Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (88 results returned)

#9046, aired 2024-02-26HISTORY $1000: Japan returned to the control of an emperor in the 19th century in what is called this 5-letter restoration Meiji
#8917, aired 2023-07-18AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: Sally Ride rocketed into orbit aboard this Space Shuttle that shared its name with a 19th century research vessel Challenger
#8909, aired 2023-07-06NAMES IN HISTORY $1200: Last name of Bronson, a teacher & abolitionist who lived in poverty until his daughter made it big in books in the 19th century Alcott
#1, aired 2023-05-08ALLITERATIVE HISTORY $2000: In the late 19th century, the Pinkertons infiltrated this cabal of coal miners named for a widowed Irishwoman Molly Maguires
#8854, aired 2023-04-20HISTORY $200: This 19th century American's demand for "unconditional surrender" matched his first 2 initials Grant
#8685, aired 2022-07-15MEXICAN HISTORY $1600: The era of this man's late 19th & early 20th century rule is known as the Porfiriato Porfirio Díaz
#8505, aired 2021-11-05COMPUTER HISTORY $800: How punk--considered the first computer, Charles Babbage's 19th century Analytical Engine was designed to be powered by this steam
#8367, aired 2021-03-30HISTORY $800: This people who formed an empire in 19th century southern Africa bears the name of a ruler, the son of Malandela Zulu
#8305, aired 2020-12-18CHINESE HISTORY $1200: In the late 19th century, China was dominated by Tzu-hsi, known as this empress, the widow of an emperor the Dowager Empress
#8166, aired 2020-02-2419th CENTURY HISTORY $400: April 9, 1878 was a normal night in Dodge City; Jack Wagner killed marshal Ed Masterson & this brother of Ed's killed Jack Bat Masterson
#8166, aired 2020-02-2419th CENTURY HISTORY $800: Until 1875 the Suez Canal was owned by Egypt & France, then financial problems forced Egypt to sell its shares to this country the United Kingdom
#8166, aired 2020-02-2419th CENTURY HISTORY $1200: With a capacity of 7,000 barrels, the Charles of Antwerp shipped out in 1869 as the first this to sail an oil tanker
#8166, aired 2020-02-2419th CENTURY HISTORY $1600: Once known as Upper Peru, it changed its name upon independence in 1825 to honor the man who helped liberate it Bolivia
#8166, aired 2020-02-2419th CENTURY HISTORY $3,000 (Daily Double): After success at Second Bull Run, Confederate armies began an invasion of Maryland; this Sept. 17, 1862 battle stopped them Antietam
#7940, aired 2019-03-01HISTORY WITH LESSER-KNOWN PAINTERS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) The scepter has symbolically fallen from King Robert's hand in a 19th-century painting by Jean-Paul Laurens titled after this action taken against the king by the pope excommunication
#7805, aired 2018-07-13IRISH HISTORY $2000: Dublin's main thoroughfare commemorates this last name of 19th century Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell
#7596, aired 2017-09-25WORLD HISTORY $400: In the early 19th century, philhellenic groups sprang up across the world to aid this country's independence Greece
#7504, aired 2017-04-06PUERTO RICAN HISTORY $400: Puerto Rico became part of the U.S. as part of the terms ending this 19th century conflict the Spanish-American War
#7124, aired 2015-07-30MEDICAL HISTORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Dittrick Medical History Center in Cleveland, OH.) 19th-century doctors thought that the brain shrank & grew with use, leaving corresponding contours on the skull, which were read to determine a person's abilities and traits, using the 3-D bust as a reference guide in this pseudo-science phrenology
#7012, aired 2015-02-24BIOGRAPHY $400: "Titan: The Life of" this 19th century oil baron gushes with the tale of history's first billionaire (John D.) Rockefeller
#7003, aired 2015-02-11AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: This composer learned the basics of music as a boy in 19th century Texarkana (Scott) Joplin
#6826, aired 2014-04-28FASHION HISTORY $800: Chimney-pot is another name for this high silk top hat big in the 19th century a stove pipe
