Final Jeopardy: Constitutions of the World (5-12-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 5/12/2022 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.
IN THE NATIONAL PARK ($800) In California, Twenty Mule Team Canyon
($1000) In Arkansas, Bathhouse Row seen here (image)
THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS ($600) This genre-defying band that broke in 2014 with “Gooey” performed at the BBMAs in 2021
($1000) At the 2021 show, this letter-perfect indie pop trio gave a smokin’ performance of “Bang!”
NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN ($600) Sarah Winnemucca was the first Native woman to secure this protection, with 1883’s “Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims”
($800) Making-Out-Road divorced this frontiersman & state capital name source Cheyenne style, leaving his stuff outside her lodge
($1000) A mural in Oklahoma’s capitol honors 5 Native American ballerinas, including these 2 sisters, Maria & Marjorie
MUSICALS BY LYRICS ($2000) “In short there’s simply not a more congenial spot for happily-ever-aftering than here”
4-SYLLABLE WORDS ($1200) The name of this genus of bacteria refers to a veterinarian with a fishy last name
THE 1960S ($800) Broadening his message from civil rights, on March 2, 1965 Martin Luther King made his first public statement against this
AUNTIE ($800) Jan Handzlik played the young Patrick Dennis, who is taken in by this exuberant Auntie, played memorably by Rosalind Russell
($1600) Seen here (image), she plays Aunt Lydia on “The Handmaid’s Tale”
($2000) Her “astonishment was almost unspeakable” upon finding a fence whitewashed (ostensibly) by Tom Sawyer
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Sneak Peek clues — OCCUPATIONAL HOMONYMS
($200) A job like a chauffeur, or a part of your PC that needs to be updated occasionally
($400) It can mean highest in rank or value, as well as someone of high rank at your school
($600) Not just an occupation, it’s also a type of fruity pie
($800) A certain member of our military forces, or an adjective that refers broadly to the sea
($1000) Someone who oversees construction work, or a muscle that becomes shorter
ANSWERS: show
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I don’t miss Mattea in the least. These contestants aren’t just like they’re reading off flash cards. Nor, do they seem like they’re afraid of winning any money.
I got FJ after thinking for 5-7 seconds. I got, as usual, about half of the TS.
I miss Mattea Roach.
You’ll see her in the Fall.
Winner misspelled Australia , he spelled it AUSTRAILIA, that’s ok now?
That’s always been okay, Smudge. As long as the misspelling doesn’t change the pronunciation or add an extra syllable, it’s acceptable.
Happy to see Daniel and Matt getting final right.