Final Jeopardy: Italian Words & Phrases (10-21-24)
Here are some more clues from the 10/21/2024 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.
IRAN, SO FAR AWAY ($400) The poet Firdawsi’s epic chronicle of early Persian history is the “Shahnameh”, or “Book of” these
($600) Biblical personages traditionally said to be buried in Iran include this dream interpreter who had been exiled to Babylon
LOSE A LETTER ($600) Lose a letter from a word meaning a sorceress to become a preposition ANSWER: show
GETTING INVESTED ($1600) The “knock in” type of this is a contract that allows the holder to buy a stock once the price reaches a certain level
ASSASSINS ($600) Just days after stabbing Jean-Paul Marat through the heart, she lost her head on the guillotine
IN CONSEQUENTIAL ($1600) Diplomatically, one of these can function like an embassy, but on a smaller scale
($2000) I say, old chap, let’s toss small, circular ropes onto a peg in a game of this
COASTING ($1200) The Cabot Trail takes you by some epic coastal views of this “Cape” (actually an island) in Nova Scotia
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($200) “Hey, diddle, diddle” sets up a possible sequel featuring the dish as it runs away with this
($400) “Sing a song of sixpence” & include this somewhat imprecise amount of rye
($600) “Old King Cole” doesn’t need much to be merry–his pipe, his bowl & this musical act
($800) “There was an old lady who swallowed a fly”, but shockingly, this is next on the menu
($1000) The talkative “Bells of St. Clement’s” articulate this fruity pair
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Marcus was more animated than that to which I am accustomed. Hopefully it won’t be a distraction.
That was a tough final. And, I don’t say “tough” because 2 players missed it. It was several layers in, which took some deduction.
I’ve said it before, but, the $500 wagers stylitistically bug me. At least they balanced out in this game!
*Tristan was animated. So was Marcus, but Marcus ain’t the champ!
Tough Final. The best player won tonight. Props to my fellow Portlander Marcus for rebounding after sinking to $100. We stood in long lines to see the Pieta and the Mona Lisa when they came to NYC (separately) in the 60s, then again when I went to Europe in 1971.
I would not have deemed “high risk” acceptable. That’s a real stretch for a “less flattering” term for “high-yield.” There’s a specific term for that.
Very surprised no one knew the California coastal area. I got dropped off there while hitchhiking to LA in 1972, and was very fortunate to get picked up as darkness fell. Slightly surprised no one got Marat’s killer. Totally surprised no one knew the smaller form of embassy. I was rescued by the one in Barcelona after rushing out of a hotel in Madrid and leaving behind my passport. Somehow I knew the Nova Scotian cape, not sure how. Old King Cole’s musicians were not difficult.
I was surprised that none of the contestants could come up with the junior spinoffs of embassies. In addition, the correct response for the bonds with credit ratings of BB+ or below would be ‘junk bonds’. Personally, I wouldn’t have accepted “high-risk bonds” as the equivalent, but that would be my call. The FJ might have been a cinch for art aficionados or Italian speakers, but it did not resonate with me. In fact, I had to go check the pronunciation for ‘pieta’ as Italian is not my second language. With that being said, I do recall coming across ‘pieta’ several times in the past.