Final Jeopardy: Executive Orders (5-1-24)
Here are some more clues from the 5/1/2024 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.
IN THE BLACK ($800) Muslim tradition says this, set in a wall of the Kaaba, was white but grew dark from the sins of the pilgrims who’ve touched it
CITY PARKS ($1000) The Minnehaha Regional Park in Minneapolis features a replica of this author’s home in Cambridge, Massachusetts
BRITSPEAK ($1200) I bought the armoire on hire purchase, what we Yanks call this 2-word term; a year from May, it’s all mine
($1600) One theory on the origin of this 3-word phrase involves P.M. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil giving his nephew cabinet jobs
KISS & TELL ($400) This duo had a No. 1 hit singing” Your Kiss Is On My List”
($2000) This second Roman emperor tried to ban kissing at state functions, perhaps to control an outbreak of cold sores (ugh, sorry)
COMPLIMENTS TO THE WRITER ($400) “I greet you at the beginning of a great career” from this Mass. man was a “Leaves of Grass” blurb; so much for self-reliance, Walt
($2000) This famously publicity-averse “Vineland” novelist complimented George Saunders’ work as “astoundingly tuned”
REPETITION ($800) 10005’s city & state, or a casino in 89109
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: BATMAN’S ALTER EGOS (name who played Batman based on another role by the same actor)
($200) Edward Cullen
($400) “American Psycho”
($600) “Mr. Mom”
($800) “The Accountant”
($1000) Fred Friendly
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS show
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I didn’t do well in the Jeopardy game as a whole, but after pondering about it briefly, I did get the FJ.
When I looked at the Early Spoiler yesterday I was too tired to recognize that the Final Jeopardy catagory was the one from the day before. (The “What is NASA?” question made no sense.) The question I came up with to go with the correct answer in the wrong catagory was Santa’s Elves. The date was around Thanksgiving, Christmas was coming, let’s get to work. When I saw the show and the correct catagory it all made sense but I like my mistaken solution.
Shame on them for not knowing about JFK’s inauguration speech, in which he pledged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
Weckiai was running away with this haphazard game, but too many errors prevented a lock game. Nils started very slowly but acquitted himself well.
Amy’s two DD boo-boos were fairly lame. “Carmen” was Bizet’s opera, which is the extent of my knowledge in that field. And she stumbled over meteorology/metrology, which really wasn’t difficult.
“Minnehaha” was a giveaway re the author’s home. “Kiss on My List” duo was gettable but not a cinch; maybe a tad too long ago for this group. The one with two ZIPs wasn’t too tough.
I sound like a broken record, but I echo Howard again. For another day, my 80s retro heart aches, both for the double talk, and the duo.
That metrology from Amy, I believe, was her slow, stilted delivery. That was an unforced error.
The two ZIPs? Easy peasy lemon squeezy!! And, it’s “the best city in Vegas!”
That was a tough final as we got a triple stumper. I hope William Weyser will say darn those daily doubles to Amy.
I did, and I wanted Amy Hummel to keep going, because I love her voice. Still, we’ll see her in the Tournament of Champions.
So sorry this is so late, everyone. I thought I published it and fell asleep!!
Don’t worry. It happens.