Statistics for Jeopardy #8517

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This quiz has been taken 27 times
The average score is 11 of 57

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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
'38	$400	In 1938 DuPont chemist Roy Plunkett accidentally discovered this, now used as a coating for nonstick cookware	Teflon	87%
'38	$200	The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act banned oppressive child labor, set the work week at 44 hours & established this, at 25 cents an hour	minimum wage	73%
CALL THE FOOTBALL PLAY	$200	After a last-second win over Buffalo with this prayerful play in 2020, Kyler Murray said it was the first he had ever tried	a Hail Mary	67%
BLUE	$800	Lake Tana in Ethiopia is the source of this colorful river	the Blue Nile	67%
'38	$600	On October 31, 1938 the New York Times reported, "Radio listeners in panic" after a broadcast of this H.G. Wells story	The War of the Worlds	67%
BLUE	$400	Until 1969 Project Blue Book investigated these phenomena; of the 12,618 sightings, only 701 have not been identified	UFOs	67%
BLUE	$600	The Belgian artist known as Peyo created these blue beings	the Smurfs	60%
HUT, HUT	$200	You need 3 A's to spell this type of hut at beach resorts & pools	a cabana	53%
BLUE	$200	A Mother Goose nursery rhyme says, "Little Boy Blue, come" do this	blow your horn	53%
HUT, HUT	$1000	In the foreground a Mongol horseman, in the back, this 4-letter type of hut	a yurt	47%
CALL THE FOOTBALL PLAY	$800	Though the play was designed for Freddie Solomon, the 49ers' Dwight Clark made "The Catch" on Jan. 10, 1982 on a pass by this quarterback	Joe Montana	40%
CALL THE FOOTBALL PLAY	$600	Franco Harris' "Immaculate Reception" of a deflected pass from Terry Bradshaw won a 1972 playoff game for this team	the Steelers	33%
BOOK TITLE MATH	$1200	Original "Space Odyssey" plus original "Shades of Grey"	2,051	27%
LEFT MOTION	$600	In chess, the one time the king can move 2 squares is doing this; kingside is 2 squares left for the black king	castling	27%
'38	$1000	German name for the night of Nov. 9, when Jews & their property were attacked across Germany	Kristallnacht	27%
LEFT MOTION	$200	Men, start this double- or triple-talk dance with a step to the left; a pre-fame Bruce Lee was a champion at it in Hong Kong	the cha-cha	27%
HUT, HUT	$800	These nomadic people of Kenya & Tanzania live in a kraal, a grouping of huts	the Maasai	27%
IN A PREVIOUS LIFE	$800	Around 1680 I was one of the last of this flightless bird; to add insult to injury, Dutch explorers called our meat repulsive	a dodo	20%
HUT, HUT	$600	Here's Seaman's Hut, used as an emergency shelter in this country's Kosciuszko National Park	Australia	20%
OMAHA	$800	In 1913 this future president was born in Omaha as Leslie King Jr.	Gerald Ford	20%
LEFT MOTION	$1000	At the Battle of Chancellorsville, he swung left to crush the Union right, but was mortally wounded by friendly fire	Jackson	20%
CALL THE FOOTBALL PLAY	$400	"Do we have time to run Wasp?" asked this Chiefs QB in Super Bowl 54; he did, & hit Tyreek Hill for a game-changing 44 yards	(Patrick) Mahomes	20%
'38	$800	This organization was founded in 1938 to find a cure for infantile paralysis, also called polio	the March of Dimes	20%
HUT, HUT	$400	With a low entry making an enemy stoop awkwardly, the iQukwane hut is said to have the shape of this insect structure	a beehive	13%
IN A PREVIOUS LIFE	$400	I was pretty happy when I took off that bell hat after a long day amusing the king as a court one of these	a (court) jester	13%
LEFT MOTION	$800	Bugs Bunny's line about wishing he'd toined left at this city may be based on a real turn there that would keep you on Route 66	Albuquerque	13%
BROADWAY IS BACK	$1600	"American Utopia" features songs from this man's days in Talking Heads & from his solo career	(David) Byrne	13%
OMAHA	$600	Omaha is the seat of this county, named for Illinois senator Stephen, who sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act	Douglas	13%
