Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (245 results returned)
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | DE-COMPOSING $200: Doing anything to avoid tax day, this "Messiah" composer departed Earth on April 14, 1759 Handel |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | DE-COMPOSING $400: After taking aim at "William Tell" & then quitting theater entirely at age 37, he quit more than that on Nov. 13, 1868 (Gioachino) Rossini |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | DE-COMPOSING $600: This "Peter & the Wolf" music maker stopped Russian around in March 1953 Prokofiev |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | DE-COMPOSING $800: This Frenchman died on Dec. 28, 1937, never knowing he'd play a crucial musical part in a Bo Derek film Maurice Ravel |
| #8845, aired 2023-04-07 | DE-COMPOSING $1,000 (Daily Double): On March 25, 1918 the sun set on this "Moonlight" composer in Paris (Claude) Debussy |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE $400: Cheers to Henry IV, who became France's first king from this ruling house in 1589 Bourbon |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE $800: 1804 to 1815 is known as the Empire Period; in the decorative arts it featured swans, a symbol of this empress Josephine |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE $1200: Named for a war minister, this 1930s "Line" of forts & small concrete bunkers, built to stop the Germans, didn't the Maginot Line |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE $2000: The first examples of art by prehistoric people are Cro-Magnon, like at this French cave discovered by 4 teens in 1940 Lascaux |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE $3,095 (Daily Double): After WWI, Germany lost this hyphenated border region to France, got it back in WWII, then lost it to France again Alsace-Lorraine |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | "DE" PLUS 3 $200: Your first appearance on stage or screen a debut |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | "DE" PLUS 3 $400: A railway station, often a small & quaint one, as seen here a depot |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | "DE" PLUS 3 $600: The typically triangular mouth of a river a delta |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | "DE" PLUS 3 $800: My god, your god, any god a deity |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | "DE" PLUS 3 $1000: Named for a city, it's a specific type of Dutch earthenware Delft |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | THE LANGUAGE OF DE-FEET $200: Directly confront someone & you're going this-to-this with them toe to toe |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | THE LANGUAGE OF DE-FEET $400: This lingual "disease" of making inappropriate statements has 2 body parts foot in mouth |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | THE LANGUAGE OF DE-FEET $600: A curved part of the foot is a crucial part of this term for your chief rival your archenemy |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | THE LANGUAGE OF DE-FEET $800: A soldier's small trunk a footlocker |
| #8224, aired 2020-05-28 | THE LANGUAGE OF DE-FEET $1000: A babyface is a good-guy pro wrestler; this is the term for the bad guy the heel |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | DE-CAP-ITATE 'EM! $400: Chop "cap" off a word meaning to overturn in water & you get this magnitude size |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | DE-CAP-ITATE 'EM! $800: Take the "C-A-P" off a type of chicken & you get this preposition on |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | DE-CAP-ITATE 'EM! $1200: Remove "cap" from a synonym for whimsy & you are left with this grain rice |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | DE-CAP-ITATE 'EM! $1600: Cut "C-A-P" off a word meaning having the skill to do something & get this shorter word meaning the same thing ability (or able) |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | DE-CAP-ITATE 'EM! $2000: Take the "cap" off a shipboard winch & get this male first name Stan |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | NOM DE MUPPET $200: This balcony-based curmudgeon is named for a New York City hotel--his wife is even named Astoria Waldorf |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | NOM DE MUPPET $400: He may have told us his name, but we didn't understand him, so we know him by his nationality the Swedish Chef |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | NOM DE MUPPET $600: Miss Piggy was named for a Peggy, this "Fever" singer Peggy Lee |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | NOM DE MUPPET $800: One of the 2 scientific Muppets who share their names with laboratory equipment Beaker (or Bunsen) |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | NOM DE MUPPET $1000: Rizzo the Rat's name came from Dustin Hoffman's character in this Best Picture Oscar winner Midnight Cowboy |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | CINCO DE MAYO $400: Fritessaus, as the name implies, is a mayonnaise-based Dutch sauce commonly used for dipping with these French fries |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | CINCO DE MAYO $800: If you've used all your eggs