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GEMS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Gemologists call this stone found in abundance in Australia hydrated silica gel' | $400 | opal | Jeopardy! | 313 |
SONGS WITH SPIRITS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'According to The Limelighters, “It's ever so much nicer than beer...m'dear”' | $400 | Madeira | Jeopardy! | 313 |
POULTRY | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Some farmers specialize in raising pullets which are these' | $400 | young hens | Jeopardy! | 313 |
NATIONAL PARKS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Kentucky's only national park, it's great for spelunkers' | $400 | Mammoth Cave National Park | Jeopardy! | 313 |
STARTS WITH “B” | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'From Greek for “great hunger” beating this behavior syndrome is among Jane Fonda's causes' | $400 | bulimia | Jeopardy! | 313 |
THE ’70s | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'In 1978, he won a reverse discrimination lawsuit against the University of California' | $500 | Alan Bakke | Jeopardy! | 313 |
GEMS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'When chemically pure, without metallic oxides, most gems lack this characteristic property' | $500 | color | Jeopardy! | 313 |
SONGS WITH SPIRITS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | '[Audio DD] Title of this Ray Charles instrumental:' | $300 | One Mint Julep | Jeopardy! | 313 |
POULTRY | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Called “fool hens” because their extreme curiosity makes these wild fowl easy prey for hunter' | $500 | grouse | Jeopardy! | 313 |
NATIONAL PARKS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'The state with the largest number of national parks' | $500 | Alaska | Jeopardy! | 313 |
STARTS WITH “B” | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'On the River Dee in Scotland, it's private residence of the British sovereign' | $500 | Balmoral Castle | Jeopardy! | 313 |
THE CONTINENTS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Eons of wind & rain have worn away ancient mtns., making this smallest continent the flattest, too' | $200 | Australia | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'The word “church” can be traced back to “kyros”, meaning “power” in this language' | $200 | Greek | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
LITERARY TRIVIA | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'It's said he turned down Pulitzer for “Arrowsmith” because he felt he was due one sooner' | $200 | Sinclair Lewis | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
COMPOSERS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Composer who had a celebrated love affair with novelist George Sand' | $200 | Chopin | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
THE CONTINENTS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Of 4, 12, or 20, the number of independent countries in Africa before WWII' | $400 | 4 | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'A church is called a “cathedral” when this official's chair, a “cathedra” in Latin, is there' | $400 | bishop | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
LITERARY TRIVIA | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'In 1895, this 67-year-old count learned to ride the bicycle he received from Moscow admirers' | $400 | Tolstoy | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
NAVIGATION | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Peter Pan's flight plan to Never-Never Land' | $400 | second star to the right and on till morning | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
COMPOSERS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | '“La Traviata” is his operatic version of “Camille”' | $400 | Verdi | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
TEETH | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'This hard yellowish tartar found on teeth sounds like a mathematical matter' | $400 | calculus | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
THE CONTINENTS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Mountain range that's the accepted dividing line between Europe & Asia' | $600 | Urals | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Traditionally, the entrance of a cathedral faces this direction' | $600 | west | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
LITERARY TRIVIA | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'From age 19 on, he had a platinum kneecap to replace one shattered in WWI' | $600 | Hemingway | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
NAVIGATION | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Name for a ship's “speedometer”, as well as for the record of its voyage' | $600 | log | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
COMPOSERS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'His “Love For 3 Oranges” is loved by opera folks' | $600 | Prokofiev | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
TEETH | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'The first primary teeth to appear in a baby are usually of this variety' | $600 | incisors | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
THE CONTINENTS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Besides the Amazon, 1 of the other 4 river systems that drain South America' | $2,100 | River Plate (Orinoco, San Francisco, or Magdalena) | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Where the altar & seats for the choir are located, it's a semicircular area at end of nave' | $800 | apse | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
LITERARY TRIVIA | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Don't wait for the mini-series of “My Antonia”; this author's will forbids screen adaptations' | $800 | Willa Cather | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
NAVIGATION | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'This instrument measures the angular distance of a celestial body above the horizon' | $800 | sextant | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
COMPOSERS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Nationality of the composers who comprised “The Five” in 1862' | $800 | Russian | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
TEETH | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'From Latin for “bad closing”, an overbite is a type of this' | $800 | malocclusion | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
THE CONTINENTS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'The continental drift theory says that all the continents once formed a giant land mass called this' | $1000 | Pangaea | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Most famous feature of this Spanish city's cathedral is the Giralda Tower, which used to be a minaret' | $1000 | Seville | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
LITERARY TRIVIA | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'It's said this author of “The Human Factor” wrote 200 words a day then stopped, even in mid sentence' | $1000 | Graham Greene | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
