Statistics for Jeopardy #8580

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This quiz has been taken 29 times
The average score is 10 of 61

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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
FROM S TO S	$200	More than is necessary	a surplus	59%
FROM S TO S	$400	This affliction is a reactivation of the same virus that causes chicken pox	shingles	59%
STATE QUARTERS	$600	Its state quarter features Federal Hill & a racehorse	Kentucky	53%
STATE QUARTERS	$400	Kansas' quarter features a buffalo & this plant known for its seeds	a sunflower	47%
THE LANDING	$200	He hadn't slept in 55 hours when he alit at Le Bourget Aerodrome at 10:22 P.M. on May 21,1927	Lindbergh	47%
NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE	$400	Canadian environmentalist Farley Mowat is best known for bringing sympathy to a predator in "Never Cry" this	Wolf	47%
GYMNASTICS	$200	In 1976 Nadia Comaneci became the first gymnast to achieve this score in the Olympics	a perfect 10	41%
GYMNASTICS	$800	This apparatus that sends competitors 3 stories high was added to Olympic gymnastics in 2000	the trampoline	41%
GYMNASTICS	$600	Originally a horse riding term, it's used when a gymnast jumps off a piece of equipment, often with a stylish Salto	a dismount	35%
GYMNASTICS	$400	In competition this apparatus is 4 feet off the ground & 16.5 feet long; for home practice, it can be half that length	the balance beam	35%
STICK	$200	There's a body part in the name of these wooden sticks that a doctor uses when asking the patient to say "ahh"	tongue depressor	35%
STATE QUARTERS	$200	Louisiana's quarter features a trumpet & one of these birds	a pelican	29%
STICK	$1000	This sport came from Native American stickball, which the Cherokee call "little brother of war"	lacrosse	29%
THE LANDING	$600	The site where George Washington & 2,400 men landed early on December 26, 1776 is today a park in this state	New Jersey	29%
STICK	$400	The label of this brand's sticks of Juicy Fruit gum doesn't actually specify what juicy fruit is	Wrigley	29%
NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE	$800	His 1947 play "All My Sons" is about a businessman whose substandard airplane parts cost young men their lives	(Arthur) Miller	24%
FROM S TO S	$600	Seen here is an example of this resting place made for the ancient Egyptian priestess Nitocris	a sarcophagus	24%
STICK	$600	Ringo Starr hit Zildjian these with his sticks for crashes & splashes	cymbals	24%
THE LANDING	$800	The island of San Salvador in this archipelago is thought to be where Columbus first landed in the Americas	the Bahamas	24%
BODIES OF WATER	$1200	Formations like the Great Barrier Reef gave this body of water its name	the Coral Sea	24%
STICK	$800	A stick figure was the calling card of this fictional hero, real name Simon Templar	The Saint	24%
IN THE CHEMISTRY LAB	$1200	Named for a German chemist, this tool seen here really turns up the heat	a Bunsen burner	18%
IN THE CHEMISTRY LAB	$800	From the French for "little tube" , one of these uses suction to transfer small amounts of liquid	a pipette	18%
NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE	$600	This 1991 novel by Canadian Douglas Coupland gave a name to a whole cohort born around the same time	Generation X	18%
HISTORIC MEN	$800	It was no minor feat that in 1990, he emerged victorious in a 3-person race to succeed Margaret Thatcher as prime minister	John Major	18%
BODIES OF WATER	$400	Lake Victoria is the largest source of this African river	the Nile	18%
STATE QUARTERS	$1000	Minnesota's quarter displays the years 1858 & 2005 & this other number greater than those 2	10,000	12%
BRING YOUR "A" GAME	$400	There are 441 red cards & 63 green cards in this Mattel game of comparisons	Apples to Apples	12%
BRING YOUR "A" GAME	$800	"Valhalla" is a recent entry in this video game series with a killer title	Assassin\'s Creed	12%
IN THE CHEMISTRY LAB	$400	In 1937 isotopes of this element, Cl, were separated using a vacuum ultracentrifuge	chlorine	12%
NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE	$200	In this novel Guy Montag reads aloud from a book to his wife's shocked friends	Fahrenheit 451	12%
