Final Jeopardy: Famous Phrase Origins (6-30-20)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question in the category “Famous Phrase Origins” was:

One theory says a phrase for euphoria comes from Plate No. 9 in an 1896 meteorological “Atlas” of these

Today’s players: New champ Steven Grade, from Atlanta, GA; Sarah Von Oeven, a librarian from Troy, MI; and Kenji Shimizu, from Ann Arbor, MI.

This is a rerun from 3/28/2019. The full recap is over here

Here is a link to the weekly recap with all the FJ! clues from that week

Here are some more clues from other Steven Grade games:

HE WAS SENATOR & PRESIDENT ($1000) This New Yorker & future president joined the Senate in 1821 & soon led the fight against imprisonment for debt

ALLONS-Y ($1600) The duchy of a historic Eleanor, this beautiful region of southwest France added “Nouvelle” to its name in 2016

QUARTZ & ALL ($800) This silty, wind-blown stuff is 60 to 70% quartz, more or…

SCI-FI TRANSPORTS ($1600) On this ’60s TV show the Jupiter II carried Dr. Smith & the Robinson family off course

AN APRIL TO REMEMBER ($1000) On April 15, 1974, as everyone else paid taxes, this radical “Army”, the S.L.A., was robbing a bank of $11,000

CLOTHING ($1600) In 1986 Levi’s launched this brand of casual khaki pants

GAMES WITH DICE ($1000) Hasbro sells a retro 1986 edition of this game with its iconic dome-shaped Pop-O-Matic die roller

THE MIDDLE AGES ($1200) Theodoric was one of these religious leaders in opposition to the accepted bishop of Rome

FOR HUMANITY ($400) This Scot believed a “man who dies rich dies disgraced” & devoted himself to philanthropy after selling his steel company

MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU ($2000) “Anthony Adverse” & a family name inspired actor Bernard Schwartz to take this stage name & use it in “Some Like It Hot”