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CROSSWORD CLUES "C"
2007-02-13T00:00:00
'To inflect a verb (9)'
$2000
conjugate
Double Jeopardy!
5167
20th CENTURY AUTHORS
2007-02-13T00:00:00
'This author was born in 1926, the daughter of Amasa, an Alabama lawyer, & Frances, whose maiden name was Finch'
null
Harper Lee
Final Jeopardy!
5167
MEN OF LETTERS
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Jerome David'
$100
Salinger
Jeopardy!
3151
MUSIC POTPOURRI
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'This composer of the Hallelulah Chorus also wrote the Hallelujah Concerto'
$100
Handel
Jeopardy!
3151
SET 'EM UP, JOE
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Joe's Flag Day special is a brandy & port cocktail named for this seamstress'
$100
Betsy Ross
Jeopardy!
3151
WILD GOOSE CHASES
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Ponce de Leon should have tried a facelift, as he never found this liquid rejuvenizer'
$100
the Fountain of Youth
Jeopardy!
3151
WOMEN ON TELEVISION
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Kristen Johnston's Sally Solomon is an alien posing as a leggy woman on this hit sitcom'
$100
3rd Rock from the Sun
Jeopardy!
3151
WE THE "PEOPLE"
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'According to lyricist Bob Merrill, "People who need people are" this'
$100
the luckiest people in the world
Jeopardy!
3151
MEN OF LETTERS
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Edward Estlin'
$200
Cummings
Jeopardy!
3151
MUSIC POTPOURRI
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'"Anatomical" term for the part of a string instrument where you'll find the fingerboard'
$200
the neck
Jeopardy!
3151
SET 'EM UP, JOE
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Trader Vic himself taught Joe how to make a "Wahine" with the light Puerto Rican type of this liquor'
$200
rum
Jeopardy!
3151
WILD GOOSE CHASES
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'A lot of sleepless "knights" were spent questing for this chalice given to Joseph of Arimathea'
$200
the Holy Grail
Jeopardy!
3151
WOMEN ON TELEVISION
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Yvonne Zima is Anthony Edwards' daughter Rachel Greene on "ER"; this actress is Rachel Green on "Friends"'
$200
Jennifer Aniston
Jeopardy!
3151
WE THE "PEOPLE"
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'In 1997 Bill Cosby won Favorite Male in a New Series, his 15th of these awards'
$200
the People\'s Choice Awards
Jeopardy!
3151
MEN OF LETTERS
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'David Herbert'
$300
Lawrence
Jeopardy!
3151
MUSIC POTPOURRI
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'On sheet music, ff stands for this Italian word that means "very loud"'
$300
fortissimo
Jeopardy!
3151
SET 'EM UP, JOE
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'On June 7, Joe celebrates Liam Neeson's birthday with this cocktail made of sweet vermouth & scotch'
$1,000
a Rob Roy
Jeopardy!
3151
WILD GOOSE CHASES
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Some think the Bimini Road is evidence of this Lost Continent'
$300
Atlantis
Jeopardy!
3151
WOMEN ON TELEVISION
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Caroline Rhea is this teenage witch's kooky Aunt Hilda'
$300
Sabrina
Jeopardy!
3151
WE THE "PEOPLE"
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'This phrase for the Jews refers to Exodus 19:6, "Ye shall be unto me... a holy nation"'
$300
the Chosen People
Jeopardy!
3151
MEN OF LETTERS
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Wystan Hugh'
$400
Auden
Jeopardy!
3151
MUSIC POTPOURRI
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'This famous group, heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-04-20_J_05.mp3">here</a>, was founded 500 years ago, in 1498:'
$400
the Vienna Boys\' Choir
Jeopardy!
3151
SET 'EM UP, JOE
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Joe's customer Tex orders a tequini straight up, made with dry vermouth, this liquor & a twist of lemon'
$400
tequila
Jeopardy!
3151
WILD GOOSE CHASES
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Henry Hudson "passed" on while seeking this elusive route to Asia'
$400
the Northwest Passage
Jeopardy!
