Final Jeopardy: World Borders (9-11-24)
Here are some more clues from the 9/11/2024 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.
GEOGRAPHY ($1000) This strait lies between the North & South Islands of New Zealand
HOLY SOMETHING! ($200) In Exodus 4 he says, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice”; holy…!
($1000) Daedalus was asked by Pasiphae, wife of Minos, to create a sexy wooden this animal for her to crawl into
BOOKS FOR KIDS ($400) A burp takes down the totalitarian king in this story by Dr. Seuss
($1000) A modern favorite by Alexandra Day is called “Good Dog,” this first name
THE ENVIRONMENT ($1000) You don’t want pollutants ending up in a drainage basin, also called this, a term for an important moment
TV RERUNS ($1000) In 2021 she played a journalist on “NCIS” opposite real-life husband Mark Harmon
ENDS IN “EAU” ($2000) At the beginning of “The Invisible Man”, the stranger, walking from a railway station, was carrying a black one of these
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS ($400) The longest scroll at around 27 feet includes a design for this Jerusalem building & its compound
($2000) Scholars chosen by Mideast governments had sole access until this L.A.-area library allowed access to all of its scroll photos
The players missed 4 clues in A FEW COLORFUL WORDS
($400) Also the name of a 2000 Vin Diesel flick, this 2-word color describes something dark as tar
($800) A brownish excretion of the cuttlefish gave us this word familiar to photographers
($1200) A Southern university shares its name with this reddish color often used of hair
($1600) This 10-letter adjective describing a kaleidoscope of colors can be traced to a goddess of the rainbow
($2000) “A” is for this gypsum mineral well-known in Milan & Florence & used metaphorically to describe any smooth white color
COLORFUL WORDS ANSWERS show
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY
($200) Chip a piece of furniture, or cut yourself shaving
($400) Specifically, the first light of day
($600) Toss out, or an inexpensive cut of beef
($800) The head of a college, or the presiding official of a cathedral
($1000) By definition, a bricklayer or worker in stone
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS show
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Confound my gut feelings! For FJ, I said, right away, “Russia and Kazakhstan”, but, then, got into my head, and thought about it, and said “Mongolia and China”. That’s twice this week alone! Gotta stick to my first response.
Two of three on DD. Didn’t know the Armenia one. TS about half, with the colors saving me.
Keep drinkin’ those probiotics, and your gut feelings will win out.
Tricky FJ. I went with the standard Russia/China, which I figured was too easy. I know Kazakhstan is one of the world’s largest countries, but didn’t realize their border was that large.
The FJ from 2 years ago seems off. They’re looking for the artist’s name, which is ??? Did I ever mention that I jumped into the river in Paris, got arrested, and the judge declared me in Seine? 🙂
Disappointed Ben didn’t know the perennial candidate known for his “Cross of Gold” speech and his role in the Scopes trial. But not an easy one to guess, by all means, if you didn’t know it. Theoretically, it may have cost him a possible win. Let’s assume he hits the DD; hear me out:
Ben now has $6600. Six clues later, Will with $10K picks the last DD. Kristen has $2600. Don’t know what Ben had at that moment, but let’s say it was $6600. Will likely wagers more than $800 and misses the DD. Maybe he wagers $2-3K and loses it. But let’s presume he stuck with $800. Entering FJ, Will has $13600, Ben $11K instead of $5K, Kristen $4400. She bets it all and craps out. Ben wagers correctly ($2601) and misses, falling to $8399. Will has to guard against Ben going all-in and wagers $8401. He misses and falls to $5199. Ben wins the game.
Howard, I fixed that 2-years ago clue.
Thanks. Show me the Monet! (which probably would have been my guess)
I didn’t fare all that well in the game today, and flubbed the FJ. In fact, all that I came up with in FJ was Russia and China.
For the second day in a row, we got an epic fail on wagering clues as 3 more DDs were missed resulted our second skunking and another triple stumper in the final thanks to that pesky geography clue. I hope William Weyser will say darn those daily doubles to Ben.
I thought I didn’t have to say “Darn Those Daily Doubles!” for the 3rd time in a row, but then, I had to double check by watching the episode, and yep, I had to say it. Maybe, the Daily Doubles and FJ! will be kinder to the players on the 4th game on the season. On the plus side, Will Weiss is our 1st repeat champion of Season 41.
For the second day in a row, FJ! was a triple stumper. So far, the first week of Season 41 was a tough final.
Yes, but we do have our 1st repeat champion of the season in Will Weiss.