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ONE FACT AMONG THE FALSE GOSSIP
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'He grew up in Werewolfia, Wyo.! He played Jacob the werewolf in "New Moon"! He is, in fact, a werewolf!'
$1000
Taylor Lautner
Jeopardy!
6043
MALL-EDGE
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'The Madewell brand was re-launched by this mall & catalog retailer, a favorite of Michelle Obama'
$1000
J. Crew
Jeopardy!
6043
THE CITY'S MAYOR
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'Jerry Springer (1977 to 1981); yes, that Jerry Springer'
$1000
Cincinnati
Jeopardy!
6043
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'These are held wherever Scottish culture has spread, like Maxville, Ontario, home of the Glengarry ones'
$1000
the Highland Games
Jeopardy!
6043
"D" BRIEFING
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'Directional term meaning along the flight line away from a missile launching site'
$1000
downrange
Jeopardy!
6043
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'This French-speaking city is 150 miles down the St. Lawrence from Montreal, at the confluence of the St. Charles'
$400
Quebec City
Double Jeopardy!
6043
COWBOY SONGS
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'The song "The Streets of" this Texas town is also known as "The Cowboy's Lament"'
$400
"Laredo"
Double Jeopardy!
6043
AMERICAN POETRY
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'Ogden Nash wrote that this explorer "discovered America and they put him in jail for it"'
$400
Columbus
Double Jeopardy!
6043
COLORFUL FOODS
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'An annual Jackson, Mississippi festival celebrates the pairing of these legumes & rice'
$400
red beans
Double Jeopardy!
6043
LET'S GET SMALL
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-15_DJ_13.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue on a monitor.</a>) Round, rod-like, and spiral are the three main shapes of these organisms'
$400
bacteria
Double Jeopardy!
6043
MANDARIN CHINESE
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'Che is the word & character for vehicle: huo che, or "fire vehicle", is this transport that can take you across China'
$400
a train
Double Jeopardy!
6043
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'This province has 3 counties: Kings, Queens & Prince'
$5,000
Prince Edward Island
Double Jeopardy!
6043
COWBOY SONGS
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'In Marty Robbins' "El Paso", the "music would play and Felina would whirl" in her cantina'
$800
Rosa\'s Cantina
Double Jeopardy!
6043
AMERICAN POETRY
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", he wrote that he had "promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep"'
$800
(Robert) Frost
Double Jeopardy!
6043
COLORFUL FOODS
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'You couldn't get a better example of a certain light-orange color than <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-15_DJ_07.jpg" target="_blank">this</a>'
$800
salmon
Double Jeopardy!
6043
LET'S GET SMALL
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'Preparing objects for a microscope may include sectioning & this, the dyeing of the object for study'
$800
staining
Double Jeopardy!
6043
MANDARIN CHINESE
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'Some English names have standard Chinese versions; this gospel writer is Yuehan'
$800
John
Double Jeopardy!
6043
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'Cape Spear, Canada's easternmost point, is a short drive from St. John's, the capital of this province'
$1200
Newfoundland
Double Jeopardy!
6043
COWBOY SONGS
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'These apparitions were chasing a herd of red,eyed cows whose "hooves were made of steel"'
$1200
the Ghost Riders (in the sky)
Double Jeopardy!
6043
AMERICAN POETRY
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'In "the courtship of Miles Standish", Longfellow wrote, "youngest of all was he of the men who came in" this ship'
$1200
the Mayflower
Double Jeopardy!
6043
COLORFUL FOODS
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'It's penicillium that gives these, like Gorgonzola, the color in their name'
$1200
bleu cheese
Double Jeopardy!
6043
LET'S GET SMALL
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-15_DJ_15.jpg" target="_blank">These</a> asexual reproductive cells can be used to identify different types of molds'
$1200
spores
Double Jeopardy!
6043
MANDARIN CHINESE
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'The "sh" in... [this name</a>] ...has no exact equivalent in English; it's usually rendered with this letter'
$1200
an X
Double Jeopardy!
6043
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'The 4th daughter of Queen Victoria lent 1 of her names to a province & another to this emerald-colored lake near Banff'
$1600
(Lake) Louise
Double Jeopardy!
6043
AMERICAN POETRY
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'This Poe maiden lived "in a kingdom by the sea"'
$1600
Annabel Lee
Double Jeopardy!
