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IT'S EXTINCT | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'The last known representative of this type of pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914' | $300 | the passenger pigeon | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Patrick Stewart wrote & starred in a one-man show based on this Dickens Christmas classic' | $300 | A Christmas Carol | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
TECHNOLOGY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'After hearing this invention of his work, Edison said, "I was never so taken aback in my life"' | $300 | the phonograph | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
TAIWAN | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'His birthday is observed as a holiday on October 31' | $300 | Chiang Kai-shek | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
ETIQUETTE | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Some small wedding receptions eliminate this greeting line that was once de rigeueur' | $300 | the receiving line (the reception line accepted) | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
SIMILES | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'A fine voice is "as clear as" one of these tintinnabulating objects' | $300 | a bell | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
IT'S EXTINCT | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Steller's Sea Cow was a relative of this rare aquatic mammal found in Florida' | $400 | the manatee | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'This British actress played Isadora Duncan on film in 1968 & onstage in 1991' | $400 | Vanessa Redgrave | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
TECHNOLOGY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'C. Vanderbilt thought George Westinghouse's idea of stopping a train by this means a fool notion' | $400 | the air brake | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
TAIWAN | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'It is prohibited to bring literature promoting this ideology into Taiwan' | $400 | Communism | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
ETIQUETTE | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Black ribbon streamers on a family's front door were once a sign of this' | $400 | mourning | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
SIMILES | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'A really fast person runs like this kind of "lightning"—as if regular lightning isn't fast enough' | $400 | greased lightning | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
IT'S EXTINCT | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'The name of this extinct elephant-like creature comes from Greek meaning "breast tooth"' | $500 | a mastodon | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Playwright who made his film debut in "Renaldo and Clara" in 1978 & won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in '79' | $500 | Sam Shepard | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
TECHNOLOGY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'First built in 1960, it's also been called an optical maser' | $500 | laser | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
TAIWAN | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Mariners from this country named Taiwan Ilha Formosa, but didn't colonize it' | $1,500 | Portugal | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
ETIQUETTE | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'In 1922 Emily Post wrote, "A gentleman takes off" this "when a lady enters the elevator"' | $500 | his hat | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
SIMILES | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'A person who's out of his element is "like a fish" in this predicament' | $500 | out of water | Jeopardy! | 2047 |
HISTORY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'In 1991 B.C. Amenemhet, a former vizier, founded this country's 12th dynasty' | $200 | Egypt | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
BALLET | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | '"Homage to the Queen", a tribute to her, premiered on her coronation day in 1953' | $200 | Elizabeth II | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
BIOLOGY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Unlike most birds, ratites like the ostrich can't do this' | $200 | fly | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
FRUITS & VEGETABLES | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'The summer varieties of this gourd-like vegetable are eaten green; the winter ones, ripe' | $200 | squash | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
AMERICAN INDIANS | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'In 1777 Chief Joseph Brant led his fellow Mohawks in the Battle of Oriskany during this war' | $200 | the Revolutionary War | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
NOVELISTS | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'This novelist's youthful voyages provided the basis for such works as "Lord Jim" & "Typhoon"' | $200 | Conrad | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
HISTORY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Because his proposals for constitutional change were defeated, this French president resigned in 1969' | $400 | Charles de Gaulle | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
BALLET | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'This dancer choreographed a new version of "The Nutcracker" in 1976, a "Turning Point" in his career' | $400 | Baryshnikov | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
BIOLOGY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Associated with this sense, the olfactory lobe is better developed in most vertebrates than in man' | $400 | smell | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
FRUITS & VEGETABLES | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'This fruit with many seeds is grown on the Punica granatum tree' | $400 | a pomegranate | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
AMERICAN INDIANS | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'A woman claiming to be this Lewis & Clark companion died in 1884; she would have been about 100' | $400 | Sacagawea | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
NOVELISTS | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'He dictated his last novel, "The Brothers Karamazov", to his wife who took it down in shorthand' | $400 | Dostoevsky | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
HISTORY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'In 1919 this national assembly met in this city & formed a new German republic' | $3,000 | Weimar | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
BALLET | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'The School of American Ballet is the official school of this major metropolitan ballet company' | $600 | New York (City Ballet) | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
BIOLOGY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Renin, an enzyme that breaks down protein, is secreted by cells in this organ' | $600 | the kidney | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
