Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (20 results returned)
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | HISTORIC PLEAS $400: In 1860, after anti-abolitionists broke up a meeting, this thinker & ex-slave delivered a plea for freedom of speech in Boston (Frederick) Douglass |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | HISTORIC PLEAS $800: An 11th c. chronicle says Lady Godiva pleaded with her husband to lower the people's taxes; he said okay, if you'll do this horseback ride naked through the town |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | HISTORIC PLEAS $1600: Lycaon, son of this Trojan king, begs Achilles, "Be merciful and spare me"; Achilles kills him King Priam (or "Pree-um") |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | HISTORIC PLEAS $2000: He asked for mercy from Chester Arthur, arguing that he increased Arthur's income from $8,000 to $50,000 a year Charles Guiteau |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | HISTORIC PLEAS $4,000 (Daily Double): Chief Joseph met Teddy Roosevelt & pleaded with him to allow this tribe to return to its ancestral home Nez Perce |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | PLEAS $200: In criminal law, if a defendant refuses to enter a plea or does not appear, the court enters this plea on his behalf not guilty |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | PLEAS $400: In an attempt to plead this, 2 brothers who robbed a payroll truck in NYC in 1941 barked like dogs & drooled in court insanity |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | PLEAS $600: "Stand your ground" laws have increased the possible situations for this hyphenated plea self-defense |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | PLEAS $800: 2-word Latin phrase for a plea in which the defendant does not dispute the charges nolo contendere |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | PLEAS $1000: This word comes before "pleading" to mean an argument that blatantly favors only one side of a case special pleading |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | PLEAS & CARATS $400: Henry David Thoreau's 1859 essay "A Plea for" this Harpers Ferry guy didn't work; he was executed John Brown |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | PLEAS & CARATS $800: The 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond was cut into more than 100 smaller gems that are now part of this royal collection the British Crown Jewels |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | PLEAS & CARATS $1200: The 4.25-carat Kahn Canary Diamond, found in Arkansas in 1977, was worn by her to her husband's inaugurations Hillary Clinton |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | PLEAS & CARATS $1600: Spiro Agnew pleaded this, Latin for "no contest", to tax fraud charges in 1973 nolo contendere |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | PLEAS & CARATS $2000: Chief Pleas is the parliament of Sark, one of these islands between England & France the Channel Islands |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | HISTORICAL LAW & ORDER PLEAS $400: (Hi, I'm Sam Waterston.) Some say the victim called your name on March 15, 44 B.C. as you & others stabbed him, Governor; 25 to life, no parole Brutus |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | HISTORICAL LAW & ORDER PLEAS $800: (Hi, I'm Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: SVU.) I've got literally millions of witnesses who saw you kill a man with a single .38 shot on November 24, 1963; it's a slam dunk Jack Ruby |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | HISTORICAL LAW & ORDER PLEAS $1200: (Sam Waterston reads the clue.) After the murder, you shouted "Sic semper tyrannis!"... Ballistics says it's your derringer, we've got Surratt--it's over John Wilkes Booth |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | HISTORICAL LAW & ORDER PLEAS $1600: (Hi, I'm Kathryn Erbe of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.) As you're under age 20, Sarajevo law says you get 20 years max for killing Archduke Ferdinand; I strongly urge you to take it Gavrilo Princip |
| #5175, aired 2007-02-23 | HISTORICAL LAW & ORDER PLEAS $2000: (Sam Waterston gives the clue.) You shot the victim in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881, said "I am a Stalwart" & then gave yourself up; not many options on the table here Charles Guiteau |
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