184, aired 2002-11-07 | THERE SHE IS $2000: A Pulitzer Prize winner, she was known for her portraits of manners & mores at the end of the 19th century Edith Wharton |
| #4151, aired 2002-09-23 | MUSICAL MATTERS $800: The 19th century composer of the following, he basically wrote for only one instrument Frederic Chopin |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN $1200: A newly found Beethoven piece, played for the 1st time in 1999, ran this long, 9 sec. shorter than a Chopin waltz 51 seconds |
| #4023, aired 2002-02-13 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: Frederic Chopin was born in a village near this Polish capital Warsaw |
| #3873, aired 2001-06-06 | PEN NAMES $500 (Daily Double): Pen name of Aurore Dupin, whose "Un Hiver A Majerque" tells of nursing Chopin George Sand |
| #3866, aired 2001-05-28 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $200: This composer, George Sand's lover, was nicknamed "The Ariel of the Piano" Chopin |
| #3718, aired 2000-11-01 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $800: Upon his death, this Hungarian pianist's manuscripts passed to the Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein Franz Liszt |
| #3703, aired 2000-10-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): His "Songs To Remember" include about 40 mazurkas written in a 3/4 dance rhythm Frederic Chopin |
| #3685, aired 2000-09-15 | BALLET $400: "The Concert" is a humorous ballet danced to music by this Polish-French composer, including the "Minute Waltz" Frederic Chopin |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Sadly, this Polish-French composer died in 1849, never having written a symphony, opera or bluegrass tune Chopin |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | WOMEN WRITERS $1000: In 1899 readers awakened to "The Awakening", written by this woman Kate Chopin |
| #3549, aired 2000-01-27 | WALTZING $400: It is possible to play this Chopin waltz in D-flat major in 60 seconds flat, but why rush it? "Minute Waltz" |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | CHOPIN $200: Every piece Chopin composed was for or included this instrument Piano |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | CHOPIN $400: After some miserable months in Vienna, Chopin arrived in this city, another musical mecca, in September 1831 Paris |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | CHOPIN $600 (Daily Double): After meeting this author, Chopin wondered, "Is she really a woman?" George Sand |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | CHOPIN $800: Chopin was born in Poland, & his first printed work at age 7 was one of these appropriately named pieces Polonaise |
| #3543, aired 2000-01-19 | CHOPIN $1000: Chopin disliked the insincerity of this Hungarian pianist-composer 1 year his junior Franz Liszt |
| #3443, aired 1999-07-21 | FELINE FOLLIES $500: A cat stepping over his piano keys may have inspired this Polish-French composer to pen his "Cat's Waltz" Frederic Chopin |
| #3409, aired 1999-06-03 | HISTORIC NAMES $600: It's been said that the 1831 Russian capture of Warsaw inspired him to write his C minor etude Frédéric Chopin |
| #3353, aired 1999-03-17 | HURRICANE NAMES $500: 1979:
Same as Remington & Chopin Frederic |
| #3343, aired 1999-03-03 | OPERA & BALLET $1000: The ballet "Les Sylphides" is danced to music by this Polish-French composer Frederic Chopin |
| #3268, aired 1998-11-18 | MUSIC $500: Composer who wrote the famous Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15, "The Rakoczy March", heard here Franz Liszt |
| #3211, aired 1998-07-13 | WHERE ARE THEY NOW? $600: Chopin is at Paris' Pere Lachaise, but the kids flock to the grave of this American singer who died in 1971 Jim Morrison |
| #3201, aired 1998-06-29 | MOVIE CHARACTERS $500: "A Song to Remember" portrayed this frail consumptive as a crusader for Polish independence Frederic Chopin |
| #3137, aired 1998-03-31 | ODD WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600: Said one way, it's a French-Polish pianist; said another way, it's a Scottish measure equal to 1 quart a chopin |
