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FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'Francois Lemoyne painted the Hercules ceiling at this French palace & voila! became premier peintre du roi'
$800
Versailles
Double Jeopardy!
4220
ON THE GO
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'Created in 1971 as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, it's better known by this name'
$800
Amtrak
Double Jeopardy!
4220
3-NAMED AUTHORS
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'She wrote "Jo's Boys" in 1886, a second sequel to her 1860s novel'
$800
Louisa May Alcott
Double Jeopardy!
4220
HORSE SENSE
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'Buck, ridden by James Arness on "Gunsmoke", was later used by Lorne Greene on this series'
$800
Bonanza
Double Jeopardy!
4220
THE EMPEROR NERO
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'Nero's indulgences included poetry, acting & racing these vehicles'
$800
chariots
Double Jeopardy!
4220
"BOO"!
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'An illegally made product, especially a musical recording'
$800
bootleg
Double Jeopardy!
4220
ON THE GO
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'(Sofia of the Clue Crew paddling a canoe) Some of the earliest canoes were this type of boat, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk'
$1200
dugout canoe
Double Jeopardy!
4220
3-NAMED AUTHORS
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'This "Ship of Fools" author won a Pulitzer & the National Book Award for her 1965 "Collected Stories"'
$1200
Katherine Anne Porter
Double Jeopardy!
4220
HORSE SENSE
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'The Pie was little Liz Taylor's horse in this classic'
$1200
National Velvet
Double Jeopardy!
4220
THE EMPEROR NERO
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'Contrary to myth, no evidence exists that Nero played a fiddle, or anything else, while this happened'
$1200
while Rome burned
Double Jeopardy!
4220
"BOO"!
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'A hidden explosive device, it sounds like a snare for a tropical seabird'
$1200
boobytrap
Double Jeopardy!
4220
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'In 1834 Delacroix painted the lush "Women of" this Algerian city "in Their Apartment"'
$1600
Algiers
Double Jeopardy!
4220
ON THE GO
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'Lighter than a Conestoga wagon, it was named for its white canvas covering which resembled the sails of ships'
$1600
prairie schooner
Double Jeopardy!
4220
3-NAMED AUTHORS
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'The movie "Yentl" was based on a story by him'
$1600
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Double Jeopardy!
4220
HORSE SENSE
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'Guy Williams rode Tornado as this hero'
$1600
Zorro
Double Jeopardy!
4220
THE EMPEROR NERO
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'At age 16, Nero was proclaimed emperor by this military unit & immediately confirmed by the Senate'
$400
Praetorian Guard
Double Jeopardy!
4220
"BOO"!
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'A government project of little value funded to gain political favor'
$1600
boondoggle
Double Jeopardy!
4220
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'Talent ran in the family: this first woman to join the Impressionists was a granddaughter of the Rococo painter Fragonard'
$2000
Berthe Morisot
Double Jeopardy!
4220
ON THE GO
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'This Newfoundland capital is the easternmost terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway'
$2000
St. John\'s
Double Jeopardy!
4220
3-NAMED AUTHORS
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'In 2001 this novelist & short story writer's "We Were the Mulvaneys" was chosen for Oprah's Book Club'
$2000
Joyce Carol Oates
Double Jeopardy!
4220
HORSE SENSE
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'Shakespeare has this king saying, "Saddle White Surrey for the field to-morrow"'
$1,200
Richard III
Double Jeopardy!
4220
"BOO"!
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'According to Lewis Carroll, the snark was one of these, you see'
$2000
boojum
Double Jeopardy!
4220
IN THE DICTIONARY
2002-12-27T00:00:00
'This 5-letter word can refer to one type of work by a composer, or to several works of different types'
null
opera
Final Jeopardy!
4220
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Canada'
$200
the United States
Jeopardy!
6125
21st CENTURY MUSIC
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'The nickname of this woman from the Black Eyed Peas is just a shortening of her last name'
$200
Fergie
Jeopardy!
6125
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Knowing it's from the Greek for "serpent" might turn you off this name of a doomed lass in "Hamlet"'
$200
Ophelia
Jeopardy!
6125
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Turbulent rapids'
$200
whitewater
Jeopardy!
6125
WHEN THE SAINTS
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Santa Rosa de Lima is honored with festivals each August 30 in this country where she's patron saint'
$200
Peru
Jeopardy!
6125
COME, HO CHI MINH
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Ho Chi Minh is buried in this capital city'
$200
Hanoi
Jeopardy!
6125
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'South Korea'
$400
North Korea
Jeopardy!
6125
21st CENTURY MUSIC
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'The stage name of this R&B singer born Shaffer Smith is a play on the name of a character in "The Matrix"'
$400
Ne-Yo
Jeopardy!
6125
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Name a girl this after the "Merchant of Venice" heroine & she'll probably grow up to like fast sports cars'
$400
Portia
Jeopardy!
