Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (84 results returned)

#23, aired 2024-01-02ELEMENTARY POP CULTURE $500: This toxic element is paired with "Old Lace" in the title of a 1944 movie starring Cary Grant arsenic
#8868, aired 2023-05-10THE ELEMENTS $2000: Before penicillin, salvarsan, a compound of this poisonous element, was used to treat syphilis arsenic
#8803, aired 2023-02-08COMEDY TIME $2000: 1940s: Cary Grant learns that his aunts are homicidal maniacs Arsenic and Old Lace
#8762, aired 2022-12-13CHEMISTRY $3,000 (Daily Double): Orpiment, formula As2S3 was a longtime aid to painters as a yellow pigment, but not now, due to this, the As arsenic
#8743, aired 2022-11-16SPELEMENTARY $2000: Arsenic + tellurium + radon astern (As Te Rn)
#8737, aired 2022-11-08MOVIE QUOTES $2000: Burt Lancaster to Tony Curtis in this film: "I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic" Sweet Smell of Success
#8617, aired 2022-04-12A CHRISTIE MYSTERY $800: (Lucy Boynton presents the clue.) Because she worked as a nurse & later as a pharmacy dispenser, Christie frequently used poison as the murder weapon in her writing--strychnine, cyanide, & very often this one, as it would have been easy to obtain in her day as rat poison arsenic
#8579, aired 2022-02-17THE MOVIE TITLE ELEMENT $2000: "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops", Cary Grant says in a 1944 comedy about his aunts' use of this arsenic
#8510, aired 2021-11-12200 YEARS AGO $200: Some surmise that arsenic in the wallpaper contributed to this leader's death on the island of St. Helena in 1821 Napoleon
#8477, aired 2021-09-28MISSING POISONS UNIT $400: In 1986 "____ and Old Lace" returned to Broadway with Jean Stapleton & Abe Vigoda Arsenic
#8315, aired 2021-01-15ALL KINDS OF WINE $1000: In "Arsenic and Old Lace", the old ladies put poison in wine made from these berries elderberries
#8184, aired 2020-03-19HISTORIC ELEMENTS & MINERALS $1600: In the 19th century Cornwall was a world leader in producing tin & tin's by-product, this poison with atomic number 33 arsenic
#8146, aired 2020-01-27DANGEROUS COLORS $2,000 (Daily Double): Copper sulfate helped produce Scheele's this color, which gave some Victorians arsenic poisoning from wallpaper green
#2, aired 2020-01-07NOT AN ARMCHAIR EXPERT $800: (Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) William Maples was an expert in forensic anthropology, working on the bodies of the Romanovs, the Elephant Man & this U.S. president whose mysterious death in 1850 turned out to be less from arsenic & more from too many cherries (Zachary) Taylor
#7646, aired 2017-12-04HEALTH & MEDICI $600: A 2007 exhumation showed the Pico della Mirandola, a Medici court philosopher, was murdered with this, atomic no. 33 arsenic
#7449, aired 2017-01-19AUTHORS' OTHER JOBS $1600: This job didn't bug William S. Burroughs; he wrote a story about it in which a boss eats the arsenic for fun an exterminator
#7365, aired 2016-09-23IT'S PLAIN TO SEE IT'S 33 $1000: Though it's known as a poison, you've got trace amounts in you of this element, atomic number 33 arsenic
#7341, aired 2016-07-11PERIODIC SPELLING $1200: Chlorine + arsenic + hydrogen = this rock band clash
#7308, aired 2016-05-25TURN UP THE A_C $1200: It's a grayish element with a metallic luster; old lace is sold separately arsenic
#7279, aired 2016-04-14RANCHING AS IT WAS $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from George Ranch Historical Park in Richmond, TX.) Today filled with water for demonstration purposes, prior to the 1950s, dipping vats were used as part of a controversial program to eradicate Texas fever ticks using a solution that contained this toxic poison--chemical symbol As arsenic
#7058, aired 2015-04-29THE NEXT CHEMICAL ELEMENT ALPHABETICALLY $800: After argon arsenic
#6973, aired 2014-12-31NAME YOUR POISON $1000: (Real poison this time) the weed killer MSMA arsenic
#6535, aired 2013-02-01IT'S ELEMENTAL! $1000: The hair of Otzi the iceman showed high levels of this poisonous element, no. 33, but that's not what killed him arsenic
#6523, aired 2013-01-16HAPPIER REWRITTEN NOVEL ENDINGS $1000: "Charles pointed to the letter. It was arsenic... but luckily for Emma, what she took was mislabeled! It was apricot!" Madame Bovary
#6428, aired 2012-07-25LONG-RUNNING BROADWAY PLAY TITLES $400: "Arsenic and" this Old Lace
