JAQR - June 18, 2023
Canadian PM John Diefenbaker, composer Samuel Barber, the album Dangerously in Love, Negro Leagues legend James Bell, islands of Japan, Ben Simmons, and more...
Thank you for reading another issue of the Jeopardy Answer & Question Recap, or JAQR [ājackerā] for short. This recap includes two clues from each episode of Jeopardy! between Monday 6/12 and Friday 6/16. 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
LIKE A STATUE
John Diefenbaker & Lester Pearson are among the notables commemorated with statues on this Ottawa hill
DAILY DOUBLE #2
ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES
It means "at a slow tempo"; Samuel Barber composed one "for Strings"
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
ACTORS
He starred in the 2 films whose soundtracks were the top 2 bestselling albums of 1978
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
TV & FILM CHARACTERS
He debuted on TV in 1967; the show's creator wanted someone from behind the Iron Curtain to be on "our side"
FINAL JEOPARDY #3
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
Native Americans called it Okwa-ta, or "wide water"; Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville would rename it for a countryman
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
POP SONGS
"Daddy" was the closing track on this diva's solo debut "Dangerously In Love"
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
DADJECTIVES
Chill! Negro Leagues legend & Baseball Hall of Famer James Bell was known as this "Papa"
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES
The sacred island of Okinoshima off this southernmost of Japan's main islands
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
"G", LOOK AT THAT (notice the āGā in quotation marks)
Seen here is a work of the Venetian Renaissance by this painter, whose name means "Big George"
TRIPLE STUMPER #5
FINISH LAST
After a 10-72 last-place finish in the 2015-16 season, this team got the first overall draft pick & chose Ben Simmons
DAILY DOUBLE #1
LIKE A STATUE
John Diefenbaker & Lester Pearson are among the notables commemorated with statues on this Ottawa hill
***PARLIAMENT HILL***
Parliament Hill is a limestone cliff that is home to Canada's federal government. It is also home to more than 20 bronze statues, including one of John Diefenbaker [DEE-fen-BAY-ker], who was Canada's 13th prime minister (1957-1963). He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, which merged with the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative Party in 2003. Diefenbaker introduced the Canadian Bill of Rights and extended the vote to First Nations people. Nicknamed "Dief the Chief," he was the first PM to appoint a woman to the federal cabinet (Ellen Fairclough served as Secretary of State).
DAILY DOUBLE #2
ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES
It means "at a slow tempo"; Samuel Barber composed one "for Strings"
**ADAGIO***
American composer Samuel Barber wrote the orchestral piece Adagio for Strings, which is named for a tempo marking that is between 44-68 beats per minute. The piece was premiered in 1938 by the NBC Symphony, whose conductor was Arturo Toscanini. The somber piece has been played at the funerals of both FDR and JFK. The piece also appeared in the 1980 movie The Elephant Man, directed by David Lynch, and the 1986 movie Platoon, directed by Oliver Stone. In the clip below, Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic.
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
ACTORS
He starred in the 2 films whose soundtracks were the top 2 bestselling albums of 1978
***JOHN TRAVOLTA***
Travolta starred in the 1977 movie Saturday Night Fever and the 1978 movie Grease. In the former, Travolta played Tony Manero, a regular at the 2001 Odyssey Disco. The soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever, which won the Grammy for Album of the Year, is the second-best-selling soundtrack of all-time (behind The Bodyguard). Six of the songs from the album were performed by the Bee Gees, a group formed by the Gibb brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice. Those songs include "Stayin' Alive" and "How Deep Is Your Love." The Bee Gees also wrote, but others performed "If I Can't Have You" (performed by Yvonne Elliman) and "More Than a Woman" (performed by the group Tavares).
The soundtrack album Saturday Night Fever also includes disco versions of classical music: "A Fifth of Beethoven" (adapted from Beethovenās Symphony No. 5) and "Night on Disco Mountain" (adapted from Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain). Other famous groups with songs on the album include Kool & the Gang (who performed the funk song āOpen Sesameā) and KC and the Sunshine Band (who performed āBoogie Shoesā). Instrumental songs on the album written by David Shire include "Manhattan Skyline" and "Salsation." The soundtrack concludes with a song by The Trammps [sic] titled āDisco Inferno,ā whose chorus repeats āBurn baby burn.ā
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
TV & FILM CHARACTERS
He debuted on TV in 1967; the show's creator wanted someone from behind the Iron Curtain to be on "our side"
***CHEKOV***
Walter Koenig played Chekov (pictured below) on the second and third/final seasons of the TV show Star Trek (1966-1969). Pavel Chekov was a Russian-born navigator with the rank of ensign. Koenig later played the recurring antagonist Alfred Bester on the show Babylon 5. Chekov was played by Anton Yelchin in the movie Star Trek (2009) and its sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016). Yelchin tragically died at the age of 27 of blunt traumatic asphyxia when his SUV rolled backward down his driveway and pinned him against a fence.
