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Final Jeopardy!
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Alfred Nobel added an inert substance to very unstable nitroglycerin to make this more easily handled explosive

dynamite

200

The "Arabian Nights" tales include one about Prince Husain, who flies around on a magical one of these

carpet

200

It looks like these plants are ready for picking


cotton

200

An apatosaurus named Arlo befriends a human boy in this 2015 animated film

The Good Dinosaur

200

ANCIENT LITERATURE

If you were using an alternate name, the title of this work could be translated as "Troy Story"

400

A paper cylinder holding a weak explosive, or a red, white & blue popsicle brand

firecracker

400

"Sing aloud unto God our strength", says this biblical book of poems meant to be sung

Psalms

400

It's quicker to grow tulips from these usually rounded organs rather than from seeds

bulbs

400

Sam Smith bemoans his expertise at breakups in this hit song from 2017

"Too Good at Goodbyes"

400

If you were using an alternate name, the title of this work could be translated as "Troy Story"

the Iliad

600

It's the term used for the process of destroying a building by using explosives to make it collapse inward on itself

implosion (implode accepted)

600

Dating from 3,500 years ago, this civilization's "Book of the Dead" is a manual for the afterlife

Egypt

600

Koalas spend a lot of time eating and sleeping in this type of tree


eucalyptus

600

On this sitcom ordinary woman Kristen Bell believed she was sent to the wrong region in the afterlife

The Good Place

800

The largest explosion in earth's recorded history was from one of these on Indonesia in 1815

a volcano

800

In "Analects" this ancient Chinese philosopher said, "When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them"

Confucius

800

Some people drink the juice of this succulent for its health benefits & a gel is used to relieve sunburns

aloe

800

Seen here, she was the voice of Judy Hopps in "Zootopia"


(Ginnifer) Goodwin

1000

These sudden outbursts of energy on the Sun's surface are the largest explosions in the solar system

solar flares

1000

Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles wrote 2 plays named for this complex & troubled King of Thebes

Oedipus

1000

Native to India and other parts of Asia, a single one of these unusual trees can resemble a small forest


banyan trees

1000

"Lucid Dreams" is a top 10 hit from this 2018 Juice Wrld album

Goodbye and Good Riddance