JAQR - May 19, 2024
South American countries, Rod Steiger movies, Cassandra Clare books, West Virginia politics, Charles Macintosh, MLB pitchers, 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 5/13 and Friday 5/17. 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
BIG GEO
At just shy of 500,000 square miles of mountains, jungle & arid coastline, it's the third largest country in South America
DAILY DOUBLE #2
HIS WIDOW LIVED ON: NOTORIOUS EDITION
Lester Gillis, known by this adorable alias, was killed by the FBI in 1934; Helen Gillis died in 1987 & is buried beside him
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
19th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS
John Elwes, a millionaire Member of Parliament who would go to bed before dusk to save on candles, inspired this character
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
THE EARLY 20th CENTURY
Before entering history, this man visited the grave of Bogdan Zerajic, who had died just a few years earlier
FINAL JEOPARDY #3
BOOK & MOVIE TITLE REFERENCES
The title of this 2001 book, also a 2003 film, forms a partial border between Boston, Chelsea, Medford & Everett
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
LITERARY TITLE OCCUPATIONS
Holocaust survivor Sol runs a shop whose customers are often desperate in this novel made into a Rod Steiger movie
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
PREQUELS & SEQUELS
"The Infernal Devices" is a prequel trilogy to this Cassandra Clare series that includes "City of Bones" & "City of Ashes"
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
2020s POLITICS
Quite the center of attention in 2022, in the '60s this senator played QB for West Virginia & assistant coach Bobby Bowden
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
SCIENCE EXPERIEMENTS
In the 19th century Charles Macintosh mixed a solvent called naphtha with this substance to make a waterproof material
TRIPLE STUMER #5
BASEBALL'S 25-GAME WINNERS
In 1972 this lefty was a “Phillie Phanatic” on the mound; he led the NL in wins (27), ERA (1.97) & strikeouts (310)
DAILY DOUBLE #1
BIG GEO
At just shy of 500,000 square miles of mountains, jungle & arid coastline, it's the third largest country in South America
***PERU***
South America's third largest country by area is Peru, whose capital and most populous city is Lima (nicknamed "The Gastronomic Capital of the Americas"). The second and third most populous cities are Arequipa and Trujillo, both of which have around a million people. Peru can be divided into three main regions: the Costa, Sierra, and Amazonia, which refer to the arid coastline along the Pacific Ocean, the Andes Mountains, and the Amazon rainforest/jungle, respectively. The country is bordered by Ecuador to the northwest, Colombia to the northeast, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the southeast, and Chile to the south. Peru and Bolivia share Lake Titicaca, which is often called the highest navigable body of water in the world. Peru also notably contains the Colca Canyon, which is twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
Here’s is a list of South America's twelve countries ranked by area: 1. Brazil 2. Argentina 3. Peru 4. Colombia 5. Bolivia 6. Venezuela 7. Chile 8. Paraguay 9. Ecuador 10. Guyana 11. Uruguay 12. Suriname
Peru is home to thirteen UNESCO World Heritage sites. They include Cuzco (capital of the Inca Empire), Machu Picchu (site of ancient Inca ruins), and Qhapaq Ñan (Inca network of roads in the Andes). Some of the others are:
Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex - also known as Chanquillo, it dates from the third century BC and contains the Thirteen Towers solar observatory
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone - named for the capital of the Chimú (or Chimor) Kingdom, which reached its peak in the 15th century, but soon fell to the Inca
Huascarán National Park - shares its name with Peru’s highest mountain
DAILY DOUBLE #2
HIS WIDOW LIVED ON: NOTORIOUS EDITION
Lester Gillis, known by this adorable alias, was killed by the FBI in 1934; Helen Gillis died in 1987 & is buried beside him
***BABY FACE NELSON***
George “Baby Face” Nelson was an alias of the youthful-looking gangster Lester Gillis, who preferred the nickname “Big George.” He was born in Chicago in 1908 and early on worked for Al Capone as a bootlegger, but was let go for being too violet. He then focused on bank robberies, and even committed a couple with John Dillinger. He was killed as a result of a 1934 shoot-out with FBI agents in the so-called Battle of Barrington (named for a Chicago suburb). Mickey Rooney played the title character of the 1957 movie Baby Face Nelson. That movie was directed by Don Siegel, who one year earlier had directed Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and who later directed many films starring Clint Eastwood (e.g. 1971's Dirty Harry).
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
19th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS
John Elwes, a millionaire Member of Parliament who would go to bed before dusk to save on candles, inspired this character