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POTENT POTABLES | 1993-03-31T00:00:00 | 'The name of this German white wine can be translated as "blessed mother's milk"' | $800 | Liebfraumilch | Double Jeopardy! | 1983 |
LITERATURE | 1993-03-31T00:00:00 | 'One of his last collections of tales, "Uncle Remus and the Little Boy", was published posthumously in 1910' | $800 | Joel Chandler Harris | Double Jeopardy! | 1983 |
WORLD HISTORY | 1993-03-31T00:00:00 | 'Jerusalem was captured by this king of Babylon in 597 & 586 B.C.' | $1000 | Nebuchadnezzar | Double Jeopardy! | 1983 |
MUSIC | 1993-03-31T00:00:00 | 'This "Billy the Kid" composer won an Oscar for the score of "The Heiress"' | $1000 | (Aaron) Copland | Double Jeopardy! | 1983 |
TOUGH TV TRIVIA | 1993-03-31T00:00:00 | 'One of the prime time series whose theme was sung by its star, Greg Evigan' | $1000 | B.J. and the Bear (or My Two Dads or P.S. I Luv U) | Double Jeopardy! | 1983 |
ISLANDS | 1993-03-31T00:00:00 | 'This island group makes up 2 provinces of Spain: Santa Cruz de Tenerife & Las Palmas' | $1000 | the Canary Islands | Double Jeopardy! | 1983 |
POTENT POTABLES | 1993-03-31T00:00:00 | 'Though they may have little significance, the letters VO on a brandy label stand for this' | $1000 | very old | Double Jeopardy! | 1983 |
LITERATURE | 1993-03-31T00:00:00 | 'This Hemingway novel about the "Lost Generation" is told from the viewpoint of Jake Barnes' | $1,200 | The Sun Also Rises | Double Jeopardy! | 1983 |
MONARCHS | 1993-03-31T00:00:00 | 'In 1942 she become the first reigning queen to address the U.S. Congress' | null | Wilhelmina | Final Jeopardy! | 1983 |
STARTS WITH "G" | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'This adhesive can be made from animal hides, bones, vegetables or fish' | $100 | Glue | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
THE BIBLE | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Half of the Psalms are attributed to this king whose name means "Beloved (Of God)"' | $100 | David | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
SNAKES | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Snakes have a peculiar respiratory system; most of them have only one of these' | $100 | Lung | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
TELEVISION | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'He placed 6th in the U.S. Olympic decathlon trials in 1948 before limping into TV's "Gunsmoke"' | $100 | Dennis Weaver | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
ONTARIO | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Natural wonder shared by Ontario & New York State; it's a famous honeymoon destination' | $100 | Niagara Falls | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
THANKS, GUYS | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Jim Cole, who keeps us posted on fruit imports & exports, works for this cabinet dept.' | $100 | Dept. of Agriculture | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
STARTS WITH "G" | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Some folks eat these leaping insects jellied, roasted or dipped in honey' | $200 | Grasshoppers | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
THE BIBLE | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'This New Testament apostle is also called Simon, Simeon or Cephas' | $200 | Peter | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
SNAKES | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Snakes used in these acts sway in response to the musician's movements; they can't really hear the music' | $200 | Snake Charmer | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
TELEVISION | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Dan Rather hosts this documentary series that condenses 2 days of coverage into a single hour' | $200 | "48 Hours" | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
ONTARIO | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'The 2 capitals located in Ontario; 1 is the provincial capital & the other the national capital' | $200 | Toronto & Ottawa | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
THANKS, GUYS | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'When we have a question about this, the "Breakfast of Champions", we call Kathryn Newton' | $200 | Wheaties | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
STARTS WITH "G" | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Some of these muscles are minimus & some of them are maximus' | $300 | Gluteus | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
THE BIBLE | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'This came out of the rock at Horeb after Moses struck it with his rod' | $300 | Water | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
SNAKES | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'In Hopi Indian snake dances, priests carry these snakes in their mouths' | $300 | Rattlesnakes | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
TELEVISION | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'In 1966 this ex-producer of "ABC's Wide World of Sports" received the 1st of his more than 40 Emmy nominations' | $300 | Roone Arledge | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
ONTARIO | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'The Ambassador Bridge, world's largest int'l suspension bridge, links Windsor, Ontario & this city' | $300 | Detroit, Michigan | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
THANKS, GUYS | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Richard Arnold, researcher for this Paramount "Enterprise", told us about Vulcan mating customs' | $300 | "Star Trek" | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
STARTS WITH "G" | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Romany is known as the language of these nomadic people' | $400 | Gypsies | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
THE BIBLE | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'This gospel writer was a tax collector at Capernaum when Jesus 1st met him' | $700 | Matthew | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
SNAKES | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Related to the boa constrictor, this largest South American snake is also called the water boa' | $400 | Anaconda | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
TELEVISION | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Carroll O' Connor stars as chief Bill Gillespie in this NBC series based on 1967's "Best Picture"' | $400 | "In The Heat Of The Night" | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
ONTARIO | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Tyrone Guthrie was the 1st to direct the Shakespeare-oriented festival in this town' | $400 | Stratford | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
THANKS, GUYS | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'When we need to know about this, the King of Beers, we call Mary McHugh' | $400 | Budweiser | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
STARTS WITH "G" | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Part eagle & part lion, these mythical beasts were famous for guarding gold' | $500 | Griffins | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
SNAKES | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'The hamadryad, the longest poisonous snake, is also known by this name' | $500 | King Cobra | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
