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CHANGE THE VOWELS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Mournful sound: grain'
$200
groan
Jeopardy!
5643
THE 1960s
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'These alphanumeric planes told the U.S. government about the Soviet missiles in Cuba'
$400
U-2 planes
Jeopardy!
5643
THE QUOTABLE KEITH RICHARDS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'It "made us all sick" when this "Layla" guy "went away for 6 months and came back playing better than anybody"'
$400
(Eric) Clapton
Jeopardy!
5643
"S"CIENCE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Once also called brimstone, this element produces a very strong odor when burned'
$400
sulfur
Jeopardy!
5643
IN THE OFFICE FRIDGE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'The butter compartment is filled with Kikkoman packets of this alliterative condiment'
$400
soy sauce
Jeopardy!
5643
THE SOUTHERN DANDY EXPOUNDS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Ah will not sully mah hand in this barbaric practice that resulted in Button Gwinnett's 1777 death! Good day, suh!'
$400
dueling
Jeopardy!
5643
CHANGE THE VOWELS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'A dog: pot ball'
$400
a pit bull
Jeopardy!
5643
THE 1960s
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Detroit was a candidate to host the 1968 Olympic Games that went to this Latin American capital'
$600
Mexico City
Jeopardy!
5643
THE QUOTABLE KEITH RICHARDS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'"I've never turned" this color "in somebody else's bathroom, I consider that the height of bad manners"'
$600
blue
Jeopardy!
5643
"S"CIENCE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-03-04_J_14.wmv">Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a couple of pours.</a>)<br /> Like sand fitting into the spaces left by marbles, salt fills in the spaces between water molecules; the arrangement between two such substances is called this'
$1,000
a solution
Jeopardy!
5643
IN THE OFFICE FRIDGE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Someone has this candy bar in the freezer because rock-hard it "really satisfies", as its slogan used to say'
$600
Snickers
Jeopardy!
5643
THE SOUTHERN DANDY EXPOUNDS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Before we part, ah present to you this alliterative paper item with all mah pertinent social information'
$600
calling card
Jeopardy!
5643
CHANGE THE VOWELS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Letterman bit: Tip Tan Lust'
$600
Top Ten List
Jeopardy!
5643
THE 1960s
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'In 1968 this pope reaffirmed church opposition to artificial means of birth control'
$800
Pope Paul VI
Jeopardy!
5643
THE QUOTABLE KEITH RICHARDS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'This '60s guitar icon was "a sweet guy... trying to find his own place to hide, he just hid too deep, that's all"'
$800
Jimi Hendrix
Jeopardy!
5643
"S"CIENCE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Used as a sweetener, this white crystalline powder, C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>5</sub>NO<sub>3</sub>S, is 300 times as sweet as sugar'
$800
saccharin
Jeopardy!
5643
IN THE OFFICE FRIDGE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'These containers named for a guy called Earl are crammed up; careful taking one out!'
$800
Tupperware
Jeopardy!
5643
THE SOUTHERN DANDY EXPOUNDS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Ashley honey, have you seen this 7-letter lightweight umbrella of mine lyin' 'round? it's pow'ful hot'
$800
parasol
Jeopardy!
5643
CHANGE THE VOWELS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Formal attire need: block pints'
$800
black pants
Jeopardy!
5643
THE 1960s
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Rafael Trujillo's 30-year tyranny over this country ended with his assassination in 1961'
$1000
the Dominican Republic
Jeopardy!
5643
THE QUOTABLE KEITH RICHARDS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Keith said this guy "showed us all in the '60s...new ways of writing songs"--then called him "a nasty little bugger"'
$1000
Bob Dylan
Jeopardy!
5643
"S"CIENCE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'It's what the "S" stands for in SEM, a type of electron microscope'
$1000
scanning
Jeopardy!
5643
IN THE OFFICE FRIDGE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Made of chickpeas formed into balls, this street food of Israel has been in the fridge so long, I think it growled at me'
$1000
falafel
Jeopardy!
5643
THE SOUTHERN DANDY EXPOUNDS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'The leaves of the southern or laurel type of this tree tickle the skin on mah face & remind me of gentler times'
$1000
magnolia
Jeopardy!
