SCIENTISTS
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This European’s 1751 “Philosophia Botanica” gave rules of nomenclature & said don’t change generic names
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HISTORIC ANNIVERSARIES
3/28 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In July 1938 about 2,000 people with an average age of 94 gathered at this site for a 75th & final reunion
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WORDS IN THE NEWS 2016
3/29 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
NASA wished John Glenn this 8-letter word when he made the 1st U.S. manned orbital flight in 1962 & again upon his passing in 2016
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MUSICAL THEATRE
3/30 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
One of the world’s longest-running musicals, in 2015 it celebrated "30 years of revolution!"
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FAMOUS BRITISH NAMES
3/31 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
He used the coat of arms granted to his father in 1596; it depicts a long-shafted weapon, a visual pun on the family name
Correct responses in spoiler box:
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Gettysburg
godspeed
Les Misérables
Shakespeare
The extra clues have two the players had correct followed by a suggested triple stumper
STRINGED INSTRUMENTS $2000: This traditional Russian instrument consists of a triangular wooden body & usually 3 strings
PLAY TIME $2000: Childhood memories of racism provided the basis for her 1959 play "A Raisin in the Sun"
MICROSOFT WORD $2000: Adjective for the doughnut shape seen here, & of the cut off part used for contact lenses that correct astigmatism
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Lorraine Hansberry
toric