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HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'In 2005, 1,000 champagne corks popped as a Brazilian equestrian married Athina of this clan'
$400
Onassis
Jeopardy!
4984
BILL
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'"Timeless American Style" was the hallmark of this fashion designer born in the Indiana heartland'
$400
Bill Blass
Jeopardy!
4984
GATES
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Savior's Gate is the way into this fortress complex for leaders like Vladimir Putin'
$400
the Kremlin
Jeopardy!
4984
MICRO
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'With molecules used as beads, IBM researches created the world's smallest one of these counting devices'
$400
an abacus
Jeopardy!
4984
"SOFT"
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Cushy term for the unregulated donations to political parties from corporate & union treasuries'
$400
soft money
Jeopardy!
4984
THE AMERICAN DREAM
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Alexander Hamilton wanted "the thirteen states bound together in a strict and indissoluble" this'
$600
union
Jeopardy!
4984
HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'This "Sea of Love" actress had access to the finest of make-up when she married billionaire Ron Perelman'
$600
Ellen Barkin
Jeopardy!
4984
BILL
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-20_J_03.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Ari Fleischer.</a>) This TV journalist, commentator & frequent PBS host was Lyndon Johnson's press secretary from 1965 to 1967'
$600
Bill Moyers
Jeopardy!
4984
GATES
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'According to Homer, this ancient city had numerous gates, including the famous Scaean one'
$600
Troy
Jeopardy!
4984
MICRO
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Researchers at Rice University made a molecule-size one of these with a chassis, axles & pivoting suspension'
$600
a car
Jeopardy!
4984
"SOFT"
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'The U.S. has has 4 trade disputes, known as Lumber I, II, III & IV, with Canada over this product'
$600
softwood lumber
Jeopardy!
4984
THE AMERICAN DREAM
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Martin Luther King dreamed of "the table of" this, a crowning quality in "America, The Beautiful"'
$500
brotherhood
Jeopardy!
4984
HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'This singer didn't keep shipping magnate Arne Naess hanging on; she met him in May 1985 & married him in October'
$800
Diana Ross
Jeopardy!
4984
BILL
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Formerly a U.S. Secretary of Energy, he's now the governor of New Mexico'
$800
Bill Richardson
Jeopardy!
4984
GATES
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'In Norse myth the gate known as Valgrind was the main entrance to this mighty hall'
$800
Valhalla
Jeopardy!
4984
MICRO
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'3-foot long Compsognathus, meaning "pretty jaw", was the smallest of these thought to have existed'
$800
a dinosaur
Jeopardy!
4984
"SOFT"
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'A deliberate slight blurring of a filmed image for effect'
$800
soft focus
Jeopardy!
4984
THE AMERICAN DREAM
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'In December 1940 FDR told the nation, "We must be the great arsenal of" this'
$1000
democracy
Jeopardy!
4984
HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'In 1895 this crusader married Robert Seaman, but after he died she had to return to reporting to make money'
$1000
Nellie Bly
Jeopardy!
4984
BILL
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'"Bloody Bill Anderson" was the most vicious member of this man's deadly "Raiders" during the U.S. Civil War'
$1000
William "Bill" Quantrill
Jeopardy!
4984
GATES
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'It's the historic German gate & landmark seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-20_J_25.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>'
$1000
Brandenburg
Jeopardy!
4984
MICRO
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Hamlet alone speaks 1,569 lines; Shakespeare's shortest play at 1,770 lines is this one involving 2 sets of twins'
$1000
The Comedy of Errors
Jeopardy!
4984
"SOFT"
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'It's the S in the ESA, the association to which video-game sellers like Sony belong'
$1000
software
Jeopardy!
4984
POETS & POETRY
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'You might howl at this beat poet's "TV Baby Poems"'
$400
Allan Ginsberg
Double Jeopardy!
4984
CLASSIC CINEMA OF THE '40s
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Alfred Hitchcock's first American film was this 1940 classic based on a Daphne du Maurier novel'
$400
Rebecca
Double Jeopardy!
4984
"A" IN SCIENCE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'The 8 essential types of these acids cannot be produced by the human body & must be obtained from food'
$400
amino acids
Double Jeopardy!