6125
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Milk with butter & flour added used as a base in cooking'
$400
a white sauce
Jeopardy!
6125
WHEN THE SAINTS
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'The site of this city, now the seat of Saint Johns County, Florida, was visited by Ponce de Leon in 1513'
$400
St. Augustine
Jeopardy!
6125
COME, HO CHI MINH
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Ho Chi Minh helped start Vietnam's Communist Party & in the 1920s helped start this Eur. country's Communist Party'
$400
France
Jeopardy!
6125
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Denmark'
$1,000
Germany
Jeopardy!
6125
21st CENTURY MUSIC
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'"Ordinary People" singer John Stephens took on this last name, the stuff that myths are made of'
$600
Legend
Jeopardy!
6125
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'If you give your son this villainous 4-letter name from "Othello", you're just asking for trouble'
$600
Iago
Jeopardy!
6125
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Condition of heavy snow or fog during daylight in which visibility is lost'
$600
a whiteout
Jeopardy!
6125
WHEN THE SAINTS
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'You're a Slav to the study of language if you know that this alphabet bears the name of a 9th c. saint'
$600
Cyrillic
Jeopardy!
6125
COME, HO CHI MINH
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'The trail bearing Ho's name was a series of Viet Cong supply routes mostly through this neighboring nation'
$600
Laos
Jeopardy!
6125
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'San Marino'
$800
Italy
Jeopardy!
6125
21st CENTURY MUSIC
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'"Icky Thump" was a No. 1 modern rock hit for this duo'
$800
the White Stripes
Jeopardy!
6125
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'I'd think twice about naming your daughter this; she might turn into a shrew like in the play'
$800
Katherine
Jeopardy!
6125
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'A chess piece, or a company involved in a friendly takeover of another'
$800
a white knight
Jeopardy!
6125
WHEN THE SAINTS
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'It's the secret identity of the British detective known as "The Saint"'
$800
Simon Templar
Jeopardy!
6125
COME, HO CHI MINH
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Ho Chi Minh was also known by the nickname Bac Ho, meaning this relative'
$800
uncle
Jeopardy!
6125
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Brunei'
$1000
Malaysia
Jeopardy!
6125
21st CENTURY MUSIC
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Brothers Chad & Mike Kroeger make up half of this rock band'
$1000
Nickelback
Jeopardy!
6125
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'For an eighth child, preferably a daughter, this name from "Antony and Cleopatra" would be fitting'
$1000
Octavia
Jeopardy!
6125
YES, THAT'S "WHITE"
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Down a shot & name this 1973 Burt Reynolds movie'
$1000
White Lightning
Jeopardy!
6125
WHEN THE SAINTS
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'This Afro-Cuban belief system uses Catholic saints as representations of the spirit world'
$1000
Santería
Jeopardy!
6125
COME, HO CHI MINH
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Ho Chi Minh's real family name wasn't Ho, it was this, like many other Vietnamese'
$1000
Nguyen
Jeopardy!
6125
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'In Jerome Robbins' "Celebration", couples representing 5 countries dance this, "step for 2" in French'
$400
pas de deux
Double Jeopardy!
6125
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'1967:<br />"We rob banks"'
$400
Bonnie and Clyde
Double Jeopardy!
6125
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'D'Artagnan'
$400
Dumas
Double Jeopardy!
6125
SYRIA'S EATING
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Syria had to wait until 2006 for an American fast food franchise, this fowl-selling one'
$400
KFC
Double Jeopardy!
6125
UP IN THE AIR
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'It decreases for the first 6 miles of the atmosphere, then goes way up, way down & finally up again around 55 miles high'
$400
the temperature
Double Jeopardy!
6125
ABBREV.
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'A recent, frightening addition to our world language:<br />WMD'
$400
weapons of mass destruction
Double Jeopardy!
6125
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'"Fete Noire" was first presented in 1971 by the fledgling dance theatre of this Manhattan area'
$800
Harlem
Double Jeopardy!
6125
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'1975:<br />"She turned me into a newt!"'
$800
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Double Jeopardy!
6125
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Harry Angstrom, aka "Rabbit"'
$800
(John) Updike
Double Jeopardy!
6125
SYRIA'S EATING
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Mansaf is this favorite meat cooked in a yogurt sauce'
$800
lamb
Double Jeopardy!
6125
UP IN THE AIR
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Warm air flows deflected by the Earth's rotation create winds that were named this by business-minded mariners'
$800
trade winds
Double Jeopardy!
6125
ABBREV.
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Since 1871, they've aimed to please:<br />NRA'
$800
the National Rifle Association
Double Jeopardy!
6125
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'In "Harlequinade" the hero tries to rescue Columbine with the help of the magical "La Bonne Fee", this in English'
$1200
the good fairy
Double Jeopardy!
6125
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'1999:<br />"Get in my belly!" (Second in a series)'
$1200
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Double Jeopardy!