#6326, aired 2012-03-05"A" IN CHEMISTRY $800: It's in group 5a of the periodic table, sublimes at 1,135 degrees & my 2 zany aunts put it in elderberry wine arsenic
#6138, aired 2011-04-273-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: This highly poisonous semi-metallic element, As, is often used in insecticides & weed killers arsenic
#6071, aired 2011-01-24COLORFUL VOCABULARY $1600: Apple seeds contain a compound of this poison cyanide
#6055, aired 2010-12-31ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL $600: Around 3500 B.C. people were mixing copper & arsenic to make this; they soon found copper & tin worked better bronze
#5852, aired 2010-02-09THE NEW YORK TIMES ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT $1200: In a 2009 editorial the Times called it disgraceful that this agency has never set limits on arsenic in water the EPA
#5845, aired 2010-01-29"O" POURRI $800: A 1990 Federal law defining crops grown this way says they can't be produced using arsenic or synthetic fertilizer organically
#5606, aired 2009-01-12JAY LENO'S HEADLINES $800: A partner of old lace, this poison "in city water nothing to worry about" arsenic
#5601, aired 2009-01-05"EL"-WAY $1600: In the play "Arsenic and Old Lace", the poison is administered in this fruity wine elderberry
#5360, aired 2007-12-21OLD MOVIE QUOTES $2000: 1944: "Oh Mortimer don't be so inquisitive. The gentleman died because he drank some wine with poison in it" Arsenic and Old Lace
#5302, aired 2007-10-02CONJUNCTION JUNCTION $2000: This conjunction is also the symbol for a poisonous element as
#5218, aired 2007-04-25ELEMENTAL, MY DEAR $800: Albertus Magnus is often credited with isolating this element around 1250; it's since been used as a poison arsenic
#4893, aired 2005-12-14ARSENIC $200: Lewisite, an arsenic-containing blistering agent, was developed to be used in this conflict World War I
#4893, aired 2005-12-14ARSENIC $400: Millions in Asia are at risk from high arsenic levels in this: the EPA's new limit is 10 parts per billion water
#4893, aired 2005-12-14ARSENIC $600: A case of arsenic poisoning is deftly solved in this author's 1932 story "The Tuesday Night Club" Agatha Christie
#4893, aired 2005-12-14ARSENIC $800: The mineral arsenopyrite, mainly arsenic, sulfur & this element, smells of garlic on being fractured iron
#4893, aired 2005-12-14ARSENIC $1000: In the 1890s mildew plus an arsenic compound called Paris Green in this decorative material killed thousands wallpaper
#4603, aired 2004-09-15RATED "P.G." $1000: Sadly, a few years before he died in the Marquesas Islands, he attempted suicide by taking arsenic Paul Gauguin
#4513, aired 2004-03-31THE ELEMENTS $1200: In 1991 Zachary Taylor's body was exhumed to determine if he'd been poisoned by this element arsenic
#4468, aired 2004-01-28CARY GRANT FILMS $600: Cary has 2 aunts who poison gentlemen callers in this comedy Arsenic and Old Lace
#4390, aired 2003-10-10SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES $600: In 1834 one of the projects this German had on the back burner was finding an antidote for arsenic poisoning (Robert) Bunsen
#4155, aired 2002-09-27AT THE MOVIES $2000: A tombstone bearing the name "Archie Leach" is seen in a classic 1944 film comedy starring this actor Cary Grant
#4043, aired 2002-03-13WORDS WITH ASIAN ORIGINS $800: Using the original Syriac for this word, zarnika, would make the play "Zarnika and Old Lace" arsenic
#3970, aired 2001-11-30USES FOR ARSENIC $200: Arsenic compounds are used as coloring agents in these sky displays fireworks
#3970, aired 2001-11-30USES FOR ARSENIC $400: Caligula is said to have ordered his alchemists to turn the yellow orpiment, a sulfide of arsenic, into this gold
#3970, aired 2001-11-30USES FOR ARSENIC $600 (Daily Double): Around 3500 B.C. people were mixing copper & arsenic to make this: they soon found copper & tin worked better bronze
#3970, aired 2001-11-30USES FOR ARSENIC $800: Gallium arsenide is used in the semiconductor type of this device found in CD players a laser
#3970, aired 2001-11-30USES FOR ARSENIC $1000: "Arsenic and Old Lace" recommends a teaspoon of arsenic per gallon of this wine elderberry
#3820, aired 2001-03-23CARY GRANT FILMS $400: In this 1944 film about a pair of murderous aunts, Cary says, "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops" Arsenic and Old Lace
