| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | & 5 SIDES $400: Hal Prince co-produced this New York City-set musical that opened on Broadway on Sept. 26, 1957 West Side Story |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | TELEVISION $800: (Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) In 2021, I joined my friend Christine Baranski on this legal drama as pseudo judge Hal Wackner who holds court in the back of a copy shop The Good Fight |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | 20th CENTURY FOX HISTORY $400: In 1940, this odd couple comedy duo left Hal Roach Studios & soon signed with 20th Century Fox Laurel & Hardy |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | ALL KINDS OF LITERATURE $600: "Bowman could bear no more. He jerked out the last unit, & Hal was silent forever" is a line from this sci-fi work 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | SHAKESPEARE $1,000 (Daily Double): Speaker of the line "I prithee, good Prince Hal, help me to my horse, good king's son" Falstaff |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | POP EYE $1600: This band's 1980s cover of the Burt Bacharach & Hal David classic "Always Something There To Remind Me" was memorable Naked Eyes |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | BURT BACHARACH $800: Burt's most famous partnership was with lyricist Hal David & this gifted vocalist seen here (Dionne) Warwick |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | YEET! $600: In "2001" this computer yeets Frank Poole off into space but still has Dave to contend with HAL 9000 |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | WITH A SONG IN YOUR BRAIN $1000: Publishing company Hal Leonard offers "the world's premier destination for digital" this loose-printed music; kind of an oxymoron sheet music |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | CLASSIC MOVIE CHARACTERS $800: First name of "2001" astronaut Bowman, who has some tense dialogue with HAL Dave |
| #1, aired 2022-09-25 | DIONNE WARWICK $500: Dionne had a longtime working relationship with this composer who co-wrote many of her hits with Hal David Burt Bacharach |
| #8667, aired 2022-06-21 | TAKING STOCK SYMBOL $1000: Hal...? Open the stock pay doors, Hal... (Hal being this oil company) Halliburton |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | LITERATURE $1,200 (Daily Double): This Shakespeare character says, "When I was about thy years, Hal, I was not an eagle's talon in the waist" (Sir John) Falstaff |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | EASY LISTENING $2000: "Make It Easy On Yourself" is one of the great songs he wrote with Hal David Burt Bacharach |
| #8464, aired 2021-08-12 | THE GERSHWIN PRIZE $2000: In 2012 this man was honored along with songwriting partner Hal David (Burt) Bacharach |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | BOOKS OF THE 1980s $1200: In "2061: Odyssey Three", strange monoliths reappear, as does this deadly supercomputer HAL |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | KNIGHT LINE $400: "Now, Hal, what time of day is it, lad?" is this knight's first line of dialogue Falstaff |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $800: Rock Hall of Famer Hal Blaine drums |
| #8070, aired 2019-10-11 | IT TAKES A VILLAIN $1600: He's the non-human villain in "2001: A Space Odyssey" HAL |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $2000: With music & lyrics by Burt Bacharach & Hal David, this Broadway show features the song "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" Promises, Promises |
| #7873, aired 2018-11-28 | THE SOUND OF MUSIC $400: Legendary drummer Hal Blaine used tire chains for percussion on this duo's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Simon and Garfunkel |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | ON BROADWAY IN 2018 $1200: More than a mere apparition, this Hal Prince-directed classic celebrated 30 years on Broadway in January Phantom of the Opera |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | "HAL" $400: A psychiatrist once defined these as "perceptions without corresponding stimuli from without" hallucinations |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | "HAL" $800: Arnold Palmer once said the Masters was played on this type of ground hallowed ground |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | "HAL" $1200: This condition can be combated via Certs or Tic Tac halitosis |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | "HAL" $1600: Found before "days", this word meaning "peaceful" also refers to a mythical bird halcyon |
