Final Jeopardy: Global Geology (10-5-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/5/2023) in the category “Global Geology” was:
In this nation of 360,000 people, you can walk along the boundaries of the Eurasian & North American tectonic plates
The Champions Wild Card quarter-finals continue today with these three champs: Brendan Sargent, a small business owner orig. from Worcester, MA, Amanda Ganske, a product marketing manager from Austin, TX, and Joe Feldmann, a technology professional from Bethesda, MD.
Round 1 Categories: Where the Wild Things Are – Movies as TV News Stories – I Have a Preposition for You – Frankly – Madeira – I Don’t Give A…
Amanda found the first Daily Double in “Madeira” under the $400 clue with 8 clues left after it. She was in last place with $400, $4,200 less than Brendan’s lead. Amanda bet $1,000 and thought it was Spain. That was WRONG.
The Atlantic Ocean archipelago of Madeira is an autonomous region of this nation show
Brendan finished in the lead with $5,400. Joe was in second with $2,200. Amanda was last with $0. All clues were shown. After the break, a reversal (see below) increased Brendan’s score to $7,000.
Round 2 Categories: Ex-Soviet Republics – Alphabet Pop – Look in the Cabinet – Nun but the Brave – Architecture Terms – Numbers 4 Letters
Joe found the first Daily Double in “Look in the Cabinet” under the $2,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in second place with $4,200, $8,800 less than Brendan’s lead. Joe made it a true Daily Double and he was RIGHT.
At the time of its establishment in 1849, this cabinet department was also known as the Home Department show
Amanda got the last Daily Double in “Nun But the Brave” under the $1,200 clue with 5 clues left after it. She was in last place with $8,000, $5,800 less than Brendan’s lead. Amanda bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
3-word title of Sister Helen Prejean’s powerful account of being a death row counselor show
Brendan finished in the lead with $15,800. Joe was second with $12,800 and Amanda was last with $11,000. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS ICELAND?
Icelandic car rental places came up first in my google search on this clue. Blue Car Rental’s blog says: “Iceland sits on the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates. It is the only place in the world where you can see those two tectonic plates and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge above ground.” Then they have photos and info on the best places to visit to see the plates with your own eyes.
Also, you can learn more about the tectonic movements on this interactive website
Amanda went with Norway. She bet and lost her whole $11,000.
Joe got it right. He bet $10,000, bringing him up to $22,800.
Brendan thought it was Mongolia. He lost $9,801, dropping his score down to $5,999, so Joe Feldmann advances to the semi-finals.
Reversal: I DON’T GIVE A… ($800) Wrestling throw that puts an opponent on the canvas back-first – The judges okayed Brendan’s “power slam” response although Ken was looking for “body slam”
2 triple stumpers from the first round:
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE ($800) Formosan rock macaques are only found in Japan & in the mountains & forests of this Asian island
FRANKLY ($1000) This composer got a Pulitzer for “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Children’s Literature”
A 2000 Library of Congress exhibit called this 1900 work “America’s greatest and best-loved homegrown fairy tale” show
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My favorite category tonight was “Numbers 4 letters.” Apparently Amanda liked it too. Joe definitely knew his Geology. His pen was down before Ken finished reading the fj clue. Fantastic.
This was a pretty good group, and congrats to Amanda and Joe for their strong finishes to prevent what appeared to be a runaway.
I was clueless on FJ….until I thought of a country with a small population in between N America and Europe. The mind works in mysterious and useful ways sometimes.
First and 3rd DDs very gettable; middle one tripped me up. Kept thinking of the Home Office in England.
This old-school Broadway buff knew the composer of “How to Succeed” (but I saw only the movie). The 3.89 grams that rhymes with “damn” wasn’t hard. I remembered the CIS all too well when the IOC made them an Olympic team.
I first thought of Iceland for FJ, but then changed it to Greenland. Oh well.
I also wanted to add this tidbit about the population: 3 islands are listed on World-O-Meter with populations between 350K & 400K: Iceland is the only independent country. Martinique and Guadeloupe are overseas departments of France. (Worldometer)