Jeopardy #8429

Episode broadcast Thursday, June 24, 2021
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'TIS THE SEASONAL BOOK TITLE
$200
P.G. Wodehouse's "____ Fever"
Spring
$400
Jim Harrison's Legends of the ____"
Fall
$600
Daniel Woodrell's "____ 's Bone"
Winter
$800
Herman Raucher's "____ of '42"
Summer
$1000
Laura Ingalls Wilder's "The Long ____"
Winter
 
 
 
3-RING CIRCUS
$200
Staples offers 3-ring these that help keep all your papers in order at school
binder
$400
The top 3 rings in its logo are blue, black & red; there are 2 more below
the Olympics
$600
"Thr33 Ringz" was a 2008 album from this master of Auto-Tune seen here
T-Pain
$800
The 3-ring canopy release system helps to make this risky pastime a bit less risky
skydiving
$1000
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York.) The three rings circling the 1964 Unisphere here in Queens represents the three famous orbits at the time--the Telstar satellite, Yuri Gagarin's flight & this American's February 1962 mission
John Glenn
 
 
 
THIS MEANS WAR!
$200
A proverbial weight-loss phrase is this "of the bulge"
battle
$400
A cornerback or safety goes after the quarterback sack when sent in on this defensive option
a blitz
$600
To come into conflict, as the same-named "Train In Vain" band members certainly did
The Clash
$800
Legally, lifting a fist in a threatening way can be this; battery takes things to the next level
assault
$1000
This 5-letter word borrowed from French describes hand-fighting done by scores of people
melee
 
 
 
REAL PEOPLE ON FILM
$200
In 2013 Idris Elba took the "Long Walk to Freedom" as this man, whose death was announced at the film's U.K. premiere
Nelson Mandela
$400
As this title pair, Newman & Redford did leap off a Colorado cliff... onto a mattress a few feet below
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
$600
Prison cellmate Tommy Chong convinced Jordan Belfort to pen a memoir, which led to this Scorsese movie
The Wolf of Wall Street
$800
He has the same birthday--January 17--as Andy Kaufman, whom he portrayed in "Man on the Moon"
Jim Carrey
$1000
Played by Benedict Cumberbatch in "The Fifth Estate", he called the film "a mass propaganda attack against WikiLeaks"
Julian Assange
 
 
 
5 SCOOPS OF ICE CREAM
$200
Tom Carvel is famous for this type of ice cream created when truck problems caused his product to melt
soft serve
$400
This type of ice cream engenders debate about which flavor to eat last & some strange folks take all three in one spoonful
Neapolitan
$600
This brand's first ice cream scoop shop was in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont
Ben & Jerry\'s
$800
This "stately" ice cream dish was originally cooked in the oven, but now blowtorches are used
Baked Alaska
$1000
The Chicago mob had a bad temper when they destroyed this ice cream bar company's fleet for not paying protection in 1929
Good Humor
 
 
 
A SIDE OF CHILE
$200
This mountain range that began forming 200 million years ago takes up most of Chile's eastern border with Argentina
the Andes
$400
This capital on the Mapocho River endured an 8.8 earthquake in 2010
Santiago
$600
Kristine Tompkins, who gave land for five national parks, joins Chile's president in this region, also the outdoor company she ran
Patagonia
$800
Not including polar regions, this Chilean desert is considered the world's driest
the Atacama
$1000
In the 1970s this Chilean dictator used Dawson Island as a concentration camp for political adversaries
Pinochet
 
 
 
CHURCHILL SPEAKS
$400
In his first statement as prime minister, Winston Churchill said he had "nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears &" this
sweat
$800
In 1932 Winston quipped this European country was "armed to the teeth", but "pacifist to the core"
France
$1200
"Darkest Hour" & "Dunkirk" highlight Churchill's speech that says, "We shall fighti n the hills; we shall never" do this
surrender
$1600
Referencing America's Secretary of State in 1953, Winston said, "Dull, duller," this last name
Dulles
$2000
With his party voted out, Churchill said he couldn't accept this order after being given "the Order of the Boot"
the Order of the Garter
 
 
 
BRAND NAMES IN MUSIC
$400
Kathleen Hanna wrote "Smells Like" this on a wall & Kurt Cobain used it in a song title not knowing it was a deodorant brand
Teen Spirit
$800
In a "Be smooth like Skippy" commercial, Skippy peanut butter uses this song where Bruno Mars mentions the brand
"Uptown Funk"
$1200
Sales at this seafood restaurant chain spiked when it was mentioned in Beyoncé's song "Formation"
Red Lobster
$1600
"Mercedes Benz" was the last song recorded by this woman before her untimely death in 1970
Janis Joplin
$2000
Mattel originally sued the band Aqua over this song, but eventually used it in commercials for the doll
"Barbie Girl"
 
 
 
MYTHOLOGY
$400
This dog who guarded the entrance to Hades is often described as having 3 heads & a serpent's tail
Cerberus
$800
In Norse myth, slain heroes chosen by Odin feasted & reveled in this great "hall"
Valhalla
$1200
An avid hunter, this handsome youth was killed by a wild boar
Adonis
$1600
The Egyptian sun god Re became identified with this god of Thebes & their names were joined together
Amun
$2000
A weaver by day & an unraveler by night, she kept suitors at bay during Odysseus' absence by never finishing her shroud
Penelope
 
 
 
WORLD HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES
$400
In Russia, September 1 is Knowledge Day, when children return here
school
$800
On Pitcairn Island, January 23 is celebrated as the date that this ship burned
the Bounty
$1200
Celebrating unattached people, China's biggest shopping holiday is singles day, on this fall date with lots of 1s
November 11th
$1600
If you are on this Indonesian island around the Hindu new year, you may not be able to leave your hotel during Nyepi, the day of silence
Bali
$2000
In Europe, this magical holiday is celebrated the week of the June solstice
Midsummer
 
 
 
OFFICIAL STATE FOSSILS
$400
For its fossil, Alabama chose 70-foot Basilosaurus, now classified as this big marine mammal
a whale
$800
Alaska's fossil is of the mammoth & Michigan's is of this related tusked beast of the Pleistocene
the mastodon
$1200
The skull of a Triceratops, this state's fossil, is on display at the museum of geology in Rapid City
South Dakota
$1600
Maryland goes big & small with its state dinosaur, a sauropod, & state fossil, a type of this shelled gastropod
snail
$2000
The official fossil of this state is a bivalve called Chesapecten jeffersonius
Virginia
 
 
 
ENDS IN "A-D-O"
$400
It's also called a twister
a tornado
$800
Borrowed from Spanish, it's a big fan or devotee of something, perhaps sports
aficionado
$1200
"Tequila Sunrise" is a track from this Eagles album that had an Old-West concept
Desperado
$1600
When you're out of touch or refuse to have contact with someone, you're this 13-letter word
incommunicado
$2000
A "Cask of" this sherry figures prominently in an Edgar Allan Poe tale
Amontillado
 
 
 
AMERICAN AUTHORS
N/A
"Camelot" , "The Pilgrims" & "A Postscript by Clarence" are chapters in a classic novel by this author
Mark Twain
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