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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'This longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is also known as the Tajo'
$600
the Tagus
Double Jeopardy!
2735
MIXED DRINKS
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'A teaspoon of creme de cassis is added to this to make a Kir'
$600
white wine
Double Jeopardy!
2735
THE 1930s
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'Helen Keller brought the first of these Japanese dogs to the United States in 1937'
$600
the akita
Double Jeopardy!
2735
POP MUSIC
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state'
$600
West Virginia
Double Jeopardy!
2735
MEDICAL MILESTONES
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'In 1906 August von Wassermann developed a well-known test for this sexually transmitted disease'
$800
syphilis
Double Jeopardy!
2735
POETS & POETRY
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'His "When the Frost is on the Punkin" was written for a series in the Indianapolis Journal'
$800
(James Whitcomb) Riley
Double Jeopardy!
2735
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'Cabinda, an area of this former Portuguese colony, is separated from the rest of it by Zaire'
$1,500
Angola
Double Jeopardy!
2735
MIXED DRINKS
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'A basic Gin Rickey is gin, lime & this non-potent potable'
$800
soda water
Double Jeopardy!
2735
THE 1930s
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'He was appointed conductor of the Boston Pops in 1930'
$800
Arthur Fiedler
Double Jeopardy!
2735
POP MUSIC
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'Alan, Merrill & Wayne, 3 of these Utah brothers, co-wrote their own 1972 hit "Crazy Horses"'
$800
the Osmonds
Double Jeopardy!
2735
MEDICAL MILESTONES
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'In 1982 William DeVries performed the 1st permanent artificial heart transplant on this man'
$2,000
Barney Clark
Double Jeopardy!
2735
POETS & POETRY
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'He was descended from an Abyssinian prince, Peter the Great's godson'
$1000
(Aleksandr) Pushkin
Double Jeopardy!
2735
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'The Indus River provides the western border of this desert also known as the Great Indian Desert'
$1000
the Thar Desert
Double Jeopardy!
2735
MIXED DRINKS
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'Using Scotch whisky turns a Manhattan into this drink'
$1000
a Rob Roy
Double Jeopardy!
2735
THE 1930s
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'This author of "Anne of Green Gables" was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1935'
$1000
(Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Double Jeopardy!
2735
POP MUSIC
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'This singer's 1970 hit "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" was from the Broadway musical "Promises, Promises"'
$1000
Dionne Warwick
Double Jeopardy!
2735
AMERICAN HISTORY
1996-06-21T00:00:00
'On May 29, 1765 Patrick Henry's Stamp Act protest was interrupted with this one word'
null
Treason!
Final Jeopardy!
2735
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'A narrow passage separates Canada's Ellesmere Island from this large Danish island'
$200
Greenland
Jeopardy!
5851
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"'
$200
Babe Ruth
Jeopardy!
5851
STAMPS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Woo hoo! In 2009 this animated family was chosen to grace stamps, though postage did go up to 44 cents (D'oh!)'
$200
the Simpsons
Jeopardy!
5851
THE KILLERS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy'
$200
Cain
Jeopardy!
5851
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Meet me in the library for a liaison at your liesure'
$200
leisure
Jeopardy!
5851
THE BIG 10
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'The first 10 of these are known as the Bill of Rights'
$200
the Amendments
Jeopardy!
5851
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, is found in this territory'
$400
the Yukon Territory
Jeopardy!
5851
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'"Detroit - Philadelphia, A.L. - 1905-1926... retired with 4191 major league hits"'
$400
(Ty) Cobb
Jeopardy!
5851
STAMPS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'This astronomer for whom a space telescope is named is honored in the American Scientists series'
$400
(Edwin) Hubble
Jeopardy!
5851
THE KILLERS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'In one of the few documented one-on-one Old West gunfights, this "Wild" man killed Davis Tutt in 1865'
$400
Wild Bill Hickok
Jeopardy!
5851
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'The occasional misspelling is noticable on a telecast like "Jeopardy!"'
$400
noticeable
Jeopardy!
5851
THE BIG 10
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'In Israel Tevet is the tenth of these'
$400
month
Jeopardy!
5851
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Of the top 5 Canadian cities in population, it's the one closest to the Pacific Ocean'
$600
Vancouver
Jeopardy!
5851
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'"'Mr. October
$600
(Reggie) Jackson
Jeopardy!
5851
STAMPS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'A stamp honors this 19th c. author about whom it was said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war"'
$600
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Jeopardy!
5851
THE KILLERS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Bodyguards Satwant & Beant Singh killed this female leader of India in 1984'
$600
Indira Gandhi
Jeopardy!
5851
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'If you supersede the competition, you will excede all expectations'
$600
exceed
Jeopardy!
