| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $200: This composer was dreaming of a white Christmas right up until his death in 1989 at age 101 (Irving) Berlin |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $400: Her father Francis says at about age 3 she heard him in a long argument & said, "Cut" Sofia Coppola |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $600: Seen here, this breed originated around 800 B.C. a Lhasa Apso |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $800: Hostages who under stress grow emotionally attached to their captors are exhibiting this syndrome Stockholm syndrome |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $1000: A vacuum cleaner salesman & spy named Jim Wormold is the protagonist of this Graham Greene novel Our Man in Havana |
| #8299, aired 2020-12-10 | VERY PURITANICAL $1600: A Puritan idea that land not being farmed was theirs to take led to the Pequot War, ended by the Treaty of this Conn. capital Hartford |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA $400: This city lies 5 miles from the Bay of Phaleron, an inlet of the Aegean Sea Athens |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA $800: In 1976 it became the capital of the reunified North & South Vietnam Hanoi |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA $1200: Cáemgen in Gaelic, the 7th century's Saint Kevin is a patron saint of this capital city Dublin |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA $1600: The official residence of King Mohammed VI of Morocco is the Dar al-Makhzen Royal Palace in this capital city Rabat |
| #8142, aired 2020-01-21 | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA $2,500 (Daily Double): Playwright August Strindbergs home, with rooms that he furnished like stage sets, is now his museum in this capital Stockholm |
| #7934, aired 2019-02-21 | OPEN YOUR PIE HOLE $400: It was a capital idea when this "pie" became the official state dessert of Massachusetts Boston cream pie |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $400: It was a capital idea to found Albany on the banks of this river the Hudson |
| #7634, aired 2017-11-16 | PLACE "MAT"S $4,800 (Daily Double): Olive you should know that this capital of the Greek department of Messenia is a major fruit market Kalamata |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | NORTH CAROLINA, HISTORICALLY $1600: North Carolina's second-oldest town was named "New" this by Swiss settlers; a capital idea! Bern |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | A CAPITAL IDEA $400: Hradcany Castle, once the home to the kings of Bohemia, is a popular tourist stop in this Czech capital Prague |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | A CAPITAL IDEA $800: In November 2001 this Afghan capital was liberated from the Taliban Kabul |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | A CAPITAL IDEA $1200: El Salvador means "the savior"; this name of its capital means "sainted savior" San Salvador |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | A CAPITAL IDEA $1600: This capital's major street the Paseo de la Reforma passes through Chapultepec Park Mexico City |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | A CAPITAL IDEA $2000: A statue of William Tell adorns the parliament building in this Swiss city Bern |
| #6127, aired 2011-04-12 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $200: Mentioning a Mediterranean city, it's the only Shakespeare play with a national capital in the title Timon of Athens |
| #6127, aired 2011-04-12 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $400: Seen here, this breed originated around 800 B.C. a Lhasa Apso |
| #6127, aired 2011-04-12 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $600: A vacuum cleaner salesman & spy named Jim Wormold is the protagonist of this Graham Greene novel Our Man in Havana |
| #6127, aired 2011-04-12 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $800: Hostages who under stress grow emotionally attached to their captors are exhibiting this syndrome Stockholm syndrome |
| #6127, aired 2011-04-12 | A CAPITAL IDEA? $1000: Her father Francis says at about age 3 she heard him in a long argument & said, "Cut!" Sofia Coppola |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | AVOIDING A DISASTROUS TRIP TO EUROPE $1000: Loudly demanding only ketchup & no mustard at your meals in this capital of Burgundy... bad idea Dijon |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | CAPITAL IDEA $200: Long before it was a capital, this city on the Thames River was a communications center London |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | CAPITAL IDEA $600: A small village sacked by Mongol as well as Afghan invaders, it later became the largest Persian city Tehran |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | CAPITAL IDEA $1000: One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities, it became a capital in 1946 when Syria gained independence Damascus |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | A CAPITAL IDEA $400: The American University of this Lebanese capital opened in 1866 Beirut |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | A CAPITAL IDEA $800: Its metropolitan area straddles the Ontario-Quebec border Ottawa |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | A CAPITAL IDEA $1200: Of Wellington, Canberra or Jakarta, the national capital that is the northernmost Jakarta |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | A CAPITAL IDEA $1600: In May 1936 this capital fell to Italian forces & Haile Selassie fled into exile for the next 5 years Addis Ababa |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | A CAPITAL IDEA $2000: Maputo is the capital of this former Portuguese colony, now a nation of southeast Africa Mozambique |
