Final Jeopardy: 19 Century Lit (11-4-24)

Here are some more clues from the 11/4/2024 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.

A VERY VANILLA CATEGORY ($200) The difference between regular vanilla ice cream & French vanilla is the addition of these, which also makes it yellower

($400) Dolly Parton’s mom’s recipe for this dessert, a southern specialty, of course includes a box of vanilla wafers

THE QUOTABLE OSCAR WILDE ($1000) A character in “A Woman of No Importance” claims, “Moderation is a fatal thing… nothing succeeds like” this

5, 5 ($1000) This 10-limbed invertebrate lives up to its name, with eyes the size of dinner plates

WORLD FLAGS ($2000) The 4 small stars on China’s flag were originally said to represent workers, peasants, capitalists & petty these

HEALTH & MEDICINE ($2000) The name of this painful mosquito-borne fever may come from Swahili for “cramp”, but there’s definitely a vaccine for it

THE “NE” ADD ($2000) Give “NE” help you can as you insert those 2 letters in a word that precedes “off course” & get this word for a facade ANSWER: show

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: DEAD LIKE ME
($200) Shortly after her husband fells on his sword in 30 B.C., this royal got snakebit & was buried with her beloved
($400) Like many others on that 79 A.D. day, Pliny got no elder after succumbing to fumes from this volcano above the Bay of Naples
($600) On Feb. 24, 1836 William B. Travis wrote the “Victory or Death” memo from this landmark, but Travis & his men did not find victory
($800) On Oct. 16, 1946 Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel & 8 others were executed in this city
($1000) She & 3 Lincoln conspirators would be hanged in 1865 but 2 years later, only the jury was hung in her son’s trail

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