| #7615, aired 2017-10-20 | "HAL" $2000: Used for both thrusting & striking around 1500, it's the weapon seen here a halberd |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | OPEN THE PODCAST DOORS, HAL $400: Appropriately, a podcast focusing on politics & hosted by ex-Obama advisors is called "Keepin' It" this 4-digit number Keepin' It 1600 |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | OPEN THE PODCAST DOORS, HAL $800: Guests ranging from Julie Andrews to Dwight Gooden to Anthony Weiner are on "Here's the Thing", hosted by this "30 Rock" man Alec Baldwin |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | OPEN THE PODCAST DOORS, HAL $1200: The World Wide Web can be wacky, & this 2-word show whose title can be a dangerous click when e-mailing fills in details Reply All |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | HODGE-POD $200: In the movie "2001" Dr. Dave Bowman asks this character to "Open the pod bay doors" HAL |
| #7225, aired 2016-01-29 | PO PRESENTS UNCONVENTIONAL WARRIORS $800: (Po delivers the clue.) I'm a big fan of this Shakespeare knight but Prince Hal ends up telling him, "the grave doth gape for thee thrice wider"--c'mon, that's not what you say to an old buddy Sir John Falstaff |
| #7129, aired 2015-09-17 | PUBLIC DOMAIN RINGTONES $200: It must be Hal Prince calling me when I hear this title tone "Give My Regards To Broadway" |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | BOOKS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE? $1600: HAL the computer returns in "____: Odyssey Two" MMX |
| #7014, aired 2015-02-26 | DRAMA MAMAS $2000: In a William Inge play, Flo is upset when a drifter named Hal comes to this title event & charms Flo's daughter Picnic |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | DINNER & A BROADWAY SHOW $400: There's no masking the fact that Hal Prince directed the 1988 Broadway opening of this musical The Phantom of the Opera |
| #6858, aired 2014-06-11 | THE HULK, SHAKESPEARE SCHOLAR $1200: Hulk disturbed by Hal's digs at this knight like "how long...since thou sawest thine own knee?" Hulk has own size issues! Falstaff |
| #6835, aired 2014-05-09 | THAT '70s SHOW $600: Hal Linden was a Tony-winning actor when he began playing this mustachioed sitcom cop Barney Miller |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | THE MERCURY ASTRONAUTS $800: Scott Carpenter, a Little Rascal as a kid, married Maria Roach, whose dad produced these film shorts about little rascals Our Gang |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES $1600: This antagonist from a 1968 classic got its name from being a computer that's heuristic & algorithmic HAL |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | 1939 BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES $2000: Burgess Meredith was George & Lon Chaney Jr. was Lennie in this drama, produced by comedy legend Hal Roach Of Mice and Men |
| #6596, aired 2013-04-29 | MOVIE MAKEOVERS $1000: This slender actress "felt humiliated" wearing her "Shallow Hal" fat suit around town Gwyneth Paltrow |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | SHAKESPEARE $600: Prince Hal says to him, "thou art so fat-witted with drinking of old sack" Falstaff |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | COMPUTING $600: I'm sorry, contestants, it was the name of the murderous computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" HAL |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | YOU DESERVE A PRIZE $800: In 2012 he & Hal David became the first songwriting duo to win the Lib. of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Burt Bacharach |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | "PIC" ME! $600: Virile drifter Hal Carter comes to a Kansas town in this William Inge play Picnic |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | IT'S OPENING NIGHT ON BROADWAY! $200: On Sept. 25, 1979 Patti LuPone sang "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" in this Hal Prince-directed musical at the Broadway Theatre Evita |
| #6380, aired 2012-05-18 | THE STOCK TICKER $800: This company providing energy products & services is HAL Halliburton |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $1200: Magic moments for this composer & Hal David included writing the 1958 Perry Como hit "Magic Moments" (Burt) Bacharach |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | THE WRECKING CREW $1000: Wrecking Crew drummer Hal Blaine used tire chains to lay down the crashing sounds on this Simon & Garfunkel No. 1 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" |
