JAQR - July 21, 2024
Atticus Finch, national flags, educators, World Heritage Sites, show biz marriages, NHL teams, Swedish film directors, and more...
Thank you for reading another issue of the Jeopardy Answer & Question Recap, or JAQR [“jacker”] for short. This recap includes at least two clues from each Jeopardy! episode between Monday 7/15 and Friday 7/19. 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.
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DAILY DOUBLE #1
FASHION IN BOOKS
Aunt Alexandra & Atticus Finch get into an argument about this narrator wearing overalls
DAILY DOUBLE #2
NATIONAL FLAGS
The flag of this Central American nation has an ax, a ship & motto meaning "I flourish in the shade", but no more Union Jack
DAILY DOUBLE #3
EDUCATION
Her first book outlining her "method" was published in 1909 as "Il metodo della pedagogia scientifica"
DAILY DOUBLE #4
WORLD HERITAGE SITES
The great spa towns of Europe encompass 11 towns in 7 countries, including this French one of World War II infamy
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
1960s PEOPLE
He said that California prison psych tests he took were ones he had designed, so he made himself look docile & unlikely to escape; then he did
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
LITERARY CHARACTERS
In a 1980 National Book Award winner, we learn this title character gets his name from the rank of his late dad--technical sergeant
FINAL JEOPARDY #3
SHOW BIZ MARRIAGES
Married since 1977, the year of this band's 1st album, 2 members referenced another album with their 2023 "Remain in Love" tour
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
FROM THE DUTCH
This NHL franchise turning 100 in 2024 gets its name from a Dutch color word
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
FANNY PACK
In the 1980s this Swede wrote & directed the period family drama "Fanny & Alexander"
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
OLD HOLLYWOOD POWER COUPLES
Jamie Lee Curtis called this power couple mom & dad
BONUS CLUE #1
COLLEGE IN NEW ENGLAND
Founded in 1948, this university was named for this first Jewish justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
BONUS CLUE #2
AN ASIAN CAPITAL IDEA
Before containing "stan" like its country, this city was known over time as Akmolinsk, Nur-Sultan & also Aqmola
BONUS CLUE #3
WORLD HERITAGE SITES
Come with me to this section of Algiers, with palaces & the remains of the Old Citadel
DAILY DOUBLE #1
FASHION IN BOOKS
Aunt Alexandra & Atticus Finch get into an argument about this narrator wearing overalls
***SCOUT***
Scout is the narrator of Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout is the nickname of the girl Jean Louise Finch. She has a brother named Jem and is the daughter of the lawyer Atticus, who provides the novel’s title: “shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” The novel is set during the Great Depression in Maycomb, Alabama (inspired by Lee’s hometown of Monroeville, Alabama). In the novel, Atticus defends a Black resident named Tom Robinson, who is falsely accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell (who was likely attacked by her own father, Bob). Other characters in the novel include the reclusive Boo Radley, who saves Scout and Jem when they are attacked by Bob Ewell. Another character in the novel is Dill Harris, who lives next to the Finch family during the summer. He was based on Harper Lee's childhood friend Truman Capote (author of the "nonfiction novel" In Cold Blood, which Harper Lee helped research).
To Kill a Mockingbird was adapted into a 1962 movie starring Gregory Peck as Atticus. Boo Radley was played by Robert Duvall in his film debut. Its screenplay was written by Horton Foote. The novel was also adapted by Aaron Sorkin into a 2018 Broadway play that starred Jeff Daniels as Atticus. The woman Celia Keenan-Bolger won the Best Actress Tony for playing Scout. Harper Lee's only other novel was titled Go Set a Watchman, which was released in 2015. The novel was set 20 years after To Kill a Mockingbird and features Scout as a grown woman returning to Alabama. The novel controversially depicts Atticus as an ardent segregationist. Scout inspired the name of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's middle child (their two other kids are named Rumer and Tallulah).
DAILY DOUBLE #2
NATIONAL FLAGS
The flag of this Central American nation has an ax, a ship & motto meaning "I flourish in the shade", but no more Union Jack
***BELIZE***
Belize is the least populous country in Central America and is also the only one without a coastline on the Pacific. It was known as British Honduras until 1973 and achieved independence in 1981. Its official language is English. Its current capital is the inland city of Belmopan, which replaced the coastal Belize City (almost entirely destroyed in 1961 by Hurricane Hattie). The country's highest point is Doyle's Delight, which is in the Maya Mountains and is named for Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes).
The flag of Belize depicts two men in front of a mahogany tree. It is the only national flag that depicts humans. The man on the left holds an ax, while the man on the right holds a paddle. The flag includes the Latin motto “sub umbra floreo,” which means “I flourish in the shade.” The green garland on the flag contains 50 leaves, which is a reference to the year 1950 (when the independence movement began). The blue on the flag represents the PUP (People's United Party), while the red represents the UDP (United Democratic Party).
DAILY DOUBLE #3
EDUCATION
Her first book outlining her "method" was published in 1909 as "Il metodo della pedagogia scientifica"