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FLEETS
1994-11-17T00:00:00
'This empire's fleet was defeated in the 1571 Battle of Lepanto'
$800
the Ottoman Empire
Double Jeopardy!
2349
CLOTHING
1994-11-17T00:00:00
'This apron for young girls has a ruffled bibbed top & a gathered skirt'
$800
a pinafore
Double Jeopardy!
2349
LITERATURE
1994-11-17T00:00:00
'He published his third novel, "A Cool Million", in 1934, one year after "Miss Lonelyhearts"'
$800
Nathanael West
Double Jeopardy!
2349
ANCIENT HISTORY
1994-11-17T00:00:00
'This Old Kingdom capital of Egypt was originally named Hikouptah'
$1000
Memphis
Double Jeopardy!
2349
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
1994-11-17T00:00:00
'This Lake Erie port in Northwest Ohio was once called "the Glass Capital of the World"'
$1000
Toledo
Double Jeopardy!
2349
SAINTS
1994-11-17T00:00:00
'This scholarly 13th century saint was often called "The Angelic Doctor"'
$1,000
St. Thomas Aquinas
Double Jeopardy!
2349
FLEETS
1994-11-17T00:00:00
'The Black Sea fleet in dispute between Russia & Ukraine is based at this Crimean port'
$1000
Sevastopol
Double Jeopardy!
2349
CLOTHING
1994-11-17T00:00:00
'It's the fur pouch that a Scotsman wears on the front of his kilt'
$1000
a sporon
Double Jeopardy!
2349
LITERATURE
1994-11-17T00:00:00
'In English, Ivan Turgenev's novel "Ottsy i Deti" is known by this "familial" title"'
$1000
Fathers and Sons
Double Jeopardy!
2349
NAMES IN THE NEWS
1994-11-17T00:00:00
'This former U.N. ambassador is a co-chairman of the host city's committee for the 1996 Olympic Games'
null
Andrew Young
Final Jeopardy!
2349
SOUND LIKE A LOCAL
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'It follows "Pitts-" in the U.S. & "Edin-" in Scotland; we'll accept either pronunciation'
$200
burgh (or "borough")
Jeopardy!
5173
BROADWAY LYRICS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'"Immigrant goes to America, many hellos in America; nobody knows in America, Puerto Rico's in America!"'
$200
West Side Story
Jeopardy!
5173
WHAM-O
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'In 1997 Wham-O introduced a Max Flight version of this 1950s sensation that flew farther & was easy to catch'
$200
the Frisbee
Jeopardy!
5173
LITERARY BADDIES
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'This Seuss character who lived in a cave "stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Whos"'
$200
the Grinch
Jeopardy!
5173
STATE BIRDS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Ohio:<br />This redbird'
$200
a cardinal
Jeopardy!
5173
BEFORE & AFTER
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'"Thin" piece of disputed Israeli-Palestinian land involved in a clothes-shedding card game'
$200
Gaza Strip Poker
Jeopardy!
5173
SOUND LIKE A LOCAL
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'To pass for a native of Danvers, Massachusetts, don't pronounce this letter in the town's name'
$400
the R (the "Ah")
Jeopardy!
5173
BROADWAY LYRICS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'"He had it comin
$400
Chicago
Jeopardy!
5173
WHAM-O
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Wham-O owners heard about Australian kids using a bamboo ring for exercise; it became this 1958 fad'
$400
a Hula hoop
Jeopardy!
5173
LITERARY BADDIES
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'This Harry Potter bad guy's name is French for "flight from death"'
$400
Voldemort
Jeopardy!
5173
STATE BIRDS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Virginia:<br />This bird, not Albert Pujols'
$400
the cardinal
Jeopardy!
5173
BEFORE & AFTER
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Film legend who became an 1823 edict against European intervention in the Western Hemisphere'
$400
the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine
Jeopardy!
5173
SOUND LIKE A LOCAL
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Pedernales is in the Dominican Republic; north of the border, the Pedernales River is in this state'
$600
Texas
Jeopardy!
