Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (101 results returned)

#9055, aired 2024-03-08PAPER $400: Made from silicon carbide, flint or garnet, this abrasive can have a grit level anywhere from 12 to 1000 sandpaper
#9046, aired 2024-02-26ALLOYS $800: Ferrocerium is used to make these rocky-sounding sparking devices in cigarette lighters flint
#8942, aired 2023-10-03MEN OF MICHIGAN $1200: Born in Flint, this prolific documentarian wrote the book "Dude, Where's My Country?" Michael Moore
#8816, aired 2023-02-27HOME FROM COLLEGE $200: Home in Flint in this state for winter break? Drive out to Lapeer for a slide down Toboggan Hill Michigan
#8788, aired 2023-01-18ELEMENTAL RESPONSES $1200: A container with flint, steel & matches, or a situation with the potential for violence & destruction a tinderbox
#8748, aired 2022-11-23SPEECH OF THE DICKENS $1600: In "The Old Curiosity Shop", this means a miser, even without an initial "skin" flint
#8738, aired 2022-11-09GEOLOGY $1200: Used in the Stone Age for spear points & arrowheads, this form of quartz later found a use in firearms flint
#8718, aired 2022-10-12WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME $400: Half a quart & a hard mineral used to produce a spark pint & flint
#8614, aired 2022-04-07DOCUMENTARIES $800: In "Roger & Me", Michael Moore set out to confront Roger Smith about the closing of this automaker's plants in Flint, Michigan General Motors
#16, aired 2022-02-18LET'S ROCK & ROLL! $600: Hominid use of this variety of quartz to make tools goes back millions of years; we "-locked" it into early firearms a bit later flint
#2, aired 2022-02-08MY HERO OF ACADEMIA $800: Civil engineering professor Marc Edwards has exposed dangerous levels of this element in the drinking water of D.C. & Flint, Mich. lead
#8500, aired 2021-10-29THE VILLAIN OF THE PIECE $1600: This "Treasure Island" bad guy was a former sidekick of Captain Flint, "the bloodthirstiest buccaneer that sailed" Long John Silver
#8437, aired 2021-07-06AMERICANA $1,000 (Daily Double): Unusually, one building of the Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce in West Virginia is made of this flammable mineral coal
#8423, aired 2021-06-16DESERT ISLAND READS $1600: One of Captain Flint's crew, Ben Gunn is marooned on this title island for 3 years Treasure Island
#8346, aired 2021-03-01ANTHROPOLOGY $1600: In early "factories" , Neanderthals turned out tools of this hard stone known for fire-sparking qualities flint
#8240, aired 2020-09-18PLACES OF SUBSTANCE $400: This Michigan industrial city bears the name of a river named for a "fire stone" Flint
#8123, aired 2019-12-25A POWER CALLER $200: Give partially decayed plant matter called peat a few million years & it'll form this ignitable rock coal
#7960, aired 2019-03-29QUARTZ & ALL $2,500 (Daily Double): A form of quartz gave its name to this firing mechanism used in old-timey pistols flintlock
#7822, aired 2018-09-18ONE-SYLLABLE CITIES $400: In 2016 a state of emergency was declared over lead contamination in this Michigan city's water Flint
#7790, aired 2018-06-22ROCKS & MINERALS $400: Chert & this related rock that fractures into pointy pieces provided tools & weapons 2 million years ago flint
#7556, aired 2017-06-19ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS $800: Made of tiny crystals of quartz, this rock formed from silica was used in firearms of the 1600s flint
#7542, aired 2017-05-30WINNING THROUGH ALLITERATION $800: In his youth this Oscar-winning documentarian started a radical newspaper, The Flint Voice Michael Moore
#7438, aired 2017-01-04INTERVIEWS $1200: (I'm Melissa Harris-Perry.) In 2016 I interviewed Karen Weaver, mayor of this Michigan city, who talked about the horrific water crisis her people faced Flint
#7369, aired 2016-09-29MICHIGAN HISTORY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a graph on the monitor.) In 2016, the Washington Post showed lead in parts-per-billion in Michigan; with the normal level of cause for concern being 5, in Troy, it was 1.1, in Detroit, it was 2.3, & in this city, a staggering 27 Flint
