Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (10 results returned)
#8371, aired 2021-04-05 | BASEBALL MANAGERS $2000: The manager of 3 teams in the 19th century, he later owned the White Sox; for 8 decades the Sox' field was named for him (Charles) Comiskey |
#7777, aired 2018-06-05 | I DON'T WANNA CRAMP $400: This 2-word "animal" term for a painful leg cramp traces back to 19th century baseball slang a Charley horse |
#7607, aired 2017-10-10 | 19th CENTURY SPORTS $1200: On June 6, 1892 he became the first president to attend a major league baseball game while in office Benjamin Harrison |
#4214, aired 2002-12-19 | 19th CENTURY BASEBALL $400: Ned Cuthbert is credited with inventing this larcenous move in the 1860s base stealing |
#4214, aired 2002-12-19 | 19th CENTURY BASEBALL $800: In 1860s baseball, the pitching distance was this many feet, about three-quarters of what it is now 45 |
#4214, aired 2002-12-19 | 19th CENTURY BASEBALL $1200: An 1887 rule counting these "free passes" as hits led to 20 guys batting .400 walks |
#3403, aired 1999-05-26 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $400: This phrase for taking a break from a long period of sitting goes back to 19th century baseball the seventh-inning stretch |
#2989, aired 1997-09-04 | 19th CENTURY SPORTS $400: 1890s outfielder Louis Sockalexis of the Penobscot tribe inspired this name of Cleveland's baseball team the Indians |
#1679, aired 1991-12-12 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $600: From 1883-91 Billy Sunday was a professional one of these before turning evangelist a baseball player |
#310, aired 1985-11-15 | 19TH CENTURY $100: In 1869, professional players of this sport earned maximum of $1400 a year & didn't strike baseball |
Final Jeopardy! Round clues (1 result returned)
#6114, aired 2011-03-24 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE: Armor-clad knights face off in a game of baseball in an 1889 work by this author Mark Twain |
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