Final Jeopardy: Say It in Italian (5-11-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 5/11/2022 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.
AMERICAN HISTORY ($1000) Before becoming Tennessee’s first governor, John Sevier governed this prospective state that existed for all of 4 years
GEOMETRY CLASS ($600) According to Euclid, equal circles are those for which either of these 2 measurements are equal–makes sense ANSWER: show
THIS & THAT ($1000) In ancient times, a criminal who was lapidated was executed this way
MORE THAN ONE MEANING ($200) Fruit of the palm & a social engagement
($1000) A black trefoil & an organization of like-minded people
BEASTLY ART ($1600) The job of watching sheep is more famous, but this guy who watches cattle gets title billing in the Dutch work seen here (can’t find image)
TIMELY TALK ($800) Later used to promote discounts, it was a U.S. Navy term for a period of time during which crews were entertained
($2000) An alcoholic beverage & flowers are in this phrase for a period of prosperity & happiness
SCI-FI TRILOGIES ($1200) This alphanumeric book series follows up on the “Judgment Day” film, telling more of the story of Skynet & John Connor
($2000) The first in a Cixin Liu trilogy, this numerical novel is partially set during China’s Cultural Revolution
WHAT’S THAT SONG CALLED? ($400) “Goddess on the mountain top, burning like a silver flame, the summit of beauty & love”
($2000) “That it’s only the thrill of boy meeting girl, opposites attract, it’s physical”
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Sneak Peek clues — “4”!
($200) Pure gold has this measurement
($400) A Mother Goose nursery rhyme says, “Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye” this many blackbirds “baked in a pie”
($600) Employees contribute to this retirement savings fund by deductions from their paychecks
($800) This grease-cutting product wants you to know that its name does not include an area code
($1000) When a website is “not found”, it may be a broken link & result in this palindromic 3-digit
ANSWERS: show
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I, nearly immediately, knew it was from The Godfather, but, then, struggled mightily. I haven’t seen that movie in many years, and I could only think of “Luca Brazzi”, so, I said “Brazzi”. After all, tonight, he sleeps with the fishes!
The sneak peek clue, the gold is “24 karat”. Carats are for gems. I’m surprised they gave it to Daniel, as, I believe, he said “karats”, and the gold is singular, as it’s a measure of purity (like alcohol “proof”), whereas the gems can be plural, as it’s a measure of weight.
Also, the quote mentioned about the gun, etc. What just rankled me was “Leave the gun, take the cannolis”! One cannolo is singular. Plural is “cannoli”. Saying “cannolis” just grates! No one who speaks Italian would say that!
I got about half of the TS.
You know what’s funny, Jason? I actually looked up “24 carat” because I wasn’t sure if it was “c” or “k” and one of the first results is from the World Gold Council — “24 carat is pure gold with no other metals.”
idk where you are seeing “take the cannolis” but I didn’t type that in this recap or the Godfather quotes.
Oh, and while we’re at it — it’s Luca Brasi. Brazzi was the last name of the actor who saw Mitzi Gaynor “across a crowded room” in the 1958 musical “South Pacific”
Oh, I just phoneticized it, as far as Luca Brasi.
And it wasn’t you, VJ – your mention reminded me of it is all! Cannoli are all over everywhere here, and that’s why the wound is continuously reopened!
Yeah, Rossano Brazzi!
But, “karatS/caratS” for the gold was wrong. And, don’t forget this caret ^ ! Or the other, original carrot!
If I was wrong, I’ll freely own it. But, I’m not “teeing off” on you! I was just recalling anecdotes.
No big deal, Jason, I just didn’t want anyone to think I wrote “cannolis.” I don’t have any Italian ancestry but I did grow up in a North Jersey Italian neighborhood so I know my way around an Italian street fair 🤣
btw, Clemenza is the one who said that “sleep with the fishes” line in the movie and, as I recall it, that line showed up in general conversation far more than the gun/cannoli line
I do love an Eyetalian street fair, VJ!!! Zeppoli, my favorites!!
omg, Rhonda, I love zeppoli too!! meaning also and also meaning too much 🤣
Me, too, VJ!!! I could sure go for some right now!! Nice and hot and with lots of powdered sugar!!
Questions about a foreign language are not fair if one person speaks that language and the others don’t know that language.
I thought it was a good FJ, in that there were multiple ways to approach it. The Godfather is one of the 5 or so most heralded American movies in the 20th century, and while Clemenza is far from the protagonist, anyone familiar with the movie should know that character. Plus it sounds like clemency.
Tough but fair imo
Mallory had to play catch-up after missing that easy Greeley quote DD. Interesting how Micaela missed a wine question and didn’t know the temporary name of her current state, Tennessee. And math teacher Daniel missed a geometry question. His students will tease him about that, but at least he won. He boo-booed early with “50 Cents” but rebounded nicely.
The final was discriminatory to women as most women dont know The Godfather movies. A man who has been watching The Godfather for the past 40 years on tv will know the answer in 10 seconds.
The Godfather movie made me want to learn Italian all over again. I liked that character Clemenza.
Another tough final as we got another triple stumper this week.
VJ, you are correct he wasn’t a major character in the movie. There are so many characters killing off so many characters in the movie until the viewer loses track on who killed who (or is it whom?). If it isn’t a major character who knows the names?
I agree, Jacob. We might have seen the same result even if they put the movie name in the clue. The guy who played Carlo made a career for himself as a singer and also wrote a book about his life. I don’t think a lot of Jeopardy! contestants could come up with his name.
Always fun to have as much as the leader going into FJ! just in Triple Stumpers, including the first round DD