Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (80 results returned)

#2, aired 2024-01-12NBA HISTORY $200: In the 1990s this Chicago Bulls guard was the MVP of the NBA Finals a record 6 times Jordan
#8917, aired 2023-07-18AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1886 a riot in this city's Haymarket Square led to the deaths of several police officers & demonstrators Chicago
#8915, aired 2023-07-14FAMILIES IN U.S. HISTORY $200: Last name of William Howard, the 27th president, & his brother Charles Phelps, owner of the Chicago Cubs Taft
#8815, aired 2023-02-24BLACK HISTORY $1600: Around 1910 there was no such thing as Chicago blues; this 2-word exodus of Black folks brought the music north the Great Migration
#8776, aired 2023-01-02HISTORY COMES ALIVE WITH ERIK LARSON $200: (Erik Larson presents the clue.) My bestseller "The Devil in the White City" told the incredible true story of how a prolific serial killer lured his victims using the 1893 World's Fair in this Midwest city Chicago
#8695, aired 2022-07-29HISTORY $2000: A statue of a speakers' wagon stands in this Chicago square to commemorate the 1886 riot that occurred there Haymarket Square
#8350, aired 2021-03-05BAD MEN & ROBBIN' $1600: Probably the most famous bank robber in U.S. history, he was public enemy number one when he was killed outside a Chicago theater (John) Dillinger
#8284, aired 2020-11-19AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $400: One of the oldest repositories of African-American history, the DuSable Museum is a fixture of this Midwest city's South Side Chicago
#8240, aired 2020-09-18ALTRUISTIC ATHLETES $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture.) The Game Changers Hall bears the name of this Chicago legend who donated $5 million to the museum; as of 2017, he was still ranked by "Forbes" as the highest-earning athlete of all time (Michael) Jordan
#8216, aired 2020-05-18AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Now 115 years old, the Chicago Defender isn't a Bears safety but one of the oldest of these for African Americans a newspaper
#8146, aired 2020-01-27PHRASE HISTORY $600: Marshall Field's Chicago department store popularized the expression "The customer is" this always right
#8135, aired 2020-01-10AMERICAN HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): On Oct. 8, 1871 a fire started on DeKoven Street, destroying more than 17,000 of this city's buildings Chicago
#8060, aired 2019-09-27MUSEUM-PODGE $600: This Chicago Museum of Natural History bought Sue, the largest & most complete T. rex skeleton, for over $8 mil. in 1997 the Field Museum
#7783, aired 2018-06-13U.S. LIBRARIES $600 (Daily Double): Housing millions of records, the Family History Library in this city attracts genealogists from all over the world Salt Lake City
#7460, aired 2017-02-03AMERICAN HISTORY $400: This disaster began on October 8, 1871 in a barn on DeKoven Street & left nearly 100,000 people homeless the Chicago fire
#7224, aired 2016-01-28CHICAGO HISTORY $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Chicago History Museum.) The museum houses many relics that survived the Great Fire of 1871, including a cowbell that was allegedly worn by this woman's cow, who was once blamed for kicking over a lantern & starting the fire Mrs. O'Leary
#7224, aired 2016-01-28CHICAGO HISTORY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Chicago History Museum.) During Prohibition, which saw a rise in criminal activity, copper stills & buckets like these were used at home to make illegal high-proof whiskey known by this lunar name moonshine
#7224, aired 2016-01-28CHICAGO HISTORY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Chicago History Museum.) Made of wood & originally pulled by a steam locomotive, the car here, which transported passengers from the loop to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 is the last one remaining of Chicago's first fleet of railcars to be called by this nickname the "El"
#7224, aired 2016-01-28CHICAGO HISTORY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Chicago History Museum.) In 1911, you could actually buy the motorbuggy, the Model P, for $495, by mail order through the catalog of this Chicago merchant Sears
#7224, aired 2016-01-28CHICAGO HISTORY $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Chicago History Museum.) In 1924, in the crime of the century, Chicago teen Bobby Franks was brutally murdered; these glasses found near the body were traced back to this man, who soon confessed, as did accomplice Richard Loeb (Nathan) Leopold
#6480, aired 2012-11-16AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In February 1933 gunman Giuseppe Zangara tried to assassinate FDR but instead killed this city's mayor Anton Cermak Chicago
#6392, aired 2012-06-05MEDICAL HISTORY $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us an iron lung at the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.) The iron lung was used when normal breathing was impossible due to lack of muscle control; it was once a standard treatment for this disease that was tamed by vaccines in the 1950s polio