NAVIGATION | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'As stars are on a celestial navigators chart, so these are on charts for piloting' | $1000 | landmarks (buoys) | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
COMPOSERS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'The N. & S. European countries for which German F. Mendelssohn named his 3rd & 4th symphonies' | $2,000 | Italy & Scotland | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
TEETH | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Of the 4 basic tissues, the one that makes up the bulk of a tooth' | $1000 | dentin | Double Jeopardy! | 313 |
THE OSCARS | 1985-11-20T00:00:00 | 'Winning Best Actress Oscars in 1964 & 65, these 2 British-born actresses share the same 1st name' | null | Julie Andrews & Julie Christie | Final Jeopardy! | 313 |
ZOOLOGY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'The Burchell's species of this striped equine is found in many parts of eastern Africa' | $100 | Zebra | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
VIDEO GAMES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'You can play "Donkey Kong Land" on the new smaller "pocket" version of this portable device' | $100 | Game Boy | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
TEACHERS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Micki & David Colfax sent 3 sons to Harvard after teaching them exclusively in this place' | $100 | At Home | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
CINEMA SEQUELS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'In the 1992 sequel to this 1990 film, Macaulay Culkin was "Lost In New York"' | $100 | "Home Alone" | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
SPAIN | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Beginning as a Moorish fortress that guarded Toledo to the south, it's now the capital' | $100 | Madrid | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
FAMILIAR PHRASES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'A task that's nearly impossible is compared to "looking for a needle in" one of these' | $100 | A Haystack | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
ZOOLOGY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'The "wolf" type of this arachnid pounces on its victims like a wolf' | $200 | Spider | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
VIDEO GAMES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Bugs Bunny & Foghorn Leghorn are competitors in this basketball game for the Sony PlayStation' | $200 | Space Jam | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
TEACHERS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Mary McLeod Bethune was a friend of this WWII first lady & advised her husband on minority affairs' | $200 | Eleanor Roosevelt | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
CINEMA SEQUELS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'In a 1996 sequel to this film, 2 dogs & a cat are "Lost In San Francisco"' | $200 | "Homeward Bound" | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
SPAIN | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'The trout stream in "The Sun Also Rises" is above the village of Burguete in this mountain range' | $200 | Pyrenees | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
FAMILIAR PHRASES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'A person who's "easy to read" is described as "an open" this' | $200 | Book | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
ZOOLOGY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Both the chinchilla & the chinchilla rat belong to this order of mammals' | $300 | Rodents | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
VIDEO GAMES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | '"MK Trilogy" packages all 3 versions of this game on one cartridge' | $300 | "Mortal Kombat" | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
TEACHERS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Like Plato, Corla Hawkins started a small, innovative school called this; hers is in Chicago's inner city' | $300 | The Academy | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
CINEMA SEQUELS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'We'll be doggone if Charles Grodin didn't return for this 1993 sequel about a St. Bernard' | $300 | "Beethoven\'s 2nd" | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
SPAIN | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'In the Catedral de Burgos you'll find the tomb of this 11th century national hero' | $300 | El Cid | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
FAMILIAR PHRASES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'This adjective often precedes "as a hound's tooth" or "as a whistle"' | $300 | Clean | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
ZOOLOGY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'This shaggy wild ox of Tibet holds its head low like the American bison' | $500 | Yak | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
VIDEO GAMES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'In just 3 days in 1996, this company sold 350,000 new N64 systems featuring Super Mario 64' | $400 | Nintendo | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
TEACHERS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'In the 1820s Josiah Holbrook pioneered this, also called continuing education' | $400 | Adult Education | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
CINEMA SEQUELS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'This 1993 Whoopi Goldberg sequel was subtitled "Back In The Habit"' | $400 | "Sister Act 2" | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
SPAIN | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'After Franco's death, this city, host of the 1992 Olympics, changed its street signs from Castilian to Catalan' | $400 | Barcelona | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
FAMILIAR PHRASES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'When you're up late studying, you're said to be "burning the midnight" this' | $400 | Oil | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
ZOOLOGY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Among the most primitive fish are the hagfish & this other scaleless fish that looks like an eel' | $500 | Lamprey | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
VIDEO GAMES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | '"Battlemage" is a multi-player video game based on this collectible card game' | $500 | Magic: The Gathering | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
TEACHERS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'In Sikhism Nanak was the first teacher called this, now a term for any spiritual guide' | $500 | Guru | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
CINEMA SEQUELS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'The 1993 sequel to this Charlie Sheen comedy was "Part Deux"' | $500 | "Hot Shots" | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
