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MOVIE SCORES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Marvin Hamlisch won Oscars for the score & love theme of this 1973 Streisand-Redford tearjerker'
$200
The Way We Were
Jeopardy!
3139
AMERICAN AUTHORS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'When he began writing "Catch-22", he was an advertising writer for TIME magazine'
$300
Joseph Heller
Jeopardy!
3139
LAUNCH THIS!
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'The device that launches planes from aircraft carriers is named for this medieval rock-thrower'
$300
a catapult
Jeopardy!
3139
STATE CAPITALS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'This city boasts museums devoted to toys, beverage containers & Hank Williams Jr.'
$300
Nashville
Jeopardy!
3139
"ICK"Y WORDS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Beginning in the early 1970s, we were urged to do this to our Bic lighters'
$300
flick
Jeopardy!
3139
SPORTS SCORES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'In volleyball, only the side who did this at the beginning of play can score a point'
$300
serve
Jeopardy!
3139
MOVIE SCORES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'This 1960 movie features the Bernard Herrmann score heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-04-02_J_03.wmv">here</a>:'
$500
Psycho
Jeopardy!
3139
AMERICAN AUTHORS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'This "Call of the Wild" author reported on the Russo-Japanese War for the Hearst newspapers'
$400
Jack London
Jeopardy!
3139
LAUNCH THIS!
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'The U.S.S. Seawolf, a navy submarine, can launch airborne missiles & these underwater projectiles'
$400
torpedoes
Jeopardy!
3139
STATE CAPITALS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'One of America's oldest churches, the Mission of San Miguel in this city, was erected around 1610'
$400
Santa Fe
Jeopardy!
3139
"ICK"Y WORDS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Many of these human-powered 2-wheeled carts once widely used in Asia were built in the U.S.'
$400
rickshaws
Jeopardy!
3139
SPORTS SCORES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Number of points scored in the clip seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-04-02_J_24.wmv">here</a>:'
$400
3
Jeopardy!
3139
MOVIE SCORES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'James Horner's scores for "Apollo 13" & this Mel Gibson epic both got Oscar nominations in 1996'
$400
Braveheart
Jeopardy!
3139
AMERICAN AUTHORS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'"The Man from Main Street" is a collection of this Nobel Prize winner's essays'
$500
Sinclair Lewis
Jeopardy!
3139
LAUNCH THIS!
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'At launching, it's attached to an external tank & 2 rocket boosters'
$500
the Space Shuttle
Jeopardy!
3139
STATE CAPITALS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'The Prudential Center Skywalk provides spectacular views of this New England capital'
$500
Boston
Jeopardy!
3139
"ICK"Y WORDS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'"Heat" suffered by infants in warm weather, causing a rash'
$500
prickly heat
Jeopardy!
3139
SPORTS SCORES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'In tournament darts, it's the most points a player can earn on one throw; the most for one turn is 180'
$500
60 (triple 20)
Jeopardy!
3139
MOVIE SCORES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'His scores for Tim Burton films include "Edward Scissorhands", "Beetlejuice" & "Pee Wee's Big Adventure"'
$500
Danny Elfman
Jeopardy!
3139
WORLD RELIGION
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'A statement of belief; Christian ones include the Apostles' & the Nicene'
$200
a creed
Double Jeopardy!
3139
GONE WITH THE WINDS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'According to Bob Dylan, it's what's "Blowin' In The Wind"'
$200
the answer, my friend
Double Jeopardy!
3139
THE SIMPSONS' GUEST VOICES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'This former Beatle & his wife gave advice to new vegetarian Lisa Simpson'
$200
Paul McCartney
Double Jeopardy!
3139
..."UM"
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'As any "P.I." could tell you, it holds twice as much as the usual wine bottle'
$200
a magnum
Double Jeopardy!
3139
WORLD RELIGION
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'This society ordains no ministers; clerks, elders & overseers run the monthly & yearly meetings'
$400
The Society of Friends (or Quakers)
Double Jeopardy!
3139
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'He claimed the smear & slander tactics of the 1828 election drove his wife Rachel to her grave'
$400
Andrew Jackson
Double Jeopardy!
