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JONATHAN SWIFT | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'Not to tell tales, but Swift wrote some pieces for this journal created by Richard Steele in 1709' | $2000 | The Tattler | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
SINGERS ON FILM | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'As Jareth, the goblin king, in "Labyrinth"' | $2000 | David Bowie | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
TREES | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'The Buddhist term for enlightenment, it's also the type of tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment' | $2000 | bodhi | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
HEY, 4 As! | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'This 28-letter word means opposition to the withdrawal of a church's official state status' | $2000 | antidisestablishmentarianism | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
I'M HUNGARIAN | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'I'm the Hungarian-born financier & philanthropist who once made $1 billion in a week betting against the British pound' | $2000 | George Soros | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
LET'S EAT | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'For Marcel Proust the "vicissitudes of life had become indifferent" after eating these small French cakes' | $1,000 | madeleines | Double Jeopardy! | 5061 |
CASTLES | 2006-09-18T00:00:00 | 'The name of this large home located in Aberdeenshire means "the majestic dwelling" in Gaelic' | null | Balmoral Castle | Final Jeopardy! | 5061 |
TV FRIENDS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Grant Show appeared as Dylan's friend Jake on this series before he was spun off to "Melrose Place"' | $100 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
FRUITS & NUTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'These are commonly slivered, sauteed & mixed in with green beans, which then become amandine' | $100 | Almonds | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
COMPUTERESE | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'It's the action of moving an image across the screen by holding the mouse button down' | $100 | Dragging | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'During Memorial Day weekend, one of these national symbols is placed on every grave at Arlington' | $100 | Small U.S. flag | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
RAILROAD TIES | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'In 1901 this toy company began production of the Electric Express, its first electric train' | $100 | Lionel | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
"TRUE" OR "FALSE" | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'It's a call to the fire department when there truly is no fire' | $100 | False alarm | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
TV FRIENDS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'In 1995 it was finally revealed that this kooky character does have a first name: it's Cosmo' | $200 | Kramer | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
FRUITS & NUTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Texas grows several types of this fruit, including the Marrs & Valencia' | $200 | Oranges | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
COMPUTERESE | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'A length of hair added to your own, or 3 letters, such as EXE, added to a filename' | $200 | Extension | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'The memorial to the crew of this space shuttle is inscribed with a quotation from the poem "High Flight"' | $200 | Challenger | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
RAILROAD TIES | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'In 1959 this Calif. amusement park became the first locale in the U.S. to have an operating monorail' | $200 | Disneyland | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
"TRUE" OR "FALSE" | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Rhyming phrase that describes a loyal person, not someone who's holding his breath' | $200 | True blue | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
TV FRIENDS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'He's the friend Matt LeBlanc plays on "Friends"' | $300 | Joey Tribbiani | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
FRUITS & NUTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Some people are nuts about this green nut ice cream' | $300 | Pistachio | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
COMPUTERESE | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'A "hot" World Wide Web browser is written in this programming language created by Sun Microsystems' | $300 | Java | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'A simple white cross marks the grave of this Attorney General, buried near his brother in 1968' | $300 | Robert F. Kennedy | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
RAILROAD TIES | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'In 1993 this "southern" country group reached the Top 10 with this song heard here:<br />[audio clue]' | $300 | Confederate Railroad | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
"TRUE" OR "FALSE" | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'At a track meet, it happens when a runner jumps the gun' | $300 | False start | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
TV FRIENDS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | '(Hi, I'm Joseph Gordon-Levitt.) I used to play D.J. Connor's boring friend George on this sitcom' | $500 | Roseanne | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
FRUITS & NUTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Sunsweet first advertised these in the 1960s with the slogan "Today the Pits, Tomorrow the Wrinkles"' | $400 | Prunes | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
COMPUTERESE | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Like a waiter, a network computer might say "I'll be your" this & store files or manage printers' | $400 | Server | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Since 1937 this world-famous tomb has been protected by an honor guard 24 hours a day' | $400 | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
RAILROAD TIES | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'The Trans-Siberian RR, the world's longest track, covers 5,700 miles from Nakhodka to this capital' | $400 | Moscow | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
"TRUE" OR "FALSE" | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'The sender of gifts in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"' | $400 | My true love | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
TV FRIENDS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Claire Danes & A.J. Langer played teenage friends Angela & Rayanne on this acclaimed series' | $500 | My So-Called Life | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
FRUITS & NUTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Nuts seen here, they come in 6 main sizes: mammoth, jumbo, large, medium, standard & babies:' | $500 | Walnuts | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
