Final Jeopardy: Country Music (2-8-24)

Here are some more clues from the 2/8/2024 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.

MILITARY SLANG ($600) These days, an enlisted U.S. soldier is this 3-letter first name rather than G.I.

THE MOURNING NEWS ($200) This songwriter did not compose “God Bless Cuba”, where his 20-year-old wife fell fatally ill on their honeymoon

($1000) This British author kept 2 initials & a 5-letter last name as N.W. Clerk to write “A Grief Observed” about his wife’s death

SUPER BOWL STARS ($800) J.J. Watt, speaking for the defensive linemen.: “After leading the NFL in sacks a few time, I love to see ’em in the big games; in 1986, this team had a record-tying seven, including ones by Richard Dent & Dan “the Danimal” Hampton”

($1000) Bill Cowher: “In 2006, i coached a spunky Steelers squad to a Super Bowl win, the first win for Pittsburgh since this legendary coach won 4 titles beginning in 1975″

PASTOR BROWN’S CHURCH NEWSLETTER CROSSWORD ($2000) An arm of a cruciform-shaped church (8 letters)

END OF STORY ($400) By Steinbeck: “Curley and Carlson looked after them. And Carlson said, ‘Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin’ them two guys?”‘

($2000) “I’ll pray, and then I’ll sleep” is the balm at the end of this Pulitzer-winning Marilynne Robinson novel

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Sneak Peek clues — A WILD MOOSE CHASE
($200) Moose are ungulates, meaning they have these; specifically, splayed ones helpful in snowy & boggy conditions
($400) It’s said this city 45 miles from Regina, Saskatchewan got it name from a nearby river whose contours looked like…guess what
($600) In this film Chevy Chase is politely told, “Sorry, folks, park’s closed. The moose out front shoulda told ya”
($800) In 2014 this preppy specialty store chain said, “A&F!” (aloha & farewell) to its moose logo in the United States
($1000) Formally the Progressive Party, it got 27% in the 1912 presidential election & even won California by 174 votes

SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show