JAQR - May 26, 2024
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 5/20 and Friday 5/24. 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
IT'S ALREADY IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION!
In a relatively famous play, this 4-word question precedes "Deny thy father & refuse thy name"
DAILY DOUBLE #2
THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT
The Houses of Parliament are located in this London borough
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
THE THEATER
Of the 14 roles in a production of this play that opened on Broadway on October 28, 2004, none were played by females
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
THE MOVIES
Louise & Lisa Burns, twins featured in this 1980 film, told a magazine, "We're naturally spooky!"
FINAL JEOPARDY #3
COUNTRIES' LANGUAGES
About 70% of its people can speak Portuguese; about 20% can speak Umbundu,
8% Kikongo & 8% Kimbundu
FINAL JEOPARDY #4
ARTWORK
Rembrandt's only seascape is set here, where the main figure once said, "Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?"
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
SAINTS
He not only founded the Society of Jesus, he also served as its first superior general
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
BAND BOOKS
Bennie was in a punk band long ago, but now is a record producer in her book "A Visit from the Goon Squad"
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
LIT TITLES BY THE NUMBERS
Kathy Reichs came up with this many "Bones", typically the amount found in adult humans
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
YOUR FIRST CONCERT
I rang in 2000 with this Vermont band as they lit the morning sky, incorporating "Sunrise" from "Also Sprach Zarathustra" in a jam
BONUS CLUE #1
SAINTS
Upon canonization in 2016, Mother Teresa became St. Teresa of this city
BONUS CLUE #2
WHERE IN "THE" WORLD?
A narrow strait connecting the Aegean Sea & the Sea of Marmara
DAILY DOUBLE #1
IT'S ALREADY IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION!
In a relatively famous play, this 4-word question precedes "Deny thy father & refuse thy name"
***WHEREFORE ART THOU ROMEO***
William Shakespeare wrote the 1590s tragic play Romeo and Juliet, which is set in Verona, Italy. The play was based on an Arthur Brooke poem, which itself was based on a tale by Matteo Bandello. The star-crossed title characters of Shakespeare’s play fall in love at a ball, but are members of feuding families “both alike in dignity” named the Montagues and Capulets. They are secretly married thanks to Friar Laurence. Romeo is banished to Mantua by the Prince of Verona after killing Juliet's cousin Tybalt, who had earlier killed Romeo's friend Mercutio in a duel. Juliet pretends to fake her own death (with the help of Friar Laurence) in order to get out of marrying the eligible bachelor Paris. However, Romeo is unaware of the ruse due to a message failing to reach him (probably Louis DeJoy's fault). Romeo visits Juliet in a burial vault and kills himself since he thinks she's dead. Juliet wakes up and sees that Romeo is dead, so she kills herself too.
Jeopardy! loves asking about specific lines from the works of Shakespeare, so here’s some famous ones from Romeo and Juliet:
Act I Scene v - “It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night / As a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear” = Romeo compares Juliet's beauty against the backdrop of night to an earring sparkling against the skin of an Ethiopian person
Act II Scene ii - “Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, / That I shall say good night till it be morrow” = Juliet says this to Romeo in the “balcony scene”
Act III Scene i - “Help me into some house, Benvolio, / Or I shall faint. A plague o’ both your houses! / They have made worms’ meat of me. / I have it, and soundly, too. Your houses!” = the final words spoken by Mercutio, who curses both the Montagues and Capulets
DAILY DOUBLE #2
THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT
The Houses of Parliament are located in this London borough
***WESTMINSTER***
There are 32 boroughs in London. They include Enfield (the northernmost), Croydon (southernmost and most populous), Bromley (largest by area), and Westminster (which is officially called the City of Westminster). Along with the Houses of Parliament (which is officially called the Palace of Westminster), other buildings in the borough include 10 Downing Street (residence of the prime minister), the National Gallery, and the following:
Buckingham Palace - official London residence of Britain's sovereigns, it is a humble abode containing a mere 775 rooms
Westminster Abbey - church that has been the site of dozens of coronations (e.g. William the Conqueror in 1066 and Charles III in 2023) and countless marriages (e.g. Princess Elizabeth & Philip Mountbatten in 1947 and Prince William & Catherine Middleton in 2011); the author Ben Jonson is buried in the abbey standing upright, but not in its famous section called Poets' Corner
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
THE THEATER
Of the 14 roles in a production of this play that opened on Broadway on October 28, 2004, none were played by females
***12 ANGRY MEN***
The work “12 Angry Men” originated as a 1954 episode of the anthology TV series Studio One. The episode was written by Reginald Rose, who also wrote a stage adaptation that premiered in San Francisco in 1955. The first Broadway production of the play only came in 2004 and starred Boyd Gaines. Rose also wrote the screenplay for the most famous adaptation, which is the 1957 movie that was the directorial debut of Sidney Lumet. The movie 12 Angry Men is a courtroom drama starring Henry Fonda as Juror 8 (whose surname is revealed to be Davis near the end the movie). Fonda plays a juror who tries to convince the other eleven jurors (who quickly voted to convict) to re-examine the evidence since the teenager accused of killing his abusive father may be innocent. The movie's cast also included:
Juror 3 = Lee J. Cobb - originated the role of Willy Loman in 1949’s Death of a Salesman and played a mob boss in 1954’s On the Waterfront
Juror 5 = Jack Klugman - played Oscar Madison (the messy one) on The Odd Couple (1970-1975) and the title medical examiner on Quincy, M.E. (1976-1983)
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
THE MOVIES
Louise & Lisa Burns, twins featured in this 1980 film, told a magazine, "We're naturally spooky!"