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*'''[[:Category:20th-century song, 21st-century ad|20th Century Song, 21st Century Ad]]''': [[T-Mobile]] / [[Rebel Yell]], [[GEICO]] / [[Round & Round]], [[Carnival Cruise Lines]] / [[Bang The Drum All Day]], [[Infiniti QX60]] / [[Wild World]], [[Fidelity Investments]] / [[More Than This]] | *'''[[:Category:20th-century song, 21st-century ad|20th Century Song, 21st Century Ad]]''': [[T-Mobile]] / [[Rebel Yell]], [[GEICO]] / [[Round & Round]], [[Carnival Cruise Lines]] / [[Bang The Drum All Day]], [[Infiniti QX60]] / [[Wild World]], [[Fidelity Investments]] / [[More Than This]] | ||
*'''[[:Category:British royal family|The British Royal Family]]''': [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] | *'''[[:Category:British royal family|The British Royal Family]]''': [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] | ||
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*'''[[:Category:Historic words|Historic Words]]''': A [[house]] divided against itself cannot stand ([[Abraham Lincoln]]); The [[die]] is cast ([[Julius Caesar]]); Better to die on your feet than live on your [[knee]]s ([[Emiliano Zapata]]); You can return blow for blow if you are not brave enough to follow the path of [[nonviolence]] ([[Mahatma Gandhi]]); Have you no sense of [[decency]] ([[Joseph Welch]]) | |||
*'''[[:Category:Music|Music]]''': [[Narciso Yepes]]'s [[ten-string guitar]], [[sorbetto]], [[Messiah (Handel)]], [[Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)]], [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]] | |||
*'''[[:Category:Dog names|Dog Names]]''': [[Fido]], [[Laika]], [[Rover]], [[Veto]], ''[[Nanette]] / [[Rin Tin Tin]] | |||
*'''[[:Category:Buildings|Buildings]]''': [[Smithsonian Institution Building]], [[Potala Palace]], [[Bran Castle]], [[Dome of the Rock]], [[Hagia Sophia]] | |||
*'''[[:Category:The born identity|The Born Identity]]''': [[Marilyn Monroe]], [[Meg Ryan]], [[Vin Diesel]], [[Jamie Foxx]], [[Charlie Sheen]] | |||
*'''[[:Category:"Con"s|"Con"s]]''': [[concede]], [[conjunction]], [[concertina]], [[conch]], [[John Constable]] | |||
*'''[[:Category:Ends with 2 vowels|Ends with 2 Vowels]]''': [[paleo diet]], [[studio]], [[rescue]], [[segue]], [[brusque]] | |||
*'''[[:Category:Africa|Africa]]''': [[Sahara]], ''[[Victoria Falls]]'', [[Luangwa National Park]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Karnak]] | |||
*'''[[:Category:Priming the pump|Priming the Pump]]''': [[ventricle]], [[Army Corps of Engineers]], [[Archimedes screw]], [[Sylvanus Bowser]] | |||
*'''[[:Category:Literary characters|Literary Characters]]''': [[Mary Poppins]], [[Don Quixote (character)]], [[George and Lennie]], [[White Fang]] | |||
*'''[[:Category:Law|The Law]]''': [[custody]], [[non-disclosure agreement]], ''[[class (law)]]'', [[unenumerated rights]] | |||
*'''[[:Category:Cons|Cons]]''': [[Dragon Con]], [[Gen Con]], [[Comic-Con International]], [[Monsterpalooza]], [[Mythcon 19]] | |||
*'''[[:Category:Artists|Artists]]''': [[Claude Monet]] | |||
==Season 40== | ==Season 40== |
Revision as of 21:35, 14 September 2024
Just listing what the Jeopardy! clues are about (not all of them are actual answers) so I could edit 'em. At least those I would consider to be appropriate for The Wiki Camp 2.
Articles in bold denote those that have been edited to include the Jeopardy! information. Articles in italic denote the Daily Double.
