| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ACTING UP AT JUILLIARD $2000: Alum Robin Williams set up a scholarship won by this woman, who made it from Group 32 to the lead in "Zero Dark Thirty" Jessica Chastain |
| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | THE VOICE OF TELEVISION $200: Billy Dee Williams voiced Fudge Turnover as well as himself on this "mechanized poultry" show that debuted on TV in 2005 Robot Chicken |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $400: After WWII a new country music style was named for this kind of roadside joint & Hank Williams was its biggest star honky-tonk |
| #9075, aired 2024-04-05 | SPORTS $1000: We're cuckoo for this woman, who defeated Venus Williams at age 15 & later won the U.S. Open (Coco) Gauff |
| #9073, aired 2024-04-03 | FILM COMPOSERS $800: This "Jurassic Park" composer was a studio pianist on such films as "West Side Story" & "To Kill a Mockingbird" John Williams |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $400: This playwright created the memorable characters Laura Wingfield & Blanche DuBois (Tennessee) Williams |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | ARCHITECTS $800: In the 1960s Black architect Paul Williams co-designed the Ira Aldridge Theater at this D.C. university Howard |
| #9060, aired 2024-03-15 | TV DRAMA $1000: President Obama said his favorite character on "The Wire" was this stickup man portrayed by Michael K. Williams Omar (Little) |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | THE CIVIL WAR $2000: The last battlefield death of the war was Union Pvt. John Williams, who was killed at Palmito Ranch in this state in May 1865 Texas |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | UNUSUAL NICKNAMES $600: This hitter of the '40s & '50s was thin-shamed as the "Splendid Splinter" Ted Williams |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | THE COMPOSER CONDUCTS $400: Hear tunes from "E.T.". "Jaws" & "Always" on the album he "Conducts His Classic Scores for the Films of Steven Spielberg" John Williams |
| #9020, aired 2024-01-19 | MUSICAL THEATER $800: In a 2014 revival of this musical, Alan Cumming played the emcee & Michelle Williams made her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles Cabaret |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | MOVIE TITLES WITH NUMBERS IN THEM $2000: In 2022 she played Gemma, a robotics engineer who brought "M3GAN" to life; maybe some "Girls" are more fun to hang out with Allison Williams |
| #9005, aired 2023-12-29 | MOVIE SCORES $1200: (Hans Zimmer presents the clue.) One of the few Spielberg films not scored by the great John Williams was this 2015 movie, in which my friend, the masterful composer, Thomas Newman, enhanced the Cold War drama through his craft Bridge of Spies |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $200: Venus & Serena grew up in this huge city's suburb of Compton, better known for rappers than groundstrokers L.A. |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $400: Venus took the 2000 & 2001 singles titles at this British Grand Slam event Wimbledon |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $600: In 2001 the Williams sisters got "animated" on the court in the "Tennis the Menace" episode of this Fox series The Simpsons |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $800: In 2003 Serena completed a "Serena Slam", beating Venus 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 at this event in Melbourne the Australian Open |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $1000: The way this dad of Venus & Serena managed their careers brought some criticism, but turned out pretty well (King) Richard Williams |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | DISCOGRAPHIES $1000: "Girl" (2014):
this "Happy" guy Pharrell Williams |
| #21, aired 2023-11-29 | WOMEN & SPORTS $300: In ESPN's highest-rated tennis match ever, 4.8 million people watched this woman smash winners one last time in 2022 Serena Williams |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIE QUOTES $400: "Time to rock it from the delta to the DMZ!" Good Morning, Vietnam |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIE QUOTES $800: "My first day as a woman, I'm getting hot flashes" Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIE QUOTES $1600: "You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you'll win" Patch Adams |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIE QUOTES $2000: "Boys, you must strive to find your own voice" the Dead Poets Society |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIE QUOTES $4,400 (Daily Double): "Look at me, son. It's not your fault" Good Will Hunting |
| #8973, aired 2023-11-15 | SPORTS! $400: Robin Williams said this, England's national summer sport, "is basically baseball on Valium" cricket |
| #8956, aired 2023-10-23 | JUST KIDDING $800: The irreplaceable Robin Williams said, "To a 3-year-old" this guy "is a 6-foot rat!" Mickey Mouse |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | GOOD "P.R." $400: Use this tool for relatively large areas, like if you're doing the whole bedroom in Sherwin-Williams mindful gray a paint roller |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | BACK TO SCHOOL, SPORTS STAR $400: After finishing online, this big sis stopped by Indiana University East to pick up her BS on the way to a nearby tennis tournament Venus Williams |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: He won Pulitzers for his plays in 1948 & 1955 Tennessee Williams |
| #8935, aired 2023-09-22 | COMPOUND ADJECTIVES $400: Fred MacMurray's "Professor" in a Disney film or Robin Williams in "Flubber" absent-minded |
| #8929, aired 2023-09-14 | RECONSTRUCTION $2000: People like Loula Williams aided in the reconstruction of the Greenwood area of this Okla. city after a race massacre in 1921 Tulsa |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | TV SHOWS $1200: The original of this series focused on Kevin Arnold; in the reboot, it's an African-American youth named Dean Williams The Wonder Years |
| #8914, aired 2023-07-13 | MOVIE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Michael Cera fights his girlfriend's exes as Robin Williams fights to get out of his mother's shadow Scott Pilgrim vs. the World According to Garp |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | COUNTRY SINGERS IN COUNTRY SONGS $1600: "Damn These Dreams" tells how Dierks Bentley was inspired by this superstar "Jr.", son of the '50s legend who died young Hank Williams Jr. |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $400: Delicate & rare like herself, a unicorn is among Laura Wingfield's prized collection in this Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | LET'S MAKE A MOVIE CROSSOVER! $2000: Masks are compared when a "Friday the 13th" icon "takes on" a Robin Williams woman who enjoys a cake moisturizer Jason Meets Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #8892, aired 2023-06-13 | STAND-UP SPECIALS $1600: "Breaking the Rules" was a 1987 special by him, "a comedy combination of Chuck Yeager & Evel Knievel", said Robin Williams Sam Kinison |
| #20, aired 2023-05-24 | IT'S JUST US $2000: Paul Williams, Helen Reddy & Johnny Mathis have all recorded the song that says, "Sometimes it feels like" this mismatch "You And Me Against The World" |
| #18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE MOVIES $800: Robin Williams had a cameo as a mime class instructor in this film that Bobcat Goldthwait wrote, directed & starred in Shakes the Clown |
| #8876, aired 2023-05-22 | POP CULTURE 2003 $400: The final episode of "Dawson's Creek" killed off Jen, played by her Michelle Williams |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | COMMUNICATION $600: MLB's Matt Williams has moved just a few feet from his old playing position to this job that involves relaying signals to players third base coach |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | MOVE FAST $600: At the 2021 Australian Open, she hit a 125.5-mph serve, equal to that of Rafael Nadal at the tourney; just her being her Serena Williams |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PRESIDENTS WHO SERVED $1600: On Sept. 2, 1944 Robert Williams of the USS Finback sighted shot-down aviator George H.W. Bush through this, enabling his rescue a periscope |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | JASON ALEXANDER: MASTER OF MY DOMAIN $400: (Jason Alexander gives the clue.) The great Robin Williams has a unique link to "Star Trek": the uniform he wore as an alien on this '70s sitcom looks like the one worn by the evil Colonel Green in "The Savage Curtain" (or, "Help me, Spock!") episode Mork & Mindy |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | COMEDIANS $1200: Inducting him with just 3 others in a new Comedy Hall of Fame, John Mulaney said this "Fisher King" star never once phoned it in Robin Williams |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | FISH OUT OF WATER ON TV $1600: In "Two Weeks to Live", this actress plays Kim Noakes who rejects her survivalist mother to experience the world Maisie Williams |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | GOLDEN GIRLS $800: Make a racket for these 2 siblings who won the gold in women's doubles tennis at the 2000, 2008 & 2012 Olympics Venus & Serena Williams |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA $600: Fans of these from Pennsylvania's C.F. Martin & Co. have included Muddy Waters, Hank Williams & Willie Nelson guitars |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $400: Tennessee Williams is seen here with this pop art icon who's just being cool in his shades Andy Warhol |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | MUSIC FOR SHARKS $400: The "Jaws" theme was composed by this multiple Oscar winner John Williams |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | WATER MUSIC $2000: This watery Henry Mancini composition was a huge hit for Andy Williams "Moon River" |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | BORN OR DIED IN 1923 $1200: Born:
Real name Hiram, this country music legend in Alabama (Hank) Williams |
| #8782, aired 2023-01-10 | SPORTS TROPHIES $800: Serena Williams is a 3-time winner of the Coupe Suzanne-Lenglen, given to the women's singles champ at this Grand Slam event the French Open |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | HERE COMES THE BRIBE $600: In 1982 while leader of this labor union, Roy Williams was convicted of trying to bribe a U.S. senator to kill a new trucking law the Teamsters |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | A CATEGORY OF CHANCE $2000: An aging film star has a lover named Chance in this playwright's "Sweet Bird of Youth", set in a small southern town Tennessee Williams |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | HISTORIC WOMEN $800: In 1893, activist Fannie Barrier Williams successfully fought for Black inclusion at this city's Columbian Exposition Chicago |
| #8756, aired 2022-12-05 | POINTING OUT DECIMALS $600: Ted Williams is the last Major Leaguer to hit more than this fabled average, going .006 above it in 1941 .400 |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | ABBREV. TV $2000: Teen drama with Katie Holmes & Michelle Williams:
"DC" Dawson's Creek |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | SHARED LAST NAMES $1000: Actress Esther & pianist Roger Williams |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | THAT WAS QUITE A YEAR $800: Rhode Island is the first colony to nix its British allegiance; Goethe publishes "Stella" long before Tennessee Williams 1776 |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | TOP OF THE MORNING! $400: Robin Williams' first Best Actor Oscar nomination came for his role in this 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $1600: 2022 is the 150th birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams, the British composer of beloved works like this bird "Ascending" Lark |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | ANOTHER SHOT AT THE TITLE $200: Serena Williams beat Angelique Kerber for the 2016 Ladies' Singles title at this event, but Angelique got her revenge in 2018 Wimbledon |
| #4, aired 2022-10-16 | CURRENT EVENTS $300: In the 2022 U.S. Open, likely the last tournament of her incredible career, she lost in a valiant third-round match Serena Williams |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | A LONG RUN ON TV WITH KEN JENNINGS $1500: (Ken delivers the clue.) 2 jobs with security are police officer & soap opera actor; Doug Davidson was both, playing Paul Williams of the Genoa City PD on this show on which he was a regular for 42 years The Young and the Restless |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | OSCAR WINNERS' TV ROLES $400: Mork from Ork Robin Williams |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | NOTABLE WOMEN $800: Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for trying to end the violence here Northern Ireland |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | FILL IN THE PLAY TITLE $600: A reptilian title:
Tennessee Williams'
"The Night of the ____" the Iguana |
| #8668, aired 2022-06-22 | ON PLANET POP CULTURE $400: In 2021 Saniyya Sidney was on the court of "King Richard" as this tennis superstar Venus Williams |
| #8666, aired 2022-06-20 | GRAMMY-WINNING SONGS $2000: Writers Donald Glover, Ludwig Goransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams shared a 2019 award for this Childish Gambino smash "This Is America" |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $1200: 1997:
Jody Williams & the group she helped found, the International Campaign to Ban these weapons landmines |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | LIT BITS $400: In a classic book by Margery Williams, this title stuffed bunny is a Christmas gift The Velveteen Rabbit |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | FROM SHE TO SHINING SHE $600: She ended 2019 one Grand Slam singles title short of Margaret Court's record of 24 Serena Williams |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | THE MOVIES $1600: Will Smith played dad to Venus & Serena Williams in this recent film with a royal title King Richard |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | ARCHITECTS $800: The many Southern California designs of Paul R. Williams include the Beverly Wilshire Hotel at the end of this swanky drive Rodeo Drive |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS THIS? $2000: Virginia "burg"s include Peters-, Williams- & this one also with a man's name, site of an 1862 battle Fredericksburg |
| #8612, aired 2022-04-05 | 6 DEGREES OF SIR FRANCIS BACON $400: Bacon's hated rival Edward Coke was a mentor to Roger Williams, who founded the colony of Rhode Island & this capital Providence |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | TENNIS LESSON $400: In 2002-03 Venus Williams lost 4 straight Grand Slam finals to this player Serena Williams |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | WHO WAS THAT MASCARA-ED MAN? $400: In a 1993 film this actor asks Harvey Fierstein, playing his makeup artist brother, "Could you make me a woman?" Robin Williams |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $800: Before co-starring in "Get Out", Allison Williams played one of the girls on this HBO series Girls |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | ESCAPIST LITERATURE $400: "The Wooden Horse" by Eric Williams is the fact-based story of escaping Stalag Luft III, this type of place a POW camp |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | CELEBRITY DAUGHTERS & FATHERS $1000: Allison & Brian Williams |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL MOVIES? $600: Billy Dee Williams is his friend Gale Sayers & James Caan is the title dying football player in this TV movie Brian's Song |
| #8538, aired 2021-12-22 | SHORT POEMS $1600: William Carlos Williams began a poem, "So much depends upon a red" this, & there are only 8 words after that wheelbarrow |
| #8535, aired 2021-12-17 | CELEBRITIES $2000: Seen here, this actor known for "The Wire" died all too soon in 2021 Michael K. Williams |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | HE HAD A HAT $400: He famously wore a Vivienne Westwood hat to the Grammys in 2014 Pharrell Williams |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | LONG-RUNNING TV SHOWS $1000: The current theme music for this show around since 1947 was composed by John Williams & is titled "The Pulse Of Events" Meet the Press |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: This Margery Williams tale about a fuzzy herbivore has enchanted readers since 1922 The Velveteen Rabbit |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | FIRST NAMES WITH CHARACTER $800: The daughter of Michelle Williams & Heath Ledger is named for this Roald Dahl book Matilda |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | COMPLETE THE TONY-WINNING PLAY TITLE $800: By Tennessee Williams: "The Rose ____" Tattoo |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | OUR LEAD SINGER $600: Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong says Serena Williams, a superfan of this band, always requests they play "Disappearing Boy" Green Day |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | EDUCATION FIRSTS $1200: Golfer Terry Williams was the USA's first woman to receive one of these, from the University of Miami in 1973 a sports scholarship |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | & IN A SUPPORTING ROLE $1200: This comedian won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar as a therapist to Will Hunting, who says, "I don't need therapy" Williams |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | ON LIFE $1200: Always figuring the odds, this "Guys and Dolls" scribe noted, "All life is 6 to 5 against" (Damon) Runyon |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | COLD WORDS $800: A poem by William Carlos Williams begins, "I have eaten the plums that were in" this, not the refrigerator--it was 1934 the icebox |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | MOVIE TITLE MIDDLE WORD $600: Robin Williams tells his students to seize the day (1989) "Poets" |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | THE STAGE $1200: 2 of the sets in this Tennessee Williams drama are the Wingfield family apartment & a fire escape The Glass Menagerie |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | HEIR GUITAR $1000: This famous Jr. of country music sang "Waylon's Guitar", but that instrument was bought by Keith Urban Hank Williams Jr. |
| #8412, aired 2021-06-01 | TV TITLE PAIRS $600: Cindy Williams & Penny Marshall lived together & worked together on this sitcom Laverne & Shirley |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | MONTANA $400: "Eragon" author Christopher Paolini is a longtime Montana resident, while this 4-time Oscar nominee was born there Michelle Williams |
| #8383, aired 2021-04-21 | COMING BACK TO WIN THE GAME $200: Facing match point in 2009's Wimbledon semis vs. Elena Dementieva, her return clipped the tape, but landed in; the title followed Serena Williams |
| #8377, aired 2021-04-13 | SCOTT LAND $1200: In a 1977 biopic Billy Dee Williams played this ragtime pianist who dreamed of having his opera produced Scott Joplin |
| #8375, aired 2021-04-09 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $2000: Banished from Massachusetts in 1635 over the issue of separation of church & state, he founded Rhode Island Roger Williams |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | BEFORE & BAFTA $4,000 (Daily Double): Zombies from an AMC drama stand on desks & moan, "O Captain! My Captain!" to Robin Williams The Walking Dead Poets Society |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | KIPLING CHARACTERS $400: Brave 6-year-old Percival William Williams is known as "Wee" this, from a book of nursery rhymes Willie (Wee Willie Winkie) |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | THE KING OF TV $800: Though Guy Williams played George V on this TV drama, Simon Jones got the role in the film but the Crawleys never dared mention the change Downton Abbey |
| #8345, aired 2021-02-26 | BASEBALL NICKNAMES $200: "The Splendid Splinter" & "Teddy Ballgame" Ted Williams |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | TV & MOVIE PAIRS $600: On a classic sitcom Robin Williams & Pam Dawber played this pair, our favorite alien & Earth girl couple Mork & Mindy |
