Final Jeopardy: Royalty (2-8-16)

The Final Jeopardy question (2/8/2016) in the category “Royalty” was:

In 1604, for a special project, he approved a list of scholars to work at Westminster, Cambridge & Oxford.

In the first semi-final match of the 2016 Jeopardy! College Championship, the contestants are Niki Peters a sophomore at Berkeley; Gus Woythaler, a senior at Stanford; and Emily Sun, a freshman at Columbia.

Round 1 Categories: Mama’s Boys – College – Double the Vowel, Double the Fun – Awards & Honors – Fiction – Home Watching TV

Niki found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Award & Honors” under the $1,000 clue. There were still 8 clues left after it. She was in the hole for $400, $7,800 behind Gus in the lead. She bet the $1,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.

Computer science’s equivalent ot the Nobel Prize is named for this 20th Century British mathematician. show

WHAT IS ALAN TURING?

Gus finished in the lead with $6,200. Emily was second with $3,400 and Niki was last with $1,600.

Round 2 Categories: Word Origins – Peninsulas – Anthropology – Stamps – Historical Novels – Out Seeing Live Entertainment

Niki jumped right on the first Daily Double in “Historical Novels” under the $1,200 clue on the very first pick of the round. The scores were the same as above. She bet the $2,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.

“Across the Endless River” is a fictional account of Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, son of this Shoshone. show

WHO IS SACAJAWEA?

Emily found the last Daily Double in “Peninsulas” under the $1,200 clue. She was in third place with $6,200, $7,000 less than Niki, who now had the lead. She bet $5,000 and she was RIGHT.

This peninsula is separated by the Gulf of Suez & the Suez Canal from the Eastern Desert of Egypt show

WHAT IS SINAI?

Niki finished in the lead with $14,800. Emily was next with $12,400 and Gus was in third place with $11,400.

TWO of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS KING JAMES I?

In 1604, King James I appointed a committee of 54 translators to prepare a new translation of the Bible. These scholars came from Westminster, Cambridge, and Oxford. They formed themselves into six groups. Each group was responsible for different sections of the Bible. Translators worked individually on passages first, and then took their writings to a weekly meeting of their group to compare with each other’s efforts, discuss, and make final changes. Also, see the 400th anniversary press kit for the King James Bible.

Gus wrote down Charles II. He lost his $1,001 bet and was left with $10,399.

Emily got it right after crossing out William the Conqueror. She bet it all and finished with $24,800.

Niki wrote down “King James.” That was accepted. She bet $10,100 so she won the first finalist spot with $24,900.

Here are two triple stumpers from the Double Jeopardy! round:

Live Entertainment ($2,000) The Ravinia Outdoor Music Festival is the summer home of this city’s Symphony Orchestra.

Word Origins – ($1,600) – The name of this desert wind comes from sharq, an Arabic word for “east”

2 years ago, it was the first match of the 2014 College Championship: NONE of the players got this FJ in “Islands”

In a satellite photo, volcanic activity can be seen on this 10,000-square-mile island. show

WHAT IS SICILY?

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