Final Jeopardy: Radio History (3-8-21)
Here are some more clues from the 3/8/2021 Jeopardy! game:
HISTORY ACCORDING TO HERODOTUS ($1000) Herodotus claimed that only 192 Greeks were killed but 6,400 of these invading foes died at the Battle of Marathon… hmmm
D MIDDLE OF THE WORD ($1000) It’s a French dialect of Louisiana, ma chère
CURVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM ($200) Harvard professor Charles Eliot Norton thought the curve, an innovation of his time in this sport, was cheating
COMPOSERS ($2000) The wife of Robert Schumann, she was a child prodigy & an accomplished composer in her own right
Matt got this $1200 clue in COMPOSERS clue right: “Leonard Bernstein turned a discarded number from his stage work “Candide” into this musical’s “Gee, Officer Krupke” — it’s one of our favorite numbers from that musical (the other being “America”)
Sneak Peek clues — STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
($400) In “The Hangover” Ed Helms wakes up next to a chicken, but has a bigger problem– one of these in the bathroom
($800) Khartoum, an expensive one of these in “The Godfather” makes a memorable bedfellow; well, part of him
($1200) In this Mel Brooks classic, Madeline Kahn ends up with “the Monster” in her bed; she seems pretty happy
($1600) Steve Martin & John Candy got a lot of comedic mileage after they end up spooning in bed in this 1987 comedy
($2000) In “Step Brothers”, these 2 actors ask their parents for permission to make bunk beds; it doesn’t turn out well
ANSWERS: show
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I CRY FOUL!!!
If you are going to knock Justin for leaving off the “s” in “Worlds” then you have to rule that Matt got it WRONG as well for leaving off “THE” at the beginning of the title!!!
The show will not take much off for spelling regarding the final question, but it will typically do so if something is omitted which would be crucial as to its accuracy. In this case, “War Of The World” could clearly refer to something other than H.G. Well’s 1898 novel.
It’s a well known rule, on the Jeopardy website and communicated to the players, that leading articles (‘a’, ‘and’, and ‘the’) may be added or omitted without penalty, so long as the resulting (abbreviated) answer is not a well-known work in its own right.
So the decision is well within the standard rules of the show, which have been publicly known for many years.
I was wondering how Lisbon is the westernmost capital in Europe. If the question had said continental Europe I would agree. Reykjavik is 21.9462 degrees west while Lisbon is 9.1393 degrees west.
That is a good point – it probably would have been better to include “continental” in the clue. I guess they felt it was unnecessary given the category and information in the rest of the clue.
sloppy clue writing
If Matt had answered either of those two DDs correctly, he’d likely have won the game. Le Havre and Papa Haydn aren’t that well known, generally, although I happened to know both. (I knew the latter only because we have a local restaurant Papa Haydn’s famous for its desserts.) Very sharp group tonight, though.
I think the easier route to Haydn was probably the mention of the 100+ symphonies. No famous composer comes close to that symphonic output, and that fact has appeared on the show a number of times.
If I recall correctly, James answered “Le Havre” for a Daily Double in the GOAT tournament.
Yes, JP, James got that Le Havre DD in the GOAT about the old name of the port. There is a city in Maryland with the old name. It was also the name of an episode of Boardwalk Empire
The final question was only too easy.
I like Katie couric she Actually did really well
The total Coryat score between the three of them today is $43,000 out of $54,000.
When spoken together, the categories “Port’L'” and “The cake is a lie” are supposed to be a play on words. But I don’t get it. Can anyone please explain? Thanks.
Maybe this wikipedia article will help, klm — the cake is a lie
yes, very helpful. thank you VJ.
I had no idea they were supposed to be a play on words, thanks Kim and VJ.
The Atwood novel was the only one I missed in the category. I guess “commander” and “aunts” were supposed to be the giveaways? I would be very difficult to convince to read that particular novel.
It was 4,000 that Matt bet on his first DD, he missed it but then gained 2,000 lost 3,000 on another DD. This marks the first time that we have the first female guest host Katie Couric and her money will be donated for her charity.
Matt didn’t have much luck with the daily doubles in the second round but it did give Laura the advantage today. Still can’t even believe no one knew the Margaret Atwood novel. A good start for our returning champ but I hope she can build up on her win