Final Jeopardy: Milestones in U.S. History (12-17-19)
Here are 9 more triple stumpers from the 12-17-19 Jeopardy! game:
NEW MILLENNIUM TV ($200) In 2018, for voting purposes, it became the first reality-competition series in TV history to air shows live, coast-to-coast
($600) Shemar Moore heads up an elite unit on the streets of L.A. on this CBS reboot
BATTLE LOSERS ($800) San Jacinto: This general, who became a prisoner the next day
($1000) Bosworth Field: This royal house
FINAL RESTING PLACES ($400) The tomb of Ulysses S. Grant, once New York City’s most popular attraction, was partly inspired by the tomb of this other 19th century man who was both a great general and a head of state
($1200) “Hughes” was chiseled off this poet’s headstone so often by her admirers that the surname was then cast in bronze
($1600) This politician was assassinated in the Louisiana State Capitol building in Baton Rouge; his grave is in the gardens there
“ACK”! ($1600) Future cancer researcher William Thilly had the idea for this cereal as a Kellogg’s intern in 1965
($2000) Type of steering in which the first part engages with the second
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues: THE JEOPARDY! SCHOOL OF ENLIGHTENMENT
($200) Boundless capacity, or a number greater than any countable quantity
($400) Another word for compassion; Jesus said those who practice it will have it shown to them
($600) A learned venerable person; it sounds like an aromatic herb of the mint family used to season food
($800) As taught by Lao Tzu, this is “The Way”, the religion of living a virtuous life of humility & piety
($1000) It can mean the lighting used to decorate a building, or someone’s spiritual or intellectual understanding
ANSWERS: show
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Thrilled for Rodolpho. First Class Gentleman. Hope he goes far up the ladder.
Well and here I thought Kirby was going to build up on her win but it never happened. Her challengers were too quick today. Congrats to Rodolfo and Kirby on getting this right. Perhaps Rodolfo could be our next streaker? We shall see. Also didn’t Susan b Anthony played a critical role in the woman’s suffrage movement VJ and allowed all women the right to vote?
Actually, I was wondering if maybe thinking about Susan B. Anthony is what threw Dagmar off the track. Anthony was convicted of voting illegally (in NY, in a presidential election) just 2 years after the year in today’s clue.
That article on History.com that I linked to mentions other times before the 19th amendment where women were allowed to vote: “single women owning property ‘worth fifty pounds’ were allowed to vote in New Jersey between 1776 and 1807…. In 1838 Kentucky allowed widows with school-age children to vote in school elections, and Kansas followed in 1861.” So Louisa Swain was not really the first woman to vote. She was the first woman to vote in Wyoming. I guess that makes Rodolfo lucky they didn’t get nitpicky with his response.
LINK: more clues from the game