Final Jeopardy: Famous Places (12-14-20)

Here are 2 more triple stumpers from the 12/14/2020 Jeopardy! game:

THE FIRST NOBEL ($1600) The first Literature Prize went to poet Sully Prudhomme, who’d been elected to this prestigious French literary body 20 years earlier

GRAMM”OR” ($800) The last word in “The city we are driving toward” can be called this parentless type of preposition

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues WORLD CAPITAL BINGO:
($200) “N”, 1963: Kenya gains its independence as the area of this capital grows more than 7 times in size
($400) “B”, 1971: 2 municipalities & Krung Thep, combine to form this Asian capital
($600) “I”, 1959: Karachi is designated to be out as capital as this city, yet to be built, gets the nod
($800) “G”, 1812: Not named in honor of a D.C. college, this capital of Guyana, formerly Stabroek, gets its new name
($1000) “O”, around 1300: Akershus Castle is built in this city; it’s still there today, south of a street called Karl Johan’s Gate

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