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INTERNATIONAL NAMES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'The U.N. ties of this Secretary-General date back to 1975, when he was a South Korean diplomat'
$2,000
Ban Ki-moon
Double Jeopardy!
5795
MYTHICAL CREATURES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'This winged creature sprang from the blood of Medusa after Perseus beheaded her'
$1600
Pegasus
Double Jeopardy!
5795
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'In 2009 Paul McCartney headlined this music fest near Palm Springs, California'
$1600
Coachella
Double Jeopardy!
5795
ASIAN CAPITALS
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'The name of this capital is Mongol for "City of the Red Hero"'
$2000
Ulan Bator
Double Jeopardy!
5795
I LOVE L.A. KERS
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'This flashy Lakers forward was nicknamed "Big Game" for his clutch playoff performances'
$2000
James Worthy
Double Jeopardy!
5795
COOKING EQUIPMENT FOOD
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'Bobby Flay's recipe for this includes as special equipment a rod to skewer the bird with'
$2000
rotisserie chicken
Double Jeopardy!
5795
INTERNATIONAL NAMES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'In 2008 he succeeded his close ally Vladimir Putin as Russia's president'
$2000
Medvedev
Double Jeopardy!
5795
MYTHICAL CREATURES
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'If you know that a Kirin is the Japanese type of this mythological creature, pour yourself a beer'
$2000
unicorn
Double Jeopardy!
5795
THE "CO"-CATEGORY
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'It's an exclusive group or clique'
$2000
a coterie
Double Jeopardy!
5795
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
2009-11-20T00:00:00
'He was the last sitting president to run for re-election & finish third in the Electoral College'
null
William Howard Taft
Final Jeopardy!
5795
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'The prospect of an endless lawsuit winding through generations leaves a "bleak" vision'
$200
Bleak House
Jeopardy!
6118
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'While Harvard has the Crimson, this university has the Crimson Tide'
$200
Alabama
Jeopardy!
6118
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Alberto Gonzales & Robert F. Kennedy both held this cabinet position'
$200
Attorney General
Jeopardy!
6118
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'The Battle of Stalingrad'
$200
World War II
Jeopardy!
6118
MAGAZINE FEATURES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Leading Off,<br />Faces in the Crowd,<br />Scorecard'
$200
Sports Illustrated
Jeopardy!
6118
3-LETTER ABBREV.
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Everyone has one:<br />POV'
$200
a point of view
Jeopardy!
6118
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'That wedding gown, that faded gown--I cannot get it, or poor Miss Havisham, out of my head'
$400
Great Expectations
Jeopardy!
6118
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Penn State's teams, they were named partly for a mountain & partly for a creature that could defeat Princeton's Tigers'
$400
the Nittany Lions
Jeopardy!
6118
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'In 1775 the Continental Congress appointed man of letters Benjamin Franklin to this job'
$400
postmaster general
Jeopardy!
6118
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Quang Tri City; the cavalry was sent!'
$400
the Vietnam War
Jeopardy!
6118
MAGAZINE FEATURES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Goings on About Town,<br />The Talk of the Town,<br />The Critics'
$400
The New Yorker
Jeopardy!
6118
3-LETTER ABBREV.
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'On some forms & applications:<br />DOB'
$400
date of birth
Jeopardy!
6118
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Bill was mean to his dog, Bull's Eye, then he killed Nancy... & so, I ran, but he kept gaining on me...'
$600
Oliver Twist
Jeopardy!
6118
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'You could say these athletes at UNLV aren't "without a cause"'
$600
the (Runnin\') Rebels
Jeopardy!
6118
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'It's the rank just below (the very model of a modern) major general'
$600
brigadier general
Jeopardy!
6118
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Quebec &, a year later, Trenton'
$600
the Revolutionary War
Jeopardy!
6118
MAGAZINE FEATURES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Agenda,<br />Fairground,<br />Fanfair'
$600
Vanity Fair
Jeopardy!
