Final Jeopardy: The Western Hemisphere (4-21-25)

Here are some more clues from the 4/21/2025 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.

STATE NICKNAMES ($400) Meant to distinguish Alabama from the rest of the South, it went on the state’s license plates in 1955

($1000) “The Beef State”, it’s home to more cattle than people, with its 6 million cows outnumbering humans 3 to 1

“WA”, “WA”! ($1000) A Polynesian woman, or a female surfer

“X” MEN ($2000) He wrote “Parade’s End”, informed by his own experience in World War I, where he fought in the Battle of the Somme

AFRICAN HISTORY ($400) In 1952 Oliver Tambo & this man created South Africa’s first black law practice

($1600) An effort with help from Jimmy Carter reduced African cases of the disease named for this parasite from 840,000 to 14

THAT’S SO GANGSTER (MOVIE) ($1200) This 1991 film about gang violence in South Central L.A. helped popularize a slang contraction for an inner-city area

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: SCIENCE FICTION
($200) Mark Watney in this novel says, “I don’t want to come off as arrogant here, but ‘m the best botanist on the planet”
($400) The title refers to cataclysms that can last for years in N.K. Jemisin’s Hugo award winner “The Fifth” this (4 is more standard)
($600) Also known as mélange, the mystical substance created by Arrakis’ sandworms helps in space navigation
($800) “The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch” & “The Minority Report” are works from this writer whose middle name is Kindred
($1000) After the “bugs” attack Buenos Aires, Johnnie Rico is off to Klendathu for revenge in this classic

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