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FOR OLD CRIME'S SAKE | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'In 482 B.C. the ruling Persians set fire to this city, destroying its Hanging Gardens' | $300 | Babylon | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
LET'S BE BRIEF | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'In 1994 Laetitia Thompson made news when she asked this man the "Boxers or Briefs" question' | $300 | President Bill Clinton | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
4-LETTER ABBREVIATIONS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'On a paycheck, it indicates your Social Security payroll tax' | $400 | FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
LAKES & RIVERS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'The Rhone River enters & exits this Alpine lake on the French-Swiss border' | $400 | Lake Geneva | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
OSCAR, GRAMMY OR BOTH | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Rita Moreno' | $400 | Both | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'The statue of Prometheus is bound to impress you at this location seen here:' | $400 | Rockefeller Center | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
FOR OLD CRIME'S SAKE | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'The first use of dynamite as a weapon in America was during the 1886 Haymarket Riots in this city' | $400 | Chicago | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
LET'S BE BRIEF | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'A phrase that means "briefly", or the location of a pistachio' | $400 | In a nutshell | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
4-LETTER ABBREVIATIONS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'It's often typed in before www' | $400 | http | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
LAKES & RIVERS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'A portion of Thailand's border with Laos is provided by this river' | $500 | Mekong | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
OSCAR, GRAMMY OR BOTH | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Shirley Jones' | $500 | Oscar (for "Elmer Gantry") | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'You'll feel like a diplomat when you eat in the delegates' dining room in this international organization's HQ' | $500 | United Nations | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
FOR OLD CRIME'S SAKE | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Archaeologists excavating Pompeii have uncovered looters trapped by this volcano's eruption' | $500 | Mount Vesuvius | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
LET'S BE BRIEF | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'In 1988 he gave us "A Brief History of Time" (in over 200 pages)' | $500 | Stephen Hawking | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
4-LETTER ABBREVIATIONS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'I need you response now! No, I need it yesterday! On the double! Stat! This way!' | $500 | ASAP (as soon as possible) | Jeopardy! | 3644 |
BRITISH AUTHORS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Of all his books, he said he liked "David Copperfield" the best' | $200 | Charles Dickens | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
SPORTS HOME CITIES | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'The NFL's Seahawks' | $200 | Seattle | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
HISTORY | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'These ancient people referred to themselves as Hellenes' | $200 | Greeks | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'VMI is located in this Virginia city named for the Massachusetts town where the Revolutionary War began' | $200 | Lexington | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'This "Friends" star has the name of an old sailor, but his father was the one in the Old Spice commercials' | $200 | Matthew Perry | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
WHATCHA GOT COOKIN'? | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'To make this kind of "corn", you coat popcorn with butter, corn syrup & brown sugar' | $200 | Caramel corn | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
BRITISH AUTHORS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'In 1937 this "Brave New World" author left Europe for a new home in the United States' | $400 | Aldous Huxley | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
SPORTS HOME CITIES | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'The NBA's Suns' | $400 | Phoenix | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
HISTORY | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'During the third of these military expeditions, the Palestinian ports of Acre & Jaffa were captured, but not Jerusalem' | $400 | Crusades | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'During this war, VMI cadets made up the only American student unit ever to fight in combat' | $400 | Civil War | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'In 1999 he left his role of Det. Reynaldo Curtis on "Law & Order"' | $400 | Benjamin Bratt | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
WHATCHA GOT COOKIN'? | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Shrimp covered in a flour, baking powder, salt, water & egg mix then deep-fried in peanut oil; it's popular in Japan' | $400 | Tempura | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
BRITISH AUTHORS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'While out of work, she wrote much of her first Harry Potter book at a cafe while her daughter napped' | $600 | J.K. Rowling | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
SPORTS HOME CITIES | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'MLB's Rockies' | $600 | Denver | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
HISTORY | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'In 1840 regular transatlantic steamship service was inaugurated between Great Britain & this Nova Scotia capital' | $600 | Halifax | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Among VMI's most famous graduates is this 20th century 5-star general & Nobel Peace Prize winner' | $700 | George Marshall | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'This star of "The Practice" played Clint Eastwood's Secret Service partner in the film "In the Line of Fire"' | $600 | Dylan McDermott | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
WHATCHA GOT COOKIN'? | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'It's a dish of veal shank braised with wine & veggies that includes a tasty bit of marrow in the bone' | $600 | Osso buco | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
BRITISH AUTHORS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Sadly, her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, died just 10 days after her birth' | $1,200 | Mary Shelley | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
