Final Jeopardy: Literary New York (12-3-19)
More triple stumpers from the 12/3/2019 Jeopardy! game:
WORDS & THEIR MEANINGS ($400) It means freedom from narrow restrictions as well as a lined feature on a map
($1000) Like its synonyms joking & joshing, this 7-letter non-“ing” word begins with “J”
BROADWAY NAMES ($800) In 2019, the lights on Broadway dimmed in memory of this legend who passed away at the age of 97
(1000) A Broadway theatre is named for this late caricaturist whom the N.Y. Times called “the most celebrated artist in the theater”
WHEN I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE… ($800) I traveled to 112 countries, the most of any Secretary in history
ANIMAL MALADIES ($1200) Psittacosis, aka this bird “fever”, can also spread to people from ducks & pigeons
($2000) The skin condition mange is caused by these tiny arthropods
ALL ABOUT EVE ($2000) A 2019 London stage production of “All About Eve” starred Lily James as Eve & Gillian Anderson as her, the Bette Davis role
The players missed 4 clues in IN EXTREMIS (*):
*($400) This unit of measure
*($800) One of these visionaries
*($1200) This quality deserving of esteem
*($1600) This bishop topper
($2000) “And the Lord said unto David, go, and” do this to “the Philistines, and save Keilah”
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Answers to the Sneak Peek clues – WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST?
($200) A Spanish word for a little donkey gives us the name of this Mexican favorite; you can have one filled with eggs for breakfast
($400) This breakfast favorite is also known as pain perdu (“lost bread”)
($600) This brand named for a fictional relative offers pancake mix, pancake syrup & pancakes on the go
($800) The original McDonald’s Egg McMuffin is made with this type of meat
($1000) The cereal aisle has these 2 rhyming brands, a corn-puff cereal & one that specifically not for rabbits
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What did Stephanie say she was afraid of? When Alex interviewed her.
@Pat, Stephanie said she is afraid of horror movies because she watched the video Thriller when she was 7.
I was sort of like that myself till my twenties at least. I’d get nightmares if I watched anything scary.
I thought “The Algonquin Hotel” made the most sense as an answer given the wording, and I think both that and “The Algonquin” should have been accepted if they occurred.
For the first daily double, I was lost until the word ‘autobiographical’, after which, there was only one good guess. I’m guessing that’s how the writers intended it. I like those clues that give you two (or more) avenues to the correct answer.
I can’t even believe no one knew the Algonquin round table. Although I thought that the contestants had participated in literature clubs but I guess not. Also didn’t the bell jar appear as a final jeopardy previously that no one got last time VJ? It’s great to see it again. Let’s see if Stephanie can build up on her wins.
Well, it would have been easier if they at least established the time period by naming a personality connected to it. Obviously, they felt that naming Parker would be a dead giveaway and, yeah, it would have been.
LINK: more clues from the game
“Literary” was in the clue so Saturday Night Live and the Apollo Theatre should have been eliminated immediately. It feels good to nail a Triple Stumper, but the Congress of Vienna from 2 years ago stumped me.
VJ, do you think they would have accepted just “The Algonquin”?
Only if they had their Trix this morning, Silly Rabbit! lol. Just kidding. I honestly don’t know but the clue does say “an insider described the scene there” and the scene did take place at the Algonquin, right?
Remember this morning, I was wondering if they would just take “Round Table”? Dorothy Parker just said “Round Table” in the sentence before the quote they used.
In short, who knows what they will or won’t accept unless we see it happen.
P.S. Julie got that “Not So Easy” Kids TV Paw Patrol clue when I asked her “what TV show has a boy named Ryder” 🤣 That one was very easy for a 4-year-old (and Rin Tin Tin was easy for the older set)
LOL VJ, and I am a Silly Rabbit!! I guess we’ll never know if they would have accepted it or not.
Yay for Julie on the Paw Patrol clue!