Jeopardy #8157

Episode broadcast Tuesday, February 11, 2020
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TIME ZONE CITIES
$200
Charleston, West Virginia
Eastern
$400
Salt Lake City, Utah
Mountain
$600
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Central
$800
Las Vegas, Nevada
Pacific Time
$1000
Detroit, Michigan
Eastern
 
 
 
CRAYOLA COLORS IN OTHER FORMS
$200
Despite looking a lot like insulation, this alliterative spun sugar confection is always a fave
cotton candy
$400
To grow crimson in embarrassment, or a cosmetic used to add color to cheeks
blush
$600
The name of this plant comes from an Irish word meaning "clover"
shamrock
$800
This type of light has a wavelength shorter than 400 nanometers (but the crayon splits it into 2 words)
ultraviolet
$1000
"Off we go into" this 3-word phrase in an Air Force song, "climbing high into the sun"
wild blue yonder
 
 
 
BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
$200
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) Memento Park has Communist statues relocated from others sites in Budapest, like the one at the entrance of these two authors of "The Communist Manifesto"
Marx & Engels
$400
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) Bela Kun founded the Hungarian Communist Party after World War I, but in the 1930s fell victim to a Russian purge of followers of this exile
Trotsky
$600
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) This is a replica of a grandstand in Budapest. During an attempted revolt against Communism in 1956, protesters brought down the statue of this recent Soviet leader, leaving only his boots remaining
Stalin
$800
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) After Lenin triumphed in the Russian Revolution, he soon helped install a short-lived government in Hungary on the principles of this movement from Russian for "greater"
the Bolsheviks
$1000
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Memento Park in Budapest, Hungary.) A statue remembers the Hungarians who fought fascists on behalf of the Spanish Republic. They were directed by this association of world Communist parties, an early organ of Soviet dominance
the comintern
 
 
 
FOOD
$200
Venus, steamer & cherrystone are all types of this seafood
clams
$400
Iceberg, heirloom & a rasher are the main trio in this classic sandwich
a BLT
$600
The Isle of Wight & Lake Worth, Florida both have annual festivals honoring this pungent bulb & its endless potential
garlic
$800
The name of this spicy Cajun stew comes from the French for "to smother"
etouffee
$1000
To make a Pavlova dessert, start with a base of this beaten mixture, then top it with whipped cream & fruit
meringue
 
 
 
""INNA"
$200
Your guts
innards
$400
At one time it was the Dutch East India Company's most profitable spice
cinnamon
$600
The highest point of achievement
pinnacle
$800
In the first stanza of a poem, Edgar Allan Poe used this lengthy word to describe the sound of "the bells"
tintinnabulation
$1000
This triangular sail is said to be an alteration of the name of the racing yacht "Sphinx"
spinnaker
 
 
 
GOT A DeVITO
$200
As this character in "Batman Returns", Danny DeVito kidnaps, murders &, even worse, enters politics!
the Penguin
$400
Danny was ringmaster Max Medici in the 2019 live-action version of this classic Disney cartoon
Dumbo
$600
In season 2 of this FXX sitcom, Danny joined the cast as the crusty Frank Reynolds
It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
$800
Voicing this title Dr. Seuss character in a 2012 animated film, DeVito said, "I speak for the trees!"
the Lorax
$1000
The poster for this film Danny made with Schwarzenegger said, "Only their mother can tell them apart"
Twins
 
 
 
DAY JOB VU
$800
In 2019 Rep. AOC went back to tending bar for a day to bring notice to this federal standard for workers getting tips: $2.13 an hour
minimum wage
$1200
On Sept. 11, 2009, almost 9 months after an unusual landing, he was back in the cockpit for a flight from Charlotte to Atlanta
Captain Sully
$1600
In 1973 Erich Segal, author of this weepy bestseller about a dying coed, quit teaching classics at Yale, but he returned in the '80s
Love Story
$2000
In '96 this ex-pres. of Poland returned to his electrician gig in Gdansk; his first day included a press conference & a vacation request
Lech Walesa
 
 
 
MAGIC IN LITERATURE
$400
In Glen Cook's "Black Company" series, Soulcatcher flies around on one of these, just like in the "Thousand and One Nights"
a magic carpet
$1200
To access power, mages in the "Malazan" series use & travel in these, just like the burrows where rabbits live
warrens
$1600
Allomancers in the "Mistborn" series can burn metals like iron & even these, like pewter & duralumin
alloys
$2000
Everyone has a special magic talent in this author's "Xanth" series that began with "A Spell for Chameleon"
Piers Anthony
 
 
 
ITALIAN LOANWORDS IN ENGLISH
$1200
Italian for "hell", it's used in English to describe a raging fire
an inferno
$1600
In Italian it's the faculty of sight; in English it's a distant view to be had from a vantage point
vista
$2000
From the Italian for "undertaking", it's someone who organizes public entertainments like operas or ballets
an impresario
 
 
 
I WRITE A SYMPHONY
$800
This "Carmen" composer hid away his "Symphony in C", maybe because it was too imitative of his teacher Charles Gounod
Bizet
$1200
Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 3 is named for this Jewish prayer for the dead & uses its words
Kaddish
$1600
The Finnish govt. commissioned him to write a symphony to celebrate his own 50th birthday & he conducted the premiere on the day
Sibelius
$2000
Schubert wrote some great symphonies & so did this near contemporary, including the one heard here
Robert Schumann
 
 
 
POP GOES THE CULTURE
$400
Ed Asner voiced Carl Fredricksen in this Pixar film that ballooned to $700 million-plus at the box office
Up
$800
In the original 1954 film, nuclear weapons testing is what awakens this creature & sends him on his rampage on Tokyo
Godzilla
$1200
Mr. Potato Head was not enough! In a 2019 deal, this toy brand added Peppa Pig & of course gangster rap label Death Row Records
Hasbro
$1600
In 2019, those who made the pilgrimage to the Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin, Tennessee included this band led by Dave Grohl
the Foo Fighters
$2000
In 2012 this Oscar-winning actress & humanitarian became a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency
Angelina Jolie
 
 
 
""M"EN OF THE PAST
$400
For this poet it was paradise found (hopefully) Nov. 8, 1674
(John) Milton
$800
In June 1527 death was cunning & unscrupulous in taking this Italian political thinker
Machiavelli
$1200
On July 20, 1937 , we short-waved goodbye to this Italian inventor
Marconi
$1600
This Serbian leader's war crimes trial & life were adjourned for good March 11, 2006
Milosevic
$2000
He's seen here in 1921 on Mount Everest. His life ended on the mountain in 1924
(George) Mallory
 
 
 
AMERICAN HISTORY
N/A
After statesman & banker Robert Morris turned down a job offer from George Washington, this man took the job
Alexander Hamilton
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