for poaching, make "mock" this brunch sauce with mayo, sour cream & some mustard Hollandaise |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | CINCO DE MAYO $1200: This mayo-based sauce was named due to its earlier function of being paired with bits of raw steak tartar sauce |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | CINCO DE MAYO $1600: The vowels in this Provencal type of mayonnaise outnumber the consonants 4 to 1 aioli |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | CINCO DE MAYO $2000: There are many ways to make this spicy mayo sauce that Cajuns are known to dip chilled shrimp into a remoulade |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | ANYTHING TO "DE"CLARE? $400: It's a synonym for "integrate", as a school or workplace desegregate |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | ANYTHING TO "DE"CLARE? $800: In 2017 JP Morgan claimed bank bragging rights as it took over the No. 1 spot with $1.31 trillion in total these deposits |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | ANYTHING TO "DE"CLARE? $1200: After years of defueling, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier underwent this removal from service in 2017 decommission |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | ANYTHING TO "DE"CLARE? $2000: Hackers send thousands of requests to a website in the type of attack called DDOS, or "distributed" this denial of service |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | DE NERO $400: After Rome burned, Nero shifted the blame from himself to this sect, making sport of them in the circus Christians |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | DE NERO $800: Around 60 A.D. Nero gave his first public performance with this harp-like instrument a lyre |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | DE NERO $1200: Having had enough of Nero's antics, this august political body decreed his death; he fled the Senate |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | DE NERO $1600: At 16, Nero was proclaimed emperor by this military group, the household guard of the emperors the Praetorians |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | DE NERO $2000: This statesman, tragedian & tutor to Nero was later forced by Nero to commit suicide Seneca |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | SCHWA DE VIVRE $200: A schwa is an unstressed "uh" sound like the one at the start of this military posture ə 'ten attention |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | SCHWA DE VIVRE $400: People often omit the schwa from the middle of this cacao product chocolate |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | SCHWA DE VIVRE $600: UCLA's is 419 acres in area campus |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | SCHWA DE VIVRE $800: There's a schwa at the end of this synonym for "couch" sofa |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | SCHWA DE VIVRE $1000: A schwa is in the middle of this adjective meaning suffering from feelings of persecution paranoid |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | "DE" MIDDLE $200: To set in from the margin, as the first line of a paragraph indent |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | "DE" MIDDLE $400: Free from great pretensions or showy extravagance modest |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | "DE" MIDDLE $600: Adultery or unfaithfulness infidelity |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | "DE" MIDDLE $800: Legal proof evidence |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | "DE" MIDDLE $1000: Glowing or white with heat incandescent |
| #7208, aired 2016-01-06 | LET'S MAKE A "DE-" $200: Old Spice is one deodorant |
| #7208, aired 2016-01-06 | LET'S MAKE A "DE-" $400: To behead decapitate |
| #7208, aired 2016-01-06 | LET'S MAKE A "DE-" $600: This TV host is descended from a French planter who left Hispaniola for Louisiana Ellen DeGeneres |
| #7208, aired 2016-01-06 | LET'S MAKE A "DE-" $800: Indifference, or a small unit of soldiers on a mission detachment |
| #7208, aired 2016-01-06 | LET'S MAKE A "DE-" $1000: A mark of misconduct in your record a demerit |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | NOM NOM NOM DE GUERRE $400: A chef created the dish chicken Marengo in honor of this man's victory in an 1800 battle in Italy Napoleon |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | NOM NOM NOM DE GUERRE $800: A soup called potage Solferino honors a bloody 1859 battle that led to the formation of this aid group the Red Cross |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | NOM NOM NOM DE GUERRE $1200: Reported named for Ancel Keys, these emergency field vittles were used when other food was scarce in WWII K-rations |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | NOM NOM NOM DE GUERRE $1600: Tasty & durable, this type of milk from Gail Borden's company benefited Union troops condensed milk |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | NOM NOM NOM DE GUERRE $2000: A French cook was involved in starting the 1838-39 Pastry War, in which this Mexican commander lost his leg Santa Anna |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE $400: After the victory here on October 19, 1781, Lafayette wrote, "The play is