Final Jeopardy: Historic Geography (5-26-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (5/26/2022) in the category “Historic Geography” was:
A 1946 speech declared the terminuses of the Iron Curtain to be port cities serving these 2 seas
9x champ Ryan Long, a rideshare driver from Philadelphia, PA, has now won $173,301. In Game 8, his opponents are: Tory Waltrip, a senior account manager from Seattle, WA; and John Seroff, a performing arts publicist from Brooklyn, NY.
Round 1 Categories: The United Nations – That’s My Boy! – Let’s County Up that State – Aviators – The Silent Consonant In… – Sneakers with Jacques Slade
Ryan found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “United Nations” under the $800 clue with 11 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $3,600, $1,600 more than Tory and John tied in second place. Ryan bet $1,000 and thought it was Chinese. That was WRONG.
Of the 6 official languages of the U.N., this one is first alphabetically show
John finished in the lead with $3,000. Tory was second with $2,600 and Ryan was last with $1,600. One clue worth $800 was not shown.
Round 2 Categories: Historia Espanola – Allusions of Grandeur – Numerical Book Titles – Movie Co-Stars – Big Animals – Ends in “Ette”
Ryan found the first Daily Double in “Numerical Book Titles” under the $2,000 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $12,000, $6,600 more than John in second place. Ryan bet $2,000 and drew a blank so he was WRONG.
A strange discovery on the moon sets off a secret mission to a moon of Saturn in this sci-fi novel show
John got the last Daily Double in “Allusions of Grandeur” under the $800 clue with 8 clues left after it. He was in second place with $6,600, $2,600 less than Ryan’s lead. John bet $4,000 and he drew a blank so he was WRONG.
An ancient city on the Euphrates River known for its magnificence, today it can also mean a place of vice & corruption show
Ryan finished in the lead with a runaway $10,000. Tory was second with $4,600 and John was last with $3,000. 2 clues worth $800 were not shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE THE BALTIC & ADRIATIC?
As I mentioned earlier on Spoiler Talk, the two seas that are the answer to this Final Jeopardy! clue were in the FJ! clue that we saw exactly 2 years ago on May 26th! The category was “20th Century Metaphors” and all the players got the Iron Curtain answer right.
Perhaps the next time something about Churchill’s speech comes up, they will be looking for the “Sinews of Peace” title or, possibly, where Churchill delivered the speech. That was at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. There are some salient details about that in the video on this post.
John wrote down Greenbrier & Tennesee and said “That’s my hometown,” with a wave to his homies. He bet zero so he didn’t lose a penny.
Tory went with the Adriatic & Caspian Seas after crossing out the Black Sea. She lost her $2,000 bet and finished with $2,600.
Ryan thought it was the North Sea & Baltic Sea. He didn’t bet anything so he won the game with $10,000. His 10-day total is $183,301.
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
HISTORIA ESPANOLA ($1600) Almost 500 years of the Spanish Empire ended in 1975 with withdrawal from the not so far off area called Spanish, now Western, this
ENDS IN “ETTE” ($1600) It’s a set of all the needed clothes & accessories for a newborn infant
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Military Slang”
This word for high-ranking officials comes from a metal used in 19th century military insignia show
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I got all 3 DD, but said “Baltic and Crimean” for FJ. I got all the TS on page 2, except for the last two.
Agree with VJ in re: low scoring. $10k runaway? You gotta be kidding me.
Now, as one may have noticed (or not – no one calls out what I may have said), I 1. don’t think much of Mayim as host and 2. I’ve recently really tamped down on hammering her. But, on another site, People, maybe, there was an article about her and J!, and they commented on clues left on the board, and that she might have to pick up the pace a bit. That’s not me, that’s them. Tonight was only 3, total, I believe (1 J!, 2 DJ!).
It’s funny how these commenters that hammer Mayim over clues left on the board don’t notice how slow some contestants are at picking clues, or the amount of triple stumpers and foolish guesses that slow things down.
Short of bringing a bullwhip onstage, idk what Mayim can do about any of that, but if her critics do, they ought to share their wisdom.
And the video categories with clues that drone on and on.
omg, Rhonda! Sometimes those clues are so long, I get lost somewhere in the middle
Same here, VJ, I lose track sometimes, too.
Ouch! As I said, I’ve reined in my criticism recently.
lol, Jason, just so you know I’m not a die-hard fan of Mayim. If Ken was being unfairly criticized, I would defend him too. If they are going to name a permanent host, I would rather it be Mayim but I think maybe it would be best to keep them both around.
Channel-surfing today, I happened to come across Mayim on the Kelly Clarkson show and she mentioned the Single Jeopardy flap. I’ll write a separate post about it tomorrow if I get a chance to see the whole segment. At least she has a good sense of humor about the whole thing.
I thought that the FJ correct response might have been the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas. Well, I wasn’t alone as the contestants couldn’t come up with it either.
The Ouija board (planchette) clue was not a triple stumper. John got it.
Yes! I forgot that. Thanks, jk
Another low-scoring game, even lower than yesterday! Ryan is indeed lucky, bailed out by the Movie Co-Stars category being in the last round.
Well, I had fun watching the game today. Usually, Nikki and I pick rounds to imitate Mayim. (It’s not negative — we only imitate voices we like.) My brother came by and I got to show off a little. (Not too much — I’m older than him.)
3 more DDs were missed and another tough FJ as we got a triple stumper.
Not every time, but 1 good thing about tonight’s game is that we have our 14th champion to win 10 games.