Final Jeopardy: It’s All Greece to Me (5-13-20)
Here are 10 more clues from the 5/13/2020 Jeopardy! game, the 1st game in Match 4 of the 2020 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions:
The players got all the clues in JEOPORTMANTEAU, except the last one (*):
(400) A kyber crystal-powered weapon plus baseball statistics analysis system of Bill James
(800) Sentient creature like Olaf or Frosty plus “the #1 kosher wine brand in America”
(1200) Small, oblong Chinese citrus fruit plus rhymed verse employed by Omar Khayyam & Nostradamus
(1600) Gradual increase in the intensity of a musical piece plus a dental professional who specializes in the pulp of your teeth
*(2000) Insidious pandemic culprit of 1918 plus delightfully foamy Italian custard
ANSWERS: show
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues: HISTORY:
(400) Francis Drake became Sir Francis in April 1581 in the presence of this monarch
(800) Making it tough on the Pres. seeking re-election, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time low of 41.22 in this year
(1200) In 1976 a military junta seized power in Argentina not from Eva Peron but from this widow
(1600) A heroic last stand at the Battle of Camaron in Mexico holds a special place in the lore of this French group founded in 1831
(2000) In 1967 part of Nigeria broke off & declared its independence as this land
ANSWERS: show
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I’m trying to figure out why after watching Ken Jennings through 74 games and years of competing on other shows that I just noticed last night that he is left-handed and this is a re-run. Perhaps ambidextrous might be more appropriate because he does some things with his right hand. But I just noticed last night he wrote fj response with his left hand. Am I alone in this observation? Not that it matters but it surprised me that I just noticed it.
I generally watch their facial expressions during FJ!, Jacob. Never would have noticed that unless it was pointed out, as you just did.
VJ, thank you for making me feel sane. I’m with you in that I normally watch their facial expressions. I got curious and googled “Ken Jennings left handed.” Sure enough he stated on Twitter that he is left-handed. That’s interesting because he holds the buzzer with his right hand. I think this staying at home probably has me zooming in on things I never did before or just zooming. LOL.
On tonight’s show it wasn’t as obvious but last night’s show the camera was lingering on Ken writing during fj and I watched with surprised eyes.
Yes, that’s so true — when watching reruns or watching the same film again, you say to yourself “I can’t believe I didn’t notice that before” when you spot things you missed the first time around. 😁
The clues today were a lot tougher than the ones from before. I thought brad could have gotten momentum today but the other two were too quick on the buzzer. I have a feeling that some of the categories were not in Brad’s favor. There is still a chance he could turn this around but he won’t win the whole thing.
Tough categories my family don’t like are Initials to roman numerals, triple rhyme time, and before and after.