JAQR - December 31, 2023
British history, Best Actress Oscar winners, Black Monday, the Mesozoic era, Saint Timothy, Mexican airports, Gregg Toland, Elmore Leonard, 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 episode of Jeopardy! between Monday 12/25 and Friday 12/29. 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
HOBBIES
It's a period in British history, or a hobby involving refurbishing old cars
DAILY DOUBLE #2
BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS
In 1997, picking up her first of 3 Oscars for Best Actress, she thanked her son Pedro & her husband Joel
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
AMERICANA
After "Black Monday" in 1987, sculptor Arturo Di Modica put a statue of one of these in Manhattan to symbolize strength & power
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
FAMOUS NAMES
In 2023, shortly after his death, his name was added to a Brazilian dictionary to describe one who's superior or out of the ordinary
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
AGES, EPOCHS & ERAS
Last & longest of the 3 periods of the Mesozoic era
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
TV COMEDIES BY WORKPLACE
Cleveland's Winfred-Louder Department Store
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
BIBLE QUOTES
2 Timothy 4: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have" succeeded in this retention of belief
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
WORLD CAPITALS
Mexico City's main airport is named for this national hero & president of the country from 1861 to 1872
TRIPLE STUMPER #5
MEASUREMENT
TS - Legendary cinematographer Gregg Toland called this "an amazingly efficient little instrument" that eliminates guesswork
TRIPLE STUMPER #6
LITERARY TOWNS & CITIES
"City Primeval" by Elmore Leonard takes place in the author's longtime home, this Midwest city
BONUS CLUE #1
A MASTER-FUL CATEGORY
A room in this museum is home to many works by the anonymous 15th century artist called "The Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet"
BONUS CLUE #2
MOVIE SCORES
The pioneering Philip Glass scored 2002's "The Hours", a film concerned with this equally avant-garde novelist
DAILY DOUBLE #1
HOBBIES
It's a period in British history, or a hobby involving refurbishing old cars
***RESTORATION***
A period in English history called the Restoration refers to the return of the monarchy in 1660. The period was preceded by one called the Interregnum, which in general refers to a time when a throne is vacant. This specific Interregnum began with the beheading of Charles I (pictured below, with head still intact) in 1649 during the English Civil War (fought between the Parliamentarians and Royalists). England was ruled from 1649-1653 by the Rump Parliament, which Oliver Cromwell dissolved. He ruled as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658. He was briefly succeeded by his son Richard Cromwell, who was dismissed in 1659 by a second Rump Parliament. The eldest surviving child of Charles I returned from exile in France and was crowned King Charles II in 1660.
