Final Jeopardy: Historic Names (4-22-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 4/22/2022 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.
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MINERAL ($600) A variety of feldspar, this mineral is a June birthstone & is also mentioned in the title of a Wilkie Collins novel
OLD JOB NAMES ($600) If you were a nob thatcher, you might make hats or these to cover the same area
($1000) This nickname today for an unskilled golfer once meant a seller of cheap goods
ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL ($400) Equalization of pressure in the ear, perhaps with the Frenzel maneuver, is key to this acronymic activity
($1000) Fahrenheit & Celsius thermometers read the same at this chilly temperature
FIRSTS ($800) In 1735 Dr. Claudius Amyand performed the first successful surgery of this type, removing the vermiform organ
($2000) In 1914 Tampa had the world’s first scheduled passenger airline service, with pretty short flights–to this city
WHINE ($2000) Of the “dunces” in a 1980 book, this hero says, “I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one”
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Sneak Peek clues — 1980s TV
($200) Tom Selleck privately investigated as this character in more than 150 episodes from 1980 to 1988
($400) We met Hannibal, B.A., Face & Murdock in 1983 on this show; I love it when a plan comes together
($600) On “Star Trek” the Next Generation”, this son of Mogh was the only Klingon in Starfleet
($800) Krystle Carrington & her rival Alexis brawled in a koi pond, as one does, on this nighttime soap
($1000) Little “Cheers” ditty / ’bout Sam and Diane / Diane, played by this actress / doing the best she can
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This isn’t the 1st time that Richard III was a correct response when Ken Jennings was on. In Ken’s 38th game, which was also the last game of Season 20, the Final Jeopardy! category was Shakespeare, and the clue was “2 of the 4 Shakespeare plays in which ghosts appear on stage.” After Kristine O’Connell-McCoy & Sarah Mulloy got 1 right and 1 wrong, Ken wrote down Hamlet & Richard III. Alex Trebek said that Hamlet is correct, Julius Caesar is correct, Macbeth is correct, and Richard III is correct. As a result, Ken won $75,000, which was his biggest 1-Day win during his 74 game winning streak. Speaking of Shakespeare, there was that Shakespeare’s Tragedies Final Jeopardy! clue about Iago that made Ken Jennings the Greatest of All Time Jeopardy! Champion.
Yet another mediocre performance, with two contestants that couldn’t get out of their own way.
I knew, somewhat, of the story of FI, but still got it wrong. I said “Richard the Lion Hearted”, who was not Richard III.
I remember this clue from Kerry Greene’s sixth game back in 2015 as it was in Shakespeare category. She was the only person to get this right as far as I know. Furthermore Genghis Khan? I don’t remember if Anne of york ever dated that Mongol leader. Not sure why Claire put that down. Still congrats to mattea on winning game 14.