Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (99 results returned)

#9017, aired 2024-01-16WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: In 1889 a climber said this African mountain was 19,833 feet; re-measurements have been shrinking it ever since Mount Kilimanjaro
#23, aired 2024-01-02GEOGRAPHY & A LITTLE MATH $600: A West African country + "IA" = this other West African country Nigeria
#8856, aired 2023-04-24AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: A tunnel to connect Spain & this African nation, with a 17-mile underwater segment, is now planned to start construction in 2030 Morocco
#8856, aired 2023-04-24AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: This "colorful" body of water touches the shores of Egypt & Eritrea the Red Sea
#8856, aired 2023-04-24AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: About the size of France, this ex-French colony is seen here living up to 2 of the 3 words in its name the Central African Republic
#8856, aired 2023-04-24AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: This nearly 20,000-foot peak is the highest point in Africa Kilimanjaro
#8856, aired 2023-04-24AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: 3 of South Africa's 9 provinces, making up more than half the country's area, are called Eastern, Western & Northern this Cape
#8754, aired 2022-12-01GEOGRAPHY $1000: Until independence in 1966, this African nation was a political protectorate under the name Bechuanaland Botswana
#11, aired 2022-02-16AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The West African coast goes Liberia-Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana-Togo-Benin-this country bigger than the other 5 put together Nigeria
#11, aired 2022-02-16AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Juba is the capital of this newest nation of Africa that seceded from its northern neighbor in 2011 South Sudan
#11, aired 2022-02-16AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: The Corniche is a long, glamorous seafront street in this city where Cleopatra lived & loved Alexandria
#11, aired 2022-02-16AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: Partly in Namibia, partly in South Africa, Namaqualand is divided by this "colorful" river the Orange River
#11, aired 2022-02-16AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: Dominated by 12,198-foot Pico del Teide, Tenerife is the largest of these islands off Africa's northwest coast the Canary Islands
#1, aired 2022-02-08FLORAL GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): The Fourth Raadsaal, a word meaning council chamber, is in this South African judicial capital Bloemfontein
#8567, aired 2022-02-014-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $600: The capital of this landlocked African nation is N'Djamena Chad
#8479, aired 2021-09-30THE GEOGRAPHY $2000: Until 1957, what is today this West African country was known as the Gold Coast Ghana
#8432, aired 2021-06-29MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Smaller than its neighbors, this northernmost African nation has a coastline that long attracted conquerors Tunisia
#8410, aired 2021-05-28GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): You can give us either the French or English name of this African country whose legislative capital is Yamoussoukro Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
#8195, aired 2020-04-03AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) When Marco Polo told stories about Africa, he most likely confused two different places. In describing the city of Mogadishu, he referred to it by the similar-sounding name of this island, 1,000 miles away Madagascar
#8195, aired 2020-04-03AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $700 (Daily Double): The British South Africa Company's Fort Salisbury later became Harare, capital of this present country Zimbabwe
#8195, aired 2020-04-03AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Of Morocco's 4 imperial cities, this capital is the only one on the coast Rabat
#8078, aired 2019-10-23A POETIC GEOGRAPHY LESSON $400: "Hail to thee, monarch of African mountains", begins Bayard Taylor's verse about this peak Kilimanjaro
#7852, aired 2018-10-30AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: This large north African capital city is known in Arabic as al-Qahirah, "the victorious" Cairo
#7852, aired 2018-10-30AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Once a site for communicating with ships, Signal Hill overlooks this South African "mother city" Cape Town
#7852, aired 2018-10-30AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Come with me to the Kasbah & to the Tibhirine monastery--places to visit in this country Algeria
#7852, aired 2018-10-30AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: The splendors of Victoria Falls are found on the border of these 2 "Z" countries of Africa Zambia and Zimbabwe
#7852, aired 2018-10-30AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: The country of Sao Tome & Principe uses this European tongue as its official language Portuguese
#7628, aired 2017-11-08REDUNDANT GEOGRAPHY $1200: Lake Lake (shrinking Central African lake) Lake Chad
#7517, aired 2017-04-25"D" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: This African nation was once called French Somaliland & then the French Territory of the Afars & Issas Djibouti
#7488, aired 2017-03-15BASIC GEOGRAPHY $200: This northeast African river flows for more than 4,100 miles the Nile
#7130, aired 2015-09-18AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: Nearly all of Botswana's 225,000 square miles is made up of this desert the Kalahari
#7130, aired 2015-09-18AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Dating back to the 700s B.C., the ruins of this ancient city can be found outside Tunis Carthage
#7130, aired 2015-09-18AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): Isn't it romantic? After flowing over Murchison Falls, waters from this lake eventually reach Lake Albert Lake Victoria
#7130, aired 2015-09-18AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a world map on a monitor.) The continent of Africa, as well as its surrounding oceanic crusts, are part of the African one of these rigid pieces that make up the Earth's surface continental plate
