Final Jeopardy: Literature (6-26-24)
Here are some more clues from the 6/26/2024 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.
GRAPPLE SAUCE ($1000) In 1938, in what was billed as the first women’s match in this, when a winner was declared, it took time to figure out who she was
HISTORIC NAMES ($1600) Empress Wu Zhao, the only woman to rule China in her own right, added a little zest to this dynasty beginning in 690
($2000) Builder of Egypt’s first pyramid & later worshipped as a god of medicine; his name lives on in the “Mummy” movies
ELLIS ISLAND ($800) It’s been debunked that this often happened at Ellis Island–inspectors just verified info from ship manifests
($1200) In 2008 the museum’s library was named for this ski-nosed comedian who came through Ellis Island as a 4-year-old
($1600) More detainments occurred due to trachoma, a contagious condition of this organ, than any other ailment
ALL THAT JAZZ ($800) Kansas City jazz in the ’30s featured arrangements with these repeated syncopated phrases, a word possibly from “refrain”
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: THEY WROTE THE BOOKS
($200) “The Pelican Brief” & “The Client”
($400) “The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle” & “The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit”
($600) “Prince Lestat” & “The Queen of the Damned”
($800) “Grey” & “The Missus”
($1000) “Absalom, Absalom!” & “Light in August”
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FJ too tough for me, but I felt a bit confident guessing Tennyson.
The women were competent and pleasant. Maryl had one boo-boo too many to prevent a lock game, including that strange “Ellington” answer for the alliterative scat singer. (Although technically his real first name was Edward. But he was known as a bandleader. I vaguely remember seeing them in the mid-60s.)
“Zest” led me to the Chinese dynasty. You’d almost have to be from my generation to remember the legendary ski-nosed comedian.
My father’s parents both came through Ellis Island, as far as I know, and the family name did change somewhere along the way, but I don’t know when. Been a while now, but I recall visiting Ellis Island and seeing my grandfather’s name listed. He died young when I was one.
According to Mamie Van Doren, ski nose was a big lecher.
Did not know that, but Milton Berle was a notorious, and supposedly prodigious, skirt-chaser.
I have never much liked that poem. Whatever Shelley meant by it, it’s rather ironic that Ramesses statues are still around. Another sculpture of him that was stolen in the ’80s or ’90s was just recently returned to Egypt.
It’s also laughable to me that the sculptor could read the nasty character of the King of Kings and capture it in the sculpture. No way were they gonna get away with making the Pharaoh look bad.
My favorite Shelley poem is “Love’s Philosophy”
Drew becomes the second player this season to win 6 games and he becomes the third giant killer to win 5 or more games and qualify for the Tournament of Champions.
I feel bad for Maryl. I liked her. Maybe she gets a second chance invite.
Drew was more reserved this win. Thank heavens for that. However, his last response, again – phrasing!
I got FJ. Also, I liked the way Ken quizzed Drew! I knew the poem, but, I never read it.
I don’t have a problem with Drew. I don’t like Ken’s unnecessary swipes at Drew’s chat stories, like the trip to Italy where Drew didn’t write anything till he got back home. “Oh,” Ken said, “so you totally scammed them.” That was not what Drew was trying to convey.
Today, Ken just mocked Drew’s chat story about falling asleep while cat-sitting. Drew took that in stride.
Also, why does Ken think he has to point out contestant guesses? Oh, you didn’t seem too sure… was that a guess? I wish someone would say nope, I totally knew it -or- I was just messing with you.