3151
WOMEN ON TELEVISION
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Before replacing Farrah Fawcett on "Charlie's Angels", this actress sang on "Josie and the Pussycats"'
$400
Cheryl Ladd
Jeopardy!
3151
WE THE "PEOPLE"
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'A song from this international program's festival is heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-04-20_J_24.mp3">here</a>:<br /><br /><i>"Everybody's everybody /<br />And nobody is the same, no, no no no..."</i>'
$400
Up with People
Jeopardy!
3151
MEN OF LETTERS
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'John Ronald Reuel'
$500
Tolkien
Jeopardy!
3151
MUSIC POTPOURRI
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Beethoven called it "Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia", but we know it by this "lunar" name'
$500
the "Moonlight Sonata"
Jeopardy!
3151
SET 'EM UP, JOE
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Joe dreams of Vivien Leigh when he makes his Southern Comfort & cranberry juice cocktail'
$500
a Scarlett O\'Hara
Jeopardy!
3151
WILD GOOSE CHASES
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'He walked on the moon & walked up Ararat, searching in vain for Noah's Ark'
$500
James Irwin
Jeopardy!
3151
WOMEN ON TELEVISION
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'The Borg Seven of Nine & Captain Kathryn Janeway are 2 of the women aboard this Federation starship'
$500
Voyager
Jeopardy!
3151
WE THE "PEOPLE"
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'You can tour scenic downtown Detroit or Miami on this type of mass transit system'
$500
a people mover
Jeopardy!
3151
SCIENCE & NATURE
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Found in Eastern Australia & Tasmania, this mammal's scientific name means "bird-snout"'
$200
a platypus
Double Jeopardy!
3151
JOHN CUSACK MOVIES
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Nicolas Cage & John Cusack team up when inmates hijack a plane in this 1997 thriller'
$200
Con Air
Double Jeopardy!
3151
FAMOUS FRENCHMEN
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'This cardinal, "The Red Eminence", made his enemies see red, so he was banished in 1617'
$200
Richelieu
Double Jeopardy!
3151
SNEEZING
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'For the voice of Sneezy in this 1937 classic, Disney "achoo"sed Billy Gilbert'
$200
Snow White (and the Seven Dwarfs)
Double Jeopardy!
3151
HONSHU
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'It's the largest city on the island of Honshu'
$200
Tokyo
Double Jeopardy!
3151
BLESS YOU
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'One form of this pre-meal prayer begins, "Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts"'
$200
grace
Double Jeopardy!
3151
SCIENCE & NATURE
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'This metal used in storage batteries is refined mainly from a gray metallic ore called galena'
$400
lead
Double Jeopardy!
3151
JOHN CUSACK MOVIES
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Cusack was the voice of Dimitri & Meg Ryan was this Russian princess in a 1997 animated film'
$400
Anastasia
Double Jeopardy!
3151
FAMOUS FRENCHMEN
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'In 1619 this math whiz could have said, "I think, therefore I am joining the duke of Bavaria's army"'
$400
Descartes
Double Jeopardy!
3151
SNEEZING
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'In 1997 the price of this spice went up to $2.70 a pound & that's something to sneeze at'
$400
pepper
Double Jeopardy!
3151
HONSHU
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'A national park on Honshu boasts lakes, hot springs, beaches & this tallest Japanese mountain'
$400
Fuji
Double Jeopardy!
3151
BLESS YOU
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'He wore his brother Esau's clothes to finagle his father Isaac's blessing'
$400
Jacob
Double Jeopardy!
3151
SCIENCE & NATURE
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'The retina has about 75 to 150 million rods & only about 7 million of these receptor cells'
$600
cones
Double Jeopardy!
3151
JOHN CUSACK MOVIES
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Cusack plays a journalist who's sent to Savannah, Georgia in this 1997 film based on a book of the same name'
$600
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Double Jeopardy!
3151
FAMOUS FRENCHMEN
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Jean-Baptiste Poquelin began using this 1-word stage name in the 1640s'
$600
Molière
Double Jeopardy!
3151
SNEEZING
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'A "photic" sneeze is caused by this'
$1,500
sunlight (light accepted)
Double Jeopardy!
3151
BLESS YOU
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Term for Jesus' 8 statements beginning with "Blessed are the poor in spirit..."'
