Final Jeopardy: The 21st Century (9-16-21)
Here are some more triple stumpers from the 9/16/2021 Jeopardy! game:
THE FIRST NAME THEIR MOM CHOSE ($400) Al Sharpton, & also Alf Landon
($2000) Skater Sasha Cohen
SLOW TALK ($400) A common phrase is “slow as molasses in” this month; if it’s said you, pick up the pace!
($800) By itself or following “slow”, this 4-letter word means a slow or lazy person
The players got all the clues in A LOOK AT BOOKS:
($400) By prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, “Helter Skelter” reveals the facts behind the crimes of this so-called family
($800) “Hearts Insurgent” is an abridged form of the novel called him “the Obscure”
($1200) Yann Martel named the tiger in “Life of Pi” after this shipwreck victim in Edgar Allan Poe’s “Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym”
($1600) A billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg is on the road to West Egg in this 1925 novel
($2000) “Girl with Curious Hair”, with a tale of a “Jeopardy!” win streak, is a story collection by this late author of a looong novel
ANSWERS: show
Sneak Peek clues — MORE THAN ONE MEANING
($200) A wading bird, or a machine with a hosting arm at a construction site
($400) Got up from the bed, or a prickly flower
($600) To consume, or a live video signal
($800) Divided into 64 squares, it’s usually found with royalty on it
($1000) A candy flavor, or a place that makes money
ANSWERS: show
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Competent challengers tonight, but their lack of DDs in DJ made a big difference.
The only way to beat someone of his caliber is to hope he misses a big DD or two, or have the challengers find and hit them for big bucks. Otherwise, he’s unlikely to get outbuzzed or miss a FJ that others know.
Still a bit shocked Matt didn’t know Kickstarter, not to mention Joe Frazier or Leon Spinks. He seems to know a lot about people and things from all past eras.
His daily average remains roughly on par with Ken Jennings’.
I wish they would do a category on Boxing Nicknames. J-Archive only has one instance from a game on 9/20/2000. with these nicknames
($100) “The Greatest”
($200) “The Brown Bomber”
($300) “The Manassa Mauler”
($400) “Macho”
($500) “The Real Deal”
One of Ali’s nicknames is in there. Frazier’s was “Smokin’ Joe” and Spinks was “Neon Leon” 🤣🤣
Last time this was a Final Jeopardy! clue, Teen Tournament contestant Michael Kwan wrote an extra “la” at the end of her first name.
Great job, Matt!
Wow a rough start for Matt in the first round, but he finally made a comeback in the second round after that daily double didn’t pay off for him. I thought he was a goner for sure, but still another win under his belt for now. Malala has been in the news all over after her near death experience at the hands of the taliban. Just hope that the next game will not have Matt falter on another daily double though. I really hope he makes it to 30 or 33 wins and that million dollar mark.