| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES $800: A papyrus dated to 35 B.C. calls her Philopatris, "she who loves her country", the country being Egypt Cleopatra |
| #9024, aired 2024-01-25 | ON MY HISTORIC CV $1000: 1351 B.C.: Egyptian queen 1,300 years before Cleopatra; 1912: portrait bust discovered in ruins of Amarna workshop, big hit at museum Nefertiti |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | BREAK-UPS $1000: This couple fell in love while filming "Cleopatra"; they wed in '64, divorced after a decade, remarried in 1975--& split again in 1976 Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $400: The Met's home in this complex opened in 1966 with Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra" Lincoln Center |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | "B" GIRLS $200: On hiatus from Destiny's Child, she played Foxxy Cleopatra in "Austin Powers in Goldmember" Beyoncé |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | LESSER-KNOWN SIBLINGS $500 (Daily Double): Berenice IV who was dethroned and executed by her father was the sister of this queen who committed suicide in 30 BC Cleopatra |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | 2 WORDS IN ONE $200: Cleopatra's cobra plus a command to stop gives us this road surface asphalt (asp + halt) |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | THE HOME SPA $200: Cleopatra is said to have used rejuvenating products from this saline body of water in which the Jordan ends the Dead Sea |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | DUAL BIOGRAPHIES $4,000 (Daily Double): In this book with the same title as a Shakespeare play, Adrian Goldsworthy says the 2nd person was "not really that important"--ourch! Antony and Cleopatra |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | FIRST SPEECHES IN SHAKESPEARE $1,000 (Daily Double): "Take but good note & you shall see in him the triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpet's fool" Antony and Cleopatra |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | A SHAKESPEARE PLAY IN A FEW WORDS $2,800 (Daily Double): Octavia,
Octavius,
battle,
snake,
figs,
finis Antony and Cleopatra |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Known for ruling Egypt in the 30s B.C., she was of Macedonian descent but still staked a claim as the new Isis on Earth Cleopatra |
| #8823, aired 2023-03-08 | FAMOUS PAIRS $400: The Battle of Actium saw Octavian defeat the forces of this pair, a Roman general & an Egyptian queen Antony & Cleopatra |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: An old video game is called Cleopatra, Queen of this, & yes, it is just a river in Africa the Nile |
| #8784, aired 2023-01-12 | THE SPEAKER IN SHAKESPEARE $400: "O happy horse, to bear the weight of Antony!" Cleopatra |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | HISTORY ON THE DOUBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Prophetically, around 30 B.C., these 2 lovers founded a club called Those Who Will Die Together Antony & Cleopatra |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | DRAMA QUEENS $1000: In a lavish 1963 spectacle, Richard Burton played Mark Antony & she was Cleopatra Elizabeth Taylor |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | WATERCOLORS $400: Gustave Moreau's watercolor of this Queen of the Nile is perfect for Caesar's Palace Cleopatra |
| #8645, aired 2022-05-20 | ONE-NAMED OSCAR WINNERS $1600: One-named designer Renié won for Costume Design on this 1963 film about a one-named Egyptian lady Cleopatra |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY QUOTE $1200: "I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, killing myself, to die upon a kiss" Othello |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY QUOTE $2,000 (Daily Double): "The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, burned on the water" Antony and Cleopatra |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | LAST LINE OF A SHAKESPEARE ACT $2,500 (Daily Double): This title character declares, "He shall have every day a several greeting, or I'll unpeople Egypt" Cleopatra |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | A LOFTY CATEGORY $600: "O" is for this type of tall stone shaft like Cleopatra's Needle or the Washington Monument obelisk |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: The Corniche is a long, glamorous seafront street in this city where Cleopatra lived & loved Alexandria |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | THE WOMEN $1000: These 70' pillars in New York & London do date to Ancient Egypt yet have no historic connection to the woman they are named for Cleopatra's Needle |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | HISTORICAL FICTION $1200: Michelle Moran wrote of this beautiful woman, "Queen of Egypt, Daughter of eternity" Nefertiti |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | SHAKESPEARE PLAY SETTINGS $800: This tragedy has settings in Rome, Syria & fatefully in Alexandria, Egypt Antony and Cleopatra |
| #8491, aired 2021-10-18 | HISTORY'S MYSTERIES $800: Dead by her own hand in 30 B.C., she was thought to have been buried in Alexandria, but her tomb has never been found Cleopatra |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: Her death & that of son Caesarion in 30 B.C. ended the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt Cleopatra |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | LITERARY GEOGRAPHY $4,000 (Daily Double): Part of Act 3 of this Shakespeare tragedy unfolds at Actium Antony and Cleopatra |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | FEMALE LITERARY PROTAGONISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Shakespeare wrote that the sails of her barge were "so perfumed that the winds were love-sick with them" Cleopatra |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | 'TIS SHAKESPEARE $1,000 (Daily Double): "Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me", declares this character before taking her own life Cleopatra |
| #8384, aired 2021-04-22 | "A" PLACE IN HISTORY $1200: Cleopatra & Mark Antony fought a doomed naval battle against Octavian at this Greek promontory Actium |
| #8352, aired 2021-03-09 | SPORTS & GAMES IN SHAKESPEARE $800: Shakespeare is guilty of an anachronism when this ancient queen says to an attendant, let's play billiards Cleopatra |
| #8309, aired 2021-01-07 | QUEENS $400: In 30 B.C. her decades of rule were ended, probably via the bite of a cobra Cleopatra |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $800: In a Samuel Barber opera, you know that this queen is about to die when a man enters carrying a basket of figs Cleopatra |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | SHAKESPEARE MEANS SOMETHING ELSE $1200: In "Antony and Cleopatra" this word doesn't mean an available motel room; it means one's leisure time vacancy |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | WOMEN OF THE WORLD $1200: This teenager & her younger brother Ptolemy XIII became co-rulers upon the death of their father Cleopatra |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | YOU KILLED ME! $1200: Cleopatra, though "It killed me!" is more accurate; it was a symbol of Egyptian royalty an asp |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | IT'S THE GIELGUD MOVIE OF THE YEAR $800: For this 1953 film Gielgud coached a nervous Marlon Brando, playing Mark Antony, on how to read The Bard's lines Julius Caesar |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | WORDS SHAKESPEARE ONLY USED ONCE $1600: This character complains to Antony about Cleopatra's "contestation" Octavius |
| #8108, aired 2019-12-04 | HISTORIC NAMES $1200: She has been dubbed the "Queen of Queens" & "The Serpent of the Nile" Cleopatra |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | TONS OF FUN $3,000 (Daily Double): 3,500 years old & weighing 220 tons, one of NYC's oldest artifacts is the Central Park Obelisk known as her Needle Cleopatra |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | BRITISH LITERATURE $400: "All for Love" by John Dryden looks at the tragic lives of this ancient couple Shakespeare also wrote about Antony and Cleopatra |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | ANCIENT BATTLES $1600: Cleopatra's galleys fled at the Battle of Actium, a victory for this soon-to-be emperor's fleet Octavian |
| #7976, aired 2019-04-22 | THEY PLANNED THEIR OWN FUNERAL $200: This "Cleopatra" actress requested that she arrive 15 minutes late for her own funeral Liz Taylor |
| #7952, aired 2019-03-19 | QUEENS OF EGYPT $400: With the backing of Julius Caesar's army, she defeated her brother & then ruled by herself Cleopatra |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | THE BOOK'S CENSORED EDITIONS $200: 1807's "The Family Shakespeare" changed some text & omitted this tale of 2 frisky lovers in ancient Egypt as unsuitable Antony and Cleopatra |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | HERSTORY $200: Around 50 B.C. this queen was forced to flee Egypt to Syria, but she came back with an army a few years later Cleopatra |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | B.C.-ING YOU $400: Just before dying in Cleopatra's arms, he urged her to make peace with Octavian Antony |
| #7722, aired 2018-03-20 | INSIDE THE PARK $200: Cleopatra's Needle &
Tavern on the Green Central Park |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | "X" IN THE CITY $1,000 (Daily Double): Antony & Cleopatra died there in 30 B.C. Alexandria |
| #7580, aired 2017-07-21 | ANCIENT COINS $400: A tiny silver denarius coin from around 32 B.C. depicts both Mark Antony & her Cleopatra |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | SHAKESPEARE BUFFS $2,200 (Daily Double): Before her Oscar for playing a 20th century queen, she scandalized as a nude Cleopatra with the Royal National Theatre (Dame) Helen Mirren |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | "HAT" BOX $2000: This ancient Egyptian queen erected granite obelisks at Karnak, one of which is still standing Hatshepsut |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | 1917 -- 100 YEARS AGO $400: Theda Bara vamped on screen to big box office as this historic temptress Cleopatra |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | "O"POURRI $800: Cleopatra's Needle & the Washington Monument are this type of tapered pillar an obelisk |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | FULL OF QUESTIONS $3,000 (Daily Double): "Where's my serpent of old Nile?" is a line from this Shakespeare play Antony and Cleopatra |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | PLAY SETTINGS $800: From around 1606 (Act III, Scene viii):
a plain near Actium Antony and Cleopatra |
| #7415, aired 2016-12-02 | BREAK-UPS $1000: This couple fell in love while filming "Cleopatra"; they wed in '64, divorced after a decade, remarried in 1975--& split again in 1976 Burton and Elizabeth Taylor |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | KINGS & QUEENS $400: She became queen in 51 B.C. when her father the pharaoh died Cleopatra |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | THE QUEEN'S EXPIRATION DATE $200: August 30 B.C.
