Final Jeopardy: Shakespeare’s Women (3-29-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/29/2022) in the category “Shakespeare’s Women” was:

It is said of her, “Infected minds to their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets: more needs she the divine than the physician”

2x champ Jackie Kelly, a pension calculation developer from Cary, NC, has now won $36,301. In Game 3, her challengers are: Jennie Bunde, a rabbinical student from Galesburg, IL; and John Darcy, an editor from Los Angeles, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Around the World – TV Shows’ First Episodes – Where There’s a “Will” – African-Americana – Photography – Fan Fiction?

Jackie found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Around the World” under the $600 clue on the 14th pick. She was in the lead with $6,600, $5,000 more than John in second place. Jackie boldly bet it all and she was RIGHT.

This island capital is said to have been founded in the 9th century by the Viking Ingolfur Arnarson show

WHAT IS REYKJAVIK?

Jackie finished in the lead with $15,200. John was second with $1,600. Jennie was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: It Happened in Egypt – Idioms & Expressions – Current Significant Others – National Days – Accurate – To 5 Decibel Places

Jackie found the first Daily Double in “Idioms & Expressions” under the $1,600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. She was in the lead with $15,600, $14,000 more than John in second place. Jackie bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

Originally meaning too distant to be heard, it now means totally different, as in “ A ____ ____ from how it used to be” show

WHAT IS “FAR CRY”?

John got the last Daily Double in “To 5 Decibel Places” under the $800 clue with 3 clues left after it. He was in second place with $4,000, $27,200 less than Jackie’s lead. John bet $1,000, and couldn’t think of a response so he was WRONG.

Cover your ears in Belize’s Cockscomb Basin; 14 troops of these animals released there in the early 1990s are thriving show

WHAT ARE HOWLER MONKEYS?

Jackie finished in the lead with a runaway $30,800. John was second with $3,000 and Jennie was last with $1,000. Two clues worth $800 were not shown.

ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

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WHO IS LADY MACBETH?

The quote in today’s Final Jeopardy! comes from the first scene of Act 5 of “Macbeth”. No Fear Shakespeare translates it this way: “People with guilty and deranged minds will confess their secrets to their pillows as they sleep. This woman needs a priest more than a doctor.” The doctor and Lady Macbeth’s gentlewoman are debating whether Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking or not, when Lady Macbeth wanders in, trying to rub away an imaginary spot of blood from her hand. Lady Macbeth also spills the beans (an idiom for revealing secrets) as to why she has blood on her hands.

And that was the last anyone sees of Lady Macbeth, who “takes the pipe” (an idiom for committing suicide) offstage, although Malcolm later says that is a rumor.

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Jennie bet $750 and finished with $1,750.

John knew he would finish in second place if he didn’t lose anything so he stuck with his $3,000.

Jackie put $24,000 on the line and it paid off big time: she won the game with $54,800. Jackie Kelly’s 3-day total $91,101. That was A-MAZ-ING!!

A triple stumper from each round:

PHOTOGRAPHY ($600) Andrew Scrivani & Francesco Tonelli are well-known photographers of this, a favorite subject of Instagram posts

IT HAPPENED IN EGYPT ($1600) In 1970 a rockfill dam across the Nile was completed just south of this Egyptian city

More clues on Page 2

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