#7130, aired 2015-09-18AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: The Blue Nile & the White Nile meet just north of this capital city Khartoum
#7075, aired 2015-05-22AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The Libyan Desert forms the northeastern part of this larger desert the Sahara
#7075, aired 2015-05-22AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Maseru is the capital of this kingdom that's completely surrounded by South Africa Lesotho
#7075, aired 2015-05-22AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: 2 of Africa's deepest lakes, Tanganyika & Nyasa, lie in this 4,500-mile-long valley system the (Great) Rift Valley
#7075, aired 2015-05-22AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: At the Gulf of Guinea, this 2,600-mile-long West African river forms a roughly 14,000-square-mile delta the Niger
#7075, aired 2015-05-22AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: Once called the Cape of Storms, this southern cape was given its present name by King John II of Portugal the Cape of Good Hope
#6569, aired 2013-03-21GEOGRAPHY: DROP A LETTER $200: Drop a letter from an African country and you get this director of "Avatar" Cameron (from Cameroon)
#6522, aired 2013-01-15STUPID GEOGRAPHY ANSWERS $400: Bissau is the capital of this African country that borders Guinea Guinea-Bissau
#6372, aired 2012-05-08AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Roughly as large as the U.S., this desert is spread over 10 African nations the Sahara
#6372, aired 2012-05-08AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Africa's largest island, it's home to more than 70 varieties of lemur Madagascar
#6372, aired 2012-05-08AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Panari Sky Centre in this Kenyan capital houses Africa's largest ice rink Nairobi
#6372, aired 2012-05-08AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): Port cities on this sea include Massawa in Eritrea & Hurghada in Egypt the Red Sea
#6372, aired 2012-05-08AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: This natural wonder is on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe Victoria Falls
#5957, aired 2010-07-06GEOGRAPHY "E" $800: Parts of the Arabian and Libyan deserts are found in this African country Egypt
#5434, aired 2008-04-03AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: While Libya is on the Mediterranean, Liberia is on this body of water the Atlantic
#5434, aired 2008-04-03AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: We don't mean to "Boer" you, but Paul Kruger has a national park named for him in this country South Africa
#5434, aired 2008-04-03AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: How romantic: at its northeast end, the lake named for this man receives the Victoria Nile from Lake Victoria (Prince) Albert
#5434, aired 2008-04-03AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Good golly! Malawi is traversed by this "great" valley the Great Rift
#5434, aired 2008-04-03AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: The town of Koudougou is west of Ouagadougou in this country Burkina Faso
#5074, aired 2006-10-05"A" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: Known to the Romans as Numidia, this large African country borders the Mediterranean Sea Algeria
#4933, aired 2006-02-08WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: You can get to this northwesternmost African nation by crossing the Strait of Gibraltar Morocco
#4827, aired 2005-09-13MEDITERRANEAN GEOGRAPHY $600: The name of this North African city means "three cities" & refers to the ancient cities of Oea, Sabrata & Leptis Major Tripoli
#3834, aired 2001-04-12AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $100: The Qattara Depression, one of Africa's lowest points, lies 300 miles southwest of this country's pyramids Egypt
#3834, aired 2001-04-12AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: Arabs call this Libyan capital Tarabulus Tripoli
#3834, aired 2001-04-12AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $300: Most of Africa's major rivers, including the Congo & the Niger, flow into this ocean Atlantic
#3834, aired 2001-04-12AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: In addition to its bountiful wildlife, this desert is the site of the Orapa diamond mine, one of the world's largest Kalahari
#3834, aired 2001-04-12AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): Jebel Musa, a promontory in this mountain range, is one of the Pillars of Hercules Atlas Mountains
#3582, aired 2000-03-14U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: This Texas city is the largest in the U.S. to have an African-American mayor Houston (Lee Brown)
#3168, aired 1998-05-13VIDEO GEOGRAPHY $800: It's the "queen" of African waterfall royalty seen here Victoria Falls
#3008, aired 1997-10-01AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: M'zab, Tanezrouft & Suf are regions of this desert in Algeria Sahara Desert
#3008, aired 1997-10-01AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The exit at the base of these falls is known as the Boiling Pot Victoria Falls
#3008, aired 1997-10-01AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: This mountain system in NW Africa is actually an extension of Europe's Alpine system the Atlas Mountains
#3008, aired 1997-10-01AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: This Congolese capital was named for the explorer who in 1880 claimed the area Brazzaville
#3008, aired 1997-10-01AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: This Nigerian city is built on several islands including Ikoyi & Edo Lagos
#2996, aired 1997-09-15WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: The Great Karroo & the Little Karroo are dry tablelands in this African country's Cape Mountains region South Africa
#2978, aired 1997-07-09GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): The Masai Mara & Marsabit Game Reserves in this African nation were created to protect animals from poaching Kenya
#2969, aired 1997-06-26WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: Lagos, Ibadan & Ogbomosho are the largest cities of this West African nation Nigeria
#2924, aired 1997-04-24GEOGRAPHY $1000: It's the landlocked African country formerly known as Bechuanaland Botswana
