Jeopardy #8413

Episode broadcast Wednesday, June 2, 2021
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THE BIBLE
$200
In Exodus, God promises to "rain bread from heaven"; when the Israelites see it, they call it this
manna
$400
Biblical dreamers include Joseph & in the gospel of Matthew, the wife of this Roman governor
(Pontius) Pilate
$600
A version known as the "Wicked Bible" was printed in 1631 with the typo "Thou shalt commit" this sin
adultery
$800
The shortest verse in the King James Bible is John 11:35, these 2 words
Jesus wept
$1000
Not to be confused with Barabbas, this companion of Paul has sometimes been credited with writing the epistle to the Hebrews
Barnabas
 
 
 
EUROPEAN HISTORY
$200
This barbarian ruler who had terrorized Europe died on his wedding night in 453 A.D.
Attila the Hun
$400
The 2nd tsar of this name freed the serfs in Russia in 1861
Alexander
$600
This nation that was formed at the end of World War I broke in 2 in 1993
Czechoslovakia
$800
Once a powerful republic, this Italian city lost 4 wars to Venice in the middle ages
Genoa
$1000
On October 25, 1415 an English army won this battle over a much larger French force
the Battle of Agincourt
 
 
 
DESCRIBING THE FILM TRILOGY
$200
1960s playboy/spy wakes up in the 1990s; playboy/spy travels back to the 1960s; playboy/spy travels back to 1975
Austin Powers
$400
Heist in Vegas; heist in Europe; heist in Vegas
the Oceans trilogy
$600
Killings intercut with baptism; killings in Cuba; killings intercut with an opera
The Godfather
$800
Movie earns 4 Oscars; movie earns 2 Oscars; movie earns 11 Oscars
Lord of the Rings
$1000
Hero visits parents; hero visits kids; hero visits great-great-grandparents
Back to the Future
 
 
 
THE GIVING TREE
$200
Although the red type of this tree can provide sap for syrup, it mainly gives us shade
maple
$400
Pull out the stopper & let's celebrate this live oak species that produces a useful spongy lightweight product
cork
$600
The southern species of this tree gives us the flower seen here
magnolia
$800
The leaves of Brazil's carnauba palm yield a type of this used in lipsticks & shoe polish
wax
$1000
Trees named for Rudolph Hass yield the most popular variety of these
avocados
 
 
 
I'D LIKE TO BUY
$200
I'd like to buy a Flodalen, a terry cloth this from IKEA
a (bath) towel
$400
Got some caped crusading to do, so I'll need one of these head coverings, from Latin for "hood"
a cowl
$600
I want to lay some bricks, so I'll take a Kraft tool carbon steel one of these mortar spreaders with a flat plate & a handle
a trowel
$800
Guess it's time I got around to reading "My American Journey", the 1995 autobiography of this Secretary of State
Colin Powell
$1000
I love to build things, so I sure could use a Madison Mill round wood poplar one of these connecting rods
a dowel
 
 
 
"A" VOWEL
$200
A situation involving conflict, or a Pulitzer Prize category for plays
drama
$400
Lady fingers & thousand fingers are varieties of this fruit
bananas
$600
A defacer of property, or a member of King Gunderic's 5th century tribe
a vandal
$800
This nickname of General Pershing can also mean a face card in spades or clubs
Black Jack
$1000
The name of this gourd rattle is from a South American Indian word
maracas
 
 
 
ISLANDS
$400
This island has a museum in Napoleon's summer residence, Villa San Martino
Elba
$800
Here's the flag of this chilly island that's more than three times the size of Texas
Greenland
$1200
Visit the port of Lahaina or drive the Hana Highway on this Hawaiian island
Maui
$1600
The names of the 2 main islands that make up this equatorial nation mean "St. Thomas & Prince"
São Tomé and Príncipe
$2000
This island 37 miles north of Venezuela grows oranges whose peel is used to make a famous liqueur
Curacao
 
 
 
IT'S ALL ABOUT HER
$400
In "My Beloved World", this first Hispanic American on the Supreme Court talks about growing up in a Bronx housing project
(Sonia) Sotomayor
$800
In this 1937 memoir Isak Dinesen told of her life in Kenya, where she managed a coffee plantation
Out of Africa
$1200
"Mad Girl's Love Song" tells of this poet's "Life Before Ted" (Hughes)
Sylvia Plath
$1600
"Daughter of Destiny" is the autobiography of this slain Pakistani prime minister
Benazir Bhutto
$2000
"The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" is less about Alice & more about this woman, her life partner who wrote the book
Gertrude Stein
 
 
 
ART MOVEMENTS
$400
The Incoherents had fun with art: Eugène Bataille depicted this Leonardo da Vinci gal enjoying a pipe
the Mona Lisa
$800
With work like "Indefinite Divisibility", Yves Tanguy helped import this European movement to the United States
Surrealism
$1200
Named for Orpheus, Orphism was an offshoot of this other "-ism" of Georges Braque
Cubism
$1600
Henri Matisse was the leader of this "wild beast" art movement that flourished in the early 1900s
Fauvism
$2000
Led by Robert Henri, "The Eight" were a group of artists who tried to show a grittier side of city life in this "rubbish" movement
the Ashcan School
 
 
 
POTPOURRI
$400
In the 1950s these candy dispensers were adorned with heads; they've now been adorned with almost 2,000 different ones
PEZ dispensers
$800
The mythical story of Prometheus points to a real medical fact: this organ's ability to regenerate itself
the liver
$1200
(Brad Keselowski presents from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) I'm Brad Keselowski; the pit crew guy hauling a 20-pound piece of equipment to help change my four tires is called this, also the last name of an X-Men actor
a jackman
$1600
A cloak called the scapular is worn by this order of monks established by a papal bull in 1216
Dominicans (Dominican Order)
$2000
To keyboard players a "smear" is this finger-sweeping action, from a word meaning to slide
glissando
 
 
 
NEW TO THE OED
$400
Chickens don't have these digits, but in 2020 the OED acknowledged their existence in a popular fried food product
(chicken) fingers
$800
Even better than awesome is "awesome" followed by this 5-letter liquid
sauce
$1200
Chichimec refers to an indigenous people of this country
Mexico
$1600
The last 4 months of the year are called these 5-letter "months", like the last piece of wood in a fire
the ember months
$2000
The Henriad refers to 4 plays by this man
Shakespeare
 
 
 
POP PSYCHOLOGY
$400
In 1986 Janet Jackson sang about this Freudian "Principle"
the pleasure principle
$800
In "Paranoid", this hard-rocking man sang, "People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time"
Ozzy Osbourne
$1200
In 1967 this man sang, "Manic depression is a frustrating mess"--what a harrowing "experience"
(Jimi) Hendrix
$1600
This Nirvana song shares its name with an element used in medications for bipolar disorder
"Lithium"
 
 
 
NEWSPAPER NAMES
N/A
Used as a newspaper name from New York to San Diego, it was an ancient Roman official who represented the people's interests
Tribune
2 Comments
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Level 60
Jun 2, 2021
Never enough time on any of these. Love the quizzes but the time frame should be way longer for that much reading
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Level 70
Jun 3, 2021
Not enough time, also the answer lines need to be broadened. E.g. "avocado" is not accepted, nor is "Agincourt."