Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (52 results returned)
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | ALTERNATIVE SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN $200: Sinterklaas arrives via boat from Spain (where he lives the rest of the year, why not?) & parades through this Dutch capital Amsterdam |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | ALTERNATIVE SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN $400: In 1810 the N.Y. Historical Society drew up a picture of this saint giving gifts but he wears a robe &--whoa whoa whoa!--is bald Saint Nicholas |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | ALTERNATIVE SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN $600: Not sparing it to spoil the child in "The Children's Friend" in 1821, Santa left parents "a long, black birchen" this to use the rod |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | ALTERNATIVE SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN $800: In an old print ad, Santa says a gift bringing "pleasure to every home...is rare indeed. Such a gift, my friends, is Lucky Strike"--these cigarettes |
| #8120, aired 2019-12-20 | ALTERNATIVE SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN $1000: Flossie & Glossie were 2 "deer of much intelligence", casually chatting about "sledge" work with Santa in a tale by this "Oz" author Baum |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) Indoor farming can consume 95% less water than traditional methods & doesn't require application of these chemicals that release more than 5 billion pounds of contaminants into the environment each year pesticides |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) Bowery tends its crops with a proprietary automated operating system that monitors every step of the growing process, beginning with this first stage, from Latin for "to sprout" germination |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) The practice of vertical farming dates to antiquity, with historic examples including the 2000-year-old rice terraces of the Philippines & this possibly legendary one of the seven wonders of the ancient world the Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) It's projected that by 2050 two-thirds of Earth's population will live in cities far from traditional food sources; indoor vertical farming brings fresh produce to urban areas with this soil-free growing process, from Greek words meaning "water" & "labor" hydroponics |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) Urban farming also has a long tradition; in both World Wars I and II, patriotic ads encouraged city-dwellers across America to grow food in these gardens with a winning name victory gardens |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | ALTERNATIVE FACTS $400: The planets & Sun were thought to revolve around the Earth; in the 16th century, this Polish astronomer proved otherwise Copernicus |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | ALTERNATIVE FACTS $800: A long-held notion was that a planet called this, like Spock's home, was between the Sun & Mercury; it was debunked Vulcan |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | ALTERNATIVE FACTS $1600: Stress & a rich diet were blamed for this type of lesion in the stomach; turns out the culprit is the bacteria H. pylori an ulcer |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | ALTERNATIVE FACTS $2000: Here's a 19th century depiction of the practice of this science, proved to be utter malarkey phrenology |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | ALTERNATIVE FACTS $5,000 (Daily Double): The 18th c. had the phlogiston theory of combustion; Lavoisier subbed in the theory of this newly discovered gas oxygen |
| #7185, aired 2015-12-04 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $400: This technique to achieve a tranquil mental state without drugs may be "transcendental" meditation |
| #7185, aired 2015-12-04 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $800: Acupressure relies on pressure at specific body meridian points to control qi, the flow of this energy |
| #7185, aired 2015-12-04 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $1200: A type of therapy is named for this field that surrounds the body & is visible as light aura |
| #7185, aired 2015-12-04 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $1600: The royal family were big supporters of the RLH hospital, the H for this type of diluted medicine practice homeopathic |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $400: "There's no place like" this type of treatment that uses natural tinctures to heal the body homeopathic |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $800: This type of "suggestion" is a form of self-hypnotherapy autosuggestion |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $1200: "Negative" this therapy tries to cleanse the body using negatively charged particles ionic |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $1600: "Finger pressure" in Japanese, this type of massage deals with 12 major meridians shiatsu |
