Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (18 results returned)

#8692, aired 2022-07-26IDOL TALK $800: The lares were statues of household gods in ancient Rome; the lararium was this, at which they were worshiped an altar (a shrine)
#8578, aired 2022-02-16PLANETARY TALK $2000: An ancient Roman orgy saturnalia
#8348, aired 2021-03-03TOUGH TALK $2000: A tough guy from ancient Greece, or a synonym for spare or frugal Spartan
#7603, aired 2017-10-04TIMELY TALK $600: 4-syllable word for one ancient relic, or ancient times in general antiquity
#6505, aired 2012-12-21DOUBLE TALK $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a root in Molokai, HI.) Made from a root, the mildly sedative ancient elixir of Hawaii is called "'awa" locally but is known elsewhere by this double talk name kava-kava
#6232, aired 2011-10-25LITTLE-KNOWN ANCIENT GREEKS $800: Boy, how he used to talk about these mountains on the edge of Iberia; not like he ever went there Pyrenees
#5886, aired 2010-03-29DOUBLE TALK $800: An expression of annoyance or mild scolding that doubles the name of an ancient pharaoh tut-tut
#5067, aired 2006-09-26ANCIENT TALK $400: In Hebrew this book of the Bible is Bereshith, the "resh" related to "rosh", meaning "beginning" Genesis
#5067, aired 2006-09-26ANCIENT TALK $800: It's Latin for "from", as when it precedes "cathedra" or "nihilo"; I get along pretty well with mine ex
#5067, aired 2006-09-26ANCIENT TALK $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew finds a clue engraved in hieroglyphs in Abu Simbel, Egypt.) This Egyptian word for "good" or "beautiful" came before "titi" & "tari" in the name of Egyptian women nefer
#5067, aired 2006-09-26ANCIENT TALK $1600: Now a 5-letter suffix, it was the Greek term for the type of community we call a city-state polis
#5067, aired 2006-09-26ANCIENT TALK $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points out circles animated on a plot on the monitor.) On a curve, the circles that best approximate the curvature at each point are called "osculating circles", from the Latin "osculare", to do this kiss
#4613, aired 2004-09-29ANCIENT ROMAN STAND-UP COMEDY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers from an open mic in a small club.) Talk about a terrible cook! My wife's pretty bad, but at least she never gave me poisoned figs like Livia gave this guy Augustus Caesar
#4176, aired 2002-10-28FACE TALK $1000: The ancient city of Paestum has a well-preserved one dedicated to Poseidon temple
#3946, aired 2001-10-29"TIC" TALK $200: This ancient medical oath begins, "I swear by Apollo physician..." the Hippocratic Oath
#2883, aired 1997-02-26THEATRE TALK $600: In ancient Greek drama, the Coryphaeus was the leader of this group Chorus
#2874, aired 1997-02-13THEATRE TALK $100: This 4-letter word for a silent street performer once referred to a type of ancient farce Mime
#2541, aired 1995-09-25DOUBLE TALK $300: In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", it was "everywhere, nor any drop to drink" water, water

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (1 result returned)

#5524, aired 2008-09-18PLAYS: In a 16th century work, the feud between these 2 groups is described as an "ancient grudge" the Capulets & the Montagues

Players (1 result returned)

Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University 2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....



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