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OH MY GODS!
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'In Hindu myth, Kama, armed with a bow of sugarcane & flower-tipped arrows, is the god of this'
$800
love
Double Jeopardy!
5172
A FEW CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'It's the highest point or peak, or the notoriously unreliable company of choice for Wile E. Coyote'
$800
acme
Double Jeopardy!
5172
QUOTATIONS
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'O. Henry gave us "busy as" this type of "man ... pasting on wall-paper"'
$1200
a one-armed man
Double Jeopardy!
5172
COLLEGE SPORTS TEAM NICKNAMES
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'We hope these colorful birds don't leave their University of Delaware fans feeling "blue"'
$1200
Blue Hens
Double Jeopardy!
5172
"F"EMALES
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'In 1966 she & Nureyev danced in a movie version of the ballet "Romeo and Juliet"'
$1200
Margot Fonteyn
Double Jeopardy!
5172
EXPLORATION
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'In 1861, 3 years after reaching the shores of Lake Tanganyika, he became the first to ascend Mount Cameroon'
$1200
Sir Richard Burton
Double Jeopardy!
5172
OH MY GODS!
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'For the Norse god Balder, this plant was the "kiss" of death; a piece of it pierced and killed him'
$1,300
mistletoe
Double Jeopardy!
5172
A FEW CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'Often accompanied by a drum, it's the instrument heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-02-20_DJ_21.mp3">here</a>'
$1200
a fife
Double Jeopardy!
5172
QUOTATIONS
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'"More light" were the 1832 last words of this great German writer'
$1600
Goethe
Double Jeopardy!
5172
COLLEGE SPORTS TEAM NICKNAMES
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'They set sail for Vanderbilt University'
$3,600
The Commodores
Double Jeopardy!
5172
"F"EMALES
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'In art, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-02-20_DJ_05.jpg" target="_blank">she</a>'s the traditional figure shown spinning the wheel that brings us the highs & lows of life'
$1600
Fortuna
Double Jeopardy!
5172
EXPLORATION
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'In 1880 he founded a French colony on the Congo; a "ville" in the Republic of the Congo is named for him'
$1600
Brazza
Double Jeopardy!
5172
OH MY GODS!
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'Appropriately, 2 sons of this Greek god were named Phobos (Fear) & Deimos (Terror)'
$1600
Ares
Double Jeopardy!
5172
A FEW CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'In 1916 this movement was founded by a group of artists & poets in Zurich; come to ...'
$1600
Dada
Double Jeopardy!
5172
QUOTATIONS
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'Nixon's Secretary of State, he once quipped, "There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full"'
$2000
Kissinger
Double Jeopardy!
5172
COLLEGE SPORTS TEAM NICKNAMES
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'This Georgetown University sports team nickname may come from a Greek & Latin term meaning "what rocks"'
$2000
A Hoya
Double Jeopardy!
5172
"F"EMALES
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'Known for her aggressive interviews, this Italian journalist turned to writing against radical Islam'
$2000
Oriana Fallaci
Double Jeopardy!
5172
EXPLORATION
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'In 1488 this Portuguese navigator rescued Duarte Pacheco & several companions on the island of Principe'
$2000
Bartolomeu Dias
Double Jeopardy!
5172
OH MY GODS!
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'He's the jackal-headed god of the dead seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-02-20_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> on an ancient Egyptian fresco'
$2000
Anubis
Double Jeopardy!
5172
A FEW CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'Formally surrender your territory & give us this word' from the Latin for "yield"'
$2000
cede
Double Jeopardy!
5172
FILMS OF THE 1950s
2007-02-20T00:00:00
'In 2006 Albert II of Monaco attended the Newport Jazz Festival's 50th anniv. celebration of this film that's set during the festival'
null
High Society
Final Jeopardy!
5172
FLORIDA CITIES
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Tableware from the battleship Florida is a highlight of the governor's mansion in this city'
$100
Tallahassee
Jeopardy!
2964
TV STARS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This "Good Morning America" hostess' "Healthy Cooking" cookbook was a 1996 bestseller'
$100
Joan Lunden
Jeopardy!
2964
ANNUAL EVENTS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This Christian holiday can fall as early as March 22 or as late as April 25'
$100
Easter
Jeopardy!
2964
SCIENCE
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'An EEG records the electrical activity of this organ'
$100
Brain
Jeopardy!
2964
FURNITURE
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This oblong seat without a back holds baseball players'
$100
Bench
Jeopardy!
2964
CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'They have breathing room<br /> (5)'
$100
Lungs
Jeopardy!
2964
FLORIDA CITIES
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This city, central Florida's largest, is one of the world's top tourist destinations'
$200
Orlando
Jeopardy!
2964
TV STARS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'"3rd Rock From The Sun" is this Oscar nominee's first sitcom'
$200
John Lithgow
Jeopardy!
2964
ANNUAL EVENTS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Shelley, Idaho celebrates this tuber each September'
$200
Potato
Jeopardy!
2964
SCIENCE
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Human beings normally have 46 of these in most of their cells'
$200
Chromosomes
Jeopardy!
2964
FURNITURE
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Part of the house that precedes "clock", "chair" & "tree"'
$200
Hall
Jeopardy!
