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MORTAL MATTERS
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'In 1961 Hassan II was crowned in this country after his father died following a minor nose operation'
$500
Morocco
Jeopardy!
3461
BIRDS
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Also known as a duck hawk, it has been clocked at 175 miles per hour during a dive'
$500
Peregrine falcon
Jeopardy!
3461
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Julia Ward's female swine'
$500
Howe\'s sows;23456
Jeopardy!
3461
THE "W.B."
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'It's worn by a novice in judo or karate'
$200
White belt
Double Jeopardy!
3461
AFRICAN ISLANDS
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Uganda's Sese Islands lie in the northern part of this large lake'
$200
Lake Victoria
Double Jeopardy!
3461
BILLS & WILLS
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Born in Fabens, Texas in 1931, this legendary jockey won his first of 8,833 races at age 18'
$200
Willie Shoemaker
Double Jeopardy!
3461
U.S. COLLEGES
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'The Wren Building at this school named for 2 monarchs is the oldest U.S. academic building still in use'
$200
William and Mary
Double Jeopardy!
3461
CLASSICAL GASES
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'The most common isotope of hydrogen has an atomic weight of this whole number'
$200
1
Double Jeopardy!
3461
COUNTRY MUSIC
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'In 1999 her "Faith" CD reached triple platinum status'
$200
Faith Hill
Double Jeopardy!
3461
THE "W.B."
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'In a 1969 film this title group included William Holden & Warren Oates'
$400
The Wild Bunch
Double Jeopardy!
3461
AFRICAN ISLANDS
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Parts of this capital city lie on the islands of Gezira & Roda in the Nile River'
$400
Cairo
Double Jeopardy!
3461
BILLS & WILLS
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Playing center for the Boston Celtics, he led the team to 11 NBA championships in the '50s & '60s'
$400
Bill Russell
Double Jeopardy!
3461
CLASSICAL GASES
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Discovered separately in the 1770s by British & Swedish chemists, it was found to be a gas by a Frenchman'
$400
Oxygen
Double Jeopardy!
3461
COUNTRY MUSIC
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'[Well hey everybody, I'm Naomi Judd] In mid-1984 Wynonna & I made our first ever concert appearance at Ak-Sar-Ben, a large concert hall in this Nebraska city'
$400
Omaha
Double Jeopardy!
3461
AFRICAN ISLANDS
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Now a part of Tanzania, this island known for its cloves was mentioned in "The Patty Duke Show" theme song'
$600
Zanzibar
Double Jeopardy!
3461
BILLS & WILLS
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'This outlaw of the Old West also went by the name Henry McCarty'
$600
Billy the Kid
Double Jeopardy!
3461
CLASSICAL GASES
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'As a liquid, it's used as a cryogenic refrigerant; as a gas, it makes lights red'
$1,000
Neon
Double Jeopardy!
3461
COUNTRY MUSIC
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'"Strawberry Wine" was the first of 3 No. 1 hits from this debut album by Deana Carter'
$600
"Did I Shave My Legs for This?"
Double Jeopardy!
3461
AFRICAN ISLANDS
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Malagasy, 1 of its 2 official languages, is of Indonesian origin'
$800
Madagascar
Double Jeopardy!
3461
BILLS & WILLS
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'This perennial Democratic nominee also served as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State'
$800
William Jennings Bryan
Double Jeopardy!
3461
U.S. COLLEGES
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'The student newspaper of this Hanover, N.H. school calls itself "America's Oldest College Newspaper"'
$800
Dartmouth
Double Jeopardy!
3461
CLASSICAL GASES
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Lighter than air, it's also called marsh gas & is found in natural gas'
$800
Methane
Double Jeopardy!
3461
COUNTRY MUSIC
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'This performer became an Opry member in 1991, the same year his "When I Call Your Name" album went platinum'
$800
Vince Gill
Double Jeopardy!
3461
AFRICAN ISLANDS
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Wine production is a chief industry of this Portuguese island off Africa's northwest coast'
$1000
Madeira
Double Jeopardy!
