Final Jeopardy: Bodies of Water (10-25-22)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/25/2022) in the category “Bodies of Water” was:

The Kattegat & Skagerrak straits separate these 2 seas

It’s the second Semifinal in Week 2 of the 2022 Second Chance Tournament and the contestants are: Tom Philipose, a writing professor from Forest Hills, NY; Alicia O’Hare, a social worker from Long Beach, NY; and Jack Weller, a law student orig. from San Diego, CA. (Click on their names for their original games.)

Round 1 Categories: Women on the Map – TV Cartoons – A Green Party – The Elements – McDonald’s around the World – Plurals that Don’t End in S

Jack found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Elements” under the $1,000 clue on the 12th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $5,000, $3,000 more than Alicia in second place. Jack bet $4,000 and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS IODINE?

Jack finished in the lead with $9,200. Alicia was in second place with $6,200. Tom was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.

Round 2 Categories: Revolts – Recent Movies – Miscellany – Festivals – Essay Questions – Rhymer’s Delight

Jack found the first Daily Double in “Revolts” under the $1,200 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $12,000, $4,200 more than Alicia in second place. Jack bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.

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WHO ARE DECEMBERISTS?

Jack got the last Daily Double in “Essay Questions” under the $1,600 on the very next selection. In first place with $17,000, he had $9,200 more than Alicia in second place. Jack bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.

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WHAT IS “CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE”?

Jack finished in the lead with a runaway $26,400. Alicia was in second place with $13,000 and Tom was last with $10,000. All clues were shown.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT ARE THE NORTH & BALTIC SEAS?

This YouTube from Audiopedia will tell you a lot about the area in Scandinavia where the Skaggerak and Kattegat Straits are located, including how to pronounce the names. It begins: “The Skagerrak is a strait running between the southeast coast of Norway, the southwest coast of Sweden, and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea area, which leads to the Baltic Sea.”

According to the Sea Inlets and Straits section of NationsEncyclopedia’s article on the Kingdom of Sweden, “The Kattegat and Skagerrak are considered part of the North Sea. The channel of water separating Denmark and Sweden and linking the Kattegat Strait with the Baltic Sea is the Öresund Strait.”

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Tom thought it was the Caspian Sea & the Black Sea. He lost his $3,001 bet and finished with $6,999.

Alicia went with the North Sea & the Atlantic Ocean. She bet and lost her whole $13,000.

Jack got it right. He bet $100 and won the game with $26,500. Jack Weller will join Sadie Goldberg in the Finals on Thursday and Friday.

2 triple stumpers from FESTIVALS:

($400) China’s Lantern Festival honors deceased relatives & marks the end of this larger festival

($2000) Each year at a festival in Pamplona comes the religious procession honoring this saint

More clues on Page 2

2 years ago: NEITHER contestant left in Final Jeopardy! got this FJ in “Classical Music”

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