Final Jeopardy: Word Origins (1-4-22)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 1/4/2022 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.

EURO-POURRI ($1000) This river & the Ebro are the 2 longest on the Iberian Peninsula

RECENT POP CULTURE ($800) This scary “Road” is a 2021 trilogy of horror films on Netflix adapted from R.L. Stine’s books

MIDDLE “J” (Nikki’s favorite category. She ran the category, including the triple stumper!)

($400) It’s a crime to commit this, from the Latin for “false oath”
($800) This part of a sentence denotes the doer of the action
($1200) This style of southern cuisine uses a filé powder, made from sassafras leaves
($1600) To summon something using supernatural powers
($2000) This type of drug is used to prevent a transplanted organ from being attacked by the recipient’s immune system

ANSWERS: show

Sneak Peek clues — TAGLINES OF SCARY MOVIES
($200) 2020: “What you can’t see can hurt you”
($400) 2006: “Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright”
($600) 2018: “Forty years ago, he came home. Now, he returns”
($800) 2013: “One night a year, all crime is legal”
($1000) 1992: “We dare you to say his name five times”

ANSWERS: show