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10-LETTER WORDS
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'It's a myth that this amino acid in turkey is the reason you nod off after a Thanksgiving meal'
$1000
tryptophan
Jeopardy!
5789
SPELLING
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'There are Gregorian & Julian versions of this chart'
$400
C-A-L-E-N-D-A-R
Double Jeopardy!
5789
QUIZ BOWL
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'The "Silver Liberty Bowl", created by this man born in 1735, is in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts'
$400
Paul Revere
Double Jeopardy!
5789
DRAMA CLUB
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'Songs in this play include "Suppertime" & "My Blanket And Me"'
$400
You\'re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Double Jeopardy!
5789
SCIENCE FAIR
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'The duodenum, jejunum & ileum are 3 parts of this'
$400
the small intestine
Double Jeopardy!
5789
DETENTION
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'This recent presidential candidate was detained for 5 years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam'
$400
McCain
Double Jeopardy!
5789
HIGH SCHOOL -- ON FILM
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'This character is on a high school field trip when he's bitten by a radioactive arachnid'
$400
Spider-Man
Double Jeopardy!
5789
SPELLING
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'Not domestic, like a certain French legion'
$800
F-O-R-E-I-G-N
Double Jeopardy!
5789
QUIZ BOWL
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'In one July week in 2009, this L.A. open-air venue presented Incubus & "Bravo Beethoven"'
$800
the Hollywood Bowl
Double Jeopardy!
5789
DRAMA CLUB
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'Lionel Bart adapted a Dickens novel into this musical!'
$1,500
Oliver!
Double Jeopardy!
5789
SCIENCE FAIR
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'Ohm's law, V = IR, states that potential difference equals current times resistance; the V is short for this'
$800
voltage (volts accepted)
Double Jeopardy!
5789
DETENTION
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'He is known for writing a 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail"'
$800
MLK, Jr. (Martin Luther King)
Double Jeopardy!
5789
HIGH SCHOOL -- ON FILM
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'Jon Heder played this lovable, unpopular high schooler helping a friend win an election to class president'
$800
Napoleon Dynamite
Double Jeopardy!
5789
SPELLING
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'A nonprofessional; Bobby Jones was one in golf'
$1200
A-M-A-T-E-U-R
Double Jeopardy!
5789
QUIZ BOWL
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'NASA has said cooler Pacific temperatures & warmer Atlantic temperatures helped cause this from 1931 to 1939'
$1200
the Dust Bowl
Double Jeopardy!
5789
DRAMA CLUB
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'Laurey & Curly drive off in a surrey at the end of this "stately" musical'
$1200
Oklahoma!
Double Jeopardy!
5789
SCIENCE FAIR
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'The name of this one of the 3 main types of rocks comes from the Latin for "to settle"'
$5,000
sedimentary
Double Jeopardy!
5789
DETENTION
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'A scandal involved the treatment of prisoners at this Iraqi jail west of Baghdad'
$1200
Abu Ghraib
Double Jeopardy!
5789
HIGH SCHOOL -- ON FILM
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'In "She's the Man", this actress was the young woman pretending to be her brother at a boarding school'
$1200
Amanda Bynes
Double Jeopardy!
5789
SPELLING
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'It precedes Falcon in the name of Han Solo's vessel'
$1600
M-I-L-L-E-N-N-I-U-M
Double Jeopardy!
5789
QUIZ BOWL
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'In NCAA football BCS stands for "Bowl" this'
$1600
Championship Series
Double Jeopardy!
5789
DRAMA CLUB
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'Laura Wingfield, the sister in this play, was modeled on Tennessee Williams' sister'
$1600
The Glass Menagerie
Double Jeopardy!
5789
SCIENCE FAIR
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-11-12_DJ_24.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a Punnett square on the monitor.</a>) The results of experiments breeding pea plants, shown here, led to <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-11-12_DJ_24a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> man's law of segregation, a fundamental law of heredity'
$1600
(Gregor) Mendel
Double Jeopardy!
5789
DETENTION
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'In 1692 Tituba, a West Indian slave, spent 13 months in jail in this Massachusetts Bay Colony town'
$1600
Salem
Double Jeopardy!
5789
HIGH SCHOOL -- ON FILM
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'Channing Tatum played rebellious street dancer Tyler Gage in this film about reaching higher for your dreams'
$1600
Step Up
Double Jeopardy!
