Final Jeopardy: World Cities (10-28-21)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 10/28/2021 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.

U.S. GEOGRAPHY ($1000) 2021 is the bicentennial year of this Missouri city, home to the first state university established west of the Mississippi

POTENT ETYMOLOGY ($400) This Irish whiskey’s name includes structures that make their barley & the nearby river whose water is used in the spirit

($600) Started in part by George Clooney, this tequila brand is a portmanteau of the Spanish words for “house” & “friends”

($1000) This brand of rum is named for a navy man who became a famous tattoo artist

RED ($1000) This gemstone got its name from its resemblance to the red seed of a pomegranate

DOCTOR IS NOT MY FIRST NAME ($1600) Dr. Jekyll, created in 1886

AT THE BALLET ($1600) In “Coppélia”, a magical doctor creates a life-size one of these that young Franz becomes obsessed with

($2000) “The River” was a jazz ballet collaboration between bandleader Duke Ellington & this choreographer

“K”-POP ($1600) Despite the title, the 1967 Neil Diamond classic about this title lady is not in the style of bluegrass

Sneak Peek clues — “BEAN”S
($200) A tall, lanky person can be a beanpole or this
($400) Cornhole involves the hurling of them
($600) A number cruncher, or someone in the bureaucracy, reluctant to give you funds
($800) In “Casablanca” Bogie nobly said, “The problems of 3 little people don’t amount to” one of these
($1000) Seen here, Eric Esch was one tough customer fighting under this nickname

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