11 Jeopardy! Clues August 2, 2016
Here are 6 triple stumpers from the 8-2-2016 Jeopardy! match (a rerun of the second quarter-final of the 2015 Tournament of Champions).
OKLAHOMA! ($1000) It’s the state animal & its first national preserve was founded in Oklahoma in 1907
THIS AND THAT ($1000) Found on the north bank of the Thames River, it’s officially Her Majesty’s Royal Palace & Fortress
NICKNAMES FOR FEMINISTS ($1200) A biography of this 19th century woman includes the line “news of Vicky’s candidacy traveled across the country”
($1600) In the 1920s Rene Maheu nicknamed her Le Castor, “the Beaver”, for being so hardworking
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES ($1200) This masked man is always at home in Dodger Stadium (6)
DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY ($2000) The divine number of 3 is present in many aspects of the work, including this rhyme scheme that means “third rhyme” in Italian
These 5 clues in the SAME MOVIE & SONG TITLE category
$400: Movie: starred Jason Biggs; song: about Buddy Holly
$800: Movie: ballerina goes bonkers; song: by Megadeth
$1200: Movie: Will Smith & Martin Lawrence are cops; song: used as the theme to “Cops”
$1600: Movie: Jimmy Stewart has trouble with heights; song: Bono counts oddly in Spanish
$2000: Movie: featuring Dirk Diggler; song: disco hit by Heatwave
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