THE BODY HUMAN	$800	The ciliary muscle changes the curvature of this eye part that determines how near or far we can see	the lens	13%
CALL THE FOOTBALL PLAY	$1000	In the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, Boise State's huddled masses used this 3-word trick play featuring a behind-the-back handoff for the win	the Statue of Liberty	13%
BOOK TITLE MATH	$1600	Khaled Hosseini's "Splendid Suns" divided by John Reed's "Days That Shook the World"	100	7%
BLUE	$1000	Coral reefs are home to the blue fish known by this 4-letter name	a tang	7%
BROADWAY IS BACK	$1200	The musical "Six" features a modern take on Henry VIII's 6 wives, including this first wife who was born in Spain	Catherine of Aragon	7%
BROADWAY IS BACK	$2000	This musical brought its razzle-dazzle back to Broadway in 2021, just in time for the 25th anniversary of its revival	Chicago	7%
OMAHA	$1000	In 1917 this priest rented a boarding house in Omaha to care for 5 neglected boys; later, he bought a farm & it became Boys Town	Father Flanagan	7%
LEFT MOTION	$400	Aren't you glad you brought a friend along? Now you can swing left into this type of highway lane marked with diamonds	HOV	7%
IN A PREVIOUS LIFE	$1200	I was one of the iron smithing experts of this biblical people & was really rooting for my compatriot Goliath	the Philistines	7%
THE BODY HUMAN	$2000	This gland under the brain in a structure called the sella turcica produces luteinizing hormone to regulate the gonads	the pituitary	7%
BROADWAY IS BACK	$800	Kristin Chenoweth welcomed the audience at the reopening of "Wicked" with these 5 words, a line from "The Wizard of Oz"	There\'s no place like home	7%
BOOK TITLE MATH	$400	Joseph Heller hell plus Jules Verne sea distance	20,022	0%
BOOK TITLE MATH	$2000	Harrer's Himalayan hiatus times Hawthorne's house parts	49	0%
BOOK TITLE MATH	$800	1956's "Dalmatians" minus 2003's "People You Meet in Heaven"	96	0%
IN A PREVIOUS LIFE	$1600	400 million years ago, I was this type of creature named for its breathing organs; here's a picture of my brother	a lung fish	0%
BUSINESS HISTORY	$1200	This pair's first computer venture, Traf-O-Data for the Washington Roads Department, helped them launch a bigger company soon after	Bill Gates & Paul Allen	0%
TESTING YOUR "ESP"	$2000	Owl butterflies get their name from these large markings on their wings	eyespots	0%
BUSINESS HISTORY	$2000	In 1667 Londoner Nicholas Barbon set up the first office for this type of insurance	fire insurance	0%
IN A PREVIOUS LIFE	$2000	I was one of these slaves in Sparta; every year, war was officially declared on us so a well-born Spartan could always kill me	helots	0%
BROADWAY IS BACK	$400	As Broadway reopened in 2021, he returned to the role of Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird"	Jeff Daniels	0%
OMAHA	$200	Late publisher of the Omaha World-Herald Henry Doorly gave his name to this, the state's No. 1 attraction	Omaha\'s Zoo	0%
WORLD CAPITALS	N/A	An annual event called Winterlude includes skating on the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO world heritage site in this city	Ottawa, Canada	0%
BUSINESS HISTORY	$800	This cookie company was founded in 1937 by a Connecticut woman & named for her family's country home	Pepperidge Farm	0%
BUSINESS HISTORY	$1600	In 2020 the Justice Dept. wound up its case against this Sackler Family opioid maker, which agreed to pay $8 billion in penalties	Purdue (Pharma)	0%
TESTING YOUR "ESP"	$1200	Job of Jen Psaki, seen here	spokesperson	0%
THE BODY HUMAN	$1600	The second cervical vertebra is called this because it forms a pivot point, allowing the head to shake "no"	the axis	0%
OMAHA	$400	Omaha is on the west bank of this river opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa	the Missouri River	0%
THE BODY HUMAN	$1200	When it comes to your heart, MVP stands for this valve prolapse, in which the valve flaps bulge rather than close smoothly	the mitral valve	0%
TESTING YOUR "ESP"	$1600	Lending his name to the profession, this ancient Greek is considered the first actor	Thespis	0%