FJs for the 11/7/11 Week
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:58 pm
11/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FROM THE GREEK
11/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The word for a song element you won't find in instrumentals comes from the name of this instrument
11/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
18th CENTURY AUTHORS
11/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In a poem he named himself Cadenus, an anagram of Decanus, or "Dean"
11/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FRENCH HISTORY
11/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
She said, "I told my plans to no one. I was not killing a man, but a wild beast that was devouring the French people"
11/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
HOLLYWOOD HISTORY
11/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
They were the first 2 sisters ever nominated for the same acting Oscar in the same year
11/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
BUSINESS
11/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
A 2005 sale of 14,159,265 shares prompted the headline "Google offers shares, seeks global piece of" this
Correct responses in spoiler box:
The players were 7/15 (46.67%) with a 3-2-2-0-0 success pattern.
It's the TOC, so the extra clues are all ones that stumped the players.
KING OF QUEEN $2000: Sofia of Greece, born 1938
POLITICAL LEADERS $1000: An ardent Polish patriot, this piano virtuoso served as the country's leader in 1919 & again in exile from 1940 to 1941
WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD? $800: The name of this headdress & the word "tulip" are derived from the same word
Correct responses in spoiler box:
FROM THE GREEK
11/7 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
The word for a song element you won't find in instrumentals comes from the name of this instrument
11/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
18th CENTURY AUTHORS
11/8 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
In a poem he named himself Cadenus, an anagram of Decanus, or "Dean"
11/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
FRENCH HISTORY
11/9 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
She said, "I told my plans to no one. I was not killing a man, but a wild beast that was devouring the French people"
11/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
HOLLYWOOD HISTORY
11/10 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
They were the first 2 sisters ever nominated for the same acting Oscar in the same year
11/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CATEGORY
BUSINESS
11/11 FINAL JEOPARDY! CLUE
A 2005 sale of 14,159,265 shares prompted the headline "Google offers shares, seeks global piece of" this
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Lyre
Jonathan Swift
Charlotte Corday
Olivia de Havilland & Joan Fontaine
Pi
Jonathan Swift
Charlotte Corday
Olivia de Havilland & Joan Fontaine
Pi
The players were 7/15 (46.67%) with a 3-2-2-0-0 success pattern.
It's the TOC, so the extra clues are all ones that stumped the players.
KING OF QUEEN $2000: Sofia of Greece, born 1938
POLITICAL LEADERS $1000: An ardent Polish patriot, this piano virtuoso served as the country's leader in 1919 & again in exile from 1940 to 1941
WHAT'S THAT ON YOUR HEAD? $800: The name of this headdress & the word "tulip" are derived from the same word
Correct responses in spoiler box:
Spoiler
Juan Carlos of Spain
Paderewski
Turban
Paderewski
Turban