Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (73 results returned)

#14, aired 2023-05-17NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES $800: She claimed in her 1896 autobiography that she captured Jack McCall with a meat cleaver after he killed Wild Bill Hickok; not true Calamity Jane
#8863, aired 2023-05-03"D" TOUR $3,000 (Daily Double): In this Old West town, you can pay your respects to Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane Deadwood
#8716, aired 2022-10-10REMEMBERING PAST LIVES $400: Frontier diarist John Hunton wrote that this Wild Bill Hickok friend was "among the commonest of her class" Calamity Jane
#1, aired 2022-09-25THE WILD WEST $500: Based on this nickname, frontierswoman Martha Jane Cannery must have brought trouble along with her Calamity Jane
#8599, aired 2022-03-17MOVIE & TV ROLE IN COMMON $1200: Howard Keel in the 1953 film "Calamity Jane"; Keith Carradine in "Deadwood" Wild Bill Hickok
#8290, aired 2020-11-27ACTOR FACTS $2000: "Bonanza" & "All My Children" actor David Canary was the great-great-nephew of Martha Jane Cannary, aka this Wild West woman Calamity Jane
#8207, aired 2020-04-21FAMOUS NAMES $1200: This Wild West woman claimed she got her "catastrophic" nickname from one Captain Egan, whom she rescued from an ambush Calamity Jane
#8170, aired 2020-02-28HISTORIC PEOPLE ON TV $2000: Robin Weigert played this alcoholic Old West frontierswoman on "Deadwood" Calamity Jane
#7951, aired 2019-03-18ARCHAEOLOGY $1600: In this South Dakota city where Calamity Jane lived, a 2001-2004 dig found 250,000 artifacts just in Chinatown Deadwood
#7679, aired 2018-01-18JANE $200: It was the nickname of the Wild West's Martha Jane Canary Calamity Jane
#7425, aired 2016-12-16WESTERN MOVIES $1200: This hard-drinking friend of Wild Bill Hickok has been played on film by Jean Arthur, Yvonne de Carlo & Doris Day Calamity Jane
#6971, aired 2014-12-29MEET THE DAKOTAS! $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Deadwood, SD.) I'm standing in this historic Deadwood Cemetery, named for the Jerusalem hill on which Solomon built his temple; western legends Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane were laid to rest here Mount Moriah
#6904, aired 2014-09-25AMERICANA $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Deadwood, SD) Born Martha Cannary, this hard-drinking legend of the old west had a soft side, too, caring for the victims of the 1878 smallpox epidemic in Deadwood. Her dying request? "Bury me beside Wild Bill" Calamity Jane
#6687, aired 2013-10-15SINGERS ON THE SOUNDTRACK $1200: "Secret Love" from "Calamity Jane" (1953) Doris Day
#6543, aired 2013-02-13GINGHAM STYLE $1000: In a 1953 film Doris Day delivered "Gingham Fer The Girls" as this lover of Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane
#6404, aired 2012-06-21IN THE DICTIONARY $400: This term for a great disaster is found in the nickname of frontierswoman Jane a calamity
#6330, aired 2012-03-09GRAVE MATTERS $600: Calamity Jane asked to be buried next to him, & is, at Mount Moriah cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota Wild Bill Hickok
#6251, aired 2011-11-21NICKNAMES $1200: Old West personality Martha Jane Cannary was known by this misfortunate handle Calamity Jane
#6165, aired 2011-06-03TV SHOWS ON THE MAP $400: Characters on this HBO show included Al Swearengen, Calamity Jane & Morgan Earp Deadwood
#5809, aired 2009-12-10STOP! $400: Around 1900 in Kansas, she wanted folks to stop drinking, so she began taking a hatchet to local saloons Carrie Nation
#5625, aired 2009-02-06THE NEAREST $1000: ...person to Wild Bill Hickok is her Calamity Jane
#5468, aired 2008-05-21POTPOURRI $800: She was born Martha Jane Canary in Missouri; the original "calamity" in her life may have been her parents' death Calamity Jane
#5362, aired 2007-12-25THE FEMININE MISTAKE $400: Years of hard drinking led to her Aug. 1, 1903 death at about age 51; she's buried in Deadwood Calamity Jane
