11 Jeopardy! Clues July 17, 2019

Here are 2 categories from the 7-17-2019 Jeopardy! match.

The players got all these clues in FICTION:

($200) “The Custom-House” is an introductory section to this Hawthorne novel
($400) Near the end of this Ray Bradbury novel, a character talks about the Phoenix, a mythical bird reborn from the ashes of fire
($600) She says to Mr. Rochester, “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?”
($800) The island of Pianosa is the settig of this classic by Joseph Heller
($1000) This author’s first popular novel was “Far from the Madding Crowd”, which he initially published anonymously

ANSWERS: show

The players got all the clues in ART & ARTISTS, except the last one:

($400) 14th century artist Giotto was a master of this technique, painting directly on freshly plastered walls
($800) Theodore Gericault’s “Raft of the Medusa” from 1819 depicted the survivors of one of these
($1200) A whole movement took its name from his painting “Impression: Sunrise”
($1600) Before he hit the big time, El Greco was a painter of these small works often contained in a locket or “portrait box”
*($2000) Seen here is one in a series with this 3-word avian title by abstract sculptor, Constantine Brancusi

ANSWERS: show

Alex Trebek got a big laugh on this clue when he quipped: “Yeah, you oughta see me” (It’s No. 16)

FASHION DON’TS ($200) This short ballerina skirt is one of Glamour’s “27 Cringeworthy Fashion Don’ts” but I think I could really rock one!

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