| #9097, aired 2024-05-07 | PRONUNCIATION ADVICE $800: J.K. Rowling caused some consternation in 2015 by saying the T in this name is silent Voldemort |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | BRITISH LITERATURE $800: The unexpected death of a small town council member is a mystery at the heart of "The Casual Vacancy" by this author J.K. Rowling |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BALD IS BEAUTIFUL $1600: To date, he's played newsman J. Jonah Jameson in five live-action "Spider-Man" movies J.K. Simmons |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | NAME DROPPERS $400: Partly to distance themselves from J.K. Rowling, athletes are now replacing this name for their sport with "quadball" quidditch |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | A WRITER BY ANY OTHER NAME... $600: Magizoologist Newt Scamander & British wizard Kennilworthy Whisp have stood in for this author (J.K.) Rowling |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | PLOT POINT REWRITES $1000: "Oh, wow, this is super embarrassing! You're Joseph K.? 'K', like Kafka? We were after Joseph J.! Our mistake! You're free to go" The Trial |
| #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | CAN I SELL YOU SOME INSURANCE (ON TV)? $1000: This actor portrays professor Nathaniel Burke, your guide through some bizarre mishaps that were covered by Farmers Insurance (J.K.) Simmons |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | WHAT'S THAT LITERARY INITIAL? $400: The "J" in J.K. Rowling Joanne |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | TV ANIMATION $1000: J.K. Simmons voices a toymaker who becomes a Christmas legend in this 2019 Netflix cartoon with a 5-letter title Klaus |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | AUTHORS' ALMA MATERS $400: Studying French & classics, she graduated from England's University of Exeter, not Hogwarts, in 1987 J.K. Rowling |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | MOVIE VILLAIN QUOTES $1600: Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons): "Not quite my tempo ...you're rushing... why do you suppose I just hurled a chair at your head?" Whiplash |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | CHARITABLE CELEBS $600: J.K. Rowling named her foundation Lumos, after a spell that does this to a wizard's wand illuminate it |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | AUTHORS' NAME CHANGES $400: Joanne is her first name; she has no middle name but Kathleen was added for literary purposes in honor of her grandmother J.K. Rowling |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | PSEUDONYMOUS WRITERS $1600: "Lethal White" is the fourth Cormoran Strike novel J.K. Rowling has written using this pseudonym Robert Galbraith |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | HER STORY $200: Her tale of a boy wizard was rejected by 12 publishers before Bloomsbury picked it up J.K. Rowling |
| #7990, aired 2019-05-10 | HALL PASS $600: For 2017 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame took in J.K. Rowling & this Marvel man (Stan) Lee |
| #7982, aired 2019-04-30 | STAGE CRAFT $400: In 1991 J.K. Simmons as Captain Hook sailed on the pirate ship in this show on Broadway Peter Pan |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: She lived on public assistance between jobs as a French teacher, then wrote about a boy wizard, conjuring millions J.K. Rowling |
| #7897, aired 2019-01-01 | THE MOVIES $1200: He played music instructor Terence Fletcher in "Whiplash" J.K. Simmons |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | JACK THE RIPPER SUSPECTS $400: The unstable J.K. Stephen was the son of England's main authority on this type of law dealing with theft, murder, etc. criminal law |
| #7860, aired 2018-11-09 | PRIMETIME TV $1600: Lili Reinhart & K.J. Apa have been nominated for Teen Choice Awards for their work on this show Riverdale |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | THE 5 Ws IN THE BOOKSTORE $1600: J.K. Rowling kept the magic alive with this book written under the name Newt Scamander Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | COMPLETE THE 21st CENTURY BESTSELLER $600: J.K. Rowling:
