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ORGANIZATIONS
1990-03-26T00:00:00
'Social welfare organization founded in the 19th century, whose bimonthly publication is "The War Cry"'
$1000
The Salvation Army
Double Jeopardy!
1291
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
1990-03-26T00:00:00
'One of the largest of these shallow channels in the U.S. is the Bartholomew in N. Louisiana'
$1000
Bayou
Double Jeopardy!
1291
LITERARY QUOTES
1990-03-26T00:00:00
'"Always do right." he wrote; "This will gratify some people and astonish the rest"'
$1,000
Mark Twain
Double Jeopardy!
1291
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
1990-03-26T00:00:00
'The world's most populous democracy'
null
India
Final Jeopardy!
1291
EARTH
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'As well as trash & absorbent pet material, it can also mean the organic surface layer of the forest floor'
$200
litter
Jeopardy!
4946
HEIR
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Since 1301 this title has belonged to the heir apparent to the British throne'
$200
the Prince of Wales
Jeopardy!
4946
FIRE!
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Though the 1871 Chicago fire began in this family's barn, their house suffered only minor damages'
$200
the O\'Learys
Jeopardy!
4946
WAITER!
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'To get us started, a serving of this dish named for an oilman: oysters topped with spinach & then baked'
$200
Oysters Rockefeller
Jeopardy!
4946
ANGELS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Arte Moreno bought the baseball team in 2003 & renamed it the Los Angeles Angels of this place'
$200
Anaheim
Jeopardy!
4946
"DEM"-ONS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'A formal reduction in rank, status or position'
$200
demotion
Jeopardy!
4946
EARTH
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Formed at the Earth's surface, basalt is the extrusive type of this "Big 3" type of rock'
$400
igneous
Jeopardy!
4946
HEIR
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Heirs want to stay on the good side of this, the person mainly charged with carrying out a will's provisions'
$400
the executor
Jeopardy!
4946
FIRE!
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'The first successful print of this future partner of James Ives was of a fire in Manhattan'
$400
(Nathaniel) Currier
Jeopardy!
4946
WAITER!
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Waiter, we'd like 2 services of this chilled cream-potato-leek soup'
$400
vichyssoise
Jeopardy!
4946
ANGELS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'The address of Angel Stadium is on a street named for this singing cowboy'
$400
Gene Autry
Jeopardy!
4946
"DEM"-ONS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'The DM in Korea's DMZ'
$400
demilitarized
Jeopardy!
4946
EARTH
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Heat rising from within the Earth is mostly from this type of decay of elements like uranium & thorium'
$600
radioactive decay
Jeopardy!
4946
HEIR
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Peter Faneuil, who gave this city its hall, inherited his uncle's fortune after another nephew was cut off for marrying'
$600
Boston
Jeopardy!
4946
FIRE!
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Maria Theresa ordered this Italian opera house built after a fire destroyed the Royal Ducal Theatre in 1776'
$600
La Scala
Jeopardy!
4946
WAITER!
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'To heat up my chilly bones, bring out a large bottle of this warmed & fermented rice drink from Japan'
$600
sake
Jeopardy!
4946
ANGELS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'"Vlad's Pad" at Angel Stadium is named for this right fielder & 2004 league MVP'
$600
Vladimir Guerrero
Jeopardy!
4946
"DEM"-ONS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Cognitive deterioration, sometimes "senile"'
$600
dementia
Jeopardy!
4946
EARTH
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Immense boulders in random & odd places were some of the first evidence that these "Ages" happened'
$800
Ice Ages
Jeopardy!
4946
HEIR
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Charlene, sole heir of the late Alfred of this Dutch brewing giant, is worth $4.9 billion'
$800
Heineken
Jeopardy!
4946
FIRE!
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'The Bank of America is around today because A.P. Giannini saved its currency from this city's 1906 fire'
$800
San Francisco
Jeopardy!
4946
WAITER!
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'I'm in the mood for a little Italian: how 'bout an order of anitra all'aranci, this fowl cooked in orange sauce'
$800
duck
Jeopardy!
