Statistics for Jeopardy #8474

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This quiz has been taken 23 times
The average score is 11 of 61

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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
LITERARY TERMS	$400	"And then a million people started screaming at me at once" is an example of this exaggeration for effect	hyperbole	64%
MY INTEREST	$200	A mycophile is a culinary hobbyist on the hunt for wild these	mushrooms	64%
LITERARY TERMS	$200	"Sign that kid up! He runs like a thoroughbred" is one of these comparative figures of speech	a simile	55%
WORLD WAR II NAVAJO CODE TALKERS' DICTIONARY	$200	This armored fighting vehicle was chay-da-gahi, a "tortoise"	a tank	55%
WORLD WAR II NAVAJO CODE TALKERS' DICTIONARY	$400	These weapons were ni-ma-si, meaning "potatoes"	grenades	55%
PEAK	$400	Seen here, New Zealand's Mount Aoraki is fittingly translated as "cloud piercer" from this language	Maori	45%
LITERARY TERMS	$1000	"The ancient door groaned when I opened it" makes use of this device giving human attributes to nonhuman things	personification	45%
MONEY IDIOMS	$200	Dropping one of these on another person means you're informing on his criminal activities	a dime	36%
SPORTS VENUE NICKNAMES	$800	The centerpiece of the 2008 Olympics, the National Stadium seen here, has this avian nickname	Bird\'s Nest	36%
SUPERLATIVES	$800	Before "woman alive", this word is often applied to multiple Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica	fastest	36%
MONEY IDIOMS	$400	This rhyming term refers to the output of a counterfeiter	funny money	36%
PEAK	$600	Mount Kanchenjunga, the world's third-tallest peak, resides in this range	Himalayas	36%
MONEY IDIOMS	$800	Makes cents! These 2 words begin the idiom that ends "pound foolish"	penny wise	36%
PEAK	$800	An extinct volcano, Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus mountains is located in this country	Russia	36%
MONEY IDIOMS	$1000	Cash that you are eager to spend is figuratively said to do this to your clothes	burn a hole in your pocket	27%
WORLD WAR II NAVAJO CODE TALKERS' DICTIONARY	$600	This enemy was besh-be-cha-he, or "iron hat"	Germany	27%
PEAK	$1000	This Alpine peak inspired Shelley to write a 5-part poem	Mont Blanc	27%
MONEY IDIOMS	$600	Something that has no value is said to be "not worth a plugged" this	nickel	27%
SUPERLATIVES	$400	Since 1985 People magazine has been pointing out this person, including Sean Connery & Michael B. Jordan	Sexiest Man	27%
MY INTEREST	$1000	Rest a spell in your cave & tell us of your love for this pastime of exploring theme	spelunking	27%
SPORTS VENUE NICKNAMES	$1000	Nicknamed "The Loud House", the Carrier Dome is the stadium of this university in New York state	Syracuse University	27%
SPORTS VENUE NICKNAMES	$200	The stadium of this Gainesville school is officially Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, but it's nicknamed "The Swamp"	(the University of) Florida	27%
REVIVAL	$800	19th century news, like the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, inspired the style called this Revival	Egyptian	18%
LITERARY TERMS	$600	A sheet of thin metal shares its name with this, a character who contrasts with the hero or heroine	foil	18%
WELCOME TO COMET-CON!	$400	Here's a 1986 shot of this regular visitor that got its name in 1759	Halley\'s Comet	18%
PEAK	$200	See the Sun earlier than most hiking the Cadillac Mountain North Ridge Trail in this state's Acadia National Park	Maine	18%
LITERARY TERMS	$800	Juliet's "Good night, good night!" is followed by these 5 words that include an oxymoron	Parting is such sweet sorrow	18%
SPORTS VENUE NICKNAMES	$600	Home to an NHL team, the SAP Center in this California city is nicknamed "The Shark Tank"	San Jose	18%
HISTORIC WOMEN	$2000	A programming language is named after this daughter of Lord Byron who is called the world's 1st computer programmer	Ada Lovelace	9%
WORLD WAR II NAVAJO CODE TALKERS' DICTIONARY	$800	A fighter plane was da-he-tih-hi, one of these hovering avians	a hummingbird	9%
