Final Jeopardy: Pre-Civil War Presidents (6-9-20)
Here are 8 more triple stumpers from the 6/9/2020 Jeopardy! game:
HISTORY OF HUNGARY ($1000) The ancient pagan goddess, Boldogasszony, was merged with this woman, who became the country’s patroness at the instigation of its first king in 1038
IN THE DICTIONARY ($600) “A person who receives and disposes of stolen goods”
($800) “Needlework done with a needle having a small hook at one end for drawing the…yarn through intertwined loops”
GONE FISHING ($800) Black and blue are 2 species of this sport fish & there’s a multimillion-dollar Black & Blue tournament to catch them of Baja Calif.
WOMEN ARTISTS ($1200) In the ’60s British painter Bridge Riley was a leader of this movement that played tricks on your eyes
($2000) “The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction” is a recent series of works by this “Windy City” feminist artist
ADVERBIALLY ($1200) Steve Jobs liked to say Apple products were this “crazy” kind of great, also the title of a book about the Macintosh
TALK SHOW ($1600) This legend of NBC late night turned down the role that Jerry Lewis eventually played in “The King of Comedy”
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — 2 BOOKS IN 1
($400) “Oliver Copperfield”
($800) “A Farewell the Bell Tolls”
($1200) “The Great Tycoon”
($1600) “Breathing Tourist”
($2000) “The Age of Frome”
ANSWERS: show
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Paul Trifiletti is the last 5-time champion of season 36.
Speaking of Zach, his ”Man In The Moon/Man On The Moon” confusion reminds me of 1 contestant back in 2006 named John Ward, who said ”The Daring Young Man In The Flying Trapeze”, and got dinged for saying ”In”, instead of ”On”, and Christine Black picked up the rebound by correctly responding with ”The Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze”. Either way, I have never heard of that title before, until that day. As for ”Man On The Moon”, I have heard of that movie before, but I’ve never seen it.
I first heard “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” in a Popeye cartoon
Way before my time.
Well, it was made in 1934, when my father was 9 years old, so it was before my time too. 🤣
“Man on the Moon” is a very good film. It’s the story of the last days of comedian Andy Kaufman, and his desperate attempt to overcome his cancer. REM also recorded a song with that same name, also with Andy as the subject.
Yet another coincidence today, VJ, Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman came up in this morning’s Sporcle quiz.
I saw that, too, Rhonda! I said: Ha ha!! That’s the second time I got that right today! (I had to take that quiz this morning because the forward button would not work last night).
$10,800 in Triple Stumpers(including the missed DD) and an FJ! get means a win from the fourth podium
Looks like the contestants studied up on US presidents. Most presidents after the Founding Fathers are so obscure because the presidency had so little power until Theodore Roosevelt started to massively expand the scope of the executive branch.
yeah, that was a surprising game in more ways than one!
This is the 3rd time in a row where a 3-Time Champion is doable, but it just didn’t happen. Will it happen with Zach? We’ll find out tomorrow.