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"M.D."s
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'1992 marks his 10th year as head coach of the Chicago Bears'
$300
Mike Ditka
Jeopardy!
1873
IN THE NEWS
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'In April 1992, after serving six months in prison, this former Washington, D.C. mayor was released'
$400
Marion Barry
Jeopardy!
1873
FAMOUS COUPLES
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'She & Andy Mill have a real love match; they celebrated the birth of their first child in 1991'
$400
Chris Evert
Jeopardy!
1873
ANIMALS
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'The adjective feliform describes anything that resembles one of these animals'
$400
cat
Jeopardy!
1873
FOREIGN CURRENCY
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'The currency of Cuba'
$400
peso
Jeopardy!
1873
THE MOVIES
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Robert Preston played Beauregard & Lucille Ball the title character in this 1974 musical'
$400
Mame
Jeopardy!
1873
"M.D."s
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'In the words of Noel Coward, these "and Englishmen go out in the midday sun"'
$400
Mad dogs
Jeopardy!
1873
IN THE NEWS
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'In August 1992 this federal judge who presided over the Watergate trials, died at the age of 88'
$1,000
John Sirica
Jeopardy!
1873
FAMOUS COUPLES
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'When this British actress starred in "Ryan's Daughter", she was married to its screenwriter, Robert Bolt'
$500
Sarah Miles
Jeopardy!
1873
ANIMALS
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Koalas & kangaroos belong to this order of mammals known for poorly developed young'
$500
marsupials
Jeopardy!
1873
FOREIGN CURRENCY
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Before decimalization, 12 pence made 1 of these, 20 of which made one pound sterling'
$500
the shilling
Jeopardy!
1873
THE MOVIES
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'In this 1962 film, brainwashed Laurence Harvey is controlled by his spy mother, Angela Lansbury'
$500
The Manchurian Candidate
Jeopardy!
1873
"M.D."s
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'In 1978 Christina Crawford hit No. 1 on the bestseller list with this book'
$500
Mommie Dearest
Jeopardy!
1873
"NEW" PLACES
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'This Louisiana city's been called "The Queen of the South" & "Crescent City"'
$200
New Orleans
Double Jeopardy!
1873
JAZZ
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'This first lady of song was Downbeat Magazine's Best Female Jazz Singer 18 years in a row'
$200
Ella Fitzgerald
Double Jeopardy!
1873
LITERATURE
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'George Shelby dedicates his life to abolition in this Harriet Beccher Stowe novel'
$200
Uncle Tom\'s Cabin
Double Jeopardy!
1873
HISTORY
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Historic ones of these occurred on St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572 & St. Valentine's Day in 1929'
$200
massacres
Double Jeopardy!
1873
AKA
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'While living in Puerto Rico, Sally Jesse added this, her mother's maiden name. to her own'
$200
Raphael
Double Jeopardy!
1873
ART
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'He snuck a self-portrait into his "The Last Judgment" fresco in the Sistine Chapel'
$200
Michelangelo
Double Jeopardy!
1873
"NEW" PLACES
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'To do something superfluous is like carrying coals to this town'
$400
Newcastle
Double Jeopardy!
1873
JAZZ
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Billy Strayhorn's music for this big band leader included "Take the "A" Train"'
$400
Duke Ellington
Double Jeopardy!
1873
LITERATURE
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'He wrote many short stories with surprise endings including "The Gift of the Magi"'
$400
O. Henry
Double Jeopardy!
1873
HISTORY
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'The officer who led the mutiny on the Bounty'
$400
Fletcher Christian
Double Jeopardy!
1873
AKA
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Her original name was Jill Oppenheim; now she's Mrs. Robert Wagner'
$400
Jill St. John
Double Jeopardy!
1873
ART
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'"At the Moulin Rouge" took this French artist to new heights of fame'
$400
Lautrec
Double Jeopardy!
1873
"NEW" PLACES
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Its state seal features the Navy frigate Raleigh, which was built in Portsmouth'
$600
New Hampshire
Double Jeopardy!
1873
JAZZ
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'His "The Girl from Ipanema" won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1964; the first jazz record to do so'
$600
Stan Getz
Double Jeopardy!
