Final Jeopardy: 1970s Songs (11-9-21)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 11/9/2021 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 BEGINNING ($400) With about 240 athletes from 14 countries, the modern Olympics began in this year in Athens, Greece

THE END ($600) “It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found another orphan”

SOME CREATURES GREAT & SMALL ($1200) With feathers that look like quills sticking from its head, a predatory bird of Africa has this office worker name

WORLD CITIES ($2000) Argentina’s second-largest city is named for this Spanish city; both are known for their leather

LET’S TALK BUSINESS ($400) As the name implies, even for a giant company it can be a single page showing a business’ assets & liabilities
($800) If rate of yield fails to increase in proportion to investment beyond a certain point, you get these declining 2-word profits
($1600) As the name suggests, when buying a home it’s a deposit paid to the seller to demonstrate a buyer’s good faith
($2000) Some traders specialize in this, the simultaneous buying & selling of the same asset at different prices in different markets

ANSWERS: show

2-WORD PALINDROMES ($400) Intelligent streetcars
($1600) A sleepy scimitar
($2000) A Papeete porkpie

ANSWERS: show

Sneak Peek clues — CROSSWORD CLUES “H”
($200) Tights & stocking (7 letters)
($400) Songbook for Sunday (6 letters)
($600) God of the underworld (5 letters)
($800) A daily in Miami (6 letters)
($1000) Shaggy-haired & bewhiskered (7 letters)

ANSWERS: show