Season 39
8696 (12 September 2022)
- Here Comes 39: Constitution of the United States, Pier 39, Roy Campanella, Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Old Testament
- World Capital Rhyme Time: Budapest test (from Budapest, Hungary and test), Seoul scroll (from Seoul, South Korea and scroll), Beirut suit (from Beirut, Lebanon and suit), Manila vanilla (from Manila, Philippines and vanilla)
- All Kinds of Doors: revolving door, 10 Downing Street, Door Peninsula, Trapdoor spider
- Writers and Their Works: Scarlett (Alexandra Ripley), The Martian (Andy Weir), The Sicilian (Mario Puzo), The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
- Chump Change: champ, hump, chime, ump, clamp
- Ralph Macchi Talks Cobra Kai: dojo, crane kick, wax on, wax off, REO Speedwagon, Mr. Miyagi
- On the Road Again: Fifth Avenue, U.S. Route 101, Snake Alley, Interstate 10, Beale Street
- 11-Letter Words: misdemeanor, racquetball, safecracker, unsheltered, demarcation
- Discoveries: caffeine, asteroid, dinosaur bone, buckyball, prion
- Canadian History: Senate of Canada, Northwest Territories, Hudson's Bay Company, Quebec City, L'Anse aux Meadows
- Finance and Investing: NASDAQ, IRA
- That's So Sir/Reel!: Sean Connery (From Russia With Love, The Russia House), Ian McKellen (Cats, X-Men), Patrick Stewart (L.A. Story, X-Men), Michael Caine (The Cide House Rules, Alfie), Alec Guinness (Murder By Death, Star Wars)
- 19th-Century Novels: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
8697 (13 September 2022)
- 1960s America: Ford Mustang, Alcatraz, Monterey Pop Festival, Project Mercury, James Meredith
- Alphabetically Next: nihonium, niobium, nitrogen; Bismarck, Boise, Boston; Carter, Cleveland, Clinton; Radcliffe College, Smith College, Vassar College; Irish Terrier, Irish Water Spaniel, Irish Wolfhound
- Broadcasting History: streaming service, FOX Broadcasting Corporation, CBS, Faraway Hill, Federal Communications Commission
- Going on a Power Trip: nuclear energy, coal, steam, wood
- New to the OED: what's up, Doc?, First Gentleman, vaccine passport, burner phone, standing on the shoulders of giants
- NFL Opening Weekend: kickoff, interception, Peyton Manning, 1981 San Francisco 49ers season, Cam Newton
- Do You Feel A First Draft?: Winter Dreams, Sherrington Hope / Dr. Ormond Sacker, [[Portnoy's Complaint]
- Synonyms: bureau, bill, jester, eyetooth, rustic
- A Chem/Physics/Bio Sampler: chromosome, gravity, Geiger counter, icthyology, copper
- Full of Holes: honeycomb, Swiss cheese, pillory, Holes (novel), Recumbent Figure
- European Places: Zürich, Algarve, Gulf of Kotor, Appian Way, [[Gdańsk]
- 20th Century Song, 21st Century Ad: T-Mobile / Rebel Yell, GEICO / Round & Round, Carnival Cruise Lines / Bang The Drum All Day, Infiniti QX60 / Wild World, Fidelity Investments / More Than This
- The British Royal Family: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
8698 (14 September 2022)
- Historic Words: A house divided against itself cannot stand (Abraham Lincoln); The die is cast (Julius Caesar); Better to die on your feet than live on your knees (Emiliano Zapata); You can return blow for blow if you are not brave enough to follow the path of nonviolence (Mahatma Gandhi); Have you no sense of decency (Joseph Welch)
- Music: Narciso Yepes's ten-string guitar, sorbetto, Messiah (Handel), Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky), The Well-Tempered Clavier
- Dog Names: Fido, Laika, Rover, Veto, Nanette / Rin Tin Tin
- Buildings: Smithsonian Institution Building, Potala Palace, Bran Castle, Dome of the Rock, Hagia Sophia
- The Born Identity: Marilyn Monroe, Meg Ryan, Vin Diesel, Jamie Foxx, Charlie Sheen
- "Con"s: concede, conjunction, concertina, conch, John Constable
