Statistics for Jeopardy #8556

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This quiz has been taken 19 times
The average score is 12 of 61

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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
WEIGHTS & MEASURES	$1000	This length used in horse racing is equal to 220 yards, or 1/8 of a mile	a furlong	78%
A MEMBER OF THE BANDS	$200	He reached nirvana as a drummer but went on to fight foo as a frontman	Dave Grohl	78%
A MEMBER OF THE BANDS	$400	This top-hatted guitarist left Guns N' Roses & brandished a new musical weapon, Velvet Revolver	Slash	78%
WEIGHTS & MEASURES	$200	This "handy" measure of booze is a pour of about 3/4 of an inch	a finger	67%
THE LAKE SHOW	$400	The east coast of the state of Michigan is known as the sunrise side because of daybreak over this lake	Lake Huron	67%
WEIGHTS & MEASURES	$800	At one time, a nook was a measure of land equal to about 20 of these	acres	56%
"PRE"FIXES	$400	Before a contest, or to toss a few back before hitting the bars	pre-game	56%
THE LAKE SHOW	$200	Near where it joins the Tigris, parts of this river flow through the marshes of Iraq's Lake Hammar	the Euphrates	56%
THE LAKE SHOW	$1000	Lake Peipus forms part of the border between this northernmost Baltic republic & Russia	Estonia	44%
WEIGHTS & MEASURES	$400	Tire pressure is measured in psi, short for these	pounds per square inch	44%
"PRE"FIXES	$200	Accepted in advance, like a guaranteed credit card application	pre-approved	44%
"PRE"FIXES	$1000	Some agrarian societies are considered this, not yet having developed manufacturing capability	pre-industrial	44%
"PRE"FIXES	$600	This word means secondhand, like a used car	pre-owned	44%
A MEMBER OF THE BANDS	$600	Hollywood Vampires were brought to life in 2015, led by Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp & guitarist Joe Perry of this band	Aerosmith	33%
HOLMES & WATSON	$600	This heavyweight boxing champ of the 1970s & '80s was nicknamed the Easton Assassin	Larry Holmes	33%
HOLMES & WATSON	$1000	Called "The Great Dissenter", he was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1902 & served there for 29 years until the age of 90	Oliver Wendell Holmes	33%
INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK	$1600	With or without masala, this Indian dish that often contains chicken literally means "bits" or "pieces"	tikka	33%
PALACES	$400	It was the principal residence of French kings from Louis XIV to Louis XVI	Versailles	33%
20th CENTURY AMERICA	$1200	The May 24, 1934 Dallas Morning News had a hometown angle with the headline these "Dallas esperadoes shot to death in Louisiana"	Bonnie & Clyde	22%
A MEMBER OF THE BANDS	$1000	Neil Finn, formerly of Split Enz, formed this band named for a cramped place on Sycamore Avenue in Los Angeles	Crowded House	22%
INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK	$800	Belgians are fond of their moules-frites, these with French fries	mussels	22%
HOLMES & WATSON	$400	At Jarama in 1937 anti-fascist Alonzo Watson became the first African American killed in this country's Civil War	Spain	22%
DOCUMENTARIES	$400	A 2021 documentary celebrates this legend who, after leaving Ike, reinvented herself to become the Queen of Rock & Roll	Tina Turner	22%
INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK	$400	The name of this traditional Austrian dish is German for "Viennese cutlet"	wienerschnitzel	22%
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS	$600	Mrs. Hudson is Sherlock's landlady at this alphanumeric London address	221B Baker Street	11%
20th CENTURY AMERICA	$800	The Immigration Act of 1903 banned these no-government types with their wild eyes & smoking bombs from entering the United States	anarchists	11%
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS	$400	Charles Augustus Milverton, "the worst man in London", is using imprudent letters of lady Eva Brackwell in this evil deed	blackmail	11%
PALACES	$1600	Built in the 1740s, Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam was the summer residence of this "Great" Prussian	Frederick the Great	11%
THE LAKE SHOW	$800	Found in a volcanic crater & ringed by Mayan villages, Lake Atitlán is in the highlands of this nation	Guatemala	11%
DOCUMENTARIES	$1200	"The Mushroom Club", a 2005 documentary short, is a portrait of this city & its people, 60 years after the bombing	Hiroshima	11%
