Final Jeopardy: Historic Geography (2-1-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 2/1/2022 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.
ONE WOMAN ($200) Among the items our woman famously saved was a blue & gold Lowestoft set of porcelain ware, more commonly called this
“TOO” WORDS ($1000) Seen here (image) are these flower chains curving as intended
6 FLAGS ($1000) “Flag above White with Collage” is one of this contemporary artist’s paintings
LITTLE THINGS IN A BIG WORLD ($800) The buzz is true–the smallest hummingbird is this one named for an insect
READ IT OR EAT IT? ($800) A grandfather tells a story about a town called Chewandswallow where food falls from the sky
($2000) Just after World War II, a woman learns of a group of book lovers on one of the Channel Islands
INTERNATIONAL GET-TOGETHERS($2000) Billed as the “most influential tech event in the world”, this event featuring gizmos & gadgets has been held in Las Vegas since 1978
Sneak Peek clues — 3 STARS OF THE FILM
($200) 2004: The super voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter & Jason Lee
($400) 2018: Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen & Linda Cardellini drive the film
($600) 1989: Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field & Julia Roberts & a 4th star– the weeping audience
($800) 2021: Simu Liu, Tony Leung & Awkwafina
($1000) 1988: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon & Robert Wuhl, who makes a memorable visit to the mound
ANSWERS: show
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I’ve a different take on this. I take this as a ‘parable’” that illustrates “advantage” or “privilege,” NOT necessarily UNFAIR.
Westerners like Scott and Jay seem to me to have advantage over Zoha who appears to have an Eastern or Middle-Eastern background. I would expect Westerners to know more about the papal estates than those with Eastern or Middle-Eastern background.
I totally zoned, and said “Rheims”, so, I was wrong. Ok. But, being a school boy French speaker, I was, at first, fine with Mayim saying “AH-vee-nyoh”, not “AH-vig-non”, but, with Zoha’s response, Orleans, I was incredulous that Mayim said “OR-leenz”, in place of “OR-lee-onh”. I mean, I just was dumbfounded. Maybe it was because of how she so clearly enunciated it, which showed me, at least, that she’s “all in”, even if on the wrong one!
Avignon is indeed pronounced ah vee nyoh so not sure what you are talking about. Lived there for a while. Fluent french speaker. Canadian. You can also hear it on countless youtube videos. I am dumbfounded!
Forvo is my go to site for foreign pronunciations
Best game in ages tonight. All deserved to win. I’d much rather see a tight game than a blowout that’s over before the first commercial break.
Absolutely agree! It makes all the difference in the world.
Totally agree, Howard. Great game!
Glad that Jay and Scott got this final today. At least now all the daily doubles are nailed. Maybe Scott has a streak build up but we will see.
Moi aussi!
10 years of francais pour moi, starting in 4th grade. I’m still somewhat fluent, 50+ years later.
I got by pretty well when I visited Paris, Montreal and Quebec in the 70s.
But I blew the Final. Couldn’t decide between Lourdes and Orleans.