Final Jeopardy: Children’s Books (9-21-21)

Here are some more triple stumpers from the 9/21/2021 Jeopardy! game:

THE GREAT DIVIDE ($600) The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail runs from Montana to the Chihuahuan Desert in the bootheel of this state

COLOR ME GOOD ($600) Once called the slimehead, this fish that people dine on doesn’t reproduce until its 20s, making it vulnerable to overfishing

NEW TO THE OED ($1200) Much in the news, this verb means to withdraw financing from an institution

Sneak Peek clues — ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES
($200) “Blood Type” of “The Cullens” are chapters in this book, the first in a series
($400) Jane Austen described the title character of this novel as “handsome, clever, and rich…with very little to distress or vex her”
($600) In this book, the title girl is sent to live in an alpine hut with her grandfather
($800) Stephen King said a dream gave him the idea for this novel about a woman who holds a writer prisoner
($1000) Katniss & Peeta end up together in this avian-titled book

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