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THE OLD TESTAMENT
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'While fleeing the destruction of Sodom, Lot's wife "looked back from behind him, and she became" this'
|
$400
|
a pillar of salt
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
LANGUAGE LAB
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'Most languages of Western Europe get their words for "read" & "write" from this language's legere & scribere'
|
$400
|
Latin
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
POSSIBLE SAT VOCABULARY
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'Of praise, increase or mock, what you do to something you augment'
|
$400
|
increase
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
NAME THAT PLANET
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'Instrument-laden rovers landed on this planet in 2004'
|
$800
|
Mars
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
BE A SPORT
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'This 5-sport Olympic event had its origins in the activities of a military dispatch rider in enemy territory'
|
$800
|
pentathlon
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
TEEN QUEENS
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'18 when she became queen in 1837, she reigned for 63 years'
|
$800
|
Victoria
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
THE OLD TESTAMENT
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-07-19_DJ_02.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands at the head of a massive supine statue at Giza, Egypt.</a>) Many believe Ramses the Great, whose colossal statue rests <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-07-19_DJ_02a.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, was the pharaoh to whom Moses said "Let my people go" in this book of the Bible'
|
$800
|
Exodus
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
LANGUAGE LAB
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'Hochdeutsch is the modern standard form of this language'
|
$800
|
German
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
POSSIBLE SAT VOCABULARY
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'The body of songs a chanteuse is prepared to sing or of plays a company is prepared to put on'
|
$2,600
|
a repertoire
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
NAME THAT PLANET
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'The Great Red Spot on this planet is actually a giant storm'
|
$1200
|
Jupiter
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
BE A SPORT
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'This Olympic sport is said to date from 12th century Holland, where frozen canals were used as courses'
|
$1200
|
speed skating
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
TEEN QUEENS
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'Wilhelmina of this country reigned as a teen after the last male in the house of Orange-Nassau died in 1890'
|
$1200
|
the Netherlands
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
THE OLD TESTAMENT
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'David gave this son & successor advice & plans for building the temple in Jerusalem'
|
$1200
|
Solomon
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
LANGUAGE LAB
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'The Pinyin system for writing this language in the English alphabet was officially adopted Jan. 1, 1979'
|
$1200
|
Chinese
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
POSSIBLE SAT VOCABULARY
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'The time of day described as "crepuscular" is when this is happening'
|
$1200
|
when it\'s starting to get dark
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
NAME THAT PLANET
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'A year on this planet is only 88 days long'
|
$2,200
|
Mercury
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
BE A SPORT
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'This sport was invented in England by modifying a dining room table; the ball was made of rubber or cork'
|
$1600
|
Ping-Pong
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
TEEN QUEENS
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'In 1615 14-year-old Anne married Louis XIII & was later accused of treason by this cardinal'
|
$1600
|
Richelieu
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
THE OLD TESTAMENT
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'When this man's brother said that he was still alive, his father Jacob's "heart fainted, for he believed them not"'
|
$1600
|
Joseph
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
LANGUAGE LAB
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'In French, "Hier Henri m'aimait", "Yesterday Henry loved me", is an example of this "flawed" past tense'
|
$1600
|
imperfect
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
POSSIBLE SAT VOCABULARY
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'Noun for a person who's sorry & is ritually showing his sorrow under the guidance of a confessor'
|
$1600
|
a penitent
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
NAME THAT PLANET
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'With Pluto demoted, this is now the outermost planet'
|
$2000
|
Neptune
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
BE A SPORT
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'In 1895 at a YMCA, this indoor sport was developed for businessmen who found basketball too vigorous'
|
$2000
|
volleyball
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
TEEN QUEENS
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'In 1343 Joanna was a teen queen of a kingdom with the name of this large port city near Pompeii'
|
$2000
|
Naples
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
THE OLD TESTAMENT
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'This heroine for whom a Bible book is named was married to King Ahasuerus of Persia'
|
$2000
|
Esther
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
LANGUAGE LAB
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'Douglas Hyde, aka An Craoibhin Aoibhinn, fought to preserve this language & founded a league of the same name'
|
$2000
|
Gaelic
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
POSSIBLE SAT VOCABULARY
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'This adjective for a terrifying experience comes from a toothed farm implement used on plowed ground'
|
$2000
|
harrowing
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
THE 50 STATES
| 2007-07-19T00:00:00 |
'It was the only state physically & politically formed directly because of the Civil War'
| null |
West Virginia
|
Final Jeopardy!