| #6240, aired 2011-11-04 | REAL PEOPLE ON FILM $200: In "All the President's Men", Hal Holbrook played the secret informant dubbed this Deep Throat |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | TV TITLE ROLE PLAYING $800: "Barney Miller" Hal Linden |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | ACTING THE PART $1000: Douglas Rain, as the voice of this character: "Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?" HAL |
| #5829, aired 2010-01-07 | MUSIC MAKERS $1200: "Walk On By", made famous by Dionne Warwick, was written by Hal David & him Burt Bacharach |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | "HAL" $200: Hebrew for "praise God", it's a shout of praise to God hallelujah |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | "HAL" $400: If you order hirame in a sushi bar, you'll get this North Atlantic fish halibut |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | "HAL" $600: This astronomer financed the 1687 publication of Isaac Newton's masterwork, the "Principia" Edmund Halley |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | "HAL" $800: It's the medical term for bad breath halitosis |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | "HAL" $1000: Naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride halite |
| #5773, aired 2009-10-21 | OSCAR YOUNGEST/OLDEST $1200: Oldest Supporting Actor nominee:
This alliteratively named actor for the 2007 movie "Into the Wild" Hal Holbrook |
| #5755, aired 2009-09-25 | SHAKESPEARE: THE REALITY SHOW $1,000 (Daily Double): Prince Hal called him "that stuffed cloak-bag of guts"; guess he's not "The Biggest Loser" Falstaff |
| #5740, aired 2009-07-17 | PET PROJECTS $200: When we first meet this title character in a 2008 Pixar film, his only friend is his pet, cockroach, Hal WALL•E |
| #5699, aired 2009-05-21 | FRUIT OF THE KLUM $200: Hal-oh! Heidi Klum was born on June 1, 1973 in this country Germany |
| #5643, aired 2009-03-04 | THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT $400: In 1964 Hal Prince produced this musical set in an east European shtetl; it ran for 3,242 performances Fiddler on the Roof |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | NOVEL QUOTES $400: 1968:
"'Hello, Dave' said HAL... 'Have you found the trouble?'" 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | STOCK IT TO ME! $1000: With the symbol HAL, it constructs oil wells, among other things... Halliburton |
| #5423, aired 2008-03-19 | A BUNCH OF HOODS $800: Darla Hood was a member of this Hal Roach troupe The Little Rascals (or Our Gang) |
| #5263, aired 2007-06-27 | LONGEST-SERVING SITCOM ACTOR $800: "Barney Miller":
Jack Soo,
Hal Linden,
Abe Vigoda Hal Linden |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | BROADWAY'S HAL PRINCE $400: "Wilkommen"! Hal took home Tonys for producing & directing this 1966 Joel Grey musical Cabaret |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | BROADWAY'S HAL PRINCE $800: This 1957 urban musical featured a collaboration of Robbins, Bernstein, Sondheim & Hal West Side Story |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | BROADWAY'S HAL PRINCE $1200: In 1988, Hal directed this musical set in 19th century Paris The Phantom of the Opera |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | BROADWAY'S HAL PRINCE $1600: In 1962 Hal produced this comedy with characters named Pseudolus, Erronius & Hysterium A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| #5194, aired 2007-03-22 | BROADWAY'S HAL PRINCE $2000: Hal produced this 1955 musical about a big Washington Senators fan Damn Yankees |
| #5185, aired 2007-03-09 | NAME THAT MOVIE $800: 1968:
"Open the pod bay doors, HAL" 2001 |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $1200: Famed director of "Sweeney Todd" on Broadway & Haitian capital Hal & Port Au Prince |
| #5160, aired 2007-02-02 | MUSIC & LYRICS $1200: (Drew Barrymore delivers the clue.) "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" Then you'll know that Hal David wrote the lyrics, but this composer wrote the music Burt Bacharach |
| #5120, aired 2006-12-08 | LANDMARK CINEMA VILLAINS $1200: In "2001: A Space Odyssey", this computer is pleasant, logical, calm & deadly! HAL |
| #5010, aired 2006-05-26 | SHAKESPEARE'S FILMS $2000: Keanu Reeves as Prince Hal in 1991:
"My Own Private Idaho" Henry IV |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | SITCOMBOS $200: Hal,
Malcolm,
