Final Jeopardy: 20th Century American Authors (11-19-21)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 11/19/2021 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.

THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS ($1000) Last name Smyers + Mooney, this country duo won 3 AMAs in 2020

STATE CAPITALS BY COUNTY ($1600) Merrimack County

The players got all the clues in DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE:

($400) Desert & New England are species of this rabbit named for a fluffy appendage
($800) Rabbits are born fur-less & blind; these close relatives are born fully developed, with fur & open eyes
($1200) Like deer, rabbit genders are divided into does & these
($1600) In 1859 a few European rabbits were released on this continent; by the 1920s there were billions
($2000) An area where rabbits breed goes by this male first name

ANSWERS: show

Sneak Peek clues — WORLD LEADERS LEAVE THE SCENE
($200) Nicknamed “Mutti”, she said auf wiedersehen in 2021 after 16 years as Chancellor
($400) He was interred in a giant mausoleum called the Valley of the Fallen near Madrid in 1975 but was moved to a family crypt in 2019
($600) In June 2021 Naftali Bennett made news by replacing this man who had a 12-year run as Prime Minister
($800) On Dec. 17, 1989 Nicolae Ceausescu had forces fire on demonstrators in this country; 8 days later it was Nicolae being fired on
($1000) In February 2011, this world leader refused to step down from power; he was dead by October

ANSWERS: show