| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | BOOKED IN BOOKS $600: In this Dickens work Abel Magwitch tells Pip he was sentenced to 14 years in prison Great Expectations |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | BOOK TOCK $1000: In "Great Expectations", all the clocks in her house stopped at 20 minutes to 9, when she learned of her fiancé's betrayal Miss Havisham |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | 2 BOOKS IN ONE $400: "Bleak Expectations" Great Expectations & Bleak House |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | LOVE, IN SO MANY WORDS $400: Pip notes, "When I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible" in this classic Great Expectations |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | SPEECH OF THE DICKENS $2000: Mrs. Gargery in "Great Expectations" was the first to go "on the" this; stay out of her way, Pip! rampage |
| #11, aired 2022-02-16 | LITERATURE: "GOOD" OR "GREAT" $300 (Daily Double): In this novel, Miss Havisham dies after the faded wedding dress she wears catches fire Great Expectations |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | A CHAPTER OF IT BEGINS... $600: "When I reached home, my sister was very curious to know all about Miss Havisham's, and asked a number of questions" Great Expectations |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | ESCAPIST LITERATURE $1600: In "Great Expectations" , the escaped convict Abel Magwitch is revealed to be this character's benefactor Pip |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | NIFTY NOVELS $200: The young orphan protagonist in "Great Expectations" is known by this 3-letter name Pip |
| #8035, aired 2019-07-12 | 3-LETTER READING $400: The first paragraph of "Great Expectations" says, "So, I called myself" this Pip |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | BOY STORY $600: The name "Pip" is mentioned 3 times in the first 2 sentences of this novel--we get it, the guy's name is Pip Great Expectations |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | CLASSIC LITERATURE $1200: In this novel Miss Havisham lives in a decaying mansion called Satis House Great Expectations |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | LITERARY OPENINGS $800: Pin your hopes on Dickens:
"My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip..." Great Expectations |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | DICKENS BOOK BY CHARACTERS $800: Miss Havisham Great Expectations |
| #7608, aired 2017-10-11 | 3-LETTER WORDS $2000: We have great expectations you'll know it's a spot on dice pip |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | CHAPTER 13 $400: "There are five-and-twenty guineas in this bag. Give it to your master, Pip" Great Expectations |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | SPEAK OF THE DICKENS $800: Philip Pirrip is raised by his sister & her husband, Joe Gargery, in this classic Great Expectations |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | QUICK AS THE DICKENS $800: Pip is to be brought up as "a young fellow of" these, the novel's title Great Expectations |
| #7233, aired 2016-02-10 | LITERAL LITERARY TITLES $200: "Large Anticipations"
by Charles Dickens Great Expectations |
| #7206, aired 2016-01-04 | WHAT A CHARACTER! $800: Charles Dickens' own father was the inspiration for the eternally optimistic Wilkins Micawber in this novel David Copperfield |
| #7032, aired 2015-03-24 | BRITISH LITERATURE $1600: 3-letter name of the narrator of Dickens' "Great Expectations" Pip |
| #6971, aired 2014-12-29 | NOVELS BY CHAPTER $1000: By Dickens:
"Wickfield and Heep" David Copperfield |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | CHARLES DICKENS $200: It's considered Dickens' best book; it even has "Great" in the title Great Expectations |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | LITERATURA EN ESPAÑOL $200: A Dickens classic:
"Grandes Esperanzas" Great Expectations |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | 19th CENTURY NOVEL QUOTES $1200: "Miss Havisham was alone. 'Well?' said she, fixing her eyes upon me. 'I hope you want nothing? You'll get nothing"' Great Expectations |
| #6613, aired 2013-05-22 | THE QUOTABLE DICKENS $9,000 (Daily Double): "I give Pirrip as my father's family name, on the authority of his tombstone" Great Expectations |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | REVENGE $800: Jilted on her wedding day, in revenge she teaches her ward Estella to torment men in "Great Expectations" Miss Havisham |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | FILL IN THE BOOK TITLE $200: "G.E." by Charles Dickens Great Expectations |