in Alexandria Cleopatra |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | CENTRAL PARK $1200: The oldest man-made object in the park, it originally stood on the banks of the Nile Cleopatra's Needle |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | YOU'RE HISTORY! $800: The name of this ancient queen is from the Greek for "glory of her father" Cleopatra |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $600: He built the first White House stables in 1800 to house his favorite horse, Cleopatra (John) Adams |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | ANTONYM & CLEOPATRA $1200: Cleo was a royal, not this antonym also found before "sense" & "law" common |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | ANTONYM & CLEOPATRA $1600: Cleopatra's charms made her not repellent but this opposite, from the Latin ducere, "to lead" seductive |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | ANTONYM & CLEOPATRA $2000: Cleopatra's nose is believed to have been this antonym of "straight", referring specifically to an eagle's beak aquiline |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $200: The stage at the Metropolitan Opera is very big; no problem--with hundreds on stage & spectacular sets of the gates of Thebes, the Met's production of this opera is grand in both scope & scale Aida |
| #7144, aired 2015-10-08 | MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN $2000: "Ancient Egypt & Cleopatra are really dazzling, Mr. Peabody;"
"Yes, and as the last ruler of this dynasty that was originally Greek..."
[Water splashes]
"...perhaps she's in denial" the Ptolemaic Dynasty |
| #7129, aired 2015-09-17 | REPLICAS $1000: Caesars Palace in Las Vegas turned a replica of this type of Cleopatra craft into a nightclub barge |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | HISTORICAL NICKNAMES $400: "The Serpent of the Nile" Cleopatra |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $600: The serpent that killed Cleopatra & a hornet asp & wasp |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | QUOTES FROM SHAKESPEARE $5,000 (Daily Double): Her barge "like a burnished throne, burned on the water; the poop was beaten gold" Cleopatra |
| #7060, aired 2015-05-01 | NICE ENDING, SHAKESPEARE! $3,600 (Daily Double): Caesar:
"No grave upon the earth shall clip in it A pair so famous... see High order in this great solemnity" Antony and Cleopatra |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | RIVER BANK ON IT $800: Cleopatra's Needle & Paul's Walk are on its north bank the Thames |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | OH, TOO SOON?! $200: The Ptolemaic Dynasty ended when her 22-year reign became legendarily snakebit Cleopatra |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | "C" YOU AT THE MOVIES $400: Elizabeth Taylor's costume budget for this 1963 historical drama was $194,800 & included a gold cloth dress Cleopatra |
| #6961, aired 2014-12-15 | PARKS $2,000 (Daily Double): It took workers months in 1880 to transport this 69-foot shaft from a Staten Island dock to Central Park Cleopatra's Needle (the obelisk accepted) |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: After this queen died in 30 B.C., Egypt fell under Roman domination Cleopatra |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | ANCIENT COINS $400: Some Ancient Egyptian coins dating to around 40 B.C. show her as the goddess Isis Cleopatra |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | LIBRARIES $400: He gave Cleopatra, as a wedding gift, the Library of Pergamum, which contained about 200,000 scrolls Antony |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | OCCUPATIONAL LAST NAMES $1200: "Jazz Cleopatra" is a biography of this U.S.-born dancer who became a sensation in 1920s Paris Josephine Baker |
| #6877, aired 2014-07-08 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $400: In 1965, at age 20, Helen Mirren played this Egyptian at the Old Vic Cleopatra |
| #6860, aired 2014-06-13 | A PAGEANT OF ROYALTY $600: She had a Caesar on the side while she was married to her brother Ptolemy XIV Cleopatra |
| #6791, aired 2014-03-10 | LITERARY TITLE PAIRS $200: In Shakespeare, a Trojan guy & an unfaithful gal Troilus & Cressida |
| #6745, aired 2014-01-03 | THE HISTORIC SEÑOR-"A" OR SEÑORIT-"A" $400: Caesarion was the son of Julius Caesar & this queen Cleopatra |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Egyptian queen's obelisk that should be pretty easy to locate in that big clump of dried grass Cleopatra's needle in a haystack |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | 1963 $1600: This Taylor-Burton epic was a box-office bust in 1963 but was restored for Cannes & Blu-ray in 2013 Cleopatra |
| #6641, aired 2013-07-01 | AGELESS QUOTES $400: About this queen, Shakespeare wrote, "age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety" Cleopatra |
| #6636, aired 2013-06-24 | READING BY THE NUMBERS $400: This Shakespeare title character is only 13 years old Juliet |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | WEIRD HISTORY $1000: Once bodyguard to Alexander the Great, he founded an Egyptian dynasty that lasted 300 years, until Cleopatra Ptolemy |
| #6582, aired 2013-04-09 | BALLET $800: I'da love to have seen Ida Rubinstein play this queen swathed like a mummy who was then unwrapped Cleopatra |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | 1960s BLACK AMERICA $2000: (Alex reports from the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.) In 1966, the new Metropolitan Opera House opened here at Lincoln Center with a world premiere featuring this African-American diva as Cleopatra Leontyne Price |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | AT THE VEGAS HOTEL $600: Cleopatra's Barge,
the Colosseum Caesars Palace |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | CLEOPATRA $400: Shakespeare is among those who say Cleopatra killed herself with one of these, a symbol of divine royalty an asp |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | CLEOPATRA $800: The Ptolemies, Cleo's dynasty, put these lion/human statues in front of temples to show a pharaoh's brains & brawn a sphinx |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | CLEOPATRA $1600: Cleopatra's royal residence was in this Egyptian port city; many artifacts have been recovered from its waters Alexandria |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | CLEOPATRA $2,000 (Daily Double): When she took the throne of Egypt, Cleopatra claimed to be the living embodiment of this Egyptian goddess Isis |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | CLEOPATRA $2000: A head from the exhibit Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt is thought to depict this son of Cleopatra Caesarion or Ptolemy XV |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | ROYAL RELATIVES $400: This queen of Egypt had an older sister named Berenice, a younger sister named Arsinoe & 2 brothers named Ptolemy Cleopatra |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | B.C.-ING YOU $400: She was still a teen when she became queen of Egypt in 51 B.C. Cleopatra |
| #6369, aired 2012-05-03 | BARD GAMES $1200: Cleopatra learns of Antony's marriage while playing this game of which pool is the "pocket" type billiards |
| #6341, aired 2012-03-26 | LITTLE BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU $800: Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII was her little brother Cleopatra |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGIC MEN $2000: Octavius &
Philo Antony and Cleopatra |
| #6176, aired 2011-06-20 | SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS' DYING WORDS $200: "As sweet as balm, as soft as air, as gentle--O Antony!--nay I will take thee too Cleopatra |
| #6152, aired 2011-05-17 | RECENT NONFICTION $400: Stacy Schiff wrote a much-lauded 2010 biography of this Egyptian queen Cleopatra |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS $400: This 1963 epic included 79 sets & 26,000 costumes Cleopatra |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | I'M GETTING MARRIED! $3,000 (Daily Double): Xanthippe (c. 450 B.C.) Socrates |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE $1000: For an eighth child, preferably a daughter, this name from "Antony and Cleopatra" would be fitting Octavia |
| #6119, aired 2011-03-31 | PAINTED LADIES $2,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) In the painting here, the Baroque artist Guercino depicted this woman shortly before her death; notice what's in her hand Cleopatra |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | SHAKESPEARE, FOR STARTERS $9,000 (Daily Double): Philo's first speech in this play includes the line "The triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpet's fool" Antony and Cleopatra |
| #6056, aired 2011-01-03 | ROMANS $400: He took his own life after receiving a false report that Cleopatra was already dead--oops! Mark Antony |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | YOUR MOMMA! $400: Egyptian ruler Ptolemy XV (aka Caesarion) Cleopatra |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | SHAKESPEARE'S SETTINGS $200: This play begins at a queen's palace in Alexandria Antony and Cleopatra |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | BOOK WORMS $2,000 (Daily Double): It's really a snake, but this Shakespeare queen asks for "the pretty worm of Nilus, that kills and pains not" Cleopatra |
| #5944, aired 2010-06-17 | BABE $200: In 51 B.C. she became co-ruler of Egypt after the death of her father, Ptolemy XII Cleopatra |
| #5930, aired 2010-05-28 | GETTING TICKED OFF $400: He gave his kids by Cleopatra much of the land once ruled by Alexander the Great; his co-rulers & rivals were not pleased Mark Antony |
