Final Jeopardy: Science & the Bible (7-8-22)
Here are some more triple stumpers from then 7/8/2022 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.
HISTORIC STRUCTURES ($400) Charles I was the last monarch to sleep in this castle, the night before he was crowned king of Scotland in 1633
($1000) Protecting the Roman Empire’s alpine frontier, the Porta Nigra or “black gate”, is in Trier, now in this country
THE JACKSONS, 5 ($1200) In 2004, a stretch of highway in Georgia was named in honor of this country great (Image)
($2000) A 2-time Oscar winner, she went on to serve in Britain’s Parliament from 1992 to 2015 (Image)
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Sneak Peek clues — ROLE CALL
($200) Hitting the big screen as Vito Corleone in “The Godfather” was an offer this actor couldn’t refuse
($400) In 2022’s “The Batman”, Zoë Kravitz brought a new take on this character with a secret identity of her own
($600) These are the first names of the 2 characters played by Humphrey & Ingrid in “Casablanca”
($800) In this film, Jared Leto plays the title biochemist who tries to cure himself of a rare disease but infects himself with vampirism instead
($1000) King Kong had nothing on this actor when he starred as LAPD detective Alonzo Harris in “Training Day”
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Leigh and Robert were on fire on the buzzer. I actually thought it was somewhat remarkable.
I didn’t find FJ to be “as slam dunk as they come”. My first thought was Babel (and, actually, I said “Babylon”), then, I went to Nineveh, and, then, obliquely (as I could not recall it) thought of Sodom. I was thinking of Lot, and his pillar of salt wife, but just couldn’t think of the name. Then, it came to me; then, I discounted it, and went back to Babylon.
And I was wrong. So wrong!!
And mondo props to you, VJ, with “lost all his shekels” – especially àpropos here!
Thanks, Jason. 😀
I got that “Love is Eternal” TS because I actually read that book by Irving Stone. The other one I read by Stone was “The President’s Lady” about Andrew Jackson’s marriage. I didn’t read “Lust for Life” or “The Agony and the Ecstasy” because of the movies.
If you couldn’t come up with the name of ‘Sodom’ , and as a television viewer, I would have given it you because I’m sure you had the name of the city in your memory. However, you did go back to Babylon which would have been incorrect. Regarding the FJ, I came up with ‘Sodom’ almost instantaneously. I mean, to me, it was like following the yellow brick road with all of those clues that were provided. Specifically, with clues like the “asteroid hitting the Jordan valley”, ‘1650 B.C.”, ‘gave rise to the city in Genesis 19’, the city of ‘Sodom’ was just staring at me.
I think Robert definitely has the potential to be a 5 time champ given his strong knowledge base.
All players did well today, but Brian didn’t win because he was the first to see the response in the Final but it’s incorrect and loses everything and winds him in 3rd place.
Category Sweeps:
Brian ran the Weather Words category in the 1st round
Robert ran the Gone Extinct category in the 2nd round (Double Jeopardy)
This FJ was as slam dunk as they come. Well yes, it could only have been the city of Sodom.
Both challengers played well and didn’t make any mistakes. Robert won the game by one dollar and gets to defend his title on Monday. Robert Won is his full name which I find it so ironic because Robert won the game.
Kevin, That’s clever. Robert definitely, imo, has what it takes to be a 5-day or more champ. Awesome game. Best week we’ve had for fj since the 1st week in April. Eight fj wins this week.