Final Jeopardy: U.S. Place Names (1-31-25)

Here are some more clues from the 1/31/2025 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.

“H.R.” ($600) Gamblers who wager lots of money at a casino or, before Jeopardy!, a game show, hosted by Alex Trebek featuring Ruta Lee and some dice

LUCKY 13 ($1000) This Japanese musical instrument has 13 strings made of silk & is plucked with an ivory plectrum called a tsume

PLAYING SPORTSBALL ($600) For women, the playing area of this sport is roughly 27 yards x 22 yards x 6 feet deep

ETYMOLOGY ($400) Business stays all in the family with this word derived from Latin for nephew

ON THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK ($1200) Animated in 2009: “Down in New Orleans”, “When We’re Human”

NATURE ($800) Used in herbal medicine, there’s a fungus among us, named for its resemblance to this fowl’s tail

($2000) Agate, carnelian & even onyx are all varieties of this 10-letter quartz mineral

PLAYING NON-SPORTS”BALL” ($2000) Belly up to the bar & get this drink of strong + fizzy, such as whiskey & soda or gin & tonic

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: OF EQUAL MEASURE
($200) Currently, we’re talking DC 10 amps x 120 volts equals 1,200 of these
($400) Please don’t sing your response, but one (non-leap) year has 525,000 of these
($600) Let’s get deep–5,280 feet is 880 of these
($800) You want 500 pecks, or 125 of these?
($1000) In December 2024 200 British pounds got you $253 but 200 U.S. pounds was a constant 14.29 these

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