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Marine Biology
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Final Jeopardy
100

In "We Didn't Start The Fire", Billy Joel sings of "trouble in" this Mideast canal region, the site of a 1956 crisis

What is Suez?

100

Can you hear this train's whistle blowin' / In 1889 / Running from Paris to Constantinople / Murder on the riders' minds

What is The Orient Express?

100

This "colorful" tide occurs in warm waters when there is an increase of protozoa called dinoflagellates

What is a Red Tide?

100

Angostura makes varieties of this bar-friendly liquid that looks like the plural form of a resentful word

What are Bitters?

100

From this Garden State reality show: "I know I'm not the smartest crayon in the box, but this isn't rocket scientist"

What is Jersey Shore?

100

FAMOUS HOTELS:

The painting seen here, "A Vicious Circle", hangs in this hotel in the room that's portrayed in the painting

What is the Algonquin Hotel?

200

A Grateful Dead song plays fast & loose with the story of this heroic train engineer who died in 1900

Who is Casey Jones?

200

On the day I was born / In April 1822 / I had no idea I'd be president, or a top general too / I wore the blues / The Union Army blues

Who is Ulysses Grant?

200

Unlike the stingray, this "devilfish" doesn't have a stinger in its tail

What is a Manta Ray?

200

This compound word referring to someone who spoils things for others doesn't refer to an actual murder

What is a Killjoy?

200

"Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else... noticed?" asked attorney Bob Loblaw on this Bluth-tastic show

What is Arrested Development?

200

COMPOSERS:

2 of the world's greatest Baroque composers, they were born within a month of each other in Germany in 1685 but never met

Who is Johann Sebastian Bach & George Frederick Handal?

300

A "Hamilton" number about the defeat of Adams & Burr is titled "The Election Of" this year

What is 1800?

300

There's a dark house over yonder / In Boston's North Square / The home this Founding Father rode from / A home still standing there

Who is Paul Revere?

300

The American eel begins life in this area of the north Atlantic but eventually migrates to fresh water

What is the Sargasso Sea?

300

This compound word referring to someone who spoils things for others doesn't refer to an actual murder

What is a Killjoy?

300

Talking tattoo art with Letterman, this Canadian teen idol said, "I'm not going for the 16th chapel look"

Who is Justin Bieber?

300

AMERICAN MUSIC LEGENDS:

Steinbeck called him "just a voice and a guitar" but said his songs embodied "the will of a people to endure and fight against oppression"

Who is Woody Guthrie?

400

"The water took its victim's name", goes a Vampire Weekend song about this English explorer who was set adrift by his crew in Canada

Who is Henry Hudson?

400

Goin' to this max-security prison / Goin' to N.Y. soon / Its prisoner revolt had Pacino scream it / In "Dog Day Afternoon"

What is Attica?

400

Since it is lighter than water, the oil mainly in this organ prevents sharks from sinking

What is the Liver?

400

This slang term for an unethical lawyer starts with a bashful word

What is a Shyster?

400

This Bill Hader guy:
"N.Y.'s hottest club is Push!... (It) has... ghosts... banjos... a stuck-up kitten who won't sign autographs..."

Who is Stefon?

400

US POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS:

In 1969 the "B" in this state's abbreviation was changed to an "E" to avoid confusion with a Canadian province

What is Nebraska?

500

Tom Russell's "Tonight We Ride" recounts General Pershing's 1916-17 pursuit of this Mexican guerrilla leader

Who is Pancho Villa?

500

Hundreds of miles of this barrier / Got to stop any German assault / Got a design but no Belgian line / Think that may be a fault

What is Maginot?

500

Australian waters contain many species of this sea snail, including the greenlip & blacklip

What is Abalone?

500

Found before a certain "membrane" in the body, this word ends with a bit of fear

What is Tympanic?

500

Players in this duo's "East/West Collegiate Bowl" included Bismo Funyuns, D'Pez Poopsie & Quackadilly Blip

Who are Key & Peele?

500

19th CENTURY LITERARY CREATURES:

The author said the name of this 10-letter creature in his poem meant "the result of much excited discussion"

What is the Jabberwock?