Final Jeopardy: Women Authors (10-9-23)
Here are some more clues from the 10/9/2023 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.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THYME ($400) Thyme is part of this plant family
($800) Monks know that thyme is an ingredient in this popular upscale French liqueur, one of the “B”s in B&B
THOMAS AQUINAS, ADVICE COLUMNIST ($1000) Dear Scared: No, your parish priest can’t give you this, a release from secular punishment; go get it over with
TRAVEL TEXAS ($600) On Crickets Avenue in Lubbock, a visual arts center with a guitar-shaped gallery honors the life & legacy of this early rocker
THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD ($600) In 1990, this man here knocked out Buster Douglas to become the undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champ
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME ($1600) TAI, the French abbreviation for “International” this “Time” was introduced in 1955
I’M STILL STANDIN’ ($400) In “Oliver Twist”: Fagin, Nancy, Artful Dodger
($2000) In “Les Miserables”: Fantine, Cosette, Jean Valjean
(image) CANDLE IN THE WIND ($2000) We’d know the type of candle seen here from this to post
ELTON JOHN SONGS ($2000) “I can’t light no more of your darkness, all my picures seem to fade to black and white”
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Sneak Peek clues — CIRCLE OF LIFE
($400) Enchantess who made Odysseus’ men pig-headed
($800) Last name of the lyricist who worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber
($1200) It’s name is from the Middle English for “an object of religious veneration”
($1600) To cause annoyance or ire
($2000) In many fantasy role-playing games, it’s a healing class
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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Not my night. A lot of difficult clues, especially the DDs. I totally forgot the FJ category and said “Who is Eliot?” thinking of TS Eliot. That’s a winner, though!
Only ones among the stumpers I could muster were Webber’s partner, Crickets Ave rocker, and of course the rebus puzzle show. I tried out for it in the early 70s, solved all the puzzles, but never heard from them again. I remember when Hugh Downs hosted it way back when.
I did pretty well in today’s Jeopardy game, but the FJ was a tough one. No, I didn’t know who the 1990 heavyweight boxing champion was.
I looked right at him, and knew his face, but couldn’t come up with his name. Maybe if they showed his ear!
As for FJ, I said Agatha Christie. Forgot all about Eliot. Then again, that’s not my area, really.
In any case, Lucy looked the champion part. I told my wife, there’s a reason that a lot of the Second Chance Tournament players are there. But, as a prior champ, she looks like she still has “it”.