JAQR - October 14, 2022
Tonsure, Betty Grable, hormones, and more...
Thank you for reading another issue of the Jeopardy Answer & Question Recap, or JAQR [“jacker”] for short. This recap focuses on the (Friday) October 14, 2022 episode of Jeopardy! It will include ~10 clues (Daily Doubles, Triple Stumpers, and Final Jeopardy, along with one other “need to know” clue). The first half of the email 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 clue, or some related info. Enjoy!
DAILY DOUBLE #1
2 "I"s (note: two "I"s are its only vowels)
Fats, waxes & oils are classified as these
DAILY DOUBLE #2
ISLANDS COUNTRIES
The Sinhalese people make up about 3/4 of its population
DAILY DOUBLE #3
THE 7TH CENTURY
664's Synod of Whitby in England standardized the calculation of this holy day based on a lunar calendar
FINAL JEOPARDY
AUTHORS
Featuring a statue of a man escaping his grave, his tomb in Amiens contrasts with the title of his 1864 adventure novel
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
ALL EARS
S.I.T. stands for special information this; heard here is the all-too-familiar vacant number intercept
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
THAT MOVIE'S GOT LEGS
All 4 of them, the "Million Dollar Legs" in a 1939 film don't belong to co-star Betty Grable but to one of these
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
TV AS OF LATE
"Sailing Yacht" is an iteration of this Bravo show, & hats off to chef Marcos for that 3-tiered gluten-free wedding cake
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
“P”OTPOURRI (notice the quotation marks around the “P”)
The tree seen here gets its name from this type of temple of the same region
TRIPLE STUMPER #5
9-LETTER WORDS
The Latin word for French is in this word that means to make something French in attitude or language
NEED TO KNOW #1
THE BODY HUMAN
A tumor on this gland can cause gigantism or Cushing's disease
DAILY DOUBLE #1
2 "I"s (note: two "I"s are its only vowels)
Fats, waxes & oils are classified as these
***LIPIDS***
A lipid is a type of organic compound that is oily to the touch and insoluble in water (but soluble in alcohol and ether). Lipids are one of the main structural components of living cells, along with proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids. Lipids are a source of energy, can serve as chemical messengers, and are a component of the cell membrane. Along with fats, waxes, and oils, other types of lipids include hormones, sterols, and glycerides.
DAILY DOUBLE #2
ISLANDS COUNTRIES
The Sinhalese people make up about 3/4 of its population
***SRI LANKA***
Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon) is an island country separated from India by the Palk Strait. The executive and judicial capital is Colombo, but the legislative capital is Kotte [KOH-tey]. The Sinhalese make up a majority of the population, but the minority Tamil people are also notable. The Sri Lankan Civil War was fought from 1983-2009 between the government of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers (or LTTE, short for Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), who were fighting for the creation of an independent state called Tamil Eelam. The Tamil Tigers were responsible for the assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, who wanted to disarm the group. The flag of Sri Lanka uses a green stripe to represent the Muslims of Sri Lanka, an orange stripe to represent the Tamils (who are typically Hindus), and a maroon background and golden lion to represent the Sinhalese (who are typically Theravada Buddhists).
DAILY DOUBLE #3
THE 7TH CENTURY
664's Synod of Whitby in England standardized the calculation of this holy day based on a lunar calendar
***EASTER***
The Synod [SIN-uhd] of Whitby was a meeting held by the Christian Church of the kingdom of Northumbria (present-day northern England and southern Scotland) that ultimately resulted in the English Church following Roman rather than Celtic religious customs. An account of the meeting is found in the Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731), by the “venerable” English monk Bede [“bead”]. The synod also replaced the Celtic method of monastic tonsure with the Roman method, which involved cutting the hair around the top of the head, leaving a crown of hair. The earlier First Council of Nicaea [nye-SEE-ah] in 325 decided that Easter should be observed on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox, which is on March 21. Easter can therefore potentially fall on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25.
FINAL JEOPARDY
AUTHORS
Featuring a statue of a man escaping his grave, his tomb in Amiens contrasts with the title of his 1864 adventure novel
***JULES VERNE***
Jules Verne wrote the 1864 novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, in which the teenager Axel Lidenbrock and his uncle, a geology professor named Otto Lidenbrock, descend a crater in an Icelandic volcano to reach the title location. After several months of exploring, in which they see dinosaurs, mastodons, and a giant man, they are eventually returned to Earth's surface (specifically, Italy's island of Stromboli) by a volcanic eruption. Other novels in Verne’s Voyages extraordinaires series include The Mysterious Island (five Union POWs escape Richmond using a hot-air balloon, but are blown off course to the title location), Around the World in Eighty Days (Phileas Fogg, joined by his valet Jean Passepartout [pass-par-TOO], tries to perform the title feat to win a bet of 20,000 pounds), and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (its title refers to distance traveled, not depth).
