| #49, aired 2025-05-27 | OPERA $1200: This composer's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" contains a famous insanity scene & he himself spent time in an asylum Donizetti |
| #9216, aired 2024-12-02 | THE WEDDED OPERA CATEGORY $1200: Sir Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor" was the basis for the opera called her "di Lammermoor" (& yes, she gets married) Lucia |
| #9101, aired 2024-05-13 | ALSO A COLLECTIVE NOUN $400: A series of links for Dominica & St. Lucia a chain |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2000: In Sweden, on this saint's day, Dec. 13, young girls wear white dresses & serve coffee & baked goods to their families St. Lucia |
| #8838, aired 2023-03-29 | A DISASTER ARIA $800: Lammermoor Castle is witness to the grief of this woman & her aria "Il dolce suono" Lucia |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | LESSER-KNOWN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Castries is the capital of this island country between Martinique & Saint Vincent, whose exports include bananas & beer Saint Lucia |
| #8655, aired 2022-06-03 | WORDS WITH FIENDS $400: You "go" this fiendish 5-letter word when you deviate from the expected rogue |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | COMPLETE THE OPERA TITLE $1000: Donizetti:
"Lucia di ____" Lammermoor |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | WINTER HOLIDAYS $1000: On December 13 Scandinavians celebrate this female saint; young girls wear white & wear lighted wreaths on their heads Lucia |
| #8122, aired 2019-12-24 | SANTA ON THE MAP $600: The Santa Lucia River provides much of the drinking water for this capital of Uruguay Montevideo |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | IN THE OPERA CAST $1200: Raimondo, chaplain to this noble house, urges Lucia to accept her arranged marriage Lammermoor |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | LET'S GO TO THE OPERA $1200: Joan Sutherland used to really nail this character's big mad scene in Lammermoor Castle Lucia |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | OPERA HEROINES $800: In "La Boheme" this seamstress who suffers from tuberculosis tells Rodolfo that her real name is Lucia Mimi |
| #7710, aired 2018-03-02 | MYANMAR $800: The Carmen Lucia, a 23-carat type of this corundum gemstone, came form the Mogok region of Myanmar ruby |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | HAVE A GREAT ONE! $2000: Famous for its mad scene, this great Donizetti opera was based on a novel by Sir Walter Scott Lucia di Lammermoor |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | GREAT PLACES TO PROPOSE $1000: On a beach on this Caribbean island, named for a female saint, with one of its famous volcanic peaks in the background Saint Lucia |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | SCI-FI NOVELS $200: In "Steelheart" this Midwestern American city has been transformed into steel; even Lake Michigan has turned to metal Chicago |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | SCI-FI NOVELS $400: Book 2 of "The Lunar Chronicles" is "Scarlet", which was inspired by this fairy tale & features a street fighter named Wolf "Little Red Riding Hood" |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | SCHOOLING YOU $600: Phys Ed:
As Patches said, if you can do it to a wrench, you can do it to a ball, so time to play this game, kids! dodgeball |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | FLORA $1000: In most flowers, this long, slender tube connects a stigma with an ovary the style |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | RUSSIAN HISTORY $1000: In the 1980s this feared 3-letter spy agency employed Vladimir Putin the KGB |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | ON MY REEDING LIST $1600: A CD of the 1777 oboe concerto, the only one by this precocious composer Mozart |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | ON MY REEDING LIST $2000: A piece that shows off the clarinet's range, the widest of all woodwinds, nearly 4 of these octaves |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | LET'S TRAVEL $4,000 (Daily Double): The 4 sets of sea horses around this city's Buckingham Fountain represent the states that border Lake Michigan Chicago |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | "SANTA" GOES AROUND THE WORLD $1000: It's the Italian name for the patron saint of sight, or for the area seen here on the Bay of Naples Santa Lucia |
