Final Jeopardy: British Army History (1-29-21)

Here are 10 more triple stumpers from the 1/29/2021 Jeopardy! game:

PLACES IN THE GOOD BOOK ($400) The Gospel of John says this village is where Jesus not only performed a wedding miracle but healed a man far off in Capernaum

($800) God tells Jonah to preach against the people of this city; at first he flees, but later he gets into denouncing them

($1000) Now the largest city in the Negev Desert, it was where Abraham made a covenant with the Philistine King Abimelech in Genesis 21

CODE WORDS ($800) The Air Force Academy’s code of this quality says, “We will not lie, steal or cheat, nor tolerate among us anyone who does”

POET-POURRI ($800) George Herbert’s poetic query “is there in truth no” this? ” became the title of the “Star Trek” episode with the Medusans

($1600) In 1920s London Virginia Woolf & others were baffled by this transplanted American poet’s habit of wearing green face powder

1980s TIME CAPSULE ($1600) In 1989 Tom Petty sang, “My sister got lucky, married” this kind of successful person, a word coined earlier in the decade

AROUND THE CARIBBEAN ($800) The largest range in Jamaica, these mountains are famous as a source of coffee beans

($1600) Boulders form secluded pools at the Baths, a beach area in this colony of the Queen’s

BIG STAR ($1200) In the Top 5 brightest stars, Arcturus is found in this constellation in the northern sky; oh, shake shake shake, shake your…

Sneak Peek clues — PRIME RHYME
($200) A white-faced silent performer
($400) A cooking herb in the mint family
($600) The peal of a small bell
($800) Citrus aurantifolia
($1000) A geographic location with a particular meteorological environment

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15 Responses

  1. Jeopardy! lover says:

    VJ, is Brian Chang Cliff Chang’s brother?

  2. Robert says:

    Another poor FJ answer. They are beginning to pile up. TVs are changing channels.

  3. Albert says:

    For ‘Red Cent’ I had “Plumb Nickel”. Do you think I would have been given eventual credit for ‘Plumb Nickel’? I know the term. plugged nickel, but I have also heard the term, plumb nickel, a few times in my life.

    Also, is plumb nickel a malaprop such as “albacore around my neck”? Thanks in advance for any responses.

    • VJ says:

      Albert, here is the clue:” Something valueless is “not worth a” this colorful 2-word coin phrase.” Plumb nickel, plug nickel or wooden nickel would not work here because of the specific use of the word colorful.

      I think the plumb part of “plumb nickel” refers to lead and “plum nickel” is a corruption of that.

  4. William Weyser says:

    This reminds of me of way back in 2013, when everybody in that year’s Teen Tournament picked Dublin, but the correct response was Belfast, and they all lost everything. So, there was no winner in that Semi-Final Game, and they allowed the highest scorer among non-winners: Leonard Cooper, with $30,200, take the 3rd spot in the Finals, and he went on to win the tournament. Today, everybody picked Belfast, but this time, it was not the correct response. That would be Londonderry, or Derry. Curse You, Belfast! Anyways, Zach Newkirk is now a 6-Time Champion, and he’ll be back on Monday, to see if he can tie with Brian Chang for games won on “JEOPARDY!”.

    • VJ says:

      yeah, that clue from 2013 is in the recap, 2nd paragraph after NONE of the players got Final Jeopardy!

  5. Lou says:

    Let’s hope Zach can keep his streak going next week. It would be great to have two seven game champions to get 2021 rolling. We’ve had three 8 game winners so far.

  6. rhonda says:

    You were a lucky duck, VJ, you dodged Amy Lowell by a week!

    • VJ says:

      I know, Rhonda! I was super surprised to see ol’ Amy show up in that Poet-pourri category. That’s her first clue since 4-25-2017!!!!

      • rhonda says:

        That was quite unexpected, and how it showed up in the second round as part of the clue, too.
        And we had another grape mention tonight as well!

  7. Ismael Gomez says:

    We end this week with another triple stumper and today’s FJ wasn’t nice to anybody.

  8. Kevin Cheng says:

    Also, this was the first time this season that everybody had the same wrong FJ! response. When was the last time everyone had the same wrong FJ! response.