#7341, aired 2016-07-11ROCKS $1000: It's the spark-producing part of a lighter; you can order a replacement one a flint
#7275, aired 2016-04-08THERE'S CHEMISTRY BETWEEN US $400: The EPA says it's a problem if water has more of this element than 15 parts per billion; in 2015 Flint, Mich. tested at 27 lead
#7193, aired 2015-12-16PARROT CULTURE $800: Arr! In this novel Long John Silver has a parrot called Cap'n Flint, named for a famous pirate Treasure Island
#7110, aired 2015-07-10LIVE "LONG" $800: This literary character has a parrot named Cap'n Flint Long John Silver
#7104, aired 2015-07-02ANIMALS, VEGETABLES, MINERALS $1000: The name of this mineral is from the Greek for "fire"; as well as fooling gold-seekers, it produced the spark in wheel-lock guns (iron) pyrite
#7025, aired 2015-03-132-TIMING STATES $1000: In Michigan they're still asleep in Ironwood but getting up in this rock-hard seat of Genesee County Flint
#6964, aired 2014-12-18COUNTRIES BY WORLD HERITAGE SITES $800: The Neolithic flint mines near Mons & the Brugge Historic Center Belgium
#6903, aired 2014-09-24WHAT GOOGLE COULD BE DOING $2000: This food made from the flint variety is always getting stuck between teeth, & Google has no fix popcorn
#6723, aired 2013-12-04ON THE ROCKS $400: Consisting of tiny crystals of quartz, this rock that provides a spark was utilized in early firearms a flint
#6597, aired 2013-04-30CHOP CHOP! $800: In the Stone Age, this stone was the main one flaked to produce arrowheads & axes; it can also be used to strike fire flint
#6544, aired 2013-02-14LET'S ROCK $400: This stone came before "lock" in the name of an olden type of musket flint
#6468, aired 2012-10-31THE BOX $1200: To make fire before matches were invented, this container held combustible materials, flint & steel a tinderbox
#6460, aired 2012-10-19A NOVEL CATEGORY $400: John Drake's 2009 novel "Flint And Silver" was a prequel to this 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson classic Treasure Island
#6310, aired 2012-02-10PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICANS $200: A flint spear point from an ancient Mexican civilization was found lodged between 2 ribs of one of these "woolly" animals mammoths
#6281, aired 2012-01-02RECENT BOOKS $800: "Here Comes Trouble", a look back by this pot-stirring documentarian, includes his boyhood in Flint Michael Moore
#6229, aired 2011-10-20MEET THE FLINT STONES $200: The flint core stones seen here were used to produce this fire
#6229, aired 2011-10-20MEET THE FLINT STONES $400: The flint seen here is from a stratum of this stuff you might use to write "I will answer in the form of a question" 100 times chalk
#6229, aired 2011-10-20MEET THE FLINT STONES $600: Flint is a fine-grained variety of this mineral used in crystal-controlled clocks & watches quartz
#6229, aired 2011-10-20MEET THE FLINT STONES $800: The prehistoric flint projectile points seen here were found near this New Mexico town, named for a game show Truth or Consequences
#6229, aired 2011-10-20MEET THE FLINT STONES $1000: Dark bands of flint are visible in these famous cliffs the Cliffs of Dover
#6205, aired 2011-07-29STATE GEMS $4,000 (Daily Double): This form of silica, also the name of a Michigan city, is Ohio's gemstone flint
#6190, aired 2011-07-08QUOTATIONS IN LITERATURE $600: In this 1883 children's classic, a parrot named Captain Flint squawks, "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!" Treasure Island
#5998, aired 2010-10-13"F" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: Historically a manufacturing stronghold, it's 60 miles northwest of Detroit Flint
#5858, aired 2010-02-17ROCK $2,000 (Daily Double): Chert, a hard, dense sedimentary rock, is called jasper if it's brightly colored, & this if it's dark flint
#5631, aired 2009-02-16LATER $1000: Cavemen chipped this dark quartz rock into sharp tools & weapons; thousands of years later, it was used in firearms flint
#5598, aired 2008-12-31ROCKS & STONES $1600: Knapping, chipping rock to shape tools, is usually done to this hard type of quartz flint
#5593, aired 2008-12-24THEY GOT STRUCK $800: By the UAW in Flint, December 1936 to February 1937 General Motors
