Final Jeopardy: Ancient Texts (10-26-20)

Here are 8 more triple stumpers from the 10/26/2020 Jeopardy! game:

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ($2000) In the 17th c. the legendary Akashi Shiganosuke became the first wrestler awarded this title that goes to Sumo Grand Champions

IT’S HYPHENATED ($400) This term can refer to a cheap saloon, the type of music played there or the “Women” in a Rolling Stones song

COMPOSERS ($1600) This composer of “The Barber of Seville” was the son of working musicians: a horn player & a singer

AIRPLANE MODE ($1600) In what’s called the first air cargo flight, in 1910 a Wright Brothers plane flew silk from this city to Columbus, Ohio

($2000) From the French for “wing”, this movable surface near a wing’s trailing edge controls banking & other maneuvers

SOUNDS LIKE MONEY TO ME ($800) Physical currency; philosophers refer to the practical or this “value” of an idea

($1600) This expression for “at a difficult or crucial time” refers to the moment when all the gamblers have bet

($2000) Nita Lowey chairs the House Committee on these, public funds designated for a specific use

The players got all the clues in FILL IN THE ANIMAL MOVIE QUOTES, except the $2000 one (*):

($400) “Babe”: “That’ll do, ___. That’ll do”
($800) “West Side Story”: “The ___ are gonna have their way.” The Jets are gonna have their day”
($1200) “Raiders of the Lost Ark”: “___. Why did it have to be ____?”
($1600) “Splash”: “All my life I’ve bene waiting for someone and when I find her… she’s a ___”
*($2000) “Fletch”: “Can I borrow your towel for a sec? My car just hit a ____ ____”

ANSWERS: show