Final Jeopardy: Countries of the World (6-17-21)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 6/17/2021 Jeopardy! game:
NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY ($800) From its sources in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, this 1,900-mile river flows all the way to the Gulf of Mexico
POTPOURRI ($600) The country of Tuvalu gets nearly 10% of its gross national income licensing this Internet domain extension
THE LANGUAGE OF FOOD ($1000) You “eat” this 2-word non-treat when forced to apologize; a literal version is the viscera & other deer parts
EVEN NUMBERS ($1600) Year ending in zero in which Rhode Island ratified the Constitution, the last of the 13 colonies to do so
($2000) According to Johns Hopkins & the Mayo Clinic, a desirable level of total cholesterol in the blood is below this number
NOT AN EVERYDAY WORD ANYMORE ($800) An archiloquy was the initial part of one of these
THE TERMS OF SERVICE ($800) The father and son seen here (image), they served a total of six terms as California governor SPOILER NOTE: show
The players only missed two clues in the TV BEFORE & AFTER category:
*($200) Ned Stark faces a trio of women & asks them questions in order to select one for a night out
($400) Sofia Vergara dumps Ed O’Neill for Michael J. Fox & forms a new home
($600) Like sands through the hourglass, Richie & Fonzie get caught up in the soap opera set in the fictional town of Salem
*($800) The Robinson family can’t find the way home in the cosmos but are helped by a galactic cartoon hero & his sidekicks Jan & Jayce
($1000) Stories of Huey, Dewey & Louie as they enter a horrifying world on HBO with a decomposing host
ANSWERS: show
Sneak Peek clues — PLANE, TRAIN OR AUTOMOBILE
($200) TV’s KITT
($400) Memphis Belle
($600) Spruce Goose
($800) Seven Stars in Kyushu
($1000) Flying Scotsman
ANSWERS: show
We may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases made from Amazon.com links at no cost to our visitors. Learn more: Affiliate Disclosure.
What a simple Final. Every player should know EVERY world capital going into the show.
What was the answer to the picture of the triangular table
POTPOURRI ($400) In the 1980s, Carmela Vitale of Long Island patented an early version of the item seen here, known as a, this food saver
ANSWER: What is pizza?
(funny that all the images I saw online are round)
I thought the same thing. Like, what is a 3-legged table doing in a food category?
Without another object in the photo it’s obviously difficult to determine the scale of the item.
Emily obviously had a strong lead today going into final and she was quick on the buzzer. Perhaps she could be the one to break the string of leader curses and end the three day game curse plaguing everyone for the last four months. We got a strong player today so I think if she can build up on her knowledge tomorrow we could see a big payday in her.
Not surprised they missed WW jacobs story in the double jeopardy round as I read about it in middle school. Overall a good game by all the players today.