6043
COLORFUL FOODS
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-15_DJ_09.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> variety of kale has a color in its two-word name'
$1600
collard greens
Double Jeopardy!
6043
LET'S GET SMALL
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'This type of high resolution microscope with a particle in its name is used to magnify objects up to 1 million times'
$1600
an electron microscope
Double Jeopardy!
6043
MANDARIN CHINESE
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'Because Chinese makes limited use of shi as this English verb, "he very tall" perfectly acceptable'
$1600
is (the verb "to be")
Double Jeopardy!
6043
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'This "great" lake on the Arctic circle is the largest lake entirely within Canada'
$2000
Great Bear Lake
Double Jeopardy!
6043
COWBOY SONGS
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'This cowboy is a hifalutin
$2000
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Double Jeopardy!
6043
AMERICAN POETRY
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'This poet wrote, "next to of course god america i love you land of the pilgrims' and so forth"'
$2000
E.E. Cummings
Double Jeopardy!
6043
COLORFUL FOODS
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'Ahi is also called this type of tuna'
$2,000
yellowfin
Double Jeopardy!
6043
LET'S GET SMALL
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'From the Greek for oblong, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-15_DJ_17.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> protozoan is only one cell big, but ten letters long'
$2000
a paramecium
Double Jeopardy!
6043
MANDARIN CHINESE
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'To communicate you must master the 4 of these: a tip for learning the second, rising one, is to raise your eyebrows'
$2000
tones
Double Jeopardy!
6043
BRITISH ROYALTY
2010-12-15T00:00:00
'From the Latin for "greatest", this form of address was introduced by the narcissistic King Richard II'
null
majesty
Final Jeopardy!
6043
THE LOUVRE
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Discovered on a Greek island in 1820, this statue would have had arms & been adorned with jewelry & color'
$200
the Venus de Milo
Jeopardy!
5606
EARN, BABY, EARN
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'In 2007 he signed a $1 million-a-week deal to play football in the U.S. (that'd be soccer, to us)'
$200
(David) Beckham
Jeopardy!
5606
JAY LENO'S HEADLINES
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'This disaster relief agency's "probe reveals rain caused floods"'
$200
FEMA
Jeopardy!
5606
DAIRY PRODUCTS
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'A separator divides milk into light & heavy parts; this substance is light, so as they say, it rises to the top'
$200
cream
Jeopardy!
5606
SHOW ME YOUR PENINSULA!
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'The U.S. invaded what's now this peninsular state in 1818; in 1861 it seceded'
$200
Florida
Jeopardy!
5606
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW "ME"?
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'In a Beatles song, it's the occupation of "Lovely Rita"'
$200
"Meter Maid"
Jeopardy!
5606
THE LOUVRE
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'This man undertook the sculpture seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-01-12_J_12.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> for the tomb of Pope Julius II'
$400
Michelangelo
Jeopardy!
5606
EARN, BABY, EARN
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'In 2008 this 7'6" Chinese import pulled down some rebounds & $13.76 million in NBA salary'
$400
Yao Ming
Jeopardy!
5606
JAY LENO'S HEADLINES
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'This centuries-old book for sale: "Original signed copy, poor shape, very holy , $20"'
$400
a Bible
Jeopardy!
5606
DAIRY PRODUCTS
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-01-12_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Babcock Hall dairy plant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.</a>) This product that's 80% milk fat typically takes 24 hours to make as the globules of fat are broken down so the fat will coagulate'
$400
butter
Jeopardy!
5606
SHOW ME YOUR PENINSULA!
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Spanning 11,000 square miles & home to half the population, the Jutland Peninsula forms most of this country'
$400
Denmark
Jeopardy!
5606
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW "ME"?
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'8-letter word for neither very good nor very bad, just plain ordinary'
$400
mediocre
Jeopardy!
5606
THE LOUVRE
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Head to the first floor to see this great lady; the 16th c. portrait is surprisingly small:<br />21" x 30 1/2"'
$600
the Mona Lisa
Jeopardy!
5606
EARN, BABY, EARN
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'This Yankee 3B's 2008 salary was $28 million, about $6 million more than the Marlins' (Yes, all of 'em!)'
$600
A-Rod or Alex Rodriguez
Jeopardy!
