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CZECH, PLEASE
1988-01-11T00:00:00
'Maryam d'Abo played a Czech cellist in this 1987 film'
$1000
The Living Daylights
Double Jeopardy!
776
SOUTH AMERICA
1988-01-11T00:00:00
'These are the only 2 independent countries in South America named for a famous person'
null
Colombia & Bolivia
Final Jeopardy!
776
EXPLORERS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'In 1918 Roald Amundsen was attacked by one of these large white animals'
$100
Polar bear
Jeopardy!
3010
NOVEL QUOTES
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'"Never laugh at live dragons", warned this author in "The Hobbit" -- good advice'
$100
J.R.R. Tolkien
Jeopardy!
3010
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin founded Def Jam, the '80s' premier record label for this type of music'
$100
Rap
Jeopardy!
3010
FLOPS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Ford, '57, flop, 'nuf said'
$100
Edsel
Jeopardy!
3010
"PU"
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'It's the time of life when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of....sex'
$100
Puberty
Jeopardy!
3010
RICH & FAMOUS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'In 1968 this future presidential candidate's stock in E.D.S. made him a billionaire'
$100
Ross Perot
Jeopardy!
3010
EXPLORERS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'In 1848 Johannes Rebmann became the first European to see & describe "the snows" of this African mountain'
$200
Kilimanjaro
Jeopardy!
3010
NOVEL QUOTES
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'The novel that gave us the famous phrase "Tous pour un, un pour tous"'
$200
The Three Musketeers
Jeopardy!
3010
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'In 1994 Pearl Jam complained to the Justice Dept. that this company held a monopoly'
$200
Ticketmaster
Jeopardy!
3010
FLOPS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'This former NFL linebacker's show "Lawless" was sacked in March 1997 after one airing'
$200
Brian Bosworth
Jeopardy!
3010
"PU"
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Oscar De La Hoya or Evander Holyfield'
$200
Pugilist
Jeopardy!
3010
RICH & FAMOUS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'This billionaire fashion designer introduced Polo jeans in 1996'
$200
Ralph Lauren
Jeopardy!
3010
EXPLORERS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Meriwether Lewis fed her ground rattlesnake rattle to speed up her labor & the birth of her child'
$300
Sacajawea
Jeopardy!
3010
NOVEL QUOTES
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Its less famous second line is "It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"'
$300
A Tale Of Two Cities
Jeopardy!
3010
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Legendary promoter who ran the Fillmore West in the Bay Area & the Fillmore East in NYC'
$300
Bill Graham
Jeopardy!
3010
FLOPS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'With teams including the Florida Blazers, this football league lasted for 1 1/2 seasons in '74-'75'
$300
WFL (World Football League)
Jeopardy!
3010
"PU"
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'It's another name for the cougar or mountain lion'
$300
Puma
Jeopardy!
3010
RICH & FAMOUS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'A 1994 book details the "way" he became "the world's greatest investor"'
$300
Warren Buffett
Jeopardy!
3010
EXPLORERS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Louis Antoine de Bougainville arrived at this island in 1768 & natives gave him fowls, fruit & naked women'
$800
Tahiti
Jeopardy!
3010
NOVEL QUOTES
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'"Great men can't be ruled", she wrote in "The Fountainhead"'
$400
Ayn Rand
Jeopardy!
3010
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Stanley Durwood of AMC pioneered these cinemas, putting his first in a shopping mall in 1963'
$400
Multiplexes
Jeopardy!
3010
FLOPS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Roger Ebert called this 1980 Michael Cimino film "Painful & unpleasant to look at"'
$400
Heaven\'s Gate
Jeopardy!
3010
"PU"
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'It means downright rotten'
$400
Putrid
Jeopardy!
3010
RICH & FAMOUS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'The William who runs this chewing gum company is the grandson of the William who founded it'
$400
Wrigley
Jeopardy!
3010
EXPLORERS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'His family friend Tyrker found vines & grapes in the new land, so he called the area Vinland'
$500
Leif Ericson
Jeopardy!
3010
NOVEL QUOTES
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'"...They ought to find a way of being inoculated against love" is a line from his "Anna Karenina"'
$500
Leo Tolstoy
Jeopardy!
3010
THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'When you buy a Sunset book, a Tom Petty CD or People magazine, you're supporting this conglomerate'
$500
Time Warner
Jeopardy!
3010
FLOPS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'"La Traviata", his modern-dress opera version of "La Dame Aux Camelias", flopped in its 1853 premiere'
$500
Giuseppe Verdi
Jeopardy!
3010
"PU"
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'The third of these wars wiped Carthage off the map, though it was later rebuilt'
$500
The Punic Wars
Jeopardy!
3010
RICH & FAMOUS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen owns this Portland sports team'
$500
Portland Trail Blazers
Jeopardy!
3010
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Grammatical error committed by the Rolling Stones when they sang, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"'
$200
Double negative
Double Jeopardy!
3010
MUSEUM HOPPING
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" to keep music fans from visiting this record co.'s Detroit museum'
$200
Motown
Double Jeopardy!
