Welcome to Grex Jeopardy, where the answers are easy, but the questions 
are tough.

In this game, one person gives out an "answer" and your job is to give 
the correct response _in the form of a question_.  The first correct 
questioner has the option of either giving the next answer or passing 
that task on to others.

Ready?  Let's play!

94 responses total.

Re: #0 - "What is a short introduction to the Grex Jeopardy item?"
  :)

mcnally gave the last correct response in Winter Agora, so he has the 
choice of giving the first clue or to pass to someone else.

  I'm hoping this one will be answered by a film buff rather than just
  the first person to spend ten minutes in IMDB, but hey, at least it's
  a question (or an answer, or whatever..)

    This person was credited as a screenwriter on nearly as many of
    Alfred Hitchcock's early films as Hitchcock himself.

Who was Orson Welles?

Hm. John Michael Hayes did the screenplays for a few Hitchcock
films in the 1950's, but that wouldn't exactly be early in
Hitchcock's career.  But in the absence of any better idea, I'll
guess:

Who is John Michael Hayes?

  Not the person I'm thinking of, at any rate..  IMDB lists a number of
  other writing credits for our mystery writer but none of them are for
  movies I've ever heard of.  This person had a long partnership with
  Hitchcock.

        Time to wake up the item!!!

        This is one of the lines in "Jesus Christ Superstar" that
is a pun or play on words.

(can you tell I've been listening to JCS recently, again?)

  I guess I'll post another question..  The co-writer I was looking for
  was Alma Reville, also known as Mrs. Hitchcock.

re JCS:  "we'll pay you in silver, cash on the nail"?   I know the lyrics
pretty well, and that's all I can come up with.

        Yes, that line by Caiaphas, is one that I was thinking of.
Others include:  Judas:  "Christ, you deserve it"  (Word in anger
usage is common today, not the direct address to Christ).  Also,
since it was made into a movie "You'll escape in the final reel".
(from the crowd on the way to or from Pilate).  Also from Judas:
"Tables, chairs and oaken chests *wood* have suited Jesus best".
Jesus gets in one also "You liar--you Judas"; again the direct
address to the person, Judas, that the name now implies a 
reference to one who betrays another.
        Your word play or punage may vary.

        But I guess we are waiting on McNally to come back with
his answer/clue.

  OK, we'll stick with Hitchcock..  Hitchcock and Alma Reville had a 
  daughter, Patricia Hitchcock.  Patricia had minor roles in "Stage
  Fright" and "Psycho", but had a decent-sized supporting role in
  this film.

        What is Mel Brook's "High Anxiety"?

What is "The Birds"?

what phase is this from (or what movie)

" Now which god would that be, the one would created you or the one who
created me see in your world the Lord givith and the Lord takith but in my
world, the one whould created me, doesn't have any balls..."

  Neither #12 or #13 are correct..  ( so basically, we're looking for
  another Hitchcock-directed film in which Patricia Hitchcock had a
  supporting role, besides "Stage Fright" & "Psycho")

What is "North by Northwest?"

What is "Strangers on a Train"?

When I think of her I think of thick lense glasses.

Right.  The glasses were an important prop in "Strangers on
a Train".

  John has it..

Okay, I'll try to think up a new poser later today.  Don't
hesitate to remind me if I appear to be forgetting.  (If I
appear to be, then I probably am.)

Hm... I'm busy and will be away from Grex for a few days, so
if somebody else wants to post a Jeopardy poser, have at it.

Topic:  It's in the lyrics
        John Denver said "I'm Sorry" for this ... in China.

  Is *that* what caused Denver's fatal plane crash?

What is "I'm sorry for the way things are in China"?

        bruin is right.  Your turn.

Okay!  Here 'tis!

This state used the slogan "The Iodine State" on its license plates in 
the early 1930's.

What is South Carolina?

That was quick!  Jep does have the correct response.

South Carolina's license plates carried the slogan "The Iodine State" 
in 1931 and 1932.  Also, its 1930 plates read "Iodine" vertically to 
the right of the plate number, and in 1933, it was "The Iodine Products 
State".

Your turn now, jep!

All right... a former Tiger tied the major league record for home runs 
in the month of April in a game yesterday.  Who is he and what team does 
he play for now?

WHo is Juan Gonzales of the Cleveland Indians?

No, sir.

Who is Luis Gonzalez of the Arizona Diamondbacks?

Yep!  You're up, senna!

I'm back on Jeopardy.  I'm going to go with my valid question/fiendish 
question combination again.  Answering either will work.

Possible:
This Dane used the story of Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac to help form 
his argument for double movements of infinity.

Fiendish:
What is the origin of the name of Lisbon's 90,000 seat Estadio de Luz?  
I'm not just looking for translation.

        Who is Victor Borge  (okay the only Dane I could think of)?

and     Are you talking about the stadium of the foot?  (as we know
it, it would be soccer).

Who is Tycho Brahe?

Who was Niles Bohr? (question to first clue)

Not Borge, Brahe, or Bohr.  It will be pretty obvious which answer is to which
question :)  And yes, that is a soccer stadium.

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