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Doug Miller[_4_] Doug Miller[_4_] is offline
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Default Jeopardy gets it right

Larry Blanchard wrote in :

On Jeopardy tonight, there was a question about a sealer with the same
name as a tree. The contestant answered shellac. Alex said the answer
was lacquer.


And he is correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicodendron_vernicifluum aka "Chinese Lacquer Tree".