5173
BROADWAY LYRICS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'"I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then, I remember the time I knew that happiness was"'
$600
Cats
Jeopardy!
5173
WHAM-O
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Wham-O received its name from this first product; when a projectile hit its target, it made a "Wham-O" sound'
$600
a slingshot
Jeopardy!
5173
LITERARY BADDIES
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'This villainess of "The Wizard of Oz" ruled over the Winkies'
$600
the Wicked Witch of the West
Jeopardy!
5173
STATE BIRDS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'West Virginia:<br />This crested bird'
$600
the cardinal
Jeopardy!
5173
BEFORE & AFTER
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'"Bouncy" 1965 Beatles album that took over for Don Cornelius as host of a dance show'
$600
Rubber Soul Train
Jeopardy!
5173
SOUND LIKE A LOCAL
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-02-21_J_16.jpg" target="_blank">Hi. I'm Allan Houston of the New York Knicks.</a>) Don't say my name like this New York City street that's south of & parallel to Bleecker'
$800
Houston Street
Jeopardy!
5173
BROADWAY LYRICS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'"Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets, and little man, little Lola wants you"'
$800
Damn Yankees
Jeopardy!
5173
WHAM-O
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'This 1962 Wham-O game named for a dance craze came with a moveable cross bar & 2 support stands'
$800
limbo
Jeopardy!
5173
LITERARY BADDIES
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Mrs. Augustine St. Clare sold Uncle Tom to this brutal, alcoholic plantation owner who later beat him to death'
$800
Simon Legree
Jeopardy!
5173
STATE BIRDS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Kentucky:<br />This colorful songbird'
$800
a cardinal
Jeopardy!
5173
BEFORE & AFTER
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Robert E. Lee's "right arm" general who sang "ABC" with a singing group'
$1,000
Stonewall Jackson 5
Jeopardy!
5173
SOUND LIKE A LOCAL
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'This Ohio village, Thomas Edison's birthplace, is named for a North Italian city but rhymes with "stylin'"'
$1000
Milan
Jeopardy!
5173
BROADWAY LYRICS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'"All I need is one more try, gotta get that kite to fly"'
$1000
You\'re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Jeopardy!
5173
WHAM-O
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Versions of this lawn toy to keep you cool in the summer include "Wave Rider" & "Bounce 'N Splash"'
$1000
a Slip \'N Slide
Jeopardy!
5173
LITERARY BADDIES
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'This villainous aide in a Shakespeare play states flatly, "I hate the Moor"'
$1000
Iago
Jeopardy!
5173
STATE BIRDS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Missouri: <br />Not a redbird but this colorful creature'
$1000
a bluebird
Jeopardy!
5173
BEFORE & AFTER
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'1935 "lunar" Florida song that turned into an '80s Florida cop show'
$1000
"Moon Over Miami Vice"
Jeopardy!
5173
WOLVERINE
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'This creature is the main predator of wolverines; what else would be dumb enough to take one on?'
$400
man
Double Jeopardy!
5173
STORM
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'This 2000 film was based on Sebastian Junger's bestseller about a hurricane that meets a cold front'
$400
The Perfect Storm
Double Jeopardy!
5173
MAGNETO
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Logically enough, this planet has the strongest magnetic field of any planet in our solar system'
$400
Jupiter
Double Jeopardy!
5173
ROGUE
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'The U.S. condemned this country's October 2006 nuclear test as a "provocative act"'
$400
North Korea
Double Jeopardy!
5173
COLOSSUS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'2-syllable name for the long-ago elephant relative with 13-foot tusks that has become a synonym for "huge"'
$400
a mammoth
Double Jeopardy!
5173
"X"-MEN
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'He was the de facto leader of China from the late 1970s to the early 1990s'
$400
Deng Xiaoping
Double Jeopardy!
5173
WOLVERINE
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'During the winter, wolverines hunt caribou & this animal of the genus Rangifer; Santa's gonna be mad'
$800
reindeer
Double Jeopardy!
5173
STORM
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Bogey & Bacall's final film together was this one that saw them waiting out a storm in Florida'
$800
Key Largo
Double Jeopardy!
