Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (105 results returned)
| #9157, aired 2024-09-10 | 1890s AMERICA $200: The film seen here of these workers, a profession becoming out of date, is perhaps the first movie exhibited publicly blacksmith |
| #9157, aired 2024-09-10 | 1890s AMERICA $400: America's schoolchildren first recited it for Columbus Day in 1892 the Pledge of Allegiance |
| #9157, aired 2024-09-10 | 1890s AMERICA $600: At the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Wrigley's introduced Juicy Fruit gum & the Rueckheim brothers, this ballpark snack Cracker Jack |
| #9157, aired 2024-09-10 | 1890s AMERICA $800: In 1895 President Cleveland asked citizens to refrain from giving aid to this island's rebels fighting against Spain Cuba |
| #9157, aired 2024-09-10 | 1890s AMERICA $1000: In 1895 Eugene Debs went to prison for his part in the Pullman Strike, though this man was his attorney Darrow |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | THE 1890s $200: In 1891 the ancient order of Hibernians marched up Fifth Avenue for the first time in their parade celebrating this holiday St. Patrick's Day |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | THE 1890s $400: Moving up from Mexico, this pest invaded U.S. cotton fields, devastating crops throughout the south the boll weevil |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | THE 1890s $600: Dedicated to protecting the environment, the Sierra Club was founded in 1892 with this naturalist as its first president Muir |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | THE 1890s $800: In 1897 this author was released from Reading Gaol & went into exile in France Wilde |
| #8788, aired 2023-01-18 | THE 1890s $3,600 (Daily Double): Returning after a 1,500-year break, these opened April 6, 1896 the (Modern) Olympic Games |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | 1890s LITERATURE $800: Edmond Rostand set this 1897 play about the pursuit of the lovely Roxane in 17th century Paris Cyrano de Bergerac |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | 1890s LITERATURE $1200: A collection of this controversial German philosopher's thoughts & essays was titled "The Anti-Christ" Nietzsche |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | 1890s LITERATURE $1600: In "Trilby", a young singer falls under the trance of this man whose name became a synonym for a hypnotic controller Svengali |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | 1890s LITERATURE $2000: Dubbed "The Jewish Mark Twain" for his poignant tales, this author published "Tevye the Dairyman" in 1894 Sholem Aleichem |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | 1890s AMERICA $400: Farmers got help with forecasts as the weather bureau was moved from the military to this Cabinet department Agriculture |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | 1890s AMERICA $800: This president from New York underwent secret jaw surgeries in 1893 that weren't revealed until 1917 Cleveland |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | 1890s AMERICA $1200: Showcasing the West, the 1898 expo called Trans- this river drew 2.5 million visitors to Omaha the Mississippi |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | 1890s AMERICA $1600: In 1892, this firm's detectives were management muscle during a strike at Homestead Steel in Pennsylvania the Pinkerton agency |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | 1890s AMERICA $2000: In 1894, 12,000 NYC tailors struck to protest these exploiting establishments, a word just coming into use sweatshops |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $200: In 1892 this Chicago company began offering free chewing gum with each can of baking powder sold Wrigley's |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $400: On April 19, 1897 this city's marathon was run for the first time; John McDermott won in 2 hrs., 55 min., 10 sec. Boston |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $600: In 1895 this black educator delivered the Atlanta Compromise speech about improving the lot of African Americans (Booker T.) Washington |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $800: John Philip Sousa sat down on Christmas 1896 & wrote this march, including the lyric "Hurrah for the flag of the free" "Stars And Stripes Forever" |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $1000: On June 2, 1899 Butch Cassidy & this gang, also a 1969 movie title, robbed their first train near Wilcox, Wyoming the Wild Bunch |
| #5595, aired 2008-12-26 | 1890s CINEMA $400: In an 1898 film by G.A. Smith, this character enters & leaves a room via the chimney Santa Claus |
| #5595, aired 2008-12-26 | 1890s CINEMA $800: In "Wonderful Dancing Girls", 2 ballet dancers dance on this, years before Fred Astaire in "Royal Wedding" the ceiling |
| #5595, aired 2008-12-26 | 1890s CINEMA $1200: A film of this president reviewing troops was shot in Pittsburgh on August 28, 1899; he was shot in 1901 McKinley |
| #5595, aired 2008-12-26 | 1890s CINEMA $1600: 1899's "Frank Melville's Trick" one of these circus animals shows the title creature stepping over 2 ponies an elephant |
| #5595, aired 2008-12-26 | 1890s CINEMA $2000: "Casey At The Bat" ends with Casey & his teammates piling onto & pummeling this person at the plate the umpire |
| #4335, aired 2003-06-06 | THE 1890s $400: Japan had an emperor, Russia, a czar & Italy was ruled by one of these king |
| #4335, aired 2003-06-06 | THE 1890s $800: Of "Frankenstein", "The Invisible Man" or "Dracula", the one not created in 1897 Frankenstein (created in 1818) |
