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TALL STRUCTURES
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'On July 21, 2007 the Burj Dubai surpassed this nation's Taipei 101 to become the world's tallest building'
$1000
Taiwan
Jeopardy!
5409
TV
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'In 1966 this sci-fi show premiered with the episode "The Man Trap"'
$1000
Star Trek
Jeopardy!
5409
WHAT DOESN'T BELONG?
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'British prime ministers:<br />Palmerston,<br />Chambers,<br />Gladstone'
$1000
Chambers
Jeopardy!
5409
COURT-LY
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'This Chief Justice affirmed the government to be more than a weak confederation in McCulloch v. Maryland'
$1,000
(John) Marshall
Jeopardy!
5409
SWEET
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'In the '70s HFCS, high fructose this, began to replace sugar as the primary sweetener in soft drinks'
$1000
corn syrup
Jeopardy!
5409
"LOW"
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'It's the medical condition aka hypotension'
$1000
low blood pressure
Jeopardy!
5409
JAPANESE CULTURE
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-02-28_DJ_11.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.</a>) Ikebana, the art of flower arranging, originated in early floral offerings of this religion'
$400
Buddhism
Double Jeopardy!
5409
SAMUEL L. JACKSON
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'In the late '80s, Sam was the rehearsal stand-in for this comedy legend on his self-titled sitcom'
$400
Bill Cosby
Double Jeopardy!
5409
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "S"
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'"A Christmas Carol" curmudgeon<br />(7)'
$400
Scrooge
Double Jeopardy!
5409
GOULASH
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'In Scandinavia, the Yule goat carries an elf bringing gifts; originally it carried this thunder god'
$400
Thor
Double Jeopardy!
5409
MEDICINE MEN & WOMEN
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'In 1968 a federal court found this author & pediatrician guilty of violating the Selective Service Act'
$400
Dr. Spock
Double Jeopardy!
5409
WORD ORIGINS
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'This other term for a pastor is derived from the Middle Latin word persona'
$400
parson
Double Jeopardy!
5409
JAPANESE CULTURE
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-02-28_DJ_12.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew goes shoe shopping at Tokyo, Japan's Tsukiji Market.</a>) Traditional geta footwear has an ancestor called <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-02-28_DJ_12a.jpg" target="_blank">tageta</a>, which looked like snowshoes & were worn in the watery rice fields called these'
$800
paddies
Double Jeopardy!
5409
SAMUEL L. JACKSON
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Sam proclaimed, "And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee" in this 1994 film'
$800
Pulp Fiction
Double Jeopardy!
5409
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "S"
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Mlle. de Beauvoir<br />(6)'
$800
Simone
Double Jeopardy!
5409
GOULASH
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Due to the encroaching sea, this North Carolina cape's lighthouse, the USA's tallest, was moved in 1999'
$800
Hatteras
Double Jeopardy!
5409
MEDICINE MEN & WOMEN
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'In 1659 Italian anatomist Marcello Malpighi discovered that the lungs were made up of these tiny air sacs'
$800
alveoli
Double Jeopardy!
5409
WORD ORIGINS
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'The name of this fine, soft leather is the French word for Sweden; Sweden was famous for gloves made of it'
$800
suede
Double Jeopardy!
5409
JAPANESE CULTURE
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-02-28_DJ_23.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Shibori Gallery in Kyoto, Japan.</a>) Shibori, a fabric coloring method that goes back hundreds of years, is the Japanese equivalent of this retro American method'
$1200
tie-dye
Double Jeopardy!
5409
SAMUEL L. JACKSON
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'In 1995 Sam's Zeus Carver had a rough day with Bruce Willis in this sequel'
$1200
Die Hard with a Vengeance (or Die Hard 3)
Double Jeopardy!
5409
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "S"
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Sweden's most "August" playwright<br />(10)'
$1200
Strindberg
Double Jeopardy!
5409
GOULASH
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'The U.S. hasn't minted real gold coins as legal tender since the administration of this 32nd president'
$1200
FDR
Double Jeopardy!
5409
MEDICINE MEN & WOMEN
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'This German bacteriologist developed a test for syphilis & an inoculation for tetanus'
$1200
Wasserman
Double Jeopardy!
5409
WORD ORIGINS
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'This word for a blob or lump, perhaps of whipped cream, may come from dolpur, Icelandic for "fat man"'
$1200
dollop
Double Jeopardy!
