Final Jeopardy: DNA Makes News (1-17-20)

Here are 7 triple stumpers from the 1-17-2020 Jeopardy! game:

BANDS, CLANS & GANGS ($800) Fuimus, meaning “We have been”, is the motto of this clan found in the name of a famous king of Scotland

MIDDLE “O” ($400) You pledge your this 5-letter word when engaging to marry

($600) This interjection is from the Danish & used as a toast

($800) One of a fingerprint’s central ridges

SITCOMS ($800) “When the Whistle Blows” was the sitcom within this Ricky Gervais sitcom about TV bit players

NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST ($1200) Celebrated April 27, Freedom Day, this country’s national holiday, commemorates an event of 1994

NATIONALITY PHRASES ($1200) It’s one entrance in 2 sections, top & bottom, that operate independently

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — HISTORY, BRIEFLY:

($400) In 1227 this Asian conqueror was buried in a secret & still unknown location
($800) This rigid airship made its first Atlantic crossing in May 1936 & its last in 1937
($1200) A 49-star U.S. flag was unveiled after this state got admitted in 1959
($1600) Here is the 6,000 mile journey known as this taken in 1934-35 (showing route on map of China)
($2000) On April 12, 1961 this Soviet pilot made a single hour & a half orbit of earth

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