Final Jeopardy: The Business of Television (5-31-21)

Here are some more clues from the 5/31/2021 Jeopardy! game:

THE SHAPE OF YOU ($1000) The Earth is generally considered to be this 6-letter type of spheroid, as it is flattened at the poles

MOTHER! ($600) In 2018 Micheál Neeson changed his last name to this in honor of his late mother

IT’S ALL IN THE PAST ($2000) From the 1920s to the 1940s Jordan was known by this name, 5 letters longer

SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER ($1200) One who wanders aimlessly, or the classic American Motors car seen here (image)

($2000) The product of a body’s mass & velocity

HORSE CENTS ($800) Cameroon produced a commemorative 500-franc “Happiness” coin in the shape of one of these, with a 4-leaf clover on the back

($1600) A 1902 Australian 2-pound coin depicts St. George on horseback on the reverse & this newly minted king on the obverse

Sneak Peek clues — HE WON AN OSCAR PLAYING A REAL PERSON:
($400) Eddie Redmayne as him in “The Theory of Everything”
($800) Jamie Foxx as this R&B legend
($1200) Him as the title guy in “Capote”
($1600) Forest Whitaker as this Ugandan dictator in “The Last King of Scotland”
($2000) Jeremy Irons as this hubby of Sunny in “Reversal of Fortune”

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