$600
the Beatitudes
Double Jeopardy!
3151
SCIENCE & NATURE
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'This inert gas symbolized Ar is used to fill light bulbs to prevent the tungsten filament from evaporating'
$800
argon
Double Jeopardy!
3151
JOHN CUSACK MOVIES
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Cusack was third baseman Buck Weaver in this 1988 film about the Black Sox'
$800
Eight Men Out
Double Jeopardy!
3151
FAMOUS FRENCHMEN
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'This Frenchman is most famous for inventing the device named for him, seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-04-20_DJ_04.wmv" target="_blank">here</a>:'
$1,000
Foucault
Double Jeopardy!
3151
SNEEZING
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'This woman, seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-04-20_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, says a doctor had to teach her how to sneeze--& laugh--properly'
$800
Celine Dion
Double Jeopardy!
3151
BLESS YOU
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'"May His great name be blessed to all eternity" is the nucleus of this Jewish mourner's prayer'
$800
Kaddish
Double Jeopardy!
3151
SCIENCE & NATURE
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'In digital watches, LCD stands for liquid crystal display; LED stands for this'
$1000
light-emitting diode
Double Jeopardy!
3151
JOHN CUSACK MOVIES
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'Cusack starred with Minnie Driver in this 1997 movie about a Michigan high school reunion'
$1000
Grosse Pointe Blank
Double Jeopardy!
3151
FAMOUS FRENCHMEN
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'This director of the "New Wave" film "Breathless" once wrote under the pseudonym Hans Lucas'
$1000
Jean-Luc Godard
Double Jeopardy!
3151
SNEEZING
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'If you're "up to" this, you know it used to be kept in a "sneeze-box"'
$1000
snuff
Double Jeopardy!
3151
BLESS YOU
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'The U.S. Constitution was established to "secure the blessings of" this'
$1000
liberty
Double Jeopardy!
3151
WORLD BUSINESS
1998-04-20T00:00:00
'The offices of N.M. Rothschild in London fix this twice every weekday, at 10:30 A.M. & 3 P.M.'
null
the price of gold
Final Jeopardy!
3151
SCIENCE & NATURE
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'About one-millionth as bright as our sun, these small red stars are also known as flare stars'
$100
dwarfs
Jeopardy!
3865
HARD ROCK CAFE
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'These rockers conquered the world with albums like "High Voltage", "Highway to Hell" & "Back in Black"'
$100
AC/DC
Jeopardy!
3865
A NOVEL CATEGORY
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Elias Canetti's "Die Blendung" has been published in English under the Biblical title "The Tower of" this'
$100
Babel
Jeopardy!
3865
REMEMBER 1989?
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Based on a comic book & a campy '60s TV show, this movie was an immense hit in 1989'
$100
Batman
Jeopardy!
3865
RHYMES WITH RHYME
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Unlawful activity'
$100
crime
Jeopardy!
3865
GAMING
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'One story credits 17th century mathematician Blaise Pascal with the invention of this ball-&-wheel game'
$100
roulette
Jeopardy!
3865
SCIENCE & NATURE
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'The mud eel is not really an eel, but a species of this tailed amphibian'
$200
a salamander
Jeopardy!
3865
HARD ROCK CAFE
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'At No. 4, this Robert Plant band's highest-charting U.S. hit was 1969's "Whole Lotta Love"'
$200
Led Zeppelin
Jeopardy!
3865
A NOVEL CATEGORY
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'This "Don Quixote" author wrote his first novel, "La Galatea", in 1585'
$200
Cervantes
Jeopardy!
3865
REMEMBER 1989?
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Attracting widespread media coverage, this star of "The Queen of Outer Space" slapped a cop'
$200
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Jeopardy!
3865
RHYMES WITH RHYME
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Sound of a bell'
$200
chime
Jeopardy!
3865
GAMING
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Hazard is a centuries-old game using these, which Einstein thought God doesn't play with'
$200
dice
Jeopardy!
3865
SCIENCE & NATURE
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Of the 6 simple machines in physics, this one uses a spiral inclined plane'
$300
a screw
Jeopardy!