over... the fifth act has just ended" Yorktown |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE $800: Legend says this queen was saved from an angry mob at Versailles when Lafayette bowed & kissed her hand Marie Antoinette |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE $1200: He secured Lafayette's 1797 release from an Austrian prison but Lafayette later opposed his taking the title emperor Napoleon |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE $1600: In March 1825, while touring the U.S., Lafayette visited Fayetteville in this state, the first U.S. town named for him North Carolina |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE $5,000 (Daily Double): Lafayette was buried in Paris with soil taken from the grounds of this 1775 battle, the bloodiest of the Revolution the Battle of Bunker Hill |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | "DE"FRIEND $400: Andrew Jackson Downing was a family friend & mansion architect for this family of Franklin Roosevelt's mom Delano |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | "DE"FRIEND $800: Richard Somers was this man's friend & fellow Naval Commander in early U.S. wars against Tripoli Stephen Decatur |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | "DE"FRIEND $1200: A conviction for taking a bribe from Harpalus ruined the career of this greatest Athenian orator Demosthenes |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | "DE"FRIEND $1600: This Frenchman painted a portrait of Chopin, who was a good friend, but didn't care for his art Delacroix |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | "DE"FRIEND $2000: Coach Bill Walsh is seen here on the left with this 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | "DE" $200: Scattered detritus, litter, trash debris |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | "DE" $400: The French phrase for "of good disposition" gives us this synonym for suave debonair |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | "DE" $600: The IRS offers "Six facts about choosing the standard or itemized" these deductions |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | "DE" $800: The proofreaders mark seen here means this delete |
| #6742, aired 2013-12-31 | "DE" $1000: Walnut & teak trees are classified as this, losing their leaves annually deciduous |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | "DE" BEST PEOPLE $400: This Oscar-winning actor played Jack Byrnes, the overprotective father, in all 3 of the Fockers films (Robert) De Niro |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | "DE" BEST PEOPLE $800: In 1541 this Spanish explorer & his men reached Arkansas, still looking for gold Hernando de Soto |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | "DE" BEST PEOPLE $1200: This director of "The Ten Commandments" was a founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Cecil DeMille |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | "DE" BEST PEOPLE $1600: In the 1950s this American heart surgeon pioneered aneurysm repair (Michael) DeBakey |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | "DE" BEST PEOPLE $2000: Most of this French author's 250 short stories, including "Ball of Fat", were written in the 1880s Guy de Maupassant |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | PONCE DE LEON & FLORIDA $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us an image of Ponce de Leon and a map of part of Florida.) Ponce de Leon is remembered on April 2, 2013, celebrated as the sighting of Florida's historic coast; he was between Cape Canaveral & this city, Florida's oldest, which wasn't founded until 52 years later St. Augustine |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | PONCE DE LEON & FLORIDA $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a map of the Florida peninsula with additional markings.) While sailing along the Florida coast, Ponce discovered a current so strong that it forced his ships backwards; later mapped by Benjamin Franklin, this ocean current flows from the Florida Straits to the Grand Banks the Gulf Stream |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | PONCE DE LEON & FLORIDA $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us the map of Ponce's travels further south on the Florida coast.) In need of fresh water, Ponce & his crew filled their barrels from springs on this island, just off the coast of what is now Miami Key Biscayne |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | PONCE DE LEON & FLORIDA $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us the map of Ponce de Leon's travels further around the southern tip of Florida.) Around May of 1513, Ponce reached the area near Sanibel Island, which he named for this Castilian queen Isabella |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | PONCE DE LEON & FLORIDA $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us the map of Ponce de Leon's continuing voyage past the south end of Florida.) On June 21st, 1513 Ponce de Leon's ships arrived in this small island group where his men, needing food, caught the large turtles that gave the islands their name the Dry Tortugas |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | NORM DE GUERRE $400: The icing on this invasion was