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WORDS IN HARRY POTTER TITLES
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'Last name of U.S. Chief Justice Harlan or biographer Irving'
$1000
stone
Jeopardy!
5373
"INT"Y FRESH
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'To look with the eyes partly closed'
$1000
squint
Jeopardy!
5373
ANCIENT TIMES
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'The astronomer Hipparchus is famed for cataloging more than 800 of these (That's even more than MGM had)'
$400
stars
Double Jeopardy!
5373
A CHARLIE IN THE BOX
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'He played a tipsy dancer in the 1914 film "Tango Tangles"'
$400
(Charlie) Chaplin
Double Jeopardy!
5373
PLAYWRIGHTS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'His father, James O'Neill, was a 19th century actor whose famous role was the Count of Monte Cristo'
$400
Eugene O\'Neill
Double Jeopardy!
5373
THE MATERIAL WORLD
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'In ancient times, the Pentelic quarries were a major source of this building material for Athens'
$400
marble
Double Jeopardy!
5373
AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'While living abroad in Chelsea, Whistler painted a series of scenes set along this river'
$400
the Thames
Double Jeopardy!
5373
5-SYLLABLE WORDS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'Mollie Katzen popularized this kind of diet with the "Moosewood Cookbook"'
$400
vegetarian
Double Jeopardy!
5373
ANCIENT TIMES
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'I dew declare, Tefnut was this ancient civilization's goddess of the dew'
$800
the Egyptians
Double Jeopardy!
5373
A CHARLIE IN THE BOX
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'Occasionally called Chuck, this comics character had violent battles with his local "kite-eating tree"'
$800
Charlie Brown
Double Jeopardy!
5373
PLAYWRIGHTS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'Public disgust over his play "Ghosts" caused this Norwegian to retaliate in his "An Enemy of the People"'
$800
Ibsen
Double Jeopardy!
5373
THE MATERIAL WORLD
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'Rodin first gained attention for a lifelike statue later called "The Age of" this, the metal in which it was later cast'
$800
bronze
Double Jeopardy!
5373
AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'In 2003 the gallery in Vegas' Bellagio featured a show of this pop artist's works with an audio narration by Liza'
$800
(Andy) Warhol
Double Jeopardy!
5373
5-SYLLABLE WORDS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'(John of the clue crew reporting) Because the geometric shape <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-01-09_DJ_15.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> has all right angles, it's called a rectangle; when they're not right angles, it becomes this type of quadrilateral'
$800
parallelogram
Double Jeopardy!
5373
ANCIENT TIMES
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'Darius I of this empire claimed that Bardiya, the king he killed & replaced, had been an impostor'
$1200
Persia
Double Jeopardy!
5373
A CHARLIE IN THE BOX
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'In 1986, the same year he starred in "Platoon", he was the "boy in police station" in "Ferris Beuller's Day Off"'
$1200
Charlie Sheen
Double Jeopardy!
5373
PLAYWRIGHTS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'This Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright was related to John Sevier, the first governor of the "Volunteer State"'
$2,000
Tennessee Williams
Double Jeopardy!
5373
THE MATERIAL WORLD
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-01-09_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">(Kelly reporting from Texas A&M University)</a> Steel cables are inefficient for marine deep-water drilling platforms, so Texas A&M is testing this polymer developed by DuPont; some thought it went out with the 70s'
$1200
polyester
Double Jeopardy!
5373
AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'Henriette, eldest child of this illustrator, was a portrait artist when brother Andrew was just beginning to draw'
$1200
N.C. Wyeth
Double Jeopardy!
5373
5-SYLLABLE WORDS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'It's what's symbolized by "X" in the "10X" on a microscope'
$1200
magnification
Double Jeopardy!
5373
ANCIENT TIMES
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'The Celtic town of Vindobona became a military post for the Romans; it later evolved into this capital on the Danube'
$1600
Vienna
Double Jeopardy!
5373
A CHARLIE IN THE BOX
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'The IMDb lists "Charlie" as a nickname for this Oscar-winning "Monster" actress'
$1600
Charlize Theron
Double Jeopardy!
5373
PLAYWRIGHTS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'Novelist Edna Ferber collaborated with this playwright on 6 plays, including "Dinner at Eight" & "Stage Door"'
$1600
George S. Kaufman
Double Jeopardy!