| #5929, aired 2010-05-27 | 2 WORDS IN ONE $200: Cleopatra's cobra plus a command to stop gives us this road surface asphalt (asp + halt) |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | CLEO $400: In 31 B.C. a huge Roman fleet led by Augustus & Agrippa defeated the fleets of Cleopatra & this man at Actium Mark Antony |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | CLEO $800: Her brothers didn't fare well with Cleopatra; fleeing from his sister in 47 B.C., one drowned in this river the Nile |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | CLEO $1200: Cleopatra's means of suicide at age 39 remains unclear, though this symbol of divine royalty is often cited an asp |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | CLEO $1600: Shazam! Cleopatra called herself the new this goddess Isis |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | CLEO $2000: They are the two obelisks seen here; one is in Europe, the other in the United States Cleopatra's Needles |
| #5847, aired 2010-02-02 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $200: One of the last things that she says before dying: "O Antony!" Cleopatra |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HEALTH & BEAUTY $400: Done since Cleopatra's time, a chemical this involves removing the top layer of cells to reveal smoother skin a chemical peel |
| #5801, aired 2009-11-30 | THE ACE OF HEARTS $2,400 (Daily Double): This Shakespearean tragedy, one of his last, is based on Plutarch's "Lives" Anthony and Cleopatra |
| #5792, aired 2009-11-17 | AT THE "BAR" $400: Cleopatra's preferred mode of travel on the Nile a barge |
| #5729, aired 2009-07-02 | MARK ANTONY $1,500 (Daily Double): Defeated in his quest to rule Rome, Mark Antony committed suicide in this country in 30 B.C. Egypt |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | THAT'S HISTORIC $400: Following a military victory in 34 B.C., she dressed up as Isis & he dressed up as Dionysus Mark Antony & Cleopatra |
| #5709, aired 2009-06-04 | THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM $400: (Alex reads from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.) This bust, once identified as just an early Ptolemaic queen, has now been shown to be this woman--famous through the ages Cleopatra |
| #5687, aired 2009-05-05 | ARCHAEOLOGY $200: In 1996 Franck Goddio discovered her palace underwater in the harbor of Alexandria Cleopatra |
| #5683, aired 2009-04-29 | NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY $800: "He shall have every day a several greeting, or I'll unpeople Egypt" Antony & Cleopatra |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | THAT'S MY KID! $400: 47 B.C.:
Cleopatra
(think again) Julius Caesar |
| #5680, aired 2009-04-24 | THAT'S MY KID! $800: 40 B.C.:
Cleopatra
(don't think again) Mark Antony |
| #5647, aired 2009-03-10 | THEATRE $200: In a Shaw play, she tells Caesar, "You must not be disrespectful to me, or the Sphinx will let the Romans eat you" Cleopatra |
| #5636, aired 2009-02-23 | POISONING $200: She may have tried out different poisons on prisoners before deciding on an asp for herself in 30 B.C. Cleopatra |
| #5633, aired 2009-02-18 | CAN'T GET ENOUGH OPERA $200: Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra" was commissioned for the 1966 opening of this company's new opera house The Metropolitan Opera |
| #5590, aired 2008-12-19 | COSMETIC PROCEDURE $400: What, no Rogaine? Cleopatra made a concoction of honey, burnt mice & bear grease as a cure for this baldness |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | THEY BLEW US OUT OF THE WATER $400: Marcus Agrippa's triremes proved too much for this couple's naval forces at Actium in 31 B.C. Antony & Cleopatra |
| #5524, aired 2008-09-18 | KINGS & QUEENS $200: Tradition says she had herself rolled up in a rug & delivered to Caesar Cleopatra |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE $200: Agrippa says of her, "Royal wench! She made great Caesar lay his sword to bed" Cleopatra |
| #5462, aired 2008-05-13 | WHO'S YOUR MOMMY? $2000: Caesarion Cleopatra |
| #5439, aired 2008-04-10 | SNAKES $200: This Egyptian queen didn't make an asp of herself, but she did use an asp snake to kill herself in 30 B.C. Cleopatra |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | GEORGE BERNARD SHAW $1600: At the end of "Caesar and Cleopatra", Caesar promises to send Cleo a beautiful present: this man Mark Anthony |
| #5387, aired 2008-01-29 | ART-IFICIAL $800: To try to stimulate trade, the Khedive of Egypt donated this obelisk to Central Park in the 1800s Cleopatra's Needle |
| #5381, aired 2008-01-21 | HISTORIC AMOURS $200: This dictator's rumored romp with Pompey's wife was even riskier than his fling with Cleopatra Julius Caesar |
| #5367, aired 2008-01-01 | EGYPT $200: This glamour girl reigned in Egypt from 51 to 31 B.C. Cleopatra |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT $400: Around 46 B.C, Julius Caesar offended his countrymen by dedicating a statue to her Cleopatra |
| #5342, aired 2007-11-27 | NASAL PASSAGES $3,000 (Daily Double): A Pascal pensee: If the nose of this queen "had been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed" Cleopatra |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | FISH & SHIPS $1000: Built in 1816, the first private yacht to cross the Atlantic shared its name with this ancient craft that cruised the Nile Cleopatra's barge |
| #5318, aired 2007-10-24 | "C" IN HISTORY $600: The fabled emerald mines named for this ancient queen were rediscovered around 1818 Cleopatra |
| #5314, aired 2007-10-18 | SHAKESPEARE $200: This title queen uses an asp, a "poor venomous fool", to kill herself Cleopatra |
| #5299, aired 2007-09-27 | ANAGRAMMED SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $400: She's a foreign queen:
ALERT A COP Cleopatra |
| #5269, aired 2007-07-05 | WOMEN IN SONG $6,000 (Daily Double): Pam Tillis:
"____, Queen of Denial" Cleopatra |
| #5258, aired 2007-06-20 | PTOLEMY...WHY NOT TAKE PTOLEMY? $400: Her dad was Ptolemy XII; lucky no. XIII, 10 years old at the time, became her co-ruler & husband Cleopatra |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | YOU'VE NEVER LOOKED LOVELIER $600: One of the most beautiful women in Antiquity, this gal's "bust" can be seen in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin Nefertiti |
| #5246, aired 2007-06-04 | "C" IN SHAKESPEARE $1200: In "Julius Caesar", this man "has a lean and hungry look"; in "Antony and Cleopatra", he's "lean and wrinkled" Cassius |
| #5212, aired 2007-04-17 | OTHER WORKS BY HANDEL $400: She's the queen who captivates the operatic title character Giulio Cesare Cleopatra |
| #5161, aired 2007-02-05 | TEENS IN HISTORY $800: When teen king Ptolemy XIV died in 44 B.C., it was rumored that this queen, his sister, had had him poisoned Cleopatra |
| #5149, aired 2007-01-18 | QUEEN $400: This ancient queen seduced 2 Roman generals, hastening their demise, & also had her own sister Arsinoe killed Cleopatra |
| #5133, aired 2006-12-27 | PEOPLE IN DANTE'S INFERNO $600: Considering herself the daughter of the sun god Re, this queen can be found with the sexual sinners Cleopatra |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | JEOP-POURRI $400: This 69 to 30 B.C. North African female ruler was part Macedonian Cleopatra |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | RELAX, IT'S MY TREATY $400: A 40 B.C. treaty called for Mark Antony to marry the sister of this Roman, the future Emperor Augustus Octavius |
| #5078, aired 2006-10-11 | EGYPTIAN HISTORY $800: After the death of this Egyptian queen in 30 B.C., Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire Cleopatra |
| #5033, aired 2006-06-28 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $1000: Shakespeare's Cleopatra used this expression for her youth, "When I was green in judgment" salad days |
| #5017, aired 2006-06-06 | DUOS $200: Octavius Caesar is the last to speak in Shakespeare's play about this duo Antony & Cleopatra |
| #4936, aired 2006-02-13 | JULIUS CAESAR $400: In 46 B.C. this Egyptian came with Caesar to Rome, where her statue was placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix Cleopatra |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | EGYPTIAN CINEMA $400: In 1934, Claudette Colbert played this Egyptian; in 1963, Elizabeth Taylor did Cleopatra |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | "CAR" TALK $2000: Cleopatra's unusual mode of transportation when she first met Julius Caesar carpet |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $800: This general of Alexander's governed Egypt & Libya & began the dynasty that included Cleopatra Ptolemy |
| #4899, aired 2005-12-22 | BRITISH POETS & POETRY $2000: In 1677 this poet wrote "All for Love", a play adapted from Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" John Dryden |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | PLAY $200: Shakespeare:
An Egyptian & a Roman fall in love Antony and Cleopatra |
| #4863, aired 2005-11-02 | THE HOME SPA $200: Cleopatra is said to have used rejuvenating products from this saline body of water in which the Jordan ends the Dead Sea |
| #4852, aired 2005-10-18 | ROMANCE NOVELIST HISTORY BOOK $200: She knew it was over; Octavian had rejected her advances. The asp awaited; she'd be buried with her love forevermore Cleopatra |
| #4812, aired 2005-07-05 | SINGERS $1600: This singer played detective Foxxy Cleopatra in the third "Austin Powers" movie Beyoncé Knowles |
| #4762, aired 2005-04-26 | REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY $1000: "I will fight at sea!"
