Final Jeopardy: French History (12-30-20)
Here are a few more triple stumpers from the 12/30/2020 Jeopardy! game:
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE ($400) Encyclopedia Britannica says Wels, Austria is in these lower parts of the Eastern Alps
OPERATIC COSTUMES ($2000) Alex Trebek in costume at the Met: “This helmet is a fitting accessory from a production of this Wagner work in which the knight’s arrival in a swan boat is one of opera’s great entrances”
There was one triple stumper in the BEFORE, DURING & AFTER category:
*($400) “The pipes, the pipes are calling” for a Culture Club lad & late Yankees owner
($800) The governmental right to seize property & an Internet address can compel you to guess a song title after a few notes
($1200) In a deceptive Greek “equine” of an ancient war lies a bloodsucking winged insect content to be an unseen observer
($1600) Early Beatles drummer who wins Westminster Kennel Club top honors by yelling Cuba Gooding Jr.’s most famous line
($2000) Nebraska-named D-Day landing area whose album “Pet Sounds” clones Nazis in South America
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SNEAK PEEK clues – COMPLETES THE PROVERB
($200) “Never look a gift horse…”
($400) “Feed a cold &…”
($600) “To err is human, to forgive…”
($800) “A man who is his own lawyer has…”
($1000) “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to…”
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The other clue they sometimes have on Barbara Bach is about her husband — Barbara and Ringo Starr will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary in 2021.
Long Showbiz Marriages would make a good category
VJ,
Nice of you to add the backstory of your start in Season 28. Well done back then, even for a rookie!
Hope you are feeling better, day by day.
Thanks, DC
Tom played a brilliant stellar game today. He and Roger were pretty much dominant throughout the 2011 tournament. Congrats to the semifinalists. What crime has corday committed to make her lose her head, VJ?
Lou, the clue itself tells you she committed murder. I told you in the recap that she killed Jean-Paul Marat. There is a painting by Jacques Louis David of the notorious event that is even more famous than the one I showed in the recap. This article on WorkStation.com will tell you a lot more and it shows both paintings.