9 Jeopardy! Clues July 17, 2018

Here are 5 triple stumpers from the 7-17-2018 Jeopardy! match.

CITING PRECEDENT ($800) Roper v. Simmons said that for minors, this was cruel & unusual punishment, prohibited by the 8th Amendment.

SINGLE T, DOUBLE T ($2000) Crenels are the empty parts & merlons are the solid parts in this structure, a type of parapet

WHY DO I KNOW THIS?! ($800) On the 2018 edition of “The Bachelor”, this ex-car racer broke up with fiancée Becca to pick Lauren instead

FICTIONAL DOCTORS ($1600) A doctor himself, he created Dr. Stapleton, who solves medical mysteries in thrillers like “Contagion”

COMPOSERS ($1600) Gounod, who came up with some good tunes, called this 6-letter word “the unique secret of” the composer’s art

The players got all these clues in THAT’S PROPRIETARY, MA’AM:

($400) Universal Music Group owns this word when applied to music; when applied to the City of Detroit, it’s fuzzier
($1200) This word is trademarked both for a “desk-top… card file & for electronic use
($1600) Sheetrock is a trademark of USG, United States this mineral– “drywall” is ok
($2000) In Canada, Loblaws Market owns this alliterative 2-word term for “generic”– it’s their generic brand

ANSWERS: show

The $800 clue was a Daily Double. You’ll find that and more information on Final Jeopardy! on Fikkle Fame’s full Daily Jeopardy! Recap

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