Final Jeopardy: Scientific Names (1-17-22)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 1/17/2022 Jeopardy! game. Please don’t put the answers to these clues in the comments so people who missed the game can have a chance to answer them. It is okay to refer to them by category and clue value or by part of the clue.

THE LAKE SHOW ($400) The east coast of the state of Michigan is known as the sunrise side because of daybreak over this lake

A MEMBER OF THE BANDS ($800) Drummer Travis McNabb rocked for Better Than Ezra, then went country with this Jennifer Nettles band

“PRE”FIXES ($800) It means biased or inclined in a particular direction, though it sounds like it means thrown away early

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE CHARACTERS ($800) In “A Study in Scarlet”, this Scotland Yard inspector is described as “lean and ferret-like”

($1000) Irene Adler is known as the woman who outwitted Sherlock, but she only appears in one story: “A Scandal in” this kingdom

HOLMES & WATSON ($200) Artist-scientist William Henry Holmes painted cliff dwellings in the 1870s, & soon helped establish this -ology in America

($600) This heavyweight boxing champ of the 1970s & ’80s was nicknamed the Easton Assassin

20TH CENTURY AMERICA ($1600) Named for a god, this line of cars from Ford got cooler when James Dean drove one in “Rebel Without a Cause’

Sneak Peek clues — 6-LETTER WORDS
($400) This synonym for knowledge is said to be dispensed in pearls
($800) It’s the container and specialty sporting good seen here
($1200) To light a fire one can enjoy while using the same-named e-Reader
($1600) A Spanish wine cellar, or a corner grocery store
($2000) Alphabetically, this fertilized egg is darn near last

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