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Dr. B's Jeopardy Questions
100

In the 1920s African American artists & writers had a "Renaissance" in this New York City neighborhood

Harlem

100

Williamsburg & this last Revolutionary War battle site are part of Virginia's "Historic Triangle"

Yorktown


100

in 1993 this African-American sci-fi writer published "The Parable of the Sower", about chaos in 2020s California

Octavia Butler

100

Complete the constitutional phrase:  "Neither slavery nor involuntary" this

servitude

100

Let's turn our winter into mega-winter in this region that's about 75% of Russia's area; we love a brisk -80ยบ day!

Siberia

200

Though Motown Records is now in L.A., "Motown" itself refers to this city

Detroit
200

In the early 17th c. plans to build this Virginia school were disrupted by the Powhatan uprising; it wasn't founded until 1693

William and Mary

200

 Elvis Presley is "The King" & he's "The Boss"

Bruce Springsteen


200

Presidential campaign slogan: It's Morning Again in America

Reagan

200

The 1796 Treaty of Tripoli: "The government of the (United States) is not in any sense founded on" this "religion"

Christianity

300

This South Dakota community was the site of 2 clashes between the U.S. gov't & Indians, in 1890 & 1973

Wounded Knee

300

In June 1776 Virginia became an independent commonwealth & this famed orator was elected its first governor

Patrick Henry

300

 A plaza in San Francisco is named for this politician who was a city supervisor when he was slain in 1978

Harvey Milk

300

In 2017, 35 years after its congressional deadline had passed, Nevada ratified this failed amendment

ERA

300

Paisley Park, his home & recording studio, is in Chanhassen, a suburb of his hometown of Minneapolis

Prince

400

When James Oglethorpe founded this southern colony slavery was prohibited there

Georgia

400

 Virginia's motto since 1776; it was shouted in another context on April 14, 1865

sic semper tyrannis

400

The assassination of James Garfield made this man the 21st president

Chester Arthur

400

 The ADA, short for this, was signed into law by George H.W. Bush

Americans w. Disabilities Act

400

In a 1976 film, she played Carrie White, whose prom night was quite memorable

Sissy Spacek

500

 32 inmates & 11 guards were killed in '71 uprising at this NY prison

Attica

500

President Jefferson sent this fellow Virginian to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase

Monroe

500

He created Star Trek: The Original Series & co-wrote the first episodes of "The Next Generation"

Gene Roddenberry

500

Loving v. Virginia overturned by way of the 14th Amendment a conviction for this

interracial marriage

500

You'll give a piece of your mind with this brain-cutting operation

lobotomy

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