6-LETTER WORDS	$1200	To light a fire one can enjoy while using the same-named e-reader	kindle	11%
"PRE"FIXES	$800	It means biased or inclined in a particular direction, though it sounds like it means thrown away early	pre-disposed	11%
ILLUSTRATORS	$400	N.C. Wyeth contributed illustrations to the story about this guy who slept for 20 years	Rip Van Winkle	11%
20th CENTURY AMERICA	$400	In 1979, Jimmy Carter installed the first of these at the White House; one is now at his presidential library	solar panels	11%
PALACES	$1200	The Doge's Palace in Venice is connected to a prison complex by this fateful bridge built around 1600	the Bridge of Sighs	11%
PALACES	$800	The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg was long the official residence of the Russian monarchy & today is part of this museum complex	the Hermitage	11%
THE LAKE SHOW	$600	Known for its tourist resorts, Lake Tahoe is a high elevation lake in these mountains of the western United States	the Sierra Nevadas	11%
6-LETTER WORDS	$400	This synonym for knowledge is said to be dispensed in pearls	wisdom	11%
20th CENTURY AMERICA	$1600	Named for a god, this line of cars from Ford got cooler when James Dean drove one in "Rebel Without a Cause'	a Mercury	0%
6-LETTER WORDS	$800	It's the container & specialty sporting good seen here	a quiver	0%
HOLMES & WATSON	$200	Artist-scientist William Henry Holmes painted cliff dwellings in the 1870s, & soon helped establish this -ology in America	archaeology	0%
ILLUSTRATORS	$800	On YouTube, children's author & illustrator Marc Brown teaches you how to draw this beloved aardvark	Arthur	0%
ILLUSTRATORS	$2000	"Blue-winged Teal" was among the 435 illustrations he did for a book published in four volumes between 1827 & 1838	Audubon	0%
6-LETTER WORDS	$1600	A Spanish wine cellar, or a corner grocery store	bodega	0%
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS	$1000	Irene Adler is known as the woman who outwitted Sherlock, but she only appears in one story: "A Scandal in" this kingdom	Bohemia	0%
ILLUSTRATORS	$1600	British surgeon & artist Henry Vandyke Carter was the man behind the illustrations for this classic 1850s textbook	Gray\'s Anatomy	0%
DOCUMENTARIES	$2000	"Bombshell" is about this Austrian-born actress whose credits also include developing a communication system during WWII	Hedy Lamarr	0%
HOLMES & WATSON	$800	As part of this company, the Thomas J. Watson Research Center conducts work on A.I. & quantum computing	IBM	0%
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS	$800	In "A Study in Scarlet", this Scotland Yard inspector is described as "lean and ferret-like"	Inspector Lestrade	0%
20th CENTURY AMERICA	$2000	This naturalist died in California in 1914, shortly before a dam flooded his beloved Hetch Hetchy Valley	(John) Muir	0%
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS	$200	In addition to all the evil & crime, this man had time to write the book "The Dynamics of an Asteroid"	Moriarty	0%
DOCUMENTARIES	$800	His life & lessons were the subject of "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"	Mr. Rogers	0%
DOCUMENTARIES	$1600	Filmmaker & diver Craig Foster forged an unusual bond with a sea creature in this Netflix documentary	My Octopus Teacher	0%
INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK	$1200	Danes really love their beer, especially this type of pale golden lager that Tuborg introduced to the country in 1880	pilsner	0%
PALACES	$2000	Once a home of Henry VIII, Hampton Court Palace was expanded at the behest of William & Mary by this 17th century architect	(Sir Christopher) Wren	0%
A MEMBER OF THE BANDS	$800	Drummer Travis McNabb rocked for Better Than Ezra, then went country with this Jennifer Nettles band	Sugarland	0%
ILLUSTRATORS	$1200	Like Langston Hughes, painter & illustrator Aaron Douglas was a leading figure of this arts movement centered in New York	the Harlem Renaissance	0%
WEIGHTS & MEASURES	$600	This unit of measure also means to come to understand	to fathom	0%
SCIENTIFIC NAMES	N/A	The 1905 paper that gave this its name also referred to it as "Dynamosaurus imperiosus"	Tyranosaurus rex	0%
INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK	$2000	Popular in South America & said to have health benefits, the first part of this tea's name is from Spanish for "herb"	yerba mate	0%
6-LETTER WORDS	$2000	Alphabetically, this fertilized egg is darn near last	zygote	0%