12 Jeopardy! Clues January 9, 2017
Here are 3 triple stumpers from the 1-9-2017 Jeopardy! match.
ONE-“I”d WORDS ($1000) This 4-letter word meaning to cheat is what con men are said to do to widows & orphans
AIRPORT ($800) The runway is a little funky at Gustaf III airport on this saintly Caribbean island
BRAZILIAN CUISINE ($2000) Large chunks of barbecued meat kabobbed on skewere, or sometimes impaled on swords
Joe Bartolomeo, the champ, ran this category on WOMEN & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
($200) Mary Goddard of Baltimore was the first to print this document & include most the signers’ names
($400) In 1782 Betty Zane retrieved a cache of this explosive mixture & returned with it to save Fort Henry from a British siege
($600) In 1776 she wrote to her husband that if attention wasn’t paid to women’s rights, too, they’d start their own rebellion
($800) Ann Bates spied for the British & Lydia Darragh spied for the colonists in this city that was also Betsy Ross’ home
($1000) In April of 1777 Sybil Ludington pulled a Paul Revere-style all-night ride to tell of a British attack on Danbury in this state
Challenger Jack Paleczny ran the category “G” CITIES:
($400) It’s the football-mad seat of Brown County, Wisconsin
($800) This southwestern Swiss city is divided into 2 sections by the Rhone River
($1200) This Flemish city dates back to the 7th century when 2 monasteries were built on the site
($2000) This Colorado city was founded in 1870 & named for the New York Tribune editor who supported the settlers
The $1600 clue was a Daily Double. You’ll find it and more on this match on Fikkle Fame’s full Daily Jeopardy! Recap