JAQR - April 2, 2023
Canada's northernmost territory, the Apgar score, Thomas Merton, the Black Panthers, and more...
Thank you for reading another issue of the Jeopardy Answer & Question Recap, or JAQR [“jacker”] for short. This recap focuses on the recent week (Monday 3/27 - Friday 3/31) of Jeopardy! episodes. It will include some Daily Doubles, Final Jeopardys, and Triple Stumpers. The first half of the recap will include just the clues so you can quiz yourself if you want. The second half will give you some (hopefully) interesting information about the clues and/or some related info.
DAILY DOUBLE #1
ISLANDS OF THE FAR NORTH
Canada's northernmost point, Cape Columbia is on Ellesmere Island, part of this vast territory created in 1999
DAILY DOUBLE #2
A BABY
The Apgar score is a 5-part test of appearance, pulse, grimace, activity & this function
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
CHEMICAL NAMES
The name of this pungent gaseous compound is ultimately derived from the top god of the ancient Egyptians
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
BRAND NAMES
The success of this brand has its roots with a hydrotherapy pump its cofounder created for his son, who had arthritis
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
WRITERS OF THE CLOTH
An influential writer on spiritual themes, Thomas Merton was a member of this order known for emphasizing silence & austerity
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
TREE-NAMED PLACES
The Black Panther Party was founded in this Northern California city in 1966
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
SYNONYMS
Making a departure? Use a synonym from religion, like Exodus or this journey that covered about 210 miles in 622 A.D.
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
THE GREATEST SNOWMAN
Timothy Hutton & Sean Penn took on the CIA--& lost, big time--as the nicknamed title characters in this 1985 movie
TRIPLE STUMPER #5
ANCIENT VIPs
One of Plato's 7 wise men of Greece, this statesman who reformed Athens' laws laid the foundations for democracy
TRIPLE STUMPER #6
CONSECUTIVE LETTER WORD PAIRS (e.g. “clear day”)
An iron mask is the symbol of this oxymoronic band whose albums included "Metal Health"
DAILY DOUBLE #1
ISLANDS OF THE FAR NORTH
Canada's northernmost point, Cape Columbia is on Ellesmere Island, part of this vast territory created in 1999
***NUNAVUT***
Nunavut [NOO-nah-vut] is one of Canada's three territories (along with Yukon and the Northwest Territories, from which it was created in 1999). Nunavut has the largest area, but the smallest population (~36,000) of Canada’s thirteen provinces and territories. The word Nunavut means "Our Land" in Inuktitut, which is the language of the Inuit (who comprise most of Nunavut’s population). Its capital of Iqaluit [ee-KAHL-oo-it] was formerly called Frobisher Bay and is on Baffin Island, which is the world’s fifth largest island. Nunavut also administers Ellesmere Island (or Umingmak Nuna, meaning Muskox Land), which is the world’s tenth largest island. The flag of Nunavut includes an inuksuk (or inukshuk), which is a stacked stone sculpture.
DAILY DOUBLE #2
A BABY
The Apgar score is a 5-part test of appearance, pulse, grimace, activity & this function
***RESPIRATION***
Virginia Apgar was a Columbia University anesthesiologist who in 1952 developed the Apgar test, which is used to quickly evaluate infants 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth. The baby is graded in five different categories and is given a score of 0, 1, or 2 in each category. For the respiration category, the baby receives a score of 0 if there is no breathing, 1 if respirations are slow or irregular, and 2 if there's strong breathing. Apgar is an example of a backronym, which is a word that is made into an acronym.
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
CHEMICAL NAMES
The name of this pungent gaseous compound is ultimately derived from the top god of the ancient Egyptians
***AMMONIA***
Ammonia, or NH3, is often used as a fertilizer. Ammonia was discovered by English chemist Joseph Priestley, who called it "alkaline air." Priestley also discovered many other gases, including oxygen ("dephlogisticated air") and nitrogen (“phlogisticated air"). The primary method of producing ammonia is the Haber-Bosch process, which combines hydrogen and nitrogen. Ammonia is used to make sodium carbonate (Na2CO3, also called soda ash) in the Solvay process, and it can also be used to produce nitric acid (HNO3) in the Ostwald process. The derivatives of ammonia include hydrazine (N2H4), which is used as rocket fuel.
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
BRAND NAMES
The success of this brand has its roots with a hydrotherapy pump its cofounder created for his son, who had arthritis
***JACUZZI***
Italian-born engineer Candido Jacuzzi invented a therapeutic hydrotherapy pump in the 1940s to give his son Kenneth relief from rheumatoid arthritis. The pump was marketed in the 1950s as a device that could turn a normal bathtub into a rejuvenating spa. The product became famous from being a common prize prize on the TV show Queen for a Day. In the 1960s, the company created a small whirlpool bath with jets along the sides, and in the 1970s, it made larger tubs with heating systems.
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
WRITERS OF THE CLOTH
An influential writer on spiritual themes, Thomas Merton was a member of this order known for emphasizing silence & austerity
***TRAPPISTS***
Thomas Merton (also known as Father Louis) was a Roman Catholic monk and writer. In 1941 he entered the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. He became famous after the 1948 publication of his “autobiography of faith” titled Seven Storey Mountain. A famous quote from the book is “The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.” Merton’s book Zen and the Birds of Appetite includes a dialogue with Buddhist scholar D.T. Suzuki. Merton died in Bangkok, Thailand in 1968 after being electrocuted by a faulty wire. The Trappists are officially known as the Order of Cistercians [sis-TER-shuns] of the Strict Observance (OCSO). The order was founded by Armand-Jean Le Bouthillier de Rancé in 1664 and was named for the French abbey of La Trappe. To make money, the monasteries produce beer.