SPORTS HOME CITIES | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'The NHL's Maple Leafs' | $800 | Toronto | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
HISTORY | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'In 1954 the French were defeated in the battle of this Vietnamese village; it was the decisive battle in the Indochina War' | $800 | Dien Bien Phu | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'He's the TV star & VMI alumnus seen here:<br />(evil boss in "9 to 5")' | $800 | Dabney Coleman | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'A co-star of Kiefer Sutherland's in "The Lost Boys", we don't know why he felt the need for "Speed 2"' | $800 | Jason Patric | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
WHATCHA GOT COOKIN'? | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'To make this "royal" roast, you have to bend your 2 racks of lamb into a circle' | $800 | Crown roast | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
BRITISH AUTHORS | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'In 1912 he eloped with Freida von Richthofen, sister of the famed aviator' | $1000 | D.H. Lawrence | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
SPORTS HOME CITIES | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'The WNBA's Sparks' | $1000 | Los Angeles | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
HISTORY | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'This Holy Roman empress was also the queen of Hungary & Bohemia from 1740 to 1780' | $1000 | Maria Theresa | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Once a VMI science & artillery professor, this famous Confederate general is buried near the campus' | $1000 | Stonewall Jackson | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'We could watch this star's films like "In the Name of the Father" & "The Crucible" 24 hours a...' | $1000 | Daniel Day-Lewis | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
WHATCHA GOT COOKIN'? | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'Add beets to a corned beef hash & it's called this' | $1000 | Red flannel hash | Double Jeopardy! | 3644 |
THE BIBLE | 2000-06-08T00:00:00 | 'According to the King James Version of the Bible, the number of people on Noah's Ark' | null | 8 | Final Jeopardy! | 3644 |
RONALD REAGAN | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Presidential Chief of Staff Donald Regan was fired after hanging up on her' | $200 | Nancy Reagan | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
PUNCH LINES | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'In 1966 he refused military induction by saying, "I ain't got no trouble with them Viet Cong"' | $200 | Muhammad Ali | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'James 5:<br />"Ye have heard of the patience of" this man' | $200 | Job | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Its official state sport is dog mushing' | $200 | Alaska | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
"OVER" & "UNDER" | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'A small, folded pastry with a sealed edge' | $200 | a turnover | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
MORTAL MATTERS | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Cambyses killed Smerdis to head this empire but died stopping a pretend Smerdis; then Darius I took over' | $200 | Persia | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
RONALD REAGAN | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Reagan was in his 50s in 1962 when he joined this organization founded in 1854' | $400 | the Republican Party | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
PUNCH LINES | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'After losing the title to Gene Tunney in 1926, he told his wife Estelle, "Honey, I just forgot to duck"' | $400 | Jack Dempsey | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Luke 4, to this person:<br />"Heal thyself"' | $400 | physician | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Oklahoma's official one is "Howdy folks", not "A Shropshire Lad"' | $400 | state poem | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
"OVER" & "UNDER" | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'From the Old Norse for "having one's eyes closed", it's a serious mistake or oversight' | $400 | a blunder | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
MORTAL MATTERS | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-09-18_J_10.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Ireland.</a>) It's June 16, 2006, a day of mourning in Ireland for Charles Haughey, 3-time Taoiseach, or holder of this office' | $400 | prime minister | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
RONALD REAGAN | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'On Oct. 27, 1964 Reagan was launched in politics with a speech supporting this candidate' | $600 | Barry Goldwater | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
PUNCH LINES | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'His 1973 call "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!" will long be remembered' | $600 | Howard Cosell | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Genesis 4:<br />"And the Lord set a mark upon" this man, "lest any finding him should kill him"' | $600 | Cain | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Appropriately, this is the state song of Kentucky' | $600 | "My Old Kentucky Home" | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
"OVER" & "UNDER" | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'You're this if a judge disallows your objection' | $600 | overruled | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
MORTAL MATTERS | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'His "Self-Portrait with Saskia" (his wife) around 1635 showed him in the lap of luxury; in 1669 he died broke' | $600 | Rembrandt | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
RONALD REAGAN | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'In November 1994 Reagan wrote, "I am one of the millions... who will be afflicted with" this' | $800 | Alzheimer\'s disease | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
PUNCH LINES | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'This heavyweight champ was referring to Billy Conn & their 1946 bout when he said, "He can run, but he can't hide"' | $800 | Joe Louis | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Matthew 14:<br />"Give me here" this man's "head in a charger"' | $800 | John the Baptist | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Its state dish is chili & its state mammal is the longhorn cow' | $800 | Texas | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
"OVER" & "UNDER" | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'To disguise the illegal source of money by routing it through banks or intermediaries' | $800 | laundering | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
