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Alexander Pope: "A little Jeopardy! is a dangerous thing" |
(Chris: What is knowledge?) ... (Alex: It's a common mistake, but it's "A little [*]", not a little knowledge, "is a dangerous thing".)
learning
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A Nebraska brick was a square of prairie turf used to build this type of house |
a sod house
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On January 31, 2006 he was confirmed to the Supreme Court by a 58-42 Senate vote |
(Samuel) Alito
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To cause a boat to overturn |
capsize
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Christopher Marlowe: "Come live with me, and be my Jeopardy!" |
love
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Originally, it was a cheap movie shown in addition to the main feature |
B
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In 1993 this U.S. commonwealth voted to maintain its status quo & not become a state |
Puerto Rico
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To admire someone fanatically, especially Ruben Studdard or Kelly Clarkson |
idolize
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "Half a Jeopardy!, half a Jeopardy!, half a Jeopardy! onward" |
league
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In the name of the outfit that first broadcast the U.S. House in 1979, this precedes "SPAN" |
C
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A white mark on a horse's forehead, or the ax mark made on a tree to mark a trail |
a blaze
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Jack Warner thought the Academy Awards absurd, so for the 1st Best Actor award he wrote in this animal |
(John: Who is King Kong?) (Chris: Who is Francis the Talking Mule?) ... (Alex: He voted in [*], star of many films. A very successful star, too.)
Rin Tin Tin
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From the Greek word for "praise", it's to speak highly of someone at his funeral |
eulogize
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge: "Instead of the cross, the Jeopardy! about my neck was hung" |
albatross
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A vitamin found in vegetables & dairy products, it's also called retinol |
A
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This man won a record 1-election total of 525 Electoral College votes for president |
(Theresa: Who is George Washington?) (Alex: No, no.) (Theresa: No. I don't know.) (Alex: 525 electoral college votes. A lot of votes, so it had to come later on, rather than early in our history.) (Theresa: Oh, pfft.) [Smacks head with palm of left hand] (Alex: That's okay, Theresa.)
Ronald Reagan
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To exert exclusive commercial control over an industry & to prevent others from competing in it |
monopolize
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Robert Herrick: "Gather ye Jeopardy! while ye may" |
rosebuds
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I played tackling machine & H2O enthusiast in this 1998 film |
(Alex: I want to thank Adam Sandler for doing those clues for us, and also respond to his challenge: Bring it on, baby. Come on. Wanna piece of me?) [ERRATUM: Sandler was probably supposed to have read the clue as "I played tackling machine & H2O enthusiast Bobby Boucher in this 1998 film."]
The Waterboy
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Symbol of the unit used to measure the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation |
(Alex: [*] for angstrom.)
A (more correctly, Å)
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Once captured by John Smith, this Pawtuxet taught colonists Indian methods of planting & fertilizing corn |
(Chris: Who is Pocahontas?) ... (Alex: Theresa's working on it, but we're gonna run out of time. Who is [*]?)
Squanto
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In 1974 voters in this country rejected the monarchy, dashing Constantine II's hope of returning to the throne |
Greece
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To discharge army personnel & send them home |
demobilize
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