JAQR - October 20, 2024
Amendments, Alberto Ginastera, Michael Ondaatje, Capitol buildings, Racehorses, Veronica Lake, 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 10/14 and Friday 10/18. 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
MULTIPLES IN 3
It's the number of the amendment that gave Black men the right to vote
DAILY DOUBLE #2
ENJOY A CONCERTO
Alberto Ginastera's concerto for it, Opus 25, is loaded with swooping glissandi, called the instrument's stock-in-trade
DAILY DOUBLE #3
THE BOOK NOOK
"I fell burning into the desert", explains the title character of this novel by Michael Ondaatje
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES
He talked of a "new Attorney General" 4 times, the end of a "long dark night for America" & "a gentle, Quaker mother"
FINAL JEOPARDY #2
LETTERS OF THE ARTIST
In 1896 he wrote, "My prices are 2000, 3000 & 4000 dollars for head & shoulders, 3/4 length & full-length respectively"
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
THE CHARACTERS THEY BIRTHED (name the author)
Mr. Brocklehurst, Shirley Keeldar
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
BUILDING, AMERICA
The Capitol building in Des Moines is unique in that it has not one but 5 of these, including the gilded main one
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
HORSING AROUND
In his two years of racing, 1919 & 1920, he won 20 of 21 races; in 1999, he was named Horse of the Century
TRIPLE STUMPER #4
PEAK EXPERIENCES
The Rongai Route passes by the Mawenzi Peak before hitting Uhuru Peak on this mountain
TRIPLE STUMPER #5
"OO" LATE (responses end with a double "O")
1940s movie star Veronica Lake was known for her hairstyle, dubbed this
LAST WEEK REVIEW #1
The rapper Lil Yachty has been a guest twice on The Really Good Podcast, which is hosted by what woman?
LAST WEEK REVIEW #2
The nonfiction book Eyes of the World, which discusses the "invention of modern photojournalism," centers on Robert Capa and what woman?
BONUS CLUE #1
BEGINS & ENDS WITH "E"
Different parts of the pancreas act like these 2 main types of glands
BONUS CLUE #2
IT STANDS TO TREASON
This future world leader was on trial for treason from 1956 to 1961; he'd be acquitted but was soon jailed anyway
BONUS CLUE #3
THE BOOK NOOK
Prince Rilian was seated in this, the title of book 4 of "The Chronicles of Narnia"
BONUS CLUE #4
19th CENTURY PHOTOS
The Crimean War gave us the Valley of Death in a poem & this cannonball-strewn image with a longer title from Psalm 23
BONUS CLUE #5
TWINNING
It's the last name of twin playwrights Anthony & Peter; Anthony wrote "Sleuth" & Peter wrote "Amadeus"
BONUS CLUE #6
WEDDING SONGS
"Everybody clap your" buzzer & name this song by DJ Casper that has grandmas crisscrossing and foot stomping at weddings
DAILY DOUBLE #1
MULTIPLES IN 3
It's the number of the amendment that gave Black men the right to vote
***15TH***
The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870 and states “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged . . . on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” It it one of the Reconstruction Amendments, along with the 13th (abolished slavery) and 14th (granted citizenship and equal rights to Black people). Many states that were formerly part of the Confederacy nonetheless instituted qualifications (e.g. poll taxes and literacy tests) to prevent Black people from voting. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (part of LBJ’s Great Society) was passed to enforce the 15th Amendment. Another notable 15th Amendment is in Ireland, where it removed the prohibition on divorce in 1796 1896 1996.
The three most recent amendments to the U.S. Constitution are:
25th Amendment (1967) - concerns presidential succession
26th Amendment (1971) - changed the voting age to 18 (from 21)
27th Amendment (1992) - laws changing the compensation of Senators and Representatives take effect the following term (it was first proposed in 1789, meaning it took over 200 years to get ratified)
DAILY DOUBLE #2
ENJOY A CONCERTO
Alberto Ginastera's concerto for it, Opus 25, is loaded with swooping glissandi, called the instrument's stock-in-trade
***HARP***
Alberto Ginastera [hee-nah-STEH-rah] (1916-1983) is a relatively famous classical music composer from Argentina. His works include the 1964 opera Don Rodrigo. That 12-tone opera is set in the 8th century in Toledo, Spain. The opera has an arch-like structure (e.g. Scene 1 marks Rodrigo’s first appearance, while Scene 9 depicts his death; Scene 2 includes his coronation as King of Spain, while in Scene 8 he loses his kingdom; Scene 3 depicts him getting cursed for opening a chest in the Vault of Hercules, while in Scene 7 he dreams of an Arab rebellion). The opera also has a different form for each scene (e.g. Scene 1 is a rondo).
Ginastera's other works include:
Popol Vuh - seven-movement symphonic poem that shares its title with a text that includes the Maya creation myth
Estancia - ballet inspired by José Hernández's epic poem Martín Fierro, which is about a gaucho (Argentine cowboy); an orchestral suite based on the ballet ends with the movement “Malambo" (type of Argentine folk step dance), which is a really fun piece I bet you’d enjoy
DAILY DOUBLE #3
THE BOOK NOOK
"I fell burning into the desert", explains the title character of this novel by Michael Ondaatje
***THE ENGLISH PATIENT***
Canadian novelist Michael Ondaatje [on-DAH-chee] was born in 1943 in Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon). He is best known for the 1992 novel The English Patient, which is set in an Italian villa that is being used as a hospital during WWII. Spoiler alert: the title character isn’t English! Turns out, the badly burned title character is actually a Hungarian named Almásy, who survived a plane crash. He is taken care of by a nurse named Hana, who reads to him his only possession, a copy of Herodotus' Histories. The novel was adapted into a 1996 movie directed by Anthony Minghella (whose other movies include 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley and 2003's Cold Mountain). It won the Oscar for Best Picture and starred Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. The movie was central to a great 1997 episode of Seinfeld, whose script you can read here: https://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheEnglishPatient.html
Other novels by Ondaatje include:
Coming Through Slaughter (1976) - partly set in the town of Slaughter, Louisiana, it is a fictionalized version of the life of jazz trumpeter Buddy Bolden, who descends into insanity
In the Skin of a Lion (1987) - taking its title from a line in The Epic of Gilgamesh, it depicts the immigrants who helped build the city of Toronto; The English Patient is a quasi-sequel to it
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES
He talked of a "new Attorney General" 4 times, the end of a "long dark night for America" & "a gentle, Quaker mother"