Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (140 results returned)

#9029, aired 2024-02-01FROM THE FRENCH $800: Along with Bulgaria & even Cuba, Hungary was part of the "Soviet" this 4-letter word from the French bloc
#9026, aired 2024-01-29THE COUNTRY THAT BORDERS BOTH $400: Turkey & Bulgaria Greece
#8829, aired 2023-03-16WHAT KIND OF FOWL AM I? $800: A nation bordered by Bulgaria Turkey
#8757, aired 2022-12-06THE SURPRISINGLY SUCCESSFUL LEAGUE OF NATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1925 the League headed off a Balkan war between Bulgaria & this neighbor to the south Greece
#8734, aired 2022-11-03NAME THAT BALKAN NATION $1600: Greece & Turkey are on its southern border Bulgaria
#8702, aired 2022-09-20CAPITAL CITY ETYMOLOGIES $2,000 (Daily Double): "Wisdom" in Greek is the derivation of this Balkan capital city Sofia
#8691, aired 2022-07-25EASTERN EUROPEAN HISTORY $1000: Bulgaria is one of many countries on this peninsula that won freedom by breaking the cruel Ottoman yoke the Balkan Peninsula
#8684, aired 2022-07-14ROMANCE LANGUAGES $2000: Isolated from its romantic relatives, Romanian has been influenced by this language group of neighbors like Serbia & Bulgaria Slavic
#8665, aired 2022-06-17HISTORIC ALLIANCES $600: Created during the Cold War in 1955, this alliance joined together several countries including Bulgaria & Albania the Warsaw Pact
#8535, aired 2021-12-17HOME, SWEET HOME $400: This historic German region was home to Hohenzollern Castle, a home to Frederick William IV, king of that region Prussia
#8515, aired 2021-11-19LIKE A NATURALIZED WOMAN $1200: Sofia Vergara moved to the U.S. from this, her native country Colombia
#8406, aired 2021-05-24NON-ITALIAN ROMAN EMPEROR $800: Maximinus Thrax got his heavy metal name because he was born in this ancient region spanning Greece, Turkey & Bulgaria Thrace
#8382, aired 2021-04-20INTERNATIONAL ORGS. $1,000 (Daily Double): Bulgaria & Moldova belong to BSEC, the economic cooperation zone named for this body of water the Black Sea
#7986, aired 2019-05-06ARCHAEOLOGY $5,200 (Daily Double): In 2018 it was announced that the world's oldest intact shipwreck was found off the coast of Bulgaria, at the bottom of this sea the Black Sea
#7972, aired 2019-04-16A YEAR ENDING IN 9 $600: Communist leaders fell all over Europe, including Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria after 35 years of rule 1989
#7951, aired 2019-03-18COUNTRY SHORTCUTS $1200: Turkey & Romania Bulgaria
#7934, aired 2019-02-21"B"ORDER COUNTRIES $600: Romania: A Balkan buddy Bulgaria
#7859, aired 2018-11-08WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1000: Bulgaria & Bosnia-Herzegovina are 2 of the countries on this peninsula the Balkan Peninsula
#7756, aired 2018-05-07STOCK MARKET INDEXES $2,000 (Daily Double): The SOFIX tracks the 15 biggest stocks on this Eastern European country's exchange Bulgaria
#7756, aired 2018-05-07EMPIRES $2000: In 811 this eastern empire's Nicephorus I invaded Bulgaria; the Bulgur Khan had his skull made into a drinking cup Byzantine
#7682, aired 2018-01-23SEAS OF THE WORLD $800: From Bulgaria to Georgia, it's about 700 miles across this "colorful" sea the Black Sea
#7659, aired 2017-12-21"CHRIS"TENING $1600: In 1935 Mr. & Mrs. Javacheff of Bulgaria named their little future artist this Christo
#7630, aired 2017-11-10IN THE YEAR 1017 $1200: Basil II, ruler of this grade-"B" empire, was completing his conquest of Bulgaria the Byzantine
#7406, aired 2016-11-21GEOGRAPHY $1200: On an alphabetical list of nations in English, this Balkan nation comes immediately before Burkina Faso Bulgaria
#7385, aired 2016-10-21THE U.N.'s COUNTRY ABBREVIATION $1000: BGR Bulgaria
#7327, aired 2016-06-21THE 5 W's $1000: Where: this country that's home to the Sofia Princess Hotel Bulgaria
#7182, aired 2015-12-01WHAT "IA" COUNTRY $400: It borders Turkey & Greece Bulgaria
#7182, aired 2015-12-01WHAT "IA" COUNTRY $3,000 (Daily Double): The Netherlands relinquished sovereignty over it in 1949 Indonesia
#7162, aired 2015-11-03COUNTRY BORDERS $600: On its northwest, Croatia; on its southeast, Bulgaria Serbia