5173
MAGNETO
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Around 1904 this Norwegian explorer confirmed that the Earth's magnetic poles are not fixed'
$800
Amundsen
Double Jeopardy!
5173
ROGUE
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'In 2000 Zalmay Khalizad, future U.S. envoy here, Talibandied its name about in "Consolidation of a Rogue State"'
$800
Afghanistan
Double Jeopardy!
5173
COLOSSUS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'From this author we get the adjective "brobdingnagian", meaning "gigantic"'
$800
(Jonathan) Swift
Double Jeopardy!
5173
"X"-MEN
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-02-21_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, Nicholas Brendon played this character on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"'
$800
Xander
Double Jeopardy!
5173
WOLVERINE
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'The website for this state's legislature says no bear "can match the vicious disposition... of the wolverine"'
$1200
Michigan
Double Jeopardy!
5173
STORM
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Hurricane Camille leaves only one operational shrimping boat in Bayou La Batre in this 1994 Oscar winner'
$1,500
Forrest Gump
Double Jeopardy!
5173
MAGNETO
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-02-21_DJ_06.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew indicates a flask.</a>) The shape of the actual magnetic field can be traced using small pieces of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-02-21_DJ_06a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> metal'
$1200
iron
Double Jeopardy!
5173
ROGUE
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'This president's administration changed the term "rogue state" to "states of concern"'
$1200
Bill Clinton
Double Jeopardy!
5173
COLOSSUS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Rabelaisian adjective meaning "enormous", like a task'
$1200
gargantuan
Double Jeopardy!
5173
"X"-MEN
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'His dad Earl Little was an outspoken Baptist minister & supporter of black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey'
$2,000
Malcolm X
Double Jeopardy!
5173
STORM
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'The probe used to investigate tornados in this film is aptly named Dorothy'
$1600
Twister
Double Jeopardy!
5173
MAGNETO
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'An alnico magnet is an alloy having these 3 elements as its principal ingredients'
$1600
aluminum, nickel, cobalt
Double Jeopardy!
5173
ROGUE
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'In August of 2006, the man seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-02-21_DJ_12.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> said this country would not give up its homegrown nuclear technology'
$1600
Iran
Double Jeopardy!
5173
COLOSSUS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'This adjective that means "amazingly large" or "causing amazement" is from the Latin for "to be stunned"'
$1600
stupendous
Double Jeopardy!
5173
"X"-MEN
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'This Persian son of Darius I burned Athens in 480 B.C.'
$1600
Xerxes
Double Jeopardy!
5173
WOLVERINE
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Bears have cubs; wolverine newborns are known as these, like foxes & beavers'
$2000
kits
Double Jeopardy!
5173
STORM
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'In this cool 2004 film, climatologist Dennis Quaid is right & much of the U.S. evacuates to Mexico'
$2000
The Day After Tomorrow
Double Jeopardy!
5173
MAGNETO
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-02-21_DJ_08.jpg" target="_blank">Jon shows images of early devices on the monitor.</a>) Early electromagnets, like Joseph Henry's in 1831, were horseshoe-shaped to double the pulling power of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-02-21_DJ_08a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> type of magnet'
$2000
a bar magnet
Double Jeopardy!
5173
ROGUE
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'This country's acceptance of responsibility for the Pan Am 103 bombing helped it lose its rogue status'
$2000
Libya
Double Jeopardy!
5173
COLOSSUS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'Immeasurably great, like the "Jest" in a David Foster Wallace title'
$2000
infinite
Double Jeopardy!
5173
"X"-MEN
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'The "Apostle of the Indies", this missionary helped found the Jesuits & introduced Christianity to Japan'
$2000
Francis Xavier
Double Jeopardy!
5173
EXPLORERS
2007-02-21T00:00:00
'In 1616, after Hudson died, this man became the 1st European to reach Ellesmere Island; an island & bay are named for him'
null
(William) Baffin
Final Jeopardy!
5173
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'He was living in Tahiti when he painted "Poemes Barbares" in 1896'
$100
Paul Gauguin
Jeopardy!
