Final Jeopardy: Fictional Characters (12-17-24)
Here are some more clues from the 12/17/2024 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.
SWAP A VOWEL ($600) Squander away & a small pool of rainwater
($800) Title of respect for a male & to summon the soldiers
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AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES ($400) The familiar name of these big salamanders comes from the mistaken belief that they could bark
FROM THE AFI CATALOG ($2000) “Based on the real-life unavailability of Coors Banquet beer outside the 11 western… U.S. states where it was sanctioned”
CANADIANA ($800) Canadian TV viewers get used to hearing that a show is on at “8:00, 8:30” on this Atlantic island
($1600) Bigger than Banff, this Alberta natl. park was sadly in the news in 2024 when July wildfires closed it for the rest of the summer
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($200) These echinoderms found near the shore are adorned with 5 petaloids that serve as gills
($400) Here’s the logo of this discount store that’s a member of the Fortune 500
($600) Maybe if you’ve got a nice lawyer, you can give him one dollar as one of these; the fee procures his services!
($800) In the first verse of “Tomorrow”, Annie advises you to do this, “Tomorrow there’ll be sun”
($1000) The dollar sign is used in many nations, including the big country whose currency is the real
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Darn, I’m “blanching” because I missed FJ, even with a strong knowledge of French. I thought of Bianca and left it there.
Terrific game, lots of knowable clues, but I think I missed all the stumpers. I sort of got the $600 vowel clue as Ken was revealing the answer.
Ashley was fortunate to win with that puny wager. All I can think of is that she bet enough to pass Jordan if he doubled to $20400 and she also got FJ. Jasmine did the same, wagering $5K to edge out Jordan if he doubled and she got FJ. But Ashley took a big chance that Jasmine would bet small, and really should have bet close to $13K. I won’t quibble with Jordan’s small FJ wager, as he had to pray the two women bet big and missed Final. My wife used to say the person in 3rd should always bet $0, which is not always true.
I came late in today’s game as I was entertaining a guest. Anyways, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ was never one of our favorite films so I drew a blank in FJ. We’ll see what happens tomorrow.
Why do I like Ashley Chan? Because she always pronounce the first name of the person in question.
The last name only is a Quiz Bowl thing – only give the least information, which is quicker and more efficient. If the Quizmaster needs more, the QM will state so, like “Roosevelt” – “need more” “FDR”. Like that.
Since all clues have been revealed, she’s not taking too much time; when players do that, it’s evident – quite so, in some cases.
I was 3/3 on DD but missed FJ. (I was thinking “Alba Sylva?”) This was, finally, a high powered game.
Not really happy, at all, with Ashley’s wagering. Had Jasmine wagered as might be expected, Ashley would have been left on the outside.
The triple solve was refreshing.
I know one actor who had “bois” in his given name at birth.
Gerald Michael Charlebois became Michael Forest.