Final Jeopardy: World Flags (10-8-24)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (10/8/2024) in the category “World Flags” was:
The 12 stars on its flag symbolize perfection, not geographic or political units
2X champ Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, CT, has now won $50,401. In Game 3, his challengers are: Andrew Miller, an auto claims adjuster from Bristol, CT; and Gino Montoya, an attorney from Albuquerque, NM.
Round 1 Categories: Oregon – Get “Out” of the Clue – Sonnets & Sonneteers – Auto-Makin’ Brands – What’s My Motivation? – Going Ape at the Movies
Andrew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Auto-Makin’ Brands” under the $1,000 on the 6th pick of the round. He was in last place with negative $200, $1,800 less than Mark’s lead. Andrew bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
It named models after Tucson in Santa Fe City 6,000 miles from its headquarters show
Mark finished in the lead with $4,800. Andrew was second with $3,800 and Gino was last with $1,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: People of the Bible – Historic Names – 15-Letter Words – The French Masters – A Penny for Your Thoughts – 20th Century Song, 21st Century Ad
Mark found the first Daily Double in “The French Masters” under the $2,000 clue on the 16th pick of the round. He was in second place with $10,800, $2,200 less than Gino’s lead. Mark bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 1838 Eugene Delacroix painted a double portrait of Chopin at the piano while this lover sat to his right show
Mark found the last Daily Double in “15-Letter Words” under the $1,200 clue on the 20th pick of the round. He was in the lead with $16,600, $2,800 more than Gino in second place. Mark bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
The subtitle of the young people’s nonfiction book “Eyes of the World” includes this word for reporting news through pictures show
Mark finished in the lead with $21,200. Gino was second with $17,400 and Andrew was last with $4,600. All clues were shown.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, EUROPEAN UNION -or- UZBEKISTAN?
Ken said the correct response was the European Union but, as far as I can tell, any of the above answers would have to be accepted. The Council of Europe was first to fly the blue flag with 12 five-point gold stars in a circle, symbolizing perfection and completeness. The flag was adopted by the European Parliament in 1983 and by the European Union in 1985. Perhaps just “Europe” would have been good enough because it is called the Flag of Europe. According to its page on Wikipedia, it is “used by other European entities, such as unified sport teams under the rubric Team Europe.”
Then we have the flag of Uzbekistan. It also has 12 stars, and they don’t stand for geographic or political units either. “The stars represent spirituality and divinity” and “are also a symbol of the pursuit of perfection and happiness of Uzbek people in their homeland.”
Andrew tried Australia. He lost $417 and finished with $4,183.
Gino had no response. He bet and lost his whole $17,400.
Mark went with Liberia. He lost $13,601 but won the game with $7,599. Mark’s 3-day total is $58,000.
A triple stumper from each round. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)
SONNETS & SONNETEERS ($600) She wrote in an 1850 sonnet, “First time he kissed me, he but only kissed the fingers of this hand wherewith I write”
PEOPLE OF THE BIBLE ($1600) This prophet whose name became a word for an angry rant: “They proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord”
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “FAMOUS SHIPS”
Its wreck was discovered in 1989, 48 years after it had been sunk & 91 years after the man it was named for had died show
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Oh, the humanity. What is wrong with these otherwise smart players? Gino trailed Mark by $3800. All he had to do was wager $3801 and hope Mark was wrong on FJ. At worst, he’d finish second. Instead, he blew a win and went home as a bronze medalist. (We can’t diss our fellow contestants in the Facebook group, so I have to do it here!)
Said Australia for FJ but thought all 3 DDs were super easy. I do spend many hours biannually watching the Ryder Cup, so FJ maybe was attainable.
Only one 1850s female sonneteer comes to mind. Come on.
The river between Eugene and Portland is 6 miles from home. That’s a toughie for non-residents to know and to pronounce. Someone should have known the fur trader’s city. That was a titanic miss.
Knew the art “ism” and the son of Enoch who supposedly lived to 969.
The length of a ruler is in pennies? Ouch, that answer didn’t measure up. At least someone nailed it.
As to FJ, I first said NATO, but, with more than enough time to spare, said the EU. That’s one heck of a fact about Uzbekistan, VJ!
Gino gave Mark a challenge. I like it!
I did quite well in the game tonight, but had absolutely no idea of the correct response in FJ. Well, I simply took a wild guess, and went with India (or should I have said a bad guess?). Anyways, as VJ once said, any guess is better than nothing. Well, that FJ was obviously a tough one.
Another triple stumper in the final this week thanks to that pesky geography clue. There will be chaos if we get our third triple stumper tomorrow.
Two clues today — (about the prophet and the 15-letter word describing a societal outcast) reminded me of The Bad Reputation, a French song by George Brassens. I thought some of the posters on here might want to give it a listen (French/English lyrics)
We don’t need a [prophet]
To guess the fate in store for me
If they find a rope they like
For the second day in a row, FJ! was a triple stumper. Are we ever going to get our first triple solve this season. Last week, everyone got FJ! correct but only 2 players were left to play the final round.