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CANINE & FELINE FILM TITLES
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'Frederick Forsyth's novel about a plot to assassinate de Gaulle was the basis for this 1973 thriller'
$600
The Day of the Jackal
Double Jeopardy!
3359
WRITERS' RHYME TIME
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'Germaine's lachrymations'
$600
Greer\'s tears
Double Jeopardy!
3359
HISTORIC NAMES
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'In the 1770s this British sea captain received the Copley Medal for his efforts in preventing scurvy'
$1,200
James Cook
Double Jeopardy!
3359
"T"HEATER
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'"A Month in the Country" is the dramatic masterpiece of this Russian author of "Fathers and Sons"'
$800
Ivan Turgenev
Double Jeopardy!
3359
THE STARS
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'From the Latin for "great", the brightness of stars is measured in degrees of this'
$800
Magnitude
Double Jeopardy!
3359
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'A 1960s surf movie hunk & star of "Parrish", he's now teaching acting on a cruise line'
$800
Troy Donahue
Double Jeopardy!
3359
CANINE & FELINE FILM TITLES
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'An egg salad recipe causes international intrigue in this Woody Allen classic'
$800
What\'s Up, Tiger Lily?
Double Jeopardy!
3359
WRITERS' RHYME TIME
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'Graham's limas'
$800
Greene\'s beans
Double Jeopardy!
3359
HISTORIC NAMES
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'This "recluse" of Amiens gained fame by preaching for the necessity of a crusade to get back the Holy Land'
$1000
Peter the Hermit
Double Jeopardy!
3359
"T"HEATER
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'In a comedy by Moliere, this title character is a scoundrel who poses as a pious Puritan'
$1000
Tartuffe
Double Jeopardy!
3359
THE STARS
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'In 1994 the Hubble Space Telescope provided the first conclusive proof of one of these collapsed stars of immense gravity'
$1,500
Black hole
Double Jeopardy!
3359
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'No one knows what happened to this prominent American atheist leader who disappeared in '95; she's still missing'
$1000
Madalyn Murray O\'Hair
Double Jeopardy!
3359
CANINE & FELINE FILM TITLES
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'Barbra Streisand's first non-singing movie role was in this 1970 adaptation of a Bill Manhoff play'
$1000
The Owl and the Pussycat
Double Jeopardy!
3359
WRITERS' RHYME TIME
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'Playwright David's collection of Dashiell's detective stories'
$1000
Mamet\'s Hammetts
Double Jeopardy!
3359
CITY & STATE
1999-03-25T00:00:00
'Founded in 1801 & famous for its university, it's nicknamed "The Classic City of the South"'
null
Athens, Georgia
Final Jeopardy!
3359
THE 20TH CENTURY
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'It wasn't until 1943 that the U.S. Gov't required employers to do this before taxes were due'
$100
Withholding
Jeopardy!
1215
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Dianne Wiest won an Oscar for playing one of the siblings in this Woody Allen film'
$100
"Hannah And Her Sisters"
Jeopardy!
1215
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Advertisers have discovered they can send ads instantaneously with this telephone technology'
$100
Fax Machine
Jeopardy!
1215
IN OTHER WORDS...
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Remove a gust of air from that man's jibs'
$100
Take the wind out of his sails
Jeopardy!
1215
CITY SEALS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'The city motto meaning "Let Brotherly Love Continue" is imprinted on its seal'
$100
Philadelphia
Jeopardy!
1215
ONLY NO. 2
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'The N.Y. Yankees have won the most World Series, while this St. Louis team is 2nd'
$100
Cardinals
Jeopardy!
1215
THE 20TH CENTURY
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'To mark the 5th centennial of American exploration, this nation will host a 1992 Olympics & a World's Fair'
$200
Spain
Jeopardy!
1215
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Not surprisingly, he played the "psycho" in "Crimes of Passion"'
$200
Anthony Perkins
Jeopardy!
1215
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'John Roebling designed this bridge across the East River, the oldest suspension bridge in NYC'
$200
The Brooklyn Bridge
Jeopardy!