5789
SPELLING
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet, cowpoke'
$2000
M-U
Double Jeopardy!
5789
QUIZ BOWL
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'A Jungfrauenbecher is a German cup depicting one of these holding a bowl'
$2000
a young woman
Double Jeopardy!
5789
DRAMA CLUB
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'Characters in this Shaw play include Freddy Eynsford Hill & Colonel Pickering'
$2000
Pygmalion
Double Jeopardy!
5789
SCIENCE FAIR
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'These organs of locomotion, from the Greek for "false feet", also enable amoebas to surround & take in food'
$2000
pseudopods
Double Jeopardy!
5789
DETENTION
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'In 1865 he was put in leg irons in a damp Fort Monroe, Virginia cell; his citizenship was posthumously restored in 1978'
$2000
Jefferson Davis
Double Jeopardy!
5789
HIGH SCHOOL -- ON FILM
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'A secret school in the clouds for superhero kids is the main location of this film starring Michael Angarano'
$2000
Sky High
Double Jeopardy!
5789
19th CENTURY NOVELISTS
2009-11-12T00:00:00
'She wrote that "happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance"'
null
Jane Austen
Final Jeopardy!
5789
"OLD" ENGLAND
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'A cottage in Yealmpton purports to be the residence of this nursery rhyme housekeeper'
$100
Old Mother Hubbard
Jeopardy!
3768
WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST?
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'If you're watching your cholesterol, you can make the Denver type of this with egg whites only'
$100
Omelet
Jeopardy!
3768
THE BIBLE
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'This prophet passed the time he spent inside a fish offering up prayers'
$100
Jonah
Jeopardy!
3768
RETIRED JERSEYS
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Edmonton Oilers<br />No. 99'
$100
Wayne Gretzky
Jeopardy!
3768
WORD PUZZLES
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Part of our national Pledge of Allegiance:<br />----------------------------------<br />GOD<br />ONE NATION'
$100
One nation under God
Jeopardy!
3768
WITCHCRAFT
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'This 4-letter word for a witch's potion is also a slang term for a beer'
$100
Brew
Jeopardy!
3768
"OLD" ENGLAND
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'It's the nickname of the Central Criminal Court of the city of London'
$200
Old Bailey
Jeopardy!
3768
WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST?
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Indulge yourself on one of these fruit-filled pastries, even if it's not really from Copenhagen'
$200
Danish
Jeopardy!
3768
THE BIBLE
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'It's what God "did there confound" to frustrate the building of the Tower of Babel'
$200
Confound their languages
Jeopardy!
3768
RETIRED JERSEYS
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Los Angeles Lakers<br />No. 33'
$200
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Jeopardy!
3768
WORD PUZZLES
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Financial status of our writers before joining "Jeopardy!":<br />----------------------------------<br />DEdeeplyBT'
$200
Deeply in debt
Jeopardy!
3768
WITCHCRAFT
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Until Dorothy showed up, these small folks toiled as slaves for Oz' Wicked Witch of the East'
$200
Munchkins
Jeopardy!
3768
"OLD" ENGLAND
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'In 1963 this London theatre became the temporary home of the National Theatre'
$300
Old Vic
Jeopardy!
3768
WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST?
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Cash in on a plateful of these small pancakes with a monetary name'
$300
Silver dollar pancakes
Jeopardy!
3768
THE BIBLE
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'When Miriam displeases God in Numbers 12, she comes down with a case of this dreaded skin disease'
$300
Leprosy
Jeopardy!
3768
RETIRED JERSEYS
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Miami Dolphins <br />No. 13'
$300
Dan Marino
Jeopardy!
3768
WORD PUZZLES
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Where some firing squads take place:<br />----------------------------------<br />UP THE<br />---------WALL'
$300
Up against the wall
Jeopardy!
3768
WITCHCRAFT
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Shakespeare may have written this 1606 play in part to appeal to King James I's interest in witchcraft'
$900
"Macbeth"
Jeopardy!
3768
"OLD" ENGLAND
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Dates in England before 1752 are described as this if they are left in the Julian calendar'
$400
Old style
Jeopardy!
3768
WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST?
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'This favorite from Denny's comes with 2 eggs, 2 hotcakes, 2 slices of bacon & 2 sausage links'
$400
"Grand Slam" breakfast
Jeopardy!
