<tr>>IT'S A SPECIAL DAY |
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<tr>>THE ANIMAL KINGDOM |
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>Made a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, it's also known as Black Independence Day |
>(Mayim: Correct, and [*] is actually today; wishing you all a meaningful [*].)
>m class="correct_response">Juneteenth>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Mary Kate>tr> | >td>
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>After her daytime talk show ended, she> spent some time on "The View", & in 2022 she made a cameo on the reboot of "A League of Their Own" |
>m class="correct_response">(Rosie) O'Donnell>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>Aesop knows it's a short narrative often making an edifying point |
>m class="correct_response">a fable>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>Among the fastest tortoises, this> variety with a flattened shell bears the name of a breakfast food |
>m class="correct_response">a pancake (tortoise)>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>On New Mexico's |
>m class="correct_response">Arizona>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>A call for an act of retribution, it's No. 196 in the 18th century B.C. code of Hammurabi |
>m class="correct_response">eye for an eye>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>Every March brings a holiday in Iran on the date in 1951 when the country nationalized this industry |
>m class="correct_response">the oil industry>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>A classic TV show's opening narration says, "That's the signpost up ahead! Your next stop..." this title |
>m class="correct_response">>The Twilight Zone>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>It's what someone who buys & resells stolen goods is called |
>m class="correct_response">a fence>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>The ribbon moray species of this fish is born male but later changes its color & its sex |
>m class="correct_response">an eel>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>On New Hampshire's |
>m class="correct_response">Vermont>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>This term for someone sleuthing for a fee came from the first letter of "investigator" |
>m class="correct_response">private eye>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>This U.S. territory celebrates Flag Day on April 17, the day in 1900 that Old Glory was raised in Fagatogo on Tutuila Island |
(Jonathan: What is... Guam?) >r />m class="correct_response">American Samoa>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Jonathan>tr> | >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>Before he starred on "Castle" & "The Rookie", he was Captain Mal Reynolds on "Firefly" |
>m class="correct_response">(Nathan) Fillion>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Mary Kate>tr> | >td>
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>It's a person with a habit of texting, "OMG! Sorry I can't make it! I forgot I have a thing. We should totally hang out soon though" |
(Jonathan: What is a ghost?) >r />m class="correct_response">a flake>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Mary Kate>d class="wrong">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>Living up to their name, the African springboks seen here> are a variety of this horned mammal |
>m class="correct_response">a gazelle (an antelope)>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>On Georgia's |
>m class="correct_response">Alabama>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>This one of the leading acts in 1960s blue-eyed soul is pictured here>td>
| >m class="correct_response">The Righteous Brothers>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>Jerusalem's November 29 Street is named for the day in 1947 the U.N. voted to partition this British-controlled land |
(Jonathan: What is the Sinai Peninsula?) >r />m class="correct_response">Palestine>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Jonathan>tr> | >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>Not-Tom-Hanks on "Bosom Buddies", this late actor became a regular on "Newhart" & guested on "Girls" |
>m class="correct_response">Peter Scolari>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>"You give me" this in a song originally recorded by "Little Willie" John |
>m class="correct_response">fever>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>We hate to let a season pass with no mention of Alex Trebek's favorite animal, this 750-lb. Arctic ruminant with curved horns |
(Jonathan: What is a... uh, narwhal?) >r />m class="correct_response">a musk ox>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Jonathan>tr> | >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>On North Dakota's |
>m class="correct_response">Montana>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>When a storm reaches hurricane strength, an "eye" appears in the covering shield of these clouds, from Latin for "curl" |
>m class="correct_response">cirrus clouds>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>If you're in Peru in June, head to Cuzco on the 24th for Inti Raymi, "Sun Festival" in this language |
(Mary Kate: What is Incan?) >r />m class="correct_response">Quechuan>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Mary Kate>tr> | >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>"The Newsroom" is just one of the fast-talking shows he> has created |
>m class="correct_response">Sorkin>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>It's a genus of tree that can be grown as a houseplant such as the fiddle-leaf fig |
(Ben: What is a filial?) >r />m class="correct_response">>Ficus>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>As with flamingos, the scarlet species of this> bird of South America gets its color from the crustaceans that it eats |
>m class="correct_response">an ibis>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>On Ark-->on that of Arkansas |
>m class="correct_response">Oklahoma>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>Used for more than 100 years, this> standard eye chart> bears the name of the Dutch ophthalmologist who developed it |
>m class="correct_response">the Snellen chart>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):
Ben |
Mary Kate |
Jonathan |
$3,400 |
$1,200 |
$800 |
Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:
Ben |
Mary Kate |
Jonathan |
$4,000 |
$400 |
$2,200 |
Double Jeopardy! Round
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<tr>>FIRST SPEECHES IN SHAKESPEARE |
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<tr>>RANDOM FACTS |
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<tr>>WHAT AN IDIOM! |
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<tr>>GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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<tr>>WEIGHTS & MEASURES |
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<tr>>LET'S MAKE A MOVIE CROSSOVER! |
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>"From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean" |
>m class="correct_response">>Romeo and Juliet>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Mary Kate>tr> | >td>
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>In 1974 a horde of terra cotta warriors were found at the resting place of the man who made himself this country's first emperor |
>m class="correct_response">China>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>It means to willfully ignore> obvious danger signs |
>m class="correct_response">bury your head in the sand>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>After his victory at Waterloo, he said, "I hope to God that I have fought my last battle. It is a bad thing to always be fighting" |
