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ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | 2009-05-08 | 'Synonym for dignity that's the term for a group of lions' | 200 | a pride | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
I'D RATHER BE SKIING | 2009-05-08 | 'If you're a beginner, you might hippity-hop over to this smaller, gentler slope' | 200 | a bunny hill | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
PARLEZ VOUS? | 2009-05-08 | 'If your mate from Marseilles says he's getting to LAX via "Sud-Ouest", pick him up at this carrier' | 200 | Southwest | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s | 2009-05-08 | 'In 2008 David Gregory became moderator of this NBC Sunday morning news show' | 400 | Meet the Press | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
MOVIES & TV | 2009-05-08 | 'Time magazine said this 2003 Pixar film was "the ultimate fish-out-of-water story"' | 400 | Finding Nemo | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS | 2009-05-08 | 'Antioch,<br />Bowling Green,<br />Kent State' | 400 | Ohio | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | 2009-05-08 | 'Like peas, whales & seals are in groups called these' | 400 | pods | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
I'D RATHER BE SKIING | 2009-05-08 | 'Something you'd sprinkle on after a shower, it's also the term for soft, dry, freshly fallen snow' | 400 | powder | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
PARLEZ VOUS? | 2009-05-08 | 'Duck, duck, l'oie; (l'oie of course referring to this other feathered friend)' | 400 | a goose | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s | 2009-05-08 | 'Linus Torvalds is the father of this operating system used on cell phones & supercomputers' | 600 | Linux | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
MOVIES & TV | 2009-05-08 | 'Of his dialogue, this Han Solo actor said, "You can type this (stuff), George, but you sure can't say it"' | 600 | Harrison Ford | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS | 2009-05-08 | 'DePaul,<br />Wheaton,<br />Northwestern' | 600 | Illinois | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | 2009-05-08 | 'A crash is a group of these large horned mammals' | 600 | rhinoceroses | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
I'D RATHER BE SKIING | 2009-05-08 | 'In California, a premier spot for skiing is this resort area that shares its name with a prehistoric elephant' | 600 | Mammoth | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
PARLEZ VOUS? | 2009-05-08 | '"Je ne sais pas" means this, but you still get credit if you phrase it in the form of a question' | 600 | "I don\'t know" | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s | 2009-05-08 | 'The district of conservative rep. Patrick McHenry in this state includes Mooresville, a home of NASCAR' | 800 | North Carolina | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
MOVIES & TV | 2009-05-08 | 'Tim Robbins played a public TV newsman in "Anchorman: The Legend of" him' | 800 | Ron Burgundy | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS | 2009-05-08 | 'Wayne State,<br />Kalamazoo College, Madonna University (it's Franciscan Catholic, not Material Girl)' | 800 | Michigan | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | 2009-05-08 | 'It can be a pack of dogs, or a place to board them' | 800 | a kennel | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
I'D RATHER BE SKIING | 2009-05-08 | 'In this type of race you have to zigzag between flags or other obstacles in proper order' | 1,200 | a slalom | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
PARLEZ VOUS? | 2009-05-08 | 'When mom tells you to do something "Maintenant!", she means this' | 800 | now | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s | 2009-05-08 | 'Elon Musk is now making rockets & electric cars; before that he co-founded & sold this electronic payment system' | 1,000 | PayPal | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
MOVIES & TV | 2009-05-08 | 'We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009' | 1,000 | Battlestar Galactica | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS | 2009-05-08 | 'Grambling,<br />McNeese State,<br />Southern' | 1,000 | Louisiana | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | 2009-05-08 | 'A flock of these black birds is called a murder' | 1,000 | crows | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
I'D RATHER BE SKIING | 2009-05-08 | 'Bumps or mounds of snow that accumulate on a slope are called these, like some very wealthy & powerful people' | 1,000 | moguls | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
PARLEZ VOUS? | 2009-05-08 | '"Huitieme" is French for this ordinal number' | 1,000 | eighth | Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
AMERICAN AUTHORS | 2009-05-08 | 'Her home Orchard House was the model for whre the March family lived in her most famous novel' | 400 | Louisa May Alcott | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ALBUMS THAT ROCK | 2009-05-08 | '"X&Y",<br />"Parachutes"' | 400 | Coldplay | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ANATOMY | 2009-05-08 | 'This cord that connects a fetus to the placenta contains 2 arteries & 1 vein' | 400 | the umbillical cord | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
MATHEM-ATTACK! | 2009-05-08 | 'Che Guevara probably knew the political-sounding term for the root symbol seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-08_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>' | 400 | radical | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
NAME THE DECADE | 2009-05-08 | 'The World Wide Web gets its first page' | 400 | the 1990s | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
WORD ORIGINS | 2009-05-08 | 'This adjective meaning deceptive or sneaky is from the Latin de via, meaning "out of the way"' | 400 | devious | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
