Statistics for Jeopardy #8578

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This quiz has been taken 25 times
The average score is 12 of 61

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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
6-LETTER ADVERBS	$200	Coming before "departed", this word begins an alliterative idiom referring to the recently deceased	dearly	63%
COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR	$400	This river reaches the Atlantic Ocean at the equator near Macapá, Brazil	the Amazon	63%
COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR	$1200	Neighboring nations on the equator, a republic & a democratic republic are both named for this African river	the Congo	63%
COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR	$800	Ecuador takes its name from "equator" & this capital city is just south of the line	Quito	58%
COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR	$2000	The equator passes between the islands of this "K" country of the Pacific	Kiribati	53%
NAVAL CONFLICT	$200	In 394 B.C. Conon the Athenian found what is best in life, crushing the fleet of this rival city-state	Sparta	53%
GREEK LETTERS, ROMAN NUMERALS	$200	The Dog Whisperer says, "There is usually one" this Greek letter "couple, a male & a female, that lead the whole pack"	alpha	47%
KID LIT	$400	A librarian named Mrs. Phelps is the first to really see how special this Roald Dahl title girl is	Matilda	47%
THE LYIN' IN WINTER	$800	We snowmobiled all the way up this alphanumeric mountain, all 28,251 feet of it! Then played some Yahtzee at the peak	K2	42%
6-LETTER ADVERBS	$400	Often found on prescriptions, P.O. means a medicine should be taken this way	orally	42%
PLANETARY TALK	$800	The leaves of this reopen about 10 days after catching a meal	a Venus flytrap	37%
6-LETTER ADVERBS	$800	Old-timey adverb that can follow "come" & precede "yon"	hither	37%
THE LYIN' IN WINTER	$200	We used to walk 8 miles in the snow between Minneapolis & this capital city to get to school at Concordia University	St. Paul	37%
GREEK LETTERS, ROMAN NUMERALS	$400	LXXII divided by IX equals this (either number system acceptable)	8	32%
6-LETTER ADVERBS	$600	The Latin adverb semper translates to this other 6-letter adverb	always	32%
PLANETARY TALK	$1200	It's rule by the wealthiest	plutocracy	32%
THE LYIN' IN WINTER	$1000	We would've given our beloved mail carrier a Mercedes to observe this day, December 26, but federal law maxes single gifts at $20	Boxing Day	26%
PLANETARY TALK	$400	A scarcity of something; we'll spot you the "D"	dearth	26%
KID LIT	$600	This novel begins with a minister, his wife & their 4 kids shipwrecked on an island in the East Indies	The Swiss Family Robinson	26%
COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR	$1600	The equator bisects this large mostly Indonesian island that's called Kalimantan by locals	Borneo	21%
LOST	$400	In Matthew 18, Jesus tells the parable of the lost this, which strays from the flock	sheep	21%
THE LYIN' IN WINTER	$400	In the Himalayas, you bet we saw the big creature of myth who got this anglicized name from a journalist in the '20s; no pics though	the Abominable Snowman	21%
NAVAL CONFLICT	$800	On August 2, 1964 North Vietnamese torpedo boats fired on the Maddox, a U.S. destroyer, in this body of water	the Gulf of Tonkin	21%
GREEK LETTERS, ROMAN NUMERALS	$1000	The luxury luggage monogram that came out of 1 rue Scribe in Paris equals this in our numbers	55	16%
NAVAL CONFLICT	$400	On Oct. 21, 1805 this admiral was felled by a French sniper's bullet on the Victory, his flagship	Admiral Nelson	16%
TV MOMS	$1600	As Endora, veteran actress Agnes Morehead often mocked her mortal son-in-law Darrin & called him Durwood on this '60s comedy	Bewitched	16%
GREEK LETTERS, ROMAN NUMERALS	$800	This Greek letter shares a spelling with the body's vital life force	chi	16%
