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 =<nowiki>[J!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Sailing into history|SAILING INTO HISTORY]] $200: [[Niña]] (22 August 2022)=
+{{About|the ship|the cooling phase of Southern Hemisphere sea surface temperatures|La Niña}}
 days before [[The Wiki Camp 2]] opened, [[Jeopardy!]] fans entered the new week on their Page-A-Day calendars with [[:Category:Sailing into history|Sailing Into History]]. The first of three ships mentioned in this category was '''La ''Niña''''', one of [[Christopher Columbus]]'s ships, formerly '''''Santa Clara'''''.
 =<nowiki>[J!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Sailing into history|SAILING INTO HISTORY]] $600: [[RMS Lusitania]] (23 August 2022)=
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 =<nowiki>[J!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Sailing into history|SAILING INTO HISTORY]] $1000: [[USS Constitution]] (24 August 2022)=
-'''USS ''Constitution''''', labelled '''Old Ironsides''', is a wooden-hulled [[frigate]] and the oldest warship that's still afloat, having been launched in 1797. Her first appearance was against [[France]] in the Quasi-War, but her most famous was against the [[United Kingdom]] during the [[War of 1812]], when she took down five British ships. Among them was [[HMS Guerriere|HMS ''Guerriere'']], whose shots had famously bounced off of the supposedly wooden hull.
+'''USS ''Constitution''''', labelled '''Old Ironsides''', is a wooden-hulled [[frigate]] and the oldest [[World of Warships|warship]] that's still afloat, having been launched in 1797. Her first appearance was against [[France]] in the Quasi-War, but her most famous was against the [[United Kingdom]] during the [[War of 1812]], when she took down five British ships. Among them was [[HMS Guerriere|HMS ''Guerriere'']], whose shots had famously bounced off of the supposedly wooden hull.
-USS ''Constitution'' was the first correct response of a [[Jeopardy!]] clue on the Page-A-Day calendar during [[The Wiki Camp 2]]'s existence, in the category of [[:Category:Sailing into history|Sailing Into History]] for $1000.
+USS ''Constitution'' was the first correct response of a [[Jeopardy!]] clue in the Page-A-Day calendar during [[The Wiki Camp 2]]'s existence, in the category of [[:Category:Sailing into history|Sailing Into History]] for $1000.
+=<nowiki>[DJ!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Not your everyday words|NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS]] $400: [[Bumbershoot]] (25 August 2022)=
+==Trivia (in the [[Umbrella]] page the Bumbershoot page redirects to)==
+{{fake redirect|Umbrella}}
+*A more obscure term for umbrella, ''bumbershoot'', was the correct response for the first Double [[Jeopardy!]] clue in the Page-A-Day calendar during [[The Wiki Camp 2]]'s existence, in the category of [[:Category:Not your everyday words|Not Your Everyday Words]] for $400.
+=<nowiki>[DJ!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Everyday words|SHOULD'VE BEEN EVERYDAY WORDS]] $1200: [[Mx]] (26 August 2022)=
+'''Mx''' is an [[English]]-language gender-neutral title.
+=<nowiki>[DJ!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Not your everyday words|NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS]] $2000: [[Glabrous]] (27 August 2022)=
+When a leaf is '''glabrous''', it is as smooth as [[silk]].
+=<nowiki>[FJ!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Mythology|MYTHOLOGY]]: [[Trojan Horse]] (28 August 2022)=
+==Trivia==
+*The Trojan Horse was the correct response for the first Final [[Jeopardy!]] clue on the Page-A-Day calendar during [[The Wiki Camp 2]].
+=<nowiki>[J!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Say it in Latin|SAY IT IN LATIN]] $200: [[Mea culpa]] (29 August 2022)=
+<poem>Confíteor Deo omnipoténti
+et vobis, fratres,
+quia peccávi nimis
+cogitatióne, verbo,
+ópere et omissióne:
+'''mea culpa, mea culpa,
+mea máxima culpa.'''
+Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper vírginem,
+omnes angelos et sanctos,
+et vos, fratres,
+oráre pro me ad Dóminum Deum nostrum.</poem>
+=<nowiki>[J!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Say it in Latin|SAY IT IN LATIN]] $600: [[Circa]] (30 August 2022)=
+'''Circa''' is the term we would use to approximate the date where [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] of [[The Canterbury Tales]] fame was born.
+=<nowiki>[J!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Say it in Latin|SAY IT IN LATIN]] $1000: [[Non sequitur]] (31 August 2022)=
+'''Non sequitur''' is a [[Latin]] term that means "it does not follow". It is commonly used to indicate logical fallacies.
+=<nowiki>[DJ!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Education|EDUCATION]] $400: [[Bumbershoot]] (1 September 2022)=
+{{fake redirect|umbrella}}
+==Trivia==
+*A more obscure term for umbrella, ''bumbershoot'', was the correct response for the fourth Double [[Jeopardy!]] clue in the Page-A-Day calendar during [[The Wiki Camp 2]]'s existence, in the category of [[:Category:Not your everyday words|Not Your Everyday Words]] for $400.
+=<nowiki>[DJ!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Education|EDUCATION]] $1200: [[Medical College Admission Test]] (2 September 2022)=
+The '''Medical College Admission Test''' is a [[computer]]-based standardized test, regarded as one of [[Medical school|medical]] students' most nefarious obstacles.
+=<nowiki>[DJ!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Education|EDUCATION]] $2000: [[Academic tenure]] (3 September 2022)=
+[[Tenure]] is a permanent appointment that grants teachers [[immunity]] from being fired or laid off except for extreme circumstances.
+=<nowiki>[FJ!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Not for profit|NOT FOR PROFIT]]: [[SixDegrees.org]] (4 September 2022)=
+[[Kevin Bacon]], the one [[actor]] that people to which people try to find other peoples' closest relationships in [[Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon|six degrees]] or less, launched the nonprofit '''SixDegrees.org''' to make connections between people and local causes.
+=<nowiki>[J!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Labor Day|LABOR DAY]] $200: [[Grover Cleveland]] (5 September 2022)=
+'''Grover Cleveland''' was the 22nd and 27th president of the [[United States]]. Always on cloud nine, he launched [[Labor Day]] to bring a dose of joy to the American workforce.
+=<nowiki>[J!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Labor Day|LABOR DAY]] $600: [[United Steelworkers]] (6 September 2022)=
+The '''United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union''', or just the '''United Steelworkers''', is a union in the [[United States]] that supports workers in the likes of [[steel]], [[paper and forestry]], [[rubber]], [[manufacturing]], [[energy]], allied industrial, and service. It was launched in a [[Cleveland]] labor convention in May 1942.
+=<nowiki>[J!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Labor Day|LABOR DAY]] $1000: [[AFL-CIO]] (7 September 2022)=
+In 1955, two labor unions, namely the '''American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations''', merged to create '''AFL-CIO'''. Today, it is the largest union in the [[United States]] at over 12 million members.
+=<nowiki>[DJ!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Musicians' memoirs|MUSICIANS' MEMOIRS]] $400: [[Reckless: My Life as a Pretender]] (8 September 2022)=
+'''Reckless: My Life as a Pretender''' is a 2015 memoir by [[Chrissie Hynde]].
+=<nowiki>[DJ!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Musicians' memoirs|MUSICIANS' MEMOIRS]] $1200: [[Born to Run]] (9 September 2022)=
+'''Born to Run''' is a 2016 memoir by [[Bruce Springsteen]].
+=<nowiki>[DJ!]</nowiki> [[:Category:Musicians' memoirs|MUSICIANS' MEMOIRS]] $2000: [[Dancing with Myself]] (10 September 2022)=
+'''Dancing with Myself''' is a 2014 memoir by [[Billy Idol]].
+=<nowiki>[FJ!]</nowiki> [[:Category:American landmarks|AMERICAN LANDMARKS]]: [[SixDegrees.org]] (11 September 2022)=
+The '''Statue of Liberty''' is a famous symbol of [[New York City]]. Gifted by the [[France|French]], its dedication saw luckless people from many backgrounds running towards the wharves.