Final Jeopardy: Latin Phrases (12-12-22)
Here are some more clues from the 12/12/2022 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.
BEN FRANKLIN ($1000) When a friend asked if the Constitution set up a republic or a monarchy, Ben replied, “A republic” followed by these 5 words
OUTBREAKS ($400) Isaac Newton was at home for 2 years waiting out this infectious fever
($1000) Variola major is the virus that causes this acute infectious disease
19TH CENTURY LITERATURE ($1200) This oldest member of the 3 Musketeers in Dumas’ novel is revealed to be the Comte de la Fere
($2000) The Duke of Ferrara is the possibly murderous narrator of this Robert Browning poem
NO GOOD ($2000) Vincent Gigante long feigned insanity, walking NYC in his pajamas & earning this Mafia-related nickname; lose the opening “G” sound
LOW DOWN ($400) With Low Country ingenuity, in 1932 the Dutch built a 20-mile-long one of these to cut off the Zuider Zee & create a whole new province
($2000) In Scotland, the Lowlands can refer to the valley lying in the basins between the River Forth & this other river to the south
The Daily Box Scores are released at 8 pm Eastern
Sneak Peek clues — THE MOVIE’S TITLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES
($200) Who ya gonna call in China? “Super Power Dare Die Team”
($400) “Vaselina” was the word in Mexico
($600) Nice spoiler, Mexico! Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon had “An Unexpected End”
($800) China enjoyed “A Very Powerful Whale Runs to Heaven”
($1000) Japan got right down to it for a Nevada-set film: “I’m Drunk & You’re a Prostitute”
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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FJ was a cinch. Why no one got it is a mystery.
The 3 DDs, for a change, were all easy. Never heard of “Valperga,” but I could think of only one Englishwoman who wrote early 19th century novels.
Jane Austen? Since I didn’t know it, that was my guess, and, as such, doesn’t make it a cinch, to me, at least.
My error. I was referring to the DD. Not trying to be confusing. You did say FJ was the cinch.
Sean McShane is Dan’s cousin. Dan McShane originally appeared in 2012.
Ugh, Ken – it’s NOT “va- RYE-o-la”, but “very-ola” (or, “rhymes with Mary plus “ola”).
If anyone still has the teleplay, there was a slight error with Sean’s score. His question mark answer was revealed, then the camera cut to Ken, them, when back to Sean, his $3k washer was already deducted, before it was revealed on his screen.
Incorrect question in 19th Century Literature Double Jeopardy clue. It is asking for “This English Woman…”, not the title of her more famous book. Jennings said “what is Frankenstein”? Should have been Who Is Mary Shelley”?
Hi Martha, that was due to confusion on our part and was not Ken’s fault. He said: “The other novel: Frankenstein. It’s Mary Shelley.”
Thanks for bringing it to my attention. It’s fixed now.
I am stunned that this was a triple stumper.
I’m shocked and speechless.