2964
CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Paul Bunyan, for one<br /> (10)'
$200
Lumberjack
Jeopardy!
2964
FLORIDA CITIES
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Miami is the seat of this county, which is entirely within Miami's metropolitan area'
$300
Dade County
Jeopardy!
2964
TV STARS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This actor who plays Dr. Mark Greene on "ER" became the first cast member to direct an episode'
$300
Anthony Edwards
Jeopardy!
2964
ANNUAL EVENTS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Each June Grand Rapids, Minnesota honors this "Wizard of Oz" star with a 4-day festival'
$300
Judy Garland
Jeopardy!
2964
SCIENCE
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This second-lightest metal, symbol K, is so soft it can be cut with a knife'
$300
Potassium
Jeopardy!
2964
FURNITURE
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'The Boston type of this chair has a spindle back & arms that match the curve of the seat, & sits on curved slats'
$300
Rocking chair
Jeopardy!
2964
CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Bagel topper<br /> (3)'
$300
Lox
Jeopardy!
2964
FLORIDA CITIES
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'John Ringling exerted major influence on the development of this city where he made his home in the 1920s'
$400
Sarasota
Jeopardy!
2964
TV STARS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This former "Entertainment Tonight" co-host covered gymnastics for NBC at the 1996 Olympics'
$400
John Tesh
Jeopardy!
2964
ANNUAL EVENTS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Jerry Lewis' annual Labor Day telethon raises money to fight this disease'
$400
Muscular Dystrophy
Jeopardy!
2964
SCIENCE
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'He's been called the "Father of Modern Rocketry"'
$400
Robert Goddard
Jeopardy!
2964
FURNITURE
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Any "birdbrain" knows these are the small compartments for papers in a desk'
$400
Pigeonholes
Jeopardy!
2964
CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Tetanus woe<br /> (7)'
$400
Lockjaw
Jeopardy!
2964
FLORIDA CITIES
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Florida city in which the group seen here is headquartered: (Blue Angels)'
$800
Pensacola
Jeopardy!
2964
TV STARS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Caroline on "Baywatch", she was a Johnson & Johnson baby at age 6 months'
$500
Yasmine Bleeth
Jeopardy!
2964
ANNUAL EVENTS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'The Fiesta Bowl Parade & Prescott Bluegrass Festival are annual events in this state'
$500
Arizona
Jeopardy!
2964
SCIENCE
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'According to his law, resistance in a DC circuit is the ratio of volts to amps'
$500
Georg Ohm
Jeopardy!
2964
FURNITURE
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This French term for a tall cupboard with doors goes back to what it originally held -- weapons'
$500
Armoire
Jeopardy!
2964
CROSSWORD CLUES "L"
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Dictionary compiler<br /> (13)'
$500
Lexicographer
Jeopardy!
2964
FIRST NOVELS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This Dane's first novel "The Improviser", was published the same year as his first book of fairy tales'
$200
Hans Christian Andersen
Double Jeopardy!
2964
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Claiming he was innocent, Captain Kidd was hanged in 1701 in this English capital for murder & piracy'
$200
London
Double Jeopardy!
2964
ARTISTS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'A fine series of these paintings on fresh plaster in Assisi is tentatively attributed to Giotto'
$200
frescoes
Double Jeopardy!
2964
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'If you're out in this European mountain range you may find the Inn Valley'
$200
the Alps
Double Jeopardy!
2964
FATS & OILS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'The inventor of this substitute named it after the Greek word for "pearly"--margarites'
$200
margarine
Double Jeopardy!
2964
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Friar Lawrence urges her to join "a sisterhood of holy nuns" but she ignores him & kills herself'
$200
Juliet
Double Jeopardy!
2964
FIRST NOVELS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'In this first Tom Clancy novel, the captain of a Soviet sub decides to defect with his ship'
$400
The Hunt for Red October
Double Jeopardy!
2964
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This first prime minister of independent India was educated in England at Harrow & Cambridge'
$400
Jawaharlal Nehru
Double Jeopardy!
2964
ARTISTS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'His father, Auguste Manet, worked for the Ministry of Justice & wanted him to become a lawyer'
$400
Edouard Manet
Double Jeopardy!
2964
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Bayern is the German name of this German state known for its beer'
$400
Bavaria
Double Jeopardy!
2964
FATS & OILS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Ancient Greeks used this pressed oil from the fruit of the Olea Europaea for skin lotion & anointings'
$400
olive oil
Double Jeopardy!
2964
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This comedy ends in Lucentio's house, not in Petruchio's'
$400
The Taming of the Shrew
Double Jeopardy!
2964
FIRST NOVELS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Sherwood Anderson helped this Mississippian find a publisher for "Soldier's Pay", his first novel'
$600
William Faulkner
Double Jeopardy!
2964
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'For health reasons, this founder of the Boy Scouts spent his last years in Kenya'
$600
Lord Robert Baden-Powell
Double Jeopardy!
2964
ARTISTS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'As an art student in Madrid he met director Luis Bunuel with whom he later made the film "An Andalusian Dog"'
$600
Salvador Dali
Double Jeopardy!
