JAQR - April 27, 2025
Dog Day Afternoon, 1952 Summer Olympics, countries with two capitals, 1990s bestsellers, chemical elements, Russian composers, James Herriot, poetry, and more...
Thank you for reading another issue of the Jeopardy Answer & Question Recap, or JAQR [“jacker”] for short. This recap includes at least one clue from each Jeopardy! episode between Monday 4/21 and Friday 4/25. The recap includes Daily Doubles, Final Jeopardy clues, and Triple Stumpers. There’s also questions about material from last week and Bonus Clues about long ago covered topics. The first half of the recap includes just the clues so you can quiz yourself if you want. The second half gives you some (hopefully) interesting information about the clues and/or some related info.
DAILY DOUBLE #1
BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS
The title of his 2024 memoir "Sonny Boy" refers to his mother's childhood nickname for him, not his character in "Dog Day Afternoon"
DAILY DOUBLE #2
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The northernmost Summer Olympics were held in this European city in 1952
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
This country has 2 capitals, is bounded by 5 other countries & has 37 official languages
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
1990s BESTSELLERS
In this 1995 book, Pilgrim is taken to Tom, whose job it is to utter secrets "softly into pricked and troubled ears"
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
SCIENCE FACTS
In 1774 chemist Johan Gahn was working with the mineral pyrolusite & found himself speaking this new element, No. 25
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
A PREMIERE MUSICAL EVENT
Drunk conductor Alexander Glazunov helped wreck the 1897 premiere of the 1st symphony by this Russian composer & piano virtuoso
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
TV TITLE REFERENCES (name the show)
The clientele of veterinarians James Herriot & Siegfried Farnon
TRIPLE STUMPER #4A & 4B
BLANK VERSE
"What is so rare as a day in ____ ?"
"I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not ____ more"
LAST WEEK RECAP #1
Cillian Murphy played Tommy Shelby, the leader of the title gang on what TV show?
LAST WEEK RECAP #2
The musical Suffs was created by what woman, who also played the character Alice Paul?
BONUS CLUE #1
AFRICAN HISTORY
In 1952 Oliver Tambo & this man created South Africa's first Black law practice
BONUS CLUE #2
FROM WHENCE THEY CAME
Oh, what an artist is born in me! "Me", being this Mediterranean port city, & the artist, Joan Miró
BONUS CLUE #3
TRIPPING
Called the "Pearl of Lake Geneva", this resort is home to an annual jazz festival; mystical Chillon Castle is nearby
DAILY DOUBLE #1
BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS
The title of his 2024 memoir "Sonny Boy" refers to his mother's childhood nickname for him, not his character in "Dog Day Afternoon"
***AL PACINO***
The actor Al Pacino was born in New York City in 1940. He took lessons at the Actors Studio from Lee Strasberg, who is known as “The Father of Method Acting.” He made his Broadway debut and won a Tony for the play Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, in which he plays a drug addict at a rehab center. His first leading role in a movie was in The Panic in Needle Park (1971), in which he plays, once again, a drug addict. He received his first Oscar nomination for The Godfather (1972), in which he plays a member of the Corleone crime family.
The movie Serpico (1973), which was adapted from a Peter Maas book, starred Pacino as the titular undercover cop who exposes corruption in the NYPD. The movie Dog Day Afternoon (1975), which was based on a true event, starred Pacino as Sonny Wortzik, who tries to rob a bank in order to fund a gender-reassignment operation for his partner Leon and yells “Attica!” to a riled crowd. Both of those movies were directed by Sidney Lumet.
Pacino played a defense attorney in the 1979 movie ...And Justice for All, which ends with his character yelling "You're out of order! You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order!" The movie Scarface (1983) starred Pacino as the Miami drug lord Tony Montana (named in honor of quarterback Joe Montana). The movie co-starred Michelle Pfeiffer as a coke fiend and was directed by Brian De Palma. An iconic line from the movie is "Say hello to my little friend."
