Final Jeopardy: Languages of Asia (10-20-23)

Here are some more clues from the 10/20/2023 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.

WE MADE IT ($200) Joop Sinjou & Toshitada Doi played a role in changing the music industry when this product debuted in 1982

JUSTIN TIME ($200) Schoolteacher Justin Morgan lent his name to a breed of this animal developed in the U.S. in the 1800s

($1000) Justin Henry earned an Oscar nomination as Dustin Hoffman’s son in this film

NOT YOUR AVERAGE OPERA ($800) Sister Aloysius suspects Father Flynn of illicit acts in an opera version of this John Patrick Shanley play

($1000) “Nixon in China” is an opera by this composer with the name of a Founding Father

AMY POEHLER IS AWESOME ($1200) In the 3rd “Shrek” it’s no problem for Amy as this woman to give a live-in babysitter to Fiona, as “I’ve got 6 more at home”

($1600) Amy Poehler’s performance was pure Joy in this 2015 Pixar film

($2000) She’s got this old-fashioned word for spirited determination; it’s also the title of a 2021 Amy Poehler film

WHAT’S NEXT? ($2000) Geologic time eras: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, this

FAMILY DRAMA ($400) His “All My Sons” centers on Joe Keller, whose shoddy plane parts led to the death of his son & other pilots in WWII

($2000) This “vulpine” Lillian Hellman play set in 1900 sees southern gentility fall prey to greed & revenge

The players got one clue right in HOUSEPLANTS:
($400) Unlike many plants, these, which include the barrel & snowball types, prefer to get completely dry
($800) If other plants are too exciting for you, try lithops or living this, seen here
($1200) Put in raised planters for an herb garden & be sure to grow this “royal herb”
($1600) Though it’s name means “loving tree”, it’s very popular indoors as a houseplant
($2000) Like Spanish moss & pineapple, Earth star & air plant are in this family of attractive tropical plants

HOUSEPLANTS ANSWERS: show

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Sneak Peek clues — BODY LANGUAGE
($200) Come on, champ, you have to be brave & “keep a stiff” this
($400) It’s an honest & sincere talk between 2 people (& their cardiac muscles)
($600) Someone is naive or innocent as a newborn baby is said to be this “moist” phrase
($800) When you’re idle or just plain bored, you do this with your pollex digits, literally or figuratively
($1000) To attack where someone’s most vulnerable is to go for one of these large veins

SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show