Final Jeopardy: Art in the City (4-23-15)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/23/2015), in the category “Art in the City” was:
German city where you’ll find the statue seen here.
2x champ Michael Brady is up to $33,602 so far. Let’s see how he fares against these two players today: Greg Seroka, from Steamboat Springs, CO; and Ellen Burgett, from Brighton, MI.
Round 1: Ellen found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Science Terms in French” under the $800 clue. She was tied in second place with Michael. They both had $2,200, $2,800 less than Greg’s lead. She made it a true Daily Double and thought it was a chemical reaction. That was WRONG.
In chemistry “une liaison” is one of these, perhaps “ionique”. show
Greg finished in the lead with $9,400. Michael was second with $4,000 and Ellen was last with $600.
Round 2: Michael found the first Daily Double in “Nonfiction” under the $2,000 clue. He was in second place with $6,800, $5,000 less than Greg’s lead. He bet $2,000, and guessed “The Greatest Generation.” That was WRONG.
This critically acclaimed 2001 book begins with a look at “the Founding Fathers”, starting with Carl Karcher. show
Michael found the last Daily Double in “The Calendar” under the $1,200 clue. In second place with $10,000, he now had $7,000 less than Greg’s lead. He bet $1,500 and he was RIGHT.
Dec. 21, 2012 was in the news as the end of a calendar cycle for this ancient Native American people. show
Greg finished in the lead with $17,400 and Michael was next with $12,700. Ellen was in the hole for $2,600 so she was out of the game.
BOTH of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
“The famous town of the Pied Piper legend is situated about 50 km south west of Hanover, the state capital of Lower Saxony in the North of the Federal Republic of Germany. As well as the German name “Hameln” the town is also known as “Hamelin” and “Hamlin” to the English speaking world.” (Official Website of Hameln)
Click here to listen to a great reading of Robert Browning’s Pied Piper poem.
Michael bet $1,000 and finished with $13,700. Alex had to get a little dig in on his leaving the “e” out of Hamelin.
Greg bet $8,001. He had the “e” but crossed it out. That brought him up to $25,401 and made him the new Jeopardy! champ.
During the chat, Greg gave Alex the scoop on how he became a chef instead of a lawyer.
2 years ago:: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Great Novels”
A preface to this novel called it “rustic all through… Moorish, and wild, and knotty as the root of Heath” show
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@Eric, oh I get it. If there was only 1 contestant left to play fj, which has happened, and I had predicted zero solves and that 1 contestant got the clue incorrect I must factor in that the other 2 players may have gotten it correct if that had gotten a chance to respond to the clue also. Duh!!!
How naive of me. I thought we were addressing the clue as it was written as the CotD via its verbage whether it be fj or DD. Don’t remember seeing a comment from you April 23 on CotD.
And the fact that every clue in the category of French Science was answered correctly except one. The one where the response should be “bond.” This clue has been answered incorrectly over the past few years on Jeopardy. Could you explain why it’s always a miss in science when it comes to “bond” whether it be ionic or any other type of bond on Jeopardy?
I need you to help me figure this trend out because I’m baffled by it.
…other than 2.2 solves. What is that? It’s like people having 2.2 kids. Haven’t seen 2.2 contestants yet. That’s not a prediction imo. It’s splitting hairs.
so that 99.99% of the time it IS the final jeopardy clue does not matter. it is still
correct to put up a DD w/o a disclaimer?
at least it is misleading. if do don’t know whether it is the fj clue or can be at least VERY sure then why bother with all the discussions? it could be a $ 400 clue in whatever category then for all we know.
since you find a way to contradict me in everything i say – no matter how far fetched-, i won’t bother you anymore with predictions or comments.
i will just monitor them and get a good laugh when there are really inane answers. i might even point some out from time to time unless you block me anyway.
that you would not be outraged and very upset if all of a sudden literature and poetry are not taught anymore is a statement i just don’t buy. sorry.
and to prove your point logically incorrect:
had ellen NOT BUZZED IN WHEN SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS, she would in the worst case scenario ended up at zero, but not in the red. her being in the red had NOTHING to do with 2 tougher opponents. to lose is one thing, to end up in negative territory something different altogether.
Why?
Seriously, if you know/feel the two other opponents are better, or you don’t feel a lot of the board favors you, your best shot is to take chances when you can. For a big return, you normally need a big risk.
As for ending up negative, she still gets the same outcome as all other third place finishers. I would rather strike out swinging than with the bat on my shoulder.
@John, my statement about the CotD is not far-fetched and I didn’t make it just to contradict you. In fact the spoiler talk starts out saying the clue MAY be the FJ just because it may NOT be.
Two more celebrities revealed today: Josh Gad and Debra Messing.
As soon as the contestants saw the picture they started writing in fj. Really easy. Der Rattenfänger von Hameln is known all over the world. Written by the Brothers Grimm in the 13th century.
Too bad for Ellen. She would have known fj too imo.
How will Alex say to Greg’s wager “whoa hello”. Both players in final jeopardy misspelled it.
