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ETCHED IN STONE
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'Outside the building where this group meets is a <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-06-01_J_27.jpg" target="_blank">statue</a> with a tablet that reads "Lex", Latin for "law"'
$800
the U.S. Supreme Court
Jeopardy!
5932
FOOD SCIENCE
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'1 serving of this from Stonyfield contains 5 billion units of Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacteria'
$800
yogurt
Jeopardy!
5932
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'On August 11, 1989 Bruce joined this noted drummer onstage for 4 songs, including "With A Little Help From My Friends"'
$800
Ringo Starr
Jeopardy!
5932
THE BOSS
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'The boss has lots of stories from his years at this insurance company that's "Like a good neighbor"'
$800
State Farm
Jeopardy!
5932
BORN TO "RUN"
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'You're said to do this to "numbers" when processing a large amount of data'
$800
crunch
Jeopardy!
5932
ETCHED IN STONE
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'"The Union must and shall be preserved" is under <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-06-01_J_28.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> man's <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-06-01_J_28a.jpg" target="_blank">statue</a> in New Orleans'
$1000
Andrew Jackson
Jeopardy!
5932
FOOD SCIENCE
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'From the French for "sour wine", this liquid will go bad over time, so it should be stored in a cool, dark place'
$1,200
vinegar
Jeopardy!
5932
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'Bruce's 2006 album "We Shall Overcome" paid tribute to this folk music legend who turned 87 that year'
$1000
Pete Seeger
Jeopardy!
5932
THE BOSS
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'The boss is scaring me; he's acting weird & and growing his nails long, like this guy who sold his TWA shares for $500 million in 1966'
$1000
Howard Hughes
Jeopardy!
5932
BORN TO "RUN"
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'This small, silvery food fish spawns at high tide in wet sand'
$1000
a grunion
Jeopardy!
5932
THE NOVEL'S LAST LINE
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'"And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless us, every one!"'
$400
A Christmas Carol
Double Jeopardy!
5932
THE GENGHIS KHAN FILM FESTIVAL
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'In "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure", this actor asks, "Want a Twinkie, Genghis Khan?"'
$400
Keanu Reeves
Double Jeopardy!
5932
MOUNTAIN COUNTRY
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'16,945-foot Ararat'
$400
Turkey
Double Jeopardy!
5932
DREAMS OF FIELDS
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'On Sept. 1, 1944 Bernard Montgomery was promoted to this rank'
$400
field marshal
Double Jeopardy!
5932
WOULD-BE ASSASSINS
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'Rudolf-Christoph Gersdorff was one of several trying to kill this man in 1943'
$400
Hitler
Double Jeopardy!
5932
T-N-C
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'A loose-fitting cloak extending to the hips or knees'
$400
a tunic
Double Jeopardy!
5932
THE NOVEL'S LAST LINE
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'"He loved Big Brother"'
$800
1984
Double Jeopardy!
5932
THE GENGHIS KHAN FILM FESTIVAL
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'In a stretch from his normal cowboy roles, this Hollywood legend played Genghis Khan in 1956's "The Conqueror"'
$800
John Wayne
Double Jeopardy!
5932
MOUNTAIN COUNTRY
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'Mount Cook, aka Aorangi'
$800
New Zealand
Double Jeopardy!
5932
DREAMS OF FIELDS
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'Britannica says this '30s film star was famed "for his distinctive nasal voice... and his fondness for alcohol"'
$800
W.C. Fields
Double Jeopardy!
5932
WOULD-BE ASSASSINS
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'Police reportedly arrested every dwarf in London after John Bean tried to kill her in 1842'
$800
Queen Victoria
Double Jeopardy!
5932
T-N-C
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'A long, steep-sided depression in the ground or the ocean floor'
$800
a trench
Double Jeopardy!
5932
THE NOVEL'S LAST LINE
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'"...I even think of old Dean Moriarty the father we never found, I think of Dean Moriarty"'
$1200
On the Road
Double Jeopardy!
5932
THE GENGHIS KHAN FILM FESTIVAL
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'A 1959 Japanese film about Genghis Khan starring Hashizo Okawa was titled "King of" this ethnic group'
$1,500
the Mongols
Double Jeopardy!
5932
MOUNTAIN COUNTRY
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'19,551-foot Mount Logan'
$1200
Canada
Double Jeopardy!