FRUITS & VEGETABLES | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Poi, a luau treat, is made from these mashed roots' | $600 | taro | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
AMERICAN INDIANS | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Geronimo rode in this U.S. president's 1905 inaugural parade' | $600 | Theodore Roosevelt | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
NOVELISTS | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'This Scottish novelist is buried at the summit of Mt. Vaea on Upolu, an island of Western Samoa' | $600 | Robert Louis Stevenson | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
HISTORY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'The parents of this Peruvian president immigrated from Japan 4 years prior to his birth' | $800 | Fujimori | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
BALLET | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'This Spanish seducer is attacked by furies at the end of a 1936 ballet' | $800 | Don Juan | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
BIOLOGY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'Common "colorful" term for the eythrocytes, which transport oxygen around the body' | $800 | the red blood cells | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
FRUITS & VEGETABLES | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'A greengage is a plum & a greening is this fruit' | $800 | an apple | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
AMERICAN INDIANS | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'When this chief, Pocahontas' father, died in 1618, he was succeeded by his brother Opitchapam' | $800 | Powhatan | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
NOVELISTS | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'This novelist's nonfiction book "Miami and the Siege of Chicago" was about the 1968 political conventions' | $800 | Norman Mailer | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
HISTORY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'About 3000 B.S. the Sumerians invented this writing system which used triangular marks' | $1000 | cuneiform | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
BALLET | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'First performed in 1905, this very short solo ballet depicts the last minutes in the life of a bird' | $1000 | The Dying Swan | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
BIOLOGY | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'This nucleic acid occurs in 3 forms: messenger, ribosomal & transfer' | $1000 | RNA | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
FRUITS & VEGETABLES | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'This somewhat coarse root vegetable is also called a swede or a Swedish turnip' | $1000 | a rutabaga | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
AMERICAN INDIANS | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'This chief once called "The Apache Napoleon" died in the Arizona territory in 1874' | $1000 | Cochise | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
NOVELISTS | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'He followed his first novel, "Appointment in Samarra", with "BUtterfield 8"' | $2,500 | John O\'Hara | Double Jeopardy! | 2047 |
U.S. RIVERS | 1993-06-29T00:00:00 | 'The name of this river, famous in song, may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little Saint John"' | null | the Swanee | Final Jeopardy! | 2047 |
NATURE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Safes, a type of these desert formations, are often many miles long & several hundred feet high' | $100 | sand dunes | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
MUSICAL THEATRE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'When Marie Osmond toured in this play in 1994, her eldest son, Steven, played Kurt Von Trapp' | $100 | The Sound of Music | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
1988 | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'At the July 1988 Democratic National Convention this Massachusetts governor was nominated for president' | $100 | Michael Dukakis | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
FOOD | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'While these small bread cubes often top salads, larger versions can be used to catch drippings' | $100 | croutons | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
HEALTH & MEDICINE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'These blood-sucking worms are used in medicine today to drain hematomas' | $100 | leeches | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
CROSSWORD CLUES "E" | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Zealous, like a beaver<br />(5)' | $100 | eager | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
NATURE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Sausage trees, found in Africa, are pollinated by these flying mammals' | $200 | bats | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
MUSICAL THEATRE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'This 1946 musical that featured <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1994-11-17_J_27.mp3">the following</a> was Irving Berlin's biggest Broadway hit:<br /><br /><i>"I'm quick on the trigger /<br />With targets not much bigger /<br />Than a pinpoint, a number 1..."</i>' | $1,000 | Annie Get Your Gun | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
1988 | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'The Thatcher government imposed a broadcast ban on this political wing of the IRA' | $200 | Sinn Fein | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
FOOD | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'A raw egg yolk usually accompanies this raw meat dish' | $200 | Steak Tartare | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
HEALTH & MEDICINE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Light flashes in the field of vision may mean this optic tissue has become detatched' | $200 | the retina | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
CROSSWORD CLUES "E" | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Mistaken<br />(9)' | $200 | erroneous | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
NATURE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'This largest U.S. cactus can weigh as much as 10 tons' | $300 | saguaro | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
MUSICAL THEATRE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Scott Bakula played Joe DiMaggio in a 1983 musical about this sex symbol' | $300 | Marilyn Monroe | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
1988 | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'After 32 years in power, Janos Kadar was ousted as first secretary of this country's Communist Party' | $300 | Hungary | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
FOOD | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Butternut refers to both an actual nut & this type of gourd' | $300 | squash | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
HEALTH & MEDICINE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'This artificial sweetner has been associated with bladder cancer in animal experiments' | $300 | saccharin | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
