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FIRST LADIES
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'She was 5 foot 2, eyes of blue, & a member of Kentucky's high society'
$1,000
Mary Todd Lincoln
Jeopardy!
4311
I DIRECT
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'He not only directed "Traffic", he also served as cinematographer using the pseudonym Peter Andrews'
$800
Steven Soderbergh
Jeopardy!
4311
GNOME-ENCLATURE
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'Billy Barty played the title role in the 1987 film about this gold-spinning gnome'
$800
Rumpelstiltskin
Jeopardy!
4311
GEOGRAPHIC QUOTATIONS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'Psalm 137 says "By the rivers of" this place "we sat down...we wept when we remembered Zion"'
$800
Babylon
Jeopardy!
4311
HARD CANDY
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'This simple hard candy is concentrated sugar syrup that has turned into crystal chunks, often on a stick'
$800
rock candy
Jeopardy!
4311
TV GUIDE CROSSWORD CLUES
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'23 Across: <br />"Family Feud" host Richard<br />(4)'
$800
Karn
Jeopardy!
4311
FIRST LADIES
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'She graduated from the University of Vermont in 1902'
$1000
Grace Coolidge
Jeopardy!
4311
I DIRECT
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii) At the start of filming, this "Pearl Harbor" director attended a wreath-laying ceremony on the Arizona Memorial'
$1000
Michael Bay
Jeopardy!
4311
GNOME-ENCLATURE
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'In Wagner's "Das Rheingold", a power-mad gnome named Alberich steals the gold & forges it into one of these'
$1000
ring
Jeopardy!
4311
GEOGRAPHIC QUOTATIONS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'In a line providing a John O'Hara title, Death is surprised to see a man in Baghdad when they had an "appointment" here'
$1000
Samara
Jeopardy!
4311
HARD CANDY
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'This candy brand with a variety of hard candies introduced its "Pick-A-Mix" concept in 1958'
$1000
Brach\'s
Jeopardy!
4311
TV GUIDE CROSSWORD CLUES
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'30 Across: <br />Garry Moore Show<br />(four words)<br />(3, 3, 1, 6)'
$1000
I\'ve Got A Secret
Jeopardy!
4311
WORLD LIT
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'This "Atlas Shrugged" author shrugged off her native Russia in the 1920s & moved to the U.S.'
$400
Ayn Rand
Double Jeopardy!
4311
HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'The House of Hapsburg, which ruled from 1440 to 1806, got its name not from just a house, but from one of these'
$400
castle
Double Jeopardy!
4311
GENERAL SCIENCE
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'Like our moon, only one side of Titan, this planet's satellite, always faces the planet's surface'
$400
Saturn
Double Jeopardy!
4311
NUN BUT THE BRAVE
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'In 1952 this nun opened the Nirmal Hriday Home for dying destitutes'
$400
Mother Teresa
Double Jeopardy!
4311
REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'The Battle of Cowpens was fought in a cattle-grazing area in the north of this "Palmetto State"'
$400
South Carolina
Double Jeopardy!
4311
BACKWORDS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'It's a cheese made in Holland'
$400
Edam/made
Double Jeopardy!
4311
WORLD LIT
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'This Chilean continued the story of "Daughter of Fortune" in her novel "Portrait in Sepia"'
$800
Isabel Allende
Double Jeopardy!
4311
HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'He was definitely king of the Franks & some historians say he became the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800'
$800
Charlemagne
Double Jeopardy!
4311
GENERAL SCIENCE
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'This aluminum ore is named for the French village near where it was discovered in 1821'
$800
bauxite
Double Jeopardy!
4311
NUN BUT THE BRAVE
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'In 1831 Catherine McAuley founded the Sisters of Mercy in this world capital to care for the poor & destitute'
$800
Dublin
Double Jeopardy!
4311
REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in this town, now a part of Boston'
$800
Charlestown
Double Jeopardy!
4311
BACKWORDS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'We'll have to retool our security so this type of criminal doesn't get in during the next riot'
$800
looter/retool
Double Jeopardy!