#7159, aired 2015-10-29BAD NEWS $600: A 7.4 quake in Istanbul in 1999 did lead to better relations with this western border country that gave support Bulgaria
#7080, aired 2015-05-29WORLD CAPITAL"IA" $200: In 447 the Huns destroyed this city, now the capital of Bulgaria Sofia
#6938, aired 2014-11-12THE ENDS OF THE ROAD $800: Asian Highway 1 stretches 13,000 miles from Tokyo to this country's border with Bulgaria Turkey
#6884, aired 2014-07-17A RIVER RUNS BETWEEN THEM $400: Bulgaria & Romania the Danube
#6769, aired 2014-02-06THE COUNTRY DUE SOUTH $1,000 (Daily Double): of Sofia, Bulgaria Greece
#6688, aired 2013-10-16FOR THE LAST TIME $1000: A cousin of Prince Charles, Constantine II was the last king of this country Greece
#6332, aired 2012-03-13EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $400: Kazanlak, 100 miles east of Sofia in the Valley of Roses of this country, is known for its roses used in perfumes Bulgaria
#6127, aired 2011-04-12A CAPITAL IDEA? $1000: Her father Francis says at about age 3 she heard him in a long argument & said, "Cut!" Sofia Coppola
#6105, aired 2011-03-11THE PEACE CORPS $2000: The Corps serves the 2nd as well as the 3rd World, in Romania & this Balkan neighbor on its southern border Bulgaria
#6092, aired 2011-02-22HOMECOMING KINGS & QUEENS $2000: In 1996 King Simeon returned to Bulgaria; he had fled in 1946 after a takeover by this very anti-king political party the Communist Party
#6084, aired 2011-02-10THE COUNTRY THAT BORDERS... $2000: Greece & Turkey Bulgaria
#6010, aired 2010-10-29COUNTRY CLUBS $400: Greece joined this military alliance in 1952, Bulgaria in 2004, though they're far from the body of water in its name NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
#5979, aired 2010-09-16WORLD LEADERS $1600: Former Sofia mayor Boyko Borissov is now its prime minister Bulgaria
#5916, aired 2010-05-10INTERNATIONAL ORGS. $2,000 (Daily Double): BSEC is the economic cooperation zone named for this body of water; its 12 members include Bulgaria the Black Sea
#5882, aired 2010-03-23BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN $800: Russia helped this country regain control of Sofia from the Ottomans in 1878; the Communists dominated by 1948 Bulgaria
#5812, aired 2009-12-15STATE FACTS $800: Sofia is the capital of this country on the Balkan Peninsula Bulgaria
#5698, aired 2009-05-20OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $400: In Bulgaria: This Bulgarian
#5688, aired 2009-05-06BODIES OF WATER $2000: Golden Sands is a resort on Bulgaria's east coast along this sea the Black Sea
#5615, aired 2009-01-23AROUND THE WORLD, J. PETERMAN STYLE $1600: Now, it was away to the W. border this country shares with Bulgaria & Greece; the Black Sea had taught us well Turkey
#5599, aired 2009-01-01HAPPY NEW YEAR $1,000 (Daily Double): Crowds in Romania & Bulgaria celebrated as their nations became the 26th & 27th in this org. Jan 1, 2007 the European Union
#5513, aired 2008-07-23EXCEPT AFTER SEA $2,000 (Daily Double): This sea has Georgia on its mind (well, its eastern side, anyway) & Bulgaria on its west the Black Sea
#5490, aired 2008-06-20THE BAHAMAS, BOLIVIA OR BULGARIA $200: An archipelago the Bahamas
#5490, aired 2008-06-20THE BAHAMAS, BOLIVIA OR BULGARIA $400: Has the highest population of the 3, with about 9 million Bolivia
#5490, aired 2008-06-20THE BAHAMAS, BOLIVIA OR BULGARIA $600: Member of the British Commonwealth the Bahamas
#5490, aired 2008-06-20THE BAHAMAS, BOLIVIA OR BULGARIA $800: Uses the Lev as its unit of currency Bulgaria
#5490, aired 2008-06-20THE BAHAMAS, BOLIVIA OR BULGARIA $1000: 12% Muslim Bulgaria
#5357, aired 2007-12-18SOVIET BLOC HEADS $1200: For 35 years, Todor Zhivkov ruled this eastern Balkan nation that borders the Black Sea Bulgaria
#5255, aired 2007-06-15WORLD WAR II $1200: Boris III brought this Balkan country into WWII Bulgaria
#5222, aired 2007-05-01ROYALTY $1000: In 1927 5-year-old Prince Michael was proclaimed king of this country north of Bulgaria Romania
#5204, aired 2007-04-05WORLD CAPITALS $800: A European republic: Sofia Bulgaria
#4986, aired 2006-04-24MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS $1000: Bulgaria changed this Adam Sandler film to "Psycho Therapy" Anger Management
