Final Jeopardy: Old Geographic Names (12-7-21)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 12/7/2021 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.
OFFICE, OURS ($600) Shohei begins a water cooler discussion about this drama on Starz about pro wrestlers featuring Stephen Amell
MOUNTAINS ($1000) First summited in 1966, this 16,000-foot peak overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf
IN THE CURRICULUM ($800) From a 1933 play, “When I hear” this artsy word “I reach for my pistol” is often wrongly attributed to Hermann Goering
MYTHOLOGY ($2000) This daughter of Tantalus turned to stone while weeping for her slain children
10-LETTER WORDS ($1200) This biology branch that shares a Nobel Prize category deals with the functions of living organisms
($2000) From Greek for “to show through”, it’s used to describe a delicate, translucent fabric, perhaps a bridal veil
Sneak Peek clues — NAME THE MUSICAL
($400) “I’m just like my country, I’m young, scrappy and hungry, and I’m not throwin’ away my shot”
($800) “Anything you can do, I can do better, I can do anything better than you”
($1200) “I could have danced all night, and still have begged for more”
($1600) “This needs to be perfect, these emails have to prove that we were actually friends”
($2000) “I’m reporting live from Gander Airport where the 19th plane has just touched down”
ANSWERS: show
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Regarding the final question, I wouldn’t have described the Barbary Coast as being situated exclusively in “western North Africa” as was suggested.
So far, after 2 shows, it seems to me that these folks are a notch beneath regular season contestants. Also, this was, possibly, the most boring game I’ve seen in years. There seemed to be a palpable fear of aggressive DD betting, but, then, there was that “Oh, that’s easy” recognition of a clue, but, I couldn’t tell if they realized they should have bet more. And, I have to be honest – it was “hosting Jeopardy! Ken Jennings”, but this was announced “the host of Jeopardy! Mayim Bialik”. I haven’t missed an episode in years, but, she might make me.
I thought Marti was supposed to select first in the first round.
Semifinalists:
Gary Hollis: $20,000
Mari Canipe: $13,400
Wild Cards:
Katie Reed: $12,000 ($14,000)
Hester Blum: $12,000 ($8,600)
John Harkless: $4,000
Gautam Hans: $1
Well Katie was close since the Bonboro is an endangered species. Not sure how many of those monkeys are still alive. At least now we have another wildcard winner so hopefully Katie will improve her skills when she reaches the semi finals. Speaking of the barbary ape, the wildlife trivia had a question on this animal as well which I find very interesting, Never heard of the menshiviks before.
The Mensheviks were the “White Army”. Recall the “Soviet Red Army” athletes, like, the hockey teams? That’s the “red” of the movie “Reds”, and who were opposed by the “Whites”.
No one has clinched a wild card spot yet.
There’s one thing missing, we don’t see the scores at the end of the first round.
Thanks, Kevin. It’s in there now.
My son recommended that Starz wrestling TV series to me. The whole first season is on there so I got a month’s subscription to Starz and watched the whole thing. I hope they have a Season 2.