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NONFICTION PEOPLE
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'"The Apotheosis of" this English navigator explores "European Mythmaking in the Pacific"'
$1,000
(James) Cook
Jeopardy!
5392
WHAT A WEEK
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'Each year, World Space Week is at the start of October, commemorating this 1957 event'
$600
the Sputnik launch
Jeopardy!
5392
THE SILVER SCREEN
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'Chris O'Donnell was originally cast as her son in "Prince of Tides", but she chose her real son instead'
$600
Barbra Streisand
Jeopardy!
5392
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'The one that is technically a principality'
$600
Wales
Jeopardy!
5392
THE TITANIC
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'The Titanic carried plenty of these, 3,560, but many passengers died wearing them in the 28-degree water'
$600
lifejackets
Jeopardy!
5392
"TOO" MUCH
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'It's a small porch on the front of the house'
$600
a stoop
Jeopardy!
5392
NONFICTION PEOPLE
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'He's called a "Rough Stone Rolling" in a 2005 "Cultural Biography of Mormonism's Founder"'
$800
Joseph Smith
Jeopardy!
5392
WHAT A WEEK
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'In 1999 this country began 3 "golden weeks" of vacation for its vast populace, including one around May Day'
$800
China
Jeopardy!
5392
THE SILVER SCREEN
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'Anthony Hopkins said his voice for this movie role was "a combination of Truman Capote and Katharine Hepburn"'
$800
Hannibal Lecter
Jeopardy!
5392
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'It has the westernmost territory'
$800
Scotland
Jeopardy!
5392
THE TITANIC
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'You can still see the crane to lower these; the starboard & port ones weighed 9 tons, the center one, 17 tons'
$800
anchors
Jeopardy!
5392
"TOO" MUCH
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'As seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-02-05_J_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, seaplanes have these, or they'd be at the bottom of the sea'
$800
pontoons
Jeopardy!
5392
NONFICTION PEOPLE
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'"The Corsican" is a diary of his life "In His Own Words"'
$1000
Napoleon
Jeopardy!
5392
WHAT A WEEK
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'Carrie on "Sex and the City" really enjoyed this event that brings ships & thousands of sailors to NYC'
$1000
Fleet Week
Jeopardy!
5392
THE SILVER SCREEN
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'Schwarzenegger is a Soviet cop teamed with James Belushi's Chicago cop in this action movie'
$1000
Red Heat
Jeopardy!
5392
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND OR WALES
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'The Cambrian Mountains cover most of it'
$1000
Wales
Jeopardy!
5392
THE TITANIC
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'The ship was so big, communication was by telegraph from this navigating area to the engine room'
$1000
the bridge
Jeopardy!
5392
"TOO" MUCH
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'It's a string or garland of flowers hung in a curve, or to decorate with them'
$1000
festoon
Jeopardy!
5392
HISPANIC HISTORY
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'As president of this country, Antonio Guzman Blanco had a new capital built in Caracas'
$400
Venezuela
Double Jeopardy!
5392
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'There have been more popes of this name than any other, but the last, number XXIII, was more than 40 years ago'
$400
John
Double Jeopardy!
5392
"IBLE"S & BITS
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'Adjective for handwriting that can actually be read, unlike my doctor's'
$400
legible
Double Jeopardy!
5392
SCIENCE GUYS
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'His grandfather Erasmus argued in favor of evolution 60 years before he took up the cause himself'
$400
(Charles) Darwin
Double Jeopardy!
5392
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'On his first night taking over "The Daily Show", he informed us, "Craig Kilborn is on assignment in Kuala Lumpur"'
$400
Jon Stewart
Double Jeopardy!
5392
CHICKENS FOR FREE
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'He celebrated his 86th birthday at "21" by having his own famous fried chicken delivered to his table in section 21'
$400
Colonel Sanders
Double Jeopardy!
5392
HISPANIC HISTORY
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'The USA's second "drug czar", Bob Martinez had been governor of this state'
$800
Florida
Double Jeopardy!
