Final Jeopardy: British Novels (6-9-23)

Here are some more clues from the 6/9/2023 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.

PETS ON FILM ($400) Bong Joon Ho’s 2017 film “Okja” is about a big one of these who has been genetically engineered by an evil corporation

DIASPORA ($200) Koryo-Saram are the half-million ethnic Koreans in the former republics of this giant, defunct country

($1000) Mass deaths among this ethnicity in Ottoman lands sent others far & near; the film “Apricot Groves” is set in the Iranian diaspora

QUICK BOOKS ($600) Angie Thomas used “U” for a pronoun in the title of this 2017 young adult page-turner

($1000) “The Awakening” is by this woman with a composer’s surname

RETRONYMS ($1000) The credits of James Taylor’s album “American Standard” include James on vocals & this retronym

AROUND THE WORLD ($800) The 10th century Caliphate city of Medina Azahara in this European nation was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018

($1600) Man Mo Temple is not just a Buddhist temple; it is named for two gods of this philosophy many in Hong Kong follow as well

TV: WHO SAID IT ($1200) “I’ve been involved in a number of cults… you have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader”

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Sneak Peek clues — STATE HOLIDAYS
($200) March 26, Prince Kuhio Day in this state, honors one of its early statehood advocates
($400) Though this suffragist was born in Massachusetts, only Florida observes her February 15 birthday as a state holiday
($600) The first Tuesday in March is town meeting day in Bennington, Montpelier & other communities across this state
($800) In Arizona, August 14 honors this people’s famed code talkers
($1000) The Boston Marathon has often been held on this, a state holiday in Massachusetts

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