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THE PONY EXPRESS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'In "Roughing It", this American author described the thrill of seeing an Express rider'
$800
Mark Twain
Jeopardy!
5212
FOLKS ON SPORTS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'This N.Y. Yankee known as A-Rod said, "Therapy can be a good thing; it can be therapeutic"'
$800
Alex Rodriguez
Jeopardy!
5212
LET'S HAVE SOME SUSHI
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'Ah fugu, or this... you can be deadly but you're soooo delicious...still, Hootie & the Fugu doesn't work'
$800
blowfish
Jeopardy!
5212
EUROPEAN CAPITALS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'It's known for its nude statue of Paavo Nurmi'
$800
Helsinki
Jeopardy!
5212
YOU'RE MAKING ME "MAD"
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'A fortified dessert wine from Portugal'
$800
Madeira
Jeopardy!
5212
LAST BUT NOT LEAST
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'He was the last U.S. president not sworn in by the Chief Justice of the U.S.'
$2,000
Lyndon Johnson
Jeopardy!
5212
THE PONY EXPRESS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'End to end, the Pony Express ran from this state to California'
$1000
Missouri
Jeopardy!
5212
FOLKS ON SPORTS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'Jay Leno said, "On his way home from Torino, he didn't catch his plane. Apparently" this skier "missed the gate"'
$1000
Bode Miller
Jeopardy!
5212
LET'S HAVE SOME SUSHI
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'Calling it ika is probably better than this English term, or worse, "10-armed cephalopod"'
$1000
squid
Jeopardy!
5212
EUROPEAN CAPITALS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'King Christian VIII's birthplace'
$1000
Copenhagen
Jeopardy!
5212
YOU'RE MAKING ME "MAD"
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'She was from Armentieres in a popular WWI song; Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo!'
$1000
Mademoiselle
Jeopardy!
5212
LAST BUT NOT LEAST
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'The last NASA astronaut to fly in space alone was Ronald Evans as a part of this 1972 Apollo mission'
$1000
Apollo 17
Jeopardy!
5212
SCIENC"E"
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'It's the tide that flows away from the shore'
$400
ebb
Double Jeopardy!
5212
MARQUEE LADIES
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'2001 & 2004: Renee Zellweger as this title character'
$400
Bridget Jones
Double Jeopardy!
5212
THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'"iWOZ" tells how he went "from computer geek to cult icon" by inventing the personal computer'
$400
Wozniak
Double Jeopardy!
5212
13-LETTER WORDS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'In the arts, it's the profession of Cunningham, Robbins & Tharp'
$400
choreographer
Double Jeopardy!
5212
MESSIAH
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'Like "Christ", the word "Messiah" means having undergone this ceremony often done with oil'
$400
anointing
Double Jeopardy!
5212
OTHER WORKS BY HANDEL
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'She's the queen who captivates the operatic title character Giulio Cesare'
$400
Cleopatra
Double Jeopardy!
5212
SCIENC"E"
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'These solar seasonal events occur in March & September'
$800
equinox
Double Jeopardy!
5212
MARQUEE LADIES
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'1982: Julie Andrews with the title role(s) in this film'
$800
Victor/Victoria
Double Jeopardy!
5212
THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-04-17_DJ_07.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Scott Turow.</a>) My memoir "One L" tells "The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at" this law school'
$800
Harvard
Double Jeopardy!
5212
13-LETTER WORDS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'If you weighed up to 126 pounds, you'd be as light as this class of boxer'
$800
featherweight
Double Jeopardy!
5212
MESSIAH
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'The Jewish Messiah will be in the line of this second king of Israel, who united his nation'
$800
David
Double Jeopardy!
5212
OTHER WORKS BY HANDEL
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'It's the job of Acis, who woos Galatea in a Handel pastoral masque'
$800
shepherd
Double Jeopardy!
5212
SCIENC"E"
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'This condition exists when a chemical reaction & its reverse reaction proceed at the same rate'
$1200
equilibrium
Double Jeopardy!
5212
MARQUEE LADIES
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'1957: Joanne Woodward as this 3-faced woman'
$1200
Eve
Double Jeopardy!