| #8318, aired 2021-01-20 | POLY ESTHER $2000: She called her autobiography "The Million Dollar Mermaid" Esther Williams |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | DONATING THEIR WINNINGS $200: After winning a 2020 tennis tourney in Auckland, Serena Williams donated her winnings to those affected by this nearby disaster the Australian fires |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | HE SCORES! $200: This onetime Boston Pops conductor is even better known for his scores for the "Star Wars" & "Indiana Jones" film series John Williams |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1600: In 2016 Saoirse Ronan made her debut as the accusatory Abigail Williams in this Salem-set play The Crucible |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS $400: Tennessee Williams modeled the character of Laura Wingfield in this play after his own sister The Glass Menagerie |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | THE SISTERS SISTERS $200: As of 2020 these 2 sisters had won 12 Wimbledon singles titles between them the Williams sisters (Venus & Serena) |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE $400: Talkin' baseball... I-90 bookends are Edgar Martinez Drive in Seattle & the Ted Williams Tunnel in this city Boston |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | DADDY! PAPA! $2000: Burl Ives played Big Daddy in the Broadway & film versions of this Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #8229, aired 2020-06-04 | SUMMER READING $1600: This playwright must have loved the season: he wrote "Summer & Smoke", "Suddenly, Last Summer" & "Clothes for a Summer Hotel" (Tennessee) Williams |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | GREATEST HITS FROM THE SUPREMES $800: In Williams v. U.S. William O. Douglas warned of the police taking matters "in their own hands" & these "beastly" courts a kangaroo court |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | STOCK SYMBOLS $800: You can paint the town red or any color you want with this company, SHW Sherwin-Williams |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | AND THE PITCH $800: Few hitters feast on this breaking pitch like the burger of the same name; Ted Williams said it was "the greatest pitch in baseball" the slider |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | SHE PLAYED 'EM ON TV $1200: Jen Lindley on "Dawson's Creek" & Gwen Verdon, opposite Sam Rockwell Michelle Williams |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: An Ancient Egyptian collection of funerary texts that is a Robin Williams film with the message "Carpe diem" the Book of the Dead Poets Society |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | SECONDARY TITLES $600: Suzette Charles, 1984 first runner-up in this pageant, replaced Vanessa Williams Miss America |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | MOVIES ACROSS AMERICA $600: (Hi, I'm Betty Davis from Local 10 [She presents from Miami, FL].) Miami Beach's Carlyle Hotel was a setting for this 1996 comedy starring Robin Williams & Nathan Lane The Birdcage |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | LITERARY FESTIVALS $800: The Tennessee Williams & the Saints & Sinners LGBT Literary Festivals are both held in this southern city New Orleans |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | PLACE-NAME NAMES $1600: She defeated Serena Williams to win the women's title at the 2018 U.S. Open (Naomi) Osaka |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | STATES' COMMON SURNAMES $800: Louisiana-born singers Hank Jr. & Lucinda share this surname, the state's most common Williams |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: American poet of "The Red Wheelbarrow" who's also a store selling gourmet cookware William Carlos Williams-Sonoma |
| #8128, aired 2020-01-01 | PEOPLE $800: Steven Spielberg called this composer "the single most significant contributor" to his "success as a filmmaker" John Williams |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | LITERARY LOCALES $1000: This author set his play "The Night of the Iguana" at the Costa Verde Hotel in Puerto Barrio, Mexico Tennessee Williams |
| #8105, aired 2019-11-29 | WHEN TV WAS FREE $400: He shot to fame in the '70s playing Mork Robin Williams |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | CELEBRITY ARTISTS $2000: Among this African-American actor's paintings are self-portraits as Lando Calrissian "Billy Dee" Williams |
| #8102, aired 2019-11-26 | PLAY DOCTOR $2000: A woman wants a doctor to perform a lobotomy on her niece in the Tennessee Williams play "Suddenly" then Last Summer |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | TED TALK $1200: In September 1960 in his last at-bat, he hit his 521st home run (Ted) Williams |
| #8044, aired 2019-07-25 | TV SPINOFFS $200: An episode of "Happy Days" in which an alien attempted to kidnap Richie Cunningham led to this series starring Robin Williams Mork & Mindy |
| #8032, aired 2019-07-09 | NEW TV $2000: Cress Williams plays the titular African-American electrical superhero on this CW series Black Lightning |
| #8028, aired 2019-07-03 | AN ACTOR & A SUPPORTING ROLE $400: College professor & counselor Sean McGuire in "Good Will Hunting" Robin Williams |
| #8024, aired 2019-06-27 | IN & AROUND THE STATE CAPITAL $800: Plant yourself at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center Providence |
| #8024, aired 2019-06-27 | WOMEN SOLDIERS $1200: Cathay Williams, the only woman in the Buffalo Soldiers, is honored with a bust in Leavenworth in this state Kansas |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | STUFF ABOUT CELEBRITIES $800: In 2018 she was fined $17,000 for code violations including breaking her racket during the U.S. Open final Serena Williams |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | ONE ACTOR, MULTIPLE ROLES $1600: "Oz the Great and Powerful" finds Michelle Williams playing Annie & this good witch Glinda |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | "DOO", "DOO", "DOO", "DOO", "DOO", "DOO" $600: Otis Williams & the Charms' 1954 "Hearts Of Stone" is an anthem of this style of vocal music doo-wop |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | BUSINESS NAMES $800: In 1956 Chuck Williams opened his first cookware store in this California city, hence the name of the chain Sonoma |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | SOLITARY SINGERS $800: In 1976 the NFL's Terry Bradshaw had a hit with Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could" do this cry |
| #8001, aired 2019-05-27 | THE YEAR'S BIGGEST HIT SONG $200: 2014:
Pharrell Williams must have been pleased by its success "Happy" |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | AMERICAN POETRY $2000: William Carlos Williams won a Pulitzer for "Pictures from" this Flemish artist--here's one of his pictures Pieter Bruegel |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | BABY'S FIRST INSTAGRAM $600: @olympiaohanian has o'lotta followers--over 500,000! Did having this mom--winner of 23 major singles tennis titles--help? Serena Williams |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | TV ROLE, MOVIE ROLE $400: Mork from Ork; Mrs. Doubtfire Robin Williams |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTRESSES $400: She's played a Desperate Housewife & the scheming Wilhemina on "Ugly Betty" (Vanessa) Williams |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1200: In one version the last speech of a play by him says, "Nothing's more determined than a cat on a tin roof" Tennessee Williams |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | 5 DIAMONDS $400: A red seat 502 feet from home plate in this ballpark marks the landing spot of a Ted Williams homer Fenway Park |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | NAME THE COMPOSER $800: Of the score for "Jurassic Park" (John) Williams |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | MOVIE QUOTES $800: Spoken by Allison Williams in 2017:
"You know I can't give you the keys, right, babe?" Get Out |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | THERE COMES A TIME $800: Brian Williams' MSNBC show has this title that denotes the last possible moment to get something done The 11th Hour |
| #7911, aired 2019-01-21 | TRANSPORTATION $600: Circus performer Wesley Williams rides a 25-foot-high one of these a unicycle |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | PICTURE THE PLAY $200: This play is part of Tennessee Williams' collection The Glass Menagerie |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | 1984 AT THE MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $800: (Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) In "Moscow on the Hudson" this funnyman was superb as a Russian musician who defects during a trip to New York City Robin Williams |
| #7847, aired 2018-10-23 | THE "HEART" OF COUNTRY $600: Take heed before you fool around: Hank Williams warned that this title thing "will make you weep" your cheating heart |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | MOVIE MUSIC $800: Since 1974 John Williams has scored more than 25 films from this "Minority Report" director Spielberg |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | CELEBRITIES' FASHION LINES $600: She hit a grand slam with her Eleven athletic apparel Venus Williams |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | US OPEN 50 YEARS $600: With a powerful style of play, she won the women's singles in the 1990s, 2000s & 2010s, the only player to do so Serena Williams |
| #7812, aired 2018-07-24 | WRITERS OF COLONIAL AMERICA $1200: A pioneer of religious liberty, he wrote "The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution" & founded his own colony in 1636 Roger Williams |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | WRITERS ON SPORTS $600: In 1960 Updike wrote, "Gods do not answer letters" when this man didn't tip his cap after his last Fenway Park homer Ted Williams |
| #7797, aired 2018-07-03 | STARS FELL FROM ALABAMA $1600: This singer & writer of "Your Cheatin' Heart", born in Mount Olive in 1923, was only 29 when he died (Hank) Williams |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | MOVIE / STARS $800: 2017:
Daniel Kaluuya,
Allison Williams Get Out |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | COLORS $400: Sherwin-Williams paint colors include a delectable brownish yellow called "Cut the" this mustard |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | BROADWAY NAMES $800: In a revival of this musical, Alan Cumming played the Emcee to Michelle Williams' Sally Bowles Cabaret |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | CLASSIC COUNTRY SONGS $200: In the Hank Williams song, it precedes, "Whatcha got cookin'? How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?" "Hey, Good Lookin'" |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | TRUST US! $1000: As therapist Sean Maguire, he got Will Hunting to trust him & won an Oscar Robin Williams |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | POP CULTURE TEACHERS $800: In "Dead Poets Society", Robin Williams inspires his students with this Latin phrase translated as "seize the day" carpe diem |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | A RuVIEW OF MOVIES $600: (RuPaul presents the clue.) The makeup team won an Oscar for its work--4 1/2 hours each day--transforming Robin Williams into this character, whom he based on his real childhood nanny Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #7745, aired 2018-04-20 | ELITE ATHLETES $200: In 2017 she won the Australian Open singles title while sort of playing doubles--she was pregnant at the time Serena Williams |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | MASTERCLASS $800: Serena Williams talks about how to master the fundamentals of these, forehands & backhands from the baseline ground strokes |
| #7685, aired 2018-01-26 | THE THING'S THE PLAY $200: It's the thing rolling through New Orleans in the title of a 1947 Tennessee Williams Pulitzer winner a streetcar named Desire |
| #7685, aired 2018-01-26 | DURING THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY $600: Per USA Today, the 2 most read news stories in 2014 were about events in Ferguson, Mo. & this comedian's death in California Robin Williams |
| #7672, aired 2018-01-09 | MUSICAL GUEST PERFORMERS $800: This tennis star with 20+ Grand Slam singles titles was onstage in Oct. 2016, twerking to Beyonce singing "Sorry" Serena Williams |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | HERE'S THE NAKED TRUTH $800: This magazine that pretty much owns the nude pregnant celebrity cover showcased Serena Williams in August 2017 Vanity Fair |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | ALL MY... $1600: He adapted his song "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" for "Monday Night Football" in 1989 Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #7651, aired 2017-12-11 | MERCURY, VENUS OR MARS $200: A 5-time winner of a trophy called the Rosewater Dish Venus Williams |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | THEY'RE IN THE BAND $600: Just give in to these Motowners, Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin & Otis Williams The Temptations |
| #7629, aired 2017-11-09 | "N" TITLED TO LITERATURE $1000: Tennessee Williams set this play in a seedy Mexican hotel Night of the Iguana |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | REMEMBER THE... $800: T.C. Williams High School football--
"Remember the ____" Titans |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | SCHOOLED! $600: Sadly, Yo-Yo Ma & Robin Williams just missed overlapping at this NYC fine arts school Juilliard |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | COMEDY TONIGHT! $1600: He asked, "Do you think that God gets stoned once in a while? Look at a platypus. I think so" Robin Williams |
| #7585, aired 2017-07-28 | TV FOR THEE $1000: For fashion & style that's "Trendy@Wendy", check out this host's show Wendy Williams |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE JOLLY ROGER $200: He founded the town of Providence on land he acquired from the Narragansett Indians (Roger) Williams |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | WHO WROTE THE LINE? $1,000 (Daily Double): "She lives in a world of her own--a world of--little glass ornaments" Tennessee Williams |
| #7571, aired 2017-07-10 | WELSH WRITERS $1600: Emlyn Williams set the autobiographical "The Corn is Green" in a village dependent on these mines coal |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | MOOD MUSIC $200: One-word title of a 2014 Pharrell Williams No. 1 hit "Happy" |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | HEART SURGERY WITH DR. OZ $800: (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) As director of a center for integrative medicine, I appreciate a pioneer of integrated medicine, the African-American surgeon Daniel Hale Williams, who in 1893 sutured a man's pericardium, becoming one of the first Americans to perform this then-risky type of surgery open-heart surgery |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | MUSIC TO YOUR EARS $1200: He ascnded the charts with "Starboy", featuring Daft Punk The Weeknd |
| #7509, aired 2017-04-13 | HER TOP 40 BAND $1600: Hayley Williams Paramore |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | ANIMAL LIT FILL-IN $800: Tennessee Williams:
"The Night of the ____" an iguana |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | SHAKESPEAREAN OPERA $800: Operas with him as the main character include "At the Boar's Head" by Holst & "Sir John in Love" by Vaughan Williams Falstaff |
| #7497, aired 2017-03-28 | PLAY TIME $1600: Italian actress Anna Magnani inspired him to write "The Rose Tattoo" Tennessee Williams |
| #7473, aired 2017-02-22 | POETS & POETRY $1600: In a poem by William Carlos Williams, it's easy to visualize this title object "glazed with rain water beside the white chickens" the red wheelbarrow |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | CELEBRITY SIBLING SURNAMES $200: Dominant athletes Venus & Serena Williams |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS 2017 $1600: Maisie Williams, known for playing this feisty "Game of Thrones" character, turns 20 in 2017 Arya |
| #7459, aired 2017-02-02 | HISTORIC NAMES $1200: After he was banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony, he founded the colony of Rhode Island Roger Williams |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | YES, MR. MOVIE PRESIDENT $800: Robin Williams saddled up to play this president in "Night at the Museum" Teddy Roosevelt |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | BUSINESSES $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1915 Thomas Lyle Williams began selling mascara under this brand name that honored his sister Maybelline |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | A CAMEO APPEARANCE $400: On the day she won Wimbledon in 2015, you could see her cameo on HBO's "Seven Days in Hell" Serena Williams |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | SONG OF "MYSELF" $1000: In a '50s hit Billy Williams was "Gonna Sit Right Down And" take this epistolary action "Write Myself A Letter" |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | COMPOSERS $400: In the 2000s alone, 13 of his movie scores have been Oscar nominated, including "War Horse" & "The Book Thief" (John) Williams |
| #7426, aired 2016-12-19 | TONY BENNETT $800: (Tony Bennett gives the clue.) In 1951 I recorded a cover version of "Cold, Cold Heart"; when it became a huge hit, this legendary country artist called me & jokingly asked, "What's the idea of ruining my song?" Hank Williams Sr. |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $200: Fictional folks turn up in Tennessee Williams' play "Camino Real"--this Spanish windmill tilter, for one Don Quixote |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | THE COMPANY STORE $800: This hyphenated upscale store that's "inspiring cooks everywhere" sells All-Clad & its own line of bakeware Williams-Sonoma |
| #7411, aired 2016-11-28 | CLASSIC FILM MUSIC $400: We have "A New Hope" you'll name this composer of the 1977 soundtrack cuts "Imperial Attack" & "Cantina Band" John Williams |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES $1,000 (Daily Double): "Time just outran me, Big Daddy--got there first" Tennessee Williams |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | JUNIOR LEAGUE $1200: In 2011 ESPN decided, nope, we're not ready for this man to sing the opening of "Monday Night Football" anymore Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #7371, aired 2016-10-03 | BASEBALL IN UNIFORM $800: A burned-out F9 Panther jet was hauled off a Korean runway after this Red Sox great's 1953 emergency landing Ted Williams |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $2000: A park in the heart of Providence houses the memorial to this early champion of religious freedom Roger Williams |
| #7344, aired 2016-07-14 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $1000: Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield has raised 2 children by herself in this drama by Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie |
| #7340, aired 2016-07-08 | AMERICAN DRAMATISTS $400: The father of this Southern playwright was a big inspiration for the character Big Daddy Tennessee Williams |
| #7330, aired 2016-06-24 | FITNESS & EXERCISE $200: Drop & give me 2,220 of these, like world record holder Carlton Williams did in one hour in 2015 push-ups |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | START UP YOUR CARLOS $2000: In poems such as "Spring and All", this 3-named writer emphasized the overlooked beauty of the world around us William Carlos Williams |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | HALL OF FAME CATCHERS $400: In 1969 this Reds catcher received a baseball from Ted Williams inscribed, "A Hall of Famer for sure" Johnny Bench |
| #7316, aired 2016-06-06 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $1600: Judy Kuhn sang "Colors Of The Wind" in the 1995 film "Pocahontas", but this former Miss America sang the hit single Vanessa Williams |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | TEACHERS $1600: Seen here, former Philly high school teacher Jesse Williams is Dr. Jackson Avery on this TV drama Grey's Anatomy |
| #7291, aired 2016-05-02 | SHOES A TO Z $200: A:
This sneaker brand has a Pharrell Williams Collection Adidas |
| #7277, aired 2016-04-12 | BRIDGES $1000: If you want to match the International Orange paint color of this bridge, Sherwin Williams' Fireweed is close the Golden Gate Bridge |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | SENSORY LIT $1600: The fates of an aging film actress & a young hustler take flight in this playwright's "Sweet Bird of Youth" (Tennessee) Williams |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | SPORTS SHORTS 2015 $400: She won Wimbledon & the Australian & French Opens but got slammed by Roberta Vinci at the U.S. Open Serena Williams |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | TV DETECTIVES $400: Detective Danny "Danno" Williams Hawaii Five-O |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | A GRIP ON IT $800: Filming this Selznick classic, grip Fred Williams turned on a radio & the crew learned Britain & Germany were at war Gone with the Wind |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | COMPLETES THE TONY-WINNING PLAY TITLE $600: 1951:
