Statistics for Jeopardy #8508

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This quiz has been taken 29 times
The average score is 9 of 61

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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
FIRST THINGS FIRST	$200	In 1873 this U.S. city became the first in the world to have a permanent cable car service	San Francisco	95%
LAKES & RIVERS	$800	About 9 times as salty as the ocean, this sea, actually a lake, lies at the mouth of the Jordan River	the Dead Sea	63%
LAKES & RIVERS	$600	Clouds of dust from the exposed bed of Lake Texcoco add to the air pollution of this world capital	Mexico City	53%
FIRST THINGS FIRST	$800	With a name like Waterman, it's no surprise that Lewis Waterman invented the first practical one of these writing implements	a fountain pen	47%
LAKES & RIVERS	$1000	This "colorful" river of Asia is the sixth longest in the world	the Yellow River	47%
LAKES & RIVERS	$200	This country's largest salt lake is now called Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, reviving its aboriginal name	Australia	37%
"B" + 2 LETTERS	$600	To clear plates	bus	32%
"B" + 2 LETTERS	$800	British bottom	bum	26%
CARIBBEAN HISTORY	$2000	In 1636 Aruba was colonized by this country & occupied by its West India Company	the Netherlands	26%
SCIENCE & NATURE	$1200	The saltwater one of these reptiles grows up to about 20 feet long; the dwarf one of Africa, up to about 6 feet	a crocodile	21%
CARIBBEAN HISTORY	$1600	Until 1973 this country was known as British Honduras	Belize	21%
FIRST THINGS FIRST	$400	A Hollywood landmark since 1956, the first circular office building was built to house this record label & its studios	Capitol	21%
WORLD POPULATION	N/A	This Asian nation is the world's most populous country that lies mostly in the Southern Hemisphere	Indonesia	21%
CARIBBEAN HISTORY	$400	In 2000 Sila Calderon, San Juan's mayor, was elected this island's first female governor	Puerto Rico	21%
UP ALL NIGHT	$400	This energy drink says it "vitalizes body & mind" but having 9 before bedtime may not be the best idea	Red Bull	21%
CELEBRITY ENTREPRENEURS	$600	She's the woman behind Fenty Beauty & Fenty Skin	Rihanna	21%
UP ALL NIGHT	$1000	90,000 enter, & 90,000 leave Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí, we'll samba all night there in this city during Carnival	Rio	21%
FIRST THINGS FIRST	$1000	On May 14, 1973 this first U.S. space station was launched; its first crew arrived 11 days later	Skylab	21%
CARIBBEAN HISTORY	$800	Barbados was known to be good for those suffering from diseases of these organs; George's brother Lawrence Washington tried it	the lungs	21%
UP ALL NIGHT	$200	In Luke 6, Jesus "continued all night in prayer to God" & "when it was day, he called unto him his disciples", of which he chose this many	12	16%
UP ALL NIGHT	$800	In 1946 this chain of stores put its hours in its new name, but in 1963, some decided to go 24-7	7-Eleven	16%
THE SHIRLEY BOOTH	$1200	This Welsh singer sang the theme songs for 3 James Bond movies	Bassey	16%
WORD ORIGINS	$1600	A variety of foods are served in this box with a name from Japanese	bento	16%
UP ALL NIGHT	$600	In June 1935 Huey Long spoke in the Senate for 15 hours & 30 minutes, using this tactic until 4 A.M.	filibustering	16%
WORD ORIGINS	$800	Dutch gives us the name of this small cucumber used for pickling	gherkin	16%
SITCOMS	$400	This series came to an end in 2021 with Allison Janney's character still sober	Mom	16%
SCIENCE & NATURE	$400	For every action there's an equal & opposite reaction, according to Newton's third law of this	motion	16%
CELEBRITY ENTREPRENEURS	$200	She was told successful Internet companies have double "O"S in their names; she put them between her initials to make Goop	Paltrow	16%
SCIENCE & NATURE	$1600	Among other things, these chemical substances secreted by certain animals are used to mark territory & to attract mates	pheromones	16%
