Statistics for Jeopardy #8668

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This quiz has been taken 22 times
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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
____ING BOOK TITLES	$200	In a tale of hard luck in Sin City, this word precedes "Las Vegas"	Leaving	69%
FACE/PALM	$600	In palmistry, health & general well-being are what this alliterative "line" is all about, not necessarily when you pass away	life line	62%
WORD ORIGINS	$600	Derived from a Russian word, it can mean immense, or a prehistoric elephantine beast	mammoth	62%
FACE/PALM	$1000	Palmar hyperhidrosis is the technical name for these, which can cause embarrassment, especially during social introductions	sweaty palms	62%
FACE/PALM	$800	A boxer is said to have this "breakable" 2-word item when he's unable to take a punch to the kisser	a glass jaw	54%
____ING BOOK TITLES	$800	Dedicated in part to "Malia and Sasha, my two most precious peas"	Becoming	54%
WORD ORIGINS	$800	From Greek for "grace", it's a certain magnetism or charm shown by leaders or movie stars, for example	charisma	54%
THE SONG OF THE DAY	$200	In 2013 Rebecca Black naturally followed up "Friday" with this song, a collaboration with the perfectly named Dave Days	"Saturday"	54%
THE 1800s	$400	For nearly half a century, "Puffing Billy", an early locomotive powered by this, hauled loads from an English coal mine	steam	54%
HAIL TO THE CHEF	$1200	Before his untimely death, he took TV viewers into "Parts Unknown" to explore food & culture around the world	Anthony Bourdain	46%
FACE/PALM	$400	In "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", St. Nick's these "were like roses, his nose like a cherry!"	cheeks	46%
FACE/PALM	$200	Fingers curl as palm fibers tighten in Dupuytren's contracture, which can be caused by this disease of high blood glucose	diabetes	46%
ON PLANET POP CULTURE	$400	In 2021 Saniyya Sidney was on the court of "King Richard" as this tennis superstar	Venus Williams	46%
ROCKS & PLANTS...	$800	The textile form of this plant, Cannabis sativa, can be used to make shoes; its fiber, recyclable bioplastics	hemp	38%
IN THIS ECONOMY?	$400	This Far East country has been hurt by sanctions like those imposed by the U.N. starting in 2006 for its nuclear tests	North Korea	38%
ROCKS & PLANTS...	$400	Contact dermatitis may result from exposure to eastern this vine; even smoke from burning plants can bring the pain	poison ivy	38%
THE SONG OF THE DAY	$600	"Goodbye", this Rolling Stones woman, "Who could hang a name on you?" well, one of you, hopefully	Ruby Tuesday	38%
OLD AD SLOGANS	$1000	This beverage became "The Uncola" in the '60s, man	7-Up	31%
OLD AD SLOGANS	$600	"When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight", this company said it would deliver	Federal Express	31%
WORD ORIGINS	$400	Bad air was thought to cause this disease, so it was given a name meaning "bad air"; it's caused by parasites	malaria	31%
THE SENATOR'S FIRST NAME	$1000	This first name of a Republican senator is a homophone for the German word for "with"	Mitt	31%
ON PLANET POP CULTURE	$800	In a 2004 animated movie, Plankton steals King Neptune's crown & it's up to this title guy & his best pal to save the day	SpongeBob SquarePants	31%
OLD AD SLOGANS	$200	People began to "Fly the friendly skies" with this airline in 1965; the slogan eventually flew off but returned in 2013	United	31%
DOUBLE DOUBLE E	$1200	Rubber-edged implement used to wipe water from all your car windows	a squeegee	23%
OLD AD SLOGANS	$800	"I'd walk a mile for" this brand of cigarette dates to 1921, but smoke enough of them & distance walking gets problematic	Camel	23%
THE SENATOR'S FIRST NAME	$800	Time to throw out this informal first name of Iowa's Grassley	Chuck	23%
IN THIS ECONOMY?	$800	Whether you choose pipes of plastic or this for plumbing a new house matters to Zambia; its economy depends on exporting the metal	copper	23%
ON PLANET POP CULTURE	$1200	This member of singing royalty said, "Rod Stewart, Elton John & I were going to form a band... called Hair, Nose & Teeth"	Freddie Mercury	23%
