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ORGANIZATIONS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'You don't have to be a genius to know its name is Latin for "table", but you do have to be one to belong'
$400
Mensa
Jeopardy!
2893
WHEAT
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Types of wheat are grouped according to these 2 seasons'
$400
Winter & spring
Jeopardy!
2893
MOVIE PRODUCERS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'He acted opposite Mary Pickford before starting the Keystone Company to produce comedies'
$400
Mack Sennett
Jeopardy!
2893
FOUNTAINS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Lorado Taft's Fountain of the Great Lakes is now at this city's Art Institute'
$400
Chicago
Jeopardy!
2893
RHYME TIME
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'A person who teaches you to imitate an owl'
$400
Hooter tutor
Jeopardy!
2893
BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'When informed that this king & his son Jonathan had been killed, David said, "How are the mighty fallen"'
$500
Saul
Jeopardy!
2893
ORGANIZATIONS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'The Max Planck Society is one of this country's chief organizations for scientific research'
$500
Germany
Jeopardy!
2893
WHEAT
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Pasta is made from this coarsely-ground grain of durum wheat'
$500
Semolina
Jeopardy!
2893
MOVIE PRODUCERS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Julia Phillips was the first woman producer to win a Best Picture Oscar, for this 1973 con game film'
$500
The Sting
Jeopardy!
2893
FOUNTAINS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Andrea Del Verrocchio sculpted his bronze "Boy With" this sea creature for a Medici villa'
$500
Dolphin
Jeopardy!
2893
RHYME TIME
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'A pumpkin suffering from ennui'
$500
Bored gourd
Jeopardy!
2893
LINGUISTICS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Linguists have debunked the common belief that Eskimos have dozens of words for this substance'
$200
Snow
Double Jeopardy!
2893
HISTORIC AMERICA
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'This city's Independence Nat'l Historical Park has been called "The most historic square mile in America"'
$200
Philadelphia
Double Jeopardy!
2893
ANIMALS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'This Arctic bear's feet are webbed & have hairy soles'
$200
Polar bear
Double Jeopardy!
2893
CANADIAN CAPITALS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'This Alberta capital is called the Gateway to the North'
$200
Edmonton
Double Jeopardy!
2893
LITERATURE
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'"A Tale of Two Cities" opens as Dr. Alexander Manette is released after 18 years in this prison'
$200
The Bastille
Double Jeopardy!
2893
10-LETTER WORDS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'It's one's partner in crime'
$200
Accomplice
Double Jeopardy!
2893
LINGUISTICS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'These systems of communication that use the hands can be as rich & complex as spoken tongues'
$400
Sign language/signing
Double Jeopardy!
2893
HISTORIC AMERICA
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Pompey's Pillar, a rock formation in Montana, was named by Capt. William Clark for the son of this Indian guide'
$400
Sacajawea
Double Jeopardy!
2893
ANIMALS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Large feral populations of the "mute" species of this long-necked bird inhabit the Mid-Atlantic coast'
$400
Swans
Double Jeopardy!
2893
CANADIAN CAPITALS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'A ferry & 2 suspension bridges connect Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with this capital'
$400
Halifax
Double Jeopardy!
2893
LITERATURE
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'At one point in this 1862 novel, Jean Valjean owns a factory'
$400
Les Miserables
Double Jeopardy!
2893
10-LETTER WORDS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'It means to set free, as from slavery'
$400
Emancipate
Double Jeopardy!
2893
LINGUISTICS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Sentence diagrams called these may include lines called branches'
$600
Trees
Double Jeopardy!
2893
HISTORIC AMERICA
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Dating from the early 1700s, the Gonzalez-Alvarez House in this city is the oldest house in Florida'
$600
St. Augustine
Double Jeopardy!
2893
ANIMALS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'The silver dollar fish resembles this feared fish of the Amazon basin but is strictly herbivorous'
$600
Piranha
Double Jeopardy!
