THE PULITZER PRIZES
5/15 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In 1947 a journalist from the Washington Post became the last to win a Pulitzer for national reporting by this means
5/16 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
SCULPTURE
5/16 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The book "From Marble to Flesh" is a biography of this statue that was created from 1501 to 1504
5/17 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
ERA IN U.S. HISTORY
5/17 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
On April 11, 1865 Abraham Lincoln spoke of “the mode, manner, and means of” this, which he would not live to see
5/18 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
WOMEN AUTHORS
5/18 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
A 1936 N.Y. Times review called the debut novel by this author “in all probability, the biggest book of the year: 1,037 pages”
5/19 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
U.S. CITIES
5/19 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In 2015 it returned to the list of the 50 most populous U.S. cities, 10 years after dropping off
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
David
Reconstruction
Margaret Mitchell
New Orleans
The players were 10/15 (66.67%) with a 2-3-2-1-2 success pattern.
The extra clues have a requested triple stumper, a triple stumper and a requested missed Daily Double.
-ISMS & -OLOGIES $2000: This -ism favored by psychologist William James takes the view that what is useful is what is best
THEATRE $2000: In "Six Degrees of Separation", a young black man named Paul claims to be this actor's son
A ROUND OF GULF $1600: The Gulf of Antalya is part of this country's long southern coast on the Mediterranean
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
pragmatism
Sidney Poitier
Turkey