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Saturday JEOPARDY
Highlight between the brackets to see the "question"........
JEOPARDY- On "P"oint
1. ($400)- It's a hill or mountain with a level top...
[ what is a plateau ? ]
2. ($1200)- It's an act performed to show sorrow for having committed a sin...
[ what is pennance ? ]
3. ($2000)- -It's a high-falutin' six-syllable word for sleight of hand magic...
[what is prestidigitation ? ]

Double JEOPARDY- Stories
4.($800)- This story begins, As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning...he found himself
transformed...into a gigantic insect"...
[ what is "The Metamorphosis" ?]
5. ($2400)- His shocking story "A Rose For Emily" is about the life and death of a
Southern woman...
[who is William Faulkner ? ]
6. ($4000)- "The Dead" is the last story in this collection by James Joyce...
[what is Dubliners ? ]
Final JEOPARDY- Science
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From the latin for "how much", it's an indivisible physical amount...
[ what is quantum






 
Good one, made me think and I got them all. Latin always throws me, until I get a chance to break it down.
 
I said mesa for plateau. I guess it depends on where you live. Out west it would be a mesa. Otherwise I didn't do very well. I flunked. Got the magic one, just the pronunciation wrong. The literary ones escaped me entirely. :angel:
 
The first batch of questions were categoried as 'On "P"oint' with "P" being the clue...
 
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