Jeopardy #8227

Episode broadcast Tuesday, June 2, 2020
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HALL MONITOR
$200
In 2019 Abby Wambach was inducted into the national hall of fame for this sport
soccer
$400
Lord Stanley & Georges Vezina were 2 of the first inductees into this sport's hall of fame in 1945
hockey
$600
This legend is alphabetically first among modern-era inductees at the International Boxing Hall of Fame
(Muhammad) Ali
$800
The Basketball Hall of Fame hosts a preseason college tournament named for this first play in a basketball game
a tip-off
$1000
In 2019 Edgar Martinez & Harold Baines were elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame for playing this non-defensive position
designated hitter
 
 
 
HEAVEN OR HELL
$200
A 2-word synonym for heaven, it's the "land" of Canaan in Genesis reserved for Abraham & his descendants
the Promised Land
$400
One of the sons of Cronus, this Greek god of the underworld has a name that also means the underworld
Hades
$600
The name of this Buddhist state of enlightenment comes from the Sanskrit for "extinction"
nirvana
$800
The line "Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven" is from this 17th century poem
Paradise Lost
$1000
A famed Paris avenue bears the name of this blessed land where Greek heroes are sent in the afterlife
the Elysian Fields
 
 
 
BIRDS OF PREY
$200
These birds of prey are largely nocturnal, but the snowy type often hunts by day
an owl
$400
Found in South America, the harpy is a crested variety of this bird of prey with a wingspan that can reach seven feet
an eagle
$600
The largest bird of prey is this Western Hemisphere vulture that can fly 18,000 feet high & weigh 30 pounds
the condor
$800
One of the only terrestrial birds of prey is this species whose name seems more suited for an office than its home in Africa
the secretary bird
$1000
Reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour, this bird of prey is not only the world's fastest bird, it's also the world's fastest animal
the peregrine falcon
 
 
 
WORDS FROM OLD ENGLISH
$200
A mounted soldier in armor who served a king or lord
a knight
$400
This verb means to satisfy, especially one's thirst
slake
$600
"Over hill, over" this small valley--both landforms come from the Old English
a dale
$800
This word usually comes before "out", meaning to barely manage a living
eke
$1000
This geography term meaning a bend or a curve in a coastline sounds like sinking your teeth into something
bight
 
 
 
GOING ON VACATION
$200
This country's Amalfi Coast never fails to impress
Italy
$400
Stop by this landmark & take in the amazing vista from Yavapai Point to the North Rim
the Grand Canyon
$600
Headed to Paris? Check out the Impressionist and Postimpressionist works at this museum in a former train station
the Musée d\'Orsay
$800
Chile has a beautiful "district" of mountains & water that shares its name with this similar one in north England
the Lake District
$1000
This B&B island paradise northwest of Tahiti would be a perfect place for some R&R
Bora-Bora
 
 
 
I'M FULL OF "N.V."
$200
If a motel is displaying this sign, keep driving
no vacancy
$400
The Sightmark Ghost Hunter Goggle Binoculars will give you this
night vision
$600
The U.S. House of Representatives has 6 of these members, like Puerto Rico's resident commissioner
non-voting
$800
This country officially merged with its southern neighbor July 2, 1976
North Vietnam
$1000
The Mayacamas Mountains to the west and the Vaca Range to the east, enclose this fertile region of Northern California
Napa Valley
 
 
 
WOMEN AUTHORS
$400
This author of "The Good Earth" also wrote the heartwarming "Christmas Day in the Morning"
Pearl Buck
$800
She worked at a coffee shop in Toronto before writing dystopian fare
(Margaret) Atwood
$1200
In 1856 she published "Dred", in which she depicted the deterioration of a slave-holding society
Harriet Beecher Stowe
$1600
"The House on Mango Street" is the first book of fiction by this Mexican-american woman
(Sandra) Cisneros
$2000
This Danish writer acquired her title by marrying her cousin Bror von Blixen-Finecke, a Swedish baron
Isak Dinesen
 
 
 
GREATEST HITS FROM THE SUPREMES
$400
In McCulloch v. Maryland, John Marshall wrote, "The power to" do this 3-letter verb "involves the power to destroy"
tax
$800
In Williams v. U.S. William O. Douglas warned of the police taking matters "in their own hands" & these "beastly" courts
a kangaroo court
$1200
In Marbury v. Madison, John Marshall criticized this sitting president for flouting the law
Jefferson
$1600
Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 asserted that this type of marriage is legal in all 50 states
same-sex marriage
$2000
Leading to the 11th Amendment, Chisholm v. Georgia was overseen by this first Chief Justice
Jay
 
 
 
THE HUMAN BODY
$400
This clear, transplantable layer of the eye anterior to the lens is often compared to the crystal on a watch
the cornea
$800
In French le foie is this organ
the liver
$1200
In the average adult male, this thighbone is about 19 inches long
the femur
$1600
Erythrocytes are your red blood cells & these are your white blood cells
leukocytes
$2000
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Each hemisphere of the brain contains four lobes with different functions; your ability to process sounds, recognize words and understand them happens in this lobe, named for its location in relation to the size of the head
the temporal lobe
 
 
 
DOCUMENTARIES
$400
Aired on PBS in 1982, this filmmaker's first documentary told of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge
Ken Burns
$800
Spike Lee's "4 Little Girls" tells of the horrific bombing in 1963 of an African American church in this Alabama city
Birmingham
$1200
In 2020 the Oscar for Best Documentary Short went to a film about "Learning to" do this fun activity "in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)"
skateboard
$1600
A 2011 documentary called this man "Against the World" explores the life of the troubled chess master
Fischer
$2000
This 1994 documentary follows 2 inner-city Chicago kids who aspire to become pro basketball players
Hoop Dreams
 
 
 
THE OLD UNIVERSITY TRY
$400
Woof! & meow! & maybe even ribbit? This Ivy League U. in upstate New York awarded the nation's first doctorate of veterinary medicine
Cornell
$800
I wouldn't look for this university founded in 1875 by a Mormon leader on many lists of top 10 party schools
BYU (Brigham Young)
$1200
You could be like William Faulkner & get an Oxford education at this state school that opened in 1848
Ole Miss
$1600
In 1884 this private university in New Orleans was renamed after the local merchant who gave the school its first endowment
Tulane
$2000
The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality checks in at this school, a few blocks away from the action
UNLV
 
 
 
BEFORE & AFTER
$400
U.S. executive mansion that's a legal confinement to one's own residence instead of prison
White House arrest
$800
Historic New York City sports arena where Adam & Eve lived in the Bible
Madison Square Garden of Eden
$1200
Paul McCartney's Bond theme plays as Bruce Willis fights off bad guys at the Nakatomi Building
"Live And Let Die Hard"
$1600
2012 male stripper cinematic saga that went on to be our 70th Secretary of State
Magic Mike Pompeo
$2000
1873 Jules Verne adventure novel that's an NBC soap opera on the air since 1965
Around the World in Eighty Days of Our Lives
 
 
 
AMERICAN FIRSTS
N/A
John Ledyard, sailing on Captain Cook's last voyage in search of the NW Passage, was the 1st American to land at what are now these 2 states
Hawaii & Alaska
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