1215
IN OTHER WORDS...
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Flip over every rock'
$200
Leave no stone unturned
Jeopardy!
1215
CITY SEALS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Bet you didn't know this city's seal features Hoover Dam'
$200
Las Vegas
Jeopardy!
1215
ONLY NO. 2
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'This 2nd lightest gas is used in balloons & in a breathing mixture for deep-sea divers'
$200
Helium
Jeopardy!
1215
THE 20TH CENTURY
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'After the 1968 N.H. primary this Democrat announced his candidacy; 3 months later, he was assassinated'
$300
Robert F. Kennedy
Jeopardy!
1215
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'People call him "Lou Bamba" since he starred in "La Bamba"'
$300
Lou Diamond Phillips
Jeopardy!
1215
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'HDTV, which uses more lines to give clearer pictures, stands for this'
$300
High Definition Television
Jeopardy!
1215
IN OTHER WORDS...
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Unfettered like one feathered friend'
$300
Free as a bird
Jeopardy!
1215
CITY SEALS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Fresno, California has this fruit on its seal, but none is dried'
$300
Grapes
Jeopardy!
1215
ONLY NO. 2
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'While Elvis has the most charted singles, this "Soul Brother No. 1" is No. 2'
$300
James Brown
Jeopardy!
1215
THE 20TH CENTURY
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'During the Easter Rebellion in 1916 a group of rebels declared this country a republic'
$400
Ireland
Jeopardy!
1215
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Classified 4-F during WWII, this swashbuckling Tasmanian only fought on film'
$400
Errol Flynn
Jeopardy!
1215
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'In 1989 scientists using a scanning tunneling microscope saw this double-stranded molecule for the 1st time'
$400
DNA
Jeopardy!
1215
IN OTHER WORDS...
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Steal the thing, then again, let the thing stay put'
$400
Take It or Leave It
Jeopardy!
1215
CITY SEALS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Our 16th president appears on this Midwest capital's seal'
$400
Lincoln, Nebraska
Jeopardy!
1215
ONLY NO. 2
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'"From Russia With Love"'
$400
The 2nd James Bond Movie
Jeopardy!
1215
THE 20TH CENTURY
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Britain issued only 4 different postage stamps during the reign of this king'
$700
Edward VIII
Jeopardy!
1215
ACTORS & ACTRESSES
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'When Robert Culp & Natalie Wood played "Bob & Carol", these 2 played "Ted & Alice"'
$500
Dyan Cannon & Elliott Gould
Jeopardy!
1215
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'GOES, INSAT & METEOSAT are satellites used for this purpose'
$500
Weather Forecasting
Jeopardy!
1215
IN OTHER WORDS...
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Speak in gobbles'
$500
Turkey Talk
Jeopardy!
1215
CITY SEALS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'This city's seal has depictions of an eagle, the state capitol building & the sun setting over the Rockies'
$500
Denver
Jeopardy!
1215
ONLY NO. 2
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'After Great Britain, this north Atlantic country is Europe's 2nd largest island'
$500
Iceland
Jeopardy!
1215
STARTS WITH "S"
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'This adjective often means soiled or blemished, but not when it precedes "glass"'
$200
Stained
Double Jeopardy!
1215
JAPAN
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Many Japanese practice this art of growing dwarfed, potted trees'
$200
Bonsai
Double Jeopardy!
1215
GEMS & JEWELS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Chinese carvings of this stone from the Ching period are especially treasured by collectors'
$200
Jade
Double Jeopardy!
1215
AMERICAN MUSIC
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues" begins "I hate to see" this "go down"'
$200
The Evening Sun
Double Jeopardy!
1215
POLITICAL LEADERS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Newsweek called him "The Politburo's answer to the Great Communicator"'
$200
Mikhail Gorbachev
Double Jeopardy!
1215
NUMBERS IN LITERATURE
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Number preceding John Dos Passos' "Soldiers" & Dumas' "Musketeers"'
$200
3
Double Jeopardy!
1215
STARTS WITH "S"
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Pronounced one way, it means to scatter seed; pronounced another way, it's a lady hog'
$400
Sow
Double Jeopardy!
