Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (48 results returned)

#8988, aired 2023-12-06REAL MEN OF SCIENCE $600: Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek's theory that the universe never changes Ptolemy (Aristotle)
#8678, aired 2022-07-06"A" BEFORE "E" $800: The name of this field of science means "ancient study" archaeology
#8499, aired 2021-10-28SCIENCE $1600: Need a handy man? One of the most ancient examples of the human genus is this one whose name means "handy man" Homo habilis
#8495, aired 2021-10-22PLANETARY SCIENCE $800: Ancient astronomers finally realized Phosphorus, seen in the morning, & Hesperus, in the evening--both this planet Venus
#8431, aired 2021-06-28SCIENCE $800: This "ancient life" geologic era ended about 250 million years ago as most species on Earth died out Paleozoic
#8391, aired 2021-05-03YE OLDE SCIENCE $1200: The ancient Greeks believed all matter was composed of these 4 classical elements earth, air, fire & water
#7884, aired 2018-12-13A SCIENCE BOOK $1600: Subtitled "The Plant That Changed the World" in John Gaudet's study, this species was first widely used in ancient Egypt papyrus
#7834, aired 2018-10-04"PER"SPECTIVE ON SCIENCE $1200: The ancient Egyptians called it "gem of the sun", & it does come from meteorites as well as lava deposits peridot
#7411, aired 2016-11-28EARTH SCIENCE $800: Ancient Greek for "slope" gives us this weather word much in the news for the way it's changing climate
#7358, aired 2016-09-14FOLKS OF SCIENCE $1200: This ancient Greek who loved the lever established statics, the study of a body at equilibrium Archimedes
#7047, aired 2015-04-14GENERAL SCIENCE $600: The name of this geologic era in which amphibians & reptiles were introduced means "ancient life" Paleozoic
#6961, aired 2014-12-15ANCIENT SCIENCE $400: Types of this calculating device using wires & sliding balls in a frame were used in Ancient Egypt & China an abacus
#6961, aired 2014-12-15ANCIENT SCIENCE $800: Anaxagoras was exiled from Athens for believing that this was a red hot metal larger than the Peloponnese the sun
#6961, aired 2014-12-15ANCIENT SCIENCE $1200: In the 1st century, Hero of Alexandria invented the aeolipile, the first engine powered by this steam
#6961, aired 2014-12-15ANCIENT SCIENCE $1600: Eureka! He dreamed up a "death ray" using mirrors that was shown to be feasible in 2005 Archimedes
#6961, aired 2014-12-15ANCIENT SCIENCE $2000: Insects are covered in book 11 & botany in books 12-19 of this Roman scholar's "Natural History" Pliny the Elder
#6872, aired 2014-07-01ANCIENT SCIENCE $400: Chinese general Huang-ti used a lodestone as one of these around 300 B.C., perhaps by floating it in a bowl a compass
#6872, aired 2014-07-01ANCIENT SCIENCE $800: Around 270 B.C. Aristarchus calculated that its distance was 60 times the radius of the earth -- he was pretty darn close (distance to) the moon
#6872, aired 2014-07-01ANCIENT SCIENCE $1600: This pupil of Plato observed that dolphins bear live young attached by an umbilical cord Aristotle
#6872, aired 2014-07-01ANCIENT SCIENCE $2000: Why not take this guy, who around 140 A.D. developed a model of the solar system with earth as its center Ptolemy
#6872, aired 2014-07-01ANCIENT SCIENCE $3,000 (Daily Double): Around 400 B.C. Democritus proposed that all matter is composed of these tiny units atoms
#6834, aired 2014-05-08SCIENCE & TECH BOOKS $2000: A biography of Michael Ventris is titled "The Man Who Deciphered" this ancient Cretan script Linear B
#6540, aired 2013-02-08WEIRD SCIENCE $1000: Microbes feeding on an ancient Antarctic forest may be generating billions of tons of this greenhouse gas, CH4 methane
