Final Jeopardy: History and Nature (7-7-23)
Here are some more clues from the 7/7/2023 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.
WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY ($2000) This French thinker’s multi-volume “History of Sexuality” discusses power dynamics in society
BEHIND THE BOND ($2000) A fan letter calling the Beretta “a lady’s gun” prompted Fleming to switch Bond’s gun to this German type
ONLY ONE CONSONANT ($2000) On the ocean bottom, globigerina is a type of this gooey mud containing dead organisms
The players got all the clues in HOTEL CALIFORNIA:
$200: In 1929 the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel hosted the first one of these, but of course, it wasn’t televised
$400: Hit the bricks for this theme park in Carlsbad that opened a New Castle Hotel on the premises in 2018
$600: Such a lovely place, the hotel pictured on the Eagles’ “Hotel California” album is actually this one in the 90210 ZIP code
$800: A 4-diamond inn & oasis in the middle of nowhere is a high point of this lowest point in North America
$1000: The historic Hotel Atwater on this island south of L.A. dates from the 1920s
HOTEL CALIFORNIA answers: show
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Sneak Peek clues — I’VE GOT YOUR ATOMIC NUMBER
($200) 20: It’s a major component of bone mineralization
($400) 47: This metal tarnishes
($600) 9: It’s found in toothpaste
($800) 19: Coconut water has plenty of it, as does the Cavendish
($1000) 27: It’s essential to smartphone batteries
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS: show
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And, on my comment about 7/12/2022, I did comment then on something different! As I look back, then, I stated that it looked like she didn’t prep for the game that day. But, I didn’t mention the meatballs.
Let me tell you something, Jason. I don’t particularly like either one of them as the host. Ken talks too fast and too much and Mayim giggles too much. So it’s not a matter of defending Mayim. I don’t like to see abuse piled on anyone and I don’t know why it’s so important to you to point out Mayim’s missteps. If you were being fair, you’d notice a few of Ken’s as well and comment on them, too. So to me, I’m providing that balance and not a defense.
As for the U.S. Sun, New York Post, etc etc etc, their clickbait articles are based off comments on Twitter and Reddit.
There was a direct parallel between Ken and Mayim. A few weeks back, a contestant said “whale”, and Mayim said “yes, blue whale”. In this game, King Tut’s mask, Alex said “snake”, and Ken asked for “more specific”, and I could just hear Mayim saying, “yes, a cobra”.
Yeah, Raquel defeated herself.
I was reminded of the differences between Mayim and Ken this week, too. More specifically, the shabby treatment Mayim gets vs. the radio silence when Ken makes the same mistakes.
Example: Mayim mispronounces something, she’s just an awful host; Ken mispronounces something, crickets
Maybe Jeopardy can replace Mayim with AOC.
Just watched a replay of 7/12/2022. The last clue of the first half of the first round was about IKEA, and, Tameena, who responded, first said “meatballs”, but, was NOT reminded by Mayim for “more specific”, but, did it on her own, said “Swedish meatballs”. I mean, I get your defending, but, the pauses and the abrupt ending of a round, that’s nearly objective. Also, that’s not just me. The US Sun has whole articles about these. Frankly, I wonder if they use your lovely web page as motivation/ideas for what to use!
I just knew that Tom wasn’t going to win. It seems that people over a certain age do not win on Jeopardy, except for the Steve Martin look-a-like who won the Professors Tournament.
Albert, Not a fair statement. Statistically more young people lose on Jeopardy because more of them compete on the show. Unfair to single out people over a certain age just because they don’t win. After all, they did qualify to participate on the show.
Also, accountants generally don’t do well on the show. How many accountants have made the TOC? Not too many. Accountants generally don’t have the Arts & Letters background in order to be successful on the show.
Oh Raquel, you coulda been a contenda. I was sure you’d know the German code machine. That and another wrong answer or two doomed you to second.
I’m still “verklempt” that young Alex knew what klezmer music is.
Tom sure had some strange answers, such as “rust” for a metallic element.
And “algae” for gooey ocean mud.
I knew the Parisian bridge but it would not have been accepted had I offered up the French name.
I think Tom was nervous and just panicked when he answered “rust”.
They should have added in English to that bridge clue
That triple stumper on the Grand Canal bridge reminded me of the Mighty Mouse cartoon on this Favorite Cartoons post. It’s an animated depiction with a bunch of mice and some fish singing along with Pearl Pureheart 🤣