| # | Clue | Answer As Given | Value | Round | Category | Air Date | Show |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In 1945 this poet laureate of Illinois published her first volume of poetry, "A Street In Bronzeville" | Gwendolyn Brooks | $2,000 | DJ | AMERICAN POETS & POETRY | 2007-03-02 | #5180 | |
| This Black American is the poet laureate of Illinois | Gwendolyn Brooks | $1,000 | DJ | WOMEN POETS | 1994-12-01 | #2359 | |
| This black poetess won a Pulitzer for "Annie Allen" & became Illinois' poet laureate in 1969 | Gwendolyn Brooks DD | $2,000 | DJ | POETS | 1991-11-07 | #1654 |