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==Double Jeopardy! Round==
==Double Jeopardy! Round==
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!{{Tooltip|[[World Expo|EXPOS]]|Clues about World Expos.}}
!ON "VA"CATION
!{{Tooltip|"X" GON' GIVE IT TO YA|All answers begin with X.}}
!UNIVERSITY NICKNAME'S THE SAME
!{{Tooltip|[[Pulitzer Prize|PULITZER PRIZE]] WINNERS|Clues about Pulitzer Prize-winning works.}}
!FRENCH LITERATURE
!{{Tooltip|[[Opera|OPERA]], [[Oratorio|ORATORIO]], OR [[Musical|MUSICAL]]?|Each clue is either an opera, oratorio, or a musical.}}
!1960s MILESTONES
!{{Tooltip|[[2020]] MEMES|Clues about memes that went viral in 2020.}}
!SOUL POWERS
!{{Tooltip|[[Dubai|DUBAI]]|Clues about Dubai, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates.}}
!DINOSAURS
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|Among the surviving buildings from [[Expo 1893]] in [[Chicago]] include this "[[Sue]]"-weet natural history museum
|It's the smallest sovereign state, an enclave of [[Rome]], the headquarters of the [[Catholic Church]], and the location of [[Saint Peter's Basilica|the world's largest church building]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Field Museum]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Vatican City]]'''</div>
|Among this late [[rap]]per's most famous tracks include "[[SAD!]]", "[[MOONLIGHT]]", and "[[Look At Me!]]"
|[[Troy University]] and the [[University of Southern California]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[XXXTENTACION]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Troy|Trojans]]'''</div>
|Winning [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Fiction]] in [[2017]] was this novel where Cora plots her escape from slavery in [[Georgia]] using the eponymous network of routes
|Do you hear the people sing? In this [[Victor Hugo]] novel, [[Jean Valjean]] tries to escape [[Javert]] after breaking parole, having previously been incarcerated for 19 years
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Underground Railroad|The Underground Railroad]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Les Misérables]]'''</div>
|[[Lin-Manuel Miranda|Miranda]]: [[Hamilton: An American Musical|Hamilton]]
|In 1968, for the very first time, an [[Ivy League]] school went coed as this [[Connecticut]] university admitted 588 women
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Musical]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Yale University]]'''</div>
|While everyone played [[Among Us]] in 2020, everyone also played this game where [[bean]]s race each other across [[obstacle course]]s
|[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Aretha_Franklin_1968.jpg/800px-Aretha_Franklin_1968.jpg She] was the Queen of Soul and had one of the greatest voices of all time
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Fall Guys]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Aretha Franklin]]'''</div>
|The [[Burj Khalifa]] was named in honour of [[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan]], the former ruler of this [[United Arab Emirates|Emirati]] capital
|rowspan="5"|The clues were taken from [https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=5095 this show] because I hadn't realized J!AD games were meant to be completely original.
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Abu Dhabi]]'''</div>
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|[[Expo 86]] coincided with the first year of [[SkyTrain]] service in this [[Canada|Canadian]] city
|Among this developer's finest games include [[Half-Life]], [[Counter-Strike]], [[Portal]], and [[Team Fortress 2]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Valve]]'''</div>
|This usually colorless [[noble gas]] exhibits a [[blue]] glow when placed in an electric field
|<span style="color:red;">[[Jacksonville State University]] and the [[University of South Carolina]]</span>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Xenon]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Gamecock]]s'''</div>
|[[DAMN.]] ([[Pulitzer Prize for Music|Music]], [[2018]]) was the first non-[[Classical music|classical]] or [[jazz]] composition to win a Pulitzer Prize. It wouldn't be another four years until this fifth [[Kendrick]] album's release in [[2022]]
|In this classic [[Alexandre Dumas|Dumas]] novel, [[Edmond Dantès]] plots his revenge after being falsely accused of treason; when he escapes, he assumes the titular identity
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'''</div>
|[[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]: [[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]
|The [[NRG Astrodome]], the world's first domed multi-purpose stadium, opened in 1965 in this [[Texas]] city
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Oratorio]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Oratorio]]'''</div>
|<span style="color:red;">The [[dancing pallbearers]] from [[Nana Otafrija Pallbearing and Waiting Service]] are based in the town of [[Prampram]] in this African country</span>
|[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Otis_Redding_1967.JPG/800px-Otis_Redding_1967.JPG This] King of Soul died way too young, but a couple months before he released [[(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay|a No. 1 hit single]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Ghana]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Ghana]]'''</div>
|One of many species at [[Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo]] is this royal [[fish]] from the [[Indo-Pacific]] with [[venom]]ous spines
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Lionfish]]'''</div>
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|The [[Eiffel Tower]] was the centrepiece of [[Expo 1889]] [[Paris]]; in [[2024]], it's hosting this [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] sport
|Commonly associated with white ice cream and unmodded Minecraft, it's a kind of spice obtained from orchids of the eponymous genus
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Beach volleyball]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Vanilla]]'''</div>
|While [[phloem]] transport [[sugar]]s and [[protein]]s down the [[stem]]s of [[vascular plant]]s, this [[tissue]] transports [[water]] up the stem
|[[Bowling Green State University]] and the [[United States Air Force Academy]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Xylem]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Falcon]]s'''</div>
|[[The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between|The Return]] ([[Pulitzer Prize for Biography|Biography]], [[2017]]) deals with author [[Hisham Matar]]'s search for the truth of the disappearance of his father, a prominent dissident of this [[Libya]]n leader
