Final Jeopardy: Music & Literature (11-6-23)
Here are some more clues from the 11/6/2023 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.
MESSAGE IN A BATTLE ($1000) On “Black Thursday” 1943, the U.S. lost 60 of these bombers on a single raid; message: Need escort fighters!
HAIKU ABOUT THE POET ($600) American guy / “The Wreck of the Hesperus” / That’s all you should need
HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS ($800) Rusted, from a chemical point of view (26 points)
($1000) 8-letter adjective describing the science of animals (20 points)
AT THE ANCIENT ROMAN CINEPLEX ($2000) 2007: Gerard Butler & Lena Headey in “____”
WHAT A BODY ($1200) Three cuneiform bones, along with the metatarsals, help form each of these foot parts that may leave you flat
ODD 4-LETTER WORDS ($1600) This word from Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land” means “to communicate sympathetically”
($2000) This rhyming Latin term is used to describe a judgment or decree that is not yet final
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Sneak Peek clues — CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD
($200) He was only 15 when he became an international Chess Grandmaster in 1958
($400) Known for playing a TV lawyer, he got buff & turned action-movie star for 2021’s “Nobody”
($600) He conquered the charts with “Dream Lover”, “Splish Splash” & “Mack the Knife”
($800) After years of yelling at soldiers as a First Sergeant in the Air Force, this man vowed to use a more soothing voice painting on TV
($1000) This was Janis Joplin’s only No. 1 hit as a solo performer
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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Brian and Jilana started out surprisingly slowly, but finished strongly. Dave seemed on his way to a runaway till that DD eluded him. Jilana’s FJ wager was to play for a tie, which is mind-numbing.
DDs and FJ unkind to me. Couldn’t get “East of Eden” out of my head and wasted the rest of the time trying to remember the name of the novel with Lenny (“Of Mice and Men.”). Good that two of them got it, more or less. Only redemption I got was knowing the German astronomer; the Joplin song; the foot parts; and Heinlein’s 4-letter word.
Brian made a mistake I’ve seen too many contestants make in fj over the years. He wrote his response quickly then did the “stand and stare” without proofreading what he wrote. As the old adage goes “haste makes waste.” Since he is a retired educator I’m surprised he did that. I guarantee that when he was an educator in the classroom, or lecture hall, he told his students over and over to proofread their work and tests before handing them in to be graded.
Not that it would have made a difference in the outcome of the game, but, it sure would have saved him from the public embarrassment on national TV. I wonder how many former students of his were watching the show.
Hmmmm…..I came up with ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ for FJ. Actually, I always considered the ‘Battle Hymn Of the Republic’ to be rather antiquated, but that was just my opinion.
I’m sorry about that, Brian, but you would not have won, because of Dave’s wager. At this point, I’m rooting for Emily Sands to win the Diamonds Group of Champions Wildcard.
As you said, darn those daily doubles to Dave,
What the “L”? Tough break for Brian but the rules say incorrect spelling acceptable only if phonetically correct. I’m pleased for Jilana. She seems a fine finalist and I wish her luck
That was painful to see Brian’s response being ruled incorrect by leaving the L in republic. But Jilana wins despite not making a cover bet again. Jilana becomes the first player to make it to the finals both times. First the Second Chance and she won that and now the Champions Wildcard finals.