| #9096, aired 2024-05-06 | THE PLOT SICKENS $800: In "Little Women", the hands of this character "seemed too feeble to hold even the rosy little shells they had been collecting" Beth |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | SISTERHOODS $200: The beloved March sisters--Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy--are the heroines of this classic novel Little Women |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAIMENT $1200: LBD is short for this, a wardrobe staple in women's closets a little black dress |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | REAL FAST $400: Sifan Hassan holds the women's world record in this track event: 4 minutes, 12.33 seconds a mile |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | 3-NAMED WRITERS $200: Not surprisingly this author of "Little Women" was an early feminist Louisa May Alcott |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $200: Geraldine Brooks' "March" is narrated by the father from this classic 1860s novel Little Women |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | CHAPTER $800: Chapter 9:
"Meg Goes to Vanity Fair" Little Women |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | BOOKS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA $4,000 (Daily Double): In addition to fiction portraying herself & her sisters, she penned "Hospital Sketches" from her time as a Civil War nurse Louisa May Alcott |
| #8669, aired 2022-06-23 | PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY $400: In 2020 the Strand magazine published "Aunt Nellie's Diary", a story that predates her "Little Women", written when she was just 17 Louisa May Alcott |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | WOMEN WRITERS $400: In 1956, Kay Thompson, on the left, appeared in a TV production about this little girl of hers who lives at the Plaza Hotel Eloise |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | WOMEN WRITERS $1200: She set "Little Fires Everywhere" in her hometown of Shaker Heights, Ohio Celeste Ng |
| #8639, aired 2022-05-12 | AUNTIE $400: In this novel, Jo is ill-suited as a companion to her Aunt March Little Women |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $400: This character on "Dawson's Creek" was named after the heroine of "Little Women" Joey |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | CHAPTERS IN THE NOVEL $400: "Jo Meets Apollyon",
"Meg Goes to Vanity Fair" Little Women |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | AMUSING CANADIANS $1000: This Canadian sketch group gave us "Crushing Your Head" & "30 Helens Agree", where 30 women in a field agreed en masse, "Love hurts!" the Kids in the Hall |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: She modeled 3 of the sisters in "Little Women" on her own siblings & Jo March after herself Alcott |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | THE END $1000: "Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!" Little Women |
| #8438, aired 2021-07-07 | CHAPTER OF THE 19th CENTURY NOVEL $400: "Jo's Journal" Little Women |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | LITERARY FIRST LINES $400: "All children, except one, grow up" Peter Pan |
| #8366, aired 2021-03-29 | BOOKS BY CHAPTERS $200: "Amy's Valley of Humiliation", "Jo Meets Apollyon" Little Women |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | ACTRESSES $400: This woman who grew up in Oxfordshire was bewitching as Meg in "Little Women" in 2019 Emma Watson |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | TV SHOWS BASED ON BOOKS BY WOMEN $600: In the 1970s & '80s Melissa Gilbert & Melissa Sue Anderson starred in "Little House on the Prairie", based on books by this author Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | GENERATIONS OF LITTLE WOMEN $200: The 2019 film of "Little Women" replicated Orchard House, where this author wrote & set the novel (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | GENERATIONS OF LITTLE WOMEN $400: As this March sister in the 1949 version of "Little Women", Elizabeth Taylor marries Laurie, played by Peter Lawford Amy |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | GENERATIONS OF LITTLE WOMEN $600: In 1994, this actress made her feature film debut as Beth Claire Danes |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | GENERATIONS OF LITTLE WOMEN $800: Before George Cukor directed her in "Adam's Rib" & "The Philadelphia Story", he cast this actress as Jo for the 1933 film adaptation (Katharine) Hepburn |
| #8226, aired 2020-06-01 | GENERATIONS OF LITTLE WOMEN $1000: The 2019 film of "Little Women" was written & directed by this woman Greta Gerwig |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | LITERATURE $600: This beloved novel whose first word is "Christmas" has been adapted for a Christmas 2019 movie, with Meryl Streep as Aunt March Little Women |
