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THE COLOR PURPLE
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'This purple flower is the state flower of Colorado'
$2000
the columbine
Double Jeopardy!
5352
MINORITY REPORT
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Justice Harlan was an honorable one-man minority in this 1896 decision that enshrined the "separate but equal" doctrine'
$2000
Plessy v. Ferguson
Double Jeopardy!
5352
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'In meteorology, when a cold one has a close encounter with a warm one & takes it over, it's called an occluded one'
$2000
a front
Double Jeopardy!
5352
SPIELBERG MOVIES
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'Before "The Blues Brothers", Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi starred in this WWII farce'
$2000
1941
Double Jeopardy!
5352
SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY CHARACTERS
2007-12-11T00:00:00
'To the consternation of the title character, we learn that this character was born by C-section'
null
Macduff
Final Jeopardy!
5352
OPERA
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Stationed in Seville, Don Jose is bewitched by a gypsy girl in this Bizet opera'
$200
Carmen
Jeopardy!
4398
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'"I lost the Number 1 draft pick the night before the draft!"'
$200
Jerry Maguire
Jeopardy!
4398
BODIES OF WATER
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'In 1975 the United Kingdom began piping oil from this sea to its shores'
$200
the North Sea
Jeopardy!
4398
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Chafing from chaps, rope burns from lassos & that saddle horn -- watch where you sit if you're one of these'
$200
cowboy
Jeopardy!
4398
PLANT PARENTHOOD
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Named for the Virgin Mary, these carnivorous little red beetles can help rid your garden of aphids & other insects'
$200
ladybugs
Jeopardy!
4398
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Ulysses' trousers'
$200
Grant\'s pants
Jeopardy!
4398
OPERA
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Like many of his works, this composer's "Tannhauser" is based on Germanic legends'
$400
(Richard) Wagner
Jeopardy!
4398
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'"What I wouldn't give for a drop of good old-fashioned Creole blood"'
$400
Interview with the Vampire
Jeopardy!
4398
BODIES OF WATER
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'The St. Mary's River connects Lake Superior to this second-largest Great Lake'
$400
Lake Huron
Jeopardy!
4398
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'If this is you're job you'd be fired if this clue go t by you uncorected'
$400
proofreader
Jeopardy!
4398
PLANT PARENTHOOD
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in the laboratory) Any glass or plastic container can be used to build one of these self-contained indoor gardens'
$400
terrariums
Jeopardy!
4398
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Arthur's school terms'
$400
Chester\'s semesters
Jeopardy!
4398
OPERA
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Mozart opera in which the count tries to thwart & postpone his valet's wedding'
$2,500
The Marriage of Figaro
Jeopardy!
4398
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'"I am a Vietnam veteran! I fought for my country!"'
$600
Born on the Fourth of July
Jeopardy!
4398
BODIES OF WATER
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'12,500' above sea level, this South American lake bordering Bolivia & Peru is the world's most navigable lake'
$600
Lake Titicaca
Jeopardy!
4398
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'In this job aiding a medical professional, Angie might get a finger nipped by little Billy while X-raying his molar'
$600
dental hygienist
Jeopardy!
4398
PLANT PARENTHOOD
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Juniper & maple are good trees to use in this cultivating art whose name means "plant in a tray" in Japanese'
$600
bonsai
Jeopardy!
4398
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Zachary's wardens'
$600
Taylor\'s jailers
Jeopardy!
4398
OPERA
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Musetta has her very own waltz in Act II of this Puccini opera'
$800
La boheme
Jeopardy!
4398
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'"I'm gonna let ya in on a little secret, Ray. K-Mart sucks"'
$800
Rain Man
Jeopardy!
4398
BODIES OF WATER
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'At Khartoum, Sudan these colorful branches meet to form the Nile River'
$800
the Blue Nile & the White Nile
Jeopardy!
4398
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'He has to listen to his wheels going round, round, round all day & may get a paper cut from a transfer'
$800
bus driver
Jeopardy!
4398
PLANT PARENTHOOD
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew in the laboratory) A must for any gardener, a soil testing kit is used to take a reading of this level, a measure of acidity'
$800
pH level
Jeopardy!
4398
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'James' egg parts'
$800
Polk\'s yolks
Jeopardy!
4398
OPERA
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'At 35 he decided for the first time to sit right down & write himself an opera; he produced "Fidelio"'
$1000
(Ludwig van) Beethoven
Jeopardy!
4398
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'"They're dead...my team is dead...they knew we were coming"'
$1000
Mission: Impossible
Jeopardy!
4398
BODIES OF WATER
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'After a 1,750-mile trip from Germany, this river breaks into 3 branches in Romania before emptying into the Black Sea'
$1000
the Danube
Jeopardy!
