Final Jeopardy: Monarchs (4-2-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (4/2/2014), in the category “Monarchs” was:
In 2005 the Kul Sharif Mosque of Tatarstan was reopened 453 years after it was destroyed by this man.
Day 3 of the Battle of the Decades 2000. The returning champs are: Russ Schumacher, 2004 TOC winner; Larissa Kelly, 6x winner, 5th highest all-time winnings ($222,597) and highest female winner of all time; and Tom Kavanaugh, 8x winner in Season 22.
Round 1: Larissa found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Local Food Movement” under the $800 clue. She was in the lead with $2,000 when she found it but was awarded $800 over an earlier snafu in “Self-E”s.* That gave her $1,800 more than Tom in second place. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
A main function of the large intestine is the absorption of these current conducting compounds. show
Larissa gave self-taught as the answer to: “adjective for an autodidact”. Alex responded with the correct reply: self-educated. When giving her back the money, Alex blamed himself for not noticing that the second word had to begin with “E” when he introduced the categories and said “S-E-L-F in quotations marks”.
Larissa finished in the lead with $8,400. Russ was second with $2,800 and Tom was last with $1,600.
Round 2: Larissa found the first Daily Double in “Literary Titles” under the $1,200 clue. She was in the lead with $13,600, $5,600 ahead of Russ in second place. She bet $3,600 and she was RIGHT.
The title of this 1943 bestseller refers to an ailanthus. show
Russ found the last Daily Double in “Women on U.S. Stamps” under the $800 clue. In second place with $10,400, he had $12,400 less than Larissa’s lead. He bet $5,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 2005, for what would have been her 100th birthday, the U.S. & Sweden issued stamps featuring this movie legend. show
Larissa finished in the lead with $22,800. Russ was next with $15,400 and Tom was in third place with $5,600.
NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS IVAN THE TERRIBLE?
“Four centuries ago the legendary many-minaret Kul Sharif Mosque decorated the capital of Kazan Khanate impressing everybody with its magnificence, grace, beauty and rich library. It was named in honor of its last Imam Seid Kul Sharif – one of Kazan defence leaders…. When Ivan the Terrible captured the city the mosque was burnt down and ruined as well as other Moslem buildings of the Kazan Kremlin.” (President of the Republic of Tatarstan)
Kul Sharif Mosque is No. 9 in the youtube of Top 20 Beautiful Mosques in the World (2013).
Tom wrote down Genghis Khan. He bet and lost it all.
Russ thought it was Constantine. He didn’t bet a ruble so he remained at $15,400.
Larissa came up with Suleiman. She lost her $8,001 bet so she finished second with $14,799, and Russ Schumacher is the one who will be advancing to the May showdown.
The chat segment was pretty funny today. Click here if you missed it.
2 years ago:: NONE of the players got this FJ in Symbolic Sculpture.
In 2005 a sculpture of an African elephant was installed outside this country’s embassy in Washington, D.C. show
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hmmmm….the contestants saw the “e”……
but i guess when you are up there, you don’t correct the host?? or maybe they did NOT realize the “e”, since larissa said “self taught”, which would have been correct, except for the “e”…..
i am surprised that nobody got fj right….
I was surprised too. Thought at least one of them would. Larissa was at least in the right century.
and there are many “suleiman”. i guess she meant suleiman the magnificent?
She was in the right century, yes, but she was not thinking logically. Suleiman the Magnificent was Muslim; why would a Muslim ruler sack a mosque?
good point, Nomi 🙂
i know you saved this, vj: could you please at the end of the week list the 15 winners who will go on?
sure, I will 🙂