| #8110, aired 2019-12-06 | CLOTHING $600: A wardrobe staple for women is the LBD, short for this a little black dress |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | BOOK CHAPTERS $200: Chapter 21 of this classic is "Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace" Little Women |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | IN THEIR 90s $800: In her 90s, she played Aunt March in a 2017 TV adaptation of "Little Women" Angela Lansbury |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS $200: It's alternately titled "Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy" Little Women |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD ME... $1200: In the stories of Jason & the Argonauts, these horrible creatures are represented as birds with the faces of women harpies |
| #7717, aired 2018-03-13 | HISTORIC WOMEN $1200: I spy with my little eye this Dutch woman, executed as a spy during World War I Mata Hari |
| #7709, aired 2018-03-01 | SUCH NOVEL CHARACTERS $800: In "Little Women" this character declares, "I'm dying to go and fight with Papa. And I can only stay at home & knit" Jo |
| #7690, aired 2018-02-02 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: In her "Little Town on the Prairie", the main character turns 15 & is getting ready to teach school Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #7640, aired 2017-11-24 | NOTABLE WOMEN $800: Ooh la la! The little black dress first got put on--& put out--by this designer in the 1920s Coco Chanel |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS $800: Cornelia Meigs' 1934 winning bio "Invincible Louisa" is subtitled "The Story of the Author of" this other book Little Women |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | 19th CENTURY WOMEN AUTHORS $2000: This 3-named "Little Lord Fauntleroy" author also penned "A Little Princess" Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | 3-NAMED AUTHORS $400: Following the success of "Little Women", she wrote in her journal, "Paid up all the debts... thank the Lord!" (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #7497, aired 2017-03-28 | WATER-LOVING MAMMALS $400: This semiaquatic little guy of the genus Neovison was once almost synonymous with women's fur coats a mink |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: In "Little Women", Louisa May Alcott portrayed herself as this second-oldest March girl, who naturally becomes a writer Jo |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | NOVEL VOCABULARY $400: Turns out hug-me-tight is a women's wool jacket; this author mentions one in "Little Women" Louisa May Alcott |
| #7359, aired 2016-09-15 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: "Little House in the Big Woods" was her first novel about her family's life in the late 1800s Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE $800: You dilute a solution by watering it down; you do this to your pupils, 1 letter different, by making them expand dilate |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | WOMEN IN POETRY $1,500 (Daily Double): This 1852 book inspired John Greenleaf Whittier to write his poem "Eva" Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | FIRST LINES $200: A classic: "'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents', grumbled Jo, lying on the rug" Little Women |
| #7179, aired 2015-11-26 | A LITTLE READING $600: "Little Women" detailed the passage from childhood to womanhood of these 4 March sisters Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | WOMEN ARTISTS $800: She was close to 80 & trying to earn a little money when her paintings were discovered at a Hoosick Falls, N.Y. drugstore Grandma Moses |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | WOMEN ARTISTS $2000: She got down to a little monkey business for the self-portrait seen here Frida Kahlo |
| #7134, aired 2015-09-24 | BOOKS BY CHAPTER TITLES $800: "Aunt March Settles the Question" Little Women |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | TASTY LITERATURE $400: In this 19th c. work, young Amy likes snacking on "pickled limes" & borrows money from her sister to buy some Little Women |
| #7086, aired 2015-06-08 | HEALTH-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS $200: Go Red for Women is a campaign created by this organization to encourage women to take charge of their cardio health the American Heart Association |
| #7002, aired 2015-02-10 | FEMALE AUTHORS $400: In Concord, Massachusetts, you can tour the home where she wrote & set "Little Women" (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #6887, aired 2014-07-22 | YOU'RE ON THE LIST $400: There are 9 of them, 6 men & 3 women; there have been 112 in U.S. history Supreme Court justices |
| #6772, aired 2014-02-11 | 19th CENTURY BOOKS & AUTHORS $800 (Daily Double): Between 1872 & 1882 she wrote 6 volumes of "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag" Louisa May Alcott |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $200: (Hi, I'm Hannah Storm.) There's a character named Hannah in this favorite of mine; she's lived with the March family since Meg was born & is considered "more as a friend than a servant" Little Women |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | LITERATURA EN ESPAÑOL $1000: Beloved by girls:
