Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (89 results returned)

#9020, aired 2024-01-19FAMOUS FORGERIES $400: Performed in London in 1796, "Vortigern and Rowena" was a newly discovered play supposedly by him Shakespeare
#1, aired 2024-01-12BREAK-UPS $200: This power couple wed March 9, 1796; being the emperor of France has its perks: he nullified the marriage in 1809 Napoleon & Josephine
#8993, aired 2023-12-13SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): During an epidemic of this disease in 1796, Edward Jenner discovered the power of vaccines & used it to save lives smallpox
#8942, aired 2023-10-034, 4 $400: The Oxford English Dictionary has this synonym for a tie going back to a 1796 horse race a dead heat
#8756, aired 2022-12-05LET'S PLAY QUARTERS $2000: A quarter minted in this city in 1796, the first year that coin was produced, sold at auction for $1.5 million in 2013 Philadelphia
#8743, aired 2022-11-164 WEDDINGS & A FUNERAL $400: She married Napoleon in a civil ceremony on March 9, 1796; the pair wed again with religious rites on December 1, 1804 Josephine
#8618, aired 2022-04-13OH ME OF LITTLE FAITH $1600: In 1796 Samuel Miles, an elector for this political party, went "faithless" & voted against John Adams the Federalists
#8335, aired 2021-02-12SCIENCE $400: (Dr. Markaisa Black presents the clue.) To provide immunity from smallpox, in 1796 British physician Edward Jenner used cowpox to make the first of these, which is why the word comes from the Latin for "cow" vaccine
#8205, aired 2020-04-17POSITIVE HISTORY $400: In 1796, to fight smallpox, Edward Jenner successfully used these, from the Latin for "cow" vaccines
#8071, aired 2019-10-14THE TREATY SAYS SO $800: The 1796 Treaty of Tripoli: "The government of the (United States) is not in any sense founded on" this "religion" Christianity
#7975, aired 2019-04-19AMERICAN HISTORY $400: He wrote a 1796 "Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation" before coming up with his steamboat Fulton
#7768, aired 2018-05-23DIMES $1200: Liberty on the 1796-1807 draped bust dime was based on a sketch by this George Washington portraitist (Gilbert) Stuart
#7679, aired 2018-01-18PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS $800: Capturing as many as 200,000 enemy troops, the Brits built one of the 1st P.O.W. camps in 1796 at Peterborough during these wars the Napoleonic Wars
#7581, aired 2017-07-24FAKE NEWS $1200: In 1796 "Vortigern and Rowena", purportedly by this man, was laughed off the stage of a London theatre Shakespeare
#7486, aired 2017-03-13THE MARCH OF HISTORY $400: She married Napoleon March 9, 1796; 2 days later, her groom left for the army Josephine
#7349, aired 2016-07-21A SUMMER COLD $1600: In July 1960 this city founded in 1796 & divided by the Cuyahoga River was a bit chilly, averaging 67 degs. over the month Cleveland
#7348, aired 2016-07-20THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $1600: In 1796 Samuel Miles became the first elector to switch his vote, voting for Thomas Jefferson instead of this man John Adams
#7305, aired 2016-05-20BRIDGES $1600: For his courage taking personal risks at the 1796 battle of Lodi Bridge, his troops nicknamed him "Little Corporal" Napoléon
#7206, aired 2016-01-04RUSSIAN RULERS $200: When Paul, son of this Empress, ascended the throne in 1796, he reversed many of his mother's policies Catherine the Great
#7037, aired 2015-03-31NAPOLEON $1600: For his victories at the Italian border in 1796, Napoleon was nicknamed "The Little" this noncommissioned officer corporal
#7036, aired 2015-03-30VACCINES $400: Developed in 1796 by Edward Jenner, the first successful vaccine protected against this deadly disease now eradicated smallpox
#6861, aired 2014-06-16CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD $800: Knoxville (1796) Tennessee
#6760, aired 2014-01-2410-LETTER WORDS $200: For some reason, though Tennessee became a state in 1796, it held this type of exposition in 1897 centennial
#6604, aired 2013-05-09IT'S MAY $800: On May 14, 1796 Dr. Edward Jenner gave an 8-year-old boy an inoculation against this deadly disease smallpox
#6252, aired 2011-11-22A "LITTLE" LEARNING $1600: When "ranking" on Napoleon, use this epithet he was given in 1796 "the Little Corporal"
#5705, aired 2009-05-29SCIENCE $800 (Daily Double): During an epidemic of this disease in 1796, Edward Jenner discovered the power of vaccines & used it to save lives smallpox
#5672, aired 2009-04-14"GREAT" LEADERS $400: Russia, 1762-1796 Catherine the Great
#5409, aired 2008-02-28MEDICINE MEN & WOMEN $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1796 he inoculated 8-year-old James Phipps with material from a cowpox pustule from Sarah Nelmes Jenner
