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COLLEGES
1988-11-10T00:00:00
'The University of Dublin, which has its own representative in the Irish Parliament , is also called this'
$1,000
Trinity College
Double Jeopardy!
964
MUSIC
1988-11-10T00:00:00
'The famous "Sabre Dance" is from this Soviet-Armenian composer's ballet "Gayane"'
$1000
Aram Khachaturian
Double Jeopardy!
964
MOUNTAINS
1988-11-10T00:00:00
'Today climbers can make it from the Chamonix city hall to the top of this mountain and back in less than 5 1/2 hours'
$1000
Mont Blanc
Double Jeopardy!
964
NATIONAL LEADERS
1988-11-10T00:00:00
'Prime Minister Mugabe'
$1000
Zimbabwe
Double Jeopardy!
964
CHARACTERS IN PLAYS
1988-11-10T00:00:00
'At the end of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" he realizes that George and Martha's son is imaginary'
$1000
Nick
Double Jeopardy!
964
THE OSCARS
1988-11-10T00:00:00
'Husband and wife who won Oscars almost 30 years apart, she in 1958, he in 1987'
null
Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward
Final Jeopardy!
964
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'This animal joined Halloween after the 15th century fear of witches spread through Europe'
$200
the black cat
Jeopardy!
5092
RELAX, IT'S MY TREATY
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901 gave the U.S. almost exclusive rights to this waterway'
$200
the Panama Canal
Jeopardy!
5092
OLD MAN RIVER
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'A western U.S. river, or Kurt Russell's eyepatch-wearing anti-hero in 2 John Carpenter flicks'
$200
Snake
Jeopardy!
5092
LET'S "TRAVEL"
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'It's a lecture about one's journeys, usually accompanied by slides, film or video'
$200
a travelogue
Jeopardy!
5092
GOING TO THE DOGS
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Not surprisingly, this breed seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-31_J_01.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> was formerly used for dog fighting & bull baiting'
$200
a boxer
Jeopardy!
5092
...AND HOWE!
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'The opponents in the 1776 Battle of Long Island were this general and Howe'
$200
Washington
Jeopardy!
5092
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'This Halloween game may be derived from the inclusion of the goddess Pomona in the festivities'
$400
bobbing for apples
Jeopardy!
5092
RELAX, IT'S MY TREATY
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'A 40 B.C. treaty called for Mark Antony to marry the sister of this Roman, the future Emperor Augustus'
$400
Octavius
Jeopardy!
5092
OLD MAN RIVER
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'This man whose first name is also a Scottish river was killed by a police posse in Louisiana in 1934'
$400
Clyde
Jeopardy!
5092
LET'S "TRAVEL"
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'For 21 years in TV commercials for these, Karl Malden pleaded, "Don't leave home without them"'
$400
American Express travellers cheques
Jeopardy!
5092
GOING TO THE DOGS
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Lassie of TV & movie fame was this breed of dog'
$400
a Collie
Jeopardy!
5092
...AND HOWE!
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'A poster shows the Three Stooges as members of the law firm Dewey, this and Howe'
$400
Cheatem
Jeopardy!
5092
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Originally, instead of pumpkins, this small root vegetable of the mustard family was used for carving'
$600
a turnip
Jeopardy!
5092
OLD MAN RIVER
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'New Yorkers are familiar with this river that shares its name with the Roman philosopher who tutored Nero'
$600
Seneca
Jeopardy!
5092
LET'S "TRAVEL"
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Formed in Bob Dylan's garage, this supergroup included Dylan, George Harrison & Roy Orbison'
$600
the Traveling Wilburys
Jeopardy!
5092
GOING TO THE DOGS
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-31_J_04.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> cutie from New England is one of the few breeds to originate in the United States'
$1,000
the Boston terrier
Jeopardy!
5092
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'This Christian holiday also called Hallowmas was created as the day after Halloween to convert people'
$800
All Saints\' Day
Jeopardy!
5092
RELAX, IT'S MY TREATY
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Chief Justice No. 1, his 1794 treaty helped settle post-Revolutionary War disputes'
$800
John Jay
Jeopardy!