| #4335, aired 2003-06-06 | THE 1890s $1200: Relationship of Lizzie Borden to the woman she was acquitted of killing stepdaughter |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $400: His psychoanalytic method of free association & his daughter Anna first saw the light in 1895 Sigmund Freud |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $800: This school-oriented organization was founded in 1897 by Alice Birney & Phoebe Hearst PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $1200: In 1898, when this battleship blew up, Llewellyn Powers was governing the state of the same name Maine |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $1600: Created in 1891, Colorado's fir- & spruce-filled White River region was the first of the U.S. areas now called these national forests |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $2000: In 1893, 9 years after Massenet's "Manon", this Italian composer told a similar story in "Manon Lescaut" Giacomo Puccini |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $400: In 1891 a Japanese inventor powered a model plane with one of these office supplies & it flew a reported 33 feet rubber band |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $800: Alberto Santos-Dumont's first flight of his No.1 airship in 1898 ended with it being caught in one of these tree |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $1200: In 1899 Wilbur Wright asked this museum complex for any info on flying; they sent him some pamphlets the Smithsonian |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $1600: In 1897 3 Swedes (partly funded by Alfred Nobel) tried to reach this point on Earth by balloon -- they died the North Pole |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $2000: This count was granted a patent in 1895 for his new method of rigid-airship construction Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
| #3574, aired 2000-03-02 | 1890s SCIENCE $100: While trying to create these precious stones in a lab, Edward Acheson came up with carborundum diamonds |
| #3574, aired 2000-03-02 | 1890s SCIENCE $200: In 1890 William Halsted became the first surgeon to wear these during an operation gloves |
| #3574, aired 2000-03-02 | 1890s SCIENCE $300: He was just trying to make things glow in the dark when he discovered X-rays in 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen |
| #3574, aired 2000-03-02 | 1890s SCIENCE $400: In 1895 Aleksandr Popov & this Italian separately came up with the antenna to improve radio reception Guglielmo Marconi |
| #3574, aired 2000-03-02 | 1890s SCIENCE $500: In 1892 Jupiter's moon Amalthea became the last satellite discovered without using this process photography |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | 1890s TECHNOLOGY $200: The collaboration between this man & W.K.L. Dickson led to the production of the kinetoscope in 1894 Thomas Edison |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | 1890s TECHNOLOGY $400: It was discovered that these, which share their name with insect parts, improved radio reception Antennas |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | 1890s TECHNOLOGY $600: Whitcomb Judson's "clasp locker" of 1893 was this fastener's forerunner Zipper |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | 1890s TECHNOLOGY $1000: Edward Acheson failed when he tried to form these, but he did create carborundum Diamonds |
| #3242, aired 1998-10-13 | 1890s TECHNOLOGY $1,200 (Daily Double): By 1897 this German had perfected his alternative to the Otto gasoline engine Rudolf Diesel |
| #2957, aired 1997-06-10 | HITS OF THE 1890s $200: In 1899 people sang about "My Little Georgia" one & "My Wild Irish" one rose |
| #2957, aired 1997-06-10 | HITS OF THE 1890s $300: A sea chanty that became a hit in 1891 asked, "What shall we do with" one of these a drunken sailor |
| #2957, aired 1997-06-10 | HITS OF THE 1890s $400: "Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde" and this happened "The Band Played On" |
| #2957, aired 1997-06-10 | HITS OF THE 1890s $500: A completely different title to this often sung 1893 classic is "Good Morning To All" "Happy Birthday To You" |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $100: In 1895 King Gillette invented the safety type of this with disposable blades a razor |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $200: On Feb. 12, 1892 his birthday became an official holiday in Illinois Abraham Lincoln |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $300: He put on an exhibition of the Vitascope projector April 23, 1896 at a NYC music hall Edison |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $400: In 1898 Britain obtained a 99-year lease on this colony's "New Territories" Hong Kong |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $800 (Daily Double): The Kiel Canal opened in 1895, connecting this sea to the Baltic Sea The North Sea |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1890s $200: Among these that first appeared in the 1890s were "The Yellow Kid" & "The Katzenjammer Kids" comic strips |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1890s $400: Symbolized Ar, this gas that makes up about 1% of the air was isolated in 1894 argon |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1890s $600: In 1891 a Dutch paleontologist found remains of early man on this Indonesian island Java |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1890s $800: In 1895 England almost went to war over Venezuela's border with this British possession British Guiana |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1890s $1000: In 1892 the cornerstone for this NYC cathedral was laid on Dec. 27, its patron saint's feast day St. John the Divine |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | 1890s AMERICA $100: In November 1898 this rough riding colonel was elected New York governor Teddy Roosevelt |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | 1890s AMERICA $200: Of 350 crewmen, 260 were killed in the explosion of this battleship Feb. 15, 1898 the Maine |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | 1890s AMERICA $300: In 1897 the Pennsylvania Capitol in this city was destroyed by fire Harrisburg |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | 1890s AMERICA $500: This poet died March 26, 1892 in Camden, New Jersey Walt Whitman |
