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ANAGRAMMED BIRDS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'I'd pay to see a hare race this tall South American bird' | $400 | the rhea (for hare) | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
COMMUNICATION | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-21_DJ_19.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates that he is a man of letters.</a>) By looking at its first few letters, you'll see the Russian alphabet is based largely on this much more ancient alphabet' | $800 | Greek | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
HOT MOVIES | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Hedy Lamarr sued Mel Brooks over the "use" of her name in this 1974 comedy & eventually settled out of court' | $800 | Blazing Saddles | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Mount Ararat' | $800 | Turkey | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
MILITARY MATTERS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Benedict Arnold finished his military career in this nation's army' | $800 | Great Britain | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
FORBES' CARS FOR THE RICH | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Investor Warren Buffett drives one of these "urban" car models from Lincoln' | $800 | a Town Car | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'This arctic bird should rent a waterfront home' | $800 | tern (for rent) | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
COMMUNICATION | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Police radio codes that start with this 2-digit number date back to the 1930s' | $1200 | 10 | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
HOT MOVIES | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Steve McQueen & Paul Newman did some of their own stunts in this 1974 special-effects extravaganza' | $1200 | The Towering Inferno | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Ras Dashen, the fourth-highest mountain in Africa' | $3,000 | Ethiopia | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
MILITARY MATTERS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'The world's most powerful military alliance takes its name from this ocean region' | $1200 | the North Atlantic | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
FORBES' CARS FOR THE RICH | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Put it together: IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad drives a 240 GL from this European auto company' | $2,400 | Volvo | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'I'd like to greet this wading bird with a friendly hello' | $1200 | egret (from greet) | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
COMMUNICATION | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-21_DJ_21.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew delivers a cryptic message.</a>) Julius Caesar communicated with his generals using a code that shifted each letter a set distance down the alphabet--for instance, these letters spell "Jeopardy"; it's now called the "Caesar" this' | $1600 | cipher | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
HOT MOVIES | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'This 1977 movie produced the second-best-selling soundtrack in movie history' | $1600 | Saturday Night Fever | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Pico Bolivar in Merida' | $1600 | Venezuela | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
MILITARY MATTERS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'During WWII, the U.S. built a military base in this Ecuadorian island group to protect the Panama Canal' | $1600 | the Galapagos | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
FORBES' CARS FOR THE RICH | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'For Bill Gates, it computes to own 2 models, the 959 & the 911, from this manufacturer' | $1600 | Porsche | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'If you're in the lair of this slim bird, don't tell him he's as skinny as...' | $1600 | rail (from lair) | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
COMMUNICATION | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'It can mean "speed", or a message or news story sent with speed' | $2000 | a flash (or a dispatch) | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
HOT MOVIES | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'This 1981 dramatic film about Stone Age man won the Academy Award for Best Makeup' | $2000 | Quest for Fire | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'Moldoveanu' | $2000 | Romania | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
MILITARY MATTERS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'This term from the Japanese refers to the 3 military govts. that ruled Japan between 1192 & 1867' | $2000 | the Shogunate (the Shogun accepted) | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
FORBES' CARS FOR THE RICH | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'No stranger to the finer things in life, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Alsaud traverses the sands in this auto's Phantom' | $2000 | Rolls-Royce | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'I wonder if I'd see this long-legged bird along the Rhone River' | $2000 | heron (from Rhone) | Double Jeopardy! | 5236 |
19th CENTURY INVENTORS | 2007-05-21T00:00:00 | 'He wrote, "Isn't it the irony of fate that I have been prescribed nitroglycerin to be taken internally"' | null | Alfred Nobel | Final Jeopardy! | 5236 |
WE ARE THE WORLD | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'In 2001 this San Diego aquatic attraction was home to a rare sight, chambered nautilus eggs hatching' | $100 | Sea World | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WHAT'S UP, TV DOC? | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Neurologist Sean Kenniff was voted off this show on episode 12' | $100 | Survivor | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
2000 | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Members of this family won women's singles & doubles titles at Wimbledon' | $100 | Williams | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
CHARITY BEGINS WITH BEER | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Besides making light beer, this Milwaukee-based brewery gives the "Tools for Success" to small colleges' | $100 | Miller | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WHO DUNNIT? | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | '"Murder on the Orient Express"' | $100 | Agatha Christie | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
FAMILIAR EXPRESSIONS | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'The simile "clean as" one of these may come from the need to have a clean one to get a good sound' | $100 | a whistle | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WE ARE THE WORLD | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Organization that employs the woman seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2001-09-20_J_21.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>' | $200 | the World Wrestling Federation | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WHAT'S UP, TV DOC? | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'After announcing he was hanging up his stethoscope as Dr. Sloan on "Diagnosis Murder", he took it back' | $200 | Dick Van Dyke | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