#6392, aired 2012-06-05MEDICAL HISTORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a medical device at the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.) French surgeon Alexis Carrel invented the perfusion pump, an early type of artificial heart, with the help of this American aviator, who was a mechanic from earliest boyhood (Charles) Lindbergh
#6392, aired 2012-06-05MEDICAL HISTORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us statues at the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.) The Hall of Immortals honors medical pioneers, like Madame Curie, ancient Egypt's Imhotep, & of course, this man, born in Greece around 460 B.C. Hippocrates
#5497, aired 2008-07-01BASEBALL HISTORY $200: In 1881 the owner of the Chicago White Stockings said these "must come down" to keep teams from bankruptcy salaries
#5330, aired 2007-11-09THE BELOVED BRACHIOSAURUS $1000: Courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History, a Brachiosaurus skeleton is mounted in this Midwest airport O'Hare
#5320, aired 2007-10-26THEATRE HISTORY $1600: In 1882 his play "Ghosts" had its world premiere in Chicago, not in Oslo, but it was presented in Norwegian Ibsen
#5114, aired 2006-11-30MUSEUMS $1200: You can see Sue, the largest, most complete & best-preserved T. Rex at this Chicago Museum of National History Field Museum
#4810, aired 2005-07-01U.S. MUSEUMS $400 (Daily Double): Bushman, a famous gorilla who once lived at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, lives on forever at this nearby museum the Field Museum (of Natural History)
#4572, aired 2004-06-22A "D" IN HISTORY $400: He took office as the mayor of Chicago in 1989 (Richard) Daley
#4398, aired 2003-10-22BASEBALL HISTORY $1600: 2 of the 5 cities that had both National League & American League teams in 1903 (2 of 5) Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, or St. Louis
#4350, aired 2003-06-27CRACK OPEN A U.S. HISTORY BOOK $800: In August 1900 in Chicago, this group, the GAR, held its 34th annual encampment Grand Army of the Republic
#4234, aired 2003-01-16THE HISTORY CHANNEL $800: The "Perfect Crimes?" series naturally profiled this 1920s Chicago pair who thought their crime was perfect Leopold and Loeb
#4105, aired 2002-06-07BASEBALL HISTORY $400: In 1881 the owner of the Chicago White Stockings said these "must come down" to keep teams from bankruptcy players' salaries
#3941, aired 2001-10-22AL, HISTORY'S PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PAL $100: In 1871 Chicago, Al promises to retrieve this woman's lantern from a barn but he'll get to it in a minute; oops Mrs. O'Leary
#3899, aired 2001-07-12MUSEUMS $1000: What was once the Chicago Natural History Museum is now called this, after its founder the Field Museum
#3778, aired 2001-01-24HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 4 $400: Leading to new & better fire codes, the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire in this Midwest U.S. city killed over 500 Chicago
#3652, aired 2000-06-20PRO BASKETBALL $300: On April 16, 1996 this team defeated the Milwaukee Bucks to become the first in NBA history to win 70 games in a season Chicago Bulls
#3589, aired 2000-03-23THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART 1 $200: This event on October 8-9, 1871 forced thousands of Illinois residents to flee their homes Chicago Fire
#3496, aired 1999-11-15WILD WOMEN IN HISTORY $600: The Everleigh sisters (not to be confused with the Everly Brothers) ran the fanciest bordello in this Illinois city Chicago
#3491, aired 1999-11-08PEOPLE IN HISTORY $200: In 1893 this architect opened his own practice in Chicago; later he moved it to Oak Park Frank Lloyd Wright
#3433, aired 1999-07-07C IN HISTORY $400: In 1860 Abe Lincoln became the Republican presidential nominee at a convention held in this city Chicago
#3257, aired 1998-11-03COACH $800: With the Chicago Bulls, he was the guiding force behind the best single-season record in NBA history Phil Jackson
#3008, aired 1997-10-01TELEVISED HISTORY $300: The whole world was watching the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention in this city Chicago
#2888, aired 1997-03-0520th CENTURY HISTORY $600: The atomic pile built by this Italian physicist in Chicago in 1942 used pure graphite as a moderator Fermi
#2861, aired 1997-01-27U.S. MUSEUMS $300: This Chicago museum houses more than 19 million artifacts & specimens the Field Museum of Natural History
#2742, aired 1996-07-02AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1959 a Dutch ship became the first oceangoing vessel to reach Chicago via this waterway St. Lawrence Seaway
#2742, aired 1996-07-02AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: A May 3, 1886 clash at the McCormick Reaper Works in Chicago led to this riot the next day Haymarket Riot
#2602, aired 1995-12-19MUSEUMS $600: This Chicago Natural History Museum's first collections were from the Columbian Exposition of 1893 the Field Museum
#2587, aired 1995-11-28AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1955 this Cook County clerk was elected Chicago's mayor Richard Daley
