Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (66 results returned)

#8824, aired 2023-03-09THE LONG-AGO 20th CENTURY $1000: Ford's 1913 adoption of this continuous workflow process reduced the time to build a car from 12-plus hours to 1 1/2 the assembly line
#8184, aired 2020-03-19HISTORIC ELEMENTS & MINERALS $1200: Pliny the Elder knew a long time ago that quartz was able to split light into one of these arrays a spectrum
#8142, aired 2020-01-21SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE $800: The start of the 1977 "Star Wars" movie informed us it all happened "a long time ago in" this place "a galaxy far, far away"
#8073, aired 2019-10-16SHIP OF THE LINE $2000: "Long time ago, from Amsterdam a vessel sailed away", begins John Boyle O'Reilly's poem about this spooky title ship the Flying Dutchman
#7938, aired 2019-02-27A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $400: This always frozen subsoil started forming around the time of Earth's first glaciation, 2 billion-plus years ago permafrost
#7938, aired 2019-02-27A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $800: Erosion by glaciers created the lakes of these mountains, including Lake Garda & Lake Lucerne the Alps
#7938, aired 2019-02-27A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $1200: Don't call Ayla in "The Clan of the Cave Bear" a Neanderthal--she's this kind of human that emerged later, around 40,000 B.C. a Cro Magnon
#7938, aired 2019-02-27A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $1600: Pangea, one of these, formed around 300 million & broke up around 200 million years ago a supercontinent
#7938, aired 2019-02-27A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $2000: This dinosaur of 100 million+ years ago got its name because its teeth resembled those of a lizard that's still around an iguanodon
#7902, aired 2019-01-08THE VERY OLD EAST $800: A long, long time ago, protoceratops roamed what's now this desert of China & Mongolia the Gobi
#7572, aired 2017-07-11WHEN THE WALLS FELL $1200: Crumbling walls in Caerwent, a once-Roman town in this part of Britain, tell of a time long ago Wales
#7555, aired 2017-06-16A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $400: When capitalized, this term refers to the Pleistocene glacial epoch that started creeping over North America 2 million years ago the Ice Age
#7555, aired 2017-06-16A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $800: This conquistador brought the first cattle to mainland America during the conquest of Mexico Cortes
#7555, aired 2017-06-16A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $1200: Around 1000 A.D. this man explored the east coast of North America, sighting Newfoundland Leif Erikson
#7555, aired 2017-06-16A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $1600: By about 9,000 B.C., many large animals in North America were extinct, including this "breast tooth" species a mastodon
#7555, aired 2017-06-16A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1663 this English king established a colony in eastern North America; it would eventually become 2 colonies Charles II
#7224, aired 2016-01-28LONG TIME $2000: It's longer than a period or era; the Phanerozoic one started 541 million years ago & is still going on an eon
#6997, aired 2015-02-03A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA $400: Land battles in this war involving the United States were fought mainly in Canada the War of 1812
#6997, aired 2015-02-03A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA $800: The 1701 Peace of Montreal ended a century of fighting with this native peoples confederacy the Iroquois
#6997, aired 2015-02-03A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA $1200: In 1621 England awarded Scotsman William Alexander this territory, now the name of a province Nova Scotia
#6997, aired 2015-02-03A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA $2000: From an Inuit word meaning "village", Canada got its name in 1535 from this Frenchman (Jacques) Cartier
#6997, aired 2015-02-03A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1610 Etienne Brule went to live with these people & became the first European to see the Great Lake named for them Huron
#6977, aired 2015-01-06A LONG TIME AGO $200: Chinese emperor Wang Mang filled the treasury by making everyone swap gold for this, 2 down on the Olympic medal list bronze
#6977, aired 2015-01-06A LONG TIME AGO $400: Lycurgus, lawgiver of this militaristic city-state, thought having more than one garment made men effeminate Sparta
#6977, aired 2015-01-06A LONG TIME AGO $1000: It's estimated that Diocles earned enough each year in these races to feed the population of ancient Rome the chariot races
#6632, aired 2013-06-18MOVIE TITLE ADD A LETTER $200: 1977: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Luke Skywalker needs Compound W Star Warts
#6550, aired 2013-02-22DRUMMER FOR THE BAND $400: Charlie Watts The Rolling Stones
#6461, aired 2012-10-22A LONG TIME AGO $200: Around 1600 B.C. the Shang became the first recorded ruling dynasty of this country China
#6461, aired 2012-10-22A LONG TIME AGO $400: At the "Cadaver Synod" of 897, the corpse of Formosus, late holder of this office, was put on trial by Stephen VII the pope
#6461, aired 2012-10-22A LONG TIME AGO $600: Between 250 & 900 this Central American culture flowered in its Classic Period in such cities as Tikal the Maya (the Mayans accepted)
#6461, aired 2012-10-22A LONG TIME AGO $800: By the waters of the Euphrates, this city became a Mesopotamian capital in the early 2nd millennium B.C. Babylon
#6461, aired 2012-10-22A LONG TIME AGO $1000: Athens & Sparta squared off in this war that lasted from 431 to 404 B.C. the Peloponnesian War
#6397, aired 2012-06-12DRINKS $1600: The book spawned a TV show: "Are You There, ____? It's Me, Chelsea" Vodka
#6136, aired 2011-04-25COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI $600: A long time ago in Modesto, Calif., far, far away, this producer/director went to community college & studied history George Lucas