2000 | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'In June 2000 the top 3 finishers in this Scripps Howard-sponsored competition were home-schooled kids' | $200 | the (National) Spelling Bee | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
CHARITY BEGINS WITH BEER | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Benjamin Guinness stoutly provided funds for this Irish city's St. Patrick's Cathedral' | $200 | Dublin | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WHO DUNNIT? | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | '"'O' Is for Outlaw"' | $200 | (Sue) Grafton | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
FAMILIAR EXPRESSIONS | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'This phrase once meant a Caucasian who could outbox Jack Johnson; later it referred to any promising leader' | $200 | Great White Hope | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WE ARE THE WORLD | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Published in 8 volumes in 1917, it went to 22 volumes in 1972, went on a CD-ROM in 1990 & online in 1998' | $300 | World Book Encyclopedia | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WHAT'S UP, TV DOC? | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'The top show of each season from 1985 to 1989 was a sitcom starring this man as a Brooklyn obstetrician' | $300 | Bill Cosby | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
2000 | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Following Ecuador's lead, El Salvador also decided to make this currency legal tender' | $300 | the (U.S.) dollar | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
CHARITY BEGINS WITH BEER | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Brewer Michael Bass established orphanages, parks & museums in this country of his birth' | $300 | England | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WHO DUNNIT? | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | '"Farewell, My Lovely"' | $300 | Raymond Chandler | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
FAMILIAR EXPRESSIONS | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase "captains of" this to mean powerful businessmen' | $300 | industry | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WE ARE THE WORLD | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'This union organized in Chicago in 1905 wanted to overthrow capitalism' | $400 | the Industrial Workers of the World (the IWW or the "Wobblies") | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WHAT'S UP, TV DOC? | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'He was Jim Anderson, insurance agent, for 13 years; he was Marcus Welby, M.D. for only 7' | $400 | Robert Young | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
2000 | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'This city opened Enron Field for its baseball team, broke ground on a new football stadium & OK'd a basketball arena' | $400 | Houston | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
CHARITY BEGINS WITH BEER | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Money from the golden nectar was used to start this women's liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York' | $400 | Vassar | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WHO DUNNIT? | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | '"The First Deadly Sin"' | $400 | Lawrence Sanders | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
FAMILIAR EXPRESSIONS | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Meaning "in trouble", the expression "in" this presumably refers to the briny liquid it's made in' | $400 | a pickle | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WE ARE THE WORLD | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'In 1998 MCI Communications merged with this major company' | $500 | WorldCom | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WHAT'S UP, TV DOC? | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'In 1976 "The Practice" was a medical sitcom with this "Make Room for Daddy" star' | $500 | Danny Thomas | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
2000 | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Found under an old palace, the body of this last emperor of Ethiopia was moved to a tomb with a view' | $500 | Haile Selassie | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
CHARITY BEGINS WITH BEER | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'This Canadian brewer founded in 1786 builds recreational facilities & gives suds & funds to AIDS benefits' | $500 | Molson | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
WHO DUNNIT? | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | '"Devil in a Blue Dress"' | $500 | Walter Mosley | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
FAMILIAR EXPRESSIONS | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'It now means a person who's an example of something; the original one is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2001-09-20_J_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>' | $800 | a poster child | Jeopardy! | 3919 |
A BANNER YEAR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Year of the fateful headline seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2001-09-20_DJ_22.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>' | $200 | 1914 | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
ROBERT REDFORD ROLES | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Journalist Bob Woodward' | $200 | All the President\'s Men | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
THE GOOD BOOK | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'The serpent said that on eating the fruit, "Ye shall be as" these, "knowing good and evil"' | $200 | gods | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
KITCHEN NONESSENTIALS | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'The dipper seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2001-09-20_DJ_04.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is to be used with this sticky substance' | $200 | honey | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
"D" TOUR | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'This nation's regions include Viborg, Ringkobing & Fyn' | $200 | Denmark | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
IF THEY MARRIED... | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'If fictional girl Longstocking married real basketball player Scottie, she'd love this new name' | $200 | Pippi Pippen | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
A BANNER YEAR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Think back to this year of "Clinton Acquitted Decisively: No Majority for Either Charge"' | $400 | 1999 | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
ROBERT REDFORD ROLES | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Baseball player Roy Hobbs' | $400 | The Natural | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
THE GOOD BOOK | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Moses begged to "Go over and see the good land that is beyond" this river' | $400 | the River Jordan | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
KITCHEN NONESSENTIALS | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'It's what you do to cherries or olives with the item seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2001-09-20_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>' | $400 | pit them | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
