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Final Jeopardy!
200
Do this, brown a meat's exterior at a high temperature, to give steak a nice crust & seal in its juices
sear
200
The supermarket owner: "You can get a sandwich at the deli--don't make me explain that 'deli' is short for" this word
delicatessen
200
Passengers might hope to spot a legendary monster while riding a "Beastie Boat" on this Scottish lake
Loch Ness
200
His burial marker in Gotha, Florida has an engraving of him rocking a sweet afro; it also reads "television artist"
Bob Ross
200
MILLION-DOLLAR IDEAS
Art Fry co-invented this product as a bookmark for his choir hymnal; only later did he realize it was "a whole new way to communicate"
400
This 1995 cop drama features the first time that Al Pacino & Robert De Niro appear together in the same movie scene
Heat
400
The NYC taxi driver: "I'll drop you off at 86th & Lex--don't make me explain that 'Lex' is short for" this avenue
Lexington
400
In 2019, the Indian army released photos allegedly showing this creature's footprints in the Himalayan snow
the abominable snowman (or the yeti)
400
Love the braided hair he's seen wearing on his tombstone in Buffalo, New York; very "Super Freak"
Rick James
400
Art Fry co-invented this product as a bookmark for his choir hymnal; only later did he realize it was "a whole new way to communicate"
Post-it notes
600
On ESPN, this word means a piece of sports data--but in the E.R., it means "right now!"
stat
600
The gardener: "I call them mums--don't make me explain that 'mum' is short for" this flower
chrysanthemum
600
This mythological bird that emerged from flames inspired the name of a U.S. state capital
the phoenix
600
Cool tombstone! This escape artist is buried in Queens, New York & his grave depicts the emblem for the Society of American Magicians
Harry Houdini
800
In journalism, this word refers to a specific topic a reporter covers, like politics or entertainment
a beat
800
The dog owner: "This is my Pom--don't make me explain that 'Pom' is short for" this dog breed
Pomeranian
800
Alleged to drink the blood of livestock, this creature's name means "goat-sucker" in Spanish
chupacabra
800
On Election Day, this suffragette's gravestone in Rochester, NY gets covered in "I voted" stickers
Susan B. Anthony
1000
Ella Fitzgerald was a master of this singing style that utilizes syllables rather than words
scat
1000
The music conductor: "Let's play Rach 1 & Rach 2--don't make me explain that 'Rach' is short for" this composer's name
Rachmaninoff
1000
A dinosaur-like cryptid, the mokele-mbembe is said to live in the basin of this second-longest African river
the Congo
1000
Silly even in death, Don Adams has a plaque at his grave that shows the "Get Smart" actor using this as a phone
a shoe