Statistics for Jeopardy #8439

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This quiz has been taken 36 times
The average score is 16 of 61

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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
COMPLETES THE IDIOM	$200	Give it your all: "Go big or..."	go home	89%
COMPLETES THE IDIOM	$800	What a great idea! Oroweat or otherwise, it's the "best thing since..."	sliced bread	89%
STATE LICENSE PLATES	$400	A speciality lobster plate lets drivers in this state show support for its signature product	Maine	79%
STATE LICENSE PLATES	$200	In the 1990s this state's plate briefly carried the slogan "Hoosier Hospitality"	Indiana	74%
COMPLETES THE IDIOM	$600	The show is over: "Elvis has..."	left the building	74%
STATE LICENSE PLATES	$600	For the most part, Vermont's license plates have white lettering & numbers on this color background	green	68%
GETTING CLOCK WISE	$200	This name for a tall longcase clock comes from an 1870s song	a grandfather clock	63%
GETTING CLOCK WISE	$600	In 1988 Bobby Fischer patented a new type of clock that soon became widely used in this game, his specialty	chess	63%
A MOMENT OF SCIENCE	$1000	As Homer Simpson said, "In this house we obey the laws of" this relationship between heat & mechanical energy	thermodynamics	63%
A MOMENT OF SCIENCE	$400	Carpo, Kale & Eirene are 3 of the 79 known moons orbiting this planet	Jupiter	58%
MICHAEL JORDAN	$200	After college, MJ wanted a shoe deal with Adidas, but the company passed; fair to say Jordan landed on his feet with this brand	Nike	58%
A MOMENT OF SCIENCE	$600	Stannum is the Latin word for this, which explains Sn as its chemical symbol	tin	58%
STATE LICENSE PLATES	$800	A specialty plate from California supports conservancy programs here, a national park since 1890	Yosemite	53%
GETTING CLOCK WISE	$400	The Black Forest region in Germany is famed for these avian clocks	cuckoo clocks	47%
GETTING CLOCK WISE	$800	The world has been a more punctual place since this crystal made its timekeeping debut in the 1920s	quartz	47%
COMPLETES THE IDIOM	$400	When an enemy suddenly acts kind, remember "Beware of Greeks..."	bearing gifts	42%
& I TOOK THAT PERSONALLY	$200	In Act I this Shakespeare character is told to "revenge" his dad's "foul and most unnatural murder" & in Act V, he does	Hamlet	42%
FIRST NOVELS	$400	Before taking us into the Chocolate Factory & the Great Glass Elevator, he penned "The Gremlins"	(Roald) Dahl	42%
A MOMENT OF SCIENCE	$800	In the body, free radicals are atoms that are unstable & can damage cells by stealing one of these particles from nearby molecules	electrons	37%
MICHAEL JORDAN	$800	A defender unafraid to take what he believed was his, Michael led the NBA in this statistic 3 times, averaging about 3 per game	steals	37%
& I TOOK THAT PERSONALLY	$800	In 1950 this U.S. "action painter" told Time magazine a previous article was incorrect, that his work was not chaotic	Jackson Pollock	32%
MICHAEL JORDAN	$400	As a freshman in 1982, MJ took down Patrick Ewing & the Hoyas with an NCAA title-winning shot for the Tar Heels of this school	North Carolina	32%
& I TOOK THAT PERSONALLY	$600	"All my life, people have said that I wasn't going to make it", said this CNN founder, owner of acreage twice the size of Rhode Island	Ted Turner	32%
STATE LICENSE PLATES	$1000	This state's "Chile Capital of the World" plate won America's Best License Plate Award for 2017	New Mexico	26%
& I TOOK THAT PERSONALLY	$1000	In Judges 16 he asks God to "strengthen me... only this once... that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes"	Samson	26%
MICHAEL JORDAN	$1000	It wasn't quite as magical as the Bulls years, but MJ did average 20 per game at age 39 in his last year with this alliterative team	the Washington Wizards	26%
COMPLETES THE IDIOM	$1000	That's a tough choice to make: "On the horns of..."	a dilemma	21%
& I TOOK THAT PERSONALLY	$400	Criticized for the purchase of this, William Seward said it would "take another generation to find out" how cool it was	Alaska	21%
A MOMENT OF SCIENCE	$200	The c. 300 B.C. "De Historia Plantarum" helped establish Plato's student Theophrastus as the founder of this 6-letter science	botany	21%