- Ends with 2 Vowels: paleo diet, studio, rescue, segue, brusque
- Africa: Sahara, Victoria Falls, Luangwa National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, Karnak
- Priming the Pump: ventricle, Army Corps of Engineers, Archimedes screw, Sylvanus Bowser
- Literary Characters: Mary Poppins, Don Quixote (character), George and Lennie, White Fang
- The Law: custody, non-disclosure agreement, class (law), unenumerated rights
- Cons: Dragon Con, Gen Con, Comic-Con International, Monsterpalooza, Mythcon 19
- Artists: Claude Monet
Season 40
8926 (11 September 2023)
- Science Class: oxygen, laudanum, hematite, dynamite
- Welcome to Miami: Gold Coast Railroad Museum, PortMiami, Dwayne Wade, Tamiami Trail, Little Havana
- A Latin Bestiary: hare (Lepus), horned owl (Bubo), orca, horse (Equus), chicken (Pullus)
- Sounds Like Food: cookie, whine, petroleum jelly, drumstick, noodling
- World of Barbie: Margot Robbie, Mattel, Barbie Dreamhouse, Barbie as a UNICEF ambassador
- Kin: Sally Field, Edward Norton, Val Kilmer, Anderson Cooper, Jenna Bush Hager
- Honorary Harlem Globetrotters: Pope Francis, Whoopi Goldberg, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Robin Roberts, Henry Kissinger
- Historical films: The Passion of Joan of Arc, Jackie, Agora, 55 Days at Peking, Chevalier
- Greek Geography: Mount Olympus, Central Macedonia, Peloponnese, Thebes, Ionian Sea
- Renaissance Literature: sonnet, soliloquy, Orlando Innamorato / Orlando Furioso, The Mount of Olives (Vaughan), The Heptameron
- Mississippi Learning: Elvis Presley, magnolia, Jackson, Mississippi mud pie, Medgar Evers
- Starts With "G": gazebo, Gingham Dog, galleon, Gamecocks, gladiola
- British Monarchs: Queen Victoria
8927 (12 September 2023)
- The U.S. in 1964: Luther Terry, 36th Academy Awards, Gemini 1, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
- After In Living Color: Larry Wilmore after In Living Color, Jamie Foxx after In Living Color, Jennifer Lopez after In Living Color, Jim Carrey after In Living Color, David Alan Grier after In Living Color
- Potpour-everything: Henry Winkler, March, Vietnam, Doomsday Clock, Stanford University
- "M"mmmm: Mango, Meringue, Miso[1], Mirepoix, Muesli
- African Capital Haiku: Kampala, Uganda; Nairobi, Kenya; Djibouti; Monrovia, Liberia; Gaborone, Botswana
- That's T-B-D: Thoroughbred, tabloid, tumbleweed, tabulated, Tabard Inn
- Quite a Fox: Vicente Fox, George Washington, Vivica Fox, Virginia Foxx, Fox sisters
- The Sporting Life: 1984 Firecracker 400, penalty box, Jules Rimet Trophy, curling, Björn Borg
- potentially inappropriate category
- Georgia on My Mind: Peach, Masters Tournament, Sherman's March to the Sea, Richard Jewell, Andersonville
- Play People: Mr. Horner (The Country Wife), Prince Paul (Vera), Queen Hecuba, Yelena (Uncle Vanya), Ethel Rosenberg
- Stuck in the Middle Word with You: medium, average, median, mean, equidistant
- Mythological places: River Styx
8928 (13 September 2023)
- Mammals: rhinoceros, koala, chimpanzee, mongoose, naked mole-rat
- "I"s in Your Stars: Idris Elba, Idina Menzel, Ian McKellen, Iggy Pop, Ingrid Bergman
- 'The State of Congress: Utah, Vermont, Wyoming, Rhode Island, Missouri
- I'm Just a Bill, Billy or William: Bill Gates, William Randolph Hearst, Billy Joel, Lord Kelvin, Bill de Blasio
- Straight fire: Colorista (L'Oreal), DualShock, outfit of the day, mochi, Beats by Dre
- 3 Consonants: throne, pumpkin, scholarship, sought, congruence (geometry)
- To Sir Paul, With Love: Liverpool, Meat Free Monday, Hey Jude, The Paul McCartney World Tour's Maracanã concerts, Let It Be (1970 film)
- "C"s the Day: United States Coast Guard, Cinco De Mayo, Hanukkah, Constitution of the United States, Feast of Corpus Christi
