Final Jeopardy: Historic Names (9-12-24)
Here are some more clues from the 9/12/2024 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.
BEAR WITH US ($800) Before being transformed into a bear, she was a follower of Artemis
SPORTY IDIOMS ($800) Mallards in their element are the basis of this phrase meaning there are runners on base
LONDON CALLING ($400) Hate to break it to you but the beloved statue in London’s Piccadilly Circus called this love god actually depicts his brother
($800) This London street gets its rhyming name from a 17th century game similar to croquet
($1000) This district in London’s East End is infamous as the place where Jack the Ripper did his dastardly crimes in 1888
BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS ($1200) The angel Gabriel appeared to the priest Zacharias & told him that his wife “Elizabeth shall bear thee a son” named this
A SHORT COURSE IN CHEMISTRY ($800) 2 atoms share 3 pairs of electrons in the triple type of this
($1600) It’s the term for a substance, usually a liquid, in which other materials dissolve to create a solution
MOUNTAINS ($2000) This 19,551-foot Canadian peak towers about 14,000 feet above the Seward glacier in the Yukon
JOB-POURRI ($1600) It’s the 6-letter word for a person who makes, sells or repairs knives
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: THE CLASH
($200) Some of the greatest loss of life during this war came from the third clash near the city of Ypres in West Flanders
($400) William the Conqueror & Harold II duked it out near Hastings in October of this year
($600) It’s said the Battle of Pleusium between the Persian Empire & the 26th dynasty of this kingdom was won by the clever use of cats
($800) Also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, this Sept. 17, 1862 class was the Civil War’s bloodiest one-day conflict
($1000) In 202 B.C. Scipio Africanus got one over on Hannibal at this end-of-the-alphabet clash that ended the 2nd Punic War
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I got FJ, but not much more. I noticed that Will seemed like a “cooler” (lower scoring games). Maybe Mark might turn that around.
Best wishes for your health, VJ! À votre santé! Gesundheit!
Thanks, Jason. I generally don’t think a player is going to go on a long streak when there are way too many stumpers as there were today and yesterday.
Sometimes, such a player makes it to 5 games and the ToC, whether by luck or strategy, but that won’t help them in the ToC imo. Take that category about colors yesterday. I couldn’t believe it!
There was one reversal that happened in the first round, could you add that please
Okay, Kevin. I saw Mark’s answer get rejected but I didn’t see the reversal because I skipped the commercials and the chat on my recording. I thought it was nitpicking a bit too much so I’m glad Mark got a reversal, even if it was only a $200 clue.
Lafayette seemed to be the only choice. I quickly discounted the foreign-born Hamilton, who was 6 feet under by 1824. 2/3 DDs and most of the stumpers got me too. Did know the love god, the use of cats kingdom, and the 6-letter word for knife maker (that one not listed here as a TS, but it was).
I just added that one, Howard. I meant to go back and check but I took a little rest. I had a PET scan this morning and it’s usually not so bad. I don’t know what was different but this time I was really uncomfortable halfway through. Then I needed to play judge while my grandkids practiced their Native American school projects and I plumb forgot about checking.
No sweat, I hope whatever you’re tested for is not serious. My wife had several PET scans during the four years she had cancer.
Thanks, Howard. Hopefully, everything is okay. (I have been in remission since January). When the doctor asked me how I was doing, I said “I’m like a Bee Gees song” and she started singing “Stayin’ Alive” 🤣🤣🤣
Also, over the break, I had cataract surgery and it improved my eyesight dramatically so I’m pretty happy about that. (Think Johnny Nash 😁)
Hmmmm……..a good game overall, and I certainly should have come up with Lafayette for FJ, but Alexander Hamilton? No, he died in a gun duel with Aaron Burr some 20 years earlier.