Final Jeopardy: American Women (11-18-24)
Here are some more clues from the 11/18/2024 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.
JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD ($600) When Democrats larded vital bills with riders curbing voting rights, JAG got Pres. Hayes to stand firm & stop the first govt. this
($800) Jim traveled west to the Bitterroot Valley in this not-yet-state & used a forged signature to move the Salish to a reservation
A TURN OF LATIN PHRASE ($400) The motto of the University of North Dakota is the snappy Lux et this, “Light & Law”
BLACK ($1000) A Muslim object of veneration, the Black Stone of Mecca is built into a wall of this small shrine within the Great Mosque
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD ($800) This Eastern European country’s 2-letter Internet code is .by
TOUGH 9-LETTER WORDS ($400) This adjective meaning loathsome is etymologically related to the word horror
($1600) This term for a volley from multiple rifles begins with “F”
($2000) This Russian word refers to sometimes fabricated material used to discredit an opponent
R&B & SOUL ($2000) A ’90s collective including Questlove & D’Angelo was called this, a portmanteau of soul & a word pertaining to a zodiac sign
LITERARY SETTINGS ($2000) In a 1938 Graham Greene novel, it’s followed by “Rock”, referring to a type of candy served there
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($200) Often following “pounds” this general term for British currency comes from the name of an old silver coin
($400) The international monetary fund calculates value from a “basket” of 4 national currencies & this multinational one
($600) The name of this currency used in India comes from Sanskrit for “silver”
($800) People mistook Lady Liberty on an old 10 cent piece for a Roman god, leading to this name for the coin
($1000) The name of this former currency of Portugal came from scutum, Latin for “shield”
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I got FJ, and was 2/3 on DD. I have only trivial knowledge of GoT.
Got about half the TS.
Got FJ right away but it was mostly a guess, and only the Fort DD. Those three players really cleaned my clock tonight. But I thought someone would remember the Portuguese currency and the government this.
Women played well enough but had little chance against someone getting to try all 3 DDs and picking up $9400. Too bad Jonelle couldn’t quite stay within range entering Final.
I did about average in the game, and went with Susan B. Anthony (for lack of a better choice) in FJ. I don’t know about “the call from God” regarding Carrie Nation, but the vandal sure got quite a few calls from the police.