3461
BILLS & WILLS
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Before hosting his TV "Journal", he was deputy director of the Peace Corps'
$500
Bill Moyers
Double Jeopardy!
3461
U.S. COLLEGES
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'Swarthmore College of Pennsylvania has a historical library devoted to this religious group that founded it'
$1000
Quakers (Society of Friends)
Double Jeopardy!
3461
CLASSICAL GASES
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'This gas forms tiny bubbles in a diver's bloodstream that can be dangerous if he ascends too quickly'
$1000
Nitrogen
Double Jeopardy!
3461
COUNTRY MUSIC
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'In 1990 Jukebox named this Randy Travis cover of a Brook Benton hit the Country Record of the Year'
$1000
"It\'s Just A Matter of Time"
Double Jeopardy!
3461
FICTION
1999-09-27T00:00:00
'This 1937 mystery was written at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan'
null
\"Death on the Nile\"
Final Jeopardy!
3461
SHIPS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'This ship, Columbus' flagship., was originally called the Marigalanti'
$100
Santa Maria
Jeopardy!
1800
FOOD FACTS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Bread is eaten so widely it's often called the "staff of" this'
$100
life
Jeopardy!
1800
KING ARTHUR
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Shortly after birth, Arthur was given to this wizard for safekeeping'
$100
Merlin
Jeopardy!
1800
NATURE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Some of the fanciest of these reptiles are beaded, horned, or frilled'
$100
lizards
Jeopardy!
1800
MISC.
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'This waterfall is separated into the American Falls & Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island'
$100
Niagara Falls
Jeopardy!
1800
"KEY"s
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'It's Pennsylvania's nickname'
$100
the Keystone state
Jeopardy!
1800
SHIPS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Neither this admiral nor his flagship, the Trinidad, completed the circumnavigation of the globe'
$200
Magellan
Jeopardy!
1800
FOOD FACTS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'The "pearl" type of this is served as a vegetable or pickled & used as a condiment'
$200
an onion
Jeopardy!
1800
KING ARTHUR
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Arthur's round table had a seat reserved for this knight who could find this'
$200
the Holy Grail
Jeopardy!
1800
NATURE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'The AKC could tell that Afghans & Salukis belong to this dog group'
$200
hounds
Jeopardy!
1800
MISC.
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Before applying to become a naturalized U.S. citizen, a resident alien must have reached this age'
$200
eighteen
Jeopardy!
1800
"KEY"s
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Attractions in this Florida city include the homes of Ernest Hemingway & John Jacob Audubon'
$200
Key West
Jeopardy!
1800
SHIPS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'The Queen Elizabeth was a few feet lnger than this, her sister ship'
$300
the Queen Mary
Jeopardy!
1800
FOOD FACTS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Kentucky burgoo is a thick one of these made with meat vegetables'
$300
a stew
Jeopardy!
1800
KING ARTHUR
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Arthur set up the diamond jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments all won by this knight'
$300
Lancelot
Jeopardy!
1800
NATURE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'The oxpecker, which is this type of animal, likes to ride on the backs of giraffes'
$300
a bird
Jeopardy!
1800
MISC.
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'This noble gas glows orange-red when an electric current is passed through it'
$300
neon
Jeopardy!
1800
"KEY"s
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'This type of private establishment admits only members & their guests'
$300
a key club
Jeopardy!
1800
SHIPS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'In 1831 Charles Darwin sailed as naturalist on this ship'
$400
the Beagle
Jeopardy!
1800
FOOD FACTS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Hard sauce is made by beating together sugar, this spread, & a flavoring such as brandy'
$400
butter
Jeopardy!
1800
KING ARTHUR
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'The title of this T.H. White book refers to the object that made Arthur king'
$400
a sword in the stone
Jeopardy!
1800
NATURE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'The Dorcas type of this graceful antelope is one of the smallest; it's barely 2 feet tall'
$400
a gazelle
Jeopardy!
