Final Jeopardy: 1980s Bestsellers (7-9-21)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 7/9/2021 Jeopardy! game:
JULY ($400) On July 8, 2014 in a semifinal game at the Men’s World Cup, Germany eliminated this host country, 7-1
($800) Upon reaching this valley in July 1847, Brigham Young reportedly said, “This is the right place”
HAIR’S THE THING ($1200) You get an “A” if you know this 12-letter style of bob where one side in front is longer than the other
N.E. PORT ($1600) The band Phish was formed in this Vermont city, a port on Lake Champlain
($2000) The monument (image) seen here in this Massachusetts port has long been sacred to fishermen
IN A STORM ($1200) Blowing out from “hurricane” is this 6-letter word that can mean a sea creature or a small child
Sneak Peek clues — THEY PLAYED 2 COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS
($200) Daredevil & Batman
($400) Deadpool & Green Lantern
($600) Storm & Catwoman
($800) Thanos & Jonah Hex
($1000) Ramona Flowers & Huntress
ANSWERS: show
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Jeopardy is the only quiz show where you can get the answer wrong, and still be ruled correct. Unless, of course, you answer Barry instead of Berry. I just wish the judges would stop making up and changing the rules as they go. It’s very frustrating as a viewer for the judges to be so inconsistent. If it were me, contestants would have to get the answer exactly right, no exceptions, ever. Another example of a mistake the judges have made that I never heard any mention of anywhere, is the 1/24/20 episode, where the answer was Angel Food Cake, but the judges allowed Angel’s Food Cake. There is a such thing as Devil’s Food Cake, but the Angel version does not have an S in it.
Yeah, that is very annoying! I also wish that as well!
The real question is why even watch a show that frustrates and annoys you?
I don’t know, I’m just a fan of Jeopardy! But I’m not a fan of the mistakes that are made during Jeopardy!
And that is wierd that it sometimes annoys me but I still watch it. Very wierd!
A little surprised that Jen didn’t know Earl of Sandwich. The “Earl of” and “restaurants” in the clue were a direct hint of the answer. True or not, the Earl of Sandwich was said to be an inveterate gambler and demanded a meal that would enable him to stay at the table. That’s a pretty well-known tale. The Sandwich Islands, later Hawaii, were named after the Earl.
HA! Pot Belly! heeheehee… now no more comments from me on this post… hehe…
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is only a decent book, nothing special. I gave it only a 5 out of 10.
Yep, it’s only decent at it’s best.
She got the FINAL WRONG.
Its a title A Handmaids Tale is wrong
The Title is The Handmaids Tale
As Dr. Gupta explained: “the title of the work is “the”, but we don’t rule against a contestant for getting the initial article wrong.”
As a VERY long-time fan (and near-contestant) of Jeopardy…I was surprised at that ruling…and at Jeopardy’s explanation.
Reallyl? Would you accept “A Sound of Music”? “A Godfather”?
Maybe. (But you shouldn’t…)
“THE American in Paris”? NO POSSIBLE WAY.
TItles should always be precise. Otherwise, you’re just wrong.
She was wrong.
@Karl, I am even more surprised than you that you were surprised by the ruling. Very long-time fans must have seen this ruling many times. Here’s one I remember all the way back to 2014, though there have been others both before and since. Yet, just about every time it happens, there are complaints.
The bottom line here is that it’s their show and they can make their own rules. As far as consistency goes, my feeling is that it’s unreasonable to expect 100% consistency from the judges. There are probably times when even the judges don’t agree and it ends up a majority ruling.
It was a very good day for Jen except for the fact that she got all two daily doubles wrong.
Darn those daily doubles for her.
Jen made a great comeback despite not getting those two daily doubles. It might have worked in her favor yesterday but I am Definitely hoping she can Get her luck back next week. Either way, I have seen big costly bets previously in final jeopardy but Kathy should have bet just 2000 to.cover tom.
Oh yeah, I remember! It looks like Kathryn and Tom didn’t have a very good Final Jeopardy! time at all.
Kathryn was in the lead, and had to wager nearly everything just in case Tom bet the farm and they both got it right. It’s the so-called curse of being in the lead.
Another win by the Jen Jazwinski! I hope she makes it into the Tournament of Champions!