Final Jeopardy: World License Plates (10-12-20)
Here are 4 more triple stumpers from the 10/12/2020 Jeopardy! game:
8-LETTER WORDS ($800) A large army unit made up of brigades & regiments
FURNITURE ($800) The popular Boston style of this chair originated around 1830
FESTIVALS OF LIGHT ($1600) At Frankfurt’s Luminale Festival, a bridge over this river becomes a light show canvas
ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER ($2000) A performance by a single musician and a single newspaper piece
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — BEHIND THE VOICES
($200) Before he was on “This is Us”, actor Chris Sullivan said, “Guess what day it is?” as this animal on GEICO commercials
($400) Charles Martinet says, “It’s-a me!”, the catchphrase of this video game character
($600) Pitchwoman Joyce Gordon also informed million of telephone callers, “The number you have reached is” these 4 words
($800) Frank Simms tried to sound like a mix of Barry White & David Lee Roth when saying “Oh yeah!” in ads for this drink brand
($1000) Actress & singer Marni Nixon is known for dubbing this other actress’ singing in “West Side Story”
ANSWERS: show
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This just shows that having a high IQ does not mean you have a high “cultural” IQ. I didn’t find the “cucaracha” answer amusing. Jeopardy is my favorite program and I wish Alex many happy thoughts.
Me too. In fact, taken together, the three answers bespeak a view of Mexico as comical, pest ridden, and lacking in dignity. Moreover, it also reveals a lack of environmental awareness in their ignorance of the plight of the monarchs. Bad, bad. Unworthy.
Sorry if this is obvious to everyone else, but I don’t understand why the clue says “around 2010.” That makes it sound like the license plate no longer features the butterflies, which it does. I guess it’s saying that the butterflies first appeared on the plates in 2010, but it totally threw me off and my guess was some kind of periodical cicada. (Now I know that periodical cicadas are indigenous to the eastern US.)
@Phil, from that license plate site I linked to in the recap, they were on the plates before 2010. Unesco says it became a World Heritage Site in 2008, so idk what the significance of 2010 in that clue was. (I said killer bees.)
I think the year 2010 was interjected just to throw the contestants off which it actually did imo. Just my humble point of view.
Thanks for the Cucaracha clip, VJ! Such fun!
And what are the chances of that happening with The Cricket and the Ant?
lol, Rhonda, that WAS a crazy coincidence!
I loved that Cucaracha clip, too!! That’s why I had to share it
I’m so glad that you did!! Thanks again!
Good guesses, I knew the answer because I have visited Michoacán State in México and knew there is a valley there that is the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary, beautiful place to visit, in Spanish it’s called: Valle del Santuario de la Mariposa Monarca, wish you only the best Alex Trebek, our prayers out for you and yours!
Thanks for adding the Spanish name, Sergio 😃
LOL. ALL 3 contestants were originally from the east coast. So much for my theory earlier about the growing up in California west coast advantage about Monarch butterflies and Mexico. 🤣🤣🤣
I do wonder if they would have accepted just “butterflies”.
I was wondering that myself but I guess they decided in advance that they would. Otherwise, they could have written the clue to be less general — and probably gotten better results!
Yeah triple stumper in final is not something we want to see as a triple solve is necessary. Still Kevin played pretty well. Michael seems to try and copy james holzhauer did in his run but those daily doubles eluded him. I mean knowing about the zodiac signs isn’t that hard.
The cricket.and the ant was a very funny response VJ but the clue here was asking for a specific insect and not a story book. Kevin looks good to break the dry spell here.
Let’s hope he doesn’t tomorrow.
USA is way behind in honoring the insect world.
Great! We get 2 consecutive 3-Time Champions, and this is the 3rd time in a row where a soon to be 3-time Champion scores a runaway on his 3rd game, and we get a triple stumper, which everybody hates, but still, Kevin’s chances of winning his 4th game look good, because he’s had 3 runaways in a row, and we shall see what he does tomorrow, as he looks to win that elusive-ish 4th game.
If he doesn’t win a 4th game tomorrow or there is no 4-time champion this entire season, then whoever is responsible is going to pay for everything.
Exactly, Dalton.