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GIVE ME AN "A"!
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'In 2004 an Arctic Beauty wild hair contest became part of the famous Fur Rendezvous in this U.S. city'
$600
Anchorage
Jeopardy!
4582
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-06_J_09.jpg" target="_blank">Sofia of the Clue Crew stands next to a bust of President Hoover at the Hoover Dam Visitor Center.</a>) Herbert Hoover, for whom <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-06_J_09.wmv">the dam</a> is named, was known as "The Great" this, his prepolitics profession'
$800
Engineer
Jeopardy!
4582
BALLPARK FIGURES
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Famous nickname of Leon Goslin, who played in all 19 World Series games with the Washington Senators'
$800
"Goose"
Jeopardy!
4582
WEDDINGS
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'A Navy wedding features an arch of swords; an Army wedding, an arch of these heavy cavalry swords'
$800
sabres
Jeopardy!
4582
NOVEL QUOTES
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'(1932)<br />"Over the main entrance the words, Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre"'
$800
Brave New World
Jeopardy!
4582
THREE CHEERS!
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Since the 1979 incident at this location, no new nuclear reactors have been ordered in the U.S.'
$800
Three-Mile Island
Jeopardy!
4582
GIVE ME AN "A"!
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-06_J_19.wmv">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Cape Cod, MA.</a>) In 1986, this vessel, named either for a chipmunk or Woods Hole scientist Alan Vine, reached the Titanic'
$800
the Alvin
Jeopardy!
4582
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'"The Schoolmaster in Politics"'
$1,000
Woodrow Wilson
Jeopardy!
4582
BALLPARK FIGURES
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Sadly, this lefty pitcher who coined the Mets' battle cry "You gotta believe" died in 2004'
$1000
Tug McGraw
Jeopardy!
4582
WEDDINGS
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'It's the festive-sounding name for one who officiates at a wedding'
$1000
the celebrant
Jeopardy!
4582
NOVEL QUOTES
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'(1972)<br />"Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate"'
$1000
Watership Down
Jeopardy!
4582
THREE CHEERS!
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Mythical monstrosity manifested <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-06_J_30.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>'
$1000
Cerberus
Jeopardy!
4582
GIVE ME AN "A"!
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'The name Zog is not as much in vogue as it once was, when King Zog I ruled this European country'
$1000
Albania
Jeopardy!
4582
RUBY
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'In newspapers, Jack Ruby was invariably described as an "operator" of these joints'
$400
strip joints (or nightclubs)
Double Jeopardy!
4582
THE EMERALD ISLE
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'It's the only Irish city with a population above 500,000'
$400
Dublin
Double Jeopardy!
4582
PEARLS OF WISDOM
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'An artist:<br />"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes"'
$400
Andy Warhol
Double Jeopardy!
4582
CORAL REEF LIFE
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Just off Australia, it's the largest chain of coral reefs in the world'
$400
the Great Barrier Reef
Double Jeopardy!
4582
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Dangerous American pit viper'
$400
the diamondback
Double Jeopardy!
4582
WHAT A GEM!
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'The largest deposits of this fossil tree resin are found in the sands along the shores of the Baltic Sea'
$400
amber
Double Jeopardy!
4582
RUBY
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'On Feb. 29, 2004 she won an Oscar for playing a woman named Ruby'
$800
Renée Zellweger
Double Jeopardy!
4582
THE EMERALD ISLE
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'It's the one-word term for the traditional 6 counties known as Northern Ireland'
$800
Ulster
Double Jeopardy!
4582
PEARLS OF WISDOM
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'A Founding Father:<br />"There never was a good war or a bad peace"'
$800
Benjamin Franklin
Double Jeopardy!
4582
CORAL REEF LIFE
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the USA's first underwater park, is just off the coast of this Florida key'
$800
Key Largo
Double Jeopardy!
4582
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Honolulu high spot'
$800
Diamond Head
Double Jeopardy!
4582
WHAT A GEM!