CROSSWORD CLUES "E" | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'On-screen, they're "special"<br />(7)' | $300 | effects | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
NATURE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Often found clinging to rocks, limpids are a type of this mollusk' | $400 | snails | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
MUSICAL THEATRE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Elaine Stritch plays Capt. Andy's wife Parthy in the current revival of this Jerome Kern musical' | $400 | Show Boat | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
1988 | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'A 1988 plebiscite said that this Chilean dictator had to be out of office by March of 1990' | $400 | Augusto Pinochet | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
FOOD | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'It's an Italian version of an omelet, served pancake-style' | $400 | a frittata | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
HEALTH & MEDICINE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Apnea is the temporary cessation of this' | $400 | breathing | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
CROSSWORD CLUES "E" | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Count off one-by-one<br />(9)' | $400 | enumerate | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
NATURE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'In the South, buildings have been engulfed & trees have been smothered by this Oriental vine gone wild' | $500 | kudzu | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
MUSICAL THEATRE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | '"Kismet"'s music is adapted from the works of this "Prince Igor" composer' | $500 | Alexander Borodin | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
1988 | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Along with the Marcoses, this Saudi arms merchant was indicted in October on charges of racketeering' | $500 | Adnan Khashoggi | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
FOOD | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'They're the two common vegetables in the English dish bubble & squeak' | $500 | potato & cabbage | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
HEALTH & MEDICINE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'In vitiligo, a common disorder, patches of skin lose this' | $500 | pigment (or color) | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
CROSSWORD CLUES "E" | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'The "bigger picture"<br />(11)' | $500 | enlargement | Jeopardy! | 2349 |
ANCIENT HISTORY | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'In 213 B.C., Ch'in Shih Huang-ti ordered all of these burned, except the ones in the imperial library' | $200 | books | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
U.S. GEOGRAPHY | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Antelope Island in this Utah lake is used as a refuge for bison' | $200 | the Great Salt Lake | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
SAINTS | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'On the second Sunday in May, the French honor her with a holiday' | $200 | Joan of Arc | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
FLEETS | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'When he left for his second voyage in September of 1493, he had a fleet of seventeen ships, fourteen more than his first trip' | $200 | Christopher Columbus | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
CLOTHING | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'They can be crew, knee, or bobby' | $200 | socks | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
LITERATURE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'In F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, Nick Carraway lives next door to this title character' | $200 | the Great Gatsby | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
ANCIENT HISTORY | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'This pupil of Socrates went to Sicily to try to turn Dionysius into a philosopher king' | $400 | Plato | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
U.S. GEOGRAPHY | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Albuquerque, New Mexico lies on this 1885-mile long river' | $400 | the Rio Grande | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
SAINTS | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'March 1st is the feast day of this patron saint of Wales' | $400 | St. David | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
FLEETS | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'The Duque de Medina- Sidonia commanded this fleet in 1588' | $400 | the Spanish Armada | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
CLOTHING | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'This Channel Island has a close-fitting knitted shirt or sweater named for it, in addition to a cow' | $400 | Jersey | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
LITERATURE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Part I of this Willa Cather novel is entitled "The Wild Land"' | $400 | O Pioneers! | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
ANCIENT HISTORY | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'Tikal became an important ceremonial center of this civilization, prior to 300 A.D.' | $600 | the Mayans | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
U.S. GEOGRAPHY | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'From its incorporation in 1813 until 1901, this New York village was known as Sing-Sing' | $600 | Ossining | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
SAINTS | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'St. Raphael shares his feast day, September 29, with these two archangels' | $600 | Michael & Gabriel | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
FLEETS | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'This company's fleet has included the Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, & Queen Elizabeth II' | $600 | Cunard | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
CLOTHING | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'A plastron is the quilted pad worn by competitors in this sport to protect their torso & sides' | $600 | fencing | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
LITERATURE | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'His novel "Daisy Miller" opens at the Trois Couronnes hotel in Vevey, Switzerland' | $600 | Henry James | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
ANCIENT HISTORY | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'He was only 16 when he became Roman emperor upon the death of Claudius' | $800 | Nero | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
U.S. GEOGRAPHY | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'South Carolina's highest point, Sassafras Mountain, rises 3,560 feet in this range of the Appalachians' | $2,600 | the Blue Ridge Mountains | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
SAINTS | 1994-11-17T00:00:00 | 'This man who added utopia to our vocabulary was made a saint in 1935' | $800 | St. Thomas More | Double Jeopardy! | 2349 |
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