"Mujercitas" Little Women |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | LITERATURE $400: This youngest sister in "Little Women" was based on the author's sister May--note the anagram Amy |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | 19th CENTURY NOVEL QUOTES $800: "I shall be your Beth still, to love and help you more than ever. you must take my place, Jo" Little Women |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | HERE'S THE BEGINNING $600: The father of 4 young girls is revealed to be off at war at the start of this 1868-69 novel Little Women |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: "Little Women" begins with this character grumbling about a lack of Christmas presents Jo |
| #6515, aired 2013-01-04 | LET ME PREFACE THAT $800: "Those awful young women capering at the hotel-door, they are the real little Daisy Millers that were" (Henry) James |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | CIVIL WAR LITERATURE $1,000 (Daily Double): Geraldine Brooks' "March" imagines the war exploits of Mr. March, the father of the 4 girls in this work Little Women |
| #6458, aired 2012-10-17 | A NOVEL DEATH $800: In "Little Women" scarlet fever keeps her from becoming a bigger woman Beth |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | NOVELS $400: It's alternately titled "Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy" Little Women |
| #6190, aired 2011-07-08 | QUOTATIONS IN LITERATURE $1000: In "Little Women" she tells sisters Jo, Amy & Beth, "It's so dreadful to be poor" Meg |
| #6106, aired 2011-03-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $400: The success of "Little Women" prompted her to write in her journal, "paid up all the debts, thank the lord!" Louisa May Alcott |
| #6100, aired 2011-03-04 | OPRAH'S FIRSTS $200: (Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) For a 2005 show on age-defying things for women, I had this part of my body "stabbed" with a special gun; I was told the 2 clicks would hurt "a little", yeah, right! ear |
| #6067, aired 2011-01-18 | AMERICAN WOMEN NOVELISTS $400: While writing "Little Women", she served as editor of a juvenile magazine, "Merry's Museum" Alcott |
| #5956, aired 2010-07-05 | PEOPLE FROM PENNSYLVANIA $1600: This "Little Women" author was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1832 but grew up in Massachusetts Louisa May Alcott |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | SIGN OF THE FOUR $200: Of the 4 "Little Women" characters Jo, Beth, Laurie & Amy, the one not a sister of the others Laurie |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | CHARACTER ASSASSINATION $400: Weakened by scarlet fever, Beth March was sentenced to death by this author (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #5862, aired 2010-02-23 | IT'S 2-LETTER TIME $600: In "Little Women" this tomboy wrote plays for her sisters to perform Jo |
| #5857, aired 2010-02-16 | WOMEN'S SPORTS HISTORY $400: 1950:
12 year-old Kathryn Johnston becomes the first girl to play in this sports organization Little League (Baseball) |
| #5849, aired 2010-02-04 | NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS $400: 1934: "Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of" this classic Little Women |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | 3-NAMED AUTHORS $200: She followed up "Little Women" with "An Old-Fashioned Girl" & "Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag" Louisa May Alcott |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | ALLITERATIVE NOVEL PERSONAGES $2000: Agreeing with her sister Jo's despair over a lack of Christmas gifts, she says, "It's so dreadful to be poor" Meg March |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | LITTLE WOMEN $200: This 4'10" author began her epic in 1926 after an injury; David O. Selznick bought the rights & the rest is history (Margaret) Mitchell |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | LITTLE WOMEN $400: While on the run in the 1930s, this 4'10" bank robber sent poetry & photos of her & Clyde to newspapers Bonnie Parker |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | LITTLE WOMEN $600: This 4'9" actress won an Oscar for only her second film, "The Year of Living Dangerously" Linda Hunt |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | LITTLE WOMEN $800: Though not tall, this future Secy. of State made a big impression in 1993 as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | CLASSIC LIT $800: This one of the "Little Women" marries Professor Bhaer, whom she met while living in a boardinghouse Jo |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | LITTLE WOMEN $1000: In 1928 this diminutive daughter of an Albanian grocer joined the Sisters of Loretto in Ireland Mother Teresa |
| #5630, aired 2009-02-13 | WOMEN OF THE WORLD $1000: Under 5 feet tall & all of about 90 pounds, this frail French chanteuse was nicknamed the "Little Sparrow" (Edith) Piaf |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | LEFTOVERS $200: Chapter 33 of this book begins, "Dear Marmee and Beth: I'm going to write you a regular volume, for I've got lots to tell" Little Women |
