Final Jeopardy: World Languages (7-5-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (7/5/2024) in the category “World Languages” was:
The flag of Aruba features a 4-pointed star symbolizing its 4 major languages: the local Papiamento & these 3 imported ones
2x champ Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, CA, has won $47,986 so far. In Game 3, he competes against: Alex Wang, a rising senior at Duke Univ. from Harrington Park, NJ; and Sarah Crocker, a writer and editor from Aurora, CO.
Round 1 Categories: Geo-Pourri – Organizations – French Slang & Phrases – Pop Music – Layers – Let’s Talk About Cake
Alex found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Geo-pourri” under the $600 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in last place with $600, $4,200 less than Isaac’s lead. Alex made it a true Daily Double and said the Tigris River. That was WRONG.
The Brahmaputra River runs through 3 countries from its course to its confluence with this other great river show
Isaac finished in the lead with $7,000. Sarah was second with $3,000 and Alex was last with $400. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Treaties – TV “B”-runs – Health & Medicine – Midwesterners – Emotional Words? – They Wrote for Sports Illustrated
Isaac found the first Daily Double in “Emotional Words” under the $1,200 clue on the 13th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $15,000, $13,600 more than Sarah in second place. Isaac bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
This slang term for an unethical lawyer starts with a bashful word show
Isaac found the last Daily Double in “Treaties” under the $1,600 clue on the 16th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $17,800, $15,600 more than Sarah in second place. Isaac bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Theodore Roosevelt won a Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate The Treaty of Portsmouth, ending a war between these 2 countries show
Isaac finished in the lead with a runaway $26,200. Sarah was second with $5,000 and Alex was last with $1,600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT ARE DUTCH, SPANISH & ENGLISH?
Papiamento (or Papiamentu) is a Creole language widely spoken on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao (the ABC islands”) off the coast of Venezuela in the Caribbean. All of these islands are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands so Dutch is an official language.
Aruba.com says that most Arubans speak at least 4 languages. Dutch and Papiamento are official languages and, because the island is a tourist spot, many Arubans are fluent in English and Spanish.
Contrary to Wikipedia, Curaçao.com says Papiamentu, Dutch and English are its official languages. As for Bonaire, info.Bonaire.com says only Dutch is the official language. I found a 2024 article saying Papiamento is now a recognized language. I don’t know if that means it’s an official language.
All that is beyond the scope of the clue, but aside from “the more we know”, these are the only places where Papiamento is prevalent.
Alex got it right. He gained $410 and finished with $2,010.
Sarah went Spanish, English & Portuguese. That cost her $4,500 and left her with $500.
Isaac had the same response as Sarah. He lost $4,000 but won the game with the remaining $22,200. Isaac’s 3-day total is $70,186.
A triple stumper from each round. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)
LET’S TALK ABOUT CAKE ($1000) Literally French for “melting”, it’s a creamy, sugary paste used in cake- & candy-making
MIDWESTERNERS ($1200) The first purpose-built women’s soccer stadium houses the NWSL’s Kansas City Current, founded by her
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “WORLD GEOGRAPHY”
Mont Bellevue de l’Inini is the highest point in this European possession largely covered by the Amazon rainforest show
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VJ, when I looked it up this morning, that four pointed star of the Aruban flag actually symbolizes the four points of the compass rather than the four major languages. In fact, that four pointed star denotes the more than 40 nationalities that are living on Aruba. I cry foul!
It depends upon what source the clue writers used. According to the CIA World Factbook, ” the star represents Aruba and its red soil and white beaches, its four points the four major languages (Papiamento, Dutch, Spanish, English) as well as the four points of a compass, to indicate that its inhabitants come from all over the world.” Apparently the clue writers used the CIA World Factbook.
Concur (as usual) with my erstwhile friend Howard. These challengers were lacking.
I was 100% on English, French, Dutch for final. So, I got the tough one correct, but bagged the other!
Got 2/3 for DD.
The imported languages were actually English, Spanish and Dutch for FJ.
Did you know that erstwhile means “former”?
I did not! As such, I need a nickel word for “always”!!
Pretty meek opposition today. Sarah cost herself $1000 second-place prize by stupidly wagering $4500. I said English/Spanish/Portuguese (and unlike the contestants, spelled the last one correctly), totally forgetting that Aruba has Dutch history, like Curacao and Surinam.
The “Brahma” part of that first DD was a dead giveaway to the river.
They were not particularly easy, but I knew the founder of the NWSL team, the melted cake topping, and the French clope. The Ponderosa show and the 1962 baseball team were somewhat easier. The “clope: clue should have been labeled a stumper, n’est-ce pas?
Vraiment, Howard. The answer has its * on the Sneak Peek clues now. That was one of the funny moments of the show — picturing someone holding a baguette between two fingers.
When I was a kid, my brother and I were forbidden to watch the Cartwrights on the Ponderosa if we were being punished. I guess that shows how much we liked it.
I did above average in today’s game, but was surprised that none of the contestants knew much at all about the TV reruns. As for FJ, I came up with English, Spanish and Dutch at first, but I then changed the latter to French at the last moment. Drat! I certainly should have known better as Aruba was indeed a former Dutch colony.
Isaac’s 33 correct responses tie Drew Basile for the most correct responses of the season. Sarah overwagered and it gave Alex a second place prize.