Final Jeopardy: Name’s the Same (12-8-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (12/8/2022) in the category “Name’s the Same” was:
A cocktail, an island & a WWII venture originally called “Development of Substitute Materials” all bear this name
New champ Ron Cheung, an economics professor from Lakewood, OH, won $19,599 yesterday. In Game 2, his opponents are: Sriram Krishnan, a consultant from Falls Church, VA; and A.Z. Madonna, a music journalist from Malden, MA.
Round 1 Categories: The World of Patent Models – Rhyme Time – “U” in History – A Night at the Opera – Monkey Business – Mark’s Brothers & Sisters
A.Z. found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “A Night at the Opera” under the $800 clue on the 14th pick of the round. She was in last place with negative $200, $1,600 less than Sriram’s lead. A.Z. bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.
A play by French dramatist Pierre Beaumarchais served as the basis for this Rossini opera set in a Spanish city show
Ron finished in the lead with $4,200. Sriram was second with $3,800 and A.Z. was last with $2,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Let’s Get Down to Cases – What a Novel Character – In the Room – Countries from Wordplay Categories – Preparing for the Role – 1990s Vocab Test
Ron found the first Daily Double in “Countries Word Play” under the $x00 clue on the 9th pick. He was in the lead with $7,400, $800 more than Sriram in second place. Ron bet $3,000, and drew a blank so he was WRONG.
Add 2 vowels: 2 neighbors in West Africa show
Sriram got the last Daily Double in “Vocab” under the $800 clue with 10 clues left after it. In the lead with $11,000, he had $3,800 more than Ron and A.Z. who were tied in second place. Sriram bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
You can spell this word for a type of business with 6 letters or a period & 3 letters show
Sriram finished in the lead with a runaway $21,800. Ron was in second place with $10,800 and A.Z. was last with $8,000. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
Well, I didn’t think the players would be thrown by the island part of the clue this time around. The reference to Manhattan being an island was also part of the FJ! clue in Amy Schneider’s first game on 11/17/2021. She was the only one who had the right response. As for the other two hints:WHAT IS MANHATTAN?
A Couple Cooks has a classic recipe and the history of the Manhattan cocktail. They say: “The Manhattan is a classic cocktail on the list of International Bartender Association’s IBA official cocktails. This means that there’s an official definition for the Manhattan cocktail ingredients…”
The Manhattan Project was a WWII research and development endeavor that produced the first nuclear weapons. It turns up in clues sometimes with or without Robert Oppenheimer. Wikipedia will tell you how it came to be known by the place name.
A.Z. thought it was Mai Tai. She lost $6,270 and finished with $1,730.
Ron came up with Martini. That cost him $5,201 and left him with $5,599.
Sriram looked disappointed about his Mai Tai response but it didn’t cost him anything as he stood pat on his pre-FJ! total. Sriram won the game with that $21,800. He will return tomorrow as the new Jeopardy! champ.
2 triple stumpers from THE WORLD OF PATENT MODELS:
($600) Jacob Gulden patented a device for filling several bottles of this at once; his name is still on America’s oldest brand
($1000) Brakemen would leap from car to car, but this man’s air brakes could stop the whole train; an 1879 improvement is one of his 300 patents
2 years ago: ONE of the players got this FJ in “19th Century Americans”
In 1858 these 2 men faced each other in Alton, Freeport, Galesburg & 4 other nearby towns show
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This ex-New Yorker is hanging his head for not knowing FJ. But that Gulden brand is one I grew up with and love to this day.
Terrific game tonight, good players, but Sriram was quick and accurate down the stretch.
Perhaps older players might have known that old nickname for a couch, and the 1960 spying incident that caused an international uproar. It was well-dramatized maybe 5 years ago in the Tom Hanks movie, “Bridge of Spies.” Francis Gary Powers later became the helicopter reporter for KNBC in Los Angeles in the 70s, giving traffic reports. Studio anchor Jess Marlow always called him Frank although he was generally known as Gary. Powers died tragically in a crash while on the job.
I learned last night that Ron is a professor at Oberlin, and AZ is an alum. A friend of mine who’s pushing 70 got her bachelor’s degree in economics from Oberlin.
Well I was sure thrown by the island part, and so were the contestants in FJ.
Did anyone else find the final question to be kinda easy? I’m not trying to brag or sound smug but I thought it was pretty obvious.
Yes, all the predictions this morning were for 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 3 right
Happy to see Sriram win today after not getting final right. I think he could try to win a few more this week or next week
idk if this is going to be an issue but I would like to know when “close enough” started to apply to quotes.
WHAT A NOVEL CATEGORY! ($2000) He is described as “Prometheus who changed his mind”; now you say the first sentence of “Atlas Shrugged”
Not only is it asking you to quote from the book, the first sentence is itself a quote– “Who is John Galt?” Sriram leaves out the first name and Ken says he said the sentence “close enough”.
Also, when do we start applying “close enough” to leaving out or adding an “s” to responses?
VJ, I’m sure you and I have heard dozens of responses denied due to adding or leaving out an “s” in the response. Ken used a very unfortunate phrase – one open to personal interpretation – when he said “Close enough” and I hope it doesn’t happen again. I’m sure coming up with all the Jeopardy questions is a full time job but the producers should strive for questions that are factual and singular in nature. I dearly love Ken but I hope he holds contestant’s feet to the fire to obtain an accurate answer. I once almost lost a friend arguing whether or not a Joshua Tree cactus was a true “tree”.
I think there is some ambiguity here, as the clue is not well written. The fact that the clue starts “He is described…” means that “Who is Galt?” should be accepted, but they certainly do sound like they wanted the full opening quote in the latter half.
I think:
1. The clue should not have been written so ambiguously/poorly
2. Given that it was written ambiguously/poorly, “Who is Galt?” should have been accepted
3. Ken should not have said “close enough”, as it opens up the can of worms you describe
Thanks, Sam and JP.
I reread the question and the wording of the category and it appears the show was just looking for the name of the character, not the exact quote. If the player simply said “Galt” then Ken would have ruled him immediately correct and there never would have been any confusion.
I too was bothered at first but now I understand the intent of the question. The question was indeed worded poorly. Im surprised the cracker jack staff never realized that the wording could have two interpretations.
Yes, Albert, Ken should have just okayed Sriram’s response and moved on. But he suggested that “John” should have been included with the “close enough” remark. That’s what confused me.
I said aloud that that should not have been accepted. “Close enough”? WTH, Ken? The clue SPECIFICALLY says the first line in the novel. Even with other less clear parts, that, to me, is plainly black letter. Should not have been ruled correct, because it wasn’t.
There were two parts, but the second cleared it up. That’s how I see it.
For the second day in a row, we had another triple stumper in FJ! and for the third day in a row, we had a new champ. Are we going to close out the week as the fourth 1 day champ? We’ll have to find out tomorrow.