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EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY SAYS....
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'"We were very tired, we were very merry -- we had gone back and forth all night in" this conveyance'
$1000
Ferry
Double Jeopardy!
3108
"EZ" DOES IT
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'Columbus' first landing on the mainland of the Americas was on the coast of what is now this country'
$1000
Venezuela
Double Jeopardy!
3108
AUTHORS
1998-02-18T00:00:00
'He claimed that as a Pinkerton detective, he had worked the Fatty Arbuckle & Nicky Arnstein cases'
null
Dashiell Hammett
Final Jeopardy!
3108
18th CENTURY AMERICA
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'His wife Abigail wrote to him in a 1776 letter, "Remember the ladies... all men would be tyrants if they could"'
$200
John Adams
Jeopardy!
4987
NFL COACHES
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'In the 1990s Marv Levy led this team to 4 straight Super Bowl appearances'
$200
the Buffalo Bills
Jeopardy!
4987
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Legend says if you run unto the ghost of the pirate Blackbeard, he may be hard to recognize, as he's missing this'
$200
his head
Jeopardy!
4987
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Snow,<br />Mother<br />or<br />Canada'
$200
a goose
Jeopardy!
4987
COLOGNE RANGER
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'In 1932 one of these speed limit-less German expressways opened between Cologne & Bonn'
$200
an Autobahn
Jeopardy!
4987
TAUNT "O"
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'By its isolated nature, your last original thought might be considered one of these children without parents'
$200
an orphan
Jeopardy!
4987
18th CENTURY AMERICA
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'In 1792 Robert Thomas founded this almanac that contained useful weather info; the "Old" was added later'
$400
The Farmers\' Almanac
Jeopardy!
4987
NFL COACHES
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'In 2004 LSU coach Nick Saban was tapped to be the new head coach for this team'
$400
the Miami Dolphins
Jeopardy!
4987
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'A legendary sailor of the Incas shares his name with this raft on which Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Pacific'
$400
the Kon-Tiki
Jeopardy!
4987
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Rock Cornish game hen<br />or<br />Rhode Island Red'
$400
a chicken
Jeopardy!
4987
COLOGNE RANGER
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Founded in Cologne, this German airline really took off in 1953'
$400
Lufthansa
Jeopardy!
4987
TAUNT "O"
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Being around you has completely killed my sense of this, the tendency to expect the best of life'
$400
optimism
Jeopardy!
4987
18th CENTURY AMERICA
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'In 1796 he said that the U.S. should "steer clear of permanent alliances" in foreign policy'
$600
George Washington
Jeopardy!
4987
NFL COACHES
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Of current head coaches, this reigning Super Bowl champ has the longest consecutive tenure with 1 team'
$600
Bill Cowher
Jeopardy!
4987
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'A legend about this "Irish" group is that they are the descendants of shipwrecked sailors of the Spanish Armada'
$600
the Black Irish
Jeopardy!
4987
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Golden<br />or<br />ring-necked'
$600
a pheasant
Jeopardy!
4987
COLOGNE RANGER
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Taking nearly 600 years to complete, Cologne Cathedral is the largest in this style in Northern Europe'
$600
Gothic
Jeopardy!
4987
TAUNT "O"
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'At your place of work, it might behoove us to replace you with one of these Pongo pygmaeus apes of Borneo'
$600
an orangutan
Jeopardy!
4987
18th CENTURY AMERICA
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'On Dec. 26, 1776 Americans killed Col. Johann Rall & captured about 1,000 Hessian troops in this battle'
$800
the Battle of Trenton
Jeopardy!
4987
NFL COACHES
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'The Raiders rehired this man in 2006, 17 years after making him the first black head coach in the modern NFL'
$800
Art Shell
Jeopardy!
4987
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Marshall Gold Discovery State Hist. Park is in this county that shares its name with a legendary city of gold'
$800
El Dorado
Jeopardy!
4987
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Red-shouldered<br />or<br />red-tailed'
$800
a hawk
Jeopardy!
4987
COLOGNE RANGER
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'The Zoo Bridge spans this river that runs through Cologne'
$1,600
the Rhine
Jeopardy!