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'This December birthstone is the state gem of Arizona & New Mexico'
$800
turquoise
Double Jeopardy!
4582
RUBY
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'She was married to Al Jolson when she starred in those classic 1930s Busby Berkeley musicals'
$1200
Ruby Keeler
Double Jeopardy!
4582
THE EMERALD ISLE
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'This U.S. president visited his family's ancestral village of Ballyporeen in 1984'
$1200
Reagan
Double Jeopardy!
4582
PEARLS OF WISDOM
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'A 17th century writer:<br />"Angling can be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully learnt"'
$5,000
Izaak Walton
Double Jeopardy!
4582
CORAL REEF LIFE
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'A species of these well-armed creatures known as the crown-of-thorns feasts on coral reefs'
$1200
starfish
Double Jeopardy!
4582
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Carol Channing's Broadway ballad from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"'
$1200
"Diamonds Are A Girl\'s Best Friend"
Double Jeopardy!
4582
WHAT A GEM!
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Cornflower blue is the most prized color of this gem'
$1200
a sapphire
Double Jeopardy!
4582
RUBY
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar wrote this classic song about "eight little letters which simply mean I love you"'
$1600
"Three Little Words"
Double Jeopardy!
4582
THE EMERALD ISLE
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'This Irish port city on the River Suir is world famous for its crystal'
$1600
Waterford
Double Jeopardy!
4582
PEARLS OF WISDOM
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'A playwright:<br />"We are all born mad. Some remain so."'
$1600
Samuel Beckett
Double Jeopardy!
4582
CORAL REEF LIFE
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'This coral reef dweller seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-06_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> can be vicious & has been known to attack underwater divers'
$1600
a moray eel
Double Jeopardy!
4582
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Arkansassy state park near Murfreesboro'
$1600
Crater of Diamonds State Park
Double Jeopardy!
4582
WHAT A GEM!
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Mexico is known for its water & fire varieties of this gem'
$1600
opal
Double Jeopardy!
4582
RUBY
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'In a 1999 TV movie, she played Bessie, of the centenarian Delany sisters'
$2000
Ruby Dee
Double Jeopardy!
4582
THE EMERALD ISLE
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'At about 230 miles, it's not only the longest river in Ireland, it's the longest in the British Isles'
$2,000
the River Shannon
Double Jeopardy!
4582
PEARLS OF WISDOM
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'A philosopher:<br />"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"'
$2000
George Santayana
Double Jeopardy!
4582
CORAL REEF LIFE
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'It's a ring-shaped coral island surrounding a lagoon, like Bikini or Eniwetok'
$2000
an atoll
Double Jeopardy!
4582
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'This lavish-living turn-of-the-century financier rose from a job as a bellhop'
$2000
Diamond Jim Brady
Double Jeopardy!
4582
WHAT A GEM!
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'In 1750 a Parisian jeweler found that heat turns this sherry-colored Brazilian gem pink'
$2000
topaz
Double Jeopardy!
4582
HISTORIC ENGLISHMEN
2004-07-06T00:00:00
'Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim'
null
Captain Cook
Final Jeopardy!
4582
AUTHORS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'During WWII this "Gone with the Wind" author was an American Red Cross volunteer & sold war bonds'
$200
(Margaret) Mitchell
Jeopardy!
5352
1987
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'This British prime minister won a rare third term in June'
$200
Margaret Thatcher
Jeopardy!
5352
SNACK ATTACK
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'I'll sip a Berries & Kreme Chiller with my hot Original Glazed doughnut from this chain'
$200
Krispy Kreme
Jeopardy!
5352
BIRDS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'It's the type of swan heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-12-11_J_06.mp3">here</a>'
$200
a trumpeter swan
Jeopardy!
5352
ODDS & ENDS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'This oil cartel controls 40% of world production'
$200
OPEC
Jeopardy!
5352
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Mrs. Reagan's whims'
$200
Nancy\'s fancies
Jeopardy!
