Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (63 results returned)

#9, aired 2023-01-05WE MEAN BUSINESS $600: This chain of stores opened in 1979 & it seems like since then I've been trying to find an orange-aproned person to help me Home Depot
#8508, aired 2021-11-10UP ALL NIGHT $800: In 1946 this chain of stores put its hours in its new name, but in 1963, some decided to go 24-7 7-Eleven
#8484, aired 2021-10-07U.S. FRANCHISES $400: "Oh thank heaven for" this chain of convenience stores & for its Slurpees 7-Eleven
#8264, aired 2020-10-22CHAIN STORES $200: It's the chain whose iconic logo is seen here Target
#8264, aired 2020-10-22CHAIN STORES $400: Kirkland Signature is this warehouse chain's private label brand Costco
#8264, aired 2020-10-22CHAIN STORES $600: According to its jingle, it's the "place with the helpful hardware folks" Ace
#8264, aired 2020-10-22CHAIN STORES $800: We salute you if you know that this clothing chain, owned by Gap Inc., was named for a bar in Paris; grog, anyone? Old Navy
#8264, aired 2020-10-22CHAIN STORES $1000: This chain founded in 1983 initially promised "glasses in about an hour" LensCrafters
#8199, aired 2020-04-09SHOPPING $800: Tadashi Yanai, the founder of this chain of Japanese clothing stores, is the richest person in Japan Uniqlo
#7974, aired 2019-04-18NEXT YEAR $400: This Seattle-based chain declared it would do away with plastic straws in all its 28,000 stores by 2020 Starbucks
#7932, aired 2019-02-19IT'S FULL OF STORES $200: Tom Stemberg decided the world needed an office products supermarket & so he founded this chain; that was easy Staples
#7932, aired 2019-02-19IT'S FULL OF STORES $800: Sadly, many of its "referees" were ejected from the game when this shoe store chain said it was closing 110 stores in 2018 Foot Locker
#7932, aired 2019-02-19IT'S FULL OF STORES $1000: "Live Well" is the slogan of this 3-letter nutritional supplement chain GNC
#7886, aired 2018-12-17"RITE" YOU ARE $800: In 2017 this drugstore chain sold 2,000 stores to Walgreens Rite Aid
#7803, aired 2018-07-11BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: In January 2018 (after Christmas, thank goodness) this retail chain that kids love said it would close about 180 stores Toys "R" Us
#7324, aired 2016-06-16WHOSE WHAT? $800: 3-word name of a chain of athletic supplies stores started in 1948 & no, it's not "Richard's" Dick's Sporting Goods
#7037, aired 2015-03-31FOOD & DRINK $600: This fast food chain with more than 17,000 stores worldwide dropped its full name in 1991 & began using an abbreviation KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
#6905, aired 2014-09-26WHY DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? $1600: In 2014 the Supreme Court said that this chain of stores could refuse to pay for employees' birth control Hobby Lobby
#6836, aired 2014-05-12GOING OUT OF BUSINESS $400: In 2009 service was no longer state of the art at the last brick & mortar stores of this alliterative electronics chain Circuit City
#6757, aired 2014-01-21RETAIL THERAPY $1000: Carl Buchan turned a chain of hardware stores into this second-largest home improvement retailer worldwide Lowe's
#6743, aired 2014-01-01"O-M-G"! $600: In 1961 this upscale chain of department stores introduced the first designer shopping bags Bloomingdale's
#6705, aired 2013-11-08DEPARTMENT STORES $400: The name of this chain tells you its flagship store is on Fifth Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue
#6705, aired 2013-11-08DEPARTMENT STORES $600: In September 2013 this upscale 2-named department store chain was sold to 2 private investors for $6 billion Neiman Marcus
#6571, aired 2013-03-25BUSINESS LETTERS $1000: The "K" in Kmart honors this founder who also owned a chain of stores under his own name Kresge
#6494, aired 2012-12-06HOME SWEET MOTOR HOME $1000: The film "This Is Nowhere" explores the trend of motor homes "camping" in the parking lots of this colossus of chain stores Wal-Mart
#6475, aired 2012-11-09REMEMBER BOOKSTORES? $2000: In the early 2000s this chain had 1,200 stores; in September 2011 the last one closed Borders
#6328, aired 2012-03-07THIS & THAT $400: This chain of stores owned by The Gap originally had "Travel & Safari Clothing Co." in its name Banana Republic
#6286, aired 2012-01-09THE FOOD CHAIN $200: This convenience store was born when the Southland Ice Co. sold milk & eggs after grocery stores closed 7-Eleven
#6260, aired 2011-12-02MIDDLE INITIAL C. $200: He began his retail career managing several Golden Rule stores & in 1913 formed his own chain J.C. Penney
#6225, aired 2011-10-14SHOP TALK $400: Gap, Inc., not only owns The Gap & Old Navy, it also owns this chain of stores whose logo is seen here Banana Republic
#5996, aired 2010-10-11SECRET MENUS $200: A move to healthy eating got the Pizza Sub nixed from this chain, but we hear if you ask nicely some stores will make it Subway
#5967, aired 2010-07-20TOP U.S. FRANCHISES $200: Oh, thank heaven for this largest chain of convenience stores where you can get a Big Gulp day or night 7-Eleven
#5677, aired 2009-04-21TEXAS HOLD'EM HANDS $800: A hand consisting of a 5 & 10 is nicknamed this, like a famous chain of stores Woolworth
#5491, aired 2008-06-23CORPORATE $200: The Southland Corporation might say "Oh, thank heaven" for this chain of 30,000 convenience stores 7-11