Tennessee Williams'
"The Rose ____" Tattoo |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $1200: Terrence Howard made his debut in 2008 as Brick in an all-black production of this Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #7238, aired 2016-02-17 | CELEBRITIES $800: Her 21 singles Grand Slam titles include six wins at Wimbledon Serena Williams |
| #7232, aired 2016-02-09 | STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $800: The Roger Williams Park Zoo Providence |
| #7208, aired 2016-01-06 | FAMILY FEUD $400: This "Splendid Splinter" of Red Sox fame saw his family splinter over what to do with his body after his death in 2002 Ted Williams |
| #7202, aired 2015-12-29 | ANIMATED MOVIE CHARACTERS $400: As this "Aladdin" character, Robin Williams did impressions of Groucho Marx, Schwarzenegger & others the Genie |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | "SANTA" GOES AROUND THE WORLD $400: Columbus' ship would've been at home on this Arizona river, a tributary of the Bill Williams River Santa Maria |
| #7195, aired 2015-12-18 | INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAMERS $2000: This U.S. champ who helped bring the swimming movie to Hollywood with films like "Bathing Beauty" Esther Williams |
| #7184, aired 2015-12-03 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: OBITUARIES $400: The Times writes advance obits for some stars, but, like us, was caught off-guard by the suicide of this comic actor in 2014 Robin Williams |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | WELL-SEASONED BOOKS $2000: Cannibalism, lobotomy & forbidden desire all play out in this author's play "Suddenly, Last Summer" Tennessee Williams |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | OLIVIA $2000: Olivia Williams is stuck in 1940s New Mexico as a physicist's wife on this WGN series without "Project" in its title Manhattan |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | 1970s TV $400: This Robin Williams title alien was introduced on "Happy Days" as he tried to kidnap Richie Cunningham Mork |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | CHARACTERS ON STAGE $2000: Condemned killer Earl Williams, reporter Hildy Johnson, editor Walter Burns The Front Page or His Girl Friday |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This founder of Providence, Rhode Island published the first Native American language dictionary in 1643 (Roger) Williams |
| #7126, aired 2015-09-14 | DANGEROUS $600: This swimming superstar made many a movie right here at Sony studios, including 1953's "Dangerous When Wet" Esther Williams |
| #7124, aired 2015-07-30 | COMEDIC TV PARTNERS $1000: Cindy Williams, from 1976 to 1982 Penny Marshall |
| #7121, aired 2015-07-27 | COMPOUND WORDS $2000: Poet William Carlos Williams wrote that "so much depends on a red" one of these conveyances a wheelbarrow |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | HISTORICAL NICKNAMES $800: "The Father of Rhode Island" Roger Williams |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | FRIENDS $1200: Busy Philips & Michelle Williams have been BFFs since co-starring on this teen drama in the early 2000s Dawson's Creek |
| #7105, aired 2015-07-03 | CAR TUNES $1000: As a metaphor for her Southern childhood, Lucinda Williams sang of "Car Wheels On" this type of road a gravel road |
| #7100, aired 2015-06-26 | REEDING $400: Who better to write the foreword to Barry Williams' "Growing Up Brady" than this actor, his TV dad Robert Reed |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $1600: This country legend was only 29 when he was pronounced dead on New Year's Day 1953 Hank Williams |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | GROOVY MOVIE $800: Treat Williams played a hippie named Berger in this groovy movie based on a '60s Broadway musical Hair |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | ENTERTAINMENT ADVERBS $2000: In a Motels song title taken from Tennessee Williams, it comes before "Last Summer" suddenly |
| #7057, aired 2015-04-28 | TRIOS $600: Kelly Rowland & Michelle Williams (not the actress) were 2 of the members of this trio Destiny's Child |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | THEY SAVED THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN $1000: "W" was saved by who else? This "Moon River" singer, crossing Hollywood in style Andy Williams |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | 4-LETTER FILMS $1200: In this 1991 film Robin Williams tells Julia Roberts, "I believe in fairies" Hook |
| #7030, aired 2015-03-20 | GOOD "EVENING" $2000: Dads know this PBS show with a 3-word title, featuring Arthur Fiedler & John Williams, premiered in 1970 Evening at Pops |
| #7025, aired 2015-03-13 | PLAY "M-E" $400: Success came gentlemanly calling for Tennessee Williams after this play, his first big hit "The Glass Menagerie" |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | JUST KIDDING $1000: The irreplaceable Robin Williams said, "To a 3-year old" this guy "is a 6-foot rat" Mickey Mouse |
| #7007, aired 2015-02-17 | SINGERS ON POSTAGE STAMPS $1200: Hank Williams & this "I Fall to Pieces" singer were featured in a 1993 Country & Western series Patsy Cline |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | HOMER $400: On Sept. 28, 1960 this Red Sox player stepped to the plate for the last time & hit his 521st career homer Ted Williams |
| #6970, aired 2014-12-26 | CITY-TITLED MOVIES $2000: Robin Williams played a Russian musician who defects in Bloomingdale's in this comedy Moscow on the Hudson |
| #6965, aired 2014-12-19 | THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES $400: "Whoever you are--I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" Tennessee Williams (in A Streetcar Named Desire) |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPORTS STARS $600: Combined, these 2 sisters have won more than 100 tennis championships Venus & Serena Williams |
| #6948, aired 2014-11-26 | WHAT THEY MAKE $400: Since around 1870, Sherwin-Williams paint |
| #6942, aired 2014-11-18 | ACTRESSES ONSTAGE $400: In 2014 Michelle Williams made her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles in this musical Cabaret |
| #6942, aired 2014-11-18 | THE 2014 EMMYS $400: In a touching tribute, Billy Crystal remembered this friend, "the brightest star in a comedy galaxy" Robin Williams |
| #6938, aired 2014-11-12 | ____IN' COUNTRY SONGS $200: Hank Williams:
"Your ____in' Heart" Cheatin' |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | A TOP 10 HIT TWICE $200: "Star Wars Theme":
Meco & this composer of the theme, both in 1977 John Williams |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | LITTLE RHODY $800: In 1636 this minister founded Providence as a "shelter for persons distressed for conscience" Roger Williams |
| #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | THE STORY OF HIS LIFE $600: A playwright:
"The Kindness of Strangers" Tennessee Williams |
| #6890, aired 2014-07-25 | NONFICTION $800: These tennis sisters dole out advice to teens in "Serving from the Hip: 10 Rules for Living, Loving, and Winning" the Williams sisters (Venus & Serena) |
| #6886, aired 2014-07-21 | FASHION STARS $2000: The Headware Association gave him the recognition he deserves, naming him "Hat Person of the Year" Pharrell Williams |
| #6876, aired 2014-07-07 | THE MOVIES $800: In this 1991 film, Robin Williams was Peter Banning, who did grow up, became a lawyer & married Wendy's granddaughter Hook |
| #6865, aired 2014-06-20 | ON THE WHEATIES BOX $1000: 1959: this swimmer & star of movies like "Million Dollar Mermaid" Esther Williams |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYS $400: When this Tennessee Williams play debuted in 1947, the cast included Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter & Jessica Tandy Streetcar Named Desire |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | MOVIE TUNES $400: "Happy" by Pharrell Williams is from this sequel featuring Gru & the Minions Despicable Me 2 |
| #6857, aired 2014-06-10 | EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a mouse pad at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA.) The Norman Rockwell Museum gift shop sells a mouse pad of Rockwell's image of a rookie in the Red Sox locker room; this Hall-of-Famer stands at the back Ted Williams |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | TV TIME $2000: On "The Crazy Ones", she plays Robin Williams' daughter & business partner Sarah Michelle Gellar |
| #6835, aired 2014-05-09 | THAT '70s SHOW $400: In 2013 Barry Williams revealed he has the Tiki that brought bad luck during a Hawaiian vacation on this show The Brady Bunch |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | TOOLS OF THE KITCHEN $400: You'll be draining without straining using a Williams-Sonoma one of these holey items a colander |
| #6822, aired 2014-04-22 | COLLEGES, NOT UNIVERSITIES $1600: Founded not by Roger but Ephraim, this Massachusetts school boasts alums like George Steinbrenner Williams College |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $800: (Ben Brantley of The New York Times delivers the clue.) Zachary Quinto gave a benchmark performance as Tom Wingfield in such a thorough rejuvenation of this Tennessee Williams play that I hesitate to call it a revival The Glass Menagerie |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | TV COPS $800: Danno Williams, at heart a Caan man Hawaii Five-O |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: He founded Rhode Island, the first colony in America to allow complete religious freedom Roger Williams |
| #6806, aired 2014-03-31 | ELEVEN $1600: EleVen is a clothing line from this female athlete/designer Venus Williams |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | LET'S GO "C" A PLAY $1200: This 1955 play by Tennessee Williams won a Pulitzer Prize Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | OLYMPIC GOLD $200: Women's doubles tennis,
2012 (both players) Venus & Serena Williams |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | REDUNDANT SOUNDING NAMES $1600: This doctor-poet was the son of William George Williams; his mother was Raquel from Puerto Rico William Carlos Williams |
| #6747, aired 2014-01-07 | LORD OF THE RINKS $600: Tiger Williams, who once KO'd an opposing coach with a stick to the head, holds the NHL record for most PM, these penalty minutes |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | TV ANCHORS AWEIGH! $200: A Jimmy Fallon video bit made it look like this NBC anchor "rapped" Marky Mark's "Good Vibrations" Brian Williams |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | ALL THE JINGLE LADIES $1200: The firm of Williams, Rowland & Knowles, aka this trio, asked, "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Destiny's Child |
| #6735, aired 2013-12-20 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $200: Streets in this state capital include Roger Street, Williams Street & Friendship Street Providence (Rhode Island) |
| #6733, aired 2013-12-18 | FILM COMPOSERS $400: Composer for such films as "Jaws" & "Superman", he served as conductor of the Boston Pops from 1980 to 1993 John Williams |
| #6726, aired 2013-12-09 | NOW THAT'S COMEDY $800: In 2013 2 sitcoms starring TV veterans debuted head-to-head: "The Michael J. Fox Show" & "The Crazy Ones" starring him Robin Williams |
| #6704, aired 2013-11-07 | LITERARY BUNNIES $800: The subtitle of this Margery Williams children's story is "Or How Toys Become Real" The Velveteen Rabbit |
| #6700, aired 2013-11-01 | BIRTH, SCHOOL, WORK, DEATH $500 (Daily Double): A hotel room in 1888,
a year at Princeton,
some "Electra"-fying playwriting,
a hotel room in 1953 Eugene O'Neill |
| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | TV THROUGH THE YEARS $600: Omar, played by Michael K. Williams, relieved Baltimore drug dealers of their profits on this HBO drama debuting in 2002 The Wire |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | A JUDI DENCH FILM FESTIVAL $1600: In 2011 Dame Judi was Dame Sybil Thorndike opposite Michelle Williams as this actress Marilyn Monroe |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | "PIN"-TEREST $800: In college, basketballer Buck Williams was a famous Terp, short for this Terrapin |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | WELL-PLAYED, WELL-PAID $400: Earning more than $4 million, Walter Ray Williams Jr. is the PBA's career money leader in this sport bowling |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | FEMALE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $800: Jody Williams helped found the ICBL, the International Campaign to Ban these, winning her the prize in 1997 landmines |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | FEMALE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan Maguire, co-winners for 1976, were both born in this troubled city Belfast |
| #6667, aired 2013-09-17 | BALLET DANCERS IN THE CINEMA $2000: This Native American ballerina who died in 2013 played Anna Pavlova in Esther Williams' "Million Dollar Mermaid" Maria Tallchief |
| #6661, aired 2013-07-29 | SPORTS STUFF $1000: An iPhone commercial featured these 2 sisters playing ping pong instead of tennis the Williams sisters (Venus & Serena) |
| #6652, aired 2013-07-16 | WHO'S YOUR CADDIE? $600: Tiger Woods' ex-caddie Steve Williams helped this Australian win the 2013 Masters Adam Scott |
| #6649, aired 2013-07-11 | MORE THAN AN ATHLETE $1200: This Red Sox legend had a brother who died of leukemia, helping inspire his timeless work with the Jimmy Fund starting in 1953 Ted Williams |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | LITERARY FLORIDA $400: Tennessee Williams passed many days in this southernmost Florida town & recalled it fondly in his memoirs Key West |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | FROM BOOK TO FILM $1200: 1958's "The Long, Hot Summer" was based on this author's "The Hamlet", the first in his "Snopes" trilogy William Faulkner |
| #6617, aired 2013-05-28 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS $1000: In this Margery Williams classic, a boy's love helps a stuffed animal become real The Velveteen Rabbit |
| #6617, aired 2013-05-28 | MUSIC & LITERATURE $2000: Heard here is Ralph Vaughan Williams' fitting music to accompany this Aristophanes play Wasps |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | THEATER $1200: In 2013 Scarlett Johansson starred on Broadway as Maggie in this playwright's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Tennessee Williams |
| #6599, aired 2013-05-02 | ACTRESSES PLAYING ACTRESSES $1600: In 2011 she starred as Marilyn Monroe in "My Week with Marilyn" Michelle Williams |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | TED TALKS $600: He quipped, "Baseball is the only field... where a man can succeed 3 times out of 10 and be considered a good performer" Ted Williams |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GROUP ON $1,500 (Daily Double): Medgar Evers was a field secretary for this group; his widow Myrlie Evers-Williams was the first woman to head it the NAACP |
| #6582, aired 2013-04-09 | PLAYING PRESIDENT $800: Teddy Roosevelt in "Night at the Museum" Robin Williams |
| #6578, aired 2013-04-03 | 1993: 20 YEARS AGO IN FILM $200: Robin Williams based much of this title character on his childhood nanny Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | ACTOR FACTOR $400: This late actor had a daughter named Matilda with Michelle Williams Heath Ledger |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | TIME TO JAZZ-ERCISE $800: The modestly named Great Jazz Trio was Ron Carter on bass, Tony Williams on percussion & Hank Jones playing this piano |
| #6563, aired 2013-03-13 | PLAYWRIGHTS $400: This playwright's family served as the model for the Wingfields in his play "The Glass Menagerie" Tennessee Williams |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1000: (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar presents the clue.) In 1893 internal surgery was rare--most patients died of infection--but that year Dr. Daniel Hale Williams used antiseptic methods during one of the first successful open-heart surgeries suturing this sac around the heart the pericardium |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | NAME THE POET $2000: "So much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens" William Carlos Williams |
| #6529, aired 2013-01-24 | EYE ON SPORTS $600: Aided by 20/10 vision, this Red Sox "splendid splinter" won the 1958 batting title at age 40 Ted Williams |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | A LOTTA MOTTO $1,000 (Daily Double): In "Dead Poets Society", Robin Williams rhymes "gather ye rosebuds while ye may" with this similar motto "seize the day" |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | MY WOMAN IS GONE & MY WHISKEY RAN DRY $200: She's getting a facial & a milk bath at Burke Williams, a "day" type of this facility a spa |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | THE ACTOR'S RÉSUMÉ $2000: Alma in "Brokeback Mountain",
Jen on "Dawson's Creek" Michelle Williams |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $1,500 (Daily Double): In an essay defending this 2011 film, Myrlie Evers-Williams said, "My mother was" this film "& so was her mother" The Help |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | TENNESSEE'S WILLIAMS $200: In 1797 Tennessee's William Blount became the first man expelled from this body & its only member impeached by the House the U.S. Senate |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | TENNESSEE'S WILLIAMS $400: From 1913 to 1918 Chattanooga lawyer William McAdoo, this man's son-in-law, was also his Treasury secretary Woodrow Wilson |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | TENNESSEE'S WILLIAMS $600: Governor during reconstruction, William Brownlow mobilized the Tennessee guard to crush this then-new hate group the Ku Klux Klan |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | TENNESSEE'S WILLIAMS $800: In 1958 Tennessean William Anderson commanded this submarine on the first voyage under the North Pole's ice pack the USS Nautilus |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | TENNESSEE'S WILLIAMS $1000: A real-life "Bones", forensic anthropologist William Bass founded the "Body Farm" at the U. of Tenn. in this city Knoxville |
| #6483, aired 2012-11-21 | PLANETARY MATTERS? $400: She won Wimbledon singles titles in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 & 2008 Venus Williams |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1638 he organized the first Baptist church in America in Providence, Rhode Island Roger Williams |
| #6475, aired 2012-11-09 | TEACHERS IN THE MOVIES $800: O Captain!
My Captain!
He played English teacher John Keating in "Dead Poets Society" Robin Williams |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | BRAND NAMES $1000: This cosmetics brand is named for T.L. Williams' sister Maybelline |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | YOU HAD ME AT SHALOM $2000: Born in Israel, he played the solo violin passages in John Williams' score for "Schindler's List" Itzhak Perlman |
| #6435, aired 2012-08-03 | SPORTS STARS $800: In 2000 they became the only sisters in Olympic history to win gold in women's doubles in tennis Venus & Serena Williams |
| #6423, aired 2012-07-18 | IT'S AN OLYMPIC YEAR! $1600: Apple introduces the Macintosh; Vanessa Williams wins Miss America Pageant 1984 |
| #6407, aired 2012-06-26 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $800: Venus,
Vanessa,
Hank Williams |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | COMPANY NAMES $2000: This gourmet cookware retailer is named in part for the California city where the first store opened in 1956 Williams-Sonoma |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME $1000: This college, Amherst's rival, was named for a colonel killed in the French & Indian War Williams |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | THEATER $1600: The title of this Tennessee Williams drama refers to Laura Wingfield's collection of animal figurines The Glass Menagerie |
| #6364, aired 2012-04-26 | HOW'D THEY DIE? $1000: Tennessee Williams by choking on a pill-bottle cap |
