JAQR - September 29, 2024
Capital cities, National parks, Shakespearean characters, Detective Cross, Raylan Givens, Billy Joel, 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 9/23 and Thursday 9/26. The recap includes a Daily Double, 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.
P.S. Sorry for the shorter than usual recap…blame Hurricane Helene :(
DAILY DOUBLE #1
FORMER CAPITALS
Busan replaced this city as a national capital from 1950 to 1953
DAILY DOUBLE #2
GREAT LANDFORM
Some of these landforms at a national park named for them are called "windows" for the way they frame scenic views
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
20th CENTURY AMERICA
In a state of shock, on November 27, 1978, she announced that "both Mayor Moscone & Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot & killed"
FINAL JEOAPRDY #2
SHAKESPEARE
"Blood will have blood", says this title character, who is later told, "Be bloody, bold, & resolute"
FINAL JEOPARDY #3
STARS OF THE 20th CENTURY
A 1927 N.Y. Times headline: "Witness testifies" this woman "rewrote play and insisted on the spicy scenes because city liked them"
TRIPLE STUMPER #1
WHODUNNIT? (name the author)
"Detective Cross", on the job
TRIPLE STUMPER #2
WALT, WIT MAN
On this show, Walton Goggins as Boyd tells Raylan Givens, "If a book could only be judged by its cover, you'd be a bestseller"
TRIPLE STUMPER #3
GRAMMY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Billy Joel was the "Big Shot" in 1980, winning for this album that bears the name of a thoroughfare
LAST WEEK REVIEW #1
Named for the wife of King Philip IV of Spain, what archipelago includes Guam?
LAST WEEK REVIEW #2
What song by Bob Dylan, which he wasn't allowed to perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, includes satirical lyrics that mention looking for commies "way up my chimney hole" and "deep inside my toilet bowl"?
BONUS CLUE #1
WHODUNNIT? (name the author)
"The Brass Verdict": Mickey Haller & Harry Bosch continue to find Hollywood is just murder
DAILY DOUBLE #1
FORMER CAPITALS
Busan replaced this city as a national capital from 1950 to 1953
***SEOUL***
Seoul is the capital of South Korea, which is also known as the Republic of Korea (as opposed to North Korea, which is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea). The city is located in the northwestern portion of the country, a mere 25 or so miles from the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone). Seoul’s antipode is very close to Montevideo, Uruguay. The city is split by the Han River, which flows into the Yellow Sea. A monster emerges from the river in the 2006 movie The Host, which was directed by Bong Joon-ho. Seoul is also the setting of the TV show Extraordinary Attorney Woo, which centers on an autistic female lawyer.
An affluent portion of Seoul located south of the Han River is known as Gangnam, which means "south river." You may recognize that name from the title of the 2012 song "Gangnam Style" by Psy. Gangnam is one of Seoul's 25 districts, or gu. Another notable portion of the city is a trendy neighborhood called Itaewon, which was the site of a crowd crush that killed 150+ people during Halloween festivities in 2022. The city is served by Gimpo International Airport. The world's busiest passenger flight route is between Seoul and the resort island of Jeju.
Seoul was founded in 1394 as the capital of the Joseon [CHOH-sun] dynasty. Gyeongbokgung Palace, which was the residence of Joseon kings from 1395 until 1592, is a popular tourist site in the city. Seoul was devastated by the Korean War, during which the capital was moved to Busan, which is in the southeastern portion of the country. To reduce congestion in the city, some capital functions are in the midst of moving to Sejong City. It was named for the fourth ruler of the Joseon dynasty, Sejong the Great, who created the Hangul writing system.
Rapid economic growth after the Korean War, called the Miracle on the Han River, culminated in 1988, when Seoul hosted the Summer Olympics. In the men's 100 meters event, Ben Johnson of Canada was initially declared the champion, but was stripped of the gold medal after testing positive for steroids. Carl Lewis was then given the gold medal. There was also controversy in the finals of the men's light middleweight boxing event. South Korea's Park Si-Hun defeated the USA's Roy Jones Jr, but two of the judges were banned for life as a result of their questionable decisions in deciding the winner.
Seoul is home to the 123-story Lotte World Tower, which at 1,819 feet is the world's sixth-tallest building. The world’s five tallest buildings are:
Burj Khalifa (2,717 feet) - Dubai, UAE
Merdeka 118 (2,227 feet) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Shanghai Tower (2,073 feet) -
Branson, MissouriShanghai, ChinaAbraj Al-Bait Clock Tower (1,972 feet) - Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Ping An International Finance Centre (1,966 feet) - Shenzhen, China
DAILY DOUBLE #2
GREAT LANDFORM
Some of these landforms at a national park named for them are called "windows" for the way they frame scenic views
***ARCHES***
Utah contains these five national parks, all of which are in the southern part of the state:
Arches - contains over 2,000 natural stone arches, including Delicate Arch, Landscape Arch (the longest natural arch in the U.S., which is in an area called The Devils Garden), and The Windows Section; the national park also contains hundreds of pinnacles, many narrow rock walls called fins, some tall sandstone columns known as The Courthouse Towers, a collection of narrow canyons called The Fiery Furnace, and the so-called Balanced Rock (which isn't actually balanced, it's just been eroded a bit to appear that way)
Bryce Canyon - actually a series of natural amphitheaters and not a canyon, the national park is famous for its many irregular columns of rock called hoodoos; it’s located at the top of the Grand Staircase and is named for the Mormon pioneer Ebenezer Bryce
Canyonlands - contains many canyons as well as buttes that were formed by the Colorado River; the national park is divided into sections such as The Island in the Sky, The Needles, and The Maze; it’s located near Moab, as is Arches National Park
Capitol Reef - containing bridges, canyons, cliffs, and domes, it’s part of the Waterpocket Fold, which is a monocline that extends nearly 100 miles
Zion - contains large sandstone cliffs, a monolith called The Great White Throne, and Kolob Arch (the second-longest natural arch in the U.S.); it’s located in southwest Utah near the north rim of the Grand Canyon
FINAL JEOPARDY #1
20th CENTURY AMERICA
In a state of shock, on November 27, 1978, she announced that "both Mayor Moscone & Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot & killed"
***DIANNE FEINSTEIN***