Final Jeopardy: American Government (9-20-22)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 9/20/2022 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.

SCIENCE & NATURE ($1000) Seen here, this lizard with a name from classical mythology, is known for its ability to run across water

THERE’S THE RUB ($1000) In surrealist terms, fumage was making images with smoke; this similar French-derived term was making them by rubbing

LETTUCE ($800) Mâche also has the sweet alliterative name this baby animal’s lettuce

ENTERTAIN “YOU” ($1000) Harry Styles befriends a lonely fish in the video for this solo 2019 hit that says, “I’d walk through fire for you”

CAPITAL CITY ETYMOLOGIES ($400) This Down Under capital bears the name of an English dukedom

GENRES OF POETRY ($1600) 6-letter genre of “Stopping By Fridge on a Hungry Evening”

CURRENT SLANG ($1200) A drama queen might be described with this 3-letter word, also a music genre

The players got 3 of the clues in BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE
($400) “Hunger Games” actress who helped in a Middle Eastern revolt against the Ottoman Empire
($800) Iconic 1950s movie “Rebel” who was a member of the Rat Pack
($1200) “Karma Chameleon” singer who turned down an Oscar for his performance in “Patton”
($1600) Los Angeles Clippers all-star forward who composed the music for “West Side Story”
($2000) “Good Vibrations” songwriter who also had a No. 1 R&B hit with “In The Midnight Hour”

ANSWERS: show

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Sneak Peek clues — HETERONYMS
($200) a physical thing & to express disapproval
($400) to feel bitter & transmitted again
($600) closely packed together & a small makeup case
($800) something that pulls a vehicle behind & a tall narrow building
($1000) a burrowing insectivore & a Mexican cooking sauce

ANSWERS: show