Here are 2 triple stumpers from the 1-8-2019 Jeopardy! match.

THE VERY OLD EAST ($1600) The Himalayas became Earth’s tallest mountains during this geologic epoch just before our current one

ART & MYTHOLOGY ($1600) In mythology, many tales deal with transformation. Here, having fled from an amorous Apollo, this nymph begs her father to transform her and destroy her beauty. He turns her into a laurel tree, the change just beginning

The players got 3 of the 4 clues that they got to in ADD A LETTER:

($400) Add a letter to a place you park your car to get a load of rubbish
*($800) Add a letter to a novel or short story & it becomes a constant source of disagreement or conflict
($1600) One extra letter turns a diabolical person into a good buddy
($2000) A type of woolen thread becomes a word of longing when it gets a letter woven in

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The players got to and knew all the clues in BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY BATTLES:

($400) This singer beat Counting Crows in 1995– & she has one of those birds in her name
($800) In 2000 the Grammy went to Christina Aguilera over this female fellow Mousketeer
($1200) USA! USA! USA! In 2011 Esperanza Spalding beat out these 2 Canadians, a teen star & a rapper
($1600) In 2009 Duffy was beaten by this woman, also a deep-voiced Brit known by a 5-letter name
($2000) This real “Superstar” brother/sister act beat the less-than-real Partridge Family in 1972

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