when William was crowned in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1066 the Norman Invasion |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | NORM DE GUERRE $800: During WWII his "Four Freedoms" posters were reproduced by the Office of War Information Norman Rockwell |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | NORM DE GUERRE $1200: In 1992 this Gulf War general published an autobiography, "It Doesn't Take a Hero" (Norman) Schwarzkopf |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | NORM DE GUERRE $1600: His experiences in the Invasion of Luzon became the basis for his novel "The Naked And The Dead" Norman Mailer |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | NORM DE GUERRE $2000: TV producer & former B-17 gunner Norman Lear founded "People for" this patriotic concept the American Way |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | TOUR "DE" FRANCE $1200: The unraveling of a literary plot dénouement |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | TOUR "DE" FRANCE $1600: A plan gone horribly wrong; un grand desastre debacle |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | TOUR "DE" FRANCE $2000: Adjective for someone who's come down in the world déclassé |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUIS DE SADE $200: Pursuing a military career early in his life, de Sade fought in this 1756-1763 conflict against Great Britain The Seven Years' War |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUEE DE SAD $400: Shirley MacLaine & Debra Winger in this Best Picture Oscar winner about a mother & very sick daughter Terms of Endearment |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUIS DE SADE $400: In 1789 de Sade was moved from this prison for creating a disturbance, only days before it was stormed The Bastille |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUIS DE SADE $600: In the film "Quills" this Australian actor garnered an Oscar nomination for his role as de Sade in the last years of his life Geoffrey Rush |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUEE DE SAD $800: Bette Midler & Barbara Hershey as lifelong friends in this weepie; at the end, they sit on the sand one last time Beaches |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUIS DE SADE $800: The Marquis vented his thoughts in the scandalous "Philosophy in" this room of the house Bedroom |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUIS DE SADE $1000: De Sade's work "120 days of" this sinful biblical city helped introduce the term "sadism" Sodom |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUEE DE SAD $1200: Clint Eastwood & Hilary Swank in this sad 2004 tale of fisticuffs & euthanasia Million Dollar Baby |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUEE DE SAD $1600: Jude Law as a Civil War dropout & Nicole Kidman as the woman he tragically wants to come home to Cold Mountain |
| #6344, aired 2012-03-29 | THE MARQUEE DE SAD $2000: Tommy Kirk, Fess Parker & some fine canine performers in this heart-tugging classic Old Yeller |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | THE DE NIRO CODE $400: As Al Capone in this 1987 film: "You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word" The Untouchables |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | THE DE NIRO CODE $800: In this 1976 movie: "Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum" Taxi Driver |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | THE DE NIRO CODE $1200: To Billy Crystal in this film: "I was gonna whack you. But I was real conflicted about it" Analyze This |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | THE DE NIRO CODE $1600: In Italian, in this sequel: "Do me this favor... ask your friends... about me. They'll tell you I know how to return a favor" The Godfather: Part II |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | THE DE NIRO CODE $2000: "Goodfellas": "The two greatest things in life" are "never rat on" these "and always keep your mouth shut" your friends |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | CINCO DE MAYO $400: In the U.S. this brand owned by Unilever is tops in mayo Hellmann's |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | CINCO DE MAYO $800: Any way you slice it, mayonnaise is primarily raw these, vinegar & vegetable oil egg yolks |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | CINCO DE MAYO $1200: The name of this fried-fish-friendly mayo-based sauce containing capers & pickles is likely derived from a word for "hell" tartar sauce |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | CINCO DE MAYO $1600: This numeric mayo-based dressing gets its name from a group of landmasses in the St. Lawrence River Thousand Island dressing |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | CINCO DE MAYO $2000: This "re"-freshing spicy mayo sauce accompanies shellfish dishes in New Orleans a rémoulade |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS $200: This co-author of "Manifest Der Kommunisttischen Partei" was born May 5, 1818 (Karl) Marx |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS $400: Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was born May 5, 1813 in this capital Copenhagen |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS $600: Born May 5, 1919, Giorgios Papadopoulos became dictator of this country in 1967 Greece |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS $800: This May-5 born Monty Python member & BBC travel filmmaker is a commando of the Order of the British Empire (Michael) Palin |
