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THE 50 STATES
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Cape Prince of Wales on the Seward Peninsula is this state's westernmost mainland point'
$100
Alaska
Jeopardy!
3343
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'When keeping score in this sport, "forget" to add your opponent's next pin score to his spare'
$100
Bowling
Jeopardy!
3343
BRAND NAMES
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Mass production of these in the U.S. can be traced back to Donald F. Duncan in the 1920s'
$100
Yo-yos
Jeopardy!
3343
THE 20th CENTURY
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Shortly after taking power, he nationalized millions of dollars of American-owned property in Cuba'
$100
Fidel Castro
Jeopardy!
3343
CLASSIC STAR TREK
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'From the Old Germanic for "legs", it's Dr. McCoy's nickname'
$100
"Bones"
Jeopardy!
3343
RHYMES WITH TEEN
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Nasty or stingy; or the average'
$100
Mean
Jeopardy!
3343
THE 50 STATES
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Among its nicknames are "The Prairie State" & "The Land of Lincoln"'
$200
Illinois
Jeopardy!
3343
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'If you're playing midfield in this sport & the center is dribbling the ball towards you, kick at his shins'
$200
Soccer
Jeopardy!
3343
BRAND NAMES
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Joseph McVicker invented this after seeing the trouble kids had with modeling clay'
$200
Play-Doh
Jeopardy!
3343
THE 20th CENTURY
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'On December 1, 1959, 12 nations signed a treaty setting aside this continent as a preserve for scientific research'
$200
Antarctica
Jeopardy!
3343
RHYMES WITH TEEN
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Just one Boston baked veggie'
$200
Bean
Jeopardy!
3343
THE 50 STATES
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'In 1845, after nearly 10 years of independence, it became the 28th state'
$300
Texas
Jeopardy!
3343
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Get a leg up in this sport by stepping on your opponent's ball in the fairway'
$300
Golf
Jeopardy!
3343
BRAND NAMES
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'In 1930 General Mills introduced this mix to make biscuits quickly'
$300
Bisquick
Jeopardy!
3343
THE 20th CENTURY
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'In 1917 he called for a declaration of war against Germany saying that "The world must be made safe for democracy"'
$300
Woodrow Wilson
Jeopardy!
3343
RHYMES WITH TEEN
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Jack Sprat's wife couldn't eat any'
$300
Lean
Jeopardy!
3343
THE 50 STATES
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'The atomic age began with a blast on July 16, 1945 in this state'
$400
New Mexico
Jeopardy!
3343
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'If your opponent asks for the "3s" you really do have in your hand, tell him this, the name of the game'
$400
Go fish
Jeopardy!
3343
BRAND NAMES
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'This cereal's name used to end in "oats" & its "I" is dotted with a piece of the product'
$400
Cheerios
Jeopardy!
3343
THE 20th CENTURY
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'In January 1926 in London, John L. Baird demonstrated this new invention which used a cathode ray tube'
$400
Television
Jeopardy!
3343
CLASSIC STAR TREK
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Suave Ricardo Montalban played this sultry superhuman on the TV series & on the big screen'
$400
Khan
Jeopardy!
3343
RHYMES WITH TEEN
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'"Lois & Clark" actor Cain'
$400
Dean
Jeopardy!
3343
THE 50 STATES
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'2 of the 4 states officially called commonwealths'
$500
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Jeopardy!
3343
HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'If you're cornered in Kamchatka, end this board game by bumping your opponent's armies off the board'
$500
Risk
Jeopardy!
3343
BRAND NAMES
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'This VCR brand's name came from the Latin for "great voice"'
$500
Magnavox
Jeopardy!
3343
THE 20th CENTURY
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'In 1992 this former Panamanian dictator was found guilty of drug trafficking by a Miami jury'
$500
Manuel Noriega
Jeopardy!
3343
CLASSIC STAR TREK
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Captain Kirk shares this name, his middle name, with a first century Roman emperor'
$500
Tiberius
Jeopardy!
3343
RHYMES WITH TEEN
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Noor, to her Jordanian subjects'
$500
Queen
Jeopardy!
3343
GENERAL SCIENCE
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'This method of preserving food by killing bacteria was developed by a French chemist in the 1860s'
$200
Pasteurization
Double Jeopardy!
3343
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'This Dallas bowl game has been played at the same site consecutively longer than any other major bowl game'
$200
Cotton Bowl
Double Jeopardy!
3343
TEENS OF THE PAST
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'In the 1870s this teenage outlaw was sometimes referred to as Kid Antrim'
$200
Billy the Kid
Double Jeopardy!
3343
OPERA & BALLET
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Choreographer Frederick Ashton played one of the ugly stepsisters when this ballet debuted in 1948'
$200
Cinderella
Double Jeopardy!
3343
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'"Voyage of the Beagle"'
$200
Charles Darwin
Double Jeopardy!
3343
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'A diver bends in midair to touch the toes before entering the water in this dive'
$200
Jackknife
Double Jeopardy!