5092
OLD MAN RIVER
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'This name appears on a list of the full names of Canada's prime ministers; it's also Canada's longest river'
$800
Mackenzie
Jeopardy!
5092
LET'S "TRAVEL"
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'British comedian Harry Enfield provides the voice of the Roaming Gnome, this website's spokesgnome'
$800
travelocity.com
Jeopardy!
5092
GOING TO THE DOGS
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Named for a bay, this retriever is Maryland's state dog'
$800
the Chesapeake Bay retriever
Jeopardy!
5092
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'This character comes from a tale of a dead man barred from heaven & hell who wandered the Earth with his fire'
$1000
the jack-o\'-lantern
Jeopardy!
5092
RELAX, IT'S MY TREATY
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'The 843 Treaty of Verdun divided his massive empire into 3 parts, but he didn't mind; he'd been dead about 30 years'
$1000
Charlemagne
Jeopardy!
5092
OLD MAN RIVER
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-31_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, this man with a river's name chaired the Clinton transition team after the 1992 elections'
$1000
Vernon Jordan
Jeopardy!
5092
LET'S "TRAVEL"
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'This 1962 account of Steinbeck's tour of 38 states was subtitled "In Search of America"'
$1000
Travels with Charley
Jeopardy!
5092
GOING TO THE DOGS
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'This little dog seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-31_J_07.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is named for the way its ears resemble a butterfly's wings'
$1000
a papillon
Jeopardy!
5092
...AND HOWE!
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'In 1975 balloting for Tory leader, there were 19 votes each for Prior and Howe but 146 votes for her'
$1000
Margaret Thatcher
Jeopardy!
5092
SCIENC"E"
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'This group of female sex hormones is used in certain cancer treatments'
$400
estrogen
Double Jeopardy!
5092
COMPOSERS ON FILM
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Clifton Webb in "Stars and Stripes Forever"'
$400
(John Philip) Sousa
Double Jeopardy!
5092
GEOGRAPHIC GLOSSARY
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'In city names, it follows Montego, Coos, & Green'
$400
Bay
Double Jeopardy!
5092
MEN OF TRINITY COLLEGE
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Biblical research by Bishop Ussher, a 17th century Trinity prof, dated this event to Oct. 23, 4004 B.C.'
$400
the creation of the world
Double Jeopardy!
5092
FICTION
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'These trailblazers are found in the titles of novels by James Fenimore Cooper & Willa Cather'
$400
pioneers
Double Jeopardy!
5092
BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'It precedes "after while, crocodile"'
$400
see you later, alligator
Double Jeopardy!
5092
SCIENC"E"
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Made of stratified squamous epithelium, it's your outer layer of protection'
$800
the epidermis
Double Jeopardy!
5092
COMPOSERS ON FILM
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Don Ameche in "Swanee River"'
$800
Stephen Foster
Double Jeopardy!
5092
GEOGRAPHIC GLOSSARY
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'At the top of Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand is this type of body of water, also the name of a U.S. national park'
$800
a crater lake
Double Jeopardy!
5092
MEN OF TRINITY COLLEGE
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'This giant of Brit lit could first be called "Doctor" when Trinity made him an honorary doctor of laws in 1765'
$800
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Double Jeopardy!
5092
FICTION
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'In this 1954 novel Ralph & Piggy fail in their attempt to set up a democratic society on a desert island'
$800
Lord of the Flies
Double Jeopardy!
5092
BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'This term for an innocent person who takes the blame for others comes to us from Leviticus'
$800
a scapegoat
Double Jeopardy!
5092
SCIENC"E"
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'The name of this type of event comes from the Greek for "fail to appear"'
$2,000
eclipse
Double Jeopardy!
5092
COMPOSERS ON FILM
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Allan Cordunder in "Topsy-Turvy" (Hint: Jim Broadbent played his partner W.S.)'
$1200
(Sir Arthur) Sullivan
Double Jeopardy!
5092
GEOGRAPHIC GLOSSARY
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'A sandbar with a curve at the tip; in New jersey you'll find a "sandy" one'
$1200
hook
Double Jeopardy!