"The Tales of Beedle the ____" Bard |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | SHE CREATED HIM $200: Professor Albus Dumbledore J.K. Rowling |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | WHAT'S ON? $800: Amy Berg had the pleasure of writing for J.K. Simmons & J.K. Simmons in the "Love the Lie" episode of this Starz show Counterpart |
| #7736, aired 2018-04-09 | ROWLING ADMISSIONS $200: J.K. Rowling stunned fans when she admitted this character should have married Harry Potter, not Ron Hermione |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: As Kennilworthy Whisp, J.K. Rowling wrote a book about this sport "Through the Ages" Quidditch |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $800: This 19,340-foot African peak is said to be the highest "walkable" mountain in the world K-I-L-I-M-A-N-J-A-R-O |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | AUTHORS' FICTIONAL PLACES $400: Azkaban Prison (J. K.) Rowling |
| #7676, aired 2018-01-15 | SUPPORTING CAST OF OSCAR'S BEST PICTURE $800: J.K. Simmons, Rosemarie DeWitt & John Legend...no, I'm sorry! I mean Naomie Harris, Patrick Decile & Andre Holland! Moonlight |
| #7658, aired 2017-12-20 | JINGLE SELLS $400: "We are" this insurance company whose ads feature J.K. Simmons & a snappy 7-note riff Farmers |
| #7654, aired 2017-12-14 | SOUNDS LIKE THE MOVIE'S SEQUEL $1200: 2005's "Crash" did not result in this with drummer Miles Teller learning from the formidable J.K. Simmons Whiplash |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | DETECTIVE FICTION $400: Under the name Robert Galbraith, she's taken to writing detective novels featuring Cormoran Strike J.K. Rowling |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | A PSYCHOTIC EPISODE $1000: On HBO's "Oz", this Oscar winner found his tempo as a neo-Nazi who oh-so-casually threatened his cellmate's family J.K. Simmons |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | LITERARY CHARACTER MASHUP $400: Nymphadora Slughorn J.K. Rowling |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | PUTTING THE "R" IN ENTERTAINMENT $2000: She wrote the screenplay for "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (J. K.) Rowling |
| #7393, aired 2016-11-02 | LITERARY FROGS & TOADS $800: The chocolate frogs in her books are just candy, but a spell makes them jump J.K. Rowling |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | PREQUELS & SEQUELS $400: For a charity auction in 2008, she wrote an 800-word Harry Potter prequel J.K. Rowling |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | MAY I QUOTE YOU? $2000: J.K. Galbraith: This "ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And... with death as his greatest source of anxiety" money |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | BRITISH AUTHORS $800: 2012's "The Casual Vacancy" was her first published novel for adults J.K. Rowling |
| #7269, aired 2016-03-31 | HUGO AWARD-WINNING NOVELS $400: J.K. Rowling won in 2001 for this novel partly about an object full of flames Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $800: J.K. Simmons played this newspaper man in "Spider-Man" movies & voiced him in many cartoons & a video game J. Jonah Jameson |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: MOVIES $1000: (New York Times film critic A.O. Scott delivers the clue.) My review of this film starring Oscar winner J.K. Simmons & Miles Teller was titled "Drill Sergeant in the Music Room" Whiplash |
| #7183, aired 2015-12-02 | WORKING BOOK TITLES $600: J.K. Rowling considered "Harry Potter and the Three Champions" for this fourth book in the series The Goblet of Fire |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | THE BEAT OF THE DRUM $600: Oscar winner J.K. Simmons has some suggestions about Miles Teller's drumming in this 2014 film Whiplash |
| #7144, aired 2015-10-08 | WHOSE LIFE IS IT? $1000: Born Finland, 1910,
designed for G.M., M.I.T. & J.F.K.,
met the big architect, Michigan, 1961 (Eero) Saarinen |
| #7114, aired 2015-07-16 | THAT'S OXYMORONIC! $200: "Saturday Night Live" has a visiting one for every show, including J.K. Simmons in January 2015 a guest host |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | THE LIFE OF A NOVELIST $400: Gee, wizard! Before hitting it big, she worked for Amnesty International & lived in Portugal teaching English J.K. Rowling |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | POP CULTURE $200: Oscar-winning actor J.K. Simmons is the voice of the yellow one of these candies in TV commercials an M&M |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | BIBLE BRIEFS $400: Titled translation:
