Final Jeopardy: World Surnames (2-19-21)
Here are 5 more triple stumpers from the 2/19/2021 Jeopardy! game:
DEAD PRECEDENTS ($600) Agostini V. Felton reversed a 1985 ruling that prohibited public school teachers from teaching in these schools
POP CULTURE ($1000) Jane is this character’s real first name on “Stranger Things”
HAIR’S TO YOU ($400) One difference between a chignon & this 3-letter option is that a chignon is usually worn low while it can go anywhere
BALTIMORE: NEWS CLUES ($1000) Every 4th of July there are fireworks over this ship, Baltimore’s answer to the USS Constitution; her illustrious history includes the capture of three slave ships off the coast of Africa
MAD ABOUT MADRIGALS ($2000) The music at his funeral left out his sad “Adagio for Strings” but did use a madrigal by his life partner Gian Carlo Menotti
The players got 3 correct in RHYME TIME:
($200) An M&M after it has been dropped at the beach
($400) A scream in an upper register
($600) A strategy in Karachi
($800) An eating utensil for a military unit
($1000) An unoriginal artificial waterway
ANSWERS: show
Sneak Peek clues — “KON”FUSION:
($400) to make a summoning gesture to another
($800) The Coolpix P950 is a digital camera from this Japanese company
($1200) This title of albums by R.E.M. & the Grateful Dead means a settling of accounts
($1600) This Asian variety of white radish takes its name from Japanese for “large root”
($2000) The Church of Paraportiani is a highlight of this Greek island
ANSWERS: show
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Icelandic game shows are a bit rougher than ours (LINK)
Ken Jennings has such a quick wit. I found it funny and entertaining when Ken said, “Party like it’s 1999” when a player finished with $1,999 the other day. I really hope the show keeps Ken. Also, I like that Ken doesn’t show irritability when the players miss a few questions in a row. Actually, Ken makes cute and charming witticisms when players miss a few questions such as “It doesn’t get any easier”. Ken is like a young Johnny Carson with his humor.
That was a killer Final. How did all 3 answer correctly? How are people expected to know that about Iceland or any other country? I am completely dumbfounded.
If you find out how they all answered it correctly, kindly let me know. Seriously though, all three of them had likely visited Iceland in recent years. Actually, the vast majority of contestants on the show typically do an extensive amount of traveling.
I was very surprised as well, but stopped just short of dumbfounded. I think their typical male/female formation of surnames is a fairly interesting bit of trivia that may stick with you if you see it, and it has made its way around the web.
It’s also possible that there have been headlines about the change (although none that I recall seeing), in relation to non-binary identifying individuals, which seems to be a major topic in the world today. Or at least the Western World that has the leisure to be concerned with such things.
Well, it just seems to me that even if you didn’t know about Iceland changing their naming laws, it still might be the first country some people would think of. How would they come across Iceland’s way of naming boys and girls -son and -dottir?
How about Sports teams where the guys all have last names with -son? That might make some folks curious. How about music like the singer Björk who just goes by her first name but if you look her up, you find out her last name is Guðmundsdóttir.
Most people know about the Russian patronymic suffixes, like -ovich, -evich and -ich, don’t they?
Congrats to all the players getting final correct. Sam might have what it takes to string up more wins after a rough week. Definitely great scores for today and I hope this trend continues. What year did the euro get introduced into Iceland, VJ?
VJ stated above that Iceland does NOT use the euro currency which is true.
See VJ’s last sentence just above her picture of the contestants for today’s game.
After a tough week of FJs, we finally end the week with everybody go it right. Happy to see that.