AMERICAN AUTHORS | 2009-05-08 | 'During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders' | 800 | Washington Irving | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ALBUMS THAT ROCK | 2009-05-08 | '"American Idiot",<br />"Dookie"' | 800 | Green Day | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ANATOMY | 2009-05-08 | 'The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth' | 800 | muscles | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
MATHEM-ATTACK! | 2009-05-08 | 'You should answer this one automatically:<br />It's the property that says<br />a = a' | 800 | reflexive | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
NAME THE DECADE | 2009-05-08 | 'The first controlled nuclear chain reaction' | 800 | the 1940s | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
WORD ORIGINS | 2009-05-08 | 'This New York island's name may come from the Algonquian word for "island"' | 800 | Manhattan | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
AMERICAN AUTHORS | 2009-05-08 | 'Susan & Benjamin Cheever, children of this short story master, are both authors as well' | 1,200 | John Cheever | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ALBUMS THAT ROCK | 2009-05-08 | '"Master of Puppets",<br />"Death Magnetic"' | 1,200 | Metallica | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ANATOMY | 2009-05-08 | 'The talus fits between the ends of these 2 bones forming the ankle joint' | 1,200 | the tibia & fibula | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
MATHEM-ATTACK! | 2009-05-08 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-08_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an array of numbers enclosed in brackets on the monitor.</a>) A set of numbers in rows and columns can be used in many ways--for example, to encrypt a code or create 3-D computer graphics; the set shares this name with a 1999 film' | 1,200 | a matrix | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
NAME THE DECADE | 2009-05-08 | 'Khruschev's "Secret Speech" denounces Stalin' | 1,200 | the 1950s | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
WORD ORIGINS | 2009-05-08 | 'This compass direction may come from the Proto-Germanic for "to the left of the rising sun"' | 4,800 | north | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
AMERICAN AUTHORS | 2009-05-08 | 'He stood 5'3" & was the subject of movies that came out in 2005 & 2006' | 1,600 | (Truman) Capote | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ALBUMS THAT ROCK | 2009-05-08 | '"In Your Honor",<br />"The Color and the Shape"' | 1,600 | Foo Fighters | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ANATOMY | 2009-05-08 | 'Humans have 33 vertebrae, 7 of them cervical, meaning they are in this part of the body' | 1,600 | your neck | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
MATHEM-ATTACK! | 2009-05-08 | 'The symbol <i>i</i> is used to represent the imaginary square root of this number' | 1,600 | -1 | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
NAME THE DECADE | 2009-05-08 | 'George Orwell, 34 years dead, hits the bestseller list' | 1,800 | the 1980s | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
WORD ORIGINS | 2009-05-08 | 'From the Latin for "much writing", it's another name for a lie detector test' | 1,600 | a polygraph | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
AMERICAN AUTHORS | 2009-05-08 | 'He reviewed films & TV for the New Republic before his first book, "Goodbye, Columbus", was published in 1959' | 2,000 | Philip Roth | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ALBUMS THAT ROCK | 2009-05-08 | '"Beggars Banquet",<br />"Steel Wheels"' | 2,000 | the Rolling Stones | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
ANATOMY | 2009-05-08 | 'The pons connects the 2 hemispheres of this part of the brain that regulates balance' | 2,000 | the cerebellum | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
MATHEM-ATTACK! | 2009-05-08 | '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-08_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagram on the monitor.</a>) Half the base times the height gives the area of a triangle; for a <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-08_DJ_30a.jpg" target="_blank">cylinder</a>, the area of the base times the height gives this measurement' | 2,000 | volume | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
NAME THE DECADE | 2009-05-08 | 'Man first reaches the South Pole' | 2,000 | the 1910s | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
WORD ORIGINS | 2009-05-08 | 'A type of ear implant to help the deaf, it's from the Greek for "snail"' | 2,000 | cochlear | Double Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
EUROPEAN HISTORY | 2009-05-08 | 'He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing"' | -1 | Henry VIII | Final Jeopardy! | 5,690 |
AMERICAN EXPLORERS | 1996-12-06 | 'Edward Beale brought news of this 1848 discovery in California to the east coast' | 100 | gold | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
MEASURING DEVICES | 1996-12-06 | 'The amount of this in a solution can be measured by a saccharometer' | 100 | sugar | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
MYTHOLOGY | 1996-12-06 | 'Daedalus used this substance to fasten the wings to his back' | 100 | wax | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
TELEVISION | 1996-12-06 | 'This Sunday night series is subtitled "The New Adventures of Superman"' | 100 | Lois & Clark | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
ANNUAL EVENTS | 1996-12-06 | 'This state's Days of '47 Festival honors the day Brigham Young reached the Salt Lake Valley in 1847' | 100 | Utah | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | 1996-12-06 | 'A complete donut center' | 100 | whole hole | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
AMERICAN EXPLORERS | 1996-12-06 | 'Stephen Long & Zebulon Pike have peaks named for them in this state, an area they said was uninhabitable' | 200 | Colorado | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
MEASURING DEVICES | 1996-12-06 | 'The energy from this is measured by a pyrheliometer' | 200 | the Sun | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
