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HOMOPHONES
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'Antagonistic, or an inexpensive lodging place for young people abroad'
$600
hostile/hostel
Jeopardy!
5443
THEY ALSO RAN
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'He played the CIA chief in "No Way Out" & represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate'
$800
Fred Thompson
Jeopardy!
5443
ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'Trent Reznor'
$800
Nine Inch Nails
Jeopardy!
5443
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, & you can copy me on that!'
$800
Kinko\'s
Jeopardy!
5443
RODENTS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'Contrary to popular belief, mass drownings by the Norway species of this rodent are not suicidal in nature'
$800
lemmings
Jeopardy!
5443
"F"OOD
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'The name of these long, flat egg noodles means "little ribbons"'
$800
fettuccine
Jeopardy!
5443
HOMOPHONES
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'It's a sausage, or the absolute least best'
$800
wurst/worst
Jeopardy!
5443
THEY ALSO RAN
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'At age 31, he was Cleveland's mayor'
$1000
Dennis Kucinich
Jeopardy!
5443
ROCK & ROLL FRONTMEN
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'Adam Levine'
$1000
Maroon 5
Jeopardy!
5443
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'Despite opposition from the 2 founders' families, this company merged with Compaq in 2002'
$1000
Hewlett-Packard
Jeopardy!
5443
RODENTS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'A S. Am. delicacy, this water-dwelling herbivore was declared a fish by the Vatican so it could be eaten during Lent'
$1000
a capybara
Jeopardy!
5443
"F"OOD
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-04-16_J_12.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew fries something up in the kitchen of the Little Diner in Canutillo, TX.</a>) In Spanish, the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-04-16_J_12a.jpg" target="_blank">these</a> fried, tightly rolled tortillas, filled with seasoned beef or chicken, is also the name of the woodwind instrument they resemble'
$1000
flauta
Jeopardy!
5443
HOMOPHONES
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'A dish, or a braid of hair'
$1000
plate/plait
Jeopardy!
5443
EARLY AMERICA
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'In 1610 the Spanish began building the Palace of the Governors in what is now this Southwest city'
$400
Santa Fe
Double Jeopardy!
5443
ACTRESSES ON TV
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'On "Fat Actress", she poked fun at herself, playing a version of herself struggling with her weight'
$400
Kirstie Alley
Double Jeopardy!
5443
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'The 2 symbols seen on pirate flags & bottles of poison'
$400
skull & crossbones
Double Jeopardy!
5443
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'Writing about this author's "The Deerslayer", Twain called its pathos "funny" & "its love-scenes odious"'
$400
(James Fenimore) Cooper
Double Jeopardy!
5443
ROGER!
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'In 1982 he co-anchored "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw, & you could say his name is...'
$400
Roger Mudd
Double Jeopardy!
5443
4-LETTER WORDS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'Pronounced one way, it's the top of the head; pronounced another, it's French chopped liver'
$400
pâté or pate
Double Jeopardy!
5443
EARLY AMERICA
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'In 1701 this college was founded in Conn., in part to counter the perceived liberalism of Harvard'
$800
Yale
Double Jeopardy!
5443
ACTRESSES ON TV
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'We are "desperate" for you to name this actress seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-04-16_DJ_03.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, who has a master's degree in psychology'
$800
Marcia Cross
Double Jeopardy!
5443
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'Seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-04-16_DJ_13.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is a computer emoticon used to represent this Beatle'
$800
John Lennon
Double Jeopardy!
5443
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-04-16_DJ_23.jpg" target="_blank">Alex reads the clue from the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.</a>) Mark Twain made notations in the books he owned; he wrote, "Can any plausible excuse be furnished for the crime of creating the human race" in this man's "Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle"'
$800
Darwin
Double Jeopardy!
5443
ROGER!
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'The "Roger" to Michael Moore's "Me", in 1990 this GM chairman handed over the job to Robert Stempel'
$800
(Roger) Smith
Double Jeopardy!
5443
4-LETTER WORDS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-04-16_DJ_05.wmv">Kelly of the Clue Crew blows out a match and sticks it in a bottle.</a>) The moisture in the air combines with particles of dust from the smoke to form this; Los Angeles is known for it'
$800
smog
Double Jeopardy!
5443
EARLY AMERICA
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'The Molasses Act of 1733 placed high duties on molasses & this potent potable from non-English possessions'
$1200
rum
Double Jeopardy!
5443
ACTRESSES ON TV
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'She portrays real-life research medium Allison DuBois'
$1200
(Patricia) Arquette
Double Jeopardy!
5443
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'Baby, you're going to be a star, & we're going to put you next to this symbol on Turkey's flag'
$1200
a crescent
Double Jeopardy!
5443
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'One of Twain's favorite books was the "Diary of" this Englishman; Twain credited it as the model for his book "1601"'
$1200
(Samuel) Pepys
Double Jeopardy!