"D" TOUR | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Off the coast of French Guiana, it became part of a penal colony in the late 19th century' | $400 | Devil\'s Island | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
IF THEY MARRIED... | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Ms. Marshall, TV's Laverne, gets hitched to "Mule Train" singer Frankie & becomes...' | $400 | Penny Laine | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
A BANNER YEAR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'November of this year brought the headline seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2001-09-20_DJ_24.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>' | $600 | 1984 | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
ROBERT REDFORD ROLES | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Senate hopeful Bill McKay' | $1,400 | The Candidate | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
THE GOOD BOOK | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'In Luke 2, an angel tells a group of these, "I bring you good tidings of great joy"' | $600 | shepherds | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
KITCHEN NONESSENTIALS | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Use the item seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2001-09-20_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> to remove these from shrimp' | $600 | the veins | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
"D" TOUR | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'About 20 miles northwest of Raleigh, this city is also home to North Carolina Central University' | $1,600 | Durham | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
IF THEY MARRIED... | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Actress Clark, an Oscar nominee for "American Graffiti", weds "Cider House Rules" Oscar winner Michael & becomes...' | $600 | Candy Caine | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
A BANNER YEAR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'It was the roaring year of "Lindbergh Does It!" & "Sacco & Vanzetti Put to Death"' | $800 | 1927 | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
ROBERT REDFORD ROLES | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Billionaire John Gage' | $800 | Indecent Proposal | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
THE GOOD BOOK | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'According to Proverbs, "A merry" one of these "doeth good like a medicine"' | $800 | heart | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
"D" TOUR | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'A shipping point for agriculture, this eastern Iowa city is located on the Mississippi River across from Rock Island' | $800 | Davenport | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
IF THEY MARRIED... | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | '"Armageddon"'s Tyler weds "Spartacus" author Howard & takes this name, like a phrase paired with "die young"' | $800 | Liv Fast | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
A BANNER YEAR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'Post World War II-year of the headline seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2001-09-20_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>' | $1000 | 1948 | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
ROBERT REDFORD ROLES | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'TV news director Warren Justice' | $1000 | Up Close and Personal | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
THE GOOD BOOK | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'David told Solomon, "Be strong and of good" this; "dread not, nor be dismayed"' | $1000 | courage | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
"D" TOUR | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'You'll find this African country in the Gulf of Aden at the entrance to the Red Sea' | $1000 | Djibouti | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
IF THEY MARRIED... | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | 'If Clint's ex Sondra wed "Untouchable" Eliot, hyphenated her name & then wed TV character Herman, she'd be...' | $1000 | Loch-Ness Munster | Double Jeopardy! | 3919 |
ON THE MAP | 2001-09-20T00:00:00 | '2 of the 3 countries classified as extending across 2 continents' | null | (2 of) Turkey, Russia, or Egypt | Final Jeopardy! | 3919 |
LAKES & RIVERS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'This river's drainage basin, the world's largest, includes parts of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador & Colombia' | $100 | Amazon | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
OSCAR, GRAMMY OR BOTH | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Cher' | $100 | Both | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus gave its first performance in 1919, in this famed NYC arena' | $100 | Madison Square Garden | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
FOR OLD CRIME'S SAKE | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'According to Genesis, he was the world's first murderer' | $100 | Cain | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
LET'S BE BRIEF | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | '"2 shakes of" this animal's "tail" means instantaneous' | $100 | Lamb\'s tail | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
4-LETTER ABBREVIATIONS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'If you see this on a party invitation, stop by the liquor store on your way over' | $100 | BYOB (bring your own bottle/booze) | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
LAKES & RIVERS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Ethiopia's Lake Tana is the source of this river's blue branch' | $200 | Nile | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
OSCAR, GRAMMY OR BOTH | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Meryl Streep' | $200 | Oscar | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'The handmade pottery studio at 654 Tenth Avenue isn't called Blood, Sweat & these but Mud, Sweat & these' | $200 | Tears | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
FOR OLD CRIME'S SAKE | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'In 44 B.C. his assassins included Trebonius, Tillius Cimber & Cassius Longinus' | $200 | Julius Caesar | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
LET'S BE BRIEF | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'This John Grisham book's plot involves a greedy industrialist who has 2 Supreme Court justices killed' | $200 | "The Pelican Brief" | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
4-LETTER ABBREVIATIONS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Formed on July 26, 1947, it's the organization that sends up F-16's & B-2's' | $200 | USAF (United States Air Force) | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
LAKES & RIVERS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Australia's only large permanent lakes are artificially created & include Lake Gordon in this island state' | $300 | Tasmania | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
OSCAR, GRAMMY OR BOTH | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Madonna' | $300 | Grammy | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'The Algonquin Hotel has a suite named for this pair who wrote "My Fair Lady" there' | $300 | Lerner & Loewe | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
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