Final Jeopardy: Geography (12-16-24)

Here are some more clues from the 12/16/2024 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.

COMMUNICATION ($800) John Reith became the first general manager of this system in 1922 & was knighted 4 years in

($1000) Around 1800 France’s Chappe brothers unveiled one of the first of these systems using pivoting arms; flags were added later

SONGWRITING WITH LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA ($800) Lin-Manuel Miranda: “The Songwriters Hall of Fame has inducted some 400 members since 1969; the class of 2024 includes Prince, Steely Dan & Timothy Mosley, better known as this one-name producer, famed for his work with Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z & many more

($1000) I first met this songwriting legend while doing Spanish translations for a production of “West Side Story”; his invaluable advice to me was to surprise listeners with continual variety

OUTDOOR CATS ($2000) The tufts on the ears of this small African cat are thought to make it easier for it to hear its prey

WORLD WAR I ($1200) This British aircraft that entered service in 1917 was named for the hump-shaped cover over its 2 machine guns

($2000) An August 5, 1914 assault on this Belgian city was the first battle of the war; the German took it & marched into “Lüttich”

KABOOM! ($800) A brocade is a fine-lace effect in the sky & a Saturn shell produces a ring around an inside ball of stars in this display

($1200) In 1970 it cost $35 mil. to build this Pittsburg stadium & in 2001, $5.1 mil. to implode the structure in 19 seconds

($1600) Named for a loud sound, it’s the “sheet” doing its thing in the percussion section

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: 3 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS
($200) A symptom of psychotic disorders, it includes delusions of persecution
($400) You may see your name in lights on the historic one of these at the Arlene Schnitzer concert hall in Portland, Oregon
($600) It was writer Anne Herbert who coined the phrase “practice random kindness & senseless acts of” this
($800) Shh! I thought I heard this sound… are there mourning doves around?
($1000) One of 2 adjectives describing the “volume of forgotten lore” in Poe’s “The Raven”

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