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GREEK LETTERS
2011-05-26T00:00:00
'A homophone of a verb meaning "to paddle"'
$1600
rho
Double Jeopardy!
6159
"G"ARDEN GLOSSARY
2011-05-26T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-05-26_DJ_25.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some plants on the monitor.</a>) Most plant shoots have a tendency to grow towards the sun, which is called phototropism; if roots grew that way, they'd shrivel up & die, so they grow into the earth, displaying this other -ism'
$2000
geotropism
Double Jeopardy!
6159
TURN OF THE CENTURY MOVIES
2011-05-26T00:00:00
'2 warriors seek the Green Destiny, a stolen ancient sword'
$2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Double Jeopardy!
6159
I SERVED IN HIS CABINET
2011-05-26T00:00:00
'Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall'
$2000
Harry Truman
Double Jeopardy!
6159
ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH?
2011-05-26T00:00:00
'Luc Montagnier identified the AIDS virus while working at the institute named for this 19th c. Frenchman'
$2,000
(Louis) Pasteur
Double Jeopardy!
6159
BIBLE BOOK BINDINGS
2011-05-26T00:00:00
'The Heidi<br />___<br />of Riddick'
$2000
Chronicles
Double Jeopardy!
6159
GREEK LETTERS
2011-05-26T00:00:00
'Ancient Romans would've read this one as 11'
$2000
xi
Double Jeopardy!
6159
19th CENTURY MUSIC
2011-05-26T00:00:00
'Lyrics to an 1868 tune by this man began, "Guten Abend, Gut Nacht, Mit Rosen Bedacht"'
null
Johannes Brahms
Final Jeopardy!
6159
THE NEW TESTAMENT
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'On Pentecost the Apostles amazed people when they "began to speak with other" these'
$200
tongues
Jeopardy!
5825
NAME THE FILM
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'1939:<br />"I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"'
$200
The Wizard Of Oz
Jeopardy!
5825
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Originally worn by highlanders in various tartans, these are also worn by women as skirts'
$200
kilts
Jeopardy!
5825
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'We're mostly 4,000 feet above sea level & Idi Amin doesn't run us anymore. Isn't that enough?'
$200
Uganda
Jeopardy!
5825
FOOD & DRINK
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'They're the 2 things Little Miss Muffet was consuming while sitting on her tuffet'
$200
curds & whey
Jeopardy!
5825
TIME TO "EAT"
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'To practice trickery or fraud in game play'
$200
cheat
Jeopardy!
5825
THE NEW TESTAMENT
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Always mentioned last in the list of Jesus' 12 Disciples, he was the treasurer of the group'
$400
Judas Iscariot
Jeopardy!
5825
NAME THE FILM
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'1972:<br />"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse"'
$400
The Godfather
Jeopardy!
5825
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'The silhouette of a slightly flared skirt looks like a certain letter, giving it this name'
$400
an A-line
Jeopardy!
5825
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Keflavik & Grindavik call to you, & we'll throw in a 50/50 shot at seeing Bjork somewhere'
$400
Iceland
Jeopardy!
5825
FOOD & DRINK
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'When used to describe meat, "marbling" means streaks of this'
$400
fat
Jeopardy!
5825
TIME TO "EAT"
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'A spike on the bottom of an athletic shoe'
$400
a cleat
Jeopardy!
5825
THE NEW TESTAMENT
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'This mother of John The Baptist was well into old age when John was born'
$600
Elizabeth
Jeopardy!
5825
NAME THE FILM
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'1976:<br />"You talking to me?"'
$600
Taxi Driver
Jeopardy!
5825
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'This loose-fitting garment often worn as a beach coverup was copied from Indonesian native dress'
$600
a sarong
Jeopardy!
5825
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Our Andes are dandy! Only Brazil has more people in South America, but they don't have our coffee. Hail...'
$600
Colombia
Jeopardy!
5825
FOOD & DRINK
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'In 2006 the Chicago City Council banned restaurants in the city from selling this goose liver dish'
$600
foie gras
Jeopardy!
5825
TIME TO "EAT"
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Bartender's adjective for a cocktail served without water'
$600
neat
Jeopardy!