5373
THE MATERIAL WORLD
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'By definition, cordwainers make shoes from this material'
$100
leather
Double Jeopardy!
5373
AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'This American impressionist was beloved for her affectionate maternal paintings as seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-01-09_DJ_22.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>'
$1600
(Mary) Cassatt
Double Jeopardy!
5373
5-SYLLABLE WORDS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'A publication, such as a magazine, that doesn't come out every day'
$1600
periodical
Double Jeopardy!
5373
ANCIENT TIMES
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'"If I were not Alexander," said Alexander the Great, "I would be" this philosopher who lived in a tub'
$2000
Diogenes
Double Jeopardy!
5373
A CHARLIE IN THE BOX
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'Candice Bergen said, "You knew he wasn't real, & yet he was treated so much better than most humans. He had his own room."'
$2000
Charlie McCarthy
Double Jeopardy!
5373
PLAYWRIGHTS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'A 1934 NYC taxi drivers' strike led him to write "Waiting for Lefty", the first of his plays to be produced'
$2000
Clifford Odets
Double Jeopardy!
5373
THE MATERIAL WORLD
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'Developed in the 1930s, this synthetic rubber is waterproof & slightly buoyant, making it ideal for wetsuits'
$2000
neoprene
Double Jeopardy!
5373
AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'Some of his pen-&-ink drawings of his famous "girl" were modeled on his wife, a sister of Lady Astor'
$2000
Charles Dana Gibson
Double Jeopardy!
5373
5-SYLLABLE WORDS
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'Moe & Larry agree; now if Curly would just go along, we'd have this condition'
$2000
unanimity
Double Jeopardy!
5373
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
2008-01-09T00:00:00
'First mentioned in a letter by Clement IV in 1265, this item worn by the Pope features an image of St. Peter in a boat'
null
a ring
Final Jeopardy!
5373
THE UNITED NATIONS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'In 1974 this PLO leader addressed the General Assembly wearing a gun & holster'
$100
Arafat
Jeopardy!
3152
UNMENTIONABLES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Antonio Sabato Jr. wore this designer's black bikini briefs on a 90-foot billboard in Times Square'
$100
Calvin Klein
Jeopardy!
3152
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'"The Great Emancipator"'
$100
Abraham Lincoln
Jeopardy!
3152
LET'S PLAY POKER
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Traditionally, the dealer deals the cards in this direction'
$100
clockwise
Jeopardy!
3152
COACHES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'John Curry & Peggy Fleming were among Carlo Fassi's proteges in this sport'
$100
figure skating
Jeopardy!
3152
CATCHING SOME "Z"s
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'We grant you, the Grant's species is the most common of these animals in Africa'
$100
zebras
Jeopardy!
3152
THE UNITED NATIONS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'In 1980 the U.N. passed a resolution demanding the Soviet Union withdraw from this country'
$200
Afghanistan
Jeopardy!
3152
UNMENTIONABLES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Its trademark is composed of an apple, grapes, gooseberries & a cluster of leaves'
$200
Fruit of the Loom
Jeopardy!
3152
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'The "Errol Flynn of B Movies"'
$200
Ronald Reagan
Jeopardy!
3152
LET'S PLAY POKER
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Tame yourself! You've drawn this type of card that, like a joker, can take the value of any other card'
$200
a wildcard
Jeopardy!
3152
COACHES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'In 1996 he won tennis' U.S. Open on the birthday of his late coach Tim Gullikson'
$200
Pete Sampras
Jeopardy!
3152
CATCHING SOME "Z"s
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'It's the hairy-stemmed flower named for Johann Zinn'
$200
a Zinnia
Jeopardy!
3152
THE UNITED NATIONS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'In 1950 this 39-story building was completed near the East River'
$300
the Secretariat Building
Jeopardy!
3152
UNMENTIONABLES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Tyra Banks & Claudia Schiffer have graced the cover of this Columbus, Ohio-based lingerie catalogue'
$300
Victoria\'s Secret
Jeopardy!
3152
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'"Old Zach"'
$300
Zachary Taylor
Jeopardy!
3152
LET'S PLAY POKER
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'A male horse for breeding, or a version of poker with cards dealt up & down'
$300
stud
Jeopardy!