(Jonathan: Who is Napoleon?) >r />m class="correct_response">the Duke of Wellington>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Jonathan>tr> | >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>The size of a digital video is measured in these units whose name combines "picture" & "element" |
>m class="correct_response">a pixel>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Mary Kate>tr> | >td>
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>A natural pair! A character who fought Ivan Drago & Clubber Lang "&" a moose who took on Jason Alexander's Boris Badenov |
>m class="correct_response">>Rocky and Bullwinkle>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>"Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, assume the port of Mars" |
>(Ben: What is Troilus and Cressida?) >r />m class="correct_response">>Henry V>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Ben>tr> | >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>Google's recent entry into the world of A.I. has this name just like a poet of yore |
>m class="correct_response">Bard>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>If you're "in for a penny", you're also in for one of these British units |
>m class="correct_response">a pound>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Mary Kate>tr> | >td>
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>At Columbia, S.C.'s state house, bronze stars mark the spots where shells from this general's cannons once hit |
(Mary Kate: Who is Lee?) >r />m class="correct_response">Sherman>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Mary Kate>tr> | >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>This Swede initially had 0 degrees as the boiling point of water & 100 degrees for the melting point of snow on his temperature scale |
(Jonathan: Who is... Kelvin?) >r />m class="correct_response">Celsius>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>d class="wrong">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>Disney meets Kurosawa: An animated 1937 title woman "& the" title septet led by Takashi Shimura |
>m class="correct_response">>Snow White and the Seven Samurai>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>"Take but good note & you shall see in him the triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpet's fool" |
>(Mary Kate: What is Othello?) >r />m class="correct_response">>Antony and Cleopatra>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Mary Kate>tr> | >td>
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>The stock market crash of 1929 led to the creation of this regulatory body in 1934 |
(Ben: What's the FDIC?) >r />m class="correct_response">the SEC>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Ben>d class="right">Jonathan>tr> | >td>
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>If you are impoverished, you are as poor as this rodent |
>m class="correct_response">a church mouse>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Mary Kate>tr> | >td>
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>In absentia he was sentenced to death in 1940, weeks after a London radio speech in which he asked the French to keep fighting |
(Mary Kate: I... don't know.) >r />m class="correct_response">Charles de Gaulle>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Mary Kate>tr> | >td>
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>This ancient measure was based on the length from elbow to middle finger tip |
>m class="correct_response">a cubit>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Mary Kate>tr> | >td>
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>You stay classy, Kali! A 2004 San Diego news anchorman "&" a 1984 Indiana Jones title structure |
>m class="correct_response">>Ron Burgundy & the Temple of Doom>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>"It did always seem so to us: but now, in the division of the kingdom, it appears not which of the dukes he values most" |
>(Jonathan: What is Hamlet?) >r />m class="correct_response">>King Lear>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Jonathan>tr> | >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>Pope Francis was selected for the big job by one of these special assemblies of the College of Cardinals |
>m class="correct_response">a conclave>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Mary Kate>tr> | >td>
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>You can be as mad as a hatter or as mad as this, also a character in "Alice in Wonderland" |
>m class="correct_response">March Hare>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>Subutai, a general of this people, was devastating Europe in the 13th c. when he was called back for an election for a new great khan |
>m class="correct_response">the Mongols>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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>A knot equals one of these, a bit over 6,000 feet, per hour |
>m class="correct_response">nautical mile>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>An Alan Rickman "Die Hard" villain "wants those detonators" from a title Great Dane of 2002! |
>(Mary Kate: What is Hans Gruber Beethoven?) >r />m class="correct_response">>Hans Gruber and Scooby-Doo>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Mary Kate>tr> | >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>"My brother Jaques he keeps at school, & report speaks goldenly of his profit" |
>m class="correct_response">>As You Like It>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>The green comet> that visited Earth in 2023 was thought to come from this cloud named for a Dutch astronomer |
>m class="correct_response">the Oort>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>In a 1696 play, a character says, if I get a patent "I shall be as rich as" this proverbially rolling-in-it king |
(Jonathan: Who is Midas?) >r />m class="correct_response">Croesus>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Jonathan>tr> | >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>Though this brother of Claudius & father of Caligula campaigned near the Rhine, that's not where he got his familiar name |
>m class="correct_response">Germanicus>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>Parsec, an astronomical unit of length, is a portmanteau of this word & "second" |
(Mary Kate: What is particle?) >r />m class="correct_response">parallax>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Mary Kate>tr> | >able width="100%">>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr> | >td>
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>Masks are compared when a "Friday the 13th" icon "takes on" a Robin Williams woman who enjoys a cake moisturizer |
>m class="correct_response">>Jason Meets Mrs. Doubtfire>r /> >able width="100%">>d class="right">Ben>tr> | >td>
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Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:
Ben |
Mary Kate |
Jonathan |
$10,000 |
$100 |
-$600 |
>[w agering suggestions for these scores]
Final Jeopardy! Round
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<td id="clue_FJ" class="clue_text">In 2022 Jeff Bezos awarded her $100 million to give to charitable causes because "she gives with her heart"
>(Mayim: Correct response-->[*], she received the Courage and Civility Award.)>d class="wrong">Mary Kate>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is Oprah?>tr>>d>$100>tr>>d class="wrong">Ben>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is Lady Gaga?>tr>>d>$1,000>tr> >m class="correct_response">Dolly Parton>td>
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Final scores:
Ben |
Mary Kate |
Jonathan |
$9,000 |
$0 |
-$600 |
Game dynamics:
Ben |
Mary Kate |
Jonathan |
>$10,800 |
$1,600 |
-$600 |
Game tape date: 2023-04-13
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