Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (88 results returned)
#9096, aired 2024-05-06 | EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE $200: These 2 adjectives describe the night in the much-parodied opening line of the 1830 novel "Paul Clifford" dark & stormy |
#9096, aired 2024-05-06 | EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE $400: This term for a period of supposed stagnation beginning around 500 A.D. is based on a 14th century passage by Petrarch the Dark Ages |
#9096, aired 2024-05-06 | EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE $600: These ancient texts discovered in 1947 contain an account of an impending war between the Sons of Light & the Sons of Darkness the Dead Sea Scrolls |
#9096, aired 2024-05-06 | EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE $800: Often called the first dark horse president, this 11th chief executive waged the Mexican War & added vast new territory to the USA James K. Polk |
#9096, aired 2024-05-06 | EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE $1000: In 1933 astronomer Fritz Zwicky posited the existence of this, detected only by its gravitational effects dark matter |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $400: Throwing unlikely people together, various situations including adversity & politics have been said to "make strange" these bedfellows |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $800: You wouldn't let your kids see a movie rated this nickname of 1930s baseball star Jimmie Foxx double X |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $1200: Meaning made impure by additions, it's in the full name of the 1906 Pure Food & Drug Act adulterated |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $1600: Nuta was the given first name of the creator of the dazzling country & Western style worn here, but he was better known as this Nudie |
#8873, aired 2023-05-17 | JEOPARDY! AFTER DARK $2000: This name for a Beethoven symphony is the sexy section of the bookstore with one letter removed Eroica |
#8504, aired 2021-11-04 | DARK MATTER $400: In the Harry Potter books, he's the dark lord Voldemort |
#8504, aired 2021-11-04 | DARK MATTER $800: Traditionally the black keys on a piano are made of this hard dark wood ebony |
#8504, aired 2021-11-04 | DARK MATTER $1600: You get a "B" if you know it's the most common volcanic rock in the Earth's crust basalt |
#8504, aired 2021-11-04 | DARK MATTER $2000: In the early 1800s Joseph Niépce created some of the first photos using one of these, Latin for "dark chamber" a camera obscura |
#8504, aired 2021-11-04 | DARK MATTER $4,000 (Daily Double): This 14th century poet who gave his name to a type of sonnet is often credited with the term the Dark Ages Petrarch |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | THE DARK AGES $400: The onset of the Dark Ages is said to have come when the German Odoacer deposed the last ruler of this empire in 476 the Roman Empire |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | THE DARK AGES $800: Medical conditions of concern included being shot with an arrow by these spirit folk, not the friendly Christmas kind elves |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | THE DARK AGES $1200: Dark Ages guys Methodius & Cyril went down in history as the fathers of this system the alphabet |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | THE DARK AGES $1600: This illuminated book was probably taken to County Meath in Ireland in the 9th century the Book of Kells |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | THE DARK AGES $2,000 (Daily Double): Before it meant one who attacks received ideas, it meant one who opposed & even broke idols in the Byzantine Empire an iconoclast |
#7998, aired 2019-05-22 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK $400: Umbra is the Latin word for this dark area that can follow you around shadow |
#7998, aired 2019-05-22 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK $800: Crepuscule is another word for this 8-letter moment just before darkness falls twilight |
#7998, aired 2019-05-22 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK $1200: In the first line of Poe's "The Raven", this dark adjective describes midnight dreary |
#7998, aired 2019-05-22 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK $1600: Shakespeare's Portia says, "How far that little" this "throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world" candle |
#7998, aired 2019-05-22 | DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK $2000: Preserved in Jerusalem, "The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness" is one of the 7 original these Dead Sea Scrolls |
#7698, aired 2018-02-14 | EDISON: THE LIGHT & THE DARK $200: In 1892 Edison's Light Company became this entity that is still a big deal today General Electric |
#7698, aired 2018-02-14 | EDISON: THE LIGHT & THE DARK $400: Attempts to profit off this man's X-rays led to the tragic death of Edison's assistant Clarence Dally Röntgen |
