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PREHISTORIC CRITTERS
2005-06-15T00:00:00
'Fossils in Niger indicate the "super" type of this animal was the size of a bus; it often drowned its prey'
$1600
a crocodile
Double Jeopardy!
4798
"AS" YOU LIKE IT
2005-06-15T00:00:00
'In TV, this ratio of the width of an image to its height can be 4 to 3'
$1600
an aspect ratio
Double Jeopardy!
4798
IT HAPPENED IN '05
2005-06-15T00:00:00
'405:<br />St. Jerome completes this Latin version of the Bible'
$2000
the Vulgate
Double Jeopardy!
4798
Q BUT NOT U
2005-06-15T00:00:00
'World Book says the exportation of petroleum & petroleum products provides 95% of this nation's income'
$2000
Qatar
Double Jeopardy!
4798
VACATION POSSIBILITIES
2005-06-15T00:00:00
'Skiing Ruthie's Run in this Colorado resort city, watch for moguls, both the human & terrain kind'
$2000
Aspen
Double Jeopardy!
4798
GIMME MY HUNCHBACK
2005-06-15T00:00:00
'He's the title hunchback & court jester of an 1851 Verdi opera'
$2000
Rigoletto
Double Jeopardy!
4798
PREHISTORIC CRITTERS
2005-06-15T00:00:00
'If Horton climbed his family tree, he'd go from elephant to stegodon to stegolophodon to this'
$2,000
mastodon
Double Jeopardy!
4798
"AS" YOU LIKE IT
2005-06-15T00:00:00
'A secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for the instruction of Hinduism'
$2000
an ashram
Double Jeopardy!
4798
20th CENTURY ATHLETES
2005-06-15T00:00:00
'In 1938, at age 25, she became the youngest person made a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav'
null
Sonja Henie
Final Jeopardy!
4798
ANCIENT TIMES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'Nebuchadnezar is sometimes credited with building the hanging gardens of this city'
$100
Babylon
Jeopardy!
2341
ROCK SONGS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'This Bill Haley number was only a minor hit until featured in the movie "Blackboard Jungle"'
$100
"Rock Around The Clock"
Jeopardy!
2341
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'Jokingly, this May observance is said to fall nine months after Father's Night'
$100
Mother\'s Day
Jeopardy!
2341
ENGLISH LIT.
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'Thomas Hardy, who gave us "The Return of the Native", also wrote of this girl "of the d'Urbervilles"'
$100
Tess
Jeopardy!
2341
POTENT POTABLES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'The name of this aromatic wine found in martinis comes from the German word for wormwood'
$100
vermouth
Jeopardy!
2341
THE ELEMENTS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'This metal, Al, used in beverage cans & food wrap was once considered a precious metals'
$100
aluminum
Jeopardy!
2341
ANCIENT TIMES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'The ancient Egyptians were a polytheistic people, meaning they had many of these'
$200
gods
Jeopardy!
2341
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'It's the last federal holiday of the year'
$200
Christmas
Jeopardy!
2341
ENGLISH LIT.
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'Last name shared by "Murder in the Cathedral" author T .S. & "Adam Bede" author George'
$200
Eliot
Jeopardy!
2341
POTENT POTABLES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'The sour mash type of this Kentucky whiskey is made by adding part of the old mash to new batches'
$200
bourbon
Jeopardy!
2341
THE ELEMENTS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'Selenium is sometimes added to this material during vulcanization to increase abrasion resistance'
$200
rubber
Jeopardy!
2341
ANCIENT TIMES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'For the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great set up a mail delivery system similar to this Old West one'
$300
the Pony Express
Jeopardy!
2341
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'It's celebrated the evening before All Saints' Day'
$300
Halloween
Jeopardy!
2341
ENGLISH LIT.
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'This Miss Marple creator was one of the 1st authors to be published in a Penguin paperback'
$300
Agatha Christie
Jeopardy!
2341
POTENT POTABLES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'It's the spirit found in a daiquiri cocktail'
$300
rum
Jeopardy!
2341
THE ELEMENTS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'This element, symbol He, is the most difficult of all gases to liquefy'
$300
helium
Jeopardy!
