Final Jeopardy: American Geography (6-16-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (6/16/2023) in the category “American Geography” was:
Native Americans called it Okwa-ta, or “wide water”; Pierre Le Moyne D’iberville would rename it for a countryman
New champ Suzanne Goldlust, a marketing manager from Reston, VA, won $18,700 yesterday. In Game 2, her competitors are : Ben Goldstein, a content marketing strategist from Dexter, MI; and Erica Rapheal, a epidemiologist from Saint Paul, MN.
Round 1 Categories: Continental Geography – Birthstones – 3-Letter Words Ending in X – Grease & Roam – Night Skies – Finish Last
Suzanne found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Continental Geography” under the $800 clue on the 9th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,600, $1,000 more than Erica in second place. Suzanne made it a true Daily Double and came up with the Aleutians. That was WRONG.
Asia & North America are just 55 miles apart where the Chukchi Peninsula almost meets this Alaskan one show
Ben finished in the lead with $3,800. Erica was second with $2,000 and Suzanne was last with $1,400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Historic Groups – Oppositional Book Titles – Go Tell it on the Fountain – That European Language – Cuffing Season – This Is All a Bit Much
Ben found the first Daily Double in “It’s All a Bit Much” under the $1,600 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $8,600, $5,000 more than Erica in second place. Ben bet $4,000 and said decadent. That was WRONG.
It means wastefully extravagant like an offspring in Luke 15 show
Erica got the last Daily Double in “That European Language” under the $1,200 clue with 7 clues left after it. She was in second place with $7,600 now, $1,400 less than Ben’s lead. Erica bet $2,600 and she was RIGHT.
Mark Twain said capitalizing every noun is one of its few good qualities show
Erica finished in the lead with $11,000. Ben was second with $8,600 and Suzanne was last with $3,000. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN?
From Pastimes: The Founding of Louisiana: “During the reign of King Louis XIV, Minister of Marine Louis de Pontchartrain was responsible for France’s American colonies. Pontchartrain realized that whoever controlled the Mississippi River controlled much of North America, and he was determined that it would be France and not its arch enemy, the English…. Pontchartrain chose thirty-seven-year-old Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville to lead an expedition to establish a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River.”
The article goes into greater detail on the expedition and how many things were named by Iberville, including Lake Pontchartrain, named after his patron; and Lake Maurepas, named after Pontchartrain’s son, Count Maurepas. Later, a lot of things were named after d’Iberville, in his native Canada as well as in Louisiana.
Suzanne thought it was Lake Huron. She stood pat on her $3,000.
Ben went with Lake Champlain. That cost him $2,402 and left him with $6,198.
Erica had the St. Lawrence River. She lost $6,201 and finished with $4,799. That made a very happy Ben Goldstein the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
HISTORIC GROUPS ($2000) The 1926 Balfour report brought about this 12-letter group “equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another”
OPPOSITIONAL BOOK TITLES ($2000) A page from this visionary English poet & artist’s “The Marriage of Heaven & Hell” from around 1790 is seen here
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Geography Words”
From the Latin for “key”, this word for a type of isolated country applies to Vatican City, which has keys on its flag show
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I said Lake Champlain for Final. Hand to God, I don’t know who would know that, except maybe someone that lived near Lake Ponchartrain. And I minored in French in college.
Thank for the reply, but no Not that clue. I was wondering about the one that was on the show today.
This was the Preakness clue:
Fenwick & Pretension are horses that finished last in this annual Triple Crown race in Maryland
What was the clue for Preakness horse race
If you are referring to the June 13th category Year of the Horse – there was no mention of the Preakness horse race. One clue asked about the 1973 Belmont winner (Secretariat) and another referred to a Triple Crown winner (Seattle Slew) Hope this helps.
The Ben Goldstein that was on “Jeopardy!” on 11/30/18 didn’t win, but this 1 won.
Exactly, and as you mentioned, darn those daily doubles. Thankfully that is the second week in a row where we got spared for our third total bust of the season.