Jeopardy! Trivia Question of the Day

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Yep. Yesterdays answer was obituaries.

TUESDAY, JULY 1st
Category: Journalism
$600

Answer: An uncritical piece is called this and is as hard-hitting as the pastry of the same name.

Fluff balls!

eclair?

I’m sorry. The correct answer is “coffee cake.”

WEDNESDAY, JULY 2nd
Category: Journalism
$1000

Answer: These freelance reporters not completely “tied” to the paper but working part-time were once paid by the column inch.

This one’s for Justin, but I think he’s heading to Rothbury.

THURSDAY, JULY 3rd
Category: National Parks
$400

Answer: This “great” national park in Tennessee and North Carolina has more yearly visitors than any other.

^Is that because it has something to do with smokin’, or because he lives there?

Location, location, location.

MONDAY, JULY 7th
Category: Weapons
$200

Answer: This South American weapon consists of hollow reed and a dart.

TUESDAY, JULY 8th
Category: Weapons
$600

Answer: From an imitative Czech word for “whistle,” it’s any small gun held and fired with one hand.

  1. blowgun
  2. pistol

Correct!

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9th
Category: Weapons
$1000

Answer: The sixteenth century Swiss punctured their foes with this metal-tipped spear similar to a lance.

Yes, invented by a soldier named Augustine Peak, it was originally called Peak’s pike, but later just known as the pike for obvious reasons.