Final Jeopardy: Historic Buildings (1-6-22)

Here are some more clues from the 1/6/2022 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.

LITERARY CHARACTERS:
($400) This character known for its grin tells Alice that everyone in Wonderland is mad

($800) The 2021 novel “Nick” by Michael Farris Smith tells of this Nick before his time as the narrator of “The Great Gatsby”

($1200) “God forgive me everything!” are her last words before the train runs her over

($1600) Thomas Hardy’s last 2 major novels both have title characters, Tess of the d’Urbervilles & this man

($2000) This main character of “Native Son” by Richard Wright ends up in prison for committing 2 murders

ALSO A COOKING VERB:
($400) Humorous insults are the order of the day at one of these ceremonial tributes
($800) To fish or hunt for game illegally
($1200) Dental accessory popularized by hip-hop stars
($1600) To mix a transmitted radio signal so that only the intended recipient can translate it
($2000) In Exodus, a plague afflicting the Egyptians

ANSWERS: show

Sneak Peek clues — MOVIES BY QUOTE
($200) 1986: “I feel the need, the need for speed”
($400) 2013: “Look at me. Look at me. I’m the captain now”
($600) 1993: “It’s like that movie…’An Affair to Remember’…she’s gonna meet him at the top of the Empire State Building”
($800) 1993: “If the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don’t eat the tourists”
($1000) 2008: I know who I am! I’m a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude!”

ANSWERS: show