Final Jeopardy: South American Cities (5-14-25)

Here are some more clues from the 5/14/2025 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.

WE ARE REALLY GOING TO STUMP YOU ($1000) In the 19th century William McDonald set up a post office in the stump of a cedar on this mythic-sounding peninsula of Washington State

ON GUARD ($200) The Spars, the World War II Women’s Reserve of this, got their name from its motto, Semper Paratus–“Always Ready”

PICTURE THE HIT SONG ($800) image A pop hit, & more recently, a country hit

THAT IS THE QUESTION ($800) In 1851 in Akron, Sojourner Truth delivered a speech called this 4-word rhetorical question

($1000) “‘I,’ said the sparrow, ‘with my bow and arrow'” is the answer to this question

TRICK OR TREATY ($1600) After this country left the ratification of a 1903 treaty on read, the U.S. went ahead & engineered the secession of Panama

JESUS HAD A DAY ($400) Jesus took just a verse or 2 to heal the feverish mother-in-law of Simon, aka this apostle

($2000) Note the whips in the foreground of “Christ After…” this harsh event by Velázquez

BIG BOX OFFICE ENERGY ($1200) To lighten the mood a bit, filmmakers cut the Schadenfreude character from this top-grossing film of 2024

RHYME TIME ($800) A greatly improved ankle shackle ANSWER: show

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: 2 E OR NOT 2 E
($200) A natural growth you don’t want in your lawn / got married
($400) A bloodsucking worm / one who exhibits inappropriate lustful behavior
($600) Pep squad’s chant / French for “darling” or “expensive”
($800) Hemispherical end of a hammer’s head / an animal enclosure
($1000) A ruminant forest-dwelling mammal / a German word meaning “the”

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