Final Jeopardy: American Poets (3-24-20)
Here are 8 more triple stumpers from the 3/24/2020 Jeopardy! game:
CAR “MA” ($800) In 1969 Ford saddled up this Mustang stablemate
FOREIGN GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS ($1000) In Norwegian: regnskog (it’s full of life)
SHINY THINGS ($600) This 9-letter adjective can mean both showing great intelligence or shining brightly
($1000) Headlights using this noble gas, atomic number 54, are said to shine brighter than those using halogen
GET-TOGETHERS ($400) In military life one excuse for a party is this career event; a family member may get to do the pinning of the new insignia
COLONIAL AMERICA ($800) 13-letter profession of Ichabod Crane in “Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
($2000) Claims that the authorities had not done enough to protect against Indian attacks encouraged this 1676 rebellion
“CH” SQUARED ($1600) A staple in Mexico City, they’re crunchy pieces of deep-fried pork skin
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — WHAT AN IDIOM!
($200) It doesn’t affect me adversely, so it’s “no skin” from here
($400) To do or say the most fitting thing is to do this construction task with a tool to a fastener
($600) A wartime idiom & song says “Praise the Lord & pass” this
($800) I’m going to expose a scandal! So I’ll be doing this action involving a device that emits a high-pitched sound
($1000) 19th century British PM Lord John Russell was jeered for writing nonsense when he coined “conspicuous by its” this
ANSWERS: show
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On another subject, wasn’t the poster in the Shawshank Redemption was of Rita Hayworth, not Raquel Welch?
Hi Harvey, he had 3 posters, Hayworth, Monroe and Welch — check it out.
In another weird coincidence, I watched “The Shawshank Redemption” with my girlfriend on Saturday – it was the first time she had seen it.
Cool, JP. I love it when stuff I just saw or talked about comes up on the show within the same week.
By the way, another thing that’s good to remember about Emily Dickinson is that she was not a known poet during her lifetime. Very little she had written was published while she was alive (and anonymously at that, it seems). She died before the Statue of Liberty was unveiled (but the same year).
Got it, thanks!
Emma barrett Browning? She died 20 years apart from Emma Lazarus. What was Kim thinking with that response,VJ? I thought she knew Lazarus and as a writer and editor, this should have been a triple solve. By the way the hint harlequin, it reminded me of that villain from the batman comics.
I don’t know what anyone is thinking, including you, Lou. But I assume you just looked up when Browning died and failed to notice that her first name was Elizabeth. 🤣🤣🤣
That she died 20 years apart was not such a big deal. But that she was not an American poet is a better reason to doubt her choice. As an old dude and someone who grew up in NYC, I knew Emma Lazarus before he finished reading the clue. If you knew the Statue was dedicated in 1886, that really narrowed it down. There was a big centennial celebration in 1986 led by Lee Iacocca.
Remember the fight over Liberty Island between New York and New Jersey, Howard?
VJ (Jersey Girl)