Final Jeopardy: Literature (2-1-23)

Here are some more clues from the 2/1/2023 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.

INVENTORS & INVENTIONS ($400) Britain’s Air Ministry ridiculed Frank Whittle’s idea for this type of engine in the 1920s, but by the 1950s no one was laughing

YOU “BREAK” ($400) Vanessa Burghardt in the 2022 film “Cha Cha Real Smooth” was described as this new star separating from the pack

MOUNTAINS ($1600) Beautiful Kirkjufell, or Church Mountain, is said to be the most photographed mountain in this country

The players got all the clues in OVERLAPS:

($400) Man’s best friend shelter where 650 British politicians represent their constituencies
($800) Spaghetti topper for carnivores that dances a pas de deux in a tutu
($1200) Toy on a string that includes a Swiss singing style fluctuating between high & low notes
($1600) U.S. automobile racing organization that now includes the body of water where Jamaica is found
($2000) The minimum amount of fissionable material to sustain a nuclear chain reaction in the Bay State

OVERLAPS ANSWERS: show

The Daily Box Scores are released at 8 pm Eastern

Sneak Peek clues — TV CHARACTER FIRST NAMES
($400) “30 Rock”: Unpredictable movie star Mr. Jordan
($800) “Mad Men”: Once naive but intrepid copywriter Ms. Olson
($1200) “Eastbound & Down”: Rocket-armed, mullet-haired Mr. Powers
($1600) “Grey’s Anatomy”: Dr. Grey, chief of surgery at long, long last
($2000) “Veep”: Vice President & then President Meyer

SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show