Here are 5 triple stumpers from the 3-18-2019 Jeopardy! match.

ARCHAEOLOGY ($1200) Incurring a curse, Tamerlane’s tomb was opened in June 1941; on June 22 Hitler invaded this homeland of the archaeologists

($2000) Uncovered in 1928 by a peasant’s plow, the city of Ugarit in Syria once thrived, with a big temple to this fertility god

15-LETTER WORDS ($2000) It’s the propensity for asking a lot of questions, whether out of curiosity or nosiness

COUNTRY SHORTCUTS ($1600) Somalia & Uganda

($2000) Brunei & Indonesia

COLORFUL LIT
($200) Turned into a movie & a Broadway musical: “The _____ Color “
($400) Stephen King: “The _____ Mile”
($600) A No. 1 bestseller from 1986: “____ Storm Rising”
($800) By James Ellroy & based on a real L.A. murder: “The _____ Dahlia”
*($1000) By Martha Hall Kelly about 3 women whose lives intersect during World War II & the Holocaust: “_____ Girls”

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