Final Jeopardy: European Scientists (5-28-24)

Here are some more clues from the 5/28/2024 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.

DEFINING LAW ($600) “A solemn declaration, accompanied by a swearing to God… that one’s statement is true”

SOUNDS LIKE A BOY BAND ($400) Is it this abbreviation for filming people filming people, or a K-pop band with Jin & Suga?

($1000) A bar mitzvah marks this transition from childhood to adulthood; I wonder if Nathan Morris & Shawn Stockman had one

CANADIAN CITIES ($400) Dickens called this walled city the Gibraltar of North America

($1600) This hill in Ottawa is the site of Canada’s House of Commons

($2000) This provincial capital sits about 60 miles north of Minnesota

WHAT DO YOU MEASURE?($2000) An ebulliometer; this, in liquids

MOVIES WITH LITTLE DIALOGUE ($1600) “There are no clean getaways” was a tagline for this 2011 Ryan Gosling film

($2000) Utah’s Bluejohn Canyon, where hiker Aron Ralston lost an arm, was used as a location for this movie about Aron

SPILL THE “T” ($1600) It can mean to shorten by cutting off a part, such as by dropping digits after the decimal point

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: THINK “SMALL”
($200) 19-year-old George Washington caught this disease, which left him with a scarred face for the rest of his life
($400) In “The Pajama Game”, “Why don’t you stop all this” trivial chat; “I’ve got something better for your lips to do”
($600) A surprising cost, as in “fixing up the house will cost a…” this; there’s debate on how much it is which I’ll settle $2.77 mil.
($800) John Mellencamp was referring to Seymour, Indiana when he sang “I was born in” this
($1000) In a poker game, the player to the left of the dealer makes this mandatory bet before the cards are seen

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