4398
OCCUPATION HAZARDS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'If this is your job you might get brine in your eye after dropping the cucumber in the barrel'
$1000
pickler
Jeopardy!
4398
PLANT PARENTHOOD
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'The 3 elements most commonly found in garden fertilizers are phosphorus, potassium & this element'
$1000
nitrogen
Jeopardy!
4398
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Tyler's conducting sticks'
$1000
John\'s batons
Jeopardy!
4398
THE ROYALS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'She was the Virgin Queen or Good Queen Bess'
$400
Elizabeth I
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE TIGERS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Founded by Claire Chennault, these aviators shot down hundreds of Japanese planes during World War II'
$400
the Flying Tigers
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE GIANTS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'1 Samuel 17 informs us that the Philistine city of Gath was the home of this giant'
$400
Goliath
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE REDS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'This man's most avid supporters during the Cultural Revolution were students mobilized as "Red Guards"'
$400
Mao Tse-tung
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE "A"s
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Winston Churchill said that this weapon "brought peace, but man alone can keep that peace"'
$400
the atomic bomb
Double Jeopardy!
4398
BASEBALL HISTORY
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'In a June 19, 1846 game, J.W. Davis of the N.Y. Nine was fined 6 cents for swearing at this person'
$400
the umpire
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE ROYALS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Louis VI of France was known as this; as a child he must have shopped in le husky department'
$800
Louis the Fat
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE TIGERS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Now endangered, this largest variety of tiger bears the name of a large Russian region'
$800
the Siberian tiger
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE GIANTS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'In Lilliput he's a giant'
$800
Gulliver
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE REDS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'In the Catholic Church, they wear red hats'
$800
cardinals
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE "A"s
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Some scientists believe the dinosaurs died out when one of these interstellar objects struck the Earth'
$800
an asteroid
Double Jeopardy!
4398
BASEBALL HISTORY
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'To injure opposing players, Ty Cobb was said to sharpen these'
$800
his spikes
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE ROYALS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Russia's first ruler with this name was called Kalita, meaning "moneybags"; not so terrible'
$1200
Ivan
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE TIGERS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Genus sphyraena, this long, thin predatory fish with protruding jaws & teeth is known as the "tiger of the sea"'
$1200
barracuda
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE GIANTS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Jett Rink, a poor ranch hand, becomes an oil millionaire in her novel "Giant"'
$1200
Edna Ferber
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE REDS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'It's the world-famous "colorful" area seen here in the 1950s'
$1200
Red Square
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE "A"s
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Whether for a sorcerer or a craft guild, one serves time as one of these before becoming a journeyman'
$1200
apprentice
Double Jeopardy!
4398
BASEBALL HISTORY
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Topps' 1952 series No. 311 was this player's first card & is a holy grail among collectors'
$1200
Mickey Mantle
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE ROYALS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Charles Edward Stuart could have worn a T.Y.P. necklace for "The Young Pretender" or a B.P.C. one for this nickname'
$400
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE TIGERS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'One of this man's most famous poems begins, "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, in the forests of the night"'
$1600
William Blake
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE GIANTS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'"Giants in the Earth" is Ole Rolvaag's novel about immigrants from this country adjusting to life on the prairie'
$1600
Norway
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE REDS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'About 1,200 miles long, it has a maximum depth of almost 10,000 feet'
$1600
the Red Sea
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE "A"s
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'This "Khan" is the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Muslims'
$1600
the Aga Khan
Double Jeopardy!
4398
BASEBALL HISTORY
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'2 of the 5 cities that had both National League & American League teams in 1903'
$1600
(2 of 5) Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE ROYALS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'This first king of Poland was alliteratively nicknamed "the Brave"'
$2000
Boleslaw
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE TIGERS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'The autobiography written by this famous Nepalese was titled "Tiger of the Snows"'
$500
Tenzing Norgay
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE GIANTS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Odysseus incurs the wrath of Poseidon by blinding this giant Cyclops'
$2000
Polyphemus
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE REDS
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'The flag of this U.K. division features an impressive red dragon with a forked tongue & tail'
$2000
Wales
Double Jeopardy!
4398
THE "A"s
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'In 1841 ex-president John Quincy Adams represented the mutineers of this ship before the Supreme Court'
$2000
the Amistad
Double Jeopardy!
4398
BASEBALL HISTORY
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'During his 22-year career he walked a then-record 2,056 times'
$2000
Babe Ruth
Double Jeopardy!
4398
20th CENTURY NOTABLES
2003-10-22T00:00:00
'Einstein said of him, "Generations to come will scarcely believe" one such as he "walked the Earth in flesh & blood"'
null
Mohandas Gandhi
Final Jeopardy!
4398
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'This co-author of "Manifest Der Kommunisttischen Partei" was born May 5, 1818'
$200
(Karl) Marx
Jeopardy!