|
5279
|
THE FOUR SEASONS
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'The fall guy in the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert Fall, was born November 26, 1861 in this season'
|
$100
|
the fall
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
VALLEYS
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'A fungal infection common in this state's San Joaquin valley is now called Valley fever'
|
$100
|
California
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
SHERRY
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Unusually, the Palomino type of this, from which sherry is made, is also tasty to eat'
|
$100
|
grapes
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
DECEMBER 1963
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'On December 7, he said his primary task was to "establish a continuity in government"'
|
$100
|
LBJ
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
"WALK"
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'This pirate punishment is more fiction than reality'
|
$100
|
walking the plank
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
LIKE A MAN
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'In 1997 scientists extracted this genetic material from a Neanderthal's arm bone'
|
$100
|
DNA
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
THE FOUR SEASONS
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'According to "You've Got A Friend", it's when you can call your "friend" James Taylor'
|
$200
|
winter, spring, summer, or fall
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
VALLEYS
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'This poet called a valley outside Balaklava "The Valley of Death"'
|
$200
|
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
SHERRY
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Term for wine, like sherry or port, that has spirits added to boost its potency'
|
$200
|
fortified
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
DECEMBER 1963
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'On December 4, the American Cancer Society released a study linking this with early death'
|
$200
|
smoking
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
"WALK"
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'The U.S. Army Signal Corps developed this portable 2-way radio set in 1933. Over.'
|
$200
|
a walkie-talkie
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
LIKE A MAN
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'In 1978 Mary Leakey noticed these, left by hominids 3 million years ago in volcanic ash'
|
$200
|
footprints
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
THE FOUR SEASONS
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'According to the old song, it's when "she's your tootsey wootsey"'
|
$300
|
the good old summertime
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
VALLEYS
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Come & sit by my side if you know this valley straddles the border of Texas & Oklahoma'
|
$300
|
the Red River Valley
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
SHERRY
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Flor, a white film type of this fermenting agent, gives some sherries a distinctive tang'
|
$300
|
yeast
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
DECEMBER 1963
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'In Dec. 1963, The 4 Seasons split with their record label, signed with a new one & had a hit with <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-03-30_J_08.mp3">this song</a>:<br /><br /><i>"Think! Think! Oh the places you'll see /<br />Now think what the future would be /<br />With a poor boy like me..."</i>'
|
$500
|
"Dawn"
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
"WALK"
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'This Bangles hit was aided by a "King Tut" video, & was later certified gold'
|
$300
|
"Walk Like An Egyptian"
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
LIKE A MAN
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Found in China's Cho-K'ou-Tien caves in the 1920s, the fossils of this "man" disappeared in WWII'
|
$300
|
Peking Man
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
THE FOUR SEASONS
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'The University of Cambridge's Michaelmas term takes place in this season'
|
$400
|
the fall
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
VALLEYS
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'This "Great" valley runs from the Valley of the Jordan to Southern Africa'
|
$400
|
the Great Rift Valley
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
SHERRY
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Don't sit on your response; identify this sherry barrel holding over 100 gallons'
|
$400
|
a butt
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
DECEMBER 1963
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Kenya gained its independence from Britain on December 12, & this man became its first prime minister'
|
$400
|
(Jomo) Kenyatta
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
"WALK"
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'If you've been fired, you've received these'
|
$400
|
your walking papers
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
THE FOUR SEASONS
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'In this 1973 film Joanne Woodward obsesses on her childhood'
|
$500
|
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
VALLEYS
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'In 1997 thousands left this river valley in Germany & Poland to avoid extensive floods'
|
$500
|
the Oder
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
SHERRY
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'The cream sherry of this Bristol, England firm is perhaps the world's best-known brand'
|
$500
|
Harveys
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
DECEMBER 1963
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'On December 4, this coach at Northwestern signed a 4-year contract to coach football at Notre Dame'
|
$500
|
Ara Parseghian
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
"WALK"
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'In the 1960s this tropical fish which comes out of the water at night was introduced into Florida'
|
$500
|
the walking catfish
|
Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
19th CENTURY LIT
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'The urbane Brazilian author Machado de Assis set most of his works among the wealthy of this city'
|
$200
|
Rio
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
CLOTHES MAKE THE PERSON
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Working men wear blue ones, businessmen wear white ones & clergymen wear reversed ones'
|
$200
|
collars
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
BIBLICAL ZOO
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Shades of Davy Crockett, David killed him one of these when he was a lad; it was attacking his sheep'
|
$200
|
a bear
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
HOCKEY
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'A depiction of Long Island appears on the logo of this NHL team'
|
$200
|
the Islanders
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
"LO" MEN
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Julia Roberts' ex-husband, he's toured & recorded with his "Large Band"'
|
$200
|
Lyle Lovett
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
THE TOTEM POLE
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Totem poles were once raised as a part of the potlatch feast of tribes living on the coast of this ocean'
|
$200
|
the Pacific
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
19th CENTURY LIT
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'This chronicler of boys rising from poverty never wrote the major novel he planned'
|
$400
|
Horatio Alger
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
CLOTHES MAKE THE PERSON
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'By sneaking around in rubber soles, some detectives acquired this sobriquet'
|
$400
|
a gumshoe
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
BIBLICAL ZOO
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'According to 1 Kings 10, Solomon imported apes & these eye-tailed birds'
|
$400
|
peacocks
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
HOCKEY
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'A starting lineup consists of 2 defensemen, 3 forwards & this player, the only one allowed to hold the puck'
|
$400
|
a goalie
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
"LO" MEN
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'In 1924 he teamed up with Nathan Leopold to commit a highly imperfect crime'
|
$400
|
(Richard) Loeb
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
THE TOTEM POLE
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Totem poles are traditionally carved in the fragrant wood of this tree also popular for chests'
|
$400
|
cedar
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
19th CENTURY LIT
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'H.C. Andersen & this existentialist philosopher were contemporaries in 19th century Copenhagen'
|
$600
|
Kirkegaard
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
CLOTHES MAKE THE PERSON
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'This term for a shapely young woman was Lana Turner's nickname in her pinup days'
|
$600
|
sweater girl
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
BIBLICAL ZOO
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'The Pharaoh gave Abraham's wife some asses & some of these desert draft animals'
|
$600
|
camels
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
HOCKEY
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Most shots in hockey are wrist shots, or these in which a full backswing is used to gain more force'
|
$600
|
a slapshot
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
"LO" MEN
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'In "The Maltese Falcon", he calls Sydney Greenstreet "You bloated idiot! You stupid fathead!"'
