20th CENTURY NOVELS
9/17 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
"I've killed my brother" is said near the end of this 1952 book with a Biblical title & a plot echoing a Biblical story
9/18 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
ANIMAL CHARACTERS
9/18 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Items bought by this predator: iron bird seed, an iron carrot, earthquake pills & dehydrated boulders
9/19 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
18th CENTURY AMERICANS
9/19 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In a famous 1775 speech, he said, "Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!"
9/20 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FOLKLORE
9/20 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In legend, he called all the animals together but only 12 came, including a rat & a dragon
9/21 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
COLOR ETYMOLOGY
9/21 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
This word for a gem & a shade of blue derives from the name of a Eurasian country from which gems came to Western Europe
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Wile E. Coyote
Patrick Henry
the Buddha
turquoise
The players were 6/15 (40.00%) with a 1-3-2-0-0 success pattern.
(Apologies to Kyle if he is reading this) The extra clues have three triple stumpers.
STATE SONGS $1000: "Tell me of that Treasure State, story always new, tell of its beauties grand and its hearts so true"
THE LETTERS OF THE LAW $2000: 1919 killjoy law enforcing Prohibition: VA
HELP ME WITH THE TITLE $800: William S. Burroughs got this title from Jack Kerouac
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Volstead Act
Naked Lunch