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3-LETTER WORDS | 2006-09-29 | 'The part of an apron or a pair of overalls that covers the chest' | 1,600 | the bib | Double Jeopardy! | 5,070 |
ANCIENT HISTORY | 2006-09-29 | 'Bleda co-ruled with this younger brother for 12 years until his brother had him killed in 445' | 2,000 | Attila the Hun | Double Jeopardy! | 5,070 |
WAR MOVIE LOCATIONS | 2006-09-29 | 'Clint in "Heartbreak Ridge"' | 2,000 | Grenada | Double Jeopardy! | 5,070 |
YOGA | 2006-09-29 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-09-29_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew enlightens us from the yoga studio once again.</a>) Anjali mudra is the hand position associated with this word of greeting & gratitude' | 2,000 | namaste | Double Jeopardy! | 5,070 |
"U"-ENDING CREATURES | 2006-09-29 | 'This category could run from the akiapolaau, a Hawaiian bird, to this member of the cattle familhy in India' | 2,000 | a zebu | Double Jeopardy! | 5,070 |
TALES OF E.T.A. HOFFMANN | 2006-09-29 | 'Reading "The Devil's Elixir" by Hoffmann helped this Swiss psychiatrist form his "archetypes"' | 2,000 | (Carl) Jung | Double Jeopardy! | 5,070 |
3-LETTER WORDS | 2006-09-29 | 'It's a vessel or duct, like the deferens one' | 2,000 | a vas | Double Jeopardy! | 5,070 |
NATIONAL CAPITALS | 2006-09-29 | 'This city's website calls it "the last divided capital in Europe"' | -1 | Nicosia | Final Jeopardy! | 5,070 |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF | 2007-03-23 | 'The rustic James A. Garfield was born in one of these rustic structures' | 200 | a log cabin | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR | 2007-03-23 | 'In addition to the "Godfather" movies, he directed Michael Jackson's "Captain EO"' | 200 | (Francis Ford) Coppola | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
PEOPLE YOU CAN EAT | 2007-03-23 | 'Californians James Logan & Rudolf Boysen both lent their names to varieties of these they developed' | 200 | berries | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
AFRICAN CITIES | 2007-03-23 | 'In ancient times Giza, a suburb of this city, served as a large cemetery, or necropolis' | 200 | Cairo | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HORSING AROUND | 2007-03-23 | 'Eerie type of horseman who pursues Ichabod Crane' | 200 | a headless horseman | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
DUMB DOWN THE SIMILE | 2007-03-23 | 'Robust as a violin' | 200 | fit as a fiddle | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF | 2007-03-23 | 'He didn't campaign & denied he wanted the office, but he was elected anyway in 1789' | 400 | (George) Washington | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR | 2007-03-23 | 'This director is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-03-23_J_15.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> in 1998 at yet another awards ceremony' | 400 | James Cameron | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
PEOPLE YOU CAN EAT | 2007-03-23 | 'As the 4th Earl of this, John Montagu could have made a lot of bread off the culinary item named for him' | 400 | Sandwich | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
AFRICAN CITIES | 2007-03-23 | 'This Sudanese capital was destroyed by the Mahdists in 1885; Lord Kitchener began to rebuild it in 1898' | 400 | Khartoum | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HORSING AROUND | 2007-03-23 | 'This Oglala Sioux chief attacked Custer at Little Big Horn' | 400 | Crazy Horse | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
DUMB DOWN THE SIMILE | 2007-03-23 | 'Weightless as a plume' | 400 | light as a feather | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF | 2007-03-23 | 'In 1815 he had Congress authorize fighting with Algiers' | 600 | (James) Madison | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR | 2007-03-23 | 'He not only directed the movie "Bobby", he also wrote the screenplay & appears in it' | 600 | Emilio Estevez | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
PEOPLE YOU CAN EAT | 2007-03-23 | 'Robert Cobb, the owner of the Brown Derby restaurant, famously created one of these' | 600 | a salad | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
AFRICAN CITIES | 2007-03-23 | 'Crosby, Stills & Nash could tell you that the 220-foot-high Kutubiyyah Mosque towers over this Moroccan city' | 600 | Marrakesh | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HORSING AROUND | 2007-03-23 | 'In Act One of Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens", this object is dragged inside a city's walls' | 600 | the Trojan Horse | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
DUMB DOWN THE SIMILE | 2007-03-23 | 'Adorable as a blouse fastener' | 600 | cute as a button | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF | 2007-03-23 | 'LBJ once said, "I am a free man, an American, a U.S. Senator, and" one of these, "in that order"' | 800 | a Democrat | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR | 2007-03-23 | '"The Thing" is... as well as directing "Halloween" & "The Fog", he also composed their scores' | 800 | (John) Carpenter | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
