Final Jeopardy: Historic Figures (4-17-20)

Here are 2 more triple stumpers from the 4/17/2020 Jeopardy! game:

IN THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME ($600) A native of this state and long-time university coach there, Bill Bowerman is seen in his pursuit of a better track shoe (see first sentence of the article)

POSITIVE HISTORY ($400) In 1796, to fight smallpox, Edward Jenner successfully used these, from the Latin for “cow”

The players got all the clues in 3 G’s, except the 4th one (*):

($400) It can refer to burdensome past emotional experiences, or suitcases for a trip
($800) Still sleepy when you first wake up
($1200) It’s the process of identifying & removing errors from computer software
*($1600) Took repeated evasive action, as in “I” did this motion “frantically to try to shake my pursuer”
($2000) From the Latin for “join together”, it’s a new whole formed by combining several separate elements

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Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — PLURALIZE IT:

($200) Datum (4 letters)
($400) Sister-in-law (the preferred way)
($600) Radius (5 letters)
($800) Cherub (8 letters)
($1000) Codex (7 letters–as per the Encyclopedia Britannica entry)

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