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THE ENGLISH TOP 100
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'Title of the Beatles song that tells us "life is very short"--5 words: Nos. 27, 53, 87, 11, 43'
|
$1000
|
"We Can Work It Out"
|
Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
BRASS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'In 1989 this son of Jamaican immigrants became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff'
|
$400
|
(Colin) Powell
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
STRINGS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'When this product was introduced in 1972, it was said to have a full "quarter mile" of fun shot out of a can'
|
$400
|
Silly String
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
WOOD & WIND
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'This author wrote of Fangorn Forest, named for the oldest of the Ents-or was the Ent named for the forest?'
|
$400
|
Tolkien
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
"PER"CUSSION
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'A type of fish, or to sit on an elevated platform'
|
$400
|
perch
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
CONDUCTORS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'The Lone Ranger could tell you this precious metal is the best conductor of electricity among metals'
|
$400
|
silver
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'The Philadelphia Orchestra played Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" for this 1940 Disney film'
|
$400
|
Fantasia
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
BRASS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'If you don't know he was made commander of the 2nd Armored Tank Division in April 1941, I'll slap you silly'
|
$800
|
(George) Patton
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
STRINGS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'In the 1630s it was a backup bow & arrow part; today it means backup on a sports team'
|
$2,000
|
second string
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
WOOD & WIND
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'In this Herman Wouk tale, Pug Henry is an advisor to FDR prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor'
|
$800
|
The Winds of War
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
"PER"CUSSION
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-12-05_DJ_02.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Gathering of Nations.</a>) The Colorado nonprofit Hawkquest doesn't just protect hawks; they also help <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-12-05_DJ_02a.jpg" target="_blank">these</a> falcons, whose name means "wandering"'
|
$800
|
peregrine
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
CONDUCTORS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-12-05_DJ_07.wmv">Jon of the Clue Crew lights up a bulb by touching wires to its terminals.</a>) It's a series of electrical components that form a conducting path'
|
$800
|
a circuit
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'This Russian director's Mexico footage was compiled as "Mexican Symphony" in 1941'
|
$800
|
(Sergey) Eisenstein
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
BRASS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'We shall return to this man who graduated from West Point in 1903 with the highest honors in his class'
|
$1200
|
Doug MacArthur
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
STRINGS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'To make this candy, put a string in a glass of sugar & water that was boiled to a syrup & let stand for a week'
|
$1200
|
rock candy
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
WOOD & WIND
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'His play "Under Milk Wood", about the inhabitants of a Welsh seaside town, was published posthumously'
|
$1200
|
Dylan Thomas
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
"PER"CUSSION
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'Russian for "rebuilding", this term was first used by Gorbachev in the mid-1980s'
|
$1200
|
perestroika
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
CONDUCTORS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'Unlike most nonmetals, this element with the symbol B is a workable conductor'
|
$1200
|
boron
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'In 1998's "Serengeti Symphony", the title nature reserve in this country is shown with only music & natural sound'
|
$1200
|
Tanzania
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
BRASS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'A 10-man, 22-ton "infantry fighting vehicle" named for this general has a 2-man turret & a 25mm cannon'
|
$1600
|
(Omar) Bradley
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
STRINGS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'According to Bud Collins' "Encyclopedia of Modern Tennis", the best of this string material comes from cows'
|
$1600
|
gut
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
WOOD & WIND
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'The line "O wild west wind, thou breath of autumn's being" starts an 1819 ode by this man'
|
$1600
|
Percy Shelley
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
"PER"CUSSION
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'This daughter of Zeus & Demeter made regular trips to Hades'
|
$1600
|
Persephone
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
CONDUCTORS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'It's the term for material that conducts at high temperatures & insulates at low temperatures'
|
$1600
|
a semiconductor
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'This 1922 film seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-12-05_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> was subtitled "A Symphony of Horror"'
|
$1600
|
Nosferatu
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
BRASS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'In 1864 Democrats nominated this Union general for president, though he repudiated their platform'
|
$8,000
|
George McClellan
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
STRINGS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'The hope behind String Theory is that it will result in this, sometimes shortened to "T.O.E."'
|
$2000
|
the theory of everything
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
WOOD & WIND
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'This Frost poem ends with "And miles to go before I sleep, <br />And miles to go before I sleep"'
|
$2000
|
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
"PER"CUSSION
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'11-letter word for the sac containing the heart'
|
$2000
|
pericardium
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
CONDUCTORS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-12-05_DJ_10.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew powers a fan by putting one terminal into a beaker of saltwater.</a>) Current that will power the fan is carried by ions rather than free electrons in the saltwater, which is one of these conducting liquids'
|
$2000
|
an electrolyte
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
SYMPHONIES ON FILM
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'The 1934 drama "The Unfinished Symphony" was director Anthony Asquith's tribute to this Austrian composer'
|
$2000
|
Shubert
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
HISTORIC PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS
| 2008-12-05T00:00:00 |
'On May 15, 1768 France bought this island from Genoa for 2 million livres'
| null |
Corsica
|
Final Jeopardy!
