Jeopardy #8274

Episode broadcast Thursday, November 5, 2020
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TAKE A HIKE
$200
Beware the big drop on Bright Angel Trail, a feature of this perennial Arizona attraction's South Rim
the Grand Canyon
$400
You'll see some familiar faces on the Presidential Trail, which loops past this mount
Mount Rushmore
$600
Here the Great Smoky Mountains live up to their name as a hiker navigates the Charlies Bunion Hike on this famed trail
the Appalachian Trail
$800
Become a 46er by hiking Whiteface, Haystack & 44 other peaks in this range of Upstate New York
the Adirondacks
$1000
If you want to hike Halemau'u Trail with all its wonder, you'll have to head to this second-largest of the Hawaiian islands
Maui
 
 
 
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
$200
In a book by Beverly Cleary, Socks is this pet, suddenly having to share the house with a new baby
a cat
$400
A tiny one of these dinosaurs has a big problem: an impossible hug, because of his short arms!
a Tyrannosaurus
$600
This bedtime classic is set in "the great green room"
Goodnight Moon
$800
"One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and--pop!--out of the egg came" this title larva
the very hungry caterpillar
$1000
She wrote about & illustrated a frog named Mr. Jeremy Fisher & a hedgehog named Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
Beatrix Potter
 
 
 
3-NAMED MARYS
$200
This TV legend leaped from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" to her own title sitcom
Mary Tyler Moore
$400
This actress was half of the team that portrayed Michelle Tanner on "Full House"
Mary Olsen (Mary-Kate Olsen)
$600
On "24", Mary Lynn Rajskub was the very efficient Chloe O'Brian, helping this Kiefer Sutherland character
Jack Bauer
$800
In 2019 this "Weeds" actress returned to Broadway in Adam Rapp's "The Sound Inside"
Mary-Louise Parker
$1000
This actress battled John Goodman and scary creatures in "10 Cloverfield Lane"
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
 
 
 
LAW
$200
Spoken defamation of another is slander; this is written defamation
libel
$400
Facing the judge in a courtroom, the plaintiff is generally on the right & this counterpart on the left
a defendant
$600
It means permission, like to search a dwelling; the third amendment speaks of this "of the owner" of a house
consent
$800
The role of colleges in relation to students from the mid-1800s to the 1960s was in loco parentis, Latin for this
in lieu of parents
$1000
A lawyer who represents a soldier is called a "judge" this, another term for a lawyer
an advocate
 
 
 
ANATOMICAL IDIOMS
$200
Madly in love: "head over ___"
heels
$400
Ironically: "___ in cheek"
tongue
$600
Laugh uncontrollably: "bust a ___"
a gut
$800
Inseparable or "joined at the ___"
the hip
$1000
To be personally vested: "have ___ in the game"
skin
 
 
 
THE SANDWICH GENERATION
$200
Hey, youse guys! U.S. News raved about this sandwich from John's Roast Pork in Philadelphia
a cheesesteak
$400
This corned beef & Swiss sandwich bearing a man's name can be served cold or grilled
Reuben
$600
Down in Miami try this nationality named grilled sandwich with ham, pork, cheese & pickles
a Cuban
$800
Sliced meat, torpedo sandwich rolls (split) & cans of beef consomme are keys in a "French" this
dip
$1000
Arby's says it put this sandwich filling on the map
roast beef
 
 
 
HISTORICAL FACTS
$800
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Here's the extent of this landmark the Ming Dynasty began paying for in the late 1300s; it held off minor attacks, but major ones were problematic
the Great Wall of China
$1200
He asked for 20,000 pounds to betray his country in 1780 & said that was a bargain price
Benedict Arnold
$1600
Dating from around 800 A.D., Colombia's Ciudad Perdida means this
lost city
$2000
During the Gladiator or Third Servile War in the 70s B.C., this rebel & his forces gained control over most of southern Italy
Spartacus
 
 
 
MUSIC VENUES
$400
This home of the Rockettes is known as the "Showplace of the Nation"
Radio City Music Hall
$800
A frieze called "The Triumph of Arts & Letters" adorns this Royal London venue
the Royal Albert Hall
$1200
Here's the geological beauty that makes up this outdoor venue in Colorado
Red Rocks
$1600
Early in his career, Elton John performed at this legendary L.A. club whose name is a synonym for a lyric poet
The Troubadour
$2000
This cafe in a Nashville strip mall is famous for hosting an open mic night on Mondays
the Bluebird Café
 
 
 
PEOPLES
$400
Sharwa is a more accurate pronunciation as well as another name for this Himalayan people
Sherpa
$800
Descendants of these Dutch settlers of the Transvaal are often called Afrikaners
the Boer
$1200
Geronimo was a leader of these Native American people
the Chiricahua Apache
$1600
Northern Norway, Sweden & Finland are home to these people also known as the Sami
the Lapp
$2000
The governments of Kenya & Tanzania are trying to persuade these nomadic people to make permanent settlements
the Masai
 
 
 
THE SCIENTIST'S HAIKU
$400
Worked for Edison / His ac lit world expo / Ahead of his time
Tesla
$800
Brit biologist / Not Holmes but still Watson's pal / A twisted ladder
(Francis) Crick
$1200
Gazing into space / Ev'ry 76 years / His object flies by
(Edmond) Halley
$1600
Planning planet moves / 3 laws--first is elliptic / German gravity
Kepler
$2000
An Irish chemist / 1600s gas law man / An improved air pump!
(Robert) Boyle
 
 
 
21st CENTURY BLACK & WHITE MOVIES
$400
In 2019 Alfonso Cuarón won an Oscar for the black & white cinematography of this film about Mexico in the 1970s
Roma
$800
This 2011 Best Picture winner isn't completely silent, but it is a black & white movie
The Artist
$1200
This Bruce Dern movie named for a Plains state was in B&W in the theaters but was shown in color on cable
Nebraska
$1600
This spooky director filmed his stop-motion animation film "Frankenweenie" in black & white to emulate classic monster movies
Tim Burton
$2000
As keepers of the title beacon, Robert Pattinson & Willem Dafoe really let the isolation get to them in this 2019 film
The Lighthouse
 
 
 
AFTER EFFECT
$400
To expel, like an ump sometimes does to an MLB manager
eject
$800
The pile of assets that allows a college to keep operating
endowment
$1200
The belief in the equality of all people
egalitarian (equalitarian)
$1600
It means vivacious or giving off bubbles
effervescent
$2000
9-letter description of a flagrantly offensive error or omission
egregious
 
 
 
FOREIGN WORDS IN ENGLISH
N/A
The first use of this Spanish term in English was by Wellington referring to partisans in the Peninsular Wars
guerrillas
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