3010
SPORTS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'The new 23,500-seat U.S. Tennis Open Stadium is named for this star who died February 6, 1993'
$200
Arthur Ashe
Double Jeopardy!
3010
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'You'll find this Frenchman's name on almost all milk cartons'
$200
Louis Pasteur
Double Jeopardy!
3010
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Alexander VI was formerly a high-living nobleman of this family & the father of Cesare & Lucrezia'
$200
Borgia
Double Jeopardy!
3010
POOR & FAMOUS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'He drank up the money he got for songs like "Oh! Susanna" & died with 38c in his pocket'
$200
Stephen Foster
Double Jeopardy!
3010
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Action seen here: (Curly Howard) - "Hey you, this is no time to play games - ewww!"'
$1,500
Double take
Double Jeopardy!
3010
MUSEUM HOPPING
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'MoMA Mia! It houses such masterpieces as "Starry Night" & Cezanne's "Bather"'
$400
Museum of Modern Art
Double Jeopardy!
3010
SPORTS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Except for 1995, the NHL scoring title has gone to either Wayne Gretzky or this Penguins star the past 16 years'
$400
Mario Lemieux
Double Jeopardy!
3010
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'By then living in the U.S., he was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952'
$400
Albert Einstein
Double Jeopardy!
3010
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Giovanni Ganganelli was educated by this teaching society; as Clement XIV, he suppressed it'
$400
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Double Jeopardy!
3010
POOR & FAMOUS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Despite help from Engels in the 1850s, he & his family often subsisted on bread & potatoes'
$400
Karl Marx
Double Jeopardy!
3010
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'In this form of jumping rope, 2 people twirl 2 jump ropes in the opposite direction simultaneously'
$600
Double Dutch
Double Jeopardy!
3010
MUSEUM HOPPING
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'This British museum received its present name in 1899, though many refer to it as the V & A'
$600
Victoria & Albert
Double Jeopardy!
3010
SPORTS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'On Oct. 19, 1924 Grantland Rice wrote of this team's backfield "The Four Horsemen Rode Again"'
$600
Notre Dame
Double Jeopardy!
3010
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'In 1993 he made a "brief" appearance as himself on an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"'
$600
Stephen Hawking
Double Jeopardy!
3010
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'This pope who called the Second Vatican Council was a quiet church conformist until his 1958 election'
$600
Pope John XXIII
Double Jeopardy!
3010
POOR & FAMOUS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'He spent years in poverty after selling his sewing machine invention to corset maker William Thomas'
$600
Elias Howe
Double Jeopardy!
3010
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'In "1984" George Orwell coined this term for the acceptance of 2 contradictory ideas at the same time'
$800
Doublethink
Double Jeopardy!
3010
MUSEUM HOPPING
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Before going "Out Of Africa", you might visit the museum devoted to this author near Nairobi'
$800
Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)
Double Jeopardy!
3010
SPORTS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Mike Piazza) I was the NL's '93 Rookie Of The Year. In '68 this Cincinnati Reds player became the 1st catcher to win the award"'
$1,000
Johnny Bench
Double Jeopardy!
3010
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Good Lord! With absolute zero heirs at his death in 1907, this physicist's peerage became extinct'
$800
Lord Kelvin
Double Jeopardy!
3010
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'This Dutch Renaissance humanist was a pupil of Adrian VI, the only Dutch pope'
$800
Erasmus
Double Jeopardy!
3010
POOR & FAMOUS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'This Russian's 1866 novel "The Gambler" is based on his own ruinous passion for roulette'
$800
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Double Jeopardy!
3010
"DOUBLE" JEOPARDY
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Line preceding "Fire burn and cauldron bubble"'
$1000
"Double double, toil and trouble" (from "Macbeth")
Double Jeopardy!
3010
MUSEUM HOPPING
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia houses his original manuscript of "Ulysses"'
$1000
James Joyce
Double Jeopardy!
3010
SPORTS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Earl Anthony rolled on to a record 41 titles in this sport, Mark Roth is second'
$1000
Bowling
Double Jeopardy!
3010
GIANTS OF SCIENCE
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'"Father of the A-Bomb" who recalled the Hindu line "I am become death" after the first atomic explosion'
$1000
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Double Jeopardy!
3010
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Pius XII previously held this Vatican office that, like its U.S. cabinet counterpart, requires travel'
$1000
Secretary of State
Double Jeopardy!
3010
POOR & FAMOUS
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'She fled her rich Assisi family to found an order of "poor" nuns'
$1000
Saint Clare
Double Jeopardy!
3010
BATTLES
1997-10-03T00:00:00
'Napoleon's plans to invade England were dashed by this October 21, 1805 battle'
null
Battle of Trafalgar
Final Jeopardy!
3010
STATE CAPITALS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'A statue of King Kamehameha I stands guard outside the judiciary building in this capital city'
$100
Honolulu
Jeopardy!
3855
CliffsNotes
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Livestock successfully stage rebellion, pigs end up blowing it for everyone'
$100
"Animal Farm"
Jeopardy!
3855
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'The appendage seen here gives this variety of snake its name'
$100
rattlesnake
Jeopardy!