5409
JAPANESE CULTURE
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-02-28_DJ_29.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Tokyo, Japan.</a>) In addition to artists & dancers, the government of Japan has designated swordsmiths & sword polishers living national these, an honor introduced in 1955'
$1600
treasures
Double Jeopardy!
5409
SAMUEL L. JACKSON
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'As Elijah Price, Sam was the frail antithesis to Bruce Willis in this 2000 flick'
$1600
Unbreakable
Double Jeopardy!
5409
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "S"
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Rilke wrote them "to Orpheus"<br />(7)'
$1,600
sonnets
Double Jeopardy!
5409
GOULASH
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Appropriately, the 19th century's "Lady with the Lamp" was born in this Italian city'
$1600
Florence
Double Jeopardy!
5409
MEDICINE MEN & WOMEN
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'In 1796 he inoculated 8-year-old James Phipps with material from a cowpox pustule from Sarah Nelmes'
$1,000
Jenner
Double Jeopardy!
5409
WORD ORIGINS
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Esteban knows this term for someone who loads a ship's cargo comes from the Spanish word estibador'
$1600
stevedore
Double Jeopardy!
5409
JAPANESE CULTURE
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-02-28_DJ_30.wmv">Cheryl sits with a geisha in Kyoto, Japan.</a>) A geisha's skills include playing this three-stringed Japanese instrument'
$2000
a samisen
Double Jeopardy!
5409
SAMUEL L. JACKSON
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'Lucius Best was the secret identity of this ultra-cool "Incredibles" character voiced by Sam'
$2000
Frozone
Double Jeopardy!
5409
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "S"
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'"Quentin Durward" creator<br />(5)'
$2000
Sir Walter Scott
Double Jeopardy!
5409
GOULASH
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'The opinionated comic strip cat Garfield got his name from this cartoonist's opinionated grandfather'
$2000
Jim Davis
Double Jeopardy!
5409
MEDICINE MEN & WOMEN
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'In 1889 Susan la Flesche Picotte, a member of this Nebraska tribe, became the first Native American female doctor'
$2000
Omaha
Double Jeopardy!
5409
WORD ORIGINS
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'From the Italian word for bell, it's the 9-letter term for a bell tower like the Venetian one seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-02-28_DJ_06.wmv">here</a>'
$2000
campanile
Double Jeopardy!
5409
THE NFL
2008-02-28T00:00:00
'It's the only NFL team to play its home games out-of-state in a stadium named for another team'
null
the New York Jets
Final Jeopardy!
5409
NAME THAT CLASSIC
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'"Whaling has... come to be regarded among landsmen as a rather unpoetical and disreputable pursuit"'
$200
Moby-Dick
Jeopardy!
5214
BRIDE OF THE YANKEES
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Married in 1954, this "Yankee Clipper" has roses delivered to his ex-wife's grave for 20 years after her death'
$200
Joe DiMaggio
Jeopardy!
5214
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'In January 1777 Mary Goddard printed up the first copies of this that also included the signers' names'
$200
the Declaration of Independence
Jeopardy!
5214
MR. OR MS. MAYOR
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'6-term mayor Richard J. Daley begat Richard M. Daley of this city'
$200
Chicago
Jeopardy!
5214
NATIONAL FLAGS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'This mythical creature decorates Bhutan's saffron-colored flag'
$200
a dragon
Jeopardy!
5214
SCRAMBLED SAYINGS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Sorry safe than better'
$200
"Better safe than sorry"
Jeopardy!
5214
NAME THAT CLASSIC
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'"Injun Joe lay stretched upon the ground, dead, with his face close to the crack of the door"'
$400
(The Adventures of) Tom Sawyer
Jeopardy!
5214
BRIDE OF THE YANKEES
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'In the HBO movie "61*", Claire, this man's widow, is none too happy when his home-run record of 60 is tied'
$400
Babe Ruth
Jeopardy!
5214
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Sidney Lenz, a president of the American Ping-Pong Association, was also an expert on whist & this card game'
$400
bridge
Jeopardy!
5214
MR. OR MS. MAYOR
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'You could find Dianne Feinstein's heart in this city from 1978 to 1988'
$400
San Francisco
Jeopardy!
5214
NATIONAL FLAGS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'The flag of this island country was chosen by Dr. Sun Yat-sen about 100 years ago'
$400
Taiwan
Jeopardy!
5214
SCRAMBLED SAYINGS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Can't join them if you beat them'
$400
"If you can\'t beat them, join them"
Jeopardy!
