Final Jeopardy: American History (2-11-20)
Here are 9 more triple stumpers from the 2/11/2020 Jeopardy! game:
BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN ($800) After Lenin triumphed in the Russian Revolution, he soon helped install a short-lived government in Hungary on the principles of this movement from Russian for “greater”
($1000) A statue remembers the Hungarians who fought Fascists on behalf of the Spanish Republic. They were directed by this association of world Communist parties, an early organ of Soviet dominance
“INNA” ($800) In the first stanza of a poem, Edgar Allan Poe used this lengthy word to describe the sound of “The Bells”
MAGIC IN LITERATURE ($1200) To access power, mages in the “Malazan” series use & travel in these, just like the burrows where rabbits live
($1600) Allomancers in the “Mistborn” series can burn metals like iron & even these, like pewter & duralumin
ITALIAN LOANWORDS IN ENGLISH ($1600) In Italian it’s the faculty of sight; in English it’s a distant view to be had from a vantage point
($2000) From the Italian for “undertaking”, it’s someone who organizes public entertainments like operas or ballets
I WRITE A SYMPHONY ($1200) Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 3 is named for this Jewish prayer for the dead & uses its words
($2000) Schubert wrote some great symphonies & so did this near contemporary, including the one heard here (I have no idea what they were playing. If you do, feel free to leave the name of the symphony in the comments)
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — GOT A DEVITO
($200) As this character in “Batman Returns”, Danny DeVito kidnaps, murders &, even worse, enters politics!
($400) Danny was ringmaster Max Medici in the 2019 live-action version of this classic Disney cartoon
($600) In Season 2 of this FXX sitcom, Danny joined the cast as the crusty Frank Reynolds
($800) Voicing this title Dr. Seuss character in a 2012 animated film, DeVito said, “I speak for the trees!”
($1000) The poster for this film Danny made with Schwarzenegger said, “Only their mother can tell them apart”
ANSWERS: show
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Thank goodness for this site, because the Final Jeopardy round was interrupted by the primary results from New Hampshire, about which I couldn’t care less, and by the time they got back to the show Alex Trebek was shaking hands and chatting with the contestants and I couldn’t even tell who won.
I feel old when I know ‘Love Story’ and it turns out to be a Triple Stumper.
Marquess of Queensberry rules was the answer yesterday. Would ‘Marquis’ be an acceptable substitution for ‘Marquess’? Just curious because I would have written Marquis.
I can’t say for certain, Albert, but I think they would accept it as something an American might not be sure how to spell or say, or alternatively, because Marquess was not really necessary to be right.
Kristyna’s pronunciation of Lech Walesa was actually correct, the judges made a mistake. Despite the spelling, it is supposed to be pronounced “Walensa”.
Too bad no one got the bunny clue correct!
You’re right, Rhonda. I saw this YouTube pronouncing it the same way as Kristyna did and noticed the way the “e” was written: Wałęsa
wikipedia has a page on that particular letter that includes the Polish sounds for it
We should be seeing Kristyna again.
That’s interesting about the e, VJ, thanks for pointing it out.
You’re welcome, Rhonda. However, after checking on YouTube, it appears that she said Lech LaWensa. That’s what the judges meant by flipped syllables. (look for J! + today’s date)
Now it looks like we won’t be seeing Kristyna again
Oh, wow, that explains it now, , thanks for the update, I will look for it, VJ!
I got that Edgar Allan Poe “The Bells” clue. I used to know that whole poem by heart. I never had to prove it though because no one wanted to hear it. 🤣🤣🤣
There are 4 parts. I still know the silver & golden bells and maybe I could get through half of the brazen bells without looking.
Found something else I have in common with Alex Trebek today — I love that movie “Twins”, too.
If you can’t name Marconi, you don’t deserve to be on Jeopardy, let alone be a returning champion. The contestant pool seems to be getting shallower every year.
For the Polish president question, Eli Wallach entered my mind. That’s probably closer to actually flipping syllables
At least we got a triple solve today. And congrats to danyelle on her win. We shall see if she can build up on her winnings.
Flipped syllables? That doesn’t make sense.
Well, I just heard that the Teachers Tournament is starting on May 4th.