K.J.V. the King James Version |
| #6981, aired 2015-01-12 | LITERARY NAME DROPPERS $1000: With a little help from J.K. Rowling:
"The Tales of ____ the Bard" Beedle |
| #6931, aired 2014-11-03 | THE PSILENT LETTER $400: J.K. Rowling's is Robert Galbraith a pseudonym |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | THE WOMAN WHO WROTE... $200: "Quidditch Through the Ages" J.K. Rowling |
| #6752, aired 2014-01-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: In 2011 this muggle topped Forbes' list of "the 10 most powerful women authors" J.K. Rowling |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | A CASE OF WRITER'S BLOCK $400: She said, "'Chamber of Secrets', I really did have writer's block... about 5 weeks. & compared to some... what's 5 weeks?" (J.K.) Rowling |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | AUTHORS ON AUTHORS $1200: This horror master didn't sugarcoat it: "(J.K.) Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn" (Stephen) King |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | BESTSELLERS $600: "The Cuckoo's Calling", a British mystery novel, sold modestly until she was unmasked as its author in 2013 J.K. Rowling |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | GRAPHIC NOVELS $1200: The kids are a lot more hormonal in this 2012 J.K. Rowling book than in her Harry Potter tales The Casual Vacancy |
| #6551, aired 2013-02-25 | HUGO AWARDS FOR SCIENCE FICTION $1200: J.K. Rowling for "Harry Potter and" this burning vessel the Goblet of Fire |
| #6471, aired 2012-11-05 | BRITISH NOVELISTS $400: This author writes that while traveling back to London on a train, "the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into my head" J.K. Rowling |
| #6469, aired 2012-11-01 | THEY INSPIRED THE CHARACTER $800: A short-tempered, long-haired chemistry teacher named John Nettleship inspired this J. K. Rowling character (Severus) Snape |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | CITY BY POPULATION $400: A U.K. capital:
486,000, including J.K. Rowling Edinburgh |
| #6372, aired 2012-05-08 | WHO WROTE THE LINE? $400: "Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world" J.K. Rowling |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | THE I.T. FACTOR $1000: Seen here is an example of this 2-letter type of code that can be read by a smartphone a QR code |
| #6222, aired 2011-10-11 | SHE CREATED HIM $400: Severus Snape J.K. Rowling |
| #6165, aired 2011-06-03 | "BEE" HAPPY $800: In 2007 one of 7 handwritten copies of J.K. Rowling's "Tales of" this bard fetched nearly $4 million at auction Beedle the Bard |
| #6128, aired 2011-04-13 | MGM WOULD HAVE CHANGED YOUR NAME $600: This "30 Rock" actress changed her own name--it used to have a "J" before the second "K" Jane Krakowski |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | THE PERFORMER $800: J.K. Simmons, seriously evil in "Oz", brought it down to "not so nice" as publisher J. Jonah Jameson in this 2002 film Spider-Man |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | GOOD BAD GUYS ON TV $1000: J.K. Simmons just plain scared the heck out of us as Vern, prisoner 92S110 on this HBO drama Oz |
| #5884, aired 2010-03-25 | I'M UNEMPLOYED $200: She finished her first novel about a magical 11-year-old orphan while she was an unemployed teacher in Edinburgh (J.K.) Rowling |
| #5847, aired 2010-02-02 | COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES $1600: Speaking at the Boston College Law School, this Fed head praised J.K. Rowling & quoted John Lennon Bernanke |
| #5814, aired 2009-12-17 | PEOPLE BOOKS $3,300 (Daily Double): "Not Harry but the next best thing" said People of this woman's "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" J.K. Rowling |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | THE MOVIE'S CHARACTERS $200: Agent K,
Agent J,
Jack Jeebs Men in Black |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | TV CASTS $1200: Kyra Sedgwick,
J.K. Simmons,