| #5521, aired 2008-09-15 | HOPE THIS ISN'T AN OPERA CATEGORY $600: 4 sisters cavort in the March family attic in Act I of the opera based on this 1868 novel Little Women |
| #5518, aired 2008-09-10 | BOOKS' SUBTITLES $400: Louisa May Alcott:
"Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys" Little Men |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | WOMEN WRITERS $400: Professor Bhaer, introduced in this 1868 novel, may have been based on William Rimmer, a teacher Louisa May Alcott knew Little Women |
| #5487, aired 2008-06-17 | BEFORE & AFTER $1200: The headstrong tomboy in "Little Women" who's a documentary about emperors in their antarctic breeding grounds Jo March of the Penguins |
| #5458, aired 2008-05-07 | LITERATURE $400: "Jo's Boys" was the second sequel to this 19th century novel Little Women |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $400: Let's show her a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T; she's the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Aretha Franklin |
| #5407, aired 2008-02-26 | LITERARY MOMMAS $600: In this 1868 novel Marmee takes care of her 4 girls while her husband is away serving as an army chaplain in the Civil War Little Women |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | THE TOP TEEN LIST $1000: At 17, this "Little Women" author wrote her first novel, "The Inheritence" (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #5394, aired 2008-02-07 | THE MASTERS $600 (Daily Double): There's more of Venus to love in a 1615 painting by this Flemish master Rubens |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $400: A mouselike boy grows up with Meg, Jo, Amy & Beth Stuart Little Women |
| #5307, aired 2007-10-09 | LITERATURE FOR KIDS $1200: In "Little Women", Margaret March is better known by this nickname "Meg" |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | BOOK LEARNIN' $400: Her "Little Women" appeared in 1868; a mere 127 years later, her "A Long Fatal Love Chase" arrived (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #5247, aired 2007-06-05 | KIDDY LIT $200: In "Little Women", the March girls' father is an army chaplain serving during this war the Civil War |
| #5231, aired 2007-05-14 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200: Spoiler alert:
This March sister dies in "Little Women" Beth |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | LITERATURE $2000: In "Little Women", this youngest of the 4 sisters is "a most important person, in her own opinion at least" Amy |
| #5160, aired 2007-02-02 | A GOOD BOOK $1600: Chapter 8 of this 1860s novel is "Jo Meets Apollyon" Little Women |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | WORD ORIGINS $200: This kind of dummy often displays women's clothes, though its name comes from the Dutch for "little man" mannequin |
| #5127, aired 2006-12-19 | INSPIRED CHARACTERS $400: The heroines of this 1860s novel were based on the author & her sisters Anna, Elizabeth & May Little Women |
| #5030, aired 2006-06-23 | PROMINENT 20th CENTURY WOMEN $400: In the late 1970s she joined the Rose law firm in Little Rock & soon became the firm's first woman partner Hillary Rodham Clinton |
| #5021, aired 2006-06-12 | WOMEN DIRECTING WOMEN $400: This Oscar-winning actress directed herself in the film "Little Man Tate" Jodie Foster |
| #4989, aired 2006-04-27 | CITIES IN SONG $200: This city, "Here I come. They got some crazy little women there and I'm gonna get me one" Kansas City |
| #4961, aired 2006-03-20 | CLOSING THE BOOK $400: Alcott:
"Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!" Little Women |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | FILMOGRAPHIES $200: "Little Women",
"A Place in the Sun",
"The Sandpiper" Elizabeth Taylor |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | FROM THE PAGE TO THE STAGE $400: Launched in 2005, the national tour of this "novel" musical features Maureen McGovern as Marmee Little Women |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | FAMOUS WOMEN $1000: In "The Female Eunuch", this Aussie feminist declared, "Women have very little idea of how much men hate them" Germaine Greer |
| #4850, aired 2005-10-14 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1200: In "Little Women", she's the tomboy among the 4 March sisters Jo |
| #4717, aired 2005-02-22 | MY LITTLE BLACK BOOK $200: There's Beth, Amy, Meg (I should give her a call)--all I'm missing from the "Little Women" is her Jo |
| #4706, aired 2005-02-07 | TEXT MESSAGING $400: In this classic by Louisa May Alcott, Mrs. March got a letter addressed to "My precious Marmee" from her "Topsy-turvy Jo" Little Women |
| #4689, aired 2005-01-13 | WRITE ON, GIRL! $200: Under the name of A.M. Barnard, this "Little Women" author published Gothic tales like "The Abbot's Ghost" Louisa May Alcott |
| #4627, aired 2004-10-19 | LITERATURE $1,000 (Daily Double): Chapter 25 of this book is called "The First Wedding" & it described Meg's marriage to John Brooke Little Women |
| #4569, aired 2004-06-17 | A "LITTLE" LIT $400: Katharine Weber's retelling of this 19th c. novel features just 3 sisters, & Beth is a pet turtle who dies Little Women |
