Final Jeopardy: Landmarks (9-27-24)
Here are some more clues from the 9/27/2024 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.
WILD LINES ($200) “Why do you lead me” on one of these ridiculous quests, an unhappy Sancho Panza asks Don Quixote
NICKNAMES ($800) “Big Beefhead” was one nickname for this late 19th century president
R OFF ($800) Ship off the “R” on the word for a boat’s docking locale & get this first name of female characters Dutton & Harmon
CAMEOS ($2000) Paul Reubens’ final film appearance was a cameo in this movie in which Awkwafina plays the game show-obsessed title female
IT’S A CRISIS! ($1200) One crisis that jump-started the Intl. Crisis Group: famine in this land where clans fought after Mohammed Siad Barre’s dictatorship
The players missed 2 clues in WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME:
($800) A trainee in a skilled trade, & to lure by arousing desire or hope
($1200) A tremulous, pulsating vocal effect, & a Russet Burbank
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SNEAK PEEK CATEGORY: ALL BETS
($200) Latin for “before” gives us this poker word for the initial wager all players must make
($400) It’s the 4-letter bet where you get paid if your horse comes in 1st, 2nd or even 3rd
($600) This type of parlay that combines multiple bets in one wager shares its name with an all-play-all tournament
($800) Guess the color of Gatorade dumped on the coach’s head to win this 4-letter kind of side bet
($1000) The Martindale betting system suggests: at least do this after every loss to recoup the initial stake
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I thought FJ was obvious, especially with the “Senator” reference. Wasn’t sure if that was the same Sherman as the one in the antitrust act, but that was irrelevant. I felt smart for once knowing the last 2 DDs and FJ (& should have nailed that easy first DD).
Terrific game, all 3 played well, and anyone could have won.
Was grinding my teeth over those three missed clues in the betting category. But those really were tough if you didn’t have experience in that field. The Don Quixote/Sancho stumper wasn’t difficult, especially in light of the category title.
Well associating Sherman with the Anti-Trust Act would at least point you to the time period (1890)
True, except there was no time period/year specified in the clue or category. Which I guess is why Maddie went with the Arch.
I thought 1890s-ish, sure to Sen Sherman, and first said “The Statue of Liberty”. But, with about 5 seconds left, I got Washington Monument. I don’t know if I would have had enough time to write it in, à la Sadie Goldberger.
I was thinking Maddie was going to leave clues on the board, as slow as she was selecting them.
Hmmmm…………I wouldn’t have considered the Washington Monument as being a work of art, but rather a tribute to our first president. Anyways, we all went with the Space Needle for FJ. It was an incorrect response, but at least it had some resemblance to artwork. Nevertheless, it was a great game, and I did quite well in it.
What an exciting game between Maddie and Kate. They both had over 20,000 going into FJ! The difference was Kate got Final correct and Maddie didn’t and wagered way too big and lost. Big payday for Kate to end the week. We still haven’t had a game this season where all three players got Final correct. When was the last time at the exact date that all three players answered correctly in FJ!
Kevin, I came up with July 10, 2024, and also 2 days before that from this weekly recap.