Final Jeopardy: Science Words (2-26-20)

Here are 12 more triple stumpers from the 2/26/2020 Jeopardy! game:

ISLANDS OF AFRICA ($1000) A historic spiritual center, Uganda’s Ssese Islands are an archipelago of 84 islands in this lake

WORDS IN PLAIN SIGHT ($800) An unfavorable situation, or to promise, perhaps one’s troth

WHISTLE BLOWERS ($800) In the NHL, referees call penalties; these officials call offsides & break up fights

($1000) No-nonsense NBA ref Steve Javie, who once ejected a radio announcer, was nicknamed “Mr.” this, short for a type of foul

TRIUMPH OF ARCHES ($400) The London arch built to commemorate the defeat of Napoleon is named for this general

($1600) The St. Petersburg Arch of Triumph looks on to this palace

($2000) The Cuban Arch of Triumph is in a park honoring this 19th century Cuban hero

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES ($800) With help from TWA, Ethiopian Airlines was founded in 1945 by this leader to modernize the country

($2000) By 1924 Imperial, the ancestor of this current airline, had routes to Australia, India & South Africa

LET’S SPEAK HINDI! ($800) “house in the Bengal style” is the original meaning of the Hindi word for this style of modern suburban home

NAMES OF THE 1920S ($1200) Her role in 1922’s “Beyond the Rainbow” was cut from the film; it was restored after she became the “It” Girl

($1600) With “wonderful things” before his eyes, this man broke into the inner tomb of King Tut on Nov. 26, 1922

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — HIT & “RUN”
($400) Rolling Stone called this 1975 Bruce Springsteen release “a ’57 Chevy running on melted-down Crystals records”
($800) In 2009 Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West teamed up to assert that they were gonna do this tonight, maybe to L.A.
($1200) In 1989 Tom Petty was doin’ this & “goin’ wherever it leads”
($1600) In 1993 Soul Asylum rode this out-of-control transport into the Top 10
($2000) In 2005 Chris Brown topped the Billboard Hot 100 with this, his debut single

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