Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (23 results returned)

#9020, aired 2024-01-19AMERICA BEFORE 1800 $3,200 (Daily Double): Reconstructed in the 1930s, the original Governor's Palace in this colonial capital was built from 1706 to 1722 Williamsburg
#9018, aired 2024-01-17BORN ON JAN. 17 $800: He was born in Boston in 1706, the 15th of 17 kids in his family; he'd seek his fortune in Philly Benjamin Franklin
#8265, aired 2020-10-23A NUMBER BETWEEN 3 & 5 $400: Totally irrational in 1706, mathematician William Jones came up with this symbol pi
#8004, aired 2019-05-30SOME OF THE TEA IN CHINA $1600: Chinese teas are the base for the signature Earl Grey of this famed English "T" company founded in 1706 Twinings
#7770, aired 2018-05-25GENIUSES ARE BORN $600: Later to take the pen name Richard Saunders, he was born to a poor family in Boston January 17, 1706 Ben Franklin
#6343, aired 2012-03-28A CLASSICAL MIXUP $2000: German organist & composer who died in 1706--I was sure his last name comes before Biv & DeVoe Pachelbel
#6320, aired 2012-02-24WHAT 2 Q SO LONG? $400: This southwestern U.S. city was founded in 1706 by Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes Albuquerque
#6313, aired 2012-02-15THE BENJAMINS $800: He was born in Boston in 1706, the youngest of 10 sons of a soap & candle maker Benjamin Franklin
#5620, aired 2009-01-30"D" MEN OF HISTORY $800: Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth man to hold this title, died mysteriously in 1706 the Dalai Lama
#5571, aired 2008-11-24ASTRONOMERS $400: Oh my heavens! In 1706 Danish astronomer Olaus Roemer published a new catalog listing these stars
#5348, aired 2007-12-05LETTER SYMBOLISM $1200: In 1706 William Jones made this the symbol of the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter pi
#5058, aired 2006-09-131706 $400: This New Mexico town was founded in 1706 & today is the largest city in the state Albuquerque
#5058, aired 2006-09-131706 $800: Francis Hauksbee developed a generator of this type of electricity, a glass globe you rotated & rubbed static electricity
#5058, aired 2006-09-131706 $1200: In 1706 Charles XII of this Scandinavian country invaded Saxony as part of the "Great Northern War" Sweden
#5058, aired 2006-09-131706 $1600: In 1706 she was queen of England & involved in a North American war bearing her name Queen Anne
#5058, aired 2006-09-131706 $2000: This acclaimed Baroque composer whose work is heard here died in 1706 Pachelbel
#4882, aired 2005-11-29COLONIAL AMERICA $1600: In 1706 this Boston minister published "The Good Old Way", in which he decried the lessening of Puritan influence Cotton Mather
#4807, aired 2005-06-28AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $3,000 (Daily Double): This New Mexico city was founded in 1706 & named for a viceroy of New Spain Albuquerque
#3386, aired 1999-05-03GREEK ALPHABET SOUP $200: First used in 1706 by William Jones, it's the symbol for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter Pi
#2958, aired 1997-06-1118th CENTURY WOMEN $200: On July 10, 1706 Virginia's Grace Sherwood, accused of this, was thrown into a river to see if she would float being a witch (practicing witchcraft)
#2467, aired 1995-05-02GHOSTS $200: In 1706 this "Robinson Crusoe" author wrote "The True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal" (Daniel) Defoe
#620, aired 1987-04-24FAMOUS QUOTES $100: In 1706, Sir John Vanbrugh wrote in "The Country House", "He laughs best who..." does this laughs last
#351, aired 1986-01-13COLONIAL AMERICA $800: He was born the 15th of 17 children in 1706 Benjamin Franklin

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (1 result returned)

#2840, aired 1996-12-27BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Benjamin Franklin was born in this city in 1706 Boston

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