#5177, aired 2007-02-27HISTORIC AMERICANS $800: This American educator born in 1796 favored the abolition of corporal punishment in schools Horace Mann
#5114, aired 2006-11-30CHALLENGER $200: John Adams had to settle for this opponent as his veep in 1796 because the 12th Amendment hadn't been passed yet Thomas Jefferson
#4987, aired 2006-04-2518th CENTURY AMERICA $600: In 1796 he said that the U.S. should "steer clear of permanent alliances" in foreign policy George Washington
#4972, aired 2006-04-04THE AFRICAN EXPLORER $2000: On July 21, 1796 Mungo Park became the first European to sight this long West African river the Niger
#4927, aired 2006-01-31THE ENGLISH PATENT $600: Litigation on this man's 1796 patent for steam engines established that improvements for known machines were allowed (James) Watt
#4693, aired 2005-01-19WON $400: 2 of the closest presidential races involved this man; in 1796 he lost to John Adams & in 1800 he beat Aaron Burr Jefferson
#4451, aired 2004-01-05DO I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE? $200: This poet died in Dumfries, Scotland in 1796, just aged 37 Robert Burns
#4347, aired 2003-06-24AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: What was once the proposed state of Franklin became part of this new state in 1796 Tennessee
#3976, aired 2001-12-10THE ANDREW JACKSON 5 $1600: In 1796 Jackson "volunteered" to become this state's first member of the U.S. House of Representatives Tennessee
#3951, aired 2001-11-05THAT WAS MY WIFE $500: Marie Josephine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie (1796-1809) Napoleon
#3947, aired 2001-10-30VICE PRESIDENTS $100: He lost the presidency by a 71-68 electoral vote count, so he settled for the VP slot in 1796 Thomas Jefferson
#3824, aired 2001-03-29ON THE $1 BILL $400: This artist's 1796 portrait of George Washington appears on the bill Gilbert Stuart
#3770, aired 2001-01-12ELECTION NIGHT PARTIES $600: John Adams, 1796 Federalist
#3736, aired 2000-11-27PRESIDENTIAL BOOKS $200: In 1896 Woodrow Wilson published a book on this man who was president in 1796 George Washington
#3452, aired 1999-09-14NAPOLEON $100: The cast-off mistress of revolutionary leader Paul Barras, she married Napoleon in 1796 Josephine
#3451, aired 1999-09-13AFRICA $300: In the summertime of 1796, he, not Mungo Jerry, explored the Niger River Mungo Park
#3329, aired 1999-02-11HAIL TO THE CHIEF $2,000 (Daily Double): In the presidential election of 1796, he finished second in the electoral vote Thomas Jefferson
#3245, aired 1998-10-16HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $200: Much of this man's 1796 farewell address was Alexander Hamilton's work George Washington
#3229, aired 1998-09-24ART & ARTISTS $600: David Roberts, who has been called the "Scottish Canaletto", was born in this capital in 1796 Edinburgh
#3082, aired 1998-01-13U.S. HISTORY $300: On Sept. 17, 1796 he issued his farewell address George Washington
#3081, aired 1998-01-12FORMER CAPITALS $1000: This city, host of the 1982 World's Fair, was Tennessee's capital from 1796 to 1812 & from 1817 to 1819 Knoxville
#2940, aired 1997-05-16WORLD HISTORY $200: In April 1796 this French officer defeated the Sardinians at Mondovi, gaining Savoy & Nice for France Napoleon Bonaparte
#2916, aired 1997-04-14LIGHTHOUSES $500: This easternmost "point" of New York state at the tip of Long Island has a lighthouse built in 1796 Montauk Point
#2817, aired 1996-11-261796 $200: Ben Franklin sold this publication in 1757, but it continued until 1796 Poor Richard's Almanack
#2817, aired 1996-11-261796 $400: On November 17 this Russian empress died in St. Petersburg at age 67 Catherine the Great
#2817, aired 1996-11-261796 $600: In 1796 this future U.S. president helped draft Tennessee's new constitution Andrew Jackson
#2817, aired 1996-11-261796 $800: Born in Massachusetts in 1796, this educator helped create the U.S.A.'s 1st state board of education Horace Mann
#2817, aired 1996-11-261796 $1000: In 1796 after almost 150 years of control by this country, Ceylon came under British administration The Netherlands/Holland
#2722, aired 1996-06-04ASTRONOMY $100: In 1796 Pierre Simon de Laplace suggested the existence of these objects from which light can't escape a black hole
#2636, aired 1996-02-05HISTORIC WOMEN $400: During her reign, 1762-1796, she established the first Russian schools for girls Catherine the Great
#2626, aired 1996-01-22THE CIRCUS $100: In 1796 Jacob Crowninshield imported the first of these pachyderms exhibited in the U.S. elephants
#2617, aired 1996-01-09ISLANDS $300: In 1796 Napoleon returned French rule to this island of his birth Corsica
#2586, aired 1995-11-27THE 1790s $200: A peasant uprising called the White Lotus Rebellion began in this country in 1796 China
