Final Jeopardy: Those Zany Ancient Romans (12-28-23)
Here are some more clues from the 12/28/2023 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.
NBA NICKNAMES ($1000) James Harden fans have worn T-shirts with this 3-word phrase, incorporating James’ fairly obvious nickname
HUNT & PECK ($1000) Heart disease & hernia can be detected by this, a doctor’s examination of body parts with his hands
TRIPLE INITIAL WRITERS ($2000) The “A” that’s the 3rd initial of this German writer was originally W– for Wilhelm– but he changed it to honor Mozart’s Amadeus
MEASUREMENT ($2000) Legendary cinematographer Gregg Toland called this “an amazingly efficient little instrument” that eliminates guesswork
I’D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT ($800) A sport where you might hit a ball into a partially landlocked sea that can be larger than a bay
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Sneak Peek clues — SPEED DATING
($200) D-Day launches as the Allies invade Normandy in the largest sea & airborne invasion in history
($400) John Jacob Astor IV goes down with the Titanic
($600) The world ended, according to erroneous interpretations of the Mayan calendar
($800) Charles Lindbergh flies solo nonstop from New York to Paris
($1000) William the Conqueror is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey
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Some ragged play and strange (i.e. wrong) responses, but a good game.
“Touch and grab” was a goofy stab at what was an easy DD clue.
Was hoping someone would know the hirsute tennis star. One of my all-time favorites. His old man was a weightlifter in the Olympics, 1952 maybe.
History not my favorite area, but I did guess A&C for Final.
I got FJ, because I couldn’t name any other couples. Who else could it be?
Xanni played a good game.
Ken was much smoother today.
A dead giveaway for FJ, and an excellent game to boot.
Today 28th December 2023.two contestants spelt Antony correctly..the third contestant spelt it with an ‘h’ included and was given the money.
Ken is very inconsistent.
I remember the run up to the finals and the money wasnt given causing the guy to lose first place in the semis I believe…what’s up with that?
Personally, I would have credited the third contestant too. If Ken was in error, you could be sure that the judges would have corrected it.
For one thing, they do not penalize for spelling, as long as it doesn’t change the pronunciation, such as adding or subtracting a syllable. Also, there’s a panel of judges, and the host does not have the final word on the responses.
You are totally correct. I remember that game when the guy got the answer right, but wasn’t given credit because he was off by one letter in his spelling. The winner of today’s game was given credit for her answer, even though she spelled Antony wrong. If you look up Mark Antony, you will not find it spelled “Anthony” anywhere when referring to Mark Antony in a historic sense. In fact, the name “Anthony” was not used as a name until the 16th century. Her answer never should have been accepted. The other two contestants were robbed.
Well, actually, the man’s name was Marcus Antonius. Wikipedia has a disambiguation page that says “Mark or Marc Anthony or Antony may refer to:” and he shows up on that list.