5212
THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'In "Dreams from My Father" this senator told "a story of race and inheritance"'
$1200
Barack Obama
Double Jeopardy!
5212
13-LETTER WORDS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'A rubber-treatment process, or turning into Mr. Spock's kin'
$1200
vulcanization
Double Jeopardy!
5212
MESSIAH
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'Named for a messianic figure in Shiite Islam, Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi army is based in this country'
$1200
Iraq
Double Jeopardy!
5212
OTHER WORKS BY HANDEL
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'The opera/oratorio title character Semele has the hots for Jupiter, displeasing this wife of the god'
$1200
Juno
Double Jeopardy!
5212
SCIENC"E"
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-04-17_DJ_11.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.</a>) Being an acid, the juice from a lemon acts as this type of liquid, defined as one that conducts current'
$3,000
electrolyte
Double Jeopardy!
5212
MARQUEE LADIES
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'1985: Madonna as her'
$1600
Susan
Double Jeopardy!
5212
THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'"Work hard, study and...keep out of politics!", advice from his grandpa, is the title of a memoir by this '80s-'90s Sec. of State'
$1600
James Baker
Double Jeopardy!
5212
13-LETTER WORDS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'En francais, s'il vous plait! This thick slice of tenderloin is broiled & served with potatoes & a bernaise sauce'
$1600
chateaubriand
Double Jeopardy!
5212
MESSIAH
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'It's a future 1,000-year period of blessedness; some think it'll be after the Second Coming, some that it'll lead to it'
$3,000
Millennium
Double Jeopardy!
5212
OTHER WORKS BY HANDEL
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'Handel set to music Dryden's "Alexander's Feast", with its line "none but" these people "deserves the fair"'
$1600
the brave
Double Jeopardy!
5212
SCIENC"E"
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'The name of this flap of cartilage comes from words meaning "above the tongue"'
$2000
epiglottis
Double Jeopardy!
5212
MARQUEE LADIES
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'1958: Leslie Caron played this Parisian gal'
$2000
Gigi
Double Jeopardy!
5212
THANKS FOR THE MEMOIRS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'This British actress didn't have much nice to say about hubby Philip Roth in her memoir "Leaving a Doll's House"'
$2000
Claire Bloom
Double Jeopardy!
5212
13-LETTER WORDS
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'From the Latin, it literally means "father of the household"'
$2000
paterfamilias
Double Jeopardy!
5212
MESSIAH
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'This founder of a Persian religion fathered savior sons, to be born at 1,000-year intervals'
$2000
Zoroaster
Double Jeopardy!
5212
OTHER WORKS BY HANDEL
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'The melody heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-04-17_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is from the opera about Serse, better known to us as this "X"-rated Persian king'
$2000
Xerxes
Double Jeopardy!
5212
LITERARY QUOTES
2007-04-17T00:00:00
'In an 1859 novel, Charles Dickens called this object "the sharp female newly-born"'
null
the guillotine
Final Jeopardy!
5212
"P"-RUSSIA
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'This czar gave Russia a "window to the west" when he built a new capital on land taken from Sweden'
$200
Peter the Great
Jeopardy!
4222
GAME SHOW FORMATS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'To start each round, 4 people from the audience each try to guess the correct cost of a featured prize'
$200
The Price is Right
Jeopardy!
4222
THE 7 WONDERS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'We sort of know what the Statue of Zeus looked like because it was reproduced on these of the realm'
$200
coins
Jeopardy!
4222
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reporting from London) Since 1066, every British monarch except 2 have come to Westminster Abbey for this ceremony'
$200
coronation
Jeopardy!
4222
A BROAD-BASED MOVEMENT
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'The DAR'
$200
Daughters of the American Revolution
Jeopardy!
4222
BODY LANGUAGE
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'If these are "burning", someone is talking about you'
$200
ears
Jeopardy!
4222
"P"-RUSSIA
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'In the 2000 presidential election he got 53% of the vote'
$400
Vladimir Putin
Jeopardy!
4222
GAME SHOW FORMATS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'With the help of 3 lifelines, a contestant tries to answer 15 questions to win a cool 7 figures'
$400
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Jeopardy!