| #4569, aired 2004-06-17 | MYTHOLOGICAL WOMEN $1,200 (Daily Double): Psychologist Carl Jung named a complex after this Greek woman famous for her attachment to Agamemnon Electra |
| #4509, aired 2004-03-25 | GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: Literally meaning "little woman", it once meant "Miss", but many modern German women now find it offensive fraulein |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | TEENS IN BOOKS $400: In chapter 3 of this novel, Jo thinks Laurie is going off to college, then finds out that he's only 15 "Little Women" |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: A year before "Little Women" was published, she became editor of a juvenile magazine called Merry's Museum (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | A "LITTLE" LIT $200: Chapter 9 of this novel is entitled "Meg Goes to Vanity Fair" Little Women |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | LITERARY QUOTES $400: In this novel, Jo grumbles, "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents" Little Women |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $400: Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy March have crushes on Rupert Birkin & Gerald Crich in this D.H. Lawrence novel Little Women in Love |
| #4263, aired 2003-02-26 | 19th CENTURY WOMEN $400: Little men & women might enjoy reading her other children's books, including "An Old-Fashioned Girl" Louisa May Alcott |
| #4254, aired 2003-02-13 | FEMALE ATHLETES $800: This tennis player won women's singles titles at Wimbledon in 2000 & 2001, but lost to her little sister in 2002 Venus Williams |
| #4155, aired 2002-09-27 | 2-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $800: Someone's sweetheart (or the first name of the tomboyish heroine of "Little Women") Jo |
| #4150, aired 2002-09-20 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: In this Louisa May Alcott novel, Jo March writes a play, "The Witch's Curse" "Little Women" |
| #4068, aired 2002-04-17 | NURSERY RHYME WOMEN $400: She "lost her sheep, and can't tell where to find them" Little Bo-Peep |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | FILMED LITERATURE $400: Title characters are seen here in a '90s version of this work Little Women |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $3,000 (Daily Double): This show that empowered women in the summer of '97 always closed with Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" Lilith Fair |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | LOUISA MAY ALCOTT $400: (Sofia of the Clue crew presents from in front of Orchard House.) Orchard House, where Louisa's family lived from 1858 to 1877, was the setting for this 1868 classic Little Women |
| #3990, aired 2001-12-28 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $600: The money this "Little Women" author received for her fiction made her the main breadwinner for her family Louisa May Alcott |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $1600: What the "Little Women" called their mother
(6) Marmee |
| #3928, aired 2001-10-03 | INSPIRED CHARACTERS $200: Professor Bhaer, introduced in this 1860s novel, may have been based on William Rimmer, a teacher Louisa May Alcott knew Little Women |
| #3898, aired 2001-07-11 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: Louisa May Alcott & relationship guru John Gray collaborated on this book sequel Little Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS $100: Louisa May Alcott based the main characters in this novel on herself & 3 sisters Little Women |
| #3759, aired 2000-12-28 | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $200: Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy are the title characters in this Louisa May Alcott classic "Little Women" |
| #3612, aired 2000-04-25 | PUT 'EM IN ORDER $500 (Daily Double): "Uncle Tom's Cabin",
"Ivanhoe",
"Little Women" "Ivanhoe", "Uncle Tom's Cabin", "Little Women" |
| #3607, aired 2000-04-18 | LITERARY LAST WORDS $200: "Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!" Little Women |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $100: "Eight Cousins" is a later work by this author who wrote about four "Little Women" Louisa May Alcott |
| #3516, aired 1999-12-13 | BETWEEN $300: Novels:
"Little Women",
_____,
"Jo's Boys" "Little Men" |
| #3493, aired 1999-11-10 | TEENS IN LITERATURE $800 (Daily Double): When "Little Women" begins, this eldest of the March sisters is 16 Meg |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | ON THEIR PERMANENT RECORDS $400: This author of "Little Women" received much of her education from her father, Bronson Louisa May Alcott |
| #3439, aired 1999-07-15 | NAME THE NOVEL $200: "Jo was the first to awake in the gray dawn of Christmas morning" Little Women |
| #3410, aired 1999-06-04 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $100: Professor Bhaer in her book "Little Women" was partly based on Ralph Waldo Emerson Louisa May Alcott |
| #3403, aired 1999-05-26 | FAIRY TALE FEMMES $500: He wrote a little about women: "The Little Match Girl", "The Little Mermaid"... Hans Christian Andersen |
