Final Jeopardy: Rivers (1-12-24)
Here are some more clues from the 1/12/2024 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.
A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY ($800) Meow! The feline name of this style alluded to it being a training heel for girls not ready for an adult woman’s high heels
($1000) An English duke is honored in the name of this style of knotting a tie; the thicker knot shows off the pattern of the tie
TELEVISION ($200) Christopher’s fiancée Adriana pays the ultimate price for being an FBI informant in the “Long Term Parking” episode of this show
($800) Mandy Patinkin: “In 2021, I joined my friend Christine Baranski on this legal drama as pseudo judge Hal Wackner who holds court in the back of a copy shop”
UFOS ($600) It’s no small thing that Tom DeLonge of this pop-punk band was mentioned during a congressional hearing about UFOs
($1000) A History Channel show dramatized the story of this real-life U.S. Air Force “Project” that investigated UFOs
PODCASTS ($1600) the 2 real-life BFFs who break down episodes of their sitcom on “Office Ladies”
($2000) The part of an exercise program where you keep the status quo, or a podcast that aims to debunk wellness & weight loss myths
WE HAVE OXY, GIVE US THE MORON ($1200) In “The Spy Who Dumped Me”, Kate McKinnon’s wild, over-the-top character is told she’s “a little” this 4-letter word
($1600) Ecologist Enric Sala & anthropologist Wade Davis have been 2 “Explorers in” this stay-at-home word for National Geographic
($2000) Milton wrote, “No light but rather darkness” this adjective, later the title of William Styron’s memoir of depression
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Sneak Peek clues — ANAGRAMS
($200) It’s expanded our vision: ELOPE SECT
($400) A Western hemisphere nation: REGAIN TAN
($600) Meat un-greet: GEAR NATIVE
($800) A Book of the Bible: YOU RENT DOME
($1000) An early version of us: LANTERN HEAD
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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Ken gets mondo props from me for using the Samoan dialect to pronounce “Pago Pago”. It is NOT “pay go pay go”. It is “Pongo Pongo”. The Samoans put an “N” sound before “G”s. To my knowledge, all G’s are hard in Samoan. There is a word spelled “pelagi”. This is pronounced “Peh-lon-gi”. This is a derogatory term for white people. Weirdly, Google translate says that the translation is “Belgium”.
I saw this one, and did very poorly on DDs and FJ. Only got one, the tiny unit of length. I thought “Grapes of Wrath” for the Steinbeck, and also said “Lizzie Borden”. For Final, I wasn’t paying attention, and I said a city, not the river. Regardless, because I was wrong. I said Lisbon.
So, all in all, not a good game for me! Long did MUCH better!
Oh, and, I forgot the obvious – Tua Tagovailoa! As you hear on TV, “Tungavailoa”!
When I clicked on “more clues on page 2,” it took me to Wednesday’s page 2.
I’m not a fan of those all-in DD bets, even in a 2-day competition. One worked out, one didn’t. Kudos to Long for coming from never-never land into a commanding lead after the first day. That was a killer Final.
My ears are still ringing from Roy’s butchered pronunciation of pret-a-porter. And surprised no one knew the tie knot or the feline-named heel.
Thanks, Howard, I fixed that.
Yes, Long’s journey from minus $2,200 to $36.800 was amazing. He was the only one to get Fj! in his semifinal game too.
Ken was absolutely right when he quipped that the FJ was a tough one. Well, I simply rolled the dice, and came up with the Rhine river. Oh well.
Wow, all three players bet the farm in FJ! Long has a big lead heading into Monday’s game. I wonder what will happen if all three players finished with 0 at the end of Game 1 in the finals.