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 $2000 row in the last round of the Jeopardy! match that originally aired on 4-23-2003.
WATERFALLS: This Venezuelan waterfall is named for the American aviator who first observed it from the air in 1935
RICHARD: In 2000 he reprised his role as John Shaft, this time playing Samuel L. Jackson’s uncle
HEIST-ERIA: Every September residents of Northfield in this state reenact a 19th century bank robbery pulled by the James gang
WHAT DOES SHE SEE IN HIM?: This Thomas Hardy heroine should have listened when I warned her to stay away from that rakish rogue Alec d’Urberville
DENTISTRY: Also meaning “an imitation”, it’s the mold the dentist takes of your teeth
BEGINS WITH “F”: The Colosseum was first called this amphitheatre after the family name of the emperors who built it
ANSWERS: show
Today’s quote: The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life ~ L. Frank Baum
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: JJ correctly predicted that no one would get Gotham.
Early Spoiler results are usually updated around 12 p.m. Central.
I drew an absolute blank…1 right answer.
I’ll say 0/3
I remembered reading about this. Too bad I didn’t remember within time.
ONE right.