FANTASTIC BEASTS
12/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Symbols of strength in the Bible include behemoth & this horned creature, perhaps an extinct wild ox, which the King James Version mentions 9 times
12/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
THE ANCIENT WORLD
12/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
He got to propose his own sentence & joked that since he was actually a benefactor of the state, he should get free meals!
12/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
AMERICAN LIT
12/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
A book by him says, "From the forest came the call...distinct and definite as never before--a long-drawn howl"
12/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY
12/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Once a residence of rulers of Austria, this city on the Danube less than 20 miles from Vienna became a national capital in 1993
12/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
BROADWAY REVIVALS
12/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
Ads for the 2020 revival of this musical said, "Something's coming. Something good"; a new movie version is also coming
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Socrates
Jack London
Bratislava
West Side Story
The extra clues have two correct by the players followed by a triple stumper.
BOTANY $2000: Not xylem but this related tissue conducts nutrients from the leaves to the rest of the plant
WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD? $1600: "But pleasures are like poppies spread", says this Robert Burns poem, also the name of a cap
QUOTABLE WOMEN $2000: After one failed Cuba-to-Florida swim, she said, "This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore"
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
"Tam o' Shanter"
Diana Nyad