12 Jeopardy! Clues May 25, 2017
Here are 7 triple stumpers from the 5-25-2017 Jeopardy! match.
OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 1776 ($1000) Founded in 1775 but soon abandoned, this mission north of San Diego named for St. John was re-founded for good in 1776
THE MAIN VEGETABLE ($600) The 2 main vegetables in succotash
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS ($800) One of the 2 blacksmith tools used in an expression that means to fight with all one’s resources
MORTAL MATTERS ($1000) This ultimate accounting of souls is a common subject in European art. Here’s Hans Memling’s take
BARBRA STREISAND DUETS ($2000) Sung with Jamie Foxx, the last duet on Barbra’s 2016 “Encore” album is this song that concludes “The Sound of Music”
THE LITERATURE OF ISRAEL ($1200) In Amos Oz’ novel “The Hill of Evil Counsel”, 2 boys grow up in Jerusalem under this country’s Post-WWI mandate
($2000) Aharon Megged’s “Foiglman” looks at the conflicts between fathers & sons, Israel & the diaspora & these 2 languages
The players got all these clues in SCI-FI MOVIES:
($200) In this film, the first in a series, Shailene Woodley stars as Tris, who discovers she’s not like the others
($400) In “Her”, Joaquin Phoenix falls in love & has a relationship with a computer operating system voiced by her
($600) This 1995 film with Kevin Costner as the Mariner became a Universal Studios “Tidal Wave of Explosive Action”
($800) NTIs, or non-terrestrial intelligences, live very, very deep in the ocean in this 1989 James Cameron film
($1000) The name of this title substance combines the 2 legumes that it’s said to contain
Today’s Daily Doubles and more information on Final Jeopardy! on Fikkle Fame’s full Daily Jeopardy! Recap