Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (93 results returned)

#6289, aired 2012-01-12BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Elliot Handler, the "el" in this toymaker, died at age 95 in 2011 Mattel
#6289, aired 2012-01-12BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: After nearly 100 years, this company cut its Oldsmobile brand from its line in 2004 GM (General Motors)
#6289, aired 2012-01-12BUSINESS BIGGIES $600: In summer 2010 this insurance giant paid back nearly $4 billion of its bailout loan; only $97 billion to go! AIG
#6289, aired 2012-01-12BUSINESS BIGGIES $800: This company, a leading supplier of business information & services, is known as D&B for short Dun & Bradstreet
#6289, aired 2012-01-12BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: This maker of Huggies & Kleenex started out in 1872 to manufacture newsprint from rags Kimberly-Clark
#5989, aired 2010-09-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: (Alex gives the clue from an industry shop-floor in Dearborn, MI.) This is the only one of America's Big Three automakers that did not get a federal bailout in 2009 Ford
#5989, aired 2010-09-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: Though it's named for a big state, this firm founded in 1930 makes a lot of tiny electronic stuff Texas Instruments
#5989, aired 2010-09-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Microsoft's headquarters.) After Microsoft moved to Bellevue, Washington, this company asked them to write the operating system for their new PC; MS-DOS would soon become an industry standard IBM
#5989, aired 2010-09-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $800: This cell phone company made the radio that relayed the first words from the moon Motorola
#5989, aired 2010-09-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: A statue of the god Mercury inspired the logo of this tire company Goodyear
#2690, aired 1996-04-19BUSINESS BIGGIES $100: Called Big Blue, it controlled nearly 80% of the computer market in the 1960s & 1970s IBM
#2690, aired 1996-04-19BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: This world's largest car rental company grew out of a Chicago concern with 12 Model Ts Hertz
#2690, aired 1996-04-19BUSINESS BIGGIES $300: HSY is the New York Stock Exchange symbol of this confectioner Hershey
#2690, aired 1996-04-19BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: In 1986 Capital Cities bought this television network for $3.5 billion ABC
#2690, aired 1996-04-19BUSINESS BIGGIES $500: Hercules, a Delaware-based chemical maker, spun off from this company in 1912 Du Pont
#2397, aired 1995-01-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $100: This instant photography company began marketing 35 mm. conventional film in 1989 Polaroid
#2397, aired 1995-01-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: McKesson Corp. sells this product under the Sparkletts & Crystal brand names bottled water
#2397, aired 1995-01-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $300: In May 1994 Swiss conglomerate Sandoz agreed to buy this U.S. baby food giant for $3.7 billion Gerber
#2397, aired 1995-01-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: Though it has plants in many countries, Michelin is based in this country France
#2397, aired 1995-01-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $500: Abbreviated HP, this company was founded by 2 young Stanford engineers in 1939 Hewlett-Packard
#2171, aired 1994-01-31BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Dai-Ichi & Nippon Kangyo, 2 of this country's oldest banks, merged in 1971 Japan
#2171, aired 1994-01-31BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: Software maker Claris Corp. is a subsidiary of this Macintosh computer maker Apple
#2171, aired 1994-01-31BUSINESS BIGGIES $600: In 1990 this company announced plans to produce a new jet, the 777 Boeing
#2171, aired 1994-01-31BUSINESS BIGGIES $800: This corporate home of Elsie the Cow also sells Cracker Jack & Creamette pasta Borden
#2171, aired 1994-01-31BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: This French company applied for a radial tire patent in 1946 Michelin
#2105, aired 1993-10-29BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: First marketed in 1981, it's now the USA's No. 1 brand of sugar substitute Nutrasweet
#2105, aired 1993-10-29BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: This company owns & operates the world's largest pickle factory & you'll find it in Holland, Michigan Heinz
#2105, aired 1993-10-29BUSINESS BIGGIES $600: This laundry detergent once used the advertising phrase "Ring around the collar" Wisk
#2105, aired 1993-10-29BUSINESS BIGGIES $800: In 1981 accountant Roger B. Smith became CEO of this American automaker General Motors
#2105, aired 1993-10-29BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: This retail chain began as the Golden Rule Store in 1902 in Kemmerer, Wyoming J.C. Penney
#1636, aired 1991-10-14BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: For the sixth straight year, this automaker has topped the Fortune 500 list of the nation's top companies General Motors
#1636, aired 1991-10-14BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: This company, which calls itself "Rock Solid" , is North America's No. 1 seller of life insurance Prudential