5443
ROGER!
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'I'll have a side of this 13th century English philosopher & creator of the "Opus Majus"'
$1200
Roger Bacon
Double Jeopardy!
5443
4-LETTER WORDS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings'
$1200
a quad
Double Jeopardy!
5443
EARLY AMERICA
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'His 1699 proposal for a permanent French trading post on the Detroit River didn't include a car dealership'
$1600
Cadillac
Double Jeopardy!
5443
ACTRESSES ON TV
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'On "Brothers & Sisters", she plays right-wing TV pundit Kitty Walker'
$1600
Calista Flockhart
Double Jeopardy!
5443
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'It's what <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-04-16_DJ_15.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> symbol means on video equipment (& maybe fighter jet control panels, we don't know)'
$1600
eject
Double Jeopardy!
5443
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'A copy of the New Testament in Arabic was given to Twain during the cruise that inspired this 1869 travel classic'
$1600
The Innocents Abroad
Double Jeopardy!
5443
ROGER!
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'He was to fly as lunar module pilot on the first manned Apollo mission but tragically never made it'
$1600
Roger Chaffee
Double Jeopardy!
5443
4-LETTER WORDS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'From the Welsh, it's a steep, rugged rock, or a rough, broken projecting part of a rock'
$1600
a crag
Double Jeopardy!
5443
EARLY AMERICA
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'In the 1620s this Dutch company founded New Netherland in what later became N.Y., N.J., Delaware & Connecticut'
$2000
the Dutch West India Company
Double Jeopardy!
5443
ACTRESSES ON TV
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'Like her "Grey's Anatomy" character Izzie Stevens, she used to be a model'
$2000
Katherine Heigl
Double Jeopardy!
5443
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'At her swearing-in, Speaker Pelosi wore this color (also a longtime symbol of power) as a symbol of the Suffragettes'
$2,000
purple
Double Jeopardy!
5443
MARK TWAIN: BOOK LOVER
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'"The only poem I have ever carried about with me", said Twain, was this classic, best enjoyed with "a jug of wine"'
$1,600
the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Double Jeopardy!
5443
ROGER!
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'The fifth Chief Justice of the United States, he succeeded John Marshall in 1836'
$2000
Roger Taney
Double Jeopardy!
5443
4-LETTER WORDS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'Used in linoleum & paints, linseed oil is made from the seeds of this plant'
$2000
flax
Double Jeopardy!
5443
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
2008-04-16T00:00:00
'This product was reintroduced in 1906 with trimethylxanthine as the sole remaining stimulant'
null
Coca-Cola
Final Jeopardy!
5443
WASHINGTON D.C.
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'What the "D.C." stands for'
$100
the District of Columbia
Jeopardy!
62
COLORS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Color of a lucky "letter day"'
$100
red
Jeopardy!
62
A LA "CART"
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'While 2 of its wheels head toward produce, 1 goes to dairy, the other to checkout'
$100
a shopping cart
Jeopardy!
62
FOOD
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Varieties include Chinese & Dijon'
$100
mustard
Jeopardy!
62
MOVIE TRIVIA
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Turned down to be an "Our Gang" member, she became top box office star of 1935'
$100
Shirley Temple
Jeopardy!
62
WASHINGTON D.C.
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'The District's oldest neighborhood, it was named for a king'
$200
Georgetown
Jeopardy!
62
COLORS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Johnny Cash is known for wearing only this color on stage'
$200
black
Jeopardy!
62
SPORTS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Tennis serve that touches net before dropping into proper court, it's replayed'
$200
a let ball
Jeopardy!
62
A LA "CART"
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'A sideways handspring'
$200
a cartwheel
Jeopardy!
62
FOOD
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Type of food that comes in shapes of bow ties, elbows & wagon wheels'
$200
pasta
Jeopardy!
62
MOVIE TRIVIA
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Number of the sequel <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1984-12-04_J_18.mp3">the following</a> was the theme of'
$1,000
Rocky III
Jeopardy!
62
WASHINGTON D.C.
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'287 miles long, it flows past Washington & induces "fever" in ambitious politicians'
$300
the Potomac River
Jeopardy!
62
COLORS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Baby, sky, & steel'
$300
blue
Jeopardy!
62
SPORTS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'You win this when you pick the winners of 2 successive horse races'
$300
the Daily Double
Jeopardy!
62
A LA "CART"
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'You can load it in your 8-track'
$300
a (tape) cartridge
Jeopardy!
62
FOOD
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Also known as an alligator pear'
$300
an avocado
Jeopardy!
62
MOVIE TRIVIA
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'For the first time in '68, the Academy Awards were held in this auditorium, its current home'
$300
the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Jeopardy!
62
WASHINGTON D.C.
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Though this mound rises only 88
$400
Capitol Hill
Jeopardy!
62
COLORS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Broadway's nickname'
$400
the Great White Way
Jeopardy!
