Final Jeopardy: National Airlines (7-24-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/24/2015), in the category “National Airlines” was: This small land’s airline advertises a “stopover”: 7 nights at no extra travel charge to break up a Boston-Brussels...
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Sam Dekker Leads Wisconsin Over Arizona and Into the Final Four
For the second straight year, Arizona and Wisconsin met in West Region championship game in the NCAA Basketball Tournament with the winner moving on to the Final Four. Wisconsin pulled...
Final Jeopardy: Poets (2-19-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (2/19/2015), in the category “Poets” was: On completing the “Deathbed” edition of his great work, he wrote, “L.ofG. at last complete– after 33 y’rs of hackling...
Boxing Nicknames: Kid Chocolate was No Bon Bon
The history of boxing boasts a colorful assortment of powerful and menacing nicknames, but some monikers are laughably inappropriate and highly inaccurate. Others are downright silly. You might even wonder...
Final Jeopardy: Arlington National Cemetery (11-28-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (11/28/2014), in the category “Arlington National Cemetery” was: The remains for Arlington’s first monument to unknown soldiers mostly came from this battlefield 30 miles away. New...
Final Jeopardy: Tony Nominations (10-24-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/24/2014), in the category “Tony Nominations” was: Although she has appeared in only 2 Broadway musicals, she got Tony nominations for both, for 1962 and 1964....
Final Jeopardy: TV in the 2000s (10-3-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (10/3/2014), in the category “TV in the 2000s” was: A key scene of this sitcom’s 2014 finale after 9 seasons was actually filmed in Season 2....
Final Jeopardy: Great Moments in 19th Century Science (7-30-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/30/2014), in the category “Great Moments in 19th Century Science” was: Matthias Schleiden found plants are made up of these; at dinner he told Theodor Schwann...
Final Jeopardy: Websites (7-25-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/25/2014), in the category “Websites” was: A slang term for Harvard’s freshman register gave this website its name. It’s the last day of the 2014 Teen...
Final Jeopardy: Sports Term History (12-11-13)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/11/2013), in the category “Sports Term History” was: After throwing a long last-second touchdown in 1975, Roger Staubach said: “I closed my eyes and said” this....
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