Final Jeopardy: Africa (4-24-18)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (4/24/2018) in the category “Africa” was:
Markers for this geog. designation are on Lake Victoria’s Lwaji Island & at Mbandaka in the Democratic Rep. of the Congo
New champ Kate Jovin, won $28,799 yesterday. In her second game, her opponents are: Alyssa Abel, from Waupaca, WI; and Randy Mathews, from Houston, TX.
Round 1 Categories: Twin Peeks – World Leaders – State Consumables – Movie Titles in Foreign Lands – All Good Things – Must Come to an “N”
Randy found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “All Good Things” under the $800 clue, with just one clue left after it. He was in second place with $6,000, $600 less than Kate’s lead. He bet $2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Founded in 1971, this voluntary medical group has been doing good works globally ever since. show
That was that. Randy finished in the lead with $8,000. Kate was second with $6,600 and Alyssa was last, at zero.
Round 2 Categories: Literature on the Map – They’re in the Band – Advertising – Declaration of Independence Signers – Super Heroic Terms – A Word in Your Ear
Randy found the first Daily Double in “Literature on the Map” under the $1,200 clue on the 20th pick. He was in the lead with $15,200 at this point, $2,600 more than Kate in second place. He bet $1,800 and he was RIGHT.
“Kite Runner” Amir lives in the Wazir Akbar Khan district & takes part in the kite competition, all in this city. show
Kate found the last Daily Double in “Declaration of Independence Signers” under the $1,200 clue, with 2 clues left after it. In second place with $14,600, she had $800 less than Randy’s lead. She bet $900 and she was RIGHT.
He’s better remembered for signing an infamous redistricting bill while Governor of Massachusetts. show
Kate finished in the lead with $15,900. Randy was right behind her with $15,800 and Alyssa was in third place with $5,600.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
The equator, an imaginary line dissecting the northern and southern hemispheres at 0 degrees latitude, passes through 7 African countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Republic of the Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia and Uganda. In South America, it passes through Brazil, Columbia and Ecuador, and in Asia, Indonesia. The equator also passes through waters controlled by the Maldives and Kiribati. Some of these countries set up markers at the equator (more or less) so tourists can put one foot on either side of the line. National Geographic has an article with more interesting facts about the equator.
Alyssa knew it but only got as far as “Equat” so she lost her $5,599 bet. That left her with a dollar.
Randy got it right. He bet $4,200 to finish with $20,000 even.
Kate came up with “the center of Africa.” She bet and lost it all so Randy Mathews is the new Jeopardy! champ.
A triple stumper from each round:
WORLD LEADERS ($1000) Yoweri Museveni, in power in this East African land since 1986, says he planted bananas & has to stay to see them bear fruit
LITERATURE ON THE MAP ($2000) In Chicago there’s a big economic difference between the mansion where Bigger Thomas works and his family’s apartment, just a few blocks away, in this novel
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “Literary Quotes”
More than once this 1897 novel quotes from Deuteronomy, “The blood is the life” show
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VJ, About Alyssa, I think you mean Waupaca, Wisconsin not Washington?
Yes, thanks, Becci. Gee, I hope you guys can bear with me the rest of this week. We are in the process of moving and I’m a bit rattled. So I just want everyone to know I appreciate all the help 🙂
P.S. Becci, I saw your other comment, too and am glad you got to see it.
VJ, I live in Washington State (born & raised) & although I couldn’t possibly know every town here, so I googled it & ‘they’ told me it was Wisconsin.
I feel for you, I hate moving.
Maybe it just seemed easy to me because friends of mine and I went in an oooold VW bus from Morocco all the way to Tunisia, after contemplating and studying other routes through Africa. But that was 1972, sort of a final graduation “celebration”. I would not go near some of the places today though…
Maybe. I did not think of the response as far-fetched though. She probably thought of the marker as a sign at those locations pointing to another place in Africa
Really? The center of Africa ? That response isn’t even registered in my brain. Had Kate.came up with the equator she would have won. Congrats to Randy. So VJ, what was your opinion on Kate’s performance in today and yesterday? I was certain that she knew this right on the top of her brain. I had no idea why she didn’t get it.
@Louis
You are so right. The center of Africa in 2 different places??
P.S. Here’s someone who figured out 4 different ways to come up with the geographic center of Africa, arriving at 4 different conclusions
I thought Kate was a great player, today and yesterday. Loved her chat story about weeding out suitors who are not okay with weird people with a trip to the cemetery. LOL!
Of course, I would have loved to see her score another big payday with that big bet, but dem’s da breaks, y’know? I have no idea what she was thinking but the clue confused me too. I would have been like Alyssa — out of time, if I was able to even get as much in as she did.
Another thing I liked about this match was when Randy got the clue about the Castro twins from Texas, and Kate got the signer DD on Gerry, from her home state. Serendipity!
LINK: 10 more clues from the match
Tough break for Alyssa though it would not have changed the outcome.
how can the center of Africa be in 2 different locations, and be over 800 miles apart to boot? Maybe she thought Lake Victoria is in the DRC????
Congratulations to Randy. Seems he was not too confident, judging from the size of his wager, could have cleaned up with 31.600…… He covered against Alyssa and was hoping Kate would get it wrong and bet it all again or cover against him (just a $ 199 difference..). Well, it worked out for him and 20 K IS a nice payday.