1873
LITERATURE
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'This Sylvia Plath novel was first published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas'
$600
The Bell Jar
Double Jeopardy!
1873
HISTORY
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'During the Six-Day War, ground troops under this eyepatched Israeli minister of defense almost reached Damascus'
$600
Moshe Dayan
Double Jeopardy!
1873
ART
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Melted watches dot the landscape in this Spaniard's "The Persistence of Memory"'
$600
Salvador Dali
Double Jeopardy!
1873
"NEW" PLACES
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'"New" land discovered in 1642 by Abel Tasman'
$800
New Zealand
Double Jeopardy!
1873
JAZZ
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Among the "Simple Pleasures" on his 1988 album was "Don't Worry, Be Happy"'
$800
Bobby McFerrin
Double Jeopardy!
1873
LITERATURE
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Lady Brett Ashley elopes with a bullfighter in this Hemingway novel'
$800
The Sun Also Rises
Double Jeopardy!
1873
HISTORY
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'In 1836, two months after he took the Alamo, this general was routed by Sam Houston at San Jacinto'
$800
Santa Anna
Double Jeopardy!
1873
ART
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'She modeled for husband-to-be Alfred Stieglitz's photos, and he sold her paintings'
$1,000
Georgia O\'Keeffe
Double Jeopardy!
1873
"NEW" PLACES
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Interestingly, it's Canada's newest province'
$1000
Newfoundland
Double Jeopardy!
1873
JAZZ
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'"It Wasn't All Velvet" is an autobiography of this man who once sang with the Chico Marx Band'
$1000
Mel Torme
Double Jeopardy!
1873
LITERATURE
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Dr. Pangloss is the tutor to this title character created by Voltaire'
$500
Candide
Double Jeopardy!
1873
HISTORY
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'Two years after William II became emperor, he sank the hopes of this "Iron Chancellor" by firing him'
$1000
Bismarck
Double Jeopardy!
1873
ART
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'You have to have a big wall for his circa 1480 work "The Birth of Venus"; it's over 5' X 9''
$1000
(Sandro) Botticelli
Double Jeopardy!
1873
U.S. STATES
1992-10-28T00:00:00
'This state with several hundred ghost towns was admitted to the Union on Halloween in 1864'
null
Nevada
Final Jeopardy!
1873
TIME TO HIT THE BOOKS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'This author presented "A Box of Unfortunate Events: The Situation Worsens"'
$200
Lemony Snicket
Jeopardy!
5569
CELEBRITY SCENTS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'We'll always have this hotel heiress & her flighty, flirty Just Me perfume'
$200
Paris Hilton
Jeopardy!
5569
GOOD WORKS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Thanks to some 4 million donors, this "American" group is the USA's largest supplier of blood & blood products'
$200
the Red Cross
Jeopardy!
5569
TAKE THE LEAD
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Though Fidel remained head of the Communist party, his brother Raul took over as head of this country'
$200
Cuba
Jeopardy!
5569
ANTARCTICA
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Found on Ross Island, Mount Erebus is the southernmost active one of these in the world'
$200
a volcano
Jeopardy!
5569
HEY "U"!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'It's a way to pitch a soffball; it can also mean done in a secret & deceptive manner'
$200
underhand
Jeopardy!
5569
TIME TO HIT THE BOOKS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'This pirate leader came to life in an 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson tale'
$400
Long John Silver
Jeopardy!
5569
CELEBRITY SCENTS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'K-Fed knows that she smells like kiwi & cupcakes in her fantasy perfume'
$400
(Britney) Spears
Jeopardy!
5569
GOOD WORKS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'This group, whose logo is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-11-20_J_23.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, has built or renovated more than 200,000 homes worldwide'
$400
Habitat for Humanity
Jeopardy!
5569
TAKE THE LEAD
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Asif Ali Zardari, husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, became this country's president in September 2008'
$400
Pakistan
Jeopardy!
5569
ANTARCTICA
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Of -29, -129, or -229 F., the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth, at Vostok, Antarctica in 1983'
$400
-129
Jeopardy!
5569
HEY "U"!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Cordelia, Ophelia & Bianca are its 3 closest moons'
$400
Uranus
Jeopardy!
