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POLITICS
1991-11-13T00:00:00
'In December 1985 Cognress passed this bill in an effort to end the federal deficit'
$800
Gramm-Rudman
Double Jeopardy!
1658
ISLANDS
1991-11-13T00:00:00
'Singapore seceded from this country in 1965'
$800
Malaysia
Double Jeopardy!
1658
PHYSICS
1991-11-13T00:00:00
'The farad, the unit of capacitance, is named for this scientist'
$800
Faraday
Double Jeopardy!
1658
THE 14th CENTURY
1991-11-13T00:00:00
'In the 1350s this Moorish palace was completed in Granada, Spain'
$1000
Alhambra
Double Jeopardy!
1658
OPERA SINGERS
1991-11-13T00:00:00
'Late, great Russian who wrote the autobiographic books "Pages from My Life" & "Man and Mask"'
$1000
Chaliapin
Double Jeopardy!
1658
LITERATURE
1991-11-13T00:00:00
'"Eugenie Grandet" is considered one of the finest novels in his series "La Comedie Humaine"'
$1000
Balzac
Double Jeopardy!
1658
POLITICS
1991-11-13T00:00:00
'When he ran for president in 1884, the Democrats called him the "Continental Liar From the State of Maine"'
$3,100
James G. Blaine
Double Jeopardy!
1658
ISLANDS
1991-11-13T00:00:00
'The Court of Tynwald is the chief legislative body of this island in the Irish Sea'
$1000
Isle of Man
Double Jeopardy!
1658
PHYSICS
1991-11-13T00:00:00
'Deuterium is a heavy isotope of this element'
$1000
hydrogen
Double Jeopardy!
1658
AFRICAN AMERICANS
1991-11-13T00:00:00
'In 1978 she became the first black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp'
null
Harriet Tubman
Final Jeopardy!
1658
WORLD HODGEPODGE
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Pato, a combination of basketball & this game played on horseback, is quite popular in Argentina'
$100
Polo
Jeopardy!
3254
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'The November 25, 1963 front page read, this man "Shot To Death In Jail Corridor By A Dallas Citizen"'
$100
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jeopardy!
3254
ENGINEERING
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Tajikistan has the highest one of these in the world; the U.S. doesn't even make the Top 10 with Hoover'
$100
Dam
Jeopardy!
3254
BETTER KNOWN AS...
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Marion Morrison'
$100
John Wayne
Jeopardy!
3254
THE LAST MAN
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In the 1996 book "The Presidents: A Reference History"'
$100
Bill Clinton
Jeopardy!
3254
"TRI" HARDER
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'The French flag'
$100
Tricolor
Jeopardy!
3254
WORLD HODGEPODGE
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'From the old French for "ice", these cover about 1/8 of Iceland; some are 3/4 of a mile thick'
$200
Glaciers
Jeopardy!
3254
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'The revelation of "Undreamed Of Splendors" was reported with the 1923 opening of his inner tomb'
$200
King Tut
Jeopardy!
3254
ENGINEERING
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'The longest trip by rail you can take underwater is between these 2 countries'
$1,000
England and France
Jeopardy!
3254
BETTER KNOWN AS...
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Raquel Tejada'
$200
Raquel Welch
Jeopardy!
3254
THE LAST MAN
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In "Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science & Technology" is this "Cosmos" astronomer'
$200
Carl Sagan
Jeopardy!
3254
"TRI" HARDER
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'The ironman category for this sport includes a 2.4 mile swim, a 112-mile bike race & a marathon run'
$200
Triathlon
Jeopardy!
3254
WORLD HODGEPODGE
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Jorge Icaza, who was born in Quito, was one of this country's most famous 20th century authors'
$300
Ecuador
Jeopardy!
3254
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'On Sept. 9, 1974 news fit to print included the pardon of this man & "Knievel Safe As Rocket Falls"'
$300
Richard Nixon
Jeopardy!
3254
ENGINEERING
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Able to carry over 2 million barrels of crude a day, it runs from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez'
$300
the Alaska Pipeline
Jeopardy!
