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2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | $600 | This longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is also known as the Tajo | the Tagus |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | MIXED DRINKS | $600 | A teaspoon of creme de cassis is added to this to make a Kir | white wine |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | THE 1930s | $600 | Helen Keller brought the first of these Japanese dogs to the United States in 1937 | the akita |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | POP MUSIC | $600 | In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state | West Virginia |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | MEDICAL MILESTONES | $800 | In 1906 August von Wassermann developed a well-known test for this sexually transmitted disease | syphilis |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | POETS & POETRY | $800 | His "When the Frost is on the Punkin" was written for a series in the Indianapolis Journal | (James Whitcomb) Riley |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | $1,500 | Cabinda, an area of this former Portuguese colony, is separated from the rest of it by Zaire | Angola |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | MIXED DRINKS | $800 | A basic Gin Rickey is gin, lime & this non-potent potable | soda water |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | THE 1930s | $800 | He was appointed conductor of the Boston Pops in 1930 | Arthur Fiedler |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | POP MUSIC | $800 | Alan, Merrill & Wayne, 3 of these Utah brothers, co-wrote their own 1972 hit "Crazy Horses" | the Osmonds |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | MEDICAL MILESTONES | $2,000 | In 1982 William DeVries performed the 1st permanent artificial heart transplant on this man | Barney Clark |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | POETS & POETRY | $1000 | He was descended from an Abyssinian prince, Peter the Great's godson | (Aleksandr) Pushkin |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | $1000 | The Indus River provides the western border of this desert also known as the Great Indian Desert | the Thar Desert |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | MIXED DRINKS | $1000 | Using Scotch whisky turns a Manhattan into this drink | a Rob Roy |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | THE 1930s | $1000 | This author of "Anne of Green Gables" was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1935 | (Lucy Maud) Montgomery |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Double Jeopardy! | POP MUSIC | $1000 | This singer's 1970 hit "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" was from the Broadway musical "Promises, Promises" | Dionne Warwick |
2,735 | 1996-06-21 | Final Jeopardy! | AMERICAN HISTORY | null | On May 29, 1765 Patrick Henry's Stamp Act protest was interrupted with this one word | Treason! |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? | $200 | A narrow passage separates Canada's Ellesmere Island from this large Danish island | Greenland |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE | $200 | This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball" | Babe Ruth |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | STAMPS | $200 | Woo hoo! In 2009 this animated family was chosen to grace stamps, though postage did go up to 44 cents (D'oh!) | the Simpsons |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | THE KILLERS | $200 | In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy | Cain |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD | $200 | Meet me in the library for a liaison at your liesure | leisure |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | THE BIG 10 | $200 | The first 10 of these are known as the Bill of Rights | the Amendments |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? | $400 | Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, is found in this territory | the Yukon Territory |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE | $400 | "Detroit - Philadelphia, A.L. - 1905-1926... retired with 4191 major league hits" | (Ty) Cobb |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | STAMPS | $400 | This astronomer for whom a space telescope is named is honored in the American Scientists series | (Edwin) Hubble |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | THE KILLERS | $400 | In one of the few documented one-on-one Old West gunfights, this "Wild" man killed Davis Tutt in 1865 | Wild Bill Hickok |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD | $400 | The occasional misspelling is noticable on a telecast like "Jeopardy!" | noticeable |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | THE BIG 10 | $400 | In Israel Tevet is the tenth of these | month |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? | $600 | Of the top 5 Canadian cities in population, it's the one closest to the Pacific Ocean | Vancouver |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE | $600 | "'Mr. Octobe | (Reggie) Jackson |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | STAMPS | $600 | A stamp honors this 19th c. author about whom it was said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war" | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | THE KILLERS | $600 | Bodyguards Satwant & Beant Singh killed this female leader of India in 1984 | Indira Gandhi |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD | $600 | If you supersede the competition, you will excede all expectations | exceed |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | THE BIG 10 | $600 | In L.A., the western