Final Jeopardy: Famous Trials (3-10-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 3/10/2022 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.
EUROPEAN HISTORY ($1000) Back in 1688 Norway regulated many sawmills to fight this problem; in 2016 it became the world’s first country to ban it
VACCINES ($400) Prior to the vaccine, 3 to 4 million people a year in the U.S. got this disease also called rubeola
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY ($1200) Administered by the U.N., the border between Greek & Turkish regions of Cyprus is known as this colorful “Line”
GUYS WHO WEAR GLASSES ($2000) This Israeli fashion designer (image) & creative director of Lanvin was mourned by celebrity clients at his death in 2021
Massachusetts locations related to today’s Final Jeopardy! clue: Fall River (where 1892 axe murders occurred); New Bedford (location of 1893 trial); Salem (17th c. witch trials)
Sneak Peek clues — “V”ERBS
($200) From a word meaning “to empty”, it means to go on holiday
($400) As a noun, it’s a piece of clothing; as a verb, it means to give power or control
($600) To leap
($800) This word meaning to leave in a hurry ends in a big antlered creature
($1000) To clear someone of blame in the eyes of the law
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IMO, it wasn’t a tough Final, as Lizzie was from Massachusetts and not far from Salem.
In 2014 I won from Lifetime TV a trip to Fall River, MA, which included 2 nights in the Lizzie Borden House, a B&B. Very enjoyable, and I met some cool people from other places. My room was the one where her stepmother was axed. The dress Elizabeth Montgomery wore in a TV movie about Lizzie was there in the room. Nothing in the home was original, though. All furnishings were made to look as if they were from that period.
So I can’t say for certain if I’d have gotten this one right without that background, but might have.
Regarding FJ, I do recall those ax murders. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t come up with the woman’s name.
Rare error by our gracious host. Lizzie Borden’s parents were murdered in MA on Thursday 4 August 1892 and Lizzie Borden’s trial commenced on Monday 5 June 1893 and she was thanks be acquitted of the axe murders on Tuesday 20 June 1893. 🙂
Alfred, I don’t know why I typed 1873 instead of 1893 in the info on the reporting, but I just fixed that. Thankfully, I didn’t make that mistake under the map on the second page, when showing the locations of the murder, the trial and Salem
I am just floored at the big bets that Karson and Hannah made today on final. I thought one of them would defeat Maureen today even when he was still in the lead. This is probably not the best betting strategy unless he was certain that Maureen would get this wrong. Also was Karson going for Ansel Adams or maybe John Adams or Douglas Adams the author of the hitchhiker’s Guide to the galaxy vJ? Happy to see Maureen win again today and I hope she gets that fifth win.
Lou, I have no idea which Adams Karson had in mind. Yesterday I was hoping Maureen would win today and tomorrow and there would be fewer triple stumpers. I’m happy half my wish came true today, although it sure looked like Maureen was a goner with a third place finish and a Final Jeopardy! clue that many of us thought was extremely easy.
I’m speechless. 🤔🤔🤔