| #6144, aired 2011-05-05 | CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS $1000: A culinary foundation is named for this dean of American cookery who was born in Portland May 5, 1903 James Beard |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | THE QUOTABLE DE NIRO $200: 1980: "You never got me down, Ray" Raging Bull |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | THE QUOTABLE DE NIRO $400: 1991: "Counselor, come out, come out, wherever you are" Cape Fear |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | THE QUOTABLE DE NIRO $800: 1995: "Meeting in the middle of a desert always made me nervous, it's a scary place" Casino |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | THE QUOTABLE DE NIRO $1,000 (Daily Double): (In Sicilian) "To you she's beautiful. For me, there's only my wife & son" The Godfather Part II |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | THE QUOTABLE DE NIRO $1000: 1988: "$100,000 & I'll have the Duke here for you by Friday night" Midnight Run |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | DE METER $400: The meter of Shakespeare's sonnets, it's 10 syllables, unstressed-stressed-unstressed-etc. iambic pentameter |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | DE METER $800: Coleridge said, "God came up with a shout: our lord with the sound of a trumpet" was an ideal hexameter, this many feet 6 |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | DE METER $1200: An example of dactylic meter is this poet's "Forward, the light brigade! Was there a man dismayed?" Tennyson |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | DE METER $1600: Anapestic meter, using a weak-weak-strong pattern, is heard in these opening words of a Clement Clarke Moore poem 'Twas The Night Before Christmas |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | DE METER $2000: Classical verse included metrical feet like this one of 2 unstressed syllables; it's also a type of costly victory pyrrhic |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | DE-ELECTABLE $200: Ann Richards lost her job as governor to this part-owner of the Texas Rangers George W. Bush |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | DE-ELECTABLE $400: The term "Reagan Democrats" came into pundit parlance after his loss in the 1980 presidential election Jimmy Carter |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | DE-ELECTABLE $600: Like his son, he served only one term as U.S. president John Adams |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | DE-ELECTABLE $800: This president flushed himself from office after "Plumbers" broke open a torrent at Watergate Richard Nixon |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | DE-ELECTABLE $1000: Herbert Hoover went into a great depression when he lost to this man in 1932 FDR |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | NOMS DE PLUME $200: In French this graceful swimmer is un cygne a swan |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | NOMS DE PLUME $400: This peaceful bird is une colombe a dove |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | NOMS DE PLUME $600: Ask your "mother"-- this "silly" bird is une oie a goose |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | NOMS DE PLUME $800: This nocturnal bird of prey is un hibou an owl |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | NOMS DE PLUME $1000: This small game bird is une caille a quail |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | A TRIP TO RIO DE JANEIRO $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands at a busy beach in Rio de Janeiro.) This beach is one of the the centers of bikini culture; maybe I'll meet the girl from here Ipanema |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | A TRIP TO RIO DE JANEIRO $400: (Jimmy delivers the clue from a crowded market. ) You can buy your own instrument to play the music for this dance; Rio has several schools that teach it and a mile-long parade ground where they strut their stuff a samba |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | A TRIP TO RIO DE JANEIRO $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue in a market wearing a certain headdress.) This Brazilian bombshell of '40s films remains popular in Rio & her trademark headdress is a frequent costume Carmen Miranda |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | A TRIP TO RIO DE JANEIRO $800: (Jimmy stands in front of a large Christ sculpture.) Christ the Redeemer of Corcovado Sanctuary is the world's largest sculpture in this style, named for a 1925 Paris exposition art deco style |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | A TRIP TO RIO DE JANEIRO $1000: (Jimmy delivers the last clue behind a serving counter of a cafe.) I'm at the famous Café Confeitaria Colombo, where this word doesn't just mean a person who lives here in Rio, but a coffee drink with added hot water carioca |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | YOU'RE IN DE-NILE $200: This "colorful" branch of the Nile River begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopia the Blue |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | YOU'RE IN DE-NILE $400: In 1902 construction was completed on the first dam on the Nile, at this southern Egyptian city Aswan |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | YOU'RE IN DE-NILE $600: A center of Egypt's rice trade, this Nile delta city lends its name to an important translating "stone" the Rosetta Stone |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | YOU'RE IN DE-NILE $800: This ancient Greek historian called Egypt "the gift of the Nile" Herodotus |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | YOU'RE IN DE-NILE $1000: In this country south of Egypt, the Atbara River joins the Nile as its last tributary Sudan |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | DE GAULLE OF DAT GUY! $400: "V" was for this Feb.-to-Dec. 1916 battle, begun by a surprise attack, in which Charles De Gaulle fought Verdun |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | DE GAULLE OF DAT GUY! $800: In 1965 De Gaulle won the Presidency by defeating this Socialist, later France's leader from 1981 to 1995 Francois Mitterrand |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | DE GAULLE OF DAT GUY! $1200: De Gaulle's June 18, 1940 broadcast in this city asking for France's leadership led to a death sentence in a French court London |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | DE GAULLE OF DAT GUY! $1600: De Gaulle wanted a small, mobile army vs. static theories like this defensive "line" named for a Minister of War the Maginot Line |
| #5290, aired 2007-09-14 | DE GAULLE OF DAT GUY! $2000: In 1925 De Gaulle was promoted to the staff of the Supreme War Council by this marshal Marshal Petain |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | TOUR DE LANCE $200: In his first pro bike race, Lance Armstrong finished last at the Classico San Sebastian in this country Spain |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | TOUR DE LANCE $400: Lance became the first pro cyclist on a box of this product originally named Washburn's Gold Medal Whole Wheat Flakes Wheaties |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | TOUR DE LANCE $600: By age 13, Lance was already winning these events that include cycling, swimming & running triathlons |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | TOUR DE LANCE $1000: Lance was dropped from a team after he got cancer; in 1997 this new team picked him up & he delivered victories U.S. Postal Service |
| #4941, aired 2006-02-20 | TOUR DE LANCE $4,000 (Daily Double): In the Tour de France, Lance often gained time racing through these 2 mountain ranges the Alps & the Pyrenees |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | DE CAMERON $1200: He was in the "Thick" of things as Mike Seaver on "Growing Pains" Kirk Cameron |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | DE CAMERON $1600: The liner notes for Led Zeppelin's "The Song Remains the Same" were written by this film director (Cameron) Crowe |
| #4881, aired 2005-11-28 | DE CAMERON $2000: In 1981 it was raining "Cats" (but not dogs) for Andrew Lloyd Webber & this British theatrical producer Cameron Mackintosh |
| #4843, aired 2005-10-05 | VILLES DE FRANCE $400: This Mediterranean port is France's second-largest city (& something to sing about) Marseilles |
| #4843, aired 2005-10-05 | VILLES DE FRANCE $800: The dagger stuck on the end of a rifle may have been developed in & named for this French town Bayonne |
| #4843, aired 2005-10-05 | VILLES DE FRANCE $1200: Loire Valley castle t--uh, excursions can begin in this capital of the Indre-et-Loire Department Tours |
| #4843, aired 2005-10-05 | VILLES DE FRANCE $1600: In a 1964 Jacques Demy film we saw "Les Parapluies de" this English Channel city Cherbourg |
| #4843, aired 2005-10-05 | VILLES DE FRANCE $6,000 (Daily Double): The Papal Palace is a landmark in this capital of the Vaucluse Department Avignon |
| #4726, aired 2005-03-07 | "DE" ARTS $200: The son of a surgeon, this director brought some gore to the screen in "Carrie" & "Scarface" (Brian) De Palma |
| #4726, aired 2005-03-07 | "DE" ARTS $400: Seen here, the work of Tamara de Lempicka typifies this art style art deco |
| #4726, aired 2005-03-07 | "DE" ARTS $600: Now in his 70s, he designed Laura Bush's 2005 Inauguration Day wear Oscar de la Renta |
| #4726, aired 2005-03-07 | "DE" ARTS $800: His "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" is referred to as a tone poem Debussy |
| #4726, aired 2005-03-07 | "DE" ARTS $1000: In 1964 LBJ gave this abstract expressionist the Medal of Freedom Willem de Kooning |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | ROBERT DE NIRO MOVIES $400: "Come on, hit me. Harder! Harder!" Raging Bull |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | ROBERT DE NIRO MOVIES $800: "Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets" Taxi Driver |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | ROBERT DE NIRO MOVIES $1200: "I was gonna whack you, but I was... real conflicted about it" Analyze This |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | ROBERT DE NIRO MOVIES $1600: "Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime" The King of Comedy |
