Final Jeopardy: Epitaphs (3-9-22)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 3/9/2022 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.

IN RECENT NEWS ($800) In 2021 Magdalena Andersson became the 1st female P.M. of this nation, quit after a few hours, then reclaimed the job days later

THE APOLLO PROGRAM ($400) A combat pilot during the Korean War, about 20 years later, he became the second man on the Moon

($600) On Christmas Eve 1968, the Apollo 8 crew read aloud from this book of the Bible, as it is foundational for not just Christians

($800) This powerful rocket with a planetary name lifted the manned Apollo missions towards the Moon

($1000) Apollo 16 landed in mountainous Moon terrain, in highlands named for this French 17th century philosopher

FURNITURE ($1000) This other name for a sideboard comes from the Italian, & would you take out the dishes from it, please?

“CAT” GOT YOUR TONGUE ($1000) If a person has made you one of these, you’ve become an unwitting accomplice

SO THAT’S WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE ($2000) This mathematician, a 1994 Nobel Prize winner in economics, became the world’s most famous game theorist (image)

FROM THE STATE SONG ($800) “Out by the Truckee’s silvery rills… right in the heart of the golden west”

3 CONSECUTIVE CONSONANTS ($1600) From Yiddish, it means to make small talk or chat someone up

($2000) It’s the 14-letter term for the arrangement of sedimentary rocks in distinct layers, as seen here

DYNASTIES OF CHINA ($1200) Around 1000 A.D. during the Song dynasty, neo-this ancient philosophy was introduced as official doctrine

($2000) This 3-letter dynasty ruled from around 200 B.C. to 200 A.D. & saw the invention of paper & the introduction of Buddhism

EPONYMOUS BODY PARTS ($1600) Located in the brain’s frontal lobe, Broca’s area has functions linked to this very human activity

Sneak Peek clues — 3-LETTER MOVIE TITLES
($200) To seek out the bird of his dreams, a domesticated avian travels to Brazil
($400) A boy wakes up to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult
($600) A man must choose between his girlfriend & his stuffed animal
($800) A New Orleans district attorney investigates an assassination
($1000) A retired CIA assassin reunites with his old team to expose a conspiracy

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