Final Jeopardy: The Grammys (5-7-25)
Here are some more clues from the 5/7/2025 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 INSTRUMENT OF MY FAME ($800) Tina Guo (who did the “Wonder Woman” movie theme) & Pablo Casals
STAGE NAMES ($400) A comedic cushion helped inspire this stage name of Caryn Elaine Johnson
($2000) Fitting stage name of Gertrude Pridgett, “The Mother of the Blues”
21st CENTURY FICTION ($1200) Alma Katsu’s “The Hunger” retells the tale of this group of settlers who set out for the West in 1846
ALL THE WAY FROM L TO M ($1200) An isthmus, a valley or a mountain is each an example of this to a topographer
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: COUP LA LA
($400) If an NFL game begins at 2 pm, that’s this “time”; the equivalent in a French soccer match is the heure du coup d’envoi
($800) For decades you could avoid a coup de this, meaning a sunburn, by using Bain de this, classy tanning lotion
($1200) Hope for a coup de chance or stroke of luck in this game; in the book “Casino Royale”, James Bond plays it & wins a 32-million-franc-bet
($1600) A coup de main is a bold, sudden attack, like this “Mad” general’s 1779 assault on British forces over the Hudson
($2000) In medieval times a misericord was a dagger used to put a defeated foe out of his misery with this finishing stroke
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS show
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Wow – Michelle was so charismatic! Had she gotten FJ, she would have won. Both wagers were quizzical.
I was 3/3 on DD, but missed FJ. I said the Oak Ridge Boys.
I was about 50% on TS.
I concur on Michelle over Keegan for 2nd Chance.
I’m OK with her FJ wager. She trailed Dan by $3600 going in. $3601 would have been a wise bet, but $5K was OK. Dan was more or less compelled to bet $10K, but he crossed her up. Either way, she wins the game with a correct answer. Her guess of Springsteen was lame. No way could he have had nominations 60 years apart. Rolling Stones was a great guess by Dan.
Ah, the occasional perks of old age! I knew the first Grammys were in 1959. Simple arithmetic took me to 1965 and of course I knew who the best new artist of 1964 was (same year I saw them live). Their subsequent nominations were for posthumous recordings that commenced when all were still alive. “Free As a Bird” is OK but I preferred the flip side, “Real Love.” And “Michelle” won for Song of the Year in 1967 even though it was strictly an album cut.
Michelle made a valiant comeback after tanking that embarrassingly easy DD. Third one also a cinch in the L-M category. Very surprised three smart folks never heard of Pablo Casals or the exact name of the Seattle market. Have known Caryn Johnson’s stage name for decades.
Hmmm……..It was another fantastic game, and Dan became the new champion. With a sizeable lead that Dan held, and considering the category, I wouldn’t have wagered anything either in FJ. Anyways, I also went with the Rolling Stones in FJ.
Coincidentally, I posted the Record of the Year for 1965 on X last Friday in the song challenge I play everyday. It was “The Girl from Ipanema” by Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz.
I’d give Michelle a Second Chance before Keegan from yesterday. She played her butt off against a strong player who is a trivia host to boot. Keegan did himself in yesterday.
And we got our second triple stumper this week as today’s final was tough. The contestants don’t even know about music.