| #7014, aired 2015-02-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SAINTS $2000: Control of this island nation of the east Caribbean changed hands many times before its 1979 independence St. Lucia |
| #6930, aired 2014-10-31 | ONLY ONE $600: Is an independent country: Sikkim, Saint Lucia, Sumatra Saint Lucia |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | MR. OR MS. RODRIGUEZ $400: Michelle Rodriguez' Ana Lucia got "voted" off the island with extreme prejudice on this ABC show Lost |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This Spaniard who transcribed Bach for the guitar gave his first public recital in Granada in 1909 (Andrés) Segovia |
| #5616, aired 2009-01-26 | OPERA WOMEN $800: Donizetti's this woman "di Lammermoor" was based on Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor" Lucia |
| #5589, aired 2008-12-18 | LET'S GO TO SANTA $2000: This song heard here celebrates the area of the same name on the Bay of Naples Santa Lucia |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | CONSTELLATIONS $800: Ptolemy listed a constellation named for this, Jason's ship; it's been replaced by Carina, Puppis, Pyxis & Vela the Argo |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAPS $800: For the 200th anniversary of his birth, a 1932 issue had a map of his travels, including, of course, Virginia George Washington |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | PRIME TIME SPIN-OFFS $1000: "Good Times" Maude |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | COMPLETES THE OPERA $1600: Donizetti:
"Lucia di ____" Lammermoor |
| #5216, aired 2007-04-23 | LOUNGING AT THE OPERA $2000: You'll scream "Great Scots" after hearing this Donizetti opera
"Chi mi frena in tal momento, chi troncò dell'ira il corso? / Il suo duolo..." Lucia di Lammermoor |
| #5155, aired 2007-01-26 | POTPOURRI $400: As a winner of this, you may be awakened in Stockholm's Grand Hotel by Swedes in St. Lucia's Day costumes the Nobel Prize |
| #5093, aired 2006-11-01 | OPERA SETTINGS $1600: Appropriately, this Donizetti opera takes place near Lammermoor, at Ravenswood Castle Lucia di Lammermoor |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | HISTORY'S MYSTERIES $2,000 (Daily Double): On a 50th anniversary, Lucia dos Santos accompanied Pope Paul VI to a shrine in this village in 1967 Fatima |
| #4778, aired 2005-05-18 | ROSSINI OPERAS $1600: This 1819 Rossini opera is based on a poem by Sir Walter Scott The Lady of the Lake |
| #4764, aired 2005-04-28 | AUTHORS' CHILDREN $4,400 (Daily Double): As an assistant to this author, Samuel Beckett had to fight off the advances of his daughter Lucia James Joyce |
| #4645, aired 2004-11-12 | THESE WORDS ARE IN JEOPARDY! $1600: "Lucia di Lammermoor", for example opera |
| #4079, aired 2002-05-02 | OH, NO! IT'S OPERA! $800: The works of this novelist & poet inspired "Lucia di Lammermoor", "La Donna del Lago" & "La Jolie Fille de Perth" Sir Walter Scott |
| #3963, aired 2001-11-21 | COMPOSE YOURSELF! $1000: At his peak he composed 2 or 3 operas a year like "Lucia di Lammermoor" Gaetano Donizetti |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: This Swedish holiday goes back to Viking times when the night of Dec. 12-13 was the year's longest St. Lucia's Day |
| #3295, aired 1998-12-25 | WORLD OF CHRISTMAS $500: In Sweden the Christmas season begins on December 13, this saint's day St. Lucia |
| #3285, aired 1998-12-11 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $900 (Daily Double): This title character is missing in the unintentionally last chapter of a Dickens mystery Edwin Drood |
