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SHORT FICTION
| 1998-05-08T00:00:00 |
'Based on Stephen Crane's experience, it's the story of 4 shipwreck survivors'
|
$1000
|
"The Open Boat"
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3165
|
ART HISTORY 101
| 1998-05-08T00:00:00 |
'Abstract expressionist who painted the following'
|
$1000
|
Jackson Pollock
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3165
|
WHAT'S "NU"?
| 1998-05-08T00:00:00 |
'From the Latin for "to harm", it's a pest, or anything annoying'
|
$1000
|
Nuisance
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
3165
|
GEOGRAPHY NEWS
| 1998-05-08T00:00:00 |
'On the initiative of Sen. Patrick Leahy, in 1998 it was designated the sixth Great Lake'
| null |
Lake Champlain
|
Final Jeopardy!
|
3165
|
NAME THE BOOK
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"'He is a strange, half-savage creature of the jungle, Miss Porter'"'
|
$200
|
Tarzan of the Apes
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
ELVIS A TO Z
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"H" is for this 1956 song for which Elvis found "a new place to dwell"--at the top of the charts'
|
$200
|
Heartbreak Hotel
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
THE COMPLETELY GUILTY BYSTANDER
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'On Oct. 8, 1871 I didn't see her cow start the fire at her Chicago barn, but I should have put it out early'
|
$200
|
Mrs. O\'Leary
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
HEAD TRAUMA
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'This hemorrhage of a blood vessel leading to the brain is also known as an apoplexy'
|
$200
|
a stroke
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
MINDBLOWERS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'In 1875 the first swim across this waterway took about 22 hours; in 1994 it was accomplished in about 7'
|
$200
|
the English Channel
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
"BEST" SELLERS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'The chief attendant of the bridegroom'
|
$200
|
the best man
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
NAME THE BOOK
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"They reached the carriage-drive at Toad Hall to find, as the badger had anticipated, a shiny new motor-car"'
|
$400
|
Wind in the Willows
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
ELVIS A TO Z
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"A" is for this Las Vegas hotel where Elvis & Priscilla were married on May 1, 1967, not by a genie but by a judge'
|
$400
|
the Aladdin
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
THE COMPLETELY GUILTY BYSTANDER
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'I didn't "aid" the thief by giving him directions to the bank, nor did I do this companion act; I didn't incite him to rob it'
|
$400
|
abet
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
HEAD TRAUMA
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Also known as dens sapientiae, these can be a pain if they have to come out'
|
$1,500
|
the wisdom teeth (or third molars)
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
MINDBLOWERS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'This San Antonio Spurs star originally trained to be an Olympic swimmer, but Hurricane Hugo wrecked the pool'
|
$400
|
Tim Duncan
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
"BEST" SELLERS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Proverbial 3-word term for a dog in relation to our species'
|
$400
|
man\'s best friend
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
NAME THE BOOK
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"'Thanks, Ollie.' Those were her last words"'
|
$600
|
Love Story
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
ELVIS A TO Z
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"V" is for this 1964 film that used the tagline "Elvis is at the wheel but Ann-Margret drives him wild!"'
|
$600
|
Viva Las Vegas
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
THE COMPLETELY GUILTY BYSTANDER
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'I was a lookout--I didn't bust open the lock for the "breaking" part or do this crime that goes with it'
|
$600
|
entering
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
HEAD TRAUMA
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'The NFL recently set a policy for these injuries, from the Latin for "shaking"'
|
$600
|
concussions
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
MINDBLOWERS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'The wife of this "Give me liberty or give me death" speechmaker was confined at home due to mental illness'
|
$600
|
Patrick Henry
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
"BEST" SELLERS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Day-of-the-week term for clothing worn on special occasions'
|
$600
|
Sunday best
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
NAME THE BOOK
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"Adam Trask was born on a farm on the outskirts of a little town which was not far from a big town in Connecticut"'
|
$800
|
East of Eden
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
ELVIS A TO Z
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"T" is for this Mississippi town of Elvis' birth which was once called Gum Pond but later renamed for a tree'
|
$800
|
Tupelo
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
THE COMPLETELY GUILTY BYSTANDER
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'I did give the guy a crowbar, but I never dreamed he would steal a car & commit this 3-word crime, also a video game'
|
$800
|
grand theft auto
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
HEAD TRAUMA
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Vegetable term for an ear that's misshapen from repeated blows'
|
$800
|
a cauliflower ear
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
MINDBLOWERS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Horace Gray was the first Supreme Court Justice to hire 1 of these; he spent more time as Gray's barber than researching'
|
$800
|
a clerk
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
"BEST" SELLERS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Uno, a 15-inch beagle, took this Westminster Kennel Club top prize in 2008'
|
$800
|
Best in Show
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
NAME THE BOOK
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"Habit, n. A shackle for the free" & "Prejudice, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support"'
|
$1000
|
The Devil\'s Dictionary
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
ELVIS A TO Z
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"P" is for this manager who sold Elvis' entire music catalog to RCA in 1973 for about $5 million, far below its market value'
|
$1000
|
Colonel (Tom) Parker
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
