Final Jeopardy: Americana (4-11-17)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/11/2017) in the category “Americana” was:

There are rest stops named for Edison, Lombardi & Woodrow Wilson on this road mentioned in the 1968 song “America”

New champ Greg Chin won $16,200 yesterday. In his second match, his challengers are: Atissa Banuazizi, from Allston, MA; and Steve Gavenas, from South Pasadena, CA.

Round 1 Categories: The Peace Corps – Their First No. 1 Hit – World Capitals – Wait”er” – There’s a Fly – In My Soup

Steve found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “World Capitals” under the $600 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was the only one with any money– $600. He bet the $1,000 allowance and he was RIGHT.

This European capital city is served by 3 main ports: Piraeus, Rafina & Lavrion. show

Steve finished in the lead with $6,000. Greg was second with $5,800 and Atissa was last with $1,000.

Round 2 Categories: The Royal They – Live TV – Libraries – Planetary People & Things – Speaking Italian – Window Treatments

Atissa found the first Daily Double in “Royal They” under the $2,000 clue on the 9th pick. She was in third place with $200 at this point, $8,800 behind Greg’s lead. She bet the $2,000 allowance and said Napoleon & Josephine, but that was after the time limit and it was WRONG.

1894 to 1918: _____ II and _____. show

Atissa found the last Daily Double in “Speaking Italian” under the $1,600 clue, with 11 clues left after it. In third place and in the red for $1,000, she had $10,800 less than Greg’s lead. She bet $1,000 of the allowance this time and took a guess with “forte.” Sadly, that was WRONG.

An Italian word for “strong” isn’t arabica but this counterpart. show

Greg finished in the lead with $13,800. Steve was next with $10,000 and Atissa was in third place with $2,000.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE?

The line “counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike” is at 3:01 in this video of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel singing “America,” a song that originally appeared on their 1968 album “Bookends,” and was later released as a single in 1972. A 2014 Rolling Stones’ readers’ poll voted the song the group’s 4th greatest song, right after “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” In 2016, Bernie Sanders got the artists’ permission to use the song in a political ad. He included the NJ Turnpike line.

Check out all the rest stops on the New Jersey Turnpike. The Vince Lombardi and Woodrow Wilson Service Areas are two out of three that currently have WiFi. The other is Molly Pitcher.



Atissa got it right. She bet $401 for a $2,401 finish.

Steve thought it was I-80. That cost him everything but a buck.

Greg also got it right. He bet $7,599 so he won the match with $21,399. His 2-day total is $37,599.

Final Jeopardy (4/11/2017) Greg Chin, Steve Gavenas, Atissa Banuazizi

A triple stumper from each round:

THEIR FIRST NO. 1 HIT ($800) “Just Dance” (2009)

PLANETARY PEOPLE & THINGS ($1,200) 11-letter word for pottery of hardened clay

2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “U.S. Presidents”

Only 2 Presidents had their last name changed. These 2. show

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7 Responses

  1. mimsy says:

    Thanks for the links, VJ . On that Rolling Stones poll, I just could not believe they ranked Cecilia higher than I Am a Rock and Scarborough Fair.

    • VJ says:

      I agree, mimsy. I was surprised Cecilia was even on the list, and I was surprised that Homeward Bound wasn’t on there at all.

      Tonight I’ll sing my songs again, I’ll play the game and pretend
      But all my words come back to me, in shades of mediocrity
      Like emptiness and harmony, I need someone to comfort me

  2. Becci Boyd says:

    I know this is nitpicky but except for the original intro of the players you have Atissa’s name spelled with only one ‘s’.

    • VJ says:

      It’s cool, Becci. A very unique name for sure, and I somehow got single t, single s in my head, but I certainly prefer you’re letting me know to having it stay that way. Thanks!

  3. VJ says:

    It was kinda nice to see Atissa win the $2K second place prize after the rough time she had trying to stay out of the red.

    LINK: 9 more clues from this match

  4. Lou says:

    I used to live in new jersey and my family and I travelled down the nj turnpike to visit friends. We also took that route to Florida and Georgia. its a super busy highway since we do a lot of shopping on NJ route 18. But now that I moved to Connecticut, we usually will visit new jersey as often as needed to because that state has changed a lot.

    also Steve was thinking of the Bergen-Passaic expressway that is parallel to the turnpike so that’s probably the reason why he missed it.. How often do you travel on the roads, VJ when you go on vacation with family?

    • VJ says:

      @Lou, I generally don’t go out much for various reasons, and if I do, someone else is driving. I don’t drive at all anymore. Back in the day, I drove on many NJ roads, the GSP, rte 80, rte 10, 1 & 9 and so on but not much on the Turnpike. I was afraid of it after getting lost once but not as afraid as I was of rte 22. LOL!