#7698, aired 2018-02-14 | EDISON: THE LIGHT & THE DARK $600: Edison stiffed this man to the tune of $50,000 & told him, "When you become...American, you will appreciate an American joke" Tesla |
#7698, aired 2018-02-14 | EDISON: THE LIGHT & THE DARK $800: Edison on this: "What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil & coal run out before we tackle that" the sun |
#7698, aired 2018-02-14 | EDISON: THE LIGHT & THE DARK $1000: To discredit the A.C. power system, Edison tried to make this tycoon's name synonymous with electrocution Westinghouse |
#6729, aired 2013-12-12 | "DARK" MOVIES $400: Morgan Freeman played Lucius Fox, a valued employee of Wayne Enterprises, in this 2008 film The Dark Knight |
#6729, aired 2013-12-12 | "DARK" MOVIES $800: The third "Transformers" movie had this 4-word subtitle Dark of the Moon |
#6729, aired 2013-12-12 | "DARK" MOVIES $1200: Movie in which Meryl Streep as Lindy Chamberlain had the memorable line "The dingo's got my baby!" A Cry in the Dark |
#6729, aired 2013-12-12 | "DARK" MOVIES $1600: "The Exorcist" author William Peter Blatty co-wrote this movie that featured Inspector Clouseau A Shot in the Dark |
#6729, aired 2013-12-12 | "DARK" MOVIES $2000: This 1982 film features a universe of Jim Henson creatures The Dark Crystal |
#6552, aired 2013-02-26 | THE DARK NIGHT RISES $200: October is the dawning of the best viewing for this, the 11th sign of the zodiac Aquarius |
#6552, aired 2013-02-26 | THE DARK NIGHT RISES $400: Made on Earth & orbiting the Earth every 90-93 minutes, it sometimes appears brighter than Venus the ISS (the International Space Station) |
#6552, aired 2013-02-26 | THE DARK NIGHT RISES $600: Light from SN 1987A, one of these, lit up the night sky in 1987 after a journey of 160,000 years a supernova |
#6552, aired 2013-02-26 | THE DARK NIGHT RISES $800: November is the main month for this king of meteor showers the Leonids |
#6552, aired 2013-02-26 | THE DARK NIGHT RISES $1000: Mizar & Alcor in the Big Dipper's handle make up a "visual" one of these visible to the naked eye a binary |
#5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $400: In one legend this top knight disguises himself in black armor to help King Arthur after they've had a falling out Sir Lancelot |
#5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $800: In this Monty Python film, King Arthur battles a very, very determined Black Knight Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
#5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $1,200 (Daily Double): Edward of Woodstock, Knight of the Garter & heir to the British Throne, is better known to history as this the Black Prince |
#5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $1200: In "Ivanhoe", this crusader king disguises himself as the Black Knight to aid the hero Richard the Lionhearted |
#5713, aired 2009-06-10 | THE DARK KNIGHT $2000: In this author's "Morte d'Arthur", Sir Bewmaynes beats 3 brothers: the Black Knight, the Red Knight & the Green Knight Sir Thomas Malory |
#5611, aired 2009-01-19 | THE DARK SIDE OF COMMERCIAL MASCOTS $200: To our knowledge, this company's "Pitcher Man" has never offered to help rebuild a wall he destroyed Kool-Aid |
#5611, aired 2009-01-19 | THE DARK SIDE OF COMMERCIAL MASCOTS $400: The Energizer bunny likely keeps his neighbors up all night playing this, his trademark instrument drum |
#5611, aired 2009-01-19 | THE DARK SIDE OF COMMERCIAL MASCOTS $600: How come Mayor McCheese didn't form a task force to catch this thief who'd swipe food with a "robble robble"? the Hamburglar |
#5611, aired 2009-01-19 | THE DARK SIDE OF COMMERCIAL MASCOTS $800: The little Coppertone girl has a right to be upset when this animal causes her wardrobe malfunction the puppy |
#5611, aired 2009-01-19 | THE DARK SIDE OF COMMERCIAL MASCOTS $1000: In the '80s Domino's warned us to "avoid" this red claymation fellow who had a jones for ruining pizza the Noid |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | EXPLORING: THE DARK SIDE $5 (Daily Double): Burke & Wills were the first to cross this continent south to north; they died on the way back Australia |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | EXPLORING THE "DARK" SIDE $100: The leg & thigh of the chicken dark meat |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | EXPLORING: THE DARK SIDE $200: Francisco Pizarro was killed by a competing conquistador after looting & destroying this Peruvian empire the Incan Empire |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | EXPLORING THE "DARK" SIDE $200: A competitor who wins unexpectedly a dark horse |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | EXPLORING THE "DARK" SIDE $300: You'll find a developer, a stop bath & a fixer here the darkroom |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | EXPLORING: THE DARK SIDE $400: Pedro Menendez de Aviles founded this