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HOW NOVEL
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'Agatha Christie mystery in which an heiress is murdered on an Egyptian cruise'
$600
"Death on the Nile"
Jeopardy!
4183
CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'1992: <br />"You can't handle the truth!"'
$600
A Few Good Men
Jeopardy!
4183
"H" CITIES
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'Crossed by numerous canals, it's said that this German port has more bridges than Amsterdam & Venice combined'
$600
Hamburg
Jeopardy!
4183
HERBS & SPICES
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'The dried pods of a certain climbing orchid provide this flavoring'
$600
vanilla
Jeopardy!
4183
____ OF THE ____
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'Quoting "Titanic", in 1998 Oscar-winning James Cameron exulted, "I'm" this'
$600
king of the world
Jeopardy!
4183
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'For over 75 years, Wrigley made only these 3 gums'
$800
Spearmint, Doublemint & Juicy Fruit
Jeopardy!
4183
HOW NOVEL
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'Title that completes the line "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin..."'
$300
"To Kill A Mockingbird"
Jeopardy!
4183
CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'1974:<br />"What makes you certain that your husband is, um, involved with someone?"'
$800
Chinatown
Jeopardy!
4183
"H" CITIES
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'This capital was founded by Sweden's King Gustav I Vasa in 1550'
$800
Helsinki, Finland
Jeopardy!
4183
HERBS & SPICES
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'In medieval Europe this poultry stuffing herb of the genus Salvia was thought to stimulate the mind'
$800
sage
Jeopardy!
4183
____ OF THE ____
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'To make a favorable judgment when you're uncertain is to give someone this'
$800
benefit of the doubt
Jeopardy!
4183
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'In 1973 this then Memphis-based hotel chain opened its own university in Mississippi to train personnel'
$1000
Holiday Inn
Jeopardy!
4183
HOW NOVEL
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'This Ayn Rand novel tells the story of architect Howard Roark & Dominique Francon, the woman he loves'
$1000
"The Fountainhead"
Jeopardy!
4183
CLASSIC NICHOLSON MOVIE LINES
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'1994:<br />"Just marking my territory"'
$1000
Wolf
Jeopardy!
4183
"H" CITIES
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'It served as a dynastic capital in the 1800s & continued as the royal capital of Vietnam until 1945'
$1000
Hue
Jeopardy!
4183
HERBS & SPICES
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'This spice that is sold in 2 varieties, Ceylon & Cassia, was once used in love potions'
$1000
cinnamon
Jeopardy!
4183
____ OF THE ____
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'In 1961 British critic Martin Esslin used this phrase to describe the plays of Beckett & Ionesco'
$1000
theatre of the absurd
Jeopardy!
4183
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'The Einheriar were the dead warriors the Valkyries picked up & brought back to this hall where they were revived'
$400
Valhalla
Double Jeopardy!
4183
AGRICULTURE
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'In 1981 the U.S. government, with 560 million lbs. of this dairy food in storage, released 30 million lbs. to the needy'
$400
cheese
Double Jeopardy!
4183
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'In 1775 he & a group of axmen cleared & marked the Wilderness Road for the Transylvania Company'
$400
Daniel Boone
Double Jeopardy!
4183
MATH TERMS
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'5th, 50th & 500th are this type of number, as opposed to cardinal'
$400
ordinal
Double Jeopardy!
4183
"P.B."
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'In New Orleans a hero sandwich is called this'
$400
po boy
Double Jeopardy!
4183
JAY
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'He drafted the constitution of New York state & was appointed chief justice of the state in 1777'
$400
John Jay
Double Jeopardy!
4183
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'Roskva, the farmer's daughter, was always under the hammer as a personal assistant to this god'
$800
Thor
Double Jeopardy!
4183
AGRICULTURE
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'Generally, a steer is a castrated bull used for food; this shorter word refers to one used as a draft animal'
$800
ox
Double Jeopardy!
4183
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'In the 1770s, this pamphleteer wrote "African Slavery in America", an article condemning slavery'
$800
Thomas Paine
Double Jeopardy!
4183
MATH TERMS
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'A theorem includes this series of steps, starting with a given & ending with a justified conclusion'
$800
proof
Double Jeopardy!
4183
"P.B."
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'It's the state flower of Delaware (not Georgia)'
$800
peach blossom
Double Jeopardy!
4183
JAY
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'He's the "Picture Perfect" actor seen here'
$800
Jay Mohr
Double Jeopardy!
4183
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'A never-ending supply of this better-than-beer drink was made by Heidrum, oddly a goat, not a bee'
$1200
mead
Double Jeopardy!
4183
AGRICULTURE
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'Spain, Italy & Greece are the leading producers of this liquid from the fruit of Olea europaea'
$1200
olive oil
Double Jeopardy!
4183
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'In "The Federalist" No. 51, this future president put forth an argument for the separation of powers'
$1200
James Madison
Double Jeopardy!
4183
MATH TERMS
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew standing in front of a chalkboard) From the Latin for "to turn upside down", the function g is described as this of the function f'
$1200
inverse
Double Jeopardy!
