| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | POP CULTURE IS SPRINGING OUT ALL OVER $200: "I love Paris in the spring time", says one of the classic songs by this American composer Cole Porter |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POTENT QUOTABLES $400: Cole Porter wrote, "I get no kick from" this, "mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all" champagne |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | LITERATURE BINGO $600: "O" (No!), 1898: William S. Porter was convicted of embezzlement; after prison, he put out short stories under this name O. Henry |
| #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY $600: A fashion house that qualifies for this French designation must design made-to-order clothes for private clients haute couture |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | THE OPERETTAS OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN $1,000 (Daily Double): Despite never having been to sea, Sir Joseph Porter is "rule of the queen's navee" in this shipshape favorite the H.M.S. Pinafore |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | LIONS & TIGERS & BEERS $1000: Sri Lanka's Lion Lager is 4.8% alcohol; Lion this dark, strong beer type is a powerful 8.8% Stout |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | POTENT "P"OTABLES $1200: This type of dark brown British beer is said to have gotten its name from the luggage carriers who drank it a porter |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | TV FINAL EPISODES $1600: Drug cocktails & the other kind of cocktails were both featured in the finale of this show starring Billy Porter Pose |
| #8641, aired 2022-05-16 | FACE THE MUSIC $400: When Dolly Parton left singing partner Porter Wagoner for a solo career, she wrote this iconic love song for him "I Will Always Love You" |
| #8636, aired 2022-05-09 | 2 "R"s NOT TO REASON WHY $600: An attendant who carries bags at a train station a porter |
| #8593, aired 2022-03-09 | LITERARY CHARACTER SPOILERS $1,400 (Daily Double): She is promised to Robert Canler, but the man also called Lord Greystoke asks, "If you were free, would you marry me?" Yep! in a later book Jane (Porter) |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | CELEBRITIES $800: In 2020 he went in a different direction, wearing a Gucci dress as the first solo male to grace the cover of Vogue magazine Harry Styles |
| #8404, aired 2021-05-20 | MUSICAL THEATER $2000: The Senate Finance Committee is part of this 1936 Cole Porter musical whose title plays on the colors of the flag Red, Hot and Blue |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | GET YOUR KICKS $1000: In a Cole Porter classic, "I get no kick from" this beverage, but "I get a kick out of you" champagne |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | THE DAM BILL $1200: Construction began on Oroville Dam before it was fully funded by the Burns-Porter Act, a ballot initiative in this state California |
| #8133, aired 2020-01-08 | FILM COMPOSERS $1200: "De-Lovely": Kevin Kline as this red, hot & blue American Cole Porter |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THAT SHOW $1000: About Ms. Porter, who impulsively goes to college in New York City to be with high school crush Ben Felicity |
| #8112, aired 2019-12-10 | OCCUPATIONALLY NAMED AUTHORS $1600: This "luggage carrier" wrote "Pollyanna", about an excessively cheerful young girl who's now a cliche (Eleanor) Porter |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: A verb for what you do to make porter, or a noun meaning the resulting drink brew |
| #8088, aired 2019-11-06 | PAST BEDTIME $2000: A Cole Porter classic invites us to "Begin the" this dance of Martinique Beguine |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | NOT THE MAMA! $600: This ever-optimistic "glad girl" in books by Eleanor H. Porter is sent to live with her aloof aunt Pollyanna |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | "PORTER" $200: It's how Mr. Spock & Captain Kirk get from the ship to a planet's surface a transporter |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | "PORTER" $400: Fourth estate occupation of folks like Seymour Hersh a reporter |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | "PORTER" $600: Want a real Omaha steak in Omaha? Try the 23-ounce one of these at Cascio's, founded in 1946 a porterhouse |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | "PORTER" $800: Walmart isn't just the USA's largest retailer, but also the largest of these companies that bring goods into a country importer |
| #7967, aired 2019-04-09 | "PORTER" $1000: He was the songwriter behind classics like "Night & Day" & "Love For Sale" Cole Porter |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | FOLLOWING SPORTS RELIGIOUSLY $1000: In 2010 Tracy Porter came marching in with a 74-yard pick 6 off Peyton Manning that sealed a Super Bowl win for this team the Saints (of New Orleans) |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS $2000: When he's an old man, this sailor tells a young porter 7 tales about his 7 marvelous adventures Sinbad |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | LAWYER TV $1600: Portia de Rossi as attorney Nelle Porter Ally McBeal |
| #7713, aired 2018-03-07 | HUMANS IN THE GALAPAGOS $1000: (Alex presents the clue from the Galapagos.) I'm at Post Office Bay on the island of Floreana--when sailors' messages to their families back home were intercepted right here by U.S. Navy captain David Porter & his crew, they indicated the positions of their ships, & that information helped destroy the British Pacific whaling fleet during this war the War of 1812 |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | HIS OWN MUSEUM $1600: In Austin, there's a museum devoted to short story writer William Sydney Porter, better known by this pen name O. Henry |
| #7609, aired 2017-10-12 | HELLO, DOLLY PARTON! $800: Dolly wrote this song, later a hit for Whitney Houston, about her former singing partner Porter Wagoner "I Will Always Love You" |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | THE COMPOSER PORTRAYED $2000: Kevin Kline in "De-Lovely"
