Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (88 results returned)

#21, aired 2023-11-29"SESAME STREET" SONG PARODIES $400: "Born To Add" & "Barn In The U.S.A." are sung by Bruce Stringbean, the Muppet counterpart of this working-class hero Bruce Springsteen
#19, aired 2023-11-01A YEAR THAT ENDS IN ZERO $1000: The U.S. hockey team wins Olympic gold, Lin-Manuel Miranda is born 1980
#1, aired 2023-05-08DESCRIBING THE NO. 1 ALBUM $400: 7 top 10 singles, a big flag, Bruce's behind Born in the U.S.A.
#8772, aired 2022-12-27ALBUM COVERS $400: Springsteen said of this cover, a lot of photos were taken but in the end his behind looked better than his face Born in the U.S.A.
#8630, aired 2022-04-29POLITICIANS IN THEIR SCHOOL DAYS $400: Her father was a U.S. Representative when she was born; she'd get her own seat in 1987 & has got the run of the House these days Nancy Pelosi
#3, aired 2022-02-09YOUR PARENTS' MUSIC $800: Mom bought tickets over the phone (that used to be a thing) for this rocker's 1984-85 "Born in the U.S.A." tour Springsteen
#8515, aired 2021-11-19LIKE A NATURALIZED WOMAN $800: Canadian-born singer, seen here in 2005, the year she became a U.S. citizen Alanis Morissette
#8515, aired 2021-11-19LIKE A NATURALIZED WOMAN $1600: British-born, in 2020 she became a U.S. citizen--naturally, in the city of New York Kim Cattrall
#8415, aired 2021-06-04BEHIND THE SONG $200: Paul Schrader asked this singer to act in a film titled "Born in the U.S.A."--he turned Paul down but liked the title Bruce Springsteen
#8286, aired 2020-11-23BEHIND THE MUSIC $2000: In 1975, after hearing a mastered version of this now-classic album, Bruce Springsteen threw it in a pool Born to Run
#8192, aired 2020-03-31REMEMBER JAMES GARFIELD! $400: Young James was the last U.S. president born in one of these structures, in 1831 on an Ohio farm a log cabin
#8154, aired 2020-02-061980s POP LYRICS $800: Bruce Springsteen: "I'm ten years burning down the road" "Born In The U.S.A."
#3, aired 2020-01-08ART & ARTISTS $1200: Born in Rotterdam in 1904, he entered the U.S. as a stowaway & painted houses before becoming an abstract expressionist (Willem) de Kooning
#7809, aired 2018-07-19CLASSIC SONGS' FIRST LINES $200: "Born down in a dead man's town, the first kick I took was when I hit the ground" "Born In The U.S.A."
#7477, aired 2017-02-28ALBUM COVERS $400: A close-up of Springsteen's denim-clad backside in front of Old Glory Born in the U.S.A.
#7381, aired 2016-10-17CLASSICAL MUSICIANS $1600: Arthur Rubinstein, born in Poland, moved to the U.S. & is interred in this country that has a piano competition named for him Israel
#7337, aired 2016-07-05IT'S ALL "APPLE" SAUCE $400: Born in Massachusetts, he spread religion as well as fruit trees throughout the U.S. Midwest in the 19th century Johnny Appleseed
#7142, aired 2015-10-06I AM HISTORY! $2000: Ukraine-born, she moved to the U.S. in 1906 & eventually became a world leader for Israel Golda Meir
#7048, aired 2015-04-15HIT SONGS $400: In 1984 "Dancing In The Dark" was the first of several hits off his "Born in the U.S.A." Springsteen
#6877, aired 2014-07-08OH, LOOK AT THE TIME $1600: A 1991 Douglas Coupland novel, or a nickname for the generation born in the U.S. after 1965 Generation X
#6799, aired 2014-03-20THE MERCURY ASTRONAUTS $400: Born in Cambridge, Ohio, he served in the Korean War & went on to be a U.S. senator John Glenn
#6598, aired 2013-05-01MY 3 SONGS $400: A Jersey boy: "Prove It All Night", "Born In The U.S.A.", "Glory Days" Bruce Springsteen
#6488, aired 2012-11-28A LIFE IN BRIEF $800: Born in England but moved left to the U.S. (& right politically), told us about it in "Hitch-22" Christopher Hitchens
#6318, aired 2012-02-22U.S. PLACE NAMES $400: This North Carolina fort likes to "boast" that it's named for a Confederate general who was born in the state Fort Bragg
#5932, aired 2010-06-01BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN $400: In July of 1984 this Boss album began a 7-week stay atop the charts; it stayed on the survey for 139 weeks Born in the U.S.A.
