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 $1600 row in the last round of the Jeopardy! match that originally aired on 5-30-2014.

A REAL MAC DADDY: PM of Great Britain from 1957 to 1963, this father of 4 was nicknamed both “Supermac” & “Mac the Knife”
POETIC LINES: “Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird!… the voice I hear this passing night was heard in ancient days”
THE 28 COUNTRIES OF NATO: The 2 island countries that are members
DESCRIBING THE TV CAST: 2 KGB spies under deep cover in Reagan-era Washington, D.C.
TWO OF A KIND: In this Edgar Allan Poe tale, Roderick confesses that his not-dead-yet twin sister Madeline has been laid in the family tomb
WHAT A “CO”-INCIDENCE: A covered entrance to a building usually supported with columns
ANSWERS: show

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*A REAL MAC DADDY: Harold MacMillan
*POETIC LINES: “Ode to a Nightingale” (1 miss: Ancient Mariner)
*THE 28 COUNTRIES OF NATO: Iceland & the UK
DESCRIBING THE TV CAST: “The Americans”
TWO OF A KIND: “Fall of the House of Usher”
WHAT A “CO”-INCIDENCE: Portico

Today’s Quote: Make it your business to know yourself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world ~ Miguel de Cervantes,

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