11 Jeopardy! Clues August 9, 2016
Here are 2 triple stumpers from the 8-9-2016 Jeopardy! match, a rerun of the second semi-final match of the 2015 Tournament of Champions.
YOU’RE “DA” BOMB! ($1000) A tool used in knitting, or another name for a dragonfly
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS ($1600) A wretched medicine bottle
The players got these clues in “A”UTHORS and HISTORY 101:
“A”UTHORS ($400) This little woman served as a nurse in the Civil War
($800) In 1939 he published his first sci-fi story, “Marooned Off Vesta”
($1200) “All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes” is one of the memoirs by this African-American woman who died in 2014
($1600) “Fiddler on the Roof” was based on his stories about Tevye the Dairyman
($2000) This film critic won a Pulitzer Prize in 1958 for his novel “A Death in the Family”
HISTORY 101 ($400) Written around 101 A.D., this author’s “Parallel Lives” includes Pericles
($800) Around 101 A.D., an invasion began to drive the indigenous Ainu from this largest Japanese island
($1200) Famous for his triumphal column, this emperor began an expansion of the Roman Empire in 101 A.D.
($1600) Around 101 the Moche began a great civilization on the west coast of South America in this country
The $2000 clue in History 101 was a Daily Double. You can find that and more on this match on Fikkle Fame’s full Daily Jeopardy! Recap