| #6349, aired 2012-04-05 | DREAM-Y SONGS $1200: "Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years" from this one of the "Desperate Housewives" includes "Dreamin'" Vanessa Williams |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | McPEOPLE $2000: Tennessee Williams called this author of "The Member of the Wedding" the "greatest prose writer that the south produced" (Carson) McCullers |
| #6308, aired 2012-02-08 | BUZZ BANDS $600: The Belle Brigade is composed of grandkids of this composer of the music for the "Star Wars" series John Williams |
| #6306, aired 2012-02-06 | POP CULTURE $1600: ESPN found this country singer too rowdy, dropping his theme from "Monday Night Football" in 2011 Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | I MARRIED A SINGER $1600: Actress Kimberly Williams:
This country cutie Brad Paisley |
| #6297, aired 2012-01-24 | PLAY DATES $6,000 (Daily Double): In 1955 impatient Dodger fans got a title & the theater got this Tennessee Williams play about an impatient woman Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | AT THE CLEVELAND CLINIC $5,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Cleveland Clinic.) Robin Williams thanked the Cleveland Clinic team for his heart surgery, saying, after getting a replacement one of these from a cow, "the grazing's been fun" a valve |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | GREAT COMEBACKS WITH DAN PATRICK $400: (Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.) A year after hitting .406, this Red Sox legend left to be a fighter pilot in WWII, came back, won the Triple Crown, left to fight in the Korean War, came back & was an All-Star Ted Williams |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | NAME THE CITY $200: Roger Williams National Memorial Providence |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | MISSISSIPPI MISTERS $800: In March 2011, Columbus, Mississippi celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of this playwright Tennessee Williams |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC $600: In 1953 "Your Cheatin' Heart" was a big hit for this country singer who lived fast & died young that same year Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | MEANINGFUL STAGE NAMES $400: Wrestler Steve Williams adopted this surname in tribute to Lee Majors' superhuman TV character Austin |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | SHOP TALK $800: The home store of this gourmet cookware retailer uses the pineapple logo seen here, long a symbol of hospitality Williams-Sonoma |
| #6223, aired 2011-10-12 | SHOW BIZ ROOMIES $1200: Robin Williams & this Superman lived together while studying at Juilliard Christopher Reeve |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $400: Williams believed this was his best long play because of "the kingly magnitude of Big Daddy" Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $800: Tennessee's first success was this play about the Wingfield family that premiered in 1944 The Glass Menagerie |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $1200: Born Thomas, Williams may have first used his nickname in this Tennessee port for a writing contest Memphis |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $1600: Marlon Brando hitchhiked to Williams' home to read for this role; he also fixed the writer's toilet during the visit Stanley Kowalski |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $4,000 (Daily Double): In this 1950 play, a dressmaker's deceased husband & her new boyfriend both sport the title art on their chests The Rose Tattoo |
| #6199, aired 2011-07-21 | BOURBON PLANNING $1600: The brand Evan Williams honors "Kentucky's first distiller", who set up on the banks of this river in Louisville in 1783 the Ohio |
| #6198, aired 2011-07-20 | PRESIDENTS BY FIRST NAME $600: 3 of the 4 Williams Taft, William Henry Harrison, and Clinton (and McKinley) |
| #6195, aired 2011-07-15 | INDIAN GAMING $1200: Long before Jim Thorpe, Roger Williams wrote that Indians "have great meetings of" this game, "town against town" football |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | "EVER"S $1600: In a WB TV series, Treat Williams followed his dead wife's wish & took the kids to this Colorado town Everwood |
| #6172, aired 2011-06-14 | TENNIS, ANYONE? $400: These 2 sisters have faced each other in the Wimbledon singles finals 4 times Venus & Serena Williams |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS $800: Aunt Eller Murphy & Laurey Williams Oklahoma! |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | ACT I, SCENE 1 $400: In the first scene of this Tennessee Williams drama, Maggie walks into the bedroom to change her dress Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | 2011 NEWS $400: This homeless man from Ohio stepped into the batter's box of fame thanks to his golden voice Ted Williams |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | SUMMER READING? $1200: Spoiler alert! A character is murdered & eaten by cannibals in this drama by Tennessee Williams Suddenly, Last Summer |
| #6145, aired 2011-05-06 | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $2000: Robin Williams (starting when he did "Moscow On The Hudson") the saxophone |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | BETTER KNOWN AS $1200: Author Thomas Lanier Williams Tennessee Williams |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | THE KING & "I" $800: The King called this Hank Williams classic he recorded in 1973 "the saddest song I've heard in my life" I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | SIBLING SPORTS RIVALRIES $400: In October 2010 these 2 sisters ranked first & third in women's tennis Venus & Serena Williams |
| #6099, aired 2011-03-03 | WILL U. $800: The university named for him is in Bristol, Rhode Island Roger Williams |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | YOUNG NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS $800: In their early 30s, Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan won the 1976 Peace Prize for trying to end strife in this U.K. country Northern Ireland |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | DRAMA CLUB TRYOUTS $2000: It's Salem, 1692 & we're having a witch hunt to cast John & Elizabeth Proctor & Abigail Williams in this Arthur Miller play The Crucible |
| #6095, aired 2011-02-25 | CURRENT MUSIC $200: B.o.B. & Hayley Williams recorded a duet about these "in the night sky like shooting stars" airplanes |
| #6093, aired 2011-02-23 | THE 13 COLONIES $800: In 1635 William Blackstone became the first European to settle in this colony, one year before Roger Williams Rhode Island |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | CHILDREN'S BOOK TITLES $400: Margery Williams' story of a stuffed toy that comes to life:
"The ____ Rabbit" Velveteen |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | MY MICHELLE $2000: In 2005 she & her "Brokeback Mountain" co-star Heath Ledger had a daughter, Matilda Michelle Williams |
| #6071, aired 2011-01-24 | PLAY CHARACTERS $400: Amanda, Tom & the fragile Laura Wingfield are all characters in this Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $200: 1992: As the voice of the Genie Aladdin |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $400: 2006: Robin as Teddy Roosevelt, who comes to the aid of a security guard Night at the Museum |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $600: 1997: As absent-minded professor Philip Brainard, who invents a rubber-like substance Flubber |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $800: 1993: Robin was Daniel Hillard, who disguised himself as a housekeeper Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #6064, aired 2011-01-13 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $1000: 2009: Robin & John Travolta have to take care of 7-year-old twins Old Dogs |
| #6051, aired 2010-12-27 | PLAY PENNERS $800: His 1977 play "Vieux Carre" dealt with down-&-outs in New Orleans; sound familiar? Tennessee Williams |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $1600: Benefit Street & the Roger Williams Park Zoo Providence (Rhode Island) |
| #6032, aired 2010-11-30 | SONGS ON TV SHOWS $200: As Potsie, Anson Williams crooned songs like "Deeply" on this show Happy Days |
| #5996, aired 2010-10-11 | PLAY ADJECTIVES $800: Tennessee Williams' "____ Bird of Youth" Sweet Bird of Youth |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | EYES WITHOUT A FACE $800: The eyes of this "Ugly Betty" co-star are seen here (Vanessa) Williams |
| #5944, aired 2010-06-17 | SAY "HEY", KID $800: 1951 Hank Williams classic with a culinary query in the chorus "Hey, Good Lookin'" |
| #5942, aired 2010-06-15 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $2000: (I'm Dana Delany.) You won't find Andy Williams or Roger Williams, but there is this woman whose albums include "West" & "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" Lucinda Williams |
| #5928, aired 2010-05-26 | I MARRIED THIS SPORTS STAR $2000: Vanessa Williams, in 1999 Rick Fox |
| #5920, aired 2010-05-14 | THEIR GIVEN FIRST NAMES $400: Ballplayer Ted Williams Theodore |
| #5904, aired 2010-04-22 | THE COMPOSER CONDUCTS $400: He leads the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra in recordings of his own film music John Williams |
| #5899, aired 2010-04-15 | THE LONDON STAGE $2000: In 2007 Jessica Lange took to the London stage as Amanda Wingfield in this Tennessee Williams drama The Glass Menagerie |
| #5895, aired 2010-04-09 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $400: In chapter one of "On The Line", she says, "I saw a picture once of Venus pushing me in a stroller on the tennis court..." Serena Williams |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | SOUTH SPECIFIC $400: "A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur" is a lesser play by this man with a southern state in his name Tennessee Williams |
| #5851, aired 2010-02-08 | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE $1000: "Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941" Ted Williams |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS $1,600 (Daily Double): In 2002 Rowan Williams was appointed by Elizabeth II the 104th person in this position Archbishop of Canterbury |
| #5844, aired 2010-01-28 | 3 "T"s $2000: Tennessee Williams' was "Rose" Tattoo |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | THE PULITZER FOR BIOGRAPHY/ AUTOBIOGRAPHY $400: 1970:
T. Harry Williams, writing about this Louisiana "Kingfish" Huey Long |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | 2001 $200: September 8: she defeats her younger sister 6-2, 6-4 to repeat as women's champion at the U.S. Open Venus Williams |
| #5814, aired 2009-12-17 | THEATRE $800: This playwright's "The Night of the Iguana" takes place at the rustic Costa Verde Hotel in Mexico Tennessee Williams |
| #5808, aired 2009-12-09 | THE FUNNYMAN WHO PLAYED... $1600: Popeye in the 1980 film Robin Williams |
| #5801, aired 2009-11-30 | FILM SCHOOL $1600: 1989:
Robin Williams instructs his private school charges to "seize the day" Dead Poets Society |
| #5791, aired 2009-11-16 | A FORD IN YOUR PAST $800: Writer who used the same first & last names & was the subject of a poem by William Carlos Williams Ford Madox Ford |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | DRAMA CLUB $1600: Laura Wingfield, the sister in this play, was modeled on Tennessee Williams' sister The Glass Menagerie |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | SPORTS TEAM BY STARS $600: Mo Williams &
LeBron James the Cleveland Cavaliers |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | OTHER SPORTS LEGENDS $200: On Tennis magazine's list of the 40 greatest players from 1965 to 2005, she's the top female player Martina Navratilova |
| #5732, aired 2009-07-07 | PLAYWRIGHTS $400: While working at the International Shoe Company, he met a man named Stanley Kowalski, a name he would later use in a play Tennessee Williams |
| #5725, aired 2009-06-26 | ROYAL MOVIES? $600: Jeff Bridges & Robin Williams search for the Holy Grail in this 1991 film The Fisher King |
| #5718, aired 2009-06-17 | THE BELLES $2000: His Southern belle play "The Eccentricities of a Nightingale" is a revision of his more famous "Summer and Smoke" Tennessee Williams |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA $400: One of the 2 plays for which Tennessee Williams won Pulitzers, in 1948 & 1955 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (or A Streetcar Named Desire) |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | AWARDS & HONORS $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1997 the Nobel Peace Prize was shared by Jody Williams & the ICBL, the Intl. Campaign to Ban these Landmines |
| #5700, aired 2009-05-22 | THE SUPER BOWL $2000: In 1988 he became the first African-American quarterback to start & win a Super Bowl Doug Williams |
| #5696, aired 2009-05-18 | FICTIONAL GAMES $1000: This novel by Chris Van Allsburg about a board game was made into a Robin Williams film Jumanji |
| #5682, aired 2009-04-28 | 4 Es FOR THEE $1200: Describes the title "Rabbit" William Nicholson illustrated for writer Margery Williams velveteen |
| #5678, aired 2009-04-22 | NAME THE PARENT COMPANY $1600: Dutch Boy paints Sherwin-Williams |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $2000: A clue to Umberto Eco's murdered monks--they have the same indelible skin pattern, a flower from Tennessee Williams The Name of the Rose Tattoo |
| #5665, aired 2009-04-03 | URBAN MOVIES $800: 1984:
Robin Williams defects:
"_____ on the Hudson" Moscow |
| #5664, aired 2009-04-02 | THE PLAY'S THE THING $600: In his Broadway debut in 2008, Terrence Howard was solid as brick in this Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | HIRAM $1600: Musician Hiram King Williams (1923-1953) was better known as this Hank |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | ON THE STAGE $800: Christian Slater returned to B'way in a 2005 revival of this Tennessee Williams play about shattered illusions The Glass Menagerie |
| #5632, aired 2009-02-17 | COMPOSERS $400: Vaughan Williams composed his "Old Hundredth Psalm Tune" for her 1953 coronation Elizabeth II |
| #5624, aired 2009-02-05 | REAL TO REEL $1600: In this 1990 movie Robin Williams played a doctor who roused a group of patients out of their catatonic states Awakenings |
| #5619, aired 2009-01-29 | THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM $600: Ted Williams the Red Sox |
| #5603, aired 2009-01-07 | WOMEN'S TUITION $2000: A Virginia college founded in honor of Daisy Williams is called "Sweet" this Sweet Briar |
| #5597, aired 2008-12-30 | THE JOY OF TEXT $1600: Played by Robin Williams on film, he wrote the bestseller "Gesundheit: Good Health Is A Laughing Matter" Patch Adams |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $200: In Tennessee Williams' play, streetcars named Desire & Cemetery run on a single track in this southern city New Orleans |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $400: In "The Glass Menagerie", Jim accidentally breaks the horn off this animal, the prize of Laura's collection a unicorn |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $600: The Pollitt Plantation in Mississippi is the setting of this Williams work Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $800: 1950 Williams play in which a truck driver has the title body art on his chest The Rose Tattoo |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $1000: A defrocked priest is one of the characters at a seedy Mexican hotel in this 1961 play Night of the Iguana |
| #5572, aired 2008-11-25 | WHAT A DELICIOUS DISH $2000: This movie star's "The Million Dollar Mermaid" discusses Jeff Chandler's off-the-set fashion choices Esther Williams |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $400: It was still love all even after she beat sis Serena for her fifth Wimbledon title Venus Williams |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | THE ROLES OF A LIFETIME $1200: Mutt Williams,
Jerry Shaw,
Sam Witwicky Shia LaBeouf |
| #5559, aired 2008-11-06 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $1200: Isaac Asimov's "The Positronic Man" became this Robin Williams film, also with "Man" in the title Bicentennial Man |
| #5537, aired 2008-10-07 | ROGER THAT! $2,000 (Daily Double): He founded the town of Providence, which became a haven for Quakers & Anabaptists Roger Williams |
| #5534, aired 2008-10-02 | ELEANOR ROOSEVELT GOES TO THE THEATRE $1200: Eleanor took Indira Gandhi to see this man's play "The Night Of The Iguana"; it left both ladies "a little baffled" Tennessee Williams |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | 3 OR MORE WIVES $400: Sybil Williams,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Elizabeth Taylor,
Susan Hunt,
Sally Hay Richard Burton |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | STOCK SYMBOL SHOPPING $1600: For cookbooks, cookware, cutlery & more:
WSM Williams-Sonoma |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | 3 OR MORE WIVES $2000: Melissa Lee Gatlin,
Toni Lawrence,
Cynda Williams,
Pietra Dawn Cherniak,
Angelina Jolie Billy Bob Thornton |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | MOVIE ACTORS BY ROLE $800: Teddy Roosevelt,
Jack Moniker,
Euphegenia Doubtfire Robin Williams |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | SHOW BIZ OATHS & EXCLAMATIONS $800: This 1970s Robin Williams show was full of "Shazbot" Mork & Mindy |
| #5498, aired 2008-07-02 | WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE $600: We're in the Ozarks seeing a show at Andy Williams' Moon River Theatre in this bordering state Missouri |
| #5490, aired 2008-06-20 | MOVIE MR. & MRS. $400: For that dude to look like a lady in this 1993 film, Robin Williams had to undergo makeup sessions 4 1/2 hours long Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #5458, aired 2008-05-07 | I'M GOING TO BE A JUNIOR $1600: This country star sang the Monday Night Football theme song for ABC from 1989 to 2005 Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | EARLY AMERICA $1000: Having learned the Narragansett language, this theologian served as a negotiator during the Pequot War in 1637 Roger Williams |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | INDIANA JONES $1600: This man composed the music for all 4 Indiana Jones films John Williams |
| #5441, aired 2008-04-14 | PITCHERS $800: "Cover the Earth" has been a trademark of this hyphenated paint company since 1905 Sherwin-Williams |
| #5438, aired 2008-04-09 | "T.W." $800: This Southerner wrote the 1959 classic "Sweet Bird of Youth" Tennessee Williams |
| #5435, aired 2008-04-04 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $400: He penned the lines, "They looked nervous as cats... nervous as a couple of cats on a hot tin roof" Tennessee Williams |
| #5426, aired 2008-03-24 | THE PURSUIT OF HAPPY DAYS $800: Anson Williams is a cousin of the creator of the Heimlich maneuver & also played this "Happy Days" pal "Potsie" Weber |
| #5422, aired 2008-03-18 | MISSISSIPPI MISSES $1600: This actress from Meridien is a cousin of Tennessee Williams & mom to Laura Dern Diane Ladd |
| #5413, aired 2008-03-05 | SPORTS NICKNAMES $400: In 2004 the career of this ex-champ known as "Iron Mike" took a sad turn when he was KO'd in round 4 by Danny Williams Mike Tyson |
| #5382, aired 2008-01-22 | TEAMS OF SUPER BOWL MVPs $1000: XXII: Doug Williams the Washington Redskins |
| #5380, aired 2008-01-18 | TOUGH TUNES $800: Vanessa Williams sang, "Just when I thought our chance had passed, you go and" do this save the best for last |
| #5373, aired 2008-01-09 | PLAYWRIGHTS $2,000 (Daily Double): This Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright was related to John Sevier, the first governor of the "Volunteer State" Tennessee Williams |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | TV SHOWS BY CAST $400: Vanessa Williams,
Tony Plana,
Rebecca Romijn Ugly Betty |
| #5350, aired 2007-12-07 | DREW BARRYMORE LOVES MUSIC $600: (Drew Barrymore gives the clue once more.) The ever-popular "Evergreen" has lyrics by Paul Williams & music by this singer who introduced it in "A Star Is Born" Barbra Streisand |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | NOW PLAYING AT THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX $800: Robin Williams has a few Mommy issues with Glenn Close in this film based on a John Irving novel The World According to Garp |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | SEASONAL CINEMA $400: Quick! Name this seasonal 1959 Elizabeth Taylor film based on a Tennessee Williams play Suddenly, Last Summer |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | 20th CENTURY COMPOSERS $1200: Sir Ralph Vaughan Williams put these jazzy horns in his 9th symphony, with the instruction not to sound like "demented cats" saxophones |
