13 Jeopardy! Clues December 9, 2016
Here are 9 triple stumpers from the 12-9-2016 Jeopardy! match.
DOCUMENTARIES ($1200) This 2015 series on Netflix puts both possible killer Steven Avery & a Wisconsin County Sheriff’s Dept. on trial
($2000) The 1979 doc “From Mao to Mozart” recounts this master violinist’s groundbreaking trip to China
EPONYMS ($400) This Mennonite sect found in rural Pennsylvania & Ohio was named for a 17th century Swiss bishop
BALLET UP TO THE BARRE ($1200) When Serge Diaghilev brought this ballet company to the U.S. in 1916, Vaslav Nijinsky was a featured dancer
($2000) It’s been said that “Coppelia” is ballet’s great comedy & this 1841 tale of a doomed maiden is its great tragedy
CIVIL WAR LITERATURE. ($400) This “directional” trilogy by John Jakes looks at the Civil War from the viewpoints of 2 families on opposite sides.
($800) “Manhunt” by James Swanson is an account of the multi-day chase to find this killer.
($1200) It’s the “snaky” title of Bernard Cornwell’s novel about a Confederate officer jailed as a Yankee spy
($1600) Begun in 1863 & published in 1994, John Ransom’s diary is his eloquent account of survival in this notorious prison
The players got all these clues in YOU MAD, BRO?.
($400) Artaxerxes II, king of this land, had to deal with rebellion his brother Cyrus the Younger– not cool, bro
($800) In 2009, the Mirror reported the Gallagher brothers of this “Wonderwall” band “only communicate by web insults”
($1600) In “The Godfather Part II”, Michael says to this character, “I know it was you… you broke my heart”
($2000) This late British atheist said his brother’s article about him was a “fraternal stab between the shoulder blades”
The $1200 clue was a Daily Double. Find that and more on this match on Fikkle Fame’s full Daily Jeopardy! Recap