Spoiler Talk: CotD (Mon)
Here’s Monday’s peek at the NY Times Clue of the Day. This clue may be today’s Final Jeopardy! If you know it (or even if you don’t), you can make a prediction on how many players will get it right and/or leave a hint on the right answer BEFORE 11:15 A.M. CENTRAL (And, yes, we are all aware that the results are sometimes put up earlier elsewhere, but we play fair here).
Take Your Lumps: No late predictions. No changing predictions. No exceptions.
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Clue of the Day
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An Old Category: The name of this category was WEIRD WORDS; it was in the first round of the match that aired on 11-26-2009.
$200: To hornswoggle someone is to do this to them
$400: A quocker-wodger is a wooden one of these children’s toys with strings
$600: Dactylonomy is the advanced art of counting using these
$800: From the Greek for “belly speech”, engastrimyth is another name for this type of stage performer
$1000: Also a slang term for the head in Shakespeare’s time, a costard is an old variety of this fruit
ANSWERS: show
Today’s Quote: Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
CUTOFF TIME: PREDICTIONS POSTED AFTER 11:15 A.M. CENTRAL WILL BE DISREGARDED (9:15-P, 10:15-M, 12:15-E)
FRIDAY’S PREDICTIONS: JJ and JP correctly predicted everyone would get “Jaws”
Early Spoiler results are usually updated around 12 p.m. Central.
I knew the city and state, but I couldn’t come up with the right title of the event. Look for Farm Aid to pop up as an incorrect guess.
1/3 correct responses.
I don’t think those names are gonna ring any bells on the Alex Trebek Stage. 😲 I’m gonna say ZERO right.
I guessed incorrectly. I didn’t have any idea when this annual event first began. I’ll say 1/3.