4946
ANGELS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Sportswriters refer to the Angels as these appropriate circular items, like the one in the team's logo'
$800
the Halos
Jeopardy!
4946
"DEM"-ONS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'To object or voice opposition'
$800
demur
Jeopardy!
4946
EARTH
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'1 of the 3 Cs in the geological-period mnemonic "camels often sit down carefully--perhaps their joints creak..."'
$1000
Cretaceous (or Cambrian or Carboniferous)
Jeopardy!
4946
HEIR
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'If Richie Rich's father dies, his legacy is managed by one of these, from the Latin for "guard"'
$1000
a custodian
Jeopardy!
4946
FIRE!
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'After a 1624 fire Christian IV replanned this Northern European city & renamed it Christiania'
$1000
Oslo
Jeopardy!
4946
WAITER!
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'For dessert, bring me some of this apple-filled rolled pastry whose name is from the German for "whirlpool"'
$1000
strudel
Jeopardy!
4946
ANGELS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'This Angel manager spent 13 years catching for the Dodgers'
$1000
Mike Scioscia
Jeopardy!
4946
"DEM"-ONS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'The young women "d'Avignon" in the title of a painting by Picasso'
$1,000
Demoiselles
Jeopardy!
4946
LEWIS & CLARK
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-27_DJ_23.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in Oregon.</a>) Here in Columbia Gorge, Clark <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-27_DJ_23a.jpg" target="_blank">sketched this bird</a>, & Lewis wrote, "I believe this to be the largest bird in North America"'
$400
a California condor
Double Jeopardy!
4946
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Meg Whitman heads up this Internet company where you can bid on items & sell them, too'
$400
eBay
Double Jeopardy!
4946
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Instruction'
$400
Education
Double Jeopardy!
4946
BESTSELLERS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'This author's "The Secret Man" detailed the history of his interactions with Deep Throat'
$400
Bob Woodward
Double Jeopardy!
4946
THE "L" WORLD
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Like Rome, this capital of Portugal is built on 7 hills'
$400
Lisbon
Double Jeopardy!
4946
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'In hockey this shot is always taken with a full swinging stroke'
$400
slap
Double Jeopardy!
4946
LEWIS & CLARK
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Named for a structural section, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-27_DJ_24.jpg" target="_blank">it</a>'s the type of boat the boys set off in; it ran aground on day 2'
$800
a keelboat
Double Jeopardy!
4946
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Henry's great-grandson William runs this car company which was started in 1903'
$800
the Ford Motor Company
Double Jeopardy!
4946
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Giving birth'
$800
Labor
Double Jeopardy!
4946
BESTSELLERS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'This writer got her bestselling groove back with "The Interruption of Everything"'
$800
(Terry) McMillan
Double Jeopardy!
4946
THE "L" WORLD
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'This beautiful lake in Banff National Park is named for a British princess'
$800
Louise
Double Jeopardy!
4946
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'It means "to strike with a whip" & also follows "whip" in a word for an injury'
$800
lash
Double Jeopardy!
4946
LEWIS & CLARK
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-27_DJ_25.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, Oregon.</a>) The explorers got invaluable directions from the Indian tribe Lewis called <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-27_DJ_25a.jpg" target="_blank">"Pierced Nose"</a> & we know as this'
$6,000
the Nez Perce Indians
Double Jeopardy!
4946
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-27_DJ_28.wmv" target="_blank">One of television's most recognizable commercial spokespersons delivers the clue.</a>) Oh, no--I lost another one to this mortgage company'
$1200
Ditech
Double Jeopardy!
4946
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'A person's condition or disposition'
$1200
State
Double Jeopardy!
4946
BESTSELLERS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'As of Dec. 4, 2005 this pregnancy prep book had spent 247 weeks on the N.Y. Times Bestseller List'
$1200
What To Expect When You\'re Expecting
Double Jeopardy!
4946
THE "L" WORLD
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'This highest capital in the Andes was founded on the site of an earlier settlement in 1548'
$1200
La Paz
Double Jeopardy!
