Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (339 results returned)

#9050, aired 2024-03-01PLACE NAME ETYMOLOGIES $200: In biblical city names, Bethel is Hebrew for "house of God" & this city big in the New Testament means "house of bread" Bethlehem
#9039, aired 2024-02-15DEALING WITH THINGS DIPLOMATICALLY $5,000 (Daily Double): The 6th century Peloponnesian League was a coalition of city-states led by this one big on the military Sparta
#2, aired 2024-01-12JUST DESERTS $1000: La Guajira desert is connected by gas pipeline to nearby Barranquilla in this South American country Colombia
#9008, aired 2024-01-03BIG & LITTLE GEOGRAPHY $200: Named for a hometown general, MacArthur Park in this Arkansas city contains his birthplace Little Rock
#8999, aired 2023-12-21A VERY HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE $200: Danica McKellar is a big-city event planner who goes home to Tenn. to work a "Christmas at" this theme park... & maybe find love Dollywood
#8983, aired 2023-11-29HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD $200: Pennsport & Northern Liberties are neighborhoods in this big city Philadelphia
#8965, aired 2023-11-03BIG-SCREEN ELVIS $200: "King Creole", Elvis' favorite of his 31 films, was the first shot on location--the French Quarter in this city New Orleans
#18, aired 2023-10-25AMERICAN BRIDGES $600: Seen here, the so-called Bunker Hill Bridge was built as part of this city's Big Dig project Boston
#8956, aired 2023-10-23SMART ANSWERS $1200: In a Jay McInerney book title, these 2 words precede "Big City" Bright Lights
#8913, aired 2023-07-12READING WITH JENNA BUSH HAGER $400: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) One of my club picks for 2023 is "Black Candle Women" by Diane Marie Brown, about four generations of women who live under one roof & have a big secret--a love curse relating to a Voodoo sorceress in this Southern city that links the story back to the 1950s New Orleans
#8908, aired 2023-07-05U.S. CITY OF THE BOOK $800: "A Confederacy of Dunces": not so easy for the Big Guy New Orleans
#8906, aired 2023-07-03RIOTS IN HISTORY $600: The 7th New York Infantry returned from this big battle to help deal with the July 1863 draft riots in New York City Gettysburg
#8905, aired 2023-06-30WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $600: The biggest urban area in its country, this city has almost 3 times the people of No. 2 Medellín Bogotá
#8905, aired 2023-06-30WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $1000: In the city of 9.3 million, now named for this man, the War Remnants Museum was previously the Museum of Chinese & American War Crimes Ho Chi Minh City
#8884, aired 2023-06-013 THINGS ABOUT THE CITY $800: Had the Olympics; locals call a seasonal stiff wind the "southerly buster" & a big local bridge, the Coat Hanger Sydney
#20, aired 2023-05-24MICHAEL J. FOX $1000: (Michael J. Fox presents the clue.) In 1988, I starred in the movie "Bright Lights, Big City," based on the novel this man famously wrote in the second person McInerney
#10, aired 2023-05-15ARCHAEOLOGY $1600: This culture named for a New Mexico city was known for its leaf-shaped spear points used to hunt mammoths & other big game the Clovis Culture
#2, aired 2023-05-08SING YOU A COUNTRY SONG $200: Big & Rich's "Comin' To Your City" notes this Missouri capital where they "woke up by the river", with Coronas possibly involved Jefferson City
#8855, aired 2023-04-21THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS $200: The first of the missions was built by 18th century padres in what is today this big Southern California city San Diego
#8846, aired 2023-04-10RECENT EVENTS $1,400 (Daily Double): Jeff Bezos' 400-foot yacht had big problems getting out of this Dutch city with a shipping & shipbuilding tradition Rotterdam
#8826, aired 2023-03-13THE BIG BANG THEORY $600: In 2020 improper storage of ammonium nitrate led to an explosion equivalent to 500 tons of TNT in this Mideastern city Beirut
#8819, aired 2023-03-02-POL, -POLI, -POLIS CITIES $800: This Italian name of a big city on a bay is from words meaning "new city" Napoli
#8810, aired 2023-02-17TIME TO GO BIG $400: The university of this Argentine city has an enrollment of more than 300,000 Buenos Aires
#8797, aired 2023-01-31"IN" THE RIGHT PLACE $800: Southwest of Seoul lies this big port city, site of a historic U.N. troop landing in 1950 Inchon
#8791, aired 2023-01-23BOATING AFTER MEALS $600: To slow things down after dinner, find this type of place to stop the boat, also the name of a big Alaskan city anchorage
#8769, aired 2022-12-22BIG BATTLES $3,000 (Daily Double): Joan of Arc's victory over the English at this French city in 1429 was a turning point in the Hundred Years' War Orleans
#8745, aired 2022-11-18U.S. CITIES $1000: River surfing is a big deal in this second-largest Montana city that's also home to the University of Montana Missoula
#7, aired 2022-11-06BIG ____ $100: Early in the 20th century, New York City was being recognized by this nickname; later, tourists were told to take a bite of it the Big Apple
#8717, aired 2022-10-11IT'S A "BIG" PLACE $800: Though this nickname for a large American city dates to the 1920s, it really took hold after a '70s tourism campaign Big Apple
#8701, aired 2022-09-19A HUNGER FOR READING $200: Roald Dahl wrote this book on East 81st Street in New York City, not far from where the journey of the big fruit ends James and the Giant Peach
#8675, aired 2022-07-01U.S. CITIES $400: Wacker Drive is an impressive double-decker street in this city of big shoulders Chicago
#8640, aired 2022-05-13PLACES IN THE BIBLE $2000: This Phoenician city was home to Hiram, who helped Solomon build the first temple by supplying workers & material Tyre
#8624, aired 2022-04-21THINK "BIG" $200: This nickname was first used in connection with New York City in the 1920s the Big Apple
#8603, aired 2022-03-23BIG CITY $200: Home to an international airport, it's New Jersey's "Gateway City" Newark
#8603, aired 2022-03-23BIG CITY $400: The biggest city in North Carolina, it was named for the wife of King George III Charlotte
#8603, aired 2022-03-23BIG CITY $800: Missouri's most populous city is Kansas City & Kansas' most populous is this city once part of the Chisholm Trail Wichita
#8603, aired 2022-03-23BIG CITY $1,000 (Daily Double): This Florida city named for a president has more people than Miami & Tampa combined Jacksonville
#8603, aired 2022-03-23WE READ IT IN THE '80s $1000: He set the '80s New York literary world on fire with "Bright Lights, Big City" Jay McInerney
#8603, aired 2022-03-23BIG CITY $1000: Home to the Wernher von Braun Planetarium & the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, this city is now Alabama's most populous Huntsville
#8602, aired 2022-03-22ICE CREAM FLAVORS? $1000: Beginning & ending with the same letter, it's a term for someone from a big city on Italy's West Coast Neapolitan
#8585, aired 2022-02-25BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY $200: The Hawkeyes' home is this 2-word town Iowa City
