Final Jeopardy: 20th Century Authors (2-15-22)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 2/15/2022 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.

OH, THE THINGS I’VE DONE ($600) In June 1791, I tried to escape captivity, fleeing Paris in a regular-guy hat; unfortunately, people tend to recognize the king

INTERNATIONAL PRISONS ($400) A synonym for labyrinth, this prison in Northern Ireland held IRA prisoners like Bobby Sands until it closed in 2000

($1000) This German prison that housed Nazi war criminals was demolished after the death of Rudolf Hess, its last inmate

6-LETTER VERBS ($600) Disinter is another word for this action of digging something out of the ground

THE 50 STATES ($2000) Rhodonite is its state gem & Roxbury Puddingstone, its state rock

U.N. RESOLUTIONS ($400) The General Assembly’s first resolution, from Jan. 1946, set up a commission on problems raised by discovery of this

($1600) In October 1956 the Security Council unanimously approved a complaint by Great Britain & France against this country (see “Subject” in the sidebar)

THE HUMAN BODY ($2000) Bilirubin, a pigment of bile, is the result of the breakdown of these cells

IT’S THE ONLY VOWEL ($$400) …in where you’re said to “start from” when you begin a new project – ANSWER show

Sneak Peek clues — TONY-WINNING MUSICALS BY SONG
($200) 1980: “Peron’s Latest Flame”
($400) 1977: “You Won’t Be an Orphan for Long”
($600) 1952: “March of the Siamese Children”
($800) 1965: “Sabbath Prayer”
($1000) 1995: “Every Movie’s a Circus”, along with “As If We Never Said Goodbye”

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