Final Jeopardy: Literary Characters (2-6-24)
Here are some more clues from the 2/6/2024 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.
ACTUALLY, THIS IS MY FIRST RODEO ($800) I thought it would be longer, but a male rider only has to stay on a bronc this long to get a score in a rough stock event
13-LETTER WORDS ($400) I went down to this type of public protest to get my fair share of abuse
($600) If you know what a Hungry Liz is, thank Jesse Sheidlower & colleagues in this job for the “Historical Dict. of American Slang”
($1000) It’s part of the full name of JFK, but not of LGA
AROUND THE ATLANTIC ($1200) The city of Colon is this country’s major Atlantic port
IT’S A BIRD! IT’S A PLANE! ($1200) In a Shrike Commander, Bob Hoover perfected a routine of aerobatics, landing & taxiing all deadstick, i.e. this
SOONER ($1600) This Oklahoma-born guy nicknamed Gordo and Hot Dog had the right stuff for NASA’s Mercury & Gemini program
($2000) This radio legend, famous for giving us “The Rest of the Story”, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005
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Sneak Peek clues — 2 BOOKS IN 1
($200) “Salem’s Sematary”
($400) “In Cold Tiffany’s”
($600) “A Room to India”
($800) “A Farewell to the Sea”
($1000) “A Prayer for Garp”
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Our first triple stumper this week since the final was a tough one.
I have been studying German for over two years on Duolingo, and didn’t know the word for “short”! Once I cheated and used translate, then, I figured it out.
The Gordo clue was a bit of a bummer, too, as Gus WAS Virgil Ivan Grissom’s nickname, and John Glenn was from Ohio, where he was also a 4 term Senator!
Gratz to Deb!
Studying German for 2 yrs reminded me of my granddaughter studying Spanish in middle and high school for several yrs. One day I asked her how to say “ready” in Spanish and she didn’t know. At the time, her mom was a bank manager in Houston. When I told them the word, my DIL realized she had been hearing the Hispanic tellers say that to customers every day without knowing what it meant.
I had several Spanish language courses some 18-25 years ago along with a number of Spanish language CDs. In fact, I had a live Spanish teacher who taught me reading and pronunciation at work. In addition, I entered a Spanish language school while I was vacationing in Mexico (but only for 4 days), and I also took a local adult Spanish language course. Yes, I even vacationed in Mexico 4 years in a row so I certainly knew how to get around over there. Since that was some 18-25 years ago, I seldom read or spoke Spanish from then on. No, I didn’t come up with the Spanish word for ‘ready’ either (listo/lista), but I surely do recognize the word. Back then, I would have easily come up with that Spanish word.
Well, the study methods you mention might be better than the language instruction kids get in school. Personally, I think a person can probably build a better working vocabulary by watching cartoons in the desired language, listening to music and reading translations of books they already know in English. To that end, I gave my niece a French bible.
I had an introductory German language course some twenty years ago, but the word for ‘short’ wasn’t mentioned. Actually, I instantly knew the Spanish word for ‘short’ (corto), but that didn’t help me any.
When I was in college, more than 30 years ago, my roommate had to take a language, and he took Spanish. I recall, he translated one of the other cadet’s name – John Shorter, whom he translated as “Juan Mas Bajo”! (“John More Short”!)
Head-scratcher of a FJ, but my lame guess of Kurt wasn’t far off.
Matt was the best of the three, but couldn’t quite get to runaway status.
Deb’s $0 wager was spot-on.
A bit hard to believe she got Livingstone but not Stanley.
Country singer/The Dance/ baseball wasn’t a giveaway, but there was enough there that someone might have known it.
The country of Colon was pretty easy. These youngsters didn’t have a clue about “The Rest of the Story” legend among radio show hosts. Likewise, they could not be expected to know that you can’t always get what you want when it comes to public protests.
At one time I knew all the original 7 astronauts, but blanked tonight on Gordo. Guess I no longer have the right stuff. Glenn, Carpenter, Grissom, Slayton, Shepard, Gordo, one more.
Now I know there are at least three people who don’t know how long one has to ride a bronc to succeed. It was even the title of a movie.
Personally, I would have given you at least a half credit for FJ as you likely had done better than most.
Thanks. Somehow I thought of curtail (shorten), which quickly led me to Kurt. Had I deduced what the actual novel was, or the much later movie, then I almost certainly would have come up with the true name.
I did a tad above average in the game, and was desperately trying to come up with the German word for ‘short’ in FJ. Failing that, I missed the FJ as it was a tough one.