| #5324, aired 2007-11-01 | STATE YOUR NAME $1200: The University of Iowa gave this future 2-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright a B.A. in 1938 Tennessee Williams |
| #5318, aired 2007-10-24 | KIDDY LIT $800: Garth Williams illustrated this title character seen here Stuart Little |
| #5315, aired 2007-10-19 | BANNED $1600: After being banned from Massachusetts, he established the Rhode Island colony Roger Williams |
| #5297, aired 2007-09-25 | SWEET "P" $400: Carnations & Sweet Williams belong to this "colorful" family of flowering plants pinks |
| #5288, aired 2007-09-12 | AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS $400: This playwright once said that his Aunt Belle, a Sunday School teacher, was the prototype of Blanche DuBois Tennessee Williams |
| #5286, aired 2007-09-10 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $200: "The Teammates" by David Halberstam chronicles the friendships of Ted Williams & others on this team the Boston Red Sox |
| #5249, aired 2007-06-07 | JUILLIARD ALUMNI $800: In 1992, a year after playing an older Peter Pan, he was a mime instructor in "Shakes the Clown" Robin Williams |
| #5245, aired 2007-06-01 | BETTER, STRONGER $600: Noted enforcer Tiger Williams holds the NHL record with 3,966 of these; it equals about 2.75 days penalty box minutes |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | DOWN MEXICO WAY $1600: This gritty 1961 Tennessee Williams play unfolds in a seedy Mexican hotel Night of the Iguana |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | WHAT A WAY TO GO $800: In an automated factory in 1979, Robert Williams became one of the first men killed by one of these (shades of Asimov) a robot |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | WHAT A WAY TO GO $1000: This playwright choked to death in 1983 at NYC's hotel Elysee; a character of his exits a streetcar at "Elysian Fields" Tennessee Williams |
| #5222, aired 2007-05-01 | STATE CAPITALS $1,000 (Daily Double): Because he believed God led him there, Roger Williams named a state capital this Providence |
| #5218, aired 2007-04-25 | EARS TO YOU! $600: As a friend of Walt Disney, Roy Williams was the first to put these on a hat (Mickey) Mouse ears |
| #5205, aired 2007-04-06 | MASSACHUSETTS $1600: This Western Mass. college, the state's oldest after Harvard, is a traditional rival of Amherst Williams |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | THAT'S GONNA COST YOU $1600: This man purchased the site of Providence, Rhode Island from the Narragansett Indians (Roger) Williams |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | ENTERTAINING WOMEN $1200: These athletic sisters had a reality show subtitled "For Real" The Williams Sisters |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | THE REPLACEMENTS $800: George Williams founded the association familiarly known as this to replace life on the street with Bible study the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $1000: Botticelli painting in which Serena's sister is brought forth on a shell the birth of Venus Williams |
| #5113, aired 2006-11-29 | WHO'S THE MAN $400: Patch Adams Robin Williams |
| #5109, aired 2006-11-23 | '60s CINEMA $600: George Hamilton (yes, George Hamilton) played Hank Williams in this 1964 film whose title "will tell on you" Your Cheatin' Heart |
| #5109, aired 2006-11-23 | SONGS IN THE CONCERT HALL $1600: Vaughan Williams' Shakespeare songs include "Full Fathom Five" from this play The Tempest |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | ALL KINDS OF MUSIC $1200: "All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight" was an award-winning video by this country star Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | HORSE SENSE $600: Overo & Tobiano are 2 major color patterns of this breed that's not available from Sherwin-Williams a paint (or pinto) |
| #5067, aired 2006-09-26 | PLAY BOY $400: "Sweet Bird of Youth"
&
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (Tennessee) Williams |
| #5064, aired 2006-09-21 | THEY WERE THE HOLLYWOOD SQUARES $400: Cuchi cuchi! At 14, this square won a scholarship to study guitar with Segovia Charo |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | THE FIRM $1600: This brand's Spread Satin paint was launched nationally in 1949 Glidden |
| #5039, aired 2006-07-06 | THE GRAND OLE OPRY $400: This legend made his Opry debut on June 11, 1949 singing "Lovesick Blues" Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #5031, aired 2006-06-26 | FOUNDERS $800: Every trendy home should have a mozzarella slicer from this retailer founded by Chuck Williams Williams-Sonoma |
| #5027, aired 2006-06-20 | SEASONAL ACTING $800: His friendship with Robin Williams landed him a part as Robin's son on "Mork & Mindy" Jonathan Winters |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $200: "This is rock and roll! Time to rock it from the Delta to the DMZ!" Good Morning, Vietnam |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $400: "My first day as a woman and I am already having hot flashes" Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $600: "Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary" Dead Poets Society |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $800: "You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I'll guarantee you'll win" Patch Adams |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | ROBIN WILLIAMS MOVIES $1000: "What am I? A barnacle on the dinghy of life?" Popeye |
| #4987, aired 2006-04-25 | LITERARY SISTERS $400: In this Tennessee Williams play, Tom Wingfield brings a gentleman caller home to meet his crippled sister Laura The Glass Menagerie |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | AWARDS & HONORS $1200: He won Pulitzers for his plays in 1948 & 1955 Tennessee Williams |
| #4973, aired 2006-04-05 | BEASTLY LIT $3,000 (Daily Double): 1961:
A reptillion evening served up by Tennessee Williams The Night of the Iguana |
| #4949, aired 2006-03-02 | POT LUCK $2000: This poet died with Edward Elliker Williams after his ship capsized during an 1822 storm Percy Shelley |
| #4948, aired 2006-03-01 | SPORTS FRANCHISES ON FILM $800: 1971:
No. 40
Billy Dee Williams the Chicago Bears |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | RHYME TIME $1600: Rhode Island founder Williams' major league baseball team Roger's Dodgers |
| #4933, aired 2006-02-08 | ALL IN THE CELEBRITY FAMILY $600: Serena & Venus--& don't forget Papa Richard Williams |
| #4913, aired 2006-01-11 | THE KENNEDY CENTER $600: The Kennedy Center presented a series of one-act plays as "Five by Tenn", a reference to this playwright Tennessee Williams |
| #4903, aired 2005-12-28 | ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $400: Also an Oscar winner, he's won 4 Grammys for comedy albums, including one for "Reality... What a Concept" Robin Williams |
| #4898, aired 2005-12-21 | REJECTED SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOWS $200: The company founded by Henry Sherwin & this man wanted to use the halftime to demonstrate how paint dried Williams |
| #4882, aired 2005-11-29 | THE FAMOUS MR. TED $1200: His website listed him as a Marine fighter pilot, baseball Hall of Famer & world-class angler, in that order Ted Williams |
| #4879, aired 2005-11-24 | PLAY $600: Williams:
A shy girl collects crystal The Glass Menagerie |
| #4873, aired 2005-11-16 | PEOPLE $600: The website of this tennis "goddess" told us that she's 6'2", loves to write poetry & wants to go to Croatia Venus Williams |
| #4858, aired 2005-10-26 | TENNIS, ANYONE? $400: In 1999 she won the U.S. Open, becoming the first African-American woman since 1958 to win a Grand Slam singles title Serena Williams |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES! $400: A 1975 thriller:
Steven Spielberg,
John Williams Jaws |
| #4850, aired 2005-10-14 | SPORTS STARS $1200: These 2 sisters topped the WTA's money leaders list in tennis tournaments in 2002 Venus & Serena Williams |
| #4849, aired 2005-10-13 | THE BOOK NOOK $800: You can get "The Collected" these of William Carlos Williams or "The Selected" ones of Langston Hughes poems |
| #4842, aired 2005-10-04 | TOP O' THE CHARTS $200: In 1978 their duet "You're The One That I Want" replaced another duet by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams at No. 1 Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | BIOGRAPHIES $800: Ex-Boston Globe scribe Leigh Montville is the latest biographer of this baseball great Ted Williams |
| #4810, aired 2005-07-01 | "SUMMER" CINEMA $1600: Geraldine Page yearned for Laurence Harvey in this 1961 film based on a Tennessee Williams play Summer and Smoke |
| #4797, aired 2005-06-14 | HOWDY, PARTNER! $800: He partnered with Edward Williams in 1866 to "Cover the Earth" with paint Sherwin |
| #4794, aired 2005-06-09 | "DEAD" RECKONING $800: A 1988 Treat Williams film, or a race in which 2 competitors finish in a tie (regardless of the temperature) a dead heat |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS $800: 1988:
"Good Morning, Vietnam" Robin Williams |
| #4788, aired 2005-06-01 | UNREAL ESTATE $1000: The Pollitt family plantation is overrun by "no-neck monsters" in this Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #4787, aired 2005-05-31 | THE NAACP $2000: (Kweisi Mfume reads the clue.) In 1995 this widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers became the first woman to head the NAACP Myrlie Evers(-Williams) |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | GLENN CLOSE ENCOUNTERS $1200: Glenn played Robin Williams' mom in this 1982 film based on a novel The World According to Garp |
| #4779, aired 2005-05-19 | SYMPHONIES $800: A Haydn symphony of 1795 & a Vaughan Williams one of 1914 are both nicknamed for this city London |
| #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | '70s SITCOMS $1000: In 1970 he was back as Danny Williams in "Make Room for Granddaddy" (Danny) Thomas |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | POP CULTURE $1000: Before winning an Oscar for playing a shrink, he imitated Elmer Fudd singing Bruce Springsteen Robin Williams |
| #4763, aired 2005-04-27 | ALSO A PLANET $800: In 2000 Sports Illustrated for Women named her Sportswoman of the Year Venus Williams |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | JOLLY ROGER $800: The New England university named for this man is seen here Roger Williams |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $400: Color of Hudson's "Mansions" or Williams' "Corn"
(5) green |
| #4736, aired 2005-03-21 | THEOLOGIANS $2,000 (Daily Double): During King Philip's War, this minister acted as captain of the Providence Militia & fought the Indians Roger Williams (from Providence, Rhode Island) |
| #4726, aired 2005-03-07 | JAMIE FOXX ROLES $2000: Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang Redemption |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES $400: "I don't think they chose me because... it was time for a black Miss America. They... thought I could do the job" (Vanessa) Williams |
| #4701, aired 2005-01-31 | JOCKS $2000: Eddie George plays this NFL position, & Ricky Williams did running back |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | "EMP" TV $800: In a TV movie, Treat Williams played this Colorado boxer who knocked out more than half of this opponents Jack Dempsey |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1600: A famous line in one of his plays is "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" Tennessee Williams |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | WORLD ATHLETES $1000: In 2004 this Siberian-born 17-year-old defeated Serena Williams to take the women's title at Wimbledon (Maria) Sharapova |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | BASEBALL MVPs BY DECADE $800: Stan "The Man" Musial, "Splendid Splinter" Ted Williams the 1940s |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | GROUPS $1200: Before "Dawson's Creek" Michelle Williams played the young part-alien, part-human Sil in this film Species |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | GROUPS $2000: In a 2000 TV miniseries Kimberly Williams found herself in "The 10th" this Kingdom |
| #4654, aired 2004-11-25 | RETITLED CINEMA $1000: Robin Williams amused Thailand with "Untraditional Doctor, Delighted Patients", known as this in the U.S. Patch Adams |
| #4641, aired 2004-11-08 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: John Gray's "planetary" relationship book that won tennis' U.S. Open in 2001 Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus Williams |
| #4638, aired 2004-11-04 | '50s TV $1000: A few years before playing John Robinson in "Lost in Space", Guy Williams played this swashbuckler Zorro |
| #4632, aired 2004-10-26 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $200: In June 2002 they became the first sisters to be ranked No. 1 & 2 in tennis at the same time Venus & Serena Williams |
| #4632, aired 2004-10-26 | A HIT TWICE $1200: In 1977 Meco topped the charts with the "Star Wars" theme; this composer of the theme could only reach No. 10 John Williams |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | SPORTS VENUES $1000: (I'm Moe Williams from the NFL.) The Minnesota Vikings play their home games in a domed stadium named for this former U.S. vice president Humphrey |
| #4607, aired 2004-09-21 | BIG SCREEN BIOS $800: "Your Cheatin' Heart" Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #4605, aired 2004-09-17 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $1000: Jason Patrick & Ashley Judd are seen here in the acclaimed revival of this Tennessee Williams classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #4597, aired 2004-09-07 | BASEBALL: THE 1930s $1200: In 1939 Red Sox rookie batted .327; 2 years later his batting average increased 79 points Ted Williams |
| #4592, aired 2004-07-20 | COLONIAL AMERICA $800: On October 9, 1635 this minister was banished from Massachusetts; he headed south to Rhode Island (Roger) Williams |
| #4585, aired 2004-07-09 | GREAT SPORTS $1200: This woman has risen to the top of her chosen profession Serena Williams |
| #4580, aired 2004-07-02 | "SUMMER" FUN $1200: Sebastian Venable's summer fun was no picnic; in fact, he became a picnic in this one-act Tennessee Williams play Suddenly Last Summer |
| #4563, aired 2004-06-09 | MOVIE ROLES $600: Robin Williams danced with a vacuum cleaner to the song "Dude Looks Like A Lady" in this 1993 comedy Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #4545, aired 2004-05-14 | WAAAAAAH! $400: In 1949 this country legend sang, "The midnight train is whining low, I'm so lonesome I could cry" Hank Williams |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $200: Venus & Serena grew up in this huge city's suburb of Compton, better known for rappers than groundstrokers Los Angeles |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $400: Williams was born on March 26, 1911 in this Mississippi town named for America's discoverer Columbus |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $400: In 2001 the Williams sisters got "animated" on the court in the "Tennis the Menace" episode of this Fox series The Simpsons |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $600: In 2001 Serena was seen with LaVar Arrington, LB for this NFL team certain to draw cheers when you answer the Washington Redskins |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $800: Richard Burton & Ava Gardner starred in the '64 film adaptation of Tennessee's "Night of" this arboreal lizard the Iguana |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $800: Venus took the 2000 & 2001 singles titles at this British Grand Slam event Wimbledon |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $1200: Going to Provincetown to read for Williams helped get Marlon Brando the role of this character Stanley Kowalski |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $1600: This 1955 play featuring Maggie, Brick & Big Daddy won the Pulitzer Prize Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #4542, aired 2004-05-11 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $2000: Laura Wingfield lives in a fantasy world populated by her collection of fragile animals in this 1945 play The Glass Menagerie |
| #4540, aired 2004-05-07 | THEATRE $800: Several different musicals have been based on Margery Williams' tale about this "Velveteen" creature the rabbit |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | WRITERS' MIDDLE NAMES $1600: It was the middle name of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet William Williams Carlos |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC DRINKIN' SONGS $400: "Into these last nine beers" Hank Williams "shed a million" of these tears |
| #4525, aired 2004-04-16 | WHAT THEY WORE $600: She aced the competition at the 2002 U.S. Open wearing a slinky catsuit Serena Williams |
| #4517, aired 2004-04-06 | SINGING ACTORS $2000: Nicole Kidman teamed up with British pop star Robbie Williams on a 2001 version of this Frank & Nancy Sinatra duet "Something Stupid" |
| #4510, aired 2004-03-26 | '70s MOVIE THEMES $1600: Andy Williams had a 1972 hit with "Speak Softly Love", the theme from this epic film The Godfather |
| #4506, aired 2004-03-22 | THE YEAR IN SPORTS $1600: In this, his final year, Ted Williams became one of the few major leaguers to play in 4 decades 1960 |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | NATIONAL SITES $2000: This state's only national memorial honors clergyman Roger Williams Rhode Island |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | TELEVISION $1600: Grieving dad Treat Williams moved his family to this title Colorado town on a WB drama Everwood |
| #4480, aired 2004-02-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $2000: Botticelli painting in which Serena's sister is brought forth on a shell Birth of Venus Williams |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | JAWS $400: (Sarah) His "Jaws" score includes "Out to Sea", "Promenade Tourists on the Menu", and, of course, the main title theme John Williams |
| #4468, aired 2004-01-28 | THE SWEET SPOT $1000: In 1959 Elia Kazan directed this Tennessee Williams play Sweet Bird of Youth |
| #4463, aired 2004-01-21 | LET'S GO TO THE PARK $800: Roger Williams Park is the largest park in this Rhode Island city founded by Williams in 1636 Providence |
| #4460, aired 2004-01-16 | OUR NATIONAL PASTIME $1000: Tony Gwynn's 1994 batting average of .394 was the highest since this man's .406 in 1941 Ted Williams |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN THE MOVIES? $600 (Daily Double): She was discovered while performing at the 1940 Aquacade in San Francisco Esther Williams |
| #4443, aired 2003-12-24 | THE 1840s $400: This organization was begun in London in 1844 by George Williams to hold Bible readings for his coworkers; pools came later the YMCA |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | ROBIN WILLIAMS ROLES $400: Peter Banning aka Peter Pan Hook |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | ROBIN WILLIAMS ROLES $800: DJ Adrian Cronauer Good Morning, Vietnam |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | ROBIN WILLIAMS ROLES $1200: Prep school English teacher John Keating Dead Poets Society |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | ROBIN WILLIAMS ROLES $1600: Therapist Sean McGuire Good Will Hunting |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | ROBIN WILLIAMS ROLES $2000: Sax player Vladimir Ivanoff Moscow on the Hudson |
| #4439, aired 2003-12-18 | SCREEN PLAYS $1600: Paul Newman was so good in this man's play "Sweet Bird of Youth" that he got to star in the film, too Tennessee Williams |
| #4432, aired 2003-12-09 | MR. ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Providence, RI.) This compass is believed to be the one that guided this man to the place he called Providence in 1636 Roger Williams |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | REMEMBER THE 1980s? $400: Suzette Charles took over as Miss America when this woman resigned after nude photos of her were published Vanessa Williams |
| #4421, aired 2003-11-24 | ALBUMS $600: (Hey, this is Brad Paisley.) The title of my "Part II" CD was inspired by this movie Part II starring Steve Martin & my wife Kimberly Williams as his daughter Father of the Bride |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Melvil Dewey (of Decimal System fame) graduated from this Massachusetts college named for a Lord Jeff Amherst |
| #4412, aired 2003-11-11 | OLD HAVEN $1600: He founded the colony of Rhode Island as a haven for those persecuted by the Puritans Roger Williams |
| #4407, aired 2003-11-04 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $400: Tom Wingfield brings Jim O'Connor home to meet his sister Laura in this Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie |
| #4390, aired 2003-10-10 | SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES $1000: In 1986 Williams & Dubner, with too much time on their hands, found that a number formed by 1,031 ones in a row was this prime |
| #4388, aired 2003-10-08 | WINTER SPORTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Job of Wayne Maki, Dave Forbes & Tiger Williams, who each made news when charged with criminal assault hockey player |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | WILLIAMS $400: (Alex presents from Mount Kenya Safari Club.) This Oscar-winning actor, who made Kenya a second home, was a founder of the Mount Kenya Safari Club William Holden |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | WILLIAMS $800: This orator who unsuccessfully ran for U.S. President 3 times was known as "The Great Commoner" William Jennings Bryan |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | WILLIAMS $1200: "The Great Commoner" & "The British Cicero" were nicknames of this "elder" statesman William Pitt |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | WILLIAMS $1600: This 18th & 19th c. poet & illustrator called one work "Oh, How I Dreamt of Things Impossible" William Blake |
| #4381, aired 2003-09-29 | WILLIAMS $2000: He's the journalist & abolitionist seen here William Lloyd Garrison |
| #4366, aired 2003-09-08 | MODERN-DAY QUOTES $400: On giving up her Miss America title in 1984 she said, "The past just came up and kicked me" Vanessa Williams |
| #4363, aired 2003-07-16 | POETS & POULTRY $2000: Last name of William Carlos, who wrote, "So much depends upon a red wheel barrow beside the white chickens" Williams |
| #4358, aired 2003-07-09 | JOHNNY COME LATELY $400: The theme to "Family Ties" was "Without Us", a duet by Deniece Williams & this "Wonderful! Wonderful!" singer Johnny Mathis |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | BROADWAY DEBUTS $600: Rip Torn started out understudying the role of Brick in this Tennessee Williams play & later took over the role Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #4341, aired 2003-06-16 | MUSICIANS $1200: If you're humming a movie theme, chances are good it's by this "Jaws" & "Star Wars" composer John Williams |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | FILMED IN HAWAII $400: Set in Tahiti but filmed in Hawaii, 1950's "Pagan Love Song" featured this star doing one of her famous water ballets Esther Williams |
| #4335, aired 2003-06-06 | PLAYWRIGHTS $400: Critic Walter Kerr called this man's "Camino Real" "the worst play yet written by the best playwright of his generation" Tennessee Williams |
| #4315, aired 2003-05-09 | LOCUTION, LOCUTION, LOCUTION $800: To be extremely nervous or agitated is to be like this title of a Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #4308, aired 2003-04-30 | 21st CENTURY MOVIES $2000: It stars Robin Williams as a psychotic nebbish obsessed with a suburban family One Hour Photo |
| #4295, aired 2003-04-11 | FAMOUS PEARS $400: A famous quotation about this pear variety also called the Williams is that it accounts for about 50% of U.S. production the Bartlett pear |
| #4292, aired 2003-04-08 | CHARACTERS IN PLAYS $400: This Tennessee Williams cotton plantation patriarch is unaware that he is dying of cancer Big Daddy |
| #4287, aired 2003-04-01 | MUSIC FOR FOOLS? $400: This singer's version of "Moon River" wasn't the big hit, but he did take "A Fool Never Learns" to No. 13 Andy Williams |
| #4280, aired 2003-03-21 | CHEAT 'EM $800: His classic song "Your Cheatin' Heart" didn't hit the charts until several weeks after his untimely death Hank Williams |
| #4274, aired 2003-03-13 | POP LIT $3,000 (Daily Double): This hit by the Motels checks out a play by Tennessee Williams "Suddenly Last Summer" |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | HISTORICAL NOVELS $200: Ben Ames Williams' novel "House Divided" depicts a Virginia family during this war Civil War |
| #4268, aired 2003-03-05 | THOSE '70s SHOWS $1600: Chin Ho Kelly,
Ben Kokua,
Danny Williams Hawaii Five-O |
| #4266, aired 2003-03-03 | GLAMOUR GIRLS OF SONG $600: The 2002 revival of the fairy tale musical "Into the Woods" starred this beautiful singer seen here Vanessa Williams |
| #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 |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: In February 1995 Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of Medgar, was elected this organization's chairperson NAACP |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | THEY ALL PLAYED SINGERS $800: His rowdy TV movie portrayal of Hank Williams Jr. was a far cry from his role as John-Boy Walton Richard Thomas |
| #4231, aired 2003-01-13 | MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE $400: He played Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a character based on neurologist Oliver Sacks, in the film "Awakenings" Robin Williams |
| #4224, aired 2003-01-02 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $800: Stanley Kowalski yells, "Stel-lahhh!" on Ephraim Cabot's farm in this collaboration by Tennessee Williams & Eugene O'Neill A Streetcar Named Desire Under the Elms |
| #4220, aired 2002-12-27 | HORSE SENSE $1600: Guy Williams rode Tornado as this hero Zorro |
| #4216, aired 2002-12-23 | UNIVERSITY STATE $200: Providence College & Roger Williams University Rhode Island |
| #4214, aired 2002-12-19 | CLASSROOM FILMS $200: 1989:
Robin Williams inspires his prep school students to discover Whitman & Tennyson Dead Poets Society |
| #4212, aired 2002-12-17 | LUNAR TUNES $400: In a 2002 episode of "Sex and the City", Carrie & Mr. Big danced to this Andy Williams classic "Moon River" |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | GOOD BUY $600: Roger Williams purchased the site for this state capital from the Narragansett Indians Providence, Rhode Island |
| #4196, aired 2002-11-25 | THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $1200: Tennessee Williams' "Cat"-woman
(6) Maggie |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | HARVARD DEGREE HONOREES $1,400 (Daily Double): 1982 recipients included Mother Teresa & this "Big Daddy" of Southern playwrights Tennessee Williams |
| #4182, aired 2002-11-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: In 1985 he won the CMA's first Music Video of the Year Award for "All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight" Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #4181, aired 2002-11-04 | MAN, OH MAN! $800: Known to millions as Ralph Malph, this man continued his acting in the Ron Howard movie "EDtv" Donny Most |
| #4178, aired 2002-10-30 | STAR WARS STARS $1000: Gale Sayers in the original "Brian's Song", he played the dashing Lando Calrissian in 2 of the films Billy Dee Williams |
| #4178, aired 2002-10-30 | THEATRE $1200: It's Tennessee Williams' semi-autobiographical play about the Wingfield family The Glass Menagerie |
| #4165, aired 2002-10-11 | ROLE PLAYING $400: "Mrs. Doubtfire"
(1993) Robin Williams |
| #4161, aired 2002-10-07 | PULITZER-WINNING PLAYWRIGHTS $400: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Tennessee Williams |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | E.T. 20th ANNIVERSARY $1000: Nominated for 9 Oscars, the movie won 4 including one for Original Score by this composer John Williams |
| #4130, aired 2002-07-12 | CHRIS COLUMBUS $1200: 1 of the 2 films Chris directed in which Robin Williams played the title character Mrs. Doubtfire (or Bicentennial Man) |
| #4122, aired 2002-07-02 | PARTNERS' LAST NAMES $1600: Paint guys:
Henry-Edward Sherwin-Williams |
| #4115, aired 2002-06-21 | GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS $400: 1988:
His "Good Morning, Vietnam" Robin Williams |
| #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | THAT'S "SWEET" $2000: Alexandra Del Lago is a fading screen star in this Tennessee Williams play Sweet Bird of Youth |
| #4113, aired 2002-06-19 | FOOTBALL $1000: Leading the Redskins in 1988, he became the first black quarterback to win the Super Bowl Doug Williams |
| #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | I WRITE THE SONGS $600: Just 5'2", his stature is huge for writing "An Old Fashioned Love Song" & a theme for "The Love Boat" Paul Williams |
| #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | SEE 'EM & WEEP $1000: Robin Williams leaves heaven to save wife Annabella Sciorra from hell in this 1998 weepie What Dreams May Come |
| #4099, aired 2002-05-30 | TITLE FILM FOLK $1000: Robin Williams cures with comedy Patch Adams |
| #4085, aired 2002-05-10 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $1,200 (Daily Double): At Wimbledon 2000, Venus Williams expressed appreciation for this 1957 & '58 champion Althea Gibson |
| #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | LET'S GO TO FLORENCE $400: In "Growing Up Brady", Barry Williams admits he had "a case of the hots for" this actress, his TV mom Florence Henderson |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | AS TOUGH AS "X", "Y", "Z" $2000: The observatory George Hale founded in Williams Bay, Wisconsin is named for this financier Charles Yerkes |
| #4044, aired 2002-03-14 | ATHLETES $400: She's won several tennis doubles titles with her sister & recorded the fastest women's serve in history--127 mph Venus WIlliams |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | THE PLAY'S THE THING $200: It's the mode of public transport mentioned in a 1947 Tennessee Williams' play title a streetcar |
| #4043, aired 2002-03-13 | THE SILVER SCREEN $2000: In "Mars Attacks!", the Martians were defeated by the playing of this country singer's 1952 hit "Indian Love Call" Slim Whitman |
| #4034, aired 2002-02-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $200: They're the two sisters seen here, celebrating a win Venus & Serena Williams |
| #4025, aired 2002-02-15 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $2000: This Rhode Island minister compiled a dictionary of the Narragansett language Roger Williams |
| #4024, aired 2002-02-14 | TENNIS STARS $200: These sisters played against each other in the 1998 Australian Open the Williams sisters (Venus & Serena) |
| #4017, aired 2002-02-05 | PLAY TIME $800: Laura collects glass animal figurines in this play by Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie |
| #4007, aired 2002-01-22 | PARDON MY FRENCH $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from New Orleans.) The French Quarter is also known by this French name, which is also the title of a play by Tennessee Williams Le Vieux Carre |
| #4005, aired 2002-01-18 | THE BRADY BUNCH $1000: In 1999 Barry Williams released a CD, "The Return of" this pop star, his alter ego on the show Johnny Bravo |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | JOKERS $800: In 1987, at the first American Comedy Awards, this manic guy won Funniest Male Performer & Male Stand-Up Robin Williams |
| #4003, aired 2002-01-16 | THE NATIONAL PASTIME $1600: This Yankee center fielder, the 1998 A.L. batting champ, plays classical guitar in his spare time Bernie Williams |
| #4001, aired 2002-01-14 | THE MUSICAL FABRIC STORE $800: George Winston wrote the music for an audio CD of this beloved bunny book by Margery Williams The Velveteen Rabbit |
| #4000, aired 2002-01-11 | DRAMA & DRAMATISTS $200: "Whoever you are--I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" is from this Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #3992, aired 2002-01-01 | AMERICAN MUSEUMS $600: The last Major Leaguer to hit .400, his Museum & Hitters Hall of Fame in Hernando, Fla. is decorated in "Fenway green" Ted Williams |
| #3991, aired 2001-12-31 | THEY PLAYED REAL PEOPLE $400: Armed Forces Radio disc jockey Adrian Cronauer (1987) Robin Williams |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | SAME LAST NAME $800: Daniel performed the first successful open heart surgery & Robin was absent-minded in "Flubber" Williams |
| #3987, aired 2001-12-25 | LEGENDS OF THE GAMES $1600: Venus Williams, Billie Jean King tennis |
| #3982, aired 2001-12-18 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $200 (Daily Double): In January 1636 this clergyman fled Massachusetts & settled in the Narragansett Bay area Roger Williams |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | STORE TREK $600: This store, a place for cooks, was founded by Chuck Williams in the 1950s Williams-Sonoma |
| #3961, aired 2001-11-19 | COLLEGE MOVIES $800: Robin Williams played an absent-minded professor who invents a rubbery substance in this 1997 remake Flubber |
| #3949, aired 2001-11-01 | THEY GOT MILK, TOO? $100: In their "got milk?" ad, these tennis sisters said, "Make ours doubles" the Williams Sisters (Serena & Venus) |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | ROBOT MANIA $1000: Based on a story by Isaac Asimov, this Robin Williams robot film spans 200 years Bicentennial Man |
| #3937, aired 2001-10-16 | FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA $400: If you don't know the name of this Coppola-directed 1996 Robin Williams film, then you don't know this title Jack |
| #3936, aired 2001-10-15 | THEY WERE IN THAT? $800: Mel Gibson makes a punked-out cameo in this 1997 Robin Williams-Billy Crystal comedy Fathers' Day |
| #3925, aired 2001-09-28 | TW"EEN"S $400: In a children's story, author Margery Williams' rabbit was this material before a fairy made it real velveteen |
| #3919, aired 2001-09-20 | 2000 $100: Members of this family won women's singles & doubles titles at Wimbledon Williams |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | TV TITLE PAIRS $400: Robin Williams &
Pam Dawber Mork & Mindy |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | TV TITLE PAIRS $600: Penny Marshall &
Cindy Williams Laverne & Shirley |
| #3900, aired 2001-07-13 | PRESENTING THE PLAYWRIGHTS $300: The works of this two-time Pulitzer Prize winner are set largely in the American south Tennessee Williams |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $800: In this black & white horror classic, zombies also "Seize the Day" with Robin Williams Night of the Living Dead Poets Society |
| #3880, aired 2001-06-15 | STATELY FIRST NAMES $600: Cathy reveals that "Suddenly, Last Summer" cousin Sebastian was cannibalized in a play by this man Tennessee Williams |
| #3866, aired 2001-05-28 | 50 YEARS AGO $400: This country legend's "Cold, Cold Heart" hit No. 1 on the country charts on March 17, 1951 Hank Williams |
| #3865, aired 2001-05-25 | DRAMA & DRAMATISTS $600: This 1961 Tennessee Williams play takes place at the Costa Verde, a small Mexican hotel on a jungle-covered hilltop Night of the Iguana |
| #3864, aired 2001-05-24 | OSCAR'S SUPPORTING ACTORS $200: Nominated for Best Actor for "Good Morning, Vietnam", he won for support in "Good Will Hunting" Robin Williams |
| #3856, aired 2001-05-14 | THE MOVIES $1000: (Hi, I'm Nathan Lane.) My movie with Robin Williams, "The Birdcage", is an English language version of this film La Cage aux Folles |
| #3850, aired 2001-05-04 | QUAKERS $600: Roger Williams disagreed with Quaker teachings but was a friend to the Friends, providing refuge in this colony Rhode Island |
| #3849, aired 2001-05-03 | BALLET $1000: "This Property is Condemned " is based on a 1-act play by this author of "The Glass Menagerie" Tennessee Williams |
| #3837, aired 2001-04-17 | PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS $200: In 1954 Grand Ole Opry manager Jim Denny told this singer, "You ought to go back to drivin' a truck" Elvis Presley |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | AKA $300: Steven Williams wrestles under this name worth at least $6 million "Stone Cold" Steve Austin |
| #3831, aired 2001-04-09 | FOR MIND OF PEACE $500: Jody Williams, heading an international campaign to ban these weapons, won in 1997 Land mines |
| #3828, aired 2001-04-04 | DUETS $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Randy Travis, here at the Hollywood Bowl.) On my 1990 "Heroes & Friends" album, this legend joined me in singing...
"Happy Trails to You" Roy Rogers |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | MUSIC OF THE '90s $300: John Williams received a 1991 Oscar nomination for "When You're Alone" from this Spielberg version of "Peter Pan" Hook |
| #3818, aired 2001-03-21 | LIBRARIES $200: The Chapin Library of Rare Books at Williams College in this state's Berkshire Hills has a 1787 copy of the Constitution Massachusetts |
| #3814, aired 2001-03-15 | FILMS OF THE '90s $1,500 (Daily Double): In this 1990 film Robin Williams played a doctor who was able to rouse a group of catatonic patients Awakenings |
| #3811, aired 2001-03-12 | '90s OSCAR WINNERS $500 (Daily Double): His 12 nominations for movies of the decade produced 1 win, Best Original Score for “Schindler's List” John Williams |
| #3808, aired 2001-03-07 | I LOVE CANDY $500: "Hard Candy" was a 1954 collection of short stories by this "Rose Tattoo" playwright Tennessee Williams |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | FIRST NOVELS $200: This southern playwright's first novel, "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone", became a film starring Vivian Leigh Tennessee Williams |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | BALLET $1000: "A Streetcar..." is an abstract ballet inspired by the work of this playwright Tennessee Williams |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | SEE HOW THEY RUN $1000: This Wisconsin running back won the Heisman Trophy in 1999 & was Rose Bowl MVP in 2000 Ron Dayne |
| #3755, aired 2000-12-22 | CATS UP $1,800 (Daily Double): This Tennessee Williams portrait of Southern degeneracy opened in New York on March 24, 1955 "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | "C" BIRDS $200: Bird associated with Aeneas Williams & Mark McGwire Cardinal |
| #3749, aired 2000-12-14 | R&B $600: (Hi, I'm Brian McKnight) In 1993 I duetted with this beautiful lady on the hit song "Love Is" Vanessa Williams |
| #3747, aired 2000-12-12 | CLASSIC ALBUMS $200: He left Mork behind to make the classic comedy album "A Night at the Met" Robin Williams |
| #3735, aired 2000-11-24 | R.I.P. IN ALABAMA $800: This country singing legend's tombstone reads, "Praise the Lord I Saw the Light" Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #3730, aired 2000-11-17 | TENNIS $400: At Wimbledon 2000 she became only the second African-American woman to win the singles title Venus Williams |
| #3718, aired 2000-11-01 | FAMOUS NAMES IN FASHION $500: This "Million Dollar Mermaid" of the movies is still in the swim, with her own line of designer swimwear Esther Williams |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | AT THE "Y" $800: Paul Williams wrote the music for this "worldly" Helen Reddy Top 10 hit "You and Me Against the World" |
| #3713, aired 2000-10-25 | SPORTS STATS $400: (Hi, I'm Jayson Williams of the NBA.) In '97-'98 I was second in the NBA overall in this category, but first in the offensive type rebounds |
| #3706, aired 2000-10-16 | MUSIC $800: Vaughan Williams is among composers who wrote music for Larry Adler to play on this instrument Harmonica |
| #3703, aired 2000-10-11 | MISS AMERICA $100: Suzette Charles was Miss America 1984 for only 2 months, finishing this woman's term Vanessa Williams |
| #3702, aired 2000-10-10 | HE'S THE MAYOR $800: Anthony Williams Washington, D.C. |
| #3701, aired 2000-10-09 | THE BALD & THE BEAUTIFUL $400: This Emmy-winning talk show host, seen here, has also been seen in dramatic roles Montel Williams |
| #3694, aired 2000-09-28 | CONTEMPORARIES $800: While Bunyan was making progress with his Pilgrim, this Puritan was in charge of defending Providence Roger Williams |
| #3685, aired 2000-09-15 | SPORTS 2000 $400: She dispatched sister Serena at Wimbledon & went on to defeat Lindsay Davenport for the title Venus Williams |
| #3681, aired 2000-09-11 | STREET SENSE $500: Spanish for "road"; for Tennessee Williams it was the "real" thing Camino |
| #3654, aired 2000-06-22 | THE OSCARS $600: Robin Williams & some high-kicking Lady Mounties performed this nominated song from the "South Park" film "Blame Canada" |
| #3645, aired 2000-06-09 | NO. 1 HITS OF THE '90s $300: In 1992 she became the only former Miss America to have a No. 1 hit, "Save the Best for Last" Vanessa Williams |
| #3642, aired 2000-06-06 | WHO CREATED 'EM? $200: Gooper Pollitt,
Jim O'Connor,
Stella Kowalski Tennessee Williams |
| #3636, aired 2000-05-29 | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $300: Williams, Fawkes, Lombardo Guy |
| #3633, aired 2000-05-24 | CAPITOL RECORDS $800: This singer's album "The Ego Has Landed" is conquering the U.K. & USA with hits like "Angels" & "Millennium" Robbie Williams |