5825
THE NEW TESTAMENT
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-01-01_J_29.wmv">Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.</a>) On his fourth and final missionary journey, Saint Paul sailed from Caesarea to Crete & was then shipwrecked on <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-01-01_J_29a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> island the Bible calls Melita'
$800
Malta
Jeopardy!
5825
NAME THE FILM
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'1995:<br />"To infinity, and beyond!"'
$800
Toy Story
Jeopardy!
5825
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'On the original "90210":, Donna wore this type of skirt to the prom; she couldn't sit down all night'
$800
a hoop skirt
Jeopardy!
5825
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'From Koluszki to Kolno, & Wozniki to Strzelce, visit us, but just know we've heard all the jokes already'
$800
Poland
Jeopardy!
5825
FOOD & DRINK
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Thailand's best-known dish, it's stir-fried noodles, egg, bean sprouts, peanuts & seasonings'
$800
pad thai
Jeopardy!
5825
TIME TO "EAT"
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Moss type used as fuel'
$800
peat
Jeopardy!
5825
THE NEW TESTAMENT
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'In Luke he is quoted as saying, "I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man"'
$2,500
(Pontius) Pilate
Jeopardy!
5825
NAME THE FILM
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'2007:<br />"I... drink... your... milkshake! I drink it up!"'
$1000
There Will Be Blood
Jeopardy!
5825
SKIRTING THE ISSUE
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'The sunburst-pleated skirt is also called this for the pleats' resemblance to the bellows of a musical instrument'
$1000
an accordion skirt
Jeopardy!
5825
IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'We're one big island! (& several small ones); Lemur entertain you! (Disclaimer: Lemurs will not, repeat not, speak to you)'
$1000
Madagascar
Jeopardy!
5825
FOOD & DRINK
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'This rum drink hailing from New Orleans' French Quarter has its own glass of the same name'
$1000
the Hurricane
Jeopardy!
5825
TIME TO "EAT"
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'The administrative metropolis in a U.S. county'
$1000
the seat
Jeopardy!
5825
20th CENTURY ARTISTS
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'In 1936 he showed up for a Surrealist exhibition dressed in a diving suit'
$400
(Salvador) Dali
Double Jeopardy!
5825
RED SOX IT TO ME
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'On April 20, 1912 the first game at this new venue went 11 innings & ended with a Red Sox win'
$400
Fenway Park
Double Jeopardy!
5825
BEYOND .COM
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'It indicates a website about employment, not about a founder of Apple'
$400
.jobs
Double Jeopardy!
5825
PICK A PLANET
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Its "day" is 24 hours & 39 minutes'
$400
Mars
Double Jeopardy!
5825
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'One of the other 3 people in the presidential box with Lincoln & Booth at the time of the attack'
$400
Mary Todd Lincoln
Double Jeopardy!
5825
B.C. & AFTER
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Son of Philip II of Macedonia who became the world's largest coral system'
$400
Alexander the Great Barrier Reef
Double Jeopardy!
5825
20th CENTURY ARTISTS
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'In 2006 "Roots", a 1943 painting by her, sold for $5.6 million, then the record for a Latin American work'
$3,000
Frida Kahlo
Double Jeopardy!
5825
RED SOX IT TO ME
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'With 44 homers, 121 RBIs & a .326 average, Carl Yastrzemski is the last baseball player to win this'
$800
the Triple Crown
Double Jeopardy!
5825
BEYOND .COM
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'It's the perfect 2 letters for video-heavy sites such as Geekbrief'
$800
TV
Double Jeopardy!
5825
PICK A PLANET
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'It's the third largest in our solar system'
$800
Neptune (Uranus also accepted)
Double Jeopardy!
5825
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'In the aftermath this owner of the theater/crime scene was thrown in jail as a possible conspirator'
$800
(John T.) Ford
Double Jeopardy!
5825
B.C. & AFTER
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Period of time named for an alloy of copper & tin & the new water-bearing Zodiacal era'
$800
the Bronze Age of Aquarius
Double Jeopardy!
5825
20th CENTURY ARTISTS
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'This Belgian's "Mysteries Of The Horizon" shows 3 men in bowler hats; a sliver of moon hangs above each of them'
$1200
Magritte
Double Jeopardy!
