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NOTABLE NONHUMANS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'Colo was the first of these great apes born in captivity, in 1956 at the Columbus Zoo'
$600
Gorilla
Double Jeopardy!
2825
WORLD FACTS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'The lowest river in the world, it's revered by Jews, Christians & Muslims alike'
$600
The River Jordan
Double Jeopardy!
2825
ART & ARTISTS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'He spent several summers painting pointillist seascapes including "Le Bec Du Hoc, Grandcamp"'
$600
Georges Seurat
Double Jeopardy!
2825
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'In 1934 he plugged Bulova "Lone Eagle" watches'
$600
Charles Lindbergh
Double Jeopardy!
2825
HISTORY
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'In February 1904 this country attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur'
$600
Japan
Double Jeopardy!
2825
POETS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'For much of the winter of 1794-95, he served as acting supervisor for Dumfries, Scotland'
$600
Robert Burns
Double Jeopardy!
2825
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'In 1945 this famous scottie was injured in a fight with Blaze, Elliott Roosevelt's mastiff'
$800
Fala
Double Jeopardy!
2825
WORLD FACTS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'Discovered by David Livingstone, Botswana's Lake Ngami lies in the northern part of this desert'
$1,100
Kalahari Desert
Double Jeopardy!
2825
ART & ARTISTS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo'
$800
Auguste Rodin
Double Jeopardy!
2825
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'Only Philip Morris & this Cincinnati-based firm have yearly ad expenditures exceeding $2 billion'
$800
Procter & Gamble
Double Jeopardy!
2825
HISTORY
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'On May 30, 1967 Colonel Ojukwu declared Biafra's independence from this country, starting a civil war'
$800
Nigeria
Double Jeopardy!
2825
POETS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables"'
$800
Emily Dickinson
Double Jeopardy!
2825
NOTABLE NONHUMANS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'This favorite horse of Alexander the Great sometimes wore golden horns in battle'
$1000
Bucephalus
Double Jeopardy!
2825
WORLD FACTS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'In area this country whose capital is now called Yangon is the largest in mainland southeast Asia'
$1000
Myanmar (Burma)
Double Jeopardy!
2825
ART & ARTISTS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'You can see this British sculptor's "Reclining Mother and Child" at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis'
$1000
Henry Moore
Double Jeopardy!
2825
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'In 1811 this German family began its steel-making business by constructing a plant in Essen'
$600
Krupp
Double Jeopardy!
2825
HISTORY
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'In the midst of the Korean War, this South Korean president was elected to his second of 4 terms'
$1000
Syngman Rhee
Double Jeopardy!
2825
POETS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'He once wrote, "I choose to be a plain New Hampshire farmer"'
$1000
Robert Frost
Double Jeopardy!
2825
BRITISH NOVELS
1996-12-06T00:00:00
'This 1895 novel is subtitled "An Invention"'
null
The Time Machine
Final Jeopardy!
2825
LOST IN SPACE
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'While making repairs on the Intl. Space Station, Scott Parazynski lost a needle-nose pair of these'
$200
pliers
Jeopardy!
6037
TIMELESS TV
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'September 2010 brought the 45th edition of this comedian's telethon'
$200
Jerry Lewis
Jeopardy!
6037
LET'S HIT IT
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Hit this paper mache container, Spanish for "jug", if you want candy and small gifts'
$200
pinata
Jeopardy!
6037
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'"In 1997, the House (of Reps.) voted to reprimand him... It marked the first time the House had reprimanded a Speaker"'
$200
Gingrich
Jeopardy!
6037
MONEY SLANG
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'We'll give you $200, not $1,000, for this five letter word meaning stately or majestic'
$200
grand
Jeopardy!
6037
RVs
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_26.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.</a>) The GMC Motorhome from the '60s & 70s was among the first models to have this innovation that helps with traction by putting the weight over the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_26a.jpg" target="_blank">wheels</a> that do the work'
$200
front-wheel drive
Jeopardy!
