JAQR - April 28, 2024
Monitor lizards, French islands, Powhatan's daughter, Akira Kurosawa movies, Helen Frankenthaler, 2023 coups, and more...
Thank you for reading another issue of the Jeopardy Answer & Question Recap, or JAQR [“jacker”] for short. This recap includes two clues from each Jeopardy! episode between Monday 4/22 and Friday 4/26. The recap will include Daily Doubles, Final Jeopardy clues, 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
NEAR THE EQUATOR
The largest living monitor lizard shares its name with this island in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago
DAILY DOUBLE #2
FRENCH HISTORY
Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles of 1768, the Genoese ceded this island to the French
DAILY DOUBLE #3
HUSBANDS & WIVES
Powhatan & Virginia's governor both gave their permission for this pair to marry
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
20th CENTURY AUTHORS
Best known for a novel, she wrote at least 6 full-length plays & collaborated with Moms Mabley on a 1931 Broadway revue
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
BUSINESS
In the 1850s the .925 sterling silver standard was instituted by this company, the first American one to do so
FINAL JEOPARDY #3
U.S. GEOGRAPHY
At 14,410', it's one of North America's highest volcanoes; a Puyallup name for it can be translated to "bring the water"
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
AND THE ROLE ALMOST GOES TO...
Akira Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress" helped inspire "Star Wars", & the role of Obi Wan was reportedly offered to this star
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
SHARED INTERNATIONAL LAKES
This Russian hero named for a victory at the Neva River also won a battle on frozen Lake Peipus, now shared by Russia & Estonia
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
ART & ARTISTS
In contrast to the thick impasto of her contemporaries in this 2-word style, Helen Frankenthaler used a technique called "soak-stain"
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
FRENCH HISTORY
A 2023 coup took over this country southeast of Algeria & French troops fighting Islamic terrorists said adieu
BONUS CLUE #1
NAME THAT AUTHOR
"It was porkmaking by machinery, porkmaking by applied mathematics ... but this slaughtering machine ran on"
BONUS CLUE #2
LAWFUL QUOTATIONS
This Supreme Court justice known as the "Great Dissenter" said, "Great cases, like hard cases, make bad law"
DAILY DOUBLE #1
NEAR THE EQUATOR
The largest living monitor lizard shares its name with this island in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago
***KOMODO***
The island of Komodo belongs to Indonesia. It is part of the Malay Archipelago, which is also known as the East Indies. The Malay Archipelago includes the Sunda Islands, the Moluccas (formerly known as the Spice Islands), and New Guinea. The Sunda Islands are divided into the Greater Sundas (Borneo, Java, Sulawesi/Celebes, and Sumatra), and the Lesser Sundas (e.g. Bali, Flores, Komodo, Timor). The island of Komodo is separated from Sumbawa (home to Mount Tambora) to the west by the Sape Strait. The northeast portion of the island contains a pink beach (Pantai Merah).
The island lends its name to a giant monitor lizard called the Komodo dragon, whose scientific name is Varanus komodoensis. They can grow to ten feet in length and have a venomous bite that inhibits blood clotting. Komodo dragons are cannibalistic, so young ones will sometimes roll themselves in feces to reduce the risk of being eaten. An image of a Komodo dragon is used for the emote PogChamp on Twitch. Films that purportedly depict a Komodo dragon include 1990’s The Freshman (starring Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick) and 2012’s Skyfall.
DAILY DOUBLE #2
FRENCH HISTORY
Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles of 1768, the Genoese ceded this island to the French
***CORSICA***
Corsica is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (behind Sicily, Sardinia, and Cyprus). The island belongs to France, and is one of its 18 regions. Ajaccio [ah-YAHT-choh] is the capital of Corsica, which is about 100 miles to the southeast of mainland France. Corsica is separated by the Tyrrhenian Sea from the western portion of mainland Italy, which is about 50 miles away. Corsica’s town of Bonifacio lends its name to the Strait of Bonifacio, which separates the island from Sardinia, which is seven miles to the south.
Corsica is France’s second largest island, behind only New Caledonia's main island of Grande-Terre, which is about twice as big. Corsica is nicknamed the "Scented Isle" because much of it is covered by aromatic scrubby underbrush. The statesman Pasquale Paoli is often credited with ending ~500 years of Genoese rule of Corsica. Paoli’s admirers included Napoleon Bonaparte, who was born on the island in 1769. The flag of Corsica depicts the head of a black moor, who is wearing a white bandana (formerly a blindfold). It is somewhat similar to Sardinia's flag, which depicts four Moor's heads divided by the cross of Saint George.
DAILY DOUBLE #3
HUSBANDS & WIVES
Powhatan & Virginia's governor both gave their permission for this pair to marry