Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 59

5,801.After 144 years, which Illinois prison, where Jake Blues did time, closed in 2002? 5,802.After 1572, the Poles chose their kings by which method? 5,803.After 1710, Jonathan Swift left the Whigs and joined which party? 5,804.After 18 years in captivity starting at age 11, who titled her 2011 memoir "A Stolen Life"? 5,805.After 18 years in exile, which leader returned to Argentina in 1973? 5,806.After 182 years, the Post Office Department ceased to exist in 1971, replaced by which agency? 5,807.After about 1875, which Labrador bird was no longer seen and is now extinct? 5,808.After 1923, T.E. Lawrence used which surname as an alias, one shared by his friend, a noted playwright? 5,809.After 1936, Serge Koussevitzky conducted the Berkshire music festival at Tanglewood, in which state? 5,810.After 1946, which Berlin prison held Nazi war criminals convicted at Nuremberg? 5,811.After 1961, when its namesake had fallen out of favor, which city was renamed Volgograd? 5,812.After 1977's "Year of the Cat", a year went by before Al Stewart had which second hit? 5,813.After 1979, some of which powerful Atlantic storms were given male names too? 5,814.In which 1946 movie does angel Clarence Odbody finally earn his wings? 5,815.After 23 years as fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar, who moved over to Vogue in 1963? 5,816.After 27 years as heir, Frederick III spent 99 days in 1888 as which nation's monarch, unable to speak due to throat cancer? 5,817.After 2,844 performances, Broadway said "So long, dearie" to which musical on December 27, 1970? 5,818.After three previous acquittals, which reputed crime family boss was convicted in New York City on April 2, 1992? 5,819.After three years of carving, Michelangelo finished which nude statue in 1504? 5,820.After 31 years as editor of Saturday Review, who resigned in 1971, only to return as its publisher in 1973? 5,821.After 36 seasons, Washington's NFL team, then called the Redskins, left which stadium named for a U.S. senator in 1997? 5,822.After 41 seasons in the same city, which NFL team moved to Pontiac, Michigan, in 1975? 5,823.After five Emmys, which "Murphy Brown" star took herself out of the running in 1996 to give others a chance? 5,824.After five years as Dylan McKay, Luke Perry left the cast of which TV show in 1995? 5,825.After five years in office, who resigned as Israel's prime minister in 1974? 5,826.After six years of exile in Gorky, which physicist and human rights activist was allowed to return to Moscow in 1986? 5,827.After seven years of planning, which magazine published a condensed version of the Bible in 1982? 5,828.After 72 years on the throne, which king died on September 1, 1715, at Versailles? 5,829.After eight years, whose embalmed body was removed from public display in Red Square's mausoleum on October 31, 1961? 5,830.After a 10-year absence, which detective series returned in 1997 with Stacy Keach reprising the title role? 5,831.After a 15-year restoration, the ruins of Nero's Golden Palace, the Domus Aurea, reopened in which city in 1999? 5,832.After a 15-year stay in England, which proprietor of Pennsylvania returned to his colony in 1699? 5,833.After a 1624 fire, Christian IV replanned which Scandinavian city and renamed it Christiania? 5,834.After a journey of about 1,750 miles from Germany, which river splits into three main branches in Romania before reaching the Black Sea? 5,835.After winning 19% of the vote in 1992, which presidential candidate could only manage about 8% in 1996? 5,836.After the Panic of 1907, which financier, who helped organize U.S. Steel, led the effort to keep banks afloat? 5,837.After a 1976 concert in Memphis, Bruce Springsteen climbed the wall of which music icon's home and was stopped by a security guard? 5,838.After a 1980 contract dispute, which actress appeared on "Three's Company" only in brief scenes talking on the phone? 5,839.After a 1980s legal battle, Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier agreed to share credit for isolating which virus? 5,840.After a 1995 federal law change, drivers in most states could legally exceed which national speed limit set in 1974? 5,841.After a 1998 nuclear test, which country's prime minister said, "We have evened the score with India"? 5,842.In 1920, Poland seized the city of Vilnius from which newly independent country? 5,843.After a siege of more than 20 years, the Turks took control of which Greek island in 1669, holding it for over 200 years? 5,844.After a 22-year reign, which country's Queen Christina abdicated on June 6, 1654? 5,845.After three years as the top-selling car in the U.S., which Honda model lost the No. 1 spot to the Ford Taurus in 1992? 5,846.After a journey of about 3,900 miles, which Chinese river flows into the East China Sea? 5,847.After a five-year legal battle with a sugar company, which pizza chain won the right to keep its name in 1980? 5,848.After an active reign of 50 years, Wilhelmina stepped down as queen of which country in 1948? 5,849.After a nine-month war against West Pakistan, which nation gained independence in 1971? 5,850.After a disastrous performance of his play within the play, Treplev kills a bird in which 1896 Chekhov work? 5,851.After a breakdown around 1919, which Russian-born ballet dancer spent the rest of his life in and out of asylums? 5,852.After a close and bitter contest, which Illinois Democrat lost her Senate seat in 1998? 