AMERICAN SPORTS LEGENDS
1/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
A bio from 1974, 26 years after his death, quotes him: "I swing big... I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can"
1/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
PRESIDENTIAL DISTINCTIONS
1/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Record holder for the longest time lived after leaving office
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CAPITAL CITIES
1/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
These 2 world capitals are separated by only 250 miles of land & less than 1 degree of latitude, at 59 degrees 17' & 59 degrees 57' N.
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LEGAL TERMS
1/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This term for a type of decision is from Old French for "to speak the truth"
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RIVERS
1/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
It's the world's longest river whose outflow is into an entirely inland body of water
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Jimmy Carter
Stockholm & Oslo
Verdict
Volga
The extra clues have a triple stumper followed by two the players had correct.
HOLD THE FORT! $1600: Troops are both mobilized & demobilized at this fort about 15 miles southeast of Trenton
IT'S MATTHEW PERRY $800: In July 1853 Matthew Perry became famous by sailing into a fortified harbor in this country
SUPERSTARS OF SCIENCE $400: In the 1660s, with Cambridge closed by plague, he went home & started inventing calculus
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Japan
Isaac Newton