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SHORT FICTION | 1998-05-08T00:00:00 | 'Based on Stephen Crane's experience, it's the story of 4 shipwreck survivors' | $1000 | "The Open Boat" | Double Jeopardy! | 3165 |
ART HISTORY 101 | 1998-05-08T00:00:00 | 'Abstract expressionist who painted the following' | $1000 | Jackson Pollock | Double Jeopardy! | 3165 |
WHAT'S "NU"? | 1998-05-08T00:00:00 | 'From the Latin for "to harm", it's a pest, or anything annoying' | $1000 | Nuisance | Double Jeopardy! | 3165 |
GEOGRAPHY NEWS | 1998-05-08T00:00:00 | 'On the initiative of Sen. Patrick Leahy, in 1998 it was designated the sixth Great Lake' | null | Lake Champlain | Final Jeopardy! | 3165 |
NAME THE BOOK | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"'He is a strange, half-savage creature of the jungle, Miss Porter'"' | $200 | Tarzan of the Apes | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
ELVIS A TO Z | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"H" is for this 1956 song for which Elvis found "a new place to dwell"--at the top of the charts' | $200 | Heartbreak Hotel | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
THE COMPLETELY GUILTY BYSTANDER | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'On Oct. 8, 1871 I didn't see her cow start the fire at her Chicago barn, but I should have put it out early' | $200 | Mrs. O\'Leary | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
HEAD TRAUMA | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'This hemorrhage of a blood vessel leading to the brain is also known as an apoplexy' | $200 | a stroke | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
MINDBLOWERS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'In 1875 the first swim across this waterway took about 22 hours; in 1994 it was accomplished in about 7' | $200 | the English Channel | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
"BEST" SELLERS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'The chief attendant of the bridegroom' | $200 | the best man | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
NAME THE BOOK | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"They reached the carriage-drive at Toad Hall to find, as the badger had anticipated, a shiny new motor-car"' | $400 | Wind in the Willows | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
ELVIS A TO Z | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"A" is for this Las Vegas hotel where Elvis & Priscilla were married on May 1, 1967, not by a genie but by a judge' | $400 | the Aladdin | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
THE COMPLETELY GUILTY BYSTANDER | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'I didn't "aid" the thief by giving him directions to the bank, nor did I do this companion act; I didn't incite him to rob it' | $400 | abet | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
HEAD TRAUMA | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Also known as dens sapientiae, these can be a pain if they have to come out' | $1,500 | the wisdom teeth (or third molars) | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
MINDBLOWERS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'This San Antonio Spurs star originally trained to be an Olympic swimmer, but Hurricane Hugo wrecked the pool' | $400 | Tim Duncan | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
"BEST" SELLERS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Proverbial 3-word term for a dog in relation to our species' | $400 | man\'s best friend | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
NAME THE BOOK | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"'Thanks, Ollie.' Those were her last words"' | $600 | Love Story | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
ELVIS A TO Z | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"V" is for this 1964 film that used the tagline "Elvis is at the wheel but Ann-Margret drives him wild!"' | $600 | Viva Las Vegas | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
THE COMPLETELY GUILTY BYSTANDER | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'I was a lookout--I didn't bust open the lock for the "breaking" part or do this crime that goes with it' | $600 | entering | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
HEAD TRAUMA | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'The NFL recently set a policy for these injuries, from the Latin for "shaking"' | $600 | concussions | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
MINDBLOWERS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'The wife of this "Give me liberty or give me death" speechmaker was confined at home due to mental illness' | $600 | Patrick Henry | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
"BEST" SELLERS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Day-of-the-week term for clothing worn on special occasions' | $600 | Sunday best | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
NAME THE BOOK | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"Adam Trask was born on a farm on the outskirts of a little town which was not far from a big town in Connecticut"' | $800 | East of Eden | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
ELVIS A TO Z | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"T" is for this Mississippi town of Elvis' birth which was once called Gum Pond but later renamed for a tree' | $800 | Tupelo | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
THE COMPLETELY GUILTY BYSTANDER | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'I did give the guy a crowbar, but I never dreamed he would steal a car & commit this 3-word crime, also a video game' | $800 | grand theft auto | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
HEAD TRAUMA | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Vegetable term for an ear that's misshapen from repeated blows' | $800 | a cauliflower ear | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
MINDBLOWERS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Horace Gray was the first Supreme Court Justice to hire 1 of these; he spent more time as Gray's barber than researching' | $800 | a clerk | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
"BEST" SELLERS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Uno, a 15-inch beagle, took this Westminster Kennel Club top prize in 2008' | $800 | Best in Show | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
NAME THE BOOK | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"Habit, n. A shackle for the free" & "Prejudice, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support"' | $1000 | The Devil\'s Dictionary | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
ELVIS A TO Z | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"P" is for this manager who sold Elvis' entire music catalog to RCA in 1973 for about $5 million, far below its market value' | $1000 | Colonel (Tom) Parker | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
