Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (75 results returned)
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | FASHION: 1900 TO 1950 $200: Mr. Christian, oh the time has come, to name this designer whose 1940s "New Look" made shoulders less NFL-like Dior |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | FASHION: 1900 TO 1950 $400: Spreading their "wings", '20s women known as these wore hems at (gasp!) knee level, with bobbed hair under a cloche flappers |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | FASHION: 1900 TO 1950 $600: It's the rhyming '40s ensemble seen here a zoot suit |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | FASHION: 1900 TO 1950 $800: In the 1930s this rigid undergarment spawned a lighter-weight elastic variety, the girdle a corset |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | FASHION: 1900 TO 1950 $1000: Get your knickers in a twist or really get 'em baggy like these numeric golfing pants of the '20s plus fours |
#7122, aired 2015-07-28 | HISTORY SINCE 1950 $200: After months on the run, he was captured December 13, 2003 after he was found hiding in a hole near Tikrit Saddam Hussein |
#7122, aired 2015-07-28 | HISTORY SINCE 1950 $400: This first African-American Attorney General said he was quitting in 2014 but was still on the job in 2015 Eric Holder |
#7122, aired 2015-07-28 | HISTORY SINCE 1950 $600: More than 1,000 rebels captured during this 1961 invasion of Cuba were later freed in exchange for food & medicine Bay of Pigs |
#7122, aired 2015-07-28 | HISTORY SINCE 1950 $800: In China his Great Leap Forward program took a great leap back, contributing to a famine & millions of deaths Mao |
#7122, aired 2015-07-28 | HISTORY SINCE 1950 $1000: This country's first female leader, Khaleda Zia was prime minister in the 1990s & again from 2001 to 2006 Bangladesh |
#6895, aired 2014-08-01 | 1950-2000 $400: He's the president seen here signing into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Lyndon Johnson |
#6895, aired 2014-08-01 | 1950-2000 $800: In the early '80s it was sometimes called "GRID", gay-related immune deficiency AIDS |
#6895, aired 2014-08-01 | 1950-2000 $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) On the morning of June 25th, 1950, forces in the north stormed across the 38th parallel, beginning this 3-year-long conflict the Korean War |
#6895, aired 2014-08-01 | 1950-2000 $1600: This senator from Wisconsin is best remembered for his Communist "witch hunts" of the 1950s (Joseph) McCarthy |
#6895, aired 2014-08-01 | 1950-2000 $2000: In 1972 terrorism by a group of Palestinians marred the Olympic Games in this German city Munich |
#3602, aired 2000-04-11 | THE MAP OF 1950 $200: Today it's Brasilia, but a map from 1950 would have shown this city as its nation's capital Rio de Janeiro |
#3602, aired 2000-04-11 | THE MAP OF 1950 $400: This European nation occupied 42,000 square miles in 1949; 41 years later it ceased to exist East Germany |
#3602, aired 2000-04-11 | THE MAP OF 1950 $600 (Daily Double): In 1950 delegates from the Italian colonies Fezzan, Cyrenaica & Tripolitania met to discuss union as this nation Libya |
#3602, aired 2000-04-11 | THE MAP OF 1950 $600: Today known as Belize, this colony in Central America had a population of only about 70,000 in 1950 British Honduras |
#3602, aired 2000-04-11 | THE MAP OF 1950 $1000: Traveling to Timbuktu in 1950 would take you through French Sudan, today known as this country Mali |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | THEY WERE TEENS IN 1950 $100: Time flies! This "Reds" actor-director & wife Annette Bening now have 3 kids Warren Beatty |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | THEY WERE TEENS IN 1950 $200: Ed Asner & Ted Knight co-starred, but it was this actress' "Show" from 1970 to 1977 Mary Tyler Moore |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | THEY WERE TEENS IN 1950 $300: Born in 1931, this Australian-born owner of Fox Broadcasting is now a U.S. citizen Rupert Murdoch |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | THEY WERE TEENS IN 1950 $400: This Arizona senator & presidential candidate was a P.O.W. for 5 1/2 years during the Vietnam War John McCain |
