Final Jeopardy: Words in American History (1-20-22)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 1/20/2022 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.

BEFORE & AFTER TV ($2000) Spooky HBO show with references to H.P.’s works, with Katharine McPhee along as the singing nanny

THE ENERGY BIZ ($1600) This Texas company agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle claims from the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010

($2000) This company that bought Texaco in 2001 had a bit of a rough year in 2020, if you consider losing $5.5 billion rough

STARTS WITH 3 CONSONANTS ($800) In grammar, they can be participial or prepositional

Sneak Peek clues — A FARCE TO BE RECKONED WITH
($400) Jack Worthing finds out that he’s really Ernest John Moncrieff in “The Importance of Being Earnest” by this playwright
($800) In the play “Boeing-Boeing”, a playboy juggles 3 fiancees, all with this job
($1200) An antique jug, a reverend, a notebook & aged Aunt Dahlia all lead to madcap trouble in “The Code of the Woosters” by this writer
($1600) Ken Ludwig’s play about an assistant taking the place of a drunken opera star is called “Lend Me” this, punning on British money slang
($2000) This farce by Michael Frayn is a look at what goes on behind the scenes as well as onstage

ANSWERS: show