THE COMPLETELY GUILTY BYSTANDER | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'I only introduced this British war secretary to Christine Keeler; I had no idea a scandal would ensue & he'd quit' | $1000 | John Profumo | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
HEAD TRAUMA | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Antonio Egas Moniz won a 1949 Nobel Prize for introducing this procedure that affects the prefrontal lobes' | $1000 | a lobotomy | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
MINDBLOWERS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Christianity Today said this animated TV dad is more associated with Christianity than the Pope or Mother Teresa' | $1000 | Ned Flanders | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
"BEST" SELLERS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Brian Epstein was assigned to boot this drummer from the Beatles in 1962' | $1000 | Pete Best | Jeopardy! | 5560 |
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'In 1821 Panama broke away from Spain & became a province of this country' | $400 | Colombia | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"Mandibles"' | $400 | Jaws | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
IT'S GETTING WINDY | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Residents of Greensburg, Kansas had about 20 minutes warning before one of these destroyed their town in 2007' | $400 | a tornado | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'When it's just you & this person, be prepared to show a letter of consent or order of custody' | $400 | your child | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
SCOTSMEN | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'This Scottish poet rhymed "purple" with "curple" (meaning "the rump")' | $400 | (Rabbie) Burns | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
ADD A LETTER | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Put a letter on your mitten & you become this, love-struck' | $400 | smitten | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'In October 1520 this Portuguese explorer became the first European to reach Chile & Tierra del Fuego' | $800 | Ferdinand Magellan | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"Capital of Bavaria"' | $800 | Munich | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
IT'S GETTING WINDY | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'NOAA forecasts include wind speeds like 25-30 mph "with" these sudden bursts of wind "up to 50"' | $800 | gusts | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Though not big enough to get a star on our flag, they're the cabins aboard cruise ships' | $800 | staterooms | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
SCOTSMEN | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'His "Wealth of Nations" is widely considered the first great work in political economy' | $800 | Adam Smith | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
ADD A LETTER | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'After you take a beating, add a letter to it & I'll give you one of these tongue-lashings' | $800 | a berating | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Shipwrecked English sailors founded a settlement in 1638 in what is now this Central American nation' | $3,000 | Belize | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"Forever"' | $1200 | Always | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
IT'S GETTING WINDY | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'It blew into southern Louisiana Sept. 1, 2008 but fortunately didn't turn out to be Katrina II' | $1200 | Gustav | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-11-07_DJ_08.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Machu Picchu in Peru.</a>) Nationals of the European Union, Australia, Canada & the U.S. who visit Peru for less than 90 days aren't required to carry one of these documents unless they're here for business' | $1200 | a visa | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
SCOTSMEN | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'In the 1760s he improved upon the Newcomen steam engine by making a separate condenser, his first invention' | $1200 | (James) Watt | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
ADD A LETTER | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Adding a letter to scone turns a baked good into this bracket for candles' | $1200 | a sconce | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'This Indian civilization, probably the first in the Americas, lived in eastern Mexico from about 1200 to 400 B.C.' | $1600 | the Olmec(s) | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"Achieve My Apprehension Where Possible"' | $1600 | Catch Me if You Can | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
IT'S GETTING WINDY | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'The hot "khamsin" blows about 50 days a year & gets its name from the word for 50 in this language' | $1600 | Arabic | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'City on the south side of the most congested U.S.-Mexico crossing; half the northbound cars wait 90 minutes' | $1600 | Tijuana | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
SCOTSMEN | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'This Scottish reformation leader published his "Faithful Admonition" to Protestants in England in 1554' | $1600 | John Knox | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
ADD A LETTER | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Add a letter to ignite & it becomes this brown coal' | $1600 | lignite | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'In 1990 she defeated Daniel Ortega to become president of Nicaragua' | $2000 | Violeta Chamorro | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | '"Helios' Kingdom"' | $2000 | Empire of the Sun | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
IT'S GETTING WINDY | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'These winds are no longer needed for commerce, but they do make for great windsurfing in Barbados' | $3,000 | the trade winds | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'A U.S. embassy may provide services through this "section" whose name recalls an ancient Roman office' | $2000 | consular (consulate accepted) | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
SCOTSMEN | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'After recovering from a nervous breakdown, this Scottish philosopher wrote "A Treatise of Human Nature"' | $2000 | David Hume | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
ADD A LETTER | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'Haddock is a fish; add a letter & it becomes this large citrus fruit' | $2000 | shaddock | Double Jeopardy! | 5560 |