#3490, aired 1999-11-05 | THEY WERE TEENS IN 1950 $500: Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien, the 18th of 19 children, was born in this province in 1934 Quebec |
#2635, aired 1996-02-02 | 1950 $200: Ain Shams University was founded in this Egyptian capital Cairo |
#2635, aired 1996-02-02 | 1950 $400: Florence Chadwick swam this body of water from Cap Gris-Nez to Dover The English Channel |
#2635, aired 1996-02-02 | 1950 $600: This photographer's "My Camera in the National Parks" was released in 1950 Ansel Adams |
#2635, aired 1996-02-02 | 1950 $800: In January this country became a republic with Rajendra Prasad as president India |
#2635, aired 1996-02-02 | 1950 $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1950 this former Army chief of staff & secretary of state became secretary of defense George Marshall |
#2439, aired 1995-03-23 | 1950 $100: In a publicity move, this agency issued its first list of the "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" the FBI |
#2439, aired 1995-03-23 | 1950 $200: This increased from 40¢ to 75¢ an hour minimum wages |
#2439, aired 1995-03-23 | 1950 $300: In one of the biggest heists in history, over $2 million was stolen from this armored car company Brink's |
#2439, aired 1995-03-23 | 1950 $400: This 89-year-old woman's artwork was exhibited in Europe for the first time Grandma Moses |
#2439, aired 1995-03-23 | 1950 $500 (Daily Double): After 6 years in exile, this country's King Leopold III returned, only to abdicate a week later Belgium |
#2340, aired 1994-11-04 | THE 1950 EMMYS $100: "You Bet Your Life" he was the "Most Outstanding Personality" Groucho Marx |
#2340, aired 1994-11-04 | THE 1950 EMMYS $200: Coverage of the departure of marines to this country won a special events Emmy Korea |
#2340, aired 1994-11-04 | THE 1950 EMMYS $300: In the Best Actor category, Jose Ferrer competed against Stan Freberg, the voice of this sea serpent Cecil |
#2340, aired 1994-11-04 | THE 1950 EMMYS $400: The best variety show was hosted by this man who later starred with "Mr. Ed" Alan Young |
#2340, aired 1994-11-04 | THE 1950 EMMYS $500: It was the first program to win as Best Game Show; host Ralph Edwards picked up the award Truth or Consequences |
#2222, aired 1994-04-12 | 1950 $100: In January this armored car company was robbed of $1.5 million Brink's |
#2222, aired 1994-04-12 | 1950 $200: In May this country crowned Phumiphon Adundet as Rama IX in a ceremony in Bangkok Thailand |
#2222, aired 1994-04-12 | 1950 $300: In October General MacArthur called on this country's forces to surrender—they refused North Korea |
#2222, aired 1994-04-12 | 1950 $400: The U.S. & Canada signed a 50-year agreement to protect this landmark's beauty & to develop its power Niagara Falls |
#2222, aired 1994-04-12 | 1950 $500: This country's Department of the Interior classified residents by color & issued ID cards South Africa |
#2096, aired 1993-10-18 | 1950 $200: After passing the House, bills to extend statehood to these 2 territories were shelved by the Senate Alaska & Hawaii |
#2096, aired 1993-10-18 | 1950 $400: On September 26 this general announced that Seoul, Korea was again in friendly hands MacArthur |
#2096, aired 1993-10-18 | 1950 $600: This creator of Tarzan died in Encino, California on March 19 Edgar Rice Burroughs |
#2096, aired 1993-10-18 | 1950 $800: In a plebiscite over 57% of this country's voters favored the return from exile of King Leopold III Belgium |
