Stephen King Jeopardy: THE ANSWERS



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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