Final Jeopardy: Journalists in History (12-2-21)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 12/2/2021 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.

EXAM TIME ($600) These exams are required for many Ph.D. degrees; for a Stanford history doctorate, you take them in your third year

FROM THE GREEK ($800) “O, beware, my lord, of” this! From the Greek for “zeal”

“T” FOR…($1600) Seen here (image), this shell is named for a son of Poseidon

POP CULTURE-POURRI ($1600) First name of Mr. Youssef, who plays the title character in a Hulu series he also created

More Custer-related FJ’s:

1-27-21 – THE WILD WEST: These 2 legends both known for buckskin clothes & long, flowing hair met violent ends 38 days apart, in Montana & South Dakota

3-24-14 – HISTORICAL NICKNAMES: Nickname shared by George Armstrong Custer, Native American chief Crazy Horse & a member of a 1930s comedy act

1-31-12 – 1870s PEOPLE: Preserved in the West Point library, his last message reads, “Benteen. Come on. Big village. Be quick. Bring packs”

10-30-1991 ACTORS & THEIR ROLES: Ronald Reagan, Errol Flynn, Richard Mulligan & Gary Cole have all played this historical role

Sneak Peek clues — AIN’T THAT AMERICA
($200) The Levi Coffin House in Indiana was a stop on this system, that defied the Fugitive Slave Act
($400) By 1962 this doc’s injected vaccine helped reduce polio cases in the U.S. from more than 50,000 a year to fewer than 1,000
($600) It was a tempest in this govt. scandal, so large that Senate committees looked into it from 1922 to 1928
($800) Katherine Johnson was such a genius she made sure the computer was correct in planning the 1962 flight of Friendship 7 for this astronaut
($1000) The 1968 Democratic National Convention became a battleground despite this mayor’s promise of law & order

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