Final Jeopardy: The Other Side of the Globe (11-17-14)
The Final Jeopardy question (11/17/2014), in the category “The Other Side of the Globe” was:
This capital city, which at 12,330 miles is farthest from Madrid, is named for a soldier who spent time in Madrid.
The first three semi-finalists in the 2014 Tournament of Champions are: Terry O’Shea, semi-finalist: $17,200; Jared Hall, semi-finalist: $16,800; and Julia Collins, Wild Card: $9,100.
Round 1: Jared found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Bordering the Red Sea” under the $600 clue before the first break. He was in second place with $800, $2,200 less than Julia’s lead. He bet the $1,000 allowance and thought it was Sana’a. That was WRONG.
This Red Sea port in Yemen gave its name to a candy made with milk chocolate & coffee. show
Julia finished in the lead with $5,600. Terry was second with $3,000 and Jared was last with $2,600.
Round 2: Jared found the first Daily Double in “Great American Novels” under the $1,600 clue. He was in second place with $4,200, $2,600 less than Julia’s lead. He made it a true Daily Double and thought it was “Night”. That was WRONG.
“At Auschwitz, tell me, where was God? is a query from this 1979 novel. show
Jared found the last Daily Double in “The 19th Century” under the $1,200 clue. In third place with $1,200, he had $6,000 less than Julia’s lead. He bet the $2,000 allowance and, this time, he was RIGHT.
His industrial oxidation process was perfected around 1856, allowing the mass production of steel. show
Julia finished in the lead with $12,000. Terry was next with $8,200 and Jared was in third place with $7,600.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“The harbour that surrounds Wellington city, and the greater Wellington region, have been known by several names throughout history. Maori legends name the greater Wellington region as “Te Upoko o Te Ika a Maui” or “the Head of Maui’s fish”. Kupe is believed to be the first Polynesian explorer to come to Wellington in 950 AD. He was followed by Tara, who named the area “Whanganui-a-Tara” or “the great harbour of Tara”. In 1773 Captain Cook first anchored in Wellington harbour. The harbour was later charted in 1826 by Captain Herd who named it Port Nicholson, in honour of John Nicholson, a harbour-master of Port Jackson, New South Wales.
In 1840 the directors of the New Zealand Company settled on the name Wellington. The name was chosen in order to express their gratitude to the Duke of Wellington, a supporter of the company in England.” (Tourism.net.nz: Naming of Wellington)
Jared just had a big question mark but bet nothing so he remained at $7,600.
Terry thought it was Santiago (named for St. James). She also bet nothing so she remained at $8,200.
Julia got it right. She bet $4,500 bet so she came out on top with $16,500 and a spot in the 2-day finals.
After the game Alex was telling the players what he thought they were going to bet.
Arthur Chu, Mark Japinga and Rebecca Rider are the players in Tuesday’s semi-final match.
2 years ago:: NONE of the players got this FJ in “European Authors”
Amazon said this author who died in 2004 was the first to sell a million Kindle e-books. show
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This fj clue fed into Julia’s strength. If I remember correctly her undergrad studies were in history. Ignoring the title of the category, in my opinion, this was a history question. If you knew about Wellington fighting in Madrid, the logical answer would be Wellington, New Zealand.
The J clue writers have a habit of interjecting words in some of their clues to throw contestants off balance which is what happened to two of them tonight. Congrats to Julia for not falling into the trap. She is a quick thinker.
I don’t think they do it to throw contestants off balance. I think they just aren’t very good writers.
Julia managed to escape with the win despite her less than optimum wagering strategy in final jeopardy. She’s extraordinarily fortunate that her poorly conceived final wager during the quarterfinals did not sink her ship. That said, it’s a good thing she’s made it to the two-day Final!
Now, if only an “interloper” can manage to win the big prize rather than Chu or Collins!
😀
Maybe Ben Ingram will be the interloper, Bill
She’s extraordinarily fortunate? I fearlessly predicted the whole thing would be rigged so that Chu and Collins would be 2 of the 3 finalists. Maybe now people will believe me when I say something.
We had a very difficult FJ — one “champion” couldn’t even think of an answer — another “champion” comes up with an obviously wrong answer — and Miss Julia nails it?! Come on. Before the show, I bet some staffer said to her, “Julia, I hope you do wellington on the show — I MEAN WELL — WELL! …. And I hope you win a wellington of money … I MEAN TON — TON!”
My rigging sense also tells me Collins will beat Chu Friday. I sure hope so!
and they told her that where again? ah, area 51…that explains it!
LOL, you kill me!
Tom, I meant to reply to you when I wrote the comment below. You sir, are funny!
They’re halfway to getting a Chu/Collins meetup on Thu and Fri. Props to Terry for recognizing the 2/3 game she was in, she’d have won on a triple stumper.
I put the after-the-show chat from Friday in the post (LINK). In it, Alex tells the players why he thinks board-hopping is a bad strategy and Jared was there. Too bad he didn’t listen.
Santiago, by the way, is a very big first name in South America. In 2011, it was No. 1 in Colombia and No. 2 in Venezuela. It was also the No. 1 boy’s name in Mexico that year.
There are a number of famous people with the first name Wellington from Brazil.
Board hopping is a terrible strategy. It appeals to arrogant sociopaths like Arthur Chu.
Also, I love it when someone hunts for the Daily Double — finds it — makes it a TRUE Daily Double — and gives the wrong answer. They think it shows they’re confident, but I think it shows they’re arrogant.
Probably the best thing to do is bet half of what you have, because when you miss it, you’re not wiped out. But arrogance and greed are a deadly combination. Luckily, I only suffer from one of them.
don’t you think it also depends on the category? if the category would be “austria”, “vienna”, “german(y)”or a medical category you can bet your okole that i would not only make it a true dd, but would be sorry for not having more money to wager….!!
Yeah, I agree, betting half would have been better. Going all in really hurt Jared today. Also, he has seen both Julia and Terry play and knew they don’t make big DD bets so idk what he was thinking!
well, well, well….
new zealand is so rarely in the news. it’s something you know immediately or you have to work on it: distance, possible location {south pacific) and even then…all in 30 seconds.
so congratulations to the “wild card” julia!