Statistics for Jeopardy #8417

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This quiz has been taken 43 times
The average score is 11 of 61

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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
CLUES FROM THE FIRST CROSSWORD PUZZLE	$800	To elude (5 letters)also starts & ends with "E"	evade	68%
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED	$200	Olmsted & Calvert Vaux designed this 840-acre green space, which now has a zoo, a reservoir & the Metropolitan Museum of Art	Central Park	64%
FASHIONABLY	$400	Basque & pancake are 2 styles of this flat French-named hat	a beret	59%
CLUES FROM THE FIRST CROSSWORD PUZZLE	$600	To govern (4 letters)	rule	59%
CLUES FROM THE FIRST CROSSWORD PUZZLE	$200	A boy (3 letters)	a lad	55%
LATE	$200	This "floral" term refers to someone whose talents flourish after a long span of time	a late bloomer	55%
CLUES FROM THE FIRST CROSSWORD PUZZLE	$400	Found on the seashore (4 letters)	sand	55%
FASHIONABLY	$200	Japanese gives us the name for this wide-sleeved garment tied with a sash called an obi	a kimono	45%
WELCOME TO THE PARTY	$200	She voted for Carter in 1976 as a registered Democrat, but soon switched & later served as Secretary of State under George W. Bush	Condoleezza Rice	45%
LATE	$400	If you come up wanting, you're said to be "a day late" & this monetary phrase	a dollar short	41%
WELCOME TO THE PARTY	$400	In 1962 this future president said, "I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The party left me"	Ronald Reagan	41%
FASHIONABLY	$600	Wrap yourself up snug as a bug in its chrysalis state in this type of coat named for an insect structure	a cocoon	36%
MUSICAL GENRES	$200	Pantera's "Vulgar Display pf Power" & Motörhead's "No Remorse" made Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums of this genre	(heavy) metal	36%
LAKES OF EUROPE	$400	In German this largest lake in the Alps is called Genfersee	Lake Geneva	27%
MUSICAL GENRES	$800	In the 1972 movie "The Harder They Come", Jimmy Cliff helped popularize this genre that fights for the oppressed	reggae	27%
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED	$600	Olmsted teamed with a Boston firm to come up with the final plans seen here for this university in Northern California & here it is today	Stanford	27%
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED	$800	Olmsted designed the 987-acre Belle Isle, where you can zip down the giant slide for just $1 in this city across from Windsor, Canada	Detroit	23%
WELCOME TO THE PARTY	$600	This Mass. senator switched from Rep. to Dem. after she studied credit card companies that fleeced poor families	Elizabeth Warren	23%
LAKES OF EUROPE	$800	This second-largest city of Russia gets a lot of its fresh water from nearby Lake Ladoga	St. Petersburg	23%
CLUES FROM THE FIRST CROSSWORD PUZZLE	$1000	A daydream (7 letters) we'll spot you the first letter, "R"	a reverie	18%
A LITERATURE SAMPLER	$400	In 2020 he had a No. 1 kids' picture book bestseller with "I Promise"... oh yeah, he also won an NBA title with the Lakers	LeBron James	18%
MUSICAL GENRES	$400	In 2020 "Contigo" by Alejandro Sanz won Record of the Year at these Grammys	the Latin Grammys	18%
MUSICAL GENRES	$1000	Marvin Young used part of his name for this stage name & became the first solo rapper to win a Grammy; now "Bust A Move"	Young MC	18%
FASHIONABLY	$800	I say, old chap! Wide neckties include the cravat & this one suitable for wear at the British racecourse of the same name	an ascot	14%
KEEP THE FAITH	$400	Nearly 80% of the people of India follow this religion that dates back to around 1500 B.C.	Hinduism	14%
ANIMAL-NAMED ANIMALS	$400	Like certain marsupials, these desert-dwelling rodents hop on 2 legs	kangaroo rats	14%
WELCOME TO THE PARTY	$1000	This splinter wing of the Democratic Party welcomed Strom Thurmond with a presidential nomination in 1948	a Dixiecrat	9%
ANIMAL-NAMED ANIMALS	$800	This fearsome predator gets the first part of its name from the stripes on its sides	a tiger shark	9%
LATE	$1000	Caused by a water mold, "late" this caused the Irish potato famine	blight	9%
SUMMER MOVIES	$1200	It was more park & less rec for this actor who was back as Owen in "Jurassic World: "Fallen Kingdom"	Chris Pratt	9%
