Sept 18 Final Jeopardy Category The 1940s This nickname for a history-changing weapon of 1945 came from a character in “The Maltese Falcon”
Oct 24 final: Category The History of France This modern regime that lasted 4 years changed the national motto to “travail, famille, patrie”—”work, family, fatherland” None of the contestants knew the answer
A guilty pleasures of mine is watching the UK version of The Apprentice. One of the tasks last week was to find a pre-WWII book from the Alice in Wonderland collection. Out of about seven people in one of the teams, none of them knew when WWII took place.
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (3/25/2020) in the category “Alliterative Legislation” was: Signed into law in March 1941, House Resolution 1776 was this act that provided aid to a foe from 1776
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy in the category Military Slang for Thursday, May 21, 2020. This word for high-ranking officials comes from a metal used in 19th century military insignia. I don't know if the word was used in UK forces but sure was widely used but US ones and is in every WWII Hollywood movie ever made.
If you are referring to brass then the use of the word originated here in the 19th century with the use of brass and gilt decorations on senior officers hats - hence the term Brass Hats - Top Brass etc see John Brophy, & Eric Partridge The Long Trail: Soldiers Songs and Slang
Bad night. The question was "The Summer of my _____ Soldier" was about of a girl's friendship with an escaped WWII POW. I said Russian and heard, "YOU missed a WWII question?"
Aug 16 Category: Famous Americans After his public comments were criticized by FDR, he resigned his Air Corps Reserve commission in April 1941
Oct 29 Final Jeopardy. Category - Songs & U.S. History Victory in 1805’s Battle of Derna on the coast of North Africa inspired a lyric in this song made official in 1929 Two of the responses were pitiful One person said The Star Spangled Banner and another couldn't come up with any song at all. Correct response - The Marine Corps Hymn
Dec 16 Final Jeopardy Category - World War II Geography Body-of-water battles included the Coral Sea, Philippine Sea & this one that allowed Japan to seize Jakarta. All three contestants missed, and they were all college professors. Correct response - What is the Battle of the Java Sea.
Here is a question that I have never had a satisfactory answer to. When they built the London Underground how did they get the trains down the escalators?
It is easy to get them to go down the escalator. The hard part is getting them to come back up when they are all worn out.