4946
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'As a noun it includes the cerebrum; as a verb it means "to smash on the head"'
$1200
brain
Double Jeopardy!
4946
LEWIS & CLARK
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'One tough part of the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-27_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">journey</a> up the Missouri was portaging <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-27_DJ_26a.jpg" target="_blank">this feature</a> of the river in June & July 1805'
$1600
the Great Falls (on the Missouri)
Double Jeopardy!
4946
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'With a "familial" English name, this Japanese maker of office equipment started out selling sewing machines'
$1600
Brother
Double Jeopardy!
4946
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'mc<sup>2</sup>'
$2,000
Energy
Double Jeopardy!
4946
BESTSELLERS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'This author's Dr. Kay Scarpetta returned to the scene of the crime with "Trace"'
$1600
Patricia Cornwell
Double Jeopardy!
4946
THE "L" WORLD
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'In 1994 this Norwegian town played host to the Winter Olympics'
$1600
Lillehammer
Double Jeopardy!
4946
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'To hit with a fist, or to herd cattle like a cowboy'
$1600
punch
Double Jeopardy!
4946
LEWIS & CLARK
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-27_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to a covered pile of crates in the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, Oregon.</a>) A 5,000-sq.-ft. exhibit at the Columbia Gorge Museum shows the 30 tons of cargo Lewis & Clark took when setting out from this city in 1804'
$2000
St. Louis
Double Jeopardy!
4946
THAT'S MY BUSINESS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'A brother of one of the rappers in Run-DMC, this entrepreneur runs Phat Farm'
$2000
Russell Simmons
Double Jeopardy!
4946
U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER WORDS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Ex-soldiers' financial arrangements'
$2000
Veterans\' Affairs
Double Jeopardy!
4946
BESTSELLERS
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'This NPR guy make list with "Me Talk Pretty One Day"'
$2000
David Sedaris
Double Jeopardy!
4946
THE "L" WORLD
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'Fodor's Travel Guide to France calls this town "the porcelain collector's mecca"'
$2000
Limoges
Double Jeopardy!
4946
A VIOLENT CATEGORY
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'A suit of cards represented by a trefoil'
$2000
club
Double Jeopardy!
4946
AMERICAN WOMEN
2006-02-27T00:00:00
'She gave herself the third-person name "Phantom", the "no-person" she was from 19 months until she was almost 7'
null
Helen Keller
Final Jeopardy!
4946
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'These brothers first published their "Fairy Tales" in 1812 as "Kinderund Hausmarchen"'
$200
the Brothers Grimm
Jeopardy!
4787
POKER FACE
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'The poker face seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-05-31_J_02.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> dropped out of this university just short of a degree to pursue a career in acting'
$200
Harvard
Jeopardy!
4787
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Nonpotent potable in common to a fuzzy navel & a screwdriver'
$200
orange juice
Jeopardy!
4787
"COURT" BRIEFS
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'A stenographer employed to transcribe an official verbatim record of legal proceedings'
$200
a court reporter
Jeopardy!
4787
TALK LIKE A BRIT
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'If you're right on queue for a movie in Piccadilly, you're in one of these'
$200
a line
Jeopardy!
4787
'ALLO, GOVERNOR!
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Al Smith,<br />Mario Cuomo'
$200
New York
Jeopardy!
4787
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'She & her tres cher ami Jean-Paul Sartre collaborated on the political & literary journal Modern Times'
$400
Simone de Beauvoir
Jeopardy!
4787
POKER FACE
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'It's the TV show on which the poker face seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-05-31_J_03.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> co-starred for most of the 1970s'
$400
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Jeopardy!
4787
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Stolichanya, or stoli to its friends, is a brand of this'
$400
vodka
Jeopardy!
4787
"COURT" BRIEFS
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Marsupial term for a self-appointed tribunal that parodies existing principles of law'
$400
a kangaroo court
Jeopardy!
4787
TALK LIKE A BRIT
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Of stay in bed, hit someone on the head or rub till it's red, what you do if you cosh'
$400
hit someone on the head
Jeopardy!
