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LANGUAGE
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Language honored on the U.S. stamp seen here:'
$300
American Sign Language
Jeopardy!
3053
QUOTATIONS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these"'
$300
It might have been
Jeopardy!
3053
GENESIS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'He was Adam & Eve's third-born child'
$300
Seth
Jeopardy!
3053
BEFORE & AFTER
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Instructor's favorite "West End Girls" group'
$300
Teacher\'s Pet Shop Boys
Jeopardy!
3053
MAMMALS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'They're the only truly amphibious members of the weasel family'
$400
Otters
Jeopardy!
3053
LEADING MEN
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'He co-starred with Woody Harrelson in "White Men Can't Jump" & with Sean Connery in "Rising Sun"'
$400
Wesley Snipes
Jeopardy!
3053
LANGUAGE
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Natives on Gomera in the Canaries talk by using these warbling sounds, so wet yours before chatting'
$400
Whistle
Jeopardy!
3053
QUOTATIONS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'"Poor Richard's Almanack" says, "To lengthen thy life, lessen" these'
$400
Meals
Jeopardy!
3053
GENESIS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'God made a covenant with this son of Terah'
$400
Abraham
Jeopardy!
3053
BEFORE & AFTER
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Exclamation point who played Luke Skywalker'
$400
Punctuation Mark Hamill
Jeopardy!
3053
MAMMALS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Found Down Under, it's the sole member of the family Ornithorhynchidae'
$500
Duck-billed platypus
Jeopardy!
3053
LEADING MEN
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Jon Voight took over the role of Rolf, the young Nazi in love with Liesl, in this Broadway musical in 1961'
$500
"The Sound of Music"
Jeopardy!
3053
LANGUAGE
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'All the words in our Webster's Collegiate Dict. that begin with "sht" are borrowed from this language'
$500
Yiddish
Jeopardy!
3053
QUOTATIONS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Of her 1962 novel "Ship of Fools" she said, "I finished the thing; but I think I sprained my soul"'
$500
Katherine Anne Porter
Jeopardy!
3053
GENESIS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'God made all sorts of these, including one of life & one of the knowledge of good & evil'
$500
Trees
Jeopardy!
3053
BEFORE & AFTER
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Dogpatch resident who claims to have invented baseball'
$500
Li\'l Abner Doubleday
Jeopardy!
3053
"LOVE" SONGS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'In her first No. 1 solo hit, Tina Turner asked this title question'
$200
"What\'s Love Got To Do With It"
Double Jeopardy!
3053
WORLD CITIES
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'This capital's Avenida Juarez was named for Benito Juarez, president of the country in the 1860s & 1870s'
$200
Mexico City
Double Jeopardy!
3053
WHY, I OTTO...
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Today it's a couch without a back, but in 1922 it became an empire without a future'
$200
Ottoman
Double Jeopardy!
3053
POTENT POTABLES
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Flavored types of this liquor, like Pertsovka, are popular in the U.S. & have long been a Russian favorite'
$200
Vodka
Double Jeopardy!
3053
RHYME TIME
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'A collision between cars that causes only minor damage'
$200
Fender bender
Double Jeopardy!
3053
"LOVE" SONGS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Song heard here, it's also the title of a 1997 film:'
$1,000
"Addicted To Love"
Double Jeopardy!
3053
WORLD CITIES
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'The name of this Austrian city means "Salt Castle"'
$400
Salzburg
Double Jeopardy!
3053
WHY, I OTTO...
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Known as the "Iron Chancellor", he was forced out of power by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1890'
$400
Otto von Bismarck
Double Jeopardy!
3053
POTENT POTABLES
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Colt 45 & Olde English 800 are brands of this "liquor" that's stronger than most beers'
$400
Malt liquor
Double Jeopardy!
3053
RHYME TIME
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Young Florence Griffith, called Dee Dee, grew up, got married & acquired this rhyming nickname'
$400
"Flo-Jo"
Double Jeopardy!
