Final Jeopardy: Modern Words (4-20-23)

Here are some more clues from the 4/20/2023 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.

FLYING COLORS ($200) Benjamin Moore’s paint called this, also an airline, is a dark sapphire; the airline’s planes do have the appropriate tailfin color

REPTILES ($2000) Like a constellation, this lizard that can glide through the air bears a name from Latin for “dragon”

REMEMBERING BARBARA WALTERS ($1600) Barbara attributed some of her success to this Bronxville College, her alma mater, where she “learned to ask questions”

The players got all the clues in TRIPLE HOMOPHONES, except the last one. (They only had to say the word once):

($400) Hairless, sobbed, played some hoops
($800) Duo, cut the excess, a red Anjou
($1200) Require, work the dough, struck with the patella
($1600) Arouse interest, a quick look, reach the highest level
($2000) A litter of pigs, an ancient grain, an ancient ruler

SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show

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Sneak Peek clues — MISSING U
($200) Ballerina attire: TT
($400) It was discovered in 1781: RANS
($600) He guarded a harem: ENCH
($800) It’s the official language of Pakistan: RD
($1000) It hangs from the back of your throat: VLA

SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show