Final Jeopardy: Religious History (7-21-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (7/21/2014), in the category “Religious History” was:
This term comes from a 1529 event in which a group of Lutherans formally disagreed with a decision by a Catholic Council.
The last two weeks of Season 30 are being devoted to the 2014 Teen Tournament and today is Day 1. The contestants are: Josiah Takang a junior from Douglasville, GA; Cooper Lair, a sophomore from Little Rock, AR; and Kat Deabill, from New Boston, NH.
Round 1: Kat found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Women & Children” under the $600 clue, the first one chosen in that category. She was in third place with $1,000, $5,800 behind Cooper’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and she was RIGHT.
In 1769 this 13-year-old composer was appointed an honorary Konznertmeister at the Salzburg Court. show
Cooper finished in the lead with $6,800. Kat was second with $5,200 and Josiah was last with $2,800.
Round 2: Cooper found the first Daily Double in “American History” under the $800 clue. He was in the lead with $8,400, $3,200 more than Kat in second place. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 1916 German saboteurs blew up a New Jersey munitions depot, sending shrapnel into this nearby landmark’s gown. show
Josiah found the last Daily Double in “Reading List” under the $1,600 clue. In third place with $800, he had $16,400 less than Kat’s lead. He bet the $2,000 allowance and took a guess with Oliver Twist. That was WRONG.
This Dickens character is mentioned in the first line of “The Catcher in the Rye”. show
Kat finished in the lead with $22,000. Cooper was next with $12,800 and Josiah was out of the game at this point, in the red for $2,800. “Upon returning from the break, Kat was dinged for $1,600 for her answer on a dinosaur clue: the first dinosaurs appearing during this period named for the division of rock strata into 3 units.” Kat messed up by adding “era” to her response. So she went into FJ with $20,400.
Only ONE of two players left got Final Jeopardy! right.
“There are a lot of different labels to describe the varieties of Christian followers, and the word “Protestant” is one. It was on this day, April 19, 1529, that the designation “Protestant” might be said to have come into existence….
Eight years before, Martin Luther was a lone monk standing for the Word of God and liberty of conscience at the Diet of Worms. But by 1529, the world had changed: there was an organized party of government leaders with consciences bound by the Word of God against tyrannical authority. Not every protester was a Lutheran. The whole party of the reformers needed a name. From the protest and appeal at the Diet of Speyer, these breakaways from the Roman Church began to be called Protestants.” (Christianity.com)
Cooper got it right. His $7,700 bet brought him up to $20,500.
Kat thought it was “reformation.” She lost her $6,000 bet so she ended up with $14,400.
So Cooper Lair is the first semi-finalist. During the chat, Cooper’s goal of reading all 101 books on the College Board list came up. Alex asked him how many he had read so far and his favorite. He said about 40 and Don Quixote.
There’s still hope for Kat — she may end up with one of the four wild card spots.
2 years ago:: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “’80s SITCOM CHARACTERS”
Creator Gary David Goldberg wrote this Republican character as unsympathetic, but the actor made him lovable. show
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In the 1529 the Diet (Imperial Assembly) of Speyer, restrictions were placed upon the Evangelical (Gospel proclaimed) as the Lutherans were then known. They waged a protest because of this.
Little Rock Christian Academy is Cooper’s school. I did state on CotD that if a teen was home schooled or attended a religious affiliated school the contestant would probably get the clue correct. So I wasn’t too far off the track.
But back to Josiah. I hope the teen learned a lesson about staying calm. He was killing that buzzer. Kat may be a wild card. We shall see. She was a good player.
Kat was also correct, and Jeopardy got it wrong. The Protestant Reformation is also refer to as just Reformation and should have been an acceptable answer.
Yes. Because that was my answer! Ha!
Oops was supposed to be a reply to Ashley below.
Tough call. The reformation was an effect of the protest. The fact that they gave the specific date lended toward the cause (the protest) being the credited response.
Actually, I believe that “…reformation” by itself was not enough. I do believe they probably would have accepted “…protestant reformation”
Yep. There was also the English Reformation.
it’s incomprehensible to me that kat wagered anything. her pre fj total practically guaranteed her a wild card (at least).
Actually, John, the word is uncomprehensible. Ha, ha! Of course, I am only joking: it isn’t. I’m just making light of my own mistake: I was changing unbelievable and then out-stupided my smart phone.
