Final Jeopardy: College Towns (10-16-24)
Here are some more clues from the 10/16/2024 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.
ASTRONOMY ($1600) In the “sword” of this constellation is a 24 light-year-wide cloud of dust & gas–a fab-nebulous view through a telescope
WHAT’S ON TV? ($400) Amandla Stenberg doubles the fun playing OSHA & Mae on this “Star Wars” series set during the High Republic
($1200) In 2024 Netflix released this limited series based on a tearjerker by David Nicholls about a couple’s July 15s over the years
($2000) “The Big Cigar” is a dramatization of an escape to Cuba by this Black Panther Party co-founder
THAT’S SUCH A CLICHE! ($400) Reportedly, for physicist Richard Feynman& this 3-word cliché was “this dying is boring”
($1600) Going back to Galatians 5:4, this expression means to lose favor or lapse into sin
($2000) It’s the same idea as “15 minutes of fame” & can be applied literally, to Lady Jane Grey
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: HEY, PUMPKIN!
($200) In the fairy tale “Cinderella”, a pumpkin is magically turned into one of these
($400) In the “Peanuts” comics, this character espouses belief in the Great Pumpkin, who rises from the patch on Halloween
($600) Roasted pumpkin seeds are a tasty, healthy snack & called these in Spanish
($800) Some say pumpkins are vegetables, some say fruits, but either way, they’re one of the “winter” varieties of this garden favorite
($1000) Pumpkins are a good source of iron, potassium & this antioxidant substance converted into Vitamin A in the body
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Wow – the champ has absolutely awful handwriting, and I’m a doctor! It didn’t seem like there was a break the way Ken said “I can read every letter”, but I certainly couldn’t. I’m any case, I said “Lexington”, as in KY and VA, as my alma mater is VMI, in Lex, VA. I recalled VMI being in the Southern Conference, and thought it might have moved conferences. Irony is, when I lived in SC, I had a USC plate on my car!
Maybe it’s irrational, but, the $500 wagers just bug me. It’s too bad Rachel didn’t wager more aggressively with her DD.
And I had to laugh as Jay CERTAINLY didn’t grow up Catholic! (Not laughing at his miss, that’s a bummer.)
@Jason, we have established in the Trebek era that the host can see the answers before they are revealed, so I think that Ribish’s scribbled Columbia was already approved by the judges.
I don’t think scribbling under the pressure of trying to beat the clock is an example of anyone’s real handwriting. As for doctors’ handwriting, I’ve always wondered if they write badly on purpose to prevent forgery.
I didn’t know that about the responses.
As to doctors, from experience, I would say that we are rushed for time, maybe even harried.
Forgers are very inventive, but, forging prescriptions is generally not cost effective. Also, illegible handwriting leads to extra time, because it still has to be translated. I recall a day then I was in med school, and there was a note that my attending told me to consult. Well, I could not read it, as it was hand written by a Russian doctor. My attending had to go to her and have her interpret it.
Thanks for that info, Jason.
Didn’t watch, but trolled my sports-loving brain for the FJ answer. Ran Austin, College Station, Norman, Oxford, Gainesville, Athens, Tuscaloosa, Auburn through my head to no avail. Finally got it, but not in the allocated time.
Guessed the jokester concerto-writer, and Black Panther leader. The others and the three DDs were unkind.
A $301 FJ wager by Rachel would have assured her of no worse than 2nd place, and a likely win if the champion missed it, regardless of her response. Her large wager forced her to get it right and still hope he missed. I usually won’t speculate on potential second-chancers, but I’d have to say she deserves one.
I was surprised that the contestants didn’t get some of the obvious clues tonight, but two of them did get the FJ correctly. As for me, I did quite well in the game, but for lack of anything better, I went with Atlanta for FJ. Well, a bad guess is better than nothing in this case.