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THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Manila,<br />Jakarta,<br />Canberra'
$600
Manila
Jeopardy!
4738
ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'He's the guitarist who had a Top 40 hit with "Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo"'
$600
Rick Derringer
Jeopardy!
4738
YOU BEAST!
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'A nide is a brood of these birds (perhaps the ring-necked ones)'
$600
pheasants
Jeopardy!
4738
THE SHORT FORM
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'In May 1970 many of these buildings were torched on campuses, including Kent State's on May 2'
$600
ROTC
Jeopardy!
4738
HOMELAND SECURITY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Before becoming Homeland Security chief, Michael Chertoff's last job in the Bush admin. was in this Cabinet department'
$800
Justice
Jeopardy!
4738
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'"God say, 'You can do what you want Abe, but the next time you see me comin' you better run'"'
$800
"Highway 61 Revisited"
Jeopardy!
4738
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Brasilia,<br />Buenos Aires,<br />Bogota,<br />Belmopan'
$800
Belmopan
Jeopardy!
4738
ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Famous for its cathedral, this English city was the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex'
$800
Winchester
Jeopardy!
4738
YOU BEAST!
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'The Chinese zodiac's 12-year cycle begins & ends with these 2 3-letter animals'
$800
rat & pig
Jeopardy!
4738
THE SHORT FORM
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'This agreement on world tariffs & trade was signed by 23 countries in Geneva in 1947'
$800
GATT
Jeopardy!
4738
HOMELAND SECURITY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-03-23_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a metal detector at JFK Airport in New York.</a>) A metal detector creates this type of field--if a sort of echo of the field comes back, metal must be present'
$1000
a magnetic field
Jeopardy!
4738
BOB DYLAN CHRONICLES
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'"May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung"'
$1000
"Forever Young"
Jeopardy!
4738
THE NORTHERNMOST CAPITAL CITY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Hanoi,<br />Phnom Penh,<br />Rangoon,<br />Vientiane'
$1,800
Hanoi
Jeopardy!
4738
ALSO A GUN MANUFACTURER
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Fredric March portrayed this poet in "The Barrets of Wimpole Street"'
$1000
(Robert) Browning
Jeopardy!
4738
YOU BEAST!
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Russian circuses often feature these animals, a national symobol, trained in the art of juggling with their feet!'
$1000
bears
Jeopardy!
4738
THE SHORT FORM
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'This British organization hands out its equivalent to the Oscars'
$1000
BAFTA
Jeopardy!
4738
NATURE POETRY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Edna St. Vincent Millay began a sonnet "Thou art not lovelier than" <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-03-23_DJ_02.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> flower'
$400
a lilac
Double Jeopardy!
4738
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'This Freehold-born rocker has had many "Glory Days"'
$400
Bruce Springsteen
Double Jeopardy!
4738
ROUGH POLITICS
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'On Aug. 5, 1994 he was named independent counsel in the Whitewater affair'
$400
Kenneth Starr
Double Jeopardy!
4738
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'"By the time" this work "is over, fate has been trampled underfoot by triumphant music"'
$400
the Fifth Symphony
Double Jeopardy!
4738
MR. TEA
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Around 1908 tea merchant Thomas Sullivan hit upon this innovation that avoids the mess of straining leaves'
$400
a teabag
Double Jeopardy!
4738
I PITY THE "FOOL"
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'2-word term for a pointless task performed for no good reason'
$400
a fool\'s errand
Double Jeopardy!
4738
NATURE POETRY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Around 1804, this poet wrote of being lonely until he saw a mess of flowers like <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-03-23_DJ_07.jpg" target="_blank">those</a> shown'
$800
Wordsworth
Double Jeopardy!
4738
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'His July 20, 1973 death in Hong Kong at age 32 shocked the world'
$2,000
Bruce Lee
Double Jeopardy!
4738
ROUGH POLITICS
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'In March 1974, 7 ex-Nixon officials were arrested for conspiracy, including this former Chief of Staff'
$800
Haldeman
Double Jeopardy!
