Final Jeopardy Week in Review: May 8 - 12, 2017

May 8, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

A year of firsts

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Year in which the Dept. of Energy was created, the Indy 500 had its first female driver & the 1st Pres. was sworn in under a nickname

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Final Jeopardy Question / Answer:

1977

May 9, 2017

Final Jeopardy Clue: Famous Teachers

Final Jeopardy Question:

W.J. Bryan gave the keynote speech at this man’s high school graduation in 1919; 6 years later their paths would cross again

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

John Scopes

May 10, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

20th Century Books

Final Jeopardy Clue:

I felt his spurs in my side & I heard his battle cry is a line from this 1982 book that became a stage sensation & later a movie

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

War Horse

May 11, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

Foreign Words and Phrases

Final Jeopardy Clue:

Often used to describe artists ahead of their time, it was also the name of a youth militia in WWII Vichy France

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Final Jeopardy Answer / Question:

Avante-Garde

May 12, 2017

Final Jeopardy Category:

Place Names

Final Jeopardy Clue:

A town named for its location where a river in Devon meets the English Channel, it’s also the name of a college in New Hampshire

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Final Jeopardy Question / Answer:

Dartmouth