Final Jeopardy: Trailblazers (3-20-24)
Here are some more clues from the 3/20/2024 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.
THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY ($800) Slang for a convertible car with a soft cover
($1000) Vanilla Ice mysteriously can “flow like” one; it’s also wielded by Tashtego
UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY ($800) C22H24N2O8 is the formula of this antibiotic that’s known for fighting acne but can take on cholera too
OVERLAPS ($800) Your self in psychoanalytic theory out in the yard digging tunnels with its paws
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: FIRST NAMES
($200) It’s the first name shared by Russian heads of state in 1924 & 2024
($400) This Spanish name for boys & old fisherman literally means “Saint James”
($600) Owl tell you right now, Hedy, as in Hedy Lamarr, was short for this German name
($800) Borrowed from Sanskrit & reflecting her Indian heritage, the first name of a D.C. VIP means “lotus flower”
($1000) Girls’ names derived from the color white include Alba & this one, like a character in “The Taming of the Shrew”
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I got FJ right away. Gagarin was born in 1934, and died 68, which sticks in my mind.
Senator Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth. The Soviets did things “more”. Gagarin’s flight was an orbit while Al Shepherd was suborbital, and only 15 minutes long.
That was something, two competitors naming UN Sec Generals. Only Hammarskjold died in a plane crash, in 1963, IIRC.
Ah, 1961! I was wrong again!
Knowing national hero Gagarin had died in a plane crash did me no good, as “Sochi 6” simply mystified me. Back in my grade school days, we got to watch live transmissions of Alan Shepard’s and John Glenn’s flights on little black-and-white TVs the school had.
Strong game by Pam. She’s an active participant in the LA trivia scene.
Andrew had a bit of a slow start but rebounded nicely. I really thought he’d nail that first DD; it was not difficult at all, whereas the two he got were extremely tough.
Hmmmm……..I didn’t know whom the Sochi Six were, but I went with Bobby Darin for FJ. A really bad guess for sure, but I wouldn’t have picked any of the UN general secretaries.
………………and I always thought that John Glenn was the first man to orbit the earth.