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5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | $200 | Synonym for dignity that's the term for a group of lions | a pride |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | I'D RATHER BE SKIING | $200 | If you're a beginner, you might hippity-hop over to this smaller, gentler slope | a bunny hill |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | PARLEZ VOUS? | $200 | If your mate from Marseilles says he's getting to LAX via "Sud-Ouest", pick him up at this carrier | Southwest |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s | $400 | In 2008 David Gregory became moderator of this NBC Sunday morning news show | Meet the Press |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | MOVIES & TV | $400 | Time magazine said this 2003 Pixar film was "the ultimate fish-out-of-water story" | Finding Nemo |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS | $400 | Antioch, Bowling Green, Kent State | Ohio |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | $400 | Like peas, whales & seals are in groups called these | pods |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | I'D RATHER BE SKIING | $400 | Something you'd sprinkle on after a shower, it's also the term for soft, dry, freshly fallen snow | powder |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | PARLEZ VOUS? | $400 | Duck, duck, l'oie; (l'oie of course referring to this other feathered friend) | a goose |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s | $600 | Linus Torvalds is the father of this operating system used on cell phones & supercomputers | Linux |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | MOVIES & TV | $600 | Of his dialogue, this Han Solo actor said, "You can type this (stuff), George, but you sure can't say it" | Harrison Ford |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS | $600 | DePaul, Wheaton, Northwestern | Illinois |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | $600 | A crash is a group of these large horned mammals | rhinoceroses |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | I'D RATHER BE SKIING | $600 | In California, a premier spot for skiing is this resort area that shares its name with a prehistoric elephant | Mammoth |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | PARLEZ VOUS? | $600 | "Je ne sais pas" means this, but you still get credit if you phrase it in the form of a question | "I don't know" |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s | $800 | The district of conservative rep. Patrick McHenry in this state includes Mooresville, a home of NASCAR | North Carolina |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | MOVIES & TV | $800 | Tim Robbins played a public TV newsman in "Anchorman: The Legend of" him | Ron Burgundy |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS | $800 | Wayne State, Kalamazoo College, Madonna University (it's Franciscan Catholic, not Material Girl) | Michigan |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | $800 | It can be a pack of dogs, or a place to board them | a kennel |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | I'D RATHER BE SKIING | $1,200 | In this type of race you have to zigzag between flags or other obstacles in proper order | a slalom |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | PARLEZ VOUS? | $800 | When mom tells you to do something "Maintenant!", she means this | now |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s | $1,000 | Elon Musk is now making rockets & electric cars; before that he co-founded & sold this electronic payment system | PayPal |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | MOVIES & TV | $1,000 | We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009 | Battlestar Galactica |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS | $1,000 | Grambling, McNeese State, Southern | Louisiana |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | ANIMAL COLLECTIVE | $1,000 | A flock of these black birds is called a murder | crows |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | I'D RATHER BE SKIING | $1,000 | Bumps or mounds of snow that accumulate on a slope are called these, like some very wealthy & powerful people | moguls |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Jeopardy! | PARLEZ VOUS? | $1,000 | "Huitieme" is French for this ordinal number | eighth |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | AMERICAN AUTHORS | $400 | Her home Orchard House was the model for whre the March family lived in her most famous novel | Louisa May Alcott |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | ALBUMS THAT ROCK | $400 | "X&Y", "Parachutes" | Coldplay |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | ANATOMY | $400 | This cord that connects a fetus to the placenta contains 2 arteries & 1 vein | the umbillical cord |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | MATHEM-ATTACK! | $400 | 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> | radical |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | NAME THE DECADE | $400 | The World Wide Web gets its first page | the 1990s |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | WORD ORIGINS | $400 | This adjective meaning deceptive or sneaky is from the Latin de via, meaning "out of the way" | devious |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | AMERICAN AUTHORS | $800 | During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders | Washington Irving |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | ALBUMS THAT ROCK | $800 | "American Idiot", "Dookie" | Green Day |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | ANATOMY | $800 | The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth | muscles |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | MATHEM-ATTACK! | $800 | You should answer this one automatically: It's the property that says a = a | reflexive |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | NAME THE DECADE | $800 | The first controlled nuclear chain reaction | the 1940s |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | WORD ORIGINS | $800 | This New York island's name may come from the Algonquian word for "island" | Manhattan |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | AMERICAN AUTHORS | $1,200 | Susan & Benjamin Cheever, children of this short story master, are both authors as well | John Cheever |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | ALBUMS THAT ROCK | $1,200 | "Master of Puppets", "Death Magnetic" | Metallica |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | ANATOMY | $1,200 | The talus fits between the ends of these 2 bones forming the ankle joint | the tibia & fibula |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | MATHEM-ATTACK! | $1,200 | (<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 | a matrix |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | NAME THE DECADE | $1,200 | Khruschev's "Secret Speech" denounces Stalin | the 1950s |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | WORD ORIGINS | $4,800 | This compass direction may come from the Proto-Germanic for "to the left of the rising sun" | north |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | AMERICAN AUTHORS | $1,600 | He stood 5'3" & was the subject of movies that came out in 2005 & 2006 | (Truman) Capote |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | ALBUMS THAT ROCK | $1,600 | "In Your Honor", "The Color and the Shape" | Foo Fighters |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | ANATOMY | $1,600 | Humans have 33 vertebrae, 7 of them cervical, meaning they are in this part of the body | your neck |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | MATHEM-ATTACK! | $1,600 | The symbol <i>i</i> is used to represent the imaginary square root of this number | -1 |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | NAME THE DECADE | $1,800 | George Orwell, 34 years dead, hits the bestseller list | the 1980s |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | WORD ORIGINS | $1,600 | From the Latin for "much writing", it's another name for a lie detector test | a polygraph |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | AMERICAN AUTHORS | $2,000 | He reviewed films & TV for the New Republic before his first book, "Goodbye, Columbus", was published in 1959 | Philip Roth |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | ALBUMS THAT ROCK | $2,000 | "Beggars Banquet", "Steel Wheels" | the Rolling Stones |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | ANATOMY | $2,000 | The pons connects the 2 hemispheres of this part of the brain that regulates balance | the cerebellum |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | MATHEM-ATTACK! | $2,000 | (<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 | volume |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | NAME THE DECADE | $2,000 | Man first reaches the South Pole | the 1910s |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Double Jeopardy! | WORD ORIGINS | $2,000 | A type of ear implant to help the deaf, it's from the Greek for "snail" | cochlear |
5,690 | 5/8/09 | Final Jeopardy! | EUROPEAN HISTORY | null | He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing" | Henry VIII |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | AMERICAN EXPLORERS | $100 | Edward Beale brought news of this 1848 discovery in California to the east coast | gold |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | MEASURING DEVICES | $100 | The amount of this in a solution can be measured by a saccharometer | sugar |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | MYTHOLOGY | $100 | Daedalus used this substance to fasten the wings to his back | wax |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | TELEVISION | $100 | This Sunday night series is subtitled "The New Adventures of Superman" | Lois & Clark |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | ANNUAL EVENTS | $100 | This state's Days of '47 Festival honors the day Brigham Young reached the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 | Utah |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | $100 | A complete donut center | whole hole |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | AMERICAN EXPLORERS | $200 | Stephen Long & Zebulon Pike have peaks named for them in this state, an area they said was uninhabitable | Colorado |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | MEASURING DEVICES | $200 | The energy from this is measured by a pyrheliometer | the Sun |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | MYTHOLOGY | $200 | Cadmus planted these parts of a dragon to raise some troops | teeth |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | TELEVISION | $200 | "Freddy's Nightmares", a horror anthology that debuted in 1988, was based on this movie series | Nightmare on Elm Street |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | ANNUAL EVENTS | $200 | Monroe, near Snohomish in this state, is the site of the annual Evergreen