Final Jeopardy: Famous Characters (5-7-24)

Here are some more clues from the 5/7/2024 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.

“ONE” OF THOSE BOOKS ($800) This John Lindqvist book about a vampire named Eli living in the Swedish suburbs got the film treatment

IT’S ALL RELATIVE ($1000) In literature, Tom Sawyer’s guardian was this relative who was based in part on Mark Twain’s own mom

TV MOVIES ($200) She freaky Fridayed herself into Elizabeth Taylor’s body for the lifetime biopic “Liz & Dick”

($600) She played women suffrage leader Alice Paul in HBO’s “Iron Jawed Angels”

($1000) A biopic about this late celebrity & star of “Romeo Must Die” was subtitled “The Princess of R&B”

WORDS IN JEOPARDY ($1000) A wagon, especially one without sides, used to haul heavy loads

($600) In 2023 Manny Machado agreed to a $350 million deal to remain one

AROUND THE ADRIATIC ($1200) Adria was an important enough port that they named the sea after it until this river’s delta got all silted up

PRONUNCIATION ADVICE ($400) It doesn’t take prizewinning journalism to know its first syllable sounds like a synonym for “tug”; Joseph said so

DINOSAURS ($1600) In 1822 Gideon & Mary Mantell found the first remains of the iguanodon; well, actually just these, the source of the “don” part

($2000) In 1888 Othniel Marsh gave a Montana discovery this 8-letter name; it had few horns than a more famous dino

DO YOU KNOW YOUR RALPHABET? ($1600) B: This diplomat shared the PolySci Dept. at Howard University before winning the Nobel Peace Prize

($2000) R: This Christian Coalition leader was a spokesman for the evangelical movement

POP MUSIC ($1200) In “The Queens Remix” of this song, Beyonce mashed up Madonna’s “Vogue”, updating the rap to honor black icons

($1600) “Is This It?”, the 2001 debut album from these New Yorkers, included “Last Night”

($2000) Diane Warren: “You might not remember the film “Mannekin”, but I hope you remember my song from it that says “and we can build this dream together, standing strong forever” this 5-word title

TEAR U-S APART ($2000) With 5 letters: John Wilkes Booth’s despairing last word

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: HODGEPODGE
($200) In 1986 Steve Jobs bought this animation studio for 5 million; in 2006 it was sold to Disney for 7.4 billion
($400) 8,000 tons of iron were used to build this landmark completed in 1889
($600) In 1898 Bayer began to bottle & market this now very illegal drug as a pain reliever & cough suppressant
($800) Check out the lightning show at Fuego, a volcano in this Central American nation bordered by Mexico & Belize
($1000) Developed along with this company that made the land cruiser, Japan’s moon rover is nicknamed the lunar cruiser

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