#8585, aired 2022-02-25BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY $400: This Illinois city was originally called West Urbana; here's to it, so say we all! Champaign
#8585, aired 2022-02-25BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY $800: Named for an explorer, this Big Ten capital city is at the junction of the Olentangy & Scioto rivers Columbus
#18, aired 2022-02-22A STATE CAPITOL IDEA $2000: The Capitol in this northern city lacks a dome, big grounds & any road to get there; you can hit the sea & use the marine highway Juneau
#8574, aired 2022-02-10RECENT BOOKS $2000: With four Hugo Awards on her mantel, this author wrote about the Big Apple in "The City We Became" N.K. Jemisin
#8566, aired 2022-01-31ON THE "M"AP $5,600 (Daily Double): Known for coffee before 1917, this Venezuelan port city struck oil & became a big deal Maracaibo
#8565, aired 2022-01-28HOOK $2000: The fast ferry at Hoek van Holland, aka "The Hook", shuttles people to this big port city Rotterdam
#8544, aired 2021-12-30GLOBAL LIT $1200: Miles Franklin's sequel to "My Brilliant Career", called "My Career Goes Bung", is set among the literati of this big city Sydney
#8544, aired 2021-12-30QUICK HISTORY $2000: A big assembly or diet took place in this German city in 1521 Worms
#8533, aired 2021-12-15WORLD CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): The name of this second-largest city in Wales starts with a big bird Swansea
#8476, aired 2021-09-27"CITY" $400: Its flag features 2 big keys that are mentioned in the New Testament Vatican City
#8467, aired 2021-09-14CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITALS $400: 1776 wasn't just a big year for us--Guatemala City was founded, 3 years after Antigua Guatemala was felled by one of these an earthquake
#8465, aired 2021-08-13THINK BIG! $600: With eight lanes for cars & two for trains, this Down Under city's iconic bridge seen here is one of the world's widest Sydney
#8442, aired 2021-07-13YOU CAN'T $400: ...move this kind of big rock if it's on public property in the Colorado city of the same name; the municipal code says no a boulder
#8436, aired 2021-07-05BORDERING THE USA $200: About 20 minutes after crossing the border into British Columbia, you can be in this big city exploring Stanley Park Vancouver
#8421, aired 2021-06-14CITY FILL IN $800: ____ Slugger: It's used to hit in the big leagues Louisville
#8417, aired 2021-06-08LATE $800: In Italy the late Gothic period of art was centered in Siena & this big city just to the north Florence
#8409, aired 2021-05-27SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER FOOTBALL TEAM $800: After a big scramble, this guy "of Athens" retires to the wilderness & coaches Alcibiades on sacking the city Timon
#8387, aired 2021-04-27LET'S VISIT THE CITY $400: The big attraction in this city's Piazza dei Miracoli (Square of Miracles) is a bell tower that's 4 degrees from perpendicular Pisa
#8367, aired 2021-03-30HISTORY $1000: Around 3000 B.C. the Sumerian settlement of Uruk was the first big city in this historic region, at its southeast end Mesopotamia
#8352, aired 2021-03-09FERRIS & OBSERVATION WHEELS $800: The Big O wheel in Tokyo Dome City has an open center without spokes so this other type of ride can pass through a roller coaster
#8343, aired 2021-02-24CITIES OF THE MIDWEST $2,000 (Daily Double): This home city to Kansas State University shares its name with a Big Apple borough Manhattan
#8322, aired 2021-01-26TV-POURRI $800: Before he was Mr. Big on "Sex and the City" & the bad husband to "The Good Wife", he was Detective Mike Logan on "Law & Order" Chris Noth
#8305, aired 2020-12-18CHINESE HISTORY $800: More than just big on vases, this ruling dynasty really elevated the architecture of the Imperial Palace in the Forbidden City the Ming Dynasty
#8285, aired 2020-11-20PORTS $600: The Port of Long Beach is paired with this big city's port as part of the San Pedro Bay Port Complex Los Angeles
#8178, aired 2020-03-11REQUIEM FOR A SKYLINE $600 (Daily Double): Northwestern University's old Prentice Women's Hospital, an example of Brutalist architecture, was demoed in 2013-2014 in this big city Chicago
#8167, aired 2020-02-25AFTER ALL THESE YEARS $1000: In 2006, after 15 years of construction, this city's "Big Dig" of roads & tunnels was completed Boston
#8159, aired 2020-02-13FEBRUARY $1000: It's the big day seen here in the Crescent City one recent February Mardi Gras
#8141, aired 2020-01-20SECOND CITY ALUMNI $2000: Hello! I am Scott Adsit, who voiced Baymax, your personal healthcare companion, in this 2014 animated film Big Hero 6
#8131, aired 2020-01-06TALES OF THE CITY $400: "Bright Lights, Big City" & "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" New York City
#8123, aired 2019-12-25NORTHERN CALIFORNIA $2000: This city "By-the-Sea" & at the northern edge of Big Sur got its name from the Friars who accompanied early Spanish explorers Carmel
#8116, aired 2019-12-16C'MON, THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY! $400: Protected on 3 sides by mountains, this Greek city-state not big on luxury was on the bank of the Eurotas River Sparta
#8083, aired 2019-10-30"IO"-9 $800: A permit to drive a taxi; one in a big city has sold for as much as $1.3 million a medallion
#8053, aired 2019-09-18ITTY BITTY CITY $2000: Nevada City, Montana is one big historical museum; visit the area & you can learn this water-based skill & maybe get rich panning for gold
#8011, aired 2019-06-10BIG 4 SPORTS TEAM NAMES IRL $200: In 2015 Iran's city of Bandar Mahshahr hit a near-record 165 on this index the heat index
#7985, aired 2019-05-03TV SHOWS BY COUPLE $400: Carrie & Mr. Big Sex and the City
#7972, aired 2019-04-16CANADIAN CITY NICKNAMES $800: City of Champions, Big Eddy Edmonton
#7967, aired 2019-04-09ASIAN CITIES $1200: The only big city in a nation of small towns & villages, this Asian capital is located on the delta of the Chao Phraya River Bangkok
#7952, aired 2019-03-19U.S. CITIES $200: It's the "City of Big Shoulders" as well as the "Windy City" Chicago
#7951, aired 2019-03-18ARCHAEOLOGY $2000: Uncovered in 1928 by a peasant's plow, the city of Ugarit in Syria once thrived, with a big temple to this fertility god Baal
#7922, aired 2019-02-05SUNNY "D" $400: This Texas city, "The Big D", has an average of 234 sunny days per year Dallas
#7917, aired 2019-01-29BUILDING BIG $400: New York City's Twin Towers were briefly the tallest in the world until this U.S. building surpassed them in 1973 the Sears Tower
#7854, aired 2018-11-01THE BIG LEAGUES $2000: Founded to help racial minorities adjust to city life, the National this League has 90 affiliates serving 300 communities the Urban League
#7830, aired 2018-09-28STATE CAPITAL NEWSPAPERS $1600: This city's Independent Record covers the big sky & we'd read the Handbasket if it existed, just for the name Helena
#7723, aired 2018-03-21PIZARRO WORLD $2000: Pizarro scored big in an agreement with the Spanish crown known as the capitulation of this city 40 miles from Madrid Toledo
