Final Jeopardy: Authors (5-6-16)
8 more triple stumpers from 5-6-2016, QF5 of the 2016 Teacher’s Tournament:
NON-ROCKET SCIENTISTS ($800) This Italian physicist began writing about his ideas “On Motion” around 1590
TV EATERIES ($400) The Williamsburg Diner in Brooklyn
THERE ARE STRINGS ATTACHED ($1000) This instrument evokes the Renaissance & courtly life
FINISH THE LITERARY LINE ($400) “Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to…” These 3 words
WHERE IN THE WORLD? ($1600) Brunei: this island
PRONUNCIATION ($1600) Its Tourism Commission puts a diacritical mark in the state’s name showing the short “A” pronunciation
QUEENS ($800) Blanche of Castile was twice this temporary ruler of France, when her son was little & when he was crusading
($1200) According to Jewish & Islamic traditions she was the monarch of an ancient kingdom believed to be in Ethiopia or Yemen
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They know a lot more about TV sitcoms than they do about history. Teachers!
Your comment is, to me, obtusely disrespectful of teachers. Generally, perhaps students would be better served if their teachers could relate to them through popular culture (e.g. sitcoms). Specifically, a primary (elementary), a Special Education, and an English teacher would likely know History as a subordinate subject. I feel it is myopic to fault someone for not sharing an intellectual focus.
Bill wrote down Wilder as in Laura Ingalls, not Wilde as in Oscar
idk, mimsy. I was going by what he wrote down, not by what Alex said. There was nothing at the end that looked like an R or like he was even attempting to add an R
43/61
I wonder if Alex Trebek keeps track of how many Bela Lugosi impressions he gets to do per month. LOL!
That means Terrie Trebilcock and Tenaya Snider, unfortunately nothing can save you now. Got to go! And Terrie with $1,300 gets to be the alternate, which is a terrible position to be in.