Final Jeopardy: The World of Science (12-11-24)

Here are some more clues from the 12/11/2024 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.

POLITICAL OOPSIES ($600) Ex-Rep. William Jefferson got this 2-word alliterative nickname that summed up the $90,000 found in the man’s freezer by the FBI

ON THE ROPES ($1000) This ovine knot used to shorten or strengthen a rope, uses a double knot in the middle & a half hitch at each end

RHYMING LAST NAMES ($800) 1980s CIA director William & pianist Count show

TV SHOW TAGLINES ($800) “Science makes sense, family doesn’t” is a truth shared by this animated comedy

HISTORIC OBJECTS($1600) In 1932 a road crew near Clovis in this Western state uncovered artifacts from Ice Age hunters dubbed the Clovis Culture

U.S. PLACE NAMES ($800) A Penn. town sounds like it’s named for a country singer, but “Glen” is the Glenwood Coal Co. & this last name was a superintendent there

THE OLD TESTAMENT ($800) In an 18th century artwork, he’s not conducting a band but bringing water from a rock by striking it, disobeying God

“X”-RATED MUSIC ($1600) This British band known for hits like “Senses Working Overtime” has a 3-letter name that sounds like a word for great delight

($2000) After getting shot, Bob Marley left Jamaica for London, where he recorded this song about “movement of jah people”

TOUGH 4-LETTER WORDS ($1200) From Latin, it’s a beginner or novice in learning something

($1600) Alphabetically between pier & slip is this synonym perhaps at a port

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: TRIPLE “T”s ME
($200) It can mean a new colony, or a business agreement negotiated to resolve a dispute
($400) For decades consumers have complained about this persistence in the diet soda drinking experience
($600) Oscar Wilde quipped that he could resist anything but this
($800) A women’s undergarment often trimmed with ruffles or lace
($1000) The author of the text of an opera

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