Jeopardy #8159

Episode broadcast Thursday, February 13, 2020
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FEBRUARY
$200
One legend about this saint whose feast day is February 14 says he specialized in performing secret marriages
St. Valentine
$400
According to annual presidential proclamations, February is this month--not "Black" anymore
African-American History Month
$600
Baseball spring training begins each February, with players at these 2 positions the first to report
pitchers & catchers
$800
John Clare's poem "February" is all about thawing: "eaves in quick succession drop, where grinning" these "have been"
icicles
$1000
It's the big day seen here in the Crescent City one recent February
Mardi Gras
 
 
 
CAST OF THE TV SHOW
$200
On NBC...oh man, I'll try to finish but now I'm crying--Sterling K. Brown, Susan Kelechi Watson, Logan Shroyer
This Is Us
$400
Time traveling on BBC America without the lead actress: Mandip Gill, Tosin Cole, Bradley Walsh
Doctor Who
$600
Some special FX: Patrick Wilson & Keith Carradine, both playin' Lou Solverson, dontcha know
Fargo
$800
On the CW: Camila Mendes & Cole Sprouse as teens, Robin Givens & Skeet Ulrich as grownups
Riverdale
$1000
HBO gets some very robotic performances out of Thandie Newton & James Marsden
Westworld
 
 
 
THE CIVIL WAR
$200
About 1,500 Union soldiers received this highest award for valor, instituted by Congress during the Civil War
the Congressional Medal of Honor
$400
Confederate troops used a high-pitched battle cry known by this 2-word name; it may have derived from fox hunting
the rebel yell
$600
The first amputee of the war, J.E. Hanger invented a prosthetic this that ones made today are still based upon
a leg
$800
With Atlanta burning in their wake, 62,000 soldiers under Gen. Sherman marched 300 miles to the sea in Nov. & Dec. of this year
1864
$1000
George Stewart called his in-depth study of this disastrous charge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 a microhistory
Pickett
 
 
 
"JUST SAY "N.O."
$200
Avian term for someone who stays up late
a night owl
$400
This gas is used by dentists as an anesthetic
nitrous oxide
$600
It's the delicacy seen here
a navel orange
$800
It's a French phrase whose sentiment is that the rich should take care of the poor
noblesse oblige
$1000
This astronomical site in D.C. is responsible for the U.S. time service
the Naval Observatory
 
 
 
FOOD & DRINK WORDS & PHRASES
$200
Something ill-suited is "not my" this 3-word phrase; I prefer English breakfast
cup of tea
$400
Tread carefully if doing this phrase for being careful not to anger someone (it can use the whole food item or just the shells)
walking on eggshells
$600
It's a circular representation of relative percentages making up a whole
a pie chart
$800
To lament a misfortune that can't be changed or corrected
cry over spilled milk
$1000
This expression means "earn a living"; in an old commercial, it was followed by "fry it up in a pan"
bring home the bacon
 
 
 
THE HORN OF AFRICA
$200
National Geographic called the Danakil this, home to the Horn's Afar people, "the cruelest place on earth"
Desert
$400
Animals of the Horn include the hamadrayas, among the smallest of these big monkeys
a baboon
$600
The point of the Horn is the peninsula of this country that's earned a reputation as a haven for pirates
Somalia
$800
In 1993, this country broke away from Ethiopia to become the Horn's newest independent nation
Eritrea
$1000
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) The Horn of Africa is bordered by the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and this body of water that gets its name from a seaport on the coast of Yemen
the Gulf of Aden
 
 
 
3/4 OF AN EGOT
$400
This "Divine Miss M" could still really use an "O"--that'd be Oscar--as her 2 nominations did not lead to victory
Bette Midler
$800
Emmy "seems to be the hardest word" for this musician, but he certainly could "feel the love tonight" at the Oscars in '95
Elton John
$1200
Her life story itself was on Broadway in 2019; yet still somehow this one-named superstar is Tony-less
Cher
$1600
This actress still needs a Tony, so right now, she will have to settle for having a "Titanic" "EGO"
Kate Winslet
$2000
He's the Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy-winning rapper and actor seen here
Common
 
 
 
RELIGIOUS FICTION
$400
Books in this series by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins take place following "the rapture"
Left Behind
$800
Orson Scott Card's "Women of Genesis" series of novels includes one about these 2 sisters & wives of Jacob
Rachel & Leah
$1200
"The Fifth Mountain" by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho tells of the "whirlwind" life of this biblical prophet
Elijah
 
 
 
TRIAL MIX
$400
A minor character in "The Crucible", the real Martha Corey was tried, excommunicated & hanged for this in 1692
witchcraft
$800
During the trial of this teacher in 1925, vendors sold refreshments, Bibles & toy monkeys
(John T.) Scopes
$1200
On Aug. 2,1921, 8 members of this team were acquitted of taking money to lose the World Series; on Aug. 3 they were banned from baseball
the White Sox
$1600
In 1982 a federal jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting of president Reagan
John Hinckley, Jr.
$2000
Seized in South America in 1960, this high-ranking Nazi was transported to Israel, where he was tried & executed
Adolf Eichmann
 
 
 
HEAT STREET
$400
Pasta chefs know it's the common way of saying heat-induced conversion of a liquid to a gas through vaporization
boiling
$800
0 Kelvin is 273.15 below on this scale
Celcius
$1200
It's the transfer of energy from one object to another by electromagnetic waves, like heat traveling from the Sun to the Earth
radiation
$1600
Heat is a form of energy: the first law of this says that it can be neither created nor destroyed but can be changed
thermodynaics
$2000
Like the desert snake it's named for, this air-to-air missile uses heat sensing to home in on its prey
a sidewinder
 
 
 
"SE"V"EN-LETTER WORDS
$400
"Any port in a storm" is a popular one
a proverb
$800
A brewski in Barcelona
a cerveza
$1200
Pickles or ice cream for expectant mothers, for example
craving
$1600
A high-ranking college officer
a provost
$2000
Here's a musician, probably Handel, at this, the 18th century word for any keyboard
a clavier
 
 
 
OPERA ZINGERS
$400
Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda" has lots to say to this other British queen, such as "Figlia impura di Bolena"
Elizabeth I
$800
"Vile intruder who thou art" are the first words directed to this Mozart seducer
Don Giovanni
$1200
This Verdi guy's joking includes suggesting the Count of Ceprano be beheaded since his head is useless on his shoulders
Rigoletto
$1600
"You inconsiderate jade" is one of the nicer things said to Polly in this 1728 "opera" that inspired the 20th c. "Threepenny Opera"
The Beggar\'s Opera
$2000
The Wagnerian dwarf Alberich calls these "maidens" "bony fish" who should "take eels for their lovers"
Rhinemaidens
 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE
N/A
There are reminiscences of branding cattle & lassoing steers in “Martín Fierro”, the national poem of this Western Hemisphere country
Argentina
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Thermodynamics is spelled wrong