Final Jeopardy: U.S. Senate History (9-29-23)

Here are some more clues from the 9/xx/2023 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.

THE SHIP OF STATE ($400) 2 schooners called the Oregon Fir & the Oregon this carried lumber from the U.S. to Australia in the 1920s

CHEMICAL FORMULAS ($400) It’s sweet, it’s simple, it’s C6H12O6

($1000) Also known as quicklime, CaO is this

COW COUNTRY ($1600) There are both red & black varieties of this breed developed in Scotland

THE VIKINGS ($400) A recent paper posits the herb henbane as the probable source of this legendary Viking “rage” during battle

($2000) Viking shipbuilders greatly improved the seaworthiness of their vessels by adding a wood this to form the backbone

FURNITURE ($2000) Seen here (image) is a set from this Scottish-born furniture maker who was a leading exponent of the neoclassical style

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Sneak Peek clues — BACK TO SCHOOL
($200) English: His “Unfinished Tales”, a collection of more Middle-Earth material, was published 7 years after his death
($400) Econ: GDP, this, is the market value of all goods made within a nation’s boundaries during a given period
($600) Social Studies: In 1984 this Baptist minister established the National Rainbow Coalition
($800) History: This one of the 7 Ancient Wonders was said to be laid out on several brick terraces & 75 feet above the ground
($1000) French: I hope you remember that oublier means this: don’t do it now!

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