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SPOOKS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Spy Richard Sorge warned this Russian leader of Germany's WWII invasion but was ignored'
$800
Josef Stalin
Double Jeopardy!
3255
CREATION STORIES
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'To the ancient Greeks, it was a void from which Nyx & Erebus emerged; in English it's a disordered mess'
$1000
chaos
Double Jeopardy!
3255
TURNING 40 IN '98
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Damon, Marlon & Kim's big brother, he turned 40 on June 8'
$1000
Keenan Ivory Wayans
Double Jeopardy!
3255
HERBS & SPICES
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'Referring to their shape, these fragrant buds take their name from the Latin word for "nail"'
$1000
cloves
Double Jeopardy!
3255
PIANO KEYS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'It's the key the French call "Le do du milieu du piano"'
$1000
middle C
Double Jeopardy!
3255
SPOOKS
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'In the early '70s East German spy Gunter Guillaume infiltrated the office of this West German chancellor'
$1000
Willy Brandt
Double Jeopardy!
3255
HALLOWEEN ON FILM
1998-10-30T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-10-30_FJ.jpg" target="_blank">Happy Halloween, I'm Janet Leigh.</a>) In a 1953 film my then husband played this man, who died on Halloween in 1926; I played his wife Bess'
null
Harry Houdini
Final Jeopardy!
3255
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Her daughter Julie says this future first lady was offered a movie contract in the 1930s when she was a USC student'
$200
Mrs. Nixon
Jeopardy!
5094
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'1983:<br />"Still the Beaver"'
$200
Leave it to Beaver
Jeopardy!
5094
MYSPACE.MAN
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'He became a licensed pilot on his 16th birthday long before his one small step on the Sea on Tranquility'
$200
(Neil) Armstrong
Jeopardy!
5094
POET'S GLOSSARY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Japanese style /<br />Always syllable counting /<br />This type of poem'
$200
haiku
Jeopardy!
5094
CONTAINERS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'A sink, or the area drained by a single river system'
$200
a basin
Jeopardy!
5094
FROM THE GREEK
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'This synonym for "drugstore" comes from the Greek for "druggist's work"'
$200
pharmacy
Jeopardy!
5094
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-11-02_J_02.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reads.</a>) <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-11-02_J_02b.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> woman used <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-11-02_J_02a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> camera back when she was an aspiring photographer for a Washington D.C. newspaper'
$400
Jackie Kennedy
Jeopardy!
5094
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'2000:<br />"Mary and Rhoda"'
$400
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Jeopardy!
5094
MYSPACE.MAN
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'He elected to join the Mercury program in 1959; 15 years later, he'd be elected to join the Senate'
$400
(John) Glenn
Jeopardy!
5094
CONTAINERS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Port wines are separated into 2 types based on these 2 possible places where they do most of their aging'
$400
barrels & bottles
Jeopardy!
5094
FROM THE GREEK
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'The name of this solid figure used to disperse light into a spectrum is from the Greek for "something sawed"'
$400
a prism
Jeopardy!
5094
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'As a young wife in the 1950s, she managed the accounts for the family agricultural business'
$600
Mrs. Carter
Jeopardy!
5094
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'2004:<br />"Return to Southfork"'
$600
Dallas
Jeopardy!
5094
MYSPACE.MAN
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'On April 12, 1961, he took his 5 1/4-ton Vostok 1 for a spin at 9:07 A.M. Moscow time; he had it back by 10:55'
$600
(Yuri) Gagarin
Jeopardy!
5094
POET'S GLOSSARY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'This basic metrical unit of poetry sounds like a body part'
$600
a foot
Jeopardy!
5094
CONTAINERS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'"Amorous" name of a 2-handled wine vessel or sporting trophy'
$600
loving cup
Jeopardy!
5094
FROM THE GREEK
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'When food is swallowed, it goes down this tube, the Greek word for "gullet"'
$600
the esophagus
Jeopardy!
5094
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Bloomer was the maiden name of this first lady who blossomed as a fashion model in pre-WWII NYC'
$800
Betty Ford
Jeopardy!