4311
WORLD LIT
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'A beso for you if you know that Manuel Puig's novel "El Beso de la Mujer Arana" has this title in English'
$1200
"The Kiss of the Spider Woman"
Double Jeopardy!
4311
HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'The highest Henry number in the line; 1 more & they would have tied the British record'
$1200
7
Double Jeopardy!
4311
GENERAL SCIENCE
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'These organisms derive their individual species names from the fungal partner, not the algal partner'
$1200
lichen
Double Jeopardy!
4311
NUN BUT THE BRAVE
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'3-word title of Sister Helen Prejean's powerful account of being a death row counselor'
$200
"Dead Man Walking"
Double Jeopardy!
4311
REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'French troops under the Comte de Rochambeau helped secure victory in this last major battle of the war'
$1200
Yorktown
Double Jeopardy!
4311
BACKWORDS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'I was avid to hear Myrtle sing after she said she could have made it as this'
$1200
diva/avid
Double Jeopardy!
4311
WORLD LIT
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'If you loved "The Loved One", here's a scoop: you'll like his novel "Scoop", too'
$1600
Evelyn Waugh
Double Jeopardy!
4311
HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'Sigismund tried to resolve this church problem that had 2 or 3 popes serving at one time between 1378 & 1417'
$1600
The Great Schism
Double Jeopardy!
4311
GENERAL SCIENCE
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'The horizontal rows on the periodic table are periods; vertical columns of related elements are these'
$1600
groups
Double Jeopardy!
4311
NUN BUT THE BRAVE
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'Founded in 1609, the Loretto Nuns use the same "rule" as this male teaching order founded in 1534'
$1600
Jesuits
Double Jeopardy!
4311
REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'Freeman's Farm & Bemis Heights are also known as the 1st & 2nd battles of this place, a turning point in the war'
$1600
Saratoga
Double Jeopardy!
4311
BACKWORDS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'"Lilith" actress Jean Seberg was as natural on screen as these birds'
$1600
grebes/Seberg
Double Jeopardy!
4311
WORLD LIT
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'"The Blood Knot" began a series of plays that this South African called his "family trilogy"'
$2000
Athol Fugard
Double Jeopardy!
4311
HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'Deposed in 1400 as German king, Wenceslas ruled from this city that has a statue of 10th century Saint Wenceslas'
$3,000
Prague
Double Jeopardy!
4311
GENERAL SCIENCE
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'Such cave formations as stalactites & stalagmites form when this mineral accumulates'
$2000
limestone/calcite
Double Jeopardy!
4311
NUN BUT THE BRAVE
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'It's the classic work in which you'll find "The Nun's Priest's Tale"'
$2000
"The Canterbury Tales"
Double Jeopardy!
4311
REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'Only darkness saved General Washington's troops from complete defeat at this creek near Chadds Ford, Penn.'
$2000
Brandywine
Double Jeopardy!
4311
BACKWORDS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'A thin layer of tissue on an animal'
$2000
lamina/animal
Double Jeopardy!
4311
HISTORIC OCCASIONS
2003-05-05T00:00:00
'On December 1, 1990 Philippe Cozette & Graham Fagg had a historic handshake here'
null
the Chunnel (train tunnel under the English Channel between England & France)
Final Jeopardy!
4311
LANGUAGES
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'The Korean alphabet in common use today has 10 vowels & 14 of these'
$100
Consonants
Jeopardy!
3495
VICE PRESIDENTS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'On March 3, 1999 this vice president told CNN that he "took the initiative in creating the internet"'
$100
Al Gore
Jeopardy!
3495
THE FUTURE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Now at about 30 million, by 2005 they'll be the USA's largest minority group'
$100
Latinos/Hispanics
Jeopardy!
3495
KID TUNES
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'In the lyrics of the song, it's how long "I've Been Working on the Railroad"'
$100
All the live long day
Jeopardy!
3495
COUNTIES BY STATE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Middlesex,<br />New London,<br />New Haven'
$100
Connecticut
Jeopardy!
