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The peat form of this simple plant can be used as fuel when nature compresses it into lignite |
moss
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A long distance bike ride is only 1/3 of this grueling athletic competition |
the triathlon
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Named for a city, it was originally a Black folk dance & became a national craze in the 1920s |
the Charleston
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This biblical personage is said to have written the 1st 5 books of the Bible |
Moses
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L.A.'s Griffith Observatory boasts a bronze bust of this star, who filmed "Rebel Without a Cause" there |
James Dean
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Including Final Jeopardy!, the number of categories on each show |
13
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Night-blooming types of this plant, including the saguaro, tend to have white flowers |
cacti
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She was told in song, "You'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two" |
Daisy
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The name for this ritual folk dance of old England may be a corruption of "Moorish dance" |
the Morris dance
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According to Matthew, this apostle hanged himself in remorse after Jesus was arrested |
Judas Iscariot
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This lanky actor insists, "I'm as far from Norman (Bates) as one can possibly be" |
Anthony Perkins
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The same Honduras cat. appeared on Jeopardy! 3 times before any contestant did this |
(Alex: As a matter of fact it was the very first question selected.)
got it right
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We're not play when we say these are the only native marsupials in the Western Hemisphere |
opossums
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Developed in California, bicycle moto-cross is known by these initials |
BMX
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The quadrille is a square dance performed by this number of people |
(Parry: What is 4?) ... (Alex: Joel, less than a minute to go.)
8
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The Douay translation is the official English version of the Bible for this religion |
(Roman) Catholic
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This Egyptian said his mom gambled & smoked cigars with King Farouk because she was his mascot |
Omar Sharif
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When a letter or word appears in quotes in a Jeopardy! category, it means this |
(Alex: Also, you should remember...) (Parry: What is...)
that means the word in quotes appears in the correct response
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The slender stalk in the center of a flower, or the fine wire in the center of a light bulb |
the filament
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This U.S. company introduced bikes in the 1930s with fat tires & frame styling that imitated motorcycles |
Schwinn
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This sensual ballroom dance evolved from the Cuban habanera & the Argentine milonga |
the tango
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Mary & Martha were friends of Jesus & sisters of this man whom Jesus raised from the dead |
Lazarus
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Once forced into exile as an enemy of the state, she later became Greece's Minister of Culture |
Melina Mercouri
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Alliterative title for categories concerning alcoholic beverages |
POTENT POTABLES
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Fossil records show these body parts are 1/2 the size they once were, perhaps due to cooked foods |
(Parry: What are jaws?)
teeth
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An arena with a cycling track, such as those used in the Olympics, is called this |
a velodrome
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This American woman taught dance in Moscow after the Revolution, probably in a flowing tunic |
Isadora Duncan
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The "turtle" spoken of in "the voice of the turtle is heard in our land" refers to this bird |
(Parry: What is the dove? [*]?)
a turtle dove
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This "Barfly" star says she was once romantically involved with Lenny Bruce |
Faye Dunaway
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THE BOSS was our recent category about this man |
(Bruce) Springsteen
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