3537
BOGIE MEN
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Rick Blaine'
$100
Casablanca
Jeopardy!
3537
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'You shouldn't "cast" them "before swine", but you can give them for a 12th or 30th anniversary gift'
$100
Pearls
Jeopardy!
3537
TELL ME "Y"
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'A bumpkin, perhaps a local one'
$100
Yokel
Jeopardy!
3537
LOST
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'TV show whose theme says, "The Minnow will be lost"'
$100
Gilligan\'s Island
Jeopardy!
3537
FOUND
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Agnes Baden-Powell helped found the Girl Guides soon after her brother Robert founded this movement'
$100
Boy Scouts
Jeopardy!
3537
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'We know he painted the absinthe drinker seen here, though there's nary a tutu in sight:'
$200
Edgar Degas
Jeopardy!
3537
BOGIE MEN
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Sam Spade'
$200
The Maltese Falcon
Jeopardy!
3537
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'It's a nice gift for the 35th, but if you take it out of a U.S. reef you may be arrested'
$200
Coral
Jeopardy!
3537
TELL ME "Y"
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'"Meshugge" means crazy in this language of Europe's Ashkenazic Jews'
$200
Yiddish
Jeopardy!
3537
LOST
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Lost in the forest, this pair happens upon a house made of bread, cake & sugar'
$200
Hansel & Gretel
Jeopardy!
3537
FOUND
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Ben Franklin helped found this Ivy League school that had the USA's first medical school'
$200
University of Pennsylvania
Jeopardy!
3537
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was noted for portraits of this queen, including the one with her children, seen here:'
$300
Marie Antoinette
Jeopardy!
3537
BOGIE MEN
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Captain Queeg'
$300
The Caine Mutiny
Jeopardy!
3537
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'In one form or another you can fork over this metal on the 5th or 25th anniversary'
$300
Silver
Jeopardy!
3537
TELL ME "Y"
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'It can be a standard for comparison, or a measuring rod 3 feet in length'
$300
Yardstick
Jeopardy!
3537
LOST
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Presumably she was lost at sea after vanishing in the central Pacific in July 1937'
$300
Amelia Earhart
Jeopardy!
3537
FOUND
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'In the early 1900s William Durant put together Buick, Oldsmobile & other companies to found this corporation'
$600
General Motors
Jeopardy!
3537
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Andre Derain was a prominent painter in this style whose name is from the French for "wild beasts"'
$400
Fauvism
Jeopardy!
3537
BOGIE MEN
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Fred C. Dobbs'
$400
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Jeopardy!
3537
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'19th century American "King of the South" that's a 2nd anniversary gift'
$400
Cotton
Jeopardy!
3537
TELL ME "Y"
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'First name shared by monsieurs Saint Laurent & Montand'
$400
Yves
Jeopardy!
3537
LOST
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'It's said that this gem was cut from a stone called the French Blue, which was lost after a crown jewel heist in 1792'
$400
Hope Diamond
Jeopardy!
3537
FOUND
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Fritz & Laura Perls founded this school of psychotherapy, from German for "form"'
$400
Gestalt
Jeopardy!
3537
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'This resident of Argenteuil painted "The Regatta at Argenteuil", seen here:'
$500
Claude Monet
Jeopardy!
3537
BOGIE MEN
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Charlie Allnut'
$500
The African Queen
Jeopardy!
3537
ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'This 10th anniversary present is present in the name of a 20th anniversary gift -- platinum'
$500
Tin
Jeopardy!
3537
TELL ME "Y"
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Aden is the second-largest city in this Middle Eastern hot spot'
$500
Yemen
Jeopardy!
3537
LOST
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Performed annually in North Carolina, "The Lost Colony" is an outdoor drama about this lost colony'
$500
Roanoke Island
Jeopardy!
3537
FOUND
2000-01-11T00:00:00
'Cowboy nickname of William Donovan, founder of the OSS & of modern U.S. intelligence'
$500
"Wild Bill"
Jeopardy!
3537