Final Jeopardy: British Authors (12-23-19)
Here are 8 more triple stumpers from the 12-23-19 Jeopardy! game:
THEIR JOBS IN 2019 ($200) Academy Awards host
LITERATURE ($1000) In 2019 his “Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction” first came out as an e-book
THE “LL”, “LL” YOU SAY! ($400) William G. Morgan invented this sport in 1895
($600) It comes before “stimulating” when referring to work or conversation that wakes up your brain
MYTHOLOGY ($400) In Greek mythology, the Epigoni were the sons of Greek chieftains known as the “Seven Against” this
($1200) Aphrodite fell for this other “A” when he was but a wee lad, sending him to Persephone for safekeeping
BIG WORDS ($2000) This word for something monstrous in size comes from the name of a powerful grass-eating beast in Job
THE NOT-SO-YOUNG SHELDON ($1200) In the 1940s, William Sheldon classified body types into endomorphs, mesomorphs & these
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues – BIRDS OF A FEATHER:
($400) Bullock’s & Baltimore
($800) blue & Steller’s
($1200) black & mute
($1600) Rivoli’s & bumblebee
($2000) greylag & barnacle
ANSWERS: show
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Honestly, I thought the final was harder than it looked today. When I was watching today I first thought of Milne but I knew he was born way earlier than 1916 and then I thought of C.S. Lewis because I knew he was a British children’s author. But, when Alex said Roald Dahl I thought ohh why didn’t I think of him. Also, I thought today’s game was overall pretty challenging, especially that Sheldon category. There just really isn’t anyone famous named Sheldon except the lovable nerd from The Big Bang Theory.
@Campbellnator, I think one reason Sheldon has been rude in the past ever since he was a kid it’s because of his smart intelligence.
@Campbellnator, I’ve seen 3 of the films based on Dahl’s books but I was watching them with kids and was not a kid myself. I don’t remember much about them. I wonder if the kids do. lol.
For our future reference, wikipedia has a list of British children’s authors who were active between 1900 to 1949, that goes by year of birth. There are only 6 on there who were born in the 20th century and besides Roald Dahl, I only found J! clues for these three:
T.H. White (The Once and Future King, The Sword and the Stone)
Mary Norton (The Borrowers)
Rev. W. Awdry (Thomas the Tank Engine)
For us older folks, there’s always Sheldon Leonard – actor and producer, did both for The Danny Thomas show. Also well known for his turn as a gangster in the Frank Sinatra version of Guys and Dolls. And the namesake for both Sheldon and Leonard on BBT.
Those daily doubles didn’t work out for Eric as he made too many bad guesses today and I was hoping that the remaining contenders knew Roald Dahl. I mean come on, Charlie and the chocolate factory, Matilda, James and the giant peach does that even ring a bell for them VJ? And here I thought they were avid readers. It’s better to start off at the top and work your way to the bottom instead of bouncing around the board.
Not only that, all 3 DDs were missed resulted our third skunking of the season.
I’ve seen all those movies especially Fantastic Mr. Fox, except BFG. I agree with you @Lou, bouncing on the board is idiotic.
There’s a point when bouncing on the board is idiotic.
I thought the “Figures of Speech” daily double was brutal. Although, it was before my time. It’s probably good to be cautious with bets on $2,000 clues when the category is that broad.
I agree, JP. I had a real bad feeling when Eric made that big bet.
LINK: more clues from the game