#6785, aired 2014-02-28MEDICAL HISTORY $800: In the 19th century Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis "gave birth" to antisepsis in this medical field obstetrics
#6744, aired 2014-01-02AMERICAN HISTORY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) With Missouri as its starting point, the Great Plains, the Rockies & the present state capitals of Salt Lake City, Carson City & Sacramento were on the route of this 19th century service the Pony Express
#6597, aired 2013-04-30ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $400: "Eden on the Charles" shows how the 19th century growth of this city influences us today Boston
#6481, aired 2012-11-19HERB & SPICE HISTORY $800: 19th century English pubs had containers of this spice from a root so that patrons could shake it into their ale ginger
#6342, aired 2012-03-2719th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY $400: The earliest American play about this wife of John Rolfe was "The Indian Princess", performed in 1808 Pocahontas
#6342, aired 2012-03-2719th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On April 17, 1824 this country signed a treaty agreeing that 54 degrees, 40 minutes N. latitude was the southern limit of its claim Russia
#6342, aired 2012-03-2719th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1888 this type of ballot based on a type from overseas was first used in a U.S. local election in Louisville, Ky. the Australian or secret ballot
#6342, aired 2012-03-2719th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1866 the Supreme Court said this military rule may not be in place when the civil courts are functioning martial law
#6342, aired 2012-03-2719th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1816 this naval officer & victor against the Barbary pirates gave the toast "Our country, right or wrong" Stephen Decatur
#4949, aired 2006-03-0219th CENTURY HISTORY $200: In 1889 this island joined up with Tobago as a single colony Trinidad
#4949, aired 2006-03-0219th CENTURY HISTORY $400: This "wild" guy was hired as the marshal of Abilene in 1871 Bill Hickok
#4949, aired 2006-03-0219th CENTURY HISTORY $600: In 1827 Allan Cunningham became the first European to explore this continent's Darling Downs Australia
#4949, aired 2006-03-0219th CENTURY HISTORY $800: In the 1870s this U.S. political party was split between the Stalwarts & the Half-Breeds the Republican Party
#4949, aired 2006-03-0219th CENTURY HISTORY $1000: During this war, the Allies took Sevastopol on September 9, 1855 the Crimean War
#4812, aired 2005-07-05HISTORY $200: The Meiji reforms of the 19th century permanently abolished this Japanese warrior class samurai
#4605, aired 2004-09-17ASIAN HISTORY $400: Tu Duc, a 19th century Nguyen emperor in this country, helped write a comprehensive history of it Vietnam
#4575, aired 2004-06-25EARLY 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1600: His 1809 work "A History of New York" was a tongue-in-cheek history of New Amsterdam (Washington) Irving
#4551, aired 2004-05-24BRITISH HISTORY $400: Her 11 1/2 years as prime minister was the longest consecutive term since the Earl of Liverpool in the early 19th century Margaret Thatcher
#4481, aired 2004-02-16U.S. HISTORY $400: In the mid-19th century, Cornelius Vanderbilt had a plan to build one of these across Nicaragua a canal
#4481, aired 2004-02-16U.S. HISTORY $2000: No territory changed hands by the Treaty of Ghent that ended this 19th century war the War of 1812
#4387, aired 2003-10-07FASHION HISTORY $1000: This famous British fashion fop of the early 19th century took a reported 3 hours just to tie his cravat right Beau Brummel
#4242, aired 2003-01-28BRAZILIAN HISTORY $200: First planted in Brazil around 1727, by the 19th century it was the country's top export coffee
#4027, aired 2002-02-1919th CENTURY ART $400: The ornate history painters called "Pompiers" created works like Rixens' "The Death of" this Egyptian queen Cleopatra
#3725, aired 2000-11-10WOMEN IN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): This 19th century woman boasted, "I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger" Harriet Tubman