6144
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'You're nuts if you don't know this title of hits by Seal, Icehouse & Patsy Cline'
$200
"Crazy"
Jeopardy!
6144
LOW TECH
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'A tactical formation in the form of a V, or an "issue" dividing an otherwise unified group'
$200
a wedge
Jeopardy!
6144
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'"For" Michigan Republican congressman Hoekstra's "sake!"'
$200
Pete\'s
Jeopardy!
6144
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'This state's largest county, San Bernardino, was divided in 1893 to form Riverside county'
$200
California
Jeopardy!
6144
ALL "AMERICAN"
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'Their publications include "First Aid Fast" & a "Babysitter's Handbook"'
$200
the American Red Cross
Jeopardy!
6144
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was born May 5, 1813 in this capital'
$400
Copenhagen
Jeopardy!
6144
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'The Eagles in 1975 & The Emotions in 1977 both hit No. 1 singing about "The Best Of" this'
$400
"My Love"
Jeopardy!
6144
LOW TECH
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'Ticonderoga is no. 1 in making no. 2 these, introduced in 1913'
$400
pencils
Jeopardy!
6144
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'"For the love of" Wyoming senator Enzi!'
$400
Mike
Jeopardy!
6144
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'Leadville in the Rockies in this state is the USA's highest incorporated city'
$400
Colorado
Jeopardy!
6144
ALL "AMERICAN"
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'A gorilla named Koko learned to communicate using gestures from this'
$400
American Sign Language
Jeopardy!
6144
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'Born May 5, 1919, Giorgios Papadopoulos became dictator of this country in 1967'
$600
Greece
Jeopardy!
6144
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'Robbie Nevil & B*witched had tunes called this French phrase meaning "that's life"'
$600
"C\'est La Vie"
Jeopardy!
6144
LOW TECH
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'16 tablespoons equals one of these'
$600
a cup
Jeopardy!
6144
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'"Heavens to" ex-New York lieutenant governor McCaughey!'
$600
Betsy
Jeopardy!
6144
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'At about 1,700 square miles, this saline lake is one of the largest lakes in the world with no outlet'
$600
the Salt Lake
Jeopardy!
6144
ALL "AMERICAN"
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'In 2009 this organization that maintains the largest registry for purebred dogs celebrated its 125th anniversary'
$600
the American Kennel Club
Jeopardy!
6144
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'This May-5 born Monty Python member & BBC travel filmmaker is a commando of the Order of the British Empire'
$800
(Michael) Palin
Jeopardy!
6144
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'Sammy Davis Jr. in 1972 & Christina Aguilera in 2007 sang about this sweet guy'
$800
"Candyman"
Jeopardy!
6144
LOW TECH
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'This brand says its "magic" tape is "the original matte-finish, invisible tape"'
$800
Scotch
Jeopardy!
6144
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'"Geez" House Rules Committee ranking Democrat Slaughter'
$800
Louise
Jeopardy!
6144
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'Nome, Alaska lies on this peninsula named for a 19th century Secretary of State'
$800
the Seward peninsula
Jeopardy!
6144
ALL "AMERICAN"
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'When Iowa farmers & their wives first saw this 1930 painting of a farm couple, many of them were downright angry'
$800
American Gothic
Jeopardy!
6144
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'A culinary foundation is named for this dean of American cookery who was born in Portland May 5, 1903'
$1000
James Beard
Jeopardy!
6144
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'Sticky-sweet title of no. 1s for Bobby Goldsboro in 1968 & Mariah Carey in 1997'
$1000
"Honey"
Jeopardy!
6144
LOW TECH
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'11-letter word for embroidery on canvas, with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern'
$1000
needlepoint
Jeopardy!
6144
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'South Carolina legislator John "O'Goshen!"'
$1000
land
Jeopardy!
6144
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-05-05_J_05.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.</a>) The northwest angle belongs to the U.S., although it doesn't look that way; it's the only part of the lower 48 that extends miles north of this parallel of latitude'
$1000
the 49th parallel
Jeopardy!
6144
ALL "AMERICAN"
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'In 2009 the U.S. Mint issued a quarter for this territory featuring an ava bowl, a whisk & a coconut tree'
$500
American Samoa
Jeopardy!
6144
SCIENTISTS
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'This man's injected dead virus vaccine inspired Albert Sabin's live-virus oral vaccine for polio'
$400
(Jonas) Salk
Double Jeopardy!
6144
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'This 1963 epic included 79 sets & 26,000 costumes'
$400
Cleopatra
Double Jeopardy!
6144
WHY SO BLUE?
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'Utah's state tree is the blue type of this evergreen'
$400
the spruce
Double Jeopardy!
6144
JURY DUTY
2011-05-05T00:00:00
'A deadlocked jury is this 4-letter word'
$400
hung
Double Jeopardy!
6144