4984
HERALDIC BEASTS
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Moscow's coat of arms features St. George slaying one of these with his lance'
$400
a dragon
Double Jeopardy!
4984
STATE OF THE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Henry Waxman,<br />Mary Bono,<br />Jerry Lewis (no, not that one)'
$400
California
Double Jeopardy!
4984
( )-LETTER WORDS
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'(34)<br />Disney song title'
$400
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Double Jeopardy!
4984
POETS & POETRY
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'While he lived near Pisa, this English poet wrote "Ode to the West Wind" & "To a Skylark"'
$800
Shelley
Double Jeopardy!
4984
CLASSIC CINEMA OF THE '40s
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'This animated Disney film that featured a forest fire was the No. 1 box-office draw of 1942'
$800
Bambi
Double Jeopardy!
4984
"A" IN SCIENCE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Revive yourself & give the name of this compound of nitrogen & hydrogen that has been used for refrigeration'
$800
ammonia
Double Jeopardy!
4984
HERALDIC BEASTS
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'As you'd expect, this animal appears on the coat of arms of the Ivory Coast'
$800
an elephant
Double Jeopardy!
4984
STATE OF THE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Dennis Hastert,<br />Henry Hyde,<br />Rahm Emanuel'
$800
Illinois
Double Jeopardy!
4984
( )-LETTER WORDS
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'(7)<br />To approve a candidate, or sign the back of a check'
$800
endorse
Double Jeopardy!
4984
POETS & POETRY
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Poem containing the line "Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door"'
$1200
"The Raven"
Double Jeopardy!
4984
CLASSIC CINEMA OF THE '40s
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'This 1940 "Story" starring Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn was remade as the musical "High Society" in 1956'
$1200
The Philadelphia Story
Double Jeopardy!
4984
"A" IN SCIENCE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-20_DJ_08.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Duke University in Durham, NC.</a>) Vaulters can use hollow poles to save weight because this center line of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-20_DJ_08a.jpg" target="_blank">a bent pole</a> is neutral, taking little or no stress'
$1200
the axis
Double Jeopardy!
4984
HERALDIC BEASTS
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'This animal is on the Lopez family coat of arms, probably because of the name Lopez comes from the Latin for it'
$1200
a wolf
Double Jeopardy!
4984
STATE OF THE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Tim Holden,<br />Charles Dent,<br />John Murtha'
$1200
Pennsylvania
Double Jeopardy!
4984
( )-LETTER WORDS
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'(3)<br />Self-esteem, or a psychoanalytic term'
$1200
ego
Double Jeopardy!
4984
POETS & POETRY
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'This Robert Frost poem begins "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"'
$1600
"The Road Not Taken"
Double Jeopardy!
4984
CLASSIC CINEMA OF THE '40s
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Claire Trevor won a 1948 Oscar for her role as a gangster's girlfriend in this Bogart flick set on an island'
$1600
Key Largo
Double Jeopardy!
4984
"A" IN SCIENCE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Either dominant or recessive, they can be different forms of the same gene'
$1600
alleles
Double Jeopardy!
4984
HERALDIC BEASTS
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Wearing a gold collar & chain in the U.K.'s coat of arms, this mythical beast represents Scotland'
$1600
the unicorn
Double Jeopardy!
4984
STATE OF THE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Connie Mack,<br />Robert Wexler,<br />Lincoln & Mario Diaz-Balart'
$100
Florida
Double Jeopardy!
4984
( )-LETTER WORDS
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'(9)<br />To make up a story, or to make by art or skill & labor'
$1600
fabricate
Double Jeopardy!
4984
POETS & POETRY
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'It's the personal 3-word title of the longest poem in Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"'
$2000
"Song of Myself"
Double Jeopardy!
4984
CLASSIC CINEMA OF THE '40s
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Marine Ira Hayes, who helped raise the American flag on Mount Suribachi, had a cameo in this 1949 John Wayne film'
$2,000
The Sands of Iwo Jima
Double Jeopardy!
