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4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | "EN" THE BEGINNING | $400 | These peptide hormones in the brain reduce the sensation of pain | endorphins |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | COLONIAL ARTS | $800 | In 1750 theater was banned in this then-colonial capital as a form of Mass. entertainment | Boston |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE | $800 | To enjoy this national Swiss dish, you'd better like cheese, lots of it, melted in wine | fondue |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS | $800 | In 2001 Brian Cappelletto won this game's World Championship with words like vozhd for 50 points & jerrid for 44 | Scrabble |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | RELIGION | $800 | Less than 20% of all Muslims are Shi'ites or of other groups; the rest belong to this branch | Sunni |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS | $800 | Ferdinand von Lindemann proved the problem of "squaring" this with compass & ruler was impossible | the circle |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | "EN" THE BEGINNING | $800 | 2-word term for the consumer, for whom a computer is ultimately designed | an end user |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | COLONIAL ARTS | $1200 | Some of the earliest surviving colonial portraits are of Richard & Increase, members of this family | the Mathers |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE | $1200 | The seafood in this Mexican dish is "cooked" not by heat, but by the acid in lime juice | ceviche |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS | $1200 | In 1993 she became the first woman from Ukraine to win the world figure skating championships | Oksana Baiul |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | RELIGION | $1200 | Founded by & named for a Persian prophet, this religion flourished during Persia's Achaemenian empire | Zoroastrianism |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS | $1200 | (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-05-10_DJ_08.wmv">Cheryl of the Clue Crew peruses a model train hobbyist's fantasy setup.</a>) If train "A" leaves at 6:00 at 60 mph, & train "B" leaves at 5:00 at 90 mph, this equation, d=rt, tells you when B passes A | distance equals rate times time |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | "EN" THE BEGINNING | $1200 | This Baja California port city is known as "Yellowtail Capital of the World" | Ensenada |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | COLONIAL ARTS | $1600 | Meaning "tobacco peddler", it's the title of a 1708 Ebenezer Cooke poem & a 1960 John Barth novel about Cooke | The Sot-Weed Factor |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE | $1600 | This Greek dish typically consists of layers of eggplant & ground lamb or beef topped with a white sauce | moussaka |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS | $1,200 | At Wimbledon 2000, Venus Williams expressed appreciation for this 1957 & '58 champion | Althea Gibson |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | RELIGION | $1600 | Traditionally, in Judaism a ram's horn called this is blown at the end of Yom Kippur | shofar |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS | $1600 | To apply relativity to the cosmos, Einstein introduced a term called the "cosmological" this | constant |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | "EN" THE BEGINNING | $1600 | The U.S. conducted nuclear tests on this atoll in the Marshall Islands from 1948 to 1958 | Enewetak |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | COLONIAL ARTS | $2000 | James Alexander, whose doggerel contributed to this publisher's arrest, helped defend him as a lawyer | Zenger |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE | $2000 | On an Italian menu this term describes pasta with a sauce of eggs, cream, parmesan & bacon | carbonara |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS | $2000 | The last British athlete to win the Olympic decathlon, he won it back-to-back in 1980 & 1984 | Daley Thompson |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | RELIGION | $4,000 | Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon from gold plates revealed to him by an angel named this | Moroni |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS | $2000 | This Frenchman's "last theorem", stated in 1637, was proved by Andrew Wiles in the 1990s | (Pierre de) Fermat |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Double Jeopardy! | "EN" THE BEGINNING | $2000 | John Keats wrote a poem about this handsome Greek whose youth was preserved by eternal sleep | Endymion |
4,085 | 2002-05-10 | Final Jeopardy! | KNOWLEDGE BY THE NUMBERS | null | Number of males who served as British PM in the 1990s plus Oscars won by Tom Hanks plus protons in a helium nucleus | 6 (2 + 2 + 2) |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | THE MIDDLE AGES | $100 | Crackowes were a style of these with toes so long they were sometimes attached to the knees with chains | shoes |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | MANIAS | $100 | One suffering from bruxomania unconsciously gnashes these | Teeth |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | JEWELRY | $100 | Sotheby's has announced it won't sell any items of this tusk material produced since 1939 | Ivory |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | AUSTRALIA | $100 | It's the basic unit of currency of Australia | Australian Dollar |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | SPORTS EQUIPMENT | $100 | Until 1954 major league players could leave these on the field when it was their team's turn to bat | Gloves |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | PEANUTS | $100 | When Charlie Brown gave Snoopy one of these, it took Snoopy an hour to put it on the flea | Flea Collar |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | THE MIDDLE AGES | $200 | Eleanor of Aquitaine accompanied her 1st husband, King Louis VII, on the 2nd one of these in 1147 | Crusades |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | MANIAS | $200 | In a 1987 hit Whitney Houston showed signs of choreomania when she wanted to do this with somebody | Dance |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | JEWELRY | $200 | The scarab, lotus flower & Isis knot were all designs used in this country's jewelry | Egypt |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | AUSTRALIA | $200 | After America won its independence, the British decided to ship these people to Australia | Convicts/Prisoners |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | SPORTS EQUIPMENT | $200 | A curved wicker basket called a cesta is used to catch & throw the ball in this sport | jai alai |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | PEANUTS | $200 | Of a 25th, 30th or 40th anniversary, what "Peanuts" is celebrating in 1990 | 40th Anniversary |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | THE MIDDLE AGES | $300 | It's estimated this dread 14th century epidemic killed 1/3 of the population of Europe | Black Death |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | MANIAS | $300 | A lycomaniac has a howling time believing he is one of these | Wolf |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | JEWELRY | $300 | Known for its malleability & white brilliance, this rare metal has been used in jewelry since the 19th C. | Platinum |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | AUSTRALIA | $300 | The name of this capital city is Aboriginal for "meeting place" | Canberra |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | SPORTS EQUIPMENT | $300 | 1 of 2 pieces of equipment in track & field that weigh 16 pounds | Hammer & Shot-Put |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | PEANUTS | $300 | When Lucy invites Charlie Brown to kick a football, you can expect her to do this | Pull it out from under him |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | THE MIDDLE AGES | $400 | 2 types of these which were especially popular during the Middle Ages were "Miracle" & "Morality" | Types of plays |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | MANIAS | $400 | A dipsomaniac craves this, not guacamole | Alcoholic Beverages |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | JEWELRY | $400 | Josiah Wedgwood designed these jewelry pieces using a white paste relief on a colored backgorund | Cameos |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | AUSTRALIA | $400 | "Banjo" Paterson, known for his "bush ballads", wrote this song, 1st published in 1917 | "Waltzing Matilda" |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | SPORTS EQUIPMENT | $400 | Alternate name for the number one wood in golf | Driver |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | PEANUTS | $400 | This girl's name was inspired by a type of candy | Peppermint Patty |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | THE MIDDLE AGES | $500 | This famous "song" is a romanticized account of the Battle of Roncesvalles, fought in 778 | "Song Of Roland" |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | MANIAS | $500 | From the Greek for "great", it's the delusion of wealth, power or omnipotence | Megalomania |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | JEWELRY | $500 | Tahiti & French Polynesia are famous for pearls of this color | Black |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | AUSTRALIA | $500 | This flightless bird is featured on Australia's coat of arms | Emu |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | SPORTS EQUIPMENT | $500 | This apparatus used in women's gymnastics is about 4 in. wide & 16 ft. long | Balance Beam |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Jeopardy! | PEANUTS | $500 | Charlie Brown's parents bought Snoopy at this puppy farm | Daisy Hill Puppy Farm |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | U.S.A. | $200 | On average this city packs more than 23,000 people into 1 sq. mile | New York City |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | PEN NAMES | $200 | 2 of his pen names were rather transparent: Antosha Chekhonte & Anton Ch. | Anton Chekhov |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | ANATOMY | $200 | The only mobile bone of the face | Mandible |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS | $200 | Both a she-wolf & a woodpecker fed & cared for them until they were found by Faustulus | Romulus & Remus |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | 11-LETTER WORDS | $200 | Something that evokes happiness & sadness at the same time, or a kind of chocolate | Bittersweet |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | MUSICALS | $200 | This title character's last name is McLonergan, not Rainbow | Finian |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | U.S.A. | $400 | Caucasians constitute about 1/3 of this state's population | Hawaii |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | PEN NAMES | $400 | Dublin-born playwright John Casey changed his name to this, which sounds more Irish | Sean O' Casey |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | ANATOMY | $400 | The nephrons function as filtering units in this pair of organs | Kidneys |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS | $400 | In all of Babylonia, Pyramus was the handsomest youth & she was the fairest maiden | Thisbe |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | 11-LETTER