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
ALL EARS
S.I.T. stands for special information this; heard here is the all-too-familiar vacant number intercept
***TONE***
I’m going to leave this space vacant since I can’t think of anything else interesting or worth knowing about this. Disagree? Leave a comment!
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
THAT MOVIE'S GOT LEGS
All 4 of them, the "Million Dollar Legs" in a 1939 film don't belong to co-star Betty Grable but to one of these
***HORSE***
Betty Grable was a WWII icon known for her shapely legs, which were insured for one million dollars. In the mid-to-late 1940s, she was the highest-paid actor in Hollywood and the highest-paid woman in the entire country. In 1937 she married Jackie Coogan (best known for playing the title character in Charlie Chaplin's 1921 film The Kid and Uncle Fester on the 1960s TV show The Addams Family), but they divorced in 1939. Grable married the trumpet-playing bandleader Harry James in 1943.
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
TV AS OF LATE
"Sailing Yacht" is an iteration of this Bravo show, & hats off to chef Marcos for that 3-tiered gluten-free wedding cake
***BELOW DECK***
Below Deck is a reality show that chronicles crew members (“yachties”) who live and work on a luxury superyacht during charter season. Sometimes the demanding passengers are a "boatload" of trouble. Some of the yachts featured on the show have been named Honor, Ohana, Eros, Valor, and My Seanna. Other spinoffs of the show include “Mediterranean” and “Down Under,” the latter of which streams on Peacock.
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
“P”OTPOURRI (notice the quotation marks around the “P”)
The tree seen here gets its name from this type of temple of the same region
***PAGODA***
Pagodas are multi-story towering structures common in Asia. They often house relics or the remains of saints. Two famous pagodas in the Chinese city of Xi'an [shee-ahn] are the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and the Small Wild Goose Pagoda. Another notable pagoda is the Shwedagon [SHWEY-dah-gon] Pagoda, or Golden Dragon Pagoda, which is in Yangon (formerly called Rangoon), Myanmar (formerly called Burma). It contains eight strands of hair belonging to The Buddha.
TRIPLE STUMPER #5
9-LETTER WORDS
The Latin word for French is in this word that means to make something French in attitude or language
***GALLICIZE***
Here are three French terms probably worth knowing (along with their “proper” French pronunciations):
Amuse-bouche [a-myz-BOOSH]: literally meaning "mouth amuser," it is a free small appetizer at fancy restaurants that showcases the chef's artistry.
Beaux-Arts [boh-ZAR]: literally meaning “fine arts,” it is an architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the 19th century. Also called Second Empire style, it is exemplified by the Grand Palais in Paris and Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
Chaise longue [shez LAWNG]: literally meaning "long chair," it is a chair/seat/sofa used for reclining. It lends its name to the title of a catchy song by my favorite female duo from England’s Isle of Wight, Wet Leg.
NEED TO KNOW #1
THE BODY HUMAN
A tumor on this gland can cause gigantism or Cushing's disease
***PITUITARY GLAND***
The pituitary is a pea-sized endocrine gland, which is a group of cells that release their products directly into the bloodstream. Nicknamed the "master gland," it is located at the base of the brain. The posterior portion secretes the hormones vasopressin (which increases water reabsorption and is also called ADH, or anti-diuretic hormone) and oxytocin (which stimulates contractions of the uterus during labor, ejection of milk during lactation, and promotes maternal bonding). Its anterior region secretes many hormones. The mnemonic FLAT PEG is used by many pre-med students to remember seven of them, but here are four and their roles:
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH): helps regulate the menstrual cycle
luteinizing hormone (LH): stimulates ovulation
adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH): regulates the activity of the outer region of the adrenal glands (called the cortex), which releases cortisol. Prolonged exposure to cortisol can cause Cushing’s syndrome, whose symptoms include a "buffalo hump" (on the back of the neck) and "moon face."
growth hormone (GH): stimulates cell production, but too much, perhaps due to a tumor, can lead to gigantism
