“JEOPARDY!” 3/14/24
JR:
LOOK AT THE MAP
HEALTH & MEDICINE
KHAN YOU DIG IT?
FESTIVALS
SONGS OF YOUTH
CROSSWORD CLUES “R”
800 Song of Youth:
Nate Reuss & this band implored “We are so young so let’s set the world on fire”.
Ben: “What is fun.?”
800 Map:
It’s the geographically appropriate name for the troubled country seen here.
Ben: “What is East Timor?” (1600)
1K Map:
Much of Argentina’s covered by these vast plains extending from the Atlantic coast to the foothills of the Andes.
Ben: “What are the Pampas?” (2600)
600 Map:
More than 40 inhabited islands make up the groups known as the Inner & Outer these.
Yogesh: “What are Hebrides?”
800 Festival:
Every Summer the Bayreuth Music Festival in Bavaria presents works by this composer.
Yogesh: “Who is Wagner?” (1400)
1K Festival:
Blue for Krishna is just 1 of the hues in this festival of colors on the day of the full moon.
Ben: “What is Holi?” (3600)
800 Health & Medicine:
In this early stage of periodontal disease your gums may become swollen & bleed.
Yogesh: “What is gingivitis?” (2200)
800 Khan:
Acc. to a 13th century Secret History this leader was born clutching “a clot of blood the size of a knucklebone”.
Troy: “Who is Genghis Khan?”
400 Map:
This Mediterranean capital has endured for more than 2 millennia.
Yogesh: “What is Algiers?” (2600)
600 Health & Medicine:
Jaundice can be a symptom of this liver inflammation that has 5 main viruses labeled A-E.
Troy: “What is hepatitis?” (1400)
600 Khan:
This singer lent her voice to the band Rufus in the ’70s; as a solo performer she had a hit w/ “I’m Every Woman”.
Yogesh: “Who is save me, Chaka Khan?” (3200)
600 Song of Youth:
“No regrets, just love, we can dance until we die”, sang Katy Perry who was “livin'” 1 of these, also her album title.
Troy: “What is ‘Teenage Dream’?” (2K)
1K Health & Medicine:
Most recover fully from this syndrome, GBS for short, that affects the peripheral nervous system & was named for 2 French Drs.
Ben: “What is Guillain-Barre?” (4600)
600 Festival:
An art studio called Poetic Kinetics created the ginormous floating astronaut for the 2014 edition of this SoCal music festival.
Troy: “What is Coachella?” (2600)
1K Khan:
The last answer before the recess is: the TDD in the rd.
The Aga Khans hold this title as leader of the Shiite Nizari Ismailli sect.
“What is Khalif?”…I’m afraid not- what are imams?
1K Song of Youth:
Fresh out of high school this R&B singer’s smash debut album “American Teen” had songs like “Young Dumb & Broke”.
Troy: “Who is Khalid?”
600 Crossword Clue “R”:
A spinning spit for cooking meat (10)
Yogesh: “What is rotisserie?” (3800)
1K Crossword Clue “R”:
Fishie doing a ride-along on a shark (6)
Troy: “What is a remora?” (2K)
800 Crossword Clue “R”:
The nose knows it’s inflammation of its mucous membranes (8)
Ben: “What is rhinitis?” (5400)
400 Health & Medicine:
As seen in the x-ray the patient has this sideways curvature of the spine that’s often diagnosed in adolescence.
Yogesh: “What is scoliosis?” (4200)
400 Khan:
In 2021 Lina Khan began serving as chair of this agency, FTC for short.
Troy: “What is the Federal Trade Commission?” (2400)
400 Festival:
It’s held for about 2wks each May & in 2023 awarded its Palme d’Or to “Anatomy of a Fall”.
Yogesh: “What is the Cannes Film Festival?” (4600)
400 Song of Youth:
Inspired by her bestie Tay Tay sang when “somebody tells you they love you” at this title age “you’re gonna believe them”.
Troy: “What’s…’17‘?” (2K)
Yogesh: “What is ’22’?” (4200)
TS: “15”
400 Crossword Clue “R”:
A clever trick or stratagem (4)
Yogesh: “What is ruse?” (4600)
200 Crossword Clue “R”:
What’s all this noise? (6)
Troy: “What is racket?” (2200)
200 Song of Youth:
In ’04 Natasha Bedingfield sang “Today is where your book begins, the rest is still” this title word.
Troy: “What is ‘Unwritten’?” (2400)
200 Festival:
Traditionally the lights sent aloft in Tawan’s Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival are made from this paper.
Ben: “What is rice paper?” (5600)
200 Khan:
To improve London’s natural biodiversity mayor Sadiq Khan released a family of these dam rodents into a wetland in West London.
Ben: “What are beavers?” (5800)
200 Health & Medicine:
Doing this lifesaving procedure to the beat of “Stayin’ Alive” can help keep a proper rate.
Troy: “What is CPR?” (2600)
200 Map:
Let’s look at the 2 main islands of this alliterative Caribbean country.
Troy: “What are Trinidad & Tobago?” (2800)
SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 400 (Songs of Youth)
CS:
Yogesh: 4600/Troy: 2800/Ben: 5800
DJ!:
ANCIENT HISTORY
BOOKS BY REPORTERS
MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS
IT’S A FACT!
THE NAME ON THE OSCAR
ENDS IN “IX”
1600 Ancient History:
Praising the defense of democracy Pericles’ funeral oration of 431 B.C. was given for soldiers fallen in this conflict.