5606
JAY LENO'S HEADLINES
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Have it your way at this fast food chain; its want ad asked, "Ready for mananagement? We're ready for you!"'
$600
Burger King
Jeopardy!
5606
DAIRY PRODUCTS
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Milk is tested for these, such as penicillin, which may have been used to treat cows that fell ill'
$600
antibiotics
Jeopardy!
5606
SHOW ME YOUR PENINSULA!
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Also known as the Apennine Peninsula, it's the largest peninsula that juts only into the Mediterranean Sea'
$600
Italy
Jeopardy!
5606
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW "ME"?
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'The Leonids & Perseids are these annual events'
$600
meteor showers
Jeopardy!
5606
THE LOUVRE
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'This feature of the Louvre is made of nearly 800 diamond- & triangle-shaped glass panes'
$800
the Pyramid
Jeopardy!
5606
EARN, BABY, EARN
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'This "Lefty" was no. 2 in 2007 PGA Tour winnings with $5.8 million'
$800
Phil Mickelson
Jeopardy!
5606
JAY LENO'S HEADLINES
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'A partner of old lace, this poison "in city water nothing to worry about"'
$800
arsenic
Jeopardy!
5606
DAIRY PRODUCTS
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-01-12_J_28.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Babcock Hall dairy plant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.</a>) This process requires higher temperatures for products with more sugar & fat; for chocolate milk, it's 180 degrees, compared to 162 for milk'
$800
pasteurization
Jeopardy!
5606
SHOW ME YOUR PENINSULA!
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'One of the new 7 wonders of the world is the sprawling ruins of Chichen Itza on this peninsula'
$1,000
the Yucatan
Jeopardy!
5606
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW "ME"?
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" is a brutal depiction of this industry at the turn of the 20th century'
$800
meatpacking
Jeopardy!
5606
THE LOUVRE
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'This statue was probably an offering by the people of Rhodes in commemoration of a naval triumph in the100s B.C.'
$1000
the Winged Victory of Samothrace
Jeopardy!
5606
EARN, BABY, EARN
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'On top of his $25 mil. purse, this "Golden Boy" got over $20 mil. in PPV receipts from the Mayweather title fight'
$1000
De La Hoya
Jeopardy!
5606
JAY LENO'S HEADLINES
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'"Sheep were killed by unarmed" this 2-word animal, AKA a cougar'
$1000
a mountain lion
Jeopardy!
5606
DAIRY PRODUCTS
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Greek-style this, like oikos, has become popular with its lush texture'
$1000
yogurt
Jeopardy!
5606
SHOW ME YOUR PENINSULA!
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'If you dove off the southern tip of the Crimean Peninsula, you'd be in this body of water'
$1000
the Black Sea
Jeopardy!
5606
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW "ME"?
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'To Tom Wolfe, who coined the phrase, the 1970s'
$1000
the Me Decade
Jeopardy!
5606
THE 19th CENTURY
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'As a result of this 1898 war, the U.S. gained control of Guam, Puerto Rico & the Philippines'
$400
the Spanish-American War
Double Jeopardy!
5606
MY ACTING & POLITICAL RESUME
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'"The Running Man",<br />"Predator",<br />Governor of Caw-lee-for-nee-uh'
$400
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Double Jeopardy!
5606
WILL IAMB
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'In 1889 this poet fell in love with Irish beauty Maud Gonne & from that moment, "the troubling of my life began"'
$400
(William Butler) Yeats
Double Jeopardy!
5606
STARS & STRIPES
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Number of red stripes on the modern U.S. flag'
$400
7
Double Jeopardy!
5606
PLANT LIFE
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'It's the leaf of a fern or a palm'
$400
a frond
Double Jeopardy!
5606
"SP"EAK UP!
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Passer domesticus is the house type of this small bird'
$400
a sparrow
Double Jeopardy!
5606
THE 19th CENTURY
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'In 1861 gold was found in Otago on this country's South Island; the population tripled in a year'
$800
New Zealand
Double Jeopardy!
5606
MY ACTING & POLITICAL RESUME
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'"The Running Man",<br />"Predator",<br />Governor of Minnesota'
$800
Jesse Ventura
Double Jeopardy!
5606
WILL IAMB
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'This romantic poet wrote "Strange fits of passion have I known"'
$2,000
William Wordsworth
Double Jeopardy!