2341
ANCIENT TIMES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'About all that is accepted about this author is that he was blind & wrote the "Iliad" & the "Odyssey"'
$400
Homer
Jeopardy!
2341
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'The name of this 8-day Jewish festival is Hebrew for "dedication"'
$400
Hannukah
Jeopardy!
2341
ENGLISH LIT.
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'He's the legendary king in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King"'
$1,100
King Arthur
Jeopardy!
2341
POTENT POTABLES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'This country produces a resinated wine called kokkineli in addition to the more famous retsina'
$400
Greece
Jeopardy!
2341
THE ELEMENTS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'This metal, aka quicksilver, becomes a solid at minus 40 degrees'
$400
mercury
Jeopardy!
2341
ANCIENT TIMES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'At his death in 323 B.C., Alexander the Great's empire covered parts of these 3 continents'
$500
Europe, Asia & Africa
Jeopardy!
2341
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'This French holiday that commemorates the storming of a prison is also known as la Fete Nationale'
$500
Bastille Day
Jeopardy!
2341
ENGLISH LIT.
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'The final veision of his "Paradise Lost" was published in 1674'
$500
Milton
Jeopardy!
2341
POTENT POTABLES
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'Zubrowka is a Polish form of this spirit with a bit of buffalo grass steeped in it'
$500
vodka
Jeopardy!
2341
THE ELEMENTS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'Betadine, used as a skin antisepttc, is a solution of povidone & this element symbolized I'
$500
iodine
Jeopardy!
2341
FAMOUS AMERICANS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'In 1877 this inventor of the telephone married Mabel Hubbard, a deaf girl whom he had taught'
$200
(Alexander Graham) Bell
Double Jeopardy!
2341
Mcs & Macs
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'Bergen's Charlie or communist-hunting senator Joseph'
$200
McCarthy
Double Jeopardy!
2341
ANATOMY
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'The most important form of this hormone in women is estradiol'
$200
estrogen
Double Jeopardy!
2341
WORLD CAPITALS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'The Old Capitol Building in this Cuban capital resembles ours in Washington, D.C.'
$200
Havana
Double Jeopardy!
2341
POTPOURRI
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'Kleptophobia is the fear of doing this; if you wanted to do it all the time you'd be a kleptomaniac'
$200
stealing
Double Jeopardy!
2341
FAMOUS AMERICANS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'While in law school, this current Supreme Court justice received the nickname "Ruthless Ruthie"'
$400
Justice Ginsberg
Double Jeopardy!
2341
Mcs & Macs
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'"Twentieth Century" playwright Charles or 20th century general Douglas'
$400
MacArthur
Double Jeopardy!
2341
ANATOMY
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'The tongue's taste buds distinguish 4 basic tastes: salty, bitter, sweet & this one'
$400
sour
Double Jeopardy!
2341
WORLD CAPITALS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'A bullet train runs between this capital & Fukuoka'
$400
Tokyo
Double Jeopardy!
2341
POTPOURRI
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'In 1803 this emperor's youngest brother, Jerome, married an American teenager in Baltimore'
$400
Napoléon
Double Jeopardy!
2341
FAMOUS AMERICANS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'As well as 325 products from peanuts, this black scientist developed several from soybeans & pecans'
$600
George Washington Carver
Double Jeopardy!
2341
ANATOMY
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'This joint serves as a hinge for the femur & tibia'
$600
the knee
Double Jeopardy!
2341
WORLD CAPITALS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'In 1886 Freud set up a private practice in this capital'
$600
Vienna
Double Jeopardy!
2341
POTPOURRI
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'Discoveryland is Euro Disney's equivalent of this futuristic land found in Disneyland & Disney World'
$600
Tomorrowland
Double Jeopardy!
2341
FAMOUS AMERICANS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'His criticisms of Aaron Burr's character led to their fatal 1804 duel'
$800
Alexander Hamilton
Double Jeopardy!
2341
ANATOMY
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'During a person's lifetime, these organs will remove waste from more than 10 million gallons of blood'
$800
the kidneys
Double Jeopardy!