#5293, aired 2007-09-19CHARACTERS IN LITERATURE $400: This treacherous pirate in "Treasure Island" has a pet parrot named Captain Flint Long John Silver
#5175, aired 2007-02-23EXCELLENT ADVENTURE $200: At the end of this novel, Jim has "the voice of Captain Flint still ringing in" his "ears: 'Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!'" Treasure Island
#5090, aired 2006-10-27ROCK OF AGES $800: The name of this hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony, can also be found on maps of Michigan flint
#4783, aired 2005-05-25ROCKS $400: From about 1620 to the mid-1800s, firearms used this rock to produce a spark that ignited the gunpowder flint
#4777, aired 2005-05-17AIRPORT NAMES $1200: The Flint, Michigan airport is named for Arthur Bishop, who was on this company's board for 29 years General Motors
#4698, aired 2005-01-2619th CENTURY LITERARY QUOTES $400: Charles Dickens called him "tightfisted... hard and sharp as flint" (Ebenezer) Scrooge
#4402, aired 2003-10-28SHADES OF GRAY $1200: GM is associated with this Michigan city that some find a striking shade of gray Flint
#4350, aired 2003-06-27STICKS & STONES $800: Prehistoric people made arrowheads & knives out of this rock which was also used to make fires flint
#4277, aired 2003-03-18"IN" THE MOVIES $2000: 1967: James Coburn battles a secret society of women plotting to take over the world In Like Flint
#4240, aired 2003-01-24POTLUCK $2000: Something that has the potential for widespread violence, or a container in which you'd find flint & steel tinderbox
#4010, aired 2002-01-25KEY STONES $800: A Michigan city of 130,000 that you can use to start a fire Flint
#3954, aired 2001-11-08ARTIFACTS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew pretends to chop at a stone slab.) I'm wielding the versatile stone-age tool called a hand this, though it lacks a separate blade ax
#3759, aired 2000-12-28CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $1000: In "Treasure Island", this one-legged pirate is always accompanied by his parrot, Cap'n Flint Long John Silver
#3684, aired 2000-09-14ROCK ON! $400: This very hard quartz is struck against steel to make sparks when starting a fire Flint
#3049, aired 1997-11-27LEFTOVERS $100: Cavemen first got it from natural sources; rubbing sticks & sparking flint came later fire
#2979, aired 1997-07-10POTPOURRI $500: This basic ingredient of glass can be derived from sand, flint or quartz Silica
#2788, aired 1996-10-16LITERARY CHARACTERS $400: This one-legged cook of the Hispaniola has a parrot named Cap'n Flint Long John Silver
#2733, aired 1996-06-19MICHIGAN CITIES $1000: When GM workers struck in this city in 1936 & 1937, the "sparks" created got the UAW recognized Flint
#2492, aired 1995-06-06PARKS $200: A passage linking the Flint Ridge cave system to this Kentucky cave was discovered in 1972 Mammoth Cave
#2453, aired 1995-04-12ENGLISH LITERATURE $200: The fortune recovered in this Robert Louis Stevenson tale belonged to the long-dead Captain Flint Treasure Island
#2255, aired 1994-05-27WORLD RELIGIONS $500 (Daily Double): The creation story of this 6-tribe Native American group recounts the birth of twins Flint & Sapling the Iroquois
#2181, aired 1994-02-14COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: This university has its main campus in Ann Arbor & branch campuses in Dearborn & Flint the University of Michigan
#2167, aired 1994-01-25ANCIENT HISTORY $800: the Stone Age stones used for tools were flint & this black volcanic glass Obsidian
#2165, aired 1994-01-21ARCHEOLOGY $400: A Paleolithic flint industry has been discovered at Grimaldi just east of this principality Monaco
#2150, aired 1993-12-31"BOX" LUNCH $300: A holder for flint & steel, or a potentially explosive place a tinderbox
#2073, aired 1993-09-15ROCKS & MINERALS $400: This mineral used by early man to make tools is actually a type of chert flint
#2039, aired 1993-06-17ODDS & ENDS $400: This form of silica is the main constituent of sand and flint quartz
#1955, aired 1993-02-19SCIENCE $400: This fine-grained, tough quartz makes a spark when struck against steel flint
