Final Jeopardy: Europe (12-6-19)

Here are more 3 triple stumpers from the 12/6/19 Jeopardy! game:

BACK IN THE 20TH CENTURY ($1200) On Dec. 3, 1973 Pioneer 10 was within 81,000 miles of its cloud tops & would find this planet to be mostly liquid

WOMEN! ($1600) The Sultan of this Middle East country is assuredly proud of his all-female marching band

OLD BOOKS ($400) The Domesday Book, a record of the value & ownership of land in 11th century England, was compiled by order of this king

The players got all these clues in IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, except the first one chosen. Alex did say that “Even though it starts with an “R”, it’s not Rocket Science”, but he didn’t make it clear that “Science” would be part of the right response.

($400) It’s the study of swatting implements used by Federer & Nadal et al.
($800) It’s the study of toothed hand tools that permit rotation in only one direction
*($1200) It’s investigation into a bone-softening disease caused by vitamin D deficiency
($1600) It’s chemistry or physics at a New Brunswick, New Jersey school founded in 1766
($2000) It’s learning acquired at a New York City correctional facility on an East River island

ANSWERS: show

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — REMEMBER THE “L_M_O”

($200) To do it, bend backward & pass under a horizontal bar
($400) Glowing like some watch dials
($600) Krystal Koach built custom ones
($800) “Everybody’s doing” this, the action of moving from one place to another
($1000) In a musical work, it’s a theme associated with a particular person or situation

ANSWERS: show