Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (89 results returned)

#8, aired 2023-05-12GAMES, OLD & NEW $1200: Around 1870 the Tenth Hussars faced the Ninth Lancers in this game that's been around for 2,000 years or so polo
#8736, aired 2022-11-07IN THAT NOVEL $400: Old Major sings "Beasts of England" Animal Farm
#3, aired 2022-10-09AMERICANA $400: Yankee magazine says this New England state is known for chowder, old money & being the home of TV's Gilmore girls Connecticut
#8658, aired 2022-06-08AROUND THE WORLD $800: Modern-day Druids visit this Mystic circle north of Salisbury, England that's thousands of years old Stonehenge
#8625, aired 2022-04-22OLD JOB NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): In Latin, this food preparation job is carnifex; in medieval England it also meant executioner a butcher
#8577, aired 2022-02-15EDIBLE ETYMOLOGY $600: In England, it's a cookie & in the U.S. it's a roll, but either way, it's from Old French for "twice baked" a biscuit
#8430, aired 2021-06-25JOLIE OLD FRANCE $800: In an effort to strangle it economically, Napoleon imposed his "Continental System" blockade on this nation, France's foe England
#8137, aired 2020-01-14LET'S GET MARRIED! $800: In England this rhyme about wedding attire ends with "and a silver sixpence in your shoe" Something old, something new (*Something borrowed, something blue)
#8110, aired 2019-12-06OLD BOOKS $400: The Domesday Book, a record of the value & ownership of land in 11th century England, was compiled by order of this king William the Conqueror
#8064, aired 2019-10-03THE WORLD IN 1819 $2,000 (Daily Double): Shelley's poem "England in 1819" calls him "an old, mad, blind, despised and dying king" George III
#7963, aired 2019-04-03OLD TIMES $400: In 793 A.D. Vikings from Scandinavia attacked England when they crossed this sea that separated them the North Sea
#7685, aired 2018-01-26THE FABRICS OF OUR LIVES $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts.) For the ladies, 19th century New England stores, like in Old Sturbridge Village, had to stock the latest in this fabric named for a large Indian city; the fabric would vary between darker & lighter colors & busier & plainer prints calico
#7657, aired 2017-12-19AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In old New England a regular use of the village green was training this body of men mentioned in the Second Amendment the militia
#7644, aired 2017-11-30NEW ENGLAND $600: In 2003, after years of erosion, this state's iconic Old Man of the Mountain crumbled to the ground New Hampshire
#7608, aired 2017-10-11THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND $800: A statue of justice tops the London building known as this old place Bailey
#7477, aired 2017-02-28OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts.) A bustling place in the 18th century, used as everything from a parade ground to a town dump, by the early 1800s, the center of the typical New England village was becoming we think of as the peaceful manicured green, or as they call it in Boston, this the common
#7187, aired 2015-12-08COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND $800: The Old South Meeting House was the organizing point for this Dec. 16, 1773 event the Boston Tea Party
#7096, aired 2015-06-22OLD JERSEY, NEW JERSEY $800: Situated between southern England & western France, Jersey is the largest & southernmost of these islands the Channel Islands
#7018, aired 2015-03-04JOLLY OLD CITIES IN ENGLAND $400: It's home to the International Slavery Museum, but you may know it as the home of the Beatles Liverpool
#7018, aired 2015-03-04JOLLY OLD CITIES IN ENGLAND $800: This city on the River Cam is home to a univ. founded in the 1200s; the same-named one in Massachusetts has good schools too Cambridge
#7018, aired 2015-03-04JOLLY OLD CITIES IN ENGLAND $1200: Associated with a mean sheriff, this city on the River Trent used to have an "S" in front--ewww Nottingham
#7018, aired 2015-03-04JOLLY OLD CITIES IN ENGLAND $1600: The Thermae Spa has updated the millennia-old hot springs tradition of this city Bath
#7018, aired 2015-03-04JOLLY OLD CITIES IN ENGLAND $2000: The frame of a ship, or a Yorkshire port city of 250,000 people Hull
#6992, aired 2015-01-27GREAT BALLS OF "IRE" $2000: Any county in jolly old England a shire
#6728, aired 2013-12-11"P"s ON EARTH $1,800 (Daily Double): The grave of this founder of a U.S. state is at Old Jordans Cemetery, Buckinghamshire, England William Penn
#6705, aired 2013-11-08THE SWEET 1600s $2000: Nicknamed the "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street", it was founded in London in 1694 the Bank of England
#6695, aired 2013-10-25"C" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1614 John Smith came to New England & got rich taking thousands of these fish to sell in Old England cod
#6579, aired 2013-04-04ENGLAND SWINGS $800: In 2005 a 32-year-old Cambridge man punched out a 14-year-old over a game of this; I say! that's not... cricket
#6293, aired 2012-01-18OLD VIRGINIA $2000: In 1716 Virginia's governor claimed possession of this scenic valley for England the Shenandoah Valley
