The Wire

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# Clue Answer As Given Value Round Category Air Date Show
Creator David Simon said this Baltimore-set show took "Greek tragedy & applied it to the modern city-state" The Wire $400 DJ TELEVISION 2025-10-22 #9418
Richard Price wrote gritty novels like "Ladies' Man" before writing for this Baltimore-set HBO show The Wire $400 DJ WRITE FOR TV 2024-12-19 #9229
Stringer Bell studied macroeconomics while managing West Baltimore drug dealers on this show The Wire $1,200 DJ TV CRIMINALS 2023-06-15 #8894
On this acclaimed drama, the Barksdale family ran a drug racket on the streets of Baltimore The Wire $800 J TV CRIME FAMILIES 2021-11-16 #8512
The name of Idris Elba's character on this HBO show comes from Baltimore criminals Bernard "Stringer" Reed & Roland Bell The Wire $600 J TV INSPIRATIONS 2020-09-23 #8243
Omar Little on this Baltimore-set series was a big fan of Honey Nut Cheerios The Wire $800 DJ TV 2019-10-29 #8082
The cast of this gritty show included Idris Elba as drug kingpin Stringer Bell The Wire $1,200 DJ THE NEW GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION 2016-10-24 #7386
Baltimore detectives Bunk & McNulty The Wire $800 DJ TV DETECTIVES 2016-03-17 #7259
Omar, played by Michael K. Williams, relieved Baltimore drug dealers of their profits on this HBO drama debuting in 2002 The Wire $600 J TV THROUGH THE YEARS 2013-10-22 #6692
(I'm CNBC reporter David Faber.) I enjoy getting a look at commerce far from Wall Street on this drama from David Simon about Baltimore's inner city drug trade The Wire $800 J CELEBRITIES LOVE TV 2013-03-04 #6556
Before she was Michael Scott's crush on "The Office", Amy Ryan was a Baltimore port police officer on this show The Wire $800 J TV CAREER MOVES 2011-07-18 #6196
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