"I'll help you!"
"Huh? Oh, kill me."
"Augh."
"Aah! I can no more! Ow!"
"I have immortal longings! Ow. Ow! Aughh." Antony and Cleopatra (Anthony and Cleopatra accepted) |
| #4714, aired 2005-02-17 | OPERA $400: Cleopatra (soprano) & Curio (bass) appear in Handel's opera about this man (contralto) in Egypt Julius Caesar |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | SHIPS' NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): Noted Dandy George Crowninsheild Jr. built the USA's 1st seagoing yacht & called it this woman's "barge' Cleopatra |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $200: This pair fled the Battle of Actium soon after fighting began, & their forces surrendered to Marcus Agrippa Antony and Cleopatra |
| #4683, aired 2005-01-05 | REIGN CHECK $200: After they killed themselves, she & Mark Antony were buried together, as both of them wished Cleopatra |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | SHAKESPEARE $3,000 (Daily Double): Act I of this tragedy begins in a palace in Alexandria Antony and Cleopatra |
| #4619, aired 2004-10-07 | SHAKESPEARE'S KINGS & QUEENS $400: Her lover called her "my serpent of old Nile" Cleopatra |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | CLEOPATRA $200: Her last husband Marc Antony |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | CLEOPATRA $400: The critter that ended her life an asp |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | CLEOPATRA $600: The city where she died in 30 B.C. Alexandria |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | CLEOPATRA $800: About 70 feet high each, one of these obelisks is in Central Park, another by the Thames River Cleopatra's Needle |
| #4581, aired 2004-07-05 | CLEOPATRA $1000: Name shared by the 2 brothers with whom Cleo co-ruled Egypt Ptolemy |
| #4575, aired 2004-06-25 | WOMEN AUTHORS $2000: In "The October Horse", this "Thorn Birds" author recounts the romance of Caesar & Cleopatra Colleen McCullough |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | ON LOCATION $800: The shoot of the 1963 epic "Cleopatra" was in this city where the film is partly set Rome |
| #4519, aired 2004-04-08 | HISTORICAL PAINTINGS $200: Guido Reni could have called his painting of this ruler "T & A", "A" standing for asp Cleopatra |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | ELIZABETH TAYLOR $600: Elizabeth Taylor was the first star to earn a million dollars for a film, for this 1963 title role Cleopatra |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | PEOPLE IN SONG $400: Pam Tillis asked us to "Call Me" this woman, "'cause I'm the queen of denial" Cleopatra |
| #4439, aired 2003-12-18 | ARE YOU SHAKESPEARIENCED? $600: "I am dying, Egypt, dying" Antony and Cleopatra |
| #4427, aired 2003-12-02 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $800: "The Serpent of the Nile" Cleopatra |
| #4411, aired 2003-11-10 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $400: She makes her first entrance with "Her ladies, the train, with eunuchs fanning her" Cleopatra |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | SOLDIER OF MISFORTUNE $200: In 31 B.C. the combined forces of Cleopatra & this Roman were crushed by Octavian's in the Battle of Actium Mark Antony |
| #4382, aired 2003-09-30 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $400: The Met's home in this complex opened in 1966 with Samuel Barber's "Antony & Cleopatra" Lincoln Center |
| #4360, aired 2003-07-11 | WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? $400: Cleopatra:
"Leave the fishing-rod...to us poor sovereigns of Pharos...your game is cities, provinces & kingdoms" Mark Antony |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | THE QUEEN IS DEAD $200: Died Aug. 30, 30 B.C.:
Alexandria, Egypt Cleopatra |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | GBS $2000: The Temple of Ra & the Palace of Alexandria are settings in this one of Shaw's "Plays for Puritans" Caesar and Cleopatra |
| #4308, aired 2003-04-30 | READY FOR YOUR NUDE SCENE? $800: The camera won't reveal too much when you play this Egyptian queen: you'll be up to your "asp" in a milk bath Cleopatra |
| #4303, aired 2003-04-23 | RICHARD $400: He began a tempestous affair with Liz Taylor while the 2 of them were filming "Cleopatra" Richard Burton |
| #4257, aired 2003-02-18 | HISTORY SPEAKS! $800: (Cleopatra) Don't make an "asp" of yourself, as you tell me the name of this royal family to which I belonged Ptolemy |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | ROME-ANTIC MOVIES $400: When she played this title role, Claudette Colbert barged in on Mark Antony & let Caesar seize her Cleopatra |
| #4207, aired 2002-12-10 | ROMANCING THE THRONE $400: Following custom, this queen married 2 of her own brothers: Ptolemy XIII & Ptolemy XIV Cleopatra |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | ROCK & ROLL PYRAMID $2000: This '90s British girl group who were "Comin' Atcha" released the CD "Queen of the Nile" in 2000 Cleopatra |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | THEATRE GAMES $400: In a Shakespeare play, this queen invites one of her eunuchs to play billiards with her at her palace in Alexandria Cleopatra |
| #4085, aired 2002-05-10 | CENTRAL PARK $1000: Cleopatra's Needle is a short walk from this Egyptian Temple in the Metropolitan Museum of Art the Temple of Dendur |
| #4057, aired 2002-04-02 | BIG IN HOLLYWOOD $600: The Gotham City set for this 1989 film was reportedly the largest built for a movie since "Cleopatra" Batman |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | OFF TO A GOOD START $2000: The prologue to this Shaw work opens "In the doorway of the Temple of Ra in Memphis" Caesar and Cleopatra |
| #4055, aired 2002-03-29 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Ben Brantley's 2000 review of this musical in The New York Times was headlined "Destiny and duty, Nile style" Aida |
| #4050, aired 2002-03-22 | THE 3 $1,200 (Daily Double): The 3 Shakespeare plays whose titles are the names of famous couples Romeo and Juliet, Troilus and Cressida & Antony and Cleopatra |
| #4042, aired 2002-03-12 | CLUB ME! $200: The Cleopatra's Barge nightclub has a swaying dance floor that really rocks this Roman-themed Vegas casino Caesars Palace |
| #4036, aired 2002-03-04 | UNDER THE "C" $1600: Her forces were part of the group that lost the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C. Cleopatra |
| #4027, aired 2002-02-19 | 19th CENTURY ART $400: The ornate history painters called "Pompiers" created works like Rixens' "The Death of" this Egyptian queen Cleopatra |
| #4023, aired 2002-02-13 | TEEN QUEENS $200: There's no de"Nile": She became Egypt's teen queen in 51 B.C. Cleopatra |
| #4016, aired 2002-02-04 | DIALOGUE BY SHAKESPEARE $400: Antony: "I must from this enchanting queen break off" Antony and Cleopatra |
| #4004, aired 2002-01-17 | THE ROLE PLAYED $200: Theda Bara,
Claudette Colbert,
Elizabeth Taylor Cleopatra |
| #3999, aired 2002-01-10 | VERB FIRST NAMES $800: To identify something with a spot, like a lover of Cleopatra mark |
| #3977, aired 2001-12-11 | ANCIENT EGYPTIANS $200: In 47 B.C. she gave birth to Caesarion whom she claimed was the son of Julius Caesar Cleopatra |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | REWRITTEN TOMBSTONES $400: 69-30 B.C.:
"One day Liz Taylor will play me onscreen (whatever onscreen means)" Cleopatra |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | HISTORICAL TRICK OR TREAT $600: (Ding dong! Cheryl of the Clue Crew prompts you to asp the question.) I'm Cleopatra, & Shakespeare said, "Age cannot wither me, nor custom fail my infinite" this variety |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | B.C. PEOPLE $600: Of the 23 Ptolemys who ruled Egypt, she was the only one who bothered to learn the Egyptian language Cleopatra |
| #3902, aired 2001-07-17 | WILL SHAKESPEARE, SERIAL KILLER $400: An anaconda squeezing her to death in Act V wouldn't work, so will used an asp instead Cleopatra |
| #3864, aired 2001-05-24 | QUEENS $200: She's the powerful & passionate queen of ancient times depicted here Cleopatra |
| #3843, aired 2001-04-25 | BEVERLY SILLS $200: The difficult role of this Egyptian in Handel's "Julius Caesar" made Sills a superstar Cleopatra |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | BODY OF LITERATURE $600: Daniel J. Boorstin's "Cleopatra's ____" Nose |
| #3788, aired 2001-02-07 | WE LEARNED IT FROM SHAKESPEARE $200: If you want to impress a guy like Mark Antony, barge in on a barge, like this queen Cleopatra |