3495
THE "PH" SCALE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'This royal title is from the Egyptian for "house"'
$100
Pharaoh
Jeopardy!
3495
LANGUAGES
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Austrians sing their national anthem in this, their official language'
$200
German
Jeopardy!
3495
VICE PRESIDENTS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'He was the first Virginian to serve as vice president'
$200
Thomas Jefferson
Jeopardy!
3495
THE FUTURE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'These CD-like discs are projected to replace CD-ROMs & video cassettes'
$200
DVDs (Digital Video Discs)
Jeopardy!
3495
KID TUNES
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'"If you're" this "and you know it, clap your hands"'
$200
Happy
Jeopardy!
3495
COUNTIES BY STATE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Orange,<br />Sonoma,<br />Calaveras'
$200
California
Jeopardy!
3495
THE "PH" SCALE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'It's the fear of narrow or enclosed spaces'
$200
Claustrophobia
Jeopardy!
3495
LANGUAGES
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'This Scandinavian language is also known as Dansk'
$300
Danish
Jeopardy!
3495
VICE PRESIDENTS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'FDR had 3 vice presidents, this Missourian being the last'
$300
Harry S. Truman
Jeopardy!
3495
THE FUTURE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Seen here is an artist's conception; it should be fully operational in 2004 after 44 launches'
$300
International Space Station
Jeopardy!
3495
KID TUNES
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Among her parts we "plumerai" are her tete, bec & yeux'
$300
Alouette
Jeopardy!
3495
COUNTIES BY STATE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Orange,<br />Citrus,<br />Manatee'
$300
Florida
Jeopardy!
3495
THE "PH" SCALE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'White-sided & bottle-nosed are types of this mammal'
$300
Dolphins
Jeopardy!
3495
LANGUAGES
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Plautus wrote plays in the "Vulgar" form of this ancient language'
$400
Latin
Jeopardy!
3495
VICE PRESIDENTS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Although a Democrat, he was nominated for vice president by Republicans at the 1864 National Union Convention'
$1,000
Andrew Johnson
Jeopardy!
3495
THE FUTURE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'With current population trends, by 2050 this economically powerful Asian nation will have 20% fewer people'
$400
Japan
Jeopardy!
3495
KID TUNES
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'It's what caused my meatball to roll off my plate & onto the floor'
$400
Sneeze
Jeopardy!
3495
COUNTIES BY STATE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Custer,<br />Big Horn,<br />Lewis & Clark'
$400
Montana
Jeopardy!
3495
THE "PH" SCALE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'(What's up, what's up? This is Shawn Stockman from Boyz II Men) An Oscar-winning 1993 Bruce Springsteen song mentions this city where my group first formed'
$400
Philadelphia
Jeopardy!
3495
LANGUAGES
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Balinese is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Bali in this country'
$500
Indonesia
Jeopardy!
3495
VICE PRESIDENTS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Richard Nixon's vice president, he was the second sitting veep to resign from office'
$500
Spiro Agnew
Jeopardy!
3495
THE FUTURE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'In April 1998 the trustees of this government retirement fund announced it will last until 2032, not 2029'
$500
Social Security
Jeopardy!
3495
KID TUNES
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'It follows "A penny for a spool of thread, a penny for a needle, that's the way the money goes..."'
$500
"Pop Goes the Weasel"
Jeopardy!
3495
COUNTIES BY STATE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Josephine,<br />Baker,<br />Tillamook'
$500
Oregon
Jeopardy!
3495
THE "PH" SCALE
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'One of Ben & Jerry's most popular flavors of ice cream, it's named for a Vermont band'
$500
Phish Food
Jeopardy!
3495
TEENS IN HISTORY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'The stakes were high for this peasant girl who was burnt at the stake in 1431'
$200
Joan of Arc
Double Jeopardy!
3495
STORY PROBLEMS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'If Brandy & Monica have 2 songs each in the Top 40, together they command this percentage of the chart'
$200
10
Double Jeopardy!
