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FAMILIAR SAYINGS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'A camel is a horse designed by this'
$1600
a committee
Double Jeopardy!
6088
NONFICTION
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'HBO's miniseries "John Adams" was based on this author's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography'
$2000
David McCullough
Double Jeopardy!
6088
LEGAL "E"s
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'This clause in a union contract says that wages will rise or fall depending on a standard such as cost of living'
$2000
escalator
Double Jeopardy!
6088
WHAT TO WEAR?
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Throw on an outfit from the "Marc by" this designer line'
$2000
Marc Jacobs
Double Jeopardy!
6088
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'"The Coyote State" is an unofficial nickname of this 75,885-square-mile state'
$2000
South Dakota
Double Jeopardy!
6088
MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'Maurice LaMarche found his inner Orson Welles to voice this rodent whose simple goal was to take over the world'
$2000
the Brain
Double Jeopardy!
6088
FAMILIAR SAYINGS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'It's a poor workman who blames these'
$2000
tools
Double Jeopardy!
6088
19th CENTURY NOVELISTS
2011-02-16T00:00:00
'William Wilkinson's "An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia" inspired this author's most famous novel'
null
Bram Stoker
Final Jeopardy!
6088
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'During the Civil War, this river was called the "Backbone of the Confederacy"; it was guarded by several forts'
$200
the Mississippi
Jeopardy!
4550
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'The Who performed this work at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center in 1970'
$200
Tommy
Jeopardy!
4550
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Bow wow & Coney Island both refer to this food'
$200
a hot dog
Jeopardy!
4550
NEWSMAKERS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-05-21_J_22.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> man's been on the job 30 years'
$200
William Rehnquist
Jeopardy!
4550
GUINNESS RECORDS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Selling more than 25 million copies, this WWII diary of a young girl is the bestselling diary in history'
$200
The Diary of Anne Frank
Jeopardy!
4550
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'This small racing sled has the distinction of being the National Spelling Bee's shortest winning word'
$200
L-U-G-E
Jeopardy!
4550
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'This "calm" lake village in New York State is often called "America's Switzerland"'
$400
Lake Placid
Jeopardy!
4550
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Dvorak's "New World Symphony" debuted in this venue in 1893: the Beatles played there in 1964'
$400
Carnegie Hall
Jeopardy!
4550
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'The name of this state is slang for maple syrup'
$400
Vermont
Jeopardy!
4550
NEWSMAKERS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-05-21_J_24.jpg" target="_blank">He</a> doffed his military togs for his political aspirations'
$400
(General) Wesley Clark
Jeopardy!
4550
GUINNESS RECORDS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Working with more than 4.5 million donors, this American org. is the world's largest blood provider'
$400
the Red Cross
Jeopardy!
4550
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Now that you've got the hang of it, 1932's word was this, like the group that sang "My Sharona"'
$400
K-N-A-C-K
Jeopardy!
4550
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Maryland is "the Old Line State"; this is "the Old Dominion"'
$600
Virginia
Jeopardy!
4550
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-05-21_J_25.wmv">Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a street corner in the Bronx, New York.</a>) The Belmonts, named for the Belmont area of the Bronx, sang in this style, the street version of a cappella'
$600
doo wop
Jeopardy!
4550
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'This beverage is Adam's ale'
$600
water
Jeopardy!
4550
NEWSMAKERS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'The 2003 war in Iraq strained relations between <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-05-21_J_26.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> man's government and the United States'
$600
Jacques Chirac
Jeopardy!
4550
GUINNESS RECORDS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'With 2,685, Bralanda, Sweden was the site of the largest gathering of these holiday personalities'
$600
Santa Claus
Jeopardy!
4550
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Put the bite on this word from 1975, any one of the front cutting teeth'
$600
I-N-C-I-S-O-R
Jeopardy!
4550
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Rapid City's nickname, "Gateway City to the Hills", refers specifically to these hills'
$1,600
the Black Hills
Jeopardy!
4550
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'She co-wrote "The Loco-Motion" in the Brill Building on Broadway'
$800
Carole King
Jeopardy!
4550
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'A houseboat is this ice cream & fruit dessert'
$800
a banana split
Jeopardy!
4550
NEWSMAKERS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-05-21_J_27.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> man was elected to his important post in 1997'
$800
Kofi Annan
Jeopardy!
4550
GUINNESS RECORDS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'With an average of 80.5 years, this Asian country leads the world in life expectancy'
$800
Japan
Jeopardy!
4550
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll'
$800
C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T
Jeopardy!
4550
U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'The "Niagara of the South", this waterfall near Corbin, Kentucky shares its name with a famous "gap"'
$1000
Cumberland (Falls)
Jeopardy!
4550
NYC MUSIC HISTORY
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'This East Village venue was run by Bill Graham for only 3 years, from 1968 to 1971'
$1000
the Fillmore East
Jeopardy!
4550
LUNCH COUNTER LINGO
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-05-21_J_20.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Joe Theismann.</a>) My column for espn.com is called this, slang for a serving of coffee'
$1000
Cup O\' Joe
Jeopardy!
