Saturday Jeopardy

[luckytrim]

Did you know ??
NFL GREAT VINCE LOMBARDI COINED THE TERM “GAME PLAN.”
JEOPARDY- gimmie an "E"
1. ($200)- a yew or a juniper, for example...
2. ($600)- this mountain, locally called "goddess mother of the world," rises 29,035 feet above nepal and tibet...
3. ($1,000)- hirohito held this title for sixty-three years...
DOUBLE JEOPARDY- colorful books
4. ($400)- it begins, "i am sam sam i am"...
5. ($1,200)- this pulitzer prize-winning novel is told through letters written by a black woman named celie...
6. ($2,000)- in the 1980s, this first tom clancy novel didn't sink off the best-seller lists...
FINAL JEOPARDY- big business
7. in 1886, herman hollerith, born on leap day 1860, organized the tabulating machine company, which evolved into this giant...
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1. what is an evergreen?
2. what is (mt.) everest?
3. what is emperor?
4. what is "green eggs and ham"?
5. what is "the color purple"?
6. what is "the hunt for red october"?
7. what is "IBM (acceptable- international business machines)

 

[buckytom]

i can't believe i missed ibm. i thought it was ncr, national cash register.

 

[luckytrim]

.............and you bet ALL that easy money from the other six, didn't ya???

 

[buckytom]

no, i wagered $5399, so there.

 

[cara]

*huh* knew almost everything... just missed the sam-thing... ;o))

 

[-DEADLY SUSHI-]

Ummmmmmm...... What is Cheese?

 

[buckytom]

psst, #7 = 1986?

 

[luckytrim]

good catch, buckytom..... fixed it

 

[corazon]

I thought the first one was conifer...did well today though.

 

[luckytrim]

I thought the first one was conifer...did well today though

the category was "gimmie an "e"..................if i don't read the category, i miss every one........

 

[corazon]

the category was "gimmie an "e"..................if i don't read the category, i miss every one........

yep, that would do it!

 

[Barbara L]

Yay, I got them all! Where's my money?

Barbara