Final Jeopardy: 20th Century America (6-2-23)
Here are some more clues from the 6/2/2023 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.
OHIO GEOGRAPHY ($400) Ohio’s shoreline on this lake to the north stretches for 312 miles
($800) The Ohio Agricultural & Mechanical College opened near this city in 1873; now it’s much bigger & has another name
($1000) Rumored to hold UFO tech & debris in its Hangar 18, this hyphenated Air Force base is northeast of Dayton
INTERNAL ORGANS (& OTHER BODY PARTS) ($800) Army rank for the “bird”s
($1000) In 1066 the Normans paid a visit here
STATE OF THE UNION ($1600) Jim Thorpe & Iva Miller, at St. Patrick’s Church in Carlisle
IT’S A FACT ($1600) The 2 most common conditions making up COPD are emphysema & this inflammation
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Sneak Peek clues — THEIR MIDDLE INITIAL
($200) of General George Patton
($400) of journalist & broadcaster Edward Murrow
($600) of President Rutherford Hayes
($800) of statesman & Chief Justice Salmon Chase
($1000) of sci-fi & fantasy author Ursula Le Guin
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Maybe because I’m old and still have my copy of the LA Times from 8-9-74 with that same headline, but I thought FJ was a no-brainer.
Sylvia stared into space for quite a while early on, but nailed some very difficult clues and made a game of it.
Two of the DDs were not cinches by any means, but I happened to know the Ohio tire city (now more known for LeBron James) and the Betty Smith novel. Jared struggles with DDs. Olympus, Ohio?
Knew the author with 3 titles only because I glance at the NYT best-seller list in my Sunday paper. The Ohio lake and the college both were softballs. The Jim Thorpe/Carlisle and Norman invasion country/body part were trickier but not impossible. A town in his state was named after Jim Thorpe long ago.
I read that Betty Smith novel and saw the movie. I remember liking the book more than the film. Peggy Ann Garner, the girl who played Francie, also played young Jane Eyre in the Orson Welles film. (Elizabeth Taylor had an uncredited role)
I may have seen the film, but honestly don’t remember. My mom grew up in that borough, but she didn’t read the book till she was in her 80s. My grandmother lived on Bedford Ave in Flatbush until the early 60s, walking distance from Ebbets Field. I got to go once in 1957 before the Dodgers moved to LA.
As I mentioned earlier this morning, that historic event happened on my brother’s birthday so it will always stand out in my memory. Likewise July 20 l969– that one was my birthday! It got a big headline the next day (“Men Walk on the Moon”). Both dates might be memorable to Ken Jennings. He lost $14K on a related FJ clue in his 30th game, but still won the game with $32K and that win put him over the million dollar mark.