Originally, this 3-word phrase referred to when a doctor or apothecary substituted one medicine for another

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Today’s Final Jeopardy Category is: Latin Phrases

Today’s Final Jeopardy

Originally, this 3-word phrase referred to when a doctor or apothecary substituted one medicine for another

Final Jeopardy Answer

The Final Jeopardy Answer is: Quid Pro Quo

Final Jeopardy Explanation

The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines Quid Pro Quo as “something given or received for something else”.

Originally, Quid pro quo was frequently used in the 16th and 18th centuries to refer to the substitution of one remedy for another.

The Latin phrase from which it was derived (which can be translated as “something for something”) originated with apothecaries (people who prepare and sell drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes).

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