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POETS & POETRY | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'In 1996 this "Howl" poet released a CD called "The Ballad of the Skeletons"' | $600 | Allen Ginsberg | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
FAMOUS RUFFOS | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'His 1653 painting "Aristotle Contemplating The Bust Of Homer" was produced for Don Antonio Ruffo' | $600 | Rembrandt | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
LETTERS | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'In 1885 he wrote to his brother Theo, "There is a school....of impressionists. But I know very little about it"' | $800 | Vincent Van Gogh | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
FOREIGN FILMS | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'Fernando deserts this country's army after the abdication of Alfonso XIII in 1992's "Belle Epoque"' | $800 | Spain | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
THE ELEMENTS | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'Until 1940 this element had the highest known atomic number' | $1,600 | Uranium | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
FEMINISM | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'In a 1970 book Kate Millett criticized the "sexual politics" of Norman Mailer & this "Women In Love" author' | $800 | DH Lawrence | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
POETS & POETRY | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'Plato referred to this Greek woman poet of the 7th century B.C. as the "Tenth Muse"' | $800 | Sappho | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
FAMOUS RUFFOS | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'Albert II, current king of this country, married Paola Ruffo, an Italian princess, in 1959' | $1,500 | Belgium | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
LETTERS | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'This world leader's letters from a Czech prison to his wife Olga were published in 1983' | $1000 | Vaclav Havel | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
FOREIGN FILMS | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'Poet Pablo Neruda befriends the title character of this recent film set in Italy' | $1000 | "Il Postino" | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
THE ELEMENTS | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'In 1827 Friedrich Wohler produced this metal, the Earth's most common, as a powder' | $1000 | Aluminum | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
FEMINISM | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'In the early 1970s a Boston collective began publishing this best selling book on women's health' | $1000 | "Our Bodies, Ourselves" | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
POETS & POETRY | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'Shelley's poem about this character "unbound" contains characters like Ione & Hercules' | $1000 | Prometheus | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
FAMOUS RUFFOS | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'In 1912 tenor Titta Ruffo made his American debut as this Verdi hunchbacked jester' | $1000 | Rigoletto | Double Jeopardy! | 2950 |
ANGELS | 1997-05-30T00:00:00 | 'Slaves rowing off South Carolina's coast often invoked the help of this patron angel of the Jews' | null | Michael | Final Jeopardy! | 2950 |
CORRUPTION JUNCTION | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'In 2009 Mayor Langford of this largest Alabama city was convicted of accepting bribes' | $200 | Birmingham | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
PARTS OF THE WHOLE | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'The Hall of Columns,<br />National Statuary Hall,<br />the Rotunda' | $200 | the Capitol | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
NOT SO FAST, MY FRIEND | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Overreact much, Miss Muffet? One of these of the order Araneae maxes out at 1.17 miles per hour' | $200 | a spider | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
"PUBLIC" KNOWLEDGE | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'www.stresscure.com offers tips on how to conquer the fear of this, which I don't have' | $200 | public speaking | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
THIS LANDFILL IS MY LANDFILL | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Peoria City-County Landfill' | $200 | Illinois | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
GREAT COMEBACKS WITH DAN PATRICK | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-30_J_26.jpg" target="_blank">Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.</a>) He was given less than a 50% chance of survival after a 1996 cancer diagnosis; 3 years later, he won the 1st of 7 straight Tour de France titles' | $200 | Lance Armstrong | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
CORRUPTION JUNCTION | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'In 32 years of one-man rule, President Mobutu looted Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of this' | $400 | Congo | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
PARTS OF THE WHOLE | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Card slot,<br />deposit slot,<br />bill presenter' | $400 | an ATM | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
NOT SO FAST, MY FRIEND | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Proverbially, "a watched" this "never boils"' | $400 | a pot | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
"PUBLIC" KNOWLEDGE | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'From Latin for "clerk", it's someone who's authorized to authenticate & certify contracts' | $400 | a notary public | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
THIS LANDFILL IS MY LANDFILL | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Okeechobee Landfill' | $400 | Florida | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
