JAQR - February 16, 2025
20th century presidential candidates, Australian flightless birds, 279 BCE battles, British rivers, Louise Nevelson, and more...
Thank you for reading another issue of the Jeopardy Answer & Question Recap, or JAQR [“jacker”] for short. This recap includes at least one clue from each Jeopardy! episode between Monday 2/10 and Friday 2/14. The recap includes Daily Doubles, Final Jeopardy clues, and Triple Stumpers. There’s also questions about material from last week and Bonus Clues about long ago covered topics. 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
20th CENTURY NOTABLES
Gloria Steinem said this 1972 Democratic candidate for pres. "first took the 'white-male-only' sign off the White House"
DAILY DOUBLE #2
BIRD "E"s
In the 1930s, Australia declared a war of sorts on these large flightless birds
DAILY DOUBLE #3
AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS
In a 1973 book by her, Deenie has to deal with scoliosis as well as regular 7th grade issues
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
MEN OF WAR
Robert E. Lee's victory at Chancellorsville has been likened to this Greek's victory at Asculum in 279 B.C.
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
EUROPEAN ARTWORK
A rope around their leader's neck, the men depicted in this late 19th c. piece seem resigned to death, but in the end they survived
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
BRIDGES
Now a World Heritage Site, the perhaps unimaginatively named Ironbridge spans this river, Britain's longest
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
ART FOR ART'S SAKE
Borrowed from French, it's the term for Louise Nevelson's form of sculpture in joining everyday objects in unusual combinations
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
POP CULTURE JEOPARDY!
She was the mother on "How I Met Your Mother" & the daughter of Carmine Falcone on the HBO show "The Penguin"
LAST WEEK REVIEW #1
Who directed the 1930s movies Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, and Bride of Frankenstein?
LAST WEEK REVIEW #2
What Swedish athlete won the men's pole vault gold medal at the last two Summer Olympics?
BONUS CLUE #1
CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS
Asked by a student about the Loch Ness Monster, she said a time portal below could allow a prehistoric creature to pass through
BONUS CLUE #2
NONFICTION
Chapters in this pre-"Silent Spring" book by Rachel Carson include "The Moving Tides" & "Wind & Water"
BONUS CLUE #3
CONVERSATIONAL ESPERANTO
Esperi, related to the word Esperanto, is to do this
DAILY DOUBLE #1
20th CENTURY NOTABLES
Gloria Steinem said this 1972 Democratic candidate for pres. "first took the 'white-male-only' sign off the White House"
***SHIRLEY CHISHOLM***
The politician Shirley Chisholm was born in New York City in 1924. She received a Master's from Columbia University in early childhood education in 1951 and was considered an expect in child welfare in the early 1960s. She was active in the NAACP and served in the New York state legislature from 1965-1968. In 1969, she became the first Black woman elected to Congress. She used the campaign slogan “Unbought and Unbossed,” which was also the title of her 1970 autobiography. She served New York’s 12th district (at the time, Brooklyn) for seven terms. In 1972, she became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. George McGovern eventually received the nomination and narrowly lost the Electoral College to Nixon 520-17. She was played by Uzo Aduba in the 2020 miniseries Mrs. America, which centered on efforts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, which was opposed by Phyllis Schlafly (played by Cate Blanchett).
DAILY DOUBLE #2
BIRD "E"s
In the 1930s, Australia declared a war of sorts on these large flightless birds
***EMUS***
The Emu War was a military operation in the state of Western Australia in 1932, during the midst of the Great Depression. The war's namesake large flightless birds were destroying large amounts of crops, including wheat. Three soldiers (Gwynydd Meredith, S. McMurray, and Gunner J. O’Halloran) were tasked with slaughtering around 20,000 emus with a total of two Lewis guns (type of machine gun) and 10,000 rounds of ammo. Gwynydd Meredith claimed that the emus could “face machine guns with the invulnerability of tanks.” The emus, thanks in part to their tough hides, were eventually declared the winners of the "war." The three soldiers “suffered no casualties, except for their dignity.”
DAILY DOUBLE #3
AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS
In a 1973 book by her, Deenie has to deal with scoliosis as well as regular 7th grade issues
***JUDY BLUME***
The author Judy Blume was born in New Jersey in 1938. Her first books included The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo (1969) and Iggie’s House (1970). She became famous with the 1970 YA novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. The main character is an eleven-year-old girl named Margaret Simon, who speaks directly to God about topics such as her first period and bra size. Abby Ryder Fortson played the title girl in a 2023 movie adaptation, which co-starred Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates.
Blume’s 1971 book titled Freckle Juice concerns a second grader named Andrew who buys a recipe for 50 cents for freckle juice (contains grape juice, vinegar, mustard, etc) so that he can get freckles like his classmate Nicky. Her 1972 book Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing was the first to feature her very young recurring character named Farley Drexel Hatcher, better known as "Fudge." Near the end of the book, that character swallows a pet turtle named Dribble that belongs to his older brother Peter. The book had a spin-off the same year titled Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great.
The title of Blume’s 1974 book Blubber refers to a nickname given to an overweight girl named Linda after she gives an oral report about whales. In her 1975 book titled Forever, a teenager named Katherine gets a prescription for birth control and has sex for the first time. Her 1981 book Tiger Eyes centers on a fifteen-year-old girl named Davey, who struggles to cope with the death of her father. To get away for awhile, her family briefly moves from Atlantic City to Los Alamos. The book was adapted into a 2012 movie starring Willa Holland, who later played Thea Queen (aka Speedy) on Arrow.
Blume has written a few books for adults, including 1978’s Wifey, 1998’s Summer Sisters, and 2015’s In the Unlikely Event (in which three planes crash in one town over the course of two months). Blume resides in Key West, where she opened a non-profit bookstore called Books & Books.
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
MEN OF WAR
Robert E. Lee's victory at Chancellorsville has been likened to this Greek's victory at Asculum in 279 B.C.