4987
TAUNT "O"
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'When you try to make a point, you flail around like one of these mollusks with 8 limbs'
$800
an octopus
Jeopardy!
4987
18th CENTURY AMERICA
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'These 85 essays arguing for adoption of the Constitution appeared between October 27, 1787 & May 28, 1788'
$1000
the Federalist Papers
Jeopardy!
4987
NFL COACHES
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-25_J_05.jpg" target="_blank">He</a> spent his entire 29-year NFL head coaching career with one team'
$1000
Tom Landry
Jeopardy!
4987
LEGENDARY LEGENDS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'A modern urban legend says the USS Eldridge disappeared in this city's Navy yard in a 1943 "Experiment"'
$1000
Philadelphia
Jeopardy!
4987
WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I?
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'The blackcock<br />or<br />the ruffed'
$1000
a grouse
Jeopardy!
4987
COLOGNE RANGER
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Born in Cologne in 1876, he was the first chancellor of West Germany following World War II'
$1000
Konrad Adenauer
Jeopardy!
4987
TAUNT "O"
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'After a wrong response, we may need to use one of these cathode-ray "scopes" to check for brain activity'
$1000
an oscilloscope
Jeopardy!
4987
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'The Romanov dynasty was named in honor of Roman Yurievich, whose daughter married this "horrifying" czar'
$400
Ivan the Terrible
Double Jeopardy!
4987
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Cyril Ritchard hooked a 1955 Tony for playing Captain Hook in this musical'
$400
Peter Pan
Double Jeopardy!
4987
LITERARY SISTERS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'In this Tennessee Williams play, Tom Wingfield brings a gentleman caller home to meet his crippled sister Laura'
$400
The Glass Menagerie
Double Jeopardy!
4987
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'We've got Bud & Amstel Light in bottles, or Sam Adams "on" this syncopated style'
$400
tap
Double Jeopardy!
4987
THE BODY WOMAN
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Women have this piece of thyroid cartilage, too; it's just smaller than a man's & may be under more fat'
$400
an Adam\'s apple
Double Jeopardy!
4987
VERBS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'4-syllable synonym for "to count", from Latin for "to count"'
$400
enumerate
Double Jeopardy!
4987
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'One bio of this "Great" czar says he carried dental instruments around with him because he loved to pull teeth'
$800
Peter the Great
Double Jeopardy!
4987
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Bloody Mary was the girl the Tonys loved in 1950, when Juanita Hall won for playing her in this musical'
$800
South Pacific
Double Jeopardy!
4987
LITERARY SISTERS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'In "Gone with the Wind", Scarlett O'Hara marries Charles Hamilton & Ashley Wilkes marries her, Charles' sister'
$800
Melanie
Double Jeopardy!
4987
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'If you wash your hair in the sink, you might have to deal with this heavy-shoed dance'
$800
clog
Double Jeopardy!
4987
THE BODY WOMAN
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Estrogen & progesterone are hormones produced by these glands'
$800
the ovaries
Double Jeopardy!
4987
VERBS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'This word for a type of running is from a word meaning "jump", & it's a talent that long jumpers need to get distance'
$800
sprint
Double Jeopardy!
4987
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'At Oranienbaum, this ruler who certainly loved her thrills had a "sliding hill", an 18th c. version of a roller coaster'
$1200
Catherine the Great
Double Jeopardy!
4987
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Gertrude Lawrence won in 1952 for playing the title pronoun in this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical'
$200
The King and I
Double Jeopardy!
4987
LITERARY SISTERS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Meg's the oldest of the sisters in this family; Amy, the youngest'
$1200
the Marches
Double Jeopardy!
4987
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'It was established as a cyclic form by Vienna's Josef Lanner; you think you can do this dance in here & order us around?'
$1200
waltz
Double Jeopardy!
4987
THE BODY WOMAN
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'A fertilized egg travels to this female body part & implants itself there'
$1200
the uterus
Double Jeopardy!
4987
VERBS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'You can fluff pillows or do this, also meaning "chubby"'
$1200
plump
Double Jeopardy!
4987
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'All 3 of the Romanov czars named Alexander reigned during this century'
$1600
the 19th century
Double Jeopardy!