SPAIN | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'A branch of this dynasty, originally French, was restored to the throne in 1814 & again in 1874' | $500 | Bourbon | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
FAMILIAR PHRASES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'When you settle a bill, you "pay" this person, whether or not he's "pied"' | $500 | The Piper | Jeopardy! | 2871 |
THE 1996 ELECTION | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Voters of this "Granite State" elected Democrat Jeanne Shaheen as the state's first woman governor' | $200 | New Hampshire | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
ESSAYS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Roger Ebert has recently edited a book of essays & other writings on this subject' | $200 | Movies | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
THE CIVIL WAR | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Nicknamed "Cheese Box on a Raft", it battled the Merrimack March 9, 1862' | $200 | Monitor | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
SYMPHONIES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'In 1983 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Symphony No. 1 made her the first woman to win this prize for music' | $200 | Pulitzer Prize | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
U.S. GEOGRAPHY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'America's chief mountain system, it forms the Continental Divide' | $200 | Rocky Mountains | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
"V"OCABULARY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Common term for the "bad guy" in a play or novel' | $200 | Villain | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
THE 1996 ELECTION | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Bob Dole received his highest vote margin over President Clinton, 21%, in this "Beehive State"' | $400 | Utah | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
ESSAYS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Many of H.L. Mencken's noted essays started as newspaper columns in this Maryland city's "Sun"' | $400 | Baltimore | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
THE CIVIL WAR | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'On Washington's birthday, 1862 he was inaugurated president of the Confederacy' | $400 | Jefferson Davis | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
SYMPHONIES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Shostakovich's 7th portrays the WWII siege of this city, the once & future St. Petersburg' | $400 | Leningrad | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
U.S. GEOGRAPHY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Laughing Whitefish is a well-known waterfall in this state's Upper Peninsula' | $400 | Michigan | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
"V"OCABULARY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'This word is often used to designate a school's first-string sports team' | $400 | Varsity | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
THE 1996 ELECTION | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'This 94-year-old South Carolina Republican won his eighth term to the U.S. Senate' | $700 | Strom Thurmond | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
ESSAYS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'He wrote his essay "Life Without Principle" after he returned from Walden Pond' | $600 | Henry David Thoreau | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
THE CIVIL WAR | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'At the Battle of Mobile Bay he reportedly said, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"' | $600 | Admiral David Farragut | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
SYMPHONIES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'For a choral symphony, Stravinsky wrote settings for the 39th, 40th & 150th of these Biblical songs' | $600 | Psalms | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
U.S. GEOGRAPHY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'This second-largest Hawaiian island is located about 70 miles southeast of Oahu' | $600 | Maui | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
"V"OCABULARY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | '"Discretion is the better part of" it' | $600 | Valor | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
THE 1996 ELECTION | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'This Massachusetts senator defeated Governor William Weld to retain his U.S. Senate seat' | $800 | John Kerry | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
ESSAYS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'This humorist's collection of essays "In Cyberspace" is formatted like a computer manual' | $800 | Dave Barry | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
THE CIVIL WAR | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Rewards offered for the capture of this Underground Railroad conductor once totaled $40,000' | $800 | Harriet Tubman | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
SYMPHONIES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Schubert's 7th symphony is also incomplete, but it's his 8th that bears this title' | $800 | Unfinished | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
U.S. GEOGRAPHY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'The Boston Mountains of Arkansas contain the highest peaks of these mountains' | $4,000 | Ozark Mountains | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
"V"OCABULARY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'It can refer to a boat or a bowl' | $800 | Vessel | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
THE 1996 ELECTION | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Voter turnout was about 49%, the lowest since 1924, when this president defeated John W. Davis' | $1000 | Calvin Coolidge | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
ESSAYS | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'This English philosopher developed the formal style of essays in works like 1625's "Of Beauty"' | $1000 | Francis Bacon | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
THE CIVIL WAR | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'This September 17, 1862 Maryland battle ended with over 27,000 casualties & Lee's retreat' | $1000 | Antietam/Sharpsburg | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
SYMPHONIES | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'Symphony No. 82 by this composer called "Papa" is nicknamed "The Bear"' | $1000 | Franz Joseph Haydn | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
U.S. GEOGRAPHY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'This 'bleak" swamp covers about 750 square miles in Virginia & North Carolina' | $1000 | The Great Dismal Swamp | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
"V"OCABULARY | 1997-02-10T00:00:00 | 'It's a synonym for wordy' | $1000 | Verbose | Double Jeopardy! | 2871 |
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