| #6463, aired 2012-10-24 | WHAT THE DICKENS! $1600: The Christian name of the main guy in this novel is Philip & his family name is Pirrip Great Expectations |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | I LIKE TO READ $600: We meet Pip in Chapter 1 of this "Great" novel by Charles Dickens Great Expectations |
| #6255, aired 2011-11-25 | WHAT THE DICKENS? $200: "Enormous Anticipations" Great Expectations |
| #6118, aired 2011-03-30 | A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE $400: That wedding gown, that faded gown--I cannot get it, or poor Miss Havisham, out of my head Great Expectations |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | LITERARY WIDOWS & ORPHANS $1600: This Dickens novel starts with a boy visiting his parents' graves, where he's surprised by an escaped convict Great Expectations |
| #5967, aired 2010-07-20 | OPERA CHARACTERS $1,200 (Daily Double): A one-act opera based on an episode in "Great Expectations" is called this woman's "Wedding night" Miss Havisham |
| #5955, aired 2010-07-02 | DOMINOES $400: We have great expectations you know this 3-letter term for a dot on a domino a pip |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | "G.E." $600: The last chapter provides an ambiguous end for Pip & Estella in this classic novel Great Expectations |
| #5756, aired 2009-09-28 | BRIT LIT $400: He often worked with an illustrator known as "Phiz", but his "Great Expectations" had no Phiz Charles Dickens |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | FILL IN THE DICKENS TITLE $400: "G.E." Great Expectations |
| #5618, aired 2009-01-28 | DON'T SAY MOBY DICK $400: He began serializing his "Child's History of England", but he's a bit better known for "Great Expectations" Charles Dickens |
| #5554, aired 2008-10-30 | WHAT THE DICKENS! $400: Pip Pip hooray for this novel in which Pip learns that honest work is more rewarding than shallow dreams Great Expectations |
| #5386, aired 2008-01-28 | THAT SOUNDS "GREAT" $400: Sharing its name with a Dickens novel, this dating service has been matching up couples since 1976 Great Expectations |
| #5384, aired 2008-01-24 | WHO CREATED THEM? $600: Philip Pirrip, of whom much is expected Charles Dickens |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | UNREAL ESTATE $800: Satis House is the home of Miss Havisham in this classic Great Expectations |
| #5314, aired 2007-10-18 | LEONARD MALTIN'S FAVORITE FILMS $800: (Leonard Maltin reads the clue.) David Lean's 1946 British film of this Dickens tale is a real "Pip", & the opening graveyard sequence is a gem Great Expectations |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | LITERATURE $6,000 (Daily Double): Dickens divided this book into staves instead of chapters; Stave IV is called "The Last of the Spirits" A Christmas Carol |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | LITERATURE $1600: At the start of this Dickens novel, Pip meets an escaped convict who threatens to eat him Great Expectations |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | DICKENS HEARS FROM HOLLYWOOD $800: More orphans?! & this book's start, "My father's family name being Pirrip"... not exactly "Call me Ishmael", Chuck! Great Expectations |
| #4792, aired 2005-06-07 | QUITE A DICKENS CHARACTER $400: Nickname shared by Captain Ahab's cabin boy & the narrator of Dickens' "Great Expectations" Pip |
| #4729, aired 2005-03-10 | LITERARY NARRATORS $1200: Phillip Pirrip
(1860) Great Expectations |
| #4622, aired 2004-10-12 | DICKENS BOOKS BY CHARACTERS $600: Estella &
Miss Havisham Great Expectations |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | FILING CHAPTER 11 $800: Chapter 11 of this book begins, "At the appointed time I returned to Miss Havisham's" Great Expectations |