4183
"P.B."
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'You can use this utensil to apply a glaze to breads & sweets before or after baking'
$1200
pastry brush
Double Jeopardy!
4183
JAY
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'It's the magical group heard here<br />["This Magic Moment"]'
$1200
Jay and the Americans
Double Jeopardy!
4183
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'Odin learned the secrets of these alphabetic symbols while hanging for 9 days on Yggdrasil, the world tree'
$1600
runes
Double Jeopardy!
4183
AGRICULTURE
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'The type of irrigation seen here, it was used in Israel to make the desert bloom'
$1600
drip irrigation
Double Jeopardy!
4183
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'This Pennsylvanian's son William served as royal governor of New Jersey & remained loyal to the crown'
$1600
Ben Franklin
Double Jeopardy!
4183
MATH TERMS
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'The term surd refers to irrational numbers like this number's square root, 1.7320508...'
$1600
3
Double Jeopardy!
4183
"P.B."
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'Anna Pavlova or Dame Margot Fonteyn, for example'
$1600
prima ballerina
Double Jeopardy!
4183
JAY
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'This child actor played Dennis the Menace on TV in the early '60s'
$1600
Jay North
Double Jeopardy!
4183
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'Norse myth is big on trees; the first man & woman -- Ask & Embla -- were created out of these 2 species'
$2000
ash & elm
Double Jeopardy!
4183
AGRICULTURE
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'What do you do to wheat to get flour? The answer is the name of this grain'
$2,000
millet
Double Jeopardy!
4183
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'Mary Hays received this pseudonym for aiding her husband & other soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth'
$2000
Molly Pitcher
Double Jeopardy!
4183
MATH TERMS
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'A function's domain is the set of possible values of x; this is the set of possible values of y'
$2000
range
Double Jeopardy!
4183
"P.B."
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'This Latin term used for some legal services means "for the good"'
$700
pro bono
Double Jeopardy!
4183
JAY
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'Born on the Six Nations Indian Reservation in Ontario, he played Tonto to Clayton Moore's Lone Ranger'
$2000
Jay Silverheels
Double Jeopardy!
4183
AUTHORS
2002-11-06T00:00:00
'In September 1941 this author christened the warship Atlanta, also known as "The Mighty A"'
null
Margaret Mitchell
Final Jeopardy!
4183
ANNUAL EVENTS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Dating back at least 100 years, "drowning the shamrock", or going drinking, is a tradition on this holiday'
$100
St. Patrick\'s Day
Jeopardy!
3255
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'In 1998 the magazine told of efforts to liquify this "cleanest of fossil fuels" for use in cars'
$100
natural gas
Jeopardy!
3255
CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'This film about a flying elephant inspired a ride at Disneyland'
$100
Dumbo
Jeopardy!
3255
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears"'
$100
Julius Caesar
Jeopardy!
3255
MILITARY UNITS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Oliver Stone won an Oscar for his story about one of these title units in which he served in Vietnam'
$100
a platoon
Jeopardy!
3255
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'It's the casino game in which you'd hear someone say "Hit me"'
$100
blackjack
Jeopardy!
3255
ANNUAL EVENTS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Secretary of State William H. Seward is honored on the last Monday in March in this state'
$200
Alaska
Jeopardy!
3255
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'SA's website's "Ask the Experts" column answers key questions like "Why does bruised fruit turn" this color'
$200
brown
Jeopardy!
3255
CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Chim-Chim Cheree! This film featuring chimney sweeps swept up 13 Oscar nominations'
$200
Mary Poppins
Jeopardy!
3255
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'"Good-night, good-night! Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good-night till it be morrow"'
$200
Romeo and Juliet
Jeopardy!
3255
MILITARY UNITS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'From the medieval Latin for "army", it's a large fleet like the one Admiral Howard faced in 1588'
$200
an armada
Jeopardy!
3255
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'It's the creature seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-10-30_J_08.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> who's particularly hard on her mate'
$200
a black widow spider
Jeopardy!
3255
ANNUAL EVENTS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Called the greatest 2 minutes in sports, it takes place on the first Saturday in May'
$300
the Kentucky Derby
Jeopardy!
3255
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Magazine contributor Steven Chu won a Nobel Prize for slowing atoms with these light beams'
$300
lasers
Jeopardy!
3255
CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'This 1961 film was the first to feature a magical substance called Flubber'
$300
The Absent-Minded Professor
Jeopardy!
3255
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'"Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog"'
$300
Macbeth
Jeopardy!
3255
MILITARY UNITS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'3 brigades under 1 headquarters, or a math function'
$300
a division
Jeopardy!
3255
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'The Green Hornet's car, or Anna Sewell's horse'
$300
Black Beauty
Jeopardy!
3255
ANNUAL EVENTS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'An ancient symbol of abundance, the cornucopia is often attached to this American holiday'
$400
Thanksgiving
Jeopardy!
3255
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'A steamy 1998 issue reports on sexual attraction in the orange sulphur species of this colorful insect'
$400
butterflies
Jeopardy!