5569
TIME TO HIT THE BOOKS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'He wrote "The Unvanquished" & "The Sound and the Fury"'
$600
Faulkner
Jeopardy!
5569
CELEBRITY SCENTS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'You may detect the scent of basil & amber in Unforgivable, from his Sean John line'
$600
Diddy
Jeopardy!
5569
GOOD WORKS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'The ACLU helps protect these, the "CL" in its name'
$2,000
civil liberties
Jeopardy!
5569
TAKE THE LEAD
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Kostas Karamanlis has received kudos as prime minister of this Mediterranean country since 2004'
$600
Greece
Jeopardy!
5569
ANTARCTICA
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'What some call the Antarctic Ocean is made up of the waters of these 3 oceans'
$600
the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean
Jeopardy!
5569
HEY "U"!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Famous ones in literature include Tom, Remus & Vanya'
$600
Uncles
Jeopardy!
5569
TIME TO HIT THE BOOKS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-11-20_J_09.mp3">Harry Shearer reads the clue as Mr. Burns.</a>) I had 1,000 monkeys at 1,000 type-writers; I could only pen, "It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times", like this novel's start... stupid monkey!'
$800
A Tale of Two Cities
Jeopardy!
5569
CELEBRITY SCENTS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'This singer smells like wet gardenia petals & marshmallow in her M perfume'
$800
Mariah Carey
Jeopardy!
5569
GOOD WORKS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'An organization that is using the Internet's power to help young people change the world is called "Do" this'
$800
Something
Jeopardy!
5569
TAKE THE LEAD
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Martin Torrijos is a man with a plan & a canal in this country'
$800
Panama
Jeopardy!
5569
ANTARCTICA
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Antarctica's coasts are moist, but the interior gets so little snowfall it's been called a "polar" one of these'
$800
a desert
Jeopardy!
5569
HEY "U"!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'We salute you for knowing this popular name for the British flag'
$800
the Union Jack
Jeopardy!
5569
TIME TO HIT THE BOOKS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Bratty & spoiled Mary Lennox becomes the ward of her English uncle in this 1911 Frances Hodgson Burnett classic'
$1000
The Secret Garden
Jeopardy!
5569
CELEBRITY SCENTS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Deseo, a perfume from this Hispanic singer-actress, was inspired by a midnight walk in a garden after a storm'
$1000
(Jennifer) Lopez
Jeopardy!
5569
GOOD WORKS
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'You can donate 10 inches of your hair to the group called these "of Love", which makes hairpieces for sick kids'
$1000
Locks
Jeopardy!
5569
TAKE THE LEAD
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Bashar al-Assad heads up this country from its capital, Damascus'
$1000
Syria
Jeopardy!
5569
ANTARCTICA
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'A research base at the South Pole is co-named for these 2 explorers, the first 2 to reach it'
$1000
(Robert) Scott & (Roald) Amundsen
Jeopardy!
5569
HEY "U"!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Kampala is its capital'
$1000
Uganda
Jeopardy!
5569
OMG!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'In Japanese this religion means "way of the gods"'
$400
Shinto
Double Jeopardy!
5569
FAR-OUT CINEMA
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'This lonely title character from a 2008 film is fixated on EVE, an "extraterrestrial vegetation evaluator"'
$400
WALL·E
Double Jeopardy!
5569
TIME FLIES
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'In November daylight saving ends & this starts, so daytime ends earlier'
$400
standard time
Double Jeopardy!
5569
REVOLUTIONARIES
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'After his April 1775 ride, he rescued papers from a Lexington tavern belonging to John Hancock'
$400
Paul Revere
Double Jeopardy!
5569
SUPERBAD
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'On Aug. 7, 1888 this murderer struck for the first time in London's East End'
$400
Jack the Ripper
Double Jeopardy!
5569
WHEEL OF JEOPARDY!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-11-20_DJ_21.jpg" target="_blank">It</a>'s in Canada, eh?'
$400
Nova Scotia
Double Jeopardy!
5569
OMG!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'At Folkvang, Freyja received half of all warriors slain in battle; he received the other half'
$800
Odin
Double Jeopardy!
