12 Jeopardy! Clues May 25, 2016
Here are 7 triple stumpers from the 5-25-2016 Jeopardy! match.
GOVERNMENTAL BEFORE & AFTER ($1000) Capitol Hill newspaper that’s also a Jack London novel about a dog. (combining this and this)
HAWAIIAN HISTORY ($1,000) An Oahu statue of her, Hawaii’s last queen, holds copies of items she wrote– “Aloha ‘Oe” and a Hawaiian constitution
ASTRONOMY ($1200) The ancient Polynesians were remarkable navigators. They were probably guided by stars such as Sirius that appeared directly above them at this celestial point from Arabic for “way over the head”
($2000) Dwarf planets lying within this belt at the edge of the solar system include Haumea & Makemake
THE RAZZIE FOR WORST ACTOR ($1200) Even George W. Bush heated things up in 2005, winning for playing himself in this documentary
THE COLLEGE’S ALUMNI ($2000) Leonard Cohen, Ken Dryden, William Shatner,
TURN UP THE A_C ($1600) 3-D, 4-H, 1-A (e.g.)
A HARRY POTTER BESTIARY – One player almost ran this category. Watch it on Twitter
($200) Hagrid buys this pet as a birthday present for Harry at Eeylops Owl Emporium
($400) Scabbers is this character’s pet rat
($600) Varieties of these include the Ukrainian Ironbelly & the Antipodean Opaleye
($800) Slightly misleading name of the scary giant 3-headed canine who guards the Philosopher’s Stone & falls asleep to music
($1000) A sort of combination bird & horse, Buckbeak is one of these magical creatures
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