5094
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'1987:<br />"Return to Dodge"'
$800
Gunsmoke
Jeopardy!
5094
MYSPACE.MAN
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'With the return of Apollo 13, this commander had completed over 715 hours of space travel'
$1,000
(James) Lovell
Jeopardy!
5094
POET'S GLOSSARY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'The "heroic" variety of this pair of rhyming lines is written in iambic pentameter'
$800
a couplet
Jeopardy!
5094
CONTAINERS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'The American Heritage Dict.'s 1st pronunciation for this word rhymes it with "lace"; another with, with "bras"'
$800
vase
Jeopardy!
5094
FROM THE GREEK
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'From the Greek for "primary", these are made of amino acids'
$800
proteins
Jeopardy!
5094
BEFORE THEY WERE FIRST LADIES
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'She was president (Natl. Pres. of the Girl Scouts, that is) in the 1920s while her husband was merely Secy. of Commerce'
$1000
(Lou) Hoover
Jeopardy!
5094
PRIMETIME TV REUNIONS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'1997:<br />"Back to the Cul-de-sac"'
$1000
Knots Landing
Jeopardy!
5094
MYSPACE.MAN
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Freedom 7's pilot in 1961, he also commanded Apollo 14, the 1st mission to land on the Moon & not on the lunar seas'
$1000
(Alan) Shepard
Jeopardy!
5094
POET'S GLOSSARY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'From the Latin for "stopping place", it's 2 or more lines of poetry that form a division within a poem'
$1000
a stanza
Jeopardy!
5094
CONTAINERS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'It's what's normally carried in a metal pail called a scuttle'
$1000
coal
Jeopardy!
5094
FROM THE GREEK
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-11-02_J_13.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew at the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.</a>) At Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind, kids gain self-esteem & confidence with <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-11-02_J_13a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> type of therapy, from the Greek for "horse"'
$1000
hippotherapy
Jeopardy!
5094
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Poe knows this swinging lever regulates the speed of a clock mechanism'
$400
pendulum
Double Jeopardy!
5094
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'This musical dreamed "The Impossible Dream", playing 2,328 performances before closing in 1971'
$400
Man of La Mancha
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Richard Lefevre could eat only 1 1/2 gallons of this "bowl of red" Stagg product in 10 minutes'
$400
chili
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'This highway that Bob Dylan "Revisited" begins in Thunder Bay, Ontario'
$400
Highway 61
Double Jeopardy!
5094
THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Before becoming a world leader, this Frenchman was wounded 3 times in WWI & was captured at Verdun in 1916'
$400
de Gaulle
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I DID IT NORWAY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'On the scenic Lofoten Islands, you can stay in Rorbuer, cottages traditionally used by those in this profession'
$400
fishing
Double Jeopardy!
5094
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'The opposite of diminuendo is this music term, a gradual increase in loudness'
$800
crescendo
Double Jeopardy!
5094
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'This musical about 18 dancers trying out for 8 spots in a Broadway show ended its original 15-year Broadway run in April 1990'
$800
A Chorus Line
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Oleg Zhornitskiy turned this sandwich spread into a meal by gulping down 4 32-ounce bowls in 8 minutes'
$800
mayonnaise
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-11-02_DJ_22.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is FDR Drive, which heads into the lower part of this borough'
$800
Manhattan
Double Jeopardy!
5094
THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'This ex-NATO commander & presidential candidate was wounded in Vietnam'
$800
(Gen. Wesley) Clark
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I DID IT NORWAY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'The city of Alta, well above the Arctic Circle, has renamed itself the Nordlysbyen Alta, after this display'
$2,000
the northern lights
Double Jeopardy!
5094
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'This type of gland secretes substances directly into the bloodstream'
$1200
endocrine
Double Jeopardy!
5094
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'This Lerner & Loewe musical had its "loverly" farewell in 1962, after 2,717 shows'
$1200
My Fair Lady
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Cookie Jarvis gave 10 minutes of lip service to 6 2/3 pounds of this pasta, from the Italian for "tongue"'
$1200
linguini
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Part of U.S. 40 follows the route of this early 19th century road that began in Maryland'
$1200
the Cumberland Road (or National Road)
Double Jeopardy!
