Final Jeopardy: New Zealand (10-10-23)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/10/2023) in the category “New Zealand” was:
Christchurch is the largest city in this New Zealand region that shares its name with an English city known for a church begun in the 6th c.
The Champions Wild Card quarter-finals continue today with these three champs: Morgan Briles, a librarian from Norman, OK, Joe Velasco, a director of customer care orig. from La Mirada, CA, and Robert Kaine, a editor from Los Angeles, CA.
Round 1 Categories: Not So Recent Science – NASCAR Geography – Composers & Their Kin – Heraldry – Moist Things – Go ____
Morgan found the first Daily Double in “Heraldry” under the $800 clue with one clue left after it. She was in the lead with $8,800, $5,400 more than Joe in second place. Morgan bet $2,500 and she was RIGHT.
The white at the top of Canadian territorial coat of arms represents the polar regions. The wavy blue line–this trade route show
Morgan finished in the lead with $11,300. Joe was in second with $3,400. Robert was last with $200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Nice Side Whiskers! – Brando – I Wrote that Line – Gas – Food – Lodging
Robert found the first Daily Double in “Brando” under the $1,600 clue on the 5th pick of the round. He was in last place with $1,800 now, $11,100 less than Morgan’s lead. Robert bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Rebellious Naval Lt. Fletcher Christian show
Joe got the last Daily Double in “I Wrote That Line” under the $1,600 clue with 9 clues left after it. In second place with $17,700, he had $9,500 less than Morgan’s lead. Joe bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
“The men upon the floor were going about their work. Neither squeals of hogs nor tears of visitors made any difference to them” show
Morgan finished in the lead with $18,900. Joe was second with $10,200 and Robert was last with $8,600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS CANTERBURY?
The two islands that make up New Zealand are the North Island and the South Island. There are 9 regions on the North Island and 7 on the South Island. The Canterbury region is on the South Island. It is covered at about 11:20 in the above video which gives both the English and Maori names of each region on both islands.
Robert wrote down LEGO, harking back to his chat story about his tie. He lost $1,400 and finished with $7,200.
Joe got it right. He added $10,000 to his score and finished with $20,200.
Morgan thought it was Westminster. She lost $6,000 and finished with $12,900. That made Joe Velasco the winner and semi-finalist.
2 triple stumpers from I WROTE THAT LINE:
($1200) “Remedios the beauty stayed there wandering through the desert of solitude… maturing in her dreams without nightmares”
($2000) ”In the actions of all men… where there is no impartial arbiter, one must consider the final result”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Popular Phrases”
This phrase relating to nutrition & health was popularized by fruit scientist J.T. Stinson at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair show
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Three sharp players. This is refreshing, after the “Second Chance Tournament”, where it was clear why they didn’t win the first time. I thought Joe made a tactical error with that last DD, but, it didn’t matter. He had to get it right, and the leader wrong (unless they both made really head scratching bad wagers), to win.
Still, I’m enjoying this tourney!
One tough final. I had no idea NZ had regions; I’d have thought states, like Australia. Cornwall was my lame answer. Joe rallied just enough to stay within range and avoid a lock game. He deserved to win.
The stumpers tend to stymie me, but this time I knew the monarch’s long flag in Heraldry; the tear glands; to fight fiercely in wrestling; Brando’s Black Rebels film; the fava food; European hotel; and French-named hotel in NYC. A quick $8800!
I saw that Brando on a motorcycled movie on TV when I was 10 years old
We just realized we hadn’t seen the scores going into FJ! But we have another Joe advancing to the semifinals. Now there are two Joes in the semifinals. I wonder what will happen if there are two Joes competing in the same semifinal game. We never had two players with the same names playing against each other.
I had a response that said it had to be “moderated”, I think because it had a hyperlink – to this game in 2018 where there indeed were two players with the same name – in this case, Erik/Eric. The challenger went by his nickname, which was “Rock”. So, there have indeed been two players with the same first name on one show.
Jason, if that happens, just post a comment to me that your link didn’t publish and I’ll fix it.
I do it this way because it’s a lot easier for me to keep spammy links off the published comments.