5643
CHANGE THE VOWELS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Library to-do: chuck eat I beak'
$1000
check out a book
Jeopardy!
5643
ENGLISH LITERATURE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'"Curtain: Poirot's last case" was supposed to be published after her death but was released during her lifetime'
$400
Agatha Christie
Double Jeopardy!
5643
MR. OBAMA GOES TO WASHINGTON
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Barack Obama was born on Aug. 4, 1961 in this state capital'
$400
Honolulu
Double Jeopardy!
5643
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Rock,<br />turtle,<br />mourning'
$400
a dove
Double Jeopardy!
5643
OVERLAPS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'One one-hundredth part & a revealing spread halfway through a magazine'
$400
a percenterfold
Double Jeopardy!
5643
THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'In 1964 Hal Prince produced this musical set in an east European shtetl; it ran for 3,242 performances'
$400
Fiddler on the Roof
Double Jeopardy!
5643
THE SMELL OF THE CROWD
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Environmentalist Denis Hayes led 100s of students in organizing the observance of this April 22, 1970 event'
$400
Earth Day
Double Jeopardy!
5643
ENGLISH LITERATURE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Long Jack is one of the crew on a cod boat that rescues Harvey Cheyne in the Grand Banks in this Kipling novel'
$3,000
Captains Courageous
Double Jeopardy!
5643
MR. OBAMA GOES TO WASHINGTON
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Obama entered this university's law school in 1988 & graduated magna cum laude in '91'
$800
Harvard
Double Jeopardy!
5643
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Red-headed,<br />ivory-billed,<br />yellow-bellied sapsucker'
$800
a woodpecker
Double Jeopardy!
5643
OVERLAPS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'The gathering of crops & a house entryway'
$800
harvestibule
Double Jeopardy!
5643
THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Dolly Parton wrote the music & lyrics for this show, Broadway-bound in 2009; what a way to make a livin'!'
$800
9 to 5
Double Jeopardy!
5643
THE SMELL OF THE CROWD
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Pele scored his 1000th goal in front of more than 100,000 fans at Maracana Stadium in this country'
$800
Brazil
Double Jeopardy!
5643
ENGLISH LITERATURE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'In part II of this allegory, Christian's wife, Christiana, sets out on a pilgrimage'
$1200
Pilgrim\'s Progress
Double Jeopardy!
5643
MR. OBAMA GOES TO WASHINGTON
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Obama said, "I got (this) middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president"'
$1200
Hussein
Double Jeopardy!
5643
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Amazon,<br />African gray,<br />lory'
$1200
parrot
Double Jeopardy!
5643
OVERLAPS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Solar timepiece & a regional language variation'
$1200
sundialect
Double Jeopardy!
5643
THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'He took home both a Tony & an Oscar for his role in "The King and I"'
$1200
(Yul) Brynner
Double Jeopardy!
5643
THE SMELL OF THE CROWD
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'This pacifist led 100s on a 240-mile march to the sea, making salt from seawater to protest the salt acts'
$1200
Gandhi
Double Jeopardy!
5643
ENGLISH LITERATURE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'In "Ivanhoe" the crusading knight is disinherited by his father because of his love for her'
$1600
Rowena
Double Jeopardy!
5643
MR. OBAMA GOES TO WASHINGTON
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Obama was only the third African American to be elected to the Senate since the 1865-1877 period known as this'
$1600
Reconstruction
Double Jeopardy!
5643
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Blue,<br />wattled,<br />sandhill'
$1600
crane
Double Jeopardy!
5643
OVERLAPS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Military clothing & the chemical makeup of a compound'
$1600
a uniformula
Double Jeopardy!
5643
THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'George Wendt played the Great White Way in 2008 as Edna Turnblad in this musical set in 1962'
$1600
Hairspray
Double Jeopardy!
5643
THE SMELL OF THE CROWD
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'On Sept. 19, 1981 Simon & Garfunkel played for 500,000 people on the Great Lawn, part of this 843-acre area'
$1600
Central Park
Double Jeopardy!