TELEVISION | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'He played sheriff Sam Cade in the early 1970s drama "Cade's County"' | $500 | Glenn Ford | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
ONTARIO | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'The large bay & it's smaller bay that form the northern border of Ontario' | $500 | Hudson Bay & James Bay | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
THANKS, GUYS | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Mr. Otha Day of this bandleader's archive told about the 1st performance of "Rhapsody In Blue"' | $500 | Paul Whiteman | Jeopardy! | 1251 |
AMERICAN HISTORY | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'He was called "Black Dan" due to his swarthy complexion & "Godlike Daniel" from his imposing style' | $200 | Daniel Webster | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
POETRY | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Completes the title of Alan Seegar's most famous poem, "I Have A Rendezvous With..."' | $200 | Death | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
COLORS | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'A person who brings his own lunch to work instead of using the cafeteria' | $200 | Brown Bagger | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
THE NILE | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'It's what the ancient Greek historian Herodotus called "the gift of the Nile"' | $200 | Egypt | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
NICKNAMES | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'He got his nickname as a kid from his fondness for the comic strip "Bingville Bugle"' | $200 | Bing Crosby | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
FILMS OF THE 1930S | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Tibetans were played by Pala Indians from California in this film based on James Hilton's novel' | $200 | "Lost Horizon" | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
AMERICAN HISTORY | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'A branch of the military that was part of the army before it became independent in 1947' | $400 | Air Force | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
POETRY | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | '"I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; yet know I how the heather looks, and what" one of these "must be"' | $400 | Wave (by Emily Dicikinson) | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
COLORS | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'A yellowish-pink color which describes a pretty girl from Georgia' | $400 | Peach | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
NICKNAMES | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Eleanora Fagan was known as Billie Holiday & John Henry Holliday was known as this' | $400 | "Doc" Holliday | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
FILMS OF THE 1930S | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'In 1932 Paul Muni was "A Fugitive From" this' | $400 | A Chain Gang | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
AMERICAN HISTORY | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'He resigned as Secretary of State April 15, 1959 & died a few weeks later' | $600 | John Foster Dulles | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
POETRY | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | '"Freely", "Purely", & "To the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach"' | $1,000 | "How Do I Love Thee?" (by Elizabeth Barrett Browning) | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
COLORS | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'It can precede bull, gate, horde or rule' | $600 | Golden | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
NICKNAMES | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'The musical "Call Me Madam" was inspired by this "Hostess with the Mostes"' | $600 | Perle Mesta | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
FILMS OF THE 1930S | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'In this film E.G. Robinson uttered the dying words, "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"' | $600 | "Little Caesar" | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
AMERICAN HISTORY | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'He, not FDR, was the only Democrat Vermont supported for president since the Civil War' | $800 | Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
POETRY | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Leigh Hunt wrote, "Jenny" did this to "me when we met, jumping from the chair she sat in"' | $800 | Kissed Me | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
COLORS | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'In "An Essay On Criticism", Alexander Pope wrote "All looks" this color "to the jaundiced eye"' | $800 | Yellow | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
NICKNAMES | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'This state's name is Indian for friendship but its people didn't want "The Friendship State" on lic. plates' | $800 | Texas | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
FILMS OF THE 1930S | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'This Greta Garbo film in which she played a Russian was remade in 1957 as the musical "Silk Stockings"' | $800 | "Ninotchka" | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
AMERICAN HISTORY | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'These unpopular laws that dealt with citizenship & free speech contributed to John Adams' defeat in 1800' | $1000 | Alien & Sedition Laws | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
POETRY | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'Milton had him bemoaning, "O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!"' | $1000 | Samson | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
COLORS | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'The word iodine comes from "ion", the same Greek root that gave this flower its name' | $1000 | Violet | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
NICKNAMES | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'He, not Valentino, was "The Great Lover" of the silent screen' | $1000 | John Gilbert (Greta Garbo\'s lover) | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
FILMS OF THE 1930S | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'In this 1936 film Gary Cooper portrayed a tuba player from Mandrake Falls who inherits $20 million' | $1000 | "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" | Double Jeopardy! | 1251 |
ROYALTY | 1990-01-29T00:00:00 | 'If Prince Charles keeps his name when he becomes king, this number will follow it' | null | Charles III | Final Jeopardy! | 1251 |
TERMS OF ENGINEERMENT | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'It's a gated canal section in which water levels are raised & lowered' | $200 | locks | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ONE-NAMED TV CHARACTERS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Bob Denver said the first name of the title character on this sitcom, never revealed, would have been Willie' | $200 | Gilligan\'s Island | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
FIVE ABOUT TENN. | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'The Coliseum is the home stadium of this pro football team' | $200 | the Tennessee Titans | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
