Jeopardy #8160

Episode broadcast Friday, February 14, 2020
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WOMEN AUTHORS
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In 1988 she scored her first No. 1 bestseller with "Queen of the Damned", the third novel in her Vampire Chronicles
Anne Rice
$800
Anna Deavere Smith's play "Fires in the Mirror" looks at the 1991 riots in the Crown Heights neighborhood of this NYC borough
Brooklyn
$1000
The Hudson series is a sequence of novels by this "Flowers in the Attic" author
V.C. Andrews
 
 
 
QUOTABLE 21st CENTURY MOVIES
$200
2012: "I volunteer as tribute!"
The Hunger Games
$400
2010: spoken by Natalie Portman, "I was perfect"
Black Swan
$600
2008: "Why so serious?"
Dark Knight
$800
Sulley: "I can still hear her little voice" Boo: (from down the hall) "Mike Wazowski! "
Monsters, Inc.
$1000
2005: "Noooo, Kelly Clarkson!"
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
 
 
 
HISTORIC NAMES
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) On his last voyage to search for the Northwest Passage, this captain discovered the Hawaiian Islands
Cook
$400
In the early 900s Rollo the Viking founded this duchy in France from which England was conquered 150 years later
Normandy
$600
Benito Mussolini's parents were admirers of this Benito, a reformist president of Mexico
Benito Juarez
$800
This Prussian who helped train the Continental Army left his name on a "ville" that's one of Ohio's oldest communities
Friedrich von Steuben
$1000
Gandhi is seen here with his mentor, Gopal Gokhale, who also worked for the rights of these low or no-caste folks, also known as Harijan
the untouchables
 
 
 
ANIMAL VERBS
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To remove a stain using an absorbent item, or to live at the expense of others
sponge
$400
To flutter your eyelashes
to bat
$600
Aggressively peddle goods in public by calling out
to hawk (your wares)
$800
Defeat an opponent overwhelmingly, especially by shutting them out
skunk
$1000
A weasel-like animal gives us this verb meaning to uncover or bring to light by searching
ferret
 
 
 
20-20
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"Animal, vegetable or mineral?" is the classic starter for this parlor game
Twenty Questions
$400
Now a saint, Anterus was the 20th of these; his predecessor Pontian was exiled to the Sardinian mines
a pope
$600
In old British currency, there were 20 of these to a pound
a shilling
$800
Most sports teams attempt to do this, also a term for a grouping of 20
score
$1000
These two journalists worked on "20-20" together for 20 years
Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters
 
 
 
HEINZ SITE
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The Heinz website has multiple offerings for this French fry condiment, including jalapeno & sriracha styles
ketchup
$400
Of course, there are yellow, spicy brown & honey varieties of this to peruse
mustard
$600
Heinz notes that this product is made from 100% cage-free eggs, lemon juice, oil & vinegar
mayonnaise
$800
Heinz offers cocktail sauce with a shrimp on the label & this type of sauce with a bit of fried fish on the label
tartar sauce
$1000
Heinz offers a type of gravy made from "savory beef stock" with this 2-word French designation
au jus
 
 
 
TREES GROW ON MONEY
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In 1955 a young tree symbolizing the healthy growth of Japan first appeared on the 1-this coin
yen
$800
A 2-franc coin from French Polynesia depicts an outrigger canoe beside 4 of these trees
palm trees
$1200
One the earliest American coins, the 17th century Massachusetts pine tree shilling was minted from this precious metal
silver
$1600
On the reverse of the current U.S. $10 bill, trees frame this building
the Treasury Building
$2000
A former Italian 100-lire coin shows Minerva grasping one of 4 these trees big in Italian agriculture
an olive tree
 
 
 
TV VILLAINS
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Even though they had pulses, the Governor & Negan made this show a little more terrifying
The Walking Dead
$800
Kasius, Graviton & a Kree were bad guys on this Marvel series on ABC
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
$1200
Seen here, Jodie Comer kills it as the villainess Villanelle on this drama
Killing Eve
$1600
Crowley, a charming villain on this show, was known to give the Winchester boys a devil of a time
Supernatural
$2000
On "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", Jake Peralta's occasional nemesis, the Pontiac Bandit, is portrayed by this veteran funnyman
Craig Robinson
 
 
 
DEFENSE MECHANISM
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In World War I a line of these defensive fortifications ranged from Belgium to Switzerland
trenches
$800
The part of the sword that protects your hand is called this, a word whose French equivalent is spoken by fencers
the guard
$1200
In myth, Athena had an Aegis, a shield adorned with the head of this hideous Gorgon
Medusa
$1600
More than 50 years old, this DuPont material known for its anti-bullet qualities is now used in aerospace & mining applications
Kevlar
$2000
On Reddit, there's an entire subreddit enamored with this weapon seen here, and they're not big fans of catapults
trebuchets
 
 
 
THE BODY HUMAN
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The gallbladder, which stores bile, lies immediately below this organ
the liver
$800
Not surprisingly, the name of this longest nerve is derived from Latin for "pain in the hip"
the sciatic nerve
$1200
One of the spleen's main functions is to filter out worn & damaged these
blood cells
$1600
Your metabolic rate is controlled by hormones secreted by this gland at the front of your neck
the thyroid
$2000
Found in the ear, the body's three smallest bones are known as the anvil, hammer, and this, after their shapes
a stirrup
 
 
 
LONDON BOROUGHS
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The 33 boroughs that make up London include this one that helps us keep time worldwide
Greenwich
$800
2 boroughs, Richmond & Kingston, are more properly followed by "upon" this body of water
upon Thames
$1200
Take a walk down memory lane in the borough of Camden and name this thoroughfare made famous by The Beatles
Abbey Road
$1600
More than 1,300 bombs were dropped on the especially hard-hit borough of Croydon during this 1940-41 German-named assault
the Blitz
$2000
This borough's name is synonymous with Britain's Parliament
Westminster
 
 
 
X MARKS THE WORD
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A person or thing that brings bad luck
a hex (jinx)
$800
A social gathering for people to get to know each other
a mixer
$1200
An ability score in Dungeons & Dragons, it refers to skill with the hands or body
dexterity
$1600
From the Latin for "leap up", it means to feel triumphant jubilation
exalt
$2000
A relative of the elephant, this herbivorous mammal is also called a rock rabbit
a hyrax
 
 
 
FAMOUS FIRST LINES
N/A
These 7 words precede, "The rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals"
"It was a dark and stormy night""
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