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 4-15-2011.
NATION STATION: Crew Clue Jimmy: “Helping to overthrow Ethiopian dictator Mengistu in 1991 sparked a drive for independence here, & in 1993 it became Africa’s newest independent republic”
THE “L” YOU SAY: From an ancient Greek region, this adjective means “concise”, “using few words”
AUTHORS IN HOLLYWOOD: Perhaps writing the movies “The Little Foxes” & “The Dark Angel” wasn’t so “heavenly” for this female playwright
ROCK: This Beach Boys song was inspired by Brian Wilson’s mom saying dogs could sense things unspoken, in the air
PAPER: San Jose: Tidings from a planet
SCISSORS: The scissors or “X” chair is sometimes named for this Renaissance monk who once ruled Florence
ANSWERS: show
Today’s Quote: Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting ~ Edmund Burke
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 predicted all 3 players would get Blanche DuBois.
Early Spoiler results are usually updated around 12 p.m. Central.
Penguins means it has to be in the southern hemisphere… 2/3 correct answers.
I dunno. I’ll try ONE right in case it’s tough for the panel like the Sardinia one was
I’m tempted to say it’ll be a triple solve, but I’ll say 2/3.