Final Jeopardy: Historic Names (12-24-20)

Here are 7 more triple stumpers from the 12/24/2020 Jeopardy! game:

AT THE BUFFET ($1000) Traditionally, Eggs Florentine is poached eggs on a bed of spinach topped with this sauce, a variation on Bechamel

MACHU PICCHU ($1200) Alex Trebek: “Here at the main temple, Inca masons, who were terrific craftsmen, were able to fit together with precision different sizes of this quarried stone without using any mortar”

($1600) Alex Trebek: “Some people believe that lines of energy around the globe come together at special spiritual points called these, like in Sedona, Arizona & here at Machu Picchu”

BROADWAY MUSICALS ($800) One performer in “The Lion King” affectionately called her cheetah puppet this, in honor of a “Chicago” star (Note: of course, the puppet’s first name was Cheetah)

($1200) In the 2005 revival of this musical, Patti Lupone not only played Mrs. Lovett, she also played the tuba

(2000) A character known as “Man in Chair” plays the LP of a 1928 musical & voila! it comes to life in this “sleepy” hit

HISTORIC SUPREME COURT DECISIONS? ($2000) A “fearsome” kilt wearer dukes it out with a ’70s sitcom junk dealer (see the spoiler below for the answer to this one)

Here is the Machu Picchu category with Alex on location:

SNEAK PEEK clues – THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR
$200: “Apollo 13”, “Splash”
$400: “Piranha II: The Spawning”, “The Terminator”
$600: “Eraserhead”, “Blue Velvet”
$800: “The Stranger”, “The Magnificent Ambersons”
$1000: “The Pianist”, “Frantic”

ANSWERS: show