Final Jeopardy: 19th Century History (12-26-19)

Here are 7 more triple stumpers from the 12-26-19 Jeopardy! game:

SUBTRACT A LETTER ($800) Swipe a letter from a liquid used to form a glossy coating & watch it disappear

COOKING VERBS ($1000) As its name indicates, this verb involves bringing to 212 degrees, but only for a brief period

TO THE OLD TOWN ROAD ($600) Called the longest street in the world, this Toronto street is more than 200 years old, but its name sounds like the opposite of “old”

ORTHODONTIA ($2000) A problem called tongue thrust often causes this problem, noticed when a child asks for a second story so she can sleep

THE SINGER OR BAND IN QUESTION ($2000) A country singer: “How do You Like Me Now?!” & “Who’s Your Daddy?”

THE “BAR” EXAM ($400) If a vehicle flips over, this piece of steel in the form of an inverted “U” can prevent the occupants from being crushed

($1600) This unit of measure of air pressure is based on dynes per square centimeter

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — WORDS SHAKESPEARE ONLY USED ONCE:

($400) In conspiring against Othello, this character utters the only instance of “favourably”
($800) In this play Sir Toby belches out Shakespeare’s only use of “implacable”
($1200) This island play that involves a lot of sorcery is the only place he used “sorceries”
($1600) This character complains to Antony about Cleopatra’s “contestation”
($2000) In this character’s fight with Hermia in “A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream”, she utters the bard’s only use of “bashfulness”

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