Lend Me A Champion
Congratulations to the reigning Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider for her correct response to last night's question on JEOPARDY! about LEND ME A TENOR. The category was A FARCE TO BE RECKONED WITH -- and the TENOR clue was worth $1600 in Double Jeopardy! Way to go, Amy!
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A FARCE TO BE RECKONED WITH
($400) Jack Worthing finds out that he’s really Ernest John Moncrieff in “The Importance of Being Earnest” by this playwright
($800) In the play “Boeing-Boeing”, a playboy juggles 3 fiancees, all with this job
($1200) An antique jug, a reverend, a notebook & aged Aunt Dahlia all lead to madcap trouble in “The Code of the Woosters” by this writer
($1600) Ken Ludwig’s play about an assistant taking the place of a drunken opera star is called “Lend Me” this, punning on British money slang
($2000) This farce by Michael Frayn is a look at what goes on behind the scenes as well as onstage
Answers:
($400) Oscar Wilde
($800) stewardess
($1200) P.G. Wodehouse
($1600) a Tenor
($2000) Noises Off