4738
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'"Betrayed in the hope of getting better", Beethoven was "forced to face the prospect of a permanent malady"--this'
$800
deafness
Double Jeopardy!
4738
MR. TEA
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'According to one legend, this spiritual leader born in 563 B.C. was the first to discover tea'
$800
Buddha
Double Jeopardy!
4738
I PITY THE "FOOL"
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'9-letter word for something designed to be impervious to human incompetence'
$800
foolproof
Double Jeopardy!
4738
NATURE POETRY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'One of Robinson Jeffers' most famous poems is about a hurt one of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-03-23_DJ_13.jpg" target="_blank">these</a> birds'
$1200
a hawk
Double Jeopardy!
4738
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Dustin Hoffman starred as this controversial entertainer in a 1974 biopic'
$1200
Lenny Bruce
Double Jeopardy!
4738
ROUGH POLITICS
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'A N.Y. coroner's inquest came to a finding of murder by this man, Vice President of the United States'
$1200
Aaron Burr
Double Jeopardy!
4738
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'It's the popular name of the piece heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-03-23_DJ_16.mp3">here</a>'
$1200
"The Moonlight Sonata"
Double Jeopardy!
4738
MR. TEA
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'One of the first U.S. millionaires, this patriarch of the Astor family traded furs for tea from China'
$1200
John Jacob (Astor)
Double Jeopardy!
4738
I PITY THE "FOOL"
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'This novel begins in Veracruz when a group of travelers embarks on a trip to Europe'
$1200
Ship of Fools
Double Jeopardy!
4738
NATURE POETRY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Keats called its <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-03-23_DJ_14.mp3">song</a> "thy plaintive anthem"'
$1600
a nightingale
Double Jeopardy!
4738
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'This actor lived up to the title of his TV show in 1987 when he hit the Top 40 chart with "Respect Yourself"'
$1600
Bruce Willis
Double Jeopardy!
4738
ROUGH POLITICS
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'"If anyone wants to (follow) me, go ahead. They'd be very bored", this politician said in 1987; they did, & they weren't'
$6,000
Gary Hart
Double Jeopardy!
4738
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Beethoven's Bagatelle in A Minor for Piano was eventually titled "Fur" her'
$1600
Elise
Double Jeopardy!
4738
MR. TEA
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'The last Dutch governor of New Netherland, he introduced tea to America around 1647'
$1600
Peter Stuyvesant
Double Jeopardy!
4738
I PITY THE "FOOL"
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Found at fool.com, it's the Gardner brothers' online investment guide'
$1600
The Motley Fool
Double Jeopardy!
4738
NATURE POETRY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'A.E. Housman, "loveliest of trees," <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-03-23_DJ_15.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> now "is hung with bloom along the bow"'
$2000
a cherry tree
Double Jeopardy!
4738
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'He directed Jessica Tandy's Oscar-winning performance in "Driving Miss Daisy"'
$2000
Bruce Beresford
Double Jeopardy!
4738
ROUGH POLITICS
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'In October 1974 ths Arkansas congressman's career got kicked in the Fanne (Fox)'
$2000
Wilbur Mills
Double Jeopardy!
4738
ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Symphony Beethoven "composed to celebrate the memory of a great man"'
$2000
Eroica
Double Jeopardy!
4738
MR. TEA
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Dating from 1662, the English use of tea is attributed to Catherine of Braganza, wife of this "Restored" king'
$2000
Charles II
Double Jeopardy!
4738
I PITY THE "FOOL"
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'Senior citizens might object to this proverb popularized by John Lyly in the play "Mother Bombie"'
$2000
There\'s no fool like an old fool
Double Jeopardy!
4738
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
2005-03-23T00:00:00
'The team names of these 2 expansion clubs start with the same 3 letters; one might catch the other'
null
the Seattle Mariners & the Florida Marlins
Final Jeopardy!
