19th CENTURY BRITS
4/22 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In a poem Lord Byron, a lover of Greece, calls this diplomat & fellow lord a "plunderer"
4/23 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
AMERICAN HISTORY
4/23 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
On May 1, 1869 these 2 men met at the White House, 4 years & 3 weeks after a more historic meeting between them
4/24 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES
4/24 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This term for an area of the Atlantic originated in 1964 in Argosy, a pulp magazine
4/25 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
THE ELEMENTS
4/25 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Oddly, mining of this rare earth element with a geographic name, atomic no. 63, is mostly in Asia & with some in South America & Australia
4/26 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
19th CENTURY NOVELS
4/26 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The title character of this 1841 novel says he got his name because he kills bucks & does, but not people
Correct responses in spoiler box:
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Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Bermuda Triangle
europium
The Deerslayer
The players were correct on each of the extra clues.
MERCURY $1000: Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury was born on this island of Tanzania
POSSESSIVE BOOK TITLES $2000: This work by Norman Mailer tells of convicted killer Gary Gilmore, who chose death by firing squad
ICONIC PAINTINGS $2000: Salvador Dali portrayed the real cliffs of Catalonia with the dreamlike image of melting watches in this 1931 painting
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
The Executioner’s Song
The Persistence of Memory