Final Jeopardy: The Early 19th Century (6-1-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from then 6/1/2022 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.
U.S. GOVERNMENT HISTORY ($600) 1930’s Smoot-Hawley Act raised these import duties… anyone? Anyone? By about… anyone? 20%, rattling Wall Street badly
IT’S A “SYN” ($1000) “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” is one way of explaining it
DR. MITTENS, CAT OBSTETRICIAN ($200) Ultrasound won’t tell us litter size; for that we use this diagnostic technology that’s several decades older
($800) In the third stage of labor, this will emerge; Dr. M. prefers this plain English compound word to the fancy Latin “placenta”
BODIES OF WATER ($400) The Churn & the Leach are among its headstreams in the Cotswolds
($1200) At its widest, it’s about 180 miles as you sail east-west from Ontario to Michigan
($1600) The Conchos River, the longest in the state of Chihuahua, is a tributary of this one
9-, 10-, & 11-LETTER WORDS ($800) If back in the day IBM made a jumbo machine that was your company’s only computer, it was known as this 9-letter type
($1200) From Latin for “war”, as a noun it can mean a nation involved in a war
($2000) From German & Yiddish, it’s the act of offering unsolicited advice to someone who’s playing a game
WHAT A TOOL ($1200) Locksmith Bill DeForrest invented innovative these, like a hybrid of the diamond & hook types
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Sneak Peek clues — POP & ROCK LIFE STORIES
($400) The confessions of this funkmeister is subtitled “Memoirs of a Super Freak”
($800) Don’t get me wrong, “Reckless: My Life as a Pretender” was her tale to tell
($1200) “Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness” is by this late, great Ronette
($1600) This Englishman looked at fame in “They Made A Monkee Out of Me”
($2000) “So Let It Be Written”, a bio of this lead singer, gets is title from a lyric in Metallica’s “Creeping Death”
ANSWERS: show
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And that’s what I get! The Duke of Wellington was created 1814, for war exploits, but, the Battle of Waterloo was 1815. So, he already was the Duke.
Although, there is also the anecdote: a young officer referred to “Wellington”, who overheard, and asked for, at least, a “Mister”. The officer replied, “But, you don’t hear of Mr. Caesar or Mr. Alexander!”
Once again, I am bewildered by the FJ wagers. I felt certain my fellow Portlander Meagan had this in her pocket. Ryan could win only if she missed FJ. He probably should have bet $1401 or all of his money. Meagan needed to bet at least $14001 in case Ryan bet it all and they both got FJ right.
Waterloo came to me right away, but halfway through I remembered seeing Nelson’s column in Trafalgar Square in 1971, and decided that was the proper response.
Pretty decent group tonight, but they left a few on the table that I’d put in the easy to moderate category. The UN Secy-General; import duties; Conchos tributary; German-Yiddish word; and 9-letter IBM computer.
Again, I concur with Howard.
Saying “Waterloo” is a rookie mistake, in my eyes. It has “water” in it, but, was a land battle. That’s some tunnel vision.
However, although I didn’t say “Waterloo”, I did say “The Battle of Lake Erie”, in the War of 1812. Doing more research, my thinking that the Admiral may have been French-Canadian was mistaken.
Got about half the TS.
Well, in case they decide to pull a fast one like that about Waterloo, Wellington commanded the British troops and it was Field Marshal Blücher for the Prussians. Napoleon himself and Marshal Ney commanded the French. Napoleon was exiled and Marshal Ney was executed by firing squad
Nitpicking here. Arthur Wellesley was the Marquess of Wellington at the time (made 1st Duke of Wellington after defeating Napoleon et al.). That is the proper way to address his name (Wellesley).
As I say, though, I am nitpicking.
Good to know, Jason. I found a couple of clues with his family name:
TORY SPELLING ($1200) Family name of the war hero better known as Wellington (Yes, they had to spell it!)
THE 1800s ($200) In 1814 Arthur Wellesley was created the first Duke of this
Another close call for Ryan today. I was so sure Meagan would have had a tie score with Ryan and a tiebreaker clue would be shown.
Another tough final as we got a triple stumper.
That was another close call for Ryan as he hangs in there and this is also the second time this season that everyone gave the same wrong FJ! response.