12 Jeopardy! Clues November 3, 2016
Here are 9 triple stumpers from the 11-3-2016 Jeopardy! match.
A NON-COMPOTE CLAUSE ($800) Compote is traditional on Rosh Hashanah; this dessert on Christmas– Mrs. Cratchit even whips some up
OUR OFFICE FANTASY FOOTBALL TEAM NAMES ($600) Darn, somebody beat us to this Hall of Fame 1970s Dolphin fullback “& The Chocolate Factory”
“OOK” ($800) 7-letter chess term for a penguin’s breeding colony
10-LETTER WORDS ($800) A stern boss or supervisor may be called a “harsh” this
AMERICAN HISTORY ($1200) This Nebraska Democrat lost an 1894 bid for the U.S. Senate but was nominated for president 2 years later
($1600) A 1621 treaty with the Wampanoags gave the Pilgrims protection against this tribe from what’s now Rhode Island
GEOGRAPH”IA” ($2000) You might say this region of Croatia that extends about 230 miles along the coast has a “spotty” reputation
I LIKE BIG BUCKS ($2000) (Read by Lara Logan, CBS News) I conducted a rare interview with Jack Ma, founder of this Chinese internet company that made a big splash in 2014 by finishing its first day of trading with a market value of $231 billion dollars
& I CANNOT LIE ($800) The title of this official newspaper of the Communist party of the USSR translates to “truth”
To make an even dozen, here are the other 3 clues in “AMERICAN HISTORY” that the players got:
($400) In 1540 Garcia Lopez de Cardenas found this natural wonder; his men tried to climb down to the Colorado River but failed
($800) In 1974, over Ford’s veto, Congress passed amendments to this act granting public access to government files
($2000) On April 4, 1891 this brother of John Wilkes Booth ended his 40+ year acting career appearing in “Hamlet” in NYC
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