State Fair | Washington |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | $200 | In a restaurant, it's a quartet's table request | for four |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | AMERICAN EXPLORERS | $300 | Co-commanders of the 1st U.S. expedition to explore from Mississippi to the west coast | Lewis & Clark |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | MEASURING DEVICES | $300 | An odometer measures the distance covered by a vehicle & this device measures how far you've walked | a pedometer |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | MYTHOLOGY | $300 | The sister of Orestes, mourning became her | Electra |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | TELEVISION | $300 | This crime drama with Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers was created by Sidney Sheldon | Hart to Hart |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | ANNUAL EVENTS | $300 | Dog lovers look forward to the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, held each February in this city | New York City |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | $300 | Contented performing kittens might be paid this way | per purr |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | AMERICAN EXPLORERS | $400 | Jedediah Smith was a mountain man & explorer employed in this industry | fur trading |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | MEASURING DEVICES | $400 | A spirometer measures the capacity of these organs | the lungs |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | MYTHOLOGY | $400 | Zeus' father, Cronus, was one of this group of 12 | Titans |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | TELEVISION | $600 | Character seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1996-12-06_J_04.wmv">here</a>, his action-packed journeys are legendary: | Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | ANNUAL EVENTS | $400 | The Pendleton Roundup, an annual rodeo, takes place in Pendleton in this northwestern state | Oregon |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | $400 | A squash that's been pierced by a bull's horn | gored gourd |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | AMERICAN EXPLORERS | $500 | Senator Thomas Hart Benton's son-in-law was this "Pathfinder" | John C. Frémont |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | MEASURING DEVICES | $500 | A nilometer measures the height of the water in this | the Nile River |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | MYTHOLOGY | $500 | Leda laid 2 eggs: one with Helen & Pollux in it, the other containing Clytemnestra & him | Castor |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | TELEVISION | $500 | Jack Wagner, formerly of "General Hospital", now plays Dr. Peter Burns on this Fox drama | Melrose Place |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | ANNUAL EVENTS | $500 | The Tanglewood Music Festival is a summer highlight in Lenox in this New England state | Massachusetts |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Jeopardy! | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | $500 | Remained sedate | stayed staid |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Double Jeopardy! | NOTABLE NONHUMANS | $200 | This Nazi dictator sometimes dined alone with Blondi, his Alsatian | Adolf Hitler |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Double Jeopardy! | WORLD FACTS | $200 | This isthmus connects North & South America | Isthmus of Panama |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Double Jeopardy! | ART & ARTISTS | $200 | He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers" | Vincent Van Gogh |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Double Jeopardy! | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | $200 | It has over 9,700 tax preparation offices worldwide | H&R Block |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Double Jeopardy! | HISTORY | $200 | Historians refer to the Golden Age as the time during which Pericles ruled this city | Athens |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Double Jeopardy! | POETS | $200 | On Feb. 12, 1959, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, he addressed a joint session of Congress | Carl Sandburg |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Double Jeopardy! | NOTABLE NONHUMANS | $400 | In 1964 he lifted his beagles Him & Her by the ears on the White House lawn, provoking protest | Lyndon Johnson |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Double Jeopardy! | WORLD FACTS | $400 | A humid city, Rio de Janeiro lies just north of this tropic line | the Tropic of Capricorn |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Double Jeopardy! | ART & ARTISTS | $400 | This drip artist was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912 | Jackson Pollock |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Double Jeopardy! | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | $400 | In 1961 this firm introduced its Selectric typewriter, which used a spherical typing element | IBM |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Double Jeopardy! | HISTORY | $400 | Under the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, this country gave Norway to Sweden but kept Greenland & other islands | Denmark |
2,825 | 12/6/96 | Double Jeopardy! | POETS | $400 | Between 1842 & 1885, he repeatedly revised his "Idylls of the King" | Alfred Lord Tennyson |
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