2893
CANADIAN CAPITALS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Commercial cod fishing, long a mainstay of this Newfoundland capital, declined to almost nothing by 1990'
$600
St. John\'s
Double Jeopardy!
2893
LITERATURE
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'In "Through The Looking Glass", Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice the meaning of this nonsense poem'
$600
Jabberwocky
Double Jeopardy!
2893
10-LETTER WORDS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Literally meaning "all powerful", it's often used to describe God'
$600
Omnipotent
Double Jeopardy!
2893
LINGUISTICS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Considered part of grammar, it's the study of the interrelation of words in a sentence'
$800
Syntax
Double Jeopardy!
2893
HISTORIC AMERICA
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Carmel Mission in Carmel, Calif. was the headquarters of this Franciscan priest until his death in 1784'
$800
Fr. Junipero Serra
Double Jeopardy!
2893
ANIMALS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'A pocket gopher's pockets are fur-lined & located in these'
$800
Cheeks
Double Jeopardy!
2893
CANADIAN CAPITALS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'This Manitoba capital annexed the adjacent community of Saint Boniface in 1972'
$800
Winnipeg
Double Jeopardy!
2893
LITERATURE
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'In the final scene of "Rebecca", this stately mansion of Maxim De Winter burns'
$800
Manderley
Double Jeopardy!
2893
10-LETTER WORDS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Lionel Hampton's instrument'
$800
Vibraphone
Double Jeopardy!
2893
LINGUISTICS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'This famed M.I.T. scholar has proposed that humans have the inborn ability to learn language'
$1000
Noam Chomsky
Double Jeopardy!
2893
HISTORIC AMERICA
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Sunflower Landing near Clarksdale, Miss. is believed to be where he found the Mississippi River in 1541'
$1000
Hernando De Soto
Double Jeopardy!
2893
ANIMALS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'Scientists divide these toothless whales into 3 groups: right whales, gray whales & rorquals'
$1000
Baleen whales
Double Jeopardy!
2893
CANADIAN CAPITALS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'This British Columbia capital was the capital of the colony of Vancouver Island 1848-1866'
$1000
Victoria
Double Jeopardy!
2893
LITERATURE
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'The title of this 1965 Frank Herbert novel refers to the desert planet of Arrakis'
$500
Dune
Double Jeopardy!
2893
10-LETTER WORDS
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'From the Latin word for "tear", it describes someone mournful, who cries easily'
$1,000
Lachrymose
Double Jeopardy!
2893
THE NOBEL PRIZE
1997-03-12T00:00:00
'The 1996 Chemistry Prize went to the discoverers of a 60-carbon atom molecule called this'
null
Buckyball
Final Jeopardy!
2893
MILITARY POWER
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Contour flying is when a pilot flies low, following the Earth's contours, to avoid this'
$100
Radar
Jeopardy!
3108
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Slim & the others may feed this fund made up of a portion of each pot'
$100
Kitty
Jeopardy!
3108
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'An exclamation point was warranted for the "End Of" This! in 1918'
$100
World War I
Jeopardy!
3108
DREAMY MUSIC
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'On their 1997 Popmart tour this Irish band covered the Monkees' "Daydream Believer"'
$100
U2
Jeopardy!
3108
BUGS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'These insects "chirp" by rubbing their 2 front wings together'
$100
Crickets
Jeopardy!
3108
FEELING "ANCY"
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'This for life in the U.S. is currently about 76 years'
$100
Life expectancy
Jeopardy!
3108
MILITARY POWER
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'No armed forces are allowed in this area between North & South Korea'
$200
Demilitarized zone
Jeopardy!
3108
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'According to Hoyle, before Slim deals, the player to his right has to do this with 5 to 47 cards'
$200
Cut the deck
Jeopardy!
3108
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'"Shot Dead By Federal Men In Front Of Movie Theatre" read his 1934 front-page obituary'
$200
John Dillinger
Jeopardy!
