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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[South Africa]]'''</div> | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[South Africa]]'''</div> | ||
|Watch out, [[Squidward]]! [[New Orleans]] [[jazz]] musician [[Doreen Ketchens]] takes this [[Woodwind instrument|woodwind]] to the next level | |Watch out, [[Squidward]]! [[New Orleans]] [[jazz]] musician [[Doreen Ketchens]] takes this [[Woodwind instrument|woodwind]] to the next level | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Clarinet]]'''</div> | ||
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|Going up [[Pichincha]] in [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]], you can pose for the camera beside [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1011461494229172314/1109551829395701801/IMG_3254.jpg these] large [[Andes|Andean]] [[camelid]]s closely related to [[alpaca]]s | |Going up [[Pichincha]] in [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]], you can pose for the camera beside [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1011461494229172314/1109551829395701801/IMG_3254.jpg these] large [[Andes|Andean]] [[camelid]]s closely related to [[alpaca]]s | ||
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Mecca]]'''</div> | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Mecca]]'''</div> | ||
|US polititians [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg|Ginsburg]] and [[Ruth Hanna McCormick|McCormick]] | |US polititians [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg|Ginsburg]] and [[Ruth Hanna McCormick|McCormick]] | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Book of Ruth]]'''</div> | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Book of Ruth|Ruth]]'''</div> | ||
|You can zoom on a cable under the LED barrel vault canopy at the [[Fremont Street Experience]] doing this activity | |You can zoom on a cable under the LED barrel vault canopy at the [[Fremont Street Experience]] doing this activity | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Ziplining]]'''</div> | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Ziplining]]'''</div> | ||
|The story of [[Jamaica]]'s [[1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] [[Olympic Winter Games|Olympic]] [[bobsled]] team inspired this [[1993]] [[Disney]] film | |The story of [[Jamaica]]'s [[1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] [[Olympic Winter Games|Olympic]] [[bobsled]] team inspired this [[1993]] [[Disney]] film | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Cool Runnings]]'''</div> | ||
|Known for the [[Serengeti]] and its [[wildebeest]] migration, its name is a portmanteau of two regions: [[Tanganyika]] and [[Zanzibar]] | |Known for the [[Serengeti]] and its [[wildebeest]] migration, its name is a portmanteau of two regions: [[Tanganyika]] and [[Zanzibar]] | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Tanzania]]'''</div> | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Tanzania]]'''</div> | ||
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==Double Jeopardy! Round== | ==Double Jeopardy! Round== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! | !ON "VA"CATION | ||
! | !UNIVERSITY NICKNAME'S THE SAME | ||
! | !FRENCH LITERATURE | ||
! | !1960s MILESTONES | ||
! | !SOUL POWERS | ||
! | !DINOSAURS | ||
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| | |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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Vatican City]]'''</div> | ||
| | |[[Troy University]] and the [[University of Southern California]] | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Troy|Trojans]]'''</div> | ||
| | |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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Les Misérables]]'''</div> | ||
|[[ | |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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Yale University]]'''</div> | ||
| | |[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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Aretha Franklin]]'''</div> | ||
| | |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. | ||
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|[[ | |Among this developer's finest games include [[Half-Life]], [[Counter-Strike]], [[Portal]], and [[Team Fortress 2]] | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Valve]]'''</div> | ||
| | |<span style="color:red;">[[Jacksonville State University]] and the [[University of South Carolina]]</span> | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Gamecock]]s'''</div> | ||
|[[ | |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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'''</div> | ||
|[[ | |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> | ||
| | |[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> | ||
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| | |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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Vanilla]]'''</div> | ||
| | |[[Bowling Green State University]] and the [[United States Air Force Academy]] | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Falcon]]s'''</div> | ||
| | |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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[The Little Prince]]'''</div> | ||
|[[ | |[[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">'''[[Disneyland]]'''</div> | |||
|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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Marvin Gaye]]'''</div> | ||
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[ | |||
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| | |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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Vaporwave]]'''</div> | ||
| | |[[Colgate University]] and [[Texas Tech University]] | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Red raider|Red Raider]]'''</div> | ||
|[[ | |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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[The Stranger]]'''</div> | ||
| | |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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Madison Square Garden]]'''</div> | ||
| | |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">'''[[Ray Charles]]'''</div> | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[ | |||
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|[ | |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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Valence electron]]'''</div> | ||
|[[ | |[[Jackson State University]] and the [[University of Missouri]] | ||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Tiger]]'''</div> | ||
| | |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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[Madame Bovary]]'''</div> | ||
|[[ | |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">'''[[Joanne Woodward]]'''</div> | |||
|[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">'''[[ | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[James Brown]]'''</div> | ||
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''[[ | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:18, 12 February 2025
The red text is used in the Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy! rounds to denote the Daily Double.
