Final Jeopardy: Business & Industry (5-15-20)
Here are more clues from the 5/15/2020 Jeopardy! game, a rerun of Ken Jennings’ 75th game from 11/30/2004:
ZOOLOGY ($800) While swimming, the anaconda can close off a valve inside these to keep water out
PATTON PENDING ($2000) A few feet of the 998 square miles of this European country are Patton’s grave in the American cemetery
The players missed these 2 clues in NO SOUP FOR YOU!
($600) Poudrette, stracciatella, Philadelphia Pepper Pot
($800) Chlodnik, cock-a-leekie, kuttar
and these 3 in PRO SPORTS VENUES
($1200) The Detroit Red Wings’ rink
($1600) The New York Islanders’ home ice
($2000) …and the home of the (Atlanta) Braves
ANSWERS: show
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues: GRAB BAG
($400) Tom Kelly took the 1949 nude photographs of this actress that later appeared on the calendar “Golden Dreams”
($800) A wavy fabric made by twisting & then relaxing yarn, it’s also found before “de Chine”
($1200) In 1956 the first transatlantic telephone cable was laid between Oban, Scotland & Clarenville in this Canadian province
($1600) The most popular color for this November birthstone is a rich orange-yellow, like the color of sherry
($2000) This Ballets Russes founder had tried to be a composer, but Rimsky-Korsakov told him to stop
ANSWERS: show
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The Teachers Tournament starts on May 25 (nine days from now), I’m beyond shocked to see the lineup (like they did for the College Championship in February, that aired in April) for the Teachers Tournament not available at show’s website. Tell me, what happened?
Here we go again. I sure would like to enjoy the new regular games next week without hearing about the Teachers Tournament every dang day.
Thank you so much , VJ for a very informative article. Wow, nothing funny about the origin of that slang, is it!
Couldn’t read the second article because of an annoying spectrum banner. I shall google the other two/word term.
You’re welcome, Cece. I changed the link to a twitter comment showing a clip of what Kacie McDonnell said.
fixed your email, too 😃
Oh no, she didn’t! Is she still alive? Hahaha. I read some of the comments (more than I care to admit). Thanks for the laugh, VJ. 🙂
Wifebeater —that’s hilarious! An “Americana” I never heard before. I wonder why it’s called that. I also wonder if that particular slang was a recurrent clue on Jeopardy ( what with the PC Police and all that).
Anyway, apparently, the clue tripped Ken up and he couldn’t come up with”tank top”. Not even after 3 tries? Strange indeed. 🙂
Cece, this article says the shirt first got associated with that term from a newspaper photo of a guy who beat his wife to death in the 1940s.
Apparently, in some places in the Northeast, they are still calling it by this 2-word name that was more common than wifebeater when I lived in NJ.
For those who don’t understand how he could have possibly guessed FedEx, I am guessing he was thinking about the seasonal increase in shipping at the end of the year for Black Friday and Christmas shopping. I believe UPS, FedEx, and Amazon all hire a lot of temporary employees that time of year to meet demand.
Although they would not be white-collar employees, and that increase wouldn’t last 4 months, if he started going down that line of reasoning, FedEx was a decent guess.
They showed Ken at the end of the show in a current clip. He said: “”When I read that clue and I saw seasonal employees, tax season never even entered my head. I was so sure it was gonna be holiday season, I could have thought about that one all day and not come up with the right response. Still, it all worked out okay for me.”
A bit of an exaggeration, imo. I think he could have come up with the right answer in, at most, a few minutes. Same for the Patton DD, he could have at least come up with the name of a place in Belgium if he just did not know the name of the town at that time. (Ypres?? WWI but at least in Belgium)
Years later, it’s still hard to believe Ken missed both DDs and the FJ on the same show.
@Kevin, ok thanks!
Monday we back to the regular games. Anybody remember who was the returning champion after May 1st
Jesse Laymon.
I would never put down fed ex but it’s too bad dave couldn’t stay for final jeopardy.
Does anybody know at least one new contestant confirmed for the next Teachers Tournament?
No.
Ken Jennings, why in the world would you put FedEx? Were you trying to lose on purpose?
I think Ken was incorrect because he thought it was Fedex for the business and industry. Not knowing that the correct answer was H and R Block.
Ken, in an interview, said that he is not into Business & Marketing. I know that the category was ”Business & Industry”, but that’s what he said, or at least, that’s what I think, in terms of ”What’s In The Market?”.