5214
NAME THAT CLASSIC
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'"They found hanging upon the wall a splendid portrait of their master as they had last seen him"'
$600
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Jeopardy!
5214
BRIDE OF THE YANKEES
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'In a 2001 "SNL" skit this Yankees shortstop appeared in drag as his double-play partner's wife Candy Soriano'
$600
Derek Jeter
Jeopardy!
5214
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'One of this state's largest cities is named for steamboat builder & captain Henry Schreve'
$1,000
Louisiana
Jeopardy!
5214
MR. OR MS. MAYOR
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Marion Barry & Adrian Fenty have been mayors of this city'
$600
Washington, D.C.
Jeopardy!
5214
NATIONAL FLAGS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'In 1964 this country incorporated the green-black-blue stripes of Zanzibar's flag on its national flag'
$600
Tanzania
Jeopardy!
5214
SCRAMBLED SAYINGS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'A hard rock and a place between'
$600
"Between a rock and a hard place"
Jeopardy!
5214
NAME THAT CLASSIC
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'"The escape of Cassy and Emmeline irritated the...surly temper of Legree to the last degree"'
$800
Uncle Tom\'s Cabin
Jeopardy!
5214
BRIDE OF THE YANKEES
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'In 1994 Don's wife Kim Mattingly finished the 25th annual one of these in 5 hours, 40 minutes, 46 seconds'
$800
the New York Marathon
Jeopardy!
5214
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'After meeting this woman at the Rockford Female Seminary, Ellen Gates Starr founded Hull House with her'
$800
Jane Addams
Jeopardy!
5214
MR. OR MS. MAYOR
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'In 1993 Richard Riordan succeeded Tom Bradley in running this city'
$800
Los Angeles
Jeopardy!
5214
NATIONAL FLAGS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'The 3 stars on the Philippines' flag represent Mindanao, the Visayan Islands & this largest island'
$800
Luzon
Jeopardy!
5214
SCRAMBLED SAYINGS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'New dog tricks you an old teach can't'
$800
"You can\'t teach an old dog new tricks"
Jeopardy!
5214
NAME THAT CLASSIC
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'"While I was young I lived upon my mother's milk, as I could not eat grass"'
$1000
Black Beauty
Jeopardy!
5214
BRIDE OF THE YANKEES
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'In 1999 Diana, the widow of this 1970s catcher & team captain, threw out the first pitch at a Yankee game'
$1000
Thurman Munson
Jeopardy!
5214
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'This pioneer who gave his name to a pass, a trail & a Montana city was killed by Indians in 1867'
$1000
John Bozeman
Jeopardy!
5214
MR. OR MS. MAYOR
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Ernest Morial & Moon Landrieu kept 'em marchin' in for this city'
$1000
New Orleans
Jeopardy!
5214
NATIONAL FLAGS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Reminding us that he is a co-prince of the country, the staff & hat of the Bishop of Urgel grace this tiny country's flag'
$1000
Andorra
Jeopardy!
5214
SCRAMBLED SAYINGS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'The young wasted youth is on'
$1000
"Youth is wasted on the young"
Jeopardy!
5214
EUROPEAN COMPOSERS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Concerning the crash in his "Surprise" symphony, he reportedly said, "this will make the ladies jump"'
$400
Haydn
Double Jeopardy!
5214
TV SPIN-OFFS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'"Boston Legal"'
$400
The Practice
Double Jeopardy!
5214
AT THE ART OPENING
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-04-19_DJ_21.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reads next to a painting.</a>)<br />This piece would go nicely over my couch. Too bad for me, it has a <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-04-19_DJ_21a.jpg" target="_blank">red dot</a> next to it, signifying this.'
$400
it has been sold
Double Jeopardy!
5214
VERY SPECIFIC FORTUNE COOKIES
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Your knowledge knows no bounds; It includes the first name of dramatist Orton, labor man Hill & Sen. Lieberman'
$400
Joe
Double Jeopardy!
5214
IN NEED OF A DATE
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Hubert Humphrey was the Democratic candidate for president in this year'
$400
1968
Double Jeopardy!
5214
"E" HARMONY
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Specific type of "ologist" who is an expert at getting out of handcuffs or other restraints'
$400
escapologist
Double Jeopardy!
5214
EUROPEAN COMPOSERS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Due to the poor reception of his 1904 premiere of "Madame Butterfly", he withdrew it to revise the score'
$800
Puccini
Double Jeopardy!
5214
TV SPIN-OFFS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'"The Bionic Woman"'
$800
The Six Million Dollar Man
Double Jeopardy!