#3525, aired 1999-12-24WORLD HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Among those to reach this fabled African outpost in the 19th century were Rene Caillie & Gordon Laing Timbuktu
#3203, aired 1998-07-01U.S. HISTORY $400: 19th century feminists denounced the 14th Amendment for putting this 4-letter word in the constitution male
#3165, aired 1998-05-08ART HISTORY 101 $400: 19th century French romantic who painted the following Eugene Delacroix
#2681, aired 1996-04-0819th CENTURY AMERICA $600: In 1809 he published the comic work "A History of New York... by Diedrich Knickerbocker" Washington Irving
#2422, aired 1995-02-2819th CENTURY HISTORY $100: In 1868 Emperor Meiji took the "Charter Oath" of 5 principles, launching Westernization in this country Japan
#2422, aired 1995-02-2819th CENTURY HISTORY $200: Queen Victoria proposed to him 5 days after they met as adults in October 1839 Prince Albert
#2422, aired 1995-02-2819th CENTURY HISTORY $300: He became Prussian prime minister in 1862 & dedicated himself to uniting Germany Otto von Bismarck
#2422, aired 1995-02-2819th CENTURY HISTORY $400: In 1806 this inventor of a steam engine was made an honorary doctor of laws by the University of Glasgow James Watt
#2422, aired 1995-02-2819th CENTURY HISTORY $500: In 1873 a military prison was established on this Kansas post Leavenworth
#2166, aired 1994-01-24FASHION HISTORY $400: Some fashionable 19th century women wore the leg-of-mutton style of these sleeves
#2097, aired 1993-10-19U.S. HISTORY $400: Cider presses in Pennsylvania were this 19th century pioneer planter's seed source Johnny Appleseed
#2055, aired 1993-07-09HISTORY $800: Emir Abdur Rahman Khan rebuilt & modernized this Afghan capital in the 19th century Kabul
#1988, aired 1993-04-07THE HISTORY OF HAIR $100: During the 19th century, it was all the rage to do this to your hair 100 strokes at a time brush it
#1949, aired 1993-02-11AMERICAN HISTORY $400: The Molly Maguires were a 19th century secret organization of these workers Irish coal workers
#1924, aired 1993-01-07HISTORY $600: In the late 19th century, Tzu-Hsi, China's Dowager Empress, encouraged this anti-foreign movement the Boxer
#1902, aired 1992-12-08EUROPEAN HISTORY $200: The title of Count of Flanders was revived in the 19th century for princes in this country Belgium
#1880, aired 1992-11-06PULITZER PRIZES $400: "The Fate of Liberty", a book about this 19th century president & civil liberties, won the 1992 prize for History Lincoln
#1683, aired 1991-12-18MEDICAL HISTORY $200: Until the late 19th century about 75% of the women who had babies by this surgical procedure, died a C-section
#1657, aired 1991-11-12EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: The name of this 19th century movement for Italian unification means "rising again" risorgimento
#1498, aired 1991-02-20AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: 19th century term for the belief that U.S. expansion across North America was destined by God Manifest Destiny
#1444, aired 1990-12-06ART HISTORY $400: This new art movement of the late 19th century derived its name from that of Bing's art gallery in Paris Art Nouveau
#1339, aired 1990-05-31HISTORY $600: The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland was established on the first day of this century 19th Century
#1336, aired 1990-05-28ITALIAN HISTORY $600: 19th century guerilla fighter whose "red shirts" fought for the "risorgimento", or resurrection, of Italy Garibaldi
#1214, aired 1989-12-07FASHION HISTORY $200: If a 19th century woman wore a poke, she had one of these with a projecting brim a hat (a bonnet)
#1202, aired 1989-11-21FASHION HISTORY $200: Even "beefy" men can wear these boots named for a 19th century duke Wellington
#1198, aired 1989-11-15U.S. HISTORY $100: Century in which the most states, 29, were admitted to the Union the 19th century
#1054, aired 1989-03-16TRANSPORTATION $500: This 19th century U.S. ironclad had history's 1st revolving gun turret the Monitor
