JAQR - December 1, 2024
The 2024 Olympics, Languages, State songs, Books for young readers, The Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, Mo Yan, 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 11/25 and Friday 11/29. The recap includes Triple Stumpers, Final Jeopardy clues, and Daily Doubles. 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.
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
WORDS WITH DIACRITICAL MARKS
At the 2024 Olympics, swimmer Léon Marchand was acclaimed as "Le héros" this national word
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
THAT'S A FACT
This language is celebrated every July 26--in 1887, that was the publication day for "Unua Libro", or "First Book"
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS
A kid encounters a bear in the classic picture book called these fruits "for Sal"
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
19th CENTURY NOVELS
The mention of a new railway section between Rothal & Allahabad in India leads to an argument & then a bet in this novel
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
STATE SONGS
Its 15 official state songs include 2 that mention moonshine & 3 played in 3/4 time
FINAL JEOPARDY #3
WORLD AIRPORTS
This city's international airport opened in 1942, just in time to be the destination of a flight at the end of a movie
DAILY DOUBLE #1
POETRY
This 1915 work was the poet's joke about a pal's frequent regret about the path they took on walks together
DAILY DOUBLE #2
"E" BOOKS
This nonfiction Pulitzer winner is subtitled "Poverty and Profit in the American City"; the title happened to many families
DAILY DOUBLE #3
ASIAN LITERATURE
"Frog" by Mo Yan follows Gugu, a midwife during China's implementation of this policy
DAILY DOUBLE #4
DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A BUILDING?
In 1943 this art collector asked Frank Lloyd Wright to build a building for a museum unlike any other in the world
LAST WEEK REVIEW #1
The title tennis player comes out of retirement in what 2022 book by Taylor Jenkins Reid?
LAST WEEK REVIEW #2
What amputee commissioned Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand?
BONUS CLUE #1
QUEEN VICTORIA
In 1857 the Queen awarded the first Victoria Crosses for acts of valor during this recently ended war
BONUS CLUE #2
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
Born to immigrant parents, in 1916 he was the 1st Supreme Court nominee to undergo public Senate confirmation hearings
BONUS CLUE #3
SEAS
To its north the Black Sea is connected to this smaller sea by the Kerch Strait
BONUS CLUE #4
ON THE TIMELINE
1613: Kidnapped by Samuel Argall; 1616: Travels to London
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
WORDS WITH DIACRITICAL MARKS
At the 2024 Olympics, swimmer Léon Marchand was acclaimed as "Le héros" this national word
***FRANÇAIS***
French swimmer Léon Marchand won five total medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He won the most gold medals (four) of anyone at the Games: 200 m breaststroke, 200 m butterfly, 200 m medley, and 400 m medley. Marchand also won a bronze in the 4x100 m medley.
Simone Biles and nine other athletes won three gold medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics:
Mollie O'Callaghan (Australia) - swimming: 200 m freestyle, 4x100 m freestyle, and 4 x 200m freestyle
Summer McIntosh (Canada) - swimming: 200 m butterfly, 200 m medley, 400 m medley
Shinnosuke Oka (Japan) - gymnastics: horizontal bar, individual all-around, and men’s team all-around
Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands) - men’s cycling: sprint, team sprint, and keirin (having a name meaning “racing cycle” in Japanese, it consists of cyclists initially following a pacesetter and then sprinting for the final part of the race)
Lisa Carrington (New Zealand) - women’s canoeing: K4 500m, K2 500m and K1 500m
Kim Woo-jin (South Korea) - archery: men’s individual (by less than five millimeters), men’s team, and mixed team
Lim Si-hyeon (South Korea) - archery: women’s individual, women’s team, and mixed team
Gabrielle Thomas (USA) - athletics: women's 200 m, women's 4 × 100 m relay, and women's 4 × 400 m relay
Torri Huske (USA) - swimming: 100 m butterfly, 4x100 m medley, and 4x100 m mixed medley
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
THAT'S A FACT
This language is celebrated every July 26--in 1887, that was the publication day for "Unua Libro", or "First Book"
***ESPERANTO***
The artificial language Esperanto (whose name means "one who hopes") was created in 1887 by the Polish man L. L. Zamenhof. The word for “friend” in Esperanto is amiko, which becomes plural by adding a “j” at the end. Esperanto has 28 letters: the usual English ones (except for q, w, x, and y), along with ĉ, ĝ, ĥ, ĵ, ŝ, and ŭ. The "rise" of Esperanto led to the decline of a different constructed language called Volapük, which was created by the umlaut-loving German Catholic priest Johann Martin Schleyer.
Miscellaneous Esperanto fun facts:
The jet stream was discovered by Japanese meteorologist Wasaburo Oishi, who was mostly ignored since he published the finding in Esperanto
William Shatner starred in the 1966 movie Inkubo (meaning “Incubus”), which was the second-ever Esperanto movie
A religion in Japan called Ōmoto promotes the use of Esperanto, and according to Wikipedia, “Zamenhof is revered as a god”
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS
A kid encounters a bear in the classic picture book called these fruits "for Sal"
***BLUEBERRIES***
Robert McCloskey wrote and illustrated the 1948 picture book Blueberries for Sal, which like many of his works, is set in Maine. In the book, the title young girl is picking blueberries with her mother, who wants to can them for the winter. The blueberries make the noise “kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk” when they are dropped into her little tin pail. The story also includes a bear cub named Little Bear, who is eating blueberries with his mama so they can be full for winter.
Robert McCloskey is probably best known for the 1941 picture book Make Way for Ducklings, which is set in Boston. In the book, the mother Mrs. Mallard takes her eight ducklings Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, and Quack) to their new home, which requires crossing some busy streets. The book won the Caldecott Medal, which is awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. McCloskey also won the Caldecott Medal for his 1957 book Time of Wonder, which depicts one summer on a Maine island.
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
19th CENTURY NOVELS
The mention of a new railway section between Rothal & Allahabad in India leads to an argument & then a bet in this novel