Jeopardy!
This contestant holds the record for the most wins on the show
Ken Jennings
For April Fool's Day 1998, Burger King announced a new left-handed one of these, with the toppings rotated 180°
the Whopper
11-letter adjective applied to fake currency
counterfeit
P.T. Barnum exhibited a monkey sewn to a fish as one of these female sea creatures from "Feejee"
a mermaid
Code-named "Operation Valkyrie", the "July Plot" of 1944 was an attempt to kill this leader
Hitler
Jeopardy! pays a person to do only this, to combat twitchy trigger fingers
enable the buzzers
In 1980 the BBC said this landmark, to keep up with the times, would be given a digital readout
Big Ben
To shape metal by heating & hammering, or to make a fraudulent copy
forge
A 1985 April Fools' issue of this magazine told of Sidd Finch, the pitcher with the 168 mph fastball
Sports Illustrated
This event on October 8-9, 1871 forced thousands of Illinois residents to flee their homes
Chicago Fire
The original version of Jeopardy! debuted in what mid-century presidential election year?
1964
Hopefully math teachers weren't fooled by the rumor that Alabama voted to change this to 3.0, a "biblical value"
pi
The "syndrome" of fearing that you'll be found out as a fraud is named for this type of a person posing as someone else
imposter
in 1678 England panicked at false rumors of a takeover plot by this order founded by Loyola
the Jesuits
In 325 A.D. this "Great" leader presided over the Religious Council of Nicaea
Constantine
Only once in Jeopardy! history has a game resulted in this
a three-way tie
(All contestants were invited back)
The Irish Times said in 1995 that this Russian leader's embalmed body would go from Red Square to Euro Disney
Lenin
Often done with a poker hand, it's to mislead by a show of confidence
bluff
In 1991 2 Englishmen said they'd spent 13 years sneaking around fields creating these
crop circles
In his last battle, this man defeated Pompey's sons & supporters in 45 B.C. at Munda in Spain
Julius Ceasar
Jeopardy! creator Merv Griffin originally wrote the show's theme song as this other type of song, in about 30 seconds
a lullaby
A 1972 veterinary record article said "Brunus edwardii", this creature, was in 63.8% of households
a teddy bear
A medical fake can be described as a quack or one of these sellers of supposed remedies, from the Italian for "babbler"
charlatan
David Hampton's exploits posing as this actor's son inspired the play & film "Six Degrees of Separation"
Sidney Poitier
In 1200 Africa's Shona people had a mighty city called "Great" this, adopted in 1979 as Rhodesia's new name
Zimbabwe