| #9065, aired 2024-03-22 | NONFICTION $800: Stephen Hawking gave us "A Brief History of Time" & this American-born writer gave us "A Short History of Nearly Everything" (Bill) Bryson |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | SCIENCE $800: From 1979 to 2009 physicist Stephen Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at this university Cambridge |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | THE SCIENCE OF POETRY $800: Dedicated to Stephen Hawking, Sarah Howe's "Relativity" describes these as "where parallel lines will meet" black holes |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | ANAGRAMMED SCIENTISTS $1200: Perfect for someone who wrote about the Big Bang:
KNEW THE SHAPING Stephen Hawking |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | THAT BOOK YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO READ $100: Physicist Stephen Hawking penned 1988's "A Brief History of" this--I'll get to it, briefly Time |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | SUBTITLED NONFICTION $400: Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" was subtitled "From" this alliterative event "to Black Holes" the Big Bang |
| #8691, aired 2022-07-25 | IT'S A BUST! $800: In 2007 a bust of this physicist was unveiled at the newly opened Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge Stephen Hawking |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | MY NAME IS STEPHEN $800: This physicist guest starred as himself in the form of a hologram on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Hawking |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | NONFICTION $800: He covered stuff like how did the universe begin in "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | FAMOUS PROFESSORS $800: In 1979 Stephen Hawking was appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at this university Cambridge |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | A BRIEF HISTORY $200: To make it more accessible, Stephen Hawking followed up "A Brief History of Time" with this even more concise version A Briefer History of Time |
| #8411, aired 2021-05-31 | HE WON AN OSCAR PLAYING A REAL PERSON $400: Eddie Redmayne as him in "The Theory of Everything" Stephen Hawking |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | NONFICTION $400: One chapter in this book by Stephen Hawking is "The Origin & Fate of the Universe" A Brief History of Time |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | REPORT CARDS OF HISTORICAL FIGURES $600: Physics: Uses time wisely, in a book subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" (Stephen) Hawking |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | BIOPIC SUBJECTS $1000: 2014:
"The Theory of Everything" Stephen Hawking |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | THE GREATEST OF ALL MINDS $400: Destined for greatness, Stephen Hawking was born January 8, 1942, the 300th anniversary of this famed astronomer's death Galileo |
| #8090, aired 2019-11-08 | BLACK HOLES $1200: A type of radiation emitted from just outside a black hole is named for this physicist who theorized its existence in 1974 (Stephen) Hawking |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | BOOK CHAPTERS $600: "The Expanding Universe" is a chapter in his book "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | FIVE GUYS $1,400 (Daily Double): On his passing in 2018, the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" tweeted, "Thank you for inspiring us and the world" (Stephen) Hawking |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | A SCIENCE BOOK $2000: In 2013 this late physicist released an autobiography titled "My Brief History" Stephen Hawking |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | A BOOK BY ITS COVER $1000: Cosmic bestselling nonfiction from 1988 whose cover featured its author in a wheelchair A Brief History of Time |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | "T.T." $400: Stephen Hawking once held a secret party for these journeyers--none showed up, however time travelers |
| #7718, aired 2018-03-14 | WHAT A HIGH-CLASS MISTAKE! $800: Calling the 2005 paper "Information Loss in Black Holes" by this Cambridge prof. "derivative"? Bad form (Stephen) Hawking |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | PRIME "TIME" $1000: 1988 bestseller that was followed by the same author's "The Universe in a Nutshell" A Brief History of Time |
| #7602, aired 2017-10-03 | MELLOW FELLOWS $400: This physicist: "It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability... people won't have time for you if you are always angry" Stephen Hawking |
| #7474, aired 2017-02-23 | SPEED READING $600: Stephen Hawking:
"A ____ History of Time" Brief |
| #7460, aired 2017-02-03 | SCIENTIFIC MILESTONES $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation of the Breakthrough Starshot project on the monitor.) Promoted by Stephen Hawking, the Breakthrough Starshot project seeks to accelerate tiny spacecraft to one-fifth lightspeed, using focused beams from an array of lasers, sending them on a 20-year journey to this nearby star system Alpha Centauri |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | NON-TRADITIONAL ACTORS $800: Offscreen on "Futurama", this theoretical physicist says, "There he is. Seize him" (Stephen) Hawking |
| #7302, aired 2016-05-17 | NONFICTION $2000: His "A Brief History of Time" was subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" Stephen Hawking |
| #7213, aired 2016-01-13 | POTPOURRI $1200: With his daughter Lucy, this British physicist authored a kids' book called "George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt" Stephen Hawking |