| #4478, aired 2004-02-11 | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $400: It's the nickname of the hero of "Great Expectations" Pip |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | CLASSIC ENGLISH LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): As early as 1871 authors were putting out possible endings for this Dickens mystery The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | AS THE WORLD BURNS $2000: In Dickens' "Great Expectations", this character dies when her faded wedding dress catches fire Miss Havisham |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | "GREAT" EXPECTATIONS $200: In the newspaper, Marmaduke is a funny one Great Dane |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | "GREAT" EXPECTATIONS $400: Clingmans Dome is the highest peak in this Appalachian range Great Smoky Mountains |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | "GREAT" EXPECTATIONS $600: As it's the nickname of Greg Norman, you're gonna need a bigger -- golf cart "Great White Shark" |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | "GREAT" EXPECTATIONS $800: A Montana city is named for these on the Missouri, which Meriwether Lewis called the grandest sight he'd ever beheld Great Falls |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | "GREAT" EXPECTATIONS $1000: Now extinct, we know what these look like from ones mounted in museums & drawings like this by Audubon great auk |
| #4261, aired 2003-02-24 | HERO $1600: This narrator of an 1861 novel sets off for London with "Great Expectations" of becoming a gentleman Pip |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | A DICKENS OF A STORY $400: This 1850 Dickens novel is considered his "veiled autobiography" David Copperfield |
| #4147, aired 2002-09-17 | COMMON BONDS $1200: Frosted Flakes,
Expectations,
Australia's Barrier Reef things that are Great |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $4,000 (Daily Double): Russian Empress who is a "pip" of a Dickens novel Catherine The Great Expectations |
| #4120, aired 2002-06-28 | LITERARY FIRST LINES $800: The 1860s: "My father's family name being Pirrip, & my Christian name Philip..." Great Expectations |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | OFF TO A GOOD START $1200: At the start of this Dickens book the hero wonders "Whther I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life" David Copperfield |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | MAJOR LITERARY WORKS $200: In this Dickens classic, Miss Havisham, jilted on her wedding day, rears her ward Estella to hate men Great Expectations |
| #3934, aired 2001-10-11 | DICKENS' WORKS $600: Dickens' 13th novel, it made its world debut in the USA's Harper's Weekly, which had high hopes for it Great Expectations |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | THE END $600: In this book Miss Havisham dies when her wedding dress catches on fire Great Expectations |
| #3796, aired 2001-02-19 | THAT'S JUST "GREAT" $300: In 1861 Dickens finished writing this novel "Great Expectations" |
| #3605, aired 2000-04-14 | DICKENS NOVELS BY CHARACTERS $400: Uncle Pumblechook,
Mr. Wopsle,
Miss Havisham "Great Expectations" |
| #3492, aired 1999-11-09 | REQUIRED READING $200: This novel begins, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." A Tale of Two Cities |
| #3472, aired 1999-10-12 | A LITTLE DICKENS $300: All Miss Havisham's clocks are permanently stopped in this 1860 work Great Expectations |
| #3418, aired 1999-06-16 | "GREAT" MOVIES $200: This Dickens novel has been filmed several times, most recently in 1998 Great Expectations |
| #3392, aired 1999-05-11 | SAUL BELLOW'S LIBRARY $200: Mr. Bellow calls this "Pip" of a Dickens novel "the story of a mild young man on the make" Great Expectations |
| #3297, aired 1998-12-29 | BOOKS BY CELEBRITIES $1000: With "Great Expectations", this "Gattaca" star published his first novel "The Hottest State" in 1996 Ethan Hawke |
| #3246, aired 1998-10-19 | ARTSY FILMS $300: In the 1998 film version of this Dickens novel, the hero not only pines for Estella, he sketches her Great Expectations |
| #3224, aired 1998-09-17 | LITERATURE $800: This novel begins, "My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip..." Great Expectations |
| #3212, aired 1998-07-14 | '90s MOVIES $500: Ethan Hawke & Robert De Niro starred in this film based on a Dickens novel Great Expectations |
| #3179, aired 1998-05-28 | LOOK WHO'S TALKING, TOO $600: Philip Pirrip Great Expectations |
| #1, aired 1998-05-03 | ROOMIES $100: In 1997 this star of "Emma" & "Great Expectations" bunked with her pal Winona Ryder Gwyneth Paltrow |
| #3157, aired 1998-04-28 | GROWING UP ON FILM $1000: Jeremy Kissner & Raquel Beaudene grow up to be these 2 actors in 1998's "Great Expectations" Ethan Hawke & Gwyneth Paltrow |
| #2986, aired 1997-09-01 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1000: She had "Great Expectations" until she was jilted on her wedding day Miss Havisham |
