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JONATHAN SWIFT
| 2006-09-18T00:00:00 |
'Not to tell tales, but Swift wrote some pieces for this journal created by Richard Steele in 1709'
|
$2000
|
The Tattler
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5061
|
SINGERS ON FILM
| 2006-09-18T00:00:00 |
'As Jareth, the goblin king, in "Labyrinth"'
|
$2000
|
David Bowie
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5061
|
TREES
| 2006-09-18T00:00:00 |
'The Buddhist term for enlightenment, it's also the type of tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment'
|
$2000
|
bodhi
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5061
|
HEY, 4 As!
| 2006-09-18T00:00:00 |
'This 28-letter word means opposition to the withdrawal of a church's official state status'
|
$2000
|
antidisestablishmentarianism
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5061
|
I'M HUNGARIAN
| 2006-09-18T00:00:00 |
'I'm the Hungarian-born financier & philanthropist who once made $1 billion in a week betting against the British pound'
|
$2000
|
George Soros
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5061
|
LET'S EAT
| 2006-09-18T00:00:00 |
'For Marcel Proust the "vicissitudes of life had become indifferent" after eating these small French cakes'
|
$1,000
|
madeleines
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5061
|
CASTLES
| 2006-09-18T00:00:00 |
'The name of this large home located in Aberdeenshire means "the majestic dwelling" in Gaelic'
| null |
Balmoral Castle
|
Final Jeopardy!
|
5061
|
TV FRIENDS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Grant Show appeared as Dylan's friend Jake on this series before he was spun off to "Melrose Place"'
|
$100
|
Beverly Hills, 90210
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
FRUITS & NUTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'These are commonly slivered, sauteed & mixed in with green beans, which then become amandine'
|
$100
|
Almonds
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
COMPUTERESE
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'It's the action of moving an image across the screen by holding the mouse button down'
|
$100
|
Dragging
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'During Memorial Day weekend, one of these national symbols is placed on every grave at Arlington'
|
$100
|
Small U.S. flag
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
RAILROAD TIES
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'In 1901 this toy company began production of the Electric Express, its first electric train'
|
$100
|
Lionel
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
"TRUE" OR "FALSE"
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'It's a call to the fire department when there truly is no fire'
|
$100
|
False alarm
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
TV FRIENDS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'In 1995 it was finally revealed that this kooky character does have a first name: it's Cosmo'
|
$200
|
Kramer
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
FRUITS & NUTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Texas grows several types of this fruit, including the Marrs & Valencia'
|
$200
|
Oranges
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
COMPUTERESE
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'A length of hair added to your own, or 3 letters, such as EXE, added to a filename'
|
$200
|
Extension
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'The memorial to the crew of this space shuttle is inscribed with a quotation from the poem "High Flight"'
|
$200
|
Challenger
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
RAILROAD TIES
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'In 1959 this Calif. amusement park became the first locale in the U.S. to have an operating monorail'
|
$200
|
Disneyland
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
"TRUE" OR "FALSE"
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Rhyming phrase that describes a loyal person, not someone who's holding his breath'
|
$200
|
True blue
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
TV FRIENDS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'He's the friend Matt LeBlanc plays on "Friends"'
|
$300
|
Joey Tribbiani
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
FRUITS & NUTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Some people are nuts about this green nut ice cream'
|
$300
|
Pistachio
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
COMPUTERESE
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'A "hot" World Wide Web browser is written in this programming language created by Sun Microsystems'
|
$300
|
Java
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'A simple white cross marks the grave of this Attorney General, buried near his brother in 1968'
|
$300
|
Robert F. Kennedy
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
RAILROAD TIES
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'In 1993 this "southern" country group reached the Top 10 with this song heard here:<br />[audio clue]'
|
$300
|
Confederate Railroad
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
"TRUE" OR "FALSE"
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'At a track meet, it happens when a runner jumps the gun'
|
$300
|
False start
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
TV FRIENDS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'(Hi, I'm Joseph Gordon-Levitt.) I used to play D.J. Connor's boring friend George on this sitcom'
|
$500
|
Roseanne
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
FRUITS & NUTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Sunsweet first advertised these in the 1960s with the slogan "Today the Pits, Tomorrow the Wrinkles"'
|
$400
|
Prunes
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
COMPUTERESE
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Like a waiter, a network computer might say "I'll be your" this & store files or manage printers'
|
$400
|
Server
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Since 1937 this world-famous tomb has been protected by an honor guard 24 hours a day'
|
$400
|
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
RAILROAD TIES
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'The Trans-Siberian RR, the world's longest track, covers 5,700 miles from Nakhodka to this capital'
|
$400
|
Moscow
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
"TRUE" OR "FALSE"
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'The sender of gifts in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"'
|
$400
|
My true love
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
TV FRIENDS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Claire Danes & A.J. Langer played teenage friends Angela & Rayanne on this acclaimed series'
|
$500
|
My So-Called Life
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
FRUITS & NUTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Nuts seen here, they come in 6 main sizes: mammoth, jumbo, large, medium, standard & babies:'
|
$500
|
Walnuts
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
COMPUTERESE
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'"Strap" once completed this word meaning to start a computer by loading software'
|
$500
|
Boot
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'In 1955 Arlington House was dedicated as a memorial to this Confederate general, who once lived there'
|
$500
|
Robert E. Lee
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
RAILROAD TIES
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'On May 10, 1869 the Union Pacific & Central Pacific "met" at this northern Utah "point"'
|
$500
|
Promentory Point
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
"TRUE" OR "FALSE"
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'This high-pitched singing voice is produced by shortening the length of the singer's vocal cords'
|
$500
|
Falsetto
|
Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
MOVIE DEBUTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'She played an obsessive teen named Darian in her first film, "The Crush"; we hope you're not left "Clueless"'
|
$200
|
Alicia Silverstone
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
COLONISTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'The new charter Virginia got in 1609 amazingly extended its land northwest to this ocean'
|
$200
|
Pacific
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
MODELS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Last name of runway teen Ivanka, daughter of Donald & Ivana'
|
$200
|
Trump
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
FAMILY VALUES
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Experts & perhaps the inns of the same name advise parents to spend this "time" with kids'
|
$200
|
Quality time
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
YOU'RE ALL WET!