(2004) Cole Porter |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | THIS IS PBS $2000: "Billy Porter: Broadway & Soul" & "Sinatra: Voice for a Century" were "Live from" this landmark around 64th & Columbus Live from Lincoln Center |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | THE 1940s $1200: This Shakespeare-sourced Cole Porter classic won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1949 Kiss Me, Kate |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | MONTY VIDEO $400: Monty Woolley, a friend of this man, played himself when Cary Grant portrayed the songwriter in "Night and Day" Cole Porter |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | ALMOST BEFORE & AFTER $400: A bad kid's Christmas stocking will contain the object that composed "I've Got You Under My Skin" a lump of Cole Porter |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | 3 CONSONANTS IN A ROW $800: It's a belief, not based in reason, that something bad will happen if you perform a particular action... or if you don't superstition |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | MONEY, MONEY, MONEY $1,200 (Daily Double): A silver tetradrachm from the 300s B.C. features a "Great" portrait of him Alexander the Great |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | BODIES OF WATER $1,500 (Daily Double): This ocean's greatest depth, about 18,000 feet, lies at around 82 degrees north latitude the Arctic Ocean |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | NOTABLE TEENS $1600: He was just 18 when he joined brother Frank & the Younger Gang to rob his first bank in 1866 Jesse James |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | WE'RE GOING TO THE MOVIES $1600: I scream, you scream for these bite-sized chocolate-covered ice cream treats with a double talk name bonbons |
| #7398, aired 2016-11-09 | X GAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): In the 1637 work "Geometrie" he introduced the use of X, Y & Z as symbols of unknown quantities Descartes |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | "READY" WHEN YOU ARE $800: Pret-a-porter is French for this type of clothing ready-to-wear |
| #7333, aired 2016-06-29 | MULTIPLE MEANINGS $600: A dark beer, or one who handles your luggage at a railway station porter |
| #7332, aired 2016-06-28 | METAPHORS BE WITH "U" $1200: A classic Cole Porter tune & a creepy Scar-Jo movie both use this metaphor under my skin |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | BROADWAY $400: Patricia Morison played Katharine when this Cole Porter Shakespearean musical ran from 1948 to 1951 Kiss Me, Kate |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Porter on the train cars named for him was a good middle-class job, though you got called "George" whatever your name was (George) Pullman |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRANK SINATRA $1600: Here's a puzzler: he arranged some of Frank's classic songs, including "Love And Marriage" & "Young At Heart" Nelson Riddle |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | PRETTY CITY $800: Cole Porter loved this city "In The Springtime" & "In The Fall" Paris |
| #7078, aired 2015-05-27 | GIVE ME 5-LETTER WORDS $1200: Portly, or a strong porter (of the beer kind) stout |
| #7041, aired 2015-04-06 | WHAT MEN WANT $2000: In a letter to Jane Porter, this character wrote, "I want you. I am yours. You are mine" Tarzan |
| #6979, aired 2015-01-08 | KIDDY LIT $800: She's the blindly optimistic title character in books by Eleanor H. Porter Pollyanna |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | MUSICAL SPLITS $800: She wrote "I Will Always Love You" for her musical partner Porter Wagoner as they were going separate ways Dolly Parton |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK $400: Porter loves this city "in the winter, when it drizzles" & "in the summer, when it sizzles" Paris |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK $800: In a tune from "DuBarry Was a Lady", Porter rhymed this title word with "blendship" friendship |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK $1200: "Here's hoping we meet now and then. It was great fun, but it was just" this one of those things |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK $1600: "While tearing off a game of golf I may make a play for the caddy, but when I do I don't follow through 'cause" of this my heart belongs to daddy |
| #6826, aired 2014-04-28 | THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK $2000: This title follows "When Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction instruct Anna Sten in diction, then Anna shows..." "Anything Goes" |
| #6796, aired 2014-03-17 | WE "BEG" TO DIFFER $2000: A dance that began in Martinique & ended up in a Cole Porter song the beguine |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | FRENCH DRESSING $2000: The Americans say "off the rack"; the French, this 3-word term meaning "ready to wear" prêt-à-porter |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | LOVE $600: A song by this composer says, "Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it, let's do it, let's fall in love" Cole Porter |
| #6444, aired 2012-09-27 | WORLD OF DANCE $1200: Cole Porter told us what happens "When they begin" this Caribbean dance the beguine |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | PRODUCT NAMES $2000: Power tools:
____ Cable Porter |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | 50 YEARS AGO--1962 $2000: Katherine Anne Porter sailed up the bestsellers list with this top novel of 1962 Ship of Fools |
| #6346, aired 2012-04-02 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $1,400 (Daily Double): His song "I Love Paris" was no doubt inspired by his years of living there Cole Porter |
| #6262, aired 2011-12-06 | THE STORY OF O. HENRY $400: Though he rose to fame as O. Henry, he was born William Sydney this, also a type of strong, dark beer Porter |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $800: Dress like a swell for the 1934 opening of this songwriter's "Anything Goes", featuring "I Get a Kick Out Of You" Cole Porter |
| #6249, aired 2011-11-17 | SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGIC MEN $400: The porter &
Duncan Macbeth |
| #6240, aired 2011-11-04 | REAL PEOPLE ON FILM $1000: Josephine Baker & Cole Porter are portrayed in this 2011 Woody Allen movie Midnight in Paris |
| #5993, aired 2010-10-06 | ALL HAIL $1000: Hoagy Carmichael,
Michael Jackson,