#2881, aired 1997-02-24GEOGRAPHY $400: This African river enters the Mediterranean via 2 main branches: the Rosetta & the Damietta Nile
#2727, aired 1996-06-11WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: Bissau is this west African country's chief port as well as its capital Guinea-Bissau
#2705, aired 1996-05-10WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: This South African cape forms the west side of False Bay the Cape of Good Hope
#2637, aired 1996-02-06"A" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: Many Kabyles. a Berber people, live in Kabylla in this North African country Algeria
#2618, aired 1996-01-10"A" IN GEOGRAPHY $300: A haik is a long outer garment with a veil worn by women in this North African country Algeria
#2616, aired 1996-01-08GEOGRAPHY $400: This southeast African country was named for an island possibly named for an Arab ruler, Musa Al-Biq Mozambique
#2483, aired 1995-05-24GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): Lake Nasser spans the border of these 2 African countries Egypt & Sudan
#2453, aired 1995-04-12WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: The Shaba region in the south of this African country was called Katanga until 1972 Zaire
#2420, aired 1995-02-24"A" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: At over 9,500 feet, Mount Tahat is the highest point in this North African country Algeria
#2302, aired 1994-09-13WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: The Mau Escarpment is a steep slope along the Great Rift Valley in this African country Kenya
#2231, aired 1994-04-25WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Table Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic, forms this South African city's harbor Cape Town
#2063, aired 1993-07-21GEOGRAPHY $400: Ukerewe is the largest island in this largest African Lake Lake Victoria
#2008, aired 1993-05-05WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: This African river's seasonal floods are the result of rains in the Ethiopian highlands the Nile
#1953, aired 1993-02-17WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Cape Hafun in this famine-stricken country is the easternmost point on the African mainland Somalia
#1707, aired 1992-01-21WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: The African kingdom of Buganda was located in what's now this country Uganda
#1594, aired 1991-07-04WORLD GEOGRAPHY $400: Buchanan, a seaport in this African country, is named for its first American governor Liberia
#1579, aired 1991-06-13"E" "Z" GEOGRAPHY $600: The name of this East African country comes from the Greek for "sunburned faces" Ethiopia
#1571, aired 1991-06-03WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: The African mainland's easternmost point, Ras Hafun, is in this country Somalia
#1368, aired 1990-07-11WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: The scene of much fighting in WWII, Tobruk is this N. African country's only natural harbor Libya
#1275, aired 1990-03-02AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: This African country lies about 8 miles south of Spain Morocco
#1275, aired 1990-03-02AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Of deserts, grasslands or forests, the one occupying the least amount of area on the continent forests
#1275, aired 1990-03-02AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $600: It's the largest island considered part of the African continent Madagascar
#1275, aired 1990-03-02AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: This country is moving gov't offices from Dar es Salaam to its new capital, Dodoma Tanzania
#1275, aired 1990-03-02AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: The coastline of this country forms the outer edge of the "Horn" of Africa Somalia
#1138, aired 1989-07-12GEOGRAPHY $1000: New Carthage was in Spain & Old Carthage was in what is now this African country Tunisia
#1088, aired 1989-05-03GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): If you cross the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain, you'd arrive in this African country Morocco
#900, aired 1988-07-01GEOGRAPHY $800: Of all African countries, only Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya & Somalia share this geog. distinction they are all on the equator

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (10 results returned)

#8921, aired 2023-07-24AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: The only country in Africa with Spanish as an official language, it lies mostly between 1 & 2 degrees north latitude Equatorial Guinea
#8321, aired 2021-01-25WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, these 2 on opposite sides of it are the smallest & largest in area Algeria & Monaco
#8290, aired 2020-11-27WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the 6 mainland African countries through which the equator passes, this landlocked nation is last alphabetically Uganda
#8162, aired 2020-02-18AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: This West African country of 12 million doesn't border the 1,200-mile-wide gulf of the same name Guinea
#7934, aired 2019-02-21AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: The 7-letter names of these western- & easternmost mainland countries begin with the same letter Senegal & Somalia
#7365, aired 2016-09-23AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: The Zambezi River reaches the ocean in this country that lends its name to the body of water where it happens Mozambique
#7299, aired 2016-05-12AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: After the secession of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011, this became the largest country in Africa by area Algeria
#5767, aired 2009-10-13AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: It's a landlocked nation in Western Africa & its name is "locked" within the name of a nation on Africa's east coast Mali (in Somalia)
#5321, aired 2007-10-29AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: From 1889 until 1961, this mountain's highest point was known as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Spitze Mount Kilimanjaro
#4458, aired 2004-01-14WORLD GEOGRAPHY: This country's coastline, on the Gulf of Aden & the Indian Ocean, is the longest on the African continent Somalia

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