JAQR - June 2, 2024
Jon Krakauer bestsellers, U.S. presidential election of 1956, The Nutcracker, and so much 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 5/27 and Friday 5/31. The recap include at least two each of 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
BESTSELLERS
In his introduction to this bestseller, Jon Krakauer wrote, "The plain truth is that I knew better but went to Everest anyway"
DAILY DOUBLE #2
DOING A NUMBER ON YOU
In the presidential election of 1956, Eisenhower carried 41 states & Stevenson, this many
DAILY DOUBLE #3
...BUT WHO'S COUNTYING?
Lyon, Sac & Sioux are 3 of the 99 counties that presidential candidates try to visit in this state
DAILY DOUBLE #4
NATIONAL COATS OF ARMS
4 red bars representing Catalonia & 2 red cows of Béarn, France adorn its coat of arms
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS
On the 2022 bicentennial of his birth, the body of this man was exhumed & DNA used to determine his genetic afflictions
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY
This city attracted thousands of visitors even before a new shrine to a murder victim was dedicated there July 7, 1220
FINAL JEOPARDY #3
HISTORIC PEOPLE
An island near Cebu City has a statue of Lapulapu & a monument to this man that Lapulapu is said to have killed in 1521
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
NAME THE CELEBRITY
A rapper; has 2 kids with Rihanna; actor in "Dope" & 2018's "Monster"
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
NOVELS
A revenge plan claims the life of the Vicomte de Valmont in this 1782 novel of scheming lovers
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
TO THE BALLET!
This character saves the Nutcracker Prince by tossing her slipper at the Mouse King
BONUS CLUE #1
CANADIAN CITIES
This hill in Ottawa is the site of Canada's House of Commons
DAILY DOUBLE #1
BESTSELLERS
In his introduction to this bestseller, Jon Krakauer wrote, "The plain truth is that I knew better but went to Everest anyway"
***INTO THIN AIR***
Jon Krakauer (born in 1954) is the author of many bestselling non-fiction books, including:
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains (1990) - collection of essays about mountaineering and rock climbing; the title work is named for a mountain in the Bernese Alps that is known for its tough to climb north face (or north wall or Nordwand), leading to its punning nickname of Mordwand (“murder wall”)
Into the Wild (1996) - centers on a young man named Chris McCandless (aka Alexander Supertramp), who in 1992 hitchhiked to Alaska, walked alone into the wilderness, and whose decomposed body was found four months later in an abandoned bus; it was adapted into a 2007 movie that starred Emile Hirsch and was directed by Sean Penn
Into Thin Air (1997) - subtitled “A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster,” it discusses how important safety methods are sometimes disregarded due to competition between rival guiding agencies (e.g. Adventure Consultants and Mountain Madness) that are hoping to get their clients to the summit
Under the Banner of Heaven (2003) - subtitled “A Story of Violent Faith,” it discusses the origin of the Mormon Church and the fundamentalist Mormon brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who claimed they received a commandment from God to kill their sister-in-law Brenda and her infant daughter in 1984; it was adapted into a Hulu miniseries starring Andrew Garfield as a police detective
Where Men Win Glory (2009) - centers on Pat Tillman, who in 2002 walked away from a large NFL contract to join the Army after the 9/11 attacks; he was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 by friendly fire, which the Army tried to cover up
Three Cups of Deceit (2011) - subtitled “How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way,” it centers on the co-founder of the charity Central Asia Institute and the author of Three Cups of Tea, who *claims* to be a selfless humanitarian and children’s crusader
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town (2015) - centers on a series of sexual assaults at the University of Montana from 2008 to 2012, many of which were linked to the football team
DAILY DOUBLE #2
DOING A NUMBER ON YOU
In the presidential election of 1956, Eisenhower carried 41 states & Stevenson, this many
***SEVEN***
In the U.S. presidential election of 1956, the incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower (and VP Richard Nixon) defeated the Democratic candidate and “egghead” Adlai E. Stevenson II, who was a former governor of Illinois, and whose grandfather (Adlai Stevenson I) was Grover Cleveland’s first VP. It was basically a rematch from four years earlier (although Stevenson’s VP candidate was changed from Alabama Senator John Sparkman to Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver). Both elections were landslides for Eisenhower. The electoral vote in 1956 was 457-73 and the only seven states Stevenson won were North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri. The election included one faithless elector, a racist dude from Alabama (redundant?) named W. F. Turner, who voted for a rando local circuit court judge named Walter Burgwyn Jones, who was pro-segregation. Despite the landslide, the Democrats managed to maintain their control of the House and Senate. Eisenhower won re-election despite questions concerning his health. He had a heart attack in 1955 and underwent surgery for ileitis (inflammation of the intestine) in June of 1956.
DAILY DOUBLE #3
...BUT WHO'S COUNTYING?
Lyon, Sac & Sioux are 3 of the 99 counties that presidential candidates try to visit in this state