5643
ENGLISH LITERATURE
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'This fireside novella by Dickens is subdivided not into 3 chapters but into 3 chirps'
$2000
The Cricket on the Hearth
Double Jeopardy!
5643
MR. OBAMA GOES TO WASHINGTON
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Obama won the White House with 365 electoral votes; he only needed this many to win'
$2000
270
Double Jeopardy!
5643
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Macaroni,<br />Fjordland,<br />Adelie'
$2000
penguins
Double Jeopardy!
5643
OVERLAPS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'The Magyar capital & a plague'
$2000
Budapestilence
Double Jeopardy!
5643
THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'On Broadway since 2001, this musical co-written by a guy named Bjorn (big hint!) is about a wedding on a tiny Greek island'
$2000
Mamma Mia!
Double Jeopardy!
5643
THE SMELL OF THE CROWD
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'About 800 bishops & other churchmen participated in this council (I) from Dec. 1869 to Oct. 1870'
$2,000
the Vatican Council
Double Jeopardy!
5643
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
2009-03-04T00:00:00
'Of the 4 countries in the world that the U.S. does not have diplomatic relations with, the one that's farthest north'
null
North Korea
Final Jeopardy!
5643
IT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'1998: This Mideast nation announces it will no longer cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors'
$200
Iraq
Jeopardy!
5323
MONSTER MASH
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'In Haiti & parts of West Africa, it's a corpse brought back to life'
$200
a zombie
Jeopardy!
5323
SCARY PLACES
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Planes & ships have been lost in this mysterious Atlantic region off the coast of Florida since the mid-19th century'
$200
the Bermuda Triangle
Jeopardy!
5323
FEARNET
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'This director of "Spider-Man" is presenting a new series for FEARnet--"Devil's Trade"'
$200
(Sam) Raimi
Jeopardy!
5323
"TRIC"s
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'The branch of medicine concerned with the conditions & diseases of the aged'
$200
geriatrics
Jeopardy!
5323
TREATS
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Halvah, a Middle East treat, is traditionally made from these seeds, ground up, & honey'
$200
sesame seeds
Jeopardy!
5323
IT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'1926: There's no escape for this magician who dies following a rupture of his appendix'
$400
Harry Houdini
Jeopardy!
5323
MONSTER MASH
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Also known as a lycanthrope, this beastly monster can be killed by a silver bullet or other silver weapon'
$400
a werewolf
Jeopardy!
5323
SCARY PLACES
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'11 people perished climbing this mountain in 2006, its deadliest season since 15 died in 1996'
$400
Everest
Jeopardy!
5323
FEARNET
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'FEARnet has films like "Burkittsville 7", which continues this groundbreaking 1999 film's premise'
$400
The Blair Witch Project
Jeopardy!
5323
"TRIC"s
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Moody movie maven of the 1930s seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-10-31_J_08.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>'
$400
Marlene Dietrich
Jeopardy!
5323
TREATS
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'It's the popular summertime dessert seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-10-31_J_02.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>'
$400
strawberry shortcake
Jeopardy!
5323
IT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'1846: Heavy snowfall traps this carnivorous "Party" in the Sierra Nevada mountains'
$600
the Donner Party
Jeopardy!
5323
MONSTER MASH
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'In Egypt, it had the body of a lion & head of a man; in Greece it had the head of a woman & wings'
$600
the Sphinx
Jeopardy!
5323
SCARY PLACES
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'At an elevation of 4,000 feet, the glass skywalk that opened in 2007 at this chasm is a scary place for acrophobes'
$600
the Grand Canyon
Jeopardy!
5323
FEARNET
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'FEARnet sends you "Behind the Scenes" of this HBO series that saw the making of a horror film called "Cleaver"'
$600
The Sopranos
Jeopardy!
5323
"TRIC"s
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Theory of economic benefit moving from big business to smaller businesses & the general public'
$600
trickle-down
Jeopardy!
5323
TREATS
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Chocolate, caramel & often pecans go into these candies shaped like & named for a certain reptile'
$600
turtles
Jeopardy!
5323
IT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'1961: This man's body is removed from Lenin's tomb'
$800
Stalin
Jeopardy!