#962, aired 1988-11-08WORLD HISTORY $500: This war was thought to be mythical until late 19th century excavations proved it really occurred the Trojan War
#866, aired 1988-05-16U.S. HISTORY $400: Members of this 19th century political party answered any question on policy with "I don't know" Know Nothings
#785, aired 1988-01-22BRITISH HISTORY $1000: 19th century prime minister whose fight for Irish home rule was last major battle of his political career (William Ewart) Gladstone
#767, aired 1987-12-29WORLD HISTORY $400: Century during which Simon Bolivar did his liberating the 19th Century
#740, aired 1987-11-20WORLD HISTORY $1000: This late 18th- early 19th-century French diplomat served at least seven different regimes Talleyrand
#711, aired 1987-10-12WORLD HISTORY $200: The Risorgimento was the name of the 19th century movement for the unification of this country Italy
#514, aired 1986-11-27EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: While Mussolini's followers wore black shirts, this 19th century Italian led the "Redshirts" Garibaldi
#475, aired 1986-10-03HISTORY $1000: America's "Open Door Policy" of the late 19th century pertained to trade with this country China
#447, aired 1986-05-27U.S. HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Women were called "Lucy Stoners" in late 19th century if they kept this after marriage their maiden name
#435, aired 1986-05-09FASHION HISTORY $200: Only ladies & those for women's rights wore these "Turkish pantaloons" in the 19th century bloomers
#340, aired 1985-12-27HISTORY $800: This country lost its only seaport in 19th century war with Chile Bolivia
#159, aired 1985-04-18MEDICAL HISTORY $400: Known as consumption in the 19th century, this disease, not a six-gun, killed Doc Holliday tuberculosis
#66, aired 1984-12-10WORLD HISTORY $400: Including, in 19th century, one quarter of world's land & people, the sun never set on it the British Empire
#58, aired 1984-11-28U.S. HISTORY $200: 19th century flag nicknamed "Stars & Bars" the Confederate flag
#25, aired 1984-10-12HISTORY $600: The 19th century “revolution” in which machines replaced hand tools the Industrial Revolution

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (11 results returned)

#8493, aired 2021-10-2019th CENTURY SUPREME COURT DECISIONS: The first "self-evident" truth in the Declaration of Independence was quoted & found not to apply to this plaintiff (Dred) Scott
#5, aired 2020-01-09U.S. POLITICAL HISTORY: These 2 now-defunct parties each gave the U.S. 4 presidents in the 19th century Democratic-Republican & Whig
#8124, aired 2019-12-2619th CENTURY HISTORY: Wanting more French influence in the area he called Latin America, Napoleon III installed an emperor in this country Mexico
#7998, aired 2019-05-2219th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1832, by a narrow margin, this state's legislature rejected considering abolition; a split was completed in 1863 Virginia
#6854, aired 2014-06-0519th CENTURY U.S. HISTORY: A dignitary at the dedication of this said it was "keeping watch and ward before the open gates of America" The Statue of Liberty
#5133, aired 2006-12-2719th CENTURY PRESIDENTS: Against bitterly divided Democrats, he won with the second-lowest percentage of the popular vote in history, 39.8% Abraham Lincoln
#4655, aired 2004-11-2619th CENTURY U.S. HISTORY: Of the 5 times Congress has declared war, the 3 during the 19th century were against these 3 nations Britain, Spain & Mexico
#4528, aired 2004-04-2119th CENTURY ART & HISTORY: The red sky in Munch's "The Scream" may be from the debris in the Oslo air from this volcano half a world away Krakatoa
#2807, aired 1996-11-12AMERICAN HISTORY: Lincoln said it was "the central act of my administration & the greatest event of the 19th century" the Emancipation Proclamation
#1950, aired 1993-02-12FASHION HISTORY: Listing the great men of the 19th century, Lord Byron ranked himself 3rd, Napoleon 2nd & this man 1st Beau Brummel
#187, aired 1985-05-28HISTORY: It was the world's largest city for the entire 19th century London

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