Statistics for Jeopardy #8525

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This quiz has been taken 24 times
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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
IT'S A SCIENCE	$200	Atmospheric sciences include climatology & this, the study & forecasting of the weather	meteorology	86%
YOU GET A "C"	$200	It's a movable object on a computer screen, not one who swears a lot	a cursor	71%
IT'S A SCIENCE	$800	Petrology, the science of rocks, studies the 3 main classes: metamorphic, sedimentary & this one	igneous	71%
ANIMAL MASCOTS	$400	Qantas--a koala was in the commercials but this in the logo	a kangaroo	64%
ANIMAL MASCOTS	$200	Chuck E. Cheese	a mouse	64%
THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR	$600	The French thought they had the upper hand with arms like the mitrailleuse, an early one of these rapid-fire weapons	a machine gun	50%
IT'S A SCIENCE	$600	Thomas Carlyle called this study of the production, consumption & distribution of wealth "the dismal science"	economics	50%
THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR	$200	This emperor III declared war after his advisers told him Prussia was no match for France; wrong!	Napoleon	50%
CANADIAN SPORTS	$400	The first Canadian team in Major League Soccer was the "FC" of this city in 2007	Toronto	50%
ANIMAL MASCOTS	$600	Vlasic pickles	a stork	43%
THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR	$800	This "Iron Chancellor" goaded France into war by publishing a misleading account of a diplomatic exchange	Bismarck	43%
YOU GET A "C"	$400	This adjective relates to the brain or describes someone with great intellect like you right now, hopefully	cerebral	43%
IT'S A SCIENCE	$1000	A German zoologist coined the name of this branch of biology that studies the relationship between organisms & their environments	ecology	43%
CANADIAN SPORTS	$1000	In 2021 Damian Warner became Canada's first Olympic champion in this & the first Olympian to pass 9,000 points	the decathlon	43%
ANIMAL MASCOTS	$800	Jägermeister	a deer	36%
ANIMAL MASCOTS	$1000	Kellogg's Honey Smacks--Dig'Em is his name	a frog	36%
IT'S A SCIENCE	$400	Marie Curie won Nobel prizes in these 2 categories	physics & chemistry	36%
CANADIAN SPORTS	$200	Floridian Tim Raines learned "bonjour" & "merci beaucoup" as one of the greatest players in this MLB team's history	the Expos	36%
PULLING INTO "TOWN"	$400	The South African parliament meets in this city that dates back to 1652 with the construction of a Dutch east India refreshment station	Cape Town	29%
TRENDING	$200	Also called... a Victorian collar... this lace band... was in fashion in the 1890s... &... it's... tight	a choker	21%
THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR	$400	French minister Léon Gambetta escaped the 1870 Siege of Paris by floating over the German lines in one of these	a (hot air) balloon	21%
YOU GET A "C"	$600	It means unbroken & is used to describe the lower 48 U.S. states	contiguous	21%
PUT UP YOUR DUKES	$800	A bit surprising that a Frenchman, François Gérard, painted this duke, the reddest of all Redcoats	Duke of Wellington	21%
NOVELS	$1200	This Leon Uris novel portraying Israel's birth is about 10 times longer than the Bible book of the same name	Exodus	21%
CANADIAN SPORTS	$600	In 2021 the shortened NHL season had an all-Canadian North Division, with 7 teams including Edmonton & this other Albertan one	(the) Calgary (Flames)	21%
CANADIAN SPORTS	$800	Won by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2019, this "colorful" trophy is awarded to the victor in the CFL championship game	the Grey Cup	21%
PUT UP YOUR DUKES	$1600	On his wedding day in 2011, Prince William was given the title Duke of this place	Cambridge	14%
YOU GET A "C"	$1000	They're 2 alternate ways you can serve multiple prison sentences; one will get you out much sooner than the other	concurrent & consecutive	14%
PULLING INTO "TOWN"	$1200	This colony was established on May 14, 1607 but by 1610, starvation was a prime factor behind the death of 80% of its residents	Jamestown	14%