6037
LOST IN SPACE
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'In its years of operation, this Soviet space station released more than 200 objects (mostly trash) into space'
$400
Mir
Jeopardy!
6037
TIMELESS TV
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Originally a half hour, this soap started in 1963 & featured Nurse Jessie Brewer'
$400
General Hospital
Jeopardy!
6037
LET'S HIT IT
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'This word seen on doors is what a right-handed batter does when he hits the ball to left field'
$400
pull
Jeopardy!
6037
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'"See Simon, Paul"'
$400
(Art) Garfunkel
Jeopardy!
6037
MONEY SLANG
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough'
$400
bread
Jeopardy!
6037
RVs
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_27.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.</a>) I'm behind the wheel of the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_27a.jpg" target="_blank">very first motor home</a>, from the company whose name has become a synonym for "motor home"; since 1967, they've sold over 400,000 of them'
$400
Winnebago
Jeopardy!
6037
LOST IN SPACE
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Ed White, the first U.S. spacewalker, lost one of these outside Gemini 4; he must've looked like a later "moonwalker"'
$600
a glove
Jeopardy!
6037
TIMELESS TV
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'In 1948 Douglas Edwards became the first anchor of this network's Evening News'
$600
CBS
Jeopardy!
6037
LET'S HIT IT
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Aaron Fechter invented this carnival game where you hit a mammal with a mallet'
$600
Whack-A-Mole
Jeopardy!
6037
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'"American poet... became known as a leader of the Beat literary movement of the 1950s"'
$600
(Allen) Ginsberg
Jeopardy!
6037
MONEY SLANG
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate'
$2,200
a clam
Jeopardy!
6037
RVs
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_28.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.</a>) One of the first times a movie star received a <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_28a.jpg" target="_blank">fancy trailer</a> as a perk was in 1931; Paramount gave a <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_28b.jpg" target="_blank">Chevy house car</a> to <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_28c.jpg" target="_blank"> this</a> sexy star as she left the stage to make movies like "She Done Him Wrong"'
$600
Mae West
Jeopardy!
6037
LOST IN SPACE
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Piers Sellers lost a tool in space while spreading putty into this Space Shuttle named for Capt. Cook's ship'
$800
Discovery
Jeopardy!
6037
TIMELESS TV
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Shown Saturday afternoons on ABC, this sport's tour outdrew college football & moved to ESPN in 1997'
$800
the pro bowling tour
Jeopardy!
6037
LET'S HIT IT
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Everlast makes these that come in speed and heavy varieties'
$800
punching bags
Jeopardy!
6037
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'"Served under the Apache leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas... in 1894, he was moved to Fort Sill'
$800
Geronimo
Jeopardy!
6037
MONEY SLANG
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'You don't get 5 guesses at this winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull'
$800
a fin
Jeopardy!
6037
LOST IN SPACE
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'In 1992 Space Shuttle astronauts delivered ashes of this "Star Trek" creator into the final frontier'
$1000
Gene Roddenberry
Jeopardy!
6037
TIMELESS TV
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'2010's "When Love Is Not Enough" was the 240th presentation in this series from a greeting card company'
$1000
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jeopardy!
6037
LET'S HIT IT
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'In some casinos, a blackjack dealer must hit with an ace & a 6, known as this type of 17'
$1000
soft
Jeopardy!
6037
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'"One of the most original and provocative American architects working today"'
$1000
(Frank) Gehry
Jeopardy!
6037
MONEY SLANG
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'When speaking of Messrs. Netanyahu or Britten, it's all about the first name, pluralized'
$1000
the Benjamins
Jeopardy!
6037
PLAY HEROINES
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Blanche DuBois'
$400
A Streetcar Named Desire
Double Jeopardy!
6037
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Giving the devil his due, Fr. Karras invites the devil inside himself, then exits from the second floor in this 1973 movie'
$400
The Exorcist
Double Jeopardy!
6037
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'3.6 million: Down Under'
$400
Melbourne
Double Jeopardy!