GREAT COMEBACKS WITH DAN PATRICK | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-30_J_27.jpg" target="_blank">Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.</a>) A year after hitting .406, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-30_J_27a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> Red Sox legend left to be a fighter pilot in WWII, came back, won the Triple Crown, left to fight in the Korean War, came back & was an All-Star' | $400 | Ted Williams | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
CORRUPTION JUNCTION | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'This former NYC fireman & his Tammany Hall cronies plundered as much as $200 million' | $600 | Boss Tweed | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
PARTS OF THE WHOLE | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Grip,<br />sight,<br />arrow rest' | $600 | a bow (a longbow) | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
NOT SO FAST, MY FRIEND | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Slow & steady won the race for this Aesop character' | $600 | the Tortoise | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
"PUBLIC" KNOWLEDGE | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'One-word synonym for a press agent' | $600 | a publicist | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
THIS LANDFILL IS MY LANDFILL | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Show-Me Sanitary Landfill' | $600 | Missouri | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
GREAT COMEBACKS WITH DAN PATRICK | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-30_J_28.jpg" target="_blank">Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.</a>) In February of 1949, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-30_J_28a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> golfer known as "Bantam Ben" fractured his ribs, pelvis, collarbone & ankle in a car accident; in 1950 he won the U.S. Open' | $600 | Ben Hogan | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
CORRUPTION JUNCTION | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'As pres. of this country, Suharto practiced what the U.N. called the most extensive corruption by a modern leader' | $800 | Indonesia | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
PARTS OF THE WHOLE | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Drive wheel,<br />magnetic<br />lid holder,<br />cutting blade' | $800 | an electric can opener | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
NOT SO FAST, MY FRIEND | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'The unau is a type of this slow-moving mammal that hangs around in trees' | $800 | a sloth | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
"PUBLIC" KNOWLEDGE | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'In 2011 the President called late Congressman John Adler "a dedicated" this' | $800 | a public servant | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
THIS LANDFILL IS MY LANDFILL | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Altamont Sanitary Landfill' | $800 | California | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
GREAT COMEBACKS WITH DAN PATRICK | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-30_J_29.jpg" target="_blank">Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.</a>) After a 2-year layoff, this 45-year-old ex-Red Wing hit the ice for the WHA's Houston Aeros & had a 100-point season' | $800 | Gordie Howe | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
CORRUPTION JUNCTION | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Scandals during this president's tenure included the Whiskey Ring, the Indian Ring & the Credit Mobilier Crisis' | $3,200 | Ulysses Grant | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
PARTS OF THE WHOLE | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Treble keyboard,<br />bass keyboard,<br />bellows,<br />strap' | $1000 | an accordion | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
NOT SO FAST, MY FRIEND | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'If you're "as slow as" this product made by the open kettle method "in January"... you're pretty darn slow' | $1000 | molasses | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
"PUBLIC" KNOWLEDGE | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Counterintuitive Brit term for Eton, Harrow or Rugby' | $1000 | a public school | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
THIS LANDFILL IS MY LANDFILL | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'South Hadley Landfill' | $1000 | Massachusetts | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
GREAT COMEBACKS WITH DAN PATRICK | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-30_J_30.jpg" target="_blank">Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.</a>) In 1974 this Dodger pitcher tore his ulnar collateral ligament & his career looked like it was over; he had the surgery now named for him & won 164 more games' | $1000 | Tommy John | Jeopardy! | 6258 |
EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Egyptians weren't happy with Hapi, the god of this river, when floods wiped out their mud-brick homes' | $400 | the Nile | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
HELP ME, FONDA | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'As "Young Mr." him, Henry Fonda romances Ann Rutledge' | $400 | Lincoln | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
WEATHER | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'In June 2003 a record one of these, 18.75 in. around, dropped in on Aurora, Nebraska' | $400 | a hailstone | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Often preceding "& kin", it's one's friends & neighbors' | $400 | kith | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
