Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (36 results returned)
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $400: This always frozen subsoil started forming around the time of Earth's first glaciation, 2 billion-plus years ago permafrost |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $800: Erosion by glaciers created the lakes of these mountains, including Lake Garda & Lake Lucerne the Alps |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $1200: Don't call Ayla in "The Clan of the Cave Bear" a Neanderthal--she's this kind of human that emerged later, around 40,000 B.C. a Cro Magnon |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $1600: Pangea, one of these, formed around 300 million & broke up around 200 million years ago a supercontinent |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $2000: This dinosaur of 100 million+ years ago got its name because its teeth resembled those of a lizard that's still around an iguanodon |
#7555, aired 2017-06-16 | A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $400: When capitalized, this term refers to the Pleistocene glacial epoch that started creeping over North America 2 million years ago the Ice Age |
#7555, aired 2017-06-16 | A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $800: This conquistador brought the first cattle to mainland America during the conquest of Mexico Cortes |
#7555, aired 2017-06-16 | A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $1200: Around 1000 A.D. this man explored the east coast of North America, sighting Newfoundland Leif Erikson |
#7555, aired 2017-06-16 | A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $1600: By about 9,000 B.C., many large animals in North America were extinct, including this "breast tooth" species a mastodon |
#7555, aired 2017-06-16 | A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1663 this English king established a colony in eastern North America; it would eventually become 2 colonies Charles II |
#6997, aired 2015-02-03 | A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA $400: Land battles in this war involving the United States were fought mainly in Canada the War of 1812 |
#6997, aired 2015-02-03 | A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA $800: The 1701 Peace of Montreal ended a century of fighting with this native peoples confederacy the Iroquois |
#6997, aired 2015-02-03 | A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA $1200: In 1621 England awarded Scotsman William Alexander this territory, now the name of a province Nova Scotia |
#6997, aired 2015-02-03 | A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA $2000: From an Inuit word meaning "village", Canada got its name in 1535 from this Frenchman (Jacques) Cartier |
#6997, aired 2015-02-03 | A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1610 Etienne Brule went to live with these people & became the first European to see the Great Lake named for them Huron |
#6977, aired 2015-01-06 | A LONG TIME AGO $200: Chinese emperor Wang Mang filled the treasury by making everyone swap gold for this, 2 down on the Olympic medal list bronze |
#6977, aired 2015-01-06 | A LONG TIME AGO $400: Lycurgus, lawgiver of this militaristic city-state, thought having more than one garment made men effeminate Sparta |
#6977, aired 2015-01-06 | A LONG TIME AGO $1000: It's estimated that Diocles earned enough each year in these races to feed the population of ancient Rome the chariot races |
#6461, aired 2012-10-22 | A LONG TIME AGO $200: Around 1600 B.C. the Shang became the first recorded ruling dynasty of this country China |
#6461, aired 2012-10-22 | A LONG TIME AGO $400: At the "Cadaver Synod" of 897, the corpse of Formosus, late holder of this office, was put on trial by Stephen VII the pope |
#6461, aired 2012-10-22 | A LONG TIME AGO $600: Between 250 & 900 this Central American culture flowered in its Classic Period in such cities as Tikal the Maya (the Mayans accepted) |
#6461, aired 2012-10-22 | A LONG TIME AGO $800: By the waters of the Euphrates, this city became a Mesopotamian capital in the early 2nd millennium B.C. Babylon |
#6461, aired 2012-10-22 | A LONG TIME AGO $1000: Athens & Sparta squared off in this war that lasted from 431 to 404 B.C. the Peloponnesian War |
#5811, aired 2009-12-14 | A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $400: This dynasty began its rule of China in 1368 Ming |
#5811, aired 2009-12-14 | A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $1600: 1494's Treaty of Tordesillas set a line of demarcation between these 2 countries' overseas empires Spain & Portugal |
#5811, aired 2009-12-14 | A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $2000: This Italian ruling family provided the Church with 4 popes, including Leo X & Leo XI Medicis |
#4672, aired 2004-12-21 | A REALLY LONG TIME AGO $400: In Euripides' home Protagoras read a controversial treatise saying these might not exist gods |
#4672, aired 2004-12-21 | A REALLY LONG TIME AGO $800: Of the sheep, the pig or the bactrian camel, the first to be domesticated the sheep |
#4672, aired 2004-12-21 | A REALLY LONG TIME AGO $1200: This early ancestor of European man was named for the French cave site where the bones were first found Cro-Magnon man |
#4672, aired 2004-12-21 | A REALLY LONG TIME AGO $1,500 (Daily Double): Now in white & black species, this animal had a woolly version during the last Ice Age rhinoceros |
#4672, aired 2004-12-21 | A REALLY LONG TIME AGO $2000: Ur was a part of this ancient civilization in Mesopotamia that was the first to develop a system of writing Sumeria |
#3169, aired 1998-05-14 | A LONG TIME AGO $200: A major reason for his invasion of Persia in 334 B.C. was to cover the debt left by his father, Philip II Alexander the Great |
#3169, aired 1998-05-14 | A LONG TIME AGO $400: At least a dozen of this Babylonian king's 282 laws dealt with wages & fee rates Hammurabi |
#3169, aired 1998-05-14 | A LONG TIME AGO $600: This Cretan civilization dominated the Aegean world until about 1450 B.C. Minoan |
#3169, aired 1998-05-14 | A LONG TIME AGO $800: Henry II, who succeeded Stephen as king of England in 1154, was the first monarch from this "house" Plantagenet |
#3169, aired 1998-05-14 | A LONG TIME AGO $1,200 (Daily Double): The statue of him, a wonder of the ancient world, marked the site of the original Olympic games Zeus |
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