| #7202, aired 2015-12-29 | THEMS $1000: In a 2012 interview Stephen Hawking, who can easily understand quantum gravity, said these are "a complete mystery" women |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | I PLAYED HIM IN THE RECENT MOVIE $400: Eddie Redmayne:
This smarty in "The Theory of Everything" (Stephen) Hawking |
| #7051, aired 2015-04-20 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $1000: "Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen" was the basis for this movie about Stephen & Jane Hawking The Theory of Everything |
| #6997, aired 2015-02-03 | THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION $200: The film version of Steven Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" asks the classic question "Which" of these 2 "came first?" the chicken or the egg |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | I AM A MAN OF SCIENCE! $400: One of his many titles: Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge (Stephen) Hawking |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | SCI-, NO FI $400: In 2014 this physicist said oops, light may be able to escape black holes after all; forget what I said in 1974 (Stephen) Hawking |
| #6834, aired 2014-05-08 | SCIENCE & TECH BOOKS $400: "My Brief History" is this physicist's account of his life of challenge & triumph Stephen Hawking |
| #6775, aired 2014-02-14 | GETTING SCHOOLED ON TV $800: "The Big Bang Theory" hit this campus where it's partially set to shoot an episode that featured Stephen Hawking Cal Tech |
| #6655, aired 2013-07-19 | AS THEMSELVES ON TV $400: This physicist played cards (as a hologram) on "Star Trek: TNG" & saw the universe get destroyed on "Futurama" Stephen Hawking |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | SILVER ANNIVERSARIES $600: 2013 marks the silver anniversary of this book subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" A Brief History of Time |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS $600: I want to be more scholarly: I will critique "The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time" by this physicist Stephen Hawking |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | YOU CAN FIND ME ONLINE $1200: This renowned physicist's website explains that the batteries for the speech computer are under the wheelchair (Stephen) Hawking |
| #6388, aired 2012-05-30 | THE WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL $800: WSF opening night honorees have included this Cambridge Univ. man, successor to the chair of Isaac Newton (Stephen) Hawking |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | NONFICTION $600: His "A Brief History of Time" is subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" Stephen Hawking |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | WANT ADS $800: Walk the Max Planck! We're Stephen Hawking a new position to be this type of scientist, like those guys physicist |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $800: He felt his "Brief History of Time" left unanswered questions, so he came up with "The Grand Design" to answer them Stephen Hawking |
| #5564, aired 2008-11-13 | YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT $1000: This British physicist has been quoted as saying, "My goal is simple, it is a complete understanding of the universe" Stephen Hawking |
| #5537, aired 2008-10-07 | ROGER THAT! $2000: Sir Roger Penrose, with Stephen Hawking, proved that all matter within one of these collapses to a singularity a black hole |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | BRITISH PHYSICISTS $1200: Lucasian Prof. of Mathematics at Cambridge, he was born on January 8, 1942, 300 years to the day after Galileo's death (Stephen) Hawking |
| #5403, aired 2008-02-20 | THE LIBRARY $1000: It'll take more than a moment to read this 1988 bestseller by British physicist Stephen Hawking A Brief History of Time |
| #5379, aired 2008-01-17 | BLACK HOLES $1200: Black holes are thought to emit a weak form of radiation named for this physicist Stephen Hawking |
| #5270, aired 2007-07-06 | NOTABLE NAMES $800: Asked about his ALS, this physicist says, "I try to lead as normal a life as possible & not think about my condition" Stephen Hawking |
| #5093, aired 2006-11-01 | IDENTITY THEFT $800: In 2001 theoretical physicist Britney Spears penned "The Universe in a Nutshell" (Stephen) Hawking |
| #4979, aired 2006-04-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $3,000 (Daily Double): Stephen Hawking's 1988 bio of the universe that was a No. 1 hit for Jim Croce "A Brief History Of Time In A Bottle" |
| #4967, aired 2006-03-28 | THE BBC's 100 GREATEST BRITONS $1600: No. 25:
This best-selling author & scientist seen here Stephen Hawking |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | GREAT BRIT $1200: In 1974 this "Brief History of Time" author calculated that black holes aren't completely black Stephen Hawking |
| #4905, aired 2005-12-30 | NONFICTION $1,400 (Daily Double): This 1988 bestseller was subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" A Brief History of Time |
| #4862, aired 2005-11-01 | EVEN STEPHEN $800: In 1993 this British physicist made an appearance as himself on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Hawking |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | THE MATE Rx $400: A "Brief History" of this physicist includes the fact that he married his nurse after leaving his wife in 1990 Stephen Hawking |