| #4682, aired 2005-01-04 | ROBERT DE NIRO MOVIES $2000: "Counselor! Come out, come out, wherever you are!!" Cape Fear |
| #4649, aired 2004-11-18 | TOUR DE FRANCE $400: You can tour the cellars of Moet et Chandon in Epernay, fittingly on an avenue with this sparkling name Champagne |
| #4649, aired 2004-11-18 | TOUR DE FRANCE $800: A large armada crossed the English Channel to invade the beaches of this historic region on June 6, 1944 Normandy |
| #4649, aired 2004-11-18 | TOUR DE FRANCE $1200: This mountain range extends along France's border with Spain the Pyrenees |
| #4649, aired 2004-11-18 | TOUR DE FRANCE $1600: This city, "Capital of the French Riviera", likely got its name from the Greek word for "Victory" Nice |
| #4649, aired 2004-11-18 | TOUR DE FRANCE $2000: This longest river in France is famous for its picturesque valley & chateaux the Loire |
| #4604, aired 2004-09-16 | IT'S IN "DE" DICTIONARY $200: Remove a hidden electronic device debug |
| #4604, aired 2004-09-16 | IT'S IN "DE" DICTIONARY $400: Insert 1 letter in "death" to get this word meaning "an insufficient supply" dearth |
| #4604, aired 2004-09-16 | IT'S IN "DE" DICTIONARY $600: It's a decorative bottle used for serving wine a decanter |
| #4604, aired 2004-09-16 | IT'S IN "DE" DICTIONARY $800: Meaning socially obligatory, it's from the French for "of strictness" de rigueur |
| #4604, aired 2004-09-16 | IT'S IN "DE" DICTIONARY $1000: In this craft, paper cutouts are glued to furniture or accessories & covered with many coats of varnish decoupage |
| #4459, aired 2004-01-15 | ALL "DE" PEOPLE $400: The first president of the Fifth French Republic, he was wounded 3 times while serving in World War I Charles de Gaulle |
| #4459, aired 2004-01-15 | ALL "DE" PEOPLE $800: 9 years before arriving at the Mississippi River, he met the Incan ruler Atahualpa in Peru Hernando de Soto |
| #4459, aired 2004-01-15 | ALL "DE" PEOPLE $1200: In 1993 Nelson Mandela & this fellow South African shared the Nobel Peace Prize for ending apartheid F.W. de Klerk |
| #4459, aired 2004-01-15 | ALL "DE" PEOPLE $1600: While assistant vice-consul in Egypt, this French diplomat began planning the construction of the Suez Canal Ferdinand de Lesseps |
| #4459, aired 2004-01-15 | ALL "DE" PEOPLE $2000: This Italian director, an exponent of Neorealism, used that technique in "The Bicycle Thief" Vittorio De Sica |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | FOLLOW "DE" LEADER $200: A playing card that has 2 spots deuce |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | FOLLOW "DE" LEADER $400: Without funds or means of subsistence destitute |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | FOLLOW "DE" LEADER $600: Among its 10 events are the 100-meter dash & the pole vault decathlon |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | FOLLOW "DE" LEADER $800: To make into a god deify |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | FOLLOW "DE" LEADER $1000: Originally, this term for a tyrant or absolute ruler referred to an honorary title applied to a Byzantine emperor despot |
| #4065, aired 2002-04-12 | CIUDADES DE BAJA CALIFORNIA $200: It's the correct pronunciation of the border city just south of San Ysidro, California; there's no "A" after the 1st "I" Tijuana [tee-WAHN-ah] |
| #4065, aired 2002-04-12 | CIUDADES DE BAJA CALIFORNIA $400: You'll get a peaceful, easy feeling lounging in this city, whose name means "peace" La Paz |
| #4065, aired 2002-04-12 | CIUDADES DE BAJA CALIFORNIA $800: Rock star Sammy Hagar owns a nightclub in this Baja resort town Cabo San Lucas |
| #4065, aired 2002-04-12 | CIUDADES DE BAJA CALIFORNIA $1000: It's home to the Rancho La Puerta health spa & a namesake cerveza Tecate |
| #4065, aired 2002-04-12 | CIUDADES DE BAJA CALIFORNIA $1,800 (Daily Double): This capital of the state of Baja California is across the border from Calexico, California Mexicali |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | MORE OF "DE" BEST PEOPLE $200: On the 2001 Oscar telecast Steve Martin gave this former "Taxi" star some dip for his veggies Danny DeVito |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | MORE OF "DE" BEST PEOPLE $400: While visiting Expo '67 this French president advocated liberation for Quebec Charles de Gaulle |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | MORE OF "DE" BEST PEOPLE $600: This existential pal of Jean-Paul Sartre wrote "The Second Sex" Simone de Beauvoir |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | MORE OF "DE" BEST PEOPLE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1537 he was told that to keep his job as governor of Cuba and Florida, he'd have to conquer & colonize Florida Hernando de Soto |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | MORE OF "DE" BEST PEOPLE $1000: Among the films he's produced are "Conan the Barbarian" & the 1976 version of "King Kong" Dino De Laurentiis |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | ALL "DE" BEST PEOPLE $200: After winning the 1980 Best Actor Oscar, he probably felt punch-drunk Robert De Niro |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | ALL "DE" BEST PEOPLE $400: He wrote the classic "The Old Regime and the Revolution" as well as "Democracy in America" Alexis de Tocqueville |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | ALL "DE" BEST PEOPLE $800 (Daily Double): Her 1952 autobiography was "Dance to the Piper" Agnes DeMille |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | ALL "DE" BEST PEOPLE $800: Born in the Netherlands in 1904, this American painter was known for his huge canvases Willem de Kooning |
