Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (50 results returned)

#9079, aired 2024-04-11UNREAL ESTATE $600: Living in the town of Bayport on Barmet Bay, Frank & Joe are this pair of brothers who solve mysteries the Hardy Boys
#8994, aired 2023-12-14IT'S ALL RELATIVE $400: In 1917 he founded Boys Town in Omaha, open to boys of all races & religions Father Flanagan
#8684, aired 2022-07-14TV SHOWS BY EPISODE TITLE $1000: "Riding in Town Cars with Boys" & "The Unblairable Lightness of Being" Gossip Girl
#8517, aired 2021-11-23OMAHA $1000: In 1917 this priest rented a boarding house in Omaha to care for 5 neglected boys; later, he bought a farm & it became Boys Town Father Flanagan
#8330, aired 2021-02-05PLAY CHARACTERS $1,400 (Daily Double): In this play Sister Aloysius, who serves as the principal of St. Nicholas School, has suspicions about Father Flynn Doubt
#8204, aired 2020-04-16"H.D." $400: The words "Saving Children" are on a 2017 one of these coins celebrating the centennial of Boys Town half dollar
#7967, aired 2019-04-09LIGHT $600: A motto was born when a boys town boy carrying another boy who had polio said, "He ain't heavy..., he's" this my brother
#7876, aired 2018-12-03NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS $1600: Boys Town began as this priest's Boys' Home Father Flanagan
#7027, aired 2015-03-17I WANT TO ROCK & ROLL ALL NIGHT $400: Irish band Thin Lizzy's biggest U.S. hit came when telling us that they "Are Back In Town" "The Boys"
#6774, aired 2014-02-13HISTORIC AMERICANS $600: After he was kicked out of a town in Massachusetts, this leader of the Green Mountain Boys settled in what's now Vermont Ethan Allen
#6716, aired 2013-11-25PIGGYBACKING $400: This place in Omaha, whose logo is seen here, traces its roots to the efforts of Father Edward J. Flanagan Boys Town
#6345, aired 2012-03-30IT'S ALL RELATIVE $400: In 1917 he founded Boys Town near Omaha, open to boys of all races & religions Father Flanagan
#5812, aired 2009-12-15MUSICAL NAME ORIGINS $1000: This "Boys Are Back In Town" band was named for a female robot in a comic strip, not from the nickname of the Model T Thin Lizzy
#5748, aired 2009-09-16MUSICAL MENAGERIE $1200: "Rock This Town", "Runaway Boys" The Stray Cats
#5592, aired 2008-12-23THE LONDON STAGE $2000: In 2007 these studious "Boys" were back in town in Alan Bennett's play at Wyndham's Theatre The History Boys
#5357, aired 2007-12-18ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a gym in Girls and Boys Town in Omaha, NE.) I'm at the spot where in a 1938 movie this actor, as Whitey Marsh, is elected mayor of Boys Town Mickey Rooney
#5316, aired 2007-10-22FAMOUS HUMANITARIANS $600: After WWII, this Boys Town founder served as a consultant in setting up youth programs in Korea & Japan Father Flanagan
#5151, aired 2007-01-22AN ACTOR'S LIFE FOR ME $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Girls and Boys Town.) He sent his "Boys Town" Oscar to Father Flanagan, saying his "great human qualities were strong enough to shine through my humble efforts" (Spencer) Tracy
#5145, aired 2007-01-12'HUSKER DO $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Girls and Boys Town in Omaha, NE.) After becoming a parish priest in O'Neill, Nebraska, he founded Boys Town near Omaha Father (Edward) Flanagan
#5091, aired 2006-10-30WELCOME TO OMAHA $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a scenic fountain in Omaha, NE.) It opened in downtown Omaha in 1917 with 3 lads in juvenile court & 2 homeless newsies; it's now on 900 acres near the city (Girls and) Boys Town
#4714, aired 2005-02-17THE VILLAGE $200: Founded in 1917 by Father Flanagan for homeless & abused waifs, it was made a municipality in 1936 Boys Town
#4503, aired 2004-03-17OSCAR-WINNING ROLES $400: Edward Joseph Flanagan Spencer Tracy
#4356, aired 2003-07-07CORNHUSKER CINEMA $800: Hilary Swank won an Oscar for playing a girl who lives as a guy in small-town Nebraska in this 1999 film Boys Don't Cry
#4356, aired 2003-07-07CORNHUSKER CINEMA $1,500 (Daily Double): Spencer Tracy gave his Best Actor Oscar for this 1938 film set in Nebraska to Father Edward J. Flanagan Boys Town
#4317, aired 2003-05-13A "LITTLE" MUSIC $400: In 1983 Prince has a "Little Red Corvette"; 20 years earlier The Beach Boys had this "fastest set of wheels in town" "Little Deuce Coupe"
