JAQR - January 28, 2024
Regions of Spain, Island countries, Classic lit, Christina's World, Marvin Gaye, 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 1/22 and Friday 1/26. 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
GO IVth & RULE
Peter IV was king of this region of northeastern Spain for 50 years & often at odds with Majorca & Castile
DAILY DOUBLE #2
ISLAND COUNTRIES
The national anthem of this small island nation says, "peacefully be, the kingdom and sultan"
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
PRESIDENTS & VICE PRESIDENTS
The first vice president & the first president not born in one of the original 13 states were both born in this state
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
U.S. BUSINESS FOUNDERS
A 1934 note to him: "Received hunting clothes... and thank you for those wonderful shoes they fit perfect... your friend, Babe Ruth"
FINAL JEOPARDY #3
1980s MOVIE CHARACTERS
Oliver Stone, screenwriter of this 1983 movie, named its main character to honor the Super Bowl-winning QB from 1982
FINAL JEOPARDY #4
CLASSIC LITERATURE
An intended sequel to this 1869 work centered on the Decembrists, a group of veterans who largely served in the Napoleonic Wars
FINAL JEOPARDY #5
LEADING LADIES: NEXT IN LINE
Janet Gaynor, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, her
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
TEMPERA-MENTAL ARTISTS
Learning to make it from his artist brother-in-law, he used tempera for the detailed brushwork of his iconic "Christina's World"
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION
Marvin Gaye realized, "I'd been singing too loud"; hence the groove of his 1971 hit that said, "Talk to me, so you can see" this
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
THE TV SPIN-OFF SOURCE (name the origin show)
"The Winchesters" were paranormal parents
BONUS CLUE #1
WHOSE WHAT
In Audrey Niffenegger's bestseller, Clare Abshire, Henry DeTamble's beloved, is this title character
BONUS CLUE #2
SHAKE IT OFF (drop the letters ‘I-T’ from a word to make the correct response)
Drop "it" from a word for a hollow space to get this South American rodent
BONUS CLUE #3
ON MY HISTORIC CV
441 A.D.: Beat up on Eastern Romans with bro; 445: murdered bro, became sole leader; 453: stopped living that barbarian life
DAILY DOUBLE #1
GO IVth & RULE
Peter IV was king of this region of northeastern Spain for 50 years & often at odds with Majorca & Castile
***ARAGON***
Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities (along with two autonomous cities, Ceuta [say-OO-tah] and Melilla [meh-LEE-yah], both of which are in North Africa). The largest autonomous community by area is Castile and León (in the northwest and led from Valladolid), and the most populous is Andalusia (located in the south and led from Seville). Two of the 17 are archipelagos: the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. Some of the other autonomous communities include:
Aragon - in the northeast and led from Zaragoza; shares its name with a historic kingdom ruled by Ferdinand II, who married Isabella I in 1469
Extremadura [ex-TRAY-mah-DOO-rah] - having a name literally meaning “outermost hard,” it is in the southwest and is led from Mérida (which previously served as the capital of the Roman province Lusitania); birthplace of arguably the two most famous Spanish conquistadors, Hernán Cortés (Aztec) and Francisco Pizarro (Inca)
Galicia [gah-LIH-shee-ah] - in the northwest and led from Santiago de Compostela (home to the shrine of Saint James the Great, which is the destination of a pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James); its not to be confused with a region of the same name that straddles the Poland-Ukraine border
DAILY DOUBLE #2
ISLAND COUNTRIES
The national anthem of this small island nation says, "peacefully be, the kingdom and sultan"
***BRUNEI***
The country of Brunei [broo-NYE] is located on the island of Borneo, which also contains portions of Malaysia and Indonesia. The tiny country’s two unconnected sections are surrounded by the South China Sea to the north, and Malaysia (specifically, its state of Sarawak) to the south. The country's official name includes the word Darussalam, which means "Abode of Peace." Its capital is Bandar Seri Begawan, and its highest point is Pagon Peak. The country established an Islamic sultanate after receiving independence from the British in 1984. Most of the country’s population is Sunni Muslim. A popular sport in the country is sepak takraw, which uses a small rattan ball, and is like volleyball, except players can’t use their hands. You can watch a full game in the video below.
The sultan of Brunei is Hassanal Bolkiah [bohl-KEE-ah], who is the world’s longest-serving current head of state. The sultan’s car collection (7,000+ worth $5 billion) has its own Wikipedia page. The sultan's official residence, the Istana Nurul Iman (or "Light of Faith Palace") is the world's largest residential palace (1,788 rooms and 257 bathrooms). A mosque named for the sultan has 29 golden domes. The sultan’s brother, Prince Jefri Bolkiah, sounds like a swell guy: he's had a harem of women (including Some Girls author Jillian Lauren) and a yacht named Tits.
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
PRESIDENTS & VICE PRESIDENTS
The first vice president & the first president not born in one of the original 13 states were both born in this state
***KENTUCKY***
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin on Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He born on February 12, 1809, coincidentally, the same day as Charles Darwin. Lincoln’s family moved to Indiana when he was 9 years old and Illinois when he was 21 years old. He briefly served in the Black Hawk War in 1832, but saw no combat. Lincoln was self-educated and started to practice law in 1836. His first love interest was likely Ann Rutledge, but she died at the age of 22. Seven years later, he married Mary Todd. A picture of Lincoln in his thirties can be seen below.
As a member of the Whig Party, Lincoln served four terms in the Illinois State Legislature (1834-1842) and one term in the U.S. Congress (1847-1849). He received a patent in 1849 for a device to lift boats over shoals, making him the only president to have a patent. Lincoln then mainly focused on his law practice in Springfield for the next few years until the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. Lincoln joined the Republican Party and attempted to unseat Stephen A. Douglas (the man who drafted the controversial legislation) from his U.S. Senate seat in 1858. He gave his famous “House Divided” speech after accepting the Republican nomination. The campaign included a series of debates that raised Lincoln's national profile. Although he lost the election, he began to be discussed as a candidate for the 1860 presidential election.
The first vice-president not born in one of the original 13 states was Richard Mentor Johnson, who was born in present-day Louisville, Kentucky. He was Martin Van Buren’s VP from 1837-1841. Johnson is the only VP elected by the Senate under the provisions of the 12th Amendment. Virginia's delegation to the Electoral College refused to endorse Johnson because of his personal life, namely that his common-law wife (and subject of the recent book The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn) was an enslaved person that he inherited. Johnson had earlier rose to political fame in part for his claim that he had personally killed the Shawnee leader Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames in 1813.
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
U.S. BUSINESS FOUNDERS
A 1934 note to him: "Received hunting clothes... and thank you for those wonderful shoes they fit perfect... your friend, Babe Ruth"