#5881, aired 2010-03-22OFF THE RECORD $400: 1984: "Glory Days", "Dancing In The Dark" Born in the U.S.A.
#5824, aired 2009-12-31SCIENTISTS $1200: Born in Germany in 1912, he co-developed the V-2 rocket against the Allies but became a U.S. citizen in 1955 Wernher von Braun
#5773, aired 2009-10-21GRANDMA $200: Born in 1925, this woman had a First Daughter of the U.S. as well as 2 First Granddaughters Barbara Bush
#5749, aired 2009-09-17WHAT A DECADE IN THE U.S. $400: It was the decade when the first Baby Boomers were born the 1940s
#5193, aired 2007-03-21MAJOR LEES $1000: In 1986 Bruce Springsteen refused his $12 million offer to use "Born in the U.S.A." in an automoble ad Lee Iacocca
#5179, aired 2007-03-01RECONSTRUCTION $400: In April 1866 this president vetoed a bill granting citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.; Congress overrode his veto Andrew Johnson
#5179, aired 2007-03-01MOVIE MANIA $1200: In this 1987 film, Cheech Marin gets deported to Mexico & must make his way back to the U.S. without any I.D. Born in East L.A.
#5147, aired 2007-01-16U.S. STATE NAMES $800: Its name includes the name of another state that was named for a ruler born in 1533 West Virginia
#5120, aired 2006-12-08IOWA $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of a smithy.) Born in 1874, this U.S. president & famed humanitarian was the son of an Iowa blacksmith, whose shop is replicated here Herbert Hoover
#5017, aired 2006-06-06CITY OF THE DAY: RALEIGH $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads.) This U.S. president was born in Raleigh in 1808; he never went to school but was apprenticed to a tailor at about 13 Andrew Johnson
#4998, aired 2006-05-10BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN $600: This hit off "Born in the U.S.A." begins, "I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school" "Glory Days"
#4972, aired 2006-04-04GEOGRAPHIC CINEMA $600: 1987: "Born in ___" East L.A.
#4913, aired 2006-01-11CATCHING SOME "Z"s $2000: This defendant in a famous U.S. freedom of the press trial was born in Germany in 1697 Zenger
#4912, aired 2006-01-10SOVIET MAN $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Riga, Latvia.) Perhaps the U.S.S.R.'s greatest filmmaker, born in Riga in 1898, I'm in front of a building his father designed Sergei Eisenstein
#4815, aired 2005-07-08LITERARY VENICE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Caffe Florian in Venice, Italy.) I'm at Caffe Florian, a favorite spot of this U.S.-born author, who wrote about it in "The Wings of the Dove" & "The Aspern Papers" Henry James
#4789, aired 2005-06-02PICK ME A WIENER $1600: Born in Vienna in 1882, this little sausage joined the U.S. Supreme Court in 1939 (Felix) Frankfurter
#4778, aired 2005-05-18HEY, "BOO" $200: Popular term for a person born in the U.S. between 1946 & 1965 a Baby Boomer
#4741, aired 2005-03-28BORN IN THE U.S.A. $200: He was born in 1786 in Eastern Tennessee & died in 1836 at the Alamo Davy Crockett
#4741, aired 2005-03-28BORN IN THE U.S.A. $400: This "Lonesome Dove" author was born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas McMurtry
#4741, aired 2005-03-28BORN IN THE U.S.A. $600: Born May 10, 1838 near Bel Air, Maryland, he'd find fame in the theater for 2 very different reasons John Wilkes Booth
#4741, aired 2005-03-28BORN IN THE U.S.A. $1000: North Carolina-born on Nov. 2, 1795, he was the 11th U.S. president Polk
#4741, aired 2005-03-28BORN IN THE U.S.A. $2,000 (Daily Double): You don't get more all-American than this illustrator born Feb. 3, 1894 in NYC (Norman) Rockwell
#4728, aired 2005-03-094-LETTER WORDS $200: In titles of 2 Springsteen hits, it precedes "To Run" & "In The U.S.A." "Born"
#4497, aired 2004-03-09STAPLES CENTER $1200: On Oct. 17, 1999, when Staples was the newest area born in the U.S.A., it opened with a concert by this man & his band (Bruce) Springsteen
#4462, aired 2004-01-20POP LIT $1600: Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." was inspired by this memoir of Vietnam by Ron Kovic Born on the Fourth of July
#4405, aired 2003-10-31REMEMBER THE ALAMO? $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Alamo in San Antonio, TX.) Born in Tennessee in 1786, he served as a U.S. Congressman before dying at the Alamo in 1836 Davy Crockett
#4296, aired 2003-04-14HANGING $400: Born in Connecticut in 1800, attacked a U.S. arsenal in 1859, hanged for treason the same year John Brown
#3978, aired 2001-12-12BEFORE & AFTER $800: Controversial '60s comic who sang "Born in the U.S.A." Lenny Bruce Springsteen
#3895, aired 2001-07-06TRIVIALICIOUS $400: The first CD pressed for sale in the United States was this album by Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A.
