Final Jeopardy: Historical Fiction (1-29-24)
Here are some more clues from the 1/29/2024 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.
GOING TO THE DOGS ($800) Also a British game show title, this 3-word command means to let loose a pursuing pack
TV THEME SONGS ($800) “Love Is All Around” performed by Sonny Curtis
The players got all the clues right in MYTH AROUND & FIND OUT:
($400) In an Iroquois tale a girl runs off with a handsome Chad only to find out he is one of these ssslithery creatures
($800) This bull-headed creature of Crete came to be after Pasiphaë fell in love with a bovine
($1200) One myth says this king of Corinth got an eternity of rock pushing after angering Zeus by snitching on some of Z’s philandering
($1600) The blind Norse god Hodur messed around & killed this beloved god with a projectile of missile-toe
($2000) In Egyptian myth Seth went all Edgar Allan Poe on this bro of his & put him in a coffin while he was still alive
MYTH AROUND ANSWERS: show
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Sneak Peek clues — IT ENDS WITH “U”
($200) The name of this swampy section of a river is from the Choctaw for “small stream”
($400) Kenji Kita is credited with giving this car brand its name meaning “to unite”
($600) In 1999 the Asian edition of TIME ranked this pocket monster the second-best Person of the Year behind Ricky Martin
($800) It’s a-pear-antly true that this pear has Belgian roots, despite its French name
($1000) In 1932 members of the Australian army fought “the Great this “War” against a flightless feathered foe
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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I got FJ nearly instantly – Sir Percy Blakeney! Read the books (30 years ago), saw the movie on TCM.
The vodka I knew, because it is advertised ALL THE TIME on the radio here (upstate NY). The British game show I guessed, although I’ve never ever heard of it.
As to Lloyd and the reversal, at first, I was thinking that was right. However, as I recollect, Ken could have said “more specifically”. But, then again, it is incumbent on the players to know the category titles, and, in this case, I don’t know if he is allowed to prompt.
Ken admitted he was too quick to accept the response
“Tale of 2 Cities” came to mind till I quickly realized there was no title character, so I shifted to “Count of Monte Cristo.” I went down the tank along with Lloyd, and was surprised when the Lit professor missed it.
Knew the vodka maker because I’ve sampled it a few times, am on their email list, and about 5 years ago won a holiday-themed hoodie with their name plastered all over it.
Slightly disappointed that this really smart threesome didn’t know the show with the “Love Is All Around” theme. But that was 50 years ago.
Howard, This was not a fj clue I expected to be in Lloyd’s wheelhouse. There are various categories of Literature courses in colleges/universities. American Literature focuses on American authors only. See VJ’s description of Lloyd’s area of expertise above. You can look up his academic background on the Yale University website.
Btw, the fj clue fit Andy perfectly which is why he probably got it correct. Note the word “International” in his title as a professor. He is more likely to be interested in and up to speed on foreign literature.
It was a great game, and I performed about average. No, I didn’t get the FJ correctly.
After I saw who was in this game, I was rooting for Martha and I thought she would get FJ right. But it was too late to change my prediction.
It was quite a well-played match all the same, esp with that 3-way tie when Andy got the first DD and Lloyd losing $3,200 but still finishing in the lead!
I knew zilch about that British game show or the vodka.