5,853.After a decades-long fight to reclaim her throne, which former queen died November 11, 1917, in Honolulu? 5,854.After losing his 1835 bid for re-election to Congress from Tennessee, which frontiersman moved to Texas? 5,855.After a 1927 demonstration of which new technology did the April 8 New York Times say "commercial use in doubt"? 5,856.After a fatwa was issued against him in February 1989, which author went into hiding under police protection? 5,857.After a German blitzkrieg, which country's King Leopold III surrendered on May 28, 1940? 5,858.After a large French army was wiped out by yellow fever on which island in 1802, Napoleon decided to sell Louisiana? 5,859.In a famous 1964 speech, Malcolm X said the choice facing America was "the ___ or the bullet". What word completes it? 5,860.After a long struggle, Estonia, Latvia and which other Baltic republic had their independence recognized on September 6, 1991? 5,861.After a nervous breakdown in 1908, which painter grew more positive and created murals for the University of Oslo? 5,862.After a poor reception in Naples in 1901, which tenor vowed never to sing there again, and never did? 5,863.After he refused to help New York City in its 1975 fiscal crisis, a Daily News headline read "___ to City: Drop Dead". Which president? 5,864.After a revolt in Algeria, who became premier of France in June 1958 with almost unlimited authority? 5,865.After shoulder surgery, which pitcher won the Cy Young Award in 1986 and 1987? 5,866.After a stormy campaign, which former U.N. secretary-general was elected president of Austria in 1986? 5,867.After time out for some legal troubles, which play-by-play man returned to calling New York Knicks games in 1998? 5,868.After a visit to Russia in 1919, Lincoln Steffens said of communism, "I have seen the future, and ___". How did he finish? 5,869.After a worldwide hunt, a statue of the Sumerian king Entemena, stolen in 2003, was returned to which country? 5,870.After abandoning his ship on a Trans-Antarctic expedition in 1915, which explorer and his men spent months drifting on ice floes? 5,871.After joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, boxer Cassius Clay took which new name? 5,872.What "after" word names a pleasant feeling that lingers after a success? 5,873.After Albania broke with the USSR, it turned to which country, which gave it billions in aid until a split in 1978? 5,874.After almost 300 books, which author finally reached the New York Times bestseller list in 1982 with "Foundation's Edge"? 5,875.After an 1891 roulette run, Charles Wells became known as "the man who broke the bank" at which place? 5,876.After an earlier cable was cut by a fisherman, a cable to transmit what was laid under the English Channel in 1851? 5,877.After Ananda Mahidol was found dead in 1946, Bhumibol Adulyadej became king of which Asian country? 5,878.After Antietam, Robert E. Lee withdrew into Virginia and defeated Ambrose Burnside at which battle on December 13, 1862? 5,879.After he died in New York City on April 22, 1994, the press no longer had which former president "to kick around anymore"? 5,880.After "Atlas Shrugged", which author stopped writing fiction? 5,881.After attending the 1909 inauguration of his successor, which ex-president went on a yearlong African safari? 5,882.After August 15, 1947, when India and Pakistan emerged as independent countries, who became India's first prime minister? 5,883.After Barry Goldwater retired in 1987, who took over his Senate seat? 5,884.After his destructive march through Georgia, who served as commanding general of the U.S. Army beginning in 1869? 5,885.After beating Muhammad Ali in 1971, which boxer spent several weeks in the hospital? 5,886.After being bitten by a dog in 1885, Joseph Meister became the first person inoculated against which disease? 5,887.After winning a Golden Gloves title, which "Hit Man" boxer turned pro in 1977? 5,888.After being crowned emperor of Ethiopia in 1930, who introduced a written constitution and moved to abolish slavery? 5,889.After being elected mayor of Atlanta in 1916, Asa Candler gave control of which company to his children? 5,890.After being expelled as editor of the socialist paper Avanti! in 1914, who founded his own paper and later the Fascist movement? 5,891.After 27 years in prison, who was elected president of South Africa in 1994? 5,892.Which U.S. coin, made of a copper-nickel alloy starting in 1866, took over the role of the silver half dime? 5,893.After losing World Series after World Series, which team, nicknamed "Dem Bums", finally won in 1955? 5,894.After being named host of the 2001 Oscar broadcast, which "Roxanne" star cracked, "If you can't win 'em, join 'em"? 5,895.After being overthrown by Fidel Castro in 1959, which Cuban dictator spent his last 14 years in exile? 5,896.After being rebuilt in 1855, the Imperial Palace in which former Japanese capital was home to just two emperors? 5,897.After being replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962, which drummer got a job in a bakery and then became a civil servant? 5,898.After being shot four times, which rapper died in Las Vegas on September 13, 1996? 5,899.After being wounded in 1981, President Reagan was rushed to the hospital of which university named for a president? 5,900.After Brezhnev's death in 1982, who became general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party?