3152
COACHES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'After years as Jackie Joyner's coach, he became her husband in 1986'
$300
(Bob) Kersee
Jeopardy!
3152
CATCHING SOME "Z"s
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'In the Greek alphabet, it follows epsilon'
$300
zeta
Jeopardy!
3152
THE UNITED NATIONS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'In 1961 a new U.N. library was dedicated & named for this second Secretary-General'
$400
Dag Hammarskjöld
Jeopardy!
3152
UNMENTIONABLES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Madonna's bustier was stolen from this Hollywood store's lingerie museum during the 1992 L.A. riots'
$400
Frederick\'s of Hollywood
Jeopardy!
3152
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'The "Trust Buster"'
$400
Teddy Roosevelt
Jeopardy!
3152
LET'S PLAY POKER
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'It's the regal name for a ten, jack, queen, king & ace all of one suit'
$400
a royal flush
Jeopardy!
3152
COACHES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'The dean of college basketball coaches, he retired in 1997 after 36 years at North Carolina'
$400
Dean Smith
Jeopardy!
3152
CATCHING SOME "Z"s
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'"Viva" this Mexican revolutionary that Brando played in 1952'
$400
Zapata
Jeopardy!
3152
THE UNITED NATIONS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'This black American helped write the U.N. charter & went on to win a Nobel Peace Prize'
$500
Ralph Bunche
Jeopardy!
3152
UNMENTIONABLES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'BVD made this one-piece, long-sleeved undergarment; you needn't be a Teamster to wear it'
$500
a union suit
Jeopardy!
3152
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'The "Wizard of Kinderhook"'
$500
(Martin) Van Buren
Jeopardy!
3152
LET'S PLAY POKER
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'The biggest annual poker game there is, it's held at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas each spring'
$500
the World Series of Poker
Jeopardy!
3152
COACHES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-04-21_J_22.jpg" target="_blank">Hi. I'm Kerri Strug.</a>) Women coached by this man include Nadia Comanechi, Mary Lou Retton & me'
$500
Bela Karolyi
Jeopardy!
3152
CATCHING SOME "Z"s
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Wahoo! This movie mogul was born in Wahoo, Nebraska in 1902'
$500
(Darryl) Zanuck
Jeopardy!
3152
THE "JAMES" GANG
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'In a 1997 meeting with Dexter King, he denied killing Dexter's father Martin Luther King Jr.'
$200
James Earl Ray
Double Jeopardy!
3152
L.A.'s SISTER CITIES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'This L.A. sister city is not the one in Georgia or Ohio, but the one in Greece'
$200
Athens
Double Jeopardy!
3152
KIDS' GAME SHOWS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Nickelodeon's first game show, it was hosted by Marc Summers'
$200
Double Dare
Double Jeopardy!
3152
SPURS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Something done impulsively is done on this'
$200
the spur of the moment
Double Jeopardy!
3152
LINES FROM LONGFELLOW
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'"From the waterfall he named her" this, meaning "laughing water"'
$200
Minnehaha
Double Jeopardy!
3152
MUSICALS BY ANY OTHER NAME
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'"Ms. Oakley Grab That Firearm"'
$200
Annie Get Your Gun
Double Jeopardy!
3152
THE "JAMES" GANG
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'His first major work was "An Account of Corsica"; his most famous, an account of Samuel Johnson'
$400
James Boswell
Double Jeopardy!
3152
L.A.'s SISTER CITIES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'2 of L.A.'s sister cities are about 200 miles apart: Giza, Egypt & Eilat, in this country'
$400
Israel
Double Jeopardy!
3152
KIDS' GAME SHOWS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'In kids' show titles, this number follows "Gladiators" & "Wheel"'
$400
2000
Double Jeopardy!
3152
SPURS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'In the NBA, the Spurs play for this city'
$400
San Antonio
Double Jeopardy!
3152
LINES FROM LONGFELLOW
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Distinguishing feature of a girl who was very, very good but "when she was bad she was horrid"'
$400
the curl on her forehead
Double Jeopardy!
3152
MUSICALS BY ANY OTHER NAME
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'"Plant a Smooch on Yours Truly, Katharine"'
$400
Kiss Me, Kate
Double Jeopardy!
