Final Jeopardy: Asian Cities (4-1-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (4/1/2016) in the category “Asian Cities” was:

Of Asia’s 10 most populous urban areas, this city on an island is the only one south of the equator.

3x champ Todd Giese now has $74,402 to his credit. In the last game of the week, he is up against these two players: Milton John, from Nanuet, NY; and Oliver Bundy, originally from Anchorage, AK.

There were a bunch of April Fools reminders throughout the game. This is the way the scores were shown when Oliver got the Jeopardy! round Daily Double.

We’ve got a hunch they’ll have them all up on Jeopardy.com by tomorrow so we’ll link to that in the weekly recap.

Round 1 Categories: David Muir Covers Politics – The “-phile” File – Cast of the TV Show – Travel USA – Tuba – Toothpaste

Oliver found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Travel USA” under the $600 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,000, $2,800 more than Todd in second place. He bet $2,000 and thought it was the Boston Commons. That was WRONG.

Louisburg Square in this “elevated” neighborhood of Boston features red brick townhomes & a gated private park.  show

WHAT IS BEACON HILL?

Todd finished in the lead with $5,400. Oliver was second with $3,200 and Milton was last with $1,200.

Round 2 Categories: Literary Latin America – Rocks & Minerals – Oscars – Backstage at the Theatre – On the Old Map of Europe – Words of Substance

Milton found the first Daily Double in “Literary Latin America” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick of this round. In second place with $3,600, he had $3,800 less than Todd’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

This writer who died fighting for Cuba’s independence in 1895 is a national hero of the island.  show

WHO IS JOSÉ MARTÍ?

Milton found the last Daily Double in “Rock & Minerals” under the $1,200 clue. There were 7 clues left after it. Still in second place, he had $7,400 now, $8,400 less than Todd’s lead. He bet $3,000 and came up with diodes. That was WRONG.

The inside walls of these hollow rocks are lined with crystals. show

WHAT ARE GEODES?

Todd finished in the lead with a runaway $19,000, and that’s no April Fool’s Day joke. Milton was next with $4,000 and Oliver was in third place with $800.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS JAKARTA?

“According to the just released [Jan 2015] 11th edition of Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-Up Urban Areas or World Agglomerations), there are now 34 urban areas in the world with more than 10 million residents, the minimum qualification for megacity status.” NewGeography.com

After stating that “Tokyo-Yokohama grew to 37.8 million residents, the largest urban area population ever recorded,” the article cites Jakarta as “the second urban area in history to exceed 30 million residents,” but points out that it is often left off world city top ten lists because the continuous urbanization extending into the regencies is usually excluded.

Now that you’ve read that, you’ll nail No. 2 on the Sporcle quiz: 30 Largest Urban Areas South of the Equator

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Oliver got it right. He bet $799 and finished with $1,599.

Milton thought it was Mumbai. He lost half his score, finishing with $2,000.

Todd wrote down Sydney. He forgot it had to be in Asia! That cost him a whopping $10,999 and left him with $8,001. That was still enough to win his 4th game. His 4-day total of $82,403.

Todd was the beneficiary of these 2 clues when Oliver misspoke:

Oscars ($1600) This member of the Double-First-Name Club has played Llewyn Davis & Poe Dameron. Oliver put an ‘s’ on the last name and Todd left it off.

Backstage at the Theatre ($1600) A rumble pot is a receptacle in which hot water is mixed with this solid carbon dioxide, to create fog. This time Oliver said “dried” instead of “dry”

Go to page 2 for a list of triple stumpers.

2 years ago: NONE of the players got this FJ in “20th Century Novel Quotes”

“It was one of those pictures… so contrived that the eyes follow you… beneath” the picture was this 5-word quote. show

WHAT IS “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU”?

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