Yesterday's Final Jeopardy category was revealed, and I immediately gave my answer without seeing the prompt. I said "Turquoise," the program went to commercial, then returned with the question.
Category: Color Etymology
Question: This word for a gem & a shade of blue derives from the name of a Eurasian country from which gems came to W. Europe
The contestant's responses were: topaz, azure, and sapphire. But I was the only one to get it correct! And before the question was even revealed.
I won!
BTW, turquoise was named from French "turques" meaning "Turkish," the original material found on the south slopes of the Al-Mirsah-Kuh Mountains (Iran), but which found its way to Europe via Turkey.
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