Final Jeopardy: Countries of the World (7-31-24)

TODAY’S JEOPARDY! RERUN: Quarterfinal #6 of the 2024 Tournament of Champions that originally aired on 3/1/2024

The Final Jeopardy question (3/1/2024) in the category “Countries of the World” was:

Fearful of independence in 1975, around 120,000 of this country’s people, a third of the population, fled to the Netherlands

Today’s Tournament of Champions contestants are: Stephen Webb, a data scientist from Longmont, CO; Brian Henegar, a guest services agent from LaFollette,, TN; and Josh Saak, a traffic engineer from Boise, ID.

Round 1 Categories: Place Name Etymologies – Getting Seal-y – Food, Fast – Pop Culture Princesses – Decades – Rhymes With Rhyme

Stephen found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Place Name Etymologies” under the $600 clue on the 10th pick of the round. He was in last place with $400, $1,400 less than Brian’s lead. Stephen bet $1,000 and said Paraguay. That was WRONG.

A conquistador combined the name of a local people & the Spanish word for water to name this country show

WHAT IS NICARAGUA?

Josh finished in the lead with $5,600. Brian was in second place with $5,200. Stephen was last with negative $800. All clues were shown.

Continue to the original recap with the rest of the game, more information about Final Jeopardy! and the triple stumpers