- Also a Candy: The Three Musketeers, payday, butterfinger team, Kit-Cat Club, starburst galaxy
- Pueblos Mágicos: Tequila, Tecate, Cholula, Taxco, Isla Mujeres a Pueblo Mágico
- & We Have a Novel Title: Fahrenheit 451, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Scarlet Letter, Catch-22, The Count of Monte Cristo
- 15-Letter Words: congratulations, cinematographer, transfiguration, bioluminescence, prestidigator
- Artists: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Season 41
9156 (9 September 2024)
- Let's Hit Highway 101: Golden Gate Bridge; Universal Studios Hollywood; Redwood National and State Parks; Olympia, Washington; Hearst Castle
- Pop Goes the Culture: Star Trek, The Last of Us, American Fiction, Pleasantville, Hozier
- Also Known As: #, Jay-Z, Myanmar, Bailiff, Timur
- Going to Planetary Extremes: Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Saturn, Mercury
- Parenting: reading books to children, spoiling, foster parent
- "Mom" & "Dad": dad joke, soccer mom, Daddy Warbucks, skedaddle, cardamom
- Historic Groups of 3: Santa Maria (ship), Second Roman Triumvirate, NKVD troika, Ancien régime, War of the Pacific
- From the Italian: aria, ditto, belvedere, camerlengo
- "Hy" Five: hybrid, hypothesis, hyacinth, hyperinflation
- Literary Biography: Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character, Thomas Hardy, Chaucer: A European Life, Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette, Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick
- Churches & Cathedrals: Old North Church, St Mark's Basilica, Saint Basil's Cathedral, Manila Cathedral, Aachen Cathedral
- Songs for the Young and Old: My Generation, Gifted & Black, Only The Good Die Young, Young And Beautiful, New Person, Same Old Mistakes
- Famous Women: Madeleine Albright
9157 (10 September 2024)
- 1890s America: Blacksmith, Pledge of Allegiance, Cracker Jack, Clarence Darrow
- 4 of the Same Consonant: Giggling, Knickknack, Hillbilly, Whippersnapper
- Also Known As: National Thesaurus Day, International Talk Like a Pirate Day, National Tater Tot Day / Day of the Crêpe, International Caps Lock Day, National Barbershop Quartet Day
- Celebrities Who Read Aloud: Julianne Moore, Derek Jacobi, Meryl Streep, Patrick Stewart, Patton Oswalt
- The Mafia: Lucky Luciano, John Gotti, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Donnie Brasco, Omertà
- Islands in the Sea: Saint Barthélemy and St. George's Caye on the Caribbean Sea; Delos, Naxos, and Patmos on the Aegean Sea; Lindisfarne on the North Sea; [[Nunivak Island] and the Pribilof Islands on the Bering Sea; St. Anastasia Island and Giresun Island on the Black Sea
- Arlington National Cemetery: Old Guard, Space Shuttles Columbia and Challenger, 11:00 AM, Rough Riders, Robert Lincoln
- Uncut Jams: Sugar Magnolia (Grateful Dead), All Too Well (Taylor Swift), Crimson and Clover (Tommy James and the Shondells), A Night in Tunisia (the Quintet), Thick as a Brick (Jethro Tull)
- Plays and Playwrights: The Mountaintop (Katori Hall), A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry), Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov), Blithe Spirit (Noël Coward), Miss Julie (August Strindberg)
- Mishmash: Gangnam, reindeer, gondola, should old acquaintance be forgot?, Adam Smith
- Dr. Ken: femur, cartilage, phalange
- Will "CU" Now: Curlicue, curb appeal, cutter, Cuisinart, culmination
- Signs & Symbols: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
9158 (11 September 2024)
- Geography: Mount Fuji, Cardiff, Istanbul, Armenia, Cook Strait
- Holy Something!: Moses, fratricide, macaroni, Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, cow
- Books for Kids: Tuck Everlasting, Yertle the Turtle, The Giver, Good Dog, Carl
- Names in the Dictionary: nick, dawn, chuck, dean, mason