IT'S HYPHENATED	$400	These Germanic people ruled parts of Britain from the 5th century until the Norman conquest	the Anglo-Saxons	14%
PULLING INTO "TOWN"	$1600	In 1862 Confederate General John Magruder followed in Cornwallis' footsteps in having a very bad day in this historic place	Yorktown	14%
TRENDING	$400	The '90s had it all--scrunchies, grunge, flannel, & seen here, this dress named for another garment	a slip dress	7%
TRENDING	$1000	The trendy Telfar bag was inspired by the shopping bag of this venerable department store at 3rd Avenue & 59th Street	Bloomingdale\'s	7%
TRENDING	$800	This ankle wear was big with young female Sinatra fans in the 1940s	bobby socks	7%
PUT UP YOUR DUKES	$400	A London palace is named after the house built for John Sheffield, Duke of this	Buckingham	7%
TRENDING	$600	French perfume creator Ernest Beaux helped launch this game changer in 1921, a complex blend of florals	Chanel No. 5	7%
DENNIS QUAID MOVIE ROLES	$400	Rev. Shaw Moore, in a movie remake, set in a town where dancing is banned	Footloose	7%
PULLING INTO "TOWN"	$800	In 1871 the District of Columbia absorbed this town about 3 miles northwest of the Capitol	Georgetown	7%
PUT UP YOUR DUKES	$2000	In 1717 this German-born man became resident composer to James Brydges, Duke of Chandos, & composed 11 "Chandos Anthems"	Handel	7%
EPONYMS	$1600	Survival rates are better with this lymphoma named for a Victorian physician than with the non-this type	Hodgkin\'s	7%
THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR	$1000	The Germans got an early edge by being more efficient at this process of getting troops "on the move" & ready to fight	muster(ing) (mobilization)	7%
EPONYMS	$800	In 1897 this diva complained of thick bread, so the chef came back with thin, crisp slices of toast now named for her	(Nellie) Melba	7%
PUT UP YOUR DUKES	$1200	After abdicating the throne in 1936, Edward VIII was given this title	the Duke of Windsor	7%
NOVELS	$400	Based on the author's preface to this book, it could have been "The Last of the Wapanachki"	The Last of the Mohicans	7%
IT'S HYPHENATED	$800	Having length, width & height	3-dimensional	0%
NOVELS	$2000	This 1946 novel based on the life of Huey Long won the Pulitzer Prize & the movie won the Best Picture Oscar	All the King\'s Men	0%
YOU GET A "C"	$800	As a noun, it's a convent; as a verb, it means to confine	cloister	0%
EPONYMS	$400	William Somers, who built an observation wheel on the Atlantic City boardwalk, thought the Somers Wheel was copied by this man	Ferris	0%
NOVELS	$800	The narrator of this Ralph Ellison novel joins "The Brotherhood", which renames him, but we never learn his old or new name	Invisible Man	0%
IT'S HYPHENATED	$2000	This vocal range of Marilyn Horne is higher than contralto	mezzo-soprano	0%
DENNIS QUAID MOVIE ROLES	$1200	World War II naval commander "Bull" Halsey	Midway	0%
EPONYMS	$2000	This bullet, or ball, was named for a Frenchman, but Civil War soldiers pronounced it to sound like it was little	Minié	0%
PULLING INTO "TOWN"	$2000	Sleepy Hollow in New York's Westchester County was known as North this until 1996	North Tarrytown	0%
EPONYMS	$1200	Not even Yurchenko attempted the Yurchenko double pike in competition; in 2021 this gymnast was the first woman to do so	(Simone) Biles	0%
DENNIS QUAID MOVIE ROLES	$2000	Smooth-talking New Orleans police detective Remy McSwain	The Big Easy	0%
ORGANIZATIONS	N/A	In the U.S. & its territories, this nonprofit whose roots trace to 1980 fulfills a word in its name every 34 minutes	the Make-A-Wish (Foundation)	0%
NOVELS	$1600	This Somerset Maugham novel whose title refers to the sharp & difficult path to salvation was Alex Trebek's favorite book	The Razor\'s Edge	0%
DENNIS QUAID MOVIE ROLES	$800	Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper	The Right Stuff	0%
DENNIS QUAID MOVIE ROLES	$1600	High school baseball coach Jimmy Morris, who makes the Major Leagues	The Rookie	0%
IT'S HYPHENATED	$1200	The Burlsworth Trophy is awarded to college football players who began as these, typically non-recruits	walk-ons	0%
IT'S HYPHENATED	$1600	A stinging insect is in this adjective for a slender midsection	wasp-waisted	0%