Cole Porter Indiana |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | I LOVE A SHOW TUNE $1000: He wrote the song from "The Gay Divorcee" that says, "Night and day, you are the one" Cole Porter |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | TERMS OF ENBEERMENT $400: Porter & bitter are examples of this 3-letter beer, the darker of the 2 basic types of beer ale |
| #5910, aired 2010-04-30 | NOVELS, BOOKS & LITERATURE $800: Title vessel the Vera sails from Veracruz in this Katherine Anne Porter novel Ship of Fools |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | MMM, STEAK $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a meat cut diagram on the monitor.) Taken from the central section, this large choice steak cut is named for a type of old-time restaurant that also served dark ale Porterhouse |
| #5560, aired 2008-11-07 | NAME THE BOOK $200: "'He is a strange, half-savage creature of the jungle, Miss Porter'" Tarzan of the Apes |
| #5502, aired 2008-07-08 | TAKE IN ORDER $1200: William Sydney Porter started using this name while writing short stories from jail in Ohio O. Henry |
| #5494, aired 2008-06-26 | BELLY UP TO THE BAR $200: 2 colors are in the name of this drink, equal parts ale & stout or porter black and tan |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE $800: Henry Porter's "Two Angry Women of Abingdon" may have influenced this "Merry" Shakespeare play The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | FORGOTTEN MUSICALS $1000: Orson Welles & Cole Porter collaborated on a 1946 musical adaptation of this "globe-trotting" Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | "P"EOPLE $400: The 1946 film "Night and Day" was about this composer who wrote "Begin the Beguine" & "It's De-Lovely" (Cole) Porter |
| #5444, aired 2008-04-17 | ____ OF ____ $1000: English title of the jester-filled 1494 poem "Das Narrenschiff"; Katherine Anne Porter used it for an allegory "Ship of Fools" |
| #5379, aired 2008-01-17 | COLORFUL WORDS & PHRASES $400: Popular term for a baggage porter at a railway station redcap |
| #5347, aired 2007-12-04 | COMPOSERS ON FILM $200: Kevin Kline
in "De-Lovely" (Cole) Porter |
| #5347, aired 2007-12-04 | COMPOSERS ON FILM $400: Cary Grant
in "Night and Day" Cole Porter |
| #5245, aired 2007-06-01 | '90s TV $800: Porter was the last name of this title character played by Keri Russell Felicity |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | TONY AWARD WINNERS $1600: (Hi, I'm Brian Stokes Mitchell.) I won a Tony for my portrayal of an actor playing Petruchio in the 1999 revival of this classic Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | NOT QUITE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Israeli prime minister (1977-1983) who's a Cole Porter song that "brings back a memory ever green" Menachim Begin the Beguine |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | INITIALLY BEFORE & AFTER $1000: American Federation of Labor partner & short story writer whose real name is William Sydney Porter CIO. Henry |
| #5189, aired 2007-03-15 | FILL IN THE AUTHOR'S NAME $1200: Katherine ____ Porter Anne |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | NOVELS $1600: In the Literary Arts stamp series, the vessel behind this writer recalls her famous novel "Ship of Fools" (Katherine Anne) Porter |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY $600: She wrote "I Will Always Love You" as a tribute & thank you to her former singing partner Porter Wagoner Dolly Parton |
| #5093, aired 2006-11-01 | CITY SONGS $200: Cole Porter loved this "timeless town" "every moment of the year" Paris |
| #4970, aired 2006-03-31 | WRATH, ANGER OR HATE $1000: A 1956 drama about Jimmy Porter was called "Look Back in" this Anger |
| #4866, aired 2005-11-07 | DISNEY MOVIES BY CHARACTER $800: 1999:
Tantor,
Kala,
Jane Porter Tarzan |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | HIGH INTELLIGENCE $200: In 2004 he replaced George Tenet as the permanent head of the CIA Porter Goss |
| #4751, aired 2005-04-11 | MUSICALS OF THE '20s $1600: The saucy 1928 musical "Paris" introduced this composer's immortal song "Let's Do It" Cole Porter |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | OPERAS BY CHARACTER $400: Dick Deadeye, a sailor;
Admiral Sir Joseph Porter;
Captain Corcoran H.M.S. Pinafore |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | COLE MINING $1600: "Love For Sale" is one of the standards he wrote Cole Porter |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | MOVIE ROLE IN COMMON $1200: Cary Grant & Kevin Kline: this American songwriter Cole Porter |
| #4669, aired 2004-12-16 | WHO-SIERS $800: Indianan who composed such standards as "Night And Day" & "Begin The Beguine" Cole Porter |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | CHAMPAGNE MUSIC $400: He wrote the song that says, "I get no kick from champagne" Cole Porter |
| #4640, aired 2004-11-06 | "DON'T" FORGET THIS SONG $1600: This Cole Porter song says, "Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above" "Don't Fence Me In" |
| #4613, aired 2004-09-29 | THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK $2000: In "You're The Top", this American wrote, "But if this ditty is not so pretty, at least it'll tell you how great you are" Cole Porter |
| #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | PRUFROCKIAN PONDERINGS $2000: "Do I dare to eat a peach?", & if so, perhaps this kind that sounds like William Sydney Porter's alias an O'Henry |
| #4555, aired 2004-05-28 | HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEES $600: There's a Permanent Select Committee on this headed by Porter Goss; how smart! Intelligence |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | WRITERS' MIDDLE NAMES $800: "Ship of Fools" author Katherine Porter may have had as many as 5 middle names, but she used only this one Anne |
| #4527, aired 2004-04-20 | THEY ALL WENT TO YALE $1200: This Broadway composer known for "Kiss Me Kate" wrote some of Yale's fight songs while he was a student at Yale Cole Porter |
| #4458, aired 2004-01-14 | CONNECTICUT $600: Miss Porter's School in Farmington was the alma mater of this Long Island-born first lady Jackie Kennedy |
| #4396, aired 2003-10-20 | MUSIC MEN $1200: He wrote the words & music to "I Happen to Like New York" & "I Love Paris" Cole Porter |
