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Stephanie nixed Michael's plan to videotape the birth of their baby on this series' Jan. 8, 1990 episode | jeopardy/1687_Qs.txt at master jedoublen/jeopardy GitHub Wrong: Value: $200. Number: 2. TELEVISION | Stephanie nixed Michael's plan to videotape the birth of their baby on this series' Jan. 8, 1990 episode | Newhart. |
During WWI, Ataturk played a crucial military role in repelling the Allied invasion of this Turkish peninsula | Military career of Mustafa Kemal Atatrk - Wikipedia Mustafa Kemal Atatrk (1881 10 November 1938) was an army officer, revolutionary .... The Gallipoli campaign became a disastrous defeat for the Allies as they were ... The Mustafa Kemal Atatrk Memorial has an honoured role during ANZAC .... of WWI, he was assigned to command the largest remaining Ottoman Army... |
Take a leap & name this leader whose surrender in 1886 ended the Apache Wars | Apache Wars - Wikipedia The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts between the United States Army and various Apache nations fought in the southwest between 1849 and 1886 ... Apache leaders such as Mangas Coloradas of the Bedonkohe; Cochise of the .... found Geronimo in September 1886 and persuaded them to surrender to Miles. |
John Archibald Wheeler coined this term in the '60s for a collapsed star so dense, no light can escape it | John A. Wheeler, Physicist Who Coined the Term 'Black Hole,' Is ... Apr 14, 2008 ... John Archibald Wheeler he was Johnny Wheeler to friends and fellow scientists ... But in promoting general relativity, he helped transform the subject in the 1960s, at a time when Dennis Sciama, ... A dead star of sufficient mass could collapse into a heap so dense that light could not even escape from it. |
In the mid-1980s the Giants started the tradition of dumping this beverage on a winning coach | Gatorade shower - Wikipedia The Gatorade shower, also known as the Gatorade dunk or the Gatorade bath, is an American ... The tradition began with the New York Giants football team in the mid-1980s. ... After Michigan State University's win over Penn State in 2010, Spartan players dumped a Gatorade bucket filled with green and white confetti on... |
L.A. Police Chief Daryl Gates can be seen in the film documentary on this "Hollywood Madam" | Daryl Gates - IMDb Founder of the SWAT team and Chief of the Los Angeles Police department for ... Daryl Gates was born on August 30, 1926 in California. ... Can't get enough of movies and TV shows that scare up a good fright? ... Film Review: 'Straight Outta Compton' ... Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam Himself (Los Angeles Chief of Police). |
She was a year younger than James Dean when they made this 1956 film | She made her English-speaking debut in Intermezzo, a 1939 film ... Jul 8, 2016 ... video icon She was a year younger than James Dean when they made this 1956 film # Quiz # Question. 0:29. FirstAmVideo. No views... |
This Italian operatic composer's infant daughter Virginia died in 1838, just after her brother Icilio was born | Composers Flashcards | Quizlet Vaughan Williams composed his "Old Hundredth Psalm Tune" for her 1953 coronation .... infant daughter Virginia died in 1838, just after her brother Icilio was born ... in 1778 he presented his native Italy with the first opera staged at La Scala. |
Recordings by this bebop alto saxophonist include "Carvin' the Bird", "Yardbird Suite" & "Bird Feathers" | Free Flashcards about JAZZ - StudyStack Other activities to help include hangman, crossword, word scramble, games, ... RECORDINGS BY THIS BEBOP ALTO SAXOPHONIST INCLUDE "CARVIN' THE... |
On this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean, you'll find Rimini & Ravenna, Italy & Rijeka, Croatia | Adriatic Sea - Wikipedia The Adriatic Sea /edritk/ is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula and the Apennine Mountains from the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending ... The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Italy, Croatia, Albania,... |
As Jareth, the goblin king, in "Labyrinth" | Jareth - Wikipedia Jareth, the Goblin King is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the 1986 fantasy movie Labyrinth. Jareth (David Bowie) is a powerful, mysterious... |
The flowers of this lawn weed, Taraxacum oficinale, are sometimes used to make wine | Taraxacum officinale - Wikipedia T. officinale is considered a weed, especially in lawns and along roadsides, but it is sometimes used as a medical herb and in food preparation. Common... |
The International Lawn Tennis Challenge trophy is better known as this, for the man who established it | Davis Cup competition established - Feb 09, 1900 - HISTORY.com On February 9, 1900, the solid silver trophy known today as the Davis Cup is first put up ... In February 1900, Davis put the International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy up for .... Harrison is also credited with the record for the longest inaugural. |
The Carolina type, seen here, is one of the spiffier species of this small bird | Jeopary Questions page 1075 - GREAT ALEXANDERS - TriviaBistro ... 5-LETTER WORDS: You have one of these, aka a heartbeat, I assume ... PLUMAGE: The Carolina type, seen here, is one of the spiffier species of this small bird. |
After converting this Balkan country to Christianity, Czar Boris I put out his own son's eyes | World history - Ray Sahelian, M.D. BULGARIA After converting this Balkan country to Christianity, Czar Boris I put out his own son's eyes. From 1887-1946 this triple-named family associated with... |
