Final Jeopardy: Compound Word Origins (7-25-23)
Here are some more clues from the 7/25/2023 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.
SOMETHING’S ROTTEN ($1000) After the Sex Pistols, Johnny Rotten, now John Lydon, fronted this band, PiL for short
IN DENMARK ($200) Denmark claims the longest-used one of these— the Dannebrog, which legend says fell to Earth in a 1219 battle
($400) Danish beermaster J.C. Jacobsen named this brewery for his son
STATE THE 19TH CENTURY SENATOR ($2000) Charles Sumner, a free stater nearly beaten to death on the Senate floor by a southerner
SOMEBODY WROTE THAT ($2000) “The summer range lay above the tree line on Forest Service land on Brokeback Mountain”
KISS & TELL ($1600) In Genesis 29, on first meeting his beloved Rachel, he kissed her “and lifted up his voice, and wept”
($2000) Beginning around 1908, this Romanian carved several versions of “The Kiss” from blocks of stone, including the one seen here
WRITER-DIRECTORS ($1200) He & Joe Robert Cole wrote the scripts for “Black Panther” & its sequel, & he directed both films, too
($1600) Born in Austria, he learned English while rooming with Peter Lorre, so it’s lucky the people in “Some Like It Hot” don’t talk like I am
THE IDIOMS GO THATAWAY ($800) Meaning somewhat liberal, this 3-word phrase describes how you’ve moved from the median
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Sneak Peek clues — RHYME THE TIME
($200) To turn down that delicious glass of burgundy
($400) To have joint custody of a grizzly
($600) To surprise– nay, absolutely astound– a convent sister
($800) To give up to another your foremost position in a race
($1000) To abandon that scrumptious butterkuchen
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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We can never know where a contestant’s mind is during a game. I refuse to believe that a Notre Dame graduate doesn’t know about a compound word. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish Wire has been giving Taylor Clagett great media coverage even after tonight’s loss. I have not forgotten what he said about his niece who had his name. I would be very hesitant to be critical of him because I’m not in his shoes. Things happen in life that are not always easy to explain nor personally understood. He was a 2x champ and now Julie is champ. Congratulations Julie.
I’m glad Julie won. She seems nice,
I can’t believe the Final. I thought this is the type of Final that 99 out of 100 Jeopardy players could answer correctly. The champ missing the Final blew my mind. I thought Taylor would be in the next Tournament of Champions.
I am utterly stunned that a decent champion could not come up with a compound word. That had to be one of the easiest finals ever.
And I’m not sure I understood any of their wagers. Taylor was more or less compelled to bet $6701+. $8722 kind of mystified me. Julie probably should have wagered $4601 to lock out Andrew, or maybe the whole enchilada. I’m still trying to figure out Andrew’s puny wager. If he’d bet it all, my fellow Portlander would have won.
Disappointed that librarian Julie got confused on her DD and picked Wright (“Native Son”) instead of Ellison (“Invisible Man”). Really thought she’d nail that one. Also a little surprised no one knew who wrote “Brokeback Mountain.” Not a household name, but very knowable.
“His beloved Rachel” wasn’t too tough, neither were turn down the burgundy or 3-word phrase for somewhat liberal. The writer-director born in Austria is one of my favorites, but his name temporarily eluded me.
In my opinion that was one of the easiest finals in a while.
Taylor didn’t win and get the final Jeopardy right because he only had the right side of the word “superstar.” For Taylor, better luck next time. For now, Julie is the game’s champion and will play again tomorrow.
What was the question (answer Lake Champlain)? Did I hear wrong, or did they say it was “between Vermont and New Hampshire”? Because, it is not!
Nope- I heard wrong, I guess.
NY and Vermont. It forms most of VT’s western border.
Dang! We were so close to having our 3 day champion since last month. But we’ll see if Julie can break that long drought. Only 3 games left to go til the season’s over.