THE COMPLETELY GUILTY BYSTANDER
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'I only introduced this British war secretary to Christine Keeler; I had no idea a scandal would ensue & he'd quit'
|
$1000
|
John Profumo
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
HEAD TRAUMA
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Antonio Egas Moniz won a 1949 Nobel Prize for introducing this procedure that affects the prefrontal lobes'
|
$1000
|
a lobotomy
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
MINDBLOWERS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Christianity Today said this animated TV dad is more associated with Christianity than the Pope or Mother Teresa'
|
$1000
|
Ned Flanders
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
"BEST" SELLERS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Brian Epstein was assigned to boot this drummer from the Beatles in 1962'
|
$1000
|
Pete Best
|
Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'In 1821 Panama broke away from Spain & became a province of this country'
|
$400
|
Colombia
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"Mandibles"'
|
$400
|
Jaws
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
IT'S GETTING WINDY
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Residents of Greensburg, Kansas had about 20 minutes warning before one of these destroyed their town in 2007'
|
$400
|
a tornado
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'When it's just you & this person, be prepared to show a letter of consent or order of custody'
|
$400
|
your child
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
SCOTSMEN
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'This Scottish poet rhymed "purple" with "curple" (meaning "the rump")'
|
$400
|
(Rabbie) Burns
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
ADD A LETTER
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Put a letter on your mitten & you become this, love-struck'
|
$400
|
smitten
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'In October 1520 this Portuguese explorer became the first European to reach Chile & Tierra del Fuego'
|
$800
|
Ferdinand Magellan
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"Capital of Bavaria"'
|
$800
|
Munich
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
IT'S GETTING WINDY
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'NOAA forecasts include wind speeds like 25-30 mph "with" these sudden bursts of wind "up to 50"'
|
$800
|
gusts
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Though not big enough to get a star on our flag, they're the cabins aboard cruise ships'
|
$800
|
staterooms
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
SCOTSMEN
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'His "Wealth of Nations" is widely considered the first great work in political economy'
|
$800
|
Adam Smith
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
ADD A LETTER
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'After you take a beating, add a letter to it & I'll give you one of these tongue-lashings'
|
$800
|
a berating
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Shipwrecked English sailors founded a settlement in 1638 in what is now this Central American nation'
|
$3,000
|
Belize
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"Forever"'
|
$1200
|
Always
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
IT'S GETTING WINDY
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'It blew into southern Louisiana Sept. 1, 2008 but fortunately didn't turn out to be Katrina II'
|
$1200
|
Gustav
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-11-07_DJ_08.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Machu Picchu in Peru.</a>) Nationals of the European Union, Australia, Canada & the U.S. who visit Peru for less than 90 days aren't required to carry one of these documents unless they're here for business'
|
$1200
|
a visa
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
SCOTSMEN
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'In the 1760s he improved upon the Newcomen steam engine by making a separate condenser, his first invention'
|
$1200
|
(James) Watt
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
ADD A LETTER
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Adding a letter to scone turns a baked good into this bracket for candles'
|
$1200
|
a sconce
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'This Indian civilization, probably the first in the Americas, lived in eastern Mexico from about 1200 to 400 B.C.'
|
$1600
|
the Olmec(s)
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"Achieve My Apprehension Where Possible"'
|
$1600
|
Catch Me if You Can
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
IT'S GETTING WINDY
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'The hot "khamsin" blows about 50 days a year & gets its name from the word for 50 in this language'
|
$1600
|
Arabic
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'City on the south side of the most congested U.S.-Mexico crossing; half the northbound cars wait 90 minutes'
|
$1600
|
Tijuana
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
SCOTSMEN
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'This Scottish reformation leader published his "Faithful Admonition" to Protestants in England in 1554'
|
$1600
|
John Knox
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
ADD A LETTER
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Add a letter to ignite & it becomes this brown coal'
|
$1600
|
lignite
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'In 1990 she defeated Daniel Ortega to become president of Nicaragua'
|
$2000
|
Violeta Chamorro
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
SPIELBERG MOVIES IN OTHER WORDS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'"Helios' Kingdom"'
|
$2000
|
Empire of the Sun
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
IT'S GETTING WINDY
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'These winds are no longer needed for commerce, but they do make for great windsurfing in Barbados'
|
$3,000
|
the trade winds
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'A U.S. embassy may provide services through this "section" whose name recalls an ancient Roman office'
|
$2000
|
consular (consulate accepted)
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
SCOTSMEN
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'After recovering from a nervous breakdown, this Scottish philosopher wrote "A Treatise of Human Nature"'
|
$2000
|
David Hume
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
ADD A LETTER
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'Haddock is a fish; add a letter & it becomes this large citrus fruit'
|
$2000
|
shaddock
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
| 2008-11-07T00:00:00 |
'One of the 2 presidents to win the national popular vote 3 times but only be elected president twice'
| null |
(1 of) Grover Cleveland & Andrew Jackson
|
Final Jeopardy!
