Chess Answers on the Jeopardy! Game Show
Do you know the questions to these answers?
Jeopardy! is an American television game show that features a quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of questions. The show has been running since 1964, is currently syndicated, and produced daily by Sony Pictures Television. Over the years, the show would occasionally feature a chess-related category. Below are the category names, original airdates, dollar values, and answers (clues).
Questions are found in a separate post here.
The Chess Club, November 4, 1997
| $200 | Traditionally, to resign a player tips over this piece |
| $400 | The number of files on the board, it's the same as the number of ranks |
| $600 | In chess, notation "x" means your piece has been captured & "ch" means you're in this |
| $800 | It's the only piece that can't move to an adjacent square |
| $1000 | In a Lewis Carroll book, Alice begins as one of these white pieces but later becomes a queen |
On the Chess Board, December 9, 1998
| $200 | The one-eyed man, in the country of the blind |
| $400 | Their armorers might have told them, "You have mail" |
| $600 | It's what you do with Grandma's watch under the sign of the three gold balls |
| $800 | Chessboard name for the creature seen here (black bird) |
| $1000 | Comedian & Sinatra pal born Joseph Gottlieb |
Chess Mania, June 21, 1999
| $100 | Before becoming a legend, this star of "The Maltese Falcon" hustled strangers at chess in NYC |
| $200 | In some Asian countries the chess piece we call a bishop shares its name with this desert animal |
| $300 | In 1997, at the age of 14 years, 2 months, France's Etienne Bacrot became the youngest one of these ever |
| $400 | As late as the 16th century this special move involving the king was 2 turns, not just 1 |
| $500 | In the U.S. Chess Open at Columbus, Ohio in 1977, one of these named "Sneaky Pete" played |
Chess Nuts, May 17, 2000
| $100 | Neither player wins with this kind of "mate" |
| $200 | The only chess move in which a player may move 2 of his own pieces at the same time |
| $300 | In chess notation, QR stands for this |
| $400 | A special way a pawn may capture, it's French for "in passing" |
| $500 | Bobby Fischer beat this man in Iceland in 1972 to take the world chess title |
Chess Nuts, November 15, 2001
| $200 | It's the only chess piece that can jump over others |
| $600 | The 17th letter of the English alphabet, in chess notation it stands for the most powerful piece on the board |
| Daily Double | If you pawn your chess set, the shop will check to make sure there are this many pawns in it |
| $1000 | In 1985 he became the youngest world chess champion when he defeated another Soviet player, Anatoly Karpov |
A Game of Chess, March 8, 2002
| $400 | It's customary but not obligatory to declare when you have your foe in this, which can occur several times in a game |
| $800 |
A recommended opening move is "'P'-ing to K-4", which is short for this |
| $1200 | In castling, you put one of these, also called castles, in a stronger attacking position |
| $1600 |
When setting up to start a chess game, remember the rule: Queen on this |
| $2000 | The final stage, with most of the pieces off the board, it's also a Samuel Beckett play title |
Oooh...Chess, December 18, 2003
| $600 | In German this piece is a springer; in French, cavalier |
| $800 | When it moves this piece will always wind up on the same color square that it began the game on |
| $1000 | Invented in the 1500s to speed up the game, this maneuver involves 2 pieces of the same color |
Chess, April 25, 2005
| $400 |
The knight is well suited to this maneuver, that threatens two pieces at one time; it shares its name with a piece of tableware |
| $800 | The "Sicilian" one starts with a move by black on the queen's half of the board |
| $1200 | It's the 8-letter term for the direction in which I've chosen to castle |
| $1600 | Bring your queen out fast & you can have this victory after just 2 moves |
| $2000 |
Even chess masters often begin a game with this familiar opening named for a Spanish priest |
Chess Pains, December 13, 2005
| $400 | In the endgame, 2 opposing ones of these pieces that always move on the same color often leads to a draw |
