Final Jeopardy: Modern Mythology (12/2/16)
The Final Jeopardy question (12/2/2016) in the category “Modern Mythology” was:
A purported image of this subject of legend was published in the Daily Mail newspaper on April 21, 1934.
New champ Asim Modi won $10,399 yesterday. In his second game, his challengers are: Tim Aten, from Vermilion, OH; and Ryan O’Shea, from Hermosa Beach, CA.
Round 1 Categories: The Pachelbel Canon in D – The Movie/TV Star – Break-ups – Animal Collective Nouns – Required Reading – “Y”s Up
Tim found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Animal Collective Nouns” under the $800 clue. There were 11 clues left after it. He was in the lead with $3,200, $600 more than Ryan in second place. He bet $1,600 and he was RIGHT.
It’s a cloud of grasshoppers & a plague of these relatives. show
Tim finished in the lead with $6,200. Ryan was second with $5,200 and Asim was last with $3,000.
Round 2 Categories: The Taco Bell Canon in “D” – Perfect! – Broadway – National Historic Sites – Health & Medicine – A River Runs to It
Tim found the first Daily Double in “Perfect!” under the $1,200 clue on the 9th pick. He was in the lead with $12,600 at this point, $5,000 more than Ryan in second place. He bet $2,600 and he was RIGHT.
This adjective for perfection is meant to evoke a newly struck coin. show
Ryan found the last Daily Double in “National Historic Sites” under the $1,200 clue, with 9 more clues still to go. In second place with $14,800, he had $3,200 less than Tim’s lead. He bet $3,000 and he was RIGHT.
The unusual windows seen here are at the Maryland site named for this woman.
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Tim finished in the lead with $18,000. Ryan was next with $17,000 and Asim was in third place with $4,200.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
April 21, 2015 was the 81st anniversary of the publication of “The Surgeon’s Photograph,” the purported image of the Loch Ness Monster that led to “Nessie Fever.” The Google Doodle was dedicated to Nessie that day, and Emma Mills compiled a list of 50 Fascinating Facts about the Loch Ness Monster. The first 3 deal with the famous photo and its subsequent debunking in 1975.
That really didn’t do much to dispel the continued fascination with the Loch Ness legend but so far, it doesn’t look like Nessie has been granted honorary citizenship like Japan’s Godzilla.
Asim bet $4,199. He finished with $8,399.
Ryan bet $1,515, bringing him up to $18,515.
Tim bet $17,000. Wowza! Who doesn’t love it when a big bet works out? He won the match with $35,000 and we’ll be seeing Tim Aten at the first podium on Monday.
These 2 stumpers come from the “Broadway” category:
($800) This current biographical musical ends with a rousing rendition of “I Feel the Earth Move”
($2000) This alliterative middle play in Neil Simon’s trilogy comes between “Brighton Beach Memoirs” & “Broadway Bound”
2 years ago: ALL of the players got this FJ in “Health & Medicine”
In 1985 the Surgeon General called this “the best rescue technique in any choking situation” show
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46/61
Tim bet for the tie that might be interesting for future games to come
Yes it was great to see a big win like that today and especially in such a competitive game. I also got a big kick out of Tim shaking his head before he answered that first DD, as if in disbelief at how easy it was.
Alex Trebek’s undying love for the muskox came up in the chat today because Ryan grew up in Palmer, Alaska where they have a musk ox farm that Trebek has visited. It’s listed on the Top 10 Things to Do in Palmer. They have a reindeer farm too.
LINK: 12 more clues from this match
For some reason, Tim reminded me a little of Alex Jacob, albeit his timid DD bets. Maybe his demeanor.
I find Trebek’s adoration for a creature with a face only a mother could love, cute. 🙂
I hope so, Dalton!
What a good way to end the week. A fj triple solve and a champion with $35k winnings in one game. We haven’t seen that amount in a long time.
Congrats Tim.
Well Tim should’ve won $34,001.
There was a Tim back in February of this year named Tim Kutz, he won $46,599. Now a different Tim named Tim Aten. Both Tims, Kutz and Aten in their first game won $35,000 or more. Let’s see if Tim Aten can match Tim Kutz.
I agree, I hope to see Tim Aten match with Tim Kutz next week. Tim Kutz won 107000 in 4 games so lets hope this new tim will follow him in his footsteps because I remember this like it was the start of the year now.