This... Is... Jeopardy!

What is Atlanta?

  1. Dr. John, Louis Prima, Lil Wayne

Sorry, we were looking for Athens, Georgia. Carry on…

What is New Orleans?

  1. The Sonics, Bing Crosby, Neko Case

D’oh! I knew that!

I’m going to say Tacoma, WA, but while both Crosby and Case were born there, neither started their careers there. Crosby played in a band in Spokane, WA, before moving to LA and getting a contract; Case played in Vancouver, BC, before moving to Seattle and getting noticed.

In case that answer is satisfactory:

  1. Kiss, Lady Gaga, Steely Dan

What is New York?

New category: Common bonds.

  1. The English, We Got the, Texas Radio and the Big

What is ‘Beat’? (or “What are types of beats?”)

  1. Side, place, bicycle, and penalty.

-“BB”-

What are kicks?

  1. Public, world, vinyl, and criminal

What are some records?

  1. Sea, pocket, quick, and small.

…what is sand?

  1. Irrational, imaginary, perfect

What are numbers?

New category:

Controversial toys

  1. This toy allowed you to change her from a child to a teenager with the turn of an arm.

What is Skipper?

  1. These collectible cardboard tokens popular with '90s kids were often viewed as gambling devices by school authorities

…what is sand?

Bzzt! We were looking for “change”.

Play on.

What are pogs?

  1. This popular doll was part of an Oreo Cookie campaign.

What is Barbie?

  1. Later models of this NES accessory were colored bright orange to make it less resemble a real weapon

What is the Zapper?

  1. More than 6,000 Americans had visited emergency rooms with injuries caused by this toy in the eight years leading up to its U.S. ban in 1988.

What are lawn darts?

pass

I think “cap guns” is the correct answer.

New category: Banned in the US

  1. In 1971, ads for this product were banned from TV and radio.

What are cigarettes?

  1. Banned in Jersey City, the controversy over this 1953 Otto Preminger film was the focus of an episode of M*A*S*H.

What is “The Moon is Blue”?

  1. This wormwood-based alcohol spirit was banned in the U.S. in 1912, due to its alleged hallucinogenic properties, and was not legalized again until 2007.