Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (61 results returned)
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | THE 1890s $200: In 1891 the ancient order of Hibernians marched up Fifth Avenue for the first time in their parade celebrating this holiday St. Patrick's Day |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | THE 1890s $400: Moving up from Mexico, this pest invaded U.S. cotton fields, devastating crops throughout the south the boll weevil |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | THE 1890s $600: Dedicated to protecting the environment, the Sierra Club was founded in 1892 with this naturalist as its first president Muir |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | THE 1890s $800: In 1897 this author was released from Reading Gaol & went into exile in France Wilde |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | THE 1890s $3,600 (Daily Double): Returning after a 1,500-year break, these opened April 6, 1896 the (Modern) Olympic Games |
#6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $200: In 1892 this Chicago company began offering free chewing gum with each can of baking powder sold Wrigley's |
#6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $400: On April 19, 1897 this city's marathon was run for the first time; John McDermott won in 2 hrs., 55 min., 10 sec. Boston |
#6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $600: In 1895 this black educator delivered the Atlanta Compromise speech about improving the lot of African Americans (Booker T.) Washington |
#6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $800: John Philip Sousa sat down on Christmas 1896 & wrote this march, including the lyric "Hurrah for the flag of the free" "Stars And Stripes Forever" |
#6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $1000: On June 2, 1899 Butch Cassidy & this gang, also a 1969 movie title, robbed their first train near Wilcox, Wyoming the Wild Bunch |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | THE 1890s $400: Japan had an emperor, Russia, a czar & Italy was ruled by one of these king |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | THE 1890s $800: Of "Frankenstein", "The Invisible Man" or "Dracula", the one not created in 1897 Frankenstein (created in 1818) |
#4335, aired 2003-06-06 | THE 1890s $1200: Relationship of Lizzie Borden to the woman she was acquitted of killing stepdaughter |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $400: His psychoanalytic method of free association & his daughter Anna first saw the light in 1895 Sigmund Freud |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $800: This school-oriented organization was founded in 1897 by Alice Birney & Phoebe Hearst PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $1200: In 1898, when this battleship blew up, Llewellyn Powers was governing the state of the same name Maine |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $1600: Created in 1891, Colorado's fir- & spruce-filled White River region was the first of the U.S. areas now called these national forests |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $2000: In 1893, 9 years after Massenet's "Manon", this Italian composer told a similar story in "Manon Lescaut" Giacomo Puccini |
#2957, aired 1997-06-10 | HITS OF THE 1890s $200: In 1899 people sang about "My Little Georgia" one & "My Wild Irish" one rose |
#2957, aired 1997-06-10 | HITS OF THE 1890s $300: A sea chanty that became a hit in 1891 asked, "What shall we do with" one of these a drunken sailor |
#2957, aired 1997-06-10 | HITS OF THE 1890s $400: "Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde" and this happened "The Band Played On" |
#2957, aired 1997-06-10 | HITS OF THE 1890s $500: A completely different title to this often sung 1893 classic is "Good Morning To All" "Happy Birthday To You" |
#2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $100: In 1895 King Gillette invented the safety type of this with disposable blades a razor |
#2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $200: On Feb. 12, 1892 his birthday became an official holiday in Illinois Abraham Lincoln |
#2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $300: He put on an exhibition of the Vitascope projector April 23, 1896 at a NYC music hall Edison |
#2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $400: In 1898 Britain obtained a 99-year lease on this colony's "New Territories" Hong Kong |
#2277, aired 1994-06-28 | THE 1890s $800 (Daily Double): The Kiel Canal opened in 1895, connecting this sea to the Baltic Sea The North Sea |
#2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1890s $200: Among these that first appeared in the 1890s were "The Yellow Kid" & "The Katzenjammer Kids" comic strips |
#2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1890s $400: Symbolized Ar, this gas that makes up about 1% of the air was isolated in 1894 argon |
