Final Jeopardy: American Authors (9-23-20)

Here are 8 more triple stumpers from the 9/23/2020 Jeopardy! game:

AROUND THE USA ($200) 14,060-foot Mount Bierstadt is a good place to start climbing the “Fourteeners” of this western range

($800) To prevent road ice, Polk County, Wisconsin fittingly makes use of brine left over from making this

POLITICS GETS PHYSICAL ($1000) After John McLaurin & Benjamin Tillman traded punches on the Senate floor in 1902, the Senate voted 54-12 to give both this rebuke

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY ($1000) This Renaissance-era stringed keyboard instrument sensibly gets its name from the Latin for “key” & “string”

NAME THAT PART OF SPEECH ($1000) Although

ON THE GLOBE ($1600) In 1986 this country got a new province, Flevoland, built completely on reclaimed land

GASES ($2000) Harriet Brooks is sometimes credited with discovering this 5-letter element, a gas emanating from thorium

IT’S A DATE ($800) On August 7, 1964, this international resolution that would prove controversial passed the house unanimously

Answers to the Sneak Peek clues — “UU” COMPLETE ME
($400) Space that has had all the air removed from it
($800) The name of this garment is Hawaiian
($1200) A series in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly distinguishable from one another
($1600) It’s the genus that includes asses, zebras & related mammals
($2000) This longtime opposition leader in Myanmar has been the de facto leader of the country since 2016

ANSWERS: show

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11 Responses

  1. Howard says:

    I missed most of the show. All I saw was that creampuff of a Final Jeopardy clue.

  2. William Weyser says:

    At least, we got our 1st Triple Solve of this season, and unlike last season, we didn’t have to wait over a month for the 1st Triple Solve of the season, but still no 3 or More Time Champion. Yes, we’re still early in the new season, but better luck next time.

  3. rhonda says:

    VJ, your Eleanor Roosevelt clue came up tonight!

    • VJ says:

      omg! That was great, Rhonda! I yelled out, “look, it’s my maiden name clue” and showed it to my daughter. She got it this time.

      (No. 7 in this quiz)

    • rhonda says:

      That was so uncanny, VJ! I thought of you immediately, of course.

    • mimsy says:

      What was the clue on the show?

      • VJ says:

        Here it is, mimsy:

        Today on J!: IT’S A THIS DATE ($400) On March 17, 1905 this future first lady got married in New York City & didn’t even have to change her last name

        My clue: BEFORE SHE GOT HITCHED: What was the maiden name of the wife of the 32nd U.S. President?

  4. Sam Handley says:

    In addition to at least 12 adaptations made for television, Little Women has inspired a 1918 silent film, the 1933 adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, the 1949 June Allyson-starring version, the 1994 Winona Ryder version, the 2018 Pure Flix edition and now, the Greta Gerwig-directed 2019 edition starring Saoirse Ronam and Emma Watson.

  5. Lou says:

    I thought Dana had this game won but congrats to all three on getting final right. If I remember correctly,mandolin is actually a italian instrument and not from Latin America. Anyway, hopefully robert can actually string some more wins this week. It’s been at least eight days and still no five day winners yet. Was little woman ever made into a movie?

    • Howard says:

      Little Women has been filmed several times. It was a hit just last year! Garnered several Oscar nominations.