#3854, aired 2001-05-10DIXIE CHICKS $400: Born in Miami in 1938, she was the first woman appointed U.S. attorney general Janet Reno
#3786, aired 2001-02-05POP MUSIC $200: He was "Born in the U.S.A." on Sept. 23, 1949 Bruce Springsteen
#3784, aired 2001-02-01THE HISTORY CHANNEL $500: One show covered this Vietnam battle where Springsteen "had a brother" in "Born In The U.S.A." Khe Sanh
#3678, aired 2000-09-06CD $100: "Born to Run", "Born in the U.S.A." Bruce Springsteen
#3611, aired 2000-04-24ROCK 'N' POP $400: This Bruce Springsteen album spawned 7 Top 10 hits, including "My Hometown" & "Glory Days" "Born in the U.S.A."
#3595, aired 2000-03-31BOOKS OF THE MONTHS $800: The song "Born in the U.S.A." was inspired by this Vietnam memoir by Ron Kovic "Born on the Fourth of July"
#3540, aired 2000-01-14'80s ROCK $100: In 1984 Annie Leibovitz' photo of Bruce Springsteen's denim-clad behind appeared on this album cover Born in the U.S.A.
#3394, aired 1999-05-13SCIENTISTS $400: Born in Germany in 1879, he became a Swiss citizen around the turn of the century & a U.S. citizen in 1940 Albert Einstein
#3391, aired 1999-05-10PEOPLE IN HISTORY $200: A German-born printer named Louis Prang introduced these holiday cards to the U.S. in 1875 Christmas cards
#3311, aired 1999-01-18INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STARS $400: This Nigerian-born athlete who rocketed to fame playing center for the Rockets became a U.S. citizen in 1993 Hakeem Olajuwon
#3216, aired 1998-09-07THE BOSS $1,000 (Daily Double): The Boss turned down $12 million from Chrysler to use this "All-American" song in ads "Born In The U.S.A."
#3076, aired 1998-01-05YOUR OLD ALBUMS $400: "Born to Run" only took the Boss to No. 3 on the album chart; this 1984 "Born" album took him to No. 1 Born in the U.S.A.
#3041, aired 1997-11-17BORN IN THE U.S.A. $100: Marketed as the soap that floats, it was born in Cincinnati in 1879 Ivory soap
#3041, aired 1997-11-17BORN IN THE U.S.A. $200: The American version of rugby, it was first played at college level in 1869 when Rutgers beat Princeton football
#3041, aired 1997-11-17BORN IN THE U.S.A. $300: Mid-19th century Chinese cooks working on the western railroads devised this dish of odds & ends served over rice Chop suey
#3041, aired 1997-11-17BORN IN THE U.S.A. $500 (Daily Double): From the company that made it famous, it's the nickname of the "sound" heard here ("Baby Love", for example) Motown
#3041, aired 1997-11-17REPUBLICANS $500: In the 1993 film "Born Yesterday", this future U.S. senator played a U.S. senator Fred Thompson
#2819, aired 1996-11-28U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: Not only the first president to marry in the White House, he was also the first to have a child born there Grover Cleveland
#2817, aired 1996-11-261796 $800: Born in Massachusetts in 1796, this educator helped create the U.S.A.'s 1st state board of education Horace Mann
#2801, aired 1996-11-04WOMEN 1975 $800: It was a first when women participated in the ceremony canonizing this 1st U.S.-born saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
#2492, aired 1995-06-06AUTHORS $1000: In 1954 this Canadian-born U.S. author won a National Book Award for "The Adventures of Augie March" (Saul) Bellow
#2303, aired 1994-09-14POP MUSIC $400: Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" & "My Hometown" were released on this 1984 album Born in the U.S.A.