#5443, aired 2008-04-16MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS $800: In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, & you can copy me on that! Kinko's
#5427, aired 2008-03-253 LITTLE LETTERS $800: With more than 6,200 stores across the U.S., it's the nation's largest retail pharmacy chain CVS
#5312, aired 2007-10-16"KIN" FOLK $200: In 1948 Irv Robbins & this brother-in-law began franchising their small chain of ice cream stores (Burt) Baskin
#5227, aired 2007-05-08GET TO WORK! $800: The USA's biggest private employer is this chain of large discount stores with over 1.3 million employees Wal-Mart
#5185, aired 2007-03-09IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED... $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1962 his idea of putting big stores in small towns got zero response from the Ben Franklin retail chain Sam Walton
#4842, aired 2005-10-04COMPANIES $600: This chain with a month as its name has acquired stores like Kaufmann's in Pittsburgh & Robinson's in L.A. May Company (May's Department Store accepted)
#4704, aired 2005-02-03FASHIONABLE STORES $1600: This chain founded as a sportswear & camping store in 1892 publishes a cool quarterly magazine Abercrombie & Fitch
#4704, aired 2005-02-03FASHIONABLE STORES $2000: Born in 1984, this girls-only chain, voted best store in a Cosmo Girl poll, has a milestone birthday in 2005 Forever 21
#4289, aired 2003-04-03LOTTO FEVER $800: 13 workers at one of this coffee chain's stores in California became stars when they won big bucks in 2000...$87 million Starbucks
#3970, aired 2001-11-30COMPANY HISTORIES $400: In 1894 George Kinney began his chain of stores selling these shoes
#3950, aired 2001-11-02ALL-AMERICAN FOLKS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) This man built a chain of roadside stores featuring pecan log rolls like the one I'm about to enjoy Williamson S. Stuckey
#3857, aired 2001-05-15PRODUCT PLACEMENT $200: In 2000's "Hamlet", Ethan Hawke soliloquizes in one of this chain's video stores Blockbuster
#3723, aired 2000-11-08ROAD TRIP $400 (Daily Double): In 1946 a chain of convenience stores in Texas adopted this name to reflect the hours they were open 7-11
#3478, aired 1999-10-20HOWDY, "BUSTER" $100: This video chain began in Dallas in 1985; it now has more than 4,000 U.S. stores & 2,000 overseas Blockbuster
#3266, aired 1998-11-16WORDS FOR THE WISE $500: In 1998 this software chain closed its stores & went strictly online Egghead
#3183, aired 1998-06-03FOUNDERS $200: Bernard Kroger founded a chain of grocery stores & Charles Walgreen founded a chain of these Drug stores
#2910, aired 1997-04-041990s FASHION $200: This chain of stores received good PR when Sharon Stone wore one of its T-shirts to the Oscars The Gap
#2570, aired 1995-11-03MIDDLE INITIAL C. $100: By 1909 he owned a chain of 3 department stores; at his death at age 95 in 1971, his firm had 1,660 stores J.C. Penney
#2474, aired 1995-05-11FASHION NAMES $400: It's a chain of stores, or a term for a tropical country whose economy is based on fruit Banana Republic
#2193, aired 1994-03-02BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $300: Among video stores, this chain generates more revenue than its next 300 competitors combined Blockbuster
#1964, aired 1993-03-04BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800 (Daily Double): Inch for inch & foot for foot, it's the nation's fastest- growing sandwich chain Subway
#1859, aired 1992-10-08BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: With over 13,000 worldwide, it's the world's largest chain of convenience stores 7-Eleven
#1491, aired 1991-02-11IN THE NEWS $200: This fast food chain said it would phase out foam packaging at its 11,400 stores worldwide McDonald's
#1258, aired 1990-02-07BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: Take a Big Gulp & tell us the name of this chain of convenience stores owned by Southland Corp. 7-Eleven
#995, aired 1988-12-23CORPORATE AMERICA $600: Zale Corporation is the nation's largest chain of stores dealing in this merchandise jewelry
#779, aired 1988-01-14DEPARTMENT STORES $800: #2 chain in sales, they've hired style expert Martha Stewart to spruce up their image Kmart
#649, aired 1987-06-04BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $600: With over 4000 stores, it's the largest chain of pizza parlors in the U.S. Pizza Hut
#296, aired 1985-10-28CORPORATE AMERICA $400: Most stores in chain founded by S.S. Kresge have now taken this terse title Kmart
#4, aired 1984-09-13BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Piggly Wiggly stores were the first of these supermarkets

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (4 results returned)

#8097, aired 2019-11-19BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Peaking at 9,000 locations in 2004, this chain of stores was down to one in 2019, located in Bend, Oregon Blockbuster
#3149, aired 1998-04-16RETAIL: Frustrated by department stores, Donald Fisher founded this chain in 1969 as a record & jeans store The Gap
#1836, aired 1992-09-07BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This chain of 748 shoe stores was named for a Scottish professional golfer Thom McAn
#1117, aired 1989-06-13BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: This national chain of 1,248 stores was named after a pond Waldenbooks

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