12 Jeopardy! Clues February 9, 2017
Here are 12 triple stumpers from the 2-9-2017 Jeopardy! match.
COUNTRIES’ NEWSPAPERS ($800) The Cape Argus
POTENT POTABLES ($800) A snifter of this clear anise liqueur may be served con la mosca, meaning with the fly. Each fly is really one of three espresso beans.
($1000) Tuborg Pilsner has been brewed in this country since 1880
PLAYING TRIBUTE ($1000) Candy-O revs up the hits from these rockers
TV NICKNAMES ($400) On “Gilligan’s Island”, the Skipper often called Gilligan his “little” this
($1200) On the BBC’s “Sherlock”, this character is sometimes called “Mike”, athough he abhors it
MUNICIPAL LITERATURE ($1200) Willa Cather’s 1931 novel “Shadows on the Rock” details the lives of French colonists in the “rock” that is this Canadian city.
($1600) Herbert Asbury’s “The Barbary Coast” is an informal history of the underworld of this West Coast city
-OLOGIES ($800) It’s the -ology associated with the symbol seen here that was created back in the ’60s.
($1200) Piscatology is the art or science of this activity
($2000) It’s the 11-letter name for the study of how extremely low temperatures affect living organisms
ALPHANUMERICALLY YOURS ($2000) Niacin
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