5825
RED SOX IT TO ME
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Tim Wakefield has more starts than any pitcher in Red Sox history, mostly due to his success with this low-velocity pitch'
$1200
the knuckleball
Double Jeopardy!
5825
BEYOND .COM
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'If disseminating facts, knowledge, the 411, try this 4-letter domain, used by New York State's MTA'
$1200
info
Double Jeopardy!
5825
PICK A PLANET
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'It's never observable when the sky is fully dark'
$1,500
Mercury
Double Jeopardy!
5825
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Dirty Harry could tell you it's also the caliber of the Derringer used by John Wilkes Booth to shoot Lincoln'
$1200
.44
Double Jeopardy!
5825
B.C. & AFTER
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'"Wonder"-ful giant statue of Helios that brings financial aid to study at Oxford'
$1200
The Colossus of Rhodes Scholarship
Double Jeopardy!
5825
20th CENTURY ARTISTS
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'In 1958 he tripled up on his patriotic painting of "Three Flags"'
$1600
(Jasper) Johns
Double Jeopardy!
5825
RED SOX IT TO ME
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'In 1918 he extended his streak of scoreless World Series innings pitched to 29.2 & tied for the most HRs in the league'
$1600
Babe Ruth
Double Jeopardy!
5825
BEYOND .COM
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'It follows dot in a domain for companies & "That's show" in a familiar phrase'
$1600
.biz
Double Jeopardy!
5825
PICK A PLANET
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'It was the first to be discovered with the aid of the telescope'
$1600
Uranus
Double Jeopardy!
5825
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'The 3-word Latin phrase yelled out by John Wilkes Booth while making his escape'
$1600
sic semper tyrannis
Double Jeopardy!
5825
B.C. & AFTER
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Sophoclean tragedy about the killing of a father & his friend, the actor who portrayed Henry Higgins on film'
$1600
Oedipus Rex Harrison
Double Jeopardy!
5825
20th CENTURY ARTISTS
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'"Sky Blue", "Blue Mountain" & "The Blue Rider" are all paintings by this Russian abstract artist'
$2000
Kandinsky
Double Jeopardy!
5825
RED SOX IT TO ME
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'In 2001 this Osaka-born pitcher tossed Boston's first no-hitter since 1965'
$2000
(Hideo) Nomo
Double Jeopardy!
5825
BEYOND .COM
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'As of 2010, you can invent your own domain, according to the folks who regulate the Net; they're at www.icann.this'
$2000
.org (.net accepted)
Double Jeopardy!
5825
PICK A PLANET
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Leda is its 13th moon'
$2000
Jupiter
Double Jeopardy!
5825
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Attempts on the lives of VP Andrew Johnson & this Secretary of State were also part of the plot'
$2000
Seward
Double Jeopardy!
5825
B.C. & AFTER
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'Homo erectus archaeological find on Jakarta's island by an expatriate U.S. photographer'
$2000
Java Man Ray
Double Jeopardy!
5825
ROSE BOWL HISTORY
2010-01-01T00:00:00
'The only time the game wasn't held in Calif. was 1942, when it was in N.C., amidst fears of another event like this one'
null
Pearl Harbor
Final Jeopardy!
5825
THE WORLD OF MR. BURNS
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-03-10_J_01.mp3">I've said it before: "Family. Religion. Friendship. These are 3 demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in" this</a>'
$200
business
Jeopardy!
5416
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'Pontiff's cleansing agents'
$200
the Pope\'s soaps
Jeopardy!
5416
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'The leaf design on Godiva's Autant chocolates is a stylized version of a feather on this "Gone With the Wind" heroine's hat'
$200
Scarlett O\'Hara
Jeopardy!
5416
KIDDY LIT
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'This dark horse shares stables with Merrylegs & Ginger'
$200
Black Beauty
Jeopardy!
5416
THE CAT
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'Of all the varieties of cats big & small, the cheetah is the only one that can't fully retract these'
$200
the claws
Jeopardy!
5416
THE CANARY ISLANDS
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'The Canary Islands' highest point, 12,000-foot Pico de Teide, is the peak of a dormant one of these'
$200
a volcano
Jeopardy!