PEOPLE YOU CAN EAT | 2007-03-23 | 'This turn-of-the-century opera diva has had a peach & ice cream dessert & a type of toast named for her' | 800 | Nellie Melba | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
AFRICAN CITIES | 2007-03-23 | 'The name of this South African city honors someone's first name; there's dispute over which of 3 Dutchmen it was' | 3,000 | Johannesburg | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HORSING AROUND | 2007-03-23 | 'In this type of racing, either a trotter or a pacer pulls a sulky' | 800 | harness racing | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
DUMB DOWN THE SIMILE | 2007-03-23 | 'As horizontal & thin as a crepe' | 800 | flat as a pancake | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF | 2007-03-23 | 'His memoirs of his "Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion" were published in 1866' | 1,000 | James Buchanan | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR | 2007-03-23 | '"La Voce della Luna" was the last movie by this great Italian director' | 1,000 | (Federico) Fellini | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
PEOPLE YOU CAN EAT | 2007-03-23 | 'These nuts native to Australia were named after a Scottish-born Australian chemist' | 1,000 | Macadamia nuts | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
AFRICAN CITIES | 2007-03-23 | 'While in this capital, tourists should see the well-preserved Roman aqueduct between Carthage & Zaghouan' | 1,000 | Tunis | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HORSING AROUND | 2007-03-23 | 'At the 2000 Olympics, the German team won the gold in this equestrian event; the U.S. team came in third' | 1,000 | dressage | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
DUMB DOWN THE SIMILE | 2007-03-23 | 'Abstemious as an adjudicator' | 1,000 | sober as a judge | Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HAIL TO THE CHEF | 2007-03-23 | 'The "essence of" this chef from Fall River, Massachusetts is that he likes to "kick it up a notch"' | 400 | Emeril Lagasse | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
GEOGRAPHICAL BANDS | 2007-03-23 | '"A Horse With No Name"' | 400 | America | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
MEDICAL DEVICES | 2007-03-23 | 'Asthma medicine can be delivered by inhaler or by nebulizer, which turns it into this form' | 400 | a mist (or a spray; a gas accepted) | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB | 2007-03-23 | 'He had Hamlin for his veep' | 400 | Abraham Lincoln | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
WOMEN WRITERS | 2007-03-23 | 'She dedicated "Jane Eyre" to William Makepeace Thackeray' | 400 | Charlotte Brontë | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
"D" FACTO | 2007-03-23 | 'It's the cone-shaped hat that a lazy or slow pupil once wore as punishment' | 400 | a dunce cap | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HAIL TO THE CHEF | 2007-03-23 | 'In 1984 he published his "Louisiana Kitchen Cookbook"' | 2,600 | Paul Prudhomme | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
GEOGRAPHICAL BANDS | 2007-03-23 | '(With Gloria Estefan)<br />"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"' | 800 | The Miami Sound Machine | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
MEDICAL DEVICES | 2007-03-23 | 'Endotracheal & nasogastric types of these are inserted to help patients breathe' | 800 | tubes | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB | 2007-03-23 | 'He is the prolific writer and scientist seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-03-23_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>' | 800 | Isaac Asimov | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
WOMEN WRITERS | 2007-03-23 | '"Memnoch The Devil" is the fifth book in this author's "Vampire Chronicles"' | 800 | Anne Rice | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
"D" FACTO | 2007-03-23 | '2-word term for the group of cells for prisoners awaiting execution' | 800 | death row | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HAIL TO THE CHEF | 2007-03-23 | 'This Irma Rombauer cookbook has a 75th anniversary edition, revised by Irma's daughter Marion' | 1,200 | The Joy of Cooking | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
GEOGRAPHICAL BANDS | 2007-03-23 | '(With Sergio Mendes)<br />"Mas Que Nada",<br />"One Note Samba"' | 1,200 | Brasil \'66 | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
MEDICAL DEVICES | 2007-03-23 | 'In 1901 this wounded pres. was treated by a gynecological surgeon who used a sewing needle to close him up' | 1,200 | William McKinley | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB | 2007-03-23 | 'Born in Ukraine in 1920, this American violin virtuoso led a '60s fight to save Carnegie Hall from demolition' | 1,200 | Isaac Stern | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