| #4389, aired 2003-10-09 | POLITICALLY INCORRECT SONGS $600: "Some get a kick from" this, a Cole Porter song says, "I'm sure that if I had even one sniff it would bore me terrific'ly too" cocaine |
| #4353, aired 2003-07-02 | CHARACTERS IN PLAYS $2,000 (Daily Double): In a Eugene O'Neill play, this former Pullman porter & ex-convict imposes himself as an emperor on a West Indian island Brutus Jones (The Emperor Jones) |
| #4351, aired 2003-06-30 | WHERE, OH WHERE? $400: Cole Porter loved this city "in the springtime" & in every other season as well Paris |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Pen name of short story writer William Sydney Porter, who lived in the woods on the shores of Walden Pond O. Henry David Thoreau |
| #4287, aired 2003-04-01 | MUSIC FOR FOOLS? $2000: This bizarre band with a bassist named Sputnik had the same name as a Katherine Anne Porter novel Ship of Fools |
| #4278, aired 2003-03-19 | TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS $2000: 1949:
"Kiss Me, Kate" Cole Porter |
| #4233, aired 2003-01-15 | AMERICAN LIT $800: The Society of Arts & Sciences named its short story award after this "Gift of the Magi" author O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) |
| #4220, aired 2002-12-27 | 3-NAMED AUTHORS $1200: This "Ship of Fools" author won a Pulitzer & the National Book Award for her 1965 "Collected Stories" Katherine Anne Porter |
| #4162, aired 2002-10-08 | WRITERS' PEN NAMES $1600: O. Henry William Sydney Porter |
| #4123, aired 2002-07-03 | THE HAYES CODE $800: Sam & Dave's 1967 hit "Soul Man" was co-written by David Porter & this legendary soul man Isaac Hayes |
| #4096, aired 2002-05-27 | SHORT STORIES $1600: While in prison for embezzlement, he published his 1st short story, "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking" O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) |
| #4069, aired 2002-04-18 | WRITERS' RELATIVES $2000: This "Ship of Fools" author was a descendant of Daniel Boone's brother & a cousin of O. Henry Katherine Anne Porter |
| #4067, aired 2002-04-16 | CIVIL WAR STUFF $1200: David Dixon Porter served under this David, his foster brother, at the capture of New Orleans David Farragut |
| #4037, aired 2002-03-05 | ARTHUR-IAN LEGENDS $800: The record shows this Irish brewer came up with his Extra Stout Porter in the late 1700's Guinness |
| #3999, aired 2002-01-10 | MUSIC MEN $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Waldorf Astoria.) I'm playing a song by this composer on his piano at the Waldorf. "I get no kick from champagne" Cole Porter |
| #3997, aired 2002-01-08 | BAD LITERARY TRIPS $2000: You'll sail to Bremerhaven with several bitter, deluded bigots in this Katherine Anne Porter novel Ship of Fools |
| #3928, aired 2001-10-03 | SPORTS & GAMES $300: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Porter Valley Country Club.) A game score in tennis, or the court I'm in to receive serve deuce |
| #3928, aired 2001-10-03 | SPORTS & GAMES $500: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Porter Valley Country Club.) In 1990 coach Carole Kleinfelder led Harvard to the NCAA title in this sport lacrosse |
| #3926, aired 2001-10-01 | TIME FOR A ROUND OF GOLF $100: (Sofia of the Clue Crew tees off at the Porter Valley Golf Club.) The putt I just sank gave me one-over-par on the hole, also called this bogey |
| #3926, aired 2001-10-01 | TIME FOR A ROUND OF GOLF $300: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Porter Valley.) I'm ready to tee off; if my shot curves to the right, it's a slice; if it curves to the left, it's called this hook |
| #3926, aired 2001-10-01 | TIME FOR A ROUND OF GOLF $500: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Porter Valley.) Though technically illegal, the retaking of a lousy shot is known by this last name Mulligan |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | POT - "POR" - RI $400: He wrote, "You're the Nile, you're the Tower of Pisa, you're the smile on the Mona Lisa" Cole Porter |
| #3886, aired 2001-06-25 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: Cole Porter's "Shakespearean" musical starring the actress who played "Star Trek" captain Janeway Kiss Me, Kate Mulgrew |
| #3840, aired 2001-04-20 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $800: Jane Porter's 1810 novel "The Scottish Chiefs" tells the story of this man, the hero of "Braveheart" William Wallace |
| #3803, aired 2001-02-28 | SHAKESPEARE, THEIR CONTEMPORARY $600: Henry Porter's "Two Angry Women of Abingdon" may have influenced this "merry" Shakespeare play "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| #3798, aired 2001-02-21 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS $900 (Daily Double): This Katherine Anne Porter novel "sailed" up the list in 1962 "Ship of Fools" |
| #3776, aired 2001-01-22 | WISH I'D SEEN THAT MUSICAL! $200: Orson Welles, Cole Porter songs & a train wreck were highlights of "Around the World", based on this novel Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #3774, aired 2001-01-18 | AMERICAN BEER HISTORY $200: In 1789 this president announced that he would henceforth only drink porter beer made in America George Washington |
| #3683, aired 2000-09-13 | 1978 $1000: The World Book Yearbook article on the "dismal" state of this for 1978 was written by Sylvia Porter The economy |
| #3672, aired 2000-07-18 | FAMOUS NAMES $300: A 1937 riding accident left this "Anything Goes" composer permanently disabled Cole Porter |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | 20TH CENTURY AMERICA $600: In 1901 after 2 years in the pen, William Sydney Porter continued to write under this pen name O. Henry |
| #3609, aired 2000-04-20 | THE BULL $1000: Founded by Bill Porter in 1982, this online brokerage launched its own web site in 1996 E*TRADE |
| #3601, aired 2000-04-10 | THE LYRICS OF COLE PORTER $100 (Daily Double): "Good authors too, who once knew better words now only use" these, "writing prose, anything goes" 4-letter words |
| #3601, aired 2000-04-10 | THE LYRICS OF COLE PORTER $200: "I get no kick from" this, "mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all" Champagne |
| #3601, aired 2000-04-10 | THE LYRICS OF COLE PORTER $400: "If you're ever in a jam, here I am, if you're ever in a mess", send this distress signal SOS |