Jon Tenney The Closer |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | WHAT A KNOCKOUT! $800: In 1937 he became the first African-Amer. heavyweight champ since Jack Johnson, with a K.O. of James J. Braddock Joe Louis |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | ASSERTING AUTHOR-ITY $200: In 2007 Forbes estimated her earnings at $1 billion; Author! Author! J.K. Rowling |
| #5501, aired 2008-07-07 | CHRIS COLUMBUS $400: Chris won the job filming the first 2 entries in this franchise after wowing author J.K. Rowling Harry Potter |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | WOMEN WRITERS $200: J.K. Rowling wrote her first novel at a cafe in this Scottish capital Edinburgh |
| #5450, aired 2008-04-25 | FEMALES, WOMEN & LADIES $200: Though not a continuation of the series, 2001's "Quidditch Through the Ages" was a short book by this woman J.K. Rowling |
| #5427, aired 2008-03-25 | MEN & WOMEN OF LETTERS $400: Joanne Kathleen... J.K. Rowling |
| #5311, aired 2007-10-15 | ODD WORDS $200: "Dumbledore" is actually an old word for this insect; J.K. Rowling imagined him humming all the time a bumblebee |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | BOOK REPORT $400: J.K. Rowling ends a magical series with lucky number 7, "Harry Potter and" this the Deathly Hallows |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | BUT THEY'RE GUARANTEED TO RAISE A SMILE $800: This J.K. Rowling girl says, "I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed--or worse, expelled" Hermione |
| #5163, aired 2007-02-07 | I WROTE THAT $600: A book about a fire-related goblet,
a book about a "Prince" with blood issues J.K. Rowling |
| #5093, aired 2006-11-01 | NEXT LETTER AFTER... $800: ...J in the Macedonian alphabet K |
| #5028, aired 2006-06-21 | PLEAD THE FIFTH $1,000 (Daily Double): They're the 3 letters above the number 5 on a standard telephone button J-K-L |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: She was an English teacher by day in Portugal when she began using her mornings to write about wizards J.K. Rowling |
| #4833, aired 2005-09-21 | MOVIES BY CHARACTERS $400: 1997:
Agent J,
Agent K,
Chief Zed Men in Black |
| #4698, aired 2005-01-26 | PARTYING LIKE IT WAS 1999 $200: J.K. Rowling held us "captive" in book lines when this third Harry Potter novel came out in 1999 The Prisoner of Azkaban |
| #4665, aired 2004-12-10 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $400: Woodward & Bernstein's political detective story featuring agents J & K who unearth aliens in the White House All The President's Men In Black |
| #4558, aired 2004-06-02 | PLAY TIME $200: In pinochle, an A-K-Q-J-10 of trump is a royal sequence; in poker, it would be a royal this a royal flush |
| #4545, aired 2004-05-14 | FORBES' BILLIONAIRES $2000: There's no potter's field in the future for this creator of Harry Potter; she's No. 552 J.K. Rowling |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | WOMEN WRITERS $200: Her initials stand for Joanne Kathleen J.K. Rowling |
| #4247, aired 2003-02-04 | AROUND THE WORLD BOOK $600: As C is in 2 volumes, but J & K are in 1, volume 13 still covers this one letter M |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | "J" & "K" $1200: They're the mouthful seen here jawbreakers |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | "J" & "K" $1600: Potato chips & candy, for instance, or anything that is attractive but has no substance junk food |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | "J" & "K" $2000: Musicmatch is a virtual one of these, while Wurlitzer makes the actual coin-operated machine jukebox |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | J.K. ROWLING $400: J.K. Rowling wrote what became her first novel at a cafe in this Scottish capital Edinburgh |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | J.K. ROWLING $800: J.K. got the idea for her books when traveling from Manchester to London via this mode of transport train |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | J.K. ROWLING $1200: On July 23, 2000 Rowling's 4 books held the top 4 spots on this newspaper's Kids' Bestseller list The New York Times |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | J.K. ROWLING $1600: Rowling has said that her favorite author of all tie is this author of "Mansfield Park" Jane Austen |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | J.K. ROWLING $2000: In June 2000 Queen Elizabeth named Rowling an officer of the OBE, which stands for this Order of the British Empire |