#5287, aired 2007-09-11DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS $200: This woman with a reputation as a hard-drinking, foul-mouthed ruffian claims she married Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane
#5223, aired 2007-05-02HISTORICAL TV $400: Historical characters on this HBO series include Calamity Jane & Wild Bill Hickok Deadwood
#5093, aired 2006-11-01OUT WEST $400: She joined Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show after meeting him at the Cotton Expo in New Orleans Annie Oakley
#5086, aired 2006-10-23THE CANARY $800: Better-known nickname of Wild West woman Martha Jane Canary Calamity Jane
#5022, aired 2006-06-13OLD WEST DESPERADOES $2000: The only criminal conviction of this "Bandit Queen" was for horse theft--she spent 9 months in prison Belle Starr
#4995, aired 2006-05-05SOUTH DAKOTA $2,200 (Daily Double): Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane are buried in this city's Mount Moriah Cemetery Deadwood
#4957, aired 2006-03-14FUN WITH DICK & JANE $200: See Jane. See Jane born in 1852. See Jane dress & swear like a cowboy. Expletive deleted, Jane! Expletive deleted Calamity Jane
#4877, aired 2005-11-22AMERICAN WOMAN $400: She was the "Plains" Jane seen here Calamity Jane
#4540, aired 2004-05-07THEATRE $1200: In the play "True History and Real Adventures", kids search for the truth about this "calamitous" Wild West gal ("Calamity") Jane
#4179, aired 2002-10-31ENDS IN "X" $800: During an 1878 epidemic of this disease, Calamity Jane helped care for the victims smallpox
#4036, aired 2002-03-04DAY $800: One of Doris' favorite roles was as this wild west tomboy who sang "Secret Love" Calamity Jane
#3973, aired 2001-12-05LEGENDS $600: Calamity Jane boasted that she rode for this short-lived delivery service Pony Express
#3671, aired 2000-07-17BEFORE & AFTER $200: The Wild West frontierswoman who won an Oscar for "Klute" Calamity Jane Fonda
#3623, aired 2000-05-10SCANDALOUS WOMEN $500: Born Martha, this Wild West gal, Wild Bill Hickok's pal, sometimes toiled as a lady of the evening Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary)
#3497, aired 1999-11-16POTPOURRI $800: The original "Calamity" in her life may have been her parents' death while settling Salt Lake City Calamity Jane
#3406, aired 1999-05-31CALAMITY JANE $100: Jane had some "dark times" as a camp follower of an expedition to these South Dakota hills Black Hills
#3406, aired 1999-05-31CALAMITY JANE $200: Jane's job title of bullwhacker indicates she drove cattle with one of these implements whip
#3406, aired 1999-05-31CALAMITY JANE $300: General George, whose troops Jane rode with, had this last name that Nixon said didn't apply to him Crook
#3406, aired 1999-05-31CALAMITY JANE $400: A woman surfaced in 1941 claiming to be the daughter of Jane & this man who played one poker hand too many Wild Bill Hickok
#3406, aired 1999-05-31CALAMITY JANE $500: Jane's gig at the 1901 Pan-American Expo in this city was overshadowed by ths McKinley assassination there Buffalo
#3288, aired 1998-12-16FUNNY WESTERNS $1000: In this 1948 film, Bob Hope played a dentist who marries "Calamity" Jane Russell The Paleface
#3254, aired 1998-10-29FRANCES FARMER $600: In "Badlands of Dakota" Frances was this Wild West lady to Richard Dix's Wild Bill Calamity Jane
#3227, aired 1998-09-22PUT 'EM IN ORDER $400: Calamity Jane, Jane Curtin, Lady Jane Grey Lady Jane Grey, Calamity Jane, Jane Curtin
#3156, aired 1998-04-27WILD WOMEN IN HISTORY $800: Calamity Jane's memoirs spread the tale of her torrid romance with this "Wild" westerner Wild Bill Hickok
#3138, aired 1998-04-01DAY $100: It was no "Calamity" when Doris Day played this Wild West woman in a 1953 film Calamity Jane
#2919, aired 1997-04-17HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: This famous frontierswoman cared for the sick during the 1878 smallpox epidemic in Deadwood, S.D. Calamity Jane
