Statistics for Jeopardy #8440

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This quiz has been taken 55 times
The average score is 12 of 61

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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
LITERARY GIRL, INTERRUPTED	$200	Dorothy, in search of a human GPS: "Come along, Toto... we will go to the Emerald City and ask the great Oz how to get back to..."	Kansas	96%
JULY	$400	On July 8, 2014 in a semifinal game at the men's World Cup, Germany eliminated this host country, 7-1	Brazil	79%
LITERARY GIRL, INTERRUPTED	$600	Katniss Everdeen, narrating: "As time passes, it seems less likely. I calm down. They still need a girl tribute from district..."	12	67%
KEEP 'EM SEPARATED	$800	The Sea of Marmara separates the Asian & European parts of this country	Turkey	58%
KEEP 'EM SEPARATED	$200	In optics, this object is used to separate white light into the colors of the spectrum	a prism	54%
THEY PLAYED 2 COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS	$400	Deadpool & Green Lantern	Ryan Reynolds	50%
JULY	$600	Apollo 11 safely reached the Moon in July 1969, landing in this peaceful spot	the Sea of Tranquility	50%
BEACH-Y KEEN	$400	Wind causes them at the beach, but when you're "making" these, tumult follows	waves	50%
THEY PLAYED 2 COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS	$600	Storm & Catwoman	Halle Berry	46%
EPONYMOUS FOOD	$400	John Montagu, 11th Earl of this, has opened restaurants in the U.S. bearing his yummy hereditary title	Sandwich	46%
BEACH-Y KEEN	$200	If you're going against popular opinion, you're "swimming against" this; be careful!	the tide	46%
LITERARY GIRL, INTERRUPTED	$800	Nancy Drew, victorious & on a career path: "I'll always prize this clock as a trophy of my first venture as a..."	a detective	38%
THEY PLAYED 2 COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS	$200	Daredevil & Batman	Ben Affleck	38%
JULY	$1000	On July 26, 1529, this Castile-born conquistador was appointed governor of Peru	Pizarro	29%
EPONYMOUS FOOD	$1000	A variety of this fruit was named for Ah Bing, a Chinese orchard foreman in Oregon	a cherry	25%
BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBERS	$400	"Arabian Nights"	Aladdin	25%
BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBERS	$800	"A Cinema In Buenos Aires; July 26, 1952"	Evita	25%
BEACH-Y KEEN	$600	Didn't use sunscreen? You could be described this way, a phrase using a color & a crustacean	red as a lobster	25%
KEEP 'EM SEPARATED	$600	Protecting the hand, a quillon is the crosspiece that separates the blade of a sword from this, the handle	the hilt	25%
JULY	$200	War costs money, so in July 1862 what's now this federal government service came into being	the IRS	25%
REJECTED ELEMENT NAMES	$400	Delirium & bastardium were proposed before this element was named for Marie & Pierre	curium	21%
THEY PLAYED 2 COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS	$800	Thanos & Jonah Hex	Brolin	17%
KEEP 'EM SEPARATED	$1000	It's the laboratory process of passing a current through water to separate it into hydrogen & oxygen	electrolysis	17%
BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBERS	$1600	"Good Morning, Baltimore"	Hairspray	17%
LITERARY GIRL, INTERRUPTED	$400	Heidi, at home in the mountains: "I want to go about like the light-footed..." these animals	goats	13%
EPONYMOUS FOOD	$800	Brothers by this name took a recipe for Illinois "trail-toffee" & turned it into a popular candy bar	Heath	13%
KEEP 'EM SEPARATED	$400	The Federalist Papers lay out the justification for the separation of powers between these 3 branches	legislative, executive & judicial	13%
EPONYMOUS FOOD	$200	In 1859 David Jack, a big landowner in this California town, began selling its white cheese under his name	Monterey Jack	13%
REJECTED ELEMENT NAMES	$1600	William Ramsey's son suggested novum for this noble gas, but William wanted a Greek name & called it this	neon	13%
