Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (41 results returned)

#9154, aired 2024-07-25FACTS ABOUT WORLD WAR I $400: In 1915, British troops landed at Cape Helles near Gallipoli to try to seize this strait whose old name may be an easier get the Hellespont (the Dardanelles)
#9071, aired 2024-04-01THE 14th CENTURY $1600: What is today this seaport on a peninsula was captured by the Ottomans in 1354, their first foothold in Europe Gallipoli
#8866, aired 2023-05-08FUTILITY $4,000 (Daily Double): The scene of heavy fighting & futility in World War I, this peninsula bears a name that comes from the Greek for "beautiful city" Gallipoli
#8835, aired 2023-03-24AT REST IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY $1200: Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, who captured this ancient capital from the Turks during World War I Jerusalem
#8802, aired 2023-02-07THE 20th CENTURY BY COUNTRY $2000: The Allies wage a disastrous campaign at Gallipoli Turkey
#8552, aired 2022-01-11"D-D-S" $2,500 (Daily Double): Gallipoli is a port on this narrow strait the Dardanelles
#8277, aired 2020-11-10AROUND THE WORLD $1600: The biblical city of Ephesus & the World War I battlefield of Gallipoli are both found in this country Turkey
#8068, aired 2019-10-09A WEE BIT OF KIWI HISTORY $600: This 1915 military campaign in Turkey is regarded as New Zealand's coming of age in international affairs Gallipoli (the Dardanelles campaign)
#7984, aired 2019-05-02AN EPIC $400: The epic board game "Paths of Glory" allows you to reimagine battles from this war like Verdun & Gallipoli World War I
#7885, aired 2018-12-14THAT HAPPENED! $800: 40,000 Allied troops perished in the WWI campaign on this Turkish peninsula Gallipoli
#7518, aired 2017-04-26WAR MOVIES $800: Peter Weir made a film about this WWI debacle in Turkey; Russell Crowe set his directorial debut "The Water Diviner" there Gallipoli
#7229, aired 2016-02-04OTTOMAN HISTORY $2000: In 1354 Suleyman turned this peninsula on the Dardanelles into a strategic base; in 1915 it played a key role in WWI Gallipoli
#7196, aired 2015-12-21WORLD WAR I $2000: The Allies suffered around 250,000 casualties trying unsuccessfully to reopen this strait also known as the Hellespont the Dardanelles
#7075, aired 2015-05-22WORLD WAR I $400 (Daily Double): British general Sir Ian Hamilton's amphibious assault on this peninsula in April of 1915 ended in a bloody 8-month stalemate Gallipoli
#6994, aired 2015-01-29ITALIAN CITIES & TOWNS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the coast in Italy.) The U.S. has a naval support base at this southern Italian city; near here on September 9, 1943, about 500 Allied ships assembled for Operation Avalanche Naples
#6755, aired 2014-01-17BATTLE NATIONS $800: Ancient Callipolis is now this Turkish site of a World War I clash Gallipoli
#6498, aired 2012-12-12"G"EOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Between the Dardanelles & the Aegean lies this Turkish peninsula, site of WWI strife Gallipoli
#6464, aired 2012-10-25NAME THAT CENTURY $1200: Gallipoli becomes an epic disaster for Britain's military the 20th century
#6169, aired 2011-06-09AUSTRALIAN MOVIES $1200: 2 Australian sprinters are sent to fight in Turkey during WWI in this 1981 film Gallipoli
#5376, aired 2008-01-14AMPHIBIOUS INVASIONS $3,000 (Daily Double): In WWI, an Allied amphibious assault on this Dardanelles port city collapsed after the Turks counterattacked Gallipoli
#5139, aired 2007-01-04WORLD WAR I $2000: There were more than 200,000 British casualties in the attempt to take this peninsula along the Dardanelles Gallipoli
#4844, aired 2005-10-06ON THE BATTLEFIELD $3,500 (Daily Double): (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on a monitor.) A landing by Australian & New Zealand forces was driven back by future Turkish leader Ataturk in this WWI battle Gallipoli
#4617, aired 2004-10-05A BYZANTINE CATEGORY $2,200 (Daily Double): In the 1370s these people got Gallipoli from the Byzantine Empire; later they got the whole Empire the Ottomans (or Ottoman Turks)
#4366, aired 2003-09-08NAME THE DECADE $1,800 (Daily Double): The Gallipoli campaign results in half a million casualties the 1910s
#4136, aired 2002-09-02WE GOTTA BLAME SOMEBODY $2,000 (Daily Double): Later PM, as First Lord of the Admiralty he took the blame for the disastrous Gallipoli invasion Winston Churchill
#4058, aired 2002-04-03AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $2000: In 1915 Australian forces were part of a disastrous offensive on this Turkish peninsula Gallipoli
#3875, aired 2001-06-08KEMAL ATATURK $3,300 (Daily Double): During WWI, Ataturk played a crucial military role in repelling the Allied invasion of this Turkish peninsula Gallipoli
#3530, aired 1999-12-31IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD $200: This leader rebounded from his Gallipoli disaster in WWI to have his "finest hour" in WWII Winston Churchill
#3332, aired 1999-02-16INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL PARKS $300: Gallipoli Peninsula Turkey
#2939, aired 1997-05-15AUSTRALIA $1000: Australians remember lost countrymen April 25, the date of this ill-fated WWI landing in Turkey Gallipoli
#2718, aired 1996-05-29TURKEY $500 (Daily Double): In 1995 ceremonies marked the 80th anniversary of the WWI Allied invasion of this peninsula Gallipoli
#2440, aired 1995-03-24GEOGRAPHY $300: This country's Gallipoli Peninsula borders the Dardanelles & the Gulf of Saros Turkey
#2333, aired 1994-10-26PENINSULAS $1000: The Turkish name for this peninsula is Gelibolu Gallipoli
#2257, aired 1994-05-31PENINSULAS $1000: This Turkish peninsula separates the Aegean Sea from the Dardanelles Gallipoli
#2108, aired 1993-11-03THE 20TH CENTURY $400: Winston Churchill was blamed for the failure of the Gallipoli campaign during this war World War I
#1945, aired 1993-02-05COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: The Gallipoli Peninsula, a site of major action in WWI, is part of this country Turkey
#1920, aired 1993-01-01WINSTON CHURCHILL $200: Churchill took the blame for the disastrous Gallipoli campaign during this war World War I
#1537, aired 1991-04-16WORLD WAR I $200: As First Lord of the Admiralty, this future British prime minister took the blame for the debacle at Gallipoli Churchill
#1238, aired 1990-01-10FAMOUS AUSSIES $800: Probably Australia's best-known filmmaker, he directed "Dead Poet's Society" & "Gallipoli" Peter Weir
#970, aired 1988-11-18WORLD WAR I $600: The Allied Gallipoli campaign was beaten back by this country Turkey
#891, aired 1988-06-20BATTLES $200: British Commonwealth forces suffered over 200,000 casualties at Gallipoli in this war World War I

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (3 results returned)

#8596, aired 2022-03-14WORLD WAR I: Suvla Bay & Cape Helles were major landing sites along this peninsula Gallipoli
#7703, aired 2018-02-21WORLD WAR I: Site of an arduous WWI campaign, this town on the Dardanelles gets its name from the Greek for "beautiful city" Gallipoli
#4966, aired 2006-03-27MILITARY HISTORY: In 2005 a single sapling was planted at an army barracks in Australia to mark the 90th anniversary of this battle Gallipoli

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