| #4701, aired 2005-01-31 | THE SCIENCE GEEK $1200: He said he's lucky to have chosen theoretical physics--his work isn't affected by his degenerative disease Stephen Hawking |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | BUMPER STICKERS? $600: The mom of this theoretical physicist, in 1966:
"My child is a Cambridge doctoral candidate" (Stephen) Hawking |
| #4567, aired 2004-06-15 | CELEBRITY AILMENTS $200: In the 1960s Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with a disease named for this famous athlete Lou Gehrig |
| #4552, aired 2004-05-25 | SCIENTISTS $800: This physicist is Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, a post once held by Sir Isaac Newton (Stephen) Hawking |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $600: King,
Breyer,
Hawking Stephen |
| #4446, aired 2003-12-29 | INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS $2000: The theoretical radiation emitted by these is called Hawking Radiation after physicist Stephen, who proposed it black holes |
| #4334, aired 2003-06-05 | THE SCIENCE SECTION $1,000 (Daily Double): "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" is the subtitle of this landmark book by physicist Stephen Hawking "A Brief History of Time" |
| #4202, aired 2002-12-03 | SCIENCE CLASS $1600: During the 1970s this British physicist made the unexpected discovery that black holes emit thermal radiation Stephen Hawking |
| #4189, aired 2002-11-14 | HARVARD DEGREE HONOREES $800: One of the special singularities in this British physicist's life is an honorary degree from Harvard in 1990 Stephen Hawking |
| #4081, aired 2002-05-06 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS $200: "The Universe in a Nutshell" is his bestselling follow-up to "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking |
| #4006, aired 2002-01-21 | SCIENCE CLASS $2000: In 1974 Stephen Hawking became one of the youngest members ever of this "Royal" group founded in 1660 the British Royal Society |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | STEPHEN HAWKING $200: Stephen has been called "the greatest theoretical physicist since" this physicist born in 1879 Albert Einstein |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | STEPHEN HAWKING $400: Stephen received his Ph.D. from this prestigious British university in 1966 Cambridge |
| #3855, aired 2001-05-11 | SCIENCE GUYS $200: Not even a wheelchair & voice synthesizer can stop him from unlocking the secrets of the universe Stephen Hawking |
| #3787, aired 2001-02-06 | SCIENCE $1000: This man seen here, born in Oxford in 1942, is among the greatest physicists of our time Stephen Hawking |
| #3672, aired 2000-07-18 | SCIENTISTS $400 (Daily Double): His official website includes a link to the Motor Neurone Disease Association Stephen Hawking |
| #3644, aired 2000-06-08 | LET'S BE BRIEF $500: In 1988 he gave us "A Brief History of Time" (in over 200 pages) Stephen Hawking |
| #3575, aired 2000-03-03 | STORY OF MY LIFE $500: 1954:
"My Left Foot" Christy Brown |
| #3350, aired 1999-03-12 | FAMOUS ALMA MATERS $500: Stephen Hawking
(Ph.D., 1966) Cambridge |
| #3284, aired 1998-12-10 | ANAGRAMMED THEORETICAL PHYSICISTS $800: HANK WIG (Stephen) Hawking |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | BOOKS FOR THE BRAVE $200: You could write a brief history of the times people have tackled this physicist's "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking |
| #3010, aired 1997-10-03 | GIANTS OF SCIENCE $600: In 1993 he made a "brief" appearance as himself on an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Stephen Hawking |
| #2936, aired 1997-05-12 | NONFICTION $800: A new illustrated edition of this scientist's "A Brief History of Time" was published in 1996 Stephen Hawking |
| #2707, aired 1996-05-14 | SCIENTISTS $800: In 1977 this "A Brief History of Time" author became professor of gravitational physics at Cambridge (Stephen) Hawking |
| #2643, aired 1996-02-14 | IN THE NEWS $400: This physicist used a voice synthesizer to recite his vows at his 1995 wedding to Elaine Mason (Stephen) Hawking |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | NOTABLE NAMES $500: This physicist & author of "A Brief History of Time" was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death Stephen Hawking |
| #2514, aired 1995-07-06 | PEOPLE $400: This British expert on black holes has been called "the greatest theoretical physicist since Einstein" Stephen Hawking |
| #2233, aired 1994-04-27 | NONFICTION $1000: In a 1993 book this physicist shed some new light on "Black Holes and Baby Universes" Stephen Hawking |
| #2015, aired 1993-05-14 | NONFICTION $400: In 1992 his book "A Brief History of Time" became Britain's longest-running bestseller (Stephen) Hawking |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | LITERARY POTPOURRI $1000: To help you understand it, there's now "A Reader's Companion" to his "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking |
| #1672, aired 1991-12-03 | NONFICTION $1,000 (Daily Double): This best-selling science book by Stephen Hawking is subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes" A Brief History of Time |
| #1591, aired 1991-07-01 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: This author of "A Brief History of Time" has been called "The Supernova of World Physics" Stephen Hawking |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: Bookstores are currently hawking Stephen W. Hawking's "A Brief History of" this time |
| #1003, aired 1989-01-04 | BEST SELLERS $400: "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking measures time from this monumental explosion Big Bang Theory |
