The Category is “2020 Has Been a Rough Year” (A Tribute)

Round 1  

For 200 Mongolian Togrog: 

He had all the answers, but you had to know the questions (and no, it is not my Uncle Irving). 

For 400 Mauritanian Ouguiya: 

He made us Jump with his great guitar solos, but might now be Dancing with the Devil.  

For 600 Malaysian Ringgit: 

He came from Philadelphia, but that didn’t stop this Black Mamba from striking at us again, and again, and again.  

For 800 Lao Kip: 

She was briefly James Bond’s wife, but Avenged that death many times before succumbing to the Queen’s Justice.  

For 1000 Kazakhstani Tenge: 

Truly a Justice for all.  

Double Jeopardy 

For 400 Haitian Gourde: 

Baseball actually lowered the freaking mound because he was so dominant!!!!! 

For 800 Gambian Dalasi: 

As leader of his Group, he proclaimed I’m a Man, but acknowledged he needed someone to Gimme Some Lovin. 

For 1200 Georgian Lari: 

He chronicled A Drinking Life and everything else that happened in New York City for over 50 years. 

For 1600 Nicaraguan Cordoba: 

He walked Paths of Glory and went 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and always came back up with that chin intact, still yelling “I am Spartacus!!!!” 

For 2000 Venezuelan Bolivar Soberano:  

He marched across the bridge leading out of Selma and never stopped marching. 

A Video Final Jeopardy:    

After too many vodka martinis, shaken, not stirred, this iconic actor considered his role as Zed in Zardoz his crowning achievement (or at least I assume he did). (Click on the link).  

Answers (or are they Questions?) (No Peaking): 

Round 1 

  1. Who is Alex Trebek? 
Alex Trebek, Longtime 'Jeopardy!' Host, Dead at 80 - Rolling Stone
  1. Who is Eddie Van Halen? 
How Eddie Van Halen 'scared the hell out of a million guitarists' - BBC News
  1. Who is Kobe Bryant? 
Kobe Bryant NBA breakout season Lakers jersey to be auctioned off -  Business Insider
  1. Who is Diana Rigg? 
Diana Rigg 1938-2020 - CBS News
  1. Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg? 
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death Is One More Terrible Blow in a Year of Loss -  Scientific American

Double Jeopardy 

  1. Who is Bob Gibson? 
Bob Gibson - ScoopsWithDannyMac.com
  1. Who is Spencer Davis? 
THE SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - Live In Finland '67 (CD)
  1. Who is Pete Hamill? 
Pete Hamill, journalist, novelist and tabloid poet of New York, dies at 85  - The Washington Post
  1. Who is Kirk Douglas? 
Kirk Douglas - IMDb
  1. Who is John Lewis? 
John Lewis - Civil Rights (U.S. National Park Service)

Final Jeopardy

Who is Sean Connery? 

Sean Connery dead: James Bond actor dies aged 90 | HeraldScotland

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