Final Jeopardy: Oscar-Winning Actors (6-24-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from then 6/24/2022 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.
PALINDROMIC NUMBERS ($1000) The Lee-Enfield rifle used by British forces in the Boer War & 2 World Wars was also known as this, its caliber
2022 ANNIVERSARIES ($800) It’s been 50 years since this company named for its 2 founders introduced the first pocket scientific calculator
FACTS & FIGURES ($1600) In 2022 this space company founded by Richard Branson announced tickets for a 90-minute flight would cost a mere $450,000
PEOPLE IN POETRY ($2000) Belinda is the young woman whose “shining ringlets” are scandalously removed in this Alexander Pope poem
& ON DRUMS… ($800) Hannah Welton drummed for 3rdEyeGiri, from 2012 to 2016 the all-female backing band of this late genius
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Sneak Peek clues — WORDS IN COMPARISON
($200) About 25 species of this arachnid with a segmented & curved tail have venom that can kill humans
($400) A decoration utilizing small colored inlaid glass & stone pieces
($600) A shade of red, or to leave someone stuck on an island
($800) A shade of red associated with embarrassment
($1000) Specially made 2-word area in a house to retreat to in times of great fear
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Btw VJ & Rhonda, I forgot to mention that Jeopardy won the Emmy last night for Best Game Show. The ladies in my family were watching the Emmy Award Show & yelled to me that Jeopardy won. I got to the Media Room just in time to hear Mike Davies acceptance speech. He mentioned having worked with Merv Griffin. Now I know what Mike Davies, the Executive Producer, looks like on TV anyway. Seemed like a down-to-earth person.
I almost forgot to mention. There was no mistaking his British accent which I always enjoy listening to. It sounds so distinguished imo.
Oh, yes, Jacob, I agree with you about the way the British accent sounds. I was also watching last night and was pleased that Jeopardy won another Emmy for best game show.
is there a video of the emmy speech posted online? can someone please post the link? thanks.
klm, I looked around for a video of that part but I can’t find one on YouTube or anywhere else. You can stream the whole show on Paramount Plus if you have that, or with a free trial if you want to go that route.
It’s also possible that Jeopardy! will put the clip up on their site by Monday.
thanks for the effort VJ. i hope Jeopardy puts it up.
I’m liking Joe. He looks like a well-rounded contestant. Lauren was sharp too. Good match. Both did Maryland proud. I figured Jeff would become toast after he missed the Hewlett Packard clue. That’s basic Business courses knowledge.
Without having read all the comments, I’d not have known you were ailing. I hope that whatever it is doesn’t affect you much longer. Your site is a real treasure.
Very good group tonight. The missed DD was gettable if one knew the Burroughs reference. Not a lot of famous Beat poets to choose from.
FJ was a cinch. If you knew any one of the winner’s 3 movies’ years (I happened to know all of them), it wasn’t too hard to know who the male star of that movie was. And not a lot of men have won 3 Best Actor Oscars. (The corresponding winners were Louise Fletcher, Shirley Maclaine, and Helen Hunt.)
Hmmmm…….In FJ, .I went with Robert Redford, but oh well..
VJ, I hope you feel better soon. Don’t worry about the site – you already did all the important stuff. However, I wanted to agree with you about the Pope poem. Never liked it. Didn’t care if it was satire or criticism. You surely went above and beyond with the second chance. Maybe I will try The Essay on Man. Even at this late date (for me), my mind can be changed. Again, thank you for all you do for us fans. You and your site are gems!
Thank you, Sam. Pope was a Roman Catholic, as you may know. That’s why I mentioned my high school. I wondered why they didn’t teach us the Essay on Man when you can see Pope’s very Catholic views in it. Most likely, they just taught what was in the textbook for that year.
So many quotes come from Pope’s works. “Hope springs eternal” is from the Essay on Man. However, as Brilliant as he was, he just didn’t know when to shut up. You’ll see what I mean by that!
I had a really hard time trying to get my winners image today and now my right arms hurts so much, I gave up till later.
To borrow a phrase from a certain WW2 General, I shall return.
But before I go and rest my arm, I wanted to say that I went to a Catholic high school and we had to study that Alexander Pope poem that was a TS. I disliked it so much it almost turned me off Pope for all time. But I gave him another chance and as it turned out, I love the Essay on Man.
I also will agree about the Pope poem as I am not a huge fan of it either. So maybe I will catch up on the essay of man as well. Praying that your arm will recover soon VJ
Oh and happy to see Joe winning. Congrats to the challengers from Maryland getting final.
Thanks for the prayers, Lou.