19th CENTURY AMERICANS
5/3 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
His book "An Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859" shows he heeded his own famous advice
5/4 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
WORLD LITERATURE
5/4 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This 1970s memoir told of harsh places that metaphorically were like an island chain "from the Bering Strait almost to the Bosporus"
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CLASSIC ALBUMS
5/5 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The title of this huge hit 1977 album was the idea of the bass player, who specified it should be spelled the British way
5/6 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS
5/6 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
With words written by a Bishop of Urgell, its anthem praises Charlemagne & says it "was born a princess... between two nations"
5/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
SHAKESPEARE & HISTORY
5/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Macbeth has a vision of a line of 8 Scottish kings, the 8th holding a mirror to reflect this 9th in line who may have been in the audience
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
The Gulag Archipelago
Rumours
Andorra
James I of England (James VI of Scotland)
The extra clues have two triple stumpers followed by a missed Daily Double.
ALLITERATIVE AUTHORS $2000: James Jones is best remembered for this novel set in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbor
FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $1200: Smaller islands under the jurisdiction of this island country include Lyudao & Quemoy
FACTS ABOUT COUNTRIES $1600 box DD:The longest river in Ireland, it flows 220 miles to reach the Atlantic Ocean near Limerick
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Taiwan
the Shannon River