Lois Malcolm in the Middle |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | THAT IS LIKE SO LAST CENTURY $800: Adman Hal Riney came up with the 1984 Reagan slogan "It's" this "again in America" morning |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | HENRY IV, PART 2 $800: By the end of the play, Prince Henry, then known as Hal, has become this title character of another play Henry V |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $800: This song about precipitation won Burt Bacharach & Hal David a 1969 Oscar "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | CHARACTERS' FAREWELLS $600: "Dave, stop... stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going..." HAL |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | "TA" TA FOR NOW $600: (Hi. I'm Hal Sparks.) This former E! entertainment channel TV show helped further the careers of me, John Henson & Greg Kinnear Talk Soup |
| #4610, aired 2004-09-24 | THIS IS GONNA BE TOUGH $1600: In a 1968 film it was revealed that this machine was born on January 12, 1992 in Urbana, Illinois HAL |
| #4573, aired 2004-06-23 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $800: Now an assistant DA on television, he's seen here in 1968 playing Prince Hal in "Henry IV, Part II" Sam Waterston |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | RING IN NOW $600: As this hero, Hal Jordan had a whole speech to say while recharging his ring the Green Lantern |
| #4500, aired 2004-03-12 | STOCK SYMBOLS $1000: A provider of energy services:
HAL Halliburton |
| #4491, aired 2004-03-01 | BORN NORTH OF THE BORDER, EH? $800: Winnipeg-born Douglas Rain provided the voice of this soft-spoken killer computer on film HAL |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | THE "L" YOU ARE! $800: (Hi, I'm Hal Sparks) In the Women's National Basketball Association, the Sparks play their home games in this city Los Angeles |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | EDS $400: He hosted a phenomenally successful prime-time variety show for 24 years Ed Sullivan |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | SCIENCE $600 (Daily Double): When combined with oxygen, this lightest chemical element makes water hydrogen |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF $800: If a Maori showed you a tiki, you'd be looking at one of these statue |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | TRADING SPACES $1000: You must take tea before bargaining for a rug at Istanbul's "Grand" one of these trading spaces bazaar |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS STUFF $1000: Non-potent potable for which your first set of teeth is named milk teeth |
| #4306, aired 2003-04-28 | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $1600: Henson,
Morrison,
Lehrer Jim |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | 2001: A CATEGORY ODYSSEY $800: I'm sorry, Dave, Douglas Rain provided the voice of this ultimately murderous computer HAL |
| #4269, aired 2003-03-06 | MEL GIBSON $1200: In this film Gibson played Lt. Col. Hal Moore, who led his men in the first major U.S. land battle of the Vietnam War We Were Soldiers |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | OSCAR $1200: Hal Wallis was nominated for producing an amazing 19 times, but won only once -- for this 1942 Bogart classic Casablanca |
| #4125, aired 2002-07-05 | I MARRIED A STAR $400: Hal Holbrook had designs on this "Designing Woman" in 1984; hope they'll never need "Family Law" to break it up Dixie Carter |
| #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONYS $1200: "Mark Twain Tonight!"
(1966) Hal Holbrook |
| #4024, aired 2002-02-14 | RECENT CINEMA $2000: This "Shallow" Jack Black character falls in love with 300-pound Gwyneth Paltrow's inner beauty (Shallow) Hal |
| #3933, aired 2001-10-10 | NATURAL BORN MILLERS $200: This Hal Linden TV cop was on the beat from 1975 to 1982 Barney Miller |
| #3875, aired 2001-06-08 | DIONNE WARWICK $600: With her first hit, "Don't Make Me Over", Dionne became the main "voice" for this songwriting team Burt Bacharach & Hal David |
| #3857, aired 2001-05-15 | WORDS & MUSIC $600: "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?":
Hal David & ____ Burt Bacharach |
| #3735, aired 2000-11-24 | CLASSIC TV TITLE ROLES $200: Police captain Hal Linden Barney Miller |
| #3670, aired 2000-07-14 | THEY WROTE THE SONGS $400: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" & "(They Long To Be) Close To You" Burt Bacharach & Hal David |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | "B" MOVIES $200: Oddly, Hal David & Burt Bacharach composed the title song of this 1958 Steve McQueen sci-fi classic The Blob |
| #3633, aired 2000-05-24 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $400: Hal Holbrook portrayed this malevolent moneylender in a 1999 production of "The Merchant Of Venice" Shylock |
| #3623, aired 2000-05-10 | PEOPLE IN SPACE FILMS $600: Douglas Rain, who performed this role in "2001: A Space Odyssey", never visited the set HAL (voice of the computer) |
