Final Jeopardy: Cabinet Positions (1-20-20)

Here are 7 more triple stumpers from the 1/20/2020 Jeopardy! game:

HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD ($800) In the Pyrenees, the Candlemas bear was the more ferocious predecessor of this U.S. rodent

($1000) Not a Halloween tradition, English Jack o’ Lents were made on this mid-week Christian holiday

EMMY WINNERS FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA ($800) Ring the palace! This actress took the award in 2018 for “The Crown”

FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE ($1200) The 20th century painting here (image) of southern France is by Jean, great-grandson of this 19th century French romantic author

($1600) It’s no folly– this Paris music hall has been a hotspot since the 1886 revue “Place au Jeunes”

LIBRARIES ($400) The Margaret Herrick Library of the Motion Picture Academy is home to more than 15,000 of these from 1910 to the present

COME TO YOUR CENSUS ($2000) Not exactly a laptop with 5,000 vacuum tubes & weighing 16,000 pounds, this computer was utilized for the 1950 Census

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — HIDDEN TREASURE (a gem or precious metal is hidden in each clue)

($400) The Mongol dynasty last from 1271 to 1368
($800) I hope our clue doesn’t rub you the wrong way
($1200) When I tripped & fell into the Upper Tiber, there was a big splat in Umbria
($1600) Better return that encyclopedia Monday before the librarian notices it’s missing
($2000) I’ll get us to the airport with my phone– this app hires rides in a jiffy

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