Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Americans (3-26-21)

Here are some more clues from the 3/26/2021 Jeopardy! game:

HISTORY ($200) For using tribute to enrich Russian lands, 14th century Grand Prince Ivan I of this city was known as “Moneybag”

($800) Established in the 10th century, the Varangian Guard was an elite force of Vikings acting as bodyguards of this empire’s monarch

DINOSAURS ($1000) The stegosaurus lived 150 million years ago; this even more heavily-armored grade A relative came 80 million years later

CATHAY SOCIETY ($400) The merit-based civil servants of old Cathay were called these, from the language they spoke

NO DOUBT ($1600) Thanos in “Endgame” says, “I am” this very certain 10-letter word— it doesn’t turn out that way

($2000) This 16-letter word is often found before “evidence” when there’s no doubt as to the conclusion

That’s funny: ENTERTAINMENT ADD A LETTER ($2000) A Josh Hartnett Shakespeare reworking becomes an HBO prison series
Lisa: “What are “O” and “Oz”
Dr. Oz: “That’s correct. I did not make that clue up, by the way.”

Sneak Peek clues — “MONKEY” BUSINESS:
($200) Something very pleasurable is said to be “more fun than” this container
($400) In an expression of astonished surprise, “Well I’ll be” this relative
($600) The playground structure called these is also known as a horizontal ladder
($800) Slang for a mechanic
($1000) To cause something to fail is to hurl this implement into it

ANSWERS: show

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10 Responses

  1. Albert says:

    I feel that the champ pronounced ‘Dostoevsky’ correctly. Some people have a difficult time pronouncing long, difficult words and names and that should be taken into consideration. If that happened to me on the show I would pull out a letter from my doctor stating that I have a slight speech impediment and my disability is protected under federal law and state law. If I were Oz I would have overridden the judges and told the judges that I am running the show.

    Also, I would have given her credit for Gigi and Gigli. It was less than 1 second between the buzzer and her answer.

    There is a time to be strict and a time to be lenient. I would have been lenient with the champ today, especially with Dostoevsky.

    • VJ says:

      The host can’t override the judges, Albert. That’s what the judges are there for. I do agree that they should have given her Dostoevsky.

      I don’t agree on the Gig/Gigli one. She was definitely out of time there.

  2. Trevor Panno says:

    A similar incident happened in season 34 when Vicki Cole responded “What is “St. Martin In The Field”?”

  3. Lou says:

    Susan seems to be really on her game today and she was pretty quick with the buzzer. Glad that Lisa stuck around for final jeopardy despite not being able to get anything going. I think susan can definitely build up a streak to at least end the month of March and hopefully to end the carousel of leader curses. I think Lisa’s nervousness has plagued her. We finish off the week with just one triple solve, a two game winner and a possible streaker. Definitely will root for Susan next week

  4. Kevin Cheng says:

    VJ, I think you forgot to put Lisa’s score of $2,800 because when Susan found the DD, she got dinged for 3,200 for a wrong response so that dropped her to 400 in the minus section. Anyway, I’m glad that Lisa was around for FJ and it’s a good she didn’t risk the 2,000 allowance. We’ll see if Susan can build up a streak on Monday.

    • VJ says:

      Well, I very rarely put the person in third place in the Daily Double sections, Kevin, unless of course third place picked the Daily Double

    • Josh says:

      When it’s a substantial runaway for 1st place as it was in this game, and it’s a runaway for the contestant in 2nd place, I often wonder why the other two bet anything at all. They’re going to get the minimums regardless.

      • VJ says:

        @Josh, perhaps they’re hoping to get FJ! and finish with a more respectable total than they started with.

        In other words, they’re not competing with the others, they’re playing against themselves.

      • Quinn says:

        Or maybe they’re hoping the locked contestant will wager wrong and possibly let them win.