Final Jeopardy: British Business Names (1-19-15)
The Final Jeopardy question (1/19/2015), in the category “British Business Names” was:
Still around, these 2 rival companies began with a 1744 sale of “scarce and valuable books” and a 1766 sale of chamber pots.
New champ Nicholas Bérubé won $6,800 on Friday in one of those bad FJ days. Today he takes on these two players: Tim Lane, from Montvale, NJ; and Leah Turpin, from Villa Park, IL.
Round 1: Leah found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Little Weasels” under the $1,000 clue. She was in third place with $1,000, $2,400 less than Nicholas in the lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
As its name indicates, this member of the weasel family has the same favorite food as Winnie-the-Pooh. show
Nicholas finished in the lead with $7,600. Tim was second with $3,800 and Leah was last with $2,800.
Round 2: Leah found the first Daily Double in “Same First & Last Letter” under the $1,000 clue. She was still in third place but now had $5,200, $6,800 less than the lead held by Nicholas. She bet $1,200 and she was RIGHT.
Temporary cessation of breathing; asphyxia is when it’s not so temporary. show
Leah found the last Daily Double in “Powerful Books” under the $1,600 clue. Now in second place, she had $11,600, $9,200 less than Nicholas in the lead. She bet $600 and she was RIGHT.
Published in 1513, it was dedicated “To the magnificent Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici”. show
Nicholas finished in the lead with $20,800. Leah was next with $14,200 and Tim was in third place with $11,400.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
London bookseller Samuel Baker founded Sotheby’s in 1744, auctioning off the library of Sir John Stanley.
Christie’s isn’t bringing any attention to those chamber pots on its Our Company page, which says “Founded in 1766 by James Christie, Christie’s has since conducted the greatest and most celebrated auctions through the centuries providing a popular showcase for the unique and the beautiful.”
Tim wrote down Harrod’s (f. 1834) and an illegible Selfridges (f. 1909). That cost him $11,300 and he wound up with $100.
Leah had Lloyds, after crossing out “of London”, (f. 1688) & Sotheby’s. She lost her $4,200 bet, finishing with $10,000.
Nicholas wrote down Barnes & Noble and something else that Alex didn’t even try to figure out. It looked like Barden’s. He lost $8,000, leaving him $12,800. So even though it was another FJ! down the tube, he won! His 2-day total is $19,600.
Nicholas played very well today and got his pre-FJ score without any Daily Double help. Perhaps tomorrow, he will be favored with an FJ that he knows or can figure out.
2 years ago:: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “MUSEUMS”
Opened in 2012, the Belfast museum seen here commemorates this, also constructed there. show
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I found it odd that the answer was Africa and he answered meerkats. Tiaa-cref had a big ad campaign where they depicted clients as meerkats with a lady antebellum song
Both of these auction houses have locations in the USA. However, very few young people go to auction houses here or in Europe. They don’t have the discretionary income nor wealth to be interested. This is a generational and economic issue–worldwide. The history of these companies are taught in American Business schools.
My prediction of zero solves was predicated upon the way that the CotD was written and not lack of knowledge of international business on the part of the unknown, at that time, contestants.
and finally, had the contestants been 25 or 30 years older, you would have had at least 2 solves.imo.
It is indeed generational and we agree. You don’t hear about Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and billionaire, being interested in art auctions, etc. Just one example of my generation gap point.
Btw, I left you a comment over on CotD about the NFL. Please read when you can. You may have already heard about it. Don’t know if there is much truth to it or not.
Never thought I would post this but congratulations to the Jeopardy writers for a well crafted final clue. Perfect setup to trick contestants into going in several different directions and assuming both businesses were still headquartered in Britain. Brilliant!
Sotheby’s is now headquartered in NYC and has auction houses thoughout the world. VJ has a recap she posted 2-7-2014 where Sotheby’s was a DD with the stock symbol for the company as “BID” which was the correct response but was a stumper.
Christie’s is still headquartered in Britain but has a subsidiary in NYC and is also global.
Overall, I thought all 3 contestants played a good game. Leah was great to get all 3 DDs and to respond correctly on all three. As vj pointed out Nick played extremely well w/o ever finding a DD.
Tim going for Harrod’s and Selfridge’s wasn’t a bad guess given that the word “sale” appeared in the clue twice. Nick with B&N was way off since it was founded in the USA (NYC). Leah came the closest with being half correct.
Truly a good game up to fj. Congrats players.
On the other hand, the DDs were extremely easy and it is a bit ironic, isn’t it, that Leah only went all in on one… the one that I will remember as the infamous Honey Badger clue. lol.
Maybe because I’m into antiques, the “scarce and valuable books” part in the clue led my brain to “auction houses” and I was able to come up with Sotheby’s. But I’ve never heard of Christie’s before.
This was a great game – all 3 contestants very engaged.
Leah could have won with a zero wager on this TS as it was a 2/3 game. Oh well.
here we go again. just gave my crystal ball away for good. foreign business, geography, literature, history….
so we have two consecutive strikeouts and a two time winner who might make it to the ToC without getting a single fj right….
had leah been more agressive at the 3 dd clues she could have ended up in the lead and won. but to know not even ONE of the 2, sotheby’s or christie’s….depressing. there are only 2 world famous auction houses in the world!
well, nicholas got lucky again – and was good during the regular game even w/o a dd – to be far enough ahead, so i guess congratulations for a win and a good game, but an F for fj to all 3 players.before fj the players had a total of 46.400 between them. not too shabby.
@John there was nothing in the clue to point to auctions unless one knew the history of the 2 companies. I would be remiss in not reminding you that Leah did get Sotheby’s. Reread vj’s recap. So there was one correct auction house given by a contestant. The clue was just cleverly written imo.
Thanks for pointing that out, Jacob, because I’m beginning to think that I’m nuts.
Like on the Keats clue, there was nothing to point to the date of death. There are 5 English poets buried in Italy to my knowledge, you just had to know which 2 are buried in Rome.