Final Jeopardy: Classical Music (5-24-23)
Here are some more clues from the 5/24/2023 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.
THANKS A MILLION ($600) He wrote, directed & starred in the comedy Western “A Million Ways to Die in the West”
TEACHING: SOME ANAGRAMS ($200) Classroom aid seen here: BREADED ROSARY
($600) Important number for a class: MR. TELL NONE
SCIENCE ($800) The nuclei of radioactive elements can undergo the spontaneous type of this process, liberating much energy
TO THE FORT! ($1600) In May 1940 this country’s “impregnable” Fort Eben-Emael along the Albert Canal fell to the Germans in a single day
I AM “D.B.” ($400) In 2007 I selected the Los Angeles Galaxy as my team
OVERLAPS ($400) Forbidden woolen baby socks worn instead of shoes
($1200) All those unsolicited emails you receive are quickly forgotten with this mental condition
OVERLAPS ANSWERS show
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Sneak Peek clues — CON MUST GO
($200) To lead an orchestra no longer leads with “con” to become this, a channel through which air passes
($400) We can agree to remove “con” from a word of unity to get this, string or twine
($600) We can verify that removing “con” from the front of a word leaves us in this place where lawyers work
($800) The act of taking land by force abandons “con” to go on a this, perhaps to seek more land by force
($1000) “Con” leaves a word meaning important to get this one, a synonym for consecutive
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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Three responses to the 1850 premiere of an opera. A 20th century composer/pianist, a 20th century conductor and an 18th century composer. Three smart people who don’t have a clue about classical music. But I’ll bet they know the Kardashian’s.
Strong comeback by Ed after entering DJ with $0.
Lynn’s two missed DDs were not impossible. I got the first one (Ghana’s former name) just in time. Probably because I collected stamps in the 60s. On the 2nd, she overlooked the category name, To the Fort.
FJ was a braincrusher, and the only listed stumper I knew was the soccer star, who invested in bringing an MLS team to Miami.
A tough FJ as none of us came up with the correct response either.
Tina Turner was laid to rest today at 83 years old after being ill for a long time. (1939-2023)
Today’s Jeopardy was a big DD and FJ failure for the second time this season.
Hopefully, tomorrow’s episode will be much better.
Disappointed show as all 3 DDs were missed resulted our second skunking of the season and another tough final as we got a triple stumper.
I knew that was coming.