Can you guess which US city this ‘Jeopardy!’ clue is about?

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Clue #1

– Clue: In the 1850s this “New” Massachusetts city was the whaling capital of the world
– Category: U.S.A.
– Value: $400
– Date episode aired: September 22, 1993

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Answer #1

– Answer: New Bedford

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Clue #2

– Clue: If you want to go to the Texas State Fair, head for this “big” city, not the state capital
– Category: AMERICANA
– Value: $1,000
– Date episode aired: February 13, 2008

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Answer #2

– Answer: Dallas

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Clue #3

– Clue: It’s the southernmost state capital
– Category: U.S. CITIES
– Value: DD: $1,000
– Date episode aired: December 21, 2004

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Answer #3

– Answer: Honolulu

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Clue #4

– Clue: This city on Lake Erie in Upstate New York was the last stop on the Underground Railroad in the 19th century
– Category: U.S. CITIES
– Value: $600
– Date episode aired: November 09, 2009

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Answer #4

– Answer: Buffalo

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Clue #5

– Clue: This state capital was named for the fourth president of the United States
– Category: U.S. PLACE NAMES
– Value: $400
– Date episode aired: June 01, 2017

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Answer #5

– Answer: Madison

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Clue #6

– Clue: Taking 40 years to build, the Mormon Temple was dedicated in this capital in 1893
– Category: STATE CAPITALS
– Value: $100
– Date episode aired: February 14, 1997

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Answer #6

– Answer: Salt Lake City

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Clue #7

– Clue: Rosa Parks helped make this city “The Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement”
– Category: STATE CAPITALS
– Value: $800
– Date episode aired: January 09, 2006

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Answer #7

– Answer: Montgomery

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Clue #8

– Clue: The famous question “Will it play in” this Illinois city goes back to its Vaudeville days
– Category: MIDWESTERN CITIES
– Value: $1,000
– Date episode aired: June 29, 2004

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Answer #8

– Answer: Peoria

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Clue #9

– Clue: A seaport on Narragansett Bay
– Category: STATE CAPITAL FACTS
– Value: $1,000
– Date episode aired: April 25, 2018

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Answer #9

– Answer: Providence

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Clue #10

– Clue: In 1865 a Civil War battle took place in this “colorful” Texas city — a month after the war ended
– Category: DOUBLE-“L” WORDS
– Value: $800
– Date episode aired: May 23, 2003

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Answer #10

– Answer: Brownsville

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Clue #11

– Clue: In 1781 Felipe de Neve had trouble recruiting settlers to found this city despite promising them TV gigs & a Bel Air house-sit
– Category: THE 18th CENTURY
– Value: $400
– Date episode aired: February 22, 2022

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Answer #11

– Answer: Los Angeles

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Clue #12

– Clue: Daniel Burnham’s early 20th century plan for this city included Navy Pier
– Category: A JOURNEY OF YOUR PIERS
– Value: $600
– Date episode aired: June 06, 2018

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Answer #12

– Answer: Chicago

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Clue #13

– Clue: The 1,000-foot JPMorgan Chase Tower is the tallest building in this, Texas’ most populous city
– Category: U.S. BUILDINGS
– Value: $800
– Date episode aired: May 23, 2022

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Answer #13

– Answer: Houston

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Clue #14

– Clue: It succeeded Fort Whipple, Prescott, & Tucson as capital
– Category: STATE CAPITALS
– Value: $200
– Date episode aired: September 13, 1984

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Answer #14

– Answer: Phoenix

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Clue #15

– Clue: In 1800 the U.S. capital was moved to Washington, D.C. from this city
– Category: HISTORY
– Value: $400
– Date episode aired: September 28, 2020

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Answer #15

– Answer: Philadelphia

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Clue #16

– Clue: Fires raged for 3 days after this city’s 1906 earthquake
– Category: UP IN SMOKE
– Value: $300
– Date episode aired: May 01, 1998