3254
BETTER KNOWN AS...
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Archibald Leach'
$300
Cary Grant
Jeopardy!
3254
THE LAST MAN
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", he's paired with Michael Jackson for writing "We Are The World"'
$300
Lionel Richie
Jeopardy!
3254
"TRI" HARDER
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'A court of justice'
$300
Trribunal
Jeopardy!
3254
WORLD HODGEPODGE
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'On Dutch maps, this country is called Oostenrijk'
$400
Austria
Jeopardy!
3254
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'The 1945 headline "Bomber Hits" this skyscraper meant a plane, not a person'
$400
Empire State Building
Jeopardy!
3254
BETTER KNOWN AS...
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Charles Buchinsky'
$400
Charles Bronson
Jeopardy!
3254
THE LAST MAN
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In the "Book Of Sports Legends" is this man who threw the first pitch in a World Series game'
$400
Cy Young
Jeopardy!
3254
"TRI" HARDER
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Collective name of Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great & Marcus Licinius Crassus'
$400
Triumverate
Jeopardy!
3254
WORLD HODGEPODGE
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'When shopping on Saba, an island in this sea, look for the beautiful, delicate Saba lace'
$500
Caribbean Sea
Jeopardy!
3254
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'"Berlin Reported Him Missing And Insane" when he "Flies To Scotland" in May 1941'
$500
Rudolf Hess
Jeopardy!
3254
BETTER KNOWN AS...
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Margarita Cansino'
$500
Rita Hayworth
Jeopardy!
3254
THE LAST MAN
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In "The Almanac of Famous People" is this "Father of Television"'
$500
Vladimir Zworykin
Jeopardy!
3254
"TRI" HARDER
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Bet in which the bettor must correctly choose the first 3 finishers in a horse race in exact order'
$500
Trifecta
Jeopardy!
3254
HISTORIC QUOTES
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Upon this man's assassination, Nehru said, "The light has gone out of our lives"'
$200
Mahatma Gandhi
Double Jeopardy!
3254
DRAMA
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In a 1997 play Stacie Chaiken starred as Constance, wife of this "Earnest" author'
$200
Oscar Wilde
Double Jeopardy!
3254
LOBBYISTS
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In the late '70s, Phyllis Schlafly lobbied for the defeat of this proposed constitutional amendment'
$200
the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)
Double Jeopardy!
3254
A PRAIRIE PRIMER
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'The largest cities in Canada's "Prairie Provinces" are Edmonton & Calgary in this one'
$200
Alberta
Double Jeopardy!
3254
FRANCES FARMER
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Actor Leif Erickson was Frances' first of 3 of these'
$200
husbands
Double Jeopardy!
3254
FEELING POSSESSIVE
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In a 1981 hit song, Rick Springfield wished that he had her'
$200
"Jessie\'s Girl"
Double Jeopardy!
3254
HISTORIC QUOTES
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'When asked how he became a hero, this president replied, "It was involuntary. They sank my boat"'
$400
John F. Kennedy
Double Jeopardy!
3254
DRAMA
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'"Dejavu" was "Angry Young Man" John Osborne's 1992 sequel to this famous play about looking back'
$400
Look Back in Anger
Double Jeopardy!
3254
LOBBYISTS
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'She gave up Gary Hart & "Monkey Business" & became a spokesperson for "Enough Is Enough"'
$400
Donna Rice
Double Jeopardy!
3254
A PRAIRIE PRIMER
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-10-29_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> alone, this animal is often found in coteries & colonies'
$400
a prairie dog
Double Jeopardy!
3254
FRANCES FARMER
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'She earned an Oscar nomination for playing Frances'
$400
Jessica Lange
Double Jeopardy!
3254
FEELING POSSESSIVE
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Jason Robards played editor Ben Bradlee in this 1976 film'
$400
All the President\'s Men
Double Jeopardy!
