14 Jeopardy! Clues April 6, 2018
Here are 9 triple stumpers from the 4-6-2018 Jeopardy! match.
ANCIENT STUFF ($1000) Subject of a less-known Shakespeare play, he was a 1st century king of Britain & father of Caractacus
NEW TO THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY ($800) This baseball word for a ball hit directly to the pitcher
($1000) This hyphenated term describing a political environment in which facts are less important than belief
post-truth
VINTAGE CARS WITH PEDIGREES ($1200) A skilled mechanic who liked to work on his own cars, this silent film star of “The Sheik” was at the height of his career when he bought the 1923 Voisin whose cobra hood ornament was a gift from Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford
($2000) Exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair where it was the hit of the show, the SJ a model of this car was nicknamed “The 20 Grand” for its asking price, making it a real doozy
WOMEN POETS ($400) She began a poem, “Because I could not stop for death– he kindly stopped for me”
($1600) Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “On the Death of” this poet mentions “that Harold’s pilgrimage at last is o’er”
NATIONAL RHYME TIME ($2000) A task done regularly in an island city-state of Asia. Answer: show
UNUSUAL ANIMALS ($2000) Although it’s easy to find on YouTube, in real life the slow type of this primate is endangered
Answers to SHOT FIRST clues: show
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