Statistics for Jeopardy #8552

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This quiz has been taken 47 times
The average score is 13 of 61

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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
JOHN F. KENNEDY	$200	On Sept. 12, 1962, JFK said, "We choose to go" here; "It will be done. & It will be done before" the end of the decade	the Moon	85%
JOHN F. KENNEDY	$600	Kennedy took "sole responsibility" for the April 17, 1961 disaster at this Cuban location	the Bay of Pigs	69%
RUN, 4 "S", RUN	$800	It's the occupation of a woman who sews for a living	a seamstress	62%
STRIPES	$600	Now in light & lemon varieties, Red Stripe beer was first brewed in this Caribbean nation in 1928	Jamaica	58%
RUN, 4 "S", RUN	$200	To willfully act in a dangerous manner is "running with" this instrument, & please don't	scissors	58%
RUN, 4 "S", RUN	$400	Ownership of an item, or what "The Exorcist" dealt with	possession	54%
RUN, 4 "S", RUN	$600	ZZ Top recommended you go out & get yourself some black frames, & "they come in 2 classes--rhinestone shades" & "cheap" these	sunglasses	50%
STRIPES	$200	Trying to locate this title character in books by illustrator Martin Handford? Look for his 2-toned striped shirt & hat	Waldo	50%
STARS	$1000	The bluish-white star Bellatrix & the reddish star Betelgeuse are the shoulders of this constellation	Orion	46%
STRIPES	$1000	This dark pigment gives a zebra its black stripes	melanin	35%
12-LETTER GEOGRAPHY	$1200	This capital on the island of Hispaniola was first called l'Hopital	Port-au-Prince	35%
12-LETTER GEOGRAPHY	$400	North Dakota & Montana both border this province nicknamed Canada's breadbasket	Saskatchewan	35%
STRIPES	$400	This form of pool is also known as stripes & solids	8-ball	31%
STARS	$600	The collapse of a massive star can create one of these cosmic explosions that blasts tremendous amounts of matter into space	a supernova	31%
JOHN F. KENNEDY	$400	JFK, in a speech in Germany on June 26, 1963: "In the world of freedom, the proudest boast is" this 4-word phrase, in the native tongue	Ich bin ein Berliner	31%
JOHN F. KENNEDY	$1000	Citing back surgery, in 1954 JFK was one of 6 senators who did not vote to censure this senator	McCarthy	31%
TV SHOWS WITH ONE-WORD TITLES	$1000	Ordinary people begin to develop superpowers & must unite against the evil Sylar to prevent a global catastrophe	Heroes	27%
THE VICTORIAN ERA	$1600	Around 1856 Henry Bessemer developed a process for cheaply mass-producing this alloy	steel	27%
STATE YOUR BUSINESS	$800	Walmart, Tyson Foods	Arkansas	23%
TV SHOWS WITH ONE-WORD TITLES	$200	Successful actor Vincent Chase navigates the Hollywood life with the help of a close circle of pals	Entourage	23%
STATE YOUR BUSINESS	$200	General Mills, Land O'Lakes	Minnesota	23%
STARS	$800	Around 2700 B.C., Alpha Draconis had the distinction of being the North Star; now this one stakes the claim	Polaris	23%
12-LETTER GEOGRAPHY	$1600	This capital on the island of Hispaniola was once called Nueva Isabela	Santo Domingo	23%
STRIPES	$800	He composed "The Stars & Stripes Forever", now the official march of the United States	Sousa	23%
TV SHOWS WITH ONE-WORD TITLES	$400	3 baskets of ingredients per episode must be used by contestants in the kitchen	Chopped	19%
THE VICTORIAN ERA	$400	The modern version of this holiday item in England was popularized by German transplant Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband	Christmas tree	19%
STATE YOUR BUSINESS	$400	Home Depot, Waffle House	Georgia	19%
STATE YOUR BUSINESS	$600	John Deere Co.,Jimmy John’s	Illinois	19%
THE VICTORIAN ERA	$800	The 1840s "Great Hunger" in this nation led to 1 million deaths & as many as 2 million more emigrating to other countries	Ireland	19%
