Final Jeopardy: The Ancient World (5-19-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/19/2022) in the category “The Ancient World” was:
New research suggests a device now called the Archimedes Screw helped maintain this one of the 7 Wonders of the World
4x champ Ryan Long, a rideshare driver from Philadelphia, PA, has now won $86,600. In Game 5, his opponents are: Bradford Pearson, a journalist and author from Philadelphia, PA; and Julie Ann Crommett, a diversity and inclusion strategist from Atlanta, GA.
Round 1 Categories: Lit Bits – Asian Museums – Containers – The Drugs of Humanity – It’s a Word! It’s a Name! – Blooperman
Ryan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Containers” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $6,600, $7,200 more than Bradford in second place. Ryan bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
2 containers are in the name of this furniture store founded by Gordon & Carole Segal in 1962 show
Ryan finished in the lead with $10,600. Bradford was second with $2,600 and Julie Ann was last with $200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: The Vice President Who Said… – Let’s Take a World Tour – Physics – Welcome to Britain – TV Personalities – Starts with “A” or Ends with “Z”
Julie Ann found the first Daily Double in “The Vice President Who Said…” under the $1,200 clue at the halfway point. She was in third place with $1,400, $12,800 less than Ryan’s lead. Julie Ann made it a true Daily Double and she guessed Teddy Roosevelt. That was WRONG.
”You win some, you lose some, and then there’s that little-known third category… take it from me, every vote counts” show
Bradford got the last Daily Double in “Welcome to Britain” under the $2,000 clue on the last clue of the round. He was in second place with $10,600, $5,600 less than Ryan’s lead. Bradford bet $1,000, and tried viscount. That was WRONG.
The Normans brought England this title of nobility, later the general term for the lords who fought King John & got Magna Carta done show
Ryan finished in the lead with $16,200. Bradford was second with $9,600 and Julie Ann was last with $400. Thankfully, all clues were shown. (That trip through the top row before choosing the $2,000 “Britain” clue had us worried that time would run out, leaving the last Daily Double on the board.)
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON (Just “Hanging Gardens” was accepted)?
PBS did a documentary about Dr. Stephanie Dalley’s translation of a cuneiform text from Assyrian King Sennacherib. Dalley concluded that the Hanging Gardens weren’t in Babylon at all. They were in Nineveh and something similar to the Archimedes’ Screw was being used to irrigate the Hanging Gardens 4 centuries before Archimedes of Syracuse was born. Meantime, The UnMuseum Hanging Gardens article speculates that they might have been using a chain pump, if the Gardens existed at all.
The Unmuseum has articles on all Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as well as the Seven Wonders of the Modern World and the Seven Wonders of the Natural World.
Julie Ann came up with the Leaning Tower of Pisa. She didn’t bet a shekel so she finished with $400.
Bradford thought it was the Colossus of Rhodes. He bet and lost his whole $9,600.
Ryan got it right. He bet $3,001 and won the game with $19,201. Ryan secured his spot in the next Tournament of Champions with a 5-day total of $105,801.
2 triple stumpers from THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO SAID…
($800) After being sworn in as Veep: “I am a” this last name, “not a Lincoln”
($2000) In a letter: “I am very apprehensive that a desperate anti-Federal Party, will provoke all Europe by their insolence”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Shakespeare’s Tragedies”
He has 272 speeches, the most of any non-title character in a Shakespeare tragedy show
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I thought the show did not allow two people from the same city to compete on the same show. Two players are from Philly.
I don’t remember hearing that, Albert. On the other hand, I don’t remember ever seeing two people from the same city on the same show either.
I found that highly unusual, too. I’ve heard that each game’s contestants are chosen at random from the pool, but never verified that. Seems somewhat unlikely, if for no other reason than to prevent same-named players from facing each other.
Unfortunately I’m not quite old enough to remember the ancient world. Didn’t know what Archimedes Screw was, but Great Pyramids of Egypt came to mind right away, and I thought that was it for sure.
Some tough stumpers, but at least one of them should have known the not-Lincoln VP, the island prison, and the term for political pardons. And probably the Russian urn. (If anyone ever asks you “What’s a Greek urn?” say “About 11 drachmas per hour.”
Well, sometime in the past few years, there was a contestant named “Rock”, because it was his nickname, and he shared the same name with another contestant.
I got the same TS you mention.
One thing on which I want to comment is sloppy writing. Earlier this season, there was a clue with the answer being “Adrenaline”. Then, this evening, the clue mentions “An Adrenaline rush”, with epinephrine being the correct answer. However, clarification: Adrenaline is a brand name, while epinephrine is generic. Notably, they both mean the same thing, one from Latin, the other from Greek. Ad-renal and epi-neph both mean “on the kidney”. By definition, if the contestant said “Adrenaline”, it should have been accepted. It just looks like sloppy writing, to me.
Ryan finally made the right wager. Me, I got FJ wrong (again). I said the Pharos of Alexandria.
Like one of the contestants, I chose ‘The Colossus Of Rhodes” for FJ. As for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, I think that the so-called Archimedes Screw was just pure speculation as it was based on scanty evidence. In fact, I would highly doubt that an advanced technology like that would even have existed at the time. Actually, if I could hazard a guess, I would imagine that indentured slaves performed that same function.
I mean, why even try out if you don’t want to win?
I don’t get it. Who didn’t play to win in tonight’s game?
Ryan is now tied with Tyler Rhode for 5 wins.
So sorry the daily doubles were not kind to Julie Ann and Brad.