Final Jeopardy: Detective Authors (10-22-24)
Here are some more clues from the 10/22/2024 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.
SELLING INSURANCE ($1000) In 1950 an exec at Allstate had a sick daughter but his wife reported positively on the doctor, saying Joann was “in” these
THAT’S JUST PART OF THE STORY ($800) The Lady Madeline isn’t the corpse we were told she was–at least not until after a family reunion– in this 1839 short story
“M” BEFORE “N” ($600) The U.S. Equestrian Federation advises scrubbing the underside when cleaning this; it’s usually the dirtiest area
THE DUTCH COLONIAL EMPIRE ($2000) The Dutch seized Fort Willoughby from the British in this future capital of Suriname & renamed it Fort Zeelandia
THE CULTURAL 19th CENTURY ($1200) This “Deerslayer” author came up with the Bread and Cheese Club, a meeting of early 19th century minds
FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES ($1200) Another term for megalomania is the French “folie de” this
($1600) A big party thrown by the Vanderbilts at their home known as the Petit this inspired a storyline on “The Gilded Age”
CHEMISTRY ($2000) It’s “A” mixture or blend of mercury with another metal
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: 6 BY 6 NAMES
($200) This daughter of a minister was chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021
($400) She died at age 23 in a hail of bullets alone with her outlaw partner sitting in a stolen Ford outside Sailes, Louisiana
($600) This actress known for movies & British TV like “Fleabag” & “Broadchurch” is not related to fellow 6×6 thespian Ronald
($800) In 1966 he was elected governor of California, beating the incumbent Edmund G. Brown in a landslide
($1000) In 1517 he sent a letter to Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz criticizing the sale of indulgences to free sinners from divine punishment
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What a game! Steph rallied from her early brain freeze on Magnum, and Will from that missed DD. Overall, many of the clues were not too tough. $1200 for Joan of Arc’s ashes in 1431? $1000 for Martin Luther?
Figured Final had to be Chandler or Hammett and went the wrong way, even though I think the former was more LA-oriented.
A bit disappointed no one knew the immigrant saint. And very surprised no one knew “Deerslayer” author.
Stephanie would still have lost, had she gotten DJ correct. Alas, I, also, got it wrong. 2/3 on DD and got more than half the TS.
It was another great game, and It seemed that the clues were easier than yesterday. As for FJ, I went for broke and placed my chips on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as I gambled that he moved to the United States during his later years.
That turned out to be quite a competitive game, esp between Stephanie and Tristan. Kudos to all of them, but esp Will for not giving up and winning the game with the only right response in FJ!
I was surprised at the TS on the Deerslayer author. I guess they didn’t see the October 9th Pathfinder FJ! I ran that saints category today like I ran yesterday’s nursery rhymes — 2 topics I was fond of as a young’un.