3254
HISTORIC QUOTES
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In 1830 Daniel Webster told the Senate, "Liberty and" this, "now and forever, one and inseparable"'
$600
Union
Double Jeopardy!
3254
DRAMA
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Shakespeare's 2 greatest contemporaries: one was murdered in 1593 & one killed a man in 1598'
$600
Christopher Marlowe & Ben Jonson
Double Jeopardy!
3254
LOBBYISTS
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'After his forced resignation from the Senate in 1995, he took an interest in lumber & other natural resources'
$600
Bob Packwood
Double Jeopardy!
3254
FRANCES FARMER
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In "Badlands of Dakota" Frances was this Wild West lady to Richard Dix's Wild Bill'
$600
Calamity Jane
Double Jeopardy!
3254
FEELING POSSESSIVE
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-10-29_DJ_17.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Wallace Langham.</a>) I play Josh, the assistant to Ronnie Chase, this show's title character'
$800
Veronica\'s Closet
Double Jeopardy!
3254
HISTORIC QUOTES
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In 1862 Otto von Bismarck said that the questions of the day would be settled by this "and blood"'
$600
iron
Double Jeopardy!
3254
DRAMA
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Robert Bolt depicted Elizabeth I in "Vivat! Vivat Regina!" & Henry VIII in this play'
$800
A Man for All Seasons
Double Jeopardy!
3254
LOBBYISTS
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In 1997 Jack Williams of this company was indicted for lying about his dealings with Mike Espy'
$800
Tyson Foods
Double Jeopardy!
3254
FRANCES FARMER
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In college an essay Frances wrote for a radical newspaper won her a trip to this country'
$800
the Soviet Union (USSR)
Double Jeopardy!
3254
FEELING POSSESSIVE
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'The painting seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-10-29_DJ_19.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> called "The Orgy" is from this series of artworks by Hogarth'
$800
The Rake\'s Progress
Double Jeopardy!
3254
HISTORIC QUOTES
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In 1973 he warned Nixon, "We have a cancer within, close to the presidency, that is growing"'
$1000
John Dean
Double Jeopardy!
3254
DRAMA
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'"Romanoff and Juliet" is one of many plays by this actor-writer of Russian descent'
$1000
Peter Ustinov
Double Jeopardy!
3254
LOBBYISTS
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Victor Crawford lobbied for, then against, this industry before his death from cancer'
$1000
the tobacco industry
Double Jeopardy!
3254
FRANCES FARMER
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In 1958 this TV host said, "Frances Farmer, This Is Your Life!"'
$1000
Ralph Edwards
Double Jeopardy!
3254
FEELING POSSESSIVE
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'In literature, gamekeeper Oliver Mellors'
$1000
Lady Chatterley\'s Lover
Double Jeopardy!
3254
TV CHARACTERS
1998-10-29T00:00:00
'Dozens of web sites are devoted to picking on this Sheryl Leach creation who only gives love'
null
Barney
Final Jeopardy!
3254
THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'He had a good year in 1928; construction began on the NYC art deco building named for him & he acquired Dodge'
$200
Walter Chrysler
Jeopardy!
5903
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'Committed to TV, Tom Selleck had to turn down this role in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (curse you, Hawaiian shirt!)'
$200
Indiana Jones
Jeopardy!
5903
SPACE MISSIONS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'In 2008 the Phoenix Mars lander found ice on this region of the planet'
$200
the poles
Jeopardy!
5903
BUSY AS A BEAVER
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'Gee, Wally, this classic TV show premiered on October 4, 1957'
$200
Leave It to Beaver
Jeopardy!
5903
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'"The Nanny Diaries" &<br />"Q is for Quarry"'
$200
the 2000s
Jeopardy!
5903
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'An old gold coin equal to 2 pistoles'
$200
a doubloon
Jeopardy!
5903
THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'This Frenchman was the designer for the company that bore his name, GM's largest division'
$400
Chevrolet
Jeopardy!
5903
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'E.T. would have followed a trail of this candy, but the Mars company said no; not even the red ones'
$400
M&Ms
Jeopardy!