LOST & FOUND	$2000	Rediscovered in 1812, this ancient city in Jordan got its name from the Greek for "rock"	Petra	13%
REJECTED ELEMENT NAMES	$1200	This dwarf-planetary name was rejected for barium, but it later was used for a much more dangerous element	plutonium	13%
BEACH-Y KEEN	$800	Brits call beach vacations a "bucket-&-" this shovel synonym holiday	spade	13%
LOST & FOUND	$1600	Anne & Helge Ingstad rediscovered this North American Viking settlement thought to have been named for grapes	Vinland	13%
HAIR'S THE THING	$400	Fringe is another name for these	bangs	8%
EPONYMOUS FOOD	$600	These Purim pastries are named for Haman, the bad guy of the holiday	hamantaschen	8%
LOST & FOUND	$400	Thonis-Heracleion, the city where legend says Paris brought this woman after he ran off with her, was discovered in Egypt	Helen (of Troy)	8%
LOST & FOUND	$1200	In 2019 archaeologists in Israel said they found the town of Ziklag, used by this Hebrew king for refuge from Saul	King David	8%
REJECTED ELEMENT NAMES	$800	Losalium, after this New Mexico City, was suggested for what became einsteinium	Los Alamos	8%
IN A STORM	$400	The letters of "MONSOON" include this palindrome for a time of day	noon	8%
IN A STORM	$2000	Anagram "TORNADO" & you get this, anything that emits a scent	odorant	8%
HAIR'S THE THING	$1600	It was the 2-word title of a 1931 film starring Jean Harlow, as well as her hair color	Platinum Blonde	8%
LOST & FOUND	$800	A center of worship for this Greek god, the city of Helike, found in 2001, has been called "the real Atlantis"	Poseidon	8%
JULY	$800	Upon reaching this valley in July 1847, Brigham Young reportedly said, "This is the right place"	Salt Lake Valley	8%
BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBERS	$1200	"I Hope I Get It"	A Chorus Line	4%
IN A STORM	$1200	Blowing out from "HURRICANE" is this 6-letter word that can mean a sea creature or a small child	an urchin	4%
IN A STORM	$1600	Use most of the letters from "TYPHOON" to spell out this creature whose reticulated version can get pretty big	a python	4%
HAIR'S THE THING	$1200	You get an "a" if you know this 12-letter style of bob where one side in front is longer than the other	asymmetrical	4%
BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBERS	$2000	"Opening (Runyonland)", by the ensemble	Guys and Dolls	4%
IN A STORM	$800	This sign of the zodiac can be spelled using letters from "BLIZZARD"	Libra	4%
THEY PLAYED 2 COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS	$1000	Ramona Flowers & Huntress	Mary Elizabeth Winstead	4%
REJECTED ELEMENT NAMES	$2000	This dangerous radioactive gas found in homes was once called emanation	radon	4%
1980s BESTSELLERS	N/A	The title of this 1985 novel by a Canadian author partly alludes to the similarly named stories in a 14th century work	The Handmaid\'s Tale	4%
LITERARY GIRL, INTERRUPTED	$1000	The ambassador's wife, on Anna Karenina: "She brought back with her the shadow of..." him	Vronsky	4%
HAIR'S THE THING	$800	These wayward tufts with a bovine name form in utero, so you're pretty much stuck with them for life	a cowlick	0%
N.E. PORT	$1600	The band Phish was formed in this Vermont city, a port on Lake Champlain	Burlington	0%
N.E. PORT	$2000	The monument seen here in this Massachusetts port has long been sacred to fishermen	Gloucester	0%
N.E. PORT	$1200	George H.W. Bush had a summer home at this Maine city whose name ends with "port"	Kennebunkport	0%
N.E. PORT	$800	Portsmouth was this state's first Colonial capital & is its only seaport	New Hampshire	0%
HAIR'S THE THING	$2000	This 5-letter French word describes a coloring technique where the hair is typically darker on top & lighter towards the ends	ombre	0%
N.E. PORT	$400	Newport in this New England state has been the site of several America's Cup yacht races	Rhode Island	0%
BEACH-Y KEEN	$1000	This alliterative phrase that mentions the land closest to the sea means that it's safe to proceed & have a great time	the coast is clear	0%