5851
THE BIG 10
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'In L.A., the western tip of Interstate 10 is called this "freeway", after the beach community it passes through'
$600
Santa Monica
Jeopardy!
5851
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Appropriately, New Glasgow is in this Canadian province'
$800
Nova Scotia
Jeopardy!
5851
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'This 2009 inductee was "faster than a speeding bullet"'
$800
Rickey Henderson
Jeopardy!
5851
STAMPS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'An international rate stamp has a photo of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_J_28a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> nearly 700-sq mile swamp in Georgia and Florida'
$800
the Okefenokee
Jeopardy!
5851
THE KILLERS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'This "insect" of a gangster was a real-life hit man for Murder Incorporated in the 1930s & '40s'
$800
Bugsy Siegel
Jeopardy!
5851
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'We want you to be committed to catagorizing your collectibles cohesively'
$800
categorizing
Jeopardy!
5851
THE BIG 10
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'The title of this Boccaccio work means "10 Days"'
$800
Decameron
Jeopardy!
5851
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States'
$1000
Ontario
Jeopardy!
5851
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'"Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941"'
$1000
Ted Williams
Jeopardy!
5851
STAMPS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'The Distinguished Marines series honors the man for whom a North Carolina Marine Corps base was named'
$1,800
Lt. Gen. John Lejeune
Jeopardy!
5851
THE KILLERS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Pausanius, a young Macedonian noble, killed this man, Alexander's dad, in 336 B.C.'
$1000
Philip
Jeopardy!
5851
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best'
$1000
accommodations
Jeopardy!
5851
THE BIG 10
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_J_20.jpg" target="_blank">Alex stands in front of an exhibit at the Newseum.</a>) The exhibit G-men and journalists contains the very first ledger in which this list was kept. It began when a reporter asked the FBI, "Who are the toughest guys you're looking for?"'
$1000
the FBI\'s 10 most wanted list
Jeopardy!
5851
GENERAL SCIENCE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'In 1869 this Austrian monk published a paper on hawkweed: the experiments didn't work as well as the ones with peas'
$400
Mendel
Double Jeopardy!
5851
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'It's appropriate that the name of this double reed instrument with a low range comes from the Italian for "low"'
$400
a bassoon
Double Jeopardy!
5851
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'This word meaning "empty" or "to be filled in" describes a vacant type of stare'
$400
blank
Double Jeopardy!
5851
LIT MY FIRE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'"The Fire Sermon" is Part III of this poet's "The Waste Land"'
$400
T.S. Eliot
Double Jeopardy!
5851
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'"Sex and the City", "Sex and the City" (& "Did you Hear About the Morgans?")'
$400
Sarah Jessica Parker
Double Jeopardy!
5851
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Relatively speaking, it's your mom's husband by a later marriage'
$400
a stepfather
Double Jeopardy!
5851
GENERAL SCIENCE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Unusual names borne by these celestial objects include 3834 Zappafrank & 10221 Kubrick'
$800
asteroids
Double Jeopardy!
5851
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Your dog will scratch his head if you don't know the ukulele's name comes from the Hawaiian for this "jumping" insect'
$800
the flea
Double Jeopardy!
5851
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'It's a self-satisfied smile or grin that you may be asked to wipe off your face'
$800
smirk
Double Jeopardy!
5851
LIT MY FIRE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel'
$800
War and Peace
Double Jeopardy!
5851
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'"Bosom Buddies", "The Green Mile"'
$800
Tom Hanks
Double Jeopardy!
5851
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'From the late Latin for "word", this book is the last word on words'
$800
dictionary
Double Jeopardy!
5851
GENERAL SCIENCE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_DJ_10.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a bicycle wheel</a>) When I torque a spinning bike wheel, an equal and opposite torque causes me to rotate also, an illustration of the conservation of angular this'
$1200
momentum
Double Jeopardy!
5851
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'The first 4 letters of xylophone refer etymologically to this material used to make its sounding bars'
$1200
wood
Double Jeopardy!
5851
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'In the 1600s Charles Le Brun drew illlustrations for each of the passions. <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_DJ_16a.jpg" target="_blank">Here's</a> la haine, this opposite of love'
$1200
hate
Double Jeopardy!
5851
LIT MY FIRE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'In Book 1 of this, Satan is "hurld hedlong flaming from th' ethereal skies... to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire"'
$1200
Paradise Lost
Double Jeopardy!
5851
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'"Friends", "Bruce Almighty"'
$1200
Jennifer Aniston
Double Jeopardy!
5851
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Don't lose your head: this French device shares its name with an instrument for surgically removing tonsils'
$1200
guillotine
Double Jeopardy!
5851
GENERAL SCIENCE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'This 4-letter neutral compound is produced by the reaction of an acid & a base'
$1600
a salt
Double Jeopardy!
