Final Jeopardy: Musicians (11-22-23)
Here are some more clues from the 11/22/2023 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 INSTRUMENT OF DEATH ($600) In 1880 outlaw Ned Kelly was doing this around Melbourne
($800) In 1946, in order to avoid execution, Hermann Goering picked his this
($1000) In 1861 Victoria’s consort Prince Albert: this fever
BELGIUM ($1200) 2 wins in the Tour of Flanders are among the record 525 in this sport by national hero Eddy “the Cannibal” Merckx
18TH CENTURY TECHNOLOGY ($1200) In 1785, 16 years after his patent for an improved steam engine, he developed a fuel-efficient furnace
COMPANY NAME ORIGINS ($2000) The “Aerial Services” of this state & this territory of Australia gave Qantas its name
“TAG”, YOU’RE IT ($1600) Aquaracer & Carrera are models of this glamorous Swiss watch brand
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Sneak Peek clues — SPORTS TALK
($200) roll out, draw play, yard marker
($400) stroke play, wood, shank
($600) Rubber, rundown, slider
($800) striker, throw-in, marking
($1000) red light, mucking, penalty killer
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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I got FJ. Paul Newman didn’t even enter my mind.
That last clue, where Nick stumbled on the pronunciation, that’s a bit of a challenge to say. The best way I can describe it is, say “Eep”, and breathe out at the end. It’s such that there was even a play made called “The Wipers Times”, based on a true story from WWI. The British wouldn’t/couldn’t say it, so they phoneticized it.
I thought it was really something for Nick to bounce back after the DD miss, and then run away with it.
They just should not have clues with hard to pronounce place names for the answers. That was ridiculous. After Nick struggled mightily, Ken goes first we’re gonna show you how to really say it. Then we’re gonna do you a big favor and accept the closest.
Anyway, let’s hope they don’t come up with a clue for Reims. It’s a lot harder than Ypres.
Back then, they used to make a big deal out of actor Paul Newman’s blue eyes too. Sinatra and Newman had the most famous eyes of blue
Hmmmm………I didn’t think of Ol’ Blue Eyes for FJ, but went for Elvis Presley instead.
Missed a lot of the show, but apparently Nick took no prisoners. Hooray for my fellow Queens guy. He’s quick on the draw, to be sure.
I thought all 3 would nail Ol’ Blue Eyes, and that one might know the legendary Eddy Merckx’ sport. The inventor of the steam engine is pretty common knowledge. Those DDs were not nice to me.
I also wanted to add this tidbit from IMDB Trivia: Sinatra inspired the Johnny Fontaine character in The Godfather (1972).