Final Jeopardy: The Ancient World (2-24-23)
Here are some more clues from the 2/24/2023 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.
LITERARY REUNIONS ($400) In the “Odyssey” Odysseus has a brief but memorable reunion with Argus, one of these, as he returns to Ithaca
STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL ($2000) When it comes to blood, this literally means “red cell”
BLACK HISTORY ($400) In 1930 “Don’t buy where you can’t work” was a slogan of this economic strategy vs. stores that wouldn’t hire African Americans
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Sneak Peek clues — HOMOPHONES
($200) A vaulting staff & a survey of voters
($400) Your physical debut and a bed on a train
($600) Brahmins for one & to throw out a lure when angling
($800) A particular manner of walking & a waiting area inside an airport terminal
($1000) To take from someone by force & to take a break
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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I think the players this week, win or lose, have been great at not giving up even when one player was dominating.
As for the $2K clue in Black History today, last Monday on Master Minds, the Ultimate Trivia Question asked for the author of the same poem (“On Being Brought from Africa to America”).
I was trying to recall where I had heard that! Thanks, VJ.
I thought it was a bit more challenging this evening
And, I’ll admit – I got FJ wrong. I said, like the third place participant, Athens. Oh well!
Ryan Presler: Hey, I tried getting my revenge on Avi Gupta. Um, not working. Jackson Jones, you have a chance at getting your revenge, though.
I was very impressed with Isabella’s bet in Final today. That is good for her! She knew that if Ryan bet to cover her and Jackson bet to cover Ryan, she would win the game by one dollar.