tip of Interstate 10 is called this "freeway", after the beach community it passes through | Santa Monica |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? | $800 | Appropriately, New Glasgow is in this Canadian province | Nova Scotia |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE | $800 | This 2009 inductee was "faster than a speeding bullet" | Rickey Henderson |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | STAMPS | $800 | An international rate stamp has a photo of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_J_28a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> nearly 700-sq mile swamp in Georgia and Florida | the Okefenokee |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | THE KILLERS | $800 | This "insect" of a gangster was a real-life hit man for Murder Incorporated in the 1930s & '40s | Bugsy Siegel |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD | $800 | We want you to be committed to catagorizing your collectibles cohesively | categorizing |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | THE BIG 10 | $800 | The title of this Boccaccio work means "10 Days" | Decameron |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? | $1000 | This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States | Ontario |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE | $1000 | "Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941" | Ted Williams |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | STAMPS | $1,800 | The Distinguished Marines series honors the man for whom a North Carolina Marine Corps base was named | Lt. Gen. John Lejeune |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | THE KILLERS | $1000 | Pausanius, a young Macedonian noble, killed this man, Alexander's dad, in 336 B.C. | Philip |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD | $1000 | The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best | accommodations |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Jeopardy! | THE BIG 10 | $1000 | (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_J_20.jpg" target="_blank">Alex stands in front of an exhibit at the Newseum.</a>) The exhibit G-men and journalists contains the very first ledger in which this list was kept. It began when a reporter asked the FBI, "Who are the toughest guys you're looking for?" | the FBI's 10 most wanted list |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | GENERAL SCIENCE | $400 | In 1869 this Austrian monk published a paper on hawkweed: the experiments didn't work as well as the ones with peas | Mendel |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY | $400 | It's appropriate that the name of this double reed instrument with a low range comes from the Italian for "low" | a bassoon |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | FACIAL EXPRESSIONS | $400 | This word meaning "empty" or "to be filled in" describes a vacant type of stare | blank |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | LIT MY FIRE | $400 | "The Fire Sermon" is Part III of this poet's "The Waste Land" | T.S. Eliot |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE | $400 | "Sex and the City", "Sex and the City" (& "Did you Hear About the Morgans?") | Sarah Jessica Parker |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS | $400 | Relatively speaking, it's your mom's husband by a later marriage | a stepfather |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | GENERAL SCIENCE | $800 | Unusual names borne by these celestial objects include 3834 Zappafrank & 10221 Kubrick | asteroids |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY | $800 | Your dog will scratch his head if you don't know the ukulele's name comes from the Hawaiian for this "jumping" insect | the flea |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | FACIAL EXPRESSIONS | $800 | It's a self-satisfied smile or grin that you may be asked to wipe off your face | smirk |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | LIT MY FIRE | $800 | The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel | War and Peace |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE | $800 | "Bosom Buddies", "The Green Mile" | Tom Hanks |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS | $800 | From the late Latin for "word", this book is the last word on words | dictionary |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | GENERAL SCIENCE | $1200 | (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_DJ_10.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a bicycle wheel</a>) When I torque a spinning bike wheel, an equal and opposite torque causes me to rotate also, an illustration of the conservation of angular this | momentum |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY | $1200 | The first 4 letters of xylophone refer etymologically to this material used to make its sounding bars | wood |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | FACIAL EXPRESSIONS | $1200 | In the 1600s Charles Le Brun drew illlustrations for each of the passions. <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_DJ_16a.jpg" target="_blank">Here's</a> la haine, this opposite of love | hate |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | LIT MY FIRE | $1200 | In Book 1 of this, Satan is "hurld hedlong flaming from th' ethereal skies... to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire" | Paradise Lost |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE | $1200 | "Friends", "Bruce Almighty" | Jennifer Aniston |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS | $1200 | Don't lose your head: this French device shares its name with an instrument for surgically removing tonsils | guillotine |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | GENERAL SCIENCE | $1600 | This 4-letter neutral compound is produced by the reaction of an acid & a base | a salt |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY | $1600 | From the Latin for "clear" comes the name for this woodwind instrument | clarinet |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | FACIAL EXPRESSIONS | $2,000 | Jack Nicholson movie villain known for his rictus | the Joker |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | LIT MY FIRE | $1600 | This Irish poet's "Sailing to Byzantium" urges "sages... in God's holy fire" to be "singing masters of my soul" | William Butler Yeats |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE | $1600 | "In Living Color", "Bruce Almighty" | Jim Carrey |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS | $2,000 | The report's back from the lab; it's the science dealing with the detection of poisons | toxicology |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | GENERAL SCIENCE | $2000 | Plants having these underground stems, from the Greek for "root", include irises, bamboo & wild ginger | rhizomes |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY | $2000 | The name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_DJ_27b.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> instrument has nothing to do with the religion, but is more likely a corruption of the word "jaw" | Jew's harp |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | FACIAL EXPRESSIONS | $2000 | This word for a sidelong glance of crude desire used to mean "the cheek" | a leer |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | LIT MY FIRE | $2000 | His 1963 bestseller "The Fire Next Time" took its title from an old spiritual | James Baldwin |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE | $2000 | "The Office", "Bruce Almighty" | Steve Carell |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Double Jeopardy! | THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS | $2000 | Something that's the first son's due; Esau sold his | birthright |
5,851 | 2010-02-08 | Final Jeopardy! | RANKS & TITLES | null | Owain Glyndwr, who died circa 1416, was the last native of his country to claim this title | Prince of Wales |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | WEATHER WORLD | $200 | Libya's arid climate is made worse by the ghibli, a crop-destroying wind from this desert | Sahara |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER | $200 | He's an African explorer, "I presume" | Dr. Livingstone |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | CLOTHING WORDS | $200 | A score of 22-22, for instance | tie |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | MY PLACE? | $200 | A Norman could say, "I'm the king of the motte-and-bailey style of" this | castle |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | IT'S A DATE! | $200 | You'll find this date on a calendar only once every 4 years | February 29 (for a leap year) |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | "J" WHIZ | $200 | It's a trip taken by a public official at public expense, ostensibly for official business | junket |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | WEATHER WORLD | $400 | In addition to helping commerce, these ocean winds bring pleasant weather to islands like Hawaii | trade winds |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER | $400 | Bob Dylan appears as does this poet from whom he may have taken his stage name | Dylan Thomas |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | CLOTHING WORDS | $400 | To lose footing on icy ground | slip |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | MY PLACE? | $400 | As he often said, Chris Farley's character Matt Foley lived in one of these down by the river | van |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | IT'S A DATE! | $400 | (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii) Pearl Harbor will always be remembered for this date in 1941, which FDR said "will live in infamy" | December 7 |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | "J" WHIZ | $400 | It's not a type of fruit spread, but a large extended campout for several Boy Scout troops together | jamboree |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | WEATHER WORLD | $600 | In Venezuela, this "season" is from April to October; in the mountains of Peru, from November to March | rainy season |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER | $600 | This actor is in costume from his film "The Wild One" | Marlon Brando |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | CLOTHING WORDS | $600 | Breathes heavily, like a dog or a tired jogger | pants |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | MY PLACE? | $600 | The introduction to "The Song of Hiawatha" mentions "the curling smoke of" these dwellings | wigwams |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | IT'S A DATE! | $600 | Oregon entered the union on this date in 1859, sweetie | February 14 |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | "J" WHIZ | $600 | It's believed that the Virgin Mary died in this Middle Eastern city | Jerusalem |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | WEATHER WORLD | $800 | It's the U.S. state that experiences the most tornadoes | Texas |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER | $800 | The Beatles' bass player before Paul took over | Stu Sutcliffe |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | CLOTHING WORDS | $800 | A layer of paint | coat |
4,335 | 2003-06-06 | Jeopardy! | MY PLACE? | $800 | A book subtitled "Architecture in the Colombian Countryside" showcases the estates called these in Spanish | haciendas |