5323
MONSTER MASH
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Half-man, half-beast son of the Queen of Crete'
$800
the Minotaur
Jeopardy!
5323
SCARY PLACES
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'A website for this Spanish city points out streets where people have died during the Running of the Bulls'
$800
Pamplona
Jeopardy!
5323
FEARNET
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'"Wishmaster" can now be seen on FEARnet; as you might guess, it concerns one of these magical creatures'
$800
a genie
Jeopardy!
5323
"TRIC"s
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'One of these can be "red light" or "of Columbia"'
$800
district
Jeopardy!
5323
TREATS
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'"Her" packaged treats include marshmallow pies, nutty bars & chocolate chip "snack cakes"'
$800
Little Debbie
Jeopardy!
5323
IT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'1956: The Brits & the French invade Egypt in response to the nationalization of this'
$1000
the Suez Canal
Jeopardy!
5323
MONSTER MASH
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'This other word for a vampire may come from the Greek word "nosophoros", or plague-carrier'
$1000
Nosferatu
Jeopardy!
5323
SCARY PLACES
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Some 30,000 people were killed when Mount Pelee on this French island erupted in 1902'
$1000
Martinique
Jeopardy!
5323
FEARNET
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'At the FEARnet store you can buy films for home scaring like this del Toro-directed classic about a demonic "boy"'
$1000
Hellboy
Jeopardy!
5323
"TRIC"s
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Adjective meaning corresponding in size & shape on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane'
$1000
symmetric or symmetrical
Jeopardy!
5323
TREATS
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Legend says its name goes back to when an Atlantic City candy stand was flooded during high tide'
$1,000
saltwater taffy
Jeopardy!
5323
AT THE DENTIST'S OFFICE
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Drill speed is measured in these; Dr. Morrison's in 1871 did about 600, today's turbine-powered ones about 300,000'
$400
RPMs
Double Jeopardy!
5323
THE SPORTING LIFE
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'You can weigh up to 147 pounds in this boxing class between lightweight & middleweight'
$400
welterweight
Double Jeopardy!
5323
24--THE NOVEL
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'He said his novels, like "Angels & Demons" deal with a murder, a chase, a ticking clock & a love interest within 24 hours'
$400
Dan Brown
Double Jeopardy!
5323
OKLAHOMIES
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, this entrepreneur opened his first namesake "Mart" in 1962'
$400
(Sam) Walton
Double Jeopardy!
5323
ECONOMICS
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'In some countries you may get more for your dollar than the official exchange rate in this "colorful" arena'
$400
the black market
Double Jeopardy!
5323
GREEK ALPHABET SOUP
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'She became the advertising global spokeswoman for T-Mobile in 2002'
$400
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Double Jeopardy!
5323
AT THE DENTIST'S OFFICE
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'The ADA says this is perfectly safe as the basis for amalgam fillings-- it combines with other materials to make it stable'
$800
mercury
Double Jeopardy!
5323
THE SPORTING LIFE
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'In 1967 Memorial Coliseum in this West Coast city hosted the first Super Bowl as Green Bay beat Kansas City 35-10'
$800
Los Angeles
Double Jeopardy!
5323
24--THE NOVEL
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'This author was a prisoner in a labor camp before writing "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"'
$800
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Double Jeopardy!
5323
ECONOMICS
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'The corporate, financial & personal sectors make up this sector of the economy'
$800
the private sector
Double Jeopardy!
5323
GREEK ALPHABET SOUP
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'This Swiss watch company was founded by Louis Brandt in 1848'
$800
Omega
Double Jeopardy!
5323
AT THE DENTIST'S OFFICE
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'Cavities form when bacteria break down sugars, forming this substance that dissolves enamel'
$1200
acid
Double Jeopardy!
5323
THE SPORTING LIFE
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'In 2006 the Gov. of Mass. signed a bill making this sport invented there the official sport of the Commonwealth'
$1200
basketball
Double Jeopardy!
5323
24--THE NOVEL
2007-10-31T00:00:00
'This James Joyce novel is written as a parallel to the "Odyssey", except it was set in Dublin on June 16, 1904'
$1200
Ulysses
Double Jeopardy!
5323