Jeopardy 8-10-18
SONGS ON LIP SYNC BATTLE 1000 John Krasinski revealed his inner Tina Turner & a silver dress under his suit when he rolled down the river on this song
"Proud Mary"
SONGS ON LIP SYNC BATTLE 400 Tom Holland used a bit of "Singin' In The Rain" before channeling Rihanna & this hit of hers
"Umbrella"
THE 20th CENTURY 200 This '20s mobster beat up the mayor of Cicero, Illinois on the steps of city hall as a nearby cop looked away
(Al) Capone
STREAMING EPISODES 1600 In 1960 she set up a camp to study chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream Game Reserve, now a national park in Tanzania
(Jane) Goodall
AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY 800 "Veni, vidi, vidi" is a quote from Caesar out of the 18th edition of this man's quotations, first published in 1855
(John) Bartlett
STREAMING EPISODES 1000 "Tape 1, Side A" & "Tape 7, Side A"
13 Reasons Why
WEIGHTS & MEASURES Daily Double At Starbucks a venti hot drink is this many ounces
20
SONGS ON LIP SYNC BATTLE 800 Craig Ferguson took a chance on blue eyeshadow & this group, lip syncing to their "Take A Chance On Me"
ABBA
WORLD OF TELESCOPES 800 You don't have to be making a TV documentary to use the Discovery Channel telescope near Flagstaff in this state
Arizona
FROM PAGE TO MULTIPLEX 800 Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life" became this film with Amy Adams as a linguistics professor
Arrival
REAL PEOPLE ON QUARTERS 1600 As the victor in this battle, Oliver Hazard Perry is seen on the quarter for the Ohio memorial that bears his name
Battle of Lake Erie
STREAMING EPISODES 600 "Horse Majeure" & "One Trick Pony"
BoJack Horseman
TATTOO 800 The blog Hanzi Smatter can make sure your tattoo is accurate in this language written entirely in Hanzi characters
Chinese
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN 2000 Last name of N.Y. congresswoman Shirley, the first African American to mount a serious run for president from a major party
Chisholm
AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY 1000 The latest World Almanac keeps us up on changes like this new name with no "Republic" for the land where Prague is located
Czechia
NEVER HAVE I EVER 800 ...run this Cabinet department that includes U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
FROM PAGE TO MULTIPLEX 400 Zachary Gordon played Greg Heffley, the title diarist of the 2010 movie version of this Jeff Kinney novel for kids
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON 400 In "Game of Thrones", Daenerys has 3 dragons but rides this one whose name is one letter off from "dragon"
Drogon
ALL ARE INVITED 800 You are too popular! You can only invite 750 people at a time for this web-based RSVP service
Evite
THE 20th CENTURY 1000 Forces of this nation held off Vietminh attacks at Dien Bien Phu for 56 days but finally surrendered on May 7, 1954
French forces
AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY 400 We hope violating a commandment is not how we came to have a Bible from this group that provides them free to hotels
Gideon
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN 400 Rewards totaling over $10,000 were reportedly offered for the capture of this woman called the "Moses of Her People"
Harriet Tubman
TATTOO 400 Guitarist Dave Navarro hosts the Spike TV tattoo competition show this "Master"
Ink Master
NEVER HAVE I EVER 200 ...walked on this 5th planet from the sun, as it consists mostly of hydrogen & helium
Jupiter
FROM PAGE TO MULTIPLEX 2000 The 1963 western "Hud" was based on "Horseman, Pass By", his first novel
Larry McMurtry
NEVER HAVE I EVER 1000 ...hung out with this Norse god who helped the blind Hoder commit murder by mistletoe
Loki
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN 800 After a 166-day confirmation process, she succeeded Eric Holder in a government job
Loretta Lynch
AN EDIFICE COMPLEX 400 This southeast Asian country boasts the Petronas Towers 1 & 2, 1,483 feet each
Malaysia
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN 1600 In 1995, decades after the assassination of her husband Medgar, she became head of the NAACP
Myrlie Evers
REAL PEOPLE ON QUARTERS 800 Of the 2 brothers, only Wilbur can be seen clearly in the photo on which this state's quarter was based
North Carolina
THE 20th CENTURY 400 A coup ousted Nawaz Sharif as this country's leader in 1999 (& perhaps led to some deja vu for Nawaz in 2017)
Pakistan
BRITISH MONARCHS Her marriage to a European crown prince in the 16th century added Queen of Naples & Queen of Jerusalem to her titles
Queen Mary I
OLD POETS' NICKNAMES 1200 "The Sage of Concord"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY 200 We still browse Encyclopedia Britannica, last printed in 2010 & first printed in this U.K. country in 1768
Scotland
OLD POETS' NICKNAMES 400 "The English Terence"-- oh, & also "The Swan of Avon"
Shakespeare
AN EDIFICE COMPLEX 600 The German founders of Anaheim would be happy Disneyland has this heroine's castle inspired by Neuschwanstein
Sleeping Beauty
WORLD OF TELESCOPES 400 The largest single optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere is found in this country's Northern Cape Province
South Africa
FROM PAGE TO MULTIPLEX 1200 Lisa Genova's novel about a woman with early-onset Alzheimer's became this Julianne Moore film
Still Alice
NEVER HAVE I EVER 600 ...sung "You And Me (But Mostly Me)" or "Tomorrow Is A Latter Day" in this show on a Broadway stage but at home...sure!
