15 Jeopardy! Clues from December 2016

Even if you saw the December 27, 2016 Jeopardy! match, you may not remember all the clues that stumped all the players back then. If you knew any of the answers then, however, there’s a good chance you still do!

WORKING ON THE RAILROAD ($600) In the 19th century it was a railroad laborer who fed the furnace on a coal-fired train

($800) AKA a turnout, it’s a short piece of track for bypassing or unloading

($1000) A “tank town” was a spot on a railroad route often stopped in only to do this

GIVE A FIG ($800) Some Roman historians wrote that wife Livia killed this first emperor with poisoned figs

THE 1700S ($400) Found guilty of piracy and murder, this captain was hanged in 1701

($1000) Siraj al-Dawlah, Nawab of Bengal, has been blamed for the 1756 stuffy space known as this

PHYSICS ($1200) eV for short, this unit of energy used in nuclear physics is so small a trillion of them equals the motion of a mosquito

($2000) A 9-letter process or type of coil that produces high-voltage current from low-voltage

FROM “S” TO “W” ($2000) This flat-bottomed boat has square ends & transports all types of freight, including garbage

SCULPTURE ($400) For his statue of Balzac, he contacted Balzac’s former tailor to get exact measurements

($1600) This British sculptor said: “The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation”

($2000) The Lincoln statue seen here is by this saintly sculptor, also known for his designs of the $10 and $20 gold coins

SCANDINAVIAN CITIES ($1600) Each August productions of “Hamlet” take place at Kronborg castle in this Danish town

A FOND FAREWELL TO THE 114TH CONGRESS ($1200) “We are actually governing”, said Rep. Renee Ellmers about the “Doc Fix” bill that raises reimbursements under this program

($2000) Chief Deputy whip in the 114th, this representative from Florida lost a Democratic Party leadership post in July of 2016

Click here for the full recap of this game, including the Daily Doubles, Final Jeopardy! and a couple more stumpers.