Final Jeopardy: History (9-16-24)
Here are some more clues from the 9/16/2024 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.
1964 FIRSTS ($1000) At Asia’s first Olympic games, Isao Okano won gold in this sport in the country where it was created
FUN WITH U.S. STATE CAPITAL NAMES ($1000) The name of Germany’s fifth-largest city differs by one letter from the name of this capital
BOXING ($1000) This heavyweight “Brown Bomber” was undefeated before a shocking loss to the German Max Schmeling in 1936
TRANSLATE THE DOC TALK ($1200) Apoplexy: a dated term for this
GONE COUNTRY ($1200) In 1969 he released his “Nashville Skyline” album that featured the hit “Lay Lady Lay” & a duet with Johnny Cash
($1600) She was part of a country supergroup with Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris & they recorded two trio albums together
($000) This Aussie megastar went country in a pop sort of way for her 2018 album “Golden”
EXITS & ENTRANCES ($400) Leonard Warren made quite an exit in 1960 at this NYC venue when he sang “Urna Fatale Del Mio Destino” & died
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: 3-LETTER VERBS
($200) To pass another racecar on the track by one complete circuit of the course
($400) To increase gradually in size like Earth’s natural satellite
($600) To make a goofy face & ham it up for a photograph
($800) To eviscerate, perhaps a dead sturgeon
($1000) To direct & motivate the rest of the crew in a rowing shell
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS show
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All good comments. Evan just plainly missed too many. That’s rarely a way to win.
Now, I missed FJ. There are many points to this. First, Rickover was “father of the nuclear Navy”; Jimmy Carter served with him. So, I thought of a sub, and I thought of the USS Scorpion. Near the end of the music, I thought, “Was it the Thresher”? Now, I’ve always been a Navy man. I got screwed out of getting a commission, so I didn’t serve, but, still always Navy. But, in this case, what did I not do? “Remember the Maine!” (Or, actually, didn’t know it in the first place.)
As Kevin said, Aiden’s FJ wager was mystifying; $3401 was sufficient. That said, I was impressed that two of them got FJ; I was stumped. Was trying to recall what blew up in 1976, not 1898.
Very disappointed no one knew the Brown Bomber; the NYC venue; the three 3-letter verbs; the artist on “Nashville Skyline,” or the singer with Dolly and Emmylou. Also the 1964 Olympic sport & the one-letter-different capital. Very unusual for me to nail nine stumpers! $8200 worth.
This quick reference guide to heavyweight champs includes the Brown Bomber and it also has a video of Primo Carnera boxing with a real live kangaroo 🤣🤣🤣
A great game today! Regarding FJ, We all came up with the U.S.S. Thresher which was a U.S. submarine that sank on the eastern seaboard in 1963 (the sub imploded by over exceeding the maximum depth that it was designed to withstand).. As per the U.S.S. Maine, they had their panel of naval experts back then too, and they quickly concluded that Spain had sunk the battleship. This was what threw us in FJ.
VJ, Sam incorrectly responded “back pain” for the last DD, the correct response was “neck pain”, you have it the other way around.
Thanks, Rhonda. I appreciate any corrections today. I only got to listen to the game over the phone today because there was a chemical explosion in a nearby town and several shows were preempted. That’s why no pictures though I hope to catch up with them later.
Sorry for the mixups and thanks to my buddy Kevin, too!
You’re very welcome, VJ! And no need to apologize ever!
You always do such an amazing job and are so very appreciated for all the work you put into your site!
Sam actually stood pat at his 5,600. However, I think that Aiden wagered too much in FJ! because had he missed it would allow Sam back into contention needlessly.