Final Jeopardy: Island Chains (9-20-24)
Here are some more clues from the 9/20/2024 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.
ON THE MAP ($1000) This river’s name is derived from the Delaware word “oolikhana”, meaning “good river”
FOOD ($600) Melt some Gruyere, add cornstarch, some spices & a little white wine & it’s time for this
LITERARY TITLE MATH ($800) Garcia Marquez’ solitary years times Albom’s heavenly greeters
MUSIC ($1200) From Italian for “jest” or “joke”, it’s a quick, lively musical piece often making up the third movement of a symphony or sonata
($1600) In Act II of this opera, we learn how Falke was once left drunk & asleep in a park dressed in a bat costume
($2000) James Taylor & Brandi Carlile are among those scheduled to play this Berkshires summer music festival in 2024
TV PETS ($800) At Christmastime one year, the Simpsons adopted a greyhound with this 3-word name
($2000) This TV android once wrote a poem to his pet cat named Spot & she even appeared in his dreams
LATIN LOVERS NEEDED ($2000) A law providing for a unique situation is this, “of its own kind”
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: MISSING MOVIE TITLE ADJECTIVES
($200) A romcom: “___ in Seattle”
($400) “My ___ ___ Greek Wedding”
($600) A classic about a drinking binge: “The ___ Weekend”
($800) Charlie Chaplin’s “___ Times”
($1000) “Alright, alright, alright”, a cult favorite set in 1976: “___ and ___”
SNEAK PEEK ANSWERS show
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Other than the last DD and a couple of stumpers, not my night (missed the show, just going by whatever’s in the recap). Decided quickly Isabella was the FJ answer but couldn’t think of any others. The melted cheese and the Berkshires festival were gettable. And I can see that Jen bet to lock out Sarah but not the other player. She seems to fear the third-place contestant and not the closer one. Weird.
As VJ said in the past, some players can sneak through like this, but go nowhere in the tournaments. This FJ was difficult for me. This is not endorsing “it was difficult because all three missed it”. I said “the Caroline Islands”. Although close in location, I just recapitulated that the Carolines are named after Charles II of Spain (King, not Queen). In the words of dear departed Alex, “Ooh, so close!”
Is there anyone who posts here who is fluent in French, or a BIG opera fan? The clue about Falke was about one of my most favorite operas, <>. It’s kinda weird how I know that word in 4 languages!
Maybe Monday will possibly provide contestants that know wagering strategy.
I put it in French quotes – <>. “Le Chauve-souris”!
yeah, Jason, I mentioned that in the recap — how the Caroline Islands are named after Mariana’s son Charles II. I got FJ thanks to remembering my own article on that part of the world.
Over the years, we have had a bunch of people who know French on here. There’s me and Rhonda. Howard has mentioned several times that he studied French for many years. Years ago, we had a big thing in the comments about Alex not correcting the mispronunciation of coup de grâce. lol.
Yesterday, I pronounced legerdemain a la français and was wondering if that would have been accepted.
Wow – and I thought I was insufferable!
I vaguely recall that game from 2015, because of FJ. I got that one correct! Didn’t remember anything else of it!
Your first sentence really made me laugh, Jason. Insufferable is putting it mildly. 🤣🤣🤣
That wasn’t even the end of it. (2 weeks later)
The old saw – “If you have to tell people you’re smart, you’re not.”
I also went with Isabella for FJ, but another great game to end the week.
We end the week with a triple stumper in the final thanks to that pesky geography clue.
For the second day in a row, Jen didn’t make the cover bet. Fortunately for her, Final Jeopardy was a triple stumper and that worked out well for Jen as she becomes a 2 day champion.