#3794, aired 2001-02-15THE ELEMENTS $600 (Daily Double): It was used as a cleanser, bleach & medicine before it was used in gunpowder Sulphur
#3692, aired 2000-09-26ANOTHER MAN'S POISON $1000: The element with atomic number 33, or the poisonous compound made from it Arsenic
#3585, aired 2000-03-17CINEMATIC TITLE PAIRS $800: 1944: "...and Old Lace" Arsenic
#3554, aired 2000-02-03LET'S BE FRANK $300: His directing credits include "Lost Horizon", "Arsenic and Old Lace" & "It Happened One Night" Frank Capra
#3457, aired 1999-09-21THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $600: "Arsenic and Old Lace", "Meet John Doe", "It's A Wonderful Life" Frank Capra
#2984, aired 1997-07-17HODGEPODGE $300: Some speculate that he may have been poisoned on St. Helena by arsenic in his wallpaper Napoleon
#2973, aired 1997-07-02THE ELEMENTS $100: In the title of an old comedy, it's paired with "Old Lace" arsenic
#2889, aired 1997-03-06DRUGS $1000: Salvarsan, Dr. Ehrlich's treatment for this disease, contained arsenic Syphilis
#2869, aired 1997-02-06DRAMA $200: In "Arsenic And Old Lace", the nephew who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt digs this "canal" in the basement The Panama Canal
#2697, aired 1996-04-30DRAMA $600: The Baltimore Sun called this 1941 Joseph Kesselring play "The funniest play about murder ever written" Arsenic and Old Lace
#2533, aired 1995-09-13HALLMARK HALL OF FAME $1000: In 1962 Dorothy Stickney, Mildred Natwick, Boris Karloff & Tony Randall starred in this classic comedy Arsenic & Old Lace
#2469, aired 1995-05-04THE ELEMENTS $200: Arsenopyrite is the most abundant mineral from which this poisonous element is extracted arsenic
#2403, aired 1995-02-01LITERATURE $600: In this Flaubert novel, Emma takes Arsenic because of her debts to merchant Lheureux Madame Bovary
#2388, aired 1995-01-11ACTRESSES $300: These 2 Gabor sisters starred in a 1975 revival of "Arsenic and Old Lace", dahling Eva & Zsa Zsa
#2376, aired 1994-12-26PLAYS $2,100 (Daily Double): At the end of this Joseph Kesselring play, the Brewster sisters offer Mr. Witherspoon some elderberry wine Arsenic and Old Lace
#2283, aired 1994-07-06BEAUTY SECRETS OF THE PAST $400: Ceruse, a skin whitener, was dangerous because it was made from this soft metallic element lead
#2201, aired 1994-03-14METALS $500: This metal found in rat poisons can be detected in hair or fingernails arsenic
#2083, aired 1993-09-29THE 20th CENTURY $1000: In the 1970s this chemical from apricot pits was touted as a cancer cure laetrile
#2025, aired 1993-05-28MOVIE QUOTES $500: In this 1944 film, Cary Grant exclaimed, "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops." Arsenic and Old Lace
#1836, aired 1992-09-07THE ELEMENTS $800: Traces of this poisonous element can be detected in the body after death by the Marsh Test arsenic
#1664, aired 1991-11-21THE ELEMENTS $400: This deadly element, symbol As, is used in rat poison & in electrical equipment arsenic
#1574, aired 1991-06-06PLAYS $500: The Baltimore Sun called this 1941 comedy "the funniest play about murder ever written" Arsenic And Old Lace
#1428, aired 1990-11-14POISONS $600: It's used in making transistorized circuits or deadly dinner wine arsenic
#1238, aired 1990-01-10FICTIONAL SISTERS $1000: Comedic play in which the sweet little Brewster sisters murder people & have them buried in the basement Arsenic and Old Lace
#765, aired 1987-12-25CHEMISTRY $600: The symbols for chlorine, arsenic & sulphur combine to form this word, a place where you learned them class
#565, aired 1987-02-06LITERATURE $200: To commit suicide "Madame Bovary" ate a handful of this, not old lace arsenic
#482, aired 1986-10-14NOTORIOUS $600: Marie Lafarge's French pastry had this element, atomic #33, which sent her to prison arsenic
#325, aired 1985-12-06NOTORIOUS WOMEN $200: Starting with 10¢ worth of this poison in 1864, Lydia Sherman murdered at least 11 victims arsenic
#289, aired 1985-10-17COSMETICS $800: This lethal metal was a popular facial whitener during the Renaissance white lead
#283, aired 1985-10-09THEATER $300: First play presented on Broadway in sign language, about Mortimer's aunts' homicidal handiwork Arsenic and Old Lace
#48, aired 1984-11-14NAME YOUR POISON $100: In the Cary Grant classic, it goes with old lace arsenic

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