IN THIS ECONOMY?	$1200	Surrounded by Belgium, Germany & France, this banking center sometimes leads the world in GDP per capita	Luxembourg	23%
____ING BOOK TITLES	$600	A young adult bestseller that's kind of a twist on "The Breakfast Club": "One of Us is" this	Lying	23%
ON PLANET POP CULTURE	$1600	It was a bit unusual for Tom Jones, Jim Brown & Danny DeVito to share a scene in this 1996 Tim Burton alien invasion film	Mars Attacks!	23%
THE SENATOR'S FIRST NAME	$400	A gentle hand gesture of affection by Pennsylvania's Toomey	Pat	23%
ROCKS & PLANTS...	$1600	The dimension type of this metamorphic rock is in blackboards, while the crushed type can go into composition roofing	slate	23%
____ING BOOK TITLES	$400	Named for young Danny Torrance's psychic gift	The Shining	23%
____ING BOOK TITLES	$1000	Irvine Welsh's debut novel about heroin addict Mark Renton & his pals	Trainspotting	23%
THE SENATOR'S FIRST NAME	$200	When it comes to Louisiana's Cassidy, he's just a this, & he's sitting here on Capitol Hill	Bill	15%
HAIL TO THE CHEF	$400	Though he pasta way in 1985, he is still depicted on cans of his spaghetti, beefaroni & ravioli	Chef Boyardee	15%
WORD ORIGINS	$1000	As it was often used for upper-story bedrooms, the name of this 6-letter window style that projects out is from Latin for "to sleep"	dormer	15%
ON PLANET POP CULTURE	$2000	Train sang, "Tell me, did you sail across the Sun? Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded" in this song	"Drops Of Jupiter"	15%
HAIL TO THE CHEF	$800	Renowned Southern chef Edna Lewis was an early proponent of this movement--food locally sourced & direct to your plat	farm to table	15%
THE 1800s	$800	In 1800 this sailing man visited Haydn, who composed a cantata on the Battle of the Nile	Horatio Nelson	15%
ROCKS & PLANTS...	$1200	The seed husks from this silent "P" annual are helpful with a variety of stomach ills,	psyllium	15%
IN THIS ECONOMY?	$2000	A coffee plant is on the emblem of this country where coffee remains an economic bright spot amid a brutal Saudi-Iranian proxy war	Yemen	15%
DOUBLE DOUBLE E	$800	Ironically, if you "put" something in this frigid 2-word place, it's kind of on the back burner	a deep freezer	8%
THE SONG OF THE DAY	$400	Duran Duran sang of a "New Moon" then "and a firedance through the night"	a "New Moon On Monday"	8%
19th CENTURY LITERATURE	N/A	This author first thought of a parrot before choosing another bird "equally capable of speech"	Edgar Allan Poe	8%
OLD AD SLOGANS	$400	Aawon Buhw! Aawon Buhw! Michael Bay directed the 1993 commercial that ended with this 2-word slogan-question	Got Milk?	8%
THE SENATOR'S FIRST NAME	$600	Let's toss in 2 ex-senators with Ohio's Portman to make this phrase: Portman Fitzgerald "to pay" Wellstone	rob Peter to pay Paul	8%
DOUBLE DOUBLE E	$1600	Manchego & Pecorino are examples of this, which may have subtle notes of lanolin	sheep cheese	8%
THE 1800s	$1600	Tenskwatawa, known as the Shawnee prophet, was the brother of this leader	Tecumseh	8%
THE SONG OF THE DAY	$800	In a nursery rhyme, this young one "has far to go"; as a David Bowie title, it waited until 1999	Thursday\'s Child	8%
DOUBLE DOUBLE E	$400	Of a certain pair of "Through the Looking Glass" characters, this one fits the category	Tweedledee	8%
WORD ORIGINS	$200	The wearer of this wouldn't likely know that its name goes back to a Scottish scholar & his followers after he fell out of favor	a dunce cap	0%
THE 1800s	$2000	In 1807 Napoleon & this czar I met on a river raft to plan how to divide up Europe	Alexander I	0%
IN THIS ECONOMY?	$1600	Late 19th century Greece depended heavily on exports of these fruits, which get their name from Corinth	currants	0%
HAIL TO THE CHEF	$2000	This French creator of peach Melba & Melba toast was nicknamed the "king of chefs & chef of kings"	Escoffier	0%
HAIL TO THE CHEF	$1600	Granddaughter of film producer Dino, she's the Food Network's celebrity chef seen here	Giada De Laurentiis	0%
DOUBLE DOUBLE E	$2000	Growing wild in much of the United States, it gets its name from once being ground up make snuff--ah-choo!	sneeze weed	0%
THE SONG OF THE DAY	$1000	Love & Kisses hit the Top 40 in 1978 with this title tune from a movie featuring Jeff Goldblum & Donna Summer	"Thank God It\'s Friday"	0%