|
5560
|
DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Dante begins his journey on this day, the anniversary of the crucifixion'
|
$200
|
Good Friday
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Magic Johnson'
|
$200
|
the Lakers
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
AMERICAN EDUCATION
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'From 1869 to 1939 education was administered by this cabinet department that manages national parks'
|
$200
|
Interior
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'The first week of August honors these circus performers & is appropriately followed by Smile Week'
|
$200
|
clowns
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
EXODUS
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Exodus 12 has instructions for this holiday; please respond with one question, not 4'
|
$200
|
Passover
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
STAGE "RIGHT"
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Profession of Pinter, Shaw & Beckett'
|
$200
|
playwrights
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Dante journeys through Hell to the rim of Purgatory with the guidance of this Roman epic poet'
|
$400
|
Virgil
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'John Elway'
|
$400
|
the Broncos
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
AMERICAN EDUCATION
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'It can be a school of higher education for girls, or a school for training priests, ministers or rabbis'
|
$400
|
a seminary
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Among other things, this month is Cherry Month & Creative Romance Month'
|
$800
|
February
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
EXODUS
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'In 1:22 he says, "Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river"'
|
$400
|
the pharaoh
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
STAGE "RIGHT"
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'It's the symbol seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-01-29_J_07.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, more gigantic than usual'
|
$400
|
a copyright symbol
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'"Purgatory" & "Paradise" contain 33 of these poem subdivisions; "Inferno" has 34'
|
$600
|
cantos
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Ted Williams'
|
$600
|
the Red Sox
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
AMERICAN EDUCATION
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'The NMSA is the "National" this type of "Association" for young adolescents'
|
$600
|
middle schools
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Knoxville's Boomsday festival celebrating this Sept. holiday has one of the USA's largest fireworks displays'
|
$600
|
Labor Day
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
EXODUS
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'14: 16 says, "And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea" --this one'
|
$600
|
the Red Sea
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
STAGE "RIGHT"
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'"Let It Snow" begins, "Oh the weather outside is" this'
|
$600
|
frightful
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Capocchio & Griffolino of Arezzo are damned to Hell for being falsifiers of metal using this process'
|
$800
|
alchemy
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Isiah Thomas'
|
$800
|
the Pistons
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
AMERICAN EDUCATION
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'In August 1995 Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at this South Carolina military college'
|
$800
|
The Citadel
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'By presidential proclamation, October 9 is set aside to honor this Viking & all Americans of Nordic heritage'
|
$800
|
Leif Ericson
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
EXODUS
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'In chapter 4 Moses casts a rod to the ground, & it turns into this'
|
$800
|
a snake
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
STAGE "RIGHT"
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Adjective meaning animated, vivacious or lively'
|
$800
|
sprightly
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Paging Mr. Magus, this magician who offered to purchase the power of transmitting the Holy Spirit'
|
$1000
|
Simon
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
THE PLAYER'S PRO TEAM
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Kirby Puckett'
|
$1000
|
the Minnesota Twins
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
AMERICAN EDUCATION
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'In 1838 this Massachusetts educator founded the biweekly Common School Journal for teachers'
|
$1000
|
Horace Mann
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
IT HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'On this November holiday created in 1937 by Al Capp in "Li'l Abner", unmarried women pursue bachelors'
|
$1000
|
Sadie Hawkins Day
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
EXODUS
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'Chapter 20 has the 10 Commandments; these 2 are each 4 words long in the King James Version'
|
$1000
|
"Thou shalt not kill" & "Thou shalt not steal"
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
STAGE "RIGHT"
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'This U.S. government scholarship program named for a senator began in 1946'
|
$1000
|
Fulbright
|
Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'The statue was based on this giant Greek statue destroyed by an earthquake around 225 B.C.'
|
$400
|
the Colossus of Rhodes
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
CLASSIC TV DRAMA EPISODES
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'1964:<br />"Ponderosa Matador"'
|
$400
|
Bonanza
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
URBAN PLANNING
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'By order of the king, this innovation came to the streets of Paris in 1184'
|
$400
|
stone paving (sewer drains accepted)
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
PICK THE PRIME NUMBER
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'2, 4, 6'
|
$400
|
2
|
Double Jeopardy!
|
5619
|
RAISE THE FLAG
| 2009-01-29T00:00:00 |
'At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the team from this island used a modified Olympic flag as its national banner'
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$400
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Taiwan
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Double Jeopardy!
|
5619
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