4987
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'In 1953 Thomas Mitchell won for the musical "Hazel Flagg" & this future TV "Hazel" won for "Time of the Cuckoo"'
$1600
Shirley Booth
Double Jeopardy!
4987
LITERARY SISTERS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'While in a cataleptic trance, Roderick's sister Madeline is buried alive in this Poe story'
$3,000
"The Fall of the House of Usher"
Double Jeopardy!
4987
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'This centuries-old English dance "was up" for the bank robber when the cops arrived'
$1600
jig
Double Jeopardy!
4987
THE BODY WOMAN
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Location of the zygomatic bones; fashion models may have prominent ones'
$1600
cheekbones
Double Jeopardy!
4987
VERBS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Appropriate last name of Captain William of 18th century Virginia, who promoted vigilante justice'
$1600
Lynch
Double Jeopardy!
4987
THE ROMANOV DYNASTY
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-25_DJ_15.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Peterhof in St. Petersburg, Russia.</a>) On August 12, 1904, Russia rejoiced when Empress Alexandra gave birth to <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-25_DJ_15a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> child, her only son, here on the estate at Peterhof'
$2000
Alexis
Double Jeopardy!
4987
TONY WINNERS OF THE '50s
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'This redhead won 4 Tonys in the '50s, for "Can-Can", "Damn Yankees", "New Girl in Town" & "Redhead"'
$2000
Gwen Verdon
Double Jeopardy!
4987
LITERARY SISTERS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Holden Caulfield tells this little sister that he wants to be a "catcher in the rye" to keep kids from falling'
$2000
Phoebe
Double Jeopardy!
4987
DANCE IN THE DICTIONARY
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'Our team won 55-0--you could call it this 19th century African-American dance'
$2000
a cakewalk
Double Jeopardy!
4987
THE BODY WOMAN
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'When a woman's "water breaks" in labor, the "water" is this fluid'
$2000
amniotic fluid
Double Jeopardy!
4987
VERBS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'As a verb, this British nationality means to put an end to something abruptly'
$2000
Scotch
Double Jeopardy!
4987
MOVIE DIRECTORS
2006-04-25T00:00:00
'He's the only person to direct his daughter & his father in Oscar-winning performances'
null
John Huston
Final Jeopardy!
4987
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Like its lengthy river, this state's name is Algonquian for "great water"'
$200
Mississippi
Jeopardy!
5701
THE HUMAN ANIMAL
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'In the "Sopranos" first season finale, Jimmy Altieri gets whacked for being one of these rodents'
$200
a rat
Jeopardy!
5701
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'No. 7 in "Food Trends":<br />Meat from this animal (kid is the tenderest)'
$200
goat
Jeopardy!
5701
SCRAMBLED EGGS
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Its eggs weigh around 3 pounds each:<br />RICH SOT'
$200
ostrich
Jeopardy!
5701
TRUTH OR DARE
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Dare: Imitate Kikazaru, the monkey who illustrates this phrase that goes with "see no evil" & "speak no evil"'
$200
"hear no evil"
Jeopardy!
5701
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-25_J_26.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Hermosa Beach, CA.</a>) It's part of a regulation match played to 21 or 15 points; it's also the word that comes between bump & spike'
$200
set
Jeopardy!
5701
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Laugh all you like but Hiawatha's wife in a poem by Longfellow was named for this Minnesota waterfall'
$400
Minnehaha
Jeopardy!
5701
THE HUMAN ANIMAL
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Comanche chief Parra-o-coom was described as "a great" this animal "of a man"; it's also what his name means'
$400
bear
Jeopardy!
5701
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'No. 2 in "Jerry Stiller's Top 10 Words":<br />This before "gevalt!" (Bonus--No. 3 was "colonoscopy")'
$400
Oy
Jeopardy!
5701
SCRAMBLED EGGS
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Mmm... caviar:<br />SO URGENT'
$400
sturgeon
Jeopardy!
5701
TRUTH OR DARE
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Truth: This "Common Sense" pamphleteer later turned to inventing, trying to come up with a smokeless candle'
$400
Thomas Paine
Jeopardy!
5701
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-25_J_27.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Hermosa Beach, CA.</a>) It's the lethal term for an attack that results in an immediate point or side-out; it can be a gentle dink as well as a dramatic spike'
$400
a kill
Jeopardy!