The Book of Mormon
STREAMING EPISODES 400 "Windsor" & "Gloriana"
The Crown
FROM PAGE TO MULTIPLEX 1600 Based on Stephen King, this 2017 film has Idris Elba as the gunslinger, in pursuit of Matthew McConaughey's man in black
The Dark Tower
STREAMING EPISODES 800 "Offred" & "Birth Day"
The Handmaid's Tale
STREAMING EPISODES 200 "Mindy and Nanny" & "Hot Mess Time Machine"
The Mindy Project
REAL PEOPLE ON QUARTERS 1200 This Rough Rider is seen astride a horse on the 2016 quarter for the North Dakota national park named for him
Theodore Roosevelt
RUINING THE RUMORS 200 Invented in 1930, these snack cakes only have a shelf life of 65 days-- don't stock your zombie shelter with them
Twinkies
OLD POETS' NICKNAMES 800 "The Good Gray poet"
Walt Whitman
RUINING THE RUMORS 1000 Despite potentially translating to "no go" in Spanish, this Chevrolet model sold fine in Latin American countries
a Nova
AFTER DINNER 800 This bailiwick of a bishop
a diocese
AFTER DINNER 1200 This union of 2 vowels
a diphthong
DOING BUSINESS IN THE 1800s Daily Double In Britain a pound equaled 20 shillings; this gold coin named for a region of Africa equaled 21 shillings
a guinea
DOING BUSINESS IN THE 1800s 2000 Dickens' United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin & Crumpet Baking & Punctual Delivery Co. was a joint this co.
a joint stock company
TATTOO 1200 The safest way to remove tattoos is to break up the pigment using this device
a laser
WEIGHTS & MEASURES 600 Though it sounds like a measure of time,it's a measure of distance, about 32,000 round trips from the Earth to the sun
a lightyear
DOING BUSINESS IN THE 1800s 400 The first watering hole called this was out west in 1822; adding poker & batwing doors made for a fine business model
a saloon
NEVER HAVE I EVER 400 ...climbed to the top of the 275-foot General Sherman, a giant this type of tree located in the same-named national park
a sequoia
WEIGHTS & MEASURES 200 It takes 640 of these units of land measure to make 1 square mile
acres
HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER 400 Meaning "for this (purpose)", this 2-word phrase often precedes committee
ad hoc
HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER 600 It's time to "go on" this 2-word phrase meaning endlessly or without limit
ad infinitum
HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER 800 This means war! Especially after ante- or post-!
