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[J!] SAILING INTO HISTORY $200: Niña (22 August 2022)

This page is about the ship. For the cooling phase of Southern Hemisphere sea surface temperatures, see La Niña.

2 days before The Wiki Camp 2 opened, Jeopardy! fans entered the new week on their Page-A-Day calendars with Sailing Into History. The first of three ships mentioned in this category was La Niña, one of Christopher Columbus's ships, formerly Santa Clara.

[J!] SAILING INTO HISTORY $600: RMS Lusitania (23 August 2022)

RMS Lusitania was another ocean liner. Operating from Liverpool to New York, she was the world's largest passenger ship for a brief moment. Lusitania was the correct response to the Jeopardy! clue in the Page-A-Day calendar the day before The Wiki Camp 2 opened.

Enemies

• SM U-20

[J!] 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, whose shots had famously bounced off of the supposedly wooden hull.

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 Sailing Into History for $1000.

[DJ!] NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $400: Bumbershoot (25 August 2022)

Trivia (in the Umbrella page the Bumbershoot page redirects to)

Redirect to:

• 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 Not Your Everyday Words for $400.

[DJ!] SHOULD'VE BEEN EVERYDAY WORDS $1200: Mx (26 August 2022)

Mx is an English-language gender-neutral title.

[DJ!] NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $2000: Glabrous (27 August 2022)

When a leaf is glabrous, it is as smooth as silk.

[FJ!] 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.

[J!] SAY IT IN LATIN $200: Mea culpa (29 August 2022)

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.

[J!] 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.

[J!] 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.

[DJ!] EDUCATION $400: Bumbershoot (1 September 2022)

Redirect to:

• umbrella

Trivia

• 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 Not Your Everyday Words for $400.

[DJ!] 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 students' most nefarious obstacles.

[DJ!] 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.

[FJ!] 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 or less, launched the nonprofit SixDegrees.org to make connections between people and local causes.

[J!] 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.

[J!] 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.

[J!] 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.

[DJ!] 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.

[DJ!] MUSICIANS' MEMOIRS $1200: Born to Run (9 September 2022)

Born to Run is a 2016 memoir by Bruce Springsteen.

[DJ!] MUSICIANS' MEMOIRS $2000: Dancing with Myself (10 September 2022)

Dancing with Myself is a 2014 memoir by Billy Idol.

[FJ!] AMERICAN LANDMARKS: SixDegrees.org (11 September 2022)

The Statue of Liberty is a famous symbol of New York City. Gifted by the French, its dedication saw luckless people from many backgrounds running towards the wharves.