Final Jeopardy: Pairs In Astronomy (7-12-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/12/2022) in the category “Pairs in Astronomy” was:
Discovered in 1877, they were named for siblings of the Greek god of love
New champ Steve Clarke, a lawyer from Chesapeake, VA, won $18,401 yesterday. In Game 2, his challengers are: Tehmeena Malik, a business developer from Edmonton, Alberta; and Ben Coller, a history teacher from East Brunswick, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Human Anatomy – The Lyin’ King – Who’s in that Commercial? – In Disposable – National-Sounding Items – Welcome to the Jungle
Steve found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Lyin’ King” under the $800 clue with one clue left after it. He was in the lead with $6,400, $2,600 more than Tehmeena in second place. Steve bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
This mythical king whose name now refers to a never-ending task lied to get out of Hades show
Steve finished in the lead with $7,400. Tehmeena was second with $4,800 and Ben was last with $0. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Lakes & Rivers & a Mountain – Vampires in Literature – The Alexander Files – Sounds Smart – On the Label – “Top” of the Pops
Steve found the first Daily Double in “The Alexander Files” under the $1,600 clue on the 14th pick. He was in the lead with $11,400, $6,600 more than Ben and Tehmeena tied for second place. Steve bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
The second monarch of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes, Alexander I renamed the country this in 1929 show
Steve got the last Daily Double in “On the Label” under the $2,000 clue on the very last pick. In the lead with $15,000, he had $5,000 more than Ben in second place. Steve bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
Above Campbell’s on tomato soup cans, this word meaning “reduced to a compact form” show
Steve finished in the lead with $20,000. Ben was next with $10,000 and Tehmeena was in third place with $3,200. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE PHOBOS & DEIMOS?
On August 12, 1877, Asaph Hall discovered the Martian moon Phobos one night after he almost gave up his search. Six nights later, he discovered Deimos. Hall gave these names to the moon because they were the sons of Ares, the Greek god of war. Aphrodite, goddess of love, was their mother. She was also the mother of Eros, god of love. More on the moons on NASA’s website.
There’s more on the mythological Phobos and Deimos in the 5/23/2018 Jeopardy! recap, another time they were the Final Jeopardy! answer.
Tehmeena went with Eros and Apollo. She bet and lost her whole $3,200.
Ben got it right. He bet $3,000 and finished with $13,000.
Steve thought it was Sagitarrius. That only cost him $1.00 and he won the game with $19,999. Steve’s 2-day total is $38,400. Wowee!! That was some surprise ending!
A triple stumper from each round:
WHO’S IN THAT COMMERCIAL? ($400) Those are NBA buddies “Bobi & Tobi” selling these crackers; turns out 7’3″ Bobi can grab quite a handful
VAMPIRES IN LITERATURE ($2000) This 19th c. writer of historical novels, pere, went goth in “The Pale Lady”, a tale of a Polish woman & 2 adoring brothers
3 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “The 50 States”
In 1840 this New England state was home to 24 of the 100 most populous U.S. urban places; now, its capital is its only one in the top 100 show
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Two wrong bets in this game.
Steve should have bet more than 5000 in the Daily Double so it would be a runaway game for him if he answered correctly (and he did). He had 20,000 going into FJ.
Ben should have bet all of his money (10,000) so he could at least tie Steve if he gets it correctly and Steve bet nothing.
Ugh. As if these contestants never watched Jeopardy.
The way Mayim struggled with Clytemnestra and Brahmaputra, I’m really becoming more convinced that her prep is lacking. She did, differentially, do better with “Karakoram”, although I think she just sounded that one out phonetically.
I cosign everyone else about that horrid wager of $3k. There goes his chance of ever being J! champ. It was his to lose. Go big or go home – and he did the latter!
Kim is right about the cringeworthy wager the teacher made, but the “lawyer” bet $5K to raise his score to $20K and left himself vulnerable to the guy with $10K…bet 1 more dollar for crying out loud and you have a runaway…he deserved to lose as well…
I disagree. The lawyer had mere seconds to place his wager; in the limited time he did his best thinking because if he had gotten it wrong he would be $1 behind going into FJ. The teacher had plenty of time (and I believe they get a calculator too so they can do the math accurately), so he has no excuse for his meaningless wager. Sometimes you wonder how these people can claim to be huge fans of the show and not understand basic wagering strategy just by watching the show for years.
What the? Ben makes that dynamite comeback in DJ, then wimps out on a $3K bet? I didn’t think anyone would get FJ (I sure didn’t) and was impressed with his correct response. That was his game to win after Steve’s daring bet on the last DD. No guts, no glory. I foresaw Ben wagering $10K and Steve either $0 or $1.
Most of the stumpers were brain-crushers to me. I did know “Can’t Help Myself” group; the “Pere” author; and the Jim Beam logo words.
The “peroxide” answer that was wrong but “hydrogen peroxide” was correct should also have been given a “be more specific” as well…the outcome for Tehmeena could have been different.
We are talking about the same clue, Karen: ON THE LABEL ($1200) Of Crest 3D White Professional Ultra White Toothpaste, “4%” this bleaching compound
Only we didn’t specify the answers because it ended up being a triple stumper. (See the top of page 2)
I agree. Hydrogen Peroxide is in fact a peroxide.
Steve loses only a buck after his response in Final Jeopardy is wrong, and went to the 2nd-day champion.
Collin, why do you keep repeating things that are already covered in the recap?
I would have loved to see the history teacher double up on his bet as well. Tahmeena was robbed of that clue on toothpaste. She should be in the second chance tournament.
I very rarely deal with ‘what ifs’ but I will for this game. Tehmeena should have been given a “be more specific” on the Crest toothpaste clue because she gave Mayim half the answer.
Of course, only Tehmeena knows if she could have come up with the other half if she was prompted for being close. If she got it right, however, she would have been the one to get the last Daily Double and she would have had $6,400. I’m sure whoever got that last super easy Daily Double was going to be right, so Tehmeena would have had the potential to finish in second place. I know she didn’t get FJ! right but I’m pretty sure the final bets would have been a lot different.
Totally agree. Peroxide is not wrong; it’s just incomplete. And Steve betting $1 and still winning? Ugh.
The history teacher is rubbish at math. His bet was cringe-worthy. Man just double up and win!!! This will haunt him for the rest of his life.