Final Jeopardy: National Monuments (6-25-24)
Here are some more clues from the 6/25/2024 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.
STATUES & STATUTES ($200) The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 called for both a railroad & one of these lines to be built from the Missouri to the Pacific
SOUNDS LIKE A ROMAN NUMERAL QUANTITY ($400) Amiable Borden bovine🔹( Roman numeral)
($800) To perform better than others🔹( Roman numeral)
LITERARY BADDIES ($800) This “Count” is the main antagonist of the “A Series of Unfortunate Events” books
WE PUT IT IN SPACE ($1600) The weather satellite GOES-16 was launched in 2016 by NOAA, short for this administration
KINGDOM ($800) In 2024 Frederik X became king of this Scandinavian country after his mother abdicated
($1200) In the 3rd century the Wu Kingdom had its capital at this no-longer capital that sometimes has “king” in its English name
COME ($1600) If you do this 2-word phrase “for” Ken, you come to support me; if you do this 2-word phrase Ken, you make me look bad
($2000) This word from Latin for “to hang” can replace “coming”, especially when what’s coming isn’t good
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($200) A neighbor of Manhattan, this northernmost NYC borough is just over the Willis Avenue Bridge
($400) This over 700-mile-long peninsula, a neighbor to the U.S., boast Pacific Ocean views
($600) As part of the landlocking of this nation, Cambodia border its southern tip
($800) Ontario is directly east of this province, eh?
($1000) A neighbor of Alsace, this oft-disputed region is known as Lothringen in German
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If anyone recalls the first GOAT tournament, “The Rose Tattoo” was one of Ken’s correct responses, along with “nullification”, that marked him as erudite.
Yet again, Drew missed with his phrasing. Also, his somewhat excessive celebrations are reminiscent of Jake De Arruda, who, likewise, alienated some viewers.
A very rare night when I hit all 3 doubles and that cinch final. Chesapeake Bay gave it away. I really thought Alan was going to know the Williams play. The category made it a near giveaway. And perhaps he’d have had the lead and won the game had he come up with it. Was a $6K blank-out.
Disappointed no one knew the non-railway line or the amiable bovine. And why didn’t one of them know a Chinese city ending in “king” other than the capital? Their stabs at it were totally lame.
On the word from Latin “to hang,” my answer was missing the first two letters of what the accepted response was, but I think it may have been ruled correct. Maybe not.
I did well in the game, and one of the DDs was a no brainer. As for FJ, all I could come up with was the Rock of Gibraltar. You know, I don’t recall the Star Spangled Banner specifically mentioning Fort McHenry.
Fort McHenry is not mentioned in any verse of the Star Spangled Banner. However, it is generally well known that the failure of the British to capture Fort McHenry is what inspired Francis Scott Key to write his tribute to the U.S. flag.
Fort McHenry is mentioned in the presidential proclamation signed by President Truman on July 2, 1948 that honors Francis Scott Key and the national anthem. It permits the flag to be flown all day and all night at Fort McHenry, except in inclement weather.
Here’s a little tidbit from 60 years ago. The NY World’s Fair, just a few short blocks from where we lived, had a section of state pavilions. The Maryland Pavilion played the national anthem inside. A teenage girl made headlines one day by being the only person to stand up while it played.
Drew has now qualified for the Tournament of Champions possibly a rematch with Adriana Harmeyer that he defeated her last week. He now joins the females for the next Tournament of Champions.