Final Jeopardy: American Immigrants (10-4-23)
Here are some more clues from the 10/4/2023 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.
EARTH SCIENCE ($1000) Some ocean sediment is radiolarian ooze, made of these parts of tiny protozoans
WHERE’S THE PROBLEM? ($1200) Silicosis
HOW’S THE KING TAKING IT? ($1200) As quoted in “Die Hard”, when this ancient guy “saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer”
(image)($1600) The work seen here depicts this Trojan king pleading with Achilles to return his son’s body
($2000) In this event that brought Mussolini to power, King Victor Emmanuel III refused to bring in the army to stop him
WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL ($1600) In “Metaphysics of Morals”, this 18th c. man wrote that one who makes himself a worm can’t complain if he’s stepped on
($2000) This philosopher’s Foundation convened an international war crimes tribunal to publicize U.S. atrocities in Vietnam
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Sneak Peek clues — MIRROR WORDS
($200) The kind of chatter some have “the gift of” & a sack that might hold a gift
($400) A navigator’s charts & unwanted inbox messages
($600) Your best buddies & an open hand smack to the face
($800) Ceramic vessels & a save made by a goalie
($1000) Money for the return of something lost & a compartment in a cabinet to keep it in
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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Ok, now I’ve officially seen it all. The first 2 DDs were gimmes, the last one not. John’s courageous wager put him right back in contention. So what did he do? He bet zero in FJ and got it right. There was NO POSSIBLE WAY he could have won that way. Kendra was certain to wager $5201, so even if she missed, which he had to hope for, his zero wager left him way short. Someone who’s been on the show before should know how to wager. He should have wagered everything, or at least $9001. Unbelievable.
I thought FJ was pretty much a cinch, but I have a background in journalism. It was not going to be Nobel. He wasn’t American, and was a too-obvious choice.
As usual, the stumpers were difficult, but I did nail the abstract Dutchman, the ancient guy from “Die Hard” (which I’ve never seen), and this philosopher who had the foundation.
As always, Howard, concur, strongly. I thought in my mind of “maddeningly bad wagering strategy”. It’s the last shot, period, full stop. You ain’t never, ever, ever coming back. This, in itself, was “manna from heaven”. Maybe that’s why he’s an NFO (backseat guy) and not a Naval Aviator? (not really, that’s not how it goes)
Art for Art’s Sake is a literal translation of the motto of MGM – “Ars Gratia Artis”. I got the first one because I just knew it, but I also got the next 4, because my wife is an artist! I was especially proud of the $2k TS.
I got FJ right after a moment of thinking. First Nobel prizes were 1901, and ol’ Alfred didn’t come to the US. Then, just a run through others, and Pulitzer was obvious.
I didn’t get the philosopher with the foundation.
Not only was the first Nobel Prize in 1901 but by 1904 Alfred Nobel was long gone from this earth. I’m thinking the contestants have been having a reading comprehension problem. As you correctly stated Alfred Nobel has never been an American Immigrant. I’m hard pressed to understand what the contestants were thinking from wagering to reading comprehension. I got the response immediately simply using the process of elimination. There was no way the fj response could have logically been anyone except Pulitzer given the timeframe in the clue.
I agree with you about the marine’s poor wagering. People really need to prepare ahead of time for these waging scenarios. The players got second chances, but third chances I hope are out of the question. Brand new people such as myself need first chances.
I read last night that there will be no shows with new contestants until sometime around April. They locked themselves into recycled questions and contestants for this never-ending tournament. Ken is on board through Dec.18. They’re not saying who will host after that. Mayim probably didn’t endear herself to the producer when she refused to cross the picket line.
I thought it was because she was a member of SAG-AFTRA. I mean, I am def not one of her fans, but, I have to respect that.