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Almost all of Austria's rivers flow into this beautiful blue one'
|
$200
|
Danube
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
WORD ORIGINS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Hey, Lassie, the name of this dog breed may come from a Scottish word meaning "sooty with coal dust"'
|
$200
|
Collie
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
MOVIE DEBUTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Mike Myers' first film was "Birth of a Nation" -- Not! It was really this 1992 hit, with Dana Carvey'
|
$400
|
Wayne\'s World
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
COLONISTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Pennsylvania colonists sometimes cleaned these by dropping live chickens down them'
|
$400
|
Chimneys
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
MODELS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'The famous feature seen here belongs to this "Queen of Supermodels":'
|
$1,300
|
Cindy Crawford (the mole on her face)
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
FAMILY VALUES
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'The Ten Commandments command do this to "Thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long...."'
|
$400
|
Honor them
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
YOU'RE ALL WET!
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'The Mexican ports of Guaymas & La Paz lie on the shores of this gulf'
|
$400
|
Gulf of California
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
WORD ORIGINS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'The lutz, a type of jump in this sport, is probably named for Swiss athlete Gustave Lussi'
|
$400
|
Figure skating
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
MOVIE DEBUTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'In 1994 "Silent Fall" introduced this teenage beauty who became a star in "Stealing Beauty"'
|
$600
|
Liv Tyler
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
COLONISTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'You have to "owe it" to Oglethorpe; he wanted GA. to be a haven for men imprisoned for this crime in England'
|
$600
|
Having a debt
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
MODELS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Former star model who starred in "Groundhog Day" & "Four Weddings and a Funeral"'
|
$600
|
Andie MacDowell
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
FAMILY VALUES
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'The line "It takes" one of these "to raise a child" refers to a circle of friends & family'
|
$600
|
Village
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
YOU'RE ALL WET!
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'It's only about 1,200 miles across this ocean between Russia's Taymyr Peninsula & Greenland'
|
$600
|
Arctic Ocean
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
WORD ORIGINS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'This hyphenated adverb is an alteration of will ye, nill ye, meaning "Be you willing, be you unwilling"'
|
$600
|
Willy-nilly
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
MOVIE DEBUTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'This star of the "Naked Gun" movies made his feature film debut in the 1956 musical "The Vagabond King"'
|
$800
|
Leslie Nielsen
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
COLONISTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Colonist seen here in an early portrait, he's wearing the emblem of a company he founded in 1736:'
|
$2,000
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
MODELS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Her book "Naomi" offers a peek into her life & of course, plenty of pictures'
|
$800
|
Naomi Campbell
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
FAMILY VALUES
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Many conservatives value this key to advancement but want the cabinet department abolished'
|
$800
|
Education
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
YOU'RE ALL WET!
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Strong currents & prevailing winds make navigation on this Spanish-French bay hazardous'
|
$800
|
Bay of Biscay
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
WORD ORIGINS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Vegan is a contraction of this word, & means a strict one'
|
$800
|
Vegetarian
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
MOVIE DEBUTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Melanie Griffith could appreciate his first film: "Laberinto de Pasiones" -- "Labyrinth of Passion"'
|
$1000
|
Antonio Banderas
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
COLONISTS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'The settlement he purchased for a few trinkets & named New Amsterdam is known today as Manhattan'
|
$1000
|
Peter Minuet
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
MODELS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'She's seen in Estee Lauder ads, in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" & on Hugh Grant's arm'
|
$1000
|
Elizabeth Hurley
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
FAMILY VALUES
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Dan Quayle calls this synonym for thankfulness "The most needed value in America now"'
|
$1000
|
Gratitude
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
YOU'RE ALL WET!