#2574, aired 1995-11-09AMERICAN HISTORY $200: The original of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was destroyed in this city's Oct. 8, 1871 fire Chicago
#2537, aired 1995-09-19U.S. HISTORY $600: At about 9:30 P.M. on Oct. 8, 1871, it was noticed by a lookout on top of the Chicago courthouse (The Great Chicago) fire
#2497, aired 1995-06-13QUOTATIONS $800: In a May 1916 Chicago Tribune article, he was quoted as saying, "History is more or less bunk" Henry Ford
#2493, aired 1995-06-07MUSEUMS $800: A 10-foot mural of Black history adorns a wall of this city's Dusable Museum of African American history Chicago
#2296, aired 1994-09-05MUSEUMS $500: This natural history museum's original name was the Columbian Museum of Chicago the Field Museum
#2192, aired 1994-03-01AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In February 1933 gunman Joseph Zangara missed FDR but killed Anton J. Cermak, this city's mayor Chicago
#2140, aired 1993-12-17U.S. HISTORY $400: This city's 1886 Haymarket Riot left 7 policemen dead & more than 60 injured Chicago
#2127, aired 1993-11-30CHICAGO $500: This natural history museum has more than 10 acres of exhibits Field Museum
#1963, aired 1993-03-03MUSEUMS $400: This city's Natural History Museum is named for department store owner Marshall Field Chicago
#1931, aired 1993-01-18WORLD HISTORY $400: Over 17,000 buildings were destroyed in the fire that struck this U.S. city October 8, 1871 Chicago
#1887, aired 1992-11-17CHAMPIONS $100: Their 1991 NBA championship was the first in the club's 25-year history Chicago Bulls
#1885, aired 1992-11-13MUSEUMS $300: This city's Field Museum of Natural History has a 250,000 volume reference library Chicago
#1833, aired 1992-07-15POLITICIANS $400: He won 6 4-year terms as Chicago's mayor, more than any other person in the city's history Richard Daley
#1829, aired 1992-07-09U.S. HISTORY $400: Put on trial in 1969, Tom Hayden & Yippie Jerry Rubin were part of this group accused of inciting a riot the Chicago Seven
#1748, aired 1992-03-18U.S. HISTORY $200: On Nov. 3, 1948 the Chicago Tribune erroneously reported that he defeated Truman Dewey
#1639, aired 1991-10-17WORLD TRAVEL $1000: This Chicago museum of natural history was an outgrowth of the 1893 Columbian Exposition the Field Museum
#1632, aired 1991-10-08U.S. HISTORY $400: To honor the 400th anniversary of America's discovery the Columbian Exposition was held in this city in 1893 Chicago
#1597, aired 1991-07-09CHICAGO $800: The city's Natural History Museum was founded by this dept. store owner in 1893 (Marshall) Field
#1441, aired 1990-12-03U.S. HISTORY $800: An 1886 labor riot in this Chicago square left about 10 dead & more than 60 wounded Haymarket
#1396, aired 1990-10-01U.S. HISTORY $1000: In 1933-4 this city staged a World's Fair to celebrate its 100th anniversary Chicago
#11, aired 1990-08-25U.S. HISTORY $500: Legend says this October 8, 1871 event began in a stable at Jefferson & DeKoven Streets in Chicago Great Chicago Fire
#1370, aired 1990-07-13NORTH AMERICA $300: The Field Museum of Natural History in this city is one of the largest of its kind Chicago
#1167, aired 1989-10-03MUSEUMS $500: Department store magnate who helped to start the Chicago Museum of Natural History (Marshall) Field
#1164, aired 1989-09-28U.S. HISTORY $800: An 1886 labor rally in this city's Haymarket Square turned into a riot Chicago
#866, aired 1988-05-16U.S. HISTORY $800: During the Chicago 8 trial, this judge ordered Bobby Seale bound & gagged Judge Hoffman
#776, aired 1988-01-11HISTORY $600: Before he was Canada's P.M., William Lyon Mackenzie King lived in this famous house with Jane Addams Hull House (in Chicago)
#738, aired 1987-11-18U.S. HISTORY $1000: By the end of 1845, Mormon industry had turned it from swampland into the largest city in Illinois Nauvoo
#693, aired 1987-09-16AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On Sept. 24, 1969, the trial of this group began, with Judge Julius Hoffman presiding the Chicago 8 later changed to 7
#311, aired 1985-11-18U.S. HISTORY $100: Demonstrators were kicked out of this city's Lincoln Park August 27, 1968 Chicago
#165, aired 1985-04-26HISTORY $100: 13,000 houses were destroyed, but no one died in this city's "Great Fire" of 1666 London

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (4 results returned)

#6827, aired 2014-04-29U.S. HISTORY: Messrs. Gusenberg, Gusenberg, May, Weinshank, Clark, Heyer & Schwimmer famously died on this day in 1929 February 14 (or Valentine's Day)
#6471, aired 2012-11-05BROADWAY MUSICALS: Based on a 1926 play & real-life events, it's now the longest-running American musical in Broadway history Chicago
#5505, aired 2008-07-11BASEBALL HISTORY: For nearly 30 years, California's Catalina Island was the spring training camp for this non-California Major League team the Chicago Cubs
#4373, aired 2003-09-17ACADEMY AWARD HISTORY: "Chicago" was the first musical to win the Best Picture Oscar since this film won for 1968 Oliver!

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