5352
AUTHORS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'In 1842 he lived with cannibals in the Taipi Valley in the Marquesas; his novel "Typee" was based on the experience'
$400
Herman Melville
Jeopardy!
5352
1987
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Pat Cash beat this Czech-born tennis great to win the Wimbledon singles title'
$400
(Ivan) Lendl
Jeopardy!
5352
SNACK ATTACK
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'I've got a big appetite, so give me the Big Cup version of this Reese's treat'
$400
a peanut butter cup
Jeopardy!
5352
BIRDS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Listen, you white-bellied bustard, I know where you live-- this continent's savanna'
$400
Africa
Jeopardy!
5352
ODDS & ENDS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'The USA's highest occupied office space is the 98th floor of this Chicago structure'
$400
the Sears Tower
Jeopardy!
5352
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Mrs. Nixon's floor pads for gymnastics'
$400
Pat\'s mats
Jeopardy!
5352
AUTHORS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'He wrote his last short story, "The Betrothed", shortly before his play "The Cherry Orchard"'
$600
Chekhov
Jeopardy!
5352
1987
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'A judge said no custody of "Baby M" for this type of mother who'd agreed to bear her for $10,000'
$600
a surrogate
Jeopardy!
5352
SNACK ATTACK
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'I'd love some Honey Apple Raisin Chocolate Cookie ice cream, but this duo purposely misplaced the recipe'
$600
Ben & Jerry
Jeopardy!
5352
BIRDS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-12-11_J_08.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> bird shown in an illustration is distinguished from the heron by the bustle of feathers over its rump'
$600
crane
Jeopardy!
5352
ODDS & ENDS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'On April 9, 1963 this Brit was made the first honorary U.S. citizen'
$600
Winston Churchill
Jeopardy!
5352
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Mrs. Truman's frocks'
$600
Bess\'s dresses
Jeopardy!
5352
AUTHORS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'After years of writing science fiction, he found his niche with historical novels such as "North and South"'
$800
(John) Jakes
Jeopardy!
5352
1987
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'2 Russians made an impromptu spacewalk outside this space station & found a bag of trash that hindered docking'
$800
Mir
Jeopardy!
5352
SNACK ATTACK
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Wow! The Chocolate Delight snack bar named for this "Miami" diet has just 100 calories! I'll have 6 of them'
$800
the South Beach diet
Jeopardy!
5352
BIRDS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Perhaps this "thrush", a type of babbler, hangs out at comedy clubs with the same-named hyena'
$800
laughing thrush
Jeopardy!
5352
ODDS & ENDS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'This French tennis star of the 1920s who went on to start a clothing line was known as "the Crocodile"'
$800
(Rene) Lacoste
Jeopardy!
5352
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Mrs. Ford's landing wharfs'
$800
Betty\'s jetties
Jeopardy!
5352
AUTHORS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'She first wrote "Ethan Frome" in French, then later translated it into English'
$1000
Edith Wharton
Jeopardy!
5352
1987
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'In October the Senate rejected this former Watergate figure's nomination to the Supreme Court'
$1000
Robert Bork
Jeopardy!
5352
SNACK ATTACK
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'I could eat a whole bag of this type of snack invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853'
$1000
potato chips
Jeopardy!
5352
BIRDS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'The long legs of the bird seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-12-11_J_10.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> give it this name, from a prop used by circus performers'
$500
a stilt
Jeopardy!
5352
ODDS & ENDS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Using beeswax, olive oil, rose petals & water, Galen invented this skin cleanser with a "frigid" name c. 200 A.D.'
$1000
cold cream
Jeopardy!
5352
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Mrs. Bush's luminous radiations'
$1000
Laura\'s auras
Jeopardy!
5352
MUNICH
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'In 1634 & 1635 an outbreak of this deadly contagion devastated Munich, killing more than one third of its residents'
$400
bubonic plague
Double Jeopardy!
5352
"AI"
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'China or other ceramic objects can also be called this, after the material they're made of'
$400
porcelain
Double Jeopardy!
