JAQR - December 8, 2024
Verdi operas, Ricou Browning, Prince, Walt Whitman, Jack Reynolds, 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 12/2 and Friday 12/6. The recap includes Daily Doubles, Final Jeopardy clues, and Triple Stumpers. 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
THE WEDDED OPERA CATEGORY
The Verdi opera named for this Shakespeare character ends with a double wedding & apparently an early same sex one!
DAILY DOUBLE #2
SECTS
In the 19th century the Namdhari sect of this religion began wearing turbans straight across the forehead--no more jaunty angles
DAILY DOUBLE #3
MOVIE CREATURES
Ricou Browning's ability to hold his breath underwater came in handy playing a creature in this 1954 film
DAILY DOUBLE #4
PLAY THINGS
In an interview one of the 2 title characters of this play admits he let Americans down & his political life is over
DAILY DOUBLE #5
2024 DNC STATE ROLL CALL SONGS
"Kiss" & "1999" repped this state
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
POETIC CHARACTERS
In an 1842 poem, it is said of this legendary character that his "quaint attire" is much admired
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
TV CHARACTERS
On TV in the 1960s & the 2020s, this character has a first name that's partly from Latin for "death"
TRIPLE STUMPER #1A, #1B, & #1C
A WALT WHITMAN SAMPLER
"A Child's Reminiscence" was later retitled "Out of the Cradle" these 2 words
Whitman began a poem, "Beat! Beat! Drums!--"Blow!" These! "blow"
Of this "noiseless, patient" creature Whitman wrote, "It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself"
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
AMERICAN TV SHOWS IN SPANISH
"Para Toda La Humanidad"
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
ALSO IN THE TOOLBOX
NFL star Jack Reynolds got this nickname after using one to cut a car in half after a frustrating loss
LAST WEEK REVIEW #1
What French swimmer coached by Bob Bowman won four gold medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics?
LAST WEEK REVIEW #2
What Polish man created the artificial language Esperanto?
BONUS CLUE #1
CAMERAS & PHOTOGRAPHY
His first roll of pictures from a Brownie camera was developed at Pillsbury's Pictures in Old Yosemite Village
BONUS CLUE #2
19th CENTURY EUROPEAN LITERATURE
An early version of this novel was first published as a serial under the title "The Year 1805"
BONUS CLUE #3
THE MIDDLE AGES
This battle in 1485, where Henry Tudor was a victor, is considered the end of the English Middle Ages
BONUS CLUE #4
NONFICTION
"Anyone Can Grow Orchids" is a chapter of this book by Susan Orlean
DAILY DOUBLE #1
THE WEDDED OPERA CATEGORY
The Verdi opera named for this Shakespeare character ends with a double wedding & apparently an early same sex one!
***FALSTAFF***
The comic opera Falstaff was the last of the 26 operas composed by Giuseppe Verdi (near the age of 80). It was based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV. It premiered at La Scala in Milan in 1893. Its libretto was written by Arrigo Boito, whose also wrote the libretti for Verdi's Otello and Ponchielli's La Gioconda.
Act I of Falstaff opens at the Garter Inn, where the title character is drinking with his followers, Bardolfo and Pistola. He tells them he is enamored with two married women, Alice Ford and Meg Page, and sends them the exact same love letter. The two women find out and hatch a revenge scheme.
In the second act, Mistress Quickly tells Falstaff that Alice Ford wants him to come over when her husband is away in the afternoon. Falstaff arrives and sings her praises, but is soon told that her husband is coming home earlier than expected. He is forced to hide in a laundry basket with dirty linens. Alice Ford gets her servants to lift the basket and empty it into the River Thames.
In Act III, Mistress Quickly sets up another meeting between Falstaff and Alice Ford for midnight in a haunted forest. A bunch of people dress up and torment Falstaff until he recognizes Bardolfo, after which the joke is over. A double wedding occurs near the end of the opera, but since people are dressed up and disguised, the wrong ones get married. Oops! The opera ends with the aria “Tutto nel mondo è burla” (meaning “Everything in the world is a joke”), which is notable for being a fugue.
DAILY DOUBLE #2
SECTS
In the 19th century the Namdhari sect of this religion began wearing turbans straight across the forehead--no more jaunty angles
***SIKHISM***
The religion Sikhism began as a movement within Hinduism and was established in the Indian subcontinent in the late 15th century. The religion now has around 25 million followers called Sikhs, who mostly live in the Indian state of Punjab. Upon initiation into the religion, males are given the name Singh (meaning "lion") and females are given the name Kaur (meaning "Princess"). The place of worship in Sikhism is called a gurdwara. The term Khalsa (meaning "pure") is used for Sikhs who keep the five Ks, which include kesh (uncut hair), kangha (comb), kachera (short trousers), kara (iron or steel bracelet), and kirpan (ceremonial sword or knife). Sikh men typically cover their hair with a turban.
Sikhism was established by Guru Nanak, who was followed by nine other gurus, including:
Ram Das (#4) - founder of Amritsar, which has a name meaning “Pool of Nectar” and contains the Golden Temple, which is the main house of worship in Sikhism
Arjan (#5) - compiled the Adi Granth before he was arrested and tortured to death by the Mughals, who practiced Islam and were concerned about Sikhism's growth
Gobind Singh (#10) - initiated the Khalsa tradition and was succeeded by Sikhism’s sacred scripture, the Adi Granth, which is considered the eternal guru and contains hymns composed by Nanak
DAILY DOUBLE #3
MOVIE CREATURES
Ricou Browning's ability to hold his breath underwater came in handy playing a creature in this 1954 film