13 Jeopardy! Clues June 29, 2017

Here are 8 triple stumpers from the 6-29-2017 Jeopardy! match.

INVERTEBRATES ($1000) The giant triton species of this gastropod is protected in Australia because it eats starfish that feed on coral

SPORTS ($400) This last name of golfer David is applied to what he called a “correction shot”

LYRE, LYRE ($200) This biblical king was known for hanging a type of lyre called a kinnor above his bed to catch the wind

AT THE OPERA ($800) Vasek, a ninny, is the intended groom, but this Smetana title character has other ideas

($1200) Mario Andretti: Most people aren’t aware that I’m an opera lover & can sing several complete arias; I was about 10 when I saw my first opera– this one by Verdi in which the dying Violetta sings “Gran Dio! Morir si giovine”

WOODY ($1600) This jazz clarinetist fronted The Herd

ECONOMICS ($800) A downturn in the U.S. economy from 1836 to 1838 was partly caused by a lack of confidence in this common type of currency

($2000) This economist in the Bloomsbury Group theorized governments must practice deficit spending during depressions

The players got all these clues in FREQUENTLY BANNED BOOKS:

($400) This H. G. Bissinger book about a small-town Texas football squad was oft-penalized

($800) “The Perks of Being” this by Steven Chbosky became an Emma Watson film and got itself banned

($1200) Dave Pilkey made the list with his cheeky series about the character seen here, named Captain this

($1600) Profanity was one objection to this Katherine Paterson book about a structure to a fantastic place

($2000) The spectrum of challenged books includes “The Color Purple” and this first novel by Toni Morrison

Today’s Daily Doubles and more information on Final Jeopardy! on Fikkle Fame’s full Daily Jeopardy! Recap

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