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Final Jeopardy
69

A magical liquid concoction / Newton made laws about this

What are 'potion' and 'motion'?

69

Abbreviated to DST; this is the practice of advancing clocks by one hour in March such that darkness falls later in the evening.

What is 'daylight saving(s) time'?

69

Earth is the third closest planet to this star.

What is the Sun?

69

A variety of the mineral corundum, this is a durable coloured gemstone and one of the traditional 'cardinal gems'. Its name comes from the Latin for 'red', and it is the traditional birthstone for July.

What is (a) ruby?

69

The number of players/teams in this round of Jeopardy.

What is <appropriate number as defined by the number of scores at the bottom>?

200

An azure colour used by Twitter / an important hint used by a detective to solve a mystery

What are 'blue' and 'clue'?

200
On March 1, this country celebrates Saint David's Day as a feast day, traditionally by wearing daffodils and leeks.

What is Wales?

200
'The Dark Knight Rises' was third in this film trilogy, directed by Christopher Nolan.

What is Batman? 

200

The edible berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum; a fruit grown on the vine; traditionally thrown at bad performers on a stage; used in soup, salad, purée and ketchup, part of the Bloody Mary cocktail.

What is a tomato?

200

The number of points given for a correct response to this answer, at this stage of the game.

What is 200 <initially> / 400 <after double points begin>?

300

A technical performance dance style with pointed shoes / the starting town in the first generation of Pokémon games

What are 'ballet' and 'Pallet'?

300

'Pi Day' is celebrated on this day in March, as the American numerical date format approximates the mathematical constant of pi.

What is March 14th?

300

'Gamma' is the third in this ordered series of letters.

What is the Greek alphabet?

300

Composed of cells suspended in plasma; this bodily fluid delivers nutrients and oxygen to the cells of humans and other vertebrates.

What is blood?

300

The two words to complete this category title.

What is "Is Meta?"

420

An outside area with a solid floor next to a house / the proportional relationship between two quantities

What are 'patio' and 'ratio'?

420

On March 8th, this global holiday emerged from the global movement for female suffrage, and campaigns for gender equality and reproductive rights.

What is International Women's Day?

420

Thomas Jefferson was the third person to hold this office.

What is President of the United States?

420
A 70m x 330m open space considered one of the major landmarks of Moscow, Russia; contains St. Basil's Cathedral and Lenin's Mausoleum, a venue for military parades.

What is Red Square?

420

The word that has been missed out by the quiz host when reading out this prompt.

What is "been"?

500

Another word for the number zero / the status of an item after it has been purchased

What are 'nought' and 'bought'?

500
Celebrated on March 14th, one month after Valentine's Day, this observance started in Japan in 1978 as an occasion to reciprocate Valentine's Day presents. Chocolate of this colour is increasingly used to commemorate the day.

What is White Day?

500

Jane Seymour was the third of six women to have this description.

What is "wife of Henry VIII?"

500

A derogatory term, mostly applied to white working-class people in the southern United States due to the pattern of sunburn that comes from long hours working in the field.

What is a 'redneck'?

500

Within this category, the ordinal position (e.g. first, second, ...) in which this answer was picked.

What is <appropriate position>?

500

The authors of Lord of the Rings, A Song of Ice and Fire and Harry Potter walk into a bar. They have this many names that begin with the letter 'R'.

What is 5? (George RR Martin = 2, JRR Tolkien = 2, JK Rowling = 1)

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