| #3601, aired 2000-04-10 | THE LYRICS OF COLE PORTER $600: 1 of 2 paintings referred to in the lyrics of "You're the Top" Mona Lisa (or Whistler's Mother) |
| #3601, aired 2000-04-10 | THE LYRICS OF COLE PORTER $800: In a song from "High Society", it's what "I give to you and you give to me" True love |
| #3572, aired 2000-02-29 | 19th CENTURY WOMEN $600: Opera singer Helen Porter Mitchell took this last name from the Australian city near which she was "bourne" (Dame Nellie) Melba |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | MY "BAD" $500: This sailor recounts his 7 voyages to a poor porter named Hindbad Sinbad |
| #3525, aired 1999-12-24 | AUTHORS' PEN NAMES $800: William Sydney Porter O. Henry |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $100: He called for his fiddlers three to help him compose "Night and Day" Old King Cole Porter |
| #3510, aired 1999-12-03 | ROYAL LITERATURE $400: This O'Neill play about former Pullman porter Brutus Jones was based on a real event in Haitian history "The Emperor Jones" |
| #3427, aired 1999-06-29 | COUNTRY TWOSOMES $200: Before sailing off for "Islands in the Stream" with Kenny Rogers, she was "Making Plans" with Porter Wagoner Dolly Parton |
| #3349, aired 1999-03-11 | ADMIRALS $400: Until 1899 the only full U.S. admirals had been David Dixon Porter & this man; both served in the Civil War David Farragut |
| #3332, aired 1999-02-16 | MUSICALS $400: Gwen Verdon kicked up her heels as Claudine in this classic Cole Porter musical named for a dance Can-Can |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | POUR ME SOME CHAMPAGNE! $600: The songwriter who wrote, "I get no kick from champagne, mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all" Cole Porter |
| #3283, aired 1998-12-09 | YALIES $400: He wrote songs like "Eli" while at Yale & "Begin The Beguine" & "Night And Day" later Cole Porter |
| #3232, aired 1998-09-29 | AUTHORS' ODD JOBS $300: He worked on a ranch in the 1880s before writing short stories like "The Ransom of Red Chief" O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) |
| #3208, aired 1998-07-08 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Several of its football songs were written by alumnus Cole Porter Yale |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | SHORT STORY WRITERS $200: It's thought that this "Gift Of The Magi" author partly took his pen name from a prison guard O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) |
| #3172, aired 1998-05-19 | MEN IN RED $400: A redcap is one of these, usually in a railroad station Porter |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | LARRYS, MOES & CURLYS $400: Alisan Porter was "Curly Sue" in 1991 & this child star was "Curly Top" in 1935 Shirley Temple |
| #3160, aired 1998-05-01 | MUSICAL THEATER $800: "High Society" features some of this composer's best-loved songs, including "True Love" & "Let's Misbehave" Cole Porter |
| #3142, aired 1998-04-07 | WOMEN'S WORK $500: She was the leading financial columnist for the New York Post from 1935-1978 Sylvia Porter |
| #3125, aired 1998-03-13 | LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX $300: According to Cole Porter they're the type of "fleas" that "do it" educated |
| #3076, aired 1998-01-05 | CELEBRITIES IN THE SLAMMER $500: This "Gift Of The Magi" author served 3 years in an Ohio prison for embezzlement O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) |
| #3067, aired 1997-12-23 | MUSEUMS $1000: 1 of the 2 museums mentioned in the lyrics of Cole Porter's "You're The Top" The Louvre or the National Gallery |
| #3053, aired 1997-12-03 | QUOTATIONS $500: Of her 1962 novel "Ship of Fools" she said, "I finished the thing; but I think I sprained my soul" Katherine Anne Porter |
| #3048, aired 1997-11-26 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400: Della & Jim Young are the impoverished couple of his 1906 short story "The Gift Of The Magi" O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) |
| #2994, aired 1997-09-11 | POETS & POETRY $800: Katherine Anne Porter could tell you the title of the 1494 German poem "Das Narrenschiff" means this "Ship of Fools" |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | FICTIONAL FEMALES $800: Miranda, a young woman, appears in several of her works, including "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" Katherine Anne Porter |
| #2909, aired 1997-04-03 | "ANG"ST $1000: Jimmy Porter represents the English class system in this John Osborne play Look Back In Anger |
| #2876, aired 1997-02-17 | AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $1000: This Texan set her novella "Noon Wine" on a Texas dairy farm, not on a "Ship of Fools" Katherine Anne Porter |
| #2765, aired 1996-09-13 | "C"OMMON BONDS $100: Porter, Old King, slaw Cole |
| #2758, aired 1996-09-04 | THE MOVIES $1000: "Ready to Wear" ("Pret-a-Porter") is this director's 1994 film about high jinks & high fashion (Robert) Altman |
| #2747, aired 1996-07-09 | MUSIC $200: In 1922 he wrote the opera "Blue Monday", but his 1935 "Porgy and Bess" is more famous George Gershwin |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | WOMEN AUTHORS $600: Eleanor Hodgman Porter is best remembered for her 1913 novel about this ever-optimistic heroine Pollyanna |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | QUOTATIONS $500: Novel in which the following line appears: "You are Jane Porter, I saw it in your letter" Tarzan of the Apes |
| #2693, aired 1996-04-24 | PEN NAMES $600: William Sydney Porter wrote "The Ransom of Red Chief" under this pen name O. Henry |
| #2689, aired 1996-04-18 | THE MOVIES $500: This composer was played by Cary Grant in the 1946 musical "Night and Day" Cole Porter |
| #2668, aired 1996-03-20 | SONGS $800: Cole Porter song in which you'd hear the line "You're the smile on the Mona Lisa" "You're The Top" |
| #2652, aired 1996-02-27 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1000: "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" is a collection of 3 novelettes by this author of "Ship of Fools" Katherine Anne Porter |
| #2640, aired 1996-02-09 | LOVE SONGS $800: This composer's "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)" was introduced in the 1928 musical "Paris" Cole Porter |
