Final Jeopardy: U.S. Stamps (2-12-24)

Here are some more clues from the 2/12/2024 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.

SOME VERY MOVING WORDS ($600) In South Africa, to travel by ox wagon; in space, to travel by Enterprise

OCEANOGRAPHY ($1600) There are about 6,000 species of this color algae, division Rhodophyta, including laver & dulse

($2000) At 27,480 feet, Milwaukee Depth, the deepest point in the Atlantic, lies in a trench named for this island

HOMES ($2000) In 1879 Jefferson Davis paid $5,500 for this Biloxi home whose name suggests its “beautiful view”

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (1200) We do “declare” that members of the Brussels-based WCO, or World this Organization, deal with 98% of all trade

The players missed 2 clues in RHYMING SYNONYMS:
($400) 3 & 4 letters long, these 2 words refer to the foremost part of a ship
($800) Fastening part of a necklace & to understand
($1200) Gizmo of “Gremlins” fame frightfully screamed these 2 words after seeing a camera flash
($1600) Sounds that are fit for a mouse or old bones
($2000) You’ll find this pair of 4-letter synonyms between 2 hills or mountains

RHYMING SYNONYMS ANSWERS: show

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Sneak Peek clues — INITIALS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE
($200) Booted out of Iceland, set foot in Vinland: L.E.
($400) P.M. of Israel in the 1970s: G.M.
($600) Pseudonym of an intrepid early 20th century newspaperwoman: N.B.
($800) Slid into being Russia’s PM from 2012 to 2020-D.M.
($1000) 5th wife of Henry VIII & possibly Thomas Culpepper’s sneaky link: C.H.

SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show