Final Jeopardy: Diplomacy (9-22-20)
Here are 4 more triple stumpers from the 9/22/2020 Jeopardy! game:
YOU GOTTA FIGHT! ($800) No bones about it– this dominant UFC light heavyweight has a brother who plays linebacker for the Arizona cardinals
EUROPEAN HISTORY IS A DOWNER ($800) The Vatican had second thoughts about its treatment of heretic Girodano Bruno–400 years after he was executed this way
FOOD SCIENCE ($600) Pressure of about 135 lbs per sq inch is needed to pop each popcorn kernel. The pressure comes from steam created with this carbohydrate that’s heated to around 400 degrees
MUSIC FESTIVALS ($2000) This Tennessee music festival comes from a slang word on a Dr. John album title that means “the best of the streets”
Answers to the Sneak Peek clues —
($400) Harvestmen, crane flies & cellar spiders are all known by this nickname
($800) “Better ingredients. Better pizza” is an ad slogan for this chain
($1200) The name of this caramel lollipop is meant to suggest a wealth of sweetness
($1600) A spirit known as a loa, Papa Legba is a gatekeeper & a master communicator in this religion practiced in Haiti
($2000) Burl Ives played Big Daddy in the Broadway & film versions of this Tennessee Williams play
ANSWERS: show
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Sorry, VJ. I meant only two Asian countries use elephants as icons, state seals, symbols or decorations. Many Asian countries are home to small populations of elephants but as the eagle is recognized as a US symbol, the elephant is recognized as a symbol of India and/or Thailand. Frankly I would think Burma would use them, considering their necessity in the logging endeavors. Thank you for the website reference. It’s great to learn things and I appreciate your input.
Thanks so much, Sam, for that clarification. I appreciate it and I get it now! I have a particular fascination with the 19th century and I really liked this FJ! I’ve read a lot about the Jacksonian era, but somehow never came across that bit about the sword before. The FJ! also led me to look up the various kingdoms in Asia in that time period. Check out the flag of the Kingdom of Vientiane. Before that, it was the a larger kingdom called Lan Xang meaning a million elephants. Can you imagine living in that place at that time?
True, not the best clue but once Asian nation specified only two associated with elephants – India and Thailand
Well, no, on the website Disappearing Elephants, it says “Today’s Asian elephants are mainly used in circuses around the world or as tourist entertainers in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Malaysia.” Those countries still have small numbers of wild elephants but back in the 1800s, they must have had a whole lot more
Probably not a great clue here and was a tough one for a triple stumper. At least Dana won today. Hope she can break the dry spell of leader curses and get a streak going. Korea wasn’t a bad guess but I don’t remember when that country became independent, do you VJ?
That’s our second Tuesday to have a triple stumper in the Final.
I dunno, Lou. That’s why I put those links in the recap — so you can look up stuff you want to know.
(To Tyler) No, India wasn’t an independent nation at the time of the year we read the clue.
I don’t know that Thailand would have been an independent nation then either, at least by that name. Overall, not a good clue with multiple areas of ambiguity, in my opinion.
Alex did say Thailand or Siam, so either would have been right. I have to assume it was an independent land in 1833 if we estab’d diplomatic relations with it.