Final Jeopardy: 20th Century History (4-23-25)

Here are some more clues from the 4/23/2025 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.

BACK WHEN THE ANIMALS WERE YOUNG ($400) Newborn calves from the Alaska Yukon type of this deer can weigh up to 35 pounds (image)

COMPOUND WORDS ($600) A sporty corvette or an aquatic animal you want to avoid due to its venomous spines

DIFFICULT BUT FUNNY TV CHARACTERS ($800) Speaking to grad students, he says he was one at 14, & had already done more than most could have hoped to “despite my 9 o’clock bedtime”

ACTORS BY THE FILMS THEY DIRECTED ($400) “Rush” & “Apollo 13”

($800) “The Boys in the Boat” & “The Ides of March”

($2000) “Mid90s”

ENDS WITH “A-G-E” ($1600) As a verb it’s a synonym for pledge; as a noun, it’s a financial conveyance

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: MAKING SOME POUR DECISIONS
($200) Ooo, a Havana cocktail… that’s pineapple juice, lemon juice & this potent potable… sounds perfect
($400) How ’bout a round of this Mexican beer with 2 red X’s on the label that was actually created by a German man, Wilhelm Hasse
($600) This “Old No. 7” whiskey is “mellowed…through 10 feet of sugar maple charcoal”, but mellow feelings may or may not follow
($800) Toast Mr. Henderson with a gin rickey or this often non-alcoholic version; the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel orders one in a deli
($1000) Chablis is a region in the north of this wine-growing area, with Beaujolais farthest south

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