Final Jeopardy: The 50 States (11-5-19)
Here are 7 triple stumpers from the 11-5-2019 Jeopardy! match.
FROCK AROUND THE CLOCK ($600) When it precedes “gown”, this 4-letter undergarment is worn for bedtime; before “dress”, not for bedtime
THE DARK AGES ($1200) Dark Ages guys Methodius & Cyril went down in history as the fathers of this system (note: they were just looking for the A word)
PAC-12 SCHOOLS ($400) The University of Washington opened in 1861 on the outskirts of this then village, pop. 250
($800) Bear with us–“Bear Down” isn’t UCLA’s motto, but that of this school whose mascot is the Wildcat
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: ($1200) Much of “The Color Purple” is made up of letters written by her to God
($1600) Hemingway’s collection “In Our Time” & “Men Without Women” feature this character based partly on Hemingway
($2000) “The Good Earth” begins with Wang Lung’s marriage day– to this woman
The players got all the clues in ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER:
($400) Any role in a play & one way to catch a mouse
($800) A yell & a cardinal compass direction
($1200) An entire portion of bread & a baby Appaloosa
($1600) A mounted knight’s weapon & to remove dirt
($2000) To look for something & a beer to drink after a shot
ANSWERS: show
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Thanks for the link to former state capitals. Always fascinated me. Few people know that Atlanta was not the capital of Georgia during the Civil War. In Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind”, I think she mentioned Milledgeville, but didn’t say it was the capital (or Macon either). On the other hand, she didn’t say Atlanta was the capital either. Can hardly wait for The Woodchopper to appear.
In his opening, Alex said that the contestants were wearing purple ribbons, a symbol in the fight against pancreatic cancer, in honor of Larry Martin, who passed away shortly after winning the 2018 Teachers Tournament. The show will be donating the minimum prize of $5,000 to the charity selected by Larry’s widow.
That was particularly poignant, considering that Alex is fighting that same battle right now.
Thanks for sharing. I never knew how Larry had died, or whether he’d been ill when he was on the show.
Rob Worman didn’t do so well in this match.
Tell me about it. Darn those Daily Doubles.
This is the first that I’ve seen Rob clearing the board despite missing the daily doubles. I do think Rachel might have what it takes to be in the semi finals. Rob had some difficulties getting into the rhythm today. More conservative bets could be used and I think the five time champs have more advantages over most six time champs. The double jeopardy round was more challenging.
I thought Rachel was amazingly fast with the anagrams today. I wish she would have made a higher bet but maybe her score will hold. We’ll see.
On that “Good Earth” character, I read that book and saw the movie but I mainly remember the wife’s name from the time my mother tried to cheat at Scrabble with it. We played a version where proper nouns and names were allowed and she tried to sneak that one in, but I knew it was hyphenated. 🤣
On the “gown” and “dress” clue in the “Frock” category, that was a new one on me. Never heard that word used with “gown” for something you wear to bed.
LINK: 12 more clues from the game
I forgot to mention the coincidence of there being a “Stranger Things” clue the day after Anneke made a reference to it in FJ! (Justice for Barb!)
I caught that, too, VJ!
I thought the Jeopardy Round Daily Double was very difficult. That’s the type of question that could come back to bite someone like James. In general, I think bets on bottom row clues should probably be more cautionary, especially in the ToC.
I bet we see more conservative bets from James tomorrow because of the wild card aspect.
It is difficult. In fact, All 3 DDs were missed.
This is the first time Rob Worman cleared the board in 2 rounds of play. Dhruv uncovered 9 Daily Doubles, got 8 correct and 2 wrong.
He uncovered 9 Daily Doubles. 8 correct plus 2 wrong equals 10. What am I missing?
Excuse me. He uncovered 10 Daily Doubles. 8 correct and 2 wrong.
The standings after Quarter Final No. 2 (11-5-19) are:
Semifinalists:
Dhruv Gaur: $20,001
Gilbert Collins: $16,801
Wild Cards:
Kyle Jones: $16,800
Rachel Lindgren: $13,601
Anneke Garcia: $4,799
Rob Worman: $799