Final Jeopardy: The Business of Travel (1-19-21)
Here are 2 more triple stumpers from the 1/19/2021 Jeopardy! game:
PUT SOMETHING ON! ($1000) Ralph Lauren sells “the iconic khaki” these pants that might get their name from an Asian country
HISTORICALLY SHAMELESS ($1000) Rome’s citizens must have rethought the whole one-man rule thing when this third emperor gleefully abused his power by making senators run beside his chariot & dissolving valuable pearls in his drinks (Note: See #5 and #10)
LIBROS EN ESPANOL ($1200) Set in the American South: “Luz de agosto”
ANAGRAM THE FIRST NAME ($2000) A name meaning “polite” & an adjective meaning typical of the countryside
The players got all the clues in SONG REFERENCES:
($400) This singer & former boyfriend of Taylor Swift assumes he’s the “John” in her song “Dear John”
($800) Rapper Nas is said to be the title “Mr.” in Amy Winehouse’s “Me & Mr.” him; it’s Nas’ last name
($1200) David Paich of Toto said Ms. Arquette was the inspiration for the title of this 1982 hit
($1600) The U2 song “Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” is about Michael Hutchence, late frontman of this band
($2000) After breaking up with Erykah Badu, Andre 3000 apologized to her mother in OutKast’s “Ms.” her
ANSWERS: show
Sneak Peek clues — 3-LETTER RESPONSES
($200) John McCain’s status from 1967 until his release in 1973
($400) An organization for doctors, or a patient who checks out of a hospital despite what the doctors suggest
($600) In 2017 the parent company for QVC filled up its cart & acquired this longtime rival
($800) George H. W. Bush was director of it from January 1976 to January 1977
($1000) Abu Dhabi is the largest of the states that make up the federation
ANSWERS: show
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“We’ll heave the bright on farm you.” Motel 6’s slogan on autocorrect.— That’s funny, VJ. It reminds me of Eric’s “auto correct is like herding cats.”
I wonder what Alex’s quip would have been on Brian’s “pastries” response.
lol, cece, I thought about that too and wondered if Alex would have laughed and said something like they only wear them when you take the “r” out.
I had a couple of doozies from autocorrect last week —
1. I had Julie here with me and my daughter texted “How’s Julie” from work. I typed “She’s fine” but autocorrect said “She’s gone”. omg!
2. I suggested that my daughter order some meatloaf for pickup from Luby’s. Autocorrect told her to order it from Libya! She texted me back “No thanks” with a Libyan flag. 🤣🤣🤣 (It really hurts when I laugh that hard)
VJ—pastries sans “r” quip, LOL! (I think that would have ignited Twitter big time).
Hahaha, for Pete’s sake, turn that autocorrect off! (at least until you can laugh hard w/out feeling pain).
Decent players, but strange show for a couple of reasons.
Brian was completely flustered by a pretty easy DD (puff SLEEVES) that cost him a bundle early.
Then Donesh bet a ridiculous amount, $10000, on the late DD. Even if he’d gotten it right, he would not have had a runaway. And missing it ensured his demise. All he had to do was bet around $2000, give or take a couple thousand, to either take the lead or stay within range.
For those not with long memories, Ken lost his 75th game to Nancy Dorf when he answered “FedEx” instead of “H&R Block” for Final Jeopardy. The clue was the seasonal business based in Kansas City. (And Nancy lost the next game.)
There’s a clip of Ken losing to Nancy Zerg on this post from back in 2014, after Arthur Chu lost
Never did know or realize what the 6 meant.
Donesh was doing well for a while until that daily double didn’t fare well for him. I wanted to ask who wears pastries? I mean they are desserts and not brands of clothing. Speaking of h and r block didnt ken come up with that and lost to Nancy previously, VJ? I am thinking Brian might not win another game but I cannot judge. Congrats to Brian
I don’t think anyone wears pastries, with the exception of a possible future Lady Gaga seeking attention.
lol, JP… a future Lady Gaga! That’s funny. Brian seemed be totally flummoxed by that clue. He obviously didn’t know what “Elle” is but it seemed like he didn’t try to reason it out with the category being “Put Something On!” and the clue referring to tops and dresses. Then in FJ! — he threw away a potential $7,598 gain for a joke answer.
I had no idea on the clue Daily Double either. But my fashion sense is zero. Given a couple minutes I may have teased it out.
VJ, there were 10 clues left when Brian found the first round DD. You’ll notice that Donesh had got it right on that last DD in the DJ! round, he would have won but didn’t
Thanks, Kevin. I fixed that. Donesh would have probably won all the same if he hadn’t decided to make such an enormous bet with only 5 clues to go (worth $2800) and no way to recover if he was wrong. Yeah, I know he thought it was cool because it was an $800 clue and Ken tried to console him by saying he made the right call, but like it or not, as far as I’m concerned that bet is what cost him the game.