Final Jeopardy: Book Characters (7-15-21)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 7/15/2021 Jeopardy! game:

THOMAS PAINE ($800) Paine wrote: “I do not believe in” the Catholic or the Protestant creeds; “My own mind is my own” this

($1600) A “Captain America” movie got its title by contrasting this Paine phrase meaning someone who only fights when it’s pleasant outside
(Note: the answer is the first one, not the patriot)

BACK FROM THE DEAD IN THE BIBLE ($1600) King Saul gets a witch to summon this Hebrew prophet back to life for encouragement, but he only foretells doom for Saul

($2000) Before he was taken up into heaven in a whirlwind, this prophet revived the son of a widow he was staying with

TIME FOR SCIENCE ($1200) Born hearing-impaired in 1653, Joseph Sauveur studied sound vibrations & coined this word for the science he pioneered

ARCHITECTS ($1200) In the 1600s, Inigo Jones introduced town planning to London by creating this “Garden”, considered London’s first city square

-OLOGIES ($1200) Malacology is the study of mollusks; this is the specific study of mollusk shells

($2000) From the Greek for “death”, it’s the study of death and dying

The players missed 2 clues in DOUBLE THAT T:

($200) 1.0567 quarts & scattered rubbish on the street
($400) Not on time & hot espresso with steamed milk
($600) Bestowed excessive love & the line on which you sign
($800) Jumped forward from one foot to the other in ballet & jumped onto a 747 & took off
($1000) More attractive & a single-masted sailing vessel

ANSWERS: show

Sneak Peek clues — WHAT’S THAT LITERARY INITIAL?
($200) The “B” in G.B. Shaw
($400) The “J” in J.K. Rowling
($600) The “F” in F. Scott Fitzgerald
($800) The “B” in W.B. Yeats
($1000) The “S” in T.S. Eliot

ANSWERS: show