Obviously you didn’t read the info segment, Dalton Higbee
Terrible wager by Michael. 1,500 when he could’ve gotten the lead had he wagered 7,001 or more up to 10,000. At first you may seem as if I’m nuts and should put his FJ wager on the criticizing box, but THINK for those people (get it?☻)! It’s actually kinda good. Nice try, Ellen. Congrats, Greg for his win! Boy let’s see a run. I won’t be seeing anymore (hopefully) if he has a run.
Idk. He wanted to stay in the game (downside of half the leaders amount). I believe this is one of those rare times when the perceived strength in a category may dictate the proper play. Also a factor: the values of the clues remaining and the relative strength advantage of those categories. Moreover, Michael would get to choose the next clue regardless.
His FJ wager was great! His only chance to win was if Greg missed. Since the standard bet by the leader is to cover, a miss by Greg would have been covered by either outcome by Michael.
Poor Ellen. 🙁
Same feeling here, brota. Same feeling.
@jacob, 1. “der Rattenfaenger von Hameln”.
i’m sure you heard that when you were in germany.
2. i am glad you now agree that humanistic education (languages,philosophy,chemistry,geography,history…..) is NOT what it used to be anymore. something i have been saying for the longest time.
3. so much for our predictions. seems the n.y.t. is not up to par anymore either…. i am surprised that vj did not mention that glitch in her recap. on MY computer the first dd showed up as fj clue…..
i did not even have to read the clue. as soon as a saw the picture i knew the answer since i have been there and have seen the picture in school about a dozen times.
AND we have another champion AGAIN. AND we have another 2 player fj AGAIN.
at least WE got the “bond” right. since the dd re “bond” was answered incorrectly, vj might have been right with her ZERO prediction.
strange fj bet by michael.
@John, do not agree humanistic education is not what it used to be. It is Math and Science that is being “watered down” imo. What we took in JHS is now taught in universities. Algebra, trigonometry, precalculus, and calculus? Science courses are not as detailed as they used to be and the textbooks are thinner. Hence, the plea for more emphasis on STEM courses.
My prediction for zero solve of the CotD on Spoiler Talk was based upon this fact and it turned out to be true. The contestants responded correctly to every clue in the category “Science Words in French” except une liaison which was the DD I think, if I remember correctly.
When science appears on J I don’t recall over the past years any contestant getting “bond” correct. Amazing!!
but classical/conservative education is also taking a beating, not just math and science. i doubt that there is much emphasis put on subjects such as languages (dead and living), philosophy, geography, history. don’t you think? i certainly get the impression.
maybe i am old fashioned but a certain amount of humanistic/classical education should be required, no matter what your specialty is or will be. literature and poetry are not science. but take that education away and vj as well as everybody like her would be outraged, and rightfully so.
No I wouldn’t be outraged and at least according to my kids, there isn’t anybody like me.
the most simple word but they miss it..typical case of overthinking and NOT being able to make a simple deduction.
to learn to make logical deductions – and YOU out of all people bring up “deducting” rather often IS a part of classical education. but i seem to be alone with that opinion.
so everybody: keep adoring players who end up in the red and find all kind of excuses, but God forbid you may want to face the truth.
with that i bid you and everybody good bye.
Jacob, It is hardly fair to say your prediction was right. It was only offered to one player.
Actually, my money would be on the other two getting it right: all day long.
As is usually the case, all of our predictions were based upon the clue as the FJ.
@John, I didn’t mention the NYT clue being a DD because I don’t know if it was glitch. It’s possible, likely even, that they used the DD because this FJ involved an image. Time will tell.
VJ, you are correct. When there is an image involved in a fj NYT in past years has opted for a DD. There is no way of knowing the CotD is a DD until J actually airs. The CotD has a very small space in the “Arts Section” of the NYT. Not enough space for the wording and the image imo.
something got lost in translation though.
this looks rather like an early trumpet (trompete) but not like a pipe or fife (Pfeife). the instrument is also NOT mentioned in the original.
“Der Rattenfaenger von Hameln” translates as “The rat catcher of Hameln.” maybe a pipe/flute looked different back then?
so the n.y.t. can’t or won’t print a picture??? what’s the difference whether you read a text or see a picture? the players see the same/read the same thing.
John: lol, you seem to have a lot of faith in people who printed the same clue for (I think maybe more than) two weeks just several months back.
sometimes i wonder about the selection process for j. you are supposed to pass a couple of preliminary tests, then trial games etc, yet sometimes you get answers where you can just shake your head. things seem to grow worse year after year.
@John, not fair to characterize Ellen as not being smart because she ended up in the red. Jeopardy is not an IQ test.
no, but a test of knowledge,right? so again: how did she get on the show?
as far as a picture clue goes: they could put an * next to it:” NOT the fj clue” or “a dd clue”. all our speculations were for naught. IF they feature it, they might as well get it right. just saying…
remember when they got stuck on the same clue for about a week not too long ago?
She got on the show, as you well know, because she passed the test and the interview process. To be fair, she was caught between two tougher contestants, something that is certainly not rare on the show, and she had a big setback with a TDD bet on a DD she didn’t know. That happens to a lot of contestants so it’s pretty unfair to single any one player out for the HOW DO THEY GET ON THE AIR bashing.
As for the NYT, it says “Clue of the Day” — it doesn’t say “Today’s Final Jeopardy”. Ergo, putting up a DD is not wrong.