4984
"A" IN SCIENCE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Probably the most common & best known carnivore of the late Jurassic period, it had a 3-foot-long skull'
$2000
Allosaurus
Double Jeopardy!
4984
HERALDIC BEASTS
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'One of Elizabeth II's coronation "Queen's Beasts" was a female one of these half-lion, half-eagle creatures'
$2000
a griffin
Double Jeopardy!
4984
STATE OF THE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Charles Rangel,<br />Sherwood Boehlert,<br />Carolyn McCarthy'
$2000
New York
Double Jeopardy!
4984
( )-LETTER WORDS
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'(13)<br />C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>5</sub>N<sub>3</sub>O<sub>9</sub>, it can yield explosive results'
$2000
nitroglycerin
Double Jeopardy!
4984
BOOKS
2006-04-20T00:00:00
'Chap. 1: "Until one morning in mid-November of 1959, few Americans--in fact, few Kansans--had ever heard of Holcomb"'
null
In Cold Blood (by Truman Capote)
Final Jeopardy!
4984
MIRACLE SITES
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'In Exodus the burning bush was found at this "Mountain of God"'
$100
Mount Sinai
Jeopardy!
2950
TV SITCOMS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Fonzie lived above the Cunninghams' garage in this long-running sitcom'
$100
"Happy Days"
Jeopardy!
2950
ARCHITECTURE
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'These structures that provide disabled access should rise no more than 1" for every 12" of length'
$100
Ramps
Jeopardy!
2950
AMERICAN HISTORY
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'In 1912 this "Bull Moose" spoke for about 50 minutes with a would-be-assassin's bullet lodged in his chest'
$100
Theodore Roosevelt
Jeopardy!
2950
OLD WEST DOGS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'This cavalry leader left a pack of about 40 dogs behind when he went to the Little Bighorn'
$100
George Custer
Jeopardy!
2950
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Ed,<br />Eugene,<br />Tip'
$100
O\'Neill
Jeopardy!
2950
MIRACLE SITES
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'The miraculous revelation of the Koran began in a cave on Mt. Hira near this holy city'
$200
Mecca
Jeopardy!
2950
TV SITCOMS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Before starring in his own show, he played Dan Fielding on "Night Court"'
$200
John Larroquette
Jeopardy!
2950
ARCHITECTURE
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'The retro look of the town of Celebration, built near Orlando by this company, is an example of neo-urbanism'
$200
Walt Disney Company
Jeopardy!
2950
AMERICAN HISTORY
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'The siege of the Alamo gave this Texas general time to prepare for the Battle of San Jacinto'
$200
Sam Houston
Jeopardy!
2950
OLD WEST DOGS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Catch dogs & heelers helped humans drive these animals along the Chisholm Trail'
$200
cattle
Jeopardy!
2950
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Harry,<br />Henry, <br />Jesse'
$200
James
Jeopardy!
2950
MIRACLE SITES
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Jesus fed thousands of people with 7 loaves & fishes on the shore of this sea'
$300
Sea of Galilee
Jeopardy!
2950
TV SITCOMS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'On his "show", Kathy Kinney plays Mimi, a contentious co-worker in blue eye shadow'
$300
Drew Carey
Jeopardy!
2950
ARCHITECTURE
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Hyatt Hotel designer John Portman revived these Roman inner courtyards on a grand scale'
$300
Atria
Jeopardy!
2950
AMERICAN HISTORY
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'This Public Enemy No. 1 robbed Midwestern banks until 1934 when he was done in by the Woman in Red'
$300
John Dillinger
Jeopardy!
2950
OLD WEST DOGS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'In the novel Old Yeller catches this viral disease from a wolf's bite'
$300
Rabies
Jeopardy!
2950
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Andrew,<br />Robert,<br />Gig'
$300
Young
Jeopardy!
2950
MIRACLE SITES
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego found themselves in need of a miracle in this Babylonian hot spot'
$400
The Fiery Furnace
Jeopardy!
2950
TV SITCOMS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'In the '60s, this character was Camp Henderson's new recruit from Mayberry'
$400
Gomer Pyle
Jeopardy!
2950
ARCHITECTURE
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Concert hall designers study the architectural branch of this science of sound'
$400
Acoustics
Jeopardy!
