Final Jeopardy: Espionage (8-3-20)

Here are 2 more categories from the 8/3/2020 Jeopardy! game:

The players missed 2 clues (*) in HOPE YOU LEARNED YOUR AFRICAN CAPITALS:

*($400) Spread over 4 hills, this African country’s capital of Kigali includes a Muslim Quarter, an airport & a technical college
*($800) In 1926 the capital of this republic of Northwest Africa was moved from Zinder to Niamey
($1200) In its capital, N’Djamena, you might learn that this nation was once part of French Equatorial Africa
($1600) On the northeast tip of Lake Tanganyika, Bujumbura is the capital of this African nation
($2000) Some go to the artisans’ market in this country’s capital of Bamako to look for monkey skulls & skins

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Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — LET THEM EAT CAKE:
($200) Truly “heavenly”, this sponge cake made without egg yolks or butter is fat-free
($400) Despite its name this state dessert of Massachusetts is really a custard-filled cake
($600) This dessert is a layer of cake & ice cream that’s topped with meringue & then browned in the oven
($800) Ricotta can be used to make this type of cake, part of a “Factory” restaurant chain’s name
($1000) This 3-layered “feminine” white cake filled with fruit & nuts was created in South Carolina, not Maryland

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5 Responses

  1. William Weyser says:

    Interesting Fact: In the 1998 Tournament Of Champions, Bob Harris was the last player to the advance to the Semi-Finals, and he advanced as a Wild-Card. In the $1,000,000 Masters Tournament, Bob Harris was the 1st Player to advance to the Semi-Finals, and he advanced automatically, by winning his game. Strange how things work out that way.

  2. VJ says:

    I loved that $1,600 clue in Middle Names: Because this is a million-dollar tournament, you have to spell this middle name of President Warren Harding

    ha ha ha

  3. Lou says:

    Congrats to the players on getting final. But the chances of Frank going to the semi finals is looking a bit slim. I’ve never read this book before so I am not familiar with philby. Two of the three daily doubles nailed today. There was also a book called war and peace.

    • Richard Corliss says:

      War and Peace reminds me. Charlie Brown’s was so mean. She made him and all his friends to read the book for their Christmas vacation. He finished the book at 3 A.M. and he got a D- for finishing the book report on the last day of their vacation. She also made them read Crime and Punishment for the beginning of the new year.

  4. Richard Corliss says:

    Semi-Final and Wild Card results for Million Dollars Masters Quarterfinal #1:

    Semifinalists:
    Bob Harris: $20,000

    Wild Cards:
    Rachael Schwartz: $12,401
    Frank Spangenberg: $6,799