Final Jeopardy: Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey (6-28-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from then 6/28/2022 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.
THE NIFTY ’50S ($200) Ushering in a new age, the UNIVAC, developed for the Bureau of the Census, stood for Universal Automatic this
($1000) With much of the funding from the Rothschild family, the cornerstone of this Israeli parliament building was laid in 1958
OTHELLO, MACBETH OR HAMLET SAYETH… ($1000) Hamlet opines: “Thus” this “does make cowards of us all”; earlier, Hammy vowed to catch it “of the king”
12-LETTER WORDS ($1000) It’s not an operation on a tiny area, it’s one using a magnifying instrument
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? ($600) Brontophobia: it can rattle you & your house
($1000) Ergophobia
THE MAP OF EUROPE ($1600) At Arles, France, this river that originates in Switzerland splits into 2 branches, each emptying into the Mediterranean
ARCHAEOLOGY GLOSSARY ($1600) Seen here (image) is a quartet of this type of jar used to hold organs during mummification
HIT ME ($1200) “Stay”, 2021: The Kid LAROI & him
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Sneak Peek clues — SHOE KNOW IT!
($200) The LeBron James Innovation Center is the home of the Sport Research Lab of this company
($400) On April 1, 1960, this Dr. was in with its 8-holed 1460 boot, 1/4/60 being the European date
($600) A red lacquer sole is a hallmark of the shoes designed by this Frenchman; so is an $800 price tag
($800) This Maine company offers men’s wicked good moccasins
($1000) And Just like that, you learned TV’s Carrie Bradshaw got married in blue Hangisi heels by this Spanish designer
ANSWERS: show
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Pretty good scores today, considering the wrong answers and stumpers. Pete stood like a statue early on, then made a heck of a comeback
FJ stumped me. “Baron” probably was a big clue leading one to “Lord.” You just had to know which one. I’d dozed off for a few minutes before FJ and woke up just as the clue was exposed.
Somewhat surprised not one of them knew King Edward’s lover; Khayyam’s famous work; the C in UNIVAC; Israeli Parliament; Hamlet quote; ergophobia. I still remember my HS English teacher, Dr. Stern in 1967-68, drilling that Hamlet quote into our heads with a simple 3-word phrase: “Thought inhibits action.” He put that question on a written test, and I blew it.
As far as English poetry goes, Jeopardy! hopefuls should know that Keats, Shelley and Byron died young in the 1820s. Byron was 36, the only one of the 3 to make it past 30. The 2 youngest Bronte sisters, born in the 1820s, also died young in the 1840s.
At least no one here has said “Nobody knows anything about 19th century British poets” (yet, at least).
I had no idea, so, I said “Rudyard Kipling”, even though, in my mind I thought he lived into the 20th century.
One thing I noticed about Joe was that he didn’t seem to buzz in until/unless he knew it (vs those that just want to be first on the buzzer, and figure they’ll come up with it).
This game didn’t seem to be as erudite as yesterday’s.
And, a teeny factoid about George Gordon, Lord Byron: at death, his brain was weighed, and was found to be 82.25 ounces. Lord Byron had a 5 pound brain. (That’s large.)
I got, as per usual, about half of the TS.
I am happy to see Pete winning and happy that Pete and Joe stayed with their original bets. I hope that orange tie will give Pete some good luck tomorrow.
That was a tough one as we got a triple stumper since today’s Final was not nice to anybody.
It hasn’t been fully nice to everybody since April 8th. Way too long.
Day 57 of Jeopardy games since we’ve seen a fj triple solve and counting.
Well! I certainly wasn’t anticipating that result this morning when I said I hope I don’t see Lord Byron up there!
By the way, the contestants had the same response in the final.
Yes, of course. That is what unanimous means, Ismael..