| #3625, aired 2000-05-12 | NAME THE PLAYWRIGHT $200: "Summer And Smoke" Tennessee Williams |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | IN & AROUND LONDON $600: Thackeray, Wesley & this founder of Rhode Island were schooled at Charterhouse, which is about 20 miles from London Roger Williams |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS $200: Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1966, his lifetime batting average was .344 Ted Williams |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS $400: This crooner's hits include 1971's "Where Do I Begin" & 1959's "Lonely Street" Andy Williams |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS $800: The aquatic Mrs. Fernando Lamas Esther Williams |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS $1000: This devoted mom has been called the most famous Miss America of all time Vanessa Williams |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS $1,600 (Daily Double): "The Hillbilly Shakespeare" is one nickname of this legendary singer Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #3616, aired 2000-05-01 | LITERATURE $300: A rundown Mexican hotel is the setting for "The Night of the Iguana", a play by this writer Tennessee Williams |
| #3615, aired 2000-04-28 | WINTERS $400 (Daily Double): This comic who claims Winters as his mentor had Jonathan play his son on TV in 1981 Robin Williams |
| #3614, aired 2000-04-27 | SHORTS $400: Walter Williams made his first short with this character in 1975 for a cost of ("Ohh nooo!!!") about $20: Mr. Bill |
| #3609, aired 2000-04-20 | THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS $100: This star of the 1952 movie "Million Dollar Mermaid" called her 1999 memoir "The Million Dollar Mermaid" Esther Williams |
| #3595, aired 2000-03-31 | THE MOVIES $200: Before her sitcom stardom, Cindy Williams co-starred as Richard Dreyfuss' sister in this George Lucas film American Graffiti |
| #3593, aired 2000-03-29 | MUSIC $200: Vaughan Williams' "Romance" is for orchestra & this instrument you blow & suck air through Harmonica |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | PURPLE MUSIC $400: Born in Chicago in 1933, he received an Oscar nomination for his original score for "The Color Purple" Quincy Jones |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | "YOUR" ACT $200: In song Hank Williams reminded us that this unfaithful organ "will tell on you" "Your Cheatin' Heart" |
| #3587, aired 2000-03-21 | POTPOURRI $500: The 1999 Tony for Scenic Design went to "Not About Nightingales" by this late Southern playwright Tennessee Williams |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | THE CINEMA $300: She co-starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Eraser" & sang its theme, "Where Do We Go From Here" Vanessa Williams |
| #3580, aired 2000-03-10 | MASONS $1000: In 1987 this guitarist recorded a new version of "Classical Gas" with Mannheim Steamroller Mason Williams |
| #3566, aired 2000-02-21 | TIME QUOTES $600: Tennessee Williams wrote that "Time is the longest distance between 2 places" in this 1945 play "The Glass Menagerie" |
| #3554, aired 2000-02-03 | EXPRESS YOURSELF $800: On giving up her Miss America title in 1984, she said, "The past just came up and kicked me" Vanessa Williams |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $800: His success with "Lovesick Blues" led to his Opry debut in 1949; he was called back for 6 encores that first night Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #3539, aired 2000-01-13 | WRITERS BY MIDDLE NAME $600: American poet Carlos William Carlos Williams |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | LITERARY LAST NAME'S THE SAME $400: C.K.,
Emlyn,
Tennessee Williams |
| #3532, aired 2000-01-04 | MISSISSIPPI WRITERS $600: His given names were Thomas Lanier, but he adopted a more "stately" name Tennessee Williams |
| #3530, aired 1999-12-31 | VENUS $200: In 1999 she & her sister Serena aced the women's doubles final at the French Open Venus Williams |
| #3527, aired 1999-12-28 | STUPID ANSWERS $500: (Hi, I'm Jason Williams of the New Jersey Nets) In 1999 this flashy Sacramento Kings guard was second in voting for NBA Rookie of the Year Jason Williams |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | ROOFS $1,000 (Daily Double): Roofing material in the title of Tennessee Williams' second Pulitzer Prize-winning play tin (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) |
| #3519, aired 1999-12-16 | PLAY"BOY" $400: When Deniece Williams hit No. 1 with this song in 1984, she was "Footloose" & fancy free "Let's Hear It for the Boy" |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | ROBIN $100: He's starred in 2 "Good" movies: "Good Morning, Vietnam" & "Good Will Hunting" Robin Williams |
| #3511, aired 1999-12-06 | BALLET $200: Valerie Bettis choreographed a ballet based on this Tennessee Williams play & sometimes played Blanche in it A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #3509, aired 1999-12-02 | PLAY TIME $200: Calista Flockhart played the "fragile" Laura in a 1994 revival of this Tennessee Williams play "The Glass Menagerie" |
| #3508, aired 1999-12-01 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $500: In 1998 this Texas running back broke Tony Dorsett's career rushing record, finishing with 6,279 yards Ricky Williams |
| #3501, aired 1999-11-22 | SHIRLEY $200: She played Shirley Feeney on "Laverne & Shirley" Cindy Williams |
| #3490, aired 1999-11-05 | SCHOOL PLAYS $100: A gentleman caller breaks Laura's unicorn figurine in this Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie |
| #3489, aired 1999-11-04 | PROFESSIONAL SPORTS $400: Of the 2 Williams sisters currently starring on the pro tennis tour, she won the 1999 U.S. Open Serena Williams |
| #3480, aired 1999-10-22 | WHO'S THE BOSS $500: Every week Danno Williams would "book 'em" for this boss Steve McGarrett (played by Jack Lord) |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | BASEBALL NICKNAMES $500: "The Splendid Splinter" Ted Williams |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | IT'S A DRAG (MOVIE) $100: 1993, starring Robin Williams Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #3462, aired 1999-09-28 | STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES $400: "The Roger Williams City" Providence |
| #3455, aired 1999-09-17 | SPORTS STARS $800: This American won her first Wimbledon singles title in 1999, beating Steffi Graf in the final Lindsay Davenport |
| #3451, aired 1999-09-13 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: His classic song "Your Cheatin' Heart" didn't chart until several weeks after his death Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #3448, aired 1999-09-08 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: He was first famous as a comedian, but now he's into more serious stuff in movies like "Patch Adams" Robin Williams |
| #3437, aired 1999-07-13 | NICE BUNNIES $500: The love of a boy brings a stuffed bunny to life in this classic book by Margery Williams The Velveteen Rabbit |
| #3423, aired 1999-06-23 | TELEVISION $800: Guy Williams won this swashbuckling role because he was one of the few actors tested who could fence Zorro |
| #3417, aired 1999-06-15 | THEATRE $600: Leapin Lizards! This Tennessee Williams play takes place at the Costa Verde Resort in Mexico Night of the Iguana |
| #3415, aired 1999-06-11 | THEY REST IN RHODE ISLAND $600: This founder of Rhode Island has his own memorial in Providence Roger Williams |
| #3411, aired 1999-06-07 | THE NATIONAL PASTIME $400: Since 1924 this Red Sox player has had the highest major league batting average for a season, .406 Ted Williams |
| #3409, aired 1999-06-03 | TV MINISERIES $400: Vanessa Williams played Calypso & Greta Scacchi was the long-suffering Penelope in this 1997 epic The Odyssey |
| #3399, aired 1999-05-20 | PROVIDENCE $1000: Grateful for God's providence, this man founded the town & named it accordingly Roger Williams |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | BUSINESS PARTNERS $400: In paint:
Henry Sherwin &... Edward Williams |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | BLONDIE $100: Teen actress Michelle Williams was the young alien in the film "Species" before co-starring in this WB TV series Dawson's Creek |
| #3389, aired 1999-05-06 | NAME THE PLAYWRIGHT $200: "The Glass Menagerie" Tennessee Williams |
| #3375, aired 1999-04-16 | POTPOURRI $800: This Creole concoction of meat & seafood is so good Hank Williams wrote a song about it in 1952 "Jambalaya" |
| #3367, aired 1999-04-06 | JOB BANK $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Billy Warlock of General Hospital.) I started my career in Hollywood as a stunt double for Robin Williams on this TV series Mork & Mindy |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $600: "There's a Tear in My Beer" was a 1989 duet hit by this man & his father who had died 36 years earlier Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | NOVELIST-PLAYWRIGHTS $100: Fading actresses are the heroines of his novel "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" & his play "Sweet Bird of Youth" Tennessee Williams |
| #3345, aired 1999-03-05 | WAY BACK IN 1995 $300: Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of Medgar Evers, was sworn in as its chairwoman in 1995 NAACP |
| #3336, aired 1999-02-22 | FATHERLY NICKNAMES $500: "The Father of Rhode Island" Roger Williams |
| #3332, aired 1999-02-16 | 20th CENTURY POETS $1000: Author heard here reading an entire poem:
"So much depends upon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside the white chickens" William Carlos Williams |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "G" $800: Salinger family, or Williams menagerie
(5) Glass |
| #3313, aired 1999-01-20 | MAIN STREET U.S.A. $400: Established by Roger Williams, the oldest Baptist church in the U.S. is on this city's Main St. Providence |
| #3313, aired 1999-01-20 | 1957 $500: Signing a $100,000 contract with the Red Sox, he became the highest paid player in baseball Ted Williams |
| #3310, aired 1999-01-15 | FROM BOOK TO SCREEN $400: This 1998 Robin Williams tearjerker is based on a 1978 novel by Richard Matheson What Dreams May Come |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | MOVIE NOSTALGIA $200: This "bathing beauty" dove into films in 1942, in "Andy Hardy's Double Life" Esther Williams |
| #3283, aired 1998-12-09 | TREATS $200: This actor's credits include "Hair" & "Prince of the City" Treat Williams |
| #3274, aired 1998-11-26 | A WHITMAN SAMPLER $600: It's the title of the movie that featured the following:
"A poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln; now in this class you can either call me 'Mr. Keating', or if you're slightly more daring, 'O Captain! My Captain!'" Dead Poets Society (Robin Williams) |
| #3263, aired 1998-11-11 | THE 13 COLONIES $1000: In 1634 William Blackstone, not Roger Williams, became the first Englishman to settle in this colony Rhode Island |
| #3254, aired 1998-10-29 | LOBBYISTS $800: In 1997 Jack Williams of this company was indicted for lying about his dealings with Mike Espy Tyson Foods |
| #3253, aired 1998-10-28 | THE MOVIES $500: Kirk Douglas played the "gentleman caller" in the film version of this Tennessee Williams play "The Glass Menagerie" |
| #3240, aired 1998-10-09 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In March 1643 he left Rhode Island for England to get a formal charter for the colony Roger Williams |
| #3237, aired 1998-10-06 | WRITERS' PRIVATE LIVES $200: Before he was famous he drove around with a license plate that read "Garp" John Irving |
| #3234, aired 1998-10-01 | JULY $200: Carl "The Truth" Williams lasted 93 seconds in the ring with this "Iron" man July 21, 1989 Mike Tyson |
| #3231, aired 1998-09-28 | "DOWN" THE HATCH $500: In 1902 Battling Nelson inflicted 42 of these on Christy Williams, who finally stayed on the canvas Knockdowns |
| #3226, aired 1998-09-21 | BRIAN DE PALMA FILMS $800: Paul Williams starred in this 1974 rock version of "Phantom of the Opera" Phantom of the Paradise |
| #3210, aired 1998-07-10 | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $400: Acclaimed guitarist who shares his name with the composer of "Star Wars" John Williams |
| #3194, aired 1998-06-18 | 1980s FILM FACTS $600: Robin Williams "sail"ed into movie stardom as this title character in a Robert Altman film Popeye |
| #3190, aired 1998-06-12 | APPROBATION $300: Jody Williams won a 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to ban these weapons land mines |
| #3176, aired 1998-05-25 | THE NAME'S THE SAME $1000: Though lovely, this actress who co-starred on "Melrose Place" is not the Miss America of the same name Vanessa Williams |
| #3174, aired 1998-05-21 | BLACK AMERICANS $400: This TV talk show host, seen here, once served as a Navy intelligence officer Montel Williams |
| #3170, aired 1998-05-15 | SINGERS ON FILM $200: Once Miss America, she's gone from hosting "The Soul of VH1" to starring in "Soul Food" Vanessa Williams |
| #3163, aired 1998-05-06 | TENNIS, ANYONE? $600: This 17-year-old, then ranked No. 66, shook up women's tennis by reaching the 1997 U.S. Open final Venus Williams |
| #3156, aired 1998-04-27 | THE 70th OSCARS $300: On winning for this film, Robin Williams said, "Thank you, Ben and Matt. I still want to see some I.D." Good Will Hunting |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | THE MOVIES $400: The French film "Les Comperes" was turned into this 1997 film with Robin Williams & Billy Crystal Fathers' Day |
| #3146, aired 1998-04-13 | MEAT ME $800: At Tennessee Williams' house, it was always "The Night of" this tropical treat, the chicken of the trees Iguana |
| #3141, aired 1998-04-06 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $200: Vanessa,
Treat,
Anson Williams |
| #3139, aired 1998-04-02 | MOVIE SCORES $100: Through 1997 he had composed the scores to 7 of the top 10 money-making movies of all time John Williams |
| #3139, aired 1998-04-02 | STATE CAPITALS $300: This city boasts museums devoted to toys, beverage containers & Hank Williams Jr. Nashville |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | PLAY TIME $200: In Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" Abigail Williams accuses Elizabeth Proctor of this crime Witchcraft |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | PLAY TIME $400: Tom Wingfield, the narrator of this man's "The Glass Menagerie", calls it a "memory play" Tennessee Williams |
| #3096, aired 1998-02-02 | BLOCKBUSTERS $200: In a 1993 hit, Robin Williams played Daniel Hillard, who dressed up as this title character Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #3094, aired 1998-01-29 | I'M WARNING YOU... $1000: Title of a 1972 Tennessee Williams play, they're advisories put out to boat-owners in high winds small craft warnings |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | FUNNYMEN $200: As attorney Peter Banning in "Hook", he protests, "I'm not a pirate! It so happens that I am a lawyer" Robin Williams |
| #3081, aired 1998-01-12 | COUNTRY SINGERS $600: This famous "Junior" called one of his early backup bands The Cheatin' Hearts Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | HOW “SWEET” IT IS $500: This Tennessee Williams play features fading film star Princess Kosmonopolis Sweet Bird of Youth |
| #3044, aired 1997-11-20 | MANIMALS $500: This "Good Morning, Vietnam" star once studied drama with John Houseman Robin Williams |
| #3040, aired 1997-11-14 | TEENS ON FILM $200: In this comedy named for a holiday, Charlie Hofheimer is the son of Robin Williams... or Billy Crystal Father's Day |
| #3031, aired 1997-11-03 | U.S. CITIES $800: This state capital is home to the 4 1/2 acre Roger Williams National Memorial Park Providence, Rhode Island |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | MAN MEETS TOON $300: This MGM animated mouse danced onscreen with Gene Kelly & joined with Tom to swim with Esther Williams Jerry |
| #3023, aired 1997-10-22 | BY THE "BOOK" $600: Steve McGarrett's command to Danny Williams at the end of a "Hawaii Five-O" episode "Book 'em, Danno!" |
| #3020, aired 1997-10-17 | THEY ALMOST STARRED IN... $500: Liam Neeson might have "seized the day" in this 1989 film but Robin Williams starred instead Dead Poets Society |
| #3017, aired 1997-10-14 | ATHLETES $300: The last Major League Baseball player to hit .400 in a season, he was John Glenn's wingman in the Korean War Ted Williams |
| #3003, aired 1997-09-24 | SHOES $400: The lad who's the symbol of a line of Sherwin-Williams paints wears this type of shoes wooden shoes (or clogs) |
| #3000, aired 1997-09-19 | FOREIGN CUISINE $200: Tennessee Williams could have told you this lizard is a taste treat in Mexico; it's even found in tamales the iguana |
| #2980, aired 1997-07-11 | SPORTS $500: In 1941 this Red Sox star led the major leagues in both batting average, .406, & home runs, 37 Ted Williams |
| #2971, aired 1997-06-30 | MOVIE DEBUTS $200: "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" marked the film debut of this madcap comic, later Mork & Mindy's TV son Jonathan Winters |
| #2966, aired 1997-06-23 | TV COMPOSERS $600: His first sci-fi theme was for "Lost in Space"; later he composed for sci-fi films like "Star Wars" John Williams |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | COUNTRY SINGERS $500: "All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight" won him the first CMA award for Music Video of the Year Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #2949, aired 1997-05-29 | SEE THE U.S.A. $500: Tennessee Williams lived in this Florida city for decades, & a fine arts center there is named for him Key West |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | FEMALE SINGERS $500: "Love Is", her duet with Brian McKnight, was featured on the "Beverly Hills 90210" soundtrack Vanessa Williams |
| #2922, aired 1997-04-22 | DRAMA $200: In this Tennessee Williams play, Big Daddy returns to his cotton plantation unaware that he's dying of cancer Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $200: Tennessee broke onto the Broadway scene in 1945 with this play with a "breakable" title The Glass Menagerie |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $400: A Time magazine piece on Kathleen Turner in this play was titled "Once More, With Feline" Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $600: One of Tennessee's last plays, "Clothes for A Summer Hotel", was about this Jazz Age author & his wife F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $800: Williams' "The Notebook of Trigorin", based on this "soaring" Chekhov play, opened in 1996 in Cincinnati The Seagull |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS $1000: Williams worked with Jule Styne on a musical version of this play whose title mentions skin art The Rose Tattoo |
| #2912, aired 1997-04-08 | MUSICAL THEATRE $200: Treat Williams, Gary Sandy & Jim Belushi have all played the pirate king in this operetta The Pirates of Penzance |
| #2903, aired 1997-03-26 | COMEDY FILMS $200: Reminiscent of "Big", the 1996 film "Jack" featured this comic as a 10-year-old boy in a man's body Robin Williams |
| #2901, aired 1997-03-24 | ROGER $400: He founded the first Baptist church in America in 1639 Roger Williams |
| #2899, aired 1997-03-20 | 17th CENTURY AMERICA $300: In 1636 he established Rhode Island's first permanent European settlement at Providence Roger Williams |
| #2889, aired 1997-03-06 | POP MUSIC $200: This Miss America had a 1995 hit with "Colors of the Wind" Vanessa Williams |
| #2887, aired 1997-03-04 | ACTOR-PLAYWRIGHTS $1000: Native country of Emlyn Williams, who starred in his own plays "Night Must Fall" & "The Corn is Green" Wales |
| #2882, aired 1997-02-25 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $300: Its "Cover The Earth" logo officially turned 90 years old in 1995 Sherwin-Williams |
| #2875, aired 1997-02-14 | STATE CAPITALS $400: It's nicknamed "The Roger Williams City" Providence, Rhode Island |
| #2870, aired 1997-02-07 | ACTORS & ROLES $500: Kimberly Williams, from the "Father of the Bride" movies plays Isabel on this Saturday night TV drama "Relativity" |
| #2857, aired 1997-01-21 | FILM STARS $100: This "Mrs. Doubtfire" star was once a street mime Robin Williams |
| #2851, aired 1997-01-13 | BALLET $200: Igor Youskevitch was noted for playing Stanley in the ballet version of this Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | MUSICAL JOHNS $200: This composer of such film scores as "Star Wars" has also written a symphony & a violin concerto John Williams |
| #2836, aired 1996-12-23 | TV & FILM SAXOPHONISTS $1,000 (Daily Double): 1984 film that featured the following:
"It's a free country, welcome to almost anyone, and I hope that someday you'll join me here; of course I'll continue to write to you every week. Yes, in America anything is possible. Good-bye for now, beloved family. I love you. Voya."