#7678, aired 2018-01-17A BANNER YEAR $800: Note the tricolor flags as a big city gets a little freedom in this year 1944
#7664, aired 2017-12-28STREET MUSIC $400: This man wrote, & then sang, "When Scooter & the big man bust this city in half... Tenth Avenue freeze-out" Bruce Springsteen
#7655, aired 2017-12-15TV NICKNAMES $400: On "Sex and the City", Chris Noth played Carrie's elusive flame known as this Mr. Big
#7655, aired 2017-12-15LIVE IN TEXAS $1200: Baytown & Sugar Land are in the metro area of this big city Houston
#7655, aired 2017-12-15LIVE IN TEXAS $2,000 (Daily Double): You'll fit in with all the friendly people living in this big city named for a man buried in Padua, Italy San Antonio
#7641, aired 2017-11-27MOUNTAINS $600: Let's put our 4 big heads together & come up with the name of this landmark just SW of Rapid City Mount Rushmore
#7636, aired 2017-11-20IN THE CITY $400: A big weight in Beantown a ton (in Boston)
#7634, aired 2017-11-16PICK A POPE $2000: Died 230 A.D. in the "big city" of Rome Urban (I)
#7623, aired 2017-11-01KEVIN $1600: Before his 21-year NBA career, this big man (then big kid) led his high school team to the Chicago city title in 1995 Kevin Garnett
#7547, aired 2017-06-06SONG/BOOK $2000: Song: Jimmy Reed; book: Jay McInerney Bright Lights, Big City
#7529, aired 2017-05-11U.S. CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): This Soap Box Derby city was co-founded in 1825 by Simon Perkins, an official with the Ohio Canal Fund Akron, Ohio
#7504, aired 2017-04-06A LIBERAL LIBRARY $1200: This former White House staffer and now big-city mayor penned "The Plan: Big Ideas for America" Rahm Emanuel
#7467, aired 2017-02-14GOTTA CRAM $200: The largest crowd for a hockey game came in 2010 when 104,173 fans filled Michigan's "Big House" in this city Ann Arbor
#7464, aired 2017-02-09MUNICIPAL LITERATURE $2000: This writer from Lowell portrayed small-town Mass. & big New York City in his first novel, 1950's "The Town and the City" Jack Kerouac
#7448, aired 2017-01-18THE BIG 3-0 $1000: The 30 Tyrants were appointed to administer Athens after its defeat by this city in 404 B.C. Sparta
#7370, aired 2016-09-30BIG CITY NEWSPAPERS $200: This heavenly body in Baltimore the Sun
#7370, aired 2016-09-30BIG CITY NEWSPAPERS $400: This heavenly body in Kansas City the Star
#7370, aired 2016-09-30BIG CITY NEWSPAPERS $600: This heavenly body News in San Jose the San Jose Mercury News
#7370, aired 2016-09-30BIG CITY NEWSPAPERS $800: This Murdoch tabloid in New York City the New York Post
#7337, aired 2016-07-05IT'S ALL "APPLE" SAUCE $600: The first users of this nickname for a major U.S. city were jazz musicians & stable boys the Big Apple
#7335, aired 2016-07-01NICE LONG DANES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1990 6'2" Dane Peter Martins succeeded Jerome Robbins as boss of this Big Apple artistic organization the New York City Ballet
#7284, aired 2016-04-21LITERARY NEW YORK CITY $2000: This Jay McInerney novel evoked the yuppie party scene of 1980s New York City Bright Lights, Big City
#7276, aired 2016-04-11BIG BATS OF BASEBALL $800: In 1980 this Kansas City Royal batted .390 George Brett
#7245, aired 2016-02-26BIG-SCREEN ELVIS $200: "King Creole", Elvis' favorite of his 31 films, was the first shot on location--the French Quarter in this city New Orleans
#7244, aired 2016-02-25THAT TOWN'S IN TEXAS, TOO $200: No big Rock & Roll Hall of Fame here, but say hello, this Texas city named for a local judge Cleveland
#7231, aired 2016-02-08COLLEGE TOWNS $400: TCU is in this city often paired with "Big D" Fort Worth
#7211, aired 2016-01-11SUMMER OLYMPIC CITIES $1200: In 2006, 30 years late, the debt was paid off for the stadium called "The Big Owe" & the rest of this city's games Montreal
#7187, aired 2015-12-08FAMILY FOLIO $1200: Small-town girl moves to the big city & becomes an actress in the 1900 novel "Sister Carrie" by this author Theodore Dreiser
#7185, aired 2015-12-04CANADIAN LANDMARKS $1200: The 30-foot Big Nickel is in this Ontario city that's near & dear to my heart Sudbury, Northern Ontario
#7131, aired 2015-09-21MONTANA $1000: This largest Montana city is known as the "star of the Big Sky country" Billings
#7109, aired 2015-07-09WELCOME TO BOOZETOWN! $1000: This city's "Big 6" breweries are Augustiner, Hofbrau, Hacker-Pschorr, Lowenbrau, Paulaner & Spaten Munich
#7067, aired 2015-05-12CITIES IN SONG $1200: Jay Z & Alicia Keys: "Now you're in" this city, "these streets will make you feel brand new, big lights will inspire you" New York
#7038, aired 2015-04-01NOVELS $2000: This first novel by Theodore Dreiser is the story of a small-town girl who comes to the big city Sister Carrie
#7022, aired 2015-03-10CALIFORNIA, HERE YOU COME! $400: Do you know the way to this city once big in fruit, now high on tech? Head to the southern end of I-280 San Jose
#6992, aired 2015-01-27THE CITY OF... $400: The Big Shoulders Chicago
#6957, aired 2014-12-09U.S. CITIES $2,600 (Daily Double): A Montana city is named for a peak called "Big" this Butte
#6936, aired 2014-11-10WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL ARE YOU? $100 (Daily Double): Grete Waitz served as one of these pacesetters in her first New York City Marathon: she won the race & set a world record a rabbit
#6921, aired 2014-10-20YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM $400: "Big Jim" Colosimo was the crime boss of this city (until Al Capone's gang whacked him, that is) Chicago
#6917, aired 2014-10-14WORLD CITIES $800: It's the only big city in Uruguay Montevideo
#6909, aired 2014-10-02ATLANTIC CITY $1,200 (Daily Double): It's fitting that this Atlantic City casino comps with its 24 Karat Club Golden Nugget
#6906, aired 2014-09-29"CAT" PEOPLE $1200: She found "Big Trouble in Little China" before her days on "Sex & the City" Kim Cattrall
#6899, aired 2014-09-18BIG BUILDING OF THE CITY $400: 191 Peachtree Tower Atlanta
#6899, aired 2014-09-18BIG BUILDING OF THE CITY $800: Rainier Tower Seattle
#6899, aired 2014-09-18BIG BUILDING OF THE CITY $1600: 111 S. Wacker Drive Chicago
#6899, aired 2014-09-18BIG BUILDING OF THE CITY $2,000 (Daily Double): Heritage Plaza (formerly Texaco Heritage Plaza) Houston
#6871, aired 2014-06-30U.S. COLONY NAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): Massachusetts means "at the big" one of these; colony Gov. John Winthrop said, "we shall be as a city upon" one of these a hill
#6865, aired 2014-06-20DETROIT ROCK CITY $800: This husband & wife 2-piece band from Detroit first hit it big in 2002 with "Fell In Love With A Girl" the White Stripes
#6865, aired 2014-06-20DETROIT ROCK CITY $1600: Doug Fieger was born in Detroit in 1952, years before hitting it big with this band & "My Sharona" The Knack
#6846, aired 2014-05-26BIG STUFF $800: Cawker City, Kansas claims the world's biggest ball of this 5-letter item, with around 8 million feet twine
#6836, aired 2014-05-12BROADWAY & POLITICS $800: "Politics & Poker" & "I Love a Cop" are songs in this musical about a big-city mayor Fiorello!