#6170, aired 2011-06-10OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1,500 (Daily Double): Virginia's official nickname is "Old" this, a reference to its status as England's oldest colony in the Americas Dominion
#6099, aired 2011-03-03MARY: ME $1200: Me: Mary of Lorraine, regent of this country for my 12-year-old daughter, Mary Stuart Scotland
#5954, aired 2010-07-01"OY" TO THE WORLD $800: This fabric may take its name from the Old French for "cloth of the king" corduroy
#5907, aired 2010-04-271910 $800: Ending an 800-year-old monarchy, in October this country became a republic & its last king, Manuel II, fled to England Portugal
#5850, aired 2010-02-05ANAGRAMMED UNIVERSITIES $200: In jolly old England: BARDIC GEM Cambridge
#5843, aired 2010-01-27THIS OLD HOUSE 30th ANNIVERSARY $1600: This master carpenter is pure New England & even has the same name as a "Cheers" character Norm Abram
#5739, aired 2009-07-16KIDS RULE! $200: Henry VI was just 9 months old when he succeeded his dad, Henry V, as king of this in 1422 England
#5360, aired 2007-12-21BRIT "B"ITS $1600: "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street", it was founded in 1694 partly to finance William III's French wars the Bank of England
#5110, aired 2006-11-24HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $1000: The Bank of England is "The Old Lady of" this street; the London Stock Exchange was there until 2004 Threadneedle Street
#5025, aired 2006-06-1617th CENTURY QUOTATIONS $400: On Feb. 23, 1667 he wrote in his "Diary", "This day I am, by the blessing of God, 34 years old, in very good health" Samuel Pepys
#4969, aired 2006-03-30ART $1600: This "Rake's Progress" satirist was a British patriot, as seen in his 1748 work "O the Roast Beef of Old England" (William) Hogarth
#4962, aired 2006-03-21OLD YORK, OLD YORK $1200: York's cathedral of St. Peter is the largest church in England built in this medieval architectural style Gothic
#4962, aired 2006-03-21OLD YORK, OLD YORK $1600: York suffered severely during this man's conquest of Northern England in the 1060s William the Conqueror
#4915, aired 2006-01-13OLD HAMPSHIRE $200 (Daily Double): Winchester, the county seat of Hampshire, was the capital of this Western Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England Wessex
#4831, aired 2005-09-19SONNETS $1200: This Romantic began his "England in 1819", "An old, mad, blind, despised and dying king" Shelley
#4773, aired 2005-05-11I READ THE ARTICLES, TOO $1000: In an 1850 article, Dickens described his visit to this "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" the Bank of England
#4608, aired 2004-09-22METER MAIDS $1200: This lady from an old New England family wrote "A Lady", which says, "You are beautiful and faded, like an old opera tune" (Amy) Lowell
#4497, aired 2004-03-09ELLIS ISLAND $1,600 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) This comic was born in England; he arrived at Ellis Island in 1908 as a 4-year-old named Leslie Bob Hope
#4426, aired 2003-12-01BELOVED POEMS $200: "If I should die" wrote WWI poet Rupert Brooke, "... some corner of a foreign field ... is forever" this jolly old place England
#4166, aired 2002-10-14BREWERS $800: Although most of the ingredients come from old England, Tremont Ale is brewed in this New England city Boston
#3768, aired 2001-01-10"OLD" ENGLAND $100: A cottage in Yealmpton purports to be the residence of this nursery rhyme housekeeper Old Mother Hubbard
#3768, aired 2001-01-10"OLD" ENGLAND $200: It's the nickname of the Central Criminal Court of the city of London Old Bailey
#3768, aired 2001-01-10"OLD" ENGLAND $300: In 1963 this London theatre became the temporary home of the National Theatre Old Vic
#3768, aired 2001-01-10"OLD" ENGLAND $400: Dates in England before 1752 are described as this if they are left in the Julian calendar Old style
#3768, aired 2001-01-10"OLD" ENGLAND $500: They're worn by businessmen who want to be recognizable to their former classmates The old school tie
#3659, aired 2000-06-29"STREET"S $1000: This nickname for the Bank of England is over 300 years old "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street"
#3548, aired 2000-01-26AROUND THE U.S.A. $1,000 (Daily Double): This nickname of Virginia came from Charles II ranking it with England, Ireland, France & Scotland "Old Dominion"
#3491, aired 1999-11-08WEIGHTS & MEASURES $500: In Old England, a sack was a unit of weight for this fiber covering 364 pounds; so 3 sacks full weighed 1092 lbs. Wool
#3489, aired 1999-11-04I WAS A TEENAGE... $400: This unfortunate "Lady" was only 15 years old when she began her 9-day reign over England in 1553 Lady Jane Grey
#3224, aired 1998-09-17OLD FARMERS $400: In 1912 he sold his Derry farm (Derry, New Hampshire) & moved to England to write poetry Robert Frost
#3147, aired 1998-04-14OLD YORK $200: You can't miss York Minster, England's largest church in this style named for a Germanic tribe Gothic
#3147, aired 1998-04-14OLD YORK $400: Alas, poor York! It was burned by this new ruler of England in the 11th century William the Conqueror
#2880, aired 1997-02-21TRAVEL & TOURISM $100: When visiting this New England capital, stop at Charlestown Navy Yard to see "Old Ironsides" Boston
