Final Jeopardy: Symbols (3-11-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 3/11/2022 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.
ARTISTS ($200) Her 1937 “Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky” commemorates their brief affair during his exile
BANK “C” ($600) It’s payment earned on the sum of an original principal plus the money the principal has already accrued
($800) Also called a cap, it’s the upper limit of a variable in a transaction, like the rate of an adjustable-rate mortgage
MUNCH ($1000) Developed from a tree called MN1711, the name of this apple conveys 2 of its attributes: its sweet taste & its crunch
BOSH ($600) “Bosh” comes from a word for “nothing” in this language; the 1834 novel that popularized the word opens at the foot of Mount Ararat
($800) We hear a lot about these 2 14-letter words that differ by a letter; one is inadvertent untruths & the other, deliberate ones
17TH CENTURY HAPPENINGS ($400) William Bradford had quite the task set before him after winning the governorship of this fledgling colony in 1621
($1600) Called the first modern physics text, Galileo’s “Discorsi” deals with the motion of projectiles, now called this study
MUSIC OF THE 2000s ($1200) Peaking at No. 2, their “Counting Stars” spent 68 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100
($1600) Her “Hot Pink” & “Planet Her” were 2 of the top-selling albums in 2021
HERE BE LIONS ($1600) In a Roman story, this hero pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw & is repaid for his kindness by not being eaten later in the arena
($2000) Richard the Lionheart was King Richard I of England & Duke of Aquitaine & this French duchy
6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS ($800) Wenceslas Square is at its heart
($1600) Known as the “City of Columns”, it’s one of the oldest in the Caribbean
($2000) 3 A’s are the only vowels in the name of this capital of Eritrea
Sneak Peek clues — AB-WORK
($400) Adding an “ab” to a 3-letter type of poem gets you this type of housing
($800) An idle verb gets an “ab” at its front & becomes this fiery word
($1200) Add “ab” to a passageway for air or water & you get this people-stealing word
($1600) A narrow mountain edge gets “ab” at the front to become this word of literary shortening
($2000) “Ab” moves in front of a word describing a wayward knight, creating this word of deviation
ANSWERS: show
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I’m a day late, but, whatever. What struck me was that Maureen and Laura didn’t seem to take the game seriously. I’m not saying to be stone faced, but, at least, don’t look like you’re being flippant.
But, I concur with others. 19 TS? That is unacceptable. And, yes, IF Maureen gets a TOC invite, she ain’t going too far.
Maureen will not go far in the TOC.
This was not a pleasant show to watch. Maureen was a weak 4-day champ who alternated between being likable and goofy. Laura had her moments, but some of her and Maureen’s poor responses should be used in a future “Stupid Answers” category. Adobe? Matt wasn’t as erratic as the women, but he came up with a few clunkers too.
I lived in the SF area for 18 months in 1978-79. During that time, Harvey Milk and Mayor Moscone were murdered by Councilman Dan White. And the Jonestown mass suicide occurred, claiming many residents from the Bay Area.
@Howard, you can call me crazy if I’m wrong but I thought that particular “Ab-Work” clue was pretty stupid in and of itself. (Adding “AB” to a 3-letter type of poem gets you this type of housing)
At least in my vocabulary, an abode is not a type of housing. It’s a synonym for housing, dwelling, etc. Any type of housing can be your abode, including one built with adobe.
That’s probably what led Maureen to blurt out “adobe”, but of course, it couldn’t have worked because the answer had to start with “ab”
Maureen was probably thinking of Adobe Photoshop when she blurted that response out VJ> have you noticed that? I knew that didn’t work out because the category are all words that start with AB. But I agree with you and howard, that should be in the stupid answers category especially with Anne Boyleyn reponse. This was definitely not pleasant to watch for me. As a geography, music, and literature buff, I would never have come up with such clunker responses in this game.
Sigh, we know you never get anything wrong, Lou, or at least say you don’t. You tell us that almost every day. I don’t even think I know half the stuff you claim to know, but I knew that adobe is a material used in building abodes before I ever heard of Adobe Photoshop.
Here is a link to the page for ADOBE on wikipedia. Notice that it says right on there that the page is not about the software company Adobe Inc. and that “adobe” is not to be confused with “Abode” or “Adobo”. If you click on the link to “Abode”, it redirects to a page entitled “Dwelling”. That totally supports my statement that abode is a synonym for dwelling, doesn’t it?
Regarding the FJ, I’m only surprised that one of the contestants actually did get it right. In fact, some of the answers on both Jeopardy and Double Jeopardy were noticeably tough as the contestants couldn’t score sometimes no how.
The clues were not nice to Maureen.
VJ, I thought there was supposed to be two podiums with two contestants after Final Jeopardy.
well, Richard, I don’t know if they did or not — that’s what I saw up there when I took the screen cap.
Today was a difficult game material as all three players struggle in both rounds and we had 19 triple stumpers which is the most record for triple stumpers and Maureen was not able to recover by getting out of the red in time for FJ! But she had a great run this week with 4 wins and over $50,000. There is a good chance that we may see her again in the Tournament of Champions.