Final Jeopardy: Women Who Write (1-31-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 1/31/2022 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.
STATE CAPITAL HISTORY ($600) Located 50 miles east of Louisville, it was the only Union state capital captured by Confederate forces
OUTLAWS ($400) John Nevison, one of these bandits with a type of road in the name, was hanged in the 1680s at a place fittingly called Knavesmire
($2000) John died in a shootout & Bob in prison, but Cole, the older of these brothers, lived to star in Wild West shows
ALLITERATION ($800) These items whose name suggests they’re for storing financial records are generally 15 inches long by 12 wide by 10 high
($2000) Despite its name, this member of genus Melaleuca is better known for a topical oil than a hot drink
SURNAMES ($1600) Bill Clinton took his stepfather’s last name, but his name at birth was William Jefferson this (the III)
The players missed 3 clues in Stupid Answers:
STUPID ANSWERS ($200) Combining hip-hop & street jazz, the Brooklynettes are the dance team for this NBA squad
($400) What we call the “magnetic” this attracts the north magnetic poles of compass needles, so it’s actually a south magnetic pole
($600) Hammacher Schlemmer sells a $9,500 gyroscopic one of these swaying items
($800) Man o’ War’s first defeat came in 1919 at Saratoga in an upset by this horse
($1000) The flag that Betsy Ross sewed for the new union of the colonies in 1777 had 13 stars in the top inner corner, the area called this
ANSWERS: show
Sneak Peek clues — ENDS IN A SILENT T
($200) the initial appearance of a new product or course of action
($400) Soft hat worn by Britain’s royal tank regiment
($600) A choice cut of meat or fish with the bones removed
($800) A place where buses arrive & depart
($1000) Drizzled with honey is a popular way to serve this soft French cheese
ANSWERS: show
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Are players required to get the Covid vaccine to be on the show? Just curious.
Wow, still another tough finale. Actually, I never heard of Gertrude Stein. In any case, I was glad to see Mayim Bialik back as the host.
She was an author and expatriate who moved to Paris, where she often hosted literary luminaries like Hemingway. She wrote “The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas” (her companion in real life) and was famous for the expressions “A rose is a rose is a rose” and “There’s no there there” (a supposed reference to her one-time home town of Oakland.
Many, many toughies tonight, including the final. Only one I knew was Clinton’s birth name.
And, as to Alice B. Toklas, her claim to fame? She created the hashish brownie!
We’re a week away from the National College Championship.
Who is considered more important in the literary world, Gertrude Stein or Dorothy Parker? Any opinions out there?
Stein and Parker wrote in two completely different styles so I don’t see any way to compare them. I personally never liked either of them.
I think Jay might be able to get a streak running just as long as he doesn’t have too many incorrect responses.
We begin the week with a triple stumper as today’s final was a tough one.