6037
TAINTED GOV
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'In 2010 this Illinois governor was tried on corruption charges, but convicted on only 1 count'
$400
Blagojevich
Double Jeopardy!
6037
MEDICINE
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'As Franklin D. Roosevelt's blood pressure was 300/190, he suffered from this 1-word condition'
$400
hypertension
Double Jeopardy!
6037
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'If you're vertical but supported by your palms, you're doing one of these'
$400
a handstand
Double Jeopardy!
6037
PLAY HEROINES
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Emily Webb of Grover's Corners'
$800
Our Town
Double Jeopardy!
6037
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'In this Bruce Willis movie, the villain goes out the window of the Nakatomi building, gun in hand'
$800
Die Hard
Double Jeopardy!
6037
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'11 million: on Luzon Island'
$800
Manila
Double Jeopardy!
6037
TAINTED GOV
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'In 2006 this Illinois governor was busted for racketeering; what's in the water there?'
$800
George Ryan
Double Jeopardy!
6037
MEDICINE
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'In 1905 German scientist Alfred Einhorn created this first injectable local anesthetic used in dentistry'
$800
novocaine
Double Jeopardy!
6037
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'A caterpillar that moves by contraction & expansion'
$800
an inchworm
Double Jeopardy!
6037
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Movie in which Axel Foley asks, "where ...you get off arresting me for being thrown out a window?"'
$1200
Beverly Hills Cop
Double Jeopardy!
6037
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'1.1 million: in the heart of the Po River Valley'
$1200
Milan
Double Jeopardy!
6037
TAINTED GOV
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'In 2010 it was revealed that Robert Rizzo made $800,000 a year as the city this of Bell, Calif., population 37,000'
$1200
manager
Double Jeopardy!
6037
MEDICINE
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Micro-Trach is an oxygen delivery system developed by this physician known for his "maneuver"'
$1200
(Henry) Heimlich
Double Jeopardy!
6037
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'A loop found on footwear, it's a symbol of success through one's own efforts'
$3,400
a bootstrap
Double Jeopardy!
6037
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'18 million: on the Arabian Sea'
$3,000
Mumbai
Double Jeopardy!
6037
TAINTED GOV
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'In 2010 a House committee charged this veteran Harlem congressman with ethics violations'
$1600
(Charlie) Rangel
Double Jeopardy!
6037
MEDICINE
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_DJ_09.jpg" target="_blank">Dr. Oz presents the clue.</a>) By surgically interrupting the electrical impulses that are causing an abnormal rhythm, the maze procedure is designed to threat this type of heart arrhythmia abbreviated "A.F."'
$1600
atrial fibrillation
Double Jeopardy!
6037
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Hard coal that burns with little flame'
$1600
anthracite
Double Jeopardy!
6037
PLAY HEROINES
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Barbara Undershaft'
$2000
Major Barbara
Double Jeopardy!
6037
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'In this Coen Brothers movie, Charles Durning jumps out a window during a board meeting'
$2000
The Hudsucker Proxy
Double Jeopardy!
6037
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'3.2 million: 150 miles from Bogota'
$2000
Medellin
Double Jeopardy!
6037
TAINTED GOV
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'Elected to the Senate in 1930, he refused to resign as Louisiana's gov. until '32, when his handpicked crony got the gig'
$2000
Huey Long
Double Jeopardy!
6037
MEDICINE
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'The name of this branch of pediatrics that deals with newborn infants literally means "newborn study"'
$2000
neonatal
Double Jeopardy!
6037
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'This important mechanism is what you're turning when you wind a clock'
$2000
the mainspring
Double Jeopardy!
6037
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
2010-12-07T00:00:00
'In use from 1844 to 1905, a flag representing the union of these 2 countries was nicknamed the "herring salad"'
null
Norway and Sweden
Final Jeopardy!
6037
AMERICAN AUTHORS
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'While he was in Spain in 1959, he wrote "The Dangerous Summer", a story about rival bullfighters'
$200
Hemingway
Jeopardy!
