TV THEME MUSIC
12/16 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
A short piece for 2 guitars called "Strange No. 3" was the first part of the theme music for this drama series that debuted in 1959
12/17 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
MILESTONES IN U.S. HISTORY
12/17 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Congress declared September 6, 2008 Louisa Swain Day because Louisa did this in Wyoming on that date in 1870
12/18 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
PLANTS & TREES
12/18 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
One of Britain's few native evergreen trees, it's prized for bringing color to winter, & its foliage is often hung in homes
12/19 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
SCIENCE & INNOVATION
12/19 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In her 20+ years working for this company, Audrey Sherman of Saint Paul has been granted more than 130 patents
12/20 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
CLASSIC FICTION
12/20 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
A 1902 work says of a riverboat journey, "We penetrated deeper and deeper into" this, the work's title
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
voted
holly
3M
Heart of Darkness
The extra clues have two triple stumpers followed by a requested missed Daily Double.
THE AUTHOR'S CHARACTERS $600: "Fourth Grade Nothing" Peter Hatcher & Sally J. Freedman as herself
BATTLE LOSERS $800: San Jacinto: This general, who became a prisoner the next day
MAMMAL FACTS $1600 box Daily Double: The 350 or so species of these include the numbat
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Santa Anna
marsupials