Final Jeopardy: Military Slang (9-3-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/3/2020) in the category “Military Slang” was:

This word for high-ranking officials comes from a metal used in 19th century military insignia

Today’s show is a rerun of the game that originally aired on 5/21/2020. The players are: Nathan Berger, Michelle Kanter Cohen and Shawn Buell.

Click here for the original recap of this game.

If you know the answers to these random clues, you won’t have any trouble with the 10 clues that have the same response in today’s game:

01-20-2006: TRAVELIN’ ($200) If you’re in Rabat, you must be in the capital city of this country

11-30-2004: BUSINESS & INDUSTRY (FJ) Most of this firm’s 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year

06-26-2001: OWNED BY AOL TIME WARNER ($300) HBO’s sister channel, it shows over 1,600 films a year

10-26-2016: THE KIDS ARE OFF TO COLLEGE ($800) One kid is training to be a rabbi at this type of orthodox Jewish college, from the Hebrew for “sitting”

1-11-2007: EUROPEAN CITIES ($400) This capital’s oldest residential area, the Plaka, lies behind the Acropolis

9-2-2002: WORLD ART ($2000) This Swiss sculptor known for lonely, elongated figures designed a set for “Waiting For Godot”

6-1-2005: CALIFORNIA MISSIONS ($1200) San Diego de Alcala is the first in a chain of missions along the royal road called this in Spanish

1-12-2012: LITERARY CHARACTER PERSONAL TRAINER ($1000) You’re a big pig! (a Berkshire boar) & you may be pres. of the Republic of Animal Farm, but it’s time to work, pork chop!

2-12-1997 HISTORIC BROTHERS ($500) Richard Wellesley, governor-general of India, had to settle for marquess; brother Arthur won this title

6-13-2006: SHAKESPEARE ($200) Puck says, “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” in this comedy