12 Jeopardy! Clues September 24, 2018

Here are 12 triple stumpers from the 9-24-2018 Jeopardy! match.

GALAPAGOS: PLANTS & ANIMALS ($1000) Portulaca, which is this type of plant named for its water-storing tissues, will turn a bright yellow in the rainy season and the land iguanas that feast on this plant will eagerly approach visitors if they happen to be wearing yellow.

THE COMPANY CAR ($800) Need some insight on its Insight? OK– the car gets 44 mpg

IT CAN’T GET MUCH WORSE ($1000) In 1989 this hurricane that followed Gabrielle caused $3 billion in damage in Charleston

WORDS FROM THE COMICS ($400) This character inspired a suit, collar and shoe with his name
$400 Words from Comics clue (Jeopardy! 9-24-18)

($800) This alliterative term for a social misfit comes from the title comic strip character seen here
$800 Words from Comics clue (Jeopardy! 9-24-18)

poetry ($1600) adjective for the brand of poetry kits created by dave kapell when he moved words at random to try to beat writer’s block

($2000) She says her books like “milk and honey” have no capital letters because her mother tongue, punjabi, doesn’t either

“IN”, THE MIDDLE ($1200) To draw back suddenly in fear or horror

($1600) A climber, especially in a European mountain range

($2000) Adjective meaning derived from the language of ancient Rome, or sounding formal & stiff

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS ($1600) The front of a dollar bill says it’s this kind of “note”, representing the overseer of our banking system

PAINTED LADIES ($1200) Seen here, John William Waterhouse’s “The Lady of Shalott” was inspired by this Brit’s narrative poem

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