#4907, aired 2006-01-03THE MOST POPULOUS NATION $400: Bahamas, Bahrain, Bulgaria Bulgaria
#4691, aired 2005-01-17BULGARIA $400: Reasonably enough, the bulgur type of this is popular in Bulgaria's Eastern-influenced cuisine wheat
#4691, aired 2005-01-17BULGARIA $800: City that's home to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences & the Bulgarian State Conservatory Sofia
#4691, aired 2005-01-17BULGARIA $1200: A party representing this political view won historic free elections in 1990; guess the people weren't tired of it communism
#4691, aired 2005-01-17BULGARIA $1600: Tourists flock to this sea that, unfortunately, also has a lot of pollution from industry the Black Sea
#4691, aired 2005-01-17BULGARIA $5,000 (Daily Double): The first important Bulgarian novel was Ivan Vazov's "Under the Yoke"--this empire's yoke the Ottoman Empire
#4618, aired 2004-10-06GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: The Rhodope Mountains & the city of Sofia are in this country Bulgaria
#4612, aired 2004-09-28BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE $500 (Daily Double): A bridge over this river will connect Vidin, Bulgaria with Calafat, Romania the Danube
#4588, aired 2004-07-14WORLD WAR II $400: In September 1944 this country's forces entered Bulgaria, which promptly switched to the Allied side Russia
#4559, aired 2004-06-03A VULGAR DISPLAY OF "POWER" $1000: Collective coalition name for Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria & the Ottoman Empire during WWI the Central Powers
#4516, aired 2004-04-05PRIME MINISTERS $800: The current PM of Bulgaria, Simeon Sakskoburggotski, used to be this (as Simeon II) king of Bulgaria
#4389, aired 2003-10-09EUROPE $800: Bulgaria is a leading producer of attar, an oil from these flowers roses
#4274, aired 2003-03-13THE NORTHERNMOST NATION $800: Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria Bulgaria
#4147, aired 2002-09-17ACTIVITIES $1000: Kids can be the ambassador from Kenya or Bulgaria in the "model" version of this organization founded in 1945 the United Nations
#4144, aired 2002-09-12IT BORDERS BOTH $1600: Bulgaria & Armenia Turkey
#4081, aired 2002-05-06EUROPEAN HISTORY $1200: In WWI Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria & the Ottoman Empire were known in the West as these "Powers" the Central
#4052, aired 2002-03-26"B" YOUR BEST $1000: This country of southeastern Europe is outlined here Bulgaria
#3978, aired 2001-12-12I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HUN $600: The town on the site of this capital of Bulgaria was plundered & burned by the Huns around 447 Sofia
#3830, aired 2001-04-06THE LAST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY $500: In the 1980s Bulgaria ordered this ethnic minority from a neighbor to the southeast to take Slavic names Turks
#3645, aired 2000-06-09PEOPLE & PLACES $200: This other term for a person from Bulgaria is just 2 letters shorter than the country itself Bulgar
#3555, aired 2000-02-04AROUND THE WORLD $600: In June Bulgaria holds an annual harvest festival of these blossoms, the month's traditional flower Rose
#3465, aired 1999-10-01CAPITAL (CITY) PUNISHMENT $200: Sofia Bulgaria
#3387, aired 1999-05-04ROMANIA MANIA $1000: The Danube divides Romania from this Black Sea neighbor country to the south Bulgaria
#2945, aired 1997-05-23AROUND THE WORLD $300: Bulgaria's is "Mila Rodino", which means "Dear Homeland" National anthem
#2905, aired 1997-03-28WORLD WAR I $300: The Central Powers consisted of Germany, Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary & this empire Ottoman Empire
#2828, aired 1996-12-11GEOGRAPHY $1,200 (Daily Double): The Rhodope Mountains delineate Bulgaria's southern border with this country Greece
#2679, aired 1996-04-04NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD $600: One of this country's major recreational areas is Vitosha National Park near Sofia Bulgaria
#2653, aired 1996-02-28GEOGRAPHY $600: Among the busiest ports lying on this sea are Samsun, Turkey & Varna, Bulgaria The Black Sea
#2581, aired 1995-11-20COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600: You'll find this country's major airports in Varna, Burgas & Sofia Bulgaria
