JEOPARDY! PRACTICE TEST – CLUES & CATEGORIES

  1. WORLD RELIGION

    KRISHNA & RAMA ARE BOTH CONSIDERED AVATARS OF THIS HINDU GOD

  2. CABLE TV PERSONALITIES

    THIS SCOTTISH- BORN CHEF IS KNOWN FOR HIS TV RANTS AT WEAKER RESTAURATEURS

  3. DYNASTY

    NICHOLAS II WAS THE LAST RULING CZAR OF THIS ROYAL FAMILY

  4. WHAT A CHARACTER!

    TOPSY & SIMON LEGREE ARE BOTH CHARACTERS IN THIS BESTSELLING NOVEL

  5. NEW TESTAMENT GEOGRAPHY

    JOHN THE BAPTIST'S MINISTRY TOOK PLACE IN THE REGION AROUND THIS RIVER

  6. TOYS

    IN 1903, WITH PRESIDENTIAL PERMISSION, MORRIS MICHTOM BEGAN MARKETING THESE TOYS

  7. WORD ORIGINS

    THIS TERM FOR A PERSON WHO WORKS FOR VARIOUS EMPLOYERS COMES FROM KNIGHTS WHO SOLD THEIR SKILLS

  8. TALE TELLERS

    SHE'S THE FABLED TALE TELLER IN "THE THOUSAND & ONE NIGHTS"

  9. PHYSICS

    REGARDING THIS DEVICE, ARCHIMEDES SAID, "GIVE ME A PLACE TO STAND ON, AND I WILL MOVE THE EARTH"

  10. ACTRESSES

    IN 2008 SHE PLAYED DAISY, THE LIFELONG FRIEND OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

  11. MOUNTAIN HIGH

    THIS 14,700-FOOT PEAK IN THE SWISS ALPS IS FAMOUS FOR ITS SHAPE & THE DANGER OF ASCENDING IT

  12. U.S. PRESIDENTS

    HE WAS PRESIDENT DURING THE WAR OF 1812

  13. SYMPHONIES

    MOZART'S LAST & PERHAPS MOST POWERFUL SYMPHONY SHARES ITS NAME WITH THIS PLANET

  14. SPEAKING IN TONGUES

    THIS LANGUAGE WAS INVENTED IN WARSAW IN 1887 BY DR. L.L. ZAMENHOF

  15. SPORTS STARS

    IN THE 2007-'08 SEASON, THIS CLEVELAND CAVALIER TURNED 23 & AVERAGED 30 POINTS A GAME

  16. HOMOPHONES

    AN ARM BONE, OR AN ADJECTIVE MEANING "FUNNY"

  17. SCIENTISTS

    NOW NAMED TO THE CABINET, STEVEN CHU WON A NOBEL FOR CAPTURING ATOMS WITH THESE LIGHT BEAMS

  18. MYTHOLOGY

    HE OCCUPIED A CHAIR OVER WHICH THE "SWORD OF" HIM WAS SUSPENDED BY A SINGLE THREAD

  19. BOOKS BY REPORTERS

    BUSH AT WAR, "PLAN OF ATTACK" & "STATE OF DENIAL" ARE BOOKS BY THIS FAMED JOURNALIST

  20. VOCAL MUSIC

    CECILIA BARTOLI HAS UNEARTHED & SUNG SEVERAL FORGOTTEN ARIAS BY THIS "FOUR SEASONS" COMPOSER

  21. BODIES OF WATER

    IT'S THE SMALLEST & EASTERNMOST OF THE GREAT LAKES

  22. MEASURE IT

    9 TEASPOONS EQUALS THIS MANY TABLESPOONS

  23. WORLD LITERATURE

    LOGICALLY, IT'S THE MIDDLE BOOK OF DANTE'S "DIVINE COMEDY"

  24. TRANSPORTATION

    IN 1620 IT SAILED WEST FROM SOUTHAMPTON WITH CHRISTOPHER JONES AS CAPTAIN

  25. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS

    ATOMIC NUMBER 98, THIS RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT IS THE ONLY ONE NAMED AFTER A U.S. STATE

  26. POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS

    THIS MIDWEST STATE IS THE ONLY ONE WHOSE 2-LETTER POSTAL ABBREVIATION IS A PREPOSITION

  27. CROSSWORD CLUES "P"

    ATTORNEY-CLIENT BENEFIT (9 LETTERS)

  28. SHAKESPEARE

    IT COMPLETES THE LINE "SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO..."

  29. THEATER

    IN A 2008 REVIVAL OF THIS SHOW, THE SHARKS SING IN SPANISH

  30. ICE CREAM

    THIS FLAVOR WAS INVENTED IN 1929 & NAMED IN PART TO REFLECT THE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES AHEAD

  31. SCULPTURE

    SCULPTURES THAT ONCE ADORNED THE PARTHENON ARE KNOWN AS THESE, AFTER A BRITISH LORD

  32. LITERARY CHARACTERS

    IN "GREAT EXPECTATIONS", THIS AGED LADY STILL WEARS HER WEDDING DRESS

  33. HISTORIC BRITS

    THE "YOUNG PRETENDER" TO THE BRITISH THRONE IN THE 1740s WAS ALSO KNOWN AS BONNIE PRINCE THIS

  34. PHOTOGRAPHY

    THIS FRENCHMAN LENT HIS NAME TO AN EARLY FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHY

  35. AFRICA

    IN LATIN, THE NAME OF THIS COUNTRY MEANS "PLACE OF FREEDOM"

  36. RECENT BESTSELLERS

    A NO. 1 BESTSELLER IN 2008 WAS THIS FEMALE MYSTERY AUTHOR'S "SCARPETTA"

  37. THE MOON

    LATIN TERM FOR THE MOON'S "SEAS"; THE LARGEST IS ABOUT 750 MILES WIDE

  38. AFRICAN AMERICANS

    BORN A SLAVE, SHE HELPED FREE OTHERS & WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON A U.S. POSTAGE STAMP

  39. THEATRICAL TERMS

    AS AN ADJECTIVE, IT MEANS "TIMELY"; IN THE THEATER, IT'S TO SUPPLY AN ACTOR WITH A LINE

  40. RHYME TIME

    JUST ONE RADIO ADVERTISING SONG

  41. U.S. CITIES

    THE OREGON TRAIL & PONY EXPRESS ROUTE BOTH PASSED BY CASPER IN THIS STATE

  42. LITERARY FIRSTS

    HIS "MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE" IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE WORLD'S FIRST DETECTIVE STORY

  43. ASIA

    DURING THE SUI DYNASTY IT WAS REPAIRED 7 TIMES TO DEFEND AGAINST THE TUJUE

  44. CONGRESS

    THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS THIS MANY MEMBERS

  45. FILL IN THE ____

    HALF ____ ALASKA

  46. BIOLOGY

    THE INTESTINAL TRACT OF THESE INSECTS, AKA WHITE ANTS, CAN BREAK DOWN CELLULOSE

  47. ISLANDS

    SMALLER THAN ONLY GREENLAND, IT'S THE WORLD'S SECOND-LARGEST ISLAND

  48. WRITERS

    KAREN BLIXEN WROTE "OUT OF AFRICA" UNDER THIS NAME

  49. RETAIL

    HIT THE BULL'S-EYE & NAME THIS DISCOUNT RETAIL STORE FIRST OPENED BY THE DAYTON CO. IN 1962

  50. SINGERS

    THIS SINGER RENAMED HERSELF "SASHA FIERCE" FOR A 2008 DOUBLE ALBUM