Final Jeopardy: Word Origins (8-8-24)
Here are some more clues from the 3/11/2024 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.
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE ($1000) Readers again could not resist Stephenie Meyer, working hours after twilight with this 2020 best-seller told from the vampire’s POV
DEALING WITH TV REALITY ($800) From 2012 to 2020 Dave Navarro hosted this series that had episodes like “Drill Baby, Drill”
ENIGMATIC ANAGRAMS ($1000) Adjective for specialized knowledge: SO RECITE
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($200) In her 30s & already queen, Isabella of Castile decided to learn this language of Renaissance scholarship
($400) A contemporary described Isabella d’Este as the this “of the World”, though she was the wife of a marquess, not a president
($600) Sofonisba Anguissola depicted herself as a working artist in “Self-Portrait at” this supporting frame
($800) Victor Hugo’s play about this woman popularized her image as a poisoner, though there’s no real evidence she was one
($1000) Isotta Nogarola is often said to have been the first major female figure of this people-centric intellectual “-ism”
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Watching this episode reiterated how good these players were. The Double Jeopardy round being a perfect round was really remarkable.
Watching again, though, really impressed on me how much I wish the tournaments had the wild cards. That led to much more planning, versus the “win or go home”.