| #2631, aired 1996-01-29 | SONG STANDARDS $800: This Cole Porter tune's second line is "I've got you deep in the heart of me" "I've Got You Under My Skin" |
| #2614, aired 1996-01-04 | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS $600: Her novel "Ship of Fools" was inspired by a 28-day voyage she made from Mexico to Germany in 1931 Katherine Anne Porter |
| #2587, aired 1995-11-28 | COMPOSERS ON FILM $600: Monty Woolley, this composer's friend from Yale days, appeared as himself in "Night and Day" Cole Porter |
| #2578, aired 1995-11-15 | SHORT STORIES $600: The collected short stories of this "Ship of Fools" author won the National Book Award & the Pulitzer Prize Katherine Anne Porter |
| #2519, aired 1995-07-13 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: Bobby Short sang "Too Darn Hot" in a 1956 revival of this Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate |
| #2499, aired 1995-06-15 | "DON'T" SONGS $500: This Cole Porter song in the style of a cowboy ballad was based on a poem "Don't Fence Me In" |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | LITERATURE $800: Katherine Anne Porter's last book, "The Never- Ending Wrong" deals with the 1920s legal case of this pair Sacco & Vanzetti |
| #2486, aired 1995-05-29 | CROSSWORD CLUES "P" $400: Luggage carrier
(6) porter |
| #2482, aired 1995-05-23 | BIRTHPLACES $500: Although "Peruvian", Cole Porter wasn't from South America but from Peru in this state Indiana |
| #2476, aired 1995-05-15 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $800: Katherine Anne Porter was a cousin of William Sydney Porter, who was better known by this pen name O. Henry |
| #2441, aired 1995-03-27 | SONGS $200: One of Cole Porter's songs begins, "In the still of" this, "as I gaze from my window..." night |
| #2440, aired 1995-03-24 | MUSICAL THEATRE $500: "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" is a song from this Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate |
| #2374, aired 1994-12-22 | NOVEL FILMS $400: Vivien Leigh's last film, it was adapted from the Katherine Anne Porter novel of the same name Ship of Fools |
| #2354, aired 1994-11-24 | SHORT STORIES $500: He called his third collection of short stories "The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories of the Four Million" O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) |
| #2305, aired 1994-09-16 | FAMOUS SOUTHPAWS $400: He must have worked "Night and Day" to "Begin The Beguine" with his left hand Cole Porter |
| #2280, aired 1994-07-01 | LITERATURE $600: This Katherine Anne Porter novel takes place aboard the Vera Ship of Fools |
| #2262, aired 1994-06-07 | QUOTATIONS $100: This literary character declared, "I am the mightiest of the jungle fighters. You are Jane Porter" Tarzan |
| #2256, aired 1994-05-30 | PLAYS $1000: In a play by this man, Brutus Jones, a former Pullman porter, is emperor of a small island (Eugene) O'Neill |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | PEN NAMES $200: William Sydney Porter O. Henry |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | FOOD & DRINK $300: The porter & stout types of this alcoholic beverage get their dark color from roasted malt beer |
| #2208, aired 1994-03-23 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: Don Ameche & Hildegarde Neff starred in this 1955 Cole Porter musical named for fancy hosiery Silk Stockings |
| #2168, aired 1994-01-26 | BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY $300: As the porter of Heaven, he opened the year, so our first month is named for him Janus |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | "NIGHT" MUSIC $400: This Cole Porter classic begins, "Like the beat, beat, beat of the tom-tom, when the jungle shadows fall" "Night And Day" |
| #2138, aired 1993-12-15 | POTENT POTABLES $300: Lighter in color than porter or stout, this type of beer is America's most popular lager |
| #2130, aired 1993-12-03 | FASHION $400: In French this clothing style or line is called pret-a-porter ready-to-wear |
| #2127, aired 1993-11-30 | CHICAGO $300: Greater Chicago includes Lake & Porter Counties in Indiana & Kenosha County in this state Wisconsin |
| #2120, aired 1993-11-19 | SORORITY WOMEN $1,200 (Daily Double): When she began her financial column, this Phi Sigma Sigma used her initials to disguise her sex Sylvia Porter |
| #2100, aired 1993-10-22 | MODERN NOVELS $600: Part I of this Katherine Anne Porter novel is titled "Embarkation" Ship of Fools |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | CAPS $400: It's an airport porter skycap |
| #2080, aired 1993-09-24 | NOVELS $600: Katherine Anne Porter title part II of this novel "High Sea" Ship of Fools |
| #2068, aired 1993-09-08 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: Hans Conried played a Bulgarian sculptor in this Cole Porter musical named for a dance Can-Can |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | TV TRIVIA $600: Ann Sothern was the voice behind the 1928 Porter on this cult sitcom My Mother the Car |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | LYRICISTS $1000: Broadway shows written by this composer/ lyricist include
"Anything Goes",
"Can-Can" &
"Silk Stockings" Cole Porter |
| #1990, aired 1993-04-09 | LITERARY WOMEN $800: Her only novel, "Ship of Fools", is set on a passenger ship bound for Bremerhaven, Germany (Katherine Anne) Porter |
| #1926, aired 1993-01-11 | AMERICAN COMPOSERS $1000: While at Yale, this "Night and Day" composer wrote the football songs "Bingo Eli Yale" & "Bull Dog" Cole Porter |
| #1885, aired 1992-11-13 | MUSEUMS $400: Austin, TX has a museum devoted to this short-story author of "Cabbages And Kings" O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | FIRST LADIES $500 (Daily Double): She attended Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut from 1944-47 Jackie Onassis (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) |
| #1830, aired 1992-07-10 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $100: "From this moment on, you for me, dear, only two for" this, "dear" tea |
| #1830, aired 1992-07-10 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $200: A song from "High Society" says, "I give to you and you give to me" this true love |
| #1830, aired 1992-07-10 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $300: Cole rhymed this title word with "blendship" friendship |
