Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Notables (1-10-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 1/10/2022 Jeopardy! game. Please don’t put the answers to these clues in the comments so people who missed the game can have a chance to answer them. It is okay to refer to them by category and clue value or by part of the clue.
SUBURBS ($600) Stewart Hartshorn made a fortune in window shade rollers & gave his S.H. initials to this wealthy New Jersey suburb
THE HUGO AWARDS ($1000) This author, Hugo-nominated in his 20s for “Babel-17”, has the middle initial “R” for Ray; he won a few years later
NEW CHESS STRATAGEMS? ($200) Not the Sicilian Defense but this legal one that may include the irresistible impulse test
($400) Not the Trompowsky but this 3-word attack that renders a computer no good to its legitimate user
WORDS FROM ARABIC ($600) Originally a part of Middle Eastern folklore, it’s a demon, seen in its favorite haunt (image)
BANK SHOTS ($800) Saxo Bank is an online bank, but its headquarters designed by the Danish firm, 3XN, near this world capital are very 3-D
PARTS OF A POEM ($2000) Hail! This word for a pause in the middle of a line of poetry
Sneak Peek clues — CELEBRITY HOBBIES
($200) Reasonably enough for Queen Bey, Beyonce makes hundreds of jars of this a year, partly because of her daughters’ allergies
($400) The state legislature made him an honorary Texan after he donated his $15 million Alamo artifacts collection to the museum there
($600) Though not noted for action movies, Forest Whitaker has a black belt in the Kenpo type of this martial art
($800) She knitted the shawl she wore as Sister Aloysius in the movie “Doubt”
($1000) Taylor Swift makes these transparent items; the video of her song “Lover” happens inside one
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Don’t stop, Amy. Keep going.
I see the circus continues. 🤦
Who amongst us have not criticized contestant’s responses? Triple stumpers to what we perceive as so-called slam dunk clues? Contestants constantly buzzing and giving the wrong answer? Etc, etc, etc…
Moi, I think the FJ responses tonight were absurd. There—I said it. Van Gogh, his relationship with his brother, his death in Arles, France, all seem to be well known factoids, especially to people who study trivia. That’s my opinion and I’m sticking with it.
Besides, what’s the point of having a” comments” section if people cannot express their opinion? As long as they are not being disrespectful…
P.S. I have the right to remain silent and not reply if anyone feels inclined to want to engage in a heated argument. 🙂
Happy New Year, everyone!
Those were some lame responses to FJ. Maybe if I hadn’t seen the movie “Vincent and Theo” ages ago, it would have been more challenging.
Probably a sign of my age, but I thought it was sad that none of them recognized the lyrics to “Born to Run” or “Jet” that would have led them to the artists’ names. I consider BTR the most perfect rock song ever recorded.
First, circus and now this easy final that no one got. Surprised.
The clue in FJ was a dead giveaway; it could have been none other than Vincent Van Gogh.
Well, I think it would have been a dead giveaway if it said Arles instead of France. France is what obviously threw the contestants off
I came up with Van Gogh quick enough. I mean, the painter was in fact quite mad.
Haven’t seen the show yet but not surprised at a triple stumper on the fj clue. The category title unto itself was wide open to one’s own interpretation imo. Notable in what? France was interjected imo to lead the contestants to think the person was French. After all Van Gogh only spent a little over three years in France. Brother? Lots of people have brothers and certainly had them in 1890.. I’m not a clairvoyant like some people who post here. I thought perhaps Amy might get the clue and that was about it because she may have known the details and could extrapolate from notables the area of notoriety. I think verbally attacking the contestants is way out of line. It may give some people joy to “bully” the contestants here but it leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
What am I missing here? I’m not seeing any verbal attacks on the contestants. If it is my remark about the song, I meant that in a joking way and not as a slam against any of the contestants.
VJ, you posted no comments regarding the fj clue. I was not referring to you. There is an individual who posts on here and has every right to do so who consistently sounds condescending regarding fj triple stumpers by the contestants. It’s getting old because most times the person confuses facts. Some people try to come off as if they are smarter than the contestants but are not. I had to vent because it’s not fair. I generalized my comments.
Btw, I’ve now seen the show. Tough board in some categories imo.
thanks, Jacob, I just wasn’t sure if it was something I said because I pretty much ignore that issue. As you know, I tried mightily in the past to shed some self-awareness on those contradictions to no avail.
And now, here are some $2,000 clues I DIDN’T get:
Bank Shots – energy from the subsoil (huh?)
Poetry – the Hail! pun and I didn’t get the DD that Amy got either (Yikes!),
3 Vowels – I can never remember the name of that land mass and even if I could, I wouldn’t buzz in for fear of mispronouncing it.
Tough final as we begin the week with a triple stumper.
@Rhonda, I know you will be more shocked than I was at that $800 Travelin’ Music “broken heroes” triple stumper!
I was really surprised at that New Jersey suburb clue but not that it was a triple stumper. I can’t imagine them thinking anyone other than North Jersey contestants would know that. I worked for a bank president and a top tax attorney who lived there. I even know the zip code (07078). 🤣 I read online somewhere that Buzzy Cohen grew up there so maybe that was some kind of shoutout to Buzzy.
I heard about that broken heroes music before VJ but even I am shocked at that triple stumper. But more so the van gogh triple stumper shouldn’t have been that tough. I remember seeing a couple of paintings like starry night in Moma several years ago. That clue about the nj suburb was a great shoutout to buzzy.
I couldn’t believe that no one knew it, VJ! Sheesh.
I was beyond flummoxed that there were, what, 4 triple stumpers in the “Travelin’ Music”. I mean, I got all of them.
But, really what got under my skin were the beyond bad FJ answers. I’m not debating difficult or not, but, all were, how do I say it, uninspired. I wonder if they wrote their responses just to not leave it blank. But, the last thing that people at home see of them is really bad. At least Amy gets to come back.
@Jason, there were 3 stumpers in the Travelin’ Music category. As for FJ, it was kind of the opposite of last Friday’s. France in the clue made everyone think of Frenchmen. Norwegian was in Friday’s clue and the answers were Norwegian, English, American.