MYTHOLOGY | 1996-12-06 | 'Cadmus planted these parts of a dragon to raise some troops' | 200 | teeth | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
TELEVISION | 1996-12-06 | '"Freddy's Nightmares", a horror anthology that debuted in 1988, was based on this movie series' | 200 | Nightmare on Elm Street | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
ANNUAL EVENTS | 1996-12-06 | 'Monroe, near Snohomish in this state, is the site of the annual Evergreen State Fair' | 200 | Washington | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | 1996-12-06 | 'In a restaurant, it's a quartet's table request' | 200 | for four | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
AMERICAN EXPLORERS | 1996-12-06 | 'Co-commanders of the 1st U.S. expedition to explore from Mississippi to the west coast' | 300 | Lewis & Clark | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
MEASURING DEVICES | 1996-12-06 | 'An odometer measures the distance covered by a vehicle & this device measures how far you've walked' | 300 | a pedometer | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
MYTHOLOGY | 1996-12-06 | 'The sister of Orestes, mourning became her' | 300 | Electra | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
TELEVISION | 1996-12-06 | 'This crime drama with Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers was created by Sidney Sheldon' | 300 | Hart to Hart | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
ANNUAL EVENTS | 1996-12-06 | 'Dog lovers look forward to the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, held each February in this city' | 300 | New York City | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | 1996-12-06 | 'Contented performing kittens might be paid this way' | 300 | per purr | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
AMERICAN EXPLORERS | 1996-12-06 | 'Jedediah Smith was a mountain man & explorer employed in this industry' | 400 | fur trading | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
MEASURING DEVICES | 1996-12-06 | 'A spirometer measures the capacity of these organs' | 400 | the lungs | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
MYTHOLOGY | 1996-12-06 | 'Zeus' father, Cronus, was one of this group of 12' | 400 | Titans | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
TELEVISION | 1996-12-06 | 'Character seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1996-12-06_J_04.wmv">here</a>, his action-packed journeys are legendary:' | 600 | Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
ANNUAL EVENTS | 1996-12-06 | 'The Pendleton Roundup, an annual rodeo, takes place in Pendleton in this northwestern state' | 400 | Oregon | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | 1996-12-06 | 'A squash that's been pierced by a bull's horn' | 400 | gored gourd | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
AMERICAN EXPLORERS | 1996-12-06 | 'Senator Thomas Hart Benton's son-in-law was this "Pathfinder"' | 500 | John C. Frémont | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
MEASURING DEVICES | 1996-12-06 | 'A nilometer measures the height of the water in this' | 500 | the Nile River | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
MYTHOLOGY | 1996-12-06 | 'Leda laid 2 eggs: one with Helen & Pollux in it, the other containing Clytemnestra & him' | 500 | Castor | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
TELEVISION | 1996-12-06 | 'Jack Wagner, formerly of "General Hospital", now plays Dr. Peter Burns on this Fox drama' | 500 | Melrose Place | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
ANNUAL EVENTS | 1996-12-06 | 'The Tanglewood Music Festival is a summer highlight in Lenox in this New England state' | 500 | Massachusetts | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | 1996-12-06 | 'Remained sedate' | 500 | stayed staid | Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
NOTABLE NONHUMANS | 1996-12-06 | 'This Nazi dictator sometimes dined alone with Blondi, his Alsatian' | 200 | Adolf Hitler | Double Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
WORLD FACTS | 1996-12-06 | 'This isthmus connects North & South America' | 200 | Isthmus of Panama | Double Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
ART & ARTISTS | 1996-12-06 | 'He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers"' | 200 | Vincent Van Gogh | Double Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | 1996-12-06 | 'It has over 9,700 tax preparation offices worldwide' | 200 | H&R Block | Double Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
HISTORY | 1996-12-06 | 'Historians refer to the Golden Age as the time during which Pericles ruled this city' | 200 | Athens | Double Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
POETS | 1996-12-06 | 'On Feb. 12, 1959, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, he addressed a joint session of Congress' | 200 | Carl Sandburg | Double Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
NOTABLE NONHUMANS | 1996-12-06 | 'In 1964 he lifted his beagles Him & Her by the ears on the White House lawn, provoking protest' | 400 | Lyndon Johnson | Double Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
WORLD FACTS | 1996-12-06 | 'A humid city, Rio de Janeiro lies just north of this tropic line' | 400 | the Tropic of Capricorn | Double Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
ART & ARTISTS | 1996-12-06 | 'This drip artist was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912' | 400 | Jackson Pollock | Double Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | 1996-12-06 | 'In 1961 this firm introduced its Selectric typewriter, which used a spherical typing element' | 400 | IBM | Double Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
HISTORY | 1996-12-06 | 'Under the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, this country gave Norway to Sweden but kept Greenland & other islands' | 400 | Denmark | Double Jeopardy! | 2,825 |
POETS | 1996-12-06 | 'Between 1842 & 1885, he repeatedly revised his "Idylls of the King"' | 400 | Alfred Lord Tennyson | Double Jeopardy! | 2,825 |