| #3383, aired 1999-04-28 | CITIES IN SONG $600: "They've got some crazy little women" here, & "I'm gonna' get me one" Kansas City |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | CHAUVINISTIC TERMS FOR WOMEN $600: A little bird, or sportscaster Hearn Chick |
| #3339, aired 1999-02-25 | TEENS IN LITERATURE $200: The first chapter of "Little Women" says this girl is 15 years old, "very tall, thin and brown" with "a comical nose" Jo |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | THE WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $400: This member of the New York City Opera from 1955 to 1980 was inducted in 1998 Beverly Sills |
| #3247, aired 1998-10-20 | WHO WON THE OSCAR? $800: Jodie Foster, for "Nell"; Jessica Lange, for "Blue Sky"; Winona Ryder, for "Little Women" Jessica Lange |
| #3221, aired 1998-09-14 | LITERARY SELF-PORTRAITS $200: Jo March Louisa May Alcott ("Little Women") |
| #3220, aired 1998-09-11 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: During the war this "Little Women" author served as a nurse for the Union Louisa May Alcott |
| #3179, aired 1998-05-28 | HALLS OF FAME $200: This "Little Women" author was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996 Louisa May Alcott |
| #3171, aired 1998-05-18 | "LITTLE" WOMEN $100: She sat on a low stool eating cottage cheese Little Miss Muffet |
| #3171, aired 1998-05-18 | "LITTLE" WOMEN $200: This mischievous girl with corkscrew curls appeared in the Saturday Evening Post for over 10 years Little Lulu |
| #3171, aired 1998-05-18 | "LITTLE" WOMEN $400: This H.C. Andersen character tries to keep warm on New Year's Eve & has visions of her grandmother The Little Match Girl |
| #3171, aired 1998-05-18 | "LITTLE" WOMEN $500 (Daily Double): Once Carole King's babysitter, she's the singer heard here:
"I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now /
Come on baby, do the Loco-Motion..." Little Eva |
| #3171, aired 1998-05-18 | "LITTLE" WOMEN $500: Sara Crewe is this title character of a Frances Hodgson Burnett novel The Little Princess |
| #3160, aired 1998-05-01 | LITERATURE $100: Chapter 7 of this Louisa May Alcott novel is entitled "Amy's Valley of Humiliation" "Little Women" |
| #3131, aired 1998-03-23 | ERIC STOLTZ WAS IN THAT? $200: In this 1994 film Winona Ryder's Jo thinks Eric's Mr. Brooke is "dull as powder" Little Women |
| #3087, aired 1998-01-20 | FAMOUS AMYS $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Kirsten Dunst) In "Little Women" Amy is the youngest of 4 sisters with this last name March |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | WOMEN WRITERS $400: Her "Little House in the Big Woods" begins in Wisconsin Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| #2946, aired 1997-05-26 | LITERATURE $200: In this novel, Jo March becomes a writer & marries Friedrich Bhaer, a middle-aged professor Little Women |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | LITERATURE $300: In "Good Wives", the second part of this novel, Aunt March dies & leaves her home, Plumfield, to Jo Little Women |
| #2867, aired 1997-02-04 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200: "Little Women" Jo & Meg March also appear in this author's "Little Men" Louisa May Alcott |
| #2839, aired 1996-12-26 | AMERICAN LIT $200: Recent news of "The Inheritance", an unpublished novel by this "Little Women" author, had film studios buzzing Louisa May Alcott |
| #2800, aired 1996-11-01 | "A"UTHORS $200: Before "Little Women", she wrote tales like "Pauline's Passion and Punishment" for money Louisa May Alcott |
| #2759, aired 1996-09-05 | CINEMATIC SIBLINGS $300: Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Samantha Mathis & Trini Alvarado played 19th C. sisters in this "novel" film Little Women |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | LITERATURE $200: In this 1868 novel, Meg March is the oldest of 4 daughters, Amy, the youngest Little Women |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | LITERATURE $200: It begins, "'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents', grumbled Jo..." Little Women |
| #2705, aired 1996-05-10 | LITERATURE $200: "Little Women" Meg, Jo & Beth call this sister "Little Raphael" because of her drawing talent Amy |
| #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | LITERARY WOMEN $200: "A Long Fatal Love Chase", an adult novel by this "Little Women" author, was finally published in 1995 (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | WOMEN IN RELIGION $400: In "Retrospection And Introspection", she told of her experiences with the science of Christian healing Mary Baker Eddy |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: "Jo's Boys" was her second sequel to "Little Women" Louisa May Alcott |
| #2649, aired 1996-02-22 | WINONA RYDER FILMS $100: In "Little Women", Samantha Mathis played the grown-up Amy, sister of this Winona character Jo March |
