Final Jeopardy: Modern War (2-28-22)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 2/28/2022 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.

AMERICAN HISTORY ($1000) At the first Thanksgiving in 1621, the Pilgrims shared a feast with these native people of Massachusetts

SPORTS BY THEIR HONORS ($800) The Dinah Shore Trophy Award

SMALL ADJECTIVES ($1000) From a word meaning immeasurably big comes this adjective meaning immeasurably small

KICKIN’ IT ($400) A dance kick where you change legs in the air, or a swimming kick used as part of the sidestroke

OLD SCHOOL ($400) Established in 1505, the university of this Spanish city now uses what was Europe’s first tobacco factory as Carmen would know

COLORS IN NATURE ($1200) “Red touch yellow, kill a fellow” (image), so stay clear of the eastern this venomous snake seen here

($2000) “J” is for this tree that brings a burst of purple to the neighborhood but also a mess

AROUND THE WORLD ($2000) Founded around 636 A.D., Iraq’s chief port city is this one at the southeast end of the country

THE PICKLE BARREL ($1200) At the 1893 World’s Fair, this pickle-maker from Pittsburgh offered souvenir pickle charms to those who visited his booth

LETTERS FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE ($800) After introducing rude Charlotte Braun into his comic strip, he let one reader know by letter she wouldn’t be around for long

($2000) Georgia O’Keeffe wrote often to this photographer whom she called “Dearest Duck”

BACKING BANDS ($800) Not exactly a stupid answer, this group originally known as the Hawks took some of “The Weight” off Dylan in the 1960s

($1600) Despite the name, this group that backed up Frank Zappa was made up of men, not moms

($2000) Stevie Ray Vaughan had this rhyming rhythm section

Sneak Peek clues — HOMOPHONES TO THE LETTER
($400) To exist, in the singular
($800) To use your peepers
($1200) the, en espanol
($1600) 4-legged palindromic female flock member
($2000) Charles Kingsley wrote of “The Sands of” this English river

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