Final Jeopardy: Presidential Elections (3-17-21)
Here are some more clues from the 3/17/2021 Jeopardy! game:
TERRIFIC TV ($800) We won’t say the name of the sitcom, but we can tell you this woman won a Best Lead Actress Emmy in 2020 for playing Moira Rose
THEY GO LOW ($800) 5-letter type of diving, specifically to targets like the USS Spiegel Grove
($1600) Historically, combat engineers who dug tunnels as part of a siege were called sappers, from an Old French word for this implement
SNEAK PEEK CLUES — LOSING U:
($400) A British currency loses its “U” & becomes this
($800) An artificial water channel drops its “U” & turns into this perfect pie portion
($1200) A truly destitute person divests himself of “U”, becoming this tree product
($1600) A synonym for “way” loses its “U”, becoming this repetitive way of doing things
($2000) A device that dispenses water expels its “U”, becoming this gem surface
ANSWERS: show
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Wow. They sure didn’t want much for the final question. Actually, I initially thought that it was the Democratic and Bull Moose parties, but the former was clearly a huge error on my part. However, I would have never come up with the Socialist party in any event. Now how on earth did that woman ever come up with the Socialist party?
As alluded to in VJ’s summary, Eugene Debs was the Socialist Party nominee for president 5 times between 1900-1920, garnering as high as 6% in 1912, which is a pretty good showing for a third party candidate. I wouldn’t call the rise of socialist groups in early 20th century America obscure, although it’s certainly not the most well known eras in US history.
I was actually shocked that two players got the Ray Bradbury butterfly clue correct last week, but I don’t care for Sci-Fi at all, so that wasn’t too surprising either.
Some people thought yesterday’s clue was obscure as well, but I think the fact that at least one contestant got both today’s clue and yesterday’s clue correct shows the writers haven’t gotten too far into trivia vis a vis general knowledge.
For a while now I’ve been wondering … is it my imagination or has the show (since guest hosting started) deliberately selected clues that aren’t as demanding on the host as they had been, routinely with Alex? I’m speaking particularly about foreign words in clues that are easy to mispronounce. I went back through the archives, not scientifically mind you, and I think they are going easy (too easy) on the hosts. Shouldn’t that too be a test of their skill as host?
My understanding is that the guests are not really auditioning as much as they are acting as bridge until the permanent host is selected (although a permanent host could be selected from among the guest hosts). So I wouldn’t see them crafting easier clues (from the guest host’s point of view) as a problem (assuming that is actually occurring).
Thanks for the feedback JP.
While I agree *some* guest hosts are not auditioning for the job (e.g. Aaron Rodgers) Mike Richards has been pretty clear that the permanent replacement will come from the guest host pool (without categorically stating such).
Well, Morgan had a good start today let’s see if she can keep it up. This is the longest time that we have seen a show without any streakers since Brian Chang and Zach Newkirk swept up January and February especially with John Focht. We do need another streaker and soon. Anyway this was a US History question that I encountered in grade school Government course. At least 2 of the 3 daily doubles are nailed.