| #3782, aired 2001-01-30 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $200: Agrippa says of her, "Royal wench! She made great Caesar lay his sword to bed" Cleopatra |
| #3776, aired 2001-01-22 | WISH I'D SEEN THAT MUSICAL! $400: "Her First Roman" starred Richard Kiley as Julius Caesar & Leslie Uggams as this captivating queen Cleopatra |
| #3760, aired 2000-12-29 | UH-OH! SHAKESPEARE! $400: Hard to imagine, but in Shakespeare's time, this queen of Egypt, like other female roles, was played by a boy Cleopatra |
| #3751, aired 2000-12-18 | ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES $300: Mark Antony called her "The Queen of Queens" Cleopatra |
| #3749, aired 2000-12-14 | '60s FASHION $400: 1963 Elizabeth Taylor film that inspired the fashionable, at the time, eye makeup seen here Cleopatra |
| #3739, aired 2000-11-30 | SHAKESPEAREAN BEFORE & AFTER $800: A Roman statesman desires the ear of a female martial artist from a blaxploitation film Antony and Cleopatra Jones |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | B.C. PEOPLE $200: Born in 69 B.C., she was the daughter of the ruler known as Ptolemy the Flute Player Cleopatra |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | CLEO POTPOURRIO $100: Magellan data indicate the Cleopatra crater on this inner planet is of impact, not volcanic, origin Venus |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | CLEO POTPOURRIO $200: Tamara Dobson played this secret agent in 2 1970s films Cleopatra Jones |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | CLEO POTPOURRIO $400: A 1989 biography dubbed this singer-dancer "Jazz Cleopatra" Josephine Baker |
| #3722, aired 2000-11-07 | CLEO POTPOURRIO $500: Designed around 1500 B.C., it was set up on the Thames embankment in the 1870s Cleopatra's Needle |
| #3720, aired 2000-11-03 | EGYPTIAN FILM FESTIVAL $400: In 1963 she was comin' at ya as Cleopatra Elizabeth Taylor |
| #3685, aired 2000-09-15 | BALLET $200: The Houston Ballet's sexy new ballet about this queen features a bathtub scene & an orgy (you bet your asp!) Cleopatra |
| #3673, aired 2000-07-19 | DRAMA QUEENS $400: In a Shaw play, Caesar finds her hiding on a Sphinx Cleopatra |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | SHAKESPEARE $900 (Daily Double): Octavius speaks last in these 2 plays "Julius Caesar" & "Antony and Cleopatra" |
| #3601, aired 2000-04-10 | HERSTORY $200: She was the first of the Ptolemaic line to speak Egyptian Cleopatra |
| #3573, aired 2000-03-01 | SHAKESPEAREAN DYING WORDS $200: "O Antony! Nay, I will take thee too...what, should I stay--" Cleopatra |
| #3546, aired 2000-01-24 | EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY $100: She's the tragic Egyptian ruler depicted here, appropriately with cobras: Cleopatra |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | BRITISH POETS LAUREATE $400: John Dryden also wrote plays; his "All for Love" was based on this Roman tale by Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra |
| #3540, aired 2000-01-14 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $200: Helen Mirren was only about 20 when she played this Egyptian at the Old Vic in 1965 Cleopatra |
| #3516, aired 1999-12-13 | QUEENS IN OPERA $200: There's no de"Nile": Masse, Massenet & Mattheson all wrote operas about her Cleopatra |
| #3501, aired 1999-11-22 | TELEVISION $1000: Like Burton & Taylor, Billy Zane & Leonor Varela had a romance when they played these lovers (in a 1999 miniseries) Antony & Cleopatra |
| #3495, aired 1999-11-12 | TEENS IN HISTORY $400: This teen "asp"ired to be Egypt's queen but had to share the throne with her little brother, Ptolemy XIII Cleopatra |
| #3475, aired 1999-10-15 | FILMS OF THE '10s $600: In 1917 this queen of the vamps was the Queen of the Nile -- Cleopatra Theda Bara |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | 1998 DISCOVERIES $400: Divers found the lost island of Antirhodos, where Cleopatra once lived, sunken off this city Alexandria |
| #3443, aired 1999-07-21 | YOUR CHEATIN' HEART $200: Though he was married to Octavia, he caroused with Cleopatra Mark Antony |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | EUROPEAN MUSEUMS $400: A highlight of Berlin's Egyptian Museum is the 3300-year-old bust of this queen Nefertiti |
| #3413, aired 1999-06-09 | PUT 'EM IN ORDER $400: Cleopatra,
Cheops,
Tutankhamen Cheops, Tutankhamen, Cleopatra |
| #3402, aired 1999-05-25 | HISSSTORY $200: Tradition says that in August 30 B.C., she committed suicide with the bite of an asp, a symbol of divine royalty Cleopatra |
| #3400, aired 1999-05-21 | FUN COUPLES IN HISTORY $100: Julius Caesar's love for this queen of Egypt really "needled" the Roman people Cleopatra |
| #3392, aired 1999-05-11 | THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL $200: Depicted here in bas-relief, she was actually the 7th queen to bear this name Cleopatra |
| #3384, aired 1999-04-29 | "C" IN HISTORY $400: In 47 B.C. she gave birth to a son known as Caesarion, or "Little Caesar" Cleopatra |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | MOVIE ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: Jean Marsh of "Upstairs/Downstairs" played Antony's wife Octavia in this Taylor-&-Burton epic Cleopatra |
| #3324, aired 1999-02-04 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Rumor has it that Cleopatra hatched plots against this king of Judea after she tried to seduce him & failed Herod the Great |
| #3309, aired 1999-01-14 | ALAS, MORE SHAKESPEARE! $400: Cleopatra says of this animal, "Dost thou not see my baby at my breast that sucks the nurse asleep?" snake |
| #3244, aired 1998-10-15 | HISTORIC WOMEN $400: Berenice IV, this woman's sister, ruled Egypt from 58-55 B.C., until her father executed her Cleopatra |
| #3236, aired 1998-10-05 | ODD NAMES IN SHAKESPEARE $1000: An officer with the silly name of Silius shows up in the play named for these historic lovers Antony & Cleopatra |
| #3235, aired 1998-10-02 | SHAKESPEAREAN ANAGRAMS $200: Any sap knows it was the instrument of Cleopatra's demise Asp (for "sap") |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | FIFTEENTH $400: Ptolemy XV of Egypt co-ruled with this woman, his mother Cleopatra |
| #3202, aired 1998-06-30 | SORE-SEAT CINEMA $600: Burton, Taylor & Roddy McDowall plan to rule Rome in this 4-hour 1963 bun-deadener Cleopatra |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA $200: To make up for damage Julius Caesar did to the library, this man gave Cleopatra 200,000 manuscripts Mark Antony |
| #3185, aired 1998-06-05 | WOMEN RULE! $200: Mark Antony's "marriage" to her wasn't exactly legal; he already had a wife in Rome Cleopatra |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | SMOOCHING IN SHAKESPEARE $500: "We have kiss'd away kingdoms and provinces" says Scarus in the play about this title couple Antony & Cleopatra |
| #3113, aired 1998-02-25 | ACTRESSES $600: Tamara Dobson fought drugs as "Cleopatra Jones" in 1973, 10 years after this woman was "Cleopatra" Liz Taylor |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ANCIENT ROME $200: At the 31 B.C. Battle of Actium, this pair commanded the combined Roman-Egyptian fleets Antony & Cleopatra |
| #3070, aired 1997-12-26 | DIRECT FROM THE GLOBE $100: Of Antony's suicide, she says, "So it should be that none but Antony should conquer Antony" Cleopatra |
| #3055, aired 1997-12-05 | CLEOPATRA $100: Cleo disguised herself as a slave to carouse with Antony in the streets of this city, her capital Alexandria |
| #3055, aired 1997-12-05 | CLEOPATRA $200: When Cleo barged into Tarsus to seduce Antony, she was suitably dressed as this Roman goddess Venus |
| #3055, aired 1997-12-05 | CLEOPATRA $300: In another great entrance, Cleo was carried to Caesar rolled up in one of these, perhaps wearing nothing but lint Carpet |
| #3055, aired 1997-12-05 | CLEOPATRA $400: This animal that spelled the end for Cleo was a symbol of divine royalty in ancient Egypt Asp |
| #3055, aired 1997-12-05 | CLEOPATRA $500: To impress Antony with her extravagance, Cleo dropped 2 of these mollusk gems in wine & drank them Pearls |
| #3035, aired 1997-11-07 | SHAKESPEARE $600: This queen likes to play billiards when she's not playing around with Antony Cleopatra |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | B.C. WOMEN $200: Wife of Akhenaton & mother of 6, she wasn't just another pretty bust Nefertiti |
| #3007, aired 1997-09-30 | "C" IN HISTORY $200: Plutarch wrote of this queen, "Plato admits four sorts of flattery, but she had a thousand" Cleopatra |
| #2996, aired 1997-09-15 | ARCHAEOLOGY $400: In 1996 Franck Goddio found the ruins of this queen's palace in the port of Alexandria Cleopatra |
