Final Jeopardy: Contemporary Authors (11-9-22)
Here are some more clues from the 11/9/2022 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.
SUPREME COURT CASES ($600) Dobbs v. this city’s Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade
I’M “EN” IT! (image) ($800) It’s how the food seen here is being prepared
RIVER RUN ($1200) The Camargue, a wild & wildlife-rich region of France, is in the delta of this river that rises in Switzerland
($1600) Good Catholics know South Bend, Indiana is named for a curvature of this river
INTERNATIONAL FILM STYLE ($800) There’s Bollywood, but there’s also Pollywood from India & Pakistan with hits like “Carry on Jatta” in this language
($1200) Before directing blockbusters like “The Professional” & “The Fifth Element”, he influenced France’s Cinema du look era
FRONTIER FOLK ($1200) William Green T’Vault, frontier editor, ran Oregon’s first newspaper, with this title meaning “onlooker” or “observer”
($2000) Horace Vesey, frontier hotelier, ran the Gold Hill Hotel in the boomtown called this “City”, biggest in Nevada territory
The Daily Box Scores are released at 8 pm Eastern
Sneak Peek clues — ONOMATOPOEIA
($400) You might hear this hyphenated word “of little feet”
($800) “Bible” can precede this word, also a Disney rabbit
($1200) Apiarists know this word can mean a rumor or enthusiasm
($1600) This 5-letter word that starts & ends with the same pair of letters means “be quiet”
($2000) “The Bells” pairs clamor with this word that also starts with “c-l-a”
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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Guessed right on FJ because that’s the first author I could think of with a connection to Texas (“No Country for Old Men”). Then I thought it might be the “Lonesome Dove” author (McMurtry) but couldn’t think of his name in time.
Only stumpers I knew were the city in the Dobbs case and the name of the black SC justice. She’s so recent that they all should have known her.
Wow, did Maureen look like she got outclassed in this game. That was something for her to say that, herself, though. So, good on her.
I think Matt was just goofing around in the exhibition, so, it will be something to see if he steamrolls over the other two tomorrow. Likewise, on Friday, I certainly hope that Eric and Andrew have what it takes to beat you know who.
Way more triple stumpers than I thought there would be! One of the ones I got was the one about The Bells. That part is about the brazen bells.
Yes, but on the other hand, those triple stumpers weren’t exactly a piece of cake either. One of the Jeopardy answers was something in Italian, and I managed to get the question (Spaghetti Western) before Amy responded (and she is obviously quick on the draw).
Amy was pretty dominant in this game after that warm up march yesterday. I can say for sure she has a very good chance in the finals. Good game by Tyler as well.
And then there were 7.