Final Jeopardy: Art & Theatre (7-18-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from then 7/18/2022 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.
GIVING YOU THE BOOT ($200) Buzzfeed featured these double-talk, thigh-high boots “that will look totally far out in your closet”
($600) Woo-woo! All aboard these boots, known for their stovepipe calf
($800) As well as pants for horse riding, they can be ankle-high boots with a strap buckled at the side
GOOD HISTORY ($1000) In 2020, these Accords named for a Biblical man raised to 6 the Arab nations with diplomatic ties to Israel
ACTING UP ON TV ($800) It’s the last name of John Hillerman’s Jonathan & Perdita Weeks’ Juliet, friends of “Magnum P.I.” across the decades
($1000) Beltalowda! Keon Alexander showed wide range as Marco Inaros, leader of the Free Navy on this Amazon sci-fi show
THE WOUK MOB ($400) In Wouk’s “Aurora Dawn” from 1947, a young man works in this broadcast medium; Wouk lived to write a book partly in e-mails
($600) “The Winds of War” begins with “Pug” Henry made military attaché in this European city, sensing the winds of war indeed
($1000) Physicist Guy Carpenter is out of a job in “A Hole in Texas”, based on the real cancellation of the Superconducting this machine
COLOR ME BAD ($400) This rhyming fictional “illness” involves police officers disrupting operations by calling in sick
($600) If you’re cowardly, you can be lily-livered or this other hyphenated term mentioning a nearby body part
10-, 11- & 12-LETTER WORDS ($1600) This word meaning “nonsense” begins with the name of a son of Odin
($2000) This term of a tightrope walker comes from Latin for “rope” & “walk”
TROPHY HUSBAND ($2000) L.A.’s Musicians Institute was the meeting place (image) of Jae Lin and this husband, a 2002 Grammy winner with Sonic partner Bruno Mars
ACTIVE BIBLE VERSES ($1200) “And when he had opened the fourth seal…I looked, and behold a pale” this: “and his name that sat on him was Death”
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Sneak Peek clues — “THE” END
($200) To feel intense dislike
($400) To alleviate or provide solace
($600) To fancy up an argument with big words, or to array with garments
($800) To be filled with violent emotion, perhaps rage
($1000) Happy & lighthearted, like a title character in a classic Noël Coward play
ANSWERS: show
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3 years ago today was Alex Trebek’s last tiebreaker during his lifetime. July 18th, what is it with you & tiebreakers?
Erica was the best player, but we know that the best doesn’t always win. Both she and William wagered enough to lock out Emily, but $6001 was the proper wager here. She’ll regret that for a long time. Until a few years ago, tied players kept their $$ and both came back.
I thought the 3 DDs were pretty soft, and I guessed right on FJ. Read the play 50+ years ago in French class but never saw a production.
Stumpers were mostly nasty. I did know Marjorie Morgenstern’s name; the police illness; the colorful body part; and the Behold the pale clue.
A very exciting game today and a congrats to all the players on the triple solve. Also happy to see William winning this game.
I’ve never seen this many triple stumper in a game. When was the last time we had more than 13 missed clues in the main round?
The way Erica reacted to Ken saying she’d got FJ right, the way she gasped and expelled her breath, it felt as if she thought she’d won, only to realize her wager was not good enough. And it wasn’t. She had no business wagering that amount as it only covered her for Emily doubling up. She also should’ve covered for William doubling up, which she didn’t. And deserved to lose because of her math incompetence.
I thought she was afraid that her scribbled response would not be accepted and really, the last letter looked a lot more like an L than a T.
I thought she had such a rush of relief when it was accepted that her reflexes were going to be off in the tiebreaker anyway.
Oh VJ, now that I recall the way she scribbled her FJ response, your explanation does seem more reasonable.
Personally, I’m not sure that I would have accepted that scribbled response. Fortunately, she did lose, and that was only right.
What an exciting finish it has been to start off the new week! This is the second time this season that we had a tiebreaker. Only 9 more games to go until the season finale.