CARIBBEAN HISTORY	$1200	Juan Pablo Duarte worked to free what is now this country from Haiti; independence was declared in 1844	the Dominican Republic	16%
CELEBRITY ENTREPRENEURS	$1000	Brothers Paul, Mark & Donnie founded this food joint now in 20 states including, of course, Massachusetts	Wahlburgers	16%
MYTHICAL MISSES	$600	Cliodhna was the queen of these wailing supernatural entities in Irish folklore	banshees	11%
"B" + 2 LETTERS	$400	Cubic kite	box	11%
THE SHIRLEY BOOTH	$400	Before the closing of the theaters in 1642, James Shirley wrote about 30 plays during the reign of this king	Charles I	11%
THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE	$800	"Bridget Jones's Diary"	Fielding	11%
MYTHICAL MISSES	$400	The Earth personified as a goddess; Hesiod says she was the first to emerge from the void of chaos	Gaia	11%
THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE	$2000	"The Remains of the Day"	Ishiguro	11%
WORD ORIGINS	$1200	This poison gets its name partly from the Greek for "dark blue"	cyanide	5%
THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE	$1200	"Dune"	(Frank) Herbert	5%
THE SHIRLEY BOOTH	$1600	In the miniseries "Mrs. America" about 1970s feminist wars, Uzo Aduba played this pioneering Black presidential candidate	Shirley Chisholm	5%
SCIENCE & NATURE	$800	The Little Dipper is part of this constellation	Ursa Minor	5%
"B" + 2 LETTERS	$200	Slugger from Louisville	a (baseball) bat	0%
WORD ORIGINS	$400	Malay gives us the name of this bird, known for its distinctive crest	a cockatoo	0%
"B" + 2 LETTERS	$1000	Stated goal of taking tricks	bid	0%
MYTHICAL MISSES	$1000	This queen of Ethiopia was Andromeda's mom & the mother-in-law of Perseus	Cassiopeia	0%
SITCOMS	$1200	In 2021 George Lopez visited "The Neighborhood" trying to steal auto repair customers from this star	Cedric the Entertainer	0%
CELEBRITY ENTREPRENEURS	$400	Business interests of this man of many monikers include Aqua Hydrate & the media company Revolt	Diddy (Sean Combs)	0%
THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE	$400	"The Princess Bride"	Goldman	0%
SITCOMS	$800	Actress & activist Yara Shahidi is known for her role as Zoey on "Black-ish" & on this spinoff	Grown-ish	0%
MYTHICAL MISSES	$200	Britannica lists this child of Zeus as the "indirect cause of the Trojan War"	Helen of Troy	0%
WORD ORIGINS	$2000	This word for a domed Native American dwelling is a borrowing from the Navajo language	hogan	0%
CELEBRITY ENTREPRENEURS	$800	Going public in 2021, The Honest Company was founded by this mom & actress	(Jessica) Alba	0%
SITCOMS	$2000	She plays Dee on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", & is married to her co-star Rob McElhenney	Kaitlin Olson	0%
THE SHIRLEY BOOTH	$800	"We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a Gothic novel by this author also known for her short stories	Shirley Jackson	0%
SITCOMS	$1600	Aaron Sorkin spent a year in a hotel room writing a movie script & watching ESPN; the latter led him to create this sitcom	Sports Night	0%
THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE	$1600	"Sophie's Choice"	Styron	0%
FIRST THINGS FIRST	$600	In 1977 driver Janet Guthrie became the first woman to compete in both of these races that total 1,000 miles	the Daytona 500 & the Indianapolis 500	0%
MYTHICAL MISSES	$800	This league of Native Americans celebrated Sky-Woman, whom they considered a mother goddess	the Iroquois League	0%
SCIENCE & NATURE	$2000	The echidna & duck-billed platypus belong to this order of mammals whose name is from Latin & means "one opening"	the monotremes	0%
THE SHIRLEY BOOTH	$2000	Post-Hollywood, Shirley Temple served as a U.S. ambassador & head of the office of this, diplomatic procedure	the office of protocol	0%
LAKES & RIVERS	$400	The Loup & Elkhorn Rivers are the main tributaries of this 310-mile river that flows across Nebraska	the Platte (River)	0%