5092
FICTION
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'In this Tom Wolfe novel, bond salesman Sherman McCoy claims he's "going broke on a million dollars a year"'
$1200
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Double Jeopardy!
5092
BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Ballplayers have used this 2-word phrase for a cramp or stiffness in an arm or leg muscle since the 1880s'
$1200
charley horse
Double Jeopardy!
5092
SCIENC"E"
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'"Firth" is a synonym for this broad mouth of a river into which the tide flows'
$1600
estuary
Double Jeopardy!
5092
COMPOSERS ON FILM
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Tom Drake in "Words and Music" (Hint: Mickey Rooney played his partner Lorenz Hart)'
$1600
(Richard) Rodgers
Double Jeopardy!
5092
GEOGRAPHIC GLOSSARY
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'The U.S. has the Great Dismal Swamp; Ireland has the peat-loaded this of Allen'
$1600
Bog
Double Jeopardy!
5092
FICTION
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Melville created this scrivener who "would prefer not to" run to the post office, work, eat, etc.'
$1600
Bartleby
Double Jeopardy!
5092
BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-31_DJ_19.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Savannah, GA.</a>) After meeting with black leaders here in Savannah, General Sherman issued an order giving land to black farmers, the likely origin of the promise "40 acres and" this'
$1600
a mule
Double Jeopardy!
5092
SCIENC"E"
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-31_DJ_15.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the USC Wrigley Institute on Catalina Island, CA.</a>) Pentaradial symmetry & hard, spiny skin are two major qualities of this phylum of creatures'
$2000
Echinodermata
Double Jeopardy!
5092
COMPOSERS ON FILM
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'F. Murray Abraham in "Amadeus"'
$2000
Salieri
Double Jeopardy!
5092
GEOGRAPHIC GLOSSARY
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Chadds this, Pennsylvania was originally a place to cross the Brandywine'
$2,500
Ford
Double Jeopardy!
5092
FICTION
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'Isaac Asimov won a 1977 Hugo Award for this novelette about a robot named Andrew who lives to be 200 years old'
$2000
Bicentennial Man
Double Jeopardy!
5092
BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'In good spirits? Then you're probably this 4-word phrase "at high tide"'
$2000
happy as a clam
Double Jeopardy!
5092
GOVERNMENT FORMS
2006-10-31T00:00:00
'The title of form OSC-12 says it is used by this type of person, who's asked to "describe the agency wrongdoing"'
null
a whistleblower
Final Jeopardy!
5092
SOCIOLOGY
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'Financial crimes committed by high-status people are referred to as this-collar type'
$100
white
Jeopardy!
2737
WORLD CITIES
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'Diego Velazquez founded this capital on Cuba's south coast; 4 years later it was moved to the north coast'
$100
Havana
Jeopardy!
2737
TV LAW
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'Writer Erle Stanley Gardner had script approval of this series' episodes'
$100
Perry Mason
Jeopardy!
2737
MORTAL MATTERS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'This planet is named for the god of the dead'
$100
Pluto
Jeopardy!
2737
U.S. PRESIDENTS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'He passed away at Monticello July 4, 1826'
$100
Jefferson
Jeopardy!
2737
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'Mickey & Minnie (4)'
$100
mice
Jeopardy!
2737
SOCIOLOGY
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'People born in the 1946-1964 birth explosion make up this generation'
$200
Baby Boomers
Jeopardy!
2737
WORLD CITIES
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'This city's main shopping street is the Mercerie, between the Rialto Bridge & St. Mark's Square'
$200
Venice
Jeopardy!
2737
TV LAW
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'In 1987 this Stephen Bochco series was named Outstanding Drama Series at the Emmys'
$200
L.A. Law
Jeopardy!
2737
MORTAL MATTERS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'The Aztecs believed dead warriors were reborn as these swift, small birds'
$200
hummingbirds
Jeopardy!
2737
U.S. PRESIDENTS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'After leaving office, this generally "silent" president wrote a syndicated news column'
$200
Coolidge
Jeopardy!