#2836, aired 1996-12-23HERBS & SPICES $500: In old England this fruit was roasted & served with caraway; "Henry IV, Part 2" mentions it Apples
#2652, aired 1996-02-27KINGS $600: This king of England's nickname "The Unready" comes from Old English unraed, meaning he lacked advice Ethelred
#2499, aired 1995-06-15POTPOURRI $1000: Yankee & the Old Farmer's Almanac are published in Dublin in this New England state New Hampshire
#2488, aired 1995-05-31POETS $200: This New England poet published his first major collection, "A Boy's Will", while living in Old England Robert Frost
#2477, aired 1995-05-16THE BANK OF ENGLAND $800: This nickname for the bank comes from its conservatism & location the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
#2316, aired 1994-10-03AMERICANA $400: Maryland is the "Old Line State" & this New England state is the "Old Colony State" Massachusetts
#2281, aired 1994-07-04ENGLAND'S HENRYS $800: Henry VI, who became king at about 9 months old in 1422, reigned at the start of these dynastic wars the Wars of the Roses
#2025, aired 1993-05-28LEGAL LINGO $500: In Old England this was the time to cover your fire & go to bed by order of the king curfew
#1907, aired 1992-12-15FOOD FACTS $800: Tipsy pudding, which might make you feel a little tipsy, is an old-fashioned dessert from this country England
#1902, aired 1992-12-08ENCLOSURES $500: This term for the outer courtyard of a castle has been applied to an old court in England Old Bailey
#1753, aired 1992-03-25THE 1940s $600: During the decade, Britain's Labor government nationalized this 250-year-old bank Bank of England
#1413, aired 1990-10-24THE '50s $300: When Hurricane Carol hit New England it toppled the steeple from this historic church the Old North Church
#1261, aired 1990-02-12TEENS IN HISTORY $1000: 15-year-old "Lady" whose incredibly short reign in England lasted only 9 days Lady Jane Grey
#1241, aired 1990-01-15WORLD GEOGRAPHY $300: At the old observatory here you can stand with 1 foot in the eastern hemisphere & one in the western Greenwich, England
#1174, aired 1989-10-12ENGLAND $200: The nation's most prestigious financial institution, it's known as "The Old Lady of Threadneedle St." Bank of England
#1085, aired 1989-04-28MYTHS & LEGENDS $200: Legendary "old" nursery rhyme ruler, he may have been a real king of England in the 3rd century Old King Cole
#1079, aired 1989-04-20DANCE $200: The name for this ritual folk dance of old England may be a corruption of "Moorish dance" the Morris dance
#1058, aired 1989-03-22DOUBLE "W"s $1000: A platform built atop old New England houses serving as a lookout for incoming ships widow's walk
#842, aired 1988-04-12U.S. STATES $1000: The Old Man of the Mountains, carved by nature into a mountainside, is an attraction of this N.E. state New Hampshire
#637, aired 1987-05-19THE YOUNGEST $300: In 1979, Marcus Hooper of England, a 12-years-old, became youngest person to swim this body of water English Channel
#631, aired 1987-05-11NAUTICAL HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): Docked in New England it's called the oldest commissioned ship afloat in any of the world's navies U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides)
#400, aired 1986-03-21LONDON LANDMARKS $1000: Nickname "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street", its worth is measured in pounds the Bank of England
#373, aired 1986-02-12"LAST" $1,000 (Daily Double): Unfortunately, this aptly titled 1975 song was 1st & only hit for Roger Whittaker: There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor Tomorrow for old England she sails Far away from your land of endless sunshine "The Last Farewell"
#314, aired 1985-11-21NURSERY RHYMES $300: Colchester, England was named for this legendary Celtic king immortalized in rhyme Old King Cole
#171, aired 1985-05-06SCIENCE $800: Discovery of this "ancient man" in England proved to be a hoax Piltdown Man
#143, aired 1985-03-27WORLD WAR II $2,000 (Daily Double): Country which sank the subject of this song: "We'll find the German battleship that's makin' such a fuss / We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us / Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around / When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down" England (Great Britain)
#3, aired 1984-09-12WORLD OF FOOD $1000: Stem of a variety of lily, known in Old England as "sparrow grass" asparagus

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (4 results returned)

#6276, aired 2011-12-26JOLLY OLD ENGLAND: Queen Anne liked the Marquess of Normanby, gave him permission to build a huge home in London & made him Duke of this Buckingham
#4748, aired 2005-04-06FAMOUS PLACES: The appearance of this famous site gave England its old name of Albion the White Cliffs of Dover
#2389, aired 1995-01-12BRITISH MONARCHS: 9-year-old Henry III became king of England when this king, his father, died in 1216 King John
#2170, aired 1994-01-28WORD ORIGINS: From the same root as "bottle", this job in Old England involved pouring wine butler

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