Here are the answers from the first round of Jeopardy on Thursday, March 5. The questions were categorized around the theme Stephen King.
Firestarter
$200: It is not known whether Mrs. O’Leary’s cow started Chicago’s great fire, but it did start in one of these structures. (What is a barn)
400: After 2/3 of Rome burned in 64 A.D., Nero blamed this obscure new religious sect. (What is Christianity)
$600: In 1917 a fire on a TNT-Laden ship in this Nova Scotia capital led to the biggest pre-atomic man-made explosion. (What is Halifax)
$800: Shockingly, a 2002 fire that blackened 200 square miles near Denver was started by an employee of this federal service. (What is What is the Forest Service)
$1,000: After London’s Great Fire of 1666 started, this diarist said he buried a “Parmazan cheese as well as my wine.” (Who is Samuel Peeps)
Needful Things
$200: To break in this piece of baseball equipment, you’ll need some good oil, rubber bands & patience. (What is a mitt or glove)
$400: On June 27, 1915 residents of this state needed sunscreen when it saw 100 degree temps; July usually tops out at 59 degrees in-lands (What is Alaska)
$600: To make goulash like aunt Gyongyi did, you’ll need this Hungarian red pepper condiment. (What is paprika)
$800: Latin term for the minimum number of members needed by parliamentary law to conduct business. (What is a quorum)
$1,000: About seven inches long, this pinkish gland produces 2 hormones needed to regulate the body’s sugar balance. (What is the pancreas)
IT
$200: A Tantrum. (What is a fit)
$400: An unpleasant taste or a type of ale. (What is bitter)
$600: 4-Letter verb meaning to move about with rapidity. (What is flit)
$800: Silvery reflective decorative material that comes in tiny bits – work it, sister! (Glitter)
$1,000: A public prayer, or catalog of events. (Litany)
Carrie
$200: In 2009 she hit the charts with “Cowboy Casanova.” (Who is Carrie Underwood)
$400: Debbie Reynolds is the mom of this Actress & Writer. (Who is Carrie Fisher)
$600: She’s played the manola blahnik-shod Carrie Bradshow on TV & in film. (Who is Sarah Jessica Parker)
$800: “Hollywood Arms”, a play by this comedienne; her daughter Carrie Hamilton, opened soon after Carrie died in 2002. (Who is Carol Burnette)
$1,000: She played trinity in the “Matrix” films. (Who is Carrie Anne Moss)
The Shining:
$200: This word for illicit whisky comes from its being made at night. (What is moonshine.)
$400: Some frogs eat so many of these, sometimes called lightening bugs that they glow. (What are Fireflies)
$600: A mini-studio that’s part of Fox is named for this item that beams above the 20th Century Fox logo. (What is searchlight)
$800: The folks who make Kiwi shoe polish instruct once the shoe polish has dried, do this to bring it to a shine. (What is buff)
$1,000: This “Sphere” the visible surface of the sun, is only 300 miles thick, a tiny fraction of the sun’s 430,000-mile radius. (What is the photosphere.)
Stephen King
$200: Many of Stephen King’s stories and novels are set in this state, his birth place. (What is Maine)
$400: Beware of dog, specifically the St. Bernard gone berserk in this bestseller. (Who is Cujo)
$600: This nickname for death row at Cold Mountain peitentiary is also the title of a serial novel by King. (What is The Green Mile)
$800: Be careful if you mess with teen misfit Carrie White, who has this ability to move things with her mind. (What is Telekinesis)
$1,000:(Daily Double), Arnie Cunningham owns the Jealous & Deadly Christine, a Plymouth of this appropriate model. (What is a Plymouth Fury)
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