| #3109, aired 1998-02-19 | EUROPEAN COMPOSERS $400: He was born in Zelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, in 1810, to a French father & a Polish mother Frederic Chopin |
| #3072, aired 1997-12-30 | MUSIC MAKERS $400: Though at birth his first name was spelled Fryderyk, he preferred the French spelling Frederic Chopin |
| #3046, aired 1997-11-24 | MOVIE BIOGRAPHIES $600: Composer played by Cornel Wilde in "A Song to Remember" & by Hugh Grant in "Impromptu" Frederic Chopin |
| #2994, aired 1997-09-11 | FAMOUS FREDS $500: His Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Opus 53, is called "Heroic" Frederic Chopin |
| #2941, aired 1997-05-19 | COMPOSERS $200: This Pole wrote a polonaise in G minor in 1817 at the age of 7 Frederic Chopin |
| #2896, aired 1997-03-17 | COMPOSERS $400: He began to suffer from tuberculosis shortly after taking up with George Sand around 1837 Frederic Chopin |
| #2874, aired 1997-02-13 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $600: After his breakup with novelist George Sand in 1847, he composed no more works Frederic Chopin |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $800: He gave his last public performance Nov. 16, 1848, at a London benefit for Polish refugees Chopin |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | NOTABLE NAMES $1000: As Chopin could tell you, it was the pen name of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin George Sand |
| #2828, aired 1996-12-11 | BALLET $400: Jerome Robbins' ballet "Dances At A Gathering" is danced to piano pieces by this Polish-French composer Frederic Chopin |
| #2814, aired 1996-11-21 | BALLET $400: Jerome Robbins' ballet "In the Night" is danced to several of this Polish-born composer's famous nocturnes Chopin |
| #2759, aired 1996-09-05 | PIANISTS $200: This late entertainer's Las Vegas museum displays 18 of his pianos, including one played by Chopin Liberace |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | COMPOSERS $200: At age 8 this Polish-French composer played a piano concerto by Ghirivetz in public Frederic Chopin |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | COMPOSERS $800: This "Clair de Lune" composer orchestrated 2 numbers from Erik Satie's "Gymnopedie" Claude Debussy |
| #2711, aired 1996-05-20 | AUTHORS $1000: This novelist & lover of Chopin was descended from Augustus II, king of Poland George Sand |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | COMPOSERS $600: His Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Opus 27, No. 2 is better known as the "Moonlight Sonata" Beethoven |
| #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | COMPOSERS $1000: This Norwegian composer of the "Peer Gynt" suites was nicknamed "The Chopin of the North" (Edvard) Grieg |
| #2699, aired 1996-05-02 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $600: In the 1830s Paris critics called this Polish-born composer the "Ariel of the Piano" Chopin |
| #2659, aired 1996-03-07 | EUROPEAN TRAVEL $400: A monument to this composer in Warsaw's Lazienki Park is the site of free Sunday concerts Chopin |
| #2602, aired 1995-12-19 | COMPOSERS $500 (Daily Double): In 1837 Franz Liszt introduced this composer to writer George Sand Chopin |
| #2559, aired 1995-10-19 | COMPOSERS $400: Schumann dedicated his "Kreisleriana" piano pieces to this Polish-French composer Chopin |
| #2357, aired 1994-11-29 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $200: After hearing the variations on "Don Giovanni", Robert Schumann called this Polish composer "a genius" Chopin |
| #2355, aired 1994-11-25 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: He made his official adult Warsaw debut in 1830 with his "Piano Concerto in F Minor" Frederic Chopin |
| #2336, aired 1994-10-31 | COMPOSERS $400: In her novel "Lucrezia Floriani", George Sand portrayed this composer, her lover, as a weakling Chopin |
| #2321, aired 1994-10-10 | MUSIC & DANCE $800: Chopin wrote music for this frenzied dance connected with the mania known as tarantism the tarantella |
| #2312, aired 1994-09-27 | '40s FILM FACTS $500: Cornel Wilde was wild for Merle Oberon in "A Song to Remember"; he played Chopin & she played this novelist George Sand |