#1636, aired 1991-10-14BUSINESS BIGGIES $600: Under his new Sony contract, this singing superstar could earn $1 billion over the next 15 years Michael Jackson
#1636, aired 1991-10-14BUSINESS BIGGIES $800: Since acquiring this company in 1963, Heinz has become the world's largest tuna packer StarKist
#1636, aired 1991-10-14BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: In 1953 All American Airlines became Allegheny Airlines & in 1979 it became this U.S. Air
#1593, aired 1991-07-03BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Castle & Cooke, which owns 98% of the Hawaiian island of Lanai, also owns this pineapple Co. Dole
#1593, aired 1991-07-03BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: In January, after abandoning merger talks with TWA, this airline filed for Chapter 11 Pan Am
#1593, aired 1991-07-03BUSINESS BIGGIES $600: This company based in Los Angeles, ranks as the 3rd-largest seller of athletic shoes LA Gear
#1593, aired 1991-07-03BUSINESS BIGGIES $1,000 (Daily Double): According to the 1990 Franchise Annual, the top franchise after McDonald's is this real estate Co. Century 21
#1593, aired 1991-07-03BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: This Co. in East Aurora, N.Y. has an on-site play laboratory where it tests its toys on kids Fisher-Price
#1406, aired 1990-10-15BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Frank Robinson, a bookkeeper, named this soft drink and created the script for its logo in 1886 Coca-Cola
#1406, aired 1990-10-15BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: Famous for "Super Mario Bros.", this company donated $3 million to M.I.T. to study how kids learn when they play Nintendo
#1406, aired 1990-10-15BUSINESS BIGGIES $600: In the 1930s, this company now headquartered in Armonk, N.Y., produced its first electric typewriter IBM
#1406, aired 1990-10-15BUSINESS BIGGIES $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1978 this company became the 1st to exceed $100 billion in assets AT&T
#1406, aired 1990-10-15BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: Saatchi & Saatchi is one of the world's largest firms in this business advertising
#1248, aired 1990-01-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $100: This luggage maker would like you to think its products are as strong as the biblical man they are named for Samsonite
#1248, aired 1990-01-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Founded in 1857, this company makes Elsie Ice Cream & Elmer's Glue Borden's
#1248, aired 1990-01-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $300: Owned by Bristol-Myers, this hair-care line includes the most popular hair-coloring products in U.S. Clairol
#1248, aired 1990-01-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: The grass is always greener when it's this, the world's 1st synthetic turf AstroTurf
#1248, aired 1990-01-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $500: G.D. are the 1st & middle initials of this man who founded the company that created NutraSweet Searle
#1019, aired 1989-01-26BUSINESS BIGGIES $100: There's a glut of cola on the market, so this company's giving us more Kisses Hershey's
#1019, aired 1989-01-26BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: This credit card co. is test marketing a supersmart card to flash an authorization code for purchases Visa
#1019, aired 1989-01-26BUSINESS BIGGIES $300: In February 1988 Hallmark Cards bought Univision, a TV network that broadcasts in this language Spanish
#1019, aired 1989-01-26BUSINESS BIGGIES $500 (Daily Double): Companies from the far east have spent about $1 million since 1986 to incorporate in this U.S. state Delaware
#1019, aired 1989-01-26BUSINESS BIGGIES $500: Their ads say it's the only vodka imported into the U.S. from Russia Stolichnaya
#1008, aired 1989-01-11BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Kidnapped & held for a $10 million ransom in 1983, Alfred Heineken heads a company famous for this beer
#1008, aired 1989-01-11BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: Due to increased cosmetic sales to Latinos, this firm is "calling" for more Spanish-speaking sales reps Avon
#1008, aired 1989-01-11BUSINESS BIGGIES $600: In 1988, this co. increased licensing fees fivefold for rivals wishing to make compatible components IBM
#1008, aired 1989-01-11BUSINESS BIGGIES $800: In April 1988 a court struck down the Kennedy-Hollings Amendment, directed at this media magnate Rupert Murdoch
#1008, aired 1989-01-11BUSINESS BIGGIES $1,300 (Daily Double): It's the largest privately-held company in Italy Fiat
#1004, aired 1989-01-05BUSINESS BIGGIES $100: In April 1988 this capitalistic company signed an agreement to open 20 restaurants in Moscow McDonald's
#1004, aired 1989-01-05BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: This magazine, founded in 1930, excluded financial firms & utilities from its famous list of "500" Fortune
#1004, aired 1989-01-05BUSINESS BIGGIES $300: These "Other Guys" are now a chemical & aerospace company as well as a tire maker (B.F.) Goodrich
#1004, aired 1989-01-05BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: In 1988 this U.S. car maker set an industry record with over $1.5 billion in quarterly earnings Ford
#1004, aired 1989-01-05BUSINESS BIGGIES $500: This soap co. sponsors nationwide fireworks shows that include a "ring around the sky" display Lever Brothers