Florida city on his way to massacring a rival colony San Augustine (or St. Augustine) |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | EXPLORING THE "DARK" SIDE $400: This term referred to a supposed lack of learning in the period from the 400s to the 900s the Dark Ages |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | EXPLORING THE "DARK" SIDE $500: It's postulated this hypothetical substance accounts for gravitational forces observed in the universe dark matter |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | EXPLORING: THE DARK SIDE $800: Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo died from complications of a broken leg on San Miguel Island off this state he explored California |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | EXPLORING: THE DARK SIDE $1000: The first European to travel the Mississippi: later his men killed him while trying to find the river in Texas La Salle |
#3011, aired 1997-10-06 | SHAKESPEARE DARK $200: Legend says this play is cursed, so if you mention it in a dressing room, you may not get off Scot-free Macbeth |
#3011, aired 1997-10-06 | SHAKESPEARE DARK $400: George Orwell griped about this kingly tragedy: "One wicked daughter would have been quite enough" King Lear |
#3011, aired 1997-10-06 | SHAKESPEARE DARK $800: Horatio speaks of this play's "Carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts", & he should know Hamlet |
#3011, aired 1997-10-06 | SHAKESPEARE DARK $1000: In this monumentally gruesome play, Titus kills Tamora's sons & serves them to her in a pie Titus Andronicus |
#3011, aired 1997-10-06 | SHAKESPEARE DARK $2,000 (Daily Double): Laurence Olivier was accidentally hit by an arrow when he played this king on film, so his limp was real Richard III |
#1545, aired 1991-04-26 | DARK SHADOWS $100: The story is set in Collinsport in this state & in it, people were always going to Bangor Maine |
#1545, aired 1991-04-26 | DARK SHADOWS $200: Before becoming one of Charlie's Angels, she played a ghost on "Dark Shadows" Kate Jackson |
#1545, aired 1991-04-26 | DARK SHADOWS $300: Jonathan Frid played Barnabas in the original & he sank his teeth into the role in the revival Ben Cross |
#1301, aired 1990-04-09 | THE DARK AGES $200: The Dark Ages began when this city fell in 476 A.D. Rome |
#1301, aired 1990-04-09 | THE DARK AGES $400: The armies of Justinian, who headed this empire, conquered the Vandals in 534 Byzantine Empire |
#1301, aired 1990-04-09 | THE DARK AGES $600: In 568 the Lombards began their conquest of what is now this country Italy |
#1301, aired 1990-04-09 | THE DARK AGES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 711 Arabs & Berbers crossed over from north Africa & drove the last Visigoth king from this country Spain |
#1301, aired 1990-04-09 | THE DARK AGES $1000: The 3 Germanic tribes that invaded England between 400-600 Jutes, Angles & Saxons |
#1179, aired 1989-10-19 | "DARK" $200: Though it went only to No. 2, it's Bruce Springsteen's biggest hit to date "Dancing in the Dark" |
#1179, aired 1989-10-19 | "DARK" $400: In 1844 James K. Polk was the 1st of this type of candidate to win the presidency dark horse |
#1179, aired 1989-10-19 | "DARK" $600: He's the 1st man to have managed both A.L. & N.L. squads in the All-Star Game Alvin Dark |
#1179, aired 1989-10-19 | "DARK" $800: The motto of The Christophers is "It is better to light 1 candle than to" do this curse the darkness |
#1179, aired 1989-10-19 | "DARK" $1000: This TV soap opera of the late 1960s featured a 175-year-old vampire named Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows |
#948, aired 1988-10-19 | "DARK" $100: A place to develop photographs the dark room |
#948, aired 1988-10-19 | "DARK" $200: The period 476-800 A.D. the Dark Ages |
#948, aired 1988-10-19 | "DARK" $300: A Peter Sellers film in the Pink Panther series A Shot in the Dark |
#948, aired 1988-10-19 | "DARK" $500 (Daily Double): In March 1974 this song topped the pop charts: "She dealt two cards, a queen and a three / And mumbled some words that were so strange to me / And then she turned up a two-eyed jack / My eyes saw red but the card..." "Dark Lady" |
#948, aired 1988-10-19 | "DARK" $500: In a commercial for this beer, Martin Mull advised, "Don't be afraid of the dark" Michelob |
#757, aired 1987-12-15 | “DARK” SONGS $100: Brian De Palma directed the video of this Bruce Springsteen 1984 hit "Dancing In The Dark" |
#757, aired 1987-12-15 | “DARK” SONGS $200: Song that begins, “I’ll be down to get you in a taxi, honey” "The Darktown Strutter's Ball" |
#757, aired 1987-12-15 | “DARK” SONGS $300: Appropriate title for Cher’s 1974 #1 hit "Dark Lady" |
#757, aired 1987-12-15 | “DARK” SONGS $400: “Relative”ly speaking, this 1970 song was a big hit for Tom Jones "Daughter Of Darkness" |
#757, aired 1987-12-15 | “DARK” SONGS $500: Theme song from the 1984 movie “Eddie & the Cruisers” "On The Dark Side" |
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