11 Jeopardy! Clues December 7, 2016
Here are 11 triple stumpers from the 12-7-2016 Jeopardy! match.
JOIN THE CONJUNCTION ($400) This conjunction used to show the first of 2 options is a homophone of a word for atmospheric conditions
OPERATION ($200) Overlord: Launched in this month, 1944
($600) Breadbasket: Boycott of discriminatory business begun in 1962 by the SCLC, this
($1000) Chromite: the surprise 1950 U.S. landing at this Korean port
THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS ($800) Reflect upon it & tell us the name of this room in Versailles where Marie-Antoinette’s masked wedding ball occurred
DIRECTORS ON FILM ($1600) Long after the Maltese Falcon, this director played the sinister Noah Cross in 1974’s Chinatown
ALLOYS ($2000) Stainless steel is stainless because of this element often used to plate household appliances & machine parts
POETRY ($800) In “Paul Revere’s Ride”, “it was one by the village clock, when he galloped into” this place [see No. 23]
NOTHING BUT NET ($1600) In July 1996 these 3 letters first preceded .ca & you could get online news from P.E.I. to B.C.
($2000) This forerunner of the internet that also ends in “net” was an arm of the U.S. Defense Department
LET’S CALL IT A “DAY” ($2000) Originally it meant a religious holiday marked in color on a calendar
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