Final Jeopardy: Winter Sports (2-17-21)
Here are 5 more triple stumpers from the 2/17/2021 Jeopardy! game:
MAMMALS ($600) Once valued for its fur, this member of the weasel family is at home in the snow
CATHOLICISM ($800) Other than Sundays, the days each year on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass are called “Holy Days of” this
($1000) The 14 Stations of the Cross represent events from Jesus’ Passion; No. 6 recounts his meeting with this woman
POP ($1000) The late Brad Nowell of this band sang hits like “What I Got” & “Santeria” before dying in 1996
’80s TALK ($2000) A 1981 New York Times letter coined this hyphenated numerical term in reference to Wendy Wasserstein, born 1950
Sneak Peek clues — EUROPEAN HISTORY
($400) At the Council of Clermont in 1095, Pope Urban II called for the first of these
($800) A 1958 economic union joined Belgium, Luxembourg & the Netherlands, known as these “Countries” due to their elevation
($1200) From the 13th to the 15th centuries, Lubeck, a port city on this sea, was “The Queen of the Hanseatic League”
($1600) After Vaclav Havel resigned as president in 1992, a “Velvet Divorce” split this country in 2
($2000) In 1919, this country gained South Tyrol & Trieste from Austria-Hungary
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Bravo, Phil!
Excellent two time champion. Courageous strategy
Logging this late, but I had “What is figure skating” immediately.
This is my place of birth and was so thrilled to see this on Jeopardy last night
One of many things I learned from my Catholic wife were the holy days of obligation.
Got the FJ with seconds to go once I remembered that compulsories were removed from figure skating around that time. That was a really tough final, though.
Was rooting for Natalie because I have a young friend who recently became a naturopathic doctor. Perhaps it would have ended differently had she known the Irish harp is a symbol.
Hard to believe not one player from 2 years ago knew TS Eliot wrote the poem about the cats with the funny names that became such a hit show.
The Irish in me loved her answer to that DD though. 😁
I misread the clue because I thought it was an entire sport banned. But why do 3rd placers always feel the need to bet almost everything? Stay put, it’s your only chance of winning.
I wish Natalie wagered less and won.
I didn’t have much of an idea as to the type of sport in the final category, and obviously none of the contestants did either.
Now I’ll have to find something besides Santeria for my Friday clip
I don’t practice Santeria
I don’t got no crystal ball
Well I had a million dollars
but I’d spend it all
It seems that the contestants don’t even watch the Olympics since there are a lot of figure skaters like Michelle Kwan and Midori Ito. I think you know that they competed previously right VJ? even if Andy scored 1999 he could make a comeback tomorrow.
$1,999 is the lowest winning score in regular-play since June 26, 2018.
Tough FJ as we got a triple stumper.
I thought the first Daily Double was very obscure, and I live not too far from La Crosse.
Today was a low win despite that triple FJ! making Andy wins the game with a dollar short than the player who finished receives second place prize. It’s actually the first time that the player who won the game with less than the second place prize. With $1,999 it’s like a good year that you party like it’s 1999 and we’ll see if Andy can try to it tomorrow.
There surely have been many winners with less than $2000, not just this one. Jeopardy historians and archivists must have this info handy.
It’s the first time this season at any rate.