13 Jeopardy! Clues July 18, 2019

Here are 2 categories from the 7-18-2019 Jeopardy! match.

Roey ran the SPORTING FIRSTS category right off the bat (the first category he chose):

($200) The first event annually in horse racing’s Triple Crown
($400) James Naismith threw the ball up for the first-ever game-opening of one of these
($600) The first flag waved at a NASCAR race is one of this color
($800) The first octopus thrown on the ice at a home game of this NHL team came from fishmongers Pete & Jerry Cusimano in 1952
($1000) The first event of tennis’ yearly Grand Slam (it used to be the last)

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The players got all the clues in STATELY OVERLAPS, except the $1600 one (*):

($400) Excitement that comes from visiting Chicago… or Peoria
($800) A swirling whirlpool in the Lone Star State
($1200) A fortress in the first state to ratify the Constitution
*($1600) Pertaining to the eyesight of residents in the most populous state
($2000) Strict plant eater form a Pacific coast state

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None of the players buzzed in on these 3 clues:

LARD ALMIGHTY ($1000) Not the healthiest, lard is this type of fat made from 3 fatty acids & glycerol

MEDICAL TERMS ($1200) Aspirin & codeine are this kind of drug, aka a painkiller–they reliever suffering without causing unconsciousness

COMIC STRIPS ($1200) (image) Lincoln Peirce created this character, who’s actually just 4 and a half feet tall

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