HISTORIC MEN	$1600	Multitasking in 1794, he negotiated a treaty with Britain while also serving as the first Chief Justice of the United States	(John) Jay	12%
FROM S TO S	$800	This liquor takes its name from a German word for "mouthful"	schnaps	12%
BOOKS BY FUNNY PEOPLE	$800	Mike Birbiglia detailed his somnambulism in do this "with Me"; one event led to Mike hurling himself out a hotel window	Sleepwalk	12%
IN THE CHEMISTRY LAB	$2000	This receptacle used for melting metals has a name from the Latin for "cross"	a crucible	6%
BOOKS BY FUNNY PEOPLE	$2000	Eric Idle's "sortabiography" is titled this, the upbeat, whistling song Eric wrote that ends "Life of Brian"	Always Look on the Bright Side of Life	6%
BRING YOUR "A" GAME	$2000	Germany & Japan take on the U.S., U.K. & USSR in this strategy game named for the 2 opposing sides	Axis & Allies	6%
HISTORIC MEN	$1200	In the 1970s this future Secretary of State was a spokesman for Vietnam veterans against the war	(John) Kerry	6%
NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE	$1000	The title of this Laura Esquivel bestseller refers to a sweet recipe but also a state of passion or anger	Like Water for Chocolate	6%
IN THE CHEMISTRY LAB	$1600	Used to crush & grind, this pair of tools is featured in a permanent display at Philly's University of the Sciences	mortar & pestle	6%
HISTORIC MEN	$400	This "Junior" oil heir who gave the U.N. the money to buy land for its HQ will always be a center of attention in New York City	Rockefeller	6%
FROM S TO S	$1000	This type of cloud forms a continuous horizontal sheet, sometimes bringing light drizzle	stratus	6%
BODIES OF WATER	$800	Built in the early 1960s, the Bridge of the Americas spans this waterway	the Panama Canal	6%
THE LANDING	$400	His engine out, Corkey Fornof landed his plane on an interstate, took an offramp & pulled into this, tripping the ding-dong hose	a gas station	0%
BRING YOUR "A" GAME	$1200	Fight the dead in this game named for an "Evil Dead" sequel that starred Bruce Campbell	Army of Darkness	0%
BRING YOUR "A" GAME	$1600	Save your ship by shooting space rocks in this Atari arcade game introduced in 1979	Asteroids	0%
BODIES OF WATER	$1600	Miami is a port on this bay	Biscayne Bay	0%
END YOUR RESPONSE WITH A PREPOSITION	$2000	When reporting for duty on a U.S. Navy ship, the first thing you'll say is "Request permission to" do this phrase	come aboard	0%
END YOUR RESPONSE WITH A PREPOSITION	$1600	In tennis, this last part of a stroke is important even though the ball is gone after 5 milliseconds against the strings	follow-through	0%
BOOKS BY FUNNY PEOPLE	$400	This comedian, seen here, provided some life lessons in "I Can't Make This Up"	Hart	0%
HISTORIC MEN	$2000	Hey there, Pilgrim! This Plymouth colony cofounder wed the former Priscilla Mullins around 1623 & eventually fathered 11 kids	John Alden	0%
BOOKS BY FUNNY PEOPLE	$1200	The subtitle of "I Must Say" by this Canadian & "SNL" veteran is "My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend"	Martin Short	0%
GYMNASTICS	$1000	This 2012 Olympic team gold medalist & 2-time world champ in the vault is seen here testifying to Congress in 2021	(McKayla) Maroney	0%
BOOKS BY FUNNY PEOPLE	$1600	This co-creator & star of "Crazy ex-Girlfriend " wrote "I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are"	(Rachel) Bloom	0%
END YOUR RESPONSE WITH A PREPOSITION	$1200	To look for your best option; "my mama told me you better" do it	shop around	0%
END YOUR RESPONSE WITH A PREPOSITION	$400	Polo players who didn't want their collars flapping in the breeze innovated this style	the button-down	0%
THE LANDING	$1000	In 2019 China's Chang'e 4 probe made the first landing here, a place not even glimpsed by humanity until 1959	the dark (far) side of the Moon	0%
BODIES OF WATER	$2000	Surt is the main port on this Libyan gulf	the Gulf of Sidra	0%
PLAYS	N/A	First published in 1602, its title characters are Margaret & Alice	The Merry Wives of Windsor	0%
STATE QUARTERS	$800	Utah's quarter shows a pair of these conveyances meeting in the middle	trains (locomotives)	0%
END YOUR RESPONSE WITH A PREPOSITION	$800	Saying you look "like death..." these 2 words is not a compliment to your appearance	warmed over	0%