#2549, aired 1995-10-05AROUND THE WORLD $800: This city was known as Serdica in ancient times, long before it became Bulgaria's capital Sofia
#2492, aired 1995-06-06GEOGRAPHY $200: Bulgaria is located on this peninsula the Balkans
#2477, aired 1995-05-16PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $800: He set his 1894 play "Arms and the Man" in Bulgaria Shaw
#2475, aired 1995-05-12WORLD CAPITALS $600: This city's Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in honor of Bulgaria's liberation from Turkish rule Sofia
#2468, aired 1995-05-031990 $100: In January 1990 this political party lost its monopoly on power in Bulgaria the Communist Party
#2424, aired 1995-03-02COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $1000: This Balkan country lost its Aegean coastline in World War I Bulgaria
#2285, aired 1994-07-08AND STRIPES $300: Number of stripes on the flag of Bulgaria, Ethiopia or France 3
#2273, aired 1994-06-22ROCKS & MINERALS $600: An important mineral found in Bulgaria is this one abbreviated Lg lignite
#2255, aired 1994-05-27BULGARIA $200: In January 1990 the Parliament voted away its constitutional guarantee as the dominant party the Communist Party
#2255, aired 1994-05-27BULGARIA $400: This river forms most of the border between Bulgaria & Romania the Danube
#2255, aired 1994-05-27BULGARIA $600: On Sept. 8, 1944 this country invaded Bulgaria the Soviet Union
#2255, aired 1994-05-27BULGARIA $1,000 (Daily Double): This city is home to the Cyril & Methodius National Library Sofia
#2255, aired 1994-05-27BULGARIA $1000: This bridge wrapper is Bulgaria's most famous contemporary artist Christo
#2253, aired 1994-05-25HISTORY $400: In 1908 Bulgaria's King Ferdinand declared his country's full independence from this empire the Ottoman Empire
#2219, aired 1994-04-07LANGUAGES $600: The Bulgarian language is written in this alphabet that may have originated in Bulgaria the Cyrillic alphabet
#2212, aired 1994-03-29AROUND THE WORLD $500: Bulgaria's Botev Peak is the tallest in this mountain range the Balkans
#2175, aired 1994-02-04EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY $800: Bulgaria borders this sea the Black Sea
#2134, aired 1993-12-09EUROPE $800: Bulgaria's National Ethnographic Museum is in the old Royal Palace in this city Sofia
#2125, aired 1993-11-26HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: In Bulgaria, the week before this 40-day period is Cheese Week; during it, you finish all your cheese Lent
#1911, aired 1992-12-21ONCE & FUTURE KINGS $1000: Now exiled, Simeon II became king of this Balkan country at age 6 after his father, Boris, was poisoned Bulgaria
#1791, aired 1992-05-18WORLD HISTORY $400: The 1912 alliance of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece & Montenegro was known as this league the Balkan League
#1720, aired 1992-02-07WORLD CAPITALS $400: Shortly after its liberation from Ottoman rule, it became Bulgaria's capital Sofia
#1698, aired 1992-01-08ALEXANDER THE GREAT $600: A 20 Alexander became king of this region, later divided among Bulgaria, Yugoslavia & Greece Macedonia
#1668, aired 1991-11-27LANGUAGES $1000: The Tosk dialect is spoken widely in the southern part of this country, which borders Greece Albania
#1595, aired 1991-07-05RULERS $400: It's reported Boris III, king of Bulgaria, died mysteriously in 1943 after an angry meeting with this man Hitler
#1436, aired 1990-11-26HISTORIC NAMES $1000: Boris III became king of this Balkan country when his father abdicated in 1918 Bulgaria
#1426, aired 1990-11-12RULERS $1000: From 1887-1946 this triple-named family associated with Britain ruled Bulgaria Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
#1386, aired 1990-09-17THE 20th CENTURY $300: One of the few disputes this organization was able to arbitrate was between Greece & Bulgaria in 1925 the League of Nations
#1380, aired 1990-09-07EUROPEAN HISTORY $600: In 1833, Bavarian Prince Otto became the 1st king of this Balkan country after its liberation from Turkey Greece
#8, aired 1990-08-04ROYALTY $500: King Boris III of Bulgaria was the son-in-law of this country's King Victor Emmanuel III Italy