bellum
RUINING THE RUMORS 600 Despite the legend, entomologists have known for years how this insect, genus Bombus, can fly
bumblebees
DOING BUSINESS IN THE 1800s 800 How's a mill or mine owner to make a living with laws like the Mass. one in 1842 limiting these workers to a 10-hour day
children
DYSPHEMISMS 200 I hope they aren't implying it tastes like dirt when they call this beverage a cup of mud
coffee
HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER 1000 One not "of sound mind" is non this
compos mentis
RUINING THE RUMORS 800 Doing this to remove synovial fluid bubbles in your joints doesn't cause arthritis
cracking your knuckles
AFTER DINNER 400 These extinct reptiles
dinosaurs
ALL ARE INVITED 200 All ages are allowed at movies rated G-- the G is short for this
general
DYSPHEMISMS 800 A dysphemism for "diner" is this utensil you may find on your table there
greasy spoon
"HAL" 1600 Found before "days", this word meaning "peaceful" also refers to a mythical bird
halcyon
"HAL" 1200 This condition can be combated via Certs or Tic Tac
halitosis
"HAL" 800 Arnold Palmer once said the Masters was played on this type of ground
hallowed ground
"HAL" 400 A psychiatrist once defined these as "perceptions without corresponding stimuli from without"
hallucinations
DYSPHEMISMS 600 The term "shrink" for a psychiatrist is a shortened form of this slang term
headshrinker
THE 20th CENTURY 800 This system of 3D photography was invented in the 1940s; the 1960 invention of the laser made it much more efficient
holography
ON THE PERIODIC TABLE 800 Atomic No. 53, it's highly soluble in alcohol & then is used on cuts & scrapes
iodine
WEIGHTS & MEASURES 800 A lively dance is in the name of this measure of booze that can be the equivalent of a shot
jigger
STREAMING EPISODES Daily Double A Turkish river gave us this word for a U-shaped bend in a stream's course; now it also means to take a winding course
meander
ON THE PERIODIC TABLE 400 I'd be happy to be on board Pt 78, this valuable element
platinum
ON THE PERIODIC TABLE 1200 You might need an RN if you're exposed to too much of this noble gas, No. 86
radon
AROUND THE JEOPARDY! LIBRARY 600 The more than 6,000 entries in the "Food Lover's Companion" include this dish made by stirring hot stock into sauteed rice
risotto
ON THE PERIODIC TABLE 2000 Radioactive element named for American chemist Glenn
seaborgium
ON THE PERIODIC TABLE 1600 Symbol Na, it can react explosively with water
sodium
DECADE, PLEASE 200 The 49th state joins the Union
the '50s
DECADE, PLEASE 400 Aleksey Leonov takes the first space walk
the '60s
DECADE, PLEASE 800 The last ad for cigarettes airs on U.S. television
the '70s
DECADE, PLEASE 1000 Huey Long is gunned down
the 1930s
DECADE, PLEASE 600 The emir of Kuwait returns after 7 months in exile
the 1990s
STREAMING EPISODES 400 This second-longest river in Europe begins where the streams Breg & Brigach merge in the Black Forest
the Danube
STREAMING EPISODES 1200 "The Old Man and the Sea" begins, "He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in" this warm ocean current
the Gulf Stream
THE 20th CENTURY Daily Double The unfortunate Captain Max Pruss was in command of this vehicle over New Jersey on May 6, 1937
the Hindenburg
ALL ARE INVITED 1000 Any member of the World Science Fiction Society can vote for this literary award, which has led to some drama
the Hugo Awards
DOING BUSINESS IN THE 1800s 1600 Early 19th century British textile makers saw their labor-saving machines smashed by these activists
the Luddites
AN EDIFICE COMPLEX 200 Guy Fawkes & Sir Walter Raleigh were "guests" at this landmark; Sir Thomas More did not make it out alive
the Tower of London
ALL ARE INVITED 600 Got $10,000? You can compete in the main event of this card competition in Las Vegas
the World Series of Poker
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON 800 While fighting aliens as part of this Marvel mutant group, Kitty Pryde finds a dragon she names Lockheed
the X-Men
DYSPHEMISMS 400 For nearly a century, this term for a prisoner's restraint has been used to describe wives
the ball and chain
HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER 200 Cave canem means beware of this
the dog
ALL ARE INVITED 400 Any citizen can sit in this part of the Senate & watch the action; you need to get passes from your senator's office
the gallery
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON Daily Double In a Harry Potter book, Fleur faces a dragon after being selected for a contest by this title vessel
the goblet of fire
DYSPHEMISMS 1000 The use of these mines for prison labor could be the reason you go "back to" them in a drudge job
the salt mines
WEIGHTS & MEASURES 1000 This type of ounce used in pricing precious metals is a bit heavier than the type used for baseball bats & newborns
troy ounce