4787
'ALLO, GOVERNOR!
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Calvin Coolidge,<br />Michael Dukakis'
$400
Massachusetts
Jeopardy!
4787
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'For "The Autobiography of Malcolm X", Malcolm collaborated with this author'
$600
Alex Haley
Jeopardy!
4787
POKER FACE
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'In a memorable 1987 big screen biography, the poker face seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-05-31_J_04.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> played this 1950s music legend'
$600
Ritchie Valens
Jeopardy!
4787
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Invented in Cuba, a mojito is made with lime juice, club soda, sugar, ice, mint leaves & this kind of alcohol'
$600
rum
Jeopardy!
4787
"COURT" BRIEFS
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'It's a special judicial assembly with power over the administration of estates & wills of deceased people'
$600
probate court
Jeopardy!
4787
TALK LIKE A BRIT
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'On British TV's "Top of the Pops" this Booker T. & the MGs hit might be titled "Spring Onions"'
$600
"Green Onions"
Jeopardy!
4787
'ALLO, GOVERNOR!
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Beauford Jester,<br />John B. Connally, Jr.'
$600
Texas
Jeopardy!
4787
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Sidney Howard helped this author dramatize "Dodsworth"'
$800
Sinclair Lewis
Jeopardy!
4787
POKER FACE
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'This poker face seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-05-31_J_05.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> earned an Oscar nomination for her work in 1994's "Bullets Over Broadway"'
$800
Jennifer Tilly
Jeopardy!
4787
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'This brand of liqueur made its debut in Dublin on November 26, 1974'
$800
Bailey\'s (Irish Cream)
Jeopardy!
4787
"COURT" BRIEFS
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'AKA amicus curiae, it's someone not party to the litigation but who offers information pertinent to the case'
$800
a friend of the court
Jeopardy!
4787
TALK LIKE A BRIT
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'If you're a British secret agent, you may have a license to kill, but you spell license this way'
$800
L-I-C-E-N-C-E
Jeopardy!
4787
'ALLO, GOVERNOR!
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Henry S. Thibodaux,<br />P.B.S. Pinchback'
$1,000
Louisiana
Jeopardy!
4787
LITERARY COLLABORATORS
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'George S Kaufman died in June 1961; this man, his frequent collaborator, in December of that year'
$1000
Moss Hart
Jeopardy!
4787
POKER FACE
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-05-31_J_06.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> Ontario-based poker face has a Nabokovian first name'
$1000
Lolita Davidovich
Jeopardy!
4787
POUR ME A STIFF ONE
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Mon Dieu! This French liqueur was originally made at the Abbey of Fecamp by the monks for which it is named'
$1000
Benedictine
Jeopardy!
4787
"COURT" BRIEFS
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Law students try mock hypothetical legal cases in this kind of court'
$1000
moot court
Jeopardy!
4787
TALK LIKE A BRIT
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'If you can't get through to your friend in Brighton, you wouldn't say the telephone is busy, you'd say it's this'
$1000
engaged
Jeopardy!
4787
'ALLO, GOVERNOR!
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Karl F. Rulvagg,<br />Floyd Bjornsterne Olson,<br />Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus'
$1000
Minnesota
Jeopardy!
4787
SCIENCE BRIEFS
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'It's a vital sign:<br />BP'
$400
blood pressure
Double Jeopardy!
4787
SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Polonius uses the word "outbreak" about Laertes' fiery mind, not this title character'
$400
Hamlet
Double Jeopardy!
4787
THE "CAPTAIN"
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'This enigmatic seafarer in 1954's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" was portrayed by James Mason'
$400
Captain Nemo
Double Jeopardy!
4787
TO NEIL
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'On board Gemini 8, he performed the first successful docking of 2 vehicles in space'
$400
Neil Armstrong
Double Jeopardy!
4787
MUSCAT LOVE
2005-05-31T00:00:00
'Muscat is its capital city'
$400
Oman
Double Jeopardy!
4787