WORDS | $400 | Term for stunt pilots or politicians who tour small towns to show they've got the right stuff | Barnstormer |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | MUSICALS | $1,900 | (AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE): Gwen Verdon sang the following song in the original Broadway version of this show: "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets..." | "Damn Yankees!" |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | U.S.A. | $600 | Even though it's officially "dry", this state's Moore County is the home of Jack Daniel's Whiskey | Tennessee |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | PEN NAMES | $600 | We don't know why this dame sometimes wrote under the name Mary Westmacott; it's a mystery to us | Agatha Christie |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | ANATOMY | $3,100 | The term for the brain & spinal cord, often abbreviated CNS | Central Nervous System |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS | $600 | He travels to Ireland to ask the hand of the princess Isolde for his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall | Tristan |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | 11-LETTER WORDS | $600 | Don't complain to your waiter that your soup is cold if you're served this French potato soup | Vichysoisse |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | MUSICALS | $600 | This show opens with a Ziegfeld star waiting for her husband to be released from prison | "Funny Girl" |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | U.S.A. | $800 | Ironically, the prison inmates of this state produce license plates which read "Live Free Or Die" | New Hampshire |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | PEN NAMES | $800 | Pseudonym of the mysterious recluse who wrote "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" | B. Traven |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | ANATOMY | $800 | This section of the digestive tract is divided into the duodenum, jejunum & ileum | Small Intestine |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS | $800 | Wounded by Cupid's arrow, Venus fell in love with this handsome guy at 1st sight | Adonis |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | 11-LETTER WORDS | $800 | Another name for mercury, it also means mercurial or temperamental | Quicksilver |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | MUSICALS | $800 | Mrs. Ray Bolger co-produced this 1948 Ray Bolger musical based on "Charley's Aunt" | "Where's Charley?" |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | U.S.A. | $1000 | 1 of the largest lakes in Minnesota, its name begins with the same 5 letters as Minnesota | Lake Minnetonka |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | PEN NAMES | $1000 | Rosemary Jansze, who was born in Ceylon, writes her romance novels under this married name | Rosemary Rogers |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | ANATOMY | $1000 | The 4 principal arteries of the head & neck are all called this | Carotid Arteries |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | MYTHOLOGICAL PAIRS | $1000 | Until the night he drowned, Leander swam across the Hellespont every night to meet her | Hero |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | 11-LETTER WORDS | $1000 | Term for someone who collects deniers, drachmas & doubloons | Numismatist |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Double Jeopardy! | MUSICALS | $1000 | This show features a concubine from Burma named Tuptim | "The King And I" |
1,279 | 1990-03-08 | Final Jeopardy! | FAMOUS NAMES | null | He published a history of Virginia & New England in 1624, after escaping from Turks, Indians & pirates | Captain John Smith |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | FAMOUS NAMES | $100 | This star of "Kojak" admits he shaves his head every morning | Telly Savalas |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | ADVERTISING SLOGANS | $100 | "When you care enough to send the very best", send one of these | Hallmark Card |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | THE BIBLE | $100 | Among these tales told by Jesus were those "of the net", "of the mustard seed" & "of the hidden treasures" | Parables |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | WEATHER | $100 | Airplanes can trigger bolts of this when traveling through electrified clouds | Lightning |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | 4-LETTER WORDS | $100 | This word commonly follows cuff or missing | Link |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY | $100 | Gerald Ford was the last president born under this "crab"by sign | Cancer |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | FAMOUS NAMES | $200 | Creator of "The Cisco Kid", William Sidney Porter was better known by this name | O. Henry |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | ADVERTISING SLOGANS | $200 | "Wouldn't you really rather have" one of these cars | Buick |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | THE BIBLE | $200 | I Corinthians 7:9 states, "It is better to marry than to" do this | Burn |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | WEATHER | $200 | Air is described as supersaturated when the relative humidity is higher than this percent | 100% |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | 4-LETTER WORDS | $200 | From the Greek word for "deep sleep", it's a deep, prolonged unconsciousness | Coma |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | PRESIDENTIAL ASTROLOGY | $200 | It's Jimmy Carter's sign, so don't tip his scales | Libra |
1,302 | 1990-04-10 | Jeopardy! | FAMOUS NAMES | $300 | "The First Time Ever" she had a No. 1 album was "First Take" in 1972 | Roberta Flack |