#2880, aired 1997-02-21TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: The graves of Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane can be seen at Mount Moriah Cemetery in this South Dakota city Deadwood
#2750, aired 1996-07-12ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $200: When Jeff Bridges starred as this "Wild" westerner, Ellen Barkin was his Calamity Jane Bill Hickok
#2685, aired 1996-04-12TELEVISION $200: In the 1995 miniseries "Buffalo Girls", Anjelica Huston played this notorious frontierswoman Calamity Jane
#2418, aired 1995-02-22HODGEPODGE $200: In the Old West this face card was commonly referred to as "Calamity Jane" the Queen of Spades
#2397, aired 1995-01-24DORIS DAY FILMS $400: In 1953 Day portrayed this legendary Wild West woman & Howard Keel portrayed Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane
#2329, aired 1994-10-20NICKNAMES $400: Some say Martha Jane Canary earned this nickname because she often caused catastrophes Calamity Jane
#2255, aired 1994-05-27FAMOUS NAMES $400: She began shooting small game for money at age 9, & by 16 had paid off the family mortgage Annie Oakley
#2202, aired 1994-03-15THE WILD WEST $800: Wild Bill Hickok probably never married her, but a cab driver named Clinton Burke did Calamity Jane
#2129, aired 1993-12-02THE WILD WEST $400: This woman who dressed like a man may have served as a scout for Custer Calamity Jane
#2018, aired 1993-05-19ACTORS IN WESTERNS $400: Jean Arthur, Doris Day, Jane Russell & Yvonne De Carlo all played this gal pal of Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane
#1832, aired 1992-07-14MOVIE SONGS $500: "Secret Love", from this 1953 Doris Day film about a famous frontierswoman, won an Oscar for Best Song Calamity Jane
#1500, aired 1991-02-22WILD WEST $500: Some say M. J. Canary earned this nickname by her willingness to help those in trouble Calamity Jane
#1362, aired 1990-07-03GRAVE MATTERS $500: At her request, she was buried next to Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, South Dakota Calamity Jane
#1276, aired 1990-03-05CELEBRITY RELATIVES $300: David Canary, who's seen on "All My Children", claims to be a descendant of this famous frontierswoman Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary)
#1122, aired 1989-06-20WOMEN IN WESTERNS $100: Jane Russell played this famous Jane in "The Paleface" Calamity Jane
#966, aired 1988-11-14WYOMINGITES $100: Nickname of frontierswoman Martha Jane Cannary, who was born in Missouri, lived in Wyoming, and died in South Dakota "Calamity Jane"
#928, aired 1988-09-21"WILD" MEN $100: When Doris Day played "Calamity Jane", Howard Keel played him Wild Bill Hickok
#869, aired 1988-05-19SOUTH DAKOTA $300: In Deadwood, one can visit the grave sites of this legendary wild west "couple" Calamity Jane & Wild Bill Hickok
#821, aired 1988-03-14THE OLD WEST $200: Rumored to have once married Wild Bill Hickok, it's no rumor she dressed like a man Calamity Jane
#756, aired 1987-12-14THE OLD WEST $400: Sentenced to jail for horse theft in 1883, she was Judge Isaac Parker's most famous case Belle Starr
#463, aired 1986-09-17A.K.A. $200: Martha Jane Cannary, she's buried in Deadwood, South Dakota next to "Wild Bill" Hickok Calamity Jane
#434, aired 1986-05-08SECRETS $500: "It's no secret anymore" that this song from 1953's "Calamity Jane" won an Oscar "Secret Love"
#285, aired 1985-10-11PHAMOUS PHOEBES $100: Stage name of Phoebe Butler, professional markswoman of the Wild West Annie Oakley
#183, aired 1985-05-22NICKNAMES $200: Since 11 of her 12 husbands met untimely deaths, Martha Jane Canary earned this "disastrous" nickname Calamity Jane

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (1 result returned)

#1380, aired 1990-09-07FAMOUS WOMEN: Dying in 1903, she said, "It's the 27th anniversary of Bill's death. Bury me next to Bill." Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary)

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