WOMEN WRITERS | 2007-03-23 | 'She wrote for the Nebraska State Journal & the Pittsburgh Leader before penning "My Antonia"' | 4,000 | Willa Cather | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
"D" FACTO | 2007-03-23 | 'An announcement, like the one in 1917 wih Balfour's name on it' | 1,200 | a declaration | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HAIL TO THE CHEF | 2007-03-23 | 'You can cook like <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-03-23_DJ_24.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> man who wrote "The Joy of Wokking"' | 1,600 | (Martin) Yan | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
GEOGRAPHICAL BANDS | 2007-03-23 | '"No More Words",<br />"The Metro"' | 1,600 | Berlin | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
MEDICAL DEVICES | 2007-03-23 | 'If you go on injured reserve with an ankle sprain, you may need this brand of bandage marketed by BD since 1913' | 1,600 | Ace | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB | 2007-03-23 | 'He resigned from the Supreme Court in 1969 amid criticism of his financial dealings' | 1,600 | Abe Fortas | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
WOMEN WRITERS | 2007-03-23 | 'In "Emma" she wrote, "Half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other"' | 1,600 | Jane Austen | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
"D" FACTO | 2007-03-23 | 'A spirit or soul that's been freed from its human host is said to be this' | 1,600 | disembodied | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
HAIL TO THE CHEF | 2007-03-23 | 'This host of the Food Network's "Everyday Italian" was born in Rome & is the granddaughter of film producer Dino' | 2,000 | Giada De Laurentiis | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
GEOGRAPHICAL BANDS | 2007-03-23 | '"Heat Of The Moment"' | 2,000 | Asia | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
MEDICAL DEVICES | 2007-03-23 | 'Rather than for injection, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-03-23_DJ_22.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> syringe is for this process of washing wounds, from the Latin for "to water"' | 2,000 | an irrigation syringe | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB | 2007-03-23 | 'Born in Denmark, this photographer spurred social reform with his pictures & words on NYC tenements in the 1890s' | 2,000 | Jacob Riis | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
WOMEN WRITERS | 2007-03-23 | '2 of her dramas are "Watch on the Rhine" & "The Children's Hour"' | 2,000 | Lillian Hellman | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
"D" FACTO | 2007-03-23 | '"Romeo and Juliet" begins, "Two households, both alike in" this' | 2,000 | dignity | Double Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
BESTSELLING AUTHORS | 2007-03-23 | 'He had the year's bestselling novel a record 7 years in a row with 7 different titles, ending in 2000' | -1 | John Grisham | Final Jeopardy! | 5,195 |
THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS | 2006-05-11 | 'Union Pacific, HP & this Atlanta-based beverage company voted to impose limits on executive severance packages' | 200 | Coca-Cola | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN | 2006-05-11 | 'Sonny & Cher:<br />"Ich Hab Dich Babe"' | 200 | "I Got You Babe" | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
FIRST IN OUR HEARTS | 2006-05-11 | 'The first U.S. coin with the likeness of a president was this coin based on a photo taken in Mathew Brady's studio' | 200 | (the Lincoln) penny | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK | 2006-05-11 | 'It's not me in the photo seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_11.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, but it is <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_11a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> 1972 nominee' | 200 | Spiro Agnew | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
SCIENCE BRIEFS | 2006-05-11 | 'An MMR vaccine stands for these 3 things it treats' | 200 | measles, mumps, & rubella | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
RATED "R" | 2006-05-11 | 'The Haymarket Square Riot came out of a strike against a company that made these farm machines' | 200 | reapers | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS | 2006-05-11 | 'This retailer's stock went up when it merged with Kmart, but it has room to improve operationally' | 400 | Sears | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN | 2006-05-11 | 'The Partridge Family:<br />"Ich Denke Ich Liebe Dich"' | 400 | "I Think I Love You" | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
FIRST IN OUR HEARTS | 2006-05-11 | 'The first of these in the U.S. was for a potash process & was signed by Washington & Jefferson' | 400 | a patent | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK | 2006-05-11 | 'It's not me, it's <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_12.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_12a.jpg" target="_blank">character</a>, who spoke if you pulled a few strings' | 400 | Charlie McCarthy | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
