Final Jeopardy: New Words in the 18th Century (5-12-23)
Here are some more clues from the 5/12/2023 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.
STATE CAPITAL TO STATE CAPITAL ($1000) It’s a 29-hour, 2,000-mile drive from Oklahoma City to this state capital, the only other that begins with “O”
GAME SHOW HOSTS ($200) Dick Clark hosted “The $10,000 Pyramid”; on the version with Michael Strahan in charge, the prize money is this amount
($800) He was a regular on “Hogan’s Heroes” & “Laugh-In” before getting the hosting gig on “Family Feud”
($1000) The love of Betty White’s life, he met her when she was a guest in the third week of “Password”
ARMY “ANT”S ($200) This branch of the U.S. Army is its principal land combat force
($1000) In the U.S. Army, a W01 is this type of officer, the army’s tactical & technical experts
LESSER-KNOWN FILM TRILOGIES ($1200) Before Marvel really started trilogizing, this hero of theirs sunk his teeth into 3 films, the last being 2004’s “Trinity”
($1600) Whit Stillman’s yuppie trilogy of the 1990s includes “Metropolitan”, “The Last Days of Disco” & this film named for a Spanish city
($2000) The middle film of Robert Rodriguez’ El Mariachi trilogy, it’s also the title of an Eagles hit song
7-LETTER ANIMALS ($800) This alternate name for a wolverine sounds like it could eat everything in sight & if it had its way, it just might
($1600) Also called a rorqual, a type of whale takes this name from its prominent dorsal appendage
($2000) This obscure 7-letter ape is found in the tropical rainforests of Malaysia & Indonesia
HYMNS & SPIRITUALS ($800) It’s where “I’m goin’ to lay down my burden”, & “my sword & shield”
($1600) “We shall come rejoicing, bringing in” these
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Sneak Peek clues — TRIPLE RHYME TIME
($200) The summary of recent events aboard a party boat with alcohol
($400) An elevation lower than a mountain named after Uma Thurman’s revenge film series
($600) A bird of prey that has been crowned king aboard Darwin’s ship
($800) Perhaps the Compton rapper with a medical nickname will go, or…
($1000) A speedy type of dress found at Goodwill
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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Wow. The two challengers were the weakest I’ve seen since the lockdown competitors. Victoria almost sounded like a dilettante.
I have to thank TCM for the “Metropolitan” stumper – just saw that a few months ago, and the commentary mentioned the third film. Unusually, I got well over half the stumpers correct, but, as there were SO many, that wasn’t too difficult of an undertaking!
I thought final was rather easy. However, had I not lived in HI, it might not have come to me as easily.
Besides the Night of the Hunter scene I linked to for that “we will come rejoicing” hymn, there’s a Gunsmoke episode with Jack Elam as a ne’er-do-well. He gets drunk as a hoot owl and goes around singing that hymn. Lynn Hamilton is also in it as a nun. She is better known as Fred Sanford’s girlfriend Donna.
I was stumped in FJ as the clues didn’t ring a bell with me. Well, as the saying goes, you learn something new every day.
Again I’m amazed at Hannah’s pre-FJ score considering all those triple stumpers! There were 28 stumpers between yesterday and today.
There were about that many in Ben Chan’s 3 games.
Hannah clearly outmatched the other two contestants in today’s game, but not so in yesterday’s game.
Hannah certainly dominated in today’s game and most of the match has belong to Hannah. She was the only player to ring in before the first break and it’s the first time that only one player rings in while the other two contestants were still at zero. Both of the challengers couldn’t get more correct responses and they didn’t have a chance at all. Weak opponents today.