Final Jeopardy: Literary Geography (11-28-23)
Here are some more clues from the 11/28/2023 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.
WRITERS’ WORDS ($1000) “Pathetic” or not, it’s a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ($800) You’ll find this branch of the military under the DHS umbrella
NAME THAT 1990s YEAR ($1200) Iraq invades Kuwait
($2000) The euro currency is officially introduced into financial markets
PEACE, LOVE & UNDERSTANDING ($2000) Habitat for Humanity’s program of short-term international trips is called “Global” this
The Daily Box Scores are released at 8 pm Eastern
Sneak Peek clues — FOREIGN LANGUAGE
($200) Here’s the truth–it’s Russian for “truth”
($400) In French, l’oiseau is this; it sports les plumes
($600) If Popeye spoke Hebrew he’d ask for tered, this
($800) Tredici is Italian for this symbol of bad luck
($1000) In German, berg is this topographical feature on a map
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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I only heard of the Iowa Workshop because of the show “Girls”.
And I didnt like the final DD about the giraffe. It felt like quite a stretch to deduce it from elephant/leopard.
Congrats to Nick! He was solid throughout! #LFGM
Props to my fellow Queens guy Nick. I got FJ only because I knew “Field of Dreams” locale. As Lawrence said, this would be hard to figure out if you didn’t know either association.
I know nil about Jane Smiley, including her name. However, WP Kinsella – Field of Dreams – “Is this heaven?” “No, it’s Iowa!” However, it is only dumb luck that I looked at his Wikpedia page somewhat recently. (If Field of Dreams, or The Natural is on, I’m watching it – again. Period.)
Good on the players realizing that “this is it”. Sitting at home, it bugs me when a contestants not in the lead doesn’t wager to at least tie, rationalizing that they will 1. ring in and 2. get the clue right for those that are left. And, it’s “go big or go home”. Worked for James Holzhauer and Cris Pannullo.
Congrats to Nick. He looks the part. I notice Dennis went with a 4 in hand tie today, vice the bow tie yesterday!
The chance Nick took paid off, and he is the 1st 1-Day Champion in a Tournament of Champions in “Jeopardy!” History.
I don’t love that FJ clue for being such an important. It’s too easy but also a little too specialized imo. If you know those books or movie adaptations, it’s automatic. If not, you’re probably lost. The best FJs have multiple ways to deduce the answer. Would be okay for a regular game, but not the final of a big tournament imo.
Congratulations to Nick, our third Champions Wildcard champion. He is heading to the Tournament of Champions. If you remember Jilana and Nick in their first appearance, they met for the first time and Nick was a strong player and quicker on the signaling device and won his first game and that was his only win in his original run. Jilana came back for Second Chance and won that and she made it to the finals of Champions Wildcard as well and was the second runner-up. Now Nick won this Champions Wildcard and he was as strong as Jilana was and he matched Jilana’s performance. Both Jilana and Nick has won their respective tournaments. First Jilana in the Second Chance and now Nick in the Champions Wildcard.