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'Before John Speke named this largest African lake in 1858, it was known to the Arabs as Ukerewe'
|
$1000
|
Lake Victoria
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
WORD ORIGINS
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'The name of these beauty devices comes from etuis -- small decorative cases that once held them'
|
$1000
|
Tweezers
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
SHOPPING U.S.A.
| 1997-11-12T00:00:00 |
'The first store of this giant chain opened in Rogers, Arkansas, population 5,700, in 1962'
| null |
Wal-Mart
|
Final Jeopardy!
|
3038
|
FAMOUS NAMES
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'This gangster got the nickname Lucky when he survived being "taken for a ride"'
|
$100
|
Luciano
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
CARTOONS
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'This character's catch phrase was <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1993-06-28_J_01.mp3">"I tawt I taw a puddy tat"</a>'
|
$100
|
Tweety Bird (or Tweety Pie)
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
FOOD
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'American Indians called the eastern, hard-shell variety of these shellfish quahogs'
|
$100
|
clams
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
SCIENCE
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'It's the element whose atomic weight is closest to its atomic number'
|
$100
|
hydrogen
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
TRAVEL U.S.A.
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'You have to stand up to ride Shockwave, this type of thrill ride at Kings Dominion in Virginia'
|
$100
|
a roller coaster
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
COMPLETES THE PROVERB
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'"Too many cooks..."'
|
$100
|
spoil the broth
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
FAMOUS NAMES
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'In 1904 Winston Churchill left this political party & joined the liberals'
|
$200
|
the Conservative Party
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
CARTOONS
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'This red-headed Walter Lantz cartoon character is Los Angeles County's official recycling mascot'
|
$200
|
Woody Woodpecker
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
FOOD
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'This lunch staple is named for the earldom of inveterate gambler John Montagu'
|
$200
|
a sandwich
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
SCIENCE
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'Inventors of these include Georges Leclanche, Gaston Plante & Alessandro Volta'
|
$200
|
batteries
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
TRAVEL U.S.A.
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'Frozen Niagara, which is named for its appearance, is one of the main attractions in this Ky. cave'
|
$200
|
Mammoth Cave
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
COMPLETES THE PROVERB
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'"Never look a gift horse..."'
|
$200
|
in the mouth
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
FAMOUS NAMES
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'Russian-American choreographer who was the brother of Soviet composer Andrei Balanchivadze'
|
$300
|
George Balanchine
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
CARTOONS
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'This mountie often found himself pursuing the dastardly Snidely Whiplash'
|
$300
|
Dudley Do-Right
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
FOOD
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'Delicious apples come in these 2 color varieties'
|
$300
|
red & golden
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
SCIENCE
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'Life here was the subject of the 1965 book "World Without Sun"'
|
$300
|
the sea
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
TRAVEL U.S.A.
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'This theme park contains a replica of the "Tennessee Mountain Home" where Dolly Parton grew up'
|
$300
|
Dollywood
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
COMPLETES THE PROVERB
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'"Charity begins..."'
|
$300
|
at home
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
FAMOUS NAMES
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'Ella Flagg Young was the first woman president of this organization abbreviated NEA'
|
$400
|
the National Education Association
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
CARTOONS
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'In his quest to catch the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote used handy contraptions from this company'
|
$400
|
Acme
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
FOOD
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'This salad dressing is actually American; its name may come from the fact that it once contained caviar'
|
$400
|
Russian dressing
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
SCIENCE
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'After 1,400 orbits it fell back to Earth January 4, 1958 & burned up'
|
$400
|
Sputnik
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
TRAVEL U.S.A.
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'Caligula would love the Caligula Suite in the Emperors Complex of this Las Vegas hotel'
|
$400
|
Caesars Palace
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
COMPLETES THE PROVERB
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'"The opera isn't over..."'
|
$400
|
until the fat lady sings
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
FAMOUS NAMES
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'In WWII Marshal Petain led the French collaborationist government based in this city'
|
$500
|
Vichy
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
CARTOONS
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'This ape lived in Mr. Peebles' pet shop'
|
$500
|
Magilla Gorilla
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
FOOD
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'In America this spice is used largely for its red color; Hungarians appreciate its taste'
|
$500
|
paprika
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
SCIENCE
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'In 1977 the U.S. banned these that used freon as the propellant'
|
$500
|
spray cans
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
TRAVEL U.S.A.
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'There's a 256-acre botanical garden on the grounds of Clemson University in this state'
|
$1,000
|
South Carolina
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
COMPLETES THE PROVERB
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'"You cannot make bricks without..."'
|
$500
|
straw
|
Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
AMERICAN HISTORY
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'This 1848 event made the California trail the most traveled pioneer road by 1850'
|
$200
|
gold strike
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
GEMS & JEWELRY
| 1993-06-28T00:00:00 |
'It's the traditional gem for an engagement ring'
|
$200
|
a diamond
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
2046
|
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