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS | 2008-11-07T00:00:00 | 'One of the 2 presidents to win the national popular vote 3 times but only be elected president twice' | null | (1 of) Grover Cleveland & Andrew Jackson | Final Jeopardy! | 5560 |
DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Dante begins his journey on this day, the anniversary of the crucifixion' | $200 | Good Friday | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Magic Johnson' | $200 | the Lakers | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
AMERICAN EDUCATION | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'From 1869 to 1939 education was administered by this cabinet department that manages national parks' | $200 | Interior | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'The first week of August honors these circus performers & is appropriately followed by Smile Week' | $200 | clowns | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
EXODUS | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Exodus 12 has instructions for this holiday; please respond with one question, not 4' | $200 | Passover | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
STAGE "RIGHT" | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Profession of Pinter, Shaw & Beckett' | $200 | playwrights | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Dante journeys through Hell to the rim of Purgatory with the guidance of this Roman epic poet' | $400 | Virgil | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'John Elway' | $400 | the Broncos | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
AMERICAN EDUCATION | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'It can be a school of higher education for girls, or a school for training priests, ministers or rabbis' | $400 | a seminary | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Among other things, this month is Cherry Month & Creative Romance Month' | $800 | February | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
EXODUS | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'In 1:22 he says, "Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river"' | $400 | the pharaoh | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
STAGE "RIGHT" | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'It's the symbol seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-01-29_J_07.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, more gigantic than usual' | $400 | a copyright symbol | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | '"Purgatory" & "Paradise" contain 33 of these poem subdivisions; "Inferno" has 34' | $600 | cantos | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Ted Williams' | $600 | the Red Sox | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
AMERICAN EDUCATION | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'The NMSA is the "National" this type of "Association" for young adolescents' | $600 | middle schools | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Knoxville's Boomsday festival celebrating this Sept. holiday has one of the USA's largest fireworks displays' | $600 | Labor Day | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
EXODUS | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | '14: 16 says, "And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea" --this one' | $600 | the Red Sea | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
STAGE "RIGHT" | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | '"Let It Snow" begins, "Oh the weather outside is" this' | $600 | frightful | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Capocchio & Griffolino of Arezzo are damned to Hell for being falsifiers of metal using this process' | $800 | alchemy | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Isiah Thomas' | $800 | the Pistons | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
AMERICAN EDUCATION | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'In August 1995 Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at this South Carolina military college' | $800 | The Citadel | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'By presidential proclamation, October 9 is set aside to honor this Viking & all Americans of Nordic heritage' | $800 | Leif Ericson | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
EXODUS | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'In chapter 4 Moses casts a rod to the ground, & it turns into this' | $800 | a snake | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
STAGE "RIGHT" | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Adjective meaning animated, vivacious or lively' | $800 | sprightly | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Paging Mr. Magus, this magician who offered to purchase the power of transmitting the Holy Spirit' | $1000 | Simon | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Kirby Puckett' | $1000 | the Minnesota Twins | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
AMERICAN EDUCATION | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'In 1838 this Massachusetts educator founded the biweekly Common School Journal for teachers' | $1000 | Horace Mann | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'On this November holiday created in 1937 by Al Capp in "Li'l Abner", unmarried women pursue bachelors' | $1000 | Sadie Hawkins Day | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
EXODUS | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Chapter 20 has the 10 Commandments; these 2 are each 4 words long in the King James Version' | $1000 | "Thou shalt not kill" & "Thou shalt not steal" | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
STAGE "RIGHT" | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'This U.S. government scholarship program named for a senator began in 1946' | $1000 | Fulbright | Jeopardy! | 5619 |
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'The statue was based on this giant Greek statue destroyed by an earthquake around 225 B.C.' | $400 | the Colossus of Rhodes | Double Jeopardy! | 5619 |
CLASSIC TV DRAMA EPISODES | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | '1964:<br />"Ponderosa Matador"' | $400 | Bonanza | Double Jeopardy! | 5619 |
URBAN PLANNING | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'By order of the king, this innovation came to the streets of Paris in 1184' | $400 | stone paving (sewer drains accepted) | Double Jeopardy! | 5619 |
PICK THE PRIME NUMBER | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | '2, 4, 6' | $400 | 2 | Double Jeopardy! | 5619 |
RAISE THE FLAG | 2009-01-29T00:00:00 | 'At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the team from this island used a modified Olympic flag as its national banner' | $400 | Taiwan | Double Jeopardy! | 5619 |
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