Final Jeopardy: Historic Calendars (10-6-21)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 10/6/2021 Jeopardy! game:
DOUBLE THE SAME VOWEL WORDS ($800) This 4-letter British adjective means affectedly dainty or quaint
SO VERY COLD ($2000) In 1911 researchers discovered the resistance to electricity in mercury was zero at -452 degrees F., making it this
The players got all the clues in INTERPLANETARY WORDS, except the last two:
($400) Tin-glazed is a type of this pottery that reminds us of the clay it’s made from
($800) A wallaby is this type of mammal
($1200) This adjective means wildly changeable in terms of personality
($1600) Meaning morose or sullen, this word overlaps a planet & a number
($2000) From the French for “arrive”, they’re people newly arrived on the social scene & not yet accepted
ANSWERS: show
Sneak Peek clues — IN THAT BIBLE BOOK
($200) The burning bush appears to Moses
($400) Jesus gives the Sermon on the Mount
($600) Paul preaches in Rome
($800) Haman plots to wipe out the Jews
($1000)Jericho falls to the Israelites
ANSWERS: show
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According to Matt’s comments on Twitter he misread the clue. Imo what the final outcome of tonight’s game demonstrated to me was how important having a lock going into fj is just in case you misread a clue and get it wrong. In other words, when contestants get daily doubles they need to try to capitalize off of them and not just depend on fj to win. I’ve seen many contestants wager small on daily doubles and go all in on fj only to end up with a big fat zero. Not a good strategy imo.
Did not like the final phrasing of the last question. One would have a better chance if they had said the “republican” calendar….given the Gregorian calendar had been in use since the early 1500’s . I like tough questions, not devious ones…and the host seemed thrilled that Matt didn’t get it right. very disappointed with the writers and the host tonight.
Me neither. You know what, I’m going to start rating FJ’s because there were so many of them that did not get phrased correctly. There has to be a better FJ! somewhere in this diddly darn world sometime for the rest of this week.
I don’t see anything devious about the clue or how using French Republican Calendar would have changed anything. The association with the French Revolution was better imo.
I also don’t see how the contestants could possibly have thought August was correct with the hints “heat” plus “gift” in the clue. The word “august” means distinguished, respected, impressive.
Sorry as I don’t know that much French. Anyways, I chose ‘July” as the final question, but it was wrong nevertheless. Wow, that was a tough finale.
We had our Triple Stumper for the first time this season, and it seems that no one knows the French Revolutionary calendar, I believe.
Glad that reversal helped Matt and David today even though no one knows about calendars. But still Matt might bounce back tomorrow and hopefully recoup his loss. Hopefully this will be the last triple stumper in fj. We should get more triple solves soon. Since I was born in June vj what would that be in French on the calendar?
Lou, you have to click on the link in the recap to the calendar converter and put in the month day and year you were born yourself if you want to know what your birthday was on that calendar. I can’t tell ya.
VJ, that calendar converter is a great find. and your “sunburn” reference was funny though I know firsthand that sunburns are not funny.
My May 12th birthday came out as 22 Floréal
Yes, VJ, the calendar converter is awesome.
My birthday is 26 Frimaire.
Rhonda, you and Nikki are close — hers is 14 Frimaire 😃
@Sammi, yeah, I had some vicious sunburns when I was a kid. That’s why I was so fanatical about making my kids wear white tee shirts to cover up their shoulders when we went swimming down the shore or at lakes
That’s so fun that Nikki’s is close to mine, VJ! Thanks for telling me.
@Rhonda, I just found out that Matt Amodio’s birthday is December 4th, same as Nikki’s, but on the calendar converter, his birthday comes out to 13 Frimaire because he is a few years older 🤣🤣🤣
That’s so funny, VJ, and so crazy that your birthday depends upon the year that you were born.
I hope so, too, Lou. By the way. my birthday came out as 24 Brumaire.
Nice mine is 21 prairial on the French revolution calendar.
For the first time this season, we had our first triple stumper of FJ! When was the last time we had a triple stumper in FJ!
And as always, William Weyser would say darn thos FJ!’s.