Statistics for Jeopardy #8594

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This quiz has been taken 27 times
The average score is 13 of 61

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Category	Cash	Clue	Answer	% Correct
SPORTS	$200	An early version of this ball-&-racket sport in 13th century France was jeu de paume	tennis	94%
EUROPEAN HISTORY	$200	On December 2, 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte had this title officially bestowed upon him, by himself	emperor	81%
SUBURBS OF CHICAGO	$200	In 1923 this gangster moved from Chicago to the suburbs to make Cicero his headquarters	Al Capone	75%
GOOD FOR THE STEW	$1000	During WWII the Ministry of Food told Brits that eating these raw might seem strange but they can help you see better	carrots	69%
GOOD FOR THE STEW	$200	Slang for the head; sometimes people ask you to "use" this bit of pasta when you've made a dumb mistake	noodle	69%
GOOD FOR THE STEW	$400	An ongoing argument, as in "I've got a ____ with you"	beef	63%
U.S. MILITARY BRANCHES	$200	This branch was established on Dec. 20, 2019; the Netflix show of the same name, on May 29, 2020	the Space Force	63%
SPORTS	$600	The oldest postseason college football game, the Rose Bowl is played in this city	Pasadena	56%
EUROPEAN HISTORY	$400	The Venice basilica named for this gospel writer & said to contain his earthly remains was rebuilt starting around 1063	Mark	50%
SPORTS	$800	No horse had run the Kentucky Derby in under 2 minutes until this Triple Crown winner performed the feat in 1973	Secretariat	50%
"V"ERBS	$200	From a word meaning "to empty", it means to go on holiday	vacation	50%
SUBURBS OF CHICAGO	$600	Whiting is a suburb of Chicago but is in this state, not Illinois	Indiana	44%
U.S. MILITARY BRANCHES	$600	Dating back to the start of the 1800s, the U.S. Military Academy at this site was also essentially America's 1st school of engineering	West Point	44%
SPORTS	$1000	In 2015, the baseball world mourned this Yankee, a great catcher who often came up with a great quote	Yogi Berra	44%
SUBURBS OF CHICAGO	$400	In 1955 this man opened his first McDonald's restaurant in Des Plaines	Ray Kroc	38%
GOOD FOR THE STEW	$800	One headline from this website: "Tina Turner burns down legs for insurance money"	the "Onion"	38%
BOOZE IN BOOKS	$1200	The characters in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" drink this cocktail, also where the story is set	a Manhattan	31%
U.S. MILITARY BRANCHES	$800	This term for a U.S. Naval Academy cadet comes from a 17th century practice of placing experienced sailors in the center of a vessel	midshipmen	31%
SPORTS	$400	In 2021 he swished yet another to break Ray Allen's record for all-time NBA 3-pointers	Steph Curry	31%
EUROPEAN HISTORY	$600	The second Russian czar of this name had abolished serfdom but was assassinated by revolutionaries in 1881	Alexander	25%
BOOZE IN BOOKS	$800	When James Bond orders the vesper type of this cocktail in "Casino Royale", he asks to have it shaken very well	a martini	25%
GOOD FOR THE STEW	$600	Also the name of a kids' game, this 2-word phrase refers to a problematic issue you don't want to handle	hot potato	19%
U.S. MILITARY BRANCHES	$400	Drew Carey, Steve McQueen & Gene Hackman (who joined at age 16) were always faithful as members of this branch	the Marine Corps	19%
EUROPEAN HISTORY	$800	In 1618 longstanding hostility between Protestants & Catholics in central Europe sparked this long war	the Thirty Years\' War	19%
"V"ERBS	$400	As a noun, it's a piece of clothing; as a verb, it means to give power or control	vest	19%
SUBURBS OF CHICAGO	$800	This city is named for one of the founders of Northwestern University, which is located there	Evanston	13%
BOOZE IN BOOKS	$2000	In "Henry IV, Part 2", this jovial fellow attributes to sherry a "warming of the blood" that "illumineth the face"	Falstaff	13%
VACCINES	$400	Prior to the vaccine, 3 to 4 million people a year in the U.S. got this disease also called rubeola	measles	13%
VACCINES	$1200	After boiling the syringes & needles in his own kitchen in 1953, Jonas Salk gave his 3 sons his vaccine for this	polio	13%
VACCINES	$800	The vaccine for this disease protects you from spores of clostridium, notoriously found on rusty nails	tetanus	13%