Ben: “What is the Peloponnesian War?” (7400)
1200 Ancient History:
In Meditations this Roman emperor reminded himself not to be irritated at other people’s bad breath: “That’s the way his mouth is.”
Troy: “Who is Marcus Aurelius?” (4K)
800 Ancient History:
Crimes punishable by death in this 282-law collection incl. robbery, false accusation & priestesses drinking w/ commoners.
Ben: “What is the Code of Hammurabi?” (8200)
2K Ancient History:
The Pyramids of Meroe in modern-day Sudan were built in the land of this 4-letter ancient kingdom.
Yogesh: “What is Kush?” (6600)
2K Name on the OSCAR:
Best Director 2014 for “Birdman” & ’15 for “The Revenant”
Ben: “Who is (Gonzalez) Inarritu?” (10,200)
1600 Books By Reporters:
This New Journalism leader wrote the novel I Am Charlotte Simmons about early 21st century college life.
Ben: “Who is (Tom) Wolfe?” (11,800)
1200 Books By Reporters:
Willard Motley wrote novels as well as Bud Billiken newspaper columns for this city’s black weekly The Defender.
Ben: “What is Chicago?” (13K)
1600 Fact:
In the U.S. a quadrillion has this many 0s.
Yogesh: “What is 12?” (5K)
Troy: “What is 15?” (5600)
1600 Memorials & Monuments:
Answer: TDD #2 for him this evening.
Dedicated to the memory of great Frenchmen it’s the final resting place of women too incl. Marie Curie & Simone Veil.
“What is the Pantheon?”…there we go.
1200 Fact:
Belize in Central America was formerly a colony called this.
Troy: “What is British Honduras?” (12,400)
2K Fact:
Stepping down in 2024 after 52yrs on the throne she had the longest reign of any Danish monarch.
Ben: “Who is Margrethe (II)?” (15K)
800 Books By Reporters:
Newspaperman Ben Hecht wrote the novel Erik Dorn & then wrote for the movies w/ this director’s “Spellbound”.
Troy: “Who is Hitchco*ck?” (13,200)
2K Books By Reporters:
This scribe worked the baseball beat for a NY reporter but got his potatoes w/ the story collection Guys & Dolls & whatnot.
Ben: “Who is (Damon) Runyon?” (17K)
800 Fact:
Unlike other cats this fastest 1 doesn’t have fully retractable claws.
Yogesh: “What is a cheetah?” (5800)
1600 Name on the OSCAR:
Best Supporting Actress 1973 for “Paper Moon”
Yogesh: “Who is Tatum O’Neal?” (7400)
1200 Name on the OSCAR:
Best Supporting Actor 2019 for “Once Upon a Time…in HOLLYWOOD”
Yogesh: “Who is Brad Pitt?” (8600)
800 Name on the OSCAR:
Best Picture 2019 starring Song Kang Ho & Cho Yeo Jeong
Ben: “What is ‘Parasite’?” (17,800)
2K “IX”:
It means verbose or redundant.
Yogesh: “What is prolix?” (10,600)
1600 “IX”:
This comic book hero who battled the Romans w/ his pal Obelix was introduced in 1959.
Yogesh: “Who is Asterix?” (12,200)
1200 “IX”:
Answer there: the final TDD tonight!
This town at the foot of Mont Blanc hosted the 1st Winter Olympics in 1924.
“What is Chamonix?”…yeah!
2K Memorials & Monuments:
Located on Israel’s Mount of Remembrance this memorial center commemorates the victims & the heroes of the holocaust.
Yogesh: “What is Yad Vashem?” (26,400)
1200 Memorials & Monuments:
Native American leaders want the name of this 1st U.S. natl. monument changed, saying it’s offensive & based on a mistranslation.
Yogesh: “Where is Devil’s Tower?” (27,600)
800 Memorials & Monuments:
This national monument & natural wonder attracts people from all over to Utah; the 1 for our dearly departed pets is different.
Troy: “What’s Rainbow Bridge?” (14K)
800 “IX”:
This 2-syllable word means to attach like a postscript to a letter or a label to a package.
Yogesh: “What is affix?” (28,400)
400 “IX”:
To make a new version of something like the Chemical Brothers’ adaptation of “Voodoo People” by the Prodigy.
Troy: “What’s a remix?” (14,400)
400 Name on the OSCAR:
Best Actor 2012 for “LINCOLN”
Troy: “Who is Daniel Day-Lewis?” (14,800)
400 Fact:
As of Jan. 1, 2024 California has a new state this, a golden chanterelle.
Yogesh: “What is a mushroom?” (28,800)
400 Memorials & Monuments:
A real high point of this city’s the nearly 360ft tall memorial to Jose Marti in Revolution Square.
Yogesh: “Where is Havana?” (29,200)
400 Books By Reporters:
In 1923 E.B. White was fired by the Seattle Times; he’d later find success w/ this ’45 tale about a mouselike boy.
Troy: “Who is Stuart Little?” (15,200)
400 Ancient History:
It’s thought Chinese emperor Quin Shi Huang died after ingesting this liquid element he believed would make him immortal.
Yogesh: “What is mercury?” (29,600)
PR
Pre-Final S:
Yogesh: 29,600/Troy: 15,200/Ben: 17,800
CORYAT SCORES:
Yogesh: 18,600/Troy: 13,800
FJ!: UNITED NATIONS
Of the 9 countries that have produced a U.N. Secretary-General this nation’s the only 1 from its hemisphere.
TROY: “What is Peru” (DOUBLE) = 30,400
BEN: SAME W/ A ? (12601) = 30,401
YOGESH: “WHAT WHERE PERU” = 35,601 √