3343
GENERAL SCIENCE
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'In 1906 she succeeded her husband as professor of physics at the Sorbonne'
$400
Marie Curie
Double Jeopardy!
3343
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'In the 1999 Fiesta Bowl, quarterback Tee Martin led this school to the national title by defeating Florida State, 23-16'
$400
Tennessee
Double Jeopardy!
3343
TEENS OF THE PAST
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'She was a teenager when she married Ferdinand in 1469'
$400
Isabella
Double Jeopardy!
3343
OPERA & BALLET
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Though a tenor now, Placido Domingo began singing in this vocal range below tenor'
$400
Baritone
Double Jeopardy!
3343
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'"This Side of Paradise"'
$400
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Double Jeopardy!
3343
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Blushing crow for crushing blow, for example'
$400
Spoonerism
Double Jeopardy!
3343
GENERAL SCIENCE
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'The "master plan of all life", it consists of thymine, adenine, guanine, cytosine, phosphate & deoxyribose'
$600
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
Double Jeopardy!
3343
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'This Utah school's Ty Detmer holds the NCAA career record for yards passing with 15,031'
$600
Brigham Young University
Double Jeopardy!
3343
TEENS OF THE PAST
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'In his teens in the 1860s this "bright light" of inventors worked as a roving telegraph operator'
$600
Thomas Edison
Double Jeopardy!
3343
OPERA & BALLET
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'This composer of "The Nutcracker" said, "The music of a ballet is not invariably bad"'
$600
Tchaikovsky
Double Jeopardy!
3343
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'"The Mayor of Casterbridge"'
$600
Thomas Hardy
Double Jeopardy!
3343
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'It's a truck with a pronged platform at the front that raises & moves loads'
$600
Forklift
Double Jeopardy!
3343
GENERAL SCIENCE
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Of the noble gases, it's first, alphabetically, was the first discovered & is the most abundant in air'
$800
Argon
Double Jeopardy!
3343
TEENS OF THE PAST
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'"At 15 I set my heart on learning", wrote this great Asian sage in his "Analects"'
$200
Confucius
Double Jeopardy!
3343
OPERA & BALLET
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'A governess fears that her charges are communicating with ghosts in an opera based on this Henry James novella'
$800
The Turn of the Screw
Double Jeopardy!
3343
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'"The Day of the Locust"'
$800
Nathanael West
Double Jeopardy!
3343
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'In the 1998 movie "Pleasantville", she played a '90s teen transported into a 1950s sitcom'
$800
Reese Witherspoon
Double Jeopardy!
3343
GENERAL SCIENCE
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'This tiny planet's thin atmosphere is mostly composed of helium & sodium thought to come from the solar wind'
$1000
Mercury
Double Jeopardy!
3343
TEENS OF THE PAST
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'As a teenaer this "Great" guy ruled Russia jointly with his sickly half-brother Ivan'
$1000
Peter the Great
Double Jeopardy!
3343
OPERA & BALLET
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'The ballet "Les Sylphides" is danced to music by this Polish-French composer'
$1000
Frederic Chopin
Double Jeopardy!
3343
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'"Northanger Abbey"'
$1000
Jane Austen
Double Jeopardy!
3343
"KNIFE", "FORK" OR "SPOON"
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'Its nest is a platform of sticks in a low bush or tree'
$1000
Spoonbill
Double Jeopardy!
3343
THE PRESIDENCY
1999-03-03T00:00:00
'In 1998, the highest-ranking person in the line of presidential succession who could not legally be president'
null
Madeleine Albright (Secretary of State)
Final Jeopardy!
3343
GEORGE WASHINGTON
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'On December 26, 1799 Washington was eulogized in Congress by this man known as "Lighthorse Harry"'
$100
Harry Lee
Jeopardy!
3331
NO. 1 ALBUMS
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'"Imagine"'
$100
John Lennon
Jeopardy!
3331
THE NEW TESTAMENT
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'This son of a Jewish mother & a Greek father is also called Timotheus'
$100
Timothy
Jeopardy!
3331
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'En Garde! Women have competed in this Olympic sport since 1924'
$100
Fencing
Jeopardy!
3331
FOREIGN CURRENCY
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Malta's currency shares its name with this monetary unit of Italy'
$100
Lira
Jeopardy!
3331
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Color of your face when you've done something irredeemable'
$100
Red (irREDeemable)
Jeopardy!
3331
GEORGE WASHINGTON
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'On May 28, 1754, Washington & his men fired the first shots of this 9-year war near Fort Duquesne'
$200
The French & Indian War
Jeopardy!
3331
NO. 1 ALBUMS
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'"Forever Your Girl"'
$200
Paula Abdul
Jeopardy!
3331
THE NEW TESTAMENT
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'In a letter to Corinth, Paul ranked this quality over faith & hope'
$200
Charity
Jeopardy!
3331
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'U.S. soccer star Mia Hamm led her team to Olympic gold despite straining this the same day Kerri Strug did'
$200
Ankle
Jeopardy!