| #4758, aired 2005-04-20 | CAPITAL CITIES $800: In 1831 the city of Thang Long changed its name to this, a capital idea by the Vietnamese Hanoi |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA $400: The largest city by population is this capital with about 35 million Tokyo |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA $800: In Turkish this capital is known as known as Lefkosa; in Greek it's known as Levkosia Nicosia |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA $1200: Founded in the 13th century, it's the capital & largest city of Laos Vientiane |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA $1600: No longer Alma-Ata, the capital city of this central Asian country is now Astana Kazakhstan |
| #4757, aired 2005-04-19 | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA $2000: Situated on the Hrazdan River, this Armenian capital city is a mere 14 miles from the border with Turkey Yerevan |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | A CAPITAL IDEA $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew in Albuquerque) Andre Garnerin made the first parachute jump from a balloon in 1797 when he jumped over this capital city Paris |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | A CAPITAL IDEA $400: Hmm -- the National Pawn Shop in this city was built on the site of the palace where Montezuma was killed Mexico City |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | A CAPITAL IDEA $600: Someone had the bright idea to build a Disneysea theme park in this Asian city; it opened in 2001 Tokyo |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | A CAPITAL IDEA $800: Hey, mon, Bob Marley's home in this Caribbean capital was turned into a Bob Marley museum Kingston, Jamaica |
| #4258, aired 2003-02-19 | A CAPITAL IDEA $1000: In 1898, 10 years after inheriting the throne, 18-year-old Queen Wilhelmina was finally crowned in this city Amsterdam |
| #3259, aired 1998-11-05 | A CAPITAL IDEA $100: In the 1920s Norway's parliament voted to change the name of Christiania back to this Oslo |
| #3259, aired 1998-11-05 | A CAPITAL IDEA $200: Empress Taitu chose the name of this Ethiopian capital; it means "new flower" Addis Ababa |
| #3259, aired 1998-11-05 | A CAPITAL IDEA $300: Someone had the bright idea to name this city for a duke even before it became New Zealand's capital Wellington |
| #3259, aired 1998-11-05 | A CAPITAL IDEA $500: Rawalpindi was selected as this country's interim capital while Islamabad was under construction Pakistan |
| #3259, aired 1998-11-05 | A CAPITAL IDEA $600 (Daily Double): Abuja, this country's first planned city, was built in the Chukuku Hills to replace Lagos as the capital Nigeria |
| #748, aired 1987-12-02 | ROMEO & JULIET $400: Juliet's father thought she should marry him & a capital idea it was at that, N'est ce pas? Paris |
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Trevor Bryan, an academic advisor from Tallahassee, Florida
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Season 28 player (2012-04-16).
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Kit Carlson, an Episcopal priest from East Lansing, Michigan
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Season 25 player (2008-09-29).
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Lori Cain, an insurance claims investigator from Altamont, New York
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Season 27 1-time champion: $18,000 + $2,000.
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Lloyd Caesar, an office manager from Watervliet, New York
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Season 28 1-time champion: $22,359 + $2,000. Lloyd's win was written...
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Elizabeth Pfeifer, an executive assistant from Oakton, Virginia
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Season 29 player (2012-11-01). Elizabeth died at the age of 57...
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Bill Wilson, a business manager from Clifton Park, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-05-15).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: PYR85099
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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Jason Pratt, a middle school history teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Season 25 2-time champion: $32,701 + $1,000. Jason Pratt - A...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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