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May Jeopardy  

Posted by howard in nyc

Friday May 27
Category: U.S. CITIES
Clue: Alphabetically first among the 150 most populous U.S. cities, it has become the "Polymer Capital of the World"

Answer:  Where is Akron, Ohio?  zippity do dah


Monday May 30--
Category:  SCIENCE TERMS
Clue:This term for the lowest level of the ocean that the sun's rays can reach shares its name with a classic 1960s TV show

 Answer: What is The Twilight Zone?



Tuesday May 31--
Category:  ANCIENT WRITINGS
Clue: In 170 A.D. Melito of Sardis compiled a list of religious works to be included in this, a 2-word term he coined

Answer:  What is the Old Testament? 

















Monday May 23--
Category: MEDICINE
Clue: In 1964 a dean at Tufts' Medical School wrote a modern version of this, used at many medical school graduations

 Answer: and that is why i never swore it.  some asshole in the mid-20th century.  What is the 'Hippocratic Oath'?



Tuesday May 24--
Category: THE 16TH CENTURY
Clue:  Held in 1579, the first Christian service in California was performed by the chaplain traveling with this English captain

Answer:  Who was Sir Francis Drake? 


Wednesday May 25--
Category: FEMALE SINGERS
Clue:  She's tied with Mariah Carey for most No. 1 hits by a female with 18: 12 as a member of a group & 6 as a solo act

Answer:  Who is Miss Diana Ross?





Thursday May 26--
Category: 19th CENTURY MUSIC
Clue:  Lyrics to an 1868 tune by this man began, "Guten abend, gut nacht, Mit rosen bedach"

Answer:  Who was Johannes Brahms?


Friday May 27
Category: U.S. CITIES
Clue: Alphabetically first among the 150 most populous u.s. cities, it has become the "Polymer Capital of the World"

Answer:  Where is Akron, Ohio?  zippity do dah






Monday May 16--
Category:  COLLEGE
Clue: From the Latin for "free", this 2-word term for a type of college refers to the old belief of what a free man should be taught

 Answer:  What is 'Liberal Arts'?

Tuesday May 17--
Category: FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
Clue;  The first words he ever spoke to his assistant were "how are you?…you have been in Afghanistan I perceive"

Answer:  Who is Sherlock Holmes?  

Wednesday May 18--
Category: CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS
Clue: The longest period in American history with no changes to the constitution was from 1804 to this year

Answer:  What is 1865?


Thursday May 19--
Category: LONG-RUNNING FILMS
Clue:  Playing in theaters since 1975,  this film has had the longest continuous theatrical run in movie history

Answer:  it's just a jump to the left.  What is "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"?


Friday May 20
Category: CANALS
 Clue: When Sweden's Göta Canal was completed in the 1820s, these 2 seas became directly linked

Answer:  Where are the North and the Baltic Seas?









Monday May 9--
Category:  THE TITANIC
Clue: When the RMS Titanic sank in 1912, its cargo included more than 7 million pieces of this, in some 3,400 sacks
 Answer:  What is mail?

Tuesday May 10--
Category:  THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL COLLECTION
Clue:  In 2009 Alabama replaced a statue in the collection with one of her at age 7, the first child honored

Answer:  Who was Helen Keller?  



Wednesday May 11--
Category:  20TH CENTURY NOVELS
Clue:  "A Girl from a Different World" and "Train to the Urals" are chapters in this 1957 work

Answer:  What was Dr. Zhivago?



Thursday May 12--
Category:  AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Clue:  They're the only father and son to receive the AFI's Achievement award--dad in 1991, son in 2009

Answer:  Who are the Douglas pair, Kirk and Michael?



Friday May 13--
Category:  MONARCHS
 Clue:  In March 2011 he gave his first televised speech in 22 years on the throne, saying he hoped things would get better

Answer:  Who is Emperor Akihito of Japan?













Monday May 2--
Category: CANADA
Clue:  It's the only Canadian province that is separated from the North American mainland

Answer:  Where is Prince Edward Island?



Tuesday May 3--
Category:  FAMOUS SPEECHES
Clue:  Just 10 sentences, this speech is wrong on one point; it is long remembered

Answer:  What is the Gettysburg Address? 



Wednesday May 4--
Category: AMERICAN POETS
Clue:  "Bearing the bandages, water & sponge, straight & swift to my wounded I go", he wrote in "The Wound-Dresser"

Answer:  Who was Walt Whitman?


Thursday May 5--
Category: WORLD LEADERS
Clue:  Shortly after he was awarded the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize, his country ceased to exist

Answer:  Who is Mikhail Sergeyevitch Gorbachev?

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