9 Jeopardy! Clues July 8, 2019

Here are 5 triple stumpers from the 7-8-2019 Jeopardy! match.

A LA WHAT? ($600) The origin of the phrase a la boulangère, for a dish cooked this way, honors the woman who did the cooking

ACTRESSES ($1600) She rose to fame on Downton Abbey but has since blossomed on the big screen as Cinderella

$1600 Actresses clue (Jeopardy! 7-8-19)

THE POWER OF THREE ($1600) Adopted by the U.S. in 1793, it’s the 3-word phrase for territorial waters; now most countries claim more

AUGUSTUS ($2000) Last name of banker Augustus, who bequeathed the bulk of his fortune to advance music education

FICTIONAL LANGUAGES (identify the author who created the languages)
($800) Valryian, Braavosi

The players only missed one (*) of these four MULTI-WORD SOUNDALIKES clues. (They didn’t get to the $2000 clue.)

($400) A sandpaperlike nail file, or a group of trustees at an Atlanta university
*($800) Melted resin used to close envelopes, or a way to tell the people upstairs they are too loud
($1200) These 2 groups of things seen here have soundalike names, if you run the words together
($1600) An illegal tackle in football pulling at the jersey neck, or someone with laryngitis dialing the phone

ANSWERS: show

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