- The Environment: solar panel, carbon dioxide, compost, Dust Bowl, watershed
- TV Reruns: The Amazing Race, Black-ish, Fleabag, Beef (series), Pam Dawber
- Presidential Election Losers: Stephen Douglas, Aaron Burr, Al Gore, William Jennings Bryan, Barry Goldwater
- Filmanthropy: The Beautiful Game, Black Panther, Slumdog Millionaire, Hidden Figures, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Ends in "Eau": Juneau, plateau, trousseau, Fontainebleau, portmanteau
- Amazing Animals: blue whale, buzzard, vampire squid, honey badger, hamadryas baboon
- The Dead Sea Scrolls: Second Temple, Psalms, The Wall Street Journal, Aramaic, Huntington Library
- A Few Colorful Words: pitch black, sepia, auburn, iridescent, alabaster
- World Borders: Russia-Kazakhstan border
9159 (12 September 2024)
- A Self-Helping of Books: We've Got Issues, Burnout, making your bed, Ego Is the Enemy
- Bear With Us: Yogi Bear, hibernation, polar bear, Callisto, sun bear
- Sporty Idioms: Monday morning quarterback, on the back nine, full-court press, ducks on the pond, Saved by the Bell
- Animated Films in Other Words: locating the captain of the Nautilus, destroy that thing, Mr. Nader, jubilant tootsies, the ferrous leviathan, every canine shows up in Elysium
- The Clash: World War I, Battle of Hastings, Battle of Pelusium, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Zama
- London Calling: London Eye, Eros, Pall Mall, Whitechapel
- Biblical Fathers & Sons: Joseph, Seth, John the Baptist, Solomon, Japheth
- Starts with "K": kindred, kismet, Kevlar, kanji, kelpie
- A Short Course in Chemistry: base, chemical bond, periodic changes, solvent, Antoine Lavoisier
- TV Characters: Rocky Blue, Pam Beesly, Crypt Keeper, Donny Dunn, whoever George Lopez played
- Mountains: Yosemite National Park, Mount Chelia/Aures Mountains/Atlas Mountains, Mount Etna, Carpathian Mountains, Mount Logan
- Job-pourri: chimney sweep, detasseling corn, pinsetter, cutler, The Quarrymen
- Historic Names: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
9160 (13 September 2024)
- Stately Preceders: Georgia (as in peaches and Georgia O'Keeffe), Tennessee (as in Tennessee Waltz and Tennessee Walking Horse), Michigan (as in Michigan hot dog and Michigan J. Frog), Florida (as in Florida Man and Florida panther/Florida Panthers), California (as in California Dreamin' and California roll)
- Aquatic Animals: angel shark, brine shrimp, Amphiuma, barnacle, clownfish / sea anemone
- A Little Food, A Little Wine: mousse, [[orange wine, bunny chow, Shiraz, charcuterie
- Sending Out an "S" to "S": spyglass, sinus, Stellantis, sous, salacious
- The Arts: The Thinker, Swan Lake, Peer Gynt, The Magic Flute, The Blue Boy
- New York's Hottest Club Is...: 2007 New York Giants season, 1977 New York Cosmos season, 1998 New York Yankees season, 1968 New York Jets season, 1994 New York Rangers season
- 21st Century Films: Crazy, Stupid, Love / Gangster Squad / La La Land, Minions (2015 film), The Mummy, Free Guy, Crazy Heart
- Countries' Northernmost Points: Cap des Trois Fourches, Morocco; Rossoya Island, Norway; Monte Caburaí, Brazil; Utqiagvik, Alaska / Northwest Angle, Minnesota; Lapche Pass, Nepal
- Only One Vowel: mint, elm, strand, tryst, knight
- We Have History: Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Habsburg Spain, Risorgimento
- potentially inappropriate category
- For You Page: George R.R. Martin's dedication to Phyllis in A Song of Ice and Fire, Celeste Ng's dedication to those out on their own paths setting little fires in Little Fires Everywhere, Nelson DeMille's dedication to Don DeLillo and Joan Didion in Wild Fire
- British Knights: Ringo Starr
- ↑ Miso is an eliminated competitor, so her page cannot be edited.