Final Jeopardy: World Leaders (12-23-24)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/23/2024) in the category “World Leaders” was:
In 2009 this leader gave Barack Obama the book “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent”
2x champ Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, TN, won $17,000 last week. In Game 3, she is up against: Sean Maguire, a commercial real estate mgr. from New York, NY; and Jenifer Miller, a freelance web developer from Ann Arbor, MI.
Round 1 Categories: Who? Where? When? – Body Parts’ Better Known Names – At the Pet Store – “C” Food – Television City – Words From Hindi
Laura found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Words From Hindi” under the $600 on the 18th pick of the round. She was in second place with $2,600, $400 less than Sean’s lead. Laura bet $1,400 and she was RIGHT.
The name of this relish that accompanies a meal in Indian cuisine goes back to a word meaning “to lick” show
Laura finished in the lead with $6,200. Sean was second with $3,400 and Jenifer was last with $2,000. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: Name That Supreme Court Justice – Plays & Playwrights – International Cities – African Americana – World War I Words – The Cinematic Vampire
Laura found the first Daily Double in “International Cities” under the $2,000 clue on the 4th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $8,600, $4,000 more than Sean in second place. Laura bet $2,000 and she was RIGHT.
For its tourist-friendly mix of cultures, this “Lion City” south of Malaysia has been called “Instant Asia” show
Laura found the last Daily Double in “Name That Supreme Court Justice” under the $1,200 clue with 5 clues left after it. She was in the lead with $14,600, $10,400 more than Sean in second place. Laura bet $1,000 and she was RIGHT.
A college on West 59th Street in Manhattan is named for this man show
Laura finished in the lead with a runaway $15,600. Sean was second with $4,200. Jennifer was last with negative $2,000 and out of the game at this point. 4 clues were not shown.
NEITHER contestant left in Final Jeopardy! got it right.
WHO IS HUGO CHAVEZ?
In April of 2009, leaders of North and South American countries met for the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, made the news for presenting USA President Barack Obama with a copy of “Open Veins of Latin America” by Eduardo Galeano. The book examines Europe’s, and later, the United States’, exploitation of Latin American resources over a 5-century period.
In case you’re interested in who else was there, Wikipedia has a list of Heads of State and Government who attended.
Sean had no response. He lost his $13.00 bet and finished with $4,187.
Laura tried Peru’s Fujimori, who left the office 9 years earlier. She lost $2,400 but won the game with the $13,200 she had left. Laura’s 3-day total is $30,200.
2 triple stumpers from PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS:
($400) Based on Thornton Wilder’s play “The Matchmaker”, this beloved musical was back where it belonged–back on Broadway in 2017
($800) After a famous opera singer passes out & can’t perform, another man takes his place in Ken Ludwig’s comedy “Lend Me a” this
Another coincidence: This clue with the same response as the 2 Years Ago clue ended up on the triple stumper list when Jenifer transposed the names and no one else buzzed in: TELEVISION CITY ($400) TV shows set in San Diego over the years include “Simon & Simon”, “Drake & Josh” & this comedy starring Jane & Lily.
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “TV FINALES”
In a reunion over 40 years in the making, Dolly Parton appeared as an angel named Agnes in the final episode of this comedy in 2022 show
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I wasn’t really concentrating, so my DD results aren’t applicable. But, I did get FI. First said Castro, but, nearly immediately, said Chavez.
I got the body parts, including the last clue that was a TS. Likewise, I did do better than half right on TS in total.
I don’t get the vibe that Laura is a “cooler”, but, her winnings are in the lower echelon. I think, though, that this was the first game for her that left clues unrevealed.
On this 37th anniversary of my near-miss on “Jeopardy!” I felt compelled to at least get FJ tonight, as I did then. But it wasn’t to be; I could think only of Castro.
Slow and steady won the race for Laura. Sean gave it a go but couldn’t find a DD. Knew the “Matchmaker” and “Lend Me a” clues, the Harvard Law dean; the Cabinet department; guessed the Paris-born actress.
That summit was 15 years ago. The only ones still in office since then are:
Brazil – Lula (35th Pres. then, 39th Pres. now)
Dominica – Roosevelt Skerrit (Prime Minister)
Guyana – Bharrat Jagdeo (was Pres. then, is VP now)
Nicaragua – Daniel Ortega (still Pres.)
St. Vincent & Grenadines – Ralph Gonsalves (Prime Minister)
Manuel Zelaya was Pres. of Honduras then. His wife is Pres. now and he is First Gentleman
I met Ralph Gonsalves over 20 years ago, in St Vincent!
Very cool. Jason! He was in the news a couple of years ago when he boycotted the summit because Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua weren’t invited.
Hmmmm……….I didn’t do all that well in the game, but gave the FJ a good try at least. My first thought was the Columbian leader at that time, and then Hugo Chavez. But Hugo Chavez? I just couldn’t picture that this country would have allowed the Venezuelan leader into the states, but I didn’t figure that the two leaders had met elsewhere. Well, Presidents Obama and Chavez only briefly met, and it was probably just as well since it was obvious that the Venezuelan leader didn’t have much of a regard for this country.
And so, I then went with the Peruvian leader Fujimori.
So Jennifer is the latest contestant to receive a dismissal from the game as she was unable to get things going.
We begin the week with a double stumper as the Monday curse continues.
This is the fourth consecutive Monday in a row in December that Final Jeopardy was a triple stumper. I loved that Jenifer took a guess on that final clue to get her back into FJ! but she didn’t get it correct and was out of the game.
It’s also the third consecutive Monday when the game was a runaway
12-9 Bill McKinney / 12-16 Ashley Chan / 12-23 Laura Faddah
The final clue was supposed to be on the 30th, but tonight’s Double Jeopardy round’s last clue is on the 26th because there is no time for the four remaining clues.