| #3224, aired 1998-09-17 | ALL ABOUT OPERA $1000: This heroine of a Donizetti opera is the sister of Lord Enrico Ashton of Lammermoor Lucia |
| #3209, aired 1998-07-09 | TOUGH HODGEPODGE $1000: In Sweden, young girls wear crowns of candles on December 13, this saint's day Saint Lucia |
| #3095, aired 1998-01-30 | OPERA HODGEPODGE $600 (Daily Double): She's the heroine of the Donizetti opera that features the famous sextet heard here: Lucia di Lammermoor |
| #2707, aired 1996-05-14 | SOUTH AMERICA $600: This Chilean capital is dominated by 2 hills: Cerro Santa Lucia & Cerro San Cristobal Santiago |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | ORGANIZATIONS $1000: This NYC dance company's directors have included Lucia Chase, Kevin McKenzie & Mikhail Baryshnikov American Ballet Theatre |
| #2535, aired 1995-09-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: In 13 years he wrote about 40 operas, including "Lucia di Lammermoor" Donizetti |
| #2521, aired 1995-07-17 | OPERA $400: Born in 1923, this Greek-American soprano was noted for her portrayal of Lucia di Lammermoor Maria Callas |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | ROMANTIC ERA COMPOSERS $1000: In 1847 doctors declared this "Lucia di Lammermoor" composer insane Donizetti |
| #2418, aired 1995-02-22 | ITALIAN CITIES $500: One of the famous songs from this city has immortalized its port of Santa Lucia Naples |
| #2339, aired 1994-11-03 | HOTELS BY CITY $800: Santa Lucia,
Mediterraneo,
Vesuvio Naples |
| #2210, aired 1994-03-25 | OPERA $1000: Name of the castle that's home to Donizetti's "Lucia" Lammermoor |
| #1907, aired 1992-12-15 | ZOOLOGY $100: This animal used in bathtubs doesn't have a nervous system a sponge |
| #1907, aired 1992-12-15 | THE EARTH $400: It's believed the Earth is over 4.5 billion yrs. old, based on 4.6 billion yr. old rocks found on this neighbor the Moon |
| #1907, aired 1992-12-15 | SURVEY SAYS $400: A little bird told us that with a 15% share, it's the best-selling soap in the U.S. Dove |
| #1907, aired 1992-12-15 | OLD RADIO $500: This TV game show producer hosted "This is Your Life" & "Truth or Consequences" Ralph Edwards |
| #1546, aired 1991-04-29 | OPERA $400: This bride of Lammermoor & her love, Edgardo, wind up dead at the end of the opera Lucia |
| #1442, aired 1990-12-04 | OPERA $400: "Lucia di Lammermoor" is set in this country around 1700 Scotland |
| #5, aired 1990-07-14 | OPERA $5,800 (Daily Double): Donizetti opera that includes the following, perhaps the most famous mad scene in opera: Lucia di Lammermoor |
| #1318, aired 1990-05-02 | WEST ON THE MAP $800: Antigua, Santa Lucia & Barbados are part of this archipelago the West Indies |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | HOLIDAYS $3,000 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 European countries that honor the martyred St. Lucia on December 13 Italy & Sweden |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | NOVEL OPERAS $600: Scotsman whose novel, "The Bride of Lammermoor" inspired "Lucia di Lammermoor" Sir Walter Scott |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Hanukah is called a feast of these, plural; Sweden's St. Lucia Day celebrates it in the singular lights |
| #1198, aired 1989-11-15 | SCOTLAND $1000: Range of hills that was home to Sir Walter Scott's "Bride" & Donizetti's "Lucia" Lammermoor |
| #1146, aired 1989-09-04 | NAME THE PLAY $800: Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez, Charles Wykeham & Amy Spettigue Charley's Aunt |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | OPERA $500: This opera is known for the famous "mad scene" of Lucy Ashton Lucia di Lammermoor |
| #1043, aired 1989-03-01 | 1850s HITS $500: This gondolier favorite, written in 1850, glorifies Saint Lucy "Santa Lucia" |
| #500, aired 1986-11-07 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $500: "Santa Lucia" takes place in this city's harbor Naples |
| #470, aired 1986-09-26 | STARTS WITH "SEX" $400: Act II of "Lucia di Lammermoor" features one of these compositions for 6 voices a sextet |