| #2255, aired 1994-05-27 | 1890s AMERICA $700 (Daily Double): On July 7, 1898 the president signed a bill annexing this Pacific island group to the United States Hawaii |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | THE 1890s $100: In 1893 New Zealand became the first country to grant women this right in full the vote |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | THE 1890s $200: This oath to Old Glory was unfurled in 1892 to honor the 400th anniversary of America's discovery the Pledge of Allegiance |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | THE 1890s $300: The capture of Santiago, Cuba in July 1898 effectively ended this war the Spanish-American War |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | THE 1890s $400: In 1896 this world capital hosted the first modern Olympics Athens |
| #2093, aired 1993-10-13 | THE 1890s $500: On Oct. 25, 1896 the New York Times carried this motto for the first time "all the news that's fit to print" |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | THE 1890s $100: In February 1898, this battleship sent to protect U.S. citizens & property in Cuba mysteriously blew up the Maine |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | THE 1890s $200: It was in the late 1890s that he first described the Oedipus Complex Sigmund Freud |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | THE 1890s $300: As an indoor alternative to other sports, James Naismith invented this game in 1891 basketball |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | THE 1890s $400: The world's first Ferris wheel began cranking in 1893 at the Columbian Exposition in this city Chicago |
| #1881, aired 1992-11-09 | THE 1890s $900 (Daily Double): In an effort to curb monopolies, Congress passed this act in 1890 the Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | THE 1890s $200: Under the Sherman Act, his Standard Oil trust was dissolved by the Ohio Supreme Court in 1892 Rockefeller |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | THE 1890s $400: During the Ghost Dance uprising in 1890, this Sioux leader was shot & killed Sitting Bull |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | THE 1890s $600: In 1899 he completed his painting "Two Tahitian Women" Gauguin |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | THE 1890s $800: In 1894 this French army captain was convicted of passing secrets to German agents & later acquitted Dreyfus |
| #1693, aired 1992-01-01 | THE 1890s $1000: In 1893 this 79-year-old composer's last opera, "Falstaff", premiered in Milan (Giuseppe) Verdi |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | THE 1890s $100: This group, formed in 1899, didn't put its first Bible into a hotel room until 1908 the Gideon Society |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | THE 1890s $200: After the 1898 Volunteer Army Act passed, the 1st volunteer cavalry, nicknamed this, was formed the Rough Riders |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | THE 1890s $400: About a month after Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech, gold was discovered near this river in the Yukon the Klondike |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | THE 1890s $500 (Daily Double): Comic character seen here who gave his name to a type of newspaper reporting the Yellow Kid |
| #1602, aired 1991-07-16 | THE 1890s $500: The 1990s have Princess Di; the press back in the 1890s had "Queen Lil", the deposed queen of this Hawaii |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $200: In 1891, Whitcomb Judson took out a patent on the slide fastener, later called this zipper |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $400: On June 11, 1896, the government bought the D.C. house in which he died 31 years earlier Abraham Lincoln |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $600: The music hall that opened on NYC's 57th Street in 1891 was renamed this in 1898 Carnegie Hall |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $800: In 1895, Pres. Cleveland asked U.S. citizens not to give aid to this island's rebels fighting against Spain Cuba |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $1000: Pianist/composer discovered while playing rag in 1899 at the Maple Leaf Club in Sedalia, Mo. (Scott) Joplin |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE 1890s $200: In 1897, James J. Corbett & Bob Fitzsimmons starred & sparred in the 1st pro one of these filmed a boxing match |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE 1890s $400: Going to road test his 1st car June 4, 1896, he found the shed door wasn't wide enough to get the car out Henry Ford |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE 1890s $600: In 1895, this still-published magazine for hunters & fishermen began publication Field & Stream |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE 1890s $800: Published in English in 1896, H. Sienkiewicz's best seller "Quo Vadis" was originally written in this language Polish |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | 1890S $100: Appropriately, 1st modern Olympiad was held in this city Athens |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | 1890S $200: Under pressure, the Mormons renounced it in 1890 polygamy |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | 1890S $300: In '96, ex-ballplayer Billy Sunday embarked on this career evangelism |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | 1890S $400: A 4-1 favorite, John L. Sullivan lost 1892 championship bout to this "Gentleman" Jim Corbett |
| #104, aired 1985-01-31 | 1890S $500: Revolt by "Society of Harmonious Fists" against foreigners in China the Boxer Rebellion |
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