5392
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'The VI & last pope to have this name reigned from 1963 to 1978'
$800
Paul
Double Jeopardy!
5392
"IBLE"S & BITS
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'Easily duped or conned, perhaps like a seabird'
$800
gullible
Double Jeopardy!
5392
SCIENCE GUYS
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'This astronomer was born in Pisa, Italy February 15, 1564'
$800
Galileo
Double Jeopardy!
5392
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'A writer, on the U.S. soccer team's 4 total shots in 3 games: "Four shots?" This Laker "takes that many during a timeout"'
$800
Kobe Bryant
Double Jeopardy!
5392
CHICKENS FOR FREE
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'In doro wat, Ethiopian chicken stew, these go in at the end of cooking, so the chicken stew comes first'
$800
the eggs
Double Jeopardy!
5392
HISPANIC HISTORY
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'To supply Coronado's party, Hernando de Alarcon sailed 3 ships up this river in 1540 to where Yuma, Ariz. is now'
$1200
the Colorado
Double Jeopardy!
5392
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'1878 to 1903 was the tenure of the XIII & last pope with this name that's also a sign of the Zodiac'
$1200
Leo
Double Jeopardy!
5392
"IBLE"S & BITS
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'You chew with it'
$1200
mandible
Double Jeopardy!
5392
SCIENCE GUYS
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'In 1920, he was named director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen'
$1200
(Niels) Bohr
Double Jeopardy!
5392
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'This Fox-TV cartoon boy: "Just so you don't hear any wild rumors, I'm being indicted for fraud in Australia"'
$1200
Bart Simpson
Double Jeopardy!
5392
CHICKENS FOR FREE
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'Chicken this "royal" way is served in a rich cream sauce with mushrooms, pimentos, green peppers & sherry'
$1200
a la king
Double Jeopardy!
5392
HISPANIC HISTORY
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'The dictator of Paraguay from 1816 to 1840 wasn't called just "El Bueno" but this superlative'
$1600
El Supremo
Double Jeopardy!
5392
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'The XII & last pope of this name that sounds like a synonym for "devout" ended his 19-year reign in 1958'
$3,000
Pius
Double Jeopardy!
5392
"IBLE"S & BITS
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'14-letter adjective for something that can't be wiped out'
$1600
indestructible
Double Jeopardy!
5392
SCIENCE GUYS
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'Until his death in 1907, this chemist headed the Weights & Measures Bureau in St. Petersburg, Russia'
$1600
Mendeleev
Double Jeopardy!
5392
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'This deadpan comic said, "I installed a skylight in my apartment... The people who live above me are furious"'
$1600
Steven Wright
Double Jeopardy!
5392
CHICKENS FOR FREE
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'Da, comrade-- a fork pierces the bird, launching a jet of fragrant melted butter in chicken this'
$1600
chicken Kiev
Double Jeopardy!
5392
HISPANIC HISTORY
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'Around 1829 this Mexican began calling himself the "Napoleon of the West"'
$2000
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Double Jeopardy!
5392
THE LAST POPE OF THIS NAME
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'He wasn't the calendar dude, but when he died in 1846, he was the XVI & last pope with this name'
$2000
Gregory
Double Jeopardy!
5392
"IBLE"S & BITS
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'Miller's witch-hunting play'
$2000
The Crucible
Double Jeopardy!
5392
SCIENCE GUYS
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'In 1855 Napoleon III "swung" a deal arranging for his appointment as physicist at the Paris Observatory'
$3,000
Jean Foucault
Double Jeopardy!
5392
FUNNY FOR NOTHIN'
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'This Brit comic cross-dresser: "Guns don't kill people, people do... but monkeys do too, if they've got a gun"'
$2000
Eddie Izzard
Double Jeopardy!