2950
AMERICAN HISTORY
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Lawrence, Kansas was founded by people opposed to this practice'
$400
Slavery
Jeopardy!
2950
OLD WEST DOGS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'In May 1805 Scannon, a Newfoundland, saved this expedition from a charging buffalo'
$400
Lewis & Clark Expedition
Jeopardy!
2950
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Amy,<br />John,<br />Washington'
$400
Irving
Jeopardy!
2950
MIRACLE SITES
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'This village where Juan Diego twice saw the Virgin Mary in 1531 is now part of Mexico City'
$500
Guadalupe
Jeopardy!
2950
TV SITCOMS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'This series featured Jimmie Walker as J.J. Evans, also known as "Kid Dyn-O-Mite"'
$500
"Good Times"
Jeopardy!
2950
ARCHITECTURE
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'The preservationist movement was spurred by the 1960s demolition of this NYC railroad station'
$500
Penn Station
Jeopardy!
2950
AMERICAN HISTORY
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'In 1960 black sit-ins at segregated lunch counters started in Greensboro in this state'
$500
North Carolina
Jeopardy!
2950
OLD WEST DOGS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Developed by Plains Indians, this device consisted of a frame on 2 poles dragged by a dog'
$500
Travois
Jeopardy!
2950
LAST NAME'S THE SAME
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Johnnie,<br />Satyajit,<br />Man'
$500
Ray
Jeopardy!
2950
LETTERS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'In 1790 this president wrote a letter on religious toleration to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island'
$200
George Washington
Double Jeopardy!
2950
FOREIGN FILMS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'The 1995 pig film "Babe" was shot on a farm in this down under country'
$200
Australia
Double Jeopardy!
2950
THE ELEMENTS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Borax, used as a water softener, is a compound of this lightweight, brownish element'
$200
Boron
Double Jeopardy!
2950
FEMINISM
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'In the 1960s this familial relationship became a symbol of feminist bonding'
$200
Sisterhood
Double Jeopardy!
2950
POETS & POETRY
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'This world leader & author of the "Liitle Red Book" was also a poet'
$200
Mao Tse-tung
Double Jeopardy!
2950
FAMOUS RUFFOS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Roman Catholic cardinal Fabrizio Ruffo helped lead a 1799 revolt in Naples against this French emperor's army'
$200
Napoleon Bonaparte
Double Jeopardy!
2950
LETTERS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'This letter-answering columnist got 30,000 letters of support when she split with her husband Jules'
$400
Ann Landers
Double Jeopardy!
2950
FOREIGN FILMS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Actress Gong Li has appeared in many films from this country, including 1991's "Raise The Red Lantern"'
$400
China
Double Jeopardy!
2950
THE ELEMENTS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'As a diamond, this element melts at about 6500 degrees F.; as graphite, it changes directly to a gas'
$400
Carbon
Double Jeopardy!
2950
FEMINISM
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Co, Po & Na are proposed alternatives to this male pronoun traditionally used when gender is unknown'
$400
He
Double Jeopardy!
2950
POETS & POETRY
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'In Robert Browning's "Pippa Passes", "God's in" this place -- "all's right with the world"'
$400
His heaven
Double Jeopardy!
2950
FAMOUS RUFFOS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Architects Pietro Solario & Marco Ruffo bulit the wall around this Moscow landmark circa 1490'
$400
The Kremlin
Double Jeopardy!
2950
LETTERS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Having completed his dictionary, he spurned Lord Chesterfield's belated offer of patronage in a 1755 letter'
$600
Samuel Johnson
Double Jeopardy!
2950
FOREIGN FILMS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'1994's "Bandit Queen" told the story of Phoolan Devi, a hero to the poor people of this country'
$600
India
Double Jeopardy!
2950
THE ELEMENTS
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'This element, chemical symbol V, was named after the Scandinavian goddess of beauty'
$600
Vanadium
Double Jeopardy!
2950
FEMINISM
1997-05-30T00:00:00
'Feminists have linked this eating disorder to society's preoccupation with physical beauty'
$600
Anorexia
Double Jeopardy!
2950