5932
DREAMS OF FIELDS
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'in Matthew 27:7 "They took counsel, and bought with them" this "field, to bury strangers in"'
$1200
Potter\'s field
Double Jeopardy!
5932
WOULD-BE ASSASSINS
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'In 1878 Max Hodel & Karl Nobiling both tried to assassinate this German monarch'
$1200
Kaiser Wilhelm
Double Jeopardy!
5932
T-N-C
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'Instability in the atmosphere that means it's time to buckle your airplane seatbelt'
$1200
turbulence
Double Jeopardy!
5932
THE NOVEL'S LAST LINE
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'"It was the... Rachel, that in her search after her missing children, only found another orphan"'
$2,000
Moby-Dick
Double Jeopardy!
5932
THE GENGHIS KHAN FILM FESTIVAL
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'Robert Morley played the Chinese Emperor & this Egyptian actor played the title character in 1965's "Genghis Khan"'
$1600
Omar Sharif
Double Jeopardy!
5932
MOUNTAIN COUNTRY
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'Kilimanjaro'
$1600
Tanzania
Double Jeopardy!
5932
DREAMS OF FIELDS
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'In 1485 Henry Tudor joined local commanders at Milford Haven in Wales, then took on Richard III at this fateful field'
$1600
Bosworth Field
Double Jeopardy!
5932
WOULD-BE ASSASSINS
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'This magazine publisher was shot and wounded by serial would-be assassin Joseph Franklin in 1978'
$1600
Larry Flynt
Double Jeopardy!
5932
T-N-C
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'From the Latin for "dyeing", it's a medicine used in small amounts, consisting of an extract in solution'
$1600
tincture
Double Jeopardy!
5932
THE NOVEL'S LAST LINE
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'"One bird said to Billy Pilgrim, 'Poo-tee-weet?'"'
$2000
Slaughterhouse-Five
Double Jeopardy!
5932
THE GENGHIS KHAN FILM FESTIVAL
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'This colorful army "of Genghis Khan" rolled forth on the big screen in 1951 with Marvin Miller as the great leader'
$2000
The Golden Horde
Double Jeopardy!
5932
MOUNTAIN COUNTRY
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'The summit of Aconcagua'
$2000
Argentina
Double Jeopardy!
5932
DREAMS OF FIELDS
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'John McCrae wrote "In" these "Fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row"'
$2000
Flanders
Double Jeopardy!
5932
WOULD-BE ASSASSINS
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'in 1933 Guiseppe Zangara killed the mayor of Chicago but failed to kill this target'
$2000
FDR
Double Jeopardy!
5932
T-N-C
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'The act of abstaining from excess or an anti-alcohol movement of the late 19th century'
$2000
temperance
Double Jeopardy!
5932
THE U.S. MILITARY
2010-06-01T00:00:00
'This corps' motto is "Building strong"'
null
the Army Corps of Engineers
Final Jeopardy!
5932
CASABLANCA
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Casablanca is the chief port & most populous city of this nation'
$200
Morocco
Jeopardy!
5031
WE'RE NO ANGELS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Before becoming a Bronco, Jake "The Snake" Plummer played for this university's Sun Devils'
$200
Arizona State
Jeopardy!
5031
THE BIG SLEEP
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'When the airway narrows, the soft palate or uvula may vibrate; the old man is doing this'
$200
snoring
Jeopardy!
5031
THREE ON A MATCH
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Names of the Three Stooges at the time of the 1946 film "Beer Barrel Polecats"'
$200
Moe, Curly & Larry
Jeopardy!
5031
THE HARDER THEY "FAL"
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'"Shelter" where you can live out your nuclear armageddon fears'
$200
a fallout shelter
Jeopardy!
5031
HUMPHREY BOGART
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'On May 21, 1945 Humphrey Bogart married her'
$200
Lauren Bacall
Jeopardy!
5031
CASABLANCA
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Casablanca's bleached city walls gave it its name, which means this in English'
$400
white house
Jeopardy!
5031
WE'RE NO ANGELS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Appropriately, this NHL team's mascot lists "Devil Inside" by INXS as one of his favorite songs'
$400
the New Jersey Devils
Jeopardy!
5031
THE BIG SLEEP
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Lady Macbeth has a famous scene where she experiences this, aka somnambulism; things don't work out well for her'
$400
sleepwalking
Jeopardy!
