Final Jeopardy: Elements (8-23-24)
TODAY’S JEOPARDY! RERUN: QF5 of the 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament that originally aired on 3/26/2024
The Final Jeopardy question in the category “Elements” was:
In his “Natural History” Pliny described it as “argentum vivum”
Today the quarterfinalists competing in the Invitational Tournament of Champions are: MacKenzie Jones, a teacher & Ph.D. student from Tulsa, OK; Arthur Chu, a writer orig. from Cleveland, OH; and David Madden, an academic competition director from Ridgewood, NJ.
Round 1 Categories: Flat Earth – Pick A Card, Any Card – Mammals – 4-Word TV Synopses – Magazines – Sporty Talk)
Arthur found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Flat Earth” under the $800 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in the lead with $800, $200 more than MacKenzie in second place. Arther bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
The Alkali Flat can be found in this New Mexico national park that’s surrounded by a famous missile range show
Arthur finished in the lead with $6,400. David was second with $4,200 and MacKenzie was last with $2,200. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Supreme Court Justices – Short Shakespeare – Religious Ranks & Titles – Museums Spread Their Wings – World Star – Feeling Jittery
David found the first Daily Double in “Religious Ranks & Titles” under the $1,600 clue on the 5th pick. He was in second place with $5,400 now, $2,200 less than Arthur’s lead. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
Familiar from Monty Python sketches, this word for an Anglican or Episcopal priest is from the Latin for “substitute” show
Arthur got the last Daily Double in “Feeling Jittery” under the $1,600 clue at the halfway poing. In second place with $13,200, he had $800 less than David’s lead. Arthur bet $10.000 and had no response so he was WRONG.
It describes someone weakened by nerves, & also the instrument seen here show
David finished in the lead with a runaway $18,400. Arthur was next with $5,600 and MacKenzie was in third place with $600. All clues were shown.
TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS MERCURY?
From Bloggus Classicus – Show Me Your Metal! Part II: “Mercury (Hg): mercury, also known as quicksilver, the only metal to be liquid at room temperature, was known in ancient times. Pliny deals with this metal in book XXXIII.32, which he calls ‘argentum vivum’ – ‘living silver’, thus recognizing its liquid property. The chemical symbol, however, comes from a Greek term for the element, which calls mercury ‘water silver’ (hydrargurion), also referencing its liquid state at normal temperature.”
They also tell you a what Pliny had to say about sodium, tin and antimony.
MacKenzie wrote down “What is going on.” She lost $10.00 and finished with $590.
Arthur got it right but bet nothing, standing pat on $5,600.
David also got it right. He added a dollar to win the match with $18,401. David Madden is the latest addition to the semifinals list.
A triple stumper from each round:
MAGAZINES ($400) It officially debuted in 1974 with Mia Farrow on the cover & stories on Gloria Vanderbilt & William Peter Blatty, among others
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ($2000) When he retired in 2010 at age 90, he was the third-longest serving justice in the court’s history
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Historic Nicknames”
Napoleon’s troops gave him this nickname not to mock him but for showing the courage of an infantryman in battle show
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I notice I didn’t comment on the original game. I did get FJ, and even said, “Hygrum – mercury”!
Darn it! I missed this FJ a second time around as Latin was never my second language.