Final Jeopardy: Famous Women (6-23-21)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 6/23/2021 Jeopardy! game:
A CATEGORY IN 5 ACTS ($1000) The Anti-Union Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 known as Taft-this congressman overcame the veto of Harry Truman
BRITISH POETRY ($1000) Tennyson wrote “Crossing the Bar” at age 80 & made this request to all future publishers (Actually, he made it to his son, Hallam, as related in the text before the poem on this page)
LIGHTNING ($800) When Michael Corleone first sees his future bride, he’s “hit by” this, lightning with accompanying sound effects
($1000) In a country song George Jones “asked my old pappy why he called his brew” this 2-word stuff
IN A BOTTLE ($600) Sourced in the Alps, this brand of Italian mineral water refers to the shape of the bottles it has used since 1899 as “Vichy”
THE ARISTOCRATS! ($400) This alliterative “sanguine” term dates back to when it described the early 19th century aristocratic families of Spain
($1200) No Count but this slightly lower British title was as noble as Horatio Nelson got
HISTORIC NUMBERS ($1600) In 1815 the Comte de Chabrol coined this numerical term for a period that had actually lasted for nearly 16 weeks
TV-POURRI ($2,000) Since 2017 this Netflix cartoon for adults has chronicled early adolescence– basically Nick Kroll’s
Sneak Peek clues — RHYME TIME
($400) Someone who lives in an underground room where wine is stored
($800) With twice as much effervescence
($1200) A senior person who joins metal parts together using heat
($1600) A fondness for the Father, Son & Holy Spirit
($2000) A stage play about the Hindu creator god
ANSWERS: show
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Hopefully Sandy Olive gets to be a 5x champ someday! Even an 161x champ at the latest to defeat Ken Jennings!
Wow. I didn’t get the final question right, but it was rather obvious that it had to be a woman in the Soviet space program.
Wow Sandy! What a pleasant surprise….first and last name provided. I like it. Could we be seeing a 5x champion in the making? I hope so. Good job Sandy. I like the Daily Double clues too.
“Name the southernmost Central American country” for $2,000? Doesn’t that seem like a top row question?
It seems the DDs are getting way easier for some reason.
Oh I don’t know; I had to pause for a moment, but I still came up with Panama before the contestant did.
I am not that familiar with the first female russian astronaut in space, but Korbut? Really? If I remember correctly, VJ Last I checked Olag Korbut is a gymnast and not an astronaut. She was nicknamed the sparrow from minsk that won 4 gold medals and a couple of silver medals from the summer olympic games. What was joel thinking? Sandy was pretty quick on the buzzer today. Looks like she could definitely pull off another win despite not getting that daily double.
Please explain further why you think “Korbut” was a bad guess, given the information the contestants had access to in the clue.
Well because when they mentioned famous women, they could have said like famous women in space which would have been more easier for the contestants to know what the final clue was referring to, jp. That would have helped a lot. Korbut would fit under famous femaie gymnasts to clear up the confusion.
Lou, imo the fact that the contestants who provided incorrect responses knew which country uses the ruble as a currency is a plus. Some other contestants may have been thrown off by that little factoid.
That seems like more of a criticism of the clue writers, not the contestants. It’s still not clear to me why Korbut should be considered a bad guess.
It seems like you are criticizing the contestant for not coming up with an astronaut (or cosmonaut) as their response, when there is no indication in the clue that the correct response would have such an occupation.
(@VJ, I know this is a lost cause, but I think it’s a fun exercise to go through every few months)
lol, JP, I guess it is interesting today when they had that gimme for a Country Facts DD. I think the majority of viewers want the Final Jeopardy! clue to be challenging. It’s very true that we have seen some really easy FJ clues over the years. However, I still think most viewers would be quite disappointed and lose interest in the game if every FJ gave TMI, like The Space Race being the category for this clue or Famous Gymnasts being the category for a clue about Olga Korbut.
Kudos to Sandy for knowing how to spell Valentina’s last name. 😁 A+ to Danielle for perfect handwriting. 😁
Korbut wasn’t a horrible guess, but her moment of glory came in 1972, and could not have been accomplished in 1963, which the clue pointed out.