1215
JAPAN
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'A favorite dish of the Japanese is this one of sliced beef & vegetables cooked in soy sauce & saki'
$400
Sukiyaki
Double Jeopardy!
1215
GEMS & JEWELS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'The most valued of these gems are a deep purplish red color known as "pigeon blood"'
$400
Rubies
Double Jeopardy!
1215
AMERICAN MUSIC
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Oscar Levant said, "I think a lot of" this "West Side Story" composer "but not as much as he does"'
$400
Leonard Bernstein
Double Jeopardy!
1215
POLITICAL LEADERS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Country whose president is Mengistu Haile Mariam & whose p.m. is Fikre Selassie Wogderess'
$400
Ethiopia
Double Jeopardy!
1215
NUMBERS IN LITERATURE
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'The number of "horsemen" in the title of Blanco Ibanez's antiwar novel of 1916'
$400
4 ("Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse")
Double Jeopardy!
1215
STARTS WITH "S"
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Patrick Henry asked, "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and" this'
$600
Slavery
Double Jeopardy!
1215
JAPAN
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Europeans 1st heard of Japan from this man who called it "Zipangu"'
$600
Marco Polo
Double Jeopardy!
1215
GEMS & JEWELS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'A small amount of copper in this state gemstone of New Mexico gives it its bluish color'
$600
Turquoise
Double Jeopardy!
1215
AMERICAN MUSIC
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Gershwin classic written for piano & jazz band & later arranged for symphony orchestra'
$700
"Rhapsody in Blue"
Double Jeopardy!
1215
POLITICAL LEADERS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'General Henri Namphy assumed control of this island nation after its president fled the country in '86'
$600
Haiti
Double Jeopardy!
1215
NUMBERS IN LITERATURE
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'According to John Reed, the number of "Days That Shook the World"'
$600
10 (The Russian Revolution)
Double Jeopardy!
1215
STARTS WITH "S"
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Cecil was a seasick one of these'
$800
Sea Serpent
Double Jeopardy!
1215
JAPAN
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'In spring 1989 this Japanese prime minister resigned after admitting involvement in a financial scandal'
$800
Noburu Takeshita
Double Jeopardy!
1215
GEMS & JEWELS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'An intaglio is essentially the reverse of this type of gem carving'
$2,200
Cameo
Double Jeopardy!
1215
AMERICAN MUSIC
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'He 1st played the cornet in a reform school "Waifs' Band" & took up the trumpet in 1924'
$800
Louis Armstrong
Double Jeopardy!
1215
POLITICAL LEADERS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'This small European country's last 3 presidents have been Otto Stich, Perre Aubert & Leon Schlumpf'
$800
Switzerland
Double Jeopardy!
1215
NUMBERS IN LITERATURE
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'The number in the title of Ken Kesey's most famous novel'
$800
1 ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest")
Double Jeopardy!
1215
STARTS WITH "S"
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'It's a fancy word for a table napkin'
$1000
Serviette
Double Jeopardy!
1215
JAPAN
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'In Japan it's called the cha-no-yu & is carried out according to 600-year-old tradition'
$1000
The Tea Ceremony
Double Jeopardy!
1215
GEMS & JEWELS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'The name of this purple quartz comes from the Greek meaning "not intoxicated"'
$1000
Amethyst
Double Jeopardy!
1215
AMERICAN MUSIC
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'A. Copland won an Oscar for scoring this film in which Olivia De Havilland is jilted by Montgomery Clift'
$1000
"The Heiress"
Double Jeopardy!
1215
POLITICAL LEADERS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Though he lost the presidential election to Mitterand in 1988, he's still mayor of Paris'
$1000
Jacques Chirac
Double Jeopardy!
1215
NUMBERS IN LITERATURE
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'Richard Henry Dana Jr. spent this many "Years Before the Mast"'
$1000
2
Double Jeopardy!
1215
RIVERS
1989-12-08T00:00:00
'The single greatest source of water power in the U.S. is on this river'
null
The Columbia River (Grand Coulee Dam)
Final Jeopardy!