3053
PRESIDENTS ON THE MOVE
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'In 1943, in Morocco, FDR became the 1st sitting president since this one to visit an actual theater of war'
$600
Abraham Lincoln
Double Jeopardy!
3053
"LOVE" SONGS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'In 1992 Whitney Houston had a hit with this Dolly Parton song'
$600
"I Will Always Love You"
Double Jeopardy!
3053
WORLD CITIES
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'This Cambodian capital lies at the confluence of the Bassac, Tonle Sap & Mekong rivers'
$600
Phnom Penh
Double Jeopardy!
3053
WHY, I OTTO...
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'He returned to Amsterdam after the end of WWII & his daughter Anne's death, to collect her papers'
$600
Otto Frank
Double Jeopardy!
3053
POTENT POTABLES
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Booker's, Baker's & Knob Creek are "small batch" producers of this Southern elixir'
$600
Bourbon
Double Jeopardy!
3053
RHYME TIME
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'In a '60s routine George Carlin was Al Sleet, this groovy type of weatherman'
$600
Hippy Dippy
Double Jeopardy!
3053
PRESIDENTS ON THE MOVE
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'His travels included an 1875 trip to Salt Lake City; he later visited Mark Twain to do the book deal'
$800
Ulysses S. Grant
Double Jeopardy!
3053
"LOVE" SONGS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Hi there -- it was the Doors' last No. 1 hit'
$800
"Hello, I Love You"
Double Jeopardy!
3053
WORLD CITIES
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'You can visit the home of former prime minister John Diefenbaker in this Saskatchewan capital'
$800
Regina
Double Jeopardy!
3053
WHY, I OTTO...
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Movie in which the "Otto Pilot" seen here appears:'
$2,000
Airplane!
Double Jeopardy!
3053
POTENT POTABLES
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'In Spanish, the name of this cocktail means "daisy"'
$800
Margarita
Double Jeopardy!
3053
RHYME TIME
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'This term can mean "haphazardly" or have its original sense, "whether you want to or not"'
$800
Willy-nilly
Double Jeopardy!
3053
PRESIDENTS ON THE MOVE
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'In 1972 he went to both Moscow & Peking'
$1000
Richard Nixon
Double Jeopardy!
3053
"LOVE" SONGS
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'"But darling most of all", the Paris sisters are remembered for this '60s classic'
$1000
"I Love How You Love Me"
Double Jeopardy!
3053
WORLD CITIES
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'The Prefecture, the palace of Pizarro, still stands in this southern Peru city known for its Incan remains'
$1000
Cuzco
Double Jeopardy!
3053
WHY, I OTTO...
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'The conductor of the L.A. Philharmonic from 1933 to 1939, his son Werner gained fame as Col. Klink'
$1000
Otto Klemperer
Double Jeopardy!
3053
POTENT POTABLES
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Despite its name, this cocktail of rye, sugar & bitters over ice is not quite out of date'
$1000
Old Fashioned
Double Jeopardy!
3053
RHYME TIME
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'General who invaded Italy during WWII & commanded U.N. forces in Korea'
$1000
Mark Clark
Double Jeopardy!
3053
SCULPTURE
1997-12-03T00:00:00
'Standing on the banks of the Concord River, it's also known as the "Statue of the Embattled Farmer"'
null
the Minuteman Statue (by Daniel Chester French)
Final Jeopardy!
3053
AMERICAN HISTORY
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'This statue got a new torch in 1986; the old one was 100 years old'
$100
the Statue of Liberty
Jeopardy!
1875
SINGERS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'He called his 1988 autobiography "Sweet Life"; he could have called it "I Write the Songs"'
$100
Barry Manilow
Jeopardy!
1875
BOOKS & AUTHORS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Not surprisingly, in 1984 his "1984" was a bestseller'
$100
George Orwell
Jeopardy!
1875
THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Glenn Close had hair glued to her chest for her cameo role as a male pirate in this Spielberg film'
$100
Hook
Jeopardy!
1875
FOOD FACTS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Jimmy Dean's new flapsticks are sausages dipped in this batter & stuck on sticks'
$100
pancake batter
Jeopardy!
