Final Jeopardy: 19th Century Literature (6-27-23)
Here are some more clues from the 6/27/2023 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.
ONLY FANS ($800) Diehard fans of the New York Rangers are “Blue Seaters”, referring to where they sit in this arena
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES ($200) A research center at the University of Tasmania specializes in the climate & ecosystems of this continent
WHAT ARE YOU MADE OF? ($800) Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki raft: logs of this wood
COUNTRY, PLEASE ($1600) The Eiger & the Wetterhorne
WORD ORIGINS ($2000) This synonym for “obsolete” is from Latin for literally “over one year old”
2001 ($1200) Daughter of the first president, Megawati Sukarnoputri became the first woman to lead this country
A SPACE ODYSSEY ($800) (Image) Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, here’s a spectacular image of this planet with Triton shining from above
($1200) Because it ranges from about magnitude 9 to magnitude 3, the pulsating Mira Ceti is said to be this type of star
($1600) The final mission of this first U.S. space station, 1973 to 1974, included photographing & observing the comet Kohoutek
($2000) Named for the Greek goddess of strife, this dwarf planet, a 21st c. discovery, is comparable in size to Pluto
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Sneak Peek clues — IT CAME FROM NEW JERSEY
($200) We rule that Samuel Alito & Antonin Scalia came from this state capital
($400) Songs in this Broadway show include “Walk Like a Man” & “Big Girls Don’t Cry”
($600) An origin story of this candy involves the sweets in an Atlantic City shop being flooded by the ocean
($800) It was actually a trio of brothers who founded this new Brunswick-based healthcare company in 1886, but it goes by this & this
($1000) James Madison attended the College of New Jersey; Jeff Bezos went to the same school by then called this
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FJ sure stumped me; I too gave the meek guess of RL Stevenson.
How could you not root for Chris in light of his interview subject? He made a great comeback from way behind. His D-Day DD wasn’t hard, but he barely came up with the answer. Good for him.
Donna the librarian is very likable and a good player, but some of her doltish guesses irked me during her run. There were a couple more tonight that escape me at the moment.
Decent pre-FJ scores tonight, but they left a lot on the table, IMO. The debt installment beginning with A (DD); the Rangers’ arena; Kon-Tiki wood; Eiger’s country; obsolete/over 1 year old from Latin; and daughter who led her father’s country all were gettable. Donna was on the right track for the goddess of strife; but she gave a synonym and not the goddess’s name which is a common crossword clue.
Usually the show’s season wraps up around mid-July, but this year I’m not so sure. I was recently messaged on FB by a woman whom I’ve never met, but used to buy baseball cards from 30+ years ago. Somehow she knew I was on the show ages ago, and told me she’s going to be a contestant on July 28, I believe. Over time I’ve seen at least 2 people whom I’d known much earlier.
Howard, for many seasons, the show ended around the end of July / beginning of August. Of course, Season 36 ended early due to co-vid restrictions. In any case, that’s really nice that the lady you used to buy baseball cards from let you know she’ll be on the show. July 28th is the last show of this season, according to J-Archive.
I’m not surprised that Chris got FJ! He did so well in the war movie category and FJ! apparently led him to “Jungle Book”, I think he’s a film buff. Disney’s “Jungle Book” has two of my favorite voices: Louie Prima and George Sanders. I was surprised the ladies missed it.
Hmmm………In retrospect, that wasn’t such a tough FJ, but I nevertheless was stumped.
I confidently went with Jack London to my wife, but then said, Maybe Kipling?, but stayed with London. Oh well! I was a bit dismayed that the librarian didn’t get it correct.