category
stringlengths 1
49
| air_date
timestamp[s] | question
stringlengths 3
862
| value
stringlengths 2
7
⌀ | answer
stringlengths 1
134
| round
stringclasses 4
values | show_number
stringlengths 1
4
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.