Final Jeopardy: Queen Elizabeth II (1-15-21)
Here are 4 more triple stumpers from the 1/15/2021 Jeopardy! game:
FORTIFY YOURSELF ($400) Fort Bourtange in the Netherlands is this celestial type; an attacker who gets close to one wall is exposed to fire from another
ALL KINDS OF WINE ($1000) In “Arsenic and Old Lace”, the old ladies put poison in wine made from these berries
U.S. CITIES ($1200) With thousands collected every year, each March Sweetwater, Texas hosts a roundup of these reptiles
($2000) About midway between L.A. & San Francisco, Fresno was founded by this railroad co.; Leland Stanford was said to have picked the site
Sneak Peek clues — HODGEPODGE:
($400) He was the governor of California from 2003 to 2011
($800) In Europe moose are known as these, our word for a different big North American deer
($1200) From 2007 to 2019 Kunal Nayyar played Raj Koothrappali on this sitcom
($1600) Aphrodite gave this goddess a magic girdle that made her husband Zeus forget his worries about the Trojan War
($2000) Until 1957 this metal, symbol Be, was known as glucinium
ANSWERS: show
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If Prince Edward was born on March 10, 1964 he would have been born in the fourth month of Lyndon Johnson’s presidency, Since Lyndon Johnson was sworn in on November 22, 1963. That begs the question was the final Jeopardy question wrong? Does that mean that Lucy would get another chance at playing in more jeopardy sessions.
@David, I don’t know what the judges would say about that — it was 3 months + 18 days into Johnson’s presidency. I wouldn’t challenge the clue over that, especially if I wrote down JFK. .
I agree that “in the 4th month” would have been better wording, but no way will they bring her back based on that.
Thanks for the interesting link to LBJ’s daily diary, VJ.
You’re welcome, Rhonda. I thought that was so cool 😎 Kirk Douglas, hanging out with LBJ and Princess Margaret. I wonder if anyone said “I’m Spartacus”
Yes, VJ, his name caught my attention, too.
Lucy was impressive. She knows things that many young women don’t know such as the ABA, the OSS, and the Allman Brothers.
Another response that just appeared in Master Minds – Mary, Queen of Scots. They both even included the year of her execution, 1587.
And here I thought Lucy was going to get a streak but she missed some easy final jeopardy responses which was her undoing. Congrats to Jennifer on her win. Too bad gautham couldn’t get anything going today. No triple solves this week but hopefully next week will be better. JFK was long gone before the queen even met him, VJ. In my opinion Lucy could do a lot better in final jeopardy.
Yes, I’m hoping that next week will be better. Oh, and $64,499 is Lucy’s 2-Day Total. Her 3-Day Total is $79,499.
JFK was not “long gone” before she met him. He was one of 11 of the last 12 presidents whom she met.
I figured the answer was a 1-term president and also guessed JFK. Johnson probably would have been 2nd choice.
Lucy would have had a runaway win had she known Joliet and Marquette, arguably the 2nd best-known exploring team after Lewis and Clark. I remember them from school days which were about 60 years ago. I believe Marquette was a priest (Pere Marquette).
Tough to understand how the guy didn’t know “infer” is the opposite of “imply.” Basic rule of grammar. The speaker implies, the listener or reader infers.