Final Jeopardy: Agriculture (3-26-14)

The Final Jeopardy question (3/26/2014), in the category “Agriculture” was:

Prunus dulcis, this snack high in calcium & vitamin E is native to the Mideast, but 80% of the world crop comes from Calif.

2-day champ Nancy Akerman has won $14,000 so far, most of it in yesterday’s game. Today she competes against these two players: Deborah Ellis, from Rogue River, OR; and Clay Walls, from Birmingham, AL.

Round 1: Nancy got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Track & Field” under the $800 clue. It was the last clue on the board and we’re not too sure she really wanted it. She was in third place with $1,600, $5,400 less than Clay’s lead. She bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.

19 feet, 7 inches by Renaud Lavillenie. show

Clay finished in the lead with $7,000. Deborah was second with $3,200 and Nancy was last with $2,600.

Round 2: Deborah found the first Daily Double in “Let’s Go ‘C’ a Play” under the $800 clue, the second clue picked. She was in second place with $3,600, $3,400 less than Clay’s lead. She said she was “chicken” to bet it all, but she did risk $3,000. She recognized it instantly so she was RIGHT.

This 1904 Russian play ends with the sound of an axe striking a tree. show

Deborah found the last Daily Double in “World Leaders in 1914” under the $1600 clue. In second place with $9,000, she had $800 less than Clay’s lead. She bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.

Sultan Mehmed V (over a now-departed entity). show

Deborah finished in the lead with $11,000. Clay was next with $9,800 and Nancy was in third place with $6,200.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT ARE ALMONDS?

“One of California’s top ambassadors often comes lightly salted and travels in a vacuum-sealed can. Eat an almond anywhere in the world and chances are that it was grown in the Golden State. California produces 82% of the globe’s almonds, harvesting about 800,000 acres of the tree nut across a 400-mile stretch from northern Tehama County to southern Kern County.” (Los Angeles Times)



Nancy thought it was olives. That cost her $3,800 and she finished with $2,400.

Clay thought it was plums. He lost his $2,601 bet and wound up with $7,199.

Deborah picked dates. She bet $8,601 and that landed her in third place with $2,399.

So Clay Walls became the new champ by keeping the most money.

We did think at least one of them would get it and we also think that if Nancy had not switched out of the World Leaders category to Mt. Rushmore, they wouldn’t have ended up with one clue left on the board, because Alex could have informed us that the Clue Crew has now been to all 50 states after the buzzer went off.

2 years ago:: TWO contestants got this FJ in “20th Century Novels”.

‘Books leapt and danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red and yellow feathers’ is a line from this novel. show

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2 Responses

  1. john blahuta says:

    it was kind of a sneaky clue, TOO sneaky..

  2. john blahuta says:

    at least normal bets today.
    fj reminded me of an age old joke:

    some cats sit peacefully in the sun. all of a sudden a mean dog approaches and tries to harm them. one cat turns around and roars viciously like a lion. the dog takes a powder.
    the other cats are grateful and say: “what a miracle!”
    “no miracle”, answers the roaring cat.” it always helps to speak some foreign languages…”

    almonds are related to plums,cherries,peaches,nectarines,as well as apricots etc (hence the prune in english) BUT in latin ” prunus” means almond.
    this was TOO obvious for a fj.you had to
    a) think outside the box
    b) it always helps to speak some foreign
    languages…..