#6392, aired 2012-06-05MEDICAL HISTORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us statues at the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.) The Hall of Immortals honors medical pioneers, like Madame Curie, ancient Egypt's Imhotep, & of course, this man, born in Greece around 460 B.C. Hippocrates
#6281, aired 2012-01-02SPACE-Y MUSIC $2000: A jazz musician whose costumes combined Ancient Egypt & science fiction: ____ Ra Sun
#6025, aired 2010-11-19REAL MEN OF SCIENCE $1200: Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek's theory that the universe never changes Aristotle
#5177, aired 2007-02-27POLITICAL SCIENCE $800: "Every community is established with a view to some good", says this ancient man's "Politics" Aristotle
#4025, aired 2002-02-15SCIENCE $1600: Reptiles & fish first came into being during this geologic era whose name means "ancient life" Paleozoic
#2402, aired 1995-01-31MEN OF SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): This ancient physicist discovered the principle of buoyancy while in a bathtub Archimedes
#2132, aired 1993-12-07GENERAL SCIENCE $1000: Meaning "ancient life", it's the geologic era when the first amphibians & reptiles appeared the Paleozoic
#2119, aired 1993-11-18FAMOUS SCIENTISTS $400: Much of our knowledge of ancient science comes from a 37-book work by this naturalist, The Elder Pliny
#1643, aired 1991-10-23ANCIENT GREEK SCIENCE $200: Democritus proposed all matter was made up of these, from a Greek word for indivisible atoms
#1643, aired 1991-10-23ANCIENT GREEK SCIENCE $400: This rock-tosser was devised by workers under orders from Dionysius to come up with new weapons catapult
#1643, aired 1991-10-23ANCIENT GREEK SCIENCE $600: In creating the first star map, Hipparchus came up with this system of lines now used on Earth maps longitude & latitude
#1643, aired 1991-10-23ANCIENT GREEK SCIENCE $800: Around 280 B.C. Aristarchus figured this out about our solar system but people thought the idea stupid the planets revolve around the sun
#1643, aired 1991-10-23ANCIENT GREEK SCIENCE $1000: This "Elements" author is considered the most famous mathematician of all time Euclid
#1474, aired 1991-01-17SCIENCE $400: In ancient times, lodestone was used as a form of this instrument Compass
#1158, aired 1989-09-20SCIENCE $200: The only substance known to ancient man in solid, liquid & gas form Water
#991, aired 1988-12-19ANCIENT QUOTES $800: Plato said this science "compels the soul to look upward & leads us from this world to another" astronomy
#768, aired 1987-12-30PHYSICISTS $600: Ancient Greek geometer who postulated light rays & "started" the science of optics Euclid
#367, aired 1986-02-04ANCIENT SCIENCE $200: Considered 1st universal genius, this student of Plato believed goats breathed through their ears Aristotle
#367, aired 1986-02-04ANCIENT SCIENCE $400: Delta city with automatic door openers, washing machines, & a world-famous library Alexandria
#367, aired 1986-02-04ANCIENT SCIENCE $600: Noticing ill effects, the Roman, Vitruvius, recommended water pipes be made of clay rather than this lead
#367, aired 1986-02-04ANCIENT SCIENCE $800: Greek who 1st used math to tune an instrument, he's more famous for a triangle Pythagoras
#367, aired 1986-02-04ANCIENT SCIENCE $3,000 (Daily Double): The ancient Sumerian number system, based on 60, is still used today to measure this time
#284, aired 1985-10-10SCIENCE $400: Nature, according to ancient scientists, abhors it a vacuum
#278, aired 1985-10-02SCIENCE $600: Intact DNA was recently extracted from one of these ancient "royal relics" mummy
#171, aired 1985-05-06SCIENCE $800: Discovery of this "ancient man" in England proved to be a hoax Piltdown Man

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