Final Jeopardy: Rhyme Time: Opera Version (5-8-24)

Here are some more clues from the 5/8/2024 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.

NURSERY RHYME CHARACTERS ($1000) This deceitful guy made off with some small pies but learned his lesson in the end

THE PLANETS ($800) Before it was discovered in 1846, scientists were able to predict its likely existence mathematically

THE FOLKS IN “I.T. ($800) Married to actress Norma Shearer, this producer & boy wonder of Hollywood died at age 37

($1000) This Russian author depicted “A Month in the Country”

18th CENTURY AMERICA ($400) The institution called the First this, founded in 1791, issued the only notes accepted for paying federal taxes

($1600) In 1787 Arthur St. Clair was appointed the first governor of this vast territory & made his headquarters in Cincinnati

($2000) This Puritan minister who wrote “The Christian Philosopher” in 1721 was a leader in the fight for smallpox vaccinations

TIERS ($1200) Inspiring the Mohican people, painters & authors, Kaaterskill is a 2-tiered one of these in the Catskill Mountains

($2000) The tiered Olympic podium debuted at the 1932 Winter Games here & local speed skater Jack Shea was the first winner atop it

CLOSE ($1200) 2 people who are close in age or who live at the same time are these 14-letter folks

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: THAT’S BANANAS
($200) Bananas are a healthy source of fiber, antioxidants, vitamins & this indispensable chemical element with the symbol K
($400) Banana is a word in the language of these animated yellow sidekicks, whose banana song was in a trailer for “Despicable Me 2”
($600) Banana is one of the many fine flavors of this cocktail, & it’s what Fredo Corleone orders in Cuba
($800) “Travel & Safari Clothing Co.” were part of its name when it began in California in 1978
($1000) Bananas were introduced to the U.S. at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in this year

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