Final Jeopardy: Classic Literature (1-25-24)

Here are some more clues from the 1/25/2024 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.

ON MY HISTORIC CV ($400) SECDEF, 1989 to 1993; also 8 years of Veep experience

($600) 441 A.D.: Beat up on Eastern Romans with bro; 445: murdered bro, became sole leader; 453: stopped living that barbarian life

QUESTIONABLE SCIENCE IN POP SONGS ($800) This group’s “Speed Of Sound” says, “Planets are moving at the speed of light”; even hyper-velocity planets aren’t that fast

MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION ($1200) Marvin Gaye realized, “I’d been singing too loud”; hence the groove of his 1971 hit that said, “Talk to me, so you can see” this

WHIRLED CAPITALS ($800) It’s big in antiquity: HASTEN

The players missed 2 clues in BACKWORDS & FOREWORDS
($200) A “timber” canine & to move in a stream
($400) A distinctive style of clothing & to boast
($600) Glossy & boat bottoms
($800) A division of a hospital & to pull back a bow string
($1000) A legal no-no & a horse gait

ANSWERS: show

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Sneak Peek clues — START TALKING, SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER
($200) Her first line in “Othello” is “My noble father, I do perceive here a divided duty”
($400) Falstaff’s first line in this non-history play is “Now, Master Shallow, you’ll complain of me to the king?”
($600) Her first speech is “What, jealous Oberon? Fairies, skip hence. I have forsworn his bed and company”
($800) The opening line of this play is Orsino’s “If music be the food of love, play on”
($1000) Title character Antonio begins this play saying, “In sooth I know not why I am so sad”

SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show