FIRST Final Jeopardy! (7/31)

[EddieMcD]

The 31 means it's time for the final challenge. We're doing it like we did last month. Let's recap the rules:

Since this is final Jeopardy, we'll give everyone the chance to catch up and possibly win this month. I will list 10 questions. You must PM me with your answer. Normal rules apply to answers, except that you can only PM me once. Put the number before the answer. Anyone who answers me more than once, or gives me a wrong answer will lose points equal to what they would've gotten with a correct answer (after all, my inbox space is valuable ). Don't post your answer here. First person with a correct answer gets 1000 points, second gets 900, and so on. Answers can only be taken once, so anyone who PMs me an answer after someone else has already PMed me the right answer is out of luck. Hopefully, that will make things more interesting. I also reserve the right to close this thread at any time. We are very close this month, and it's coming down to the end.

1) The number of horizontal rows of stars on the US flag.
2) This fish's skin used to be commonly used as sandpaper.
3) These two actors refused their 1970s best actor Oscar's.
4) Oscar stands on this.
5) The election of a new pope is annouced with this.
6) This country is home to the Yucatan Peninsula.
7) Between 1790 and 1840, this country accepted 75,000 convicts.
8) It's what an @ss and a horse produce.
9) Catmandu is this land's capital.
10) El Gordo is the lottery here.