MUSICAL GENRES	$600	The perfect song in this genre is said to include "Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison"	country music	9%
SUMMER MOVIES	$800	Steve Carell voiced the main character & also his twin brother Dru, who was up to no good in this "3"	Despicable me	9%
LATE	$800	In Italy the late Gothic period of art was centered in Siena & this big city just to the north	Florence	9%
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED	$400	Olmsted's plans for a reservoir for Mt. Royal Park were dashed by an 1870s depression in this city whose name sounds like the park	Montreal	9%
A LITERATURE SAMPLER	$2000	This book about surviving the great recession of 2008 is the basis for a 2020 film starring Frances McDormand	Nomadland	9%
SUMMER MOVIES	$1600	Computer & TV screen images are made of these, the title of a 2015 movie about video game characters attacking Earth	pixels	9%
LAKES OF EUROPE	$1200	Only a narrow barrier separates Romania's Lake Razelm from this sea	the Black Sea	9%
LATE	$600	"Carpool Karaoke" is a segment on this CBS show	The Late Late Show with James Corden	9%
LAKES OF EUROPE	$1600	If you're sailing around the Frisian Lakes like Sneekermeer, you're having fun in this country	the Netherlands	9%
SUMMER MOVIES	$2000	(Hi, I'm Kevin Hart.) Voicing Snowball, I had an announcement to make in this 2016 animated film: "Death is coming to Brooklyn and it's got buck teeth and a cotton tail"	The Secret Life of Pets	9%
SUMMER MOVIES	$400	In 2017 there were plenty of robotic performances in "The Last Knight", a continuation of this action film series	Transformers	9%
ANIMAL-NAMED ANIMALS	$1200	This largest pinniped gets its name from its size & its trunk-like snout	an elephant seal	5%
FASHIONABLY	$1000	This typically red & black checked pattern now popular at Christmas is said to be named for a herd of animals	buffalo plaid	5%
A LITERATURE SAMPLER	$1200	TB, or not TB, there is no question tuberculosis killed this "Eve of St. Agnes" romantic poet at age 25	(John) Keats	5%
WELCOME TO THE PARTY	$800	Spurned by the Whigs & Dems, this sitting president welcomed himself in 1844 to a new party, which he created!	John Tyler	5%
ANIMAL-NAMED ANIMALS	$2000	There's a big cat in the name of these colorful Pacific reef dwellers with venomous spines	lionfish	5%
L-M-N	$1600	It's the highest or utmost point of something	a culmination	0%
L-M-N	$800	Hammurabi's code specified this as a payment of one piece of silver to a former wife by her former husband	alimony	0%
ANIMAL-NAMED ANIMALS	$1600	Large ears like those on a donkey hybrid give this its name	a mule deer	0%
L-M-N	$1200	It's the type of horse seen frolicking here	a palomino	0%
FOOD & DRINK PHRASES	N/A	A 1951 TIME article said, "Since the war," this 2-word term for a period of time "has been written into union contracts"	coffee break	0%
KEEP THE FAITH	$1600	Southeast Asia has many temples of Cao Dai, which blends Buddhism, Taoism & this other ancient East Asian system	Confucianism	0%
L-M-N	$400	Yes, my dear Watson, this adjective refers to carbon, or even potassium	elemental (elementary)	0%
KEEP THE FAITH	$1200	In 2021 this Jewish holiday begins at sunset on November 28 & ends at nightfall on December 6	Hanukkah (Chanukkah)	0%
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED	$1000	Brooklyn went with the flow to design this park; you can go curling, play hockey or just ice skate like the folks here	Prospect Park	0%
A LITERATURE SAMPLER	$800	In a classic tale about this title guy, "John, Lord Greystoke... vanished from the eyes and from the knowledge of men"	Tarzan	0%
L-M-N	$2000	It contains more than half of the total protein in an egg & almost none of the fate	the albumen	0%
KEEP THE FAITH	$2000	Founded in Iran in the mid-19th century, this faith has no priesthood & believes in the unity of humanity	the Baha\'i faith	0%
A LITERATURE SAMPLER	$1600	In a legendary tale, the "Galloping Hessian of the Hollow" is better known as this, which is certainly more terrifying	the Headless Horseman	0%
KEEP THE FAITH	$800	This church was founded in the United States in 1830 & has more than 16 million followers today	the Mormon Church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)	0%
LAKES OF EUROPE	$2000	The shores of Hungary's Lake Balaton have been used for this type of agriculture for 2,000 years	wine	0%