PLACES IN THE NEWS
10/22 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In a hint of the future, in 1973 Marjorie Post gave it to the U.S. government as a warm-weather presidential retreat, but it was returned
10/23 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE
10/23 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This “creature of evil, grim and fierce, was quickly ready, savage and cruel, and seized from their rest thirty thanes”
10/24 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
AFRICAN CITIES
10/24 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Also a judicial capital, this aptly named city is known for an annual rose festival that began in 1976
10/25 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
STATE BIRDS
10/25 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The 2-word name of this black & orange or black & golden state bird derives in part from the Latin for “golden”
10/26 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
EUROPEAN HISTORY
10/26 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Legend says this, weighing 336 lbs., came from the Holy Land & Kenneth MacAlpin brought it to Perthshire c. 840
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Grendel
Bloemfontein
Baltimore oriole
Stone of Scone (Stone of Destiny)
The players were all stumped on each of the extra clues.
VARIOUS COWBOYS $2000: This “Singing Cowboy” had a huge hit singing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
I'M BESIDE MYSELF! $1200: In “The Last Action Hero”, this actor tells himself “You’ve brought me nothing but pain”
SAY THE WORD $2000: One of the last entries in the dictionary is this enzyme in yeast that promotes fermentation
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Arnold Schwarzenegger
zymase