BOB'S YOUR UNCLE | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'In 1970 he began his newspaper career with the Montgomery Co. Sentinel, & in 1971 he joined the Washington Post' | $200 | Bob Woodward | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ALL WE ARE "SAY"ING | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'In the 1980s it was Nancy Reagan's 3-word advice to someone offered illegal drugs' | $200 | "Just say no" | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'In Book 3 of "War and Peace", this city is famously abandoned & burned' | $200 | Moscow | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
TERMS OF ENGINEERMENT | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Used extensively by the Romans, it's a bridge built to transport water, not people' | $400 | an aqueduct | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ONE-NAMED TV CHARACTERS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Just one more thing, sir: this L.A. detective's show premiered in 1971, but his first name wasn't actually "Lt."' | $400 | Columbo | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
FIVE ABOUT TENN. | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Located in Memphis, this mansion is the second most-visited home in the U.S.; <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-21_J_13.mp3">thank you very much</a>' | $400 | Graceland | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
BOB'S YOUR UNCLE | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'If there's anything Bob Dole knows, it's that when Bob Dole was Senate majority leader, Bob Dole served for this state' | $400 | Kansas | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ALL WE ARE "SAY"ING | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'This type of legal evidence is unverified, unofficial & not part of one's direct knowledge' | $400 | hearsay | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'In "War and Peace", this man is described as the Antichrist scourging Europe' | $1,000 | Napoleon | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
TERMS OF ENGINEERMENT | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'The Golden Gate & the Brooklyn are steel-cabled examples of this type of bridge' | $600 | a suspension bridge | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ONE-NAMED TV CHARACTERS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Say hello to this evil postal worker played by Wayne Knight on "Seinfeld"' | $600 | Newman | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
FIVE ABOUT TENN. | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'This music program based in Nashville is the USA's oldest continuous live radio program' | $600 | the Grand Ole Opry | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
BOB'S YOUR UNCLE | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'This former sitcom shrink got the Kennedy Center's 2002 Mark Twain Prize for his contribution to American humor' | $600 | Bob Newhart | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ALL WE ARE "SAY"ING | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'This popular children's game bearing a man's name tests your ability to follow directions' | $600 | Simon Says | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Appropriately, Tolstoy wrote "War and Peace" in these 2 languages' | $600 | French & Russian | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
TERMS OF ENGINEERMENT | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'When burned with oxygen, this gas, C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>, burns so hot it can weld iron & cut steel' | $800 | acetylene | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ONE-NAMED TV CHARACTERS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'You are about to enter the world of forensic medicine with this boat-dwelling coroner played by Jack Klugman' | $800 | Quincy | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
FIVE ABOUT TENN. | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'One of the 3 instruments that appear with some sheet music on the back of Tennessee's state quarter' | $800 | a guitar (or a fiddle or a trumpet) | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
BOB'S YOUR UNCLE | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'In 1972 he choreographed "Pippin", & later, "Chicago"; now... <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-21_J_24.wmv">jazz hands</a>!' | $800 | Bob Fosse | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ALL WE ARE "SAY"ING | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'A person who professes to foretell the future; one warned of the ides of March' | $800 | a soothsayer | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'The novel opens at a party given by Anna Pavlova in this city, the capital at the time' | $800 | St. Petersburg | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
TERMS OF ENGINEERMENT | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'In this type of well named for a region of France, groundwater rises to the surface under pressure from an aquifer' | $1000 | an Artesian well | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ONE-NAMED TV CHARACTERS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'In 1987 this android, a Lt. Commander in Starfleet, began going where no android had gone before' | $1000 | Data | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
FIVE ABOUT TENN. | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb, this Tenn. city is the "Energy Capital of the World"' | $1000 | Oak Ridge | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
BOB'S YOUR UNCLE | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'This ex-senator & governor of Nebraska served in the Navy & received the Medal of Honor' | $1000 | Bob Kerrey | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ALL WE ARE "SAY"ING | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Bring your ore nuggets down to this office in the Old West to see if they're really gold, pilgrim' | $1000 | an assayer | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Real life figures in "War and Peace" include this man who was the czar from 1801 to 1825' | $1000 | Czar Alexander I | Jeopardy! | 5236 |
COMMUNICATION | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Dahalo, a language of Kenya, uses only one of these, like Amazon.com's online shopping technology' | $400 | a click | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
HOT MOVIES | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Norman Jewison asked Rod Steiger to chew gum, eventually 263 packs, as Police Chief Bill Gillespie in this 1967 film' | $400 | In the Heat of the Night | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Mount Meron in Galilee' | $400 | Israel | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
MILITARY MATTERS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'The museum of this largest & oldest military academy in the U.S. houses tanks & other WWI memorabilia' | $400 | West Point | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
FORBES' CARS FOR THE RICH | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'This get personal for a personal computer mogul Michael Dell in a 2005 H2 from this manufacturer' | $400 | Hummer | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
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