| #3618, aired 2000-05-03 | SHAKESPEARE $300 (Daily Double): Doubting his attractiveness to Doll Tearsheet in "Henry IV', he says, "I am old. I am old" Sir John Falstaff |
| #3604, aired 2000-04-13 | ENDS IN "OOK" $300: For over 40 years this actor has brought Mark Twain to life in a one-man show Hal Holbrook |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | ACTORS & THEIR FILMS $400: Hal Holbrook played the head of a sinister group of lawyers in this 1993 film based on a novel The Firm |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | '90s KIDS' NAMES $300: One letter different from an Eric Clapton Top 40 hit, it's in the Top 20 among girls' names Kayla |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | L.A. 2000 $300: L.A.'s fabulous Shrine Auditorium will again host these awards on March 26, 2000 the Academy Awards (Oscars) |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | '90s KIDS' NAMES $500: Wat? This 10th president's last name was a top boy's name? I don't believe it Tyler |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | RACETRACK TALK $800: U.S. racetracks have 2 turns: the clubhouse one before the backstretch & the far one before this the homestretch |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: A skill that's needed in some delicate jobs:
TIMING
TIM/ING split-second timing |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | THE MONROE DOCTRINE $2,000 (Daily Double): This was the year Monroe proclaimed the doctrine, some could have said, "Two score and seven years ago..." 1823 |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | HAVING BABIES $200: If a sperm with an X chromosome fertilizes the egg, the baby will be this sex Female |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, PA. $500 (Daily Double): Est. in 1904 by Charles Schwab, this company bearing the city's name is the 2nd largest of its type in the U.S. Bethlehem Steel |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, PA. $500: The Moravian Church, based in Bethlehem, is a Protestant group organized in the 15th c. in this current republic Czech Republic |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | BEFORE THEY WERE ROCKS $800: Sandstone is made of sand, which is made up mostly of this mineral quartz |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | DECEMBER 24 $1000: This north African Mediterranean nation was granted its independence from Italy December 24, 1951 Libya |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | KUBRICK CLASSICS $100: Pauline Kael said the only amusing character in this 1968 film was HAL 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #3487, aired 1999-11-02 | COMPUTER LITERACY $600: This psychotic computer is repaired in Arthur C. Clarke's "2010: Odyssey Two" HAL |
| #3470, aired 1999-10-08 | ON BROADWAY: 1970 $600: Though he never won an Emmy as Barney Miller, he did win a Tony for his role in "The Rothschilds" Hal Linden |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE SONGS OF BACHARACH & DAVID $100: Burt & Hal won an Oscar for this song from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE SONGS OF BACHARACH & DAVID $500 (Daily Double): Burt & Hal were inspired by this 1962 movie starring John Wayne & Jimmy Stewart to write a song of the same name The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
| #3372, aired 1999-04-13 | THE SONGS OF BACHARACH & DAVID $500: How could you forget that Naked Eyes remade this Burt & Hal hit in 1983 "Always Something There to Remind Me" |
| #3364, aired 1999-04-01 | EASY $100: In 1965 Hal Fryar played Ringo in "The Outlaws Is Coming" & this man played Ringo in "Help!" Ringo Starr |
| #3350, aired 1999-03-12 | A REAL PRINCE $500: He won a Tony for producing "The Pajama Game" & one for directing "Cabaret" Hal Prince |
| #3285, aired 1998-12-11 | THE OSCARS $1000: 1935 cinematography winner Hal Mohr is still the only person to win by votes of this type Write-in votes |
| #3201, aired 1998-06-29 | HONORARY OSCARS $1000: Our gang on the board of governors voted this little rascal of a producer a 1983 honorary award Hal Roach |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | LYRICISTS $100: After parting ways with Burt Bacharach, he wrote "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" Hal David |
| #3090, aired 1998-01-23 | THE BASEBALL HALL OF SHAME $500: In 1918 Hal Chase was suspended for allegedly paying pitcher Jimmy Ring, a teammate, to do this throw a game |
| #3044, aired 1997-11-20 | ACTORS IN POLITICAL FILMS $800: In "All the President's Men", Hal Holbrook played this informer whose true identity is still a mystery "Deep Throat" |