1800
MISC.
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Jules Verne's book "Around the Moon" was the sequel to this 1865 best seller'
$400
From the Earth to the Moon
Jeopardy!
1800
"KEY"s
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'No bones about it, it opens many locks'
$400
a skeleton key
Jeopardy!
1800
SHIPS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'The Thresher & Scorpion were this type of ship; 1 was lost in 1963, 1 in 1968'
$500
(nuclear) submarines
Jeopardy!
1800
FOOD FACTS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'"Crevette" is the French word for this shellfish'
$500
shrimp
Jeopardy!
1800
KING ARTHUR
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'After Mordred mortally wounded him, Arthur's body was carried away to this island'
$1,000
Avalon
Jeopardy!
1800
NATURE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'This spotted cat is also known as the hunting leopard'
$500
the cheetah
Jeopardy!
1800
MISC.
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'This N.H. school was the last U.S. institution of higher learning to be founded by royal decree'
$500
Dartmouth
Jeopardy!
1800
"KEY"s
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'From 1833 to 1841 he served as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia'
$500
Francis Scott Key
Jeopardy!
1800
SCIENCE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'In metric measurement, 10 millimeters equal 1 of these'
$200
a centimeter
Double Jeopardy!
1800
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'In one Grimm tale, 12 princesses dance these to pieces in an underground castle'
$200
their shoes
Double Jeopardy!
1800
WYOMING
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Wyoming shares the Black Hills National Forest with this state'
$200
South Dakota
Double Jeopardy!
1800
FIGURE SKATERS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'In 1986 she became the 1st black woman to win the World Championship of Figure Skating'
$200
Debbie Thomas
Double Jeopardy!
1800
ORGANIZED LABOR
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Under this arrangement, labor and management agree to let a third party settle their dispute'
$200
arbitration
Double Jeopardy!
1800
THE MIDDLE AGES
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Imprisoned in Genoa, he dictated an account of his visit to the court of Kublai Khan'
$200
Marco Polo
Double Jeopardy!
1800
SCIENCE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Boyle's Law says normally if you double the pressure on a gas, the volume decreases by this amount'
$400
one-half
Double Jeopardy!
1800
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Anne Shirley leaves the orphanage to live on this "colorful" farm in Avonlea'
$400
Green Gables
Double Jeopardy!
1800
WYOMING
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'A western celebration, Frontier Days, has been held each year since 1897 in this capital'
$400
Cheyenne
Double Jeopardy!
1800
FIGURE SKATERS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'In 1986 this East German beauty was called "the warmest thing to hit the Cold War since vodka"'
$400
Katarina Witt
Double Jeopardy!
1800
ORGANIZED LABOR
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'This board was created in 1935 to correct or prevent unfair labor practices by employers or unions'
$400
the National Labor Relations Board
Double Jeopardy!
1800
THE MIDDLE AGES
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'This continent's Mali empire reached its apogee under Mansa Musa in the 14th century'
$400
Africa
Double Jeopardy!
1800
SCIENCE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'In 1973 it became the first comet studied by men in space'
$1,100
Kohoutek
Double Jeopardy!
1800
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'"The Comic Adventures of" this elderly woman "and her Dog" were first published in 1805'
$600
Old Mother Hubbard
Double Jeopardy!
1800
WYOMING
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'The source of this main tributary of the Columbia River is located in Yellowstone National Park'
$600
the Snake River
Double Jeopardy!
1800
FIGURE SKATERS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Native country of Barbara Ann Scott, who in 1947 became the 1st N. American to win the European title'
$600
Canada
Double Jeopardy!
1800
ORGANIZED LABOR
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'In 1978 legislation raised the mandatory retirement age to this'
$600
seventy
Double Jeopardy!
1800
THE MIDDLE AGES
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'In 1301 Edward II was the first English heir to be given this title'
$600
Prince of Wales
Double Jeopardy!
