Final Jeopardy: Iconic Brands (11-13-23)
Here are some more clues from the 11/13/2023 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.
THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE ($800) This early 1900s racer who gave his name to a major GM division was born in la Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
OLD NAMES FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS ($1000) Pens down, scrivener’s palsy is an old term for this, also known as graphospasm
SAY CHEESE! ($1600) This Swiss cheese that dates back to the 12th century is named for a valley in the Canton of Fribourg
LIFE SCIENCE ($400) Botanically, it’s the part of the flowering plant that holds the seeds, so it includes acorns
($1600) Transporting this protein is the main job of your body’s erythrocytes
The Daily Box Scores are released at 8 pm Eastern
Sneak Peek clues — SONGS IN MUSICALS
($200) “Memory” & “Mr. Mistoffelees”
($400) “Tradition” & “Matchmaker, Matchmaker”
($600) “It’s Raining on Prom Night” & “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee”
($800) “Johnny’s Mambo” & “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life”
($1000) “The Music and the Mirror” & “One”
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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Really good game, strong players, not a lot of stumpers. Only one I got was the “sweetmeats/New Year’s” clue. I thought FJ was a cinch–if you knew Coke is HQ’d and originated in Atlanta, it was a gimme.
Stuart probably should have wagered $2601. He had to hope Fred missed (which he didn’t), and wagered $17801 (which he did). And such a wager on Stuart’s part would have locked out Emily if she bet it all and both got it right. And he’d easily have had enough to win if both he and Fred missed, in part thanks to Emily’s weird wager.
I can recall Coca Cola being marketed and sold in those greenish bottles, but that was a long time ago. Anyways, I didn’t come up with the correct response for FJ. While we’re on the same subject, I’ve been making homemade pop for some years now since the major bottlers still refuse to add cane sugar to their carbonated beverages. As many were aware, the major bottlers had been substituting fructose (corn syrup) for cane sugar since the mid 1980s, and the taste had subsequently suffered as a result.
I drink only diet soda, but many brands now feature “real sugar” as well as “zero sugar” (instead of diet). Corn syrup has been removed from many products in recent times.
Have you ever wondered why Diet Coke tastes like it does? It’s the “Coke II” formulation from the 80s. Why did Coke take it’s singular flagship product and change it? Roberto Goizueta, CEO at the time, said it was just bad thinking on their part. Uh, no. Coke was taking cane sugar out of the formula. They introduced this very different flavor, knowing the consumers would clamor for the original. So, “remarkably”, they came to their senses, and reintroduced the “original”, which really wasn’t, as it now had the high fructose corn syrup in it. After the off taste of Coke II, people didn’t notice the slight difference.
Ironically, they couldn’t get the the flavor right for the sugar free. When Coke Zero came out, in 2005, they finally found something that worked. Also, Coke Zero was marketed very differently from Diet Coke – different jingle, and the black containers. That’s because 20 year old men didn’t want a 35 year old woman’s soda.
Mexican Coke retains the cane sugar.