1875
DON'T "CALL" US
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'1903 Jack London work in which a dog, half St. Bernard, half Scotch shepherd, survives the wilderness'
$100
The Call of the Wild
Jeopardy!
1875
AMERICAN HISTORY
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Term for the women of the 1920s who wore bobbed hair, short dresses & long strings of beads'
$200
flappers
Jeopardy!
1875
SINGERS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'The rappers known as Kris Kross kreated a kraze by wearing their oversized klothes in this unusual way'
$200
backwards
Jeopardy!
1875
BOOKS & AUTHORS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Stephen Crane established his reputation with this novel of the Civil War'
$200
The Red Badge of Courage
Jeopardy!
1875
THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'When she danced in the 1935 film "Dante's Inferno", she was still using the name Rita Cansino'
$200
Rita Hayworth
Jeopardy!
1875
FOOD FACTS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'This basic sauce named for a color is made with rich meat stock'
$200
brown sauce
Jeopardy!
1875
DON'T "CALL" US
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'It's the appearance of a performer after the play in response to applause'
$300
a curtain call
Jeopardy!
1875
AMERICAN HISTORY
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'This Sunshine State once had east & west portions; the western part now belongs to Ala., Miss. & La.'
$300
Florida
Jeopardy!
1875
SINGERS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'During the 1992 Summer Olympics, this country singer, born Randy Traywick, was a spokesman for Coca-Cola'
$300
Randy Travis
Jeopardy!
1875
BOOKS & AUTHORS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'An article that he wrote about his riverboat days was eventually expanded into "Life on the Mississippi"'
$300
Mark Twain
Jeopardy!
1875
THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Peter Lawford had a bit role as a pilot in this Greer Garson film, the "Best Picture" of 1942'
$300
Mrs. Miniver
Jeopardy!
1875
FOOD FACTS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'In Italy, kidneys are rognoni, brains are cervello & this variety meat is lingua'
$300
tongue
Jeopardy!
1875
DON'T "CALL" US
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'"Bovine" term for an audition open to a large number of actors'
$300
a cattle call
Jeopardy!
1875
SINGERS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Peter Allen wrote "Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage" to honor this woman who was once his mother-in-law'
$400
Judy Garland
Jeopardy!
1875
THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'In 1937 this "Sweater Girl" strutted across the screen in a sweater in "They Won't Forget"'
$400
Lana Turner
Jeopardy!
1875
FOOD FACTS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'It's believed that the original baba was soaked in this liquor, but you can make it with kirsch instead'
$400
rum
Jeopardy!
1875
SINGERS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'She was nominated for a 1962 Tony for her Broadway debut in "I Can Get It for You Wholesale"'
$500
Barbra Streisand
Jeopardy!
1875
THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'He not only played himself in "Sunset Boulevard", his name is mentioned in the film's last line'
$500
Cecil B. DeMille
Jeopardy!
1875
FOOD FACTS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Ladyfingers are a finger-shaped type of this light cake that's made without shortening'
$500
sponge cake
Jeopardy!
1875
WORLD CAPITALS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'It was founded by the Gauls as a fishing settlement in the Seine River in the 3rd century B.C.'
$200
Paris
Double Jeopardy!
1875
CANADIAN ACTORS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'He was born in St. John, New Brunswick, but his son Kiefer was born in London, England'
$200
Donald Sutherland
Double Jeopardy!
1875
OPERA
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'A "monster" opera based on this Mary Shelley novel premiered in 1990'
$200
Frankenstein
Double Jeopardy!
1875
THE ENVIRONMENT
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Through 1991 from 8 to 12% of this country's Amazon Basin had been deforested'
$200
Brazil
Double Jeopardy!
1875
WORLD CAPITALS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Every 4 years this Polish capital hosts a Frederic Chopin international piano competition'
$400
Warsaw
Double Jeopardy!
1875
CANADIAN ACTORS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'This actor from Ottawa played half of "The Blues Brothers"'
$400
Dan Aykroyd
Double Jeopardy!
