JAQR - October 13, 2024
Robert Capa, Terry McMillan, World flags, Philadelphia's Mütter Museum, Tom Clancy, Persian astronomer-poets, The Really Good Podcast, the Choson Dynasty, 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 10/7 and Friday 10/11. The recap includes 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
15-LETTER WORDS
The subtitle of the young people's nonfiction book "Eyes of the World" includes this word for reporting news through pictures
DAILY DOUBLE #2
ANATOMY
Type 1 diabetes destroys beta cells in this organ
DAILY DOUBLE #3
WOMEN AUTHORS
You can breathe easier knowing that Terry McMillan wrote a sequel to this novel called "Getting to Happy"
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
WORLD FLAGS
The 12 stars on its flag symbolize perfection, not geographic or political units
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
MOVIES
More than 25 cast members from this 1990 film drama would later appear on an HBO series with a similar theme
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SHARE
The shared liver of these conjoined twins born in what's now Thailand in 1811 is on exhibit at Philadelphia's Mütter Museum
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
SPY NOVELS
In a Tom Clancy novel, it's the code name of Col. Mikhail Filitov, the CIA's highest agent in the Kremlin, whom Jack Ryan must rescue
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
MEDIEVAL NOTABLES
A popular translation of a work by this Persian astronomer-poet has lines like "take the cash, and let the credit go"
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
BBL, BUSY
I'm putting you on read 'cause I'm a guest on "The Really Good Podcast" with this host, & she is so serious that it's scaring me
TRIPLE STUMPER #5
18th CENTURY HISTORY
This land's Choson Dynasty was troubled by Prince Sado, who kept killing eunuchs & was left to die in a rice chest
LAST WEEK REVIEW #1
What band released the album L.A. Woman in 1971, the same year its 27-year-old lead singer died in Paris?
LAST WEEK REVIEW #2
Carmen Maura plays Pepa Marcos, who spikes some gazpacho with sleeping pills, in what 1988 movie directed by Pedro Almodóvar?
BONUS CLUE #1
OPERA
Pavarotti rose to fame singing the role of Rodolfo the poet in this Puccini opera
BONUS CLUE #2
PLURAL-ONLY NOUNS
"I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs / From the brim to" these
BONUS CLUE #3
SONNETS & SONNETEERS
She wrote in an 1850 sonnet, "First time he kissed me, he but only kissed the fingers of this hand wherewith I write"
BONUS CLUE #4
THE FRENCH MASTERS
In 1838 Eugene Delacroix painted a double portrait of Chopin at the piano while this lover sat to his right
BONUS CLUE #5
PLACE THE BOOK
Written in the voice of Hemingway's first wife Hadley: "The ___ Wife"
BONUS CLUE #6
18th CENTURY HISTORY
On April 28, 1789 Fletcher Christian of the Royal Navy embarked on this new car“eer”
BONUS CLUE #7
WORLD POLITICAL HISTORY
William Whitelaw & John Peyton were also-rans in a 1975 leadership vote with this victor
DAILY DOUBLE #1
15-LETTER WORDS
The subtitle of the young people's nonfiction book "Eyes of the World" includes this word for reporting news through pictures
***PHOTOJOURNALISM***
The photojournalists Robert Capa and Gerda Taro are the subjects of the YA nonfiction book Eyes of the World. Robert Capa (born André Friedmann in Hungary in 1913) first achieved fame during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). He took a picture known as The Falling Soldier at the Battle of Cerro Muriano. Later on, he was the only photographer to land with the initial wave of soldiers on D-Day in June 1944. His pictures from that day are known as The Magnificent Eleven. Capa co-founded the photographic cooperative Magnum Photos in 1947. He was killed by a land mine in 1954 while covering the First Indochina War. He is remembered for the saying “If your pictures aren’t good enough, then you aren’t close enough.”
Gerda Taro (born Gerta Pohorylle in Germany in 1910) started as Capa’s personal assistant and they soon became lovers. They covered the Spanish Civil War together, but she was killed after getting accidentally run over by a tank while covering the Republican retreat from the Battle of Brunete in 1937.
DAILY DOUBLE #2
ANATOMY
Type 1 diabetes destroys beta cells in this organ
***PANCREAS***
The pancreas has a name meaning “all flesh.” It is a gland, which is a type of organ that makes and secretes substances. It has both an exocrine (secretes substances into organs or ducts) and endocrine (secretes substances directly into the bloodstream) function. The exocrine role of the pancreas is the secretion of a liquid called pancreatic juice, which contains bicarbonate and many digestive enzymes. The juice travels to the duodenum (first part of the small intestine) via the pancreatic duct (also known as the duct of Wirsung). The digestive enzymes are produced by acinar cells, which are named for their resemblance to a cluster of grapes.
The endocrine role of the pancreas is the regulation of blood sugar levels by the release of different hormones. The pancreas contains the islets of Langerhans, which number around one million and are named for a 19th century German pathologist. The islets contains different types of cells, including:
alpha (α) cells - produce glucagon, which raises the concentration of glucose in the blood (needed during exercise or fasting)
beta (β) cells - produce insulin, which promotes the absorption of glucose (basically, the opposite of glucagon)
delta (δ) cells - produce somatostatin, which blocks the secretion of both glucagon and insulin
epsilon (ε) cells - produce ghrelin (AKA the "hunger hormone"), which stimulates the appetite
DAILY DOUBLE #3
WOMEN AUTHORS
You can breathe easier knowing that Terry McMillan wrote a sequel to this novel called "Getting to Happy"
***WAITING TO EXHALE***
American author Terry McMillan was born in 1951. She attended UC Berkeley and was mentored by Ishmael Reed. McMillan’s first book was 1987’s Mama. Since her publisher didn't support her going on a book tour, she promoted the book herself by reaching out to HBCUs and Black-owned bookstores. McMillan’s best known books center on Black women attempting to find a relationships with Black men. Her 1992 book Waiting to Exhale (set in Phoenix, Arizona) spawned a new literary genre called "girlfriend fiction" (also known as "booty books"). In the book, the four main characters (Bernadine, Gloria, Robin, and Savannah) are metaphorically waiting to perform the title action until they achieve a good relationship with a man.
Waiting to Exhale was adapted into a 1995 movie directed by Forest Whitaker and starring Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett. The movie has been called the “first Black chick flick.” The movie’s popular soundtrack included Whitney Houston’s “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” and Toni Braxton’s “Let It Flow,” both of which hit number one. McMillan had another hit with the partly autobiographical 1996 book How Stella Got Her Groove Back. The title character, played by the Angela Bassett in the 1998 movie adaptation, falls in love with a young cook (played by Taye Diggs) while on vacation in Jamaica.
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
WORLD FLAGS
The 12 stars on its flag symbolize perfection, not geographic or political units