5903
SPACE MISSIONS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'The New Horizons mission was launched to explore this planet before it was downgraded to a dwarf'
$400
Pluto
Jeopardy!
5903
BUSY AS A BEAVER
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'One of the 2 U.S. states with the beaver as the state animal: one's on the west coast & one's on the east'
$400
Oregon (or New York)
Jeopardy!
5903
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'"The Godfather" &<br />"Airport"'
$1,000
the \'60s
Jeopardy!
5903
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'5-letter word for "remote in manner"'
$400
aloof
Jeopardy!
5903
THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'In 1932 this auto racer began using the squadron badge of a WWI flying ace: a prancing horse'
$600
Ferrari
Jeopardy!
5903
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'Nicole Kidman dropped out of playing Brad Pitt's wife in this film; you may have heard Angelina Jolie got the part'
$600
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Jeopardy!
5903
SPACE MISSIONS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'The Hinode mission showed magnetic waves are critical in driving the flow of charged particles called this wind'
$600
the solar wind
Jeopardy!
5903
BUSY AS A BEAVER
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'Grey Beaver is the first master of this Jack London wolf-dog'
$600
White Fang
Jeopardy!
5903
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'"The Power of Positive Thinking"<br />& "Marjorie Morningstar"'
$600
the 1950s
Jeopardy!
5903
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'A sailing vessel with a single mast'
$600
a sloop
Jeopardy!
5903
THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'The emblem seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-04-21_J_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> represents this line of cars, named for auto pioneer David'
$800
Buick
Jeopardy!
5903
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'Will Smith turned down the lead in this futuristic 1999 flick, later saying of it, "Keanu was brilliant"'
$800
The Matrix
Jeopardy!
5903
SPACE MISSIONS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet'
$800
Saturn
Jeopardy!
5903
BUSY AS A BEAVER
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'As a boy Joe Namath had a dam good time growing up strong in this Pennsylvania city'
$800
Beaver Falls
Jeopardy!
5903
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'"The Yearling" &<br />"Of Mice and Men"'
$800
the 1930s
Jeopardy!
5903
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'Unsecured pages of a book in removable form'
$800
looseleaf
Jeopardy!
5903
THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'James Sumner & Henry Spurrier founded the company that became "British" this, owner of Jaguar'
$1000
British Leyland
Jeopardy!
5903
THE FILM THAT ALMOST WAS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'Eddie Murphy got the role in this '84 police comedy after Sylvester Stallone dropped out'
$1000
Beverly Hills Cop
Jeopardy!
5903
SPACE MISSIONS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'The MESSENGER craft is the first mission to explore this planet since mariner 10 in the 1970s'
$1000
Mercury
Jeopardy!
5903
BUSY AS A BEAVER
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'"The Beaver's Lesson" is the title of part 5 of this author's "The Hunting of the Snark"'
$1000
Lewis Carroll
Jeopardy!
5903
DECADES OF BESTSELLERS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'"The Mammoth Hunters" &<br />"The Queen of the Damned"'
$1000
the 1980s
Jeopardy!
5903
SKIP TO MY "LOO"
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'Chinese city opposite Hong Kong island'
$1000
Kowloon
Jeopardy!
5903
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'In 1566 this "Magnificent" sultan was succeeded by his not-so-magnificent son Selim II, "the Sot"'
$400
Suleyman
Double Jeopardy!
5903
MUSICAL PRIME NUMBERS
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'Prince:<br />"2000 zero zero party over, oops, out of time, so tonight I'm gonna party like it's ____"'
$400
1999
Double Jeopardy!
5903
PHILOSOPHY GLOSSARY
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'Camus & Buber were big in this movement that said humans were fully responsible for making meaning of their own lives'
$400
existentialism
Double Jeopardy!
5903
EDIBLES INSTANT REPLAY REVIEW
2010-04-21T00:00:00
'After review, the bierwurst, lop chong & kielbasa, types of these, were overcooked'
$400
sausage
Double Jeopardy!
5903