THE VICTORIAN ERA	$1200	In 1845 the rules of this sport were codified at the school where its origin story happened during a soccer game	rugby	19%
THE VICTORIAN ERA	$2000	The world's first postage stamp, this "dark" one, was issued & soon millions of letters were being sent every year	the Penny Black	19%
BOOK ALIKES	$800	"Middlesex" is a 21st century novel by Jeffrey Eugenides; "Middlemarch" is a 19th century novel by her	(George) Eliot	15%
"D-D-S"	$1200	Gallipoli is a port on this narrow strait	the Dardanelles	15%
TV SHOWS WITH ONE-WORD TITLES	$600	2 brothers run a one-plane airline on the island of Nantucket	Wings	15%
12-LETTER GEOGRAPHY	$2000	One of the world's largest churches, the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace is in this capital of Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	15%
12-LETTER GEOGRAPHY	$800	Largely ranch land until 1906, this city known for its wealthy celebs is mostly surrounded by Los Angeles	Beverly Hills	12%
"D-D-S"	$800	He created wings of wax & feathers to escape Crete; what could go wrong?	Daedalus	12%
"D-D-S"	$400	This hairstyle is chronicled in professor Bert Ashe's book "Twisted"	dreadlocks	12%
FALLING	$400	To release a piece of music or an episode of a TV show to the public	drop	12%
RUN, 4 "S", RUN	$1000	Britain's royal guards are supposed to be this, an adjective for a deadpan face devoid of feeling or emotion	expressionless	12%
STARS	$200	The star Qalb al-Asad, or "heart of the lion", was named by Arab stargazers observing this constellation	Leo	12%
BOOK ALIKES	$400	"All The King's Men" is fiction about corrupt politics; so is this similarly titled nonfiction classic published 28 years later	All the President\'s Men	8%
BOOK ALIKES	$1200	"East of Eden" is a classic by Steinbeck; "Exit to Eden" is a novel she wrote under the pseudonym Anne Rampling	Anne Rice	8%
STATE YOUR BUSINESS	$1000	Frontier Airlines, Dish Network	Colorado	8%
MOVIES BY ANTAGONIST	$400	1986: Chicago-area high school dean of students Ed Rooney	Ferris Bueller\'s Day Off	8%
MOVIES BY ANTAGONIST	$800	2009: Nazi colonel Hans Landa	Inglourious Basterds	8%
"D-D-S"	$2000	A letter that Oscar Wilde wrote from prison was published with this title, Latin for "out of the depths"	De Profundis	4%
"D-D-S"	$1600	Here's a representation of this dinosaur	Diplodocus	4%
TV SHOWS WITH ONE-WORD TITLES	$800	2 women, a Vegas legend & a snarky young writer, work together to make comedy	Hacks	4%
MOVIES BY ANTAGONIST	$1600	2015: Despot of a post-apocalyptic wasteland Immortan Joe	Mad Max: Fury Road	4%
MOVIES BY ANTAGONIST	$2000	1999: Creepy boss at Initech Bill Lumbergh	Office Space	4%
BROADWAY MUSICALS	N/A	Each in a show that ran more than 2 years, Ethel Merman & Sarah Jessica Parker played 2 different characters with this first name	Annie	0%
FALLING	$1600	Sometimes used of the stock market, it's a plunge by an aircraft with the forward part pointing down	a nosedive (tailspin)	0%
FALLING	$2000	You'll sometimes hear, "He went down like he'd been hit" with this 2-function medieval weapon	a poleax	0%
BOOK ALIKES	$1600	"The Little Prince" is a fable by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; "A Little Princess" is a kids' classic by this 3-named woman	Frances Hodgson Burnett	0%
BOOK ALIKES	$2000	Tom Wolfe was the white-suited author of "The Right Stuff"; Thomas Wolfe wrote the 1940 novel "You Can't" do this	Go Home Again	0%
STARS	$400	The largest constellation is this one represented as a water snake	Hydra	0%
FALLING	$1200	The part of the boat that's showing gave us this 2-word phrase meaning "to collapse in a faint"	keel over	0%
JOHN F. KENNEDY	$800	[To be filled in later]	PT-109	0%
FALLING	$800	This word used of statues & dominoes starts with the part that falls first	to topple	0%
MOVIES BY ANTAGONIST	$1200	2014: Teacher for a conservatory jazz ensemble Terence Fletcher	Whiplash	0%