| #4050, aired 2002-03-22 | INITIALED AUTHORS $200: In 2001 she wrote 2 of Harry Potter's school books under 2 different pseudonyms J.K. Rowling |
| #3797, aired 2001-02-20 | WOMEN AUTHORS $300: She uses her initials because it was feared that boys might avoid books written by a Joanne Kathleen J.K. Rowling |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | BRITISH AUTHORS $600: While out of work, she wrote much of her first Harry Potter book at a cafe while her daughter napped J.K. Rowling |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | FIRST LADIES $300: She's buried in Abilene, Kansas beside her husband Mamie Eisenhower |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | A WEEK AT CLUB MEDIEVAL $1000: It's the spiced ale you'll raise at an English Christmas feast, or the toast that accompanies it Wassail |
| #3514, aired 1999-12-09 | KIDDY LIT $500: This J.K. Rowling hero has run up against "The Sorcerer's Stone" & "The Chamber of Secrets" Harry Potter |
| #3395, aired 1999-05-14 | SCIENCE FAIR $400: Darlene's exhibit on minerals in the human body included iron nails, copper tubing & a 1943 penny for this Zinc |
| #3376, aired 1999-04-19 | WHICH CAME FIRST? $400: J.C. Penney,
Sears,
K Mart Sears |
| #3376, aired 1999-04-19 | THEY WRITE THE SONGS $600: It's said that he co-wrote his first hit, "Splish Splash", with D.J. Murray the K's mother in 12 minutes Bobby Darin |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC $800: Take a close look, but don't let this insect "bite" Bedbug |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | IN THE BEGINNING $1000: "Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith" "Stranger in a Strange Land" (by Robert Heinlein) |
| #3156, aired 1998-04-27 | AS THE STOMACH TURNS $800: One common shape of the stomach is like this tenth letter of the alphabet J |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | B.C. WOMEN $200: Wife of Akhenaton & mother of 6, she wasn't just another pretty bust Nefertiti |
| #2986, aired 1997-09-01 | FILMS OF THE '90s $700 (Daily Double): Letter perfect names of the 2 characters seen here:
"I don't suppose you know what kind of alien life form leaves a green spectral trail and craves sugar water, do you?"
"Oh, wait. That was on Final Jeopardy! last night!" J & K |
| #2862, aired 1997-01-28 | 1989 BOOKS $200: J.K. Lasser's guide to preparing & filing this was a 1989 bestseller Your Income Tax Return |
| #2839, aired 1996-12-26 | A.K.A. $300: This action star famous for performing his own stunts was born Chan Kwong-Sang in Hong Kong Jackie Chan |
| #2130, aired 1993-12-03 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $1000: In one G.K. Chesterton tale, this reverent detective is called Paul; in another he has the initial J. Father Brown |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | DISNEY VILLAINS $400: J. Worthington Foulfellow, a.k.a. Honest John, is this type of sly animal who charms Pinocchio a fox |
| #1558, aired 1991-05-15 | PARKS $800: There's a Ralph J. Bunche Park across the street from this organization's New York City headquarters United Nations |
| #1281, aired 1990-03-12 | VOCABULARY $200: Once used as a formal title, it means "my lady" in Italian Madonna |
| #1281, aired 1990-03-12 | IT'S "MAGIC" $400: This song was a Top 10 hit for the Police in the fall of 1981 "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" |
| #1274, aired 1990-03-01 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: From the Greek "psallein", to pluck, we get this plucked type of zither that's mentioned in the Bible Psalterion |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | GAMES $600 (Daily Double): 3 of the 5 letters which only appear on 1 Scrabble letter tile apiece (3 of) Q, X, Z (J or K) |
| #830, aired 1988-03-25 | A.K.A. $200: His real name is Michael J. Pollack Michael J. Pollard |
| #738, aired 1987-11-18 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING $500: The capital of Iceland R-E-Y-K-J-A-V-I-K |
