Final Jeopardy: World Geography (1-14-20)

The players missed 2 clues in TRIPLE B:

($1200) It means to mishandle a football or baseball

($1600) Clothing articles that gave their name to 1940s adolescent girls

Strange — POEMS’ SECOND LINES ($1200) Second line: “I love thee to the depth and breadth and height…”; first line: this

They accepted “How do I love thee?” for the first line. The first line is “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues – THE 11TH CENTURY:

($400) Around 1080 Chinese scientist Shen Kuo made the first scientific mention of one of these magnetic devices
($800) In 1040 Scottish King Duncan I was slain in battle & this man known to readers of Shakespeare succeeded him
($1200) The Arabic-language “Canon of Medicine” recommends willow oil for head pain– willow, genus salix, as in this common medicine of today
($1600) This fortress & prison complex was begun around 1078 by William the Conqueror
($2000) Around 1071 construction ws completed on this Venetian basilica said to house the remains of a Gospel writer

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