Final Jeopardy: History (5-11-23)
Here are some more clues from the 5/11/2023 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.
COUNTRY MUSIC ($1000) In 2023 she released the album “Queen of Me” & showed up at the Grammys in red hair & giant polka dots
TRAVEL USA ($200) On Oahu explore different Pacific island villages & exhibits at the PCC, short for this Cultural Center
($800) Take a ride on a vintage trolley at the Seashore Trolley Museum in this Maine “port” city
LIONS & TIGERS & BEERS ($1000) Sri Lanka’s Lion Lager is 4.8% alcohol; Lion this dark, strong beer type is a powerful 8.8%
QUADRISYLLABIC WORDS ($1200) This word meaning self-government is from the Greek for “independence”
($2000) It’s the forgiveness of sin granted by the sacrament of penance
ASIAN GEOGRAPHY ($2000) Lahore is the capital of this Pakistani province next to India
GRANDMA ($800) Of this duchess, Jeanette Ragland
($2000) Of this model-turned-author, actress Patricia Neal
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Sneak Peek clues — DIFFERS BY A LETTER
($200) Overly proud of one’s own appearance & a form of precipitation
($400) To wait patiently & your humble home
($600) Hereditary & not brand name
($800) Earl, for example & to donate 10% to the church
($1000) plenty & a Macintosh
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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The dark beer TS is a little more nuanced, because the response given is a subset of the other.
Final was simple, plainly stated. However, to say Hannah “barely won” is weird; she was in the lead and bet to cover.
The Sophie’s Choice author was quite a coincidence for me, as, earlier in the day at work, I told a coworker that there was a resident in another specialty when I was a resident who had the same name, and she told me she was second cousin to the author!
The FJ response was an obvious one. Anyways, Hannah just barely remained as champion.
The “Differs by a Letter” reversal is on Page 2 in the Sneak Peek clues. It’s hard to believe that got reversed. The clue said “To wait patiently & your humble home”. Hannah’s “bode” response is past tense. That should have been reason enough to reject it, imo, but as I often say… it’s their show.
Random observation: for the 3rd day in a row, we have seen $23,000 in front of Hannah. That’s the amount she won on Tuesday. Then it was her pre-FJ score yesterday and today.
Exactly what I was going to say. Bode is not synonymous with “to wait.” (Actually, I thought past tense of bide was “bade” but I’d have to double-check that.)
I was slightly surprised no one got several of the stumpers: Sophie’s Choice author; Queen of Me; the P in PCC; Maine city (we once took a stretch break there on our way to the other “Port” city); dark beer; forgiveness of sin.
Also liked that FJ you posted from 2 years ago. It was the first country that always comes to mind that’s squeezed between two others.
I meant past tense of bid, as in bid farewell. In fact, I just looked it up and saw at least once source that states the past tense of bid is either bid or bade.
@Howard, perhaps the judges found an example where “bode” worked for them. I’ve never forgotten a prior reversal where they accepted “Eve” Marie Saint for Eva, just because she was (obviously mistakenly) credited as “Eve” in one role. I believe the credit was a mistake because Eva was her real name.
Anyway, I think my initial reaction was wrong (bode – past tense). Bided, as in “We bided our time”, is the proper past tense. I can’t find anything that would make “bode” work but I guess the judges did.
Your initial reaction wasn’t wrong, VJ. I found it on Word Hippo and, yes, it is past tense