3255
CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Much of the music for this 1959 film, including the song "Once Upon A Dream" was adapted from an 1890 ballet'
$400
Sleeping Beauty
Jeopardy!
3255
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'"Neither a borrower nor a lender be"'
$400
Hamlet (Polonius)
Jeopardy!
3255
MILITARY UNITS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'A group of cavalry, whether A, B, or "F"'
$400
a troop
Jeopardy!
3255
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Early in his career, Burt Reynolds played Quint Asper, one of these on "Gunsmoke"'
$400
Blacksmith
Jeopardy!
3255
ANNUAL EVENTS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'This city's Mississippi River Art Fair is held in the Mark Twain Historic District'
$500
Hannibal, Missouri
Jeopardy!
3255
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'To physicists, SOHO isn't a neighborhood but an observatory orbiting this body'
$500
the sun
Jeopardy!
3255
CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Among the babes in "Babes in Toyland" are Ann Jillian as Bo Peep & this Mouseketeer as Mary Contrary'
$500
Annette Funicello
Jeopardy!
3255
NAME THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'"The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath"'
$600
The Merchant of Venice
Jeopardy!
3255
MILITARY UNITS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Mod or not, it's usually 10 infantrymen headed by a staff sergeant'
$500
a squad
Jeopardy!
3255
THAT OLD "BLACK" MAGIC
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Yo-ho, yo-ho! His real name was believed to be Edward Teach'
$500
Blackbeard
Jeopardy!
3255
LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Preferring to go where the rain turns to snow, he wintered in Schruns while writing "The Sun Also Rises"'
$200
Ernest Hemingway
Double Jeopardy!
3255
CREATION STORIES
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Scholars link Egyptian creation myths to the sun apparently fertilizing this river's slime'
$200
the Nile
Double Jeopardy!
3255
TURNING 40 IN '98
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'This pitcher's "Orel" history continued in '98 with a new team, the Giants'
$200
Orel Hershiser
Double Jeopardy!
3255
HERBS & SPICES
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Though derived from the same plant as opium, these seeds are non-narcotic'
$200
poppyseeds
Double Jeopardy!
3255
PIANO KEYS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'It's the only letter in "piano" that corresponds to a piano key'
$200
A
Double Jeopardy!
3255
SPOOKS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'This spy came a long way from her origins as the daughter of a Dutch hatter'
$200
Mata Hari
Double Jeopardy!
3255
LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Capital of Tyrol, it has hosted 2 Winter Olympics'
$400
Innsbruck
Double Jeopardy!
3255
CREATION STORIES
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'According to the King James Version, God's first words quoted in the book of Genesis'
$400
"Let there be light"
Double Jeopardy!
3255
TURNING 40 IN '98
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'In 1998 she turned 40 & played a 40-year-old in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"'
$400
Angela Bassett
Double Jeopardy!
3255
HERBS & SPICES
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'The scientific name of this herb is Mentha piperita'
$400
peppermint
Double Jeopardy!
3255
PIANO KEYS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Of the 2 types of piano keys in a Paul McCartney-Stevie Wonder hit, it's what G-flat is'
$400
ebony
Double Jeopardy!
3255
SPOOKS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Teddy Roosevelt's grandson, CIA man Kermit, kept the Shah of this country on his throne in 1953'
$400
Iran
Double Jeopardy!
3255
LET'S VISIT AUSTRIA
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'This English king was held prisoner in 1193 in a castle above Durnstein, Austria'
$1,000
Richard the Lionhearted (on his way back from one of the Crusades)
Double Jeopardy!
3255
CREATION STORIES
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'In some Native American myths, this animal helps a deity create the world, with no help from the Acme Co.'
$600
a coyote
Double Jeopardy!
3255
TURNING 40 IN '98
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-10-30_DJ_05.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Franklin Diaz-Chang, an astronaut on board the Space Shuttle <i>Discovery</i>.</a>) Oct. 1, 1998 is the 40th birthday of this government agency'
$600
NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Double Jeopardy!
3255
HERBS & SPICES
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'This aromatic leaf, used to flavor meat, soups & stews, comes from a laurel tree'
$600
a bay leaf
Double Jeopardy!
3255
PIANO KEYS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'A 6-string guitar has 2 strings tuned to this note, each corresponding to a piano key'
$600
E
Double Jeopardy!
3255
SPOOKS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Cuban refugee Antonio Prohias drew this MAD Magazine comic strip for 29 years'
$600
Spy vs. Spy
Double Jeopardy!
3255
CREATION STORIES
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Africa's Fulani people, who are cattle herders, say everything came from a drop of this'
$800
milk
Double Jeopardy!
3255
TURNING 40 IN '98
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'A short called "Frankenweenie" helped launch the career of this "Edward Scissorhands" director'
$800
Tim Burton
Double Jeopardy!
3255
HERBS & SPICES
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'During the Middle Ages, merchants who adulterated this expensive yellow spice were burnt at the stake'
$800
saffron
Double Jeopardy!
3255
PIANO KEYS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'They're adjacent on the keyboard as well as in an abbreviation for a popular format of recorded music'
$800
C & D
Double Jeopardy!
3255