Final Jeopardy: Shakespeare’s Plays (4-16-20)
The players missed two clues (*) in IRREGULAR VERBS in the 4/16/2020 Jeopardy! match.
*($400) A common sign at a checkout counter is “Take a penny,” do this
*($800) The Bible says, “The Lord hath” done this to “thee to be a peculiar people unto himself”
($1200) Combine a verb & its past tense & you get this playground item
($1600) Irregular synonym for “vended”
($2000) This past participle ends with a firearm
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Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — ON THE RECENT BESTSELLER LIST:
($200) This late-night ABC funnyman was a hit with kids recently with this book about “The Serious Goose”
($400) Each short story in Tom Hanks’ first book involves this pre-computer age authors’ tool
($600) High school detention leads to murder in Karen McManus’ “One of Us Is” doing this
($800) Set in a resort town & not a courtroom, “Camino Island” took this novelist in a new direction
($1000) Professor Timothy Snyder wrote “On” this form of dictatorial rule
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yup, Nibir sure is sitting pretty. The others could catch up if he makes a daring bet on a daily double he doesn’t know tomorrow though.
Tough FJ as we got another triple stumper.
Wow, three tough Daily Double clues. And a tough Final.
I was less optimistic this morning because it’s not with Macbeth, Hamlet, R&J etc. in the top tier Shakespeare plays, and I thought the background of Prospero that was alluded to in the clue was not among the most important facts about the play (although I haven’t read or seen it, so I could be way off there).
Just realized that I had not noticed the category for the poetry question. That would have helped considerably.
@JP, I was just looking at a flashcard on the plot of “The Tempest” and if that’s what students use to study, I have to agree this would be tough. It says: “Prospero, duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda live on a remote island they have been stranded on for twelve years. Their companions are Ariel (magic spirit enslaved by Prospero) and Caliban (island native also enslaved). Prospero makes a storm to shipwreck his brother and King Alonso on their island to get revenge. Prospero wins and marries Miranda to Prince Ferdinand.” It doesn’t say why Prospero needs to get revenge.
Train will never forgive Nibir for leaving out “Hey” out of their title.
Let’s hope that we’ll get an easier clue on the deciding game tomorrow. I know that it might turn this exciting match into a foregone conclusion, but still.
I hope Tyler and Xiaoke will do better tomorrow.