6125
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Esmeralda & Claude Frollo'
$1200
(Victor) Hugo
Double Jeopardy!
6125
SYRIA'S EATING
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Sultan Ibrahim is a Mideastern name for red mullet, a type of this creature'
$1200
fish
Double Jeopardy!
6125
UP IN THE AIR
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'At under 6,000 feet, this 7-letter layered type of cloud is one of the lowest'
$1200
stratus
Double Jeopardy!
6125
ABBREV.
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Printer particular:<br />DPI'
$1200
dots per inch
Double Jeopardy!
6125
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'The ballet "Bhakti" features 3 Hindu gods including this "destroyer", whose wife, Shakti, dances for him'
$1600
Shiva
Double Jeopardy!
6125
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'1999:<br />"Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler"'
$1600
Office Space
Double Jeopardy!
6125
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Catherine Earnshaw'
$1600
Emily Brontë
Double Jeopardy!
6125
SYRIA'S EATING
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'The leaves of mulukhiya resemble those of this vegetable; we hope Syrian kids don't turn up their noses at mulukhiya'
$1600
spinach
Double Jeopardy!
6125
UP IN THE AIR
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Pilots are leery of CAT, or clear-air this, which often occurs over mountains & around thunderstorms'
$1600
turbulence
Double Jeopardy!
6125
ABBREV.
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'You can bank on it:<br />FDIC'
$1600
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Double Jeopardy!
6125
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'The 1969 ballet "Trinity" was inspired by the peace movement in this California university city'
$2000
Berkeley
Double Jeopardy!
6125
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER!
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'1951:<br />"Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above"'
$2000
The African Queen
Double Jeopardy!
6125
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Paul Baumer, a young German soldier'
$2,000
Erich Maria Remarque
Double Jeopardy!
6125
SYRIA'S EATING
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'To make eish al-Saraya or "Syrian dessert" you need this preparation made by steeping petals in liquid'
$2000
rosewater
Double Jeopardy!
6125
UP IN THE AIR
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'From 30 to 50 miles up is this intermediate section of the atmosphere; it gets its name from the Greek for "middle"'
$2000
mesosphere
Double Jeopardy!
6125
ABBREV.
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'Like NAFTA, but farther south:<br />CAFTA'
$4,000
Central American Free Trade Agreement
Double Jeopardy!
6125
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
2011-04-08T00:00:00
'64 paintings from the Met's founding purchase are still in its collection; over 1/3 of them are from this current European nation'
null
the Netherlands
Final Jeopardy!
6125
THE 23rd PSALM
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'They're the first 5 words of the psalm'
$200
The Lord is my shepherd
Jeopardy!
5979
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'J.P. Hayes cost himself a 2009 spot on this tour by confessing to using an unapproved ball'
$200
the PGA tour
Jeopardy!
5979
SILENCE
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'In a silent one of these, the bids are written--none of that "do I hear..." business'
$200
an auction
Jeopardy!
5979
"V"
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'Sabin and Salk product'
$200
vaccines
Jeopardy!
5979
PUSH BY SAFIRE
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'William Safire won this prize in 1978 "For Commentary on the Bert Lance Affair" ("Affair" being Lance's banking practices)'
$200
the Pulitzer
Jeopardy!
5979
MAKE IT RIGHT
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-09-16_J_21.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.</a>) This actor who founded Make It Right not only pledged $5 million, but moved his large family to New Orleans & threw himself into sustainable rebuilding'
$200
Brad Pitt
Jeopardy!
5979
THE 23rd PSALM
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside" these'
$400
still waters
Jeopardy!
5979
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'In 2008 Central Wash. players of this sport carried injured Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon around the bases'
$400
softball
Jeopardy!
5979
SILENCE
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'The journal of this quiet type of institution gives an award for the one "of the Year"; in 2010 it was in Columbus'
$400
a library
Jeopardy!
5979
"V"
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'A tramp or wanderer'
$400
a vagabond
Jeopardy!
5979
PUSH BY SAFIRE
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'Safire wrote, "A president's ability to deflect charges of sleaze...aimed at his administration" was a this-coated presidency'
$400
teflon
Jeopardy!
5979
MAKE IT RIGHT
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-09-16_J_26.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.</a>) The "E" in insulated "Low-E windows" stands for this; the windows allow light through but prevent solar heat gain & block UV rays'
$400
emission
Jeopardy!
5979
THE 23rd PSALM
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'These 2 items, "they comfort me"'
$600
rod & staff
Jeopardy!
5979
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'Mike Bossy & Alexander Mogilny have won the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly conduct in this sport'
$600
hockey
Jeopardy!
5979
SILENCE
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'The type used for a trumpet or sax is more familiar, but string instruments can be muffled with this device'
$1,500
a mute
Jeopardy!
5979
"V"
2010-09-16T00:00:00
'A silk textile with a short, smooth surface, or the covering on deer's developing antlers'
$600
velvet
Jeopardy!
5979