6118
3-LETTER ABBREV.
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'A religious group:<br />LDS'
$600
Latter Day Saints
Jeopardy!
6118
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Oh no, it's the cruel headmaster of Salem House, Mr. Creakle, & his peg leg buddy, Tungay--will this never end?!'
$800
David Copperfield
Jeopardy!
6118
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Worn by the National College football champions for 1993 & 1999, this team's logo is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-03-30_J_11.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>'
$800
the (Florida State) Seminoles
Jeopardy!
6118
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'The U.N.'s website says this job is "a spokesman for the interests of the world's peoples, in particular the poor"'
$800
the Secretary-General
Jeopardy!
6118
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'No one enjoyed the portions at Pork Chop Hill'
$800
the Korean War
Jeopardy!
6118
MAGAZINE FEATURES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Star Tracks,<br />Scoop,<br />Chatter'
$800
People
Jeopardy!
6118
3-LETTER ABBREV.
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'For tax purposes, the total amount you earned less deductions:<br />AGI'
$800
adjusted gross income
Jeopardy!
6118
A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'It's no "mystery" why John Jasper haunts me--his fingers have knives on them!'
$1000
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jeopardy!
6118
UNIVERSITY SPORTS TEAMS
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'They're the sports teams of Fresno State as well as Georgia'
$1000
the Bulldogs
Jeopardy!
6118
"GENERAL" JOB INFORMATION
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'In 1870 Congress created this position to direct the Marine Hospital Service'
$1,800
the Surgeon General
Jeopardy!
6118
BATTLE TO NAME THE WAR
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Let me take you down, 'cause we're going to... Bosworth Field'
$1000
the War of the Roses
Jeopardy!
6118
MAGAZINE FEATURES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Your Shot,<br />Where in the World?,<br />Visions of Earth'
$1000
National Geographic
Jeopardy!
6118
3-LETTER ABBREV.
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Organization founded by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1920:<br />LWV'
$1000
the League of Women Voters
Jeopardy!
6118
BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-03-30_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">Alex stands at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.</a>) The Western Wall is the only remnant of a retaining wall that was built to support the Temple Mount; now tradition says this mount was Moriah, the site where this patriarch prepared to sacrifice his son'
$400
Abraham
Double Jeopardy!
6118
PHILMOGRAPHIES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'"Jingle All the Way",<br />"So I Married an Axe Murderer"<br />(plus 153 episodes of "SNL")'
$400
Phil Hartman
Double Jeopardy!
6118
ARTISTS' RETREATS
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'"Ariel", "Portnoy's Complaint" & this 1969 mob novel were all written partly in Yaddo in Upstate N.Y.'
$400
The Godfather
Double Jeopardy!
6118
GET SMART
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Choline may help adult brains grow; one of these breakfast items has about a third of your RDA--want an omelette?'
$400
an egg
Double Jeopardy!
6118
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Instead of counties, this state has boroughs (or is it brrr-oughs?)'
$400
Alaska
Double Jeopardy!
6118
"CH"ILL OUT!
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'15th century Pope Innocent VIII "The Honest" was the first pope to publicly admit having these'
$400
children
Double Jeopardy!
6118
BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Ezra was the leader of the Jews who returned from this land, by whose waters they had sat down & wept'
$5,000
Babylon
Double Jeopardy!
6118
PHILMOGRAPHIES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum",<br />"It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"<br />(plus his own 1955-59 TV show)'
$800
Phil Silvers
Double Jeopardy!
6118
ARTISTS' RETREATS
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Proceeds from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" helped him start a residency program on Long Island'
$800
Edward Albee
Double Jeopardy!
6118
GET SMART
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'A study of 3,500 Japanese men's brains found those who did this in moderation aged better than those who didn't'
$800
drank alcohol
Double Jeopardy!