5606
STARS & STRIPES
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse is a red one of these really, really, really big stars'
$800
a red supergiant
Double Jeopardy!
5606
PLANT LIFE
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Red <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-01-12_DJ_22.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> plant, red this plant, let the grasshopper come over'
$800
red clover
Double Jeopardy!
5606
"SP"EAK UP!
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'2-word term for the era that began in 1957 with the launch of Sputnik'
$800
the Space Age
Double Jeopardy!
5606
THE 19th CENTURY
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Ordered to capture this city on the Mississippi, David Farragut forced its surrender April 25, 1862'
$1200
New Orleans
Double Jeopardy!
5606
MY ACTING & POLITICAL RESUME
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'"Hairspray"<br />(the 1988 one),<br />"Troll",<br />Mayor of Palm Springs,<br />U.S. rep. from California'
$1200
Sonny Bono
Double Jeopardy!
5606
STARS & STRIPES
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'A hospital volunteer'
$1200
a candy striper
Double Jeopardy!
5606
PLANT LIFE
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Mistletoe is one of these on forest trees, but it's only a partial one, since it makes some of its own food'
$1,200
a parasite
Double Jeopardy!
5606
"SP"EAK UP!
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'A cylinder on which wire, thread or string is wound'
$1200
a spool
Double Jeopardy!
5606
THE 19th CENTURY
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'This dual monarchy was created in March 1867 after Francis Joseph I & Magyar rulers reached an agreement'
$1600
the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Double Jeopardy!
5606
MY ACTING & POLITICAL RESUME
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'"Blind Ambition",<br />"The Love Boat",<br />U.S. rep. from Iowa'
$1600
(Fred) Grandy
Double Jeopardy!
5606
STARS & STRIPES
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Vertical stripes being slimming to the human form is one of these, from the Latin for "to mock"'
$1600
an illusion
Double Jeopardy!
5606
PLANT LIFE
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'A type of sorghum with a stiff flower cluster is "sweepingly" called this kind of "corn"'
$1600
broomcorn
Double Jeopardy!
5606
"SP"EAK UP!
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'"Brave Sir Robin" is a song from this popular musical'
$1600
Spamalot
Double Jeopardy!
5606
THE 19th CENTURY
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'On January 17, 1878 the U.S. ratified a treaty with Samoa allowing the U.S. navy to use this city's harbor as a fueling station'
$2000
Pago Pago
Double Jeopardy!
5606
MY ACTING & POLITICAL RESUME
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'"House Calls",<br />"Hedda",<br />Member of British Parliament'
$2000
Glenda Jackson
Double Jeopardy!
5606
STARS & STRIPES
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'Sirius is the Alpha dog in this constellation'
$2000
Canis Major
Double Jeopardy!
5606
PLANT LIFE
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'This type of habitat comes before "marigold" in the name of a plant of Arizona & Utah'
$2000
desert
Double Jeopardy!
5606
"SP"EAK UP!
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'The NAACP awards this medal annually for outstanding achievement by a black American'
$2000
the Spingarn Medal
Double Jeopardy!
5606
ENGLISH SPELLING
2009-01-12T00:00:00
'There are at least 50 common exceptions to the rule expressed by this popular rhyming mnemonic couplet'
null
I before E, except after C
Final Jeopardy!
5606
THE AMERICAN DREAM
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'The 2 things the U.S. has "for all" in the Pledge of Allegiance'
$200
liberty & justice
Jeopardy!
4984
HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Like Manilow's "Lola", <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-20_J_11.jpg" target="_blank">Evelyn Nesbitt</a> was one of these theater females; in 1906, her rich, crazy husband shot her ex-lover'
$200
showgirl
Jeopardy!
4984
BILL
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'He's TV's "Science Guy"'
$200
Bill Nye
Jeopardy!
4984
GATES
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'The Jaffa Gate is the western entrance to this city's Old City'
$200
Jerusalem
Jeopardy!
4984
MICRO
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'The smallest bird in the world is the bee type of this from Cuba'
$200
a hummingbird
Jeopardy!
4984
"SOFT"
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Type of crab or clam'
$200
soft shell
Jeopardy!
4984
THE AMERICAN DREAM
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Decades before Lincoln, Daniel Webster spoke of government "made for", "made by" & "answerable to" them'
$400
the people
Jeopardy!
4984