Final Jeopardy: Acronyms (6-5-23)
Here are some more clues from the 6/5/2023 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.
THE PHILIPPINES ($600) Mayon Volcano on this largest Philippine island has erupted numerous times in the 21st century, causing many evacuations
TASK: FORCE ($800) French term for a clause in a contract protecting one or both parties if an act of God messes everything up
IT’S ALSO A BOAT ($800) Some hot air balloons can fit up to 30 people in this basket suspended below & carried aloft
“G”EOGRAPHY ($1000) The first part of the name of this super-glam Tokyo shopping district means “silver”
CITY HAPPENINGS ($1200) In 1815, on night 1 of his return from Elba, Napoleon landed at this then-village; in 2022, “Top Gun: Maverick” flew onscreen there
FIRST & LAST NAME’S THE SAME ($2000) 17th century essayist who was Lord Chancellor of England & 20th century painter of “Head of a Woman (Lisa Sainsbury)”
THE SCIENCE OF POETRY ($800) Dedicated to Stephen Hawking, Sarah Howe’s “Relativity” describes these as “where parallel lines will meet”
($2000) A comic verse says, “Sir James” this/ “Is a better man than you are/ None of you asses/ Can liquefy gases”
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Sneak Peek clues — THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
($200) Greg Maddux, John Smoltz & David Justice, 1985
($400) Hope Solo & Abby Wambac, 2012
($600) Matthew Stafford & Odell Beckham, Jr.
($800) Oscar Robertson & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1971
($1000) In 1985, the teammates seen here
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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The clue about the city’s buses was not a stumper; Jared got it (Montgomery) after the other two missed. His response of Tokyo, Philippines was right up there with his Olympus, Ohio answer last week. He also had a brain freeze when he identified the hockey stars instead of their team.
When Harrison missed that $2K clue late in the game to fall under half of Jared’s score, I had an immediate notion that it would cost him a win. And it likely did. (Almost a carbon copy of what happened to me.)
The French clause and the Tokyo district were all I could really come up with.
Some really difficult clues and DDs tonight.
Yeah, I thought the exact same thing – that Harrison burned himself on that one. Then again, when did Guam become a country? (Notwithstanding Rep. Hank Johnson asking Admiral “Rat” Willard if US Marines would make the island capsize.)
Annabelle seemed to just blurt out wrong answers.
As usual, I got about half the TS. But, I got FJ wrong – I said “GOAT”.
I dunno – Jared doesn’t strike me as totally champ-like. Maybe he’s just a little flat.
Thanks, Howard, I fixed that. LOL at Tokyo. I like Jared though. He seems like a happy guy to me.
He’s extremely affable and hard to root against, but he’ll get his comeuppance when they pit a strong player against him.
8-year old Julie got that Classic Children’s Books TS — it was in her wheelhouse 🤣🤣🤣
Brava, Julie!