| #2977, aired 1997-07-08 | LITERATURE $200: Readers in 1860-61 picked up copies of "All the Year Round" to read installments of his "Great Expectations" Charles Dickens |
| #2948, aired 1997-05-28 | THEATRE $800: 2 of Wilkie Collins' plays were performed at a theatre in this "Great Expectations" author's home (Charles) Dickens |
| #2892, aired 1997-03-11 | EPONYMS $600: This adjective likens a person or place to novels such as "Oliver Twist" & "Great Expectations" Dickensian |
| #2801, aired 1996-11-04 | LITERATURE $600: Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" is narrated by this orphan Pip |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | LITERATURE $600: In this Dickens novel, escaped convict Abel Magwitch tries to give Pip a better chance in life than he had Great Expectations |
| #2577, aired 1995-11-14 | LITERATURE $800: In "Great Expectations", Pip falls in love with Estella, a ward of this spinster Miss Havisham |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $200: His friend Edward Bulwer Lytton convinced him to change the original ending of "Great Expectations" Charles Dickens |
| #2200, aired 1994-03-11 | 3-LETTER WORDS $200: In "Great Expectations", it's Philip Pirrip's nickname Pip |
| #2173, aired 1994-02-02 | LITERATURE $400: In "Great Expectations", this spinster has been jilted on her wedding day by a Mr. Compeyson Miss Havisham |
| #2108, aired 1993-11-03 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: A few of the characters featured in this Dickens novel are Mr. Jaggers, Herbert Pocket & Pip Great Expectations |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $600: His last completed novel, "Our Mutual Friend" came 4 yrs. after "Great Expectations" Charles Dickens |
| #1919, aired 1992-12-31 | DICKENS $400: In the original ending to this novel, Pip & Estella are permanently separated Great Expectations |
| #1890, aired 1992-11-20 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: This eccentric old lady in "Great Expectations" dies after her wedding gown catches fire Miss Havisham |
| #1838, aired 1992-09-09 | LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): In this Dickens work, embittered Miss Havisham teaches Estella how to break men's hearts Great Expectations |
| #1818, aired 1992-06-24 | CHARACTERS IN NOVELS $600: He is shocked to learn that the convict Magwitch is the source of his "Great Expectations" Pip |
| #1587, aired 1991-06-25 | LEFTOVERS $400: He named his famous mime character Dip after Pip in "Great Expectations" Marcel Marceau |
| #1582, aired 1991-06-18 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $300: For Philip Pirrip, the hero of "Great Expectations", this nickname was a natural Pip |
| #1499, aired 1991-02-21 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800: Pip is shocked to discover that Abel Magwitch is his benefactor in this Dickens novel Great Expectations |
| #1264, aired 1990-02-15 | LOVERS IN LITERATURE $800: Dickens fella who loved Estella Pip |
| #1241, aired 1990-01-15 | LASTS $1000: This author of "The Last Days of Pompeii" advised Dickens to give "Great Expectations" a happier ending (Edward) Bulwer-Lytton |
| #1011, aired 1989-01-16 | NOVEL CHARACTERS $1000: This Dickens novel is narrated by Philip Pirrip Great Expectations |
| #824, aired 1988-03-17 | DICKENS $600: 1 of 2 Dickens novels filmed in the 1940s by director David Lean Great Expectations (or Oliver Twist) |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | ADJECTIVES $300: Adjective describing the works & literary style of the author of "Great Expectations" Dickensian |
| #809, aired 1988-02-25 | DICKENSIAN CHARACTERS $400: This novel reveals that the eccentric Miss Havisham was jilted by her lover on her wedding day Great Expectations |
| #751, aired 1987-12-07 | BRITISH LITERATURE $500: Book in which Joe Gargery reflects, "On the rampage, Pip, & off the rampage, Pip; such is life!" Great Expectations |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $200: Some regard this "great" Dickens novel as not only a "pip" but 'the finest English novel ever written Great Expectations |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $500: Dickens novel in which Miss Havisham left everything in her house as it was the day she was jilted Great Expectations |
| #397, aired 1986-03-18 | MOVIES $500: Dickens' tale of John mills with high hopes Great Expectations |
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