JAQR - April 7, 2024
Astronomy, Congresswomen, Italian regions, State capitals, Elmyr de Hory, Ann Patchett, Film composers, 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 4/1 and Thursday 4/4. 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
ASTRONOMY
The "E" in NASA's T.E.S.S. satellite stands for these that it's actively looking for, whether they can support life or not
DAILY DOUBLE #2
BEFORE THEY WERE CONGRESSWOMEN
In the 1990s this future senator from Illinois was the only woman in her helicopter training class
DAILY DOUBLE #3
A BEACON IN THE NIGHT
The Lanterna of this Italian port is the Mediterranean's tallest lighthouse; Antonio Columbo was a keeper in 1449 of the first ones there
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
NOVEL TITLE OBJECTS
A girl in a 1950 novel walks into this & "got in among the coats and rubbed her face against them"
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
STATE CAPITALS
It was named for a nearby river that explorer Gabriel Moraga named for one of a religious grouping of 7
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
ART & CRIME
Art forger Elmyr de Hory is included as a subject in "F for Fake", a rare documentary by this film auteur
TRIPLE STUMPER #2A, 2B, & 2C
FICTION
Scientist Elizabeth Zott ends up hosting a cooking show called "Supper at Six" in this 1960s-set novel
Her historical fiction includes "Burning Bright", "The Lady & the Unicorn" & of course, "Girl with a Pearl Earring"
The title of this 2023 bestseller by Ann Patchett refers to a theater company, not a body of water
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
FILM COMPOSERS
This British composer won 5 Oscars but not one for the 11 James Bond films he scored
BONUS CLUE #1
SONG SIMILES
"In the droptop ride with you, I feel like Scarface", says SZA on this tune, winner of a Grammy in 2024 for Best R&B Song
BONUS CLUE #2
AN INVITATION TO THE DANCE
Fayard & Harold were the first names of these brothers, whose amazing moves lit up the screen in films like "Stormy Weather"
DAILY DOUBLE #1
ASTRONOMY
The "E" in NASA's T.E.S.S. satellite stands for these that it's actively looking for, whether they can support life or not
***EXOPLANETS***
Exoplanets, which are also known as extrasolar planets, are bodies outside the solar system that orbit a star other than the Sun. The first exoplanet discovery was made in 1992 by Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail using observations from Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory. That exoplanet orbits a pulsar, which is a rotating neutron star. More than 5,000 exoplanets have been discovered so far. Techniques used to discover them include the radial velocity method (also called the Doppler method), which measures the motion of stars in response to gravitational pulls by their planets. Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz discovered the first exoplanet (51 Pegasi b) that orbits a “normal” Sun-like star. They used the radial velocity method to make their discovery and were awarded a share of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Another technique used to discover exoplanets is the transit method (also called transit photometry), which measures drops in starlight caused by the exoplanets. That technique was used by the Kepler mission, which was launched in 2009 and discovered nearly 3,000 exoplanets. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was launched in 2018. Categories of exoplanets include "hot Jupiters," which are massive planets that orbit very close to their stars, and "super-Earths," which are bigger than Earth but lighter than ice giants such as Neptune.
DAILY DOUBLE #2
BEFORE THEY WERE CONGRESSWOMEN
In the 1990s this future senator from Illinois was the only woman in her helicopter training class
***TAMMY DUCKWORTH***
Tammy Duckworth was born in Thailand in 1968 and her family moved to Hawaii when she was a teenager. She joined the National Guard and trained as a helicopter pilot. In 2004, she was sent to Iraq, where her helicopter was shot down by an RPG, resulting in her losing both of her legs. She later entered politics, serving Illinois's 8th district in the U.S. House after winning a 2012 election. While running against Republican incumbent Mark Kirk for a U.S. Senate seat, she quipped “These legs are titanium. They don’t buckle. Go ahead, take a shot at me.” She has served in the U.S. Senate alongside fellow Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin since getting elected in 2016. She became the first U.S. Senator to give birth while in office in 2018.
DAILY DOUBLE #3
A BEACON IN THE NIGHT
The Lanterna of this Italian port is the Mediterranean's tallest lighthouse; Antonio Columbo was a keeper in 1449 of the first ones there
***GENOA***