Jeopardy #8153

Episode broadcast Wednesday, February 5, 2020
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WORLD LEADERS
$200
He reigned from 1066 to 1087 & one of those years should really help you
William the Conqueror
$400
In 2003 it all came crashing down around him, including his statue on April 9
Saddam Hussein
$600
He led from 1799 to 1814, took an unwanted vacation, returned & then was gone for good in 1815
Napoleon
$800
Nicknamed "Uncle", this Communist was a leader in Vietnam from 1945 to 1969
Ho Chi Minh
$1000
Popular in 37 A.D., this man whose name means "little boot" was sent walking 4 years later
Caligula
 
 
 
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES
$200
In 2007 Rupert Murdoch bought this newspaper that was started by Charles Dow in the 19th century
the Wall Street Journal
$400
Marca, a Spanish sports daily, reports on this sport in particular
soccer
$600
MT for short, this magazine for car enthusiasts celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2019
Motor Trend
$800
In 2010 this mayoral name began appearing above "Businessweek" on a magazine that's been around since 1929
Bloomberg
$1000
Atlanta's top newspaper has this hyphenated name
Journal-Constitution
 
 
 
STATE SONGS
$200
Its state folk song is "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On"
Washington
$400
Appropriately, it has a state bluegrass song, "Blue Moon of" itself
Kentucky
$600
Maryland's state song "Maryland, My Maryland" is sung to the tune of this Christmas song
"O Tannenbaum""
$800
In the lyrics of Vermont's state song, "these" title lofty peaks "are my home"
the Green Mountains
$1000
Wyoming's second state song, official since 2018, mentions this 4-letter river named for strong gusts in the area
Wind
 
 
 
NICKNAMES
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In the 1980s a Californian won the contest to nickname Seattle, with this entry out of Oz
the Emerald City
$400
The grand scale of Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C Major earned it this nickname, after the chief Roman god
Jupiter
$600
This matinee idol and grandfather of actress Drew had good looks and an aquiline nose, which got him the nickname "The Great Profile"
John Barrymore
 
 
 
TEXTING ABBREV.
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F2F: let's get together this way
face to face
$400
JK: only a joke
just kidding
$600
ROTFL: you've made me hysterical
rolling on the floor laughing
$800
OT: not pertaining to the issue at hand
off-topic
$1000
YBS: I'm trying to warn you
you\'ll be sorry
 
 
 
MOVIES ACROSS AMERICA
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(Hi, I'm Bill Ritter from New York's ABC7 [He presents from Queens, NY].) Philip Johnson designed the soaring towers of the New York State Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair in the futuristic Googie style which fit perfectly in this 1997 film that featured them
Men in Black
$400
(I'm Anne Elise Park with TXA21. [She presents from the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas, Texas].) George W. Bush's Oval Office is one setting for the movie "W.", directed by this man who entered Yale the same year as Bush
Oliver Stone
$600
(Hi, I'm Betty Davis from Local 10 [She presents from Miami, FL].) Miami Beach's Carlyle Hotel was a setting for this 1996 comedy starring Robins Williams & Nathan Lane
The Birdcage
$800
(I'm Robert Hadlock from KXAN [He presents from Austin, TX].) The state capitol appears in 1982's "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" which starred this late actor as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd
Burt Reynolds
$1000
(Hi, I'm Chris Tanaka from Cleveland 19.) In "A Christmas Story", the huge box marked "fra-jee-lay" (actually, that's "fragile") contains this alliterative 2-word award
the leg lamp
 
 
 
A COLORFUL CATEGORY
$400
Avoid the sting of this creature named for its coloration
yellowjacket
$800
These sea discolorations that can be caused by Karenia brevis can kill fish & be toxic to humans
red algae (red tides)
$1200
Hurricanes and Dolphins both played home games in this now-demolished venue
the Orange Bowl
$1600
Formed in 1952, the U.S. Army's special forces are also known by this name
Green Berets
$2000
(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE)Here's this mountain range mentioned in the opening of "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
the Blue Ridge Mountains
 
 
 
ON THE MEDITERRANEAN
$400
Politically, this country is divided into 14 provinces, including the city of Damascus, which is considered its own province
Syria
$800
Listen, sweetheart, Casablanca in this country isn't on the Mediterranean, but Nador is
Morocco
$1200
This island that boasts Messina but not Loggins is always getting the boot
Sicily
$1600
The ancient city of Carthage is in this country that borders Algeria & the Mediterranean
Tunisia
$2000
60 miles up the coast from Tel Aviv is this city, Israel's main port
Haifa
 
 
 
SHOW TUNE RHYMES
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In "The Music Man" there were "copper bottom tympani in horse platoons... double bell euphoniums & big" these instruments
bassoons
$800
Evita rhymes, "All through my wild days, my mad existence, I kept my promise, don't keep your" this
distance
$1200
In "Cats", "Every streetlamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning, someone mutters & the street lamp gutters, & soon it will be" this
morning
$1600
In "Spamalot" the Lady of the Lake sings, "Do not fail, find your" this one word
grail
$2000
In "it's The Hard-Knock Life", Annie laments, "No one cares for you a smidge, when you're in" this place
an orphanage
 
 
 
"THE "IDE"S OF FEBRUARY
$400
On February 24, 2019 hundreds of bicyclists showed up for Portland, Oregon's "Worst Day of the Year" this
Ride
$800
Spike Lee was among the stars sitting here at the February 17, 2019 NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte
courtside
$1200
On Feb. 3, 2019 the slogan "There's enough money when no one steals" gave Nayib Bukele this type of win in El Salvador's election
a landslide
$1600
Port Townsend, Washington experienced a king one of these on February 23, 2019
the tide
$2000
Because it took the life of Portugal's king & his heir apparent, a February 1908 assassination is known as the "Lisbon" this
Regicide
 
 
 
GENETIC DISORDERS
$400
Unusual bleeding after vaccinations & swelling & warmth in joints are symptoms of this blood-clotting disorder
hemophilia
$800
Treatment for this tremor-causing malady first described in 1817 may include freezing small areas of the brain
Parkinson\'s
$1200
Duchenne MD--MD short for this--is an inherited disorder that affects about 1 in 3,500 male births around the world
muscular dystrophy
 
 
 
AUTHORS' NAME CHANGES
$400
Joanne is her first name; she has no middle name but Kathleen was added for literary purposes in honor of her grandmother
J.K. Rowling
$800
Perhaps in an act of "Civil Disobedience", this transcendentalist reversed the order of his first & middle names
Thoreau
$1200
This author who grew up in Oxford, Mississippi added the letter "U" to his last name
Faulkner
$1600
Marguerite Johnson was a singer when she took this stage name & used it when she wrote poems like "Still I Rise"
Maya Angelou
$2000
New Yorker Nathan Weinstein fittingly changed his name to this & eventually moved out to Hollywood
Nathanael West
 
 
 
AMERICAN HISTORY
N/A
At Harpers Ferry, John Brown & his rebels were defeated by troops commanded by this man who 2 years later led a rebel army himself
Robert E. Lee
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