| #1830, aired 1992-07-10 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $400: The first season mentioned by name in "I Love Paris" springtime |
| #1830, aired 1992-07-10 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $500: "To prove that even wise men can be wrong, I" do this "on you" concentrate |
| #1829, aired 1992-07-09 | MUSICAL THEATRE $300: This brassy Broadway belter starred in Cole Porter's 1940 "Panama Hattie" Ethel Merman |
| #1799, aired 1992-05-28 | COMPOSERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Bobby Short sang "At Long Last Love' at this late composer's birthday gala in 1991 Cole Porter |
| #1770, aired 1992-04-17 | MUSIC $800: An 1858 Jacques Offenbach number, or a 1953 Cole Porter musical "Can Can" |
| #1751, aired 1992-03-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: Kathy Kristof was chosen to replace this financial advice columnist who died in 1991 Sylvia Porter |
| #1687, aired 1991-12-24 | LITERATURE $800: She borrowed the title of her "Ship of Fools" from a 15th century poem, "Das Narrenschiff" Katherine Anne Porter |
| #1664, aired 1991-11-21 | MIDDLE NAMES $500: If you don't know this was Katherine Porter's middle name, you may belong on a "Ship of Fools" Ann |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $100: "You're the Nile, you're the Tow'r of Pisa, you're the smile on" this the Mona Lisa |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $200: Title of the song that says, "From this happy day, no more blue songs, only whoop-dee-doo songs" "From This Moment On" |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $300: "I've got you under my skin, I've got you deep in" this the heart of me |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $400: "Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use" these words "writing prose, anything goes" four letter words |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | COLE PORTER LYRICS $500: "If you're ever in a jam, here I am, if you're ever in a mess", send this signal S.O.S. |
| #1583, aired 1991-06-19 | AUTHORS $600: Of William Sydney, Katherine Anne or Eleanor H., the Porter who wrote Pollyanna Eleanor H. |
| #1578, aired 1991-06-12 | "MY" SONGS $400: Mary Martin became closely identified with this tune after singing it in Cole Porter's "Leave it to Me" "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" |
| #1569, aired 1991-05-30 | FOOD & DRINK $400: Porter is a dark, strongly-flavored type of this potent potable ale (beer) |
| #1561, aired 1991-05-20 | COMPOSERS $200: This "I Get A Kick Out Of You" composer was born in Peru -- Indiana Cole Porter |
| #1531, aired 1991-04-08 | COLUMNISTS $800: As financial reporter for the N.Y. Post she used initials for her byline to pass for a man Sylvia Porter |
| #1472, aired 1991-01-15 | WOMEN AUTHORS $500: This "Ship of Fools" author won her only Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for a collection of her stories Katherine Anne Porter |
| #1412, aired 1990-10-23 | PUBLISHING $500: Her "Money Book" was a #1 bestseller, but her Personal Finance magazine folded in 1989 Sylvia Porter |
| #1362, aired 1990-07-03 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: "Flowering Judas" & "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" are collections of short stories by this author Katherine Anne Porter |
| #1339, aired 1990-05-31 | BOTTOMS UP $500: Now nearly obsolete, porter is intermediate between ale & this darker British brew Stout |
| #1338, aired 1990-05-30 | SONGS $100: Cole Porter wrote, "I love Paris in the summer, when it" does this sizzles |
| #1302, aired 1990-04-10 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: Creator of "The Cisco Kid", William Sidney Porter was better known by this name O. Henry |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | THE ROARING '20s $300: Among this jazz bandleader's recorded hits were "King Porter Stomp" & "The Jelly Roll Blues" Jelly Roll Morton |
| #1277, aired 1990-03-06 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1,000 (Daily Double): This financial columnist's income tax guide has been published annually for the last 20 years Sylvia Porter |
| #1245, aired 1990-01-19 | WESTERN SONGS $500: In Cole Porter's song, the title line that follows "Send me off forever, but I ask you, please..." "Don't Fence Me In" |
| #1226, aired 1989-12-25 | MUSICAL THEATER $800: 1924's "Lady, Be Good" starring Fred & Adele Astaire was the 1st hit musical play for this composer George Gershwin |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | TV TRIVIA $400: Ann Sothern provided the voice for the 1928 Porter featured in this series My Mother the Car |
| #1188, aired 1989-11-01 | SHOW MUSIC $1,500 (Daily Double): 1949 Cole Porter show that featured a song called "Brush up your Shakespeare" Kiss Me, Kate |
| #1176, aired 1989-10-16 | 20th CENTURY WRITERS $400: Katherine Anne Porter book based on a journey she took from Veracruz to Bremerhaven in 1931 "Ship of Fools" |
| #1152, aired 1989-09-12 | MIDDLE NAMES $400: Cole Porter's middle name; it's also Frank Sinatra's Albert |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | SING "OUT" $100: "I get no kick from champagne," wrote Cole Porter in this classic from "Anything Goes" I Get A Kick Out Of You |
| #1144, aired 1989-07-20 | U.S.HISTORY $800: In 1870 David Porter became the 2nd U.S. admiral; this man, his adopted brother, was the 1st Farragut |
| #1127, aired 1989-06-27 | LEADING MEN $800: This "Dirty Rotten Scoundrel" is the son of a fish market porter & a charwoman Michael Caine |
| #1106, aired 1989-05-29 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: Katherine Anne Porter got this title & plot device from a 1494 Sebastian Brant work Ship of Fools |
| #1102, aired 1989-05-23 | SONGS $200: Cole Porter wrote, "Why, oh why do I love" this city? "Because my love is near" Paris |
| #1074, aired 1989-04-13 | SONG LYRICS $100: Cole Porter wrote, "I've got you under" this "my skin" |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | LITERARY TRIVIA $800: Adjective, describing both a horse & its rider in a 1939 Katherine Ann Porter story collection pale |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | LYRICS $500: Cole Porter wrote, "You'd be so nice to come home to, you'd be so nice by" this the fire |