#974, aired 1988-11-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $100: Sterling Drug, maker of Bayer aspirin, was recently purchased by this U.S. camera company Kodak
#974, aired 1988-11-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: In 1940 the Mars Company, noted for its candy, acquired this brand of rice Uncle Ben's
#974, aired 1988-11-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $300: After Six, estab. in 1903, controls over half the market of this type of men's wear evening wear (formal wear, tuxedos)
#974, aired 1988-11-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: William Manchester wrote "The Arms of" this German steelmaking family Krupp
#974, aired 1988-11-24BUSINESS BIGGIES $500: The largest glassmaker in the U.S. PPG Industries, used to be called this Pittsburgh Plate Glass
#783, aired 1988-01-20BUSINESS BIGGIES $100: Hallmark has 41 full-time writers producing these, which account for 1/2 of household-to-household mail greeting cards
#783, aired 1988-01-20BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: This 9 Lives star announced in August 1987 he's running for president as an Independent, not a Demo-Cat Morris (the Cat)
#783, aired 1988-01-20BUSINESS BIGGIES $300: Sheraton Hotels are owned by this communications company ITT
#783, aired 1988-01-20BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: Philadelphia's Smithkline Beckman Corp. makes this, said to be the biggest-selling cold remedy in world Contac
#783, aired 1988-01-20BUSINESS BIGGIES $500: According to the book "Who Owns What", this is the nation's largest maker of men's formal wear After Six
#624, aired 1987-04-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Said to be largest cereal mill in world, this co.'s mill in Cedar Rapids, Iowa really feels its oats Quaker
#624, aired 1987-04-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: Name of this sportswear firm was derived from founder's name, Adolf "Adi" Dassler Adidas
#624, aired 1987-04-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $600: In 1976, this Philip Morris brand knocked off Winston as #1 selling cigarette in the U.S. Marlboro
#599, aired 1987-03-26BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: Conveniently, it's the nation's largest food chain & largest corporate donor to "Jerry's Kids" the Southland Corporation (7-Eleven)
#599, aired 1987-03-26BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: "Leading with style" is new slogan for this giant jeweler who wants to focus on fashion, not investment Zales
#599, aired 1987-03-26BUSINESS BIGGIES $600: What the RJR in RJR Nabisco stands for RJ Reynolds
#599, aired 1987-03-26BUSINESS BIGGIES $800: Canon has developed a computer microchip called "a charge-coupled device" to take the place of this film
#599, aired 1987-03-26BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: It's said this Swiss company held 80% of the tranquilizer market till their patent on Valium expired in 1985 (Hoffman)-La Roche
#590, aired 1987-03-13BUSINESS BIGGIES $100: In per-store gross, White Castle was #1 in 1984 fast food business, edging out this huge competitor McDonald's
#590, aired 1987-03-13BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: One version says the name of this product was inspired by a picture of William Penn Quaker Oats
#590, aired 1987-03-13BUSINESS BIGGIES $300: This Texas department store's 1965 catalogue had a page "How to Spend $1 Million" there Neiman Marcus
#590, aired 1987-03-13BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: Cincinnati-based company that makes largest selling toothpaste, detergent, & dandruff shampoo in U.S. Procter & Gamble
#590, aired 1987-03-13BUSINESS BIGGIES $500: Big holes were 1st put in '45s to force buyers to use players "initially" made only by this company RCA
#341, aired 1985-12-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $200: The Southland Corporation says "Oh, thank heaven" for these top-ranked convenience stores 7-Eleven
#341, aired 1985-12-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $400: Leading restauranteur who also leads in youth employment McDonald's
#341, aired 1985-12-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $600: This Johnson & Johnson product survived a poison scare to remain #1 pain killer Tylenol
#341, aired 1985-12-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $700 (Daily Double): In pet foods, which occupy more grocery space than any other foodstuff, this company is #1 Ralston Purina
#341, aired 1985-12-30BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: Edison's company combined with Thomson-Houston to form this leading light bulb maker General Electric

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (4 results returned)

#4355, aired 2003-07-04BUSINESS BIGGIES: In January 2003 this company based in Oak Brook, Illinois reported its first ever quarterly loss McDonald's
#4341, aired 2003-06-16BUSINESS BIGGIES: Founded in 1898 when several cracker companies merged, in 2000 it passed from one tobacco company to another Nabisco (it went from R.J. Reynolds to Philip Morris)
#3772, aired 2001-01-16BUSINESS BIGGIES: In the 1890s he established steamer lines on the Great Lakes to control the transport of iron to Pittsburgh Andrew Carnegie
#1870, aired 1992-10-23BUSINESS BIGGIES: This, the world's largest food company, is based in Vevey, Switzerland Nestle

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