JAQR - May 7, 2023
Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial, Wild Bill Hickok, Dirk Pitt, Springsteen's sax player, The Whale Rider, 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 episode of Jeopardy! between Monday 5/1 and Friday 5/5. The recap will include some Daily Doubles, Final Jeopardys, 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
IT'S GONNA BE MAY!
On May 10-11, 1927 he flew from San Diego to New York City, with an overnight stop in St. Louis
DAILY DOUBLE #2
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
This creature with a fierce reputation is Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial
DAILY DOUBLE #3
"D" TOUR
In this Old West town, you can pay your respects to Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
MEDICAL HISTORY
A vaccine against this respiratory illness came out in the U.S. in 1914 & eventually combined with 2 other vaccines
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
BODIES OF WATER
Formed some 10,000-15,000 years ago & with an average depth of only about 150 feet, it's named for a man who sailed through it in 1728
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
TITLES WITH EXCLAMATION POINTS!
"Raise the Titanic! " is the fourth book featuring this author's action hero Dirk Pitt
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
SAX EDUCATION
Springsteen eulogized this great sax player by saying he "doesn't leave the E Street Band when he dies. He leaves when we die"
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
NOVEL COUNTRIES (name the country where the book is mainly set)
The basis for a movie: "The Whale Rider"
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSE
After appearing in the "Ziegfeld Follies", she starred in "Star and Garter"
TRIPLE STUMPER #5
DUNCE, DUNCE
Thersites in this Shakespeare play says Agamemnon "has not so much brain as earwax"
DAILY DOUBLE #1
IT'S GONNA BE MAY!
On May 10-11, 1927 he flew from San Diego to New York City, with an overnight stop in St. Louis
***CHARLES LINDBERGH***
Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) completed the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. He left Roosevelt Field on Long Island on May 20 at 7:52 AM and landed near Paris on May 21 at 10:24 PM (33.5 hours total). His single-engine plane was called the Spirit of St. Louis, named in honor of the St. Louis men who provided funding for the plane. Since the plane had extra fuel tanks for the relatively long journey, Lindbergh had to use a periscope to see forward. Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize for completing the trip. He was the first-ever Time Person of the Year (then called Man of the Year).
In 1929 Charles Lindbergh married Anne Morrow, whose father Dwight was the United States ambassador to Mexico during most of the Cristero War. In 1932 their 20-month-old son was kidnapped and murdered. Bruno Hauptmann was found guilty and executed. During World War II, Lindbergh wanted the U.S. to remain neutral and was a prominent spokesperson for the America First Committee. He refused to denounce Nazi Germany and blamed "the Jewish" for pressing the U.S. toward war. Lindbergh defeats FDR to become president in 1940 in the alternative history novel The Plot Against America by Philip Roth.
DAILY DOUBLE #2
AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
This creature with a fierce reputation is Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial
***TASMANIAN DEVIL***
The Tasmanian devil is a marsupial named for the Australian island of Tasmania and its bad-temper. It has, pound-for-pound, the most powerful bite of any mammal, and it eats all of its prey, including the skin and bones. Its scientific name is Sarcophilus harrisii: the first word means "flesh lover" in Latin, and the second word refers to George Harris, who was the first English person to describe the animal. Tasmanian devils are currently suffering from a contagious cancer called DFTD, or devil facial tumor disease. The cancer is spread when the animals bite each other on the face. The tumors interfere with their ability to eat, and they starve to death. Tasmanian devils in pop culture include the Looney Tunes character Taz, who can create a whirling tornado of destruction. Tasmanian Devil was the title of a documentary about Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn, who played the swashbuckling title character of the 1935 movie Captain Blood and the 1938 movie The Adventures of Robin Hood.
DAILY DOUBLE #3
"D" TOUR
In this Old West town, you can pay your respects to Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane
***DEADWOOD***
Deadwood is in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. It was named for the deceased trees in the area, and was the site of an 1876 gold rush. The frontiersman Wild Bill Hickok was shot in the back of the head and killed while playing poker in a Deadwood saloon by Jack McCall in 1876. The cards that Hickock were holding at the time, a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights (and one other card, possibly a nine or a queen), are now known as the “Dead Man’s Hand.” Calamity Jane (born Martha Cannary) was buried next to him in Deadwood’s Mount Moriah Cemetery, which shares its name with the Jerusalem locale on which Solomon built the First Temple. Deadwood (2004-2006) was the title of an HBO show that starred Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane as residents of the title town. Deadwood is also a term used in the card game gin to refer to cards not in any meld.
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
MEDICAL HISTORY
A vaccine against this respiratory illness came out in the U.S. in 1914 & eventually combined with 2 other vaccines
***WHOOPING COUGH*** (or pertussis)
The respiratory disease whooping cough is also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough. It is characterized by a distinctive hacking and catching of the breath. The three stages of the disease are catarrhal (1-2 weeks), paroxysmal (1-6 weeks), and convalescent (weeks to months). The disease is caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. The bacteria is named for the French bacteriologist Jules Bordet and the Latin word for “intensive cough.” A DPT (or DTP or DTaP) vaccine is often administered to kids and works against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus. The pertussis vaccine was partly developed by Leila Denmark, who practiced medicine until the age of 103 (and lived until the age of 114).