|
5580
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Of Hawaii's 8 main islands, this one receives the lion's share of the tourist dollars'
|
$200
|
Oahu
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Cash,<br />Depp'
|
$200
|
Johnny
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
NOVELS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'The 1719 1st edition told of him "having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all... men perished but himself"'
|
$200
|
Robinson Crusoe
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
BRIGHT IDEAS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Edwin Budding adapted a rotary shearer used to remove excess fibers from carpets into this outdoor tool'
|
$200
|
the lawnmower
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
TEENS IN HISTORY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'In 1468 this teen was recognized as heiress to the throne of Castile'
|
$200
|
Queen Isabella
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
RHYME TIME
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'An intelligent beginning'
|
$200
|
a smart start
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'When the Russians owned Alaska, they referred to this tall peak as Bolshaya Gora'
|
$400
|
Mt. McKinley
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Bakula,<br />Wolf'
|
$400
|
Scott
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
NOVELS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Even the epilogue is lengthy in this 1869 Tolstoy epic; it comes out in 2 parts &, in our copy, is 105 pages long'
|
$400
|
War and Peace
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
BRIGHT IDEAS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'In 1948 scientists at Bristol-Meyers "buffered" this medicine for the first time'
|
$400
|
aspirin
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
TEENS IN HISTORY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'She was a teenage farm girl when she beat the famous marksman Frank Butler in an 1870s shooting match'
|
$400
|
Annie Oakley
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
RHYME TIME
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'A more obese baseball slugger'
|
$400
|
a fatter batter
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'This river begins in Colorado & empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville, Texas'
|
$600
|
Rio Grande
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Carey,<br />Bledsoe'
|
$600
|
Drew
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
NOVELS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'This 1939 Steinbeck novel helped publicize the plight of Dust Bowl refugees'
|
$600
|
The Grapes of Wrath
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
BRIGHT IDEAS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Lawrence Sperry used the gyroscope his dad developed in this device that keeps planes on course without human aid'
|
$600
|
autopilot
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
TEENS IN HISTORY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'In the 1850s this future sculptor failed the Ecole des Beaux-Arts entrance exam 3 times (think about it)'
|
$1,000
|
Rodin
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
RHYME TIME
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'A wealthy sorceress'
|
$600
|
a rich witch
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Florida's panhandle borders these 2 states'
|
$800
|
Alabama and Georgia
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Lillard,<br />Modine'
|
$800
|
Matthew
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
NOVELS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Chapter 10 of this 1960 novel begins, "Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty"'
|
$800
|
To Kill a Mockingbird
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
BRIGHT IDEAS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'In 1882 Schuyler Wheeler put a propellor on the shaft of an electric motor & created this--how cool!'
|
$800
|
a fan
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
TEENS IN HISTORY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Betrothed as a teen to her creepy cousin in 1744, she later became a "Great" empress of Russia'
|
$800
|
Catherine the Great
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
RHYME TIME
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Written text of a movie about an underground burial chamber'
|
$800
|
a crypt script
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'This large lake on the New York-Vermont border is Vermont's lowest point'
|
$1000
|
Lake Champlain
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
FIRST NAME'S THE SAME
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Connelly,<br />Garner,<br />Holliday'
|
$1000
|
Jennifer
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
NOVELS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born'
|
$1000
|
1984
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
BRIGHT IDEAS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'James Fergason invented this type of "display" that found an early use in calculators'
|
$1000
|
LCD (or Liquid Crystal Display)
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
TEENS IN HISTORY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Apprenticed to a British shipowner as a teen in the 1740s, he became one of the great explorers of the Pacific'
|
$1000
|
Captain Cook
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
RHYME TIME
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Voraciously eat an "all-purpose" baking ingredient'
|
$1000
|
devour flour
|
Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Of particular interest to the NRA is the amendment that allows us "to keep & bear" these'
|
$400
|
arms
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain & their 9 teammates on the field'
|
$400
|
soccer
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
LOW CUT GENES
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Because they develop from a single ovum, this variety of twins has the same genetic makeup'
|
$400
|
identical
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
IN THE DICTIONARY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'This math term comes from the Latin frangere, "to break"'
|
$400
|
fraction
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