VACCINES	$2000	World War II soldiers were given a vaccine against this 2-word ailment, which had caused a 1918-19 pandemic	the Spanish flu	13%
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY	$800	This hyphenated term is used for a nation that consists of a single municipality & its surrounding countryside	a city-state	6%
GUYS WHO WEAR GLASSES	$400	Here's this trusted newsman wearing his glasses as he announced the death of John F. Kennedy	Cronkite	6%
WOMEN MAKE PASSES	$800	On "Parks & Rec", this character's mom, played by Pamela Reed, makes a pass at Ben (Adam Scott)	Leslie Knope	6%
FAMOUS TRIALS	N/A	On her acquittal in 1893, a reporter cited nearby events 2 centuries earlier, saying the days of witch trials are over	Lizzie Borden	6%
WOMEN MAKE PASSES	$400	She pursues Tom Hanks in "Sleepless in Seattle"; she also makes a pass ("incomplete") at Dennis Quaid in "D.O.A."	Meg Ryan	6%
SUBURBS OF CHICAGO	$1000	In the 1970s the Supreme Court refused to stop a demonstration by Nazis in this Chicago suburb	Skokie	6%
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY	$400	From Greek for "rule of god", it's a nation run by religious leaders	theocracy	6%
U.S. MILITARY BRANCHES	$1000	In 2005 Nicole Malachowski made some serious noise as the first female pilot in this Air Force demonstration squadron	the Thunderbirds	6%
"V"ERBS	$800	This word meaning to leave in a hurry ends in a big antlered creature	vamoose	6%
VACCINES	$1600	The vaccine for this, also known as pertussis, is given in combination with other vaccines	whooping cough	6%
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY	$2000	One of the 2 nations known as "perforated states", as they completely surround another country	(1 of) South Africa or Italy	0%
BOOZE IN BOOKS	$400	In Graham Greene's "Our Man in Havana", these were "frozen so stiffly" they were "drunk in tiny drops to avoid a sinus-pain"	a daiquiri	0%
GUYS WHO WEAR GLASSES	$2000	This Israeli fashion designer & creative director of Lanvin was mourned by celebrity clients at his death in 2021	Alber Elbaz	0%
STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL	$1200	It's a loss of hair & also of feathers, hopefully not at the same time	alopecia	0%
STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL	$1600	One's grandma, in Spanish-speaking areas	an abuela	0%
GUYS WHO WEAR GLASSES	$1200	He served as U.S. Attorney General twice in the early '90s & again two and a half decades later	(Bill) Barr	0%
BOOZE IN BOOKS	$1600	At the end of "A Christmas Carol", Scrooge offers this mistreated employee a mulled drink called smoking bishop	(Bob) Cratchit	0%
WOMEN MAKE PASSES	$1200	On a 2015 episode of this Comedy Central show, Abbi finally asks out her hot neighbor Jeremy	Broad City	0%
EUROPEAN HISTORY	$1000	Back in 1688 Norway regulated many sawmills to fight this problem; in 2016 it became the world's first country to ban it	deforestation (clear-cutting)	0%
STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL	$2000	It's a 4-letter Latin interjection meaning "behold!"	ecce	0%
STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL	$400	To bestow freedom	emancipate	0%
WOMEN MAKE PASSES	$1600	In "Indiscreet", this acting legend makes a pass at her old "Notorious" co-star Cary Grant	Ingrid Bergman	0%
STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL	$800	I can't believe it's not butter, as it's artificial butter called this	oleo	0%
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY	$1600	This monarchal-sounding term means a country's authority to govern itself; China is touchy about violations of its	sovereignty	0%
GUYS WHO WEAR GLASSES	$800	They're the two guys here who started something big	Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak	0%
GUYS WHO WEAR GLASSES	$1600	Here's this Russian-born innovator of 20th century ballet in not one but two pairs of specs	Stravinsky	0%
WOMEN MAKE PASSES	$2000	Movie where figure skater Moira Kelly tells hockey player D.B. Sweeney, "In case you've missed it, I am throwing myself at you"	The Cutting Edge	0%
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY	$1200	Administered by the U.N., the border between Greek & Turkish regions of Cyprus is known as this colorful "line"	the Green Line	0%
"V"ERBS	$600	To leap	to vault	0%
"V"ERBS	$1000	To clear someone of blame in the eyes of the law	to vindicate	0%