Final Jeopardy: Famous Americans (10-27-23)

Here are some more clues from the 10/27/2023 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.

FABRICS ($800) This soft fabric originated in Wales; its name comes from the Welsh gwlanen (“woolen cloth”)

($1000) The name of this fabric can precede “steel” & “rose”

THE “LONG” & “SHORT” OF IT ($400) “The Lottery” or “The Gold-Bug”

LEONARDO DA VINCI, BUSY GUY ($2000) As it has bird-like flapping wings, Leo’s flying machine is designated one of these

“A”UTHORS ($1600) Mafala Hatimbi & Elder McKinley

MICROSCOPY ($2000) You can identify some molds by the shape of these reproductive cells

BAD ENGLISH ($1200) In a sentence, this noun & its verb has–excuse me, have to agree in number

($2000) 8-letter term for a “sentence” error. Found in the present clue.

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Sneak Peek clues — QUOTABLE CINEMA
($200) 1939: “I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!”
($400) 2018: “Wakanda forever!”
($600) 1976: “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore”
($800) 1989: “I’ll have what she’s having”
($1000) 1967: “They call me Mr. Tibbs!”

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