|
$600
|
Peter Lorre
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
THE TOTEM POLE
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'This feature on a thunderbird's face is often carved separately & attached to the pole'
|
$600
|
the beak
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
19th CENTURY LIT
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'The 1867 stage melodrama "Under the Gaslight" featured a dramatic rescue from an oncoming one of these'
|
$800
|
a train
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
CLOTHES MAKE THE PERSON
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'The office attire of business-minded entertainment executives gives them this name'
|
$800
|
the suits
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
BIBLICAL ZOO
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'According to Deuteronomy, you can't do this to a bat, even if it's been batter-dipped'
|
$800
|
eat it
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
HOCKEY
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'In 1924 this Boston team became the first from the U.S. to join the NHL'
|
$800
|
the Bruins
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
"LO" MEN
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'This Medici to whom Machiavelli addressed "The Prince" was less magnificent than his same-named grandfather'
|
$800
|
Lorenzo
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
THE TOTEM POLE
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Also known for its tree carving ability, it's the rodent depicted <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-03-30_DJ_29.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>:'
|
$1,200
|
the beaver
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
19th CENTURY LIT
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'Felicia Dorothea Hemans' best-remembered poem tells of the brave boy who "stood on" this'
|
$1000
|
the burning deck
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
CLOTHES MAKE THE PERSON
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'A college athlete sitting out a year of games, preserving his or her eligibility'
|
$1000
|
a redshirt
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
BIBLICAL ZOO
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'The eighth plague on Egypt not only came down like a plague of these, it was a plague of these'
|
$1000
|
locusts
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
HOCKEY
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'The game of cricket gave us this term for 3 or more goals scored by a player in a game'
|
$1000
|
a hat trick
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
"LO" MEN
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'This politician married Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice, who outlived him by 49 years'
|
$2,000
|
(Nicholas) Longworth
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
THE TOTEM POLE
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'The figures on a pole often represent these societal units within tribes'
|
$1000
|
families
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
WORD ORIGINS
| 1998-03-30T00:00:00 |
'This type of establishment gets its name from the Latin for "to restore"'
| null |
a restaurant
|
Final Jeopardy!
|
3136
|
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'A headline in Pulitzer's "The World" newspaper asked, was this ship's "Explosion Caused by Bomb or Torpedo?"'
|
$200
|
the Maine
|
Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
A DAY AT THE RACES
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'Betting on the same horse to win, place & show is betting "across" this'
|
$200
|
the board
|
Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
MR. BUSINESSMAN
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'In 1924 Harvey Firestone started these plantations in Liberia'
|
$200
|
rubber plantations
|
Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
NOT A NATIONAL CAPITAL
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'Rio de Janeiro,<br />Buenos Aires,<br />Asuncion'
|
$200
|
Rio de Janeiro
|
Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
SOCKS AND THE CITY
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'In 1907 this city's Braves stopped wearing red socks, so this city's other major league team adopted the name'
|
$200
|
Boston
|
Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
"KING" OF THE WORLD!
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'Perhaps based on a real monarch, this nursery rhyme figure called for his bowl, his pipe & his fiddlers three'
|
$200
|
Old King Cole
|
Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'Leonard Wood was the original commander of this cavalry regiment made up mainly of cowboys & college athletes'
|
$400
|
the Rough Riders
|
Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
A DAY AT THE RACES
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'In this type of race, you may bet on the winner & then buy it'
|
$400
|
the claiming race
|
Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
MR. BUSINESSMAN
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'Conrad Hilton started with a hotel in 1919; James Christie started with one of these houses in 1766'
|
$400
|
auction house
|
Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
NOT A NATIONAL CAPITAL
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'Calcutta,<br />Thimphu,<br />Phnom Penh'
|
$400
|
Calcutta
|
Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
SOCKS AND THE CITY
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'Up to 10,000 people from 63 countries attend the International Hosiery Expo in this city, North Carolina's largest'
|
$400
|
Charlotte
|
Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
"KING" OF THE WORLD!
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'This long poisonous snake is also known as a hamadryad'
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$400
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king cobra
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Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
| 2004-01-19T00:00:00 |
'The Platt Amendment, which resulted from the war, gave the U.S. the rights to this naval base in perpetuity'
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$1,000
|
Guantanamo Bay
|
Jeopardy!
|
4461
|
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