3331
FOREIGN CURRENCY
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'In 1946 the Communist government of Vietnam began issuing coins with a depiction of this man'
$200
Ho Chi Minh
Jeopardy!
3331
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Carry something luminescent when you go down into one of these'
$200
Mine (luMINEscent)
Jeopardy!
3331
GEORGE WASHINGTON
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'On December 23,1776 Washington wrote that "Our attempt on" this city was fixed for "Christmas Day or night"'
$300
Trenton
Jeopardy!
3331
NO. 1 ALBUMS
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'"Hell Freezes Over"'
$300
The Eagles
Jeopardy!
3331
THE NEW TESTAMENT
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'In Gethsemane, this apostle drew a sword & cut off Malchus' ear'
$300
Peter
Jeopardy!
3331
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Of fire-eating, live pigeon-shooting or water buffalo polo, the one that was a 1900 Olympic event'
$300
Live pigeon-shooting
Jeopardy!
3331
FOREIGN CURRENCY
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'The name of this currency is from the Sanskrit for "coined silver"'
$300
Rupee
Jeopardy!
3331
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'A 1,496-pound one was unfortunate enough to get caught in 1979'
$300
Tuna (unforTUNAte)
Jeopardy!
3331
GEORGE WASHINGTON
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'In July 1749, at age 17 George was appointed to this position for the county of Culpeper, Virginia'
$400
Surveyor
Jeopardy!
3331
NO. 1 ALBUMS
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'"Glass Houses"'
$400
Billy Joel
Jeopardy!
3331
THE NEW TESTAMENT
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'This apostle, the brother of James, is traditionally credited with writing a gospel'
$400
John
Jeopardy!
3331
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'The name of this equestrian event is French for "training"; it doesn't refer to a garment'
$400
Dressage
Jeopardy!
3331
FOREIGN CURRENCY
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'A Philippine one-peso coin of 1947 depicted this American, calling him "Defender and Liberator"'
$400
Douglas MacArthur
Jeopardy!
3331
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'This capital city could be the climax of your world tour'
$400
Lima (cLIMAx)
Jeopardy!
3331
GEORGE WASHINGTON
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Washington warned against "The insidious wiles of foreign influences" in this published declaration'
$500
His Farewell Address
Jeopardy!
3331
NO. 1 ALBUMS
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'"Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell"'
$500
Meat Loaf
Jeopardy!
3331
THE NEW TESTAMENT
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'In Revelation, it was the name of he who sat on a pale horse'
$500
Death
Jeopardy!
3331
OLYMPIC POTPOURRI
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Mark McEwen) I reported on the '92 W. Olympics in Albertville, France & the '94 W. Olympics hosted by this Scandinavian city"'
$800
Lillehammer, Norway
Jeopardy!
3331
FOREIGN CURRENCY
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Its currency, the guarani, shares its name with one of its national languages & an expensive Asuncion hotel'
$500
Paraguay
Jeopardy!
3331
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Type of literature often produced by oversensitive youths'
$500
Verse (oVERSEnsitive)
Jeopardy!
3331
BEING THOREAU
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'This book begins, "When I wrote the following pages...I lived alone in the woods, a mile from any neighbor..."'
$200
Walden/ Life In The Woods
Double Jeopardy!
3331
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'The first wife of Henry VIII to get the axe'
$200
Anne Boleyn
Double Jeopardy!
3331
ASIAN NATIONS
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Once known as Burma, its official language Burmese was also renamed'
$200
Myanmar
Double Jeopardy!
3331
DICE ROLL NICKNAMES
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Snake Eyes'
$200
2
Double Jeopardy!
3331
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Royal rapper seen on TV's "Living Single" & in the movie "Living Out Loud"'
$200
Queen Latifah
Double Jeopardy!
3331
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'At the United Nations: WHO'
$200
World Health Organization
Double Jeopardy!
3331
BEING THOREAU
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Thoreau praised this man's actions at Harpers Ferry & eulogized him in 3 lectures'
$400
John Brown
Double Jeopardy!
3331
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'1980's "Death Of A Princess" dramatized the execution of a princess from this country & her lover's beheading'
$400
Saudi Arabia
Double Jeopardy!
3331
ASIAN NATIONS
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'A map of this country bears many Kualas; Kuala Dungun, Kuala Lumpur....'
$400
Malaysia
Double Jeopardy!
3331
DICE ROLL NICKNAMES
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Boxcars, or Hobo's Delight on a Rainy Night'
$400
Sixes
Double Jeopardy!
3331
YOUNG WOMEN OF TODAY
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'Though her name means "wolf", this basketball star was another canine in college -- a U. Conn. Husky'
$400
Rebecca Lobo
Double Jeopardy!
3331
ACRONYM EXCITEMENT!
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'For feminists: NOW'
$400
National Organization for Women
Double Jeopardy!
3331
BEING THOREAU
1999-02-15T00:00:00
'A dedicated abolitionist, Thoreau was a "conductor" on this'
$600
The Underground Railroad
Double Jeopardy!
3331