#6817, aired 2014-04-15BIG CITY MAYORS $200: Rahm Emanuel Chicago
#6817, aired 2014-04-15BIG CITY MAYORS $400: Marty Walsh, succeeding Thomas Menino in 2014 Boston
#6817, aired 2014-04-15BIG CITY MAYORS $600: Havana-born Tomas Regalado Miami
#6817, aired 2014-04-15BIG CITY MAYORS $800: Overseas--Boris Johnson, who has been promoting one mode of transport London
#6817, aired 2014-04-15BIG CITY MAYORS $1000: Mitch Landrieu New Orleans
#6774, aired 2014-02-13A (TAYLOR) SWIFT CATEGORY $2000: "Someday I'll be living in a big old city, & all you're ever gonna be is" this mean
#6770, aired 2014-02-071980s BOOKS $3,000 (Daily Double): Drug-fueled debauchery in New York City takes up much of this Jay McInerney debut novel Bright Lights, Big City
#6766, aired 2014-02-03ALSO A TYPE OF FOOTWEAR $2000: Ohio city once home to Big Ben (Roethlisberger) Oxford
#6672, aired 2013-09-244-LETTER U.S. CITIES $5,000 (Daily Double): It's the biggest city on the "Big Island" Hilo
#6582, aired 2013-04-09BIG CITY SUBURBS $200: Concord, Lowell Boston (Massachusetts)
#6582, aired 2013-04-09BIG CITY SUBURBS $400: Scottsdale, Mesa Phoenix
#6582, aired 2013-04-09BIG CITY SUBURBS $600: Livonia, Dearborn Detroit
#6582, aired 2013-04-09BIG CITY SUBURBS $1,000 (Daily Double): Coral Gables, Hialeah Miami
#6582, aired 2013-04-09BIG CITY SUBURBS $1000: Coronado, Chula Vista San Diego
#6575, aired 2013-03-29A PERSON, PLACE & THING $1000: A "Big Bang Theory" actor, a city in Kansas, a "New School for Design" Parsons
#6505, aired 2012-12-21SKYSCRAPER CITY $800: Named for an insurance company in a big insurance town, Travelers Tower Hartford
#6469, aired 2012-11-01THE OLD GRAY MAYOR $400: "The last of the big-city bosses", he was 74 when he passed away as Chicago's mayor (Richard) Daley
#6422, aired 2012-07-17SMART WORDS $800: Brilliant, like the "lights" in a "big city" title bright
#6362, aired 2012-04-24WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND $2000: We had a big year in 1966, with 5 Top 10 hits including "Summer In The City"--not bad for 4 Greenwich Village boys The Lovin' Spoonful
#6328, aired 2012-03-07BRIDGES $200: In the 1930s this West Coast city hosted a World's Fair & got big new bridges crossing its bay San Francisco
#6327, aired 2012-03-06IN A BIG COUNTY $1200: Don't mess with the city of Kirby or the rest of this state's Bexar county Texas
#6325, aired 2012-03-02THE POST MAN'S HERE $400: For nearly 25 years Richard Johnson ran Page Six, the gossip section of this big-city daily the New York Post
#6323, aired 2012-02-29HERE COMES THE WEDDING MOVIE $400: A hasty plan to get married spins out of control, making Carrie a Bridezilla; Mr. Big jilts her on their wedding day in this film Sex and the City
#6256, aired 2011-11-28A TALE OF ONE CITY $800: Jay McInerney's "Bright Lights, Big City" New York
#6204, aired 2011-07-28"BIG" STUFF $400: Jazz musicians & jockeys helped give New York City this nickname the Big Apple
#6141, aired 2011-05-02BIG-SCREEN EDUCATORS $400: 1995: Michelle Pfeiffer as ex-Marine & inner city high school teacher Louanne Johnson Dangerous Minds
#6133, aired 2011-04-20IN THE CITY'S NEWSPAPER $2000: From its Sun-Sentinel: "Broward commissioners target big banking for role in mortgage crisis" Fort Lauderdale
#6094, aired 2011-02-24COMPUTER GAMES $600: In this game's sequel, we return to the underwater city of Rapture & take a submerged walk in Big Daddy's diving suit BioShock
#6093, aired 2011-02-23SO. CAL. STUDIES $1200: The state's southernmost county shares its name with this big city San Diego
#6028, aired 2010-11-24BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY $200: This city is the brightest area along the East Coast New York
#6028, aired 2010-11-24BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY $400: You can see the shore of this Asian capital's bay has orange sodium lamps, while the city uses green mercury lamps Tokyo
#6028, aired 2010-11-24BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY $600: This Great Lakes city has 3 million people, but the surrounding suburbs increase the population to almost 10 million Chicago
#6028, aired 2010-11-24BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY $800: The amazing variety of light colors must belong to this U.S. desert city Las Vegas
#6028, aired 2010-11-24BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY $1000: This Capital gleams on the southern shore of the Rio de la Plata Buenos Aires
#6026, aired 2010-11-22YANKEES, NO! $1200: A "Big Red Machine" from this city ran right over the Yankees in a 4-game sweep of the 1976 World Series Cincinnati
#6011, aired 2010-11-01MIKHAIL GORBACHEV $400: In 1952 Mikhail Gorbachev hit this big city to enter its state university law school; he graduated in 1955 Moscow
#5983, aired 2010-09-22SITCOM CITY SETTINGS $2000: "The Big Bang Theory" Pasadena
#5978, aired 2010-09-15ART SCHOOL $2000: The school named for this big city began in the 1940s & mutated into Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, etc. New York City
#5974, aired 2010-07-29MITCH McCONNELL'S KENTUCKY MEGAMIX $200: Though Alabama-born, senator Mitch McConnell is big in Kentucky & has a park named for him in this "green" city Bowling Green
#5967, aired 2010-07-20BIG "BROTHER" $600: 5-word nickname of Philadelphia "The City of Brotherly Love"
#5956, aired 2010-07-05BIG APPLE CIRCUS $400: The equestrian, Sultan, is seen here riding in this style that also describes the city of emperor Nero Roman
#5793, aired 2009-11-18AMERICAN CITIES $600: Many visitors to the Big Apple fly into this city's Liberty Airport, maybe on Continental Newark
#5773, aired 2009-10-21WHERE IN THE WORLD IS YOUR HQ? $200: Lloyd's; they're big in insurance, over on Lime St. England
#5736, aired 2009-07-13THE WORLD OF M. SASEK $600 (Daily Double): Here's Saint Patrick's Cathedral in this European capital city where Saint Patrick is a big deal Dublin
#5730, aired 2009-07-03BIG CITY MAYORS $400: Havana-born Manny Diaz Miami
#5730, aired 2009-07-03BIG CITY MAYORS $800: Richard M. Daley Chicago
#5730, aired 2009-07-03BIG CITY MAYORS $1200: Thomas Menino, who followed Ray Flynn Boston
#5730, aired 2009-07-03BIG CITY MAYORS $1600: Gavin Newsom San Francisco
#5730, aired 2009-07-03BIG CITY MAYORS $2000: The South's Shirley Franklin Atlanta
#5697, aired 2009-05-19A POTENT POTABLE TOUR $3,500 (Daily Double): If you like big beer gardens, head for the Hirschgarten in this German city; it seats about 8,000 Munich
#5655, aired 2009-03-20"A" TRAVEL CATEGORY $600: Have a 72-ounce steak at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in this Texas Panhandle city Amarillo
#5620, aired 2009-01-30"D" MEN OF HISTORY $1600: This U.S. mayor who died in 1976 was called the "last of the big-city bosses" (Richard) Daley