5416
THE WORLD OF MR. BURNS
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-03-10_J_02.mp3">...A 2-seat escape pod at the nuclear plant; this man believes it's for him,...he's wrong; I just like to put my feet up</a>'
$400
Smithers
Jeopardy!
5416
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'A Latter-Day jury spokesperson'
$400
a Mormon foreman
Jeopardy!
5416
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'Candymakers know that the fat obtained from cocoa beans isn't called cocoa margarine but this'
$400
cocoa butter
Jeopardy!
5416
KIDDY LIT
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'In this poem, the hero is instructed to shun the frumious Bandersnatch'
$400
Jabberwocky
Jeopardy!
5416
THE CAT
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'It's the full name for the domesticated kitty called a tortie'
$400
a tortoiseshell
Jeopardy!
5416
THE CANARY ISLANDS
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'On his 3 15th century voyages to the New World, his ships stopped off at the Canary Islands for supplies'
$400
Columbus
Jeopardy!
5416
THE WORLD OF MR. BURNS
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-03-10_J_03.mp3">For me, this number is naught naught naught, naught naught, naught naught naught 2; curse you, Roosevelt!</a>'
$600
social security number
Jeopardy!
5416
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'Society of Friends' parcels of land'
$600
Quakers\' acres
Jeopardy!
5416
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'A 2007 study said that eating a little dark chocolate daily may reduce this, both systolic & diastolic'
$600
blood pressure
Jeopardy!
5416
KIDDY LIT
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'The wedding meal eaten by this odd Edward Lear pair is "mince and slices of quince"'
$600
the owl and the pussycat
Jeopardy!
5416
THE CAT
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'It's the tailless cat variety from an island south of Scotland'
$600
a manx
Jeopardy!
5416
THE CANARY ISLANDS
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'In July 2007 one of these instruments with a 34-foot mirror was completed on the Canary Islands'
$600
a telescope
Jeopardy!
5416
THE WORLD OF MR. BURNS
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-03-10_J_04.mp3">After a near-un-requested fission surplus, I said Homer "turned a potential Chernobyl into a mere" this Pennsylvania place</a>'
$800
Three Mile Island
Jeopardy!
5416
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'Around the time of a veiled Muslim garment for women'
$800
circa burka
Jeopardy!
5416
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'Fran's Chocolates of Seattle makes delectable caramels topped with the gray sea type of this'
$800
salt
Jeopardy!
5416
KIDDY LIT
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'This title flute player's "queer long coat from heel to head Was half of yellow & half of red"'
$800
the Pied Piper of Hamelin
Jeopardy!
5416
THE CAT
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'This shorthaired "brown" cat is named for its color, which is said to resemble that of a Cuban cigar'
$800
a havana
Jeopardy!
5416
THE CANARY ISLANDS
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'In 1936 the Spanish government demoted this general to Governor of the Canary Islands'
$3,000
Franco
Jeopardy!
5416
THE WORLD OF MR. BURNS
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-03-10_J_05.mp3">My mother's sordid affair with this president & later, Chief Justice of the United States, still rankles</a>'
$1000
Taft
Jeopardy!
5416
RELIGIOUS RHYME TIME
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'A large Asian white winter radish that's a representation of a saint'
$1000
a daikon icon
Jeopardy!
5416
PASS THE CHOCOLATE
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'Good news:<br />Dark chocolate is rich in these antioxidant compounds whose very name sounds "flavorful"'
$1000
flavonoids
Jeopardy!
5416
KIDDY LIT
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'These tiny people in a 1952 Mary Norton story live under the floor in a large country house'
$1000
the borrowers
Jeopardy!
5416
THE CAT
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'This breed of domestic feline from Maine is the first truly American show breed'
$1000
a Maine coon
Jeopardy!
5416
THE CANARY ISLANDS
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'The Canary Islands were named for a large number of these the Romans found there, not yellow songbirds'
$1000
wild dogs
Jeopardy!
5416
WORLD WAR I
2008-03-10T00:00:00
'In 1917 Allied troops from this North American country stormed up Vimy Ridge in a legendary charge'
$400
Canada
Double Jeopardy!
5416