5031
THREE ON A MATCH
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'The foolhardy trio that went to sea in a tub in a classic nursery rhyme'
$400
the butcher, the baker & the candlestick maker
Jeopardy!
5031
THE HARDER THEY "FAL"
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-06-26_J_05.mp3">It's the operatic vocal register I'm using to read you this clue</a>'
$400
falsetto
Jeopardy!
5031
HUMPHREY BOGART
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'As a young man, Bogie originally planned on studying for a medical degree at this Connecticut college'
$400
Yale
Jeopardy!
5031
CASABLANCA
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Carousels & bumper cars are waiting for you at the Casablanca amusement park named for this famous sailor'
$600
Sinbad the Sailor
Jeopardy!
5031
WE'RE NO ANGELS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'New owner Stu Sternberg vowed to change this MLB nickname by '07; no word whether "Manta" is in the running'
$600
the Devil Rays
Jeopardy!
5031
THE BIG SLEEP
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Anxiety over business or domestic affairs may cause predormital this; enjoy the 4 A.M. movie'
$600
insomnia
Jeopardy!
5031
THREE ON A MATCH
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'The 3 members of pop music's Bee Gees'
$600
Barry, Robin & Maurice
Jeopardy!
5031
THE HARDER THEY "FAL"
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Adjective for land left unseeded after plowing to let it return to its natural fertility'
$600
fallow
Jeopardy!
5031
HUMPHREY BOGART
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'In the Navy during this war, Bogie got a severe facial injury while escorting a prisoner'
$600
World War I
Jeopardy!
5031
CASABLANCA
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'One of Casablanca's main streets bears the name of the fifth king to share his name with this religious figure'
$800
Muhammad
Jeopardy!
5031
WE'RE NO ANGELS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'David Beckham played for this posh British football club that features a little red devil on its logo'
$800
Manchester (United)
Jeopardy!
5031
THE BIG SLEEP
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Michael Stipe knows this type of sleep occurs about every 90 minutes & lasts from 5 to 30 minutes'
$800
REM sleep
Jeopardy!
5031
THREE ON A MATCH
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'The 3 B's of classical music'
$800
Bach, Brahms & Beethoven
Jeopardy!
5031
THE HARDER THEY "FAL"
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'2-word term for "jumping the gun" in a track & field race'
$800
a false start
Jeopardy!
5031
HUMPHREY BOGART
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'In 1947 Bogie joined other actors in protesting the witch hunts conducted by this committee'
$800
the House Un-American Activities Committee
Jeopardy!
5031
CASABLANCA
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'To help ships access the once-difficult ports of Casablanca, the El Hank, one of these, was built in 1905'
$1000
a lighthouse
Jeopardy!
5031
WE'RE NO ANGELS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'A Wake Forest win in its 1923 football season led a writer to term the team this 2-word name due to "devilish" play'
$1000
the Demon Deacons
Jeopardy!
5031
THE BIG SLEEP
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Alpha waves occur when you're relaxed with eyes closed; beta, when alert; these waves, when in deep sleep'
$1,800
delta waves
Jeopardy!
5031
THREE ON A MATCH
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'The 3-word motto of the French Revolution'
$1000
"Liberty, equality, fraternity"
Jeopardy!
5031
THE HARDER THEY "FAL"
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'This character appears in 3 different plays by Shakespeare & is referred to in a fourth'
$1000
Falstaff
Jeopardy!
5031
HUMPHREY BOGART
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Bogie's breakthrough film was this 1936 feature that shares its name with a national park'
$1000
The Petrified Forest
Jeopardy!
5031
THE MIDDLE AGES
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Clause 39 in this document of 63 articles was the beginning of the principle of due process of law'
$400
the Magna Carta
Double Jeopardy!
5031
MUSICAL NUMBERS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Tony Orlando & Dawn:<br />"Knock __ Times"'
$400
Three
Double Jeopardy!
5031
FOUNDERS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'The first school for these people in the U.S. was founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet'
$400
deaf people
Double Jeopardy!
5031
MEET T.S. ELIOT
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'In the 1920s Eliot got religion and converted to this church, independent since the 16th century'
$400
the Church of England
Double Jeopardy!
