Final Jeopardy: Authors: Book To Screen (3-29-21)
Here are some more clues from the 3/29/2021 Jeopardy! game:
YOU’LL EAT THOSE WORDS ($1000) A 1930s guide to underworld lingo provides the first known written use of this baked product as slang for money
FIVE SUMMONER’S TALES ($400) Occultist Aleister “The Beast” Crowley claimed to have used blood & topaz to summon Choronzon, one of these fiends
THEY LIVED TO 100 ($2000) The former Roberta Wright, the mom of this late senator, died at age 108 in October 2020
Here is Dick Van Dyke as Bert, the chimney sweep, in Mary Poppins (1964).
Sneak Peek clues — WORD “OR”IGINS
($400) It’s from the Latin for “public speaker” & that’s what it means
($800) This astronomical word circled into English in 1649
($1200) When it first showed up in English, it was defined as “the stalls or sitting places, where many may sit”–no mention of violins & cellos
($1600) This verb meaning to induct someone into the ministry debuted in a medieval biography of Thomas Becket
($2000) A branch of study, it first appeared in an 18th century work by a British bird lover
ANSWERS: show
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I dont know why dick van dyke was criticized in mary poppins because, imo, he sounded exactly like michael caine in alfie. I feel there is an unjust anti-american discrimination in the uk.
Also, doesnt susan look exactly like anne hathaway. I have a huge crush on anne hathaway so i was hoping susan would be a 30 game winner.
Susan is much cuter than Ann Hathaway!
I was hoping Susan would at least win 3 games. She is very knowledgeable and wasn’t timid with her betting. Sorry it turned out that way for her but I’m glad she won big last Friday.
Terrible job by Dr. Oz on Final Jeopardy. He never mentioned the work, “Mary Poppins,” referred to in the clue. Like me, probably a fair number of viewers never heard of Travers and were left wondering what the book was.
You’re right, Curt. Dr. Oz definitely dropped the ball on that one.
I didn’t even notice that he didn’t give any reason why that response was correct, the perils of knowing what the answer is before the show airs, I guess.
I’ve heard of P.L. Travers, but I’ve never read any of her books.
Oz is still way way way better than trebek.
Mary poppins will always be my favorite animated film. It just brings back a lot of memories for me. Glad to see two people get final right. Hopefully Bryce can string together more wins. Also agatha christe is a mystery novelist, not sure why Susan picked her.
@Lou, you’re doing it again — thinking that the contestants should know some info that wasn’t in the clue or category name.
I was amused today that they had a clue on the raspberries today after I blew a raspberry at the judges’ decision on the Dostoevsky pronunciation last Friday.
Terrific comeback by Bryce after missing that tough but gettable DD (Michelin). He waves his arms more than an orchestra conductor. Jeopardy legend Roger Craig often would raise one or both arms when giving a response. He’s one of my all-time favorites, but was a major disappointment at All-Stars.