Final Jeopardy: Knowledge by the Numbers (8-12-20)

Here are 2 more triple stumpers from the 8/12/2020 Jeopardy! game:

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ($2000) The last British athlete to win the Olympic decathlon, he won it back-to-back in 1980 & 1984

PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS ($1600) To apply relativity to the cosmos, Einstein introduced a term called the “cosmological” this

Chuck Forrest got the $400 clue, then Claudia swept the rest in the INTERNATIONAL CUISINE category:

($400) When making this classic Chinese soup, be sure to remove the twigs, feathers & insects first
($800) To enjoy this national Swiss dish, you’d better like cheese, lots of it, melted in wine
($1200) The seafood in this Mexican dish is “cooked” not by heat, but by the acid in lime juice
($1600) This Greek dish typically consists of layers of eggplant & ground lamb or beef topped with a white sauce
($2000) On an Italian menu this term describes pasta with a sauce of eggs, cream, parmesan & bacon

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Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — PEOPLE:
($200) This wrestler nicknamed his daughter born in August 2001 Pebbles
($400) Fatally, American groupie Nancy Spungen was this British punk rocker’s girlfriend
($600) She owns the St. Louis Rams
($800) This actor gave a speech for Harvard roommate Al Gore at the 2000 Democratic Convention
($1000) M.C. Hammer earned his nickname from his resemblance to this “Hammerin'” home run king

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