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I think this is accurate, if not - please jump on me for it:

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

It is the most recent region to lose its status as an exclave through unification with intervening territory.

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What is West Berlin?

This game had an impressive number of what I call "singletons" - things where that was the only time Jeopardy has ever asked about it (at least in the Archive). And Bob knew an impressive number of them! I had 42/60, which I was pleased with given the number of things I had never heard of. Coin flip...

MEDICAL CONDITIONS

Coined in 1874, this term was brought into the common vernacular in the 1920s by a company that is now a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson.

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What is halitosis? (Listerine)

THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

The oldest city in its state, it was named after the great-grandfather of someone who would perish on the Titanic.

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What is Astoria, Oregon?

Highly unlikely (but not impossible) that I had ever seen any of the episodes previously.

THE NFL

This NFC team played nine regular-season games in its home stadium during the 2019 season.

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What are the Giants? (They played the Jets as the visiting team)

ANATOMY

It is the most common site of scar tissue in humans.

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What is the navel?

TELEVISION

The longest-running spinoff series in American TV history.

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What is The Simpsons?

US STATE CAPITALS

The second-most populous city in its state, it has a density of 11.3 inhabitants per square mile.

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What is Juneau?

Only one clue not seen so that alone tells you it was one of the better celeb games. Funny that the guys had the same wrong guess for the FJ! clue while 1620 would be enough for many to solve it. 1620 almost threw me off because I was sitting there thinking "there is no way this is this easy. Right?"

SISTER CITIES

San Francisco's 19 sister cities include this one in the Umbria region of Italy.

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What is Assisi?

This episode reminded me of a couple things:

- the reasons why SNL parodied Celebrity Jeopardy!

- Regis was a dynamite TV personality (RIP)

Got the Pulitzer one with Beth Henley. I wish I had thought to make a poll request for "I got the Pulitzer one with a name other than Wendy Wasserstein"

COUNTRIES OF AFRICA

When Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra approached the coast of what is now this country, he and his crew heard lions roaring in the mountains.

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What is Sierra Leone?

I don't know whose standards and practices they deal with now but obviously the winnings cap was disposed of before the five time limit was done away with. It would be hilarious if the winnings cap were in place but the 5-episode cap wasn't. For example, Ken Jennings: $2.5 million --> give $2.425 m...

THE OLYMPIC GAMES

The only US state to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics

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What is California? (Squaw Valley, winter 1960; LA summer 1932, 1984)

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Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:11 pm

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Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:42 pm

I've taken the triple stumper from Episode 2 and given it a twist:

THE CALENDAR

Date on which the 20th century BC began

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What is January 1, 2000 BC?

Probably would have been March 1, actually (January didn't exist in 2000 BC).

BC also didn't exist in 2000 BC.

I've taken the triple stumper from Episode 2 and given it a twist:

THE CALENDAR

Date on which the 20th century BC began

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What is January 1, 2000 BC?

The only thing I see that would contribute to that is that Alex was a lot chattier during gameplay than he is nowadays.

That said, the modern-day categories of needlessly long video clues is more of a time suck than Alex's occasional offhand comments in the mid-80s.

EUROPEAN CITIES

One of the largest and most important 14th-century Gothic buildings in Europe is in this small city of about 92,000 inhabitants.

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What is Avignon?