CLASSICAL MUSIC | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'When Mendelssohn died, Eduard Marxsen wrote, "A master of the art is gone; a greater arises in" this "Lullaby" composer' | $400 | Brahms | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'A lotus represented Upper Egypt; this reed plant was a symbol of Lower Egypt' | $800 | papyrus | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
HELP ME, FONDA | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Jane Fonda helps Michael Douglas uncover hazards at a nuclear power plant in this 1979 blockbuster' | $800 | The China Syndrome | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
WEATHER | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'The most destructive part of a hurricane is the "wall" surrounding this central area of the storm' | $800 | the eye | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Instead of with a "P-H", there's an alternate 4-letter spelling of this Greek pastry dough' | $800 | filo | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
CLASSICAL MUSIC | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'From 1892 to 1895 this Czech served as Director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City' | $800 | Dvorák | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE NUNS | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Mother Teresa adopted Indian citizenship & donned this Indian garment as her habit' | $800 | a sari | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'This tome was a collection of spells, charms & magical formulas for the deceased to use in the afterlife' | $4,200 | Book of the Dead | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
HELP ME, FONDA | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'In this 1969 film Peter Fonda helps a young Jack Nicholson loosen up' | $1200 | Easy Rider | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
WEATHER | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Meteorologist Vilhelm Bjerknes popularized this 5-letter term for the place where warm & cold air masses meet' | $7,800 | front | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Here's a little test--if you're lucky enough to play this as the opening word, you'll score 44 points' | $1200 | quiz | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
CLASSICAL MUSIC | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'It's the title of the Massenet piece you're <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-30_DJ_22.mp3">hearing</a>; it might help you in the calm Buddhist practice of the same name' | $1200 | "Méditation" | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE NUNS | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Saint Therese is <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-30_DJ_09.jpg" target="_blank">seen</a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-30_DJ_09a.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> in her habit of this order whose name comes from a mountain range in Israel' | $1200 | Carmelite | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'In old Egypt this cross shaped like a "T" with a loop at the top was a symbol of life' | $1600 | the ankh | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
HELP ME, FONDA | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'In this 1967 film based on a Neil Simon play, Jane Fonda helps Robert Redford loosen up' | $1600 | Barefoot in the Park | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
WEATHER | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Still a scientific mystery, the ball type of this appears as a glowing sphere & has sometimes been seen in houses' | $1600 | lightning | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'With double Fs you might play this word meaning full of uncertainty' | $1600 | iffy | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
CLASSICAL MUSIC | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Donizetti's operas "Anna Bolena", "Maria Stuarda" & "Roberto Devereux" are known as "The Three" these women' | $1600 | Queens | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE NUNS | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'She wore a postulant's habit when secretly married to Abelard; she later took vows & was a nun at Argenteuil' | $1600 | Héloise | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'This "City of the Sun" was home to the cult of the sun god Ra' | $2000 | Heliopolis | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
HELP ME, FONDA | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'In the third film in this series, Bridget Fonda helps Andy Garcia to... relax; then he saves her from assassins' | $2000 | Godfather | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
WEATHER | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Invented by French scientist Lucien Vidie in 1843, this type of barometer uses a metal capsule instead of mercury' | $2000 | an aneroid barometer | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'You'll use up 3 vowels playing this word that means toward the side of a ship that's sheltered from the wind' | $2000 | alee | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
CLASSICAL MUSIC | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'This Spaniard who transcribed Bach for the guitar gave his first public recital in Granada in 1909' | $2000 | (Andrés) Segovia | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE NUNS | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'Rubens <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-30_DJ_11.jpg" target="_blank">portrayed</a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-30_DJ_11a.jpg" target="_blank">Archduchess Isabella</a> in the habit of the sisters of this poor saint' | $2000 | Saint Clare | Double Jeopardy! | 6258 |
ORGANIZATIONS | 2011-11-30T00:00:00 | 'On Nov. 17, 1871 Union vets dismayed by soldiers' lack of proficiency in one skill formed this organization' | null | the National Rifle Association | Final Jeopardy! | 6258 |