2737
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'Bates building (5)'
$200
motel
Jeopardy!
2737
SOCIOLOGY
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'The former Communist nations of the Soviet bloc were part of this numerical "world"'
$300
the Second World
Jeopardy!
2737
WORLD CITIES
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'The home of Prime Minister William Gladstone still stands in this British city on the Mersey River'
$300
Liverpool
Jeopardy!
2737
TV LAW
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'This "Rifleman" star played attorney John Egan in the 90-minute series "Arrest and Trial"'
$300
Chuck Connors
Jeopardy!
2737
MORTAL MATTERS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'This explorer's heart is buried in Chitambo, now in Zambia, his body in Westminster Abbey'
$300
Livingstone
Jeopardy!
2737
U.S. PRESIDENTS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'He beat Charles Evans Hughes by only 23 electoral votes to win reelection in 1916'
$300
Wilson
Jeopardy!
2737
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'Pestle's partner (6)'
$300
a mortar
Jeopardy!
2737
SOCIOLOGY
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'It's the web of relationships between people; you may use it to get a job'
$400
networking
Jeopardy!
2737
WORLD CITIES
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'This capital of New South Wales is Australia's oldest British settlement'
$400
Sydney
Jeopardy!
2737
TV LAW
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'When Michael Moriarty left this NBC series in 1994, he was replaced by Sam Waterston'
$400
Law & Order
Jeopardy!
2737
MORTAL MATTERS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'She wrote, "Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me"'
$400
Emily Dickinson
Jeopardy!
2737
U.S. PRESIDENTS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'He was the first president to preside over all 50 states'
$500
Eisenhower
Jeopardy!
2737
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'Sexy civet scent (4)'
$400
musk
Jeopardy!
2737
SOCIOLOGY
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'It's the study of how births, deaths & people moving affect population'
$500
demographics
Jeopardy!
2737
WORLD CITIES
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'It's said this North Korean capital is the Korean Peninsula's oldest city'
$500
Pyongyang
Jeopardy!
2737
TV LAW
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'In 1961 Martin Sheen had his first major TV role on this series starring E.G. Marshall & Robert Reed'
$500
The Defenders
Jeopardy!
2737
MORTAL MATTERS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'On this November 2 holiday, Roman Catholic priests can say 3 masses for the dead'
$500
All Souls Day
Jeopardy!
2737
U.S. PRESIDENTS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'On graduating from West Point in 1843, he hoped to become a math teacher'
$500
Grant
Jeopardy!
2737
CROSSWORD CLUES "M"
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'Tolkien's terrain (6,5)'
$500
Middle Earth
Jeopardy!
2737
PAINTINGS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'The title of a Gauguin painting featuring the bird of the devil, or a quote from a Poe raven'
$200
"Nevermore"
Double Jeopardy!
2737
FESTIVALS & CELEBRATIONS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'Corbin in this "Bluegrass State" is home to the Nibroc (Corbin spelled backward) festival'
$200
Kentucky
Double Jeopardy!
2737
PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'In this 1940 winner, Steinbeck alternates narrative with discussion of the problems of migrant workers'
$200
The Grapes of Wrath
Double Jeopardy!
2737
BRITISH HISTORY 1982
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'The crisis over these islands escalated into a war'
$200
the Falklands
Double Jeopardy!
2737
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'This measure has been defined as the combined lengths of 12 poppyseeds'
$200
an inch
Double Jeopardy!
2737
MOUNTAINS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'Annapurna was the highest mountain climbed until this peak was scaled in 1953'
$200
Everest
Double Jeopardy!
2737
PAINTINGS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'In Botticelli's "Primavera", this blindfolded cherub is ready to shoot an arrow at the 3 graces'
$400
Cupid
Double Jeopardy!
2737
FESTIVALS & CELEBRATIONS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'This state has a rose festival in Jackson & a lilac festival on Mackinac Island'
$400
Michigan
Double Jeopardy!
2737
PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS
1996-06-25T00:00:00
'Will Durant shared a Pulitzer for "Rousseau and Revolution" with this woman, his wife'
$400
Ariel
Double Jeopardy!
2737