| $800 | In the newspaper, your dumb move that lost a knight would be followed by this symbol, maybe 2 of them |
| $1200 | A guy looking over a game making annoying suggestions is doing this, from a Yiddish word |
| $1600 |
By moving my rook, I've given my opponent the nasty shock of discovered this |
| $2000 | In tournament play, a fallen flag means you've lost because this has happened |
Chess Nuts, May 28, 2007
| $200 | Careful! In tournament play, once you do this, you have to move the piece |
| $400 | It's the playing unit that's most often sacrificed in a gambit |
| $600 | In the Looking-Glass world, this author used chess pieces to represent members of royalty |
| $800 | The 2 main "mates" that end a chess game; one's a win, the other a draw |
| $1000 | A Grandmaster should plan a "grand" this, the first phase of a chess game |
A Game of Chess, April 24, 2008
| $200 | If you pawn your chess set, the shop will check to make sure there are this many pawns in it |
| $400 | In castling, you move the king & this piece (aka a castle) simultaneously |
| $600 | It's the only chess piece that can jump over others |
| $800 | The 17th letter of the English alphabet, in chess notation it stands for the most powerful piece on the board |
| $1000 | The final stage, with most of the pieces off the board, it's also a Samuel Beckett play title |
Let's Talk Chess, Champs, March 16, 2009
| $400 |
Even with two extra pawns, white can't force a win here, because these pieces can travel only on opposite-colored squares |
| $800 | Literally "in passing", it's the 2-word term for how a pawn can capture another pawn that's moved past it |
| $1200 |
White should have an easy win here, but he blows it by moving his queen to the D6 square, leading to this drawn outcome |
| $1600 | Initiated by the moves E4 E6, this defense got its name from its use by a Paris team in an 1834 match with London |
| $2000 |
White can't move his knight, because doing so would expose his king; the knight's said to be stuck to the king with this tactic, named for a pointy little object |
Also a Chess Piece, November 2, 2009
| $400 | To leave something as a guarantee in return for money |
| Daily Double | 2 historical books in the Old Testament |
| $1200 | 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu was this in Johannesburg |
| $1600 | A black bird |
| $2000 | A paladin |
Chess, December 1, 2009
| $200 | World champ Garry Kasparov lost a 1997 match to a computer program from this company |
| $400 | Like the knight, this chess piece is worth about 3 pawns |
| $600 | This late champ patented a now-standard chess clock that gives a player added time after each move |
| $800 | Viswanathan Anand won a 2007 supertournament, making him the first world champ from this country |
| $1000 | You can always learn a few moves in this square's park at 5th Ave. & 4th St. in Greenwich Village |
Chess, June 7, 2010
| $400 | It's the traditional non-verbal way to signal that you resign |
| $800 | These have the same value as bishops, but you can force mate with only a king & 2 bishops, not with a king & 2 these |
| $1200 | Losing a bishop but capturing a rook is called "winning" this type of trade, also a term for a swap of hostages |
| $1600 | The departure of both queens is the traditional point at which this final phase of the battle begins |
| $2000 |
In this classic chess opening, after white plays e4, to fight for the center, black plays c5 in this 8-letter defense named for a Mediterranean island |
Chess Pieces, September 15, 2010
| $200 | The chess piece that there are the most of |
| $400 | The 2 chess pieces of which each side has only one |
| $600 | The piece that shares its name with a job in the Catholic church |
| $800 | The one that shares its name with a crow relative |
| $1000 | The only piece in the back row that can start a game |
Chess Me, You Fool!, March 5, 2012
| $200 | It's the number of white squares on a standard chessboard |
| $400 | If you place this piece in the center of the board, it can control a maximum of 27 squares (hint: that's a lot) |
| $600 | To give unwanted advice about another player's game is to do this, a Yiddish term for offering intrusive commentary |