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
BODIES OF WATER
Formed some 10,000-15,000 years ago & with an average depth of only about 150 feet, it's named for a man who sailed through it in 1728
***BERING STRAIT***
The Bering Strait separates Asia and North America. The 55-mile-wide strait is named for Danish explorer Vitus Bering, who sailed for Russian tsar Peter the Great. The strait was previously a land bridge (called Beringia) during the last Ice Age, which ended about 11,700 years ago. To the north of the Bering Strait is the Chukchi Sea, and to the south of the strait is the Bering Sea. The strait is home to the Diomede Islands: Big Diomede belongs to Russia, and Little Diomede belongs to the U.S. The islands are about 2.5 miles apart, and are separated by the International Date Line.
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
TITLES WITH EXCLAMATION POINTS!
"Raise the Titanic! " is the fourth book featuring this author's action hero Dirk Pitt
***CLIVE CUSSLER***
Clive Cussler (1931-2020) was an adventure novelist and authority on shipwrecks. He founded NUMA, the National Underwater and Marine Agency. That organization is dedicated to preserving maritime and naval history. Cussler’s 1976 book Raise the Titanic! is about, as the title suggests, raising the Titanic. In the fictional book, the ship contains a rare element called byzantium, which is needed for a defense network to keep the U.S. safe. The recurring character Dirk Pitt, a heroic underwater adventurer, is in charge of the mission. Dirk Pitt also appears in Cussler’s book Sahara, which partly involves the search for a Confederate ironclad. The book was adapted into a 2005 movie that starred Matthew McConaughey (pictured below) and flopped at the box office.
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
SAX EDUCATION
Springsteen eulogized this great sax player by saying he "doesn't leave the E Street Band when he dies. He leaves when we die"
***CLARENCE CLEMONS***
Clarence Clemons (1942-2011), nicknamed “The Big Man,” was the saxophonist for the E Street Band, which is the backing band for “The Boss,” Bruce Springsteen. Clarence Clemons was replaced in the band upon his death by his nephew, Jake Clemons. Springsteen's 1975 album Born to Run (whose cover features Springsteen leaning on the partly visible Clemons) closes with the nine-minute song "Jungleland," which includes a lengthy tenor sax solo for Clemons. The first single from Springsteen’s 1984 album Born in the U.S.A. was the song "Dancing in the Dark," which ends with a Clemons sax solo. The music video to that song ends with Springsteen and a woman from the audience (played by Courteney Cox) dancing on stage. Their moves partly inspired the so-called “Carlton Dance,” performed by Alfonso Ribeiro on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Clemons can also be heard on songs by other artists, such as Aretha Franklin’s “Freeway of Love” and Lady Gaga’s “The Edge Of Glory.”
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
NOVEL COUNTRIES (name the country where the book is mainly set)
The basis for a movie: "The Whale Rider"
***NEW ZEALAND***
The Whale Rider is a 1987 novel by Māori [MAO-ree] writer Witi Ihimaera [ee-hee-MY-rah], pictured below. The novel centers on the girl Kahu, who wants to be her tribe’s chief, a role usually reserved for males only. Kahu gradually learns that she has the ability to communicate with whales. In the 2002 film adaptation, Kahu (called Paikea or Pai in the movie) was played by Keisha Castle-Hughes, who received a Best Actress nomination. At the time, the thirteen-year-old Castle-Hughes was the youngest person to ever be nominated for Best Actress (but lost to Charlize Theron, who starred in Monster). Around a decade later, the star of Beasts of the Southern Wild, nine-year-old Quvenzhané [kwuh-VEN-jah-NAY] Wallis, was nominated for the award (but lost to Jennifer Lawrence, who starred in Silver Linings Playbook).
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSE
After appearing in the "Ziegfeld Follies", she starred in "Star and Garter"
***GYPSY ROSE LEE***
Gypsy Rose Lee, pictured below, was the stage name of Rose Louise Hovick (1914-1970). She was a striptease artist who received her nickname from her habit of reading tea leaves. The journalist H. L. Mencken was inspired by her to coin the word ecdysiast, which means stripteaser, and was based on a Greek word referring to the shedding of old skin by snakes. She appeared in Ziegfeld Follies (an extravagant New York musical revue) in 1936 and Star and Garter (another musical revue) in 1942. She also wrote a 1941 mystery book titled "The G-String Murders."
Gypsy Rose Lee’s autobiography was the basis of the 1959 musical Gypsy, which had lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The musical focuses on her mother, Rose, first played on Broadway by Ethel Merman. The character Rose wants her two daughters, Louise and June, to be performers. The character Louise is based on Gypsy Rose Lee, and June is based on her sister, June Havoc. The musical includes the songs "Everything's Coming Up Roses” and the 11 o'clock number (show-stopping song near the end of the second act) “Rose's Turn.” The musical has had four Broadway revivals (1974, 1989, 2003, and 2008). Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, and Patti LuPone have all won Tony Awards for playing Rose.
TRIPLE STUMPER #5
DUNCE, DUNCE
Thersites in this Shakespeare play says Agamemnon "has not so much brain as earwax"
***TROILUS AND CRESSIDA***
William Shakespeare is the author of Troilus and Cressida, which is considered a "problem play" because there are too many complex moral issues in the work for it to be labeled “comedy,” but it lacks the typical ingredients of tragedy. The play is based on the Iliad and other accounts of the Trojan War. The play is named for Troilus, a Trojan prince who is one of King Priam's sons, and Cressida, who loves Troilus, but whose father Calchas defects to the Greek side. Other characters in the play include Agamemnon, the leader of the Greeks, and the foolish Thersites, who is Ajax's slave. The word "fashionable" is one of many widely attributed to Shakespeare, and is spoken in Troilus and Cressida to Achilles by Ulysses, who says "Time is like a fashionable host that slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.”
