Final Jeopardy: Notable British Names (9-9-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (9/9/2020) in the category “Notable British Names” was:

Published in 1881, “The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits” was his last & one of his bestselling books

Today’s show is a rerun of the game that originally aired on 6/10/2020. The players are: Zach Newkirk, Steve Dewitt and Joanna Pratt.

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:

04-07-1987: GRAY MATTERS ($400) Though still alive at the time, Confederate raider John S. Mosby earned this nickname

12-30-1986: WEATHER ($200) Tucson gets over half its precipitation during this season

06-14-1999: “OLD” GLORY ($200) A PBS series once hosted by Bob Vila

2013-02-18-2013: BING’S TOP SEARCHES: 2012 ($200) With its lineup of mighty superheroes, this was the most searched movie

09-10-1997: FROM SOUP TO NUTS ($200) Once the food of the Greek gods, today, it’s a fruit salad

12-27-2010: THE RAT PACK ($400) Cloud rats, including the Luzon bushy-tailed species, are found only in this country’s forests

05-31-2000: FROM PAGE TO SCREEN ($400): John Irving adapted his own novel into this 1999 film in which orphan Tobey Maguire works in an apple orchard

03-20-2013: BASES LOADED ($200) Found near San Juan, Fort Buchanan is the only U.S. Army base in this commonwealth

12-01-1995: ROCK LYRICS ($400) “Talkin’ ’bout your troubles, it’s a cryin’ sin, ride a painted pony, let” this “spin”

07-06-2016: HIT THE GYM ($800) Sounding like the name of a seed company, it’s a squat thrust that’s started & finished in a standing position