| $800 | It's the only move in which 2 pieces, the king & the rook, are moved simultaneously |
| $1000 | It's an opening strategy in which one player sacrifices a pawn or piece in order to gain a positional advantage |
Chess?, Yes!, March 4, 2013
| $200 | This piece that starts off in the corner is generally worth about 5 pawns |
| $400 | To earn this title, a player must attain a minimum of 2500 rating points |
| $600 | To fianchetto one of these pieces is to move it onto one of the board's long diagonals |
| $800 | A game in which each player is allotted 5 minutes or less is called this type, German for "lightning" |
| $1000 | One of black's most popular defenses is called this, a term for a person from a Mediterranean island |
The TV Chessboard, April 29, 2014
| $200 | Desperate sellers come to the Vegas shop run by the Harrisons & ask, "What's it worth?" on this History Channel show |
| $400 | In 2010 this suspenders-wearing host signed off from his CNN talk show after 25 years |
| $600 | KITT was the talking car on this '80s adventure show |
| $800 | Kelly Bishop played Lauren Graham's often critical mother on this early 2000s show |
| $1000 | In 1993 Halle Berry played this title Alex Haley heroine, daughter of a plantation owner & a slave |
Chess Drama, May 15, 2014
| $200 | In the 2006 world title match, the challenger accused the champ of consulting a computer during visits to this room |
| $400 | Aron Nimzovich once jumped on a table & screamed, "Why must I lose to this idiot!"--how like a GM, one of these |
| $600 | Some of our champions know how this champion felt when he lost a 1997 match to IBM's Deep Blue computer |
| $800 | A 1978 match saw claims that this type of 16-letter "beyond the mind" expert was using telepathy to confuse 1 player |
| $1000 |
Cosmo selected this 22-year-old Norwegian, the new world champ, as one of its Sexiest Men of 2013 
|
Not Chess Again!, July 24, 2015
| $200 | In doing this, a player moves a rook either 2 squares to the left or 3 to the right |
| $400 | If one of these moves 2 squares rather than one, it may be captured "en passant", in passing |
| Daily Double | In a set of standard Staunton-style pieces, not bishops but these pieces are topped with crosses |
| $800 | White moves first & looks to increase his advantage; black replies & seeks to gain this, part of Wyoming's state nickname |
| $1000 | If a game opens d4 d5 c4 you're playing the queen's this, you schemer you |
Chess Champs, November 9, 2015
| $200 | World champion Viswanathan Anand was born in this country |
| $400 | World champ Mikhail Botvininnik practiced concentration by having this blown in his face |
| $600 | In 1978 Nona Gaprindashvili became the first woman to be awarded this title |
| $800 | He resigned for good in 2008 in Iceland, where he'd beaten Boris Spassky in 1972 |
| $1000 | World champ from 1985 to 2000, this Russian modestly titles his series of books on other champs "My Great Predecessors" |
Historical Chess Pieces, July 20, 2017
| $200 | 14th c. knight Sir John Hawkwood served England, Florence, Pisa & Milan as this type of paid soldier |
| $400 | A 2007 biography of this young French warrior & saint calls her a pawn, ultimately sacrificed |
| $600 | Don Juan Enguera, bishop of Vich, was a "grand" this, holding the line against heresy in Spain |
| $800 | This learned 17th century Swedish queen was known as "The Minerva of the North" |
| $1000 | This English king's greatest achievement was Westminster Abbey, consecrated in 1065 just days before his death |
Let's Play Chess, September 28, 2017
| $200 | It's the only piece that can be promoted to one of greater value |
| $400 | If an identical position occurs 3 times in a game, a player may claim this result, then go kiss his sister |
| $600 | A tactic via which one piece attacks 2 opposing ones is called this, like a common dining utensil |
| $800 | Trading a knight or bishop for one of these more valuable pieces is known as winning the exchange |
| $1000 | Descriptive notation like P-Q4 has been largely replaced by this "mathematical" kind, which would say simply d4 |
Chess Pieces in Disguise, March 9, 2018
