June Jeopardy
Posted by howard in nyc
Monday 6/27
Category: GAMES
Clue: In 2007 Robstown, near Corpus Christi, was recognized as the birthplace of this game, now played online too
Answer: What is "Texas Hold 'Em" ?
Tuesday 6/28
Category: FAMOUS NAMES
Clue: The last time the U. of Michigan retired a football number was in 1994, in honor of this center who graduated in 1935
Answer: Who was Gerald Rudolf Ford ?
Wednesday 6/29
Category: POETIC SUBJECTS
Clue: It was saved from destruction by a poem submitted to the Boston Daily Advertiser in September 1830
Answer: What is the USS Constitution, aka 'Old Ironsides' ?
Thursday 6/30
Category: COINS OF THE WORLD
Clue: 50 cent pieces issued in 2003 by this country depict Frodo, Gandalf, Gollum, Sauron & Aragorn
Answer: Where is New Zealand ?
Monday 6/20
Category: MOVIE CHARACTER NAMES
Clue: This last name of the speech therapist in the 2010 Oscar Winner for Best Picture is also a suffix meaning "speech"
Answer: Who is 'Logue' ?
Tuesday 6/21
Category: DOGS
Clue: This alliterative dog breed bears the former name of an African country
Answer: What is the Rhodesian Ridgeback ?
Wednesday 6/22
Category: LITERARY CHARACTERS
Clue: His "remarks about The Confederacy …made Atlanta look at him first in bewilderment, then coolly, and then with hot rage"
Answer: Who is Rhett Butler ?
Thursday 6/23
Category: LITERARY SEQUELS
Clue: The mirror motif in this 1871 sequel includes 2 characters who are enantiomorphs, or mirror image twins
Answer: What is "Through the Looking Glass" ?
Friday 6/24
Category: WORLD CAPITALS
Clue: Built about 50 years ago, it's the only world capital to start with the letter "I"
Answer: Where is Islamabad ?
Monday 6/13
Category: SHOW BUSINESS FAMILIES
Clue: The car company that sponsored the radio show for which his father worked inspired the middle name of this filmmaker
Answer: Who is Francis Ford Coppolla?
Tuesday 6/14
Category: FLAGS OF THE WORLD
Clue: "L'Unifolié" is one of the names popularly given to the new flag unveiled in 1965 by this country
Answer: Where is Canada?
(not algeria, dummy)
Wednesday 6/15
Category: CRUSADING WOMEN
Clue: A judge's directed verdict of guilty for her action in Rochester in 1872 was written before her trial began
Answer: Who was Susan B. Anthony?
Thursday 6/16
Category: 20th CENTURY NOVELS
Clue: Penned by a British author, it became a No. 1 Bestseller in the U.S. in 1959, 31 years after it was initially banned?
Answer: What is "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ?
Friday 6/17
Category: MEDICAL HISTORY
Clue: In December 1967 Louis Washkansky, a patient in this country, claimed, "I am a new Frankenstein"
Answer: Where is South Africa?
Monday 6/6
Category: COLORFUL TITLES
Clue: At its premiere in NYC in 1924, this composition was part of a concert billed as "An Experiment in Modern Music"
Answer: What is "Rhapsody in Blue"?
Tuesday 6/7
Category: BESTSELLERS
Clue: In the beginning, this novel was simply titled "Forks"
Answer: What is "Twilight"?
Wednesday 6/8
Category: THE MOVIES
Clue: Lt. Col. A.P. Clark played a key role in the elaborate breakout from Stalag Luft III that inspired this 1963 movie
Answer: What is "The Great Escape" ?
Thursday 6/9
Category: THE PRESIDENCY
Clue: From 1792 to 1886 this person, not the speaker of the house, followed the Vice President in the line of succession
Answer: Who is the President Pro-Tem of the Senate?
Friday 6/10
Category: FRANCE
Clue: With about 340,000 people today, it's the most populous French city that came under Italian occupation in World War II
Answer: Where is Nice?
Wednesday June 1
Category: The railroads
Clue: The railroad founded in 1859 by a Kansas state charter reached this state capital on February 16, 1880.
Answer: Where is Santa Fe, New Mexico?
Thursday 6/2
Category: The Tony Awards
Clue: There has never been a Tony Award winner for best musical set on either of these 2 continents
Answer: Where are Australia and Antarctica?
Friday 6/3
Category: World History
Clue: Traditionally said to be founded in 421, this city was later built up on islands in a lagoon by refugees from invading Lombards
Answer: Where is Venice, Italy?