4738
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Each year the EU selects capitals of culture; one of the 2010 cities was this Turkish "meeting place of cultures"'
$200
Istanbul
Jeopardy!
6088
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'"Rocky II", "III" & "IV"'
$200
Sylvester Stallone
Jeopardy!
6088
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Sprechen Sie Plattdeutsch? If you do, you speak the Low variety of this language'
$200
German
Jeopardy!
6088
BREAKING NEWS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Before this hotel mogul's elbow broke through it, a Picasso he owned was worth $139 million; after, $85 million'
$200
Steve Wynn
Jeopardy!
6088
ONE BUCK OR LESS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'On December 8, 2008 this national newspaper raised its newsstand price by 25 cents to $1'
$200
USA Today
Jeopardy!
6088
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Proverbially, it's "where the heart is"'
$200
home
Jeopardy!
6088
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'The Schengen Agreement removes any controls at these between most EU neighbors'
$400
national borders
Jeopardy!
6088
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'"Million Dollar Baby" &<br />"Unforgiven"'
$400
Clint Eastwood
Jeopardy!
6088
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Dialects of this language include Wu, Yue & Hakka'
$400
Chinese
Jeopardy!
6088
BREAKING NEWS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'It was 103 degrees in July 2010 & Con Ed's command center in this N.Y. borough showed 12,963 megawatts consumed at 1 time'
$400
Manhattan
Jeopardy!
6088
ONE BUCK OR LESS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'The USPS cost for mailing this, a minimum of 3 1/2 x 5 inches, is 28 cents; wish you were here!'
$400
a postcard
Jeopardy!
6088
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders to below the waist'
$400
a shift
Jeopardy!
6088
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'A controversial EU subsidy program is called CAP, short for "common" this "policy"'
$600
agricultural
Jeopardy!
6088
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'"The Pledge" &<br />"Into the Wild"'
$600
Sean Penn
Jeopardy!
6088
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Vedic, dating back at least 4,000 years, is the earliest dialect of this classical language of India'
$600
Sanskrit
Jeopardy!
6088
BREAKING NEWS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Senator Obama attended the 2006 groundbreaking for this man's memorial, 1/2 mile from Lincoln's'
$3,600
Martin Luther King
Jeopardy!
6088
ONE BUCK OR LESS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'In 2002 Eminem signed this rapper to a 7-figure deal, obviously worth a lot more than his name implies'
$600
50 Cent
Jeopardy!
6088
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Football position that can be split or tight'
$600
End
Jeopardy!
6088
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Elected every 5 years, it has 736 members from 7 parties'
$800
Parliament
Jeopardy!
6088
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'"The Great Debaters"'
$800
Denzel Washington
Jeopardy!
6088
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'While Maltese borrows many words from Italian, it developed from a dialect of this Semitic language'
$800
Arabic
Jeopardy!
6088
BREAKING NEWS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Gambler Charles Wells is believed to have inspired the song "The Man Who" did this "At Monte Carlo"'
$800
"Broke The Bank"
Jeopardy!
6088
ONE BUCK OR LESS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'99 cents got me a 4-pack of Ytterlig coasters from this Swedish chain'
$800
IKEA
Jeopardy!
6088
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'It's an abbreviation for Grand Prix auto racing'
$800
F1
Jeopardy!
6088
EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'As of 2010, Croatia & Macedonia are candidates but this is the only former Yugoslav republic in the EU'
$1000
Slovenia
Jeopardy!
6088
ACTORS WHO DIRECT
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'"A Bronx Tale"'
$1000
Robert De Niro
Jeopardy!
6088
DIALING FOR DIALECTS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Aeolic, spoken in ancient times, was a dialect of this'
$1000
Ancient Greek
Jeopardy!
6088
BREAKING NEWS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Nearly 10 million YouTubers saw Dave Carroll's clip called this "friendly skies" airline "Breaks Guitars"'
$1000
United Airlines
Jeopardy!