3139
GONE WITH THE WINDS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Sans wind, this capital was so choked with le smog Oct. 1, 1997 that it banned half its motorists from driving'
$400
Paris
Double Jeopardy!
3139
THE SIMPSONS' GUEST VOICES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'This actor who plays "Frasier"'s brother voiced the brother of Sideshow Bob, played by Kelsey Grammer'
$400
David Hyde Pierce
Double Jeopardy!
3139
..."UM"
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'It's a final demand or statement of conditions; don't make me give you one'
$400
an ultimatum
Double Jeopardy!
3139
WORLD RELIGION
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'In Judaism, the Siddur is the one of these for daily use; the Mahzor is one used for festivals'
$600
prayer books
Double Jeopardy!
3139
POP GOES THE EASEL
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Heh-heh, heh-heh, this cartoonist who created "Beavis and Butt-head" was influenced by Monty Python'
$600
Mike Judge
Double Jeopardy!
3139
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Babe Ruth & Gene Tunney were among the champions for this New York governor who ran in 1928'
$600
Al Smith
Double Jeopardy!
3139
GONE WITH THE WINDS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Guinness lists Commonwealth Bay on this southern continent as the world's windiest place'
$600
Antarctica
Double Jeopardy!
3139
THE SIMPSONS' GUEST VOICES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'After the success of the Flaming Moe drink, this Steven Tyler band performs at Moe's'
$600
Aerosmith
Double Jeopardy!
3139
..."UM"
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'It's the clear, thin part of the blood that remains after clotting, & that's the "truth"'
$600
serum
Double Jeopardy!
3139
WORLD RELIGION
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'He hung up his sword, took on a beggar's garb & founded the Jesuits'
$800
Ignatius Loyola
Double Jeopardy!
3139
POP GOES THE EASEL
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'An example of this pioneering abstract artist's work is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-04-02_DJ_26.jpg">here</a>:'
$4,000
(Piet) Mondrian
Double Jeopardy!
3139
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'This president asked America to observe Flag Day June 14, 1916, coinciding with the Democratic Convention'
$800
(Woodrow) Wilson
Double Jeopardy!
3139
GONE WITH THE WINDS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'In March 1974 Volkswagen introduced this model named for a hot, dry Mediterranean wind'
$800
a Sirocco
Double Jeopardy!
3139
THE SIMPSONS' GUEST VOICES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'One of Johnny Carson's last guests, she helped Krusty the Clown revive his career'
$800
Bette Midler
Double Jeopardy!
3139
..."UM"
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Hydrogen is the only chemical element that's lighter than this one'
$800
helium
Double Jeopardy!
3139
WORLD RELIGION
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Roshi is a title of a master in this form of Buddhism'
$1000
Zen Buddhism
Double Jeopardy!
3139
POP GOES THE EASEL
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Born in 1869, he excelled as a pointillist, a fauvist & finally, as a collagist'
$1000
Henri Matisse
Double Jeopardy!
3139
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'The Whigs ran Harrison in 1840 on a campaign of hard cider & these, not Merlot & mansions'
$1000
log cabins
Double Jeopardy!
3139
GONE WITH THE WINDS
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Shelley wrote most of this poem on a windy day in the woods near Florence'
$1000
"Ode to the West Wind"
Double Jeopardy!
3139
THE SIMPSONS' GUEST VOICES
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'Bart appeared on the late night talk show of this man, a former "Simpsons" writer'
$4,000
Conan O\'Brien
Double Jeopardy!
3139
..."UM"
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'He sculpted the head of Abraham Lincoln for the Capitol Rotunda & on Mt. Rushmore'
$1000
Gutzon Borglum
Double Jeopardy!
3139
THE 20th CENTURY
1998-04-02T00:00:00
'In 1916, his assassins included a prince and a grand duke'
null
Rasputin
Final Jeopardy!
3139
THE THEATER
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'A 1983 play about this fabled actress featured Scott Bakula as Joe DiMaggio & Will Gerard as Arthur Miller'
$100
Marilyn Monroe
Jeopardy!