2341
WORLD CAPITALS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'The statue of Leif Ericson in this country's capital of Reykjavik was a gift from the U.S.'
$800
Iceland
Double Jeopardy!
2341
POTPOURRI
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'The French call this musical instrument la petite flute'
$800
the piccolo
Double Jeopardy!
2341
FAMOUS AMERICANS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'In 1901 this Scottish-American sold his steel company to U.S. Steel for more than $250 million'
$2,000
Andrew Carnegie
Double Jeopardy!
2341
ANATOMY
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'The common bile duct is formed by the cystic duct from the gallbladder & the hepatic duct from this organ'
$1,000
the liver
Double Jeopardy!
2341
WORLD CAPITALS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'In 1930 the name of its capital was changed from Angora to Ankara'
$1000
Turkey
Double Jeopardy!
2341
POTPOURRI
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'"Museita's Waltz" is a highlight of this composer's 1896 opera "La boheme"'
$1000
Giacomo Puccini
Double Jeopardy!
2341
U.S. LANDMARKS
1994-11-07T00:00:00
'James Hoban, who designed & built this, had to rebuild it after a fire in 1814'
null
the White House
Final Jeopardy!
2341
U.S. HISTORY
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'He began selling watches by mail order in 1886 & later hired a repairman named A.C. Roebuck to work for him'
$100
Richard Sears
Jeopardy!
3749
PARKER BROTHERS & SISTERS
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Sexy "City" dweller seen here:'
$100
Sarah Jessica Parker
Jeopardy!
3749
EUROPA, EUROPA
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'The 2 island nations that are members of the European Union are the U.K. & this neighbor'
$100
Ireland
Jeopardy!
3749
THE CHERRY BOWL
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'In 1912 this Asian country gave the U.S. a bunch of cherry trees'
$100
Japan
Jeopardy!
3749
THEATRE 2000
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'He graced the stage of the Westport County Playhouse in "Ancestral Voices" with his wife, Joanne Woodward'
$100
Paul Newman
Jeopardy!
3749
GRUB, SHRUB OR BEELZEBUB
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Antipasto'
$100
Grub
Jeopardy!
3749
U.S. HISTORY
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'In 1937 FDR's opponents accused him of trying to "pack" this'
$200
The Supreme Court
Jeopardy!
3749
PARKER BROTHERS & SISTERS
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Her New Yorker book reviews were written as "Constant Reader"'
$200
Dorothy Parker
Jeopardy!
3749
EUROPA, EUROPA
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'With land reclaimed using dikes on the North Sea, this nation now occupies about 16,000 square miles'
$200
Netherlands (Holland)
Jeopardy!
3749
THE CHERRY BOWL
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'They wrote, "A couple Deadheads in Maine sent us a postcard with a name for a new flavor" -- Cherry Garcia'
$200
Ben & Jerry
Jeopardy!
3749
THEATRE 2000
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'In January 2000 Larry Gatlin began touring the U.S. in Frank Wildhorn's musical about this war'
$200
Civil War
Jeopardy!
3749
GRUB, SHRUB OR BEELZEBUB
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Azalea'
$200
Shrub
Jeopardy!
3749
U.S. HISTORY
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'In 1972 the "T" in the newsmaking SALT stood for this, not "treaty"'
$300
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
Jeopardy!
3749
PARKER BROTHERS & SISTERS
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'He managed Elvis'
$300
Colonel Tom Parker
Jeopardy!
3749
EUROPA, EUROPA
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'This nation's city of Rostov-on-Don grew up around a fortress built there in 1761'
$300
Russia
Jeopardy!
3749
THE CHERRY BOWL
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'For a basketball player, it's scoring an easy hoop after a long pass downcourt'
$300
Cherry-picking
Jeopardy!
3749
THEATRE 2000
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Seen here, John Glover played this storyteller in a new musical based on the Danny Kaye film'
$300
Hans Christian Andersen
Jeopardy!
3749
GRUB, SHRUB OR BEELZEBUB
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Old Horny'
$300
Beelzebub
Jeopardy!
