Final Jeopardy: Long-Running TV Show Characters (2-17-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 2/17/2022 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.
MIDAS ($600) Midas got the wish he later regretted by being kind to Silenus, one of these faun-like beings
PLUS ($200) At the University of Chicago & other schools, the grading system consists of 5 letters, 3 that can have + added & these 2 that can’t ANSWER: show
($600) Britain’s eleven plus exams are basically entrance tests to admits kids to this kind of school that not our writers, obviously
BRITISH TERRITORIES & DEPENDENCIES ($2000) In short, the Somers Islands is a former name of this British possession in the Atlantic
Sneak Peek clues — THAT’S SO CLICHE!
($200) “Better safe than” this
($400) It “is always greener on the other side”
($600) 2 bad choices: “between the devil &” this location
($800) It “doesn’t fall far from the tree”
($1000) It’s where the “proof of the pudding” is
ANSWERS: show
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Good, close game and nice comeback by Matt after missing that all-in DD. The last DD was much simpler. Not that many famous brands of luggage.
I’m way too old to have watched Sesame St., but sometime in the last week or so I heard or read that Big Bird was 6 (or 6.5). Might have been on the radio. The morning DJ on the oldies station I listen to does a “Today I Learned” factoid every weekday around 830.
Regarding FJ, the first thing that came to my mind was Dennis the Menace as per the 1959-1963 syndicated TV series. Perhaps Dennis the Menace was actually 6 1/2 years old?
I mean, the ‘Big Bird’ was never referred to as being 6 1/2 years old as was given in the clue, but rather 6 years old. On that basis alone, this should have automatically eliminated it from contention.
Upon further checking, Dennis the Menace in the comic strip was 5 years old so I think that I was pretty close.
Happy birthday, Daniel Tiger! Watch our favorite little tiger puppet make his April 5, 1954 TV debut on WQED’s “The Children’s Corner”
So, not 2012 . . . omg.
@Linda, Just to clear up any confusion, can you take a look at this article on misterrogers.org ? It is about Daniel Tiger’s 1954 debut — Daniel Striped Tiger, the puppet. Near the end of the page under “The Legacy Lives On”, it says:
“Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood is an animated program based on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood that debuted on PBS in 2012. The star of the series is 4-year-old Daniel Tiger, son of the original program’s beloved puppet Daniel Striped Tiger.”
A good final today for sesame street enthusiasts like me when I was a child. I am surprised that the champ didn’t know this one I mean Daniel tiger? That was most recent and not 1970. As for the peanuts Charlie Brown was only two years younger than big bird. A decent guess by Linda but there have been a lot of Charlie Brown movies based on the comic strip.
Daniel Tiger is 4 — 2 years younger than BIg Bird
Charlie Brown is 8 — 2 years older than Big Bird
Daniel Striped Tiger was a member of the Land of Make Believe on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” first appearing in “Mister Rogers” in 1963, Just as Big Bird was a member of the cast of “Sesame Street.”
Daniel graduated to his own series much more recently, after the loss of Fred Rogers.
@penpusher, according to this article on Wikipedia, the Land of Make Believe puppet Daniel Striped Tiger was the father of 2012 series Daniel Tiger.
I wouldn’t know — none of my kids nor their kids were ever big on Sesame Street or any other PBS show except maybe “Arthur”. They only watched PBS occasionally. Because my brain is like a song tape recorder, I probably remember more of the songs from Sesame Street than they do, like “Hard Working Dog” and “The Lower Case N.” 🤣🤣
Lou, I’m not a fan of Sesame Street. My kids were fans when they were little. They liked Ernie though. Big Bird never came up much in their discussions as I recall.
VJ, couldn’t help but think about you when the $600 clue under the “Dessert” category was revealed. I recalled discussing favorite quotes from that movie on FF & you stated that was one of your favorite quotes. Am I correct?
That was in this 2017 Oscar winners game, Jacob, and it was Cece’s favorite quote. Mine is “I’m smart and I want respect!” 🤣
VJ, Thanks. That was 5 years ago we had that discussion? Tempus fugit!