Final Jeopardy: Word Origins (7-28-23)
Here are some more clues from the 7/28/2023 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.
REAL FAST ($200) The speedy skating of 1940s NHL great Maurice Richard earned him this self-propelled nickname
($400) Sifan Hassan holds the women’s world record in this track event: 4 minutes, 12.33 seconds (Note: new record set on 7/21/23: Faith Kipyegon 4:07.64)
($800) Jorge Masvidal used a flying knee strike to knock out his opponent in just 5 seconds at this event in 2019
ON THE MONEY ($800) He was the first to breed mules in America on his farm
($2000) He died on April 15
BRITISH LITERATURE ($800) Perhaps wandering lonely as a cloud, this poet was inspired to pen “Daffodils” about the flowers he saw at Lake Ullswater
($1200) Elizabeth Gaskell’s 1855 novel “North & South” depicts this British city as a cotton-spinning hellmouth, calling it “Milton”
NATIONAL ANTHEMS ($1200) Rabindranath Tagore wrote the anthems of these 2 countries, one independent since 1947, one since 1971
($2000) The music of Germany’s anthem was composed by this Austrian for the 1797 birthday of the Holy Roman Emperor
IF YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU ($400) The American Cancer Society says, “Stay away from” this, “quitting… is not easy but it can be done”
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Sneak Peek clues — BREEDS OF SHEEP
($200) With a white face mostly free of wool, the Columbia was developed by this cabinet department in the early 1900s
($400) Suffolk is popular both for lamb & this, meat from a sheep that’s a yearling or older
($600) The North Ronaldsay, the Blackface & the Border Cheviot (with a black muzzle) are breeds first developed in this U.K. country
($800) Sheep like the Dorper that shed and don’t need shearing are called not wool, but this type
($1000) Originally a Spanish breed, it first came to Australia in 1797 & changed that country’s economy forever
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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Thanks to everyone for the kind words and encouragement ❤️
I am so glad that you’ve been feeling stronger as time has gone on, VJ, and that you find all of our wishes and encouraging words to be such a source of strength to you.
Love you and appreciate you so very much!! And many thanks to Nikki for all of the hard work that she has done on Fikkle Fame, especially the many fun quizzes that she has provided!!
@VJ, You definitely always make my day with this website. My household has always kept you in its thoughts as you so bravely tackled whatever came your way. Most of all, You’re blessed to have a daughter like Nikki. I enjoy her posts on Spoiler Talk. Her selected quizzes keep me on my toes. I enjoy the way she emulates her mom. She has the best role model.
First of all, a shout-out to VJ, who provides us daily fodder for review and discussion. The site is a real blessing, especially when I miss the show. And even when I watch it, I get to vent about dumb errors (which is taboo on the Facebook Jeopardy! contestants page) and crow about the stumpers I knew.
My old acquaintance Sharon was right there tonight. She was so effusive both publicly and privately on FB, that I felt sure she was going to win, maybe even in a runaway. She had a rough start with some goofy answers (“football” for the moved holiday) and 50-yard dash being run in over 4 minutes by a woman.
I never read any of his writings, but in the middle of the FJ music, Hunter S Thompson came to me and led me to the answer. Sharon being from New England, I thought she’d know the Boston term for a someone on a bender.
(I sure didn’t). It cost her $24K and a summer of anticipation and likely nervousness. (I was on a show called “Split Second” in 1974. I won the last 2 taped games one night, then had to wait about 6 days till the next session. I was a nervous wreck that whole week and lost when they put the two sharpest people from the new contestant pool up against me.)
The stumpers/missed DD were tricky as usual, but I knew or guessed the writer of Aurora Leigh (DD); the “behold the man” translation; Maurice Richard’s nickname (he once scored 50 goals in 50 games); mule-breeding man; British city called Milton; and the countries that became independent in 1947/1971.
Having been a journalist long ago, I should have known the term for self-employed writers. No excuses for that one.
@Howard, I also thought Sharon would be familiar with Boston slang. It sounds like a ’60s kind of thing (Gon[e]zo). She did quite well otherwise.
As for the stumpers — I got a bunch of them but that ‘Mill-town’ ref went right over my head. 😂 I could not believe no one knew the date of Lincoln’s death.
As I mentioned earlier today, I knew FJ! because an author I worked for years ago was called a gonzo journalist.
I don’t know why, but I got the Mill-town clue. Maybe it’s just the displaced Mancoonian that I am not!
I had no clue, just guessed another city beginning with M. I was half-attentive at that moment and thought he pronounced it Milton and not Mill-town.
He did say Milton, Howard. That’s why it went over my head and why I put Mill-Town in quotes. I would have picked up on that.
Sharon could have put the game away on that second daily double but Lucas would have prevented it on the next clue. I think Sharon will most likely be back for the next second chance tournament.
I hope one of the Jeopardy “archivists” who know a lot of arcane facts and stats will check on next year’s Second Chance Tournament and tell us all how many of them got to come back despite missing Final Jeopardy. Because I can’t imagine that anyone who could have won the game with a correct response would be invited back. Just my opinion, but I think the 2nd Chance should go to players who had high scores, got FJ correct, but lost by a small margin.
First, VJ, I love LOVE lawv your site! I just wish I’d found it earlier than I did!!
Bummer on Howard’s friend. She started out a little rough, but seemed to find her groove.
I thought FJ was kinda straightforward. I mean, there could only be one of several responses.
I just thought of something – Sharon is from Pawtucket. That isn’t far from Boston. I’m not from there, so, I had to make a guess, but, I might surmise that she might have known that. Only Boston slang I know is a milkshake is a frappe, and a water fountain is a bubbler!
Again, VJ, love it here!!
I came up with ‘yellow’ journalism for FJ as the clues seemed to have been rather cryptic.
Thanks for another season VJ. You are in my prayers.
So that means for the first time since June, we finally have our first 3 day champion. Congrats to Lucas for ending that long drought and ending the season on a high note. What a great season it has been. We’ll be seeing Lucas again in September when he goes for win #4. Have a great summer VJ.
VJ, rest assured your site is a magnificent tribute to Jeopardy! and your determination to provide interest in the show and a forum for discussion. I enjoy every day, especially your “extras” about Final Jeopardy where I often. if not always, learn something new. You are very much appreciated! Please be well and join us again in Season 40.