#5811, aired 2009-12-14A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $400: This dynasty began its rule of China in 1368 Ming
#5811, aired 2009-12-14A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $1600: 1494's Treaty of Tordesillas set a line of demarcation between these 2 countries' overseas empires Spain & Portugal
#5811, aired 2009-12-14A LONG, LONG TIME AGO $2000: This Italian ruling family provided the Church with 4 popes, including Leo X & Leo XI Medicis
#5699, aired 2009-05-21SONG & MOVIE TITLES $800: Raunchy 1999 Jason Biggs comedy that's also a song from a long, long time ago... American Pie
#5626, aired 2009-02-09BROOKLYN IS BOOKLAND $2000: "There were songs and dancing on the Brooklyn streets in those long ago summers" in this Betty Smith novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
#5558, aired 2008-11-05ELEMENTAL PROBLEMS $1600: "A long time ____ in a galaxy far, far away" ago: silver & oxygen
#5287, aired 2007-09-11COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1600: Charles, not Sonny, was the benefactor of this Medford, Massachusetts university Tufts
#5152, aired 2007-01-23A YEAR TO REMEMBER $800: British government makes Pitt stop; castrato Caffarelli's life ends on high note; Revol. War ends 1783
#4978, aired 2006-04-12GET TO THE POINT $200: (Jon of the Clue Crew lurks in the shadows, weapon at the ready...) A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, this was the weapon of choice a lightsaber
#4794, aired 2005-06-09AT THE MOVIES $2000: One of the creepiest performances in a Hitchcock film is his as Bruno in "Strangers on a Train" Robert Walker
#4672, aired 2004-12-21A REALLY LONG TIME AGO $400: In Euripides' home Protagoras read a controversial treatise saying these might not exist gods
#4672, aired 2004-12-21A REALLY LONG TIME AGO $800: Of the sheep, the pig or the bactrian camel, the first to be domesticated the sheep
#4672, aired 2004-12-21A REALLY LONG TIME AGO $1200: This early ancestor of European man was named for the French cave site where the bones were first found Cro-Magnon man
#4672, aired 2004-12-21A REALLY LONG TIME AGO $1,500 (Daily Double): Now in white & black species, this animal had a woolly version during the last Ice Age rhinoceros
#4672, aired 2004-12-21A REALLY LONG TIME AGO $2000: Ur was a part of this ancient civilization in Mesopotamia that was the first to develop a system of writing Sumeria
#4499, aired 2004-03-11TEA TIME $800: Long favored by Asians, this type of tea gives the body an antioxidant boost green tea
#4417, aired 2003-11-18MOVIE TAGLINES $200: 1977: "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" Star Wars
#3337, aired 1999-02-23STAR WARS $500: The first 10 words on the screen at the beginning of the film "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away"
#3262, aired 1998-11-10NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE $800: Mrs. Hawthorne's nickname for this family friend & novelist was "Mr. Omoo" Herman Melville
#3169, aired 1998-05-14A LONG TIME AGO $200: A major reason for his invasion of Persia in 334 B.C. was to cover the debt left by his father, Philip II Alexander the Great
#3169, aired 1998-05-14A LONG TIME AGO $400: At least a dozen of this Babylonian king's 282 laws dealt with wages & fee rates Hammurabi
#3169, aired 1998-05-14A LONG TIME AGO $600: This Cretan civilization dominated the Aegean world until about 1450 B.C. Minoan
#3169, aired 1998-05-14A LONG TIME AGO $800: Henry II, who succeeded Stephen as king of England in 1154, was the first monarch from this "house" Plantagenet
#3169, aired 1998-05-14A LONG TIME AGO $1,200 (Daily Double): The statue of him, a wonder of the ancient world, marked the site of the original Olympic games Zeus
#3044, aired 1997-11-20IT USED TO MEAN $600: Now it's a den in which you'd find an animal lion around; a long time ago, it was "a coach" Lair
#2538, aired 1995-09-20PETES & PETERS $1,500 (Daily Double): The last names of the Peter in the group heard here & the Pete who wrote the song: "Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing? / Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago? / Where have all the flowers gone?" Seeger & Yarrow
#1476, aired 1991-01-21COLORFUL PHRASES $500 (Daily Double): Bobby Vinton's first song to make the pop charts, it went all the way to No. 1: "A long, long time ago, on graduation day, you handed me your book. I signed this way..." "Roses Are Red (My Love)"
#984, aired 1988-12-08AMERICAN AUTHORS $200: In 1858 he wrote a long poem on the longings of Miles Standish a long time ago Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
#837, aired 1988-04-05THE BEATLES $1,000 (Daily Double): On his latest album, he reminisced about the good old days with the following: "Back then long time ago when grass was green / Woke up in a daze..." George Harrison
#544, aired 1987-01-08DOUBLE TALK $300 (Daily Double): Sharp singer who had her biggest hit with this song: "A Mashed Potato started long time ago / With a guy named Sloppy Joe / You'll find this dance is so cool to do / Come on baby, gonna teach it to you..." Dee Dee Sharp
#400, aired 1986-03-21ALL-"AMERICAN" $800: 1972 song hit which began "A long, long time ago..." "American Pie"
#129, aired 1985-03-07"T" TIME $300: To express gratitude or if you lisp, what happened to the Titanic thank

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (2 results returned)

#5068, aired 2006-09-27FAMOUS PAINTERS: He said, “You could find me anytime at Fournaise’s”, a restaurant right on the Seine Pierre-Auguste Renoir
#1937, aired 1993-01-26ODD JOBS: It was the profession of Lou Jacobs, the model for a 1966 postage stamp, who died in Sarasota in 1992 a clown

Players (35 results returned)

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Doug Hicton, a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 2007 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $100,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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