JAQR - March 24, 2024
Economists, Mexican states, Eurasian cities, Glandular organs, Tall statues, Charmaine Wilkerson, National airlines, 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 3/18 and Friday 3/22. 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
NOTABLE NAMES
His 1936 "General Theory" suggesting government spending to lower unemployment influenced economic policy for decades
DAILY DOUBLE #2
TIME FOR DESERT
Parts of Texas are covered by this vast desert named for Mexico's largest state
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
EURASIA
Zvartnots International Airport serves this capital & has the code EVN, all letters found in the city's name
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
THE HUMAN BODY
This glandular organ that starts to shrink at puberty is known for being where the cells key to adaptive immunity develop
FINAL JEOPARDY #3
TRAILBLAZERS
The foremost member of the "Sochi Six", which was similar to a previous U.S. group, he died in a plane crash in 1968
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
STATUES OF THE WORLD
Any statue substantially larger than life-size is one of these, like the Daibutsu or Great Buddha
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
BOOKS & AUTHORS
A dessert made from a family recipe is the title of this Charmaine Wilkerson novel that became a Hulu series in 2023
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
THE DIRECTING BROTHERS
Jay & Mark Duplass directed this very good "Superbad" actor as "Cyrus"
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
TRANSPORTATION
The national airline of Poland is known by this 3-letter name
TRIPLE STUMPER #5
THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT
"If you want my body, & you think I'm sexy, come on sugar, let me know, if you really need me, just reach out & touch me"
BONUS CLUE #1
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS
Though he won the popular vote, he flunked out of the Electoral College by 5 votes
DAILY DOUBLE #1
NOTABLE NAMES
His 1936 "General Theory" suggesting government spending to lower unemployment influenced economic policy for decades
***JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES***
John Maynard Keynes [“canes”] (1883-1946) was a British economist. He was a member of the Bloomsbury Group and taught economics at Cambridge. In 1919 he accompanied British PM David Lloyd George to the Paris Peace Conference, where the Treaty of Versailles was signed. The harsh reparations placed on Germany led him to call it a “Carthaginian peace” in the book The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Keynes also wrote the very influential 1936 book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. That work proposed increasing government spending to end high unemployment. Keynes’ belief that governments should solve problems in the short run led to his famous witticism “In the long run, we are all dead." Keynes mentioned "three-hour shifts" and "a fifteen-hour week" in his article “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren.” Keynes was a homosexual, but was married to the Russian ballerina Lydia Lopakova.
DAILY DOUBLE #2
TIME FOR DESERT
Parts of Texas are covered by this vast desert named for Mexico's largest state
***CHIHUAHUAN DESERT***
Mexico has 31 states, six of which border the United States. Going east to west, those six states are Tamaulipas [tah-mau-LEE-pahs], Nuevo León, Coahuila [koh-ah-WEE-lah], Chihuahua, and the following:
Sonora - Mexico’s second largest state, it is home to Hermosillo (the capital), Ciudad Obregón (named for Mexican president Álvaro Obregón, who served from 1920-1924), and the border city of Nogales; its western portion contains the Sonoran Desert, which contains many tall saguaro cacti
Baja California - home to Mexicali (the capital, which is located across from Calexico, CA), the port city of Ensenada, and Tijuana (across from San Diego, CA); it is separated from the Mexican mainland by the Gulf of California (aka the Sea of Cortez)
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
EURASIA
Zvartnots International Airport serves this capital & has the code EVN, all letters found in the city's name
***YEREVAN***
Yerevan is the capital of Armenia, which is in the Caucasus region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia. Yerevan is on the Hrazdan River, which originates at Lake Sevan (makes up one-sixth of Armenia's total area). Landmarks in the city include the Erebuni Fortress (founded in the 8th century BCE) and a cathedral named for Saint Gregory the Illuminator, who was responsible for the country becoming the first in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 CE. Famous people born in the city include the chess grandmaster Levon Aronian, who achieved a peak FIDE rating of 2830, the fourth best all-time (behind only Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, and Fabiano Caruana). Mount Ararat, which is often considered to be the resting place of Noah's Ark, is around 35 miles away in nearby Turkey, and can be seen from the city when looking south. Yerevan is the penultimate world capital alphabetically (Croatia’s capital of Zagreb is last).
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
THE HUMAN BODY
This glandular organ that starts to shrink at puberty is known for being where the cells key to adaptive immunity develop