John was right to point it out, as I should be more careful. In my defense, it is frustrating to type on this phone. Sometimes, I’ll look back in disbelief at the characters added and get a little lost in the revision.
Argument in my house right now: would simply just “Protestant” been accepted as correct for final jeopardy?
Yes! Because that was my answer. HA!
Looking at the history involved, I would have to think the “ism” is a derivation of “Protestant”, thus would be the less likely to be credited response.
Ashley, I just read where you are a school teacher. Often we thank those in the military, but clearly teachers are either the worst economists on this planet, or they do what they do out of public service. So, thank you very much for your service.
Thank you!!!
You are deservedly welcome.
it has nothing to do with history: a “protestant” (a single person) in german is a member of “Protestantismus”, which is the movement in general.
just like the Church of England is the organization, members (laypeople) are anglicans.
it’s just the grammatical difference what the members and the organizations are called. please see my post above, if you are interested how protestantism and the church of england came into being within about 15 years of each other. one for reasons of faith (protestantism), one for not so noble reasons. personal and state reasons…
Josiah was done in by the buzzer. He had to be exhausted. That was wild. Whoever coached him at his school advised him wrong. Speaking of wrong. I blew it in my 3 incorrect responses prediction.
When I questioned if religion was still taught in public schools on CotD I forgot to factor in the Bible Belt in the south. Còoper jumped on the fj clue being from the south. Congrats Cooper.
That will teach me and my yankee thinking. Was surprised Cooper didn’t go to the reading list category right away in round 2 since he said he loves to read.
As a public school teacher in NY I can tell you religions are absolutely taught in schools but exactly like the question – history and how it relates to the movement of people, culture, etc.
Ashley, thank you so much. I was wondering if this was the case in schools today. With all the media coverage about opposition to the Bible being taught in schools and using the phrase “under God” I thought we had gone to hell in a handbasket. Sorry for the pun.
“Was surprised Cooper didn’t go to the reading category right away in round 2”: he may have wanted to either build a lead or see how the game progressed before going to a strong category. That is, if he fell a little behind, finding a DD in a strong category can help you regain the lead (or seriously close a gap). Unless you’re playing against someone like AChu (a DD hunter) who is going to rampage all over your category, it may make sense to wait.
By the way, I wouldn’t have gotten that last DD correct. I was thinking, in reference to, “The Catcher in the Rye”, of the Artful Dodger. It seemed to me like one that pretty much anyone would be guessing on unless they had happened to have just read the book.
Ha! Or had read the book numerous times. This I know from personal experience. But, I agree, that it wasn’t a pivotal reference.
You can generally rely on the Teen Tournament for “interesting” play!
Kat shoulda stood pat, or certainly not have wagered more than just enough to double Cooper’s 12,800 –i.e. her max bet would have been 5201, leaving her with 15,199 instead of 14,400 (and in some unnecessary extra danger of missing a wild card).
Again, Kat should’a stood pat!
Almost certainly, Cooper’s perceived chance of getting the correct response was better than his chance of qualifying at 12,800, so his bet made sense. Still, though, since 12,800 has a chance, if he really didn’t like the category, there could be an argument for betting zero.
Yeah, Cooper was pretty much in “go big, or stay home territory” with a 7,700 bet being a reasonable enough stand in for “go big”.
I didn’t see that he didn’t go all-in. 20.5 would almost certainly qualify as a wildcard, though, but you never know: they could decide to make the questions easier for broader fan appeal. He should have bet it all (if any at all).
I wish Kat had been privy to our earlier advice, as 22,000 is an almost certain lock to qualify. Remember as you watch this week, the goal should be to qualify, as there will be (at least) five non-winners to move on.
(At least): one year a qualifying round ended in a three way tie at zero and one more wild card was advanced.
Of course, she still has a decent shot with her remaining total, just not nearly as much of one.
@Eric, Kat went into fj with 20,400. Remember she got zinged 1,600. But holding at that amount would have been good.
Thanks. I just skimmed over it. Kind of wished that I knew that before I tweeted. Ha! I was wondering where Bill got his numbers: I should’ve realized then.
Fortunately, the analysis still stands; for as I stated that I would advise in the Cotd, 20,000 is traditionally enough to not bet and still qualify..