#4305, aired 2003-04-25BEST ACTOR OSCAR WINNERS $1600: 1938: Spencer Tracy for this heartfelt drama Boys Town
#4102, aired 2002-06-04"BOY" MOVIES $400: 1938: Spencer Tracy Boys Town
#4074, aired 2002-04-25IT'S A BOY! $800: In 1979 girls were first admitted to Boys Town founded by this clergyman in 1917 Father Flanagan
#3968, aired 2001-11-28'70s SONGS $2000: In 1977 Waylon Jennings sang about going to this Texas town "with Waylon & Willie & the boys" Luckenbach
#3672, aired 2000-07-18CHARACTER ACTORS $600: Barry Fitzgerald was nominated for Best Actor & Best Supporting Actor Oscars as Father Fitzgibbon in this film Going My Way
#3409, aired 1999-06-03HISTORIC NAMES $200: His epitaph reads, "Founder of Boys Town and Lover of Christ and Man" Father Flanagan
#3358, aired 1999-03-24THEY REST IN NEBRASKA $400: Many "Our Fathers" must have been said when he died May 15, 1948 & was interred in Boys Town Father Flanagan
#3308, aired 1999-01-13HISTORIC NEBRASKA $100: Thousands receive care every year at this institution for homeless, neglected & abused children founded in 1917 Father Flanagan's Boys Town/Home
#3222, aired 1998-09-15WOMEN'S FIRSTS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1991 Sarah Williamson became the first girl mayor of this Nebraska community Boys Town
#2809, aired 1996-11-14SCHOOLS $200: Father Flanagan High School is operated by this facility just west of Omaha Boys Town
#2728, aired 1996-06-12BOYS TOWN $100: In 1976 this Calcutta woman was awarded the Father Flanagan Award for service to youth Mother Teresa
#2728, aired 1996-06-12BOYS TOWN $200: Completes the line on the town's famous statue of one boy carrying another, "He ain't heavy Father..." he's my brother
#2728, aired 1996-06-12BOYS TOWN $300: When this movie comedy team visited in 1943, they bought the boys baseball uniforms Abbott & Costello
#2728, aired 1996-06-12BOYS TOWN $400: Father Flanagan opened his first home for boys in 1917 in this Nebraska city Omaha
#2728, aired 1996-06-12BOYS TOWN $500: In 1988 Bobs Watson & this actor visited Boys Town to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film Mickey Rooney
#2626, aired 1996-01-22TRAVEL & TOURISM $800: You can see Father Flanagan's memorabilia in his home in this community outside Omaha Boys Town
#2556, aired 1995-10-16HODGEPODGE $800: This "Town" founded by Edward Flanagan in 1917 was incorporated as a village in 1936 Boys Town
#2335, aired 1994-10-28FOUNDERS $200: The official name of Boys Town includes the name of this founder Father Flanagan
#1991, aired 1993-04-12SPENCER TRACY FILMS $400: Tracy gave his Oscar for this 1938 film to father Flanagan Boys Town
#1605, aired 1991-07-19FILMS OF THE '30s $200: He played a priest in "San Francisco" in 1936 & again in 1938 for "Boys Town" Spencer Tracy
#1180, aired 1989-10-201989 $200: This Omaha village founded by Fr. Flanagan now has homes in Tallahassee & Orlando for boys...& girls Boys Town
#742, aired 1987-11-24NEBRASKA $100: Girls as well as boys now live in this village founded by Father Flanagan Boys Town
#463, aired 1986-09-17BOYS IN SONG $200: Jim Croce described him as the "baddest man in the whole damn town" Leroy Brown
#417, aired 1986-04-15U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: Called "The Energy Capital of the World", this Tennessee town lent its name to "Elvira's" Boys Oak Ridge
#337, aired 1985-12-24NEBRASKA $600: A Pulitzer Prize was won for reports on how poorly this charitable home handled its huge endowment Boys Town

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (4 results returned)

#5509, aired 2008-07-171970s HITS: In 1970 2 performers reached the Top 20 with this hit whose 6-word title was inspired by Boys Town "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
#5055, aired 2006-07-28AMERICANA: A monument at this Nebraska site bears the words "He ain't heavy, Father... he's m' brother" Boys Town
#1172, aired 1989-10-10FAMOUS NAMES: The story of this man who rented a house in Omaha, Nebraska in 1917 was made into a 1938 film Father Flanagan
#296, aired 1985-10-28THE OSCARS: In 1937 & '38, he became only man to win Best Actor Oscar in consecutive years Spencer Tracy

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