3276
BASEBALL
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'On September 27, 1998, in his final at-bat, this Cardinal hit his record 70th home run of the season'
$100
Mark McGwire
Jeopardy!
3276
WEST VIRGINIA
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'In 1859 John Brown raided the arsenal of this town, now West Virginia's easternmost'
$100
Harper\'s Ferry
Jeopardy!
3276
ANAGRAM ZOO
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'A mall'
$100
llama
Jeopardy!
3276
PEOPLE EAT THAT?
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'The book "Fashionable Food" tells how to make a "truly awful" salad with a banana & this cinema snack'
$100
popcorn
Jeopardy!
3276
THAT'S REVOLTING
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'In 1846 settlers in what is now this state staged the Bear Flag Revolt'
$100
California
Jeopardy!
3276
THE THEATER
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'On Nov. 17, 1968 Herschel Bernardi opened on Broadway in this role made famous by Anthony Quinn in a 1964 film'
$200
Zorba the Greek
Jeopardy!
3276
BASEBALL
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'On April 4, 1997 the new Turner Field opened with this home team defeating the visiting Cubs, 5-4'
$200
the Atlanta Braves
Jeopardy!
3276
WEST VIRGINIA
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Each summer Grandview State Park presents a play based on this famous feud'
$200
The Hatfields & The McCoys
Jeopardy!
3276
ANAGRAM ZOO
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Neat pole'
$200
antelope
Jeopardy!
3276
PEOPLE EAT THAT?
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Witchetty grubs are large insect larvae savored (& named) by this country's Aborigines'
$200
Australia
Jeopardy!
3276
THAT'S REVOLTING
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'This gladiator's slave revolt was crushed in 71 B.C. when he died in battle against Marcus Licinius Crassus'
$200
Spartacus
Jeopardy!
3276
THE THEATER
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'When this play opened in 1972, Jack Albertson & Sam Levene played comedians Willie Clark & Al Lewis'
$300
The Sunshine Boys
Jeopardy!
3276
BASEBALL
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'In 1997 this Jim Leyland-managed team became the first wild card to win a World Series'
$300
the Florida Marlins
Jeopardy!
3276
WEST VIRGINIA
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'W. Va. has the highest average elevation east of the Mississippi, which may account for this official nickname'
$300
"The Mountain State"
Jeopardy!
3276
ANAGRAM ZOO
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Grade B'
$300
badger
Jeopardy!
3276
PEOPLE EAT THAT?
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'These fleshy growths that top roosters' heads are blanched, dipped in batter & fried for use as a garnish'
$300
combs
Jeopardy!
3276
THAT'S REVOLTING
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'During WWI, this British adventurer led the Arabs in a revolt against Turkish rule'
$300
Lawrence of Arabia (T.E. Lawrence)
Jeopardy!
3276
THE THEATER
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'His most recent Tony Awards for best score were for "Passion" in 1994 & "Into the Woods" in 1988'
$200
Stephen Sondheim
Jeopardy!
3276
BASEBALL
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'This Dodger won 27 games in 1966, but retired at season's end due to an arthritic arm'
$400
Sandy Koufax
Jeopardy!
3276
WEST VIRGINIA
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'This current U.S. senator served as West Virginia's governor from 1977 to 1985'
$400
Jay Rockefeller
Jeopardy!
3276
ANAGRAM ZOO
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'The panel'
$400
elephant
Jeopardy!
3276
PEOPLE EAT THAT?
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Larousse reports that the moray type of this is served cold, with garlic mayonnaise'
$400
eel
Jeopardy!
3276
THAT'S REVOLTING
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'In 1831 he led a famous slave revolt in Virginia'
$400
Nat Turner
Jeopardy!
3276
THE THEATER
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Leiber & Stoller, composers of "On Broadway", made it to Broadway with this 1995 showcase of their music'
$500
Smokey Joe\'s Cafe
Jeopardy!
3276
BASEBALL
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'When this Brooklyn field opened in 1913, borough pres. Alfred Steers tossed out the first ball'
$500
Ebbets Field
Jeopardy!
3276
WEST VIRGINIA
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'This river & its north branch provide the state's northern border with Maryland'
$500
the Potomac
Jeopardy!
