Final Jeopardy: Countries (11-6-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (11/6/2024) in the category “Countries” was:
This country has the most time zones in the world, including its territories in South America & off the coast of Africa
4x champ Greg Jolin, a system specialist & accountant from Raymond, NH, has now won $110,402. In Game 5, he takes on these two players: Derek Hieronymus, a sales director from Hutto, TX; and Adrienne Clermont, an ER doctor orig. from Ithaca, NY.
Round 1 Categories: Friends of John Brown – The TV Show in Question – Directions to the Landmark – My Cherry Amour – Also Found in the Bathroom – Compound Words
Derek found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “My Cherry Amour” under the $1,000 with 8 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $6,400, $1,600 more than Greg in second place. Derek bet $3,400, forgot the category and guessed “A Tale of Two Cities”. That was WRONG.
As this 1904 play opens, Mrs. Ranevsky and her daughter Anya arrive home from Paris show
Greg finished in the lead with $5,800. Derek was second with $3,400 and Adrienne was last with $1,800. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: A Serious Beatitude – Shades of Blue – Ordinal Phrases – World War II Fiction – All the Light We Can See – Catch, 22
Derek found the first Daily Double in “All the Light We Can See” under the $1,600 clue on the 6th pick of the round. He was in second place with $5,400 now, $5,200 less than Greg’s lead. Derek bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Aurora’s happen as atoms react with electrons & protons brought to the upper atmosphere by the flux of particles from our sun show
Adrienne found the last Daily Double in “Ordinal Phrases” under the $1,200 clue on the 11th pick of the round. She was in last place with $4,600, half of Greg’s lead. Adrienne bet $4,000 and she was RIGHT.
Like King Kong, the Astrodome and the Taj Mahal have been billed as this show
Greg finished in the lead with a runaway $24,600. Adrienne was second with $12,200 and Derek was last with $10,600. All clues were shown.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS FRANCE?
The acronym DROM-COM refers to all the lands belonging to France outside France itself, Corsica and smaller nearby European islands. DROM stands for “départements et régions d’outre-mer” and COM stands for “collectivities d’outre-mer”– “Overseas Departments and Regions” and “Overseas Collectivities” respectively. This video will show you all 12 of France’s time zones, with maps and locations.
If you prefer reading to watching a video, timeanddate.com has the info in list form.
Derek bet $1,601 and finished with $12,200.
Adrienne bet $9,001 and finished with $21,201.
Greg didn’t have much leeway so he didn’t bet anything, winning with $24,600. Greg’s 5-day total is $135,002.
A triple stumper from each round. (Please don’t put the answers in the comments)
ALSO FOUND IN THE BATHROOM ($600) Goldie Hawn & Warren Beatty had some fun in this 1975 Hal Ashby comedy
WORLD WAR II FICTION ($2000) In this J.G. Ballard classic made into a 1987 film, young Jim is separated from his parents in 1941 Shanghai
2 years ago:TWO of the players got this FJ in “CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS”
A trip to El Paso with his young son & wondering what the city might look like years in the future inspired a novel by this author show
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Yo, Adrienne, nice job coming back from way behind. Derek, I’m still in pain from shaking my head for so long when you blew $6800 not knowing the Chekhov play with “cherry” in the title. Good grief. Greg, great get on that last clue to give you a runaway.
Final skunked me. I tossed around Spain, Netherlands, Portugal and came up with nothing. Coincidentally, I read yesterday that Russia has 11 time zones.
Too bad no one knew that terrific Hawn-Beatty movie. Also starred Jack Warden, Lee Grant, Julie Christie, and a teenaged Carrie Fisher. There were two hit movies about China out around the same time, and of course I picked the wrong one tonight, the one I actually saw. The 320′ tower on the Thames was semi-obvious.
A great game, and I performed a tad above average. Well, I nearly got one DD, but missed the other two. Oh well! As for FJ, I had somehow misread it. Yes, it was obviously France!
With how Greg’s been playing overall, I think we have to call him the favorite for the upcoming Tournament of Champions. Greg becomes our second 5-day champion of Season 41 and he’s going to the TOC.