5094
THE RECORD SHOWS I TOOK THE BLOWS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'In 1775 his leg was severely wounded in an assault on Quebec & he was promoted to brig. gen.; 5 years later, he'd be in disgrace'
$1,000
Benedict Arnold
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I DID IT NORWAY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Winter sports lovers benefit from the 2-billion-kroner upgrade of this 1994 Olympic city'
$1200
Lillehammer
Double Jeopardy!
5094
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'If I said a clue about a stripper had really nice pair of facts, it'd be an example of this 2-word French term'
$1600
a double entendre
Double Jeopardy!
5094
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'With more than 7,400 performances, this musical became a "Memory" after its Sept. 10, 2000 finale'
$1600
Cats
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'In 9 minutes, Sonya Thomas dined on 11 pounds of this cheesy dessert from a Brooklyn restaurant'
$1600
cheesecake
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'The 42 bridges of the Overseas Highway link many of this state's islands to the mainland'
$1600
Florida
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I DID IT NORWAY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Norwegian poet Arne Garborg pushed for a literary language based on this "old" one of sagas & eddas'
$1600
Old Norse
Double Jeopardy!
5094
& NOW THE "END" IS NEAR
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Shakespeare's Puck: If we have" done this, "think but this, and all is mended"'
$2000
offended
Double Jeopardy!
5094
& SO I FACE THE FINAL CURTAIN
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'It was nice to see this musical "Looking Swell" & "Still Goin' Strong", but after 2,844 shows, it bowed out in 1970'
$2000
Hello, Dolly!
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Jim Reeves was top-"seeded" after he chomped 13 pounds of this gourd in 15 minutes'
$2000
watermelon
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I'VE TRAVELED EACH & EVERY HIGHWAY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'Domine Quo Vadis Church stands on this road, where tradition says Peter asked Jesus, "Lord, where are you going?"'
$2000
the Appian Way
Double Jeopardy!
5094
I DID IT NORWAY
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'A summer festival at Vinstra honors this Ibsen & Grieg character based on folklore'
$2000
Peer Gynt
Double Jeopardy!
5094
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
2006-11-02T00:00:00
'He first appeared in Kipling's 1892 story "In the Rukh" as an adult who now & then refers to his very odd childhood'
null
Mowgli
Final Jeopardy!
5094
FLOWER
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Ottawa, Canada is famous for these flowers seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-11-11_J_08.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>'
$200
tulips
Jeopardy!
4644
DOUGH
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Chile uses this basic unit of currency'
$200
a peso
Jeopardy!
4644
CHEESE
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Christopher Lee, later of "Lord of the Rings", sucked blood in 1968's he "Has Risen from the Grave"'
$200
Dracula
Jeopardy!
4644
THE UPPER CRUST
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Athina Roussel, granddaughter of this Greek tycoon, inherited billions when she turned 18 in 2003'
$200
Onassis
Jeopardy!
4644
"DEEP" DISH
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'You can cook the Thanksgiving turkey this way so the outside is crispy & the inside juicy (just beware of splattered oil)'
$200
deep fry
Jeopardy!
4644
WE WANT PISA!
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'The Italian city of Pisa is located at the mouth of the Arno River, where it flows into this body of water'
$200
the Mediterranean Sea
Jeopardy!
4644
FLOWER
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Seeing the English Gardens at Mottisfont Abbey made Martha Stewart laugh at her own efforts to grow these'
$400
roses
Jeopardy!
4644
DOUGH
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'No peeking! This building is portrayed on the back of the $20 bill'
$400
the White House
Jeopardy!
4644
CHEESE
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Sonny Chiba, star of such memorable films as "The Bushido Blade", appeared in "Volume One" of this Tarantino epic'
$400
Kill Bill
Jeopardy!
4644
THE UPPER CRUST
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-11-11_J_23.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> prince was really in the swim when he was voted water polo captain at St. Andrews University'
$400
Prince William
Jeopardy!
4644
"DEEP" DISH
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'This region of the U.S. includes Mississippi & Alabama'
$400
the Deep South
Jeopardy!