WORDS WITH ALL 5 VOWELS	$800	This adverb means conducted at the same time	simultaneously	21%
TV SPIN-OFFS	$800	"Joanie Loves Chachi"	Happy Days	16%
FIRST NOVELS	$1200	Written in 1943, this beatnik's "The Sea is My Brother" took a long road to publication, finally seeing print in 2011	Jack Kerouac	16%
WORDS WITH ALL 5 VOWELS	$1200	Done to prolong breathing & blood flow until medical help arrives, it's the "R" in CPR	resuscitation	16%
MICHAEL JORDAN	$600	After hearing doubts about his future, this Warrior scored 62 & said, "Cue the Jordan meme, right? I take all that personally"	(Steph) Curry	16%
WORDS WITH ALL 5 VOWELS	$1600	Neil Armstrong got his degree in this type of engineering concerning all things aircraft related	aeronautical	11%
TV SPIN-OFFS	$400	"Young Sheldon"	The Big Bang Theory	11%
FIRST NOVELS	$800	These "Papers" started out as captions for another's art, but ended up being Charles Dickens' first novel	The Pickwick Papers	11%
TV SPIN-OFFS	$1200	Premiering in 2014, "The Flash"	Arrow	5%
"BR"ANDS	$1200	This German-based company that touts its "world of electric shaving" also makes blenders & thermometers	Braun	5%
"BR"ANDS	$800	William was the Philadelphia man who hand-cranked the first gallon of this ice cream in 1866	Breyers	5%
"BR"ANDS	$400	Ecopia tires from this manufacturer will get you across the structure in its name	Bridgestone	5%
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	$400	The areas called East & West this were southern outposts of loyalty to the crown--especially St. Augustine	Florida	5%
FIRST NOVELS	$2000	This title of James Baldwin's debut novel comes from a spiritual	Go Tell It On the Mountain	5%
21st CENTURY MONARCHIES	$800	This woman of non-royal birth & Prince Rainier were the parents of Prince Albert II of Monaco	Grace Kelly	5%
21st CENTURY MONARCHIES	$400	The monarchy of this Asian nation of 125 million has a legendary history dating back to the 7th century B.C.	Japan	5%
21st CENTURY MONARCHIES	$1600	Nelson Mandela helped restore the monarchy to this nation; Letsie III is currently its king	Lesotho	5%
21st CENTURY MONARCHIES	$2000	The few reigning queens include the United Kingdom's Elizabeth II & this queen of Denmark	Margrethe	5%
GETTING CLOCK WISE	$1000	Time was up for Joan of Arc in this French city that's also home to the magnificent astronomical clock seen here	Rouen	5%
WORDS WITH ALL 5 VOWELS	$400	The football penalty being signaled here has deemed your conduct to be this	unsportsmanlike	5%
FIRST NOVELS	$1600	One man's rebellion against a world run by machines is the plot of "Player Piano", this author's first	Vonnegut	5%
TV SPIN-OFFS	$2000	"Booker", starring Richard Grieco	21 Jump Street	0%
WORDS WITH ALL 5 VOWELS	$2000	A filmmaker such as D.A. Pennebaker or Alex Gibney	a documentarian	0%
21st CENTURY MONARCHIES	$1200	Royal title of the rulers of Malaysian states & of Oman	a sultan	0%
"BR"ANDS	$2000	Around since 1928, it now says, "One small dab and it shines, styles and conditions hair"	Brylcreem	0%
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	$1600	When Vermont was denied statehood, this Vermont patriot unsuccessfully negotiated peace with Gen. Haldimand of Canada	Ethan Allen	0%
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	$1200	For his leadership in the war, Thomas Sumter was known as "The Carolina" this bird known to South Carolina football fans	gamecock	0%
MUSICAL LANDMARKS	N/A	A cleft in limestone in England sheltered Reverend Augustus Toplady from a storm & inspired this popular hymn	"Rock Of Ages"	0%
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	$800	A British gov. of Massachusetts called him the "chief incendiary" but unlike cousin John, his contributions faded after 1776	Sam Adams	0%
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	$2000	British general Burgoyne's 1777 surrender after the second battle of this New York state site was a turning point in the war	Saratoga	0%
"BR"ANDS	$1600	Henry Jr. was the eldest of these brothers, American clothing royalty	the Brooks Brothers	0%
TV SPIN-OFFS	$1600	"Major Crimes" (minus Kyra Sedgwick)	The Closer	0%