3865
HARD ROCK CAFE
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'On the Michael Jackson hit "Beat It" this virtuoso lead guitarist played a solo'
$300
Eddie Van Halen
Jeopardy!
3865
A NOVEL CATEGORY
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'"The Plum in the Golden Vase", a novel known for its eroticism, was written at the time of this Chinese dynasty'
$300
the Ming Dynasty
Jeopardy!
3865
REMEMBER 1989?
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Playing for the Texas Rangers, this man became the first pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters'
$300
Nolan Ryan
Jeopardy!
3865
RHYMES WITH RHYME
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Slug & snail residue'
$300
slime
Jeopardy!
3865
GAMING
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Wild Fruit Bars & Jackpot Party are popular types of these machines'
$300
slot machines
Jeopardy!
3865
SCIENCE & NATURE
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'The name of this Alpine flower is German for "noble white"'
$2,700
Edelweiss
Jeopardy!
3865
HARD ROCK CAFE
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'In the 1970s the man seen here fronted this "colorful" rock band:<br />[Ozzy Osbourne]'
$400
Black Sabbath
Jeopardy!
3865
A NOVEL CATEGORY
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'The 1803 book "Thaddeus of" this Polish city is called one of the first historical novels'
$400
Warsaw
Jeopardy!
3865
REMEMBER 1989?
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Echoing sports cars of the past, Mazda introduced this 2-seat roadster'
$400
Miata
Jeopardy!
3865
RHYMES WITH RHYME
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'A Canadian coin'
$400
dime
Jeopardy!
3865
GAMING
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Aussie mogul Kerry Packer reportedly lost $15 million in a weekend at this game that involves a banker'
$400
baccarat
Jeopardy!
3865
SCIENCE & NATURE
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'All 6 noble gases were discovered on Earth between 1894 & 1900; this one, symbol Rn, was the last'
$500
radon
Jeopardy!
3865
HARD ROCK CAFE
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Known best for "Rock You Like A Hurricane", this metal band cut an album in 2000 with the Berlin Philharmonic'
$500
The Scorpions
Jeopardy!
3865
A NOVEL CATEGORY
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'A relative of Chilean president Salvador Allende, she wrote the luminous novel "Eva Luna"'
$500
Isabel Allende
Jeopardy!
3865
REMEMBER 1989?
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'In 1989 this Japanese corporation bought Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion'
$500
Sony
Jeopardy!
3865
RHYMES WITH RHYME
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'First in degree or rank'
$500
prime
Jeopardy!
3865
GAMING
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Caesars Palace historians tell us this game with numbers marked on a ticket helped fund the Great Wall of China'
$500
keno
Jeopardy!
3865
DRAMA & DRAMATISTS
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'As a music critic, this playwright signed his essays first as "Corno di Bassetto", then as "G.B.S."'
$200
George Bernard Shaw
Double Jeopardy!
3865
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Monrovia'
$200
Liberia
Double Jeopardy!
3865
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'This leader in power from 1917 to 1924 founded Russia's Communist Party & the Soviet state'
$200
V.I. Lenin
Double Jeopardy!
3865
NESTLE'S
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Nestle's began making this in 1904; they claim to make the very best of it'
$200
chocolate
Double Jeopardy!
3865
COUNTRY MUSIC
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'The originator of the Bakersfield sound, he once referred to himself in song as "Ol' Buck"'
$200
Buck Owens
Double Jeopardy!
3865
WORDS FROM CHINESE
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'"Great wind", a tropical cyclone'
$200
typhoon
Double Jeopardy!
3865
DRAMA & DRAMATISTS
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'In 1622 this French comedic playwright was born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in Paris'
$400
Molière
Double Jeopardy!
3865
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Kinshasa'
$400
Congo (formerly Zaire)
Double Jeopardy!
3865
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'Seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2001-05-25_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, she's made a name for herself on & off the tennis courts'
$400
Anna Kournikova
Double Jeopardy!
3865
NESTLE'S
2001-05-25T00:00:00
'On Nestle's brand list, 1 of the 2 mineral waters filed under "P"'
$400
Perrier (or Poland Spring)
Double Jeopardy!
3865