#5604, aired 2009-01-08CENTRAL PARK ENTERTAINMENT $200: Carrie & Mr. Big took a romantic carriage ride in Central Park in the "I Heart NY" episode of this show Sex and the City
#5531, aired 2008-09-29SMART ANSWERS $1200: In a Jay McInerney book title, these 2 words precede "Big City" Bright Lights
#5472, aired 2008-05-27POETS & POETRY $400: Carl Sandburg's famous ode to this city calls it "Hog Butcher for the World" & "City of the Big Shoulders" Chicago
#5414, aired 2008-03-06ON THE U.S. MAP $2000: It's the largest city in South Dakota that lies on the Big Sioux River Sioux Falls
#5407, aired 2008-02-26NAPOLEON $400: 1930s big city mayor known as the "Napoleon of New York" LaGuardia
#5398, aired 2008-02-13AMERICANA $1000: If you want to go to the Texas State Fair, head for this "big" city, not the state capital Dallas
#5375, aired 2008-01-11CRESCENT CITY ROLES $1200: Critic Michael Kleinschrodt said of Dennis Quaid in this movie, "...the very worst example of a New Orleans accent" The Big Easy
#5362, aired 2007-12-25YE OLDE BIG APPLE $200: In 1967 New York City ordered all officially licensed taxis painted this color yellow
#5326, aired 2007-11-05"THINK" ABOUT IT $1600: Describing the essence & vitality of the city, Dallas' slogan is "Live large", do this "think big"
#5310, aired 2007-10-12THOMAS JEFFERSON $800: Thomas was staying just outside this European city July 14, 1789, so he knew of the big events there Paris
#5249, aired 2007-06-0710-LETTER WORDS $800: The tent that housed the Ark of the Covenant; today the Mormons have a big one in Salt Lake City tabernacle
#5115, aired 2006-12-01ALSO A PRESIDENTIAL NAME $400: Burn on, big river; in 1969 this city's Cuyahoga River actually caught fire Cleveland
#5113, aired 2006-11-29BIG MOUTH $1000: The port city of Kismaayo sits on the mouth of the Juba River on this ocean the Indian
#5103, aired 2006-11-15AROUND THE U.S.A. $800: Any Texan can tell you that this city is "Big D" Dallas
#5077, aired 2006-10-10FACES OF AMERICA $1000: He's the former congressman, ambassador & big-city mayor seen here (Andrew) Young
#4995, aired 2006-05-05SOUTH DAKOTA $800: The Big Sioux River, which does the falling at Sioux Falls, empties into this river near Sioux City the Missouri
#4930, aired 2006-02-03BIG "ROCK" $800: Socks the cat, once America's First Feline, was born in this city Little Rock
#4919, aired 2006-01-19FIRST NOVELS $1600: We've checked the facts & it's true, Jay McInerney shot to fame with this first novel about living life in NYC's fast lane Bright Lights, Big City
#4780, aired 2005-05-20PRE-DATERS $2,000 (Daily Double): The last city to host the Olympics before St. Moritz in 1948 Berlin
#4775, aired 2005-05-13GEOMETRY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew kneels in an ice rink in Park City, UT.) The house, the big circle in curling, is 37.699 feet in circumference, so exactly this many in diameter 12 feet
#4769, aired 2005-05-05BALLET $400: "Filling Station" features dancing truck drivers & this 1930s dance whose name is New York City's nickname the Big Apple
#4723, aired 2005-03-0221 $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a table at 21, holding a cocktail.) Cosmo in hand & wearing my Manolos, I'm at the table at 21 where this comedy's Carrie dined with Mr. Big Sex and the City
#4707, aired 2005-02-08TEEN PEOPLE $1000: Following Nelly, Chingy is the latest big star out of this city's rap scene St. Louis
#4697, aired 2005-01-25POLK-ER $1200: A big Texas city bears the name of this man, Polk's vice president Dallas
#4690, aired 2005-01-14"EASY" FOR YOU TO SAY $600: It's another popular nickname for that rollicking place known as "the crescent city" the Big Easy
#4672, aired 2004-12-21TV SERIES FINALES $400: Thanks to caller ID, we learned that Mr. Big's real name was John in the last moments of this HBO series Sex and the City
#4666, aired 2004-12-13I CAN SEE YOUR HOUSE FROM HERE! $800: From Grouse Mountain, you'll B.C.-ing a panorama of this big city on a peninsula Vancouver
#4577, aired 2004-06-29MIDWESTERN CITIES $600: The Roger Maris Museum at the West Acres Shopping Center is a big hit in this North Dakota city Fargo
#4548, aired 2004-05-195-SYLLABLE WORDS $800: It's a buzzword for big-city men who groom carefully & go shopping with their girlfriends metrosexuals
#4503, aired 2004-03-17STUPID ANSWERS $1000: This city in Iowa is at the confluence of the Big Sioux & Missouri Rivers Sioux City
#4502, aired 2004-03-16THE STANLEY CUP $800: The Cup's first winner was an amateur team from this city whose NHL team has won it more than 20 times Montreal
#4493, aired 2004-03-03WE LOVE L.A. $800: (Sofia) Very busy as it moves through L.A., the 405 freeway is named for this big city to the south San Diego
#4489, aired 2004-02-26CHI-TOWN NICKNAMES $600: Sandburg called Chicago the "City of Big" these Shoulders
#4488, aired 2004-02-25"NEW"S $1200: Jay McInerney worked as a fact-checker at this magazine & portrayed it in "Bright Lights, Big City" The New Yorker
#4481, aired 2004-02-16TV TEEN DRAMAS $600: Smallville High School reporter Chloe has written for this big city newspaper The Daily Planet
#4416, aired 2003-11-17YALIES -- THEY'RE SO DRAMATIC! $800: "Some of my happiest memories as an actor" were at Yale, said Chris Noth, who plays "Mr. Big" on this HBO series Sex and the City
#4298, aired 2003-04-16"POT" LUCK $1600: The Big 3's last meeting during World War II took place in July 1945 in this city near Berlin Potsdam
#4212, aired 2002-12-17LUNAR TUNES $400: In a 2002 episode of "Sex and the City", Carrie & Mr. Big danced to this Andy Williams classic "Moon River"
#4200, aired 2002-11-2920th CENTURY ARTISTS $1200: He conveyed the loneliness of life in the big city in paintings like "Chop Suey" & "Nighthawks" (Edward) Hopper
#4197, aired 2002-11-26THE BIG DAY $200: This Neb. city's Henry Doorly Zoo has the largest glazed geodesic dome, housing the world's largest indoor desert Omaha
#4181, aired 2002-11-04WORLD LITERATURE $800: In the 18th C. Radischev protested the abuse of peasants in "Journey from St. Petersburg to" this big city Moscow
#4137, aired 2002-09-03STAR TRACK $400: Welcoming his fourth child in November 2001, this former "Spin City" star is big on "Family Ties" Michael J. Fox
#4130, aired 2002-07-12CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS $600: In 1862 this Italian city erected its big monument to the man Genoa
#4114, aired 2002-06-20CITY QUOTES $600: It's the "Stormy, Husky, Brawling City of the Big Shoulders" Chicago
#4079, aired 2002-05-02BIG CITY LIFE $200: This term for the haphazard growth of a city also means to sit or lie with your limbs spread out (urban) sprawl