| #2307, aired 1994-09-20 | MUSIC $800: Chopin wrote 27 of these pieces designed to help the performers develop their techniques études |
| #2264, aired 1994-06-09 | POTPOURRI $500: A Polish costume that inspired an 18th c. women's garment, or a Polish dance that inspired Chopin a polonaise |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | MUSIC $600: Chopin composed over 50 pieces of music to accompany this lively Polish dance a mazurka |
| #2208, aired 1994-03-23 | ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS $600: In 1838 Delacroix painted portraits of Chopin & this woman with a man's name, Chopin's lover George Sand |
| #2190, aired 1994-02-25 | COMPOSERS $800: This Polish-French composer, a child prodigy, gave his first public piano performance when he was 8 Chopin |
| #2139, aired 1993-12-16 | COMPOSERS $800 (Daily Double): This composer's last 2 works, mazurkas in G minor & F minor, were published posthumously Chopin |
| #2139, aired 1993-12-16 | COMPOSERS $1000: During World War I this pianist donated his concert receipts to Polish war victims Ignace Jan Paderewski |
| #2104, aired 1993-10-28 | MUSICIANS $600: Jose Iturbi played the music of this composer in the 1945 movie "A Song to Remember" Chopin |
| #2077, aired 1993-09-21 | COMPOSERS $400: On November 2, 1830 he left Warsaw for Vienna & never returned Chopin |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | MUSEUMS $500: This 19th c. composer's birthplace about 35 miles west of Warsaw is now a museum Chopin |
| #2013, aired 1993-05-12 | FINALS $1000: In 1848 this composer gave his final concert, a benefit for Polish refugees Chopin |
| #2000, aired 1993-04-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: After a final break with George Sand in 1847, he composed almost nothing Chopin |
| #1966, aired 1993-03-08 | COMING OF AGE $1,500 (Daily Double): A child prodigy, he composed his first published piece, a "Polonaise in G minor," at age 7 Chopin |
| #1954, aired 1993-02-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: As a teen this Polish-French composer was given a diamond ring by Czar Alexander I after a concert Chopin |
| #1948, aired 1993-02-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: His works for solo piano include 3 sonatas & about 18 waltzes & 15 polonaises Chopin |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | COMPOSERS $600: From 1823-26 he attended the Warsaw Lyceum, where his father, Nicolas, taught French Chopin |
| #1905, aired 1992-12-11 | COMPOSERS $1000: This Norwegian composer was sometimes called "The Chopin of the North" (Edvard) Grieg |
| #1902, aired 1992-12-08 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: Once Chopin's lover, she fictionalized her disastrous affair with Alfred de Musset in "Elle et Lui" George Sand |
| #1892, aired 1992-11-24 | MUSIC $1000: Chopin's Waltz in D-flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1 is better known by this title the "Minute Waltz" |
| #1875, aired 1992-10-30 | WORLD CAPITALS $400: Every 4 years this Polish capital hosts a Frederic Chopin international piano competition Warsaw |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | BALLET $600: "Dances at a Gathering" is danced to this Polish-French composer's music, including several mazurkas Chopin |
| #1826, aired 1992-07-06 | COMPOSERS $600: This Polonaise composer was dubbed "The Poet of the Piano" Chopin |
| #1734, aired 1992-02-27 | COMPOSERS $600: Among his last compositions were "Fantaisie in F Minor" "Polonaise-Fantaisie" Chopin |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | COMPOSERS $400: His Prelude to Op. 28 in C sharp minor lasts about 20 seconds, & you thought his Minute Waltz was short Chopin |
| #1666, aired 1991-11-25 | DANCES $1,600 (Daily Double): Mazurka dancers know this Polish-French composer wrote more than 50 mazurkas for the piano Frederic Chopin |
| #1590, aired 1991-06-28 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $600: This composer-pianist was buried in Paris in 1849; later, Polish earth was sprinkled over his grave Chopin |