FINE DINING
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'A Vacherin dessert features this crisp concoction of beaten egg whites & sugar'
|
$400
|
meringue
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
TAKE OUT
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'It's the common operation to remove 2 small oval masses of tissue at the back of the mouth'
|
$400
|
a tonsillectomy
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Under the 5th Amendment, 1 of the 3 things that no person shall be deprived of "without due process of law"'
|
$6,000
|
life (or liberty or property)
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie & their 3 teammates on the floor'
|
$800
|
basketball
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
LOW CUT GENES
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Genes that affect hereditary traits are called alleles & are either "dominant" or this'
|
$800
|
recessive
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
IN THE DICTIONARY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'This synonym for "room" can precede music & maid'
|
$800
|
chamber
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
FINE DINING
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'NYC sushi chef Masa Takayama has paid more than $120 a pound for this fish--a bit pricier than Star-Kist's'
|
$800
|
tuna
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
TAKE OUT
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'A rhytidectomy removes these surgically; botox takes them out another way'
|
$800
|
wrinkles
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, was ratified in this year'
|
$1200
|
1865
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Misty May & Kerri Walsh'
|
$1200
|
beach volleyball
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
LOW CUT GENES
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Since the 1980s this hormone used by diabetics has been produced by genetically engineered bacteria'
|
$1200
|
insulin
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
IN THE DICTIONARY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'The name of this 6-pointed star comes from the Greek for "six" & "letter"'
|
$1200
|
a hexagram
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
FINE DINING
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'This word for a French stew is pronounced the same as a pasta sauce brand'
|
$1200
|
ragout
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
TAKE OUT
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'A lobectomy removes one of the 5 lobes of the lungs; a lobotomy takes out part of this organ'
|
$1200
|
the brain
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'The 24th Amendment says you don't have to pay this type of tax, or any other in order to vote'
|
$1600
|
poll
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Mohini Bhardwaj, Courtney Kupets & their 4 teammates'
|
$1600
|
gymnastics
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
LOW CUT GENES
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'A pair of chromosomes with this 2-letter designation makes a woman a woman'
|
$1600
|
XX
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
IN THE DICTIONARY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'The name of this African equine comes from the Portuguese for "wild ass"'
|
$1600
|
a zebra
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
FINE DINING
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'A company at Union Wharf in Portland ships all kinds of seafood, but is called "Maine" this creature "Direct"'
|
$1600
|
Lobster
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
TAKE OUT
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'A keratotomy is an incision of this eye part; a keratectomy removes part of it'
|
$1600
|
the cornea
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Decade when the 27th & last amendment, having to do with pay raises in Congress, took effect'
|
$2000
|
the 1990s
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
SPORTS OF THE FEMALE OLYMPIANS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Lisa Fernandez, Jennie Finch & their 7 teammates on the field'
|
$2000
|
softball
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
LOW CUT GENES
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'Named for a German neuropathologist, this memory loss disease may be caused by a gene on chromosome 21'
|
$2000
|
Alzheimer\'s disease
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
IN THE DICTIONARY
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'This cutting implement has the same name as a type of dive & a kind of trailer-truck accident'
|
$800
|
a jackknife
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
FINE DINING
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'En croute, as in salmon en croute, is French for "in" this, also found on toast'
|
$2000
|
crust
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
TAKE OUT
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'The embolus removed from an artery in an embolectomy is usually one of these obstructions'
|
$2000
|
a (blood) clot
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
MOUNTAINS
| 2005-01-27T00:00:00 |
'To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government'
| null |
Mount Everest
|
Final Jeopardy!
|
4699
|
COMMON BONDS
| 1998-02-25T00:00:00 |
'Fife,<br />Rubble,<br />Miller'
|
$100
|
Barney
|
Jeopardy!
|
3113
|
SIMPLE SCIENCE
| 1998-02-25T00:00:00 |
'State of matter a substance is in after it's gone through evaporation'
|
$100
|
gaseous
|
Jeopardy!
|
3113
|
ROCK MUSIC
| 1998-02-25T00:00:00 |
'In April of 1990 she began her worldwide "Blond Ambition" tour to promote her CD "I'm Breathless"'
|
$100
|
Madonna
|
Jeopardy!
|
3113
|
AT THE BUILDING SITE
| 1998-02-25T00:00:00 |
'He's got the building wired for "current" affairs'
|
$100
|
an electrician
|
Jeopardy!
|
3113
|
HEY, GOOD-LOOKIN'
| 1998-02-25T00:00:00 |
'A 4-legged one may be a vixen; a 2-legged one may be a vixen, too'
|
$100
|
a fox
|
Jeopardy!
|
3113
|
WHAT'CHA GOT COOKIN'?
| 1998-02-25T00:00:00 |
'I'm boiling these to mix with red cabbage; it's too darn hot to roast them on an open fire'
|
$100
|
chestnuts
|
Jeopardy!
|
3113
|
COMMON BONDS
| 1998-02-25T00:00:00 |
'Foehn,<br />Zephyr,<br />Simoom'
|
$200
|
winds
|
Jeopardy!
|
3113
|
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