Spoiler Talk: CotD (Wed)
It’s time for a look at the NY Times Clue of the Day for Wednesday’s game. 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).
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Clue of the Day
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An old row: This was the $800 row in the last round of the Jeopardy! match that originally aired on 3-30-1988.
WAR OF 1812: President who, not knowing Britain had repealed the problem laws, asked Congress to declare war
’60s TV: Based on a Jean Kerr book, this series ran for 2 years on NBC
THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Name for the lesser tides that occur during 1st & 3rd quarters of the moon, they’re the “opposite” of spring tides
SIBERIA: The Ob & other major rivers of Siberia empty into this body of water
FAMOUS HOMES: Descendants of this writer’s beloved cats still overrun his home on whitehead Street in Key West
BY THE NUMBERS: The 1st permanent molars are called this, for the approximate age at which they appear
ANSWERS: show
Today’s Quote: Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create ~ Pope John Paul II
CUTOFF TIME: PREDICTIONS POSTED AFTER 11:15 A.M. CENTRAL WILL BE DISREGARDED (9:15-P, 10:15-M, 12:15-E)
TUESDAY’S PREDICTIONS: No one thought Dred Scott would be a Triple Stumper! 😲
Early Spoiler results are usually updated around 12 p.m. Central.
@VJ… you’ve NEVER seen this movie? NEVER? We may have to reconstruct this vehicle and transport you back to 1985 so you can see what you’ve been missing for the last 40 yrs!😁
2/3 correct answers. Someone might write the name of the movie instead of the car!
I’ll try 3/3 again today
I don’t know if it’s necessary to have seen this film to know this. I never saw this movie but I knew it. So I’ll try TWO right.