| #2983, aired 1997-07-16 | ON PINS & NEEDLES $400: Name shared by ancient Egyptian obelisks in New York & London Cleopatra's Needle |
| #2981, aired 1997-07-14 | ANCIENT ROME $100: In 48 B.C., while pursuing Pompey into Egypt, this Roman dictator met Cleopatra Julius Caesar |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | ROYALTY $800: Julius Caesar infuriated the Romans by placing a gold statue of her in the temple of Venus Genetrix Cleopatra |
| #2907, aired 1997-04-01 | SHAKESPEAREAN FOOLS $400: Though this historical play contains a clown, it's the heroine who makes an asp of herself Antony and Cleopatra |
| #2817, aired 1996-11-26 | THEY ALMOST STARRED IN... $1000: Delays caused Stephen Boyd to quit this 1963 epic; Richard Burton replaced him & the rest is history Cleopatra |
| #2816, aired 1996-11-25 | GEMS & JEWELRY $200: These green beryls have been obtained from Cleopatra's mines rediscovered around 1816 Emeralds |
| #2810, aired 1996-11-15 | DYSFUNCTIONAL ROYAL FAMILIES $400: This seductive queen convinced Mark Antony to execute her hostile younger sister, Arsinoe Cleopatra |
| #2777, aired 1996-10-01 | NOTABLE WOMEN $200: In 34 B.C. she and her son Caesarion were declared joint rulers of Cyprus, Libya, Coelesyria & Egypt Cleopatra |
| #2752, aired 1996-07-16 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Her dying words are "O Antony, nay I will take thee to; what, should I stay?" Cleopatra |
| #2748, aired 1996-07-10 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: Cleopatra's downfall an asp |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | MOVIE COSTUMES $400: Guinness says this seductive vamp had the most costume changes in a silent film: 50, in "Cleopatra" Theda Bara |
| #2711, aired 1996-05-20 | HE WAS IN THAT?! $300: Martin Landau played Rufio & Carroll O'Connor played Casca in this 1963 Elizabeth Taylor extravaganza Cleopatra |
| #2704, aired 1996-05-09 | TEENS OF THE PAST $200: When Ptolemy XIII & this sister ascended the Egyptian throne, he was 10 & she was about 18 Cleopatra |
| #2669, aired 1996-03-21 | MUSICAL THEATRE $800: "Her First Roman" was a musical adaptation of Shaw's play about these historic lovers Caesar & Cleopatra |
| #2667, aired 1996-03-19 | SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES $1,000 (Daily Double): These 2 plays end with Octavius discussing funerals Julius Caesar & Antony and Cleopatra |
| #2648, aired 1996-02-21 | THE PLANETS $400: This planet's features include a mountain ridge called Aphrodite & a crater called Cleopatra Venus |
| #2641, aired 1996-02-12 | HISTORICAL OPERAS $200: Handel's opera about Julius Caesar & this queen is considered one of his greatest Cleopatra |
| #2604, aired 1995-12-21 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $100: This Egyptian queen married 2 of her brothers: Ptolemy XII & Ptolemy XIII Cleopatra |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | THE ROMAN EMPIRE $200: She met Mark Antony in Cilicia in 41 B.C. & they became lovers Cleopatra |
| #2590, aired 1995-12-01 | HISTORY $200: She went to Rome after she bore Caesarion, who became Ptolemy XV Cleopatra |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: As requested, she was buried at Mark Antony's side in 30 B.C. Cleopatra |
| #2562, aired 1995-10-24 | THE ROMAN EMPIRE $300: Until Augustus reclaimed it, she owned Cyprus; it was a gift from Mark Antony Cleopatra |
| #2560, aired 1995-10-20 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $200: She's Mark Antony's "Egyptian dish" Cleopatra |
| #2536, aired 1995-09-18 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $200: After this queen dies, her attendant Charmian also kills herself with an asp Cleopatra |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | BALLET $200: In a Michel Fokine ballet, this Egyptian queen enters swathed like a mummy, then is slowly unwrapped Cleopatra |
| #2519, aired 1995-07-13 | ART $200: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's frescoes of Antony & this queen are in the Palazzo Labia in Venice Cleopatra |
| #2471, aired 1995-05-08 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: In 34 B.C. she was declared Queen of Queens; her son Ptolemy XV was proclaimed King of Kings Cleopatra |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | GUINNESS RECORDS $100: This star had the most costume changes in a film, 65, in "Cleopatra" Elizabeth Taylor |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Enobarbus says Antony won't leave her because "Age cannot wither her, not custom stale her infinite variety" Cleopatra |
| #2430, aired 1995-03-10 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: Musicians, not Roman soldiers, play on Cleopatra's barge in this Roman-themed Las Vegas hotel Caesars Palace |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | MILITARY MEN $400: In 31 B.C. Marcus Agrippa, in command of Octavian's fleet, beat the forces of this Roman & this Egyptian Antony & Cleopatra |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | SHAKESPEARE $200: The queen who says, "Go tell him I have slain myself; say that the last I spoke was 'Antony'" Cleopatra |
| #2377, aired 1994-12-27 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $200: A lieutenant-general to Octavius in "Antony and Cleopatra", or a "bullish" sign of the zodiac Taurus |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $1,000 (Daily Double): Christopher Plummer has played Mark Antony in both of these Shakespeare plays Antony & Cleopatra & Julius Caesar |
| #2338, aired 1994-11-02 | SHAKESPEAREAN SETTINGS $400: "Antony and Cleopatra" begins & ends in this Egyptian city Alexandria |
| #2328, aired 1994-10-19 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $100: Mark Antony's marriage to her wasn't legal in Rome—he was already married to Octavian's sister Cleopatra |
| #2278, aired 1994-06-29 | HISTORIC NAMES $100: Her older sister Berenice IV was queen of Egypt until executed by her father Cleopatra |
| #2273, aired 1994-06-22 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $200: Cleopatra says of him, "Realms and Islands were as plates dropped from his pocket" Antony |
| #2254, aired 1994-05-26 | THE MOVIES $100: This film role has been played by Theda Bara, Claudette Colbert & Elizabeth Taylor Cleopatra |
| #2228, aired 1994-04-20 | ANCIENT EGYPT $1,000 (Daily Double): On Sept. 2, 31 B.C., Antony & Cleopatra lost the Battle of this Greek promontory to Octavian Actium |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Antony calls her "My Serpent of Old Nile" Cleopatra |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: Soon after the death of Cleopatra in 30 B.C., Egypt became a province of this empire Rome |
| #2187, aired 1994-02-22 | ROYALTY $100: This beautiful Egyptian queen was also known as Nefer-Neferu-Aton Nefertiti |
| #2183, aired 1994-02-16 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: Mark Antony declared her "Queen of Queens" Cleopatra |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | HISTORICAL OPERAS $200: You need a mezzo to play this beautiful queen in Phillip Glass's opera "Akhenaton" Nefertiti |
| #2115, aired 1993-11-12 | SHAKESPEARE $400: When Tallulah Bankhead played this queen, one critic said she "barged down the Nile...and sank" Cleopatra |
| #2097, aired 1993-10-19 | DRAMA $400: The title characters of this 1899 Shaw play first meet at a sphinx Caesar and Cleopatra |
| #2094, aired 1993-10-14 | TWINS $200: He was the father of Cleopatra's twins Mark Antony |
| #2075, aired 1993-09-17 | MOVIE NOSTALGIA $100: Elizabeth Taylor's dying words in this film are "Antony, wait" Cleopatra |
| #2059, aired 1993-07-15 | POISONED $200: Tradition says it was the source of the poison that ended Cleopatra's life asp |
| #2057, aired 1993-07-13 | SHAKESPEARE $600: The sails of her barge were "so perfumed that the winds were love-sick with them" Cleopatra |
| #2055, aired 1993-07-09 | GLUB, GLUB $200: Her brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII drowned in the Nile Cleopatra |
| #2024, aired 1993-05-27 | NAVAL BATTLES $200: A 400-ship Roman fleet led by Octavian & Agrippa defeated the fleets of these 2 lovers at Actium in 31 B.C. Antony & Cleopatra |
| #2009, aired 1993-05-06 | SHAKESPEARE $400: A simple countryman delivers a basket of figs to this queen of Egypt, she dies soon after Cleopatra |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | FILMS $100: This Taylor & Burton epic was over 4 hours long when first released in 1963 Cleopatra |
