Final Jeopardy: Military History (2-27-24)
Here are some more clues from the 2/27/2024 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.
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY ($800) Known for his wisdom, this centaur instructed some of the greatest heroes, including Jason
TELEVISION ($1000) In the miniseries “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans”, a top Swan is Naomi Watts as Babe, wife of this CBS honcho
ANTONYMIC PAIRS ($400) Topographic phrase to describe a graphic pattern of highs & lows, like electricity usage over the course of a whole year
LITTLE GNOME FACTS ($800) On December 10, 1961 Project Gnome in this state’s Edddy County became the first nuclear test designed for peaceful purposes
AWARDS & HONORS ($1200) A humanitarian award presented at the Oscars is named for this actor who played the grandfather in the 1937 film “Heidi”
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: CLOTHES
($200) The back of a skirt or coat might have a kick one of these folds of fabric; it allows more movement
($400) Though the name sounds like you run slowly in them, these lounge pants have a slimmer fit than sweats & a cinched ankle
($600) Made from heavier material than a polo, the shirt named for this sport usually has stripes, long sleeves & a white collar
($800) Word with a kimono, its name literally means “belt” or “sash”
($1000) If the fellows are wearing lederhosen, the gals are wearing this type of dress with a name for a German word for girl
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What a bummer! I couldn’t come up with FJ.
Mad props to Hannah with the binnacle!! The stream, I’ve never heard of it.
I didn’t have a favorite today. I wanted any of them to win.
Hannah’s daring, go-for-the-KO DD wager may have cost her an eventual win.
We read the O. Henry story in junior high. But a tough clue if you didn’t read or remember it.
Someone should have taken a shot at the nuclear testing state. There are really only two to choose from, and one was already taken and wrong.
May 1960 gave me FJ because I was young at the time, but remember it well. I was living in SoCal in 1977 when Gary Powers was killed in a helicopter accident while doing traffic reports for KNBC.
I got the FJ instantly. Yeah, I sure recall that incident. After reading the article the following Saturday morning which was plastered on the daily newspaper’s front page, my father told us: “You can’t believe this government for nothing”.
Oh, I forgot to mention that the nickname of the U-2 is the Dragon Lady. I know that because I know one of the authors of “Remembering the Dragon Lady”, a collection of first-person memoirs from people connected to the U-2 in various capacities.
I’ve seen that Ferrer/Gabor movie and I’ve seen “O. Henry’s Full House” which is a film anthology of 5 O. Henry tales, including the Ransom tale that was a triple stumper today. Lee Aaker (Rusty from Rin Tin Tin) plays the kidnapped menace. I saw it on the Movies! TV network channel.
I saw the O Henry anthology on TCM! But, I only recalled the first half of the name.
It sure is worth watching with Charles Laughton featured in the first tale (The Cop and the Anthem). Marilyn Monroe is in that one too.
My favorite was “The Last Leaf”.
Thanks so much for telling us about the O. Henry anthology, sounds wonderful. I will check and see if my library has it.
I hope they have it, Rhonda. I know you’ll enjoy it. 😄
Thanks, VJ, I’m sure I will.