4644
WE WANT PISA!
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'In Italian it's known as "La Torre Pendente"'
$400
the Leaning Tower
Jeopardy!
4644
FLOWER
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Being shaped like this gives the flower seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-11-11_J_10.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> its name and also its genus name, campanula'
$600
bell
Jeopardy!
4644
DOUGH
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Italy has issued Euro coins with part of this painter's "Birth of Venus" on the reverse'
$600
Botticelli
Jeopardy!
4644
CHEESE
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'"To Kiss in Shadows" & "Stealing Heaven" won 2003 Rita Awards for this type of novel'
$600
romance
Jeopardy!
4644
THE UPPER CRUST
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Ulysses Grant's granddaughter Julia married a prince from this country & had to flee its revolution in 1917'
$600
Russia
Jeopardy!
4644
"DEEP" DISH
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-11-11_J_05.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, he was an endocrinologist before promoting Ayur Veda, an ancient form of holistic medicine'
$600
Deepak Chopra
Jeopardy!
4644
WE WANT PISA!
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'At the head of his own militia, this medieval author of "The Prince" helped conquer Pisa for Florence in 1509'
$600
Machiavelli
Jeopardy!
4644
FLOWER
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Bergamot is also called the "balm" of these creatures to which it's highly attractive'
$800
bees
Jeopardy!
4644
DOUGH
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Cherry blossoms are featured on the back of the coin worth 100 of these'
$1,500
Yen
Jeopardy!
4644
CHEESE
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'This 2004 Fox show featured the line "I'm going to Waikiki to get a bikini wax... want to meet me after your shift's over?"'
$800
North Shore
Jeopardy!
4644
THE UPPER CRUST
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Oralando Montagu is making a lot of "bread" selling this lunch item (he's descended from the Earl who invented it)'
$800
a sandwich
Jeopardy!
4644
"DEEP" DISH
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Oprah's first selection for her book club, in 1996, was this book by Jacquelyn Mitchard about a kidnapping'
$800
The Deep End of the Ocean
Jeopardy!
4644
WE WANT PISA!
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Born in Pisa in the 16th century, he studied the laws of falling bodies & the motions of projectiles'
$800
Galileo
Jeopardy!
4644
FLOWER
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'A 1971 New Jersey law made the common meadow type of this, not the African type, the state flower'
$1000
a violet
Jeopardy!
4644
DOUGH
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'The name of this unit of currency used in Libya is from the Latin for "ten"'
$1000
Dinar
Jeopardy!
4644
CHEESE
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'A song from "Dirty Dancing" says, "Now I've had" this; "Yes, I swear it's the truth and I owe it all to you"'
$1000
"The Time Of My Life"
Jeopardy!
4644
THE UPPER CRUST
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-11-11_J_26.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper of CNN.</a>) My great-great-great grandfather was this shipping & railroad magnate known as "The Commodore"'
$1000
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Jeopardy!
4644
"DEEP" DISH
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'People on bed rest are at risk for a serious blood clot in the legs known as DVT, short for this'
$1000
deep vein thrombosis
Jeopardy!
4644
WE WANT PISA!
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'This island off the Italian coast where Napoleon was first exiled was controlled for many years by Pisa'
$1000
Elba
Jeopardy!
4644
THE 20th CENTURY
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'On Feb. 11, 1993 this Florida prosecutor was nominated Attorney General of the U.S.'
$400
Janet Reno
Double Jeopardy!
4644
ALBUMS
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'In 1997 Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" appeared on her album "Let's Talk About Love" & on this soundtrack'
$400
Titanic
Double Jeopardy!
4644
FOREIGN TRAVEL
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'In estimating the time to recover from this, figure one day for every hour of the time change'
$400
jet lag
Double Jeopardy!
4644
THEIR ALMA MATERS
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'Sir Isaac Newton'
$400
Cambridge
Double Jeopardy!
4644
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
2004-11-11T00:00:00
'The last British sovereign buried at this church was George II in 1760; since then, they've been buried at Windsor'
$400
Westminster Abbey
Double Jeopardy!
4644