| #1971, aired 1993-03-15 | SALAD DAYS $200: The phrase "salad days", meaning youth, comes from his "Antony and Cleopatra" William Shakespeare |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | DRAMA $200: This Egyptian queen's name appears in the titles of plays by Shakespeare & Shaw Cleopatra |
| #1937, aired 1993-01-26 | BIRTHSTONES $100 (Daily Double): Cleopatra is said to have been fond of this November stone because it reminded her of honey topaz |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | CLOTHING & FASHION $400: In the 1900s these boned body shapers were given names like "Cleopatra", "Enchantress" & "Electra" a corset |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: After his death, the children of this man & Cleopatra were raised by his former wife Octavia Marc Antony |
| #1897, aired 1992-12-01 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $200: "The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, burned on the water" Cleopatra |
| #1893, aired 1992-11-25 | RHYME TIME $500: Cleopatra might have borrowed these from Julius to pluck her eyebrows Caesar's tweezers |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | DYNASTIES $200: The Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt ended when her son Ptolemy XV was murdered by Octavian Cleopatra |
| #1856, aired 1992-10-05 | BRITISH POTPOURRI $300: The 2 sphinxes at the base of this famous ancient obelisk were added during the Victorian Era Cleopatra's Needle |
| #1847, aired 1992-09-22 | ANCIENT EGYPT $300: When Julius Caesar was murdered in 44 BC this queen was living in one of his villas in Rome Cleopatra |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: Reigning in Egypt from 51-30 B.C., she was the seventh queen to bear this name Cleopatra |
| #1806, aired 1992-06-08 | RULERS $1,700 (Daily Double): This cousin of Julius Caesar committed suicide in August, 20 B.C. at Alexandria, Egypt Marc Antony |
| #1792, aired 1992-05-19 | QUEENS $400: For political reasons, this 1st c. BC ruler called herself the daughter of Ra, the Egyptian sun god Cleopatra |
| #1787, aired 1992-05-12 | DRAMA $400: "Caesar and Cleopatra", first performed in 1901, is considered his first great play George Bernard Shaw |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | ANTONY & CLEOPATRA $200: At the end Cleopatra took 2 of these & called the country into morning asps |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | ANTONY & CLEOPATRA $400: According to Enobarbus, its poop was beaten gold Cleopatra's barge |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | ANTONY & CLEOPATRA $600: In Act 2, scene 3 the soothsayer warns Antony to leave this city Rome |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | ANTONY & CLEOPATRA $800: This Caesar, not Julius, appears in the play Augustus |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | ANTONY & CLEOPATRA $1000: Cleopatra refers to these days "when I was green in judgment" her salad days |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | COINS $400: An Egyptian bronze coin of the 1st century B.C. depicts this queen as Aphrodite Cleopatra |
| #1722, aired 1992-02-11 | SHAKESPEARE $400: "Antony and Cleopatra" opens in Cleopatra's palace in this city Alexandria |
| #1717, aired 1992-02-04 | "O" NO! $300: Cleopatra's Needle is a famous one of these an obelisk |
| #1712, aired 1992-01-28 | ANCIENT EGYPT $600: For a while she ruled with her son Caesarion Cleopatra |
| #1641, aired 1991-10-21 | WORLD CITIES $200: Theres a Cleopatra's Needle in London & a Space Needle in this city Seattle |
| #1640, aired 1991-10-18 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400 (Daily Double): The last person in the Ptolemaic line who ruled Egypt Cleopatra |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | REX HARRISON $200: Though R. Burton got more publicity, Rex romanced Elizabeth Taylor in this 1963 spectacle too Cleopatra |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | FAMOUS BATTLES $800: Soon after this pair fled from the Battle of Actium,
their forces surrendered Cleopatra & Mark Antony |
| #1589, aired 1991-06-27 | MOVIE QUOTES $400: "Pinch me, Rosie, here we are going down the river like Antony and Cleopatra on that barge" The African Queen |
| #1570, aired 1991-05-31 | THEATRE $500: Shaw play that takes place "towards the end of the XXXIII dynasty" Caesar and Cleopatra |
| #1561, aired 1991-05-20 | SHAKESPEARE $200: His 1st line, "There's beggary in the love that can be reckoned", is spoken to Cleopatra Antony |
| #1560, aired 1991-05-17 | TWINS $400: Their children were the twins Alexander Helios & Cleopatra Selene, & Ptolemy Philadelphos Antony & Cleopatra |
| #1547, aired 1991-04-30 | ROYALTY $300: Octavian had her teenage son Ptolemy XV executed in 30 B.C. Cleopatra |
| #1524, aired 1991-03-28 | GEMS & JEWELRY $400: Legend says Cleopatra once dropped 2 of these mollusk gems in wine or vinegar & drank them pearls |
| #1523, aired 1991-03-27 | THE ROMAN EMPIRE $200: Hearing a false report that she had committed suicide, Mark Antony stabbed himself & died in her arms Cleopatra |
| #1514, aired 1991-03-14 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Mark Antony called her Egypt Cleopatra |
| #1499, aired 1991-02-21 | QUEENS $800: Her first 2 husbands were her brothers, both named Ptolemy Cleopatra |
| #1475, aired 1991-01-18 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $800 (Daily Double): Octavia Caesar appears as a character in these 2 plays Julius Caesar & Antony and Cleopatra |
| #1470, aired 1991-01-11 | PLAYWRIGHTS $400: His "Plays for Puritans" included "The Devil's Disciple" & "Caesar and Cleopatra" Shaw |
| #1469, aired 1991-01-10 | SHAKESPEAREAN SERVANTS $100: When this title character first appears, eunuchs are fanning her Cleopatra |
| #1460, aired 1990-12-28 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $100: In 1937 one critic said Tallulah Bankhead barged down the Nile as this character and sank Cleopatra |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $200: Octavian honored her dying wish and she was laid to rest with Mark Antony Cleopatra |
| #1428, aired 1990-11-14 | SHAKESPEARE $700 (Daily Double): Cleopatra speaks of these days, "when I was green in judgment" her salad days |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | WHAT'S IN A NAME? $400: Her father, Ptolemy Auletes, gave her this name, which means "fame of her father" Cleopatra |
| #1355, aired 1990-06-22 | ANCIENT HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): When Mark Antony gave Roman lands to his children by Cleopatra, this man made war on her Augustus Caesar (Octavius) |
| #1311, aired 1990-04-23 | NAMES $200: The daughter of Ptolemy XII, her name means "Father's Glory" Cleopatra |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Cleopatra had 4 children out of wedlock, 3 fathered by this Roman Marc Antony |
| #1289, aired 1990-03-22 | AFRICAN HISTORY $500: This dynasty ruled Egypt from 323 B.C. until the suicide death of Cleopatra in 30 B.C. the Ptolemys |
| #1281, aired 1990-03-12 | PLAYWRIGHTS $200: In 1899 he reinterpreted the story of Caesar & Cleopatra using modern allusions George Bernard Shaw |
| #1231, aired 1990-01-01 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: After the death of Cleopatra Egypt became a province of this empire the Roman Empire |
| #1224, aired 1989-12-21 | FAMOUS PAIRS $800: Camille Saint-Saens composed an opera set in Gaza about this pair Samson & Delilah |
| #1213, aired 1989-12-06 | HOLLYWOOD TRIVIA $200: The 5-block-long Gotham City set for this film is the largest built for a movie since "Cleopatra" Batman |
| #1211, aired 1989-12-04 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $200: The only African queen who appears in the title of a Shakespearean play Cleopatra |
| #1201, aired 1989-11-20 | STARTS WITH "E" $300: Thousands of years ago in Egypt, "Cleopatra's Mines" were a source of these gems emeralds |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | QUOTES $500: Pascal said if her "nose had been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed" Cleopatra (of Egypt) |
| #1171, aired 1989-10-09 | MONUMENTS $400: In the 1880s Egypt gave this 69-foot-tall obelisk to the U.S. & it now stands in NYC's Central Park Cleopatra's Needle |
| #1170, aired 1989-10-06 | SHAKESPEARE $200: 1 of 3 women named in titles of Shakesperean plays Cleopatra, Cressida & Juliet |
| #1146, aired 1989-09-04 | LONDON $600: This should be called "King Thutmose's Needle" since it was carved in his honor Cleopatra's Needle |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | OPERA $100: Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare" depicts Caesar's romance with her Cleopatra |
