Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (40 results returned)
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | MARCO POLO SLEPT HERE $200: Marco was born in the 1250s to a wealthy merchant family in this Italian city-state famed for its traders & travelers Venice |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | MARCO POLO SLEPT HERE $400: At Hormuz on this gulf, Marco & co. didn't like the looks of the available ships & went on by land the Persian Gulf |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | MARCO POLO SLEPT HERE $600: Back in Italy, Marco Polo dictated his book while jailed in this city-state, later the birthplace of another famous explorer--Columbus Genoa |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | MARCO POLO SLEPT HERE $800: Early in his travels Marco stayed in the Crusader capital of Acre, now Akko in this country Israel |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | MARCO POLO SLEPT HERE $1000: After several years of travel, around 1275 Marco reached the goal of his first journey--Shangdu, the summer court of this empire the Mongol Empire |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | POLO $400: A polo field is 160 yards wide & this many yards long, so Tom Brady would have to do 3 times the work 300 |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | POLO $800: When playing polo, this item that ranges from 49 to 54 inches long must be held in your right hand mallet |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | POLO $1200: At halftime, spectators head onto the field to stomp these, also a term for clods gouged out by golfers divots |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | POLO $1600: This man seen here hit the field for Cambridge as an undergrad & raised millions playing solely for charity Prince Charles |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | POLO $2000: Like golf, polo uses this rating system, which ranges from minus-2 to 10, 10 being given to the best players a handicap |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $400: Polo wrote, this Asian desert "is reported to be so long that it would take a year to go from end to end" the Gobi |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1271, the Polos left Venice for China; when they couldn't find seaworthy ships in this town, that shared its name with a nearby strait, they continued their journey by land Hormuz |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $1600: On Sumatra Polo saw this animal he described as a unicorn having feet like an elephant & nearly as large rhinoceros |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $2,000 (Daily Double): After the Polos crossed the Pamir Mountains, they followed this ancient trade route that led them into China the Silk Road |
| #6192, aired 2011-07-12 | THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Marco Polo was asked by Kublai Khan to make diplomatic trips to the far reaches of Khan's empire, perhaps making it as far as what is now this country Myanmar |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | MARCO POLO $200: Marco Polo was born in 1254 in this Italian city where his father Niccolo worked as a merchant Venice |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | MARCO POLO $400: Some argued that Polo never went to China; he did omit mentioning this landmark some measure at 4,000 miles long the Great Wall of China |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | MARCO POLO $600: In "Description of the World", Polo notes the then-startling use of this as fuel; he called it "black stones" coal |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | MARCO POLO $800: On his deathbed Polo is famously said to have stated, "I did not tell" this much "of what I saw" the half |
| #4976, aired 2006-04-10 | MARCO POLO $1000: In the 1270s the Polo family hit this city to pick up oil from the Holy Sepulchre to bring to Asia Jerusalem |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | MARCO POLO $200: Oddly, Marco spent 17 years in this country, yet his book doesn't mention tea, chopsticks or the Great Wall China |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | MARCO POLO $600: Back in Italy people laughed at Marco's stories, like the one about Asians using this "black stone" as fuel coal |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | MARCO POLO $800: Title held by Kublai, whom Marco Polo served, & Kublai's grandfather Genghis Khan |
| #4148, aired 2002-09-18 | MARCO POLO $3,600 (Daily Double): Passing through Indonesia, Marco freaked out when he went south of the Equator & couldn't see this star the North Star |
| #1668, aired 1991-11-27 | MARCO POLO $200: Unlike most people, this explorer thought Polo's book was true & set off for Cathay in 1492 Columbus |
| #1668, aired 1991-11-27 | MARCO POLO $400: One thing Marco didn't mention was this structure, built to keep invaders out of China the Great Wall |
| #1668, aired 1991-11-27 | MARCO POLO $600: The tales of Marco bringing this food back to the West are just tales; it existed there before his trip spaghetti (pasta, noodles) |
| #1668, aired 1991-11-27 | MARCO POLO $800: Kublai Khan asked Marco's father to bring some holy oil from a lamp in this city Jerusalem |
| #1668, aired 1991-11-27 | MARCO POLO $1,000 (Daily Double): Around 1275 Marco reached the Mongol summer capital Shang-Tu, known to Coleridge readers as this Xanadu |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | MARCO POLO $200: Marco found the Chinese using these black "stones" that burned coal |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | MARCO POLO $400: Starting out in 1271, it took over 3 years for the Polos to reach this ruler's palace Kubla Khan |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | MARCO POLO $600: When Marco wrote about China, he called it by this name Cathay |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | MARCO POLO $1000: On his death bed, he's said to have stated, "I did not tell half of what I saw" for this reason you wouldn't have believed it |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | MARCO POLO $2,500 (Daily Double): When Marco came home to this city after 24 years, he found it at war with Genoa & was captured Venice |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | POLO $100: Though originally polo poinies were real ponies, now these are used (small) horses |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | POLO $200: They're angled at about 80° to lie flat on the ground when the ball is hit mallets |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | POLO $300: 1 of the 2 countries which in 1988 will renew their rivalry for Westchester Cup, last played in '39 England (or the United States) |
| #778, aired 1988-01-13 | POLO $400: These are sometimes made of papier-mache so they will break easily if a horse runs into them the goal(post)s |
| #516, aired 1986-12-01 | POLO $100: Length of a regulation polo field, 3 football fields long 300 yards |
| #516, aired 1986-12-01 | POLO $500: Polo comes from the Tibetan "pulu", meaning this important piece of equipment ball |
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