3768
THE BIBLE
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'In Exodus 19, God says that if the children of Israel keep this bargain, they'll be a "peculiar treasure"'
$400
Covenant
Jeopardy!
3768
RETIRED JERSEYS
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Boston Celtics<br />No. 33'
$400
Larry Bird
Jeopardy!
3768
WORD PUZZLES
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Someone to be avoided , especially if you're Julius Caesar:<br />----------------------------------<br />REBBATS'
$400
Backstabber
Jeopardy!
3768
WITCHCRAFT
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'She's the fun-loving, formerly cigar-smoking witch of newspaper comics'
$400
Broom-Hilda
Jeopardy!
3768
"OLD" ENGLAND
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'They're worn by businessmen who want to be recognizable to their former classmates'
$500
The old school tie
Jeopardy!
3768
WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST?
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Grab one of these cereal bars from Kellogg's, either the original or the twist'
$500
Nutri-Grain
Jeopardy!
3768
THE BIBLE
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Paul wrote his first letter to the people of this Greek port after he spent a year & a half there'
$500
Corinth
Jeopardy!
3768
RETIRED JERSEYS
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Kansas City Royals<br />No. 5'
$500
George Brett
Jeopardy!
3768
WORD PUZZLES
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'The delayed & often undesirable results of a stimulus:<br />----------------------------------<br />EFFECTS THE'
$500
The aftereffects
Jeopardy!
3768
WITCHCRAFT
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'One "testing" device for suspected witches was this stool'
$500
Dunking stool
Jeopardy!
3768
THE CINEMA
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Promoter Carl Denham billed this inhabitant of Skull Island as the "Eighth Wonder of the World"'
$200
King Kong
Double Jeopardy!
3768
AKRONYMS
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'In 1870 B.F. Goodrich brought to Akron this industry that eventually dominated the city'
$200
Rubber industry
Double Jeopardy!
3768
SCANDALOUS WOMEN
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Marie-Louise gave birth to another man's children after this man, her husband, was exiled on Elba'
$200
Napoleon Bonaparte
Double Jeopardy!
3768
REPETITION AGAIN
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'It was Cyndi Lauper's first No. 1 hit'
$200
"Time After Time"
Double Jeopardy!
3768
IF THEY WERE MUSICALS...
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'The musical based on this Coleridge poem could include the catchy "Why'd Hafta Go and Shoot the Bird?"'
$200
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Double Jeopardy!
3768
THE CINEMA
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'In this film Jim Carrey's Stanley Ipkiss transforms into a zoot-suited superdude who acts out his alter ego's fantasies'
$400
The Mask
Double Jeopardy!
3768
SCANDALOUS WOMEN
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Dion Boucicault's play "Belle Lamar" is said to be based on Belle Boyd, imprisoned as a spy during this war'
$400
Civil War
Double Jeopardy!
3768
IF THEY WERE MUSICALS...
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'"That Rascal Raskolnikov" sings Petrovich while awaiting a confession in the musical based on this novel'
$400
"Crime and Punishment"
Double Jeopardy!
3768
WHICH CRAFT?
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'It's the French-derived name for the craft that produced the object seen here'
$400
Papier-mache
Double Jeopardy!
3768
THE CINEMA
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Some TV prints of this 1959 film expand to widescreen format for the chariot race only'
$600
Ben-Hur
Double Jeopardy!
3768
AKRONYMS
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'You could take 12 steps up the walk of Dr. Bob's home in Akron, a museum of memorabilia of this organization'
$1,000
Alcoholics Anonymous
Double Jeopardy!
3768
SCANDALOUS WOMEN
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'During his 1920 presidential campaign, a big payoff kept Carrie Phillips quiet about her affair with him'
$600
Warren G. Harding
Double Jeopardy!
3768
REPETITION AGAIN
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'It's the book of love poems by King Solomon'
$600
"Song of Songs"
Double Jeopardy!
3768
IF THEY WERE MUSICALS...
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'As a musical, this Poe tale ends with Roderick & Madeline singing, "Our house, in the middle of a lake"'
$700
"The Fall of the House of Usher"
Double Jeopardy!
3768
WHICH CRAFT?
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'The craft of encasing tomes, especially in fine leather'
$600
Bookbinding
Double Jeopardy!