#2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1890s $600: In 1891 a Dutch paleontologist found remains of early man on this Indonesian island Java |
#2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1890s $800: In 1895 England almost went to war over Venezuela's border with this British possession British Guiana |
#2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1890s $1000: In 1892 the cornerstone for this NYC cathedral was laid on Dec. 27, its patron saint's feast day St. John the Divine |
#2093, aired 1993-10-13 | THE 1890s $100: In 1893 New Zealand became the first country to grant women this right in full the vote |
#2093, aired 1993-10-13 | THE 1890s $200: This oath to Old Glory was unfurled in 1892 to honor the 400th anniversary of America's discovery the Pledge of Allegiance |
#2093, aired 1993-10-13 | THE 1890s $300: The capture of Santiago, Cuba in July 1898 effectively ended this war the Spanish-American War |
#2093, aired 1993-10-13 | THE 1890s $400: In 1896 this world capital hosted the first modern Olympics Athens |
#2093, aired 1993-10-13 | THE 1890s $500: On Oct. 25, 1896 the New York Times carried this motto for the first time "all the news that's fit to print" |
#1881, aired 1992-11-09 | THE 1890s $100: In February 1898, this battleship sent to protect U.S. citizens & property in Cuba mysteriously blew up the Maine |
#1881, aired 1992-11-09 | THE 1890s $200: It was in the late 1890s that he first described the Oedipus Complex Sigmund Freud |
#1881, aired 1992-11-09 | THE 1890s $300: As an indoor alternative to other sports, James Naismith invented this game in 1891 basketball |
#1881, aired 1992-11-09 | THE 1890s $400: The world's first Ferris wheel began cranking in 1893 at the Columbian Exposition in this city Chicago |
#1881, aired 1992-11-09 | THE 1890s $900 (Daily Double): In an effort to curb monopolies, Congress passed this act in 1890 the Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
#1693, aired 1992-01-01 | THE 1890s $200: Under the Sherman Act, his Standard Oil trust was dissolved by the Ohio Supreme Court in 1892 Rockefeller |
#1693, aired 1992-01-01 | THE 1890s $400: During the Ghost Dance uprising in 1890, this Sioux leader was shot & killed Sitting Bull |
#1693, aired 1992-01-01 | THE 1890s $600: In 1899 he completed his painting "Two Tahitian Women" Gauguin |
#1693, aired 1992-01-01 | THE 1890s $800: In 1894 this French army captain was convicted of passing secrets to German agents & later acquitted Dreyfus |
#1693, aired 1992-01-01 | THE 1890s $1000: In 1893 this 79-year-old composer's last opera, "Falstaff", premiered in Milan (Giuseppe) Verdi |
#1602, aired 1991-07-16 | THE 1890s $100: This group, formed in 1899, didn't put its first Bible into a hotel room until 1908 the Gideon Society |
#1602, aired 1991-07-16 | THE 1890s $200: After the 1898 Volunteer Army Act passed, the 1st volunteer cavalry, nicknamed this, was formed the Rough Riders |
#1602, aired 1991-07-16 | THE 1890s $400: About a month after Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech, gold was discovered near this river in the Yukon the Klondike |
#1602, aired 1991-07-16 | THE 1890s $500 (Daily Double): Comic character seen here who gave his name to a type of newspaper reporting the Yellow Kid |
#1602, aired 1991-07-16 | THE 1890s $500: The 1990s have Princess Di; the press back in the 1890s had "Queen Lil", the deposed queen of this Hawaii |
#872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $200: In 1891, Whitcomb Judson took out a patent on the slide fastener, later called this zipper |
#872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $400: On June 11, 1896, the government bought the D.C. house in which he died 31 years earlier Abraham Lincoln |
#872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $600: The music hall that opened on NYC's 57th Street in 1891 was renamed this in 1898 Carnegie Hall |
#872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $800: In 1895, Pres. Cleveland asked U.S. citizens not to give aid to this island's rebels fighting against Spain Cuba |
#872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $1000: Pianist/composer discovered while playing rag in 1899 at the Maple Leaf Club in Sedalia, Mo. (Scott) Joplin |
#744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE 1890s $200: In 1897, James J. Corbett & Bob Fitzsimmons starred & sparred in the 1st pro one of these filmed a boxing match |
#744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE 1890s $400: Going to road test his 1st car June 4, 1896, he found the shed door wasn't wide enough to get the car out Henry Ford |
#744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE 1890s $600: In 1895, this still-published magazine for hunters & fishermen began publication Field & Stream |
#744, aired 1987-11-26 | THE 1890s $800: Published in English in 1896, H. Sienkiewicz's best seller "Quo Vadis" was originally written in this language Polish |
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