Final Jeopardy: From the Ancient World (3-22-24)
Here are some more clues from the 3/22/2024 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 players missed 1 clue in TURNING 60 IN 2024:
($200) Back in 1964 apple-currant was in the original flavor lineup of these toaster pastries
($400) This computer language whose full name tells you it’s for beginners was introduced at 4 a.m. on May 1, 1964
($600) A perfect line from this satiric film: “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the war room”
($800) This 1964 novel by Louise Fitzhugh introduced readers to the title girl sleuth who made observations in her notebook
($1000) The First Ladies’ Hall was one of its original galleries when it opened to the public on January 23, 1964
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES
($400) L’ultima parola is the last word; l’ultima spiaggia is the last resort; l’ultima cena is this, found in Matthew 26
($800) This masculine plural form of the word for “all” means all the instruments playing together
($1200) The mafia was sometimes called this, Italian for “our thing”; for the Jewish mob, replace the first word with “kosher”
($1600) For hair color, it can describe Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner, or it can be an iconic series of Ferrari models
($2000) It comes before voce to mean “quietly” & before “il sole della Toscana” to mean the book “Under the Tuscan Sun”
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To describe Matt in one word: intense. But, rolled like a truck!
For Final, I thought of the Rosetta Stone, but I thought of 1823 for some reason, and discounted it. So, I had no answer.
Wow, Matt bulldozed some strong opponents. I guess they’re all too young to know that “sexy” song.
First FJ I’ve hit in a number of shows. I believe I saw it long ago at the British Museum.
Johnny Gilbert’s age is rarely mentioned, but he’s 95. He was a singer long ago.
I mentioned Johnny’s age and birthday in the recap
Drat! A second time in a row in which the Jeopardy game in this area was preempted by a basketball game.
What a memorable way to celebrate 9000th show. It’s a big number and a big milestone to celebrate 9000 shows on television.
Oh, Matt, you hogged the spotlight again!
So far, the final scores have gone up in each quarterfinal.
$41,200 Matt Jackson
$40,200 Larissa Kelly
$33,601 Andrew He
I’m guessing Amy Schneider will top Matt’s score.