1800
SCIENCE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'One mole of any substance always has the same number, 6.022 x 10<sup>23</sup> of these'
$800
atoms
Double Jeopardy!
1800
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Dinarzade is the younger sister of this woman known for her nocturnal stories'
$800
Shahrazad
Double Jeopardy!
1800
WYOMING
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Settlement began in earnest when this railroad pushed across the state in the 1860s'
$800
the Union Pacific
Double Jeopardy!
1800
FIGURE SKATERS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'An injury forced him & Tai Babilonia to withdraw from the pairs competition at Lake Placid in 1980'
$800
Randy Gardner
Double Jeopardy!
1800
ORGANIZED LABOR
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'The United Steelworkers of America is headquartered in this city'
$800
Pittsburgh
Double Jeopardy!
1800
THE MIDDLE AGES
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Irene, who reigned from 797-802, declared herselt Emperor, not Empress, of this empire'
$800
the Byzantine Empire
Double Jeopardy!
1800
SCIENCE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'This resin, a natural polymer used as a varnish, is produced by insects in India and Myanmar'
$1000
shellac
Double Jeopardy!
1800
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Madeline is one of "twelve little girls in two straight lines" who attend a school in this city'
$1000
Paris
Double Jeopardy!
1800
WYOMING
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'1 of Wyoming's 2 U.S. senators'
$1000
Alan Simpson (or Malcolm Wallop)
Double Jeopardy!
1800
FIGURE SKATERS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'Dorothy Hamill developed a spin now known as the "Hamill" one of these'
$1000
camel
Double Jeopardy!
1800
ORGANIZED LABOR
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'This union withdrew from the AFL-CIO in 168 under Walter Reuther, but rejoined in 1981'
$2,000
the United Autoworkers Union
Double Jeopardy!
1800
THE MIDDLE AGES
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'In 1358 this league of North German trading towns made Lubeck its administrative headquarters'
$1000
the Hanseatic League
Double Jeopardy!
1800
VICE PRESIDENTS
1992-05-29T00:00:00
'He served FDR as Commerce Secretary, Agriculture Secretary, and Vice President'
null
Henry Wallace
Final Jeopardy!
1800
COUNTRY MUSIC
2010-09-20T00:00:00
'Though his last name means "pertaining to a city", this "Defying Gravity" singer is a country superstar'
$200
Keith Urban
Jeopardy!
5981
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!
2010-09-20T00:00:00
'The witness is testifying based on what someone else told her--that's called this'
$200
hearsay
Jeopardy!
5981
GOOD CAUSES
2010-09-20T00:00:00
'This word precedes "Conservancy" in the name of a group with a million members'
$200
Nature
Jeopardy!
5981
BLARNEY
2010-09-20T00:00:00
'Now applied to Shakespeare, this word referred originally to Celtic minstrel poets'
$200
bard
Jeopardy!
5981
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
2010-09-20T00:00:00
'A. Philip Randolph, who first proposed a march on this city in 1941, also helped organize the one in 1963'
$400
Washington, D.C.
Jeopardy!
5981
COUNTRY MUSIC
2010-09-20T00:00:00
'In 2010 this movie soundtrack featuring Jeff Bridges was a Billboard Top 10 country album'
$400
Crazy Heart
Jeopardy!
5981
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION
2010-09-20T00:00:00
'In 1521, Ignatius was struck by a cannonball while defending this country against the French'
$400
Spain
Jeopardy!
5981
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT!
2010-09-20T00:00:00
'Calls for an opinion--only allowed for this type of witness with special knowledge of a subject'
$400
an expert witness
Jeopardy!
5981
GOOD CAUSES
2010-09-20T00:00:00
'The Environmental Defense Fund helped convince this fast-food co. to abandon polystyrene containers in 1990'
$400
McDonald\'s
Jeopardy!
5981
BLARNEY
2010-09-20T00:00:00
'For peat sake, you should know this word for wet, spongy ground'
$400
a bog
Jeopardy!
5981