#1317, aired 1990-05-01EASTERN EUROPE $1000: In November 1989 hard liner Todor Zhivkov resigned after leading this country for 35 years Bulgaria
#1202, aired 1989-11-21EUROPE $1000: This Balkan country's King Boris III died mysteriously after a confrontation with Hitler Bulgaria
#1163, aired 1989-09-27"B" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: It's the only Balkan country that fits the category Bulgaria
#958, aired 1988-11-02PERFUME $1000: Bulgaria is the chief producer of this perfume oil obtained by passing steam thru rose petals attar (of roses)
#897, aired 1988-06-28WORLD GEOGRAPHY $900 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 countries that border Romania (2 of) the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria & Hungary
#885, aired 1988-06-10BODIES OF WATER $100: Named, it's said, because heavy winter fog makes the waters look dark, it lies between USSR & Bulgaria Black Sea
#860, aired 1988-05-06EUROPEAN CAPITALS $800: It's the largest city in Bulgaria, as well as the capital Sofia
#751, aired 1987-12-07DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 Communist countries which form most of Greece's northern border (2 of) Bulgaria, Yugoslavia or Albania
#581, aired 1987-03-02EUROPE $400: "Ever Growing, Never Old" is the motto of this capital of Bulgaria Sofia
#574, aired 1987-02-19EASTERN EUROPE $200: This, the minimum voting age in Bulgaria, is the same as in the U.S. 18
#566, aired 1987-02-09THE OLYMPICS $200: V. Salnikov, who later won gold in swimming, was training in this country when Carter asked for boycott United States
#503, aired 1986-11-12RULERS $600: After converting this Balkan country to Christianity, Czar Boris I put out his own son's eyes Bulgaria
#495, aired 1986-10-31HERALDIC BEASTS $300: Coats of arms of Belgium, Bulgaria & Burundi have all displayed this beast, Panthera leo lion
#487, aired 1986-10-21AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1942, when Congress last did this, it involved Bulgaria, Hungary, & Romania declared war
#485, aired 1986-10-17THE EASTERN BLOC $400: In his testimony, would-be papal assassin Mehmet Ali Agca implicated agents from this country Bulgaria
#460, aired 1986-09-12WORLD WAR II $200: Hungary, Romania & Bulgaria originally supported this side the Axis
#410, aired 1986-04-04TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: 2 of 4 modern-day countries you could be in when you're lost in Thrace (2 of) Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria & Romania
#180, aired 1985-05-17POTENT POTABLES $400: Eastern European country in which Tokay wine originated Hungary
#125, aired 1985-03-01GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 5 countries that make up the Balkan Peninsula (2 of) Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania & Turkey
#95, aired 1985-01-18WORLD CAPITALS $200: Bulgaria's capital, it sounds like an Italian actress Sofia
#59, aired 1984-11-29GEOGRAPHY $400: 2 of 4 countries bordering Greece (2 of) Yugoslavia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Albania

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (6 results returned)

#8757, aired 2022-12-06PLAYS: A 1609 story in which an exiled king of Bulgaria creates a sea palace with his magic may have inspired the plot of this play The Tempest
#7144, aired 2015-10-08THE EUROPEAN UNION: Since Bulgaria joined in 2007, the E.U.'s 3 official alphabets have been our Latin one & these 2 Greek & Cyrillic
#5862, aired 2010-02-23MONARCHS: In 2001 Bulgaria elected as prime minister its former child monarch, the only person now living to have held this royal title czar
#5232, aired 2007-05-15TRAVEL EUROPE: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue while aboard the Orient Express.) Today, the Orient Express' Paris-Istanbul run crosses 5 countries between France & Turkey; these are 3 of them (3 of) Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania & Bulgaria
#2833, aired 1996-12-18EUROPEAN CAPITALS: This city was named for a Byzantine church Sofia, Bulgaria
#1252, aired 1990-01-30EUROPE: 2 of the 3 countries which today share the region of ancient Macedonia (2 of) Bulgaria, Greece & Yugoslavia

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