#2096, aired 1993-10-18 | 1950 $1000: Her play "The Member of the Wedding" opened on Broadway on January 5 Carson McCullers |
#1617, aired 1991-09-17 | 1950 $100: Badly burned & found clinging to a tree, he became a symbol of forest fire prevention Smokey Bear |
#1617, aired 1991-09-17 | 1950 $200: In March, President Truman denounced this Wisconsin senator as a saboteur of U.S. foreign policy Joseph McCarthy |
#1617, aired 1991-09-17 | 1950 $300: In the biggest armed robbery to date, close to $3 million was stolen from this armored car co. Brink's |
#1617, aired 1991-09-17 | 1950 $400: After 67 years in the majors, he announced his retirement as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack |
#1617, aired 1991-09-17 | 1950 $500: This author, whose latest works were "Go Down, Moses" & "Intruder in the Dust", won a Nobel Prize (William) Faulkner |
#1469, aired 1991-01-10 | 1950 $100: When Margaret's singing was panned, this man said if he "met the critic, he'd need a new nose" Truman |
#1469, aired 1991-01-10 | 1950 $200: As UN commander-in-chief in Korea, he announced September 26 that Seoul had fallen MacArthur |
#1469, aired 1991-01-10 | 1950 $300: This senator kept changing the number of card-carrying communists he claimed were in the State Dept. (Joseph) McCarthy |
#1469, aired 1991-01-10 | 1950 $400: The French passed a bill aimed at banning this American soft drink Coca-Cola |
#1469, aired 1991-01-10 | 1950 $500: The 1950 film that tried to prove anything Ethel Merman could do, Betty Hutton could do better Annie Get Your Gun |
#1073, aired 1989-04-12 | 1950 $100: A VW cost $1,280, a "starter home" cost $7,990 & this was increased to $.75 an hour the minimum wage |
#1073, aired 1989-04-12 | 1950 $200: Nationalists from this West Indies island tried to assassinate Pres. Truman Puerto Rico |
#1073, aired 1989-04-12 | 1950 $300: This man claimed Johns Hopkins professor Owen J. Lattimore was the "top Russian agent" in the U.S. Senator McCarthy |
#1073, aired 1989-04-12 | 1950 $400: This Rodgers & Hammerstein musical set during WWII won 9 Tonys & a Pulitzer Prize South Pacific |
#1073, aired 1989-04-12 | 1950 $500: Now a sports commentator for ABC, in 1950 he was the reigning men's figure skating champ Dick Button |
#437, aired 1986-05-13 | THE 1950's $200: This comedy duo's split-up was big news in 1956 Martin & Lewis |
#437, aired 1986-05-13 | THE 1950's $400: It's said the Beat Generation began in poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "City Lights" bookshop in this city San Francisco |
#437, aired 1986-05-13 | THE 1950's $600: It wasn't until 1959 that full text of this 1928 D.H. Lawrence novel was published in U.S. Lady Chatterley's Lover |
#437, aired 1986-05-13 | THE 1950's $800: In 1959, this int'l figure appeared on CBS' "Person to Person" in pajamas rather than fatigues (Fidel) Castro |
#437, aired 1986-05-13 | THE 1950's $1000: Ezra Taft Benson, now prophet & pres. of the Mormon church, held this cabinet post in the '50s Secretary of Agriculture |
#315, aired 1985-11-22 | THE 1950's $100: Mickey Spillane's violently anti-Communist private eye Mike Hammer |
#315, aired 1985-11-22 | THE 1950's $200: In 1952, this plant substance was added to toothpaste, gum, soap, & many other things chlorophyll |
#315, aired 1985-11-22 | THE 1950's $300: Howdy Doody host Bob Smith's real hometown Buffalo, New York |
#315, aired 1985-11-22 | THE 1950's $400: In 1952, 12-year-old Jimmy Boyd earned a fortune with this Christmas song hit "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" |
#315, aired 1985-11-22 | THE 1950's $500: San Francisco police confiscated this beat poet's epic "Howl" when it first came out Allen Ginsberg |
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