|After crashing in the [[Sahara]] on an airplane, the narrator meets the titular character of this [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry|Saint-Exupéry]] novel, who subsequently asks him to draw a [[sheep]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Muammar Gaddafi]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[The Little Prince]]'''</div>
|[[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]: [[Fidelio (Beethoven)|Fidelio]]
|[[Walt Disney]] played a major role in designing some of the [[Expo 1964|1964 New York World's Fair]]'s attractions, all of which moved to this first Disney park in [[California (IRL)|California]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Opera]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Disneyland]]'''</div>
|"[[Baka Mitai]]", known for its numerous deepfake videos, comes from [[Like a Dragon]], formerl"y" known as this
|Unfortunately, [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Marvin_Gaye_%281973_publicity_photo%29.jpg/800px-Marvin_Gaye_%281973_publicity_photo%29.jpg this] Prince of Soul was killed by his own father a day before his 45th birthday in 1984
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Yakuza|Like a Dragon]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Marvin Gaye]]'''</div>
|[[Emirates]] is known to fly over 100 [[Airbus A380]]s, but it also flies this [[United States|American]] single-decker airliner
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Boeing 777]]'''</div>
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|<span style="color:red;">One of the many highlights of [[China]]'s pavilion at [[Expo 2010]] [[Shanghai]] China was an animation of this famous [[Song dynasty]] [[handscroll]] [[painting]]</span>
|A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9uf41N-Ga4 video] on YouTube combines [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Wikiwave_00000.png/1024px-Wikiwave_00000.png this] music genre and aesthetic with videos of [[Commuter rail|commuter trains]] in the [[United States]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Along the River During the Qingming Festival]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Vaporwave]]'''</div>
|This small, triangular region of the sternum turns from cartilage to bone as a person ages
|[[Colgate University]] and [[Texas Tech University]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Xiphoid process]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Red raider|Red Raider]]'''</div>
|[[Cornhuskers]] ([[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry|Poetry]], [[1919]]) was written by this poet who was the namesake of [[Amtrak]]'s sister train to the [[Illinois Zephyr]] from [[Chicago]] to [[Quincy, Illinois|Quincy]], [[Illinois]]
|This [[Albert Camus|Camus]] novel is divided into two parts, presenting the first-person perspective of [[Meursault]] before and after the murder of an Arab man in [[Algiers]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Carl Sandburg]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[The Stranger]]'''</div>
|[[Michael Tippett|Tippett]]: [[A Child of Our Time]]
|Despite protests, destruction of the old Penn Station building in New York began in 1963; it's mostly now the site of this famed arena
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Oratorio]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Madison Square Garden]]'''</div>
|Many people came together to create a full on [[Ratatouille]] musical, with [[Remy]] being played by this actor in the [[2021]] benefit concert
|With [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ray_Charles_classic_piano_pose.jpg/800px-Ray_Charles_classic_piano_pose.jpg his] rendition of [[Georgia on My Mind]] being declared the state song, he was truly The Genius
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Tituss Burgess]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Ray Charles]]'''</div>
|[[Motiongate Dubai]] has attractions themed to various film franchises, including this "nut up or shut up" post-apocalyptic film
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Zombieland]]'''</div>
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|[[Osaka]] will host a World Expo for the third time in [[Expo 2025|2025]]; the first was in this year
|Pictured in the diagram shown here is [https://chemistrytalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/640px-Sodium_shells.svg-1.png this] electron in the outermost shell of a molecule, bearing the ability to form chemical bonds by sharing such electrons between atoms
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Expo '70|1970]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Valence electron]]'''</div>
|[[Egg]] [[yolk]]s get their characteristic [[yellow]] color due to the presence of this [[carotenoid]]
|[[Jackson State University]] and the [[University of Missouri]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Xanthophyll]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Tiger]]'''</div>
|The [[1990]] [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Fiction]] winner says it all: "The" this [[Cuba]]n music genre "Kings Play Songs of Love"
|A seminal work of literary realism, this Flaubert novel reveals the tragic consequences of romanticism on the wife of a provincial doctor
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Mambo]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Madame Bovary]]'''</div>
|[[Alban Berg|Berg]]: [[Wozzeck]]
|The first star of the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] belonged to this actress and wife of 50 years to [[Paul Newman]] who is best known for her role in [[The Three Faces of Eve]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Opera]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Joanne Woodward]]'''</div>
|[[Mundial Ronaldinho Soccer 64]] actually refers to who is now [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo Nazário]]; the actual [[Ronaldinho]] began his career in this [[Rio Grande do Sul]] capital
|[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/James_Brown_Live_Hamburg_1973_1702730029.jpg/800px-James_Brown_Live_Hamburg_1973_1702730029.jpg This] soul power recorded [[Soul Power]], as well as [[Funky Drummer]], one of the most heavily-sampled tracks
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Porto Alegre]]'''</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[James Brown]]'''</div>
|"Al Waha" is the third floor exhibit at the [[Museum of the Future]]; in [[Arabic]], it means this not-so [[blur]]<nowiki/>ry [[paradise]]
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Oasis]]'''</div>
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