Final Jeopardy: Tech History (7-29-22)
Here are more triple stumpers from the 7/29/2022 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 players missed one clue in JUST TAKE THE L:
($200) Take the L out of a beer league sport (in an alley) & you get an act of showing respect
($400) Take the L out of a beer league sport (on ice) & you get an act of healing a disease
($600) The sticker identifying the contents of a bottle drops an L to be a doomed man in the Bible
($800) Another term for a merry-go-round loses an L to go party & get its drink on in a big way
($1000) A word describing mild weather mildly drops an L to become a major part of concrete
ANSWERS: show
They also missed one clue in MASHED-UP SITCOM TITLES:
($400) “King of Theory”
($800) “Will & Greg”
($1200) “Father Knows Geeks”
($1600) “Spin Mr. Cooper”
($2000) “Caroline in the Boat”
ANSWERS: show
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Sneak Peek clues — FRENCH PHRASES
($400) The best of the best, also repetitive in French
($800) A chef of great skill, or the famed cooking school in Paris where Julia Child trained, the only woman in her class
($1200) The kid isn’t really escaping from the picture frame; it’s this style, meant to fool the eye
($1600) Full discretionary power or freedom, like being handed a blank paper
($2000) A passionate plea, it literally translates as “cry of the heart”
ANSWERS: show
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All 3 made poor bets. If Luigi made the standard cover bet and missed, Darin didn’t bet enough to beat that total. Katrina didn’t bet enough to beat Darin had he doubled this total. And, as was mentioned by Kim, Luigi didn’t bet quite enough to win had Katrina doubled her score. Can you imagine the look on Luigi’s face had Katrina bet it all? We’ve already had one winner this week make that mistake when she bet enough to cover the 3rd place contestant but not the 2nd place one.
Dang. I came up with ‘scanner’ for FJ so perhaps I was wrong on that score.
Luigi de Guzman will see him again in Season 39 in September!! Still not a 2-day champion for Katrina. The contestant’s name Luigi reminds me of Super Mario Bros.
Me too.
Season 38 was the best season with superchamps and streakers. I want to thank you VJ and Nikki for sharing the jeopardy recaps of this season it has been a fantastic ride. Looking forward to seeing season 39 in September. Congrats to the players on the triple solve.
I just noticed, Luigi’s bet was not smart at all. If Katrina had doubled up he would’ve lost. I was happy for him but now I’m not. Wagering incompetence is something I will not tolerate.
Ken’s wisecrack on French Phrases, $1200 clue, was funny and so spontaneous. In contrast, Mayim is wooden and her weak attempts at humor are so forced. Sadly, they haven’t done any end-of-season performance evaluation and are retaining her.
I have to say thanks to VJ and her family-team for such amazing updates throughout the season. And a special special thanks to VJ for mentioning some months ago the poem “Miniver Cheevy” in reference to a clue about the Medicis. I had neither heard of the poem or the poet but since then MC has become one of my favorite poems. I sometimes cough while having tea and quote, “Miniver coughed and called it fate, and kept on drinking.”
Thanks, klm, it’s nice to know that you like Miniver Cheevy. Richard Cory is another good poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
In one way, your comparison about Mayim is funny. She has been ruthlessly criticized for spontaneous remarks and spontaneous giggling (just shut up!) But of course, like various other things they both do, Ken gets a pat on the back.
On the other hand, you could have just said Ken’s remark was funny and left it at that. I am really tired of these negative Mayim comparisons because, in my view, they are unfair. I sincerely hope that I’m not going to see them next season (assuming I’m still hanging in there) and especially when we’re not even going to see Mayim on the regular show until January 2023.
Season 39 starts in September 12, 2022. What a season it has been with super champs. This has been the best season ever.