Jeopardy - 10/3/26

Stupid Answers

100

She played Shirley MacLaine in "Out on a Limb"

Shirley MacLaine

200

The 2 pieces of equipment you'll need to play stickball on the streets of New York

A stick and a ball

300

In "Charlotte's Web", it's what Charlotte is

A spider

400

To promote a new line of these at L.A. Auto Show, Mitsubishi used Vanity, Vanna White, & Dale Evans

Vans

500

According to World Book, it was the cattle brand used by Conrad Kohrs

OK

Trees

100

The "leaves" of most coniferous trees are usually called this

Needles

200

Traditionally, a forester divides a tree into 3 parts: the crown, the trunk, & this

The roots

300

The world's largest rain forest is found in this river basin

Amazon

400

This "medical" term can include all tree care, not just bark & wood wounds

Tree surgery

500

When a redwood produces these, there are about 300,000 of these per pound

Seeds

The (first) US Civil War

100

After delivering this, Lincoln said, "It is a flat failure and the people are disappointed"

Gettysburg Address

200

He said "War is cruelty and you cannot refine it" before marching to the sea

William T. Sherman (do it again, Uncle Billy!)

300

"Little woman" whose private letters about nursing Union soldiers were published in 1863

Louisa May Alcott

400

This vice president (later the first president to be impeached) was intoxicated when he gave his inaugural speech in 1865

Andrew Johnson

500

In 1862 the Union seized Roanoke Island, New Bern, & Ft. Macon, gaining control of this state's coast

North Carolina

Ecology

100

Type of pollution which can be measured in decibels

Noise pollution

200

Colorful code name for the defoliant containing dioxin used on jungle areas in Vietnam

Agent Orange

300

The environmental movement in Europe & North America date back to "smoke abatement" programs in response to this historical period.

The Industrial Revolution

400

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962) documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of this pesticide

DDT

500

The EPA was established during this president's administration

Nixon

Ice Hockey

100

Demonic name of New Jersey's franchise

NJ Devils

200

City whose '74 & '75 NHL champs were called the "Broad Street Bullies" (Go, Gritty!)

Philadelphia

300

Edmonton struck oil when they signed him in 1978 at age 17

Wayne Gretzky

400

All-time great goalie Jacques Plante is also remembered for popularizing this piece of equipment

The facemask

500

With 3,971 of these in the regular season, Dave "Tiger" Williams holds an ignominious record (4,426 including playoffs!)

Penalty minutes