Spoiler Talk: CotD (Wed)
It’s time for a look at the NY Times Clue of the Day for Wednesday’s game. 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).
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Clue of the Day
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An old row: This was the $2000 row in the last round of the Jeopardy! match that originally aired on 3-17-2008.
19th CENTURY NAMES: By the time her “Middlemarch” was published, she was generally recognized as the greatest living English novelist
IRISH SONGS: “Danny Boy” is based on this traditional Irish tune popular in the 1850s
THE NEXT NATION IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER: Next after Russia
HERE’S A MELANGE POUR VOUS: Talos was a man of bronze that this god of metalworking made for Minos
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE: A victory ode, “The Song of Deborah” is found in this book
THE COURAGE TO “B”: This Asian capital city’s Grand Palace houses the Emerald Buddha, which sits on a gilded wood throne
ANSWERS: show
Today’s Quote: The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
CUTOFF TIME: PREDICTIONS POSTED AFTER 11:15 A.M. CENTRAL WILL BE DISREGARDED (9:15-P, 10:15-M, 12:15-E)
TUESDAY’S PREDICTIONS: JP correctly predicted 1 player would get Lake Pontchartrain
Early Spoiler results are usually updated around 12 p.m. Central.
Even if you don’t know much French, I think this is gettable. I’ll say 3/3.