6118
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'This state capital is located on the Merrimack River about 15 miles north of Manchester'
$800
Concord
Double Jeopardy!
6118
"CH"ILL OUT!
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'The Battle of Missionary Ridge was a chief encounter of the 1863 battle of this southeastern city'
$800
Chattanooga
Double Jeopardy!
6118
BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-03-30_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands on the bank of the Jordan River in Israel.</a>) As depicted in art, after parting the River Jordan with his cloak, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-03-30_DJ_28a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> biblical prophet followed a chariot of fire into Heaven'
$1200
Elijah
Double Jeopardy!
6118
PHILMOGRAPHIES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'"Buster",<br />"Hook",<br />"The Genesis Concert Movie"'
$1200
Phil Collins
Double Jeopardy!
6118
ARTISTS' RETREATS
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'The patronage of Mabel Dodge Luhan made an artists' magnet of this town 55 miles from Santa Fe'
$2,800
Taos, New Mexico
Double Jeopardy!
6118
GET SMART
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'A Boston study found doing this for 40 minutes a day builds up the cerebral cortex; monks must be really smart!'
$1200
meditate
Double Jeopardy!
6118
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Tributaries of this Mississippi tributary include the Cheyenne, James & Platte'
$1200
the Missouri
Double Jeopardy!
6118
"CH"ILL OUT!
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'The Chinese call these kuaizi'
$1200
chopsticks
Double Jeopardy!
6118
BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'It was the wealthiest Greek city in Paul's time; he founded a church there & wrote 2 letters to its Christians'
$1600
Corinth
Double Jeopardy!
6118
PHILMOGRAPHIES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'"Doubt",<br />"Capote"'
$1600
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Double Jeopardy!
6118
ARTISTS' RETREATS
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'The colony bearing this single name features a barn poet Edna built from a Sears kit'
$1600
Millay
Double Jeopardy!
6118
GET SMART
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Excess weight can interfere with this hormone, raising risk of diabetes & impairing brain function--so hit the gym, Einstein'
$1600
insulin
Double Jeopardy!
6118
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'The Houston ship channel flows into this bay that shares its name with a city'
$1600
Galveston Bay
Double Jeopardy!
6118
"CH"ILL OUT!
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Don't squawk if you're accused of having illegible handwriting, aka this'
$1600
chicken scratches
Double Jeopardy!
6118
BIBLICAL PEOPLE & PLACES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-03-30_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads the clue from a church in Galilee in northern Israel.</a>) This Italian Franciscan church is dedicated to these 9 assertions Jesus made nearby about the blessed'
$2000
the Beatitudes
Double Jeopardy!
6118
PHILMOGRAPHIES
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'As a director:<br />"The Right Stuff",<br />"Invasion of the Body Snatchers"'
$2000
Philip Kaufman
Double Jeopardy!
6118
ARTISTS' RETREATS
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Around 1912, 2 painters from the Art Institute of this city founded the Ox-Bow Institute in Saugatuck, Mich.'
$2000
Chicago
Double Jeopardy!
6118
GET SMART
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'A U. of California study found that listening to the too many notes in this guy's sonatas raised IQ scores 8-9 points'
$2000
Mozart
Double Jeopardy!
6118
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'This N.C. peak, the highest east of the Mississippi, was named for the man who surveyed it, died on it & is buried at the top'
$2000
Mt. Mitchell
Double Jeopardy!
6118
"CH"ILL OUT!
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'Specific 5-letter term for the block of wood you wedge under the wheels when jacking up a car'
$2000
chock
Double Jeopardy!
6118
INFLUENTIAL 19th CENTURY THINKERS
2011-03-30T00:00:00
'At the University of Bonn in 1836, he was wounded in a duel with a member of an aristocratic Prussian fraternity'
null
Karl Marx
Final Jeopardy!
6118
STATE OF THE UNION
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'The Jack Daniel's distillery is in Lynchburg in this state'
$200
Tennessee
Jeopardy!