62
SPORTS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'What the letters in "scuba" stand for'
$400
self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
Jeopardy!
62
A LA "CART"
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'The 1st graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy to become president'
$400
Jimmy Carter
Jeopardy!
62
FOOD
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'California vegetable with a crown & a heart'
$400
an artichoke
Jeopardy!
62
MOVIE TRIVIA
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'In his best English Bronx accent he cried "Yonder lies the castle of my father"'
$400
Tony Curtis
Jeopardy!
62
WASHINGTON D.C.
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Former Secretary of State for whom Washington, D.C. International Airport is named'
$500
John Foster Dulles
Jeopardy!
62
COLORS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'The 3 colors that make up the dots on a color TV screen'
$500
blue, green, and red
Jeopardy!
62
SPORTS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'On an official archery target, it's the color of the bull's eye'
$500
yellow (or gold)
Jeopardy!
62
FOOD
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'The non-chocolate version are called "blondies"'
$500
brownies
Jeopardy!
62
EUROPE
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Some 40% of this country's land has been reclaimed from the sea'
$200
the Netherlands
Double Jeopardy!
62
BIG BANDS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'A wunnerful, wunnerful bandleader'
$200
Lawrence Welk
Double Jeopardy!
62
NOTORIOUS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'White supremacy group depicted as heroes in film classic "Birth of a Nation"'
$200
the Ku Klux Klan
Double Jeopardy!
62
BIRDS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'This red bird is the state bird of 7 states'
$200
the cardinal
Double Jeopardy!
62
BEES
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Its name comes from the Middle English word "bumblen"'
$200
a bumblebee
Double Jeopardy!
62
POLITICS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Baby book author who ran for president in '68'
$200
Dr. Spock
Double Jeopardy!
62
EUROPE
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Both in size & population, it's largest Scandinavian country'
$400
Sweden
Double Jeopardy!
62
BIG BANDS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'In 1937 he was "in the mood" to start a band'
$400
Glenn Miller
Double Jeopardy!
62
NOTORIOUS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Name of FBI "sting" operation that sent 4 former Congressmen to prison in '83'
$400
Abscam
Double Jeopardy!
62
BIRDS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Depending on the species, a bird can have 940 to 25,000 of them'
$400
feathers
Double Jeopardy!
62
BEES
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Common name of an apiculturist'
$400
a beekeeper
Double Jeopardy!
62
POLITICS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Nickname of late Washington Senator Henry Jackson'
$400
Scoop Jackson
Double Jeopardy!
62
EUROPE
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'19th century Sardinia took the lead in unifying this country'
$600
Italy
Double Jeopardy!
62
BIG BANDS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'As famous for his marriages as his music; once wed Ava Gardner & Lana Turner'
$600
Artie Shaw
Double Jeopardy!
62
NOTORIOUS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'32 inmates & 11 guards were killed in '71 uprising at this NY prison'
$600
Attica
Double Jeopardy!
62
BIRDS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'All 16 species of the Hawaiian honeycreeper are on this list'
$600
the endangered species list
Double Jeopardy!
62
BEES
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'A large crowd of bees on the move'
$600
a swarm
Double Jeopardy!
62
POLITICS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'U.S. ambassadors to this country have included Anne Armstrong & Joseph Kennedy'
$600
Great Britain
Double Jeopardy!
62
EUROPE
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'In '67 this last king of Greece went into exile'
$800
Constantine (II)
Double Jeopardy!
62
BIG BANDS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Benny Goodman got good "vibes" from him'
$800
Lionel Hampton
Double Jeopardy!
62
NOTORIOUS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Despite his "fortunate" nickname, this gangster was deported to Italy in '46'
$800
"Lucky" Luciano
Double Jeopardy!
62
BEES
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'The 3 classes of a honeybee colony'
$1,900
a drone, a queen, and a worker
Double Jeopardy!
62
POLITICS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Florida Congressman who champions the senior citizen'
$800
Claude Pepper
Double Jeopardy!
62
EUROPE
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Only predominanty Muslim country entirely in Europe'
$1,000
Albania
Double Jeopardy!
62
BIG BANDS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'"Royal" bandleader whose first two names were Edward Kennedy'
$1000
Duke Ellington
Double Jeopardy!
62
NOTORIOUS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'He wrote the Howard Hughes "autobiography" that sent him to jail'
$1000
Clifford Irving
Double Jeopardy!
62
POLITICS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'Only 4 state governors serve terms this long'
$1000
two years
Double Jeopardy!
62
U.S. PRESIDENTS
1984-12-04T00:00:00
'President elected to 2nd term with 523 electoral votes, the greatest number in any election'
null
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Final Jeopardy!
62
VOLCANOES
2011-10-24T00:00:00
'About its eruption in 79 A.D., an observer wrote that "broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several points"'
$200
Vesuvius
Jeopardy!
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