#1956, aired 1993-02-22POP MUSIC $100: This singer's "Born in the U.S.A." album spawned 7 Top 10 singles (Bruce) Springsteen
#1705, aired 1992-01-17ROCK 'N' ROLL FACTS $300: This Bruce Springsteen album produced seven top 10 singles Born in the U.S.A.
#1550, aired 1991-05-03U.S.A. $500: William Saroyan was born in this raisin-growing capital of the world in Central California Fresno
#1341, aired 1990-06-04JOURNALISM $600: Scottish-born N.Y. Times columnist who acquired his nickname, "Scotty", as a child in the U.S. James Reston
#1011, aired 1989-01-16CALIFORNIANS $1000: Brightly colored paintings of this British-born L.A. painter toured the U.S. in 1988 David Hockney
#993, aired 1988-12-21ABBREVIATIONS $200: Abbreviation in the title of Bruce Springsteen's smash 1984 album U.S.A.
#936, aired 1988-10-03THE OSCARS $400: 3 of the 1st 4 actresses to win Oscars were born in this country, not the U.S. Canada
#577, aired 1987-02-24THE BOSS $800: Bruce was indeed born in the U.S.A.--in this town, in fact Freehold, New Jersey
#566, aired 1987-02-09WOMEN IN HISTORY $200: Though a U.S. citizen & thus the 1st American saint, Mother Cabrini was born in this country Italy
#386, aired 1986-03-03MYSTERIOUS EAST $300: The "th" in this former U.N. Secretary General's name means he was born on a Friday U Thant
#291, aired 1985-10-21BRIDES & GROOMS $200: Destroying dreams of girls born in the U.S.A., Julianne Phillips became Mrs. Boss by marrying him Bruce Springsteen
#147, aired 1985-04-02POP MUSIC $200: Though of Irish-Italian ancestry, this New Jersey boy was indeed "Born in the U.S.A." Bruce Springsteen

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (11 results returned)

#10, aired 2023-01-12CORPORATE MASCOTS: Born on an island in a sea of milk, this pitchman was jokingly disavowed by the U.S. Navy by saying he is not in personnel records Cap'n Crunch
#8456, aired 2021-08-02HISTORIC BUSINESSMEN: Born in the village of Waldorf, Germany in 1763, he arrived in the U.S. in 1784 (John Jacob) Astor
#7247, aired 2016-03-0120th CENTURY POETS: It was said "his accent which started out as pure American Middle West" became "quite British U" T.S. Eliot
#7156, aired 2015-10-26POP MUSIC HISTORY: Appropriately, this 1984 blockbuster was the first music CD mass-produced in the United States Born in the U.S.A.
#6726, aired 2013-12-09U.S. PRESIDENTS: Although born in the United States, he was the only president who spoke English as a second language Martin Van Buren
#6280, aired 2011-12-30ROCK ICONS: While he's had 12 Top 10 hits on Billboard, including 7 from a 1984 album, he's never had a No. 1 single Bruce Springsteen
#5512, aired 2008-07-22WORLD LEADERS: Born in Kiev & later a U.S. citizen, this leader became prime minister in 1969 of a country founded in the 20th century Golda Meir
#4747, aired 2005-04-05HISTORIC PLACES: The towns of Vierville-sur-Mer & Colleville-sur-Mer entered history with this 2-word area named for a U.S. city Omaha Beach
#3353, aired 1999-03-17IRISH-BORN AUTHORS: Once a drama critic in his native Dublin, he toured the U.S. as an actor's manager, but never visited Romania Bram Stoker
#1588, aired 1991-06-26U.S. GOVERNMENT: Of all the independent agencies of the U.S. government, this one has the most employees the Postal Service (the Post Office)
#1275, aired 1990-03-02NOTORIOUS: Probably born in France, a U.S. hero in 1815, he burned down his own colony in 1821 & disappeared Jean Lafitte

Players (12 results returned)

Jane Curtin, an actress from Kate & Allie and 3rd Rock from the Sun "One of Saturday Night Live's original Not Ready for Primetime Players,...
Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times "He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
Bob Woodward, an assistant managing editor from The Washington Post 2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-10). Charity: Sidwell Friends School.
Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost "He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP 2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....
Ana Navarro, a Republican commentator from CNN, ABC News, and Telemundo "Born in Nicaragua, she is one of the leading Hispanic Republican...
Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
David Duchovny, an actor from Californication "He's won two Golden Globes and stars as troubled novelist Hank...
Tim Russert, a moderator from Meet the Press "He's the Washington Bureau Chief of NBC News and the longtime...
Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...



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