CIVILIZATIONS
3/5 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Starting in the 300s B.C., Hellenistic civilization was spread from this land where a new country was declared in 1991
3/6 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
AMERICAN WRITERS
3/6 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
A fellow author called him "a very unique cat --a French Canadian Hinayana Buddhist beat Catholic savant"
3/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
CURRENT AMERICAN COMPANIES
3/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The name of a Kansas City-based consumer product company, it's also a term goldsmiths use to denote quality
3/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
TONY-WINNING MUSICALS
3/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
These 2 back-to-back Tony winners for Best Musical (1987 & 1988) were both set in Paris
3/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
3/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
An entertainer born in 1888 whose original first name was Adolph was one of the best-known players of this instrument
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
(Jack) Kerouac
Hallmark
The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables
Harp
The players were correct on each of the extra clues. I included the Bridges one since that included a bridge and island I can't recall hearing previously. The river was guessable.
SECONDS $1200: Henry VIII secretly married this second wife in 1533, after she got pregnant
FILL IN THE QUOTE $800: Sexy completion of Henry Kissinger's "Power is the great..."
BRIDGES $800: The Hell Gate Bridge from Wards Island to Queens spans a treacherous part of this river
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Aphrodisiac
East River