5851
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'From the Latin for "clear" comes the name for this woodwind instrument'
$1600
clarinet
Double Jeopardy!
5851
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Jack Nicholson movie villain known for his rictus'
$2,000
the Joker
Double Jeopardy!
5851
LIT MY FIRE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'This Irish poet's "Sailing to Byzantium" urges "sages... in God's holy fire" to be "singing masters of my soul"'
$1600
William Butler Yeats
Double Jeopardy!
5851
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'"In Living Color", "Bruce Almighty"'
$1600
Jim Carrey
Double Jeopardy!
5851
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'The report's back from the lab; it's the science dealing with the detection of poisons'
$2,000
toxicology
Double Jeopardy!
5851
GENERAL SCIENCE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Plants having these underground stems, from the Greek for "root", include irises, bamboo & wild ginger'
$2000
rhizomes
Double Jeopardy!
5851
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'The name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_DJ_27b.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> instrument has nothing to do with the religion, but is more likely a corruption of the word "jaw"'
$2000
Jew\'s harp
Double Jeopardy!
5851
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'This word for a sidelong glance of crude desire used to mean "the cheek"'
$2000
a leer
Double Jeopardy!
5851
LIT MY FIRE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'His 1963 bestseller "The Fire Next Time" took its title from an old spiritual'
$2000
James Baldwin
Double Jeopardy!
5851
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'"The Office", "Bruce Almighty"'
$2000
Steve Carell
Double Jeopardy!
5851
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Something that's the first son's due; Esau sold his'
$2000
birthright
Double Jeopardy!
5851
RANKS & TITLES
2010-02-08T00:00:00
'Owain Glyndwr, who died circa 1416, was the last native of his country to claim this title'
null
Prince of Wales
Final Jeopardy!
5851
WEATHER WORLD
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'Libya's arid climate is made worse by the ghibli, a crop-destroying wind from this desert'
$200
Sahara
Jeopardy!
4335
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'He's an African explorer, "I presume"'
$200
Dr. Livingstone
Jeopardy!
4335
CLOTHING WORDS
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'A score of 22-22, for instance'
$200
tie
Jeopardy!
4335
MY PLACE?
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'A Norman could say, "I'm the king of the motte-and-bailey style of" this'
$200
castle
Jeopardy!
4335
IT'S A DATE!
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'You'll find this date on a calendar only once every 4 years'
$200
February 29 (for a leap year)
Jeopardy!
4335
"J" WHIZ
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'It's a trip taken by a public official at public expense, ostensibly for official business'
$200
junket
Jeopardy!
4335
WEATHER WORLD
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'In addition to helping commerce, these ocean winds bring pleasant weather to islands like Hawaii'
$400
trade winds
Jeopardy!
4335
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'Bob Dylan appears as does this poet from whom he may have taken his stage name'
$400
Dylan Thomas
Jeopardy!
4335
CLOTHING WORDS
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'To lose footing on icy ground'
$400
slip
Jeopardy!
4335
MY PLACE?
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'As he often said, Chris Farley's character Matt Foley lived in one of these down by the river'
$400
van
Jeopardy!
4335
IT'S A DATE!
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii) Pearl Harbor will always be remembered for this date in 1941, which FDR said "will live in infamy"'
$400
December 7
Jeopardy!
4335
"J" WHIZ
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'It's not a type of fruit spread, but a large extended campout for several Boy Scout troops together'
$400
jamboree
Jeopardy!
4335
WEATHER WORLD
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'In Venezuela, this "season" is from April to October; in the mountains of Peru, from November to March'
$600
rainy season
Jeopardy!
4335
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'This actor is in costume from his film "The Wild One"'
$600
Marlon Brando
Jeopardy!
4335
CLOTHING WORDS
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'Breathes heavily, like a dog or a tired jogger'
$600
pants
Jeopardy!
4335
MY PLACE?
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'The introduction to "The Song of Hiawatha" mentions "the curling smoke of" these dwellings'
$600
wigwams
Jeopardy!
4335
IT'S A DATE!
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'Oregon entered the union on this date in 1859, sweetie'
$600
February 14
Jeopardy!
4335
"J" WHIZ
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'It's believed that the Virgin Mary died in this Middle Eastern city'
$600
Jerusalem
Jeopardy!
4335
WEATHER WORLD
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'It's the U.S. state that experiences the most tornadoes'
$800
Texas
Jeopardy!
4335
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'The Beatles' bass player before Paul took over'
$800
Stu Sutcliffe
Jeopardy!
4335
CLOTHING WORDS
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'A layer of paint'
$800
coat
Jeopardy!
4335
MY PLACE?
2003-06-06T00:00:00
'A book subtitled "Architecture in the Colombian Countryside" showcases the estates called these in Spanish'
$800
haciendas
Jeopardy!
4335