Final Jeopardy: American Literary History (8-5-24)

Here are some more clues from the 3/6/2024 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.

MEASURES ($1000) A unit of weight in the apothecaries’ system, it equals 20 grains; in another sense, it’s a synonym for a moral principle

1924 ($800) This future president was born June 12 in Milton, Massachusetts

UNUSUAL WORDS ($2000) Something that moves counterclockwise or off course is said to have gone this manner that ends with some leg parts

OCCUPATIONS ($2000) Terms for shoemakers include cobbler & this more archaic one derived from a type of Spanish leather

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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: MIDDLE X
($200) A cheerful & tricky sprite, or in a different sense, Black Francis, as one of a group
($400) Term for reproduction by an organism making copies of itself or an orientation without carnal desire
($600) Multiple blaring horns or warning hooters (that means put an S at the end of this high-score scrabble word, y’all)
($800) This math adjective that means having a common axis often precedes “cable”
($1000) The ore of aluminum

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