Final Jeopardy: Contemporary Women Authors (4-15-16)
There were only 2 triple stumpers in the 4-15-2016 Jeopardy! match. The first one was in the category “SPEAKER’S CORNER”
($800) Paul Ryan and actress Heather Graham were both born in this state Jan. 29, 1970
Here are the other clues in that category:
($200) Nancy Pelosi was a mother of 5 when she moved to this state in 1969, just missing the Summer of Love
($400) Speaker Macon didn’t represent this state, but Speaker Gingrich did
($600) Thomas was the real name of this man who in 1936 graduated Boston College & joined the Mass. State House
($1000) A clapboard home west of Bonham, Texas was the little corner of the world of this longtime speaker “Mr. Sam”
The second triple stumper was in “COUNTRY MUSIC”
COUNTRY MUSIC ($800) This man’s band has been in perfect harmony since coming on the scene (The part of the song they played begins at 28 seconds in this video)
Here are the other clues:
($200) In 2015 this mother-daughter duo reunited for “Girls Night Out”, a series of shows in Las Vegas
($400) This singer who goes by his first and middle names is known for his rousing country anthems
($600) At the 2015 CMA Awards, their “Girl Crush” won for Single of the Year and they won for Vocal Group
($1000) Completes the lyric in the Johnny Cash classic, “I tell ya, life ain’t easy for a…”
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I missed the Vespine Q. I, who once owned a Vespa, shame on me! If you own something, you should know what the word means. Boundary issues have always fascinated me. I’m descended from the people who founded the Indian Stream Republic in the 1830s in northern NH. Dad was born in Pittsburg. Sue Grafton came through here a few years ago (NW Montana) on the Amtrak for a couple of book signings. Unfortunately, she was way behind schedule and the signing was canceled. She is a helluva lady and remains very popular. She’s done screenplays for a couple of Agatha Christie movies. “X” came out last year, but I’m surprised she just didn’t call it “X is for the Unexpected”, or something like that.
Sometimes the final jeopardy ones are pretty easy. I believe yesterday’s was a pretty easy one too, though not everyone got it. Something like, which state far from New England shares the shortest border with Canada.
Quickly running through the Northern border states starting on the west coast puts Idaho at the top of a short list. Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota… Then it gets a bit tricky with the Great Lakes regions, but still you don’t have any states over there with the narrow band that is northern Idaho. Then you are back in New England territory, so process of elimination and best possible guess would give you Idaho.
Anyhow, I came to say that all three contestants are Tournament of Champions worthy. It is a shame they all got on the show so close together.
That is so true — they are all ToC worthy. It’s also a shame that our hopes for Margaret to go on a run were dashed. O Margaret we hardly knew ye!
@Andrew. 5-time champ hopes are transferable these days 🙂
If only Margaret hadn’t missed that damned DD….If only she knew the word for wasp in other languages (Italian & Portuguese =vespa; German= Wespe; Spanish= avispa…). Oh well.
I know, poor Margaret. I actually knew that one but didn’t know the one that meant deer, which led her to the DD.
I’m usually not good with animals, flowers, trees type categories, but I actually ran that category yesterday (deer, also from romance languages). 🙂
I’ve never seen a contestant look as dejected after a defeat as McKinnie. Geez.
I don’t read detective novels, so I never heard of Sue Grafton 🙁
McKinnie’s reaction was comical when he realized Andrew won the game. Very good match. Good clues too.
Congrats Andrew.
Yeah! Congratulations, Andrew! Speaking of McKinnie’s reaction, when I saw that, I said ”Sorry McKinnie, but Andrew beat you by $1!”
That seemed like a very easy final jeopardy question. I haven’t even read her books and I got it.
I think it was “Contemporary Women Authors,” wasn’t it?
Yup, you’re right, it was. Thanks 🙂