Final Jeopardy: Landmarks of Science (10-18-22)

Here are some more clues from the 10/18/2022 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.

____ & ____ ($1000) In a nursery rhyme the sparrow admitted to killing Cock Robin with these 2 objects

ASTRONOMY ($600) The distance from Alpha Centauri to our sun is 4.2 light years or just 1.3 of these; sounds quick!

($1000) This long word describes the orbit of a satellite that matches the rotation of the earth

“LEFT”, “RIGHT” OR “CENTER” ($800) The point within an object where its entire weight is evenly balanced

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TREASURES OF EGYPT ($2000) He was laid to rest in the grandest of the pyramids, but a tiny ivory figurine is the only complete sculpture known of this pharaoh

BROADWAY ($2000) A 2021 revival changed the gender of Bachelor Bobby, baby in this Sondheim show

PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES ($800) “That cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion”

MEASURING UP ($1200) Used in typography, a pica is equal to 1/6 of an inch or 12 of these units

($2000) The King James Bible says Goliath stood 6 cubits & this, the distance between the extended tips of the thumb & little finger

PHRASES OF HELLO & GOODBYE ($1200) These 2 words go with a chest thump or 2 & making a “V” with index & middle finger

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Sneak Peek clues — 5-LETTER PLACES
($200) Tripolitania is one of this North African country’s historic regions
($400) The fourth-largest city in Georgia, it’s home to Mercer University
($600) In Romania, this sea is called Marea Neagra
($800) This 2,000 mile-long river swells in flood season after receiving waters from the rivers of the Punjab region
($1000) I’ll lei it on you– Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison bought 98% of this island in 2012

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