| #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: William Sydney Porter probably used this pseudonym to conceal the fact that he was in jail O. Henry |
| #1003, aired 1989-01-04 | BEST SELLERS $800: Her "Money Book" was subtitled "How to Earn It, Spend It, Invest It, Borrow It & Use It to Better Your Life" Sylvia Porter |
| #970, aired 1988-11-18 | LITERATURE $600: She received the Pulitzer prize for her "Collected Stories", not for "Ship of Fools" Katherine Anne Porter |
| #967, aired 1988-11-15 | SILENT MOVIES $300: This 1903 Edwin S. Porter classic wasn't filmed in the Wild West but in the wilds of New Jersey The Great Train Robbery |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC $100: In Cole Porter's song, these words follow "can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences" don't fence me in |
| #956, aired 1988-10-31 | A.K.A. $1000: Australian soprano Helen Porter Mitchell, who was the "toast" of British opera (Dame) Nellie Melba |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | BROADWAY MUSICALS $500 (Daily Double): This Cole Porter show about a shipwreck was rewritten after the Morro Castle disaster:
"The world has gone mad today / And good's bad today / And black's white today / And day's night today / And most guys today / That women prize today / Are just silly gigolos / And though I'm not a great romancer / I know that I'm bound to answer / When you propose..." Anything Goes |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS $400: A foolishly optimistic person, like the title heroine of an Eleanor Porter 1914 best seller Pollyanna |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | COLE PORTER SONGS $100: "Is it a fancy not worth thinking of, or is it at long last" this love |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | COLE PORTER SONGS $200 (Daily Double): Late comedian heard here, singing a 1941 Cole Porter tune on B'way in "Let's Face It":
"But honey, I suspect you all / Of bein’ intellectual / And so, instead of gushin’ on / Let’s have a big discussion on /Timidity, stupidity, solidity, frigidity / Avidity, turbidity, / Manhattan and viscidity / Fatality, morality, legality, finality / Neutrality, reality, or Southern hospitality / Pomposity, verbosity / You’re loosing your velocity / But let’s not talk about love" Danny Kaye |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | COLE PORTER SONGS $200: "Here's hoping we meet now & then, it was great fun, but it was just" this just one of those things |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | COLE PORTER SONGS $300: Original singer of "I Get A Kick Out Of You", she belted it on Broadway in 1934 in "Anything Goes" Ethel Merman |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | COLE PORTER SONGS $400: "I love the looks of you, the lure of you, I'd love to make" 1 of these "of you" a tour |
| #895, aired 1988-06-24 | MUSICALS $1000: This Cole Porter show, the 1st Tony-winning "Best Musical", was filmed in 3D in 1953 Kiss Me Kate |
| #866, aired 1988-05-16 | INDIANANS $600 (Daily Double): Born in Peru, Indiana, the composer of the following was known for his urbane style:
"I've got you under my skin / I've got you..." Cole Porter |
| #854, aired 1988-04-28 | SONGS $200: 1st line of this Cole Porter refrain from "Anything Goes" goes "I get no kick from champagne" "I Get a Kick Out of You" |
| #845, aired 1988-04-15 | MUSICALS $600: Featuring "Begin The Beguine", "Jubilee" was written on a world cruise by Moss Hart & this composer Cole Porter |
| #761, aired 1987-12-21 | AUTHORS $1000: Born in North Carolina, this accused embezzler fled to Honduras & later became "O. Henry" William Sydney Porter |
| #739, aired 1987-11-19 | GEOGRAPHICAL SONGS $400: Cole Porter wrote that this city "loves lovers, for lovers it's heaven above" Paris |
| #710, aired 1987-10-09 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200: Last name of O'Neill's ex-Pullman porter who became "emperor" of a West Indies island Jones |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | SHAKESPEARE ON BROADWAY $400: Cole Porter musical based on "The Taming of the Shrew" Kiss Me, Kate |
| #655, aired 1987-06-12 | PEN NAMES $600: Working in the prison pharmacy, William Sydney Porter took this name from a French pharmacist O. Henry |
| #649, aired 1987-06-04 | MUSIC, "OVER" & "UNDER" $400: From 1936 film, "Born to Dance", this Cole Porter standard sounds like a dermatological condition "I've Got You Under My Skin" |
| #511, aired 1986-11-24 | GREAT ROMANCES $200: She was first carried into Julius Caesar's presence rolled up in a rug on the shoulder of a porter Cleopatra |
| #477, aired 1986-10-07 | DADDIES $500 (Daily Double): Cole Porter wrote this, Mary Martin made it famous, & Count Basie plays it here:
["Instrumental music plays"] "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" |
| #445, aired 1986-05-23 | "LONG" MOVIES $1000: Not even a Cole Porter score could save this botched Bogdanovich homage to 1930s musicals At Long Last Love |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | VACATION SPOTS $200 (Daily Double): On Martinique, you can learn the island's famous dance, immortalized this way by Cole Porter: "Begin The Beguine" |
| #402, aired 1986-03-25 | MUSICAL NIGHTS $500: Song title used by both Cole Porter & Dion & the Belmonts "In The Still Of The Night" |
| #364, aired 1986-01-30 | MUSICALS $800: Adaptation of Garbo's "Ninotchka" that featured a Cole Porter score Silk Stockings |
| #332, aired 1985-12-17 | TV COMEDY $200: 1965 sitcom in which Jerry Van Dyke co-starred with a 1928 Porter auto My Mother the Car |
| #169, aired 1985-05-02 | WOMEN WRITERS $800: Her collected stories won her '66 Pulitzer Prize, but her only novel, "Ship of Fools" won her fame Katherine Anne Porter |
| #98, aired 1985-01-23 | "WRONG" $400: In Cole Porter hit, it follows "Tho' your face is charming..." it's the wrong face |
| #95, aired 1985-01-18 | MOVIE COMPOSERS $200: Played Cole Porter in "Night & Day" without once saying "Judy, Judy, Judy" Cary Grant |
| #89, aired 1985-01-10 | MUSIC $400: He was inspired by East Indian dance to write "Begin the Beguine" Cole Porter |
| #19, aired 1984-10-04 | NAMESAKES $1000: An unrealistic optimist, from heroine of Eleanor Porter novel a Pollyanna |