The show Star Trek: The Original Series also featured:
Lieutenant Uhura - communications officer - played by Nichelle Nichols (and Zoe SaldaƱa in the three most recent movies) - has a name similar to the Swahili word āuhuruā meaning āfreedomā)
Lieutenant Sulu - helmsman - played by George Takei (and John Cho in the three movies) - was named for a sea in the Pacific Ocean between Borneo and the Philippines
FINAL JEOPARDY #3
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
Native Americans called it Okwa-ta, or "wide water"; Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville would rename it for a countryman
***LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN***
The city of New Orleans is on the southern coast of the brackish Lake Pontchartrain, which is about 40 miles (east-to-west) by 24 miles (north-to-south). The lake is connected to the Gulf of Mexico via a strait called The Rigolets. The lake is crossed by a 24-mile bridge called the Pontchartrain Causeway, which holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest continuous bridge over water. It is also the worldās longest bridge outside of Asia. The lake is named for French politician Louis II PhĆ©lypeaux, the count of Pontchartrain, who was a chancellor of French king Louis XIV.
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
POP SONGS
"Daddy" was the closing track on this diva's solo debut "Dangerously In Love"
***BEYONCĆ***
BeyoncƩ Giselle Knowles-Carter released her first studio album in 2003, two years after the girl's group Destiny's Child went on hiatus. Songs from Dangerously in Love include:
āCrazy in Loveā - the opening track, it features her now husband Jay-Z and a chorus that repeats āGot me looking so crazy right nowā
āBaby Boyā - featuring the Jamaican rapper Sean Paul, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for nine straight weeks, and includes the chorus āBaby boy, you stay on my mind / Fulfill my fantasies / I think about you all the time / I see you in my dreamsā
āNaughty Girlā - interpolates from Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby". and includes the lyrics āTonight I'll be your naughty girl / I'm callin' all my girlsā
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
DADJECTIVES
Chill! Negro Leagues legend & Baseball Hall of Famer James Bell was known as this "Papa"
***COOL***
The center fielder āCool Papaā Bell, pictured below, is a Hall of Famer who played in the Negro Leagues from 1922-1950. He was given his nickname in honor of his calm demeanor. According to legend, he was so fast that a ball he hit struck him as he slid into second base. In the mid-1930s, Cool Papa Bell played with Satchel Paige for the Pittsburgh Crawfords. Paige and Bell also played together in 1937 for a team assembled by Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo. In the 1940s, he was a Negro World Series champion with the Homestead Grays, which featured the power hitting catcher Josh Gibson, and was managed by āCandy Jimā Taylor.
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES
The sacred island of Okinoshima off this southernmost of Japan's main islands
***KYUSHU***
The four main islands of Japan are, from north to south, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, the last of which has a name meaning ānine provinces.ā Cities on Kyushu include Nagasaki and Fukuoka [foo-koo-oh-kah], the latter of which is the most populous city on the island. Fukuoka is on the coast of Hakata Bay, which was the site of a 1281 storm (called a ākamikazeā or "divine wind") that scattered and/or sank a large Mongol fleet led by Kublai Khan. Fukuokaās baseball team, the SoftBank Hawks, dominated Japanese baseball in the 2010s.
Volcanoes on Kyushu include Mount Unzen, which erupted in 1792 and killed around 15,000 people, and Mount Aso, which has the worldās largest active crater. Other cities on the island include Beppu, which is known for its hot springs. The island of Okinoshima is about 40 miles north of Kyushu and almost halfway to mainland South Korea. Women and tourists are banned from the sacred island, and men must strip naked before going ashore.
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
"G", LOOK AT THAT (notice the āGā in quotation marks)
Seen here is a work of the Venetian Renaissance by this painter, whose name means "Big George"
***GIORGIONE***
Giorgione [jor-JOH-nee] was born in the 1470s and went to Venice around 1490 to study under Giovanni Bellini. His works include the Castelfranco Madonna, which is in the cathedral of his hometown. His most famous paintings include:
The Tempest (circa 1508) - sometimes called the first landscape in Western art, it depicts a soldier with a pike, a woman breastfeeding, and an approaching storm
The Three Philosophers (circa 1509) - the left half depicts a dark cave and the right half depicts three men: one young, one mature, and one old; it is pictured above in the first half of the recap
Sleeping Venus (circa 1510) - also called the Dresden Venus and pictured below, it depicts a reclining nude female; its background was finished by Titian, who painted a similar work titled Venus of Urbino
TRIPLE STUMPER #5
FINISH LAST
After a 10-72 last-place finish in the 2015-16 season, this team got the first overall draft pick & chose Ben Simmons
***PHILADELPHIA 76ERS***
Australian-born basketball player Ben Simmons attended LSU for one season before being taken by the 76ers with the #1 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft. Perhaps surprisingly, he is third player born in Melbourne to be the #1 pick (Andrew Bogut and Kyrie Irving are the other two). He missed all of his first NBA season due to a broken foot. The following season, he won the Rookie of the Year award. As he continued to steadily improve, he was named an All-Star in 2019, 2020, and 2021, made the NBA All-Defensive First Team in 2020 and 2021, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team in 2020.
However, he struggled with injuries (e.g. missed the 2020 playoffs) and shooting the ball (e.g. 34% from the free throw line during the 2021 playoffs). He missed the entire 2021-2022 season due to a holdout (for which he was heavily fined) and a herniated disk in his back. He was traded to the Brooklyn Nets in 2022 in a deal involving James Harden. He averaged career lows in points, assists, rebounds, steals. free-throw shooting, and minutes per game during the 2022-2023 season, which he missed half of due to various injuries. From 2018-2020, he dated Kendall Jenner, who has also dated NBA players Blake Griffin (2017-2018) and Devin Booker (2020-2022), among others. Kendallās half-sister Kim Kardashian has been seen wearing the following shirt in jest:
