13 Jeopardy! Clues December 17, 2018
Here are 8 triple stumpers from the 12-17-2018 Jeopardy! match.
ON THE SLAB ($600) SLAB is the stock symbol for this element Laboratories, Inc., a tech company making semiconductors
($800) The slab is a synonym for this item on a pitcher’s mound
SPORTY BRAND NAME MEANINGS ($1000) Twin brothers Bob & Bill Meistrell named this brand for how its wetsuit fit one’s figure
WOMEN IN MATH & SCIENCE ($400) In 1923 Edith Quimby devised a way to use this type of radiographic film to accurately gauge exposure to radiation
($800) For WWII Katharine Blodgett found a way for 2 quarts of oil to make this cloaking “screen” cover several acres
IN THE DICTIONARY ($400) The Greek name of a king of Ithaca is the source of this word for a long trip
($1200) A quick solution to a difficult problem is this, the special item that can kill a werewolf
($1600) The name of this device for punishment, a wooden framework, also means to ridicule
The players got all of the clues in COMING AT YOU IN 3 T, except the two marked with an asterisk (*).
($200) We see aliens, & it means originating outside Earth’s limits
($400) Honeywell’s mid-20th century round ones are in museums as “masterworks of industrial design”
*($600) You can “pay it” as you “stand” at it
($800) For Cub Scouts, this word meaning reliable is No. 1 on the Scout Law list
*($1000) Time to make this settlement by giving an equal amount of cash to cover any damage you caused
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