10 Jeopardy! Clues July 5, 2016
Here are 10 triple stumpers from the 7-5-2016 Jeopardy! match.
HEY HEY WE’RE THE MAORIS! ($1000) The Maoris traditionally used nephrite, a type of this gem, to carve their ceremonial tikis in human form
WOMEN IN SCIENCE ($1,000) With her husband George, Gladys Dick found the cause of this childhood disease named for its red skin rash & came up with a cure
TALKING BASEBALL ($400) Make an “okay,” then center the ball between your 3 other fingers and use the same mechanics as a fastball to toss this circle this type of off-speed pitch
($600) Throw a quick pitch & an ump may call this; if the bases are empty a ball is called
POTPOURRI, FROM US TO YOU ($400) Lorelei was said to sing her siren song from a cliff above this river in Germany, between Mainz & Koblenz
POLITICS ($800) This word for the person often favored in a congressional race is from the Latin for “leaning on”
($1000) In football, this alliterative phrase means running the ball; in politics, it’s winning voters block by block, house by house
MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS ($2,000) 9/11 hero Todd Beamer is one of the passengers honored at this memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania
THEIR LAST TOP 10 POP HIT, SO FAR “Do That To Me One More Time” (1979)
BATTLE OF BRITAIN ($1600) 1645’s Battle of Naseby was part of this conflict
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