Final Jeopardy: Memorials (5-29-23)
Here are some more clues from the 5/29/2023 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.
THE ROCKEFELLERS ($800) From 1985 to 2015 Jay Rockefeller, also known as John D. Rockefeller IV, was a senator from this state
TREES COMPANY ($600) Pine trees are evergreens & also classified as these, for the scaly structures that house seeds
($1000) “Green is the plane-tree in the square, the other trees are brown / They droop & pine for country air / The plane-tree loves it” here
THE GULF OF MEXICO ($400) This powerful warm current flows north from the Gulf into the Atlantic Ocean
($800) The western end of this island forms a partial divider between the Gulf & the Caribbean Sea
($2000) In 1559 a Spanish expedition settled for about 2 years at what is today this city near the western end of Florida’s Panhandle
CHEMISTRY ($400) Water hardness is determined by the amount of minerals it contains, mostly carbonates of magnesium & this element
($1200) The Haber process was developed prior to World War I to produce this pungent gas from nitrogen & hydrogen
POP INSTRUMENTALS ($1200) This almost lyric-free 2013 hit by Brooklyn producer/DJ Baauer has part of Manhattan in its title
($1600) This monster hit by the Edgar Winter Group got its title from the way it was pieced together in the editing process
PLAY “FREE” WORDS ($1600) C.S. Lewis wrote that this ability is “the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having”
($2000) A kind of shoe is in this name for a pirate
The Daily Box Scores are released at 8 pm Eastern
Sneak Peek clues — Yes, Oui
($200) Evet in Izmir & Istanbul
($400) Hai on Hokkaido
($600) Tak in Gdansk
($800) Nai in the Cyclades
($1000) Bai in Bilbao & the Western Pyrenees
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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Yikes, lots of stumpers tonight. I guess I blew FJ because I thought it was Arlington National Cemetery, forgetting they wanted the memorial. (Which our family visited 60 or so years ago.) Knew Jay Rockefeller; pine trees; Florida panhandle city; Edgar Winter hit song.
I thought all 3 DDs were pretty easy. Surprised Travis couldn’t connect “Monterey” and “cannery” with the author most tied to them.
It was Diandra and Travis tied for 2nd/3rd after the first round. Niranjan had nothing to do with the first selection in the 2nd round. I’m unsure how they choose who picks first, but it may have to do with who had the last correct answer.
IIRC, if there is a tie after the first round, it is whoever is closest to the host’s left gets the first clue.
Since all last week, these FJs have been alternating between no brainers and triple stumpers with today’s FJ being rather too obvious.
It couldn’t be any clearer how choppy is Mayim’s delivery after that Conley Supreme Court clue that Travis got correct. Her usual delay in declaring someone correct or not caused she and he to speak over each other. That was objectively bad – not just my opinion. Frankly, I’m surprised they didn’t reshoot that.
I agree. She often throws off the rhythm of the game, and the players, too, with her hesitant rulings. Tonight was particularly bad.
No doubt. That is my biggest complaint about her. When is Ken coming back?
It looks like the larger part of the audience is still voting on permanent host
It also seems they could just edit out Mayim’s pauses rather than reshoot
In today’s interview, Travis has a father and a wife who have both been in the show and did not win. Today, Travis did not win and he became the third family member to not win a game of Jeopardy!