1215
TALL STRUCTURES
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'This 1,046-foot-tall NYC building was one of the first to use stainless steel over much of the building's surface'
$200
the Chrysler Building
Jeopardy!
5409
TV
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'It was Ed McMahon's 2-word introduction of the star of "The Tonight Show"'
$200
"Heeeere\'s Johnny"
Jeopardy!
5409
WHAT DOESN'T BELONG?
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Woodwinds:<br />French horn,<br />bassoon,<br />oboe'
$200
French horn
Jeopardy!
5409
COURT-LY
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'In 1867 Congress temporarily reduced the number of justices to 7 so this pres. couldn't appoint new ones'
$200
Andrew Johnson
Jeopardy!
5409
SWEET
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Blackstrap is a variety of this brownish sugar residue that's used in animal feed'
$200
molasses
Jeopardy!
5409
"LOW"
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Marge, a cow in New Zealand & her offspring, have a gene allowing them to give this kind of milk'
$200
low-fat milk
Jeopardy!
5409
TALL STRUCTURES
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'The Nauru Tower is not in the island country of Nauru but on Ala Moana Boulevard in this U.S. city'
$400
Honolulu
Jeopardy!
5409
TV
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'"Barney Miller" took place in the 12th precinct in this city'
$400
New York City
Jeopardy!
5409
WHAT DOESN'T BELONG?
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Balkan countries:<br />Albania,<br />Latvia,<br />Croatia'
$400
Latvia
Jeopardy!
5409
COURT-LY
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'While working for the ACLU, this jurist won 5 of the 6 landmark cases she argued before the Supreme Court'
$400
Ginsburg
Jeopardy!
5409
SWEET
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Traditionally, the dome-shaped Russian cake known as a kulich is served on this holiday'
$400
Easter
Jeopardy!
5409
"LOW"
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'It's the "lion's beer" of Germany'
$400
Lowenbrau
Jeopardy!
5409
TALL STRUCTURES
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'The world's tallest supported structure is a 2,036-foot tower in North Dakota used primarily for this'
$600
television broadcasting
Jeopardy!
5409
TV
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Fiery nickname of head nurse Margaret Houlihan'
$600
"Hot Lips"
Jeopardy!
5409
WHAT DOESN'T BELONG?
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'U.S. veeps:<br />Charles Curtis,<br />Charles Wellman,<br />Charles Dawes'
$600
Charles Wellman
Jeopardy!
5409
COURT-LY
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'As a Supreme Court law clerk, this future Chief Justice wrote a 1952 memo arguing the "separate but equal" position'
$600
Rehnquist
Jeopardy!
5409
SWEET
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'This powdery stuff that's 200 times sweeter than sugar is aka aspartic acid phenylalinine methyl ester'
$600
NutraSweet (or aspartame)
Jeopardy!
5409
"LOW"
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Proverbially, you don't want to be this foundation guy at the bottom on an elaborately carved Indian post'
$600
the low man on the totem pole
Jeopardy!
5409
TALL STRUCTURES
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'The 360 restaurant in this Toronto structure has "the world's highest wine cellar"--1,150 feet above the street'
$800
the CN Tower
Jeopardy!
5409
TV
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'On this kick-butt series, Keye Luke played the blind Shaolin priest known as Master Po'
$800
Kung Fu
Jeopardy!
5409
WHAT DOESN'T BELONG?
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'The Bible:<br />Moabites,<br />Luddites,<br />Ephraimites'
$800
Luddites
Jeopardy!
5409
COURT-LY
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Under this Chief Justice, the court found in Griswold v. Connecticut a right to privacy in the penumbra of the Bill of Rights'
$800
Earl Warren
Jeopardy!
5409
SWEET
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'The treat called this "delight" is made of fruit juice & gelatin, cubed & dusted with sugar'
$800
Turkish delight
Jeopardy!
5409
"LOW"
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'This type of letter gets its name from being stored in the bottom of 2 trays used by compositors'
$800
lowercase
Jeopardy!
5409