Final Jeopardy: Current World Leaders (2-21-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/21/2023) in the category “Current World Leaders” was:
In office from 2022, the Pres. of this country has taken so many foreign trips a play on his name is “Ferdinand Magellan Jr.”
In the second game of the High School Reunion Tournament the contestants are: Avi Gupta, a senior at Stanford University from Portland, OR; Jack Izzo, a senior at Northwestern University from San Diego, CA; and Alison Purcell, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin from Bellaire, TX.
Round 1 Categories: So, What Have You Been Up To? – They Make It – Adjectives – On TikTok – College Towns – The Rest of the World in 2018 & ’19
Jack found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Adjectives” under the $1,000 clue on the 6th pick. He was the only one on the board with $4,600. Jack made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
Meaning displaying the colors of the rainbow, it comes from the personification of the rainbow show
Jack finished in the lead with $11,200. Alison was second with $4,800 and Avi was last with $1,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Home Coming – Trios – Pop Culture High School Reunions – The Elements – Shakespeare’s Women – From “E” to “Y”
Avi found the first Daily Double in “The Elements” under the $800 clue on the 15th pick of the round. He was in last place with $7,400, $8,600 less than Jack’s lead. Avi went all in and he was RIGHT.
This strong, lightweight metal was named for the dozen children of Gaia & Uranus show
3 clues later, Alison got the last Daily Double in “Trios” under the $1,600 clue. In third place with $10,800, she had $5,200 less than Jack’s lead. Alison bet $5,000 and said exorcism. That was WRONG.
In Catholicism, bell, book & candle were the 3 things once needed to conduct this rite of exclusion from the sacraments show
Jack finished in the lead with $19,200. Avi was second with $16,800 and Alison was last with $10,600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE PHILIPPINES?
65-year-old Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the 17th President of the Philippines and the only son of the 10th president, Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and his wife Imelda Romualdez Marcos. He already had the nickname “Bongbong” and is also called “BBM” for short. Since he became President in June 2022, BBM has made a habit of traveling around the globe at the expense of the Filipino people. That’s what led to the “Magellan” nickname, after the Portugal explorer who set out to circumnavigate the globe but it’s not really funny.
BBM’s administration claims these junkets are necessary to rebuild the Philippines’ image after his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte badly tarnished it, as well as to attract investors. Meanwhile, to Filipinos struggling to cope with rising inflation, these trips are not justifiable. They only remind them of the excesses of BBM’s parents, who bilked taxpayers out of billions. Learn more on The Guardian
Alison thought it was Spain. She lost $10,599 and finished with $1.00.
Avi got it right. He added $4,500 to his score and finished with $21,300.
Jack went with Ukraine. He lost $14,401 and finished with $4,799. That made Avi Gupta the winner and second semi-finalist.
2 triple stumpers from POP CULTURE HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS:
($1600) As the title of a John Cusack movie sums up, Martin Blank is a hitman going to his reunion in this Detroit suburb
($2000) In the reunion movie “10 Years”, she played the girlfriend of her then-husband
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Geographic Namesakes”
In 1857, the former Surveyor-General of India objected to giving his name to this landmark as “the natives could not pronounce” it show
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I said Portugal, too! I read an article online today written by Jack (not knowing he was on tonight’s show), so, when he showed up, I was rooting for him. Still, Avi showed his chops, so, good on him! I had to turn on the subtitles, but, when he hit the DD, he said to Jack, “Not getting rid of me that easily”, and, I had to chuckle a bit!
Still, ugh, every hesitation and stop from Mayim just grates on me. She just doesn’t sound as polished as Ken. When she adds something after a response, it sounds so forced, not natural (like saying the whole name of NOAA). I hope the rest of the contestants are as powerful as this evening!
I was chided once here for pointing out Mayim’s quirks. That said, I kinda like her on Celebrity Jeopardy where her far less polished approach works fine with the casualness (and often stupidity) of that show.
Well, I’m sorry. I don’t like to sound like a broken record but I don’t see why there even has to be a comparison between Ken and Mayim. They have their different styles, yes, but Ken does some of the things Mayim has been criticized for, like adding little quips and tidbits to the answers.
I also don’t care to childishly go tit for tat on that stuff, like she sounds so forced? What do Ken’s repetitious “oh, wow’s” sound like? (I save that for whenever my son tells me how much he likes Ken. I say, “oh, wow!” 🤣🤣 )
Personally, I think Mayim should get extra hazard pay with all the abuse directed at her on Twitter, plus all the “I’m not watching till Ken comes back.” I have no control over who hosts the show. If I did, Buzzy and Brooke Burns would be co-hosts. So at least over here, the best thing is to send hosting complaints to the show.
I thought that final was pretty tough, I guessed Portugal. After seeing the right answer it makes sense though, would have never got it though.
Alison’s appearance was announced on the local news here in Houston right before the show aired 😀