Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (50 results returned)

#8969, aired 2023-11-09A LITTLE LEGALESE $400: This 3-word Latin phrase means "something for something ", like one action being exchanged for another of value quid pro quo
#6, aired 2023-05-10LITTLE $1000: It means shortened by having a part cut off & it's from the Latin for part of a tree truncated
#8800, aired 2023-02-03A LITTLE ASTRONOMY $800: Like Earth, Saturn gets this kind of spectacular polar light show, a Latin word for "dawn" an aurora
#8757, aired 2022-12-06KIDS' BOOK TITLES IN LATIN $1000: A French fable: "Regulus" The Little Prince
#8567, aired 2022-02-01LITTLE THINGS IN A BIG WORLD $2000: Latin for "whips", these appendages in some protozoa help them get around flagella
#8481, aired 2021-10-04IF AT "FIRST" $6,600 (Daily Double): Primus inter pares is Latin for this, the member of a power-sharing group with a little more juice than the rest first among equals
#8314, aired 2021-01-14HISTORICALLY BAD $1,000 (Daily Double): This began in Latin America in 1928, a little before it hit the United States the Great Depression
#7972, aired 2019-04-16SOUNDS LIKE PIG LATIN $2000: A nursery rhyme says, "I had a little pony his name was" this, "I lent him to a lady to ride a mile away" Dapple Grey
#7969, aired 2019-04-11INVENTED OR DISCOVERED $200: In the 1890s Dmitri Ivanovsky discovered these infectious little organisms, from the Latin for "poison" a virus
#7922, aired 2019-02-05FAR OUT, MAN $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the Pacific Ocean on the monitor.) A spot in the Pacific is so remote that world space agencies use it as a dumping area because there's little chance of endangering humans; it's named Point this after a literary captain whose name means "no one" in Latin Point Nemo
#7834, aired 2018-10-04ON THE ROOF $400: The item seen here helps with this process--it's from the Latin for "wind" venting
#7539, aired 2017-05-25WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $600: This word comes from the Latin for "little book"; when a Roman wanted to defame another, he issued a book of his foe's misdeeds libel
#7150, aired 2015-10-16SYMBOLS $600: From the Latin for "title", it's the little line over certain N's in Spanish to indicate a nasalized pronunciation a tilde
#6733, aired 2013-12-18A LITTLE SOMETHING SWEET $800: A special occasion dessert in Latin America, pastel de tres leches means cake of these three milks
#6193, aired 2011-07-13LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS? $1200: A little known trilinguist, this island-dweller was fluent in Greek & Turkish as well as Latin Cyprus
#6053, aired 2010-12-29BABY TALK $3,500 (Daily Double): One who brings peace, or this object that soothes baby, from the Latin for "peace" a pacifier
#6021, aired 2010-11-15A LITTLE LATIN $400: The name of this prayer is simply Latin for "Hail Mary" Ave Maria
#6021, aired 2010-11-15A LITTLE LATIN $800: It's literally "something for something" quid pro quo
#6021, aired 2010-11-15A LITTLE LATIN $1200: From Horace comes this 2-word bit of advice, literally "seize the day" carpe diem
#6021, aired 2010-11-15A LITTLE LATIN $1600: Meaning "in the same place", you see this word in footnotes to refer to a source cited in a previous entry ibid.