4222
THE 7 WONDERS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'They were located on terraces that possibly rose some 300 feet'
$400
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Jeopardy!
4222
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'You should visit this astronomer royal's plot in the cloister more often than once every 76 years'
$400
Edmond Halley
Jeopardy!
4222
A BROAD-BASED MOVEMENT
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'The YWCA'
$400
Young Women\'s Christian Association
Jeopardy!
4222
BODY LANGUAGE
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'Something extremely obvious is "as plain as" this'
$400
the nose on your face
Jeopardy!
4222
"P"-RUSSIA
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'This 1904 Nobel winner was director of the physiology dept. at the Institute of Experimental Medicine'
$1,000
Ivan Pavlov
Jeopardy!
4222
GAME SHOW FORMATS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'A member of the opposite sex asks questions of 3 hidden contestants & then picks 1 to go out with'
$600
The Dating Game
Jeopardy!
4222
THE 7 WONDERS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'Made of bronze, it was destroyed by an earthquake in 224 B.C.'
$600
Colossus of Rhodes
Jeopardy!
4222
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reporting from London) Over 30 million of Britain's 58 million people watched this event from Westminster Abbey September 6, 1997'
$600
Princess Diana\'s Funeral
Jeopardy!
4222
A BROAD-BASED MOVEMENT
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'The LPGA'
$600
Ladies Professional Golf Association
Jeopardy!
4222
BODY LANGUAGE
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'If you have a desire to travel, these are "itchy"'
$600
your feet
Jeopardy!
4222
"P"-RUSSIA
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'Russian for "restructuring", it was part of Gorbachev's effort to fix the economy'
$800
perestroika
Jeopardy!
4222
GAME SHOW FORMATS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'2 contestants try to duplicate the answers given by 6 celebrities to funny fill-in-the-blank sentences'
$800
The Match Game
Jeopardy!
4222
THE 7 WONDERS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'An earthquake in the 13th century signaled the loss of this -- signal'
$800
Lighthouse at Alexandria
Jeopardy!
4222
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'In the fall of 1939 these talented boys had to be evacuated from the abbey to Sussex, but they were back in 1947'
$800
the choirboys
Jeopardy!
4222
A BROAD-BASED MOVEMENT
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'NOW'
$800
National Organization for Women
Jeopardy!
4222
BODY LANGUAGE
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'No one would understand if you literally "spoke wth" this -- it means what was said is meant to be humorous'
$800
tongue-in-cheek
Jeopardy!
4222
"P"-RUSSIA
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'This composer's "Peter and the Wolf" is for narrator & orchestra'
$1000
Sergei Prokofiev
Jeopardy!
4222
GAME SHOW FORMATS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'3 people all claim to be the same specific person'
$1000
To Tell the Truth
Jeopardy!
4222
THE 7 WONDERS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'As always, invading Goths got the blame for destroying her temple at Ephesus'
$1000
Artemis/Diana
Jeopardy!
4222
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'His body came to Westminster Abbey from Africa, arriving after an 11-month journey in 1874'
$1000
Dr. David Livingstone
Jeopardy!
4222
A BROAD-BASED MOVEMENT
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'They sponsor debates:<br />the LWV'
$1000
League of Women Voters
Jeopardy!
4222
BODY LANGUAGE
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'An automatic or unthinking response, like when the doctor taps your patellar tendon'
$1000
knee-jerk reaction
Jeopardy!
4222
PRUSSIA
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'The state of Prussia was legally abolished in this decade of the 20th century'
$400
1940s (1947)
Double Jeopardy!
4222
ANAGRAMMED AUTHORS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'Writer of 37 plays & 154 sonnets:<br />We all make his praise'
$400
William Shakespeare
Double Jeopardy!
4222
THE MOON
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'The number of times the moon rotates on its axis during each trip around the Earth'
$400
1
Double Jeopardy!
4222
TAKE THE KIDS!
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'If you stay at Cradle Mountain Lodge in this country, your tykes may get to see some Tasmanian devils'
$400
Australia
Double Jeopardy!