In the 1989 movie Sea of Love, Pacino played a detective trying to catch a serial killer who he believes is finding victims through the personal ads section of a newspaper. Pacino played the crime boss Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in the 1990 movie Dick Tracy, which was based on a comic strip created by Chester Gould. Pacino once again played Michael Corleone in the 1990 movie The Godfather Part III, which includes the memorable lines "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in” and “Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.”
Pacino played an ex-con who falls for a waitress played by Michelle Pfeiffer in the 1991 movie Frankie and Johnny. He played the real estate hotshot Ricky Roma in the 1992 movie Glengarry Glen Ross, which was based a David Mamet play. He won the Oscar for Best Actor for the 1992 movie Scent of a Woman, in which he played a blind ex-army colonel who often says “Hoo-ah!” and believes “there's only two syllables in this whole wide world worth hearing” (and I don’t think he’s referring to a cat). A memorable scene from the movie involves Pacino and Gabrielle Anwar’s characters dancing the tango.
Pacino played the title criminal who tries to go straight in the 1993 movie Carlito's Way, which was also directed by Brian De Palma. He played a detective in the 1995 movie Heat, which co-starred Robert De Niro as a thief and was directed by Michael Mann. He played the aging Mafia hitman Lefty Ruggiero in the 1997 movie Donnie Brasco, whose title character is an undercover FBI agent played by Johnny Depp. He played Satan, who goes by the name John Milton, owns an NYC law firm, and tries to corrupt a young lawyer played by Keanu Reeves, in the 1997 movie The Devil's Advocate.
Pacino played the 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman, who is working with a tobacco industry whistleblower played by Russell Crowe, in the 1999 movie The Insider. He played the head coach of the Miami Sharks in the 1999 football movie Any Given Sunday, which was based on a book by the defensive end Pat Toomay. He played a movie director who virtually creates the title actress in the 2002 movie Simone. He played himself in the 2011 movie Jack and Jill, whose both title characters were played by Adam Sandler. He played labor leader Jimmy Hoffa in the 2019 movie The Irishman.
Pacino has also appeared on TV several times. He won his first Emmy for playing the homophobic lawyer Roy Cohn in the 2003 HBO miniseries Angels in America, which was based on a Tony Kushner play. He won his second Emmy for playing the euthanasia proponent Jack Kevorkian in the 2010 HBO movie You Don't Know Jack. He has also played the title Penn State football coach in the 2018 HBO movie Paterno and the leader of a group of Nazi hunters on the Amazon Prime Video show Hunters (2020-2023).
DAILY DOUBLE #2
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
The northernmost Summer Olympics were held in this European city in 1952
***HELSINKI***
Helsinki hosted the Summer Olympics in 1952, the same year Oslo hosted the Winter Olympics. In addition to be the northernmost host, Helsinki is the smallest city by population to host the Summer Olympics. Finland’s capital city was originally scheduled to host the 1940 Summer Olympics, but that was cancelled due to war. The Olympic Flame was lit by Paavo Nurmi, who you can learn more about by reading Triple Stumper #5 from this past recap: https://jaqr.substack.com/p/jaqr-july-23-2023
Gold medal winners included:
Emil Zátopek - Czech runner nicknamed "The Czech Locomotive" (due to often having an expression of pain) who won gold in the 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters, and marathon; his wife Dana Zátopková won gold in the javelin
Bob Richards - American pole vaulter who became the first athlete to appear on the front of a Wheaties cereal box after winning gold in 1952 and 1956 (Melbourne); the only other two-time champ is Sweden’s Armand Duplantis
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
This country has 2 capitals, is bounded by 5 other countries & has 37 official languages
***BOLIVIA***
Bolivia info:
Capitals - Sucre is the constitutional capital and the seat of the judicial branch, while La Paz is the seat of the executive and legislative branches
Borders - Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the south, Chile to the southwest, and Peru to the west
Official languages - Spanish and 36 indigenous languages, including Aymara, which is widely spoken in the Altiplano and was spoken as a child by the former Bolivian president Evo Morales
Other countries said to have two capitals include: