Final Jeopardy: Modern Words (2-23-18)

Today’s Final Jeopardy question (2/23/2018) in the category “Modern Words” was:

In 1994 Wired Mag. described this 4-letter word as an idea leaping “from mind to mind…as viruses leap from body to body”

New champ Alan Harrison won $15,201 yesterday, when he defeated 6x champ Rob Worman. In Alan’s second game, he is up against these two players: Mary Kalemkerian, from New York, NY; and Kate Tucci, from Los Angeles, CA.

Round 1 Categories: Masterclass – Mammals – Traditional Anniversary Gifts – Rhyme Time – Rough Waters – Winning Clams at the Casino

Kate found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Rough Waters” under the $1,000 clue, with 7 clues to go after it. She was in second place with $3,000, $1,400 behind Alan’s lead. She bet $1,500 and she was RIGHT.

In 2016 the waves at Mavericks in this “lunar” California Bay were gnarly, dude, like totally hitting 50 feet. show

WHAT IS HALF MOON BAY?

Alan finished in the lead with $6,200. Kate was second with $4,500 and Mary was last at zero.

Round 2 Categories: Picture the Writer – Highways & Byways – Chester A. Arthur – Sports on Film – Museums – “IN” the Dictionary

Mary found the first Daily Double in “Museums” under the $1,200 clue on the 3rd pick. She was in the red for $400 now, $6,600 less than Alan’s lead. She bet the $2,000 allowance and she was RIGHT.

It was completed under Ferdinand VII in 1819 & opened as the Royal Museum of Painting. show

WHAT IS THE PRADO?

Alan found the last Daily Double in “Chester A. Arthur” under the $1,200 clue. Two clues worth $3,600 in the same category were left after it. In the lead with $16,200, he had $3,700 more than Kate in second place. He bet $555. “Chester Arthur always made people do weird things,” Alex said. Alan’s response was RIGHT.

On his last day in office, Arthur nominated this ex-president for the retired list of the army with full pay. show

WHO IS ULYSSES S. GRANT?

Alan finished in the lead with $16,755. Kate was next with $12,500 and Mary was in third place with $6,400.

NONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHAT IS A MEME?

Here is the whole quote from Mike Godwin’s 10/1/1994 article “Meme, Counter-Meme”— “A ‘meme,’ of course, is an idea that functions in a mind the same way a gene or virus functions in the body. And an infectious idea (call it a ‘viral meme’) may leap from mind to mind, much as viruses leap from body to body.”

It brings back the memory of Lilly Chin’s FJ response in the final match of the 2017 College Championship, doesn’t it? That certainly went viral!

Mary wrote down “I heart NY.” She lost her $6,101 bet, leaving her with $299.

Kate came up with “cool.” She lost $10,000 and finished with $2,500.

Alan wrote down “yike.” His $8,246 bet dropped him down to $8,509, enough to win today and remain champ. Alan’s 2-day total is $23,710.

Reversal: WINNING CLAMS AT THE CASINO ($800) The race & sports book has special cards to let you do this to your winnings, plow them right into the next wager. – Alan got credit for his response of “let it ride,” initially rejected because they wanted “parlay.”

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2 triple stumpers from Round 2:

HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS ($400) Landmarks along this Washington, D.C. route include the J. Edgar Hoover Building & The National Archives

SPORTS ON FILM ($1,200) “Semi-Pro”

2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Classical Music”

This title of a British ceremonial march comes from a line in Shakespeare that continues “of glorious war!” show

WHAT IS POMP & CIRCUMSTANCE?

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