3855
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'A1, Take That & the Spice Girls are all musical acts from this country'
$100
Great Britain
Jeopardy!
3855
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'This hot dog condiment is basically chopped sweet pickles'
$100
relish
Jeopardy!
3855
5-LETTER WORDS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Headgear for a king, or part of a tooth'
$100
crown
Jeopardy!
3855
STATE CAPITALS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'From 1701 to 1875 New Haven & this city were twin capitals of Connecticut; today it's the only one'
$200
Hartford
Jeopardy!
3855
CliffsNotes
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Title guy shipwrecks, ends up on 28-year island getaway, makes a friend, goes home'
$200
"Robinson Crusoe"
Jeopardy!
3855
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Snakes are found naturally on every continent except this one'
$200
Antarctica
Jeopardy!
3855
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Of King Ad Rock, Thugmuffin C, MCA or Mike D, the one who's not a member of the Beastie Boys'
$200
Thugmuffin C
Jeopardy!
3855
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'The "Kid' seen here represents these snacks'
$200
Twinkies
Jeopardy!
3855
5-LETTER WORDS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'It "goes before a fall" & before "Prejudice" in a Jane Austen title'
$200
pride
Jeopardy!
3855
STATE CAPITALS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'The capitol building in this city was designed by Thomas Jefferson'
$300
Richmond
Jeopardy!
3855
CliffsNotes
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'2 guys dream of owning a farm, one kills the boss' daughter-in-law, then his pal kills him'
$300
"Of Mice and Men"
Jeopardy!
3855
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'There are king & Asian species of this "charming" snake seen here'
$300
cobra
Jeopardy!
3855
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'In 1998 Will Smith was "Gettin'" to the No. 1 spot on the charts with this song'
$300
"Gettin\' Jiggy Wit It"
Jeopardy!
3855
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Chicken chunks & chopped veggies in a rich sauce topped with a pastry crust are baked in this "pie"'
$300
chicken pot pie
Jeopardy!
3855
5-LETTER WORDS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'It's the zodiac sign symbolized by a ram'
$300
Aries
Jeopardy!
3855
STATE CAPITALS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'The French called a land formation La Petite Roche, thus giving this capital its name'
$500
Little Rock
Jeopardy!
3855
CliffsNotes
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Frenchman swipes some bread, gets 19 years, gets out, gets pursued by a cop who dies'
$400
"Les Miserables"
Jeopardy!
3855
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'This highly venomous snake of the eastern U.S. has red & black bands separated by yellow ones'
$400
coral snake
Jeopardy!
3855
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'That "Fly" band Sugar Ray is led by this heartthrob lead singer'
$400
Mark McGrath
Jeopardy!
3855
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Part of a British breakfast, this jam is made from bitter Seville oranges, including the rinds'
$400
marmalade
Jeopardy!
3855
5-LETTER WORDS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Soup's on! & we need this long-handled spoon or scoop to serve it'
$400
ladle
Jeopardy!
3855
STATE CAPITALS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'This state capital is in the Green Mountains along the Winooski River'
$500
Montpelier
Jeopardy!
3855
CliffsNotes
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Con man checks into mental hospital to avoid prison farm, meets nasty nurse, doesn't check out'
$500
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest"
Jeopardy!
3855
SSSSSSSSNAKES!!!!!
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'The name of this deadly mottled brown snake of the tropics is from the French for "lance head"'
$500
fer-de-lance
Jeopardy!
3855
THE KIDS LOVE THAT ROCK & ROLL
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Known for '80s hits like "The Reflex" & "Hungry Like the Wolf", this band charted in the '90s with "Come Undone"'
$500
Duran Duran
Jeopardy!
3855
ANYTHING BUT CHEESESTEAK
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'The French have Catherine de Medici to thank for introducing this sprouting Italian veggie to them'
$500
broccoli
Jeopardy!
3855
5-LETTER WORDS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'It can be an object from the past, or a personal item associated with a saint'
$500
relic
Jeopardy!
3855
U.S. PRESIDENTS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'He was the only U.S. president to die in the 18th century'
$200
George Washington
Double Jeopardy!
3855
BROADWAY TEENS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'[clue missing because of technical glitch]'
$200
Anne Frank
Double Jeopardy!
3855
YOUTH IN ASIA
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Like voters in the USA, young women seeking to compete in the Miss Thailand contest must be at least this age'
$200
18
Double Jeopardy!
3855
SCIENCE GUYS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Not even a wheelchair & voice synthesizer can stop him from unlocking the secrets of the universe'
$200
Stephen Hawking
Double Jeopardy!
3855
CORPORATE SPORTS VENUES
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'Chicago's United Center & Salt Lake City's Delta Center are named for this type of business'
$200
airlines
Double Jeopardy!
3855
ANIMAL RHYME TIME
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'An informal talk about flying mammals'
$200
bat chat
Double Jeopardy!
3855
U.S. PRESIDENTS
2001-05-11T00:00:00
'This former general was the first Republican to serve 2 full terms as president'
$2,000
Ulysses S. Grant
Double Jeopardy!
3855