10 Jeopardy! Clues June 24, 2016
Here are 5 triple stumpers from the 6-24-2016 Jeopardy! match.
EDIBLE EXPRESSIONS ($400) 4-word expression meaning “absolutely everything,” illustrated here
FITNESS & EXERCISE ($1000) Wood you like to hold this abdominal exercise position for 4 hours & 26 mins. like Mao Weidong did in 2014.
PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS ($1600) An apocalyptic battle site named for a hill near Haifa
THE CRUSADES ($800) In 1260 Mamluk forces from this African nation halted the advance of the Mongols in Palestine
DOUBLE “A” ($800) An idolatrous creation as described in the book of Exodus was pleasing to this Biblical man (Video clue: the camera panned over this Poussin painting from the idolatrous creation to the man with the white hooded robe and outstretched right hand)
“THE CONSCIENCE FUND” category was a hoot. The players got all the clues except the $400 one.
($200) The Conscience Fund, voluntary donations from people who believe they owe the U.S. money is run by this cabinet dept.
($400) $1,000 came with a note to this org.: “I cheated on last year’s income tax… if I still can’t sleep, I’ll send you the balance
($600) One 1990 gift was for $155,502, but the fund began with a $5 donation in 1811 during the administration of this President
($800) A religious vet sent $500 for stealing form the military, writing, “I am” one of these, “however, I was not always.”
($1000) The fund received a 44-cent donation from a woman who confessed to reusing 2 of these
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