3749
U.S. HISTORY
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'This paper that had sent Stanley to find Livingstone merged with the New York Tribune in 1924'
$400
New York Herald
Jeopardy!
3749
PARKER BROTHERS & SISTERS
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'In 1984 he hit No. 1 with "Ghostbusters"'
$400
Ray Parker Jr.
Jeopardy!
3749
EUROPA, EUROPA
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Franz Ferdinand was heir to the throne of this dual empire when he was assassinated in 1914'
$400
Austria-Hungary
Jeopardy!
3749
THE CHERRY BOWL
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Stepdaughter of jazz musician Don, she stood high on the charts in 1989 with "Buffalo Stance"'
$400
Neneh Cherry
Jeopardy!
3749
THEATRE 2000
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Making her Broadway debut, Cheryl Ladd replaced Bernadette Peters in this sharp-shootin' musical'
$400
"Annie Get Your Gun"
Jeopardy!
3749
GRUB, SHRUB OR BEELZEBUB
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Azazel'
$400
Beelzebub (Biblical term)
Jeopardy!
3749
U.S. HISTORY
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Geronimo was buried in this state in 1909, 2 years after statehood'
$500
Oklahoma
Jeopardy!
3749
PARKER BROTHERS & SISTERS
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'The middle initial of this detective writer, Spenser's creator, stands for Brown'
$500
Robert B. Parker
Jeopardy!
3749
EUROPA, EUROPA
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Barcelona is the capital of this autonomous region of northeast Spain'
$500
Catalonia
Jeopardy!
3749
THE CHERRY BOWL
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'This play debuted in 1904 at the Moscow Art Theater'
$500
"The Cherry Orchard"
Jeopardy!
3749
THEATRE 2000
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'This '30s sexpot, the diva of the double entendre, is the subject of Claudia Shear's 2000 hit "Dirty Blonde"'
$500
Mae West
Jeopardy!
3749
GRUB, SHRUB OR BEELZEBUB
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Hasenpfeffer'
$500
Grub (rabbit stew)
Jeopardy!
3749
AMERICAN ART
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'One of the few portraits of colonial craftsmen is Copley's painting of this silversmith'
$200
Paul Revere
Double Jeopardy!
3749
R&B
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Her mother Cissy sang back-up on her 1985 hit "How Will I Know"'
$200
Whitney Houston
Double Jeopardy!
3749
'60s FASHION
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'The leading fashion influence of 1961, she picked Oleg Cassini to do her official wardrobe'
$200
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Double Jeopardy!
3749
FRANCO-AMERICAN CITIES
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'End of the Lake, Wisconsin'
$200
Fond du Lac
Double Jeopardy!
3749
"LOVE" IS THE ANSWER
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'3 sequels followed this delightful Disney comedy about a magical Volkswagen'
$200
The Love Bug
Double Jeopardy!
3749
WHAT'S THE QUESTION?
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'In "Snow White", it follows the line, "Magic Mirror on the wall..."'
$200
Who is the fairest of them all?
Double Jeopardy!
3749
AMERICAN ART
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'After traveling west on this famous trail that led to the Willamette Valley, Albert Bierstadt painted it in 1869'
$400
Oregon Trail
Double Jeopardy!
3749
R&B
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'The title cut from Aretha Franklin's "A Rose Is Still A Rose" album was written & produced by this Fugees phenom'
$400
Lauryn Hill
Double Jeopardy!
3749
'60s FASHION
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'1963 Elizabeth Taylor film that inspired the fashionable, at the time, eye makeup seen here'
$400
Cleopatra
Double Jeopardy!
3749
FRANCO-AMERICAN CITIES
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Wooded Place, Idaho'
$400
Boise
Double Jeopardy!
3749
"LOVE" IS THE ANSWER
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'Captain Merrill Stubing was the main man onboard this title TV cruiser'
$400
The Love Boat
Double Jeopardy!
3749
WHAT'S THE QUESTION?
2000-12-14T00:00:00
'It's the question asked of Scooby Doo in the title & theme of his first TV series'
$400
Where are you?
Double Jeopardy!
3749