PLAYWRIGHTS
12/5 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
For a 1953 play, he spent time in Salem doing research at the courthouse & at the Witch House
12/6 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
U.S. STRUCTURES
12/6 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
On December 6, 1884 this was capped with a 100-oz., 9-inch-high pyramid-shaped block of aluminum, a metal that was rare at the time
12/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
SPORTING EVENTS
12/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The cup presented since 1887 to the man who wins this is inscribed "single handed champion of the world"
12/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS
12/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The only Roman Catholic signer represented this state
12/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
"FIRST" PHRASES
12/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The earliest known use of this term was in an Indianapolis Star opinion piece of September 20, 1914
Correct responses in spoiler box:
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Washington Monument
Wimbledon
Maryland
First World War
The players were 7/15 (46.67%) with a 3-2-1-0-1 success pattern.
The players were correct on each of the extra clues.
AMERICAN NOVELISTS $800: Having served on a mine-sweeper during World War II, he wrote about one in "The Caine Mutiny"
ONE-WORD TV CLUES $1000: "Bazinga!"
BODIES OF WATER $1000: The Aleutian Islands & the Commander Islands mark this sea's southern border
Correct responses in spoiler box:
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The Big Bang Theory
Bering Sea