3108
DREAMY MUSIC
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'He's the singer heard here: "In dreams, I walk...."'
$500
Roy Orbison
Jeopardy!
3108
BUGS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'This bloodsucking insect, cimex lectularius, is often found in mattresses; don't let 'em bite'
$200
Bedbugs
Jeopardy!
3108
FEELING "ANCY"
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'The three members of our staff, seen here, are all in this condition'
$200
Pregnancy
Jeopardy!
3108
MILITARY POWER
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'A period of guard duty; in the Navy one may be 4 or 8 hours long'
$300
Watch
Jeopardy!
3108
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'When Slim gets this hand it reminds him of Bob Saget, Lori Loughlin, & the Olsen Twins'
$300
Full house
Jeopardy!
3108
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'"Thousands Trapped In The Subways; Looters And Vandals Hit" were banners when this hit NYC in July 1977'
$300
Blackout
Jeopardy!
3108
DREAMY MUSIC
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'It's the Aerosmith tune that encourages you to "Dream until your dream comes true"'
$300
Dream On
Jeopardy!
3108
BUGS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'This large hairy spider is named for a wolf spider found near the Italian town of Taranto'
$300
Tarantula
Jeopardy!
3108
FEELING "ANCY"
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Loitering in a town & not having any visible means of support, you may get picked up for it'
$300
Vagrancy
Jeopardy!
3108
MILITARY POWER
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'It's an order for aircraft to get off the ground ASAP or an egg order to the mess hall cook'
$400
Scramble
Jeopardy!
3108
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Slim's numerical term for a bluffer who doesn't have the fifth card to fill out a hand of all the same suit'
$400
Four-flusher
Jeopardy!
3108
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Oct. 2, 1962: "3,000 Troops Put Down....Rioting And Seize 200 As Negro Attends" this school'
$400
University of Mississippi
Jeopardy!
3108
DREAMY MUSIC
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'"The only trouble" with this Everly Brothers hit is "Gee whiz, I'm dreaming my life away"'
$400
All I Have To Do Is Dream
Jeopardy!
3108
BUGS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'These small, stinging ants were introduced into the U.S. at Mobile, Alabama'
$400
Fire ants
Jeopardy!
3108
FEELING "ANCY"
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Derringer or Butler'
$400
Yancy
Jeopardy!
3108
MILITARY POWER
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Whether general or ready, they're the troops held close by'
$500
Reserves
Jeopardy!
3108
AROUND THE POKER TABLE WITH SLIM
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'To do this in stud poker, Slim turns all his cards face down'
$500
Fold
Jeopardy!
3108
NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'The Times made its own front page in 1971 when the Supreme Court upheld its publication of these documents'
$500
The Pentagon Papers
Jeopardy!
3108
DREAMY MUSIC
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'In 1975 this outlaw released "Dreaming My Dreams" & his wife Jessi Colter released "I'm Not Lisa"'
$500
Waylon Jennings
Jeopardy!
3108
BUGS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Also known as a devil's darning needle, it may have as many as 28,000 lenses in its compound eyes'
$500
Dragonfly
Jeopardy!
3108
FEELING "ANCY"
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Janet Leigh was sorry she found one of these at the Bates Motel'
$500
Vacancy
Jeopardy!
3108
THE 17TH CENTURY
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'In 1682 he founded the "City Of Brotherly Love"'
$200
William Penn (Philadelphia)
Double Jeopardy!
3108
COUNTIES BY STATE
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'McDuffie,<br />Meriwether,<br />Macon'
$200
Georgia
Double Jeopardy!
3108
MOVIE CO-STARS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'His wife Lauren Bacall was his leading lady in the 1946 film noir "The Big Sleep"'
$200
Humphrey Bogart
Double Jeopardy!
3108
MAY DAYS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Henry VIII imported an executioner from France just to behead this second wife on May 19, 1536'
$200
Anne Boleyn
Double Jeopardy!
