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Jeopardy First Edition -- Game #6

Hi friends! Let's take a look at Jeopardy! First Edition Game #6. As before, my goal is to share what I've learned about the clues in this game. Notes are in the order they appear in the original video, which you can find  here . Wikipedia is my primary source for much of this material (so take that with a grain of salt). Jeopardy! Round Categories: French Art, Starts with "S", '70's Rock, Mars, Where's The Beef?, Horsin' Around Starts with "S" ($400):  Per Wikipedia, "an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function". I suppose that's why skin qualifies. Mars ($200):  The names of Mars's moons are Phobos and Deimos. Mars ($300):  "Holst" refers to Gustav Holst, an English composer from the early 20th century. The Mars movement is the first of seven in his The Planets . You can here the full eight-plus minute Mars movement on Wikipedia . Where's the Beef ($300):  Stroga...

Jeopardy First Edition -- Game #5

 Hi friends! As part of the MS-DOS Jeopardy! series, I hope to write a post-game review of the clues. The goal is to highlight any clues that may be out-of-date and to provide some additional trivia about some of the more interesting clues. Notes are in the order they appear in the original video, which you can find  here . Wikipedia is my primary source for much of this material (so take that with a grain of salt). Jeopardy! Round Categories: Reference Books, Political Slogans, Sports, Movie Classic, Fabrics, "Can" Do Reference Books ($100):  What an age we live in! Both volumes of the original 1828 version of Webster's Dictionary can be found on the Internet Archive: Volume 1 and Volume 2 . Since both volumes are in the public domain, there's no need to sign in to view these. Reference Books ($300):  The Internet Archive also has access to the original 1955 version of the Guinness Book of Records. (Since it's in the public domain, you do need to log in and che...