Final Jeopardy: Famous Phrases (11-11-19)

Here are 15 clues from the 11-11-19 Jeopardy! match (Semi-final No. 1, 2019 Tournament of Champions:

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS ($1000) The Supreme Court can request a lower court to send up the records of a case for review by issuing or granting a writ of this

WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS ($200) This adjective means showy & intended to impress

NON COMPOSE MENTIS ($2000) He died in an insane asylum not far from the Moldau, the river he immortalized in an 1875 work

MATH GUYS ($1200) A 1970s computer language is named for this Frenchman who invented a 1640s calculating machine

FLAGS ($1000) The red & white stripes on the flag of this Asian country represent the states of the federation, including Sarawak

The players missed 3 clues (*) in WHAT’S HER SPORT?

($200) Gabby Douglas
*($400) Twins Monique & Jocelyne Lamoureux
*($600) Ali Krieger & Ashlyn Harris
($800) Inbee Park & Sung Hyun Park
*($1000) Robin Roberts, in her college days (though her scholarship was for tennis)

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The answers to the Sneak Peek clues — “D.M.” ME:

($400) The 1460 boots from this brand get their name from their date of inception: the first of April, 1960
($800) Morbid Angel & Obituary are popular bands in this genre
($1200) You can pick up an Epson LQ-590 one of these printers from Staples for $413
($1600) The title American girl of this 1870s novella dies of “Roman Fever” (malaria)
($2000) The full name of this disease comes from words meaning “to pass through” & “sweetened with honey”

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