5580
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'Willis's Snapples and Cran-apples'
$200
Bruce\'s juices
Jeopardy!
5580
NORM!
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'The dad of this First Gulf War general was a N.J. State Police bigwig & worked the Lindbergh kidnapping case'
$200
(Norman) Schwarzkopf
Jeopardy!
5580
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'It was introduced as a way to "put 1,000 songs in your pocket"'
$200
iPod
Jeopardy!
5580
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'Lions don't like to attack ostriches because the big birds do this & can even kill the king of beasts this way'
$200
kick
Jeopardy!
5580
THE ENGLISH TOP 100
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'It's No. 1, & no, you don't get a hint'
$200
the
Jeopardy!
5580
STATE OF THE UNION
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'When Jimi Hendrix played "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, he was strumming in this state'
$400
New York
Jeopardy!
5580
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'Ashton's meat sellers'
$400
Kutcher\'s butchers
Jeopardy!
5580
NORM!
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'A sample of this artist's work is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-12-05_J_19.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>'
$400
(Norman) Rockwell
Jeopardy!
5580
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'There are websites devoted to injuries suffered by its users, such as pulled muscles & bloodied hands'
$400
Wii
Jeopardy!
5580
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'This forward from French Lick, Indiana was NBA MVP 3 times in the 1980s'
$400
Larry Bird
Jeopardy!
5580
THE ENGLISH TOP 100
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'This No. 30 must be obeyed'
$400
she
Jeopardy!
5580
STATE OF THE UNION
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'The Trinity site in this state was the location of the USA's first atomic explosion'
$600
New Mexico
Jeopardy!
5580
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'Cattrall's rooms for hot, sweaty workouts'
$600
Kim\'s gyms
Jeopardy!
5580
NORM!
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'In 1981 this "All in the Family" producer co-founded People for the American Way'
$600
Norman Lear
Jeopardy!
5580
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'This has been banned in Thailand, Turkey, Pakistan & Iran'
$600
YouTube
Jeopardy!
5580
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'This bird term for pro-war politicians was popular in the period leading up to the War of 1812'
$1,000
hawks
Jeopardy!
5580
THE ENGLISH TOP 100
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'Self-congratulations, egotists! This word made it all the way to No. 10'
$600
I
Jeopardy!
5580
STATE OF THE UNION
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'The Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport is in this state'
$800
Rhode Island
Jeopardy!
5580
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'Amanda's avenues'
$800
Peet\'s streets
Jeopardy!
5580
NORM!
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'Think positively! You'll know this man who wrote the newspaper column "Confident Living"'
$800
(Norman Vincent) Peale
Jeopardy!
5580
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'Its name was reportedly inspired by a line from "2001: A Space Odyssey"'
$800
iPod
Jeopardy!
5580
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'It's the color in the name of New Hampshire's state bird, a finch, & a state flower, a lilac'
$800
purple
Jeopardy!
5580
THE ENGLISH TOP 100
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'No. 2, this verb form is a homophone of a letter of the alphabet'
$800
be
Jeopardy!
5580
STATE OF THE UNION
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'"Where The Columbines Grow" is its official state song'
$1000
Colorado
Jeopardy!
5580
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'Lauer's chiropterans'
$1000
Matt\'s bats
Jeopardy!
5580
NORM!
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'1968 "The Armies of the Night" won him a Pulitzer & the National Book Award'
$1000
Norman Mailer
Jeopardy!
5580
iPOD, YOUTUBE OR WII
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'Britain's Prince William got one last Christmas & Queen Elizabeth promptly commandeered it'
$1000
Wii
Jeopardy!
5580
ALL ASHORE FOR BIRD LORE
2008-12-05T00:00:00
'Like its relative the peacock, the Argus type of this bird has "eyes" in its elaborate tail feathers'
$1000
the pheasant
Jeopardy!
5580