5392
CHICKENS FOR FREE
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'A rich dish combines chicken strips, spaghetti & a sherry-parmesan cheese cream sauce in chicken this opera star'
$2000
chicken Tetrazzini
Double Jeopardy!
5392
19th CENTURY POLITICIANS
2008-02-05T00:00:00
'As Territories Committee chair, this Midwest senator helped draw the borders of 7 territories, including Kansas & Nebraska'
null
Stephen Douglas
Final Jeopardy!
5392
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Abraham Lincoln delivered this November 19, 1863; it lasted all of 2 minutes'
$200
the Gettysburg Address
Jeopardy!
5795
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Reed all about it:<br />ARC INLET'
$200
clarinet
Jeopardy!
5795
BOOK NAMES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Charles Dickens:<br />"Little ____"'
$200
Dorrit
Jeopardy!
5795
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Making one of these with a few people; a frame holds it taut; we'll back it with muslin & fill it with batting'
$200
making a quilt
Jeopardy!
5795
COVER ME!
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'In 1965 Otis Redding took "Respect" to No. 35; 2 years later, her cover was No. 1'
$200
Aretha Franklin
Jeopardy!
5795
I'M GOING "INN"
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'It's the third word in the first book of the Bible'
$200
beginning
Jeopardy!
5795
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'18-year-old Will Shakespeare married her in November 1582; their daughter was born 6 months later'
$400
Anne Hathaway
Jeopardy!
5795
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'It's a brass wind instrument:<br />OH OX ASPEN'
$400
saxophone
Jeopardy!
5795
BOOK NAMES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Theodore Dreiser:<br />"Sister ____"'
$400
Carrie
Jeopardy!
5795
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Celebrating January 6, the Feast of this, commemorating the day the Magi arrived to honor the Christ Child'
$400
the Epiphany
Jeopardy!
5795
COVER ME!
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'A No. 1 hit for The Eurythmics in 1983, "Sweet Dreams" was covered in '95 by this goth rocker, the former Brian Warner'
$400
Marilyn Manson
Jeopardy!
5795
I'M GOING "INN"
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'2-word term for a tuxedo'
$400
dinner jacket
Jeopardy!
5795
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'He stepped out of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, & hasn't been seen since'
$600
D.B. Cooper
Jeopardy!
5795
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Blow in & out:<br />NO CHAIR MA'
$600
harmonica
Jeopardy!
5795
BOOK NAMES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'George Bernard Shaw:<br />"Major ____"'
$600
Barbara
Jeopardy!
5795
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Heading to Valparaiso, a seaport in this South American country'
$600
Chile
Jeopardy!
5795
COVER ME!
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'This Van Halen frontman re-did Louis Prima's "Just A Gigolo" in 1985'
$600
David Lee Roth
Jeopardy!
5795
I'M GOING "INN"
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Another word for entrails or viscera (sorry, mealtime America)'
$600
innards
Jeopardy!
5795
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'The start of his reign in Spain falls mainly on the 22nd of November, 1975'
$800
(King) Juan Carlos
Jeopardy!
5795
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Oh, it bellows:<br />RANCID COO'
$800
accordion
Jeopardy!
5795
BOOK NAMES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Nietzsche:<br />"Thus Spoke ____"'
$800
Zarathustra
Jeopardy!
5795
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Learning this Bantu language whose name comes from a word meaning "of the coast"'
$800
Swahili
Jeopardy!
5795
COVER ME!
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'In 1979 this Sex Pistols bassist did "My Way", his way'
$800
Sid Vicious
Jeopardy!
5795
I'M GOING "INN"
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'It's the type of sail seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-11-20_J_09.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> in red, white & blue'
$800
the spinnaker
Jeopardy!
5795
IT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'In Nov. 1922, after years of searching, Lord Carnarvon & Howard Carter made this discovery'
$1000
Tutankhamen\'s tomb
Jeopardy!
5795
INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Pear-shaped? Abso-lute-ly:<br />NIL NOMAD'
$1000
mandolin
Jeopardy!