5569
FAR-OUT CINEMA
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Tom Cruise dodges nasty looks from Dakota Fanning & towering intergalactic tripods in this 2005 flick'
$800
War of the Worlds
Double Jeopardy!
5569
TIME FLIES
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'A child born in 1995 turns 15 in 2010; a child born in 5 B.C. turned 15 in this year'
$4,000
11
Double Jeopardy!
5569
REVOLUTIONARIES
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Last name of Declaration-signing Virginia brothers Richard & Francis; a later relative was a Southern general'
$800
Lee
Double Jeopardy!
5569
SUPERBAD
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'This first Russian czar's cruel & bizarre behavior earned him the nickname "Grozny", Russian for "the Dread"'
$800
Ivan the Terrible
Double Jeopardy!
5569
WHEEL OF JEOPARDY!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Words won't fail you if you have a good <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-11-20_DJ_22.jpg" target="_blank">one</a>'
$800
vocabulary
Double Jeopardy!
5569
OMG!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Trojan prophet Helenus told the Greeks Troy wouldn't fall unless Palladium, this wise goddess' statue, was stolen'
$1200
Athena
Double Jeopardy!
5569
FAR-OUT CINEMA
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'The disappearance of a $5 billion space probe forces these title simians into action in a 2008 film'
$1200
Space Chimps
Double Jeopardy!
5569
TIME FLIES
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Relativity says if you're on a train approaching this speed, 186,282 miles per second, time will seem to slow down'
$1200
the speed of light
Double Jeopardy!
5569
REVOLUTIONARIES
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'In April 1777 this pamphleteer was elected Secretary of the Committee of Foreign Affairs in Congress'
$1200
(Thomas) Paine
Double Jeopardy!
5569
SUPERBAD
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'The gun & rifle he used on November 22, 1963 were purchased & delivered through mail order'
$1200
Oswald
Double Jeopardy!
5569
WHEEL OF JEOPARDY!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'A <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-11-20_DJ_23.jpg" target="_blank">place</a> to hoard your pennies'
$1200
a piggy bank
Double Jeopardy!
5569
OMG!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Anubis wasn't only the god of the dead, he was also the god of this process used in mummification'
$1600
embalming
Double Jeopardy!
5569
FAR-OUT CINEMA
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Genetic experiment 626, this fuzzy blue guy who crash-landed in Hawaii in a 2002 film looks cute, but he's a weapon'
$1600
Stitch
Double Jeopardy!
5569
TIME FLIES
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'To land in NYC as the ball drops on New Year's Eve, your 6-hour flight from L.A. must have this departure time'
$1600
3 PM
Double Jeopardy!
5569
REVOLUTIONARIES
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'On March 23, 1775 this famed orator told the Virginia Convention, "The war is inevitable and let it come!"'
$2,000
(Patrick) Henry
Double Jeopardy!
5569
SUPERBAD
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Denying his guilt to the end, Bruno Hauptmann was executed in 1936 for the kidnapping of this aviator's son'
$1600
Lindbergh
Double Jeopardy!
5569
WHEEL OF JEOPARDY!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, for <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-11-20_DJ_24.jpg" target="_blank">example</a>'
$1600
fraternal twins
Double Jeopardy!
5569
OMG!
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Originally painted in Goya's own dining room, this planetary god is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-11-20_DJ_05.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> devouring one of his kids'
$2000
Saturn
Double Jeopardy!
5569
FAR-OUT CINEMA
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'In this M. Night Shyamalan film, aliens are good at scaring people; not so good with locked pantry doors or water'
$2000
Signs
Double Jeopardy!
5569
TIME FLIES
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'Because the earth rotates as it orbits, a sidereal day, based on the stars, is about 4 minutes shorter than this day'
$2000
a solar day
Double Jeopardy!
5569
REVOLUTIONARIES
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'In 1777, while serving in Paris, this Pennsylvanian wrote that "our cause is the cause of all mankind"'
$2000
Benjamin Franklin
Double Jeopardy!
5569
SUPERBAD
2008-11-20T00:00:00
'In 1717 & 1718 this pirate terrorized the southeastern coast in his ship the Queen Anne's Revenge'
$2000
Blackbeard (Edward Teach)
Double Jeopardy!
5569