20th CENTURY AMERICA
6/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
10-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. sang with his church's choir at the celebrated premiere of this film
6/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
PRE-CIVIL WAR PRESIDENTS
6/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: "After an extended tour of Europe he retired to Concord...& he died in obscurity"
6/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
NOTABLE BRITISH NAMES
6/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Published in 1881, "The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Actions of Worms" was his last & one of his bestselling books
6/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
MEDICAL HISTORY
6/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
One of the first recorded autopsies was performed on this man & revealed 23 puncture marks
6/12 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
AUTHORS
6/12 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
On this woman's passing in 2019, Oprah Winfrey called her "a magician with language, who understood the power of words"
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Franklin Pierce
Charles Darwin
Julius Caesar
Toni Morrison
The extra clues have a requested triple stumper, one the players got correct from the same category for a higher value, and a lightly requested triple stumper that had 3 misses.
2 BOOKS IN 1 $1600: "Breathing Tourist" [Give 2 titles by same author that have been combined into 1]
2 BOOKS IN 1 $2000:"The Age of Frome" [Curious to see how off the two valuations were]
TALK SHOW $1600: This legend of NBC late night turned down the role that Jerry Lewis eventually played in "The King of Comedy"
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
The Age of Innocence & Ethan Frome
Johnny Carson