COMPUTERESE | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | '"Strap" once completed this word meaning to start a computer by loading software' | $500 | Boot | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'In 1955 Arlington House was dedicated as a memorial to this Confederate general, who once lived there' | $500 | Robert E. Lee | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
RAILROAD TIES | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'On May 10, 1869 the Union Pacific & Central Pacific "met" at this northern Utah "point"' | $500 | Promentory Point | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
"TRUE" OR "FALSE" | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'This high-pitched singing voice is produced by shortening the length of the singer's vocal cords' | $500 | Falsetto | Jeopardy! | 3038 |
MOVIE DEBUTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'She played an obsessive teen named Darian in her first film, "The Crush"; we hope you're not left "Clueless"' | $200 | Alicia Silverstone | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
COLONISTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'The new charter Virginia got in 1609 amazingly extended its land northwest to this ocean' | $200 | Pacific | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
MODELS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Last name of runway teen Ivanka, daughter of Donald & Ivana' | $200 | Trump | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
FAMILY VALUES | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Experts & perhaps the inns of the same name advise parents to spend this "time" with kids' | $200 | Quality time | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
YOU'RE ALL WET! | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Almost all of Austria's rivers flow into this beautiful blue one' | $200 | Danube | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
WORD ORIGINS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Hey, Lassie, the name of this dog breed may come from a Scottish word meaning "sooty with coal dust"' | $200 | Collie | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
MOVIE DEBUTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Mike Myers' first film was "Birth of a Nation" -- Not! It was really this 1992 hit, with Dana Carvey' | $400 | Wayne\'s World | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
COLONISTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Pennsylvania colonists sometimes cleaned these by dropping live chickens down them' | $400 | Chimneys | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
MODELS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'The famous feature seen here belongs to this "Queen of Supermodels":' | $1,300 | Cindy Crawford (the mole on her face) | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
FAMILY VALUES | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'The Ten Commandments command do this to "Thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long...."' | $400 | Honor them | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
YOU'RE ALL WET! | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'The Mexican ports of Guaymas & La Paz lie on the shores of this gulf' | $400 | Gulf of California | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
WORD ORIGINS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'The lutz, a type of jump in this sport, is probably named for Swiss athlete Gustave Lussi' | $400 | Figure skating | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
MOVIE DEBUTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'In 1994 "Silent Fall" introduced this teenage beauty who became a star in "Stealing Beauty"' | $600 | Liv Tyler | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
COLONISTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'You have to "owe it" to Oglethorpe; he wanted GA. to be a haven for men imprisoned for this crime in England' | $600 | Having a debt | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
MODELS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Former star model who starred in "Groundhog Day" & "Four Weddings and a Funeral"' | $600 | Andie MacDowell | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
FAMILY VALUES | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'The line "It takes" one of these "to raise a child" refers to a circle of friends & family' | $600 | Village | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
YOU'RE ALL WET! | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'It's only about 1,200 miles across this ocean between Russia's Taymyr Peninsula & Greenland' | $600 | Arctic Ocean | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
WORD ORIGINS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'This hyphenated adverb is an alteration of will ye, nill ye, meaning "Be you willing, be you unwilling"' | $600 | Willy-nilly | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
MOVIE DEBUTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'This star of the "Naked Gun" movies made his feature film debut in the 1956 musical "The Vagabond King"' | $800 | Leslie Nielsen | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
COLONISTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Colonist seen here in an early portrait, he's wearing the emblem of a company he founded in 1736:' | $2,000 | Benjamin Franklin | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
MODELS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Her book "Naomi" offers a peek into her life & of course, plenty of pictures' | $800 | Naomi Campbell | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
FAMILY VALUES | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Many conservatives value this key to advancement but want the cabinet department abolished' | $800 | Education | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
YOU'RE ALL WET! | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Strong currents & prevailing winds make navigation on this Spanish-French bay hazardous' | $800 | Bay of Biscay | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
WORD ORIGINS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Vegan is a contraction of this word, & means a strict one' | $800 | Vegetarian | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
MOVIE DEBUTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Melanie Griffith could appreciate his first film: "Laberinto de Pasiones" -- "Labyrinth of Passion"' | $1000 | Antonio Banderas | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
COLONISTS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'The settlement he purchased for a few trinkets & named New Amsterdam is known today as Manhattan' | $1000 | Peter Minuet | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
MODELS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'She's seen in Estee Lauder ads, in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" & on Hugh Grant's arm' | $1000 | Elizabeth Hurley | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
FAMILY VALUES | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Dan Quayle calls this synonym for thankfulness "The most needed value in America now"' | $1000 | Gratitude | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
YOU'RE ALL WET! | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'Before John Speke named this largest African lake in 1858, it was known to the Arabs as Ukerewe' | $1000 | Lake Victoria | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
