Final Jeopardy: The 19th-Century (6-22-23)
Here are some more clues from the 6/22/2023 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.
12-LETTER WORDS ($2000) This photographic effect reverses tones & introduces sunny highlights to images
WRITING ON THE WALLS ($1200) In his book “Stardust”, there is a Hamlet named Wall & Tristran sets out on a journey through the only hole in that wall
TRUMPET TOOTIN’ $1600) Alison Balsom, Lady (James Bond movie director Sam) Mendes, records lots of Handel & Purcell of this “Golden Age of the Trumpet”
LET’S “T” UP THE MAP ($1600) Home to the Kasbah Museum, this Moroccan port is on the Strait of Gibraltar, just 17 miles from southern Spain
($2000) Saddam Hussein was born near this city on the west bank of the Tigris in 1937 & was pulled out of the ground in its vicinity in 2003
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Sneak Peek clues — MOVIE TITLE CONNECTIONS
($200) Date ____ at the Museum
($400) Super ____ Mile
($600) An Affair to ____ the Titans
($800) Touch of ____ Dead
($1000) Charlie Wilson’s ____ Horse
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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Actually, I believe the answer would/should have been his speechwriters, chiefly his Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams (I misremembered as Harrison, so I would have gotten it wrong), who actually wrote the Monroe Doctrine* (for President Monroe) (which was their question, wasn’t it, not Who Delivered it in a public Speech?) But that’s being a bit picky … 🙂
Holy Doctrine, how could Ben possibly have known Dan would bet zero? FJ wasn’t all that difficult, and he totally lucked out. 9X out of 10, someone in his position would have wagered $9K.
Perhaps the outcome might have been different if Dan hadn’t barely missed the Hussein clue, or if Andrea had nailed that “Wall” DD that wasn’t tough.
All in all, this was probably the best show of this week.
I don’t know how Ben came up with his FJ wager, but, it was the right one.
I, myself, was TOTALLY wrong. I said “Arthur Welleseley, the Duke of Wellington”, but, then debated over Benjamin Disraeli. So, I was WAY off the target.
And, knock me down with a feather, but, Mayim actually asked for “more specific” on the DST clue! But, again, giving the guy the “chain letter” /mail clue was a bust.
So, Ben actually having a challenge on FJ is actually good! I though Dan made a good case for him for the Second Time Chance Tournament.
It’s been a rough week for the daily doubles.
I think Ben is the weakest 5 day champ I have seen in a long time, maybe even in Jeopardy history.
Nooooooooo! The FJ was a shoo-in; none of the contestants should have gotten it wrong. I mean, look at the date (1823).
Wow, while we’re overanalyzing everything Jeopardy!, does anyone know the highest and lowest seasons for men with 3-letter names? 🤣🤣🤣
I don’t remember, but what I found out that Ben has the lowest 5 day total of the season but I don’t think that any men with 3 letter names have scored the highest.
I was only kidding, Kevin 😁
At any rate, the focus after this game should be on how well Ben played in this game. It was his best game. That was quite a finish indeed! Bravo, Ben!
At the risk of adding to the over-analyzing :
I imagine it has happened before, but I can’t recall ever having a category where the same response was acceptable for 2 separate clues as we had tonight with “chain mail” in the “CHAIN” category.
Normally, that would be it for Ben, but he made a small bet and won. What a surprise finish, I thought it was going to be the end for him but it wasn’t. Ben is the first player in Jeopardy history to win less than 50,000 post doubling or 25,000 pre-doubling in their first five wins. The previous record was set last June by Megan Wachspress at 52,002. Ironically, it happen again on the same month as was the case last year when a player wins their fifth game and have the lowest record and Ben’s 5 total was the lowest in the history of the show.