| #3550, aired 2000-01-28 | ALL "DE" BEST PEOPLE $1000: An Easter Rebellion participant in 1916, he was president of Ireland from 1959 to 1973 Eamon de Valera |
| #3226, aired 1998-09-21 | BRIAN DE PALMA FILMS $200: 1976 classic about an unpopular but telekinetic teen girl "Carrie" |
| #3226, aired 1998-09-21 | BRIAN DE PALMA FILMS $400: Oliver Stone wrote this 1983 film starring Al Pacino as a drug-addled Cuban gangster "Scarface" |
| #3226, aired 1998-09-21 | BRIAN DE PALMA FILMS $600: In 1987 De Palma filmed "The Untouchables"; in 1996, he brought this TV series to the big screen MIssion: Impossible |
| #3226, aired 1998-09-21 | BRIAN DE PALMA FILMS $800: Paul Williams starred in this 1974 rock version of "Phantom of the Opera" Phantom of the Paradise |
| #3226, aired 1998-09-21 | BRIAN DE PALMA FILMS $1000: De Palma's "Blow Out", about a sound man, is a tribute to this Antonioni film about a photographer "Blow Up" |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | NOM DE PLUME $200: Under this name, Charles Dodgson imagined traveling down the rabbit hole with Alice Lewis Carroll |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | NOM DE PLUME $400: Don't tell his big brother, but Eric Blair was his real name George Orwell |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | NOM DE PLUME $600: Look in the dark recesses of your heart & tell me Jozef Korzeniowski's pen name Joseph Conrad |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | NOM DE PLUME $800: Mystery writer Nicholas Blake, in reality a "My Left Foot" star's father Cecil Day-Lewis |
| #3192, aired 1998-06-16 | NOM DE PLUME $1000: Francois Marie Arouet chose this best of all possible pseudonyms Voltaire |
| #3082, aired 1998-01-13 | CINE DE BANDERAS $100: Antonio sang up a storm as Che in this 1996 musical Evita |
| #3082, aired 1998-01-13 | CINE DE BANDERAS $200: In this 1993 film Antonio played Tom Hanks' lover Philadelphia |
| #3082, aired 1998-01-13 | CINE DE BANDERAS $300: Madonna drools over Antonio in this 1991 documentary Truth or Dare |
| #3082, aired 1998-01-13 | CINE DE BANDERAS $400: It's Antonio to the rescue as this hero, whose symbol is seen here: [Z] Zorro |
| #3082, aired 1998-01-13 | CINE DE BANDERAS $500: In this 1992 film, Antonio as one of the Castillo brothers appears on "I Love Lucy" The Mambo Kings |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | CINCO DE MAYO $100: The first robbery of one of these occurred May 5, 1865; first the crooks derailed it Train |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | CINCO DE MAYO $200: Signed into law May 5, 1961, the Fair Labor Standards Act raised this to $1.15 Minimum wage |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | CINCO DE MAYO $300: Tchaikovsky conducted this New York City landmark's opening concert May 5, 1891 Carnegie Hall |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | CINCO DE MAYO $400: Founded in the 13th century by the Kirghiz, it adopted its constitution May 5, 1993 Kyrgyzstan |
| #2925, aired 1997-04-25 | CINCO DE MAYO $500: Italian forces took this African capital city May 5, 1936 Addis Ababa |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | DE GUYS $200: Discouraged, he left politics in 1953; 5 years later he was Premier of France (Charles) de Gaulle |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | DE GUYS $400: Leslie Halliwell quoted him as saying, "Give me any couple of pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture" (Cecil B.) De Mille |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | DE GUYS $600: He died May 21, 1542, about a year after seeing the Mississippi for the first time de Soto |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | DE GUYS $800: This radio pioneer called his tube the Audion; today it's known as the Triode de Forest |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | DE GUYS $1000: In 1969 this artificial heart pump inventor was appointed president of Baylor's School of Medicine (Michael) de Bakey |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | "DE" GUYS $200: He was the founding president of France's Fifth Republic de Gaulle |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | "DE" GUYS $400: Before discovering the Mississippi, he helped Pizarro conquer the Incas de Soto |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | "DE" GUYS $600: Diamonds were first discovered in South Africa on this family's farm De Beers |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | "DE" GUYS $800: He built the Suez Canal, but failed in an attempt at a Panama Canal de Lesseps |
| #1614, aired 1991-09-12 | "DE" GUYS $1000: World Book says novelist Gustave Flaubert was the godfather of this short story writer (Guy) de Maupassant |
Final Jeopardy! Round clues (0 results returned)
Didn't find what you wanted? Try your J! Archive search using Google, Bing, or Yahoo!