NAVAL CONFLICT	$600	In Sept. 1779 this Bonhomme Richard commander began to fight with the Brit ship Serapis; he won, but at the cost of his vessel	John Paul Jones	16%
NAVAL CONFLICT	$1000	Octavian cut the communications of this fellow second triumvirate member & handed him a big L at the Battle of Actium	Mark Antony	16%
FLICK PICS	$1000	Love and song in Montmartre	Moulin Rouge	16%
OUR AVIAN FRIENDS	$1600	Cobs & pens are the terms for the adult males & females of this species	swans	16%
OUR AVIAN FRIENDS	$400	The claw of a bird of prey is known as one of these, from the Latin for "ankle bone"	a talon	11%
OUR AVIAN FRIENDS	$2000	Like our hair & fingernails, a bird's beak is made out of this fibrous protein	keratin	11%
4 WORDS	$1200	In Genesis 1:3, "and God said" these 4 words, & there was	Let there be light	11%
KID LIT	$800	The tale of this title mister, gifted with a penguin from the zoo, was written in & set during the 1930s	Mr. Popper	11%
PLANETARY TALK	$2000	An ancient Roman orgy	saturnalia	11%
LOST	$1200	Before he lost his head, this Elizabethan poet & adventurer founded the Lost Colony of Roanoke in North Carolina	Sir Walter Raleigh	11%
THE LYIN' IN WINTER	$600	Hard to believe we just beat Dan Jansen's 1994 gold medal-winning time in the 1,000 meters in this sport	speed skating	11%
FLICK PICS	$400	Nic Cage by the Bay--pun intended	The Rock	11%
OUR AVIAN FRIENDS	$800	The adjective "pinnate" means having the shape of one of these bird features	a feather	5%
4 WORDS	$2000	The Constitution begins, "We the people of the United States, in order to form" this	a more perfect Union	5%
FLICK PICS	$200	It's a set of personal goals	a The Bucket List	5%
TV MOMS	$400	Lauren Graham was 30-something single mom Lorelai on this series	Gilmore Girls	5%
4 WORDS	$800	This 4-word phrase occurs 8 times in a landmark 1963 speech	I have a dream	5%
GREEK LETTERS, ROMAN NUMERALS	$600	"Love of learning is the guide of life" is the motto of this academic honor society	Phi Beta Kappa	5%
4 WORDS	$400	Since 1957 the Truman Library has displayed the desk sign with this 4-word phrase	the buck stops here	5%
KID LIT	$200	Books by Mo Willems implore, "Don't Let" this creature "Stay Up Late!" or "Drive the Bus!"	the Pigeon	5%
TV MOMS	$800	Here are the stars who all play moms with secrets on this HBO series	Big Little Lies	0%
LOST	$2000	The body of this English climber who went missing on Everest in 1924 was finally discovered in 1999	George Mallory	0%
LOST	$800	The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Americans of this ethnicity, rescued a "lost battalion" from the Germans during World War II	Japanese(-Americans)	0%
PLANETARY TALK	$1600	A sweet wine used to cook with chicken or veal	marsala	0%
FLICK PICS	$800	This 2011 film got all A's	Moneyball	0%
6-LETTER ADVERBS	$1000	This good-natured adverb is repeated in the name of a "Guys and Dolls" character	nicely	0%
FLICK PICS	$600	A 1980s road trip	Planes, Trains and Automobiles	0%
KID LIT	$1000	Her picture books include "Barnyard Dance!" & "Moo, Baa, La La La!"	(Sandra) Boynton	0%
4 WORDS	$1600	Maya Angelou found inspiration in the Paul Laurence Dunbar poem that concludes, "I know why" these 4 words	the caged bird sings	0%
LOST	$1600	John Dos Passos & Archibald MacLeish were among the 1920s writers known collectively as this	the Lost Generation	0%
18th CENTURY HISTORY	N/A	The stated aim of this period was using violence to achieve political goals; its success aided in its demise in under a year	the Reign of Terror	0%
OUR AVIAN FRIENDS	$1200	A gorget is a patch of distinctive color on this part of certain birds like hummingbirds	the throat	0%
TV MOMS	$1200	Rebecca Pearson is mom to Kate, Kevin & Randall on this drama	This is Us	0%
TV MOMS	$2000	This actress whose mom is a Motown legend plays mom Rainbow Johnson on "black-ish"	Tracee Ellis Ross	0%