Final Jeopardy: Entertainers (6-19-23)
Here are some more clues from the 6/19/2023 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.
IT’S A SPECIAL DAY ($600) This U.S. territory celebrates Flag Day on April 17, the day in 1900 that Old Glory was raised in Fagatogo on Tutuila Island
($800) Jerusalem’s November 29 Street is named for the day in 1947 the U.N. voted to partition this British-controlled land
($1000) If you’re in Peru in June, head to Cuzco on the 24th for Inti Raymi, “Sun Festival” in this language
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM ($600) We hate to let a season pass with no mention of Alex Trebek’s favorite animal, this 750-lb. Arctic ruminant with curved horns (see the last sentence of this post)
GETTING AN EYEFUL ($600) When a storm reaches hurricane strength, an “eye” appears in the covering shield of these clouds, from Latin for “curl”
($1000) Used for more than 100 years, this standard eye chart bears the name of the Dutch ophthalmologist who developed it
FIRST SPEECHES IN SHAKESPEARE ($800) “Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, assume the port of Mars”
($1600) “It did always seem so to us: but now, in the division of the kingdom, it appears not which of the dukes he values most”
($2000) “My brother Jaques he keeps at school, & report speaks goldenly of his profit”
RANDOM FACTS ($2000) The green comet that visited Earth in 2023 was thought to come from this cloud named for a Dutch astronomer
WHAT AN IDIOM! ($2000) In a 1696 play, a character says, if I get a patent “I shall be as rich as” this proverbially rolling-in-it king
GENERAL ASSEMBLY ($800) At Columbia, S.C.’s state house, bronze stars mark the spots where shells from this general’s cannons once hit
WEIGHTS & MEASURES ($1600) A knot equals one of these, a bit over 6,000 feet, per hour
($2000) Parsec, an astronomical unit of length, is a portmanteau of this word & “second”
LET’S MAKE A MOVIE CROSSOVER! ($1200) You stay classy, Kali! A 2004 San Diego news anchorman “&” a 1984 Indiana Jones title structure
($1600) An Alan Rickman “Die Hard” villain “wants those detonators” from a title Great Dane of 2002!
MOVIE CROSSOVER ANSWERS: show
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Sneak Peek clues — ON THE STATE’S LONGEST WESTERN BORDER
($200) on New Mexico’s
($400) on New Hampshire’s
($600) on Georgia’s
($800) on North Dakota’s
($1000) on Ark– on that of Arkansas
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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Does anyone know why the one clue about what state is on Arkansas’ left is worded that way? “on Ark — on that of Arkansas” The answer was Oklahoma which didn’t clear anything up for me.
Oh, I think I just got it, it’s supposed to be funny because the name Arkansas is confusing to make into possessive form, I guess. Ugh. Not very funny when all it does is distract and confuse you without providing a clue to the correct answer. What is happening with Jeopardy lately? So many lame clues.
Oh, the humanity! A very difficult episode to watch. There were some tough clues, to be sure, including the DDs and FJ, but a lot of $$ was left untouched.
The last DD (Frenchman); Victor at Waterloo; US territory’s flag; partition of British-controlled land; Alex’s favorite animal; curly cloud; eye chart inventor; Shakespeare quote about the dukes; the rich as king; and the knot all were gettable.
Anyone besides me think that movie crossover category was awful? “Before and after” can be tricky but clever sometimes, but this one fell flat.
Boy howdy, do I concur. I thought the Shakespeare First Speeches category is what really stuck it to them. Jonathan seemed to just be saying what his id was thinking. Dude was in a tenable position, and let it all blow away.
I just cringed when Jonathan said “Lee” for the cannon fire. I mean, history much?
I don’t know if I logic’d it, knew it, or guessed it, but I got Final, and didn’t have another answer. So, I’ll take that.
Yeah, as I reflect, the game wasn’t the best written, either. So, when there are duds on each side of the stage, it’s, as you say, difficult to watch.
An obviously tough FJ, but there is always tomorrow.
Today’s show is super disappointing because this show has a combined coryat amount of $11,800, 19 clues with triple stumpers, and 18 wrong guesses. Ben won the game again, and he’s a 2-day champion so he can play again tomorrow!
A disappointing game with all 3 DDs blown and Jonathan of course getting dismissed before Final J!. What more can I say about this episode?
Disappointed episode as all 3 DDs were missed and a double stumper resulted a total bust. That completes a total wipeout of wagering clues.
That was a disappointing game to watch. 19 triple stumpers and 17 incorrect responses by all three players. Mary Kate got both daily doubles wrong but she kept enough money around to play Final Jonathan took one too many incorrect responses and he unfortunately couldn’t play FJ! We were this close to having only one player in FJ! but I’m glad that Mary Kate played it safe on the final daily double so that way we wouldn’t have a double dismissal and that wouldn’t be fun. The record for incorrect responses in a game was 28 and 24 for the record in triple stumpers.
As William Weyser says, darn those daily doubles.