WORD ORIGINS | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'The name of these beauty devices comes from etuis -- small decorative cases that once held them' | $1000 | Tweezers | Double Jeopardy! | 3038 |
SHOPPING U.S.A. | 1997-11-12T00:00:00 | 'The first store of this giant chain opened in Rogers, Arkansas, population 5,700, in 1962' | null | Wal-Mart | Final Jeopardy! | 3038 |
FAMOUS NAMES | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'This gangster got the nickname Lucky when he survived being "taken for a ride"' | $100 | Luciano | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
CARTOONS | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'This character's catch phrase was <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1993-06-28_J_01.mp3">"I tawt I taw a puddy tat"</a>' | $100 | Tweety Bird (or Tweety Pie) | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
FOOD | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'American Indians called the eastern, hard-shell variety of these shellfish quahogs' | $100 | clams | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
SCIENCE | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'It's the element whose atomic weight is closest to its atomic number' | $100 | hydrogen | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
TRAVEL U.S.A. | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'You have to stand up to ride Shockwave, this type of thrill ride at Kings Dominion in Virginia' | $100 | a roller coaster | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
COMPLETES THE PROVERB | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | '"Too many cooks..."' | $100 | spoil the broth | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
FAMOUS NAMES | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'In 1904 Winston Churchill left this political party & joined the liberals' | $200 | the Conservative Party | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
CARTOONS | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'This red-headed Walter Lantz cartoon character is Los Angeles County's official recycling mascot' | $200 | Woody Woodpecker | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
FOOD | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'This lunch staple is named for the earldom of inveterate gambler John Montagu' | $200 | a sandwich | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
SCIENCE | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'Inventors of these include Georges Leclanche, Gaston Plante & Alessandro Volta' | $200 | batteries | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
TRAVEL U.S.A. | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'Frozen Niagara, which is named for its appearance, is one of the main attractions in this Ky. cave' | $200 | Mammoth Cave | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
COMPLETES THE PROVERB | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | '"Never look a gift horse..."' | $200 | in the mouth | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
FAMOUS NAMES | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'Russian-American choreographer who was the brother of Soviet composer Andrei Balanchivadze' | $300 | George Balanchine | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
CARTOONS | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'This mountie often found himself pursuing the dastardly Snidely Whiplash' | $300 | Dudley Do-Right | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
FOOD | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'Delicious apples come in these 2 color varieties' | $300 | red & golden | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
SCIENCE | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'Life here was the subject of the 1965 book "World Without Sun"' | $300 | the sea | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
TRAVEL U.S.A. | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'This theme park contains a replica of the "Tennessee Mountain Home" where Dolly Parton grew up' | $300 | Dollywood | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
COMPLETES THE PROVERB | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | '"Charity begins..."' | $300 | at home | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
FAMOUS NAMES | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'Ella Flagg Young was the first woman president of this organization abbreviated NEA' | $400 | the National Education Association | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
CARTOONS | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'In his quest to catch the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote used handy contraptions from this company' | $400 | Acme | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
FOOD | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'This salad dressing is actually American; its name may come from the fact that it once contained caviar' | $400 | Russian dressing | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
SCIENCE | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'After 1,400 orbits it fell back to Earth January 4, 1958 & burned up' | $400 | Sputnik | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
TRAVEL U.S.A. | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'Caligula would love the Caligula Suite in the Emperors Complex of this Las Vegas hotel' | $400 | Caesars Palace | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
COMPLETES THE PROVERB | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | '"The opera isn't over..."' | $400 | until the fat lady sings | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
FAMOUS NAMES | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'In WWII Marshal Petain led the French collaborationist government based in this city' | $500 | Vichy | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
CARTOONS | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'This ape lived in Mr. Peebles' pet shop' | $500 | Magilla Gorilla | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
FOOD | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'In America this spice is used largely for its red color; Hungarians appreciate its taste' | $500 | paprika | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
SCIENCE | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'In 1977 the U.S. banned these that used freon as the propellant' | $500 | spray cans | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
TRAVEL U.S.A. | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'There's a 256-acre botanical garden on the grounds of Clemson University in this state' | $1,000 | South Carolina | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
COMPLETES THE PROVERB | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | '"You cannot make bricks without..."' | $500 | straw | Jeopardy! | 2046 |
AMERICAN HISTORY | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'This 1848 event made the California trail the most traveled pioneer road by 1850' | $200 | gold strike | Double Jeopardy! | 2046 |
GEMS & JEWELRY | 1993-06-28T00:00:00 | 'It's the traditional gem for an engagement ring' | $200 | a diamond | Double Jeopardy! | 2046 |
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