5352
THE COLOR PURPLE
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Established by George Washington in 1782, it can also be given to P.O.W.s who've been mistreated'
$400
Purple Heart
Double Jeopardy!
5352
MINORITY REPORT
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'A 1936 dissent by Justice Stone accused 6 other justices of a "tortured construction" of this document'
$400
the Constitution
Double Jeopardy!
5352
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'When the earth is at perihelion, it is having its closest encounter with this'
$400
the sun
Double Jeopardy!
5352
SPIELBERG MOVIES
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Spielberg directed segment 2 of this 1983 movie based on a creepy anthology series'
$400
Twilight Zone
Double Jeopardy!
5352
MUNICH
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Munich's motto used to be "die weltstadt mit herz", the world city with one of these'
$800
heart
Double Jeopardy!
5352
"AI"
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'This dictionary term meaning "old" is applied to words like "wast"'
$800
archaic
Double Jeopardy!
5352
THE COLOR PURPLE
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Day of the week in February 2006 when the top of the Empire State Building was lit purple, green & gold'
$1,500
Tuesday
Double Jeopardy!
5352
MINORITY REPORT
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'In his first major case as Chief Justice, he found himself in the minority in 2006 as Oregon assisted suicide was okayed'
$800
John Roberts
Double Jeopardy!
5352
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'In a Wilde tale, an American family in the mansion Canterville Chase encounters this trying to scare them'
$800
a ghost
Double Jeopardy!
5352
SPIELBERG MOVIES
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'This 1968 short film with a "strollin" title lent its name to Spielberg's production company'
$800
Amblin
Double Jeopardy!
5352
MUNICH
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'The Summer Olympics in Munich in this year were sadly marred by terrorism & tragedy'
$1200
1972
Double Jeopardy!
5352
"AI"
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'This often blended rum & juice cocktail is named for a Cuban town'
$1200
daiquiri
Double Jeopardy!
5352
THE COLOR PURPLE
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Defensive tackle Alan Page was part of the "purple people eaters" of this NFL team'
$1200
the Minnesota Vikings
Double Jeopardy!
5352
MINORITY REPORT
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Justice Brennan, dissenting in Paris Adult Theater v. Slaton, said this quality is too vaguely defined to regulate'
$1200
obscenity
Double Jeopardy!
5352
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'He's now a correspondant emeritus for "60 Minutes"; his memoir "Close Encounters" came out in 1984'
$1200
Mike Wallace
Double Jeopardy!
5352
SPIELBERG MOVIES
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Spielberg wasn't paid for directing this film; he said it would be "blood money"'
$1200
Schindler\'s List
Double Jeopardy!
5352
MUNICH
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'On Munich's coat of arms you'll find one of these religious figures who originally settled the city and gave it its name'
$1600
monk
Double Jeopardy!
5352
"AI"
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'This 2-word term for a nanny is French for "equal"'
$1600
an au pair
Double Jeopardy!
5352
THE COLOR PURPLE
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'2 centuries late, this unstable British king was diagnosed with an excess of purple pigments in the blood'
$1600
King George III
Double Jeopardy!
5352
MINORITY REPORT
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Justice Holmes dissented when seditionist Jacob Abrams' conviction was upheld, saying he didn't pose this type of "danger"'
$1,500
clear and present
Double Jeopardy!
5352
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'On May 13, 1981 he had a close encounter with Mehmet Ali Agca in Rome; he would later visit Agca in prison'
$1600
Pope John Paul II
Double Jeopardy!
5352
SPIELBERG MOVIES
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'13-year-old Christian Bale starred in this J.G. Ballard tale about a young prisoner in WWII China'
$1600
Empire of the Sun
Double Jeopardy!
5352
MUNICH
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'In the 16th century, Munich was a center of the German phase of this movement against Protestantism'
$2000
the Counter-Reformation
Double Jeopardy!
5352
"AI"
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Broad-snouted and smooth-fronted are 2 types of this South American reptile'
$2000
caiman
Double Jeopardy!
5352