4550
NEWSMAKERS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'This political pundit & independent candidate for California governor is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-05-21_J_28.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>'
$1000
Arianna Huffington
Jeopardy!
4550
GUINNESS RECORDS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'With a 212-foot wingspan, this jet from Boeing is the world's largest passenger aircraft in service'
$1000
the 747
Jeopardy!
4550
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'A suicide pilot during WWII, it was 1993's winning word'
$1000
K-A-M-I-K-A-Z-E
Jeopardy!
4550
SHAKESPEARE
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Macduff tells us, "Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd in evils to top" this man'
$400
the Macbeth
Double Jeopardy!
4550
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'1952:<br />Marshal Will Kane'
$400
Gary Cooper
Double Jeopardy!
4550
NATIVE AMERICANS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'In August 1934 this president was made an honorary member of the Blackfoot tribe & given the name "Lone Chief"'
$400
FDR
Double Jeopardy!
4550
THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Basketball superstar Magic Johnson played his college ball at this university in East Lansing'
$400
Michigan State
Double Jeopardy!
4550
PAINTERS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'His "Potato Eaters" was inspired by the time he spent as a missionary in the coal-mining region of Belgium in his mid-20s'
$400
Van Gogh
Double Jeopardy!
4550
"ANT" INFESTATION
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'It's the part of the military that traditionally fights on foot'
$400
infantry
Double Jeopardy!
4550
SHAKESPEARE
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Richard III says, "How sweet a thing it is to wear" one & Henry IV says, "Uneasy lies the head that wears" one'
$800
a crown
Double Jeopardy!
4550
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'1951:<br />Boat captain Charlie Allnut'
$800
Bogart
Double Jeopardy!
4550
NATIVE AMERICANS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'He had 2 adopted sons, One Bull & White Bull'
$800
Sitting Bull
Double Jeopardy!
4550
THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Once known as the Antelopes & the Bugeaters, this university's sports teams are now known as the Cornhuskers'
$800
the University of Nebraska
Double Jeopardy!
4550
PAINTERS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Dr. Tulp was so pleased with this artist's painting of his "Anatomy Lesson" that it hung in his school of surgery'
$800
Rembrandt
Double Jeopardy!
4550
"ANT" INFESTATION
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'B or D, as opposed to A or O'
$800
a consonant
Double Jeopardy!
4550
SHAKESPEARE
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Laertes' first line in this play is "Dread my lord, your leave and favour to return to France"'
$1200
Hamlet
Double Jeopardy!
4550
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'1945:<br />Mildred Pierce'
$1200
Joan Crawford
Double Jeopardy!
4550
NATIVE AMERICANS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Major subgroups of this tribe of the American Southwest include Kiowa, Chiricahua & Mescalero'
$1200
the Apache
Double Jeopardy!
4550
THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Rhode Island's only Ivy League school is this institution'
$1200
Brown
Double Jeopardy!
4550
PAINTERS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'She called her New Mexico home, where she spent the last half century of her life, Ghost Ranch'
$1200
Georgia O\'Keeffe
Double Jeopardy!
4550
"ANT" INFESTATION
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Unyielding in your opinion that the singer of "Goody Two Shoes" is the greatest singer ever'
$3,000
adamant
Double Jeopardy!
4550
SHAKESPEARE
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'In different plays, it's the name shared by men linked with Helen of Troy & with Juliet'
$2,000
Paris
Double Jeopardy!
4550
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'1933:<br />Henry VIII'
$1600
Charles Laughton
Double Jeopardy!
4550
NATIVE AMERICANS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'This Florida tribe lived in dwellings called chickees that had raised floors & open sides allowing the air to circulate'
$1600
the Seminoles
Double Jeopardy!
4550
THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'College Station is the home of this oldest public university in Texas'
$1600
Texas A&M
Double Jeopardy!
4550
PAINTERS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'His first major mural was painted at the Univ. of Mexico's Nat'l Preparatory School in the 1920s'
$1600
(Diego) Rivera
Double Jeopardy!
4550
"ANT" INFESTATION
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'From the Latin for "delight", this is someone who takes delight in dabbling in the arts'
$1600
dilettante
Double Jeopardy!
4550
SHAKESPEARE
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'It's the play in which Thaliard says, "So, this is Tyre, and this the court"'
$2000
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Double Jeopardy!
4550
OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'1942:<br />Kay Miniver'
$2000
Greer Garson
Double Jeopardy!
4550
NATIVE AMERICANS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Gov. Bradford said that this Indian who taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn was an "instrument sent of God"'
$2000
Squanto
Double Jeopardy!
4550
THE OLD COLLEGE TRY
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'New Haven has Albertus Magnus; Grand Rapids, Michigan has a school named for this other 13th c. theologian'
$2000
St. Thomas Acquinas
Double Jeopardy!
4550
PAINTERS
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'Last name of Flemish brothers Jan & Hubert, who both are credited with painting portions of the "Ghent Altarpiece"'
$2000
Van Eyck
Double Jeopardy!
4550
"ANT" INFESTATION
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'The Huguenots received religious freedom from the 1598 edict of this city'
$2000
Nantes
Double Jeopardy!