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Answer #16

– Answer: San Francisco

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Clue #17

– Clue: This rainy city’s music festival is fittingly named Bumbershoot, a slang word for an umbrella
– Category: MUSIC FESTIVALS
– Value: $800
– Date episode aired: September 22, 2020

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Answer #17

– Answer: Seattle

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Clue #18

– Clue: Things to do in this city include seeing its mint that opened in 1906 & taking in a game at Coors Field
– Category: THE NON-COASTAL U.S.
– Value: $200
– Date episode aired: September 29, 2021

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Answer #18

– Answer: Denver

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Clue #19

– Clue: Cyrus Holliday helped found this city & became president of the railroad whose name included it
– Category: KANSAS
– Value: $400
– Date episode aired: February 15, 2005

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Answer #19

– Answer: Topeka

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Clue #20

– Clue: White granite from quarries near this New England capital was used in the Library of Congress
– Category: U.S. CITIES
– Value: $500
– Date episode aired: October 04, 1991

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Answer #20

– Answer: Concord, New Hampshire

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Clue #21

– Clue: With about 100,000 people, this seat of Yellowstone County is Montana’s most populous city
– Category: PUT IT ON MY “BILL”
– Value: $600
– Date episode aired: January 12, 2015

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Answer #21

– Answer: Billings

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Clue #22

– Clue: Middle Atlantic city that’s called “The Chemical Capital of the World”
– Category: TRADE CENTERS
– Value: $500
– Date episode aired: April 07, 1986

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Answer #22

– Answer: Wilmington (Delaware)

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Clue #23

– Clue: This capital’s St. John’s Church was the site of Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” oration
– Category: STATE CAPITALS
– Value: $600
– Date episode aired: January 27, 2021

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Answer #23

– Answer: Richmond

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Clue #24

– Clue: Erupting several times in 1992, Mount Spurr has dumped ash on & remains a threat to this largest Alaska city
– Category: VOLCANO CITY USA
– Value: $800
– Date episode aired: June 11, 2021

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Answer #24

– Answer: Anchorage

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Clue #25

– Clue: Council Bluffs, Iowa lies across the Missouri from this Nebraska city & makes up part of its metro area
– Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY
– Value: $800
– Date episode aired: April 10, 2015

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Answer #25

– Answer: Omaha

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Clue #26

– Clue: April 22, 1889 is the birthdate of this “City”, capital of the Sooner State
– Category: WHAT KIND OF PLACE IS THIS?
– Value: $400
– Date episode aired: April 08, 2022

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Answer #26

– Answer: Oklahoma City

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Clue #27

– Clue: During a layover at McCarran Airport in this city, you can do a little gambling right in the terminal
– Category: AIRPORTS
– Value: $400
– Date episode aired: November 16, 2021

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Answer #27

– Answer: Las Vegas

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Clue #28

– Clue: In the War of 1812 British general Sir Isaac Brock struck from Canada to capture this not-yet-Motor City
– Category: THE BRITISH ARE COMING!
– Value: $400
– Date episode aired: May 16, 2012

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Answer #28

– Answer: Detroit

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Clue #29

– Clue: Beale Street in this city has historically served as a magnet for blues musicians
– Category: STREETS OF AMERICA
– Value: $1,000
– Date episode aired: December 28, 2021

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Answer #29

– Answer: Memphis

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Clue #30

– Clue: Often called “the birthplace of jazz”, it’s also the birthplace of Harry Connick Jr.
– Category: MUSIC CITIES, USA
– Value: $800
– Date episode aired: April 25, 2016

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Answer #30

– Answer: New Orleans

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Clue #31

– Clue: Named for a president & developed around a ford in the St. Johns river, it’s Florida’s most populous city
– Category: FLORIDA GEOGRAPHY
– Value: $600
– Date episode aired: November 13, 2014

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Answer #31

– Answer: Jacksonville