#6021, aired 2010-11-15A LITTLE LATIN $2000: Rene Descartes came up with this phrase that translates to "I think, therefore I am" cogito ergo sum
#5801, aired 2009-11-30ARCHITECTURE $1600: This word for a domed roof, often covering a rotunda, is from the Latin for "little cask" cupola
#5639, aired 2009-02-26BACK AT THE CBC $400: (Alex delivers the clue from back at the CBC.) From the Latin for "hearing", it's a short performance usually given when applying for a job; here's a clip of one of mine from the early 1960s "And we've got John Livingston sitting somewhere in the Penetanguishene River up to his little rubber dinghy in scum as he watches the fish float down the river." an audition
#5624, aired 2009-02-05BASIC SCIENCE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds up a sugar cube.) At sea level, at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, 1 cubic centimeter of air, the size of a sugar cube, contains 45 billion billion of these, from the Latin for "little mass" a molecule
#5615, aired 2009-01-23MEDICINAL PLANTS $2000: From the Latin for "little calendar", it's a versatile antiseptic also taken internally calendula
#5519, aired 2008-09-11"FOR" WORDS $2000: From the Latin word for "ant", it's an anthill or nest formicary
#5345, aired 2007-11-30HOW ABOUT A LITTLE ROMANCE LANGUAGE? $200: Around the Vatican you might be able to practice this source language of all Romance languages Latin
#5229, aired 2007-05-10GIVE ME SOME ROOM $2,500 (Daily Double): Latin for "sun terrace", it's a glass-enclosed room where you can sit and enjoy the Sun solarium
#5123, aired 2006-12-13FROM THE LATIN $400: Need a little R&R? It's time for one of these, from the Latin for "to be free" a vacation
#5012, aired 2006-05-30WEAPONS $600: (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from a field.) For defense & hunting, Lewis & Clark used this type of gun; named from the Latin for "little fly", it was one of the English words Indians knew a musket
#4950, aired 2006-03-03A LITTLE WINE $1600: From the Latin for "cup", it's the special cup used in Catholic churches to hold consecrated wine during a mass a chalice
#4886, aired 2005-12-05STRUCTURES $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew strolls through New York's Little Italy.) From Latin for "to hold", this type of building is synonymous with urban decay, but gives Little Italy its charm a tenement
#4693, aired 2005-01-19BUILDING FEATURES $800: All right. See the dome, players? Now see the little "domey" thing on top of the dome? That's called this, from the Latin for tub a cupola
#4435, aired 2003-12-12A LITTLE LATIN $200: Rene Descartes made famous the phrase "Cogito ergo sum", which means this I think therefore I am
#4435, aired 2003-12-12A LITTLE LATIN $400: Meaning "always faithful", it's the motto of the Marine Corps semper fidelis
#4435, aired 2003-12-12A LITTLE LATIN $600: If you're not of sound mind, you're this 3-word phrase, literally non compos mentis
#4435, aired 2003-12-12A LITTLE LATIN $800: "In wine there is truth" or so says this phrase in vino veritas
#4435, aired 2003-12-12A LITTLE LATIN $1000: When he crossed the Rubicon, Julius Caesar supposedly said, "Iacta alea est", which translates to this the die is cast
#3309, aired 1999-01-14HAPPY $800 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "happy", they're the declarations Jesus made on the mount Beatitudes
#3283, aired 1998-12-09I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER $100: From the Latin for "thanks", it's a short prayer of thanks said before or after a meal Grace
#3112, aired 1998-02-24WORD ORIGINS $600: Derived from the Latin for "salted vegetables", this cold dish might be enhanced with a little oil & vinegar salad
#3048, aired 1997-11-269-LETTER WORDS $200 (Daily Double): This brilliant shade of red derives its name from a Latin word for "little worm" Vermilion
#2577, aired 1995-11-14ARCHITECTURE $800: From Latin for "little tub", it's a dome-like structure often found atop a roof Cupola
#1960, aired 1993-02-26ANATOMY $500: It's the part of the brain that has a Latin name meaning "little brain" cerebellum
#1929, aired 1993-01-149-LETTER WORDS $500: This word for a vivid shade of red comes from the Latin for "little worm" vermilion
#1458, aired 1990-12-26LATIN PHRASES $400: An irrelevant statement is sometimes called a non sequitur, which literally means this (it) does not follow
#1295, aired 1990-03-30SALADS $100: The word salad comes from Latin for this, because most Romans dressed their salads with little else Salt
#943, aired 1988-10-12GENETICS $200: Latin for "little nut", the center of a cell was named this because it looked like a little nut in a shell the nucleus
#877, aired 1988-05-31WORLD POLITICS $600: U.S. Sec'y of State Cordell Hull oversaw the "Good Neighbor Policy" aimed at this group of countries Latin America (Central America & South America accepted)
#391, aired 1986-03-10WORD ORIGINS $300: From Latin for "the little book" Romans used to publicize enemies' faults, it's a term for defamation libel

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