[Playing a saxophone in a city park] "Moscow on the Hudson" (with Robin Williams) |
| #2798, aired 1996-10-30 | TELEVISION $400: Written by Paul Williams & sung by Jack Jones, this show's theme began, "Love, exciting and new" The Love Boat |
| #2787, aired 1996-10-15 | COMEDIES $300: This cross-dressing comedy with Nathan Lane & Robin Williams is a remake of "La Cage aux Folles" The Birdcage |
| #2784, aired 1996-10-10 | DRAMA $600: His 1924 play "Desire Under the Elms" wasn't publicly performed in London until 1940; it was banned Eugene O'Neill |
| #2780, aired 1996-10-04 | TV ACTORS & ROLES $500: In 1996 this talk show host turned actor to play a Navy SEAL turned teacher on "Matt Waters" Montel Williams |
| #2778, aired 1996-10-02 | TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME $500: This Boston Red Sox player won back-to-back titles 3 times:
1941 & '42, 1947 & '48, & 1957 & '58 Ted Williams |
| #2769, aired 1996-09-19 | POP CULTURE $300: In 1992 she became the only Miss America ever to top the Billboard charts Vanessa Williams |
| #2767, aired 1996-09-17 | FILMS OF THE '80s $200: Prep school teacher Robin Williams teaches his boys to "Seize the Day" in this Peter Weir film Dead Poets Society |
| #2754, aired 1996-07-18 | INTERNATIONAL THEATRE $100: Marlon Brando played Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" by this American playwright Tennessee Williams |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | SONGS OF THE '50s $300: He wrote "Your Cheatin' Heart" Hank Williams |
| #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | THE MOVIES $400: Robin Williams co-produced this 1993 film in which he played his estranged wife's female housekeeper Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #2721, aired 1996-06-03 | PEOPLE $400: He was a fiddler for Minnie Pearl before he became "King of the Road" Roger Miller |
| #2720, aired 1996-05-31 | ACTRESSES $600: Discovered while performing with Billy Rose's Aquacade, she later became film's "Million Dollar Mermaid" Esther Williams |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | POSTAGE STAMPS $100: This playwright was depicted on a 1995 U.S. stamp with a streetcar in the background Tennessee Williams |
| #2707, aired 1996-05-14 | THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR $500: David Williams, John Paulding & Isaac Van Wart became celebrities after capturing this major, a British spy (John) Andre |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | THE MOVIES $2,000 (Daily Double): He starred in the 1995 film that featured the prop seen here: Robin Williams |
| #2699, aired 1996-05-02 | THEATRE $400: A 1995 revival of this playwright's "Suddenly Last Summer" starred Elizabeth Ashley as the venomous Violet Venable Tennessee Williams |
| #2680, aired 1996-04-05 | "DAY" SONGS $600: Andy Williams & Henry Mancini had hits in 1963 with this film theme "Days of Wine And Roses" |
| #2675, aired 1996-03-29 | TV CHARACTERS $300: Guy Williams won this Disney role because of his fencing ability Zorro |
| #2667, aired 1996-03-19 | COLONIAL AMERICANS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1636 he bought land at the head of Narragansett Bay Roger Williams |
| #2661, aired 1996-03-11 | THE 1650s $300: From 1654 to 1657, he served as president of the Rhode Island colony Roger Williams |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | BLACK AMERICA $500: Chris Dickerson was the first Black Mr. America & she was the first Black Miss America Vanessa Williams |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | DRAMA $1000: One critic called "A Streetcar Named Desire" a rewrite of this author's "Miss Julie" August Strindberg |
| #2659, aired 1996-03-07 | "CAT"s & "DOG"s $300: Maggie Pollitt is the high-strung title heroine of this 1955 Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #2647, aired 1996-02-20 | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE $800: Signers' first names included
6 Williams,
6 Georges,
1 Button &
1 of these,
a Mr. Gerry Elbridge |
| #2642, aired 1996-02-13 | THEATRE $1,800 (Daily Double): Tennessee Williams turned his unproduced screenplay "The Gentleman Caller" into this play The Glass Menagerie |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | ROBIN WILLIAMS FILMS $100: He was "shtick" in a lamp in this 1992 animated Disney feature Aladdin |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | ROBIN WILLIAMS FILMS $200: As this title comic strip character in 1980, Robin had really big arms & a squint Popeye |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | ROBIN WILLIAMS FILMS $300: Glenn Close made her feature film debut in this Robin Williams film based on a John Irving book The World According to Garp |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | ROBIN WILLIAMS FILMS $400: In this 1990 film he played a doctor who brought a comatose Robert De Niro back to life Awakenings |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | ROBIN WILLIAMS FILMS $500: Message of teacher Williams to his students in "Dead Poets Society", or the title of a 1986 Williams film seize the day |
| #2638, aired 1996-02-07 | DRAMA $600: Gooper is Big Daddy's older son in this Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #2629, aired 1996-01-25 | THEATRE $800: Mercedes Ruehl played the lusty Serafina Delle Rose in the 1995 revival of his play "The Rose Tattoo" Tennessee Williams |
| #2626, aired 1996-01-22 | THE CIRCUS $400: This man, the greatest modern animal trainer, was the son of Max Gebel, a theatrical set designer Gunther Gebel-Williams |
| #2626, aired 1996-01-22 | AMERICAN MUSIC $600: He scored an Oscar for his score of "Jaws" (John) Williams |
| #2607, aired 1995-12-26 | TV SITCOMS $100: The title pair played by Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams Laverne & Shirley |
| #2601, aired 1995-12-18 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $300: This singer sometimes dresses like Carmen Miranda at his Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri Andy Williams |
| #2586, aired 1995-11-27 | BASEBALL HALL OF FAMERS $400: Baseball's batting leader for the 1940s & '50s Ted Williams |
| #2576, aired 1995-11-13 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $200: A defrocked minister-turned-tour guide is the leading character in his play "The Night of the Iguana" Tennessee Williams |
| #2566, aired 1995-10-30 | THEATRE $600: In March 1995 Maria Conchita Alonso replaced Vanessa Williams on Broadway in this musical set in South America Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| #2562, aired 1995-10-24 | THE EMMYS $400: Hank Williams, Jr. won a 1991 Emmy for writing the theme for this prime-time sports show Monday Night Football |
| #2562, aired 1995-10-24 | THEATRE $1000: This William Inge play was originally titled "Front Porch" Picnic |
| #2556, aired 1995-10-16 | THE MOVIES $400: Robin Williams voiced Batty Koda in the 1992 animated feature "Ferngully... the Last" of these the Rainforest |
| #2556, aired 1995-10-16 | FICTION $1000: In 1950 this playwright published his short novel "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" Tennessee Williams |
| #2553, aired 1995-10-11 | THE ARTS $600: In 1995 Keith Lockhart succeeded this man as conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra (John) Williams |
| #2552, aired 1995-10-10 | ARIZONA $100: A train that departs from Williams offers all-day excursions to the South Rim of this national wonder the Grand Canyon |
| #2536, aired 1995-09-18 | THEATRE $1,700 (Daily Double): This Southerner's play "Tiger Tail" is a reworking of his screenplay for the Carroll Baker film "Baby Doll" Tennessee Williams |
| #2531, aired 1995-09-11 | FAMOUS WOMEN $500: In June 1994 Vanessa Williams replaced this leading lady in Broadway's "Kiss of the Spider Woman" Chita Rivera |
| #2527, aired 1995-09-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: North Dakota is divided into 53 of these, alphabetically ranging from Adams to Williams counties |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | AMERICANA $500: 1636, the date on Rhode Island's state seal, is the year he founded Providence Roger WIlliams |
| #2522, aired 1995-07-18 | THEATRE $200: In 1994 Julie Harris starred in a Broadway revival of this playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" Tennessee Williams |
| #2516, aired 1995-07-10 | CROONERS $800: He hit the Top 40 in the 1960s with "And Roses and Roses" & "Days of Wine and Roses" Andy Williams |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | NEW ENGLAND TRIVIA $400: In 1636 Roger Williams settled among these Indians who gave their name to a bay Narragansett |
| #2503, aired 1995-06-21 | RELIGION $600: On March 14, 1644, this clergyman received a charter for Rhode Island (Roger) Williams |
| #2501, aired 1995-06-19 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $200: Of all his plays, "A Streetcar Named Desire" had the longest run on Broadway Tennessee Williams |
| #2484, aired 1995-05-25 | 1984 $200: Suzette Charles won this title by default when Vanessa Williams gave up her crown 2 months early Miss America |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | DRAMA $800: Creve Coeur is a St. Louis amusement park in this southerner's play "A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur" (Tennessee) Williams |
| #2474, aired 1995-05-11 | IN THE NEWS $300: Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, was elected head of this org. NAACP |
| #2467, aired 1995-05-02 | THEATRE $400: Maggie the Cat is the catty heroine of this Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #2467, aired 1995-05-02 | STATE CAPITALS $400: Covering about 430 acres, Roger Williams Park is this city's largest Providence |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | THE SMITHS $300: Pianist-composer Clarence Williams discovered this "Empress of the Blues" for Columbia Records Bessie Smith |
| #2444, aired 1995-03-30 | FOUNDERS $800: 1 of the 3 Plymouth colonists who founded Duxbury, Massachusetts John Alden, Miles Standish, William Brewster |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | CELEBRITY RELATIVES $500: Diane Ladd gained notice while appearing in a production of this cousin's play "Orpheus Descending" Tennessee Williams |
| #2415, aired 1995-02-17 | DRAMA $800: This southerner's 1964 play "The Eccentricities of a Nightingale" is a revision of his "Summer and Smoke" Tennessee Williams |
| #2390, aired 1995-01-13 | FILMS OF THE '90s $200: This actor's wife Marsha co-produced his hit film "Mrs. Doubtfire" Robin Williams |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | INVENTORS $200: This inventor of condensed milk was a Direct descendant of Roger Williams Gail Borden |
| #2370, aired 1994-12-16 | CONGRESS $800: Harrison Williams was the only senator caught in this 1978-1980 FBI "sting" operation Abscam |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | OPERA LIBRETTISTS $600: This late, great southern playwright wrote the libretto for the 1955 opera "Lord Byron's Love Letter" (Tennessee) Williams |
| #2348, aired 1994-11-16 | TV TO MOVIE STARS $400: A guest part on "Happy Days" led to his own series; later, he gave a genie a voice Robin Williams |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | PLAYWRIGHTS $600: It was the native language of Emlyn Williams, whose play "The Corn Is Green" is semi-autobiographical Welsh |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | U.S. CITIES $700 (Daily Double): State capital in which you'd find Roger Williams National Memorial Providence (Rhode Island) |
| #2325, aired 1994-10-14 | FILMS OF THE '90s $100: In this blockbuster comedy, Robin Williams takes a job as a nanny to be close to his kids Mrs. Doubtfire |
| #2321, aired 1994-10-10 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: Tennessee Williams considered her novella "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" a masterpiece Carson McCullers |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | PLAYWRIGHTS $200: Thomas Lanier Williams may have changed his name to this in honor of his father's home state Tennessee |
| #2312, aired 1994-09-27 | THEATRE $800: The Costa Verde Hotel in Mexico provides the setting for this Tennessee Williams play Night of the Iguana |
| #2299, aired 1994-09-08 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $200: In 1993 this playwright's brother Dakin appeared as Blanche DuBois at a Florida Theatre Festival Tennessee Williams |
| #2289, aired 1994-07-14 | AUTHORS $2,500 (Daily Double): "Clothes for a Summer Hotel" was the last of this southerner's plays produced on Broadway Tennessee Williams |
| #2283, aired 1994-07-06 | BRANSON, MISSOURI $100: This singer's beautiful Moon River Theatre is a showcase for his collection of paintings & Navajo blankets Andy Williams |
| #2281, aired 1994-07-04 | PLAYWRIGHTS $800: "Eight Mortal Ladies Possessed" is a book of short stories by this "Summer and Smoke" author Tennessee Williams |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | SINGERS $400: He wrote & sang lots of wacky songs, including "Do-Wacka-Do" & "My Uncle used to love me but she died" Roger Miller |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | FLOWERS $800: It's the colorful name for the group of flowers that includes carnations & sweet Williams pinks |
| #2275, aired 1994-06-24 | COMEDIANS $100: Before he became Mork from Ork, he studied acting with John Houseman at Juilliard Robin Williams |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | COLONIAL AMERICA $800: After he was banned from Mass. Bay, this minister spent the winter of 1635 with the Wampanoag Indians Roger Williams |
| #2256, aired 1994-05-30 | PLAYS $600: Emlyn Williams' "The Corn Is Green" is set in the village of Glansarno in this country Wales |
| #2254, aired 1994-05-26 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Since 1905 this paint company's slogan has been "Cover the Earth" Sherwin-Williams |
| #2219, aired 1994-04-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In the 1630s America's first Baptist church was established in Providence, Rhode Island by this pastor Roger Williams |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | WILLIAMs $200: This musical partner of Sir Arthur Sullivan died in 1911 while trying to save a drowning woman (William) Gilbert |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | WILLIAMs $400: In 1968 this general returned to the U.S. from Vietnam to serve as Army Chief of Staff Westmoreland |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | WILLIAMs $600: In 1878 he renamed his Christian mission the Salvation Army General William Booth |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | WILLIAMs $800: His op-ed column runs twice weekly in the New York Times & his "On Language" appears in the Sunday magazine William Safire |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | WILLIAMs $4,000 (Daily Double): His 36 years on the Supreme Court was the longest term of any justice William O. Douglas |
| #2204, aired 1994-03-17 | THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS $200: She said, "All I can say is 'wow'" when she & Paul Williams won for writing "Evergreen" Barbra Streisand |
| #2193, aired 1994-03-02 | Z $400: This 1957 TV Zorro used a real sword in the fight scenes Guy Williams |
| #2186, aired 1994-02-21 | PULITZER PRIZE PLAYWRIGHTS $800: A famous line in one of his award-winning works is "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" Tennessee Williams |
| #2178, aired 1994-02-09 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $200: This 1955 Tennessee Williams play has a "feline" title Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #2175, aired 1994-02-04 | FAMOUS LAWYERS $400: In 1954 Edward Bennett Williams represented this Wisconsin senator in his Senate censure case McCarthy |
| #2163, aired 1994-01-19 | POP MUSIC $300: In 1993 Vanessa Williams & Brian McKnight reached the top 5 with "Love Is" from this Fox TV series Beverly Hills 90210 |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | NATIONAL MEMORIALS $1000: A nat'l memorial to this religious dissenter lies at the Rhode Island site where he settled in the 17th c. Roger Williams |
| #2150, aired 1993-12-31 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: This company markets paint under the Kem-Tone & Krylon labels as well as under its own hyphenated name Sherwin-Williams |
| #2148, aired 1993-12-29 | TV TRIVIA $200: Joan Lunden, Katie Couric, Paula Zahn, Mary Alice Williams & Faith Daniels attended her baby shower Murphy Brown |
| #2148, aired 1993-12-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: North of the Mexican border, Arizona's Bill Williams & Gila Rivers join this river the Colorado |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | 1989 $600: On July 21 Carl "The Truth" Williams lasted 93 seconds with this man Mike Tyson |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | STATE CAPITALS $600: Founded by Roger Williams in 1638, the oldest Baptist church in the U.S. is in this city Providence (Rhode Island) |
| #2134, aired 1993-12-09 | '50s FILM FACTS $100: Carroll Baker made her film debut in 1953 in "Easy to Love", which starred this female swimmer Esther Williams |
| #2133, aired 1993-12-08 | 1984 $500: On July 23 she became the first Miss America ever to resign Vanessa Williams |
| #2131, aired 1993-12-06 | AWARDS $200: Long hailed as "Mr. Pops", he was honored with the American Symphony Orchestra League's 1976 Gold Baton award Arthur Fiedler |
| #2130, aired 1993-12-03 | SPORTS $200: Dave "Tiger" Williams holds the career record for penalty minutes in this sport with 3,966 (pro) hockey |
| #2125, aired 1993-11-26 | AWARDS $500: Film scores such as the one for "Superman" earned this composer Grammys 6 years in a row John Williams |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST $600: Donna McKechnie,
Priscilla Lopez,
Carole Bishop,
Sammy Williams A Chorus Line |
| #2100, aired 1993-10-22 | THEATRE $400: The heroine of his "Sweet Bird of Youth" is fading movie Queen Alexandra del Lago Tennessee Williams |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $400: The acclaimed 1990 revival of this Tennessee Williams play featured Charles Durning as Big Daddy Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #2071, aired 1993-09-13 | THE 1993 GOLDEN GLOBES $200: This star won the first Golden Globe Special Achievement Award, for "Aladdin" Robin Williams |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | MOVIE STARS $300: Fernando Lamas, her co-star in "Dangerous When Wet", became her third husband Esther Williams |
| #2050, aired 1993-07-02 | THEATRE $200: In 1945 this playwright won his first N.Y. Drama Critics Circle Award, for "The Glass Menagerie" Tennessee Williams |
| #2045, aired 1993-06-25 | THE AMERICAN THEATRE $600: Alma is known as "The Nightingale of the Delta" in his play "Summer and Smoke" Tennessee Williams |
| #2042, aired 1993-06-22 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $100: Roger Williams was the "Rebel of", not the "Witch of", this Massachusetts city Salem |
| #2039, aired 1993-06-17 | U.S. HISTORY $100: In 1959 Walter Williams, said to be the last surviving veteran of this war, died at age 117 the Civil War |
| #2017, aired 1993-05-18 | AUTHORS $800: William Carlos Williams wrote an introduction to his 1956 collection "Howl and Other Poems" (Allen) Ginsberg |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | FILM BIOGRAPHIES $1000: Hank Williams Jr. dubbed the singing voice of George Hamilton in this 1964 bio of Hank Williams Sr. Your Cheatin' Heart |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | JOKERS $100: On May 16 1992 she again joined Robin Williams & Billy Crystal to host Comic Relief Whoopi Goldberg |
| #1996, aired 1993-04-19 | THE GRAMMYS $300: This composer's score to "E.T. The Extraterrestrial" won him a Grammy for 1982 John Williams |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | LYRICISTS $200: Lyricist Paul Williams co-wrote the Oscar-winning song "Evergreen" with this actress Barbra Streisand |
| #1978, aired 1993-03-24 | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $500: Before I was "Lost in Space", I was the first American actor to kiss Brigitte Bardot Billy Mumy |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | CELEBRITIES $200: She was 1939's 100-meter freestyle national champion before she dove into a film career Esther Williams |
| #1973, aired 1993-03-17 | FEMININE NAMES $200: This first name of former Miss America Williams is said to have been invented by Jonathan Swift Vanessa |
| #1971, aired 1993-03-15 | DRAMA $3,000 (Daily Double): Tennessee Williams play in which Brick asks, "Why d'ya call Gooper's kiddies no-neck monsters?" Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| #1969, aired 1993-03-11 | "GOOD" MOVIES $100: This Robin Williams movie may be the funniest film ever set in Saigon Good Morning, Vietnam |
| #1960, aired 1993-02-26 | MUSEUMS $3,000 (Daily Double): Indian relics are on display at the Roger Williams Park Museum in this state capital Providence (Rhode Island) |
| #1958, aired 1993-02-24 | DRAMA $600: Tennessee Williams based this play on his short story "Portrait of a Girl in Glass" The Glass Menagerie |
| #1949, aired 1993-02-11 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $500: Some folks are as nervous as one of these; it's also the title of a Tennessee Williams play a cat on a hot tin roof |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Sinfonia Antarctica" contains quotes from this explorer's journal Robert Scott |
| #1911, aired 1992-12-21 | BLACK FIRSTS $200: In September 1983 Vanessa Williams became the 1st Black woman to win this beauty title Miss America |
| #1910, aired 1992-12-18 | FEMALE NOBEL LAUREATES $600: Mairead Corrigan & Betty Williams won for leading the peace movement in this part of the United Kingdom Ulster (or Northern Ireland) |
| #1903, aired 1992-12-09 | COLORS $400: Carnations & sweet Williams belong to this "colorful" family of flowering plants the pink |
| #1899, aired 1992-12-03 | LAST NAME'S THE SAME $300: Paul,
Cindy,
Billy Dee Williams |
| #1893, aired 1992-11-25 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $200: Philadelphian Willie Williams replaced Daryl Gates as this city's Chief of Police Los Angeles |
| #1893, aired 1992-11-25 | PATRIOTIC SONGS $500: This country singer has written such patriotic songs as "Okie from Muskogee" & Fightin' Side" Merle Haggard |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | ACTORS ONSTAGE $400: Bruce Dern & Rip Torn were in the original cast of this playwright's "Sweet Bird of Youth" Tennessee Williams |
| #1869, aired 1992-10-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500: In 1961, 8 yrs. after he died at age 29, he became one of the 1st inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame Hank Williams |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | PULITZER PRIZE PLAYS $2,500 (Daily Double): The 2 plays for which Tennessee Williams won Pulitzer Prizes Cat on a Hot Tin Roof & A Streetcar Named Desire |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | COLONIAL AMERICANS $400: This clergyman went to England in 1643 to secure a charter for Rhode Island Roger Williams |
| #1844, aired 1992-09-17 | THEATER $1,000 (Daily Double): Floral skin decoration in the title of a 1951 play by Tennessee Williams The Rose Tattoo |
| #1828, aired 1992-07-08 | "P.D." $300: She played Mindy to Robin Williams's Mork...Nanu, nanu Pam Dawber |
| #1806, aired 1992-06-08 | IN STATUARY HALL $800: In 1872 Rhode Island put a statue of this founder in the Hall Roger Williams |
| #1799, aired 1992-05-28 | COMMON BONDS $200: Tuxedo,
Williams,
Ernie Ford Tennessees |
| #1799, aired 1992-05-28 | THEATRE $1000: In 1957 Franchot Tone & Wendy Hiller starred in this playwright's "A Moon for the Misbegotten" Eugene O'Neill |
| #1788, aired 1992-05-13 | SPORTS $500: The last of this Red Sox outfielder's 6 batting titles came in 1958 at age 40 Ted Williams |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: This Rhode Island bay is named after the Indians who sold Roger Williams the land Narragansett |
| #1738, aired 1992-03-04 | RELIGION $600: Many early Englanders including Roger Williams were members of this extreme Protestant group the Puritans |
| #1724, aired 1992-02-13 | "MILK" $400: A Tennessee Williams play title said this "doesn't stop here anymore" the milk train |
| #1714, aired 1992-01-30 | PLAY SETTINGS $800: The town of Glorious Hill, Mississippi is the setting for his play "Summer and Smoke" (Tennessee) Williams |
| #1708, aired 1992-01-22 | LYRICISTS $500: This male singer wrote the lyrics for the Oscar-winning song "Evergreen" Paul Williams |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: A statue of Roger Williams stands in a park overlooking this city Williams founded in 1636 Providence |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | A.K.A. $100: This leading lady, born Myrna Williams, is the most famous Myrna we know Myrna Loy |
| #1700, aired 1992-01-10 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: In 1870 Henry Sherwin, A.T. Osborn & Edward Williams formed a company in Ohio to manufacture this paint |
| #1696, aired 1992-01-06 | TELEVISION $500: On "Happy Days", the nickname of Warren Weber Potsie |