3152
THE "JAMES" GANG
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'He's Barbra Streisand's current beau'
$600
James Brolin
Double Jeopardy!
3152
L.A.'s SISTER CITIES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Salvador Bahia, also known as Sao Salvador, a port city in this So. American country, is in the sisterhood'
$400
Brazil
Double Jeopardy!
3152
KIDS' GAME SHOWS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'In 1997 "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" became "Where in" this "is Carmen Sandiego?"'
$600
Time
Double Jeopardy!
3152
SPURS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Some people suffer from these in their heel, finger or knee'
$600
bone spurs
Double Jeopardy!
3152
LINES FROM LONGFELLOW
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'This 1874 book of "Tales" includes Paul Revere's Ride & the line "ships that pass in the night"'
$600
Tales from a Wayside Inn
Double Jeopardy!
3152
MUSICALS BY ANY OTHER NAME
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'"Felidae"'
$600
Cats
Double Jeopardy!
3152
THE "JAMES" GANG
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Controversial Secretary of the Interior under Reagan'
$800
James Watt
Double Jeopardy!
3152
L.A.'s SISTER CITIES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'L.A. has as its sister city this country's second-largest city, Kaunas, not its largest, Vilnius'
$800
Lithuania
Double Jeopardy!
3152
KIDS' GAME SHOWS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'The kids' version of this show was "Storybook Squares"'
$800
Hollywood Squares
Double Jeopardy!
3152
SPURS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'A Western Writers' of America Spur Award went to the screenplay of this Best Picture of 1992'
$800
Unforgiven
Double Jeopardy!
3152
LINES FROM LONGFELLOW
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'They're what we "leave behind us... on the sands of time"'
$800
footprints
Double Jeopardy!
3152
MUSICALS BY ANY OTHER NAME
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'"Decorate One's Prairie Conveyance"'
$800
Paint Your Wagon
Double Jeopardy!
3152
THE "JAMES" GANG
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Cooking's equivalent of the Oscars is named for this late expert on food & drink'
$1000
James Beard
Double Jeopardy!
3152
L.A.'s SISTER CITIES
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Flying from Los Angeles to this city, you go a long way from LAX ro AKL'
$1000
Auckland, New Zealand
Double Jeopardy!
3152
KIDS' GAME SHOWS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'This show in which 5 children answered questions debuted on radio in 1940 & on TV in 1949'
$1000
The Quiz Kids
Double Jeopardy!
3152
SPURS
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'Edward III said of his son the Black Prince, "Let the boy win his spurs" at this battle'
$1000
the Battle of Crecy
Double Jeopardy!
3152
LINES FROM LONGFELLOW
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'"Santa Filomena", about this woman, states: "A lady with a lamp shall stand in the great history of the land"'
$1,500
Florence Nightingale
Double Jeopardy!
3152
MUSICALS BY ANY OTHER NAME
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'"Tintinnabula in the Process of Tintinnabulating"'
$1000
Bells Are Ringing
Double Jeopardy!
3152
MEDICINE 1998
1998-04-21T00:00:00
'An aspirin-acetominophen-caffeine pill is the first FDA-approved over-the-counter pill for this malady'
null
migraine headaches
Final Jeopardy!
3152
FICTION
1984-09-20T00:00:00
'Shakespeare's "star-crossed" lovers'
$100
Romeo and Juliet
Jeopardy!
9
FIRST LADIES
1984-09-20T00:00:00
'She talked to Arnold's class about drugs on TV's "Diff'rent Strokes"'
$100
Nancy Reagan
Jeopardy!
9
MYSTERIES
1984-09-20T00:00:00
'Dashiell Hammett detective played on the screen by Humphrey Bogart'
$100
Sam Spade
Jeopardy!
9
RACY LADIES
1984-09-20T00:00:00
'Driving with a broken wrist, Janet Guthrie was the 1st woman to compete in this race'
$100
the Indianapolis 500
Jeopardy!
9
ADDRESSES
1984-09-20T00:00:00
'The prime minister of England lives here'
$100
10 Downing Street
Jeopardy!
9
TRIVIA
1984-09-20T00:00:00
'They were formerly called the Sandwich Islands'
$100
Hawaii
Jeopardy!
9