Jeopardy! Round
ON VACATION | FIRST NAME (AND BIBLE BOOK)'S THE SAME | LAS VEGAS | SPORTS | AFRICAN COUNTRIES | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS |
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Oh la la ! Perhaps the Phryges are still roaming this 2024 Olympic host city and French capital | Presidents Adams and Kennedy | Shhh... This geometrically-named music venue that took the world by storm is sleeping! | Lionel Messi cemented himself in footballing history when he won this most prestigious competition in 2022 | Nelson Mandela was the first post-apartheid president of this country | Watch out, Squidward! New Orleans jazz musician Doreen Ketchens takes this woodwind to the next level |
Going up Pichincha in Quito, Ecuador, you can pose for the camera beside these large Andean camelids closely related to alpacas | Actors Craig and Radcliffe | Las Vegas is the largest city in this Silver State, but it's not the capital; that title goes to Carson City | Do you believe in miracles? Well, the US national ice hockey team did, when they beat the Soviets at Lake Placid in this Empire State | 1 in 10 of the 218M+ people in this West African country live in Lagos, its largest metropolis | Perhaps you could say they pulled out all the stops on this "king of instruments" common in Western churches |
Vintage American cars are still used to this day as taxis in Havana, the capital of this Caribbean island | Hey... footballer Bellingham and actor Law | The Venetian Las Vegas, the biggest hotel in the Strip, treats visitors to a ride on these quintessentially Venetian boats | This sport developed as a gentleman's game in England and suddenly became a viral sensation in India, especially now with the Indian Premier League | Lemurs are known as the flagship mammal species of this island, also a DreamWorks film | Juanjo Monserrat played Nessun dorma on this tiny synthesizer in Got Talent España, winning the Golden Buzzer |
As the holiest site in Islam and the destination of the annual Hajj, this Saudi Arabian city limits access to Muslims | US polititians Ginsburg and McCormick | You can zoom on a cable under the LED barrel vault canopy at the Fremont Street Experience doing this activity | The story of Jamaica's 1988 Olympic bobsled team inspired this 1993 Disney film | Known for the Serengeti and its wildebeest migration, its name is a portmanteau of two regions: Tanganyika and Zanzibar | The name of this tiny cousin of the xylophone comes from the German terms for bells and play |
A season of Jet Lag: The Game was a race around the world, beginning in this Colorado city | Wrestlers O'Neil and Alexander | When I stumbled upon the famous fountains of this hotel, they were playing "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller | The All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby team, perform this ceremonial Māori dance before every match | Holy Trinity Cathedral in this country's capital Addis Ababa is the highest-ranking cathedral of the world's largest Oriental Orthodox church | This] is the Neapolitan variant of this tiny string instrument, a staple of the city's vibrant music scene |
Double Jeopardy! Round
ON "VA"CATION | UNIVERSITY NICKNAME'S THE SAME | FRENCH LITERATURE | 1960s MILESTONES | SOUL POWERS | DINOSAURS |
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It's the smallest sovereign state, an enclave of Rome, the headquarters of the Catholic Church, and the location of the world's largest church building | Troy University and the University of Southern California | 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 | In 1968, for the very first time, an Ivy League school went coed as this Connecticut university admitted 588 women | She was the Queen of Soul and had one of the greatest voices of all time | The clues were taken from this show because I hadn't realized J!AD games were meant to be completely original. |
Among this developer's finest games include Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 | Jacksonville State University and the University of South Carolina | In this classic Dumas novel, Edmond Dantès plots his revenge after being falsely accused of treason; when he escapes, he assumes the titular identity | The NRG Astrodome, the world's first domed multi-purpose stadium, opened in 1965 in this Texas city | This King of Soul died way too young, but a couple months before he released a No. 1 hit single | |
Commonly associated with white ice cream and unmodded Minecraft, it's a kind of spice obtained from orchids of the eponymous genus | Bowling Green State University and the United States Air Force Academy | After crashing in the Sahara on an airplane, the narrator meets the titular character of this Saint-Exupéry novel, who subsequently asks him to draw a sheep | Walt Disney played a major role in designing some of the 1964 New York World's Fair's attractions, all of which moved to this first Disney park in California | Unfortunately, this Prince of Soul was killed by his own father a day before his 45th birthday in 1984 | |
A video on YouTube combines this music genre and aesthetic with videos of commuter trains in the United States | Colgate University and Texas Tech University | This 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 | 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 | With his rendition of Georgia on My Mind being declared the state song, he was truly The Genius | |
Pictured in the diagram shown here is this electron in the outermost shell of a molecule, bearing the ability to form chemical bonds by sharing such electrons between atoms | Jackson State University and the University of Missouri | A seminal work of literary realism, this Flaubert novel reveals the tragic consequences of romanticism on the wife of a provincial doctor | 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 | This soul power recorded Soul Power, as well as Funky Drummer, one of the most heavily-sampled tracks |
Final Jeopardy! Round
GREEK MYTHOLOGY |
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This Olympian was said to have created the first horse, and so like earthquakes, he presides over horses |