9 Jeopardy! Clues August 18, 2016

Here are 9 triple stumpers from the 8-18-2016 Jeopardy! match.

ANCIENT HISTORY: 1986 ($800) A “people power” revolution in this country forced longtime leader Ferdinand Marcos into exile

TERM: PAPER ($1000) The light weight of this old-fashioned paper makes it good paper airplane material; if you know your produce, you can see why it has this 9-letter name

CELEBRITIES ($600) It’s not just gossip, girl– this actor really is Tony Romo’s brother-in-law
$600 Jeopardy! clue in Celebrities (8-18-16)

($1000) This star of “Orphan Black” is of Ukrainian, Polish, German, Austrian & Romanian ancestry
$1000 Jeopardy! clue in Celebrities (8-18-16)

THE NORTH PACIFIC ($800) This Mexican port 50 miles south of San Diego has been called the “Cinderella of the Pacific”

VIDEO GAME SLANG ($1000) To defeat an enemy with overwhelming numbers is to do this, a term from “StarCraft”

DOCTORS WITHIN BORDERS In Australia’s remote areas, the Royal Flying Doctor Service has dozens of bases providing airborne care; the Alice Springs base serves nearly half a million square miles of this territory
$1600 Jeopardy! clue in Doctors Within Borders (8-18-16)

COLLEGE-SET LITERATURE ($1600) This author known for his white suits set the novel “I Am Charlotte Simmons” at DuPont (don’t call it Duke!) University

($2000) Murder breaks the peace of Hampden College in this novel by Donna Tartt

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