REVIVAL	$1600	Search Etsy for the revival of this 19th c. movement of William Morris that itself looked back to the fine work of medieval times	Arts & Crafts	9%
REVIVAL	$2000	Baroque revival architecture is typified by London's criminal courts building called the "Old" this (it was New in 1907)	Bailey	9%
"DEF"INITIONS	$2000	Latin for "window" partly gives us this word that means to throw someone out of a window	defenestrate	9%
ROLE PLAYERS	$1200	Gabrielle Solis on "Desperate Housewives" & Beatriz Mendoza on "Grand Hotel"	(Eva) Longoria	9%
REVIVAL	$400	Nationality name for the literary revival that included writers like Yeats & O'Casey	Irish	9%
FOOD & DRINK IN THE BIBLE	N/A	In the King James Version, these creatures are a plague in Exodus 10, but deemed okay to eat in Leviticus 11	locusts	9%
HISTORIC WOMEN	$1200	After briefly dancing in Paris as Lady MacLeod, she soon changed her name to a Malay one meaning "eye of the dawn"	Mata Hari	9%
SUPERLATIVES	$1600	While attending Beverly Hills High, "When Harry Met Sally" screenwriter Nora Ephron was dubbed this 4-word future winner	most likely to succeed	9%
ROLE PLAYERS	$400	Jane Foster & Padme Amidala, in 2 very, very different universes	(Natalie) Portman	9%
HISTORIC WOMEN	$1600	In 1969 Shirley Chisholm attacked the Vietnam War in the first floor speech of her 14-year run as a rep. of this state	New York	9%
SUPERLATIVES	$2000	Motivational author Zig Ziglar reminded us to "Expect the best", followed by these 4 words	prepare for the worst	9%
MY INTEREST	$400	Vecturists crave these small round items, like old ones from the New York City Transit Authority	subway tokens	9%
SPORTS VENUE NICKNAMES	$400	The Gonzaga University Bulldogs basketball teams play at McCarthey Athletic Center, nicknamed this canine shelter	the Kennel	9%
REVIVAL	$1200	1765's "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry" was part of a revival of this type of folk poem, like the one "Of Constant Susanna"	a ballad	0%
HISTORIC WOMEN	$400	This first lady's last words, in 1818: "Do not grieve, my friend, my dearest friend, I am ready to go. & John, it will not be long"	Abigail Adams	0%
WORLD WAR II NAVAJO CODE TALKERS' DICTIONARY	$1000	These opposite military movements, toward & away from battle, were nas-sey & ji-din-nes-chanh	advance & retreat	0%
WELCOME TO COMET-CON!	$800	An unusual object known as 288P has a tail so it's classed as a comet, but it's basically a binary this, also called a minor planet	an asteroid	0%
ROLE PLAYERS	$800	Machete &...what? You need more? Tyrannosaurus Death & Muerte	(Danny) Trejo	0%
"DEF"INITIONS	$1200	The Joint Chiefs of Staff coined this acronym for a state of alertness in 1959	DEFCON	0%
"DEF"INITIONS	$800	Yield to another & you're showing this courteous regard	deferential	0%
"DEF"INITIONS	$1600	Excess of spending over revenue, or the margin by which a team trails an opponent	deficit	0%
"DEF"INITIONS	$400	It's a 4-letter synonym for adroit or skillful	deft	0%
HISTORIC WOMEN	$800	In 1993 Ellen Ochoa became the first Latina launched into space, aboard this shuttle, also a 2017 "Star Trek" series	Discovery	0%
WELCOME TO COMET-CON!	$1200	The 4 visible parts of a comet are the nucleus, coma, ion tail & this tail that sounds like a bottle of pledge will get rid of it	dust	0%
MY INTEREST	$600	From words meaning "earth" & "hide", it's the pastime involving searching for hidden goods using GPS	geochaching	0%
WELCOME TO COMET-CON!	$1600	In 1997 the world caught sight of this comet named for 2 amateur astronomers	Hale-Bopp	0%
ROLE PLAYERS	$1600	Justice in 1993's "Poetic Justice" & Charlene DuPrey on the TV show "Diff'rent Strokes"	Janet Jackson	0%
ROLE PLAYERS	$2000	Sulu in recent "Star Trek" films & Kumar's pal Harold Lee	John Cho	0%
WELCOME TO COMET-CON!	$2000	The source of many observable short-period comets is the belt beyond Neptune named for this Dutch-American astronomer	Kuiper	0%
SUPERLATIVES	$1200	Seen, but not heard here--for safety reasons--Manowar vied for & sometimes achieved this distinction	loudest (band)	0%
MY INTEREST	$800	A phillumenist likes to collect these books; the reading, though minimal, can lead to enlightenment	matchbooks	0%