MEDICINE | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'Of cowpox, cat scratch fever, or kangarosis, the one you can't get' | $200 | kangarosis | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
BROADWAY DEBUTS | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'His first Broadway show was "Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory"; now he lives in the White House (at least on TV)' | $200 | (Martin) Sheen | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
QUOTES FROM THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'Asked who wore the trousers, this British prime minister's husband responded, "I do, and I also wash and iron them"' | $200 | Margaret Thatcher | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
ALL SAINTS | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'St. Gerasimus, like Androcles, is credited with befriending one of these by pulling a thorn from its paw' | $200 | a lion | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
"SMOKE" | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'A building used for curing meat' | $200 | a smokehouse | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
MIRRORS | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'Minimum number of mirrors needed to make a kaleidoscope' | $200 | 2 | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
MEDICINE | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'A few almonds might help a headache; they contain salicylic acid, found in this drug synthesized in 1853' | $400 | aspirin | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
BROADWAY DEBUTS | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | '<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-05-27_J_18.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> Goodfella finally hit Broadway in the 2004 play "Match"' | $400 | Ray Liotta | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
QUOTES FROM THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'Despite 30 years of research, this psychoanalyst famously pondered, "What does a woman want?"' | $400 | (Sigmund) Freud | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
ALL SAINTS | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'Patrons of France include Denis & this one who became Bishop of Tours around 370' | $400 | St. Martin | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
"SMOKE" | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'Lox' | $400 | smoked salmon | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
MIRRORS | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'In 1668 Newton placed a mirror in one of these devices to create a much better image' | $400 | a telescope | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
MEDICINE | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'A doctor in her first year out of med school; when you add "ist" you get a specialist' | $600 | an intern (internist accepted) | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
BROADWAY DEBUTS | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'Half a century ago, this "60 Minutes" icon was starring on Broadway in the 1954 comedy "Reclining Figure"' | $600 | Mike Wallace | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
QUOTES FROM THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'In a 1601 play, he wrote, "Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage"' | $600 | (William) Shakespeare | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
ALL SAINTS | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'Exiled abroad a couple of times, the well-traveled Anselm has this as his emblem' | $600 | a ship | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
"SMOKE" | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'Industrial chimney attached to a factory' | $600 | a smokestack | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
MIRRORS | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'Before the advent of this device in the 1911 Indy 500, passengers called riding mechanics watched for cars coming up behind' | $600 | a rear-view mirror | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
MEDICINE | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'In an ancient Indian treatise, Susruta noted the relationship between mosquitos & this "bad air" disease' | $800 | malaria | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
BROADWAY DEBUTS | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | '<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-05-27_J_20.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> star of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" had to learn some new lines to play Billy Flynn in "Chicago" in 2004' | $800 | Wayne Brady | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
QUOTES FROM THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'In the song "A Hymn To Him" from "My Fair Lady", this character asks, "Why can't a woman be more like a man?"' | $800 | (Henry) Higgins | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
ALL SAINTS | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'Name shared by saints of Antioch & Laconi & a society founder' | $800 | St. Ignatius | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
"SMOKE" | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'Proverbial location where political deals are struck away from the eyes of the public' | $800 | a smoke-filled room | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
MIRRORS | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | 'There is evidence that Precolumbian Mesoamericans used this black volcanic rock with a Roman name to make mirrors' | $800 | obsidian | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
MEDICINE | 2005-05-27T00:00:00 | '19th century physiologist Claude Bernard found how this organ converts sugar to glycogen & stores it' | $1000 | the liver | Jeopardy! | 4785 |
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