| #2634, aired 1996-02-01 | LETTER $200: "Hospital Sketches" of 1863 is a collection of letters by this "Little Women" author when she was a nurse Louisa May Alcott |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $1000: Her "so-called life" includes the role of Beth in the 1994 film "Little Women" Claire Danes |
| #2620, aired 1996-01-12 | ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS $600: As Amy in this 1949 film, she marries Laurie after Jo rejects him Little Women |
| #2516, aired 1995-07-10 | FICTIONAL SENIORS $200: In this novel Jo reads to her aged Aunt March, who has a fine library & a Spanish-speaking parrot Little Women |
| #2498, aired 1995-06-14 | QUOTATIONS $100: Louisa May Alcott began this novel, "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents" Little Women |
| #2486, aired 1995-05-29 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: She wrote what she called "rubbishy novels" before the success of "Little Women" (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $1,500 (Daily Double): They're the four "Little Women" Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy (the March sisters) |
| #2469, aired 1995-05-04 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: In this novel the father of Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy is an Army chaplain in the Civil War Little Women |
| #2410, aired 1995-02-10 | THE CIVIL WAR YEARS $400: "Little Women" author who became famous when letters she wrote as a Civil War nurse were published in 1863 Alcott |
| #2396, aired 1995-01-23 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $300: She edited a children's magazine called Merry's Museum before she published "Little Women" (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #2368, aired 1994-12-14 | WOMEN AUTHORS $200: In 1869, due to the success of "Little Women", she wrote, "Paid up all the debts, thank, the Lord!" (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #2364, aired 1994-12-08 | DRAMA $200: In 1919 Katharine Cornell starred as Jo in a play based on this famous novel Little Women |
| #2350, aired 1994-11-18 | NOVEL CHARACTERS $400: In "Little Women", Margaret is better-known by this nickname Meg |
| #2334, aired 1994-10-27 | WOMEN AUTHORS $200: She was 65 years old when she published her first "Little House" book in Laura Ingalls (Wilder) |
| #2301, aired 1994-09-12 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $200: Orchard House in Concord, Mass., where she wrote "Little Women", was made a memorial in 1911 Louisa May Alcott |
| #2270, aired 1994-06-17 | FIRST NAMES $1000: This name that means "loved" was popularized by "Little Women" Amy |
| #2215, aired 1994-04-01 | JOHNS IN LITERATURE $400: John Brooke marries Meg March in this Louisa May Alcott book Little Women |
| #2156, aired 1994-01-10 | CHLDREN'S LITERATURE $400: On an 1865 trip to Europe, she met a Polish youth on whom she modeled Laurie in "Little Women" (Louisa May) Alcott |
| #2139, aired 1993-12-16 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $600: Of the 4 "Little Women", she's the tomboy Jo |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | NURSERY RHYME WOMEN $300: She suffered from arachnophobia Little Miss Muffet |
| #2112, aired 1993-11-09 | WORLD LIT $600: Title adjective used to describe Dickens' "Dorrit" or Alcott's "Women" Little |
| #2103, aired 1993-10-27 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN $1000: Oberon quarrels with this queen over a little changeling boy whom she showers with attention Titania |
| #2028, aired 1993-06-02 | NOVEL CHARACTERS $1000: In "Little Women" this shy, timid sister is nicknamed "Little Tranquillity" Beth |
| #2017, aired 1993-05-18 | BY THE "BOOK" $400: Some men keep one of these "small" items containing the phone numbers & addresses of available women a little black book |
| #1968, aired 1993-03-10 | AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS $1000: Louisa May Alcott had this many sisters, & so did her alter ego, Jo in "Little Women" 3 |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | NOVEL CHARACTERS $200: Of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy or Laurie, the one who's not a young lady in "Little Women" Laurie |
| #1869, aired 1992-10-22 | FICTIONAL FEMALES $600: In a sequel to "Little Women", she marries Professor Fritz Bayer & helps him set up a boys school Jo |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: She joined the Sisters of Loreto in 1928 & founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1948 Mother Teresa |
| #1832, aired 1992-07-14 | FICTIONAL SENIORS $500: Laurie's wealthy grandfather gives Beth her own piano in this well-loved novel Little Women |
| #1765, aired 1992-04-10 | "A"UTHORS $200: She wrote potboilers under the name A.N. Barnard before the success of "Little Women" Louisa May Alcott |
| #1749, aired 1992-03-19 | BOOK SEQUELS $200: This sequel to "Little Women" is subtitled "Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys" Little Men |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | WOMEN $600: One book called her costume "lipstick, rouge, slippers; two fluffy fans... and a dim lavender light" Sally Rand |