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
TREE-NAMED PLACES
The Black Panther Party was founded in this Northern California city in 1966
***OAKLAND***
The Black Panthers was founded by Merritt Junior College students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton (pictured below). The group's original purpose was to patrol Black neighborhoods and protect people from police brutality. The group had a Ten-Point Program, which included the desire for freedom, employment, and housing. In 1967, members of the group marched fully armed into the California legislature to protest the Mulford Act, which sought to repeal the law that allowed citizens to carry loaded weapons in public places. The act was supported by the NRA and signed into law by Governor Ronald Reagan. In 1969, the Black Panthers started the Free Breakfast for Children Program. Later in 1969, the FBI deemed the Black Panthers an enemy of the U.S. government.
Rainbow Coalition founder Fred Hampton, who was also deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers, was killed during a 1969 police raid. J. Edgar Hoover, leader of the FBI, believed that Hampton could have been a "messiah" who could unify the black nationalist movement. The FBI's Counterintelligence Program (or COINTELPRO) initiated operations against "subversive" organizations, such as the Black Panthers and the American Indian Movement (AIM). The police had the floorplan to Hampton’s apartments thanks to the FBI informant William O'Neal. The 2021 movie Judas and the Black Messiah stars Daniel Kaluuya [kah-LOO-yah] as Hampton and LaKeith Stanfield as O'Neal.
Other members of the Black Panthers included treasurer Bobby Hutton and minister of education Eldridge Cleaver. Both were involved in an April 1968 shoot-out with police. Hutton died during it, and Cleaver was arrested but jumped bail and fled to Cuba and Algeria. Cleaver, whose 1968 memoir is titled Soul on Ice, eventually returned to the U.S. and later became a born-again Christian and registered Republican.
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
SYNONYMS
Making a departure? Use a synonym from religion, like Exodus or this journey that covered about 210 miles in 622 A.D.
**HIJRAH*** (or Hegira)
The Hijrah [HIJ-rah], which is the Arabic word for "migration," refers to Muhammad (NOT pictured below) and his followers’ journey from Mecca north to Medina (originally called Yathrib) in order to escape persecution. Muhammad’s message of allegiance to one god (Allah) wasn't popular in Mecca, which contained a shrine called the Ka'ba that had paintings of pagan idols. Muhammad later returned to Mecca and rededicated the the Ka'ba to Allah. The Hijrah marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar. The current date on the Islamic calendar is the 11th of Ramadan, 1444 AH (Latin for “Anno Hegirae). The famous Hijrah is actually the Second Hijrah. The first one refers to Muhammad and his followers’ journey from Mecca to the Christian kingdom of Aksum in Abyssinia (aka Ethiopia) in the 610s.
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
THE GREATEST SNOWMAN
Timothy Hutton & Sean Penn took on the CIA--& lost, big time--as the nicknamed title characters in this 1985 movie
***THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN***
Timothy Hutton plays the clean-cut falconry-enthusiast Christopher Boyce, who works at a message-routing center used by the CIA. Sean Penn plays his best friend, Daulton Lee, who is a cocaine-enthusiast and drug dealer. Based on a true story, Boyce becomes disillusioned with the U.S. after learning that the CIA is trying to influence elections in Australia. Boyce and Lee decide to sell information to the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City, but are eventually caught and sent to prison. The movie was directed by John Schlesinger, who had earlier won the Oscar for Best Director for Midnight Cowboy (1969). The soundtrack to The Falcon and the Snowman was composed by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny [meh-THEE-nee], who is the only person to win a Grammy in ten different categories. The soundtrack includes the song "This Is Not America," which was a collaboration between David Bowie and the Pat Metheny Group.
TRIPLE STUMPER #5
ANCIENT VIPs
One of Plato's 7 wise men of Greece, this statesman who reformed Athens' laws laid the foundations for democracy
***SOLON***
Solon [SOH-lahn] (~630-560 BC) was an Athenian statesman who replaced aristocratic control of the government with control by the wealthy instead. Solon established a timocracy, in which property ownership was required to be part of the ruling class. Solon also revised the harsh laws of the lawgiver Draco (source of the word draconian). Solon’s economic reforms included freeing all enslaved citizens, many of whom were farmers who had went into debt. That act was known as the seisachtheia [seh-SAK-thee-ah], or “shaking-off of the burdens.” According to legend, Solon met with a very wealthy and powerful King of Lydia named Croesus [KREE-sus], who was surprised to hear that Solon didn’t consider him the happiest person ever. Solon warned him “count no man happy until he is dead.” Croesus was later defeated by the Persian king Cyrus the Great and may have been killed by being burned on a pyre.
TRIPLE STUMPER #6
CONSECUTIVE LETTER WORD PAIRS (e.g. “clear day”)
An iron mask is the symbol of this oxymoronic band whose albums included "Metal Health"
***QUIET RIOT***
Quiet Riot is a heavy metal band founded in 1973 by Randy Rhoads (guitar) and Kelly Garni (bass). Before the band became famous, Garni was kicked out and Rhoads died in a plane crash. Kevin DuBrow provided lead vocals on their hit 1983 album Metal Health. That album includes the song "Cum On Feel The Noize," which was a cover of a song by the English rock band Slade. If you want the grisly details regarding the death of Rhoads, check out Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Rhoads#Death