Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (29 results returned)

#6738, aired 2013-12-25NEW YORKERS $200: Born in Southampton in 1929, this first lady studied at Vassar & at the Sorbonne Jackie Kennedy
#6738, aired 2013-12-25NEW YORKERS $400: This NYC native based "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" on a German folk tale (Washington) Irving
#6738, aired 2013-12-25NEW YORKERS $600: A New York Public Library for the Performing Arts exhibit on this man includes a self-portrait from when he helped write a failed musical Al Hirschfeld
#6738, aired 2013-12-25NEW YORKERS $800: The NYC-born son of Jamaican immigrants, he took over the Army's largest command in 1989 Colin Powell
#6738, aired 2013-12-25NEW YORKERS $1000: This "'S Wonderful" composer was a Brooklyn boy who died tragically young at age 38 (George) Gershwin
#4760, aired 2005-04-22THE NEW YORKERS $400: "I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland", said this film director Woody Allen
#4760, aired 2005-04-22THE NEW YORKERS $800: He became the state's chief justice in 1777 & later served as the nation's chief justice (John) Jay
#4760, aired 2005-04-22THE NEW YORKERS $1200: A N.Y. senator from 1977 to 2001, he was Assistant Secretary of Labor under LBJ & Ambassador to India under Nixon Moynihan
#4760, aired 2005-04-22THE NEW YORKERS $1600: Between 1797 & 1828, he held every major elective office in N.Y.: assemblyman, senator, mayor of NYC, lt. gov. & gov. DeWitt Clinton
#4760, aired 2005-04-22THE NEW YORKERS $5,200 (Daily Double): He was the first president born in New York Martin Van Buren
#3493, aired 1999-11-10FAMOUS NEW YORKERS $100: Actors born in Peekskill, N.Y. include Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens & this "Road Warrior" Mel Gibson
#3493, aired 1999-11-10FAMOUS NEW YORKERS $200: On "Celebrity Jeopardy!" this sportscaster from Queens won $25,000 for his charity Bob Costas
#3493, aired 1999-11-10FAMOUS NEW YORKERS $300: In 1932 this New Deal Democrat went from the New York governor's mansion to the White House Franklin D. Roosevelt
#3493, aired 1999-11-10FAMOUS NEW YORKERS $400: This infamous gangster seen here was born in Brooklyn January 17, 1899 Al Capone
#3493, aired 1999-11-10FAMOUS NEW YORKERS $500: He's the innovative New Yorker whose 1924 composition is heard here ("Rhapsody in Blue") George Gershwin
#1389, aired 1990-09-20NEW YORKERS $200: Bogie just called this actress, born Betty Joan Perske, "Babu" Lauren Bacall
#1389, aired 1990-09-20NEW YORKERS $400: At different times he headed the programming departments at CBS & ABC & was president of NBC Fred Silverman
#1389, aired 1990-09-20NEW YORKERS $600: This Watergate co-conspirator's 1980 autobiography was titled "Will" (Gordon) Liddy
#1389, aired 1990-09-20NEW YORKERS $800: This former Baltimore Orioles pitcher has appeared in Jockey underwear ads Jim Palmer
#1389, aired 1990-09-20NEW YORKERS $1000: 5 years after the publication of his "Daisy Miller", this author wrote a dramatization of the novel Henry James
#1105, aired 1989-05-26NEW YORKERS $100 (Daily Double): Brooklynite Jennie Jerome was the mother of this famous statesman Winston Churchill
#1105, aired 1989-05-26NEW YORKERS $200: Though he lived in many states, his body "lies a-moudering in the grave" south of Lake Placid John Brown
#1105, aired 1989-05-26NEW YORKERS $400: This wealthy oil magnate was born in 1839 just outside the village of Richford (John D.) Rockefeller
#1105, aired 1989-05-26NEW YORKERS $1000: This 19th c. politician was born at 1 Cherry Street, Manhattan & died in the Ludlow St. jail Boss Tweed
#892, aired 1988-06-21NEW YORKERS $100: Gimbel's made it policy not to fire anyone because of old age after his "Death of a Salesman" opened Arthur Miller
#892, aired 1988-06-21NEW YORKERS $200: His "Tropic of Cancer" was printed in English in Paris in 1934 but not in the U.S. until 1961 Henry Miller
#892, aired 1988-06-21NEW YORKERS $400: Barry Goldwater said he chose this man as his running mate because "He drives Johnson nuts" William E. Miller
#892, aired 1988-06-21NEW YORKERS $500 (Daily Double): New Yorker who topped pop charts in 1955 with the following song about a Texan: "There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am gonna see / Nobody else could miss her..." Mitch Miller
#892, aired 1988-06-21NEW YORKERS $500: An economist, he headed the Major League Baseball players' union from 1966-83 Marvin Miller

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (1 result returned)

#5118, aired 2006-12-06FAMOUS NEW YORKERS: In 1905 he said, "It is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money... for the good of my fellow man" John D. Rockefeller



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