#2547, aired 1995-10-03SCIENTISTS $1000: On May 14, 1796 he performed the first vaccination with cowpox serum, on James Phipps, age 8 Edward Jenner
#2523, aired 1995-07-19U.S. CITIES $500: In 1796 a director of the Connecticut Land Company founded this Ohio city on Lake Erie Cleveland
#2462, aired 1995-04-25HISTORIC NAMES $600: In 1796, rather than support his cousin John, this man supported Thomas Jefferson for the presidency Samuel Adams
#2415, aired 1995-02-17TRANSPORTATION $600: In 1796 this steamboat designer published a "Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation" (Robert) Fulton
#2391, aired 1995-01-16THE 1790s $100: When this Russian ruler died in 1796, she had reigned for 34 years Catherine the Great
#2298, aired 1994-09-07ANDREW JACKSON $200: Jackson sat in the convention that framed this state's first constitution in 1796 Tennessee
#2260, aired 1994-06-03MEDICINE $800: In 1796 this physician gave the first vaccination for smallpox Edward Jenner
#2239, aired 1994-05-05SUPREME COURT DECISIONS $400: Ware v. Hylton in 1796, held that these international agreements supersede state laws treaties
#2188, aired 1994-02-23THE 50 STATES $300: In 1796 Knoxville became its first state capital Tennessee
#2125, aired 1993-11-26RUSSIAN HISTORY $200: Ukraine was fully absorbed into the Russian Empire during the 1762-1796 reign of this empress Catherine the Great
#2011, aired 1993-05-10THE 18th CENTURY $400: In 1796 Tennessee's voters chose this future President as their first Congressman (Andrew) Jackson
#1918, aired 1992-12-30HAIL TO THE CHIEF $600: In 1796 this future president helped draft Tennessee's first constitution Andrew Jackson
#1868, aired 1992-10-21WORLD EVENTS $400: In 1796 the British took this island southeast of India from the Dutch Ceylon
#1852, aired 1992-09-29OHIO $400: Founded by a group of war veterans in 1796, this city was home to a famous bicycle shop Dayton
#1806, aired 1992-06-08RULERS $200: Russian empress from 1762 to 1796, she never learned to speak the language properly Catherine the Great
#1642, aired 1991-10-22SCIENTISTS $800: This discoverer of oxygen was a founder of the 1st Unitarian Church in Pennsylvania in 1796 Joseph Priestley
#1554, aired 1991-05-09CONQUERORS $600: In 1796 France's new government, the Directory, appointed him commander of the army of Italy Napoleon
#1250, aired 1990-01-26MEDICAL HISTORY $800: In the 18th C. about 60 million people died from this disease for which a vaccine was found in 1796 smallpox
#1019, aired 1989-01-26U.S. HISTORY $800: Though Hamilton was the leader of this party, it passed him over in 1796 & nominated Adams instead Federalists
#981, aired 1988-12-05FAMOUS NAMES $1000: Way back in 1796, he discovered smallpox could be prevented by vaccination Edward Jenner
#976, aired 1988-11-28ART $800: In 1796 Czech writer Aloys Senefelder developed this printing process using a grease pencil on stone lithography
#696, aired 1987-09-21MEDICAL HISTORY $1000: In 1796, Edward Jenner began a new era of preventative medicine by inducing immunity to this smallpox
#672, aired 1987-07-07GEORGE WASHINGTON $1000: This famous "speech" by Washington in 1796 was printed in a newspaper, not delivered publicly Washington's farewell address
#559, aired 1987-01-29JULY $200: In July of 1796, the Secy. of State issued the 1st in U.S. to Francis Barrere, who was going overseas passport
#284, aired 1985-10-10POTPOURRI $200: Dancers in a 1796 ballet performed this feat later made famous in a Peter Pan production flying (by wires)
#263, aired 1985-09-11THE 1700s $200: In 1796, the population of this Asian nation was 275 million China
#165, aired 1985-04-26TRIVIA $100: In 1796, this Frenchman confessed, "When I see an empty throne I feel the urge to sit on it" Napoleon
#130, aired 1985-03-08HISTORY $400: Josephine Fascher de la Pagerie, widow of Beauharnais, became his wife March 9, 1796 Napoleon

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (4 results returned)

#7613, aired 2017-10-18HISTORIC CONNECTIONS: A 1796 medical experiment with an English farm girl ultimately led to this breakthrough announced in Geneva May 8, 1980 the eradication of smallpox
#7347, aired 2016-07-19JUDGES: Before he headed up the Supreme Court, he argued only 1 case before it--a 1796 case he ironically argued on states' rights grounds John Marshall
#7112, aired 2015-07-14HISTORIC AMERICANS: The debate team at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire is named for this man who entered the academy in 1796 Daniel Webster
#171, aired 1985-05-06MEDICINE: A vaccine developed in 1796 made this disease the 1st conquered by man smallpox

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