| #1105, aired 1989-05-26 | SHAKESPEARE $800: In "Antony and Cleopatra", Marc Antony commits suicide by doing this falling on his blade |
| #1104, aired 1989-05-25 | DRAMA $200: The last line of this Shaw play is "Hail, Caesar!" Caesar and Cleopatra |
| #1075, aired 1989-04-14 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $500: Mark Antony's brother-in-law, he's the last to speak in both "Antony & Cleopatra" & "Julius Caesar" Octavius |
| #1074, aired 1989-04-13 | ANCIENT HISTORY $600: After Cleopatra's death in 30 B.C., Egypt became a province of this ruling nation Rome |
| #1018, aired 1989-01-25 | STARTS WITH "O" $1000: In printing, it's a dagger sign; in New York & London, it's Cleopatra's Needle obelisk |
| #994, aired 1988-12-22 | SHAKESPEARE $100: According to Shakespeare, this queen liked to play billiards with her eunuch Cleopatra |
| #985, aired 1988-12-09 | FOOD PHRASES $500: Speaking of her love for Caesar, Cleopatra described these "days" as when she was "green in judgment" salad days |
| #979, aired 1988-12-01 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $400: Title couple of whom it's said "No grave upon the earth shall clip in it a pair so famous" Antony & Cleopatra |
| #969, aired 1988-11-17 | WORLD HISTORY $800: He had a wife named Cleopatra, a daughter named Cleopatra, & a famous son, Alexander the Great Philip of Macedon (Philip II) |
| #964, aired 1988-11-10 | CHARACTERS IN PLAYS $200: Shaw character who thinks she's descended from a sacred cat and that her blood is made with Nile water Cleopatra |
| #954, aired 1988-10-27 | SHAKESPEARE $400: Cleopatra called it "The pretty worm of Nilus...that kills and pains not" asp |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | TRANSPORTATION $300: When Cleopatra 1st met Antony, she dressed as Aphrodite & entertained him on board this type of ship barge |
| #943, aired 1988-10-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Theda Bara, Vivien Leigh, C. Colbert & Rhonda Fleming all "asp"ired to greatness in this role Cleopatra |
| #934, aired 1988-09-29 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $1,200 (Daily Double): Shakespeare wrote of her, "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety" Cleopatra |
| #920, aired 1988-09-09 | THEATER $200: In Shaw's play, Caesar 1st meets this queen between the paws of her "pet Sphinx" Cleopatra |
| #889, aired 1988-06-16 | OPERA $200: During a performance of an opera about this queen of Egypt, Handel had a 1/2 fist-fight w/the composer Cleopatra |
| #879, aired 1988-06-02 | BEAUTY SECRETS $300: In "Caesar & Cleopatra", Cleopatra tells the aging Caesar to rub rum on his head to make this happen grow hair |
| #873, aired 1988-05-25 | JULIUS CAESAR $400: After Caesar defeated Ptolemy, he supported this person as ruler of Egypt Cleopatra |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | OH, SHAW! $800: Sometimes this play opens with an incredibly long prologue spoken at the Temple of Ra in Memphis Caesar and Cleopatra |
| #831, aired 1988-03-28 | CELEBRITY RELATIVES $200: For years, this "Queen of the West" passed off the son she had at 15 as her little brother Dale Evans |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | HEROES & HEROINES $1,900 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 Shakespearean plays which have the name of a female character in the title (2 of) Antony and Cleopatra, Romeo and Juliet & Troilus and Cressida |
| #813, aired 1988-03-02 | ROYAL RUMORS $300: This Egyptian reputedly used a mix of bear grease, horse's teeth, & burnt mice on her hair & eyelashes Cleopatra |
| #771, aired 1988-01-04 | MORTAL MATTERS $600: About 30 B.C., these 2 lovers founded a club prophetically called "The Soc. of Those Who Die Together" Antony & Cleopatra |
| #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ANCIENT EGYPT $200: From 51-30 B.C., this queen ruled along with 3 different Ptolemys Cleopatra |
| #768, aired 1987-12-30 | "A" IN SHAKESPEARE $1,100 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 Shakespeare plays whose titles start with "A" (2 of) All's Well That Ends Well, As You Like It (or A Midsummer Night's Dream & Antony & Cleopatra) |
| #763, aired 1987-12-23 | SHAKESPEAREAN LAST LINES $200: She said, "O Antony!--Nay, I will take thee too; What should I stay--" Cleopatra |
| #742, aired 1987-11-24 | STARTS WITH "P" $500: Caesarion, son of Caesar & Cleopatra, was actually 15th Egyptian ruler of this line Ptolemaic |
| #737, aired 1987-11-17 | SHAKESPEAREAN LAST LINES $800: "And then to Rome--Come, Dolabella, see high order in this great solemnity" Antony and Cleopatra |
| #732, aired 1987-11-10 | GREAT DAMES $800: She starred as Cleopatra and Olivier's Juliet, long before booking "A Passage to India" Dame Peggy Ashcroft |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | THE MIDDLE EAST $200: Cleopatra ruled from this port, now Egypt's 2nd-largest city Alexandria |
| #714, aired 1987-10-15 | THE HUSBAND MARRIED $800: His 3rd, 4th & "5th" wives were Fulvia, Octavia & Cleopatra (Marc) Antony |
| #700, aired 1987-09-25 | MOVIE ROYALTY $200: Racy Rhonda Fleming role in "Serpent of the Nile", opposite Raymond Burr's Mark Antony Cleopatra |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | SHAKESPEARE ON BROADWAY $200: Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh starred in 1951 as both Shaw's "Caesar & Cleopatra" & this duo Anthony & Cleopatra |
| #662, aired 1987-06-23 | SHAKESPEARE'S LOVERS $200: "The barge she sat in, like a burnisht throne burned on the water..." Cleopatra |
| #645, aired 1987-05-29 | SHAKESPEARE'S SETTINGS $500 (Daily Double): This play opens in a palace in Alexandria Antony and Cleopatra |
| #613, aired 1987-04-15 | FAMOUS PAIRS $300 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 pairs of lovers named in the titles of Shakespeare's plays (2 of) Romeo & Juliet, Troilus & Cressida, & Antony & Cleopatra |
| #606, aired 1987-04-06 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $400: She said, "The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch" no doubt "asp"irating the "pinch" Cleopatra |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | TEEN QUEENS $200: This teenage Egyptian ruler gave birth to a son she claimed was Julius Caesar's Cleopatra |
| #550, aired 1987-01-16 | SHAKESPEARE $200: It's also what Cleopatra's attendant Charmian used to commit suicide asp |
| #541, aired 1987-01-05 | FILM FACTS $200: The largest reported # of costume changes, 65 by 1 actor, was by Liz Taylor in this 1963 film Cleopatra |
| #540, aired 1987-01-02 | RULERS $200: Familial relationship of the famous Cleopatra to her 2 husbands who were Egyptian kings brother and sister |
| #525, aired 1986-12-12 | ANCIENT RUMORS $500: Besides Cleopatra, his "royal conquests" were said to include the King of Bithynia Julius Caesar |
| #511, aired 1986-11-24 | GREAT ROMANCES $200: She was first carried into Julius Caesar's presence rolled up in a rug on the shoulder of a porter Cleopatra |
| #491, aired 1986-10-27 | FAMOUS PAIRS $600: According to Dryden,
they gave their all for love; you bet your asp they did Cleopatra & Marc Antony |
| #470, aired 1986-09-26 | MOVIES $200: Of about 2 hours, 3 hours, or 4 hours, the original running time of the Elizabeth Taylor "Cleopatra" 4 hours |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | SHAKESPEARE $800: "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety," Shakespeare wrote of her Cleopatra |
| #447, aired 1986-05-27 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "A" $1,000 (Daily Double): Both London's & NYC's Cleopatra's Needles originally stood in this city Alexandria |
| #386, aired 1986-03-03 | THE ROMAN EMPIRE $200: Father of Cleopatra's child, he's believed to have been her first lover Caesar |
| #362, aired 1986-01-28 | MOVIES $300: Playing her, Liz Taylor broke film record for costume changes Cleopatra |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | SHAKESPEARE $300: “Other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies” Cleopatra |
| #298, aired 1985-10-30 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $200: Shakespeare said even the sails of her barge were perfumed Cleopatra |
| #288, aired 1985-10-16 | SNAKES $100: Also called the Egyptian cobra, it was the kiss of death for Cleopatra an asp |
| #167, aired 1985-04-30 | SHAKESPEARE $200: Shakespeare described her as Antony's "Egyptian dish" Cleopatra |
| #93, aired 1985-01-16 | ANCIENT HISTORY $100: Though an ethnic Macedonian, she was the most famous queen of Egypt Cleopatra |
| #48, aired 1984-11-14 | NAME YOUR POISON $500: Cleopatra's venomous nemesis an asp |