3768
THE CINEMA
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'This prison film starring Tim Robbins is based on a Stephen King story'
$800
The Shawshank Redemption
Double Jeopardy!
3768
AKRONYMS
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Akron lies on this river famous for catching fire at Cleveland'
$800
Cuyahoga River
Double Jeopardy!
3768
SCANDALOUS WOMEN
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'The power-hungry Duchess of Portsmouth may have been the most disliked mistress of this "Merry Monarch"'
$800
Charles II
Double Jeopardy!
3768
REPETITION AGAIN
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'How a dramatist is paid, or a job for a sports announcer'
$800
Play-by-play
Double Jeopardy!
3768
IF THEY WERE MUSICALS...
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'In this Chekhov-based show, Olga, Masha, & Irina have the high-kicking number "Moscow, Here We Come"'
$800
"The Three Sisters"
Double Jeopardy!
3768
WHICH CRAFT?
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'In 1912 Picasso helped popularize this artistic craft seen here'
$800
Collage
Double Jeopardy!
3768
THE CINEMA
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Country star Clint Black played a "sweet-faced gambler" in this western based on a James Garner TV series'
$1000
Maverick
Double Jeopardy!
3768
AKRONYMS
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'This man began his news empire, later merged with Ridder's, by buying the Akron Beacon Journal'
$1000
John S. Knight
Double Jeopardy!
3768
SCANDALOUS WOMEN
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'Bianca Capello marred into this famed Florentine famliy by passing off another woman's baby as her own'
$1000
Medici
Double Jeopardy!
3768
REPETITION AGAIN
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'This revue "by Sondheim" was once guest-hosted on Broadway by Kukla & Ollie'
$1000
"Side by Side by Sondheim"
Double Jeopardy!
3768
IF THEY WERE MUSICALS...
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'"Stop and Smell the Cake and Tea" is a showstopping number in the musical based on this 7-part Proust work'
$1000
"Remembrance of Things Past"
Double Jeopardy!
3768
WHICH CRAFT?
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'From the Latin for "stonecutter", it's the cutting, polishing & engraving of gemstones'
$1000
Lapidary
Double Jeopardy!
3768
WORLD RECORDS
2001-01-10T00:00:00
'In May 2000 Babu Chhiri, a Sherpa, set a record doing the last portion of this in about 16 hours'
null
Climbing Mount Everest
Final Jeopardy!
3768
20th CENTURY PEOPLE
2000-09-15T00:00:00
'Janet's big sis, she had an R&B hit with "You're Gonna Get Rocked"'
$100
La Toya Jackson
Jeopardy!
3685
SPORTS 2000
2000-09-15T00:00:00
'By winning the British Open, this 24-year-old became the youngest to win golf's career Grand Slam'
$100
Tiger Woods
Jeopardy!
3685
CITIES
2000-09-15T00:00:00
'This city is so big, it covers parts of 3 of Egypt's adminstrative governorates'
$100
Cairo
Jeopardy!
3685
PICK ME, PICASSO
2000-09-15T00:00:00
'A member of Picasso's family sued after Citroen named one of these after the late artist'
$100
Car
Jeopardy!
3685
HEY "J"!
2000-09-15T00:00:00
'Well...it's the first name of the "39-year-old" comedian known for his miserly self-caricature'
$100
Jack (Benny)
Jeopardy!
3685
STUPID ANSWERS
2000-09-15T00:00:00
'Founded in 1929, this New York museum is dedicated to modern art'
$100
the Museum of Modern Art
Jeopardy!
3685
20th CENTURY PEOPLE
2000-09-15T00:00:00
'This Swiss worked with Freud from 1906 until 1912 when their beliefs drove them apart'
$200
Carl Jung
Jeopardy!
3685
SPORTS 2000
2000-09-15T00:00:00
'With pride Satan says they're the 2000 Stanley Cup champs'
$200
New Jersey Devils
Jeopardy!
3685
CITIES
2000-09-15T00:00:00
'It's the largest Florida city named after a guy named Andrew'
$200
Jacksonville
Jeopardy!
3685
PICK ME, PICASSO
2000-09-15T00:00:00
'After visiting Paris in 1900, Picasso went through the period (1901 to 1904) now dubbed this'
$200
"Blue Period"
Jeopardy!
3685