#1943, aired 1993-02-03GRAINS $400: The chief types of this grain are pod, sweet, flour, flint, dent, waxy & pop corn
#1870, aired 1992-10-23ROCKS & MINERALS $200: Early man produced sparks to start fires by striking this mineral against iron flint
#1694, aired 1992-01-02MUSEUMS $200: Displays on transportation can be found at the Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Museum in Flint in this state Michigan
#1628, aired 1991-10-02LITERARY CHARACTERS $200: This Robert Louis Stevenson pirate has a parrot named Captain Flint Long John Silver
#1578, aired 1991-06-12VEGGIES $500: The more common name for colorful "flint" corn Indian corn
#1548, aired 1991-05-01U.S. CITIES $400: Windmill Island Park in this Michigan city recreates its Dutch heritage Holland
#1543, aired 1991-04-24GENERAL SCIENCE $600: Also called chert, this rock was used by early man for tools flint
#1527, aired 1991-04-02STARTS WITH "WH" $400: This object for sharpening knives & tools is commonly made of quartz or flint a whetstone
#1520, aired 1991-03-22AUTOMOBILE HISTORY $500: In 1908, General Motors was founded in this Michigan city, not Detroit Flint
#1460, aired 1990-12-28FIRE $300: Before matches, this, made of cloth or bark was kept in a box to be set afire with flint & steel tinder
#1430, aired 1990-11-16GENERAL SCIENCE $600: It's found in layered beds or as nodules in chalk; early man chipped it to form tools flint
#1372, aired 1990-07-17LITERATURE $600: This Robert Louis Stevenson character had a parrot named Captain Flint Long John Silver
#1191, aired 1989-11-06ARCHAEOLOGY $400: Early man fashioned this silica rock into sharp tools & weapons; it was later used in firearms Flint
#949, aired 1988-10-20IMAGINARY ISLANDS $300: Supposedly near Mexico, its name comes from Captain Flint's booty buried there Treasure Island
#799, aired 1988-02-11ROCKS $200: Often found as nodules in chalk deposits, when struck by steel it produces a spark flint
#755, aired 1987-12-11ACTOR & ACTRESSES $600: Sean Connery was playing James Bond while James Coburn struck sparks as this "comic strip imitation" Our Man Flint
#602, aired 1987-03-31"T" TIME $1000: A black rock related to flint once used to test purity of gold & silver a touchstone
#569, aired 1987-02-12TV TRIVIA $200: Though he was more flint than calcium, "Star Trek"s Dr. McCoy had this nickname "Bones"
#398, aired 1986-03-19MOVIES $400: James Coburn struck sparks as a secret agent in this 1966 spy spoof Our Man Flint
#360, aired 1986-01-24AMERICAN INDIANS $200: Hard quartz used by Indians as arrowheads & firestarters flint
#182, aired 1985-05-21GEOLOGY $200: Striking this hard form of quartz with steel produces a spark flint
#141, aired 1985-03-25ROCKS & MINERALS $200: A sparking rock or a Michigan city Flint

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (3 results returned)

#8023, aired 2019-06-2619th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS: "Hard and sharp as flint... he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn't thaw it one degree at Christmas" Ebenezer Scrooge
#3829, aired 2001-04-05DOCUMENTARIES: This 1989 film ends with the line "This film cannot be shown within the city of Flint. All the theaters have closed" Roger and Me
#2049, aired 1993-07-01BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: The Brooklyn Flint Glass Works changed its name to this after moving to a N.Y. town of the same name Corning

Players (5 results returned)

Rose Adams, an information management coordinator from Flint, Michigan Season 30 player (2013-10-22).
Dane Walker, a courier from Flint, Michigan Season 31 player (2015-04-16).
Janet O'Keefe, a librarian from Flint, Michigan Season 24 player (2008-03-18).
Chad Mosher, a seventh-grader from Flint, Michigan 2003 Holiday Kids Week player (2003-01-10). Chad's personal website features a...
Dennis Wright, a welder from Council Grove, Kansas Season 28 1-time champion: $25,200 + $1,000.



Didn't find what you wanted? Try your J! Archive search using Google, Bing, or Yahoo!

The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.