MORTAL MATTERS | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'In a December night in 1916, he was poisoned, shot & thrown in the Neva River to drown' | $800 | Rasputin | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
RONALD REAGAN | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | '2 new male justices joined the Supreme Court under Reagan: these 2 with similar first names' | $1000 | Anthony Kennedy & Antonin Scalia | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
PUNCH LINES | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Red Smith wrote that this Cinderella Man's "time was the Great Depression and he was a man of his time"' | $1000 | James J. Braddock | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'John 20:<br />"Then saith he to" this man, "...be not faithless, but believing"' | $1,600 | (Doubting) Thomas | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'This state has 8 official state songs, including "Rocky Top"' | $1000 | Tennessee | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
"OVER" & "UNDER" | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'It was also known to the pioneers as a prairie schooner' | $1000 | a covered wagon | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
MORTAL MATTERS | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'When this ballerina died January 23, 1931, her last words were "Get my swan costume ready"' | $1000 | Anna Pavlova | Jeopardy! | 5061 |
JONATHAN SWIFT | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Swift's nickname for his "friend" Esther Johnson" it's a name Stanley Kowalski knew well' | $400 | Stella | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
SINGERS ON FILM | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'As Jimmy "Rabbit" Smith in "8 Mile"' | $400 | Eminem | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
TREES | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'One of Andrew Jackson's nicknames implied that he was as tough as this tree' | $400 | hickory | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
HEY, 4 As! | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'A vessel propelled by sail, formed of 2 hulls held side-by-side by a frame above them' | $400 | a catamaran | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
I'M HUNGARIAN | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'I'm a Hungarian-born actress & I once quipped "I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back"' | $400 | Zsa Zsa Gabor | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
LET'S EAT | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'To make this labor-intensive Italian dish, you must constantly stir stock into rice 1/2 cup at a time' | $400 | risotto | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
JONATHAN SWIFT | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Swift sent Gulliver on this many voyages, 3 fewer than Sinbad' | $800 | 4 | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
SINGERS ON FILM | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'As the leading lady in "The Rose"' | $800 | Bette Midler | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
TREES | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'It's the type of tree on the flag of Lebanon' | $800 | a cedar | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
HEY, 4 As! | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Spread out along 10 miles of the coast, it's Morocco's chief port, Sweetheart' | $800 | Casablanca | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
I'M HUNGARIAN | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'I'm a Hungarian actor & I was buried in the cape that I wore in one of my most memorable roles' | $800 | Bela Lugosi | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
LET'S EAT | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'This catch-all stew of meat, potatoes & vegetables is said to have originaed in the hobo camps of the early 1900s' | $800 | mulligan stew | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
JONATHAN SWIFT | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'After 1710 Swift flipped his Whig & joined this conservative party that was gaining power' | $1200 | Tory | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
SINGERS ON FILM | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'As Althea Flynt in "The People vs. Larry Flynt"' | $1200 | Courtney Love | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
TREES | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-09-18_DJ_08.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Oregon.</a>) Also called the Sierra redwood, or just "the big tree", <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-09-18_DJ_08.wmv">it</a> once covered much of the Northern Hemisphere; now it's down to a few groves' | $1200 | the giant sequoia | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
HEY, 4 As! | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'A dentist could tell you this verb means to mix or alloy a metal with mercury' | $1200 | amalgamate | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
I'M HUNGARIAN | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'I was born in Budapest in 1908 & was instrumental in making possible the first U.S. hydrogen bomb' | $1200 | Edward Teller | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
LET'S EAT | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'This steak used for fajitas, also called the Romanian tenderloin, is the diaphragm muscle' | $1200 | skirt steak | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
JONATHAN SWIFT | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'In 1729's "A Modest Proposal", Swift wrote that these "...at a year old [are] a most delicious... food"' | $1600 | babies (or children) | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
SINGERS ON FILM | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'As the estranged husband in "Pay It Forward" & as a housepainter in "Moonlight and Valentino"' | $1600 | Jon Bon Jovi | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
TREES | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'The southern tip of Florida has forests of this tree, genus Rhizophora, noted for the above-ground knee roots' | $3,600 | the common (or red) mangrove | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
HEY, 4 As! | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'It's another term for a bachelor's degree' | $1600 | baccalaureate | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
I'M HUNGARIAN | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'I'm a Hungarian composer & more than proved it with my 20 "Hungarian Rhapsodies"' | $1600 | Liszt | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
LET'S EAT | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'This type of quahog clam is named for a Long Island bay, not its anatomy' | $1600 | Littleneck | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
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