Final Jeopardy: European Rivers (12-28-21)

Here are some more clues from the 12/28/2021 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.

The players missed 2 clues in THAT’S BOGUS out of these 4. (The $1600 clue was a Daily Double.)

($400) A trick, or an ornamental cushion covering
($800) This word for an act of deception is thought to be an alteration of part of a conjuror’s rhyming phrase
($1200) German for “substitute” , it’s an inferior imitation, as of food that’s in short supply
($2000) The first part of this fancy 13-letter word for a lie derives from Latin for “before”

ANSWERS: show

5 old clues related to today’s river:
05-27-2020 THE RENAISSANCE $400: In the early 1500s Botticelli & Leonardo da Vinci both lived in this Arno River city, a leading renaissance center
2015-03-24-2015 HANNIBAL LECTURE $1600: Hannibal lost the sight in one eye in a crossing of this main river of Tuscany
11-26-2010 THE RIVER $1200: Have some pizza in Pisa, Italy as you sail down this river with a 4-letter name
05-07-1992 BRIDGES $600: Almost 650 years old, the Ponte Vecchio spans the Arno River in this Italian city
04-17-1989 RIVERS $600: Flooding from the Arno river in 1966 caused incalculable damage to this city’s art treasures

Sneak Peek clues — STREETS OF AMERICA
($200) This raucous Big Easy street wasn’t named for a liquor, but rather the ruling French family of the time in 1721
($400) Streets in his hometown of Portland include Van Houten & Flanders; he gave Milhouse & Ned those surnames
($600) In Lewes in this state, “The first town in the First State”, don’t miss the shops & fun of… Second Street
($800) Sixth Street in this Texas City keep things weird with places like Lazarus Brewing, started by a pastor who loves beer
($1000) Beale Street in this city has historically served as a magnet for blues musicians

ANSWERS: show

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7 Responses

  1. Elan Xu says:

    Amy also won 20 games just like Julia Collins did and was the 5th contestant to win at least 20 games.

  2. Terry says:

    Congratulations Amy!

  3. Rick says:

    Regarding the final question, I thought that it might have been the Seine too, but oh well.

  4. Albert says:

    I wonder if Ken, Brad, or Holzhauer would have correctly answered the Final. I thought the river would be in France or the Netherlands, not Italy.

    • VJ says:

      Well, any or all of them could have come across this info in any number of ways. Most visitors to Florence would know about this. (That article I linked to says there are markers around the city to show how high the water rose.) 2016 was the 50th anniversary of the event and there was a lot of media coverage on it then.

      All the same, I was truly surprised that Amy got this. I thought it was a ToC worthy clue but I still didn’t see it as a clue even ToC caliber players would necessarily get within 30 seconds, esp if they had to run through European rivers in their minds.

      That’s odd: Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise was one of the works of art that was badly damaged in that flood. This clue from the 12/16/2021 (the week before last) was a triple stumper.

      THE 15TH CENTURY ($200) Mid-century, Lorenzo Ghiberti completed his set of bronze Baptistery doors with Old Testament scenes called “The Gates of” this

  5. Louis Jin says:

    I am not an art history major but still though this was a challenging clue. But I am happy to see Amy getting this one. That sweater definitely helped Amy out today and Julia will be proud watching Amy increase her win. She did make risky bets previously but today she played it safe. Congrats.