5701
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Moving right along--this large Alabama city, as well as a river & bay, was named for an Indian tribe in the region'
$1,000
Mobile
Jeopardy!
5701
THE HUMAN ANIMAL
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Slang for a woman on the prowl for younger men'
$600
a cougar
Jeopardy!
5701
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'No. 7 in "Quotes":<br />This politician, when told that 2/3 of Americans did not support the Iraq War--"So?"'
$600
Dick Cheney
Jeopardy!
5701
SCRAMBLED EGGS
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'A type of this lays the smallest egg for an avian:<br />BRING HIM MUD'
$600
hummingbird
Jeopardy!
5701
TRUTH OR DARE
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Dare: Respond with an imitation of this radio therapist whose "Sexually Speaking" program began in 1980'
$600
Ruth Westheimer
Jeopardy!
5701
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-25_J_28.wmv">Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Hermosa Beach, CA.</a>) If you make this type of spectacular save, it might get ranked high on the web site with the same-sounding name'
$600
dig
Jeopardy!
5701
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Although its name means "place of sandflies", we associate this Pennsylvania borough with groundhogs'
$800
Punxsutawney
Jeopardy!
5701
THE HUMAN ANIMAL
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'On behalf of Western intelligence, Col. Oleg Penkovsky was one of these inside the USSR'
$800
a mole
Jeopardy!
5701
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'No. 1 in "Discoveries":<br />"Snow on" this'
$800
Mars
Jeopardy!
5701
SCRAMBLED EGGS
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'This bird's eggs are so pretty a color is named for them:<br />IN BRO'
$800
robin
Jeopardy!
5701
TRUTH OR DARE
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Truth: This fight promoter said "There was a spontaneous combustion of love" at the Trump wedding'
$800
Don King
Jeopardy!
5701
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-25_J_29.wmv">Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Hermosa Beach, CA.</a>) A floater serve is hit with minimal spin so that it moves unpredictably on the same principle as this pitch in baseball'
$800
a knuckleball
Jeopardy!
5701
NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'An RV maker based in Iowa shares its name with this large Wisconsin lake'
$1000
Winnebago
Jeopardy!
5701
THE HUMAN ANIMAL
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Denis Leary says of firefighters, "You have to be like" this sea creature. "You have to keep moving forward"'
$1000
a shark
Jeopardy!
5701
TIME'S TOP 10 EVERYTHING OF 2008
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'No. 9 in "Green Stories":<br />"Northeastern utilities bid $38.5 million for the right to emit 12.5 tons of" this'
$1000
carbon dioxide
Jeopardy!
5701
SCRAMBLED EGGS
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Reptile born with an "egg tooth" so it can escape its shelled jail:<br />TAILOR GAL'
$1000
alligator
Jeopardy!
5701
TRUTH OR DARE
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Dare: She was born on Aug. 18, 1587, the first English child born in America'
$1000
Virginia Dare
Jeopardy!
5701
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-25_J_30.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Hermosa Beach, CA.</a>) A one-handed block is known by this word, after the way a movie king defended himself against airplanes'
$1000
a kong
Jeopardy!
5701
NIGHT WATCH
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'July 7, 2009:<br />If you're in Australia, the Americas or sailing the Pacific, look for an eclipse of this'
$400
the Moon
Double Jeopardy!
5701
CLASSIC MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECTS
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'1956:<br />The Red Sea is parted'
$400
The Ten Commandments
Double Jeopardy!
5701
NAME THE PLAY
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'George: "It's very simple, Martha, this young man is working on a system whereby chromosomes can be altered"'
$400
Who\'s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Double Jeopardy!
5701
OUT IN THE STREET
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'This street, seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-25_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, was crossed on a 1969 album cover'
$400
Abbey Road
Double Jeopardy!
5701
HEADLINES
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'On May 24, 1927 the Las Vegas Review headlined that this man "Spurns Offers. Back to Air Mail, Says"'
$400
(Charles) Lindbergh
Double Jeopardy!
5701
FROM B TO C
2009-05-25T00:00:00
'Pertaining to an inflamed swelling of a lymph node, all too common in the 14th century'
$400
bubonic
Double Jeopardy!
5701