2964
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Though Bornholm is a Danish island, it's much closer to this Scandinavian country than to Denmark'
$600
Sweden
Double Jeopardy!
2964
FATS & OILS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This type of fat found in plum pudding can be used to make tallow candles'
$600
suet
Double Jeopardy!
2964
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'The last scene of this tragedy takes place in a pavillion in Titus' garden in Rome'
$600
Titus Andronicus
Double Jeopardy!
2964
FIRST NOVELS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'He introduced intelligence agent George Smiley in 1961's "Call for the Dead"'
$800
John le Carré
Double Jeopardy!
2964
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'King Haakon I of this country was killed in battle while fighting Erik Bloodax' sons'
$800
Norway
Double Jeopardy!
2964
ARTISTS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'He was 24 when he first painted Spain's Philip IV who became his patron'
$800
Diego Velasquez
Double Jeopardy!
2964
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'An island called the Calf of Man lies southwest of the Isle of Man in this sea'
$800
Irish Sea
Double Jeopardy!
2964
FATS & OILS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'The name of this oil was changed from "rapeseed oil" by the Canadian oil-seed industry'
$800
canola oil
Double Jeopardy!
2964
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'This prince of Tyre discovers the wife he believed was dead has become a priestess of Diana'
$800
Pericles
Double Jeopardy!
2964
FIRST NOVELS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Later a Bertolucci film, this first novel by Paul Bowles is considered a model of existential fiction'
$1000
The Sheltering Sky
Double Jeopardy!
2964
PEOPLE IN HISTORY
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'William H. Seward negotiated the Alaska Purchase during this president's administration'
$1,000
Andrew Johnson
Double Jeopardy!
2964
ARTISTS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'In 1906 Rodin invited this Romanian sculptor to work in his studio, but he refused'
$1000
Constantin Brancusi
Double Jeopardy!
2964
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'At 7,339 feet, Mount Orohena on this island is the highest point in the Society Islands'
$1000
Tahiti
Double Jeopardy!
2964
FATS & OILS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Found in fish, omega-3 oils are thought to lower the level of this bad cholesterol'
$1000
LDL (low density lipoproteins)
Double Jeopardy!
2964
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Shortly before he dies this king laments, "And my poor fool is hang'd!"'
$3,100
King Lear
Double Jeopardy!
2964
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
1997-06-19T00:00:00
'Last name of 2 brothers, one currently a cabinet secretary & one mayor of a city of several million'
null
Daley (William M. & Richard M.)
Final Jeopardy!
2964
BIG COUNTRY
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'In one of its official languages, this nation of 1 billion is known as Bharat'
$100
India
Jeopardy!
3856
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'Marmaduke'
$100
Dog (Great Dane)
Jeopardy!
3856
THE POLITICAL LIFE
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'Proverbially, to indicate one's candidacy is to throw one's hat here'
$100
In the ring
Jeopardy!
3856
THAT'S SNOW FUN
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'It's what the child seen here is making'
$100
Snow angel
Jeopardy!
3856
YASIR
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'Some say Arafat was born in Jerusalem in 1929; others, in Gaza; still others, in this capital of Egypt'
$100
Cairo
Jeopardy!
3856
THAT'S MY "BABY"
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'Term for the sharp increase of birthrate in the U.S. after World War II'
$100
Baby Boom
Jeopardy!
3856
BIG COUNTRY
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'The darkest area seen here, this Scandinavian nation is the fourth-largest country in Europe'
$200
Sweden
Jeopardy!
3856
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'Pepe Le Pew'
$200
Skunk
Jeopardy!
3856
THE POLITICAL LIFE
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'An officeholder during the interval before a successor takes over is known as one of these limping birds'
$200
Lame duck
Jeopardy!
3856
THAT'S SNOW FUN
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'A Hasbro machine made them in the '70s, & you can make them yourself using juice concentrate'
$200
Sno-cones
Jeopardy!
3856
YASIR
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'It's "The Loneliest Number" of nights Arafat will reportedly sleep in a house before moving on'
$200
1
Jeopardy!
3856
THAT'S MY "BABY"
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'Site where 1 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world "hung around"'
$200
Babylon
Jeopardy!
3856
BIG COUNTRY
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'Almost twice the size of the U.S., it's the largest member of the C.I.S.'
$300
Russia
Jeopardy!
3856
COMIC & CARTOON CRITTERS
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'Pinky & the Brain'
$300
Mice
Jeopardy!
3856
THE POLITICAL LIFE
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'From the Latin for "to be away", this type of ballot is a vote cast by mail, not at a polling place'
$300
Absentee
Jeopardy!
3856
THAT'S SNOW FUN
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'In December 1968 Philadelphia Eagles fans pelted this usually-beloved personage with snowballs'
$300
Santa Claus
Jeopardy!
3856
YASIR
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'In 1969 Arafat was named chairman of the PLO, which stands for this'
$300
Palestine Liberation Organization
Jeopardy!
3856
THAT'S MY "BABY"
2001-05-14T00:00:00
'This 1963 song was the Ronettes' biggest hit'
$300
"Be My Baby"
Jeopardy!
3856