Final Jeopardy: Western Hemisphere Geography (3-26-20)
Here are 5 more triple stumpers from the 3/26/2020 Jeopardy! game:
LYRICS ($600) On “You Need to Calm Down”, she sings, “You are somebody that I don’t know but you’re takin’ shots at me like it’s Patrón”
POLICE SQUAD ($600) The person in charge of public safety in Red River, New Mexico has this 7-letter title, just like in the Old West
($800) In New York City, this bureau is in charge of policing the subway
ANGELS ($1600) Named after an archangel, this Spanish mission is located east of Los Angeles in a valley of the same name
“OO”, SORRY ($2000) After Falcon Heavy’s successful first launch, SpaceX brought back two of these first-stage rockets and struck a dramatic simultaneous landing (link to a video of the landing)
Today’s Sporcle quizzes:
5 minutes: Can you match the high-scoring Scrabble words with their definitions?
8-minutes: Can you name the TV shows which show main characters in jail?
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — PARDON THE INTERJECTION:
($200) In a practical joke it precedes “cushion”
($400) This rhyming 2-word way of calling out to attract attention is also a brand of chocolate drink
($600) In a Little Richard song title, this 2-word interjection precedes “Miss Molly”
($800) Meaning “stop!”, this nautical interjection is often heard before “ye matey”
($1000) New to the Scrabble dictionary & containing Y, W & Z, this high-scoring interjection is used to express amazement
ANSWERS: show
Julie gets her first Jeopardy! clue all by herself:
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Julie gets her first Jeopardy! clue all by herself: “I got that right!! How do I do that?”
This. That’s so much better for the world. (Channeling the brilliant Eric.)
Felt sure this was a super easy FJ, even before the clue was given in WESTERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHY. I always am stunned by how little people often know about geography, even on JEOPARDY! For certain ace eco champion, science nerd, and ethical vegan Greta Thunberg and her friend Luisa Marie Neubauer (a German college graduate who majored in geography) would have aced this Triple Stumper. This was not a tough category like say anything to do with sports or recent pop culture or such!
A lot of difficult clues today. Just like in Gilbert Collins game where they also had a similar category like this and all missed while the leader won. I thought all the contestants should know belize today. Evan had difficulty finding rhythm. Adam should have just kept his money and not go all in, don’t you agree VJ?
Actually, Lou, I don’t agree — I was rooting for Susan to win 😁 I knew she was going to know that $2000 clue just from the photo of the actress in the She Played ‘Em on TV category — The ground-breaking 1968 title role of “Julia”, and June on “White Collar”
I was rooting for the goil too, VJ!
I loved her voice, Rhonda. And as for the Presidential Sweet, I never liked Ronald Reagan’s favorite candy or FDR’s holiday cake but I used to love Jimmy Carter’s. (The closest thing I get to it now is Payday)
So did I, VJ! And I liked her outfit, too.
And I forgot to mention about the scrabble word clue coming up on today’s game, just when you posted the Sporcle Scrabble quiz this morning.
Oh, yes! That was what prompted me to add a link to the Scrabble quiz on Page 2. Take another look at that page, Rhonda — somebody got her first right answer to a Jeopardy! clue today and I put a pic in under the Sneak Peek answers.
She actually said: “I can’t believe I got it right” etc. LOL!!
OMG, VJ, how did I not see that before? Yay for little Julie, that’s so great!! And I love what she said, too lol.
it wasn’t there for a while, Rhonda. She was sitting with me today when I was watching the show and when Evan said “Where is Texas” in that Police Squad category, I asked her if she knew where Texas was. She said “the Nited Steaks” lol! (I never correct kids when they say stuff wrong. I just bring up whatever it is and say it the right way for a couple of days and, in my experience, they quickly pick it up).
No wonder I didn’t see it before!
I love it, “the Nited Steaks”. Not correcting kids on things they say wrong is the way to go, I agree.
Yeah, there have been a few notable exceptions, like “you talked backwards to me.” Too hilarious. We’re gonna let her learn the right way to say that somewhere else.
Ups and downs in Final Jeopardy! today.
Mostly, downs.