Final Jeopardy: World City Names (1-22-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/22/2018) in the category “World City Names” was:
Novosibirsk, the 3rd-largest city in Russia, translates as this “City”: the 1st word for its more recent founding, the 2nd for its location.
New champ Rachel Lindgren won $24,800 on Friday. In her second game, she is up against these two players: Adrianne Woodward, from Rancho Cucamonga, CA; and Gerard Simonette, from North Hampton, MA.
Round 1 Categories: Myopic Biopics – Country Nicknames – Ya Gotta Stand for Something – A Good Book – Campbells – Soup
Adrianne found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Myopic Biopics” under the $1,000 clue, with 6 clues left after it. She was in second place with $3,800, $800 less than Rachel’s lead. She bet $1,500 and she was RIGHT.
The 1953 biopic of this man shows Tony Curtis dying in the water torture cell illusion, not from peritonitis. show
Rachel finished in the lead with $6,000. Adrianne was second with $5,500 and Gerard was last with $400.
Round 2 Categories: Another Fine Mezzo – Furniture – From “C” to “D” – Television – Crusaders – Light Headed
Gerard found the first Daily Double in “Another Fine Mezzo” under the $800 clue on the 16th pick. He was in third place with $1,600 at this point, $8,300 behind Adrianne’s lead. He bet $1,500 and only gave half the response so he was WRONG.
The lead female role of this Humperdinck fairy tale duo is a soprano, with the brother a mezzo. show
Rachel found the last Daily Double in “Light Headed” under the $800 clue, with 9 clues to go after it. In the lead with $8,000, she had $1,700 more than Adrianne in second place. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
Broken down into hue, saturation & brightness, it can be defined as the sensation felt as waves of light hit the retina. show
Rachel finished in the lead with $14,600. Adrianne was next with $8,700 and Gerard was in third place with $1,700.
ALL of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The capital of the Novosibirsk region and Siberian Federal District, Novosibirsk is the third largest Russian city after Moscow and St. Petersburg. From RussiaTrek.org: “… founded in 1893. It was a settlement on a place where the bridge over the Ob River was planned to be built during construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The settlement was named Novonikolayevsk after the Russian Empire Tsar Nicholas II and St. Nicholas…. In 1926, the city received its current name – Novosibirsk (meaning “a new city in Siberia”).”
Did you know? The Novosibirsk Zoo is the home of a liger named Zita and a lion named Samson, parents of Kiara, the world first liliger. Zita and Sam later added triplets to their family.
Gerard bet $1,699, bringing him up to $3,399.
Adrianne bet $7,000. She finished with $15,700
Rachel bet $2,801 so she won today’s match with $17,401. Her 2-day total is $42,201.
A triple stumper from each round:
A GOOD BOOK ($600) Though written in German, a 1980s bestseller about a man with an incredible nose isn’t called “Cologne” but this
ANOTHER FINE MEZZO ($1200) Orlofsky’s a man, baby, played by a mezzo gal in this Strauss opera named for a flying mammal
2 years ago: Only ONE of the players got this FJ in “Fictional Couples”
Among the guests attending their anniversary party in 2005 celebrating 75 years were Dick Tracy, Dilbert & Dennis the Menace. show
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I was hoping they would give Gerard the $800 back on his Byelorussia response. Back in 2015, in Kerry Greene’s 3rd game, they gave her Byelorus in Final Jeopardy! with the explanation that the way she spelled it didn’t change the pronunciation. That was an entirely different clue, but they would have okayed it if he didn’t say the “sia” part. All the same, Byelorussia is also called “White Russia.”
LINK: 11 more clues from the match
VJ. would you be able to tell me what the clue was in Another Fine Mezzo, where the answer was Carmen? Thanks!
Sure Rhonda, here it is —
($400) This title character & her gypsy friend Mercedes are both parts for mezzo-sopranos
Thanks again, VJ!
Congrats to all the players on getting final jeopardy right.
I noticed Gerard couldn’t get much rhythm going today but he put up a valiant effort. Also what year did Russia get the place name New Siberia, VJ? It’s so beautiful up there.
That city got its new name in 1926 — it’s in the recap 😉