#4079, aired 2002-05-02BIG CITY LIFE $400: The beginning of this regulation of land & building use dates from a 1916 New York City ordinance zoning
#4079, aired 2002-05-02BIG CITY LIFE $600: In the 1980s Yellow Thunder was a well-known one of these providing info to L.A. commuters a traffic helicopter
#4079, aired 2002-05-02BIG CITY LIFE $800: Berlin, Maryland has a mayor; Berlin, Germany has this equivalent a BĂĽrgermeister
#4079, aired 2002-05-02BIG CITY LIFE $1000: The rings of parks around Boston and Cleveland are both described as this expensive piece of jewelry the Emerald Necklace
#4057, aired 2002-04-02BIG IN HOLLYWOOD $600: The Gotham City set for this 1989 film was reportedly the largest built for a movie since "Cleopatra" Batman
#4053, aired 2002-03-27THE "BIG" SCREEN $800: 1988: Starring Michael J. Fox Bright Lights, Big City
#4047, aired 2002-03-19TV SHOWS BY CHARACTER $800: Carrie, Miranda, Mr. Big Sex and the City
#4030, aired 2002-02-22U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $400: "Big 'D'" Dallas
#4030, aired 2002-02-22U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $800: The "Big Easy" New Orleans
#3990, aired 2001-12-28I'M TALL ENOUGH TO RIDE THAT! $400: Seen here is the Big Shot, which you have to be 4 feet tall to ride on the Stratosphere Tower in this Nevada city Las Vegas
#3862, aired 2001-05-22BIG APPLE SAUCE $800: This island houses the inmates & staff of the New York City jail Rikers Island
#3844, aired 2001-04-26DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS $600: You'll find the main store of Neiman-Marcus on Main Street in this big city Dallas
#3822, aired 2001-03-27"NEW" GEOGRAPHY $100: It's the "Big Apple" New York City
#3758, aired 2000-12-27IT'S A BIG WORLD $300: A view is seen here of this city with the largest population of any urban area in the world Tokyo
#3756, aired 2000-12-25THIS PLACE IS A ZOO! $600: In March 2000 twin golden lion tamarins became a big attraction at this city's zoo, nicknamed the OKC Zoo Oklahoma City
#3748, aired 2000-12-13BIG CITY $200: The Karen Blixen Museum is found in the suburbs of this Kenyan city, one of Africa's largest & fastest growing Nairobi
#3748, aired 2000-12-13BIG CITY $400: This city on the South China Sea once served as the colonial capital of French Indochina Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City
#3748, aired 2000-12-13BIG CITY $800: In 1309 Clement V moved the Papal residence to this French city, at that time a haven for heretics & criminals Avignon
#3748, aired 2000-12-13BIG CITY $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the closest national capital to Mount Everest Kathmandu, Nepal
#3748, aired 2000-12-13BIG CITY $1000: Known as "The City of Sails", this New Zealand metropolis hosted the America's Cup 2000 yachting competition Auckland
#3736, aired 2000-11-27U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $400: "The Gateway of the South", "The Big Peach" Atlanta
#3699, aired 2000-10-05AROUND THE WORLD $800: A symbol of the millennium, the big wheel seen here is officially known as this British city's "Eye" London
#3696, aired 2000-10-02NEW YORK CITY $400: The name of this street that cuts diagonally through Manhattan is synonymous with big-time theater Broadway
#3690, aired 2000-09-22MIDWESTERN CITIES $600: In this big city the Midway Plaisance ("Pleasure Place") connects Jackson & Washington Parks Chicago
#3685, aired 2000-09-15CITIES $100: This city is so big, it covers parts of 3 of Egypt's adminstrative governorates Cairo
#3683, aired 2000-09-13IT'S SUPERMAN $300: Nicknamed "The Big Apricot", it's the city where Superman lives as an adult Metropolis
#3678, aired 2000-09-06JAY $600: His '80s novels include "Bright Lights, Big City" & "Ransom" Jay McInerney
#3654, aired 2000-06-22THE BIG "BANG" $300: This U.S. city lies north of Belfast on the Penobscot River Bangor, Maine
#3654, aired 2000-06-22THE BIG "BANG" $400: Chitralada Palace is the royal residence of King Rama IX & his family in this city Bangkok
#3653, aired 2000-06-21'90s MOVIES $200: This film seen here rounded up big crowds in the summer of '91: City Slickers
#3629, aired 2000-05-18WAAAY DOWN SOUTH $300: This big city lies just 30 miles north of the Cape of Good Hope Cape Town
#3604, aired 2000-04-13SPANISH GRAMMAR $1000: This irregular comparative form of grande, "big", is spelled like the English word for someone who runs a city Mayor
#3593, aired 2000-03-29THE BIG PARADE $300: Held the fourth Thursday in November in New York City, this parade is a gas Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
#3593, aired 2000-03-29THE BIG PARADE $400: The Chicago River is dyed green around the time this parade winds its way through the city St. Patrick's Day Parade
#3581, aired 2000-03-13ACTORS & MOVIE ROLES $200: He played a fashion show bartender in the Michael J. Fox film "Bright Lights, Big City" (Would Niles Crane approve?) David Hyde Pierce
#3518, aired 1999-12-15FICTIONAL DETECTIVES $200: Big city that's home to Philip Marlowe Los Angeles
#3470, aired 1999-10-08LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION $200: Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807 Gotham
#3457, aired 1999-09-21THE ROARING '20s $800 (Daily Double): William Thompson, known as "Big Bill", was mayor of this big city Chicago
#3397, aired 1999-05-18HOLLY-WOOD $500: In "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Audrey Hepburn played this small-town girl in the big city Holly Golightly
#3393, aired 1999-05-12BORN IN THE WINDY CITY $400: On the big screen, this Chicagoan has played Rick Deckard, Jack Ryan & Han Solo Harrison Ford
#3321, aired 1999-02-01BIG RIVER $800: A real Crimea river, the Chernaya, runs just east of this city that was besieged in 1854 & 1855 Sevastopol
#3303, aired 1999-01-06THE USA $600: The name of this New Mexico city where the first atomic bomb was exploded is Spanish for "big cottonwood" Alamogordo
#3259, aired 1998-11-05THE WANDER YEARS $200: He wrote "Lonesome Traveler", "Big Sur", & "Mexico City Blues" in addition to "On The Road" Jack Kerouac
#3194, aired 1998-06-18LET'S GO TO FLORIDA $400: For years Gomek the giant crocodile was the big attraction at this oldest Florida city's alligator farm St. Augustine
#3191, aired 1998-06-15THE BIG APPLE $400: One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the city; this is the second tallest Two World Trade Center
#3191, aired 1998-06-15THE BIG APPLE $800: He was inaugurated for his second time as mayor of New York City January 1, 1998 Rudolph Giuliani
#3185, aired 1998-06-05CITY NICKNAMES $200: Start spreading the news, Ol' Blue Eyes is off to this "Big Apple" New York City
#3185, aired 1998-06-05CITY NICKNAMES $400: Make some room, this Midwest metropolis is the "City of the Big Shoulders" Chicago
