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 $1000 row in the last round of the Jeopardy! match that originally aired on 1-19-1995.

AFRICAN HISTORY: The first black African colony to gain independence, the Gold Coast is now known by this name
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Florence, Alabama has a festival each August honoring this “Father of the Blues”
LITERATURE: His “Waverley” novels, including “Rob Roy”, were originally published anonymously
LAKES & RIVERS: This large Siberian lake is home to one of the few species of freshwater seals
OPERA: Canadian soprano Teresa Stratas played Violetta in Franco Zeffirelli’s film of this Verdi opera
VOCABULARY: From the name of a mythical king, it means to tease with the promise of something desirable but out of reach
ANSWERS: show

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AFRICAN HISTORY: Ghana
*HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: W.C. Handy
*LITERATURE: Sir Walter Scott
LAKES & RIVERS: Lake Baikal
*OPERA: La Traviata
VOCABULARY: tantalize

Today’s quote: To undermine a man’s self-respect is a sin ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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TUESDAY’S PREDICTIONS: JJ and JP correctly predicted one player would get Thornton Wilder.

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