Final Jeopardy: Pairs In Astronomy (7-12-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from then 7/12/2022 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 LYIN’ KING ($400) One story says this King of Ithaca told Clytemnestra her daughter could marry Achilles, but it was a lie
IN DISPOSABLE ($400) Lawyers do this with a case, while others do it to respond to a claim of crime
($1000) Actually quite hairy, the horse’s coloration is described as this 7-letter adjective
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE ($800) In 1984 this singer who fronted The Time knew it was time for the world to hear “Jungle Love”
LAKES & RIVERS & A MOUNTAIN ($1200) Here is Gasherbrum I, also known as K5, in this Asian mountain range
THE ALEXANDER FILES ($400) Coptic Orthodox Pope & Saint Alexander was appropriately patriarch of this coastal city in the 4th century A.D.
SOUNDS SMART ($2000) Hercule Poirot relied on these “colorful” things in his brain to spur on his mental gymnastics
ON THE LABEL ($1200) Jim Beam bourbon: “40% ALC/VOL” & in parentheses this number & word (Note: to lower left of ribbon)
($1200) Of Crest 3D White Professional Ultra White Toothpaste, “4%” this bleaching compound
“TOP” OF THE POPS ($800) In 1965 they topped the Pops with “I Can’t Help Myself”
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Sneak Peek clues — NATIONAL-SOUNDING ITEMS
($200) Before getting stranded in “Cast Away”, Tom Hanks gives Helen Hunt one of these helpful gadgets, right off his keychain
($400) Comrade this gift (image), like an onion, has many layers
($600) In 2020 Ikea did right by releasing its recipe for these bite-sized bits of globular goodness
($800) This 3M grease & stain repellant needs no kilt
($1000) This fancy sleeve end doubles back on itself & uses links instead of buttons
ANSWERS show
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Two wrong bets in this game.
Steve should have bet more than 5000 in the Daily Double so it would be a runaway game for him if he answered correctly (and he did). He had 20,000 going into FJ.
Ben should have bet all of his money (10,000) so he could at least tie Steve if he gets it correctly and Steve bet nothing.
Ugh. As if these contestants never watched Jeopardy.
The way Mayim struggled with Clytemnestra and Brahmaputra, I’m really becoming more convinced that her prep is lacking. She did, differentially, do better with “Karakoram”, although I think she just sounded that one out phonetically.
I cosign everyone else about that horrid wager of $3k. There goes his chance of ever being J! champ. It was his to lose. Go big or go home – and he did the latter!
Kim is right about the cringeworthy wager the teacher made, but the “lawyer” bet $5K to raise his score to $20K and left himself vulnerable to the guy with $10K…bet 1 more dollar for crying out loud and you have a runaway…he deserved to lose as well…
I disagree. The lawyer had mere seconds to place his wager; in the limited time he did his best thinking because if he had gotten it wrong he would be $1 behind going into FJ. The teacher had plenty of time (and I believe they get a calculator too so they can do the math accurately), so he has no excuse for his meaningless wager. Sometimes you wonder how these people can claim to be huge fans of the show and not understand basic wagering strategy just by watching the show for years.
What the? Ben makes that dynamite comeback in DJ, then wimps out on a $3K bet? I didn’t think anyone would get FJ (I sure didn’t) and was impressed with his correct response. That was his game to win after Steve’s daring bet on the last DD. No guts, no glory. I foresaw Ben wagering $10K and Steve either $0 or $1.
Most of the stumpers were brain-crushers to me. I did know “Can’t Help Myself” group; the “Pere” author; and the Jim Beam logo words.
The “peroxide” answer that was wrong but “hydrogen peroxide” was correct should also have been given a “be more specific” as well…the outcome for Tehmeena could have been different.
We are talking about the same clue, Karen: ON THE LABEL ($1200) Of Crest 3D White Professional Ultra White Toothpaste, “4%” this bleaching compound
Only we didn’t specify the answers because it ended up being a triple stumper. (See the top of page 2)
I agree. Hydrogen Peroxide is in fact a peroxide.
Steve loses only a buck after his response in Final Jeopardy is wrong, and went to the 2nd-day champion.
Collin, why do you keep repeating things that are already covered in the recap?
I would have loved to see the history teacher double up on his bet as well. Tahmeena was robbed of that clue on toothpaste. She should be in the second chance tournament.
I very rarely deal with ‘what ifs’ but I will for this game. Tehmeena should have been given a “be more specific” on the Crest toothpaste clue because she gave Mayim half the answer.
Of course, only Tehmeena knows if she could have come up with the other half if she was prompted for being close. If she got it right, however, she would have been the one to get the last Daily Double and she would have had $6,400. I’m sure whoever got that last super easy Daily Double was going to be right, so Tehmeena would have had the potential to finish in second place. I know she didn’t get FJ! right but I’m pretty sure the final bets would have been a lot different.
Totally agree. Peroxide is not wrong; it’s just incomplete. And Steve betting $1 and still winning? Ugh.
The history teacher is rubbish at math. His bet was cringe-worthy. Man just double up and win!!! This will haunt him for the rest of his life.