#3096, aired 1998-02-02WELCOME TO THE 1950s $2,000 (Daily Double): I can't wait to see "The Big Lift", starring Monty Clift, set a couple of years ago in this city Berlin
#2999, aired 1997-09-18TV COPS $400: In 1998 Lauren Velez joined the cast of this hip big-city FOX police drama as detective Nina Morena "New York Undercover"
#2966, aired 1997-06-23THE BIG APPLE $400: This mansion that once housed the museum of the city of New York is now the official mayor's residence Gracie Mansion
#2906, aired 1997-03-31ANCIENT GREECE $300: At about 1,000 square miles, twice as big as L.A., it was the largest city-state of ancient Greece Athens
#2833, aired 1996-12-18U.S. MUSEUMS $600: This Alaskan oil city's museum has a display of the effects of the big oil spill of March 1989 Valdez
#2625, aired 1996-01-19FOLKLORE $300: Both Laocoon & Cassandra warned this city to refuse the big gift from the Greeks, but did they listen? Troy
#2606, aired 1995-12-25SOUTHERN ENGLISH $400: Residents of this city call it "The Big Easy" New Orleans
#2603, aired 1995-12-20"B.A."s $100: It's a popular nickname for New York City Big Apple
#2494, aired 1995-06-08BASEBALL HISTORY $100: One of the big teams in the 1890s was this city's Beaneaters Boston
#2418, aired 1995-02-22ITALIAN CITIES $500 (Daily Double): In 1992 a big Columbus festival was held in this city's Porto Vecchio, or old port Genoa
#2405, aired 1995-02-03AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHs $200: "Last of the Big City Bosses" is a nickname of this longtime Chicago mayor (Richard) Daley
#2387, aired 1995-01-10FINAL RESTING PLACES $100: Jim Morrison's grave is the big draw at this city's Pere Lachaise Cemetery Paris
#2327, aired 1994-10-18RELIGION $500 (Daily Double): In 1982 over 15,000 Moonies were married in big ceremonies, one in New York, one in this city Seoul (Korea)
#2257, aired 1994-05-31QUOTATIONS $500: Raymond Chandler described it as "a big hard-boiled city with no more personality than a paper cup" Los Angeles
#2215, aired 1994-04-01FADS $400: This kind of music was mostly a big-city fad until "Saturday Night Fever" came out disco
#2209, aired 1994-03-24JAZZ $800: The first big American jazz festival was held in 1954 in this Rhode Island resort city Newport
#2094, aired 1993-10-14GIANTS $400: The Giants' Staircase is a big attraction at the Doge's Palace in this city Venice
#1942, aired 1993-02-02U.S. CITIES $300: This city's Lincoln Park Zoo recently renovated its Kovler Lion House, creating a new area for big cats Chicago
#1932, aired 1993-01-19EMPERORS $400: He founded a big city & made Christianity a lawful religion in the western Roman Empire Constantine
#1927, aired 1993-01-12ANNUAL EVENTS $600: Annual "500" festivities in this city leading up to the big race include a mini-marathon & memorial parade Indianapolis
#1908, aired 1992-12-16CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $500: In Saskatchewan a national park & a big city are named for this prince consort Albert
#1741, aired 1992-03-09THE LOW COUNTRIES $400: The Groote Kerk is the "big cheese" among churches in this Dutch city Gouda
#1689, aired 1991-12-26THE RENAISSANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1401 Lorenzo Ghiberti won a contest to design the bronze doors of the baptistery in this city Florence
#1680, aired 1991-12-13CANADIAN CITIES $400: The NHL Flames moved from Atlanta, which burned in 1864, to this city that had a big fire in 1886 Calgary
#1621, aired 1991-09-23NEW YORK CITY $600: This racetrack in Queens is known to its patrons as "The Big A" Aqueduct
#1614, aired 1991-09-12MYTHOLOGICAL OPERAS $200: This big wooden object is dragged inside the city walls in Act I of "The Capture of Troy" the Trojan Horse
#1600, aired 1991-07-12LITERARY "LAST"s $600: 1956 Edwin O'Connor novel about the demise of F. Skeffington, an aging big city mayor The Last Hurrah
#1596, aired 1991-07-08BUSINESS & FINANCE $400: In 1975 this city needed a "Big Mac" to avoid financial collapse New York City
#1580, aired 1991-06-14NEW ORLEANS $400: This nickname of the city was used as the title of a 1987 Dennis Quaid film set there the Big Easy
#1569, aired 1991-05-30CITY QUOTES $300: Carl Sandburg called it "Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders" Chicago
#1493, aired 1991-02-13ANCIENT ROME $800: After the 1st 2 Punic Wars, this city paid big fines to Rome; after the 3rd war, in 146 B.C., Rome razed it Carthage
#1489, aired 1991-02-07FAMOUS NAMES $100: This Chicago mayor, who died in 1976, was considered the last of the big city political bosses Richard Daley
#1457, aired 1990-12-25NEW YORK CITY $100: It's named The Big Board the New York Stock Exchange
#1332, aired 1990-05-22"SOUTH" $200: Notre Dame University is located near this Indiana city first called Big St. Joseph South Bend
#1319, aired 1990-05-03LETTER PERFECT $400: Single letter in the nickname of the second largest city in Texas ("Big) D" (for Dallas)
#1287, aired 1990-03-20U.S. STATES $1,500 (Daily Double): The southernmost city, town & point in the 50 states are located on this Hawaiian island the island of Hawaii (the Big Island)
#1269, aired 1990-02-22U.S. CITIES $300: A 1989 Money magazine poll ranked this as the best big city in Pennsylvania in which to live Pittsburgh
#1250, aired 1990-01-26CITY NICKNAMES $200: "Big D" Dallas
#1208, aired 1989-11-29"POT"s $300: The last meeting of the Big 3 Allied leaders of WWII took place in July & August 1945 in this German city Potsdam
#1198, aired 1989-11-15CITY NICKNAMES $100: "The Big Apple" New York City
#1166, aired 1989-10-02AMERICAN AUTHORS $600: This author of "Bright Lights, Big City" went to 18 different grade schools in the U.S. & Europe Jay McInerney
#1011, aired 1989-01-16U.S. CITIES $100: Natives of this Texas city often refer to it as "The Big D" Dallas
#995, aired 1988-12-23MOVIE LOCALES $200: 2 "big" movies of '88, "Big" & "Big Business", are both partly set in this big city New York
#987, aired 1988-12-13THE BIG TOP $500: Meaning "circus of the sun", it was founded in 1984 for the street musicians of Quebec City Cirque du Soleil
#960, aired 1988-11-04COUPLES IN THE NEWS $100: This "Big City" boy isn't allergic to pollan, Tracy Pollan that is Michael J. Fox
#926, aired 1988-09-19POLITICAL NICKNAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): In office from 1955 until his death in 1976, he was called "the last of the big-city bosses" (Richard) Daley
#890, aired 1988-06-17CITY NICKNAMES $100: Nickname popularized in the '70s to show the world that NYC has "a new & brightly polished image" The Big Apple
#885, aired 1988-06-10FIRES $2,000 (Daily Double): 9 years after its big fire, this rebuilt city hosted the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Expo San Francisco