4550
EXPLORATION
2004-05-21T00:00:00
'He wrote in his diary, "The loss of pony transport in March 1911 obliged me to start later than I had intended"'
null
Robert Falcon Scott
Final Jeopardy!
4550
"TOMORROW"
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'Space Mountain & Star Tours are among its attractions'
$100
(Disneyland\'s) Tomorrowland
Jeopardy!
3130
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'This title dog's real first name is Scoobert'
$100
Scooby-Doo
Jeopardy!
3130
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'George Lucas is planning a 3-part prequel to this 1977 film'
$100
Star Wars
Jeopardy!
3130
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'Pre-"Peanuts", he sold some of his cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post'
$100
Charles Schulz
Jeopardy!
3130
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'Members observe Saturday Sabbath because of Genesis 2:3, which says God did this on the seventh day'
$100
He rested
Jeopardy!
3130
"TOMORROW"
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'In 1960 the Shirelles asked this musical question'
$200
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Jeopardy!
3130
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'Mush Mouth & Dumb Donald were some of the Cosby kids on the show whose title featured this one'
$200
Fat Albert
Jeopardy!
3130
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'He played Cameron Poe, an almost-paroled convict thwarting an escape attempt in "Con Air"'
$200
Nicolas Cage
Jeopardy!
3130
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'In the March 17, 1956 issue, Gary Cooper said, "In Westerns you were permitted to kiss" this "but never your girl"'
$200
your horse
Jeopardy!
3130
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'Like Jews, many Adventists follow Leviticus 11:7 in abstaining from this meat'
$200
pork
Jeopardy!
3130
"TOMORROW"
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'In the novel "Gone with the Wind", it follows "I'll think of some way to get him back"'
$300
Tomorrow is another day
Jeopardy!
3130
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'"The Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs" on "Tiny Toons" were a parody of this cartoon group'
$300
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Jeopardy!
3130
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'In the same film, Mike Myers played Dr. Evil & this international man of mystery, baby'
$300
Austin Powers
Jeopardy!
3130
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'Born in NYC in 1894, he painted 317 covers for the Post over 47 years'
$300
Norman Rockwell
Jeopardy!
3130
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'The church funds worldwide good works by this contribution of 10% of members' incomes'
$300
a tithe
Jeopardy!
3130
"TOMORROW"
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'Annie told us you could "bet your bottom dollar that" this would happen'
$400
the sun will come out tomorrow
Jeopardy!
3130
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'In 1985 an animated version of this Soleil Moon Frye sitcom character made the scene'
$400
Punky Brewster
Jeopardy!
3130
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'In serials from the '30s & '40s, Charles Middleton played this evil emperor seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-03-20_J_13.wmv">here</a>:<br /><br /><i>"The expedition must be destroyed, with two exceptions: Zarkov and Flash Gordon. As a prisoner, Zarkov will be of great use to me in my conquest of the universe."</i>'
$500
Ming the Merciless
Jeopardy!
3130
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'The Post's history goes back to The Pennsylvania Gazette founded by this man'
$400
Benjamin Franklin
Jeopardy!
3130
SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE TOWN
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'Beer lovers head for the beer halls of this Bavarian city, the birthplace of Oktoberfest'
$400
Munich
Jeopardy!
3130
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'Heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-03-20_J_17.mp3">here</a>, he left rock 'n' roll in 1957 to be ordained a Seventh-Day Adventist minister:<br /><br /><i>"Womp-bomp-a-loom-op-a-womp-bomp-bomp! Tutti frutti, all rooty! Tutti frutti, all rooty!"</i>'
$400
Little Richard
Jeopardy!
3130
"TOMORROW"
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'This advice on procrastination is credited to a 1749 letter written by Lord Chesterfield to his son'
$500
never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
Jeopardy!
3130
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'This ape was the white elephant that pet store owner Mr. Peebles couldn't get rid of'
$500
Magilla Gorilla
Jeopardy!
3130
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'This sailor hero's adventures include "The Golden Voyage" & "The Eye of the Tiger"'
$500
Sinbad
Jeopardy!
3130
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'The 6 Earl Derr Biggers novels about this Chinese-American detective were first serialized in the Post'
$500
Charlie Chan
Jeopardy!
3130
SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE TOWN
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'Guacara Taina in this capital of the Dominican Republic may be the world's only disco-in-a-cave'
$500
Santo Domingo
Jeopardy!
3130
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'This group named for a king of Israel split from the church in 1934, a "branch" of it became notorious in 1993'
$500
the Davidians
Jeopardy!
3130
PHYSICS 101
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'The area of physics divided into statics & dynamics or the guys replacing your head gasket'
$200
mechanics
Double Jeopardy!
3130
THE 19th CENTURY
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'Opened in 1869, part of it follows the route of a canal dug 12 centuries earlier'
$200
the Suez Canal
Double Jeopardy!
3130
CITY FOLK
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'Hamburgers'
$200
residents of Hamburg
Double Jeopardy!
3130
THEY'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE
1998-03-20T00:00:00
'This Kansan made her last known take-off from New Guinea; if you find out where she is, let us know'
$200
Amelia Earhart
Double Jeopardy!
3130