3108
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Of this deaf composer she wrote, "Sweet sounds, oh beautiful music, do not cease!"'
$200
L.V. Beethoven
Double Jeopardy!
3108
"EZ" DOES IT
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'In the classic sitcom he's the patriarch of "The Addams Family"'
$200
Gomez
Double Jeopardy!
3108
THE 17TH CENTURY
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Nearly 13,000 homes & 100 churches were destroyed in this city's Great Fire of 1666'
$400
London
Double Jeopardy!
3108
COUNTIES BY STATE
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'McClain,<br />McCurtain,<br />Muskogee'
$400
Oklahoma
Double Jeopardy!
3108
MOVIE CO-STARS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'7 years after "The Wizard Of Oz" Ray Bolger co-starred with her again, in "The Harvey Girls"'
$400
Judy Garland
Double Jeopardy!
3108
MAY DAYS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'On May 15, 1996 he announced he would soon become "A private citizen, a Kansan, an American, just a man"'
$400
Senator Bob Dole
Double Jeopardy!
3108
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Later in life she wrote that, like the lonely tree, this season "sang in me a little while, that in me sings no more"'
$400
Summer
Double Jeopardy!
3108
"EZ" DOES IT
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Port Said is this waterway's northern terminus'
$400
Suez Canal
Double Jeopardy!
3108
THE 17TH CENTURY
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'In his 1613 "Letters On Sunspots", he openly supported the Copernican theory'
$600
Galileo
Double Jeopardy!
3108
COUNTIES BY STATE
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Baca,<br />Bent,<br />Boulder'
$600
Colorado
Double Jeopardy!
3108
MOVIE CO-STARS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Meryl Streep & this actress were acclaimed for playing sisters in the 1996 film "Marvin's Room"'
$600
Diane Keaton
Double Jeopardy!
3108
MAY DAYS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Oliver Lewis rode Aristides to victory in the inaugural running of this horse race on May 17, 1875'
$600
Kentucky Derby
Double Jeopardy!
3108
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Cynically she wrote that this "Is not all; it is not meat nor drink nor slumber nor a roof against the rain"'
$3,000
Love
Double Jeopardy!
3108
"EZ" DOES IT
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'One of the large, flat triangular muscles of the shoulder & upper back region'
$600
Trapezius
Double Jeopardy!
3108
THE 17TH CENTURY
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Cheers to this Benedictine monk who pioneered the making of champagne in 1698'
$800
Dom Perignon
Double Jeopardy!
3108
COUNTIES BY STATE
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Whitley,<br />Wayne,<br />Wabash'
$800
Indiana
Double Jeopardy!
3108
MOVIE CO-STARS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'"Ransom" reunited her with her "Lethal Weapon 3" co-star Mel Gibson'
$800
Rene Russo
Double Jeopardy!
3108
MAY DAYS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'On May 10, 1941 this deputy to Hitler parachuted from a plane over Scotland with a "peace plan"'
$800
Rudolf Hess
Double Jeopardy!
3108
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Edna wrote that this "burns at both ends; it will not last the night"'
$800
My candle
Double Jeopardy!
3108
"EZ" DOES IT
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'This Frenchman painted the self-portrait seen here:'
$1,000
Paul Cezanne
Double Jeopardy!
3108
THE 17TH CENTURY
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'In 1673 this pair explored the Mississippi River all the way to the mouth of the Arkansas'
$1000
Marquette & Joliet
Double Jeopardy!
3108
COUNTIES BY STATE
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Oswego,<br />Onondaga,<br />Oneida'
$1000
New York
Double Jeopardy!
3108
MOVIE CO-STARS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Montgomery Clift & Shelley Winters were nominated for Oscars for this 1951 film; Elizabeth Taylor was not'
$1000
A Place in the Sun
Double Jeopardy!
3108
MAY DAYS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'On May 6, 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte won this country's presidential election with 54% of the vote'
$1000
El Salvador
Double Jeopardy!
3108