3495
FUHGEDDABOUDIT! IT'S BROOKLYN
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'This Brooklyn amusement park area lent its name to a type of hot dog'
$200
Coney Island
Double Jeopardy!
3495
THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'This will be grand when you spell...'
$200
L-A-R-C-E-N-Y
Double Jeopardy!
3495
BRITTANY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Brittany is famous for the Belon type of this mollusk, used for eating, not pearls'
$200
Oysters
Double Jeopardy!
3495
SPEARS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Using your stick as a spear calls for a 5-minute penalty in this sport'
$200
Ice hockey
Double Jeopardy!
3495
TEENS IN HISTORY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'This teen "asp"ired to be Egypt's queen but had to share the throne with her little brother, Ptolemy XIII'
$400
Cleopatra
Double Jeopardy!
3495
STORY PROBLEMS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'If Dave eats 3 Twinkies a day, he'll devour this many in January alone'
$400
93
Double Jeopardy!
3495
FUHGEDDABOUDIT! IT'S BROOKLYN
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Boyhood in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn toughened up this champ'
$400
Mike Tyson
Double Jeopardy!
3495
THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Convince me you can spell...'
$400
P-E-R-S-U-A-S-I-V-E
Double Jeopardy!
3495
BRITTANY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Breton isn't a Romance language, it's placed with Irish Gaelic & Welsh in this group'
$400
Celtic
Double Jeopardy!
3495
SPEARS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Edible spears seen here'
$400
Asparagus
Double Jeopardy!
3495
TEENS IN HISTORY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'This "Good King" of Christmas carol fame was a teenage ruler of Bohemia'
$600
Wenceslas
Double Jeopardy!
3495
STORY PROBLEMS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'If Abby jogs 2 miles a day around a 1/4-mile track, she does this many laps in a week'
$500
56
Double Jeopardy!
3495
FUHGEDDABOUDIT! IT'S BROOKLYN
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Brooklyn was the scene of the August 1776 "Battle of" this island'
$600
Long Island
Double Jeopardy!
3495
THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Give the word special treatment as you spell...'
$600
P-R-E-F-E-R-E-N-T-I-A-L
Double Jeopardy!
3495
BRITTANY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Better known for his work in the Seven Seas, he painted the Brittany scene shown here'
$600
Paul Gauguin
Double Jeopardy!
3495
SPEARS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Considered a type of spear, this dagger attached to a rifle muzzle dates from the 17th century'
$600
Bayonet
Double Jeopardy!
3495
TEENS IN HISTORY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'This mystic's misspent youth in his native Siberia was noted for its debauchery'
$800
Rasputin
Double Jeopardy!
3495
STORY PROBLEMS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Hank's mobile home is this long, 1 3/4 times longer than his 8-foot-long car'
$800
14 feet
Double Jeopardy!
3495
FUHGEDDABOUDIT! IT'S BROOKLYN
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'In the 1600s Brooklyn was named for the village of Breuckelen in this country'
$1,000
Holland (the Netherlands)
Double Jeopardy!
3495
THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Casually & cooly prove that you can spell...'
$800
N-O-N-C-H-A-L-A-N-T
Double Jeopardy!
3495
BRITTANY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Born in Brittany, he hit the Jacquespot when he voyaged to Canada & discovered the St. Lawrence River'
$800
Jacques Cartier
Double Jeopardy!
3495
SPEARS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Spear-like weapons being used ineffectively here<br />(while whaling)'
$800
Harpoon
Double Jeopardy!
3495
TEENS IN HISTORY
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'Isabella II, a teenage queen of this country, survived an assassination attempt in 1847'
$1000
Spain
Double Jeopardy!
3495
STORY PROBLEMS
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'At 50 cents a dog, it's how many dogs Jill will have to walk to buy that $43,500 Porsche'
$1000
87,000
Double Jeopardy!
3495
FUHGEDDABOUDIT! IT'S BROOKLYN
1999-11-12T00:00:00
'In 1998 this Brooklyn congressman defeated Alfonse D'Amato for a seat in the U.S. Senate'
$1000
Chuck Schumer
Double Jeopardy!
3495