Final Jeopardy: U.S. History (10-25-24)
Here are some more clues from the 10/25/2024 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.
AFTERNOON “T” ($800) Hit the slopes on a snowy afternoon & do this type of skiing named after a region in Norway
SEOUL ($1000) Seoul is considered a megacity whose environs include this port city, home to South Korea’s main airport
INTERNATIONAL SPACE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES ($1200) This astrophysicist & Cornell professor won a Pulitzer for “The Dragons of Eden”, his book on the evolution of human intelligence
ART & ARTISTS ($1200) First exhibited in 1853, Rosa Bonheur’s masterpiece is “Le marché aux chevaux”, which translates to this Note: show
($1600) He wrote a poem that said, “My brush, above my face continually, makes it a splendid floor by dripping down”
QUICK! ($2000) This 2-word cornmeal-based dessert is made with molasses, sugar & spices
EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS ($800) Until the 15th century, Pisa was on the Ligurian Sea, but silt from this principal river of Tuscany left it 6 miles from shore
($1200) A bit east of Madrid, dams on this river form an artificial lake known as the Sea of Castile
THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE OR WHY OF READING ($1200) Bertrand Russell’s essay “Why I Am Not” this type of person does grant Jesus “a very high degree of moral goodness”, just not divinity
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: BOTANY
($200) Microscopic pores on leaves & stems called stomata allow the intake of this gas necessary for photosynthesis
($400) An extinct variety of this palm tree was brought back to life in 2005 from ancient seeds at Masada
($600) Until the 20th c., a drug derived from the bark of the cinchona tree was the only effective treatment for this tropical disease
($800) Apples & cherries are members of this family of plants named for a popular but less-eaten flower
($1000) Coffea canephora is the species of coffee plant normally classified by this “vigorous” name
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I was watching an episode of Zane Grey Theater this morning and Rod Taylor tells Carolyn Jones: “Of course, a spy can get lucky. Reprieved, exchanged, paroled. In six months, he can be walking in Jackson Square with his head as high as St. Louis Steeple.”
I probably wouldn’t even have noticed that if I saw it the before I saw today’s FJ! clue.
Figured it was the Louisiana Purchase, but never heard of that location.
Korean port city not too impossible; astrophysicist was a gimme.
The S.Dakota 2-word city was gettable, considering the “Quick” category.
Tuscan and Spanish rivers fairly well known. I enjoyed my brief visit to Pisa long ago.
I knew the two elements of the clue — the land and the president but I wasn’t sure whether they wanted the old or new name. I still don’t see how they could call someone wrong if they knew the old name and wrote that down.
I also didn’t know what came after Jackson. Road, Place, Boulevard, Lane… ???? Never would have thought of Square.
Well done, Will. You rocked with the “Rocktober” category, and win or lose your 5th game on Monday, we’ll see you in the Tournament of Champions.
So 4 wins and a loss gets you into the ToC now? I suppose it does if they continue with expansion to 27.
Will again triumphed with a titanic runaway. Kudos to Will! As for me, I did well above average in the game, but I really wasn’t up to par. Regarding the FJ, the land deal was obviously referring to the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, but beyond that, I drew a blank.
Carol bet too much. She should have wager no more than 1,200 to guarantee second place. But she gave up an extra 1,000 by overwagering.