Final Jeopardy: American Authors (4-8-20)
Here are 5 more triple stumpers from the 4/8/2020 Jeopardy! game:
ALL ABOUT APRIL ($400) Often in April, Passover is celebrated with this meal at which the Haggadah is read
BEVERAGES ($200) A 250 milliliter can of this top-selling energy drink that “vitalizes body and mind” contains 80 mg of caffeine, less than a cup of coffee
($1000) Sparkling grapefruit & sparkling blackberry are among the flavors of this 4-letter brand of sparkling juice beverages
ANAGRAMMED DORM ESSENTIALS ($400) You can’t see; then suddenly you can: HALL FIGHTS
TO THE POWER OF 10 ($1200) The Council of Ten helped run this Italian island republic from 1310 until it was overthrown by the French in 1797
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — OLD HISTORY:
($400) In 1187 Pope Gregory VIII called for the third of these military expeditions to the Holy Land
($800) Greek words meaning “people” & “rule” gave this form of government its name back in the 5th century B.C.
($1200) Built in the 3rd century B.C. on an island in the harbor, the Pharos of Alexandria was one of these structures
($1600) Mark my words, the triumvirate that succeeded Julius Caesar’s was Lepidus, Octavian & this friend of Caesar
($2000) Cyrus the Great of this empire wanted to conquer Egypt; the next ruler Cambyses II did it
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Ziggurat should have been accepted. It IS a stepped pyramid!
Here is the clue: “Around 2650 B.C. in Saqqara, an early one of these, rising in a series of 6 big steps, was made for King Zoser”
After reading Difference Between Ziggurats and Pyramids and The Pyramid of Djoser, you’ll have to agree with the decision.
Ziggurats and pyramids are different from each other.
I have a feeling all 7 guys with 2 girls will be in the semifinalists.
Alistair should have bet cautiously even when the daily doubles comes up because the true daily double strategy won’t always work in their favor. I was surprised that kylie and ali didn’t know Harper Lee. But still that famous actor Greg peck should have pointed them in the right direction don’t you agree VJ?
I would say that the chances of them being acquainted with the novel characters were a lot better than being acquainted with Gregory Peck films. Alistair really had nothing to lose with that bet, imo, and everything to gain. He should have thought it over a bit more maybe and “narrowed’ it down. Kylie threw away a Wild Card spot with that bet.
Alistair, we come to you first and I start by saying “Darn those Daily Doubles”.
Exactly.
Semi-Final and Wild Card results as of 4/8/20:
Semi-Finalists:
Nathaniel Miller (Yale University): $24,001
Londyn Lorenz (University of Mississippi): $20,801
Marshall Comeaux (University of Texas at Austin): $17,599
Wild Cards:
Kayla Kalhor (University of Florida): $16,501
Emma Farrell (Carnegie Mellon University): $6,799
Sophie Casarico (Florida State University): $6,400
Kylie Weaver (Pennsylvania State University): $2,000
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Sirad Hassan (Princeton University): $100
Alistair Gray (University of California, San Diego): $1