Spoiler Talk: CotD (Mon)
Here’s Monday’s peek at the NY Times Clue of the Day. This clue may be today’s Final Jeopardy! If you know it (or even if you don’t), you can make a prediction on how many players will get it right and/or leave a hint on the right answer BEFORE 11:15 A.M. CENTRAL (And, yes, we are all aware that the results are sometimes put up earlier elsewhere, but we play fair here).
Take Your Lumps: No late predictions. No changing predictions. No exceptions.
If you don’t want to read comments about the answer to the clue, READ NO FURTHER. Otherwise, click on the link below to see the clue, and fire away! (Check the comments around 7 a.m. Central if Jeopardy.com is not up to date)
Clue of the Day
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All comments and predictions on the CotD posts are deleted after about a week, so be fearless! Any comments with the actual answer will be deleted right away.
An Old Category: The name of this category was DANGEROUS SCIENCE; it was in the last round of the match that aired on 05-23-1998.
$200: Galileo damaged his eyesight staring at this
$400: He looked for a safe way to handle nitroglycerin after an 1864 explosion killed his brother
$600: Murdered at her African research campsite in December 1985, she’s sorely “mist”
$800: In the 18th century Karl Scheele tested elements this way; he may have died from mercury poisoning
$1000: A nitrogen chloride explosion in 1812 damaged the eyes of this safety lamp inventor
ANSWERS: show
Today’s Quote: We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart ~ Blaise Pascal
CUTOFF TIME: PREDICTIONS POSTED AFTER 11:15 A.M. CENTRAL WILL BE DISREGARDED (9:15-P, 10:15-M, 12:15-E)
FRIDAY’S PREDICTIONS: No one predicted 0 right for Fra Angelico
Early Spoiler results are usually updated around 12 p.m. Central.
I wouldn’t have thought of this answer even under the most purr-fect of circumstances… 1/3 correct responses.
I’ll say ONE right.
I’ll say 2/3 today