Final Jeopardy: Broadway Musicals (3-8-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 3/8/2022 Jeopardy! game. Please don’t put the answers to these clues in the comments so people who missed the game can have a chance to answer them. It is okay to refer to them by category and clue value or by part of the clue.
REALITY SHOW SPIN-OFFS ($800) “Vanderpump Rules”
($1000) “The Hills” on MTV
OCEANS ($400) The Arctic Ocean is home to creatures like snailfish, sea butterflies & a “bearded” type of this mammal
11 ($800) In craps, a winning dice roll of 11 on the first throw is called this
ANCIENT WARFARE ($2000) These two formations– one Greek & one Roman, met a few times; the masked Greeks won the early battles, & the more flexible Romans the latter
POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK ($800) Eliot: “April is the ____ ____ breeding lilacs out of the dead land”
FIRST & LAST ALPHABETICALLY ($1600) “Das Rheingold”, “Siegfried”
PEOPLE IN SCIENCE ($1600) No longer a “Hidden Figure”, in 2015, this mathematician & NASA pioneer received the Medal of Freedom
Old clues similar to today’s Final Jeopardy clue (BROADWAY MUSICALS: Characters Mark, Roger & Maureen in this musical were inspired by Marcello, Rodolfo & Musetta in another work):
09-17-2020 FAMOUS NAMES $1200: Jonathan Larson created this show based on “La Boheme” that revived the rock musical genre in the 1990s
03-19-2015 & NOW THIS UPDATE $800: The Jonathan Larson musical “Rent” is largely based on this 1896 opera
05-16-2015 THEATER $800 (DD $3,000): This Jonathan Larson musical was loosely based on the opera “La Boheme”
06-18-2012 A “LA” CARTE $400: The musical “Rent” was loosely based on this Puccini opera
Sneak Peek clues — THE AT LEAST 5 LABORS OF HERCULES
($200) We wonder who would adopt this 3-headed dog as a rescue after Hercules grabbed him away from his underworld post
($400) Herc had to capture the mad bull of this island, the largest in modern Greece
($600) Hercules could have used a sign for this animal “crossing”–it took him a year to track down the Arcadian one
($800) All cattle, no hat; Hercules had one day to work solo & completely clean this structure belonging to King Augeas
($1000) In what could be called a fashion (please) don’t, Hercules stole this 6-letter article of clothing from the Queen of the Amazons
ANSWERS: show
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VJ: the Byron clue was for $2000, not $1000, and not a stumper. Miranda nailed it. I was surprised to see one that easy be worth that much. Much easier than the one above it, the Kipling DD.
Poor Gundeep took the bait on that DD and blurted out elements. I’ve never taken a day of chemistry, but I know what argon and xenon are. Doesn’t hurt to do crosswords and learn them that way.
I’ve never seen “Rent,” and don’t feel a need to, but at least I knew it was based on “La Boheme” and figured to be the final J answer.
The question about 11 in craps was a toughie, but as someone who’s dealt that game professionally for decades, I certainly knew it. The other stumpers also were tough, but I’m slightly surprised no one knew the quote about April being the (blank blank). Fairly well known.
Thanks, Howard, I fixed that. I ran that Poetry category. It’s one of my best categories. Nikki said she would be disappointed if I didn’t run it 🤣 but they generally go with the most well-known stuff by the most well-known poets on J!
Here’s a fun fact combining poetry with 60’s Music (another best category for me): Gene Pitney’s 1963 hit song “Mecca” contains this line from Kipling’s “The Ballad of East and West” —
East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet
The “East is East and West is West” part is also in the 1947 song “Buttons and Bows”
I’m a child of the 60s, and “Mecca” is one of his best.
Gene also wrote songs for others, including “He’s a Rebel” and “Hello Mary Lou.”
I was never deeply into poetry, although I did Ace that class in college English.
Howard, I passed my love of Gene Pitney’s songs on to my kids. Their favorites are “(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance” and “It Hurts to be in Love”
Gene also borrowed from Shakespeare for “True Love Never Runs Smooth”
Maureen betting it all in the final was a bad idea.
Glad to see Maureen picking up another win today. As an avid book and poetry reader in grade school I found interest in Kipling.
Were you upset that no one nailed any of the daily doubles today?
No not really, but still I am disappointed by the lack of their knowledge of science and literature. I mean this is stuff I learned back in grade school.
The daily doubles on the second board were easy, imo.
All 3 DDs were missed resulted our seventh skunking of the season. I am sure William will say darn those daily doubles to Gundeep.
Yes, but not to all 3 Daily Doubles.