5795
BOOK NAMES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Alexander Solzhenitsyn:<br />"One Day in the Life of ____ ____"'
$400
Ivan Denisovich
Jeopardy!
5795
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Giving a room visual interest with this trim aka a dado rail; it protects plaster walls from the item in its name'
$1000
a chair rail
Jeopardy!
5795
COVER ME!
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'"Are We Not Men? We Are" this '80s group who covered the Stones' "Satisfaction"'
$1000
Devo
Jeopardy!
5795
I'M GOING "INN"
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'An indirect intimation about a person of a disparaging or derogatory nature'
$1000
innuendo
Jeopardy!
5795
ASIAN CAPITALS
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Check out the Kokugikan Sumo Budokan Arena in this capital'
$400
Tokyo
Double Jeopardy!
5795
I LOVE L.A. KERS
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Kobe called it "idiotic criticism" that he hadn't (until 2009) won an NBA title without this teammate'
$400
Shaquille O\'Neal
Double Jeopardy!
5795
COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Go to logcabinsyrups.com & you'll immediately see a stack of them'
$400
pancakes
Double Jeopardy!
5795
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'As a boy Bolivia's president Evo Morales herded these pack animals'
$400
llamas
Double Jeopardy!
5795
MYTHICAL CREATURES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'This bird was said to embalm the ashes of its predecessor & then fly to Heliopolis'
$400
the phoenix
Double Jeopardy!
5795
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'It's the smallest armed service of the United States'
$400
the Coast Guard
Double Jeopardy!
5795
ASIAN CAPITALS
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'This capital lies on the north coast of West Java at the mouth of the Liwung River'
$800
Jakarta
Double Jeopardy!
5795
I LOVE L.A. KERS
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'A wizard at passing the ball, this Laker is the NBA's all-time leader in assists per game'
$800
Magic Johnson
Double Jeopardy!
5795
COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'They're the Asian restaurant items seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-11-20_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>'
$800
pot stickers
Double Jeopardy!
5795
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Alex Salmond, first minister of this country, wants to take it out of the United Kingdom'
$800
Scotland
Double Jeopardy!
5795
MYTHICAL CREATURES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Marco Polo told us of this 3-letter bird that could carry an elephant in its claws'
$800
the roc
Double Jeopardy!
5795
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'A Greek word for "poppy" gives us the name of this analgesic, an alkaloid of opium'
$800
codeine
Double Jeopardy!
5795
ASIAN CAPITALS
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Once the capital of the French protectorate of Tonkin, it's now the capital of an entire country'
$800
Hanoi (Vietnam)
Double Jeopardy!
5795
I LOVE L.A. KERS
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'This Laker giant was nicknamed "The Big Dipper" for his habit of dipping his head to fit through doorways'
$1200
Wilt Chamberlain
Double Jeopardy!
5795
COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Made with cornmeal, it comes out of the oven so soft you have to eat it with the utensil in its name'
$1200
spoon bread
Double Jeopardy!
5795
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'4 times married, ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder is aka Audi Man, for the car's symbol of 4 of these'
$1200
rings
Double Jeopardy!
5795
MYTHICAL CREATURES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'The word "panic" comes from the name of a Greek god who was this type of creature'
$1200
a satyr
Double Jeopardy!
5795
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'It's a coop for sheep or pigeons'
$1200
a cote
Double Jeopardy!
5795
ASIAN CAPITALS
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Inhabitants of this Armenian capital can see Mount Ararat, which is 35 miles to the south in Turkey'
$1600
Yerevan
Double Jeopardy!
5795
I LOVE L.A. KERS
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'This Hall-of-Fame guard & former Lakers GM is said to be the model for the player depicted in the NBA's logo'
$1600
Jerry West
Double Jeopardy!
5795
COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Orville Redenbacher sells this sweet & salty treat as well as its more famous cousin'
$1600
kettle corn
Double Jeopardy!
5795