In Greek this 2-word phrase means "the many"; it refers to the common people | Hoi polloi - Wikipedia Hoi polloi is an expression from Greek that means the many or, in the strictest sense, the majority. In English, it has been corrupted by giving it a negative connotation to signify deprecation of the working class, commoners, the masses or common people in a derogatory or, more often ... The word "alcohol", for instance, derives from the Arabic al-kuhl, al being an... |
In the late '60s Mattel took on Matchbox with this line of toy cars; today it owns both | Matchbox (brand) - Wikipedia Matchbox is a popular toy brand which was introduced by Lesney Products in 1953, and is now owned by Mattel, Inc. The brand was named as ... To make such miniatures, the designers took detailed photographs of the real models, ... The result was, at first, a strange but interesting line of fast-wheeling cars, trucks, and... |
"Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides", warns this woman in Act I of "King Lear" | King Lear Quotes - Complete Set Flashcards | Quizlet Start studying King Lear Quotes - Complete Set. Learn vocabulary ... Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 10 - 11. .... Truth's a dog must to kennel; he must be whipped out when the Lady's Brach may stand by th'fire and stink. ... Lear,warning Kent not to try and defend Cordelia. Animal ... Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides. |
This state fish of Massachusetts is valued as a food & for its liver oil | The Book of the Fair : Chapter the Seventeenth: Fisheries and ... This station they abandoned after a single season, and, as is related, their vessels, ..... While as a state Massachusetts has no place in the Fisheries department, ..... Among samples of food fish are the Spanish mackerel, pompano, black-bass, ..... of cod-liver oil, with models of refining apparatus and a cod-fishing boat, and... |
She's the royal sibling & president of the Royal Ballet seen here in the 1950s | The Royal Ballet - Wikipedia The Royal Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal ... When de Valois formed the Vic-Wells Ballet, she employed some of the ... In 1955, the sister company temporarily lost its link with Sadler's Wells and returned to the Royal Opera House as a touring unit of the main company. |
This 1963 hit by Kyu Sakamoto was released in Japan as "Ue O Muite Aruko", or "I Look Up When I Walk" | Sukiyaki (song) - Wikipedia Ue o Muite Aruk is a Japanese-language song that was performed by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, and written by ... The recording was originally released in Japan by Toshiba in 1961. ... According to The Billboard Book of Number One R&B Hits by Fred Bronson, Johnson learned that the Japanese lyrics when... |
Total number of pool balls used in a game of 8-ball | How many balls are in the game pool? | Yahoo Answers Jun 29, 2010 ... Some games play to less than the full rack 8 ball 8-15 9 ball 9 6 ball 6. Source(s) ... 9 ball is played with numbers 1-9. ... How Many Balls In Pool. |
An instrumental, "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow", & not a song about a surfer girl earned him his first Grammy ever | Jeopary Questions page 2188 - "NORTH" POLL - TriviaBistro.com GRAMMYS 2005: An instrumental, "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow", & not a song about a surfer girl earned him his first Grammy ever ONLINE LINGO: It's what the... |
In 1957 the British TV show "Panorama" reported on a bumper crop of this pasta grown in trees | The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest (1957) - The Museum of Hoaxes On April 1, 1957 the British news show Panorama broadcast a three-minute ... the show's highly respected anchor, discussing the details of the spaghetti crop as they ... the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. ..... the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest hoax as one of television's 100 greatest moments. |
At its narrowest point, this strait separates Europe from Africa by about 8 miles | Strait of Gibraltar - Wikipedia The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Gibraltar and Peninsular Spain in Europe from Morocco and Ceuta (Spain) in Africa. ... Europe and Africa are separated by 7.7 nautical miles (14.3 km; 8.9 mi) of ocean at the strait's narrowest point. The Strait's... |
This Greek goddess of the hunt turned herself into a white doe to escape the Aloeids | Jeopardy Greek Gods-:- Flash cards by cueFlash This Greek goddess of the hunt turned herself into a white doe to escape the Aloeids: Artemis. This ancient Greek city in Asia Minor was the site of the temple of... |
He's known for asking Jesus, "Quo vadis, Domine?" & being crucified upside-down | During the crucifixion, This is the king of the Jews was written in ... Jul 6, 2016 ... video icon He's known for asking Jesus, Quo vadis, Domine & being crucified upside-down # Quiz # Question. 0:29. FirstAmVideo. No views... |
Before he went to Alcatraz in 1934, this Chicago mobster did time in Philadelphia's Eastern State Pen | Al Capone - Wikipedia Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who attained fame during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he was 33 years old. ... In his early twenties, he moved to Chicago and became bodyguard and trusted ...... 1934-08-11. |
"Little Red Riding Hood" was first written as "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" in 1697 by this French fairy tale compiler | Charles Perrault - Wikipedia Charles Perrault was a French author and member of the Acadmie Franaise. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon .... Perrault had written Little Red Riding Hood as a warning to readers about... |
For the 2nd year in a row, Mrs. Aileen Saunders won this trans-continental air race for women | Jeopary Questions page 1992 - "PEN" PALS - TriviaBistro.com THEN YOU GET THE WOMEN: Marriage to a star made this Kansas-born ... For the 2nd year in a row, Mrs. Aileen Saunders won this trans-continental air race... |