| #1545, aired 1991-04-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: At the age of 7, he had his first polonaise published (Frédéric) Chopin |
| #1534, aired 1991-04-11 | COMPOSERS $600: In her novel, Lucrezia Floriani, George Sand portrayed this man, her lover, as a weakling Chopin |
| #1500, aired 1991-02-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: In 1830, at his last performance in this polish capital, Chopin debuted his Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Warsaw |
| #1404, aired 1990-10-11 | BY "GEORGE" $400: In "A Winter on Majorca" she describes her stay on the island with her lover Chopin George Sand |
| #8, aired 1990-08-04 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $3,000 (Daily Double): Composer of the following work, known the world over: (Frederic) Chopin |
| #1372, aired 1990-07-17 | WORLD CAPITALS $1000: Every 5 years an international Chopin piano competition takes place in this city Warsaw |
| #1364, aired 1990-07-05 | PIANISTS $300: Schumann called him "a genius!"; George Sand probably had a few other names Chopin |
| #1212, aired 1989-12-05 | PERFUME $300: Musical "Night Pieces" written by Chopin, or the Caron perfume you might wear to listen to them Nocturne |
| #1179, aired 1989-10-19 | MUSIC $400: Chopin's works were almost all written for this instrument piano |
| #1165, aired 1989-09-29 | COMPOSERS $800: This Polish composer's health began to deteriorate rapidly after he broke up with George Sand Frederic Chopin |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | MUSIC $500: Chopin wrote over 50 of these Polish folk dances performed by 4 or 8 couples mazurka |
| #1008, aired 1989-01-11 | EUROPE $1,600 (Daily Double): Every 5 years the Chopin International Piano Competition takes place in this city Warsaw |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | COMPOSERS $800: Though this Polish composer never took piano lessons after age 12, he became a great pianist Chopin |
| #912, aired 1988-07-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: In his "Black Key" etude, Op.10, No. 5, the right hand plays only on the black keys (Frédéric) Chopin |
| #840, aired 1988-04-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Rossini, Chopin, & Bizet were all buried in a cemetery in this European city Paris |
| #798, aired 1988-02-10 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $800: The Rondo in C Minor, 1st opus of this great Polish composer, was published when he was only 15 (Frederic) Chopin |
| #715, aired 1987-10-16 | WOMEN AUTHORS $600: She was an illegitimate great-great-granddaughter of the king of Poland, & Chopin's lover George Sand |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | TIMELY CLASSICS $200: Piano piece by Chopin that takes a little more or less than 60 seconds, depending on who's playing "The Minute Waltz" |
| #528, aired 1986-12-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: Composer noted for piano playing & playing around with Georges Sand Frédéric Chopin |
| #507, aired 1986-11-18 | WORLD CITIES $500: Oscar Wilde, Chopin, & Sarah Bernhardt are buried in this city known for its beautiful cemeteries Paris |
| #422, aired 1986-04-22 | COMPOSERS $400: In 1810, the same year as Schumann, this Polish pianist & composer was born Chopin |
| #332, aired 1985-12-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: Most of this Polish composer is buried in Paris, but his heart is entombed in Poland Chopin |
| #313, aired 1985-11-20 | COMPOSERS $200: Composer who had a celebrated love affair with novelist George Sand Chopin |
| #261, aired 1985-09-09 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $500 (Daily Double): President who preferred Chopin's waltzes to this, his musical "trademark": Harry S. Truman |
| #172, aired 1985-05-07 | COMPOSERS $1000: Brahms & Chopin were 2 primary composers of this period which followed the classical the Romantic period |
| #95, aired 1985-01-18 | MOVIE COMPOSERS $400: In "A Song to Remember", robust Cornel Wilde played this fragile pianist Frédéric Chopin |
| #20, aired 1984-10-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: "Timely" name of Chopin's D-flat major waltz of Opus 64 the "Minute Waltz" |