5031
LANDMARKS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Napoleon commissioned this 164-foot Paris landmark to celebrate his military victories'
$400
the Arc de Triomphe
Double Jeopardy!
5031
VOCABULARY
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'It can mean to drain of energy or the gases that escape from an engine'
$400
exhaust
Double Jeopardy!
5031
THE MIDDLE AGES
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'In 976 this Venice church was badly damaged by fire; rebuilding began in 1050 & was completed around 1090'
$800
St. Mark\'s
Double Jeopardy!
5031
MUSICAL NUMBERS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Bob Dylan:<br />"Highway __ Revisited"'
$800
61
Double Jeopardy!
5031
FOUNDERS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Every trendy home should have a mozzarella slicer from this retailer founded by Chuck Williams'
$800
Williams-Sonoma
Double Jeopardy!
5031
MEET T.S. ELIOT
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Eliot grew up in this city where his grandfather had co-founded Washington University'
$800
St. Louis
Double Jeopardy!
5031
LANDMARKS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Edgar Allan Poe mentioned "shattered cornices" in his poem about this ancient Roman amphitheater'
$800
the Colosseum
Double Jeopardy!
5031
VOCABULARY
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Depending where you place the emphasis, this word can mean to comfort, or an instrument panel'
$2,500
console
Double Jeopardy!
5031
THE MIDDLE AGES
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'This explorer's brother Thorvald was killed while on an expedition in Vinland'
$1200
Leif Ericson
Double Jeopardy!
5031
MUSICAL NUMBERS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'U2:<br />"__"'
$1200
One
Double Jeopardy!
5031
MEET T.S. ELIOT
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'In this cruel month in 1923, T.S. went on a hellish holiday near Chichester with his ill & unstable wife'
$1200
April
Double Jeopardy!
5031
LANDMARKS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Arizona, Colorado, Utah & New Mexico intersect at this monument'
$1200
the Four Corners monument
Double Jeopardy!
5031
VOCABULARY
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'This 13-letter word can mean sudden haste, or the falling of rain, snow or hail'
$1200
precipitation
Double Jeopardy!
5031
THE MIDDLE AGES
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'By 1096 the Holy Roman Empire stretched from Italy to this peninsula that makes up most of Denmark'
$1600
the Jutland peninsula
Double Jeopardy!
5031
MUSICAL NUMBERS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Wilson Pickett:<br />"Land Of __ Dances"'
$1600
A Thousand
Double Jeopardy!
5031
MEET T.S. ELIOT
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Practical cats know that Eliot was nicknamed after this animal because his cold manner seemed like playing dead'
$3,000
the possum
Double Jeopardy!
5031
LANDMARKS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'This 13,796-foot inactive volcano, Hawaii's highest peak, is snow-covered in winter; its name means "white mountain"'
$1600
Mauna Kea
Double Jeopardy!
5031
VOCABULARY
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Hebrew for "beasts", this "B" word for something huge derives from the name of a beast in the Book of Job'
$1600
behemoth
Double Jeopardy!
5031
THE MIDDLE AGES
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-06-26_DJ_10.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Riga, Latvia.</a>) Founded in 1201, Riga, Latvia soon came under control of this order of knights that began in far-off Palestine'
$2000
the Teutonic Knights
Double Jeopardy!
5031
MUSICAL NUMBERS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Skid Row:<br />"__ And Life"'
$2000
18
Double Jeopardy!
5031
FOUNDERS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'In 1892, in exile in the U.S., he founded Patria, the journal of the Cuban Revolutionary Party'
$2000
(Jose) Martí
Double Jeopardy!
5031
MEET T.S. ELIOT
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'Before he turned 23, Eliot created this poetic figure who asks, "Do I dare disturb the universe?"'
$2000
J. Alfred Prufrock
Double Jeopardy!
5031
LANDMARKS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'The official residence for the V.P. of the U.S. is on the grounds of the USNO, the United States Naval this'
$2000
Observatory
Double Jeopardy!
5031
VOCABULARY
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-06-26_DJ_08.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew shoes a horse.</a>) A blacksmith who shoes horses is referred to by this name from the Latin for "iron"'
$2000
a farrier
Double Jeopardy!
5031
19th CENTURY GOVERNORS
2006-06-26T00:00:00
'To date, he's the only person to be elected governor of 2 different states'
null
Sam Houston
Final Jeopardy!
5031