Final Jeopardy: International Award Trophies (2-21-20)

Here are 10 more triple stumpers from the 2/23/2020 Jeopardy! game:

OOO, SORRY ($800) A traditional flower of apology, the purple hyacinth is named for a youth accidentally killed with this, not a shot put or javelin

MAKE A SELECTION ($600) As a favor to this catcher’s dad in 1988, Tommy Lasorda had the Dodgers draft him in round 62, 1,390 overall–he made the H.O.F.

THE WRITERS ARE TRYING TO BE CLEVER ($200) H.L. Mencken wrote that this gloomy historical -ism is “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy”

PULITZER-WINNING JOURNALISM ($800) Seen here (image), this Florida humorist wrote a defense of his homeland in the book “Best State Ever”

($1200) A Christian Science Monitor reporter won in 1996 for covering a massacre of Muslims at Srebrenica in this former Yugoslav land

IN THE ARTS WORLD ($800) These pieces of artwork took off in value in the 1980s, with one from “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” going for $50,600

($2000) Bregenz, Austria is known for the artistry of its floating stages, like the Great Wall as the backdrop of this Puccini opera

SOUTH AMERICAN PLACES ($2000) This capital of Suriname was ceded by the English to the Dutch by the 1667 Treaty of Breda

3 “M” ($1200) In the Eddie Cochran hit song from 1958, “There ain’t no cure for” these “blues”

($2000) Noctambulism is another word for this habit

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — FOOD & DRINK MOVIE QUOTES:
($400) From “Pulp Fiction”, “You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?…They call it” this “with Cheese”
($800) Forrest Gump says of his true love, “Jenny and me was like” these 2 veggies
($1200) It’s the dish that Hannibal Lecter ate with a side of fava beans & a nice Chianti
($1600) In “Sideways”, Paul Giamatti emphatically said that he would not drink any of this red wine
($2000) From “Elf”: “We elves try to stick to the 4 main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and” this liquid

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