| #6001, aired 2010-10-18 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $2000: Both acupressure & acupuncture work with this Chinese energy chi |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | ALTERNATIVE ENERGY $400: Photovoltaic (or "P.V.") cells, which can power homes, are more commonly called these solar (cells) |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | ALTERNATIVE ENERGY $800: Partly from the Greek for "heat", it's the type of energy produced by Iceland's Krafla Plant geothermal |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | ALTERNATIVE ENERGY $1200: Pumped-storage is one type of plant for this, the nation's largest renewable electricity source hydroelectric |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | ALTERNATIVE ENERGY $1600: By 2003, there were 65 facilities for this type of power in the U.S., generating about 20% of our energy nuclear power |
| #4998, aired 2006-05-10 | ALTERNATIVE ENERGY $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew opens a vat in from Napa Valley, CA.) This alcohol produced by grape fermentation is also used to make solvents & gasoline ethanol |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | ALTERNATIVE HISTORY NOVELS $400: In Len Deighton's "SS-GB", the Nazis have occupied England & sent this leader before a firing squad Churchill |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | ALTERNATIVE HISTORY NOVELS $800: This German field marshall turns the tide against the Allies in the novel "Fox on the Rhine" Rommel |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | ALTERNATIVE HISTORY NOVELS $1200: In his 2004 novel "The Plot Against America", Nazi sympathizer Charles Lindbergh beats FDR in 1940 (Philip) Roth |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | ALTERNATIVE HISTORY NOVELS $1600: The Nazis & Japanese occupy 1962 America in Philip K. Dick's novel "The Man in " this place the High Castle |
| #4746, aired 2005-04-04 | ALTERNATIVE HISTORY NOVELS $2000: In this Robert Harris book, the Nazis won WWII & JFK's dad, Joseph, is U.S. President Fatherland |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? $200: You can get your chi balanced by either of these 2 ancient Chinese methods whose name both begin "acu" acupuncture & acupressure |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? $400: This "therapy" uses concentrated plant oils like rosemary or bergamot to relieve stress aroma therapy |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? $600: Meaning "the science of prolonging life", it's a dietary regime of whole grains, vegetables & beans macrobiotic |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? $800: By this alternative medicine's methods a quartz-powered watch should aid in carpal-tunnel syndrome relief; well, maybe crystal healing |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? $1000: Autosuggestion ("I am great, great") is classified as a form of "self" this ("I am getting sleepy, sleepy") self-hypnosis |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $200: In this practice, heat or electricity may be applied to the skin in addition to needles Acupuncture |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $400: In 1975 Herbert Benson described the "relaxation response" evoked by TM, which stands for this Transcendental Meditation |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $600: D.D. Palmer, the inventor of this therapy, performed his first adjustment in 1895 Chiropractic |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $1000: This holistic approach to stress reduction involves monitoring involuntary body functions Biofeedback |
| #2944, aired 1997-05-22 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $1,500 (Daily Double): Panax, the genus name of this Chinese root, is derived from the word "panacea" Ginseng |
| #2645, aired 1996-02-16 | ALTERNATIVE ROCK $100: A No. 1 album in December 1994 was this group's "Vitalogy" Pearl Jam |
| #2645, aired 1996-02-16 | ALTERNATIVE ROCK $200: In 1995 this group featuring Michael Stipe went on its first tour in 5 years R.E.M. |
| #2645, aired 1996-02-16 | ALTERNATIVE ROCK $300: It's the 5-year-old annual tour whose playbill is filled with alternative rock bands Lollapalooza |
| #2645, aired 1996-02-16 | ALTERNATIVE ROCK $400: Siouxsie's group the Banshees |
| #2645, aired 1996-02-16 | ALTERNATIVE ROCK $500: This Chicago-based band's major label debut, "Siamese Dream", went platinum Smashing Pumpkins |
| #1549, aired 1991-05-02 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $200: The Chinese use this practice, which they developed, as a non-chemical form of anesthesia acupuncture |
| #1549, aired 1991-05-02 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $400: In 1895, Daniel Palmer became the first of these doctors who believe disease results from a misaligned spine chiropractor |
| #1549, aired 1991-05-02 | ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE $800: New age practitioners believe these rocks are alive and have healing powers crystals |
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