Jeopardy #8147

Episode broadcast Tuesday, January 28, 2020
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OFF TO THE LANDMARK
$200
It was one of the first bridges to use steel for cable wire! On N.Y.'s East River, it almost sells itself!
the Brooklyn Bridge
$400
Hello, young lovers. Head over to this symbol of the Universal Exposition of 1889; the world's tallest structure then; iconic now
the Eiffel Tower
$600
Nearly 1,400 feet of limestone awaits you when you enjoy this territory seen here
Gibraltar
$800
UNESCO described this landmark, built in memory of a man's wife, as "the jewel of Muslim art in India"
the Taj Mahal
$1000
There are over 160 stories in Dubai, & this 2,717' building has every one of 'em! This building ...it'll make you say gee, wiz!
the Burj Khalifa
 
 
 
NEWER NECCO CANDY HEARTS
$200
Ahead of the new millennium, Necco offered the saying this many "Kisses" & this many "Hugs"
2,000
$400
The animal attraction series had "Purr" followed by these 4 letters
"fect""
$600
In 1999 this pair of 2-letter words, a "Clueless" movie quote, was kind of a mean choice
"As If""
$800
In 1998, between "Call me" & "Text me", came this 2-word phrase invoking now-outmoded telecommunications
"Fax Me" (**"Page Me")"
$1000
A "Twilight"-themed series included do this to "Me"
"Bite""
 
 
 
SCI-POURRI
$200
Using one of these he built himself, in 1674 Anton Van Leeuwenhoek gave the first accurate description of red blood cells
a microscope
$400
The big rock that caused mass extinction 65 million years ago has the alliterative name the "Alvarez" this
an asteroid
$600
The optic nerve transmits impulses to the brain from the one million ganglion cells in this eye part
a retina
$800
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) This system, part of the circulatory one, returns fluid from tissues to the bloodstream and helps the body absorb fat
the lymphatic system
$1000
The 3 most basic types of clouds are stratus, cumulus & this high, wispy type with a name meaning "curl"
cirrus
 
 
 
BIOPIC SUBJECTS
$200
2019: "Harriet"
Harriet Tubman
$400
2011: "The Iron Lady"
Margaret Thatcher
$600
2018: "On the Basis of Sex"
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
$800
On HBO: "Behind the Candelabra"
Liberace
$1000
2014: "The Theory of Everything"
Stephen Hawking
 
 
 
MILITARY ABBREVIATIONS
$200
In battle you better follow the R.O.E., rules of this
engagement
$400
CPOs are these officers, but I don't think they are spiteful
a chief petty officer
$600
Abbreviated DZ, it's the area where airborne troops, equipment or supplies are expected to land
a drop zone
$800
You can buy stuff at a PX, post exchange, or BX, this
the base exchange
$1000
To some, G.I. means "government issue"; MacArthur thought it meant this "issue" & couldn't stand the term
general
 
 
 
PARTS OF SPEECH, DEFINED
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It is "often thought of as referring to persons (or) places"
a noun
$400
They are "distinguished...by their function as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences"
conjunctions
$600
They are a "class of words expressing emotion, distinguished...by their use in grammatical isolation"
an interjection
$800
They "typically express some relation of place, time, manner..."
adverb
$1000
They "typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship"
a preposition
 
 
 
2020 ANNIVERSARIES
$400
400 years ago, it reached Plymouth carrying 102 passengers
the Mayflower
$800
August marks the 30th anniversary of Iraq invading this country, leading to the Persian Gulf War
Kuwait
$1200
In 2020 this composer's birth city of Bonn & surrounding areas are celebrating his 250th birthday all year long
Beethoven
$1600
Once part of Massachusetts, this state is celebrating its bicentennial
Maine
$2000
February is the 200th birthday of this union general whose middle name honored a Shawnee chieftain
(William Tecumseh) Sherman
 
 
 
JUST A SAMPLE
$400
My my my! It took 20 years for The Knack to notice that Run-DMC sampled this song on "It's Tricky"
"My Sharona""
$800
The Rolling Stones sued The Verve claiming too much of their song The Last Time" was used on this "Symphony"
"Bitter Sweet""
$1200
Sampling Rick James' "Super Freak" worked out okay for this rapper, as his album went on to sell more than 10 million copies
MC Hammer
$1600
Sections from "Straight To Hell" by The Clash play in this 3-letter rapper's "Paper Planes"
M.I.A.
$2000
Oh darlin', darlin'--Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" sampled some of this Ben E. King classic
"Stand By Me""
 
 
 
RUSSIAN ART & CULTURE
$400
Frommer's says some of the best souvenirs you can bring home from Russia are nesting dolls & bottles of this--cheers!
vodka
$800
In 1909, painter Boris Kustodiev captured a promenade and some merrymaking along this river
the Volga
$1200
Before leaving Russia in 1922, he designed some decorative panels for the Jewish Chamber Theatre in Moscow
Chagall
$1600
Russian for "self-boiler", these urns were traditionally used to heat water for tea & in 1989 were showcased on a series of stamps
a samovar
$2000
In this Stravinsky ballet, the title character gives Prince Ivan a magical feather after he captures & releases her
The Firebird
 
 
 
MARY: ME
$400
"Disclosing the Past" is the autobiography of this Mary who dug up some very old skulls
Mark Leakey
$800
"What's the 411?" She received a double Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress & Original Song for "Mudbound"
Mary J. Blige
$1200
& Here's to you, Mary Robinson, president of this European country from 1990 to 1997
Ireland
$1600
Mary Mapes Dodge is best remembered for her tale of this Dutch lad, illustrated here
Hans Brinker
$2000
Failing eyesight & eventual blindness forced this American-born artist to stop painting around 1914
Mary Cassatt
 
 
 
SHAKESPEARE BY NIGHT
$400
In this play Oberon says, "Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania"
A Midsummer Night\'s Dream
$800
"Romeo and Juliet": "Good night, good night!" these 5 words "that I shall say good night till it be morrow"
"Parting is such sweet sorrow""
$1200
Act II of this play ends with Cornwall saying, "'Tis a wild night. My Regan counsels well. Come out o' the storm"
King Lear
$1600
Speaking to Viola in this play, Olivia says, "Love's night is noon"
Twelfth Night
$2000
Marcellus asks this friend of Hamlet "to watch the minutes of this night, that if again this apparition come, he may...speak to it"
Horatio
 
 
 
""A"TONYM
$400
Of natural, like certain sweeteners
artificial
$800
Of enemy, especially during wartime
ally
$1200
Of declare guilty in a court of law (6 letters)
acquit
$1600
Of bedridden or unable to walk (10 letters)
ambulatory
$2000
Of relating to the period after the biblical flood
antediluvian
 
 
 
WORLD CAPITALS
N/A
Sharing its name with another ancient city on the sea, this African capital is called "Bride of the Mediterranean"
Tripoli
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