3276
ANAGRAM ZOO
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Ape lord'
$500
leopard
Jeopardy!
3276
PEOPLE EAT THAT?
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Secreted by sperm whales & found in perfume, this waxy substance is used as a spice in the East'
$500
ambergris
Jeopardy!
3276
THAT'S REVOLTING
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'In 1794 nearly 13,000 soldiers were called out to put down this revolt in Pennsylvania'
$500
the Whiskey Rebellion
Jeopardy!
3276
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'"All children, except one, grow up"'
$200
Peter Pan
Double Jeopardy!
3276
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Last name of Chicago's mayor; his father served as the city's mayor for 21 years'
$200
Daley
Double Jeopardy!
3276
ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'The Eastern diamondback species of this snake may reach a length of 8 feet'
$200
a rattlesnake
Double Jeopardy!
3276
SEEING RED AT THE MOVIES
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'This 1949 movie about a boy & his horse featured a script by Steinbeck, based on his own novel'
$200
The Red Pony
Double Jeopardy!
3276
ENDS IN "EE"
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Deganya, the first Jewish kibbutz in Palestine, was founded near this sea's shores in 1909'
$200
the Sea of Galilee
Double Jeopardy!
3276
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'"The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail"'
$400
Jaws
Double Jeopardy!
3276
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'1 of 2 women to serve as permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations'
$400
Madeleine Albright (or Jeanne Kirkpatrick)
Double Jeopardy!
3276
ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'To put things in perspective, this largest mammal has a heart the size of a VW Bug'
$400
the blue whale
Double Jeopardy!
3276
VAN GOGH A-GO-GO
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Van Gogh wrote, "The peony is Jeannin's, the hollyhock belongs to Quost", but this bloom "is somewhat my own"'
$400
the sunflower
Double Jeopardy!
3276
SEEING RED AT THE MOVIES
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Small-town teens fight off a Commie invasion of the U.S. in this 1984 flick'
$400
Red Dawn
Double Jeopardy!
3276
ENDS IN "EE"
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'The 2 swords used in women's fencing are the foil & this'
$400
the epée
Double Jeopardy!
3276
LITERARY FIRST LINES
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"'
$600
Rebecca
Double Jeopardy!
3276
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'This 12-term Congressman from Illinois is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee'
$600
Henry Hyde
Double Jeopardy!
3276
ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'It's the "nosy" critter seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-11-30_DJ_14.wmv">here</a> (foraging for food)'
$600
an anteater
Double Jeopardy!
3276
VAN GOGH A-GO-GO
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'His 1972 hit song "Vincent" was a tribute to Van Gogh'
$600
Don McLean
Double Jeopardy!
3276
SEEING RED AT THE MOVIES
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Moira Shearer made her movie debut in this film about a ballerina caught between 2 men'
$600
The Red Shoes
Double Jeopardy!
3276
ENDS IN "EE"
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'This classic 1940 film starred Mae West & W.C. Fields'
$600
My Little Chickadee
Double Jeopardy!
3276
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'A former Vietnam War P.O.W., he succeeded Barry Goldwater as a U.S. Senator from Arizona on January 6, 1987'
$800
John McCain
Double Jeopardy!
3276
ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Smaller ones of these birds are frequently called doves'
$800
pigeons
Double Jeopardy!
3276
VAN GOGH A-GO-GO
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'It's the title of the early masterpiece seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-11-30_DJ_22.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>'
$100
The Potato Eaters
Double Jeopardy!
3276
SEEING RED AT THE MOVIES
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'An innocent Tom Hanks is targeted by the CIA in this comedy'
$800
The Man with One Red Shoe
Double Jeopardy!
3276
ENDS IN "EE"
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh's brother, was this Indian tribe's "prophet"'
$800
Shawnee
Double Jeopardy!
3276
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
1998-11-30T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-11-30_DJ_20.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Dee Dee Myers, former press secretary to President Bill Clinton.</a>) This man, my predecessor, had the distinction of serving under 2 presidents, Reagan & Bush'
$1,200
Marlon Fitzwater
Double Jeopardy!
3276