6088
ONE BUCK OR LESS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'A 15-ounce V05 Moisture Milks conditioner from this manufacturer averages a buck online'
$1000
Alberto
Jeopardy!
6088
ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'An additional section placed within the folds of a newspaper'
$1000
an insert
Jeopardy!
6088
NONFICTION
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'In 2010 this former First Lady published the memoir "Spoken from the Heart"'
$400
Laura Bush
Double Jeopardy!
6088
LEGAL "E"s
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'In English law, it's a title above a gentleman & below a knight; in the U.S., it's usually added to the name of an attorney'
$400
esquire
Double Jeopardy!
6088
WHAT TO WEAR?
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'This plain-weave, sheer fabric made with tightly twisted yarn is also used to describe a pie or cake'
$400
chiffon
Double Jeopardy!
6088
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Cape Hatteras is known as this cemetery synonym "of the Atlantic"'
$400
a graveyard
Double Jeopardy!
6088
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Itchy (the mouse) & Scratchy (the cat) starred in "Skinless in Seattle" on a show within this Fox show'
$400
The Simpsons
Double Jeopardy!
6088
FAMILIAR SAYINGS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Familiarity is said to breed this, from the Latin for "despise"'
$400
contempt
Double Jeopardy!
6088
NONFICTION
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'This book by Michael Lewis subtitled "Evolution of a Game" focused on left tackle prodigy Michael Oher'
$800
The Blind Side
Double Jeopardy!
6088
LEGAL "E"s
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'One definition of this is entering a private place with the intent of listening secretly to private conversations'
$800
eavesdropping
Double Jeopardy!
6088
WHAT TO WEAR?
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'A bit longer than a cocktail dress, one hemmed to end at the shins is this beverage "length"'
$800
tea
Double Jeopardy!
6088
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Appropriately enough, this New York metropolis is "Bison City"'
$800
Buffalo
Double Jeopardy!
6088
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'In 1939's cartoon "The Pointer", this guy got a new, more pear-shaped body & pupils were added to his eyes'
$800
Mickey (Mouse)
Double Jeopardy!
6088
FAMILIAR SAYINGS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Even a broken one of these on your wall is right twice a day'
$800
clock
Double Jeopardy!
6088
NONFICTION
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'The New Yorker's 1959 review of this said in its brevity & clarity it is "unlike most such manuals, a book as well as a tool"'
$2,127
The Elements of Style
Double Jeopardy!
6088
LEGAL "E"s
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'This person is appointed by a testator to carry out the directions & requests in his will'
$1200
executor
Double Jeopardy!
6088
WHAT TO WEAR?
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Also the name of a rope for leading cattle, this women's backless top has a strap that loops around the neck'
$1200
halter
Double Jeopardy!
6088
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'This town is known as "Sin City" & its downtown is "Glitter Gulch"'
$1200
Las Vegas
Double Jeopardy!
6088
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'This 1959 Daniel Keyes novella about Charlie Gordon & a smarter-than-average lab mouse won a Hugo award'
$1200
Flowers for Algernon
Double Jeopardy!
6088
FAMILIAR SAYINGS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'If you're one of these capable fellows, you're unfortunately "master of none"'
$1200
a jack of all trades
Double Jeopardy!
6088
NONFICTION
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Dave Eggers not-so-modestly titled his memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of" this'
$1600
Staggering Genius
Double Jeopardy!
6088
LEGAL "E"s
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'This 2-word phrase means the power to take private property for public use; it's ok, as long as there is just compensation'
$367
eminent domain
Double Jeopardy!
6088
WHAT TO WEAR?
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'If you're wearing Wellingtons at Wimbledon, you're wearing these'
$1600
rainboots (or galoshes)
Double Jeopardy!
6088
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'It's known as both "The Steel City" & "The Iron City"'
$1600
Pittsburgh
Double Jeopardy!
6088
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'The samplefest "The Grey Album" & the band Gnarls Barkley are 2 projects of Brian Burton, aka this'
$1600
Danger Mouse
Double Jeopardy!
6088