#824, aired 1988-03-17U.S. CITIES $100: The headquarters for Big Brothers is in this city known for that type of love Philadelphia
#797, aired 1988-02-09POE $100: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" were perpetrated in this city -- by a big ape Paris
#734, aired 1987-11-12POLITICAL NICKNAMES $200: Chicago mayor known as "the last of the big-city bosses" Richard Daley
#630, aired 1987-05-08U.S. CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): City in title of the following 1968 hit: "L.A. is a great big freeway / Put a hundred down and buy a car..." San Jose
#575, aired 1987-02-20N.E.W.S. $400: Of North Bend, East Bend, West Bend, or South Bend, a city that's big in Indiana South Bend
#531, aired 1986-12-22U.S. CITIES $700 (Daily Double): (Alex: Here comes the music.) "Have you ever passed the corner of Fourth and Grand / Where a little ball of rhythm has a shoe shine stand? / People gather round and they clap their hands / He's a great big bundle of joy / He pops the boogie woogie rag..." City in which you'd find title character of this song "...Yeah, he charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe / He makes the oldest kind of leather look like new / You feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through..." Chattanooga (Shoe Shine Boy)
#484, aired 1986-10-16TRAVEL & TOURISM $400: In Vatican City, the big toe of St. Peter's statue has worn away from tourists touching & doing this to it kissing it
#292, aired 1985-10-22THE BIG TOP $500: Though winter quarters have moved to Venice, Fla., this site of Ringling Museum is still "Circus City" Sarasota
#185, aired 1985-05-24U.S. MAYORS $1000: One of the first Blacks to become a big city mayor, he's serving his 5th term as mayor of Gary, Indiana Richard Hatcher
#181, aired 1985-05-20DEMOCRATS $400: Harry Truman began his career with help from "Big Tom" Pendergast, party boss of this city Kansas City
#154, aired 1985-04-11CITY QUOTES $200: Sandburg's "City of Big Shoulders" Chicago

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (5 results returned)

#8605, aired 2022-03-25U.S. CITY NAMES: Adopted in 1845, the name of this state capital is a feminized form of a big body of water Atlanta, Georgia
#7535, aired 2017-05-19U.S. CITIES: In 2015 it returned to the list of the 50 most populous U.S. cities, 10 years after dropping off New Orleans
#4940, aired 2006-02-17FORMER WORLD CAPITALS: In 1998 Czar Nicholas II & his wife Alexandra were laid to rest in this city St. Petersburg
#4332, aired 2003-06-03MEDICAL PRODUCTS: On June 12, 2001 Johnson & Johnson relaunched this brand with a ceremony in a Missouri city St. Joseph aspirin
#2377, aired 1994-12-27ORGANIZATIONS: Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America is headquartered in this city Philadelphia

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Nicole Karrow, an 11-year-old from Lewes, Delaware "Her goals are to be a horse breeder and trainer..." 2007...
Rick Knutsen, a musician from Brooklyn, New York 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,201. 2001 Tournament...
Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania 2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University 2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California 2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas 2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
Fred Beukema, a structural engineer from Minneapolis, Minnesota Season 25 3-time champion: $69,401 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
Kara Spak, a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois 2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 27 5-time champion:...
Jesse Cuevas, a corporate lawyer originally from Leawood, Kansas Season 27 3-time champion: $65,981 + $2,000. Brother of Season 30...
Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost "He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois 2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
Brandon Hensley, a sophomore from Caltech 2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Huntington, WV at...
Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida 2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas 2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
Sergio Llorian, an attorney from New York, New York Season 28 1-time champion: $29,201 + $1,000. JBoard user name: Serge
Elza Reeves, a bank teller from Louisville, Kentucky Season 25 1-time champion: $16,400 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
Keith Olbermann, a news anchor from MSNBC "In 2004, this veteran reporter will provide extensive coverage of the...
Michael Salerno, a law student from New York, New York Season 22 player (2005-12-08). Michael won $25,000 on Who Wants to...
Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York 2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University 2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington 2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey 2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
Mark Born, a musician, writer and teacher from Bangkok, Thailand \"He was the top winner of the 1990-91 season. He\'s a...
Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University 2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
Gabrielle McMahan, a junior from Florida A&M University 2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Springfield, VA at...
Mariann Buonadonna, a homemaker from Barnegat, New Jersey Season 23 player (2006-12-19).
Olivia Colangelo, a junior from the University of Notre Dame from Murrysville, Pennsylvania 2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Robert Slaven, a technical products specialist originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada "He won 5 times in 1992. Today, he's a technical products...
Russ Porter, a water systems engineer from Seattle, Washington Season 27 1-time champion: $20,001 + $2,000.
Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University 2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
Dan D'Addario, a senior from Columbia University 2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut. Daniel D'Addario...
Sarah Smee, a medical editor from Beltsville, Maryland Season 25 player (2009-02-10).
Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
Joseph Thompson, an assistant professor from Fairbanks, Alaska Season 24 player (2007-09-28). Joseph died 2014-08-04 at the age of...
Ben Lyon, an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas "Representing the University of Oklahoma, he won the 1995 College Championship....



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