Memorize these and you could recognize 10.9% of all Awards clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | science fiction | 6 | Named for magazine publisher Hugo Gernsback, the Hugo Award honors this literary genre |
| 2 | Economics | 6 | In '68 the Central Bank of Sweden established this Nobel Prize category in honor of its 300th anniversary |
| 3 | the Cy Young Award | 5 | It's the award given each year's most outstanding major league pitcher |
| 4 | Walt Disney | 4 | In 1955 this creator of Mickey Mouse was a recipient of the Audubon Medal for Conservation |
| 5 | the Congressional Medal of Honor | 4 | The highest award given to an American serviceman |
| 6 | Death of a Salesman | 4 | The 1st Arthur Miller drama to be voted "Best Play" in 1949 |
| 7 | Canada | 4 | The Governor-General's Literary Awards were established in this country in 1936 |
| 8 | the Pillsbury Bake-Off | 4 | In 1960 Leona Schnuelle's dilly casserole bread won the $25,000 top prize in this competition |
| 9 | The Wright Brothers | 3 | In 1909 these brothers were the first recipients of the Langley Medal for Aeronautics |
| 10 | the Purple Heart | 3 | Washington called this badge, given to those wounded in action, the Badge of Military Merit |
| 11 | the Pulitzer Prize | 3 | Dr. Seuss & the Denver Post have both been awarded one these through Columbia U. |
| 12 | the NAACP | 3 | This civil rights organization presented its 23rd annual Image Awards on December 2, 1990 |
| 13 | the Civil War | 3 | More Congressional Medal of Honor winners have come from this war than any other |
| 14 | the Caldecott Medal | 3 | The American Library Association awards the Newbery Medal for writing children's books & this medal for illustration |
| 15 | Robert Frost | 3 | In 1943 he could have stopped by the Pulitzers on a snowy evening to pick up his 4th for poetry |
| 16 | Ray Charles | 3 | In 1961 this performer won a Grammy for best R & B recording for his song "Hit The Road Jack" |
| 17 | Planned Parenthood | 3 | The 1985 U.N. Population Award went to this federation that has affiliates in 121 countries |
| 18 | Meryl Streep | 3 | At the 1983 Academy Awards Ben Kingsley won for playing Gandhi & she won for playing Sophie |
| 19 | Mark Twain | 3 | In 1907 this American author of "Roughing It" received an honorary degree from Oxford |
| 20 | Katharine Hepburn | 3 | Her 48-year span between her first & last Oscars, 1933 & 1981, is the longest for a performer in Academy history |
| 21 | Johnny Carson | 3 | This NBC star hosted the telecasts on ABC from 1979-82 & in 1984 |
| 22 | Helen Hayes | 3 | Washington, D.C.'s theater awards are named for this "First Lady", not for a president's wife |
| 23 | Fred Astaire | 3 | The 1st year "Best Song" was awarded, 2 of the 3 nominees were from films featuring this dapper dancer |
| 24 | Evita | 3 | In 1980 Patti Lupone & Mandy Patinkin both won Tonys for this musical, so don't cry for them |
| 25 | Edith Head | 3 | A language teacher before turning costume designer, she won her last Oscar for "The Sting" |
| 26 | Clint Eastwood | 3 | In 1989 this former mayor won a Golden Globe for directing "Bird" |
| 27 | Bob Hope | 3 | In 1988, he won the 1st "America's Hope Award", & his name appeared twice on it |
| 28 | Bob Fosse | 3 | Besides his 8 Tonys for choreography, in 1973 he won a Tony for directing "Pippin" |
| 29 | Barbra Streisand | 3 | On Feb. 24, 1987, almost 24 years after winning her 1st Grammy, she picked up her 8th for "The Broadway Album" |
| 30 | Annie | 3 | Andrea McArdle was nominated for a Tony in 1977 for playing this title role |
| 31 | Angela Lansbury | 3 | A 1946 winner for "The Picture of Dorian Gray", she won again 39 years later for "Murder, She Wrote" |
| 32 | a Webby | 3 | Presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, it's the leading award for Internet sites |
| 33 | a Grammy | 3 | Major award you can take home if your "liner notes" are voted best |
| 34 | the Nobel Prize | 3 | Lech Walesa sent his wife to accept this award |
| 35 | the Nobel Peace Prize | 3 | (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Jerusalem in Israel.) President of Israel is a mainly ceremonial post chosen by the Knesset; a 2007 vot... |
| 36 | Whoopi Goldberg | 2 | This comedian was out of this world as Guinan on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" |
| 37 | Warren Beatty | 2 | He was nominated for writing, directing, & acting in a 1978 film, & again for a 1981 film |
| 38 | War Horse | 2 | 2011:This, also a term for a play that gets trotted out over & over |
| 39 | UNICEF | 2 | This organization which aids children won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 |
| 40 | Tom Hanks | 2 | He said, "The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels" when he won his 1st Oscar, for "Philadelphia" |
| 41 | Titanic | 2 | Proving it was no disaster, this show won 1997's Best Musical Tony; it features the song heard here:["I Must Be On That Ship"] |
| 42 | the Spingarn Medal | 2 | This medal given by the NAACP is named for a former chairman of its board of directors |
| 43 | The Right Stuff | 2 | Sam Shepard got an Oscar nom. for Best Supporting Actor for playing Chuck Yeager in this 1983 film |
| 44 | the Pritzker | 2 | In 2004, Zaha Hadid became the first woman to receive this prize, often called architecture's highest honor |
| 45 | the Peabody | 2 | In 2008 NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" was among the winners of this award administered by the University of Georgia |
| 46 | the Palme d'Or | 2 | This top prize of the Cannes Film Festival pays tribute to the city's coat of arms |
| 47 | the Oscar | 2 | The annual awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences |
| 48 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | 2 | Rachel Brosnahan portrays a strong woman in this period comedy on Amazon &won Golden Globes for her work in 2018 & 2019 |
| 49 | the Hasty Pudding | 2 | (I'm Chevy Chase.) In 1993 I was honored as Man of the Year by this Harvard theatrical society |
| 50 | The Grapes of Wrath | 2 | In 1990 this adaptation of a Steinbeck novel beat the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Piano Lesson" |