| #3018, aired 1997-10-15 | NOTED PUSSYCATS $300: Tom Jones' 1965 hit single "What's New Pussycat" was written by Hal David & this partner Burt Bacharach |
| #2948, aired 1997-05-28 | BUG NAMES $300: This producer brought together "Our Gang", those cute little rascals (Hal) Roach |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | FILM DIRECTORS $800: Before directing "It's a Wonderful Life", he wrote "Our Gang" comedies for Hal Roach Frank Capra |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | BRITISH ROYALTY $300: This Tudor king who was fond of music & mistresses was nicknamed "Bluff King Hal" Henry VIII |
| #2788, aired 1996-10-16 | MUSIC COLLABORATORS $600: "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" We hope this pair does -- they wrote it Burt Bacharach & Hal David |
| #2764, aired 1996-09-12 | "WALK"s $400: He created "Hi and Lois" as well as "Beetle Bailey" Mort Walker |
| #2750, aired 1996-07-12 | CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $200: Holbrook's buddies Hal's pals |
| #2659, aired 1996-03-07 | SINGERS $1000: Her first hit song, 1963's "Don't Make Me Over", was written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David Dionne Warwick |
| #2624, aired 1996-01-18 | ON BROADWAY 1968 $1000: Based on the film "The Apartment", this Burt Bacharach-Hal David musical opened in December Promises, Promises |
| #2534, aired 1995-09-14 | MUSICAL THEATER $600: In 1994 Hal Prince directed the revival of this musical set aboard the Cotton Blossom Show Boat |
| #2377, aired 1994-12-27 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $600: In Shakespeare's "Henry IV" plays, this future king is known as Prince Hal Henry V |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $100: The voice he used as Hannibal Lecter was inspired by Hal the Computer's voice in "2001" Anthony Hopkins |
| #2192, aired 1994-03-01 | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $300: "Evening Shade" co-star whose portrayal of Mark Twain was inspired partly by his own grandfather Hal Holbrook |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | AWARDS $400: This comedy team's 1932 short "The Music Box" won an Oscar for producer Hal Roach Laurel & Hardy |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | 30-SOMETHING $200: These comedians were both in their 30th when paired by Hal Roach in the 1920s Laurel & Hardy |
| #2025, aired 1993-05-28 | LONG LIVERS $600: At the Oscars in 1992, special tribute was paid to this "Our Gang" producer who had recently turned 100 Hal Roach |
| #1932, aired 1993-01-19 | LYRICISTS $200: "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" won 1969 Oscars for Burt Bacharach and this lyricist Hal David |
| #1853, aired 1992-09-30 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $400: In the late 1950s, this partner of Hal David was a conductor for Marlene Dietrich Burt Bacharach |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | FASHION DESIGNERS $100: In the 1980s this princess of Monaco designed swimsuits & beach cover-ups Princess Stephanie |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | STATE CAPITALS $100: This capital of Texas was originally a village called Waterloo Austin |
| #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1000: Father Latour is the archbishop in the title of this Willa Cather work Death Comes for the Archbishop |
| #1694, aired 1992-01-02 | MOVIE SONGS $400: Hal David & Burt Bacharach wrote "The Look of Love" for this 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale |
| #1605, aired 1991-07-19 | AWARDS $200: This actor won a 1966 Tony for his one-man show, "Mark Twain Tonight!" Hal Holbrook |
| #1581, aired 1991-06-17 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $500: Among his nicknames were "Prince Hal", "Harry of the West" & "The Great Pacificator" Henry Clay |
| #1579, aired 1991-06-13 | BRITISH ROYALTY $1000: Early historians say while he was still Prince Hal, he was drawn to "wild company" Henry V |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | CANADIAN ACTORS $1000: This veteran character actor played Abraham Lincoln, Dodsworth & The Devil in "All That Money Can Buy" Walter Huston (father of John) |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | OLD-TIME RADIO $600: Both Hal Peary & Willard Waterman played this "Great" water commissioner the Great Gildersleeve |
| #1119, aired 1989-06-15 | BEST SELLERS $800: Heywood Floyd confronts Dave Bowman, Hal & some aliens in this author's "2061: Odyssey Three" Arthur C. Clarke |
| #1105, aired 1989-05-26 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $2,500 (Daily Double): Film that inspired Burt Bacharach & Hal David to write this 1962 Top 10 hit:
"Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd return that fateful night /
Aw, that night /
When nothing she said could keep her man from going out to fight..." The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
| #1090, aired 1989-05-05 | HOLLYWOOD $500: Watching a group of kids argue over pieces of wood inspired him to produce the "Our Gang" comedies Hal Roach |
| #1085, aired 1989-04-28 | CELEBRITY MARRIAGES $1000: This actor has married 3 actresses: Ruby Johnston, Carol Rossen & Dixie Carter Hal Holbrook |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | CELEBRITY MARRIAGES $100: Cinematographer Hal Rosson, the last husband of this legendary platinum blonde, died in 1988 at the age of 93 Jean Harlow |
| #1008, aired 1989-01-11 | ALLITERATIVE NAMES $500 (Daily Double): Actor heard here, in the 1-man show he's been performing since the '50s:
"I came in, in 1835 with Halley's Comet. It's coming again pretty soon..." Hal Holbrook (as Mark Twain) |
| #956, aired 1988-10-31 | A.K.A. $200: Harold Lipshitz's stage name, which he used when playing Barney Miller Hal Linden |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Neil Simon, Burt Bacharach & Hal David collaborated on this musical based on "The Apartment" Promises, Promises |
| #918, aired 1988-09-07 | TV TRIVIA $200: In real life, Dixie Carter & Hal Holbrook are married; on this show, they're just lovers Designing Women |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | ACTORS & ROLES $100: Hal Holbrook 1st played this author in a 2-man show with his wife for a hospital suicide ward Mark Twain |
| #784, aired 1988-01-21 | "WISH"FUL SONG $400: Written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David, this song was Dusty Springfield's 1st Top 10 hit "Wishin' and Hopin'" |
| #771, aired 1988-01-04 | SHAKESPEARE $300: Prince Hal called him "fat-witted with drinking of old sack" Falstaff |
| #728, aired 1987-11-04 | MOVIE MAKERS $400: Once an actor for D.W. Griffith, this silent comedy director later formed the Keystone Company Mack Sennett |
| #691, aired 1987-09-14 | COMPUTERS $1000: This computer has "starred" in 2 films, one in 1968 & its sequel in 1984 HAL (9000) |
| #634, aired 1987-05-14 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200: Both Verdi & Salieri wrote operas about this fat friend of Prince Hal's Falstaff |
| #619, aired 1987-04-23 | ACTORS & ROLE $400: Walter Huston, Henry Fonda, Raymond Massey & Hal Holbrook all played this Kentucky-born president Abraham Lincoln |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY $1000: Tho known for comedies like "Our Gang" shorts, his studio also produced 1939's "Of Mice & Men" Hal Roach |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | WOMEN $1000: Designed by Susan Anderson, "Hal's Pals" dolls from Mattel all have this unusual feature a handicap |
| #531, aired 1986-12-22 | QUOTES $100: Film in which you'd hear the line "Open the pod bay door, HAL" 2001 (A Space Odyssey) |
| #471, aired 1986-09-29 | NOBLE NAMES $1000: Among his 16 Tonys are those won for directing "Cabaret", "Evita" & "Sweeney Todd" Hal Prince |
| #470, aired 1986-09-26 | WOOD LIVES! $400: Shade tree with heart-shaped leaves of the genus Tilia, TV actor Hal might be found under one linden |
| #462, aired 1986-09-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Since he started doing it in 1954, Hal Holbrook has done this over 1200 times on stage portray Mark Twain |
| #449, aired 1986-05-29 | "DAVID"s $800: Without his lyrics, Dionne Warwick would have only hummed Burt Bacharach's tune Hal David |
| #353, aired 1986-01-15 | VERMIN $500: On "Barney Miller", this kid's show which also starred Hal Linden was once called "Vermin, Vermin, Vermin" Animals, Animals, Animals |
| #149, aired 1985-04-04 | NAMES $400: Not a nickname for Henry, this is the name's original English form Harry |
| #115, aired 1985-02-15 | '60s SONGS $200: According to Hal David & Burt Bacharach, "what the world needs now" "love, sweet love" |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | AWARDS $200: Since '32 the U.S. Badge of Military Merit has had this colorful name the Purple Heart |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | LANDMARKS $300: His statue is atop Philadelphia's City Hall William Penn |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | GEOGRAPHY $400: It's across the Danube from Pest Buda |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | SCIENCE $800 (Daily Double): Natural vanilla flavoring comes from this tropical flower the orchid |
| #67, aired 1984-12-11 | ALPHABET SOUP $1000: In music, the seventh tone in the diatonic scale of C B (or ti) |
