Final Jeopardy: World Capitals (12-2-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/2/2022) in the category “World Capitals” was:
Among its nicknames are the “City of Classical Music” &, possibly in honor of a famous resident from 1860 to 1938, the “City of Dreams”
19x champ Cris Pannullo, a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, NJ, has now won $666,744. In Game 20, the competitors are: Josh Gregor, a teacher from Grand Rapids, MI; and Ilana Freedman, an occupational therapy assistant from New Orleans, LA. A good game for Cris could put him over $700K today but a good game for Josh or Ilana could send him home.
Round 1 Categories: Historic Quotations – Body Language – Fizz-ics – African Lakes & Rivers – Hit the Spot – NFL Teams by Home Stadium
Cris found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “African Lakes and Rivers” under the $600 clue on the 7th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $3,600, $2,000 more than Josh in second place. Cris bet it all and he was RIGHT.
Between Khartoum & Aswan, the Nile runs through a series of 6 rapids called these, also a term for waterfalls show
Cris finished in the lead with $12,400. Ilana was second with $3,800 and Josh was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: It’s Epic – Their ’80s No. 1 Album – Word History – Honorary U.S. Citizens – Old Technology – Micro Fish
Cris found the first Daily Double in “Old Technology” under the $1,200 clue on the 11th pick. He was in the lead with $19,200, $11,000 more than Ilana in second place. Cris bet $7,000 and he was RIGHT.
On Nov. 18, 1963 AT&T cut in half the time to make a local call, introducing push button phones, officially this alliterative system show
On the next pick, Cris got the last Daily Double in “Honorary U.S. Citizens” under the $800 clue. In the lead with $26,200, he had $18,000 more than Ilana in second place. Cris bet a mere $100 this time and he was RIGHT.
A city & a bay in this state derive their names from the most recent honoree, Revolutionary War hero Bernardo de Galvez show
Cris finished in the lead with a runaway $35,900. Ilana was in second place with $11,000 and Josh was last with $1,200. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS VIENNA?
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Vienna became the “City of Classical Music” in no small part due to the Habsburgs’ patronage of classical composers. From Concert Vienna’s website: “Because the city was such an excellent place to make it big as a musical or artistic creative, many composers visited, stayed and wrote remarkable music there. In fact, more famous composers have lived in Vienna than any other city in the world. While Mozart, Haydn, Mahler and Bruckner all hailed from different parts of Austria, others, such as Beethoven, Gluck and Brahms came from other countries in Europe.”
While “making it big” could be a reason for the “City of Dreams”, when it comes to Vienna, it is frequently associated with Sigmund Freud and dream interpretation. Looking it up this morning, I was surprised to see some of the other cities that have the same nickname.
Josh bet $128 and finished with $1,328.
Ilana didn’t bet anything, remaining at $11,000.
Chris bet $8,221 and won the game with $44,121. His 20-day total is $710,865. Bravo!
2 triple stumpers from the last round:
IT’S EPIC ($1200) Compiled from old folklore, songs & oral poems, the Kalevala is the national epic of this country
THEIR ’80S NO. 1 ALBUM ($1200) His “Don’t Be Cruel” (& it’s not Elvis)
2 years ago: ONE of the players got this FJ in “World Geography”
Of the 6 mainland African countries through which the equator passes, this landlocked nation is last alphabetically show
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thanks for info
VJ, I have a question for you or anybody who wishes to answer. On Tuesday, November 29th, there was a $400 question in the category ‘ “Give” or “Take” ‘ where the correct answer was “Take Liberties”. Do you think “Take License” would have been accepted? That was my answer at the time. Thank you for any response.
I can’t say for sure, Albert. Here’s the clue: “In other words, to remove freedoms; it actually means to be impertinent or go beyond what’s allowed”. Based on what I found online for “take license” in a sentence, I would definitely give it to you.
On ludwig.guru, they have a sentence from the New Yorker that begins “But Schwarzenegger knows he can take license with the truth”. They are obviously using “take license” in the same sense as “take liberties” there.
I don’t know if they’d give you a hard time over whether “to take license” fits the “to remove freedoms” part of the clue. I can’t see you making a big deal about it if they did. It was a $400 clue near the end of Round One. 😁
Glad to see a triple solve for final to end the week. Happy to see Cris securing game 20 as he ties with Julia Collins. Keep the wins going Cris!
So who was the person referred to in the question? Sigmund Freud?
Yes, it’s Freud.