SCIENCE BRIEFS | 2006-05-11 | '"K" can stand for kelvin or for this type of energy, from the Greek for "to move"' | 400 | kinetic | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
RATED "R" | 2006-05-11 | 'It's the practice of engaging in bootlegging or extortion, for example' | 400 | racketeering | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS | 2006-05-11 | 'Wal-Mart has been compared to this early grocery chain whose name goes back to 2 oceans' | 600 | A&P | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN | 2006-05-11 | 'The Captain & Tennille:<br />"Liebe Halt Uns Zusammen"' | 600 | "Love Will Keep Us Together" | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
FIRST IN OUR HEARTS | 2006-05-11 | 'The first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was made by this Italian-American physicist in 1942' | 600 | Fermi | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK | 2006-05-11 | 'Despite the uncanny resemblance in the photo seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_16.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, it's actually <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_16a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> Russian born in 1870' | 600 | Lenin | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
SCIENCE BRIEFS | 2006-05-11 | 'Conceived around 1686, "G" is known as this man's constant' | 600 | Newton | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
RATED "R" | 2006-05-11 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_08.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew works out on a machine in the gym.</a>) I'm doing exercises to strengthen this group of four shoulder muscles; damaging it could be deadly for my pitching career' | 600 | the rotator cuff | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS | 2006-05-11 | 'This oil company with record profits of $36 billion in 2005 appears to have a gradual liquidity strategy' | 800 | ExxonMobil | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN | 2006-05-11 | 'Stevie Wonder:<br />"Sie Sind Der Sonnenschein Meines Lebens"' | 800 | "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
FIRST IN OUR HEARTS | 2006-05-11 | 'The first of these cast for a woman was Roger MacBride's, going to 1972 Libertarian V.P. candidate Theodora Nathan' | 800 | an Electoral College vote | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK | 2006-05-11 | 'It's not me in <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">the photo</a> but <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_17a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> man, who was second in his class at West Point in 1829' | 800 | Robert E. Lee | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
SCIENCE BRIEFS | 2006-05-11 | 'This symbol for the element mercury is downright Wellsian' | 1,000 | Hg | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
RATED "R" | 2006-05-11 | 'Sculptor Constantin Brancusi was born in this Eastern European nation' | 800 | Romania | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS | 2006-05-11 | 'A Times writer's "Scandalot" featured Maurice Greenberg, who resigned as CEO of this insurance giant' | 1,000 | AIG | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
LOVE SONGS IN GERMAN | 2006-05-11 | 'Joe Cocker:<br />"Sie Sind So Schon"' | 1,000 | "You Are So Beautiful" | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
FIRST IN OUR HEARTS | 2006-05-11 | 'Having no reeds, pipes or vibrating parts, this man's 1935 organ was the first of its kind' | 1,000 | (Laurens) Hammond | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
IT'S NOT ALEX TREBEK | 2006-05-11 | 'It's not me seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_18.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, it's <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_18a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> World War II-era British politician' | 1,000 | Neville Chamberlain | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
SCIENCE BRIEFS | 2006-05-11 | 'The unit of magnetic flux density, abbreviated "T", is named for this scientist' | 1,000 | (Nikola) Tesla | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
RATED "R" | 2006-05-11 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_10.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from in front of a statue in West Point, NY.</a>) West Point cadets struggling academically come to spin <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-11_J_10a.jpg" target="_blank">these</a> on General Sedwig's spurs for better luck' | 1,000 | the rowls | Jeopardy! | 4,999 |
WORLD CAPITALS | 2006-05-11 | 'It's served by Keflavik airport' | 400 | Reykjavik | Double Jeopardy! | 4,999 |