Final Jeopardy: Word Origins (11-28-19)

Here are 9 triple stumpers from the first round of the Jeopardy game on 11/28/2019:

GETTING COLT FEAT ($1000) In TV commercials stars like Snoop Dogg have endorsed this “works very time” malt liquor from Pabst

FROM G TO G ($200) This American rodent is classified as a marmot, but is basically a large squirrel

($800) Used for covering a hole or window, it’s a metal frame with bars across it

CHESS TALK ($600) An attack that forces a piece to move & expose another piece behind it is called this, after a type of beam discovered in 1895

($800) The horizontal rows of squares on a chessboard are the ranks; the vertical ones are these

($1000) Only the humble pawn can make this special type of capture with a French name

PAMPAS ($600) George Bellows painted Luis Firpo, the Wild Bull of the Pampas, deringing this champ in 1923; the champ came back to win

($1000) This flightless South American bird, a relative of the ostrich, lives on the Pampas

CIRCUMSTANCE ($1000) An alarming increase led to a count of about 60,000 people in this circumstance in L.A. County in 2019

These 8 stumpers are from the last round:

STATUESQUE AUTHORS ($2000) The statue of this Victorian author, born Mary Ann Evans, is in Warwickshire, where she set many of her novels

WHERE THE FISH ARE ($800) The Great Lakes are great for Esox lucius, the Northern this

($1200) Roe around on the Columbia River & you might spot the white, or Oregon, species of this huge freshwater fish

($1600) AKA the coalfish, it doesn’t do action painting but does provide action for North Atlantic anglers

($2000) The North Atlantic abounds in this tasty fish that sparked 1970s trouble between Britain & Iceland

12-LETTER WORDS ($1200) The skin of this aquatic mammal is about 2 inches thick & secretes a pinkish fluid that acts as a sunblock

($2000) From words meaning “life” & “difference”, it’s the term for the range of species in a given environment

DICTATOR TOTS ($2000) In 2003 these 2 infamous sons were represented by the ace of hearts & the ace of clubs in the deck of Iraq’s Most Wanted

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues: UNFIX THE SONG TITLE:

($200) A ’60s classic: “(I Cannot Get Any) Satisfaction”
($400) “There Is Not Any Mountain That Is High Enough” by Diana Ross
($600) Clapton’s plea: “Lie Down, Sally”
($800) A ’70s smash from Bachman- Turner Overdrive: “You Have Not Seen Anything Yet”
($1000) The Pussycat Dolls want to know: “Do You Not?”

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