4222
SHOW BIZ DADS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'Liza's dad, he staged musical numbers for movies before he started directing them'
$400
Vincente Minnelli
Double Jeopardy!
4222
SPECIAL "K"
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'These gold coins introduced in 1967 are minted in the South African city of Centurion'
$400
Krugerrands
Double Jeopardy!
4222
PRUSSIA
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'Prussia got its start as the German district of this, found in the title of Bach concertos'
$1,800
Brandenburg
Double Jeopardy!
4222
ANAGRAMMED AUTHORS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'A scandalous Irishman, my parents were also writers:<br />I lace words'
$800
Oscar Wilde
Double Jeopardy!
4222
THE MOON
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'At 183 miles wide & 13,000 feet deep, Bailly is the largest distinct one of these'
$800
crater
Double Jeopardy!
4222
TAKE THE KIDS!
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'Pinching pennies? The Lincoln Park Zoo in this Midwest city has something rare: free admission'
$800
Chicago
Double Jeopardy!
4222
SHOW BIZ DADS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'This star of "Going My Way" left Gary & his other sons a trust fund they couldn't touch until age 65'
$800
Bing Crosby
Double Jeopardy!
4222
SPECIAL "K"
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'In 1968 this American leader prophetically shared, "I've looked over and I've seen the promised land"'
$800
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Double Jeopardy!
4222
PRUSSIA
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'Wilhelm I's prime minister & imperial chancellor, he certainly ironed out Prussia's problems'
$1200
Otto von Bismarck
Double Jeopardy!
4222
ANAGRAMMED AUTHORS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'This American adventurist armed his boat & hunted German subs in the Caribbean during WWII:<br />Weighty man, sneer'
$1200
Ernest Hemingway
Double Jeopardy!
4222
THE MOON
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'This rugged lunar mountain range that shares its name with an Italian range rises to over 15,000 feet'
$1200
Apennines
Double Jeopardy!
4222
TAKE THE KIDS!
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'Eek! A frightening "Fearfall" at Universal Orlando is named for this "doctor", the Fantastic Four's foe'
$1200
Doctor Doom
Double Jeopardy!
4222
SPECIAL "K"
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'Considering her an exemplary figure, George Bernard Shaw said to her, "I wish all Americans were as blind as you"'
$1200
Helen Keller
Double Jeopardy!
4222
PRUSSIA
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'In the Franco-Prussian War France lost this hyphenated territory that it & Germany still wrangle over'
$1600
Alsace-Lorraine
Double Jeopardy!
4222
ANAGRAMMED AUTHORS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'He hated "busyness" & built the cabin he lived in:<br />A very hidden author'
$1600
Henry David Thoreau
Double Jeopardy!
4222
THE MOON
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'In the first words spoken from the moon's surface, these 4 words follow "Houston. Tranquility Base here..."'
$1,600
"The Eagle has Landed"
Double Jeopardy!
4222
TAKE THE KIDS!
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'Sand yachting across the dunes will thrill your kids at De Panne, 16 miles southwest of Ostend in this country'
$1600
Belgium
Double Jeopardy!
4222
SPECIAL "K"
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'It stands in the center of Saudi Arabia's Grand Mosque'
$1600
the Kaaba
Double Jeopardy!
4222
PRUSSIA
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'A Prussian maritime provimce is thought to be the original name of this dog, seen here'
$2000
Pomeranian
Double Jeopardy!
4222
ANAGRAMMED AUTHORS
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'A poet who became a senator of the Irish Free State:<br />I'm a subtle wit, really'
$2000
William Butler Yeats
Double Jeopardy!
4222
THE MOON
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'On Dec. 24, 1968 the crew from this U.S. lunar mission became the first men to look upon the moon's far side'
$2000
Apollo 8
Double Jeopardy!
4222
SPECIAL "K"
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports) From the Japanese for "pattern", it's the general name for a choreographed karate training sequence'
$2000
kata
Double Jeopardy!
4222
SOUTH AMERICA
2002-12-31T00:00:00
'Alphabetically, they're the first & last of the 7 countries where the Andes are found'
null
Argentina & Venezuela
Final Jeopardy!
4222