5214
AT THE ART OPENING
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-04-19_DJ_22.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from an art gallery.</a>)<br />By focusing the bouquet, these wine glasses are perfect for this, the world's most popular white wine grape.'
$800
Chardonnay
Double Jeopardy!
5214
VERY SPECIFIC FORTUNE COOKIES
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Be aware it's the sole alcohol component of a traditional screwdriver & you will claim $800'
$800
vodka
Double Jeopardy!
5214
IN NEED OF A DATE
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Year of the swearing in ceremony seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-04-19_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>'
$800
1981
Double Jeopardy!
5214
"E" HARMONY
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Candling is the process of inspecting & grading this farm product'
$800
eggs
Double Jeopardy!
5214
EUROPEAN COMPOSERS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'At the time of this "New World" composer's death in 1904, he was the director of the Prague Conservatory'
$1200
Dvorak
Double Jeopardy!
5214
TV SPIN-OFFS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'"Angel"'
$1200
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Double Jeopardy!
5214
AT THE ART OPENING
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-04-19_DJ_23.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew regards a painting.</a>) I'd say the work here is derivative of this man, who died in France in 1973'
$1200
Picasso
Double Jeopardy!
5214
VERY SPECIFIC FORTUNE COOKIES
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'You will know this 1-named household hinter advised, to remove stains, "work from the outside to the center"'
$1200
Heloise
Double Jeopardy!
5214
IN NEED OF A DATE
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'In this year, the Korean War "ended" with the signing of a truce agreement'
$1200
1953
Double Jeopardy!
5214
"E" HARMONY
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'It's actually a vast 4 million-square-mile peninsula of an even more vast land mass'
$2,000
Europe
Double Jeopardy!
5214
EUROPEAN COMPOSERS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'"Song of Norway", a popular operetta of the 1940s, was loosely based on this composer's life'
$2,000
Grieg
Double Jeopardy!
5214
TV SPIN-OFFS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'"The Colbys"'
$1600
Dynasty
Double Jeopardy!
5214
AT THE ART OPENING
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-04-19_DJ_24.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from an art gallery.</a>)<br />As you see, sometimes an artist ventures to this traditional type of art, a sixteen-letter word meaning it looks like something real'
$1600
representational
Double Jeopardy!
5214
VERY SPECIFIC FORTUNE COOKIES
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'You will have a blast when you know this repeating arms company began making its famous rifle is 1866'
$1600
Winchester
Double Jeopardy!
5214
IN NEED OF A DATE
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Olympic year of triumph in which the photo seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-04-19_DJ_29.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> was taken'
$1600
1936
Double Jeopardy!
5214
"E" HARMONY
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'It's the fancy word for the sonar used by animals like the bat & the dolphin'
$1600
echolocation
Double Jeopardy!
5214
EUROPEAN COMPOSERS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'In 1971 Pierre Boulez became the first Frenchman to serve as music director of this great American orchestra'
$2000
New York Philharmonic
Double Jeopardy!
5214
TV SPIN-OFFS
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'"Grady"'
$2000
Sanford and Son
Double Jeopardy!
5214
AT THE ART OPENING
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-04-19_DJ_25.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from an art gallery.</a>)<br />The piece here entitled "The Studio" is one of these works created for a particular site, from the Latin for "in place"'
$2000
installation
Double Jeopardy!
5214
VERY SPECIFIC FORTUNE COOKIES
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'"Q" will be very important to you today, as you will grasp this type of equation, just like "a modern major-general"'
$2000
quadratical
Double Jeopardy!
5214
IN NEED OF A DATE
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Irish leader Michael Collins had his last pint of Guinness in this year he was assasinated'
$2000
1922
Double Jeopardy!
5214
"E" HARMONY
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'It's the technical term for an air plant like certain mosses & ferns'
$2000
epiphyte
Double Jeopardy!
5214
PRESIDENTIAL VETOES
2007-04-19T00:00:00
'Of the 21 regular vetoes by this 19th century president, 15 were overridden, the highest reversal total for any president'
null
Andrew Johnson
Final Jeopardy!
5214
THE KOREAN WAR
1999-06-29T00:00:00
'On July 8, 1950 he was named commander-in-chief of the United Nations command'
$100
Douglas MacArthur
Jeopardy!
3427
MIDDLE NAMES
1999-06-29T00:00:00
'This Beatle changed his middle name from Winston to Ono'
$100
John Lennon
Jeopardy!
3427