5243
BEGINNING & END
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'Like a door, a Broadway show does these 2 things'
$200
open & close
Jeopardy!
5243
STATE SUPERLATIVES
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'A valley at 282 feet below sea level in this state is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere'
$200
California
Jeopardy!
5243
3 LITTLE LETTERS
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'Like banks, many grocery stores now have these for dispensing cash & taking deposits'
$200
ATMs
Jeopardy!
5243
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'He was the voice of Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"'
$200
Walt Disney
Jeopardy!
5243
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'Eastern European capital city of more than 2.2 million'
$200
Bucharest
Jeopardy!
5243
AMERICAN AUTHORS
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'In 1884 she moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska & later fictionalized it as the town of Hanover in "O Pioneers!"'
$400
Willa Cather
Jeopardy!
5243
BEGINNING & END
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'In 2006 it began on July 1 in Strasbourg & ended on July 23 in Paris'
$3,000
the Tour de France
Jeopardy!
5243
STATE SUPERLATIVES
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'With 6,640 miles of coast, this state has the longest shoreline'
$400
Alaska
Jeopardy!
5243
3 LITTLE LETTERS
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_09.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Catalina Island Conservancy.</a>) Rampant use of this 3-letter insecticide lead to a hefty settlement for restorating the population of Catalina's <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_09a.jpg" target="_blank">bald eagles</a>'
$400
DDT
Jeopardy!
5243
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_27.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.</a>) Among my many "Simpsons" voices are the subservient Smithers & this man who lives next door to Homer--Howdy, neighbor'
$400
Ned Flanders
Jeopardy!
5243
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'Any mountain's summit'
$400
crest
Jeopardy!
5243
AMERICAN AUTHORS
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_16.jpg" target="_blank">Alex reports from the Mark Twain House.</a>) Mark Twain said that this anti-slavery <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_16a.jpg" target="_blank">novelist</a>, his next-door neighbor, liked to sneak up behind people and "fetch a war-whoop that would jump that person out of his clothes"'
$600
(Harriet Beecher) Stowe
Jeopardy!
5243
BEGINNING & END
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'"From" this to this is an idiom meaning from the start of a meal (or something else) to the end'
$600
from soup to nuts
Jeopardy!
5243
STATE SUPERLATIVES
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'It pumps more than one million barrels of oil a day, more than any other state'
$600
Texas
Jeopardy!
5243
3 LITTLE LETTERS
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'"Day to Day" & "All Things Considered" are among the programs going out to its 26 million listeners'
$600
NPR
Jeopardy!
5243
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'The voice of Daffy Duck (for the first 50 years)'
$600
Mel Blanc
Jeopardy!
5243
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'A braced framework for carrying a railroad over a chasm'
$600
a trestle
Jeopardy!
5243
AMERICAN AUTHORS
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'Under the name Laura Bancroft, he wrote about Twinkle & Chubbins in Nature Fairyland after taking us to Oz'
$800
L. Frank Baum
Jeopardy!
5243
BEGINNING & END
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'These titles of the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">2 paintings</a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_17a.jpg" target="_blank">seen here</a> represent the beginning & end of Jesus' life'
$800
"The Nativity" & "The Crucifixion"
Jeopardy!
5243
STATE SUPERLATIVES
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'Considered the healthiest state in 2006, it's also home to the Mayo Clinic'
$800
Minnesota
Jeopardy!
5243
3 LITTLE LETTERS
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'Its headquarters compound in Langley, Virginia is named for Former President George Bush'
$800
the CIA
Jeopardy!
5243
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'He voiced Puss In Boots in "Shrek 2"'
$800
Antonio Banderas
Jeopardy!
5243
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST"
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'Quickly! (to an Italian)'
$800
Presto
Jeopardy!
5243
AMERICAN AUTHORS
2007-05-30T00:00:00
'William Rose Benet won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God", & this brother won for "John Brown's Body"'
$1000
Stephen Vincent Benet
Jeopardy!
5243