| $200 | Let's sea... it precedes clam, crab & mackerel |
| $400 | An item deposited as security is in this |
| $600 | Singer Gladys or Hoops coach Bob |
| $800 | To swindle someone |
| $1000 | Author of "The Roman Hat Mystery" |
Say Yes to the Chess, November 4, 2019
| $200 | In standard western chess sets, this piece is topped with a cross |
| $400 | Chess games are typically divided into the opening, the middle game & this terminal phase |
| $600 | It's the number of white squares on a standard chessboard |
| $800 | The queen's gambit is marked by white's second-move offer to sacrifice one of these, temporarily |
| $1000 | The "hypermodern" Reti opening begins with a move of this piece |
Chess Talk, November 28, 2019
| $200 | A player conceding defeat is said to do this, like someone quitting an office |
| $400 | If this special move is done on the queenside, it's "long"; on the kingside, "short" |
| $600 | An attack that forces a piece to move & expose another piece behind it is called this, after a type of beam discovered in 1895 |
| $800 | The horizontal rows of squares on a chessboard are the ranks; the vertical ones are these |
| $1000 | Only the humble pawn can make this special type of capture with a French name |
Chess Terms, April 7, 2021
| $200 | A person used by others as part of a scheme |
| $400 | The first night of a play at a theater |
| $600 | A gregarious crow of Europe with black plumage |
| $800 | A title in kung fu, or a famous nickname in '70s hip-hop |
| $1000 | Genesis 31 says, "Then Jacob offered" this "upon the mount" |
New Chess Strategems?, January 10, 2022
| $200 | Not the Sicilian Defense but this legal one that may include the irresistible impulse test |
| $400 | Not the Trompowsky but this 3-word attack that renders a computer no good to its legitimate user |
| $600 | Not the Ruy Lopez, but the him, A.C. Slater on "Saved by the Bell" |
| $800 | Not a discovered check but this moment where you see whether you've got the stuff inside to meet a challenge |
| $1000 | Not a knight fork, but this fork, named for the food it's used on |
Chess for Champs, November 9, 2022
| $200 | It's the only chess piece that can hop over an opposing piece when it moves |
| $400 | In 2016 Timur Gareyev played a record 48 simultaneous games wearing one of these; he won 35, lost 6 & drew 7 |
| $600 | The Ruy Lopez is also known as the Spanish opening; the Giuoco Piano, as this one (not to be confused with the Sicilian defense) |
| $800 | In an anticlimax, a 1978 World Championship game was this kind of draw on the 124th move |
| $1000 | In 1997 the chess world was shocked when world champ Garry Kasparov lost a match to this IBM computer program |
Chess Pains, January 23, 2023
| $200 | Alexander Alekhine was said to have resigned a game not by tipping this piece over but by hurling it across the room |
| $400 | Alexandru Crisan was stripped of the coveted title international this after allegations he'd attained it by fixing games |
| $600 | In 2008 Ukrainian star Vassily Ivanchuk stormed out of a Chess Olympiad rather than submit to one of these tests |
| $800 | It took a phone call from Henry Kissinger & a doubling of the prize fund to get this tempestuous American to play his Soviet foe in 1972 |
| $1000 | His name signifies "newcomer", & this relative newcomer sparked accusations of cheating after a 2022 upset of champ Magnus Carlsen |
Chess, November 24, 2023
| $400 | The first "C" in ICCF; it stands for how moves are exchanged between players geographically apart |
| $800 | The "Sicilian" one starts with a move by black on the queen's half of the board |
| $1200 | It's the 8-letter term for the direction in which white has chosen to castle |
| $1600 | Bring your queen out fast against an inexperienced player & you can have this victory after just 2 moves |
| $2000 |
Even chess masters often begin a game with this familiar opening, named for a Spanish priest
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=jeopardy%20full%20episode%20november%2024%202023&mid=B259EEEBA93F7C3C3331B259EEEBA93F7C3C3331&ajaxhist=0 |
Questions are found in a separate post here.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeopardy!
https://www.j-archive.com/
