JAQR - March 16, 2025
African flags, Stephen King novels, Sebastian Stan, Pagliacci, Canadian writers, Saturn's moons, 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 3/10 and Friday 3/14. The recap includes Final Jeopardy clues, Triple Stumpers, and Daily Doubles. 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.
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
WORLD FLAGS
A dark blue square in the upper left corner of the flag of this country represents the continent of Africa
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
EXPLORERS
Traveling in 1811 to an elevation of about 12,000 feet, Thomas Manning was the first Englishman to meet this figure
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
CELEBRITY MENTORS
Saoirse Ronan said of this mentor who directed her in 2 films, "She's everything I want to be as an actor & a filmmaker"
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
ALLITERATIVE BOOKS
The car in the title is involved in a mass runover at the start of this Stephen King novel
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
MOVIE TITLE ROLES
Sebastian Stan played Donald Trump learning the ropes of real estate & public relations in this 2024 film
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
THAT'S QUITE A 'STACHE!
This mustachioed composer was best known for his opera "Pagliacci"
DAILY DOUBLE #1
WRITERS IN BOOKS
In 1976, "Lady Oracle", about writer Joan Foster, was reviewed as "the most cheerful novel" by this Canadian woman
DAILY DOUBLE #2
AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Jupiter's moon Ganymede is the solar system's largest; this appropriately named moon of Saturn is a close second
LAST WEEK RECAP #1
Terre Haute, Indiana is nicknamed the "Queen City of" what river?
LAST WEEK RECAP #2
What title squirrel annoys the owl Old Brown in a Beatrix Potter tale about a tail?
BONUS CLUE #1
PARTS OF THE BOOK
This 6th grader & title character says, "I've been looking for you God. I looked in temple. I looked in church"
BONUS CLUE #2
BESTSELLING FICTION
John Updike put his most famous character to bed in this 1990s bestseller that won a Pulitzer Prize
BONUS CLUE #3
AUTHORS' OTHER WORKS
In an 1833 story by her, an alchemist's assistant drinks a potion giving eternal life but ends up seeing all he loves die
BONUS CLUE #4
A BIT OF LIT
Regarding the double-talk name of this character in "Lolita", Nabokov said, "It is a hateful name for a hateful person"
BONUS CLUE #5
21st CENTURY BROADWAY
A review of this musical noted "sacrilege" & said it was "blasphemous" but "its heart is as pure as... a Rodgers & Hammerstein show"
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
WORLD FLAGS
A dark blue square in the upper left corner of the flag of this country represents the continent of Africa
***LIBERIA***
Along with a white star on a blue square, Liberia's flag has eleven red and white stripes. They symbolize the eleven delegates who signed the Liberian Declaration of Independence, which declared independence from the American Colonization Society in 1847. The signatories included Hilary Teague (who drafted the document) and Anthony W. Gardiner (who later served as president).
Other notable flags of Africa include:
Comoros - four horizontal bands (yellow, white, red, and blue), a green triangle, a white crescent moon, and four white stars that represent the islands of Grande Comore (home to the capital Moroni), Mohéli, Anjouan, and Mayotte (overseas department of France)
Eswatini - designed by King Sobhuza II, who reigned for a mere 82 years, the flag depicts a black and white Nguni shield, two spears, and a staff with feather tassels
Lesotho - three horizontal stripes (blue, white, and green representing rain, peace, and prosperity) and a depiction of a black Sotho straw hat called a mokorotlo; adapted in 2006, it replaced a flag that depicted a shield, lance, and club
Mozambique - three horizontal bands (green, black, and yellow), a red triangle, and a yellow star bearing a crossed hoe and AK-47 with a bayonet attached
Uganda - six horizontal bands (black, yellow, red, black, yellow, red) with a bird known as the grey crowned crane in the middle on a white disk
Previously mentioned African flags include:
Angola (FJ #3) - https://jaqr.substack.com/p/jaqr-may-26-2024
Burundi (DD #1) - https://jaqr.substack.com/p/jaqr-july-23-2023
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
EXPLORERS
Traveling in 1811 to an elevation of about 12,000 feet, Thomas Manning was the first Englishman to meet this figure
***DALAI LAMA***
The Dalai Lama is the leader of the Yellow Hat order of Tibetan Buddhism. There have been fourteen different men to hold the title of Dalai Lama, which can be translated as “ocean leader.” Holders of the title are believed to be manifestations of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. The first person to hold the title was Gedun Drupa, who lived from 1391-1474. The fifth Dalai Lama became ruler of Tibet with the help of the Mongols. A winter palace for the Dalai Lama in Lhasa called the Potala Palace was completed in 1649. The Panchem Lama is second only to the Dalai Lama in spiritual authority.
The current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso, who has lived in exile in India ever since a failed 1959 uprising against communist Chinese forces that occupied Tibet. His 1990 autobiography was titled Freedom in Exile. In 2016, he co-wrote The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World with South Africa's Desmond Tutu. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, but his greatest achievement in life surely came in 2013, when he placed second on GQ's list of "The 100 Most Powerful Bald Men in the World," behind only Michael Jordan.
Heinrich Harrer wrote the book Seven Years in Tibet, which focuses on events between 1944 and 1951. Harrer discusses his time at the court of the Dalai Lama, whom he tutored. The book was adapted into a 1997 movie starring Brad Pitt. Earlier in life, Harrer was a member of the SS who flew the Nazi flag after making the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, which was known as the “last problem" of the Alps.
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
CELEBRITY MENTORS
Saoirse Ronan said of this mentor who directed her in 2 films, "She's everything I want to be as an actor & a filmmaker"