| #1625, aired 1991-09-27 | LITERATURE $200: "Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy" is the subtitle of this March family saga Little Women |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | CITY QUOTES $400: "They got some crazy little women there and I'm gonna get me one" Kansas City |
| #1518, aired 1991-03-20 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $200: She wrote "Rubbishy Novels" under the pen name A.M. Barnard before & after "Little Women" Louisa May Alcott |
| #1413, aired 1990-10-24 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $600: "Feminine" name of the character in "Little Women" who marries Amy Laurie |
| #1381, aired 1990-09-10 | FASHION HISTORY $200: 17th & 18th century women carried fancy little boxes full of these which they stuck on their faces mouches (beauty marks) |
| #1259, aired 1990-02-08 | AMERICAN WOMEN $800: She was the Ghostbusters' receptionist on film & plays cute little Mary Jo on TV's "Designing Women" Annie Potts |
| #1235, aired 1990-01-05 | LITERATURE $200: When writing it Louisa May Alcott said, "I don't enjoy this... never liked girls or knew many, except my sisters" Little Women |
| #1197, aired 1989-11-14 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $100: In 1989, 12-year-old Victoria Brucker became the 1st U.S. girl to play in this baseball event the Little League World Series |
| #1141, aired 1989-07-17 | PENNSYLVANIANS $100: "Little Women" was based on her own "poor but happy" family of mom, dad, 3 sisters & herself Louisa May Alcott |
| #1097, aired 1989-05-16 | QUOTES $3,000 (Daily Double): According to "Little Women", "Christmas won't be Christmas without any" of these presents |
| #1058, aired 1989-03-22 | WOMEN AUTHORS $200: Mentioned in the title of her sonnets, it was Elizabeth Barrett Browning's nickname Portuguese |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | WOMEN IN WESTERNS $400: She played the mother of the little kid who yelled, "Come back! Shane!" Jean Arthur |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | WOMEN IN WESTERNS $500: She fended off attacking Indians in "River of No Return", with a little help from Robert Mitchum Marilyn Monroe |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | FICTIONAL HEROINES $400: Of Meg, Jo, Beth or Amy, the one who dies in "Little Women" Beth |
| #798, aired 1988-02-10 | MOVIE TEENS $500: At 19, she was a veteran of 18 movies, including "Little Women" & "National Velvet" Elizabeth Taylor |
| #792, aired 1988-02-02 | WOMEN $400: A 19th century magazine editor, Sarah Hale is now remembered for this poem about a girl & her fleecy pet "Mary Had a Little Lamb" |
| #749, aired 1987-12-03 | KIDDIE LIT $200: 1 of 2 sequels Louisa May Alcott wrote to "Little Women" (1 of) Little Men (or Jo's Boys) |
| #742, aired 1987-11-24 | LYRICS $300: "They've got some crazy little women there & I'm gonna get me one" "Kansas City" |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | THE MOVIES $600: In the 1933 & 1949 versions of this kiddie classic, Katharine Hepburn, then June Allyson, played Jo Little Women |
| #703, aired 1987-09-30 | FICTIONAL SISTERS $400 (Daily Double): The 4 March Sisters in "Little Women" Jo, Beth, Meg & Amy |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | THE 3 STOOGES $400: In "3 Little Beers", Moe's "Reporter's" badge read "Press", Larry's "Press", & Curly's, this Pull |
| #574, aired 1987-02-19 | FIRST LINES $400: "'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents' grumbled Jo, lying on the rug." Little Women |
| #568, aired 1987-02-11 | ETIQUETTE $500: Amy Vanderbilt says on business trips they should have different rooms on different floors a boss & his secretary |
| #547, aired 1987-01-13 | WOMEN AUTHORS $200: This "Little Chickadee" got thrown in jail for "Sex", a 1926 play she not only starred in, but wrote Mae West |
| #484, aired 1986-10-16 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: "Little Women" is set during this war the Civil War |
| #471, aired 1986-09-29 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: How a Scot might address his "little woman", or one of Alcott's "Little Women" Jo |
| #463, aired 1986-09-17 | WOMEN AUTHORS $500: Frances H. Burnett based this "little" hero in long curls, velvet & lace on her own son, Vivian Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| #369, aired 1986-02-06 | FICTIONAL HEROINES $200: Its subtitle is, "Or Meg, Jo, Beth, & Amy" Little Women |
| #287, aired 1985-10-15 | LITERATURE $1000: Last name of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, & Marmee in "Little Women" March |
| #137, aired 1985-03-19 | CHILDREN'S CLASSICS $500: Sequel to "Little Women" that showed how the other half lived Little Men |
| #105, aired 1985-02-01 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $500: In 1955, Beverly Hanson was 1st winner of this organization's championship LPGA |
| #97, aired 1985-01-22 | COLORS $200: A bachelor's might contain names and addresses of available women a little black book |
| #45, aired 1984-11-09 | MIDWEST CITIES $200: They got some crazy little women there Kansas City |
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