1875
OPERA
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'In 1872 this composer conducted his "Aida" at La Scala in Milan'
$400
Verdi
Double Jeopardy!
1875
THE ENVIRONMENT
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'This country is the world's largest producer of "greenhouse gases"'
$400
the United States
Double Jeopardy!
1875
WORLD CAPITALS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Schonbrunn, the Hapsburgs' summer palace, is a top tourist attraction just outside this capital'
$600
Vienna
Double Jeopardy!
1875
CANADIAN ACTORS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'We'll bet you a buck you know this Canadian starred in "Uncle Buck"'
$600
John Candy
Double Jeopardy!
1875
OPERA
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Part of this Rossini opera takes place on the shores of Lake Lucerne'
$600
William Tell
Double Jeopardy!
1875
THE ENVIRONMENT
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'To reduce smog at this nearby national park, a Page, Ariz. power plant agreed to slash emissions'
$600
Grand Canyon (National Park)
Double Jeopardy!
1875
WORLD CAPITALS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'This Bahamian capital served as a supply base for Confederate blockade runners in the Civil War'
$800
Nassau
Double Jeopardy!
1875
OPERA
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Act I of this opera ends with a love duet between Roddolfo & Mimi'
$1,000
La bohème
Double Jeopardy!
1875
NOTORIOUS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'This older brother of Jesse James outlived Jesse by 33 years'
$800
Frank
Double Jeopardy!
1875
THE ENVIRONMENT
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'In 1992 Hungary adbandoned its venture with Czechoslovakia to build 2 huge dams on this river'
$800
the Danube
Double Jeopardy!
1875
WORLD CAPITALS
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'A prominent landmark in this Australian capital is the 258-foot-tall Australian-American Memorial'
$1000
Canberra
Double Jeopardy!
1875
OPERA
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'This Wagner opera concludes with a ship sinking & its captain & Senta ascending to heaven'
$1000
The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer)
Double Jeopardy!
1875
THE ENVIRONMENT
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'Charcoal canisters & alpha-track detectors are used to detect this radioactive gas in homes'
$1,000
radon
Double Jeopardy!
1875
THE SUPREME COURT
1992-10-30T00:00:00
'The 1973 case Doe v. Bolton was decided with this more famous case'
null
Roe v. Wade
Final Jeopardy!
1875
AMERICAN AUTHORS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Born of French-Canadian parents, this "On the Road" author spoke only French until he was 6'
$100
(Jack) Kerouac
Jeopardy!
3139
LAUNCH THIS!
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'It's a synonym for a baptism, or a ceremony where an ocean liner is launched'
$100
a christening
Jeopardy!
3139
STATE CAPITALS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Natives of this city think it's O.K. to call it OKC'
$100
Oklahoma City
Jeopardy!
3139
"ICK"Y WORDS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Dickens had one "On the Hearth" & Disney had one narrate "Pinocchio"'
$100
a cricket
Jeopardy!
3139
SPORTS SCORES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'One stroke under par on a hole in golf is a birdie; one stroke over is one of these'
$100
a bogey
Jeopardy!
3139
MOVIE SCORES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Through 1997 he had composed the scores to 7 of the top 10 money-making movies of all time'
$100
John Williams
Jeopardy!
3139
AMERICAN AUTHORS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'In his 1932 book "Death in the Afternoon", he treated bullfighting as a tragic ritual rather than sport'
$200
(Ernest) Hemingway
Jeopardy!
3139
LAUNCH THIS!
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'The Pyrotechnics Guild International enjoys launching varieties of these, including "stars" & "comets"'
$200
fireworks
Jeopardy!
3139
STATE CAPITALS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Dole Cannery Square is one of this city's premier shopping destinations'
$200
Honolulu
Jeopardy!
3139
"ICK"Y WORDS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'The USA's top-selling candy bar, it added a peanut butter version in 1990'
$200
Snickers
Jeopardy!
3139
SPORTS SCORES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'In football, the defense earns this many points by tackling the opposing team's ball carrier in his own end zone'
$200
two
Jeopardy!
3139