Final Jeopardy: Word Histories (8-13-20)

Here are 6 more triple stumpers from the 8/13/2020 Jeopardy! game:

TOUGH POTPOURRI ($800) If you’ve read “The Flame Trees of Thika” (or if you saw the miniseries) you know that Thika is in this country

STATION ($1000) It’s the Greek letter designation for the International Space Station

GENERAL SCIENCE ($2000) In 1896 this French scientist accidentally discovered radioactivity while researching fluorescence

BIG NAMES IN SPORTS ($1600) In 1986, with the Springfield Fame, she became the first woman to play in a men’s pro basketball league

BALLET ($1200) Von Rotbart is the evil, bird-like sorcerer in this classic 1877 ballet

NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY ($400) To be or knot to be, it was the capital of Phrygia

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — “GRAND” CENTRAL:
($200) 2-word French term for a competitive international road race
($400) This Midwestern city of 190,000 was built on the site of an Ottawa Indian village
($600) Traditional term for a comprehensive survey of the continent for a young upper-class Englishman
($800) Found off Newfoundland, it’s a major source of food fish
($1000) Named for a Paris theater, it’s drama that emphasizes the horrific or macabre

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